You could consider 8-Megadork-8’s massive weapon (which is called the 8-Megacannon-8, unsurprisingly) the opposite of a TARDIS: it’s smaller as long as it’s on the inside.

This works because the insides of transforming mecha operate somewhat like a pocket dimension – or a bag of holding, if you prefer the fantasy equivalent. The total volume of the components involved in such a robot’s transformations far exceed the volume of the base form: so you have to assume that all of this is getting folded down and minimized in size to a degree that reaches magical. Well, and once you’re there, there’s really no longer any limit, so you can just go wild…

And the 8-Megacannon-8’s firepower matches its humongous size! Unfortunately, Mopey was a little bit naive as far as targeting was concerned…
Which is understandable. In my youth, I might have made precisely the same mistake, thinking along the lines of “who would invest the huge amount of money involved in the development of such a weapon without also investing a reasonable amount into a targeting system to make sure the whole thing is actually useful?” Of course, by now I have learned of enough instances throughout history where precisely this obvious mistake was made to declare it one of the classic blunders. >_>

As for Pluto…well, good riddance. I’ve really never cared that deeply about Pluto’s status as a planet to begin with, and found the public debate on it a bit absurd. So I’m kinda content that my own fictional universe here is now forever rid of this controversy, as well as of Pluto itself…and, after all, it’s not like this fictional universe doesn’t have many other and much more pressing issues to deal with…

More on Monday.