Transformers Prime (TV Series)

Partners (2011)

Sumalee Montano: Arcee

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Quotes 

• [At Cliffjumper's gravesight] 

  Arcee : Hey partner, heck of a view you got up here. If there's even a small chance your spark is out there listening, well, we could really use you Cliff. Seems like everyday a new Decepticon arrives on the scene. We're outnumbered and outgunned. Yeah, I know what you'd say, "Sounds like a fair fight", and if that's the world we live in, so be it. I just want you to know, I haven't given up. I'm going to find the Con who took you from us.

• Optimus Prime : Starscream's loyalty to Megatron has always been questionable. If he has truly split from the Decepticons, our prisoner's knowledge of their agendas could make him a valuable ally.

  Bulkhead : You don't mean "permanently"? As in keys to the base and everything?

  Optimus Prime : However unlikely that scenario, every sentient being deserves an opportunity for redemption.

  Arcee : Even Bot-killers? Even Airachnid?

  Optimus Prime : Without that hope, we may never achieve lasting peace.

• Starscream : I'm not really soo bad, you know. Megatron, he's the evil one.

  Arcee : Tell it to someone who cares.

  Starscream : Like whom? Airachnid? What I wouldn't do to get my hands around wretched throat.

  Arcee : So we can agree on one thing.

  Starscream : Oh, you have no idea. She showed up one day, and the next thing you know, she's acting like she runs the place. She whispers lies into Megatron's ear, maneuvered to rob me of my rightful place.

  Arcee : Well, she terminated my partner.

  Starscream : What? She's taking credit for scraping him now too? That was my doing!

  Arcee : ...What? You won't there.

  Starscream : Uh, of course I wasn't! I don't know what I was thinking.

  Arcee : Who were you talking about?

  Starscream : No one, who were you talking about?

  Arcee : Tailgate.

  Starscream : Ah... who's Tailgate?

  Arcee : ...You were the one. You extinguished Cliffjumper!

• Starscream : You're tougher to scrap than your former partner, at least the one I scrapped. Was Tailgate weak like Cliffjumper?

  Arcee : Just keep talking Starscream.

• Optimus Prime : It is the external wounds that heal the quickest.

  Arcee : I thought settling scores would allow me to move on. Instead I chased away our hope of winning this war anytime soon.

  Optimus Prime : Wisdom cannot be granted, Arcee. It must be earned. Sometimes at a cost.

• Starscream : [Captured by the Autobots]  No need to use force. I'll tell you anything you want to know.

  Bulkhead : Is that right? And what do you want in return?

  Starscream : I want to be... on your side.

  [the Autobots pause for a moment] 

  Bulkhead : On our side? Haha, yeah right! And I've been lobbying with the Fallen!

  Arcee : You wouldn't betray the Decepticons.

  Starscream : Wouldn't I? What have they done for me lately, besides humiliate me, spy on me, demote me? Megatron tried to extinguish my spark in cold blood, then all but replaced me with that traitorous wretch Airachnid! She abandoned me! Left me for scrap! So why not rat them out?

  [Optimus, Bulkhead and Arcee move away from Starscream to talk in private] 

  Arcee : He's telling the truth about Megatron trying to scrap him. I saw it with my own eyes.

  Bulkhead : You're not saying you actually trust Starscream?

  Arcee : Trust him? Never. But this may be the one time our objectives align.

  Optimus Prime : You're right to be weary, Bulkhead. But I agree with Arcee.