THE TRANSFORMERS THE MOVIE Written by Ron Friedman Story Consultant Flint Dille (C) 1986 Sunbow Productions, Inc. Sunbow Productions, Inc. 380 Lexington Ave. Suite 1105 New York, N.Y. 10168 (212) 687-2500 For a bound, printed copy, contact: Script City, 8033 Sunset Blvd., Suite 1500, Hollywood, CA 90046 Tel. 213-871-0707 or 1-800-676-2522, Fax 213-871-9260 Transcriber's note: This is a mostly faithful copy of the original script for TF:TM, with many errors (like grammar errors) from the original text left in, though some (like spacing errors and obvious spelling errors) have been corrected. Note that many of the scenes and lines here did not make it to the final release of the movie, and some scenes were later added. For images, sounds, movie clips, trivia, and more information about the coolest movie ever, check out: http://iocon.com/cj/tf/movie ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- FADE IN EXT. SPACE A small planet glows in the light of its sun. Suddenly, we hear a loud rumble, and see a thick, electronic mist behind the planet... Then, the electronic mist begins to engulf the planet, and we hear the horrible sounds of destruction. Almost like somebody, or something, is eating it. PUSH DOWN TO: EXT. THE NEAR SIDE OF THE PLANET'S SURFACE Strange robotic creatures scramble around the planet in a wild panic. It looks like Pompeii must have looked as Vesuvius erupted. ANGLE ON ONE OF THE CREATURES - TRACKING The creature is KRANIX. We will meet him later on in a very different context, but for now, he is running from the ever-growing mist that threatens to engulf him. ANOTHER ANGLE - THE PANIC As Kranix runs, another creature, ARBLUS, calls to him. ARBLUS Transform and flee, Kranix! You must warn all you meet of the horror of Unicron! Suddenly, the pitiful creature is surrounded by the strange energy cloud and it looks like his body has simultaneously caught fire and been doused with acid. KRANIX Arblus! No! ANGLE ON KRANIX The mist threatens to engulf him too. He transforms into a small rocket ship and... TRACK WITH KRANIX AS... He takes off. As we rise higher and higher in the atmosphere, we see the horror wrought by the hideous and still mysterious Unicron. The planet cracks like an egg and rivers of lava leak out. The energy cloud surrounds it and... Dissolves everything... ... And when the smoke clears, we get our first look at Unicron. It is horrifying. A massive, metal orb with a gaping maw and a field of electricity. PAN FORWARD to SHOW that this hideous planet is on a direct collision course with... MOONS ORBITING CYBERTRON IN DEEP SPACE There are TWO MECHANISTIC MOONS orbiting the huge planet Cybertron. But we are most concerned with a small, greenish metal one. NARRATOR It is the year 2005. The treacherous Decepticons have conquered the Autobots' home planet of Cybertron. But from secret staging grounds on two of Cybertron's moons the valiant Autobots prepare to retake their homeland. CLOSER ON GREEN MOON At first, we see nothing unusual or suspicious. Then, pulling closer, we see that the top of the moon is covered with moon camouflage "netting" and underneath it is a huge cache of futuristic weapons. This is the Autobot staging ground for an assault on Cybertron. DOLLY THROUGH THE COMPLEX until we arrive at a Command Center where several Autobots peer into monitors, running constant surveillance on Cybertron. ANGLE ON IRONHIDE He peers into a monitor. As he speaks, we see the monitor PAN to an area where a huge Decepticon Symbol is emblazoned on Cybertron. IRONHIDE Every time I look into this thing, my circuits sizzle. I'm tired of this waiting game, Prime. When are we gonna start bustin' Deceptichops? ANGLE ON OPTIMUS PRIME He stands over a holographic map which shows various invasion plans for Cybertron. OPTIMUS PRIME We still don't have enough Energon cubes to power a full scale assault, Ironhide. IRONHIDE Then let me make another run to Autobot City on Earth. I'll bring you back more cubes than you'll know what to do with. ANGLE ON PRIME He solemnly hands down an order PRIME Alright, ready the shuttle for launch. ANGLE ON IRONHIDE He raises a fist in a warwhoop! IRONHIDE YAHOO! (looking into monitor) Your days are numbered now Decepticreeps. A SMALL MOON "MOUNTAIN" Ironhide transforms and Races toward a mountain, which stands about a half mile from the secret Autobot facility. OPTIMUS PRIME (V.O.) Jazz, report security status. COMMAND CENTER - ANGLE ON THE CONSOLES JAZZ No sign of Decepticons in this sector, Prime. PRIME What about Moon Base 2? JAZZ Jazz to Moon Base 2. PAN UP and through the sky to - ANOTHER MOON This is the second moon. It is much closer to Cybertron than the first one. This is where Bumblebee and Spike are stationed. JAZZ (V.O.) Jazz to Moon Base 2. ANGLE ON BUMBLEBEE AND SPIKE They stand together a communication console. Spike is now 35 years old. Bumblebee looks as he has always looked, save for a couple of funny bumper stickers on his tail: I (heart) Cybertron. I (club) Decepticons. BUMBLEBEE Bumblebee and Spike here. JAZZ (V.O.) We're about to send up the bird. Any Decepticon shenanigans in your sector? BUMBLEBEE All clear, Jazz. (pause) SPIKE Hey, Ironhide, tell my son, Daniel, I miss him, and tell him I'll be coming home as soon as we've kicked Megatron's tail across the galaxy. CUT TO: INT. THE SHUTTLE Ironhide and Prowl sit at the controls, running a series of pre-launch tests. IRONHIDE Will do, Spike. ANGLE ON PRIME, CLIFFJUMPER, AND THE OTHERS Standing at the Command Center, watching: PRIME Commence countdown, Cliffjumper. CLIFFJUMPER Five...Four...Three...Two... THE LUNAR "MOUNTAIN" Suddenly, smoke starts pouring out of the mountain. CLIFFJUMPER One.... Then, the "mountain" which must be made of paper mache or something blows away revealing -- The shuttle! CLIFFJUMPER (V.O.) Liftoff. Suddenly, the shuttle rips out of the ground in a ball of fire. As it takes off, we realize this isn't any dinky shuttle, but a massive ship, capable of carrying all the energon needed to fight a war and an army to boot. The screen is bathed in smoke and fire which slowly clears. ANGLE ON PRIME As he watches the shuttle shoot into the distance. PRIME Now, all we need is a little Energon and a lot of luck. ANGLE BEHIND PRIME We see a bank of computers. Suddenly, a small tape deck pops open... a cassette pops out and transforms into... ...Laserbeak who flies away unseen. DISSOLVE TO: EXT. SPACE - LATER The shuttle hurtles though a massive asteroid field. PROWL (V.O.) Slow down, Ironhide. We want to get to Autobot city in one piece. CUT TO: INT. THE SHUTTLE Ironhide is at the controls. IRONHIDE If I can dodge Dececpticon rays, I can sure as shootin' dodge a couple of asteroids. Suddenly, there is a terrible BANG! on the side of the ship, and the two Autobots are thrown from their seats. PROWL You were saying? IRONHIDE (irked) That wasn't an asteroid. There is a blast of light and they turn to see... ANGLE ON THE SHIP The most powerful laser light anybody has ever seen cuts a gaping hole in the side of the ship... Then, when the light clears, a panel of the ship falls in and we see - MEGATRON! In all his glory. MEGATRON Die Autobots! Then, he transforms to Gun Mode, spins into STARSCREAM'S arms and Starscream fires. BRAWN is cut in half by Megatron's blast. ON PROWL as SCAVENGER MELTS HIM DOWN. THE INSECTICONS ...eat away at the hole in the shuttle to make way for... ...an ARMY of other Decepticons including Laserbeak who enter, firing. IRONHIDE AND RATCHET While FIRING back are FUSED TOGETHER... ... then blasted apart and fall in smoking, glowing fragments. ON STARSCREAM AND MEGATRON As they enter the now empty ship, a number of Decepticons flood past them, taking positions and searching for other living Autobots. MEGATRON This was almost too easy, Starscream. STARSCREAM Much easier, oh mighty Megatron, than attacking the real threat: the Autobots moon base. MEGATRON You're an idiot, Starscream. Were we simply to wipe out that minuscule base, they could build another one. But when we slip by their security systems in their own ship and destroy Autobot city, the Autobots will be vanquished forever! IRONHIDE Fat chance, Megatron! Ironhide pulls himself up and grabs onto Megatron who flings him against the wall. MEGATRON Such heroic nonsense! DISSOLVE TO: EXT. EARTH - CLOSE SHOT- MINIATURE RADAR SCREEN A child's hands hold a scanner device which tracks a TRAVELING BLIP across a star map towards a pulsing dot which represents the Earth. DANIEL (V.O.) The Shuttle just zipped past checkpoint zeta. ON DANIEL Daniel, a classic twelve year old American boy watches the portable viewer which is like an over-sized Boy Scout compass. WIDEN SHOT to show he is at an old fashioned "fishin' hole" on Earth - surrounded by weeping willows, assorted trees and shrubs, and that his fishing pole is stuck in the dirt, the line floating lazily out on the water. DANIEL Let's watch Ironhide land it, Hot Rod! As Daniel runs to small skateboard-like device, hits a button, and watches, it transforms into a hoverboard and rides it, like a surfer up a steep, grassy hillside we change angle to feature... HOT ROD an "adolescent" Autobot. He is in robot mode, sitting with his fishing rod held between two fingers, looking bored with it all. HOT ROD Talk about dull......! Then, he tosses the rod into the water. ON DANIEL RIDING HIS HOVERBOARD UP THE HILL DANIEL (calling excitedly) Hurry or we'll miss it! HOT ROD lopes up hill after Daniel. HOT ROD If you're gonna ride, Dan-O ...ride in style! Hot Rod catches up with Daniel, scoops him off his hoverboard, TRANSFORMS to automotive mode and RIDES OVER CREST OF HILL with Daniel in the front seat. ANOTHER ANGLE - ON AUTOBOT CITY FOLLOW Hot Rod up and over a roadway leading around the perimeter of Autobot City which becomes visible the instant Hot Rod clears the rim of a hill. As they travel, we SHOULD also be getting a sense of what Autobot City is all about. (DESIGN NOTE: Autobot City looks like a federal energy project gone mad. Here, the Autobots are trying to exploit every known means of getting energy. The mountain is covered with solar panels, windmills spin in the valley, oil derricks pump, and not far away a hydroelectric dam catches millions of volts. Near all of these various things are energon compressors, which turn the raw energy into energon cubes. IN THE BACKGROUND of these scenes, we should see various panel truck-type Autobots cruise up in auto mode to stacks of this energon, convert to humanoid mode, load up their vans, then convert to Auto mode again and drive the Energon into Autobot City. In short, it should be clear that the purpose of Autobot City is to harvest energy. All the while, Hot Rod and Daniel are riding recklessly out from the Autobot City and up into neighboring hills for an overview of the - CIRCULAR LANDING AREA which resides within the "bowl" created by the City structure and natural surroundings. DANIEL Hey! Let me out. HOT ROD Why settle for a peek when you can see everything from Lookout Mountain? DANIEL But we're not supposed to go beyond City limits! HOT ROD Chromo-Chicken! ON KUP AND OTHER AUTOBOTS KUP - a grizzled, "old Soldier" of an Autobot - is directing the positioning of a large metal road barricade. Hot Rod barrels through a sign which reads: "STOP -THIS AREA OFF LIMITS", almost knocking Kup over in dust and wind KUP disgustedly watches Hot Rod drive up the mountain. KUP (to sound like swearing) Cam bustin', turbo revvin' young punk. CUT TO: MOUNTAIN ABOVE AUTOBOT CITY- LOOKOUT POINT Hot Rod arrives at a viewing platform carved in mountainside and TRANSFORMS back to humanoid mode. Daniel rushes to a set of PUBLIC VIEWING BINOCULARS and peers into them. HOT ROD This is it! Now take a squint through those babies. DANIEL Hot Rod, look! There's a hole in the shuttle! HOT ROD What!? DANIEL'S P.O.V - BINOCULAR MATTE - THE SHUTTLE The hole Megatron blasted in order to get into the shuttle mars the otherwise perfect exterior of the ship. ANGLE ON DANIEL AND HOT ROD Hot Rod looks up and a pair of futuristic binoculars pop out of his eyes. HOT ROD'S POV - THE SHUTTLE Hot Rod's vision, now, infinitely better than human vision, spots something truly disturbing -- -- Starscream, and several Constructicons inside the ship! HOT ROD (O.S.) Decepticons! ANGLE ON HOT ROD Drawing his gun, he starts FIRING on the shuttle. HOT ROD This is for Ironhide. As so's this! ANGLE ON THE SHUTTLE