Skywarp and Teleporting
M. Pagkalinawan
some of the very early episodes he was shown teleporting (or "warping")
while in flight (i think it was to report something to Megatron). After
that I can't remember them ever using this ability of his.
Does anyone remember any episodes where Skywarp was shown teleporting? I
don't think that they (the writers) really made good use of this ability.
It had a lot of potential but unfortunately i just remember this character
being overshadowed by Starscream.
Lady Razorsharp
>some of the very early episodes he was shown teleporting (or "warping")
>while in flight (i think it was to report something to Megatron). After
>that I can't remember them ever using this ability of his.
Uhmm....I remember this, it was in the episode where they were at a
powerstation with Chip Chase, where Prime jumped in front of the computer
before it blew up...dang if I can remember the name of the episode...and they
all go back to Cybertron to find the part that OP needs...Anyway. I don't
remember Skywarp using it, but it was Starscream that did...oddly enough. Am I
hallucinating here, or does anyone else remember that?
>Does anyone remember any episodes where Skywarp was shown teleporting? I
>don't think that they (the writers) really made good use of this ability.
>It had a lot of potential but unfortunately i just remember this character
>being overshadowed by Starscream.
Heh. EVERYONE gets overshadowed by Starscream....but that's part of his charm.
*g*
Razorsharp
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lovelya...@aol.com (Lady Razorsharp) wrote:
> >I remember there was a Decepticon named Skywarp (he was an airplane)
and in
> >some of the very early episodes he was shown teleporting (or
"warping")
> >while in flight (i think it was to report something to Megatron).
After
> >that I can't remember them ever using this ability of his.
>
> Uhmm....I remember this, it was in the episode where they were at a
> powerstation with Chip Chase, where Prime jumped in front of the
computer
> before it blew up...dang if I can remember the name of the
episode...and they
> all go back to Cybertron to find the part that OP needs...Anyway. I
don't
> remember Skywarp using it, but it was Starscream that did...oddly
enough. Am I
> hallucinating here, or does anyone else remember that?
I believe that was either "Transport To Oblivion" or "Roll For It", but
it's been a while since I last saw either of those two. I do remember
another instance, though. During "More Than Meets The Eye" when Ironhide
and Bluestreak fire at him, Skywarp asks Megatron for permission to
teleport, which he gets, so he disappears and reappears behind the two
Autobots.
> >Does anyone remember any episodes where Skywarp was shown
teleporting? I
> >don't think that they (the writers) really made good use of this
ability.
> >It had a lot of potential but unfortunately i just remember this
character
> >being overshadowed by Starscream.
>
> Heh. EVERYONE gets overshadowed by Starscream....but that's part of
his charm.
> *g*
You certainly won't see *me* complaining ;)
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> lovelya...@aol.com (Lady Razorsharp) wrote:
> > > I remember there was a Decepticon named Skywarp (he was an
> > > airplane) and in some of the very early episodes he was shown
> > > teleporting (or "warping") while in flight (i think it was to report
> > > something to Megatron). After that I cna't remember them ever
> > > using this ability of his.
> >
> > Uhmm....I remember this, it was in the episode where they were at
> > a powerstation with Chip Chase, where Prime jumped in front of
> > the computer before it blew up...dang if I can remember the name
> > of the episode...and they all go back to Cybertron to find the part
> > that OP needs...Anyway. I don't remember Skywarp using it, but
> > it was Starscream that did...oddly enough. Am I hallucinating here,
> > or does anyone else remember that?
>
> I believe that was either "Transport To Oblivion" or "Roll For It", but
> it's been a while since I last saw either of those two.
It's actually 'Divide and Conquer', although you'd be forgiven for getting
'Roll for It!' mixed up with it - both titles are so non-descript that it's
darn hard keeping them apart. :)
Anyway, it *was* Skywarp teleporting in the episode - he was just
miscoloured as both Starscream and Thundercracker, if I remember
correctly.
> I do remember another instance, though. During "More Than Meets
> The Eye" when Ironhide and Bluestreak fire at him, Skywarp asks
> Megatron for permission to teleport, which he gets, so he disappears
> and reappears behind the two Autobots.
Yep. He proceeds to chase them and finally nails Ironhide in the back,
making him fall down and conveniently land in a pond.
