Dinobot Island, Part 1 script differences -RQ87's The Transformers coverage

ACT 1

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	BUMBLEBEE Bumblebee to Optimus Prime. Are we getting close?

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	OPTIMUS PRIME You and Powerglide are heading toward the strange energy waves Teletraan I detected.

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	PRIME (VO-CONT) Your report will be of extreme importance.

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	BUMBLEBEE Where you goin'?!

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	POWERGLIDE (VO) Joy ridin', little bee buddy!

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	POWERGLIDE (VO-CONT) I'm in a cloud climbing mood!

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	POWERGLIDE (VO-CONT) Watch me!

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	BUMBLEBEE Pull out -you're gonna hit...

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	BUMBLEBEE (CONT) ...the energy waves!

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	BUMBLEBEE Well, they've giving me dizzy diodes!

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	POWERGLIDE Nothin' to it when you got the zap! Heh heh!

This line was cut.

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	POWERGLIDE Great! Ol' Powerglide loves mystery!

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	BUMBLEBEE What's that?

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	POWERGLIDE Let's see how big, mean 'n gruesome likes the ol' Powerglide "pow"!

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	BUMBLEBEE Come on, jet pack -you can do it!

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	BUMBLEBEE (CONT) You keep to the sky, Powerglide. I'd better stick to the road. Aw, my jet pack's shot.

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	POWERGLIDE Not with ol' doc Powerglide on the case! Give it here!

The script notes Powerglide's heat ray should come out of his nose. The animators had it come out from his head.

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	POWERGLIDE Yeah, I never saw a place like this before.

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	BUMBLEBEE Well I have... in pictures! When the Dinobots were being constructed.

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	BUMBLEBEE (VO-CONT) This is just how the planet Earth looked during the dinosaur age... about a hundred million years ago!

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	BUMBLEBEE (CONT) That flying trouble maker was a pteranodon...

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	BUMBLEBEE (CONT) ...the model for Swoop, and... yaaaah!

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	POWERGLIDE Flyin' can't. Hop on!

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	BUMBLEBEE Amazing. And all we went to investigate was some weird energy waves!

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	SPIKE Wow! Live dinosaurs! I'd sure like to visit that island!

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	CLIFFJUMPER (chuckles) We have enough headaches with Dinobots -the last thing we need is dinosaurs!

In the episode, this line is not a voice over.

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	HUFFER (CONT) But go ahead with your demonstration -it'll only prove my point.

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	WHEELJACK Ahem... I think you're gonna eat those words on a silicon wafer... let's show him. Grimlock!

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	WHEELJACK (VO) Transform! GRIMLOCK Yes! Me Grimlock transform!

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	WHEELJACK Good! Now uh, help me out, Blaster. Transform and play something, uh, nice.

So, if you missed it above, Blaster's original name was Blastbox. Strangely on the script's cast list, Blastbox isn't listed, even though he gets a couple of lines.

In the episode, no classical music is heard here -no music is heard at all.

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	WHEELJACK (VO) All right, Grimlock -demonstrate your fine-tuned laser-breath!

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	BLASTER (VO) Get down and trilly hop to town, yeah!

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	SLUDGE Huhgh, Sludge not know. Maybe time to "do our thing"!

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	SPIKE Hey, Wheeljack did it!

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	WHEELJACK Your verdict, Optimus?

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	OPTIMUS PRIME Very impressive, Wheeljack. But what about the other Dinobots?

This line for Sludge was cut.

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	SWOOP Yes Snarl... me want!

This added line for Snarl isn't heard in the episode.

ACT 2

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	SPIKE Teletraan I!!

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	RED ALERT Are you ready, Inferno? INFERNO Ready ready, Red Alert! I'm always ready for action!!

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	RED ALERT Gangway! Don't interfere!

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	RATCHET Hey! We were trying to fix that!

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	CLIFFJUMPER Clumsy oafs! SIDESWIPE Come on! We'll fight 'em to a standstill!

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	OPTIMUS PRIME No, that won't be necessary Sideswipe.

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	OPTIMUS PRIME (CONT-VO) Grimlock -stop stumbling around and end this chaos! Transform.

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	GRIMLOCK Yes. Me Grimlock stomp stumbling.

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	GRIMLOCK (CONT-VO) Dinobots! Transform and end chaos. Me, Grimlock command you.

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	GRIMLOCK Dinobots not want to make mess, Optimus Prime!

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	OPTIMUS PRIME It's just that you Dinobots are too big to train here. You need more room for...

