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Warpath (WFC)

2012-09-22T12:40:38Z

112.198.64.43:

{{disambig3|Warpath}}
{{faction|autobot}}
:''Warpath is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: War for Cybertron (franchise)|War for Cybertron]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:WFC-Warpath.jpg|right|thumb|300px|BAM! POW! SORRY, WHAT WAS THAT?]]

'''Warpath''' is brash and boastful, always keen to show off his prowess with his giant cannon. Not only is it violently powerful, but it's extremely accurate, even over a range of a mile and a half. It gives him the confidence to charge headlong into battle against the [[Decepticon]]s. Unfortunately said cannon has also made him slightly deaf, so speak up, would ya?

{{quote|I've only got one setting, old timer: KABLAAM!|Warpath to [[Ironhide (Prime)|Ironhide]]|[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron]]}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: War for Cybertron''===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Jamieson Price]]

Warpath was among the many Autobots who defended the [[Decagon]] during the [[Decepticon]] invasion of Iacon and helped clear a path for the future [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] and his team. After Optimus became Prime following the death of [[Sentinel Zeta Prime]], Warpath joined Optimus and [[Ironhide (Prime)|Ironhide]] on a mission to Cybertron's infected core. After successfully cleansing the core and defeating a corrupted Spaceslug, it turned out that their journey was pointless; the core had to deactivate itself in order for the planet to survive, which would take millions of years. As Warpath and Ironhide displayed worried glances after Optimus proclaimed that the Autobots must leave Cybertron in order for them to survive, they bore witness as Optimus received the Matrix of Leadership from the core.

He later helped evacuate Cybertron during the big shutdown, and presumably survived [[Trypticon (Prime)|Trypticon]]'s rampage. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)}}

===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (DS)===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Jamieson Price]]

Warpath was indulging in some target practice on a shooting range in an Autobot base when [[Air Raid (WFC)|Air Raid]] gave a rookie Autobot some basic shooting training.

{{Note|Warpath is an unlockable character for the [[Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)|Nintendo DS version of ''War for Cybertron'']] and can replace any of the other characters on the Autobot team. Warpath can be unlocked by obtaining a data disk in "Destroying Trypticon Station". An air character is required.}}
{{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)}}

===''Transformers: Fall of Cybertron''===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Jamieson Price]]

Six days before the launch of the [[Ark (WFC)|Ark]], Warpath got word that [[Perceptor (Prime)|Perceptor]] and some other Autobot techheads were trapped in Autobot City's nerve center. He and Optimus took some troopers to fight off the Decepticons attacking the center. Despite heavy resistance, they cleared the area and Optimus sent Warpath back to organize the Ark's defenses. Unfortunately the Decepticons launched a massive assault on the Autobot launch pad and it was only when Optimus got the neutron gun and [[Metroplex (FOC)|Metroplex]] online that the Decepticons were eventually repelled. {{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron}}

His fate is unknown if he boarded the Ark on its take off or stayed behind with the Autobot resistance.

==Notes==
* In "Gathering Troops" on the Autobot DS game, and "The Plot forms" on the Decepticon DS game, he is seen using a solid ranged weapon in the combat range, but once you play as him, he uses a plasma ranged weapon.
* In the Xbox 360/PS3/PC version of the game during Chapter VIII: 'To the Core,' he actually says, "I'll show you what a Defender can do!" Coincidentally , this is also the name of the chassis representing the form of Warpath in the multiplayer.

[[Category:Video game-only characters]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron Autobots]]
[[Category:Fall of Cybertron Autobots]]

===Foreign names===
*''Russian:'' '''Tomagavk''' (Томагавк, "Battleaxe")

Destroyer (WFC)

2012-09-22T03:12:09Z

112.198.64.43:

{{factions|autobot|decepticon}}
:''Destroyers are a body-type in the [[Transformers: War for Cybertron|War for Cybertron]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image: Destroyer.jpg |thumb|400px|right| Hi there! I'm here to make you reconsider your difficulty setting.]]

That ripple in your glass of water isn't a [[Grimlock (G1)|''Tyrannosaurus rex'']], it's a '''Destroyer,''' the largest and most powerful soldier unit in either faction's army.

==Games==
===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (Xbox 360/PS3)===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Richard Epcar]] (Autobot versions), [[Jamieson Price]] (Decepticon versions)

Standing somewhere between [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] and [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]] in terms of mass, Destroyers usually start out in their gigantic tank modes, raining rapid cannon fire down on their foes. In this mode, their weakness comes from a rear-mounted fuel cell that must be properly targeted.

After the fuel cell is destroyed, the battle hardly improves as the Destroyers convert into a towering robot mode. In this state, they will activate an EM Pulse to soften you and then melt you with a continuous laser beam. Robot-mode Destroyers have no particular weakness: as they take damage, portions of their armor will fall off, reducing their mass over time and sustained firepower. Just blast away and pray that you'll survive!

Destroyers appear in both factional campaigns, luckily in small numbers. Several confronted Megatron and the Decepticons in their search for the [[Omega Key]], and after Omega Supreme became operational. Megatron later co-opted the Destroyer body-type for his own troops, as a few Decepticon Destroyers opposed [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] as he sought to rescue Omega Supreme in a later campaign, and during the [[Aerialbot (Prime)|Aerialbot]]s' raid on [[Trypticon Station]].

*In [[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)#Escalation|Escalation]], Destroyers are called Tanks. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}

[[Category:Mass-produced Transformers]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron subgroups]]

William Fowler

2012-09-22T02:16:44Z

112.198.64.43:

:''William Fowler is a [[human]] from the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)| Prime]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:DarknessRising2-Fowler.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Someone buy him a longer tie.]]

Special Agent '''William "Bill" Fowler''' is the type of guy that [[Theodore Galloway]] ''wishes'' he could be. A former [[United States Army|US Army Ranger]], he's the tough-talking, robot-dissing designated liaison between the [[United States of America|United States government]] and the [[Autobot]]s, who's got the guts to face down [[Starscream (Prime)|the Decepticons]] himself. And he doesn't need any military escort! He can pilot his own damn helicopter! And his own damn jet plane!

Fowler is leery about trusting the Autobots to handle the [[Decepticon]]s by themselves and believes that [[Earth]] can handle its own mess, but for now, while he chews them out and slags them off, he's willing to let them have a chance.

{{bigquote|Pretty big bearings... for a human.|Bulkhead|"[[Darkness Rising, Part 2]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''Prime'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Ernie Hudson]] (English), [[Kenji Nomura]] (Japanese)|[[Jin-uk Hong]] (Korean), [[Dario Oppido]] (Italian), [[Oliver Siebeck]] (German), [[Mario Filio]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Guilherme Lopes]] (Portuguese)}}

Fowler was once a member of the Army Rangers. {{storylink|Nemesis Prime (episode)|Nemesis Prime}}. On one mission he was separated from his platoon behind enemy lines, so he resorted to leading the enemy astray to give him the opportunity to escape and regroup. {{storylink|Toxicity}}

At some point after the Autobots arrived on Earth, Ratchet made a modification to [[Fowler's V-tol|his jet]], allowing him to fly without a flight suit. {{storylink|Grill}}

Agent Fowler visited [[Autobot Outpost Omega One]] to chew the Autobots off over mass traffic accidents caused by [[Vehicon (Prime)|several]] [[Arcee (Prime)|odd]] [[Bumblebee (Prime)|vehicles]], and then demanded to know if this meant the Decepticons were back. When [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] confirmed this, Fowler stated it was time to "wake up" the [[Pentagon]]; he was notably ''un''impressed by Optimus's claim that only the Autobots could stop the Decepticons, clearly not believing it, but to avoid mass human casualties he agreed to give them a shot at sorting it out.

[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] angrily told Fowler that the Autobots knew how to use appropriate force, but when the agent was gone he noted with respect that Fowler had ''bearings''. Prime noted that Fowler's attitude was due to being afraid for his planet. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}}

[[Image:DarknessRising3-interrogateFowler.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"This is some nice steel. How about telling me who gave them to you?" "Yo mama."]]

Another explosion had Fowler returning to the Autobot base, but he found only Bulkhead there. When [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]]'s guitar gave away the presence of her and her two classmates, he announced he was going to take them into federal custody, but Bulkhead prevented him from phoning his superiors. He stormed out and took off in his helicopter, making a report by radio. Unfortunately, the transmission was intercepted by the Decepticons, who captured him and strung him up by chains. Fowler proved difficult to interrogate, so [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]] got out an [[Energon prod]] to soften him up. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 3}}

Fowler was on the verge of breaking and telling Starscream where the Autobot base was, when weapons fire became audible outside the brig. Sensing rescue was near, he became awkward again, provoking Starscream into shocking him into unconsciousness. When he awoke, he was in a dazed, rambling state. The Autobots finally reached his location, only to become locked in a standoff with Starscream, until a random outburst from Fowler caused a distraction, and the Autobots chased Starscream off. Fowler rode back to base in Bulkhead, though his dazed state persisted and he became fixated on pie. Once they reached the base, he was given rudimentary medical attention. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 4}}

When the Autobots discovered that the Decepticons were using a radio telescope array in [[Texas]], Optimus suggested getting Fowler to put the installation on high alert, but Fowler was still too out of it to comply. He had recovered enough to cheer the Autobots on as they destroyed Megatron's [[space bridge]], and later thanked them for saving him from the Decepticons, and for saving the world, before he left the base. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 5}}

[[Image:Masters&Students-FowlerTopGun.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Wronski Feint his ass!]]
Responding to reports of strange transmissions, Fowler warned other pilots away from the area as he sped there in a new top-secret jet. He came upon the scene of a battle between Optimus, Bumblebee and the Decepticon [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]], the latter of whom seized the opportunity to [[scanning|scan]] Fowler's jet. Fowler retaliated by firing on Skyquake, but the Decepticon launched a number of heat-seeking missiles that Fowler was forced to use evasive maneuvers to avoid. He later came to Bumblebee's aid, picking up the small Autobot who had just disabled Skyquake in mid-air and was plunging toward the ground as a result. {{storylink|Masters & Students}}

[[Image:Convoy-Fowlerimpatient.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Why didn't Optimus just turn it off?]]
While transporting the [[Dynamic Nuclear Generation System]] in his jet, Fowler was shot down by what he assumed was a Decepticon. He angrily contacted the Autobots for help in shifting the D.N.G.S. and it was loaded into Optimus's trailer to get transported across country. When the convoy was attacked, it turned out not to be the Decepticons after all, but a human organization known as [[MECH]]. A MECH goon climbed onto Optimus's back to try and unhitch the trailer, and Fowler climbed out to grab the guy, but was unable to get any answers before the man was knocked out of his hand by a passing tree branch. Fowler was then contacted by the MECH operative [[Silas]] who explained they were taking the D.N.G.S. The Autobots passed the device safely off to a train, but a short time later were confronted by Vehicons. Optimus apologetically informed Fowler they'd have to break cover to fight, before placing Fowler on a rock. After Silas informed Fowler by radio that he'd worked out the D.N.G.S. was on the train, Fowler tried to warn Optimus, who was promptly clocked by a tree trunk. Fowler had to hang out on the rock for the rest of the mission, but was able to observe Optimus saving the train from where he was. {{storylink|Convoy (episode)|Convoy}}

Fowler was away when the Autobots attempted to obtain his help in retrieving an [[Energon Harvester]] from a museum. His answer phone claimed he was an intensive training retreat, though Bulkhead was unconvinced and believed him to be lounging at a poolside cabana. They eventually managed to get through to him, and he helped them slip a replica of the Harvester into the museum to replace the original, and also to retrieve Miko, who'd been detained by the museum's [[museum security guard|security guard]]. {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}}

After the Decepticons broke into the [[Kauai Naval Observatory]] in [[Hawaii]], Fowler contacted the Autobots to ask if they'd encountered any Decepticons wearing hula skirts. He was able to tell them that the lens stolen by the Decepticons had a tracking device on it, leading the Autobots to find it in the [[Arctic]]. {{storylink|Out of His Head}}

Fowler was at the Autobot base when they learned that [[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]] had gone missing in the middle of a fight with Bulkhead. He relayed intel that MECH had been spotted on the [[Kamchatka Peninsula]] where the fight had taken place. Optimus immediate took a team to mount a rescue, leaving Fowler at base with Bulkhead and Miko. Bulkhead suggested they watch a film, which Fowler was heartily in favor of, but he subsequently fell asleep while they were watching ''[[Dinolizard vs. Five-Headed Ape]]''. {{storylink|Operation: Breakdown}}

Jack called in Fowler to fend off Airachnid and MECH, and he easily forced Airachnid into retreat with some troops. However, Airachnid was able to scan Fowler's assault chopper, much to Fowler's annoyance that his vehicle had been used for a Decepticon's alternate mode again. When Airachnid and MECH fled, he wasn't surprised to hear MECH had vanished without a trace, and began briefing June Darby on the situation with the Cybertronians, only for Jack to convince him to drop it for tonight. {{storylink|Crisscross}}

Fowler reported on a number of high-tech component thefts by the Decepticons. When he informed the Autobots that the Decepticons were attacking a military laboratory, Optimus told him to have the base evacuated to avoid any loss of human life. {{storylink|One Shall Fall}}

The first thing he did when a number of earthquakes struck simultaneously around the world was call the Autobots and let them know. By the time he arrived at their base, [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] had traced the tremors to the Earth's core, and they quickly realized that [[Unicron]], whom Optimus explained was a dark entity from Cybertron's past, was at the center of the planet. Fowler suggested sticking explosives down the hole Unicron originally crawled into, but Optimus believed Earth had formed around Unicron's slumbering form. Fowler stuck around as the Autobots investigated the tremors. {{Storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}}

The humans listened as the Autobots battled giant stone Unicrons, and as Megatron arrived to offer to help the Autobots defeat Unicron. Fowler wondered what would stop Megatron calling in an air strike once he knew where the Autobot base was, but Prime was confident that GroundBridging Megatron in would conceal their position sufficiently. The humans hid when Megatron turned up, but when Raf ran out to confront their foe, Fowler found himself having to drag away Miko after she started yelling at the Decepticon leader. The humans all watched the Autobots and Megatron step through the GroundBridge into Earth's core. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 2}}

[[Image:OneShallRise3-hug.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"I love this town!"]]
Frustrated at not being able to do anything, Fowler almost left the base to go get assistance from the Pentagon, but was distracted by Ratchet's tale of pre-Earth Optimus. When it turned out that Prime's team were all OK, Fowler was compelled to hug a startled June Darby. He and June were waiting at the GroundBridge with the kids, as the Autobots returned to report that Optimus had developed amnesia. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}}

Fowler wondered if they couldn't just locate Prime the same way the US government located Fowler, via a subcutaneous microchip, but was told Optimus's signal hadn't reappeared. Some time later, when the Decepticons attacked a military base, Fowler alerted the Autobots, but to his frustration they were unable to prevent human injuries or the theft of a power source. Later, it became apparent that in order to bring back Optimus, Jack would have to travel to Cybertron via the Decepticon space bridge. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 1}}

Fowler hooked Jack up with [[NASA]] to get him a space suit to wear on Cybertron. Not long after Jack and Arcee were sent, [[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]] called Space Bridge Control, demanding a status report. Because [[Bulkhead (Prime)|two]] [[Ratchet (Prime)|of]] the Autobots there had voices that the Decepticon would recognize, and [[Bumblebee (Prime)|the third]] was mute, the task fell to Agent Fowler to imitate the [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]] stationed there and say that everything was okay, which went surprisingly well, even when he accidentally asked Breakdown how he was doing! {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 2}} He and the other humans monitored Jack's progress on Cybertron until the Autobots returned with their restored leader. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 3}}

[[Image:LooseCannons Wheeljack and Fowler.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Grr.]]
After obtaining the possible coordinates of the MECH base, Fowler attempted to alert Prime, only to find Bumblebee was the only one available to take his call. He later yelled at Ratchet as well. {{Storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 2}} Detecting two [[Transformer]]s fighting near [[Omaha]], Fowler alerted Prime to the situation with his usual subtlety. The Autobots helped newcomer [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] chase off [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]], though Fowler's jet was scanned by the Decepticon in the process. Fowler followed them back to the Autobot base to yell at them some more. {{storylink|Loose Cannons}}

Driving out of a military base, Fowler found himself under attack by what appeared to be Optimus Prime. He was only saved from being killed by the arrival of Bumblebee and Bulkhead, the latter of whom caught his car. Back at the Autobot base, it was quickly established the real Prime wasn't behind the attack, and Fowler fielded calls from the military as the imposter attacked [[Alden Military Base]]. Once they established [[Nemesis Prime (Prime)|Nemesis Prime]] was controlled by MECH, Fowler took part in an assault on the MECH base and kept Silas busy while Optimus finished off their experiment. {{storylink|Nemesis Prime (episode)|Nemesis Prime}} Fowler was called to a debriefing by [[Bryce|General Bryce]] regarding recent Autobot activities. He did his best to explain what was going on, though he eventually had to resort to getting Optimus to speak to the general in person before his superior's worries were allayed. {{storylink|Grill}}

When Optimus decided to take advantage of the ''Nemesis'' crash to attack the ship, Fowler insisted on coming along. Though the attack ended in failure, they discovered that the warship had achieved sentience and was heading for North America. Fowler and the kids GroundBridged aboard to try and download the Iacon database, but when they discovered that the ship was heading for [[New York City]], Fowler tried to access navigation and was knocked out by the defenses. After disabling the ship's intelligence, the kids helped him back through the GroundBridge. {{storylink|Flying Mind}}

He was still incoherent as the Autobots started heading out to try to recover four artifacts {{storylink|Tunnel Vision}} but recovered once he had some coffee. He communicated with Bulkhead who had discovered [[Tox-En]] in a volcanic area and had to pep talk the Wrecker who was trying to dispose of the stuff. {{storylink|Toxicity}} During this he had to help Optimus by having a base in [[Antarctica]] evacuated. {{storylink|Triangulation}} Fowler had to get Bulkhead moving again by reminding him of Miko and his past struggles, helping Bulkhead to reach the crater. {{storylink|Toxicity}} He had to put the Autobot on hold again during a fight when he got a call from Miko and covered for the Autobots by deputizing [[Vogel]] over the phone. {{storylink|Tunnel Vision}} He followed Bulkhead through the rest of the Autobot's mission and had Raf open the GroundBridge, only for Bulkhead to come flying through with a smoking hole in his back. {{storylink|Toxicity}} As Ratchet attempted to revive Bulkhead, the others returned and Fowler had to restrain Miko from rushing over. He was later called on to talk to [[New York City|New York]]'s mayor, as security cameras had recorded parts of the relic mission there, but made Prime promise to keep him updated on Bulkhead's status. {{storylink|Hurt}}

When Raf discovered the presence of [[Red Energon]] on Earth, Prime contacted Fowler to get the site cleared of humans. {{storylink|New Recruit}}

Fowler notified the Autobots when Breakdown, apparently working with Silas, took a [[Project Damocles]] satellite from a facility. He, Miko and Jack GroundBridged into Raf's bedroom so they could get him to hack into the satellite, and Fowler had to employ all of his stealth prowess to avoid [[Raf's mom]] when using the bathroom. After Raf succeeded, Fowler posed as a member of his study group when Raf's mom entered his room. {{storylink|The Human Factor}}
{{--}}

===Titan Magazines ''Prime'' comics===
[[Image:Titan4.1 Fowler with scientists.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
After a bunch of alarms went off indicating that a nuclear warhead had just become live, Fowler scrambled with a team of scientists and government agents. They quickly arrived at the Autobot base, where Optimus asked how the missile had come to be left in the base. Fowler admitted it looked like a military failsafe in case the Autobots ever turned on the humans, and Prime firmly asked him to take the bomb with him when he left. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.1|The Safe and the Failsafe}}

Fowler was having a bad day—he was suffering from trapped wind, his car was under a snowdrift, his wife received a chicken instead of a turkey from the butcher, and the Decepticons had taken control of a [[Yamal|nuclear ship]] near [[Antarctica]]. Naturally, he took his problems to the Autobots. They could only help with the last one. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.3|Ice Breaker}} After the disappearance of [[Air Force One]], Fowler took the recovered black box to the Autobot base and played the ransom message on it to Optimus. To Fowler's relief, Optimus knew exactly where Starscream had taken the [[President of the United States|President]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.6|All the President's 'Bots!}}

Fowler passed on an alert about an attack on the [[Deep Driller]] oil platform to the Autobots, unaware that it was a false report designed to lead them into a trap. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.10|Mad Dogs & Autobots}}
{{--}}

===Commercial appearances===
Fowler had summoned the Autobots for a vague special mission. When Ratchet inquired as to backup for this mission, Fowler announced that [[Batman]] had agreed to help them. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime|Mission: Impossibly Awesome Marathon}}

==Notes==
[[Image:Convoy-Fowlerqueasy.jpg|thumb|250px|Half the time he's like this, and the other half he's a true badass.]]
*[[Michael Bell]] auditioning for "General Fowler" and [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]]<ref>http://voiceactors.wordpress.com/2009/12/11/transformers-gi-joe-hasbro-animated-cartoon/</ref> was the first piece of news the fandom received about ''Prime'', even before the title was revealed. Apparently Fowler transitioned from "General" to "Agent" at some point after that in production.
* Which agency Fowler's a Special Agent ''for'' isn't stated; since he specifically refers to the Pentagon as who he'd talk to and [[Crisscross|later]] calls his work "the agency", he's presumably with the Department of Defense's [[wikipedia:Defense Intelligence Agency|Defense Intelligence Agency]].
* The Autobots refer to him as their liaison with "the outside world", though he appears to just represent the United States.
* Fowler must have one ''awesome'' rank if he can decide on his own whether or not the Pentagon is to go on full alert!
* Agent Fowler spouts his own brand of colorful idioms infused with references to Americana when he is surprised or in a tight spot, including:
**"Well I'll be a bald eagle!" in "[[Masters & Students]]".
**"Sure thing buddy, right after you eat my star-spangled shorts." in "[[Darkness Rising, Part 3]]".
**"What in Uncle Sam's beard?" in "Darkness Rising, Part 3".
**"I don't care if Abraham Lincoln is back!" in "[[Loose Cannons]]".
**"Sweet Lady Liberty!" in "[[Flying Mind]]".
* When asked about Fowler's mouth and eyebrows "not animating right", panelists at [[BotCon 2011]] responded that he's "usually hungover".
* His vehicles have been [[scanning|scanned]] by the Decepticons three times now. He's beginning to get tired of it.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''William Fowler''' (ウィリアム・ファウラー ''Wiriamu Faurā'')

==References==
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Omega Supreme (WFC)

2012-09-21T14:18:15Z

112.198.64.43: /* Transformers: Fall of Cybertron (PS3, X360, PC) */

{{faction|autobot}}
{{disambig3|Omega Supreme}}
:''Omega Supreme is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:WFC_OmegaSupreme.jpg|thumb|300px|So he can make portals now?]]

Striking fear into the [[spark]]s of ''almost'' every [[Decepticon]], '''Omega Supreme''' is the mightiest Autobot of them all. Charged with being the last line of defense for [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], the Autobot capitol, and guarding the gateway to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s core, Omega Supreme is near-unstoppable in battle, relentless in his mission, and fearless in the face of danger.

{{quote|Omega activated. Power: Optimal. Mission: Destroy Megatron.|Omega Supreme, a bot of few words|''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)| War for Cybertron]]''}}

==Fiction==
===''Exodus''===
Omega Supreme was the legendary [[Guardian robot|Guardian]] of [[Crystal City]]. Having acquired the [[Code Key]]s of Power and Justice, [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] opened the entrance to the [[Plasma energy|Plasma Energy Chamber]] below the [[Autobot High Council|High Council Tower]] to corrupt the [[Core]] of Cybertron with [[Dark Energon]]. [[Teletraan-1]] reactivated Omega Supreme to fly the Plasma Energy Chamber to safety. Omega was horrified to be informed by the [[Communication Grid]] that the [[Decepticon]]s held eighty-five percent of the planet; that only three of the High Council lived and all of them were Decepticons; the [[AllSpark]] had been ejected from the [[Well of All Sparks]]; and Sentinel Prime was dying. He informed [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] he should have reactivated him sooner, though they had no idea he even existed, and Omega acknowledged it was because of Optimus that the Autobots held out for so long.

Omega tried to fly into space, where Teletraan-1 would give him instructions as to where to hide the Chamber, but [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]]'s [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]s attacked. Omega blew up two Seekers before his own nozzles were shot at and he reverted to robot mode and fell back into [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. [[Ironhide (Prime)|Ironhide]] was horrified by the Guardian's destruction but fortunately, Omega survived the impact and inspired the Autobots to fight off the Decepticons seeking to gain the Chamber. Omega killed four [[Dark Energon]]-infused Decepticons, but Megatron hammered him in the knee causing him to collapse and allowing a swarm of gladiators to crawl on him. Omega fell, crushing the gladiators, but the Dark Energon left their bodies to power Megatron to the point he could turn Omega on his back. He threatened to slice his throat, but he only wanted the Chamber, and tore it out of Omega's body before escaping.

[[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] repaired Omega Supreme, and he was able to fight when [[Trypticon (Prime)|Trypticon]] emerged in the [[Mithric Sea]] when the Autobots left Cybertron on the ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]''. He was left with [[Ultra Magnus (Prime)|Ultra Magnus]] and his Wreckers to deal with [[Shockwave (Prime)|Shockwave]]'s new regime. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Fred Tatasciore]] (English)

Omega Supreme was the guardian of the [[Omega Gate]], which gave access to the Core of Cybertron. Omega lay inactive during the war until Megatron's forces invaded [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] seeking what they thought was the [[Omega Key]] (which would allow access to the Core), forcing [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Zeta Prime]] to activate the false Omega Key and awaken the sleeping giant. His mission: Destroy Megatron.

[[Image:WFC_OmegaSupreme_vehicle.jpg|thumb|left|300px|This thing shoots enough bullets to make danmaku look conservative.]]

Omega followed the homing signal of the false key and destroyed the fleet of Decepticon ships Megatron was using to search for him. As the Decepticons were securing their wounded, the mighty Autobot attacked, destroying their rescue ship and killing the survivors. At first, the Decepticons seemingly defeated the Guardian of Iacon when they destroyed the supports for a section of bridge Omega was standing upon, but the Autobot returned with a vengeance, using his main gun to disintegrate what remained of the bridge and forcing Megatron's squad to flee to safety.

Omega Supreme attacked Megatron wherever he went, destroying a cargo lift the Decepticon rode, smashing his way through a tunnel and laying landmines upon a bridge that was the only route to safety. Eventually, Omega Supreme tracked the Decepticons to an Autobot anti-aircraft battery on a terrace and attacked with his main gun, heatseeking missiles, [[Aerialbot (WFC)|Aerialbots]] and briefly defending himself with an impenetrable energon barrier. However, the Decepticons discerned the pattern of Omega's attacks and breached his armour thanks to the terrace' turrets, forcing him to crash down into a sub-level of Iacon below.

[[Image:WFC_OmegaSupreme_vs_Megatron_Breakdown.jpg|thumb|300px|Omega Supreme hates glitches.]]

