Trypticon (disambiguation)

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:''Trypticon is a [[Decepticon]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:TrypticonGenerations1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"After G1, he was cast as the Red Ranger's T-Rex on Power Rangers"]]

While there have been other sentient Decepticon "cities," '''Trypticon''' was the first to appear in any continuity. His intelligence and personality vary between those continuities, from a plodding near-animal to an introspective killer with designs on Decepticon leadership. Also variable is his [[Scale|scale]]: He's always depicted as being very large, but whether that means being two-to-three times typical [[Transformer]] size, literally city-sized, or somewhere in between, is rarely consistent. One element that ''should'' be consistent, given how often it's referenced, is the fact that his eyes can emit hypno-beams that subvert the will of other Transformers. Strangely, though, he has never been seen to use them.

In some continuities, he is accompanied by one or more smaller robots. The only one to exhibit an autonomous personality is [[Wipe-Out]]. [[Full-Tilt]] and [[Brunt]] have merely been mindless drones when they've existed at all.

:''Japanese name:'' '''Dinosaurer''' (monster-mode)/'''Dinobase''' (city-mode)

==Fiction==
===Animated Continuity===
'''Voice actor:''' [[Brad Garrett]] (US), [[Yutaka Shimaka]] (Japan)

[[Image:TrypTVMagazine.jpg|left|thumb|I thought he was great as Lobo on Superman.]]

In the year 2006, Trypticon was built on [[Earth]] by the [[Constructicon]]s (with help from [[Octane]] and some other guy), out of a human city as the Decepticon answer to [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] and as part of the joint [[Quintesson]]/Decepticon campaign to attack the Autobots on two fronts. Upon activation, Trypticon sent his former human occupants running for their lives, then destroyed a nearby mountain for no apparent reason. {{Storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}

His first mission was to attack the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], defended by those pesky [[Mini Vehicle|Minibots]]. Trypticon shot [[Powerglide]] out of the sky, then shrugged off sneak attacks by the Minibot defenders (stepping on [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]]) before leveling the Ark and the volcano the Autobot ship was embedded in. Destroying one [[Autobot]] stronghold wasn't enough, however, and Trypticon soon set his sights on [[Autobot City]] and Metroplex.

Metroplex was at a significant disadavantage, since he was without his [[Transformation Cog|transformation cog]] and thus locked into his battle station form, a weakness that Trypticon exploited. However, the timely arrival of [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] and [[Wheelie]] with the cog allowed Metroplex to gain the upper hand, and Trypticon to take a bath in the Pacific ocean. {{Storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

Trypticon resurfaced later in a world monument stealing scheme with the [[Triple Changer]] [[Octane]]. They stole the monuments for [[Abdul Fakkadi]] of the [[Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbombya]] in exchange for the country's high-grade oil. Initially, the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s and [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] were suspected, but [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] linked the crime back to Trypticon. [[Hot Rod|Rodimus Prime]], Metroplex, and the rest of the Autobots put a stop to the scheme, and Trypticon took another bath. {{storylink|Thief in the Night}}

Later, he had one of his eyes, his transformation cog, and even his body stolen by [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] in an effort to revive [[Unicron]]. He also acted as a transport vessel for the other "primitive" Transformers when they went to fight [[Tornedron]], but no baths were involved.

====Fight! Super Robot Life Form Transformers manga====
In this timeline, Trypticon's construction occurred around 1986/87, rather than in 2005. While the [[Autobots]] were in the process of constructing Metroplex, [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and [[Reflector]] were able to sneak past their security and spy on the process, acquiring the information that Megatron needed to discover whether or not Metroplex was strong enough to stand up to Trypticon.

[[Image:TrypticonRisesTVMagazine1.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"Up from the depths, thirty stories high..."]]

The completed Trypticon made his fist appearance terrorizing an island utopia that the Decepticons had taken control of. He made short work of [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], nearly killing him, until he was goaded into battle by the sudden appearance of Metroplex. Trypticon dove head-first at his rival, only to phase right through him and fall off a cliff and into the ocean. As it turns out, it was a hologram created by [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] and magnified by [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]].

====Scramble City OVA====
Not long after Trypticon's island misadventure, the Autobots completed construction of Metroplex, who was dispatched to aid the Autobot combiners in battle against their Decepticon foes. With the villains defeated, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] activated Trypticon to battle Metroplex.

''(The Japanese manga and ''Scramble City'' served as a supplement to the animated series, with the events of the manga occurring between the end of the second season and the OVA, and the OVA itself occurring around the year 1987, it's cliffhanger left unresolved - although the possibility that it could have ended with Trypticon getting thrown off a cliff and crashing into the ocean is distinctly high. Both were released only in Japan, and are decidedly out-of-continuity with the Western version of the animated series, as they contradict Trypticon's origin as it is depicted there.)''

