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<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/9/93/GB-DecepticonRaider.jpg</url> <name>A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur%27s Court</name> <alt>"A Decepticon Raider..."</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/5/58/GB-Abominus.jpg</url> <name>Abominus (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Abominus</alt></item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/b/bc/GB-Aerobot.jpg</url> <name>Aero-Bot</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/c/c2/GB-TheAgenda3.jpg</url> <name>The Agenda (Part III)</name> <alt>"The Agenda" (Part III)</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/5/55/GB-Airazor.jpg</url> <name>Airazor (BW)</name> <alt>Beast Wars Airazor</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/6/65/GB-AirRaidMovie.jpg</url> <name>Air Raid (Movie)</name> <alt>movie Air Raid</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/5/53/GB-PatLeesig.jpg</url> <name>Alex Milne</name> <alt>"Pat Lee"</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/d/df/GB-Alignment.jpg</url> <name>Alignment</name> <alt>"Alignment"</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/7/79/GB-AllsparkAlmanacV1.jpg</url> <name>Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac</name> <alt>the AllSpark Almanac</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/3c/GB-Along_Came_a_Spider.jpg</url> <name>Along Came a Spider</name> <alt>"Along Came a Spider"</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/1/1b/GB-Amaou.jpg</url> <name>Hitoshizuku Amaou</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/5/5e/GB-AndrewWildman.jpg</url> <name>Andrew Wildman</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/b/bd/GB-AnimationError.jpg</url> <name>Animation error</name> <alt>animation errors</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/2/2e/GB-AngryArcher.jpg</url> <name>Angry Archer</name> <alt>the Angry Archer</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/3b/GB-Archforce.jpg</url> <name>Archforce</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/35/GB-Antagony.jpg</url> <name>Antagony (BW)</name> <alt>Beast Wars Antagony</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/8/8e/GB-SGAquarius.jpg</url> <name>Aquarius (SG)</name> <alt>Shattered Glass Aquarius</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/5/5f/GB-apelinq.jpg</url> <name>Apelinq</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/d/d4/GB-ArceeMovie.jpg</url> <name>Arcee (Movie)</name> <alt>movie Arcee</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/2/2b/GB-ArkG1.jpg</url> <name>Ark (G1)</name> <alt>the Generation 1 Ark</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/8/8b/GB-Army-building.jpg</url> <name>Army-building</name> <alt>army-building</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/b/b3/GB-AutobootCamp.jpg</url> <name>Autoboot Camp</name> <alt>"Autoboot Camp"</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/6/63/GB-AutobotSpike.jpg</url> <name>Autobot Spike</name> <alt>"Autobot Spike"</alt> </item>



<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/a/a7/GB-BOT.jpg</url> <name>B.O.T. (episode)</name> <alt>"B.O.T." (or don't. Please don't.)</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/c/c7/GB-BackstopCyb.jpg</url> <name>Backstop (Cybertron)</name> <alt>Cybertron Backstop</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/1/1f/GB-BallJoint.jpg</url> <name>Ball joint</name> <alt>ball joints</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/7/75/GB-BarricadeMovie.jpg</url> <name>Barricade (Movie)</name> <alt>movie Barricade</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/2/23/GB-BeachcomberG1.jpg</url> <name>Beachcomber (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Beachcomber</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/39/GB-Gorillabot.jpg</url> <name>Beast-Bot</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/9/98/GB-Beastformer.jpg</url> <name>Beastformer</name> <alt>the Beastformers</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/4/4e/GB-BeastWarsP2.jpg</url> <name>Beast Wars (Part 2)</name> <alt>"Beast Wars" (Part 2)</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/f/fa/GB-BeforetheStorm.jpg</url> <name>Before the Storm</name> <alt>"Before the Storm"</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/e/e2/GB-Black_Sunshine.jpg</url> <name>Black Sunshine</name> <alt>"Black Sunshine"</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/d/d3/GB-BlackZarak.jpg</url> <name>Scorponok (G1)</name> <alt>BlackZarak</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/d/d8/GB-BladesG1.jpg</url> <name>Blades (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Blades</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/2/23/GB-g1blaster.jpg</url> <name>Blaster (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Blaster</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/1/10/GB-Blaze.jpg</url> <name>Blaze</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/d/df/GB-BloodontheTracks.jpg</url> <name>Blood on the Tracks</name> <alt>"Blood on the Tracks"</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/c/cd/GB-BludgeonG1.jpg</url> <name>Bludgeon (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Bludgeon</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/d/de/GB-Boltax.jpg</url> <name>Boltax (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Boltax</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/8/89/GB-Botanica.jpg</url> <name>Botanica (BM)</name> <alt>Beast Machines Botanica</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/f/f1/GB-Flying_Island.jpg</url> <name>Brigadoon</name> <alt>the Vok's flying island</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/4/4b/GB-BruticusMaximus.jpg</url> <name>Bruticus Maximus (Energon)</name> <alt>Energon Bruticus Maximus</alt></item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/7/7c/GB-Bulkhead.jpg</url> <name>Bulkhead (Animated)</name> <alt>Animated Bulkhead</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/4/46/GB-BulkheadEnergon.jpg </url> <name>Bulkhead (Energon)</name> <alt>Energon Bulkhead</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/34/GB-BumblebeeAni.jpg</url> <name>Bumblebee (Animated)</name> <alt>Animated Bumblebee</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/a/a5/GB-Bumblebeeblast.jpg</url> <name>Bumblebee Blast</name> <alt>Bumblebee Blast Slurpee Flavor</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/f/fc/GB-BumblebeeRescue.jpg</url> <name>Bumblebee to the Rescue!</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/2/2a/GB-Bumper.jpg</url> <name>Bumper (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Bumper</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/d/d9/GB-Bumper2.jpg</url> <name>Mini Vehicle</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/f/f8/GB-TheBurdenHardestToBear.jpg</url> <name>The Burden Hardest to Bear</name> <alt>"The Burden Hardest to Bear"</alt> </item>



<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/f/fa/GB-MFCancer.jpg</url> <name>Cancer (Masterforce)</name> <alt>Super-God Masterforce Cancer</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/2/27/GB-CarnageInC-Minor.jpg</url> <name>Carnage in C-Minor</name> <alt>"Carnage in C-Minor"</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/6/6d/GB-CatSCAN.jpg</url> <name>CatSCAN</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/0/06/GB-Chameleon.jpg</url> <name>Chameleon</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/f/f8/GB-ChaosG1.jpg</url> <name>Chaos (alien)</name> <alt>Chaos</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/6/64/GB-CheetorBW.jpg</url> <name>Cheetor (BW)</name> <alt>Beast Wars Cheetor</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/d/de/GB-CircuitBreaker.jpg</url> <name>Circuit Breaker</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/4/4a/GB-CliffjumperG1.jpg</url> <name>Cliffjumper (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Cliffjumper</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/1/11/GB-Cloudburst.jpg</url> <name>Cloudburst</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/7/73/GB-ClubCon.jpg</url> <name>Club Con</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/6/62/GB-Clutch.jpg</url> <name>Clutch (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Clutch</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/2/21/GB-CobraCommander.jpg</url> <name>Cobra Commander</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/c/c2/GB-ComingoftheFuzors2.jpg</url> <name>Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)</name> <alt>"Coming of the Fuzors" (Part 2)</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/9/95/GB-CommandUnit.jpg</url> <name>Command Unit</name> <alt>Command Units</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/e/e4/GB-Commercial.jpg</url> <name>Commercial</name> <alt>commercials</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/c/c8/GB-commercialbumper.jpg</url> <name>Commercial bumper</name> <alt>commercial bumpers</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/a/ac/GB-CosmosG1.jpg</url> <name>Cosmos (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Cosmos</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/c/c8/GB-CoP.jpg</url> <name>Covenant of Primus</name> <alt>the Covenant of Primus</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/a/a0/GB-CrosscutDecep.jpg</url> <name>Crosscut (Decepticon)</name> <alt>Decepticon Crosscut</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/7/73/GB-Cryotek.jpg</url> <name>Cryotek (RID)</name> <alt>Robots in Disguise Cryotek</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/b/b8/GB-CyKillGobots.jpg</url> <name>Cy-Kill (GoBots)</name> <alt>GoBots Cy-Kill</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/e/e5/GB-CybDefenseTeam.jpg</url> <name>Cybertron Defense Team</name> <alt>the Cybertron Defense Team</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/9/93/GB-Cybertronix.jpg</url> <name>Cybertronix</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/5/5a/GB-CyclonusG1.jpg</url> <name>Cyclonus (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Cyclonus</alt> </item>


<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/2/25/GB-DGo.jpg</url> <name>D-Go</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/2/2b/GB-dalek.jpg</url> <name>Dalek</name> <alt>Daleks</alt></item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/f/f8/GB-Dancitron.jpg</url> <name>Dancitron</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/6/63/GB-DanReed.jpg</url> <name>Dan Reed</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/5/58/GB-DarkAwakening.jpg</url> <name>Dark Awakening</name> <alt>"Dark Awakening"</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/8/8d/GB-DavidWise.jpg</url> <name>David Wise</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/e/ee/GB-Dead-Universe.jpg</url> <name>Dead Universe</name> <alt>the Dead Universe</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/5/5a/GB-DeathsHeadG1.jpg</url> <name>Death%27s Head (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Death's Head</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/d/da/GB_deathsaurus.jpg</url> <name>Deathsaurus (Victory)</name> <alt>Victory Deathsaurus</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/5/5a/GB-Decepticharge.jpg
</url> <name>Decepticharge</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/5/5f/GB-DecepticonAir.jpg</url> <name>Decepticon Air</name> <alt>"Decepticon Air"</alt></item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/0/0a/GB-DecepticonPatrol.jpg</url> <name>Decepticon Patrol</name> <alt>"Decepticon Patrol"</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/e/e0/GB-DecepSixbuilder.jpg</url> <name>Decepticon Sixbuilder</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/5/52/GB-Deceptor.jpg</url> <name>Deceptor</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/2/2e/GB-DerrickWyatt.jpg</url> <name>Derrick J. Wyatt</name> <alt>Derrick Wyatt</alt></item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/b/be/GB-DinobotsStrikeBack.jpg</url> <name>Dinobots Strike Back</name> <alt>"Dinobots Strike Back"</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/d/dc/GB-DirgeG1.jpg</url> <name>Dirge (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Dirge</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/e/e0/GB-SGDirge.jpg</url> <name>Dirge (SG)</name> <alt>Shattered Glass Dirge</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/d/d0/GB-DivebombMovie.jpg</url> <name>Divebomb (Movie)</name> <alt>movie Divebomb</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/3c/GB-DiverBWII.jpg</url> <name>Diver (BWII)</name> <alt>Beast Wars II Diver</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/1/1b/GB-Finkleberg.jpg</url> <name>Donny Finkleberg</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/7/78/GB-DrArkeville.jpg</url> <name>Doctor Arkeville</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/6/68/GB-ArmadaIssue9.jpg</url> <name>Dreamwave Armada issue 9</name> <alt>Dreamwave's Armada #9</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/3c/GB-Drift.jpg</url> <name>Drift (G1)</name> <alt>Drift</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/30/GB-DryRun.jpg</url> <name>Dry Run!</name> <alt>"Dry Run!"</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/7/72/GB-DuelFightGBC.jpg</url> <name>Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars: Beast Warriors%27 Strongest Decisive Battle</name> <alt>Duel Fight Transformers</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/f/f6/GB-Dull_Surprise.jpg</url> <name>Dull surprise</name> <alt>dull surprise</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/b/b8/GB-DwayneJohnson.jpg</url> <name>Dwayne Johnson</name> <alt>The Rock</alt> </item>



<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/c/c8/GB-CliffjumperG1a.jpg</url> <name>Earl Norem</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/9/95/GB-G1ElitaOne.jpg</url> <name>Elita One</name> <alt>Generation 1 Elita One</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/8/8e/GB-Energon.jpg</url> <name>Energon (fuel)</name> <alt>energon</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/a/af/GB-Energoncartoon.jpg</url> <name>Energon (cartoon)</name> <alt>the Energon cartoon</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/f/ff/GB-EntertheNightbird.jpg</url> <name>Enter the Nightbird</name> <alt>"Enter the Nightbird"</alt> </item>



<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/a/a8/GB-Facial_hair.jpg</url> <name>Facial hair</name> <alt>Transformers facial hair</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/f/f8/GB-Falcia.jpg</url> <name>Falcia</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/a/a5/GB-ThefallenG1.jpg</url> <name>The Fallen</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/a/a8/GB-Fang.jpg</url> <name>Fang</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/5/5f/GB-fig.png</url> <name>Jorge Figueroa</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/d/d4/GB-FightForEnergon.jpg</url> <name>Fight for Energon</name> <alt>"Fight for Energon"</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/a/a2/GB-FireintheSky.jpg</url> <name>Fire in the Sky</name> <alt>"Fire in the Sky"</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/f/fa/GB-FireOnTheMountain.jpg</url> <name>Fire on the Mountain</name> <alt>"Fire on the Mountain"</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/e/ee/GB-Fishtest.jpg</url> <name>The Fish Test</name> <alt>"The Fish Test"</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/4/48/GB-FixerBug.jpg</url> <name>Fixer Bug</name> <alt>Fixer Bugs</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/8/8d/GB-FlameUKcomic.jpg</url> <name>Flame (Marvel)</name> <alt>Flame</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/9/91/GB-Flashbox.jpg</url> <name>Flashbox</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/9/96/GB-FlattopUK.jpg</url> <name>Flattop (Autobot)</name> <alt>Autobot Flattop</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/c/c0/GB-Fred.jpg</url> <name>Fred (Armada)</name> <alt>Armada Fred</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/6/6e/GB-Furmanism.jpg</url> <name>Furmanism</name> <alt>Furmanisms</alt> </item>



<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/e/e5/GB-Garboil.jpg</url> <name>Garboil (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Garboil</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/b/b4/GB-GasSkunk.jpg</url> <name>Gas Skunk</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/5/50/GB-Gas_station.jpg</url> <name>Gas station</name> <alt>the Micromaster gas station</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/38/GB-GB.jpg</url> <name>G.B. Blackrock</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/9/94/GB-Generation2.jpg</url> <name>Generation 2 (franchise)</name> <alt>Transformers: Generation 2</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/6/65/GB-Generations.jpg</url> <name>Transformers Generations</name> <alt>the Transformers Generations book</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/7/7e/GB-Generics.jpg</url> <name>Generic</name> <alt>"generic" Transformer designs</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/31/GB-Gingham.jpg</url> <name>Gingham</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/1/1f/GB-GirlWhoLovedPowerglide.jpg</url> <name>The Girl Who Loved Powerglide</name> <alt>"The Girl Who Loved Powerglide"</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/2/23/GB-Gnaw.jpg</url> <name>Gnaw</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/39/GB-G1GoBots.jpg</url> <name>G1 GoBots</name> <alt>the G1 GoBots</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/f/fc/GB-Golden_disk.jpg </url> <name>Golden Disk (disambiguation)</name> <alt>the Golden Disks</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/1/11/GB-GoldenLagoon.jpg</url> <name>The Golden Lagoon</name> <alt>"The Golden Lagoon"</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/1/18/GB-goo.jpg </url> <name>Goo 8739B</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/32/GB-GrimlocksNewBrain.jpg</url> <name>Grimlock%27s New Brain</name> <alt>"Grimlock's New Brain"</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/d/d9/GB-RIDGrimlock.jpg</url> <name>Grimlock (RID)</name> <alt>Robots in Disguise Grimlock</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/39/GB-GrappleG1.jpg</url> <name>Grapple</name> <alt>Grapple</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/4/42/GB-Grizzly1.jpg</url> <name>Grizzly-1</name> </item>



<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/2/23/GB-Hacksaw.jpg</url> <name>Hacksaw</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/4/47/GB-HanSolo.jpg</url> <name>Han Solo</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/33/GB-HatePlague.jpg</url> <name>Hate Plague</name> <alt>the Hate Plague</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/f/f5/GB-Headmasters_(comic).jpg</url> <name>Headmasters (comic)</name> <alt>the Headmasters comic</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/4/49/GB-Heatwave.jpg</url> <name>Heatwave (Timelines)</name> <alt>Timelines Heatwave</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/6/6e/GB-HHR.jpg</url> <name>HHR</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/4/4b/GB-HighWire.jpg</url> <name>High Wire (Armada)</name> <alt>Armada High Wire</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/b/b6/GB-Holomatter.jpg</url> <name>Holomatter</name> <alt>holomatter</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/6/6e/GB_Ani_Hot_Shot.jpg</url> <name>Hot Shot (Animated)</name> <alt>Animated Hot Shot</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/0/06/GB-SGHound.jpg</url> <name>Hound (SG)</name> <alt>Shattered Glass Hound</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/37/GB-Hunter-O%27Nion.jpg</url> <name>Hunter O%27Nion</name> <alt>Hunter O'Nion</alt> </item>



<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/37/GB-ImprosonedInferno.jpg</url> <name>Imprisoned Inferno</name> <alt>"Improsoned Inferno" (sic)</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/9/9e/GB-Impactor.jpg</url> <name>Impactor</name> <alt>Impactor</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/9/99/GB-Infiltration-Protocol.jpg</url> <name>Infiltration protocol</name> <alt>the infiltration protocol</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/7/77/GB-Io.jpg</url> <name>Io</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/4/4d/GB-Ironfist.jpg</url> <name>Ironfist (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Ironfist</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/8/8a/GB-IrwinSpoon.jpg</url> <name>Irwin Spoon (G1)</name> <alt>Irwin Spoon</alt> </item>



<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/35/GB-Jaam.jpg</url> <name>JaAm</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/6/6b/GB-Japanese_themes.jpg </url> <name>Japanese themes</name> <alt>Japanese theme songs</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/b/ba/GB-JazzG1.jpg</url> <name>Jazz (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Jazz</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/f/f1/GB-JazzMovie.jpg</url> <name>Jazz (Movie)</name> <alt>movie Jazz</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/9/98/GB-Jetfire%28ROTF%29.jpg</url> <name>Jetfire (ROTF)</name> <alt>Revenge of the Fallen Jetfire</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/5/58/GB-Jhiaxus.jpg</url> <name>Jhiaxus (G2)</name> <alt>Jhiaxus</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/1/1d/GB-JohnHenry.jpg</url> <name>John Henry</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/9/9f/GB-Jungaroo.jpg</url> <name>Jungaroo</name> </item>



<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/c/c6/GB-KellyRID.jpg</url> <name>Kelly (RID)</name> <alt>Kelly</alt></item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/9/9e/GB-Key_to_Vector_Sigma.jpg</url> <name>Key to Vector Sigma</name> <alt>the Key to Vector Sigma</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/2/2c/GB-KickbackG1.jpg</url> <name>Hearts of Steel</name> <alt>Hearts of Steel</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/6/6e/GB-KickerJones.jpg</url> <name>Kicker Jones</name> <alt>Kicker</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/c/c9/GB-King.jpg</url> <name>King</name> <alt>the King</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/e/ef/GB-Kremzeek.jpg</url> <name>Kremzeek</name> </item>



<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/6/63/GB-Lady_Jaye.jpg</url> <name>Lady Jaye</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/8/8b/GB-Ladybird.jpg</url> <name>Ladybird Books</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/6/6c/GB-TimelinesLandquake.jpg</url> <name>Landquake (Timelines)</name> <alt>Timelines Landquake</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/c/c3/GB-G1Laserbeak.jpg</url> <name>Laserbeak (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Laserbeak</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/7/7a/GB-Leader1Armada.jpg</url> <name>Leader-1 (Armada)</name> <alt>Armada Leader-1</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/b/b4/GB-LegacyofUnicron.jpg</url> <name>The Legacy of Unicron!</name> <alt>"The Legacy of Unicron!"</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/a/a8/GB-Lennox.jpg</url> <name>William Lennox</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/a/a6/GB-ukletters.jpg</url> <name>Letters page (Marvel UK)</name> <alt>the Marvel UK letters page</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/0/02/GB-Lipole.jpg</url> <name>Lipole</name> <name>lipoles</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/0/0d/GB-Lori.jpg</url> <name>Lori</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/7/73/GB-LouHoover.jpg</url> <name>Lou Hoover</name> </item>



<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/1/12/GB-M9-2HarpoonGun.jpg</url> <name>M9-2 Harpoon Gun</name> <alt>the M9-2 Harpoon Gun</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/b/b3/GB-Machination.jpg</url> <name>Machination</name> <alt>the Machination</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/c/c8/GB-Magnawing.jpg</url> <name>Magnawing</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/35/GB-Magnificence.jpg</url> <name>Magnificence</name> <alt>the Magnificence</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/7/77/GB-Malignus.jpg</url> <name>Malignus (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Malignus</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/0/0a/GB-MarissaFairborne.jpg</url> <name>Marissa Faireborn</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/f/f5/GB-MartyIsenberg.jpg</url> <name>Marty Isenberg</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/a/a6/GB-MatrixCannon.jpg</url> <name>Matrix Cannon</name> <alt>the Matrix Cannon</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/e/eb/GB-Max.jpg</url> <name>Max</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/a/a8/GB-Mecannibals.jpg</url> <name>Mecannibal</name> <alt>the Mecannibals</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/1/15/GB-Megabolt.jpg</url> <name>Megabolt</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/a/a8/GB-armadamegs.jpg</url> <name>Megatron (Armada)</name> <alt>''Armada'' Megatron</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/5/5c/GB-MegatronAnimated.jpg</url> <name>Megatron (Animated)</name> <alt>Animated Megatron</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/e/e4/GB-MegatronBW.jpg</url> <name>Megatron (BW)</name> <alt>Beast Wars Megatron</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/d/d1/GB-GigatronCR.jpg</url> <name>Megatron (RID)</name> <alt>Robots in Disguise Megatron</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/f/fd/GB-MeltdownAni.jpg</url> <name>Meltdown (Animated)</name> <alt>Animated Meltdown</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/7/79/GB-Metallikato.jpg</url> <name>Metallikato</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/f/fd/GB_Mickey_Mouse.jpg</url> <name>Mickey Mouse</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/5/59/GB-Mindset.jpg</url> <name>Mindset (G2)</name> <alt>Generation 2 Mindset</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/8/84/GB-Minerva.jpg</url> <name>Minerva (Masterforce)</name> <alt>Masterforce Minerva</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/7/71/GB-Mirror.jpg</url> <name>Mirror</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/c/ca/GB-MixmasterAni.jpg</url> <name>Mixmaster (Animated)</name> <alt>Animated Mixmaster</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/8/83/GB-Monstructor.jpg</url> <name>Monstructor (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Monstructor</alt></item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/5/5a/GB-Multilingual.jpg</url> <name>multilingual packaging</name> </item>



<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/7/74/GB-Nebulos.jpg</url> <name>Nebulos</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/7/7e/GB-NekomimiAandB.jpg</url> <name>Nekomimi A and Nekomimi B</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/8/8a/GB-NemesisPrimeIDW.jpg</url> <name>Nova Prime</name> <alt>Nova/Nemesis Prime</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/f/ff/GB-Neon.jpg</url> <name>Neon</name> <alt>neon! Ow</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/c/c2/GB-NightbeatG1.jpg</url> <name>Nightbeat (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Nightbeat</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/4/42/GB-NightbeatArmada.jpg</url> <name>Nightbeat (Armada)</name> <alt>Armada Nightbeat</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/b/bd/GB-NightscreamClassics.jpg</url> <name>Nightscream (Classics)</name> <alt>Classics Nightscream</alt> </item>



<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/a/a4/GB-O.jpg</url> <name>"O"</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/34/GB-Oparts.jpg</url> <name>O-Part</name> <alt>the O-Parts</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/9/92/GB-OmegaSupreme.JPG</url> <name>Omega Supreme (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Omega Supreme</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/d/d4/GB-ontheedgeofextinction.jpg</url> <name>On the Edge of Extinction!</name> <alt>"On the Edge of Extinction!"</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/2/2e/GB-KojiOnishi.jpg</url> <name>Koji Onishi</name> <alt>Koji Onishi</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/1/19/GB-OptimusMinor.jpg</url> <name>Optimus Minor</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/9/99/GB-G1prime.jpg</url> <name>Optimus Prime (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Optimus Prime</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/8/86/GB-RiDPrime.jpg</url> <name>Optimus Prime (RID)</name> <alt>Robots in Disguise Optimus</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/9/94/GB-Orbital-Jump.jpg</url> <name>Orbital jump</name> <alt>orbital jumps</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/4/4d/GB-MegatronBW1.jpg</url> <name>Other Victories</name> <alt>"Other Victories"</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/36/GB-OtherVoices1.jpg</url> <name>Other Voices, Part 1</name> <alt>"Other Voices" Part 1</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/a/af/GB-Outback.jpg</url> <name>Outback (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Outback</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/9/97/GB-Overlord.jpg</url> <name>Overlord (Masterforce)</name> <alt>Masterforce Overlord</alt> </item>



<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/38/GB-PepsiConvoy.jpg</url> <name>Pepsi Convoy</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/38/GB-photodegradation.jpg</url> <name>Photodegradation</name> <alt>photodegradation</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/0/01/GB-PickUpBatRobo.jpg</url> <name>Pick-Up (Bat-Rob%F4)</name> <alt>Bat-Robo Pick-Up</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/c/cc/GB-Plastic.jpg</url> <name>Plastic</name> <alt>plastic</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/d/da/GB-playpattern.jpg</url> <name>Play pattern</name> <alt>play pattern</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/c/cf/GB-PoisonBite.jpg</url> <name>Poison Bite</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/c/cc/GB-Power_Plans.jpg</url> <name>Power Plans</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/9/9e/GB-Pretender.jpg</url> <name>Pretender</name> <alt>the Pretenders</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/c/c2/GB-Primus.jpg</url> <name>Primus</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/6/60/GB-ProfessorPrincess.jpg</url> <name>Professor Princess</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/4/4f/GB_Protector.jpg</url> <name>Protector</name> <alt>the Protectors</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/1/15/GB-prototype.jpg</url> <name>Prototype</name> <alt>prototypes</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/2/28/GoBox_TFA_Prowl.jpg</url> <name>Prowl (Animated)</name> <alt>Animated Prowl</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/3a/GB-RIDProwl.jpg</url> <name>Prowl (RID)</name> <alt>Robots in Disguise Prowl</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/9/90/GB-PsychoOrb.jpg</url> <name>Psycho-Orb</name> </item>



<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/e/ec/GB-GagColosseum.jpg</url> <name>Q-Robo Transformer</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/e/e8/GB_Questor.jpg </url> <name>Questor</name> <alt>the Questors</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/37/GB-Quintesson.jpg </url> <name>Quintesson</name> <alt>the Quintessons</alt> </item>



<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/6/64/GB-RackNRuin.jpg</url> <name>Rack%27n%27Ruin</name> <alt>Rack'n'Ruin</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/a/a7/GB-Raindance.jpg</url> <name>Raindance</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/e/e3/GB-RampageBW.jpg</url> <name>Rampage (BW)</name> <alt>Beast Wars Rampage</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/a/ab/GB-RamulusBW.jpg</url> <name>Ramulus</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/3f/GB-Rangefinder.jpg</url> <name>Rangefinder</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/6/69/GB-RansackG2.jpg</url> <name>Ransack (G2)</name> <alt>Generation 2 Ransack</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/7/7d/GB-Raoul.jpg</url> <name>Raoul</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/b/b5/GB-RatbatG1.jpg</url> <name>Ratbat (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Ratbat</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/d/d5/GB-AniRatchet.jpg</url> <name>Ratchet (Animated)</name> <alt>Animated Ratchet</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/8/87/GB-RatchetG1.jpg</url> <name>Ratchet (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Ratchet</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/1/16/Primeratchetgoicon.jpg</url> <name>Ratchet (Prime)</name> <alt>Prime Ratchet</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/0/0c/GB-Rattrap.jpg</url> <name>Rattrap</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/9/96/GB-SGRavage.jpg</url> <name>Ravage (SG)</name> <alt>Shattered Glass Ravage</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/0/02/GB-Razorbeast.jpg</url> <name>Razorbeast</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/a/a4/GB-RazorclawTFU.jpg</url> <name>Razorclaw (Universe)</name> <alt>Universe Razorclaw</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/3f/GB-RecipeforDisaster.jpg</url> <name>Recipe for Disaster!</name> <alt>"Recipe for Disaster!"</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/30/GB-RedHot.jpg</url> <name>Red Hot</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/0/09/GB-ReggieSimmons.jpg</url> <name>Seymour Simmons</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/9/94/GB-RenoWilson.jpg</url> <name>Reno Wilson</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/b/b8/GB-Reproduction.jpg</url> <name>Reproduction</name> <alt>Transformers reproduction</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/0/0e/GB-Return_of_the_Headmaster.jpg</url> <name>The Return of the Headmaster</name> <alt>"The Return of the Headmaster"</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/1/16/GB-RickAstley.jpg</url> <name>Rick Astley</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/8/84/GB-Stepper.jpg</url> <name>Ricochet (Headmasters)</name> <alt>Targetmaster Ricochet</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/3b/GB-RoadblockGIJoe.jpg</url> <name>Roadblock (G.I. Joe)</name> <alt>G.I. Joe's Roadblock</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/b/b3/GB-RodimusShattered.jpg</url> <name>Rodimus (SG)</name> <alt>Shattered Glass Rodimus</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/3a/GB-G1RodimusPrime.jpg</url> <name>Hot Rod (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Rodimus</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/9/97/GB-Ron.jpg</url> <name>Ron</name> <alt>Ron</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/3a/GB-SGRook.jpg</url> <name>Rook (SG)</name> <alt>Shattered Glass Rook</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/8/85/GB-Rorza.jpg</url> <name>Rorza, the Rocket-cycle Racer from Rigel III</name> <alt>Rorza the Rocket-cycle Racer</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/d/df/GB-Rosanna.jpg</url> <name>Rosanna (KP)</name> <alt>Kiss Players Rosanna</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/3d/GB-RotateBlade.jpg</url> <name>Cyber-slash tail weapon</name> <alt>the rotate blade</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/8/8d/GB-Roulette.jpg</url> <name>Roulette (Universe)</name> <alt>Universe Roulette</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/f/ff/GB-RubberduckyBW.jpg</url> <name>Rubber Ducky</name> <alt>the Rubber Ducky</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/b/b6/GB-Ruination.jpg</url> <name>Ruination_(RID)</name> <alt>Robots in Disguise Ruination</alt></item>



<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/e/ec/GB-SaltManZ.jpg</url> <name>Salt-Man Z</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/c/c3/GB-Sari.jpg</url> <name>Sari Sumdac</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/6/65/GB-Scale.jpg</url> <name>Scale</name> <alt>scale (or lack of)</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/2/2b/GB-ScavengerBM.jpg</url> <name>Scavenger (BM)</name> <alt>Beast Machines Scavenger</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/c/c2/GB-ScowlG1.jpg</url> <name>Scowl</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/d/d5/GB-Scraplet.jpg</url> <name>Scraplet</name> <alt>scraplets</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/7/7b/GB-Scrounge.jpg</url> <name>Scrounge (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Scrounge</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/2/22/GB-Scylla.jpg</url> <name>Scylla</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/2/2c/GB-SearchlightG1.jpg</url> <name>Searchlight (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Searchlight</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/5/52/GB-SectorSeven.jpg</url> <name>Sector Seven</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/2/25/GB-SeekerGroup.jpg</url> <name>Seeker (body-type)</name> <alt>the Seekers</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/a/a5/GBAniSentinelPrime.jpg</url> <name>Sentinel Prime (Animated)</name> <alt>Animated Sentinel Prime</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/b/b3/GB-Servo.jpg</url> <name>Servo</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/5/52/GB-shatteredglass.jpg</url> <name>Shattered Glass (franchise)</name> <alt>the Shattered Glass universe</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/1/15/GB-Shatterpoint.jpg</url> <name>Shatterpoint</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/f/fa/GB-Shellformer.jpg</url> <name>Shellformer</name> <alt>shellformers</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/7/7d/GB-shelfwarmer.jpg</url> <name>Shelfwarmer</name> <alt>shelfwarmers</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/2/2f/GB-ShockblastEnergon.jpg </url> <name>Shockblast</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/e/e5/GB-Shockwave.jpg</url> <name>Shockwave (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Shockwave</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/35/GB-Sideways(RiD).jpg</url> <name>Sideways (RID)</name> <alt>Robots in Disguise/Armada/Cybertron Sideways</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/e/e4/GB-SignalFlareEn.jpg</url> <name>Signal Flare (Energon)</name> <alt>Energon Signal Flare</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/9/99/GB-SilverboltBW.jpg</url> <name>Silverbolt (BW)</name> <alt>Beast Wars Silverbolt</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/b/b5/GB-SimonBelmondo.jpg</url> <name>Simon Belmondo</name> <alt>Simon Belmont</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/a/af/GB-furman.jpg</url> <name>Simon Furman</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/c/cd/GB-SkidZRID.jpg</url> <name>Skid-Z (RID)</name> <alt>Robots in Disguise Skid-Z</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/9/90/GB-SkidsG1.jpg</url> <name>Skids (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Skids</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/e/e0/GB-SkidsROTF.jpg</url> <name>Skids (ROTF)</name> <alt>Revenge of the Fallen Skids</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/b/b8/GB-SkybyteRID.jpg</url> <name>Sky-Byte (RID)</name> <alt>Robots in Disguise Sky-Byte</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/b/bf/GB-SkyLynxG1.jpg</url> <name>Sky Lynx (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Sky Lynx</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/4/42/GB-CybertronSkyfall.jpg</url> <name>Skyfall (Cybertron)</name> <alt>Cybertron Skyfall</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/6/60/GB-SkywarpBW2.jpg</url> <name>Skywarp (BWII)</name> <alt>Beast Wars II Skywarp</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/a/ab/GB-SmokescreenG2.jpg</url> <name>Smokescreen (G2)</name> <alt>Generation 2 Smokescreen</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/1/1b/GB-SoundwavePrime.jpg</url> <name>Soundwave (Prime)</name> <alt>Prime Soundwave</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/0/0d/GB-Space_Bridge.jpg</url> <name>Space bridge</name> <alt>space bridges</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/9/90/GB-SpaceMini-ConTeam.jpg</url> <name>Space Mini-Con Team</name> <alt>the Space Mini-Con Team</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/e/e8/GB-Spaceshot.jpg</url> <name>Spaceshot</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/5/52/GB-Coldsparks.jpg</url> <name>Sparking gimmick</name> <alt>sparking gimmicks</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/f/f1/GB-Springer.jpg</url> <name>Springer (G1)</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/7/79/GB-AnimatedStarscream.jpg</url> <name>Starscream (Animated)</name> <alt>Animated Starscream</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/a/ad/GB-StarscreamMovie.jpg</url> <name>Starscream (Movie)</name> <alt>movie Starscream</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/0/01/GB-StarUpper.jpg</url> <name>Star Upper (BWII)</name> <alt>Star Upper</alt></item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/1/1b/GB-StellaHolley.jpg</url> <name>Stella Holley</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/1/1a/GB-StickerAdventures.jpg</url> <name>Sticker Adventures</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/b/bd/GB-Stratotronic_Jet.jpg</url> <name>Stratotronic Jet</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/4/4b/GB-Sunstreaker.jpg</url> <name>Sunstreaker (G1)</name> <alt>Sunstreaker</alt></item>



<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/a/ab/GB-TAI.jpg</url> <name>T-AI</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/1/15/GB-Tailgate.png</url> <name>Tailgate (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Tailgate</alt></item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/5/5e/GB-TankorROTF.jpg</url> <name>Tankor (ROTF)</name> <alt>Revenge of the Fallen Tankor</alt></item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/8/83/GB-TapoutG1.jpg</url> <name>Tap-Out (G1)</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/e/e3/GB-Tarantulas.jpg</url> <name>Tarantulas (BW)</name> <alt>Beast Wars Tarantulas</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/f/f0/GB-TaraStrong.jpg</url> <name>Tara Strong</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/e/e7/GB-Target2006.jpg</url> <name>Target: 2006</name> <alt>"Target: 2006"</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/2/22/GB-TechSpec.jpg</url> <name>Tech Spec</name> <alt>Tech Specs</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/0/08/GB-Teletraan_15.gif</url> <name>Teletraan 15</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/b/b0/GB-TRED.jpg</url> <name>The Real Effing Deal</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/5/5d/GB-thingsthatdontexist.jpg</url> <name>Category:Things_that_don%27t_exist</name> <alt>things that don't exist</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/2/21/GB-ThrottlerPCC.jpg</url> <name>Throttler</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/9/9d/GB-ThunderblastDecep.jpg</url> <name>Thunderblast (Decepticon)</name> <alt>Decepticon Thunderblast</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/1/18/GB-G1Thunderwing.jpg</url> <name>Thunderwing (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Thunderwing</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/a/ab/GB-TigatronBW.jpg</url> <name>Tigatron</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/2/21/GB-TommyKennedy.jpg</url> <name>Tommy Kennedy</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/d/df/GB-TorquerifleG1.jpg</url> <name>Torque rifle</name> <alt>the torque rifle</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/2/21/GB-RIDTow-Line.jpg</url> <name>Tow-Line (RID)</name> <alt>Robots in Disguise Tow-Line</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/e/ed/GB-toy.jpg</url> <name>Toy</name> <alt>toys</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/7/71/GB-ToySwapping.JPG</url> <name>Toy swapping</name> <alt>toy swapping</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/4/4f/GB-TransformersUniverseActionBlast1Part1.jpg</url> <name>Action Blast 1</name> <alt>"Action Blast 1"</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/32/GB-AGoBoxOfYourOwn.jpg</url> <name>Transformers_Wiki:A_GoBox_of_your_own!</name> <alt>a GoBox of your own</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/e/e1/GB-Bulkhead_hat.jpg</url> <name>Transformer clothing</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/a/a4/GB-PDTF.jpg</url> <name>Transformers PD Type</name> <alt>"Transformers PD Type"</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/33/GB-TranswarpCruiser.jpg</url> <name>Transwarp cruiser</name> <alt>the Transwarp Cruiser</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/f/fd/GB-TurboBatRobo.jpg</url> <name>Turbo</name> </item>



<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/d/d7/GB-Ultra-Energon.jpg</url> <name>Ultra-Energon</name> <alt>Ore-13</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/3/38/GB-UltraMagnusEn.jpg</url> <name>Ultra Magnus (Energon)</name> <alt>Energon Ultra Magnus</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/e/eb/GB-Unicron.jpg</url> <name>Unicron#G.I._Joe_vs._the_Transformers</name> <alt>Unicron</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/d/de/GB-unicronsingularity.jpg</url> <name>Unicron Singularity</name> <alt>the Unicron Singularity</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/a/a3/GB-UnreleasedToys.jpg</url> <name>Unreleased toy</name> <alt>unreleased toys</alt> </item>



<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/d/df/GB-VVH.jpg</url> <name>Variable voltage harness</name> <alt>the variable voltage harness</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/b/b6/GB-Vehicon.jpg</url> <name>Vehicon (BM)</name> <alt>the Beast Machines Vehicons</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/f/f6/GB-Velocitron.jpg</url> <name> Velocitron</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/a/a6/GB-Verity-Carlo.jpg</url> <name>Verity Carlo</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/2/2c/GB-Void.jpg</url> <name>Void</name> <alt>the void</alt> </item>



<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/e/e6/GB-AniWasp.jpg</url> <name>Wasp</name> <alt>Wasp</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/b/bc/GB-Waspinator.jpg</url> <name>Waspinator (BW)</name> <alt>Beast Wars Waspinator</alt></item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/4/43/GB-Web_World.jpg</url> <name>Webworld</name> <alt>"Webworld"</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/4/48/GB-WeirdAl.jpg</url> <name>"Weird Al" Yankovic</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/4/4b/GB-Wheelie.jpg</url> <name>Wheelie (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Wheelie</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/c/c3/GB-WhirlG1.jpg</url> <name>Whirl (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Whirl</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/e/e7/GB-Windcharger.jpg</url> <name>Windcharger (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Windcharger</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/7/74/GB-Wiretap.jpg</url> <name>Wire Tap V20</name> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/d/d6/GB-WolfangPred.jpg</url> <name>Wolfang (Predacon)</name> <alt>Predacon Wolfang</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/1/16/GB-WreckGarAni.jpg</url> <name>Wreck-Gar (Animated)</name> <alt>Animated Wreck-Gar</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/6/68/GB-WreckGarG1.jpg</url> <name>Wreck-Gar (G1)</name> <alt>Generation 1 Wreck-Gar</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/f/f1/GB-Wreckers.jpg</url> <name>Wrecker</name> <alt>the Wreckers</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/5/55/GB-WrecklooseROTF.jpg</url> <name>Wreckloose (ROTF)</name> <alt>Revenge of the Fallen Wreckloose</alt> </item>

<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/7/79/GB-rani.png</url> <name>Natasha Pyraniac</name> <alt>Natasha Pyraniac</alt> </item>



<item> <url>http://tfwiki.net/w2/images2/6/6a/GB-XGunner.jpg</url> <name>X-Gunner</name> </item>

</document>

Legends Class (2005)

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{{disambig3|Legends}}
The '''Legends Class''' (originally known as '''Legends of Cybertron'''; see [[#Notes|Notes]] below), known as ''EZ Collection'' (EZコレクション) in Japan, is a sub-line of ''Transformers'' toys that are about 3 inches (7.5 cm) in height. All the original molds are based on toys/characters that are also available in other sizes, with less sculpted detail and often with different, simplified transformations. Unlike other [[Size class|size classes]], which are viewed as part of the respective toyline they've been released under and nothing else, the ''Legends'' toys have been continuously numbered as "series" across three subsequent toylines.

The ''Legends'' size class originally started out as a sub-set during the [[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|''Cybertron'' toyline]]'s run, featuring small, simple, easily affordable versions of some of the [[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|show's]] core cast. Released in waves of four, the toys were originally available in smaller "[[market six]]" chain stores like Meijers for around $3.99, although later waves were later also available at Toys "R" Us and Kmart. The molds were later [[Redeco|redecoed]] as ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]]'' characters for the ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' line.

The [[Movie (toyline)|2007 live-action movie toyline]] introduced a batch of entirely new molds, later expanded by various redecos of those molds, most of which were available as part of the ''Allspark Battles'' two-packs (which also introduced more new molds).

The [[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|2008 ''Universe'' line]] featured more redecos of the old ''Cybertron''-derived molds as ''Generation 1'' characters, coupled with new molds, which were alternatively "Classic" toys based on ''Generation 1'' and ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]'' characters and Legends-sized versions of ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]'' characters, which are released as part of the ''Universe'' rather than the [[Transformers Animated (toyline)|''Animated'' toyline]] (although minor redecos were also released as part of store [[exclusive]] multi-packs in ''Animated'' packaging).

The [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|''Revenge of the Fallen'' line]] basically followed up from the 2007 ''Movie'' line with new molds for ''Revenge of the Fallen'' characters and some returning ''Movie'' characters, plus redecos of various 2007 ''Movie'' Legends Class toys. Some store exclusive multi-packs also contain redecos of ''Universe'' Legends Class molds. This continued through the [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|2010 ''Transformers'' line]], which first featured both redecos and new molds for Movie characters, and later did like ''Universe'' and included a number of Generation 1 characters as well.

The "Legends Class" name was dropped for the 2011 [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|''Dark of the Moon'' line]], when the size class was absorbed into a new sub-line called ''[[Cyberverse]]'' and renamed "Legion Class".

==''Cybertron''==
===Series 1 (Wave 1)===
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys|Hot Shot]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Megatron (Armada)/toys|Megatron]]
*[[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]]

===Series 2 (Wave 2)===
*[[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]]
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]]
*[[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]]
*[[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]]

{{note|Waves 1 and 2 were only available at smaller retailers and specialty stores. Waves 3 (including carry-overs from wave 2) and 4 were also available at [[Toys"R"Us]] and [[Kmart]].}}

===Series 3 (Wave 3)===
*[[Megatron (Armada)/toys|Galvatron]]
*[[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (Cybertron Defense Red Alert body)
*[[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]]
*[[Vector Prime]]

===Series 4 (Wave 4)===
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys|Hot Shot]] ([[Excellion (Cybertron)|Excellion]] deco)
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|Optimus Prime]] (Galaxy Force Optimus Prime deco)
*[[Sunstorm (LOC)|Sunstorm]]
*[[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]]

===US multi-packs===
*Legends 4-Pack ([[Target]] [[exclusive]]), contains:
**[[Megatron (Armada)/toys|Megatron]]
**[[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]]
**[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]]
**[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|Optimus Prime]]
{{Note|None of these toys were changed from their original single releases.}}

===US convention exclusives===
*[[Skywarp (Armada)|Skywarp]] (San Diego Comic-Con 2005, free giveaway for attending Hasbro's showroom)
*[[Ramjet (Universe)|Ramjet]] ([[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]] deco; [[BotCon 2005]], free giveaway for attending Hasbro's showroom)

===Japanese single pack releases (EZ Collection)===
*Galaxy Convoy (Optimus Prime)
*Master Megatron (Megatron)
*Starscream

{{note|These three toys sported more (and more [[Show-accuracy|show-accurate]]) paint details than the Hasbro versions (Galaxy Convoy was missing most of the Hasbro version's yellow paint). In a somewhat unique marketing move, they were packed in blister bubbles on cardbacks taken from the Hasbro versions (with the obligatory sticker sporting Japanese legal information on the back), but with new, Japanese-language name inserts for the blister bubble. They were not officially recognized as [[USA Edition|USA Editions]] by Takara.}}
===Japanese multi-packs and exclusives===
*GC-23 [[Metroplex (Cybertron)|Megalo Convoy]] (Metroplex) with [[Mini-Con|Micron]] (Mini-Con) partner [[Drill Bit (Cybertron)|Horri-Bull]] (Drill Bit), came with:
**EZ Collection [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|Galaxy Convoy Metallic Version]] (ギャラクシーコンボイ　メタリックバージョン, Optimus Prime; metallic version)
*Gold Megalo Convoy (Metroplex) with gold Micron (Mini-Con) partner Horri-Bull (Drill Bit), came with:
**EZ Collection Galaxy Convoy (Optimus Prime; gold version)
{{Note|This entirely gold [[vacuum metallizing|chromed]] set was offered as a prize in a [[Lucky Draw figure|Lucky Draw]] contest held by ''[[TV Magazine]]''}}
*EZ Collection Clear Set (EZコレクションクリアセット), came with:
**Galaxy Convoy
**[[Megatron (Armada)/toys|Master Megatron]]
**[[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]]
{{note|This set of clear versions was exclusively available via mail order from ''TV Magazine''.}}
*Master Galvatron (Galvatron; free pack-in figure available with September 2005 edition of ''[[Dengeki Hobby|Dengeki Hobby Magazine]]'')
{{note|This toy once again sported more (and more show-accurate) paint details than the Hasbro version. It was available in a unique box that was essentially a modified, downsized version of the packaging for the larger GD-01 Master Megatron (Takara's version of Cybertron Leader Class Megatron) toy.}}

==''Classics''==
===Series 5 (Wave 1)===
*[[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]] (originally intended to be [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]])
*[[Lio Convoy|Leo Prime]]
*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]
*[[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]

===Series 6 (Wave 2)===
{{note|This wave had even worse distribution than the early ''Cybertron'' waves and was only available at specialty stores and online retailers. They showed up in huge numbers at the Australian retail store Big W, for some reason.}}
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Bumblebee]]
*[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]
*[[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] (originally intended to be [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]])
*[[Whirl (G1)|Autobot Whirl]]

===Cybertron Collection===
{{note|These toys were re-releases of past ''Legends'' figures in unchanged decos and ''Classics''-style packaging; they were found at KB Toys, Kmart, Big Lots and Meijer stores in 2008, although it's possible they were already available in 2007 — nobody really seemed to care.}}
* Hot Shot (Legends of Cybertron)
* Leo Prime (Classics Legends)
* Optimus Prime (Legends of Cybertron)
* Soundwave (Legends of Cybertron)

==''Movie (2007)''==
===Series 7 (Wave 1)===
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Bumblebee]]
*[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]
*[[Jazz (Movie)|Autobot Jazz]]
*[[Ratchet (Movie)|Autobot Ratchet]]

{{note|Initial shipments of this wave included a slightly off-color version of Autobot Ratchet. Later shipments included a more widespread "fixed" color version. Both color variants were available in the United States as well as in other markets, including Europe.}}
===Series 8 (Wave 2)===
*[[Megatron (Movie)/toys|Megatron]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Optimus Prime]]

===Series 9 (Wave 3)===
{{note|This wave once again saw limited distibution on the United States market (possibly because retailers were discontinuing the ''Movie'' Legends Class single pack assortment). The two toys saw a more widespread release in other markets, including Europe.}}
*[[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]]
*[[Starscream (Movie)/toys|Starscream]]

===Series 9 (Wave 4)===
{{note|These toys were only released as single packs in Europe and Australasia; elsewhere, they were released as part of ''Allspark Battles'' two-packs. Oddly, they were labeled as "Series 9", the same number previously used for the Starscream/Blackout wave (also on the "international"/European packaging).}}
*[[Jazz (Movie)|Autobot Jazz]] (minor redeco)
*[[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper]]
*[[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]]
*[[Barricade (Movie)|Recon Barricade]]

===Allspark Battles===
'''Wave 1'''
*[[Jazz (Movie)|Autobot Jazz]] (minor redeco) vs. [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]]
*[[Ratchet (Movie)|Rescue Ratchet]] vs. [[Brawl (Movie)|Decepticon Brawl]]
*[[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper]] vs. [[Barricade (Movie)|Recon Barricade]]

'''Wave 2'''
*[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] vs. [[Blackout (Movie)|Desert Blackout]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Nightwatch Optimus Prime]] vs. [[Starscream (Movie)/toys|Stealth Starscream]]

'''Wave 3'''
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Bumblebee]] (minor redeco) vs. [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]]
*Battle Jazz vs. [[Megatron (Movie)/toys|Ice Megatron]]

===US exclusive multi-packs===
*Generations Legends ([[Target]] [[exclusive]]), contains:
**[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Optimus Prime]] (Movie)
**[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|Optimus Prime]] (Cybertron)
**[[Megatron (Movie)/toys|Megatron]] (Movie)
**[[Megatron (Armada)/toys|Megatron]] (Cybertron)
*Battle for the Allspark ([[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive), contains:
**Optimus Prime
**[[Jazz (Movie)|Autobot Jazz]]
**[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Bumblebee]]
**Megatron
**[[Starscream (Movie)/toys|Starscream]]
**[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]
*Leader Class Optimus Prime ([[Costco]] exclusive bonus pack), came with:
**Legends Class Bumblebee
**Legends Class Autobot Jazz
{{note|None of the toys from these packs were changed as compared to their single releases.}}

===Regular Japanese releases (EZ Collection)===
*Optimus Prime
*Bumblebee
*Jazz
*Ratchet
*Megatron
*Barricade

{{note|These toys were distributed via TakaraTomy's subsidiary Subarudo. They were [[Blindpacking|blind-packed]] (but didn't include [[Shortpacking|shortpacked]] or [[Chase figure|chase figures]]), and unlike the ''Cybertron'' EZ Collection figures, they were identical to their Hasbro counterparts (Ratchet was only available as the less [[Show-accuracy|movie-accurate]] "off-color" variant). Ratchet and Jazz are also notable for not sporting the [[Trademark|"Autobot" prefixes]] the Hasbro versions (and the TakaraTomy versions of the larger [[Movie (toyline)|Movie toys]]) sported in front of their names.}}
===Japanese exclusives===
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Bumblebee]] (Transformers First Impact 0602 exclusive)
{{Note|This figure was identical to the single EZ Collection figure, but came in [[Hasbro]] packaging.}}
*Bumblebee Scanning Version (バンブルビースキャニングVer., clear yellow "Scanning" version; free pack-in figure available with August 2007 edition of ''Hyper Hobby'' magazine)
*Bumblebee Metallic Version (バンブルビーメタリックVer., metallic version; free pack-in figure available with the [[Transformers (film)|movie]] DVD, exclusive to Tsutaya Records stores)

==''Animated''==
[[Image:AnimatedLegends.jpg|190px|thumb|]]
[[Hasbro Toy Shop]] had previously listed a category for an ''[[Transformers Animated (toyline)|Animated]]'' Legends series, but no figures were announced, and it has since been removed from the site. Instead, Legends-sized toys based on ''Animated'' characters were released as part of the [[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|''Universe'' line]].

However, there were two [[Target]] [[exclusive]] three-packs released as part of the ''Animated'' line, each containing a redeco of a mass retail ''Animated'' Deluxe Class toy and two redecoes of the ''Universe'' line's Legends Class figures.

===Target exclusive Deluxe bonus packs===
*[[Lockdown (Animated)|Stealth Lockdown]], came with:
**Legends Class [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]
**Legends Class [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Rescue Ratchet]], came with:
**Legends Class [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]]
**Legends Class [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]]
{{Note|All four Legends figures sport minor differences compared to their ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' single releases.}}

The Legends from the Target Deluxe bonus packs were released in Japan in a wave with ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Legends. See below.

===Japanese multi-packs and exclusives===
* [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime Clear Red Version]] (April 2010, Toys "R" Us exclusive for customers who bought 3,000 yen worth of ''Animated'' products)
* [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee Clear Yellow Version]] (April 2010, Ito Yokado exclusive for customers who bought 3,000 yen worth of ''Animated'' products)
* [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl Clear Smoke Version]] (April 2010, Apita exclusive for customers who bought Voyager class [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] or [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]])
* [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream Clear Purple Version]] (May 2010, [[JUSCO]] exclusive for customers who bought Voyager class [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] or [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]])
* [[Skywarp (Animated)|Skywarp Clear Purple Version]] (July 2010, Toys "R" Us exclusive for customers who bought 3,000 yen worth of ''Animated'' products)
* [[Ramjet (Animated)|Ramjet Clear White Version]] (July 2010, Ito Yokado exclusive for customers who bought 3,000 yen worth of ''Animated'' products)
* [[Sunstorm (Animated)|Sunstorm Clear Orange Version]] (July 2010, Yamada Electronics exclusive for customers who bought 3,000 worth of ''Animated'' products '''or''' free with the purchase of [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] from Amazon Japan)
* [[Thundercracker (Animated)|Thundercracker Clear Blue Version]] (July 2010, Ishimaru, Eiden, Deodeo, Bic Camera, Midori Electrical and Yodobashi Camera exclusive for customers who bought 3,000 yen worth of ''Animated'' products)
* [[Starscream Clone Black Version]] (August 2010, JUSCO exclusive for customers who bought [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]])

*'''EZ Collection Limited Clear Version'''
**[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]
**[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]]
**[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]]
**[[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]]

{{note|An exclusive set of four redecos given away at Family Mart stores in Japan as part of their raffle token promotion. The "EZ Collection Limited Clear Version" set included figures which had both translucent and opaque parts, but unlike the previous totally clear versions, these retained their paint operations.}}

==''Universe''==
===Wave 1===
* [[Onslaught (G1)|''Classic'' Onslaught]]
* [[Red Alert (G1)|''Classic'' Red Alert]]
* [[Starscream (G1)/toys|''Classic'' Starscream]]

===Wave 2===
* [[Jazz (G1)/toys|''Classic'' Autobot Jazz]]
* [[Hound (G1)|''Classic'' Autobot Hound]]
* [[Megatron (G1)/toys|''Classic''/''Generation 2'' Megatron]]

===Wave 3===
* [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|''Animated'' Optimus Prime]]
* [[Prowl (Animated)|''Animated'' Prowl]]
* [[Bumblebee (Animated)|''Animated'' Bumblebee]]

===Wave 4===
* [[Starscream (Animated)|''Animated'' Starscream]]
* [[Brawn (G1)|''G1'' Brawn]]
* [[Beachcomber (G1)|''G1'' Beachcomber]]
* [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|''G1'' Bumblebee]]

===Wave 5===
* [[Cosmos (G1)|''G1'' Autobot Cosmos]]
* [[Warpath (G1)|''G1'' Warpath]]
* [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|''G1'' Rodimus]]
* [[Wheelie (G1)|''G1'' Autobot Wheelie]]

===Target exclusive 5-packs===
* '''Aerial Rivals''' (Classic Series):

:* [[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]]
:* [[Blades (G1)|Blades]]
:* [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]
:* [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]]
:* [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]]

* '''Special Team Leaders''' (Classic Series):

:* [[Hot Spot (G1)|Autobot Hot Zone]]
:* [[Hun-Gurrr]]
:* [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]]
:* [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattorshot]]
:* [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]]

===Henkei! Henkei!===
* C-18 Attack Team Minibots, contains:
:*[[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]]
:*[[Brawn (G1)|Gong]]
:*[[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]]
* C-19 Spy Team Minibots, contains:
:*[[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]]
:*[[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]]
:*[[Cosmos (G1)|Adams]]
{{note| These feature more show-accurate paints jobs than their Hasbro counterparts. Cliffjumper is a redeco of G1 Bumblebee.}}

==Revenge of the Fallen==
===Wave 1===
* [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Bumblebee]]
* [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]]
* [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Optimus Prime]]
* [[Springer (ROTF)|Autobot Springer]]
===Wave 2===
* [[Starscream (Movie)/toys|Starscream]]
* [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]]
* [[Megatron (Movie)/toys|Megatron]]
* [[Ratchet (Movie)|Autobot Ratchet]]
===Wave 3===
* [[Ironhide (Movie)|Enforcer Ironhide]]
* [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]]
* [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]]
* [[The Fallen]]
===Wave 4===
* [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]]
* [[Tankor (ROTF)|Tankor]]
* [[Skids (ROTF)|Autobot Skids]]
* [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Recon Bumblebee]]

===Wave 5===
* [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Autobot Wheelie]]
* [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Bluesteel Sideswipe]]
* [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Power Armor Optimus Prime]]
* [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]]

===Wave 6===
* [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]]
* [[Jolt (ROTF)|Jolt]]
* [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Stealth Bumblebee]]

===US multi-packs===
* "[[The Fury of Fearswoop]]" ([[Walmart]] [[exclusive]]), a redeco of Deluxe Class [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing]] available with:
**Legends Class [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] ("battle damaged" redeco)
**Legends Class [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] ("battle damaged" redeco)

*"[[Straightaway Shootout]]" ([[Target]] exclusive), contains:
**[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] (more [[show-accuracy|movie-accurate]] colors than Enforcer Ironhide)
**[[Swerve (Movie)|Swerve]] (redeco of Sideswipe)
**[[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] (new deco)
**[[Runamuck (ROTF)|Runamuck]] (redeco of ''Movie'' [[Jazz (Movie)|Autobot Jazz]])
**[[Sparkcrusher]] (redeco of ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]])

*"[[War for the Skies]]" ([[Kmart]] exclusive), contains:
**[[Blades (ROTF)|Autobot Blades]] (redeco of Springer)
**Jetfire (in inverted colors)
**[[Thundercracker (Movie)|Thundercracker]] (redeco of Starscream)
**[[Spinister (ROTF)|Spinister]] (redeco of Blackout/Grindor)

*"Two-packs" ([[Target]] exclusive) which were release in three different two-packs:
**[[Bumblebee (Movie) | Bumblebee]] and [[Shadow Striker (ROTF) | Shadow Striker]]
**[[Smokescreen (Movie) | Smokescreen]] and [[Starscream (Movie) | Starscream]]
**[[Mudflap (ROTF) | Rally Mudflap]] and [[Skids (ROTF) | Offroad Skids]]
{{Note| Bumblebee has a similar deco to his original release, but has stripes on his door, and Shadow Striker is a repaint of ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Wheelie (G1) | Wheelie]]. Smokescreen is a repaint of ''Universe'' [[Hot Rod (G1) | Rodimus]], and Starscream sports new deco.}}

*"Devastator" (Walmart exclusive - U.S ) (Only At Argos - UK ) includes:
**[[Mixmaster (ROTF)|Mixmaster]]
**[[Scavenger (ROTF)|Scavenger]]
**[[Overload (ROTF)|Overload]]
**[[Scrapper (ROTF)|Scapper]]
**[[Hightower (ROTF)|Hightower]]
**[[Long Haul (ROTF)|Long Haul]]
**[[Rampage (ROTF)|Rampage]]
All of which combine together to form [[Devastator (ROTF) | Devastator]]
{{Note| These appear to be the same as their Japanese counterparts, but are released together combined as Devastator}}

===Regular Japanese releases (EZ Collection)===
'''Volume 1'''
* EZ-01 [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Optimus Prime]]
* EZ-02 [[Megatron (Movie)/toys|Megatron]]
* EZ-03 [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Bumblebee]]
* EZ-04 [[Starscream (Movie)/toys|Starscream]]
* EZ-05 [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]]
* EZ-06 [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]]
* EZ-07 [[Ratchet (Movie)|Desert Tracker Ratchet]]
* EZ-08 [[Springer (ROTF)|Springer]]

'''Volume 2'''
* EZ-09 [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Optimus Prime Damage Version]]
* EZ-10 [[Megatron (Movie)/toys|Megatron Damage Version]]
* EZ-11 [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]
* EZ-12 [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]]
* EZ-13 [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]]
* EZ-14 [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]]
* EZ-15 [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]]
* EZ-16 [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]]
{{note|Most of these toys are [[Blindpacking|blind-packed]] and identical to their Hasbro counterparts. Ironhide is similar to the version from the US [[Target]] exclusive "Straightaway Shootout" five-pack. Unlike his Hasbro counterpart, Springer doesn't sport an [[Trademark|"Autobot" prefix]] in front of his name. The battle damage versions of Optimus Prime and Megatron are only available in Japan.}}

'''Volume 3'''
* EZ-17 [[Optimus Prime (Animated)]]
* EZ-18 [[Bumblebee (Animated)]]
* EZ-19 [[Prowl (Animated)]]
* EZ-20 [[Starscream (Animated)]]
* EZ-21 [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime Special Color]] (オプティマスプライム特別カラー, ''Optimus Prime Tokubetsu Color'')
* EZ-22 [[Jolt (ROTF)|Jolt]]
* EZ-23 [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee Special Color]] (バンブルビー特別カラー, ''Bumblebee Tokubetsu Color'')
* EZ-24 [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]]
{{note|This wave includes 4 Animated figures, which appear to be the same as Hasbro's versions that were included with the Target Exclusive Deluxe packs. Movie Optimus Prime is a clear version and movie Bumblebee is metallic-y.}}

'''Volume 4'''
* [[Optimus Prime (Animated) | Optimus Prime Elite Guard Version]]
* [[Optimus Prime (Animated) | Optimus Prime Gold Version]]
* [[Bumblebee (Animated) | Bumblebee Elite Guard Version]]
* [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl Elite Guard Version]]
* [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]]
* [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]]
* [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]]
* [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]]
{{note| The 4 Animated figures all have new paint jobs never released in the US. The 4 movie figures appear the be the same as the US releases, although Brawl is a darker green.}}

===Regular Japanese releases (EZ Collection DX)===
* D1 [[Overload (ROTF)|Decepticon Overload]]
* D2 [[Mixmaster (ROTF)|Decepticon Mixmaster]]
* D3 [[Rampage (ROTF)|Decepticon Rampage]]
* D4 [[Scavenger (ROTF)|Scavenger]]
* D5 [[Scrapper (ROTF)|Scrapper]]
* D6 [[Long Haul (ROTF)|Long Haul]]
* D7 [[Hightower (ROTF)|Hightower]]
{{note|The Hasbro versions of these toys were released as a store exclusive giftset. The Takara versions were, unusually, sold separately on cards, but were otherwise identical to their Hasbro counterparts. Rampage, Overload and Mixmaster sport [[Trademark|"Decepticon" prefixes]] in front of their names the Hasbro versions did not have.}}

===Regular Japanese releases (EZ Collection DX set)===
*[[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator G1 Color]], contains:
**[[Overload (ROTF)|Decepticon Overload]]
**[[Mixmaster (ROTF)|Decepticon Mixmaster]]
**[[Bonecrusher (ROTF Constructicon)|Bonecrusher]]
**[[Scavenger (ROTF)|Scavenger]]
**[[Scrapper (ROTF)|Scrapper]]
**[[Long Haul (ROTF)|Long Haul]]
**[[Hook (ROTF)|Decepticon Hook]]

===Japanese exclusives===
* [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Optimus Prime]] (Transformers Celebration 0530 exclusive)
{{Note|This figure was identical to the single EZ Collection figure, but came in [[Hasbro]] packaging.}}
* "Autobot Set", contains Deluxe [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Bumblebee]] and EZ Collection [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]]
* "Decepticon Set", contains Deluxe [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] and EZ Collection [[The Fallen]]
{{note|Both are Lawsons exclusives. The Deluxe figures are the same as their single Japanese and American releases. The first pictures showed the EZ Collection figures with new paint details, but later, in-hand samples revealed they were the same as their Hasbro counterparts. Lawson later sold the EZ Collection figures separately.}}
* [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Bumblebee Clear Version]] (バンブルビークリアＶｅｒ., Tsutaya Records exclusive freebie for purchasing ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' on DVD or Blu-ray)
* [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Stealth Bumblebee]] (ステルスバンブルビー, general non-exclusive freebie for purchasing ''Revenge of the Fallen'' on DVD or Blu-ray)
* [[Rampage (ROTF)|Rampage Desert Combat]] (ランページデザートコンバット, ToysRUs Freebie, red.)
* [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor Shanghai Attack]] (デモリッシャーシャンハイアタック, another ToysRUs exclusive, based off his white Voyager figure. These were only available with a preorder of Animated Voyager [[Optimus Prime (Animated) | Optimus Prime]] and are limited to 120.{{fact}})
* [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Defender Optimus Prime]] (ディフェンダーオプティマスプライム, exclusive to Edion, Bic Camera & Yodobashi Camera stores, it sports a similar deco to Hasbro's 2010 Legends Fireburst Optimus Prime, but has different flame details.)
* [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Infiltrator Soundwave]] (インフィルトレイターサウンドウェーブ, exclusive to Amazon Japan, free with purchase of the Animated Optimus Prime vs. Megatron 2-pack.)

==Transformers (2010)==
===Wave 1===
* [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Fireburst Optimus Prime]]
* [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Cyberfire Bumblebee]]
* [[Rampage (ROTF)|Rampage]]
* [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]]
{{note|Fireburst Optimus Prime and Cyberfire Bumblebee are redecos of the ROTF Legends. Ravage and Rampage are new molds. Rampage's toy a new mold which does not combine with the other Legends Constructicons to form Devastator like his previous one.}}

===Wave 2===
* [[Long Haul (ROTF)|Long Haul]]
* [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]]
* [[Hound (G1)|Tracker Hound]]
* [[Override (TF 2010)|Override]]
{{note|Like Rampage, this Long Haul is a new mold that does not combine into Devastator. Sandstorm is a redeco of Universe Beachcomber. Tracker Hound is a redeco of Universe Hound, and Override is a redeco of ROTF Sideways.}}

===Wave 3===
* [[Skids (ROTF)|Tuner Skids]]
* [[Duststorm (TF 2010)|Duststorm]]

===Wave 4===
* [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Gold Bumblebee]]
* [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron]]
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]]
* [[Starscream (G1)/toys|Starscream]]

===Wave 5===
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]
* [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailcutter]]

===Multipacks===

===Exclusives===
* ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (franchise)| War for Cybertron]]'' [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]] (Exclusive in the [[United Kingdom]]. Redeco of ''Cybertron'' Legends Starscream)
* G1 Colors Legends [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]] (Toys"R"Us exclusive. Has different plastic colors and paint applications from the Japanese release)

===Japanese exclusives===
'''EZ Collection Volume 5'''
*[[Mudflap (ROTF)|Delivery Mudflap]]
*[[Skids (ROTF)|Delivery Skids]]
*[[Brawl (Movie)|Desert Brawl]]
*[[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Transformers (2010)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Payload (Movie)|Payload]]
*[[Skipjack]]
*[[Scorponok (Movie)|Stalker Scorponok]]

==Transformers Chronicle (Japan)==
'''EZ Collection 01'''
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumble]] (redeco of 2008 ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#uni2008|Bumblebee]])
*[[Jazz (G1)|Meister]] ([[rebranding|rebrand]] of 2008 ''Universe'' [[Jazz (G1)/toys#uni2008|Jazz]])
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Convoy]] (rebrand of 2010 [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|''Transformers'']] [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#2010Legend|Optimus Prime]])
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] (redeco of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#ROTFlegend|Optimus Prime]])
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (redeco of 2010 ''Transformers'' [[Megatron (G1)/toys#2010Legend|Megatron]])
*[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] (redeco of ''Revenge of the Fallen'' [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#ROTFlegend|Megatron]])
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (redeco of 2010 ''Transformers'' [[Starscream (G1)/toys#2010legend|Starscream]])
*[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (rebrand of 2010 ''Transformers'' [[Trailbreaker (G1)#2010legend|Trailcutter]])
'''EZ Collection 02'''
*[[Bluestreak (G1)|Streak]] (redeco of 2010 ''Transformers'' [[Prowl (G1)/toys#2010legend|Prowl]])
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (rebrand of 2008 ''Universe'' [[Hound (G1)#2008legend|Hound]])
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Convoy]] (''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' [[homage]] redeco of 2010 ''Transformers'' Optimus Prime)
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (redeco of 2008 ''Universe'' [[Megatron (G1)/toys#2008legend|Megatron]] as an homage to ''Generation 2'' "Hero" Megatron)
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (rebrand of 2010 ''Transformers'' Prowl)
*[[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rodimus]] (rebrand of 2008 ''Universe'' [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#2008legend|Rodimus]])
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (redeco of 2010 ''Transformers'' Starscream)
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (rebrand of 2010 ''Transformers'' Starscream}

==Generations==
{{note|These were Hasbro Asia exclusives in Generations packaging. Each was retooled with 3mm ports and included a weapon.}}
*[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] (retool of 2010 ''Transformers'' [[Trailbreaker (G1)#2010legend|Trailcutter]])
*[[Motormaster (G1)|Motorbreath]] (retool of 2010 ''Transformers'' Optimus Prime)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (retool of 2010 ''Transformers'' [[Starscream (G1)/toys#2010legend|Starscream]], but different than the ''EZ Collection'' Thundercracker)
*[[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] (retool of 2010 ''Transformers'' [[Prowl (G1)/toys#2010legend|Prowl]], but different than the ''EZ Collection'' Streak)

==Notes==
* During the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' toyline's run, there was some confusion as to the actual name of the price-point: It was variously solicited to online retailers as ''Cybertron All-Stars'' and ''Legends of Cybertron''. Online retailers even confirmed having received initial shipments alternatively sporting either name on the shipping cases, although later shipments exclusively sported the "Legends" name. The toys themselves, however, didn't sport ''any'' size-class-specific name on the packaging. Meanwhile, [[Hasbro]] originally listed the toys under the name ''Cybertron Micro Series'' on their [http://www.transformers.com/ official Transformers website], but later changed those listings to "Legends" as well. Later toylines that included toys of the same size class (including [[Redeco|redecos]] of the ''Cybertron''-derived molds) specifically used names such as ''Legends Class'' on the packaging, so that title seems to have won out. However, the "Cybertron" part of the name has never been used in an official capacity anywhere outside the ''Cybertron'' toyline.

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{{disambig3|Legends}}
The '''Legends Class''' (originally known as '''Legends of Cybertron'''; see [[#Notes|Notes]] below), known as ''EZ Collection'' (EZコレクション) in Japan, is a sub-line of ''Transformers'' toys that are about 3 inches (7.5 cm) in height. All the original molds are based on toys/characters that are also available in other sizes, with less sculpted detail and often with different, simplified transformations. Unlike other [[Size class|size classes]], which are viewed as part of the respective toyline they've been released under and nothing else, the ''Legends'' toys have been continuously numbered as "series" across three subsequent toylines.

The ''Legends'' size class originally started out as a sub-set during the [[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|''Cybertron'' toyline]]'s run, featuring small, simple, easily affordable versions of some of the [[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|show's]] core cast. Released in waves of four, the toys were originally available in smaller "[[market six]]" chain stores like Meijers for around $3.99, although later waves were later also available at Toys "R" Us and Kmart. The molds were later [[Redeco|redecoed]] as ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]]'' characters for the ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' line.

The [[Movie (toyline)|2007 live-action movie toyline]] introduced a batch of entirely new molds, later expanded by various redecos of those molds, most of which were available as part of the ''Allspark Battles'' two-packs (which also introduced more new molds).

The [[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|2008 ''Universe'' line]] featured more redecos of the old ''Cybertron''-derived molds as ''Generation 1'' characters, coupled with new molds, which were alternatively "Classic" toys based on ''Generation 1'' and ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]'' characters and Legends-sized versions of ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]'' characters, which are released as part of the ''Universe'' rather than the [[Transformers Animated (toyline)|''Animated'' toyline]] (although minor redecos were also released as part of store [[exclusive]] multi-packs in ''Animated'' packaging).

The [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|''Revenge of the Fallen'' line]] basically followed up from the 2007 ''Movie'' line with new molds for ''Revenge of the Fallen'' characters and some returning ''Movie'' characters, plus redecos of various 2007 ''Movie'' Legends Class toys. Some store exclusive multi-packs also contain redecos of ''Universe'' Legends Class molds. This continued through the [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|2010 ''Transformers'' line]], which first featured both redecos and new molds for Movie characters, and later did like ''Universe'' and included a number of Generation 1 characters as well.

The "Legends Class" name was dropped for the 2011 [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|''Dark of the Moon'' line]], when the size class was absorbed into a new sub-line called ''[[Cyberverse]]'' and renamed "Legion Class".

==''Cybertron''==
===Series 1 (Wave 1)===
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys|Hot Shot]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Megatron (Armada)/toys|Megatron]]
*[[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]]

===Series 2 (Wave 2)===
*[[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]]
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]]
*[[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]]
*[[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]]

{{note|Waves 1 and 2 were only available at smaller retailers and specialty stores. Waves 3 (including carry-overs from wave 2) and 4 were also available at [[Toys"R"Us]] and [[Kmart]].}}

===Series 3 (Wave 3)===
*[[Megatron (Armada)/toys|Galvatron]]
*[[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (Cybertron Defense Red Alert body)
*[[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]]
*[[Vector Prime]]

===Series 4 (Wave 4)===
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys|Hot Shot]] ([[Excellion (Cybertron)|Excellion]] deco)
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|Optimus Prime]] (Galaxy Force Optimus Prime deco)
*[[Sunstorm (LOC)|Sunstorm]]
*[[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]]

===US multi-packs===
*Legends 4-Pack ([[Target]] [[exclusive]]), contains:
**[[Megatron (Armada)/toys|Megatron]]
**[[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]]
**[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]]
**[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|Optimus Prime]]
{{Note|None of these toys were changed from their original single releases.}}

===US convention exclusives===
*[[Skywarp (Armada)|Skywarp]] (San Diego Comic-Con 2005, free giveaway for attending Hasbro's showroom)
*[[Ramjet (Universe)|Ramjet]] ([[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]] deco; [[BotCon 2005]], free giveaway for attending Hasbro's showroom)

===Japanese single pack releases (EZ Collection)===
*Galaxy Convoy (Optimus Prime)
*Master Megatron (Megatron)
*Starscream

{{note|These three toys sported more (and more [[Show-accuracy|show-accurate]]) paint details than the Hasbro versions (Galaxy Convoy was missing most of the Hasbro version's yellow paint). In a somewhat unique marketing move, they were packed in blister bubbles on cardbacks taken from the Hasbro versions (with the obligatory sticker sporting Japanese legal information on the back), but with new, Japanese-language name inserts for the blister bubble. They were not officially recognized as [[USA Edition|USA Editions]] by Takara.}}
===Japanese multi-packs and exclusives===
*GC-23 [[Metroplex (Cybertron)|Megalo Convoy]] (Metroplex) with [[Mini-Con|Micron]] (Mini-Con) partner [[Drill Bit (Cybertron)|Horri-Bull]] (Drill Bit), came with:
**EZ Collection [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|Galaxy Convoy Metallic Version]] (ギャラクシーコンボイ　メタリックバージョン, Optimus Prime; metallic version)
*Gold Megalo Convoy (Metroplex) with gold Micron (Mini-Con) partner Horri-Bull (Drill Bit), came with:
**EZ Collection Galaxy Convoy (Optimus Prime; gold version)
{{Note|This entirely gold [[vacuum metallizing|chromed]] set was offered as a prize in a [[Lucky Draw figure|Lucky Draw]] contest held by ''[[TV Magazine]]''}}
*EZ Collection Clear Set (EZコレクションクリアセット), came with:
**Galaxy Convoy
**[[Megatron (Armada)/toys|Master Megatron]]
**[[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]]
{{note|This set of clear versions was exclusively available via mail order from ''TV Magazine''.}}
*Master Galvatron (Galvatron; free pack-in figure available with September 2005 edition of ''[[Dengeki Hobby|Dengeki Hobby Magazine]]'')
{{note|This toy once again sported more (and more show-accurate) paint details than the Hasbro version. It was available in a unique box that was essentially a modified, downsized version of the packaging for the larger GD-01 Master Megatron (Takara's version of Cybertron Leader Class Megatron) toy.}}

==''Classics''==
===Series 5 (Wave 1)===
*[[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]] (originally intended to be [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]])
*[[Lio Convoy|Leo Prime]]
*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]
*[[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]

===Series 6 (Wave 2)===
{{note|This wave had even worse distribution than the early ''Cybertron'' waves and was only available at specialty stores and online retailers. They showed up in huge numbers at the Australian retail store Big W, for some reason.}}
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Bumblebee]]
*[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]
*[[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] (originally intended to be [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]])
*[[Whirl (G1)|Autobot Whirl]]

===Cybertron Collection===
{{note|These toys were re-releases of past ''Legends'' figures in unchanged decos and ''Classics''-style packaging; they were found at KB Toys, Kmart, Big Lots and Meijer stores in 2008, although it's possible they were already available in 2007 — nobody really seemed to care.}}
* Hot Shot (Legends of Cybertron)
* Leo Prime (Classics Legends)
* Optimus Prime (Legends of Cybertron)
* Soundwave (Legends of Cybertron)

==''Movie (2007)''==
===Series 7 (Wave 1)===
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Bumblebee]]
*[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]
*[[Jazz (Movie)|Autobot Jazz]]
*[[Ratchet (Movie)|Autobot Ratchet]]

{{note|Initial shipments of this wave included a slightly off-color version of Autobot Ratchet. Later shipments included a more widespread "fixed" color version. Both color variants were available in the United States as well as in other markets, including Europe.}}
===Series 8 (Wave 2)===
*[[Megatron (Movie)/toys|Megatron]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Optimus Prime]]

===Series 9 (Wave 3)===
{{note|This wave once again saw limited distibution on the United States market (possibly because retailers were discontinuing the ''Movie'' Legends Class single pack assortment). The two toys saw a more widespread release in other markets, including Europe.}}
*[[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]]
*[[Starscream (Movie)/toys|Starscream]]

===Series 9 (Wave 4)===
{{note|These toys were only released as single packs in Europe and Australasia; elsewhere, they were released as part of ''Allspark Battles'' two-packs. Oddly, they were labeled as "Series 9", the same number previously used for the Starscream/Blackout wave (also on the "international"/European packaging).}}
*[[Jazz (Movie)|Autobot Jazz]] (minor redeco)
*[[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper]]
*[[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]]
*[[Barricade (Movie)|Recon Barricade]]

===Allspark Battles===
'''Wave 1'''
*[[Jazz (Movie)|Autobot Jazz]] (minor redeco) vs. [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]]
*[[Ratchet (Movie)|Rescue Ratchet]] vs. [[Brawl (Movie)|Decepticon Brawl]]
*[[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper]] vs. [[Barricade (Movie)|Recon Barricade]]

'''Wave 2'''
*[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] vs. [[Blackout (Movie)|Desert Blackout]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Nightwatch Optimus Prime]] vs. [[Starscream (Movie)/toys|Stealth Starscream]]

'''Wave 3'''
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Bumblebee]] (minor redeco) vs. [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]]
*Battle Jazz vs. [[Megatron (Movie)/toys|Ice Megatron]]

===US exclusive multi-packs===
*Generations Legends ([[Target]] [[exclusive]]), contains:
**[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Optimus Prime]] (Movie)
**[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|Optimus Prime]] (Cybertron)
**[[Megatron (Movie)/toys|Megatron]] (Movie)
**[[Megatron (Armada)/toys|Megatron]] (Cybertron)
*Battle for the Allspark ([[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive), contains:
**Optimus Prime
**[[Jazz (Movie)|Autobot Jazz]]
**[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Bumblebee]]
**Megatron
**[[Starscream (Movie)/toys|Starscream]]
**[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]
*Leader Class Optimus Prime ([[Costco]] exclusive bonus pack), came with:
**Legends Class Bumblebee
**Legends Class Autobot Jazz
{{note|None of the toys from these packs were changed as compared to their single releases.}}

===Regular Japanese releases (EZ Collection)===
*Optimus Prime
*Bumblebee
*Jazz
*Ratchet
*Megatron
*Barricade

{{note|These toys were distributed via TakaraTomy's subsidiary Subarudo. They were [[Blindpacking|blind-packed]] (but didn't include [[Shortpacking|shortpacked]] or [[Chase figure|chase figures]]), and unlike the ''Cybertron'' EZ Collection figures, they were identical to their Hasbro counterparts (Ratchet was only available as the less [[Show-accuracy|movie-accurate]] "off-color" variant). Ratchet and Jazz are also notable for not sporting the [[Trademark|"Autobot" prefixes]] the Hasbro versions (and the TakaraTomy versions of the larger [[Movie (toyline)|Movie toys]]) sported in front of their names.}}
===Japanese exclusives===
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Bumblebee]] (Transformers First Impact 0602 exclusive)
{{Note|This figure was identical to the single EZ Collection figure, but came in [[Hasbro]] packaging.}}
*Bumblebee Scanning Version (バンブルビースキャニングVer., clear yellow "Scanning" version; free pack-in figure available with August 2007 edition of ''Hyper Hobby'' magazine)
*Bumblebee Metallic Version (バンブルビーメタリックVer., metallic version; free pack-in figure available with the [[Transformers (film)|movie]] DVD, exclusive to Tsutaya Records stores)

==''Animated''==
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[[Hasbro Toy Shop]] had previously listed a category for an ''[[Transformers Animated (toyline)|Animated]]'' Legends series, but no figures were announced, and it has since been removed from the site. Instead, Legends-sized toys based on ''Animated'' characters were released as part of the [[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|''Universe'' line]].

