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The three newer clips are sharper and rearranged versions of the original six separate clips, whose descriptions are rearranged below.
"God Ginrai--Showdown on the Moon" (Part 1 of 3)
This is the continuation of God Ginrai's fight against Overlord and Black Zarak from the previous episode, and contains some flashbacks from them. Despite the mismatch, the fight appears to be a stalemate.
Technical details:
The source is a second-generation videotape, so its video quality is medium. It is better than nothing, I suppose. You can try watching it in full-screen mode if you want. The full-screen view does look good on my 17" monitor.
Description of the events in the video:
The video begins with a review of some previous key events. Mega and Giga in their Godmaster uniforms are seen, followed by a scene of the just-completed Godbomber trailer. God Ginrai's formation appears next, with the Godbomber trailer splitting apart and becoming armor for Super Ginrai (Powermaster Optimus Prime lookalike). God Ginrai then heads off into space and fights Overlord, firing on him, kicking him in the head, and shooting directly at Overlord's Godmasters. A dark object with lights shows up, revealed to be Black Zarak. He throws his spear into God Ginrai's right arm, and kicks him crashing into the ground on the Moon. As Black Zarak in scorpion mode looms overhead, the title scene appears: "God Ginrai--Showdown on the Moon".
The episode finally begins. Leaving God Ginrai groaning in pain, Overlord turns around and talks to the scorpion Black Zarak, who transforms into his robot mode. Overlord looks surprised, and steps aside as Black Zarak walks over to God Ginrai and kicks him away. Overlord then introduces himself, and apparently asks for the giant Destron's name. "Black Zarak" is the response. Overlord says, "Nani (What), Black Zarak?" before he apparently understands.
Black Zarak then summons his gun and shoots at God Ginrai, but Overlord stops him and jumps in, intending to finish his fight himself. God Ginrai lies down on his back and sends him sprawling overhead with his feet into the ground. They both charge at each other and recoil from the collision, leaving the Cybertron in between the two Destrons. After a conversation, Overlord lets loose his arsenal, which God Ginrai dodges and then launches his lower left arm on an attack run at Overlord. The Destron does the same with his jet nosecone/shield, which collides with the arm and returns just before God Ginrai hits Overlord with a missile from his launcher, sending him into the ground. Black Zarak then summons his spear and tries to hit the Cybertron with it.
Meanwhile on Earth, the other Cybertrons are with Hawk (Metalhawk's human Pretender form), who is trying to restore contact with Ginrai. Among them are the Godmasters (aka Powermasters), other Pretenders, and the Headmaster Junior kids. Lander (aka Landmine) apparently said something that aggravated Shuta (aka Siren) and then Cab (aka Hosehead), and then left with the Pretenders Diver (aka Waverider) and Phoenix (aka Cloudburst). Lightfoot (aka Getaway) hopes that Grand Maximus (a recolor of Fortress Maximus with additional parts) will arrive in time to help out Ginrai.
Back on the Moon, Black Zarak is trying to choke God Ginrai as they approach a cliff. The Cybertron falls, with the Destron transforming to his scorpion mode and landing on him to resume his stranglehold. Ginrai's vision starts to go blurry and black out, leading to a flashback of Godbomber's construction, Hawk's supervision, Godbomber's completion, and the human forms of the Cybertrons. With his vision clearing again, he kicks the scorpion off of him, and flies away to avoid Overlord's landing.
Overlord transforms into his tank and jet vehicles, pursuing the Cybertron and exchanging fire with him. Giga's aim from the tank is messed up whenever Mega from the jet fires, and he has to give up when his slower speed proves useless. Telling Ginrai to die, Mega fires again, but her jet plummets when hit with the Cybertron's missile. To save her, Giga merges his tank with her jet to re-form Overlord, with God Ginrai landing behind him. However, Black Zarak shows up and blasts him from behind, causing him to drop his shoulder's missile launcher as a commercial break with the Cybertron Pretender Metalhawk appears.
"God Ginrai--Showdown on the Moon" (Part 2 of 3)
God Ginrai continues his lone struggle against Black Zarak and Overlord until Grand Maximus shows up.
Technical details:
The source is a second-generation videotape, so its video quality is medium. It is better than nothing, I suppose. You can try watching it in full-screen mode if you want. The full-screen view does look good on my 17" monitor.
Description of the events in the video:
After the commerical break with the Seacons and their combiner King Poseidon (aka Piranacon), the missile launcher lands on the ground as its owner runs off from blasts from Black Zarak's materializing gun. God Ginrai picks up his missile launcher during his escape.
