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Our existences as superior robot life forms are at stake. An overzealous goth and an oversexed whore will decide the battle between us for good. |
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"Trans-homers" (トランスホーム, Toransuhōmu, lit. Trans-Home) is the twelfth episode of season one and the twelfth overall episode of Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt. It first aired on November 12, 2010.
Synopsis[]
Panty and Stocking's feud escalates into an all-out war after being transformed into robots.
Plot[]
The episode starts with a narrator, who explains that in the corner of a galaxy, there are two life forms that have been fighting to death since Creation. The setting changes to Daten City's church, where Brief pleads Garterbelt to stop Panty and Stocking's quarrel.
The sky suddenly turns red, and two asteroids come crashing down. A robot comes out of said asteroid, and proceeds to state that a battle is going to take place inside the church.
Panty and Stocking after transforming into robots.
Femitron, another robot, appears and shoots Masculimus. But Stocking, upon noticing the robot's Guimauve, eats it thinking it would be delicious. Femitron is destroyed, and Stocking transforms into a robot herself. Panty does the same with Masculimus' Guimauve, transforming into a robot, too.
The Anarchy sisters proceed to transform several of their furniture into robots, in order to create and army to fight each other. Panty goes to guard the fridge, thinking it would bring Stocking down, but it turns out Stocking had already eaten all the sweets stored inside the fridge.
Panty and her robots lock themselves inside the bathroom, making Stocking unable to use it. But Stocking and her robots, who are now all wearing diapers, ambush Panty once she comes out. A newcomer robot appears, and Panty, upon noticing he is a stud, proceeds to have sex with him. The robot explodes, hurting Panty's army even more. Now completely enraged, Panty goes to Stocking's base on the church's ceiling and engages Stocking in battle. Their fight lasts for several days and nights, until they decide to finish it on a final battle.
Panty and Stocking killing Ghost Bot.
Panty and Stocking keep battling, destroying most of their robots in the process. Inside the church, Brief is awoken up by the angels' conflict, and upon noticing Masculimus and Femitron were still alive, he tries convincing them into stopping the angels' fight. The robots tell him their race considered dying in battle an honor, but Brief tells them war between robots is pointless, finally changing the robots' minds, who decide to merge themselves into a ghost to destroy the Earth instead.
Garterbelt orders the angels to destroy the ghost, who upon being killed, explodes along the other robots, who leave thousands of foreign Heaven Coins behind. Brief tries comforting the Anarchy sisters, but they decide to keep fighting each other instead.
Features[]
Characters[]
- Anarchy Sisters
- Garterbelt
- Chuck
- Brief
- Intergalactic robots (debut)
- Honekoneko (cameo)
- Ghost Bot (debut)
Locations[]
Objects[]
Music[]
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- "Immoral Church" - Garter and Brief at the church
- "Tenga Step" - Brief tries to intervene in Panty and Stocking's fight
- "Ghost Town" - The ghost is revealed
- "Fly Away" - Panty and Stocking transform
- "EPTM (Booty Bronx Remix)" - Everything goes back to normal as it used to
Trivia[]
- At an event held by the Gainax staff on December 28, 2010, this episode was voted as the fifth best episode of the series.[1]
- Panty and Stocking's robot names in the Japanese dub are Bitch Commander Panty and Gothic Empress Stocking. In the English dub, they are renamed to Rottenass Panty and Gothatron Stocking in reference to both Hot Rod and Galvatron. Likewise, Masculimus Surprise and Femitron are also renamed to Cocktimus Prime and Mingeatron in the dub to reference both Optimus Prime and Megatron.
- This is the first episode of the series where the title card doesn't immediately appear to begin the episode.
- This is also the first episode where Panty and Stocking don't narrate the title card.
- This episode marks Akira Amemiya's first directorial role of any anime.
- In an interview with The Fandom Post, Jamie Marchi revealed that this is her favorite episode.[2]
- This episode was originally titled "Transwhoremers" in the English sub.
- While Gothic Empress Stocking is outside the bathroom, she needs to poop. In the English dub, Gothatron Stocking needs to pee.
- In the English dub, the narrator breaks the fourth wall five times, confused if he is in the right show while also liking the dialogue during the war, thus in the end he asks the audience "Who wrote this shit?"
