Beast Wars: Transformers (1996) s01e11 Episode Script
The Probe
( dramatic theme playing )
( roars )
Beast Wars
( dramatic rock theme playing )
Beast Wars
( dramatic theme playing )
MAXIMAL 1: Transwarp ship Axalon, commanded by Optimus Primal,
has not been found in normal space.
We believe their pursuit of the Predacons,
who stole the golden disk,
may have taken them into another time zone.
MAXIMAL 2 ( on radio ): Temporal probes launched.
MAXIMAL 1: If Optimus and his crew are anywhere out there,
we'll find them and bring them home.
( dramatic theme playing )
( suspenseful theme playing )
Last one back to the base is Predacon chow.
Heh. No way, fur ball.
I ain't staring at no hairy cat butt.
( grunts )
( sighs )
Optimus Primal, maximize.
( panting )
( dramatic rock theme playing )
( panting )
You lose again, Rattrap.
( grunts )
Oy. Don't cats ever get tired of being stupid?
( Cheetor thuds )
Aw, that was mega-low, Optimus.
I was only racing Rattrap.
I could have been a Predacon scout.
When you're outside the base, you pay attention.
You think Megatron's wasting his time playing games?
Fool.
Dinobot, maximize.
( suspenseful theme playing )
OPTIMUS: Sentinel, stand down.
Hm.
Come on. Come on.
OPTIMUS: What's going on?
The long-range scanner, it's picking up signals from space.
Ah. But I can't punch through the energon interference.
( growls )
It's probably a Predacon trick.
Or something worse. ( gasps )
Rattrap, see if you can get me a visual.
Yeah. On it.
Rattrap, maximize.
I need more power. Cheetor?
Maximize.
( growls )
Yeah, almost there. Come on, baby.
Come on. Give it up for the rat.
Yes!
( laughs )
Strip my gears
and call me a floor lamp!
Is that what I think it is?
RHINOX: Yep. A temporal probe. Cybertron's found us.
You're pulling our circuits. We're going home?
If we can make contact before it moves away.
Yes! Ha-ha-ha!
Can you break through the interference?
I'm gonna give it a Maximal try.
Sending signal now.
( tense theme playing )
COMPUTER: Hailing code not acknowledged.
Probe moving beyond communications range.
Talk about major crash.
Hmm. You did your best, Rhinox.
No one could have done more.
Yeah. Fearless leader's right.
No, he's not. I blew it.
But we might still have a chance.
What do you mean?
You know how probes work.
They home in on the transwarp signature of the missing ship.
But our transwarp engine's been offline since the crash.
That's why the probe moved on.
But it'll be back just before it leaves this system.
If we can duplicate our transwarp signature
before it returns and send it to the probe
We'll be on our way home.
CHEETOR: Home? All right! RATTRAP: Yes!
( Optimus grunts )
Ah. That's our foundation. Let's get to work.
You do realize we're in Predacon territory.
Yeah. You know, Dino-bore's got a point.
If the Preds catch us up here, we'll be beautiful targets.
This was the nearest clear zone.
Building the signal ray here
is our best shot at contacting the probe.
And Tigatron will watch our backs.
( sighs )
The air is sweet today.
I wonder if Cybertron can match such natural beauty.
( sniffs )
( buzzing in distance ) Waspinator.
Tigatron, maximize.
( roars )
( mumbling )
No matter what Megatron said,
Waspinator is tired of searching for Maximals.
( gun cocks )
Your search is over, Predacon.
( whimpers )
Next time you're looking for Maximals,
keep your mind on the job.
His job was bait. Heh-heh.
And you're the trap?
Not a trap, Maximal. A test.
Of what?
TARANTULAS: Of my new toy. Ha-ha-ha!
( Tarantulas laughing )
( gasps )
( explosion in distance) Huh?
Yikes! Missile fire.
Optimus to Tigatron.
Cheetor, scout and report. Go.
I'm gone.
Beast mode.
