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Breakout
Television Show Episode
Year April 8, 2012 (United States of America)
Director Howard E. Baker
Previous Episode Savage Planet
Next Episode Brain Attack

Breakout are the eighth and ninth Hero Factory television episodes.

Synopsis

Part 1

HERO FACTORY - Breakout (Netflix Poster)

The Netflix Poster made for Breakout.

Inside the Hero Factory, William Furno is helping Rocka deliver his newest capture, Voltix, to his isolation cell in the Villain Storage Facility. He receives a warm welcome from all the other villains from their cells and when Voltix is secured, Furno personally commends Rocka for his effort. In return, Rocka notes that with the equipment from his new Upgrade, it was almost too easy. As Voltix’s cell is hoisted up, Furno catches a front-row view of Von Nebula’s Black Hole Orb Staff, which he claims gives him the creeps to this very day. When Voltix in turn sees it, he claims that it gives him hope and proves his point by unleashing a Von Nebula entity that shatters the staff, creating a black hole that releases the Villains' locks and allowing them all to escape. Voltix then yells for them, telling them that this is their ride, and they all charge for the dark portal. Furno and Rocka do what they can to hold them back with their weapons until Preston Stormer, Mark Surge, Jimi Stringer and Nathan Evo arrive. Furno informs Stormer that hundreds of villains are escaping through a black hole and the six of them team up to round up the villains before they get away. While Stormer orders Surge to cut them off and Stringer to round them up, Surge tries to convince the Villains to go back to their cells, but is knocked aside by Rotor, Witch Doctor and a group of Fangz, Raw-Jaw and Scorpio. Furno then encounters Toxic Reapa and knocks him down, but he escapes. Stringer then battles Splitface and tosses him aside, but Rocka fails to catch a Waspix. Witch Doctor, Raw-Jaw and Scorpio run by and Voltix shocks Rocka with his Volt Blaster, revealing he was a Trojan horse who tricked Rocka into catching him. Rocka then tries to aid Stringer with his Energy Shield, but they are knocked back by Fire Lord and Jetbug. Surge is defeated by Meltdown and Stormer faces off against Jawblade. Evo then attempts to purse Fire Lord, Jetbug, and Meltdown into the black hole, but Stormer stops him, telling him it could be too dangerous. Jawblade, Witch Doctor then escape into the black hole, followed by Voltix who simply tells the Heroes to send them the bill. The black hole then closes when Voltix departs, leaving the storage facility completely empty and the entire galaxy in danger. Evo panics to Stormer that every single villain they’ve ever captured has escaped and Stormer orders him to calm down, citing that Heroes never panick in a crisis. Over the PA system, all Heroes are then ordered to head to Mission Control and Furno offers Evo advice (and then accidentally walks into the door), citing from personal experience that Stormer has never been good with rookies. When the facility is left completely empty, a mysterious infiltrator is free to enter the building with his pet Arachnix Drone...

In Mission Control, Nathaniel Zib addresses all the Heroes and informs them that this is the worst crisis Hero Factory has ever faced: every villain in their custody has escaped! Luckily, all the villains have tracking implants as a matter of procedural processing so that none of them will be hard to find. However, given the widespread nature of this emergency and with no time to lose, each and every one of the Heroes will be sent individually to recapture the villains before they commit any irreparable damage. To make this operation, designated as "Operation: Catch em and Cuff em", a snap, the Heroes are issued new Hero Cuffs forged by nigh indestructible alloy and equipped to fly through the air to make the capture themselves when thrown. When the time comes for the Heroes to receive their equipment and their assignments, Zip explains that each of them will be upgraded with mission-specific battle gear designed to accommodate their surroundings and to combat the powers and abilities of their particular enemy. Stormer is upgraded with an Ultra Mach Speed Cycle and Modular Scout Drones to chase down Speeda Demon, Furno is outfitted with a propeller pack and a handheld Harpoon to help him survive and fight underwater against Jawblade, Evo is given anti-toxic armor and a Plasma Gun to go with his tankarm that will withstand the unforgiving nature of Toxic Reapa's poison, Surge is refitted with dual-plated impact armor, alpha-magnatic gravity boots, and an Electricity Shooter to stand up to Splitface in the vacuum of space, and Stringer is equipped with a new Quad Amplitude Mega Decibel Sound Blaster to help him deal with Voltix. Freshly equipped and ready to rumble, the Heroes rush to their Hero Pods to launch after their villains. However, Rocka stays behind for "security reasons". Daniella Capricorn then reports from the Hero Factory plaza about the Heroes going after the villains, informing the audience that their interstellar camera network will be broadcasting all over the galaxy to deliver all the action.

