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#32: VRT 132 "Defending Dark Heart" Part Two.

Features Footage from (bold = new):
Metalder, episodes 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 13, 16, 17, 25, 27, & 35; and Spielban, episodes 1, 2, 7, 8, & 28.

The complete program, from opening to end of end credits, lasts roughly 21:17;03.

Opening is about 1:00; by itself.

Ending is about 0:30; by itself.


Opening Credits

Source Description Edit Note
METALDER #06.

Dark Heart stands between Bugbot and Spitbot in a field.

Altered to fit VR Lab viewscreen.

METALDER #06.

Dark Heart talks while spreading his arms.

Altered to fit VR Lab viewscreen.

METALDER #06.

Dark Heart stands between Bugbot and Spitbot in a field.

Recycled; altered to fit VR Lab viewscreen.

METALDER #06.

Released by Bugbot & Spitbot, Dark Heart turns around to face the assembled quarry field of mutants.

Trimmed to end, which is previously unused.

METALDER #06.

A yellow force field appears over Dark Heart as he stands between Bugbot and Spitbot in a field.

Force field added.

METALDER #06.

A yellow force field appears over Dark Heart as he stands between Bugbot and Spitbot in a field.

Recycled but trimmed; Force field added; transitions out.

METALDER #07.

Zoom in on Ziktor Tower (no smog).

Recycled; Transitions in from prior shot.

METALDER #06.

Grimlord's entire army stands around a field as Dark Heart is led ahead forcibly.

Recycled; Altered to fit Ziktor's TV.

VRT 101.

Karl Ziktor morphs into Grimlord.

Recycled; fades out before usual final shot.

METALDER #03.

Grimlord has his right hand held outward as shot zooms out to a very far angle, where he then dematerializes from his throne.

Recycled; shortened; teleport effects added (likely from VRT 112 use).

METALDER #03.

Distant shot of Grimlord materializing onto his throne, zoom in close as he has his right hand held outward.

Recycled; teleport effects still added; fades in from prior shot; shortened heavily.

METALDER #13.

Close on Decimator as he slowly bows.

Shortened.

METALDER #25.

Grimlord talks to Decimator, who stands in front of us.

Recycled; shortened heavily.

METALDER #27.

Slight zoom in close on Grimlord talking.

Trimmed heavily.

METALDER #08.

Decimator talks and raises hand a little.

Recycled; shortened.

METALDER #02.

Grimlord talks and puts his right hand to his chest, then lowers it.

Recycled; shortened.

METALDER #13.

Slight zoom in, close on Decimator as he slowly bows.

Partially recycled, but runs longer at start which is still shortened; fades to black.

VRT 101.

Kaitlin & JB raise their glowing Virtualizers.

Recycled.

VRT 101.

J.B.'s VR transformation sequence.

Recycled.

VRT 101.

Kaitlin's VR transformation sequence.

Recycled.

METALDER #06.

Blue Boar's faction of mutants lines up facing Dark Heart amid the mass of mutants in the field.

Recycled, but unaltered; Trims start to remove Blue Boar giving order.

METALDER #06.

Pan down the line as Cannonnose, Fighterbot, Tankotron, Ballistix, and Air Striker prepare to fire.

Recycled, but first time in context.

METALDER #06.

Bugbot and Spitbot step away from Dark Heart as shot zooms in on him. Zelton steps forth and talks to him, Dark Heart nod-talks in return, bowing. Zelton replies, then Toxoid steps in and speaks to the group around Dark Heart.

Final shot is split.

METALDER #06.

Dark Heart nod-talks in return.

Recycled; cuts before he bows.

METALDER #06.

Toxoid finishes talking, turning and leaving, Bugbot & Spitbot joining him, when Dark Heart leaps up and races across the shoulders of the mutants in front of him, flipping over and landing in front of Toxoid, grabbing him suddenly.

Shot 1 is split from two shots ago.

METALDER #06.

Sharp zoom in on Decimator as he and his mutants react. Dark Heart holds his knife against Toxoid's back, Toxoid speaks, Zelton reaches out in protest, Dark Heart turns and talks to him, Zelton then replying before Dark Heart talks more while keeping a hold on Toxoid.

Final shot is split.

METALDER #06.

Dark Heart talks to him.

Recycled; trimmed.

METALDER #06.

Dark Heart finishes talking to Zelton, then pushes Toxoid off, racing through the crowd of mutants with his captive.

First shot is split from two shots ago.

METALDER #06.

Dark Heart rushes through the crowd, keeping a knife-point hold on Toxoid. Zoom in on Zelton walking forth talking. Dark Heart shoves Toxoid away, then takes his yellow-caged motorcycle and mounts it.


METALDER #06.

Dark Heart drives the bike away from the scene. Toxoid recovers and angrily raises a fist while speaking. Fistbot, Spitbot, and Slashbot rush over to the pair of vanbots.