I'll follow him.
He may need my warrior skills.
No. We need you here.
We haven't got much time to finish the array.
Oh, of course.
We wouldn't want to miss our chance to go home.
Hey, what's biting your sensors, Dino-Boob?
You act like you don't wanna get off this dirt ball.
Afraid you'll miss your Pred-head friends?
You're what I'm afraid of.
You're so eager to go home.
But your home is not mine.
I am Predacon, despite our alliance.
And when your ship comes to rescue you,
my fate will be the same as Megatron's.
Perhaps, even worse.
We won't let that happen, Dinobot.
You're a Maximal now and we'll see that you're treated as one.
And what makes you think I want to be?
Hm.
( Tarantulas laughing )
( grunting )
( laughing )
You're only wearing yourself out.
Inevitably, the lens will find you.
( grunts )
By the Matrix, what's happening?
It works. How gratifying.
Tarantulas, terrorize.
Tigatron, maximize. Maximize!
( laughs )
Isn't life full of surprises?
Aah! Unh!
( laughs )
( screaming )
Poor tiger. You never had a chance.
He's got a better chance than you, chuckles.
Unh! One wrong move and you're wreckage.
Step away from Tigatron. Slowly.
As you wish.
What the--? Unh!
Hey. Cheetor, maximize!
Don't cats ever get tired of being stupid?
( laughs )
Two down. Four to go.
( chuckles )
Hmm.
COMPUTER: Transwarp signature replicated.
Computer, how much time before
the probe's back in signal range?
One-point-four megacycles.
Better get my gears in high.
( suspenseful theme playing )
Optimus to Cheetor and Tigatron.
Respond at once.
Megatron must know.
Take this to him immediately.
I'll keep an eye on the Maximals.
Whatever they're doing, we'll soon put a stop to it.
( screeches )
( dramatic theme playing )
BLACKARACHNIA: Is it a weapon?
TERRORSAUR: It looks more like a long-range signal array.
MEGATRON: Yes.
But why would Optimus risk
building it inside our perimeter?
( Cheetor groans )
Maybe we should ask the kittens.
Oh. Excellent idea.
Whoa. Talk about nightmares.
Your nightmares are just beginning, Maximal,
unless you tell me about the signal array
Optimus is building.
Oh. Why don't you ask him yourself, Mega-dumb?
You're trying my patience, feline.
( scanner beeping ) What's that?
The space scanner.
It's picking up some sort of craft.
It'll be over the planet in ten seconds.
The probe!
Ah! Probe?
Prepare for full-scale assault.
The array must be destroyed immediately.
Tarantulas, bring the transformation lock lens.
Oh. Me and my big mouth.
They would've attacked the array anyway.
But at least they left us unguarded.
What are you doing?
You always say what a swinging cat you are.
So start swinging.
And maybe we can free ourselves from these cages.
( Cheetor grunts )
( dramatic theme playing )
There, done.
All it needs now is the transwarp module.
Assuming Rhinox can get it here in time.
Hey, don't worry. He will.
Heh. Not that you give a nanobyte.
( grunts ) Rattrap.
Ah, to the inferno with both of you.
( grunts )
Megatron has ordered this tower demolished.
Interceptors, fire.
Chew on this, Optimus Primal.
( screams )
I don't think so.
And I really don't think so.
( screams )
( thuds )
Hmm.
Yee-haw!
( tense theme playing )
( both grunt )
( grunts )
( Cheetor screaming )
( both grunt )
( gasps )
Whoa! Unh.
( coughs )
I knew that was good for something.
Other than swatting flies.
What now?
Do you know where the Predacons' repair chamber is?
So we can escape this transformation lock?
Follow me.
( suspenseful theme playing )
Scorponok's attack was meant only to soften us up.
Megatron will be coming in force.
Well, maybe Rhinox will get here before him.
( Terrorsaur screeches )
Or maybe not.
( screeching )
( dramatic theme playing )
Hey. Hey, where's leather puss going?
