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Shockwave (Movie)

2011-07-06T21:33:34Z

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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}}

Later, 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 (city)|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 will obey Megatron's orders without any question. {{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}}

Many years later, Shockwave and Starscream kept Megatron company in [[Lord High Protector citadel|his citadel]] and exchanged worried glances over the crumbling sanity of their lord, Megatron. {{storylink|Foundation issue 1|Foundation #1}} Shockwave asked Megatron if he could kill Optimus Prime and Ironhide, but Megatron was disappointed by Shockwave's lack of vision. {{Storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}}

[[Image:RisingStorm2-ShockwaveAllSpark.jpg|thumb|250px|]]
Some time later, after the Autobots sent the All Spark into space, Megatron 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}}
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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|]]
The Russian facility holding Shockwave was seemingly abandoned for reasons unknown, and in [[2011]], the reawakened Megatron managed to track him down and free him. Shockwave was brought to Megatron's "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)
{{spoiler|Dark of the Moon (film)|when=July 29, 2011}}
[[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.

Later, Shockwave took part in the battle of Chicago, sending 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.]]

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)====

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 nuclear power plant found in Chernobyl...

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==Toys==
===Dark of the Moon===
====Cyberverse====
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[[Image:DOTM Cyberverse Shockwave FusionTank.jpg|thumb|350px|right|What? No [[Driller]]? Dang it.]]
*'''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, two on his AstroMag cannon, two more on his backpack, and two more on his feet. Other MechTech weapons can peg into Shockwave's palms, on the barrel of his cannon, and behind each shoulder blade.

: Shockwave's stock photography depicts him in a much, much brighter purple while the MechTech lever on the cannon is bright red.

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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.
*As a seeming attempt at disinformation, to hide the identity of the [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|true villain]] of ''Dark of the Moon'', Shockwave was promoted as being the movie's main antagonist. According to the very earliest promotional materials, Shockwave ruled over Cybertron while the Autobots and the Decepticons duked it out on Earth; <ref>[http://www.amazon.com/Transformers-3-Push-Pops-Readers-Digest/dp/0794423094/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1287431242&sr=1-7 Product summary of Transformers 3 Push-Pops on Amazon.]</ref> something that would eventually prove to have absolutely no bearing on his role in the film, but which did get spotlighted briefly in the ''Rising Storm'' comic book prequel. Director Michael Bay described his as a "little bit more vicious" than Megatron.<ref>[http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1657670/michael-bay-transformers-dark-of-the-moon.jhtml February 10, 2011 interview with MTV]</ref> Given that live-action Megatron is psychotically violent, that sounds pretty vicious.
*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 he will apparently transform into some form of Cybertronian tank in the film. (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]], rejected 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 being considered.<ref>[http://www.coreyburton.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=2707&highlight=#2707 Corey Burton's message board post.]</ref> In the end up, 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.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Shockwave''' (ショックウェーブ ''Shokkuwēbu'')

==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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Decepticon Mini-Cassette

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{{disambig2|the subgroup sometimes referred to as Recordicons|the comic strip about them|Recordicons}}
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:''The Decepticon Mini-Cassettes are a [[subgroup]] of [[Decepticon]]s (and in [[Ravage (G1)|a single case]], a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]) from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[Image:Madman comic Soundwave ejects tapes.jpg|right|400px|thumb|Eject! Operation: Illustration.]]
The '''Decepticon Mini-Cassettes''' (also known as '''Spy Cassettes''' and '''Recordicons''') are [[Decepticon]]s (and in one case, a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]) who, on [[Earth]], transform into analog [[Mini-Cassette|audio cassettes]]. They can fit into [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s chest compartment, though their apparent relationship to Soundwave varies depending on continuity.

Many of these troops have communication or espionage roles. Recycling of body designs is common among them as well.

{{quote|In the days of Megatron, Decepticons developed the art of espionage using cassette technology.|[[Teletraan II]]|"[[Secret Files of Teletraan II]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
For the most part, the Decepticon Mini-Cassettes did not appear to have a particularly special or unique relationship with Soundwave. Soundwave occasionally carried Laserbeak within his chest compartment, releasing him for surprise attacks. {{storylink|Warrior School!}}

More often, the Mini-Cassette troops used their small alternate modes for stealth, disguise and transportation by other characters. Rumble and Frenzy frequently hitched rides in the cockpit of the Decepticon jets, for example. {{storylink|DIS-Integrated Circuits!}} Ravage used his cassette form on several occasions to spy on humans. {{storylink|Power Play!}} Three of the cassette troops were taken out of play by Omega Supreme {{storylink|Command Performances!}} and remained inoperative for quite some time, while Ravage was dropped into a mine shaft by the Autobot [[Skids (G1)|Skids]], {{storylink|Showdown!}} taking him out of play for even longer. Only Laserbeak remained operative, acting as a sort of totem of Decepticon leadership. {{storylink|Command Performances!}}

Ratbat assumed a cassette form upon traveling to Earth, and used this disguise to monitor his human accomplices. {{storylink|Buster Witwicky and the Car Wash of Doom}}

===Cartoon continuity===

====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
The Mini-Cassettes acted as a sort of special-missions force, under the command of their host Soundwave. Soundwave could store numerous cassettes within his chest, at times ejecting as many as four at once. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}} {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}

Laserbeak was frequently sent to spy on the [[Autobot]]s at [[Ark (G1)|Autobot Headquarters]], once using his cassette form to sneak in. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer}} Ravage likewise used his cassette mode to infiltrate [[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletraan I]] and steal information about Earth's resources. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 2}} Rumble was used more often to destroy stuff, though all three frequently engaged in battle.

The less-seen Buzzsaw and Frenzy also appeared on occasion, usually acting in conjunction with Laserbeak and Rumble, respectively. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (episode)|Countdown to Extinction}} {{storylink|Atlantis, Arise!}} {{storylink|The Immobilizer}}

Years later, Ratbat joined the cassette forces; like Laserbeak, he specialized in spy work and reconnaissance, particularly in tight quarters inaccessible to Laserbeak. {{storylink|Secret Files of Teletraan II}}

Some time after that, Overkill and Slugfest also joined Soundwave's troops. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}

====Madman ''The Transformers'' comic====
In the year 2001, Soundwave unleashed his army of new Mini-Cassettes to steal the Autobot [[Matrix of Leadership]] from a secure bunker at the construction site of [[Autobot City]] on Earth. They were interrupted during their excavation by [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], who successfully disabled Soundwave and his various helpers, retrieving the Matrix. {{storylink|The Transformers (Madman)|The Transformers}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' comic=====
Ravage attacked [[Kenji]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] in Tokyo while the rest of the Autobots were occupied by Megatron's forces. [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] managed to sweep Kenji to safety, but Bumblebee was then confronted by Rumble, Laserbeak and Ratbat as well. Bumblebee managed to evade the Cassettes long enough for [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] to arrive as back-up. Using a patented Bumble Kick, the small Autobot damaged Soundwave's chest compartment, so that when Ravage and the others attempted to hide from the Autobots inside their master, they bounced fruitlessly off of Soundwave. Cliffjumper was able to grab them while they were still in their cassette forms, pulling out their magnetic tape. Harsh. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 2|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #2}}

When the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticon]]s attempted to frame the Autobots for their evil deeds, Rumble and Frenzy appealed directly to the human race for Decepticon support. Disguised in full-body cloaks and masks, they staged rallys against the Autobots and convince mankind that the Decepticons were their true friends. Their ruse was soon uncovered by [[Eject]] and [[Rewind]], who ripped off the Decepticons' robes to reveal their true selves. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 7|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #7}}

=====''Scramble City'' cartoon=====
{{storylink|Scramble City: Mobilization}}
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=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
{{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}{{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}} {{storylink|Terror! The Six Shadows}}{{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} {{storylink|The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts}} {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears}} {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}}{{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}} {{storylink|Battle for Defense of the False Planet}}{{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}}{{storylink|The Zarak Shield Turns the Tide}}{{storylink|Operation: Destroy the Decepticons}}
{{charstubfiction}}
=====''The Headmasters'' comic=====

As the Autobots prepared to leave Earth and pursue [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s forces into space, Soundblaster of all the Decepticons stayed behind to continue tormenting humanity. He dispatched Overkill and Slugfest to attack the Witwickys but they were, um...overpowered by [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]]. After [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] blasted Soundblaster into the distance, his remaining Cassettes crowded around the Decepticon tapedeck as he shook the stars from his eyes. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 8|The Headmasters #8}}

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
The origin of the Mini-Cassettes as a whole is unknown. Warriors like Laserbeak and Ravage were seen working with Soundwave in their standard capacity since the beginning of the war. {{storylink|The War Within}} The sole exception is Ratbat, who was once a high-ranking Decepticon, and the leader of his own independent faction during the [[Dark Ages]]. {{storylink|War Within: The Dark Ages}} At an unknown point in history, Ratbat was apparently converted into a Mini-Cassette as punishment for some unknown offense. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}}

Besides Ratbat, the Mini-Cassettes were sent into stasis lock with Soundwave and the rest of the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki> crew for four million years on the planet Earth. They reawakened in 1984 to battle [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and the crew of the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]''. {{storylink|Prime Directive}} When the Transformers eventually returned to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], the Mini-Cassettes went with Soundwave under the new command of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. After [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] made a proposal to strike out on their own, however, they turned against Shockwave. Part of the deal was Starscream reuniting Soundwave with Ratbat, whom he had apparently already used as a Mini-Cassette in the past. The Mini-Cassettes returned to Earth with Soundwave and the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]s. {{storylink|War and Peace}} Megatron eventually returned, reclaiming leadership from Starscream, with the help of Soundwave and the Mini-Cassettes. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

{{note|After returning to Earth, only Rumble and Frenzy made express appearances. Ravage, Laserbeak, Buzzsaw and Ratbat were presumably present inside Soundwave.}}

===IDW comics continuity===
[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], and [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] worked with [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] from the beginning as his minions.

