The Secret of the Titanic

The Secret of the Titanic (titled as “Secret of the Titanic: A Transformers Story” onscreen and also known as the 2024 Memorial Day Special, Autobot Thundercast, The New Autobot, or, informally, “Titanic was a Transformer?”) is the th episode of Mia Collins' Neighborhood and the th video overall to be uploaded on the Mia Collins' Neighborhood channel.

This is the seventh episode of The Treehouse Club Arc.

This is also the first episode with a B-Plot

It is partially inspired by Transformers: The Last Knight

## Synopsis

After Cooper Collins wins the Indianapolis 500, Cooper Collins' mom reminisces of the time in her childhood she traveled to Morey's Piers (and by extension, Wildwood New Jersey) after her first time at the 500, but when she is taken there by Cooper Collins' dad, Keegan Collins, Cooper Collins, Mia Collins, Melody Collins, Marley, Angela, Antonio, Caillou, Dora, Ben, Brianna, Riley, Marcus, Rachel, Cameron, and Tonya, they encounter several obstacles, but despite this, they stay in Wildwood, however all turns sour when Cooper, Mia, Angela, Antonio, Caillou, Dora, Ben, Brianna, Riley, Marcus, Rachel, Cameron, and Tanya's dads go fishing and are trapped in the middle of the storm, with no lifeboat - but Cooper, Antonio, Caillou, Ben, Marcus, and Cameron must go out aboard Mia's submarine, the Nevada, instead. Meanwhile, Cooper, Marley, Keegan, Mia, Melody, Angela, Antonio, Caillou, Dora, Ben, Brianna, Riley, Marcus, Rachel, Cameron, and Tonya are on a quest to save a mermaid. Captured long ago by Violy and her crew, the captured mermaid leaves a trail of scales that lead Cooper, Mia, Marley, Angela, Antonio, Caillou, Dora, Ben, Brianna, Riley, Marcus, Rachel, Cameron, and Tonya right to her at Violy's fortress at the bottom of the sea. It will take Mia's best submarine navigation skills to save the day.

The B-Plot (also known informally as the Bumble-B Plot) follows Optimus Prime in his quest to revive Titanic, which is revealed to be a Transformer and to have hit the iceberg due to a device planted by a Decepticon disguised as a tender boat. The episode later reveals that Titanic is actually the Autobot Thundercast in disguise.

## Transcript

(The video starts with Cooper and Marley at Walmart.)

Cooper Collins: What to buy?

(Cooper Collins and Marley see a model of the R.M.S. Titanic on a shelf with the HT monogram of the Titanic Hotel on it)

Cooper Collins: Maybe I can buy a small model replica of the Titanic.

(Cooper Collins takes the model to the cashier.)

Cooper Collins: I would like to buy a model replica of the...

Violy: Cooper Collins, I need to tell you this. Me and my crew just kidnapped a mermaid.

Cooper Collins: Well I'm calling Andrew Orozco.

(Cooper Collins calls Andrew Orozco on the phone.)

Cooper Collins: Andrew, I need to tell you this. Violy and her crew kidnapped a mermaid.

Andrew: Don't worry, me and my crew will save her. (hangs up)

Violy: Don't worry. I have a plan. Me and my crew get Andrew Orozco and his crew lost at sea so that they'll never find her.

(Violy leaves.)

Cooper Collins: I would like to buy the model.

(Later, Cooper Collins takes the model to Ben's house.)

Cooper Collins: Ben, look at the model.

Ben: AHHHHHHHH!!! GET THIS MODEL AWAY FROM ME!

Cooper Collins: Why?

Marley: Are you afraid of the ocean Ben?

Ben: I'm afraid of the ocean! I've been afraid of the ocean since I was three years old! And it was because my ancestor died in the sinking of the Titanic. Let me tell you the flashback.

Meanwhile, Optimus Prime is analyizing the model in his Peterbilt 379 form.

Optimus Prime: Bingo. Just what I must find.

Ben notices the truck

Ben: Uhhh, why is Optimus Prime outside my house?

Optimus transforms

Optimus Prime: I am looking for a way to revive a fallen Autobot.

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(Later, Keegan Collins, Cooper Collins, Mia Collins, Melody Collins, Angela, Antonio, their parents, and Marley arrive at a park.)

Cooper Collins: We're going to watch a movie at the park.

(Cooper's mom pulls out a reel.)