He always was a coward.
MEGATRON: Granted.
But he makes an excellent diversion.
You don't know what you're doing, Megatron.
Oh, on the contrary.
I know all about the probe from Cybertron,
and I mean to see you don't contact it.
Predacons, attack!
( dramatic rock theme playing )
( grunts )
( roars )
( cackles )
( grunts )
( groans )
Impressive little toy, isn't it?
( grunts )
Nobody does that to my team, sister.
( dramatic theme playing )
( whines )
( yells )
( Blackarachnia thuds )
Dinobot, maximize.
Maximize!
Hey, you okay, chopper face?
I I can't transform.
Must be that gizmo of Mega-- Unh!
Oh, no.
Oh, yes.
( Rattrap screams )
Your time has come, Optimus.
Guess again.
Aah! Unh! No. No.
( grunts )
( yelling )
( Tarantulas thuds )
Aah! No!
Your dreams of returning to Cybertron are over, Optimus.
( gasps )
( grunting )
( groaning )
( screams ) Very resourceful.
( grunts )
But in the end, the result is the same.
Yes. Huh?
Don't count on it, motor head.
( screams )
Optimus?
Ah. I'll be all right.
The array, there isn't much time.
( suspenseful theme playing )
Online.
Unh. Rhinox.
Hold on. I'm almost finished.
All I have to do now is enter the code.
( grunts )
No!
Rhinox, maximize.
( grunting )
( grunting )
You've got to enter the rest of the code.
I can't do it in this form.
How sad.
No Predacon will become a Maximal prisoner while I rule.
Megatron. No.
( laughing )
( laughing )
( both screaming )
( laughing )
Delightful.
Now, just one more thing.
( groans )
Time for you to decorate a cage, Mega-Dork.
I think not.
Cybertron won't find you now and the war will go on.
Until I am the victor.
Did we get our signal to the probe?
Are we going home?
Not today, Cheetor.
But someday.
( tense theme playing )
Beast Wars
( dramatic rock theme playing )
( roars )
Beast Wars
( dramatic rock theme playing )
Beast Wars
( dramatic theme playing )
MAXIMAL 1: Transwarp ship Axalon, commanded by Optimus Primal,
has not been found in normal space.
We believe their pursuit of the Predacons,
who stole the golden disk,
may have taken them into another time zone.
MAXIMAL 2 ( on radio ): Temporal probes launched.
MAXIMAL 1: If Optimus and his crew are anywhere out there,
we'll find them and bring them home.
( dramatic theme playing )
( suspenseful theme playing )
Last one back to the base is Predacon chow.
Heh. No way, fur ball.
I ain't staring at no hairy cat butt.
( grunts )
( sighs )
Optimus Primal, maximize.
( panting )
( dramatic rock theme playing )
( panting )
You lose again, Rattrap.
( grunts )
Oy. Don't cats ever get tired of being stupid?
( Cheetor thuds )
Aw, that was mega-low, Optimus.
I was only racing Rattrap.
I could have been a Predacon scout.
When you're outside the base, you pay attention.
You think Megatron's wasting his time playing games?
Fool.
Dinobot, maximize.
( suspenseful theme playing )
OPTIMUS: Sentinel, stand down.
Hm.
Come on. Come on.
OPTIMUS: What's going on?
The long-range scanner, it's picking up signals from space.
Ah. But I can't punch through the energon interference.
( growls )
It's probably a Predacon trick.
Or something worse. ( gasps )
Rattrap, see if you can get me a visual.
Yeah. On it.
Rattrap, maximize.
I need more power. Cheetor?
Maximize.
( growls )
Yeah, almost there. Come on, baby.
Come on. Give it up for the rat.
Yes!
( laughs )
Strip my gears
and call me a floor lamp!
Is that what I think it is?
RHINOX: Yep. A temporal probe. Cybertron's found us.
You're pulling our circuits. We're going home?
If we can make contact before it moves away.
