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♪ The Transformers ♪

♪ More than meets the eye ♪

♪ Autobots wage their battle to destroy, ♪

♪ the evil forces of the Decepticons. ♪

♪ Transformers ♪

♪ Robots in disguise ♪

♪ The Transformers ♪

♪ More than meets the eye ♪

♪ The Transformers ♪

NARRATOR: Midnight, Quantam Laboratories,

Well guarded home of America's most secret scientific inventions.

-Huh?

Boy, the absent minded professors around here.

Always forgetten stuff.

But that's what lost and found is for.

-Release Megatron.

-Get a move on, Soundwave.

There... the most powerful computer on this planet,

TORQ III.

Now to reprogram him to serve only me.

-Illegal access! Illegal access!

-It certainly is.

Now you are being programmed with my personality,

my instincts, my contempt for the weaklings,

who would deny me the ultimate greatness I deserve.

-I am yours to command, Megatron.

Master.

-Watch.

TORQ, utilize this mechanism.

Make it do your bidding.

TORQ, cease attack.

Well done, TORQ.

-I await further instructions, master.

-You shall have them. But TORQ,

what is the first action before engaging in an act of war?

-The preparation of defenses against enemy retaliation.

-Exactly.

So place these Circuit Linkers on every mechanism in this facility.

And make our army of defense.

MAN: I'm worried, professor.

Perhaps TORQ III is too smart for mere men to control.

-We must continue the pursuit of knowledge, Paul.

-But TORQ III is potentially capable of controlling the whole world.

What if the wrong people got control of him?

-Man's future depends on the development of sophisticated machines.

TORQ is the first machine that can build other machines.

Robot welders, robot constructors, robot-controlled doors,

even robot file cabinets.

Hmm.

I didn't realize how late it was.

We should go home and get some sleep.

-Perhaps you're right.

-You'll probably feel better about our work in the mo...

What the...

This isn't supposed to happen!

I'll call maintenance!

-Maintenance can't help you, Dr. Gates.

I control Quantum Labs now.

-TORQ has seized command?

But how can that be?

-Find anything metallic, professor.

Ball point pens, paper clips, and hurry!

-What are you doing?

-Rebuilding the Visi-phone for long-distance transmission.

We've got to get help.

-Oil tankers below!

-Perfect! A direct hit!

-That makes TORQ captain of that oil tanker.

Rumble, fire circuit linker cards at the entire fleet!

[ Megatron laughs ]

TELETRAAN I: Optimus Prime, attention please.

-What is it, Teletraan I?

-Unexplained change in oil tanker shipping patterns.

-Hmm.

All those tankers are converging on a spot,

near the Decepticon undersea headquarters.

-They carry a vast energy supply, Optimus Prime.

-My olfactory sensors detect a rat named Megatron.

-Incoming message from Quantum Labs.

Emergency frequency.

-Optimus Prime. Thank heavens I've reached you.

-What's wrong, Dr. Gates?

-Our super-computer TORQ III! Someone's altered his programming!

TORQ seems to have taken control of all the machines in the compound.

-Hang on, Paul, we won't let you down.

-But if the Decepti-creeps are collecting all that oil,

shouldn't we nail them first?

-But our human friends with Quantum are in danger.

-The whole world will be in trouble if those tankers aren't stopped.

At least let me check it out.

-Hmm. Affirmative.

Skyfire, take Hound there.

-Roger, Optimus Prime.

-Let me go, too, Optimus!

-Very well, Spike.

Autobots, transform!

Roll out!

-My firepower will destroy those miserable Autobots!

-Huh? These things are drivin' themselves!

-Stand clear, Wheeljack!

-Great shootin', Optimus Pri...

[ Painful grunt ]

OPTIMUS PRIME: Stop those armoured vehicles!

Good grief.

More bad news.

This isn't one of our shining days.

The tires! Aim for the tires!

Wheeljack! Take those lasers out!

There's only one way to deal with this,

and that's to stomp it flat!

-Dinobots!

-I only hope they can get here before we've had it.

-There's still more of 'em!

-I don't believe it!

-You still functional, Prime?

-Yes, but I wish the Dinobots would get here.

GRIMLOCK: Optimus Prime, you called me Grimlock,

and other Dinobots?

-I'll say. Stop those vehicles!

GRIMLOCK: We help.

Hmm. Always get Autobots out of messes they get into.

Dinobots, smash 'em!

OPTIMUS PRIME: Good work, Dinobots!

Now follow me!

-Which way?

DR. GATES: Autobots, Help!

Optimus Prime, over here!

-How about a boost, Sludge?

[ Sludge growls ]

-Going down?

It looks like you have a machine rebellion on your hands, Dr. Gates.

Any explanations?

-TORQ III took over their control.

Question is Why?

-The answer is Megatron.

Somehow, he reprogrammed TORQ.

He's even using him to steal oil tankers by remote control.

-That's impossible!

TORQ can't run machines that aren't designed for remote control.

SPARKPLUG: He can now.

-We found this on one of the tanks.

Every vehicle that's attacked us has one o' these on it.

-And you can bet it's not standard equipment.

-A Remote Control Circuit Linker.

DR. GATES: So TORQ can dominate any device bearing one of those!

-Hmm. It'll take more than those Auto-fools to shut me down!

DR. GATES: It's a safe bet those doors are locked.

-Fortunately, I have a delicate lock-picking technique.

OPTIMUS PRIME: Take cover! This is not gonna be easy!

-The oil tankers, guys!

