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Transformers: Ratchet

2011-06-26T05:29:03Z

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|seriesissue=Transformers: Ratchet
|image=TargetRatchetcomic.jpg
|caption=
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]] [[Target]]
|date=
|coverdate=
|writer=[[John Barber]]
|pencils=[[Atilio Martin]]
|colors=[[Sergio Adad]]
|letters=[[Chris Mowry]]
|editor=[[Andy Schmidt]] [[Denton J. Tipton]]
|cover=[[E. J. Su]]
|continuity=[[Live-action film series]]
}}
'''Ratchet rescues Arcee from Space Case while doing a lot of self-justification of why he's a doctor who hacks people up with a buzzsaw.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]], out examining soil samples after an earthquake in a remote desert location, receives a priority-one Autobot distress signal. Tracking the signal to its source, he was surprised by a nearby rumbling. What he took at first to be another earthquake was actually the dull-witted [[Decepticon]] [[Space Case (DOTM)|Space Case]]. Ratchet avoided the initial attack and leapt onto his opponent's jet form, overpowering him and causing them both to crash through the unstable earth into a subterranean cavern.

With Space Case temporarily out of commission, Ratchet looked around and found [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]], trapped beneath a rockfall. Grateful the Autobot medic had found her, she explained that [[Sam Witwicky]] and [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] were trapped as well. Before Ratchet could take any action, however, Space Case recovered and attempted to impale him on his trident. Ratchet acknowledged the conflict between his belief in pacifism and the realities of war and, determined to rescue his friends, retaliated with a devastating strike on the Decepticon with his buzzsaw, and Space Case turned tail and ran, grousing loudly about the ineffectiveness of his special protective [[cyberglyphics]].

Ratchet extracted Arcee from the rubble, patched her up, and sent her after Space Case, remarking that he was going to stay and save more lives.

==Featured characters==
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* [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]]
* [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]]
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* [[Space Case (DOTM)|Space Case]]
}}

==Quotes==
"I don't like violence. I know how things ''look'' right now, but ''truly'' - I ''abhor'' it."
:-'''Ratchet''', as he drives Space Case through the ground

"I've ''had'' it with this cave! I'll see ''you'' later, an' ''then'' we'll settle things for ''reals!''" 
"What's he ''talking'' about?" 
"I'm afraid I have ''no'' idea." 
:-'''Space Case''' also learned to speak English from the World Wide Web, while '''Arcee''' and '''Ratchet''' are like whatevs

==Errors==
*None yet identified.

==Items of note==
*The comic comes free with [[Target]]'s [[exclusive]] ''[[Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' Voyager class repaint of [[Ratchet (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys 4|Ratchet]].
*The issue takes place between ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' and ''[[Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]'', following on from Target's other exclusive comic, ''[[Transformers: Starscream]]'' (in which Space Case is recruited by a rebellious Starscream), and ''[[Transformers: Space Case]]'' (in which Space Case winds up in a cave and escapes his pursuers by caving them in). More specifically, these three comics take place not long before the Barber-penned ''[[Rising Storm]]'' prequel comic; the attack on Sam mentioned in this comic would even be alluded to by Space Case in the [[Rising Storm issue 3|third issue]] of that series.
**There's a bit of artistic conflict, though, since this comic features Ratchet in his new ''Dark of the Moon'' coloration, and ''Transformers: Starscream'' put [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] in his new truck body, while ''Rising Storm'' featured the characters in their ''Revenge of the Fallen'' forms. This was either an out-and-out goof, or possibly a deliberate choice to not feature the characters' new bodies ahead of time in ''Rising Storm'' (something similar happened in that comic with other new movie cast members).
*Ratchet recognizes Space Case because [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] told him about him, "some time ago".
*Bumblebee and Sam are mentioned by Arcee but never actually appear on-panel.
*Someone must have cut-and-pasted some legalese for the indicia, because licensing information for both Lockheed's Raptor and Sikorsky's Pave Low appear inside the front cover.

===Advertisements===
*''Dark of the Moon'' [[MechTech]] figures

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[[Category:Target exclusives]]

Space Case (DOTM)

2011-06-26T05:22:20Z

124.106.134.171: /* IDW movie prequel comics */ Read the comic.

{{faction|decepticon}}
{{disambig2|the Decepticon from ''Dark of the Moon''|the Decepticon from ''Generation 2''|Space Case (G2)}}

:''Space Case is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Dark of the Moon (franchise)|Dark of the Moon]] portion of the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:RisingStorm3-SpaceCasetrident.jpg|right|thumb|500px|Yeah, well... [[Geewun|you movie guys look like Bionicle characters!]]]]

'''Space Case''' is pretty excitable. He thinks humans all look the same and that they're "fleshy and gross". He also underestimates how easy it might be for humans to use his peers' weaponry on him.

He's also fast. ''Extremely'' fast. In fact, that's the ''only'' reason he hasn't been defeated, as he has a mind that's on the fritz and hence is only slightly more intelligent than the average rock. He thinks he's survived all this time because of all the [[Cyberglyphics|Cyberglyphs]] tattooed on his armor, but it's probably because he's just ''that'' fast, and fast targets are hard to hit. <ref>Space Case's [[bio]].</ref>

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==Fiction==
===IDW movie prequel comics===
{{charstubfiction}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Starscream}} 
Shortly after waking up from a flying-related dream, Space Case climbed out of the hole he possibly crashed into and noticed a crack that wasn't there before on the cavern wall. He busted a hole through the crack and was ready to leave when he noticed he was not alone. Hiding on a nearby ledge, he recognized his pursuers as [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] and [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] along with [[Sam Witwicky|some Earthling]]. After hearing a mocking question by Sam about who would hide in a big ol' hole in the ground, he took offense (and his trident), jumped out, and attacked Arcee. A fight broke out, and Space Case apprehensively asked why they were picking on him. Sam responded that they were just trying to help, but as the fight continued, Space Case was having none of it. Realizing he needed to get out, he then proceeded to transform into his jet and fly out of there as fast as he can, away from all of this yelling and towards the outside world, realizing the disastrous consequences of it all. {{storylink|Transformers: Space Case}}

After using his plasma engines to cause a cave-in that trapped Arcee, Bumblebee and Sam in an underground cavern, he remained in the area when [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] came to investigate Arcee's distress call. Despite the advantage of surprise on two separate occasions, and despite the [[cyberglyphics]] he had inscribed on his armor in the belief that they would protect him, Space Case was handily defeated by the Autobot medic and fled the scene, swearing ungrammatical revenge. {{storylink|Transformers: Ratchet}}

[[Image:RisingStorm3 SpaceCases got him.JPG|left|thumb|250px|]]
Space Case and several other Decepticons were led to [[Philadelphia]] by [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], where [[Sam Witwicky]] and [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] were harboring their escaped "pet", [[Brains]]. Space Case followed Brains to a [[Carly Miller|human female]]. His attention was briefly averted from her when Sam hit him in the leg with a pipe, and she quickly returned the favor. Carly operated a weapon from one of the fallen Decepticons, blasting Space Case. Though Space Case wasn't destroyed, it did frazzle him enough to allow the two humans to escape. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 3|Rising Storm #3}}

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==Toys==
===Dark of the Moon===
[[Image:DOTM-space case deluxe.jpg|right|150px|thumb]]
*'''Space Case''' (Deluxe, [[July 17]] 2011)
**''Accessories'': Trident

: A [[Target]]-[[exclusive]] [[retool]] of [[Terradive (TF 2010)|Terradive]] with a new head, Space Case transforms into a forward-swept wing fighter jet based on the [[wikipedia:Sukhoi_Su-47|Sukhoi Su-47]]. In robot mode, he is armed with a polearm weapon, which can transform between a trident and a spear and stores via [[C joint]] clip on his underside in jet mode, or on the back of his left shoulder in robot mode. (This clip is a bit of a reversal from the norm, as the clip is permanently attached to the robot, and the spear weapon is the 3mm bar.) As his jet thrusters swing around to become his hands, they can be left in vehicle configuration to simulate movie-style blasters. <ref>http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-toys--products-30/dark-of-the-moon-space-case-and-store-exclusives-172010/</ref>

: As with the other Deluxe Target-exclusive "cyber tattoo" versions of [[Arcee (Movie)#CyberTattoo|Arcee]], [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#CyberTattoo|Bumblebee]] and [[Jazz (Movie)#CyberTattoo|Jazz]] cast out of clear plastic, Space Case is mostly cast in smoky, clear blue plastic and features [[Cyberglyphics]] tattooed on his large forward-swept and smaller side wings and on his forearms/thrusters, as well as a larger Cyberglyph on the center of the jet.

