Human Error, Part II



'''Soundwave reprograms the Autobots and Humans to destroy Sari Sumdac. Lucky a Triceratops, a Shovel-headed bot and a Garbage Guy came to help her.'''

Quotes
Sari: You named him Snarl? Scrapper: Well I was gonna call him Slag but I think he took it as an insult.
 * This coming from the girl who came up with "Substitute Autobots"...

Sari: You have got to be pulling my leg! Wreck-Gar:(Grabs Sari's leg) Ok I've got to be pulling your leg. I am Wreck-Gar, the leg-pulling hero!
 * Not sure who's been missed more, Wreck-Gar or Blitzwing...

Sari: You guys can't just go running off like that without a plan. Right now we have the advantage. We have Soundwave outnumbered and we have the element of surprise. Soundwave: (bursts from the ground) I am Soundwave. Resistance is futile. Scrapper: So much for the element of surprise.
 * Soundwave's awesomeness pwns Sari yet again.

Sari: (after Soundwave brings out his mind-controlled Autobots) Man, am I happy to see you guys. I actually thought I was gonna have to lead these losers into battle. Optimus: (monotone) The technorganic must be destroyed. Sari: Oh, slag.
 * Today just isn't her day.

Sari: Scrapper, you and Snarl take Bulkhead and Ratchet. Wreck-Gar, you're with me. Wreck-Gar: Gosh, this is so sudden. Aren't we a little young to go steady?
 * Um, EW!

Wreck-Gar: Ha Ha! Catchy, easy to dance to, but you know what it needs? (Pulls out an accordion which gets swiped and destroyed by Laserbeak) Wreck-Gar: (Sigh) Everyone's a critic.
 * Definitely Wreck-Gar.

Wreck-Gar: Wrap the bot with strings of garbage, Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
 * Christmas has come early this year; spread the gift of Wreck-Gar's awesomeness to all!

Optimus: Time to change your tune Soundwave, Operation: Face the Music! (Smashes Soundwave in the face with his own Guitar/Laserbeak)
 * El Kabong!

Scrapper: Hi ho Snarl! (Snarl proceeds to kick Scrapper mid-air) Scapper: I shoulda got a kitty cat
 * I hear Cheetor's housebroken.

Wreck-Gar: Ho Ho Ho, Merry Christmas, garbage for all the good little children!
 * I wonder what the bad little children get?

Soundwave: Your axe is useless, Autobot. Optimus Prime: But yours isn't.
 * Who knew Optimus was a rock-n-roll fan?

Animation Errors

 * When Prowl attempts to use Processor Over Matter to escape the simulated world, his visor is split for a moment by his helmet's crest.
 * When Prime uses Wreck-gar as a shield, the hole Sari puts into his back is magically healed in the next scene.

Transformer references

 * Soundwave controls numerous amounts of mindless drones in pursuit of a small group of heroes led by a technorganic... seems Kinda familiar.


 * It's also not the first time a Soundwave has mass-hypnotized humans.


 * Just like Beast Machines Megatron, Soundwave has trouble controlling all of his "minions" at the same time.


 * Scrapper tells Sari that he was considering calling his new pet "Slag", but he dismissed the thought because he thinks it an insult. This a is reference to G1 Slag, who is a triceratops (while Snarl is a stegosaurus), as well as the real-life reason for Transformers Animated Snarl not being called Slag.


 * Grimlock and Swoop call Snarl a traitor for becoming a "pet" in a way like Beast Wars Dinobot who left the Predacons and was labeled as a traitor as well.


 * In the virtual world, not only does giant Soundwave have his Shattered Glass colors, the army of normal-sized Soundwaves are colored as the "Electrostatic Soundwave" redeco toys.


 * Also in the virtual world, the driver who mouths off to Bulkhead drives a truck similar to the alt mode of Motormaster, the leader of the Stunticons.


 * Bulkhead wields a traffic light as a melee weapon... like Prowl's first Deluxe-class toy.

Real-world references

 * Scrapper being found on an island and making an unlikely friend is similar to the movie "Cast Away".


 * Wreck-Gar challenges Soundwave's musical attacks by pulling out an accordion, the favorite instrument of his voice actor, "Weird Al" Yankovic.


 * Soundwave informs the Autobots that resistance is futile, even pronouncing "futile" as the Borg do.


 * The name "Substitute Autobots" is a reference to the Legion of Substitute Heroes.


 * Bumblebee carjacks Captain Fanzone and responds by telling Prime, "What? It's not like the guy's real". This could be a reference to the Grand Theft Auto game series.


 * Sari's line It's supposed to be a silent night. is a reference to the popular Christmas carol, Silent Night.


 * When Scrapper pelts Ratchet and Bulkhead with snowballs, he references the Christmas carol, Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!.


 * Since it's Christmas, Scapper, Snarl, and Wreck-Gar could be loosely viewed as a reference to the 3-wise men, or in this case the "Not so Wise Men".


 * Scrapper yells "Hi-ho Snarl, away!" a la the Lone Ranger with his horse, Silver.

Miscellaneous trivia

 * Ratbat is seen in his bat mode for the first time.


 * Sari is referred to as a Technorganic


 * Where are Sari's other weapons, like the arm-blades and hammer?


 * Snarl is finally referred to by name for the first time. Apparently, he didn't have a name until Scrapper gave it to him. One must assume the same goes for Swoop, who was recently referred to as "Swoopy" by Blackarachnia. As of this point, though, whether Swoop will take on this description as a name is unknown.


 * Yes, Optimus Prime used his axe to chop a tree. He's officially a lumberjack.


 * This episode marks the triumphant return of Wreck-Gar. He seems (slightly) less prone to suggestion this time around. Looks like Ratchet really got through to him last time.


 * It's still unknown where Mixmaster and Dirt Boss are after the events of "Three's a Crowd", and according to Scrapper, it's been 48 days since they were seperated.


 * That is one incredibly tough raft, holding Snarl, Scrapper, and later Wreck-Gar, who leaps onto it. Scrapper may not be that much of a hero (or villain, for that matter) but a Constructicon, he knows.


 * Insert numerous "Guitar Hero" jokes here.


 * Grimlock says he's not talking to Snarl. So he can talk after all? Unless it was a dinobot language.


 * In the fight with Soundwave, Optimus physically forces Lazerbeak to transform into his Guitar Mode. Now if that would just happen to one of the big Transformers. Oh, wait. It did happen...to a certain counterpart of the original Soundwave.


 * When Optimus hits Soundwave with Laserbeak, the "Ka-bong" sound from the Quickdraw McGraw cartoons can be heard.


 * Soundwave having a sound battle with an Autobot? It's been done (in another series).


 * We learn a (non toyline related) reason why Snarl isn't called Slag. And yet, it's strikingly similar to the actual reason.


 * Not only did Frank Welker not reprise the role of Soundwave, Laserbeak and Ratbat, instead, recorded voices of actual animals were used for the latter two. And nobody does animal voices like Frank does.


 * Apparently Laserbeak is tough enough to break Soundwave into shards, while not suffering a single scratch. Say what?


 * For a Decepticon, Soundwave is easily breakable. Then again, this may be because he's made from earth metals, instead of the true blue Decepticon alloy.


 * The Automen don't know how to drive. If that ain't irony, I don't know what is.


 * All the robots (and Sari) in the Substitute Autobots were empowered by the AllSpark which could be the reason why they were immune to Soundwave's hypnotism. But wasn't Soundwave himself powered by the AllSpark, too? The same way Snarl was?


 * How, exactly, did Soundwave even create/obtain Laserbeak and Ratbat?