Sure that the Autobot was destroyed and eager to get his hands on the means to open the Omega Gate, Megatron led his squad down, only to find that Omega Supreme had transformed and re-energized himself with energon batteries drawn from underground. Omega Supreme battered the Decepticons with a combination of missiles, laser turrets, his main gun and a powerful arm-mounted tractor beam, until [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] deduced that Omega's defensive weakness were his turrets - destroying them forced the Autobot guardian to draw upon the energon batteries to regenerate. Seizing the advantage, the Decepticons infected the batteries with a charge of Dark Energon, corrupting Omega Supreme's systems when he drained the batteries. While Omega dealt with the Dark Energon with a counter-virus, Megatron attacked, severely damaging the Autobot's armour. Down, but not out, Omega Supreme drew energy from Cybertron's core itself and unleashed a withering multitude of missiles upon the Decepticons. However, with his internal shielding exposed, Omega was vulnerable, and eventually the Decepticons brought him down by blasting his exposed chest cavity. Gloating in victory, Megatron blasted Dark Energon into Omega Supreme's chest, and the Autobot, helpless to fight against it, was corrupted. Omega Supreme was taken underground where he was forced to open the Omega Gate, allowing Megatron to corrupt Cybertron's core with Dark Energon.

The rumours of Omega Supreme and Zeta Prime's defeats spread through the Autobot camp, leaving the Autobots direction-less and dispirited. Just when hoped seemed to die for the Autobots, a new hero stepped up to lead them: [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]], the last of the [[Prime (rank)|Primes]].

Charged by the [[Autobot High Council]] with destroying the infection to Cybertron's core, Optimus Prime lead a team consisting of [[Ironhide (Prime)|Ironhide]] and [[Warpath (WFC)|Warpath]] to the chamber outside the Omega Gate, where Omega Supreme was being imprisoned. There they found the Decepticons torturing the giant Autobot and force-feeding him Dark Energon to prevent him from repairing himself and escaping his bonds. After his captors were destroyed, [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] began repairing Omega Supreme's damage and Dark Energon corruption, but the party were set upon by dozens of Decepticon reinforcements. Just as they were attacked by a Decepticon [[Destroyer (WFC)|Destroyer]], Omega Supreme regained enough functionality to rip the foe to pieces with one hand.

With the present Decepticon threat removed, Omega Supreme opened the Omega Gate to Cybertron's core. However, his systems were not yet fully operational; repairs would have to be completed at Autobot headquarters while Optimus and his team headed down into the depths of Cybertron. {{Storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}} The full extent of his repairs, as well as what happened to him, or what his mission parameters were afterwards is unknown.

===''War for Cybertron'' (DS)===
[[Image:WFCDS Defeat Omega Supreme.jpg|thumb|left|256px|Finally science determined whether a Transformer could soil himself.]]
At the climax of the Great War, Decepticon Leader Megatron defeated and stole the Omega Key from Zeta Prime. Immediately, sirens began ringing, and Omega was awakened, and immediately went for Megatron. Omega Supreme decimated the Decepticon forces in Iacon, much to Megatron's horror and fury. Omega Supreme was left to find the Decepticon leader with Autobots Jetfire and Cliffjumper at his side.

Megatron returned with his team, defeating Jetfire and Cliffjumper, but Omega finally found them, and began to swipe at them through entire walls. Thundercracker observed the titan had somehow grown huger, but Megatron led his hesitant Decepticons onward nonetheless. Omega Supreme fell, and Megatron claimed a decisive victory in the war.

''Presumably,'' the Autobots went to save their giant guardian at one point. Right?
{{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)}}
{{-}}
===''Transformers: Fall of Cybertron'' (PS3, X360, PC)===
[[Perceptor (Prime)|Perceptor]] reveals in a datalog that Omega Supreme carried on his duty as guardian of the Core and Iacon fiercely defending both of them until his final confrontation with Megatron which ended with Dark Energon being poured into him again. This had caused him to fall into stasis lock. {{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron}}

==Notes==
* In the ''War For Cybertron'' console multiplayer Escalation map "District", after a certain number of waves, the screen goes dark and Omega Supreme says a random line from the single player campaign. Additionally, in the multiplayer map "Horizon", Omega Supreme can be seen blasting some off-screen Decepticons with his missiles.

===Foreign names===
*''Russian:'' '''Omegator''' (Омегатор)

[[Category:Fiction-only Transformers]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron Autobots]]

Elite Guard

2012-09-15T11:11:08Z

112.198.64.43:

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{{disambig2|the Autobot military team|the episode featuring them|The Elite Guard}}
{{disambig2|the Autobot guard|the Decepticon guard|Cybertron Guard}}

:''The Cybertron Elite Guard is a distinguished team of Autobots from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]], [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]], [[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]] and [[Aligned continuity family|Aligned]] [[Continuity family|continuity families]]. It is also known as the Autobot Elite Guard, and in one timeline has also been a Decepticon organization.''

[[Image:Cyb Elite Guard Badge.png|right|300px]]

The [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] '''Elite Guard''' is the pinnacle of the [[Autobot]] military force, reserved for only the most distinguished graduates of the [[Autobot Academy]]. Its members are specialists, masters in their fields, and the unit is only called upon in the most dire of situations. It reports directly to the [[Supreme Commander]] of the Autobots. It also engages in some pretty shady business from time to time, from experimenting on [[Jetfire (Animated)|other]] [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Autobots]], to creating [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|weapons of mass destruction]], all the way to hiring [[Lockdown (Animated)|unscrupulous bounty hunters]].

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
[[Image:Eliteguardleaveshuttle.jpg|right|250px|thumb|The Mighty Thor, Black Panther, and the Tick pretending to be Captain America.]]

The Elite Guard served under the direct command of [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]], the [[Magnus (rank)|Magnus]] of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and [[Supreme Commander]] of the Autobot military. During the Great War, [[Dai Atlas (Animated)|Dai Atlas]] was the general of the Elite Guard on Magnus' behalf.

====Members====
* [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]]
* [[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]]
* [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]]
* [[Safeguard (Animated)|Safeguard]] (Combined form of Jetstorm and Jetfire)
* [[Warpath (Animated)|Warpath]]

=====Former Members=====
* [[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]] (also a member of [[Cybertron Intelligence]]) - Compacted and seemingly incinerated. {{storylink|TransWarped}} Later found alive. {{storylink|The Stunti-Con Job}}
* Dai Atlas - Retired to rebuild [[Cyber-Ninja Corps]]. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}
* [[Shockwave (Animated)|Longarm Prime]]<ref>[[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]]'s on-package [[bio]]. [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] has informed the wiki that Longarm is not actually a member of the group in the cartoon. This is borne out by the fact that Longarm lacks the Elite Guard's winged Autobot symbol.</ref>
* [[Kup (Animated)|Kup]] - Retired. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}
* [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] - Promoted to acting Magnus {{storylink|Decepticon Air}}
* [[Powered Convoy]] - Former Magnus and predecessor to Ultra Magnus. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

=====Impersonators=====
*[[Afterburn]]<ref>[[Afterburn]] successfully led everyone to believe he was a member of the Elite Guard's "Special Ops" team when he arrived on Earth, but it was soon revealed that he was a big, fat liar.</ref>

=====Wannabes=====
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Elite Guard Bumblebee]] - Bumblebee wants to be a member of the Elite Guard, so he gave himself an Elite Guard paint job in what he hopes is a first step in becoming one. {{storylink|Bumblebee (Animated)|Elite Guard Bumblebee's toy bio}}

=====????=====
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] fits in here... somehow... <ref>Two toys of [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys|Optimus Prime]] were produced as "Optimus Prime Elite Guard Version" but he was never depicted in this fashion in any story material. Perhaps hinting at Prime's future? Who knows!</ref>
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] does as well, though how exactly boggles the mind... <ref>Prowl also received two toys branded as "Elite Guard Version" but his fictional appearances leave little to no room for this to actually come to pass... [[Time travel|Alternate timeline]]? [[Death|Resurrection]]? [[Cloning|Clone]]? [[To sell toys]]?</ref>

====Fiction====
{{Idw-tfa}}
Bumblebee and Bulkhead also registered to join the Guard. After Bumblebee and Bulkhead accidentally destroyed part of a simulated battle zone and injured their drill sergeant, [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Minor]], they were both given the boot and reassigned to space bridge repair duty. {{storylink|Autoboot Camp}}

After seeing [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] save them from an incident on the asteroid where they were working, [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] commented that with moves like that, Optimus should have gone into the Cybertron Elite Guard. Gee, way to rub salt in the wound, there, Bumblebee... {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out}}

Shortly after the battle with [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]], the Elite Guard arrived to retrieve the [[AllSpark]]. (Great timing, guys.) Upon learning that the AllSpark had been dispersed, [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] confined Optimus Prime's crew to the Elite Guard's ship while he, [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]], and Optimus went to investigate [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Optimus's vessel]], where the battle had taken place. When trouble at a [[Sumdac Systems]] manufacturing plant was detected, the Autobots and Elite Guard managed to hold off the malfunctioning police drones being made there long enough to allow Optimus, [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]], and [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] to get [[Sari Sumdac]] to the assembly line and shut it down. {{storylink|The Elite Guard}}

After an extended period with no evidence of a Decepticon presence on Earth, Magnus was prepared to gather up the Autobots and ship out back to Cybertron. He urged Optimus to testify as to his experiences on Earth to calm the general fears of Megatron still being alive. When Optimus protested that Megatron ''was'' still alive and that such testimony would be falsifying evidence, Sentinel angrily stated that nobody was asking him to lie, just to agree with Sentinel's scans (quite excellent ones, in his humble opinion) showing there were no Decepticons on Earth. Besides, Sentinel cajoled, if he smoothed things over with Cybertron Command, Optimus might just be able to be reinstated into the Elite Guard. {{storylink|Mission Accomplished}}

[[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]] was left on Earth to try and find the Decepticon base and keep an eye on Optimus's crew. However, [[Master Disaster (Animated)|Master Disaster]], with the help of an AllSpark-powered remote control, forced Blurr to do his bidding until Sari stole the remote from him. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}} {{storylink|Velocity}}

''The Elite Guard oversaw the extraction of flight technology from Starscream to create [[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] and [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]], who managed to join the ranks of the Elite Guard in record time. {{storylink|First (and Second) in Flight}}''

====Notes====
* Many members of the Elite Guard bear what appears to be rank insignia, in the form of downward-pointing chevrons on their arms or abdomens. Magnus has four stripes; Sentinel, Jazz, and Kup have three; Warpath has two.

=====Foreign names=====
*''Japanese:'' '''Elite Guard''' (エリートガード ''Erīto Gādo'')

===''Wings Universe''===
The Elite Guard was founded by and is under the direct orders of [[Magnum]], a member of the [[Autobot High Command]], as a special strike force within the [[Autobot Guard]].

====Members====
*'''Officers'''
**[[Big Bang]]
**[[Sentinel Major]]
*'''[[Alpha Team]]'''
**[[Thunder Clash]] (leader)
**[[Flak (G1)|Flak]]
**[[Kup (G1)|Kup]]
**[[Landshark]]
*'''[[Strike Team]]''' (201st)
**[[Metalhawk]] (leader)
**[[Dion]]
**[[Ironfist (G1)|Ironfist]]
**[[Over-Run (G1)|Over-Run]]
*'''Special Ops Team''' ([[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]])
**[[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] (leader)
**[[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]]
**[[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]]
**[[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]]
**[[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]]
*'''[[Stealth Team]]''' (45th)
**[[Powerflash]] (leader)
**[[Rumbler (G1)|Rumbler]]
**[[Sprocket (G1)|Sprocket]]
**[[Tap-Out (G1)|Tap-Out]]
*'''[[Artillery Team]]''' (116th)
**[[Halonix Maximus|Halonix "Halo" Maximus, callsign Gigantron]]
**[[Windsail]]
**[[Clear Out]]
**[[Padlock (G1)|Padlock]]<ref>Halo was the only member named at BotCon 2010. The other three were shown on Alex Milne's lithograph and named on the OTFCC forums, in a post giving a quick rundown of the Elite Guard teams.</ref>
*'''[[Fast Attack Team]]'''
**[[Ranger]]
**[[Blacker]]
**[[Braver]]
**[[Laster]]
*'''[[Recon Team]]''' (349th)
**[[Crosscut (Autobot)|Crosscut]]
**[[Delta Seeker]]
**[[Rest-Q]]
**[[Roadfire]]

====Fiction====
After Thunder Clash and his squad proved their skill and valor by keeping a [[Matrix of Leadership|vitally important piece of cargo]] safe from the Decepticons, they were appointed as the first members of the newly-created Elite Guard. {{storylink|Wings of Honor}} Other Autobots were eventually inducted into the Guard after completing rigorous testing, forming their own squads within the organization.
{{stub}}
{{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 2}}
{{storylink|Flames of Yesterday}}
{{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 3}}

The Elite Guard once ''almost'' went twenty missions in a row without a single casualty. {{storylink|Around Cybertron#Around Cybertron #11|Around Cybertron #11}}

{{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 4}}
{{storylink|A Team Effort}}
{{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 5}}
{{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 6}}

At some unknown future point in time, the Guard eventually dispersed, with little left of its presence except the occasional disused cargo box bearing its symbol. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 1}}

===Shattered Glass===
====Autobot Members====
[[Image:Cust Class Thunderclash Insignia.png|right|150px|thumb|Now with one less bar!]]
*[[Hyperdrive (SG)|Hyperdrive]] (deceased)
*[[Thunderclash (SG)|Thunderclash]] (leader)
*[[Kup (SG)|Kup]] (deceased)
{{--}}

====Decepticon Members====
[[Image:SG Elite Guard Ancient.png|right|150px|thumb|Wait, whose side are we on again?]]
*[[Thunderwing (SG)|Thunderwing]]
{{--}}

====Fiction====
Thunderwing was a Decepticon member of the Cybertron Elite Guard, which in pre-war times was a law enforcement group. He operated as a duly appointed agent for millennia, often spending extended periods of time away from Cybertron. In fact, his missions kept him away from Cybertron ''so'' much that he had little to no knowledge or interest in the civil war between the Autobots and the Decepticons. {{storylink|Blitzwing Bop}}

In modern times, the Elite Guard was an Autobot organization serving at the whim of <strike>a madman</strike> [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]]. Previously led by Hyperdrive, the Guard was taken over by Thunderclash after he deemed his commander unfit for leadership and eliminated him. {{storylink|Thunderclash (SG)|Thunderclash's toy bio}}

====Notes====
*Thunderwing is mentioned as being part of the Elite Guard since before the war started, and has been out of touch with events before then. As such, it's not really clear so far whether the Elite Guard eventually evolved into Thunderclash's group while Thunderwing was gone, or if there's two separate organizations with that name in the "Shattered Glass" universe.

===Live-action movie universe===
====Fiction====
Prospective allies of the Autobots must complete training in speed, strength, skill and fireblast before they will be allowed to join the hunt for the Decepticons' leader Megatron. Completion of extended training above and beyond the norm qualifies the trainee as a member of the Elite Guard. It is unknown which Autobots, if any, are currently members of the group. {{storylink|Hunt for the Decepticons|''Hunt for the Decepticons'' online game}}

===Aligned continuity===
====Exodus====
[[Image:WFCcomicEliteGuard.jpg|thumb|200px|]]
The Elite Guard were the thirty-six bodyguards of the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]]. [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel]] was a member before he became a High Councilor and [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]. When [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] assassinated [[Halogen (Prime)|Halogen]] in the [[High Council Tower|High Council Chamber]], [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] ordered them to stand down and spare him in an effort to maintain peace. ''{{storylink|Transformers: Exodus}}''
====''Prime'' cartoon====
[[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] was trained by the Elite Guard late in the war, though he described it as more like boot camp. He wore the Elite Guard [[insignia]] on his shoulders. {{storylink|New Recruit}}

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==Footnotes==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Animated subgroups]]
[[Category:Autobot subgroups]]
[[Category:Elite Guard| ]]
[[Category:Shattered Glass subgroups]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron subgroups]]
[[Category:Wings Universe subgroups]]

Internet

2012-09-14T13:45:58Z

112.198.64.43: /* Prime cartoon */

[[Image:NewRecruit-Starscreammonkey.jpg|thumb|300px|So many gifs of animals, so little time.]]

The '''Internet''' is one of the greatest technological innovations of the [[human]] race. Whether that is a good thing or not is a matter of personal opinion. The good things humans do with the internet is help research for information, earn money, yadayada. There are also many other things humans do with the internet, and many, many, of them are [[Main Page|quite stupid and are a waste of time.]]

Just be careful what you put on it, as you may get attacked by a [[Transformers: Kiss Players (franchise)|child molester]]...or [[Barricade (Movie)|the ultimate bad cop]].
{{quote|There are some suspicious people on the internet!|[[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]]|"[[Retreat]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''Cybertron''===
[[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] is addicted to the internet, along with music and [[television]]. {{storylink|Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt's Tech Spec}} Nobody was aware of the existence of Transformers on [[Earth]], except for some people on the internet. {{storylink|Retreat}}

===''Animated''===
[[Wreck-Gar (Animated)|Wreck-Gar]] believes everything he reads on the internet. {{storylink|Wreck-Gar (Animated)|Wreck-Gar's Tech Spec}} [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] adopted the pseudonym "Meg A. Tron" while online and duped [[Heinz Von Furstwartz|Professor Heinz Von Furstwartz]] into building a machine to use against the Autobots. {{storylink|Quest for the AllSpark}}

===Live-action ''Transformers'' movie continuity===
====''Transformers'' film====
As part of his efforts to gain money to buy a car, [[Sam Witwicky|Samuel James Witwicky]] tried to sell his ancestor [[Archibald Witwicky]]'s expedition equipment in an online auction, including his telescope, his compass, and (for some reason) his [[glasses]]. The [[Decepticon]]s [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] and [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] later tracked down Sam through his [[eBay]] page, intent on seizing the glasses, which contained the coordinates to the [[AllSpark]].

Later, when Sam met the [[Autobot|Autobots]], [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] greeted Sam and [[Mikaela Banes]] as "little bitches". When Sam asked how Jazz could talk like that, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] explained that they had learned [[Human]] languages through the world wide web. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}

====''Revenge of the Fallen'' film====
Given the rather shaky cover up about the events at <strike>[[Mission City]]</strike> [[Los Angeles]], a number of people remained skeptical about whether or not giant alien robots were walking the Earth. Rather than suck the sack of mainstream media, [[Leo Spitz]] and his friends [[Sharsky]] and [[Fassbinder]] set up [[The Real Effing Deal]], a website dedicated to spreading the truth about how aliens were on Earth. [[Seymour Simmons]] did the same thing with [[GiantEffingRobots.com]], feeding more relevant information about how to fight the Transformers as [[Robo-Warrior]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen}}

====''Dark of the Moon'' film====
Sam's new girlfriend [[Carly Spencer]] visited him at his workplace to reveal that her boss [[Dylan Gould]] had given her a new car: [[Soundwave (ROTF)|a Mercedes-Benz SLS-AMG]]. Sam used the internet to look up a Mercedes-Benz <strike>product placement</strike> web page that revealed the car was so expensive that it would take him decades to earn the amount of money needed to buy it. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Transformers: Dark of the Moon}}

===Shattered Glass continuity===
Whilst trying to find [[Sir Soundwave|Soundwave's]] lost [[stasis pod]] on the strange world of [[Earth]], [[Heatwave (Timelines)|Heatwave]] used the "interweb" and discovered there was no local military activity in the area. He had some doubts as to the reliability of this information, as this interweb system had a "dirty, dirty mouth". {{Storylink|The Desert Heat!}} [[Ravage (SG)|Ravage]] had far different opinions, saying that it was "full of win". {{storylink|Eye in the Sky}}

===Aligned continuity===
====''Prime'' cartoon====
[[Silas]] and [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] used a social networking site to track down [[Jack Darby]]. {{storylink|Crisscross}} [[Raf Esquivel]] routinely surfed the net, using his impressive hacking skills and Autobot technology to replace reports of Transformer sightings (mainly [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]]) on conspiracy websites with pictures of cats {{storylink|One Shall Fall}} and tap-dancing monkeys. While he was surfing, Raf stumbled on a report of [[Red Energon]]. Unbeknownst to the Autobots, [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]] had located the same report, having learned to tap into the Internet himself. Aside from this useful lead, he had dismissed almost the entire Internet as being useless... though he ''did'' find some entertainment value in a video of a dancing monkey. {{storylink|New Recruit}}

[[Category:Animated technology]]
[[Category:Cybertron technology]]
[[Category:Earth culture]]
[[Category:Movie technology]]
[[Category:Prime technology]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen technology]]
[[Category:Shattered Glass technology]]

Whirl (Animated)

2012-09-04T12:23:45Z

112.198.64.43:

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{{disambig3|Whirl}}
{{noname-unconfirmed}}
:''Whirl is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''
[[Image:BotsofScience-moveout.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Thankfully, I'm pretty easily identifiable.]]
'''Whirl''' is an [[Autobot]] soldier.

==Fiction==
===Bots of Science comic===
Whirl was part of an Autobot force during the [[Great War (Animated)|Great War]], ordered into battle by [[Warpath (Animated)|Warpath]]. Presumably, he ended up being either a typical casualty of war, or killed by [[Oil Slick (Animated)|Oil Slick]]'s [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]]. {{storylink|Bots of Science}}

==Notes==
*Since Autobots can't fly in this Animated universe, Whirl probably doesn't transform into a helicopter like all the other Whirls do. His alt-mode is unknown

[[Category:Animated Autobots]]
[[Category:Prose-only Transformers]]

Autobot

2012-09-01T11:00:23Z

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{{disambig2|the faction|Generation 2 watch-Autobot|Autobot (G2)}}
[[Image:Autobot symbol.png|right|250px|thumb|If you don't recognize this symbol, what the heck are you doing here?]]

{{quote|[['Til all are one]].|Autobot rally cry|''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''}}

The '''Autobots''' are one of the primary factions in the [[Transformer]]s mythos. They usually find themselves defending both their own race and other species against the [[Decepticon]]s and upholding justice and freedom throughout the galaxy.

They are considered "the good guys" in most, but not in [[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|all]] Transformers stories.

A generally heroic, honorable group, they tend to be dedicated to peace, and feel a need to protect other races from the Decepticons. As a result, they are usually Transformers who change into non-combat oriented alternate modes such as domestic vehicles, cars, trucks, or rescue vehicles and, sometimes, military vehicles. This is not ''always'' the case, however, as their ranks certainly contain ne'er-do-wells, malcontents, and unsavory types, and the necessities of war have led many to adopt more combat-oriented alternate forms. While the Autobots have usually found themselves outnumbered by the Decepticons, the Autobots have always had home-field advantage, having not only the humans' military support, but also having more places on Earth to fall back on, while the Decepticons are entirely unwelcome on Earth.

Key concepts that repeat throughout most continuities are the use of the name [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] (or a variation thereof) to denote Autobot leadership, and the existence of an artifact of great life-giving power, usually referred to as a "[[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]", traditionally held by their leader.

The collective noun for Autobots is an "exaltation".<ref>"...more dangerous than an exaltation of Autobots." — [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]], ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac]]'' (2009) p 101</ref>

{{quote|Few beings think of themselves as evil. Many justify their actions as good, even if they are not. But if you believe the 'good guys' would not harm any life-form, then you may consider me a member of that team.|[[Gears (ROTF)|Gears]]|''[[Transformers Classified: Switching Gears|Switching Gears]]''|width=500px}}

==Generation 1 / Beast Era==
===Marvel comics continuity===
====Generation 1 comics====
[[Image:Primag2.jpg|left|200px|thumb|The birth of Prima, the first Autobot. Just before Primus went around handing out cigars.]]
In the beginning [[Primus]] created the Transformers, a race of living robots that could change their bodies into the likeness of weapons, vehicles, and machinery, and all Transformers were Autobots, and he saw that they were good. The Autobot symbol (or [[insignia|Autobrand]] as it is sometimes called) was based on the face of the [[Last Autobot]], the sleeping guardian Primus left for the day when his plans came to fruition.

At first Autobot numbers were small (a mere [[Thirteen|13]] began things), but through [[Reproduction|budding]] they expanded their race to fill the planet. When the correct level of population was reached, a mechanism triggered and memory of the process was wiped from the Transformers minds. At some point in these early days Unicron was able to reach through the mental link he shared with Primus and sow the seeds of corruption in a few Autobots, though this dark cult of Unicron would not bear fruit for a long time.

Eons passed in relative peace. Autobot society formed its own traditions, institutions, city-states and politics. From a human perspective this society resembled that of ancient Rome. [[Senate|Senators]] and [[Emirate]]s governed wisely or corruptly, priests worshipped Primus and passed his holy Matrix to the chosen bearer (the lineage: [[Prima]] to [[Prime Nova]], Prime Nova to [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]]), gladiatorial games were held for sport and entertainment, and above it all the [[Overlord (rank)|Overlords]] ruled.

It was only with the advent of [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] at the end of the [[Golden Age]], coinciding with the death of the last hereditary Overlord, and the subsequent rise of the Decepticons, that the words "Autobot" and "Transformer" ceased being necessary synonyms and the population was divided by war.

[[Image:Optimusprimeg1marvelfirst.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Optimus Prime appears to turn the tide.]]
In the early days of the war the Autobots were overwhelmed by the Decepticon war machine. They fell back again and again and for a while it looked like the war would be quickly lost... and then a young warrior rose from their ranks and rallied the troops to fight back. He made his reputation by denying Megatron access to the [[Underbase]], soon rose to command the Autobots' elite air corps, and then, at last, was granted full command of all Autobot armies. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] had turned the tide, and under his leadership the Autobots fought back until Megatron's war machine was stalled out and stalemated.

The war ground on until Autobot scientists detected that their planet's path was going to pass through a deadly asteroid belt. Putting the planet-wide conflict aside for the moment they turned their attention to planetary salvation and the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] was built.

[[Image:Autobotline.gif|left|400px|thumb|And now, shadow puppet theatre.]]
Optimus and a crew of his best soldiers took the Ark into space and cleared a path for the planet through the asteroid field. Unfortunately with their power depleted from that Herculean task they were then ambushed by Megatron and his Decepticons. The crews of both ships were lost to history.

Without Megatron or Prime the pace of the war slowed considerably. Still, fighting continued and both sides dug in for a long bitter struggle. In Prime’s absence [[Xaaron|Emirate Xaaron]] led the Autobot forces in their struggle to retake their homeworld.

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The next four million years passed quickly (as it is wont to do) and without any major alteration (only a general degradation) of the situation. Finally news came to Cybertron: Optimus Prime and his forces lived! Yet this news came at a steep price, as it meant a new front had opened in the war. Optimus Prime and his forces fought the Decepticons on the distant world of Earth, while Xaaron, his [[Wrecker]]s, and others carried on the war for Cybertron.

Despite Prime's dedication to protecting Earth, Autobot/Human relations were not good. Humanity viewed all Transformers as threats and attacked any they discovered regardless of faction. Industrialist [[G.B. Blackrock]] tried to inform the public that there were two factions, with the Autobots being the benign faction, but the [[Intelligence and Information Institute]], the government agency tasked with countering the Transformers, was either unable or unwilling to distinguish between factions.