:He comes with a comic book by [[IDW Publishing]], ''[[Transformers: Space Case]]''.

:In contrast to the rest of his translucent jet body, the back wings and a small square patch near his cockpit are molded of ''opaque'' blue plastic, presumably for durability reasons.

{{comingsoontoy}}

==Notes==
*Space Case's appearance in the comic was a hint at the toy to be released, and not just a reuse of Terradive's [[character model]].

==Footnotes==
{{reflist}}

[[Category: Dark of the Moon Decepticons]]
[[Category: Target exclusives]]

Frenzy (Movie)

2011-06-26T04:37:18Z

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{{factions|decepticonfilm|minicon}}
{{disambig3|Frenzy}}
:''Frenzy is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Movie (franchise)|2007 movie franchise]] in the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Movie frenzy.png|right|300px|thumb|"They are all laser-guided and I get CRAZY if you touch them!"]]
'''Frenzy''' is small, sneaky, skittering and single-minded. His hyper-active twitching and lightning-speed jibbering in [[Cybertronian languages|his own tongue]] bely incredible espionage and sabotage skills, but it is in causing chaos and carnage that Frenzy truly excels. This creepy little abomination is the best there is at what he does, and approaches his tasks with a level of sinister glee that make it hard to deter him from a course of action once he has settled upon it.

Frenzy is exceptionally hard to kill, due to the fact that he possesses a de-centralized, modular nervous system. In essence it means that even if he suffers critical injuries—such as getting his head severed, which seems to be a not-infrequent problem for him—he can continue to function. In addition to this, he is equipped with a hyper-reactive [[Trans-scan|trans-scanning]] and reformatting system that allows him to totally reconfigure his alternate mode with ridiculous speed, meaning that he can be something one minute, and something completely different the next. Although this is something which he does regularly anyway, it also works regardless of what state of disrepair he may be in, making it quite the challenge to keep track of him.<ref>Frenzy's profile in [[Transformers Comic issue 7]], which was re-worked from his entry in ''[[Transformers: The Movie Guide]]''. Unsurprisingly, it dropped that book's bizarre claim that Frenzy was "quiet" and "not very talkative".</ref>

==Fiction==
===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===
While Optimus and his team were being led away, Frenzy spied upon and relayed their coordinates to [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], who intended to ambush the group and kill all bar Optimus, as ''Lord'' Megatron intended to deal with the ''traitor'' personally. {{storylink|Defiance issue 3|Defiance #3}}

===''Ghosts of Yesterday'' prequel novel===
Frenzy was a member of the ''[[Nemesis (Movie)|Nemesis']]'' crew in 1969, when it encountered the human space ship ''[[Ghost 1]]''. He suggested that the ship's obvious Cybertronian influences might be a clue to [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s whereabouts, though [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] was skeptical. Frenzy joined [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] in an attack on the Autobot ''[[Ark (Movie)|Ark]]'' when they found it, against Starscream's wishes. His attempt at a sneak attack from behind on [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] was met with a sturdy punch, and then he had Blackout thrown at him. Blackout subsequently called a retreat. After Optimus left the ''Ark'' on a mission, the Decepticons tried their luck again, and during the space-borne battle, Frenzy and Blackout double-teamed [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]].

When Starscream returned to the Decepticons, but was evasive about what had happened and whether the ''Ghost 1'' crew knew where Megatron was, Frenzy and [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] were spectators as he fought with Blackout over the matter. Following Blackout's loss, Frenzy reaffirmed his loyalty to Starscream. They engaged the Autobots in combat again afterwards, and Jazz made swift work of putting Frenzy out of commission, despite the Autobot still being weakened from the earlier fight. Frenzy was presumably retrieved during the later Decepticon retreat. {{storylink|Ghosts of Yesterday}}

===''Transformers'' (2007) film===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Reno Wilson]] (English)

[[Image:Readingisfundamental.jpg|left|180px|thumb|This is the only newspaper in the country that is not afraid to tell the truth: that everything is just fine.]]

A skittering little spaz, Frenzy smuggled himself aboard [[Air Force One]] disguised as a CD player boom-box. He made his way to the lower decks, carried by an [[Tracy|unsuspecting flight attendant]] who was on a vital mission to the storage area to "wrangle up some Ding-Dongs" for the [[President of the United States|President]]. Once left alone, he got into the server area and began to work his magic, simultaneously hacking the national database and uploading a virus, re-attempting the hack that [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] had tried at the [[SOCCENT Base]] in [[Qatar]] earlier. This attempt was discovered by government agent [[Maggie Madsen]], and the defense network was shut down in order to halt the hack. Frenzy was so pissed he slammed his head into the screen, but he'd managed to finish uploading the virus, which would later shut down global communications, and got a little bit of info on what he was looking for.

[[Image:Frenzy armed.JPG|right|250px|thumb|Not someone you'd want to meet in a dark alley...or a well-lit one, for that matter.]]

He was discovered by Secret Service agents, whom he quickly dispatched with his machine guns and disc-blade launcher before hiding away in boom-box form again. When Air Force One landed, he escaped through the landing gear, slipping into the awaiting Decepticon [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]. (Real good job keeping an eye out, Secret Service.) After [[:Image:Frenzy_movie_bird.JPG|flipping the military the bird]] and bitching about how the "stupid insects" shot at him, he informed Barricade of his new discovery: [[Archibald Witwicky|the Witwicky man]] who had suspiciously displayed knowledge of Cybertronian writing. After a quick web search using Barricade's on-board police department laptop, Frenzy determined their next target...a human called "[[Sam Witwicky|LadiesMan217]]" who was in possession of the Witwicky man's glasses, which in turn could lead them to the <s>Precious</s> [[AllSpark]].

When Barricade was forced to go to robot mode in order to handle [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], he released Frenzy to chase the humans the [[Autobot]] was guarding. Frenzy tackled his primary target and even managed to get his pants off (Kinky!), but [[Mikaela Banes|the female human]] attacked him with a reciprocating saw she'd found and cut off his head. To add insult to injury, LadiesMan217 punted the Decepticon's head away. It was actually to Frenzy's benefit, however, as he landed not too far from the female's purse, which had spilled when Bumblebee had dumped them out earlier. Still alive and ambulatory despite losing most of his body mass, he speared and scanned the female's cell phone, changed his form to match it, and hid out in her purse.

