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[chief]

Alright, Ultra Sonic. Its a week late but whatever. I liked this episode, it was actually rather funny. What about your thoughts?

[Cheezmatt]

Favorite episode in the series, yo. If I had to give just one example of what made SatAM special, this is the one I'd pick. Most of the show's themes come through very strong here, compared to other episodes. A more detailed rundown of the cool things may be in order later.

[John Roberts]

The best ep of the series.

[Bakuda]

I'm not quite sure I'd agree that this was the best ep of the series...but it was a good one. As always...good commentary. In addition to the huge mustache and eye brows...I also noticed Uncle Chuck was crying. Can robots cry??? And Sally...I like her as a character but I have to agree with the voice. Not the best voice at all. Anyway...yeah...good episode.

[Juice16]

Just to go back to the point of inconsistency of the Swatbots shooting from their fingers or wrists, if I'm not mistaken, when they first show that huge dinosaur robot, Chuck first calls it a Dino-bot, but then once they get control of it he calls it a T-bot. Another example of the inconsistency along with the swatbots.

All in all not a bad episode, though not best in the series because nothing can beat blast to the past. That one will always be my favorite. And you guys are right about sally's voice being sort of man-ish at times, although I think the voice improved in season 2.

[John Roberts]

inconsistency of the Swatbots shooting from their fingers or wrists

It could simply be two different weapon systems as opposed to being inconsistency (it probably IS inconsistency, but there ain't nothing that can't be explained with a bit of logic and a lot of creative bullshitting )..

[Cheezmatt]

I'm pretty sure Uncle Chuck calls the Dinobot a 'teapot'. It's just a joke, like casually referring to a magnificent ocean liner as a 'tub'. Pretty trivial matter either way. SWATbots also carried seperate hand-held blasters on numerous occasions, which as John suggests, you could interpret as either inconsistent or simply a wide arsenal. I'd say that at least the hand-held blasters are an intentional difference at any rate.

Speaking of which, weren't the SWATbots in this episode great? Sonic and friends were cautious about encountering even one, and when more entered the fray they either hid or ran for their lives. The hoverpad chase, the subway tunnel, the final escape... and then of course the SWATbots bringing down the massive Dinobot - actually acting as efficient combat units. They're depicted as a major threat, nearly unstoppable, and the Freedom Fighters react as such. Imagine how much of the tension in this episode would dissolve if it took place in Season 2, where Sonic can take down entire Hover Units with a single ridiculously overpowered tornado move, as he did in Blast to the Past.