Rays streak through the hole searing... STARSCREAM He ducks away from the door. STARSCREAM I'm hit! ANGLE ON MEGATRON Standing behind a pair of Decepticons who pilot the shuttle, he turns to see... THE CONSTRUCTICONS Firing out of the hole. MEGATRON He's furious. MEGATRON You imbecile, our cover is blown! STARSCREAM It was your stupid strategy! CUT TO: ANGLE ON KUP, CONSTRUCTION CREW Kup and the Autobot Construction Crew watch Hot Rod shooting at the shuttle. KUP What's that darn fool doing? Hound looks up and points. HOUND Decepticons! ANGLE ON THE SHUTTLE Suddenly it cracks open, and Decepticons shoot out of the wreckage like toys from a pinata. CLOSE - MEGATRON In mid-air MEGATRON (shouting to forces) Attack! (he looks down and fires) HOT ROD AND DANIEL Hot Rod pulls Daniel back as Megatron's BLAST SHEARS OFF the VIEWING PLATFORM which crumbles and falls down the steep mountain! HOT ROD Hang on! Putting Daniel under one arm, he pivots and kicks up at... ...Hook and Scavenger who are descending on him in humanoid mode... ...causing them both to crash against the mountainside which starts a... ...landslide which Hot Rod "rides" down the slope, pursued by... ... Decepticon FIRE. HOT ROD (SHOUTING) WHoooooooaaah ANGLE ON BOTTOM OF MOUNTAIN SLOPE - BLITZWING Blitzwing flies down in jet mode, transforms to robot mode, looks up at the "slide riding" Hot Rod and Daniel, transforms to tank mode and takes aim. BLITZWING (amused) Come on down, Autobrat! ON HOT ROD AND DANIEL as Hot Rod tumbles, he covers Daniel with his arms and tries unsuccessfully to slow his fall. HOT ROD Yiiiiiiiiii! ON BLITZWING about to fire, when... ...Kup's arm descends into SHOT, spinning Blitzwing's turret around. Blitzwing's blast, scorches... SHRAPNEL who is flying nearby. BLITZWING transforms to robot mode and turns as... Kup comes flying, feet first, into Blitzwing knocking him off the mountain ledge. FOLLOW Kup as he lands in front of Hot Rod, who is just coming to a stop at the bottom with Daniel. HOT ROD Not bad for an old timer! KUP (gruffly) Old timer?! That's something you'll never be if you don't get back to the city. You know what we used to do with cocky, insubordinate upstarts? HOT ROD (interrupting) Save it. STARSCREAM transforming into jet mode, fires on them with laser bursts which... ... chew up the ground beside them. HOT ROD AND KUP with Daniel race toward Autobot City, transforming into vehicle mode as shots gouge the terrain around them. CUT TO: PERCEPTOR IN MICROSCOPE MODE ON "BATTLEMENT" OF AUTOBOT CITY he watches... PERCEPTOR'S POV - THE DECEPTICON ATTACK Megatron, Insecticons, Constructicons, and other Decepticon forces attack the city from the sky and ground. PERCEPTOR transforms to humanoid and runs toward...... ... Three new Autobots, ARCEE, a lovely female Autobot of about Hot Rod's age, SPRINGER, a very muscular and bantering "Indiana Jones" type Autobot and ULTRA MAGNUS, the large and soldierly City Commander. PERCEPTOR Ultra Magnus.....a cursory evaluation of Decepticon capability indicates a distinct tactical deficit! ULTRA MAGNUS In other words, Perceptor... SPRINGER (translating) We're outnumbered! He turns and FIRES from his hip. DIRGE IN JET MODE Zooms in to strafe as... SPRINGER'S BLAST... ...Explodes on his wing tip. SPRINGER, ULTRA MAGNUS AND OTHERS as Decepticon BOMBS AND LASER FIRE pour in on the City. ULTRA MAGNUS Springer, Arcee, transform Autobot City! HIGH ANGLE - LOOKING DOWN ON COURTYARD - TRACKING SPRINGER AND ARCEE STARSCREAM (V.O.) Pathetic fools! STARSCREAM TRANSFORMS and hovers in robot mode, firing all around them as they... ..dive for the switch and pull it down. STARSCREAM There's no escape...Uuuuh! Just then, the floor of the courtyard STARTS TRANSFORMING - - the center line of the floor snaps shut like the halves of a gigantic steel shelled clam, trapping Starscream's foot. STARSCREAM Agggggggh! My foot! ANGLE ON SPRINGER AND ARCEE as they make it through an archway which TRANSFORMS INTO A STEEL SHIELD as they run through ON STARSCREAM - HIS FOOT STILL CAUGHT IN "CLAM" OF COURTYARD He struggles to get free before he is crunched by the still transforming city. In the nick of time, he shoots a "shoe horn" like projection from his wrist and pulls his boot free, then... ...dodges away. ... The "clam" shape RETRACTS COMPLETELY and more armored shielding SLIDES INTO PLACE TO COVER where the Courtyard was. He winces in mid-air and flies away as the city continues to transform to a fortress below. CUT TO: ANOTHER ANGLE - THE TRANSFORMING CITY The towers and buildings of the city, picot and retract.. ... withdrawing like periscopes, turning and vanishing into steel shield coverings. ON MEGATRON as he FLIES OVER SCENE, BLASTING this way and that, shouting MEGATRON Breach their defenses! ON INSECTICONS who are trailing Megatron, attack the fast CLOSING CITY, trying to GNAW AND DEVOUR their way through the PORTS and BRIDGES leading inside. KICKBACK (Chewing on jamb of doorway near bridge) Delicious, eh Shrapnel? SHRAPNEL (CHEWING on draw-bridge to City) A little heavy on the electrons. Electrons. ZOOM UP TO: KUP, HOT ROD AND DANIEL as Kup and Hot Rod are racing down mountain toward the transforming city's drawbridge. KUP (V.O.) The Insecticons are in our way. HOT ROD (V.O.) Wrong! They're our way in! Yaaaaaaay-hah! ANOTHER ANGLE Hot Rod speeds up, passes Kup and... ... rides up and over Kickback's back, using it like a stunt driver's ramp to... ... hurtle across the open space between Kickback and the doorway into the city. ON SHRAPNEL As Shrapnel looks up and reacts... ...Kup hurtles up and over Kickback's back just as Kickback is starting to rise to see what knocked him face down onto the bridge in the first place. ... Kup goes SAILING OT OVER OPEN SPACE between Kickback's back and the doorway into the city- -clobbering Shrapnel, who is in the way and landing on the city doorstep, driving in as... THE DOORWAY transforms, shutting down with metal shields with a "clank" sound as Kickback and Shrapnel both leap at is to... ... bite Kup and Hot Rod and instead BREAK THEIR TEETH on steel door, falling face down with a grunt as LAST BITS OF CITY TRANSFORM. CUT TO: INT. CITY SIDE OF DRAWBRIDGE as Kup and Hot Rod roll in and TRANSFORM where Ultra Magnus is waiting for them with Perceptor. Other Autobots are moving into battle stations in the b.g. and ALARMS SOUND. Daniel looks on in awe. ULTRA MAGNUS (sternly) You can explain your security violation later, Hot Rod! Now, man your battle station. HOT ROD I don't have to explain my so called violation to you or anyone... KUP (tugs him along roughly) He said "later!" Kup moves OFF with Hot Rod and Daniel. CUT TO: BLASTER ON FORTIFIED " CROWS NEST" LOOKOUT TOWER The "Crows Nest" has windows all around and Blaster's seat rotates so he can watch action and broadcast battle reports like a Top 40 Deejay. Perceptor climbs up ladder into "Crows Nest" from lower level. As Blaster speaks, we see Decepticons FIRING at the windows of the Crows Nest but the bursts explode harmlessly against the glass BLASTER Lookout and shout! Yow! Explosions rock the Crows Nest. Blaster swivels around and tilts to see... BLASTER'S POV - INSECTICONS Chewing on armor plating at the lower edge of the fortified, transformed city. BLASTER activates turret type LASER CANNON BLASTER Gonna lay some slugs on those overweight bugs! (FIRES Laser Cannon) CANNON SWIVELS LASER BLAST cooks out and we FOLLOW IT OFF SCREEN to... THE INSECTICONS as a Laser BLAST hurls Bombshell up and out of sight and causes Shrapnel and Kickback to get sucked into the vacuum. BLASTER Perceptor joins him. BLASTER (joyful at his direct hit) I'm talkin' hits here, Autobuddies! Hits with a capital "aitch" like in Hard, Heavy and... (sees Perceptor) Hey, Perceptor, what's shakin' other than this fortress? BLASTS of enemy fire continue to rock the crows nest as Perceptor answers PERCEPTOR Blaster, Ultra Magnus sends orders to contact Optimus Prime for reinforcements. BLASTER Alright! Cover your receptors, Perceptor! Blaster transforms to ghetto blaster mode and broadcasts VISIBLE waves... THE WAVES rise and expand into space BLASTER Optimus Prime... Do you read me? The Decepticons are blitzing Autobot City. We're really takin' a pounding. Don't know how much longer we can hold out. ON WAVES SPREADING THROUGH SPACE CUT TO: MEGATRON LEADING ASSAULT ON TRANSFORMED AUTOBOT CITY He is FIRING at ARMORED DOOR, trying to melt through when he reacts to SOUND of Blaster's broadcast for help, stops, and looks up at CROWS NEST. MEGATRON Soundwave! Jam that transmission. ON SOUNDWAVE SOUNDWAVE moves forward and starts heaving CASSETTES upwards toward Blaster's Crows Nest position. SOUNDWAVE Rumble! Frenzy! Ravage! Ratbat! Eject! Operation: interference. ON CASSETTES as they transform and attack the crows nest. ON RUMBLE as he starts PILE DRIVER MOTION on Crows Nest windows RUMBLE First we crack the shell. Then we crack the nuts inside. INSIDE CROWS NEST as Blaster and Perceptor see Rumble and others and react. Blaster stops broadcasting. BLASTER We got Cassette Critters knockin' on the window! ON RUMBLE as he CRACKS THROUGH GLASS and he and others swarm in and attack Perceptor who tries to beat them away PERCEPTOR Run, Blaster! Save yourself! BLASTER No way. Two can play! ON BLASTER as he spews out CASSETTES which TRANSFORM into CUBBIE, a lion, STRIPES, a tiger, STINGER, a scorpion and BOLTS, a small, tough robot. BLASTER Sic 'em! ON RUMBLE as Cubbie takes him down by the foot, turning him over and over ON STRIPES as he SNAPS at Ratbat who screams and darts, trying to escape as we move to STINGER AND BOLTS as Bolts swats Frenzy into Stinger who JABS Stinger into Frenzy making him yowl and run. PERCEPTOR AND BLASTER As they fight Decepticons. PERCEPTOR You think you got through to Prime? BLASTER Let's hope so! Cause if I didn't we're gonna look like burnt out toaster ovens! CUT TO: LONG SHOT -AUTOBOT CITY BESIEGED The city shows gaps, dents, smoking holes and Decepticons continue to pump fire into it and get back sporadic return fire from inside as... ... Megatron moves INTO SHOT and fills THE SCREEN MEGATRON Constructicons merge for the kill! IN "PILLBOX" LIKE GUN EMPLACEMENT IN CITY'S ARMORED WALL Where Springer and Arcee clear the twisted remains of Autobot defenders away from a CATAPULT LIKE TORPEDO LAUNCHER. POV - THROUGH LAUNCHER PORT we see the mountain where the Decepticons are getting ready for the final charge. SPRINGER Great! Megatron's making his big push and we can't even push... (struggling to turn Catapult around to re-aim it) ...back! Arcee starts to push beside him. THE HUGE CATAPULT moves slowly as we CHANGE ANGLE and Kup, Hot Rod and Daniel ENTER SHOT. KUP Keep at it, Springer, lad! Help's at hand! (to Hot Rod) Together now! Hot Rod joins the others in pushing the huge Catapult into firing position. DANIEL also leans against it, his small legs churning. THE CATAPULT starts moving easily now. ON ARCEE BESIDE HOT ROD Pushing on the busted catapult. ARCEE (pushing, manages to speak to Hot Rod. She likes him but doesn't want to go too far) I was afraid you'd be trapped outside the city walls. HOT ROD (likes her, too, but tries to be cool and collected) Hey, I wasn't worried for a micro-second, Arcee! ARCEE (enjoying letting him have it) Then you probably didn't understand the situation. Before Hot Rod can react, Kup steps back from repositioned Catapult KUP That did it! DANIEL AT LAUNCHER PORT (Opening in "pillbox" through which the Catapult will fire) DANIEL Kup, Hot Rod! Look! (he points) THEIR P.O.V. - THE CONSTRUCTICONS as they start linking themselves together into enormous DEVASTATOR. KUP (V.O.) Devastator! ON DEVASTATOR as he rises up and starts FIRING, HAMMERING, TEARING AWAY at metal shields which create armored walls of the transformed City. WIDEN SHOT TO INCLUDE MEGATRON, STARSCREAM, DIRGE, ET, AL. as they line up behind Devastator, FIRING INTO THE CITY, ready to follow Devastator inside when he has torn the "roof" off. ON SPRINGER, ARCEE, HOT ROD, KUP AT CATAPULT as Springer LOADS TORPEDOES ONTO CATAPULT LIKE SLING SPRINGER I got better things to do today than die. (he FIRES Catapult) ANGLE ON CATAPULT as it HURLS FLAMING TORPEDO BOMBS one after the other out the launch port and we FOLLOW THEM TO MEGATRON AND OTHER DECEPTICONS waiting for Devastator to open the way as a succession of torpedo-bombs explode, knocking them aside, some of the Torpedo-Bombs