Yes! Ha-ha-ha!
Can you break through the interference?
I'm gonna give it a Maximal try.
Sending signal now.
( tense theme playing )
COMPUTER: Hailing code not acknowledged.
Probe moving beyond communications range.
Talk about major crash.
Hmm. You did your best, Rhinox.
No one could have done more.
Yeah. Fearless leader's right.
No, he's not. I blew it.
But we might still have a chance.
What do you mean?
You know how probes work.
They home in on the transwarp signature of the missing ship.
But our transwarp engine's been offline since the crash.
That's why the probe moved on.
But it'll be back just before it leaves this system.
If we can duplicate our transwarp signature
before it returns and send it to the probe
We'll be on our way home.
CHEETOR: Home? All right! RATTRAP: Yes!
( Optimus grunts )
Ah. That's our foundation. Let's get to work.
You do realize we're in Predacon territory.
Yeah. You know, Dino-bore's got a point.
If the Preds catch us up here, we'll be beautiful targets.
This was the nearest clear zone.
Building the signal ray here
is our best shot at contacting the probe.
And Tigatron will watch our backs.
( sighs )
The air is sweet today.
I wonder if Cybertron can match such natural beauty.
( sniffs )
( buzzing in distance ) Waspinator.
Tigatron, maximize.
( roars )
( mumbling )
No matter what Megatron said,
Waspinator is tired of searching for Maximals.
( gun cocks )
Your search is over, Predacon.
( whimpers )
Next time you're looking for Maximals,
keep your mind on the job.
His job was bait. Heh-heh.
And you're the trap?
Not a trap, Maximal. A test.
Of what?
TARANTULAS: Of my new toy. Ha-ha-ha!
( Tarantulas laughing )
( gasps )
( explosion in distance) Huh?
Yikes! Missile fire.
Optimus to Tigatron.
Cheetor, scout and report. Go.
I'm gone.
Beast mode.
I'll follow him.
He may need my warrior skills.
No. We need you here.
We haven't got much time to finish the array.
Oh, of course.
We wouldn't want to miss our chance to go home.
Hey, what's biting your sensors, Dino-Boob?
You act like you don't wanna get off this dirt ball.
Afraid you'll miss your Pred-head friends?
You're what I'm afraid of.
You're so eager to go home.
But your home is not mine.
I am Predacon, despite our alliance.
And when your ship comes to rescue you,
my fate will be the same as Megatron's.
Perhaps, even worse.
We won't let that happen, Dinobot.
You're a Maximal now and we'll see that you're treated as one.
And what makes you think I want to be?
Hm.
( Tarantulas laughing )
( grunting )
( laughing )
You're only wearing yourself out.
Inevitably, the lens will find you.
( grunts )
By the Matrix, what's happening?
It works. How gratifying.
Tarantulas, terrorize.
Tigatron, maximize. Maximize!
( laughs )
Isn't life full of surprises?
Aah! Unh!
( laughs )
( screaming )
Poor tiger. You never had a chance.
He's got a better chance than you, chuckles.
Unh! One wrong move and you're wreckage.
Step away from Tigatron. Slowly.
As you wish.
What the--? Unh!
Hey. Cheetor, maximize!
Don't cats ever get tired of being stupid?
( laughs )
Two down. Four to go.
( chuckles )
Hmm.
COMPUTER: Transwarp signature replicated.
Computer, how much time before
the probe's back in signal range?
One-point-four megacycles.
Better get my gears in high.
( suspenseful theme playing )
Optimus to Cheetor and Tigatron.
Respond at once.
Megatron must know.
Take this to him immediately.
I'll keep an eye on the Maximals.
Whatever they're doing, we'll soon put a stop to it.
( screeches )
( dramatic theme playing )
BLACKARACHNIA: Is it a weapon?
TERRORSAUR: It looks more like a long-range signal array.
MEGATRON: Yes.
But why would Optimus risk
building it inside our perimeter?