[[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] and [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] were originally energon miners like [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. They were the first pre-Decepticons to hitch their wagons to the rising star of Megatron. Megatron had them reformatted into the Cybertronian equivalent of mini-cassettes in order to participate in a surprise attack on the [[Senate]]. They weren't entirely happy about it, but agreed out of fear and loyalty to Megatron. [[Squawkbox]] also participated in that operation.

{{note|It is unclear if Squawkbox was already a minion of Soundwave or if he was also reformatted for that purpose.}}

[[Ratbat (G1)|Senator Ratbat]] was Soundwave's boss up until the Decepticon uprising, at which point, Soundwave slagged him but preserved his spark in a Cybertronian mini-cassette. {{storylink|Megatron Origin}}

Much later, Squawkbox served on the same space station as [[Sixshot]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sixshot}}

Ravage and Laserbeak traveled with Soundwave to Earth while keeping an eye on [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]. Buzzsaw, Frenzy, and Rumble were not seen during this period, but the possibility that Soundwave was keeping one or more of them in reserve cannot be ruled out. (You never ''really'' know who he has hidden in there.) It was at this time that Soundwave and at least Ravage and Laserbeak picked up [[1984]]-era Earth [[alternate mode]]s. {{storylink|Spotlight: Soundwave}}

Ratbat spent some time as a regular member of Earth's [[Infiltration protocol|infiltration unit]] doing reconnaissance work. {{storylink|Devastation issue 1}} He had a non-mini-cassete alternate mode.

Laserbeak, Ravage, Frenzy, Rumble, and Ratbat all participated in Megatron's full-scale invasion of Earth as Soundwave's mini-cassette minions. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron}}

===''Hearts of Steel''===
Soundwave, Ravage, Squawkbox, and Rumble and/or Frenzy were among the Decepticons who were awakened in eighteenth century Earth and took on alternate modes from that era. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel}}

It was not revealed what those alternate modes were, but textual notes in Squawkbox's concept art included in the trade paperback indicate that his "upper body transforms into a mechanical gorilla" and his "lower part transforms into mechanical eagle."

===Shattered Glass===
{{charstubfiction}}
{{storylink|Shattered Glass (issue)|Shattered Glass}} {{storylink|Dungeons & Dinobots}} {{storylink|Do Over}} {{storylink|Eye in the Sky}}

==Toys==
===Frenzy mold===
*[[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]]
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]
*[[Enemy (G1)|Enemy]], whose only transformable toy was permanently attached to a radio bigger than he was.

===Laserbeak mold===
[[Image:LaserbeakG1toy.JPG|right|200px|thumb|1984 cassette Laserbeak]]
*[[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]]
*[[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]]
*[[Garboil (G1)|Garboil]]
*[[Sundor]]

===Ravage mold===
*[[Ravage (G1)/toys|Ravage]]
*[[Howlback]]
*[[Glit]]

===Universe Ravage mold===
: This is an entirely new-mold version of the character, still transforming from jaguar to a cassette compatible with G1 Soundwave / Blaster.
*''[[Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' [[Ravage (G1)/toys|Ravage]]
*"Shattered Glass" [[Ravage (SG)|Ravage]]

===Other molds===
* [[Beastbox (G1)|Beastbox]] and [[Squawktalk]], who can combine to form [[Squawkbox]].
* [[Flip Sides (G1)|Flip Sides]], [[Redeco|redecoed]] from the [[Rewind]] mold.
* [[Overkill (G1)|Overkill]]
* [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]
* [[Slugfest (G1)|Slugfest]]

===Fiction only===
*[[:Image:Generic cassettes.jpg|Many]] [[Palette swap|other]] [[generic]]s.
*[[Autoscout]] {{storylink|A Prime Problem}}
*[[:Image:Ravage clones gi joe vol 2.jpg|Ravage clones]] {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 3}}
*"[[Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]" [[Laserbeak (SG)|Laserbeak]] {{storylink|Shattered Expectations}} {{storylink|Shattered Glass (issue)|Shattered Glass}}
*"Shattered Glass" [[Buzzsaw (SG)|Buzzsaw]] {{storylink|Shattered Glass (issue)|Shattered Glass}}
*"Shattered Glass" [[Frenzy (SG)|Frenzy]] {{storylink|Shattered Glass (issue)|Shattered Glass}} {{storylink|Eye in the Sky}}
*"Shattered Glass" [[Ratbat (SG)|Ratbat]] {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 28}}
*"Shattered Glass" [[Rumble (SG)|Rumble]] {{storylink|Shattered Glass (issue)|Shattered Glass}}
*"Shattered Glass" [[Enemy (SG)|Enemy]] {{storylink|Recordicons|Recordicons #4}}
*"Shattered Glass" [[Overkill (SG)|Overkill]] {{storylink|Do Over}}
*"Shattered Glass" [[Slugfest (SG)|Slugfest]] {{storylink|Dungeons & Dinobots}} {{storylink|Do Over}}

==Notes==
[[Image:DiamondStickerbookRecordicons.jpg|thumb|200px]]
*This sub-group was called '''Decepticon Cassettes''' in the 1984 toy [[catalog]], but '''Decepticon Mini-Cassettes''' in all subsequent catalogs.
*The term "Spy Cassettes" was used in advertisements featured in the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Overview 2|Marvel UK comics]] and an organizational chart in the [[Transformers Annual 1987]], while "Recordicon" was used in a 1986 [[Diamond]] ''Transformers: The Movie'' stickerbook to describe Laserbeak. "Recordicon" has seen recent use in the ''Shattered Glass'' profiles for Ravage and Ratbat.
*The term "Cassetticon" is an unofficial term that crops up amongst the fanbase.
*The San Diego Comic-Con 2009 reissue of Soundwave refers to the cassettes as "[[Deployer (Prime)|Deployer]]" figures. The term "Deployer" had previously been used for the [[Deployer (BM)|small animal-to-weapon figures]] from the [[Beast Machines (toyline)|''Beast Machines'' toyline]].
*In "[[The Agenda (Part 2)|The Agenda]]", Ravage still has his cassette alternate mode, despite undergoing a complete rebuilding. He fits into a compartment on his [[Transwarp cruiser|ship]].
*In addition to being retconned as deployers, Soundwave's [[Transformers Hall of Fame]] bio also presented Ravage, Laserbeak and all of Soundwave's other partners as [[Mini-Cons]]. That'll rattle a few cages. [http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/movie-news/TRANSFORMERS-HALL-OF-FAME-Nominee-1.cfm]
*The Hall of Fame bio also revealed that Laserbeak and Ravage are Soundwave's favorite partners. (It's okay, [[Wingthing (G1)|Wingthing]], we still love you).

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Cassettron''' (カセットロン ''Kasettoron'')

[[Category:Decepticon subgroups]]
[[Category:Generation 1 subgroups]]
[[Category:Mini-Cassettes| Decepticon]]

Battle Lines, Part 1

2011-03-03T16:33:10Z

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{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[Battle Lines]]
|prev=The Coming Storm
|seriesissue2=[[Wings of Honor continuity|Wings of Honor]]
|prev2=The Coming Storm: Part 6
|next2=Battle Lines, Part 2
|title="Battle Lines, Part 1"
|publisher=[[Fun Publications]]
|published in=[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 36]]
|story=[[Rik Alvarez]] & [[Pete Sinclair]]
|writers=Pete Sinclair & [[Jesse Wittenrich]]
|pencils by=[[Dan Khanna]]
|inks by=Dan Khanna
|colors by=[[Evan Gauntt]] and [[Jesse Wittenrich]]
|letters by=Jesse Wittenrich
|managing editor=[[Pete Sinclair]]
|continuity=[[Wings of Honor continuity|Wings of Honor]]
}}
'''Side Burn pretends to be Dion to pick up tail.'''

==Synopsis==
In a bar on [[Cybertron]], an Autobot has unloaded his pain on supportive audio receptors. He recalled his time as a dock worker on [[storage yard 67]], innocent times with friends like Orion Pax and Ariel. Then the horror of watching their murder at the hands of Megatron, minutes before experiencing his own death.

The Autobot remembered his reawakening, his reprisal from eternity, and a second chance. Rebuilt from the ground up, he was now a solider, fighting a war. He noted the cruel cylindrical nature of existence. He made new friends, rebuilt his life, only to see it all shatter again in the cold face of the enemy. Such was the fate of Dion, last survivor of the [[Elite Guard]].

Oh, except this wasn’t Dion telling Dion’s story. This was Side Burn trying to use Dion’s tragedy to score with some [[Road Rage|bar]] [[Red waitress Transformer|chicks]].

After he exposed the ruse, Prowl yanked Side Burn out before his angry new acquaintances could have at him. Prowl was aghast at Sideburn’s lack of decency, and reminded him that impersonating an Elite Guard was a felony. For now, though, both Autobots had greater duties to attend.

Meanwhile, at Deathsaurus’ Lair, Starscream reported that the [[Combaticons]] mission was a success. The Elite Guard were destroyed. However, Stascream was concerned about the Combaticons being allowed into the Decepticon ranks, claiming that were only interested in furthering their own power, and would betray him the first chance they got.
Deathsaurus assuaged Starscream’s fear, telling him that such ambitions were what made them the perfect Decepticons, It was what separated them from the “stagnation and complacency of the Autobots”.

Preparing for their return, Starscream ordered Lyzack to ready the medical bay, as well as paying her some condescending flirtations. While Lyzack was modest towards her commander she harbored resentment in secret.

Back at the Citadel, Magnum gathered the remaining members of the Elite Guard, including the real Dion, to reassure the [[Autobot High Council]] that the Guard is still in operation. Their plans were halted by the assembly in the auditorium with Optimus Prime accepting his position as leader of the new Autobot Military.