When commercial break ends, Daniella checks back with the audience to inform them of Stormer's mission to hunt down Speeda Demon on Kollix IV. Soon after landing his hero pod, he charges off on his new speed cycle and learns from his on-board hub currently tracking Speeda Demon that he is on a hit-and-run mission to the Stellar Navigation Beacon at the planet's north pole so he can rob unsuspecting spacecrafts once it's destroyed. He then catches up to the villain and after exchanging a few wisecracks, knocks Speeda Demon off his Nitro Rocket Motorbike, but he goes backwards and deals with Stormer from behind. Speeda Demon proves a formidable opponent, but not formidable enough to keep Stormer off his tailpipe.

On Z'chaya, Evo hikes through a forest in pursuit of Toxic Reapa and finds an ominous-looking cocoon colony. He contacts Furno about the cocoons that he assumes are filled with younger versions of Toxic Reapa's deadly species and asks for advice on whether or not he should destroy them before they hatch. Furno advises him to think this through, as there is too big a chance that he could accidentally release the hatchlings and then he'd only have a bigger problem on his hands. So, instead, Furno instructs him to stay focused on the task at hand of apprehending Toxic Reapa, because if he finds those cocoons, he'll have an army at his command. They finish up their conversation just as Toxic Reapa appears and Evo's cuffs are unable to keep up with his superior agility and hiding skills. With Toxic Reapa maintaining the upper hand in this territory, Evo can do nothing except get shot at with sizzling toxic slime, wondering how he is to stop him.

On Tansari VI, Stringer has arrived at the planet's energy collection array and wanders through a completely opaque mist trying to find Voltix, concluding that he could be planning to steal and harness the array's power to create the ultimate electric weapon. Soon, he discovers him stealing Energy Storage Cells to do just that. He throws his cuffs, but Voltix nails them with electric lasers that short them out and they don't come back to Stringer. Voltix then attacks him from anywhere and it becomes difficult for Stringer to fight back with his new sonic cannon.

On Scylla, Furno makes his report as he searches for Jawblade, humbly bragging on his advice to Evo when Jawblade finds him. He then activates his Magma Blades, informing Furno that he's on the hunt for something that can vanquish any Hero with ease. When he throws his Hero Cuffs, he sees they're propulsion systems weren't designed to work underwater and Jawblade knocks them away, readily charging at him for battle.

Surge arrives at the Sigma Sigma Communications Satellite, which is protected from the asteroid belt it’s positioned in by a force field. From there, he tracks Spliface to a particularly humongous asteroid (one that could easily break through the shields) and finds Splitface in plain sight. There, he witnesses the argument Spliface is having between his two sides about weather to use his Shredding Claw or Infecticide Cannon, discovering his plan to send this very asteroid on a collision course with the satellite to disrupt any and all communication between the Hero Factory and any other location, leaving them completely unprepared against an attack. Surge then announces his presence and arms his handcuffs, but fails when Splitface just blows him away with his plasma cannon.

Stormer relentlessly races after Speeda Demon, but is still unable to get close enough to make the catch. In an ice canyon, he deploys two of his Scout Drones and they lend air support. Their cryo beams don’t nail a single shot and Speeda Demon tricks them into crashing into a huge iceberg (one baring a striking resemblance to the Hero Factory). Thinking Stormer defeated, he boasts at how he could’ve thought the drones would stop him. However, Stormer appears unscathed right behind him, revealing he was using them as decoys to slow him down enough for Stormer to get ahead of him. Refusing to admit defeat, Speeda Demon picks himself up and their motorcycle race resumes.