====Headmasters====
'''Voice actor:''' [[Masato Hirano]] (Japan)

Trypticon continued serving the [[Decepticon]]s into the year 2011; however, by then he'd become mostly a joke. In one confrontation, he was defeated by [[Daniel Witwicky|Daniel]] and [[Wheelie]] when they lured him into walking onto a rickety rope bridge which subsequently buckled under his weight and dumped him into a river. Nevertheless, he was still used in numerous battles throughout 2011. At one point he was commandeered by [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and brought into battle against the Autobot [[Headmasters]]. The pair fled, leaving Trypticon behind to be destroyed (which happened off-screen; his destruction was only mentioned by Galvatron). He was apparantly rebuilt, however, and was seen serving the Decepticons all the way through to their eviction from planet Earth.

====Zone OVA====
'''Voice actor:''' [[Daisuke Gōri]] (Japan)

[[Image:TrypticonZone1.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Master of subtlety.]]

''(Trypticon is referred to as one of the [[Nine Great Demon Generals]]. This terminology, coupled with the presence of the previously deceased [[Black Zarak]] in their ranks and [[Violen Jygar]]'s supernatural origins, could mean that Trypticon died previously to Zone and was likewise brought back to life. However, this is unconfirmed, meaning that Violen Jygar may have simply recruited the still-living Trypticon to be a General.)''

Trypticon eventually joined forces with [[Violen Jygar]] as one of his nine deadly Decepticon Demon-Generals. Now with the rank of Saurian General, he used a club for a weapon and was equipped with a new attack, the [[Energon Z|Energon Z Beam]], thanks to his compatriots stealing the Autobots' Energon Z from [[Zone (planet)|Planet Zone]]. Trypticon was sent by Violen Jygar to steal the [[Zodiac]] from the [[Autobot]]s on [[Earth]]. During the battle with [[Dai Atlas]], the power of the Zodiac was released right in Trypticon's face, killing him.

===Marvel Comics Continuity===
''Events in italics happened in the Marvel UK comics''

Trypticon was dispatched by [[Ratbat]] to Earth, where he attacked the Ark with the aid of [[Wipe-Out]]. He exhibited more intelligence than in perhaps any other universe, bantering with his enemies and employing some degree of strategy. But the [[Dinobot|Dinobots]] held him off long enough that his energy expenditures upset the miserly Ratbat, who recalled him to Cybertron. The "defeat" of Trypticon immediately led to [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]'s inauguration as Autobot Leader.

''Later he fought evil zombies with [[Flywheels]] and the [[Wreckers]].''

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
Before the Ark left Cybertron, Trypticon was seen participating in at least one assault on the Autobots. Though not seen at that time, he does control two "battlefield drones," [[Full-Tilt]] and [[Brunt]].

Despite his effectiveness as a killing machine, he doubts the Decepticon cause and hates his own role. He thinks that his abilities will eventually merit his taking leadership of the Decepticons, though he accepts this with the same resignation as the rest of his futile existence. {{storylink|More Than Meets the Eye}}

===Devil's Due ''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers'' comics continuity===
As part of [[Serpent O.R.]]'s forces, Trypticon defended the newly unified Decepticon army's base against a combined Autobot/[[G.I. Joe]] strike force. A massive barrage from [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and G.I. Joe's artillery almost felled the giant Decepticon. {{storylink|The Art of War, Part 5}}

===IDW Comics Continuity===

During a flashback, Trypticon can be seen battling [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] alongside Megatron, Optimus Prime, and Omega Supreme. It's unknown if he survived the battle. {{storylink|Stormbringer, Part 1}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Trypticon''' (Decepticon City, 1986/1987)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-63'''
: Came with [[Full-Tilt]] and [[Brunt]]

:This mold was later [[retool]]ed, [[redeco]]ed, and sold with fewer accessories as ''[[Beast Wars II (franchise)|Beast Wars II]]'' [[Megastorm|Gigastorm]]

===MyClone===
*'''Trypticon''' (MyClone, 2003)

:The Trypticon MyClone is the adorablest little killer dinosaur you ever did see.

===Classics===
*'''Trypticon''' (Legends, 2006)
:Trypticon in the ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]'' line is a [[redeco]] of [[Legends of Cybertron]] [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]]. This redeco is awesome and [http://www.toynewsi.com/news.php?catid=242&itemid=10656 needs cuddles].

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Trypticon/trypticon.htm Trypticon at TFU.info]

*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Trypticon Trypticon's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

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