[[Image:Frenzy head.JPG|left|200px|thumb|"What is it, Frenzy?" "STARSCREAM! SEND REINFORCEMENTS! I'M UNDER ATTACK BY AQUATIC LIFEFO—" *Starscream terminates the link*]]

Frenzy stayed hidden, watching the activities of the humans, including their meeting with [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and the [[Autobot|Autobots]]. Taken to LadiesMan217's house, Frenzy poked his head out to better observe, but was frightened by some [[wikipedia:Goldfish|aquatic lifeforms]] LadiesMan217 had. Frenzy poked one of his optics out when the glasses were discovered, but remained hidden during the subsequent encounter with [[Sector Seven]]. Arriving at [[Hoover Dam]], Frenzy slipped away...and fell off the side of the dam, landing painfully at the bottom. This allowed him to sneak into the secret Sector Seven operations hangar deep within the dam, where both the AllSpark and [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] had been kept for nearly a hundred years. Tapping into the AllSpark's power, he restored his body, then sent a message to [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], telling him that their prizes were here. As Starscream mobilized all the Decepticons on [[Earth]], Frenzy set about the task of releasing his master. He went and killed a few technicians, letting him screw with the cryo-stasis machines that kept Megatron entombed, while Starscream destroyed the power lines outside, allowing the Decepticon leader to escape.

[[Image:Frenzycomputer2.jpg|right|200px|thumb|im in ur Sector 7, thawin ur N.B.E.-01]]

As Megatron and Starscream went to assist the rest of the Decepticons in securing the AllSpark, Frenzy remained at the dam to tie up any loose ends. When [[Seymour Simmons|Agent Simmons]], [[John Keller (Movie)|Secretary Keller]], Maggie and [[Glen Whitmann]] ran to an ancient storage room to try and get a Morse Code message to the Air Force via shortwave radio, Frenzy followed. While Glen jury-rigged outdated machinery to send the messages, Simmons and Keller tried to shoot the diminutive Decepticon. Frenzy made it into the room via the air ducts and sent a series of flying blades at the humans. One, however, ricocheted madly across the room, and took out most of Frenzy's head. With a muttered "oh shit," Frenzy collapsed.

===Titan Magazines ''Transformers'' movie comics===
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[[Image:TitanFrenzy.jpg|left|200px|thumb|His sales pitch ''sucks''.]]

Frenzy's head injuries failed to kill him and he remains on guard at the former [[Sector Seven]] base. He also has learnt English, seemingly only so he can threaten you with a messy death.

When [[Mikaela Banes]] and [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] tried to free Optimus from the former Sector Seven base, Frenzy began stalking the human. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 10|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 2}} His attempt to shoot her in the back failed, and she declared she'd take him out for good this time. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 11|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 3}} She wasn't able to land a blow on him but she had the mental advantage, tricking him into shattering a liquid nitrogen tank and freezing himself to death. Whoops! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 12|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 4}}
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===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===
After Megatron was killed and the AllSpark destroyed, Starscream returned to the freeway to seek out Barricade, perhaps the only other surviving Decepticon on Earth. When informed that Frenzy had stolen all of Sector Seven's files on their race and most importantly, the AllSpark, Starscream realised that he must secure Frenzy's remains if he were to save all Cybertron. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 1|The Reign of Starscream #1}}

During Starscream's second attack on Hoover Dam, Sector Seven scientists were moving Frenzy's remains from the alien archives room in which he had been deactivated. Suddenly, Starscream smashed his way in, demanding the humans turn over his compatriot to him, with which they complied. Later, after Starscream returned to [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], he ordered [[Thundercracker (Movie)|Thundercracker]] hook Frenzy up to their ship's computer. The retrieved data revealed the source of a lot of Sector Seven's knowledge regarding Transformers as coming from the resurrected [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]]. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 2|The Reign of Starscream #2}} With the knowledge contained within Frenzy, Starscream was able to build a new AllSpark, though it didn't pan out exactly as he had planned.

A month later, when Starscream returned to get his revenge, Wreckage tore at the Decepticon, and Frenzy's body fell out. {{storylink|Alliance issue 2|Alliance #2}} [[Seymour Simmons]] secretly took the head for himself. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3|Alliance #3}}

===''The Veiled Threat'' prequel novel===
{{Note|The events of ''The Veiled Threat'' take place during [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[Alliance (comic)|Alliance]]'' comic.}}
Simmons rigged Frenzy's head up to some wires in the hopes of tapping his brain for clues on how to deal with the Transformers. Of course, Frenzy did not appreciate either Simmons's probing or his helplessness, though he remained confident that one of his fellow Decepticons would free him at some point. When he finally started talking, Simmons tried to get him lucid enough to answer questions, but instead Frenzy attempted to reach a nearby electrical transformer and caused a power surge in the apartment building's wiring. Simmons unplugged Frenzy, but the disaster resulted in him having to move his work to the basement of his mother's deli. There Simmons managed to get more information out of Frenzy, but nothing useful. {{storylink|The Veiled Threat}}

===''Revenge of the Fallen'' movie===
[[Image:ROTF Frenzy head.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Frenzy's attempts to become a [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] have gone horribly wrong.]]
Seymour Simmons kept Frenzy's head with his secret stash of stolen Sector Seven material in the basement below his mother's deli. [[Leo Spitz]] reached out to touch it, but Simmons shooed him away, saying it was still radioactive. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}
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===Cyber Missions===
[[Image:CyberMissions6_Frenzy.JPG|300px|thumb|right|]]
:''Voice actor:'' [[Bronco D. Jackson]] (English), [[Moisés Ivan Mora]] (Latin American-Spanish)

After being pursued by [[Sideswipe (ROTF)|Sideswipe]], Barricade and Frenzy broke into a secure facility to steal [[NEST]] access codes. Frenzy hacked into the computer, only to be grabbed by Sideswipe, balled up and rolled along the floor to Barricade, who picked him up. Frenzy tried to loudly warn his partner of the Autobot's presence. Barricade threw Frenzy at Sideswipe, who batted the tiny Decepticon back. Kicked around the floor during the subsequent struggle, Frenzy continued jabbering, and gave Barricade the suggestion which allowed him to defeat Sideswipe. The access codes obtained, Barricade carried Frenzy away. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 6}}

==Games==
===''Transformers'' The Game===
On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Frenzy was seen digging through the mangled and twitching chassis of a dead Autobot. It's unlikely he was digging through it to find the AllSpark. Megatron nearly crushed him under his foot. It is entirely possible that he was annoyed with Frenzy.

Frenzy arrived in Tranquility to meet up with [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]], possessing information that Starscream said was vital. When Barricade attempted to link up with him, he discovered that Frenzy had been captured by [[Sector Seven|some armed humans]]. Frenzy was held captive in a small SUV (which seemed virtually indestructible) but Barricade eventually rescued him. Barricade later relayed to Starscream that Frenzy had discovered a lead on the AllSpark and Megatron...an artifact in the possession of a human named Sam.

