The Catalyst

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Looks like Rumble had a bit of a run in with Lockdown.
"The Catalyst"
Production company	Mainframe Entertainment
Airdate	December 11, 1999
Written by	Robert N. Skir Marty Isenberg
Animation studio	Mainframe Entertainment
Continuity	Beast Wars continuity

Rattrap uses a catalyst program to accelerate the growth of the plants at the Maximal stronghold, and Blackarachnia learns the truth about Thrust.

Contents 1 Summary 2 Featured characters 3 Quotes 4 Notes 4.1 Technical/Animation Glitches 4.2 Continuity errors 4.3 Transformers references 4.4 Real-World References 4.5 Trivia 5 External Links

[edit] Summary

Extended summary

[edit] Featured characters

(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)

Maximals	Vehicons	Predacons
Blackarachnia Optimus Primal Cheetor Rattrap Nightscream	Tankor/Rhinox Megatron Jetstorm/Silverbolt Thrust/Waspinator Diagnostic Drone	Waspinator (Flashback)

[edit] Quotes

"Your glorious army will shine less brightly without his guiding...can I have his tank drones?"

—Jetstorm, that greedy son of a...

"Nooooooo. Doggie-bot not here."

—Waspinator's first words when reactivated in Thrust's body.

"Blackarachnia. Oh, dark poison of my heart!"

—Silverbolt's first words when reactivated in Jetstorm's body.

[edit] Notes

[edit] Technical/Animation Glitches

• Glitch

[edit] Continuity errors

• Silverbolt and Waspinator seem unaware that they are in Vehicon bodies with drones at their command. This is odd, considering that Rhinox was fully aware (or so he claims) within the body of Tankor, and even more so when Silverbolt feels guilt when he finally returns to the Maximal fold (although these can both be chalked up to the Maximals tampering with their respective programming). Even a few seconds before Waspinator acts oblivious to his command over the drones, he confesses "now Waspinator cool biker bot, hardly ever get blown up and Chick-bots dig the brooding loner bit", acknowledging his role as Thrust. Huh?

[edit] Transformers references

• Silverbolt and Waspinator's Beast Wars personalities emerge in this episode, albeit for a few minutes.

[edit] Real-World References

• Reference

[edit] Trivia

• It seems unusual that Megatron would threaten the Diagnostic Drone with a spark extractor, seeing as how it doesn't have any to begin with.
• Palm tree is the most ecological way to time-travel.

[edit] External Links

• Link