However, there were two [[Target]] [[exclusive]] three-packs released as part of the ''Animated'' line, each containing a redeco of a mass retail ''Animated'' Deluxe Class toy and two redecoes of the ''Universe'' line's Legends Class figures.

===Target exclusive Deluxe bonus packs===
*[[Lockdown (Animated)|Stealth Lockdown]], came with:
**Legends Class [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]
**Legends Class [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Rescue Ratchet]], came with:
**Legends Class [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]]
**Legends Class [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]]
{{Note|All four Legends figures sport minor differences compared to their ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' single releases.}}

The Legends from the Target Deluxe bonus packs were released in Japan in a wave with ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Legends. See below.

===Japanese multi-packs and exclusives===
* [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime Clear Red Version]] (April 2010, Toys "R" Us exclusive for customers who bought 3,000 yen worth of ''Animated'' products)
* [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee Clear Yellow Version]] (April 2010, Ito Yokado exclusive for customers who bought 3,000 yen worth of ''Animated'' products)
* [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl Clear Smoke Version]] (April 2010, Apita exclusive for customers who bought Voyager class [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] or [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]])
* [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream Clear Purple Version]] (May 2010, [[JUSCO]] exclusive for customers who bought Voyager class [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] or [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]])
* [[Skywarp (Animated)|Skywarp Clear Purple Version]] (July 2010, Toys "R" Us exclusive for customers who bought 3,000 yen worth of ''Animated'' products)
* [[Ramjet (Animated)|Ramjet Clear White Version]] (July 2010, Ito Yokado exclusive for customers who bought 3,000 yen worth of ''Animated'' products)
* [[Sunstorm (Animated)|Sunstorm Clear Orange Version]] (July 2010, Yamada Electronics exclusive for customers who bought 3,000 worth of ''Animated'' products '''or''' free with the purchase of [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] from Amazon Japan)
* [[Thundercracker (Animated)|Thundercracker Clear Blue Version]] (July 2010, Ishimaru, Eiden, Deodeo, Bic Camera, Midori Electrical and Yodobashi Camera exclusive for customers who bought 3,000 yen worth of ''Animated'' products)
* [[Starscream Clone Black Version]] (August 2010, JUSCO exclusive for customers who bought [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]])

*'''EZ Collection Limited Clear Version'''
**[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]
**[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]]
**[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]]
**[[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]]

{{note|An exclusive set of four redecos given away at Family Mart stores in Japan as part of their raffle token promotion. The "EZ Collection Limited Clear Version" set included figures which had both translucent and opaque parts, but unlike the previous totally clear versions, these retained their paint operations.}}

==''Universe''==
===Wave 1===
* [[Onslaught (G1)|''Classic'' Onslaught]]
* [[Red Alert (G1)|''Classic'' Red Alert]]
* [[Starscream (G1)/toys|''Classic'' Starscream]]

===Wave 2===
* [[Jazz (G1)/toys|''Classic'' Autobot Jazz]]
* [[Hound (G1)|''Classic'' Autobot Hound]]
* [[Megatron (G1)/toys|''Classic''/''Generation 2'' Megatron]]

===Wave 3===
* [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|''Animated'' Optimus Prime]]
* [[Prowl (Animated)|''Animated'' Prowl]]
* [[Bumblebee (Animated)|''Animated'' Bumblebee]]

===Wave 4===
* [[Starscream (Animated)|''Animated'' Starscream]]
* [[Brawn (G1)|''G1'' Brawn]]
* [[Beachcomber (G1)|''G1'' Beachcomber]]
* [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|''G1'' Bumblebee]]

===Wave 5===
* [[Cosmos (G1)|''G1'' Autobot Cosmos]]
* [[Warpath (G1)|''G1'' Warpath]]
* [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|''G1'' Rodimus]]
* [[Wheelie (G1)|''G1'' Autobot Wheelie]]

===Target exclusive 5-packs===
* '''Aerial Rivals''' (Classic Series):

:* [[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]]
:* [[Blades (G1)|Blades]]
:* [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]
:* [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]]
:* [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]]

* '''Special Team Leaders''' (Classic Series):

:* [[Hot Spot (G1)|Autobot Hot Zone]]
:* [[Hun-Gurrr]]
:* [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]]
:* [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattorshot]]
:* [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]]

===Henkei! Henkei!===
* C-18 Attack Team Minibots, contains:
:*[[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]]
:*[[Brawn (G1)|Gong]]
:*[[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]]
* C-19 Spy Team Minibots, contains:
:*[[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]]
:*[[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]]
:*[[Cosmos (G1)|Adams]]
{{note| These feature more show-accurate paints jobs than their Hasbro counterparts. Cliffjumper is a redeco of G1 Bumblebee.}}

==Revenge of the Fallen==
===Wave 1===
* [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Bumblebee]]
* [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]]
* [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Optimus Prime]]
* [[Springer (ROTF)|Autobot Springer]]
===Wave 2===
* [[Starscream (Movie)/toys|Starscream]]
* [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]]
* [[Megatron (Movie)/toys|Megatron]]
* [[Ratchet (Movie)|Autobot Ratchet]]
===Wave 3===
* [[Ironhide (Movie)|Enforcer Ironhide]]
* [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]]
* [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]]
* [[The Fallen]]
===Wave 4===
* [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]]
* [[Tankor (ROTF)|Tankor]]
* [[Skids (ROTF)|Autobot Skids]]
* [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Recon Bumblebee]]

===Wave 5===
* [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Autobot Wheelie]]
* [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Bluesteel Sideswipe]]
* [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Power Armor Optimus Prime]]
* [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]]

===Wave 6===
* [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]]
* [[Jolt (ROTF)|Jolt]]
* [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Stealth Bumblebee]]

===US multi-packs===
* "[[The Fury of Fearswoop]]" ([[Walmart]] [[exclusive]]), a redeco of Deluxe Class [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing]] available with:
**Legends Class [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] ("battle damaged" redeco)
**Legends Class [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] ("battle damaged" redeco)

*"[[Straightaway Shootout]]" ([[Target]] exclusive), contains:
**[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] (more [[show-accuracy|movie-accurate]] colors than Enforcer Ironhide)
**[[Swerve (Movie)|Swerve]] (redeco of Sideswipe)
**[[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] (new deco)
**[[Runamuck (ROTF)|Runamuck]] (redeco of ''Movie'' [[Jazz (Movie)|Autobot Jazz]])
**[[Sparkcrusher]] (redeco of ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]])

*"[[War for the Skies]]" ([[Kmart]] exclusive), contains:
**[[Blades (ROTF)|Autobot Blades]] (redeco of Springer)
**Jetfire (in inverted colors)
**[[Thundercracker (Movie)|Thundercracker]] (redeco of Starscream)
**[[Spinister (ROTF)|Spinister]] (redeco of Blackout/Grindor)

*"Two-packs" ([[Target]] exclusive) which were release in three different two-packs:
**[[Bumblebee (Movie) | Bumblebee]] and [[Shadow Striker (ROTF) | Shadow Striker]]
**[[Smokescreen (Movie) | Smokescreen]] and [[Starscream (Movie) | Starscream]]
**[[Mudflap (ROTF) | Rally Mudflap]] and [[Skids (ROTF) | Offroad Skids]]
{{Note| Bumblebee has a similar deco to his original release, but has stripes on his door, and Shadow Striker is a repaint of ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Wheelie (G1) | Wheelie]]. Smokescreen is a repaint of ''Universe'' [[Hot Rod (G1) | Rodimus]], and Starscream sports new deco.}}

*"Devastator" (Walmart exclusive - U.S ) (Only At Argos - UK ) includes:
**[[Mixmaster (ROTF)|Mixmaster]]
**[[Scavenger (ROTF)|Scavenger]]
**[[Overload (ROTF)|Overload]]
**[[Scrapper (ROTF)|Scapper]]
**[[Hightower (ROTF)|Hightower]]
**[[Long Haul (ROTF)|Long Haul]]
**[[Rampage (ROTF)|Rampage]]
All of which combine together to form [[Devastator (ROTF) | Devastator]]
{{Note| These appear to be the same as their Japanese counterparts, but are released together combined as Devastator}}

===Regular Japanese releases (EZ Collection)===
'''Volume 1'''
* EZ-01 [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Optimus Prime]]
* EZ-02 [[Megatron (Movie)/toys|Megatron]]
* EZ-03 [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Bumblebee]]
* EZ-04 [[Starscream (Movie)/toys|Starscream]]
* EZ-05 [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]]
* EZ-06 [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]]
* EZ-07 [[Ratchet (Movie)|Desert Tracker Ratchet]]
* EZ-08 [[Springer (ROTF)|Springer]]

'''Volume 2'''
* EZ-09 [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Optimus Prime Damage Version]]
* EZ-10 [[Megatron (Movie)/toys|Megatron Damage Version]]
* EZ-11 [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]
* EZ-12 [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]]
* EZ-13 [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]]
* EZ-14 [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]]
* EZ-15 [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]]
* EZ-16 [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]]
{{note|Most of these toys are [[Blindpacking|blind-packed]] and identical to their Hasbro counterparts. Ironhide is similar to the version from the US [[Target]] exclusive "Straightaway Shootout" five-pack. Unlike his Hasbro counterpart, Springer doesn't sport an [[Trademark|"Autobot" prefix]] in front of his name. The battle damage versions of Optimus Prime and Megatron are only available in Japan.}}

'''Volume 3'''
* EZ-17 [[Optimus Prime (Animated)]]
* EZ-18 [[Bumblebee (Animated)]]
* EZ-19 [[Prowl (Animated)]]
* EZ-20 [[Starscream (Animated)]]
* EZ-21 [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime Special Color]] (オプティマスプライム特別カラー, ''Optimus Prime Tokubetsu Color'')
* EZ-22 [[Jolt (ROTF)|Jolt]]
* EZ-23 [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee Special Color]] (バンブルビー特別カラー, ''Bumblebee Tokubetsu Color'')
* EZ-24 [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]]
{{note|This wave includes 4 Animated figures, which appear to be the same as Hasbro's versions that were included with the Target Exclusive Deluxe packs. Movie Optimus Prime is a clear version and movie Bumblebee is metallic-y.}}

'''Volume 4'''
* [[Optimus Prime (Animated) | Optimus Prime Elite Guard Version]]
* [[Optimus Prime (Animated) | Optimus Prime Gold Version]]
* [[Bumblebee (Animated) | Bumblebee Elite Guard Version]]
* [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl Elite Guard Version]]
* [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]]
* [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]]
* [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]]
* [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]]
{{note| The 4 Animated figures all have new paint jobs never released in the US. The 4 movie figures appear the be the same as the US releases, although Brawl is a darker green.}}

===Regular Japanese releases (EZ Collection DX)===
* D1 [[Overload (ROTF)|Decepticon Overload]]
* D2 [[Mixmaster (ROTF)|Decepticon Mixmaster]]
* D3 [[Rampage (ROTF)|Decepticon Rampage]]
* D4 [[Scavenger (ROTF)|Scavenger]]
* D5 [[Scrapper (ROTF)|Scrapper]]
* D6 [[Long Haul (ROTF)|Long Haul]]
* D7 [[Hightower (ROTF)|Hightower]]
{{note|The Hasbro versions of these toys were released as a store exclusive giftset. The Takara versions were, unusually, sold separately on cards, but were otherwise identical to their Hasbro counterparts. Rampage, Overload and Mixmaster sport [[Trademark|"Decepticon" prefixes]] in front of their names the Hasbro versions did not have.}}

===Regular Japanese releases (EZ Collection DX set)===
*[[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator G1 Color]], contains:
**[[Overload (ROTF)|Decepticon Overload]]
**[[Mixmaster (ROTF)|Decepticon Mixmaster]]
**[[Bonecrusher (ROTF Constructicon)|Bonecrusher]]
**[[Scavenger (ROTF)|Scavenger]]
**[[Scrapper (ROTF)|Scrapper]]
**[[Long Haul (ROTF)|Long Haul]]
**[[Hook (ROTF)|Decepticon Hook]]

===Japanese exclusives===
* [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Optimus Prime]] (Transformers Celebration 0530 exclusive)
{{Note|This figure was identical to the single EZ Collection figure, but came in [[Hasbro]] packaging.}}
* "Autobot Set", contains Deluxe [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Bumblebee]] and EZ Collection [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]]
* "Decepticon Set", contains Deluxe [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] and EZ Collection [[The Fallen]]
{{note|Both are Lawsons exclusives. The Deluxe figures are the same as their single Japanese and American releases. The first pictures showed the EZ Collection figures with new paint details, but later, in-hand samples revealed they were the same as their Hasbro counterparts. Lawson later sold the EZ Collection figures separately.}}
* [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Bumblebee Clear Version]] (バンブルビークリアＶｅｒ., Tsutaya Records exclusive freebie for purchasing ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' on DVD or Blu-ray)
* [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Stealth Bumblebee]] (ステルスバンブルビー, general non-exclusive freebie for purchasing ''Revenge of the Fallen'' on DVD or Blu-ray)
* [[Rampage (ROTF)|Rampage Desert Combat]] (ランページデザートコンバット, ToysRUs Freebie, red.)
* [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor Shanghai Attack]] (デモリッシャーシャンハイアタック, another ToysRUs exclusive, based off his white Voyager figure. These were only available with a preorder of Animated Voyager [[Optimus Prime (Animated) | Optimus Prime]] and are limited to 120.{{fact}})
* [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Defender Optimus Prime]] (ディフェンダーオプティマスプライム, exclusive to Edion, Bic Camera & Yodobashi Camera stores, it sports a similar deco to Hasbro's 2010 Legends Fireburst Optimus Prime, but has different flame details.)
* [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Infiltrator Soundwave]] (インフィルトレイターサウンドウェーブ, exclusive to Amazon Japan, free with purchase of the Animated Optimus Prime vs. Megatron 2-pack.)

==Transformers (2010)==
===Wave 1===
* [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Fireburst Optimus Prime]]
* [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Cyberfire Bumblebee]]
* [[Rampage (ROTF)|Rampage]]
* [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]]
{{note|Fireburst Optimus Prime and Cyberfire Bumblebee are redecos of the ROTF Legends. Ravage and Rampage are new molds. Rampage's toy a new mold which does not combine with the other Legends Constructicons to form Devastator like his previous one.}}

===Wave 2===
* [[Long Haul (ROTF)|Long Haul]]
* [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]]
* [[Hound (G1)|Tracker Hound]]
* [[Override (TF 2010)|Override]]
{{note|Like Rampage, this Long Haul is a new mold that does not combine into Devastator. Sandstorm is a redeco of Universe Beachcomber. Tracker Hound is a redeco of Universe Hound, and Override is a redeco of ROTF Sideways.}}

===Wave 3===
* [[Skids (ROTF)|Tuner Skids]]
* [[Duststorm (TF 2010)|Duststorm]]

===Wave 4===
* [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Gold Bumblebee]]
* [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron]]
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]]
* [[Starscream (G1)/toys|Starscream]]

===Wave 5===
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]
* [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailcutter]]

===Multipacks===

===Exclusives===
* ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (franchise)| War for Cybertron]]'' [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]] (Exclusive in the [[United Kingdom]]. Redeco of ''Cybertron'' Legends Starscream)
* G1 Colors Legends [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]] (Toys"R"Us exclusive. Has different plastic colors and paint applications from the Japanese release)

===Japanese exclusives===
'''EZ Collection Volume 5'''
*[[Mudflap (ROTF)|Delivery Mudflap]]
*[[Skids (ROTF)|Delivery Skids]]
*[[Brawl (Movie)|Desert Brawl]]
*[[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Transformers (2010)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Payload (Movie)|Payload]]
*[[Skipjack]]
*[[Scorponok (Movie)|Stalker Scorponok]]

==Transformers Chronicle (Japan)==
'''EZ Collection 01'''
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumble]] (redeco of 2008 ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#uni2008|Bumblebee]])
*[[Jazz (G1)|Meister]] ([[rebranding|rebrand]] of 2008 ''Universe'' [[Jazz (G1)/toys#uni2008|Jazz]])
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Convoy]] (rebrand of 2010 [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|''Transformers'']] [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#2010Legend|Optimus Prime]])
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] (redeco of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#ROTFlegend|Optimus Prime]])
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (redeco of 2010 ''Transformers'' [[Megatron (G1)/toys#2010Legend|Megatron]])
*[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] (redeco of ''Revenge of the Fallen'' [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#ROTFlegend|Megatron]])
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (redeco of 2010 ''Transformers'' [[Starscream (G1)/toys#2010legend|Starscream]])
*[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (rebrand of 2010 ''Transformers'' [[Trailbreaker (G1)#2010legend|Trailcutter]])
'''EZ Collection 02'''
*[[Bluestreak (G1)|Streak]] (redeco of 2010 ''Transformers'' [[Prowl (G1)/toys#2010legend|Prowl]])
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (rebrand of 2008 ''Universe'' [[Hound (G1)#2008legend|Hound]])
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Convoy]] (''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' [[homage]] redeco of 2010 ''Transformers'' Optimus Prime)
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (redeco of 2008 ''Universe'' [[Megatron (G1)/toys#2008legend|Megatron]] as an homage to ''Generation 2'' "Hero" Megatron)
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (rebrand of 2010 ''Transformers'' Prowl)
*[[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rodimus]] (rebrand of 2008 ''Universe'' [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#2008legend|Rodimus]])
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (redeco of 2010 ''Transformers'' Starscream)
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (rebrand of 2010 ''Transformers'' Starscream}

==Generations==
{{note|These were Hasbro Asia exclusives in Generations packaging. Each was retooled with 3mm ports and included a weapon.}}
*[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] (retool of 2010 ''Transformers'' [[Trailbreaker (G1)#2010legend|Trailcutter]])
*[[Motormaster (G1)|Motorbreath]] (retool of 2010 ''Transformers'' Optimus Prime)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (redeco of 2010 ''Transformers'' [[Starscream (G1)/toys#2010legend|Starscream]], but different than the ''EZ Collection'' Thundercracker)
*[[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] (redeco of 2010 ''Transformers'' [[Prowl (G1)/toys#2010legend|Prowl]], but different than the ''EZ Collection'' Streak)

==Notes==
* During the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' toyline's run, there was some confusion as to the actual name of the price-point: It was variously solicited to online retailers as ''Cybertron All-Stars'' and ''Legends of Cybertron''. Online retailers even confirmed having received initial shipments alternatively sporting either name on the shipping cases, although later shipments exclusively sported the "Legends" name. The toys themselves, however, didn't sport ''any'' size-class-specific name on the packaging. Meanwhile, [[Hasbro]] originally listed the toys under the name ''Cybertron Micro Series'' on their [http://www.transformers.com/ official Transformers website], but later changed those listings to "Legends" as well. Later toylines that included toys of the same size class (including [[Redeco|redecos]] of the ''Cybertron''-derived molds) specifically used names such as ''Legends Class'' on the packaging, so that title seems to have won out. However, the "Cybertron" part of the name has never been used in an official capacity anywhere outside the ''Cybertron'' toyline.

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Combaticon (ROTF)

2012-05-07T16:04:41Z

147.140.233.16:

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{{disambig3|Combaticon}}
:''The Combaticons are a [[Decepticon]] [[subgroup]] from the [[Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]] portion of the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''

The '''Combaticons''' are a unit of fierce Decepticon soldiers, operating with (mostly) military precision under the watchful eye of the tactically brilliant Onslaught.

The Combaticons consist of:

*The cunning [[Onslaught (ROTF)|Onslaught]] (leader)
*The destructive [[Brawl (ROTF)|Brawl]]
*The aloof [[Blast Off (ROTF)|Blast Off]]
*The con man [[Swindle (ROTF)|Swindle]]
*The unhinged [[Vortex (ROTF)|Vortex]]

They combine to form [[Bruticus Maximus (ROTF)|Bruticus Maximus]].

*The mass-produced bodyforms [[Combaticon Warrior]], [[Combaticon Scout]] and [[Combaticon Sniper]].

==Fiction==
===Titan Magazines===

{{Note|The following is in letters page continuity.}}

The Autobots have faced the Combaticons before, and even the mighty [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] is careful not to get blindsided by their combined form! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.3}}

==Toys==
===Revenge of the Fallen===
[[Image:Universe-ROTF-toy_BruticusMaximus.jpg|right|300px|thumb|]]
*'''Bruticus Maximus''' (2009)

: The Combaticons are [[redeco]]s of the ''[[Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' [[Destruction Team]] in color schemes homaging the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]]. They are only available as a Bruticus Maximus multi-pack.

: The Combaticons are identical to the ''[[Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' release of the Generation 1 Combaticons.

===Dark of the Moon===
*'''Decepticon Vortex''' (MechTech Deluxe, [[June 18]] 2011)
**''ID number:'' '''DD06'''
**''Accessories:'' MechTech Cannon/"Glue Machine Gun"

: Available only in the [[TakaraTomy]] ''[[Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' toyline, Vortex is a [[retool]] and redeco of [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|the 2010 ''Transformers'' series]] [[Tomahawk (TF 2010)|Tomahawk]].
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[[Category:Combaticons| Combaticon (ROTF)]]
[[Category:Combiner teams]]
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[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen subgroups]]

Soundwave (SG)

2012-02-24T18:32:46Z

147.140.233.16:

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{{disambig3.5|the heroic Decepticon|his evil counterpart|Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave}}
:''Soundwave is a heroic [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]] [[continuity family]].''
[[Image:Soundwave buzzsaw shattered glass.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Poor Soundwave; even in a mirror universe he's still in Megatron's shadow.]]
Sir '''Soundwave''' is a righteous dude! He and his gnarly [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|cassettes]]—[[Laserbeak (SG)|Laserbeak]], [[Buzzsaw (SG)|Buzzsaw]], [[Frenzy (SG)|Frenzy]], [[Ravage (SG)|Ravage]], [[Ratbat (SG)|Ratbat]], [[Overkill (SG)|Overkill]], [[Garboil (SG)|Garboil]], [[Howlback (SG)|Howlback]], and [[Slugfest (SG)|Slugfest]]—bring the good vibrations to [[Megatron (SG)|Megatron's]] fight against the totally heinous [[Autobot]]s! He is sometimes known as '''Monstroso, the Robot Horror from Beyond'''.

{{quote|You dudes may be numerous, but there's one thing you don't know. I have no mouth... Yet I must ''rock''.|Soundwave. How can you not love this guy?|"[[Eye in the Sky]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''Shattered Glass''===
As the [[Decepticon]]s followed [[Starscream (SG)|Starscream]]'s plan to disable the ''[[Ark (SG)|Ark]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s launching platform, Soundwave was among the ground forces that followed Starscream, [[Divebomb (SG)|Divebomb]] and [[Whisper (SG)|Whisper]]'s initial assault. Later in the battle he was seen assisting the injured [[Slugslinger (SG)|Slugslinger]]. {{storylink|Shattered Glass}}

When the Autobots tried to take the [[Arch-Ayr]] fuel dump from the [[Decepticon]]s and it was starting to look bleak, Soundwave called in the [[Mayhem Suppression Squad]] as the "cavalry". {{storylink|Dungeons & Dinobots}}

Starscream reported to Soundwave that the [[Slugfest (SG)|Slugfest]] and [[Overkill (SG)|Overkill]] were missing. Soundwave checked the security tapes, but found only minor glitches. The two [[Dinobot (SG)|Dinocons]] were soon discovered, having transformed into octaltrack data cartridges.

When boarding the ''[[Nemesis (SG)|Nemesis]]'', [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] assigned Soundwave to the comm. Soundwave brought with him his usual complement of [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|tapes]] as well as the newcomers Slugfest and Overkill.

Soundwave manned the comm throughout the clash with the ''Ark''. He volunteered to stay and help Starscream guide the damaged Nemesis down to [[Earth]], but Cliffjumper insisted that Soundwave seek the safety of an escape pod, because he would need to communicate with Cybertron about their situation. {{storylink|Do Over}}
[[Image:DH Soundwave SG.jpg|thumb|250px|left|[http://streetfighter.wikia.com/wiki/Ryu Street Fighter superior!]]]
Before the ''Nemesis'' crash-landed on Earth, Soundwave jettisoned in an escape pod, but went into [[stasis lock]] when it landed. [[Heatwave (Timelines)|Heatwave]] found him at a scenic spot named [[Wyatt's Roadsideaganza]] and reactivated the escape pod's systems and the on-board scanner, which [[scanning|scanned]] a vehicle nearby for Soundwave and reactivated him. Soundwave tore a flag from a nearby pole and used it as his [[wikipedia:Hachimaki|hachimaki]], then detonated the stasis pod as the pair of them set out to find their fallen comrades. {{storylink|The Desert Heat!}}

Soundwave and Heatwave tracked down the ''Nemesis'' crash site, inadvertently hooking up with [[Professor Arkeville]] and his students who were also out looking to see what had crashed. Soundwave quickly befriended them and defended the humans in general against Cliffjumper's complaints about the ship being shot down. He and the other Decepticons were disappointed when it turned out that the Autobots had survived the crash of the ''Ark'' as well, and had commandeered the humans' [[Global Orbiting Defense Satellite|orbital laser]]. [[Will Hayes|Will]], [[Rick Ottman|Rick]] and Soundwave disguised themselves as ice cream delivery and infiltrated [[Burpleson Air Force Base]], which the Autobots had taken over. While Heatwave broke into the base in a more conventional manner, Soundwave kept the Autobots busy while his comrade talked to the orbital laser control system. Everyone got clear before the control system used the orbiting laser to destroy the base. {{storylink|Eye in the Sky}}

[[Image:SGSoundwave&BlasterFight BlitzwingBop.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Come on, FIGHT!]]
For his various heroic deeds, he was knighted and given the title Sir Soundwave. Shortly thereafter, he attended a [[Misfits]]/[[Cold Slither (band)|Cold Slither]] concert. After Heatwave was lost in an Autobot [[Stellar Spanner]] experiment, Soundwave realized that an [[oPod]] that Will had installed in [[Blitzwing (SG)|Blitzwing]]'s systems was broadcasting on an Autobot frequency. Unfortunately Blitzwing's broadcast began to spread to Decepticons frequencies, though naturally Soundwave was immune, and went looking for the triple changer so they could surgically remove the oPod. He briefly located Blitzwing at [[Wyatt's Roadsideaganza]], before his target fled in jet mode. Eventually [[Ravage (SG)|Ravage]] spotted a [[Yatter]] update pointing to a particular alleyway, and arrived just as [[Blaster (SG)|Blaster]] found Blitzwing. Soundwave and Blaster fought, until they were interrupted by the arrival of [[Thunderwing (SG)|Thunderwing]] who arrested Soundwave for a transmission he made four million solar cycles ago. Soundwave managed to talk him into suspending the arrest on a technicality and tracked Blaster down as he was preparing to send Blitzwing to Cybertron using the Stellar Spanner. After Soundwave tricked Blaster into confessing a crime, Thunderwing attempted to arrest the Autobot, allowing Soundwave free reign to rescue Blitzwing. They returned to base, where Thunderwing sentenced Soundwave to 500 hours community service. {{storylink|Blitzwing Bop}}

The Decepticons got their own Stellar Spanner working, and Soundwave was overjoyed to discover that Heatwave had survived his trip to Cybertron. Soundwave was among the Decepticons who attended the unveiling of [[R.J. Blackrock]]'s new [[Mega-Rig]] and found himself facing a group of Autobots who attacked the ceremony. When following the attack [[Sephie Beller]] had herself augmented with Cybertronian technology, Starscream and Soundwave were concerned for their human ally, but she reacted badly to Starscream confining her to base, and Soundwave sent Ravage to talk to her. She had already gone to attack the Autobots, and when the Decepticons went to help, they stepped into an Autobot trap. With the Decepticons bound, the Autobots prepared a firing squad, and were going to shoot Soundwave first to stop the electronic jamming when Soundwave pointed out it wasn't ''him'' doing the jamming. The arrival of Blackrock piloting a [[Centurion (SG)|Centurion]] mech kept the Autobots distracted, and Soundwave freed himself using high-frequency vibrations. Unfortunately before he could do anything, Blackrock knocked him out with an EMP blast. He recovered in time to watch Sephie destroy the Centurion, and took Sephie and Rick back to base. He was disappointed when Sephie turned down a spot on the Decepticon team, though unbeknownst to him, she took the opportunity to copy his [[power chip rectifier]] before leaving. {{storylink|Transhuman}}

===Recordicons===
[[Image:Recordicons6-Soundwave.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Run for the border, dude!]]
While hiding outside a [[Taco Horn]], Soundwave cautioned [[Ravage (SG)|Ravage]] to enter stealth mode, including not updating [[Yatter]]. A few moments later, Ravage updated his [[Boxball]] account, as Mexican restaurants were worth three points, and they were consequently found by [[Blaster (SG)|Blaster]]. Soundwave was very disappointed. {{storylink|Recordicons#Recordicons #6|Recordicons #6}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===Music Label===
[[Image:Soundwave mp3 spark white.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"So what? I'm a different character now? When did this happen?"]]
*'''Soundwave Playing Audio Player''' (2007)
**''Accessories:'' Electric launcher, "Wave Bluster", 2 closed fists (left & right), 2 gun-holding pose fists (left & right), 2 eject-button pose fists (left & right), headphones
{{note|Soundwave was [[repurposing|repurposed]] from the Sonic White version of Generation 1 Music Label [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#Music Label|Soundwave]].}}
: Released by [[TakaraTomy]]'s ''[[Transformers Music Label|Music Label]]'', [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#Music Label|Soundwave]] is an MP3 player which takes a miniSD card. The box says it can take up to 1 GB, but many claims have shown it can support up to 2 GB. The player uses one AAA battery. The player also features a transformation almost entirely accurate to his Generation 1 appearance. He also comes with two sets of hands, his shoulder cannon, and a sidearm. It's totally awesome to so many degrees.

:'''Controls'''
:* Play/Pause (Press and hold for three seconds to power on or off)
:* Next
:* Previous
:* Volume Up
:* Volume Down.

: It also treats Folders as Albums.

: An LED behind the "cassette" door turns on and flashes to indicate the power's on. The single AAA battery lasts for about 6 hours of continuous play. Soundwave was initially released in two color schemes: "Spark Blue", his normal blue and silver colors; and "Sonic White", a mostly white color scheme with some blue detailing, echoing the traditional iPod color scheme.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2007/Destron/MLSoundwave/soundwave.htm More information on Music Label Soundwave at TFU.info]''
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===Timelines===
[[Image:Timelinestoy-BC2012Soundwave.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Headband sold separately? That's not righteous at all!]]
*'''Invasion''' ([[BotCon 2012]] box set)
:Soundwave is a [[retool]] of [[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|''Universe'' Classics Series]] [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], featuring a new head. His vehicle mode has a [[Cold Slither (band)|Cold Slither]] design on the side. Soundwave is armed with a double-ended weapon, which deploys a translucent melee blade from one end, and a gatling cannon from the other. His chest features an [[Automorph]]-like gimmick that sees mechanical detailing raise up behind his chestplate when his bumper is lowered. Soundwave's head is designed to look fully forward, rather than tilt down like Ironhide or Ratchet's toys. His headband will be a plastic piece sold separately at the Club store.

:There's a difference in plastic color in the official photos of the robot and vehicle modes. In robot mode, the piece behind his head is white, and in vehicle mode, that same piece forms the roof and is black. The tinier image of the toy in robot mode within BotCon registration gives Soundwave a black crotch in addition to the piece behind his head, so it remains to be seen which version will be the final one. (Though we're betting on white.)

:Soundwave is scheduled to be released in a box set with [[Ultra Magnus (SG)|Ultra Magnus]], [[Tracks (SG)|Tracks]], [[Treadshot (SG)|Treadshot]], [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Gigatron]], and [[Metalhawk]].
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[[Category:Convention-original characters]]
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Goldbug (SG)

2012-02-24T18:32:00Z

147.140.233.16: An odd case, but he was once Bumblebee so...

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{{disambig3.5|the evil Autobot Seeker|his heroic Throttlebot counterpart|Bumblebee (G1)|Goldbug}}
:''Goldbug is an evil [[Autobot]] [[Seeker (SG)|Seeker]] from the "[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]" [[continuity family]].''
[[Image:Shattered Goldbug.jpg|right|294px|thumb|Grrrr. Arg.]]
'''Goldbug''', the evil [[Seeker (SG)|Seeker]] commander, was once a shiftless drifter named Bumblebee. Survival on the streets of [[Polyhex]] meant learning to become a sneak, a pickpocket, and blackmailer, and at these things Bumblebee excelled. When he joined [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]]'s brutal [[Autobot]] forces, his bravery put him on the fast track to power, and when [[Drench (SG)|Drench]] was "removed" by Prime, Bumblebee was rebuilt as Goldbug and took his place. Though he holds a high position in the Autobot hierarchy, he is extremely paranoid that he is not appreciated by his peers and will be summarily replaced.
{{--}}
==Fiction==
===Shattered Expectations===
Goldbug led [[Jazz (SG)|Jazz]] and [[Grimlock (SG)|Grimlock]] in a search for the ancient [[Pretender]] technology, intending to use it to give them the edge against the [[Decepticon]] insurgency. He appeared to be the leader of the trio (barely). However, their plan was foiled by the arrival of [[Starscream (SG)|Starscream]] and the [[Mayhem Suppression Squad]]. {{storylink|Shattered Expectations}}

===Shattered Glass===
[[Image:Shatteredglasstheoldone.jpg|thumb|left|200px|"Sorry sir, I spaced out after 'along with'. What do I need to understand?"]]
Goldbug was present at the execution of [[Rumble (SG)|Rumble]] when Optimus Prime brought their "old friend" [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] in to view the festivities. Later on, he was discussing the launch of the ''[[Ark (SG)|Ark]]'' with Prime and [[Blurr (SG)|Blurr]] in the combat training room. Goldbug mentioned that the "[[Alpha Trion (SG)|Old One]]" wouldn't have approved of the current plan, but Optimus quickly shot down his objections. Goldbug and the other [[Seeker (SG)|Seeker]]s defended the ''Ark'''s launch platform from Decepticon attack, but failed to stop Cliffjumper from scuttling the liftoff. {{storylink|Shattered Glass}}

When [[Wheeljack (SG)|Wheeljack]]'s new creations, the [[Dinobot (SG)|Dinobot]]s, ran amok, both Autobot and Decepticon alike were forced to chase them down before the other side could modify their A.I.s. Gotta catch 'em all. Goldbug and [[Jazz (SG)|Jazz]] located [[Swoop (SG)|Swoop]] atop an observation tower. Unfortunately, he could fly and neither of them could. Goldbug volunteered Jazz to climb up and fetch the Dinobot, but J wasn't having none of that. [[Rodimus (SG)|Rodimus]] and Blurr arrived and made a consensus (with laser rifles) that Jazz would be climbing. In a move that surprised no one except Jazz, Swoop took off flying the moment Prime's bodyguard laid a hand on him. Goldbug got the creature in his sights and shot it down, bringing Swoop and Jazz crashing to Earth. When Blurr inquired why Goldbug didn't just shoot the Dinobot in the first place, Goldbug shrugged and said that now they didn't have to climb up and fetch it. {{storylink|Dungeons & Dinobots}}

The ''Ark'' was finally repaired and ready for launch when Optimus Prime ran off to deal with [[Megatron (SG)|Megatron]]. Goldbug and Blurr caught Rodimus fiddling with a communications console, preventing Prime from calling in. Blurr started to bluster at the insubordination, but Goldbug was willing to hear Rodimus' explanation. Rodimus argued that Optimus' obsession with Megatron was holding them all back. Cybertron was a dead world now, and with Prime out of the picture, Earth would be ripe for their taking. Goldbug agreed, and Blurr was thrown off the ship for remaining loyal to Prime.

Later, when the ''Ark'' and the ''[[Nemesis (SG)|Nemesis]]'' were locked in battle above [[Earth]], Goldbug manned the ''Ark''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s sensor station. [[Astrotrain (SG)|Astrotrain]] succeeded in severely damaging the ''Ark''. Goldbug had time to curse the coward Rodimus, who fled in an escape pod, before calling for all hands to brace for impact. {{storylink|Do Over}}

After the crash, Goldbug initially hooked up with [[Big Daddy (SG)|Big Daddy]], [[Brawn (SG)|Brawn]] and [[Beachcomber (SG)|Beachcomber]] as they went searching for their "valiant leader". It was fortuitous, wonderful, outstanding when they finally crossed paths with the opportunist, and had the opportunity for revenge. Rodimus did some fast talking, though, and his stories of human allies and the Decepticons getting vaped led Goldbug to hold his fire long enough to hear the Seeker leader out. They returned to the ''Ark'' in order to make a proper assessment of the state of the planet. Goldbug and the Autobots had quite a bit of difficulty understanding the concept of "renewable resources" their human allies the Witwickys tried to explain.

Strategy wasn't the only thing on Goldbug's mind, however — using Rodimus's bail-out during the crash as an excuse, he challenged Rodimus for leadership of the Autobots. The two Seekers battled on the bridge of the ''Ark'', with the fully-reenergized Goldbug soon gaining the upperhand. Rodimus was far more craft, though — he voice-activated [[Teletraan-X]] and deleted the ID-recognition file for Goldbug, causing the ship to identify him as an enemy combatant. Goldbug was quickly retrained by the internal security systems, and held helpless before Rodimus ''Prime''. Despite his precarious position, Goldbug agreed to yield only if Rodimus left him as second-in-command. Showing the sort of logic and reasoning positive-matter Decepticon leaders have displayed for eons, Rodimus laughingly agreed to keep the ambitious Goldbug as his right-hand bot. After all, no way Goldbug would let anyone ''else'' in the Autobots kill Rodimus before him.

As the Autobots prepared for their strike on the control base for America's [[Global Orbiting Defense Satellite|GODS]] space weapon, Goldbug and [[Wheeljack (SG)|Wheeljack]] joined Rodimus for the infiltration mission. Like the Trojan horse, they got captured and taken inside the base along with their "drivers", the Witwickys, just before the rest of the Autobots launched an assault from outside. Striking from both in and outside the base, the Autobots soon controlled the satellite station and its deadly particle beam weapon. Their assault soon drew the attention of the surviving Decepticons, however, and the Cybertronian Civil War officially took up residence on Earth. Goldbug was attacked by the diminutive [[Frenzy (SG)|Frenzy]] and his two human friends, who used a fire extinguisher to temporarily blind the Seeker and steal his weapon. To add injury to insult, the weaponless Goldbug was then forced to deal with the Incredible fury of Frenzy unleashed. The Decepticons were able to reclaim the military base, and the Autobots were driven off. {{storylink|Eye in the Sky}}

Still working for his own advancement, Goldbug commissioned [[Side Burn (SG)|Side Burn]] and Wheeljack to create a [[stellar spanner]] out in the desert without Rodimus Prime's knowledge. They were nearly finished when the Decepticons [[Blitzwing (SG)|Blitzwing]] and [[Heatwave (Timelines)|Heatwave]] stumbled upon their location. Seizing the opportunity, Goldbug planned to launch Heatwave through the untested machine to make sure it worked. Blitzwing attempted to stop them by hooking directly into the spanner's digital landscape, but failed due to Wheeljack's electro-shells. The feedback had a side-effect, however, of sending out a cacophony of fleshling music on the Autobots' communications frequency. Unable to even think straight, Goldbug blasted the Spanner to keep the Decepticons from using it and ordered a retreat.

Back at the ''Ark'', Goldbug was forced to answer to Rodimus Prime for his antics. Fearing another clash with Teletraan-X's servo, Goldbug babbled off whatever he could think of to stay Rodimus's fury. Luckily, his only punishment ended up being salvage duty with [[Seaspray (SG)|Seaspray]], as the Agonizing Rehabilitation Chambers were conveniently broken. {{storylink|Blitzwing Bop}}

Goldbug took part in the raid on [[R.J. Blackrock|Blackrock]]'s [[Mega-Rig]], warning everyone to stick to hand-to-hand combat to avoid damaging their prize. He, Side Burn and Beachcomber later joined Rodimus when their leader met with Blackrock to listen to an offer he had for them. Despite Goldbug's strenuous objections, Rodimus accepted the offer. Soon after, the Autobots captured two of the Decepticons' human friends, [[Sephie Beller]] and [[Rick Ottman]]. Goldbug held Rick at gunpoint when the Decepticons turned up, and the Decepticons were soon bound prisoners. When [[Sir Soundwave|Soundwave]] revealed that he wasn't the one who'd put up the jamming field, Goldbug wondered aloud who was doing the jamming. His answer came moments later when the Autobots were attacked by Blackrock in his [[Centurion (SG)|Centurion]] mech. Goldbug and Swoop initially managed to restrain the robot, but the Centurion's defenses were too formidable, and the Autobots were eventually forced to retreat. {{storylink|Transhuman}}

At some unspecified point in time, Goldbug and a team of Autobots somehow under the command of both [[Rodimus (SG)|Rodimus Prime]] and [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]] fought [[Thundercracker (SG)|Thundercracker]] and [[Ravage (SG)|Ravage]] in the Transformers' greatest battle on Earth, "[[Digital Doom on the Highway to Destruction (SG)|Digital Doom on the Highway to Destruction]]." According to Ravage, anyway. {{storylink|Recordicons#Recordicons #3|Recordicons #3}}
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==Toys==
===Timelines===
[[Image:ShatteredGlasstoy-Goldbug.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Started a "Bad Bugs" club with [[Bug Bite (G1)|Bug Bite]].]]
*'''Shattered Glass''' (BotCon box set, 2008)
**''Accessories'': Launcher, missile, key

: Part of [[BotCon 2008]]'s [[exclusive]] box set of five figures, Goldbug is a [[retool]] of [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys#Cybertron 2|''Cybertron'' Hot Shot]] with a new head sculpt based on [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Bumblebee (G1)|Goldbug]] and a new black, yellow, and blue color scheme, bearing a little resemblance to [[:Image:Movie Deluxe StealthBumblebee toy.jpg|Stealth Bumblebee]]. He transforms into a modified [[wikipedia:Chrysler ME Four-Twelve|Chrysler ME Four-Twelve concept car]]. Plugging a [[Cyber Key]] into his trunk (his is a clear-orange [[Velocitron]]-style key with a black border) deploys transparent blue wings from his spoiler. The toy also comes with a spring-loaded missile-launching gun that can be carried in robot mode or pegged into the roof of the car mode.

: The original version of this mold was also used to make ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Excellion (Cybertron)|Excellion]] and [[Movie (toyline)|live-action movie-verse]] [[Breakaway (Movie)|Breakaway]].

: Goldbug is only available as part of a set of six toys, along with [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]], [[Jazz (SG)|Autobot Jazz]], [[Grimlock (SG)|Grimlock]], [[Razorclaw (SG)|Razorclaw]] and [[Starscream (SG)|Starscream]].
:*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/BCGoldbug/goldbug.htm More information on Goldbug at TFU.info]''

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Optimus Prime (SG)

2012-02-23T21:20:33Z

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{{disambig3.5|the evil Autobot leader|his heroic counterpart|Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime}}
:''Optimus Prime is the [[Prime (rank)|leader]] of the evil [[Autobot]]s from the [[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]] [[continuity family]].''
[[Image:Optimusshatteredsipher.jpg|right|300px|thumb|EVIL LINCOLN'S '''''BAAAAAACK!!!''''']]
'''Optimus Prime''' is the sadistic, tyrannical leader of the evil [[Autobot]]s, a cruel and ambitious villain whose plans fall nothing short of universal conquest. First stop: [[Earth]]! The only thing standing in Prime's path to domination is [[Megatron (SG)|Megatron]], a young and noble [[Decepticon]] willing to lead a small band of rebels in a fight for freedom.

Long ago, he was a librarian named '''Optronix''' who cheated his way up through Cybertronian society. He formed the war-loving Autobots and initiated a war against the complacent, but it wasn't until a crucial, yet undocumented moment that he truly turned insane. He suspends the corpses of his enemies and would-be usurpers on the walls, talking to them as if they still lived. He is completely unhinged, prone to deadly outbursts against even his most loyal followers.

{{quote|Strike, my Autobots! Strike with all the power at your disposal! Let those who see our wisdom join us, and those who choose to stagnate be cut out like the rotting cancer they are!|Optimus Prime says it's on|"[[Shattered Glass]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''Shattered Glass''===
[[Image:Optronixshattered.jpg|left|250px|thumb|The Dewey Decimal System is a cruel mistress.]]
Dangerously obsessive, Optronix worked as a librarian in the Great Cybertronian Archives. Backstabbing his way up the ranks, he soon amassed a following of like-minded Cybertronians who believed in his code of advancement through conflict. Suddenly, his armies attacked, sweeping through cities and killing those who refused to join them. {{storylink|Shattered Glass}} When the scientist [[Starscream (SG)|Starscream]] turned down Optronix's offer, he ordered Starscream's [[Crystal City]] home to be destroyed in front of him. {{storylink|Starscream (SG)|Starscream's toy bio card}} With their spoils, his "Autobots" began arming themselves with more complicated weaponry, but Optronix, now named Optimus Prime, saved the most advanced upgrades for himself. His hunger for power and knowledge ended one day without warning; he discovered something terrible that destroyed his mind, and in place of his cold calculations was now an unhinged mind bent on random, indiscriminate violence. He strung up his countless victims along the walls of [[Great Dome|his headquarters]] in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] and began talking to them, asking them mockingly for advice.

But [[Megatron (SG)|Megatron]], a young champion from [[Polyhex]], gathered an army to oppose him. Megatron's forces also had a way to counter Optimus Prime's military superiority: the ability to configure their bodies into alternate forms. It did not take long for Optimus Prime to steal this "Decepticon" technology for himself. {{storylink|Shattered Glass}}

[[Image:Optimusshatteredhallway.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Optimus got a [[Skyquake (SG)|Skyquake]] in his collection?? Wow! Yeah, the plastic [[Gold Plastic Syndrome|does that]].]]
When the Decepticons destroyed all but one of the rogue mercenary group named the [[Wrecker]]s in the battle of [[Praxus-Delta]], Optimus Prime welcomed their leader, [[Rodimus (SG)|Rodimus]], into his ranks. {{storylink|Rodimus (SG)|Rodimus's toy bio}} Increasingly paranoid, Optimus Prime began suspecting his subordinates of treachery. He killed the leader of his elite [[Seeker (SG)|Seeker]] unit, [[Drench (SG)|Drench]], and when he learned of Seeker [[Sideswipe (SG)|Sideswipe]]'s dissatisfaction with his leader's assassination, Prime staged an ambush to kill him. However, not only did Sideswipe narrowly escape and join the Decepticons, {{storylink|Sideswipe (SG)|Sideswipe's toy bio}} one of Optimus's few friends and savior at the [[Torus Heights]] battles, [[Cliffjumper (SG)|another Autobot]], happened to be at the [[Rad Zone|location of the ambush]] and did get killed. Optimus never learned of this though, and assumed Cliffjumper had died in the battle at [[Darkmount]]. {{storylink|Shattered Glass}} Optimus chose Rodimus in place of Sideswipe and [[Goldbug (SG)|Bumblebee]] to take Drench's place as the Seeker unit's new leader, having him rebuilt into the fearsome Goldbug. {{storylink|Goldbug (SG)|Goldbug's toy bio}}

Optimus began looking elsewhere. He targeted the distant planet Earth for conquest, had several of his Autobots reconfigure their bodies to transform into the machinery native to the planet, and began construction of an [[Ark (SG)|''Ark'']]. However, he requested so much weaponry to be built onto the starship that the integrity of the launching platform was in question. He dismissed these concerns.

Close to the ''Ark''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s completion, [[Cliffjumper (SG)|Cliffjumper]] appeared to return from the dead. At first, he was readily welcomed back into their ranks, but they quickly learned that he was not their Cliffjumper at all, but a [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper doppelganger]]. Prime shot him and ordered his body dumped in the [[Rad Zone]]. This backfired, as Cliffjumper was recruited by the Decepticons, and during a subsequent full-scale Decepticon attack, his [[glass gas]] weaponry was used in an attack on the ''Ark'' launching platform. Prime's plans to conquer Earth were stopped for the moment. {{storylink|Shattered Glass}}

After a later Autobot ambush at the recently rediscovered [[Arch-Ayr]] fuel dump, the Cliffjumper doppelganger angrily rushed Optimus Prime, followed by the combined forces of the [[Mayhem Suppression Squad]]. Despite it all, Optimus Prime kept on his feet, though his rage was growing with every blow. No one, however, was expecting the sudden arrival of an army of [[Dinobot (SG)|Dinobot]]s led by the exiled mad scientist, [[Wheeljack (SG)|Wheeljack]]. Optimus Prime ordered the rampaging Dinobots to destroy the Decepticons, but instead the beasts attacked each other. During the chaos, both sides withdrew.

Optimus Prime was furious at the Autobots' failure. At [[Side Burn (SG)|Side Burn]]'s clever suggestion, Prime ordered Wheeljack be put in charge of rebuilding the ''Ark'', a task that the mad scientist felt was beneath him. Also, he demanded that the Dinobots be hunted down and gathered for the Autobots' purposes.

Blurr and Rodimus returned triumphantly with eight Dinobots, though Rodimus had lost his hand in the process. Optimus Prime stood over Rodimus as he awoke from [[Ratchet (SG)|Ratchet]]'s table: the traitorous Seeker now had a buzzsaw in place of where his hand used to be. A suitable punishment! Prime told Rodimus he should be grateful he let him live at all. Perhaps he should use the saw to remove that [[facial hair|ridiculous thing]] from his face? Though Blurr and Rodimus thought Grimlock had died during their search for the Dinobots, sure enough, Grimlock appeared, alive and strangely very intelligent, within their base. Optimus Prime was about to punish Grimlock as well, but Grimlock pointed out a fuel system error in the blueprints of the ''Ark''. The evil Autobot leader let the Dinobot leader go, but demanded someone be brought to him he could destroy. {{storylink|Dungeons & Dinobots}}

When Optimus Prime ordered the ''Ark'' fixed, he knew that the Decepticons would try to follow the Autobots into space. [[Jazz (SG)|Jazz]] mentioned that [[Ricochet (SG)|Ricochet]] had taken care of the Decepticons. Optimus's eyes filled with rage as he learned that Ricochet had captured Megatron. Prime immediately left to reprimand Ricochet for stealing the honor of destroying Megatron. Upon his arrival at the [[Temple of Knowledge]], Optimus and Ricochet were attacked by a group of Decepticon [[Micromaster]]s, allowing Megatron to escape. After a few turnabouts, Megatron won the day. The ''Ark'' launched without Optimus Prime (due to Rodimus' treachery), so Prime ordered a retreat. Once back at the launch site, he learned from Blurr that Rodimus had thrown the Autobots loyal to Prime off the ship. Optimus Prime ordered Ricochet to the [[Agonizing Rehabilitation Chamber]]s for his impudent plan of capturing Megatron. He also promised that Blurr had failed him for the last time. {{storylink|Do Over}}

In one of [[Aquarius (SG)|Aquarius]]' explanatory flashbacks to [[Breakaway (Classics)|Breakaway]], [[Topspin (Classics)|Topspin]], and [[Landquake (Timelines)|Landquake]], Optimus Prime asked [[Ironhide (SG)|Ironhide]] how progress was coming on [[Omega Doom]]. He was pleased to hear that it was going well, and gloated that once the behemoth was finished, the galaxy would be his for the taking.
[[Image:TakingOutRemotePatrol6_Reunification5.jpg|thumb|left|300px|I said, [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] [[FIRRIB|is blue!]]]]
In the present day, Rodimus promised that his assassins would take down Optimus Prime at the same time [[Alpha Trion (SG)|Alpha Trion]]'s agents took down Megatron, thus paving the way for their own conquering. {{storylink|Reunification: Part 3}}

Or not.

After the assassination of Megatron, [[Hound (SG)|Hound]] and [[Remote Patrol Six]] made their move, surrounding Optimus Prime and Ricochet as they discussed Megatron's death, intending to kill Optimus and install Rodimus in his place as Prime. Hound's rally cries failed to impress Optimus, and the Autobot leader proceeded to use Ricochet as a living shield against a blast from [[Warpath (SG)|Warpath's]] chest-mounted cannon, before crushing [[Kup (SG)|Kup's]] head with his bare hands, destroying Warpath's chest cannon, taking out Hound by flinging Warpath into him, and cannon-blasting [[Camshaft (SG)|Camshaft]] in the head.

However, the battle was not over yet, as [[Alpha Trion (SG)|Alpha Trion]], [[Sky Lynx (SG)|Sky Lynx]] and [[Nightscream (TransTech)|Nightscream]] had arrived to kill Optimus themselves. However, Prime introduced the trio to a completed [[Omega Doom]], who reduced Alpha Trion to a distant smear on the ground, before going off to destroy the Decepticons while Optimus dealt with Sky Lynx and Nightscream. {{storylink|Reunification: Part 5}}

At some unspecified point in time, a team of Autobots somehow under the command of both [[Rodimus (SG)|Rodimus Prime]] and Optimus Prime fought [[Thundercracker (SG)|Thundercracker]] and [[Ravage (SG)|Ravage]] in the Transformers' greatest battle on Earth, "[[Digital Doom on the Highway to Destruction (SG)|Digital Doom on the Highway to Destruction]]." According to Ravage, anyway. {{storylink|Recordicons#Recordicons #3|Recordicons #3}}

==Toys==
===Timelines===
[[Image:Optimusprimesgtoy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Pimpimus Prime: all he needs is a tiger-print hat.]]
*'''Shattered Glass''' (BotCon box set, 2008)
**''Accessories'': Aero-fairing "ion blaster", smokestack rifle

:''Shattered Glass'' Optimus Prime is a purple, gray, and black [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]], transforming into a semi cab of undetermined, probably made-up model. In robot mode, his aero fairing transforms into a large ion blaster, and his smokestacks transform into a smaller blaster. Additionally, both can combine together to form a back-mounted shoulder weapon.

: Optimus Prime is only available as part of a set of six toys, along with [[Jazz (SG)|Autobot Jazz]], [[Grimlock (SG)|Grimlock]], [[Goldbug (SG)|Goldbug]], [[Razorclaw (SG)|Razorclaw]] and [[Starscream (SG)|Starscream]].

: His mold was also used for ''Classics'' [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/BCOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
* Evil Optimus Prime's bio art was featured on the back of one of two t-shirts made available at BotCon 2008, and later on the [[Fun Publications]] Official [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] web-store.
* ''Shattered Glass'' fiction writers [[Trent Troop]] and [[Greg Sepelak]] have said that evil Optimus sounds like Venger, the [[wikipedia:Dungeons & Dragons (TV series)|''Dungeons & Dragons'' cartoon]] villain voiced by [[Peter Cullen]].
*He may or may not have a [[Combat Deck (SG)|trailer]].

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Starscream (SG)

2012-02-23T21:19:51Z

147.140.233.16:

{{factions|sgDecepticon|hofsilver}}
{{disambig3.5|the heroic Decepticon second-in-command|his evil counterpart|Starscream (G1)|Starscream}}
:''Starscream is a heroic [[Decepticon]] from the "[[Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]" [[continuity family]].''
[[Image:Shattered Starscream.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"I'm here to kick ass and chew bubblegum—and I've got ''fifteen packets'' of gum, punk!"]]
'''Starscream''' is an intelligent and personable scientist who acts as [[Megatron (SG)|Megatron]]'s main science guy and [[second-in-command]], and constantly peppers his sentences with (genuine and effusive) admiration for his great leader.

It's all rather creepy to be honest.

{{quote|Of ''course''! You're a ''genius'', Starscream!|A [[Megatron (SG)|Megatron]] legitimately praises a Starscream for once|"[[Shattered Glass (issue)|Shattered Glass]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Shattered Expectations===
Working for the [[Quintesson]] Federation, the just and fair-minded Starscream attempted to arrest [[Goldbug (SG)|Goldbug]] and his comrades. Tracking them to a secret bunker containing ancient [[Pretender]] technology, he declared their plot was over "before it even begins!" and requested they surrender. When they resisted, he called in the might of the [[Mayhem Suppression Squad]]. {{storylink|Shattered Expectations}}

===Shattered Glass===
[[Image:SGStarscreamAltmode ShatteredGlass.jpg|left|225px|thumb|]]
Starscream graduated from the [[Crystal City]] College as the most ingenious 'bot on all of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Then the war broke out. When [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]] tried to draft the genius, he refused, and, as punishment, the [[Autobot]]s demolished Crystal City before Starscream's very eyes. Fleeing underground, Starscream joined the [[Decepticon]] resistance headed by Megatron. Starscream threw himself into his work, hoping that, one day, his scientific acumen could be used for peaceful purposes. He got a chance to pursue that ideology, even if by somewhat violent means, when an alternate version of [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] accidentally crossed over from a universe in which the Autobots were good into Starscream's world. With Cliffjumper's help, Starscream created "[[glass gas]]" bombs to use on the ''[[Ark (SG)|Ark]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s launching platform to destroy it. He then participated in the attack that followed, leading the initial attack run. {{storylink|Shattered Glass (issue)|Shattered Glass}}

Sometime later, Starscream was part of the defense of the [[Arch-Ayr]] fuel dump that the Decepticons had recently rediscovered. When Megatron was injured enough to be taken out of the fight, Starscream fussed over and helped repair him. He also helped provide cover fire for the [[Mayhem Suppression Squad]]'s assault after they were called in by [[Sir Soundwave|Soundwave]].

After the Autobots were beaten back into hiding behind cover, he was as surprised as everyone else by the appearance of the [[Dinobot (SG)|Dinobots]], and their disruption of the fight that caused the Autobots to retreat fully back to [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. As the Decepticons then discussed the now running-loose Dinobots, Starscream agreed with [[Dirge (SG)|Dirge]]'s suggestion that they attempt to capture some of them to bolster their own forces. He especially looked forward to being able to recover the AI matrix he had developed that [[Wheeljack (SG)|Wheeljack]] had stolen to make the Dinobots. Megatron ordered Starscream to gather a small force of their best mechs and have them commence the "Dinobot Hunt".

After the hunt was successful in recovering eight of the Dinobots (now Dinocons), Starscream successfully upgraded the Dinocons' brain modules and ensured they were comfortably housed, fed, and otherwise cared for. Until [[Grimlock (SG)|Grimlock]] took them on a little trip, that is... {{storylink|Dungeons & Dinobots}}

Several cycles later, Starscream discovered that the Dinocons had somehow gained [[Spark|ember]]s and the ability to transform. Despite this sudden revelation, the Decepticons moved forward with their plan to follow the Autobots into space.

Later on, Starscream was present when [[Ricochet (SG)|Ricochet]] called the Decepticons to demand a ransom for the return of Megatron. Starscream insisted that the safe retrieval of Megatron was the highest priority. Cliffjumper was able to convince the panicked Starscream that Megatron would want them all to proceed with the readying of the ''[[Nemesis (SG)|Nemesis]]'', and Starscream reluctantly agreed.

Finally, the ''Ark'' lifted off, and the ''Nemesis'' followed. Starscream presided over the bridge of the Decepticon ship as it jumped into [[transwarp]] towards [[Earth]]. Upon their arrival, the two ships engaged in battle, with the Decepticons taking the upper hand and managing to shoot the ''Ark'' out of the sky and send it crashing down to Earth. The [[human]]s, however, would prove to be a more successful threat. A fusion bomb detonated near the ''Nemesis'', severely disrupting the ship. Starscream remained on board as the rest of the crew escaped in pods, guiding it away from population centers with the help of Cliffjumper. {{storylink|Do Over}}

Starscream and Cliffjumper both survived the ship's crash-landing while ensconced in the crash compartments. When [[Heatwave (Timelines)|Heatwave]] and Soundwave finally discovered them with several humans in tow, Starscream helped explain their situation to the humans. After Starscream finished his explanation by saying he felt the ''Ark'' was taken care of and their priority was gathering their crew and returning home, Cliffjumper disagreed and said they should make certain that the Autobots were indeed out of commission. Starscream mulled this over and decided Cliffjumper was correct, and ordered them to go out and work on finding the escape pods of their crew while he remained behind, as his [[alternate mode|altmode]] would be too conspicuous.

When [[Rodimus (SG)|Rodimus]] broadcast a message about holding Earth hostage with the [[Burpleson Air Force Base|military base]] and [[Global Orbital Defense Satellite]]s he had taken control of, Starscream overheard it and ordered the others (who had since located [[Crasher (SG)|Crasher]]) back to the ''Nemesis''. They discussed the situation, and after Heatwave was able to locate the base the Autobots were holed up in, Starscream ordered them to assault it while he remained behind to serve as "mission control". The mission was ultimately successful. {{storylink|Eye in the Sky}}

Stuck on Earth, Starscream and his men busied themselves helping out the humans, such as when they thwarted [[Arachnolord]]. When [[Blitzwing (SG)|Blitzwing]] was augmented with an [[oPod]], Starscream realised that as it was broadcasting on an Autobot frequency, Blitzwing would render any Autobot near him helpless. He tested the theory by taking Blitzwing and [[Slugslinger (SG)|Slugslinger]] with him to stop [[Swoop (SG)|Swoop]] and [[Star Saber (SG)|Star Saber]] from attacking a restaurant. He was impressed when it worked, however Blitzwing's new ability became uncontrollable and began broadcasting on Decepticon frequencies as well. After Blitzwing fled, Starscream blamed himself for neglecting the well-being of one of his men. To protect themselves from the broadcast, he ordered the base locked down and all of the Decepticons into emergency stasis while Soundwave, who was unaffected, searched for Blitzwing. Once Blitzwing was retrieved, Starscream helped extract the oPod and was able to help out Soundwave with some legal trouble he'd gotten himself into with [[Thunderwing (SG)|Thunderwing]]. {{storylink|Blitzwing Bop}}

The Decepticons worked on building a [[Stellar Spanner]] of their own, though Starscream had to put up with Soundwave's atrocious puns while doing so. They finally contacted Cybertron, and sent up the specifications so they could build a two-way travel system. Thus [[Shockwave (SG)|Shockwave]] joined them on Earth. Starscream and a number of the Decepticons (and Cliffjumper) attended [[R.J. Blackrock]]'s unveiling ceremony, though Starscream found the event's formality uncomfortable. The Autobots attacked the event, and when Shockwave was seriously injured protecting [[Sephie Beller]], Starscream blamed himself for not being fast enough to help. He was disappointed when Sephie subsequently had herself augmented with Cybertronian technology, and confined her to base. He took opportunity to do a thorough scan of her, which gave the medics some pointers on how to improve their repair technology and help Shockwave.

When Sephie went out to face the Autobots on her own, Starscream modified [[Fistfight (SG)|Fistfight]] to act as an exosuit for [[Rick Ottman]], and they went to try to help her. Instead, the Decepticons fell into an Autobot trap, and were overwhelmed by superior forces. The Autobots were attacked by Blackrock, using his [[Centurion (SG)|Centurion]] battle suit, but the Decepticons were surprised when Blackrock revealed that he regarded all the Cybertronians as potential technology goldmines. When Sephie appeared to sacrifice herself to carry the overloading Centurion away and save everyone present, Starscream gave a heartfelt eulogy. Fortunately she still functioned. To Starscream's disappointment, Blackrock wriggled his way out of being turned over to the authorities. Back at base, Starscream offered Sephie a place on the Decepticon team, but she turned him down in favor of taking her own course. {{storylink|Transhuman}}

At the Decepticons' base on Cybertron, [[Reflector (SG)|Reflector]] reported to Starscream that he had spotted [[Computron (SG)|Computron]] [[Aquarius (SG)|chasing]] [[Breakaway (Classics)|several]] [[Landquake (Timelines)|unknown]] [[Topspin (Classics)|individuals]]. Starscream had Reflector alert Megatron and send out [[Abominus (SG)|Abominus]] to deal with Computron. Starscream then helped greet said individuals as they sought safety inside the base, and listened to them explain their situation to Megatron. {{storylink|Reunification: Part 4}}

When Megatron was killed by [[Cyclonus (SG)|Cyclonus]] during the meeting in question, Starscream cried out in anguish and lamented over Megatron's body, wondering why it couldn't have been himself that had been hit instead of his "king". {{storylink|Reunification: Part 5}}

Later, after the visitors were revealed as really being [[Nexus Prime]]—who then revived Megatron as Galvatron—Starscream was part of the group that saw Nexus Prime off on his next interdimensional journey. {{storylink|Reunification: Part 6}}

==Toys==
===Timelines===
[[Image:ShatteredGlasstoy-Starscream.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Starscream (G1)|He]] and [[Jetfire (G1)|his best friend]] are [[Fire in the Sky|so close]], they even dress alike!]]
*'''Shattered Glass''' (BotCon box set, 2008)
**''Accessories'': Launcher, missile, [[Earth]]-style [[Cyber Key]]

: Part of [[BotCon 2008]]'s [[exclusive]] box set of five figures, Starscream is a [[redeco]] of [[Starscream (Armada)#Cybertron|''Cybertron'' Voyager Starscream]] in a color scheme that [[homage]]s the original [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]. He transforms into a Cybertronian starfighter. In both modes, plugging a Cyber Key (his is a red-plastic [[Earth]]-style key with a white border and black symbol) into his back pops out a blade-weapon from each of his wings/arms. He also has a spring-loaded missile launcher which can be hand-held, or mounted on the underside of his vehicle mode.

: Starscream was only available as part of a set of six toys, along with [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]], [[Grimlock (SG)|Grimlock]], [[Goldbug (SG)|Goldbug]], [[Jazz (SG)|Autobot Jazz]] and [[Razorclaw (SG)|Razorclaw]].

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Dirge (G1)#Universe (2008)|Dirge]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/BCStarscream/starscream.htm More information on "Shattered Glass" Starscream at TFU.info]''

[[Category:Convention exclusives]]
[[Category:Convention-original characters]]
[[Category:Scientists]]
[[Category:Shattered Glass Decepticons]]
[[Category:Timelines characters]]

Terrorcon (G1)

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{{disambig3|Terrorcon}}
:''The Terrorcons are a [[Decepticon]] [[subgroup]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Loveandsteel-terrorcons1a.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Not a good day to be a Nebulan]]
Sometimes it's hard to take the '''Terrorcons''' seriously. Even for Decepticons, they've got a bunch of personality problems, not to mention a lack of decency. Individually, they're not much, and it's not very hard to outsmart them. One on one, an Autobot would probably win.

Then you actually meet the Terrorcons as a group, and you pray that [[Primus]] has mercy on you, because the Terrorcons sure as hell won't. They'll kill you for a bunch of reasons: orders, sport, boredom, a dare. They're not what you'd call soldiers, warriors, or even brawlers. They're animals, and they bring that thought pattern to everything they do, including their choice of [[Alternate mode|altmodes]], which are the forms of frightening beasts. They're all positively insane.

The Terrorcons consist of:

*The brilliant yet gluttonous [[Hun-Gurrr]] (leader)
*The superiority obsessed [[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]]
*The disgusting [[Blot (G1)|Blot]]
*The predatory [[Sinnertwin (G1)|Sinnertwin]]
*The overly-violent [[Cutthroat (G1)|Cutthroat]]

They combine to form the incredibly destructive (but surprisingly cute) [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]].

{{bigquote |Terrorcons, fight everybody! Rrarrr!|Hun-Gurrr|"[[Call of the Primitives]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
[[Image:Terrorconfight.jpg|left|200px|thumb|We're the only seven-headed combiner group, blagh! blagh!]]
The Terrorcons accompanied [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] to acquire [[Anti-electron|anti-electrons]] from [[Unicron]]'s disembodied head. During the adventure, they were attacked by [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]], [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]], and [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]. They managed to get the upper hand, but were quickly attacked by the newly made [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]]. The Terrorcons formed Abominus, but thanks to the sacrifice of [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]]'s super intelligence, the Technobots formed [[Computron (G1)|Computron]], and defeated the Terrorcons. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}}

Soon afterwards, the Terrorcons were now under the control of the [[Quintesson|Quintessons]] for no apparent reason. Hun-Grr was dispatched to attack [[Dirk Manus]], a [[human]] smuggler who had discovered [[Recreator|a device of great value]]. The Terrorcons had been modified by the Quintessons to disassemble from their Abominus form after a short period of time, which was their undoing: Computron detected the timer devices and activated it, forcing the Terrorcons and Quintessons into retreat. {{storylink|Money Is Everything}}

[[Image:Abominus1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Prince has really bulked up.]]
The Terrorcons were among the Decepticons fighting the Autobots on [[Earth]]'s [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. They formed Abominus on Galvatron's command, but soon disassembled and left with the other "primitive" Transformers when the [[Oracle (G1)|Primacron's assistant]] called them away to fight the powerful [[Tornedron]]. The Terrorcons were the only primitives to fight the energy-draining Tornedron with something other than energy-based weaponry, but were quickly defeated. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}

Late in the year 2006, the Terrorcons attacked [[Gregory Swofford]] and [[Mark Morgan]]'s laboratory to steal their new [[Impervious Alloy|heat-and-radiation-resistant alloy]]. The fight between Abominus and Computron caused significant damage to the lab and seriously injured Morgan's daughter, [[Jessica Morgan|Jessica]], leading the two scientists to plot revenge on all the Transformers by infecting them with the [[Hate Plague]]. Nice going there, guys. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}

====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
In 2011, Hun-Gurrr and the Terrorcons journeyed to Cybertron over the long-abandoned Decepticon [[Space Bridge]]. They were part of the first wave of Galvatron's siege, hoping to gain control of [[Vector Sigma]]. Hun-Gurrr's team combined into Abominus to battle [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} Later on, Abominus teamed up with his fellow combiners to wage war on their Autobot counterparts. Their victory seemed assured until the [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Battleship Maximus]] swooped in and scattered the Decepticon combiners. They barely survived the encounter. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} On Earth, the Terrorcons intervened on [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]]'s search for the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] and the Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] kept the Terrorcons busy so that Hot Rod could complete his mission. Even after the Terrorcons formed Abominus, the Headmasters stood against them, and the arrival of Computron swung the odds firmly on the Autobots' side. Abominus was last seen with his head buried in the sand, being kicked in the side by Computron. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

When Galvatron launched a [[Metamorphose|metal-warping meteorite]] at the Autobots on [[Athenia]], he brought along the Terrorcons to occupy the Autobot forces. Linking up as Abominus, they once again battled Computron and the Headmasters. {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}}

Scorponok devised a scheme to harvest [[plasma energy]] from the planet [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] by setting off a series of explosives that would utterly destroy the planet, releasing its stored energies. The Terrorcons were responsible for planting the bombs. Hun-Gurrr was spotted by [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]], [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] and [[Shōki]] of the Trainbots, but the other Terrorcons managed to take them hostage. Hun-Gurrr left [[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]] and [[Sinnertwin (G1)|Sinnertwin]] in charge of the hostages, while he took the other Terrorcons to finish planting the charges. The duo failed to notice when Danny set off a homing signal, however, and were soon forced to flee when the Headmasters arrived to rescue their friends. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger}} They managed to get two of the three sites set before being set upon by [[Raiden]] and the Headmasters. By forming Abominus, the Terrorcons held their own until Scorponok arrived with his mighty [[Transtector]], MegaZarak. The giant scorpion occupied the Autobots long enough for the Terrorcons to finish their work, and Mars was consumed by the resultant atomic inferno. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears}}

Soon after, the Terrorcons joined Sixshot and the returning Galvatron on an energy raid. They sought to prevent the Autobots from re-energizing the distant world of [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]], and steal the energy for themselves. The Terrorcons formed Abominus for yet another in a series of battles against Computron. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}} When Galvatron left for deep space to plunder new sources of energy, the Terrorcons went with him. {{storylink|Daniel Faces His Biggest Crisis Ever!!}} Hun-Gurrr and Sinnertwin were seen gathering energon on the planet [[Paradise]], and the Terrorcons later formed Abominus to battle the [[Monsterbot]]s. {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}}

The Terrorcons returned with Galvatron and the other Decepticons, setting up shop on Earth under Sixshot's command. He joined an enormous offensive against the Autobots' facility in [[Miami]], drawing out the troops from Autobot City so that Sixshot could kill [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. Body-slamming Computron as Abominus was just icing on the cake. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}} The warfare on Earth continued, as the Terrorcons assembled as Abominus in part of a five-fold simultaneous strike on Autobot interests engineered by Sixshot. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}}

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====''Zone'' cartoon, comic and story pages====
Seeking to create a [[Decepticon Zone]] to counter the [[Micro|Autobot Zone]], [[Emperor of Destruction|Decepticon Emperor]] [[Violen Jiger]] gathered together the [[Nine Great Demon Generals]], upgrading them with powerful new armor and weaponry, then sent them forth to conquer planets. The Terrorcons were summoned, but only as [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]]. {{storylink|Zone (story page)|Zone Part 1}} {{storylink|Zone (manga)|Transformers: Zone}} {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}

===Marvel comics continuity===
[[Image:Terrorcons-rollout1.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Run away! Run—no wait. Run toward! Run toward!]]
The Terrorcons were among the many Decepticons under the command of Scorponok on Cybertron. {{storylink|Ring of Hate!}} They journeyed with their squad to the world of Nebulos, in pursuit of Fortress Maximus's Autobots. The mighty warrior Blot was chosen to participate in the Decepticons' initial attack on the Nebulans and Autobots in the capital city of [[Koraja]]. {{storylink|Broken Glass!}}

On Nebulos, the Terrorcons had a terrific time terrorizing organic creatures in the city of [[Splendora]], till the Technobots showed up and kicked their tails. Combining into Abominus didn't help much, as it basically provided Computron with a larger target. {{storylink|Love and Steel!}}

The Terrorcons later traveled with Scorponok to the [[Mercury Gardens of Melanossus]] in response to an Autobot sighting there. The newly-minted Targetmaster Autobots proved to be a fair match for them; only the Autobots' concern for the Gardens' well-being ended the battle, as they retreated to prevent further damage to them. {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!}}

The Terrorcons, along with the rest of the Decepticons, left Nebulos soon after, journeying to the planet Earth. {{storylink|Trial by Fire!}} There they participated in various battles, most notably against Ratbat's forces, {{storylink|Cold War!}} then briefly against an Autobot force under Optimus Prime's command. Shortly thereafter, they were deactivated by the [[Underbase]]-empowered [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and not seen again. {{storylink|Dark Star}}

====Marvel UK future timelines====
''After [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] took command of the Decepticons, the Terrorcons were part of Soundwave's elite soldiers, accompanying him to the past during the [[Time Wars]] snafu.'' {{storylink|Time Wars}}

===''Transformers in 3-D''===
The Terrorcons and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] intercepted [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s team during the search for [[Metascan Alpha]]. The Terrorcons united into Abominus, but the Autobots ignored them and continued with their mission. A short time later, Abominus came under attack from the [[Destructon]]s and was blasted apart. The Terrorcons began a retreat and found themselves being aided by Ultra Magnus, resulting in Cyclonus agreeing to a truce between the two factions. {{storylink|The War Against the Destructons, Chapter 1 of 3}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
Hun-Grrr and Rippersnapper attended a Decepticon gathering called together by [[Serpent O.R.]], who was looking to recruit more fighters to his cause. Hun-Grrr was skeptic to being ordered around by such a tiny leader, but was suitably convinced when Serpent O.R. proved to be the "son" of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3|The Art of War #3}} Rippersnapper later helped defend the Decepticon base from a combined Autobot/[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] assault, {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4|The Art of War #4}} while Hun-Grrr protected Serpent O.R. from an furious [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}

===IDW comics continuity===
[[Image:SpotlightSixshot Terrorcons WhoUs.jpg|right|200px|thumb|]]
The Terrorcons are [[Sixshot]]'s biggest fans. They hope to one day be as powerful and feared as the Decepticons' number one mercenary. They are also the closest thing Sixshot has to "friends", as every other Decepticon is scared to death of the guy. The Terrorcons went on a mission to [[Mumu-Obscura]] where they were taken prisoner by [[Deathbringer (species)|Deathbringer]] and the [[Reaper|Reapers]]. Sixshot came to their rescue, and though he was tempted to join the Reapers after Deathbringer extended an offer, Sixshot refused to pass the final test for membership: kill the Terrorcons. The Reapers accepted Sixshot's rejection and allowed him to leave with his "friends". {{storylink|Spotlight: Sixshot}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1Hun-Gurrr toy.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Hun-Gurrr! I want you so bad I can taste it!]]
[[Image:G1Blot toy.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Nose monster!]]
* '''Terrorcons''' (1987)
** [[Blot (G1)|Blot]]
** [[Cutthroat (G1)|Cutthroat]]
** [[Hun-Gurrr]]
** [[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]]
** [[Sinnertwin (G1)|Sinnertwin]]

: The Terrorcons are a [[Scramble City (toyline)|Scramble City]]-style combiner team: four simple, small figures who form the limbs of the combined form, sold carded at the $5 price point, and one larger leader who forms the central torso, sold boxed at $12. They can combine with members of any other Scramble City-style combiner team, or join together to form [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]]. They were sold both individually and as part of a gift set.