Cooper's mom: I brought my home movie.

(Cooper's mom puts the film in the projector and the film starts.)

Cooper's mom: This was one of our trips to both Wildwood and Morey's Piers. We used to rent a beach house there every summer until I met your dad. I was so happy here.

Cooper's dad: I've never seen her want to go somewhere before. I'm gonna take her back there by downloading that film onto her electronics.

(Cooper's parents are on a bus.)

Cooper's dad: , I'm sorry I couldn't figure out how to get that movie on to your electronics. So I'm taking our family and friends on a surprise vacation to Wildwood, New Jersey. I was so happy here.

(Keegan Collins, Cooper Collins, Mia Collins, Melody Collins, Marley, Angela, Antonio, Caillou, Dora, Ben, Brianna, Riley, Marcus, Rachel, Cameron, and Tanya appear.)

(The bus arrives at the airport.)

Dora: Treehouse Club, I have a mermaid necklace. I'm going to use it to transform into a mermaid when we get to...

Mia Collins: Me and Angela also have mermaid necklaces. You apparently gave every girl Treehouse Club members mermaid necklaces yesterday.

(Keegan Collins, Cooper Collins, Mia Collins, Melody Collins, Marley, Angela, Antonio, Caillou, Dora, Ben, Brianna, Riley, Marcus, Rachel, Cameron, Tonya, and their parents are on a plane.)

Flight Attendant: Attention, passengers. Due to our policy of overselling flights, this flight has been oversold. In accordance with, the first three people to the front will be upgraded to first class.

(Cooper Collins, Angela, and Marley make it to the front first.)

Flight Attendant: Okay, you three.

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Ben: Scales! There they are!

Cooper Collins: Woah! The trail goes into the ocean!

Mia Collins: But to go across the ocean, we need a boat.

Cooper Collins: Look! Me and Marley see a submarine!

(The Treehouse Club and Marley run up to the submarine.)

Brian and Emma: Uh oh! The submarine can fit two humans.

Cooper Collins: Me and Marley will be taking the submarine.

Marley: Well other Treehouse Club members, you're on your own.

(Cooper Collins and Marley enter the submarine. The submarine then leaves)

Angela: But we still need a way to follow the trail.

Mia Collins: Leave that to me. We have another submarine, the Nevada!

Optimus Prime: Perfect, just what we need. But it cannot fit a Transformer.

Ben: The Nevada? Oh dear, this is making me scared! Get that away from me!

Mia Collins: But why?

Ben: So I told you I am scared of the ocean because my ancestor died in the sinking of the Titanic. Well it got worse when I learned another ancestor died when the Battleship Nevada exploded! Let me tell you this second flashback.

Optimus Prime: HMS Alliance, come in. We need you.

## Trivia

* It is revealed that Ben has a fear of the ocean since the age of 3 when he learned that his ancestor died in the sinking of the Titanic, which only got worse when he learned another ancestor died when the Battleship Nevada exploded. However, he has ridden the Disney submarines.
* Both ships are revealed to be Transformers.
	+ Titanic and Nevada are both Autobots who have sank, much like what happened to Megatron in *Transformers*
		- The “secret” of the Titanic as implied in the title is that it is a Transformer.
		- This is a reference to *The Last Knight* where the submarine HMS Alliance is a Transformer
* In addition, Carpathia (the rescue ship) and Submarine U-55 (which sunk said ship) are also revealed to be Transformers.
	+ Carpathia is a Decepticon (which explains why she rescued passengers from a competitor’s ship) and U-55 is an Autobot (which explains why it sank Carpathia)
		- The idea here is that Decepticons “deceive” the enemy while Autobots stop the Decepticons.
		- This also references a line from the *The Transformers* theme song (“Autobots wage their battle to destroy the evil forces of the Decepticons!”)
* The episode is somewhat based on the metaphor of a wolf in sheep's clothing, played with Carpathia and U-55 (Carpathia is a Decepticon hiding in an Autobot fleet, and U-55 is an Autobot hiding in a Decepticon fleet)
* The vessels being Transformers but not revealing themselves to be such is a reference to a lyric from the theme song of The Transformers (“The Transformers! Robots in Disguise!”)
* The episode is revealed to be a pitch for a new Transformers film
* The title of this episode references the B-Plot
* Vyond likenesses of Michael Bay and Frank Rutherford are shown in the end.
* Thundercast's name is a combination of "thunder" and "overcast"