The Gambler (Transformers episode)

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The Gambler is an episode of the Transformers TV series.

[edit] Plot

Still trying to make it back to Earth aboard their rickety rocket ship, Optimus Prime, Perceptor, Inferno, Smokescreen, and Bumblebee are taken prisoner by a gambling-addict named Bosh. Bosh saps all the Autobots of their Energon, save for Smokescreen, whose pod malfunctions. Smokescreen sees Bosh struggling with a slot machine and strikes a deal. He'll help Bosh win some much-needed Energon on Monicus, the casino planet, if he uses it restore the other Autobots. Bosh agrees, so long as he gets a handsome cut, and they go see Lord Gyconi. They trade the deactivated Autobots to Gyconi as collateral for 50 Energon chips to use as currency in his casino. Smokescreen uses a device in his wrist to cheat his way through the slot machines and racks up more than enough Energon to save the Autobots. However, he gets too caught up in the action and bets all their winnings on one slot. An employee catches Smokescreen's wrist-device and detaches it. Smokescreen loses the bet and all the Energon.

Back at Gyconi's office, the tubby mobster refuses to return the Autobots to Smokescreen and Bosh. But in return, he gives them two free passes to the night’s gladiatorial entertainment; the Autobots vs. the brutal Animaliens. Smokescreen and Bosh go to a bar to drown their sorrows, and Gyconi sends an abused lizard creature named Sleezardo to keep tabs on them. At the bar, Sleezardo is hassled by two thugs and is rescued by the sudden appearance on an Autobot named Devcon. Smokescreen and Devcon get to talking; Devcon is a bounty-hunter who has tracked Astrotrain, Dirge and Ramjet to Monicus.

As Devcon said, the three Decepticons are on Monicus. Dirge and Ramjet head to Gyconi's office and shake him down, demanding a cut of his Energon profits. They then discover his captive Autobots and let it slide. The Autobots are infused with unstable Energon so that they’ll perform wildly in the tournament against the Animaliens. They don't fare too well in the fight, so Smokescreen fills the auditorium with smoke. The fights are cancelled but he and Bosh are attacked by Dirge and Ramjet. The two Seekers give chase until Devcon arrives and scares them off. Sleezardo then shows up and tells them that Gyconi has taken the Autobots to Astrotrain as prisoners.

Smokescreen, Devcon, Bosh and Sleezardo attack the Decepticons as they load Energon into Astrotrain. The Decepticons and Lord Gyconi flee. Devcon gives chase and offers a partnership to Sleezardo, who readily accepts. Smokescreen and Bosh use the Energon the Decepticons left behind to restore the other Autobots to normal. Smokescreen then requests that the Autobots take a little R&R at the casinos and Optimus Prime concedes “Why not?”