strike... DEVASTATOR and explode harmlessly as Devastator continues to grunt and tear off armored layers of the city. He grabs Hot Rod and Kup and starts to crush them. ARCEE Hot Rod! CUT TO: EXT. THE EDGE OF THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE as Optimus Prime's Space Shuttle hurtles in. INSIDE THE SPACE SHUTTLE - OPTIMUS PRIME WITH DINOBOTS OPTIMUS PRIME Dinobots. Destroy Devastator! GRIMLOCK Uhhhh! Me Grimlock love challenge! Dinobots, transform! DINOBOTS transform into humanoid mode, and, with Grimlock at the front... ...fly out of the shuttle in wedge formation, blasting in unison. FOLLOW DINOBOTS In as they transform again and, in dino mode, swoop over to Devastator... DEVASTATOR Roars towards the Dinobots. THEIR BATTLE shakes the Earth... ...buckling City walls, menacing the Autobots inside. Hot Rod and Kup are released during the struggle. ANGLE ON THE DINOBOTS As they try to destroy Devastator... ... Their strength is more than matched and soon they are overwhelmed by him. CUT TO: EXT. THE BATTLEFIELD - MOMENTS LATER Prime stands outside the dented shuttle with Sunstreaker and Hound. As he talks he shoots at a swarm of Decepticons who battle their way towards him. PRIME Megatron must be stopped. (pause) PRIME'S POV - MEGATRON The Decepticon leader stands a hundred yards away, vanishing and reappearing with the shifting waves of Generic Decepticons that charge back and forth. PRIME (V.O.) No matter the cost. PRIME'S CHARGE: A SERIES OF SHOTS PRIME'S CHARGE - HEROIC BATTLE THEME SONG Optimus Prime leader and hero of the Autobots charges into certain doom. As he battles his way through the Decepticons, we HEAR an inspiring anthem of courage, strength and triumph, like "Eye of the Tiger". This theme will reprise during the film when the Autobots are battling at impossible odds. He charges headlong into the Decepticon forces which separate him from Megatron. Decepticons fire on him, but he takes the shots, and... Spinning and whirling like the Sundance Kid, he takes a lot out. Then, Decepticons attempt to block his charge and Prime... ... Like a powerback, transforms to Truck Mode and barrels into them, sending Decepticons flying around like shards of glass hit by a .45. ... finally, he is engulfed by an incoming swarm, and it looks like his attack is foiled. MEGATRON as he commands his troops. MEGATRON Their defenses are broken. Let the slaughter begin. Then he turns and sees... MEGATRON Prime!? PRIME smashing through a wall of lesser Decepticons. PRIME One shall stand, one shall fall. CLOSE ON MEGATRON his eyes blazing with hatred. MEGATRON Why throw away your life so recklessly? ON OPTIMUS PRIME Dirge takes a sneaky leap at him... Optimus stiffarms him with a shuddering clank... ...then turns him upside down with one hand and... ...drives him headfirst into the rocky ground, letting him crumple and fall. OPTIMUS PRIME That's a question you should ask yourself. MEGATRON hurls himself at Optimus Prime... .... both tumble into the walls of the City... ...denting the walls and causing the electronic panels inside to short circuit, surrounding them with a fiery nimbus of crackling electrical energy. Ultra Magnus in car carrier mode barrels out of city carrying several Autobots. He and the others transform into robot mode and fire lasers at the Decepticons. INTERCUT TO HOT ROD, KUP, DANIEL, ARCEE, BLASTER, PERCEPTOR, fighting their way to the battle of the titans. HOT ROD We've got to save Prime! Punching... KUP That's his fight, lad! Stay away. Shooting.. ...And charging. ANGLE ON OPTIMUS AND MEGATRON Megatron attempts to kick Prime in the throat... ...Prime catches his foot, twists it... ... and hurls Megatron backwards into a metal pile. MEGATRON grabs a jagged, spearlike piece of steel and hurls it at PRIME The steel "spear" pierces his side and sticks in him as... ... he charges Megatron, ...dodging shots from Megatron's gun to... ...deliver a huge UPPERCUT which... ...lifts Megatron into the air so high that... ... his head butts sharply against overhanging concrete balcony, mashing him down... MEGATRON lands and stealthily slips a laser dagger from his boot, turning and slashing at... PRIME as he comes for him, tearing... ...a gash across Prime's midsection, which spews smoke and sparks and... ... dropping Prime to one knee. MEGATRON (gloating) Farewell, Prime! As Megatron hurls the laser dagger as we CHANGE ANGLE to - OPTIMUS PRIME as he lifts chunks of broken concrete and catches the laser dagger on it, tossing it aside as he lunges at- MEGATRON who claws his fingers and digs them into Prime's eyes MEGATRON I'll rip out your optics! Optimus grabs Megatron's clawed hand in one of his hands, twists it in see-sawing test of strength which... Optimus wins in a judo toss which sends Megatron - - skidding face first through steel rubble, in a shower of sparks until he crashes into the side of the city. ANGLE ON HOT ROD He dispatches a Decepticon and turns to Prime. HOT ROD That's showing him, Optimus! KUP knocks two Decepticons on their tails and turns. KUP Finish him off, Prime! Do it now! ON MEGATRON as he spots a gun on the ground ahead of him MEGATRON No more, Optimus Prime! Grant me mercy, I beg of you! ANOTHER ANGLE FEATURING OPTIMUS PRIME AND HOT ROD as Optimus Prime warily moves out to look down at the cowering Megatron, keeping him in his gun sights. OPTIMUS PRIME You who are without mercy now plead for it. I thought you were made of sterner stuff, Megatron! ON HOT ROD as he sees Megatron go for the gun and leaps out to grapple with him PRIME Out of the way, Hot Rod. MEGATRON AND HOT ROD as Hot Rod grabs for the Blaster - - Megatron quickly gets Hot Rod in a headlock and using Hot Rod as a shield, gets the gun and... BLASTS PRIME IN THE WOUND HE'D MADE WITH HIS LASER DAGGER ON OPTIMUS PRIME his midsection now glowing and smoking, a huge hole where the Blaster has struck. ON MEGATRON firing blaster again and again MEGATRON Fall! Fall! Megatron tosses Hot Rod aside like a rag doll and stands above the dying Prime. MEGATRON I would have waited an eternity for this. Crawl, slave! On your knees! ON OPTIMUS PRIME as he gathers his remaining strength and smashes Megatron with both fists clasped together. OPTIMUS PRIME (gasping painfully) Never! He bashes in Megatron's torso casing, fracturing the sides which split, spilling wires, fuses, lights, circuitry. Megatron falls! Prime falls to his knees, tries to rise, collapses to his side and falls slowly back. HOT ROD runs over to him. HOT ROD Optimus! Forgive me! ANOTHER ANGLE- MEGATRON Starscream and other Decepticons stand over the smoking body. STARSCREAM (sarcastic, filled with false sympathy) How do you feel, Mighty Megatron? (he kicks Megatron) MEGATRON (weakly clutching at Starscream's hand, gasping) Enshrine me! STARSCREAM (drops Megatron's hand coldly, calls to other Decepticons) Take this scrap to Cybertron! Astrotrain, transform and get us out of here! ANOTHER ANGLE- ASTROTRAIN as he MOVES ONTO SCENE in Humanoid mode, showing battle burns and scars. Then, he converts to train mode, and rolls through a crowd of generic Decepticons, crushing many under his wheels, as he makes his way towards Starscream. ANGLE ON THE EXODUS Ramjet, Thrust, Dirge, the Constructicons, Soundwave and his cassettes, et.al. run towards Astrotrain. ANGLE ON KUP AND ARCEE They fight for a moment, then they notice their attackers are beating feet... ARCEE The Decepticons are retreating. KUP Prime did it. He turned the tide! He shoots (O.S.) into... A CROWD OF DECEPTICONS Who fight each other for a place on the shuttle. ANGLE ON STARSCREAM dragging Megatron by one leg, callously disregarding the way Megatron's head and upper body BUMP AND GET KNOCKED from dragging. THE AUTOBOTS fire after them, closing ranks on the shuttle, and pouring shots into the melee. ANGLE ON ASTROTRAIN Decepticons make way for Starscream as he tosses the nearly lifeless Megatron into the shuttle and gets in. Then, standing at the door, he kicks other Decepticons away. STARSCREAM Astrotrain, take off. ANGLE ON ASTROTRAIN The shuttle takes off, leaving a number of generic Decepticons behind, who immediately raise their hands upon realizing that they are surrounded by Autobots. DISSOLVE TO: OPTIMUS PRIME as he lies on an improvised bier-like platform, a profusion of electricity discharging tubes and "plasma" bottle devices hooked up to his arms and into his gaping middle wound. SCANNERS emit bleeps and show oscilloscopic patterns but sounds and wave patterns are steadily growing weaker and weaker. PERCEPTOR is bent over Prime, in microscope mode, examining him... He then transforms and straightens up, his voice strained and cracking with emotion. PERCEPTOR I fear the wounds are... (he can't finish what he's going to say) INTERCUT TO HOT ROD, KUP, ARCEE, DANIEL AND OTHER AUTOBOTS as they react. OPTIMUS PRIME (using remaining strength to makes himself heard) Autobots...do not grieve... Soon, I shall be one with the matrix. HOT ROD (a flash of hope) Prime! (looks off at Prime) HIS P.O.V. - OPTIMUS PRIME His head is turned so all assembled can see. His eyes flicker weakly, his voice RUMBLES with overtone of vast weariness and resignation OPTIMUS PRIME (reaches up with right hand with great effort) Ultra Magnus! It is to you, old friend, I shall pass the matrix as it was passed to me .... ANOTHER ANGLE FEATURING ULTRA MAGNUS as he steps forward unwillingly, mixed grief and surprise on his face MAGNUS Prime, I'm just a soldier. I'm not worthy. OPTIMUS PRIME (gasping) Nor was I, but one day, an Autobot shall rise from our ranks and use the powers of the Matrix to light our darkest hour. TIGHT SHOT - ULTRA MAGNUS AND OPTIMUS PRIME Optimus Prime is tilted into half sitting position by other Autobots manipulating the platform as Ultra Magnus grasps his hand with great emotion OPTIMUS PRIME (voice failing, pressing on with it) Until that day... Until all are one... Continue the struggle... (sags, gasps, hanging on) Transfer the Matrix of Leadership. TIGHTEN SHOT ON ULTRA MAGNUS AND OPTIMUS PRIME A distraught Ultra Magnus nods, reaches out with free hand and points his forefinger at Optimus Prime's chest. Then, pressing a button on Prime's chest, a small, secret doorway opens, and we see something extremely bright glowing in there. Ultra Magnus, nearly blinded by the intense light, reaches in, and lifts out -- THE AUTOBOT LEADERSHIP MATRIX, -- and holds it for a moment in his hand. ANGLE ON ALL The bright light, which emanates from the perfect crystal, seems to blind everybody and washes all color out of the shot. Then, slowly, Ultra Magnus moves it into his own chest, closes the door, and the light is gone, save for a momentary, and extremely powerful glow from his eyes. ON KUP, HOT ROD, ARCEE AND PERCEPTOR They are all full of great sorrow. ON PRIME - HE DIES All of his lights go out, including his eyes. DISSOLVE TO: UNICRON Rotating satellite dishes on the surface spark with electricity. Dissolve inside Unicron to reveal scenes of Prime's death and the passing of the Matrix to Ultra Magnus playing on various monitors. Some of the scenes are in slow motion, others are sped up. The effect should be eerie. CUT TO: EXT. ASTROTRAIN As it whizzes through the Solar System. ASTROTRAIN Jettison some weight, or I'll never make it to Cybertron. INT. ASTROTRAIN The ship is packed with living, dead and wounded Decepticons. Starscream addresses them like an Athenian Orator. STARSCREAM Fellow Decepticons, Astrotrain has requested that we lighten our burden! ANGLE ON BONECRUSHER BONECRUSHER In that case, I say it's survival of the fittest. STARSCREAM So I hear a second on that? ASSORTED SHOTS HEALTHY DECEPTICONS Aye! STARSCREAM And against? NOT HEALTHY DECEPTICONS (weakly) NAY! STARSCREAM The ayes' have it! A robotic hand flips a switch, and chaos ensues. Strong Decepticons start heave-hoing the weaker ones out into space. DECEPTICONS (AD LIB) Beat it! Spare me! ANGLE ON STARSCREAM AND MEGATRON Starscream picks him up and holds him up by the door. STARSCREAM (sarcastic) Oh, how it grieves me to do this. MEGATRON Wait, I still function! Starscream kicks him out. STARSCREAM Wanna bet? MEGATRON IN SPACE - TRACKING He shakes his fist. INT. THE SHIP The last of the weak Decepticons is tossed, and the others dust off their hands. STARSCREAM Well, as Megatron has, how shall we say - departed. I nominate myself as the new leader. ON THE CONSTRUCTICONS SCRAPPER The Constructicons