Not long after his survival was discovered, tragedy struck and Optimus Prime was killed on Earth. The Dinobot commander [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] took on the leadership of Prime's soldiers, though he favored the abandonment of Earth and a renewed focus on Cybertron.

At roughly the same time, the great Autobot warrior [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] reached an important decision. He was tired of the war and if he could not end it he would leave it behind. Gathering a large following of likeminded warriors he left Cybertron for the world of Nebulos in hopes of a new and peaceful life. This was not to be. Decepticons followed Maximus and opened a third front to the war. In the end both factions abandoned Nebulos and Maximus led them to Earth to unite with the forces under Optimus Prime.

[[Image:LastAutobot.jpg|left|150px|thumb|From Prima to Last Autobot, we come full circle. You may close your notebooks.]]
However, when they arrived they discovered Prime dead and Grimlock less than welcoming. Grimlock and Maximus attempted to establish a single Autobot leader with trial by combat, but were interrupted by a devastating Decepticon attack. The upside of it all was that they ended up putting their differences aside and Optimus Prime was soon reborn to take up leadership of the Earth-based forces once again.

Not long after, a dimensional transporter accident led to the rediscovery and accidental disturbance of Primus deep in the center of Cybertron. The Autobots learned that their ancient myths about Primus were the truth, and Unicron was now coming for them. Since the Creation Matrix had been lost and corrupted, Optimus Prime offered the Autobots' unconditional surrender to the Decepticons in the hopes that this would lead the two factions to stand together against the coming threat. It did, and the Matrix was retrieved and purified in time to stop Unicron. Both Optimus Prime and Emirate Xaaron were killed in the battle, and Grimlock ascended to Autobot leadership again, this time over all Autobots.

The alliance with the Decepticons would be short lived. Cybertron appeared to be destroying itself and the Decepticons betrayed the Autobots, leaving them to die with their world. Grimlock’s leadership led to the Autobots escaping that trap, and walking right into a different one. Oops. Thankfully, the awakening of the Last Autobot saved Cybertron and led to the rebirth of Optimus Prime, who reclaimed Autobot leadership and beat the Decepticons once and for all.

''(From this point both the Marvel Generation 2 and the Fun Publication's Classics comics continue the story in separate and mutually exclusive directions.)''

====Generation 2 comic====
The war finally over, most of the Autobots retired to the revived and prosperous Cybertron. It wasn't to last. Grimlock led a crew of Autobots not ready to take a vacation and put their feet up to try and track down any remaining Decepticon trouble. They found more than they could imagine as they discovered a vast and militant Empire constructed across the stars by Decepticons who left Cybertron long ago.

At the same time, Megatron reared his head again on Earth and soon the surviving Decepticons from the end of the war joined him, intent on restarting the war on Earth. It was not long before Decepticons and Autobots were teamed up against the forces of the Cybertronian Empire. Though this new conflict never touched the revived Cybertron, Earth was devastated by it. The Bot/Con alliance won, but how long this new alliance would last and what [[Liege Maximo|new threats]] awaited remained a question.

====Classics====
{{note|''Classics'' takes place in a [[splinter timeline]] of the Marvel continuity, ignoring ''Generation Two'' and Marvel UK "future" stories}}

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===Cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
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The Autobots originated as a line of non-living consumer goods robots, created by the [[Quintesson]]s alongside the military hardware robots that would become the Decepticons. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}} Developing sentience and emotion, the robots turned on their alien masters, though the Quintessons' gargantuan [[Dark Guardian]] robots made victory an unlikely prospect. A major tipping point occurred when the rebel leader [[Alpha Trion (G1)|A-3]] used his [[Coda Remote]], hidden within his slave brand, to deactivate the Dark Guardians, striking a major blow against the Quintessons and forever transforming the brand into a mark of autonomy that eventually became the Autobots' faction insignia. {{storylink|Forever Is a Long Time Coming}} At some point in these early days, the Autobots somehow gained possession of the mysterious [[Matrix of Leadership]], which was carried by each successive leader of their race, and became a repository for their consciousness upon their passing. During the early days of Quintesson rule, it was carried by [[Primon]], who was succeeded by the first robot to challenge the Quintessons, [[Prima]], followed by the leader during the rebellion, [[Prime Nova]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}
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After the Quintessons were successfully forced from Cybertron, a period of peace descended during which the Autobots—as they now called themselves—began building a civilization, but the warlike Decepticons soon declared war on them, claiming the lives of leaders [[Guardian Prime]] and [[Zeta Prime]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}} Outmatched by their enemies, many Autobots fled Cybertron, seeking to start new lives free of conflict elsewhere in the universe, {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2}} settling on planets such as [[Paradron]]. {{storylink|Fight or Flee}} Outmached in strength and firepower, the Autobots turned instead to stealth, inventing the art of [[transformation]]. Using this power, Autobot leader [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] defeated the [[Early Decepticon leader|Decepticons' leader]], and ended the war. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}
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Peace settled over Cybertron and what became known as the [[Golden Age]] began, but around nine million years ago, the Decepticons struck back, now under the command of [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]. Megatron slew Sentinel Prime, who passed stewardship of the Matrix to A-3—now Alpha Trion—who was busy working on a means of rebuilding the Autobots so they would be able to fight the Decepticons on equal footing. When a wounded young robot named [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Orion Pax]] was brought to Alpha Trion, Trion repaired him using the process, rebuilding him as [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and giving him the Matrix that he might serve as the leader of the first of a new breed of war-ready Autobot. {{storylink|War Dawn}} Under Prime's leadership, the protracted warfare ran for five million years, draining Cybertron dry of energy and forcing the Transformers to seek new power sources on other planets. Optimus Prime's best and brightest departed on this quest aboard [[Ark (G1)|a spacecraft]], but were pursued and attacked by Megatron's elite, leading all involved to a crash-land on prehistoric Earth, entombed in stasis for four million years. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1}}
[[Image:CosmicRust-BigGroup.jpg|left|300px|thumb|"Incompetent fools! There's only like seven Decepticons and fifty of us!"]]

In 1984, a volcanic eruption awakened the Transformers, and their war for energy continued on Earth. Believing the Decepticons had been defeated, the Autobots entered into an alliance with Earth's governments for the energy needed to repair their ship and return to Cybertron, {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 3}} but the unanticipated return prompted Optimus Prime and his men to stay on Earth to defend the planet. {{storylink|Transport to Oblivion}} The Autobots rebuilt their spaceship to serve as their headquarters, integrating it with the volcano it lay in, and maintained a position of superiority on Earth over the following years, aided by their human allies in world's governments and the [[Witwicky]] family, and regularly bolstered by the addition of new troops from various quarters.
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Over the next twenty years, the Decepticons managed to drive the Autobots from Cybertron, forcing them to operate out of two bases on Cybertron's moons with a reserve force at [[Autobot City]] on Earth. In 2005, learning that the Autobots were preparing a major assault, the Decepticons [[Battle of Autobot City|besieged Autobot City]], leading to a battle which saw the deaths of many Autobots, including Optimus Prime, who passed leadership to [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] before dying. Subsequently, the planet-eating [[Unicron]] attacked Cybertron, but the young Autobot [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] was able to prove himself Optimus's true successor when he used the Matrix to destroy Unicron, transformed in the process by its power into Rodimus Prime. Under Rodimus's leadership, the Autobots routed the remaining Decepticons on Cybertron, shattered by Unicron's attack, and they finally retook their home planet. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
The Autobots remained in control of Cybertron throughout 2006, slowly working to revitalize their homeworld while defending with comparative ease against various attacks by the surviving Decepticons, and the manipulations of the returned Quintessons. [[Image:Rebirthpt2 headmasters charge.jpg|left|thumb|225px]] They did not neglect their adopted homeworld of Earth, either, regularly working the [[Earth Defense Command]] to protect the planet. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness}} Despite the successes enjoyed under his leadership, Rodimus Prime was never comfortable with the burden of command, and happily relinquished it when Optimus Prime was later restored to life. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2}}

In 2007, when the Decepticons an all out attack on Cybertron's [[Plasma Energy Chamber]], several Autobots were hurled across the galaxy by a blast of the chamber's power to the planet [[Nebulos]]. There, they became [[binary bonding|binary bonded]] to a cell of local rebels as [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] and [[Targetmaster]]s, helping them to defeat the planet's evil rulers, the [[Hive (G1)|Hive]]. Returning to Cybertron with the key to the Plasma Energy Chamber, they were able to thwart the Decepticons' plan to destroy Cybertron and Earth with the chamber, instead using its power to revitalize their homeworld and restore the Golden Age. {{storylink|The Rebirth}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====

{{note|In Japanese cartoon continuity, the events of "The Rebirth" do not occur, and Headmasters and Targetmasters have a different origin.}}
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Following Optimus Prime's resurrection, the Decepticons retreated into hiding, allowing the Autobots to expand their operations. A new major command post was set up on the planet [[Athenia]], and plans were made to terraform the planet into a second Cybertron, but this was tabled when the Decepticons returned in 2011, attempting to seize control of Cybertron through [[Vector Sigma]]. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} Bolstered by the addition of Headmasters to their ranks—Cybertronians who had left their planet long ago and taken up residence on the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]], led by [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]]—the Autobots were able to thwart their plan, but in the effort, Optimus Prime died once again, and Rodimus Prime became leader again. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}} Rodimus's tenure was short-lived when, after a Decepticon bomb plot resulted in the destruction of Cybertron, he passed leadership to Fortress and set off into space to find a new homeworld for the Transformers. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}} Under Fortress's leadership, the Autobots succeeded in preventing a Decepticon plan to destroy the Earth with [[plasma energy]], and finally forced the evil robots off the planet for good. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}
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The Autobots likewise withdrew from Earth, and, staging their operations from Athenia, proceeded to engage their enemies in a series of space-based exchanges known as the [[Master Wars]]. {{storylink|Master File No, 1}} Learning that the mysterious alien [[Devil Z]] had taken control of the Decepticons and had a scheme brewing on Earth, Fortress left defense of the planet to a small team of [[Pretender]]s led by [[Metalhawk]], who had been operating there in secret among human civilization since neolithic times. {{storylink|Rise Up!! Pretenders}} To protect Earth against Devil Z's schemes, the Pretenders recruited human beings to become merged with Transformer technology as [[Headmaster Junior]]s and [[Godmaster]]s, and the most powerful of their number, [[Ginrai]], destroyed Devil Z in combat. {{storylink|A Battle... and Then...}}
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Following Devil Z's defeat, the Decepticons reorganized under [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]] and began attacking planets all across the galaxy, prompting the Autobots to step up their game, allying with humanity and many other races to form the star-spanning [[Galactic Peace Alliance]]. The Autobot swordsman [[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]] was appointed the Autobots' new Supreme Commander and head of the alliance's Galactic Defense Force, and led his elite [[Brainmaster]] and [[Multiforce]] troops in defending the Earth when it was targeted by Deathsaurus as a source of energy to re-power his [[Planet-Destroying Fortress]]. {{storylink|The Brave Hero of the Universe - Star Saber}}
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Star Saber was later injured defending the planet [[Feminia]] against the [[Nine Great Demon Generals]] and was succeeded as Autobot leader by [[Powered Master]] [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]], who foiled the evil entity [[Violen Jiger]]'s plans for conquest using the power of the enigmatic [[Zodiac]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Zone (franchise)|Zone}} The Zodiac presented a possible avenue to resurrect the legendary Optimus Prime, so Dai Atlas entrusted both it and interim Autobot leadership to [[Sky Garry (ROC)|Sky Garry]], who rescued Prime's body from the evil alien [[Dark Nova]]. Revived by the Zodiac as "Star Convoy," Prime destroyed Dark Nova. {{storylink|Transformers: Return of Convoy (franchise)|Return of Convoy}}

After a small force of Autobots on Earth led by [[Guard City]] put down the latest Decepticon leader [[Scrash (OC)|Scrash]]'s attempt at conquering the planet, {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination (franchise)|Operation Combination}} the Autobots and Decepticons laid down their arms and united to established the [[Cybertron Alliance]], rebuilding Cybertron. Unfortunately, Megatron soon turned to evil again, and Optimus Prime was forced to battle and defeat him in the [[Mirtonian constellation]], apparently bring the war to an end once and for all. {{storylink|Transformers: G-2 (pack-in manga)|G-2}} Alas, the Autobots had not reckoned with the time-travelling [[Galvatron II]], who arrived from another timeline to take control of the Decepticons and continue the war, and so bolstered their ranks to fight back with mass-produced [[Eldedroid]]s. {{storylink|MP-1B Cybertron Commander / Convoy Black Ver.|e-HOBBY storyline}}
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===Beast Wars cartoon===
{{main|Maximal}}

The Autobots won the Great War, and their descendants the [[Maximal]]s succeeded them. It's unclear what happened to the Autobots, though followup series provided more clues.

===Beast Machines cartoon===
[[Image:ProwlMaybe BM.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Where's your Pax Cybertronia now?]]
When [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] subdued Cybertron's population with his [[Transformation virus|virus]], he extracted their sparks and used their bodies as raw materials for building [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicons]]. [[Optimus Primal]] and his team discovered a junkyard/factory with acres of these corpses, one of which very clearly bore the Autobot symbol (and an uncanny resemblance to [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]). {{storylink|Revelations Part I: Discovery}} Also, among the [[Vehicon general]]s were the revived Great War veterans [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] and [[Strika (BM)|Strika]], who may have been Autobots themselves. {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. I: The Strike}}

===3H comics===
Many of the great Autobot and Decepticon heroes (such as Optimus Prime, Grimlock, Soundwave, and Megatron) retired to a strange quasi-reality called [[J'nwan]]. Almost all who tried to reach J'nwan and seek their aid succumbed to madness, and the ancient heroes did not appreciate being disturbed by any survivors. However, the great figures did eventually decide to fight once more at [[Point Omega]], an event which erased much of the timeline they had come from. It's unclear whether or not J'nwan or the events regarding it remained intact.

===IDW Beast Wars comics===
The three components of the combiner [[Magnaboss]] are the Autobots [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]], [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], and [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]. They vanished after the [[Pax Cybertronia]] was signed, but it is said they will return in a time of great need. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook}}

===Dreamwave Generation 1 comic===
[[Image:AutoLitho.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Come on you bots! Do you want to live forever?!?]]
The Autobots arose as the group who sided with Sentinel Prime and the [[Council of Ancients]] and opposed Megatron's desire for the conquest of Cybertron, but their inexperience with warfare led to a serious tactical disadvantage. Sentinel Prime led the war effort for half a million years, until Megatron killed him in combat, hoping to secure the Matrix from him. Sentinel's successor, Optimus Prime, originally decided to evacuate Cybertron, fearing that, even if the Autobots won, Cybertron would be a wasteland. However, a subsequent encounter between Optimus Prime and Megatron, where he learned of the planetary engines the Decepticon leader hoped to power with the Matrix, convinced Prime to remain on Cybertron. {{storylink|Transformers: The War Within|The War Within}}

Later, Optimus Prime and Megatron disappeared in a space bridge explosion. Without strong leadership, both sides degenerated into factions. The [[Wrecker]]s and the [[Lightning Strike Coalition]] broke off from the main Autobot army, which was led by Prowl. {{storylink|Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|War Within: The Dark Ages}} After [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] took control of the Autobots, he reunified the factions, and manage to negotiate a cease-fire with [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave's]] Decepticons and Ratbat's [[Ultracon]]s. However, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream's]] [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacons]] made a last ditch assault, and Megatron suddenly returned leading the [[Air Warrior|Aerospace Extermination Squadron]], an army of [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] drones created by the Quintessons. Megatron managed to conquer Cybertron, forcing most of the Autobots into slavery and the escapees into hiding. The period of Autobot enslavement ended when Optimus Prime returned to Cybertron and the Air Warriors were destroyed. ''We don't know how.'' {{storylink|Transformers: War Within: The Age of Wrath|War Within: The Age of Wrath}}

Four million years before humans arose, Cybertron was threatened by a massive asteroid. The Autobots developed the ''Ark'' to destroy the asteroid. They were successful, but Megatron attacked with the ''Nemesis''. Both ships crashed on Earth, with both crews aboard the ''Ark''. On Cybertron, Ultra Magnus and [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] worked to keep the Autobots from splitting up again. With energon growing scarce, Magnus agreed to work with Shockwave to create the [[Micromaster]]s, downsized Transformers intended for better fuel efficiency. Magnus also launched [[Operation: Containment]], a twofold program intended to prevent the Decepticons from threatening other planets and locating the ''Ark''. {{storylink|Transformers: Micromasters}} However, with the [[Great Shutdown]], all Transformers entered a period of enforced [[stasis lock]]. Shockwave was the first to be reactivated, and made peace with the Autobots, installing himself as Head of State with an Autobot High Council as a legislature.

On Earth, the Autobots on the ''Ark'' awoke in 1984. Cut off from Cybertron, and seeing that a sentient species had evolved around them, the Autobots resolved to defend Earth from the Decepticons. Over the next fifteen years, the Autobots were largely successful at preventing a Decepticon conquest, while also befriending the [[Witwicky]] family. Eventually, the Autobots allied with the humans and defeated the Decepticons, capturing them. However, rogue elements of the United States Military, apparently being manipulated by Shockwave, sabotaged the ''[[Ark II]]'', capturing several Autobots and most of the Decepticons, until the chief scientist, [[Lazarus|Adam Rook]], went rogue and set himself up as an arms dealer. [[Robert Hallo]], the original mastermind of the conspiracy, used [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] to reactivate Optimus Prime, who revived the Autobots and stopped a reactivated Megatron. {{storylink|Prime Directive}} A year later, Shockwave came to tie up loose ends and acquire the Matrix from Prime. A rebel Autobot cell managed to rescue Prime, who united the other resistance groups, and Shockwave was overthrown, bringing Cybertron under Autobot control. {{storylink|War and Peace}}

===IDW Generation 1 comic===
{{ongoing}}
Over four million years ago, "Autobot" was a term used by other races to describe Cybertronians. It was derived from "automaton", describing how the species lived routine, monotonous lives without any change. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Orion Pax]] was the first Transformer to lay claim to the name for their own use, saying it could stand for "autonomous" instead. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 2}} While the name would not pick up popularity until later, the Autobot insignia was already in use by the security forces appointed by the [[Senate]] and led by [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]]. It was because of these enforcers, who were seen as little more than thugs, that former miner [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] went underground and joined the [[gladiatorial combat]] games. From there, he created the [[Decepticon]]s, defeated Prime and conquered [[Kaon]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: Megatron Origin|Megatron Origin}}

By the time [[Zeta Prime]] succeeded Sentinel, the security forces had apparently settled for the Autobot moniker: Zeta himself and Orion Pax's subordinates all called themselves Autobots. Unfortunately the new Prime was corrupt, seeing no problem with draining unaffiliated Cybertronians of their energy in order to fight the growing Decepticon menace. {{storylink|Parasites}} Eventually the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] broke out, Zeta died, and Orion Pax became Optimus Prime. The Autobots spread across the galaxy and formed into small units to counter the Decepticon units infiltrating various planets. The two sides joined forces to combat [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] and the ensuing battle rendered Cybertron uninhabitable. {{storylink|The Transformers: Stormbringer |Stormbringer}}

==Robots in Disguise==
Here, the Autobots are the main race on Cybertron, and their enemies are the [[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]]. The Autobots fought in the [[Cybertronian Civil Wars]], presumably against the Predacons. [[Vector Sigma]], the [[Allspark]], chooses which Autobot is to be granted the Matrix and thus the position of commander-in-chief.

The Autobots were already on [[Earth]] when the Predacons arrived, having taken the form of Earth vehicles to work as camouflage and established a [[Global Space Bridge]] network and a central base monitoring the entire planet.

In their disguises, the Autobots integrated themselves into human society; [[Team Bullet Train]] worked as actual trains, [[X-Brawn]] was owned as a car by [[Kelly (RID)|Kelly]], and Optimus Prime was working for a fire department. This continued after they went public; both [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] and [[Tow-Line (RID)|Tow-Line]], for example, were shown enforcing human laws in an apparently official capacity, suggesting the Autobots had official ties to human authorities.

It's known Optimus fought the Predacons on other worlds, presumably using the same tactics as on Earth.

==Unicron Trilogy==
===Comic continuity===
====Armada====
Originally, the Autobots were not a faction, but the name of a peacekeeping organization; under the command of [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]], they defended [[Cyber City]]. Their headquarters was adorned with the motto "Truth - Justice - Freedom". They were unable to stop the [[Mini-Con]]-powered Decepticons from taking Cyber City, and for a million years they were reduced to a rebel organization desperately trying & failing to protect Cybertron. The reactivation of the Mini-Cons on Earth gave the Autobots an opportunity to gain Mini-Con power of their own, but eventually the Decepticons were beaten not by them, but due to the attack of [[Unicron]].

===Cartoon continuity===
====Armada====
Throughout the Unicron Trilogy, the Autobots switched motives after each major conflict. At first, they were attempting to liberate smaller robots, called [[Mini-Con]]s, from the tyrannical control of [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]], who saw them as tools to be used and disposed of when no longer needed. The Autobots followed the Mini-Cons' ship to Earth, where they crashed and eventually continued their battle against the Decepticons (some two million years later. Geez, Megatron can hold a grudge).

These two sides would unite to fight the Chaos Bringer, [[Unicron]], when he threatened to devour Cybertron. With Megatron sacrificing himself to save the rest of the Universe, Unicron shut down and was destroyed. The remaining Transformers united as the Autobots, following Megatron's order to assist them in rebuilding Cybertron.

====Energon====
Megatron's final orders to his troops still stood: work with the Autobots. The Decepticons maintained a degree of autonomy, still wearing the faction sigil and often taking military/defensive positions in the growing number of energon-mining colonies, but they were ultimately answerable to Optimus Prime and the Autobots. There were, of course, dissenters, most of whom were captured and imprisoned. For a decade, Autobot and Decepticon worked side-by-side in a somewhat stable truce.

Both sides found themselves the target of attacks from Unicron again; hordes of Terrorcon drones, sent by Alpha Quintesson to steal energon ore with which to revive the now-shattered husk of Unicron. What the alien did not count on was that Megatron's spark had survived within the remains, and was siphoning energon from Unicron's body. Soon the Decepticon leader had revived himself in a new form, driven off Alpha Quintesson, and, along with an elite cadre of soldiers and a seemingly inexhaustible supply of mindless Terrorcon drones, begun his new plans for conquest.

When news of Megatron's return reached Cybertron, hundreds of Decepticons rose up and rebelled, eager to get back to conquering. But having been joined to Unicron for so long apparently had given Megatron a taste of godhood; he had no more interest in amassing a galaxy-spanning army of troops. Countless Decepticons died in the resulting battles, with Megatron more than willing to sacrifice them without a thought to attain ultimate power for himself. As the "Powerlinx Battles" - as they came to be called - came to their climax, Megatron found that his actions and thoughts were being influenced and controlled by the dark spark of Unicron. Unwilling to let Unicron stand in his way, Megatron ultimately sacrificed himself (again) and seemingly destroyed Unicron's spark by plunging himself into a newly-formed energon sun created by Primus.

====Cybertron====
Another ten years after Energon, the energon sun created by Primus was gone, collapsed into the [[Unicron Singularity]], a giant black hole threatening to devour all of existence. In death, Unicron's power to destroy his only opposition - Primus - was greater than ever. The Autobots searched for a method of destroying the Black Hole and found a single answer; the Omega Lock, a powerful artifact linked to the Spark of Primus. With it, the Universe could be saved... or destroyed. Seeing an opportunity to rebuild existence in his own image, Megatron sought out the Omega Lock and the Cyber Planet Keys.

As the two sides battled for the Keys, the Autobots would eventually find all four and use them to revive Primus, but in doing so caused a massive earthquake that began shattering the planet around them.

Or so they thought.

Primus was emerging from Cybertron, awakened from the body he sculpted into a world for his creation. When informed of Unicron's destruction, he was infuriated to find that the universe was out of balance because of a severe lack of evil. Starscream attacked Primus's weakened form, due to the smaller robot stealing a piece of his spark and becoming an even equally huge monster, but was quickly dispatched by his creator. Defeated, Starscream flew off, leaving the Autobots to seal the Black Hole. Once this was accomplished, Galvatron attempted an escape from his fire dimension, but by combining Vector Prime's sword with the Omega Lock, the portal was sealed, and the Autobots returned home in peace.

The remaining Decepticons joined the Autobots, save for four who left Earth to start the New Decepticon Army. Their ship made it to Mars before crashing.

==Live-action film series==
[[Image:Movie Sam Mikaela meettheAutobots.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
The Autobots (autonomous robotic organisms) are the second Cybertronian civilization, being the descendants of the early workers who served the [[Dynasty of Primes]]. Following the outbreak of the war, the Autobots became the Transformers who rallied around [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]], the last of the Primes, to prevent [[Megatron (Movie)|Protector Megatron]] from claiming the [[AllSpark]]. They were formed mostly from the [[Science Division]], the [[Security Force]], and what few members of the [[Defense Force]] rejected Megatron's violent ambitions. Although they fought valiantly, the Decepticons were more warlike, and they began to gain ground. In a move to prevent the Decepticons from acquiring the AllSpark, Prime sent it hurtling into deep space. Megatron followed, and disappeared. The Autobots then scattered among the universe, searching for the AllSpark. {{storylink|Transformers: Defiance|Defiance}} {{storylink|Transformers: Movie Prequel |Movie Prequel}}

Following some twelve thousand years of searching, the Autobots encountered a stranded human vessel in space. Known as [[Ghost 1]], the creatures aboard, named humans, revealed that they had developed the ship based on studies from Megatron. Recognizing that Megatron would destroy their world if he came back online, Optimus tried to send them back to Earth, but they sacrificed their lives to save Optimus from [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]. Already suspecting that the AllSpark was on their homeworld, the Autobots made efforts to find [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday|Ghosts of Yesterday}}

Eventually, the Autobots made their way to Earth, discovering a link to the AllSpark with [[Sam Witwicky]]. The Autobot [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] came into Sam's possession, and contacted Optimus Prime. Prime came to Earth with [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]], [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]], and [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] to retrieve the AllSpark and eliminate Megatron, fearing the Decepticon would use the Cube to raise an army from human technology. However, Starscream's retrieval team was also on Earth, having come for the AllSpark. The Autobots were further hampered by [[Sector Seven]], the human agency tasked with dealing with Transformers. Eventually forming a brief truce with Sector Seven and a group of Army Rangers who had encountered [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] and [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]], the Autobots fought off the Decepticons in [[Mission City]], which saw the deaths of Megatron, Blackout, [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]], and [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]], but Jazz was killed and the AllSpark destroyed when Sam Witwicky extinguished Megatron's spark. Without a means to restore Cybertron, the Autobots decided to remain on Earth, and Optimus Prime sent a message into space for Autobots to come and protect their new home and newfound allies in humanity. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}

{{note|In the movie it is Ratchet who provides the name "Autobot", claiming it is an abbreviation after Optimus's line, "We are autonomous robotic organisms from the planet Cybertron". Seeing as how Decepticons also fit this description, this may imply that "Autobot" is the species name for the Transformers. In a departure from previous Transformers incarnations, Japan used the name "Autobots" for this franchise, rather than "Cybertrons".<ref>[http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/TF/products/movie/autobots.html Movie Autobots toy listing on Takaratomy.com]</ref>}}

Over the next two years, more Autobots began making their way to Earth, such as [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]], [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]], [[Jolt (Movie)|Jolt]], Mudflap, Skids, Elita One, and Chromia joining a human military force known as [[NEST]]. Under the classified Autobot Alien cooperation act, the Autobots entrusted the remaining AllSpark shard to humanity and gave them intelligence about the Decepticons they were facing. However, the Autobots refused to share weapons technology with humanity, knowing their history internecine warfare. {{storylink|Transformers: Alliance}} {{storylink|Transformers: The Veiled Threat|The Veiled Threat}}

In 2009, NEST had five encounters with the Decepticons on different continents, indicating that the Decepticons were searching for something. During a sweep of [[Shanghai]], NEST encountered [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] and [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]], who caused substantial damage to the city during their attempts to escape. Although they were neutralized, Demolishor relayed a warning to Optimus Prime: "[[The Fallen]] shall rise again". Following this, NEST returned to their base of operations at [[Diego Garcia]], where they relayed the warning to [[Morshower|General Morshower]] and [[Theodore Galloway|Director Galloway]]. Having been appointed liaison by the President, Galloway concluded that the Decepticons only interest in Earth was to hunt down the Autobots. Unfortunately, Galloway also revealed both Megatron's resting place and the presence of the shard on Diego Garica. [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] was listening to the briefing, and directed [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] and the [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicons]] to raise Megatron. Meeting with his master, The Fallen, Megatron was commanded to retrieve Sam Witwicky, who had absorbed the knowledge of the AllSpark, and kill Optimus Prime, the only one who could defeat The Fallen. Optimus died helping Sam escape, and the Decepticons launched multiple attacks to have the humans turn Sam over to them. Galloway used the attacks as an excuse to have himself placed in charge of NEST and place the Autobots under guard.

