- Narrator: [summarizing Part 1 of the episode] With the help of the wealthy Shawn Berger, Megatron tries to prove the Autobots are evil. But Spike discovers the tape is a Decepticon trick. However, before he can reveal the truth - the Autobots are found guilty and banished from Earth. Megatron reprograms Teletran 1, sending the Autobots on a one-way journey into the sun.
- [a parade is held in honor of the Decepticons; the town people cheer the Decepticons, who march in front of their fans]
- Starscream: Why waste time? Let's take the city now!
- Megatron: I have my reasons... which are far beyond your meager understanding.
- [after they were found guilty on most unfair trial and banished from earth, the Autobots are on the spacecraft, provided them by Berger, while Cosmos is flying outside the ship, believing they are on the way to Cybertron. Unknown to them, Megatron sabotaged Teleraan 1, altering the ship destination to the sun and destroying the computer's communications]
- Ironhide: Are we going anywhere, Cosmos, or is this a tour of the stars?
- Jazz: Lay off him, Ironhide. He didn't cause our problems.
- Ironhide: You're right. Maybe we ought to take it out on the one who got us into this mess
- [Ironhide clutches his fists]
- Optimus Prime: I did what was necessary.
- Huffer: But we lost, and the Decepticons won, and we bought a one-way ticket to nowhere!
- Cliffjumper: There's still time to change our mind...
- [Cliffjumper stands and rushes to the cockpit]
- Optimus Prime: [muses loudly] Perhaps I did make the wrong decision... Cliffjumper, turn us around. We're going back to Earth!
- Cliffjumper: [clicking the controls, then recoils in horror] The ship isn't responding!
- Optimus Prime: What?
- Cliffjumper: [clicking the controls, then turns to Optimus] Major malfunction. Our course is locked in!
- Optimus Prime: [realizing what's wrong] They've jammed our guidance system! Hound, check our destination.
- Hound: At once, Prime.
- [Hound activates his sensors, then exclaims in horror]
- Hound: We're targeted for... the sun!
- [Hearing this, the Autobots are at panic, exclaiming "What?" "The sun?"]
- Optimus Prime: [regaining his composure] Cosmos, make up with Teletraan 1.
- [Cosmos activates his communication system, then calls in horror when this also fails]
- Cosmos: Negative, Prime! I can't interface!
- [as the Autobots' spacecraft gets closer to the sun, its metal body begin to melt due to the immense heat. The sign "BERGER INC" is burnt. Brown vapors rising from the Autobots' bodies]
- Bumblebee: Hey... my circuits are overheating!
- Huffer: We'll, uhh... we'll...
- Hound: We'll vaporize!
- Optimus Prime: Cosmos... take action!
- [Cosmos also suffers the same damage from the heat]
- Cosmos: Like what?
- Optimus Prime: [straining to speak] If I knew, I'd do it myself!
- Cosmos: [transforms to robot mode] I guess anything is better than nothing...
- [Cosmos enters the spacecraft and clicks the controls]
- Ironhide: Well... any luck?
- [Cosmos clicks the controls, then raises his hands in despair]
- Cosmos: No...
- [the spaceship continues its deadly, unstoppable course into the sun]
- [At the Decepticons' base]
- Shawn Berger: [to Megatron] You promised me three cities!
- Megatron: [laughs sarcastically] So, still trying to up the ante? How pathetic...
- [Megatron and Berger are watching on screen the Autobots' spaceship. As the ship gets closer and closer to the sun, Megatron laughs viciously, rubbing his hands in sadistic pleasure. At the spaceship, the Autobots collapse one after another, unable to function. Optimus Prime looks sadly at the other Autobots]
- Optimus Prime: No... chance... left.
- Megatron: Five, four, three, two, one - zero!
- [the spaceship hits the sun and explodes on impact]
- Megatron: It's over! The Autobots are subatomic particles. Now, Berger, I believe we have a press conference to attend.
- [the Decepticons and Berger leave the base]
- [At the mayor's office, Spike shows the mayor the incriminating tape which proves that the Autobots are innocent, and that the transformers in the film were in fact the Decepticons in disguise]
- Spike Witwickey: Well, Mr. mayor?
- [the mayor stops the film and ejects the tape]
- Mayor: This evidence is conclusive, Spike. How could we have been so stupid?