: The small toys are fairly simplistic, even for Scramble City limbs. Most of their transformations consist of flipping out the beast torso to form "legs", and flipping back the beast head to reveal the robot head. The robot forms are ''exceedingly'' kibble-laden, with beast arms, legs, heads, tails and wings all hanging off, hoping not to be noticed. They also tend to have rather stunted robot-mode arms. Articulation is limited to a single swivel joint at each shoulder, and knee joints (not very useful due to their fused unifeet.) Beast mode articulation is much more wide-ranging, with most beast limbs having a swivel joint. They can wield their guns in either mode.

: The team does not share common plastic colors, but their collective palette is dominated by light gray, yellow, blue, purple and magenta.
{{-}}
===Universe (2008)===
*'''Special Team Leaders''' (Multi-pack, 2008)
**''Series'': '''Classic Series'''

: Hun-Gurrr is a [[redeco]] of the ''[[Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Legends Class|Legends of Cybertron]] [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] toy.

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Terrortron''' (テラートロン ''Terātoron'')
*''English:'' '''Reptile Regiment''' ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
*''Italian:'' '''Terrorbot'''

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[[Category:Decepticon subgroups]]
[[Category:Generation 1 subgroups]]
[[Category:Terrorcons| Terrorcon (G1)]]

Shockblast

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{{disambig2|the Energon Decepticon tank/satellite|the Generation 1 space gun whose ''[[Alternators]]'' toy was also named "Shockblast"|Shockwave (G1)}}

:''Shockblast is a [[Decepticon]] [[Triple Changer]] from the [[Energon (franchise)|Energon]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Shockblast energon.jpg|right|300px|thumb|No, the toy doesn't have that hose. Or that arm joint. Or that hand.]]
'''Shockblast''' packs an incredible amount of strength and firepower inside his chassis, and he knows it. He's brash, arrogant, sarcastic, and fearless, even willing to challenge the might of Megatron directly. He's also a sociopath, casually killing solely for the fun of it. He revels in destruction, and he's not particularly bothered which side is doing the exploding.

Shockblast is the brother of [[Six Shot]]. He has an unspecified history with [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]]; the two hate each other, probably because Shockblast is a jerk.

{{quote|Don't trust Shockblast. Shockblast BAD.|[[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]]|"[[Shockblast: Rampage]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''Energon'' pack-in mini-comics===
[[Image:Energon V4 Decepticons.jpg|thumb|]]

When [[Slugslinger (Energon)|Slugslinger]] and [[Sharkticon (Energon)|Sharkticon]] attempted to break into an [[Autobot]] island facility, Shockblast scrambled the security system with an electromagnetic pulse from orbit. However, when the plan went wrong, [[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega Supreme]] nailed Shockblast with cannon-fire, despite the Decepticon being in low orbit. {{Storylink|Energon Volume 3}}

Later, Shockblast was part of the Decepticon party that had cornered [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] and a wounded [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]]. However, Shockblast was blown away by the combined power of Optimus and the newly-arrived [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]]. {{Storylink|Energon Volume 4}}
{{-}}

===''Energon'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor'': [[Brian Drummond]] (English), [[Nobutoshi Canna]] (Japanese), [[Fredrik Beckmann]] (Swedish)

{{cleanup|March 2009|Needs more expansion since he appeared in more episodes than this.}}

{{noteslonly}}

''Shockblast was a member of [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]]'s platoon prior to Tidal Wave [[Awakening|being called]] [[Detection|to earth]]. After eliminating their Autobot enemies, he grew bored and began to attack and destroy his own Decepticon allies. Following the end of the Mini-Con war, Shockblast and [[Six Shot]] made efforts to end the uneasy peace, and so were eventually captured by the Autobot/Decepticon coalition some time between the death of [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] {{storylink|Mortal Combat}} and the appearance of [[Alpha Q]] {{storylink|The New Cybertron City}}.''

He was held prisoner deep inside [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], under near-constant supervision due to his status as a dangerous Decepticon war criminal. {{storylink|Alpha Q: Identity}} During a Decepticon uprising, Shockblast escaped and slaughtered most of the Autobot guards, including [[Padlock (Energon)|Padlock]], earning the ever-lasting hatred of [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Dagger]]. Megatron decided to add Shockblast to his team, and dispatched Tidal Wave to Cybertron to retrieve him. The two immediately began to squabble, ''reviving their old enmity''. Shockblast damaged Cybertron's [[Energon grid|energon grid]] before fleeing the planet. {{storylink|Shockblast: Rampage}}

Shockblast proved difficult to work with, and spent much of his time insulting and belittling the other Decepticons - so much so that when Unicron began attacking those who were attempting to use its body, Tidal Wave initially blamed Shockblast {{storylink|Survival Instincts}}. Nonetheless, he was quickly given command of Megatron's troops and told to lead an assault on Cybertron, to destroy the rest of the energon grid. Unfortunately, Tidal Wave was severely damaged during Shockblast's attack due to Shockblast's own carelessness, leading to his reformatting into [[Tidal Wave (Armada)#Energon|Mirage]]. Wing Dagger attempted to capture Shockblast during this attack, but was also crushed under the same falling energon tower that damaged Tidal Wave. {{storylink|Each One Fights...}}

Shockblast regarded Megatron with a high level of contempt {{storylink|Unicron Unleashed}}, and eventually attempted to overthrow Megatron and take command of Unicron. This didn't go so well for him. {{storylink|Open Fire!}} {{storylink|Ripped Up Space}}

[[Image:Shockblast tentacles.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Tentacles. In a Japanese cartoon. This isn't going to end well...]]

On the other side of the [[Rift (Energon)|rift in space]], he crash landed alone on [[Iron Planet]]. Surrounded by Autobots, he was defeated by the reborn Wing Dagger, [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]], captured and chained up. {{storylink|Protection}} For a time, Megatron refused to rescue him, but finally freed him, while capturing his guard Inferno at the same time. Shockblast was subsequently demoted to the bottom of the ranks for his treachery. {{storylink|Imprisoned Inferno}}

[[Image:Shockblast smoosh.jpg|right|180px|thumb|..Told ya.]]
Shockblast eventually tricked Megatron and attempted to assume control of Unicron in his stead. The full power of Unicron proved too much for him to handle, however; it drove him insane, sending him on a mindless rampage under Unicron's control. He crashed on [[Blizzard Planet]], where Optimus Prime battled him while trying to reach past Unicron to reach the real Shockblast. Prime's words worked, and Shockblast managed to free himself. He turned his firepower on Unicron, but the Chaos Bringer brought one hand down on the surface of Blizzard Planet, and Shockblast was crushed before Prime's horrified eyes. {{storylink|The Power of Unicron}}

{{charstubfiction}}

===''Energon'' comic===
Shockblast intercepted the [[Ocean City]] schematics [[Slugslinger (Energon)|Slugslinger]] used to infiltrate the Autobot installation. {{storylink|Perspective}}

{{charstubfiction}}

==Toys==
===Energon===
[[Image:Energon Shockblast toy.jpg|300px|thumb|I transform into nothing!]]
*'''Shockblast''' (Mega, 2004)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''SD-14'''
**''Accessories'': Missile

: Shockblast transforms into a Cybertronic laser-tank, plus has a third satellite-cannon-thing mode. His cannon-arm contains a spring-loaded missile launcher and an electronic sound gimmick (which refuses to shut up most of the time). His design is obviously an [[homage]] to the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] Decepticon [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]].

: Many specimens of this toy have the same problem: in satellite mode, a peg on one of his legs will not fit into the corresponding slot to hold the mode together. Also, his torso connects to his legs via a ''very'' small hinge, which is quite susceptible to breaking.

: The Japanese version of Shockblast, named '''Laserwave''', differs from the Hasbro release, with slightly more detailed paint deco and using a cooler grey plastic colour.

: This mold was also used to make ''Energon'' [[Six Shot]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Decepticon/Shockblast/shockblast.htm More information on Shockblast at TFU.info]''
{{--}}

==Notes==
* Shockblast's right shoulder-armor was used for the shoulders of the [[Autobot nurse]] [[generic]] model in the [[Energon (cartoon)|''Energon'' cartoon]].
* Shockblast's body was also used as the basis for [[Cryotek (RID)|Cryotek]]'s pre-beast body in "[[Theft of the Golden Disk]]", and [[Shattered Glass]] [[Shockwave (SG)|Shockwave]].
* Shockblast probably would've been called Shockwave if weren't for the fact that [[Hasbro]] didn't have the [[trademark]] for the name "Shockwave" at the time. This is supported by at least two facts: He's called Laserwave in the Japanese version (Laserwave is Shockwave's Japanese name), and in the same year, a [[Shockwave (G1)/toys#Alternators|second Shockwave homage figure]] was released into the [[Alternators]] series, also officially called Shockblast, but bearing a license plate reading "SHKWAV". Hasbro has subsequently reclaimed the "Shockwave" trademark.
* Regardless of his name, Shockblast evidently qualifies as a Shockwave in Hasbro's eyes, as he features prominently in Shockwave's [[Transformers Hall of Fame]] nomination video.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Laserwave''' (レーザーウェーブ ''Rēzāwēbu'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Pöröly''' ("Sledge"), '''Sokkoló''' ("[[Optimus Prime vs Megatron: The Ultimate Battle]]", "Shocker")

[[Category:Energon Decepticons]]
[[Category:Satellites]]
[[Category:Triple Changers]]

Shockwave (Movie)

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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 7]]. 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|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|]]
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), [[Miguel Ángel Ghigliazza]] (Latin American Spanish)

[[Image:DOTM - ShockwaveDriller.jpg|left|thumb|250px|"We have worm sign."]]

Shockwave and his pet [[Driller]] attacked the Autobots when they were summoned to [[Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant|Chernobyl]] by the Decepticon agent [[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.

Later, Shockwave took part in the invasion of Chicago. He and the Driller emerged from beneath the convoy of Autobots, and the Driller seperated Optimus from his trailer. Shockwave left the Driller and proceeded to track down the Autobots. The [[Wreckers]] were sent to distract him, peppering his armor with fire from their machineguns. 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. 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. However the beast was killed by Optimus Prime using his flight gear, 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.

He soon joined [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] and [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] to round up the other Autobots. Brains and Wheelie forestalled the Decepticon's from further executing their prisoners by taking control of a Decepticon gunship, and dropping [[Orbital Assault Carrier|fighers]] onto the battlefield. Shockwave retreated further away with Barricade and some other Decepticons. However the human soldiers had set a trap, and while firing at them, Shockwave was blinded by one of their parachutes, and his eye was then shot out, causing it to dangle by its wires. 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|Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}
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==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 turrent.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''===
====(Xbox 360/PS3)====
[[Image:Dark of the Moon game Shockwave.jpg|thumb|300px|Shockwave on the warpath.]]
Shockwave was frozen underneath a Russian facility after crashing to Earth thousands of years ago. His leader [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] decided to find and release his assassin, since he was needed for the upcoming operation. Optimus discovered Shockwave and asked Ratchet activate more freeze tanks to keep him frozen. however the Driller woke from its slumber, and lashed out at the intruder. After thawing out, he decided to kill the first thing his optic lay eyes on: Optimus. However, he was still a bit woozy from waking up and taking action so quickly, so he tended to make a few hiccups in his attacks, before finally waking up. Autobot reinforcements weren't helping Optimus, as they were dispatched quite easily. During their skirmish, Optimus Prime (with a little help from [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]]) deduced his weak spot as the three cylinder-shaped generators mounted on his back. 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 that, he met up with Megatron, [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], and [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] in Nambia, Africa and was ordered to find a device in a nuclear power plant named Chernobyl. Shockwave agreed and listened to Megatron gloat to the other Decepticons about Operation Pillar.

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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:''
**''Number:''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''CV19'''
**''Accessories:'' Battle Cannon/Particle Wave Blaster, rubber hose, arm blade

: 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 back component that attaches to his vehicle to form a “Fusion Tank”, and features a firing missile launcher. This component can transform into a “Ground Weapon” mode and a “Battle Base” mode. Both parts of the Fusion Tank include multiple ports for attaching Shockwave’s accessories or other cyberverse weapons.

: Despite what the promotional pictures and instructions show, the Battle Base mode seems more intended to point its missile launcher straight up. This allows the Shockwave figure to actually fit on the base and even insert the post on the base into his back.

: 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 abilty 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 with rubber hose, arm-blade-thing

: Part of the second wave of ''[[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 lever is pushed on the rear of his arm cannon, MechTech gearing opens up the cannon wider with more barrels and blades. [[C joint]] rungs are located on Shockwave's arm-blade, one concealed underneath said blade, and 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 supposed to be integrated with his arm, it is not a prime candidate for swapping with other toys, due to the shape and color of the weapon.

: Shockwave's forearms seem to be backward, with the screws holding them together facing out; the backs of his forearms are smooth and screwhole-free. Also indicating that his forearms may have been swapped is the fact that 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; the mold detail on its right side is much cleaner. It's apparently meant to be displayed on the figure's right arm, with the clean side of the weapon facing outward. However, disassembling the figure's forearms and swapping them would change the cannon to the left, which shouldn't be done because: 1) it's movie-inaccurate, and 2) 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 be rotated 180 degrees, enabling the hose to be positioned on either side of the weapon. Also, the wrist is held together with a pin which can be tricky to remove. On the other hand, the extra barrels in the cannon do seem to be misassembled, as they feature the same problem as the arm blade.

: 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, there is no gun hose, but since the picture is taken from a left profile, it could just be covered by the toy itself, reinforcing the alternate placement. The stock photography shown 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. Also many more paint applications are present in the stock photography, not limited to the red lever on the cannon, but vents on the vehicle mode are picked out in silver as well as gold details 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 replaced with a metallic lilac on the hands, feet spikes and knees.

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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, 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. In the [[Dark of the Moon (comic series)|comic adaptation]], which was based on early drafts of the script, Shockwave had more lines during the Chicago battle.
*Shockwave does not have the same form in IDW's ''[[Rising Storm]]'' and ''[[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.
*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 [[Dark of the Moon (film)|live-action movie]] nor the 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.
===Foreign names===

*''Japanese:'' '''Shockwave''' (ショックウェーブ ''Shokkuwēbu'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Jèn-dàng-pō''' (震盪波, "Shock Wave") '''Zhengdangbo''' (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 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 7]]. 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|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|]]
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), [[Miguel Ángel Ghigliazza]] (Latin American Spanish)

[[Image:DOTM - ShockwaveDriller.jpg|left|thumb|250px|"We have worm sign."]]

Shockwave and his pet [[Driller]] attacked the Autobots when they were summoned to [[Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant|Chernobyl]] by the Decepticon agent [[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.

Later, Shockwave took part in the invasion of Chicago. He and the Driller emerged from beneath the convoy of Autobots, and the Driller seperated Optimus from his trailer. Shockwave left the Driller and proceeded to track down the Autobots. The [[Wreckers]] were sent to distract him, peppering his armor with fire from their machineguns. 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. 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. However the beast was killed by Optimus Prime using his flight gear, 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.

He soon joined [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] and [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] to round up the other Autobots. Brains and Wheelie forestalled the Decepticon's from further executing their prisoners by taking control of a Decepticon gunship, and dropping [[Orbital Assault Carrier|fighers]] onto the battlefield. Shockwave retreated further away with Barricade and some other Decepticons. However the human soldiers had set a trap, and while firing at them, Shockwave was blinded by one of their parachutes, and his eye was then shot out, causing it to dangle by its wires. 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|Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}
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==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 turrent.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''===
====(Xbox 360/PS3)====
[[Image:Dark of the Moon game Shockwave.jpg|thumb|300px|Shockwave on the warpath.]]
Shockwave was frozen underneath a Russian facility after crashing to Earth thousands of years ago. His leader [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] decided to find and release his assassin, since he was needed for the upcoming operation. Optimus discovered Shockwave and asked Ratchet activate more freeze tanks to keep him frozen. however the Driller woke from its slumber, and lashed out at the intruder. After thawing out, he decided to kill the first thing his optic lay eyes on: Optimus. However, he was still a bit woozy from waking up and taking action so quickly, so he tended to make a few hiccups in his attacks, before finally waking up. Autobot reinforcements weren't helping Optimus, as they were dispatched quite easily. During their skirmish, Optimus Prime (with a little help from [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]]) deduced his weak spot as the three cylinder-shaped generators mounted on his back. 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 that, he met up with Megatron, [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], and [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] in Nambia, Africa and was ordered to find a device in a nuclear power plant named Chernobyl. Shockwave agreed and listened to Megatron gloat to the other Decepticons about Operation Pillar.

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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:''
**''Number:''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''CV19'''
**''Accessories:'' Battle Cannon/Particle Wave Blaster, rubber hose, arm blade

: 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 back component that attaches to his vehicle to form a “Fusion Tank”, and features a firing missile launcher. This component can transform into a “Ground Weapon” mode and a “Battle Base” mode. Both parts of the Fusion Tank include multiple ports for attaching Shockwave’s accessories or other cyberverse weapons.

: Despite what the promotional pictures and instructions show, the Battle Base mode seems more intended to point its missile launcher straight up. This allows the Shockwave figure to actually fit on the base and even insert the post on the base into his back.

: 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 abilty 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 with rubber hose, arm-blade-thing

: Part of the second wave of ''[[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 lever is pushed on the rear of his arm cannon, MechTech gearing opens up the cannon wider with more barrels and blades. [[C joint]] rungs are located on Shockwave's arm-blade, one concealed underneath said blade, and 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 supposed to be integrated with his arm, it is not a prime candidate for swapping with other toys, due to the shape and color of the weapon.

: Shockwave's forearms seem to be backward, with the screws holding them together facing out; the backs of his forearms are smooth and screwhole-free. Also indicating that his forearms may have been swapped is the fact that 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; the mold detail on its right side is much cleaner. It's apparently meant to be displayed on the figure's right arm, with the clean side of the weapon facing outward. However, disassembling the figure's forearms and swapping them would change the cannon to the left, which shouldn't be done because: 1) it's movie-inaccurate, and 2) 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 be rotated 180 degrees, enabling the hose to be positioned on either side of the weapon. Also, the wrist is held together with a pin which can be tricky to remove. On the other hand, the extra barrels in the cannon do seem to be misassembled, as they feature the same problem as the arm blade.

: 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, there is no gun hose, but since the picture is taken from a left profile, it could just be covered by the toy itself, reinforcing the alternate placement. The stock photography shown 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. Also many more paint applications are present in the stock photography, not limited to the red lever on the cannon, but vents on the vehicle mode are picked out in silver as well as gold details 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 replaced with a metallic lilac on the hands, feet spikes and knees.

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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, 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. In the [[Dark of the Moon (comic series)|comic adaptation]], which was based on early drafts of the script, Shockwave had more lines during the Chicago battle.
*Shockwave does not have the same form in IDW's ''[[Rising Storm]]'' and ''[[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.
*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 [[Dark of the Moon (film)|live-action movie]] nor the 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.
===Foreign names===

*''Japanese:'' '''Shockwave''' (ショックウェーブ ''Shokkuwēbu'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Jèn-dàng-pō''' (震盪波, "Shock Wave") '''Zhengdangbo''' (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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Antagony (BW)

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{{disambig2|the ''Beast Wars'' Predacon|the ''Animated'' Decepticon|Antagony (Animated)}}

:''Antagony is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] from the [[Beast Wars (franchise)|Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[Image:BW Antagony boxart.jpg|right|270px|thumb|Eye boobies? Segmented eye boobies!]]
The mysterious future-Predacon '''Antagony''' is the [[Herald Maximo]] of the fearsome Predacon warlord [[Shokaract]], second only to Shokaract himself. She is utterly ruthless and without a shred of pity or mercy, and harbors a secret death-feud against the upstart Predacon [[Cataclysm (BW)|Cataclysm]] who threatens her position. Though utterly loyal to Shokaract, she will do anything short of open revolt to make sure she remains the Herald Maximo. Antagony's armor makes her virtually invulnerable to pain and it has been speculated that she enjoys inflicting it so much just so she can attempt to understand the utterly alien sensation.

==Fiction==
===3H continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' BotCon Script Reading====
:''Voice actress:'' [[Susan Blu]]

The time-traveling Antagony described herself as [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s doom, his destruction, and his worst enemy. Megatron naturally assumed this meant she was [[Raksha]]. Antagony corrected this misunderstanding. {{storylink|Visitations}}

====Tales of the Beast Wars====
[[Image:Herald Cataclysm's Ko-tu.jpg|300px|right|thumb|I. Am. VERY. Happy. For. You. Cataclysm.]]

In the 32nd century, Antagony rose to become one of the elite [[Herald of Shokaract|Heralds of Shokaract]]. Ambitious and coveting the title of [[Herald Maximo]], Antagony quickly forged a mutual hatred with her rival for the position, [[Cataclysm (BW)|Cataclysm]]. Their private feuding nearly went public during the all-important [[Horus Campaign]]. [[Horus]] was an immensely powerful warlord and self-proclaimed god who drew limitless power from the sun itself, and opposed Shokaract's expansion. Whereas Antagony committed her forces to an elaborate diversion in order to get in close and battle Horus face-to-face, Cataclysm simply blew up the sun. With his power source gone, Horus quickly fell before Antagony, but her personal victory was stolen from her, as Shokaract gave credit to both her and Cataclysm for the win. Antagony and Cataclysm continued their vendetta, with Antagony scoring several minor victories. First, she arranged for Cataclysm's favored [[Cub|fission-brother]] to be given a nearly impossible assassination before he could prove his worth as a potential Herald. She also exposed Cataclysm's fear of time travel, thus securing a prized mission for herself. {{storylink|Herald, Covenant, Schism, Paradox|Herald}}

Traveling back in time, Antagony was seeking to preserve the [[Dark Essence]]. The Maximals [[Packrat]] and [[Onyx Primal]] managed to temporarily divert her attention towards [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], but Megatron in turn painted the incoming [[Optimus Primal]] as his ally, leading Antagony to attack him. She was damaged in battle with Primal, and fell at Megatron's feet. She briefly attempted to take [[Waspinator]] hostage in order to make Megatron back off, and it surprisingly worked for a few moments...but then a stray cloud of dust made her sneeze and blow Wazzzzpinator's head clean off. This last energy discharge consumed what was left of her energy, and she went into [[stasis lock]]. {{storylink|Visitations}}

[[Image:Antagony megatron.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Antagony didn't last too long.]]

Megatron spent long hours in his torture chamber attempting to break Antagony and uncover her secrets. When conventional methods failed, he turned towards one of [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]]'s favorite toys—a [[mind-drill]] that employed invasive nano-probes. Antagony ultimately succumbed to the nano-invasion, but a failsafe device built into her skull by Shokaract utterly destroyed her mind before Megatron could retrieve any useful information. {{storylink|Herald, Covenant, Schism, Paradox|Herald}}

Antagony continued to serve Shokaract even after death. Once Shokaract himself traveled back in time to [[Point Omega]] in order to protect the Dark Essence, he was assaulted by the united Beast Warriors and [[Covenant]]. To clear away the distractions, Shokaract recreated Antagony and Cataclysm to attend his will. Both eventually perished in battle, Antagony at the hands of Leonicus and Ariex. {{storylink|Terminus (issue)|Terminus}}
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===IDW comics continuity===
[[Image:BWAscending4 Antagony capsule.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Everybody wants to feel the eye boobies.]]
Antagony was not an agent of [[Shokaract]] from the future as she believes at all, but in reality was an experimental creation of the [[Vok]] sent through various realities by those enigmatic aliens to cause trouble and test the limits of the Cybertronian organism. {{storylink|Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook #1}}

Meanwhile, Antagony '''''is''''' a Herald of Shokaract and ultimately, [[Unicron]]. When the vessel for Unicron's return engaged the Maximals in battle, Antagony and the other Heralds distributed [[Angolmois]] energy capsules amongst Cybertron's population in an effort to sow dissent and chaos. The Heralds were defeated and ultimately fled when [[Magmatron]] pulled Shokaract into limbo and convinced him to destroy himself to prevent Unicron's victory. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 4|The Ascending #4}}
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===''Timelines''===
A statue of Antagony was kept in the [[Cybertropolis Maximal Data Archive]]. {{storylink|Theft of the Golden Disk}}

==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
*'''Antagony''' (Mega, 1998)
**''Accessories:'' Mandible claw, missile launcher, 2 leg-segment missiles

: Antagony is a black and lavender [[redeco]] of the Predacon ant [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]], one of two exclusive toys from the [[BotCon 1998]] convention in Anaheim, California. Her beast-mode mandibles conceal a missile launcher weapon, plus her abdomen splits open to form spinning blades surrounding a quad-jet thruster. Only 600 pieces were made of her and [[Vice Grip]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1998/Predacon/Antagony/antagony.htm More information on Antagony at TFU.info]''

==External links==
*[http://www.botcon.com/archive/story/1999/index.html Reaching the Omega Point story at BotCon.com]

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Tigatron (BW)

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{{disambig2|the ''Beast Wars'' character|the ''Go-Bots'' character|Tigertron}}

:''Tigatron is a [[Maximal]] from the [[Beast Wars (franchise)|Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]]. He was previously designated '''Unit 2'''.''

[[Image:Tigatron-takaraprofile.jpg|right|300px|thumb|I must kill you... because God told me to!]]
Damage to his stasis pod upon crashing to [[Earth]] caused [[Tigatron]] to emerge far more tiger than robot. A loner who is more connected to the Earth than any other Beast Warrior, he enjoys the planet's natural beauty and is often concerned about the damage that the Transformers' battle is doing to it. Scout, infiltrator, and sometimes programming guru, Tigatron has filled a variety of roles for the Maximals.

{{bigquote|We were given a paradise! All we had to do was live there in peace. But we proved unworthy... and the paradise is no more.|Tigatron|"[[The Trigger, Part 2]]"}}

==Fiction==
===First wave toy bio===
A powerful and fearless warrior, Optimus Primal appointed Tigatron to patrol the nothern polar sector, where he roams in his beast mode. When he encounters Predacon activity, he is capable of transforming rapidly and reconfiguring his titanium tail into a powerful quasar cannon, which he then uses to vaporize his enemies! Additionally, he sports a toxic fluid blaster, which renders anybody struck by it completely useless. {{storylink|Tigatron#Toys|Tigatron bio}}
{{note|The on-package [[Bio|bios]] of the first wave of Beast Wars toys predate the development of the ''Beast Wars'' cartoon and its backstory. They seem to present the characters as a direct continuation of the previous Autobot/Decepticon conflict, with Optimus Primal actually being a new form of Optimus Prime and Megatron being his Generation 1 counterpart, and their battles taking place on present-day, [[human]]-inhabited Earth, rather than in the distant past. Once the cartoon launched, the toyline adjusted itself to match that continuity instead, relegating this one to an aborted [[micro-continuity]].}}

===Cartoon continuity===
====Dawn of Future's Past====
[[Image:Tigatrondawn.jpg|left|250px|thumb|He wasn't even supposed to be here today!]]
Tigatron was once known as Unit 2, part of the [[Maximal Command Security Force]] which protected the fragile peace that existed on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in the centuries following the [[Pax Cybertronia]]. One of the Security Force's elite troops, Unit 2 was often put in charge of guarding important Maximal artifacts, a job that often required his amazing prowess at tracking. Despite his strong command of this environment, Unit 2 wondered if his destiny and place were elsewhere.

When the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]] was stolen by a band of rogue [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]], Unit 2 responded along with Unit 1, [[Nitrostreak]]. After Nitrostreak was incapacitated, Unit 2 attempted to follow the ''[[Darksyde]]'' by commandeering the ''[[Chromia 10]]'', pursuing along with [[Airazor (BW)|its pilot]]. During the ensuing firefight with a [[Buzzsaw and Laserbeak's ship|second Predacon vessel]], their ship was badly damaged. [[Optimus Primal]] had their [[spark]]s remotely [[spark core transfer|uploaded]] to [[blank]] [[protoform]]s in the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'''s cargo hold, which saved their lives, but severely damaged their core mainframes. {{storylink|Dawn of Future's Past}}

{{note|This story is a [[retcon]], as Tigatron was originally treated as a newborn protoform in the ''Beast Wars'' animated series. Instead, here he is revealed to have been a Maximal who existed previously on Cybertron but ended up on the ''Axalon'' in a stasis pod, damaged to the point of not remembering any of his past.}}
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====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Blu Mankuma]] (English), [[Kōichi Tōchika]] (Japanese), [[Armando Tiraboschi]] (Portuguese), [[Alvaro Tarcicio]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Luis Marín]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Marco Balzarotti]] (Italian), [[Henry König]] (German)

[[Image:Tigatron1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|This is a land of peace, and I will kill anyone who says otherwise!]]
Tigatron's [[stasis pod]] was the first to fall onto the mysterious world which would later be revealed as prehistory [[Earth]]. Born in the far, frozen north, heavily damaged in his memory circuits and unable to remember friend from foe, Tigatron took to his beast mode. He patiently watched the Predacon and Maximal forces duke it out over the empty stasis pod, finally realising that he was a Maximal when [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] threatened him and the white tiger he had scanned. Transforming, he quickly dispatched the Predacons, but told [[Optimus Primal]] that he preferred to remain in the wilds. {{storylink|Fallen Comrades}}

From the northern territories, he would send weekly updates to the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' through communication towers. {{storylink|The Trigger, Part 1}} He teamed up with Primal to investigate why [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] was buzzing around in Maximal territory, and was able to track the Predacon back to a cave where [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] were attempting to use a [[sonic emitter]] to break into the Maximal base. After he stole the device, it exploded, and Tigatron rejoined the other Maximals to mourn [[Rattrap]], who had apparently died trying to disarm [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]] (only he hadn't died). {{storylink|A Better Mousetrap}}

When a [[temporal probe]] sent by the [[Maximal High Council]] neared the planet, Tigatron defended the Maximals while they tried to build a transmission tower on Predacon soil. He became the first victim of [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]]'s [[transformation lock lens]] and ended up in a cage next to [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] in the Predacon base. Cheetor fouled up and clued Megatron in as to what was going on, but Tigatron led an escape, and the pair were able to destroy Tarantulas's weapon, though too late to contact the probe. {{storylink|The Probe}}

[[Image:TheSpark Tigatron beast mode.jpg|thumb|left|200px|White Tiger-Ranger Power.]]
Tigatron returned to the ''Axalon'' when the Maximals were preparing to leave the planet, remarking that it felt strange to be inside an artificial structure. After it turned out that the Predacons weren't as dead as had been thought, Tigatron attempted to leave to help Primal and Cheetor rescue [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]], but was told to sit down by [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]]. No sooner was takeoff underway than the ship was damaged by Megatron and crashed once again. {{storylink|Victory (episode)|Victory}} Alerted to the landing of another stasis pod, Tigatron headed for it, only to run into [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]]. He was swiftly able to freeze the scorpion, only to be taken out by Blackarachnia's [[cyber venom]]. He was later around in the ''Axalon'' to welcome [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] to the team. {{storylink|The Spark}}

[[Image:Airazortigatrontrigger.jpg|right|220px|thumb|A cat and bird fall for each other. Love is truly blind.]]
It was during one of his weekly reports that Tigatron was attacked by Terrorsaur and Waspinator and found himself on a strange [[Brigadoon|flying island]]. He explored the natural beauty of the island and believed this area, with its powerful death ray and many horrible death-traps, to be a land of peace. When Scorponok and Blackarachnia arrived on the island and shot down Airazor, Tigatron used one of Scorponok's [[cyberbee]]s to send a warning message back to base. {{storylink|The Trigger, Part 1}} The duo received reinforcements in the form of Optimus and Rattrap, and they attempted to beat the Predacons to the obelisk in the center of the island. They failed, and to Tigatron's distress, he was forced to destroy the island's power source after Blackarachnia took control of it. The island crashed, leaving Tigatron with profound regret. {{storylink|The Trigger, Part 2}}

Tigatron was the first Maximal to spot [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]]'s stasis pod crashing, but was prevented from getting there by Waspinator. Airazor lent a hand, and he sent her ahead to secure the pod, but arrived to find she'd failed—the new protoform was a Predacon, and Tarantulas had made off with the empty pod. Tigatron pursued Tarantulas and managed to destroy the pod so that the Predacons couldn't learn anything from it, before he was attacked in retaliation by the Predacons. He would almost certainly have been destroyed if it wasn't for the timely arrival of Optimus and Airazor. {{storylink|Spider's Game}}

[[Image:CalloftheWild Tigatron face.jpg|thumb|left|250px|I can haz robot moed?]]
Being more at home with his beast mode than his robot mode, he was invaluable help when the Maximals were left stuck in beast mode and overpowered by animal instincts. He helped them learn to work with these instincts instead of struggling for dominance. {{storylink|Call of the Wild}} After a group of the Maximals went missing, Tigatron and Primal hunted for them. Tigatron eventually heard their weapons fire and was able to alert Optimus. It turned out that the four Maximals had become blinded by an energon explosion and had been making their way back to base. {{storylink|Dark Voyage}}

After the other Maximals were expelled from their base by the Predacons with the aid of a [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]-possessed Waspinator, Airazor alerted Tigatron. Tigatron joined the other Maximals in a ploy to take back their base, which apparently involved helping Starscream to mount an assault on the ''[[Darksyde]]''. {{storylink|Possession}} He also helped provide reinforcements for Dinobot and Rattrap, as the pair tried to find a cure for the [[energon discharge virus]] Rhinox with which had been afflicted. {{storylink|The Low Road}}

[[Image:Law of the Jungle Tigatron.jpg|thumb|right|240px|KKHHAAAAAANNNNNN!!!]]
While providing aid for Cheetor and Dinobot, Tigatron easily trounced Waspinator and Inferno, but a stray shot from his weapon caused an avalanche, killing his tiger friend [[Snowstalker]]. Anguished, Tigatron quit the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]], refusing to fight any longer, despite several of the Maximals trying to persuade him otherwise. In the end, it was the Predacons' act of taking out Dinobot and Primal which made Tigatron realise that he had to do everything he could to protect the land. {{storylink|Law of the Jungle}}

Not much later, Tigatron was the first to detect a pulsing alien energy source. When Megatron initiated a somewhat suspicious truce shortly afterward, [[Optimus Primal]] ordered a covert infiltration of the Predacon base. [[Rattrap]] and [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] made enough of a distraction to allow Tigatron inside the [[Darksyde|Predacon base]].

Inside, he hacked his way into the ship's computer systems and found out what had Megatron so worried: The [[Vok]] were coming back, and they weren't happy. {{storylink|Before the Storm}} Tigatron returned to the ''Axalon'' to monitor the alien [[Planet Buster]] which threatened the world. He and the other Maximals were saved when Optimus Primal destroyed the weapon. {{storylink|Other Voices, Part 2}} He and Airazor somehow escaped being [[Transmetal]]ized by the [[quantum surge]], but were knocked offline by Megatron while they were trying to recapture Blackarachnia. {{storylink|Aftermath}} After repairs, they left the base to search the planet for the stasis pods which had been knocked out of orbit by the explosion. {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)}}

[[Image:Other Visits 1 Tigatron plant.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
Tigatron and Airazor formed a very powerful relationship during this time. Unfortunately, before they could discover any still-functional pods, they found a valley untouched by the Planet Buster which also contained alien technology. The pair were soon abducted by a [[Metal Hunter|bizarre alien plant]]. {{storylink|Other Visits (Part 1)}}

[[Image:OtherVictories BirthofTigerhawk.jpg|right|thumb|300px|And baby makes three!]]

The two were not seen again until much later, when their inert bodies were revealed to be the captives of the Vok, floating somewhere in a deep-space nebula. The Vok removed their sparks from their bodies, created a third spark, and then fused the new spark and the bodies into the awesomely powerful [[Vok]] emissary [[Tigerhawk]]. Tigerhawk was sent to Earth, while the sparks of Airazor and Tigatron followed behind. Reaching Earth, their sparks entered a comatose Cheetor, giving him a vision of Airazor and Tigatron's bodies, their sparks becoming one. But when the Vok interrupted the vision, Cheetor woke up screaming. He thought it was just a dream until he saw the combined Tigatron/Airazor spark floating before him. The combined spark led Cheetor to [[Tarantulas's lair]], where Tarantulas was attempting to steal Tigerhawk's Vok powers for himself. Ultimately, the Vok were expelled into Tarantulas's body, killing him, which left Tigerhawk's body open for Tigatron/Airazor's spark to inhabit. {{storylink|Other Victories}}
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====The Razor's Edge====
After [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] was reborn on [[Earth]], Tigatron rushed out to assist the Maximals against the Predacons during a plot to launch an orbital weapon. The launching pad was destroyed by Airazor just as Tigatron arrived. {{storylink|The Razor's Edge}}

====''Beast Wars Diorama Story''====
{{note|This fiction takes place shortly after the events of ''[[Possession]]''.}}

Tigatron eventually met up with several [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s from [[Transformers (2007)|another dimension]]. A battle broke out between the Maximals, Predacons, Autobots and Decepticons and Tigatron found himself pitted against [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]. Starscream attempted to get the drop on him from the high ground, but Tigatron managed to blast the Decepticon square in the face. [[Optimus Primal]] and [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] then teamed up to take down the Decepticon for good. The battle resolved, the other-dimensional Transformers returned to their place of origin and the Beast Wars continued as they were. {{storylink|Beast Wars Diorama Story}}

====''Universe: Featuring the Wreckers''====
[[Image:PrimevalDawn2-TigatronSpittor.jpg|left|250px|thumb|That's an impressive transformation there, Tigatron.]]
Tigatron and Airazor's sparks were sent back to Earth by the [[Vok]] sometime after [[Tigerhawk]]'s destruction. Tigatron's spark took possession of [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]'s former body at the bottom of a lake. Joining Transmetal Airazor and a newly created [[Primal Prime]], {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 1}} Tigatron scoured the planet for abandoned [[stasis pod]]s. He awoke [[Ramulus]] from his pod, but [[Spittor (BW)|Spittor]] had already been reprogrammed into a Predacon by the time they reached him. Spittor had joined a reborn [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] and the recently created [[Iguanus (BW)|Iguanus]] and [[Razorclaw (BW)|Razorclaw]], and so the two groups battled. As Tigatron attempted to confront Spittor, Airazor knocked Spittor away, as she noted that the Predacon was covered in lethal poison. While they were occupied, [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]], who was resurrected with the power of the Vok at his command, battled Primal Prime and ripped the [[Matrix of Leadership]] from his chest. {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 2}}

[[Image:Primal Prime Vok.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Then Airazor dies or something, yadda yadda yadda...]]

Primal Prime, traumatized by the separation, was reduced to a coma, so as the Predacons returned to Tarantulas's lair with their prize, Tigatron and the others retreated with their leader's body to the Ark. Tigatron and Airazor left Ramulus to commune with the Vok on their own, but could not successfully contact them. Further more, Tigatron was worried about Airazor, who seemed to have incurred long-term wounds from the battle with Ravage's Predacons. Their concerns were interrupted by an attack on the Ark, orchestrated by Ravage. However, Ramulus had apparently fled for reasons unknown, leaving Tigatron and Airazor alone against their attackers. Or not, as Primal Prime suddenly appeared behind them, possessed and rejuvenated by the Vok! {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 3}}

{{note|[[3H Productions|3H]] folded before the "Primeval Dawn" story could be finished, so the exact story of how Tigatron came to join the [[Wrecker|Wreckers]] is unknown. It seems likely, though, based on the needs of later stories and comments by the writers, that Tarantulas was defeated, the Matrix was restored to Optimus Prime's body, and Primal Prime, Tigatron, Spittor, Ramulus, and also [[Sonar (BW)|Sonar]], [[Packrat]], [[Fractyl]], and Waspinator returned to Cybertron in the transwarp portal that Tarantulas had been building. Airazor's fate is unknown.}}

[[Image:Departure-TigatronmeltsQuake.jpg|left|thumb|300px|What was that up above, uh, about your "personal code prohibiting lethal force"?]]

Tigatron, Primal Prime, and others arrived on Cybertron during Megatron's anti-biological reign and joined [[Apelinq]]'s Wreckers. The Wreckers and various other teams which persisted on the planet met with the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]], which assigned each of them a task. When Optimus Primal objected, saying that with all these soldiers, Megatron could be defeated easily, the Oracle swept him away and cleansed his memory of the recent events. Tigatron vehemently objected to this treatment of his former commander. A set of coordinates was infused into Primal Prime's head by the Oracle. When arriving at an Autobot shuttle, which was to ferry the Wreckers to those coordinates, Tigatron felt that something was amiss. It was then that the Vehicon generals [[Spy Streak]], [[Scavenger (BM)|Scavenger]], [[Quake (G1)|Quake]] and [[Blastcharge (BM)|Blastcharge]] attacked. Tigatron used his Nature's Fury attack, utterly destroying Quake. {{storylink|Departure}}

During the ride in the Autobot shuttle, Tigatron meditated, recovering from using his powers against Quake. Ramulus knocked at the door of his chambers to alert him to their arrival on [[Archa Nine]], and Tigatron sensed that danger awaited the Wreckers. As half their group left to scout the planet, Tigatron stayed behind with the remainder to repair their damaged shuttle. Tigatron's feelings of dread turned out to be correct; [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] betrayed them all and stole the artifact the Wreckers were after, the [[Divine Light]]. {{storylink|Betrayal}} Apelinq had begun to lose what little faith he had in the mission, but Tigatron assured him that they must quickly mourn their fallen, soldier on, and accept their divine charge.

The Oracle led the Wreckers next to a desolate ice planet, where they found the exiled [[Quintesson]] scientist [[Al-Badur]]. Tigatron, meanwhile, had stayed behind with a few others on board the shuttle, where they faced an army of [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticon]]s and defeated them easily. {{storylink|Disclosure}}

[[Image:Chromutated.jpg|right|thumb|300px|I'm not sure what's going on here, but it looks f@#$ing AWESOME.]]

{{note|In the unpublished [[Wreckers: Finale Part I|Wreckers #4]], Tigatron and the others learned that the Quintessons had invaded Cybertron and that [[Cryotek (RID)|Cryotek]] was taking this opportunity to use the Divine Light to assume the powers of [[Primus]]. Tigatron rejected this idea, stating that the Vok would never allow it. The Wreckers hurried back to Cybertron, and Primal Prime took Tigatron, Ramulus, and Apelinq with him to the surface below to find and stop Cryotek.}}

Tigatron was taken aback by the beauty of the newly [[technorganic]] Cybertron, but he didn't get a chance to enjoy it before the Wreckers plunged into battle. Unfortunately, at the planet's core, things went wrong for them almost immediately. Cryotek had already used the Divine Light to mutate himself into a larger, more impressive version of himself, and with one blast, he had destroyed both Apelinq and Primal Prime. Before Tigatron and the others could be next, thankfully, Primus himself intervened and brought back Apelinq and Primal Prime as a single new entity, [[Sentinel Maximus]]!

As amazing as this was, it didn't take long for Cryotek to shrug it off, and soon Tigatron and the others were fighting not only Cryotek and his loyal servant and former Wrecker, Cyclonus, but also his pet [[Deployer (BM)|Deployer]], [[Chro]], who was also mutated to enormous size. Ramulus wondered why Tigatron did not simply unleash his Vok powers on their foes. Tigatron responded that doing such takes an incredible amount of focus and willpower, lest he tear himself and everything around him apart, and the moment did not lend itself to such.

Soon the Wreckers met up with the native Cybertronian counterforce, led by [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]. Though the two were happy to reunite, Tigatron was surprised to hear the matured Cheetor give him orders. Tigatron next found [[Rotorbolt (Universe)|Rotorbolt]] with the mangled body of his fellow Predacon, Fractyl, who was still on life support from an earlier part of their journey. Tigatron feared Rotorbolt was going to euthanize the geometrist, and so he offered to use his Vok powers to restore him. The Vok warned him that this would extinguish the last of his connection to them, but still Tigatron proceeded.

Tigatron also met up with [[Rattrap]], [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]], and [[Botanica (BM)|Botanica]], and after avoiding the question of the fate of Airazor, learned that Al-Badur had led the Wreckers and Cryotek to a long-forgotten Quintesson sentencing chamber. The Quintesson, attempting to 'port Cryotek away, locked both the Predacon and Sentinel Maximus in a containment field that threatened to suck them away into a dimension of nothingness. Tigatron and the others tried to free Sentinel Maximus with their various weapons, but had no luck. Though Cheetor and Rodimus tried to use their [[Matrix Templar]] powers to avert disaster, Sentinel Maximus ultimately sacrificed himself and Cryotek to the portal. Rodimus, who had suffered great wounds during his fight with Cyclonus, died shortly after due to these further exertions. Fractyl begged Tigatron to use his powers to save Rodimus as well, but Tigatron could not, as the Vok had since left him. Despite these losses, the Wreckers were victorious and Cybertron was saved. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}

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====IDW Comics====
After Tigerhawk's body was destroyed, the two sparks contained within split, regaining their individuality. The Vok gave Tigatron a new transmetal body. {{storylink|Beast Wars Sourcebook}}
{{note|The Beast Wars Sourcebook alludes to events in which Tigatron participates, within the IDW version of the Beast Era timeline, being similar to events in the 3H comics. Many elements from both timelines are incompatible, meaning that although roughly analogous to each other, these events are likely not exactly the same in the two timelines.}}
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===''Beast Wars Metals'' comic===
[[Image:Blackarach24.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Let's hope Airazor doesn't find out about this.]]
Following the [[Quantum surge]], Tigatron was separated from the other [[Maximal|Maximals]] and left stranded somewhere on [[Earth|Energoa]]. Following [[Optimus Primal]]'s rebirth and escape from [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] was left to ponder sadly where her "Tigatron-sama" was. Elsewhere on Energoa, Tigatron could be seen staring poetically at the [[Moon (moon)|moon]]. {{storylink|Raise the Curtain for Beast Wars Metals!!}}

At one point later, he was forced to do battle with the [[spark]]-less body of his beloved Airazor. Not wishing to harm her, he willingly let the evil Airazor take the opportunity to decapitate him. Just as evil Airazor began to strike, the spark of the ''real'' Airazor entered his body. In cyberspace, the two embraced each other and vowed never to be apart again. Their sparks then merged, resulting in the all-powerful [[Tigerhawk]].

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===''Device Label'' bio===
During the [[Great War]], Tigatron was an [[Autobot]] who worked with [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], transforming into a USB drive to search the Internet for clues to [[Energon (fuel)|Energon]], under the command of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]].

==Games==
===''Transformers Beast Wars: Transmetals'' video game===
{{note|This game takes place in an alternate version of the second season of the ''[[Beast Wars (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' cartoon.}}
[[Image:N64Tigatron.jpg|200px|thumb|Tigatron's been dunked in bleach.]]
{{Note|Tigatron is a hidden character in the ''Beast Wars Transmetals'' video game. In the N64 version of the game, his character model is a palette-swapped version of Transmetal Cheetor's body. In the Playstation version, the model was remeshed to resemble Tigatron's non-Transmetal appearance.}}

:''Voice actor:'' [[Martin Roach]] (English), ??? (Japanese)
After helping the Maximals defeat Megatron’s Predacons forces once and for all, Tigatron decided that he, along with Airazor, would remain on prehistoric Earth, despite their comrades’ urgings to join them on their journey back to Cybertron. Together, they remained on what they felt was their was their true place for the centuries to come. Someday, they plan to return to Cybertron, as visitors from a distant world almost forgotten... {{storylink|Transformers Beast Wars: Transmetals}}

{{note|Each character possessed an alternate ending, displayed if the N64 version of the game was beaten with said character. Each character has only their own ending listed on their respective page. See the other characters' pages for Tigatron's fate in those outcomes.}}
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==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
[[Image:Tigatron-HasbroToy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Surprisingly not a case of yellowing.]]
*'''Tigatron''' (Deluxe, 1996/1997)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-8'''
**''Accessories'': Tail-gun, water-shooting gun

: Part of the third wave of [[Hasbro]] ''[[Beast Wars (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' Deluxes, the original Tigatron toy is a [[redeco]] of the original [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] toy in cream, silver, and green, transforming into a fairly generic big cat in shape. His robot-mode parts color layout is notably different from Cheetor's. In robot mode, he is armed with a rifle made out of his hindquarters and tail, along with a second [[Water-squirting gimmick|water-squirting]] "gut gun" formed out of his stomach. This cannon is usable in both modes, but in beast mode, it's awkward and just plain weird. As with most early ''Beast Wars'' toys, he features a "[[mutant head]]" that replaces his face.

[[Image:Tigatronbwtakara.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Over time, this will [[photodegradation|yellow]] and become the Hasbro version.]]
: The [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] version was released a year later, in a more [[Show-accuracy|show-accurate]] bright white color, with his [[Paint operation|paint applications]] directly copied from Cheetor's layouts just as the show model had done. This version also has a slight [[Retool|mold tweak]] to keep the beast head pointed forward.

: This mold was also used to make [[Shadow Panther]] and [[Ravage (G1)/toys|Tripredacus Agent]]. It was slated to be used for ''[[Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Nightprowler]], but that toy set was canceled.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1996/Maximal/Tigatron/tigatron.htm More information on Tigatron at TFU.info]

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[[Image:VS8-TigatronBlackarachnia.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Let's hope neither Airazor nor Silverbolt find out about this...]]
*'''Deep Forest Showdown: Tigatron VS Blackwidow''' (VS set, 1997)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''VS-8'''
**''Accessories'': Tail-gun, water-shooting gun

: In Japan, Tigatron was available both individually and in a two-pack with the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]. Both toys are identical to their individual Japanese releases.

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[[Image:BWtoy-TigatronTransmetal.jpg|right|300px|thumb|He flashes you to death.]]
*'''Tigatron''' (Deluxe, 2001)
**''Accessories'': Tail-whip, left & right pistol barrels

: A [[BotCon 2001]] [[exclusive]], [[Transmetal]] Tigatron is a redeco of ''[[Beast Wars Metals]]'' [[Ravage (G1)/toys#Metals|Ravage]], which is itself a [[retool]] of Transmetal [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]. He transforms into a mechanical cat with flip-out thruster-wings. His robot-mode arms have spring-loaded flip-out blaster grips, which also have barrel extensions that can be clipped to his legs in beast mode. His tail separates to become a whip weapon, but he doesn't hold it very well. His chest panels open up to reveal a decal; he also came with an extra decal sheet to display other options within his chest, plus Maximal and [[Wrecker]]s [[insignia|faction symbol]] decals for extra customization. Both he and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] were limited to 1200 pieces.

: The original version of this mold was slightly retooled to make ''[[Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' [[Cheetor (Armada)|Cheetor]]. It was also used as the model for the non-toy character [[Cataclysm (BW)|Cataclysm]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Maximal/Tigatron/tigatron.htm More information on Transmetal Tigatron on TFU.info]''

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===Timelines===
[[Image:Unit2-toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|In recognition of his bravery in the field, Unit 2 was granted the MCSF's highest honor, Really Bitchin' Upholstery.]]
*'''Unit 2 (Tigatron)''' (Scout, 2006)
**''Accessories'': Engine-blaster, left & right side-pipes, Maximal Golden Disk Key

: A retooling of the ''[[Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Clocker (Cybertron)|Clocker]] toy using [[Cheetor (BW)/toys|"Axalon Cheetor"'s new headsculpt]], "Unit 2" transforms into an open-topped Cybertronic sports car. Due to painted whiskers on his robot mode face that resemble a [[human]] mustache, Unit 2 is one of a small percentage of Transformers who feature [[facial hair]]. His rear engine assembly reveals a pair of spring-loaded flip-out guns when a [[Cyber Planet Key]]/[[Golden Disc Key]] is placed in it. This assembly becomes a hand-held blaster in robot mode. His side-pipes can also be removed and used as hand-weapons.

: This toy was an "attendance [[exclusive]]" for [[BotCon 2006]], available only to pre-registrants who actually ''showed up'' for the convention.

: The original version of this mold was also used to make ''Cybertron'' [[Swerve (Cybertron)|Swerve]], [[Movie (toyline)|movie-verse]] [[Clocker (Movie)|Clocker]], and was the basis for many non-toy members of the [[Maximal Command Security Force]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Maximal/BCTigatron/tigatron.htm More information on "Unit 2" at TFU.info]''

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===Beast Wars Telemocha Series===
[[Image:BWTelemochaTigatron.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Definitely had his caffeine this morning.]]
*'''Tigatron''' (Deluxe, 2007)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''TM-11'''
**''Accessories'': Tail-gun, water-shooting gun

: The [[#Dx1|original Tigatron toy]] was given an ''extensive'' redeco using a ridiculous number of [[paint operation]]s for his ''[[Beast Wars Telemocha Series]]'' release. He retains all of the [[gimmick]]s of the original version as well.

:Included in the set is a DVD of Tigatron's debut episode, "[[Fallen Comrades|Solitary Warrior Tigatron]]".

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===Device Label===
*'''Tigatron''' (Device Label, 2009)
[[Image:Device Label Tigatron.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Despite appearances, he is NOT [[Ravage (SG)|waving]].]]
:''[[Device Label]]'' Tigatron transforms from a working USB 2 gigabyte thumb drive into a white mechanoid tiger.

[[Image:DeviceLabeltoy-Tigatrondesktop.jpg|left|thumb|300px|You can name him anything you want.]]

:Stored on the USB drive is an installable program called "Transformers Desktop Defender". When the Tigatron device is plugged in, a Tigatron avatar appears on the screen, transforming from thumb drive to jaguar mode as the program is activated. The program's setup allows you to rename your jaguar to anything you desire, alter the avatar's movement speed and his personality, decide whether he eats your desktop icons, and view his function, mission, and [[tech spec]] numbers. Whether he appears as Ravage or Tigatron can be selected as well.

:This mold was also used to make ''Device Label'' [[Ravage (G1)/toys|Ravage]] and [[Cheetor (BW)/toys|Cheetor]], which came preloaded with the same program (although the Cheetor version can also display the avatar as Cheetor, naturally).

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Cybertron/Tigatron/tigatron.htm More information on Device Label Tigatron at TFU.info]''
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==Merchandise==
[[Image:Tigatronmutatingcard.jpg|thumb|300px|right]]
* '''Beast Wars Transformers Mutating Card Game''' (1997)
:Tigatron was one of the 24 beast warriors to receive a battle card representation for the Beast Wars [[Beast Wars Transformers Mutating Card Game|card game]].
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===Robot Heroes===
*'''Tigatron vs Inferno''' (2-pack, 2009)

[[Image:Robotheroesinfernotigatron.jpg|300px|thumb|right|It's Johnny the tackling Alzheimer's patient! "WWHO AM IIIIIiiiii?!" *fwump*]]
:Part of the fifth wave of ''[[Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' ''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'', Tigatron is a [[redeco]] of ''Robot Heroes'' Cheetor. He is painted in the original American toy's colors (being mostly pale yellow, with a silver face), and like Cheetor has articulation at the shoulders and neck. He comes packaged with [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]].

:The US release of this two-pack has been cancelled, but it has been found in Australasia (Hong Kong and Australia) and European (UK, Germany and Russia) markets.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Maximal/RHTigatron/tigatron.htm More information on Tigatron at TFU.info]''

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==Notes==
[[Image:BWRConcept07.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Tigatron's control art. Note the extensive retooling from Cheetor that never happened.]]
[[Image:Tigatron-orangetoy.jpg|right|150px|thumb|C-L-E-M-S-OH CRAP!]]
[[Image:Tigatron-packageart.jpg|right|150px|thumb|He's armed with a cryo-freeze beam and a deadly raspberry-blowing tongue.]]
* The original concept art for Tigatron, shown in the "[[Beast Wars Reborn Golden Disc]]", shows that he was originally intended to be a [[Retool|retooling]] of the mold, rather than a simple [[redeco]], changing his beast-mode head and a lot of his robot-mode parts (yet not the face), as well as giving him some kind of horrible tumor gun. Obviously, this didn't happen.

* The Tigatron shown at Toy Fair in 1996 was cast in orange plastic instead of cream-colored, giving him a more "traditional" tiger look. The change to a "white" tiger has so far been unexplained.

* Tigatron's beast mode may well have been female. His template animal was female, and while wild felines have size differences between males and females Tigatron and Snowstalker were shown as being the same size; indeed, they were for all intents and purposes identical, such that [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] thought Snowstalker ''was'' Tigatron. (Though to be fair, Waspinator is not the brightest crayon in the box.)

* In the Japanese dub of ''Beast Wars'', for the sake of humor, Tigatron was played as a "samurai" ronin. Additionally, since [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] was made male in the Japanese dub, "he" was presented as Tigatron's ward whom he looked to as a "brother" (hence the close bond)... but this did not prevent the "wacky" dubbing from broadly hinting at homosexuality between the two, especially after the events of "[[Other Visits (Part 1)|Other Visits]]".

* An unused idea by [[Larry DiTillio]] was that the Vok ceased trying to destroy Earth because contact with Tigatron (after his abduction) made them question the morality of the tactic. <ref>http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~sstoneb/tf/tidbits/vok.txt Translation of relevant text from the book ''[[Beast Wars Universe]]''</ref>

* Tigatron's role in the ''Beast Wars'' cartoon was originally intended for [[Wolfang (Maximal)|Wolfang]].<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/browse_frm/thread/9c79c4226fc6dd28/30c3cdf158ea6e52?lnk=st&q=bob+forward+beast+wars+tigatron+wolfang&rnum=1#30c3cdf158ea6e52 alt.toys.transformers]. The change was also discussed in the commentary track on one of the ''Beast Wars'' DVD releases.</ref>

* Tigatron's [[package art]] is one of a handful that features the toy's mutant head instead of the regular robot head, to rather hilarious effect.

*He has a [[Five Servos of Doom|stadium named after him]].

* Cheetor and Tigatron are the only characters in ''[[Beast Wars (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' who are definitely [[Scale|in the correct scale]] to the lifeforms they adopted as beast modes, as each is seen nearby real versions of the animals they mimic.

* Tigatron is one of only a few characters to receive multiple BotCon exclusive toys, sharing the distinction with [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]], [[Double Punch]], [[Apelinq]] and Shattered Glass Megatron/Galvatron. Unique among the five, neither of his BotCon toys is a straight [[redeco]] of a toy that saw mass release in American markets.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Tigatron''' (タイガトロン ''Taigatoron'')<ref>Tigatron's Japanese name was rendered as '''Tigertron''' on [http://www18.tok2.com/home/jackhama/transformers/bwtcard_1/img/006.jpg Trading card a trading card]. Both English spellings are possible Romanizations of the katakana.</ref>
*''Mandarin:'' '''Lǎo-hǔ''' (Taiwan, 老虎, "Tiger"), '''Bái Hǔ''' (Taiwan, 白虎, "White Tiger")
*''Polish:'' '''Tygrytron'''
*''Portuguse:'' '''Tigertron''' (Brazil)
*''Spanish:'' '''Tigretron'''

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.botcon.com/archive/story/characters/tigatron.html Tigatron's profile at BotCon.com]

[[Category:Beast Wars Maximals]]
[[category:Beast Wars Telemocha Series]]
[[Category:Convention exclusives]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Reconnaissance specialists]]
[[Category:Robot Heroes]]
[[Category:Security officers]]
[[Category:Timelines characters]]
[[Category:Transformers with three modes]]
[[Category:Transmetals]]
[[Category:Wreckers]]

Decepticon Air

2011-08-26T20:54:14Z

147.140.233.16: Undo revision 628777 by Megatron150 (Talk)

{{episode|
|series=Anitoon
|series2=AniJapan
|image=TFAni Decepticon Air Decepticons Freed.jpg
|caption=So which one of them is [[John Malkovich]]?
|ep=39
|ep2=36
|prev2=Human Error, Part II
|next2=This Is Why I Hate Machines
|title="Decepticon Air"
|airdate=[[May 2]], 2009
|written by=[[Michael Ryan]]
|directed by=[[Kalvin Lee]]<br>[[Shigeharu Takahashi]]
|animation studio=[[Mook]]
|continuity=[[Animated cartoon continuity]]}}

'''The Decepticons aboard the Elite Guard ship decide to take down the Autobots that turned them in.'''

==Synopsis==
On [[Earth]], [[Isaac Sumdac|Professor Sumdac]] and [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] have completed a [[space bridge]] terminal in record time, for which [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus]] congratulates them. However, the [[transwarp]] field sequencers still have to be recalibrated, and Sumdac and Bulkhead argue over whose fault that is. [[Sari Sumdac|Sari]] insists she could have helped get it right, but both builders politely rebuff her as insufficiently knowledgeable. As they continue arguing about getting the resequencing done, she takes matters into her own hands—almost literally. Using her new abilities, she fixes the terminal's calibrations and gets it to activate, to the surprise of the others.

[[Image:TFAni Decepticon Air Sentinel Typing.jpg|thumb||180px|left|"[[Ravage (SG)|Ravage]] has poked me on Facebook ''how many'' times?"]]
Meanwhile, out in space, [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] fruitlessly attempts to interrogate his [[Decepticon]] prisoners for info on the military cells that have been attacking space bridge outposts. He returns to the bridge after [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] tells him there's an incoming message from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. [[Perceptor (Animated)|Perceptor]], [[Alpha Trion (Animated)|Alpha Trion]] and [[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper]] indicate that the [[Autobot High Council]] has decided to make public the news of the assault on [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]]. Sentinel tries to pull rank on them, since he's now technically the ''pro tempore'' [[Magnus]], and advises them to keep it quiet, but Alpha Trion makes it clear that they don't quite recognize his authority. Frustrated, Sentinel tries to pull rank on Jazz instead, commanding him to take the ship at full thrust through an energy cloud, despite any risks, as that heading will be the shortest route to Cybertron. Jazz complies despite objections, and of course, his worries prove justified: The energy strikes and flows through the ship, re-energizing [[Swindle (Animated)|Swindle]] and bringing him out of time-stasis. Swindle soon frees and re-arms the other Decepticons, even if they don't have payment up front for it, as they work for [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]], his best customer. With the alarms muted by Swindle's [[Sonic Jammer 3000]], the Decepticons strike at the ship's bridge just after the ship emerges from the energy cloud. Swindle quickly takes out [[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] and [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]] with a demo of the SJ3K's other function, a [[stasis suspension ray]]. Sentinel and Jazz put up a fight, but to little avail, and finally, Sentinel sends a brief, encrypted call for help to his old buddy, Optimus Prime (as he's too embarrassed to call Cybertron). Shortly afterward, [[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]] strikes him down, but Swindle convinces the massive Decepticon to spare their prisoners' lives: Not only could selling off their [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Elite Guard]] parts earn a fortune, but they could be a bargaining chip in finding Megatron.

On Earth, Optimus receives Sentinel's message, which decrypts to "[[Broken Lance]]", a coded call for help that Sentinel used with him back in their [[Autobot Academy|academy]] days. Bulkhead notes the space bridge terminal detects an unusual transwarp field aboard the Elite Guard's ship. With Sari's help, the terminal locks onto the field, providing stable coordinates for an arrival point. [[Image:TFAni Decepticon Air Swindle Optimus Hand.jpg|thumb||180px|right|HUNGER GETS WHAT HUNGER WANTS.]] The space bridge is activated, and Optimus steps through... only to emerge from Swindle's chest, having arrived via the private storage dimension he uses for holding all his stock.

Rather than attack against overwhelming odds and attempt to free Sentinel and the others, Optimus takes off down the ship's corridors to better his situation. Most of the Decepticons give pursuit, with Lugnut ordering Swindle to watch the prisoners in the meantime. Taking an elevator to the ship's energon storage chamber, Optimus perforates a group of energon cubes with his axe, destabilizing them just enough. He then puts them in the elevator car and slices its cables, so it explodes near the bottom just as the Decepticons pry open the doors. Slightly charred from the backblast, Optimus enters one of the service ducts and works his way back to the brig area, grumbling as he does.

Meanwhile, Swindle's greed is still holding sway, and the arms dealer leaves his prisoners unguarded so he can raid the ship's stores. Prime arrives almost immediately afterward and frees his fellow Autobots, earning no gratitude from the power-tripping Sentinel. The Decepticons then return, so Optimus tells Jazz to rewire the decontamination unit on the bridge into a freezing chamber to trap them, his Autobot emblem blinking all the while. Optimus severs a steam duct, giving Jazz cover to escape, but then Lugnut punches a hole in the hull, sending everyone else in the brig out into space.

The Jet Twins prove far more capable in space combat than anticipated, giving the Decepticons a fair amount of trouble. Noting their predicament through a porthole in the storage depot, Swindle metaphorically shrugs and goes back to looting. Meanwhile, despite Sentinel's continued objections and struggling, Optimus uses him as a living spiked slingshot against Lugnut. Sentinel insists he be obeyed as leader, but this only prompts [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] to freeze him and hold him hostage. Sentinel demands they don't surrender, but Optimus convinces the Jet Twins to follow his lead instead, and they capitulate.

[[Image:TFAni Decepticon Air Optimus Jazz HighFive.jpg|thumb|left|180px|Slip me some metal, O.P.!]]
On the bridge, Blitzwing, [[Sunstorm (Animated)|Sunstorm]], and [[Ramjet (Animated)|Ramjet]] put Sentinel, Optimus and the Jet Twins in the decontamination unit with Jazz. Blitzwing sneers that Optimus shouldn't have blabbed his plan where all could hear it, as now the Autobots will suffer freezing instead. However, when he activates the chamber, the freezing tubes reverse direction, icing all the Decepticons on the bridge and leaving the Autobots safe. Optimus explains to a surprised Sentinel that back in the brig, he'd used his blinking emblem to send a different message to Jazz in Cybertronian [[cybertronian optical code|optical code]]. They all pause as they hear a roar of engines, courtesy of a loot-filled Swindle taking off in one of the ship's shuttles. As the Decepticons are imprisoned again, Sentinel offers Optimus the Elite Guard spot that will be opening when Sentinel becomes Magnus, but Prime demurs, as he's still got plenty to do on Earth.

At [[Sumdac Tower]], Bulkhead frets as Swindle's transwarp signal moves too far away to warp Optimus back. Sari offers to help fix it, but her father points out it won't be necessary, as the Elite Guard ship has come to them. Optimus steps off the ship, and he and Sentinel trade salutes before it departs.

On Cybertron, Sentinel has a victory parade, displaying his prisoners to a cheering crowd and vowing to hunt down and offline [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]] and any other Decepticon if they accept him as the new Magnus. Perceptor and Alpha Trion exchange dubious glances, but say nothing.

[[Image:TFAni Decepticon Air Lugnut Megatron.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Ugh...I'll get the squeegee...]]
Out in space, [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]] warps into place near a drifting Lugnut, who abruptly finds himself plastered on the front window—right in front of [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]].
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==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (2)
*[[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]] (8)
*[[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] (9)
*[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] (12)
*[[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] (13)
*[[Perceptor (Animated)|Perceptor]] (14)
*[[Alpha Trion (Animated)|Alpha Trion]] (15)
*[[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper]] (16)
*[[Grandus (Animated)|Grandus]] (17)
*[[Dug Base]] (18)
*[[Tap-Out (Animated)|Tap-Out]] (19)
*[[Carrera (Animated)|Carrera]] (20)
*[[Searchlight (Animated)|Searchlight]] (21)
*[[Flareup (Animated)|Flareup]] (22)
*[[Furão]] (23)
*[[Freeway (Animated)|Freeway]] (24)
*[[Beachcomber (Animated)|Beachcomber]] (25)
*[[Red Alert (Animated)|Red Alert]] (26)
*[[Huffer (Animated)|Huffer]] (27)
*[[Powerglide (Animated)|Powerglide]] (28)
*[[Seaspray (Animated)|Seaspray]] (29)
*[[Rattletrap]] (30)
*[[Hot Shot (Animated)|Hot Shot]] (31)
*[[Rosanna (Animated)|Rosanna]] (32)
*[[Autotrooper]] (33)
*[[Mainframe (Animated)|Mainframe]] (34)
*[[Warpath (Animated)|Warpath]] (35)
*[[Cosmos (Animated)|Cosmos]] (36)
*[[Tracks (Animated)|Tracks]] (37)
*[[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]] (38)
|c2=
*[[Swindle (Animated)|Swindle]] (5)
*[[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] (6)
*[[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]] (7)
*[[Ramjet (Animated)|Ramjet]] (10)
*[[Sunstorm (Animated)|Sunstorm]] (11)
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (39)
*[[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] (40)
|c3=
*[[Isaac Sumdac]] (3)
|c4=
*[[Sari Sumdac]] (4)
|}}

==Quotes==
'''Sentinel Prime''': All due respect, Alpha Trion, the Council should concern itself with more important matters, like beefing up security for the Decepticon prisoners that...ahem...''I'' captured.<br>
'''Cliffjumper''': I thought that was [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]].
:—Actually, they're [[Lockdown (Animated)|both wrong]].

"Those bureaucratobots couldn't find their own [[Anatomic euphemism#Diode|diode]]s with a bitmap and a homing beacon."
:—'''Sentinel Prime''' talks behind the council's back.

"You Autobots will pay! Pay with your sparks!"<br>
"I also take all major credit downloads."
:—'''Lugnut''' and '''Swindle''' are on two different pages.

"The Sonic Jammer 3000! Don't leave Cybertron without it! But wait—there's more! It also has a stasis suspension ray, handy for those tight spots. Picked this baby up on [[Quintessa]]. Nice folks, the [[Quintesson]]s; give you a good deal and all the oil you can drink."
:—'''Swindle''', ready as ever with a sales pitch.

"Guard the prisoners, or... loot the ship? It's a no-processor...er."

"Maybe I should help them.... or maybe I should just help myself!"

"Nothing beats a shopping spree... especially when it's all ''free!''"
:—The Tao of '''Swindle'''.

"Maybe that energon was a little ''too'' unstable!"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' realizes he may not have thought his plan through very well.

==Notes==

===Animation or technical errors===
* When Sentinel calls for Jetfire and Jetstorm, the prisoners do not have their facemasks.

* Character heights vary wildly throughout the episode, mostly with the non-Swindle Decepticons being various levels of undersized. The kneeling Decepticons still tower over Swindle as he first talks to them (which seems correct, as Swindle is small), but do not appear to gain any height on him once they're upright. The final scene in particular, Blitzwing and the two clones are downright tiny, looking to be about as big as the average Autobot.

* While convincing Lugnut to let the elite guard live, Swindle's bolo tie suddenly disappears.

* When Sunstorm and Ramjet trap the Autobots in the chamber, Sunstorm's chin seems like it's been cut down, and looks similar to the G1 Seekers' chin size.

* In the crowd scenes towards the end of this episode, characters change positions relative to each other every time the camera angle switches. Beachcomber, in particular, appears in literally four different places at once.

* When Lugnut crashes against Omega Supreme at the end of the episode, his Deception insignia is missing.

* How exactly did Jetfire/Jetstorm create a whirlwind in space?

===Continuity errors===
* Up until the part where [[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]] orders [[Swindle (Animated)|Swindle]] to guard the prisoners, all of the captive Autobots were confined within the prison cells. Later, when Swindle contemplates whether to stay to guard the prisoners or loot the ship, all of the captured Autobots are now ''outside'' of their cells. Jetfire and Jetstorm have also been removed from the spherical forcefield and placed in stasis cuffs, despite still being inside the forcefield while in the cell. Unless this was an oversight by the animators, why would Swindle let them out in the first place?

* Safeguard is able to create a tornado in outer space?

* Optimus transforms into his full firetruck vehicle mode to escape the Decepticons when he first arrives, yet is able to detach the cab section several seconds before he actually transforms into robot mode. The cab slides down an adjacent hall as he reaches the elevator.

* A possible error occurs during Sentinel's interrogation of the prisoners. When Lugnut declares "Megatron is everywhere!", Sentinel offhandedly comments "You don't know how true that is." While it is conceivable that the Earth-bound Autobots informed Sentinel of Megatron's fate, in the next episode he expresses shock at the fact that [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]] is still online, which would suggest that he was either never told or they, for some reason, left that part out.

===Transformers references===
[[Image:TFAni Decepticon Air BoxScream ConeScream.jpg|thumb|180px|right|"Your conehead makes my ears look silly in comparison!"<br>"No it doesn't!"]]
* Swindle claims to have had business dealings on [[Quintessa]], suggests they could make enough from Elite Guard parts to "retire to a beach island on [[Nebulos]]", and swears by "the fifth moon of [[Pz-Zazz]]".

* His reference to a "personal storage dimension" from which accessories can be pulled at a moments' notice hearkens back to the concept of [[subspace]].

* To help tell the Starscream clones apart, Swindle gives the Ramjet a [[conehead]] accessory and Sunstorm a boxy helmet resembling those of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]]. The new cone-head is topped with a drill.

* Sentinel's adoring public consists of a seriously crazy amount of cameos, a great many of which have not been seen before this episode. While many of them could be identified right away, it would take a further few episodes, and some more crowd scenes in "[[This Is Why I Hate Machines]]" and "[[Endgame, Part II]]", before some of the more obscure characters could all be named and shamed. The crowd includes [[Tap-Out (Animated)|Tap-Out]], [[Carrera (Animated)|Carrera]], [[Searchlight (Animated)|Searchlight]], [[Flareup (Animated)|Flareup]], [[Furão]], [[Freeway (Animated)|Freeway]], [[Beachcomber (Animated)|Beachcomber]], [[Red Alert (Animated)|Red Alert]], [[Huffer (Animated)|Huffer]], [[Powerglide (Animated)|Powerglide]], [[Seaspray (Animated)|Seaspray]], [[Rattletrap]], [[Hot Shot (Animated)|Hot Shot]], [[Rosanna (Animated)|Rosanna]], [[Autotrooper]] (based on [[Autorooper]]), [[Mainframe (Animated)|Mainframe]], [[Warpath (Animated)|Warpath]], [[Cosmos (Animated)|Cosmos]] and [[Tracks (Animated)|Tracks]]. The widescreen-to-fullscreen crop also manages to cut off an unnamed orange female robot (her forearm can be seen for a split-second poking into shot over Rosanna's head) who would reappear in "Endgame, Part II", an unknown, tall blue-and-white robot (behind the second Beachcomber, above Hot Shot) and an equally-mysterious skinny red-and-orange robot (behind Hot Shot). Recolored [[generic]] robots in the crowd include a Tracks-colored Mainframe, a red-white-and-blue Warpath, and a [[Brawn (Animated)|Brawn]]-colored Cosmos, sans nacelles.

* Sentinel and the Autobot Council are carried upon [[Grandus (Animated)|Grandus]]. Behind them, the Decepticon prisoners are carried by a [[Dug Base|Grandus lookalike]] with yellow detailing; Derrick Wyatt stated that this was supposed to represent [[Grandus (ROC)|''Return of Convoy'' Grandus]]'s ''[[Brave (franchise)|Brave]]'' [[redeco]], Dag Base.

* The "Lance" in "[[Broken Lance]]" refers to Sentinel's weapon of choice.

===Foreign dubbing===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Prise en Otage'''" ("Taking Hostage")
:*''Original airdate:'' ???

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Uchūsen wo Tsuisekiseyo'''" (宇宙船を追跡せよ, "Chase the Spaceship")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 4|4 December]] [[2010]]
::*Blitzwing's turn at new [[stock footage]] and the viewing warning, starting with from tank to jet to robot mode. Hothead, Random, and Icy each take a turn in robot mode while delivering the line, respectively. Blitzwing also does the intro.

===Real-world references===
* The title is a play on ''[[wikipedia:Con Air|Con Air]]'', a Nicolas Cage movie where prisoners being transported by plane get free and do bad things.

* Sentinel's phrase "[[Broken Lance]]" is similar to the [[United States of America|U.S.]] military term "[[wikipedia:United States military nuclear incident terminology#Broken Arrow|Broken Arrow]]", which is used to describe a cock-up involving nuclear weapons. In this context, it is more likely to be a reference to the 1996 action film [[wikipedia:Broken Arrow (1996 film)|of the same name]], in which John Travolta hijacks a stealth bomber (in order to sell the nuclear missiles on board).

* Speaking of action movies, Optimus taking on all the Decepticons by himself using hit & run tactics and then crawling through an air shaft while sarcastically complaining about how much fun he's having, is very similar to a famous sequence from ''[[wikipedia:Die Hard|Die Hard]]''. The exploding elevator trick also appears in the film.

* When Optimus drops out of the air shaft suspended by a wire harness, it's similar to a famous sequence from the Tom Cruise version of ''[[wikipedia:Mission Impossible (film)|Mission Impossible]]''.

* Optimus claiming to have a small chamber that can trap his foes, only for them to doublecross him and force him inside it, only for him to ''triplecross'' them when the chamber is the only place safe from the real trap, is similar to a famous sequence from ''[[wikipedia:Superman II|Superman II]]''.

* Sari's fingers extending and separating when she types are a reference to ''[[wikipedia:Ghost in the Shell|Ghost in the Shell]]''.

* When Sentinel uses his remote to unlock and re-lock Lugnut's mouth clamps, it makes the same noise as a car alarm remote.

* When Swindle first hears Megatron's name, his facial expression changes with the sound of a cash register.

* Swindle's personal storage dimension features old Hanna-Barbera stock sound effects, typically used to denote magic spells.

* Swindle's "Don't leave Cybertron without it!" is a variation of the American Express credit card slogan "Don't leave home without it." He immediately follows that up with "But wait, there's more!", one of TV huckster [[wikipedia:Ron Popeil|Ron Popeil]]'s most famous catchphrases.

* When Swindle uses the stasis suspension ray, the sound effect is identical to that of the Zat Guns used in ''Stargate SG-1''.

===Trivia===
* Sentinel Prime went through the space disturbance to gain some time, but in the end, agreed to go all the way back to Earth to drop off Optimus Prime. So the whole thing ended up being a rather pointless act. Lesson learned, Sentinel?
* Sentinel seems to have decided to keep his Earth alt-mode [[Autoboot Camp|this time]].
* At the end of "[[SUV: Society of Ultimate Villainy]]", Captain Fanzone claimed that Swindle would be stripped down for parts. But other than his weapons (which would have been confiscated by the Elite Guard if the Detroit Police hadn't already taken them), nothing obvious seems to be missing from his person. Maybe Fanzone was just trying to freak him out?
* When he's giving the helmets to Sunstorm and Ramjet, Swindle mentions in a very casual manner that he "never could get the hang of cloning." Thinking back, no one was really shocked to see the army of clones that Starscream created. So maybe, cloning is something fairly common among Decepticons, or at least was at some point.
** Later, [[Dirge (Animated)|he does get]] [[Thrust (Animated)|the hang of cloning]].
* Ramjet and Sunstorm are pretty quiet throughout this episode, probably because their strange speech patterns make it nigh-impossible for them to have a normal conversation.
* This episode marks the last appearance of Blitzwing, Sunstorm, Ramjet, and Swindle.

==Home video releases==
*This episode has yet to be released on home video.

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{{disambig2|the Generation 1 reporter|the Transformers Animated reporter|Irwin Spoon (Animated)}}
:''Irwin Spoon is a [[human]] from the [[Earthforce]] portion of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Irwin spoon.jpg|right|180px|thumb|ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES IRWIN A DULL BOY]]
Intrepid freelance reporter '''Irwin Spoon''' isn't content to let stories come to him - he's fully prepared to come to the story, even if it means poking around inside rampaging behemoths or interviewing an ill-tempered giant robot in a polar bear-ridden Arctic wasteland.