Meanwhile, Sam, his girlfriend [[Mikaela Banes]], and his roommate [[Leo Spitz]] were being hidden by Bumblebee and the Twins [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]], and with help from [[Seymour Simmons]] of Sector Seven, discovered Decepticon-turned-Autobot [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]], who told them that the Fallen, one of the founders of the Dynasty of Primes, was looking for the Matrix of Leadership needed to activate the [[Star Harvester]], which would destroy Earth's sun and make energon. As only a Prime could defeat the Fallen, Sam and his group started a search for the Matrix and located it, leading to a massive battle with the Decepticons near the Star Harvester during which Sam tried reach Optimus to resurrect him and the Decepticons attempted to stop him and get the Matrix. After most of the Decepticons were killed, Megatron killed Sam, but he was resurrected by the Dynasty of Primes and granted the Matrix which he used to resurrect Optimus Prime. With help from Jetfire, who sacrificed himself to give him his parts, Optimus was able to destroy the Harvester, defeat Megatron, leaving him seriously injured and kill the Fallen. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

A few years later, as there had been no major contact with the Decepticons since the death of the Fallen, the Autobots helped set up [[energon detector]]s in Earth's major cities to watch for a Decepticon presence. The Autobots, now common knowledge among Earth's people, helped out with major human threats. After Colonel Lennox learned of something alien at Chernobyl, the Autobots traveled there and encountered [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] and his [[Driller]] after retrieving a mysterious part. After Shockwave was driven off, Optimus was shocked to discover that it was an engine part from the long-lost ''[[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]'', which had crashed on the Moon. He and Ratchet traveled to the ''Ark'' and recovered five of the [[space bridge]] [[pillar]]s along with [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] who was revived by the Matrix of Leadership. Sentinel eventually revealed himself to be a traitor, murdered Ironhide and used the space bridge to bring an army of over 200 Decepticons to Earth. Earth's governments forced the Autobots off the planet, with the Decepticons attempting to learn the Autobots' plans to fight back via Sam. Without revealing any plans, the Autobots left Earth in the ''[[Xantium (DOTM)|Xantium]]'' and were apparently destroyed by [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]].

The Decepticons, led by Megatron and Sentinel Prime took over the human city of [[Chicago]] unopposed and prepared to bring Cybertron to Earth to use Earth's natural resources and its people as slaves to rebuild their home. The Autobots, who faked their deaths to trick the Decepticons, arrived in Chicago and linked up with a team of humans led by [[Sam Witwicky]] and former NEST soldier [[Robert Epps]] who were determined to fight even against overwhelming odds. With the help of the team and later NEST, the Autobots launched an attack on the city and together the Autobots and humans managed to kill [[Laserbeak (DOTM)|Laserbeak]], the Driller, Starscream, [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]], Barricade, Shockwave and many other Decepticons, losing only [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Que]] and possibly Wheelie and Brains in the process. The Autobots and humans battled Sentinel Prime and with the help of Megatron, he was defeated and the attempt to bring Cybertron to Earth disrupted. The Control Pillar was destroyed, and the collapsing space bridge destroyed Cybertron and the remaining Decepticon forces in Chicago. Though Megatron offered a truce between the Autobots and Decepticons, Optimus responded by terminating him and Sentinel. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

==Animated==
The Autobots in the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated continuity]] won the [[Great War (Animated)|Great War]] with the Decepticons because of three things: the Autobot-exclusive [[space bridge]] technology, [[Project Omega]], and by sending the [[AllSpark]] into space to keep the Decepticons from getting it. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out}} Since then [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] has known peace under the rule of the [[Autobot High Council]], headed by a [[Magnus (rank)|Magnus]], in this case [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]]. Magnus heads the military portion of the planet's defense force, the [[Cybertron Elite Guard]], which is based at [[Fortress Maximus (Animated)|Fortress Maximus]] ([[Alpha Trion (Animated)|Alpha Trion]] is in charge of the civilian guards, which may include the [[Cyber-Ninja Corps]]). [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] is a subordinate rank answerable to the Magnus, and [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus]], [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel]], [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus]] and [[Shockwave (Animated)|Longarm]] have been promoted to this rank. A lower officer is known as a [[Minor (rank)|Minor]]. The High Council, [[Cybertron Intelligence]] and the [[Ministry of Science]] are based at the [[Metroplex (Animated)|Metroplex]].
{{note|Takara also used the name "Autobots" instead of "Cybertrons" for the faction in this franchise.}}

==Shattered Glass==
[[Image:Autobot Shattered Glass.png|right|177px|thumb|...the evil forces of the Autobots.]]
{{quote|'Til all are gone.|[[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]]|[[Shattered Glass]]}}

In this universe, the Autobots are the evildoers, bent on conquering and destroying everything in their path, starting with Earth. On Cybertron, they are the dominant faction, ruled by the Prime, specifically [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]]. Ranks are in constant flux due to their backstabbing nature. [[Rodimus (SG)|Rodimus]] may very well usurp rule one day. {{storylink|Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass}}
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==Aligned==
[[Image:DarknessRising1-untappedenergondeposit.jpg|thumb|250px|]]
"Autobot", a contraction of "autonomous robot", was an old philosopical phrase [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Orion Pax]] found on the [[DataNet]] and one that he suggested to his friend [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] to be the name of their movement to abolish the [[caste system]]. At their hearing with the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]], Orion used the term over and over again to remind his enthusiastic followers of the freedom they sought. He implored the Council choose a new Prime, so [[Halogen (WFC)|Halogen]] chose Orion as the new Prime, tearing Orion and Megatron's movement in two. In the war with Megatron's Decepticons, the Autobots only held fifteen percent of Cybertron, including [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] and [[Kalis]]. The Autobots left Cybertron on the ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]'', transported by the [[space bridge]] to the [[Milky Way]]. [[Ultra Magnus (Prime)|Ultra Magnus]]'s [[Wrecker]]s, [[Jetfire (WFC)|Jetfire]], [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]] and [[Alpha Trion (Prime)|Alpha Trion]] remained on the planet. ''{{storylink|Transformers: Exodus}}''

Soon enough, Cybertron became deserted, with Autobot forces stretched thin across the universe. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime (comic)}} With the death of [[Cliffjumper (Prime)|Cliffjumper]], Optimus only had [[Team Prime|four Autobots]] with him on [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}} Though he would later be joined on Earth with [[Rescue Force Sigma-17]] {{storylink|Family of Heroes}} and [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]]. {{storylink|Loose Cannons}}
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==Merchandise==
===Transformers (2007)===
====Transformers Movie Screen Cleaners====
[[Image:Movie Autobot Screencleaner.jpg|right|106px|thumb|This was originally the top bit of [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion's]] pimp cane.]]
*'''Autobot''' (2008)
:Released by [[TakaraTomy|Tomy Yujin]] in January 2008<ref>[http://www.gachausa.com/products/transformers.asp Tomy Yujin ''Transformers'' page]</ref>, this dangler is a [[Insignia|faction logo]]-shaped screen cleaner for your cell phone, with a stock image of Autobot insignia printed on the other side.
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====Kinnerton====
[[Image:Kinnerton Transformers Tin.jpg|right|200px|thumb|For holding all your Autobot-symbol-shaped cookies.]]
*'''Transformers Tin''' (2008)
: Confectionery and... stationary company [[Kinnerton]] produced ''Movie''-style Autobot sigil-shaped tins. It is currently unknown what these tins were used for. These tins and other Kinnerton products were available in [[Australia]].
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====PTI Group====
*'''Transformers Treat Containers''' (2008)
:Produced as an exclusive for [[Target]] stores, these blue plastic containers were molded in the shape of the Autobot symbol. They were sold in packs of three. While not dishwasher safe, they were perfect for containing any number of small treats.
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==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Cybertron''' (サイバトロン ''Saibatoron''), '''Autobot''' (オートボット ''Ōtobotto'')
*''Cantonese:'' (Hong Kong, 博派. Noticed :博 is not only having the similar pronounce of 'bot', but also means "charity" in Chinese: 博愛. )
*''Hungarian:'' '''Autobotok'''
*''Italian:'' '''Autorobot'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Àu Tè Bā''' (Taiwan, 奧特巴), "Bo Pai" (Taiwan, 博派)
*''Polish:'' '''Autoboty'''
*''Portuguese:'' '''Autobóticos''' (Portugal comic), '''Optimus''' (Brazil comic)
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Cybery''' (Кібери, ''Cybers'')

==References==
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Shockwave (Movie)

2012-09-01T10:33:42Z

112.198.64.43: /* (Xbox 360/PS3) */

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{{disambig3|Shockwave}}
:''Shockwave is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[live-action film series|live-action movie]] [[Continuity family|continuity family]].''

[[Image:ShockwaveDOTMgamepromo.jpg|right|thumb|400px|[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]'s most bewildering foe: the faceless!]]

'''Shockwave''' was left to watch [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] long ago, arriving on Earth to hunt for the [[AllSpark]] shortly after Megatron. A peerless scientist with deadly efficiency and a cold devotion to logic, he is one of the very few who could rival Megatron. Shockwave is ready and willing to destroy the Autobots with his arm-mounted AstroMag Cannon.

{{bigquote|Emotionless, coldly logical, utterly ruthless... killing is all Shockwave lives for.|[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]|[[Dark of the Moon issue 1|''Dark of the Moon'' #1]]}}

==Fiction==
===IDW live-action film prequel comics===
[[Image:Foundation1-Shockwavedoesntlikeit.jpg|left|thumb|250px|"'''Your star burns!''' I require frozen treats."]]
Eons after the [[Dynasty of Primes]] were vanquished, Cybertron fell into dark times. The [[AllSpark]] had been buried somewhere within Cybertron and been dismissed as a legend, and the planet itself lacked a star to orbit. As energy became more and more scarce, Cybertronians segregated into tribes. Shockwave chose to rally behind [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]], who claimed to be descended from [[Primus]] himself. However, he faced opposition from the non-believer [[Thetacon (tribe)|Thetacons]], and Shockwave joined [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]], and several others in repelling their attacks. Ultimately, Sentinel Prime won the day, as he and [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]] were successful in locating the lost AllSpark and harnessing a new sun to orbit. This, however, did not please Shockwave. Now that the war was over, he was dissatisfied, and he no longer knew his purpose. This shocked his old friend, Megatron, and Shockwave explained that it was the journey he enjoyed, not the destination. Plus, well, that new sun was kind of bright. {{storylink|Foundation issue 1|Foundation #1}}

The next day, Megatron detailed to Shockwave how he had eavesdropped on a conversation between Sentinel and Optimus, where Sentinel had tried to pass on leadership to Optimus, who refused, unable to accept he was also a Prime. At the outskirts of [[Thetacon (polity)|Thetacon]], they encountered a [[Driller]], a subterranean lifeform that had been brought to the planet's surface by the new energy flowing through it, which was attacking a group of [[Hatchling]]s and their protector [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]. Shockwave was amazed by the creature and called it "magnificent". After besting it, he joined the Cybertronian [[Defense Force]] that Sentinel placed under Megatron's command, rooting out dissident Transformers. {{storylink|Foundation issue 2|Foundation #2}}

After the war broke out he joined the Decepticons. As Starscream was asking what to do next minutes before the [[Nemesis (ROTF)|''Nemesis'']] went to space, Shockwave told him that they would obey Megatron's orders without any question. {{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}} When the Autobots attacked [[Simfur Temple]], Shockwave attempted to apprehend [[Elita-One (Movie)|Elita-One]], but with no success. When Starscream blew up the [[Ark (DOTM)|ship]] carrying Sentinel and his [[pillar|secret weapon]], Shockwave ordered the annihilation of the retreating Autobots, but Megatron made him stand down, gleefully predicting Optimus would return with a vengeance. {{storylink|Foundation issue 4|Foundation #4}}

Shockwave returned with Megatron to his [[Lord High Protector citadel|citadel]] during Optimus's revenge attack. {{storylink|Foundation issue 1|Foundation #1}} Shockwave asked Megatron if he could kill Optimus Prime and [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] after they had been stuck by the [[smelting pool]], but Megatron was disappointed by Shockwave's lack of vision. {{Storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}} Optimus got inside to fight Megatron, while Starscream and Shockwave attempted to kill their former comrade Ironhide. Suddenly, the skies darkened: the Autobots had attacked the citadel to distract the Decepticons from their true goal of stealing the AllSpark from the temple. Optimus blasted Starscream and Shockwave, and the two Autobots escaped. {{storylink|Foundation issue 4|Foundation #4}}

[[Image:RisingStorm2-ShockwaveAllSpark.jpg|thumb|250px|]] Some time later, after the Autobots sent the All Spark into space, Starscream left Shockwave in charge of the Decepticons still on Cybertron as he went in search of his prize. During a battle with a team of Autobots, Shockwave heard the scream of the AllSpark when it was found by [[Sector Seven]]. Leaving [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing]] in charge of the Decepticons on Cybertron, Shockwave set out in an impossibly fast ship, swearing not to return without the AllSpark. He crashed in Tunguska, [[Siberia]] in [[1908]].<ref>''Rising Storm'' issue 2 reveals that Shockwave caused the mysterious real-life [[wikipedia:Tunguska_event|Tunguska event.]]</ref> He remained buried there in [[stasis lock]], healing until [[Soviet Union|Soviet Russia]] found him ten years later. Using stolen research from the U.S., who had found Megatron the same way, the Russians reverse-engineered his technology to invent nuclear power plants. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}} {{storylink|Frozen}}

There were no digital records of Shockwave's existence, and the physical documents pertaining to him were lost, burned, shredded or stolen in the wake of the Soviet Union's collapse. The Siberian facility was abandoned and Shockwave was left forgotten. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 4}}
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===Titan Magazines===
While Starscream doesn't like or trust Shockwave, he respects his intelligence and, if he had to choose, would give the nod to Shockwave being his successor. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 21|#21's Star Screams}}

===''Revenge of the Fallen'' film===
[[Image:Shockwave-ROTFnewspaper.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Quick, add him to the character list!]]
At some point during 2009, Shockwave was caught on film and the event was written up for a newspaper article. A newspaper page with the headline "Mysterious Robot Spotted" was discarded in [[Egypt]], where it was sucked up by a rampaging [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]]. {{Storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}
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===IDW ''Dark of the Moon'' comics===
[[Image:RisingStorm_Shockwave_and_astrotrain.jpg|left|thumb|250px|"Astrotrain, go away. You're spoiling the G1 ambiance around me."]]
Soundwave discovered the satirical article and its photograph, and deduced it was based on stolen Soviet documents. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 4}} In [[2010]], Megatron freed Shockwave and brought him to his "base" in [[Namibia]], where he was eager to get back to killing Autobots as soon as possible. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}}

Shockwave and [[Astrotrain (DOTM)|Astrotrain]] made their presence known on Earth near [[Dalian]], [[China]], where they quickly disposed of the Autobots [[Longarm (Movie)|Longarm]] and [[Salvage (Movie)|Salvage]] and stole material for a mysterious construction project.

Shockwave began following the exploits of Earth's stranded Transformers from afar, and derided its war's combatants as idiots after watching a skirmish in [[California]]. After contacting Astrotrain for an update on their project, he tracked [[Divebomb (Movie)|Divebomb]]'s radiation trail back to Starscream's current base of operations, in a junkyard on the outskirts of [[Mexico City]]. Blasting his way through the Decepticons unwise enough to try defending Starscream, Shockwave informed the treacherous air commander that Megatron had "requested his services." Before the conversation could go any further, Astrotrain radioed Shockwave with some bad news: the "[[Brains|brain unit]]" scrap drone that held the control software for the machine he was constructing had escaped. Shockwave charged Starscream and his followers with recovering the drone. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 1|Rising Storm #1}}

[[Image:Risingstorm_3_shockwave_on_NEST.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Shock blast!]]

Shockwave contacted an angry Starscream who thought he was promised the Autobots would be occupied. Shockwave countered that they were occupied, but, you know, with Starscream, leaving Shockwave free to leave a message for [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] at the [[NEST]] Headquarters in [[Diego Garcia]]. After killing [[Knock Out (ROTF)|Knock Out]], [[Dune Runner (ROTF)|Dune Runner]], and other Autobots who stood in his way, Shockwave confronted the trembling humans left to fend for themselves. When Shockwave asked who was in command, [[Theodore Galloway]] told him that he was. Shockwave killed Galloway and the other humans save one, and he asked his question one more time. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 3|Rising Storm #3}}

After killing [[Jolt (ROTF)|Jolt]], he and [[Fearswoop (ROTF)|Fearswoop]] left Diego Garcia, then he arrived in [[Philadelphia]] killing [[Elita-One (Movie)|Elita-One]] in the process and shot down [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]] and [[Mirage (Movie)|Mirage]]. Enraged by the death of Elita-One and the other Autobots. Optimus Prime battled Shockwave destroying half of his face and body, Prime was about to kill Shockwave, till Shockwave's [[Driller|"pet"]] came to save his master. the badly damaged Shockwave returned to Namibia along Starscream and Soundwave. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 4|Rising Storm #4}}
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===''Dark of the Moon'' film===
:''Voice actor'': [[Frank Welker]] (English), [[Jirō Saitō]] (Japanese), [[Miguel Ángel Ghigliazza]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Horst Lampe]] (German)

[[Image:DOTM - ShockwaveDriller.jpg|left|thumb|300px|"We have wormsign."]]

Shockwave and his pet [[Driller]] attacked the Autobots when they were summoned to [[Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant|Chernobyl]] by the Decepticon agent [[Alexi Voskhod]]. This was done as an act of misdirection to ensure that the Autobots did not realize that the Decepticons actually wanted them to find the fuel cell from the [[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]] located within the facility. After Optimus retrieved the fuel cell from the Driller, Shockwave emerged from it to reveal himself to Optimus, and the pair quickly retreated underground, leaving Optimus very disturbed to see Shockwave on Earth.

[[Image:DOTM-Shockwavecloseup.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The four tall tales of Robodian the one-eyed jerk.]]

Later, Shockwave took part in the invasion of [[Chicago]]. He and the Driller emerged from beneath the convoy of Autobots, and the Driller separated Optimus from his trailer. Shockwave left the Driller and proceeded to track down the Autobots. The [[Wrecker]]s were sent to distract him, peppering his armor with fire from their machine-guns. He used a car as a shield and fired at them, and once they drove off, he menacingly began to pursue them down the road, missing the two small Autobots, [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] and [[Brains]], who quickly fled.

[[Image:830px-Dotm-shockwave&driller-film-chicago.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Wanna pet my worm?]]
Later, he noticed humans inside a building, and sent his Driller into the fray to topple a building and kill [[Sam Witwicky]], [[Carly Spencer]], [[Robert Epps]], and the other humans inside. The beast was killed by Optimus Prime using his flight gear, however, and Shockwave, enraged by the death of his pet, opened fire on the Autobot leader, briefly disabling him and taking him out of the fight.

[[Image:DOTM-OptimusShockwave.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Welcome to the refinery.]]

He soon joined [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] and [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] in rounding up the other Autobots. Brains and Wheelie forestalled the Decepticons from further executing their prisoners by taking control of a Decepticon gunship, and dropping [[Orbital Assault Carrier|fighters]] onto the battlefield. Shockwave retreated further away with Barricade and some other Decepticons, but the human soldiers had set a trap and fired upon them. Shockwave was blinded by one of their parachutes, and his eye was then shot out by the Wreckers, causing it to dangle by its wires. His hose and gun backpack were damaged, as well. Optimus Prime then came charging back into the battle, and when Shockwave fired at him, the Autobot dodged the shot, donned a set of [[knuckle-spikes]], and punched Shockwave so hard that part of his abdomen shattered. Even ''this'' did not put Shockwave down, but Prime did not let up - he punched Shockwave again, pinned the Decepticon down and tore his dangling eye out through his throat, finally ending the Decepticon's life. Optimus then used Shockwave's cannon to shoot out the control pillar set up in the city. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: The Game'' (console)===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Daniel Riordan]]

[[Image:Tf2007console shockwave.jpg|left|200px|thumb|1% assorted Shockwave parts, 99% weapons.]]
Under the orders of Starscream, Shockwave attacked [[Tranquility]] in an effort to interfere with [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]'s attempt to rescue [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] from [[Sector Seven]]. Prime actually had a grip on the helicopter net that held Bumblebee, but the force of Shockwave's entry mode's impact knocked him off, allowing Sector Seven to get away.

[[Image:Tf2007console shockwave turret.jpg|200px|thumb|Death Cannon OF LOGIC!]]
Landing in downtown, the [[Triple Changer|triple-changing]] Shockwave adopted a helicopter and an artillery emplacement as his alternate modes, promptly transforming into the latter and lobbing explosives around the city. Prime, forced to cut off his rescue, charged in and pounded Shockwave until the goliath transformed and retreated to another position. Prime doggedly kept at Shockwave, following him every time he retreated, eventually defeating the Decepticon and saving Tranquility. {{storylink|Transformers The Game (console)|Transformers The Game (console)}}

Later, when the Autobots returned to Cybertron, Shockwave appeared on the planet alongside (and presumably leading) an army of Decepticon drones. Optimus quickly defeated the drones and once more defeated Shockwave.

{{note|Shockwave is not a playable character in the game, appearing only as a boss character during the Autobot campaign. He also appears (but does not transform) as one of the enemies battled in the Autobot campaign's bonus level set on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], but what this implies about Shocky is debatable at best, given the level's questionable in-game continuity.}}
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===''Transformers: The Game'' (PSP)===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Daniel Riordan]]

[[Image:Shockwave movie psp.jpg|left|170px|thumb|He makes up for his loss of weapons by being the most awesome character in the game. It is only logical.]]

The massive Shockwave might ''look'' like he's purely about muscle and firepower, but he's actually remarkably shrewd and cunning. Coveting the position of Decepticon leader for himself, Shockwave has been working to oust Megatron for years. As you might imagine, he and Starscream don't get along very well.

When the Decepticons arrived on Earth in search of their lost leader, Megatron, Shockwave adopted a tank as his alternate mode. Shockwave was supposed to join [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] in his attack on the [[SOCCENT Forward Operations Base]] in [[Qatar]], but instead busied himself surrepticiously searching for leads to the location of the [[AllSpark]]. After receiving a communique from [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]], who informed him that the Autobots were on Earth and had discovered their own leads to the location of Megatron, Shockwave had [[Thundercracker (Movie)|Thundercracker]] airlift him to Qatar, where he helped Blackout take care of the last few military units opposing him. He relayed Frenzy's message to Blackout, then departed for the Arctic with Thundercracker, intending to investigate the site where Megatron's body was discovered.

In the Arctic, Shockwave and Thundercracker faced resistance from an Autobot unit in the area, but fought their way through them to discover that Megatron's body had been moved by [[Sector Seven]]. The trip was not a wasted one, however: after scanning a computer terminal in the cavern, Shockwave discovered that Megatron had brought an army of drones with him to Earth to help in the search for the All Spark. These drones were presently lying dormant all over the Earth, and Shockwave schemed to reactivate them so that they could serve him as his personal army. The signal required to reanimated the drones had to be broadcast from a great height, so Shockwave and Thundercracker quickly made their way to a rocket launch site, where Shockwave
programmed the code into a rocket that subsequently beamed the signal down over the Earth from space. Drones sprang to life all over the planet, and began attacking the Autobots. Shockwave's control of his
self-made army was short lived, however, as Autobots [[Trailbreaker (Movie)|Trailbreaker]] and [[Hound (Movie)|Hound]] successfully transmitted a virus that shut the drones down. Simultaneously, Shockwave received another message from Frenzy that the he had discovered the location of Megatron, and that the Decepticon leader was about to reawaken.

After the Autobots defeated Megatron and most of the other Decepticons in battle in [[Center City]], Shockwave retreated back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], as did Starscream. Back on their homeworld, Shockwave and Starscream faced off for leadership of the Decepticons, with Starscream ultimately claiming victory. {{storylink|Transformers The Game (PSP)|Transformers The Game (PSP)}}

{{note|In contrast to the console version of the game, Shockwave ''is'' a playable character on the PSP.}}

===Autobot Stronghold===

Shockwave was used as the basis for an army of [[drone]] units, who were part of the constant attacks on the Autobot's [[LG]] Stronghold. For some reason, these drones had ''two'' Sparks. {{storylink|Autobot Stronghold}}

===''Transformers: Dark of the Moon - The Game''===

:''Voice actor:'' [[Isaac C. Singleton, Jr.]] (Wii version only)

====(Xbox 360/PS3)====
[[Image:Dark of the Moon game Shockwave.jpg|thumb|300px|Shockwave vs Warpath.]]
Shockwave had crashed on Earth thousands of years ago and fell into stasis mode. He was later discovered by the Russians and a facility was built to contain him, where he was frozen to prevent him from waking up.

Three years after Megatron was wounded, the Decepticons took refuge in that same Russian facility to repair themselves. His leader [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] decided to release him, since he was needed for the upcoming operation. The base came under fire, however, thanks to Starscream leading the [[Autobot]]s straight to Megatron. The 'Cons abandoned base and left Shockwave to thaw out.