{{issuestub}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Dion]] (1)
*[[Paradron Medic]] (2)
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (3)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Orion Pax]] (4) (flashback)
*[[Roller (G1)|Barrelroller]] (5) (flashback)
*[[Elita One|Ariel]] (6) (flashback)
*[[Cop-Tur (Timelines)|Cop-Tur]] (9) (flashback)
*[[Sentinel Major]] (11) (flashback)
*[[Magnum]] (12)
*[[Kup (G1)|Kup]] (13)
*[[Landshark]] (14)
*[[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] (15) (flashback)
*[[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] (16) (flashback)
*[[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] (17) (flashback)
*[[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] (18) (flashback)
*[[Road Rage]] (19)
*[[Side Burn (Timelines)|Side Burn]] (20)
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (21)
*[[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]] (25)
*[[Flak (G1)|Flak]] (26)
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (27)
*[[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (28)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (29)
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (30)

|c2=
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (7) (flashback)
*[[Transport drone|Transport warriors]] (8) (flashback)
*[[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] (10) (flashback)
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (22)
*[[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]] (23)
*[[Lyzack]] (24)
}}

==Quotes==
*TBA

==Notes==
*The opening page recounts some of the events of "[[War Dawn]]." Though we knew these events were in Dion's backstory, this is the first time we've seen them (and Dion's pre-Elite Guard body) in this continuity.
*This is the first fictional appearance of both Cop-Tur and Road Rage.
*The [[red waitress Transformer]] that Side Burn is trying to pick up looks like [[T-AI]] but is not T-AI. She's only supposed to ''look'' like T-AI. We are silly for thinking she's supposed to be T-AI. [http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=76339&view=findpost&p=1753060]
*Like Side Burn's ''[[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'' counterpart, he's berated by his universe's Prowl for being a good-for-nothing doofus.
*Similar to the Cybertronian altmodes seen in the first episode of the original cartoon, Prowl's robot mode still looks like it transforms into a Datsun, but his [[trans-form]] is a vehicle that looks completely different.
*Both Ironhide and Ratchet are shown in their ''[[Descent into Evil]]'' bodies, as ''Wings of Honor'' continues to feature the [[BotCon 2005]] exclusives.

[[Category:Generation 1 issues]]
[[Category:Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issues]]

Talk:Battle Lines, Part 1

2011-02-23T21:58:58Z

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==So No T-AI?==
I'm not getting the "It's not T-AI, it only looks like her stance" If it looks like her can't we assume this is the G1 universe version or does any face in every universe have to be explicitly named no matter who they look like. If not, then are we just naming her Server since she isn't in the character list at all right now. [[User:Riddlerj|Riddlerj]] 16:52, 23 February 2011 (EST)
: She's only not at [[T-AI]] because the authors explicitly said she isn't T-AI after I made a fit about it. Read the link. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 16:55, 23 February 2011 (EST)
::Oh, I see. She should still get some page. She has as much "screen time" as Road Rage.

Starscream clone (Animated)

2011-02-17T21:24:15Z

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{{factions|decepticon}}
{{disambig2|the abominations from the Transformers Animated continuity family|the clone from the Generation 1 cartoon|Starscream clone (G1)}}
:''Starscream clones are a group from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Lotta_starscreams.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Are there no signs of normalcy in these wretches? No [[Skywarp (Animated)|cowardice]] or [[Thundercracker (Animated)|pomposity]], no [[Slipstream (Animated)|snideness]], [[Sunstorm (Animated)|smarm]], or [[Thrust (Animated)|envy]], not even basic honest-to-goodness [[Dirge (Animated)|double-dealing]] [[Ramjet (Animated)|two-facedness]]?]]

A '''Starscream clone''' is one of an army of (mostly) physically identical copies of [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]]. They have all of his abilities, with the added bonus of being extremely disposable. While there seem to be a large number of mass-produced clones, a handful have appeared which carry [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]] energy signatures, have different colour schemes, and seem to embody various elements of Starscream's personality.
The clones include:

*[[Dirge (Animated)|Dirge]], representing Starscream's greed.
*[[Ramjet (Animated)|Ramjet]], a clone that is as honest as the day is long.
*[[Skywarp (Animated)|Skywarp]] and [[Clone number 3370318|Clone #3370318]], two clones representing Starscream's cowardice.
*[[Slipstream (Animated)|Slipstream]], representing parts of Starscream best left unexplored.
*[[Starscream Clone Black Version]], representing... something.
*[[Sunstorm (Animated)|Sunstorm]] and [[Clone number 2716057|Clone #2716057]], two clones representing Starscream's bootlicking tendencies.
*[[Thundercracker (Animated)|Thundercracker]], representing Starscream's ego.
*[[Thrust (Animated)|Thrust]], representing Starscream's jealousy.

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
Starscream created the clones in a multi-step process. First mechanical shells based on Starscream's design were infused with protoforms stolen from Master [[Yoketron]]'s dojo. {{storylink|Endgame, Part I}} Since those protoforms were sparkless, a fragment Starscream's AllSpark fragment was inserted into their chassis to give them life. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part I‎}}

[[Image:Dragging_purple.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Skywarp, you've got a longer yellow streak than a herd of diarrhetic camels.]]

After [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] and [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]] captured and then lost the original Starscream on the Moon, his sycophantic clone destroyed Prowl's shuttle and headed for Earth. The two bots followed him, but bumped into the cowardly clone first. After capturing him, Lockdown double-crossed Prowl and dragged the clone away. As the Autobots gave chase, the Sycophant appeared and offered to deal. Prowl wasn't having any of it, and after a brief skirmish, managed to get the [[stasis cuffs]] on him. Both Lockdown and the Autobots took the clones to an abandoned warehouse, where the Decepticons were waiting. As everyone was understandably shocked, some sort of program deactivated the clones' higher functions and opened their spark chambers, which were empty... except for a pair of powerful bombs. As Lockdown and the Decepticons made a break for it, Prowl welded his borrowed mods to the pair and launched them into the sky, where they exploded. The Decepticons were caught in the blast wave, but the city was saved. In the wreckage of the ''[[Nemesis (Animated)|Nemesis]]'', a disappointed but pragmatic Starscream consoled himself with the fact he still had plenty left. {{storylink|A Fistful of Energon}}

While Megatron was officially bringing the Constructicons into his army on Earth, Starscream was doing the same with his fifth clone on the Moon. Immediately after he brought his final clone on-line, however, the neurotic ensemble began giving him trouble, and he learned that each of them embodied a distilled facet of his personality: his cowardice, his sycophancy, his deceitfulness, his egomania...and one facet that warned him not to ask what she was. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part I‎}}

[[Image:ABTC-AttackOfTheClones.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Attack of the... er, nevermind.]]

After bringing the five clones to life, the Starscreams all flew to Earth after Megatron made the [[space bridge]]. Starscream attacked the Decepticons with his new army and lost two clones (along with Blurr) in a blob of cement, and soon after lost his head to Prof. Sumdac. Finally, the other Starscream clones decided he was unworthy to lead them and sided with Megatron, but after that they all had to attack [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]] and were easily defeated. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part I‎I}}

The two clones who were warped into space with Blurr were able to escape their cement prison, but were left behind in space as Blurr darted away. {{storylink|TransWarped}}

It was also revealed that Ramjet had survived, as he saved Lugnut (and promised not to tell Megatron), {{storylink|Three's a Crowd}} and later paid Lockdown to help him against the Autobots. {{storylink|Five Servos of Doom}} Both he and Sunstorm would end up as prisoners, and briefly broke free before being recaptured. {{storylink|Decepticon Air}}

The final Earthbound clone, Slipstream, kept a low profile after the disastrous encounter with Omega Supreme, but she eventually resurfaced when Optimus Prime was attempting to learn to fly. She pursued him assuming he was Starscream, and was quite confused when she realized she was actually confronting a flying Autobot. But that didn't stop her from shooting Prime down, then escaping once more to parts unknown.{{storylink|Endgame, Part I}}

The remaining cache of unactivated Starscream clone shells were unceremoniously destroyed by Megatron, upon the latter's return to his destroyed warship on the moon. {{storylink|Endgame, Part I}}
{{-}}
===Titan Magazines===
Starscream used his mass produced clones to seize the Autobot base. Unfortunately, Sari knew their weakness: they weren't immune to [[Dinobot (Animated)|giant robot dinosaurs beating the slag out of them]]. {{storylink|Dino-MIGHT!}}

===''The Cool'' comic===

[[Image:TheCoolStarscreamCloneArmy01.jpg|right|thumb|200px|]]

In an attempt to destroy [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]], Starscream wired two of his clones ([[Clone number 3370318]] and [[Clone number 2716057]]) with explosives as part of a convuluted scheme involving [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]], a bounty hunter, bringing them to the Decepticon leader. The plan made it that far, but due to interference from the Autobots (mainly [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]]), the clones exploded without killing anyone (except themselves). Observing the situation, Starscream took the failure in stride and declared that there was more to come from his Clone Army. {{storylink|The Cool issue 6|The Cool #6}}

Later, when the Autobots and Decepticons came into conflict over the [[Space Bridge]], Starscream chose then as the most opportune time to unleash his Clone Army. [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] regarded them as little more than an irritation, and even joined forces with [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] to combat them. Their partnership was short-lived, however, as Megatron used Prime as a living shield to protect himself from a blast from [[Slipstream (Animated)|Slipstream]].{{storylink|The Cool issue 7|The Cool #7}}

After being defeated, the clones were then forced to join Megatron's ranks under threat of destruction. The clones attempted to stop [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]], but were blasted into oblivion. {{storylink|The Cool issue 8|The Cool #8}}

{{-}}

==Toys==
* '''Voyager'''

[[Image:Animated Skywarp Voyager.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Skywarp]]
:The Voyager [[size class|class]] [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] from [[Transformers Animated (toyline)|Animated]] has been recolored into:
:*[[Skywarp (Animated)|Skywarp]]
:*[[Sunstorm (Animated)|Sunstorm]]
:*[[Thundercracker (Animated)|Thundercracker]]