==Fiction==
===Marvel UK comics continuity===
{{Earthforcefiction}}
After five years in the reporting business, Irwin Spoon heard about a destructive rampage by the giant [[Transformer]] [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] in upstate [[New York City|New York]]. Once there, he was greeted by [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], and [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], who told him that Superion was being controlled by one of [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]]'s [[cerebro-shell]]s. In return for an exclusive interview with Grimlock, Spoon crawled inside Superion and removed the cerebro-shell, returning the massive [[combiner]] to normal. {{storylink|Inside Story!}} The [[Autobot]]s then took him to their base in northern [[Canada]], where after a tour of their combat room, he went outside for some quiet - and was abducted by the monstrous [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]]! {{storylink|Front Line!}} After a brief chase, [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] and [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] managed to manoeuver [[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Strip]] and [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] into ramming Motormaster, allowing them to safely retrieve Spoon. Unfortunately, Spoon's article turned out to be a vicious smear - as he had been implanted with a cerebro-shell en route! {{storylink|End of the Road! (UK)|End of the Road!}}

Irwin Spoon later got a job at Wapping, working for one Mr. Murdoch. {{storylink|Letters page (Marvel UK)|Dread Tidings #299}}

==External links==
* [http://transfans.co.uk/comics_guide_detail.php?id=439 Transformers #299 Letters Page on Transfans.co.uk]

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Hate Plague

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[[Image:Hate Plague Rodimus.jpg|right|300px|thumb|You've got red on you.]]
{{quote|It's a madness plague, Galvatron! If one of those Transformers touches you, you're infected.|[[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]|"[[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1]]"}}

<span style="color:#ba0000;">Wretched scumbags! Before you die an agonizing, chainsaw-related death, you're gonna hear about the '''Hate Plague'''! This insidious, maddening, blood-red malady was one of the few capable of affecting those disgusting, rust-bucket Transformers. Any ''filthy'' organism infected turns bright red, like freshly spilled gore, and displays incredibly high levels of SHUT UP AND DIE toward everything and everyone. Now get on your knees and pray, because it's all over!</span>

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
Long ago, the Hate Plague ravaged the universe, but was contained by a wise man using sheer wisdom. However, nobody was wise enough to completely destroy the plague spores, so they were simply sealed inside a star. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2}}

Eventually, the star went supernova and exploded while being studied by [[human]] scientists [[Jessica Morgan]] and [[Gregory Swofford]], covering their spaceship in Hate Plague spores. Taking them back to [[Earth]], Gregory studied the spores with his colleague, [[Mark Morgan]], and learned of their properties. Jessica was later injured in a scuffle between the [[Autobot|Autobots]] and [[Decepticon|Decepticons]], prompting the two men to trap various Autobots and infect them with the spores. However, the Hate Plague spread like wildfire, infecting Transformers, humans and aliens alike. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}

The newly resurrected [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] was tasked with curing the disease. Not knowing what to do, Prime dove into the accumulated knowledge of the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to question the spirits of leaders before him about the matter. Eventually, the mysterious [[It]] informed him of the Hate Plague's past and its weakness to pure wisdom. Going back to the real world, Prime opened the Matrix and unleashed its accumulated wisdom unto the universe, eradicating the Hate Plague. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2}}

====Known infected====
{{collist|2|
* Thousands (if not ''millions'') of [[humans]]
* [[Aerialbot (G1)|The Aerialbots]]
* [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]
* [[Combaticon (G1)|The Combaticons]]
* [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], and his Sweeps
* [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]
* [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]
* [[Bumblebee (G1)|Goldbug]] (previously Bumblebee)
* Jessica Morgan
* [[Predacon (G1)|The Predacons]]
* [[Protectobot (G1)|The Protectobots]]
* Rodimus Prime (later Hot Rod)
* [[Sharkticon (G1)|The Sharkticons]]
* [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]]
* [[Stunticon (G1)|The Stunticons]]
* [[Throttlebot|The Throttlebots]]
* [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]
* [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]]
* [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]
* [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]
* [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]]
* [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]]
* And two lab rats}}

{{note|The only characters in "The Return of Optimus Prime" who definitely never get infected by the Hate Plague are Optimus Prime himself, [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] (who was deactivated to prevent him from getting infected), and the [[Quintesson]] that Sky Lynx brought to Earth to revive Optimus Prime.}}

===''Beast Machines'' cartoon===
[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] used a new variety of virus based on the Hate Plague in an attempt to destroy the [[Maximal]]s. [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]] compared this with the original Hate Plague. {{storylink|A Wolf in the Fold}}

===''Animated'' cartoon===
[[Surgeon General Arkeville]] suggested that [[Ding Dong]]s might be an effective remedy for the Hate Plague. {{storylink|The AllSpark Almanac}}

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Uchū Pest''' (宇宙ペスト ''Uchū Pesuto'', "Space Plague")

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A screen capture from the [[title sequence]] of [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Transformers]] season 3 and season 4.

Note that [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] is a miscolored [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s face is painted completely blue.

''And we saw the scene for two whole seasons.''

{{screencap|source=''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'' cartoon}}
{{C}} Hasbro/Sunbow 1986

Metallikato

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[[Image:Metallikato.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Metallikato requires "Fools!" to be spoken before most sentences.]]
'''Metallikato''', owing to its heavy influence on spirituality, is believed to be the most obscurely practiced and potentially inaccessible of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] [[martial arts]]. Its teachings cull from a wide variety of other martial arts, such as [[Circuit-Su]] and [[Crystalocution]], cumulatively emphasizing a variety of attack strategies, though bladed combat is its hallmark. Metallikato has a strict code of ethics to attune its "children" to the "One True Path" of the [[Last Autobot|Ultimate Warrior]], a figure of religious legend.

==Known users of Metallikato==
* ''[[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]]'' [[Decepticon]] [[Pretender]] [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], the first in-fiction practitioner of Metallikato and still the most well-known.
* [[Rollbar (RID)|Rollbar]] of the ''[[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'' universe also knows at least one Metallikato technique.
* ''[[Unicron Trilogy]]'' [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] has been known to employ a kick derived from the art, although the full extent of the [[Autobot]] leader's knowledge of Metallikato is unknown. He was taught this technique by [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]].
* The ''[[Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'' [[Mini-Con]] [[Kobushi]].
* ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]]'''s [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]], [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]], [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]], and [[Yoketron (Animated)|Yoketron]] are versed in the Metallikato ninja arts; Prowl and Yoketron have also mastered the "5 Servos of Doom" technique, as well as the advanced "[[Processor-over-matter]]" mindset.
*''[[Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Sideswipe (ROTF)|Sideswipe]]<ref>Bludgeon's [http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/play/details.cfm?guid=841165f8-19b9-f369-1057-0b57c1e069b6 Battle Bio].</ref>, [[Whirl (ROTF)|Whirl]], and [[Bludgeon (ROTF)|Bludgeon]] are Metallikato masters.

==Notes==
* The word "Metallikato" is Finnish. It translates to "loss of metal" in English.
* Some reports state that this art is forbidden. {{storylink|Letters page (Marvel UK)|Darn 'n' Blast #304}} {{storylink|Another Time and Place}} {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Guide}} Of course, they're only referring to the Generation 1 part.

==References==
* "[[End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!]]", Marvel U.S. #80
* ''[[More Than Meets The Eye (G1)|More Than Meets The Eye]]'' profile books, p464
* ''Animated'' episodes, "[[The Elite Guard]]," "[[Five Servos of Doom]]"
<references/>

==External links==
* [http://transfans.co.uk/comics_guide_detail.php?id=449 Transformers #304 Letters Page on Transfans.co.uk]

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Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)

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{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=29
|image=Coming of the Fuzors 2 Predacons sunset.jpg
|caption=Let the battle begin!
|title="Coming of the Fuzors" (Part 2)
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[November 9]], 1997
|written by=[[Bob Forward]]
|directed by=[[Cal Shumiatcher]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}
'''The outnumbered Maximals must defend their base from a Predacon assault while Rhinox takes a dangerous journey.'''

:''French title:'' '''Nouveaux Arrivants - 2<sup>e</sup> partie''' ("New Arrivals - Part 2")
:''French-Canadian title:'' '''Fuzors 2'''
:''Japanese title:'' よみがえれコンボイ (''Yomigaere Convoy'', "Convoy Reborn")
:''Spanish title:'' '''La Llegada de los Fuzors (Parte 2)'''
:''Latin-American title:'' '''Los Recién Llegados Segunda Parte'''
:''Italian title:'' '''Lo sbarco - Parte 2'''
:''Brazilian name:'' '''A Chegada dos Fuzores Parte 2''' ("The Arrival of the Fuzors Part 2")
:''Malaysian name:'' '''Fuzor Baru 2''' (New Fuzors Part 2)

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Coming of the Fuzors 2 Dinobot Rattrap.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Powerlinxing gone horribly wrong]]
[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]], [[Rattrap]], and [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] attempt to hold off six Predacons some distance from their base, to allow [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] to complete his mission to travel through the [[Allspark]]. When [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] orders them to take no survivors, [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] protests, saying they should let the Maximals surrender, only to be struck by the irate Predacon commander. When Silverbolt is perplexed by their resistance, Megatron realizes that they are keeping them from their base. He orders [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] and Silverbolt to head to the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]''. Cheetor takes to the air, and Rattrap converts to vehicle mode, ordering Dinobot to hop on and provide cover fire (disgusting the former Predacon).

[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]], however, is using the psychic link to force [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] to search for information on the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden]] [[Golden Disk (Vok)|Disks]]. While she searches through the files, she discovers something of importance, but refuses to show Tarantulas. When Tarantulas is rendered unconscious by a boulder, Blackarachnia downloads the information, then destroys the computer, claiming that it was boobytrapped.

[[Image:Coming of the Fuzors 2 Silverbolt staff.jpg|right|200px|thumb|No organic lifeforms were harmed in the making of this episode. Several Cybertronian lifeforms were.]]
Reaching the ''Axalon'', Silverbolt is shot down by the [[autogun]]s, and captured by the Maximals. Dinobot prepares to destroy him, but Rattrap and Cheetor prevent him, instead taking him in to repair him. Rhinox, who has finished, tells the Maximals they must hold the Predacons off for a little while longer. Inside the ''Axalon'', a charge hits the device Rhinox was connected to, heading to a [[stasis pod]] with a [[blank]] [[protoform]]. Outside, the shields fail under the fire, and the Maximals engage—to discover that they are out of ammo. The Predacons seriously injure the Maximals.

[[Image:Coming of the Fuzors 2 Optimus Primal.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"Check out my new pec-implants. I only had to sell my old body to get 'em."]]
Having waited a long time for their victory, the Predacons approach, prepared to deliver the killing blow. Before they can finish the Maximals off, there is an explosion in the hull of the ''Axalon''. When the smoke clears, the Maximals and Predacons alike are shocked to see the cause of the explosion—[[Optimus Primal]]. The Predacons attempt to destroy him, but Primal, now with his own [[Transmetal]] body, causes the Predacons to scatter. Primal takes to the air, dispatching the rest of the Predacons. Megatron attempts to kill Primal, but Silverbolt knocks Megatron off a cliff, defecting to the Maximals.

After the battle and some repairs, Primal inquires as to how the new bodies do with absorbing energon. Rhinox remarks that all the energon within the area either detonated or was converted to [[Energon cube|Energon cubes]], so it isn't really a problem right now. They'll have to wait for [[Tigatron]] and [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]]'s report on the rest of the planet. In the meantime, Primal remarks that he has to put his house in order, such as get to know the new additions, and remove Rattrap's personal effects from his quarters.

[[Image:Coming of the Fuzors 2 Blackarachnia.jpg|right|200px|thumb|She's got a twinkle in her eye.]]
At the [[Darksyde|Predacon base]], Blackarachnia tells Megatron that Dinobot stole the Disks and destroyed the computers. Megatron and Tarantulas ask if anything from the back ups can be recovered, and when Blackarachnia reveals that it was totally destroyed, Megatron smashes Tarantulas into the wall in rage. Megatron then declares that the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] has entered a new phase, while, unseen, binary code flashes across Blackarachnia's eyes.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s
|c1=
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (4)
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (5)
*[[Rattrap]] (6)
*[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (8)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (10)
*[[Optimus Primal]] (12)

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*[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (1)
*[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] (2)
*[[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (3)
*[[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] (7)
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (9)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (11)
}}

==Quotes==
"Prepare for a full attack!"<br />
"What? We outnumber them more than two to one."<br />
"Yes..."<br />
"We have twice their firepower."<br />
"Yes..."<br />
"We should give them a chance to surrender!"<br />
"Mmm...''no''." [''bashes him aside'']
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Silverbolt''' have a tactical disagreement.

"To think, that a warrior must become a... a ''rat'' patrol."<br />
:—'''Dinobot''' on having to ride Rattrap.

'''Waspinator:''' "Waspinator is in command. Waspinator will lead! Yesssss."<br />
'''Silverbolt:''' "Well, since you're the one who knows the way, go ahead! Lead on."<br />
'''Waspinator:''' "Hrmph! You not tell Wazzpinator what to do! Wazzpinator in command!"<br />
'''Silverbolt:''' "Okay... fine! What is your command?"<br />
'''Waspinator:''' "Doggy-bot follow Wazzpinator. Wazzpinator will lead."<br />
:—And that's why Waspinator [[A Better Mousetrap|can only dream of being in charge.]]

"Eh, we would've been here sooner if Dinobutt wasn't such a porker."<br />
"The vilest ride of my life!"
:—'''Rattrap''' and '''Dinobot'''

"Bahhh! Maximal sentiment! Oh, I must've been defective to defect."
:—'''Dinobot'''

"Am I back?"<br />
"Well, the machine said so. Oh, but you had me worried for a second. Where'd ya go, anyway?"<br />
"Where all are one."<br />
"Oh, where all are– what?!"
:—'''Rhinox''' and '''Rattrap'''

"Oh, great. We're all gonna die."<br />
"It happens... but miracles happen, too. Let's go!"
:—'''Rattrap''' and '''Rhinox''', as the Predacons attack the base

"Comes... the dawn."<br />
"And...''[Dinobot's arm falls off]''...our doom."
:—'''Rhinox''' and '''Dinobot'''

''(Silverbolt knocks Megatron off a cliff)''<br />
"Consider that my resignation from the Predacons, Megatron! ''(to Primal)'' I know now that my place was always with the Maximals. May I join you?"<br />
"Well...I like your résumé."
:—'''Silverbolt''' and '''Optimus Primal'''

'''Optimus Primal:''' "In the meantime, I've got a lot of catching up to do. People to meet, things to do. Specifically, to have Rattrap clear all his junk out of my quarters!"<br>
'''Cheetor:''' "Rattrap!"<br>
'''Dinobot:''' "Opportunistic vermin!"<br>
'''Rattrap:''' "Come on! Gimme a break, will ya? The guy was... dead."<br>
''[Dinobot punches Rattrap, sending his chair spinning around]''<br>
:—Rattrap learns the hard way not to claim jump the room of [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|a dead Optimus]].

==Notes==
===Technical/animation glitches===
*When Megatron opens fire on the Maximals the second time in this episode, his middle, ring, and pinky "fingers" are shown clipping through his cannon.
*While in pursuit of Rattrap and Dinobot, Megatron transforms from his beast mode in mid-flight and continues to attack from the air, yet his VTOL engines are inactive on his back rather than deployed.
*Before the Maximals begin getting hammered by the Preds, Rhinox is on top of Rattrap, with him either clipping through Rattrap's rear wheel, or the wheel has no interior.

===Continuity errors===
* Tarantulas and Waspinator arrive again mid-battle, despite having already arrived at the end of the previous episode.
* Waspinator and Silverbolt take off for the Maximal base twice, clearly going over the Maximals' heads a second time after the commercial break; the Maximals then reassert the danger of the situation in different phrasing than before. Presumably such a flagrant "error" is a sly stylistic reference to older cartoons which would often repeat actions between acts and episodes, sometimes in [[Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2|contradictory ways]].
* Funny things happen with ammunition:
** Dinobot says his weapon is depleted, despite clearly having ammunition bandoleers criscrossed over his torso. The weapon gets fired more times before the episode ends, anyway.
** There's no real in-story reason for the Maximals to run out of ammunition before the Predacons, who have been unloading ordnance at them all night. Rhinox in particular should have fully loaded weapons when he enters the fight. This was almost certainly an intentional choice by the writers, to fit the episode's thematic homage to spaghetti western serials.
* An earlier script revision called for the elevator into the Maximal base to be destroyed during the fight, giving Primal a more practical reason to blow a hole in the side of his own base.<ref>[http://bwtf.com/bw/tvshow/episodes/seasontwo/cotftwo/cotftwoscript.pdf "Coming of the Fuzors" (Part 2) script at Benson Yee's site]</ref> Oh well, maybe the big guy was in a hurry.

===Transformers references===
[[Image:Rubber ducky cotf2.jpg|right|200px|thumb|How many Starscreams are there on this planet, anyway?]]
* While Blackarachnia is searching through Megatron's stuff, a gray model of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s head is in the pile. (It's too small to be the real thing, given that Beast Warriors are shown later in the series to be much smaller than Generation 1 characters.)
* Other items in the pile include a model Supermarine Spitfire, a model helicopter, a number of books, the [[wikipedia:Holy Grail|Holy Grail]], three identical spiky planets, a model rocket, a pocket-watch, and a [[Rubber Ducky|rubber ducky]].
* During one of Rhinox's trips through the [[Allspark|Matrix]], near the end of the episode, the [[Autobot]] [[Matrix of Leadership]] is seen floating.
* When Rattrap asks where Rhinox went, he describes the Matrix as "[['Til all are one|where all are one]]".
* Rattrap filled Optimus's quarters with his things, despite the latter's warning not to do so in "[[Other Voices, Part 2|Other Voices]]".

===Real-world references===
*''[[wikipedia:The Rat Patrol|The Rat Patrol]]'' was a 1960s TV show about a group of Allied soldiers fighting Rommel's Afrika Corps on the North African front during World War II.

===Trivia===
*After Rattrap throws a rock in the air as an example of what would happen if they moved away from the cover of the boulder, it's blasted into a tiny pebble and hits the ground. All three Maximals' "eyes" then pop out of their heads towards the rock in the fashion of the eyeball gag in classic Tex Avery cartoons.
* Blackarachnia's theft of the Golden Disk data would have consequences carrying through the remainder of the series.
* Though neither admits it, it seems likely that both Tarantulas and Megatron see through Blackarachnia's sleight-of-hand with the backup data tracks. Blackarachnia tells Megatron that the computer was destroyed by Dinobot... after telling Tarantulas that it was destroyed because it was booby trapped. Tarantulas says nothing to contradict this lie to Megatron, and later interrogates her when the chance presents itself in "[[Bad Spark]]". Megatron likewise guesses the truth and attempts to strong-arm the data from her in "[[The Agenda (Part III)]]".
* This episode continues the Spaghetti Western film references, especially when Optimus fights Inferno.
* Speaking of Inferno, there were plans to have him be a reborn version of Megatron,<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/bc8e54e9165e0823?hl=en&q=inferno+megatron 1997 Bob Forward interview on ATT]</ref> but those plans obviously never came to be. This abandoned plot was hinted when the two flyers crash into one another, and recover only to find their heads on the wrong bodies, which Inferno found hilarious. Megatron was capable of using Inferno's body during this mix-up to punch Inferno's head.
* As of the end of this episode, four of the eight members of Primal's team have spent time as Predacons, one way or another.
* In the Canadian broadcasts of this episode Tarantulas calls Blackarachnia "Widow" rather than "Witch".
*After the Maximals run out of ammo and the Predacons launch a full gunfire barrage, Dinobot stands up roaring at them only to get shot in the crotch, bending over slightly and groaning from the pain.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars'' — Optimus Lives! ([[Alliance Atlantis]])<br>
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1998 — ''Robots-Bêtes'' — L'Empreinte D'Optimus (Alliance Atlantis) — French audio only.<br>
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1999 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers: Metals'' — Convoy Reborn ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.<br>
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 5 ([[Universal]])
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers: Metals'' — DVD Box 1 (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio.<br>
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Second Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]])<br>
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 2 ([[Madman Entertainment]])<br>
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

Leader-1 (Armada)

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:''Leader-1 is a [[Decepticon]]-allied [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Armada (franchise)|Armada]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Leader-1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|This is every freakin' day of his life.]]
'''Leader-1''' was once a wise and benevolent leader of the Mini-Con settlements on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], but when [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] appropriated the Mini-Cons for his evil purposes, he kept Leader-1 as his own personal attendant. Megatron was cruel to the peaceful Mini-Con, delighting in his misery, and all Leader-1 could do was silently plot his escape.

Slowly, maliciously, a dark corner was being tugged at within Leader-1's mind, as he realized he enjoyed his growing love for domination and sadism. One day, he insists, he'll do away with Megatron once and for all, in the most humiliating and painful way possible. It will be a delicious irony.

==Fiction==
===Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity===
====''Armada'' cartoon====
[[Image:Leader-1animated.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Leader-1 is adorable.]]
Millions of years ago on Cybertron, Leader-1 was one of the Mini-Cons suborned by the Decepticons to increase their personal power. He became the official partner of Megatron during the war, until he somehow broke free and joined his fellow Mini-Cons in fleeing their homeworld through a series of warpgates. Their escape vessel finally crashlanded on Earth's moon four million years ago. {{storylink|Prehistory}}

Early in the search for the Mini-Cons scattered across [[Earth]], Megatron found a [[Mini-Con storage panel]] near the Decepticons' base on the [[Moon (moon)|moon]]. He activated the panel and was pleased to see Leader-1 appear, as he was Megatron's personal Mini-Con from before their escape. Returning to the base, Megatron chastised the other Decepticons for missing a Mini-Con who was right under their noses. Leader-1 punctuated Megatron's displeasure with an incredibly powerful laser blast from his chest. {{storylink|Metamorphosis}} As they went into battle on Earth against the Autobots, Megatron used Leader-1 to supercharge his fusion cannon, making it so powerful that he was blasted backwards with each shot of his cannon. {{storylink|Base}}

Leader-1 spent most of his time perched cutely on Megatron's shoulder, only springing into action when Megatron needed to unlock one of his [[powerlinx]] features. He deployed in Big Canyon to help Megatron annihilate [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]], but [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] warped in and interrupted the fight before Megatron could unleash his Mini-Con enhanced firepower. {{storylink|Comrade}} As if being a slave wasn't bad enough, Leader-1 also had to act as the Decepticons' janitor around the moon base, and keep a careful eye out for the clumsy [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] accidentally stepping on him! {{storylink|Carnival}}

[[Image:Confrontation-Bribing_the_Warren.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Your meager offering does not - wait, are those ''Ruffles''?]]
When [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] kidnapped [[Billy (Armada)|Billy]] and [[Fred (Armada)|Fred]] to use as hostages, Leader-1 stood guard over the duo in an abandoned barn. Fred tried to befriend the Mini-Con by offering him a potato chip, but ultimately Leader-1 was only part of the trap, as Megatron lay buried unmoving under some wreckage in the barn. When the other kids and the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Street Action Team]] came to rescue Billy and Fred, Megatron revealed himself and took them all hostage to force Prime to hand over all his Mini-Cons. All the kids but Rad managed to wiggle free, and Megatron sent Leader-1 to stop Fred from poking him with Laserbeak's stunner mode. Leader-1 actually showed a moment of reluctance to harm his potato chip buddy. {{storylink|Confrontation (episode)|Confrontation}}

During a Mini-Con search in the cramped confines of a city subway system, Leader-1 and the other Decepticon Mini-Cons were dispatched to comb the catacombs more quickly than their bulk counterparts could manage. {{storylink|Underground}} He and [[Bonecrusher (Armada)|Bonecrusher]] also assisted Megatron in an underwater mission. Leader-1 powerlinxed with Megatron to create a new "Evolution Transformation" mode, maximizing his firepower to new heights. {{storylink|Ruin}} Leader-1 also assisted Megatron on a volcanic island, as the Decepticons fought for possession of the last [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]] panel. {{storylink|Prehistory}}

After invading the Autobot base, Leader-1 briefly powerlinxed with Megatron to help him recover the Star Saber Mini-Cons, but to no avail. {{storylink|Swoop (episode)|Swoop}}

Megatron used Leader-1 in his [[Targetmaster]] pistol mode against [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] and [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] when they invaded the Decepticon moon base. {{storylink|Credulous}} The Decepticons captured the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]] in that fight, but direct possession of it went to [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]]. Seeking to correct that mistake, Megatron had Leader-1 help him arrange to relieve Starscream of that burden. Searching for a Mini-Con in the foggy English countryside, Leader-1 covertly cast some friendly fire Starscream's way. With the proper placement, he maneuvered Starscream into taking a swing at his fellow Decepticons with the Star Saber. When Megatron took a hit in the arm "protecting" [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] from Starscream, Cyclonus and the others questioned letting him keep such a dangerous weapon. With popular opinion turned against him, Starscream was forced to turn the Star Saber over to Megatron for "safe-keeping". {{storylink|Conspiracy}}

As Megatron prepared for a major strike against Optimus Prime, he and Leader-1 worked with a septet of captured Mini-Cons to arrange for the trap. When Megatron finally snared Optimus, however, the Mini-Cons began to show doubt in working for him. Leader-1 tried to motivate them with a couple of well-placed laser blasts from his chest, but ultimately the other Mini-Cons turned against Megatron and joined the Autobot team. {{storylink|Vow}}

Battling the Autobots on a small island in the ocean, Megatron employed Leader-1 in his Targetmaster pistol mode for additional firepower. {{storylink|Awakening}} [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] later assembled the Decepticons' military Mini-Cons ([[Crumplezone (Armada)|Crumplezone]], Leader-1, [[Blackout (Armada)|Blackout]] and [[Inferno (Armada)|Inferno]]) into a ground warfare squad to confront the enemy. As he led them into combat, the Mini-Cons kept the Autobots busy on the ground while [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] and [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] dealt with the aerial [[Jet Optimus]]. {{storylink|Desperate}}

When the Autobots invaded the Decepticon base to free the Mini-Cons, Leader-1 powerlinxed to Megatron's arm to boost his power. During the struggle, [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]] managed to override the servility program of the Decepticons' Mini-Cons, and they began to sing their song of freedom. Leader-1 almost succumbed to the song and detached from Megatron as well, but the Decepticon leader held fast to his personal Mini-Con, and forced Leader-1 into his Targetmaster pistol mode to continue the assault on the Autobots. {{storylink|Rescue}}

Leader-1 was attached to Megatron during combat in space in Optimus Prime returned to life. {{storylink|Miracle}} Shortly thereafter, Leader-1 appeared over a nameless planet where the Autobots and Decepticons were fighting with [[Nemesis Prime (Armada)|Nemesis Prime]]. He and several other Mini-Cons used their combined power to repair the damage the Cybertronians had suffered, upgrading Megatron into [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] in the process. {{storylink|Puppet}}
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====''Cybertron'' comic====
During the chaotic times of the [[Unicron Singularity]], Leader-1 was part of an army of insurgent Mini-Cons fighting against the [[Mini-Con Council of Sages]] over control of one of Cybertron's moons. {{storylink|Revelations Part 4}} When a team of Autobots joined the fray, he attacked [[Sentinel Maximus]] alongside the [[Deep Space Mini-Con Team]]. {{storylink|Revelations Part 5}}

===Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic===
[[Image:Leader-1heads.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Leader-1's head design changed from artist to artist (no biggie), issue to issue (it's possible), and sometimes page to page (whaa?).]]
Leader-1, head of [[Mini-Con Sector|Mini-Con village D10]], was one of the Mini-Cons whose entire village was captured by the Decepticons at the beginning of the war one million years ago. He managed to get a distress call sent to [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]], who then showed it to [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 1|Armada #1}} When the Mini-Cons escaped from the Decepticon fortress, Leader-1 had the misfortune of being with Megatron at the time, and thus had to serve him for the next four million years. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 2|Armada #2}}

When Megatron left for [[Earth]] to hunt down the escaped Mini-Cons, he took Leader-1 with him. During a battle between Megatron and Optimus Prime, he and several other Mini-Cons were powerlinxed to their cruel master. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 5|Armada #5}} After losing the battle, Megatron tried to force more power out of poor Leader-1, which only served to weaken the Mini-Con. Luckily, a chance for a bit of revenge opened up shortly afterwards when Megatron captured the [[Air Defense Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Air Defense Team]]. The Decepticon ordered Leader-1 to jam any distress calls from the captured Mini-Cons, but he happily ignored that order, allowing [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]] to learn about the kidnapping. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 6|Armada #6}} He later combined with Megatron during another clash with the Autobots. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 7|Armada #7}}

Eventually, Leader-1 and the rest of the Mini-Cons on Earth were suddenly compelled to gather around a [[Mini-Con Ark|mysterious monolith]], which took off into space after they all entered it. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 8|Armada #8}} The Mini-Cons were taken to a [[Mini-Con Moonbase|fortress]] on the moon, where they were imprisoned. Leader-1 suspected that someone had decided to end the war by getting rid of all of them, but soon learned that it was [[Dualor (Armada)|Dualor]] who had summoned them. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 9|Armada #9}} When the Decepticons assaulted the fortress, Leader-1 shot the [[Destruction Team]] in the back and took over the control room, {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 10|Armada #10}} immediately contacting Megatron and giving him directions through the fortress. Ultimately, it turned out that Leader-1 had plans of his own, as he led Megatron into a security chamber and sealed the doors, before turning all of the automated weapons on him. As he gloated about finally getting his revenge for millions of years of indignity, pain, suffering, and torment, Dualor came to and punched him. This brief interruption provided enough time for Megatron to escape and tear his way into the control room, recapturing Leader-1. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 11|Armada #11}}

After being forced to spend some time in the [[Punishment Cube]], Leader-1 was ordered to analyze the Decepticons' malfunctioning [[space bridge]]. The Mini-Con found that there was some kind of stress on the inter-spatial network, and scratched it up to outside interference. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 1 of 4}} He later reported to Megatron that the Autobots had sent a probe into sub-space to search for the missing Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 2 of 4}} Leader-1 was powerlinxed to his master during his battle with a [[Galvatron (G1)|interdimensional visitor]]. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 3 of 4}}

Leader-1 ultimately regained his freedom when Megatron released him and the other Decepticon-held Mini-Cons in order to battle [[Unicron]]. And, as Megatron was slowly, tortuously, and systematically disassembled and destroyed by Unicron's internal defense systems, Leader-1 ended up having the last laugh. {{storylink|The End}}
{{-}}

====''More Than Meets The Eye''====
When Megatron gained a more powerful form and renamed himself "Galvatron", he discarded Leader-1 because he was not strong enough by the reborn Decepticon's standards. However, Galvatron was unable to find a better Mini-Con than Leader-1, so he built himself one that was genetically related to but stronger than Leader-1: [[Clench (Armada)|Clench]]. Rumors existed that Clench even was Leader-1's [[Relatives|brother]], but neither Mini-Con wished to comment on them. {{storylink|More Than Meets The Eye (Armada)|Clench's ''More Than Meets The Eye'' profile}}

===Panini ''Armada'' comics===
Leader-1 was in Megatron's grasp as far as four million years in the past. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 2|Friends and Foes!}} He was power-linked to his master when the Decepticons first arrived on Earth and clashed with [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] {{storylink|First Encounter!}}, and Leader-1's power would've allowed the Decepticon to win if [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]] had not decided to help Prime. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 2|Friends and Foes!}} Pretty much the same thing happened a while later, when Megatron tried to stop Prime from sending his Mini-Cons back to Cybertron. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 4|No Way Back!}}

Leader-1 was present at the Decepticon base in [[Silver Ridge]] when [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]] and two other Autobot Mini-Cons broke in and offered to save them from Decepticon captivity. Leader-1 was deeply grateful to Sparkplug...for surrendering himself to the Decepticons! Knowing that Megatron would reward him if he delivered more Mini-Cons to him, Leader-1 grabbed Sparkplug and ordered [[Crumplezone (Armada)|Crumplezone]] and [[Swindle (Armada)|Swindle]] to capture the others. The Autobot Mini-Cons fought back and managed to escape, and later pondered if Leader-1 and the others had been corrupted or if the Decepticons had just "let out something that was already there." {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 4|Into the Lions' Den!}}

After the Decepticons relocated to a base on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], Leader-1 reported to Megatron that [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] was returning from a failed mission. As it turned out, Cyclonus was possessed by the [[Destruction Mini-Con Team]], who attacked the base. Leader-1 power-linked with Megatron in order to fight back against the possessed Decepticon, but the link was severed when [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] brought out the [[sonic destabiliser]]. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 9|Dawn of Destruction!}}

==Games==
===''Transformers'' (PS2)===
{{Note|Leader-1 appeared as part of Megatron's arsenal during the battle in the volcano from Level 6.}}{{storylink|Transformers (PS2)|Transformers}}

==Toys==
===Armada===
[[Image:Armada Leader1 toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|The toy's head doesn't ever change appearance...]]
*'''Megatron''' w/ '''Leader-1''' (Ultra-Con, 2002/2003)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MD-01'''

: Available only with the larger [[Megatron (Armada)/toys|Megatron]] toy, Leader-1 transforms into a Cybertronic buggy with twin top-mounted blasters. He also has multiple "gun" configurations that allow him to be mounted on [[Powerlinx]] plugs or held in the hands of most toys with a 5mm hand-hole.

: This mold was also used to make [[Clench (Armada)|Clench]] and [[Caliburn]]. He shares engineering with the ''[[Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' new-mold Mini-Con [[Drill Bit (Cybertron)|Drill Bit]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Mini-Con/Leader-1/leader-1.htm More information on Leader-1 at TFU.info]''
{{-}}
[[Image:Armada Clench toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|...Well, okay, but just this one time.]]
*'''Megatron Supermode''' w/ '''Spark Barrel''' (Ultra, 2003)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MD-08'''

: In ''Micron Legend'', Megatron kept the same Mini-Con in his new form, as opposed to ''Armada'' where it was a new character. This version of Leader-1 is basically identical to Clench.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Mini-Con/Clench/clench.htm More information on Spark Barrel (well, Clench) at TFU.info]''
{{-}}
[[Image:Black_Micron_Megatron.jpg|right|250px|thumb|...TWO times. At MOST.]]
*'''Black Megatron w/ Barrel (Black)''' (Ultra, 2003)

: A contest prize limited to 100 pieces, Megatron and Leader-1 were [[Redeco|redecoed]] in primarily black with dark purples, grays and olive-greens. The contest was listed in the June 2003 issue of ''Tele-V Magazine'' in Japan.

{{-}}
*'''Megatron with Leader-1 and Cyclonus with Crumplezone''' (Built to Rule, 2003)

: ''[[Built to Rule]]'' Leader-1 is made out of building blocks that can be reconfigured from a reasonable robot to an inaccurate buggy to anything you can think of (as long as it's limited to the few pieces he's made up of). He was only available with the largest ''Transformers Built to Rule'' set, which also included Megatron, [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] and [[Crumplezone (Armada)|Crumplezone]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Mini-Con/BTRLeader-1/leader-1.htm More information on ''Built to Rule'' Leader-1 at TFU.info]''

==Merchandise==
===Mega Super Collection Figure===
*'''Micron Legend Micron Megatron''' (2002)
: A small soft-plastic mini-PVC of Leader-1 came with the [[Heroes of Cybertron#Mega SCF|Mega Super Collection Figure]] version of Megatron.

==Notes==
*Leader-1's name is a homage to [[Leader-1 (GoBots)|Leader-1]], leader of the Guardians from the [[GoBots (franchise)|''GoBots'' franchise]] of the 1980s.

*During the course of American dub of the ''[[Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' cartoon, several characters were mistakenly referred to as "Leader-1". [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]] in particular seemed to bear the Leader-1 brunt.

*An abandoned character concept for Leader-1 was revealed by the Hasbro team during their panel at OTFCC 2003. The idea was that Leader-1 would have been deranged, thinking of himself as being the dominant one in his Mini-Con/Bulk partnership, with Megatron actually being HIS minion. This, obviously, was not used.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Barrel''' (バレル ''Bareru'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Vezér''', '''1-es Vezér''', '''Vezér-1'''

[[Category:Armada Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Built to Rule]]
[[Category:Cybertron Mini-Cons]]

Scale

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[[Image:OptimusSnakeEyes.jpg|right|300px|thumb|And the truck's how big...?]]
'''Scale''' in ''Transformers'' is, not to put too fine a point on it, screwed.

Virtually no era, franchise, fiction, [[Toy|toyline]] or other incarnation of ''Transformers'' has presented scale in a logical or believable fashion. (There are, of course, a few [[#The rare exceptions|rare exceptions]], detailed below.) Most fans agree that one must either ignore it or accept it, lest they be tempted to explain these problems and in the process [[fanon|fanwank]] themselves into oblivion.

However, the scale problems of ''Transformers'' still merit description.

{{bigquote|Clearly, the pitiful humans at Hasbro are so overwhelmed by the awesomeness of Cybertronian life forms that they can't get the scale right.|[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]|[[Transformers Comic issue 23|Star Scream's #23]]}}

==Scale within toylines==

===Toys out of scale with others in the same line===
[[Image:DiacloneScale.jpg|right|350px|thumb|That little guy — who comes from the same toyline as all those vehicles — is supposed to be a normal-sized human. Yeeeah.]]
The early [[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1 toyline]], especially the pre-[[The Transformers: The Movie|movie]] lines, were repackaged and [[Redeco|redecoed]] toys from several different Japanese toylines. The crucial point is that the toylines were initially unrelated. The characters ''should'' be in scale to each other as they all have real-world altmodes that (should) pass for real vehicles. However, since ''[[Diaclone]]'' toys were not part of the same line as ''[[Microman]]'' toys, scale issues arose. ''Diaclone'' figures such as [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]], [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] are more-or-less in correct scale to each other (though problems already arise with [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], whose [[alternate mode]]s are based on ''the same car'' yet are not quite the same size), but many of the [[Mini Vehicle]]s from the ''New Microman'' line are clearly far too small by comparison. Even aside from their deformed penny-racer proportions, a [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Volkswagen Beetle]] Microman toy is disproportionately tiny when compared to a [[Jazz (G1)/toys|Porsche 935]] Diaclone toy. The disparity becomes even more obvious with [[Mini Vehicle|Minibots]] such as [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] (a tank) and [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]] (a hovercraft), who should be many times their actual size.

Another glaring scale problem comes in the form of the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]], who turn into F-15 Eagles which, in real life, are 19.4 m (63.8 feet) long. Correctly scaled, this would make their robot modes ''colossal'' compared to most Autobots. Similarly, the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]], despite also coming from the ''Diaclone'' line, are too small. Far worse is the other ''Diaclone'' combiner team, the [[Trainbot]]s, who have train engine altmodes, yet their toys are among the ''smallest'' of the ''Diaclone'' releases.

Transformers are currently formalised to a variety of [[size class|size classes]], which dictate the approximate cost and dimensions of a figure. Consequently, if the powers that be release toys of two characters in the same line in the same size class, they're going to come out in the same size. Even if one character's a [[Starscream (Movie)|twenty-metre fighter jet]] and the other's a [[Ironhide (Movie)|five-metre pickup truck]]. So don't expect this one to go away any time soon.

===Toys out of scale within teams===
Even toys specifically [[combiner|designed to interact with each other]] suffer from this problem. The [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] are wildly out of scale to each other—[[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]]'s [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes#Space Shuttle Orbiter|Space Shuttle]] mode should dwarf [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]], with the others somewhere in between. Instead, they're about the same size. Among the Constructicons, [[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]] is designed to look like a gigantic [[Wikipedia:Image:Liebherr t282 1.jpg|"earth-mover" mining truck]]. He should be able to carry all his teammates in his bed, with some crowding. Similarly, [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] (a [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes#Concorde|Concorde jet]]) is dramatically undersized compared to his fighter-jet [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]] teammates. These scale problems are necessary to avoid misproportioned gestalt forms.

Don't even ask about the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] with their [[Groove (G1)|motorcycle]] and [[Blades (G1)|helicopter]] limbs...

===Same alternate mode, different sizes===
Other scale problems come from characters who transform into the same (or similar) [[alternate mode]]s, but whose toys are different sizes. For example, [[Air Raid (G1)#Toys|the original Air Raid]] transforms into an [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes#F-15 Eagle|F-15 Eagle]], but his toy is half the size of [[Starscream (G1)/toys|the original Starscream]]'s. The same can be said for the [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes#Lamborghini Countach|Lamborghini Countach]] [[Breakdown (G1)#Toys|Breakdown]], who should be the same size as [[Sunstreaker (G1)#Toys|Sunstreaker]] and [[Sideswipe (G1)#Toys|Sideswipe]], not significantly smaller. These discrepancies are also seen in the other [[Scramble City (toyline)|Scramble City]]-style combiners with Earth altmodes, whose toys are all smaller than similar earlier toys.

===Multiple scales of same character===
[[Image:Animated-toy MultipleSizeOptimusPrimes.jpg|right|270px|thumb|Oh great. And I thought ''Bulkhead'' was confused...]]

Starting with ''[[Beast Machines (toyline)|Beast Machines]]'', many franchises have released multiple versions of the same character in different [[size class]]es, most often the leader characters. Originally, the intent was apparently to make the popular [[Optimus (disambiguation)|Optimus]] and [[Megatron (disambiguation)|Megatron]] characters available at lower price points than just the large and expensive "Leader" class, so that children with less money would not miss out, and perhaps persuading [[completist]]-minded [[User:ItsWalky|collectors]] to buy multiple versions of one character.

While this introduces a nice range of options for the discerning collector, it can also lead to some problems. ''Beast Machines'', for example, featured three different [[Cheetor (BW)/toys|Cheetor toys]]. The [[Cheetor (BW)/toys#BMSupreme|Supreme size toy]] was so large it could not interact with most of the other toys from the line (based on [[Beast Machines (cartoon)|the cartoon]], he's maaaaybe in scale with [[Nightscream (BM)#Toys|Nightscream]] and [[Optimus Primal/toys#Robots in Disguise|Air Attack Optimus Primal]], the later of whom wasn't released until three years later). The [[Cheetor (BW)/toys#BMNSC|Deluxe Cheetor]], on the other hand, was too ''small'' to match scales with most of the other toys (again, using the cartoon as a yardstick). Anyone looking ''within'' the toyline for notions of a "correct" scale between the characters would be stymied by the multiple size classes and the lack of real-world scale references.

Other instances of multiple-size characters are more clear cut; the [[Spy Changer]] incarnations of various ''[[Robots in Disguise (toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' characters, for instance, are simply scaled-down representations of the same characters in the same bodies, not meant to interact with the much larger "main" toys, as are the later "Legends of Cybertron" toys in ''[[Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]''. Other multiple-toy scale differences include intentionally simplified forms, such as the [[Fast Action Battlers]], which simply make all the characters the same size, with no attempt at matching scales.

Multiple-scale characters usually aren't meant to cross-interact. A rare exception is [[Movie (franchise)|live-action]] [[Blackout (Movie)#Voyager Class toys|Blackout]], who came with a [[Scorponok (Movie)#Voyager Class Blackout companions|tiny (and correctly scaled) version of Scorponok]]. A much larger [[Scorponok (Movie)#Deluxe Class toys|Deluxe version of Scorponok]] is ''also'' meant to interact with the same Blackout toy, despite the ridiculous scale disparity (and the fact that this means Blackout can have ''two'' Scorponoks of radically different size clipped to him simultaneously.)

Multiple toy sizes are generally irrelevant to the fiction, though the [[Cybertron (cartoon)|''Cybertron'' cartoon]] featured [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] inflating to planetary size, presumably in response to the [[Starscream (Armada)#Supreme|super-large "King Starscream" toy]] available at the time.

===Toys out of scale with themselves===
[[Image:G1 Broadside toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Kill me. Just... kill me now.]]

[[Triple Changer]]s create a whole new set of problems. The original [[Astrotrain (G1)#Toys|Astrotrain]] transforms from a 21-meter (70-foot) locomotive to a 56-meter (184-foot) [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes#Space Shuttle Orbiter|Space Shuttle]]. [[Octane#Toys|Octane]]'s original body transforms from a 20-meter (60-foot) tanker truck into a 65-meter (200-foot) jumbo jet. [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] transforms from an Earth fighter jet of indeterminate model (let's pretend for the sake of argument that he's supposed to be an [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes#F-14 Tomcat|F-14]] and say he's 18 meters (61 feet) long) into an entire ''aircraft carrier'', approximately 333 meters (1,092 feet) long.

The newer versions of Astrotrain and Octane (aka "Tankor"), while changing the specifics of their alternate modes, really don't improve on the general size disparity all that much.

Even a two-mode toy can have this problem. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#20th Anniversary/Masterpiece|Twentieth Anniversary Optimus Prime]] has wheels which are pretty tiny for a Freightliner truck, while his rear hitch section is too thick. These out-of-proportion vehicle parts were necessary to give his robot mode [[Show-accuracy|show-accurate]] proportions.

===Toys with roleplay altmodes===
The characters with roleplay altmodes such as Generation 1 [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron]], [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]], [[Perceptor (G1)#Toys|Perceptor]], or [[Laserbeak (Armada)#Toys|''Armada'' Laserbeak]] are scaled to be real-world [[human]]-scale (well, kid-scale). Since the [[size changing]] seen in the fiction is not possible for real toys (at least, that's what [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] ''wants'' us to think), this human-scaling makes in some cases for inordinately large robot modes. E.g., [[Blaster (G1)#Toys|Blaster]]'s toy, in robot mode, is taller than most other Transformers.

The opposite problem is seen with [[Megatron (G1)/toys#MasterpieceMegs|Masterpiece Megatron]], whose robot mode is in scale with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#20th Anniversary/Masterpiece|Masterpiece Optimus Prime]]. The result is that, while he may transform into a very accurately-proportioned handgun, it's unmistakably much larger than the real thing. (Not that this has stopped him being widely banned as a "realistic firearm replica"....)

===Fanciful altmodes===
Characters with alternate modes that are not meant to be replicas of real-world things (or at least, close enough to while being legally-distinct from said things) are difficult to accurately scale, as they generally transform into futuristic or Cybertronian vehicles whose size we don't really know... or, indeed, they don't transform into vehicles at all. The scale of characters such as the [[Dinobot (G1)|original Dinobots]], [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|Hot Rod]] or [[Overhaul (Cybertron)#Voyager|Leobreaker]] is fairly arbitrary and can only be estimated by their relative size to other characters within the fiction, although most fiction is highly inconsistent in this regard (see below). Nevertheless, if one assumes that most vehicle altmodes are intended for [[human]]-sized passengers, comparing toys such as [[Chromedome (G1)#Toys|Chromedome]] with [[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)#Toys|Lightspeed]] suggests the scale problem continues.

===Big toys===
It goes without saying that the [[city-bot]] and planetbot toys (such as [[Fortress Maximus (G1)#Toys|Fortress Maximus]] and [[Unicron/toys|Unicron]]) are not remotely to scale with normal Transformer toys. While they are indeed ''large'' toys, they're only two to five times bigger than typical Transformer toys, and thus transform into "cities" and "planets" about the (relative) size of a bungalow. The scale problems extend to the details. Some of the citybot toys have visible windows, which are too large for a city, suggesting instead a medium-sized building.

However, it's hard to begrudge [[Hasbro]] not offering us a [[Primus]] toy the size of an asteroid. Where would we keep it?

===Action Masters===
[[Image:Neutro-fusiontank.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Imagine [[:Image:ActionMaster Devastor.gif|Devastator]] in the passenger seat.]]

The [[:Category:Action Master vehicles|Action Master vehicles]] were designed to take advantage of the fact that the [[Action Master]] figures were all the same size. They can each pilot each other's vehicles or ride as a passenger. With the vehicles as a frame of reference, it seems we should take it as fact that all of the Action Masters are literally the same size, even characters such as Bumblebee and Devastator. Did Devastator shrink?

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===The rare exceptions===
There have been precious few exceptions to all of this scale weirdness in the toys. However, the ''[[Alternators]]'' toyline, where every toy is a 1:24-scale representation of a real car, and thus in perfect scale with each other, was the first to buck the trend. Unfortunately, for practical reasons this limits the choice of altmodes. A [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] (Space Shuttle) toy in scale with the ''Alternator''s toys would be 1.6 meters (5.1 feet) long, while a [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] (aircraft carrier) toy at that scale would be over 12 meters (40 feet)! Hasbro actually displayed [[Prototype|mock-ups]] for an unproduced line of "military" Transformers in scale with ''Alternators'' during the [[BotCon 2007]] Hasbro Tour; two of them recycled parts of ''[[Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' [[Unicron/toys#Armada|Unicron]], and were thus [[Size class|Supreme-sized]], which made said potential toyline not particularly commercially viable for Hasbro.

The direct —and indirect— successors to ''Alternators'' would also maintain a mostly consistent internal scale. ''[[Alternators#Binaltech Asterisk|Binaltech Asterisk]]'' and ''[[Kiss Players (toyline)|Kiss Players]]'' would make use of the same molds, only with added [[human]] female driver figures... which were woefully small compared to the cars they came with. This would repeat itself with the "[[Human Alliance]]" toys for ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''; the cars/robots are all roughly the right size compared to each other ([[Skids (ROTF)#Human Alliance|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)#Human Alliance|Mudflap]] are even smaller, squatter toys and come with sub-[[size class|Basic]]-sized [[Arcee (Movie)#Human Alliance|motorcycle]] and [[Chromia (ROTF)#HumanAlliance|robots]] to make up for it), but their human drivers are all too small. (Amusingly, [[Frenzy (Movie)#Human Alliance|Frenzy]] seems to be about right.)

''[[Alternity (franchise)|Alternity]]'' would follow in ''Alternators''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s footsteps with a series of smaller 1:32-scale licensed cars... as well as stuffing [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Alternity|characters who traditionally don't have automobile alternate modes]] into modern-day civilian vehicles. That these toys represent hyper-evolved beings most of the time make it all the more head-scratch-inducing.

== Scale within fictions ==
Scale issues abound within the fiction, especially the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]]. Some can be attributed to [[animation error]]s, such as layering problems,<sup>[[:Image:Tinybluestreak.jpg|1]][[:Image:Huge Ironhide and Small Ratchet.jpg|2]][[:Image:CarnageMiniBlaster.jpg|3]]</sup> but some "errors" were deliberate choices, for a variety of reasons.

===Fictional scale vs. toy scale===
[[Image:TeenyCliff.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Frighteningly toy-accurate.]]
[[Image:Powerglide Astoria Marygoaround.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Actually, disturbing ''fiction'' is probably more of a concern than scale issues.]]

The original ''Transformers'' fictions often depict characters to the same relative scale as the toys, which duplicates the intra-toyline problems described above. The cartoon, for example, shows [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] as about the same height, [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]s and Autobot cars as slightly shorter (though not as much as the toys are), and [[Mini Vehicle|Minibots]] as smaller yet. This scale was carried over to their vehicle forms, resulting in differently-sized cars that, based on real world measurements, should be virtually the same size.

For another example, the [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] comics portrayed the [[Pretender]]s as literal interpretations of their toys: 60-foot humans with full-scale Transformers inside. The "disguise" aspect of this was later explained by having [[Landmine (G1)|Landmine]] and [[Cloudburst]] encounter [[Femax|giant, transformer-sized humanoids on an alien planet]] which made them appear to be of a "normal" scale.

[[Image:Omegasupreme astrotrain.jpg|right|200px|thumb|I know he's meant to be big, but holy ''crap'', dude!]]

Transformers fiction commonly shrinks or inflates characters, relative to their toy sizes. "Giant" characters such as [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] are, even aside from any [[size changing]] for transport purposes, clearly not in the same scale in toy form as they are depicted on screen. [[Mini-Cassette|Cassette characters]] such as [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]'s toys are roughly the same height as most Minibots, while in the show they are usually portrayed as human-sized.

[[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] are usually shown to be of a fairly similar height (although Magnus is much bulkier), whereas there is a considerable difference between the size of their toys. By the same token, Rodimus is always depicted as being an equal stature to his opposing leader [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], whereas the [[Galvatron (G1)/toys|toy Galvatron]] is instead the same size as Magnus. Optimus Prime is also usually shown as only a head or so shorter than Magnus (if that), which gets very strange when you realize that a [[redeco]] of Prime's toy forms but a small part of Magnus' robot mode.

[[Image:Beastwarsmaxgroup.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Airazor picks the Ultra-class figure.]]

The cast of ''[[Beast Wars (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' were size-tweaked quite a bit, relative to the toyline. The most noticeable problem is [[Optimus Primal]], who has an Ultra toy (the "level four" size, almost twice the size of the "level three" Mega next-largest Maximal toys), but is shorter than both [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] and [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (both of whom are "level two" Deluxe sized toys). Further, [[Cheetor (BW)/toys#Beast Wars|Cheetor]] and [[Tigatron#Toys|Tigatron]]'s toys use the same (Deluxe) mold, but Tigatron is a head taller in the show (both because tigers are larger than cheetahs, and because Cheetor is "a kid"). New and altered characters in later seasons were generally more consistent in size (and appearance) with the toys. This problem was magnified when the Generation 1 characters cameoed in the series. [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] is a Tyrannosaurus rex but is shown in The Agenda Part 3, as being much smaller than Optimus Prime.
[[Image:Agenda3 MegatronOptimusPrime.jpg|right|250px|thumb|An example of how small Beast Wars Megatron is compared to Optimus Prime.]]

The ''[[Beast Machines (toyline)|Beast Machines]]''' toyline was ''far'' worse in size discrepancies with the cartoon. Of the [[Maximal]]s featured in the show, the tallest character, [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]], is [[Silverbolt (BW)#Beast Machines|the ''shortest'' toy]], while the diminutive [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]] is a [[Nightscream (BM)#Toys|massive Ultra-class toy]]. And, sadly, the most show-accurate toy, [[Optimus Primal/toys#Robots in Disguise|Air Attack Optimus Primal]], is a ''ginormous'' Supreme figure, towering over the other toys. (Weirdly, the [[King Kong]]-like size of this toy became [[canon]] in one specific [[micro-continuity]]. {{storylink|Prime Spark}})
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[[Image:ShrinkingHeavy.jpg|left|200px|thumb|I lost thirty tons, thanks to the Jump-Cut! Thank you, Jump-Cut!]]
In the otherwise fairly toy-scale-savvy [[Unicron Trilogy]], [[Metroplex (Cybertron)|''Cybertron'' Metroplex]] and the other citizens of [[Gigantion]] are depicted as gargantuan in animation, whereas the toys are merely among the normal boxed size-classes. Within the animation, this causes problems with their [[Mini-Con]] partners, who are depicted as human-sized in robot mode by themselves, but when shown directly interacting with their larger partners, are scaled up right along with their partner... resulting in some temporarily gigantic Mini-Cons!

The Japanese ''[[Cybertron (franchise)#Galaxy Force|Galaxy Force]]'' release of [[Metroplex (Cybertron)#Toys|Metroplex]], dubbed "Megalo Convoy", included an exclusive [[redeco]] of the [[Legends Class|Legends of Cybertron]] [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#MegaloConvoy|Optimus Prime toy]] to indicate the "correct" scale.

The ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]'' franchise has its share of scale problems when comparing its toyline to the cartoon (not helped by multiple releases of some characters in different sizes—see above), with several characters seeming roughly one [[size class]] too small, such as the [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobots]] being a mix of one Voyager size and two Deluxes, [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)#Toys|Sentinel Prime]] looking rather diminutive as a Deluxe, and, most egregiously, [[Lugnut (Animated)#Toys|Lugnut]] as a ''very'' squat Voyager who's shorter than even some Deluxes. (As with [[Bulkhead (Animated)#Toys|Voyager-class Bulkhead]], more of his mass went into his width, plus his weapon takes away some from his robot mode.) Conversely, the traditionally stunted [[Bumblebee (Animated)#Toys|Bumblebee]] is marginally too tall and bulky to be in correct scale to his otherwise fairly accurate core teammates, assuming one includes [[Optimus Prime (Animated)#Voyager|Voyager Optimus]] and [[Bulkhead (Animated)#Leader|Leader Bulkhead]] in their lineup. In fact, ''Animated'' is one of those toylines where you're not quite sure who you're supposed to base correct scale on.

===Inconsistent portrayal===
[[Image:OmegaSupremeintro.jpg|left|175px|thumb|No! Don't wash him in hot water! He'll...]]
[[Image:Omegasupreme-blasterandgrimlock.jpg|right|200px|thumb|...too late.]]
Even if a size was decided on, it often didn't remain consistent. The height of the cartoon's [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]], just to name one, frequently varied between episodes.

The [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Generation 1 Marvel comic]] is notorious for changing the relative sizes of various characters. A single Transformer's size is rarely consistent between artists. For example, [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] vary in height relative to [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]. A panel in the "[[Time Wars (issue)|Time Wars]]" shows [[Bumblebee (G1)|Goldbug]], [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]], and [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] all the same height. [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], titanic in his original appearance, {{storylink|Command Performances!}} shrunk steadily in subsequent issues until he was not much taller than the average Transformer. [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] suffered a similar problem, shrinking in size even though he was explicitly rebuilt to be twice as tall as the average Transformer.

Scale can even be inconsistent within the same story thanks to changing artists: In the Marvel UK story "[[Ladies' Night]]", a ginormous [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] picks up a tiiiiny military Jeep with one hand, implying that he grew to humongous proportions when he transformed (as his alternate mode is ''also'' depicted as a Jeep in fiction), but in the second part of the story, Swindle is hit by a burning Jeep (possibly even the same one) that is now in scale with his robot mode. {{storylink|Ladies' Night}} It can even happen within the same issue without an artist change: In [[IDW Publishing|IDW's]] ''[[Spotlight: Soundwave]]'', there's a scene where a [[Hiro|human]] picks up [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] in his tape deck mode, which is smaller than a thick comic book slipcase in his hands. A few pages later, [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] picks up Soundwave out of the human's hands, being barely able to hold the tape deck in his mouth, making Laserbeak about the size of a large dog (not counting the wings). Yet when [[Skywatch]] discovers Laserbeak at the end of the story, his ''head'' alone is suddenly the size of an adult human. {{storylink|Spotlight: Soundwave}}

[[Image:Beastwarriors scale.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Beast Megatron's size vs. Optimus Prime's in America... and Japan. Looks like the Blasty Zone adds on a few tons to Beast Era characters.]]
Between the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] and the [[Beast Era]], the majority of the Cybertronian race considerably downgraded in size at the [[Great Upgrade]]. When entering the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], the Beast Warriors are quite small compared to the dormant Generation 1 characters, especially [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]—but just ''how'' much bigger varies quite a bit from scene to scene and episode to episode. When interacting with the Autobot technology of the Ark and the [[Autobot shuttle]], the [[Maximal]]s are often dealing with equipment grossly oversized for them (standing on the chairs to reach the controls, turning knobs the size of their heads); yet the Ark also seems to feature some human-sized computer control panels. {{storylink|Master Blaster|Master Blaster}} Without any height booster, [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] can interface well with these controls.

On the other hand, ''[[Robot Masters (franchise)|Robot Masters]]'' depicted Generation 1 and ''Beast Wars'' characters like [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Optimus Primal]] as being exactly the same size. Lovely. It's possible that passage through the [[Blasty Zone]] may somehow [[Wikipedia:Boom tube#Later Additions to the Concept|account for this discrepancy]].

===Explicit size changes===
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Numerous characters are explicitly shown to shrink or expand at various times.

====Human-scaled alternate modes====
[[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] becomes a human-scale radio; [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] shrinks into a handgun scaled for either Transformer or human hands, depending on the situation. The cartoons and comics typically show this without explanation, leaving the audience to attribute it to advanced alien technology.

====Pretenders====
Some versions of the [[Pretender]]s are shown to explicitly shrink when hiding in their human-sized outer shells. In the U.S. toy commercials, [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] in their new Pretender forms were small enough to fit in [[Powermaster]] [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s hand. So, at least in that [[micro-continuity]], they were human-sized. ''[[Super-God Masterforce (cartoon)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' featured Pretenders who did not have outer shells but rather an ill-defined holistic transformation which explicitly involved size changing. A vaguely similar explanation appeared in [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s ''[[More Than Meets The Eye (G1)|More Than Meets The Eye]]'' encyclopedia.

===Implicit size changes===
Characters often change size in a less explicit fashion when transforming. These changes in scale are usually attributed to size-changing by that portion of the fan base who like to find explanations for things. The other explanation is that the artists hoped the audience wouldn't notice. It can also be supposed that they are hiding their mass somewhere (car style Transformers storing mass in their passenger compartments when in humanoid form, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] folding his wings flat, the buildings in a city-bot collapsing to eliminate the spaces normally occupied by humans, boat-bots filling up or getting rid of the vast empty areas used to provide buoyancy) or puffing up with empty space, but at a certain point, things just get silly. Some Transformers are smaller than solid blocks of the mass contained in their alt modes: [[Unicron]] would have to be about as thick as the [[Earth]]'s crust while in planetary form, and [[Optimus Prime (disambiguation)|Optimus Prime]] would probably be blown away by a stiff breeze in his larger incarnations.

====Transport characters====
[[Image:MakeHoistHuffer.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Definitely ''not'' toy-accurate.]]
[[Image:Ironhide carried into Ratchet.jpg|thumb|right|180px|...And not to [[Ironhide (G1)|mention]] [[Ratchet (G1)|this]].]]

In the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original cartoon]], Transformers that act as transport for other Transformers, such as [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]], and [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]], will often dramatically change size relative to their compatriots between one shot and the next. For example, Cosmos is ''much'' shorter than [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] in robot form; yet Blaster easily fits within his spacecraft mode. Likewise, a whole squad of Decepticons can fit into Astrotrain's shuttle mode easily (including the combined-form [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]!), yet he's an ordinary-sized trooper in his robot form.

Sometimes the cartoon would show ordinarily-scaled characters such as [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] or [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] carrying another Transformer in their cockpit, implying either a tiny passenger or a huge vehicle. Even [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], who is supposed to be huge, would have to have a greatly expanded scale for his rocket ship component to accommodate passengers as shown on the cartoon.

The Marvel comics commonly sidestepped this issue by not using Transformers as transport characters, or else requiring the passengers to transform into their explicitly smaller forms to be carried. Yet they were not immune to this problem. In one story, the Pretender [[Cloudburst]] exited his shell, transformed into jet mode, and then his shell (and [[Landmine (G1)|Landmine]]) boarded him as a passenger. The fact that his ''outer'' shell was now much smaller than the ''inner'' robot was quietly ignored. {{storylink|Guess Who the Mecannibals Are Having for Dinner?}}

[[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave's]] ''[[More Than Meets The Eye (G1)|More Than Meets The Eye]]'' series of [[bio]] comics tried to explain this for characters such as Astrotrain and [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] by saying they're able to expand themselves to increase cargo space in vehicle mode, though their armor becomes thinner as it is spread out more. Conversely, the series notes, in robot mode, all that armor and structure being compressed into a smaller form makes that mode stronger and more durable for combat.

This concept is lampshaded in the credits of [[Transformers:_War_for_Cybertron|WFC]], where [[Bumblebee_(Prime)|Bumblebee]] pulls up, and the entire Autobot cast of the game step out of his passenger door, clown car style.

====Combiner characters====
[[Image:DreamwaveCover6.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Since when is a sedan nine stories tall?]]
[[Combiner]] characters are often depicted as far larger than the sum of their parts. Characters such as [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] and [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] are frequently shown as [[Godzilla]]-sized. Given that their limbs are mere cars and construction vehicles, this is patently absurd. ([[Superion (G1)|Superion]], by contrast, ''would'' be building-sized, given that his torso is a 100-seat jetliner.)

Combiners are also often out-of-scale with other Transformers; a combiner with cars for legs and another car for its torso should be only twice as tall as a one-car Transformer, but they are routinely drawn as five to dozens of times taller than their comrades.

Sometimes, they are even out of scale in their own team; [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]'s torso is an [[Onslaught (G1)|anti-aircraft truck]], while one of his limbs is a [[Blast Off (G1)|Space Shuttle]] and another is a [[Swindle (G1)|two-person offroad vehicle]]. For this to work, either Blast Off has to shrink, or Swindle needs to grow.

====Scale problems and size-changing====
Some fans interpret the many otherwise-unexplained scale issues above to all be the result of [[size changing]], but this is debatable. If virtually all characters use mass-shifting (or whatever) to gain or drop a few feet of height for no logical reason, the technology would be pointlessly mundane. There's also no known reason for (e.g.) the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]s to choose to get ''shorter'' when going into battle. A to-scale Starscream in robot mode could kick Bumblebee around like a soccer ball. There's simply no positive evidence that size-changing is so widespread.

===Undersized alternate modes===
Many Transformers are portrayed in fiction as having alternate modes that are smaller than the real-life objects they are imitating. Sometimes this is deliberate, allowing them to match their toy scale and/or be of a similar size to other characters; in other cases, it is essentially an artistic error.

Toys at the lowest price points usually include "mini" or "micro" in their name. [[Mini Vehicle]]s [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]], [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]], and [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] are usually depicted as smaller than other Transformers in fiction, even though their alternate modes should have them towering over other characters. This often results in minuscule vehicle forms; Seaspray is a tiny hovercraft, despite being covered with doors and windows.<small> (Conversely, if a new toy based on such a [[character]] is designed to be more in scale with other toys, such as [[Universe (2008 toyline)|2008 ''Universe'']] Ultra Class Powerglide or [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|2010 ''Transformers'']] Voyager Class [[Sea Spray]], some [[fandom|fans]] complain ''because they expect those new toys to reflect the original toys' sizes'' and, by extension, the [[show-accuracy|depiction in fiction]].)</small>

[[Image:Hotrodpatrolcommercial.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Do you have change for four hot rods?]]
The [[Micromaster]]s are explicitly downsized Transformers, roughly the size of a human in the comics, meaning that they ''should'' have explicitly tiny vehicle modes... which wouldn't make for very convincing disguises. The Micromasters are about the same height in robot mode, but they transform into equally tiny cars, trucks, planes, tanks, and other vehicles that should be vastly different sizes.

Despite this, the Marvel comic featured [[Roadhandler (G1)|Roadhandler]] carrying a human passenger in his vehicle form, as though he were a full-sized car. The Dreamwave miniseries ''[[Transformers: Micromasters|Micromasters]]'' suggested that the Micromasters were scaled down to interact more easily with "smaller beings". Whether that meant creatures of human scale or even smaller stature is never clarified, but the Micromasters' passenger compartments are presumably too small to accommodate human passengers.

The [[Mini-Con]]s of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] are another race of small robots who stand approximately the same height as humans and, like the Micromasters before them, are clearly modeled to carry passengers. Really teeny passengers. (Notable exceptions are [[Grindor (Armada)|Grindor]] (in his original body), [[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]], and [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]], who become small one-man conveyances.) This results from the Mini-Cons scanning normal vehicles and then resizing them to fit, retaining now-useless passenger compartments. In the [[Cybertron (cartoon)|''Cybertron'' cartoon]], the [[Recon Mini-Con Team]] have slightly-larger-than-human robot modes, but their alternate modes are large enough for a single human passenger, implying either a little size-changing or that their cockpits are kinda cramped. Though the Recon Team all originate from Gigantion, and seeing how partnered Mini-Cons seem to change size to fit their larger companions, a little size shift to accomodate a passenger doesn't seem too far-fetched compared to other scale issues.

Likewise, the [[Beast Era]] Maximals and Predacons possess roughly human-size bodies; yet when portrayed as vehicles on Cybertron ("[[Dawn of Future's Past]]", the [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicons]] in ''[[Beast Machines (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]''), they feature seats and cockpits that, at their size, should be basically useless.

====Citybots====
[[Image:EarlyGalvatronTVMagazine1.jpg|left|200px|thumb|If you were ever this big in the cartoon, then we might call you a city.]]
[[Image:HeadmastersScale.jpg|right|200px|thumb|See above. Way, way, way above.]]
[[City-bot|A few characters]] have "city" alternate modes. As actual real-life cities can sprawl for many miles, a [[city-bot]] that can notionally house a population of humans, ''let alone'' Transformers, should have a robot-mode that'd make Godzilla look like a gecko. Suffice to say, almost no fiction even ''begins'' to approximate the logical size of a true "city-bot". In the American and Japanese cartoons, all four were shown as massive robots capable of housing many normal-sized Transformers. Even so, it would take something along the lines of the grossly undersized depictions of [[Unicron]] (see below) even to begin to represent reasonably the colossal size of a transformed city; so in the context of Transformers, "city" is perhaps better read as "building" or "fortress".

These city-bots often have "small" robots forming vital components. Scorponok has a "human-sized" being forming his head. [[Full-Tilt]], [[Six-Gun]], and [[Slammer]] must logically be building-sized in robot-mode to be in-scale with Trypticon and Metroplex, but, again, are not drawn as such.

The Marvel Generation 1 comic sidestepped this issue by depicting Trypticon, Fortress Maximus and Scorponok as merely "large-standard" characters. However, Metroplex, during his one, brief appearance, was depicted as being immensely larger, crushing Quintesson attack cruisers under foot without batting an eyelid. He was still considerably smaller than a city, however, but this was justified by him merely serving as the 'transformation core' for Autobot City: Earth, not the actual city itself.
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====Planets and planetbots====
[[Image:Cybertronplanet.jpg|left|250px|thumb|If we're generous and assume Cybertron is only the size of Earth's moon, then the larger visible buildings are roughly the size of Massachusetts stood on end, and you could wedge France into that gash. (Which would probably improve both Cybertron and France.)]]
Scale when it comes to planets is so fraught it's painful. The problems of describing citybots as "cities" is a thousand times worse if [[Unicron]] is supposed to have a planet alternate mode, and [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] is in turn supposed to be of similar size. Though different stories have compared Cybertron/Primus and Unicron to drastically different real planets, the fact remains that they are ''planets'', and yet are shown in such insane scale to characters as to suggest they are the size of a ''very'' small moon (or [[Darth Vader|space station]]).

To start with, Cybertron was shown throughout ''Generation 1'' with buildings visible from space. Although this was intended to show that the planet was technological in nature, it makes little sense, as the structures would have to be the size of small ''nations'' to be visible. If the buildings were in fact supposed to be skyscrapers (or even ''2000 A.D.''-style arcologies) sized for 10 m (30') robots, Cybertron would still be less than 150km (100 miles) across. The rather [http://www.starwars.com/databank/location/coruscant/index.html Coruscant]-like shots of Cybertron in ''[[Beast Machines (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'' may be less distinctive or "Cybertronian", but are ''far'' more believable. (Some people reason that the Transformers' advanced technology, along with their large size and their not needing to breathe, means that buildings actually CAN be that big.)

Unicron is a more extreme problem. Assuming no [[size changing]] occurs during his transformation (and really, what possible reason would he have to become ''smaller''?), in robot mode he would be so massive that any shot featuring a recognizable ''part'' of his body, let alone the whole thing, would be on a scale such that no normal Transformer would even be visible. [[Image:UnicronEatsGalvyMmmm.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Either Galvy is humungo, or Lithone is tiiinyyy!!!]]Scenes in the [[The Transformers: The Movie|1986 movie]] in which he directly interacts with normal Cybertronians are blatantly absurd (though totally phat-looking). Shots such as the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] fleeing his grasping hand, a starship penetrating his eye, impaling [[Brainstorm]] on his fingernail, {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}} or ''especially'' him picking up Galvatron between his fingers before swallowing him, break any concept of "planetary" scale. Not to mention that he's described as a "''ginormous'' weird-lookin' planet," which would lead one to assume that he is ''significantly'' larger than your average-sized weird-lookin' planet. Thank you, [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]]. Thank you so much.

If Cybertron is the size of Earth's moon (and that's generous), and Unicron is about the size of Cybertron, his hands would be about the size of Europe and Galvatron (to the right) would be about the size of Denmark.

There is no explanation for any of this. Just go with it.

The depiction of Unicron's scale in ''[[Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' was (debatably) a slight improvement, in that physical interaction with normal beings was not attempted. He preferred instead to communicate with normal Transformers by possessing one of them. {{storylink|Sideways (RID)|Sideways}} Nevertheless, shots featuring [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] and [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] standing on his neck are still ''farcically'' out of scale.

As a side note, Unicron has been established in some continuities as having already devoured approximately 22.56% of known universes which is truly hilarious if one takes actual planetary/galactic scale into consideration. Assuming that Unicron is ''generously'' close to the size of our moon or the planet Mercury, when compared to other stellar bodies he begins to show up as an all but invisible speck. Imagine him trying to devour a star the size of [http://www.kiroastro.com/writings/perspective Betelgeuse]!

===Oversized alternate modes===
[[Image:RattrapLOVEScheetor.jpg|right|180px|thumb|I'm tellin' ya, all da rats in Brooklyn are dis big!]]
Much less common are instances of a Transformer turning into an overscaled real-world object. Most such instances occur in the ''Beast Wars'' era.

Although the Beast Warriors are consistent day-to-day in their relative size to each other, their scale in relation to their real-world animal equivalents is more complex. While the bug characters such as [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] and [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] are obviously scaled-up, other characters are more subtly not quite the right size.

[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] and [[Tigatron]] are shown standing next to real members of their species, and they are both the same size as the animals in question. {{storylink|Beast Wars (Part 1)}} {{storylink|Law of the Jungle}} This makes them (and Cheetor in particular, since he's around more) the measuring sticks for the other characters. Therefore, [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] is a rather small rhinoceros, and [[Optimus Primal]] is a roughly normal (or female) gorilla. However [[Rattrap]] is a monstrously huge rat, the size of a Labrador dog (indeed, the writers stated that Season 1 Rattrap was 5' (1.5 m) tall<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/8227a6ca84c0238d Bob Forward gives Rattrap's height from the show bible]</ref>). Likewise [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] is considerably larger than a real velociraptor. [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], however, is a pitifully tiny specimen of a T. Rex. In their interactions with adult [[protohuman]]s, the Transformer characters seem between twice and three times their height. Considering our ancestors really were smaller than modern humans, this is not extremely wrong, but it deserves noting.

However, thanks to the scaling up of the arthropod characters, it is relatively safe to assume that the Transformers scanned only animal ''forms'' and then rescaled them to fit their own size, which is actually slightly more believable than all other series, in which the Transformers use mass shifting to make their alt modes the ''right'' size.

===Artistic license===
====Variation for characterization====
[[Image:Prime has a huge head.jpg|left|150px|thumb|With 20th Anniversary Prime and Smallest Transformers Bumblebee, you can actually recreate this scene.]]
Some scale problems are for the sake of characterization. For example, Optimus Prime is routinely shown as thoroughly gargantuan, several stories in height, and capable of cradling humans in his palm. If he's the size of a real truck, Prime in robot mode should be 8–10 m (25'–30') tall, at best. He's drawn large because he's a leader character.

Conversely, [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] is sometimes shown only a few feet taller than an average human, while in reality he would be 3–5 m (10'–15') tall (the Marvel comic actually states he's 15' tall {{storylink|Plight of the Bumblebee!}}). He's drawn small because he's a human-friendly character, and a junior member of the Autobots.

With fighter jet alternate modes, the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] should be among the largest everyday Transformers and would ''tower'' over their Autobot adversaries; instead, the animation depicts characters such as [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] as about the same height. Though jets are much larger than cars, they're drawn the same height so the battles appear fair. (And also to make it easier to animate; blocking a shot where characters differ radically in height is difficult.)

In a related vein, sometimes Transformers are able to enter human buildings, fitting through their doors and running up their staircases without crashing through. {{storylink|B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.}} A cast that couldn't enter buildings would be grossly inconvenient for telling some stories, so the animators fudge things.

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====Intentionally strange scale====
[[Image:MarvelUS-01.jpg|right|200px|thumb|One side makes you larger, one side makes you small. (Op's been noshing on the first side too much.)]]
Sometimes artists draw a character at a different size [[Authorial intent|intentionally]]. For example, on the cover of the [[The Transformers (issue)|first issue]] of [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|the original ''Transformers'' comics series]], Optimus Prime is extremely huge compared to the highway, bridge, and normal cars. ([[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] is bigger than usual, too.) This is purely for dramatic effect.

Another notable example is the splash screen for the "[http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/TF/bible/index.html World of the TRANSFORMERS]" website, which depicts [[Optimus Primal]] (in his original gorilla body) as the same size as [[Optimus Prime (G1)|G1 Optimus Prime]] and [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Movie Optimus Prime]], directly contradicting the size difference seen in "[[Optimal Situation]]" and elsewhere (except for ''[[Robot Masters (franchise)|Robot Masters]]'').

Artwork for the [[:Image:VaderVsPrime.jpg|''Star Wars'']] subline features [[:Image:Megatronvsluke.jpg|humans from another galaxy]] standing at the same height as Transformers, although this is simply because most of the figures in [[Attacktix|the tabletop game advertised by this artwork]] are the same size.

[[Image:World of the Transformers ent.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Meet the Supreme class <s>[[Trukk not munky|Munky]]</s> Optimus Primal.]]
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===The live-action film series===
[[Image:Moviescale1.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Scale is absolutely not an issue in the movie. Riiight.]]
The creators of the [[Transformers (2007)|live-action movie]] took great pains to avoid out-of-scale issues. (Well, greater than previous franchises.) This is sometimes reflected in the choice of vehicle or the design of their robot mode. E.g., [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] is an extended-hood cab in order to have more mass with which to make a taller robot mode. [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]'s robot mode is nearly as wide as it is tall, with shorter, digitigrade legs, so the massive jet-former won't end up twice as tall as Optimus. In the case of [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]], his huge alternate mode simply results in a hulking, towering robot mode.

There are still minor scale issues to be found, though. For example, Optimus Prime can hold both [[Sam Witwicky|Sam]] and [[Mikaela Banes|Mikaela]] in one hand. Comparing this shot with when he picks up [[Archibald Witwicky]]'s glasses a few minutes later, it seems the glasses have lenses a foot (30cm) in diameter. This is a visual cheat so the glasses are visible to the audience. There's also debate about whether [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]]'s head could compact itself into a slim mobile phone. The [[Movie (toyline)|movie-franchise toys]], meanwhile, are only intermittently consistent (particularly since some of the secondary ones are redecos of toys from previous lines), with the largest contrast among the "primary" toys being between Deluxe Class [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]], a motorcycle, and Voyager Class Decepticons with helicopters as their [[Alternate mode|alternate modes]], such as [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] and [[Incinerator (Movie)|Incinerator]]. However, many of the wheeled vehicles are close to 1:35 scale, although Deluxe Class [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] and Classic Camaro [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Bumblebee]] are ''obviously'' not the same scale. Even more oddly, the vehicle modes of Classic Camaro Bumblebee and Concept Camaro Bumblebee are not the same scale, yet their robot heads are the same size (albeit different sculpts).

[[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]] is another point of topic here. Whilst in the [[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|film]], they worked on keeping his size relative to those of his components, in the [[Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)|game]] he was far larger. Also note that the alternate mode of [[Long Haul (ROTF)|Long Haul]], who forms his right leg, is a Caterpillar 773B dump truck, which is considerably larger than a Caterpillar D9L bulldozer, the alternate mode of [[Rampage (ROTF)|Rampage]] who turns into Devastator's left leg.

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==Official scale guides ==
[[Image:Tfcartoonscaleguideic1.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Official Scale Guides of ''The Transformers'']]
[[Image:Beastwarsscalepreliminary.jpg|right|250px|thumb|''Beast Wars'' Season 1 scale guide]]
Animators and comic book artists received official scale guides showing relative and (in some cases) absolute heights. Some of these were published in the character model guides ''[[Transformers: The Ark|The Ark]]'' and ''[[Transformers: The Ark II|The Ark II]]''. Though they were sometimes ignored, they still give insight into the official scale of characters in Generation 1. However, even here, there are problems. Devastator in the Season One scale guide was approximately 2.5 times the height of Optimus Prime, but by Season Two he was somewhat less than twice Prime's height.

''Beast Wars'' likewise had an official scale guide, which appeared as a bonus on the DVD set of Season 2. Despite this guide, the series writers have indicated some measure of disregard for relative scale, when it suited the needs of dramatic tension.<ref>[http://builtstlouis.net/tf/manic/m-botcon.html BotCon 98 report - see "ON THE SIZES OF CHARACTERS"]</ref> Thus, Optimal Optimus is ''ungodly'' tall in his first appearance, later reduced to perhaps two times the height of the rest of the cast.

