Atlantis, Arise!

Generation One >  Season 2

The Decepticons ally with the undersea realm of Sub-Atlantica. But they may be more treacherous than Megatron expected.

Detailed synopsis
Soundwave summons Megatron to the control room, saying that Laserbeak and Buzzsaw have detected a massive energy readings underwater. The Decepticons investigate, and encounter the Sub-Atlanticans, a race who hope to one day conquer the surface world. Megatron negotiates a deal with Nergill, King of Sub-Atlantica, offering Decepticon military technology in exchange for access to their geothermal storehouses. Starscream, however, distrusts the Sub-Atlanticans, who communicate with each other telepathically.

Near the Autobot base, Spike, Bumblebee, and Hound are playing a game of football with the Dinobots. Wheeljack arrives before the Dinobots accidently kill anyone, telling them they getting a signal. The is a massive energy reading being detected near the Decepticon base, and Optimus Prime dispatches Bumblebee, Brawn, Hound, and Wheeljack to investigate, with Spike tagging along. The Decepticons and Sub-Atlanticans attack, and take Wheeljack prisoner. After raising the city from the bottom of the ocean, the Decepticons and Sub-Atlanticans prepare to attack Washington, D.C., as a sign of their new alliance. Nergil communicates with his soldiers, telling Megatron that they will imprison Wheeljack in his dungeons. However, at Starscream's orders, Soundwave unscrambles the message, and learns that Wheeljack is to be taken to their laboratory.

The Autobots head for Washington, hoping to stop the Decepticons and Sub-Atlanticans, while Spike and Bumblebee head for Sub-Atlantica, hoping to rescue Wheeljack. The Sub-Atlanticans raise a force field over Washington, trapping the Autobots inside. At Sub-Atlantica, Nergil is developing a disruptor which will shut down Transformers. Starscream discovers this, and is shot by Nergil, who discovers that it is less effective on Decepticons. Heading for Washington, Nergil uses it to defeat the Autobots, but holds back on the Decepticons. Meanwhile, Megatron (sitting at the Lincoln Memorial) tells Thundercracker that they will deal with the Sub-Atlanticans soon enough.

Wheeljack calls in the Dinobots, who manage to penetrate the force field, but but come to blows with the Cons. Megatron and Grimlock fight, and Nergil shoots them both, but Starscream destroys the disruptor, causing the Autobots to revive. The Decepticons and Sub-Atlanticans retreat, with the Autobots in persuit. Megatron demands an answer to Starscream's treason charge against Nergil, but Nergil informs him that the Autobots are coming. They invade the city, and Nergil starts a chain reaction that will destroy the city. The Autobot and Decepticons manage to retreat, but the Sub-Atlanticans disapear. Prime, however, doubts they've seen the last of Nergil.

Stats
Original airdate: October 3, 1985 Written by: Douglas Booth

Notable quotes
"Are you sure Humans do this for fun?
 * -- Hound, after playing a game of football with the Dinobots

"Me Grimlock here again, Optimus Prime, to pull your diodes out of laser fire."
 * -- '''Grimlock, lecturing Optimus Prime.

"There. This throne was made for me!
 * -- Megatron, sitting on the throne at the Lincoln Memorial.

Animation and/or technical glitches

 * After Optimus Prime stands for a second, another Optimus Prime pops out of him.

Continutity errors

 * References

Transformers references

 * In Transformers: The Game, Megatron also takes the Lincoln Memorial throne as his throne. This is only in the Decepticon campaign, however.

Real-world references

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Miscellaneous trivia

 * Megatron refers to Laserbeak and Buzzsaw as "vultures". They're supposed to be condors.
 * The Lincoln Memorial is strangely Megatron sized.
 * This episode depicts Washington, D.C. as containing a significant number of skyscrapers; in reality, it's illegal to build a structure in or near Washington taller than the Washington Monument.

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