Beast Wars: Transformers (TV Series)

Double Jeopardy (1996)

Richard Newman: Rhinox

Quotes 

• Optimus Primal : This makes three straight operations ambushed.

  Rhinox : Hmm. Sounds mighty suspicious.

  Cheetor : Like some rat's slipping info.

  Rattrap : Hey!

  Cheetor : I'm speaking metaphorically, that is.

  Dinobot : It was Rattrap who led us into the box canyon and nearly to termination.

  Rattrap : What are you tryin' to say, you big lizard-head?

  Rhinox : That's ridiculous.

  Cheetor : Yeah, Rattrap wouldn't do that.

  Optimus Primal : Well, I'm not so sure.

  Rhinox : [surprised]  What?

  Optimus Primal : Rattrap, I wanna have a word with you. In private.

• Dinobot : Now I will terminate the traitor myself!

  Optimus Primal : No! Allow me... to congratulate him.

  [shaking hands] 

  Optimus Primal : Well done, Rattrap. You have the chip?

  Rattrap : [holding it up]  It's a Maximal decoder. They must have recovered it from our wreckage crash.

  Cheetor : No wonder they hacked our communications. They were using our decoder.

  Dinobot : You mean his capture, his betrayal, were all a set-up?

  Rattrap : Yeah.

  Rhinox : Why didn't you tell us?

  Optimus Primal : We had to keep it a secret to keep his cover safe. Especially during the battle...

  [rubbing his shoulder where Rattrap shot him] 

  Optimus Primal : ...although you didn't need to make it that believable.

  Rattrap : Hey, uh, what can I say? I was trying to miss.

• Cheetor : You don't really think Rattrap's hacking with the Predacons, do you?

  Rhinox : Not a chance.

  Rattrap : [nearby]  Oh, get scrapped, Optimus! You think I was working for the Preds? Ooh, you got a whole 'nother program to run, you oversized buffoon!

  Optimus Primal : Maxmials, Rattrap's loyalty to us has been brought into serious question.

  Rhinox : Oh, come on, Optimus. He's no spy.

  Optimus Primal : The repeated ambush of Maximal operations suggests otherwise. We'll see. Rattrap, I'm ordering you on a solo mission. You're to search for Energon. In sector 12.

  Cheetor : The lava pits? That's a death sentence, Optimus. 12's one big Energon storm.

  Rhinox : And within weapons range of the Predacon ship.

  Optimus Primal : Think of it as a test of loyalty.

  Rattrap : Ah, thanks for nothing, comrades. I'm blowing this taco stand. Beast mode!

  [he transforms and leaves] 

  Rhinox : I know you're hot about losing the pod, but you don't really think...

  Optimus Primal : This mission should answer that question... once and for all.

• Terrorsaur : Prepare to terminate, Maximal!

  Rattrap : Wait! I beg for mercy.

  Rhinox : [listening in]  What?

  Terrorsaur : Mercy? At what price?

  Rattrap : You name it. I-I got no links with the Maximals anymore. I'm a free agent.

  Terrorsaur : Well, well. Finally, a Maximal with logic circuits. Very well, I will spare you, in exchange for certain considerations.

  Rattrap : All right. What have I got to lose? I'll do whatever you say. I'll even become a Predacon.

  Cheetor : Rattrap? No, he couldn't!

  Dinobot : Will you still defend your friend, or will you see him for what he is? A traitor.

  Rhinox : You're a fine one to talk.

• Cheetor : What do you mean go after Rattrap? You mean rescue him?

  Rhinox : Why? Let him go.

  Optimus Primal : He's too dangerous a weapon to fall into Predacon hands.

  Dinobot : Agreed. He should be neutralized and returned here to answer for his treachery, and to be brought to justice.