Full Throttle Scramble Power!
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| "Full Throttle Scramble Power!" スクランブルパワー全開!
(Scramble Power Zenkai!) | |||||||||||||
| Published in | Comic BomBom Spring Extra Issue | ||||||||||||
| First published | Spring 1986 | ||||||||||||
| Writer | Raita Kobi | ||||||||||||
| Artist | Yoshihiro Moritō | ||||||||||||
| Inker | Ban Magami | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity | ||||||||||||
Megatron threatens the Earth with his new death ray: The Omega Wave Cannon. Only Jenny and her feminine charms can save the day!
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Synopsis
The Decepticons are up to their old tricks again, this time threatening the peace of the world with an all-powerful electromagnetic cannon called the Omega Wave Cannon. Optimus Prime dispatches Hound and his human partners Tōru and Jenny to follow the electromagnetic trail and locate the Decepticons' hidden base.
After being spotted snooping around by Ratbat, the trio of Autobots are kidnapped by Starscream and placed behind an electric barrier. Megatron then proceeds to regale them with a monologue detailing how he intends to plunder Earth's energy and dominate the universe. He then sends the Stunticons to trash a power plant and relieve it of all its power.
From his command post in Scramble City, Optimus Prime contemplates what to do. Silverbolt pleads with Optimus to send him and the Aerialbots to deal with the situation, as they and the Stunticons are bitter rivals. The other Autobots disapprove of the idea, as the Aerialbots are too young and inexperienced for such an important mission, but Prime concedes to Silverbolt's pleas and allows the Aerialbots into battle.
The Aerialbots engage the Stunticons at the power plant, with both teams combining into their gestalt forms; Superion and Menasor, respectively. Superion begins to take the upper hand in combat until Megatron shoots him in the back with the Omega Wave Cannon. By all rights, the electromagnetic blast should have completely shut Superion down, but his burning spirit keeps him on his feet (albeit, still getting trashed by Menasor).
Fearing the worst, Tōru and the rest try to think of a way out of their prison. Jenny takes out her transmitter and reprograms its fusion plate on the fly. Starscream spots her messing around and tries to threaten her. Jenny uses her adorable feminine charms to elicit Starscream into giving her a big ol' hug, at which point she secretly slaps the transmitter onto the Seeker's back. Now with complete control over Starscream's body, Jenny orders him to use his heat-seeking missiles to destroy the Omega Wave Cannon.
With the Omega Wave Cannon and the Decepticon HQ destroyed, Tōru and the rest attempt to escape. Soundwave unleashes Ravage to catch them, only to be thwarted by the sudden arrival of Blaster and a small unit of Autobots.
As Optimus Prime and Megatron duel (with Megatron unleashing his rarely seen energon mace), the battle remains a stalemate. Then, from out of the blue, Metroplex arrives on the scene with the entire Autobot army. Megatron calls a hasty retreat and the Decepticons vamoose. Still not willing to give up, Superion launches a final attack on Menasor, thoroughly defeating his rival in combat.
As Tōru and Jenny hug and kiss in celebration, Optimus Prime quickly reminds them that Megatron is not gone for good. Prime then proceeds to question their use of affection toward one another, embarrassing them.
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
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Notes
- This story likely takes place after the events of the "Scramble City" OVA, as Metroplex appears to be fully functional in this special, while he was still under construction during the events of the OVA.
- Tōru appears to be a bizarre doppelganger of another human friend of the Autobots: Kenji from Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers. He even wears the same helmet, based on The Transformers Electronic Helmet roleplay toy.
- Starscream's chest missiles were only ever seen once before, in the episode "Fire on the Mountain".
- Megatron's energon mace was last seen in "More than Meets the Eye, Part 2".
- Among some of the other oddities present in this comic, you can also find Shockwave among the Decepticons on Earth, Metroplex hovering above ground in battle station mode and about a zillion generic Autobots appearing prominently in the final splash page.
Unite Warriors rerelease
- "Full Throttle Scramble Power!" as a tie-in with the Unite Warriors series, was rereleased as an eBook by Hero-X on February 26, 2016. The title of the rerelease was "Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers Scramble Comic" (戦え！超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマー スクランブルコミック).