- It is revealed that other types of Heaven Coins exist, and that the exchange rate between the Intergalactic Heaven Coins to that of regular Heaven Coins is 1000 to 1.
Cultural references[]
- The episode's title and theme are a direct homage to the Transformers franchise.
- The episode's director, Akira Amemiya, is a major fan of the Transformers franchise itself, which is made evident in this episode and his other directorial works, such as SSSS.GRIDMΛN.
- Incidentally, New PANTY & STOCKING with GARTERBELT would be animated by Studio Trigger, who also did a official Transformers anime animation to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the series several months earlier.
- The animation of title card and the end screen of the episode are references to the various animation for words and title in the Transformers live-action film series.
- The episode features a narrating style referencing The Transformers cartoon. Likewise, the episode also features a scene transition in a style of The Transformers.
- Masculimus Surprise (Jp. Optimus Surprise) is based on the live-action version Optimus Prime with a face base on Optimus Prime from an 1984 catalog and a helmet similar to Orion Pax from The Transformers cartoon. The character is voiced by Tesshō Genda, who voiced both the Japanese dubs of the Generation 1 and live-action versions of Optimus Prime respectively. He also says his famous line, "I have a good idea."
- Femitron (Jp. Mesutron) is based on Revenge of the Fallen version Megatron. The character is voiced by the late Seizō Katō, who voiced the Generation 1 version of Megatron in the Japanese dub.
- In the English dub, both Masculimus and Femitron or Cocktimus and Mingetron are voiced by actors doing impressions of Peter Cullen and Frank Welker, the voice actors for both Optimus and Megatron reepectively. Similarly, the narrator is also doing an impression of Victor Caroli.
- Panty's robot body resembles Hot Rod and her face resembles Generation 1 Optimus Prime. Her upgrade weapons include:
- Left shoulder - Laser Rod Optimus Prime from Transformers: Generation 2
- Right shoulder - God Ginrai's God Cannon with Tachyon Missile
- Gun - Armada Jetfire's gun, which can be used by Jet Optimus
- Rifle - Generation 1 version Laser rifle/Ion blaster, Optimus Prime's weapon
- Ladder guns - Cybertron Optimus Prime and Robots in Disguise Optimus Prime's weapons or ChoRyuJin's weapon from the 1997 Japanese anime The King of Braves GaoGaiGar
- She uses Energon-axes to kill the suicide bomber.
- Stocking's robot appearance is based on Generation 1 Megatron. Her upgrade parts include:
- Tri-horn - Generation 1 Galvatron, usually the upgraded Metatron and Armada Galvatron.
- Orange drill - Generation 1 Galvatron and Energon Galvatron's Particle cannon
- Swords - Megatron's sword from Transformers Animated
- Chest design - Deathsaurus from Transformers: Victory
- Weapon (left hand) - Cybertron Megatron's weapon and Robots in Disguise Megatron's arm cannon.
- There are light-piping gimmick on both Panty and Stocking's hindbrains.
- The Pantybots and Stockingcons are references to the Autobots and Decepticons respectively.
- Panty and Stocking create their armies with the scanners similar to the one from The Transformers pilot episode "More than Meets the Eye, Part 1".
- Sugarscream and his partners are based on the Generation 1 Seeker Starscream and his partners.
- The grand battle before the ghost's entrance featured several references to the Battle of Autobot City from the 1986 film The Transformers: The Movie.
- The suicide bomber enter the scene in a style which is much more often used in Japanese Transformers anime and Brave series. Also, he is drawn in Masami Ōbari's style.
- There is a Soundwave-based character whose face is based on the Stockingcon insignia. Note that the Decepticon insignia resemble Soundwave's face.
- He comes with a condor, a reference to Laserbeak, one of Soundewave' minion.
- His body is based on Teletraan I.
- Ghost Bot is based on The Fallen from Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.
- The Ghost Bot’s final words in the English Dub "Super God Robot Force" is a reference to the Transformers Super-God Masterforce anime.
- Other notable Generation 1 Transformers parody characters includes:
- Menasor
- Soundwave (I)
- Devastator
- Ratchet or Ironhide's original toys
- A Unicron-like planet pops up at the end of the episode.