"Save the war stories, hot shot. Remember, there's a thin line between
being a hero and being a memory." :)
> > > Does anyone remember any episodes where Skywarp was shown
> > > teleporting? I don't think that they (the writers) really made good
> > > use of this ability. It had a lot of potential but unfortunately i just
> > > remember this character being overshadowed by Starscream.
> >
> > Heh. EVERYONE gets overshadowed by Starscream....but that's
> > part of his charm. *g*
>
> You certainly won't see *me* complaining ;)
Whaaaat? :)
Anyway, Skywarp was indeed shown to teleport in yet another instance.
In 'The Autobot Run', Skywarp is assigned the task of using the transfixer-
tron on the Autobots while they are in the middle of the charity race and,
to perform this task, he teleports into the sky above the raceway, sprays
the Autobots, then teleports out of there again and back to the rest of
the Decepticons. As far as I can remember off-hand, he wasn't seen to
employ this ability outside of the episodes we've discussed here.
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>that I can't remember them ever using this ability of his.
I wounder why...
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Jasper van den Brink
> As far as I can remember off-hand, he wasn't seen to
> employ this ability outside of the episodes we've discussed here.
actually in another ep, I think, the seekers were filling energon cubes
and stuff and I can remember seeing Thundercracker teleport.. and he
just pops up in front of the other 2 seekers I believe with the
ZZWWRRRTTT teleport sound.. Thundercracker..who should have been
Skywarp of course then fills the cube and.. well it was for a sec or
so.... or was that in the same ep?
hmmm.. confusing.. yup :)
Jasper.. or was it Starscream again who teleported? :)
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> > As far as I can remember off-hand, he wasn't seen to
> > employ this ability outside of the episodes we've discussed here.
>
> actually in another ep, I think, the seekers were filling energon cubes
> and stuff and I can remember seeing Thundercracker teleport.. and he
> just pops up in front of the other 2 seekers I believe with the
> ZZWWRRRTTT teleport sound.. Thundercracker..who should have been
> Skywarp of course then fills the cube and.. well it was for a sec or
> so.... or was that in the same ep?
> hmmm.. confusing.. yup :)
That's the other episode I was talking about - 'Divide and Conquer'. :)
> Jasper.. or was it Starscream again who teleported? :)
Nah, I think both the other seekers were miscoloured in different
scenes. The colourists got those three mixed up constantly. :)
Jasper
> That's the other episode I was talking about - 'Divide and
> Conquer'. :)
haha oops!
then off hand I can't think of more scenes.. MTMTE, Autobot Run, and
Divide and Conquer..
that's... TERRIBLE!! I thought SW teleported much more then that..
> Nah, I think both the other seekers were miscoloured in different
> scenes. The colourists got those three mixed up constantly. :)
yeah! terrible! happens in almost every ep :)
Prime Problem is the worst.. that clone of Starscream is destroyed..
and the ashes are gone with the wind.. and who's watching this all?
Starscream!! and he should have been Skywarp or Thundercracker..
oh well, Prime Problem made no sense at all :)
and another thing for Prime Problem.. if the real Prime was trying to
convince the others from being the real deal.. why did he
call 'TrailBLAZER' ? who's that? heh..
Jasper... weird!!
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Devvi
<silve...@os.enitel.no> wrote:
>Anyway, Skywarp was indeed shown to teleport in yet another instance.
>In 'The Autobot Run', Skywarp is assigned the task of using the transfixer-
>tron on the Autobots while they are in the middle of the charity race and,
>to perform this task, he teleports into the sky above the raceway, sprays
>the Autobots, then teleports out of there again and back to the rest of
>the Decepticons. As far as I can remember off-hand, he wasn't seen to
>employ this ability outside of the episodes we've discussed here.
Any theories as to how this teleporting works ? He can obviously
teleport things with him (transfixertron).
Devvi,
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Devvi
wrote:
>and another thing for Prime Problem.. if the real Prime was trying to
>convince the others from being the real deal.. why did he
>call 'TrailBLAZER' ? who's that? heh..
Maybe not to confuse the kids. The writers probably wanted to make it
extra clear that Megatron was controlling that Prime.
>Jasper... weird!!