With his cuffs lost, Stringer is left wandering aimlessly through the mist trying to find Voltix, who then blindsides him. When Stringer gains the upper hand, Voltix finds his cuffs and tries to claim them for himself. However, Stringer shoots him with his Sound Blaster and reclaims the cuffs. Believing his mission effectively wrapped up, Voltix completely incapacitates Stringer with a direct blast from his Volt Shooter charged up from energy absorbed and redirected from the array.

Back at the Satellite, Surge is tossed into the shield. When he recovers, he grabs his Hero Cuffs and uses the recoil from his Electricity Shooter to get back to Splitface’s asteroid. Surge Blindsides him while the two of them are still arguing about the use of their infecticide or shredding claw, but they agree to put their differences aside for the sake of defeating Surge. An epic battle ensues and Surge has the upper hand with his bolt sword. However, Splitface tricks him into momentarily letting his guard down long enough to nail him with a critical infecticide dose, which paralyzes him upon impact. Left totally helpless, Splitface then tossed Surge into the giant asteroid with his shredding claw with enough force to send both it and him on a deadly collision course with the satellite.

Meanwhile, back at Hero Factory mission control, Zib notices that none of the villains went into hiding after escaping, they just went into various schemes. Quaddle deduces it as a pattern, as if they were part of some coordinated, larger plan. Just then, an Aratnix Drones appears and Zib tries to shoo it away before noticing that all of mission control is completely infested. They trap the Mission Managers inside energy grid cages and the drones remerge back into a single drone. Then, the drone rejoins its master, the mysterious infiltrator from before, who reveals himself to all the imprisoned mission managers. This foreboding new foe introduces himself as The Black Phantom, who explains while the cat’s away, the mice will play by completely locking down the facility department after department. When the door to the villain storage unit is sealed shut, Rocka (who was down there investigating the remains of the black hole staff) takes this as a bad omen. Making sure there are no more “unwanted visitors” Phantom then activates one last countermeasure in the control room. Back outside, Daniella is on the horn with her superiors at the news studio, reporting that with all the Heroes off on their missions, there’s not much to report on her end. However, her gears are shifted quickly when the failsafe shield is risen around the factory. She reports this in and casts live to the audience, advising them to stay tuned for more of this exciting development.

Part 2

With the Hero Factory under lock and key, Rocka, still locked in the Villain Storage Unit, reaches Zib to inform him of this bizarre development. He asks if anything is wrong, but Zib claims they are just running a core breach drill. Rocka doesn't believe such a thing would be happening at a time like this and hangs up. Back in mission control, Zib asks Black Phantom if he did alright, revealing that he ordered him to say it was a core breach drill to keep Rocka from getting suspicious (to no avail). Black Phantom tells Zib that he doesn't like the prospect of so much as one Hero still inside the Factory, regardless of the security measures. Rocka takes the investigation into his own hands and uses his Crossbow's grapnel to escape the Villain Storage Unit through the elevator shaft.

On Z'chaya, Evo is poisoned by Toxic Reapa's toxic and Reapa beats him. On Scylla, Jawblade finds what he was looking for: Pure Oxidium and rusts Furno's armor. On Tanseri VI, Stringer's Hero Core is recharged and he continues to fight, using the energy cells to absorb Voltix's power. At the Sigma Sigma Communications Satellite, Surge breaks the meteor in half, but it is still headed for the satellite and it is out of range, forcing him to fight Splitface. On Kollix IV, Stormer is buried in ice.

Back at Hero Factory, Rocka manages to get access to a restricted frequency and contact Zib, and Zib tells him what happened. Rocka then reveals he knows where the override controls for the failsafe shield are: in Akiyama Makuro's quarters and he is suddenly alerted by a motion sensor. Phantom then sends down an elevator that sends Rocka down and traps him with Aratnix. He then reveals his plan: steal the plans for Hero Factory so he can create his own army and then destroy their factory so there won't be any Heroes left to oppose them. Zib claims the Quaza will recognize his villainy, but Phantom reveals he is powered by Anti-Quaza and uses it to shut the Mission Managers down.