[[Image:ROTF Autobot scale guide 1.jpg|thumb|right|''ROTF'' scale guide]]

''[[Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' had scale guides featured in the ''25 years of Transformers'' feature for the [[Revenge of the Fallen (film)/home video|DVD release]] which showed official heights for both the Autobots and the Decepticons. Meaning [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] gains an extra twelve feet when he wears [[Jetfire (ROTF)|a corpse]].

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==References==
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==External links==
*[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/6db411e03e75a342?dmode=source Estimated "real-life" heights for several Transformers, derived from the size of their alt-modes, archived from alt.toys.transformers on groups.google.com]

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Other Victories

2011-08-26T20:48:25Z

147.140.233.16: Undo revision 628772 by Megatron150 (Talk)

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=50
|image=OVic opening.JPG
|caption=Sure is nice in the lifeless void.
|title="Other Victories"
|production=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[May 5]], [[1999]]
|written by=[[Larry DiTillio]]
|directed by=[[William Lau]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}

'''The aliens send their powerful new emissary Tigerhawk to Earth to stop the continued disruption of the time stream.'''

:''French-Canadian title:'' '''La Victoire''' ("The Victory")
:''Japanese title:'' ただいまでござる (''Tadaima de Gozaru'', "I Hath Returned")
:''Latin-American title:'' '''Otras Victorias'''
:''Italian title:'' '''Un nuovo amico''' ("A new friend")
:''Brazilian name:'' '''Outras Vitórias'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:OtherVictories BirthofTigerhawk.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Oh yeah, we still have these two guys.]]
Somewhere in the vast universe, two entities are discussing the experiment on [[Earth|"Nexus Earth"]]. Though the project was "sterilized", there remains a threat. The entities then reveal [[Tigatron]] and [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]], then merge their bodies together, creating a new [[Transformer]]. The aliens inhabit the body and depart in a ball of energy, while two [[Spark|sparks]] follow.

[[Image:Judge Megatron.JPG|right|150px|thumb|Believe it or not, you may have better luck on [[Quintessa]].]]
At the [[Darksyde|Predacon base]], the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] are holding a "trial" for [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]]. [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] is the "defense", [[Dinobot II|Dinobot]] and [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] are the jury, [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] is taking the minutes, and [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] is the judge, not to mention the fact that he's all dressed up for the occasion. Quickstrike begs for mercy, saying he doesn't know what [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]]'s intentions for destroying the [[Ark (G1)|''Ark'']] were, but offers to hunt him down for Megatron. Suddenly, the sensors detect an energy surge on a ballistic approach for the base. Tarantulas and [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] both detect the surge as well and recognize that it can only be one thing.

The aliens are back.

[[Image:OtherVictories clash.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Flying Tiger, Hidden Dragon]]
The Predacons' automated defenses are ineffective against the anomaly, and Megatron orders them to abandon the base. Making contact, the energy ball destroys the Predacon ship instantly. [[Optimus Primal]] heads for the base, fearing that the spark of [[Megatron (G1)|the original Megatron]] may have been destroyed, and sends [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] to assist.

From the ashes of the Predacon base, the alien Transformer appears and introduces himself as [[Tigerhawk]], emissary of the [[Vok]]. He dispatches the other Predacons with ease, then sentences Megatron to death for his interference with the timestream. The two battle, but Tigerhawk is victorious. During the fight, Cheetor is incapacitated. As Tigerhawk prepares the killing blow, Optimus arrives. Tigerhawk greets him in a friendly manner, but asks him not to interfere. Optimus tries to explain Megatron's situation, but is entombed in the earth for his efforts. However, Tigerhawk is attacked by Tarantulas's [[Arachnoid|spider drones]], which allows Tarantulas to drag him to his lair. Meanwhile, an unconscious Cheetor dreams that he is visited by the sparks of Tigatron and Airazor, who fuse together before he is attacked by the two Vok seen in the beginning of the episode. He wakes up to see the fused spark, which guides him to the lair and the emissary.

[[Image:Tarantulas death.JPG|right|150px|thumb|The most hardcore death of ''Beast Wars''.]]
At the lair, Tigerhawk revives and claims to know Tarantulas. The mad scientist states that he intends to use Tigerhawk to destroy the [[Maximal|Maximals]] while he detonates the ''Ark''. He also reveals why he wants to destroy it: Tarantulas and the [[Tripredacus Council]] are not descendants of the [[Autobot|Autobots]] and the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]], but have "other origins". This would allow them to control [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and conquer the universe. Cheetor jumps in around this time and looks on amazed at the scene. As Tarantulas activates the deprogramming device, the two Vok entities emerge from Tigerhawk's mouth and enter him. The device then shoots a bolt of energy at Tarantulas, which throws him into a nearby [[Energon crystal]]. The crystal detonates, destroying Tarantulas and the two aliens in a freakish yet totally hardcore manner. Cheetor manages to drag Tigerhawk out, but is knocked unconscious when the lair explodes.

Optimus locates Cheetor and Tigerhawk as the merged sparks of Tigatron and Airazor enter the emissary. Welcoming their old friends and new friend back, the Maximals depart for home…as Megatron watches on.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal|Maximals]]|c1=
*[[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] (3)
*[[Tigatron]] (4)
*[[Tigerhawk]] (5)
*[[Rattrap]] (13)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (14)
*[[Optimus Primal]] (15)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (16)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (17)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
*[[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (6)
*[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] (7)
*[[Dinobot II]] (8)
*[[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] (9)
*[[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] (10)
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (11)
*[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (12)

|c4=*Magenta-eyed [[Vok]] (1)
*Yellow-eyed Vok (2)
}}

==Quotes==
"Ooooo, Waspinator ''like'' defense! A little ''more'' defense, and maybe Waspinator not get blown up all the time!"<br>
''gulp'' "Looks like this is my last round-up."<br>
"Aheh-ahem! Two-Head throw Megatron in lava pit. Megatron ''angry''. Think Two-Head a traitor. Want to ''slag'' Two-Head. Waspinator down with that!"
:—'''Waspinator''' "defends" '''Quickstrike'''.

"I — I plum don't know! But I do know this. That dang spider double-crossed ''both'' of us. I'd be happy to track him down for ya, a-and kick his keister!"<br>
"Ah hah hah. 'Dang spider'. I applaud your good intentions. But we are ''through'' being lenient with traitors!"
:—'''Quickstrike''' learns that '''Megatron''' is no longer [[Master Blaster|tolerant of treachery.]]

"Well, i-i-if it's not a comet, what is it?"<br />
"Somethin' I thought we'd never see again."
:—'''Rattrap''' and '''Rhinox''', monitoring Tigerhawk's approach toward prehistoric Earth.

"Looks like the Beast Wars are over... FOR THE PREDS! Eheheh! Eheheh!" ''[looks for high-five]''
:—'''Rattrap''' after the Predacon base is destroyed.

"They're back... just like Tarantulas always said they'd be."
:—'''Blackarachnia'''

'''Tigerhawk''': "I am Tigerhawk, emissary of the Vok. Your form's changed, but I know you, Megatron. The Vok charge you with the willful disruption of time and space. Surrender to me immediately. Violence will not be tolerated."<br />
'''Megatron''': [''chuckles''] "Megatrons do not surrender." [''transforms to robot mode''] "We conquer! Predacons, attack!"

"This is my world now. YOU have no place in it!"
:—'''Megatron''' has a low opinion of squatters.

"Just when things were finally looking up... eheheh... we're all gonna die."
:—'''Rattrap''' after the situation has been explained to him.

"You're insane!" <br />
"So they say. Bblbllllaah!"
:—'''Tarantulas''' proves '''Tigerhawk''''s assertion.

==Notes==
===Technical or animation errors===
*As the Predacons scramble for battle stations, Megatron's eyes are green instead of their usual purple.
*Before Megatron orders to abandon the ''Darksyde'', Waspinator screams "What should we do?!", then he just vanishes into thin air.
*As the Predacons open fire on Tigerhawk, Dinobot II fires a green beam instead of a red one.
*When Tarantulas' [[arachnoid|arachnoids]] attack Tigerhawk, he is missing the green visor over his eyes when one latches onto his face.

===Continuity errors===
*Despite being described as having "different origins" than being Decepticon descendants, in "[[The Agenda (Part 1)|The Agenda]]", the Tripredacus Council specifically refer to the Decepticons as being their ancestors while talking ''in private to themselves''. Bit of a glaring [[Retcon|retcon]] there (We could be charitable and assume they meant the Decepticon-born [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]]).
*Considering at least some time has passed since the last episode, there's no logical explanation for why no one had bothered to explain to Rattrap that Megatron now had the original Megatron's spark and thus why he needed it explained to him in this episode. Nor has Rattrap been portrayed as anything but intelligent up until this point so that he'd need this explained to him a second time if we're to assume they did tell him and he just... forgot. This was likely only done to serve as exposition for the audience.

===Continuity notes===
* Cheetor has his last of four strange dreams in this episode, wherein Airazor and Tigatron appear to him and fuse together before his eyes. When he wakes up, he sees and follows the new joint spark over the landscape. He also sees the Vok in this dream before he sees them in real life, perhaps because Tigerhawk shows him or perhaps precognitive.
* Not only is this the first time that Airazor and Tigatron have appeared since being abducted in "[[Other Visits (Part 1)|Other Visits]]," it's the first time they've even been mentioned by other characters. Some friends the Maximals are.
* In the comics continuity, Tarantulas survives this encounter and really used it as a means to absorb the Vok. That makes the fact that this super genius character idiotically killed himself by repeatedly blasting his death ray machine thing until it turned around and killed him... a little easier to swallow.
* This is the last episode to show Tarantulas, The Vok, Tigatron, Airazor and the [[Darksyde]].
*The ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' is seen on Tarantulas's computer. It will have significance in the [[Nemesis Part 1|series]] [[Nemesis Part 2|finale]]. They also show he's got the warship ready to be activated, so its presence on his computer screen may (in-universe) mean he was about to use it himself...
*When Tigerhawk is under the influence of the Vok his optics are solid green. Once Tigatron and Airazor's sparks enter his body, his optics are red with a yellow slit pupil.
*The gun Dinobot uses durring Quickstrike's trial is one of the guns Rampage used in The Agenda Part III.

===Real-world references===
[[Image:TarantulasVok SignOfTheCross.jpg|right|150px|thumb|"The power of [[Christmas]] compels you!"]]
* During Quickstrike's court-martial, Megatron wears a barrister's wig like those worn by British attorneys and judges. Inferno acts as stenographer (complete with typewriter).
* As the Vok approach Tarantulas, he attempts to ward them off by forming a [[Jesus|crucifix]] with his fingers, a sacred item often used to ward off [[Energy vampire|vampires]] in folklore.

===Trivia===
* This episode [[To sell toys|really wants you to buy a Tigerhawk toy]]. Can you tell?
* In a bit of classic irony, Tarantulas has been trying to destroy the Vok for most of the series and has been attempting to manipulate their creations towards his own plans. However when he actually faces the Vok themselves he utterly loses it and just starts shooting like a maniac out of fear.
*While Tigerhawk is easily able to defeat six Predacons and hold off an entire Decepticon [[Nemesis (G1)|warship]] by himself, he is no match for a group of arachnoids.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers: Metals'' — We Have Returned ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.<br>
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 4 ([[Universal]])
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers: Metals'' — DVD Box 2 (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio.<br>
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Third Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]])<br>
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 3 ([[Madman Entertainment]])<br>
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

Cyberverse (toyline)

2011-08-22T13:18:41Z

147.140.233.16: /* Action Set */

'''Cyberverse''' is a rebranding of the smaller size classes of Transformers toys so that the smallest Legion (previously [[Legends Class]]) and Commander (similar to [[Size class|Scout]] class) toys are in something close to relative scale with each other. Cyberverse figures are designed to interact with various transforming battle vehicles and playsets, creating a unified "world" children (or [[fandom| childish adults]]) can collect. While most are brand new molds, some figures are [[retool]]s/[[redeco]]es of legends releases, but the vast majority are tooled to accommodate 3mm weapon pegs and/or [[C joint]]s.

The Cyberverse line debuted with ''[[Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' and will continue for ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)| Prime]]''.

The working name for this line was "Megaverse" (with the [[MechTech]] line originally having been "Cybertech"), which could be seen on receipts for toys purchased at retailers, in the name of some exclusive products on retailer web sites, and on the shipping cases for the products themselves. The reason for the change is unknown.

{{bigquote|Collect the World|Cyberverse slogan}}

==Toys==
====Legion Class====
'''''Series 1'''''

'''Wave 1'''
[[Image:DOTM_Cyberverse_Crankcase_toy.jpg|thumb|300px|Wave 1 Cyberverse Legion Crankcase]]
*001 [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Cyberverse|Bumblebee]]
*002 [[Barricade (Movie)#Cyberverse|Barricade]]
*003 [[Crankcase (DOTM)#Cyberverse|Crankcase]]
*004 [[Topspin (DOTM)#Cyberverse|Autobot Topspin]]
*005 [[Skids (ROTF)#Cyberverse|Autobot Skids]]
*006 [[Sideswipe (Movie)#Cyberverse|Sideswipe]]

'''Wave 2'''
*007 [[Leadfoot (DOTM)#Cyberverse|Leadfoot]]
*008 [[Ratchet (Movie)/toys#Cyberverse|Autobot Ratchet]]
*009 [[Crowbar#Cyberverse|Crowbar]]
*010 [[Mudflap (ROTF)#Cyberverse|Mudflap]]
*011 [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#BoltBumblebee|<strike>Bolt</strike> Bumblebee]]

{{note|Despite being solicited through online retailers and the Hasbro website as Bolt Bumblebee, the packaging for the 011 Cyberverse figure does not feature a prefix; it is simply "Bumblebee".}}

'''Wave 3'''
*012 [[Flak (DOTM)|Flak]]
*013 [[Starscream (Movie)/toys#CyberverseLegion|Starscream]]
*014 [[Roadbuster (DOTM)#Cyberverse|Roadbuster]]
*015 [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#LegionStealth|Stealth Bumblebee]]

'''Wave 4'''
*016 [[Soundwave (ROTF)#CyberverseLegion|Soundwave]]

'''Future waves'''
* Evac
*[[Arcee (Prime)|''Prime'' Arcee]]
*[[Bumblebee (Prime)|''Prime'' Bumblebee]]
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====Commander Class====
[[Image:DOTM_CyberverseCommander_SentinelPrime_toy.jpg|thumb|300px|Wave 1 Cyberverse Commander class Sentinel Prime]]
'''Preview Wave'''
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#CyberversePreview|Optimus Prime]] ("Limited Edition Preview Pack" with 3D Glasses)

'''''Series 1'''''

'''Wave 1'''
*001 [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#CyberverseCommander|Optimus Prime]]
*002 [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)#Cyberverse|Sentinel Prime]]
*003 [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#Cyberverse|Megatron]]
*004 [[Ironhide (Movie)/toys#Cyberverse|Ironhide]]

'''Wave 2'''
*005 [[Blackout (Movie)#Cyberverse|Blackout]]/[[Scorponok (Movie)#Cyberverse|Scorponok]]
*006 [[Powerglide (DOTM)#Cyberverse|Powerglide]]

'''Wave 3'''
*007 [[Hatchet#Cyberverse|Decepticon Hatchet]]
*008 [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#BattleSteel|Battle Steel Optimus Prime]]

'''Wave 4'''
*009 [[Guzzle (DOTM)|Autobot Guzzle]]
*010 [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)#Cyberverse|Dark Sentinel Prime]]

'''Future Waves'''
*[[Ironhide (Prime)|''Prime'' Ironhide]]
{{comingsoontoy}}
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====Action Set====
'''''Series 1'''''

'''Wave 1'''
[[Image:DOTM_CyberverseActionSet_Bumblebee_toy.jpg|thumb|300px|Wave 1 Cyberverse Action Set Bumblebee with Mobile Battle Bunker]]
*001 [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#CyberverseActionSet|Bumblebee]] / Mobile Battle Bunker
*002 [[Starscream (Movie)/toys#CyberverseActionSet|Starscream]] / [[Orbital Assault Carrier]]

'''Wave 2'''
*003 [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#CyberverseActionSet|Megatron]] / Blastwave Weapons Base
*004 [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#CyberverseActionSet|Optimus Prime]] / [[Armored Weapons Platform]]

'''Wave 3'''
*005 [[Ratchet (Movie)/toys#CyberverseActionSet|Autobot Ratchet]] / Lunar Crawler
*006 [[Shockwave (Movie)#CyberverseActionSet|Shockwave]] / Fusion Tank

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====Playsets====
[[Image:DOTM Ark playset.jpg|thumb|300px|Cyberverse Autobot Ark with Autobot Roller]]
*[[Ark (DOTM)|Autobot Ark]] with [[Roller (DOTM)|Autobot Roller]]

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===Store exclusives===
====[[Target]]====
*"Bumblebee vs Megatron" contains:
:*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#TargetCyberverseVs|Bumblebee]] (Cyberverse Legion)
:*[[Megatron (Movie)/toys#TargetCyberverseVs|Megatron]] (Cyberverse Commander)
*"Leadfoot and Ironhide" contains:
:*[[Leadfoot (DOTM)#TargetCyberverseVs|Leadfoot]] (Cyberverse Legion)
:*[[Ironhide (Movie)/toys#TargetCyberverseVs|Ironhide]] (Cyberverse Commander)

====[[Toys"R"Us]]====
*"Bumblebee and Starscream Evolutions" 4-pack contains:
:*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#BeeStarscream|Bumblebee]] (''Revenge of the Fallen'' Legends Class redeco with remolded hand)
:*Cybertronian Bumblebee (''Universe'' Legends Class redeco)
:*[[Starscream (Movie)/toys#BeeStarscream|Starscream]] (''Transformers (2007)'' Legends Class redeco with remolded hand)
:*Cybertronian Starscream (''Cybertron'' Legends Class redeco)

====[[Walmart]]====
*"Bumblebee / Soundwave with Rodimus" 3-pack contains:
:*[[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#BeeSoundwaveRodimus|Bumblebee]] (Cyberverse Legion - ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Legends Class redeco)
:*[[Soundwave (ROTF)#BeeSoundwaveRodimus|Soundwave]] (Cyberverse Legion - ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Legends Class redeco)
:*[[Rodimus (DOTM)|Rodimus]] (Cyberverse Legion - ''[[Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' Legends Class [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]] redeco)
*"Battle in the Moonlight" contains:
:*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Battleinthemoonlight|Optimus Prime]] / Armored Weapons Platform (Cyberverse Action Set)
:*[[Ratchet (Movie)/toys#Battleinthemoonlight|Autobot Ratchet]] (Cyberverse Legion)
:*[[Crankcase (DOTM)#Battleinthemoonlight|Crankcase]] (Cyberverse Legion)
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==External links==
[http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/cyberverse/ Transformers.com Cyberverse website]

[[Category:Cyberverse]]
[[Category:Dark of the Moon]]
[[Category:Franchises]]
[[Category:Prime]]

User talk:Geewunling/Futurama

2011-08-12T15:02:40Z

147.140.233.16:

I am not sure I see the point of a page to collect all the Futurama references in Transformers. Futurama itself hasn't actually appeared in TF fiction, unlike, say, The Honeymooners. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 14:53, 11 August 2011 (EDT)
:Agreed. And honestly, I'm seeing this as a sign of a problem that's been really blatant these last few days... artificial, ugly bloating of article count. We're seeing cute wink-and-nudge offhand references get articles that imbue no information whatsoever that can't be done with a Trivia note on the page they came from. It's one thing for a one-note TF-original character to get their own page, but we're talking about pages for offhanded pop-culture references from the margins of things! At least the TF one-note character is much, much more likely to be relevant again to some piece of fiction, enough to justify a page. I really think we need to look at some culling here. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 14:59, 11 August 2011 (EDT)
::As an author who delights in off-handed and hidden references, I have to agree. [[O.C.P.]] and [[We Made It]] are probably not page-worthy. I think, as a good rule of thumb, if we have nothing to say about X other than 'X exists' then X usually shouldn't get an article.--[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] 15:04, 11 August 2011 (EDT)
:::We're arguing against making individual pages for tiny details in OUR OWN WORKS. What does THAT say? --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 15:15, 11 August 2011 (EDT)
::::I dunno, I'd say O.C.P. and We Made It are article-worthy, but not Futurama, since it's never been directly brought up in Transformers fiction. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 15:19, 11 August 2011 (EDT)
:::I tend to agree with Jim on this one. Unless it's somehow extremely notable and, say, linked from a handful of other articles, any page comprising less than a picture and/or a couple paragraphs should probably folded into something else.[[User:Shellspark|Shellspark]] 15:32, 11 August 2011 (EDT)
::::I'm somewhere in the middle with Detour: while many of these minor mentions could be pages, there hasn't been a direct mention of Futurama so it shouldn't have a page of its own here. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 15:35, 11 August 2011 (EDT)
:::::I don't think you guys realize how much things on this wiki are (or were, before the Almanacs reused them) here just because somebody mentioned it in a throwaway line or they showed up once ([[E'Brutoc]], [[Frijoles]], [[Xal]], [[Jabbi-Ko]], [[Orga]], [[Ciech]], [[Airachnid's specimens]], etc., etc.). The resistance against those that just happen to be references is silly. All that should concern us is whether they exist in the Transformers brand; drawing a line in the sand about who gets in the article club is pointless and wastes our time.
:::::On-topic: I don't think articles like this should exist. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 15:44, 11 August 2011 (EDT)
::::::For what it's worth, before the AAII, I'd argue that E'Brutoc, Xal, Jabbi-Ko, and Orga should not have existed. Ciech I think still shouldn't exist. I don't have an opinion about the specimens, and Frijoles seems legit to me.--[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] 15:47, 11 August 2011 (EDT)
::::::Those are '''''TRANSFORMERS-ORIGINAL ITEMS'''''(or, in the case of frijoles, a joke of dubious merit). There is a difference between that and an offhand jokey mention. TF-original stuff has the potential to get re-used in a greater capacity, especially nowadays (Tritanium MechTech weapons, anyone?). As for "drawing a line in the sand", we do that ''all the fucking time''. --16:49, 11 August 2011 (EDT)
::::::::Why are we basing article admittance on hypotheticals? [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 17:58, 11 August 2011 (EDT)
:::::::How would anybody who hasn't read or watched the relevant media know about them if articles didn't exist? I sure wouldn't have known what Xal was if that article didn't exist years ago; limiting the reader's scope of Transformers to only things that contain subjectively enough information isn't going to help anything. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 16:00, 11 August 2011 (EDT)
::::::::Why the hell would they be looking for "Futurama" or "O.C.P." on the TF wiki anyway? Where in the hell would they even get that idea, save for the page for the source of said reference? --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 16:49, 11 August 2011 (EDT)
::::::::::...A big part of wikis is stumbling around and looking at random stuff. You could say this about anything that wasn't a main character or a series. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 17:58, 11 August 2011 (EDT)
:::::::::::I don't think it's possible for you to have come up with a lamer, weaker justification than that. Do people routinely go the the Super Mario wiki and search for information on Harry Potter there? Is there a trend of looking on the World of Warcraft wiki to find out what connections it might have to Buffy the Vampire Slayer? Why don't we just make pages for everything ever referred to ever in any TF piece? Hell, if we're shooting for such random, unlikely occurrences as the scenario above, why not pages on everything ever? We never know when someone might come here and do a search for some Bollywood musical or cane toads. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 18:13, 11 August 2011 (EDT)
::::::::::::I thought I was attacking your argument of "People won't search for X!" in regards to things that appeared in Transformers material, but if setting up straw men makes you feel better, then okay. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 19:02, 11 August 2011 (EDT)
:::::::::::::Except people -notably TF creators who are not part of our editor base- WILL search for broad categories of amazingly obscure TF-original content, like deities, materials, planets, special weapons, excessively minor characters, etc. We know this for concrete fact. There's not going to be searches for whatever piece of external pop culture that might in an infinite universe have gotten mentioned once in TFs. There's no straw men being set up on my part, you laid it all out right there, flailing badly trying to justify page bloat that serves ''no purpose whatsoever''. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 19:12, 11 August 2011 (EDT)
:I am completely unable to understand why people would have a problem with this page. There's a good number of references to ''Futurama'' in TF fiction (to the point I'd call it an epidemic), all of which get acknowledged on individual pages. What's against making it easy for the readers interested in these to get an overview of all ''Futurama'' references easily? It's not like this page treats itself as more canon than that (for instance, I refrained from adding any voice actors beyond the one with the quote). I wouldn't object to making this page bigger to deal with all (significant by numbers) references to external franchises by franchise, but I think going for a minimalist "only note individual references and let our readers figure out on their own if there are more" is just... counter-intuitive. Plus, I hate having so many same links to Wikipedia, as it makes this wiki more dependent on what happens over there. [[User:Geewunling|Geewunling]] 16:08, 11 August 2011 (EDT)
::Should we have a Shakespeare article to list all of the references to his works in Transformers? Because there are a lot of them. And how many pop culture references does it take before the source qualifies for an article to list them all? These are questions that should be addressed in conjunction with deciding whether to keep this article. Because it opens a door. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 16:42, 11 August 2011 (EDT)
:::EXACTLY. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 16:49, 11 August 2011 (EDT)
::::I wouldn't object to a Shakespeare references section (or article) either. Seems like there are enough to warrant such. [[User:Geewunling|Geewunling]] 16:58, 11 August 2011 (EDT)
:::::I can't justify an article like this. I don't think I'd go along with a Shakespeare article either, because it's not germane enough to Transformers. If they were a part of the essence of a continuity's fiction, then it might be justified. Otherwise, such a page doesn't serve much purpose because I'd wager that very few people would be looking for a list of all the references to a particular entity. Conversely, things like O.C.P. and We Made It, are fictional entities whose names ''happen'' to be references. Thus, they are worthy of page or at least a collective page. Something like "Animated Continuity planets" or "Animated Continuity businesses". Those probably aren't the best names, but you get the idea. --[[User:Tigerpaw28|Tigerpaw28]] 19:52, 11 August 2011 (EDT)
::::::Perhaps if "Futurama" the show, itself was brought up in TF media, then this page would make sense, much like, say, the [[Madonna]] page, but the fact that this is a list of different references to something totally outside of TF makes it seem like it's one too many degree's removed. I'm not against mentioning the references on their own pages. If someone typed "Futurama" in the search box, a list would still appear, but this is just opening up a floodgate since everything refers to something.[[Special:Contributions/147.140.233.16|147.140.233.16]] 11:02, 12 August 2011 (EDT)

Ratchet (Movie)/toys

2011-08-03T20:57:01Z

147.140.233.16: /* Cyberverse */

{{suite}}

Ratchet's a doctor, dammit! And has a lot of toys!
==Toys==
===Transformers (2007)===
====Legends Class toys====
[[Image:LegendsRatchet.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Hasbro might have fixed the green color, but nobody told them to fix the hue settings for the official promo photos.]]
*'''Autobot Ratchet''' (Legends Class, 2007)
**''Japanese name:'' '''EZ Collection Ratchet'''

:An inexpensive, small-scale version of Ratchet, he remains relatively faithful to his vehicle mode (though highly simplified), but transforms very differently due to his simplicity. In robot mode he has a faux truck-front chest that's more faithful to the CGI design than the Voyager toy's chest, but the rest of his robot mode is (understandably) inaccurate and limited in articulation.

: His spare tire, mounted on the rear end of his roof in vehicle mode, is actually a free-spinning wheel just like the normal four (albeit with a somewhat stiffer joint), and the same size as the front wheels... meaning that, in theory, it could be used as an ''actual'' spare tire.

[[Image:Movie legends ratchet colorvariants.jpg|left|250px|thumb|He's feeling a little green around the manifolds.]]
:The original production run of the toy sported a significantly wrong shade of green. A running change variant that quickly replaced the original version corrected the error, now sporting the same shade of green as the Voyager Class toy.<ref>[http://www.thetf.net/forum_posts-TID-10086-PN-1.htm Comparison images of both color variants of Legends Ratchet]</ref> Still, the color variant was not limited to the US market, as both versions also popped up in Europe. Japan, however, got stuck with the original, off-color version.
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{{anchor|Allspark2pack}}
[[Image:Movie2007 LegendsRatchet VS Brawl.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The Doctor vs. the Warrior.]]
*'''Rescue Ratchet vs. Decepticon Brawl''' (Legends "Allspark Battles" two-pack, 2007)

:Released as part of the ''[[AllSpark Power|AllSpark Battles]]'' [[subline imprint|refresh]] of the Movie toyline, Legends class Rescue Ratchet is, naturally, a redeco of the previously-released Legends class Ratchet in his white ''Generation 1''-inspired colors. He comes packed with an all-new sculpt Legends class Brawl.
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====Voyager Class toys====
[[Image:Movie Voyager Ratchet toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|This green is both [[Neon|NEON]] ''and'' [[Playskool|PLAYSKOOL]]!]]
*'''Autobot Ratchet''' (Voyager Class, 2007)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MA-02'''
**''Accessories:'' Roof rack/claw

:Voyager ''Movie'' Ratchet transforms into a [[wikipedia:Hummer_H2|AM General Hummer H2]], customised as a fire search and rescue vehicle. Ratchet is also missing significant amounts of paint applications, with unpainted wheels, emergency tools, and light details, as well as an underpainted face, resulting in a rather monochromatic toy.

:During transformation, unfolding his legs will activate his [[Automorph Technology|Automorphing]] feature, which folds out his kneepads and feet, and 'bulges' out two small panels along his inner calves. The only Autobot toy to not feature a ranged weapon, Ratchet's right forearm unfolds into an axe (based upon a weapon concept study), and the removable rollbar/roof rack can either be mounted on his left arm as a shield/claw, or stored on his back.

:Oddly, although Ratchet's thumbs are articulated, space is so restricted that they are all but useless. His left thumb can only move a millimeter due to his wrist armour getting in the way. His right thumb does have more space to move, but pushing it will invariably disengage the fold-out axe from his forearm.

:Ratchet can attach (loosely) a [[Mini-Con]] on the rollbar/roof rack, and can hold a standard weapon via the shield/claw mount.
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{{anchor|VoyRescue}}
[[Image:Movie Voyager RescueRatchet.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Hasbro proving that anything looks better as a slavish G1 homage.]]
*'''Rescue Ratchet''' (Voyager Class, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Roof rack/claw

:Rescue Ratchet is an extensive [[redeco]] based in part upon ''Generation 1'' [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet's]] [[Marvel Comics]] appearance. Aside from the deco and name change, the toy is otherwise the same in functionality to the previous Voyager class release.

:Oddly for a deco described as being ''more'' likely for the type of vehicle, Rescue Ratchet's vehicle mode—a fire search and rescue vehicle—is prominently labeled "AMBULANCE" on the doors and the hood.

: This same deco was adapted and used as an alternate for Ratchet in the multiplayer mode for the [[Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)|Revenge of the Fallen]] game.
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{{anchor|Premium}}
[[Image:Movie Voyager Premium Ratchet.jpg|right|300px|thumb|And yet they've done nothing to put better coloring on my legs....]]
*'''Autobot Ratchet''' (Best Buy exclusive "Premium Series" Voyager Class, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Roof rack/claw

:Ratchet was one of the first figures in the ''Premium Series'', released on October 16th, 2007 exclusively at Best Buy for the launch of the ''Transformers'' movie DVD. Ratchet's main plastic has been changed to a metallic yellow, with an additional coat of metallic yellow paint over the top of those parts (and others), resulting in a much more accurate colour scheme in relation to the actual ''Movie'' character and prop vehicle.

:Ratchet was presented in robot mode, within a special display package similar in shape to the packaging for the Hasbro release of ''Generation 1'' ''Masterpiece'' [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. Even though Hasbro officially considers him as part of the Premium Series, this is not indicated anywhere on the packaging, as the Premium Series wasn't officially announced until ''after'' Ratchet and [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] had already been released to stores.
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====Fast Action Battlers====
[[Image:FABRatchet.jpg|right|300px|thumb|An axe that shoots missiles. Seriously.]]
*'''Axe Attack Autobot Ratchet''' (Fast Action Battler, 2007)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''QC-03'''
**''Accessories:'' Missile
:[[Fast Action Battlers]] Ratchet is a small, deluxe-sized figure with limited articulation and a simple transformation. He features a spring-loaded missile-firing axe, a "robot punch" [[gimmick]], and [[Automorph Technology|automorphing]]. To activate the "robot punch", one must twist and release Ratchet's torso. An inner spring will cause it to snap back to (more or less) anatomical position. His front grille can be rotated 180 degrees, which powers the automorphing feature, and causes Ratchet's front fenders, doors, and roof to separate during transformation from vehicle to robot and form his shoulders and arms (and vice versa). Unfortunately, this sacrifices [[Show-accuracy|show accuracy]], as the grille ends up ''right-side up'', while the rest of his [[Alternate mode|alt mode]] cab remains upside-down.

:In vehicle mode the missile stows handily underneath Ratchet's chassis.
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[[Image:Mov2007-toy RescueTorchRatchet.JPG|right|300px|thumb|]]
*'''Rescue Torch Ratchet''' (Fast Action Battler, 2008)
**''Accessories:'' Missile

:Rescue Torch Ratchet is a Generation 1 [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]-themed redeco of Axe Attack Ratchet, with a deco similar to Voyager Class Rescue Ratchet.
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====Cyber Slammers====
[[Image:CyberSlammersRatchet.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Even the Throttlebots didn't want me.]]
*'''Autobot Ratchet''' (Cyber Slammer, 2007)

:Cyber Slammers Ratchet is a cute little super-deformed Hummer H2 that transforms into a cute little super-deformed Autobot medical officer. 'Slam' his robot mode down into van mode and he rolls along, slowly transforming back up into vehicle mode. Like most Cyber Slammers, Ratchet manages to cram most of his vehicle mode's major details into a compact, super-deformed version of that mode.
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===Titanium Series===
[[Image:Movie TitaniumRM Ratchet.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Ratchet rejects your measly attempts to paint his face.]]
*'''Autobot Ratchet''' (3" Robot Masters, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Movie-style Autobot sigil display stand

:''Titanium'' Ratchet is a die-cast metal and plastic figurine, with an accurate sculpt based on the CG model owing to the fact he doesn't need to transform. Being a figurine, he only has articulation in his shoulders, neck and waist. For some odd reason most of his face is left unpainted. Ratchet comes with a Movie-style Autobot symbol display stand.
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===Revenge of the Fallen===
====Legends Class toys====
[[Image:Ratchet ROTF Legends toy.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Just as Don and Andrew foretold!]]
*'''Autobot Ratchet''' (Legends, 2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''EZ-07'''

:This Legends class Ratchet is a tan [[redeco]] (sigh) of Ratchet's 2007 Legends class Toy.

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====Deluxe Class toys====
[[Image:ROTF_deluxe_Ratchet.jpg|thumb|300px|I have a waist-coat!]]
*'''Autobot Ratchet''' (Deluxe, 2009/2010)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RA-28'''
**''Accessories:'' EMP Blaster, EMP Blast Missile

:Deluxe class Ratchet is an all-new mold that is more accurate to Ratchet's final robot mode design when compared to his Voyager class toys. However, his vehicle mode has been changed to something akin to a military Humvee, albeit in Ratchet's distinctive emergency rescue regalia. He also features a new "launching [[Electromagnetic pulse|EMP]] blast missile"-launcher weapon that resembles the arm-mounted machine gun that Ratchet uses in the films. Ratchet's [[Mech Alive]] feature is unlocked when the missile launcher is plugged into his arm, in which gearing moves pieces into place around the weapon as it's locked into place. His chest also has an [[Automorph Technology|Automorph]]-like rearrangement of his chest-mounted headlights into robot mode configuration as his abdomen is pushed down into place. Ratchet's head has the peculiar feature of having two [[ball joint]] sockets stacked one atop the other- there is the shallow socket that his head is set at in the package which allows superior mobility, then a deeper one that limits head movement but conceals his neck joint. The deeper socket can be used by pushing the head down. Sadly, a [[Variant|running change]] in his design eliminates one of the ball joints, making his head basically unposeable.

: The missile launcher weapon can also be attached to Deluxe [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]], echoing the interactive features of their ''[[Ratchet (Animated)|Animated]]'' [[Lockdown (Animated)|counterparts']] toys. Likewise, Lockdown's engine can plug into Ratchet's rooftop, but that looks kinda doofy.

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====Voyager Class toys====
[[Image:ROTF_Voyager_DesertRatchet_toy.jpg|thumb|300px|What the hell, Hasbro? You couldn't afford the other half of the emergency stripe?]]
*'''Desert Tracker Ratchet''' (Voyager, 2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RA-08'''
**''Accessories:'' Roof rack/claw

:Ratchet is a barely redecoed version of the Voyager class Ratchet toy released in 2007, the only new decos being the change of his black plastic to dark grey and a "dirt" spray on his doors and shoulders. In a probable effort to cut costs, Hasbro has removed several decos that existed on the 2007 toy, such as half of the Emergency stripe on the sides of the vehicle, the red paint for the light bar and the turn signal lights.

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[[Image:ROTFSurfaceToAirShowdown.jpg|thumb|300px|Oh. So Desert Tracker Ratchet was desert-tracking Grindor? Okay.]]
*'''Surface To Air Showdown''' (Voyager class 2-pack, 2009)
**''Accessories:'' Roof rack/claw

:A [[Costco]]-[[exclusive]] two-pack featuring Ratchet squaring off against [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]], strangely reminiscent of Ratchet's fight with [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] in the [[Transformers Autobots/Decepticons|Transformers: Autobots]] Nintendo DS game. Both toys remain unchanged from their individual retail release.
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====Fast Action Battlers====
[[Image:ROTF_FAB_Ratchet_toy.jpg|thumb|300px|Lol @ Voyager, I have more paint apps than you! ]]
*'''Beam Blast Autobot Ratchet''' (Fast Action Battler, 2009)
**''Accessories:'' Missile

:This toy is a redeco of the 2007 Fast Action Battlers Autobot Ratchet, now done in a sort of "impractical army" camouflage colour scheme.

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====Robot Replicas====
[[Image:ROTF RobotReplicas Ratchet.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Damn it Prime, I'm a doctor not a gunslinger!]]
*'''Autobot Ratchet''' (Robot Replica, 2009)

:[[Robot Replicas]] Ratchet is a non-transforming, highly posable toy intended to be more accurate to Ratchet's CGI robot-mode than transforming toys are capable of. Ratchet is approximately five inches tall and features articulation at his neck, shoulders, elbows, waist, hips, knees and feet.

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====Titanium Series====
[[Image:TSRescueRatchet.jpg|thumb|150px|]]
*'''Rescue Ratchet vs. Blackout''' (3-inch Robot Masters multi-pack, 2009)
**''Accessories:'' Movie Autobot sigil display stand

:This [[Toys"R"Us]]-exclusive set features a [[redeco]]ed version of 2007's ''Titanium Series'' Ratchet in white with red detailing and an unchanged version of [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]].
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===''Transformers'' (2010)===
====Legends Class toys====
[[Image:DesertDecimationRatchet.jpg|thumb|300px|]]
*'''Desert Decimation''' (Legends multi-pack, 2010)

:A redeco of 2007 Legends Ratchet featuring metallic sand deco. He was only available in the [[market six]]-[[exclusive]] "[[Desert Decimation]]" 4-pack together with [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]], [[Brawl (Movie)|Decepticon Brawl]], and [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]].

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====Deluxe Class toys====
[[Image:TF2010toyline_DeluxeRescueRatchet.JPG|thumb|300px|right|]]
*'''Rescue Ratchet''' (Deluxe, 2010)
**''Accessories:'' EMP Blaster, EMP Blast Missile

:Rescue Ratchet is a white and red [[redeco]] of the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Deluxe Class Ratchet. Much like the many Rescue Ratchets from the ''2007 Movie'' line, his color scheme is heavily inspired by ''Generation 1'' Ratchet's [[Marvel Comics]] appearance.
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====Voyager Class toys====
[[Image:TF2010-toy_NightOpsRatchet.jpg|thumb|righ|300px|"A redeco that isn't white and red! THANK PRIMUS!"]]
*'''Night Ops Ratchet''' (Voyager, 2010)
**''Accessories:'' Roof rack/claw

:Night Ops Ratchet is a mostly [[black repaint|black redeco]] of Voyager class Ratchet, somewhat similar to the [[#Battle Series|second RPM Ratchet]]. He is somewhat mistransformed in-package and in Hasbro's stock photos, as his windshield pieces remain over his abdomen in robot mode, not rotated around behind.

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===Dark of the Moon===
====Cyberverse====
[[Image:DOTM_Cyberverse_Ratchet_toy.jpg|thumb|300px|Sigh. I bet you five bucks that it'll just be four new toys at the most and then I'll be white with red bits ''again''. Just bet you...]]
*'''Autobot Ratchet''' (Cyberverse Legion, 2011)
**''Series:'' '''1'''
**''Number:'' '''008'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''CV16'''

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*'''Autobot Ratchet / Lunar Crawler''' (Cyberverse Action Set, 2011)
**''Series:''
**''Number:''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''CV18'''
**''Accessories:'' Lunar Crawler/Gun

:Cyberverse Action Set Ratchet is a repaint of the DOTM Legions Ratchet, now in gold and white. He comes with the larger lunar crawler that Ratchet can combine to in vehicle mode. He also comes with the smaller crawler as seen in the movie that transformers into Ratchet's gun.
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*'''Battle in the Moonlight''' (Cyberverse multi-pack, 2011)

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====Deluxe Class toys====
[[Image:DOTM_Deluxe_Ratchet.jpg|thumb|300px|No patients? He can ''fix'' that...]]
*'''Autobot Ratchet''' (MechTech Deluxe, 2011)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''DA06'''
**''Accessories:'' MechTech Cannon/Power Saw

:As part of the first wave of ''[[Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' Deluxe Class toys, Ratchet is a new mold deluxe. As part of the [[MechTech]] series, he comes with a lever-activated flip-out spinning "Power Saw" blade weapon. The weapon is compatible with any 5mm port, and Ratchet has ports in each of his fists, on the back of his vehicle mode, on each of his shins, and on top of both of his shoulders.

:The Japanese ''Dark Side Moon'' release comes packed with a character card and an accompanying transparent plastic card of his MechTech weapon for the MechTech Wars online game.
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[[Image:DOTM_MechTechDeluxe_SpecialistRatchet.jpg|thumb|300px|...well played, Hasbro. You win ''this'' round.]]
*'''Specialist Ratchet''' (MechTech Deluxe, 2011)
**''Japanese ID number:''
**''Accessories:'' MechTech Hand blaster/Double-barreled cannon

: A [[redeco]] of Ratchet that is... completely different. As a prominently labeled Rescue vehicle, he is now mostly ''red'' with ''white'' detailing, essentially reversing the color scheme of his [[Ratchet (G1)|Generation One counterpart]]. He now comes with a redeco of [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]]'s MechTech blaster, which converts into a double-barreled cannon when the scope is pulled.
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[[Image:DOTM_Deluxe_Scan_Ratchet.jpg|thumb|300px|Put your pants back on!]]
*'''Autobot Ratchet''' (Deluxe, 2011)
**''Accessories:'' EMP Blaster, EMP Blast Missile

:This redeco of Deluxe class ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Ratchet is [[exclusive]] to [[Toys"R"Us]]' Mission Earth: The Scan Series, to represent him [[Trans-scan|trans-scanning]] his vehicle mode. As such, the rear half of his vehicle mode (and thus, part of his robot mode) is cast in translucent plastic.
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====Voyager Class toys====
[[Image:Ratchet_DOTM_Voyager_Target.jpg|right|thumb|300px|It's me again!]]
*'''Autobot Ratchet''' (Voyager, 2011)
**''Accessories:'' Roof rack/claw

:This [[Target]]-exclusive Ratchet is a redeco of the [[Ratchet (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys|Voyager class mold]] that has been used since the [[Movie (toyline)|2007 ''Transformers'' toyline]]. In this release, Ratchet is decked out in his new colour scheme for ''[[Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]'', but is physically unchanged from previous releases.

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

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==Merchandise==
===3D Battle-Card Game===
[[Image:3DBattleCard_Ratchet.jpg|thumb|right|250px|]]
*'''Ratchet''' (3D Battle-Card, 2007)
**''Card number'':

: Ratchet is a 28-point "Rare" piece in the [[3D Battle-Card Game]]. Constructed of punch-out pieces from plastic cards, he can be assembled into his rescue truck mode or robot mode. In vehicle mode, his robot head peeps out behind the truck in a rather hilarious manner. He uses the same construction as the Movie [[Payload (Movie)|Payload]], and Generation 1 [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] cards.

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===Transformers (2007)===
[[Image:Movie Ratchet Allsparkblaster.jpg|right|150px|thumb|The irony that the medic gets firearm merchandise, though the weapons specialist doesn't.]]
*'''Ratchet AllSpark Blaster''' (2008)

:The Ratchet AllSpark Blaster is one of several Movie Roleplay toys. The toy consists of a a blaster attached to Ratchet's (hollow) hand which a child can slip their own hand inside like a glove and wield. Pulling the trigger causes the toy to emit transformation sounds, allowing the user to transform the toy weapon from laser blaster mode to battle cannon mode, by pulling the handle on the back. Laser blaster mode features features siren and laser sounds and a "triple laser light", while the battle cannon mode has cannon blasting sounds and a "weapon-blast light".
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===Unleashed===
[[Image:Movie UnleashedTurnarounds RatchetJazz.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Their descision to light a campfire in the Ruby Crystal Mines of Burma really pissed Ratchet off......]]
*'''Autobot Ratchet and Autobot Jazz''' (2008)

:The Ratchet and Jazz turnaround is a 3D sculpture of the two characters, both in robot mode, emerging from rubble and explosions, with a movie-accurate sculpt (compared to the various transforming toys). The 'turnaround' aspect of these sculptures simply means one can turn the piece around to display a raised-relief of the movie-style Autobot sigil instead.

:This product's release was cancelled for the US market, but was released in Central America, Australia and in Asia.
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====Transformers Movie Screen Cleaners====
[[Image:Movie Ratchet screencleaner.jpg|right|105px|thumb|]]
*'''Autobot Ratchet''' (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 Ratchet printed on the other side.
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===Revenge of the Fallen===
====Missile Mania Board Game====
*'''Ratchet'''
: Ratchet is one of eight characters featured in the [[Missile Mania]] board game, represented by a small standee adorned with artwork of the character.
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====RPMs - Robot Powered Machines====
=====Combat Series=====
[[Image:ROTF RPMs Ratchet.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"Did anyone get the number of that hummer that ran me over?"]]
*'''Autobot Ratchet''' (2009)
**''Number:'' '''01 of 04'''

:As an [[Robot Powered Machines|RPM]], Ratchet is a non-transforming ''Hot Wheels''-scale search and rescue vehicle. Sculpted on the underside of the vehicle is Ratchet's robot mode, name and faction insignia. A variant deco featured the search and rescue emblem seen in the movie on Ratchet's doors, instead of the more common Autobot symbol.

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=====Battle Series=====
[[Image:Rotf_ratchet_rpms_nightwatch.jpg|right|250px|thumb|For when you need your emergency vehicles stealthy.]]
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*'''Autobot Ratchet VS Megatron''' (2009)
**''Number:'' '''05 of 08'''

:This redeco of Ratchet essentially reverses his colors, coloring him black with a green bumper and roof rack. He was only available in a two-pack with [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]].

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====Figure Collection====
[[Image:ROTF-Merchandise Figure Collection Ratchet.jpg|thumb|right|150px]]
*'''Ratchet''' (2010)
**''Accessories:'' Stand
:The [[Figure Collection]] edition of Ratchet is based on his [[#Fast_Action_Battlers|Fast Action Battlers toy]].

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===Robot Heroes===
[[Image:Robot Heroes Ratchet vs Megatron.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Going my way?]]
*'''Autobot Ratchet and Megatron''' (2007)

:''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'' Autobot Ratchet is a soft-plastic figurine sculpted in a [[super deformed]] style, with joints at his head and shoulders. He can place one hand on his hip and raise his thumbs-up arm for hitch-hiking fun.
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[[Image:Robotheroesfinalbattle.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Infected with herpe— er, AllSpark Power.]]
*'''The Final Battle''' (2008)

:Sold exclusively in Wal-Mart stores, this release of Ratchet is a repaint of the first Robot Heroes toy. Sold with redecoed Autobot Jazz, Blackout, Optimus Prime, and Megatron, no molding was changed on this toy. However, the figure boasts an "Allspark blue" paint job, which swaps out a few of the toy's original decos with the bright blue paint instead.
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[[Image:RobotHeroes_BattlefortheAllspark.jpg|250px|thumb|right|]]
*'''Battle for the Allspark''' (2009)

:Packaged in a set depicting the battle in [[Mission City]] with [[Brawl (Movie)|Decepticon Brawl]], [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], plus new figures of [[Sam Witwicky]], [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] in truck mode, [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] in fighter mode and Bumblebee in vehicle mode, this Ratchet Heroes figurine has the circular saw on his arm that he uses to slice off Brawl's left arm.
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[[Image:Ratchet_and_barricade_robot_heroes.jpg|thumb|250px|Oh, look at the time!]]
*'''Ratchet vs Barricade''' (2009)
:Part of the third wave of ''Revenge of the Fallen''-branded ''Robot Heroes'', a new mold of Ratchet brandishing his machine gun is packaged versus a redeco of the original [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] ''Robot Heroes'' figurine.
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===Burger King===
[[Image:DOTMMerchandise-BurgerKingRatchet.jpg|thumb|right|150px]]
*'''Flip-Out Ratchet''' (2011)
:A plastic Ratchet head which opens to allow a small body to flip-out, resulting in a "super-deformed" figure which is otherwise reasonably accurate to his on-screen appearance. He is made of glow-in-the-dark plastic with non-glowing grey paint applications.

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/2007/Autobot/Ratchet/ratchet.htm Ratchet at TFU.info]

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Shockwave (Movie)

2011-08-03T20:56:14Z

147.140.233.16: /* Cyberverse */ These have been sighted in stores.

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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 7]]. 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|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|]]
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), [[Miguel Ángel Ghigliazza]] (Latin American Spanish)

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

Shockwave and his pet [[Driller]] attacked the Autobots when they were summoned to [[Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant|Chernobyl]] by the Decepticon agent [[Voskhod]], presumably as an act of misdirection to ensure the Autobots did not realize the Decepticons actively desired them to find the fuel cell from the [[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]] located within the facility. Optimus was very disturbed to see Shockwave and with the Ark engine.

Later, Shockwave took part in the battle of Chicago, arriving to hunt the autobots. His driller seperated Optimus from his trailer. The Wreckers were sent to distract him, peppering his armor with bullets. He menacingly pursued them down the road, using a car as a shield.

Later, he noticed humans inside a building, and sent his Driller into the fray to topple a building and kill Sam Witwicky and the various humans inside. The beast was killed by Optimus Prime using his flight gear, 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. He soon joined [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] and [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] to round up the other Autobots, and executing [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Que]] in the process. Brains and Wheelie forestalled further Autobot death by taking control of a Decepticon gunship, giving the human soldiers the opening they required to block Shockwave's vision with parachutes, then shoot his eye out. Optimus Prime then came charging back into the fray, donning a set of knuckle-spikes and punching Shockwave so hard that his abdomen ruptured. Even this did not put Shockwave down, but Prime did not let up, pinning the Decepticon and tearing his dangling eye out through his throat, finally ending his life, while simultaneously using his cannon to shoot out one of the [[space bridge]] pillars set up in the city. {{storylink|Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers: The Game'' (console)===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Daniel Riordan]]

[[Image:Tf2007console shockwave.jpg|left|250px|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 turrent.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''===
====(Xbox 360/PS3)====
[[Image:Dark of the Moon game Shockwave.jpg|thumb|300px|Shockwave on the warpath.]]
Shockwave was frozen underneath a Russian facility after crashing to Earth thousands of years ago. His leader [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] decided to find and release his assassin, since he was needed for the upcoming operation. The Driller woke from its slumber before him, and lashed out at the intruder [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]. After thawing out, he decided to kill the first thing his optic lay eyes on: Optimus. However, he was still a bit woozy from waking up and taking action so quickly, so he tended to make a few hiccups in his attacks, before finally waking up. Autobot reinforcements weren't helping Optimus, as they were dispatched quite easily. During their skirmish, Optimus Prime (with a little help from Autobot [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]]) deduced his weak spot as the three cylinder-shaped generators mounted on his back. 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 that, he met up with Megatron, [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], and [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] in Nambia, Africa and was ordered to find a device in a nuclear power plant named Chernobyl...

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==Toys==
===Dark of the Moon===
====Cyberverse====
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[[Image:DOTM Cyberverse Shockwave FusionTank.jpg|thumb|350px|right|]]
*'''Shockwave / Fusion Tank''' (Cyberverse Action Set, 2011)
**''Series:''
**''Number:''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''CV19'''
**''Accessories:''

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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 with rubber hose, arm-blade-thing

: Part of the second wave of ''[[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 lever is pushed on the rear of his arm cannon, MechTech gearing opens up the cannon wider with more barrels and blades. [[C joint]] rungs are located on Shockwave's arm-blade, one concealed underneath said blade, and 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 supposed to be integrated with his arm, it is not a prime candidate for swapping with other toys, due to the shape and color of the weapon.

: Shockwave's forearms are misassembled in the package. They are backward, with the screws holding them together facing out; the backs of his forearms are smooth and screwhole-free. Also indicating that his forearms should be swapped is the fact that his arm blade, when put in its proper place on his robot mode, is clearly backward. The blade has an obvious back, its left side, marked with gaps; the mold detail on its right side is much cleaner. It's apparently meant to be displayed on the figure's right arm, with the clean side of the weapon facing outward. The problem in disassembling the figure's forearms and swapping them is that the wrist is held together with a pin which can be tricky to remove.

: 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]]. The stock photography shown 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. Also many more paint applications are present in the stock photography, not limited to the red lever on the cannon, but vents on the vehicle mode are picked out in silver as well as gold details 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 replaced with a metallic lilac on the hands, feet spikes and knees.

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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, 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. In the [[Dark of the Moon (comic series)|comic adaptation]], which was based on early drafts of the script, Shockwave had more lines during the Chicago battle.
*Shockwave does not have the same form in IDW's ''[[Rising Storm]]'' and ''[[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.
*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 [[Dark of the Moon (film)|live-action movie]] nor the 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>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Shockwave''' (ショックウェーブ ''Shokkuwēbu'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Shēngbō''' (声波, "Acoustic Wave"), '''Yīnbō''' (音波, "Sonic")

== 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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Starscream (Movie)

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:''Starscream is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:RevengeOfTheFallenStarscream.jpg|right|350px|thumb|I got yer AllSpark, ''right here''.]]
'''Starscream''' is a hero on the wrong side. Over the centuries he's come to believe both [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]] and [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] have lost sight of what is best for the Cybertronian race, and simply pursue their own agendas. At some point, he came to the decision that, for the good of the species, a new leader must emerge, and he would be that leader. However, over time, he became as corrupt in his own way as Megatron, although he prefers subtlety and deception to Megatron's brute force. Now, what may once have been noble goals are buried under layers of self interest, transforming Starscream into that which he supposedly despised.

{{quote|Truly the universe favors those who persist.|Starscream|''[[Ghosts of Yesterday]]''}}

==Fiction==
===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===
Many years before civil war broke out on Cybertron, he was attacked by a [[Driller|subterranean monster]] when he was protecting the Hatchlings, he was later saved by [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] and [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]], much to his annoyance of being saved, but Megatron liked Starscream's "feisty" attitude, and saw a place for him in the future of Cybertron he hopes to shape. He later joined Megatron's [[Defense Force]] and was present when some malcontents challenge the new order and he slaughterd one escapee despite surrendering. {{storylink|Foundation issue 2|Foundation #2}}

[[Image:Defiance1_Starscream_Ratchet.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Someone is praising Starscream!? Stop the presses!]]

Later, he was patrolling the [[Eshems Nebula]] when he encountered the fourth alien scout ship he had spotted in the same [[Units of time|cycle]]. As he related this to first officer [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] of the science division, this time the alien ship did not maintain a safe distance, forcing Starscream to attack, and he was damaged in the subsequent battle (and was late for a meeting with [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]] and Protector [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]). Soon afterwards, these same aliens attacked Cybertron, and Starscream commanded the aerial forces in the defense of the [[Simfur Temple|temple]] in [[Simfur]]. After Megatron was injured in battle, Starscream rushed to his side to enquire about his condition and to ask for further orders. He was informed to keep Optimus's team out of the military's way. {{storylink|Defiance issue 1|Defiance #1}}

Megatron was influenced by [[The Fallen|the mysterious relic]] found outside [[Simfur]] to wage a vengeful war against the aliens. Starscream attended a war rally at [[Trypticon (Movie)|Trypticon]] where Megatron assumed dictatorship of Cybertron and its armed forces. After destroying much of the enemy fleet and eliminating its leader, Megatron ordered Starscream and his fellow fliers to destroy the alien flagship and conquer the surrounding systems. {{Storylink|Defiance issue 2|Defiance #2}} Underground opposition to the new regime came in the form of Optimus and his science division, something Lord Megatron would not stand for. While [[Prowl (Movie)|Prowl]] and security officers arrested Optimus on trumped-up charges of treason, Starscream's squadron was given orders to capture Optimus alive and leave no living witnesses. Unfortunately, Optimus ''Prime'' proved more than a match for Starscream's entire unit, bringing down the ruins of a city upon them. The group survived, and were used by Megatron as "proof" that there were enemies within Cybertron as well as without, to rally his army into a new faction: the Decepticons. {{Storylink|Defiance issue 3|Defiance #3}}

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{{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}}

During the subsequent civil war, Starscream blindly followed Megatron's orders, murdering those who did not bow to his Lord's will, even those who did not choose sides. {{Storylink|Defiance issue 4|Defiance #4}}

Starscream was inside [[Lord High Protector citadel|Megatron's citadel]], as it began to rain he told Megatron to enter back to the citadel, but Megatron denied as Optimus Prime is after him. {{storylink|Foundation issue 1|Foundation #1}} {{charstubfiction}}
{{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}}

later, Starscream was leading an assault on the Autobots at [[Tyger Pax]] when Blackout arrived to reinforce them. They witnessed the launch of the [[AllSpark]] into space, a desperate gambit by the Autobots, and immediately Starscream and Blackout began to bicker over their next move. Seeing Megatron leave the planet in pursuit of the AllSpark, Starscream decided that so would they. {{storylink|Planetfall (Movie)|Planetfall}}

[[Image:Planetfall Starscream yesweare.jpg|200px|thumb|"Hey, what's that?"<br/>"I'd call it a TARGET!"]]

Starscream was concerned over the Autobots who still posed a threat, but Megatron ordered him to gather a crew to pursue [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]'s [[Ark (Movie)|ship]]. Unfortunately, [[Nemesis (Movie)|Starscream's ship]] was led into a trap and crippled by [[concussion pulse]] weapons, throwing them off the chase, for now. Humiliated, Starscream and his crew limped back home for repairs. Sometime later, they followed the AllSpark's trace energy pulse and the wake of Prime's ship to a solar system galaxies away. Landing on the [[Mars (planet)|fourth planet]], they destroyed [[Beagle 2 Rover|a primitive lifeform]] that seemed to have been created from the AllSpark, and felt the tag of the life-giving object on the third planet. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 1|The Reign of Starscream #1}}

Starscream's team made planetfall on [[Earth]] in Afghanistan, quickly attracting the attention of a nearby US military base, which sent out an armoured personnel carrier to investigate. After it was destroyed, the Decepticons attacked the base itself. During the rather one-sided assault, a human agent of Sector Seven was impressed by the alien invaders' ability to adapt to Earth's finest weaponry. Starscream agreed that they were impressive, and killed the fleshling. After Blackout left the group for another nearby base, Starscream told his fellow Decepticons that their mission wouldn't always be this easy, as the Autobots were bound to turn up. {{storylink|Planetfall (Movie)|Planetfall}} {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 1|The Reign of Starscream #1}}

{{note|The events of Planetfall are inconsistent with the events of IDW's own [[Movie Prequel|prequel comic]]. However, the depiction of the Decepticon arrival in Afghanistan was later used in [[The Reign of Starscream]].}}

In 2003, Starscream's infiltration team, consisting of [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] and Blackout, touched down on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] and destroyed the [[Beagle 2 Rover]]. Starscream was disgusted with the rover, but Blackout and Barricade warned that there was an obviously intelligent species nearby, so they would need to be cautious. Starscream agreed, as long as they got to kill something. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 3|Movie Prequel #3}}

[[Image:MoviePrequel4 Starscream youcangonow.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Top this one, Samus.]]

Splitting up, they headed to Earth, where Starscream scanned an F-22 Raptor fighter jet being tested by the [[United States Air Force|US Air Force]] at [[United States Air Force#Facilities|Nellis Air Force Base]]. He destroyed it, then adopted the vehicle form for himself. Leaving the scene of destruction, he radioed his fellow Decepticons to report in on their hunt for new disguise forms, which they did. He reiterated that their mission was to find the AllSpark, to which Blackout responded with a reminder that the mission was also to find Megatron. Starscream dismissively replied, "Yeah, right... him too."

Later, Starscream and Blackout detected the unique radiation of the AllSpark and investigated, but Starscream soon realized it was a trap by Sector Seven. Starscream destroyed several AH-64 Apache helicopters while Blackout attacked Sector Seven's bunker and attempted to hack into their mainframe. When the humans severed the connection, the Decepticons broke off from the battle and linked up with Barricade, who was in pursuit of the Autobot [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 4|Movie Prequel #4}}
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===''Transformers: Beginnings''===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Patrick Hallahan]]

Starscream led the Decepticons to Earth while following the beacon signal used by Bumblebee to call the Autobots. In typical Starscream fashion, he seemed more concerned about collecting the AllSpark to further his own goals than to rescue [[Megatron (Movie)|Lord High Protector Megatron]]. Attracting the attention of a nearby military installation, they were attacked, but easily overpowered the humans, after which he and Blackout took their [[alternate mode]]s from vehicles on base. Starscream, along with Blackout, followed Bumblebee as he fled from a losing battle against Barricade.

Later, when Sector Seven tried to use a false energy signature to attract Bumblebee to their location, the Decepticons picked up on it and followed. Realizing the signal was fake, Starscream pulled the troops out and waited for the Autobots to arrive and flush out the AllSpark for them. {{storylink|Transformers: Beginnings}}

{{note|Transformers: Beginnings is a condensed, flash-animated retelling of the [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] [[Movie Prequel]] that is detailed above this section.}}

===''Ghosts of Yesterday'' prequel novel===
Starscream had ascended to Decepticon leadership in the absence of their former lord, and though he had to ''seem'' to carry on the long search for the lost Megatron and the [[AllSpark]] to keep his position as leader, his greatest hope was that Megatron would NEVER be found. Some loyal Decepticons, especially [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]], strongly suspected this and sought to frustrate Starscream's species-serving plans. [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] buddied up with him, but he did like to trick people. [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] hated him, but one shouldn't really read too much into that. [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] and [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]]'s opinions are unknown, but Frenzy's a complete lunatic and nobody cared what the pet thought.

During a search of an abandoned solar system, the ''[[Nemesis (Movie)|Nemesis]]'' came across ''[[Ghost 1|a vessel]]'' that bore a resemblance to Megatron's [[alternate mode]]. Starscream went to investigate it, intending to destroy it. After chasing off [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], he communicated with the creatures aboard the vessel, who called themselves [[human]]s. Starscream claimed that his people once lived with the [[Autobot]]s, and that their treacherous leader, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], started a war for the AllSpark. The humans told him of a robotic creature that they had found on their world, and Starscream, recognizing it as Megatron, told them it was an Autobot scout. While communicating with them, he downloaded all the information on their computers, learning that the AllSpark was also located on Earth. He offered to help the humans to return to their world if they helped Starscream's group attack the Autobots, hoping that Prime would destroy them and be guilt-stricken in the process. The humans attacked Optimus and Bumblebee, but the two Autobots escaped. After their ship sank into a cavern, Starscream revealed his true nature and abandoned them. As a result, the humans concluded neither faction could be fully trusted. Way to make first contact there, Starscream.

Returning to the battle, he lied to his fellow Decepticons, claiming that the two Autobots were dead and that he'd been unable to communicate with the humans. Blackout, unconvinced by the story, challenged Starscream to single combat. Starscream won, and the Decepticons launched an attack on the ''[[Ark (Movie)|Ark]]''. Unfortunately for Starscream, Optimus, Bumblebee and the human vessel showed up. Starscream, fearful of the information that the ship contained, ordered the Decepticons to destroy it. Unfortunately, Starscream experienced a minor mutiny when Bonecrusher and Blackout demanded answers, and even Barricade wanted to know why. As the battle drew to a close, Starscream was in a position to terminate Prime but came under fire from the humans' weapons. Seriously damaged, Starscream finished them off with a single plasma blast, then ordered the Decepticons to retreat, despite the advantage they had over the Autobots. The Autobots figured that Starscream would not risk traveling to [[Earth]] for fear of losing power, but Prime figured that it was only a matter of time before the desire for vengeance and the lure of the AllSpark brought the Decepticons to that world. {{storylink|Ghosts of Yesterday}}

===''Transformers'' (2007 film)===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Charlie Adler]] (English), [[Tadashi Miyazawa]] (Japan), [[José Sant'anna]] (Brazil), [[Axel Lutter]] (German), [[Luigi Scribani]] (Italian), [[Germán Fabregat]] (Latin American-Spanish)

[[Image:Movie2007_Starscream_HooverDam.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Starscream without the [[null-ray]]?! But... how can the fans possibly ''survive'' such a wanton desecration of their childhoods??]]

Starscream was lying in wait at a [[United States military|US]] air base when covert agent [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] reported that the [[AllSpark]] had been located, along with Megatron, underneath [[Hoover Dam]]. Though he had long feared this day would come, Starscream ordered the rest of the Decepticons to mobilize. The others responded, with Blackout rallying in the name of Megatron.

[[Image:Starscreammovieheadshot.jpg|right|250px|thumb|It's a bird! It's a plane! It's... a bird-legged freak that transforms into a plane.]]

The first to arrive, Starscream attacked the hydroelectric power plant attached to the dam to cause havoc to [[Sector Seven|Sector Seven's]] operations and to speed the thawing of Megatron. With Frenzy's sabotage, Megatron quickly broke free of his icy restraints and escaped the facility. He almost immediately met with the waiting Starscream, who repledged his loyalty to Megatron. Demanding to know what had happened to the AllSpark, Megatron was told by his [[second-in-command]] that it was now in the possession of the humans. Furious, Megatron berated his lieutenant for yet another failure. What a warm reunion.

During the assault on a [[Mission City|nearby city]], Starscream fooled [[William Lennox|Captain Lennox's]] unit by posing as an [[wikipedia:F-22 Raptor|F-22 Raptor]] providing cover. Starscream launched an attack that crippled [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] as [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] realized too late who the fighter really was. As [[Sam Witwicky|ladiesman217]] ran with the AllSpark, Starscream swooped down, blocking his path, only to be attacked by both Ironhide and [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]]. After fighting without much effort, but still besting them, Starscream took to the skies again, instead of securing the AllSpark from the now-defenseless ladiesman217.

[[Image:Starscreammoviestillrobot.jpg|left|250px|thumb|How do you feel, mighty traffic? Yah!]]

While Megatron attempted to retrieve the AllSpark from ladiesman217, Starscream perched on nearby buildings and shot down an Army Blackhawk helicopter when it attempted to help the human evacuate the Cube. Eventually, real F-22 Raptors from the US Air Force arrived, and Starscream disguised himself. Pretending to be a part of their squadron, Starscream surprised the human pilots by transforming in mid-air and destroying three of the Raptors before he was fired upon. He transformed back into his disguise and fled, and was not seen in the closing moments of the battle between Optimus Prime and Megatron. (Or was he?)

[[Image:Starscream bails.JPG|right|250px|thumb|I will rule the sequel, Megatron! Even if I am the only one ''in'' the sequel!]]

Most of the Decepticons were defeated, and their bodies cast into the deepest part of the ocean. Ultimately, Starscream retreated from Earth to parts—and with intentions—unknown. {{storylink|Transformers (2007)|Transformers}}
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===Toy bios===
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Fleeing from the Mission City fiasco, Starscream repaired and reenergised himself from a nearby power plant, then fled into deep space to find Decepticon reinforcements. {{storylink|Starscream (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys|Deep Space Starscream}}

He eventually decided this was too time-consuming, and went back to Earth in a new stealthy form to wait for the Decepticons, alerted by the energy signature of the AllSpark's destruction, to come to ''him''. He succeeded in building a small army, and had them distract the Autobot forces while he launched a surprise attack on a lone Optimus. {{storylink|Starscream (Movie)/toys#Legends Class toys|Nightwatch Optimus Prime vs. Stealth Starscream}} The battle ended with Optimus still alive and the Decepticons beaten on Earth. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Fast Action Battlers|Fire Blast Optimus Prime}}

===Beast Wars Diorama Story===
At some point, Starscream and multiple Autobots and Decepticons traversed dimensions and found themselves on a different [[Earth]], in the distant past. They crossed paths with new Transformer factions, the [[Maximal]]s and the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s, who were engaged in a conflict called the [[Beast Wars (franchise)|Beast Wars]]. A battle broke out between the four factions and Starscream found himself pitted against the Maximal [[Tigatron]]. He attempted to blast the Maximal from the high ground, only to get shot int he face, instead. [[Optimus Primal]] and [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] then double-teamed Starscream, defeating him. With the battle over, the Autobots and the Decepticons returned to their home dimension, leaving the Maximals and Predacons behind to settle the Beast Wars. {{storylink|Beast Wars Diorama Story}}

===Titan Magazines ''Transformers'' movie comics===
{{Note|The following event is unique to the Titan Magazines comic continuity and thus doesn't occur anywhere else.}}

Within seconds of Megatron's defeat, Starscream dubbed himself the new Decepticon leader, with the main problem being that he didn't actually have any troops to lead. To amend this slight impediment, he attacked several [[AllSpark Mutation]]s and removed the energy from their bodies, which he then proceeded to implant into the corpses of [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]], [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] and [[Brawl (Movie)|Devastator]]. With his former comrades reanimated in this [[Zombie|rudimentary manner]], he directed the shambling husks to attack the Autobots, who were still recovering from their battle that had just finished. While the Autobots eventually destroyed the zombies, Starscream had escaped with several AllSpark energy fragments still in his possession. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 7|Starscream's Militia}}

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[[Image:Tf mag 10 2008.JPG|left|150px|thumb|So evil, boats spontaneously explode rather than face him.]]
Starscream remained on Earth serving under Megatron—and taking orders from [[Dropkick]], who's got a higher rank. In secret, however, he was using [[Insecticon (Movie)|Insecticons]] to implant cerebro-strips in the heads of useful humans; at will, he could control their minds, paving the way for a more subtle conquest when he finally got Megatron out of the way. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 14|Aftermath Part 1}}

He became aware of the moon-based Autobots and while ordered to join [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing]] in beating up [[NATO]], {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 9|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 1}} he got bored during the mission and left as soon as he could to attack the moon-based Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 10|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 2}} He beat them up and viciously taunted them, forcing them to take the initiative and go to Earth—just as he wanted. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 11|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 3}} As he hoped, the Autobots eventually won, killing Megatron, destroying the AllSpark and halting the cyberforming of Earth... leaving him free to take command of the Decepticons!

On top of that, he got his hands on the nanovirus the Autobots used on Megatron. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 13|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 5}} He also took the AllSpark interface module from Megatron's corpse and assimilated it. He started hearing Megatron's voice in his head some time after this... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 22|The Decepticon Who Haunted Himself}}

[[Image:InsecticonMovie.JPG|right|250px|thumb|Hey, Starscream's ''bugging'' us lolololololol]]

One of his first acts as leader was to begin a bombing campaign against any human attempt to rebuild infrastructure or regain a foothold in the United States. He then organised an attack that would get all the Autobots together so a NATO tank regiment (its commander under cerebro-strip control) could wipe them all out. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 14|Aftermath Part 1}} While this failed, Starscream has still ensured the new [[President of the United States]] is under cerebro control—and the Autobots have no idea he's in command... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 15|Aftermath Part 2}}

As well as secretly overseeing scorched-earth strategies and attempted Energon grabs, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 16|Dark Spark}} he also gained [[Mikaela Banes]] as a cerebro-controlled slave. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 18|Return to Cybertron: Part 2}} When the bulk of the Autobots prepared to briefly leave Earth and had Mikaela watch over their [[Savannah]] base, Starscream just waited until they'd gone and effortlessly seized the place. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 19|Return to Cybertron: Part 3}} As a result, the six hundred square miles around the Autobot base were swiftly seized as an autonomous Decepticon nation, with all resistance smashed easily. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 20|Return to Cybertron: Part 4}} This means, shockingly, he actually ''is'' a better leader than Megatron. ''[[Jesus]]''.

[[Image:Starscream Titan22.JPG|left|210px|thumb|"Stop looking at me ''stop looking at me!''"]]
He sadistically taunted Mikaela, hoping there was part of her that was screaming for help, before dispatching [[Jazz (Movie)|the corrupted Jazz]] and [[Kullt]] to assassinate Optimus. It didn't work. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 21|Hard Target}}

While preparing an ambush for the Autobots who he knew would come for Mikaela, he ranted to the Megatron in his head how he'd been a ''far'' better leader and how he was about to kill all the Autobots. His ambush almost worked too, and he almost killed Prime himself—only for the Autobots to turn out to have had a better plan all along, and escape. Admitting to the voices that he had failed and demanding a strategy from then, he realised to his horror that Megatron's mind had wanted him to take the interface module and had downloaded his brain into it; The voice ''really was'' Megatron and he was demanding to be released! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 22|The Decepticon Who Haunted Himself}}

He didn't release him, though Megatron did feed Starscream a strategy—blackmailing America into booting the Autobots out, then having Allen nuke their ship. This plan was a success, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 23|Revolution Part 1}} and a jubilant Starscream despatched his armies to seize the United States, all the while having his mind-controlled humans hamper ''any'' military counter-offensive. He was ''this'' close to total victory when [[Stockade (Movie)|''Stockade'']] turned up, turning a third of the drone armies and possibly two generals to his side, sparking a [[Decepticon Civil War]].

Watching everything collapse around him, a gibbering Starscream was visited by Megatron's voice again, telling him once again that the only way out was to release him and allow Megatron to live again... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 24|Revolution Part 2}}

[[Image:Starscreamseesthings_Titan25.jpg|right|350px|thumb|"I'm as sane as the [[Thunderwing (G1)|next]] leader!"]]

...and this time, desperate and pressured, Starscream ''did''. With his mind now his own again, he realised to his horror what he'd done... but it was too late, he was now a minion again, and tasked to strafe Stockade's forces while Megatron took on the rebel himself. It all was for naught, however: the Autobots (surprisingly ''not'' dead!) intervened and forcibly teleported all the Decepticons to Cybertron, leaving Starscream trapped there ''forever''. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|Revolution Part Three}}

====Star Screams====
{{Note|The following details Starscream's tenure as letter-answerer on the Star Screams letters page.}}

{{bigquote|You could mark [your letters] 'All Hail Starscream' so long as you make it clear this is in no way a reflection on our glorious leader or a prelude to some sort of coup. Just so that we're clear on that.|Star Screams}}

[[Image:Star Screams logo.JPG|left|150px|thumb|Hate mail!]]
As of issue 7, he runs the letters page (renamed Star Screams from the original Mech Mail). He hates the letters, the readers, the comic, the editorial team, and probably the baby [[Jesus]]—but he's still got nothing on ''[[Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream's]] [[Armada (Panini comic)|letter-answering stint]]. The source of his misanthropy appears to be that nobody ever sent in fan-art of him (#8). The few things he does like are recycling and environmental measures (#14), girls becoming Transformers fans (#19), and [[To sell toys|humans collecting his action figures]].

Autobot sympathisers are hunted down to be exterminated, especially those who dress up as Autobots (#8, #12 and #17), and even the Prime Minister isn't safe (#24). That said, Starscream appears to have a soft spot for his own fans—in #11, when a female reader complained her mum and aunt kept telling her she was too old for Transformers, he announced that the offending relatives had been shortlisted to spend forever polishing his armour with their own spit, bless.

In #8, he revealed he hates the movie because his best scenes and lines were cut out, and #13 confirmed the Decepticon army loathes [[Michael Bay]] for producing pro-Autobot propaganda. This still hasn't prevented him from shilling Bay's second documentary ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'', as he believes it will depict a Decepticon victory (#10) and is going to ignore the script if it says otherwise (#18). Since then, however, he has come under the sway of an unknown higher power in regards to the film, one Starscream fears (#22)...

In #7, he expressed concern that this "[[Simon Furman|Fur-Man]]" was a [[Maximal]] agent, and warned that Titan Magazines would be destroyed if they continued to produce Autobot propaganda. By #13, the Decepticons appear to have taken over Titan and have imprisoned the staff and creators in cages, forcing them to work merely for food—it is surely no coincidence that during this period, Starscream became a successful leader of the Decepticons in the comic strip and that Starscream began wanting more issues brought out. This mistreatment is causing severe physical trauma to [[Steve White]] and [[Den Patrick]] (#19) though Fur-Man is still a free agent and is evading Decepticon capture (#21). Writer [[Robin Etherington]] appears to have angered him, as Starscream is believed to have deliberately miscredited one of his stories in #24. [http://www.studioblinktwice.com/announce.php?Year=2009]

He has incredible hate for [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]], gleefully recounting the guy's horrible death and going berserk in #9 at the idea of Jazz answering the letters.

While he has said he talks to himself to get intelligent conversation and doesn't trust anyone (#9), he has shown some signs of wanting company: he hoped the [[Seeker (Movie)|Seeker]] jets would all be reunited in the next film (#9), is trying to convince [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] to be in it too (#15), and wishes Ironhide would join the Decepticons (#16). Despite wanting to re-unite with Thundercracker, he shows contempt for the guy's lack of drive (#11). He views [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] and Soundwave as potential successors if anything ever happens to him (#21). He also appreciates [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout's]] work (#23) and while he's annoyed the helicopter is more popular than him, he did go to the trouble of giving the guy a proper burial. (#25)

Starscream appears to have had several "off the record" adventures. He has revealed he once had an [[Starscream (G1)|F-15 mode]] and liked it (#9), openly confirming he was [[:Image:Starscream 1982.jpg|active in 1982]] and the impetus for the [[Hungry Dragon]] cover-up. He also refers to [[Thundercracker (Movie)|Thundercracker]] also being an F-15 (#11), implying both were active in [[1982]]. He has also had some experience with and knowledge of [[Unicron]] (#12), something [[Transformers Comic issue 19|no other Transformer had]] and something that terrified him (#17), and in which he apparently witnessed Unicron trying to devour Cybertron (#19)...

He maintains that his voice is not [[Chris Latta|scratchy]] in any way.