Later, he served as Starscream's intelligence liaison when the Decepticon's Acting-Commander was searching for [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]] and [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]], jabbering away in his own language. (A translation is NOT subtitled directly, with Frenzy being the only character to NOT speak English in the game. He just wants to be different...or annoying.) {{storylink|Transformers The Game (console)|Transformers The Game}}

===''Transformers: Autobots/Decepticons''===
Frenzy was seen digging through the remains of another Transformer. Megatron nearly stepped on him, but he scurried away. {{storylink|Transformers Autobots/Decepticons}}

===''Transformers'' (Playstation Portable)===
In Frenzy's first mission on Earth, he and [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]] searched for the [[glasses]]. They attacked the Autobots, but got a massive whupping by [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]]. Then,he assaulted [[Sam Witwicky]], [[Mikaela Banes]] and [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]. Later he participated in [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]'s attack on the [[Hoover Dam]]. Finally, he and [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]] took on [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] but were defeated. Whether Jazz killed him as he did Brawl remains unknown. {{storylink|Transformers The Game (PSP)|Transformers The Game}}

===Transformers: Battle for the Matrix===
{{Note|Battle for the Matrix is a simplified retelling of the events of [[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]. It can be played from the perspective of either Bumblebee or Optimus Prime. Frenzy is worked into the warehouse sequence with [[Scalpel (ROTF)|Scalpel]].}}
[[Image:Frenzy battleformatrix.jpg|thumb|200px|left]]
Frenzy's back, and he's bigger than ever!
{{storylink|Transformers: Battle for the Matrix}}
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== Toys ==
===Transformers (2007)===
====Deluxe Class Barricade companions====
[[Image:Movie DeluxeBarricade toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Yeah, I'm really this size. Seriously.]]
*'''Barricade''' (Deluxe Class, 2007)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MD-02'''

: Included with the larger Deluxe Barricade is a very out-of-[[scale]] Frenzy (putting him somewhere around 7 feet tall) that folds up to become the larger 'Con's grill in both vehicle and robot mode. It is barely poseable and falls over as easily as Generation 1 [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/Barricade/barricade.htm More information on the original Frenzy at TFU.info]''
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*'''Bumblebee vs. Barricade: First Encounter''' (Wal*Mart exclusive two-pack, 2007)

: This Wal*Mart [[exclusive]] deluxe package comes with an unaltered Bumblebee, Barricade and, by extension, Frenzy.
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[[Image:Mov2007-toy ReconFrenzy.JPG|right|75px|thumb|Here we go again.]]
*'''Recon Barricade''' (Deluxe Class, 2007)

:This Frenzy is [[FIRRIB|blue!]] Coming with the Barricade [[redeco]], Frenzy similarly gets a new color scheme. Oddly he's the only one with blue eyes like in the movie, but then again the ''whole toy'' is blue.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/ReconBarricade/barricade.htm More information on Recon Frenzy at TFU.info]''
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*'''Barricade''' Deluxe Class "Target exclusive AllSpark Power", 2008)

:This Frenzy is... [[FIRRIB|red!]]

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/AllsparkBarricade/barricade.htm More information on AllSpark Power Frenzy at TFU.info]''

*'''Barricade''' (Deluxe Class "Premium Series", 2008)

:Frenzy is back to being silver with red eyes, and his feet/stand/grill has been painted black to blend in with Barricade's car mode.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/Barricade/barricade.htm More information on Premium Series Frenzy at TFU.info]''

====Fast Action Battlers====
[[Image:Movie FAB Frenzy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Stupid insects made me look fat.]]
*'''Disc Blast Decepticon Frenzy''' (Fast Action Battler, 2007)

: Like most of the [[Fast Action Battler]] toys, this one is fairly inaccurate to the CGI model due to actually having to turn ''into'' something (which the CGI model was not designed to do). It does, however, feature a launching disk that ejects from its chest as a pressure-launched projectile. This version of Frenzy transforms into a two-speaker stereo CD/cassette/radio. It is completely off-model to the movie radio, which is probably due to the figure having been designed before the character's final alt mode was determined.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/FABFrenzy/frenzy.htm More information on Fast Action Battlers Frenzy at TFU.info]''
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====Robot Replicas====
[[Image:Movie RobotReplica Frenzy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|STOP, in the name of love. Or I'll shoot you!]]
*'''Decepticon Frenzy''' (Robot Replicas, 2007)

: The [[Robot Replicas]] non-Transforming action figure of Frenzy is considerably closer to the movie's CGI model, even having blue optics rather than the red of most of his other toys. His left forearm can be replaced with an alternate forearm in its machinegun configuration.

: Frenzy is unique among the Robot Replicas in a couple of ways. First, he is the only one that does ''not'' use the [[Revoltech]]-style joints, owing likely to the thinness of his limbs. Secondly, he is the only one with an "action feature" gimmick of sorts; he comes with a CD-blade accessory that stores in his chest, and pushing a button on his back pops it out. The disc does not shoot very far though, unless you really give the button a firm, swift whack, and even then, you're not gonna get much airtime on it.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/RRFrenzy/frenzy.htm More information on Robot Replicas Frenzy at TFU.info]''
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====Non-transforming Screen Battles figures====
[[Image:Movie ScreenBattles SamMikaelaFrenzy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|I just want some PANTS. A DECENT PAIR OF PANTS!...and maybe your blood, but mostly the PANTS!]]
*'''First Encounter''' (Screen Battles, 2007)

: This Screen Battles pack features a largely unchanged Deluxe class Barricade figure The only real difference is the Frenzy mini-figure, which is now cast entirely in black plastic, sports ''no'' paint applications and is supposed to be stuck permanently inside Barricade's chest thanks to a new, additional piece of plastic (as a matter of fact, the Frenzy figure is also neither advertised on the packaging nor depicted in the instructions). The only way to free him is to remove all four screws from Barricade's undercarriage, then pry the halves of the car apart and slip Frenzy (and his plastic blockade) out quickly.

:The pack also comes with unposeable figurines of Sam Witwicky in a running pose, a semi-in-scale Frenzy, and Mikaela holding the reciprocating saw she uses to attack him. The set is packaged in a special window box with a diorama depicting the battle between Barricade and Bumblebee. So even though this pack ''technically'' contains ''two'' Frenzy figures, Hasbro put a lot of effort into neutering one of them as good as they could.

:This only applies to the Hasbro version. However, TakaraTomy's Japanese release of the pack features a Barricade that is identical to the single pack version, including an easily removable Frenzy figurine cast in grey plastic with painted red eyes.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/ScreenBattlesBarricade/barricade.htm More information on Screen Battles Frenzy at TFU.info]''
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====Fast food kids meal toys====
[[Image:Movietoy-RedRoosterFrenzy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Even more awesome than it looks!]]
*'''Frenzy''' (Red Rooster, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' 2 discs

: Frenzy transforms from a stereo to a stereo with legs! He comes with two discs, which he can launch. He can launch them mightilly! No, seriously. That little bugger sure can shoot. Which is good, because it's basically all he does.

: (Yeah, there's the transformation... but... well... just look at the picture.)

: (Yup, it's too awesome for words, we know. But it's still pretty simplistic.)
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===Revenge of The Fallen===

=====Human Alliance=====
*'''Barricade and Decepticon Frenzy''' (2009)
[[Image:ROTF HumanAlliance Barricade&Frenzy.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Aren't I supposed to be dead?]]
:This figure was first revealed during Hasbro's panel at [[BotCon 2009]] and comes with [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]. Frenzy is the same size as the other Human Alliance 'assist' figures, but being 4-4½ft tall, is much closer to being on scale with his partner. He has articulation in the neck, shoulders, waist, hips and knees, but the more common red eyes instead of the movie-accurate blue. Frenzy can sit in either of Barricade's seats in vehicle mode (the right of which can become a gun mount on his shoulder), he can stand behind Barricade's head, and can fold up to be stored inside a cavity in Barricade's chest in either mode.
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==Merchandise==
===Transformers (2007)===
====Transformers Movie Screen Cleaners====
[[Image:Movie Frenzy screencleaner.jpg|right|99px|thumb|]]
*'''Decepticon Frenzy''' (2008)