form Devastator, the most powerful robot. We should rule. SOUNDWAVE Constructicons inferior. Soundwave superior. BONECRUSHER Who are you calling inferior. HOOK Nobody would follow an uncharismatic bore like you. The five cassettes: BUZZSAW, FRENZY, RUMBLE, RAVAGE AND LASERBEAK pop from his chest transform, and prepare to attack. RUMBLE Hey, nobody calls Soundwave uncrazmatic. FRENZY Yeah! Let's kick tailgate. THE CONSTRUCTICONS try to form Devastator, but... HOOK Constructicons, unite! RUMBLE AND FRENZY quake the ship so hard with their pile-driver arms that, with the help of Laserbeak, Buzzsaw and Ravage, they keep knocking the Constructicons off. RUMBLE/FRENZY No way! Over the battle. BLITZWING I am a triple changer. I am worth any two of you. I should run things. DIRGE DIRGE Death comes to anyone who crosses me. He attacks Blitzwing. EXT. ASTROTRAIN - SAME TIME He is flying a very wobbly course past Pluto... ASTROTRAIN Stop squabbling or we're gonna crash. DISSOLVE TO: EXT. SPACE - LATER Megatron and the other dented, dinged and dead Decepticon bodies float through space. we follow the wailing Megatron and the others down to: THE SURFACE OF UNICRON littering the otherwise beautiful technological expanse. UNICRON Welcome, Megatron. MEGATRON (looking around) Who said that? UNICRON I am Unicron. MEGATRON Show yourself! UNICRON I have summoned you here for a purpose. MEGATRON Nobody summons Megatron! UNICRON Then it pleases me to be the first. MEGATRON State your business. UNICRON Bring me the Autobot Matrix. It is the one thing - the only thing that can stand in my way. MEGATRON You have nothing to fear. I have already crushed Optimus Prime with my bare hands. UNICRON You exaggerate. MEGATRON The point is, he is dead! And the Matrix died with him. UNICRON No. It has been passed to their new leader. Get it for me. MEGATRON Why should I? What's in it for me? UNICRON Your bargaining posture is highly dubious, but very well, I will provide you with a new body, and new troops to command. MEGATRON And... UNICRON And nothing. You belong to me now. MEGATRON I belong to nobody. UNICRON Perhaps I misjudged you. Proceed on your way to oblivion. The Mist appears and starts to dissolve Megatron. MEGATRON (pleading) No, no. I accept your terms. I accept! UNICRON Excellent! Behold - Galvatron! X-ray images: wiring, circuitry, etc. flash on and off as a new and larger being starts to form, changing from dented Megatron to a huge, new creation: Galvatron. THE TRANSFORMATION - CREATION ends in a blinding flash and Galvatron - who still resembles Megatron - laughs and flexes his muscles and stretches. His voice is deeper, different from Megatron's GALVATRON Long live Galvatron! UNICRON And these shall be your minions... ANGLE ON OTHER DECEPTICONS Their bodies are turned from battered Decepticons to... SCOURGE SCOURGE (Sweep character) is bearded, fanged and ferocious looking and as soon as he has been CREATED, he roars and stretches and an ARRAY OF SIMILAR CREATURES - smaller and all wearing dark and matching uniforms - are INSTANTLY CREATED FROM OTHERS behind him UNICRON Scourge, the tracker....and his huntsmen...the Sweeps.... ON CYCLONUS (NEW DECEPTICON WITH PLANE TRANSFORM ABILITY) CYCLONUS is CREATED and then his "armada" of similar, but smaller and similarly colored and clad creatures are formed. UNICRON Cyclonus, the warrior...and his armada..... ANGLE FEATURING GALVATRON GALVATRON To Cybertron! He roars with a mad power-rush, gets into Cyclonus (who will be his personal ship) and leading the armada, takes off for the distant stars. UNICRON (loudly proclaiming over the scene) Bring me the Autobot matrix! DURING UNICRON'S COMMAND we CHANGE ANGLE TO SHOW LONG SHOT OF UNICRON as Galvatron and his newly created force FLY UP AND AWAY with great speed. GALVATRON I will rip open Autobot after Autobot until it is yours, Unicron. CUT TO: THE DECEPTICON HALL OF HEROES - STARSCREAM This is the closest thing the Decepticons have to a throne room. It is a massive, circular room with tombs of old leaders, and a raised area where Starscream stands. STARSCREAM AND OTHERS The Decepticon plane looks slightly ridiculous with cloak on his shoulders and Thrust and Ramjet at his side, weapons held high, but ready for action should anybody question Starscream's rule. In front of him stands Astrotrain holding a huge Metallic CROWN over his head. OTHER DECEPTICONS in neat ranks but their grim expressions show their displeasure. STARSCREAM (preening) Get on with the ceremony! Dirge and others react to EERIE SOUNDS and look up and off. Starscream looks where others are looking and reacts. HIS P.O.V. - GALVATRON AND HIS FORCES as they descend in Hall of Heroes and Galvatron moves out to confront Starscream ON STARSCREAM AND GALVATRON STARSCREAM Who disrupts my coronation? GALVATRON Coronation? This is bad comedy! STARSCREAM Megatron, is that you? GALVATRON Here's a clue! HIS P.O.V -GALVATRON as Galvatron transforms into cannon, FIRING A HUGE BURST ON STARSCREAM as BLAST hits him. For a moment, he retains his shape then piece by piece, he falls apart. Only a pair of boots remain on the floor. GALVATRON He transforms back to robot mode and confronts other Decepticons boastfully. GALVATRON Will anyone else attempt to fill his shoes? ON DECEPTICONS - THRUST, DIRGE, ASTROTRAIN, BONECRUSHER, ET. AL. PAN for their reactions as they ponder for a brief beat and then exchange looks/ DECEPTICONS (AD LIB) LONG LIVE... (they look at each other) What did he say his name was. He didn't. GALVATRON Galvatron. DECEPTICONS LONG LIVE GALVATRON! CUT TO: UNICRON Bit by bit, we see new sections of the planet being generated. Then, the sinister mist we saw at the beginning of the film starts pouring out. He's about to do the big munch on.. THE FIRST MOON OF CYBERTRON - PUSH IN TO - JAZZ AND CLIFFJUMPER Standing outside the "netted" complex, looking off at... UNICRON A strange, LOUD HUM fills the air and the ground heaves and SHAKES beneath their feet JAZZ Where'd that come from?! CLIFFJUMPER Who cares? I'm more worried about where it's going! JAZZ (on communicator device) Talk to me, Earth! We got a situation out here! CUT TO: AUTOBOT CITY- EARTH -LONG SHOT Autobot City is almost rebuilt, and we see Kup and Hot Rod working with other Autobots to move large panels into position. In the background, two huge SPACE SHUTTLES are almost completed and Ultra Magnus is directing the work. During this ESTABLISHING SERIES OF SHOTS, we HEAR JAZZ'S VOICE OVER JAZZ (V.O.-FILTER) Roger me. Wilco me. Anything? Hello. Hello Earth. CUT TO: OUTSIDE OF LARGE SPACE SHUTTLE UNDER CONSTRUCTION Springer and Arcee fit a hull section in place with Daniel motioning to them, directing the action. BLASTER He reacts to muffled transmission from Jazz. BLASTER I'm pickin' up a faint signal! BLASTER TRANSFORMS to blaster mode and Jazz's VOICE is broadcast loud and clear causing Springer, Arcee, and Daniel to react JAZZ (V.O.-ON FILTER) This is Jazz. I gi-normous weird lookin' planet just showed up in the suburbs of Cybertron.... CLIFFJUMPER And it's attack... STATIC obscures the message ULTRA MAGNUS Jazz! Cliffjumper! CUT TO: THE FIRST MOON is covered by Unicron's energy field, and slowly seems to dissolve. ANOTHER ANGLE FEATURING UNICRON a great maw works more intensely crushing bits of the planet. CUT TO: JAZZ AND CLIFFJUMPER ON THAT MOON as quakes, tremors and cyclonic winds toss and tear at all structures on the moon and the energy field closes in on Jazz and Cliffjumper - who, using handholds every step of the way - et into AN ESCAPE POD VEHICLE as Unicron looms larger, larger, the energy field seems to dissolve the landscape. JAZZ Got ...to....blast free....if we can..... They get in and start retro blasters, the flame of blasters whirling in wild winds as moon is engulfed. CUT TO: CLIFFJUMPER (V.O.) Ignition and.... SOUNDS of torrential winds, quakes, etc as moon is quickly becoming Unicron's lunch. JAZZ (V.O.) Hit it! ON ESCAPE POD as it BLASTS OFF and away from Unicron with an EXPLOSION. For a moment, it looks like they are going to get clean away, but... ANOTHER ANGLE Suddenly it is pulled deep into Unicron. ANOTHER ANGLE - THE MOON as Moon shatters like a hollow egg and is sucked completely into Unicron's maw which closes around it with a snap. CUT TO: GALVATRON IN DECEPTICON HALL OF HEROES Silence. No more winds. No more movement. GALVATRON How dare Unicron?! (defiant) Cybertron and all it's moons are mine! ANOTHER ANGLE ON GALVATRON His body starts to twist making him writhe in pain powerless to resist SCOURGE But remember, WE belong to HIM! GALVATRON (gasping for breath, writhing, nods) I....will obey, Unicron! Decepticons, to Earth! The torture stops and Galvatron clutches his throat and tries to regain his composure as we... CUT TO: EXT. AUTOBOT CITY -- ULTRA MAGNUS He has a portable communication device. Spike and Bumble can be seen on it. Springer, Kup, the Dinobots, Blurr, and Hot Rod look on amid general gathering of Autobots. Arcee holds Daniel up on her shoulder so he can see. Blaster is in b.g. SPIKE It's like a terrible nightmare, Ultra Magnus. BUMBLEBEE This thing - this juggernaut just ripped the first moon to shreds. SPIKE And it's heading this way. BUMBLEBEE We'll try 'n slow it down... SPIKE But you'd better get here fast because... Suddenly, static obscures the transmission. DANIEL Dad! ULTRA MAGNUS Autobots, prepare to board the shuttles. This new menace is more dangerous than all the Decepticons put together. Somehow we must destroy it before it devours Cybertron. DANIEL But what about my dad? He's on the moon between that monster and Cybertron. ULTRA MAGNUS Daniel, I'll do everything I can for Spike. HOT ROD And what are we going to do when we get there? If that thing crunches moons, it'll make short work of us. ULTRA MAGNUS Maybe the Matrix can stop it. HOT ROD You're right! It can. KUP What do you know about it lad? HOT ROD It's just a feeling. Hot Rod looks up and sees something. KUP Look! THE AUTOBOTS TURN TO SEE POV - ANGLE ON ATTACKING DECEPTICONS Decepticon ships seem to dive from nowhere to attack the Autobots. ULTRA MAGNUS To the shuttles!!! ANGLE ON DECEPTICON JETS Galvatron is in the lead. GALVATRON There is no escape. I, Galvatron will crush you just as the magnificent Megatron crushed Prime! ULTRA MAGNUS And you'll die trying just like Megatron! Ultra Magnus fires Laser and hits Galvatron. GALVATRON aaaaaaaah! Autobot cur!! CYCLONUS You want me to gut Ultra Magnus for you? GALVATRON There are plenty of Autobots for you. Ultra Magnus is mine! THE BATTLE - QUICK CUT Decepticons dive on fleeing Autobots. ANGLE - ARCEE AND DANIEL As Daniel looks up and Arcee moves over to him protectively. Hot Rod looks at Arcee in the same way she is looking at Daniel. ARCEE Stay close to me, Daniel... HOT ROD (to Arcee) And you better stay close to me... Arcee pulls Hot Rod toward her before he gets hit by laser ARCEE No, you'd better stay close to me. Blurr is trying to get Grimlock into Shuttle with the rest of the Dinobots as Decepticon FIRE COMES IN ALL AROUND. Grimlock is like a "spooked horse" refusing to be shut in the barn. BLURR (pleading with him, shoving him, talking very, very rapidly) Nice Dino, good, Dino, sweet Dino! Won't you step into the nice spaceship for Blurr? Please, pretty please. GRIMLOCK (sticking head out past struggling Blurr) Me, Grimlock, not "nice Dino!" Me bash brains! HIS P.O.V. - SEVERAL DECEPTICON JETS COMING AT HIM GRIMLOCK He gives FIRE BREATHING BLAST AT JETS as they go by STRAFING THE SHUTTLE , SHOTS RICOCHETING AROUND GRIMLOCK AND BLURR THE DECEPTICON JETS as Grimlock's BLAST SETS THEM ALL ON FIRE and they spin into one another as we CHANGE ANGLE TO ULTRA MAGNUS as Kup, Hot Rod and Arcee MOVE INTO SCENE BEHIND HIM ULTRA MAGNUS Kup, Hot Rod. Get the Dinobots out of here! KUP AND HOT ROD as they run into Dinobot Shuttle, retracting their entry ramp in HAIL OF FIRE FROM SCOURGE AND HIS SWEEPS. ON SCOURGE as he TRANSFORMS to Humanoid mode and shouts orders, FIRING AT Blurr who BLURRS PAST and then at Arcee who also SHIPS BY SCOURGE No survivors! IN DINOBOT SHUTTLE as Hot Rod squeezes past Sludge Swoop, and Slag to join Kup who is already at control deck where Grimlock sticks his head down to look out the window. Kup shoves him aside. KUP This reminds me of the battle on Alpha 9, when the Petro-Rabbits were...