Transformers Rewatch Beast Wars Season 3D

Crossing the Rubicon

Written by D.C. Fontana!!!! Gonna be a good Blackarachnia episode, I bet!
Blackarachnia made her own hidey hole. (SEE!?) It must be a spider thing.
She’s made an energy chamber to plug in that ball that makes people Super Shiny. Aaaand Wolf Boy burst in and broke it. Dumbass. (Because this is a different kind of stupid than the usual “moron.” Perhaps I put too much thought into word selection.)
She wants to be Super Shiny because it will give her more power. Also, there’s only two non-shiny Maximals left. I don’t think Rhinox wants to be Shiny. He just wants them all dead judging by his attitude. (Its rough being the smartest good guy.)
Oh, it looks like Blackarachnia is dead. Good job there Silverbolt. Moron. (Now it fits.)
Ah, she’s still alive but the Predacon shell around her programming is deteriorating. Meaning if they don’t delete the shell, she’ll go insane, and her memory will wipe. So much for her having a choice there.
Oh boy, this tragic romance angle would be easier to handle if Silverbolt wasn’t so over the top about EVERYTHING.
Wait! Optimal Optimus’s weird shoulder castles come from both arm AND leg fins! I get it now.(I don't care, but I get it.)
Maximals can share data, like the Ark activation codes, via staring at each other with green eye beams. That wasn’t creepy at all.
Rhinox looks so tiny with all these Shiny people around now. It’s wrong. No wonder he’s grouchier.
Whoah. Blackarachnia drug trip! Wait, no. It’s only the user interface of the Un-Predacon-ing machine Rhinox is using. (Is that like Sylvester McMonkey McBean’s Star-Off machine?) Why is this so much more complicated than Megatron's "Zap you're a Predacon" ray he used on Rhinox two seasons ago?

Tarantulas has been notified they’re working on Blackarachnia. He’s a heck of a programmer. How did that signal go out? Do Transformers generate Wi-fi hot spots?  Aaah! He’s got safeguards in there, and the Predacons are planning an attack to disrupt the process as well. Didn’t they all die last episode? Well, they are resilient.
Those stupid shoulder things on Optimus just come and go at random from scene to scene with no evidence where they come from. I’m really giving up now.
The Loon- per usual- is doing the best on this assault. Wait. Auto-gun behind him. Forget I said that.
Tarantulas pulling up with an ENORMOUS RPG was not expected. Oh crap! The blast messed with the procedure and her memory wiped!!! AAAAAAAAAH!! (Invested? Moi?)
The Maximals stand around her in a mourning circle. Nineties’ kids, do you need another hug?
Poor Wolf Boy, something snapped in him. This is going to be REALLY BAD for the Spider-Cycle.

His lady love is gone, it’s time for Silverbolt to go full Injustice. (For the non-comic book geeks, that’s the Elseworld universe where Superman goes nuts when he loses Lois Lane and becomes an evil dictator to control the world… because many writers don’t understand Superman.)
But wait, while the Maximals go after the grieving Fuzor, the Super Shiny Ball hovers over to the inert Blackarachnia. For… reasons.
Dang, Wolf Boy stuck one of his exploding feathers in the ground and is going to body slam impale Tarantulas. The pendulum between goofy and dark has swung back. Wait, he has to pause and use Tarantulas as a shield… doesn’t work that well though. Bye Silverbolt.
TA DA! Super Shiny Spider Lady. Looks like she’s wearing a red barbarian helm and glowing halter top now. Gotta say, that’s an improvement over the Golden Globes.

She just ninjaed the snot out of Rampage, complete with a Mortal Kombat like “GET OVER HERE” move. Ouch.
She’s Super Shiny but didn’t get any taller. Must be cause she’s a girl. (Morons- talking to you, writers.)
Rattrap face palms at the returned romance. Thank you, we all feel that way.
 
 

Master Blaster

Megaton has entrusted Waspinator with a giant bomb. This will be fine. Poor little doofus.
Silverbolt, you can’t hit squat. The auto-gun worked way better when it wasn’t manned.
Wow! He did it, Waspinator delivered the explosive while leading the charge!  Aaaand, he’s all alone. Megatron used him as a diversion. Optimus has pancaked the poor little doofus between his gigantic orange hands. Good thing he is resilient.

The diversion is for ANOTHER Tarantulas virus. Really? Is this filler down the final stretch? Or is it that Megatron is not a moron and reuses plans that almost worked. 
AAH The virus thing drilled right into Optimus's Spark! Oh crap! (It WAS Megatron not being a moron.)

Uh oh, Optimus has a twang in his voice now. Did we remember how easy mind control is in this franchise?
We’re back to horror movie settings. Super Shiny Blackarachnia is alone in the dark AAAAAAAAAAAH Predacons in the Ark! Maximals captured!!!!! 

It’s REALLY hard not to get incredibly invested as this thing builds to the ending.

Megatron (not a moron) has placed The Loon on guard duty and is going for the Ark access codes! AAAAH!
Ha Ha, Megatron. Their systems only respond to Maximals (meaning Blackarachnia remained a Predacon after all the foolishness we just went through) … which unfortunately the remote-controlled Optimal Optimus is. Nuts.
Meanwhile, Rampage is torturing the only woman left on this show. Not cool, writers.
However, being Super Shiny gave Blackarachnia telekinesis. For… reasons.
Original Megatron! Woo! (Always good to see my G1 gang!)
Wow! Even Quickstrike thinks pulling out original Megatron’s Spark is a terrible idea… and he’s a HUGE moron.
But we’re going there. Time to Spark share, using new Megatron’s chest tentacle that I guess all current Cybertronians have?

Mutiny time from the arachnid contingent. Good old Tarantulas, he’s so consistent. And good old Quickstrike, he’s so stupid and annoying.
Dude. While it is a nice call back to drop Megatron into a volcano, are we forgetting how resilient he is, and how Megatrons tend to emerge unscathed from lava?

The Arachnids have Teletraan-1! AAAH! They’re going to blow up the Ark. AAAH! That would take out Autobots, Decepticons, Maximals and Predacons. AAAH! 

SO INVESTED.

WHAT IS UP WITH TARANTULAS???? 

There is clearly more to him than...

*dramatic pause*
Meets the eye.
Look out Super Shiny Spider Lady, don’t mess with The Loon! Oh... he’s down. Never mind, carry on.
There are bubbles in the lava, is Megatr…
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! 

Original Megatron's spark has made new Megatron a

GIANT FREAKIN’ DRAGON!!!!!!

Nice hat there in robot mode with plumes and such, Megatron. You’re not doing anything to dispel the “My Queen” thing anymore, are you?
In order to use the “control Optimal Optimus’s mind” virus, Quickstrike needs to be in a ginormous suit. I feel this is a design flaw. Maybe don’t stand right next to Optimus while he attacks her, because then Blackarachnia will ninja the snot out of you. Moron.
“Enter the Dragon.” Cool reference there Megatron. Holy Crap, he’s bigger than Primal.
Optimus is back and using those wings, shoulder plates, whatever the heck they are as defensive bracers in combat. So, they just wander around his body? I don’t care anymore. (Maybe with only three episodes left I can finally stick to that.)
Phew, Blackarachnia stopped the countdown. It would have been a shame to end TWO seasons with all of reality destroyed.
Megatron has both fire and ice breath now. Nifty. 

In robot mode, the dragon head is on his left arm instead of his right like the dinosaur one was. I wonder if that feels weird?

I thought the season finale was a three-parter. Looks like with this one included it is four parts.

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