Rocka jumps round the Training Sphere and is unable to contact Zib and then runs to Mr. Makuhero's quarters. At the Sigma Sigma Communications Satellite, Surge shocks Splitface and uses him as a weapon to destroy the meteor before taking him away. Furno is still rusted on Scylla and Evo tries to call him for advice again, but he is busy and says he just has to make a choice and go for it and Evo does, cuffing Toxic Reapa. Furno then uses his Hero Core to overpower the effects of the Oxidium and uses his Harpoon to catch Jawblade.

On Kollix IV, Stormer escapes the ice and then cuffs Speeda Demon to his bike, causing him to crash and allowing him to get called by Furno, informing him that no-one has been able to contact Hero Factory and they are on their way to pick up a Hero Craft. Stringer then realizes that all the energy cells absorbed Voltix's power and then cuffs him, removing his plugs. Rocka uses his Harpoon to finish the drones and then enters the quarters, realizing Makuro locks his door with a puzzle.

The Alpha 1 Team returns and Daniella Capricorn tricks Phantom into thinking no Heroes have returned and Rocka turns off the failsafe shield, allowing them to enter and find Rocka. Rocka then reveals himself as an undercover agent of the Hero Recon Team and they confront Phantom in the Assembly Tower. Stormer, Furno, Surge and Evo destroy the Aratnix and Rocka knocks Phantom's Razor Sabre Mace Staff away from him. Evo then orders Rocka to plug Phantom in even more and Rocka does. Phantom is unable to handle the chain reaction and collapses, allowing Rocka to cuff him.

Evo then explains that he was certain decoupling Black Phantom would leave him to destroy the Hero Factory, but increasing his power would make him unable to handle it. Stringer then returns, explaining he couldn't remember where he parked his Hero Pod and was delayed. Daniella says some Heroes have returned as Thresher and another Hero return with XPlode, but hundreds more remain at large. Rocka then explains that he was ordered to stay behind to investigate the Black Hole Orb Staff, and he concluded the villains wanted it placed inside Hero Factory as part of a larger plan. Makuhero arrives and explains the Breakout was just a distraction to keep them occupied and Zib explains that Black Phantom sent a file containing the plans for Hero Factory to an unknown destination and whoever Black Phantom sent it to now knows how to do exactly what they do.

In a small, black location, a villain unlocks the file.

Characters

Heroes

Villains

Minor characters

Weapon

Trivia

  • The reason Witch Doctor's mind controlled animals are in captivity is because Treshold Studios had no more 3D models of Villains for the show and had to recycle their designs from Savage Planet.
    • You can also see multiple copies of the same Villain model escaping from the Villain Storage Facility.
  • Before their new upgrade Stormer, Furno, and Stringer were downgraded back to their 2.0 designs possibly to use their blaster rather than melee weapons used in 3.0.
  • Stormer never used the weapons he was equipped with except for his Scout Drones.
  • Furno's blaster can't shoot due to being underwater making it useless with the exception of his harpoon launcher.
  • Even though Furno super charged his Hero Core to remove the rust, he still retained rust marks on his armor. In Brain Attack it is all gone.
    • The logical explanation is that Furno simply supercharged his core to unleash enough power to regain mobility, but not enough to undo the superficial damage to his armor. By the time Hero Factory was up and running again after the defeat of The Black Phantom, the rest of the rust was most likely cleaned up when Furno recharged his core in the quaza chamber, as is protocol for all Heroes after returning from missions (also because of the apparency of a Hero's armor regaining its luscious shine after a recharge in the quaza chamber).
  • This is the last episode to have Eric Christian Olson to voice Furno.
  • Cryoshell, who is better known for creating songs for BIONICLE made a song for Breakout that was feature on the Credits.

Gallery

Gallery:Breakout

Videos

Cryoshell - Breakout


Errors

  • The hook part of Surge's Ice Spear Blaster is upside down from it's actual position. When the Heroes looked at the damage hole. The hook is back to it's original position.
  • The shot of Stormer looking at the damage hole shows his back missing the shield armor.
  • The shot when Stormer said "Uh" shows him missing his right ice drone on the shoulder. It is shown in the next shot when Stormer said "Catch him and cuff him, I like it".
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