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The name or term Spark refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Spark (disambiguation).


The Spark

"I got your soul!"

Rhinox and Cheetor assist a downed stasis pod and the damaged protoform within.

The Spark (Japanese title: ハヤブサ 戦士 エアラザー) (Hayabusa Senshi: Airazor "The Falcon Warrior: Airazor") is the fifteenth episode of first season of Beast Wars: Transformers, is the fifteenth episode of the Beast Wars: Transformers series and is overall the fifteenth episode of the Beast Era of the Transformers series. It is overall the one hundredth-thirteenth episode of the G1 Era of Transformers.

Summary[]

In orbit around the planet, the next Protoform stasis pod of the series is clipped by a piece of space debris, causing the pod to descend to the surface. Tarantulas detects it first, but Megatron ominously catches on, and dispatches Scorponok and Blackarachnia to capture it.

Meanwhile, Rhinox happens to be scouting the landing area in beast mode, observing that the local raw Energon deters the Predacons from properly fortifying the terrain. He witnesses the pod descending and, unable to radio for support, goes to recover the pod by himself. In another area, Cheetor sees the pod and, after radioing the news to Tigatron, heads to where he anticipates the pod will land.

Rhinox, who's location is nearest to the pod, gets a head start on seeing to it, but finds that because of the local Energon, his robot mode is in risk of damage from prolonged exposure to the Energon radiation. What's worse is that the Protoform within the pod could soon expire if the pod itself isn't soon repaired.

Tigatron hears and spots Scorponok heading for the pod before he ambushes and literally stops him cold in his tracks, but Blackarachnia paralyzes and gives Tigatron a nice, long rest with a dose of her cyber-venom.

Cheetor arrives at the landing crater, and Rhinox tells him that his body contains a component the pod needs to save the Protoform. Cheetor voluntarily deactivates himself to allow Rhinox to harvest the hardware that will protect the new Maximal from Energon radiation damage. While in deep sleep, Cheetor envisions himself learning about the concept of a Transformer spark from Rhinox. After Cheetor reactivates, a tense Rhinox installs the chip and gives the dormant Transformer a second chance.

Blackarachnia arrives and exchanges trash talk with Cheetor as she battles him, while he uses his robot mode conservatively. Cheetor manages to shove her own venom dart into her forehead, giving her a taste of her own medicine. His next opponents are an aerial tag-team: Waspinator and Terrorsaur. With his robot mode pushed to the max and the situation now 2 to 1, Cheetor uses his beast mode to draw the two fliers away.

Rhinox tries to interface his own systems with the stasis pod to assist the Protoform, but is disconnected by feedback and is left trapped in his own beast mode now that the feedback has jolted his Energon field dampeners out of commission.

Cheetor fries Waspinator with some maneuvering around one of the local natural energon geysers. However, Terrorsaur is able to score a direct hit on Cheetor, and proceeds to the now-unprotected pod that could not find anything to scan for the Protoform and a weak Rhinox. At the last possible moment before Terrorsaur could finish them off however, the pod scans a Falcon circling overhead, providing the biological information needed to complete the new Maximal.

The fresh-from-case Transformer drags Terrorsaur for a ride away from the crash site. His attempts to fry the bird with gunfire are dodged, albeit with slight the shedding of some feathers. Announcing her name to be Airazor, the new Maximal blasts the Predacon to pieces, giving Terrorsaur his turn in the humourous 'deaths' department.

Back at the Axalon, Rhinox and Cheetor introduce the rest of the Maximals to their new friend.

Quotes[]

Scorponok: "There it is! Just as Megatron said!"
Blackarachnia: "(Mockingly) "Just as Megatron said! Just as Megatron said!" Don't you ever get tired of grovelling to that saurian?"
Scorponok: "Megatron is our leader! He rewards loyalty and punishes those who oppose his will!"
Blackarachnia: "Ooh! I'm all a-quiver!"

{M-}}Scorponok's lecture on loyalty and opposition amongst Predacon ranks


Scorponok: "Now where's that sour spider gone!?"
(Tigatron emerges out of hiding)
Tigatron: "Scorponok!"
Scorponok: "Gasp!" (Click click!)
Tigatron: "Where are you headed in such a hurry?"
Scorponok: "Bah, I'll tell you nothing, Maximal! Scorponok: TERRORI-"
(Tigatron freezes Scorponok)

Scorponok can finally cool his jets at long last...


"What's new, Pussycat?"
"RHINOX! I didn't expect to find you here! A Spark!"
"Yep! The very that makes us what we are... When a Spark goes online, there is great joy. When one is extinguished, the universe weeps."

Cheetor & Rhinox


(The Energon guysers) "What a lovely spot for the birth of a new Predacon!"
"Don't count on it, web-breath! By the way, how do you dance with all those skinny legs?"
"Ugh, this must be my day for cats!"
"You'll have to be faster than that to bag this cat!"
"You don't know what fast is, furball!"
"I know what ugly is... AND YOU'RE IT!"
(Cheetor buries Blackarachnia)
"Fast cat: 1, spider: zippo!"

Cheetor Vs. Blackarachnia


"Come out, kitty cat! I won't hurt you... much!"

Blackarachnia tries to call Cheetor out of hiding...


"Airazor: MAXIMIZE!!"

—Airazor's very first lines...

Stats[]

Writers: Larry DiTillio
Original Air Date: November 11, 1996

Featured Characters[]

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Maximals Predacons


Notes[]

  • This is the debut appearance of Airazor.
  • This episode also introduced and defined the concept of Sparks to the Transformer mythos.
  • Tarantulas snickers to himself after detecting the pod. It's possible that had Megatron not taken notice, Tarantulas would have secured the pod for his own purposes, as he tried to do when Inferno's pod landed.
  • "The Spark" shares many similarities to the previous Beast Wars: Transformers episode, "Fallen Comrades":
    • They both are episodes that debuts a Maximal (Fallen Comrades: Tigertron, The Spark: Airazor).
    • Both episodes are themed around the Maximal protecting a stasis pod from the Predacons.
    • At the end of that episode, the Protoform is able to aquiere a beast mode and then defeats a Predacon.
    • Both episodes are labled in odds (Fallen Comrades is the seventh episode, The Spark is the thirteenth episode )
  • This episode is Rhinox's second major role, and is technically his first major role of Beast Wars: Transformers, while as in Rhinox's previously major role, he was a Predacon for most of the episode.
  • When Blackarachnia takes down Tigatron with her cyber venom her predacon logo is missing from her collar.
  • Dinobot was not shown nor mentioned in this episode.
  • "The Spark" is the very first episode of Beast Wars: Transformers were Optimus Primal appears as a minor character as apose to being the main and/or one of the main characters, not appearing until near the end of the episode.
    • This is also the first Beast Wars: Transformers episode were Megatron appears as a minor villain as apose to being the main villain and/or one of the main villains, only appearing in the begging of the episode.
Waspinator's "death"
  • Waspinator gets blown up by an energon geyser.
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