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Nightscream pursues Jetstorm, who has captured Blackarachnia's spark; meanwhile, Optimus and Rhinox have a heart to heart.

Revelations Part III: Apocalypse (Japanese title: Mission of the Stars) (星の使命 Hoshi no Shimei) is the third/finale part of the three-part "Revelations" Saga, is the ninth episode of first season of Beast Machines: Transformers, is the ninth episode of the Beast Machines: Transformers series and is overall the sixty-first episode of the Beast Era of the Transformers series. It is overall the one hundredth-fifty-ninth episode of the G1 Era of Transformers.

Summary[]

Jetstorm stands over Blackarachnia's body, holding her spark, as Nightscream looks on in anguish. Gloating, the Vehicon transforms and flies off with the spark, and Nightscream sets off in pursuit. Watching them go, Thrust then eyes Blackarachnia's body.

Meanwhile, Cheetor is skeptical of Rattrap's theory that Tankor is Rhinox, due to the vast difference in intellect. The pair resolve to try to reach Rhinox's consciousness.

Below ground, Optimus Primal tells the Oracle that he doesn't understand the visions he's had... and is promptly granted another vision. Walking in a field, he sees plants with his fellow Maximals' faces on them, and is attacked by metal tentacles. The tentacles turn the plants to metal, and Optimus Primal's friends cry that he has failed them.

Tankor regains consciousness and Cheetor cautiously inquires whether Rhinox is in control. Although for a moment it seems as though Tankor's Maximal side is reasserting itself, he writhes in pain and reverts to his "TANKOR DESTROY!" persona. Cheetor is tossed aside, and Tankor advances on Rattrap, firing. After a brief attempt to reason with the Vehicon, Rattrap jumps on some large pipes, releasing them from their bonds so that they fall on Tankor. He recovers quickly, and the two Maximals turn to flee. Unfortunately they're cut off by oncoming tank drones, and race down a narrow gap between the stacked containers. Tankor begins smashing the containers aside, so the pair run up one of the arched structures they've found. On reaching the arch, Tankor merely begins cutting into the side of it, and the Maximals look at each other in alarm. It doesn't take long for Tankor to cut through enough to push the arch over, and Rattrap and Cheetor are forced to jump to the next arch which comes under attack from tank drones.

Nightscream snatches Blackarachnia's spark back from Jetstorm (who seems to have stopped to have a chat with it). The enraged Vehicon chases him but clips a freeway and slams into the side of a building. Recovering quickly, Jetstorm continues the pursuit and follows Nightscream until the Maximal drops an elevator on him.

Thrust carries Blackarachnia's lifeless body through the city until he's intercepted by Nightscream. The pair fight until Nightscream is able to disable Thrust by draining his Energon. Floating in a white void, Blackarachnia encounters Optimus and he tells her that her spark must have left her body. Elsewhere, Nightscream liberates Blackarachnia's spark from its container and tries to force it back into her body. In the void, she panics and flees from Optimus, just as her spark does from Nightscream. Optimus is able to calm her, and her spark returns to her body. Nightscream suggests they find the others, as he has a feeling they'll need help.

Indeed, Tankor has just knocked over one of the arches in the row, and the rest of them begin to fall like dominoes. Rattrap and Cheetor fall from the final arch, and Cheetor finds himself trapped under some containers with Tankor towering over him. He pleads with the Vehicon to remember who he is and, after a great mental struggle, Tankor unleashes a cry which Optimus hears on his higher plane. Optimus marches through the field of his vision, pushing through the plants until he comes face-to-face with... Rhinox. Optimus talks with his old friend, who it seems sides with Megatron, favoring technology over organic nature. Optimus is jerked back to reality with a cry of "NO!"

Blackarachnia pulls Cheetor out of the way of Tankor's descending fist, and Nightscream takes out a row of tank drones. Cheetor warns Blackarachnia not to harm Tankor, surprising her with the information that he's Rhinox. She's tossed aside by the Vehicon, disturbing a pile of containers and revealing Rattrap's hiding place. The four Maximals offer Tankor their help, but he replies in Rhinox's voice that he doesn't need their help. He reveals that he's been conscious but unable to do anything, suppressed by the Tankor personality the whole time. To their alarm, he also announces that Megatron is Cybertron's only hope for technological perfection. The Maximals wonder if Rhinox's spark has been corrupted, and attack their friend, pinning him to the ground. Cheetor tells Rattrap to use his tail interface to reprogram Rhinox, but they're interrupted by Optimus who says Rhinox has made his choice and they have to respect that. The Maximals sadly watch Rhinox leave, with Rhinox looking back and saying that the next time him and Optimus meet, it will not be as allies.

Back at base, the Maximals mourn over their lost friend, and Optimus gives a speech about how the Matrix sent them to prehistoric Earth for a reason—to restore nature to Cybertron.

Featured characters[]

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Maximals Vehicons


Quotes[]

"Gee, good thing Tankor turned out to be a friend! Imagine if he was recycled FROM A PREDACON!"

-Rattrap

"Rhinox...thank the Matrix you're alive!"
"Arrgh...trapped...ABANDONED!"
"This is Megatron's doing. But I can help you."
"STAY AWAY FROM ME. Megatron isn't the problem. YOU are!"
"You—you don't know what you're saying! Megatron has started a war between the organic and the technological...but we can overcome the destructive force of his rampant technology!"
"Don't you see, Optimus?! Nature is the destructive force! Megatron's right...as long as sparks remain individualistic, the wars will only continue!"
"NOOOOO!"

Optimus Primal has a heart-to-heart with Rhinox. Needless to say, it doesn't go well.


"IMPOSTER! The Rhinox I knew would never side with Megatron!"

Cheetor, angry at Rhinox's betrayal.


"Rattrap! Use your tail interface...if Rhinox won't change his mind, we'll change it for him!"

Cheetor, ironically issuing a command that Megatron would have given.


"Goodbye, Optimus. When we meet again, it will not be as allies."

Rhinox's parting words to Optimus.


"Was this planet ever organic to begin with?"

—A humble question from Cheetor. To this day, the fandom is still divided over the answer.

Notes[]

Continuity errors[]

  • Perhapes the biggest error of this episode is Rhinox defecting and becoming a villain, as what caused Rhinox to become evil is never really explained in the series; popular fan theory is that Rhinox's corruption is the result of the Maximals reactivating his core consciousness without deactivating Tankor's Vehicon programming, resulting in them 'restoring' Rhinox to a new variation of his Predacon self as seen in "Dark Designs".

Transformers references[]

Real-world references[]

  • After destroying several Tank Drones, Nightscream refers to them as "Tonka toys".

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