Overloaded, Part 2
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| "Overloaded, Part 2" | ||||||
| Season | 2 | |||||
| No. in season | 2 | |||||
| Production company | Hasbro Studios | |||||
| Airdate | February 27,2016 | |||||
| Writer | Adam Beechen | |||||
| Director | Frank Marino | |||||
| Animation studio | Polygon Pictures,drop(2D) | |||||
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While the away team struggles against the elements to capture Polarclaw, Bumblebee's team tracks Overload.
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Synopsis
WithOptimus Prime's grip on the ice cliff weakening, things are not being helped by the Decepticon above throwing more chunks of ice down at them, despiteWindblade's best efforts to keep the Decepticon occupied. At his Mini-Cons' plea,Driftjumps into action and though initially objecting,Sideswipehelps him form a chain to try to pull Optimus up. Windblade joins in and they manage to get Optimus to safety. Optimus admits maybe he's affected more than he thought, however a sonic roar from the Decepticon forestalls further discussion by starting an avalanche. Windblade disregards Optimus's order to take off and uses her turbines to slow the avalanche, though the Autobots are still swept off the side of the mountain.
Bumblebee's team finds the wrecked parking lot, and Bumblebee assumes it was a battle betweenOverloadand the Mini-ConsRansackandBacktrackrather than a team-up. Reasoning the two parties will have gone in different directions, Bumblebee heads after Overload by himself, despiteStrongarm's protests. Strongarm andGrimlockhead in the other direction in search of the Mini-Cons.
The Autobots in theArcticpull themselves out of the ground and thank Windblade for her efforts in slowing the avalanche's force. Optimus contactsFixitwho is able to identify the Decepticon asPolarclaw,a Decepticon with exceptional vision. Sideswipe laments that they won't be able to get close before Polarclaw spots them, but Optimus leads them to a nearbyhumanbase, where he demonstrates an ability taught to him by thePrimes— the ability to scan a vehicle and take on just its color scheme.
Grimlock and Strongarm realize that they've been tracking scout troops instead of Mini-Cons. Stuck between two oncoming troops, Grimlock comes up with a subterfuge which allows them to leave with their cover intact.
Optimus's team finishes taking on new polar camouflage color schemes and starts heading off. Sideswipe observes that Optimus seems even more wiped out by the effort, but Windblade points out one of his left wheel is squeaking, something Sideswipe shrugs off as minor. The team heads back up the mountain.
Bumblebee finds Overload pummeling an occupied recreational vehicle as a warm up to draw out Optimus, and attacks the Decepticon.
The team in the Arctic use their new color schemes successfully to sneak up to the cave Polarclaw is hanging out in. Sideswipe impatiently tries to move in, but his squeaky wheel alerts the Decepticon who immediately begins to flee. The Autobots give chase only to find themselves on a cliff over water. Sideswipe slips, causing them all to fall in and plunge to the bottom, where they find the cold is increasingly compromising their systems. Optimus comes up with a new strategy and orders Windblade to fly ahead and force Polarclaw into the water.
Bumblebee's futile pounding on Overload comes to an end as Overload fights back along with the Mini-Cons. Overload manages to pin him to the ground and starts punching him instead.
Windblade manages to cut off Polarclaw and redirect him into the water where the other Autobots have Sideswipe grab him and drag him down to the bottom. Unable to use his sonic roar, the Decepticon is easily punched out by Optimus. The Autobots pick their captive up and start heading for one of Windblade's caches to store him.
Battered, Bumblebee notices the Cyclone Mini-Cons and manages to appeal to their love of noise to turn them against Overload. The pair start hitting Overload with pots and pans, allowing Bumblebee to render the larger Decepticon unconscious. Grimlock and Strongarm arrive and Bumblebee admits Strongarm was right in that splitting the team has left them shorthanded. They start heading back towards the scrapyard and the occupants of the RV vow never to go camping again.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
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Quotes
"And this could be from Ransack or Backtrack! Or it's rust."
- —Grimlock
"Move it! Move it! I am not digging a ditch for the eighth year in a row! Ugh!"
[Grimlock roars and runs out of the forest before Strongarm drives up]
"Nothing to worry about, juvenile citizens. Just the Forest Service preparing for Scenario 26-B: scientists revive a dinosaur and it runs wild!"
[Grimlock roars]
"Stay in school."[drives off]
"We may have to dig the latrine, but we are going to rule campfire story time!"
- —Thescout mastergets an awesome story thanks toStrongarm.
"Wait, I remember you now!"
"You do?"
"Yes, you once called me shameless and overdramatic.How dare you, sir!"
"That...wasn't...ME!!"
- —OverloadmistakesBumblebeefor his greatest foe, a critic.
"Not the face, NOT THE FACE!"
- —Overloadhas seen anotherPrimefrom another reality.
"Sideswipe, you appear to be limping. Do you require assistance?"
- —Optimus PrimetoSideswipe
"Wow, as an expert on punches, I'd say that one was downright Grimlockian."
- —Grimlock
Notes
Continuity notes
- Thecolor changing abilitythatOptimus PrimeteachesDrift,Windblade,andSideswipein this episode has been previously utilized in "Aligned" fiction before, specifically byBumblebeeandSmokescreenin season three ofPrime.However, where characters inPrimestuck with the color changes for the rest of that series (kind of implying, butnotexplicitly stating, that such changes are semi-permanent), here characters are shown to swap their colorations around with ease and frequency.
- Bumblebee uses this ability later on in this series, in the episode "History Lessons".
Prisoner manifest
- In stasis:Hammerstrike,Bisk,Chop Shop,Terrashock,Filch,Minitron,Springload,Ped,Quillfire,"that one with all the eyes",Malodorand theSkunkticons,Nightstrike,Vertebreak,Octopunch,Groundpounder,Headlock,Scowl,Scratch,Zizza,Pseudo,Fracture,Airazor,Divebomb,Thunderhoof,Underbite,Clampdown,Overload,Backtrack,Ransack,Polarclaw
- Known at large:Steeljaw,Kickback
- Released:Grimlock
- Countless others all missing, presumed at large
Transformers references
- The ability the Autobots use to change their color schemes is similar to various examples ofSpontaneous recoloration,such as theAutobot Brothers' "supercharge" ability from theotherRobots in Disguisecartoon.
Real-world references
- (tbd)
Animation and technical errors
- The clanging sound that Bumblebee makes when hitting Overload with the grill is woefully out of time with the animation.
Trivia
- Windblade demonstrates the ability to fly or at least hover in robot mode.
- Optimus still didn't getRafhissnowball!
- While the arctic camouflage Optimus's team uses is blatantly a bit ofadvertisementfor the "Blizzard Strike"redecotoys, they don't actuallyresemblethose toys' decos. And not all of the teamgot"Blizzard Strike" toys, for that matter.
Foreign localization
French
- Title:"Overload - Deuxième partie"(" Overload - Part Two ")
- Original airdate:March 27,2016
Hungarian
- Title:Csapatjáték, 2. rész( "Team Play, Part 2" )
- Original airdate:May 3,2016 (initially aired afterMetal Meltdown,reruns had the correct order)
Italian
- Title:Sovraccarico Overload, Parte Seconda( "Overloaded Overload, Second Part" )
- Original airdate:February 22,2016
Japanese
Home video releases
- DVD
2016 —Transformers Robots in Disguise— Overloaded (Beyond Home Entertainment)
2017 —Transformers Robots in Disguise Collection— Overloaded & Decepticon Island (Shout! Factory)