- Spike Witwickey: We've got to bring the Autobots back!
- Mayor: I'm afraid that's impossible...
- [the mayor gives the tape back to Spike]
- Mayor: ...but there may be something we can do.
- [at the press conference hall, Megatron, Starscream, Soundwave and Berger are standing in front of the TV cameras. Reporters sit in lines. TV technicians prepare the broadcasting equipment]
- Shawn Berger: [On TV] Ladies and gentlemen, we interrupt our regular programming to present...
- Megatron: [On TV] People of Earth! This is Megatron. Any questions? You, in front.
- [Unnoticed, Spike, Sparkplug, Chip and mayor sneak in, with the incriminating tape in their possession, intending to reveal the Decepticons' scheme in public]
- Reporter: Thank you, sir
- [looking at his notes]
- Reporter: Mr., uh, Megatron, now that the Autobots are gone - what are your plans here on Earth?
- Megatron: I'm glad you asked, Earth-germ!
- Shawn Berger: [turns to Megatron, shocked at this rudeness] What?
- Megatron: My plan is to conquer this mud-ball of a planet, and
- [makes squashing gesture]
- Megatron: suck it dry of energy!
- Reporter: [drops his notes in fear] We've been had!
- [the audience mumbles in fear and shock]
- Megatron: Yes! Thanks to my partner, Shawn Berger
- [gestures toward Berger, who stands speechless]
- Megatron: .
- Reporter: Berger!
- Male audience member: Traitor!
- Female Audience Member: [gasps] I don't believe it!
- Berger's Guard: [to another of Berger's guards] We've been working for a traitor!
- Reporter: [waves his fist angrily at Berger] Berger, you filthy swine!
- Shawn Berger: [Speechless, shakes in fear, realizing that he was used by the Decepticons to get rid of the Autobots, and now nothing can stop the Decepticons - all because of his lust for power]
- Spike Witwickey: [to his friends, gesturing the tape, which is no longer needed as Megatron himself revealed the truth] Nothing is more stale than old news.
- Berger's Guard: Shred my paycheck, Berger! I'm switching sides!
- [he and the other guard point their rifles at Berger and rush toward him, but Starscream shoots and destroys their rifles]
- Megatron: Is anyone brave - or stupid enough - to oppose us? This city is under martial law... and *I* am the marshal!
- Shawn Berger: [bows his head in despair]
- [Dirge, Thrust and Ramjet fly above the city]
- Dirge: Let us teach them a lesson in sorrow!
- [the three Decepticon jets terrorizing the residents of the city, destroying buildings and cars]
- Megatron: [his face shown on TV monitor] I christen this city Megatronia 1! Soon there will be many more!
- [the monitor shows Dirge shooting in the city]
- Spike Witwickey: He looks like he's gone crazy!
- Shawn Berger: [caught in despair] It is over. I saw the Autobot ship, like a silver bullet, streaking toward the sun, and it collided - collided with destiny! I saw the end. They died in a cosmic funeral pyre!
- Spike Witwickey: You don't think what he said is true, do you?
- Chip Chase: There's not much room left for hope.
- Spike Witwickey: [tears fill his eyes] Oh, no...
- Megatron: All flesh creatures shall fill energon cubes at once!
- [after hearing that the Autobots' ship was destroyed]
- Spike Witwickey: The Autobots may be gone, but I still have to clear their names!
- [Spike runs with the incriminating tape, intending to use it to reveal the Decepticons' trick. Sparkplug tries to stop his son, but it is too late]
- Sparkplug Witwicky: Spike, Son! Don't! Spike, come back!
- [hearing the commotion, Soundwave turns and sees Spike running away with the tape]
- Soundwave: Laserbeak, Ravage - get him!
- [Soundwave presses a switch on his left shoulder. His chest-lid opens, and Laserbeak and Ravage emerge, chasing Spike. While running, Spike's foot gets caught at projector base. He falls down and the tape drops from his hand]
- Spike Witwickey: The tape!
- [Laserbeak shoots and destroys the tape, while Ravage charges at Spike. At the last moment, Spike stands on his feet and jumps aside. Ravage bumps against pile of filming equipment and gets caught in it]
- Shawn Berger: It is the end! Hahah! The apocalypse!