METALDER #06.

Fighterbot leaps up, and suddenly Air Striker is flying up into the clouds.

Cuts prior shot of Air Striker leaping up; shot 2 is recycled, per source; cuts follow-ups of mutants hopping onto vehicles and taking off.

METALDER #06.

Dark Heart drives his motorcycle along a quarry road while being chased by other mutants on bikes and vanbots.

Recycled (but first time in context); mirror-flipped.

METALDER #06.

As Fighterbot dives down, Air Striker flies past behind him.

Recycled, per source.

METALDER #06.

Dark Heart drives the cycle along, no longer being chased.

Monoeye vision display overlayed (stripped out of stock Metalder footage).

METALDER #06.

Air Striker flies to our left.

Recycled, per source.

METALDER #06.

In Monoeye POV, Dark Heart drives his motorcycle along a quarry road. Fighterbot begins to turn his flying body vertically, while keeping a target lock on Dark Heart.

Even though it was already Monoeye POV, they overlayed the standard stock effect to be consistent on shots 1 & 3 .

METALDER #06.

Air Striker barrel rolls, what else would he do? Then he fires both wrist missiles.

Recycled, per source.

METALDER #06.

Dirt bursts and explosions erupt on the quarry road around Dark Heart as he drives onward.

Monoeye POV effect added.

METALDER #06.

Fighterbot fires lasers from wings downward.

Recycled, per source.

METALDER #06.

More dirt bursts and explosions erupt around Dark Heart on the cycle, until he leaps off the bike and flips over onto the ground.

Monoeye POV effect added to shot 1.

METALDER #06.

Cannons fire.

Recycled, but first time in context.

METALDER #06.

Dirt bursts erupt on the forest road Dark Heart leaps and dives into, more vanbots fire cannons upon him.

Cuts follow-up of DH diving off the road.

METALDER #06.

Spark bursts erupt behind and around Dark Heart as he races away from them, staggering for a moment, but recovering, as more eruptions burst behind him. His inner robotic bits sparkle, as another eruption sends him tumbling.


METALDER #06.

Zoom in on Dark Heart, head damaged and wires hanging out of his body, as he collapses between some boulders.


VRT 101.

Ryan's VR transformation sequence.

Recycled; fades out.

METALDER #06.

VR Ryan hops into the ravine, and makes his way over to the smoking, unmoving Dark Heart, resting against some rocks. He looks down at all of Dark Heart's damage, and speaks to him.

Fades in; transitions out; cuts before he helps DH stand and the pair head off together.

METALDER #16.

Track along beside Decimator & Toxoid standing with their armies in rows.

Transitions in; shortened.

METALDER #16.

Track along beside Zelton & Blue Boar standing with their armies in rows.

Shortened.

METALDER #25.

Grimlord leans forth a little and looks cross. Sharp zoom in on Decimator standing with the other Generals, talking forth.

Shot 1 is recycled; shot 2 is partially recycled but runs fully for once.

METALDER #35.

Slow zoom out from an extreme close-up of Grimlord's ugly mug, as he talks.

Recycled, but cuts before zoom out gets too far; transitions out.

VRT 101.

Ryan's VR transformation sequence.

Recycled.

METALDER #06.

VR Ryan appears atop a boulder, a few angled beauty shots, then he leaps off it, and lands across the way on another rock, looks around, then hops off. Tankotron and Cannonnose are nearby, the former talking to the latter, who reacts. VR Ryan races along a rope bridge.

Final shot is split.

METALDER #06.

Tankotron and Cannonnose fire into the air.

Pushed up from source position.

METALDER #06.

VR Ryan continues running across the bridge as colored bursts erupt behind him, Tankotron and Cannonnose fire into the air, and VR Ryan keeps on running from the bursts, finally diving and rolling off of the bridge.

First shot is split from two shots ago; shot 2 is recycled, but first time in context. Final shot cuts before zoom in on VR Ryan; transitions out.

VRT 101.

Kaitlin & JB raise their glowing Virtualizers.

Recycled.

VRT 101.

Kaitlin's VR transformation sequence.

Recycled.

VRT 101.

J.B.'s VR transformation sequence.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #01.

VRs JB & Kaitlin fly up toward the VR Skybase.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #01.

VRs JB & Kaitlin enter the Skybase.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #01.

The VR Skybase flies out of a cloud to our slight left.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #07.

A fleet of five Quantum Cruisers fly through the sky.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #28.

Air Fighters swoop up past us real closely.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #08.

A trio of Air Fighters fly at us.

Recycled; cuts before they explode.

METALDER #02.

Monitor readout says "danger!!!" a lot and the words "speed" & "alitude"(sp).

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #01.

Two sets of Air Fighters, three by three, fly upward from the grassy ground below.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #01.

A trio of Air Fighters flank beneath the VR Skybase, followed by another trio from another direction.

