sto_vo_kor_2000 wrote:Deadpool. wrote:There was an omitted episode in which Rattrap downloaded the original Dnobot's memories and personality into the clone...
That episode wasnt omitted....it was never made....and besides it still wouldnt have any bearing on the issue because that episode was to take the place of episode #47 "Go With the Flow" but Dinobot 2 made his fiest apperance 4 episode earlyer.
But as far as we know, he doesn't have any memories of his previous life until Rattrap does that. Also makes for interesting foreshadowing for Beast Machines...
Anyway, it wouldn't be unreasonable to think that Transformers have genetic memory. Remember, Maximals and Predacons aren't innately organic, so their 'genetic material' is presumably not chemically based. Given multiple instances of body transfers, etc., I think it's safe to assume that their genetic material is carried in their sparks.
The way I see it, the Spark, however metaphysical it may be, is among other things a super data-storage unit. Everything that the Transformer will be (allegiance, base function, superstructure, gender, personality) is encoded in the spark on its 'birth', the same as some of our qualities are encoded into our DNA. However, a Transformer is a bit more complicated: everything it
becomes (alternate mode, experiences, etc.) is encoded into the Spark
during life, like a backup storage unit. Hence why, when characters like Optimus Primal are resurrected in another body, they retain their beast mode and memories.
Hypothetically, when Maximals and Predacons procreate (however that happens) the design of the new life is based on the data in the spark(s) of its parent(s). Since data in the spark includes memories, that explains why, when Transformers awaken
normally, they know how to communicate, fight, and perform various technical tasks.
So, presumably, the genetic material Megatron used to create Dinobot II, was a copy he had made by scanning/downloading Dinobot's spark while he was still a Predacon. So the clone had Dinobot's beast mode, skills, personality, and memories up to the point Megatron made the scan, less whatever errors or changes were made in the process.
Rattrap apparently did the same at some point, maybe just downloaded Dinobot's memories from his inactive lasercore after death. In the unproduced episode then he would have basically performed a forced update on the clone, downloading all the memories made since Megatron scanned Dinobot.
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