For a stretch of time I was really taken in by the re-syndication of a terribly underrated cartoon named The Big Guy and Rusty. Funny, the intro alone was so partiotic it got me thinking; what if we had a new Transformers series that revolved around a Prime that was super patriotic, had a reputation for being so proud of his homeworld of Cybertron he would fight anyone to the death in order to protect it? Well, patriotism's the name of the game for this series, along with combiners galore...

 

 
 
 
 
 
 

As sung to the theme 'The Big Guy and Rusty"

Optimus Pride, hero anew

A hero like you never knew.

He stood tall in the battle

For the planet with his crew.

Then from out of the darkness

came the new Destron army.

Coming to reclaim Cybertron,

Until resistence touched ground

it was

Optimus Pride and the Regime

They'll battle to the death it seems.

Fighting off Predatron and his

demonic death machines.

Together they're a mighty team,

Op Pride knows his destiny,

To be a legend in histoy,

it's Op Pride and the Regime!

all artwork © Thomas Gilbert II