Eventually, however, the constant stress of the letters drove him to a nervous breakdown, and he was sent to a very special home (or "on a mission of great importance", according to his cover story). He still produces a regular horrorscope. (Vol.2 #1) [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] has wondered about Starscream's ongoing absence, noting the home must have better security than the Decepticons first thought! (Vol.2 #12)

===IDW ''Revenge of the Fallen'' movie comics===
{{bigquote|My plan failed, or was it my troops that failed me? I can only process the situation and hope for a conclusion. There are allies on Earth, and more scattered across the Galaxy. I will seek them out. By my side they will join, and in time, I '''will''' have my kingdom... regardless of the location.|Starscream|[[The Reign of Starscream issue 5|The Reign of Starscream #5]]}}

Starscream assumed the role of [[Decepticon leader]] on Earth following Megatron's defeat and the destruction of the AllSpark. Though tempted to exact revenge on the humans, he realized he might be the last functional Decepticon on the planet, so he escaped Mission City to recover the badly-damaged Barricade. Starscream gave him orders to continue his reconnaissance of the Autobot once he was able, and headed for Hoover Dam to retrieve Frenzy. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 1|The Reign of Starscream #1}}

Starscream made his way to Hoover Dam, taking out masses of human soldiers and a [[Landmine (Movie)|less-than-functional attack drone]]. Starscream took a [[Salazar|human captive]] along with Frenzy's body, but the fleshling didn't survive the Decepticon's trip to [[Mars (planet)|Mars]]. However, the trip, combined with the damage from the battle took its toll and upon finding his starship, he had to be helped inside by [[Thundercracker (Movie)|Thundercracker]]. The pair discussed Thundercracker's progress with the space bridge terminal, the physiology of humans and the abilities of Starscream's new form. While recharging, he ordered Thundercracker to download the information from Frenzy; however, an Autobot scouting party interrupted their efforts. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 2|The Reign of Starscream #2}}

[[Image:ROSWannabet.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Let's hope that Dreadwing isn't revived by Unicron.]]
Starscream ordered Thundercracker and the drones to deal with them while he prepared for take off. After recovering, he made short work of the Autobots and dragged a damaged Thundercracker inside the ship, before activating the terminal and warping to Cybertron. He handed Thundercracker over to [[Ramjet (Movie)|Ramjet]], and ordered construction of a [[replica AllSpark]], based on Frenzy's data. Approaching Megatron's citadel, Starscream, still impressed by the power his new form gave him, destroyed the former leader's figurehead. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 3|The Reign of Starscream #3}}

A [[Units of time|quartex]] later, Starscream ruminated about ruling over a Cybertron free of war or factions, as well as bringing certain [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|war criminals]] to justice. He arrived at the AllSpark construction yard, busted [[Crankcase (Movie)|Crankcase]]'s vocal processor for whining too much, and chained him up along with [[Elita-One (Movie)|four]] [[Warpath (Movie)|enslaved]] [[Signal Flare (Movie)|Autobot]] [[Grindcore (Movie)|prisoners]] on the new AllSpark, ready to offer up their lives in exchange for a new life for Cybertron. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 4|The Reign of Starscream #4}}

[[Image:StarscreamandWreckageAlliance2.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Yes, it is!]]

Things sort of went downhill from there, though. First, the AllSpark replica didn't work; then [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing]] rebelled. Then they saw that Arcee had snuck aboard Starscream's ship, led an Autobot attack on [[Simfur]] and destroyed the new AllSpark. In the ensuing chaos, Starscream, along with his few remaining loyal subjects, fought off the army of Dreadwing drones and assorted other traitors. Starscream tracked Dreadwing to the space bridge as he took a starship through it. By the time the ship arrived on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], it was damaged by Starscream's attack, but Dreadwing survived. However, Starscream also survived, revealed himself, and ripped out Dreadwing's spark core. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 5|The Reign of Starscream #5}}

After Dreadwing's betrayal, Starscream relocated to Earth, his aspirations for leadership and his faith in his fellow Decepticons shattered. As he brooded and carved AllSpark runes onto his exo-structure, he picked up a transmission from [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]], informing Starscream of Optimus Prime's forthcoming journey to a Sector Seven facility where Wreckage was held. {{storylink|Alliance issue 1|Alliance #1}}

Starscream arrived on Earth not long after Wreckage escaped. The two engaged in a heated battle, each accusing the other of betrayal. Wreckage managed to gain the upper hand, but the timely arrival of Bumblebee gave Starscream the chance to kill Wreckage. He thanked Bumblebee by blasting him, but was contacted by [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] before he could finish the job. Shocked that Soundwave was still alive, Starscream left with renewed vigor, believing Soundwave held the key to making a new army. Rendezvousing on Mars, Starscream informed Soundwave of Megatron's death and the AllSpark's loss, and was pleased when he was told a number of troops were headed for Earth, with more in stasis. After receiving co-ordinates to Soundwave's ship, a more enthusiastic Starscream left for the ''Nemesis'', aiming to bring the troops aboard out of stasis while Soundwave carried out "[[Star harvester|other orders]]". {{storylink|Alliance issue 2|Alliance #2}}
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===''The Veiled Threat'' prequel novel===
{{Note|The events of ''The Veiled Threat'' take place during [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[Alliance (comic)|Alliance]]'' comic.}}
Starscream was in [[Zambia]] where he gained control of the rebel [[Human Accessory Force]] by synthesizing [[gold]] coins with his own body. He sent [[Macerator]], [[Dropkick]] and [[Payload (Movie)|Payload]] to blow up a series of dams along the Zambezi River. Although the three Decepticons were stopped by [[NEST]], Starscream intercepted them and killed [[Beachbreak]], who was hoisting [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] up Victoria Falls. He then oversaw the Decepticons attack on a dam along the Zambezi, but the action saw the loss of Macerator and Payload. With their plan in ruins, Starscream ordered Dropkick to retreat.

Little did Starscream know that not all of the troops Soundwave had brought were so eager to serve him for merely succeeding to the Decepticon throne. A number of Decepticons were working in secret to amass vast quantities of energy to locate Megatron and jump start his spark. Upon discovering the existence of this faction, Optimus surmised that Starscream would be hard pressed to withstand a coup, and the only way to secure his claim would be to destroy Optimus and the Autobots quickly.

Starscream flew to [[Italy]] where he allied with criminal mastermind [[Bruno Carrera]], promising him rule of Europe once Starscream ruled Earth if he helped kill Optimus Prime. [[Swindle (Movie)|Swindle]] and [[Jolt (Movie)|Deadend]] drew NEST to Rome, where Starscream challenged Optimus to one-on-one combat in the Coliseum: it was a trap, and Optimus fell through a hidden door into a set of restraints in an underground tunnel built by Carrera. The humans helped Optimus escape though, and Starscream flew off to pay Carrera back for his failure. {{storylink|The Veiled Threat}}

===Titan Magazines ''Revenge of the Fallen'' comics===

[[Image:Titan1_FallenStarscream.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Hey! C'mon on outa there you!]]

With Megatron dead, Starscream found himself as one of [[The Fallen]]'s proxies and was not too happy with the idea of working for another guy ''again''. He organised <strike>his</strike> the Fallen's Decepticon army and took them to Cybertron on the Fallen's orders. Unfortunately he was spied on by [[Mudflap (ROTF)|two]] [[Skids (ROTF)|Autobots]], and failed to exterminate them before they fled to Earth. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.1|Training Day}} News of this made the Fallen ''very unhappy'', who ordered Starscream to remain on Cybertron and ''not fail again''. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.2|Dogfight!}}

After the Twins' bumbling on Earth, they were suspected of being double agents and were to be sent into orbitary exile. [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] ordered Starscream to take out the Twins' military escort in an effort to make them defect. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.6|Outlaw Blues}}

[[Image:Titan8_Starscreamlastwords.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Are my eyes blue?]]

Later, after the Decepticons had captured the lost [[Ransack (ROTF)|Ransack]], Starscream sat in on Soundwave's interrogation of the old fogey. However, Ransack refused to tell them, and Starscream had to step in to stop an angry Soundwave from killing the guy. He volunteered to interrogate the ancient Seeker himself, but Ransack found the whole thing laughable: he knew the Decepticons were operating their ''own'' agenda while the Fallen was incapacitated, but they'd soon learn their freedom was just an illusion.

A few seconds later, the twins arrived to bust the base up. Starscream and Soundwave soon put an end to ''that'', and Starscream gleefully prepared to exterminate Mudflap at long last... Whoops, that gave Ransack the chance to shoot Starscream in the back and leg it! Desperate to keep the Fallen from knowing they'd been up to anything, Starscream and the other 'Cons chased after the Seeker. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.8|Back-to-Back}}

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===''Revenge of the Fallen'' movie===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Charlie Adler]] (English), [[José Sant'anna]] (Portuguese), [[Tadashi Miyazawa]] (Japanese), [[Axel Lutter]] (German), [[Luigi Scribani]] (Italian), [[Germán Fabregat]] (Latin American-Spanish)

[[Image:ROTF Megatron choke Starscream.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"We really shouldn't fight in front of the chil—"<br>"SHUT UP!"]]
Starscream was unconcerned with reviving his leader Megatron, choosing to spend his time as acting commander on the ''[[Nemesis (ROTF)|Nemesis]]'' engineering a new army. His plan was failing miserably, as without [[energon (fuel)|energon]] the [[hatchling]]s were dying. After [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] successfully executed his plan to resurrect Megatron, Starscream (who may or may not have known of said plan) attempted to welcome his commander with open arms, only to be criticized for leaving him for dead. Starscream defended his actions by saying [[The Fallen]] decreed the spawning of a new army, and that in Megatron's absence, someone had to take command. This was a bad choice of words on Starscream's part, as Megatron slammed him into a hatchling sack and told him the simple truth: even in death, there is no command greater than Megatron's.

Megatron noted the plight of the hatchlings though, and sought the advice of the Fallen, whom Starscream had kept on life support, on another source of energon now that the [[AllSpark]] was destroyed. The Fallen revealed there was another source, and that the key to attaining it was through the boy who had killed Megatron. But first, The Fallen commanded that they kill [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], the last of the [[Dynasty of Primes]], so that he would be safe. Since Optimus would come to protect Sam, it would be a simple matter to capture him. Starscream arrived and announced that they had [[Alice|an agent]] within sight of the boy. He was eager to get that energon, as the hatchlings would keep dying without it.

[[Image:ROTF Starscream Sam Mikaela.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Damn things are everywhere.]]
Starscream aided in [[Sam Witwicky]]'s capture by cutting open the car [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]] had captured him in, and watched as Megatron and [[Scalpel (ROTF)|Scalpel]] threatened to dissect him for the information in his mind from the AllSpark regarding the energon source. Optimus and [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] arrived to rescue Sam: Starscream let Megatron do most of the fighting in the factory, before Optimus blasted him through the wall and drove off with Sam to a forest.

[[Image:ROTF Prime Starscream arm.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"MY ARM!"<br>"Oh, you want it back? HERE!"]]
Starscream arrived, immediately going for the boy, but Prime ran interference, grabbing Starscream, suplexing him, and kicking off part of his mouth, leading the three Decepticons to gang up on him. Surprisingly, it went quite poorly for the Decepticons: Prime was able to take on all three, using Starscream as a shield and sending his artillery flying at Grindor. After stabbing Megatron multiple times, Optimus ripped off Starscream's arm. Starscream could only cry out in horror as Optimus then used it as a club against the Decepticon. Although Optimus managed to kill Grindor, Megatron eventually managed to kill Optimus, but before they could retrieve Sam, the rest of the Autobots arrived while Bumblebee spirited Sam away. Megatron and Starscream were forced to retreat.

[[Image:ROTF_movie_MegatronStarscream_roofchat.jpg|thumb|right|300px|25 years later and I'm still your punching bag!]]

Starscream and Megatron flew to the top of a [[New York City]] skyscraper, where Starscream revealed that they had lost track of the boy. Megatron berated Starscream and hit him with the detached arm he was trying to stick in, furious that he lost track of a single insect. Starscream countered that there were seven billion insects on the planet, and that he could be anywhere at this point. Megatron decided to reveal the Decepticons' presence to the world: Starscream stood openly atop a skyscraper during the rejuvenated Fallen's announcement to the world.

After Soundwave learned that the boy was in [[Egypt]], Starscream flew to investigate. Locating the boy, he fired upon Bumblebee, [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]], who had Sam, [[Mikaela Banes]], [[Leo Spitz]] and [[Seymour Simmons]] as their passengers, bombing them to no avail. Bumblebee, Simmons, Leo, and the Twins drew Starscream's fire while Sam and Mikaela fled to the NEST soldiers. During his flyby of the NEST team, he released an electromagnetic pulse that took out the humans' communications, but saw Prime's body. Meeting Megatron atop the pyramid which hid the harvester, Starscream informed Megatron of his discovery, and Megatron ordered the [[Operation: Firestorm|assault]] to begin.

[[Image:ROTF Starscream grab.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Ceiling Seeker is watching you masturbate. And he will no longer tolerate it.]]

As Sam and Mikaela tried to reach Optimus to revive him with the [[Matrix of Leadership]], Starscream led several [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicons]] and [[Protoform]]s in a search for Sam. It wasn't going very well, to the point that Starscream literally started shooting the ground in anger. An [[Insecticon (Movie)|Insecticon]] managed to find them, and Starscream tore the roof off the building they were in, but the two humans managed to lose them again. Starscream then ordered [[Rampage (ROTF)|Rampage]] to hold Sam's parents [[Ron Witwicky|Ron]] and [[Judy Witwicky|Judy]] for ransom: Sam was ready to exchange the Matrix, but Bumblebee rescued them and killed Rampage. Starscream was soon drawn into the battle with [[NEST]], and was unable to search for Sam any longer.

[[Image:ROTF Starscream cowards survive.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"Not to call you a coward-Oh heck, you are a coward!"]]
Starscream watched from the sidelines as Optimus was resurrected by the Matrix, and combined with [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]]. Although the Fallen had obtained the Matrix and activated his star harvester, as he had predicted, the last of the Primes killed the Fallen and destroyed the harvester. Starscream stood next to Megatron, who had lost his right arm and had half his face blown off thanks to Optimus Prime, and advised that they should flee (cowards do survive after all), something that Megatron acknowledged. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (film)}}
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===Cyber Missions===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Bronco D. Jackson]] (English), [[Andrés García]] (Latin American-Spanish)
[[Image:CyberMissions10 Starscream.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Toy accuracy wasted on a fiction no one even knew existed.]]
Starscream watched from the air as [[Mindwipe (ROTF)|Mindwipe]] interrogated [[Jack (ROTF)|Jack]]. As the other Decepticon announced the Energon would be his, Starscream corrected his obviously erroneous statement. When they found the convoy, Starscream dropped mines on the road in front of [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] and [[Sideswipe (ROTF)|Sideswipe]], knocking loose the trailer-load of energon. While Mindwipe turned his hypnotic abilities on the two Autobots, Starscream landed behind them. The two Decepticons' bickering allowed Sideswipe to break Mindwipe's concentration, and he began grappling with Starscream while Ratchet went for the energon. Starscream quickly got the better of Sideswipe and threatened to rip his spark out, but Ratchet responded by throwing the energon and Mindwipe off a nearby cliff. Starscream dived after it, ignoring Mindwipe's pleas for help, and grabbed the energon. Ratchet shot the energon which exploded, but Starscream subsequently streaked from the flames in his jet mode, and the two Autobots decided to find somewhere safe to take cover. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 10}}

Starscream met up with Megatron in the Arctic sometime later, but it was far from a pleasant reunion - Megatron was pissed that Starscream openly defied him, and once again reminded him of his absolute power. Optimus arrived, and a two on one duel ensued. Soon, the Autobots arrived, and Starscream broke off to leave the duel to be leader-to-leader. Starscream took on Ratchet, Ironhide, Bumblebee, and Sideswipe all at once, and eventually was defeated. Starscream quickly fled the scene. {{storylink|Cyber Missions 12}}

Later, Megatron led Starscream, Barricade, Mindwipe, and Bludgeon to rescue the imprisoned Soundwave from the Autobots. However, Soundwave was only a hologram, and Optimus confronted the Decepticons. Megatron once again dueled Optimus, and Starscream told the others to wait until Megatron wore the Autobot leader down, then attack Optimus... only for Ratchet, Ironhide, and Bumblebee to arrive. In the ensuing battle, Starscream tried to flee, but was fired at by Ironhide, and Starscream retaliated by tackling and grappling with Ironhide on the ground. The Autobots' human allies arrived, and outnumbered the Decepticons a hundred to one, and Megatron was once again defeated by Optimus. The Autobot leader gave the Decepticons a choice: leave Earth or fight and die. Starscream, naturally, was the first to leave and abandon his leader, and Mindwipe and Bludgeon followed. {{storylink|Decepticons Attack}}
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===Titan Magazines post-''Revenge of the Fallen'' comics===

[[Image:Titan17_Starscreamstatue.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Hasbro's just losing the battle against copyright infringement...]]

Starscream wanted to create his ''own'' Decepticon army and assumed there had to be some Energon sources and artifacts still on Earth to enable this: after all, why else would the Autobots stay? He tore through [[Peru]]'s Amazon rainforest looking for Energon and, in the process, a local tribe began worshipping him and erecting statues in his honour. He briefly thought about recruiting them.

When an Autobot/human team arrived, Starscream briefly engaged them in combat and shrugged off claims that they ''hadn't got'' an ulterior motive for being on Earth. To cover his retreat, he set fire to the rainforest so the Autobots would have to put it out rather than follow him. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.17|The Kingdom of Starscream}}

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===IDW ''Dark of the Moon'' comics===
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{{storylink|Transformers: Starscream}}{{storylink|Rising Storm issue 1}}{{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2}}{{storylink|Rising Storm issue 3}}

===''Dark of the Moon'' film===
{{comingsoon|unreleased|when=June 29, 2011}}
[[Image:DOTM - StarscreamSaw.jpg|left|thumb|300px|The film is in 3D? Great! Now I can kill real life Humans!]]

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{{storylink|Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

==Games==
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===3D Battle-Card Game===
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{{storylink|3D Battle-Card Game}}

===''Transformers'': The Game===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Daniel Ross]]

====Autobot campaign====
Starscream, Blackout, and a pair of [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing]] drones took on [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] during the battle of [[Mission City]], but the smaller Autobot managed to beat all four of them. Guess he finally got to fight the big ones. {{storylink|Transformers The Game (console)|Transformers The Game}}

====Decepticon campaign====
Starscream coordinated the missions for Blackout and Barricade while hiding in a military base. After receiving information from Barricade that Megatron had been located, Starscream ordered him to proceed to Hoover Dam, while he himself went to locate [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] and [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]]. However, the humans were aware of the three Decepticons and used drones, weapon platforms, and fighters based on Cybertronian design. Starscream was forced to move back and forth between Bonecrusher and Brawl, rescuing them from human attackers, all to background music far too heroic for someone of Starscream's character. After taking a moment to enjoy the ruin he had made of the base, Starscream proceeded to Hoover Dam. Blackout informed him that the structure was blocking their scans, so Starscream ordered him to tear it down piece by piece to find Megatron and the AllSpark. When Megatron emerged, Starscream bowed before his [[Lord High Protector|Lord]].

At [[Mission City]], Starscream took a moment to [[Ramjet (G1)|ram]] Optimus Prime during the latter's duel with Megatron, and tried to go head to head with Optimus Prime but was knocked away. After Megatron absorbed the AllSpark and Earth was decimated, Starscream stood at his master's left side as the Decepticon leader declared their business on Earth was concluded.

There is an unlockable skin for Starscream that gives him a G1 paintjob. {{storylink|Transformers The Game (console)|Transformers The Game}}

===Transformers: Autobots (DS)===
:''Voice actor'': [[Daniel Ross]]

While on a mission in the Arctic to find and destroy Megatron and recover the AllSpark, [[Create-A-Bot (Autobot)|Create-A-Bot]] and Ironhide ran into the air commander during their escape. Making Create-A-Bot run for cover, Ironhide took on Starscream and his lackeys (despite mentioning he's "getting too old for this"). Once defeated, Starscream took off into the atmosphere, never to be seen again. {{storylink|Transformers Autobots/Decepticons|Transformers: Autobots}}

{{Note|Starscream is the only Decepticon in this version of the game who is not definitively destroyed. (Bonecrusher isn't included, since Prime cut off his head on his way in. Bonecrusher hates this game because of that.) Starscream's body type appears as Skydive, unlockable with 2500 WiFi Tokens. In the US, this feature is also unlockable by downloading the ''Transformers'' preview movie from a Target DS Download Station.}}

===Transformers: Decepticons (DS)===
:''Voice actor'': [[Daniel Ross]]

After the disappearance of Megatron nearly a million years ago (yeah, we know), Starscream took over the Decepticons as their high commander. Arriving on Earth, he instructed [[Create-A-Bot (Decepticon)|Create-A-Bot]] to follow Barricade until he arrived. However, none of the other Decepticons would trust him, and he confided in Create-A-Bot a great number of secrets, including the location of the AllSpark and the identity of the lost Decepticon they were retrieving: [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]. Starscream reasoned that he hid these things because revealing them would lead to a power struggle, but no one bought it except the naive rookie.

Soon, though, the other Decepticons revealed the reason for their lack of faith (which Create-A-Bot found disturbing): Starscream was a morally ambiguous backstabber. Of course, Megatron wasn't much better, since he was a treacherous, black-hearted face-stabber, but at least he let you know where you stood with him. Once the Autobots returned the AllSpark to Tranquility, he gave chase after a now-AllSpark-empowered Bumblebee (in the single most frustrating level of the game), caught the "babbling fool", and destroyed a meddlesome Blackout, until Barricade got in the way.

After threat of execution for treason, Starscream proceeded to show the smaller Decepticon WHY Megatron picked him as his second-in-command: his brute strength and incredible battle strategy. After a severe thrashing, Create-A-Bot arrived with intent to kill. However, Starscream now had the AllSpark and was nearly unstoppable. They proceeded to battle over the Casino Strip, where Create-A-Bot took the AllSpark from him and smashed it into his chest. Create-A-Bot was knocked back and severely damaged by the blast, but Starscream remained as powerful as ever, perhaps more so now that the AllSpark had merged with his body. However, as was quickly proven, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscreams]] who receive [[Starscream (Armada)|ungodly power]] tend to explode, as Megatron found him and proceeded to chase and tear him apart. In his last breath, Starscream spat on Megatron's name, saying there would always be those who would question his power. Megatron simply replied by smashing his face in. {{storylink|Transformers Autobots/Decepticons|Transformers: Decepticons}}

{{note|Starscream's body type is available in two forms, the regular Starscream playable in certain missions (unlocked by beating the game) and G1 Starscream, based on the Target exclusive retooling/redeco. The G1 body is unlocked by earning 2500 WiFi tokens, or by downloading the preview movie for the game from a Target DS Download Station.}}

===Transformers: The Game (PSP)===
Starscream attacked Hoover Dam to free Megatron from his "tomb". Afterwards, he battled [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] over the leadership of the Decepticons back on Cybertron. {{storylink|Transformers The Game (PSP)|Transformers The Game}}
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===Autobot Stronghold===
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===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. Starscream is a recurring foe.}}
[[Image:Starscream battleforthematrix.jpg|thumb|200px|left |Basically the same thing as attacktix]] {{storylink|Transformers: Battle for the Matrix}}
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===''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' - The Game===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Charlie Adler]]

====Xbox 360/Sony PS3/PC====
=====Decepticon campaign=====
[[Image:ROTF_360PS3PC_Starscream_AerialbotScout1.jpg|thumb|250px|Starscream demonstrating hardware accelerated graphics including particle effects, dynamic lighting, shinemaps, and Autobot-smashing.]]
Starscream served as the main aerial assault unit, utilizing his rapid-fire Gatling cannon and his homing missiles. He could also activate a [[Null Reactor]], which slowed enemies down and increased the damage he dealt to them.

After the Decepticons lost possesion of Mikaela, Starscream decided to seek out [[Theodore Galloway|NSA chief Galloway]], and force the location of the other remaining AllSpark shard, and Megatron's location, from him. The fleshing was known to be visiting one of several buildings around the canals of Sam and Mikaela's hometown, and Starscream destroyed each in turn, looking to flush out his target. Galloway was soon located, and Starscream took him for extraction.

The information gained from Galloway lead to the Decepticons capturing an AllSpark shard, and armed with this artifact, a team was sent to revive Megatron. Whilst other Decepticons descended into the sea to attend to their leader, Starscream and several Constructicons attacked the carrier group on the ocean surface. Seeking to eliminate their defense, Starscream destroyed the AA guns mounted on the larger craft, and then sank the small control boats in the area. Before long, Megatron rose from the ocean, and the Decepticons left the area.

When Sam and Bumblebee travelled to an east coast museum to meet with Jetfire, Starscream was ordered by Megatron to destroy the building and retrieve the boy. Although, under heavy fire from Autobots, Starscream collapsed the museum, Sam, Bumblebee and Jetfire escape via space bridge. After Megatron defeated their master [[The Fallen]], who was monotoring the progress of the [[star harvester]], Starscream immediately reported to Megatron that Optimus had deactivated the machine. Megatron took this reply well, and went off to activate The Fallen's hidden army of protoforms. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

=====Autobot campaign=====
Following Sam Witwicky's flight to Egypt with Jetfire, Starscream fled with his minions to the abandoned foundry where the Decepticons had previously held Sam. Locating him, Optimus Prime battled it out with Starscream, forcing the Air Commander to retreat.

Later, Starscream joined Megatron in attacking Optimus Prime and Jetfire in Egypt. As leader fought leader, [[Seeker (Movie)|Seeker]] fought [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seeker]], with Jetfire holding his own against Starscream until Optimus defeated Megatron and helped defeat Starscream. As Jetfire held the Air Commander at his mercy, Megatron snuck up and ran Jetfire through with his sword, allowing the Decepticons to retreat. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

===Starscream Showdown===
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{{storylink|Starscream Showdown}}

===Hunt for the Decepticons===
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{{storylink|Hunt for the Decepticons}}

===''Transformers: Dark of the Moon - The Game''===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Steve Blum]]

====(Xbox 360/PS3)====

{{comingsoon}}

==Toys==
''See [[Starscream (Movie)/toys]].''

==Merchandise==
''See [[Starscream (Movie)/toys#Merchandise]].''

==Notes==
[[Image:ProtoformStarscreamProto.jpg|thumb|250px|Rar.]]
* Starscream's film design was initially conceptualized by designer [[Feng Zhu]].<ref>http://www.fengzhudesign.com/portfolio.html</ref>

* The card back of Protoform Starscream's packaging features a completely different, earlier head sculpt. What's more, this head design is featured on his protoform body in IDW's movie prequel comics. It's since become Starscream's standard "pre-Earth" face, likely out of consistency.

* His protoform was not the only design to get a new head. The earliest concepts of Starscream's head were more skull-like and oblong in shape. This was, of course, redesigned to look more "like a samurai helmet." Unlike the redesigned head of Megatron, Starscream's earlier face only shows up in ''one'' piece of media: the book [[Look and Find Transformers]].

* As revealed in ROTF's Blu-ray gallery, Starscream's final head design was one that was rejected for Megatron. Maybe that's why he's such a sycophant.

* On-screen in the first live-action movie, Starscream has only one short conversation with Megatron and a total screen time of less than 10 minutes. The tie-in fiction and the sequel are ''much'' kinder.

* In that 10 minutes in the first film, he was able to blow up a power plant, tear Bumblebee's legs in half with his missiles, gun down Ratchet and Ironhide like it was target practice, blow up a helicopter about to retrieve the Allspark, battle a team of F-22s, and escape the earth's atmosphere. A lot to do in just 10 minutes.

* It has been suggested that, following his attack on the F-22 squadron over the city, Starscream was able to hide among the survivors and take part in the attack on Megatron shortly thereafter. This theory is speculative; While it fits the character of the G1 Starscream from the '80s, there is nothing actually on the screen to suggest it. (Roberto Orci was asked, but refused to give a definite answer.)<ref>http://boards.transformersmovie.com/showpost.php?p=387172&postcount=185 Roberto Orci refusing to comment on the possibility of Starscream attacking Megatron during the final battle</ref>

* His bio for his Deep Space figure mentions that he re-energized himself at a power plant after the [[Mission City]] battle. Whilst this was not seen in the film, it appears [[The Real Effing Deal|others]] caught notice of it; [http://www.therealeffingdeal.com/blog/“mission-city-update-exclusive”/].

* The Sector Seven online ARG used the "[[Masterpiece]]" version of [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] to represent the "real" Starscream who had infiltrated Earth. A lot of Generation 1 cameos were made in this manner. Make of that what you will.

* Even though Starscream had only two lines of English dialogue in the first film, José Sant'anna, who played the Generation 1 character in the Brazilian dub of the original cartoon, was re-cast to play the role in the movie. However, his voice was so heavily modulated that only someone with a really good ear could recognize him. Go figure.

*Speaking of dialogue, most of his lines are in Cybertronian. He begins his role with speaking Cybertronian ("This is Starscream. All Decepticons mobilize.") and ends with another Cybertronian line that isn't subtitled. Of course, he could have been talking to himself (as he does when he reaches Sector Seven) or even cursing. Considering ''The Reign of Starscream'' has a guy exploding inside him at this point, swearing seems appropriate.

*The new downloadable content for the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' game on Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 gives Starscream [[Starscream (G1)|another form]] and a [[Sunstorm (G1)|repaint of it]]. Because of this, Starscream ends up with the most alternate skins of any character. Huh...that [[Seeker (body-type)|sounds]] [[Starscream clone (Animated)|familiar]] [[Starscream (Armada)|somehow...]]

*He tends to slobber a lot when he talks. He's the Sylvester of the Decepticons.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Starscream''' (スタースクリーム ''Sutāsukurīmu'')
*''Cantonese:'' '''Sing Sing Giu''' (星星叫)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Üstökös''' ("Comet"), '''Csillagsikoly''' (Titan comics, "Starscream")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Tīen-wáng Hsīng''' (Taiwan, 天王星, "Uranus"), '''Hong Zhi Zhu''' (China, 紅蜘蛛, "Red Spider")
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Zorekryk''' (Зорекрик, "Dawnscream")

==Footnotes==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/Starscream/starscream.htm Starscream at TFU.info]

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Mickey Mouse

2010-10-08T16:28:58Z

147.140.233.16: /* Toys */

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:''Mickey Mouse is a talking animal from the [[Disney Label]] continuity.''
[[Image:MickeyMouseTF.jpg|right|thumb|300px|M-I-C, K-E-Y, P-R-I-M-E!]]

'''Mickey Mouse''' is an oddity amongst [[Earth]]'s fauna, an upright-walking rodent with opposable thumbs and the power of speech. It is unknown if he is a unique specimen, or part of a larger species. He drives a truck that can transform into a robotic suit of armor he can pilot. The childlike features he bears endear him to the young [[human]]s of Earth. The wisdom of granting mechanized destructive power to a creature such as this is up for debate.
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==Fiction==
===''Revenge of the Fallen'' adaptation===
The announcer mentioned "Mickey the friendly mouse" in a [[television]] advertisement for the ''Alice in Wonderland'' animatronic tour, featuring an [[Alice (animatronic)|animatronic Alice]]. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (novel)}}

==Toys==
===Disney Label===
[[Image:MickeyMouse-ColorToy.jpg|right|thumb|300px|K-E-Y. Y? Because freedom is the right of all sentient beings. Ho ho!]]

*'''Mickey Mouse Trailer''' (2009)

: The first mold in the [[TakaraTomy]]-[[exclusive]] "[[Disney Label]]" series, Mickey Mouse's vehicle transforms from a cartoony tractor-trailer truck to a Mickey-like robot resembling [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. Mickey appears as a driver with an orange worker's cap on (in the right side of the cab, what with this being a Japanese toy), but disappears when then grill is flipped upward during transformation. Mickey re-appears dressed in a battle suit on a flip-around panel on the robot mode's head when the backpack is brought down into its final position. Pushing down on the robot's upper body causes the robot arms to flap up and down, simulating giddy excitement. (No, really.) The robot's clear-plastic visor can be raised and lowered over its optics.

: So far, this mold has only been made available in Japan and Australia.

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*'''Mickey Mouse Trailer Monochrome''' (2009)

: This grayscale [[redeco]] of the Mickey Mouse Trailer toy is decoed to resemble Mickey's design in the earliest Disney cartoons. Mickey himself provides the only splashes of color on the toy, with his face keeping its peach color, while his clothes go grayscale.
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[[Image:HalloweenMickey.JPG|right|thumb|300px|John Carpenter's Mickey]]
{{anchor|Halloween}}
*'''Mickey Mouse Trailer Halloween Version''' (2009)

: [[Halloween]] Mickey Mouse is a redeco done up in orange and black, and was an [[exclusive]] to 7-11 stores in Japan. The robot mode features a variety of Halloween-themed [[paint application]]s, such as a jack-o-lantern face and skulls on its torso and spider webs on the trailer [[kibble]]. The little Mickey figure now has a blue face and red eyes.
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==External links==
* [[wikipedia:Mickey Mouse|Mickey Mouse at Wikipedia]]

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[[Category: Earthlings]]

Transformer clothing

2010-09-03T20:37:01Z

147.140.233.16: /* Headwear */ actually, I guess this isn't nessessary with the "king of fashion' comment below.

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For more images, please visit the '''[[Transformer clothing/Gallery|Gallery]]'''.</div>

[[Image:MarvelUK-230.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Wikipedia:Dick Tracy|Beat Tracy]]]]

One way that non-Transformer species seem to have influenced [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] culture is the relatively rare occurrence of [[Transformer]]s wearing clothing.

==Capes==
[[Image:BlasterG2.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Optimus and Megatron: Slaves to Fashion]]
From time to time, some high-ranked Cybertronians tend to wear capes. Presumably, they are a symbol of office, as only generals, commanders, and other such leaders have been seen sporting them. Exactly what material these capes are made from is unknown, but one presumes that Earth-style fabrics are likely extremely rare on Cybertron (which could make the capes even ''more'' special, considering).

* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Generation 1 Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Generation 1 Megatron]] wore capes while serving as the leaders of the [[Cybertron Alliance]]. Prime's was purple (the Decepticon color), while Megatron's was red (the Autobot color). Whether this was a symbol of high office or just a desire to look pretty is unknown.

* [[Starscream (G1)|Generation 1 Starscream]] wore a cape, large shoulder pads, and a crown at his coronation as Decepticon leader. The crown alone survived [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]'s blast, only to be crushed under his feet.

* The [[Nine Great Demon Generals]] mostly wore capes (except [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], who wore a Batman-like cowl) in the ''Zone'' story pages.

* The members of the [[Convoy Council]] wear capes, too.

* [[Scavenger (Armada)|''Armada'' Scavenger]] wore a large, body-obscuring cloak when he first arrived on [[Earth]].

*[[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]], or at least a computer simulation's version of him, wore a cloak to conceal his identity before a battle.{{storylink|Distribution}}

*[[Great Convoy]] ''is'' a cape. [[:Image:ConvoyCouncil1.jpg|Seriously]].

==Trenchcoats==
[[Image:Micromastercoats s.jpg|right|200px|thumb|You better accept the terms, or...]]
Quite a few characters have been depicted wearing trenchcoats, mostly when involved in detective work or similarly secretive activity.

* [[Nightbeat (G1)|Generation 1 Nightbeat]] is often seen [[:Image:MarvelUK-230.jpg|wearing a trenchcoat and fedora]], due to their connection with detective fiction. He pulls it off pretty well, actually.
* The [[Air Strike Patrol|Micromaster Air Strike Patrol]] wore trenchcoats and fedoras while trying to pass as human professional wrestlers. Interestingly enough, these coats somehow obscured large physical protrusions on their bodies (jet intakes, wings, etc.). {{storylink|The Interplanetary Wrestling Championship!}}

== Ponchos ==
[[Image:AFistfulofEnergon-Lockdowninponcho.jpg|200px|right|thumb|¿Como estas?]]
* The [[Jointron]] brothers have been shown wearing ponchos and sombreros, as well as using mariachi-style guitars and maracas. This is both hilarious ''and'' racist.

*[[Lockdown (Animated)|''Transformers Animated'' Lockdown]] wore a "Space Poncho" when he showed up on the remains of the ''[[Nemesis (Animated)|Nemesis]]'' in reference to the Man With No Name from the spaghetti western ''A Fistful of Dollars''. {{storylink|A Fistful of Energon}}

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==Pretenders==
[[Image:Nomates.jpg|right|150px|thumb|No, really, thanks. I got to go now.]]
* Most of the [[Pretender]] toys have clothing molded onto their Pretender shells. Naturally, it's only pretend clothing, being part of the Transformers' shells (which themselves might be considered a form of clothing).
* In the TV commercial for the Pretenders, the human Pretenders can take off these clothes and reveal the muscle of the outer shells.
* In ''[[Super-God Masterforce (franchise)|Super-God Masterforce]]'', human Pretenders wear clothes in their everyday lives as normal humans.
* [[Cloudburst]] also wears normal clothing in [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel Comics continuity]]. {{storylink|Recipe for Disaster!}}
* In [[Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]], the Pretender [[Alice]] conceals her lady-bits with clothing. When she transforms into her robot mode, her clothes appear to fold away in the same manner as her simulated skin. She did however show the ability to alter the appearance of her clothing.
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==Headwear==
[[Image:MegatronOrigin2 Megs hair.jpg|left|150px|thumb|This didn't happen. This didn't happen. This didn't happen.]]

[[Image:Timelines-rattrap.jpg|right|150px|thumb|A cap-like helmet]]

*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] wore a crown during his coronation in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.

* [[Cohrada]] wears his father's hat in [[Beast Wars Neo (manga)|''Beast Wars Neo'' manga]].

* In the [[Dreamwave Generation One continuity]], [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] wore a removable face-mask that resembled the face of his original toy. {{storylink|The War Within issue 6}} He was later shown to have integrated a similar mask into his head proper. {{storylink|Skyfire (issue)|Skyfire}} [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] was also shown to wear a removable face-mask that resembled his toy's face. {{storylink|Night of the Combaticons}}

* During the [[War Within: The Dark Ages|Dark Ages]], [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] sported a face-mask resembling his original toy, which was later upgraded into a fully removable helmet that he wore along with detachable armor. {{storylink|Skyfire (issue)|Skyfire}} He would also wear a helmet (based on that of his Classics toy) during the events of ''[[Stormbringer (comics)|Stormbringer]]''.

* In "[[Dawn of Future's Past]]", [[Rattrap]] is seen wearing a removable cap-like helmet.

* [[Starscream (Armada)|Another Starscream]] wore a crown very much like G1 Starscream's after stealing power from Primus to grow to giant size.

* [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] wore a beret while indulging in his artistic tendencies. He was probably trying to be like human artists though.

* Back in the [[Megatron Origin|dim and distant past]] on Cybertron, it was revealed that [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s "bucket-head" is in fact a helmet, presumably a hangover from his mining days. After his [[Cy-Kill (G1)|first kill]] in the [[Gladiatorial combat|deathmatches]] at the [[Forge]], Megatron removed his helmet to reveal a crest of hair-like panels underneath, while the crowd cheered him on. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2}}

* Later, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Orion Pax]] was seen (in a cameo) at [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]]'s [[:Image:Bumper-funeral.jpg|funeral]] having removed his head/helmet as a mark of respect, along with his unnamed [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|albino twin]]. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3}}

{{--}}

==??????==
[[Image:LiveActionJazz-Skywarp01.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Robot dancing!?]]
Sometimes, people on [[Earth]] wear clothing to look like [[Ramjet (G1)|various Transformers]]. Sometimes this is hot, sometimes this is sad.

{{-}}

==Others==
[[Image:Windcharger flash.jpg|right|100px|thumb|Hey, cover up! There are children watching!]]

[[Image:GrimlockManga.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Me Grimlock say it fun to learn! (Because knowledge is power!)]]

* In an early plan to trap the Decepticons, the Autobots had to run around in lab coats. It was very silly. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 3}}

* [[Brawn (G1)|Generation 1 Brawn]] made a seemingly metaphorical reference to footwear called [[proton boots]].

* The magic of [[Christmas]] once made Optimus Prime [[:Image:Christmasprime.jpg|dress up]] in a festive outfit. Obviously, the big guy is a little too open to suggestion. The same holds true for [[:Image:Biggrim christmas.jpg|Grimlock]], it seems.

* [[Grimlock (G1)|Generation 1 Grimlock]] is a king of fashion, at times wearing [[:Image:Biggrim me king.jpg|a crown]], [[:Image:Biggrim.jpg|a bandana]], an [[:Image:Madman Paradise Grimlock drinks.JPG|apron]], a [[:Image:Muk91_robocapers_megrimlockmoviestar.jpg |top hat and cane]] and... err...

* In Japan, [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] once dressed in garb modeled after the hooded outfits worn by the Ku Klux Klan. While Westerners would find this to be in very, ''very'' poor taste, the Japanese have been known to be somewhat ignorant about the negative cultural impact the Klan represent. Villains with outfits modeled after the Klan have appeared in many Japanese children's shows, including the [[Wikipedia:Tetsujin 28-go|Japanese version of ''Gigantor'']]. From their perspective, the Klan outfits just "look cool". {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 7}}

* The [[Convoy Council]] wear robes. They have their reasons, and they do not concern you.

* The [[structure|exostructures]] of the members of [[Council of Ancients]] resemble robes. They also have their reasons.

* [[Scavenger (Armada)|''Armada'' Scavenger]] wore a cloak for his first few appearances for little reason other than the animators probably thought it looked cool.

* In his Unicron-created dream world, ''Armada'' [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] wore a crimson sash around his shoulders. He was apparently the ruler of all Cybertron in his dream, so it was probably ceremonial.

* The [[Space Mini-Con Team]] and [[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]] have disguised themselves as humans using large, heavy jackets, coats, baseball caps, hats, sunglasses, and other items of clothing to try to blend in with other people in robot mode.

[[Image:Heinrad timecop.jpg|right|100px|thumb|And yet, somehow not as ludicrous as the other Time Cop.]]

* [[Heinrad]] wears his [[Ruler of Time and Space]] agent's uniform. {{Storylink|Return to Zero}}

* [[Six-Speed]]'s curiosity about human clothing led him to examine the closets of his [[human]] friends [[Bud Hansen|Bud]] and [[Coby Hansen|Coby]]. However, his attempt to dress like a human basically amounted to putting random articles of clothing on his limbs, looking more ridiculous than clothing-wearing Transformers normally do. Which is kinda amazing.

* [[Bumblebee (Animated)|''Transformers Animated'' Bumblebee]] wore a robe before his wrestling match with [[Colossus Rhodes]], likely more to keep with human tradition than actual need. {{storylink|Total Meltdown}}

*[[Drift (G1)|Drift]] wore a full set of clothes that completely concealed his robot-ness. {{storylink|Spotlight: Drift}}

* [[Scalpel|The doctor]], along with his european [[Accents|accent]] wears what appear to be glasses. They seem to be the lenses for his microscope mode. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen}}

{{-}}

==Toys==
* SCF '''Starscream''' (2002)

:This highly articulated, non-transforming version of Starscream, part of the Japan-exclusive Super Collection Figures series, comes with removable shoulder pads and cloak. He also has a choice of normal head or a head with a crown.

*''Cybertron'' '''Starscream''' (Supreme, 2005)

: Supreme Starscream, a colossally upscaled version of the ''Cybertron'' line's Voyager-class Starscream toy, comes with a Decepticon "Crown of Leadership" obviously based on the one worn by the original Starscream in [[The Transformers: The Movie|the 1986 movie]].

*''Star Wars Transformers'' '''[[Darth Vader]]/[[Death Star]]''' (2007)

:The sole Supreme-class figure of the ''Star Wars Transformers'' toyline, this gigantic Darth Vader mech includes an actual cloth cape that can attach to the back of the figure in robot mode in order to more closely resemble Vader in the ''Star Wars'' movies.

{{-}}

*''Masterpiece'' '''Grimlock''' (2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MP-8'''

: ''[[Masterpiece]]'' Grimlock comes with an intelligence transfer helmet accessory, based upon the device Grimlock used to transfer his super-intelligence into [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] in "[[Grimlock's New Brain]]". He also comes with an apron and serving tray, to simulate the time he served drinks to alien diplomats in "[[Madman's Paradise]]". He was originally going to come with a crown commonly featured in the [[Grimlock (G1)| Marvel Comics]] as well, but that accessory was omitted.

==Merchandise==
* '''Starscream''' (2002)

: Originally a chase figure in Japan, this remold of the regular figure includes a cape, newly molded limbs, and a head with the crown as seen in the movie.

* '''Coronation Starscream''' (Diamond Select, 2008)

:Released by Diamond Select Toys in 2008, Coronation Starscream was an exclusive to on-line retailer Action Figure Xpress. He was sculpted by [[Mark Wong]] of [[Art Asylum]] and limited to 600 pieces. It features Starscream decked out in the royal crown, cape, and big honkin' shoulder pads he wore (albeit briefly) in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
{{-}}

==See Also==
*[[Christmas]] - Some Transformers will dress up for the holiday.
*[[Humanization]]

==External link==
*[http://s90690880.onlinehome.us/jhiaxus/oddities/oddities_clothes.htm "Transformers that aren't nude" at Obscure Transformers]

[[Category:Transformer culture]]

Transformer clothing

2010-09-03T20:35:28Z

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<div style="position:absolute; right:1.15em; top:1.3em; font-size:95%;" id="TemplateUserinfo" class="plainlinksneverexpand">
For more images, please visit the '''[[Transformer clothing/Gallery|Gallery]]'''.</div>

[[Image:MarvelUK-230.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Wikipedia:Dick Tracy|Beat Tracy]]]]

One way that non-Transformer species seem to have influenced [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] culture is the relatively rare occurrence of [[Transformer]]s wearing clothing.

==Capes==
[[Image:BlasterG2.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Optimus and Megatron: Slaves to Fashion]]
From time to time, some high-ranked Cybertronians tend to wear capes. Presumably, they are a symbol of office, as only generals, commanders, and other such leaders have been seen sporting them. Exactly what material these capes are made from is unknown, but one presumes that Earth-style fabrics are likely extremely rare on Cybertron (which could make the capes even ''more'' special, considering).

* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Generation 1 Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Generation 1 Megatron]] wore capes while serving as the leaders of the [[Cybertron Alliance]]. Prime's was purple (the Decepticon color), while Megatron's was red (the Autobot color). Whether this was a symbol of high office or just a desire to look pretty is unknown.

* [[Starscream (G1)|Generation 1 Starscream]] wore a cape, large shoulder pads, and a crown at his coronation as Decepticon leader. The crown alone survived [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]'s blast, only to be crushed under his feet.

* The [[Nine Great Demon Generals]] mostly wore capes (except [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], who wore a Batman-like cowl) in the ''Zone'' story pages.

* The members of the [[Convoy Council]] wear capes, too.

* [[Scavenger (Armada)|''Armada'' Scavenger]] wore a large, body-obscuring cloak when he first arrived on [[Earth]].

*[[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]], or at least a computer simulation's version of him, wore a cloak to conceal his identity before a battle.{{storylink|Distribution}}

*[[Great Convoy]] ''is'' a cape. [[:Image:ConvoyCouncil1.jpg|Seriously]].

==Trenchcoats==
[[Image:Micromastercoats s.jpg|right|200px|thumb|You better accept the terms, or...]]
Quite a few characters have been depicted wearing trenchcoats, mostly when involved in detective work or similarly secretive activity.

* [[Nightbeat (G1)|Generation 1 Nightbeat]] is often seen [[:Image:MarvelUK-230.jpg|wearing a trenchcoat and fedora]], due to their connection with detective fiction. He pulls it off pretty well, actually.
* The [[Air Strike Patrol|Micromaster Air Strike Patrol]] wore trenchcoats and fedoras while trying to pass as human professional wrestlers. Interestingly enough, these coats somehow obscured large physical protrusions on their bodies (jet intakes, wings, etc.). {{storylink|The Interplanetary Wrestling Championship!}}

== Ponchos ==
[[Image:AFistfulofEnergon-Lockdowninponcho.jpg|200px|right|thumb|¿Como estas?]]
* The [[Jointron]] brothers have been shown wearing ponchos and sombreros, as well as using mariachi-style guitars and maracas. This is both hilarious ''and'' racist.

*[[Lockdown (Animated)|''Transformers Animated'' Lockdown]] wore a "Space Poncho" when he showed up on the remains of the ''[[Nemesis (Animated)|Nemesis]]'' in reference to the Man With No Name from the spaghetti western ''A Fistful of Dollars''. {{storylink|A Fistful of Energon}}

{{-}}

==Pretenders==
[[Image:Nomates.jpg|right|150px|thumb|No, really, thanks. I got to go now.]]
* Most of the [[Pretender]] toys have clothing molded onto their Pretender shells. Naturally, it's only pretend clothing, being part of the Transformers' shells (which themselves might be considered a form of clothing).
* In the TV commercial for the Pretenders, the human Pretenders can take off these clothes and reveal the muscle of the outer shells.
* In ''[[Super-God Masterforce (franchise)|Super-God Masterforce]]'', human Pretenders wear clothes in their everyday lives as normal humans.
* [[Cloudburst]] also wears normal clothing in [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel Comics continuity]]. {{storylink|Recipe for Disaster!}}
* In [[Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]], the Pretender [[Alice]] conceals her lady-bits with clothing. When she transforms into her robot mode, her clothes appear to fold away in the same manner as her simulated skin. She did however show the ability to alter the appearance of her clothing.
{{-}}

==Headwear==
[[Image:MegatronOrigin2 Megs hair.jpg|left|150px|thumb|This didn't happen. This didn't happen. This didn't happen.]]

[[Image:Timelines-rattrap.jpg|right|150px|thumb|A cap-like helmet]]

*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] wore a crown during his coronation in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.

* [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] wore a [[Dinobot Crown of Leadership|crown]] during his tenure as Autobot leader in the [[Marvel]] Comics continuity

* [[Cohrada]] wears his father's hat in [[Beast Wars Neo (manga)|''Beast Wars Neo'' manga]].

* In the [[Dreamwave Generation One continuity]], [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] wore a removable face-mask that resembled the face of his original toy. {{storylink|The War Within issue 6}} He was later shown to have integrated a similar mask into his head proper. {{storylink|Skyfire (issue)|Skyfire}} [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] was also shown to wear a removable face-mask that resembled his toy's face. {{storylink|Night of the Combaticons}}

* During the [[War Within: The Dark Ages|Dark Ages]], [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] sported a face-mask resembling his original toy, which was later upgraded into a fully removable helmet that he wore along with detachable armor. {{storylink|Skyfire (issue)|Skyfire}} He would also wear a helmet (based on that of his Classics toy) during the events of ''[[Stormbringer (comics)|Stormbringer]]''.

* In "[[Dawn of Future's Past]]", [[Rattrap]] is seen wearing a removable cap-like helmet.

* [[Starscream (Armada)|Another Starscream]] wore a crown very much like G1 Starscream's after stealing power from Primus to grow to giant size.

* [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] wore a beret while indulging in his artistic tendencies. He was probably trying to be like human artists though.

* Back in the [[Megatron Origin|dim and distant past]] on Cybertron, it was revealed that [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s "bucket-head" is in fact a helmet, presumably a hangover from his mining days. After his [[Cy-Kill (G1)|first kill]] in the [[Gladiatorial combat|deathmatches]] at the [[Forge]], Megatron removed his helmet to reveal a crest of hair-like panels underneath, while the crowd cheered him on. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2}}

* Later, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Orion Pax]] was seen (in a cameo) at [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]]'s [[:Image:Bumper-funeral.jpg|funeral]] having removed his head/helmet as a mark of respect, along with his unnamed [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|albino twin]]. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3}}

{{--}}

==??????==
[[Image:LiveActionJazz-Skywarp01.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Robot dancing!?]]
Sometimes, people on [[Earth]] wear clothing to look like [[Ramjet (G1)|various Transformers]]. Sometimes this is hot, sometimes this is sad.

{{-}}

==Others==
[[Image:Windcharger flash.jpg|right|100px|thumb|Hey, cover up! There are children watching!]]

[[Image:GrimlockManga.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Me Grimlock say it fun to learn! (Because knowledge is power!)]]

* In an early plan to trap the Decepticons, the Autobots had to run around in lab coats. It was very silly. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 3}}

* [[Brawn (G1)|Generation 1 Brawn]] made a seemingly metaphorical reference to footwear called [[proton boots]].

* The magic of [[Christmas]] once made Optimus Prime [[:Image:Christmasprime.jpg|dress up]] in a festive outfit. Obviously, the big guy is a little too open to suggestion. The same holds true for [[:Image:Biggrim christmas.jpg|Grimlock]], it seems.

* [[Grimlock (G1)|Generation 1 Grimlock]] is a king of fashion, at times wearing [[:Image:Biggrim me king.jpg|a crown]], [[:Image:Biggrim.jpg|a bandana]], an [[:Image:Madman Paradise Grimlock drinks.JPG|apron]], a [[:Image:Muk91_robocapers_megrimlockmoviestar.jpg |top hat and cane]] and... err...

* In Japan, [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] once dressed in garb modeled after the hooded outfits worn by the Ku Klux Klan. While Westerners would find this to be in very, ''very'' poor taste, the Japanese have been known to be somewhat ignorant about the negative cultural impact the Klan represent. Villains with outfits modeled after the Klan have appeared in many Japanese children's shows, including the [[Wikipedia:Tetsujin 28-go|Japanese version of ''Gigantor'']]. From their perspective, the Klan outfits just "look cool". {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 7}}

* The [[Convoy Council]] wear robes. They have their reasons, and they do not concern you.

* The [[structure|exostructures]] of the members of [[Council of Ancients]] resemble robes. They also have their reasons.

* [[Scavenger (Armada)|''Armada'' Scavenger]] wore a cloak for his first few appearances for little reason other than the animators probably thought it looked cool.

* In his Unicron-created dream world, ''Armada'' [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] wore a crimson sash around his shoulders. He was apparently the ruler of all Cybertron in his dream, so it was probably ceremonial.

* The [[Space Mini-Con Team]] and [[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]] have disguised themselves as humans using large, heavy jackets, coats, baseball caps, hats, sunglasses, and other items of clothing to try to blend in with other people in robot mode.

[[Image:Heinrad timecop.jpg|right|100px|thumb|And yet, somehow not as ludicrous as the other Time Cop.]]

* [[Heinrad]] wears his [[Ruler of Time and Space]] agent's uniform. {{Storylink|Return to Zero}}

* [[Six-Speed]]'s curiosity about human clothing led him to examine the closets of his [[human]] friends [[Bud Hansen|Bud]] and [[Coby Hansen|Coby]]. However, his attempt to dress like a human basically amounted to putting random articles of clothing on his limbs, looking more ridiculous than clothing-wearing Transformers normally do. Which is kinda amazing.

* [[Bumblebee (Animated)|''Transformers Animated'' Bumblebee]] wore a robe before his wrestling match with [[Colossus Rhodes]], likely more to keep with human tradition than actual need. {{storylink|Total Meltdown}}

*[[Drift (G1)|Drift]] wore a full set of clothes that completely concealed his robot-ness. {{storylink|Spotlight: Drift}}

* [[Scalpel|The doctor]], along with his european [[Accents|accent]] wears what appear to be glasses. They seem to be the lenses for his microscope mode. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen}}

{{-}}

==Toys==
* SCF '''Starscream''' (2002)

:This highly articulated, non-transforming version of Starscream, part of the Japan-exclusive Super Collection Figures series, comes with removable shoulder pads and cloak. He also has a choice of normal head or a head with a crown.

*''Cybertron'' '''Starscream''' (Supreme, 2005)

: Supreme Starscream, a colossally upscaled version of the ''Cybertron'' line's Voyager-class Starscream toy, comes with a Decepticon "Crown of Leadership" obviously based on the one worn by the original Starscream in [[The Transformers: The Movie|the 1986 movie]].

*''Star Wars Transformers'' '''[[Darth Vader]]/[[Death Star]]''' (2007)

:The sole Supreme-class figure of the ''Star Wars Transformers'' toyline, this gigantic Darth Vader mech includes an actual cloth cape that can attach to the back of the figure in robot mode in order to more closely resemble Vader in the ''Star Wars'' movies.

{{-}}

*''Masterpiece'' '''Grimlock''' (2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MP-8'''

: ''[[Masterpiece]]'' Grimlock comes with an intelligence transfer helmet accessory, based upon the device Grimlock used to transfer his super-intelligence into [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] in "[[Grimlock's New Brain]]". He also comes with an apron and serving tray, to simulate the time he served drinks to alien diplomats in "[[Madman's Paradise]]". He was originally going to come with a crown commonly featured in the [[Grimlock (G1)| Marvel Comics]] as well, but that accessory was omitted.

==Merchandise==
* '''Starscream''' (2002)

: Originally a chase figure in Japan, this remold of the regular figure includes a cape, newly molded limbs, and a head with the crown as seen in the movie.

* '''Coronation Starscream''' (Diamond Select, 2008)

:Released by Diamond Select Toys in 2008, Coronation Starscream was an exclusive to on-line retailer Action Figure Xpress. He was sculpted by [[Mark Wong]] of [[Art Asylum]] and limited to 600 pieces. It features Starscream decked out in the royal crown, cape, and big honkin' shoulder pads he wore (albeit briefly) in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
{{-}}

==See Also==
*[[Christmas]] - Some Transformers will dress up for the holiday.
*[[Humanization]]

==External link==
*[http://s90690880.onlinehome.us/jhiaxus/oddities/oddities_clothes.htm "Transformers that aren't nude" at Obscure Transformers]

[[Category:Transformer culture]]

Transformer clothing

2010-09-03T20:34:08Z

147.140.233.16: /* Headwear */

<div style="position:absolute; right:1.15em; top:1.3em; font-size:95%;" id="TemplateUserinfo" class="plainlinksneverexpand">
For more images, please visit the '''[[Transformer clothing/Gallery|Gallery]]'''.</div>

[[Image:MarvelUK-230.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Wikipedia:Dick Tracy|Beat Tracy]]]]

One way that non-Transformer species seem to have influenced [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] culture is the relatively rare occurrence of [[Transformer]]s wearing clothing.

==Capes==
[[Image:BlasterG2.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Optimus and Megatron: Slaves to Fashion]]
From time to time, some high-ranked Cybertronians tend to wear capes. Presumably, they are a symbol of office, as only generals, commanders, and other such leaders have been seen sporting them. Exactly what material these capes are made from is unknown, but one presumes that Earth-style fabrics are likely extremely rare on Cybertron (which could make the capes even ''more'' special, considering).

* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Generation 1 Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Generation 1 Megatron]] wore capes while serving as the leaders of the [[Cybertron Alliance]]. Prime's was purple (the Decepticon color), while Megatron's was red (the Autobot color). Whether this was a symbol of high office or just a desire to look pretty is unknown.

* [[Starscream (G1)|Generation 1 Starscream]] wore a cape, large shoulder pads, and a crown at his coronation as Decepticon leader. The crown alone survived [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]'s blast, only to be crushed under his feet.

* The [[Nine Great Demon Generals]] mostly wore capes (except [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], who wore a Batman-like cowl) in the ''Zone'' story pages.

* The members of the [[Convoy Council]] wear capes, too.

* [[Scavenger (Armada)|''Armada'' Scavenger]] wore a large, body-obscuring cloak when he first arrived on [[Earth]].

*[[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]], or at least a computer simulation's version of him, wore a cloak to conceal his identity before a battle.{{storylink|Distribution}}

*[[Great Convoy]] ''is'' a cape. [[:Image:ConvoyCouncil1.jpg|Seriously]].

==Trenchcoats==
[[Image:Micromastercoats s.jpg|right|200px|thumb|You better accept the terms, or...]]
Quite a few characters have been depicted wearing trenchcoats, mostly when involved in detective work or similarly secretive activity.

* [[Nightbeat (G1)|Generation 1 Nightbeat]] is often seen [[:Image:MarvelUK-230.jpg|wearing a trenchcoat and fedora]], due to their connection with detective fiction. He pulls it off pretty well, actually.
* The [[Air Strike Patrol|Micromaster Air Strike Patrol]] wore trenchcoats and fedoras while trying to pass as human professional wrestlers. Interestingly enough, these coats somehow obscured large physical protrusions on their bodies (jet intakes, wings, etc.). {{storylink|The Interplanetary Wrestling Championship!}}

== Ponchos ==
[[Image:AFistfulofEnergon-Lockdowninponcho.jpg|200px|right|thumb|¿Como estas?]]
* The [[Jointron]] brothers have been shown wearing ponchos and sombreros, as well as using mariachi-style guitars and maracas. This is both hilarious ''and'' racist.

*[[Lockdown (Animated)|''Transformers Animated'' Lockdown]] wore a "Space Poncho" when he showed up on the remains of the ''[[Nemesis (Animated)|Nemesis]]'' in reference to the Man With No Name from the spaghetti western ''A Fistful of Dollars''. {{storylink|A Fistful of Energon}}

{{-}}

==Pretenders==
[[Image:Nomates.jpg|right|150px|thumb|No, really, thanks. I got to go now.]]
* Most of the [[Pretender]] toys have clothing molded onto their Pretender shells. Naturally, it's only pretend clothing, being part of the Transformers' shells (which themselves might be considered a form of clothing).
* In the TV commercial for the Pretenders, the human Pretenders can take off these clothes and reveal the muscle of the outer shells.
* In ''[[Super-God Masterforce (franchise)|Super-God Masterforce]]'', human Pretenders wear clothes in their everyday lives as normal humans.
* [[Cloudburst]] also wears normal clothing in [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel Comics continuity]]. {{storylink|Recipe for Disaster!}}
* In [[Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]], the Pretender [[Alice]] conceals her lady-bits with clothing. When she transforms into her robot mode, her clothes appear to fold away in the same manner as her simulated skin. She did however show the ability to alter the appearance of her clothing.
{{-}}

==Headwear==
[[Image:MegatronOrigin2 Megs hair.jpg|left|150px|thumb|This didn't happen. This didn't happen. This didn't happen.]]

[[Image:Timelines-rattrap.jpg|right|150px|thumb|A cap-like helmet]]

*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] wore a crown during his coronation in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.

* [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] wore a crown during his tenure as Autobot leader in the [[Marvel]] Comics continuity

* [[Cohrada]] wears his father's hat in [[Beast Wars Neo (manga)|''Beast Wars Neo'' manga]].

* In the [[Dreamwave Generation One continuity]], [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] wore a removable face-mask that resembled the face of his original toy. {{storylink|The War Within issue 6}} He was later shown to have integrated a similar mask into his head proper. {{storylink|Skyfire (issue)|Skyfire}} [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] was also shown to wear a removable face-mask that resembled his toy's face. {{storylink|Night of the Combaticons}}

* During the [[War Within: The Dark Ages|Dark Ages]], [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] sported a face-mask resembling his original toy, which was later upgraded into a fully removable helmet that he wore along with detachable armor. {{storylink|Skyfire (issue)|Skyfire}} He would also wear a helmet (based on that of his Classics toy) during the events of ''[[Stormbringer (comics)|Stormbringer]]''.

* In "[[Dawn of Future's Past]]", [[Rattrap]] is seen wearing a removable cap-like helmet.

* [[Starscream (Armada)|Another Starscream]] wore a crown very much like G1 Starscream's after stealing power from Primus to grow to giant size.

* [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] wore a beret while indulging in his artistic tendencies. He was probably trying to be like human artists though.

* Back in the [[Megatron Origin|dim and distant past]] on Cybertron, it was revealed that [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s "bucket-head" is in fact a helmet, presumably a hangover from his mining days. After his [[Cy-Kill (G1)|first kill]] in the [[Gladiatorial combat|deathmatches]] at the [[Forge]], Megatron removed his helmet to reveal a crest of hair-like panels underneath, while the crowd cheered him on. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2}}

* Later, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Orion Pax]] was seen (in a cameo) at [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]]'s [[:Image:Bumper-funeral.jpg|funeral]] having removed his head/helmet as a mark of respect, along with his unnamed [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|albino twin]]. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3}}

{{--}}

==??????==
[[Image:LiveActionJazz-Skywarp01.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Robot dancing!?]]
Sometimes, people on [[Earth]] wear clothing to look like [[Ramjet (G1)|various Transformers]]. Sometimes this is hot, sometimes this is sad.

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==Others==
[[Image:Windcharger flash.jpg|right|100px|thumb|Hey, cover up! There are children watching!]]

[[Image:GrimlockManga.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Me Grimlock say it fun to learn! (Because knowledge is power!)]]

* In an early plan to trap the Decepticons, the Autobots had to run around in lab coats. It was very silly. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 3}}

* [[Brawn (G1)|Generation 1 Brawn]] made a seemingly metaphorical reference to footwear called [[proton boots]].

* The magic of [[Christmas]] once made Optimus Prime [[:Image:Christmasprime.jpg|dress up]] in a festive outfit. Obviously, the big guy is a little too open to suggestion. The same holds true for [[:Image:Biggrim christmas.jpg|Grimlock]], it seems.

* [[Grimlock (G1)|Generation 1 Grimlock]] is a king of fashion, at times wearing [[:Image:Biggrim me king.jpg|a crown]], [[:Image:Biggrim.jpg|a bandana]], an [[:Image:Madman Paradise Grimlock drinks.JPG|apron]], a [[:Image:Muk91_robocapers_megrimlockmoviestar.jpg |top hat and cane]] and... err...

* In Japan, [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] once dressed in garb modeled after the hooded outfits worn by the Ku Klux Klan. While Westerners would find this to be in very, ''very'' poor taste, the Japanese have been known to be somewhat ignorant about the negative cultural impact the Klan represent. Villains with outfits modeled after the Klan have appeared in many Japanese children's shows, including the [[Wikipedia:Tetsujin 28-go|Japanese version of ''Gigantor'']]. From their perspective, the Klan outfits just "look cool". {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 7}}

* The [[Convoy Council]] wear robes. They have their reasons, and they do not concern you.

* The [[structure|exostructures]] of the members of [[Council of Ancients]] resemble robes. They also have their reasons.

* [[Scavenger (Armada)|''Armada'' Scavenger]] wore a cloak for his first few appearances for little reason other than the animators probably thought it looked cool.

* In his Unicron-created dream world, ''Armada'' [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] wore a crimson sash around his shoulders. He was apparently the ruler of all Cybertron in his dream, so it was probably ceremonial.

* The [[Space Mini-Con Team]] and [[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]] have disguised themselves as humans using large, heavy jackets, coats, baseball caps, hats, sunglasses, and other items of clothing to try to blend in with other people in robot mode.

[[Image:Heinrad timecop.jpg|right|100px|thumb|And yet, somehow not as ludicrous as the other Time Cop.]]

* [[Heinrad]] wears his [[Ruler of Time and Space]] agent's uniform. {{Storylink|Return to Zero}}

* [[Six-Speed]]'s curiosity about human clothing led him to examine the closets of his [[human]] friends [[Bud Hansen|Bud]] and [[Coby Hansen|Coby]]. However, his attempt to dress like a human basically amounted to putting random articles of clothing on his limbs, looking more ridiculous than clothing-wearing Transformers normally do. Which is kinda amazing.

* [[Bumblebee (Animated)|''Transformers Animated'' Bumblebee]] wore a robe before his wrestling match with [[Colossus Rhodes]], likely more to keep with human tradition than actual need. {{storylink|Total Meltdown}}

*[[Drift (G1)|Drift]] wore a full set of clothes that completely concealed his robot-ness. {{storylink|Spotlight: Drift}}

* [[Scalpel|The doctor]], along with his european [[Accents|accent]] wears what appear to be glasses. They seem to be the lenses for his microscope mode. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen}}

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==Toys==
* SCF '''Starscream''' (2002)

:This highly articulated, non-transforming version of Starscream, part of the Japan-exclusive Super Collection Figures series, comes with removable shoulder pads and cloak. He also has a choice of normal head or a head with a crown.

*''Cybertron'' '''Starscream''' (Supreme, 2005)

: Supreme Starscream, a colossally upscaled version of the ''Cybertron'' line's Voyager-class Starscream toy, comes with a Decepticon "Crown of Leadership" obviously based on the one worn by the original Starscream in [[The Transformers: The Movie|the 1986 movie]].

*''Star Wars Transformers'' '''[[Darth Vader]]/[[Death Star]]''' (2007)

:The sole Supreme-class figure of the ''Star Wars Transformers'' toyline, this gigantic Darth Vader mech includes an actual cloth cape that can attach to the back of the figure in robot mode in order to more closely resemble Vader in the ''Star Wars'' movies.

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*''Masterpiece'' '''Grimlock''' (2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MP-8'''

: ''[[Masterpiece]]'' Grimlock comes with an intelligence transfer helmet accessory, based upon the device Grimlock used to transfer his super-intelligence into [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] in "[[Grimlock's New Brain]]". He also comes with an apron and serving tray, to simulate the time he served drinks to alien diplomats in "[[Madman's Paradise]]". He was originally going to come with a crown commonly featured in the [[Grimlock (G1)| Marvel Comics]] as well, but that accessory was omitted.

==Merchandise==
* '''Starscream''' (2002)

: Originally a chase figure in Japan, this remold of the regular figure includes a cape, newly molded limbs, and a head with the crown as seen in the movie.

* '''Coronation Starscream''' (Diamond Select, 2008)

:Released by Diamond Select Toys in 2008, Coronation Starscream was an exclusive to on-line retailer Action Figure Xpress. He was sculpted by [[Mark Wong]] of [[Art Asylum]] and limited to 600 pieces. It features Starscream decked out in the royal crown, cape, and big honkin' shoulder pads he wore (albeit briefly) in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
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==See Also==
*[[Christmas]] - Some Transformers will dress up for the holiday.
*[[Humanization]]

==External link==
*[http://s90690880.onlinehome.us/jhiaxus/oddities/oddities_clothes.htm "Transformers that aren't nude" at Obscure Transformers]

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Rocket Base

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:''The rocket base is an [[Autobot]] [[Micromaster]] base from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Rocketbase-packageart.jpg|right|300px|thumb|It's ADA-compliant!]]
The enormously powerful '''rocket base''' is a potent force for good in the universe. Whether it's serving as the headquarters for [[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]]'s team of [[Autobot|Autobots]] or shuttling interstellar hero [[Countdown (G1)|Countdown]] around the galaxy, it is a beacon standing tall against Decepticon tyranny. The base converts from a mobile launching pad and rocket into a full command center.

: ''Japanese name:'' '''Shuttle Base''' (シャトル基地 ''Shuttle Kichi'')

==Fiction==
===''Victory'' cartoon===
The Shuttle Base moves across the landscape on massive caterpillar treads as its crew scans the planet for [[Decepticon]] activity. Among its many levels are personal quarters, a laboratory, an infirmary, an armory and more, while the exterior of the base is a rocket launch pad from which the [[Galaxy Shuttle]] is deployed.

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===''Zone''===
{{note|In Japanese continuity, the rocket base is commanded by [[Moon Radar]].}}

When planet [[Micro]] was rebuilt by the [[Powered Master]]s to protect the newly-developed [[Energon Z]], Moon Radar's rocket base formed the core of the [[Zone Base]], a sprawling installation formed of numerous interlocking stations manned by Micromasters which served to defend the planet. The rocket base served as a launch station for both the trustworthy Autobot [[Galaxy Shuttle]] and the "Galaxy Rocket", a spacecraft which could transform into a small base itself, which both transported Micromaster teams to planets all across the galaxy in order to protect them from the Decepticons attempting to making a "Zone" of their own. {{storylink|Zone (story page)|''Zone'' story page #1}}

After defeating Decepticon attacks on various other planets, the Autobots on Zone itself soon came under attack by [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]], [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]], who sought the Energon Z for their master, [[Violen Jiger]]. The villains successfully purloined the energy source, but the Micromasters did not give up, transforming the rocket base and launching the Galaxy Rocket in pursuit of the Decepticons. Unfortunately, the tiny heroes were stopped in their tracks by [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]], but soon, [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]] and [[Sonic Bomber]] arrived to put the Decepticons in their place. {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}

The Zone Base later came under Decepticon attack once more, this time at the hands of the monstrous [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]], and was badly damaged in his assault. Galaxy Shuttle was stationed at the rocket base at the time, and was destroyed by the towering terror; the extent of the damage suffered by the rocket base, if it survived at all, is unclear. {{storylink|Zone (story page)|''Zone'' story page #8}}

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
The rocket is an enormous ship that can transport the rest of the command center via an unspecified form of compression. The base's equipment includes laser blasters, a repair bay, and an interstellar communications and tracking center. {{storylink|More_Than_Meets_The_Eye_(G1)#Issue_.232|More Than Meets The Eye}}.

[[Image:Rocketbase-micromasters.jpg|left|200px|thumb|The rocket base in launch base mode, parked in Cybertron's wastelands. Scale inflated for awesomeness.]]
The rocket base's rocket ship transported Countdown and [[Groundshaker]] into the cosmos on a mission to search for Optimus Prime and his lost crew. Eventually, they parted ways with their search partners, Jetfire and Omega Supreme, and began tracking down rogue Decepticons. Their mission took them to [[Paradron]], among other worlds, in pursuit of the Decepticons under [[Skystalker (G1)|Skystalker]]'s command. Eventually the rocket ship ferried Countdown and Groundshaker back to Cybertron. {{storylink|Destined for Nothing}}

Once there, it was parked in the wastelands near [[Little Iacon]]. it served as their base of operations as they tried to persuade their fellow Micromasters that they had a higher calling. {{storylink|The Gray Race}}

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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
* '''Countdown''' (Micromaster Rocket Base, 1989)
**''Accessories'': [[Countdown (G1)|Countdown]] Lunar Rover/Micromaster commander, rocket, base, platform, large ramp, helipad, short ramps (3), mechanical arm, large double laser, small double lasers (2), large laser, gunner pod, scout vehicle.

[[Image:CountdownToy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Guns and rockets are well and good, but it's the Autobots' superior ramp capability that will win the war.]]
: The rocket base was sold in a large boxed package, along with Countdown; it was the largest toy of 1989. The base transforms from a comparatively compact launching pad modeled on the Space Shuttle crawlers, with a gantry tower and a large rocket ship. Rocket and base unfold into multiple ramps, platforms, and "buildings", along with a small "scout vehicle".

===''Zone''===
* '''Rocket Base''' (Micromaster Rocket Base, 1990)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-330'''

: Identical to the earlier American version of the toy, this Japanese release also included the Micromaster [[Rescue Patrol Team]]. Countdown was marketed as the identical [[Moon Radar]].

: The [[Galaxy Shuttle]] toy from the previous year was designed to interact with the Rocket Base.

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==Trivia==
[[Image:ProtoCountdown.jpg|right|300px|thumb|...FROM THE CUTTING EDGE OF THE SIXTIES!]]
* The Rocket Base shown in the 1989 catalog has a vastly different, [[wikipedia:Saturn_V|Saturn V-esque]] rocket with five boosters and an extremely tapered nose. It transforms identically to the final version, however. The gantry is also different, in that there is no detachable platform to allow access to the rocket and instead there are latches to hold the rocket in place upright against the gantry. Said latches fold down to form the legs of the gantry platform in base mode. Also, two extra cannons fold out from two slots next to the large sculpted monitor detail in the main body of the base.
* The design of the Rocket Base was used for the Autobots' Shuttle Base headquarters from 1989's Japanese series, ''[[Victory (cartoon)|Victory]]'', though it only appeared in the cartoon and was never shown to transform. The toy wasn't released until the following year, during the ''[[Zone (franchise)|Zone]]'' series, where it was called by its original American name of "Rocket Base" and was employed in fiction slightly differently.
** While it is unclear if the Shuttle Base and the Rocket Base were originally intended to be the same structure, [[The Ark II — A Compendium of Japanese Character Designs|The Ark II]] has declared them to be so.
* Countdown's base is another victim of [[Solar system|galaxy/solar system]] confusion. His original tech spec states that the ship uses gravitational pulls to "slingshot across entire galaxies in seconds", as if that were physically possible (not that slingshotting across an entire solar system in seconds would be any more likely.) His ''[[More Than Meets The Eye (G1)|More Than Meets The Eye]]'' profile adds in a mention of "experimental transwarp engines" to make this a bit more digestible, but retains a questionable mention of how the ship can "slingshot across the galaxy in mere moments."
* In the year 2000, the Rocket Base was reused, sans [[Countdown (G1)|Countdown]] and the base's mechanical arm, as the final toy released for the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] [[Microman]] LED Powers line. It was [[redeco]]ed in black, silver, gold, and transparent dark green and titled [http://www.microforever.com/rocketbase.htm ''L-26 Micro Rocket Base with Shining Edison'']. No [[retool]]s were carried out, as the LED Powers Microman figures use pegs identical in size to those of Micromasters. As such, the L-26 Micro Rocket Base is fully compatible with Micromasters and other Micromaster bases. It ''does'' seem to bear a good deal of [[Gold Plastic Syndrome]] however.
*Undocumented in the instructions and in most promotional pictures is the fact that the upper level catwalk for the base mode is meant to attach to the two holes in the gantry to allow micromasters access from the elevator to the rocket. Many promos mistakenly place the twin guns in those holes.

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Antimatter

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'''Antimatter''' is a powerful energy source, though somewhat unstable.

==Fiction==

===Generation 1 toy bios===
[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] had the power to tap into a [[black hole]] and draw on antimatter within it as a weapon.<ref>Megatron's bio.</ref>

===''Generation 1'' cartoon continuity===
[[Dr. Alcazar]] created an antimatter formula, which came to the attention of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. Predictably, he wanted it as a source of energy. The doc deleted the formula, but sent it to [[Chip Chase]]. Ultimately, Megatron decided that antimatter was simply too unstable to use. {{storylink|Roll For It|Roll For It}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
On the other hand, the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] has an antimatter conversion chamber as part of its power system. {{storylink|All or Nothing!|All or Nothing!}}

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Target

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'''Target''' is a major North American retailer (although it does not have any stores in [[Canada]]). They have had a lot of ''Transformers'' [[Exclusive|exclusives]] over the years.