[[Image:Transformers DOTM Shockwave Game.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Give me your your face-er, I mean your eye!]]
Optimus discovered Shockwave and ordered [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] to activate more freeze tanks to keep him frozen. Unfortunately, Shockwave's [[Driller|pet]] awoke from its slumber, and lashed out at the intruders. The attempts to keep him frozen eventually failed, and Shockwave woke up and decided to destroy the Autobot leader. Years under stasis meant that he wasn't fully combat ready, and it was something Optimus took advantage of when he attacked the Decepticon assassin. Shockwave soon managed to fully recover and lashed out at Prime with everything he had. Autobot reinforcements arrived to help in Optimus' assault, but were dispatched quite easily. During their skirmish, Optimus Prime (with a little help from Ratchet) deduced his weak spot as the three cylinder-shaped generators mounted on his back. With this knowledge, Optimus Prime was then able to take down Shockwave with his jetpack/machinegun upgrades, until the Driller decided to intervene, and blocked off the shots while retreating with its master.

Shortly after, Shockwave met up with Megatron, [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], and [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] in Nambia, Africa. He was ordered to find a device in a nuclear power plant called Chernobyl. Shockwave agreed, and Megatron told him and the others of Operation:Pillar... {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Xbox 360/PS3)|Dark of the Moon (Xbox 360/PS3)}}

====Autobots/Decepticons====
[[Image:DOTMDS Shockwave.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
Shockwave was in some state where he needed to be revived and was stored in the Decepticons' base in [[Siberia]]. When the Autobots invaded the base, Megatron was forced to revive Shockwave early, but managed to get the assassin out and began preparing for the next stage of the plan. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Autobots/Decepticons|Dark of the Moon: Autobots/Decepticons}}
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==Toys==
===Dark of the Moon===
====Cyberverse====
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[[Image:DOTM Cyberverse Shockwave FusionTank.jpg|thumb|350px|right|It's a fusion of terror and more terror.]]
*'''Shockwave / Fusion Tank''' (Cyberverse Action Set, 2011)
**''Series:'' '''1'''
**''Number:'' '''006'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''CV19'''
**''Accessories:'' Battle Cannon/Particle Wave Blaster, rubber hose, arm blade, missile, Chicago

: The [[Cyberverse]] Commander class Shockwave is cast in a lighter purple than his Voyager class figure. Like that larger toy, he transforms into a Cybertronian tank, and features a removable cannon, blade, and hose. He also has a [[Fusion Tank add-on|back component]] that attaches to his vehicle to form a "Fusion Tank," and that can separately transform into "Ground Weapon" and "Battle Base" modes.

: Shockwave's alternate mode has some rather annoying problems with the treads refusing to straighten out or peg onto his body and front "wheels" securely. As a result, combining him with the action set to form the "Fusion Tank" mode will result in the back treads becoming parallel with the rest of the tank... while the front treads split open and detach from the wheels.

: Like other action sets, Shockwave comes with a cardboard backdrop. In his case, it’s a scene of Chicago under attack. Oddly, the box bio mentions ''Shockwave'''s ability to drill through the ground, with no mention of his [[Driller|friend]].
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====Voyager Class toys====
[[Image:DOTM_Shockwave_Voyager.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Observation: gun hose. Conclusion: awesome.]]
*'''Shockwave''' (MechTech Voyager, 2011)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''DD05'''
**''Accessories:'' [[MechTech]] Battle Cannon/Particle Wave Blaster, rubber hose, arm blade

: Part of the second wave of ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' Voyager Class [[MechTech]] toys, Shockwave transforms into a purple Cybertronian tank. He has a large, detachable MechTech Battle Cannon on his right arm with a rubber tube which connects to his back, and a removable blade on his left arm. When a button is pushed on the rear of his arm cannon, MechTech gearing opens up the cannon, widening it and exposing more gun barrels. [[C joint]] rungs are located on Shockwave's arm-blade, with one concealed underneath said blade, two on his AstroMag cannon, two more on his backpack, and two more on his feet. Other MechTech weapons can peg into Shockwave's hands, on the barrel of his cannon, and behind each shoulder blade. Due to the nature of his MechTech weapon being integrated with his arm, it is not a prime candidate for swapping with other toys, due to the shape and color of the weapon; although it does fit with the Dark of the Moon Voyager Megatron.

: Shockwave's forearms seem to be backward in robot mode, with the screws holding them together facing out while the backs of his forearms are smooth and screw-hole-free. Also, his arm blade, when put in its proper place on his tank mode, is clearly backward. The blade has an obvious back, its left side, marked with gaps, whereas the mold detail on its right side is much cleaner. These may have been done to keep the screw-holes out of sight in vehicle mode and the gaps out-of-sight in robot mode as a form of compromise, instead. It should be noted that disassembling the figure's forearms and swapping them would change the cannon to the left and the blade to the right, which shouldn't be done because:
:# it's [[Show-accuracy|movie-inaccurate]],
:# the wrists are each held together with a pin which can be tricky to remove,
:# you'll end up with the screw-holes visible in tank mode instead, and
:# the gun hose is clearly meant to go to the right in robot mode, otherwise it will restrict articulation or keep falling off - though it should be mentioned that the peg hole where the hose attaches to the gun can actually be rotated 180 degrees instead of 90 (with the slightly more flexible plastic used in these areas allowing such movement), thus enabling the hose to be positioned on either side of the weapon.
:The extra barrels in the cannon also feature gaps like the arm blade for some reason.

: The instructions tell you to keep the cannon attached to his right arm in tank mode, though it is possible to stick it in between the arms. This is done by sliding the cannon's bottom in between Shockwave's thumbs. It is fairly stable, matches some stock photography, and makes for a more coherent tank.

: Shockwave's stock photography depicts him in a much, much brighter and bluer purple, while the MechTech lever on the cannon is bright red. Although partly cropped, his packaging photography on the box-front depicts an alternative placement of his gun hose in tank mode, plugging into the port on the side of his rear treads, which actually aligns better than the awkward frontal position depicted in the [[instructions]]; in the box-back. The gun hose in vehicle mode is not shown, but since the picture was taken from a left profile, it could just be covered by the toy itself, reinforcing the alternate placement. The stock photography also depicts Shockwave's hands to be articulated at the wrists, as the right arm in the photo has the hand rotated 90 degrees from the position actually possible with the figure. Many more paint applications are also present in the stock photography, not being limited to the red lever on the cannon, with vents on the vehicle mode being picked out in silver, gold details being present on the hips, and both halves of tread on each side of the body being painted silver. Overall, the colour scheme shown on the box photography is completely different from the actual figure within, with the stock photo's silver being replaced with a metallic lilac on the hands, feet spikes and knees.

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[[Image:DOTM-VoyagerShockwave-CyberArmour.JPG|thumb|300px]]
*'''Optimus Prime vs. Shockwave''' (MechTech Voyager-Class two-pack, 2011)
**''Accessories:'' [[MechTech]] Battle Cannon/Particle Wave Blaster, rubber hose, arm blade

: Advertised as "'''SHOCKWAVE with CYBER METAL Armour'''" on the sticker, this Canadian [[Costco]]-[[exclusive]] two-pack contains a redeco of Shockwave along with an unchanged ''Dark of the Moon'' Voyager class [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#CyberArmour|Optimus Prime]].

: His purple plastic was changed to dark blue and gray, the lilac was replaced by gray, and the gray on his face cover and feet was replaced by a dark purple, with all the grays being darker and cooler in general. Paint differences include the purple on his crotch being replaced by dark blue, the purple on his shoulders being replaced by metallic lavender, the purple on his feet being replaced by a silver that gradients towards the "toes", the bronze on all three of his "wheel" rims being replaced by pink, the bronze on the sides of his back treads being replaced by a "worn out" silver, the metallic lavender on his knee flaps being replaced by a dark silver, his spiky bumper, thighs, and head lacking paint in favor of having his ribs painted silver, and his treads and aforementioned ribs being painted in a much brighter silver than usual. His MechTech weapon has also been redecoed, with the purple housing and black hose being cast in a brighter, translucent purple plastic, the gray parts also being darker and cooler, the silver paint on the main barrel being replaced by the brighter silver, and the silver paint on the sides being replaced with a ''very'' faint and subtle brownish orange.

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[[Image:DOTMVoyShockwaveStreetsideBotBrawl.jpg|thumb|300px]]
*'''Streetside Bot Brawl''' (Multi-pack, 2011)
**''Accessories:'' [[MechTech]] Battle Cannon/Particle Wave Blaster, rubber hose, arm blade

:Part of the [[Toys R Us]]-exclusive "Streetside Bot Brawl" three-pack, this grey and purple redeco of Shockwave was sold with battle-damaged redecos of ''Dark of the Moon'' Deluxe-Class [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#StreetsideBotBrawl|Bumblebee]] and ''Dark of the Moon'' Voyager-Class [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#StreetsideBotBrawl|Optimus Prime]].

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==Notes==
* [[Transformers The Game (console)|''Transformers: The Game'']] Shockwave was designed by artist [[Ken Christiansen]].
*The "Attack Copter", "Recon Chopper" and "Stealth Chopper" [[Create-A-Bot (Autobot)|Create-]][[Create-A-Bot (Decepticon)|A-Bot]] vehicle modes from the [[Transformers Autobots/Decepticons|Nintendo DS video games]] transform into robot modes bearing some resemblance to Shockwave. The Attack Chopper is the only one that can be customized to appear purple, though.
*The photo on the newspaper article in ''Revenge of the Fallen'' is of [[:Image:Shockwaveministatue.jpg|Palisades's statue]] of [[Shockwave (G1)|Generation 1 Shockwave]], with something digitally added in the foreground.
*Shockwave was heavily touted as the new main villain prior to the release of ''Dark of the Moon'', no doubt in an attempt to conceal [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]]'s unexpected betrayal halfway through the movie. A piece of information that commonly popped up in media coverage was the claim that Shockwave was the ruler of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] while the other Autobots and Decepticons were duking it out on Earth.<ref name="pushpops">[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-just-movie-31/transformers-3-plot-summary-revealed-170756/ "Transformers 3 Plot Summary Revealed"], TFW2005, October 2010.</ref> The last bit could be written off as a case of [[Wikipedia:Chinese whispers|chinese whisper]]: Shockwave got announced as the villain for ''Dark of the Moon'', mainstream media (such as USA Today<ref name="usatodayswitch">[http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2010-06-11-Transformers11_ST_N.htm "Next 'Transformers' is due for a switch"], USA Today, June 2010.</ref>) who aren't versed in Transformers lore looked up the character, found out about his ''[[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]]'' [[Shockwave (G1)|namesake]]'s role in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon]], included it as a piece of trivia to show they did their research, and then the trivia note got picked up as gospel by other media. Nevertheless, it was included in the ''official plot summary'' by Paramount's German branch (which also claimed that ''Shockwave'' was the robot discovered inside the ''[[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]'' as seen in the trailer).<ref name="germansite">[http://www.transformers3-film.de/ Official German DOTM site] including faulty plot summary.</ref>
*Despite being one of the most highly anticipated characters in the film (being placed in commercials, newspaper articles, websites, magazines and even on billboards), Shockwave has very minimal screentime. His only understandable line in the film is at Chernobyl: "Optimus," and seems more like a drone than Megatron's greatest assassin (he gets a lot more lines in the comic book adaptation of the film, but was probably the work of its writer). As with [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] in the first film, and multiple characters in the second, he emits a lot of gnashing, gurgling noises that could be mis-heard as dialogue if one strains hard to hear something in them; as happened with [[Mixmaster (ROTF)|Mixmaster]] on the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' DVD, the subtitle writer misinterpreted one of Shockwave's snarls as the hilarious sentence, "Driller-bot is thirsty".
*Shockwave does not have the same form in IDW's ''[[Transformers: Rising Storm]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Foundation|Foundation]]'' that he does in ''Dark of the Moon'' despite both being Cybertronian forms. His form in the comics is less skeletal in robot mode than his appearance in the film, and he also transforms into a Cybertronian jet, much like [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s original body, whereas his film design transforms into some form of Cybertronian tank. (Following the leader, maybe?) [[John Barber]] commented on his Twitter account that he isn't sure why Shockwave's appearance is different from that in the film, but that an explanation will be given in issue 4 of ''Rising Storm''. <ref>http://twitter.com/#!/TheJohnBarber/status/60710221739339776</ref> While the issue doesn't explicitly show how he gets his ''Dark of the Moon'' body, Shockwave is indeed badly damaged by Optimus Prime. Possibly because of this extensive reconstruction, Shockwave doesn't transform in the film (or the video game prequel before it, which displayed him with his current body instead of the old, G1-esque one).
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Generation 1 Shockwave]]'s original voice actor, [[Corey Burton]], expressed that he had no interest in voicing him for ''Dark of the Moon'', explaining "[I] have practically no interest in that kind of mega-budget movie enterprise involvement" and that the inspiration for his Shockwave voice, [[wikipedia:David Warner (actor)|David Warner]], was rumored to have been considered.<ref>[http://www.coreyburton.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=2707&highlight=#2707 Corey Burton's message board post.]</ref> In the end, Shockwave's almost-entirely-wordless-snarl-based role would have been something of a waste of Warner; the role ultimately went to Frank Welker. There's a nice touch of symmetry in the casting, with Welker taking over a Burton-originated role not long after Burton took on a Welker-originated character in [[Megatron (Animated)|''Animated'' Megatron]].
*Hasbro's online bio for Shockwave claims he had spent decades trapped under Chernobyl, but this was not reflected in any actual media; both the video game and ''Rising Storm'' comics have him held at a Russian facility from which he is freed shortly before the film's events, and the film itself doesn't give any indication that his appearance at Chernobyl in its opening scenes is an "escape" of any kind.
[[Image:ShockwaveBoxartFace.jpg|thumb|150px|right|"Logically, I must gnaw your head off."]]
*Bucking tradition, this Shockwave has a mouth. Sure, it's more like a horrifying maw of teeth, but it's there. He also has a scar on his right cheek.
*Shockwave's AstroMag cannon is a reference to [[Shockwave (G1)/toys#Notes|the original Shockwave's]] toy mold being first released by ToyCo as the "[http://www.robot-japan.com/Gallery/Takara/Transformers/G1/AstroMagnum/Toybox-Astro-Magnum.asp 4 Changeable Astro Magnum]".
*Select [[Toys"R"Us|ToysЯUs]] stores in the US had a promotion for a Shockwave poster with the purchase of any [[Transformers brand]] [[toy]] from [[June 5]], 2011 to [[June 11]], 2011.
*Although Shockwave's toy transforms into a Cybertronian tank, this alternate mode is never seen in the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|live-action movie]] nor the Dark of the Moon video game.
*While Shockwave's weapon of choice is described as a particle or laser cannon in most related ''Dark of the Moon'' media, it appears to be some variety of cluster missile launcher in the movie proper.
*Early artwork for Shockwave for ''Dark of the Moon'' showed '''Blitzwing''' as a working name for the character.<ref name="nizzi">[http://www.joshnizzi.com/TF3.htm Josh Nizzi DOTM concepts.]</ref>
*Shockwave appears to have the ability of flight in his robot mode.
*Shockwave's appearance in a [[Burger King]] commercial that depicts him fighting Optimus Prime does not depict any scene in the film. Rather, the animation places Shockwave's model over Sentinel Prime's motions during part of his own fight against Optimus.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Shockwave''' (ショックウェーブ ''Shokkuwēbu'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Jèn-dàng-pō''' (震盪波, "Shock Wave"), '''Zhèngdàngbō''' (震荡波, "Shock Wave")

== References ==
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==External links==
*''Transformers: The Game'' Shockwave [http://badflipblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/tf1-shockwave-01.html concepts], [http://badflipblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/tf1-shockwave-02.html vehicle mode renderings], [http://badflipblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/tf1-shockwave-03.html robot mode and head concepts], [http://badflipblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/tf1-shockwave-04.html final robot mode rendering] and [http://badflipblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/tf1-shockwave-05.html transformation animation guide] on Ken Christiansen's blog.
* [http://www.gamespot.com/video/932116/6172356/transformers-the-game-interview-1 ''Transformers: The Game'' video interview with Daniel Suarez, featuring Shockwave footage]

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Shockwave (Movie)

2012-09-01T10:33:06Z

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:''Shockwave is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[live-action film series|live-action movie]] [[Continuity family|continuity family]].''

[[Image:ShockwaveDOTMgamepromo.jpg|right|thumb|400px|[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]'s most bewildering foe: the faceless!]]

'''Shockwave''' was left to watch [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] long ago, arriving on Earth to hunt for the [[AllSpark]] shortly after Megatron. A peerless scientist with deadly efficiency and a cold devotion to logic, he is one of the very few who could rival Megatron. Shockwave is ready and willing to destroy the Autobots with his arm-mounted AstroMag Cannon.

{{bigquote|Emotionless, coldly logical, utterly ruthless... killing is all Shockwave lives for.|[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]|[[Dark of the Moon issue 1|''Dark of the Moon'' #1]]}}

==Fiction==
===IDW live-action film prequel comics===
[[Image:Foundation1-Shockwavedoesntlikeit.jpg|left|thumb|250px|"'''Your star burns!''' I require frozen treats."]]
Eons after the [[Dynasty of Primes]] were vanquished, Cybertron fell into dark times. The [[AllSpark]] had been buried somewhere within Cybertron and been dismissed as a legend, and the planet itself lacked a star to orbit. As energy became more and more scarce, Cybertronians segregated into tribes. Shockwave chose to rally behind [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]], who claimed to be descended from [[Primus]] himself. However, he faced opposition from the non-believer [[Thetacon (tribe)|Thetacons]], and Shockwave joined [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]], and several others in repelling their attacks. Ultimately, Sentinel Prime won the day, as he and [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]] were successful in locating the lost AllSpark and harnessing a new sun to orbit. This, however, did not please Shockwave. Now that the war was over, he was dissatisfied, and he no longer knew his purpose. This shocked his old friend, Megatron, and Shockwave explained that it was the journey he enjoyed, not the destination. Plus, well, that new sun was kind of bright. {{storylink|Foundation issue 1|Foundation #1}}

The next day, Megatron detailed to Shockwave how he had eavesdropped on a conversation between Sentinel and Optimus, where Sentinel had tried to pass on leadership to Optimus, who refused, unable to accept he was also a Prime. At the outskirts of [[Thetacon (polity)|Thetacon]], they encountered a [[Driller]], a subterranean lifeform that had been brought to the planet's surface by the new energy flowing through it, which was attacking a group of [[Hatchling]]s and their protector [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]. Shockwave was amazed by the creature and called it "magnificent". After besting it, he joined the Cybertronian [[Defense Force]] that Sentinel placed under Megatron's command, rooting out dissident Transformers. {{storylink|Foundation issue 2|Foundation #2}}

After the war broke out he joined the Decepticons. As Starscream was asking what to do next minutes before the [[Nemesis (ROTF)|''Nemesis'']] went to space, Shockwave told him that they would obey Megatron's orders without any question. {{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}} When the Autobots attacked [[Simfur Temple]], Shockwave attempted to apprehend [[Elita-One (Movie)|Elita-One]], but with no success. When Starscream blew up the [[Ark (DOTM)|ship]] carrying Sentinel and his [[pillar|secret weapon]], Shockwave ordered the annihilation of the retreating Autobots, but Megatron made him stand down, gleefully predicting Optimus would return with a vengeance. {{storylink|Foundation issue 4|Foundation #4}}

Shockwave returned with Megatron to his [[Lord High Protector citadel|citadel]] during Optimus's revenge attack. {{storylink|Foundation issue 1|Foundation #1}} Shockwave asked Megatron if he could kill Optimus Prime and [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] after they had been stuck by the [[smelting pool]], but Megatron was disappointed by Shockwave's lack of vision. {{Storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}} Optimus got inside to fight Megatron, while Starscream and Shockwave attempted to kill their former comrade Ironhide. Suddenly, the skies darkened: the Autobots had attacked the citadel to distract the Decepticons from their true goal of stealing the AllSpark from the temple. Optimus blasted Starscream and Shockwave, and the two Autobots escaped. {{storylink|Foundation issue 4|Foundation #4}}

[[Image:RisingStorm2-ShockwaveAllSpark.jpg|thumb|250px|]] Some time later, after the Autobots sent the All Spark into space, Starscream left Shockwave in charge of the Decepticons still on Cybertron as he went in search of his prize. During a battle with a team of Autobots, Shockwave heard the scream of the AllSpark when it was found by [[Sector Seven]]. Leaving [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing]] in charge of the Decepticons on Cybertron, Shockwave set out in an impossibly fast ship, swearing not to return without the AllSpark. He crashed in Tunguska, [[Siberia]] in [[1908]].<ref>''Rising Storm'' issue 2 reveals that Shockwave caused the mysterious real-life [[wikipedia:Tunguska_event|Tunguska event.]]</ref> He remained buried there in [[stasis lock]], healing until [[Soviet Union|Soviet Russia]] found him ten years later. Using stolen research from the U.S., who had found Megatron the same way, the Russians reverse-engineered his technology to invent nuclear power plants. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}} {{storylink|Frozen}}

There were no digital records of Shockwave's existence, and the physical documents pertaining to him were lost, burned, shredded or stolen in the wake of the Soviet Union's collapse. The Siberian facility was abandoned and Shockwave was left forgotten. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 4}}
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===Titan Magazines===
While Starscream doesn't like or trust Shockwave, he respects his intelligence and, if he had to choose, would give the nod to Shockwave being his successor. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 21|#21's Star Screams}}

===''Revenge of the Fallen'' film===
[[Image:Shockwave-ROTFnewspaper.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Quick, add him to the character list!]]
At some point during 2009, Shockwave was caught on film and the event was written up for a newspaper article. A newspaper page with the headline "Mysterious Robot Spotted" was discarded in [[Egypt]], where it was sucked up by a rampaging [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]]. {{Storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}
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===IDW ''Dark of the Moon'' comics===
[[Image:RisingStorm_Shockwave_and_astrotrain.jpg|left|thumb|250px|"Astrotrain, go away. You're spoiling the G1 ambiance around me."]]
Soundwave discovered the satirical article and its photograph, and deduced it was based on stolen Soviet documents. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 4}} In [[2010]], Megatron freed Shockwave and brought him to his "base" in [[Namibia]], where he was eager to get back to killing Autobots as soon as possible. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}}

Shockwave and [[Astrotrain (DOTM)|Astrotrain]] made their presence known on Earth near [[Dalian]], [[China]], where they quickly disposed of the Autobots [[Longarm (Movie)|Longarm]] and [[Salvage (Movie)|Salvage]] and stole material for a mysterious construction project.

Shockwave began following the exploits of Earth's stranded Transformers from afar, and derided its war's combatants as idiots after watching a skirmish in [[California]]. After contacting Astrotrain for an update on their project, he tracked [[Divebomb (Movie)|Divebomb]]'s radiation trail back to Starscream's current base of operations, in a junkyard on the outskirts of [[Mexico City]]. Blasting his way through the Decepticons unwise enough to try defending Starscream, Shockwave informed the treacherous air commander that Megatron had "requested his services." Before the conversation could go any further, Astrotrain radioed Shockwave with some bad news: the "[[Brains|brain unit]]" scrap drone that held the control software for the machine he was constructing had escaped. Shockwave charged Starscream and his followers with recovering the drone. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 1|Rising Storm #1}}

[[Image:Risingstorm_3_shockwave_on_NEST.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Shock blast!]]

Shockwave contacted an angry Starscream who thought he was promised the Autobots would be occupied. Shockwave countered that they were occupied, but, you know, with Starscream, leaving Shockwave free to leave a message for [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] at the [[NEST]] Headquarters in [[Diego Garcia]]. After killing [[Knock Out (ROTF)|Knock Out]], [[Dune Runner (ROTF)|Dune Runner]], and other Autobots who stood in his way, Shockwave confronted the trembling humans left to fend for themselves. When Shockwave asked who was in command, [[Theodore Galloway]] told him that he was. Shockwave killed Galloway and the other humans save one, and he asked his question one more time. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 3|Rising Storm #3}}

After killing [[Jolt (ROTF)|Jolt]], he and [[Fearswoop (ROTF)|Fearswoop]] left Diego Garcia, then he arrived in [[Philadelphia]] killing [[Elita-One (Movie)|Elita-One]] in the process and shot down [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]] and [[Mirage (Movie)|Mirage]]. Enraged by the death of Elita-One and the other Autobots. Optimus Prime battled Shockwave destroying half of his face and body, Prime was about to kill Shockwave, till Shockwave's [[Driller|"pet"]] came to save his master. the badly damaged Shockwave returned to Namibia along Starscream and Soundwave. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 4|Rising Storm #4}}
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===''Dark of the Moon'' film===
:''Voice actor'': [[Frank Welker]] (English), [[Jirō Saitō]] (Japanese), [[Miguel Ángel Ghigliazza]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Horst Lampe]] (German)

[[Image:DOTM - ShockwaveDriller.jpg|left|thumb|300px|"We have wormsign."]]

Shockwave and his pet [[Driller]] attacked the Autobots when they were summoned to [[Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant|Chernobyl]] by the Decepticon agent [[Alexi Voskhod]]. This was done as an act of misdirection to ensure that the Autobots did not realize that the Decepticons actually wanted them to find the fuel cell from the [[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]] located within the facility. After Optimus retrieved the fuel cell from the Driller, Shockwave emerged from it to reveal himself to Optimus, and the pair quickly retreated underground, leaving Optimus very disturbed to see Shockwave on Earth.

[[Image:DOTM-Shockwavecloseup.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The four tall tales of Robodian the one-eyed jerk.]]

Later, Shockwave took part in the invasion of [[Chicago]]. He and the Driller emerged from beneath the convoy of Autobots, and the Driller separated Optimus from his trailer. Shockwave left the Driller and proceeded to track down the Autobots. The [[Wrecker]]s were sent to distract him, peppering his armor with fire from their machine-guns. He used a car as a shield and fired at them, and once they drove off, he menacingly began to pursue them down the road, missing the two small Autobots, [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] and [[Brains]], who quickly fled.

[[Image:830px-Dotm-shockwave&driller-film-chicago.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Wanna pet my worm?]]
Later, he noticed humans inside a building, and sent his Driller into the fray to topple a building and kill [[Sam Witwicky]], [[Carly Spencer]], [[Robert Epps]], and the other humans inside. The beast was killed by Optimus Prime using his flight gear, however, and Shockwave, enraged by the death of his pet, opened fire on the Autobot leader, briefly disabling him and taking him out of the fight.

[[Image:DOTM-OptimusShockwave.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Welcome to the refinery.]]