- [to the astonishment of the others, Berger rushes to help Spike]
- Mayor: Berger!
- [Laserbeak shoots at Spike, narrowly missing. Berger grabs microphone pole and hits Laserbeak with it. Laserbeak loses balance while flying and crashes down. Meanwhile, Ravage manages to get free and charges again at Spike. Spike turns on a projector directly at Ravage, blinding him temporarily, halting his charge. Berger approaches Spike]
- Shawn Berger: Are you all right, kid?
- Megatron: [approaches them] Compassion is for fools, Berger! You're going nowhere, boy!
- [Starscream and Soundwave pick Sparkplug and Chip]
- Spike Witwickey: Megatron, please, don't hurt them...
- Megatron: [teasing] And why should I want to hurt them? Healthy slaves can do much more work. And you, Berger, do you still want your reward?
- Shawn Berger: Yes!
- Megatron: Then you shall have it. Everything that you've earned...
- [Megatron laughs viciously]
- [Millions miles from Earth, in deep space, the Autobots are safe: Trailbreaker activated his force-field, surrounding the other Autobots with it. Cosmos pulls the force-field, with all the Autobots inside it, toward the sun]
- Bumblebee: Huh, if it hadn't been for your force field, Trailbreaker, we'd be molecules now.
- Optimus Prime: You did well, Trailbreaker. Cosmos, put it in gear and let's get back to Earth. Cosmos, we're heading back toward the Sun! What's the problem?
- Cosmos: Sorry, Prime. My navigational systems are still controlled by Teletraan 1.
- [At the power plant]
- Chip Chase: Spike, I've got to get to Autobot Headquarters. Maybe I can get Teletraan to help us out of this fix.
- Spike Witwickey: [smiles] Hmm, it's worth a try. I'll give you some cover.
- [Spike waits till Soundwave looks in different direction, then he leaves his post. Hiding behind machinery, Spike notices a cart loaded with energon cubes. Spike runs to the cart and slams his shoulder against it. The cart rolls away, rapidly accelerating, toward Rumble. Rumble, who is carrying energon cube, notices the cart too late. The cart slams into Rumble with great force, the energon cubes are thrown away from it, and without slowing - it continues its course with Rumble at the front, scaring the workers away]
- Spike Witwickey: Roll, Chip! Roll!
- [Chip rolls his wheelchair toward the exit. The cart, caught in its momentum, smashes Rumble against machinery. The impact causes severe damage. Rumble, unable to move away from the damaged console, groans in agony as he suffers electric shock of thousands volts. Megatron approaches as he hears the commotion]
- Megatron: Shut off the power!
- [one of the prisoners turns off the main power switch. The room is engulfed with darkness. At last Rumble manages to move away from the damaged machinery. Chip reaches the door, unfortunately it is protected with invisible knee-high infra-red beam. As Chip crosses the beam, the alarm is activated. Chip does not linger, but rolls outside as fast as he can. Hearing the alarm, Soundwave looks through the window and notices Chip]
- Soundwave: Megatron! Immobilized human escapes.
- [the lights are back. The prisoners cover their eyes, momentarily blinded by the sudden burst of light]
- Megatron: He is harmless!
- [Megatron laughs viciously]
- Megatron: Thrust! Bring him back!
- [Thrust nods. He steps outside, transforms to airplane and flies above the plant. While Chip hides around the corner of the building, he sees Ramjet standing near a truck whose trailer doors are open, with digonal board leaning on its edge for loading. A worker pushes cart full of crates on the board into the truck. As Ramjet and the worker walk away, Chip seizes the opportunity, rolling his wheelchair on the board into the truck trailer. He hides inside the trailer near a crack in its wall]
- Chip Chase: It's not an Autobot, but it'll have to do.
- [the worker returns. He puts the board inside the truck, closes the doors and drives away. Chip looks through the crack till he sees gas station with huge sign "STAN'S"]
- Chip Chase: That's it!
- [the driver stops the truck at the station. Looking at the side mirror, he is puzzled to see Chip exiting from the trailer]
- Chip Chase: [waving to the driver] That's my stop, thanks!
- [Chip managed to reach the Autobots' headquarters]
- Chip Chase: Come on, Teletraan... I need to know about the Autobot rocket!
- [Chip clicks the console. Words appear on the computer main screen: "Rocket navigation systems over ride"]
- Chip Chase: Who altered the flight plan?