(annoyed) Grimlock, get your noodle out of my face! (starts throwing switches) GRIMLOCK Me, Grimlock, love Kup's war stories! KUP You're living one now! (to Hot Rod) Engage the boosters for Cybertron's sake! Hot Rod nods and quickly passes his hand over bank of SWITCHES all of which GLOW AND PULSE with the action. ANOTHER ANGLE as DECEPTICON FIREBALL COMES UP and SPLATTERS AGAINST WINDOW, sending tongues of fire running across the glass behind Hot Rod's head HOT ROD You got 'em! BACK TO KUP AND GRIMLOCK Grimlock still trying to stick his face in the control panel as Kup works furiously and more DECEPTICON FIRE HITS THE SHIP GRIMLOCK (to Kup) Tell Grimlock about Petro-Rabbits again. KUP (muttering, using joystick) I'll give you Petro-Rabbits. Contact! The Shuttle lurches and shakes ANGLE ON SHUTTLE WITH DINOBOTS It takes off amidst a hail of Decepticon fire. HOT ROD (V.O.) Yaaaaaaaaho! We're airborne! GRIMLOCK (V.O.) Groooooowwwwwrrrr! ON CYCLONUS AND HIS "WING" OF PLANES as they bank down toward RISING SHUTTLE FAR BELOW. CYCLONUS Vaporize them! Jets streak down toward upward rising Shuttle as we CUT TO: ANOTHER PART OF SHUTTLE LAUNCH AREA Springer springs onto scene with Daniel, Ultra Magnus and Perceptor are guarding the entry ramp, firing at Decepticons. SPRINGER (to Daniel) Looks like we're shipmates, squirt! DANIEL All right! SPRINGER But if you get space sick, you're gonna walk home. ANOTHER ANGLE FEATURING ULTRA MAGNUS AND PERCEPTOR ULTRA MAGNUS Hurry! Blurr blurs up ramp. Arcee reaches the ramp as the shuttle takes off horizontally. ON BOARD THE SHUTTLE- ANGLE ON SPRINGER as he reaches down for Arcee. SPRINGER Jump. ON ARCEE still going up the ramp while the shuttle slowly leaves the ground. Just as the wind and gravity are about to knock her off, she jumps up and... INSIDE THE SHUTTLE Springer grabs her hand and pulls her in, narrowly avoiding a barrage Daniel is watching, terrified. DANIEL That was close! Concussion of Decepticon hit rocks the shuttle SPRINGER Believe it or not, this is the fun part. IN "COCKPIT" OF ULTRA MAGNUS' SHUTTLE Ultra Magnus is at control deck with Perceptor as they "taxi" for launch and we see oncoming Decepticon jets firing at them ULTRA MAGNUS No time to preheat....Can this ship take it? PERCEPTOR With an accelerated ignition procedure the ceramic housings might create a magnetic flux. ULTRA MAGNUS (baffled) What? SPRINGER (ENTERING SHOT, reaches in and pushes joystick forward) He says "go for it!" Powerful rockets ignite, and the shuttle SHAKES with the sound. ANGLE ON RUNWAY The Shuttle's rockets surge, melting the pursuing Sweeps as the Shuttle hits the sky and soars upwards. ON DINOBOT SHUTTLE Cyclonus' Jets fire on it, as we CHANGE ANGLE ON ULTRA MAGNUS' SHUTTLE It roars up behind Cyclonus' jets and overtakes and smashes through them, scattering them as it pulls up alongside the Dinobot shuttle INT. DINOBOT SHUTTLE- KUP AND HOT ROD IN "COCKPIT" Grimlock is peering out of the side ports. HOT ROD gives the thumbs up gesture. ANOTHER ANGLE INCLUDING Ultra Magnus' shuttle through side port as Springer gives thumbs up signal in return and Daniel waves ON SPRINGER as he turns and reacts, looking straight up and ahead SPRINGER It ought to be smooth sailin' from here on in. ON ASTROTRAIN AND DECEPTICON JETS ASTROTRAIN Fuse them! Astrotrain starts diving into upcoming Shuttles BLASTING AWAY. INT. DINOBOT SHUTTLE - "COCKPIT" as Kup struggles to hold controls, his shuttle also ROCKING from direct hits KUP (using intercom) Ultra Magnus...what next? INT. ULTRA MAGNUS' SHUTTLE - "COCKPIT" shuttle ROCKS WITH DIRECT HITS as Ultra Magnus struggles with controls ULTRA MAGNUS Remember what we did off Beta Four! KUP I remember it well. ON THE SHUTTLES They fire (O.S.) at... A LARGE ASTEROID With incredible precision, the rays strike the asteroid, splitting it in two parts. ANGLE ON ONE OF THE ASTEROID HALVES It shoots through space and strikes another asteroid, which, breaks into several pieces, many of them angling back towards... GALVATRON'S SHIPS which swerve to avoid them as.... THE OTHER ASTEROID PART Hits another moon or asteroid or general rock in space, doing the same thing... WIDEN SHOT to show that the pieces are shooting around like pool balls after an incredibly violent break... ... zinging into each other... .... Narrowly missing Galvatron's ship... ... Filling space with incredible amounts of Dust, lava from inside the moons, multi-colored gasses, explosions and generally making a mess of space. (Note: think of this scene as the "Asteroids" video game.) ANGLE ON THE AUTOBOT SHUTTLES As all of this is going on, they jam into hyperspace... ... Corkscrewing and arcing off into the galaxy, leaving only blurred images of themselves as... GALVATRON'S SHIP emerges from the chaos. ON CYCLONUS CYCLONUS The explosions jammed my sensors. (pause) I have lost track of the Autobots! ON GALVATRON GALVATRON Damn it!! They did the same thing to me off Beta four! DISSOLVE TO: DEEP AND SERENE SPACE - ULTRA MAGNUS' SHUTTLE AND DINOBOT SHUTTLE Possible song - optimistic adventure with the suggestion that all dreams might not happen. as both shuttles soar majestically through the vast depth of infinite space. ULTRA MAGNUS (V.O.) Congratulations Autobots, we've lost 'em at least for a while. So rest up. We'll refuel on the Junk Planet and work out our battle plan there. INT. DINOBOT SHUTTLE - KUP Kup sits spinning yarns, leaning back in chair as Grimlock, Sludge, Slag and Swoop lie, lounge, sit with chin on hands, all listening like little kids to a bedtime story - in rapt attention KUP Yep, I remember the dust was so thick off Beta 4 had to use windshield wipers on your optic sensors.... GRIMLOCK (impatiently) Me, Grimlock, know all about wipers! Want to hear good part of story! SWOOP (beating wings rapidly, excitedly) Good part, Kup! Tell Swoop good part! SLUDGE SLAG (excitedly) (beating tail on Unh unh unh.... floor) Good part...tell ...tell... KUP Okay, Okay. The dust was really thick and then this gigantic Ick Yak... ON HOT ROD He is practicing sparring with a SPINNING AUTO-COMBATANT - a very high tech quintain with many arms, legs, and weapons that test the user's skills, and reflexes. Hot Rod wears sparring gauntlet, and holds a small LASER DAGGER and special shield. As he lowers shield and reacts to Dinobot reactions to Kup's story. HOT ROD Don't you think we have better things to do now than tell stories Kup? KUP Like what? HOT ROD Like maybe figure out how we're gonna stay alive. DINOBOTS (ALL SHUSH HIM) As he is speaking, Auto-Combatant "sees" its opening and gives Hot Rod a swift kick in the rear, sending him flying (o.s.) THE AUTO COMBATANT Then hammers its fists on top of his head... ON HOT ROD Irked. HOT ROD (continuing) Time out, for Cybertron's sake! ON AUTO-COMBATANT'S FACE as it sticks out a metal tongue and gives him a LOUD RASPBERRY BACK TO SCENE as Hot Rod rises and draws his fist back to clobber the Auto-Combatant AUTO COMBATANT (mechanically, quickly) Time out, time out, time out! Suddenly, the shuttle rocks from impact and SPARKS and flames shoot out of large hole in wall ON ULTRA MAGNUS AT CONSOLE INTERCOM ULTRA MAGNUS Kup! Raise your force fields at once! They're armed with..... ON GALVATRON ON "BRIDGE" OF FLAT TOP as he presses firing button ... ULTRA MAGNUS (V.O.) Moleculon Missiles! ANGLE ON GALVATRON'S CARRIER Particularly deadly looking missiles shoot out. ANGLE ON THE DINOBOT SHUTTLE It zooms towards a whopper of a planet, surrounded by several small moons. We will later learn that this planet is Quintesson, but for now, it's mysterious. The moleculon missiles streak after it like sidewinders. INT. THE DINOBOT SHUTTLE Kup and Hot Rod pilot the thing for all it's worth. HOT ROD They're closing on us! KUP Yep, like the shrikebats of Dromedon! HOT ROD Yeah, how'd you beat them? KUP I'm trying to remember...there were an awful lot of casualties that day... ANGLE ON THE SHUTTLE AND MISSILES The missiles streak toward them. KUP (O.S.) Oh yeah, we inversed polarities. HOT ROD (O.S.) That'll tear the ship apart! KUP (O.S.) You got a better idea?!! With that, the ship seems to stop, on a dime, in mid air! The missiles zoom past it. INT. THE SHIP (KUP AND HOT ROD) Hot Rod watches wide-eyed, as Kup watches ahead warily, hands on the controls. HOT ROD Okay, so you were right. KUP Don't run your programs until they're debugged. ANGLE OUT THE VIEWSCREEN Suddenly, the moleculon missiles, reverse course and start coming back. HOT ROD They're coming back. KUP Let's just hope we've screwed up their trajectories. ANGLE ON THE MISSILES The missiles sidewind towards them, then their paths cross and BOOOM! Everything flashes white. ANGLE ON THE DINOBOT SHUTTLE HOT ROD Whew!!! INT. THE DINOBOT SHUTTLE Kup and Hot Rod look forward, their eyes, blinking, as if strained. KUP Yep, I thought we'd had it that time for sure. EXT. ANGLE ON THE SHIP It sits next to a gigantic alien-made moon. Suddenly, a hatch opens and a massive grabber that looks like a lobster claw shoots out at it. ANGLE ON HOT ROD He sees the claw coming out of the viewscreen. HOT ROD Dive! ANGLE THROUGH THE VIEWSCREEN The claw snaps on the front of the ship, smashing the window and... ANOTHER ANGLE crushing the area between Hot Rod and Kup. SPACE - ANGLE ON THE SHIP As it explodes, flinging the Autobots inside down toward the Quintesson's planet. CUT TO: GALVATRON PURSUING ULTRA MAGNUS' SHUTTLE CUT TO: INT. ULTRA MAGNUS' SHUTTLE - ULTRA MAGNUS, SPRINGER as they man control panel in cockpit. In the background, Blurr and Arcee work to patch other holes in hull and Daniel helps them. Perceptor slowly plots coordinates on light-up table, oblivious to SHAKES AND ROCKINGS of their ship. SPRINGER Kup and Hot Rod just bought it! ULTRA MAGNUS I can't deal with that now. SPRINGER Face it, Magnus, the Decepticons 're gonna dog us until they see us dead! Ultra Magnus nods solemnly ULTRA MAGNUS (cryptic) Then that's exactly what they're gonna see. CUT TO: THE DECEPTICON FLAT TOP AND CYCLONUS' ARMADA ON GALVATRON as he works controls which eject more Moleculon Missiles. HIS P.O.V. - ULTRA MAGNUS' SHUTTLE electrical outline envelopes it and there is a... ... blinding flash after which... .. remnants of the hull and superstructure explode toward camera and past camera accompanied by explosive sound and then, silence! ... Where the shuttle had been there is now...nothing! Just loose asteroids and clouds of space dust CYCLONUS The Autobots have been terminated! GALVATRON Excellent. And soon we shall say the same of that infernal Unicron. Suddenly, Galvatron's body begins to twist, and he writhes in pain. GALVATRON (CONT) Aaaah! Take me to Unicron...Aaaah! LONG SHOT ON THE HUGE FLAT TOP as it veers off and away from the space cloud, followed by Cyclonus' Armada. Hold for a beat, and then CLOSE IN on the dust cloud as... ... part of Ultra Magnus' shuttle flies into the clear. ANGLE ON THE COCKPIT Arcee, Perceptor, Springer, Blurr are crowded together in cramped remnant of cockpit as Daniel and Ultra Magnus sit at the control deck ARCEE Did we have to detonate three- quarters of the ship?! SPRINGER Seeing how they would have detonated four quarters, I think it was a good choice. SUDDEN SHUDDER AND THE SHIP DROPS SHARPLY, all holding on to each other and to any protruding handhold ULTRA MAGNUS Perceptor....can you still locate the Junk Planet? PERCEPTOR Gamma waves in this sector of space create marginal navigation probabilities, however..... (looks at Ultra Magnus) ULTRA MAGNUS Holds his head in his hands as Springer grimaces RESUME ON PERCEPTOR realizes he's overdoing it again, clears his throat PERCEPTOR Ahem.....yes I think I can. LONG SHOT- SHUTTLE CHANGING COURSE TOWARD LARGE DISTANT PLANET which we see as dim shadow on the edge of space CUT TO: A small, falling object appears high above Quintesson and hurtles down, down, over and over until it is in view and we see it is... HOT ROD still cartwheeling down toward the planet below, trying to change the angle of his fall HOT ROD - TRACKING He plummets down through layers of atmosphere and continues to fall past shiny rock pinnacles of unusual construction as we CHANGE ANGLES TO AERIAL VIEW OVER A VAST SEA OF LIQUID ENERGY as Hot Rod falls into the sea, we CUT TO THE SILVERY ENERGY SEA Hot Rod sinks to the bottom where he collides with... ... a metallic reef, bounces, manages to right himself, shaking his head as he regains equilibrium, and... Then he transforms into auto mode modified for undersea action and starts riding