He soon joined [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] and [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] in rounding up the other Autobots. Brains and Wheelie forestalled the Decepticons from further executing their prisoners by taking control of a Decepticon gunship, and dropping [[Orbital Assault Carrier|fighters]] onto the battlefield. Shockwave retreated further away with Barricade and some other Decepticons, but the human soldiers had set a trap and fired upon them. Shockwave was blinded by one of their parachutes, and his eye was then shot out by the Wreckers, causing it to dangle by its wires. His hose and gun backpack were damaged, as well. Optimus Prime then came charging back into the battle, and when Shockwave fired at him, the Autobot dodged the shot, donned a set of [[knuckle-spikes]], and punched Shockwave so hard that part of his abdomen shattered. Even ''this'' did not put Shockwave down, but Prime did not let up - he punched Shockwave again, pinned the Decepticon down and tore his dangling eye out through his throat, finally ending the Decepticon's life. Optimus then used Shockwave's cannon to shoot out the control pillar set up in the city. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: The Game'' (console)===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Daniel Riordan]]

[[Image:Tf2007console shockwave.jpg|left|200px|thumb|1% assorted Shockwave parts, 99% weapons.]]
Under the orders of Starscream, Shockwave attacked [[Tranquility]] in an effort to interfere with [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]'s attempt to rescue [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] from [[Sector Seven]]. Prime actually had a grip on the helicopter net that held Bumblebee, but the force of Shockwave's entry mode's impact knocked him off, allowing Sector Seven to get away.

[[Image:Tf2007console shockwave turret.jpg|200px|thumb|Death Cannon OF LOGIC!]]
Landing in downtown, the [[Triple Changer|triple-changing]] Shockwave adopted a helicopter and an artillery emplacement as his alternate modes, promptly transforming into the latter and lobbing explosives around the city. Prime, forced to cut off his rescue, charged in and pounded Shockwave until the goliath transformed and retreated to another position. Prime doggedly kept at Shockwave, following him every time he retreated, eventually defeating the Decepticon and saving Tranquility. {{storylink|Transformers The Game (console)|Transformers The Game (console)}}

Later, when the Autobots returned to Cybertron, Shockwave appeared on the planet alongside (and presumably leading) an army of Decepticon drones. Optimus quickly defeated the drones and once more defeated Shockwave.

{{note|Shockwave is not a playable character in the game, appearing only as a boss character during the Autobot campaign. He also appears (but does not transform) as one of the enemies battled in the Autobot campaign's bonus level set on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], but what this implies about Shocky is debatable at best, given the level's questionable in-game continuity.}}
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===''Transformers: The Game'' (PSP)===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Daniel Riordan]]

[[Image:Shockwave movie psp.jpg|left|170px|thumb|He makes up for his loss of weapons by being the most awesome character in the game. It is only logical.]]

The massive Shockwave might ''look'' like he's purely about muscle and firepower, but he's actually remarkably shrewd and cunning. Coveting the position of Decepticon leader for himself, Shockwave has been working to oust Megatron for years. As you might imagine, he and Starscream don't get along very well.

When the Decepticons arrived on Earth in search of their lost leader, Megatron, Shockwave adopted a tank as his alternate mode. Shockwave was supposed to join [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] in his attack on the [[SOCCENT Forward Operations Base]] in [[Qatar]], but instead busied himself surrepticiously searching for leads to the location of the [[AllSpark]]. After receiving a communique from [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]], who informed him that the Autobots were on Earth and had discovered their own leads to the location of Megatron, Shockwave had [[Thundercracker (Movie)|Thundercracker]] airlift him to Qatar, where he helped Blackout take care of the last few military units opposing him. He relayed Frenzy's message to Blackout, then departed for the Arctic with Thundercracker, intending to investigate the site where Megatron's body was discovered.

In the Arctic, Shockwave and Thundercracker faced resistance from an Autobot unit in the area, but fought their way through them to discover that Megatron's body had been moved by [[Sector Seven]]. The trip was not a wasted one, however: after scanning a computer terminal in the cavern, Shockwave discovered that Megatron had brought an army of drones with him to Earth to help in the search for the All Spark. These drones were presently lying dormant all over the Earth, and Shockwave schemed to reactivate them so that they could serve him as his personal army. The signal required to reanimated the drones had to be broadcast from a great height, so Shockwave and Thundercracker quickly made their way to a rocket launch site, where Shockwave
programmed the code into a rocket that subsequently beamed the signal down over the Earth from space. Drones sprang to life all over the planet, and began attacking the Autobots. Shockwave's control of his
self-made army was short lived, however, as Autobots [[Trailbreaker (Movie)|Trailbreaker]] and [[Hound (Movie)|Hound]] successfully transmitted a virus that shut the drones down. Simultaneously, Shockwave received another message from Frenzy that the he had discovered the location of Megatron, and that the Decepticon leader was about to reawaken.

After the Autobots defeated Megatron and most of the other Decepticons in battle in [[Center City]], Shockwave retreated back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], as did Starscream. Back on their homeworld, Shockwave and Starscream faced off for leadership of the Decepticons, with Starscream ultimately claiming victory. {{storylink|Transformers The Game (PSP)|Transformers The Game (PSP)}}

{{note|In contrast to the console version of the game, Shockwave ''is'' a playable character on the PSP.}}

===Autobot Stronghold===

Shockwave was used as the basis for an army of [[drone]] units, who were part of the constant attacks on the Autobot's [[LG]] Stronghold. For some reason, these drones had ''two'' Sparks. {{storylink|Autobot Stronghold}}

===''Transformers: Dark of the Moon - The Game''===

:''Voice actor:'' [[Isaac C. Singleton, Jr.]] (Wii version only)

====(Xbox 360/PS3)====
[[Image:Dark of the Moon game Shockwave.jpg|thumb|300px|Shockwave on the warpath.]]
Shockwave had crashed on Earth thousands of years ago and fell into stasis mode. He was later discovered by the Russians and a facility was built to contain him, where he was frozen to prevent him from waking up.

Three years after Megatron was wounded, the Decepticons took refuge in that same Russian facility to repair themselves. His leader [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] decided to release him, since he was needed for the upcoming operation. The base came under fire, however, thanks to Starscream leading the [[Autobot]]s straight to Megatron. The 'Cons abandoned base and left Shockwave to thaw out.

[[Image:Transformers DOTM Shockwave Game.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Give me your your face-er, I mean your eye!]]
Optimus discovered Shockwave and ordered [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] to activate more freeze tanks to keep him frozen. Unfortunately, Shockwave's [[Driller|pet]] awoke from its slumber, and lashed out at the intruders. The attempts to keep him frozen eventually failed, and Shockwave woke up and decided to destroy the Autobot leader. Years under stasis meant that he wasn't fully combat ready, and it was something Optimus took advantage of when he attacked the Decepticon assassin. Shockwave soon managed to fully recover and lashed out at Prime with everything he had. Autobot reinforcements arrived to help in Optimus' assault, but were dispatched quite easily. During their skirmish, Optimus Prime (with a little help from Ratchet) deduced his weak spot as the three cylinder-shaped generators mounted on his back. With this knowledge, Optimus Prime was then able to take down Shockwave with his jetpack/machinegun upgrades, until the Driller decided to intervene, and blocked off the shots while retreating with its master.

Shortly after, Shockwave met up with Megatron, [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], and [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] in Nambia, Africa. He was ordered to find a device in a nuclear power plant called Chernobyl. Shockwave agreed, and Megatron told him and the others of Operation Pillar... {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Xbox 360/PS3)|Dark of the Moon (Xbox 360/PS3)}}

====Autobots/Decepticons====
[[Image:DOTMDS Shockwave.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
Shockwave was in some state where he needed to be revived and was stored in the Decepticons' base in [[Siberia]]. When the Autobots invaded the base, Megatron was forced to revive Shockwave early, but managed to get the assassin out and began preparing for the next stage of the plan. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Autobots/Decepticons|Dark of the Moon: Autobots/Decepticons}}
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==Toys==
===Dark of the Moon===
====Cyberverse====
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[[Image:DOTM Cyberverse Shockwave FusionTank.jpg|thumb|350px|right|It's a fusion of terror and more terror.]]
*'''Shockwave / Fusion Tank''' (Cyberverse Action Set, 2011)
**''Series:'' '''1'''
**''Number:'' '''006'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''CV19'''
**''Accessories:'' Battle Cannon/Particle Wave Blaster, rubber hose, arm blade, missile, Chicago

: The [[Cyberverse]] Commander class Shockwave is cast in a lighter purple than his Voyager class figure. Like that larger toy, he transforms into a Cybertronian tank, and features a removable cannon, blade, and hose. He also has a [[Fusion Tank add-on|back component]] that attaches to his vehicle to form a "Fusion Tank," and that can separately transform into "Ground Weapon" and "Battle Base" modes.

: Shockwave's alternate mode has some rather annoying problems with the treads refusing to straighten out or peg onto his body and front "wheels" securely. As a result, combining him with the action set to form the "Fusion Tank" mode will result in the back treads becoming parallel with the rest of the tank... while the front treads split open and detach from the wheels.

: Like other action sets, Shockwave comes with a cardboard backdrop. In his case, it’s a scene of Chicago under attack. Oddly, the box bio mentions ''Shockwave'''s ability to drill through the ground, with no mention of his [[Driller|friend]].
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====Voyager Class toys====
[[Image:DOTM_Shockwave_Voyager.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Observation: gun hose. Conclusion: awesome.]]
*'''Shockwave''' (MechTech Voyager, 2011)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''DD05'''
**''Accessories:'' [[MechTech]] Battle Cannon/Particle Wave Blaster, rubber hose, arm blade

: Part of the second wave of ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' Voyager Class [[MechTech]] toys, Shockwave transforms into a purple Cybertronian tank. He has a large, detachable MechTech Battle Cannon on his right arm with a rubber tube which connects to his back, and a removable blade on his left arm. When a button is pushed on the rear of his arm cannon, MechTech gearing opens up the cannon, widening it and exposing more gun barrels. [[C joint]] rungs are located on Shockwave's arm-blade, with one concealed underneath said blade, two on his AstroMag cannon, two more on his backpack, and two more on his feet. Other MechTech weapons can peg into Shockwave's hands, on the barrel of his cannon, and behind each shoulder blade. Due to the nature of his MechTech weapon being integrated with his arm, it is not a prime candidate for swapping with other toys, due to the shape and color of the weapon; although it does fit with the Dark of the Moon Voyager Megatron.

: Shockwave's forearms seem to be backward in robot mode, with the screws holding them together facing out while the backs of his forearms are smooth and screw-hole-free. Also, his arm blade, when put in its proper place on his tank mode, is clearly backward. The blade has an obvious back, its left side, marked with gaps, whereas the mold detail on its right side is much cleaner. These may have been done to keep the screw-holes out of sight in vehicle mode and the gaps out-of-sight in robot mode as a form of compromise, instead. It should be noted that disassembling the figure's forearms and swapping them would change the cannon to the left and the blade to the right, which shouldn't be done because:
:# it's [[Show-accuracy|movie-inaccurate]],
:# the wrists are each held together with a pin which can be tricky to remove,
:# you'll end up with the screw-holes visible in tank mode instead, and
:# the gun hose is clearly meant to go to the right in robot mode, otherwise it will restrict articulation or keep falling off - though it should be mentioned that the peg hole where the hose attaches to the gun can actually be rotated 180 degrees instead of 90 (with the slightly more flexible plastic used in these areas allowing such movement), thus enabling the hose to be positioned on either side of the weapon.
:The extra barrels in the cannon also feature gaps like the arm blade for some reason.

: The instructions tell you to keep the cannon attached to his right arm in tank mode, though it is possible to stick it in between the arms. This is done by sliding the cannon's bottom in between Shockwave's thumbs. It is fairly stable, matches some stock photography, and makes for a more coherent tank.

: Shockwave's stock photography depicts him in a much, much brighter and bluer purple, while the MechTech lever on the cannon is bright red. Although partly cropped, his packaging photography on the box-front depicts an alternative placement of his gun hose in tank mode, plugging into the port on the side of his rear treads, which actually aligns better than the awkward frontal position depicted in the [[instructions]]; in the box-back. The gun hose in vehicle mode is not shown, but since the picture was taken from a left profile, it could just be covered by the toy itself, reinforcing the alternate placement. The stock photography also depicts Shockwave's hands to be articulated at the wrists, as the right arm in the photo has the hand rotated 90 degrees from the position actually possible with the figure. Many more paint applications are also present in the stock photography, not being limited to the red lever on the cannon, with vents on the vehicle mode being picked out in silver, gold details being present on the hips, and both halves of tread on each side of the body being painted silver. Overall, the colour scheme shown on the box photography is completely different from the actual figure within, with the stock photo's silver being replaced with a metallic lilac on the hands, feet spikes and knees.

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[[Image:DOTM-VoyagerShockwave-CyberArmour.JPG|thumb|300px]]
*'''Optimus Prime vs. Shockwave''' (MechTech Voyager-Class two-pack, 2011)
**''Accessories:'' [[MechTech]] Battle Cannon/Particle Wave Blaster, rubber hose, arm blade

: Advertised as "'''SHOCKWAVE with CYBER METAL Armour'''" on the sticker, this Canadian [[Costco]]-[[exclusive]] two-pack contains a redeco of Shockwave along with an unchanged ''Dark of the Moon'' Voyager class [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#CyberArmour|Optimus Prime]].

: His purple plastic was changed to dark blue and gray, the lilac was replaced by gray, and the gray on his face cover and feet was replaced by a dark purple, with all the grays being darker and cooler in general. Paint differences include the purple on his crotch being replaced by dark blue, the purple on his shoulders being replaced by metallic lavender, the purple on his feet being replaced by a silver that gradients towards the "toes", the bronze on all three of his "wheel" rims being replaced by pink, the bronze on the sides of his back treads being replaced by a "worn out" silver, the metallic lavender on his knee flaps being replaced by a dark silver, his spiky bumper, thighs, and head lacking paint in favor of having his ribs painted silver, and his treads and aforementioned ribs being painted in a much brighter silver than usual. His MechTech weapon has also been redecoed, with the purple housing and black hose being cast in a brighter, translucent purple plastic, the gray parts also being darker and cooler, the silver paint on the main barrel being replaced by the brighter silver, and the silver paint on the sides being replaced with a ''very'' faint and subtle brownish orange.

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[[Image:DOTMVoyShockwaveStreetsideBotBrawl.jpg|thumb|300px]]
*'''Streetside Bot Brawl''' (Multi-pack, 2011)
**''Accessories:'' [[MechTech]] Battle Cannon/Particle Wave Blaster, rubber hose, arm blade

:Part of the [[Toys R Us]]-exclusive "Streetside Bot Brawl" three-pack, this grey and purple redeco of Shockwave was sold with battle-damaged redecos of ''Dark of the Moon'' Deluxe-Class [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#StreetsideBotBrawl|Bumblebee]] and ''Dark of the Moon'' Voyager-Class [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#StreetsideBotBrawl|Optimus Prime]].

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==Notes==
* [[Transformers The Game (console)|''Transformers: The Game'']] Shockwave was designed by artist [[Ken Christiansen]].
*The "Attack Copter", "Recon Chopper" and "Stealth Chopper" [[Create-A-Bot (Autobot)|Create-]][[Create-A-Bot (Decepticon)|A-Bot]] vehicle modes from the [[Transformers Autobots/Decepticons|Nintendo DS video games]] transform into robot modes bearing some resemblance to Shockwave. The Attack Chopper is the only one that can be customized to appear purple, though.
*The photo on the newspaper article in ''Revenge of the Fallen'' is of [[:Image:Shockwaveministatue.jpg|Palisades's statue]] of [[Shockwave (G1)|Generation 1 Shockwave]], with something digitally added in the foreground.
*Shockwave was heavily touted as the new main villain prior to the release of ''Dark of the Moon'', no doubt in an attempt to conceal [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]]'s unexpected betrayal halfway through the movie. A piece of information that commonly popped up in media coverage was the claim that Shockwave was the ruler of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] while the other Autobots and Decepticons were duking it out on Earth.<ref name="pushpops">[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-just-movie-31/transformers-3-plot-summary-revealed-170756/ "Transformers 3 Plot Summary Revealed"], TFW2005, October 2010.</ref> The last bit could be written off as a case of [[Wikipedia:Chinese whispers|chinese whisper]]: Shockwave got announced as the villain for ''Dark of the Moon'', mainstream media (such as USA Today<ref name="usatodayswitch">[http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2010-06-11-Transformers11_ST_N.htm "Next 'Transformers' is due for a switch"], USA Today, June 2010.</ref>) who aren't versed in Transformers lore looked up the character, found out about his ''[[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]]'' [[Shockwave (G1)|namesake]]'s role in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon]], included it as a piece of trivia to show they did their research, and then the trivia note got picked up as gospel by other media. Nevertheless, it was included in the ''official plot summary'' by Paramount's German branch (which also claimed that ''Shockwave'' was the robot discovered inside the ''[[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]'' as seen in the trailer).<ref name="germansite">[http://www.transformers3-film.de/ Official German DOTM site] including faulty plot summary.</ref>
*Despite being one of the most highly anticipated characters in the film (being placed in commercials, newspaper articles, websites, magazines and even on billboards), Shockwave has very minimal screentime. His only understandable line in the film is at Chernobyl: "Optimus," and seems more like a drone than Megatron's greatest assassin (he gets a lot more lines in the comic book adaptation of the film, but was probably the work of its writer). As with [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] in the first film, and multiple characters in the second, he emits a lot of gnashing, gurgling noises that could be mis-heard as dialogue if one strains hard to hear something in them; as happened with [[Mixmaster (ROTF)|Mixmaster]] on the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' DVD, the subtitle writer misinterpreted one of Shockwave's snarls as the hilarious sentence, "Driller-bot is thirsty".
*Shockwave does not have the same form in IDW's ''[[Transformers: Rising Storm]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Foundation|Foundation]]'' that he does in ''Dark of the Moon'' despite both being Cybertronian forms. His form in the comics is less skeletal in robot mode than his appearance in the film, and he also transforms into a Cybertronian jet, much like [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s original body, whereas his film design transforms into some form of Cybertronian tank. (Following the leader, maybe?) [[John Barber]] commented on his Twitter account that he isn't sure why Shockwave's appearance is different from that in the film, but that an explanation will be given in issue 4 of ''Rising Storm''. <ref>http://twitter.com/#!/TheJohnBarber/status/60710221739339776</ref> While the issue doesn't explicitly show how he gets his ''Dark of the Moon'' body, Shockwave is indeed badly damaged by Optimus Prime. Possibly because of this extensive reconstruction, Shockwave doesn't transform in the film (or the video game prequel before it, which displayed him with his current body instead of the old, G1-esque one).
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Generation 1 Shockwave]]'s original voice actor, [[Corey Burton]], expressed that he had no interest in voicing him for ''Dark of the Moon'', explaining "[I] have practically no interest in that kind of mega-budget movie enterprise involvement" and that the inspiration for his Shockwave voice, [[wikipedia:David Warner (actor)|David Warner]], was rumored to have been considered.<ref>[http://www.coreyburton.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=2707&highlight=#2707 Corey Burton's message board post.]</ref> In the end, Shockwave's almost-entirely-wordless-snarl-based role would have been something of a waste of Warner; the role ultimately went to Frank Welker. There's a nice touch of symmetry in the casting, with Welker taking over a Burton-originated role not long after Burton took on a Welker-originated character in [[Megatron (Animated)|''Animated'' Megatron]].
*Hasbro's online bio for Shockwave claims he had spent decades trapped under Chernobyl, but this was not reflected in any actual media; both the video game and ''Rising Storm'' comics have him held at a Russian facility from which he is freed shortly before the film's events, and the film itself doesn't give any indication that his appearance at Chernobyl in its opening scenes is an "escape" of any kind.
[[Image:ShockwaveBoxartFace.jpg|thumb|150px|right|"Logically, I must gnaw your head off."]]
*Bucking tradition, this Shockwave has a mouth. Sure, it's more like a horrifying maw of teeth, but it's there. He also has a scar on his right cheek.
*Shockwave's AstroMag cannon is a reference to [[Shockwave (G1)/toys#Notes|the original Shockwave's]] toy mold being first released by ToyCo as the "[http://www.robot-japan.com/Gallery/Takara/Transformers/G1/AstroMagnum/Toybox-Astro-Magnum.asp 4 Changeable Astro Magnum]".
*Select [[Toys"R"Us|ToysЯUs]] stores in the US had a promotion for a Shockwave poster with the purchase of any [[Transformers brand]] [[toy]] from [[June 5]], 2011 to [[June 11]], 2011.
*Although Shockwave's toy transforms into a Cybertronian tank, this alternate mode is never seen in the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|live-action movie]] nor the Dark of the Moon video game.
*While Shockwave's weapon of choice is described as a particle or laser cannon in most related ''Dark of the Moon'' media, it appears to be some variety of cluster missile launcher in the movie proper.
*Early artwork for Shockwave for ''Dark of the Moon'' showed '''Blitzwing''' as a working name for the character.<ref name="nizzi">[http://www.joshnizzi.com/TF3.htm Josh Nizzi DOTM concepts.]</ref>
*Shockwave appears to have the ability of flight in his robot mode.
*Shockwave's appearance in a [[Burger King]] commercial that depicts him fighting Optimus Prime does not depict any scene in the film. Rather, the animation places Shockwave's model over Sentinel Prime's motions during part of his own fight against Optimus.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Shockwave''' (ショックウェーブ ''Shokkuwēbu'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Jèn-dàng-pō''' (震盪波, "Shock Wave"), '''Zhèngdàngbō''' (震荡波, "Shock Wave")

== References ==
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==External links==
*''Transformers: The Game'' Shockwave [http://badflipblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/tf1-shockwave-01.html concepts], [http://badflipblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/tf1-shockwave-02.html vehicle mode renderings], [http://badflipblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/tf1-shockwave-03.html robot mode and head concepts], [http://badflipblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/tf1-shockwave-04.html final robot mode rendering] and [http://badflipblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/tf1-shockwave-05.html transformation animation guide] on Ken Christiansen's blog.
* [http://www.gamespot.com/video/932116/6172356/transformers-the-game-interview-1 ''Transformers: The Game'' video interview with Daniel Suarez, featuring Shockwave footage]

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Guzzle (DOTM)

2012-09-01T02:44:23Z

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{{disambig3|Guzzle}}
[[Image:MechtechWarsOnlineDOTMGuzzle.jpg|thumb|300px|Awfully wasp-waisted for someone who eats so much.]]

:''Guzzle is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (franchise)|Dark of the Moon]] portion of the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''

'''Guzzle''' has quite an appetite. Back on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]],he was capable of consuming [[Energon]] much quicker than any of his buddies. Unfortunately, Earth doesn't have such an abundant source of the stuff, so he's forced to find alternative sources of power. Not that a shortage or a new diet has stopped him before, as the [[Decepticon]]s who have faced him can definitely attested to.

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==Toys==
===Dark of the Moon===
====Cyberverse====
[[Image:DOTM-toy Guzzle.jpg|thumb|300px|"What do you mean I'm not a Wrecker?"]]
* '''Autobot Guzzle''' (Cyberverse Commander, 2011)
**''Series:'' '''1'''
**''Number:'' '''009'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''CV24'''
**''Accessories:'' Cannon A, Cannon B

: Part of the fourth wave of ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' [[Cyberverse]] Commander single-pack toys, Autobot Guzzle is a near [[Size class|Scout-class]]-scale figure that transforms into an [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes#M1_Abrams|M1 Abrams tank]]. He has "C-313" [[tampograph]]ed on the sides, a reference to the [[List of Japanese ID numbers|ID number]] of [[Hardspark]], the Japanese toy that shared the same mold as the original [[Guzzle (G1)|Guzzle]].

:He comes with two different cannons, which look like a machine gun and a missile launcher, respectively. The missile launcher can be transformed and combined with the machine gun to form a small "Battle Rifle". His hands allow him to grip his weapons as well as interact with various [[Cyberverse]] play-sets and accessories. Additionally, in an unintentional design fluke, he is also capable of fairly securely holding [[5mm post]]s with his hands, with the wider grip near his fingertips allowing him to hold the post in a dainty-looking manner.

:The nature of the turret forming his forearms means that the turret is unable to rotate, making the swivels the actual cannon uses to tilt up and rotate only useful in robot mode.

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==Notes==
* Aside from the familiar blue face and yellow torso, Guzzle takes several design cues from artist [[Nick Roche]]'s rendition of the original Guzzle in ''[[The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers|Last Stand of the Wreckers]]'', with the biggest ''specific'' detail being the angled cylinders to each side of his head, a feature seen ''only'' in that version of the character.

[[Category: Cyberverse]]
[[Category: Dark of the Moon Autobots]]
[[Category: Toy-only characters]]

Guzzle (Animated)

2012-09-01T02:17:18Z

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{{disambig3|Guzzle|Guzzle}}
{{noname-unconfirmed}}
:''Guzzle is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''
[[Image:Guzzle_animated.jpg|right|thumb|200px]]

'''Guzzle''' is short one leg and one life.

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon continuity===
Guzzle was one of among the many dead due to [[Oil Slick (Animated)|Oil Slick]]'s [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]]. His corpse has littered the battlefield where [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] and Oil Slick first met. Poor Guzzle. {{storylink|The Arrival issue 3|'Bots of Science}}

==Notes==
* Guzzle is based on the Generation 1 character [[Guzzle (G1)|of the same name]].

[[Category:Animated Autobots]]
[[Category:Comic-only Transformers]]

Warpath (WFC)

2012-09-01T00:24:56Z

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{{disambig3|Warpath}}
{{faction|autobot}}
:''Warpath is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: War for Cybertron (franchise)|War for Cybertron]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:WFC-Warpath.jpg|right|thumb|300px|BAM! POW! SORRY, WHAT WAS THAT?]]

'''Warpath''' is brash and boastful Autobot, always keen to show off his prowess with his giant cannon. Not only is it violently powerful, but it's extremely accurate, even over a range of a mile and a half. It gives him the confidence to charge headlong into battle against the [[Decepticon]]s. Unfortunately said cannon has also made him slightly deaf, so speak up, would ya?

{{quote|I've only got one setting, old timer: KABLAAM!|Warpath to [[Ironhide (Prime)|Ironhide]]|[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron]]}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: War for Cybertron''===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Jamieson Price]]

Warpath was among the many Autobots who defended the [[Decagon]] during the [[Decepticon]] invasion of Iacon and helped clear a path for the future [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] and his team. After Optimus became Prime following the death of [[Sentinel Zeta Prime]], Warpath joined Optimus and [[Ironhide (Prime)|Ironhide]] on a mission to Cybertron's infected core. After successfully cleansing the core and defeating a corrupted Spaceslug, it turned out that their journey was pointless; the Core had to deactivate itself in order for the planet to survive, which would take millions of years. As Warpath and Ironhide displayed worried glances after Optimus proclaimed that the Autobots must leave Cybertron in order for them to survive, they bore witness as Optimus received the Matrix of Leadership from the core.

He later helped evacuate Cybertron during the big shutdown, and presumably survived [[Trypticon (Prime)|Trypticon]]'s rampage. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)}}

===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (DS)===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Jamieson Price]]

Warpath was indulging in some target practice on a shooting range in an Autobot base when [[Air Raid (WFC)|Air Raid]] gave a rookie Autobot some basic shooting training.