{{-}}

[[Image:Animated Dirge Activators.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Dirge]]

* '''Activator'''

: Starscream's [[Activators]] mold, a smaller, auto-transforming design based on the larger toy, was recolored into:
:*[[Thundercracker (Animated)|Thundercracker]]
:*[[Dirge (Animated)|Dirge]]
:*[[Skywarp (Animated) | Skywarp]]
:*[[Ramjet (Animated) | Ramjet]]

{{-}}
[[Image:AnimatedLegendsRamjetClearWhite.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Ramjet Clear White Version]]

* '''Legends'''

: The smallest toy of Starscream, his [[Legends Class]] mold, has been recolored into:
:*[[Thundercracker (Animated)|Thundercracker Clear Blue Version]]
:*[[Skywarp (Animated)|Skywarp Clear Purple Version]]
:*[[Sunstorm (Animated)|Sunstorm Clear Orange Version]]
:*[[Ramjet (Animated)|Ramjet Clear White Version]]
:*[[Starscream Clone Black Version]]
{{--}}

==Notes==
* The clones are a reference to the common practice of redecoing Starscream toys as new characters, specifically the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]].
*The color schemes (though little more) of most of the clones are inspired by various [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] Seekers. When later released as toys and listed in the ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|AllSpark Almanac]]'' guidebook, they were finally given the names of the Generation 1 characters they were colored to resemble. They were never given individual names in the cartoon, however, only ever being credited as "Starscream"; this was because if they ''had'' been given names, they would have been considered separate characters, and actor [[Tom Kenny]]'s fee would have increased substantially with the addition of four "new" characters for him to play.
* At [[BotCon 2008]], ''Animated'' series creators [[Derrick Wyatt]] and [[Marty Isenberg]] repeatedly emphasized that there would be "no clone army... definitely no clone army... absolutely no clone army in this show." Lots of reports forgot the sarcasm tag.
* Starscream could certainly be considered an [[Army-building|army-builder]].
* This is, however, not [[A Prime Problem|the first appearance]] of a [[Starscream clone (G1)|Starscream clone]].
* Or even [[Sunstorm (G1)|the second.]]
* Derrick Wyatt explained in a interview{{fact|Which interview?}} that he intended the clones to evolve into individuals the longer they remained online. Noting it has not been depicted, he implied the concept was dropped.

[[Category:Animated]]
[[Category:Clones]]
[[Category:Decepticon subgroups]]
[[Category:Drones]]
[[Category:Mass-produced Transformers]]
[[Category:Starscream clones| ]]

Breakdown (Animated)

2011-02-03T20:18:24Z

147.140.233.17: unless I'm missing something.

{{faction|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Breakdown}}
:''Breakdown is a [[Decepticon]] from a [[Timelines (franchise)|Timelines]] addition to the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:BreakdownAnimated.jpg|right|thumb|200px|BotCon wishes they could quit him.]]
'''Breakdown''' is a [[Stunticon (Animated)|Stunticon]].

{{TOCclear}}
==Fiction==
{{comingsoon}}

==Toys==
===Timelines===
*'''Unnamed BotCon box set''' (2011)
**''Accessories'': crossbow/missile launcher, 2 missiles

: Breakdown is a [[retool]] of Deluxe Class [[Transformers Animated (toyline)|''Animated'']] [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)#Toys|Rodimus Major]], transforming into a futuristic car that is an homage to the vehicle mode of Generation 1 [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]. A panel on the car's hood, which is also the figure's chest, can be flipped to either show an engine block or the figure's Decepticon [[insignia]]. The figure comes with an Energy Bow, capable of firing two missiles. His bow can be tabbed to the roof of his car mode or snapped on his hand. The tabs that secure his bow in vehicle mode are 5mm wide, making it useable by other figures as well. His legs are normally bent for the underside of his car mode but can be locked straight during transformation.

He is only available as part of the [[BotCon 2011]] box set, which also includes [[Motormaster (Animated)|Motormaster]], [[Wildrider (Animated)|Wildrider]], [[Drag Strip (Animated)|Drag Strip]], and [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]].

{{comingsoontoy}}
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==Notes==
* Breakdown was the second character to be revealed for the BotCon 2011 set, on [[February 3]], [[2011]].
* This is BotCon's fourth Breakdown, if you count the unofficial [[Action Master]] figure from [[BotCon 2004]].

==References==
<references/>

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Heart Like a Wheel

2010-11-11T19:42:07Z

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{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=''[[The Transformers (IDW)|The Transformers]]'' #13
|prev=International Incident Part 4: "All My Sins Remembered"
|next=The Transformers issue 14
|title=Heart Like a Wheel
|image=Transformers 13B.jpg
|caption=
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[November 10]], [[2010]]
|coverdate=November 2010
|written by=[[Mike Costa]]
|art by=[[Nick Roche]]
|colors by=[[James Brown|J. Brown]]
|letters by=[[Chris Mowry]]
|assistant editor=[[Carlos Guzman]]
|editor=[[Andy Schmidt]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline|Current era (2010)]]
}}
'''Rodimus goes after the Matrix and gets slagged.'''

==Synopsis==
Still piloting the shuttle he stole from Ultra Magnus for his getaway on Earth, Rodimus begins his daring assault on the Decepticons' asteroid base. On the ground, Acid Storm notices the incoming Autobot craft. Too late to call it in, Shrapnel makes the decision to blow it out of the sky, inadvertently destroying the Decepticon defense grid when the debris of Ultra Magnus' shuttle crashes into the base. Bombshell reports the incident to a withdrawn and disinterested Starscream, still wearing the Matrix around his neck. The Matrix catches Bombshell's eye, but when he reaches out for it, Starscream snaps at him and orders him away.

Back outside, Rodimus emerges from the osmium-alloy safe he hid in to survive the ship's destruction. Bombshell, Acid Storm and Shrapnel show up, looking for useful items to scavenge from the wreckage. Rodimus ambushes them and takes them out in short order, including using part of the safe as armor to block Bombshell's cerebro-shell attack. Thinking himself safe, Rodimus is then ambushed in turn by Razorclaw. Before Razorclaw can eviscerate him, Rodimus grabs the cerebro-shell and stuffs it down Razorclaw's throat, temporarily mind controlling him.

Inside the base, Rodimus sends Razorclaw to attack Starscream. Starscream easily defeats the mind-weakened Razorclaw, and then is confronted by Rodimus. Starscream is unimpressed, noting that his new position as Decepticon leader has led him to armor himself beyond anything Rodimus could damage him with. Without missing a beat, Rodimus shoots the Matrix instead, causing an discharge of energy which sends Starscream to the ground in a crumpled heap. Rodimus grabs the Matrix, feeling the pieces are falling into place for his destined escape...

...When he runs into a fully-rebuilt Megatron. Rodimus holds up the Matrix threateningly, but Megatron blasts him through the torso, then blasts him into space with the Matrix. With Starscream having lost possession of the Matrix, Megatron orders Soundwave to gather the Decepticons, as they have work to do. Rodimus floats adrift in space, Matrix still chained around his neck...

==Featured Characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod/"Rodimus Prime"]] (1)
|c2=
*[[Acid Storm]] (2)
*[[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] (3)
*[[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] (4)
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (5)
*[[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] (6)
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (7)
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (8)
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (9)
|c3=
}}

==Quotes==
* TBD

==Errors==
* TBD

==Items of note==
* The issue is likely either named after Linda Ronstadt's 1974 album of the same name or Human League's 1990 single.
* Nick Roche uses [[Don Figueroa]]'s designs for Hot Rod and Magnus's ship, but adapts them to his own cartoonish style.
* For some reason, Razorclaw has been redesigned as his familiar mechanical lion alt-mode.
* Even though, according to AHM, the Matrix was one of Megatron's main motivations for starting the war and then, after he went to so much trouble to take it from Optimus Prime, it is now apparently just a "bauble" of Starscream's.
* Cover A mimics IDW's cover for [[Matrix Quest!]],

===Covers(3)===
* '''Cover A:''' [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], wearing the [[Matrix of Leadership]], throttles Hot Rod; art by [[Don Figueroa]], colors by [[James Brown|J.Brown]].
* '''Cover B:''' Hot Rod dives off a rock; art by [[Nick Roche]], colors by [[James Brown|J.Brown]].
* '''Cover RI:''' Concept drawing of [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]; art by Don Figueroa.

<gallery>
Image:Transformers 13A.jpg|This is [[:Image:TFTM-strangle.jpg|bad comedy]].
Image:Transformers 13B.jpg|Here I come to save the daaaayyyyyy!
Image:Transformers 13RI.jpg|He used to be [[Nicholas Fury|Nick Fury]], now he's Mr. Magoo.
</gallery>

===Advertisements===
*TBD

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Talk:Action Master

2010-10-26T15:41:25Z

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==Grimlock: Only AM in Marvel?==
I have to disagree that Grimlock's AM form is the only such one we see in Marvel. Optimus Prime's representation in the final issue looks strongly like his AM form. The Blue forearms tell me he's not in his original G1 body, and the location of the smokestacks are not the same as they are for Ginrai. [[User:Aurax|Aurax]] 10:23, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

:"Other Action Master toys are represented, but not having been changed by Nucleon they are likely not actual Action Masters." In the same slew of issues, we also see Krok, Rad, Treadshot, and probably a few more I'm forgetting, all looking extremely toy-accurate. But, like Prime, none of them are shown to be Nucleon-infused, and thus none can be properly called Action Masters. - [[User:Jackpot|Jackpot]] 10:46, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

:Prime was an Action Master too, by technicality. Hi-Q touched Grimlock during his metamorphosis, and the Nucleon which powered that metamorphosis accelerated his own merging with Prime. And then the Last Autobot completes it, yadda yadda yadda, he's his Action Master toy. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 16:52, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

Were action master partners and/or vehicles ever depicted in fiction? Would this be an interesting fact to add? - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 17:00, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
:The only "appearance" I know of is the one [[Action Master#Timelines Classics comic|already in the article]]. - [[User:Jackpot|Jackpot]] 17:29, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
::[[Push-Button]] also appeared, in Dreamwave's G1 ongoing series #5. --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] 06:56, 31 May 2008 (UTC)

== Budiansky's treatment ==

"Bob Budiansky's treatment for the Action Masters was printed in a Titan Books trade." Specifics? Which trade exactly?--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 09:13, 26 October 2010 (EDT)

Overbite (G1)

2010-10-18T19:27:10Z

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{{disambig3|Overbite}}
:''Overbite is a [[Decepticon]] [[Seacon (G1)|Seacon]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]]. He is also known as '''Jawbreaker''' in the UK G1 comics.''