:Released by Tomy Yujin on January 2008<ref name="TomyYujin">[http://www.gachausa.com/products/transformers.asp Tomy Yujin ''Transformers'' page]</ref>, this dangler is a faction logo-shaped screen cleaner for your cell phone, with a stock image of Frenzy printed on the other side.
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===Robot Heroes===
[[Image:Movie Robotheroes JazzVsFrenzy.jpg|right|150px|thumb|"I'll teach you to be happy!" "I'll teach your grandmother to suck eggs!"]]
*'''Autobot Jazz vs. Decepticon Frenzy''' (2007)

: Released with ''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'' [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]], this version of Frenzy is the most adorably goofy razor blade death robot you ever saw. For some reason he is colored a dark tan, perhaps to offer some color contrast to his pack-in partner. Like the other first wave movie Decepticons, his design was tweaked to be much more human and less monstrous. He only has two (red) eyes, and he has a wide toothy grin in the middle of his mandibles. His articulation is limited to the shoulders, however his head DOES have limited wiggle room on its own joint.
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==Notes==
* An early version of the script featured [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] and Frenzy as one and the same character, named "[[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]]". He would have infiltrated the CIA headquarters (rather than Air Force One) in the form of a "portable stereo" and then transformed (and size-shifted) into a Humvee for his escape.<ref name="early">Details from an early script draft [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2213120&postcount=297 summed up here], [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2214148&postcount=303 confirmed as authentic by Roberto Orci here].</ref>

*Frenzy had three working names; '''Boombot''' was first, '''Soundwave''' was second, and '''Soundbyte''' was third.

*Frenzy is the only Decepticon in the movie with blue optic lighting, though most of his released toys have them painted red. It's possible this was a late-ish change, as even the [[Transformers (Glu)|mobile game]] has him sporting red optics. Thanks for [[FIRRIB|continuing the debate]], [[Michael Bay]]!

*Frenzy is the only Decepticon in the movie whose whole robot mode was created as a real physical puppet for filming, used in certain shots aboard Air Force One. (They did make the lower half of frozen Megatron as a set piece, plus [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok's]] head and tail, but that's not quite the same thing.) He and Bumblebee are the only Transformers in the film to have full-body robot mode props.

*Extra pieces of the Frenzy puppet, specifically some fingers, were used to make the charred prop of the "dead" [[Nokia-bot]].

*Frenzy (or at very least, a robot who looked ''just'' like him) was most certainly ''not'' in a cage in the back of the [[Sector Seven Mobile Command Unit]]. You were seeing things! It was swamp gas! No, wait—a weather balloon! But definitely ''not'' a robot alien from outer space!

[[Image:Frenzystereo.jpg|right|150px|thumb|According to user reviews, Frenzy is terrible for XM.]]
*Frenzy's robot mode was designed without an exact alternate mode in mind. It was known he was going to be a boom-box, but the designers had to produce a robot mode before the make/model was finalized.

*Frenzy transforms into a real on-the-market GPX portable stereo boombox... in the movie, at least. You know you want one. (His [[Fast Action Battlers]] toy, and various storybooks, depict him as made-up stereo models.)

*Despite the "no size changing" rule for the movie, Frenzy arguably changes size when he takes the form of the Nokia 8800 Sirocco cellphone. The movie's writers have explained this away as a simple shifting and folding up of parts.

*Frenzy's dialog includes some actual English: "Witwicky", "ladiesman217", "Go, go, go!", "Surprise!", "Where is it?!", "Yes(X5), Megatron(X3)!", "Oh! Megatron melting." and the ever-famous "Oh shit." The rest is all Cybertronian, which according to Michael Bay is primarily rapidly-spoken Tutankhamen.

[[Image:Moviefrenzy blade.jpg|right|170px|thumb|Doesn't look like a CD. Maybe it's one of those new-fangled Blu-ray disks?]]
*Frenzy's blades, before unfolding, are disguised as CDs. Granted, most CDs don't have hinge points near their center.

*According to his profile card, Frenzy weighs 110 kilograms (242.5 pounds). How much of that mass would be discernible to a human lifting his stereo mode remains unclear. However, a human did indeed carry his stereo mode without much effort in the movie.

*A picture of Frenzy appears on the screen of [[Photon T-34]]. Judging from his pose and the readouts on the screen, Photon did something to slag him off.

*Frenzy is the first movie Transformer shown to be able to exist as just a head, adding another wrinkle to his status as living or deceased. This poses [[Headmaster (technology)|opportunities]].

*In 2011, Frenzy was revealed to be a [[Mini-Con|Minicon]] on Hasbro's website.<ref>[http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/cybertronian-database.cfm#/characters/frenzy Frenzy's profile in the Vector Sigma Data Tracks]</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Frenzy''' (フレンジー ''Furenjī'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Jí Fēng''' (Taiwan, 疾瘋, "Frenzy")

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==Footnotes==
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Frenzy (Movie)

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:''Frenzy is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Movie (franchise)|2007 movie franchise]] in the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Movie frenzy.png|right|300px|thumb|"They are all laser-guided and I get CRAZY if you touch them!"]]
'''Frenzy''' is small, sneaky, skittering and single-minded. His hyper-active twitching and lightning-speed jibbering in [[Cybertronian languages|his own tongue]] bely incredible espionage and sabotage skills, but it is in causing chaos and carnage that Frenzy truly excels. This creepy little abomination is the best there is at what he does, and approaches his tasks with a level of sinister glee that make it hard to deter him from a course of action once he has settled upon it.

Frenzy is exceptionally hard to kill, due to the fact that he possesses a de-centralized, modular nervous system. In essence it means that even if he suffers critical injuries—such as getting his head severed, which seems to be a not-infrequent problem for him—he can continue to function. In addition to this, he is equipped with a hyper-reactive [[Trans-scan|trans-scanning]] and reformatting system that allows him to totally reconfigure his alternate mode with ridiculous speed, meaning that he can be something one minute, and something completely different the next. Although this is something which he does regularly anyway, it also works regardless of what state of disrepair he may be in, making it quite the challenge to keep track of him.<ref>Frenzy's profile in [[Transformers Comic issue 7]], which was re-worked from his entry in ''[[Transformers: The Movie Guide]]''. Unsurprisingly, it dropped that book's bizarre claim that Frenzy was "quiet" and "not very talkative".</ref>

==Fiction==
===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===
While Optimus and his team were being led away, Frenzy spied upon and relayed their coordinates to [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], who intended to ambush the group and kill all bar Optimus, as ''Lord'' Megatron intended to deal with the ''traitor'' personally. {{storylink|Defiance issue 3|Defiance #3}}

===''Ghosts of Yesterday'' prequel novel===
Frenzy was a member of the ''[[Nemesis (Movie)|Nemesis']]'' crew in 1969, when it encountered the human space ship ''[[Ghost 1]]''. He suggested that the ship's obvious Cybertronian influences might be a clue to [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s whereabouts, though [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] was skeptical. Frenzy joined [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] in an attack on the Autobot ''[[Ark (Movie)|Ark]]'' when they found it, against Starscream's wishes. His attempt at a sneak attack from behind on [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] was met with a sturdy punch, and then he had Blackout thrown at him. Blackout subsequently called a retreat. After Optimus left the ''Ark'' on a mission, the Decepticons tried their luck again, and during the space-borne battle, Frenzy and Blackout double-teamed [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]].

When Starscream returned to the Decepticons, but was evasive about what had happened and whether the ''Ghost 1'' crew knew where Megatron was, Frenzy and [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] were spectators as he fought with Blackout over the matter. Following Blackout's loss, Frenzy reaffirmed his loyalty to Starscream. They engaged the Autobots in combat again afterwards, and Jazz made swift work of putting Frenzy out of commission, despite the Autobot still being weakened from the earlier fight. Frenzy was presumably retrieved during the later Decepticon retreat. {{storylink|Ghosts of Yesterday}}

===''Transformers'' (2007) film===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Reno Wilson]] (English)

[[Image:Readingisfundamental.jpg|left|180px|thumb|This is the only newspaper in the country that is not afraid to tell the truth: that everything is just fine.]]