Meanwhile on Earth in the Cybertrons' base, Hawk continues to try to restore contact with Ginrai. Lightfoot is drinking tea by a window, while Cab is trying to solve a Rubik's cube. ^_^ Shuta grabs it, maniacally tries it, and then tosses it back unsolved to Shuta, who probably said, "Hey, what's the big idea?" ^_^
Just then a signal comes in at Hawk's console, drawing the four over. It turns out to be from Grand, the Headmaster for Grand Maximus, who is rushing to the Moon in his battlestation mode. There God Ginrai is still running away, but Overlord shows up in front while Black Zarak lumbers along behind the Cybertron.
God Ginrai apparently mentions that he has a surprise, to which Overlord says "Nani (What)?" right before God Ginrai splits up into Super Ginrai and Godbomber. While Overlord tries to blast Super Ginrai, the Godbomber trailer comes around and hits the Destron in the back with a missile. Super Ginrai catches Overlord's lost rifle and tries to fire on Black Zarak with it, but the Destron leaps away and returns fire, sending the Cybertron falling down a cliff again.
Just as Black Zarak prepares to fire again, Grand Maximus arrives, blasting away the Destron Headmaster and then transforming. "Transform, head on!" After asking Ginrai if he is okay, Grand Maximus confronts Black Zarak, trading several blows.
While Grand Maximus fights Black Zarak, Super Ginrai climbs up the cliff and opens a channel to Earth. "Hawk...Hawk!" The human Pretender answers, with the others back in the room with him listening (as an annoying banner crawls along the bottom of the screen). Super Ginrai worries that Black Zarak could put Earth in danger if he reaches it.
Finishing, Super Ginrai joins the fight, knocking Black Zarak to the ground. Apparently recovered from the blast earlier, Overlord shows up, and they both head for Earth. Super Ginrai pursues, shouting "Transform! Chohjin gattai (Super God Combination)!" as he merges with the Godbomber trailer to form God Ginrai again. With a burst of speed, he gets in front of them and tries hitting them with a missile from his launcher, but they avoid it and return fire. Grand Maximus shows up, transforms to his battlestation mode, and fights Black Zarak, who also transforms. Dodging Overlord's blasts, God Ginrai fires another missile, which sends the Destron crashing down onto the Moon right after transforming, and puts Overlord out of action for a while. The video ends with a commercial break with Hydra (a recolored Darkwing) and Buster (a recolored Dreadwind) merging to form Darkwings (a recolored Dreadwing).
"God Ginrai--Showdown on the Moon" (Part 3 of 3)
Technical details:
The source is a second-generation videotape, so its video quality is medium. It is better than nothing, I suppose. You can try watching it in full-screen mode if you want. The full-screen view does look good on my 17" monitor.
Description of the events in the video:
After a commercial break with Shuta (aka Siren) is a battle between Black Zarak and the two Cybertrons, with a vocal in the background. God Ginrai tries to sneak up on Black Zarak from behind, but was blasted. Grand Maximus drives away the scorpion and stops God Ginrai's backward momentum. The two Cybertrons team up, with God Ginrai using Grand Maximus' photon rifle against a Black Zarak back in robot mode with a spear. God Ginrai then summons his Masterforce energy, glows with it, and then throws a large energy bolt at the Destron, sending him crashing onto the Moon. The Cybertrons land on the Moon to check him out. Is Black Zarak defeated?
No, this isn't quite the end of Black Zarak. He sits up, hits the two Cybertrons with his shoulder guns, and propels himself away to meet Overlord, still in vehicle modes, who then combine to form the robot mode. While they are talking, the Cybertrons attack, but their blasts are blocked by the Zarak shield.
Overlord flies off. God Ginrai attempts to follow, but is caught in Black Zarak's grip. To the Destron's call for his death, "Shine (Die)", the Cybertron calls out, "God Fire!", pushing away the Destron with his launched lower arms before they return to him. God Ginrai then calls out, "God Fire Guts!", turning himself into a large raging fireball and slamming into Black Zarak, knocking the Headmaster's head off with still-raging flames. Black Zarak's body gets up and heads away from Earth and the Moon, with Grand Maximus congratulating God Ginrai.
On Earth, Shuta and Cab celebrate loudly, with the others in a cheerful mood, as Grand Maximus shakes God Ginrai's hand on the Moon and leaves to deal with Black Zarak's headless body on his own. After waving goodbye to him, God Ginrai turns around and heads back home to Earth.
After the commercial break with Super Ginrai is a preview for the next episode. It begins with God Ginrai launching his lower arms on an attack run. Giga's tank barrel pops out of the desert sands to fire, followed by the first appearance of Godbomber's robot mode. A whirlwind of sand appears next, followed by Super Ginrai and Godbomber in robot modes shooting. Cab and Shuta show up in their robot modes right before Super Ginrai and Godbomber are seen caught in the whirlwind with Mega's human face superimposed over it. Quick scenes of God Ginrai's head, Giga in his Godmaster form, and God Ginrai on the sands with the back of his head in the crosshairs belonging to Giga's tank and against its barrel all follow as the title shows up.
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