Morphylogeny

Big Bad BeetleBorgs

#13: BBBB 113 "Drew and Flabber's Less Than Flabulous Adventure".

Features Footage from (bold = new):
B-Fighter, episodes 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 13, 23, 24, 25, 27, 32, 37, 44, & 45; and Ohranger, episode 1.

The complete program, from opening to end of end credits, lasts roughly 20:21;22.

Opening is about 0:30; by itself.

Ending is about 0:30; by itself.


Opening Credits

Source Description Edit Note
B-FIGHTER #04.

Four Magnavore Jet Fighters fire while swooping downward.

Recycled; mirror-flipped.

B-FIGHTER #05.

Explosion of a complex building of some kind.

Recycled; mirror-flipped.

B-FIGHTER #04.

Four Magnavore Jet Fighters fire while swooping downward.

Recycled.

OH #01.

Massive explosion erupts in quarry. Downward shot of explosion erupting on quarry floor. KABOOM! FWOOSH! BLABAM!

I guess one of the editors forgot which series they were working on; shots 1 & 2 are swapped from source position.

B-FIGHTER #27.

Close on Green, nod-talking.

Mirror-flipped.

B-FIGHTER #32.

Green & Red step into frame, raise their Beetle Bonders, and summon into them.


BBBB 103.

Zoom out from the Hillhurst orchards as the Beetle Battle Base opens its hangar doors and rises up.

Recycled.

B-FIGHTER #04.

Close upward on the Beetle Battle Base as it rises up.

Recycled.

B-FIGHTER #04.

Beetle Battle Base rotates.

Recycled.

B-FIGHTER #44.

Green is working the controls in his cockpit, during a sudden zoom-in as he also talks.


B-FIGHTER #03.

Hunter AV rolls out from the base.

Recycled.

B-FIGHTER #44.

Side angle on Red in her cockpit, turning from one side, to the front, working the controls while looking downward at what she's doing.


B-FIGHTER #03.

Striker AV flies straight up from within the base.

Recycled.

B-FIGHTER #03.

Striker AV lifts up, pauses for a moment as its thrusters reorientate, then proceeds to our left.


B-FIGHTER #03.

Four Magnavore Jet Fighters blast lasers down from above us.

Recycled; mirror-flipped; transitions in.

B-FIGHTER #04.

Hunter AV rolls along to our left, clamping pinchers as explosions burst around it.

Recycled.

B-FIGHTER #45.

Close-up on Green in his cockpit, giving a firm nod.

Mirror-flipped.

B-FIGHTER #13 / 11.

Side angle on Green in his cockpit, turning to the display of Red's head, and nodding to her.

New composite to replace Stinger AV rolling along on the display screen with footage from another episode.

B-FIGHTER #13.

Slightly side angle, Red nod-talks to our slight left in her cockpit.

Recycled.

B-FIGHTER #06.

Striker AV emerges from the clouds while flying to our slight left.

Recycled.

B-FIGHTER #04.

Four Magnavore Jet Fighters fly to our left through the clouds.

Recycled.

B-FIGHTER #04.

Four Magnavore Jet Fighters fire lasers upon Striker AV from behind.

Recycled.

B-FIGHTER #04.

Red nod-talks in her cockpit as a skyline appears on background display.

Recycled; cuts before she turns head.

B-FIGHTER #04 / 45.

In her cockpit, Red looks at one of her monitors as Green nod-talks to her in his.

Recycled foundation footage with new heavily shortened insert in a new composite.

B-FIGHTER #03.

Three Magnavore Jet Fighters swoop down overhead of us and curl up towards our slight right.


B-FIGHTER #04.

Striker AV flies away from a trio of Magnavore Jet Fighters over a canyon.

Transitions in.

B-FIGHTER #04 / 01.

Red watches a trio of Magnavore Jet Fighters curling in formation on her cockpit monitor.

New composite, recycled foundation with previously unseen insert.

B-FIGHTER #11.

Close on Red in her cockpit, giving a nod, then reaching down.


B-FIGHTER #11.

Red presses a red button.

Recycled.

B-FIGHTER #04.

Three Magnavore Jet Fighters fire lasers while swooping down to our left.

Recycled.

B-FIGHTER #04.

Lasers streak past Striker AV, missing it entirely.

Recycled.

B-FIGHTER #04.

Striker AV dips below, allowing the Magnavore Jet Fighters to pass over.

Recycled.

B-FIGHTER #06.

Striker AV emerges from the clouds while flying to our slight left.

Recycled again and slightly trimmed.

B-FIGHTER #02.

Three Magnavore Jet Fighters flying in formation horizontally curl around and swoop downward.


B-FIGHTER #05.

Angle behind Green in his cockpit, watching the monitor as a trio of Magnavore Jet Fighters fly at him.

Recycled.

B-FIGHTER #45.

Close-up on Green in his cockpit, giving a firm nod.

Recycled and mirror-flipped again.

B-FIGHTER #13.

Hunter AV rolls along, opening and closing pinchers.