off as he calls through intercom. HOT ROD (bubbling, filtered voice) Kup....Grimlock? Slag!....Anybody? WE FOLLOW him through undersea world as he rounds a "corner" of the Reef Wall and reacts HIS P.O.V. - A HUGE, MECHANICAL 0 SQUID CREATURE The ROBOTOID SQUID is tearing Kup to pieces and tossing the pieces across the ocean floor with its silvery metal tentacles ON HOT ROD HOT ROD Kup! He transforms and blasts... THE SQUID angrily streaks toward Hot Rod. HOT ROD Fires at the Squid, but not stopping him. ANOTHER ANGLE Hot Rod's shot plinks off a couple of tentacles, but the squid keeps coming... ... Wraps his tentacles around Hot Rod and starts crushing... ... Hot Rod looks like he's about to be crushed, but he... ... Shoots ... Its hideous Optical Sensor. THE SQUID releases a laser print ink stream which boils out in the water in a series of dots and "x" shapes and retreats. HOT ROD Don't worry, I'm not coming after you. HOT ROD lowers his head and blows blast of air through head-piece. The air blast clears the water, revealing Kup's head and torso half buried in the "sand" ON HOT ROD AND KUP'S HEAD as hot Rod kneels HOT ROD Kup! Say something! CLOSE ON KUP'S HEAD as he turns head around to look up at Hot Rod and spits out a mouthful of sand KUP (bubbling as he speaks) Fix me! HOT ROD Sure, Kup....right away! Hot Rod rapidly PULLS KUP'S SCATTERED BODY PARTS TOGETHER. CUT TO: KUP AND HOT ROD ON THE RED DESERT SHORE OF THE ENERGY SEA Kup stands impatiently while Hot Rod reassembles them. HOT ROD Well...what do you think? Kup feels his elbow joint, twists his neck side to side and gets creaks and squeaks and moves legs in odd, creaky way as he is trying himself out. KUP (a beat, then grimaces) There's a piece missing. HOT ROD No way.... (sifts through pile of SCRAP METAL PARTS lying at Kup's feet) See, this wasn't yours...it's some kind of prehistoric ion cruncher....and this doohickey looks like a funky energon funnel... and this... KUP (moving up and back, bending arms and hands, CREAKING, CLUNKING, SQUEAKING) Well, I still think I'm short a part! (sees Hot Rod hang his head) But all things considered, you did an amazing job, lad! Amazing! HOT ROD (brightening) Really? KUP (rotates arm rapidly) Yeah, you even got rid of a nasty burr on my rotator! Now, let's find the Dinos and get off this twisted planet! ON KUP as he transforms it's evident that a fender is misplaced and a wheel mounted improperly so it wobbles and he rides unevenly with much chugging and oil spewing KUP (V.O.) (in vehicular mode) Of all the circuit glitched diode blowin' dim-wittery... I told you a part was missin'. we watch Hot Rod and Kup move off into the distance as we: DISSOLVE TO: ANOTHER PART OF QUINTESSON Kup and Hot Rod walk along a swampy, marshy area. Suddenly, there are several loud gurgles, and we can see the shapes of something terrible emerging through the muck. Hot Rod spins to fire, but Kup bats down his arm. PAN TO SHOW EIGHT SHARKTICONS (in humanoid mode) surrounding them. The Sharkticons are smaller than the Autobots, but they look ugly and vicious. KUP Don't act hostile. I'll use the universal greeting. HOT ROD Universal Greeting. KUP Watch. I'll have them eating out of my hand. HOT ROD Or our faces. Kup holds out his hands to show that he has no weapon. Then, he addresses them... KUP Bah-weep-Graaaaagnah wheep ni ni bong... HOT ROD (mocking, mimicking) Bah-weep-Graaaaagnah wheep ni ni bong... The Sharkticons look interested. SHARKTICONS (GROWL VERSION OF THE SAME THING) KUP See, the Universal Greeting works every time. (pause) Now, without making any sudden moves, give them an Energon goody. Kup reaches into his belt, presses a button and pulls out an Energon cube. Hot Rod, somewhat suspicious of the whole process does the came. They hold out the cubes and two of the Sharkticons take the Energon cubes, like dogs getting a treat. Then, the other six show up looking for cubes. HOT ROD This is getting expensive. KUP Don't worry, they'll reciprocate. They each hand out three Energon goodies to the remaining six Sharkticons... The Sharkticons eat them happily. Then, they back off, eyeing the two Autobots with menace. HOT ROD I thought they were supposed to reciprocate. KUP (not sure of himself) Customs vary from place to place. Suddenly, the Sharkticons transform to their vicious mode and lunge at them. The two robots, taken by surprise, fall backwards. PAN FROM the fallen robots to an area behind a tree. For just a moment, we see a small yellow Autobot in robot mode. There, then, as quickly as we realize what it is, it transforms into automode and vanishes in a flash. It was Wheelie. THE SHARKTICON CAMP ON QUINTESSON - KUP, HOT ROD AND SHARKTICONS Sharkticons march Kup and Hot Rod into a HOLDING PEN within a walled compound. As we FOLLOW THEM INTO PEN we PULL BACK and PAN to establish that entry procession is being watched by... THE QUINTESSONS slender, spindly framed robotic creatures with oversized five sided heads, each side bearing a different mechanistic face with a different expression on each - smiling, angry, grimacing, suspicious and the fifth face is not yet to be seen. As Hot Rod and Kup are led to certain death in the Quintesson dungeons, harsh, dissonant, metallic and terrifying music plays, underscoring the brutal evil they face, KUP (V.O.) Reminds me of the Niter Slave Mines on Golgonath Seven.... HOT ROD Every place reminds you of some place else..... KUP (V.O.) Experience, lad. You should learn to appreciate it. HOT ROD A lot of good it's done us so far! ON HOT ROD AND KUP as Hot Rod looks around and reacts sharply HIS P.O.V.- THE QUINTESSONS as we feature the Leader Quintesson who is taller and wears a different color robe from others. He is watching arrival of Kup and Hot Rod and his faces rotate so it goes from smiling face to suspicious face to angry face to furious grimace. RESUME ON HOT ROD AND KUP as Sharkticons shove and prod them, JOLTING them into the holding pen and locking the gate. Then, they install RESTRAINING BOLTS. HOT ROD I can't transform! KUP They're restraining bolts, lad. HOT ROD (looking around) We got to get a new travel agent.... What is this place? PAN FROM HIS P.O.V. - A SHADOWED, ALCOVE LIKE HUT as a figure moves forward slightly and speaks in a harsh, bass'o voice. It is GRANIX. We saw him in the first scene, escaping from his planet when Unicron ate it. {Note: The script says *G*ranix here. Not my mistake.} KRANIX The world of the savage Sharkticons and their cruel masters the Quintessons. They hunt down those who try to escape the wrath of Unicron, and put them on trial. KUP But what if they're innocent? KRANIX Guilty or innocent, the sentence is always the same - death! HOT ROD Unicron?! Who's Unicron? KRANIX A planet six times the size of this one that absorbs everything in its path. KUP So that's the monster's name. HOT ROD I wonder if there's any connection between it and Galvatron. Suddenly, a Quintesson Guard roars in... QUINTESSON GUARD (V.O.) That one! All turn and look off, reacting as two Guards thunder in, grab Granix and pull him back out of the door. {NOTE: Another instance of the spelling of Granix} ANOTHER ANGLE - INCLUDING THE LEAD QUINTESSON as he points at Kup and Hot Rod QUINTESSON GUARD Soon, you too shall receive your sentence. THEIR POV - OUT THE WINDOW THE ARENA Kranix stands on what almost looks like a wide diving board over a watery (or oily) pit teeming with Sharkticons. LEAD QUINTESSON Jury, have you reached a verdict? JUROR #1 We have your honor. LEAD QUINTESSON (to jury of Quintessons) Guilty.....Or innocent. I repeat. KRANIX Spare me this mockery of justice. LEAD QUINTESSON I repeat, guilty...or innocent. JURORS Guilty!! Jury's faces rotate to fifth expression - a DEATH'S HEAD ON GRANIX {NOTE: Yet another, final, reference to Kranix as Granix} Suddenly, the Robot is dumped into a pit of teeming Sharkticons and there is a mad frenzy. In moments, he is no more. ANGLE ON KUP He watches grimly through the bars. KUP Not the end I'd wish for, lad. DISSOLVE TO: THE EDGE OF A HUGE, SHADOWY PLANET IN SPACE as Ultra Magnus' Shuttle is BUFFETED BY WINDS AND STORMS as it enters the atmosphere of JUNKION. INT. THE SHUTTLE as it SHAKES AND RATTLES VIOLENTLY DANIEL Where are we, Springer? SPRINGER The place where everything ends up after you throw it out. TIGHT ON BLURR as he holds up hands and CROSSES fingers. RESUME ON SPRINGER Tenses and crouches protectively around Arcee and Daniel as we see mountains of junk whizz past the window. ULTRA MAGNUS Brace for impact! ON SHUTTLE - TRACKING It plummets through the mountains and canyons of junk, narrowly avoiding crashing, but frequently hitting junk pinnacles or sides of junk walls, and causing avalanches of junk. By the time the ship lands, it is nearly indistinguishable from the junk. INT. THE SHUTTLE Everyone is in a jumbled tangle - Ultra Magnus beneath Blurr, Perceptor upside down and hanging from torn end of stairway, Arcee crouched over Daniel and Springer with half his body sticking through the hull SPRINGER (pulling himself free of hull wall) Remind me to give the Auto Pilot a raise... Daniel creeps out from under Arcee and shakes bits of broken metal and dust off his shoulders DANIEL Wow! That was better'n the Roller Coaster at Future World! PERCEPTOR (working scanner, computer device, thoughtfully) The composition of this planet seems to be a chaotic amalgam of discarded ferrous and non-ferrous articulations. ULTRA MAGNUS (baffled) How's that? SPRINGER (opening hull door with a RIPPING OF METAL) He says the planet's made of junk. SPRINGER AND PERCEPTOR AT OPEN DOOR as they look out on landscape of "living" junk SPRINGER Yep, this dump is a dump...... ULTRA MAGNUS as he straps on TOOL BELT ULTRA MAGNUS We might be able to salvage this thing. (checks LASER DRILL, turns it on, off) Ultra Magnus starts for door followed by Blurr who takes up a saw and tool belt and Perceptor who rolls up Shuttle Plans as Daniel moves out to join them DANIEL Can I help, too? SPRINGER It's rough out there, kid. Stay inside and play with crayons or something. ARCEE as she steps forward with a smile, a strange GRID LIKE "SUIT" in her hand ARCEE I think Daniel can make himself useful with....this! It used to be Spike's. (holds Grid-like metal frame "suit") DANIEL Wow! Dad's exo-suit. He told me about it but I never saw it. ARCEE Here, try it on. She starts helping him into the exo-suit. ON DANIEL as he gets inside the "suit" which fits over his body like a grid-work metal "cage." Daniel clips "cage" of Exo-Suit shut and stands up inside the gridwork which makes him taller and broader. He moves awkwardly, barely able to advance a step SPRINGER Just think about what you want to do before you do it! DANIEL brows knitted, thinking. SPRINGER Don't fight it Dan-O. He suddenly starts moving rapidly backwards, then sideways, then forward, then he starts dancing rapidly, then bounces off walls... ..spinning upside down, then flips over several times and lands in a splatter, legs spread, arms this way and that - amused, startled and unhurt. DANIEL (continuing) It's kind of tricky.... He suddenly flips around twice in mid-air then regains his feet and leans way over against Arcee for support. She laughs and pats his shoulder ARCEE For the first time out, you were great! ON SPRINGER AT DOOR as he sends down RAMP and motions to the others curtly SPRINGER Show time's over! We've got work to do! (he starts out) EXT. THE SHUTTLE as Springer, Arcee, Daniel et.al. come down the ramp and look around at the lush "vegetation" of growing junk clumps all around them and a long vista of junk mountains and spires of weathered junk-rock. DANIEL (V.O.) (whistles) This must be the junk capital of the universe! LONG SHOT- DANIEL AND THE OTHERS as they start DIGGING for parts to repair the ship, sinister Junkions begin to emerge from the junk to watch them. Their leader, WRECK-GAR, speaks to his fellow Junkions. WRECK-GAR (in guttural, rusty, metallic rumble) Stop thief! No welcome-wagon, "hello stranger!" that good coffee flavor OTHER JUNKIONS Yeah, or your money back! Wreck-Gar shows large JUNK GUN with all sorts of razor sharp fins and rusty little rocket missiles mounted around the howitzer like barrel WRECK-GAR Operators are standing by! They laugh in guttural, clanking sounds and look out at Springer and the others who keep working as we CUT TO: EXT. THE GATE TO THE QUINTESSON PALACE At first, we see only