Recycled.

METALDER #06.

VR Ryan jerks his arm, then rushes off. Bugbot and Spitbot appear in the nearby woods, and rush down the hill but upon reaching the bottom, they suddenly turn to our right, and VR Ryan jumpkicks in, hitting both in the head. VR Ryan lands, turns, and sees Wolfbot and Flybot rushing up onto the scene. They find him missing when they reach his position, then he pops up behind them, flipping Flybot over, then flings Wolfbot aside. VR Ryan picks up Flybot like he's an empty suit, lifts him overhead, then tosses him into the ravine. VR Ryan then turns his head sharply.

Shot 1 is split from earlier; cuts final shot before he departs; cuts follow-ups of VR Ryan hiding from Air Striker.

SPIELBAN #01.

A trio of Air Fighters do a barrel roll.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #01.

Air Fighters fire pink electricity, then as they pass over the Skybase, explosions erupt upon the ship.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #01.

Three Air Fighters and Ivar's Ravage Tank in flight mode swoop around and fire pink electricity, bursting the Skybase, as more Air Fighters also fire upon it with same results.

Recycled, first shot is mirror-flipped.

SPIELBAN #01.

VR Kaitlin and VR JB look upward suddenly in the cockpit.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #02.

VR JB shifts both of the Skybase controls then presses button.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #02.

The VR Skybase fires both cannons to our left.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #01.

A couple of missiles gets close to a trio of Air Fighters, exploding them massively in midair.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #02.

VR JB raises his right fist up as he then grips the cockpit controls, VR Kaitlin sitting there doing nothing.

Trimmed to remove VR JB landing in cockpit.

SPIELBAN #02.

Close on VR JB in the cockpit, talking then gripping controls.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #02.

VR JB shifts both of the Skybase controls then presses button.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #02.

The VR Skybase fires both cannons to our left.

Recycled.

SPIELBAN #02.

A pair of missiles fly into a cloud, causing a Quantum Cruiser to spontaneously explode massively.

Recycled; fades out.

METALDER #17.

Dark Heart faces off across a field with Renegade, as Hornbot & Chromedome lurk to the side.

Fades in; shortened; cuts surrounding usable footage.

METALDER #17.

Renegade talks to Dark Heart as we zoom in on the latter as he replies and raises his rifle. Zoom out from Renegade as he speaks and gestures.

Cuts more surrounding usable footage; pushed back from source position.

METALDER #17.

Distant shot of Renegade facing Dark Heart as Hornbot & Chromedome fidget about.


METALDER #17.

Renegade stands with his hand ready near his holster. Dark Heart stands with his rifle held upward. Renegade suddenly pulls his twin pistols, Dark Heart dives out of the way of the laserfire, rolls on the ground and fires back, bursting Renegade until both his pistols go flying. Dark Heart slowly stands back up, keeping his rifle aimed forth. Hornbot & Chromedome race away from the downed Renegade, joining Dark Heart's side, talking to him. Renegade reacts, Hornbot speaks, then both he and Chromedome try to grab Dark Heart's rifle, holding it down, as Renegade opens his forehead cannon. Dark Heart spots this, pushes the two mutants in front of him, then leaps up and flips over them as they're blasted by Renegade, Dark Heart taking only minimum damage. He rolls, grabs one of Renegade's pistols, and fires on him, bursting his forehead cannon. Dark Heart rises up, tosses the pistol, then rushes over and punches Renegade, then while he's dazed, charges up his cyborg arm, grips the back of Renegade's neck, lifts him off his feet, and flings him into the air, sending him rolling down a hill. Dark Heart approaches slowly.

Shots 1 & 2 are shortened; fades to black.

METALDER #17.

Zoom in on Dark Heart & VR Ryan standing atop a hill, overlooking it side by side. Dark Heart talks a bit, VR Ryan listening until he clenches his fist. VR Ryan turns to him and responds, Dark Heart turns to him, then zoom in as both lock hands in a handgrip of friendship.

Fades in from black; cuts final shot before it finishes zooming in; transitions out.

METALDER #01.

Grimlord raises his right hand, palm outward, then points forth, shooting a beam of energy at us.

Recycled; fades in.

METALDER #01 / #17.

Grimlord's energy summons an energy screen above the mutants in the Dungeon, forming an image of Dark Heart & VR Ryan gripping hands.

Background footage recycled, insert is recycled as well.

METALDER #06.

Close on Grimlord talking and looking from side to side.

Recycled.

METALDER #06.

The crowd of assembled Mutants stand in the Virtual Dungeon, quiet and still, in four orderly lines.

Recycled.

METALDER #06.

Sharp zoom in on Grimlord, talking as his eyes glow red, then his right fist clenches and glows red as well.

Recycled; "to be continued" appears on screen before freeze-frame, then the EP credits; fades to black.

Ending Credits