[[Image:G1Masterforce Overbite cardart.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Also known as "Bruce"]]
'''Overbite''' is a relentless hunting machine. His name strikes fear into the processors of any seagoing [[Autobot]]. Though Overbite loves a good hunt, he's not wholly obsessed with the occupation. He enjoys taking time off, but in his own special way: sinking oil tankers and picking off the drowning [[Human|humans]] for sport.

He can combine with his fellow Seacons to form [[Piranacon (G1)|Piranacon]].

:''French-Canadian name'': '''Morsure'''

==Fiction==
===Marvel Generation 1 comics===
{{noteukonly}}
[[Image:Salvage jawbreaker.JPG|right|150px|thumb|My name is Jawbreaker, dammit!]]

''When [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s Earthbound Decepticons established their new undersea base, Jawbreaker and his [[Seacon (G1)|Seacon mates]] were summoned from Cybertron to work on the base's fortifications, as they were uniquely suited for underwater activity. They got more than they bargained for when the super-Decepticon [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] came a'calling. In the battle, Seawing and Jawbreaker managed to momentarily stun Galvatron, but in the end even the combined might of [[Piranacon (G1)|Piranacon]] couldn't beat him.'' {{storylink|Enemy Action!}}

''Jawbreaker liked his name very much! Unfortunately, Shockwave decided to rename him "Overbite". He got very sad about this and likes to make it clear what his ''real'' name is; the other Seacons still think of and call him Jawbreaker. Fight the man, guys!'' {{storylink|City of Fear|#164's Grim Grams}}

''When bazillionaire [[Richard Branson]] had the rusted-together remains of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and [[Centurion (Marvel)|Centurion]] dredged up from the River Thames, Jawbreaker (minus his beast-mode arms and legs!) swam in to bite through the barge-chains. This allowed [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] to attach their own cables to the pair and haul them away for Shockwave to experiment on.'' {{storylink|Salvage!}}

[[Image:Overbitesharkclubcon.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Oh, THERE'S my limbs!]]
''After Shockwave was deposed, the new commander [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] kept the Seacons on retainer for another mission. ''The Seacons were commissioned to hunt down a sunken shipwreck in the water around the Decepticon undersea base, a wreck which supposedly contained two Autobot cassettes with valuable information encoded on them. They successfully obtained the treasure chest containing the cassettes and, despite a brief theft by the Autobot [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], managed to recapture the prize and return it to their leader. {{storylink|Club Con!}} Unfortunately for them, this led to a sequence of events whereby the treacherous [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] acquired the power of the [[Underbase]] for himself. The Autobots and Decepticons of Earth were forced to unite in order to stop him from seizing ultimate power. The Seacons attacked Starscream in unison in the waters around Manhattan, but were destroyed in a single energy discharge. {{storylink|Dark Star (issue)|Dark Star}}

''Sometime later, during the [[Earthforce]] saga, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] traveled back in time and possessed the body of Seacon leader Snaptrap during the [[Underbase Saga]], in an attempt to save them in the past to bolster his troops in the present. He failed due to the intervention of [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], and the Seacons met their fate as before.'' {{storylink|Flashback!}}

===Devil's Due ''G.I. Joe vs. The Transformers'' comics===
In the form of Piranacon, Overbite and the Seacons battled [[Predaking]] in the [[Gladiator Zone]] before joining [[Serpent O.R.]]'s new army of Decepticons. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 2}} Still in combined form, they subsequently helped their new leader capture a few Autobots and [[G.I. Joe (team)|Joes]] and attacked [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] at an Autobot peace conference. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3}} Although Piranacon defeated the Autobot giant with the help of some other combiners, he was taken out of action when [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] rammed [[Sixshot]] into his head. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Overbite''' (Seacon, 1988)
**''Team ID number'': '''SE1'''
**''Accessories'': "[[Jawbreaker cannon]]", "Tripod Rifle", connector, weapon stand base

[[Image:Overbiteg1toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Overbite, hump that gun!]]
: [[:Image:Overbite-instructions.jpg|Overbite transforms into a robotic shark]], albeit one with arms and legs. His "Jawbreaker cannon" can mount underneath his shark-mode head. He also has a third [[Targetmaster]] mode,<ref>1988 [[Hasbro]] ''Transformers'' catalog</ref> which can be mounted on the weapon stand formed from the "Tripod Rifle" and other accessories, or held in the hand of the Seacons' combined robot. As a "[[Scramble City]]"-styled combiner, he can form an arm or leg to any compatible robot combination; although the [[Instructions|instructions]] included with the individual Seacons depict him as Piranacon's hand weapon, the art and instructions for the US giftset transferred him to the right arm, replacing the missing Nautilator.

: This toy was sold in Japan as the [[Overbite (Masterforce)|Overbite drone]]. It was also used to make ''[[Beast Wars II (toyline)|Beast Wars II]]'' [[Sea Phantom]].

*'''Piranacon''' (Seacon giftset, 1988)

: Overbite was also available in the Seacon box set, along with his teammates [[Snaptrap (G1)|Snaptrap]], [[Seawing (G1)|Seawing]], [[Skalor]] and [[Tentakil (G1)|Tentakil]], but without [[Nautilator]].

===Timelines===
*'''Piranacon''' (Seacon giftset, 2008)

[[Image:Overbitetimelinestoy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The years haven't been kind to this mold.]]
: A [[redeco]] of the Generation 1 mold above, ''Timelines'' Overbite was available exclusively as part of a [[Official Transformers Collectors' Club]]-[[exclusive]] giftset containing all six Seacons in new color schemes. He is once again depicted as the hand weapon of the combined super robot.

:This toy was originally intended as a Wal*Mart exclusive set of ''[[Energon (toyline)|Energon]]''-series [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]], but was shelved due to a lack of retailer interest. The team were to be called the Piranhacons and their combined form would have been Piranhaking, but this other Overbite's name would have remained Overbite.

:Many ''Timelines'' Overbites suffer from quality-control problems that keep him from using his Jawbreaker cannon in two of three modes. The larger pegs just don't fit well anymore.
{{-}}

===Transformers (2010)===
* '''Decepticon Piranacon''' (Seacon giftset, 2010)
**''Accessories'':

{{charstubtoys}}
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==Notes==
* The instructions for Piranacon mis-parse Overbite's name as "Over Bite".
* In his first appearance in [[Enemy Action!|issue 152]] of the Marvel UK comics, Overbite is referred to as "Jawbreaker" for reasons not entirely clear. This was repeated in his appearance in [[Salvage!|issue 160]] and an "A to Z" profile in the [[Transformers Annual 1989]]. Even though this later spawned an [[Misconceptions and urban legends about Transformers|urban legend]] that the Overbite toy was officially released under the name "Jawbreaker" on some European markets, no substantial evidence has ever surfaced to back up this rumor. It's more likely that [[Simon Furman]], who wrote the story, simply got a few names mixed up, since the Overbite toy's instructions refer to his ''weapon'' as a "Jawbreaker cannon". That, or "Jawbreaker" was an early working name for Overbite. In the combination instructions for Piranacon, he is refered to by both names in different sections, supporting the theory that a name switch happened during production.
* Grimlock reports that the threat of physical violence from Jawbreaker made Marvel UK use that name.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Decepticon/Overbite/overbite.htm Overbite at TFU.info]
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Overbite Overbite's ''Universe'' profile at NFTA.net]

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Scrapper (Movie)

2010-09-15T17:29:17Z

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{{disambig3.5|the non-screen [[Drone|drones]] from the [[Movie (franchise)|2007 movie franchise]]|the on-screen ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicon]]| Scrapper (ROTF)|Scrapper}}
:''Scrappers are [[Autobot]]/[[Decepticon]] [[Drone Unit (Movie)| drone units]] from the [[Movie (franchise)|2007 movie franchise]] in the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''
[[Image:Scrapper-gamedrone.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Not Spoons.]]
'''Scrapper''' units are machines that convert into forklifts. Both the [[Autobot]] and [[Decepticon]] armies make use of these [[Drone|drones]], which are small and quick fighters, but physically weak.

==Games==
===''Battle for the Allspark'' online game===
[[Image:Scrapper head.jpg|left|125px|thumb|Scrapper units can be either Autobot (top) or Decepticon (bottom)]]
Scrappers on each side are differentiated by little more than the make of their noggins; Autobot versions use a facemask-with-visor model, while Decepticons have a lens-head.

Scrapper drones have equal Attack & Defense skills, with a Speed boost. {{storylink|Battle for the Allspark}}

===''Transformers: The Game'' (console)===
The weakest of the Transformer drone-models, Scrappers are light on their feet and vicious melee combatants when up close. They are armed with small rocket launchers, but they don't use them often. They primarily show up to harass the Autobots in [[Tranquility]], but they also arrive in vast numbers to tackle [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] in [[Mission City]]. To defeat them, follow the following tips: SMASH! SHOOT! WILD ATTACKS! They just go boom in one or two hits. {{storylink|Transformers The Game (console)|Transformers The Game}}
{{--}}

==Notes==
*Artist [[Ken Christiansen]] designed Scrapper, along with the other new characters in the [[Transformers The Game|''Transformers'' - The Game]] and [[Revenge of the Fallen (video games)|''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' - The Game]] video games.
* The Scrapper drone was one of two types of drone whose names were put up for voting on the game's web-site (which was a pretty good indication that they're weren't going to be getting toys, the other being [[Mixmaster (Movie)|Mixmaster]]). The other names came from past ''Transformers'' characters, including:
** [[Erector]]
** [[Grapple]]
** [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]]
* [[Dirt Boss (ROTF)|Dirt Boss]] and [[Deadlift]] from the ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' toyline are based upon Scrapper.