Yes, you are :-)
Devvi,
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teleported. Perhaps, if you accept that Transformers access sub-space
(as to explain where Prime's trailer goes when he transforms) then
perhaps Skywarp can "slide" through sub-space to achieve teleportation.
I imagine that the process would bend time a little so that he
transverses distances in what appears to be a blink of the eye.
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Metal War." Of course, it is -Megatron- using Skywarp's power, but there
you go.
Josh
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Thylacine 2000
> I remember there was a Decepticon named Skywarp (he was an airplane) and in
> some of the very early episodes he was shown teleporting (or "warping")
> while in flight (i think it was to report something to Megatron).
That was in "More than Meets the Eye, part 2", if I recall.
> After
> that I can't remember them ever using this ability of his.
Skywarp himself used it once more in "Divide and Conquer" (in a very
inconsequential way--he blipped back and forth while inside a factory in order
to creep out some humans), and Megatron stole the power and used it once or
twice in "Heavy Metal War".
And that, I think, was all she wrote for Skywarp's teleportation ability. If
anybody knows of other instances, please share.
Pity, too. It had such neat potential.
(Other supposedly 'character-defining' G1 super-powers that were in effect
"one-hit wonders" include Soundwave's telepathy--used only twice, to the best
of my knowledge; Reflector's blinding flash--once in person, once by proxy; Red
Alert's danger-detecting sixth sense, employed successfully only once; and
Windcharger's electromagnets, again a solo act with no encores. I think.)
Though you could sure count on Trailbreaker to show up out of nowhere whenever
a force-field was needed, and I'll be damned if the Decepticons *ever* figured
out to actually poke the dead-looking images of their enemies in order to work
around Hound's everpresent holograms..... (wouldn't standard radar defeat that
rather easily?)
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>And that, I think, was all she wrote for Skywarp's teleportation ability. If
>anybody knows of other instances, please share.
Nope, I think you guys covered all the bases. Of course, Skywarp had to ask
Megatron *permission* to use that ability, at least in the pilot... makes you
wonder why. Uses too much energy? Makes the other 'Cons feel inferior?
Electronic whine gives Starscream a headache? Creates subspace ruptures? (Not
to be confused with subspace Raptures... yum.)
>(Other supposedly 'character-defining' G1 super-powers that were in
>effect "one-hit wonders" include Soundwave's telepathy--used only
>twice, to the best of my knowledge; Reflector's blinding flash--once in
>person, once by proxy; Red Alert's danger-detecting sixth sense,
>employed successfully only once; and Windcharger's electromagnets,
>again a solo act with no encores. I think.)
You're right about everbody 'cept Windcharger. He used his magnetic ability
once to pull Bumblebee out of a fissure in "The Ultimate Doom," and again to
hold together the faux Menasor in "Masquerade."
Of course, there are lots of neat abilities that the characters supposedly had
that were *never* used in the show, but it would have been neat to see... like
Springer's alleged pogo power, Huffer's arm sensors, Dirge's fear-inducing
engines...
Zobovor... heck, I would have liked to see Blitzwing get stuck in
mid-transformation once or twice, just for kicks. :)
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> M. Pagkalinawan wrote:
>
> > I remember there was a Decepticon named Skywarp (he was an airplane) and in
> > some of the very early episodes he was shown teleporting (or "warping")
> > while in flight (i think it was to report something to Megatron).
>
> That was in "More than Meets the Eye, part 2", if I recall.
>
> > After that I can't remember them ever using this ability of his.
>
> Skywarp himself used it once more in "Divide and Conquer" (in a very
> inconsequential way--he blipped back and forth while inside a factory in order
> to creep out some humans), and Megatron stole the power and used it once or
> twice in "Heavy Metal War".
>
> And that, I think, was all she wrote for Skywarp's teleportation ability. If
> anybody knows of other instances, please share.
In that case, I'll repost part of my first reply to this thread:
"Anyway, Skywarp was indeed shown to teleport in yet another instance.
In 'The Autobot Run', Skywarp is assigned the task of using the transfixer-
tron on the Autobots while they are in the middle of the charity race and,
to perform this task, he teleports into the sky above the raceway, sprays
the Autobots, then teleports out of there again and back to the rest of the
Decepticons. As far as I can remember off-hand, he wasn't seen toemploy
this ability outside of the episodes we've discussed here."
