Recap / Beast Wars S 2 E 7 Other Visits 2

Having seized control of the alien ship, Megatron plans to return to Cybertron and conquer the planet.

Tropes featured:

• Admiring the Abomination: Megatron continues to admire the Vok's ruthlessness.
• Bad Boss: Megatron uses Quickstrike to test out if the main room has any security traps.
• Badass Boast: Megatron: "I am power." He later swears to destroy the Vok, the Maximals and the Autobots.
• Batman Gambit: Most of the Maximals launch an attack to force Megatron to send his troops out, making it possible and safe for Rattrap and Tarantulas to sneak in.
• Big "NO!":
  • Tarantulas when Megatron cuts him loose figuratively and literally.
  • Megatron upon realizing the Metal Hunter is about to blow up.
• Big "YES!": Megatron when he gains full control.
• Bittersweet Ending: Megatron's plan is foiled, preventing him from returning to 24th Century Cybetron with the Metal Hunter's advanced technology (which also prevents the Vok from becoming aware of Cybertron). But the Maximals lose another chance to return home (on top of having no means to rescue the abducted Tigatron and Airazor from their captors).
• Blood Knight: The prospect of actually getting to fight Maximals is enough to get Quickstrike to leave Megatron and head outside.
• Borrowed Catchphrase: In the face of Optimus wanting to play things by ear once the web is taken out.
  Rattrap: Oh! "We'll think of somethin'," he says! Now, isn't that just prime?
• Breaking the Fourth Wall: Waspinator turns to the camera to comment on Inferno's brown-nosing.
• Continuity Nod: Megatron takes the Metal Hunter to the spot where Inferno found the Alien Disk.
• Cruel Mercy: Implied. Megatron intends to abandon Tarantulas on the planet with the Maximals. It's later shown that (with the exception of Rattrap) they were fully prepared to slag him on sight.
• Cynic–Idealist Duo: This exchange after the web locks the Maximals out highlights this dynamic between Rattrap and Optimus.
  Rattrap: Looks like we lost this one big time.
  Optimus: We lose when we quit, and I'm not ready to quit.
  Rattrap: I hate it when he talks like that.
• The Dreaded: Optimus describes the Vok in this fashion and worries what they'll do if they find their way to Cybertron.
• Dumbass Has a Point: Quickstrike interrupting Megatron looking over the Alien Disk.
  Quickstrike: Boss, you better—
  Megatron: Silence, you fool! This is crucial.
  Optimus: Better listen to him, Megatron.
• Electric Torture: What Megatron does this to Primal when the latter tries to transform.
• Enemy Mine: The Maximals and Tarantulas team up to stop Megatron.
• Everyone Has Standards: Rattrap has no love for Predacons (especially one like Tarantulas), but he's willing to team up with him to save Optimus and stop Megatron.
• Evil Laugh: Megatron upon claiming the control chair and thus the Metal Hunter itself.
• Exactly What I Aimed At: Rattrap opens fire and the blasts go right past Megatron's shoulders, which Megs mocks him for.
  Megatron: You should've made your shots count.
  Optimus: [now free of the cables] Oh, he did.
• Face Ship: Megatron manipulates the outside of the Metal Hunter to resemble his face. Ironic, huh?
• Enemy Mine: This time it's the Maximals who ally with Tarantulas.
• Foreshadowing: Now why in Primus' name would Megatron mention destroying the Autobots?
  • The Tripredacus Council is also name-dropped for the first time.
• "I Can't Look!" Gesture: Tarantulas believes that their beast modes hide them from the Vok's scanners. Megatron tests that by transforming to robot mode, which prompts Quickstrike to hunker down and cover his eyes with both claws. Nothing happens, though, which is owed to Touched by Vorlons.
• Idiot Ball: Tarantulas leaving Megatron alone inside the Metal Hunter.
• Ignored Expert: Optimus (who's had two direct experiences with Vok technology) warns Megatron.
  "Megatron, don't! Their power is beyond what you can imagine. You can't control it."
• Insecurity System: The Metal Hunter's security is terrible. Partially justified by Megatron having the alien disk but there's not even a single guard.
• Killed Off for Real: A variation. After its importance in the Season One Finale and mid-Season Two, the Alien Disk is destroyed with the Metal Hunter.
• Lampshade Hanging:
  • Rhinox is getting really sick of constantly waking up in the CR Chamber this season.
  • Rattrap observes that Vok devices blowing up really do make for quite the lightshow.