the face of a sinister Quintesson gatekeeper, backed up by heavily armed Sharkticons. QUINTESSON Greetings, noble strangers. ANGLE ON THE DINOBOTS They stand at the gate, looking more like kids showing up at your door wondering if you can come out and play, than like serious robots on a serious mission. GRIMLOCK Yes, me, Grimlock, noble! Me, Grimlock search for friends. ANGLE ON QUINTESSON AND GRIMLOCK The Quintesson, showing his friendly face, smiles. QUINTESSON And who might they be? GRIMLOCK Autobots. Hot Rod and Kup. QUINTESSON (feigning recognition) Oh yes. A young one and an old one. GRIMLOCK Yes. You know friends. Where are they? QUINTESSON They went down that path. He points to... A PATH It probably isn't lined with primroses, but it should be. GRIMLOCK GRIMLOCK You good friend to Grimlock. I reward you, sometime. With that, the four Dinobots head towards the "primrose path." ANGLE ON THE QUINTESSON His head rotates and he smiles a sinister, evil smile. EXT. UNICRON Galvatron stands upon the demonic planet, in an extremely contorted position. GALVATRON Why do you torture me?! VARIOUS ANGLES ON UNICRON We have no idea where this godly voice is coming from, but this place sure is spooky. UNICRON You have failed. GALVATRON No, Unicron. Ultra Magnus is dead. UNICRON Then where is the matrix? GALVATRON Destroyed, with him. UNICRON The matrix can not be destroyed. (pause) And Ultra Magnus lives on the planet of Junk. Stalk him. Cut him open! And bring the matrix to me. DISSOLVE TO: EXT. THE PRIMROSE PATH They step along the primrose path, not noticing as sinister things start to happen all around them. ANGLE ON A METAL EATING PLANT This thing looks like a metal version of a "venus fly trap," and it has a malevolent red eye which lights up. Swoop walks past it in humanoid mode. SNAP! It misses him by an inch. GRIMLOCK Me Grimlock, positive Hot Rod and Kup close! Get thump, thump, thump... (taps his head hard) ANGLE ON THE GROUND - IN FRONT OF SLAG Suddenly, a section of stones drop away in front of Slag revealing a spiked pit... SLAG Me, Slag say you are full of beryllium balony. He is just about to fall in when... ANGLE ON GRIMLOCK AND SLAG Grimlock, in dino mode, slaps him with his tail, knocking him away an instant before he steps into the hole... GRIMLOCK Me, Grimlock, say you full of cesium salami! Slag gets up... SLAG Beryllium balony! GRIMLOCK Argh! ANGLE ON GRIMLOCK He is about to pounce on Slag when a massive tree, which is actually more like a sword, suddenly is spring and arcs toward him. The machete like blade strikes the ground, between Grimlock and Slag narrowly missing them. He turns and sees the thing stocking in the ground. GRIMLOCK Me, Grimlock think trees here are cheap model. SLAG Like your head! (laughs at own joke) Grimlock jumps on Slag and wrestles him to the ground. Suddenly, a SQUEAKY, ODDLY CHILDISH VOICE speaks from o.s. SQUEAKY VOICE (WHEELIE) Friends find. Look behind. GRIMLOCK (furious) Who say that? HIS P.O.V. - WHEELIE WHEELIE is the Wolf Boy of Quintesson - an Autobot who's been evading the Sharkticons since his parents' ship crashed, killing everybody else in his party. He wears a necklace of Sharkticon teeth, packs a three bladed laser knife and a special SLING which hurls FIRE STONES. He fears nothing, especially the Dinobots, and he cockily struts into the clear... ... walks right up Sludge's tail onto Sludge's back and then shinnies up his neck and jumps onto... ... Slag's head where he stands eye to eye with Grimlock WHEELIE Friends find. Look behind. Many Face lie. You fool! You buy! GRIMLOCK AND WHEELIE GRIMLOCK (eyes blaze, furious) Me, Grimlock, "fool?" WHEELIE (smiling breezily) Picture you got. Now fool you not! (he laughs in a wild, metallic cackle) Grimlock raises a claw to swipe Wheelie off Slag's head GRIMLOCK Me, Grimlock, no like you! ON WHEELIE as he scowls and quickly loads FIRESTONE IN SLING and slings it onto Grimlock's nose where it EXPLODES making Grimlock yowl and pull back, feeling his reddened nose and speaking through his nose angrily GRIMLOCK (continuing) Doooooooow! Why boy hit by dose? WHEELIE (folds arms across his chest) Wheelie say, find friends today! (nods defiantly) Grimlock and Slag react as we CUT TO: THE QUINTESSON "COURTROOM" Kup and Hot Rod stand on the platform over the Sharkticon pit. They are "bound" by restraining bolts. ANGLE ON THE QUINTESSON JUDGE QUINTESSON JUDGE Before we deliver your verdict, would you like to beg for your lives? ANGLE ON KUP AND HOT ROD Kup turns to Hot Rod. KUP Remember when you put me together today? HOT ROD (sarcastic) Sure, that's all I got to think about. KUP I know what part you forgot. QUINTESSON JUDGE (V.O.) Silence or I'll hold you in contempt of this court. HOT ROD I have nothing but contempt for this court. ANGLE ON THE QUINTESSON JUDGES Suddenly, their heads swivel around to deaths heads. ON KUP AND HOT ROD The platform drops away and they tumble... KUP AND HOT ROD - TRACKING Suddenly, Kup in double-jointed fashion slips out of the restraining bolt... KUP That doohickey you lost was part of my shoulder socket. Watch this, lad... without it, I'm double jointed as Houdini. Then, he transforms to humanoid mode and shoots off Hot Rod's bolt. HOT ROD Wish you'd figured that out a little sooner. KUP Better late than never! ANGLE ON THE SHARKTICON PIT In full humanoid mode, they land, their weapons drawn. ANGLE ON ALL Kup and Hot Rod fire, driving some Sharkticons back. HOT ROD They've got more Sharkticons than we have photon charges! Kup transforms to Auto mode. KUP Let's hold a demolition derby! Then, he roars into a bunch of them, slamming a massive stack into the wall. ANGLE ON HOT ROD He transforms, too and does the same thing. ANGLE ON THE SHARKTICON PIT As fast as the Autobots can run the miserable things over, new swarms of them come out. ANGLE ON KUP AND HOT ROD They clear out a circle in the center of the pit and transform to humanoid mode. HOT ROD Didn't even bend a fender. KUP Yeah, but look. There are a lot more of those cam dinging, grill-crackin' things. WHAT HE SEES is a wave of larger, more powerful Sharkticons. HOT ROD We can't hold out forever, but we can give them one whopper of a repair bill. ANGLE ON THE SHARKTICONS They charge Kup and Hot Rod Kup and Hot Rod fire into them, destroying several, but are.... ... Soon overrun. The Sharkticons crawl all over them, munching on their metal. SUDDENLY -- DINOBOTS (O.S.) (WAR WHOOP) ANGLE ON THE DINOBOTS They fly down and land on the pile, transforming into Dinobot mode. ASSORTED SHOTS OF DINOBOT CARNAGE SLUDGE in brontosaurus mode, swats several around with his tail, while stomping them with his feet. GRIMLOCK Lowers his teeth to devour a much smaller Sharkticon, the Sharkticon bares his teeth, realizes that he's a second stringer, and scampers away. GRIMLOCK Me Grimlock want to munch metal! Slag barrels into Sharkticons, making a quick shishkebob out of them, while... Swoop picks two up with his claws, flies in the air and drops them on other Sharkticons. THE SHARKTICONS suddenly back off and begin transforming (bowing) to the dinobots. ANGLE ON ALL Kup and Hot Rod dig themselves out of a pile of Sharkticon parts. HOT ROD I never thought I'd be so happy to see those big bozos. ANGLE ON GRIMLOCK He turns to Hot Rod. GRIMLOCK Me Grimlock no bozo. Me king! ANGLE ON QUINTESSON JUDGES They look down, their angry faces showing. QUINTESSON JUDGE Sharkticons! Execute them. ANGLE ON GRIMLOCK He points to the Quintessons... GRIMLOCK Me Grimlock say execute them. THE SHARKTICONS for a brief instant, don't seem to know what to do. Then, they charge the Quintessons. THE CHASE The Quintessons start to flee, but it's clear that the Sharkticons, who climb over the stacked bodies of other Sharkticons, are going to catch them. KUP I think the problems on this planet will be solved very shortly. ON HOT ROD HOT ROD But what about our problems. We need a ship. WHEELIE WHEELIE You get a ship if I get a trip. ANGLE ON HOT ROD He turns to the little, feral, robot. HOT ROD Who are you. SLAG AND WHEELIE The dinobot lifts up Wheelie. SLAG Him Wheelie, him friend. HOT ROD HOT ROD He'll be mine too, if he can find a Quintesson ship. ANGLE ON WHEELIE He points into the distance... WHAT WE SEE is the strangest looking corkscrew ship we've every seen sticking out of the ground. HOT ROD That's a ship? EXT. THE SECOND MOON OF CYBERTRON PAN ACROSS an enormous stockpile of weaponry as we hear the terrible roar we have come to associate with Unicron. SPIKE If this doesn't do it, nothing will. ANGLE ON SPIKE He sets a timer to 20 seconds. The L.E.D. clicks down. BUMBLEBEE now with a new bumpersticker which is a Unicron with a red circle and slash through it, looks very fidgety. BUMBLEBEE Let's get out of here. BUMBLEBEE AND SPIKE They run over to a small space ship as... ... The timer counts down. THE SPACESHIP takes off. ANGLE ON THE SECOND MOON Now, for the first time, we see what is really going on. Unicron looms behind it, about to do the big munch. ANGLE ON BUMBLEBEE AND SPIKE They roar away. ON UNICRON His mist surrounds the planet... ON BUMBLEBEE AND SPIKE They stop their ship in space. BUMBLEBEE Five, four, three, two, one... ON THE SECOND MOON AND UNICRON BLAMMMOLA! An incredible display of fireworks goes off, seemingly blowing Unicron to smithereens. ON BUMBLEBEE AND SPIKE They slap palms. Then, they look up, horrified. BUMBLEBEE It isn't even dented. SPIKE Let's get out of here! ON UNICRON The great Maw opens and we hear a grand cosmic roar! Suddenly, the smoke and space junk from the explosion are sucked into his mouth. ON BUMBLEBEE AND SPIKE They try to fly away. SPIKE We're being sucked into it! ANGLE ON THEIR SHIP AND UNICRON Despite the fact that their thrusters are on full power, they are still sucked into... UNICRON... Whose great mouth shuts when he's got the human and the Autobot. CUT TO: DEEP SPACE - THE PLANET JUNKION ANGLE ON ULTRA MAGNUS' SHUTTLE as Arcee and Springer work on the ship, while Perceptor watches. PERCEPTOR Be sure the fittings are securely welded! ANGLE ON BLURR as he uses FLAME JETS FROM FINGER TIPS TO WELD joints where new "canopy" is fitted BLURR (very fast, as usual) Absolutely, positively, definitely... WIDE SHOT TO INCLUDE DANIEL as he helps Blurr install a junk part. DANIEL This exo-suit is fantastic! (to Blurr) Want me to do that? BLURR Weld? You? Really? Well, why not? Give it a try, but think it through first! Daniel knits his brow, extends FINGER OF EXO-GLOVE which is part of exo-suit. CLOSE ON EXO GLOVE AND DANIEL'S HAND as hand quivers and his finger shoots out a tiny flame which sputters, sparks and then goes out like a wet match RESUME ON BLURR AND DANIEL BLURR Practice, practice, practice! WRECK-GAR AND JUNKIONS IN HIDING Wreck-Gar starts to motion them to the attack, and the Junkions ready their weapons. WRECK-GAR Forward, avanti, apfel and like, go for gusto.... (stops as OMINOUS ROAR comes from overhead and he looks up) HIS P.O.V. - GALVATRON AND HUGE DECEPTICON FORCE WRECK-GAR (V.O.) Hang on, this be industrial strength We watch... ULTRA MAGNUS as he, too, hears and then looks up and sees the Decepticon force ULTRA MAGNUS Decepticons! (to Springer) We've got to draw them off and then double back to the ship! ANGLE ON CYCLONUS with Galvatron piloting, races up and launches a particularly nasty looking missile which streaks INTO SHOT and... ANGLE ON ULTRA MAGNUS' SHIP ... BLAMMOLA!!!!!!!!!!!!! Turns it into junk. Springer FIRES UP at INCOMING JETS, calling to the others SPRINGER Cancel that last order. ON ARCEE, DANIEL, BLURR as Arcee transforms and moves off in one direction. Daniel looks at Blurr who is starting to transform DANIEL What do I do? BLURR Transform! You can do... (TRANSFORMATION complete, he blurs off and, in V.O. adds) ...it! Blurr GOES OFF outblurring past HAIL OF LASER FIRE from Ramjet scorching by overhead ON DANIEL as he reacts, looks around, thinks, brows knitting, looking off, reacting DANIEL Transform.... HIS P.O.V.