A skittering little spaz, Frenzy smuggled himself aboard [[Air Force One]] disguised as a CD player boom-box. He made his way to the lower decks, carried by an [[Tracy|unsuspecting flight attendant]] who was on a vital mission to the storage area to "wrangle up some Ding-Dongs" for the [[President of the United States|President]]. Once left alone, he got into the server area and began to work his magic, simultaneously hacking the national database and uploading a virus, re-attempting the hack that [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] had tried at the [[SOCCENT Base]] in [[Qatar]] earlier. This attempt was discovered by government agent [[Maggie Madsen]], and the defense network was shut down in order to halt the hack. Frenzy was so pissed he slammed his head into the screen, but he'd managed to finish uploading the virus, which would later shut down global communications, and got a little bit of info on what he was looking for.

[[Image:Frenzy armed.JPG|right|250px|thumb|Not someone you'd want to meet in a dark alley...or a well-lit one, for that matter.]]

He was discovered by Secret Service agents, whom he quickly dispatched with his machine guns and disc-blade launcher before hiding away in boom-box form again. When Air Force One landed, he escaped through the landing gear, slipping into the awaiting Decepticon [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]. (Real good job keeping an eye out, Secret Service.) After [[:Image:Frenzy_movie_bird.JPG|flipping the military the bird]] and bitching about how the "stupid insects" shot at him, he informed Barricade of his new discovery: [[Archibald Witwicky|the Witwicky man]] who had suspiciously displayed knowledge of Cybertronian writing. After a quick web search using Barricade's on-board police department laptop, Frenzy determined their next target...a human called "[[Sam Witwicky|LadiesMan217]]" who was in possession of the Witwicky man's glasses, which in turn could lead them to the <s>Precious</s> [[AllSpark]].

When Barricade was forced to go to robot mode in order to handle [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], he released Frenzy to chase the humans the [[Autobot]] was guarding. Frenzy tackled his primary target and even managed to get his pants off (Kinky!), but [[Mikaela Banes|the female human]] attacked him with a reciprocating saw she'd found and cut off his head. To add insult to injury, LadiesMan217 punted the Decepticon's head away. It was actually to Frenzy's benefit, however, as he landed not too far from the female's purse, which had spilled when Bumblebee had dumped them out earlier. Still alive and ambulatory despite losing most of his body mass, he speared and scanned the female's cell phone, changed his form to match it, and hid out in her purse.

[[Image:Frenzy head.JPG|left|200px|thumb|"What is it, Frenzy?" "STARSCREAM! SEND REINFORCEMENTS! I'M UNDER ATTACK BY AQUATIC LIFEFO—" *Starscream terminates the link*]]

Frenzy stayed hidden, watching the activities of the humans, including their meeting with [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and the [[Autobot|Autobots]]. Taken to LadiesMan217's house, Frenzy poked his head out to better observe, but was frightened by some [[wikipedia:Goldfish|aquatic lifeforms]] LadiesMan217 had. Frenzy poked one of his optics out when the glasses were discovered, but remained hidden during the subsequent encounter with [[Sector Seven]]. Arriving at [[Hoover Dam]], Frenzy slipped away...and fell off the side of the dam, landing painfully at the bottom. This allowed him to sneak into the secret Sector Seven operations hangar deep within the dam, where both the AllSpark and [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] had been kept for nearly a hundred years. Tapping into the AllSpark's power, he restored his body, then sent a message to [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], telling him that their prizes were here. As Starscream mobilized all the Decepticons on [[Earth]], Frenzy set about the task of releasing his master. He went and killed a few technicians, letting him screw with the cryo-stasis machines that kept Megatron entombed, while Starscream destroyed the power lines outside, allowing the Decepticon leader to escape.

[[Image:Frenzycomputer2.jpg|right|200px|thumb|im in ur Sector 7, thawin ur N.B.E.-01]]

As Megatron and Starscream went to assist the rest of the Decepticons in securing the AllSpark, Frenzy remained at the dam to tie up any loose ends. When [[Seymour Simmons|Agent Simmons]], [[John Keller (Movie)|Secretary Keller]], Maggie and [[Glen Whitmann]] ran to an ancient storage room to try and get a Morse Code message to the Air Force via shortwave radio, Frenzy followed. While Glen jury-rigged outdated machinery to send the messages, Simmons and Keller tried to shoot the diminutive Decepticon. Frenzy made it into the room via the air ducts and sent a series of flying blades at the humans. One, however, ricocheted madly across the room, and took out most of Frenzy's head. With a muttered "oh shit," Frenzy collapsed.

===Titan Magazines ''Transformers'' movie comics===
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[[Image:TitanFrenzy.jpg|left|200px|thumb|His sales pitch ''sucks''.]]

Frenzy's head injuries failed to kill him and he remains on guard at the former [[Sector Seven]] base. He also has learnt English, seemingly only so he can threaten you with a messy death.

When [[Mikaela Banes]] and [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] tried to free Optimus from the former Sector Seven base, Frenzy began stalking the human. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 10|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 2}} His attempt to shoot her in the back failed, and she declared she'd take him out for good this time. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 11|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 3}} She wasn't able to land a blow on him but she had the mental advantage, tricking him into shattering a liquid nitrogen tank and freezing himself to death. Whoops! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 12|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 4}}
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===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===
After Megatron was killed and the AllSpark destroyed, Starscream returned to the freeway to seek out Barricade, perhaps the only other surviving Decepticon on Earth. When informed that Frenzy had stolen all of Sector Seven's files on their race and most importantly, the AllSpark, Starscream realised that he must secure Frenzy's remains if he were to save all Cybertron. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 1|The Reign of Starscream #1}}

During Starscream's second attack on Hoover Dam, Sector Seven scientists were moving Frenzy's remains from the alien archives room in which he had been deactivated. Suddenly, Starscream smashed his way in, demanding the humans turn over his compatriot to him, with which they complied. Later, after Starscream returned to [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], he ordered [[Thundercracker (Movie)|Thundercracker]] hook Frenzy up to their ship's computer. The retrieved data revealed the source of a lot of Sector Seven's knowledge regarding Transformers as coming from the resurrected [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]]. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 2|The Reign of Starscream #2}} With the knowledge contained within Frenzy, Starscream was able to build a new AllSpark, though it didn't pan out exactly as he had planned.