== List of Target exclusive toys==
{{note|This list only refers to the United States market. Over the years, a lot of toys that were exclusive to Target stores in the USA were available at Zellers stores on Canada, and as mass retail releases in other places such as Australia or Europe.}}
===Beast Machines===
* [[Magmatron]] (minimally-altered version of ''[[Beast Wars Neo (toyline)|Beast Wars Neo]]'' Magmatron)

===Robots in Disguise===
* [[Cryotek (RID)|Cryotek]] (redeco of ''[[Beast Wars (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Transmetal 2]] [[Megatron (BW)/toys|Megatron]])
* [[Dreadwind (RID)|Dreadwind]] and [[Smokejumper]] (redeco of ''[[Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' [[Dreadwing (G2)|Dreadwing]] and [[Smokescreen (G2)|Smokescreen]])

===Universe (2003)===
*[[Nemesis Prime (Universe 2003)|Nemesis Prime]] (redeco of ''Beast Wars Neo'' [[Big Convoy]])
*[[Overbite (Universe)|Overbite]] & [[Repugnus (Universe)|Repugnus]] two-pack (redecos of ''[[Beast Wars II (toyline)|Beast Wars II]]'' [[Starscream (BWII)|Hellscream]] and ''Beast Wars'' [[Buzzclaw (BW)|Buzzclaw]])
*[[Long Haul (Universe Ultra)|Long Haul]] & [[Hightower (Universe Ultra)|Hightower]] two-pack (redecos of ''[[Robots in Disguise (toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Heavy Load (RID)|Heavy Load]] and [[Hightower (RID)|Hightower]])
* [[Bonecrusher (Universe Ultra)|Bonecrusher]] & [[Scavenger (Universe Ultra)|Scavenger]] two-pack (redecos of ''Robots in Disguise'' [[Wedge]] and [[Grimlock (RID)|Grimlock]])

{{note|The three two-packs above were originally planned to be released as wave 4 of the Universe Ultra assortment. They were briefly listed, but not actually ''sold'' on HasbroToyShop.com before the deal to release them through Target was reached.}}

===Cybertron===
*Critical Path Pack ([[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] and [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]])
*Drag Race Pack ([[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys|Hot Shot]] and [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]])
*Ground to Air Blast Pack ([[Crosswise (Cybertron)|Crosswise]] and [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]])

{{note|These three two-packs featured unchanged versions of the Deluxe Class toys of the same names.}}

*[[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]] with bonus Mini-Cons [[Razorclaw (Cybertron)|Razorclaw]] and [[Steamhammer (Cybertron)|Steamhammer]]
*[[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] with bonus Mini-Cons [[Sky Lynx (Cybertron)|Sky Lynx]] and [[Thunderblast (Mini-Con)|Thunderblast]]
*[[Mudflap (Cybertron)|Mudflap]] with bonus Mini-Cons [[Shockwave (Cybertron)|Shockwave]] & [[Tankor (Cybertron)|Tankor]]

{{note|These three bonus packs featured unchanged versions of the Voyager Class and Mini-Con Class toys of the same names.}}

*Legends 4-Pack (unchanged [[Legends Class|Legends of Cybertron]] [[Megatron (Armada)/toys|Megatron]], [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]], [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] and [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|Optimus Prime]])

===Classics===
*Battle for Autobot City: [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys|Ultra Magnus]] vs [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (redecos of ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]] and [[Starscream (G1)/toys|Starscream]])

===''Transformers'' (2007)===
====Scout Class====
'''Wave 1'''

*[[Hardtop (Movie)|Hardtop]] (redeco of ''[[Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Hardtop (Cybertron)|Hardtop]])
*[[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] (redeco of ''[[Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Arcee (Energon)|Arcee]])
*[[Signal Flare (Movie)|Signal Flare]] (redeco of ''Energon'' [[Signal Flare (Energon)|Signal Flare]])

'''Wave 2'''

*[[Strongarm (Movie)|Strongarm]] (redeco of ''Energon'' [[Strongarm (Energon)|Strongarm]])
*[[Skyblast (Movie)|Skyblast]] (redeco of ''Energon'' [[Skyblast (Energon)|Skyblast]])
*[[Clocker (Movie)|Clocker]] (redeco of ''Cybertron'' [[Clocker (Cybertron)|Clocker]])

'''Wave 3'''

*[[Armorhide (Movie)|Armorhide]] (redeco of ''Cybertron'' [[Armorhide (Cybertron)|Armorhide]])
*[[Elita-One (Movie)|Elita-One]] (redeco of ''Energon'' [[Arcee (Energon)|Arcee]])
*[[Air Raid (Movie)|Air Raid]] (redeco of ''Energon'' [[Skyblast (Energon)|Skyblast]])

'''Wave 4 (Allspark Power Wave 1)'''

*[[Warpath (Movie)|Warpath]] (redeco of ''Cybertron'' [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Overhaul]])
*[[Storm Surge]] (redeco of ''Cybertron'' [[Shortround]])
*[[Crosshairs (Movie)|Crosshairs]] (redeco of ''Energon'' [[Strongarm (Energon)|Strongarm]])

====Single releases====
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Robo-Vision Optimus Prime]] (redeco of Voyager Class Optimus Prime)
*[[Jazz (Movie)|Autobot Jazz]] ([[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]]-[[homage]] redeco of Deluxe Class Autobot Jazz)
*[[Starscream (Movie)/toys|Starscream]] (Generation 1-homage redeco of Voyager Class Starscream)
*[[AllSpark Power|AllSpark]] [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Bumblebee]] (redeco of Concept Camaro Deluxe Class Bumblebee with "Allspark Power" blue accents in robot mode)
*AllSpark Autobot Jazz (redeco of Deluxe Class Autobot Jazz with "Allspark Power" blue accents in robot mode)
*AllSpark [[Brawl (Movie)|Decepticon Brawl]] (redeco of Deluxe Class Decepticon Brawl with "Allspark Power" blue accents in robot mode)
*AllSpark [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] with [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] (redeco of Deluxe Class Barricade with "Allspark Power" blue accents in robot mode and red Frenzy)
*Deep Space Starscream (redeco of Voyager Class Starscream)

====Multipacks====
*"Evolution of a Hero" two-pack (regular Deluxe Class "Classic Camaro" Bumblebee & battle damaged "Camaro Concept" Bumblebee)
*"Generations Legends" four-pack (unchanged versions of Movie [[Legends Class]] Optimus Prime, Legends of Cybertron [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|Optimus Prime]], Movie Legends Class [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], Legends of Cybertron [[Megatron (Armada)/toys|Megatron]])
*"Ultimate Optimus Prime 3-Pack" (contains [[Titanium Series]] 3" "Robot Mode" Optimus Prime, "Vehicle Mode" Optimus Prime and [[Protoform]] Optimus Prime)
* Optimus Prime Battle Rig Blaster with bonus Fast Action Battler Power Hook Optimus Prime

{{note|The above bonus pack featured unchanged versions of the Optimus Prime Battle Rig Blaster and Fast Action Battler toys.}}

* Screen Battles — "Freeway Brawl" (contains a minor redeco of Voyager Class Optimus Prime and an unchanged Deluxe Class [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]])
* Screen Battles — "Battle Over [[Mission City]]" (contains a redeco of Voyager Class Megatron and an unchanged Deluxe Class Final Battle Jazz, simply named "Autobot Jazz" here)

===Animated===
*[[Lockdown (Animated)|Stealth Lockdown]] with [[Legends Class]] [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] and Legends Class [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (redeco of Deluxe Class Lockdown with minor redecos of Legends Class toys)
* [[Ratchet (Animated)| Rescue Ratchet]] with Legends Class [[Starscream (Animated)| Starscream]] and Legends Class [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (redeco of Deluxe Class Ratchet with minor redecos of Legends Class toys)

===Universe (2008)===
'''Legends 5-packs'''

*Aerial Rivals (Classic Series), contains:
**[[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]] (redeco of Legends of Cybertron [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]])
**[[Blades (G1)|Autobot Blades]] (redeco of Legends of Cybertron [[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]])
**[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] (redeco of Legends of Cybertron [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]])
**[[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]] (redeco of Legends of Cybertron [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]])
**[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] (redeco of Legends of Cybertron Starscream)

*Special Team Leaders (Classic Series), contains:
**[[Hot Spot (G1)|Autobot Hot Zone]] (redeco of Legends of Cybertron [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|Optimus Prime]]; an update of Hot Spot, not named so due to [[Trademark|trademark issues]])
**[[Hun-Gurrr]] (redeco of Legends of Cybertron [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]])
**[[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] (redeco of Legends of Cybertron [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]])
**[[Scattershot|Scattorshot]] (redeco of Legends of Cybertron [[Vector Prime]]; an update of Scattershot, not named so due to trademark issues)
**[[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] (redeco of Legends of Cybertron [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]])

'''Voyager Deluxe Comic 2-packs'''

*Autobot Ambush (G1 series), contains:
**[[Roadbuster|Autobot Roadbuster]] (redeco of Cybertron Defense [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys|Hot Shot]])
**[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] (redeco of ''Cybertron'' Voyager Starscream)

*Standoff Beneath the Streets (War Within series), contains:
**[[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] (redeco of ''Cybertron'' [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]])
**[[Springer (G1)|Springer]] (redeco of ''Cybertron'' Voyager [[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]])

'''Titanium Series'''
*[[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Zone]] (redeco of ''Robots in Disguise'' Optimus Prime)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (redeco of ''War Within'' Optimus Prime)
*[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] (redeco of ''War Within'' Thundercracker)

{{note|These three figures were released in 2009, well after ''Transformers'' product had ceased being released in the Titanium Series proper. The packaging co-brands them as both ''Universe'' and [[Titanium Series]] toys.}}

===Revenge of the Fallen===
*[[Superion (ROTF)|Superion]] giftset, contains:
**[[Air Raid (Movie)|Air Raid]]
**[[Airazor (ROTF)|Airazor]]
**[[Fireflight (ROTF)|Fireflight]]
**[[Silverbolt (ROTF)|Silverbolt]]
**[[Skydive (Movie)|Skydive]]
*[[Bruticus Maximus (ROTF)|Bruticus Maximus]] giftset, contains:
**[[Blast Off (ROTF)|Blast Off]]
**[[Brawl (ROTF)|Decepticon Brawl]]
**[[Onslaught (ROTF)|Onslaught]]
**[[Swindle (ROTF)|Swindle]]
**[[Vortex (ROTF)|Vortex]]
{{Note|Superion and Bruticus Maximus were originally intended to be released in ''[[Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' packaging, and were released that way in various Asian and Oceanian countries, but for the US market, Target asked Hasbro to put them in ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' packaging instead.}}
*[[The Fallen]] (burning [[redeco]])

* "Straightaway Shootout" five-pack (Legends Class), contains:
:*[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]
:*[[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]]
:*[[Runamuck (ROTF)|Runamuck]]
:*[[Swerve (Movie)|Swerve]]
:*[[Sparkcrusher]]
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==List of non-toy Target exclusives==
===Movie (2007)===
* Optimus Prime transforming gift card
* ''Transformers''-themed version of [[Stratego]]
* ''[[Transformers (2007)|Transformers]]'' movie DVD with exclusive [[Planetfall|bonus comic]]

==Unreleased toys==
===[[Energon (toyline)|Energon]]===
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|Optimus Prime]] with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Mini Optimus Prime]]
* [[Megatron (Armada)/toys|Megatron]] & [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]]
{{Note|The larger Optimus Prime and Megatron toys would have been redecos of the ''[[Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' Leaders Class toys, the smaller toys would have been United States releases of [[Takara]]'s [[Smallest Transforming Transformers]] figures.}}
* [[Drench (SG)|Drench]] vs. [[Smokescreen (unreleased)|Smokescreen]] ([[Battle in a Box]])
{{Note|The "Drench" redeco of ''[[Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' [[Wheeljack (Armada)|Wheeljack]] was eventually released by the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] as the [[BotCon 2008]] exclusive ''[[Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Sideswipe (SG)|Sideswipe]]. The "Smokescreen" redeco of ''Armada'' [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys|Hot Shot]] , on the other hand, remains unreleased.}}
===[[Movie (toyline)|Movie (2007)]]===
* [[Backtrack (Movie)|Backtrack]]
* [[Gunbarrel (Movie)|Gunbarrel]]
* [[Reverb (Movie)|Reverb]]

==Trivia==
* Target teamed with Hasbro to promote the toyline for the live-action ''[[Transformers (2007)|Transformers]]'' movie in its stores, working more closely with the company than perhaps any other retailer in the brand's history. Side effects of this included the [[Robo-Vision]] promotion, the transforming [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Optimus Prime]] Target gift card, and Target donating a gift pack (containing a free $5 gift card and comic) to every pre-registered attendee of [[BotCon 2007]].
* Luckily for Canadian Transformers fans, most Target exclusive toys in recent years have been available either at general retail in Canada, or at [[wikipedia:Zellers|Zellers]].

==See Also==
* [[Market six|"Market Six"]]
==External links==
*[http://www.target.com/ Official Target website]

[[Category:Companies]]
[[Category:Target exclusives]]
[[category:Retailers]]

Talk:Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)

2009-07-21T20:09:21Z

147.140.233.16: /* Toys only confirmed for Japan for the time being */

== Desert Tracker Ratchet ==

Are we sure that's the Hasbro name for the Voyager? Takara also calls the EZ Collection toy that, whereas Hasbro call their Legends version simply "Autobot Ratchet". Likewise, Takara slaps "Autobot" in front of Breakaway and Knock Out and "Decepticon" in front of Rampage, none of whom need those modifiers in the Hasbro version.--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 06:33, 21 April 2009 (EDT)

== Links ==

Is it just me or would it make more sense for links from this toyline page to take you to the toy in question? While generally it makes sense for a link to take you to the character; the focus of this page is the toys, so it would seem that those are what people want to see when they click on the links. [[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 14:03, 4 May 2009 (EDT)

== Walmart links ==

FYI: Walmart.com took down all those nice links. Oops. Also, were Ramjet and Skywarp officially announced? - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 11:46, 6 May 2009 (EDT)
: I wish you hadn't put all those damn links in our pages to begin with! I removed what I could yesterday, but now the ones that remain are apparently dead. Listing when and where a toy was first "announced" is not a necessary thing. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 12:35, 6 May 2009 (EDT)
::OK. I was blindly following someone's lead. I was just hoping they still count as officially announced even though it has been taken down. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 12:44, 6 May 2009 (EDT)
:::I was the one who initially put all those citation links up, on the off-chance somebody would be all "HEY WHERE IS THE PROOF THAT THIS IS OFFICIAL? BLARGH BLARGH" before I uploaded the official pics, because several of the new molds were first seen some time ago via leaks. Shows what I get for being thorough. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 13:13, 6 May 2009 (EDT)

== Human Alliance ==

Forgive me if I'm mistaken, but has hasbro actually confirmed the third human alliance set?
The fact that it was added by an unregistered user sent alarm bells ringing, and I'm certain I'd have heard about it if it were true.[[User:Thelastallosaur|Thelastallosaur]] 11:19, 24 May 2009 (EDT)
:As I recall, Skids with Mikeala were listed on Amazon. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 11:24, 24 May 2009 (EDT)

== Legends Devastator ==

Shouldn't we list this under the Japanese version for the time being? A Hasbro version hasn't been announced yet to my knowledge.--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 06:28, 27 May 2009 (EDT)

== Whirl and Bludgeon ==

Aren't they Walmart exclusives? --[[Special:Contributions/206.253.51.107|206.253.51.107]] 13:57, 29 May 2009 (EDT)

== Leader Starscream ==

Is this official at all? I believe it's just fan speculation, not official words from Hasbro. [[Special:Contributions/68.148.133.58|68.148.133.58]] 21:09, 2 June 2009 (EDT)

Nevermind... looks like there is.. [[Special:Contributions/68.148.133.58|68.148.133.58]] 22:00, 2 June 2009 (EDT)

:Usually when an established member of this wiki adds something to this list, it has been officially confirmed in some manner, usually by statement by the official parties or official images. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 06:35, 3 June 2009 (EDT)

== Toys only confirmed for Japan for the time being ==

Before, it was the Legends Constructicons. Now, it's Buster Optimus Prime.

I'm wondering if we should be really thorough and list them under "Currently only confirmed for Japan" until we see evidence to the contrary, or whether we should jump the gun and just assume that Hasbro will release them eventually. As the Constructicons example shows, that can be a little presumptuous, and the venue might turn out to be wrong. They were originally listed under "Legends", and then Hasbro said they will be a store exclusive.

Now, Buster Optimus Prime is slated by Takara for a higher price than the original ROTF Leader Prime. Either Hasbro will gut a lot of the accessories, or they will release him as an exclusive, or... Anyway, any of that is pure speculation, and I'd prefer to have the toy list reflect information that is actually known (i.e. "only confirmed for Japan"), not speculation.--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 03:45, 6 July 2009 (EDT)

== Thrust ==

Enough articles have appeared on sites like Seibertron.com showing that Thrust (Breakaway redeco) is coming. Can we add him to the list of Future Waves?

Talk:Soundwave (G1)/toys

2009-07-17T20:29:45Z

147.140.233.16: New page: ==SDCC Soundwave== I saw mention of a reissue Soundwave that was an exclusive available at the 2009 San Diego Comic Con. It came with Laserbeak, Buzzsaw, Ravage, and Ratbat. It looks like...

==SDCC Soundwave==

I saw mention of a reissue Soundwave that was an exclusive available at the 2009 San Diego Comic Con. It came with Laserbeak, Buzzsaw, Ravage, and Ratbat. It looks like an offical hasbro product. Can we list it?

Bumblebee (Movie)

2008-06-11T22:56:58Z

147.140.233.16: /* Legends Class toys */

{{disambig3|Bumblebee}}

:''Bumblebee is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Movie (franchise)|Movie]] [[continuity family]]. He is also known as N.B.E.-02 and Satan's Camaro.''

[[Image:MovieBumblebee_promorender2.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"Groovy, bee-otch!"]]

'''Bumblebee''' is one of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]'s most trusted lieutenants. Although he is not the strongest or most powerful of the Autobots, Bumblebee more than makes up for this with a bottomless well of pluck, determination and bravery. He would gladly give his life to protect others and stop the [[Decepticon]]s.

Badly damaged in battle, Bumblebee lost the ability to speak verbally, though he can still communicate over inter-Autobot frequencies (in a fashion that seems somewhat akin to instant messaging, a usable but more distant and less personal means of interaction).

:''Hungarian name:'' '''Űrdongó''' (Space-bumblebee)
:''Chinese name (Taiwan):'' '''Da Huang-feng''' ("Bumblebee")

==Fiction==
{{charstub}}

===IDW prequel comics===

Bumblebee commanded the Autobot forces at [[Tyger Pax]] attempting to hold the Decepticons off while the [[All Spark]] was launched off-planet. He succeeded, but Megatron crushed his voice box, and he lost his ability to speak in the process. [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] has been having trouble fixing it ever since. {{storylink|Prime Directives issue 1}}

Later he was the first to track the All Spark to Earth, making planetfall in 2003. Here, he learned to express his emotions by tuning in appropriately emotive music on his car radio.

Though [[Sector 7]] tracked his descent and secured the area in Virginia where he landed, his quick assumption of a local alternate mode disguise allowed him to escape via Interstate 64. {{storylink|Prime Directives issue 3}}

Bumblebee's search for the All Spark began in St. Louis, Missouri, where he used a remote link to a coffee shop computer to search [[Shwiggle]] for any signs of extra-terrestrial sightings. There, he discovered the legend of the [[Ice-Man]], and the story of Captain [[Archibald Witwicky]].

Bumblebee's quest took him to [[Baton Rouge]], Louisiana, where Captain Witwicky had been committed. First he visited the ruins of the long-abandoned [[Psychopathic Institute for the Long-Term Insane]], Witwicky's final home. {{storylink|Prime Directives issue 4}} From there, Bumblebee headed into downtown, where he scanned the records of Captain Witwicky from an unnamed [[asylum]]. This action unfortunately put Sector 7 onto his trail.

The Baton Rouge clues led Bumblebee to [[Springfield]], Missouri, in search of Witwicky's son [[Clarence Witwicky|Clarence]]. En route, he evaded the first of several attacks by [[Sector 7]]. In Springfield, he found records of Clarence's descendants, and started out to track them down.

The oldest son, [[Ben Witwicky|Ben]], had resided in Denver, Colorado, but the trail ended there. En route to his next stop in Tuscon, Bumblebee was again attacked by Sector 7, evading their helicopters by blinding them and rocketing off at high speed. Not long after, he was attacked by [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] in the desert. {{storylink|Transformers Movie Prequel}}

Damaged and smoking, Bumblebee stopped by the roadside to rest and recover. Suddenly detecting a burst of All Spark energy, he continued onwards out of Colorado.

In New Mexico, as he approached the source of the All Spark energy, he came under attack once again from Barricade. Other Decepticons, meanwhile, attacked the energy source and found it to be a Sector 7 ruse. Bumblebee managed to escape Barricade again, though unbeknown to him the Decepticons let him go so that they could track him.

Eventually, his search took him to [[Tranquility]], [[Nevada]], {{storylink|Prime Directives issue 4}} where he would soon encounter [[Sam Witwicky]].

===''Transformers: Beginnings''===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Mark Ryan]]

==="Flight of the Bumblebee" online game===
At some point in time Bumblebee was trapped in a canyon with several Decepticons, among them Brawl, Barricade, Wreckage, and Scorponok. He valiantly fought through them all to make it to the other side. He did it without even bending a fender. {{storylink|Flight of the Bumblebee}}

===''Ghosts of Yesterday'' prequel novel===

Between Tyger Pax and his arrival on Earth, Bumblebee and the rest of the [[Ark (Movie)|''Ark'']] crew encountered some humans in deep space and got their first clues to where Megatron and the All Spark rested. He also had to be saved from giant, metal-eating worms by Optimus Prime.{{Storylink|Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday}}

===''Transformers'' (2007) film===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Mark Ryan]] (English), [[Hiroshi Iwasaki]] (radio voice) [[Akio Kato]] (Japan), [[Helmut Gauß]] (German)

[[Image:Movie_BoliviasFinestQualityUsedCars_2.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The [[Bumblebee (G1)|old]] old and the new old.]]

Bumblebee is [[Sam Witwicky]]'s first car. Sam's father promised his son a car if Sam paid half of the money and achieved three A's in school. After doing so with the help of his genealogy project, Sam rode with [[Ronald Witwicky|his father]] to [[Bolivia's Finest Quality Used Cars and Petting Zoo|a car lot with an exceedingly long name]]. Following them to the lot, Bumblebee quietly placed himself among the other cars. To prevent Sam from having to choose another car, he used a high-frequency sound wave to blow out the windows of every other car in the lot, leaving [[Bobby Bolivia|Bobby]] with no choice but to sell Bumblebee to the Witwickys.

[[Image:Movie_Bumblebee_transformation1.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A transforming car? Thats just crazy!]]

The next day, Sam and his friend [[Miles Lancaster|Miles]] drove Bumblebee down to the lake in a misguided attempt to impress the popular girls at a party. Observing the exchange of thinly veiled insults between Sam and the football jocks, Bumblebee decided to help out Sam when the boy noticed [[Mikaela Banes]] walking home after a falling-out with her now ex-boyfriend. Playing "Drive" on his radio, Bumblebee inspired Sam to kick Miles out and drive Mikaela home. As the two awkwardly chatted, Bumblebee suddenly turned off his engine when they neared a romantic spot overlooking the city, this time playing "Sexual Healing" and "I Feel Good". Not knowing his car has a mind of its own, Sam misinterpreted this as a breakdown. Mikaela attempted to fix Bumblebee with her mechanical knowhow, only to leave after Sam asked her why she tolerated jerks like her ex-boyfriend. Trying to help as much as he could, Bumblebee allowed Sam to start up his engine as she walked away, this time playing "Baby, Come Back". Arriving at Mikaela's house, Sam advanced a step towards her by stating that he didn't believe her to be shallow at all, that there was "more than meets the eye" with her. After she left, Sam quietly enthused that he loved his car.

Later that night, Bumblebee drove off by himself with Sam in hot pursuit, believing it to be a car theft. Unwittingly leading his human owner to a junkyard, Bumblebee transformed and activated his communications beacon, requesting assistance from Optimus Prime and the other Autobots. Unknown to him, Sam had seen his robot form and run off, and was now being being pursued by the junkyard's two guard dogs. Bumblebee came to Sam's aid, scaring off the dogs, but had to escape when the police (whom Sam had previously summoned when Bumblebee drove away from his house) arrived to arrest Sam for breaking into the junkyard.

[[Image:Movie_Bumblebee_factorychase.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Need for speed!]]

The next day, Bumblebee drove back to the Witwicky house sometime after Sam had been bailed out by his dad. Frightened and confused, Sam rode away from what he dubbed "[[Unicron|Satan]]'s Camaro", ending up in the city and encountering Mikaela in front of a Burger King. Bumblebee followed Sam towards an industrial area, not realizing that the Decepticon [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] was stalking the boy, intent on finding glasses belonging to [[Archibald Amundsen Witwicky|Sam's ancestor]], which Sam had been auctioning on eBay. Sam ran away from the attacking Decepticon and literally ran into Mikaela after she had followed him. As Barricade bore down on the pair, Bumblebee suddenly appeared, knocking the Decepticon off his feet, then drove the humans away as Barricade gave chase.

[[Image:Movie_Bumblebee_winner.jpg|left|thumb|YOU BIG WINNER, HAHAHA.]]

Racing through dilapidated factories and warehouses, Bumblebee eventually arrived at a deserted chemical plant on the outskirts of town. There he waited until Barricade's back was turned before dumping Sam and Mikaela out of his passenger side door, then transforming into robot mode to protect his friends. Barricade transformed and attacked, hitting Bumblebee with his tire spikes and knocking the Autobot into a chemical tank. In retaliation, Bumblebee grabbed Barricade and threw him into an electrical substation, seriously damaging the Decepticon and putting him into stasis lock. After Sam and Mikaela took care of [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]], Bumblebee introduced himself to them entirely through the use of his radio, explaining that it was the only way he could communicate, that he was an alien, and that Sam had witnessed him calling to his friends the previous night. Transforming back into vehicle mode, Bumblebee invited his friends to enter (which they did after a brief hesitation) and began to drive them to nearby [[Griffith Observatory]].

On the way, Mikaela (who had refused to sit in the driver's seat, as Bumblebee was driving), rhetorically asked Sam that if Bumblebee was a super-advanced robot, why did he turn into a piece-of-crap Camaro? Mildly insulted, Bumblebee stopped in the middle of a packed tunnel and forced the humans out, then drove away. As Sam lamented the fact that "four thousand dollars just drove away," Bumblebee passed another car and scanned it, driving back to the pair as a sleek and shiny 2009 Camaro. Amazed and impressed, Sam and Mikaela got back in, and Bumblebee continued their journey to the observatory. Arriving, the humans observed as the other Autobots entered the Earth's atmosphere and crash-landed in various parts of the city.

[[Image:Movie_Bumblebee_Mikaela_observatory.jpg|right|thumb|Still think I'm a piece of crap, lady?]]

Bumblebee then took his friends to a secluded alleyway, where Sam and Mikaela met the other Autobots. Introducing themselves, Sam learned that Bumblebee was his guardian and that the Autobot's vocal processors had been damaged in battle. [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] was still working on them as he fired a regenerative plasma beam<ref name="orci">[http://boards.transformersmovie.com/showthread.php?t=12054 Post-movie Q&A with screenwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman]</ref> at the damaged area. [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] explained that their mission was to find the [[All Spark (Movie)|All Spark]], and that Sam Witwicky was the key due to his grandfather discovering [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] on an Arctic voyage.

[[Image:Movie_BumblebeeCC_guardian.jpg|left|thumb|I may be your guardian, but I will not carry you through a crowd to the music of Whitney Houston.]]

Arriving at the Witwicky residence, Bumblebee attempted to convince his comrades to remain out of sight while Sam was talking to his father. When Sam and Mikaela were captured by [[Sector Seven]], Bumblebee helped rescue them. The interrogation of [[Reggie Simmons|Agent Simmons]] went nowhere, however, and Bumblebee became so annoyed with his attitude that he released lubricant onto the agent. Soon, Sector Seven reinforcements arrived, intent on recapturing the kids and any "N.B.E.s" they could get their hands on. Optimus Prime tried to protect Sam and Mikaela as they hid under a bridge, but both almost fell to their deaths when they slipped. Bumblebee raced forward, transforming and catching them in mid-air. Unfortunately, this also gave Sector Seven a clear and obvious target for them to attack. Firing harpoon cables from helicopters, the clandestine human organization dragged Bumblebee to the ground, and its soldiers began to freeze the helpless Autobot, who reached out to Sam. The boy broke free from an agent's grip, pushing the soldiers aside until he was tackled by several agents and taken away. Though [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] objected to allowing Sector Seven to leave with their friend, Optimus Prime ordered his troops to stand down, as there was no way to save the prisoners without incurring human casualties.

[[Image:Movie_Allspark_reformatting.jpg|right|thumb|Also available in pocket size.]]

Taken to [[Hoover Dam]], Bumblebee was continually doused with cryoblasts to keep him docile and inert as Sector Seven performed experiments on him. Sam and Mikaela (with some armed persuasion from [[William Lennox|Captain Lennox]]) convinced Sector Seven to release Bumblebee. Upon his release, Bumblebee converted to battle mode and almost lashed out at his human oppressors until Sam calmed him down, informing him of the presence of the All Spark and Megatron in the facility, and that the Decepticons were coming for both. Following the humans to the All Spark's chamber, Bumblebee hesitantly reached out to the life source of his people and reformatted it, shrinking the cube until it was a size that the humans could manipulate. Bumblebee and a military escort fled to [[Mission City]], meeting the Autobots en route.

[[Image:Movie_Bumblebee_giveAllSpark.jpg|thumb|left|Yay! Lego!]]

Soon after they arrived at the city, [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] appeared. Recognizing the Decepticon, [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] and Bumblebee lifted up an abandoned truck in order to shield the humans from any collateral damage Starscream's attack would inevitably bring. One of the Decepticon's missiles struck the truck, sending both Autobots flying, with Bumblebee landing in a store front. The attack tore off Bumblebee's legs left him barely functional, as Sam discovered to his horror when Bumblebee crawled from the wreckage. Soon, the other Decepticons arrived, led by Megatron, and the remaining Autobots were engaged. Mikaela and Sam hoisted Bumblebee onto a abandoned tow truck, but refused to leave his side. The Autobot silently handed his friend the All Spark, trusting the fate of his people into the boy's hands, and urged him to run while he still could. As Sam ran off, Mikaela drove Bumblebee away from the fighting to relative safety.

[[Image:Bumblebee armed.JPG|right|150px|thumb|Small and weak, my ass.]]

However, she was soon overcome with guilt for leaving Sam and the battle. With Bumblebee's assent, she turned the truck around and headed back in. As Mikaela drove down the street in reverse, Bumblebee activated his weapon systems, then fired his [[plasma cannon]] and missiles at [[Brawl (Movie)|Devastator]], who was pinning down Captain Lennox and the rest of the combined Ranger/Sector Seven soldiers. His contribution was the deciding factor, confusing Devastator enough for the soldiers to counterattack, and the Decepticon was destroyed at last when Bumblebee's final cannon blast pierced his spark. Bumblebee was rather pleased with himself, and Mikaela complimented his shooting.

After the destruction of Megatron and the All Spark, Bumblebee (who had regained his voice<ref name="orci"/>) requested permission to remain with Sam, to which the young man agreed. After his legs were repaired, he allowed Sam and Mikaela to make out on top of him as the other Autobots watched.

It was the best day ever. Well, maybe not for Jazz.

===Titan Magazines===

In an alternate reality, it was the crappiest day ever because Sam failed and was killed, and Megatron went on to conquer much of the Earth. Bumblebee likes to believe that there's a universe out there in which Megatron lost.

Bumblebee and Mikaela went on to become old comrades in guerrilla warfare, and in 2008 went on a mission to rescue Optimus Prime from a Decepticon bunker in Denver. Bumblebee, now with missile launchers in car mode and increased physical strength, took out the bunker guard, [[Swindle (Movie)|Swindle]], (nearly crushing Mikaela by accident—"My bad.") and found Prime...or what was left of him. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 9}} Now stuck in the base, Bumblebee was being hunted by [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 10}}, and baited into revealing himself when the tyrant threatened to kill Mikaela. Bumblebee made a desperate attack, only to be beaten aside with ease. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 11}} Despite his defeat, he remained defiant to the end and refused to beg for mercy. Luckily the Autobot reinforcements arrived; unluckily, they couldn't stop Megatron; luckily again, Mikaela had revived Optimus Prime to save them... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 12}}

===Games===
====''Transformers: The Game''====

(No voice actor, considering the fact that his voice box got blown before. DUH!)

Bumblebee landed in Tranquility while being briefed by Optimus Prime on his mission to find clues on the All Spark. While on Earth, he took the form of a beat-up 1976 Chevrolet Camaro in possibly a dump or a demolitions bay. Some Decepticon drones were also in Tranquility at a nearby construction site, so Bumblebee confronted and destroyed the drones before any civilian casualties could ensue.<ref>Even though in the game, you actually can't step on or run over civilians.</ref> Prime detected a Cybertronian code matching that on an artifact owned by a boy named Sam Witwicky, who was reported to be buying a car at Bobby Bolivia's. Unfortunately, some more drones heard of Prime's report, so Bumblebee had to get involved in a high-speed car chase and defeat the drones.

With Sam buying the Camaro-ed Bumblebee, the first phase of finding the All Spark was complete. The next day, Prime warned Bumblebee that the Decepticon named Barricade was also on Earth and threatening to take Sam and his new female friend, Mikaela. So the Autobot had to incapacitate the arm-spinning, spike-punching, tantrum-throwing Decepticon while the humans escaped. Now that Bumblebee knew of the Decepicons' growing involvement in finding the All Spark's location, he obviously needed help. The only problem now with the Autobots' landing was their radar systems. The Decepticons had built radio towers throughout Tranquility to mess up any aircraft radar. Naturally, Bumblebee went to the scene and destroyed the towers. With the Autobots having landed, it was time to find the All Spark.

Optimus Prime explained to Sam and Mikaela about the All Spark, the importance of the glasses, and Humanity's fate. Before moving on the matter at hand, Mikaela questioned Bumblebee's alt-mode being such a beater. The mildly insulted Autobot then copied a more current version of the Camaro (2009 Concept). Later, a government group called Sector 7 went after the Autobots with their helicopters and cars. After Jazz's successful distraction, Sector 7 then switched their sights to Bumblebee, who got captured, but then got away with the efforts of Prime.

Sector 7 sent Bumblebee to Hoover Dam. The Autobot immediately saw the All Spark and a frozen Megatron. After a mysterious blackout, Bumblebee got free and started to shut down the power faster by ripping out the mainframe, blowing up the cooling fans, and removing nuclear canisters from their generators. The All Spark was his, but he had to wait for it to shrink while fending off Sector 7 troops, a lot of Energon drones, and a defrosting Megatron. (Oy!) Eventually, Sam and Mikaela got to the dam and fled with Bumblebee to Mission City before Megatron could get his huge, pointy clutches near the cube.

The Autobots' first priority was then keeping the cube from Megatron. Unfortunately for Bumblebee, he crashed into a building due to interference from energon drones generated by the cube's radiation. Ironhide came in and helped. While the rest of the Autobots fought the Decepticons, Bumblebee had one final showdown with Barricade. After a lot of punches, blasts, and car chases, Barricade finally went down for good. Megatron then went to the scene and incapacitated the wounded Autobot with one shot from his fusion cannon. Bumblebee urged the two humans to take the cube to Optimus for he could not go on any longer.

After the battle was won by the Autobots, Bumblebee struck a pose with the other remaining four as they listened in on Prime's final speech.

====''Transformers: Autobots''====

Bumblebee arrived in Tranquility to meet up with [[Create-A-Bot (Autobot)|Create-A-Bot]], and after a short discussion created from radio sound clips, instructed Create-a-Bot to scan a number of vehicles, the last of which was a Decepticon. After a short battle, Bumblebee then used Create-a-Bot's mad h4x0r skills to break into the internet and find the location of [[Archibald Witwicky]]'s glasses, which turned out to be conveniently in Tranquility. Going to retrieve them, Bumblebee arrived at the Witwicky house to find [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]], who then blew up a car and ran, blaming the explosion on the yellow car now chasing him down the highway. Meeting on a bridge, they fought. Once Bumblebee won, Barricade once again ran.

Later, Bumblebee received a mission to destroy several [[Sector Seven]] turrets designed to shoot down the reported [[N.B.E.]]s seen around the city. Afterward, he served as a distraction, driving to various markers to fight off the police while the other Autobots did their thing. Once that task was completed, he got captured by S7 forces and taken to Hoover Dam, where he had to be rescued by the others. Once free of his restraints, he searched the base for the All Spark, finding it in the deepest part of the dam. Upon being discovered, the All Spark turns the site's computers into mechanical scorpions...to defend itself. From the good guys. After retrieving the All Spark, Bumblebee had to escape in under 30 seconds to avoid getting locked in. After a quick getaway with Create-a-Bot providing cover fire, they met with Optimus. Following another quick gun-and-cover mission, Blackout and Barricade were waiting for a two-on-two battle, in which Prime had to keep both Bumblebee and himself alive.

Finally, Bumblebee's last mission once again took place in Tranquility. All Spark in hand, he had to run to meet up with the Autobots, avoiding as many Decepticons as possible, within a time limit. Blackout was gunning for him the entire time, and lots of Decepticons were in the way. Once there, Create-a-Bot needed to keep Bumblebee from being [[Blastification|blast]]ed into [[slag (slang)|slag]] as they raced to meet up with Optimus.

====''Transformers: Decepticons''====

After sending troops to slow down Barricade and the Decepticon [[Create-A-Bot (Decepticon)|Create-A-Bot]], Bumblebee showed up in person to take care of business himself, serving as little more than a distraction. After running away, Bumblebee later acquired the All Spark, transporting it across Tranquility while [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] gave chase. Stopping in the suburbs, Starscream pounded Bumblebee's face to custard and pried the All Spark from his cold, nonfunctioning fingers.
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==Toys==
===Transformers (2007)===
====Legends Class toys====
*'''Bumblebee''' (Legends Class, 2007)
:''Japanese name:'' '''EZ Collection Bumblebee'''

[[Image:Bumblebeemovielegends.jpg|left|thumb|100px|]]

: Legends Bumblebee transforms into a yellow 1976 Camaro. Being a highly simplified toy of a highly complex design, Legends-class Bumblebee does not replicate the appearance of the robot mode very well, and has very limited articulation, detail and paint application. On the other hand, he's pocket-sized and inexpensive, perfect for the younger set. The toy has a sculpted rear window, but it's not painted like the other windows. instead, the racing stripes extend over them.

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*'''Optimus Prime bonus pack''' (Costco exclusive multi-pack, 2007)

:A Costco exclusive special pack of Leader Class Optimus Prime with Legends Class Bumblebee and [[Jazz (Movie)|Autobot Jazz]] as bonus figures. None of the three toys is changed from their respective original releases.

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*'''Battle for the Allspark''' (Toys'R'Us exclusive multi-pack, 2007)

[[Image:Movie_Allspark_Legends_pack.jpg|thumb|right|120px|]]

: A Toys'R'Us exclusive, this six-pack of Legends class figures contains unmodified toys of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]], Bumblebee, [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] and [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]].

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*'''Bumblebee Scanning Ver.''' (''Hyper Hobby'' magazine exclusive EZ Collection variant, 2007)

: A Japanese-exclusive version of the Legends Bumblebee toy, "scanning version" Bumblebee uses transparent plastics for his yellow parts. He was available as a mail-order item from ''Hyper Hobby'' magazine in September of 2007.

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*'''Metallic Bumblebee''' (Tsutaya Records exclusive EZ collection variant, 2007)

: This Japanese metallic repaint of Legends class Bumblebee is an exclusive included with purchase of the Movie DVD at Tsutaya Records.

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*'''Bumblebee vs. Scorponok''' (Legends Allspark Battles two-pack, 2008)

[[Image:Movie_Legends_Bumblebee_Scorponok_toys.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Bee stings.]]

: As part of the ''AllSpark Battles'' Legends two-packs, a slightly redecoed Legends class Bumblebee, now sporting "battle damage" paint applications, comes with an all-new Legends [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]] figure.

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====Deluxe Class toys====

*'''Bumblebee''' (Deluxe Class Classic Camaro, Hasbro 2007)
[[Image:Bumblebeemovietoydeluxe67.jpg|left|thumb|These used cars are fully loaded!]]

: The first Deluxe Class version of Movie Bumblebee transforms into a yellow [[wikipedia:Second-generation_Chevrolet_Camaro|1976 Chevrolet Camaro]] with a quite reasonable level of sculpted detail. In contrast to the other Deluxe-class car Transformers in the Movie toyline, he does not have clear windows, instead opting for opaque yellow plastic with painted metallic blue.

: Bumblebee is armed with two shoulder-mounted spring-loaded missile launchers (inspired by the shoulder-mounted missiles launchers he uses to fight Brawl/Devastator in the movie), which also double as hand-held weapons or can be mounted on ports on the undersides of his elbows. His legs and chest [[Automorph]] during transformation.

: The initial release of the toy featured even tabs for the Automorph gimmick; oddly, Hasbro later decided to [[retool]] the feature so the tab would be uneven.<ref>[http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=29613 Original Allspark thread about the retool of Bumblebee's Automorph gimmick]</ref> This resulted in many reported cases of the tab snapping during transformation. Press the button or you'll break him. Seriously. The retooled Automorph gimmick would be used for all subsequent versions of the mold, including the Japanese ones, and the breakage problem wouldn't be fixed until the UK exclusive "Towed to Safety" two-pack and the Target exclusive "Evolution of a Hero" two-pack.

: Packaging photos and early [[prototype|test shots]] of Bumblebee featured transparent blue plastic windows and missile parts. However, the final Hasbro production toy has opaque yellow plastic. The Japanese [[TakaraTomy]] release of Bumblebee retains the transparent blue plastic parts.
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*'''Bumblebee''' (Deluxe Class Classic Camaro, TakaraTomy 2007)
:''ID number:'' '''MA-03'''

[[Image:Movie_Deluxe_1974_Bumblebee_JPtoy.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Never seen so much translucent plastic in all my life.]]

Pretty much the same toy as the Hasbro version (featuring the retooled Automorph gimmick). However, instead of opaque yellow plastic with [[tampograph|tampographed]] blue windows, this toy uses transparant blue plastic for those parts, with yellow paint for the outer car shell. As a consequence, the missiles, which are on the same sprue, are also made of clear blue plastic, just like the early prototype seen in the Hasbro stock photos for the toy. Also, the face has changed to resemble to ''Camaro Concept'' version. The packaging used for the Japanese toy is the same as for the Hasbro version, with the exception of additional stickers identifying it as a Japanese market release.
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*'''Bumblebee vs. Barricade: First Encounter''' (Wal*Mart exclusive two-pack, 2007)

[[Image:Bumblebee_Barricade_deluxeboxset.jpg|left|thumb|130px|"Go ahead, make my day!"]]

: This Wal*Mart exclusive battle pack contains the 1976 Camaro deluxe-class Bumblebee and the deluxe-class [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]/[[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] figures, based upon their confrontation as seen in the movie. The box features a diorama-style background from a movie scene, but toys themselves are unchanged from their original carded releases.

: The set originally retailed for only slightly less than buying the two individual toys. However, for a short while, it was about the only way to ''get'' Bumblebee in the first place, thanks to the [[Movie (toyline)#.22Drought.22|toy drought]] following the movie's record-smashing opening.
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*'''Bumblebee Limited Metallic Color Version''' (Lawson exclusive Deluxe-sized Classic Camaro, TakaraTomy 2007)

: A redeco of the Japanese version of the Classic Camaro Bumblebee mold (retaining the clear blue windows and missiles) that was exclusively available with the purchase of a ticket for the movie in Japanese Lawson stores.
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*'''Towed to Safety''' (two-pack, UK 2007)

[[Image:Movie_TowedtoSafety_toys.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Sadly, All Spark Insurance doesn't cover towing charges.]]

: This set features an unaltered Deluxe class [[Longarm (Movie)|Longarm]] figure and a Deluxe class 1976 Camaro Bumblebee figure. The window box features a diorama background of the battle in [[Mission City]] (basically the same packaging inner tray from the "Bumblebee vs. Barricade: First Encounter" pack). As is generally the case with the European releases of the Movie toys, the pictures on the front of the box show the robot-mode toys instead of an artist's depiction of their faces.

: For this two-pack, Hasbro slightly retooled Bumblebee's Automorph gimmick again, adding another small tab that finally resolved the breakage issues that had plagued the previous variation of the mold.<ref>[http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=38149 Allspark thread about the second retool of Bumblebee's Automorph gimmick]</ref>

:Thus far, this pack has only been released in the United Kingdom.
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*'''Bumblebee (Camaro Concept)''' (Deluxe Class Concept Camaro, 2007)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''MA-10'''

[[Image:Movie_Deluxe_2009_Bumblebee_toy.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Nu Uh! You Dont Want None Of This!]]

: The second Deluxe class Bumblebee toy, which shares no parts with the previous one (even the head, despite being based on the same general design, is a different sculpt), transforms into the [[wikipedia:Fifth-generation_Chevrolet_Camaro|concept vehicle for the 2009 Chevrolet Camaro]]. Maintaining the high standard for car accuracy in the movie line, Bumblebee is very faithful to the real-life vehicle, featuring clear blue windows in contrast to the opaque windows seen in both his previous Deluxe class toy and the Ultimate Bumblebee toy.

: Bumblebee features two [[Automorph]]ing gimmicks during transformation: ''(a)'' swinging his hood down into robot mode position also moves his arms up and ''(b)'', swinging his feet down will move the rear fenders up and behind his calves, as well as swinging the rear windows to his inner calves in a spring-loaded action. Unusually, this version of Bumblebee is much more accurate to the CGI design than either the older-model Deluxe OR the Ultimate figure, with the chest properly articulating in a fairly Movie-accurate manner. He's also slightly taller than most of the other Deluxe Class figures.

: Bumblebee features a superb range of articulation, with ball joints in his shoulders, neck, torso, wrists and upper legs, with ratcheting and swivels making up the remaining joints. Instead of the rather inaccurate missile launchers from the 1976 Camaro toy, '09 Bumblebee comes with a mostly accurate version of his plasma cannon as it appears in the movie, but for added play value, it can Automorph into an energy blade by opening up the halves of the gun barrel and swinging them back. The cannon can be held in either of his hands.

: Care should be taken when removing the cannon from Bumblebee's hands, as excessive force can damage the wrist ball joint socket.

: Contrary to popular opinion, the yellow pieces on the back of Bumblebee's feet are ''not'' supposed to be heel spurs, nor have they been misassembled. They are supposed to fold up to emulate the detail found on the CGI design.

: A running change version of this mold adds tabs to the hip panels, which makes the vehicle mode hold together better, as well as sculpted pupils inside Bumblebee's eyes.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showthread.php?t=144325 TFW2005 thread about the retool for the second Deluxe Bumblebee toy]</ref> Initially this was believed to be a variant for the Japanese market; however, later shipments of the Hasbro toy featured those changes as well, as did all subsequent versions of the mold.

: This mold was also used to make "Allspark Power" [[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper]].

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*'''Evolution of a Hero''' (Target exclusive two-pack, 2007)

[[Image:Movie_Bumblebee_Evolutionofahero.jpg|left|thumb|Hey, look, Concept Camaro, now ''you'' are the piece o' crap.]]

: A Target exclusive, this figure multi-pack contains an unchanged Deluxe-class 1976 Bumblebee and an exclusive "battle damaged" 2009 Camaro Concept Bumblebee. Even though the 2009 figure is supposed to represent Bumblebee's damaged state as he appeared during the final battle in the movie, oddly enough the "damage" paint decos do not appear to extend to his legs, restricting themselves to his upper torso and car roof/door parts. Maybe they didn't bother because they thought you'd take them off like in the movie. Go figure.

The Classic Camaro Bumblebee toy included in this package features the same "fixed" Automorph gimmick also found on the version included in the UK exclusive "Towed to Safety" two-pack. In addition, the Automorph button on the hood ''finally'' sports the painted pinstripes that had been missing on ''all'' previous releases of the mold.

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*'''Bumblebee and Optimus Prime''' (Argos exclusive two-pack, UK 2007)

: A two-pack, exclusively available at Argos stores in the United Kingdom, which contains an unchanged Voyager-class [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and an equally unchanged Deluxe-class Concept Camaro Bumblebee.

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*'''Capture of Bumblebee''' (Screen Battles diorama pack, 2007)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''SB-04'''

[[Image:Movie_ScreenBattles_CaptureofBB.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Slag, I guess you found me.]]

: This ''Screen Battles'' pack comes a [[redeco]]ed Camaro Concept Deluxe-class Bumblebee featuring a more accurate gray color scheme for his robot mode parts and a silver-painted face, Autobot symbol and toes. Additionally, a new red Autobot symbol is placed on his forehead, while his translucent parts are now a greener blue. The pack also comes with non-posable figurines of [[Sector Seven]] agent [[Reggie Simmons]] and two Sector Seven soldiers; one carrying a cryo-freezing cannon and one carrying a grenade launcher.

: This set comes in a special window box featuring a diorama background of the scene in which Bumblebee is captured by Sector Seven forces.

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*'''All Spark-Enhanced Bumblebee''' (Target Exclusive Deluxe, 2007)
: This Target exclusive features the Deluxe Class Bumblebee in unique cylindrical packaging, with the only difference from his standard release being that key robot mode parts are highlighted by the slavish 'All Spark Blue' color for no other reason than [[to sell toys]].

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*'''Stealth Bumblebee''' (Deluxe Class Concept Camaro, 2008)

[[Image:Movie_Deluxe_StealthBumblebee_toy.jpg|thumb|left|200px|What would you prefer, yellow spandex?]]

: Stealth Bumblebee is an extensive redeco and minor retool of the Deluxe class 2009 Camaro Bumblebee toy. The redeco itself is unusual in that the yellow parts are still cast in yellow plastic, but painted black. Other color differences include changing the robot mode body parts from black to gray and adding bright blue ''AllSpark Power'' decos.

:The head has also been retooled to reflect Bumblebee's 'battle mask' as seen in the Movie. The "mask" does not flip up to reveal his head. Bummer.

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*'''Bumblebee''' ("Premium Series" Deluxe Class Concept Camaro, 2008)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''MA-22'''

This [[redeco]] of the Deluxe-class Concept Camaro toy features a similar deco as the Screen Battles version, but replaces the head sculpt with the "battle mask" sculpt previously used for Stealth Bumblebee.

====Ultimate toys====

*'''Ultimate Bumblebee''' (Ultimate, 2007)

[[Image:Ultimate_Bumblebee_toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|All those extras and they couldn't make me more accurate than the deluxe class toy.]]

: Similar in appearance to the second Deluxe-class Bumblebee toy, albeit much larger and more complex, the 'Ultimate' version of Bumblebee also transforms into the 2009 concept Camaro. The toy features animatronic movement in robot mode (flapping wings, moving arms and a rotating head) and light-up eyes and headlights, activated by the movement or sounds made by the person playing with the toy, or by pressing his buttons, which also activate an obscene number of interactive electronic sound effects. His chest button yields various phrases and a new version of the ''Transformers'' theme tune, while a button on his side produces blaster noises, more speech, and musical samples, including four different ones from Devo's "Whip It." This button also causes the toy to raise its cannon-arm and automatically fire a missile. Playing with the toy by moving it will make him repeat various phrases and samples activated by other features, as well as crashing battle noises, but when he is left idle, more unique phrases will be uttered inquiring where everyone has gone, as well as radio snippets to the same effect, before the toy eventually deactivates. Pressing any button will bring him back online with a cheerful shout.

: Transforming the toy between modes is accompanied by the classic transformation noise, and if left unattended between modes, it will make stalling engine noises, car horn and a car alarm sounds. Once in car mode, new electronics are unlocked, beginning with the sound of an engine starting up. The chest button now activates the car's horn, and rolling the figure along will create an accelerating noise that increases the faster the toy is moved. More unique musical snippets will play as the car rolls along; when the rolling stops, brake lights activate and the tires screech. Yet more sounds are produced when Bumblebee is rolled backwards, and the car mode also features different crashing battle noises to the robot mode.

: All of the toy's features can be turned off by a switch, and it has an additional "Try Me" mode which allows you to hear various sounds from the toy's various functions just by pressing the chest button.

: The toy is mistransformed in the package, and all promo photos of the figure made the same mistake, presenting the car hood as a solid block resting on Bumblebee's chest. In reality, it splits up into five separate pieces to fold and collapse into a more movie-like appearance.

: In the holiday season, Wal-Mart carried an exclusive "Bonus Buy" version of the toy, which had the Deluxe [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]] and [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]] toys added as freebies. Costco also carried an exclusive version, with the 3" [[Titanium Series]] version of Bumblebee packed in. However, it did not include the display stand.

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*'''Ultimate Bumblebee bonus pack''' (Costco exclusive two-pack, 2007)

:A Costco-exclusive special pack of Ultimate Bumblebee with Titanium Series Bumblebee (see below) as a bonus figure. Neither toy is changed from its respective original release.

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*'''Ultimate Bumblebee Bonus Value pack''' (Wal*Mart exclusive multi-pack, 2007)

:A Wal*Mart-exclusive special pack of Ultimate Bumblebee with Deluxe Class [[Brawl (Movie)|Decepticon Brawl]] and [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]] as bonus figures. None of the three toys are changed from their respective original releases.

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====Fast Action Battlers====

*'''Plasma Punch Bumblebee''' (Fast Action Battler, 2007)
[[Image:Bumblebeemoviefab.jpg|left|thumb|150px|[[Prowl (G1)|The]] [[Bluestreak|hood]] [[Smokescreen (G1)|becomes]] [[Jazz (G1)|the]] [[Sideswipe (G1)|chest]]? [[red Alert (G1)|Well]], [[Go-Bot (G2)|that's]] [[Spychanger|new]]!]]

[[Fast Action Battler|Fast Action Battlers]] Bumblebee transforms from concept Camaro to robot with a considerably simpler transformation than the standard deluxe toy, intended for the slightly younger set. His main "gimmick" is a spring-loaded missile launcher in his right arm. As is also the case with Ultimate Bumblebee, the toy is mistransformed in the package, and all promo photos of the figure make the same mistake, presenting the car hood as a solid block. In reality, the chest/bumper consists of two rotating pieces which can pivot down so as to more accurately emulate the appearance in the movie.

*'''Rally Rocket Bumblebee''' (Fast Action Battler, 2008)
[[Image:FAB Rally Rocket BB.jpg|right|150px]]

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====Cyber Slammers toys====

*'''Bumblebee''' (Classic Camaro Cyber Slammer, 2007)

[[Image:Bumblebeemoviecyberslammer.jpg|right|thumb|100px|A [[Battlecharger]] for the new millennium.]]

: Cyber Slammers Bumblebee is an amazingly cute 1976 Camaro that transforms into an amazingly cute Autobot buddy of human characters. "Slam" his robot mode down into car mode and he rolls along for a while, then snaps back up into robot mode.

: This toy was also made available during the 2007 holiday season as a freebie "Bonus Buy" packaged with Cyber Stompin' [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] at Wal-Mart stores.

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*'''Bumblebee''' (Concept Camaro Cyber Slammer, 2007)

[[Image:Movie_Bumblebee_CamaroConcept_CyberSlammer.jpg|thumb|left|150px|And so, Bumblebee rejoins the [[Throttlebot]]s.]]

:The second [[Cyber Slammers]] Bumblebee figure toy transforms into a Concept Camaro and shares no parts with the previous Cyber Slammers Bumblebee figure. Like all Cyber Slammers, the toy features motorized action. When you push down on the car, it zooms forward, then pops up into robot mode! Sure to please the toddler you brought with you to the PG-13 movie. Like most Cyber Slammers, Bumblebee manages to cram most of his vehicle mode's major details into a compact, super-deformed version of that mode.

: This toy was later redecoed into [[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper]].

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====Trans-Scanning figures====

*'''Trans-Scanning Bumblebee''' (2008)

: This version of Bumblebee transforms into a [[protoform]] and entry mode and comes with clip-on parts to create his Earth Camaro mode.

====Cyber Stompin' robots====

*'''Bumblebee''' (Cyber Stompin' Robots, 2007)
[[Image:Bumblebeemoviecyberstompin.jpg|right|thumb|100px|These boots were made for—you know the rest.]]

: [[Cyber Stompin' Robots]] Bee is a large electronic action figure, featuring a rather cutified design. He's got electronic lights and sounds up the whazzoo and fires missiles and a fist. He totally plays the original theme song.

: Later in the year, Wal-Mart stores sold this toy as a "Bonus Buy" item, which came with a free Cyber Slammer [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] attached to the box back.

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====Robot Replicas====

*'''Bumblebee''' (Robot Replicas, 2007)

[[Image:Movie_RobotReplica_Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|right|120px| [[Heli-pack]] not included]]

: As part of the [[Robot Replicas]] sub-line, this version of concept-Camaro Bumblebee is a non-transforming action figure that hews very close to the movie's CGI model. It features joints similar to the [[Revoltech]] toys, plus his right forearm can be replaced with his blaster-arm (or any other arm attachments from other Robot Replicas, which could lead to some fun Frankensteins). For some reason, he's closer to orange than his normal yellow.

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====Non-transforming Screen Battles figures====

*'''Final Stand''' (Screen Battles, 2007)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''SB-02'''

[[Image:Movie_ScreenBattles_FinalStand1.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Half a bee, philosophically/ Must, ipso facto, half not be./ But half the bee has got to be/ Vis-a-vis, its entity. D'you see?"]]

: This ''Screen Battles'' pack comes with an altered [[Longarm (Movie)|Longarm]] toy and a posable, non-transforming, battle-damaged Bumblebee figure very similar to the ''Robot Replicas'' toy, yet surprisingly utilizing none of the same parts despite being on an identical scale. This set comes in a special window box featuring a diorama background of the battle in Mission City. Although entirely comprised of original sculpting, such as Bumblebee's gimpy leg-stumps, the figure oddly does not feature 'Bee's distinctive car door "wings" on his back. However, keen [[kitbashing|customisers]] can easily rectify this by slicing the "Robot Replicas" version's wings off and whittling their connecting plastic into simple posts that very handily plug into large holes in the tires on Final Stand 'Bee's back. In fact, these holes almost seem designed to accommodate a missing part...

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====Micro IR Transformers Cars====
*'''Bumblebee''' (2007)

[[Image:Movie_Bumblebee_MircroIR.jpg|left|thumb|100px|Drives ''and'' shoots!]]

: Made by [[Radio Shack]] under license from [[Hasbro]] and [[Dreamworks]]. The three-function infrared remote, in Bumblebee's signature colors, gives you control of the car with forward and reverse turn movement. More than just a car styled after the Movie character, the car also transforms to robot mode. The top of the gun-shaped IR remote's barrel serves as a display stand.

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===Titanium Series===
*'''Bumblebee''' (Robot Masters, 2007)

[[Image:Bumblebeemoviets3.jpg|right|thumb|80px|Special feature: Can't talk, just like the real Bumblebee!]]

: This Bumblebee is a three-inch tall painted mini-statue of his 1976 Camaro body form. He features die-cast in his torso and thighs, and he has swivel joints at the shoulders, head and waist. Oh, and he comes with a Movie-style Autobot logo base to stand on.

: This item was also packed in with Ultimate Bumblebee as a Costco-exclusive set.
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==Merchandise==
===Transformers (2007)===
*'''Beatmix Bumblebee''' (2007)

: ''Beatmix'' Bumblebee is a device that hooks up to a music device, similarly to an ''iDog''. Like the aforementioned product, ''Beatmix'' Bumblebee reacts to the music being played (outputted via a speaker within him). With a touch, he can also sample the owner's music tracks and replay them with sound effects from the movie. His arms are posable, but Bumblebee cannot transform.
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*'''Bumblebee AllSpark Blaster''' (2008)

[[Image:Movie_Bumblebee_Allsparkblaster.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Well, that's original.]]
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*'''Transformers car air freshener''' (2007)

: A faithful replica of the "Bee-Otch" air freshener dangling from Bumblebee's rear-view mirror, with cinnamon scent. It was given out by the handful at [[BotCon 2007]]. Supposedly it was also available at retail, but no reliable sightings have been reported.

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*'''Bumblebee''' (2007)

[[Image:Unleashed_movie_bumblebee.jpg|thumb|left|150px|What are YOU lookin' at?]]
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*'''Bumblebee vs. Barricade''' (2007)

*'''Armored Bumblebee vs. Starscream''' (2007)
[[Image:Rhstarbee.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Bee's gonna pull it away when Screamer runs up to kick it.]]

*'''Bumblebee vs. Starscream''' (2008)
[[Image:Bumblescream.jpg|right|thumb|150px|FINALLY! I have solved this accursed Rubik's Cube!]]

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*'''XMODS® Evolution Transformers Bumblebee''' (2007)
:''Model Number'': '''60-186'''

[[Image:Movie_Bumblebee_XMODS.jpg|left|thumb|120px|Transforms from vehicle mode to modified vehicle!]]

[[Image:Movie_Bumblebee_XMODS_Weapons.jpg|right|thumb|120px|Bumblebee is now more battle ready than Ironhide...I think.]]

: Bumblebee, in his Camaro Concept form, is one of the first Transformers characters to be licensed by [[Radio Shack]] from [[Hasbro]] and [[Dreamworks]] for their XMODS Evolution line of radio control cars. "The maximum in modification", Bumblebee is a base kit that can be upgraded with a '''Evolution Weapons and Light Kit for Bumblebee''' (''Model Number'': '''60-191'''), which adds two racks of missiles to his doors, his plasma cannon onto the hood, as well as LED red taillights and white headlights. Bumblebee is also compatible with any of the optional motor upgrades, body kits, steering and suspension upgrades, and more available for the brand.

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*'''ZipZaps® Micro RC Starter Kit 1.0 Transformers® Bumblebee™''' (2007)
:''Model Number'': '''60-180'''

[[Image:Movie_Bumblebee_ZipZaps.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz]]

: Bumblebee is also one of the first Transformers characters licensed by Radio Shack for their ZipZaps line of pocket-size radio control cars. As a ZipZap, Bumblebee can be customized, trimmed, and tuned with any other accessories available for the brand. He has working headlights and requires four "AAA" batteries for the charger.

*'''TRANSFORMERS Chess Set''' (2007)
: Two identical bronze-colored plastic statues of Bumblebee serve as the [[Chess]] set's Autobot-side knights.
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==Second Life==
In the online virtual world simulation/game ''Second Life'', there is a full replica of the Sector Seven base which contains a giant discussion room where Michael Bay held a question board. This room contains a giant frozen Megatron replica and free avatars of both Bumblebee and Barricade. Both freebies are non-transforming. Also, the Bumblebee avatar has his battle mask down and it can't be raised. However, some sellers have created a transforming version.

==Trivia==
* According to an article on [http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Features/articleId=121138?imw=Y#12 Edmunds.com], the filmmakers wanted Bumblebee's original Earth form to be the 1976 iteration of the Camaro because it was the worst Camaro possible that also had chrome bumpers.

* The same article indicates that the 1976 Camaros used in the film were all purchased via online auction for under $6000 each, one for less than $2000. That one didn't run.

* One of the 1976 Camaros was sold on eBay. The bidding ended on July 18, 2007; the final price was $40,100.01.

* The Bumblebee computer-generated model consisted of 7608 individual parts, 1,511,727 polygons, 19,722 rig nodes, and 8094 texture maps. The volume of all the pieces came to 1069.01 cubic feet.<ref>Robertson, Barbara (2007). Heavy Metal. ''Computer Graphics, 30''(7), 12-17.</ref>

* Bumblebee stands approximately 16 feet tall, according to the [[Transformers: The Game|official game]] strategy guide

* Bumblebee's character animation is based on the performance of [[wikipedia:Michael J. Fox|Michael J. Fox]] in the ''[[wikipedia:Back to the Future|Back to the Future]]'' movies. <ref>From ''Cinefex'' magazine, issue number 111, published October 2007.</ref>

* The 2008 Concept Camaro used for Bumblebee was built by Saleen in 30 days, using a heavily modified 2006 Pontiac GTO body as the basis. The '08 Camaro was not in production at the time that the film was being made, hence an identical mock-up was needed to fill the role.<ref>[http://www.saleen.com/transformers.htm Saleen article about the construction of the Barricade and Bumblebee vehicles]</ref>

[[Image:MovieBumblebeeStinger.jpg|right|thumb|150px|He uses it once, then dies.]]
* A weapon considered for Bumblebee was a pair of arm-mounted electrical "stingers". The idea was ultimately abandoned for the movie, but influenced [[Bumblebee (Animated)|other media]].

* The Bumblebee Camaro '09 toy's blade weapon might be influenced by the arm-mounted stingers from early concepts.

* According to the [[Prime Directives issue 1|prequel comic]] by IDW Publishing, Megatron ripped out and crushed Bumblebee's voice capacitor during the battle at [[Tyger Pax]] back on Cybertron. In the film itself, Ratchet only states to Sam that Bumblebee's "vocal processors were damaged in battle" and he was "still working on them" after firing a single plasma beam at Bumblebee's throat; by the end of all the conflict (the climax of the film proper), Bumblebee has regained his ability to speak. Although it was not confirmed on-screen, screenwriter Roberto Orci did confirme ''off''-screen that Ratchet's (regenerative) beam was indeed the reason. It could be that the doc didn't have enough time/resources, what with all the war & inter-stellar space travel, to fully perfect the healing plasma early enough. And even if he did, Bee took off for the Cube after only a marginal amount of repairs were performed on him after his encounter with Megs, so a vial of even faster-acting plasma could be sitting in Ratchet's lab back on ol' Cybertron, if the 'Cons didn't trash it of course ...they did.

* Just as well, Roberto Orci ''also'' admitted that Bumblebee's brief contact with the All Spark would be an equally valid (and an even more "in-continuty") explanation.<ref name="orci"/>

* In the film (2007), Bumblebee scanned a working, driveable Camaro - with the same paint job - that won't be released until some time next year (2009). Although, it is possible that the Camaro in question was being road-tested by GM engineers, like they are doing in the real world.

* Bumblebee is shown after the ending battle to have scratches and scraps all over his body, yet before the credits roll, his alternate form is shown to be in prestine condition. This could mean that 1) He has a remarkable recovery rate, however this is very doubtful as he could not recover his own voice, 2) Rachet is a hell of a medic, 3) Sam Witwicky worked really hard using eBay to pay for a new paintjob or 4) Defense Secretary Keller, out of gratitude, made arrangements for Bumblebee to be fully repaired and refinished by professionals (this last one is the explanation given in the novelization of the film).

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==External links==
* [http://www.seibertron.com/toys/index.php?f_series=40&f_name=bumblebee&f_type=exact&Submit=Search Galleries of various different Bumblebee toys from the Movie]

==References==

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Thrust (G1)

2008-05-12T22:26:52Z

147.140.233.16:

{{disambig3|Thrust}}
:''Thrust is a [[Decepticon]] in the [[Generation 1]] continuity family.''

[[Image:G1Thrust_MarveTFU.jpg|thumb|right|300px|In Thrust, we trust]]

'''Thrust''' wants you to know he's coming. (Let's ignore the double-double entendre that comes from that.) The other Decepticons have learned there's no being sneaky when he's around. He's a loud-mouthed braggart who will claim victory before he's even taken the field. He tries to terrify and demoralize the enemy with loud rumbling roars from his engines and boasts from his vocal circuits. The truth is that Thrust is mostly bluster with little to back it up. Any sort of strong resistance can send him flying back the way he came.
{{quote|You pile of reject parts!|[[Chip Chase]] accurately sums up Thrust's worth|"[[Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2]]"}}

:''French-Canadian name'': '''Fatalo'''
:''Italian name'': '''Rapax'''

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
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Thrust served Lord [[Straxus]] on Cybertron, operating out of the massive tower [[Darkmount]] in [[Polyhex]]. ''He was one of the elite warriors targeted by the [[Wrecker]]s in [[Operation: Volcano]], but narrowly avoided his fate after a call from [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] summoned the Decepticons away from the lure [[Impactor]] and his team had put out. {{Storylink|Target 2006}}'' As Megatron and Straxus began a partnership to share resources between Earth and Cybertron, Thrust was reformatted and sent to Earth along with [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] to supervise a massive drilling operation designed to suck the power out of Hoover Dam. Their operation was invaded by the [[Aerialbot]]s, but Thrust turned his disruptor engines on [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]], forcing him to ground. Still, the Autobots outnumbered the Seekers and soon forced them into retreat. {{Storylink|Aerialbots over America!}}

Thrust and his comrades began working on Earth full time afterwards, first for Megatron, then [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], and finally [[Ratbat]]. He participated in an ill-fated raid on a fleshling oil tanker alongside [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], [[Vortex]] and the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]]s. The heist went off without a hitch...except that the tanker had already emptied its cargo. Not the Decepticons' finest moment. {{storylink|Buster Witwicky and the Car Wash of Doom}} ''He was among the Decepticons present when Galvatron attacked their [[Club Con|new underwater headquarters]], and was none too impressed with how Shockwave handled things, it seemed. {{Storylink|Enemy Action!}}.'' Later, he was part of the Decepticons' major assault on the Autobots on the surface of the Moon. He was disabled (and seemingly exploded) due to a blast from [[Blaster]]'s [[electro-scrambler gun]] during the battle. {{Storylink|Totaled!}} Thrust was glimpsed later, however, transporting humans to the [[Club Con|Decepticons' holiday resort]]. {{Storylink|Club Con!}}

====Earthforce====
{{earthforcefiction}}

With [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] in command, Thrust joined a massive Decepticon offensive against the Autobot Earthbase. Their goal was to kill some Autobots, while also distracting them as Starscream looted a human oil tanker in the Gulf of Mexico. Both goals proved fruitless, and the Decepticons were driven off. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}}

{{Note|First depicted rather late in the series, it is unknown whether Thrust served Megatron or Shockwave before the coup merged the Decepticon factions.}}

====Marvel UK future timelines====

''By 2008, Thrust had risen in the Decepticon ranks to become leader of his own albeit unidentified team. At [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s command, he led them to a planned assault on the Autobots, only to be intercepted by [[Quintesson]] shock troopers and [[Trident]] assault craft. The Decepticons were forced to join forces with their Autobot opponents in order to chase the Quintessons off Cybertron. Thrust was last seen pursuing the remaining Quint ships as they fled atmosphere. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}''

====Classics====

More than fifteen years after he was last seen, Thrust was the last Decepticon of Megatron's fallen warriors to be rebuilt. <ref>Thrust's ''Games of Deception'' profile card</ref> Some believe that this had something to do with why Thrust defected to [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s command. Thrust was later assigned to work with the mysterious [[Bug Bite]] on Earth along with Dirge and several others. {{Storylink|Games of Deception}}

===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
:''Voice actor: [[Ed Gilbert]] (US), ? (Japan)''

[[Image:ThrustCartoon1.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Thrust in his "About to Crush [[Chip Chase|a Kid in a Wheelchair]]" pose.]]

When the mighty Autobot [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] relocated to the time-displaced prehistoric Dinobot Island, Thrust was one of several Decepticon warriors who accompanied [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] to the island in the hopes of exploiting the island's vast energy resources. After the Dinobots made their presence known, Thrust stood by to guard the [[energon cube]]s while Megatron conspired to eliminate their adversaries. {{Storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 1}} When the Dinobots later convinced the native [[Dinosaur]]s to attack the Decepticons, Thrust and Ramjet were trampled in a stampede. Ouchies. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 2}}

After Megatron sucessfully took control of [[Central City]] by manipulating his ally [[Shawn Berger]] and the other humans, Thrust was tasked with capturing the escaped human slave [[Chip Chase]]. He chased the human into the Autobot base and seemingly prevented Chip from saving the Autobots from a collision course into the sun by destroying [[Teletraan I]], but actually unwittingly saved his enemies by shutting off the autopilot that was navigating their doomed ship. Thrust attempted to crush Chip before securing him in his jet cockpit and returning the human to the power plant, where he had his afterburner handed to him by the [[Autobot]]s. {{Storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2}}

Unlike virtually every other Decepticon in existence, Thrust seemed to possess no dreams of personal power. After uncovering a secret supply of the element [[electrum]], which made him invincible, Thrust ran right to Megatron and informed him of the pool instead of using it for his own gain. Maybe he's just too stupid to dream of greater glory. It has [[Scorponok (BW)|happened]] [[Demolishor|before]]. {{Storylink|The Golden Lagoon}}

Thrust's cowardice was legendary among the Decepticons, and they frequently had to put him in his place whenever his bluster became too unbearable. He was particularly insipid on one occasion when he, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and [[Astrotrain]] came to Saturn's moon of [[Titan]] hunting the Autobot [[Cosmos]]. When Astrotrain took advantage of the superstitious locals to force them into serving him as "greatest of the [[Sky God]]s", Thrust quickly fell into the role of lackey instead of challenging Astrotrain like Starscream did. Later, when the Autobots [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] arrived and engaged the two [[Seeker]]s, Thrust was quick to flee rather than face even odds in battle. Finally, when the Autobots' transport [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] was repaired, Thrust voiced the Decepticons' slim chances at survival and they beat a hasty retreat. Not an unreasonable course of action, really -- it seems a coward is a useful point of view to consult during warfare. {{Storylink|The God Gambit}}

Of course, Thrust also isn't much of a people person either. Megatron once gave him the simple task of explaining to the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]]s that the Autobots had acquired some [[robotic insecticide]] to use against them, and that they were to stay clear of the battle until Megatron and his Decepticons could destroy the weapon. Megatron actually planned to horde the insecticide as a failsafe for himself, naturally, but he didn't tell Thrust that. The [[Conehead]]'s delivery of the message lacked the slightest trace of sincerity, and the Insecticons flew off that very instant to intercept the Decepticons. A future in politics, Thrust does not have. {{Storylink|Quest for Survival}}

During the [[Battle of Autobot City|Decepticons' attack]] on [[Autobot City]] in 2005, he had the distinction of being the first Decepticon to be run over by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. Ouch. {{Storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

===Devil's Due ''G.I. Joe vs the Transformers'' comics continuity===
As part of [[Serpent O.R.]]'s forces, Thrust defended the newly unified Decepticon army's base against a combined Autobot/[[G.I. Joe]] strike force. In the course of the battle, he and [[Barrage (Insecticon)|Barrage]] were shot by [[Lady Jaye]]. {{storylink|The Art of War, Part 5}}

===Dreamwave Generation 1 comics continuity===

Thrust was one of many Decepticon warriors who joined Shockwave in the assault on [[Iacon]] shortly after [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] rose to power. {{Storylink|The War Within}} He was relatively loyal to [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], and served under the one-eyed tactician during the Dark Ages when Megatron was AWOL, and then again after the [[Nemesis]] vanished in deep space. {{Storylink|The War Within: The Dark Ages}}

After the [[Great Shutdown]], Thrust continued serving under Shockwave's command on Cybertron, after the Autobots and Decepticons unified their efforts to control the planet and consolidate on energon reserves. He was one of a select group of Decepticons chosen by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] to be "rehabilitated", and operated under the Autobot's direction when they traveled to Earth to collect the Ark and Nemesis' crews. {{Storylink|Brothers' Burden}} After the Autobots uncovered Shockwave's malevolent plans for the future, the war began anew and Thrust fled to the wastelands with a small contingent of Shockwave's forces. They were assimilated into Megatron's command once the great Decepticon leader returned with the Predacons and imposed his will on Shockwave. {{Storylink|Lost and Found}}

===IDW comics continuity===
[[Image:Stormbringer2_NebulosDecepticons1.jpg|thumb|left|200px|"I'm too big to emerge through YOUR '''''foldspace transition'''''."]]

During Megatron's initial uprising in Kaon, Thrust takes part in the violence. He is seen being strangled by Ironhide while Trailbreaker wrestles with Starscream. Apparently Megatron found additional flyers soon after Starscream, Thundercracker and Skywarp signed up. {{Storylink|Megatron: Origin, issue 3}}

Thrust was a part of [[Darkwing]]'s command on the planet [[Nebulos]] when the [[Pretender]] [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] attacked the planet. {{Storylink|Stormbringer issue 2}} Though he was eager to join the fight, Thrust was instead put in charge of the hidden Decepticon command bunker for two purposes. First, to alert Megatron of the reborn threat of Thunderwing. Second, to destroy the bunker, leaving no trace of their presence. Thrust presumingly did both as Darkwing told Dreadwind that they were picking the seeker up before leaving the planet. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 3}}

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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Thrust''' (1985, 2001, 2004)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-57'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 fists, 2 missile launchers, 4 "air to air missiles", 2 wings, 2 tail fins, front landing gear

[[Image:G1Thrust_toy.jpg|left|thumb|Thrusts in the direction of the problem.]]

: The ''Generation 1'' Thrust toy is a retool of the original [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], who was originally a [[Diaclone]] "Jet Robo Acrobat-Type" F-15 Eagle. His central F-15 body is unchanged, but he has new wings with ducted VTOL fans, and new rear stabilizers. Unlike Dirge and Ramjet, Thrust retained the launchers, null-ray lasers and cluster bombs projectiles used in Starscream, [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] and [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]].

:In robot mode his official instructions have the user pulling down his nose cone to complete his head transformation, like Starscream. However, Thrust's television incarnation (like Ramjet and Dirge) depicts him as having his head untransformed, giving a distinctive 'conehead' shape. This has led many owners to do the same thing, differentiating the three later Decepticon jets from the three earlier ones.
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===Smallest Transforming Transformers===
*'''Thrust''' (2003)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''GTF-11'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 fists, 2 missiles, 2 wings, 2 tail fins
[[Image:STFThrust_toy.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Conehead without the cone.]]

: ''[[Smallest Transforming Transformers]]'' Thrust is a retool of Starscream. Like all toys in the line, Thrust is a tiny, simplified version of the original toy, transforming into a modified F-15 fighter jet. These toys were sold "blind-packed" in boxes, so you could not know which one you had until you actually opened the box.

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===Timelines===
*'''Games of Deception!''' (Multi-pack, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' 2 missile launchers, 2 missiles
[[Image:Classics_Thrust_Toy.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Unlike his fellow coneheads, Thrust likes to wear his wings up.]]

: Thrust is part of the ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]''-themed [[BotCon 2007]] box set, along with [[Bugbite]], [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]], and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]. He is a [[retool]] of the ''Classics'' Ramjet toy.

: Thrust was retooled to have two new wings and horizontal stabilizers from Ramjet. He is the first Botcon toy to have a retool that affects transformation.

: As with most ''Classics toys'', he features a heat-sensitive [[rubsign]].

: There were 1500 Classics Thrust figures produced.

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===Robot Heroes===
*'''Blaster vs. Thrust''' (2008)
{{comingsoontoy}}

==Trivia==
* Thrust is one of the few Decepticons from the ''Generation 1'' cartoon who didn't have red eyes. He had yellow eyes instead.
* Classics Thrust is one of the only modern [[Hasbro]]-produced figures to have label [[stickers]].

==Footnotes==
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==External links==
*[http://tfu.info/1985/Decepticon/Thrust/thrust.htm Thrust at TFU.info]

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

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Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)

2008-05-12T22:21:32Z

147.140.233.16: /* Planet X Deluxes */

{{nav-cybertron}}
==Overview==
Autobots and Decepticons face their ongoing battle to destroy each other's forces in a world where once-fundamental rules are valid no longer. The do not feud over Energon; now they fight to recover four ancient artifacts of great power: the Cyber Planet Keys, dormant for ages on Earth, Speed, Jungle, and Giant Planets. Unicron is no more; in his place, sheer empty Void without will or being, in the form of a massive black hole, threatens to devour the entire universe. The conflict, too, draws many to itself, as whole worlds of previously unknown neutrals join forces with either side. Even time proves no barrier, and figures from the forgotten past appear to join the fight against universal extinction!

==Toyline overview==
There are six planets, two factions, and one unifying feature: the cyber key. These clear-plastic disks with key-like projections now activate special weapons and hidden features, much like the [[Mini-Con]]s of ''Armada'', even on most figures remolded from previous lines. [[Redeco]]s, like the Cybertron release of [[Armada|''Armada'']]'s [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Super-Con Optimus Prime]], come with remolded keys that have a mini-con connector to unlock gimmicks. The gimmicks are less intrusive than ''Armada''; articulation suffers far less for their inclusion, though some lower-priced figures do lack a little when compared to ''Energon''. Combination has largely disappeared -- but not completely. Each toy is assigned a planet. This determines which Cyber Key is included, but also seems to correlate with some design choices, as will be seen below. Each Cyber Key comes with a code printed on the back. For a list of codes, go to [[Cyber Key Codes]].

===Earth Planet toy overview===
These generally convert into fairly normal Earth vehicles. Robot modes are angular and normally proportioned for humanoid transformers. Faces are traditionally styled.

===Speed Planet toy overview===
Alternate modes are fantasy racing vehicles, with transparent plastic tires. Vehicle modes are futuristic and occasionally [[Vehicon]]-like in appearance. The Speed Planet robots have their own unique body proportions, generally featuring large upper bodies, long thighs and thin waists.

===Jungle Planet toy overview===
Jungle Planet alternate modes are robotic beasts. Their styling is sometimes very organic in shape and even in texture, but not really to the point of techno-organism. Robot modes and faces are widely varied, and hark back to the Beast Era in creative differences from the "standard" humanoid model. Jungle Planet designs: [[Beast Wars|''Beast Wars'']] Transmetals or [[Beast Machines|''Beast Machines'']] Maximals (sharing something of the "liquid metal animal" aesthetic), per the above analogy.

===Giant Planet toy overview===
Giant Planet robots are gargantuan in appearance, relying on detail and proportion to create an impression of massive size. The Giant Planet toys are roughly in scale with the Legends of Cybertron figures. Of the Giant Planet toys released, two ([[Metroplex (Cybertron)|Metroplex]] and [[Menasor (Cybertron)|Menasor]]) are almost completely alien in appearance, while [[Quickmix (Cybertron)|Quickmix]] and the [[Giant Planet Mini-Con Team]] are fairly "normal", like everyday Earth vehicles.

