The Secret of Omega Supreme

When the Constructicons begin mining on a distant asteroid, Optimus Prime calls on Omega Supreme for assistance, only for a long-standing emnity between Omega and the villains to come to light.

Detailed synopsis
Optimus Prime discovers the Constructicons are excavating an asteroid orbiting Earth and contacts Omega Supreme for help, but Omega confesses a personal vendetta against the Constructicons. They were once his friends when he guarded their creation, the Crystal City, on Cybertron, until they were altered by Megatron's Robo-Smasher and permanently changed into Decepticons. Omega's own run-in with the Smasher while trying to rescue them seems to have left him scarred and emotionally barren except for his desire for vengeance against his former friends.

Prime cautions Omega only to observe the operation, but once on the asteroid, the vengeful Omega immediately attacks his enemies, wildly smashing open a huge fissure. The entire asteroid breaks in two like an egg, hatching an alien creature which flies toward Earth. (Although it appears somewhat robotic, Teletraan I claims that the asteroid was organic in nature, implying that the creature is in fact biological.)

Subsequently learning that the creature is preparing to attack Earth out of hunger, Prime tells Omega that only he can save Earth by luring the monster back to its food supply on the asteroid. After a personal struggle, Omega forgoes his desire for revenge against the Constructicons in order to save the Earth from destruction. In the end, he expresses hope that he might one day regain some of the feelings that he lost during the Constructicons' betrayal.

Stats
Original airdate: 6th November 1985

Written by: David Wise

Featured characters
Omega Supreme (G1), Constructicons, Devastator

Notable quotes
"Where are you going?" "To talk to the only other Autobot who can fly into space." "Omega Supreme! Sounds like a barrel of laughs."
 * —Powerglide and Optimus Prime

"Be ready to depart for the asteroid in one hour—space shuttle mode."
 * —Megatron, master of the obvious, to Astrotrain

"That asteroid may be new fuel for Megatron. The Constructicons are mining—" "Constructicons?! Constructicons: enemies. Enemies die!" "This is a military mission, not a vendetta, Omega." "Results: same!" "I want to know what happened between you and the Constructicons." "Talk: irrelevant. Answer: private." "I want to know about it." "Order: received. Will talk."
 * -- Optimus Prime and Omega Supreme

"I remember it, the most spectacular city on Cybertron."
 * —Optimus Prime talking about the Crystal City.

"Megatron?! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
 * —Scrapper, ambushed by the Robo-Smasher.

"Quit squirming! This is for your own good! HAHAHAHHAHAHAH!"
 * —Devastator mocks Omega Supreme with Omega's own words while holding him down for the Robo-Smasher to reprogram him.

"Megatron failed. I lived...but changed. Since then, I feel only hatred for the Constructicons."
 * —Omega Supreme reveals the results of his betrayal to Prime.

"Revenge: soon. Anticipation: high. Vengeance: GOOD!"
 * —Omega Supreme after being ordered to remove the Constructicons from the asteroid in orbit of the planet.

"Well, old friend, that Robo-Smasher certainly gave you a mean streak. Too bad it didn't finish the job!"
 * —Scrapper as the Constructicons meet Omega Supreme for the first time since the betrayal.

"What—eh—if we all just split up?" "Then he'd hunt us down one at a time." "Then I say we unite!"
 * —Hook, Scrapper and Bonecrusher debate how to deal with Omega Supreme.

"You'll get indigestion!"
 * —Powerglide, as the monster gnaws on a building.

"Keep San Francisco clean—leave!"
 * —Tracks to the monster.

"Cheap shot, cheap shot!"
 * —Powerglide after being hit by the monster's energy blast.

"Relax, man. Remember, we're all one with the universe." "We're about to become one with the pavement! Duck!"
 * —Beachcomber and Tracks, as the creature is attacking.

"Megatron! I had a hunch that you'd try something like this." "Destroy him!" "I have a better idea—save your own skins!"
 * —Optimus Prime as he ambushes Megatron's base.

"Perhaps someday, you'll learn that there is more to life then revenge." "Possibility: growing."
 * —Optimus Prime and Omega Supreme see a little hope for future therapy.

Animation and/or technical glitches
Near the beginning of the episode, when Hook is talking to Megatron, Sideswipe (an Autobot) is standing to his right.

Continuity errors

 * "The Secret of Omega Supreme" established an important (and contentious) second origin story for the Constructicons. According to Omega Supreme, millions of years ago, when he was the guardian of Crystal City on Cybertron, he befriended the then-benevolent Constructicons. Megatron subsequently rewrote the Constructicons' brainwaves, turning them into a combining force for evil. This story contradicts Megatron's assertion (in "Heavy Metal War") that the Constructicons were built "recently" on Earth.

Further complicating the Constructicons' origins is a flashback in "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4" in which the Constructicons are shown creating Megatron, which contradicts both previous origin stories.

These different origins for the Constructicons have become notorious as one of the biggest continuity errors in the series.


 * Optimus Prime refers to Omega Supreme as the only other Autobot capable of spaceflight, yet in season one, Skyfire/Jetfire made at least one interplanetary flight to Cybertron when it was in Earth's orbit in "The Ultimate Doom, Part 2".


 * According to Omega Supreme, the reprogramming effects of Megatron's Robo-Smasher can never be reversed, but in "The Core", Wheeljack and Chip Chase were able to sway the Constructicons' to the Autobots' side with Dominator Disks. This may have been yet another brainwash/override of previous programming rather than a "reversal", as such.

Real-world references

 * San Francisco

Miscellaneous trivia

 * Misc

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