A month later, when Starscream returned to get his revenge, Wreckage tore at the Decepticon, and Frenzy's body fell out. {{storylink|Alliance issue 2|Alliance #2}} [[Seymour Simmons]] secretly took the head for himself. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3|Alliance #3}}

===''The Veiled Threat'' prequel novel===
{{Note|The events of ''The Veiled Threat'' take place during [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[Alliance (comic)|Alliance]]'' comic.}}
Simmons rigged Frenzy's head up to some wires in the hopes of tapping his brain for clues on how to deal with the Transformers. Of course, Frenzy did not appreciate either Simmons's probing or his helplessness, though he remained confident that one of his fellow Decepticons would free him at some point. When he finally started talking, Simmons tried to get him lucid enough to answer questions, but instead Frenzy attempted to reach a nearby electrical transformer and caused a power surge in the apartment building's wiring. Simmons unplugged Frenzy, but the disaster resulted in him having to move his work to the basement of his mother's deli. There Simmons managed to get more information out of Frenzy, but nothing useful. {{storylink|The Veiled Threat}}

===''Revenge of the Fallen'' movie===
[[Image:ROTF Frenzy head.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Frenzy's attempts to become a [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] have gone horribly wrong.]]
Seymour Simmons kept Frenzy's head with his secret stash of stolen Sector Seven material in the basement below his mother's deli. [[Leo Spitz]] reached out to touch it, but Simmons shooed him away, saying it was still radioactive. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}
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===Cyber Missions===
[[Image:CyberMissions6_Frenzy.JPG|300px|thumb|right|]]
:''Voice actor:'' [[Bronco D. Jackson]] (English), [[Moisés Ivan Mora]] (Latin American-Spanish)

After being pursued by [[Sideswipe (ROTF)|Sideswipe]], Barricade and Frenzy broke into a secure facility to steal [[NEST]] access codes. Frenzy hacked into the computer, only to be grabbed by Sideswipe, balled up and rolled along the floor to Barricade, who picked him up. Frenzy tried to loudly warn his partner of the Autobot's presence. Barricade threw Frenzy at Sideswipe, who batted the tiny Decepticon back. Kicked around the floor during the subsequent struggle, Frenzy continued jabbering, and gave Barricade the suggestion which allowed him to defeat Sideswipe. The access codes obtained, Barricade carried Frenzy away. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 6}}

==Games==
===''Transformers'' The Game===
On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Frenzy was seen digging through the mangled and twitching chassis of a dead Autobot. It's unlikely he was digging through it to find the AllSpark. Megatron nearly crushed him under his foot. It is entirely possible that he was annoyed with Frenzy.

Frenzy arrived in Tranquility to meet up with [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]], possessing information that Starscream said was vital. When Barricade attempted to link up with him, he discovered that Frenzy had been captured by [[Sector Seven|some armed humans]]. Frenzy was held captive in a small SUV (which seemed virtually indestructible) but Barricade eventually rescued him. Barricade later relayed to Starscream that Frenzy had discovered a lead on the AllSpark and Megatron...an artifact in the possession of a human named Sam.

Later, he served as Starscream's intelligence liaison when the Decepticon's Acting-Commander was searching for [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]] and [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]], jabbering away in his own language. (A translation is NOT subtitled directly, with Frenzy being the only character to NOT speak English in the game. He just wants to be different...or annoying.) {{storylink|Transformers The Game (console)|Transformers The Game}}

===''Transformers: Autobots/Decepticons''===
Frenzy was seen digging through the remains of another Transformer. Megatron nearly stepped on him, but he scurried away. {{storylink|Transformers Autobots/Decepticons}}

===''Transformers'' (Playstation Portable)===
In Frenzy's first mission on Earth, he and [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]] searched for the [[glasses]]. They attacked the Autobots, but got a massive whupping by [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]]. Then,he assaulted [[Sam Witwicky]], [[Mikaela Banes]] and [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]. Later he participated in [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]'s attack on the [[Hoover Dam]]. Finally, he and [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]] took on [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] but were defeated. Whether Jazz killed him as he did Brawl remains unknown. {{storylink|Transformers The Game (PSP)|Transformers The Game}}

===Transformers: Battle for the Matrix===
{{Note|Battle for the Matrix is a simplified retelling of the events of [[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]. It can be played from the perspective of either Bumblebee or Optimus Prime. Frenzy is worked into the warehouse sequence with [[Scalpel (ROTF)|Scalpel]].}}
[[Image:Frenzy battleformatrix.jpg|thumb|200px|left]]
Frenzy's back, and he's bigger than ever!
{{storylink|Transformers: Battle for the Matrix}}
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== Toys ==
===Transformers (2007)===
====Deluxe Class Barricade companions====
[[Image:Movie DeluxeBarricade toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Yeah, I'm really this size. Seriously.]]
*'''Barricade''' (Deluxe Class, 2007)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MD-02'''

: Included with the larger Deluxe Barricade is a very out-of-[[scale]] Frenzy (putting him somewhere around 7 feet tall) that folds up to become the larger 'Con's grill in both vehicle and robot mode. It is barely poseable and falls over as easily as Generation 1 [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/Barricade/barricade.htm More information on the original Frenzy at TFU.info]''
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*'''Bumblebee vs. Barricade: First Encounter''' (Wal*Mart exclusive two-pack, 2007)

: This Wal*Mart [[exclusive]] deluxe package comes with an unaltered Bumblebee, Barricade and, by extension, Frenzy.
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[[Image:Mov2007-toy ReconFrenzy.JPG|right|75px|thumb|Here we go again.]]
*'''Recon Barricade''' (Deluxe Class, 2007)

:This Frenzy is [[FIRRIB|blue!]] Coming with the Barricade [[redeco]], Frenzy similarly gets a new color scheme. Oddly he's the only one with blue eyes like in the movie, but then again the ''whole toy'' is blue.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/ReconBarricade/barricade.htm More information on Recon Frenzy at TFU.info]''
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*'''Barricade''' Deluxe Class "Target exclusive AllSpark Power", 2008)

:This Frenzy is... [[FIRRIB|red!]]

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/AllsparkBarricade/barricade.htm More information on AllSpark Power Frenzy at TFU.info]''

*'''Barricade''' (Deluxe Class "Premium Series", 2008)

:Frenzy is back to being silver with red eyes, and his feet/stand/grill has been painted black to blend in with Barricade's car mode.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/Barricade/barricade.htm More information on Premium Series Frenzy at TFU.info]''

====Fast Action Battlers====
[[Image:Movie FAB Frenzy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Stupid insects made me look fat.]]
*'''Disc Blast Decepticon Frenzy''' (Fast Action Battler, 2007)

: Like most of the [[Fast Action Battler]] toys, this one is fairly inaccurate to the CGI model due to actually having to turn ''into'' something (which the CGI model was not designed to do). It does, however, feature a launching disk that ejects from its chest as a pressure-launched projectile. This version of Frenzy transforms into a two-speaker stereo CD/cassette/radio. It is completely off-model to the movie radio, which is probably due to the figure having been designed before the character's final alt mode was determined.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/FABFrenzy/frenzy.htm More information on Fast Action Battlers Frenzy at TFU.info]''
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====Robot Replicas====
[[Image:Movie RobotReplica Frenzy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|STOP, in the name of love. Or I'll shoot you!]]
*'''Decepticon Frenzy''' (Robot Replicas, 2007)

: The [[Robot Replicas]] non-Transforming action figure of Frenzy is considerably closer to the movie's CGI model, even having blue optics rather than the red of most of his other toys. His left forearm can be replaced with an alternate forearm in its machinegun configuration.

: Frenzy is unique among the Robot Replicas in a couple of ways. First, he is the only one that does ''not'' use the [[Revoltech]]-style joints, owing likely to the thinness of his limbs. Secondly, he is the only one with an "action feature" gimmick of sorts; he comes with a CD-blade accessory that stores in his chest, and pushing a button on his back pops it out. The disc does not shoot very far though, unless you really give the button a firm, swift whack, and even then, you're not gonna get much airtime on it.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/RRFrenzy/frenzy.htm More information on Robot Replicas Frenzy at TFU.info]''
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====Non-transforming Screen Battles figures====
[[Image:Movie ScreenBattles SamMikaelaFrenzy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|I just want some PANTS. A DECENT PAIR OF PANTS!...and maybe your blood, but mostly the PANTS!]]
*'''First Encounter''' (Screen Battles, 2007)

: This Screen Battles pack features a largely unchanged Deluxe class Barricade figure The only real difference is the Frenzy mini-figure, which is now cast entirely in black plastic, sports ''no'' paint applications and is supposed to be stuck permanently inside Barricade's chest thanks to a new, additional piece of plastic (as a matter of fact, the Frenzy figure is also neither advertised on the packaging nor depicted in the instructions). The only way to free him is to remove all four screws from Barricade's undercarriage, then pry the halves of the car apart and slip Frenzy (and his plastic blockade) out quickly.