- [Megatron's image appears on the screen]
- Chip Chase: Megatron?
- [reading aloud the words which appear next on the screen]
- Chip Chase: The rocket was sent into the Sun and...
- [gasps]
- Chip Chase: has been destroyed?
- [Chip grasps his head in despair, realizing that Berger told the truth about the Autobots' rocket. Then an idea comes to his mind:]
- Chip Chase: Teletraan, what about Cosmos?
- [Cosmos' image appears on the screen]
- Chip Chase: Has he been destroyed, too? Please...
- Chip Chase: [loud noise from the ceiling alerts Chip. He turns back to see what the noise is about] What...?
- [Thrust breaks through the ceiling and transforms back to robot]
- Thrust: [mocking] We missed you back at the power plant, human! Why are you here?
- Chip Chase: [stammers in fear] I, uh... I...
- Thrust: You didn't come here just to see this leftover computer?
- [to Chip's horror, Thrust points his arm-cannon toward Teletraan's main screen]
- Chip Chase: No, not Teletraan! Stop! Don't! That's all we have left!
- [Thrust, ignoring Chip's pleads, shoots at the screen, causing considerable damage to the computer]
- Thrust: Why? It's just a burned-out wreck!
- Chip Chase: [furiously looks at the damaged computer] You... pile of reject parts! I'll...
- [Thrust picks Chip. Angrily, Chip strikes the huge metal hand, making no impression on the Decepticon]
- Thrust: 'Reject parts'?
- [burst out laughing]
- Thrust: Ha-ha-ha!
- [taking Chip, Thrust transforms and flies back to the power plant, unaware that his act of vandalism - quite ironically - helped the Autobots]
- [at deep space, Cosmos continues pulling the force-field with all the Autobots inside it. The moment Thrust damaged Teletraan 1, Cosmos feels that his navigation systems are free at last]
- Cosmos: Hey! I got control back!
- Optimus Prime: Teletraan must have canceled the override.
- Cosmos: I don't know who did what, but I don't care... we're heading back to Earth!
- [Cosmos changes direction]
- Cosmos: I hope I have the fuel reserves.
- [Megatron and Starscream are touring the power plant]
- Megatron: Have you ever seen so much energy, Starscream?
- [Soundwave's sensors detect danger]
- Soundwave: Warning! Strong energy transmissions detected.
- Megatron: [impatiently] Of course, from these generators, Soundwave!
- Soundwave: Negative, Megatron. From primitive jet engines.
- [an Air Force group heads for the power plant. Hearing Soundwave, the prisoners are filled with hope for rescue]
- Sparkplug Witwicky: [excitedly] Jet engines?
- Megatron: Starscream, go and...
- Starscream: I anticipated your order, Megatron!
- [Starscream transforms into airplane and breaks through the ceiling]
- Starscream: Decepticons, transform!
- [Blitzwing, Thrust, Dirge, Ramjet, Thundercracker and Skywarp transform and join Starscream in attack formation. As the Air Force closes in, the Decepticons jets open fire, destroying several of the approaching jets. The surviving aircrafts retreat, without having fired even one single shot at the Decepticons during the battle]
- Starscream: [yelling after the retreating aircrafts] Any further rescue attempts... will result in the termination of this city!
- [after the Air Force retreated, Megatron boasts his victory]
- Megatron: You see? Even Earth's mightiest warriors cannot stop us. Soon, other cities will fall, then others, one after the next... until Earth is ours!
- [Megatron points his arm-cannon at the prisoners]
- Shawn Berger: No, I won't let you!
- [Berger rushes toward Megatron, placing himself in front of the other prisoners. With slight move of his hand, Megatron knocks Berger down]
- Megatron: Grovel for my amusement!
- [Megatron points again his his arm-cannon at the prisoners, who are paralyzed with fear. Suddenly, loud noise is heard from the outside, as if many vehicles are heading to the power plant]
- Spike Witwickey: You hear that? It sounds like...
- Chip Chase, Sparkplug Witwicky: [excitedly] Autobots!
- Optimus Prime: [his voice is heard from outside the building] Megatron!
- Megatron: No!
- [Megatron blasts a hole in the near wall, scaring the workers away. He runs outside and is shocked to see all the Autobots there]
- Megatron: Impossible! I saw you disintegrated!