> Pity, too. It had such neat potential.
>
> (Other supposedly 'character-defining' G1 super-powers that were in effect
> "one-hit wonders" include Soundwave's telepathy--used only twice, to the best
> of my knowledge; Reflector's blinding flash--once in person, once by proxy; Red
> Alert's danger-detecting sixth sense, employed successfully only once; and
> Windcharger's electromagnets, again a solo act with no encores. I think.)
Well, where Red Alert is concerned, his sixth sense was never again
used as obviously as in 'Auto Berserk', but he also apparently used
them in 'Blaster Blues'. He and Inferno are putting out a fire and, when
it's nearly extinguished, Inferno yells, "You can spare the rest of the trees,
Red Alert! This fire's all-but out!", to which Red replies, "That's not
what my sensors say!" Immediately after, various Decepticon jets
attack them. That's at least an indication. :)
As for Windcharger, he used a magnetic ray to pull up Bumblebee
from an earthquake-induced crack in the ground in the second part
of 'The Ultimate Doom' and to keep together the fake Menasor of
which he was part in 'Masquerade'.
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Jasper
Devvi <dv...@kabelfoon.nl> wrote:
> On Wed, 03 Jan 2001 13:16:05 GMT, Jasper <starsc...@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >and another thing for Prime Problem.. if the real Prime was trying to
> >convince the others from being the real deal.. why did he
> >call 'TrailBLAZER' ? who's that? heh..
> Maybe not to confuse the kids. The writers probably wanted to make it
> extra clear that Megatron was controlling that Prime.
@_@
but that WAS the real Prime calling Trailblazer.. whahahaha..
NOT to confuse the kids? well I am :)
> >Jasper... weird!!
> Yes, you are :-)
thanks! :)
> Devvi,
> WeIrD tOo...
>
I know.. we ALL are :)
Jasper.. Till all are even weirder!
Lady Razorsharp
>(as to explain where Prime's trailer goes when he transforms) then
>perhaps Skywarp can "slide" through sub-space to achieve teleportation.
>I imagine that the process would bend time a little so that he
>transverses distances in what appears to be a blink of the eye.
>
Ooh, Cool, DaClique....I like that theory...
*scribbling in idea book*...I'll give you the credit tho *g*
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Zobmondo wrote
>Of course, there are lots of neat abilities that the characters
>supposedly had that were *never* used in the show, but it would have been
>neat to see... like Springer's alleged pogo power, Huffer's arm sensors,
>Dirge's fear-inducing engines...
The last two were used (or at least mentioned, in Huffer's case) in the
comics.
>Zobovor... heck, I would have liked to see Blitzwing get stuck in
>mid-transformation once or twice, just for kicks. :)
There was a lack of some of the little details. How many times did
Grimlock *really* argue with Prime concerning strategy. Did Eject use a lot
of sports terms? Rumble using piledrivers instead of an internal device. And
for that matter Frenzy has the same powers as Rumble, rather than his own
powers. The comics were more careful about things like that. Another point
for Budiansky, since I believe he edited the stories prior to taking over as
writer.
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>Did Eject use a lot of sports terms?
Well, given that he never appeared in the comics outside his TFU profile and
there's only one line of dialogue in the entire cartoon series that could
*possibly* be attributed to him, I would say... nope. :)
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Jasper wrote:
> In article <d4475tgtanr8msmln...@4ax.com>,
> Devvi <dv...@kabelfoon.nl> wrote:
> > On Wed, 03 Jan 2001 13:16:05 GMT, Jasper <starsc...@hotmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >and another thing for Prime Problem.. if the real Prime was trying to
> > >convince the others from being the real deal.. why did he
> > >call 'TrailBLAZER' ? who's that? heh..
> > Maybe not to confuse the kids. The writers probably wanted to make it
> > extra clear that Megatron was controlling that Prime.
>
> @_@
> but that WAS the real Prime calling Trailblazer.. whahahaha..
> NOT to confuse the kids? well I am :)
Maybe Prime had his translatuion circuits set on Japanese, and
he switched the r and the l in breaker, and since bleaker makes no sense
he compenstaited by saying blazer. mmmyep, I bet thats it.
Junkman
fucking weirdos.