Kiss Players episode 45
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| Airdate | February 13, 2007 | |||||
| Continuity | Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity | |||||
| Chronology | 3,000,000 years ago, 300 years later | |||||
Atari is tasked with kissing Optimus Primal as she transverses the events of the Beast Wars.
Synopsis
The Kiss Players are brought to Earth, three million years before their time, and in a jungle full of animals. Animal lover Atari Hitotonari goes out to explore. She spots mammals, but is confused by the presence of dinosaurs in this era. Turns out those mammals and dinosaurs are actually Transformers, all disguised as animals due to the lack of vehicles in this time. A gorilla appears and transforms into robot mode—Star Dust explains that this is not the Optimus Prime they are familiar with, but rather Optimus Primal. Atari watches on as their travel through time brings her to Primal's explosive death, his revival as a Transmetal, and his evolution into Optimal Optimus. Atari isn't enthused by the idea of kissing a gorilla for an Allspark fragment, but tries to put her feelings aside to complete the mission.
The girl's time travel speeds along to see Optimus Primal and his comrades return to their proper time in future, where Primal yet again acquires a new form. The scared Atari finally kisses the gorilla and gets the fragment, only for it to be whisked away by an unknown force!
Featured characters
(Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
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Notes
- Atari is brought to several points in time during the Beast Wars and beyond:
- Optimus Primal ("Convoy" in Japan like Optimus Prime, hence Star Dust's clarification) during the first season of Beast Wars and his death in "Other Voices, Part 2".
- Optimus Primal after his revival as a Transmetal (known as "Metals Convoy" in Japan) in "Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)" (beginning a new series, Beast Wars Metals, in Japan).
- Optimus Primal's evolution into "Optimal Optimus" ("Powered Convoy" in Japan), as shown in "Optimal Situation".
- The Maximals returning to Cybertron in "Nemesis Part 2" (the series finale for Beast Wars), and its consequences in "The Reformatting" (the premiere of Beast Machines, known as Beast Wars Returns in Japan).
- The events of this episode are covered in comic form by 15 Go! Go! issue #21.