===Planet X toy overview===
Alternate modes are usually futuristic jets, with the exception being Unicron (who is a futuristic tank). It's somewhat difficult to draw conclusions when only three toys from this planet were released. In general, these are alien in appearance, even more so than the Speed or Giant Planet toys.

===Cybertron Planet toy overview===
Cybertron Planet toys are the "everything else" category. There are two distinct Planet Keys for Cybertron: one with an Autobot symbol and the other with a Decepticon insignia. Toys with Cybertron Planet Keys range from normal to futuristic. This category usually represents characters who are either part of the "original" Autobot and Decepticon teams searching for the Planet Keys, or those who never left or have an affinity for Cybertron (such as [[Buzzsaw (Cybertron)|Buzzsaw]] or [[Longrack (Cybertron)|Longrack]]). The unique keys carried by Optimus and Megatron arguably belong in this category, despite being labeled as Earth Planet in their original releases (or Giant and Universal with their respective redecos).

==Autobot==

===Legends of Cybertron===
*[[Red Alert (Armada)|Cybertron Defense Red Alert]] (rocket transport truck)
*[[Evac]] (rescue helicopter)
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (blue or red sportscar)
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (cargo jet)
*[[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] (lion)
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] (fire engine)
*[[Vector Prime]] (space cruiser)

===Scout Class===
====Cybertron Planet Scouts====
*[[Recon Mini-Con Team]]
**[[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] (helicopter)
**[[Reverb]] (offroad pickup truck)
**[[Six-Speed]] (formula racer)

====Earth Planet Scouts====
*[[Armorhide (Cybertron)|Armorhide]] (tractor trailer cab)
*[[Hightail]] (touring motorcycle)
*[[Scattorshot]] (halftrack APC)

====Jungle Planet Scouts====
*[[Backstop]] (rhinoceros)
*[[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Overhaul]] (offroad jeep)
*[[Repugnus (Cybertron)|Repugnus]] (''Spinosaurus'')

====Speed Planet Scouts====
*[[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown]] (drag racer)
*[[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown GTS]] (drag racer)
*[[Clocker (Cybertron)|Clocker]] (race car)
*[[Street Speed Mini-Con Team]]
**[[Backtrack]] (sportscar)
**[[Oval]] (sportscar)
**[[Spiral]] (sportscar)
*[[Swerve (Cybertron)|Swerve]] (race car)

===Deluxe===
====Cybertron Deluxes====
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Cybertron Defense Hot Shot]] (armored combat vehicle)
*[[Longrack (Cybertron)|Longrack]] (power shovel)

====Earth Planet Deluxes====
*[[Crosswise (Cybertron)|Crosswise]] (sportscar)
*[[Downshift (Energon)|Downshift]] (muscle car)
*[[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (front-end loader)
*[[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (rescue SUV)

====Jungle Planet Deluxes====
*[[Snarl (Cybertron)|Snarl]] (wolf)

====Planet X Deluxes====
*[[Sideways]] (space fighter)

====Speed Planet Deluxes====
*[[Blurr (Cybertron)|Blurr]] (sportscar)
*[[Excellion]] (sportscar)
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (sportscar)
*[[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] (race car)
*[[Override (Cybertron)|Override GTS]] (race car)

===Voyager Class===
====Cybertron Voyagers====
*[[Scattorshot|Cybertron Defense Scattorshot]] (tracked missile platform)
*[[Vector Prime]] (space cruiser) w/[[Mini-Con]] [[Safeguard]] (space fighter)

====Earth Planet Voyagers====
*[[Evac]] (rescue helicopter)

====Giant Planet Voyagers====
*[[Quickmix (Cybertron)|Quickmix]] (cement mixer) w/[[Minicon]] [[Stripmine (UT)|Stripmine]] (drill tank)

====Jungle Planet Voyagers====
*[[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] (lion)

===Ultra Class===
====Cybertron Ultras====
*[[Red Alert (Armada)|Cybertron Defense Red Alert]] (rocket transport truck)
*[[Wing Saber]] (fighter jet)

====Earth Planet Ultras====
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (cargo jet)

===Leader Class===
====Earth Planet Leaders====
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] (fire engine)
====Giant Planet Leaders====
*[[Metroplex (Cybertron)|Metroplex]] (bucket wheel excavator) w/[[Mini-Con]] [[Drill Bit (Cybertron)|Drill Bit]] (drilling vehicle)

=== Supreme Class ===

==== Cybertron Supremes ====
Primus ([[Cybertron]]/battle station)

==Decepticon==

===Legends of Cybertron===
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] (race car/fighter jet)
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] (race car/fighter jet)
*[[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] (dragon)
*[[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]] (stealth fighter)
*[[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] (fighter jet)
*[[Sunstorm (LOC)|Sunstorm]] (fighter jet)
*[[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] (fighter jet)

===Scout Class===
====Cybertron Scouts====
*[[Scrapmetal]] (spider tank)

====Earth Planet Scouts====
*[[Brushguard]] (offroad jeep)
*[[Hardtop]] (combat dune buggy)
*[[Lugnutz]] (touring motorcycle)
*[[Shortround]] (hovercraft)
*[[Swindle (Cybertron)|Swindle]] (combat dune buggy)

====Giant Planet Scouts====
*[[Giant Planet Mini-Con Team]]
**[[Overcast (Cybertron)|Overcast]] (military cargo plane)
**[[Longarm (Cybertron)|Longarm]] (double-crane truck)
**[[Deepdive]] (submarine)

====Jungle Planet Scouts====
*[[Undermine]] (''Spinosaurus'')
*[[Wreckloose]] (monitor lizard)

====Speed Planet Scouts====
*[[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] (racing motorcycle)
*Ransack GTS (racing motorcycle)

===Deluxe===
====Cybertron Deluxes====
*[[Buzzsaw (Cybertron)|Buzzsaw]] (helicopter)

====Earth Planet Deluxes====
*[[Cannonball]] (station wagon)
*[[Runamuck (Cybertron)|Runamuck]] (muscle car)
*[[Skywarp (Armada)|Skywarp]] (fighter plane)
*[[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]] (combat speedboat)
*[[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] (fighter plane)

====Jungle Planet Deluxes====
*[[Brimstone]] (''Pteranodon'')

====Planet X Deluxes====
*[[Sideways]] (space fighter)
*[[Unicron]] (tank)

====Speed Planet Deluxes====
*[[Dirt Boss (Cybertron)|Dirt Boss]] (monster truck)
*[[Dark Nitro Convoy]] (race car)

===Voyager Class===
====Cybertron Voyagers====
*[[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] (fighter jet)
**(Toys 'R' US exlusive two-pack w/Vector Prime)
====Earth Planet Voyagers====
*[[Mudflap]] (crane truck)
====Planet X Voyager====
*[[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]] (stealth fighter) w/ [[Mini-Con]] [[Laserbeak (Cybertron)|Laserbeak]] (condor)

====Speed Planet Voyagers====
*[[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] (trike racer)
*[[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Dark Crumplezone]] (trike racer)

====Jungle Planet Voyagers====
*[[Nemesis Breaker]] (lion)

===Ultra===
====Earth Planet Ultras====
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Sky Shadow]] (cargo jet)

====Giant Planet Ultras====
*[[Menasor (Cybertron)|Menasor]] (drill tank) w/[[Minicon]] [[Heavy Load (UT)|Heavy Load]] (dump truck)

====Jungle Planet Ultras====
*[[Scorponok (Energon)|Dark Scorponok]] (construction vehicle/jet)
*[[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] (dragon)

===Leader Class===

====Earth Planet Leaders====
[[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] (race car/fighter jet)

====Giant Planet Leaders====
[[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] (race car/fighter jet)

===Supreme===
====Earth Planet Supremes====
*[[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] (fighter jet)

==Minicon==
===Versus Packs===
====Sky Attack Team vs. Air Defense Team====
*[[Razorclaw (Cybertron)|Razorclaw]] (stealth bomber) vs. [[Steamhammer (Cybertron)|Steamhammer]] (armored personnel carrier)
*[[Shockwave (Cybertron)|Shockwave]] (recon jet) vs. [[Tankor (Cybertron)|Tankor]] (tracked missile platform)
*[[Sky Lynx (Cybertron)|Sky Lynx]] (cargo jet) vs. [[Thunderblast (Mini-Con)|Thunderblast]] (missile transport)

====Lunar Assault Team vs. Exploration Team====
*[[Kobushi]] (dune buggy) vs. [[Landslide]] (excavator)
*[[Payload (Cybertron)|Payload]] (jeep) vs. [[Ascentor]] (tank)
*[[Scattorbrain]] (snowcat) vs. [[Monocle]] (mining vehicle)
====Sky Terror Team vs. Mini-Con Council of Sages====
*[[Ramjet (Cybertron)|Ramjet]] (space shuttle) vs. [[Scythe]] (VTOL plane)
*[[Sunstorm (Mini-Con)|Sunstorm]] (supersonic bomber) vs. [[Checkpoint (Cybertron)|Checkpoint]] (police cruiser)
*[[Thrust (Cybertron)|Thrust]] (Concorde) vs. [[Anti-Blaze]] (fire engine)
====Deep Space Team vs. Street Action Team====
*[[Scrap Iron]] (space station) vs. [[Grindor]] (hoverboard)
*[[Blastcharge (Cybertron)|Blastcharge]] (rocket transporter) vs. [[High Wire]] (motorbike)
*[[Backblast]] (rocket) vs. [[Sureshock]] (four-wheeler))

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Call of the Primitives

2008-04-29T17:14:30Z

147.140.233.16: /* Continuity errors */

[[Image:PrimitiveCall.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Prim and Proper]]
{{episodenav|g1|season=3|26|prev=Money Is Everything|next=The Face of the Nijika}}

All Transformers with animal modes are summoned to battle a being called [[Tornedron]], the little brother of [[Unicron]].

==Detailed synopsis==
[[Image:AutobotsCall.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Having your energy drained changes your paint job.]]

Somewhere, an energy creature begins feeding off other forms of energy--slowly, at first. Then his creator gives him an [[Energon cube]]. The creature grows and spreads out into the universe. Soon, it attacks [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. The [[Autobot]]s attack it, but it simply drains their energy from them. The creature's creator is pleased with him, saying he's done better than his predecessor, [[Unicron]].

[[Image:Ejectcall.jpg|150px|thumb|right|Sorry, I ejected too soon]]

On [[Earth]]'s [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], [[Rodimus Prime]] is leading a group of Autobots against the [[Decepticon]]s. However, the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s, [[Predacon (G1)|Predacon]]s, [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]]s, [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]], [[Trypticon]], and the animal-form [[Mini-Cassette]]s are all summoned by a mysterious voice. They leave the battle, and [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] orders a retreat. Suddenly, the energy creature arrives and drains the energy from both the Autobots and Decepticons (including Rodimus Prime and Galvatron), as well as Earth and the Moon.

Most of the departed Transformers are riding Trypticon. Naturally, tempers flare after [[Headstrong]] picks a fight with the Dinobots by insulting [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], so [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] suggests they stomp him. The Preds stick with their teammate and fight the Dinobots, and the Terrorcons decide to fight everyone. At Sky Lynx's suggestion, Trypticon shakes himself and causes his passengers to stop fighting. They arrive on an ancient planet near the center of the galaxy. After touching down, Sky Lynx assumes command of the group, despite the objections of [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] and [[Hun-Gurrr]]. Finding a cave, they encounter [[Oracle (G1)|a strange entity]]. He explains that he summoned the [[Primitive]]s, all animal-based Transformers, to come to fight Tornedron, the energy being who was created by [[Primacron]]. The entity, who was once Primacron's assistant, explains how Primacron created Unicron but was nearly destroyed by his creation. After Unicron's defeat, Primacron created Tornedron as a replacement. Primacron's assistant hopes that the Primitives' simple instincts will allow them to defeat Primacon's complex plans.

[[Image:Terrorconcall.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Ptooie]]

Suddenly, Tornedron arrives and drains Trypticon of his energy. Trypticon crashes, and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] is believed destroyed. Sky Lynx attacks, only to have his energy drained as well. [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] leads the Dinobots in retreat, while the other Primitives split up. Tornedron separates into four parts to track them down. He easily dispatches the Mini-Cassettes, chewing on [[Ratbat]] in the process. [[Headstrong]] declares that it would be better to [[Furmanism|fight and die]], and the Predacons form [[Predaking]]. Their energy is sucked away as well. The Terrorcons try to fight back, but are also drained. The Dinobots ambush Tornedron, but they too are dispatched. Unknown to Tornedron and Primacron, however, Grimlock has survived, and he follows them.

[[Image:Tornedroncall.jpg|150px|thumb|right|Two scoops of raisins]]

At his base, Primacron is having trouble controlling Tornedron. Tornedron declares that he intends to feed on Primacron, and that all of Primacron's failsafes have failed. Grimlock breaks into Primacron's lab to find that Primacron is a tiny little alien...thing. Grimlock orders Primacron to reverse his damage, but Primacron declares that he's tried everything. Grimlock fixes things easily: He throws the reverse switch, which reverses Tornedron's energy polarity, restoring the energy to the drained Transformers and planets. In celebration, Grimlock destroys Primacron's lab, declaring it the smartest thing he's ever done.
{{-}}

==Stats==
'''Original airdate:''' 18th of November, 1986

'''Production number:''' # 700-112

'''Written by:''' [[Donald F. Glut]]

===Featured Characters===
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"
! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobots]]
! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticons]]
! style="background:antiquewhite" | [[Human|Humans]]
! style="background:#FFEEB8" | Others
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
*[[Springer]] (15)
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (16)
*[[Rodimus Prime]] (17)
*[[Slag]] (19)
*[[Snarl]] (20)
*[[Grimlock]] (21)
*[[Sludge]] (22)
*[[Blaster]] (23)
*[[Kup]] (25)
*[[Cliffjumper]] (26)
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (27)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (28)
*[[Wheelie]] (29)
*[[Blades]] (30)
*[[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]] (31)
*[[Swoop]] (32)
*[[Sky Lynx]] (36)
*[[Ramhorn]] (42)
*[[Steeljaw]] (43)

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
*[[Sweeps]] (3)
*[[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]] (4)
*[[Razorclaw]] (5)
*[[Galvatron]] (6)
*[[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] (7)
*[[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] (8)
*[[Hun-Gurrr]] (9)
*[[Rippersnapper]] (10)
*[[Sinnertwin]] (11)
*[[Blot]] (12)
*[[Cutthroat]] (13)
*[[Divebomb]] (14)
*[[Tantrum]] (18)
*[[Headstrong]] (24)
*[[Abominus]] (33)
*[[Predaking]] (34)
*[[Trypticon]] (35)
*[[Soundwave]] (37)
*[[Ravage]] (38)
*[[Ratbat]] (39)
*[[Slugfest]] (40)
*[[Overkill]] (41)

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" |

| style="background:#FFEEB8" valign="top" |
*[[Primacron]] (1)
*[[Tornedron]] (2)
*[[Oracle (G1)|The Oracle]] (44)
*[[Unicron]] (45)

|}

==Notable quotes==
"Now remember, before you do anything, think, 'Is this what Sky Lynx would do in my position?', and you will not go far wrong."
:{{m-}}'''Sky Lynx's''' sensible instructions to the rest of the Primitives.

"I have summoned you here to tell you a tale from long ago."<br>
"Oh, me Grimlock love long ago tales!"<br>
"Then allow me to tell it."
:{{m-}}The '''Oracle''' slaps '''Grimlock''' into place.

"Suffer my rage, monster! I will show you no mercy! You will rue the day you crossed Sky{{m-}}aaahhh!"
:{{m-}}'''Sky Lynx's''' righteous fury at the deaths of Trypticon and Grimlock.

'''Headstrong:''' Sky Lynx is destroyed! Who will lead us now?<br>
'''Slag:''' I Slag lead Dinobots away till I get better idea.<br>
'''Hun-Gurrr:''' Best idea yet! We run too!<br>
:{{m-}}Strategy is not their strong suit.

'''Headstrong:''' I detest fleeing, I would rather die fighting!<br>
'''Razorclaw:''' He is right! Predacons, unite!<br>
''(The Predacons combine.)''<br>
'''Predaking:''' Tornedron... face Predaking! To the end!<br>
:{{m-}}The Preedacons decide that [[Furmanism|it is better to fight and die than live with the knowledge that they ran]].

"Only you can save the world now, Grimlock."<br>
"Me Grimlock feel important!"
:{{m-}}The '''Oracle''' rests the fate of... erm, the universe, on '''Grimlock's''' shoulders.

"You stupid--!"<br>
"Why you call Grimlock stupid?"<br>
"You've ruined my lab!"<br>
"Me Grimlock think is smartest thing me Grimlock ever do!"
:{{m-}}'''Primacron's''' reaction to '''Grimlock's''' celebratory destruction of his lab.

==Other Notes==
[[Image:Unicroncall.jpg|150px|thumb|Where am I from?]]

* The art style in this episode is very different from all others in the Generation 1 series, with stylized "anime-like" character models and proportions. In fact, the character models for this episode are based on the Studio Ox designs rather than the standard animation models used for the other episodes of the series. It is widely believed that this lone episode was animated by [[Tokyo Movie Shinsha]], though little evidence has been found to confirm this.
*In Japanese continuity, the scene where the Primitives encounter the [[Oracle (G1)|Oracle]] is set in the past; apparently, the Primitives arrived there via time travel. This is done to accommodate the idea that the Oracle later evolved into [[Vector Sigma]] and later [[Primus]]. Yeah, gotta love the Japanese.

===Animation and/or technical glitches===

* When the Dinobots are being summoned, [[Sludge]] is referred to as [[Sweep]].

===Continuity errors===
[[Image:TVMagazineOverkill.jpg|thumb|right|150px|We're ready for our big scene-they what?]]

[[Image:Windcharger-COTP01.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Yo, [[Kup]]! [[Windcharger|I]] just got better!]]
* When summoning the Primitives, they forgot all about[[Laserbeak (G1)| Laserbeak]] and [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]]! Instead, Soundwave unleashes two new cassette Decepticons: [[Slugfest]] and [[Overkill]]...who are then never seen again. Gee. This didn't stop [[TV Magazine]] from proudly displaying them as if they were the stars of the episode though.
* [[Windcharger]] is seen running around on Cybertron, despite having been killed in [[The Transformers: The Movie (1986)|the Transformers movie]]. But hey, [[Ironhide (G1)|that]] [[Prowl (G1)|happens]] [[Wheeljack (G1)|all]] [[Brawn|the]] [[Huffer|time]].
{{-}}

===Transformers references===
* This episode marks the last appearance of the Dinobots, Trypticon, Ravage, and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] in the western cartoon...bummer.

===Real-world references===
* References

===Miscellaneous trivia===
[[Image:Firecall.jpg|150px|thumb|right|Me Grimlock like Predacons and Terrorcons Cajun style]]

* Unicron's origin is a bit...random.
* When Grimlock uses his [[flame breath]] on the Predacons and Terrorcons, they start to ''cough''...cause that's what you do when you're being hit with fire reaching several hundred degrees.
*This episode seems to resolidify the Dinobots' position as freakishly powerful (which took a beating in Season 3), as Grimlock alone seems to be a match for three Terrorcons and two Predacons, and the only Autobot sent flying is Swoop, who takes a blast to the chest early on. Also, the Dinobots seem to handle Tornedron with the most finesse.

===Keywords===
(''separate by commas and link each one so a page can be created for it if it does not already exist'')

==External links==
* [http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/synopses/call_of_the_primitives.html Dossier at the Cybertron Chronicle]

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Call of the Primitives

2008-04-28T23:05:42Z

147.140.233.16: /* Continuity errors */

[[Image:PrimitiveCall.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Prim and Proper]]
{{episodenav|g1|season=3|26|prev=Money Is Everything|next=The Face of the Nijika}}

All Transformers with animal modes are summoned to battle a being called [[Tornedron]], the little brother of [[Unicron]].

==Detailed synopsis==
[[Image:AutobotsCall.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Having your energy drained changes your paint job.]]

Somewhere, an energy creature begins feeding off other forms of energy--slowly, at first. Then his creator gives him an [[Energon cube]]. The creature grows and spreads out into the universe. Soon, it attacks [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. The [[Autobot]]s attack it, but it simply drains their energy from them. The creature's creator is pleased with him, saying he's done better than his predecessor, [[Unicron]].

[[Image:Ejectcall.jpg|150px|thumb|right|Sorry, I ejected too soon]]

On [[Earth]]'s [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], [[Rodimus Prime]] is leading a group of Autobots against the [[Decepticon]]s. However, the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s, [[Predacon (G1)|Predacon]]s, [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]]s, [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]], [[Trypticon]], and the animal-form [[Mini-Cassette]]s are all summoned by a mysterious voice. They leave the battle, and [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] orders a retreat. Suddenly, the energy creature arrives and drains the energy from both the Autobots and Decepticons (including Rodimus Prime and Galvatron), as well as Earth and the Moon.

Most of the departed Transformers are riding Trypticon. Naturally, tempers flare after [[Headstrong]] picks a fight with the Dinobots by insulting [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], so [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] suggests they stomp him. The Preds stick with their teammate and fight the Dinobots, and the Terrorcons decide to fight everyone. At Sky Lynx's suggestion, Trypticon shakes himself and causes his passengers to stop fighting. They arrive on an ancient planet near the center of the galaxy. After touching down, Sky Lynx assumes command of the group, despite the objections of [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] and [[Hun-Gurrr]]. Finding a cave, they encounter [[Oracle (G1)|a strange entity]]. He explains that he summoned the [[Primitive]]s, all animal-based Transformers, to come to fight Tornedron, the energy being who was created by [[Primacron]]. The entity, who was once Primacron's assistant, explains how Primacron created Unicron but was nearly destroyed by his creation. After Unicron's defeat, Primacron created Tornedron as a replacement. Primacron's assistant hopes that the Primitives' simple instincts will allow them to defeat Primacon's complex plans.

[[Image:Terrorconcall.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Ptooie]]

Suddenly, Tornedron arrives and drains Trypticon of his energy. Trypticon crashes, and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] is believed destroyed. Sky Lynx attacks, only to have his energy drained as well. [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] leads the Dinobots in retreat, while the other Primitives split up. Tornedron separates into four parts to track them down. He easily dispatches the Mini-Cassettes, chewing on [[Ratbat]] in the process. [[Headstrong]] declares that it would be better to [[Furmanism|fight and die]], and the Predacons form [[Predaking]]. Their energy is sucked away as well. The Terrorcons try to fight back, but are also drained. The Dinobots ambush Tornedron, but they too are dispatched. Unknown to Tornedron and Primacron, however, Grimlock has survived, and he follows them.

[[Image:Tornedroncall.jpg|150px|thumb|right|Two scoops of raisins]]

At his base, Primacron is having trouble controlling Tornedron. Tornedron declares that he intends to feed on Primacron, and that all of Primacron's failsafes have failed. Grimlock breaks into Primacron's lab to find that Primacron is a tiny little alien...thing. Grimlock orders Primacron to reverse his damage, but Primacron declares that he's tried everything. Grimlock fixes things easily: He throws the reverse switch, which reverses Tornedron's energy polarity, restoring the energy to the drained Transformers and planets. In celebration, Grimlock destroys Primacron's lab, declaring it the smartest thing he's ever done.
{{-}}

==Stats==
'''Original airdate:''' 18th of November, 1986

'''Production number:''' # 700-112

'''Written by:''' [[Donald F. Glut]]

===Featured Characters===
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"
! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobots]]
! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticons]]
! style="background:antiquewhite" | [[Human|Humans]]
! style="background:#FFEEB8" | Others
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
*[[Springer]] (15)
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (16)
*[[Rodimus Prime]] (17)
*[[Slag]] (19)
*[[Snarl]] (20)
*[[Grimlock]] (21)
*[[Sludge]] (22)
*[[Blaster]] (23)
*[[Kup]] (25)
*[[Cliffjumper]] (26)
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (27)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (28)
*[[Wheelie]] (29)
*[[Blades]] (30)
*[[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]] (31)
*[[Swoop]] (32)
*[[Sky Lynx]] (36)
*[[Ramhorn]] (42)
*[[Steeljaw]] (43)

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
*[[Sweeps]] (3)
*[[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]] (4)
*[[Razorclaw]] (5)
*[[Galvatron]] (6)
*[[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] (7)
*[[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] (8)
*[[Hun-Gurrr]] (9)
*[[Rippersnapper]] (10)
*[[Sinnertwin]] (11)
*[[Blot]] (12)
*[[Cutthroat]] (13)
*[[Divebomb]] (14)
*[[Tantrum]] (18)
*[[Headstrong]] (24)
*[[Abominus]] (33)
*[[Predaking]] (34)
*[[Trypticon]] (35)
*[[Soundwave]] (37)
*[[Ravage]] (38)
*[[Ratbat]] (39)
*[[Slugfest]] (40)
*[[Overkill]] (41)

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" |

| style="background:#FFEEB8" valign="top" |
*[[Primacron]] (1)
*[[Tornedron]] (2)
*[[Oracle (G1)|The Oracle]] (44)
*[[Unicron]] (45)

|}

==Notable quotes==
"Now remember, before you do anything, think, 'Is this what Sky Lynx would do in my position?', and you will not go far wrong."
:{{m-}}'''Sky Lynx's''' sensible instructions to the rest of the Primitives.

"I have summoned you here to tell you a tale from long ago."<br>
"Oh, me Grimlock love long ago tales!"<br>
"Then allow me to tell it."
:{{m-}}The '''Oracle''' slaps '''Grimlock''' into place.

"Suffer my rage, monster! I will show you no mercy! You will rue the day you crossed Sky{{m-}}aaahhh!"
:{{m-}}'''Sky Lynx's''' righteous fury at the deaths of Trypticon and Grimlock.

'''Headstrong:''' Sky Lynx is destroyed! Who will lead us now?<br>
'''Slag:''' I Slag lead Dinobots away till I get better idea.<br>
'''Hun-Gurrr:''' Best idea yet! We run too!<br>
:{{m-}}Strategy is not their strong suit.

'''Headstrong:''' I detest fleeing, I would rather die fighting!<br>
'''Razorclaw:''' He is right! Predacons, unite!<br>
''(The Predacons combine.)''<br>
'''Predaking:''' Tornedron... face Predaking! To the end!<br>
:{{m-}}The Preedacons decide that [[Furmanism|it is better to fight and die than live with the knowledge that they ran]].

"Only you can save the world now, Grimlock."<br>
"Me Grimlock feel important!"
:{{m-}}The '''Oracle''' rests the fate of... erm, the universe, on '''Grimlock's''' shoulders.

"You stupid--!"<br>
"Why you call Grimlock stupid?"<br>
"You've ruined my lab!"<br>
"Me Grimlock think is smartest thing me Grimlock ever do!"
:{{m-}}'''Primacron's''' reaction to '''Grimlock's''' celebratory destruction of his lab.

==Other Notes==
[[Image:Unicroncall.jpg|150px|thumb|Where am I from?]]

* The art style in this episode is very different from all others in the Generation 1 series, with stylized "anime-like" character models and proportions. In fact, the character models for this episode are based on the Studio Ox designs rather than the standard animation models used for the other episodes of the series. It is widely believed that this lone episode was animated by [[Tokyo Movie Shinsha]], though little evidence has been found to confirm this.
*In Japanese continuity, the scene where the Primitives encounter the [[Oracle (G1)|Oracle]] is set in the past; apparently, the Primitives arrived there via time travel. This is done to accommodate the idea that the Oracle later evolved into [[Vector Sigma]] and later [[Primus]]. Yeah, gotta love the Japanese.

===Animation and/or technical glitches===

* When the Dinobots are being summoned, [[Sludge]] is referred to as [[Sweep]].

===Continuity errors===
[[Image:TVMagazineOverkill.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[We're ready for big scene-they what?]]

[[Image:Windcharger-COTP01.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Yo, [[Kup]]! [[Windcharger|I]] just got better!]]
* When summoning the Primitives, they forgot all about[[Laserbeak (G1)| Laserbeak]] and [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]]! Instead, Soundwave unleashes two new cassette Decepticons: [[Slugfest]] and [[Overkill]]...who are then never seen again. Gee. This didn't stop [[TV Magazine]] from proudly displaying them as if they were the stars of the episode though.
* [[Windcharger]] is seen running around on Cybertron, despite having been killed in [[The Transformers: The Movie (1986)|the Transformers movie]]. But hey, [[Ironhide (G1)|that]] [[Prowl (G1)|happens]] [[Wheeljack (G1)|all]] [[Brawn|the]] [[Huffer|time]].

===Transformers references===
* This episode marks the last appearance of the Dinobots, Trypticon, Ravage, and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] in the western cartoon...bummer.

===Real-world references===
* References

===Miscellaneous trivia===
[[Image:Firecall.jpg|150px|thumb|right|Me Grimlock like Predacons and Terrorcons Cajun style]]

* Unicron's origin is a bit...random.
* When Grimlock uses his [[flame breath]] on the Predacons and Terrorcons, they start to ''cough''...cause that's what you do when you're being hit with fire reaching several hundred degrees.
*This episode seems to resolidify the Dinobots' position as freakishly powerful (which took a beating in Season 3), as Grimlock alone seems to be a match for three Terrorcons and two Predacons, and the only Autobot sent flying is Swoop, who takes a blast to the chest early on. Also, the Dinobots seem to handle Tornedron with the most finesse.

===Keywords===
(''separate by commas and link each one so a page can be created for it if it does not already exist'')

==External links==
* [http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/synopses/call_of_the_primitives.html Dossier at the Cybertron Chronicle]

{{epstub}}

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Topspin (G1)

2008-04-16T17:26:28Z

147.140.233.16: /* Trivia */

{{disambig2|the Generation 1 Autobot|the Transformers Fan Club freebie|Topspin (Transtech)}}

:''Topspin is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Topspin_(multi-mode).jpg|right|thumb|250px|Flies like a brick! A brick with wings!]]

Facing off against Decepticons isn't nearly enough of a challenge for '''Topspin'''. He'd rather pit himself against Nature itself. No mountain is tall enough, no river treacherous enough to give him pause. Alone against rough terrain, be it on land or in the sea, is where this [[Wrecker]]'s fuel pump really gets going. Though he loves the challenge he's not fixated on conquering new terrain, he simply enjoys pitting himself against it, as he says, "The thrill is in the journey."

As a [[Jumpstarter]], Topspin can transform between modes in a fraction of an instant, significantly faster than most Transformers.

:''French-Canadian name:'' '''Virevolteur'''

==Fiction==

===Marvel Comics===
{{noteukonly}}

''Topspin was a member of the elite Autobot force the [[Wreckers]]. Topspin played a bit-part in [[Operation Volcano]]. After delivering a few pointless lines to establish his personality, he achieves very little until he suffers from a bad case of death by [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] in the [[Time Wars]], being the first of many casualties inflicted upon the hopelessly out matched Wreckers and [[Mayhem Attack Squad|Mayhems]]. Topspin isn't seen again... at least, with his head attached.''

{{note|In the first UK Annual, the Jumpstarters were depicted on [[Earth]] operating with [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and the [[Ark]]'s crew. This does not fit into their history as Wreckers on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], and must be considered out of [[continuity]] from the rest of the UK stories.}}

====Marvel UK future timelines====

''In the year 2510, Topspin witness the end of the old war and the start of a new one. With the last Decepticon destroyed, the Autobots began arguing among themselves as to whether Springer or Ultra Magnus should be [[Rodimus Prime]]'s chosen successor. A scuffle broke out and casualties happened on both sides, leading to a new Autobot Civil War between the [[Technobot]]s and the Wreckers, with Rodimus sitting in the middle of the war zone bawling like a baby. {{storylink|Peace}}''

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
In the Dark Ages, Topspin split off from the Autobots with his fellow Wreckers to act as an independent faction. Under [[Springer]]'s command, they frequently clashed with [[Ratbat]]'s [[Ultracons]] for territorial control, especially in the manufacturing area known as the [[Tagan Heights]]. {{storylink|The War Within: The Dark Ages}}

In the modern era, Topspin continued serving with the Wreckers in the new Unified Cybertronian forces. The Wreckers now operated under [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] as his personal guard. {{storylink|Brothers' Burden}} When the [[Stunticon]]s were unleashed on Cybertron as [[Menasor]], the Wreckers took arms to bring him down. After Twin Twist drilled the combiner in the foot and brought him down to ground level, Topspin shot Menasor right in the face with his electro-blasters. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}} The Jumpstarters remained in Magnus's command after [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave's]] deposing. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

===IDW comics continuity===

Topspin fired heavy artillery on [[Varas Centralus]]. He medically treated [[Nosecone]] on Cybertron. Voiced "the Wreckers" PR campaign to the [[Technobots]] (Leave it to the professionals). He also led the hit and run against [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]. He is a true Robot Of All Trades. {{storylink|Stormbringer}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Topspin''' (Jumpstarter, 1985)

: Topspin transforms into a Cybertronic air-skiff. He features a pull-back motor in vehicle mode that propels him forward on smooth surfaces; after a short run the latch that keeps his spring-loaded legs releases, causing him to flip forward and into upright robot mode.

: This mold was used to make [[Salt-Man X]] and [[Robot-Man X]].

==Trivia==
[[Image:TopspinCharDesign.jpg|right|thumb|150px|I have to talk to my agent.]]

* The portraits of Topspin and [[Twin Twist]] on their box-back tech-specs were originally reversed, causing some children a bit of confusion. This was eventually fixed.

* Early versions of Topspin contain the letters "D.A.R." on the wings. There are a holdover from the original pre-''Transformers'' ''[[Diaclone]]'' release, where the Jumpstarters were called "Diaclone Attack Robo".

* Cartoon character sheets were created for both Topspin and Twin Twist back in the '80s, but they were never animated, not even in a commercial.

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/1985/Autobot/Topspin/topspin.htm Topspin at TFU.info]

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Hot Spot (G1)

2008-04-10T22:30:24Z

147.140.233.16:

{{picsneeded|Toy pix}}
{{disambig3|Hot Spot}}
:''Hot Spot is an [[Autobot]] and a [[Protectobot]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Hotspot-transformersuniverse.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Drawn with glass chestplates, for some reason.]]

'''Hot Spot''' leads by example. Whether it's a raging battle or a raging fire, he's right in the thick of things -- and that's where he's happiest. While many Autobots get into trouble by not thinking in combat, Hot Spot is a natural warrior who excels at fighting on instinct alone. His fellow Protectobots find his endless energy inspiring (though a bit exhausting), letting Hot Spot command even the most philosophically different of robots like [[Blades]] and [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] as a tight and effective unit. He's a tough fighter to boot -- strong, well-armed and well-armored.

'''Hot Spot''' can combine with his fellow [[Protectobots]] to form [[Defensor]].

:''French-Canadian name'': '''Calorifêro'''<br>
:''Italian name'': '''Drago'''

==Fiction==
===Marvel comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
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[[Image:Hotspot-g1issue35.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Now I've set the timer to ten seconds, so I'll just get in between you guys and -- dammit! Not again!"]]

Hot Spot and the other Protectobots were created on Earth by [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and the Autobots after they stole a recording of [[Devastator|Devastator's]] combiner transformation sequence and modified it {{storylink|Command Performances!}}''(and after [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Buster Witwicky]] shared a [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]-induced vision of the future with the [[Special Teams]] in it) {{storylink|Second Generation!}}''.

Hot Spot accompanied Optimus Prime and his fellow Protectobots to [[Energy Futures Industries]], where they squared off against Megatron and the Combaticons to prevent them from stealing the [[hydrothermocline]], a potentially limitless supply of energy. To prevent property damage and potential civilian casualties, the Autobots agreed to be uploaded into a virtual fantasy world in EFI's computer systems by [[Ethan Zachary]], a [[human]] programmer on site. Similarly, the Decepticons agreed so that the hydrothermocline would remain intact. The game scenario was arranged so that the "death" of either Optimus or Megatron would end the game. Once inside "[[Multi-World]]", Hot Spot convinced Optimus Prime to remain behind while the Protectobots eliminated the potential threats. Hot Spot himself did battle with his opposite number, [[Onslaught]], in the region known as the Slimepit. Despite the hindrance the bog caused, Hot Spot still held true to Autobot ideals and threw himself in harms' way to protect the virtual inhabitants of Multi-World. In turn, they carried him to safety away from Onslaught, giving him the advantage he needed to defeat the [[Combaticon]]. Despite their efforts, though, Optimus Prime ended up dying on this mission, and the Protectobots brought him back to the Ark for his funeral. {{storylink|Afterdeath!}}

Months later, under the new leadership of [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], Hot Spot and the Protectobots were ordered to hunt down and apprehend the AWOL Autobots [[Blaster]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Goldbug]]. They caught up with the deserters at a used car lot run by [["Big Steve" Ludwig|Big Steve]], but a four-way skirmish developed between Blaster, the Protectobots, the Combaticons, and the human-led robot hunters, [[Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team|RAAT]]. In the end, Hot Spot and his crew only managed to capture Blaster. {{storylink|Used Autobots}} When a second encounter with the Combaticons endangered the lives of several young humans, Blaster not only saved the children and defeated [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] where [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] failed, but then willingly resubmitted himself to Protectobot custody rather than trying to escape. Impressed with Blaster's actions, Hot Spot decided to defy Grimlock's orders and let him go free. {{storylink|Child's Play (comic issue)|Child's Play}}

=====Marvel UK future timelines=====

''In 2008, Hot Spot was seen beating the stuffing out of a Decepticon during a major offensive on Cybertron. {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}}''

====Generation 2====
[[Image:Hotspot-g2issue2.jpg|thumb|left|He's a Fahrenheit 451 truck: his job is to ''start'' fires.]]

Hot Spot led a team of Autobots sent to [[Earth]] by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] to counter the threat of a [[Cobra]]-rebuilt [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. Megatron's new form was more than a match for them, however, and nearly all of his team were destroyed. Only Hot Spot and [[Skydive (G1)|Skydive]] survived the encounter. {{storylink|Final Transformations}}

As the last survivor still on Earth, Hot Spot observed Cobra hauling a trailer of Transformers technology salvaged from the [[Ark]], and noted that his orders included keeping Autobot tech out of the humans' hands. He single handedly attacked the convoy, drawing fire from numerous Cobra tanks, until he managed to destroy the trailer by ramming it off the side of an embankment. Weary and on the brink of shut-down, Hot Spot self-destructed to keep Cobra from using his own body as a replacement source of technology. {{storylink|All or Nothing!}}

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===Cartoon continuity===
:''Voice actor'': [[Dan Gilvezan]] (English), [[Kenyû Horiuchi]] (Japanese)

[[Image:G1_RevengeofBruticus_HotSpotfightfire.jpg|thumb|right|170px|]]

When the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] attacked an inhabited city on [[Earth]], Optimus Prime called upon the Protectobots to evacuate the civilians caught in the crossfire. Later, as Earth's orbit was diverted to the [[Sun]] by the [[Combaticon]]s, Hot Spot extinguished the flames engulfing the bone-dry crops of a farmer before quickly driving off to the next fire. {{Storylink|The Revenge of Bruticus}}

Hot Shot, as part of Defensor, totally blew up [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. Afterwards, he was with the Protectobots when they saved some window-washers from a burning skyscraper, helping [[Groove (G1)|Groove]] extinguish the flames with liquid nitrogen. Later still, Hot Spot and the other Protectobots were ordered to help defend [[Ark (G1)|Autobot Headquarters]] from a Decepticon attack. They merged in the Defensor and activated his useless force field, which almost immediately deactivated, allowing the Decepticons to blast Defensor back into his component parts. {{Storylink|B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.}}

[[Image:G1_UltimateWeapon_HotSpotStreetwise_covering_FirstAid.jpg|thumb|left|170px|]]

In the year 2006, the Autobots were asked to help the Dutch authorities deal with French rebels. After dispersing the human aggressors, Hot Spot was concerned about how they could protect the human civilians from the Decepticons and cover First Aid, who was helping the downed [[Blades]]. Later, as it turned out the battle was only a diversion to allow [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] to steal [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex's]] [[transformation cog]], Hot Spot, [[Rodimus Prime]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] tried to reassure First Aid of his value to the Autobots when the pacifist medic failed to stop Swindle. Unfortunately, just as First Aid left, the Autobots were called upon to deal with a rampaging [[Trypticon]]. Hot Spot ordered the remaining Protectobots to combine into Defensor even without First Aid to save a train full of civilians. After successfully saving them, Hot Spot tracked down First Aid to a junk yard and convinced the latter of his value to the Autobots. {{storylink|The Ultimate Weapon}}

Later in 2006, the Protectobots arrived at the aftermath of the battle between the [[Technobot]]s and [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]] at [[Mark Morgan]]'s laboratory. They transported the injured [[Jessica Morgan]] to county general hospital and watched over her as the doctors restored her ability to walk with an exo-skeletal structure, enraging the robo-phobic senior Morgan. When Hot Spot tried to explain that they only wanted to help, Morgan shot back that they were only turning her into one of ''them''. This had [[Hate Plague|negative consequences]]. What a jerkface. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}

===Dreamwave Generation 1 comics continuity===
[[Image:Hotspot-warwithin.jpg|thumb|right|200px| My invisible partner already has this dance -- ]]

After the signing of the [[Crisis Intervention Accords]], many of the special teams went into hiding or broke up to continue fighting on different factions. Hot Spot maintained the Protectobots, one of the late model specials teams, in secret. The group watched the battles rage around them, continuing to help when possible, intervening to uphold CIA where necessary, and trying to overcome the shortcomings of the combination process.

Upon learning that [[Ratbat]] had persuaded the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s to join his [[Ultracon]]s, Hot Spot led his team to the [[Tagan Heights]] to counter the threat of [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] by using Defensor. Unfortunately the plan backfired and the battle between the two titans only increased the damage. Proving that five minds are better then one, the team divided and defeated Devastator with an overload of electricity.

Hot Spot was obsessed with overcoming the problem with their combined form. The team's analysis was interrupted by an attack by the [[Chaos Trinity]], as Hot Spot was one of the Four Angles of Dissolution the [[Fallen]] needed to awaken [[Primus]] and draw [[Unicron]] to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. After the previous failure against Devastator, Hot Spot was unwilling to risk using Defensor again, and his team was defeated by the enhanced powers of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and [[Mindwipe|his]] [[Bugly|allies]]. Hot Spot was taken to a subterranean chamber, where energy from his and 3 others' Sparks served to unlock the seal of Primus. [[Grimlock]], another of the Four, eventually freed himself and rescued Hot Spot in what might have been an embarrassing role reversal... if he'd been awake for it. {{storylink|The War Within: The Dark Ages}}

===Universe: The Wreckers===

[[Image:Hotspot-wreckers.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Blue blazes!]]

In the not-too-distant future, Hot Spot led a team of [[Targetmaster]]s aboard [[Sky Garry]] to back up [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], [[Wheelie]], and [[Daniel Witwicky]] during an outbreak of [[Nightbird|crazed female cyber ninjas]]. Fighting a losing battle, Hot Spot personally had to drag Arcee to safety, leaving Wheelie and Daniel behind to grenade themselves to death. Fortunately, their murder-suicide pact also took out the remaining Nightbirds. {{storylink|Departure}}

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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Hot Spot''' (Protectobot, 1986)
: ''Team ID number:'' '''P5'''
:''Japanese ID number'': '''C-71'''

: Hot Spot transforms into a blue Mitsubishi Fuso Great fire engine. As a Scramble City combiner torso, he had a third mode as a "repair bay", somewhat remeniscent of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Powermaster Optimus Prime]]'s combat deck. In this form, he was equipped with waldo arms to "repair" other vehicles. Hot Spot could connect with [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s city mode in this form as well.

: Hot Spot's chest plate was initially made of painted [[die-cast]] metal. However, later runs replaced this with colored plastic. A plastic-chest yellow-eyed version (as opposed to the red eyes on the other releases) has been reported but not confirmed.

: This mold was also used to make [[Fire Chief]].

*'''Defensor''' (Gift set, 1986)
: ''Japanese ID number'': '''C-76'''

: All five Protectobots were also available in a gift set. It is currently unknown which construction variants came in the set.

===Unreleased===
*'''Hot Spot''' (1994)
:''Team ID number:'' '''P1'''
[[Image:HotspotG2toy.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
[[Image:HotspotG2toyhead.jpg|thumb|right|100px| They still had to sneak a goofy color in there]]

: Hot Spot and the other Protectobots were to be [[redeco]]ed for ''[[Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'', but were ultimately canceled. No packaged samples of Hot Spot (or his similarly-unreleased Decepticon counterpart [[Motormaster]]) have surfaced, and only a handful of test-shots are known to exist. If you've seen this, you may in fact be glowing with an inner light. Or you're [[Shortround]].

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==Trivia==
* Hot Spot was given an [[homage]] in the ''[[Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' line; [[Firebot (Armada)|Firebot]] (a crash-response truck) was redecoed in light blue with red-and-white warning stripes.

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==External links==
*[http://tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Hotspot/hotspot.htm Hot Spot at TFU.info]

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

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Bonecrusher (Movie)

2008-02-22T00:24:19Z

147.140.233.16: /* Deluxe Class toys */

{{Template:Disambig3|Bonecrusher}}

:''Bonecrusher is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Movie (franchise)|Movie]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:MovieBonecrusher.jpg|right|thumb|300px|He was a sk8ter boi, she said see ya later boy.]]

'''Bonecrusher''' is a Transformer that can be described with one word: Hate. While other Decepticons get by on greed, ambition, or just their fondness for dispensing chaos, Bonecrusher is fueled by sheer, unrelenting hate. He hates everyone and everything, be they Autobot, Decepticon, or anything in-between{{m-}}he even hates ''himself'', revolted by his misshapen, hunchbacked robot mode, which he consders a reflection of all the ugliness and malice inside himself. This full force of this vicious cycle of hatred finds release in explosive frenzied bursts of psychotic brutality, as Bonecrusher takes out the full force of his bitterness and self-loathing on anyone who looks at him sideways. He hates that. He also hates Megatron, but would hate being terminated by the Decepticon leader more, so, he sticks around.

On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Bonecrusher was actually quite a skilled tactician{{m-}}dedicated to the art of war, a fast thinker who could plough into battle while others were still mapping out strategy, and, most importantly in [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s eyes, a masterfully ''dirty'' fighter. However, Bonecrusher's skills left him consigned to a supervisory position and kept him off the battlefield, which, of course, he hated. Naturally, this only helped to increase his already epic levels of frustration and misery at his lot in life, until he became what he is today. So intensely pent-up that he is willing to take on an opponent of any size (The bigger the better!), Bonecrusher wouldn't hesitate to confront [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] head on, if he could.

He transforms into a Buffalo mine-clearing vehicle used by the military. It is made exclusively in South Carolina and the drivers routinely use it to drive to the local Taco Bell/Pizza Hut. He hates drivers, the mine clearing vehicle, the drive-thrus, and South Carolina. He loves tacos, however.

{{quote|'''Let it die.''' And ''you'' with it.|Bonecrusher to [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] about [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s death <ref>[[Movie Prequel (Target) Volume 2]]</ref>}}

:''Hungarian name'': '''Csonttörő'''

== Fiction ==
===''Ghosts of Yesterday''===

Bonecrusher was aboard the crew of the ''[[Nemesis (Movie)|Nemesis]]'', led by [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], who were searching for Megatron, who was lost thousands of years ago, along with the [[All Spark]]. He hated the ''Nemesis'', but would hate trying to walk home more. He also hated the All Spark, but Megatron wanted it, so he decided not to complain. Finally, he hated Starscream, but all the other Decepticons do as well, making it something he has in common with his fellow Decepticons. He hated that.

When Starscream left to go destroy [[Ghost 1|an alien vessel]], Bonecrusher eagerly joined [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]]'s plan to attack the ''[[Ark (Movie)|Ark]]'' against Starscream's orders, as there was nothing else to attack. Bypassing [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], he headed straight for the ''Ark''. However, [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] and [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] were waiting, and unleashed hell upon him. When Blackout ordered a withdrawal, Bonecrusher reluctantly complied. He hates retreating.

Shortly afterwards, Barricade picked Bonecrusher to lead another assault on the ''Ark''. His only response to the command was a growl, but he dislikes being in charge, as his only strategy in combat is to violently charge the enemy and rip them apart with his bare hands. Everyone else uses their stupid [[weapon|gun]]s, and Bonecrusher is a terrible shot. After Blackout had his [[exhaust port]] handed to him for challenging Starscream, Bonecrusher had to drag him back to the ''Nemesis''. Bonecrusher would have preferred to leave him to rot. During the subsequent fight, Bonecrusher has to fight Ironhide, and managed to dent his armor. However, Bonecrusher does demand answers from Starscream when Blackout demands information on why the Decepticon leader wanted to destroy the alien ship, cause damn it, even Bonecrusher needs reasons to kill (well, not really, he was just getting fed up with Starscream). Bonecrusher was forced to drag Starscream back to the ''Nemesis'' when he was injured by the alien ship. He hates being a courier. {{Storylink|Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday}}

===Titan Magazines===

Bonecrusher is known and feared by Autobots for never giving up. He almost killed [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] once and pursued him & his comrade [[Clocker (Movie)|Clocker]] for ages - because Bonecrusher hates nice-looking shiny robots (or nice-looking ''anythings'') and deliberately destroys them. As he says, "I figure, why should they look so nice... when I look like ''this!''", showing he hates even himself. Clocker covered Jazz's retreat and tried to fight Bonecrusher, who hated that and killed him. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 6}}

===''Transformers'' Movie Prequel (Target)===

[[Image:Movie_BarricadeBonecrusher_protoforms.jpg|thumb|left|Bonecrusher's pre-[[Earth]] body. Bonecrusher hates retro-designs.]]

Bonecrusher was a member of Starscream's unit that was keeping [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]'s reinforcements out of [[Tyger Pax]]. When [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]] arrived with news of Megatron and the All Spark, Bonecrusher insisted that they move on as they had already killed all the Autobots in the area. He then demanded that Brawl take them to Megatron or he would kill them all. Witnessing the launch of the All Spark, [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] commented that [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] would die, but Bonecrusher replied that they should let it die, and that Barricade should join it in death. After Starscream and Blackout settled their differences, the group headed after Megatron.

The Decepticons made planetfall on [[Earth]] in Afghanistan, quickly attracting the attention of a nearby [[United States Military|US military]] base, which sent out an armoured personnel carrier to investigate. Bonecrusher declared his satisfaction in finally having something to kill, but this chance was snatched away when [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]] scanned the vehicle and destroyed it. He hated when that happened. Hitting the US airbase, Bonecrusher easily killed the humans before scanning a Buffalo mine-clearance vehicle. Bonecrusher hated the notion of "disguise", but hated standing out more. After scanning, he complained that there weren't enough lifeforms to kill. {{Storylink|Transformers Movie Prequel (Target) Volume 2}}

{{note|In the panel where the Decepticons react to the arrival of the armoured personnel carrier, it is likely that Bonecrusher's speech bubble regarding the military base was actually meant for Wreckage (as the latter was the one who tracked the base location), and that Brawl was incorrectly given Bonecrusher's own speech bubble about killing things. On the last page, Bonecrusher's speech bubble asking Starscream if it was going to be easy is clearly meant for Barricade, as that is who Starscream responds to. Bonecrusher ''hates'' ventriloquism.}}

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===''Transformers The Game''===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Daniel Riordan]]

{{note|Bonecrusher only appears in the Decepticon campaign of the game, and as a non-playable character t'boot on the console. It's just as well, though. He would've hated being playable.}}

While hiding in a military base, Bonecrusher came under attack by the humans twice, and required assistance from Starscream to escape. He hates needing help from people, especially from people he hates.

He is playable on PSP multi.

===''Transformers'' (2007) film===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Jimmie Wood]] (English)

[[Image:Movie_Bonecrusher_carflip.jpg|left|thumb|He hates the sundown slowdown.]]

Bonecrusher was hiding out in the motor pool of a military base when he received a communique from Starscream ordering the Decepticons to to mobilize and converge on the location of the All Spark. Leaving the base, he reported that he was "rolling" out. Sometime after this, he rendezvoused with [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] and [[Brawl (Movie)|Devastator]], and the three Decepticons headed off together to intercept the Autobots and their human allies who had the All Spark in their possession.

[[Image:Movie_Bonecrusher_face.jpg|thumb|right|Bonecrusher, like most celebs, hates the paparazzi. He also hates closeups.]]

Devastator wandered off somewhere, so Bonecrusher and Barricade continued their pursuit on the freeway. Barricade activated his sirens to clear the traffic and allow them more maneuvering room. Unsatisfied with Barricade's less conspicuous method, and since he hated rush-hour traffic, Bonecrusher used his mine-scoop to flip cars out of his way (He kinda liked that). Surprisingly, the Autobots didn't find this out of the ordinary, and only reacted when [[Sam Witwicky|ladiesman217]] recognized Barricade and warned the Autobots. [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]], and [[ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] aligned to block the Decepticons from [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], who had the All Spark and the fleshlings.

[[Image:Big_fight.jpg|left|thumb|Bonecrusher loves to watch things burn. Just not himself.]]
After Barricade pulled over to the side of the road, Bonecrusher transformed while still moving and skated towards the Autobots. Optimus Prime transformed and slid into position to block his path. Seeing the Autobot he really hated (and that's saying a lot), Bonecrusher smashed through a bus (it irked him), and tackled Optimus Prime, pushing him off an overpass tumbling and falling off the edge, dragging the Autobot leader down with him.

[[Image:Movie_Bonecrusher_dies.jpg|thumb|right|Thus began (and ended) Bonecrusher's hatred of Prime's sword.]]

When they landed, he sucker-punched Optimus Prime, who then hit Bonecrusher so hard one of the Decepticon's [[optics]] popped free from its socket (he liked that eye... well, no, he didn't; he just hated not having it more.) The two played a little cat-and-mouse along the overpasses. After Prime jumped down to ground level, Bonecrusher swung his tail wildly at the Autobot, all the while screaming incoherently. This gave Optimus the opportunity he needed to get his sword ready... which the Autobot leader used to cleave Bonecrusher's right arm and run through the Decepticon's neck, nearly severing it. Optimus then wrenched Bonecrusher's head from its neck and tossed it aside.

Bonecrusher hates his movie role. {{Storylink|Transformers (2007)}}

===Toy Bio===
Despite all appearances, Bonecrusher managed to escape after his encounter with Optimus Prime (missing his head? beaten to a pulp?), and went to hide out in the South American jungle. He ''hates'' camping.

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==Toys==
===Transformers (2007)===
====Legends Class toys====
*'''Autobot Jazz vs. Bonecrusher''' (Legends multi-pack, 2007)

[[Image:Movie_Legends_JazzBonecrusher_toys.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Sure Bonecrusher is smaller, but his hate remains the same size.]]

: As part of the ''AllSpark Battles'' refresh of the Movie toyline, a Legends-class [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] with altered [[paint application]]s is repacked in a Versus two-pack with an all-new Legends class figure of Bonecrusher.

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====Deluxe Class toys====
*'''Bonecrusher''' (Deluxe, 2007)
:''Japanese ID Number:'' '''MD-09'''

[[Image:moviebonecrushertoy.jpg|left|thumb|The name's doomed to be nothing but bulldozers or [[Bonecrusher (BW)|buffaloes]]. And he hates that.]]

: Bonecrusher transforms into a [[wikipedia:Buffalo_%28mine_protected_vehicle%29|Buffalo mine-protected vehicle]], with an articulated "mine-fork" for removing mines or cars or robots or unsuspecting buildings from his path. The fork can change from its packaged "Grabber claw" configuration into a more fork/shovel like configuration, a fact not stated on the instructions. He has six rolling wheels in this mode, and two sculpted, non-functional spare wheels.

: In robot mode he has elements resembling both his 2005 design and the final design used in the movie, though a major deviation to both designs is that the entire front shell halves of the vehicle mode are mounted upon his arms. His arms have limited articulation due to this [[kibble]], but can extend out into '''really''' long arms. His legs fare better, with ball jointed hips, swivel knees and ankles, but his hips can often detach from the codpiece holding them together. The mine-fork splits to form a grabber-claw, which can snap onto victims with a geared slider [[Automorph]] mechanism. He is surprisingly okay with these little tools of death.

: He is named "Bonescrusher" on the Canadian [[cross-sell]]. Guess how Bonecrusher feels about ''that'' little mispelling.

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*'''Deluxe three-pack''' (Costco exclusive multi-pack, 2007)

:This Costco exclusive three-pack contains an unchanged Deluxe Class Bonecrusher together with equally unchanged Deluxe Class [[Brawl (Movie)|Decepticon Brawl]] and [[Jazz (Movie)|Autobot Jazz]] toys. It also comes with a niftly poster depicting all three toys in a standoff scene. Not so nifty is that the box accidently places Brawl and Bonecrusher's bios underneath each other.

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*'''Jungle Bonecrusher''' (Deluxe, 2008)
[[Image:Movie_JungleBonecrusher_toy.jpg|thumb|left|200px|''The'' living definition of a Mean Green Fighting Machine.]]

: Finally, the big guy gets a [[redeco]], in deep forest green and tan, as part of the "All Spark Power" refresh line. It's not easy being green, and he hates that. He also hates redecos, slavish or not.

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===Attacktix===
*'''Transformers Tournament Set''' (2007)

[[Image:Attacktix_MovieTransformers_Tournament_Set.jpg|thumb|right|200px|So many people to crush, so little time. (Bonecrusher hates having little time to crush)]]

: Available exclusively in this set, this Attacktix playing piece of Bonecrusher is funnily enough one of the most accurate pieces of merchandise he has. The set also includes unique playing pieces of Optimus Prime, Megatron and Bumblebee. Bonecrusher hates the fact that everybody else has [[gun]]s, and he has to use a claw.

{{comingsoontoy}}

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==Merchandise==
===Robot Heroes===
*'''Ironhide vs Bonecrusher''' (2007)

[[Image:Rhboneiron.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Bonecrusher is actually pretty glad that he doesn't come with sword-wielding ''RH'' Prime.]]

:Bonecrusher comes packaged with the impressively-armed [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]. He is depicted lunging forward on his roller-skate feet, presumably to deliver an extremely enthusiastic hug. This figurine is notorious for not actually being able to stand up on its feet very well, usually requiring one of its hands to be used for balance. Also, he's got some kind of a sneering grin, making him look almost happy, even if it's an evil happy.

Bonecrusher really, '''''REALLY''''' hates his ''Robot Heroes'' toy.

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==Trivia==
[[image:PhotoshopedBuffalo.PNG|250px|thumb|*''Giant fork and Decepticon insignia not included with the real Buffalo.'' Bonecrusher hates those disclaimers.]]

* The real Buffalo mine-sweeping vehicle hasn't in fact, such a huge fork. It is only 14 inches (35 cm) wide. The image that inspired Bonecrusher's design was actually a Photoshopped image put on the official Force Protection company's site to make it look more impressive[http://www.forceprotection.net/models/buffalo/]. A 10-foot-wide (3 m) appliance had to be fixed on Bonecrusher's arm for the movie. He hated that.[http://enewsi.com/news.php?catid=190&itemid=11213]

* Force Protection really, really loves Bonecrusher and that he has picked their Buffalo as its alt mode. They are actually quite proud of it.[http://www.forceprotection.net/news/transformers.html] Bonecrusher is not sure what to think about that.

* Bonecrusher's toy was used as a prop for a CNN Headline News report demonstrating the real Buffalo vehicle's mine-sweeping arm.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maAWP2uVd7M] He hates the Lincoln Memorial.

* It's a matter of debate whether or not Bonecrusher actually said anything intelligible in English during his brief appearance in the finished film, or whether he is talking in [[Cybertronian languages|Cybertronian]]. At various points in his fight with Optimus Prime, he does emit some garbled roars that ''might'' be English. However, there is little agreement among viewers as to whether he said anything at all, much less ''what'' he supposedly said. For what it's worth, the subtitles saying nothing on his speech, and the closed captions say that he is just "roaring". His only subtitled line is "Bonecrusher rolling." It could just be that he hates speaking coherently. Kinda makes you wonder why nobody has thought to contact [[Jimmie Wood]] and ''ask'' him just what the [[Slag (slang)| Slag]] he was saying.

* Bonecrusher is Michael Bay's favorite character from the film, despite his limited screentime—so much so that Bay named his new dog after him. Although the Decepticons are generally [[Ravage|cat]] people, Bonecrusher hates cats, so he is quite flattered. He still hates Bay for the small screen time he gets, though.

* Bonecrusher is never discussed or mentioned in the [[Transformers: The Movie Guide]]. He hates that. Then again, he hates kids reading about him, so it balances out.

* According to the DVD commentary, Bonecrusher's sequences were particularly difficult for [[ILM]] to do at first. The solution came from videotaping employees rollerblading at speed in the parking lot, and a pair of fighting experts going through the motions wanted for Bonecrusher and Prime, then using that footage as references. And Bonecrusher hates it when nobody knows how he fights.

* Bonecrusher's movements seem to be heavily inspired by several types of sports including hockey (his running movements) and American football (his tackling on Optimus Prime). And Bonecrusher hates that.

* Last but not least, Bonecrusher hates ''you''. Yeah, you. You know who you are. Don't try to pretend you don't know, either. Bonecrusher hates ignorance.

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==Footnotes==
<references/>

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Hubcap (G1)

2008-02-21T23:50:38Z

147.140.233.16:

{{disambig2|the G1/G2 Autobot sports car|the Machine Wars Autobot tow truck|Hubcap (MW)}}{{picsneeded|Fiction, toys}}

:''Hubcap is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Hubcapg1.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Experimental dog energies not included.]]

Everybody likes '''Hubcap'''. He's friendly, always has a clever joke or compliment ready, and is generally a nice, fun, affable bot to be around. On the other hand nobody actually ''trusts'' Hubcap. It's not his devotion to the Autobot cause that's the concern (mostly), but his ulterior motives for his friendship and jokes and the like. He is at his core a con artist, and everyone's a bit on their guard around him. Some think he's this way to cover for deficiencies or to stay in a postion well above his actual aptitude level... or maybe he just likes tricking people. He doesn't seem to have made many enemies with his tricks and scams, though; quite the opposite. So perhaps it is all mostly harmless.

No-one doubts that he's got ''very'' good audio receptors, though, capable of picking up incredibly weak signals, which is why he's part of the Autobot communications hub. One can only guess as to what he might ''do'' with all he hears in that position, though.

:''French-Candian name:'' '''Virevolto'''

==Fiction==
===Fight! Super Robot Life Transformer manga===
Hubcap is part of the group who arrive to back up [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]], who is defending a dog that had been cruelly experimented on by the Decepticons from being hunted and captured by the [[Combaticon]]s. He and the other Minibots combine with Powerglide in their vehicle modes thanks to the experimental energies within the dog, and spin furiously, smashing through [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]' chest and out the other side in an flying drill attack.

No, seriously.

===Dreamwave Generation 1 Comics===
Hubcap is among the group of new recruits seen failing to take on the [[Auto-Combatant]] training drones on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] after [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s rule was toppled. {{Storylink|Black Sunshine}}

===IDW comics continuity===
[[Image:MegsOrigin4_Hubcap.jpg|thumb|left|150px|]]

Hubcap was among the mourners at [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]] and [[Fastback]]'s funeral at the Security Services HQ in [[Kaon]].{{Storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3}} He later served at an Autobot a communications post, trying to radio through to [[Iacon]] for reinforcements during Megatron's "everything burns" offensive. In the end, the area was so devastated that Hubcap and the Autobots only requested evacuation from the area instead of new troops, leaving [[Kaon]] under Decepticon control. {{Storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4}}

{{-}}

===Fun Publications ''Timelines''===
{{storylink|Transcendent: Part 1}} {{storylink|Gone Too Far}}
{{coming soon|fanclub}}

{{-}}
==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Hubcap''' (Mini-Vehicle, 1986)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-57'''

[[Image:G1_hubcap_toy.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Not yellow Cliffjumper, dammit.]]

: Released in the third year of the Generation 1 line in the US (second year in Japan), Hubcap is a [[retool]]ing of the [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] "penny-racer"-proportioned Porsche 924 Turbo sports car mold, giving him a new robot-mode head and no "spoiler". He is sometimes mistaken for the variant yellow Cliffjumper, and even occasionally for [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]], who has a similiar transformation, but an entirely different mold for his car parts and robot head.

: In 1986, he was made available as a mail-away item (incorrectly labeled as Cliffjumper) in the [[Digital Doom on the Highway to Destruction]] and [[The Autobots Are Under Attack!]] fliers packed with most boxed ''Transformers'' toys. He cost $3.50 and one [[robot points|robot point]].

{{-}}

===Generation 2===
*'''Hubcap''' (Mini-Vehicle, 1993)

:Hubcap was re-released as part of the first batch of ''[[Generation 2]]'' toys in the US, this time in shiny chrome red. There's speculation that this was because [[Hasbro]] had intended to release Cliffjumper instead but didn't have the mold, but it seems more likely it was simply to keep him from looking too much like his assortment partner [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]].

{{-}}
==External Links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Hubcap/hubcap.htm Hubcap at TFU.info]

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[[Category: Generation 1 characters]]
[[Category: Generation 2 characters]]
[[Category: Mail order items]]
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Hubcap (G1)

2008-02-21T00:33:21Z

147.140.233.16: /* Generation 1 */

{{disambig2|the G1/G2 Autobot sports car|the Machine Wars Autobot tow truck|Hubcap (MW)}}{{picsneeded|Fiction, toys}}

:''Hubcap is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Hubcapg1.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Experimental dog energies not included.]]

Everybody likes '''Hubcap'''. He's friendly, always has a clever joke or compliment ready, and is generally a nice, fun, affable bot to be around. On the other hand nobody actually ''trusts'' Hubcap. It's not his devotion to the Autobot cause that's the concern (mostly), but his ulterior motives for his friendship and jokes and the like. He is at his core a con artist, and everyone's a bit on their guard around him. Some think he's this way to cover for deficiencies or to stay in a postion well above his actual aptitude level... or maybe he just likes tricking people. He doesn't seem to have made many enemies with his tricks and scams, though; quite the opposite. So perhaps it is all mostly harmless.

No-one doubts that he's got ''very'' good audio receptors, though, capable of picking up incredibly weak signals, which is why he's part of the Autobot communications hub. One can only guess as to what he might ''do'' with all he hears in that position, though.

:''French-Candian name:'' '''Virevolto'''

==Fiction==
===Fight! Super Robot Life Transformer manga===
Hubcap is part of the group who arrive to back up [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]], who is defending a dog that had been cruelly experimented on by the Decepticons from being hunted and captured by the [[Combaticon]]s. He and the other Minibots combine with Powerglide in their vehicle modes thanks to the experimental energies within the dog, and spin furiously, smashing through [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]' chest and out the other side in an flying drill attack.

No, seriously.

===Dreamwave Generation 1 Comics===
Hubcap is among the group of new recruits seen failing to take on the [[Auto-Combatant]] training drones on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] after [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s rule was toppled. {{Storylink|Black Sunshine}}

===IDW comics continuity===

Hubcap was seen mourning [[Bumper]] and [[Fastback]] at the Security Services HQ in [[Kaon]].{{Storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3}} He was later seen at a communications post, trying to radio through to Iacon for reinforcements during Megatron's "everything burns" offensive. In the end, the area was so devastated that Hubcap and the Autobots only requested evac from the area instead of new troops, leaving Kaon under Decepticon control. {{Storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4}}

===Fun Publications ''Timelines''===
{{storylink|Transcendent: Part 1}} {{storylink|Gone Too Far}}
{{coming soon|fanclub}}

{{-}}
==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Hubcap''' (Mini-Vehicle, 1986)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-57'''

: Released in the third year of the Generation 1 line in the US (second year in Japan), Hubcap is a [[retool]]ing of the [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] "penny-racer"-proportioned Porsche 924 Turbo sports car mold, giving him a new robot-mode head and no "spoiler". He is sometimes mistaken for the variant yellow Cliffjumper, and even occasionally for [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]], who has a similiar transformation, but an entirely different mold for his car parts and robot head.

: In 1986, he was made available as a mail-away item (incorrectly labeled as Cliffjumper) in the [[The Autobots Are Under Attack!]] flier packed with most boxed ''Transformers'' toys. He cost $3.50 and one [[robot points|robot point]].

===Generation 2===
*'''Hubcap''' (Mini-Vehicle, 1993)

:Hubcap was re-released as part of the first batch of ''[[Generation 2]]'' toys in the US, this time in shiny chrome red. There's speculation that this was because [[Hasbro]] had intended to release Cliffjumper instead but didn't have the mold, but it seems more likely it was simply to keep him from looking too much like his assortment partner [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]].

{{-}}
==External Links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Hubcap/hubcap.htm Hubcap at TFU.info]

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[[Category: Generation 1 characters]]
[[Category: Generation 2 characters]]
[[Category: Mail order items]]
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Hubcap (G1)

2008-02-21T00:30:47Z

147.140.233.16: /* Generation 1 */

{{disambig2|the G1/G2 Autobot sports car|the Machine Wars Autobot tow truck|Hubcap (MW)}}{{picsneeded|Fiction, toys}}

:''Hubcap is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Hubcapg1.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Experimental dog energies not included.]]

Everybody likes '''Hubcap'''. He's friendly, always has a clever joke or compliment ready, and is generally a nice, fun, affable bot to be around. On the other hand nobody actually ''trusts'' Hubcap. It's not his devotion to the Autobot cause that's the concern (mostly), but his ulterior motives for his friendship and jokes and the like. He is at his core a con artist, and everyone's a bit on their guard around him. Some think he's this way to cover for deficiencies or to stay in a postion well above his actual aptitude level... or maybe he just likes tricking people. He doesn't seem to have made many enemies with his tricks and scams, though; quite the opposite. So perhaps it is all mostly harmless.

No-one doubts that he's got ''very'' good audio receptors, though, capable of picking up incredibly weak signals, which is why he's part of the Autobot communications hub. One can only guess as to what he might ''do'' with all he hears in that position, though.

:''French-Candian name:'' '''Virevolto'''

==Fiction==
===Fight! Super Robot Life Transformer manga===
Hubcap is part of the group who arrive to back up [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]], who is defending a dog that had been cruelly experimented on by the Decepticons from being hunted and captured by the [[Combaticon]]s. He and the other Minibots combine with Powerglide in their vehicle modes thanks to the experimental energies within the dog, and spin furiously, smashing through [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]' chest and out the other side in an flying drill attack.

No, seriously.

===Dreamwave Generation 1 Comics===
Hubcap is among the group of new recruits seen failing to take on the [[Auto-Combatant]] training drones on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] after [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s rule was toppled. {{Storylink|Black Sunshine}}

===IDW comics continuity===

Hubcap was seen mourning [[Bumper]] and [[Fastback]] at the Security Services HQ in [[Kaon]].{{Storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3}} He was later seen at a communications post, trying to radio through to Iacon for reinforcements during Megatron's "everything burns" offensive. In the end, the area was so devastated that Hubcap and the Autobots only requested evac from the area instead of new troops, leaving Kaon under Decepticon control. {{Storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4}}

===Fun Publications ''Timelines''===
{{storylink|Transcendent: Part 1}} {{storylink|Gone Too Far}}
{{coming soon|fanclub}}

{{-}}
==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Hubcap''' (Mini-Vehicle, 1986)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-57'''

: Released in the third year of the Generation 1 line in the US (second year in Japan), Hubcap is a [[retool]]ing of the [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] "penny-racer"-proportioned Porsche 924 Turbo sports car mold, giving him a new robot-mode head and no "spoiler". He is sometimes mistaken for the variant yellow Cliffjumper, and even occasionally for [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]], who has a similiar transformation, but an entirely different mold for his car parts and robot head.

: In 1986, he was made available as a mail-away item (incorrectly labeled as Cliffjumper) in the [[The Autobots Are Under Attack!]] flier packed with most boxed ''Transformers'' toys. He cost $4 and one [[robot points|robot point]].

===Generation 2===
*'''Hubcap''' (Mini-Vehicle, 1993)

:Hubcap was re-released as part of the first batch of ''[[Generation 2]]'' toys in the US, this time in shiny chrome red. There's speculation that this was because [[Hasbro]] had intended to release Cliffjumper instead but didn't have the mold, but it seems more likely it was simply to keep him from looking too much like his assortment partner [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]].

{{-}}
==External Links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Hubcap/hubcap.htm Hubcap at TFU.info]

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[[Category: Generation 1 characters]]
[[Category: Generation 2 characters]]
[[Category: Mail order items]]
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The Autobots Are Under Attack!

2008-02-21T00:29:19Z

147.140.233.16: /* Errors */

[[Image:theautobotsareunderattack.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Warpath's not even ''trying'' to hit him!]]

'''The Autobots Are Under Attack!''' was one of a series of [[pack-in flyers]] advertising toys for sale via mail. It offered discontinued toys from the 1984-1985 line.

''Preceded by:'' [[Digital Doom on the Highway to Destruction]]<br>
''Release date:'' 1988''<br>
''Characters (in order of appearance):'' [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]], [[Hubcap]], [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]]

==Synopsis==
The Autobots' fuel is running low in the wake of a Decepticon attack. A squad of Autobots goes out to search for new energy sources. But their plans are uncovered, and the Decepticons (well, Thundercracker, at least) launch a sneak attack.

The text then places the reader in the unusual position of having to decide if the Autobots will complete their mission. But... ''[[Furmanism|who are we to play God?!]]''

Item available in this brochure included:
* Megatron ($21.50 + 5 [[robot point]]s)
* Thundercracker ($10 + 2 robot points)
* Reflector ($10 + 2 robot points)
* Wheeljack ($8 + 2 robot points)
* Mirage ($8 + 2 robot points)
* Ratchet ($8 + 2 robot points)
* Sunstreaker ($8 + 2 robot points)
* Cosmos ($3.50 + 1 robot point)
* Warpath ($3.50 + 1 robot point)
* Cliffjumper ($3.50 + 1 robot point)
* S.T.A.R.S. membership ($5.00)

==Errors==
* In both the battle illustration and the toy advertisement, [[Hubcap]] is ''still'' shown in Cliffjumper's place. In fact, you received Hubcap instead of Cliffjumper if you sent away for him.

==Notes==
* The pass where Thundercracker ambushes the Autobots looks [[Digital Doom on the Highway to Destruction|suspiciously familiar]]. Do the Decepticons just hang out there all day waiting for Autobots to drive past?
* Notes with the toy advertisements provide some further implications as to the background and outcome of the battle. [[Reflector]] was the one who discovered the Autobots' plan, while [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] was "the mastermind behind the Decepticons' evil attack." It would seem that [[Sunstreaker]], [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] were sent as reinforcements.
* Ratchet "[[G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 3|tackles the enemy]] with [[A Savage Circle|metal-rending fury]]!"
* Seven Autobots, one Decepticon. Man, it ''sucks'' to be Thundercracker.
* Optimus Prime has disappeared from the toys offered, presumably to avoid competing with his [[Powermaster]] toy which was then hitting shelves.
* This flyer continues the "story", such as it is, started by previous [[S.T.A.R.S.]] advertisements. S.T.A.R.S. membership is among the premiums offered.
* Offer expires December 31, 1988. Better hurry!

{{DEFAULTSORT:Autobots Are Under Attack!}}
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The Ultimate Weapon

2007-10-25T21:52:30Z

147.140.233.16: /* Animation and/or technical glitches */

{{picsneeded}}

'''[[Generation 1 (cartoon)|Generation One]] > [[Generation 1 (cartoon)#Season 3|Season 3]]'''

[[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] doubts his skills and leaves the [[Autobot]]s, [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] and [[Trypticon]] get their [[transformation cog]]s switched around, and [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] threatens [[Hot Rod|Rodimus Prime]] with a nonexistent weapon.

==Detailed synopsis==
In the far flung future of 2006, [[Holland]] is the most violent nation on Earth. Bands of roving street gangs throw grenades into windmills for no obvious reason. Unable to rely on the police, old ladies begin arming themselves in their gardens. Desparate, the police turn to the Autobots, who seek to stem the violence. The [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobot]]s, after some harshing on the part of Rodimus, roll out to stop the violence. [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] tries to calm Rodimus, saying he's just as good a [[Supreme Commander|commander]] as [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] was. Rodimus, however, feels that he will never live up to the legendary [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]]'s legacy. Who could?

Arriving in the city, the [[Decepticon]]s attack, and [[Blades]] is injured. First Aid takes him to Metroplex to get repairs, while Galvatron attacks. Retreating, Galvatron taunts Rodimus with the threat of the [[Ultimate Weapon]]. At Metroplex, [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] breaks in and manages to steal Metroplex's transformation cog. First Aid tries to reason with Swindle, but the [[Combaticon]] merely shoots the Autobot medic, then leaves. Amid a fleet of naval destroyers, Trypticon rises, and eats a ship before destroying the rest. Galvatron tells Trypticon to hurry to Metroplex, but realizes when and when not to push the dinosaur. Swindle arrives, and attempts to haggle for the cog. Galvatron offers him a limited time deal: hand over the cog, or see your [[spark|life]] get ended.

At Metroplex, First Aid is feeling guilty over his pacifism. While Rodimus maintains that he would never force First Aid to violate his beliefs, First Aid decides to leave to clear his head. Learning that Trypticon is coming, the Autobots roll out. Reaching a nearby city, Trypticon menaces a train, but [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] manages to save it, with only one arm. [[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]] gets shot down, while [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] flies into Trypticon's stomach through his mouth. Injured, Trypticon is forced to retreat. Rodimus and Magnus head for Trypticon's hiding place, with [[Spike Witwicky|Spike]] and [[Daniel Witwicky|Daniel]] possing as repair men. [[Vortex]], nearly duped, realizes that the cars are Autobots due to pollution free fuel that they are using. Daniel is thrown off a cliff, but Magnus saves him. Rodimus and Magnus distract the Decepticons while Spike and Daniel steal Trypticon's cog. Returning to Metroplex, they install Trypticon's cog in Metroplex, while the Decepticons install Metroplex's cog in Trypticon (it's hard to follow, but just pay attention and it will make sense). Convinced that he "can still smash", Trypticon heads for battle. Metroplex [[Transformation|transforms]] from [[alternate mode|city mode]], but both cities are suffering problems. [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]], realizing that First Aid is Metroplex's only hope, decides to track down his AWOL teammate.

At a junk yard, First Aid is keeping an old robot company while fixing abandoned refrigerators in an effort to think about something other than the Autobots. Hotspot finds him, and informs him of Metroplex's problem. Though still unsure of rejoining the Autobots, First Aid realizes that Metroplex's danger is more important. Meanwhile, Trypticon has gained the advantage, and thrown Metroplex into a nearby lake (talk about irony). Heading for Metroplex, First Aid manages to get inside and properly align the transformation cog, allowing Metroplex to fully transform. Metroplex throws Trypticon deeper into the lake, and the dinosaur sinks. Galvatron threatens to use the Ultimate Weapon, but Rodimus realizes that the weapon is a bluff. Galvatron, out of options, retreats. First Aid's faith in his work is restored, and Rodimus' confidence is embolden, at least until the next time he has a crisis of faith.

==Stats==
'''Original airdate:''' ???

'''Written by:''' ???

==Notable quotes==

==Other notes==

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
*When Trypticon emerges from the ocean, [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] is hovering next to Galvatron, even though he was banished after [[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5]].
*While not an out and out mistake, the Autobots assertion that only First Aid could adjust the Transformation Cog for Metroplex seems a little dubious. [[Pipes (G1)|Pipes]], who was seen installing the thing in The Five Faces of Darkness Part 5, surely would've been able to, if not Perceptor or the load of other Autobot handymen running around.

===Continutity errors===
*

===Transformers references===
* References

===Real-world references===
* References

===Miscellaneous trivia===
* Trivia

===Keywords===
(''separate by commas and link each one so a page can be created for it if it does not already exist'')

==External links==
*

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