==External links==
* [http://badflipblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/tf1-forklift-drone-01.html Scrapper concepts] and [http://badflipblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/tf1-forklift-drone-02.html final rendering] on Ken Christiansen's blog.
* [http://www.transformersgame.com/battle/index.html ''Battle for the Allspark'' online game]

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Ravage (SG)

2010-09-03T14:21:57Z

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{{disambig3.5|the heroic Decepticon mini-cassette|his evil counterpart|Ravage (G1)|Ravage}}
:''Ravage is a heroic [[Decepticon]] [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|Recordicon]] from the "[[Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]" [[continuity family]].''
[[Image:SGRavage-EvanGauntt.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Hi! Do you see me? I'm waving!]]
Hi, I'm '''Ravage'''!<ref>I'm like a saboteur! Totally! I break stuff, srsly!</ref> I'm a white jaguar! I'm the one that's waving! Can you see me? <ref>Old crummy [[Steeljaw (SG)|Steeljaw]] never sees me! I jump all around but he keeps sleeping. He is the worst best friend ever!!! #bffs</ref> I love micro-blogging, so I talk in less<ref>Guys keep telling me that it's technically "fewer" and not "less" because whatevs, but that's what it says on the website!</ref> than 140 charact

{{quote|Hey im right over u do u see me? Im the metal cat waving at u on the big rock!|posted by ravagekitteh via [[Yatter]] mobile web feed}}

==Fiction==
===Shattered Glass===
When the ''[[Ark (SG)|Ark]]'' launched for a second time, Ravage accompanied [[Soundwave (SG)|Soundwave]] to [[Earth]] in the pursuit on the ''[[Nemesis (SG)|Nemesis]]'', and his escape pod landed near Soundwave's after the ship was shot down by the [[human]]s. He then joined in on the search for the ''Nemesis''. {{storylink|The Desert Heat!}}

When Soundwave, [[Heatwave]], Ravage, and [[Frenzy (SG)|Frenzy]] finally located the ''Nemesis''<nowiki>'</nowiki> crash site, they noticed a team of scientists snooping around. Ravage decided to have fun with two of them, [[Will Hayes|Will]] and [[Rick Ottman|Rick]], by chasing them around playfully, waving at them, quipping at them in [[wikipedia:Lolcat|LOLspeak]], and [[Yatter|text-messaging them]] so they'd notice he was sneaking up behind them. Eventually Soundwave and Heatwave transformed to deal with and calm down the panicked humans. When Frenzy arrived with the other two, [[Professor Arkeville]] and [[Sephie Beller|Sephie]], he told Ravage things would have gone more smoothly if he hadn't acted like, well, himself. Ravage reacted indignantly to the chastisement.

[[Image:BlitzwingBop-Ravage.jpg|left|thumb|200px|I totally look like a dog here LOL!!!! but I am a CAT :3]]

Ravage ended up getting along famously with Sephie, who understood his odd Netspeak and internet obsessions (both of which merely baffled the other [[Decepticon]]s), and happily purred at and snuggled up to her attentions. When the Decepticons made their attack to free [[Burpleson Air Force Base]] from the [[Autobot]]s' control, [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] paired them together since Sephie was the only one who could "shut [Ravage] up".

The two were among the ones able to sneak into the base while riding in Soundwave, with the help of a cover story from Will and Rick. They then all split up, with Sephie and Ravage heading towards the control room. Before they could get there, however, they ran into [[Wheeljack (SG)|Wheeljack]], who Ravage cheerfully waved at from the middle of the hallway. However, when the crazy inventor started ranting and pounding the walls, he sensibly took off running with Sephie.

They eventually managed to lose Wheeljack, but by that point Heatwave had already managed to talk the base's transmitter into evacuating the base in preparation for destroying it with the [[Global Orbital Defense Satellite]], so Sephie and Ravage opted for getting out of there themselves. {{storylink|Eye in the Sky}}

When Soundwave was busy trying to find where [[Blitzwing (SG)|Blitzwing]] had run off to, Ravage informed him that someone had posted on their Yatter account that there was a giant robot near their house, enabling Soundwave to arrive just in the nick of time to save the wayward Decepticon from [[Blaster (SG)|Blaster]]. {{storylink|Blitzwing Bop}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===Kiss Players===
[[Image:Glittoy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|If I wave I fall over. :~(]]
*'''Cassettron Set Kiss Players Position''' (Multi-pack, 2006)
**''Accessories'': Left & right "multifunctional medical tool boxes"

: ''[[Kiss Players (toyline)|Kiss Players]]'' [[Glit]] was officially [[repurposing|repurposed]] as ''Shattered Glass'' Ravage. A [[redeco]] of the original [[Ravage (G1)/toys|Ravage]] mold, he transforms from a microcassette that can fit into the tape door of the [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]] and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] toys to a robot jaguar. He was available only in an [[e-Hobby]] [[exclusive]] set with [[Rosanna (KP)|Rosanna]] and [[Sundor]], which also came with a bonus music CD. The Cassettron set was released during the second week of March 2007.

: This mold was also used to make [[Howlback]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Destron/Glit/glit.htm More information on Glit at TFU.info]
::*''[http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/content.php?/transformers-toys/toy-gallery/1131/Kiss-Play/Glit.html Glit toy gallery at Transformertoys.co.uk]
{{--}}

===Timelines===
[[Image:Timelinestoy-SGRavage.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Glit who, lol!!!]]
*'''Double Punch and Turbomaster''' (BotCon 2010 souvenir set)

: An honest-to-god nonrepurposed ''Shattered Glass'' Ravage toy, a redeco of ''[[Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Ravage (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Ravage]], transforms into a "cassette", or "capture mode" according to the original version of the mold's instructions. This mode fits onto the back of his mold-partner "[[Scorch|Turbomaster]]" via a pair of clips on the vehicle mode that fit into the tape spools. In this mode, Ravage is compatible with either the original [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]] (and similar toys), and in jaguar mode, the [[5mm post|5mm holes]] can accommodate Glit's weapons or those of the original Ravage (even though there are tiny versions of the weapons above his hips).

:He was sold in a [[BotCon 2010]] souvenir set along with [[Double Punch]] and "Turbomaster". Unlike those two, Ravage didn't come with a bio card, probably because we know way too much about Ravage already! ''Shattered Glass'' Ravage, like his set-mates, is limited to 1500 pieces.

:A bio card was eventually placed on the Botcon Twitter feed, listing his function as "Good Kitty". Awwwwwwwwww.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/BCRavage/ravage.htm More information on Shattered Glass Ravage at TFU.info]''

{{-}}

==Notes==
*''Shattered Glass'' Ravage was [http://shortpacked.com/comic/book-8/04-guest-strips-and-miscellany/sgravage/ conceived] as a humorous fan-character by [[David Willis]], as a silly inversion of [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]'s role as a quiet, stealthy spy. The character gained a bit of a following when Willis set up Twitter and Facebook pages for him as part of the joke, leading to his being officialized with a profile in [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 26|issue 26]] of the [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club (magazine)|Transformers Collectors' Club magazine]].

*He's the one that's waving!

==Footnotes==
<references/>

==External links==
*[http://twitter.com/ravagekitteh SG Ravage's Twitter feed]
*[http://www.facebook.com/people/Ravage-Sg/1178801320 SG Ravage's Facebook profile]
*[http://www.formspring.me/sgravage SG Ravage's Formspring.me account]

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Ravage (SG)

2010-09-03T14:18:00Z

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{{disambig3.5|the heroic Decepticon mini-cassette|his evil counterpart|Ravage (G1)|Ravage}}
:''Ravage is a heroic [[Decepticon]] [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|Recordicon]] from the "[[Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]" [[continuity family]].''
[[Image:SGRavage-EvanGauntt.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Hi! Do you see me? I'm waving!]]
Hi, I'm '''Ravage'''!<ref>I'm like a saboteur! Totally! I break stuff, srsly!</ref> I'm a white jaguar! I'm the one that's waving! Can you see me? <ref>Old crummy [[Steeljaw (SG)|Steeljaw]] never sees me! I jump all around but he keeps sleeping. He is the worst best friend ever!!! #bffs</ref> I love micro-blogging, so I talk in less<ref>Guys keep telling me that it's technically "fewer" and not "less" because whatevs, but that's what it says on the website!</ref> than 140 charact

{{quote|Hey im right over u do u see me? Im the metal cat waving at u on the big rock!|posted by ravagekitteh via [[Yatter]] mobile web feed}}

==Fiction==
===Shattered Glass===
When the ''[[Ark (SG)|Ark]]'' launched for a second time, Ravage accompanied [[Soundwave (SG)|Soundwave]] to [[Earth]] in the pursuit on the ''[[Nemesis (SG)|Nemesis]]'', and his escape pod landed near Soundwave's after the ship was shot down by the [[human]]s. He then joined in on the search for the ''Nemesis''. {{storylink|The Desert Heat!}}

When Soundwave, [[Heatwave]], Ravage, and [[Frenzy (SG)|Frenzy]] finally located the ''Nemesis''<nowiki>'</nowiki> crash site, they noticed a team of scientists snooping around. Ravage decided to have fun with two of them, [[Will Hayes|Will]] and [[Rick Ottman|Rick]], by chasing them around playfully, waving at them, quipping at them in [[wikipedia:Lolcat|LOLspeak]], and [[Yatter|text-messaging them]] so they'd notice he was sneaking up behind them. Eventually Soundwave and Heatwave transformed to deal with and calm down the panicked humans. When Frenzy arrived with the other two, [[Professor Arkeville]] and [[Sephie Beller|Sephie]], he told Ravage things would have gone more smoothly if he hadn't acted like, well, himself. Ravage reacted indignantly to the chastisement.

