"Primetime" Plato - Transformers / Optimus Prime Artwork

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"Primetime" Plato - Transformers / Optimus Prime

November 06, 2022 • Tiny Table Studios • Season 1 • Episode 7

Transforming robot cars.
Animated lasers.
80's rock.
Plato's Republic.
Virtue and the nature of leadership.
Because WHY NOT?!

Join the guys for a tongue in cheek intellectual journey to Cyberton as we explore a character study from our collective childhood, Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots!

Bonus material now available for Patreon subscribers!

[Optimus Prime has thrown Megatron to the ground]

Kup: Finish him off, Prime! Do it now!

[Optimus Prime picks up his laser rifle and takes aim]

Megatron: [feigning defeat as he reaches for a laser gun] No more, Optimus Prime! Grant me mercy, I beg of you!

Optimus Prime: You, who are without mercy, now plead for it? I thought you were made of sterner stuff!

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