- Optimus Prime: Illusion, Megatron. Just as you made the people of Earth see us as villains - so we, too, staged an illusion.
- Megatron: Decepticons, assemble for battle!
- Optimus Prime: [transforms] Autobots - transform!
- [the Autobots transform into robots mode, pointing their weapons]
- Ironhide: And let's show 'em a little reality...
- Megatron: No missing!
- [the Decepticons open fire. The Autobots hesitate for a moment, then return fire. Optimus Prime shoots at Starscream, severely hits him. Starscream yells in agony and collapses]
- Megatron: Keep firing! Don't leave an Autobot standing!
- Ironhide: Come on, guys! Let's wrap this package of Decepticon garbage!
- [Spike, Sparkplug and Chip get close to the hole in the wall]
- Chip Chase: Who's winning, Spike?
- Spike Witwickey: [smiles] guess...
- Starscream: [struggling to his feet] It's no use... we're outnumbered.
- [once again, Starscream is shot and collapses. Megatron looks back and sees that nearly all the Decepticons are down, severely damaged, unable to fight]
- Megatron: We've lost the advantage!
- [Megatron, as always, is the first to flee. The other Decepticons transform and follow their leader in shameful retreat]
- Chip Chase: You... pile of reject parts! I'll...
- [Chip hits Thrust's hand]
- Thrust: "Reject parts"? Ha-ha-ha!
- Megatron: Is anyone brave - or stupid enough - to oppose us? This city is under martial law... and *I* am the marshal!
- [back at the power plant]
- Chip Chase: [whimpering] I should never have gone to Autobot Headquarters... now Teletraan is destroyed.
- Spike Witwickey: Hey, Chip, you tried.
- [Spike places his hand consolingly on his friend's shoulder]
- Spike Witwickey: Teletraan wouldn't have been much help without the Autobots, anyway.
- [Soundwave shoots above Chip and Spike's heads, frightening them]
- Soundwave: Work!
- Chip Chase: [back to work] Now there's no hope at all.
- [last lines]
- Ironhide: [frees Chip of the electronic handcuffs] Uhh, there you go, Chip. Free.
- Chip Chase: Huh, thanks, Ironhide! Is there anything you can't do?
- [the Autobots and the ex-prisoners are gathered outside the power plant]
- Mayor: If you can ever forgive us, Optimus Prime, please stay here on Earth.
- Shawn Berger: [genuinely remorseful] I doubt anyone will ever forgive me, but I'll... I'll make amends. I'll... I'll disband my private army.
- Sparkplug Witwicky: [sarcastically] Oh, that's real *big* of you, Berger. They all quit when they found out what a dog lunch you are!
- [one of Berger's ex-guards nods in approval]
- Shawn Berger: Well, um, I... I... I said I'm sorry.
- Optimus Prime: You are going to face justice, and may it be kinder to you than it was to us. Autobots, transform and roll for home!
- [the Autobots transform into vehicles and drive to base with their three loyal human friends]
- [now that the Autobots are gone, the Decepticons seize control of the city, ruthlessly enslaving the residents. The people are forced into hard labor at refineries, power plants and mines, working to exhaustion in producing energon cubes, while the Decepticons oversee them. Spike, Sparkplug, Chip, the mayor and Berger are imprisoned in a power plant, watched by Soundwave, their hands are chained with electric handcuffs]
- Soundwave: Increase efficiency or be terminated!
- [Soundwave shoots over the workers' heads]
- Chip Chase: Those generators never worked so hard before.
- Spike Witwickey: Generators? What about us?
- Mayor: [pants heavily while working] Megatron was true to his word. He rewarded Berger with everything... he deserved.
- [the mayor glances at Berger, who is forced to work like the other captives, clearly not used to hard labor. One of Berger's ex-gaurds passes by, carrying energon cube on his back, glaring at his former employer with hatred]
- Berger's Guard: What's the matter, traitor? Real work's something new to you?
- Chip Chase: Berger sure doesn't have many friends in these ranks.
- Spike Witwickey: Still, I can't forget how he tried to help me...
- [a shot, fired by Soundwave, passes between Spike and Chip, narrowly misses them. They recoil in horror]
- Soundwave: Less talk and more work.