"The Ultimate Doom part 1", the Transformers, November 3, 1984
And back with the cartoon section.
The Decepticons Seekers attack a solar power station off the Indian coast. While the Autobots fend them off, Megatron and Dr. Arkeville watch from a monitor. Part 2 of Operation: Guinea Pig is about to be put into motion.
Rumble and Ravage attack the Ark and while the defending Autobots drive them off, Laserbeak swoops in and kidnaps Sparkplug. Over in India, the Seekers suddenly retreat.
Sparkplug is dragged back to the Decepticon HQ and inserted with Dr. Arkeville's latest invention-the hypno-chip. Which doesn't sound like a pleasant thing, does it? While Megatron plots to have a human army of slaves at his beck and call, he also calls Shockwave and tells him another space bridge is ready.
The Autobots attack the base and rescue Sparkplug but everyone seems to notice how odd he's acting. They don't have time to wonder about that, as the Decepticons attack! And Sparkplug has sabotaged all their weapons! When the Decepticons retreat, Sparkplug goes with them.
Retreating to the new space bridge, Megatron reveals his master plan. He's not sending things back to Cybertron or going himself. No, he intends to bring Cybertron itself to Earth. This will generate energy they can use. How? That's for Dr. Arkeville to figure out.
The Autobots track them down and attack, but they are held back by chip controlled humans and Sparkplug. Just when it seems Sparkplug is about to break free, Dr. Arkeville increases the power, driving Sparkplug to help turn on the bridge.
Optimus Prime and Megaton face off over the last control panel. Optimus could destory it, but if he does, Megatron intones, he'll be responsible for Cybertron's destruction. With two control panels turned on, Cybertron is now on a collusion course with Earth. Turn it off and their home world will be torn apart across the cosmos.
Agonized, Optimus flips the switch...
Pretty darn good. A few issues, namely the Decepticons retreating when they sprayed with foam, plus Sparkplug doesn't bothered by being at the bottom of the ocean but a nice build to the next episode.
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