HOUND: Looks what's up ahead.

The Decepti-crumbs' plan is beginning to make sense.

They're gonna pump all that oil down to their headquarters.

-Uh-oh, Hound, look. A force field dome.

-There's no way we'll ever break through that!

-But if we could get inside,

we could knock that pumping platform out of commission.

-Wait. I'm getting some serious inspiration.

Skyfire! Take us down!

-You've got to do something!

My ship won't respond!

-This is the Decepticons' doing, sir,

and if you'll hide us somewhere,

we'll surprise them for a change.

-Ship ready for cargo removal, Megatron.

-Then prepare to siphon off another tanker-full of oil.

HOUND: Not so fast, Mega-meatball!

-Go get 'em, guys!

-Decepticons, attack!

-No more oil, Hook!

You're greasy enough already!

-Hound, look out!

Let go o' me, you beaky birdbrain!

Let go!

-Skyfire! Laserbeak's got Spike!

-And he'll drop him on the rocks,

if you don't surrender at once.

I mean now!

-Get back!

More of TORQ's slave machines.

It's a molybdenum alloy! I can't break it!

[ Prowl straining ]

-Maybe a little acid indigestion will slow this thing down.

Time for you two... to get... acquainted!

-My only chance is to take you out for a spin!

[ Optimus Prime grunts ]

-Maybe that's the last of TORQ's machine army.

-There's only one way to find out.

-It's some kinda maze.

TORQ: Why do you delay, Autobots?

I'm waiting for you.

-That's TORQ.

-We can't risk going in all at once.

The rest of you wait outside.

-It's a trap, Prime.

-Oh, great!

Caged like helio-hamsters at the Cybertron Zoo.

-We gotta get out of here, Hound.

Sooner or later, the rest of the Autobots will show,

and they'll need our help.

-How will we get past the Decepticons to help them?

-They took our weapons.

-And my ammo.

-Don't worry.

When the time comes, I've got a plan.

TORQ: Come, come, your fearfulness tries my patience!

I thought you were more courageous than that, Optimus Prime!

TORQ: Sorry, but I wouldn't want you to run away before you meet my friend!

-A Remote Control Circuit Linker!

TORQ: Come to me, my pet.

You are mine now.

Soon, all Autobots will be my slaves,

and I, TORQ, will be master of everything!

I am your master now, Optimus Prime,

and soon I shall rule all.

-Don't count on it, TORQ.

- How can this be?

-While you were busy bragging,

I slipped a dead Circuit Linker card into your robot's hand.

-Destroy him!

-Megatron, alert!

Sensor readings indicate TORQ no longer operable.

Tankers now uncontrolled.

-The Autobots must have gotten to him!

No matter. I'll control them myself,

with this, and bring all the oil tankers under my force dome.

DR. GATES: That prototype hydrofoil is the fastest thing in the water!

Good hunting!

-Thanks for your help, Dr. Gates!

Sparkplug, take us out.

-Aye, aye, cap'n.

-Stand clear, you two!

-An electromagnet.

-Careful with that thing, Spike.

-I don't have a metal body, so it's no problem for me.

Megatron should have thought of that,

because it's gonna cost him.

That got him!

What do you say, guys? Can you bash it down?

-With a smile on our lip components.

-Hey! You can't get away!

-Yeah? Speak for yourself!

[ Spike panting ]

-The charge on that magnet will wear off in a few minutes.

[ Hound panting ]

-Then let's knock out that force dome while we've got the chance!

-Autobots approaching.

- They'll never get through my force field dome.

Proceed with the pumping.

-The force field generator.

SPIKE: Hey, Frenzy!

-Come and get me, you metal-headed dum-dum.

[ Hound chuckles ]

-That's one stupid Decepticon.

-Force field down! Autobots attacking!

-Your pumping days are over, Megatron!

-I'll see you on the scrap pile first, Optimus Prime!

-Even without TORQ, he's still controlling the tankers.

Megatron must have a remote control transmitter.

OPTIMUS PRIME: And if I can get it,

it could be the perfect tool to nail this mission down!

I'll take that transmitter, please!

-The transmitter is mine!

-Okay, catch!

[ Megatron screams ]

[ Megatron pants ]

-The game's not over, Prime.

I'll be avenged.

-You're free to go.

Radio the other tankers and clear the area fast!

-I'd planned to destroy this platform when my operation was complete,

but the accursed Autobots wrecked my schedule.

So, I shall now wreck them!

Attention, Decepticons!

Withdraw at once and return to our base!

-Where's he goin' in such a hurry?

-I don't know,

but I'll bet anything it isn't good news for us.

-You're right.

This deck's on its way to the bottom of the sea!

-Not with us on it, I hope.

-No! To the hydrofoil!

-Prime! Come on! There's no time to waste!

-I've got to find Spike and the others!

Go on without me!

-Let's beat it!

-We are in deep transistor parts.

-Hello, Skyfire!

How about a lift outta here?

-You don't have to ask twice!

-If everything's secure here, Dr. Gates, we'll be on our way.

-It is, Prime, but I'm not sure I'll reactivate TORQ III yet.

Not until we can make him absolutely tamper-proof.

You see, like all machines,

TORQ is basically unreliable unless properly monitored.

-Machines... unreliable... -Yeah, wait a minute.

-Uh... uh, but of course, there are some machine types,

one can always count on.

I'm speaking, naturally, of uh...

-Autobots?

-You took the word right out of my mouth.

It was in there with my foot.

[ Autobots all laugh ]