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