• Mighty Roar: Megatron's reaction to Optimus trying to warn him of the danger of trying to control Vok technology.
• Near-Villain Victory: Megatron nearly takes the Metal Hunter to 24th century Cybertron.
• Negated Moment of Awesome: Due to the Electric Torture.
  Megatron: There is no heroic escape today, Primal!
• No Man Should Have This Power: Optimus thinks Vok technology is too powerful and dangerous in general, let alone when Megatron gains control of the Metal Hunter and is poised to conquer Cybertron.
• No-Sell: Downplayed but the Transmetalized Maximals and Predacons recover almost instantly from the Energon surge.
• Nothing Is the Same Anymore: As a result of the two-parter, both sides have suffered losses. Tigartron and Airazor are now POWs and the Maximals have no means of rescuing them from alien captivity. Tarantulas has also gone rogue and split off from the Predacons (though he'll align again with Megatron for a time next Season).
• Oh, Crap!: Tarantulas and Rhinox when they realize Megatron is trying to upgrade the Metal Hunter with time travel capabilities.
• O.O.C. Is Serious Business:
  • As Tarantulas lampshades, if Megatron was going to use the Metal Hunter to destroy the Axalon, wouldn't he have done so to begin with? This clues Tarantulas off to Megatron wanting the Maximals to remain in their base so he can travel to Cybertron without any resistance.
  • Despite his usual Fearless Fool attitude, Quickstrike is very creeped out by the Metal Hunter.
• Pragmatic Villainy: Megatron has no intention of using his new weapon to attack the Maximals. He intends to save his resources for a return trip to Cybertron.
• Properly Paranoid: Before trying to access the interface, Megatron orders Quickstrike to keep an eye on Tarantulas.
• Race Against the Clock: When Megatron activates the teleport sequence, the Metal Hunter will depart within minutes. Destroying the control chair does nothing to stop the sequence, either. By the time Tarantulas manages to sabotage the transwarp cells, they all only have about a minute to clear out of the structure.
• Revenge Before Reason: Defied. Megatron has no intention of wasting time on the Maximals when he's close to achieving his goal of conquering Cybertron.
• Right for the Wrong Reasons: Waspinator grouses about having to haul around transwarp cells, saying he doesn't see what's so important about any of this. Inferno insists it is an important job, but only in the context of being so loyal that he thinks every job from the boss is important. This job is actually important because it's key to Megatron taking the Metal Hunter back to Cybertron.
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here: After uploading the malware, Tarantulas peels outta there while screaming.
• Silence, You Fool!: Said word for word by Megatron to Quickstrike as he needs to focus on the Metal Hunter. Then again Quickstrike was warning him of the Maximals' recovery and that the Predacons were outnumbered.
• Spanner in the Works: The malware that Tarantulas uploaded into the Transwarp cells.
• Sycophantic Servant: Inferno is always this to Megatron, but this time, an annoyed Waspinator derides him as a major suck-up.
• Teleporters and Transporters: How the Metal Hunter moves around.
• Tempting Fate: After Optimus is captured, Rattrap asks what else could go wrong. He then sees the Metal Hunter depart and Tarantulas standing behind him with his weapon drawn.
  Rattrap: I had to ask.
• This Is Gonna Suck:
  • Quickstrike when he realizes he just Got Volunteered to see if the Metal Hunter has any security precautions.
  • Rattrap's reaction to the Metal Hunter starting to lift off the ground.
• Touched by Vorlons: Megatron and Tarantulas postulates that transmetalization did this to the Beast Warriors. Either Vok technology doesn't register their presence anymore (Megatron's view) or it reads them as Vok (Tarantulas' view).
• Villain Respect:
  Tarantulas: Your comrades fight well.
  Rattrap: Yeah, well, you Preds give us plenty of practice.
• Visionary Villain: Lampshaded. Upon hearing Megatron discuss his plans to conquer Cybertron and destroy both the Maximals and Autobots, Quickstrike remarks, "The boss sure thinks big."
• You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: In a non-lethal variant, Megatron just drops Tarantulas from a great height when their alliance has served its purpose.
• You're Insane!: Optimus's reaction to Megatron's intent to conquer Cybertron with Vok technology and destroy the Maximals and Autobots.