[[Image:BlitzwingBop-Ravage.jpg|left|thumb|200px|I totally look like a dog here LOL!!!! but I am a CAT :3]]

Ravage ended up getting along famously with Sephie, who understood his odd Netspeak and internet obsessions (both of which merely baffled the other [[Decepticon]]s), and happily purred at and snuggled up to her attentions. When the Decepticons made their attack to free [[Burpleson Air Force Base]] from the [[Autobot]]s' control, [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] paired them together since Sephie was the only one who could "shut [Ravage] up".

The two were among the ones able to sneak into the base while riding in Soundwave, with the help of a cover story from Will and Rick. They then all split up, with Sephie and Ravage heading towards the control room. Before they could get there, however, they ran into [[Wheeljack (SG)|Wheeljack]], who Ravage cheerfully waved at from the middle of the hallway. However, when the crazy inventor started ranting and pounding the walls, he sensibly took off running with Sephie.

They eventually managed to lose Wheeljack, but by that point Heatwave had already managed to talk the base's transmitter into evacuating the base in preparation for destroying it with the [[Global Orbital Defense Satellite]], so Sephie and Ravage opted for getting out of there themselves. {{storylink|Eye in the Sky}}

When Soundwave was busy trying to find where [[Blitzwing (SG)|Blitzwing]] had run off to, Ravage informed him that someone had posted on their Yatter account that there was a giant robot near their house, enabling Soundwave to arrive just in the nick of time to save the wayward Decepticon from [[Blaster (SG)|Blaster]]. {{storylink|Blitzwing Bop}}
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==Toys==
===Kiss Players===
[[Image:Glittoy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|If I wave I fall over. :~(]]
*'''Cassettron Set Kiss Players Position''' (Multi-pack, 2006)
**''Accessories'': Left & right "multifunctional medical tool boxes"

: ''[[Kiss Players (toyline)|Kiss Players]]'' [[Glit]] was officially [[repurposing|repurposed]] as ''Shattered Glass'' Ravage. A [[redeco]] of the original [[Ravage (G1)/toys|Ravage]] mold, he transforms from a microcassette that can fit into the tape door of the [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]] and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] toys to a robot jaguar. He was available only in an [[e-Hobby]] [[exclusive]] set with [[Rosanna (KP)|Rosanna]] and [[Sundor]], which also came with a bonus music CD. The Cassettron set was released during the second week of March 2007.

: This mold was also used to make [[Howlback]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Destron/Glit/glit.htm More information on Glit at TFU.info]
::*''[http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/content.php?/transformers-toys/toy-gallery/1131/Kiss-Play/Glit.html Glit toy gallery at Transformertoys.co.uk]
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===Timelines===
[[Image:Timelinestoy-SGRavage.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Glit who, lol!!!]]
*'''Double Punch and Turbomaster''' (BotCon 2010 souvenir set)

: An honest-to-god nonrepurposed ''Shattered Glass'' Ravage toy, a redeco of ''[[Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Ravage (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Ravage]], transforms into a "cassette", or "capture mode" according to the original version of the mold's instructions. This mode fits onto the back of his mold-partner "[[Scorch|Turbomaster]]" via a pair of clips on the vehicle mode that fit into the tape spools. In this mode, Ravage is compatible with either the original [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]] (and similar toys), and in jaguar mode, the [[5mm post|5mm holes]] can accommodate Glit's weapons or those of the original Ravage (even though there are tiny versions of the weapons above his hips).

:He was sold in a [[BotCon 2010]] souvenir set along with [[Double Punch]] and "Turbomaster". Unlike those two, Ravage didn't come with a bio card, probably because we know way too much about Ravage already! ''Shattered Glass'' Ravage, like his set-mates, is limited to 1500 pieces.

:A bio card was eventually placed on the Botcon Twitter feed, listing his function as "Good Kitty". Awwwwwwwwww.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/BCRavage/ravage.htm More information on Shattered Glass Ravage at TFU.info]''

::*''[http://twitpic.com/27mpp9 SG Ravage's Bio Card]''
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==Notes==
*''Shattered Glass'' Ravage was [http://shortpacked.com/comic/book-8/04-guest-strips-and-miscellany/sgravage/ conceived] as a humorous fan-character by [[David Willis]], as a silly inversion of [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]'s role as a quiet, stealthy spy. The character gained a bit of a following when Willis set up Twitter and Facebook pages for him as part of the joke, leading to his being officialized with a profile in [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 26|issue 26]] of the [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club (magazine)|Transformers Collectors' Club magazine]].

*He's the one that's waving!

==Footnotes==
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==External links==
*[http://twitter.com/ravagekitteh SG Ravage's Twitter feed]
*[http://www.facebook.com/people/Ravage-Sg/1178801320 SG Ravage's Facebook profile]
*[http://www.formspring.me/sgravage SG Ravage's Formspring.me account]

[[Category:Decepticons]]
[[Category:Mini-Cassettes]]
[[Category:Repurposed toys]]
[[Category:Saboteurs]]
[[Category:Shattered Glass characters]]

Moonracer (G1)

2010-08-20T14:18:11Z

147.140.233.17: /* Timelines: Wings of Honor */

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:''Moonracer is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Moonracerg1.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Look at those chubby-wubby cheeks!]]
Amongst her colleagues, '''Moonracer''' is the joy and the laughter. The bubbly little sister, Moonracer is full of naïve optimism and, to the dismay of her partners-in-guerilla warfare, pratfalls. She worries that others, either friends or enemies, don't take her seriously and dismiss her as simply being cute. But she'll show them. She'll show them she too can be ''hardcore''.

According to [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]], Moonracer is the best sharpshooter in the galaxy.

According to her, she's the best in the Universe.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Morgan Lofting]] (English), [[Run Sasaki]] (Japanese)

Four million years ago, Moonracer tried to board the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], while it was being attacked, with the rest of [[Elita One]]'s team. The plan failed, and she and the others appeared to be destroyed.

{{note|In the original pilot, the Ark did not appear to be under attack as it launched. The Ark being attacked and the Female Autobots' presence as it took off constitutes a [[retcon]].}}
[[Image:Moonracer vehicle.jpg|thumb|left|Drax?]]

Moonracer participated in a raid on one of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s [[Energon (fuel)|energon]] supply stores. She questioned Elita One's order to take only one stack and got herself stuck in a booby trap when she tried to steal more. As a result, the [[Female Autobots]]' continued existence was discovered by Shockwave, whom was tricked by [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] into freeing Moonracer. The two made their escape and joined up with [[Firestar]] on the way back to their hidden base. Near, Elita One informed her soldiers they were being followed. Moonracer quickly located and shot down the [[Sentinel (G1)|offender]].

Trying to capture Elita One and with an idea of where the Female Autobots approximately hid, the Decepticons launched an attack. [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] caused the Female Autobots' underground base to collapse, with most of them in it. They survived, but were trapped inside. It was Moonracer's idea then to detonate the energon they stole in order to blast their way out. Following their escape, the team went in search of their leader and subsequently met up with a group of [[Earth]]-stationed Autobots who had come looking for [[Optimus Prime (G1)|their commander]]. Moonracer teamed up with her old friend [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]]. Things went well until Shockwave decided he had enough and nearly caused Moonracer and several others to fall to their deaths. Fortunately, Optimus Prime and Elita One made a timely arrival and chased off the Decepticons.
[[Image:GenOne0 Firestar Moonracer.JPG|right|150px|thumb|]]
With the Decepticons defeated and their underground headquarters destroyed, [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] relocated the Female Autobots to a new base of operations. {{storylink|The Search for Alpha Trion}}

===MC Axis resin kit mini-comics===
Moonracer, Firestar, and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] were strolling around on Cybertron after a battle, when they were attacked from behind by a Decepticon. Only Arcee was quick enough to respond in time, blasting the attacker before her friends came to harm. She then chided her teammates, noting that "War seems to be too tough particularly for females" {{sic}}.

Later, Moonracer, Firestar, Chromia, and Elita One celebrated their victory over an absolutely ''gargantuan'' Decepticon warrior. Well, Elita brooded, but the others celebrated. {{storylink|MC Axis (pack-in comic)|MC Axis pack-in-comics}}

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
Moonracer and the other female Autobots were an elite squad of warriors under the command of the [[Quintesson]]s. She was first seen serving as a guard on [[Quintessa]]. {{Storylink|Generation One issue 0}} Later, she and the others were about to be dispatched to Cybertron for a mission. {{storylink|Unreleased Dreamwave issues|Generation One issue 11}}

{{note|[[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] filed for bankruptcy and stopped producing ''Transformers'' books right as the female Autobots story arc was beginning.}}
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===Timelines: Wings of Honor===
[[Image:ComingStorm2-RicochetAlphaTrionMoonracer.jpg|left|thumb|330px|Aha, [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]], how the tables have turned!]]
Nine million years ago...

Moonracer is one of the younger Autobots, mentally a teenager. Part of her mindset is attributed to an accident during an upgrade when Decepticons attacked the facility and the damage to the equipment resulted in her progress being set back. While she hasn’t made her way to full functionality, she’s still quite capable, if perhaps too impetuous for her own good.

She current functions as an attache’ to Alpha Trion.

