Dash (episode)

Hot Shot goes on a solo mission to convince Galvatron that the Autobots and Decepticons should fight to stop Unicron.

=Armada Episode 42=


 * United Kingdom air date: September 26th, 2003
 * American air date: November 21, 2003
 * Preceded by: Uprising
 * Followed by: Drift
 * Characters (in order of appearance: Galvatron, Wheeljack, Thrust, Demolishor, Cyclonus, Starscream, Blurr, Scavenger, Sideswipe, Optimus Prime, Jetfire, Hoist, Hot Shot, Rad, Carlos, Alexis, Billy, and Fred, Tidal Wave

Synopsis
On Cybertron, Galvatron and Thrust command the rest of the Decepticons not to pay any attention to the black hole outside and to disregard the Autobot's offer for a collaborative effort against it. Away from the rest of the Decepticons, Thrust cackles at how he's manipulating both armies.

The Autobots wait, impatient and tense. The kids aboard the ship feel depressed as they watch the combat lights on Cybertron's surface. Hot Shot passes them, on his way to personally charge into the Decepticon's stronghold and reason with Galvatron. The kids and Red Alert do their best to dissuade him - but Rad realizes that everybody should let Hot Shot go and convinces the others that it's the best idea.

Once Hot Shot is gone, the rest of the Autobots fly to assist Jetfire but come under attack. The Mini-cons assist by forming several holographic copies of the ship to distract the Decepticons.

Fully armed, Hot Shot takes a small craft and buzzes through the Decepticon's defenses to their front door. He motors around their base, passing plenty of opposition. Eventually, Wheeljack arrives to fight Hot Shot one-on-one. The rumble between the two carries into the Decepticon's throne room, where Thrust was seconds away from receiving the Star Saber from Megatron.

Wheeljack tries to convince Galvatron to listen to Hot Shot's message, and Wheeljack's compassion convinces Galvatron to open his ear. As Hot Shot explains Unicron, Galvatron notices Thrust panicking and connects the sudden pressence of Unicron to the Hydra Cannon's un-Cybertronian technology. Starscream pipes up mentioning that Thrust has been conspiring against Galvatron. With his plans exposed, Thrust grabs the Requiem Blaster and the Skyboom Shield and reveals that he's been working in service of Unicron, then he runs away. Starscream, Hot Shot, and Wheeljack chase after the traitor.

Quotes

 * Billy: I wonder whats gonna happen now.
 * Fred: Stressful times like these cal for large quantities of comfort food.


 * Hot Shot: This is a message to the great Galvatron, general of the Decepticon army. the Autobots and Decepticons have fought against one another... for a long time. But there is another enemy that we both must be concerned about. the mini-cons have shown us that we all share a common foe - the one called unicron.
 * Thrust: Ah not more of that unicron nonsense
 * Galvatron (to Thrust): I'm growing tired of listening to your drivel.
 * Galvatron (to Hot Shot): You may go ahead and finish what you were saying. Now you won't be interupted again. So just who is this unicron?
 * Hot Shot: He's the one resposible for creating the black hole. somehow the minicons learn about the existence of unicron, and began to prepare for an attack from him a long time ago.


 * Cyclonus: Do you know what's going on here?
 * Demolishor: Don't ask me, ask the big guy.
 * Tidal Wave: Who knows?


 * Starscream: Get ready, Thrust. I'm coming for you.

Aberrations, Errors, Contrarieties

 * Animation Error: In the fifth shot, Demolishor has an Autobot logo, albeit in purple.
 * Color Error: The second time Jetfire radios the rest of the Autobots, he's colored like Optimus.


 * The Decepticons on the ground refere to the Axalon as "Cybertron ship" - which is an incomplete translation from Japan (in which the Autobot ship is called the Cybertron ship).