{{Note|Warpath is an unlockable character for the [[Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)|Nintendo DS version of ''War for Cybertron'']] and can replace any of the other characters on the Autobot team. Warpath can be unlocked by obtaining a data disk in "Destroying Trypticon Station". An air character is required.}}
{{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)}}

===''Transformers: Fall of Cybertron''===
{{comingsoon}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron}}

==Notes==
* In "Gathering Troops" on the Autobot DS game, and "The Plot forms" on the Decepticon DS game, he is seen using a solid ranged weapon in the combat range, but once you play as him, he uses a plasma ranged weapon.
* In the Xbox 360/PS3/PC version of the game during Chapter VIII: 'To the Core,' he actually says, "I'll show you what a Defender can do!" Coincidentally , this is also the name of the chassis representing the form of Warpath in the multiplayer.

[[Category:Video game-only characters]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron Autobots]]
[[Category:Fall of Cybertron Autobots]]

Neutral

2012-08-31T12:23:14Z

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'''Neutrals''' are [[Transformer|Transformers]] who have renounced the idea of factions or refused to take part in the [[Cybertronian Civil Wars|Civil War]].
While some Neutrals resist joining any faction by choice, some defining themselves not by faction but by [[Cybertron (planet)|world]], as the war drags on, the majority are those who are unsuited to combat, such as the [[Empty|Empties]].

While "Neutral" is the [[Autobot|Autobots]]' term for them, the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] prefer to call them "target practice".

==Fiction==
===''Generation 1''===
In all likelihood, [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]]'s high-priced, [[turbofox]]-hunting [[Mirage's friends|friends]] are neutral.<ref>Mirage's bio and ''Universe'' profile.</ref>

====Marvel Comics continuity====
{{noteukonly}}
''The Neutralist town of [[Yuss|Yuss]] in the [[Stanix|Stanix]] region was a frequent target for relieving the boredom of Decepticons stationed in the area.''
{{storylink|The Magnificent Six!|The Magnificent Six!}}

====Dreamwave Generation 1 continuity====
During the evacuation of [[Altihex]], twenty to thirty Neutrals took control of a building, arguing for both Autobots and Decepticons to end the [[Great War (G1)|War]], renounce their allegiances, and unite. [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] took a moment to consider whether or not to take advantage of their idealism... then decided to [[Slag (slang)|slag]] them. {{storylink|The War Within issue 1}}

====IDW Publishing continuity====
[[NAIL]]s (Non-Aligned Indigenous Life-forms) were the Cybertronians who left the planet during the war, wishing to have nothing to do with it. {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime}} [[Tyrest (Autobot)|Tyrest]] also became a neutral during the war. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 1}}

===''Armada''===

[[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s [[Transformers: Armada (Dreamwave)|Armada]] comic series implies the existence of Neutrals.

In [[Dreamwave Armada issue 2|Issue #2]], [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] addresses the people of [[Cyber City]], declaring himself their new leader and warning that any resistance will be eliminated. Shocked, the assembled locals murmur amongst themselves. One of them blurts out, "Oh my goodness! Where are the [[Autobot]]s?!" Since the assembled Cyber Citizens are neither [[Decepticon]]s nor [[Mini-Con]]s this line of dialogue begs the conclusion that the general citizenry belong to some other group — or, perhaps more likely, NO group. In other words, they're probably Neutrals.

One might even interpret the ""Where are the Autobots?!" line to mean that the Autobots are a special team. It could be that in Dreamwave's Armada comics the term "Autobot" specifically denotes a member of the military or police force... or perhaps in this continuity the Autobots are [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] to the Decepticons' [[Cobra]].

===Aligned continuity===
====''Exodus''====
The [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]s (except [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]]'s troops) and the [[Praxus|Praxians]] were among those neutral during the war in Cybertron until they were attacked by the Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

====''War for Cybertron''====
On the space station controlled by Starscream, the various workers onboard were neutral. [[Megatron (Prime)| Megatron]], [[Brawl (Prime)| Brawl]], and [[Barricade (Prime)| Barricade]] had fun shooting them all to bits and imprisoning them on their way to the [[Dark Energon]] storage area. Most of the Neutrals were seen sporting Autobot-like colors, mostly blue with some browns and blacks, along with yellow glowy parts. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|War for Cybertron}}

==References==
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[[Category:Neutrals| ]]
[[Category:Transformer culture]]

Lightning Strike Coalition

2012-08-31T10:50:00Z

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:''The Lightning Strike Coalition is an [[Autobot]] [[subgroup]] originally from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Lightningstrikecoalitionfactionlogo.jpg|right|thumb|300px|They strike like lightning...if lightning struck like a gaggle of plodding tanks.]]

The '''Lightning Strike Coalition''' (sometimes the '''Lightning Strike Coalition Force''') is a brutal sub-faction of the Autobots.

{{bigquote|That's ''terrible.''|[[Cliffjumper (Prime)|Cliffjumper]], upon hearing the name of [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]]'s team by Jazz in [[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|''Fall of Cybertron'']]}}

==Fiction==
===Dreamwave ''Generation 1'' comics continuity===
[[Image:Lightningstrikecoalition.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Calling all jerks!]]
The Lightning Strike Coalition includes:
*[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (leader)
*[[Kup (G1)|Kup]]
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]]
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]
*[[Slag (G1)|Slag]]
*[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]]
*[[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]]
*[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]]

Following [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s disappearances at the beginning of "[[Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|The Dark Ages]]", the Autobots and [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] soon split into several sub-factions. The Lightning Strike Coalition (LSC), was formed out of Grimlock's old Autobot unit when Optimus received the title of [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] and the [[Matrix of Leadership]].

The LSC acted as a commando unit striking [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacon]] and Decepticon sites and convoys. {{storylink|Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|War Within: The Dark Ages}} When [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] stepped in charge, the LSC members largely disbanded, but Grimlock put together a new fighting force known as the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dynobots]] with several ex-LSC members. This new unit followed [[Insecticon (G1)|a Decepticon group]] to [[Earth]], sometime after the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'''s crash landing on that planet, but millions of years before the Earth-bound Transformers reactivated in early 1980s. {{Storylink|Transformers: War Within: The Age of Wrath|War Within: The Age of Wrath}}

{{note|This tale would have been told in a story entitled "Rules of Extinction", inserted in [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s "[[Unreleased Dreamwave issues|Generation One 2004 Datatracks Annual]]", which was never released due to Dreamwave's collapse in the same year.}}

===Aligned continuity family===
[[Image:GoodIntentions-LightningStrikeCoalition.jpg|right|thumb|300px|We have wheels!]]
The Lightning Strike Coalition includes:
*[[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] (leader)
*[[Slug]]
*[[Sludge (FOC)|Sludge]] (deceased)
*[[Snarl (FOC)|Snarl]]
*[[Swoop (WFC)|Swoop]]

====''Exodus''====
The hulking members of the Lightning Strike Coalition has jostled for sightseeing space with [[Mini-Con|Minicons]] in the [[High Council Chamber]] during [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Orion Pax]] and [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]]'s hearing. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}} [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] rose to become leader during the war. After being captured by [[Shockwave (Prime)|Shockwave]], they were reformatted into the [[Dinobot (FOC)|Dinobot]]s. {{storylink|Transformers Hall of Fame}}

==== ''Transformers: Fall of Cybertron'' ====
[[Image:Secrets-LSCtanks.jpg|left|thumb|250px|We have... treads? Okay, what are the wheels for, then?]]
Shortly before the [[Great Exodus]], the Lightning Strike Coalition were a brutal subgroup of Autobots under the leadership of Grimlock who reluctantly followed [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]]'s more cautious brand of warfare... when ordered. Swoop was sent to investigate [[Shockwave (Prime)|Shockwave]]'s [[energon]] resources but he worryingly disappeared. When the other four coalition members learned that Swoop had been captured by Shockwave, they disobeyed direct orders to protect the Ark and went after him themselves. {{storylink|Good Intentions}} Grimlock, secure in his arrogance, was glad that the fate of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] rested in their hands. {{storylink|Secrets (IDW)|Secrets}}

[[Category:Autobot subgroups]]
[[Category:Generation 1 subgroups]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron subgroups]]

Heavy Iron 2.0

2012-08-31T09:52:36Z

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The '''Heavy Iron 2.0''' is a heavy assault weapon used by [[Ironhide (Movie)| Ironhide]]

==Games==
===''Transformers Dark of the Moon - The Game''===
===Xbox 360/PS3===
The Heavy Iron 2.0 was a new version of the Heavy Iron weapon made by [[Wheeljack (Movie)| Wheeljack]] to help Ironhide combat the Decepticon, [[Mixmaster (ROTF)| Mixmaster]]. This weapon was able to penetrate Mixmaster's shields unlike its predecessor and destroyed the Decepticon. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Xbox 360/PS3)| Dark of the Moon}}

[[Category: Dark of the Moon weapons]]

GroundBridge

2012-08-28T06:08:42Z

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:''GroundBridges are a form of technology in the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[Image:Groundbridge.jpg|thumb|400px|There is nothing wrong with your television set. We control the vertical, we control the horizontal...]]
A scaled-down iteration and variant of [[space bridge]] technology, a '''GroundBridge''' allows transport to coordinates on a single planet, or even into the planet's orbit. Considerably easier to maintain and less costly and more economical in [[energon]] to operate, it is the primary means of coordinating [[Autobot]] forces on planet [[Earth]]. Most tellingly, GroundBridge technology requires no receiving terminal at the destination in order to function.

==Fiction==
===''Prime'' cartoon===
When [[Cliffjumper (Prime)|Cliffjumper]] called for backup, Autobot reinforcements converged on his location via GroundBridge.{{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}} When Cliffjumper's life signs were later detected by the computers in the Autobot base, the team likewise departed via GroundBridge to investigate. [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] was left behind to mind the Autobots' human guests, and explained to them that the team did not have the means to maintain a full space bridge, nor the energon to power such. As a result, they relied heavily on GroundBridge technology to dispatch the team to deal with alerts. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}} Travel through the GroundBridge had the tendency to induce nausea in humans. Ratchet was able to get it to stretch as far as orbit when the Autobots needed to attack the Decepticon [[space bridge]]. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 5}}

[[Image:Groundbridgecomputer.jpg|thumb|200px|left|The laser cannon has fully charged and will fire. There is nothing you can do Mr. Bond...]]

The GroundBridge control system was severely damaged during the [[Scraplet]] infestation, leaving [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] marooned in the [[Arctic]] until the Autobots at base got it fixed. The Scraplets were sent through the bridge to the Arctic where they froze. {{storylink|Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap}} The GroundBridge was still giving them trouble when [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] arrived. This turned out to be just as well, since it was the Decepticon [[Makeshift (Prime)|Makeshift]] posing as Wheeljack in an attempt to access the GroundBridge. {{storylink|Con Job}}

Moving the unstable [[Dynamic Nuclear Generation System|D.N.G.S.]] by GroundBridge might have resulted in mass devastation, at least according to Optimus Prime. Using the GroundBridge on a moving target such as a train was also extremely dangerous, potentially causing mass displacement trauma, twisted limbs, or metal burn, however having the target's precise coordinates helped. Ratchet was forced to move the two older children onto a moving train to prevent [[MECH]] capturing the D.N.G.S. device. MECH terminated the Autobots' computer, forcing Prime to save the children as they could not be transported back. {{storylink|Convoy (episode)|Convoy}}

Without the Autobots' knowledge, the Decepticons constructed a GroundBridge of their own. When [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]] used the Decepticon GroundBridge at the same time as the kids were using the Autobot one to return to base, the two bridges interfered with each other, resulting in the three kids being transported into a [[Shadowzone (dimension)|strange other dimension]], along with an undead [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]]. They were able to get enough of a cellphone signal to send a text message to the Autobots, and Ratchet replicated the original feedback loop, creating a GroundBridge portal through which they returned to reality. {{storylink|Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone}}

When [[Jack Darby|Jack]] was grounded, Arcee was able to use the GroundBridge to sneak into his garage so [[June Darby|his mother]] wouldn't notice his motorcycle was missing. {{storylink|Crisscross}}

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===Titan Magazines ''Prime'' comics===
[[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] was hypnotised by a [[Invasionauts II|video game]] and ordered to operate the Ground Bridge. Vehicons started pouring through into the base though the open bridge, but once Raf was snapped out of his trance, he created a loop in the Ground Bridge to make the caller and receiver appear to be the same location so the Decepticons wouldn't be able to fix the location of the base. As a bonus, when they shut down the Ground Bridge, it created a vacuum that sucked all the Vehicons back through it. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.4|Tinker, Tailor, Gamer, Spy!}}

[[Novo]] damaged the Ground Bridge with some grenades while using it to escape the Autobot base. The Autobots were unable to follow him until Ratchet repaired it. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.9|The Novo Incident}}

== Games ==
=== ''Transformers Prime: The Game ===
{{comingsoon}}
{{storylink|Transformers Prime: The Game}}

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''German:'' '''Erdbrücke''' (''Earthbridge'')
*''Japanese:'' '''GroundBridge''' (グランドブリッジ ''Gurandoburijji'')
*''Polish:'' '''Most Ziemny''' ("Earth Bridge")
*''Russian:'' '''ZemnojMost''' (ЗемнойМост, "EarthBridge")

[[Category:Prime technology]]

Springer (WFC)

2012-08-28T05:45:49Z

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{{disambig3|Springer}}
:''Springer is an [[Autobot]] [[Wrecker]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
{{faceless}}
'''Springer''' is a flight-capable [[Wrecker]].

==Fiction==
===Aligned novels===
Springer turned down a place on the ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]'' to fend off [[Trypticon (Prime)|Trypticon]]—who transformed and then flew off into space. Bummer. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

{{charstubfiction}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}}

==Notes==
*Springer doesn't even get lines in "[[Bumblebee at Tyger Pax]]".

[[Category:Prose-only Transformers]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron Autobots]]
[[Category:Wreckers]]

Rotorstorm (Prime)

2012-08-28T05:42:37Z

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{{faction|autobot|wreckers}}
{{disambig2|the Wrecker from Aligned|the Autobot from Generation 1|Rotorstorm (G1)}}

:''Rotorstorm is an Autobot and a Wrecker from the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)| Prime]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

{{faceless}}
'''Rotorstorm''' was a [[Wrecker]]!

==Fiction==
===''Prime'' cartoon===
Rotorstorm died fighting during the war. His death was later brought up by Wheeljack. {{storylink|Loose Cannons}}

[[Category:Cartoon-only Transformers]]
[[Category:Prime Autobots]]
[[Category:Wreckers]]

Roadbuster (Prime)

2012-08-28T05:41:24Z

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{{faction|autobot|wreckers}}
{{disambig3|Roadbuster}}

:''Roadbuster is an Autobot and a Wrecker from the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)| Prime]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

{{mainpic}}
'''Roadbuster''' is a [[Wrecker]]. He combines with several of his Wrecker comrades to form [[Ruination (Generations)|Ruination]].

==Fiction==
===''Prime'' cartoon===
Roadbuster died fighting during the war. His death was later brought up by Wheeljack.{{storylink|Loose Cannons}}

==Toys==
===Generations===
[[Image:Generations_fall_of_cybertron_roadbuster.jpg|thumb|400px]]

*'''Roadbuster''' (Deluxe, 2013)
**''Number'':
**''Accessories'':

: Roadbuster is a [[redeco]] and minor [[retool]]ing of ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' [[Swindle (FOC)#Generations|Swindle]], transforming into a four-wheeled Cybertronian car. He has a new-mold [[Energon harvester (FOC)|Energon harvester]] shotgun with some kind of built-in gimmick.

{{comingsoontoy}}

[[Category:Generations]]
[[Category:Prime Autobots]]
[[Category:Wreckers]]

Pyro (Prime)

2012-08-28T05:40:44Z

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{{faction|autobot}}
{{disambig2|the Wrecker from Aligned|the Wrecker from Generation 1|Pyro (G1)}}

:''Pyro was an Autobot and a Wrecker from the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)| Prime]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

{{faceless}}
'''Pyro''' was a [[Wrecker]]!

==Fiction==
===''Prime'' cartoon===
Pyro died fighting during the war. His death was later brought up by Wheeljack. {{storylink|Loose Cannons}}

[[Category:Cartoon-only Transformers]]
[[Category:Prime Autobots]]
[[Category:Wreckers]]

Impactor (Prime)

2012-08-28T05:39:57Z

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{{faction|autobot|wreckers}}
{{disambig3|Impactor}}

:''Impactor is an [[Autobot]] and a [[Wrecker]] from the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:Generationstoy-Impactor.JPG|thumb|right|400px|He's a Wrecker. He's orange [[for safety reasons]].]]

'''Impactor''' is a [[Wrecker]]. He combines with several of his Wrecker comrades to form [[Ruination (Generations)|Ruination]].

==Fiction==
===''Prime'' cartoon===
Impactor died fighting during the war. His death was later brought up by [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]]. {{storylink|Loose Cannons}}

==Toys==
===Generations===
*'''Impactor''' (Deluxe, 2013)
**''Number'':
**''Accessories'': dual cannon, harpoon gun

: Impactor is a [[redeco]] and extensive [[retool]]ing of ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' [[Onslaught (WFC)#Generations|Onslaught]], transforming into a four-wheeled Cybertronian cannon-car. He features a new head inspired by [[Nick Roche]]'s art in [[The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers|Last Stand of the Wreckers]] and a new harpoon gun. He forms the head and torso of [[Ruination (Generations)|Ruination]].

{{comingsoontoy}}

[[Category:Prime Autobots]]
[[Category:Wreckers]]

SOCCENT Forward Operations Base

2012-08-27T13:15:46Z

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[[Image:Movie SOCCENTQatar sign.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Where [[Mahfouz|young Arab boys]] may walk around unescorted.]]
'''SOCCENT Forward Operations Base''' is a [[United States military|United States Military]] base located in [[Qatar]], under the command of [[Sharp|Colonel Sharp]] and subordinate of the US Central Command (USCENTCOM). As part of SOCCENT (Special Operations Command, Central), it is home to soldiers belonging to various spec-ops military branches, such as the US Army Rangers, Green Berets, Delta Force, Marine Corps, US Navy SEALS and pilots of the US Air Force. The military base is equipped with a variety of military hardware including tanks, armored vehicles, helicopters, jets, airplanes and inflatable toys.

More accurately, it was these things until an unfortunate encounter with a [[Decepticon|hostile alien being]].

==Fiction==
===Transformers (2007)===
On the same evening that [[William Lennox|Captain William Lennox]] and his team of Rangers returned from a mission behind enemy lines, a [[Blackout (Movie)|mysterious MH-53 Pave Low helicopter]] flew into the airspace of SOCCENT Qatar. Colonel Sharp ordered the unknown bird to Squawk Ident (identify itself) and leave his airspace. When the helicopter did not respond nor comply with the orders to turn back, Sharp dispatched two F-22 Raptors to intercept and escort the helicopter to the base, ordering the helicopter to follow under threat of deadly force.

When they got within range, one of the Raptor pilots identified the helicopter as designation 4500X, a confirmed casualty in Afghanistan three months prior. The Raptors escorted the Pave Low in, allowing the bogey to land on deck at the base as soldiers immediately formed a security perimeter around it. When radar crew in Operations reported that the helicopter was jamming their radar, the power suddenly blinked out and back in. Colonel Sharp attempted radio communications again, ordering the Pave Low pilot to power down and have his crew step out or be killed.

The Pave Low stopped its main rotor, but [[Transformation|what followed]] was not quite what Sharp had in mind.

The "helicopter" killed soldiers attempting to flee before unleashing a shockwave that severely damaged the air control tower. Shrugging off weapons fire directed at it, the robot tossed aside tanks and aircraft with ease while destroying whatever was in its way. Locating the main computer server, it began hacking the US Military intranet, achieving record download speeds as it assimilated terabytes of classified information before Colonel Sharp physically severed the core's network hardlines with a fire axe.

With its primarily objective a failure, the giant robot proceeded to destroy what remained of the base as well as nearly everyone in it.

The next day, in an emergency session at the [[Pentagon]], Secretary of Defense [[John Keller (Movie)|John Keller]] personally headed the investigation into the base attack, initially announcing that there did not appear to be any survivors.

But it turns out that there were indeed survivors of the base attack and were trying to contact them but were attacked by Scorponok. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers (film)}}

==Notes==
* [[wikipedia:Holloman_Air_Force_Base|Holloman Air Force Base]] in [[New Mexico]] served as the primary shooting location for the SOCCENT Qatar base.
*SOCCENT Qatar Air Base was mentioned in ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of The Fallen]]'' while Lennox fooled [[Theodore Galloway|Galloway]].

==External links==
*[http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123021221 Official US Air Force news article on Holloman AFB's role in the movie.]

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Pentagon

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[[Image:Movie2007_Pentagon.JPG|thumb|400px|]]

The '''Pentagon''' is a huge, five-sided office building located just outside of [[Washington, D.C.]] in the [[United States of America]]. It is the main headquarters of the [[United States military]].

==Fiction==
===Generation 1===
====Marvel Comics continuity====
[[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|Hawk]] attended an emergency meeting at the Pentagon where he learned that his love interest, Senator [[Barbara Larkin]], was a corrupt [[Cobra]] collaborator. {{storylink|Ashes, Ashes...}} Hawk was at the Pentagon when he communicated with [[Serpentor]] and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] in deciding what the best way was to stop the [[Decepticon]]s from using [[Power Station Alpha]] to destroy the [[Earth]]. {{storylink|...All Fall Down!}}

====Dreamwave comics====
Two years after the ''[[Ark II]]'' disaster, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] was brought to the Pentagon by General [[Robert Hallo]]. The massive office building was home to all manner of sinister machinations, not to mention [[Larry]] the Janitor. General Hallo led Spike to the [[Development of War Technology]] Division's headquarters, a "window on the world," where satellites kept the DWT abreast of events from around the globe. While one of the Division's officers calmly watched a nuclear explosion, Hallo showed Spike some pictures, satellite images of the revived [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 1|Prime Directive #1}}

Later, after witnessing General Hallo's [[Operation Clean-Up]] against the battling Transformers, Spike was returned to the Pentagon by helicopter and locked in a cell. Since janitors routinely have keys to the detention cells, Spike was freed by Larry, who gave him some papers about the [[Lazarus Project]]. Spike thanked him by throwing him to the floor and stealing his security pass. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 4|Prime Directive #4}}

Armed with the deadly papers, Spike stormed the DWT Division headquarters. Inside the DWT, Hallo had just performed a military miracle by single-handedly launching nuclear missiles—at an American city, no less. Confronted with the terrifying Spike and his scary papers, Hallo pulled a pistol and held Spike off long enough to rant about power and security. Then the [[President of the United States]] showed up with the Secret Service and "Defense Minister" Dawson to arrest Hallo, who chose instead to get shot to death for waving a pistol at armed military personnel. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 6|Prime Directive #6}}

====IDW comics====
[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] had successfully placed a facsimile agent named [[Harrison (G1)|Harrison]] in the Pentagon, who gave him the access codes to the United States nuclear arsenal. Megatron later threw Ramjet's severed arm through the wall. {{storylink|Spotlight: Ramjet}}

Somehow, the wall was miraculously fixed when the Pentagon organised a meeting about the [[Ark-19]] appearing in US airspace. {{storylink|Devastation issue 3|Devastation #3}}

===Live-action ''Transformers'' movies===
====''Transformers'' (2007) movie====
[[Image:Movie2007_briefingroom.JPG|thumb|left|250px|You can't fight in here! This is the War Room!]]
Defense Secretary [[John Keller (Movie)|John Keller]] orchestrated the response to the [[Decepticon]] invasion from the Pentagon, asking NSA analysts such as [[Maggie Madsen]] for help in analysing the signal used to hack [[SOCCENT Forward Operations Base|SOCCENT Qatar]]'s mainframe by [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]]. He also dispatched military forces to the Persian Gulf and Yellow Sea as a precaution.

The Decepticon [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] successfully hacked into the national defense network at the Pentagon through a computer on board [[Air Force One]]. Maggie, who detected the hack, tried to convince the dubious Army, Air Force and Navy commanders that whatever was attacking them was far more technologically advanced than any of the United State' potential enemies.

[[Image:Movie2007_Pentagoncommandcenter.JPG|thumb|250px|]]

Generals in the Pentagon's national military command center organised the [[United States Air Force|air strike]] on [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]] when he attacked [[William Lennox|Captain Lennox]]'s surviving [[United States Army|US Army Rangers]] in Qatar. The Pentagon's command centet was also used to oversee growing tensions between US, Russian, and Chinese military forces, which were coming dangerously close to conflict. In the middle of this, the command center and all of the Pentagon's communication resources (bar National Guard radio) were shut down by the virus uploaded by Frenzy; using the US military network to spread itself around the world, it caused a total communications blackout. The Pentagon used Guard radio frequencies to bring back the US forces and prepare the military for an imminent attack.

After the defeat of the Decepticons and the destruction of the [[AllSpark]], Keller held a teleconference with the Joint Chiefs of Staff, announcing the termination of the black-ops unit [[Sector Seven]] and the dumping of the Decepticon corpses in the [[Laurentian Abyss]]. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}
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====Titan Magazines ''Transformers'' movie comics====
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The Pentagon went into emergency session when the [[Decepticon Heartland]] invaded, but found itself hampered by [[Theodore Allen|President Allen's]] refusal to sanction military force. It was estimated half the country would be occupied by nightfall. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 24|Revolution Part 2}}

====IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics====
A month after [[Mission City]], a disaster occurred at Sector Seven's [[Nevada]] bunker where the fragment of the AllSpark that [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] had given to [[Vine|Professor Vine]] for safekeeping inadvertently reactivated [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]], a Decepticon that Sector Seven had illicitly imprisoned. Wreckage, then [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] leveled the base, killing most of the personnel. {{storylink|Alliance issue 2|Alliance #2}} An angry John Keller called Agent [[Seymour Simmons]] from the Pentagon to inform him that effective immediately, Sector Seven was to be disbanded and that his services were no longer required.

Weeks later, unnamed superiors in the Pentagon expressed their displeasure at the events in Nevada and their distrust for the Autobots, impressing upon Captain Lennox that he must secure the Autobots' full cooperation before they would provide full disclosure and form an alliance. {{Storylink|Alliance issue 3|Alliance #3}} Out of this alliance [[NEST]] was formed, a military organization composed of both Autobots and supporting human armed forces. Their first mission in [[San Francisco]] to put down [[Swindle (Movie)|Swindle]] and [[Dead End (Movie)|Dead End]] raised their ire of ''Major'' Lennox's superiors in the Pentagon once again, as the Autobots had transformed into robot mode in front of civilians, and this was becoming difficult to cover up. Major Lennox was of the opinion that the men in the Pentagon, sitting behind their desks far from the front lines, were demanding and impossible to please, no matter how well NEST performed. {{storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}}

====''Revenge of the Fallen'' movie====
The Pentagon and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff [[Morshower]] oversaw and commanded [[NEST]]'s operation in [[Shanghai]], monitoring them in real-time. They later conducted a debriefing and received information from [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] about a mysterious "[[The Fallen]]" rising.

