[DreamSword]

Episode 22: Ice Ice Megas

This one was surprisingly dark by Megas standards.

A recent modification Coop makes to Megas results in the crew crash landing on an ice planet, guarded by a giant Transformer. A battle ensues due to a misunderstanding, resulting in Megas actually killing the defender of the world, leaving the locals defenseless against the evil Decepticon parodies. Can Coop take up the guardian's' place and save the ice planet from being harvested?

The short answer is, yes, but very, very poorly.

There was surprisingly little in terms of humorous content to this one. Most of the episode is action focused, and Coop's' constant blundering, while sometimes played for laughs as usual, is most of the time treated with great severity. Heck, the entire world Coop was out to save is doomed by the end of the episode, and despite the overall lighthearted nature of the show itself, it really doesn't come across as if it's meant to be funny.

I believe this was also the first episode to use CGI in its animation. It's only for the briefest of moments, but it was a surprise to see none the less.

In the end I kinda don't know what to make of this one in that while it does shake things up a bit, I dunno if it's necessarily in a good way? Coop had been showing signs of becoming a better pilot and being more heroic, but here it kinda goes in reverse, and not in an especially funny way either.

I dunno if I'd call it the weakest episode, but it's definitely a strange one by sheer comparison.