:The pack also comes with unposeable figurines of Sam Witwicky in a running pose, a semi-in-scale Frenzy, and Mikaela holding the reciprocating saw she uses to attack him. The set is packaged in a special window box with a diorama depicting the battle between Barricade and Bumblebee. So even though this pack ''technically'' contains ''two'' Frenzy figures, Hasbro put a lot of effort into neutering one of them as good as they could.

:This only applies to the Hasbro version. However, TakaraTomy's Japanese release of the pack features a Barricade that is identical to the single pack version, including an easily removable Frenzy figurine cast in grey plastic with painted red eyes.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/ScreenBattlesBarricade/barricade.htm More information on Screen Battles Frenzy at TFU.info]''
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====Fast food kids meal toys====
[[Image:Movietoy-RedRoosterFrenzy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Even more awesome than it looks!]]
*'''Frenzy''' (Red Rooster, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' 2 discs

: Frenzy transforms from a stereo to a stereo with legs! He comes with two discs, which he can launch. He can launch them mightilly! No, seriously. That little bugger sure can shoot. Which is good, because it's basically all he does.

: (Yeah, there's the transformation... but... well... just look at the picture.)

: (Yup, it's too awesome for words, we know. But it's still pretty simplistic.)
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===Revenge of The Fallen===

=====Human Alliance=====
*'''Barricade and Decepticon Frenzy''' (2009)
[[Image:ROTF HumanAlliance Barricade&Frenzy.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Aren't I supposed to be dead?]]
:This figure was first revealed during Hasbro's panel at [[BotCon 2009]] and comes with [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]. Frenzy is the same size as the other Human Alliance 'assist' figures, but being 4-4½ft tall, is much closer to being on scale with his partner. He has articulation in the neck, shoulders, waist, hips and knees, but the more common red eyes instead of the movie-accurate blue. Frenzy can sit in either of Barricade's seats in vehicle mode (the right of which can become a gun mount on his shoulder), he can stand behind Barricade's head, and can fold up to be stored inside a cavity in Barricade's chest in either mode.
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==Merchandise==
===Transformers (2007)===
====Transformers Movie Screen Cleaners====
[[Image:Movie Frenzy screencleaner.jpg|right|99px|thumb|]]
*'''Decepticon Frenzy''' (2008)

:Released by Tomy Yujin on January 2008<ref name="TomyYujin">[http://www.gachausa.com/products/transformers.asp Tomy Yujin ''Transformers'' page]</ref>, this dangler is a faction logo-shaped screen cleaner for your cell phone, with a stock image of Frenzy printed on the other side.
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===Robot Heroes===
[[Image:Movie Robotheroes JazzVsFrenzy.jpg|right|150px|thumb|"I'll teach you to be happy!" "I'll teach your grandmother to suck eggs!"]]
*'''Autobot Jazz vs. Decepticon Frenzy''' (2007)

: Released with ''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'' [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]], this version of Frenzy is the most adorably goofy razor blade death robot you ever saw. For some reason he is colored a dark tan, perhaps to offer some color contrast to his pack-in partner. Like the other first wave movie Decepticons, his design was tweaked to be much more human and less monstrous. He only has two (red) eyes, and he has a wide toothy grin in the middle of his mandibles. His articulation is limited to the shoulders, however his head DOES have limited wiggle room on its own joint.
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==Notes==
* An early version of the script featured [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] and Frenzy as one and the same character, named "[[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]]". He would have infiltrated the CIA headquarters (rather than Air Force One) in the form of a "portable stereo" and then transformed (and size-shifted) into a Humvee for his escape.<ref name="early">Details from an early script draft [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2213120&postcount=297 summed up here], [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2214148&postcount=303 confirmed as authentic by Roberto Orci here].</ref>

*Frenzy had three working names; '''Boombot''' was first, '''Soundwave''' was second, and '''Soundbyte''' was third.

*Frenzy is the only Decepticon in the movie with blue optic lighting, though most of his released toys have them painted red. It's possible this was a late-ish change, as even the [[Transformers (Glu)|mobile game]] has him sporting red optics. Thanks for [[FIRRIB|continuing the debate]], [[Michael Bay]]!

*Frenzy is the only Decepticon in the movie whose whole robot mode was created as a real physical puppet for filming, used in certain shots aboard Air Force One. (They did make the lower half of frozen Megatron as a set piece, plus [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok's]] head and tail, but that's not quite the same thing.) He and Bumblebee are the only Transformers in the film to have full-body robot mode props.

*Extra pieces of the Frenzy puppet, specifically some fingers, were used to make the charred prop of the "dead" [[Nokia-bot]].

*Frenzy (or at very least, a robot who looked ''just'' like him) was most certainly ''not'' in a cage in the back of the [[Sector Seven Mobile Command Unit]]. You were seeing things! It was swamp gas! No, wait—a weather balloon! But definitely ''not'' a robot alien from outer space!

[[Image:Frenzystereo.jpg|right|150px|thumb|According to user reviews, Frenzy is terrible for XM.]]
*Frenzy's robot mode was designed without an exact alternate mode in mind. It was known he was going to be a boom-box, but the designers had to produce a robot mode before the make/model was finalized.

*Frenzy transforms into a real on-the-market GPX portable stereo boombox... in the movie, at least. You know you want one. (His [[Fast Action Battlers]] toy, and various storybooks, depict him as made-up stereo models.)

*Despite the "no size changing" rule for the movie, Frenzy arguably changes size when he takes the form of the Nokia 8800 Sirocco cellphone. The movie's writers have explained this away as a simple shifting and folding up of parts.

*Frenzy's dialog includes some actual English: "Witwicky", "ladiesman217", "Go, go, go!", "Surprise!", "Where is it?!", "Yes(X5), Megatron(X3)!", "Oh! Megatron melting." and the ever-famous "Oh shit." The rest is all Cybertronian, which according to Michael Bay is primarily rapidly-spoken Tutankhamen.

[[Image:Moviefrenzy blade.jpg|right|170px|thumb|Doesn't look like a CD. Maybe it's one of those new-fangled Blu-ray disks?]]
*Frenzy's blades, before unfolding, are disguised as CDs. Granted, most CDs don't have hinge points near their center.

*According to his profile card, Frenzy weighs 110 kilograms (242.5 pounds). How much of that mass would be discernible to a human lifting his stereo mode remains unclear. However, a human did indeed carry his stereo mode without much effort in the movie.

*A picture of Frenzy appears on the screen of [[Photon T-34]]. Judging from his pose and the readouts on the screen, Photon did something to slag him off.

*Frenzy is the first movie Transformer shown to be able to exist as just a head, adding another wrinkle to his status as living or deceased. This poses [[Headmaster (technology)|opportunities]].

*In 2011, Frenzy was revealed to be a [[Mini-Con|Minicon]] on Hasbro's website.<ref>[http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/cybertronian-database.cfm#/characters/frenzy Frenzy's profile in the Vector Sigma Data Tracks]</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Frenzy''' (フレンジー ''Furenjī'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Jí Fēng''' (Taiwan, 疾瘋, "Frenzy")

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==Footnotes==
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[[Category:Cyber Missions characters]]
[[Category:Human Alliance]]
[[Category:Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Movie Decepticons]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen Decepticons]]
[[Category:Robot Heroes]]