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Writing a story is hard. Writing a good story is almost impossible. Writing characters and the events in their lives in an engaging way then, must be some kind of miracle. They say that the best kind of writing is the kind that can draw an emotional response from the reader. How difficult must it be then, to do the same with movies, and ever harder still to do it on a kids TV show. While attending early morning seminary I was the first to wake up in the morning. Beast-wars was on right before Gargoyles, and I'll admit that while fun I didn't give it the credit that was do to it, until Code of Hero. At this point Dinobot wasn't just a a character in a TV show. Dinobot was a person, he had a personality, he had flaws, he felt anger, loss, remorse. He had a soul. I've never been able to impart that much life to anything.
Opining with Dinobot contemplating suicide for previous actions was not something to take lightly, it wasn't the first time that Dinobot portrayed his honor bound samurai-esq lifestyle, but it was the most extreme and character defining moment of his life. Resolved to correct the mistake and restore his honor he defeats a band of predicons and saves the proto-humans living in the valley they were attacking, alone. Badly damaged and running low on power he faces off against Megatron and with his last ounce of power destroys a golden disk that would have given Megatron the power to change the future and win the Beast-wars. The Maximals arrive and chase Megatron off but it's too late for Dinobot, his last words are haunting, noble, and strangely moving. Honoring their fallen comrade by flying in a missing man formation the Maximals disintegrate his body as his spark joins the matrix. It's still not possible for me to watch this episode without tearing up.