- SCAVENGER Coming at him from one side, Shrapnel coming from the other side ON SCAVENGER as he starts reaching for Daniel SCAVENGER Human germ! ON DANIEL as his Exo-Suit SUDDENLY TRANSFORMS INTO auto mode and takes off and drives through... ...SCAVENGER AND SHRAPNEL, knocking them over. DANIEL (V.O.) Wooooh!! GALVATRON flies up to a ridge in advance of his forces, motioning to them to split off and follow... EXT. JUNKION - THE CHASE BIRD'S EYE VIEW - THE AUTOBOTS They dash through the maze-like walls of junk, pursued by Sweeps, who strike them from above... SWEEP He lets out a rayblast... ANGLE ON PERCEPTOR - TRACKING ... Hitting Perceptor and spinning him around... ... Until he stumbles to the ground. ANGLE ON PERCEPTOR AND ULTRA MAGNUS ... Perceptor lies on the ground, stunned. ... Ultra Magnus stops next to him... ULTRA MAGNUS Perceptor! ... Suddenly, shots tear into the junk all around them as... ANGLE ON A SWEEP ROARS towards them... ANGLE ON PERCEPTOR He suddenly transforms to cannon mode and fires! ... Blowing the sweep to protons. ON PERCEPTOR He transforms to humanoid mode. PERCEPTOR It appears that my lacerations were primarily superficial. ULTRA MAGNUS Then move it... ANGLE ON PERCEPTOR He takes off. ULTRA MAGNUS Stays behind, taking a few shots at... SWEEPS which streak over in deadly formations. ULTRA MAGNUS He stands and shoots. SPRINGER (O.S.) Ultra Magnus! Ultra Magnus turns to see... THE OTHER AUTOBOTS several yards down the junk-lined corridor. PERCEPTOR (O.S.) Your estimated survival time is 10 seconds. ANGLE ON ULTRA MAGNUS He shoots at the junk walls. ULTRA MAGNUS Then use that time to escape! The Matrix was designed for an emergency like this. I'll try to unleash its power. SPRINGER But what if it doesn't work. ULTRA MAGNUS Until all are one! THE OTHER AUTOBOTS AND JUNK WALLS Ultra Magnus' ray hits the walls and they tumble down, separating him from the other Autobots. ANGLE ON ULTRA MAGNUS His back to a wall of fallen junk, he pulls out the matrix. ANGLE ON GALVATRON IN CYCLONUS Galvatron pops out of Cyclonus and both transform, to land in front of Ultra Magnus. ANGLE ON ULTRA MAGNUS Struggling to open the leadership matrix. He puts his hand inside of it and gets a powerful shock! He pulls his hand out quickly. ULTRA MAGNUS Damn it! Open it! ANGLE ON GALVATRON He laughs. ON ULTRA MAGNUS He still struggles. ULTRA MAGNUS (baffled) Prime, you said the Matrix would light our darkest hour. ANGLE ON GALVATRON Four sweeps fly TOWARD CAMERA in formation. Galvatron pops out a communication device from his helmet. GALVATRON Sweeps, quarter him! ANGLE ON THE SWEEPS - TRACKING Four rope-like rays shoot out of them and... ON ULTRA MAGNUS wrap around his arms and legs. ANGLE ON ULTRA MAGNUS AND THE SWEEPS His arms and legs caught by the four ropes, he knows he's just about had it. He struggles for one last moment, then... ANGLE ON THE SWEEPS AND ULTRA MAGNUS Pulling their rays taut, the Sweeps fly in four separate directions, effectively drawing and quartering the Autobot leader... ON ULTRA MAGNUS As all of his limbs are separated from his body and scattered in the distance, he SCREAMS IN HORROR. ULTRA MAGNUS (SCREAMS IN HORROR) ANGLE ON THE MATRIX It tumbles from Ultra Magnus' hands to... ... Galvatron's hands! ANGLE ON GALVATRON He holds the Autobot Matrix. GALVATRON Unicron, my "master," with this I shall make you my slave! Galvatron gets into Cyclonus and flies off DISSOLVE TO: DANIEL as he moves out and looks down at Ultra Magnus' remains DANIEL (tearful) Ultra Magnus! ANOTHER ANGLE - BLURR, SPRINGER, ARCEE AND PERCEPTOR as they move up beside Daniel. BLURR Without the Matrix there is no hope. No hope at all! WRECK-GAR AND AN ARMY OF JUNKIONS as they are moving in battle array towards the Shuttle. Junkions are an interesting species. They ride themselves. That is, the Junkions ride transforms of themselves, so that if their vehicle breaks down, the driver will become the vehicle, and the vehicle will transform to become the driver. They are gibbering, singing almost a wild kind of junk-rock, war-cry song which, like their language, is constructed of bits and pieces of the museum junk of our culture - a humorous aggressive song which makes a surreal kind of sense. "Slice 'em dice 'em... And that's all folks or your money back..." ON WRECK-GAR as he roars into the lead and shows his teeth WRECK-GAR Don't look behind door number two, Monty. It's time to play End-of-the-line-my valentine! Geroni-roni-doo-ron-ron-i-mo! (he charges) ON SPRINGER AND OUR FRIENDS as they react SPRINGER Get gone! Springer leads the way and Blurr, Arcee, Daniel and Perceptor follow and we MOVE TO A ROAD WARRIOR STYLE CHASE as Springer and Arcee ride on either side of Daniel and Perceptor with Blurr bringing up the rear- - zig zagging back and forth to keep the Junkions from getting at Daniel. A JUNKION roars alongside Springer on his motorcycle and throws out laser barbed grappling hook, trying to hook Springer. Springer ducks first pass of hook. ON JUNKION as he hurls GRAPPLING HOOK AGAIN ON SPRINGER as he catches HOOK BY THE CHAIN AND YANKS IT THE JUNKION goes flying off his motorcycle.,, He transforms into a motorcycle as The motorcycle transforms into a rider and hops on the new motorcycle and then... ...turns around to come back. ON SPRINGER He looks over, astonished. SPRINGER It's not hard to knock 'em down. It's getting them to stay down that's the trick. ON ARCEE as she fires at a Junkion who is trying to swerve her off the road knocking him off the motorcycle... The Junkion looks down at his missing arm, digs around in the junk for a minute, comes up with another, and then transforms to a motorcycle. ANOTHER ANGLE as Junkion rides over to her, starts belting her with junk sword ARCEE They're indestructible! ON DANIEL as he skids, stopping his Exo-Suit as he reacts to what's ahead DANIEL They're everywhere! HIS P.O.V. - PILES OF JUNK as Junkions arise out of every junk pile in sight and, gibbering, singing their junk-rock battle song, start moving in ON SPRINGER as he stops and Arcee, Daniel, Perceptor and Blurr stop around him. They close ranks and look out at the Junkions grimly PERCEPTOR Perhaps they're not as vicious as they look. ON WRECK-GAR as he gnashes his teeth and grins and then BLINKS HIS EYES which roll to show eyes like ping pong balls. Wreck-Gar makes blipping noises as he does this ON SPRINGER reacting to Wreck-Gar's noises and eyeball display SPRINGER (to Perceptor) Positive thinking gets on my nerves. Suddenly, all react to sound and wind of passing space cruiser their P.O.V- HOT ROD, KUP AND DINOBOTS IN CRUISER as it shoots past and banks, coming back for a closer look SPRINGER (V.O.) It can't be....it's.....Hot Rod! He's alive! DANIEL as he looks up at passing Cruiser and waves DANIEL And Kup and the Dinobots! We're saved! PERCEPTOR I wouldn't count on that! (indicating Junkions) HIS P.O.V. - EVEN MORE JUNKIONS ARISING OUT OF THE JUNK HILLS as Junkions newly risen from Junk look up and point at Cruiser and make hostile signs toward it, shaking weapons, etc. INT. THE CRUISER - MOVING SHOT - VIEW THROUGH CANOPY Hot Rod and Kup look down on the army of Junkions below surrounding their friends as they SWOOP BY KUP Not since the Crocodillos of Strontero have I seen such a sight.... ANOTHER ANGLE GRIMLOCK as he sticks his face up next to Hot Rod. Wheelie, riding on Grimlock's head, slips down to stand on console next to Hot Rod GRIMLOCK Maybe they make me king, too! KUP Don't hold your breath, your majesty. WRECK-GAR as he watches Cruiser descend and start gliding in for a landing WRECK-GAR Steady as she goes, mob! Snoopy visitors get mud in the eye bye and bye, and film at five! (gives thumbs up sign, RIDES OFF) JUNKIONS Everything must go by midnight! With a SINGING ROAR of musical, tribal excitement, the Junkions sweep Springer and our friends along with them, following course of landing Cruiser to CRUISER LANDING SITE Cruiser sets down and Junkions line up with weapons aimed at rampway as they watch door ON DOORWAY as Hot Rod steps out with big smile and hand full of energon sticks followed by a very wary Kup, and the Dinobots with Wheelie riding Sludge's neck. INTERCUT TO SPRINGER, DANIEL, ARCEE ET. AL FOR REACTIONS ON WRECK-GAR AND OTHER JUNKIONS as they react to hot Rod's smile, Wreck-Gar trying to mimic that smile to his followers who laugh ON HOT ROD as he steps up beside Kup and gently pushes Kup's rifle aside HOT ROD (aside to Kup, still holding smile) Guns aren't exactly friendly. KUP (through his teeth to Hot Rod) Neither are they in case you haven't noticed. HOT ROD (sotto) What was the Universal greeting again? WRECK-GAR growls and slips a SNIPPER, BLOW TORCH CUTTING TOOL out of a holster and starts toward Hot Rod with it HOT ROD HOT ROD (big smile) Bah weep graaaagnah wheep ni ni bong? WRECK-GAR AND OTHER JUNKIONS They look at one another, blink, then beam with smiles WRECK-GAR Bah weep graaaagnah wheep ni ni bong? HOT ROD (nodding, smiling) Bah weep graaaagnah wheep ni ni bong? (presses energon sticks forward) As Hot Rod says this... ...Wreck-Gar takes the energon sticks and holds them over his head and... ...all the Junkions smile and cheer and start chanting the universal greeting phrase, laughing, clapping their hands and dancing around, taking Arcee's hand and... ... taking Springer and Perceptor and Daniel out into center of a square dance type gathering, moving back and forth with them dancing happily, singing the universal greeting in a melodic, rhythmic way EVERYBODY Bah weep graaaagnah wheep ni ni bong Bah weep graaaagnah wheep ni ni bong! Bah weep graaaagnah wheep ni ni bong.... WRECK-GAR hugs Hot Rod, and Perceptor who winces and tries to enjoy it, and then hugs Daniel, Wheelie, Arcee, laughing and dancing as SINGING goes. ON GRIMLOCK as he reacts to Wreck-Gar kissing his leg GRIMLOCK Yuck! Me Grimlock, not a kisser! Me, Grimlock, a king! WHEELIE claps his hands and gleefully makes noises as he hops about, dancing with Junkions until we CUT TO WRECK-GAR as he stands on top of platform and RINGS JUNK BELLS AND SIRENS getting silence and smiling as he waves hands all around WRECK-GAR Have a nice day and please, close cover before striking, friends! Amigos, buddies and side kicks, Breep drit, aw rootie! So say the Junkions! (holds hands over his head) ANGLE ON HOT ROD He looks at them, strangely. HOT ROD Where did you learn to talk like that? ANGLE ON WRECK-GAR He reaches into his body, and about where a heart or some other organ would be, he pulls out a Watchman. THE WATCHMAN On it is a crazy Eddy-type commercial. WRECK-GAR We talk T.V. You talk some T.V.? KUP looks around nervously. KUP I talk some TV. And now, Hot Rod for the news. Don't touch that dial. Void where prohibited. JUNKIONS cheer wildly while the Dinobots react with uncertainty RESUME ON WRECK-GAR as he points off and shouts happily. WRECK-GAR By George kimosabes your smashed up, blotto friend, soon like brand new with ninety day warranty all iciban parts and labor is! HIS P.O.V. - JUNKIONS WITH ULTRA MAGNUS The Junkions move Ultra Magnus' mangled body through an amazing assembly line, quickly piecing together his body parts, using junk when they can't find a part. Then, they lube him, dust him, spray him and polish him. Then, Wreck-Gar hits a switch, and Ultra Magnus' eye lights go on. WRECK-GAR Happy motoring! Cock-a-doodle-do! ON ULTRA MAGNUS as he steps away from Junkion line of reconstruction and into group consisting of Hot Rod, Kup and Springer. SPRINGER AND OTHERS (Ad lib jubilation) Ultra Magnus! ULTRA MAGNUS You're all alive... HOT ROD The matrix! All turn to Ultra Magnus. ULTRA MAGNUS It's gone... KUP And with it, all hope. HOT ROD No... (inspired) The matrix will not fail us. ARCEE Didn't you hear Ultra Magnus. We don't have it anymore. Galvatron does. HOT ROD Then we've got to trust in ourselves, and no matter what they odds, destroy Unicron. ON WRECK-GAR His eyes light up. WRECK-GAR Yeah! Destroy Unicron... Kill the grand poobah.... Flush cosmic troubles down the drain. ANGLE ON JUNKIONS JUNKIONS (almost chanting) Destroy Unicron... Kill the grand poobah... Flush cosmic troubles down the drain. ANGLE ON SPRINGER The Quintesson ship in the BACKGROUND. SPRINGER Listen, I don't want to rain on anybody's parade, but how are we going to move the army to Unicron. We don't have enough room on that ship. WRECK-GAR No fuss, no muss. (to others) Hurry, hurry. Sale must end! Rush right on down to bridge and test drive latest with no obligation. Suddenly, several Junkions scramble to concealed doorways in the Junk. ULTRA MAGNUS You have ships here? WRECK-GAR New, improved Junkion planet, is sleek sexy import with turbo handling. SPRINGER What's he talking about? ANGLE ON QUINTESSON Suddenly, boosters fire from the back side of the junk, and somewhere under all of the junk, we realize is a rea