Recycled.

B-FIGHTER #04.

A trio of Magnavore Jet Fighters fly to our left just barely off the ground.

Recycled; mirror-flipped.

B-FIGHTER #24.

A mountain range explodes twice with sparks and smoke. Gargantis slowly rises from within the dirt and debris falling upon it.

Cuts follow-up cockpit shot of all three Borgs.

B-FIGHTER #24.

Gargantis emerges suddenly from underground.

Split.

B-FIGHTER #11.

Close on Red in her cockpit.

Recycled; shortened to remove nod.

B-FIGHTER #23 / 24.

On a cockpit display, Gargantis finishes emerging from underground.

Insert is split from two shots ago, in a new composite.

B-FIGHTER #04.

Red turns her head and nod-talks to our left in her cockpit.

Recycled; plays in reverse.

B-FIGHTER #04 / 11.

Red watches Blue nod-talking closely in his cockpit on one of her monitors.

Recycled composition from BBBB 111, but with increased contrast.

B-FIGHTER #24.

In the Gargantis cockpit, close on Blue as he looks downward.

Mirror-flipped.

B-FIGHTER #24.

Close on Blue working both joysticks at once.


B-FIGHTER #24.

In the Gargantis cockpit, close on Blue as he raises his head.

Recycled already; still mirror-flipped, but plays in reverse.

B-FIGHTER #24.

Gargantis stretches out, then makes its first step, before smashing through a wall of rocks.

Cuts follow-ups of loads more walking.

B-FIGHTER #06.

A trio of Magnavore Jet Fighters turns to our left while flying above the clouds.

Recycled.

B-FIGHTER #24.

Sharp zoom in on Blue in the Gargantis cockpit nodding quickly.

Trimmed heavily to reduce visibility of Red & Green.

B-FIGHTER #24.

Gargantis slowly lumbers along in the distance.

Trimmed heavily.

B-FIGHTER #24.

A trio of Magnavore Jet Fighters fires lasers while swooping in to our right amid acrid smoke.


B-FIGHTER #24.

Explosions erupt all around Gargantis, who never ceases walking.


B-FIGHTER #24.

A trio of Magnavore Jet Fighters fly out of the clouds directly to our left.

Used ahead of source.

B-FIGHTER #24.

Extremely close upward angle of Gargantis's undercarrier as it walks over us. Inside the upsidedown Fighter Jet module cockpit, Blue grips the controls and nods. The Jet launches from Gargantis, flies straight up and twists around so Blue is upright in the cockpit. Close on the Fighter Jet as it soars through the clouds, Blue vertically in the cockpit. The Fighter Jet flies higher, then further still.


B-FIGHTER #24.

A trio of Magnavore Jet Fighters fly out of the clouds directly to our left.

Recycled already but first in context.

B-FIGHTER #24.

The Fighter Jet twirls while avoiding the Magnavore Jet Fighters firing lasers from behind it. The cockpit levels off, as the Fighter Jet leads the three MJFs higher, Blue raises the cockpit then presses both joystick buttons at once, firing the Fighter Jet's cannon repeatedly, exploding four retreating Magnavore Jet Fighters at once. The Fighter Jet fires some more.

"Kapow!" sound effect blurb added to shot ;

B-FIGHTER #24.

Another trio of Magnavore Jet Fighter explodes in midair.

Recycled, per source.

B-FIGHTER #45.

Close on Red in her cockpit, nodding, then looks to our slight right.

Cuts before she nods again.

B-FIGHTER #04.

Red presses the yellow button.

Recycled; mirror-flipped.

B-FIGHTER #04.

Striker AV opens its back wings.

Mirror-flipped.

B-FIGHTER #04.

Striker AV swoops around through the sky, as do a trio of Magnavore Jet Fighters, Striker AV curls around through the clouds following that.


B-FIGHTER #04.

Four Magnavore Jet Fighters fire while swooping downward.

Recycled again.

B-FIGHTER #04.

Striker AV swoops down into a canyon as bursts erupt behind it, followed by three MJFs. Striker AV keeps flying, kicking up a dust cloud behind it, which engulfs the MJFs. Striker AV then flies up over the canyon's rocky end, and when the dust cloud dissipates, the canyon end comes as a surprise.

Recycled.

B-FIGHTER #04.

The three Magnavore Jet Fighters slam explosively into the rock wall, as Striker AV flies away from the carnage.

Recycled, though shot 1 lacks sound effect blurb this time.

B-FIGHTER #45.

In his cockpit, Green motions his head across then nods.


B-FIGHTER #37.

A trio of Magnavore Jet Fighters fly in formation away from us.


B-FIGHTER #25.

The Fighter Jet module reconnects to the Gargantis base unit.

Cuts before Japanese text appears onscreen.

B-FIGHTER #26.

In the upsidedown Fighter Jet cockpit, Blue nodsm then releases the controls.

Plays in reverse.

BBBB 113.

The House Monsters are somber pallbearers. But what lies within the coffin?