( Cheetor groans )
Maybe we should ask the kittens.
Oh. Excellent idea.
Whoa. Talk about nightmares.
Your nightmares are just beginning, Maximal,
unless you tell me about the signal array
Optimus is building.
Oh. Why don't you ask him yourself, Mega-dumb?
You're trying my patience, feline.
( scanner beeping ) What's that?
The space scanner.
It's picking up some sort of craft.
It'll be over the planet in ten seconds.
The probe!
Ah! Probe?
Prepare for full-scale assault.
The array must be destroyed immediately.
Tarantulas, bring the transformation lock lens.
Oh. Me and my big mouth.
They would've attacked the array anyway.
But at least they left us unguarded.
What are you doing?
You always say what a swinging cat you are.
So start swinging.
And maybe we can free ourselves from these cages.
( Cheetor grunts )
( dramatic theme playing )
There, done.
All it needs now is the transwarp module.
Assuming Rhinox can get it here in time.
Hey, don't worry. He will.
Heh. Not that you give a nanobyte.
( grunts ) Rattrap.
Ah, to the inferno with both of you.
( grunts )
Megatron has ordered this tower demolished.
Interceptors, fire.
Chew on this, Optimus Primal.
( screams )
I don't think so.
And I really don't think so.
( screams )
( thuds )
Hmm.
Yee-haw!
( tense theme playing )
( both grunt )
( grunts )
( Cheetor screaming )
( both grunt )
( gasps )
Whoa! Unh.
( coughs )
I knew that was good for something.
Other than swatting flies.
What now?
Do you know where the Predacons' repair chamber is?
So we can escape this transformation lock?
Follow me.
( suspenseful theme playing )
Scorponok's attack was meant only to soften us up.
Megatron will be coming in force.
Well, maybe Rhinox will get here before him.
( Terrorsaur screeches )
Or maybe not.
( screeching )
( dramatic theme playing )
Hey. Hey, where's leather puss going?
He always was a coward.
MEGATRON: Granted.
But he makes an excellent diversion.
You don't know what you're doing, Megatron.
Oh, on the contrary.
I know all about the probe from Cybertron,
and I mean to see you don't contact it.
Predacons, attack!
( dramatic rock theme playing )
( grunts )
( roars )
( cackles )
( grunts )
( groans )
Impressive little toy, isn't it?
( grunts )
Nobody does that to my team, sister.
( dramatic theme playing )
( whines )
( yells )
( Blackarachnia thuds )
Dinobot, maximize.
Maximize!
Hey, you okay, chopper face?
I I can't transform.
Must be that gizmo of Mega-- Unh!
Oh, no.
Oh, yes.
( Rattrap screams )
Your time has come, Optimus.
Guess again.
Aah! Unh! No. No.
( grunts )
( yelling )
( Tarantulas thuds )
Aah! No!
Your dreams of returning to Cybertron are over, Optimus.
( gasps )
( grunting )
( groaning )
( screams ) Very resourceful.
( grunts )
But in the end, the result is the same.
Yes. Huh?
Don't count on it, motor head.
( screams )
Optimus?
Ah. I'll be all right.
The array, there isn't much time.
( suspenseful theme playing )
Online.
Unh. Rhinox.
Hold on. I'm almost finished.
All I have to do now is enter the code.
( grunts )
No!
Rhinox, maximize.
( grunting )
( grunting )
You've got to enter the rest of the code.
I can't do it in this form.
How sad.
No Predacon will become a Maximal prisoner while I rule.
Megatron. No.
( laughing )
( laughing )
( both screaming )
( laughing )
Delightful.
Now, just one more thing.
( groans )
Time for you to decorate a cage, Mega-Dork.
I think not.
Cybertron won't find you now and the war will go on.
Until I am the victor.
Did we get our signal to the probe?
Are we going home?
Not today, Cheetor.
But someday.
( tense theme playing )
Beast Wars
( dramatic rock theme playing )