When the Decepticons breached the [[United States Navy]] "net" around [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron's grave]], the Pentagon could only monitor the disaster, and then just monitor the later Decepticon incursions into the eastern United States, and for a chance of pace they monitored the Decepticon strikes across Earth and the Fallen's demands but then ''did'' something, putting the military on Condition Delta. That was a bit too much for them, so they went back to just monitoring NEST entering [[Egypt]], wondering why they could no longer monitor NEST, and asking [[Jordan]]'s air force and [[Egypt]]'s [[General Salam]] to help them monitor again. When they found out Decepticons were in the area, the Pentagon finally did something besides monitoring and sent in [[Operation: Firestorm|a crapload of artillery and soldiers]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

===Prime===
====''Prime'' cartoon====
Special Agent [[William Fowler]], the Autobot liaison with the United States government, reports directly to the Pentagon. When it comes to the Decepticon threat, he'd prefer to get the Department of Defense involved than leave it to the Autobots, but holds back due to avoid civilian casualties. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}} {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 3}}

==External links==
* [[Wikipedia:The Pentagon|The Pentagon at Wikipedia]]

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Project Mechanoid

2012-08-27T12:58:44Z

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:''Project Mechanoid is a program from the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[Image:Titan4.9 Project Mechanoid.jpg|thumb|right|250px|So,where's the hole for the arc reactor?]]
[[MECH]] has more than one project to build a giant robot—as well as [[Project Chimera]], they also have '''Project Mechanoid'''. While Project Mechanoid appears to be an attempt to build a giant robot with [[Earth]] technology, the results are just as spectacular. Only one piece remains required to complete it: a [[human]] mind itself.

==Fiction==
===Titan Magazines ''Prime'' comics===
MECH worked on Project Mechanoid in parallel with Project Chimera, continuing with the former project even when the latter was on hold. The last piece fell into place when [[Novo|Agent Novo]] found a [[neuron refractor]] in [[China]] and downloaded the schematic. As MECH set about building a duplicate refractor, [[Silas]] reassigned Novo to Project Mechanoid. The transfer soon took place, though the transfer was far from smooth, and once Novo's mind was in the robot body, he announced he was more than human and demanded Silas kneel before him. Though Silas and his men attempted to stop Novo leaving, he destroyed the base with his new power. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.9|The Novo Incident}}

[[Category:Aligned history]]
[[Category:Prime]]
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Novo

2012-08-27T12:56:36Z

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:''Novo is a [[human]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[Image:Titan4.9 Novo checks scanner.jpg|thumb|right|200px|We're pretty sure removing your face mask is grounds for dismissal from MECH.]]
'''Agent Novo''' is a [[MECH]] covert surveillance operative. He's knowledgeable enough to be able to recognize a mind-transfer device and has all the guile and cunning of a MECH soldier.

==Fiction==
===Titan Magazines ''Prime'' comics===
Novo was stationed in or near [[Zhejiang Province]] in [[China]]. He was drawn to the scene of a recent battle between the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s, where he found the [[neuron refractor]]. As he was reporting back to [[Silas]], Novo was interrupted by the arrival of [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] and [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]], but hid in the refractor as the two Autobots took it back to their base. Novo downloaded the device's technical specifications before taking [[Miko Nakadai]] hostage and forcing the Autobots to [[GroundBridge]] him back to China.

[[Image:Titan4.9 Novo under fire.jpg|thumb|left|200px|[[Iron Man]] really needs to go on a diet.]]
After he was picked up by MECH forces, Silas introduced him to the results of [[Project Mechanoid]]. Using a duplicated neuron refractor, Silas had Novo's mind transferred into a mechanoid body. The process worked, but Novo's mind was drastically changed by it. Considering himself greater than both human and Cybertronian, Novo rebelled against Silas and rescued Miko from her cell. After returning her to the Autobots, Novo turned down their offer to help him in favor of turning the MECH base into a smoking crater. He escaped the destruction after destroying the base. His fate was unknown after that. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.9|The Novo Incident}}

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Omega S.P.R.E.E.M.

2012-08-27T12:51:41Z

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{{factions|autobot}}
:''Omega S.P.R.E.E.M. was a prototype [[Autobot]] [[Omega Sentinel (Animated)| Omega Sentinel]] from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)| Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''
[[Image:OmegaSpreem.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Real 'bots now wear [[Neon|pink]].]]

'''Omega S.P.R.E.E.M.''' ('''S'''trike '''P'''rototype; '''R'''apid '''E'''ngagement & '''E'''limination '''M'''odule) was the best known of the small-scale [[prototype]] [[Omega Sentinel (Animated)| Omega Sentinels]] that preceded from [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]].

==Fiction==
===''Animated''===
During the development phase of [[Project Omega]], [[Highbrow (Animated)|Highbrow]], [[Perceptor (Animated)|Perceptor]], and [[Wheeljack (Animated)|Wheeljack]] constructed multiple proof-of-concept prototypes for what would eventually become the Omega Sentinels. The 1/12th scale Mark IV Omega S.P.R.E.E.M. was a well-known example. The data gathered from these prototypes was eventually used to construct the first fully functional Omega Sentinel prototype, Omega Supreme. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II}}

==Notes==
* Omega S.P.R.E.E.M. is an [[homage]] (in name and tasteful color scheme) to the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Action Master Elite]] with the [[Omega_Supreme_(G1)#Toys|similar name]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Omega S.P.R.E.E.M.''' (オメガS.P.R.E.E.M.)

{{DEFAULTSORT:Omega Spreem}}
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Project Omega

2012-08-27T12:43:40Z

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:''Project Omega is a weapons development project from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:TransWarpedOmegaBirth.jpg|thumb|300px|right|"Crush them! Go Giant Robo!" "OHHHHHHH."]]

The Autobots had organized '''Project Omega''' in the latter days of the [[Great War (Animated)|Great War]] for the purpose of developing weapons of mass destruction to use against the Decepticons. The project successfully produced large, starship-sized Transformers called [[Omega Sentinel (Animated)|Omega Sentinel]]s. The Omega Sentinels were deliberately given simple processors, enough to unhesitatingly carry out missions given to them by Autobot command. Access codes for each Omega Sentinel were entrusted to a designated Autobot mentor bot who gives him commands.

At least four prototypes were created before the first functioning, full-scale prototype, [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]].

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
{{Idw-tfa}}
[[Highbrow (Animated)|Highbrow]], [[Perceptor (Animated)|Perceptor]], and [[Wheeljack (Animated)|Wheeljack]] worked on the project under the command of [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]]. The [[Supreme Commander|Autobot Supreme Commander]] and Head of Intel, [[Highbrow (Animated)|Highbrow]] led [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] to the secret chamber where the Omega Sentinels were being built. Shortly thereafter, Ratchet was bonded to [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]]. {{storylink|TransWarped}} ''Most of the Omega Sentinels perished in combat during the [[Great War (Animated)|Great War]]. The only two that survived, [[Sigma Supreme]] and [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]], were put into a modified [[stasis lock]]. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II}}''

[[Category:Animated history]]
[[Category:Projects]]

Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)

2012-08-27T12:36:02Z

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{{Nav-RescueBots}}
[[Image:Rescue Bots cartoon title screen.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Let's see the Justice League top this lineup.]]
'''''Transformers: Rescue Bots''''' is a cartoon series that launched on [[The Hub]] on [[December 17]], [[2011]] with a preview of the first two episodes, and the full season starting [[February 18]], [[2012]]. Unlike ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)| Prime]]'', ''Rescue Bots'' is animated in Toon Boom Harmony (similar to a Flash cartoon), and aimed at a younger generation of ''[[Transformers brand|Transformers]]'' fans. Unusually for a ''Transformers'' cartoon, it features no [[Decepticon]]s.

==Story==
{{bigquote|''A routine patrol with four Bots in stasis,'' ''Years later awoke in the strangest of places.'' ''Earth was their home now, and in addition,'' ''Optimus Prime gave them this mission!'' |The [[theme song]].}}

The [[Rescue Bot]]s are a team of inexperienced [[Autobot]]s primarily designed to serve as a rescue team on the battlefield. When their spacecraft is drawn to [[Earth]], [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] judges them as not ready to face the [[Decepticon]]s, and instead stations them in the technologically advanced town of [[Griffin Rock]], [[Maine]] located on an island off the east coast of [[United States of America|America]]. There they must work undercover, posing as ordinary robots used a rescue vehicles by the islands "family of heroes", the Burnses family. The Rescue Bots must learn to work together, both with each other and their [[human]] partners, to help the people of Griffin Rock during disasters and the occasional mishap caused by out-of-control technology. Though the Decepticon empire has yet to touch the island, it has its own villains, such as the devilishly-cunning [[Thaddeus Morocco|Doctor Morocco]] and the petty criminals [[Myles]] and [[Evan (RB)|Evan]].

==Cast==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
'''[[Rescue Bot]]s/[[Rescue Force Sigma-17]]'''
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] ([[Steve Blum]])
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] ([[Parvesh Cheena]])
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] ([[D.C. Douglas]])
*[[Boulder]] ([[Imari Williams]])

'''Other'''
* [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] ([[Peter Cullen]])
* [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]]
|c3=
'''Burns Family'''
*[[Charlie Burns|Chief Charlie Burns]] ([[Maurice LaMarche]])
*[[Cody Burns]] ([[Elán Garfias]])
*[[Kade Burns]] ([[Jason Marsden]])
*[[Dani Burns]] ([[Lacey Chabert]])
*[[Graham Burns]] ([[Shannon McKain]])

'''Greene Family'''
*[[Doc Greene]] ([[LeVar Burton]])
*[[Frankie Greene]] ([[Diamond White]])

'''Townspeople'''
*[[Luskey|Mayor Luskey]] ([[Jeff Glen Bennett|Jeff Bennett]])
*[[Huxley Prescott]] (Jeff Bennett)
*[[Harrison (RB)|Mr. Harrison]] (D.C. Douglas)
*[[Neederlander|Mrs. Neederlander]] ([[Billie Hayes]])
*[[Alper|Mr. Alper]] (Steve Blum)
*[[Edgar Prewett]]
*[[Bufkin|Mr. Bufkin]]
*[[Perkins (RB)|Mr. Perkins]] (Steve Blum)
*[[Milo]] (Jason Marsden)
*[[Arthur Shaw|Captain Arthur Shaw]] (Maurice LaMarche)
*[[Haley (RB)|Haley]]
*[[Pfeiffer|Mr. Pfeiffer]]
*[[Wild|Captain Wild]] (Steve Blum)
*[[Anna Baranova|Professor Anna Baranova]] ([[Kath Soucie]])

'''Antagonists'''
*[[Thaddeus Morocco|Dr. Thaddeus Morocco]] ([[Tim Curry]])
*[[Evan (RB)|Evan]] ([[Robbie Daymond]])
*[[Myles]] (Robbie Daymond)

|c4=
'''Robots'''
*[[Trex]] (LeVar Burton)
*[[Robo-Baby]] (Jason Marsden)
*[[Dither|Dither the Helper Bot]] (LeVar Burton)
*[[MorBot]]

'''Pets'''
*[[Mister Pettypaws]]
*[[Edison]]
*[[Aristotle]]
|nonumbering=true}}

== Episodes ==
{{see|List of Rescue Bots episodes}}
=== Season 1 ===
{{collist|2|
# [[Family of Heroes]]
# [[Under Pressure]]
# [[Hotshots]]
# [[Flobsters on Parade]]
# [[The Alien Invasion of Griffin Rock]]
# [[Walk on the Wild Side]]
# [[Cody on Patrol]]
# [[Four Bots and a Baby]]
# [[Christmas in July]]
# [[Deep Trouble]]
# [[Return of the Dinobot]]
# [[The Other Doctor]]
# [[The Reign of Morocco]]
# [[Small Blessings]]
# [[The Griffin Rock Triangle]]
# [[Rules and Regulations]]
# [[The Lost Bell]]
# [[Bumblebee to the Rescue (RB)|Bumblebee to the Rescue]]
# [[You've Been Squilshed]]
# [[Countdown (RB)|Countdown]]
# [[The Haunting of Griffin Rock]]
# [[Little White Lies]]
# [[Shake Up]]
# [[Rescue Boy]]
# [[It's a Bot Time]]
# [[Bot to the Future]]
}}

==Production==
The series was developed by [[Nicole Dubuc]], [[Brian Hohlfeld]] and [[Jeff Kline]], who work as story editor, supervising producer and executive producer respectively. Dubuc and Hohlfeld, along with [[Greg Johnson]], form the series writing team, though some of the episodes have had guest writers. Direction duties are shared between [[Nathan Chew]] and [[Patrick Archibald]] with [[Frank Molieri]] as supervising director. The show is animated by Canadian firm [[Atomic Cartoons]] (''Johnny Test'', ''[[Spider-Man]] Unlimited'') in Toon Boom Harmony. [[Therese Trujillo]] works as animation producer. Designers who have worked on the show include [[Shane Glines]] and [[Steve Jones]] (character designs), and [[Edgar Carlos]] (backgrounds).

==Notes==
* [[Jeff Kline]] stated that ''Rescue Bots'' and ''Prime'' occupy the same continuity, and do so because he felt two ''Transformers'' shows on the same network should share the same mythology. This is why ''Rescue Bots'' takes place on an island, so that it can exist in a relatively insulated bubble from the more dangerous plot elements of the older-skewing ''Prime''.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.hubworld.com/transformers/shows/rescue-bots Transformers Rescue Bots] on Hubworld.

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Pressure Front

2012-08-27T11:37:02Z

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{{factions|decepticon}}
:''Zhóngyā Měng Zhě is an [[Decepticon]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:Chong Ya Meng Zhe.jpg|thumb|300px|]]

To '''Zhóngyā Měngzhě''' (重压猛者, "High Pressure Tough Warrior"), there is absolutely no distinction between [[Autobot]], [[Decepticon]], Neutral, or any other life form. Merely a Decepticon by chance instead of personal allegiance, Chóng Yā Měngzhě fights simply to show off his strength, firepower, and armor.

==Games==
===''Transformers Online''===
{{storylink|Transformers Online}}
{{comingsoon}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zhongya Mengzhe}}
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Siegegun

2012-08-27T11:34:19Z

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{{factions|decepticon}}
:''Zhóngjiǎ Pòhuàizhě is an [[Decepticon]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:Zhongjia Pohuaizhe.jpg|thumb|300px|]]

An expert on siege warfare, '''Zhóngjiǎ Pòhuàizhě''' (重甲破坏者, "Heavy Armored Destroyer") finds it easy to overcome [[Autobot]] fortifications with his heavy artillery firepower. When he does find his match in strength, Zhóngjiǎ Pòhuàizhě demonstrates patience and resilience, taking down even the toughest Autobot opponents.

==Games==
===''Transformers Online''===
{{storylink|Transformers Online}}
{{comingsoon}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zhongjia Pohuaizhe}}
[[Category:Chinese-original characters]]
[[Category:Transformers Online Decepticons]]
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War Blade

2012-08-27T11:32:27Z

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{{factions|decepticon}}
:''Zhàn Yì Dāofēng is an [[Decepticon]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:Zhan Yi Daofeng.jpg|thumb|300px|]]

'''Zhàn Yì Dāofēng''' (戰翼刀鋒, "War Wing Blade") considers the idea of war itself to be sacred. True glory, to him, is the use of one's skill and power to defeat an opponent, not through deceitful means that other [[Decepticon]]s dabbled in and used them. His "archaic" code of honor frustrates [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]], but Zhàn Yì Dāofēng still remains within the Decepticon ranks thanks to his successes against the [[Autobot]]s.

==Games==
===''Transformers Online''===
{{storylink|Transformers Online}}
{{comingsoon}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zhan Yi Daofeng}}
[[Category:Chinese-original characters]]
[[Category:Transformers Online Decepticons]]
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War Rotor

2012-08-27T11:31:09Z

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{{factions|decepticon}}
:''Zhàn Rèn Xuányì is an [[Decepticon]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:Zhan Ren Xuanyi.jpg|thumb|300px|]]

'''Zhàn Rèn Xuányì''' (战刃旋翼, "War Blade Rotor") fancies himself a collector of "exquisite taste", partaking in the collection of the severed limbs of worthy [[Autobot]] opponents he battled. While his aerial skills against the Autobots are unmatched, Zhàn Rèn Xuányì's [[Decepticon]] comrades can't overlook the creepiness that he gives off.

==Games==
===''Transformers Online''===
{{storylink|Transformers Online}}
{{comingsoon}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zhan Ren Xuanyi}}
[[Category:Chinese-original characters]]
[[Category:Transformers Online Decepticons]]
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Space Scar

2012-08-27T11:29:35Z

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{{factions|decepticon}}
:''Shēnkōng Xīng Hén is an [[Decepticon]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:Shenkong Xing Hen.jpg|thumb|300px|]]

'''Shēnkōng Xīng Hén''' (深空星痕, "Deep Space Star Scar") is one of the fastest flyers aboard the ''[[Nemesis (Prime)|Nemesis]]'', capable of numerous successful surprise attacks. Before coming to [[Earth]], Shēnkōng Xīng Hén rarely fought in actual battle, but due to the [[Decepticon]]s' dwindling [[energon]] reserves has forced [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] to send him into the front lines to battle the Autobots.

==Games==
===''Transformers Online''===
{{storylink|Transformers Online}}
{{comingsoon}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shenkong Xing Hen}}
[[Category:Chinese-original characters]]
[[Category:Transformers Online Decepticons]]
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Wind War

2012-08-27T11:28:40Z

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{{factions|decepticon}}
:''Nù Fēng Zhàn Rèn is an [[Decepticon]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:Nu Feng Zhan Ren.jpg|thumb|300px|]]

In place of firepower, '''Nù Fēng Zhàn Rèn''' (怒風戰刃, "Anger Wind War Edge") has cunning aerial skills. An aerial hunter with a reputation for being cruel and ruthless, Nù Fēng Zhàn Rèn strikes fear in the [[Autobot]]s with his masterful use of aerial maneuvers in sneak attacks.

==Games==
===''Transformers Online''===
{{storylink|Transformers Online}}
{{comingsoon}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nu Feng Zhan Ren}}
[[Category:Chinese-original characters]]
[[Category:Transformers Online Decepticons]]
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Doomsday Marshal

2012-08-27T11:27:24Z

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:''Mòrì Tǒngshuài is an [[Decepticon]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:Mori Tongshuai.jpg|thumb|300px|]]

The [[Decepticon]] warlord '''Mòrì Tǒngshuài''' (末日统帅, "Doomsday Marshal") is a brutal and powerful conqueror, with a reputation to match among the [[Autobot]]s. Among others in the Decepticons, Mòrì Tǒngshuài believes he would make a far more effective leader than [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] himself. His hidden arrogance is supported by his numerous victories and efficiency. Till the time is right, Mòrì Tǒngshuài plots his eventual ascension to becoming the new leader of the Decepticons.

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Thundercloud Knight

2012-08-27T11:25:24Z

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:''Léiyún Qíshì is an [[Decepticon]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:Leiyun Qishi.jpg|thumb|300px|]]

Among the [[Decepticon]]s, '''Léiyún Qíshì''' (雷雲騎士, "Thundercloud Knight") is one of the proudest, reveling in his Decepticon allegiance and his superb aerial skills. This leads to his complete and utter contempt for [[Autobot]]s and those poor [[Transformer]]s who can't fly for combat. [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] grants him much trust and regard, which Léiyún Qíshì deeply cherishes and uses to motivate himself in the face of adversity.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Leiyun Qishi}}
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Hypergear

2012-08-27T11:24:02Z

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:''Kuángbào Chǐlūn is an [[Decepticon]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:Kuangbao Chilun.jpg|thumb|300px|]]

'''Kuángbào Chǐlūn''' (狂暴齒輪, "Frantic Gear") was raised in a world of violence and death as a gladiator in the Kaon arena. Now with the [[Decepticon]]s, Kuángbào Chǐlūn simply takes out his aggression on the [[Autobot]]s; any site will do for his thirst for destruction, including [[Earth]] and humanity.

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{{comingsoon}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kungbao Chilun}}
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Baleful Spirit

2012-08-27T11:22:16Z

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:''Kuángbào Shāshén is an [[Decepticon]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:Kuangbao Shashen.jpg|thumb|300px|]]

'''Kuángbào Shāshén''' (狂暴煞神, "Frantic Baleful Spirit") was once locked up in an [[Autobot]] high-security prison for his war crimes he committed during the [[Great War (Prime)|Great War]]. Now freed by his fellow [[Decepticon]]s, Kuángbào Shāshén seeks to exact his revenge on the faction that imprisoned him with his artillery and fists.

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===''Transformers Online''===
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{{comingsoon}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kuangbao Shashen}}
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General Browbeat

2012-08-27T11:21:02Z

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:''Kǒngjù Xiāojiāng is an [[Decepticon]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:Kongju Xiaojiang.jpg|thumb|300px|]]

On and off the battlefield, '''Kǒngjù Xiāojiāng''' (恐惧骁将, "Terrifying Brave General") is an incessant howler, which is irritating his Decepticon comrades. His howling does serve its purpose in battle: striking fear in his [[Autobot]] opponents. If his screaming fails to achieve its intention, Kǒngjù Xiāojiāng has his own share of firepower and armor to back up his reputation.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kongju Xiaojiang}}
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Ursa Major (Prime)

2012-08-27T11:18:55Z

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:''Jù Xióng Hànjiāng is an [[Decepticon]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:Ju Xiong Hanjiang.jpg|thumb|300px|]]

'''Jù Xióng Hànjiāng''' (巨熊悍将, "Giant Bear Valiant General") possesses remarkable strength, firepower, and endurance. Unfortunately, he also possesses an insatiable hunger for energy, which [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] exploits to his advantage. The [[Decepticon]] leader purposefully keeps Jù Xióng Hànjiāng in constant hunger, knowing that the chaos a starving beast brings to the battlefield is all-consuming.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ju Xiong Hanjiang}}
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Smash-Gyre

2012-08-27T11:17:28Z

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:''Huǐmiè Xuànwō is an [[Decepticon]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:Huimie Xuanwo.jpg|thumb|300px|]]

Even among the [[Decepticon]]s, '''Huǐmiè Xuànwō''' (毁灭漩涡, "Destructive Vortex") is a crazed mech out for sheer violence. He cares not of [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]]'s, or anybody's, philosophy. All he wants out of the [[Great War (Prime)|Great War]] is the simple concept of violence, to unleash his lust for war itself. While Huǐmiè Xuànwō may not be the strongest of [[Transformer]]s, he is quite adept at toying with his opponents, before deciding to mercilessly end their sparks. The Decepticon has built up a hateful reputation amongst the [[Autobot]]s, but few of them desire to meet Huǐmiè Xuànwō face-to-face.

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Iron Fang

2012-08-27T11:16:29Z

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:''Gāng Yá Tiě Shòu is an [[Decepticon]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:Gang Ya Tie Shou.jpg|thumb|300px|]]

'''Gāng Yá Tiě Shòu''' (钢牙铁兽, "Steel-Toothed Iron Beast") is [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]]'s ultimate weapon, a fierce destroyer capable of piercing [[Autobot]] armor and destroying their fortifications. His strength and impervious armor enables him to bring much devastation to the Autobot army.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gang Ya Tie Shou}}
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Schism (Prime)

2012-08-27T11:15:16Z

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:''Fēnliè Zàibō is an [[Decepticon]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:Fenlie Zaibo.jpg|thumb|300px|]]

The efficient assassin '''Fēnliè Zàibō''' (分裂载波, "Split Carrier") is one of [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]]'s trusted lieutenants. As an assassin, Fēnliè Zàibō strikes without warning and leaves no regret or remorse after killing his target. So guarded are his emotions and motivations at all times that his [[Decepticon]] peers have come to regard him as an enigma.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fenlie Zaibo}}
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Doomwings (Prime)

2012-08-27T11:13:21Z

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:''Èzhào Zhī Yì is an [[Decepticon]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:Ezhao Zhi Yi.jpg|thumb|300px|]]

'''Èzhào Zhī Yì''' (噩兆之翼, "Ominous Wings") would very literally stab his Decepticon teammate in the back if he could get some benefit for it. Despite everybody doubting his loyalty to the [[Decepticon]] cause, [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] still assigns Èzhào Zhī Yì with important tasks, due to his unrivaled aerial capabilities. He's more than happy with his lot in life, as it means he can defect from the Decepticons and join the Autobots once the war takes a turn for the worse for the Decepticons. And perhaps even kick them while they're down.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ezhao Zhi Yi}}
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Shadow Assassin

2012-08-27T11:09:16Z

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:''Ànyǐng Shāshǒu is an [[Decepticon]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:Anying Shashou.jpg|thumb|300px|Don't confuse me with [[Cyclonus (WFC)|him]].]]

'''Ànyǐng Shāshǒu''' (暗影殺手, "Shadow Assassin") is a fearsome and infamous Decepticon assassin responsible for the deaths of many [[Autobot]] officers early in the [[Great War (Prime)|Great War]]. To the world's relief, he was once captured and kept in a high-security prison for many years. When he managed to escape, Ànyǐng Shāshǒu rejoined the [[Decepticon]]s and now hunts down the Autobots to enact his revenge on his former jailers.

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Stellar Maelstrom

2012-08-27T11:08:07Z

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:''Àn Xīng Xuánwō is an [[Decepticon]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:An Xing Xuanwo.jpg|thumb|300px|]]

'''Àn Xīng Xuánwō''' (暗星漩渦, "Dark Star Whirlpool") has an interesting hobby when not off fighting: making "[[Slogism|art]]" from the corpses of fallen [[Autobot]]s he killed. He never ceases fighting, as his hope is that, someday, he will have the honor of making a monument out of [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] himself.

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Aegis Vanguard

2012-08-27T11:06:50Z

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:''Zhòngjiǎ Xiānfēng is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:Chong Jia Sianfong.jpg|thumb|200px|]]

'''Zhòngjiǎ Xiānfēng''' (重甲先锋, "Heavy Armor Vanguard") is a friendly giant who helps his Autobot comrades perform tasks on the battlefield by using his immense physical frame to cover for them while in combat. Despite being a seasoned veteran, his personality is still one of modesty and kindness. The [[Great War (Prime)|Great War]] is not a place for such a gentle soul, but Zhòngjiǎ Xiānfēng has little choice in the matter.

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Sledgehammer

2012-08-27T11:04:53Z

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:''Zhòng Chuí Tiě Wèi is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:Zhong Chui Tie Wei.jpg|thumb|200px|]]

'''Zhòng Chuí Tiě Wèi''' (重锤铁卫, "Heavy Hammer Iron Guard") is simple, honest, and of few words. Powerful and tenacious, little can force him to fall back or surrender while in battle.

{{quote|If he was a little faster, no Decepticon would be able to stop him.|[[Kup (Prime)|Kup]]}}

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Ether Walker

2012-08-27T11:02:58Z

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:''Yǐtài Xíngzhě is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:Yitai Xingzhe.jpg|thumb|300px|]]

A speedster by heart, '''Yǐtài Xíngzhě''' (以太行者, "Ether Walker") dislikes [[Earth]] due to its wildly uneven terrain preventing her from achieving top speeds. Nonetheless, she is a valuable part of the [[Autobot]]s and confounds the [[Decepticon]]s with her quickness and speed.

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===''Transformers Online''===
{{storylink|Transformers Online}}
{{comingsoon}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yitai Xingzhe}}
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