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	SPIKE Fantastic! Real live dinosaurs!

The above scene was cut from the episode. It was scripted to happen after Spike's "live dinosaurs" line.

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	OPTIMUS PRIME Remember -you will remain on the island until you have truly mastered your powers.

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	SLAG More room to stomp! SLUDGE Ungh... more room good for big Sludge!

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	WHEELJACK You'll all be back soon. I'd bet on it!

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	POWERGLIDE Hey -- ol' Powerglide loves guiding tourists!

In the episode, Wheeljack says his line before Powerglide's canopy closes.

The script has a note about showing how the Dinobots fly. The animators went with neither option -the Dinobots can just fly without anything special.

The shot of the Autobots walking back into the volcano was cut.

In the episode, Megatron's line isn't a voice over. It cuts to a shot of him before he says it.

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	MEGATRON Not yet. This mysterious island intrigues me.

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	SOUNDWAVE As you command, Megatron!

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	SPIKE That was really... unbelievable.

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	POWERGLIDE (CONT-VO) Uh-oh. Fun's over, there's work to do.

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	POWERGLIDE (CONT-VO) Fasten your safety belt and return your seat to the fully upright position, heh heh heh.

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	GRIMLOCK Me Grimlock love Dinobot Island!

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	SPIKE It's like... an encyclopedia come to life!

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	SPIKE (CONT-VO) A lost world where time stands still! It's perfect for the Dinobots!

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	POWERGLIDE Heh heh. Good thing those Decepti-coo coos don't know about it!

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	SNARL Snarl like too, Sludge! Like, like like whole bunch!

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	POWERGLIDE (CONT) Don't you agree with me Spike? Spike? Spike!

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	SPIKE Wow, Dinobot Island it too much! I could stay here forever!

Quick note here -Spike's encounter with the pterosaur-style dinosaur isn't in the script. Only the below scene with him getting attacked by the plesiosaur (elasmosaurus in the script) is.

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	SPIKE Man, everywhere you look, it's... it's unreal!

In the episode, Spike says "No! Let go!" before calling out for help. This wasn't in the script.

ACT 3

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	SWOOP But Dinobot is!

This was cut down in the episode, the part where Swoop creates a wind was cut.

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	SPIKE Thanks, guys! Dinobot Island's all yours!

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	SPIKE Bye, Grimlock. Bye, guys! I'd write... but, uh, you can't read!

In the episode, no image of the good guys appears on the Decepticon's computer screen.

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	MEGATRON Huhh... a raw and primitive place.

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	MEGATRON And an energy paradise, ripe for plundering!

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	STARSCREAM But what about the strange waves Laserbeak reported? They might be dangerous!

This shot of the Decepticons leaving their base was cut.

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	GRIMLOCK Good place for Dinobot tests!

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	SNARL You Grimlock leader.

The script wanted Grimlock to be holding a sword here, but in the episode he only has his gun.

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	GRIMLOCK First: target practice!

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	GRIMLOCK (VO-CONT) Hit big rocks!

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	GRIMLOCK (CONT) Now, harder tests. Dinobots -- transform!

In the episode, Grimlock isn't seen shaking his head here.

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	MEGATRON It is beyond the calculations of a Cybertronic electro pod! Behold, Starscream...

In the episode, Thundercracker doesn't move out of frame for this shot.

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	MEGATRON Continue the energy collection!

This line was cut.

In the episode, Swoop's eyes don't glow or crackle for this shot.

In the episode, the animators used Blitzwing instead of Ramjet for this shot.

In the episode, no smoke can be seen from Slag's mouth during this shot.

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	BUMBLEBEE Am I seeing things?

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	SPIKE You're not "seeing things", Bumblebee... you're seeing that!

In the episode, no additional mammoth shapes are seen in the warp for this shot.

In the episode, this was changed so a car is seen hitting a truck, and then another car swerves and hits a post box, rather than a street lamp. The script mentions nothing about the car exploding, but that's what happens in the episode.

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	BUMBLEBEE They must have come through a time warp! But how?!

The building Spike and Bumblebee run into was meant to have a sign on it saying "condemned", according to the script. In the episode, you can briefly see a sign, but it appears to say "OPNE" on it.

In the episode, Bumblebee has a line here, which wasn't in the script: "Look out, Spike!"

This was cut from the episode. It was scripted to happen after Ramjet, Thrust and Skywarp put down some energon cubes.

Megatron's line here was cut.

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	SKYWARP Let's attack at once!