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  • Megatron is extremely pleased to learn the clone did not betray him. One might suppose that if Dinobot had let him think clones were unreliable it would have saved the Maximals a world of trouble. Ah, hindsight.
  • Megatron would clone Dinobot twice more; the Cyber raptors in Cutting Edge and Dinobot II in Feral Scream Part 1. The Oracle would use DNA from Dinobot's spark to create the Dinobots in Beast Machines.
  • The Chamber Dinobot's clone was created in appears to be an extensively refitted Predacon R-Chamber.

Animation and/or technical glitches[]

  • With all the focus on Dinobot's beast mode, not to mention Clone One's rather theatrical body language, this episode really demonstrates the limitations of their CG model. It contorts in strange ways and continuously clips through itself in various places.
  • When the bolts and rivets fly off the cloning chamber, there's no screw-holes remaining in their place, the metal remains intact.
  • When Clone One is called a "ZombieBot" by Scorponok, and when he growls and bites at him, Tigatron's scream is heard instead.
  • As Dinobot approaches the cave Terrorsaur flew into, for a moment the "camera" clips into some rocks on the right side of the screen.
  • More of an oddity than an error, but due to the angle the shot was rendered in, as Dinobot transforms into robot mode to enter the cave, you may notice how his robot torso and sword miraculously appear in shrunken form behind or above (but clearly separate from) his dinosaur mode, before merging with the rest of his body to complete transformation. Later, as he tries to fight his clone, the robot torso correctly appears from within the beast's body.
  • When Terrorsaur creates a cave-in to trap Dinobot, the latter briefly clips through the screen as the "camera" pulls out. His left hand then passes through his sword, and as he hurries into the cave, he clips into the screen again, very briefly giving us a view of the insides of his animation model's head.
  • When Megatron orders the clone to go, his left hand clips completely through the console on his seat.
  • The circular compartment in the middle of the table that Rattrap emerges from has a very pixelated rim around it.
  • After Clone One has kicked Rattrap's log off the ledge, he begins to leave, but instead of turning and beginning to walk convincingly, his body just awkwardly kinda contorts itself before the shot cuts.
  • When Rattrap grabs a hold of the ledge after escaping the lava fall, he seems to have a double-hand: one which holds onto the rock and one that's actually attached to him. You can see the two hands' joints merging in and out of each other as he hangs there, and the stationary hand's joint even stays there as he pulls himself up.
  • When Rattrap blows his way out of his predicament, the smoke of the explosion is very blocky and low-res.
  • When the clone opens wide to snap at the real Dinobot, the inside of his maw is really messed up, and the lower part of his jaw folds over itself.
  • During the clash between the Dinobots, the one who gets launched forward by the chair has some very weird things going on with his body. Namely, it gets so distorted, that the point where the legs meet the torso seemingly turn inside out, and flesh that wasn't there before (or afterwards) juts out of his sides. Also, while barely noticeable, his left arm jumps out of position for just a frame a few seconds before the chair hits him.

Continuity errors[]

  • Phase One of Megatron's plan is basically "kill Dinobot", a job he dispatches Terrorsaur to take care of with seemingly no worry that he will fail. He doesn't normally display this level of faith in Terrorsaur's abilities. (Also, if "Kill Dinobot" is that easy, then the next phases should probably be "kill Rattrap", "kill Cheetor", etc.)
  • Although Clone One failed in this particular situation, the overall experiment was a success. One wonders why Megatron didn't just create a whole herd of Dinobot clones. Even in Beast Mode, they'd be useful for boosting his numbers. (For that matter, if all it takes is a small, easily obtainable piece of DNA, we run into the same problem that we had back in "A Prime Problem"... why not clone Primal, or even Megatron himself?)
  • Although this episode necessarily takes place after the introduction of Sentinel in "A Better Mousetrap", when Dinobot activates the perimeter shield to betray Megatron, the appearance of the shield is that of the old green one, rather than the new silver one.

Transformers references[]

  • The Dinobot (Maximal)-Dinobot (Clone) showdown is reminiscent of the battle between Swoop and Snarl vs Grimlock, Slag and Sludge in The Transformers Season 1 episode "War of the Dinobots"; in that two Dinobots, one the genuine article and the other a doppleganger, enter the prehistoric heat of battle
    • How Dinobot managed to defeat his clone was based on a tactic used in The Transformers Season 2 episode "Enter the Nightbird", as noted in the plot summary above.

Real-world references[]

  • Megatron creates the Dinobot clone in the middle of a dramatic lightning storm, as is tradition when cartoon super-villains use mad science to create life. The references are less subtle next time in the first part of the rwo-part Season 3 episode "Feral Scream".

Notes[]

  • "Double Dinobot" is very similar to The Transformers Season 2 episode "A Prime Problem", in that its an episode about Megatron creating a clone of a Autobot/Maximal to sneak in a base.
  • While the Dinobot clone is trying to deactivate Sentinel, a holographic Maximal logo appears with Cybertronix writing under it saying "who is this putz scally user." Then the shot changes to behind the projection as some more text appears next to a diagram that says "hey ian go f**k yourself," making one wonder what Ian James Corlett did to anger the animator. Then the words 'Merv Griffin' display.

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