Moonracer and [[Ricochet (Descent into Evil)|Ricochet]] stood with [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] as he implored the [[Autobot High Council]] to put their support behind his new [[Optimus Prime (G1)|"Prime"]] initiative. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 2}}
{{comingsoon|fanclub}}
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==Toys==
===Timelines===
[[Image:Chromiatoydie.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Don't you hate it when you show up at a party and your friend arrived in the same deco?]]
* '''Descent into Evil''' (multi-pack, 2005)
**''Accessories'': Launcher, missile, scope, 2 tailpipes, energon chip

: Available only as part of [[BotCon 2005]]'s "Descent into Evil" set (along with [[Buzzclaw (Timelines)|Buzzclaw]], [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]], [[Dirge (Descent into Evil)|Dirge]], [[Outback|Fallback]], [[Ironhide (G1)/toys|Ironhide]] and [[Ricochet (Descent into Evil)|Ricochet]]), [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] is a [[retool]] of ''[[Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Arcee (Energon)|Arcee]], transforming into a Cybertronic racing motorcycle. She has multiple clear-plastic "[[Energon (Energon)|energon]]" parts that form side-thrusters in bike mode, and combine to form a massive compound bow with a spring-loaded missile.

: The Chromia toy was originally intended to be Moonracer, but [[Fun Publications]] could not secure the [[trademark]] on the name. As such, Chromia's toy is in Moonracer's teal and white colors and has a head that resembles Moonracer's. (Fun Publications' intent was for the head to be a compromise between the Moonracer and Firestar head designs.)<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/e39fbfb4b4bd2b3a alt.toys.transformers post] by [[Lanny Lathem]] explaining the Moonracer/Chromia SNAFU.</ref><ref>[http://www.bwtf.com/toyreviews/timelines/descent/chromia Chromia toy notes at BWTF.com]</ref> Later Fun Publications stories would [[repurposing|repurpose]] the Chromia toy as Moonracer.

: Her base mold is also used by [[Flamewar]] and the [[Movie (toyline)|live-action movieverse]] [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] and [[Elita-One (Movie)|Elita-One]], while the Chromia-retooled version is also used by [[Flareup (Timelines)|Flareup]].

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==Notes==
* Moonracer was originally going to be part of the [[BotCon 2005]] convention [[exclusive]] "[[Descent into Evil]]" set, but [[Hasbro]] was unable to secure the [[trademark]] to her name, discovering this well into the toy's production. [[Fun Publications]] changed the toy's character to [[Chromia (G1)#Timelines|Chromia]], the first name on their list of alternates that ''did'' clear, even though it was their "third or fourth choice".<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/e39fbfb4b4bd2b3a alt.toys.transformers post] by [[Lanny Lathem]] explaining the Moonracer/Chromia SNAFU.</ref><ref>[http://www.bwtf.com/toyreviews/timelines/descent/chromia Chromia toy notes at BWTF.com]</ref>

==Footnotes==
<references/>

[[Category: Autobots]]
[[Category: Female Transformers]]
[[Category: Generation 1 characters]]
[[Category: Repurposed toys]]

Bumblebee (G1)

2010-08-05T16:55:22Z

147.140.233.17: /* Fiction */

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{{disambig3|Bumblebee}}
{{disambigr|Goldbug (G1)|other uses of Goldbug|Goldbug (disambiguation)}}
{{suite}}
:''Bumblebee is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]]. He was known as '''Goldbug''' for a time in some continuities.''
[[Image:BumblebeeRIC.jpg|right|275px|thumb|Ahoy oy!]]
'''Bumblebee''' is one of the smallest and physically weakest Autobots. While his stature allows him to do his job better than most Autobots could manage, he is self-conscious about his size. Maybe this is why he makes fast friends among the humans. He looks up (so to speak) to the other Autobots, especially [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], but what he doesn't realize is that ''they'' look up to ''him''. He may be small, but he's brave, and he's one of the most well-liked Autobots around. Bumblebee already has the respect he craves.

As '''Goldbug'''—his [[Renaming|rebuilt]] and "matured" form—Bumblebee retains most of his earlier strengths and weaknesses, but without his crippling need for approval. (This is true of some "matured" versions of Bumblebee without new names or bodies, as well, but is quite markedly associated with the change to Goldbug).

{{quote|Some of my best friends are humans.|Bumblebee, on his kid-friendly nature|"[[Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1]]"}}

:''Nicknames:'' '''Bee''', '''Beeper'''<ref>According to [[Jim Sorenson]], Bumblebee had Bee and Beeper listed as his nicknames in [[Bob Budiansky]]'s personal Transformers comic bible. Nicknames for other characters could be found in early ''[[Transformers Universe (Marvel comic)|Universe]]''-style profiles published in [[The Transformers Comic Magazine]]. In the Marvel Comics, Blackrock referred to him as Bum.</ref>
:''Japanese name (Bumblebee):'' '''Bumble''' (バンブル ''Banburu'')
:''Japanese name (Goldbug):'' '''Goldback'''
:''French-Canadian name:'' '''Bourdon''' / '''Coccinelle''' ("Bumblebee" / "Ladybug" or "Beetle" <ref>The Volkswagen Beetle was called "Coccinelle" in French areas, which is the french word for ladybug.</ref>)
:''Czech name:'' '''Čmelák''' ("Bumblebee")
:''Hungarian name (Bumblebee):'' '''Űrdongó''' ("Space-bumblebee")
:''Hungarian name (Bumblebee, Movie):'' '''Dongó''' ("Bumblebee")
:''Hungarian name (Goldbug):'' '''Aranybogár''' ("Goldbug")
:''Italian name (Bumblebee):'' '''Maggiolino''' ("Beetle")
:''Italian name (Goldbug):'' '''Wagenbot'''
:''Mandarin name:'' '''Dà Huáng-fēng''' (大黃蜂, "Bumblebee")
:''Cantonese name:'' '''Daai Wong Fung''' (大黃蜂, "Bumblebee")
:''Polish name:'' '''Trzmiel''' ("Bumblebee")
:''Portuguese name (Brazil comics):'' '''Furão''' ("Ferret")
:''Portuguese name (Portugal comics):'' '''Moscardo''' ("Hornet")
:''Russian TV dub name:'' '''Shershen''' (Шершень, "Hornet")
:''South American name:'' '''Volks'''

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
{{noteukonly}}
[[Image:Bumblebeemarvel1.jpg|left|100px|thumb|Bumblebee's first appearance... anywhere.]]
Four million years ago, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] led a crew of [[Autobot|Autobots]] including Bumblebee aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] to clear a path through an asteroid belt for [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to pass through. Once their objective was completed, they were attacked by [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] and both their ships crashed in a volcanic mountain on a primitive planet known as [[Earth]]. In 1984, [[Mount St. Hilary|the volcano]] erupted, awakening their ship, which rebuilt them. Bumblebee was reconfigured to transform into a yellow Volkswagen Beetle. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}}

[[Image:Bumblebeeg1earlymodels.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Early on, Bumblebee suffered a few wardrobe malfunctions.]]
[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] led a mission into a human city to investigate their new world. Bumblebee, anxious to be the first to meet the planet's inhabitants, rear-ended a car full of teenagers at a drive-in movie theater. Before he could introduce himself, he was under attack by Decepticons and damaged badly. One of the teenagers, [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]], brought the car back to his father's auto repair shop. Bumblebee weakly pleaded to them to fix him, for he was dying. Buster's father, [[Sparkplug Witwicky]], fixed Bumblebee and offered to help the Autobots convert their native fuel resources into a form that Transformers could use. Bumblebee took Buster with him back towards the Ark to relay this message. {{storylink|Power Play!}}

After a seemingly final battle with the Decepticons, the long-lost Decepticon [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] arrived and reversed the Autobots' victory with a single blast. {{storylink|The Last Stand}} Bumblebee and the rest of the Autobots were kept captive aboard the Ark until [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] managed to free the Ark from Decepticon control and repair them. {{storylink|DIS-Integrated Circuits!}} However, Buster had been entrusted with safeguarding the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]], which the Decepticons discovered, so Bumblebee and [[Bluestreak]] were sent to protect him. Buster was attacked by the Decepticons' newly-built but lifeless [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]. Bumblebee and Bluestreak did their best to defend Buster, but it was Buster's use of the powers of the Creation Matrix which saved them all, disassembling Jetfire in mid-air. Bumblebee removed Jetfire's brain so Buster could reassemble and remote-control the body with his mind. {{storylink|Brainstorm!}}

[[Image:Bumblebeebluestreakbrainstorm.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Kid-appeal guys may seem annoying at first, but wait until we put them next to Bluestreak!]]
''After the Creation Matrix was returned to a restored Optimus Prime, he was still somewhat disconcerted by his ordeal. When the Decepticon spy [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] was briefly captured, only to escape again, Bumblebee saw how much this troubled his already upset leader and took it upon himself to chase down and capture the fleeing spy. Unfortunately, he got in over his head and was captured by [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s Decepticons after being led into a box canyon. In order to show the Autobots they meant business, Soundwave had [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] deliver Bumblebee's severed arm to the Ark as a message. Soundwave had learned from Ravage how low Prime's self-confidence was at that juncture, and planned to lure the despondent Autobot leader to his death. Instead, kidnapping Bumblebee just pissed Prime off, and he single-handedly bashed and battered his way through the entire Decepticon front, rescuing Bumblebee and restoring his confidence in the process. {{storylink|Crisis of Command!}}''

''During the Dinobot Hunt, Bumblebee went to Alaska with Optimus and Ratchet to reinforce the unit trying to overcome the rampaging [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] and [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]]. While scouting the perimeter, Bumblebee was shocked to discover a cloaked Autobot shuttlecraft and three of his comrades who had gone missing earlier in the Hunt. He also discovered a Decepticon-issue sonic lance (that was being used to drive Sludge "berserker mad") installed in the ship. Rightly suspecting a booby trap, instead of just turning the device off, Bumblebee instead evacuated his comrades and got a good distance away from the ship before using his gun to blow up the sonic lance. Good call — the shuttlecraft exploded violently the moment he did so. {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt!}}''

[[Image:Bumblebeeplight.jpg|right|100px|thumb|RARR BUMBLEBEE SMASH]]
When the Autobots took steps to fill out their ranks, Bumblebee was charged with giving four new recruits ([[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], [[Skids (G1)|Skids]], [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]], and [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]]) a tour of the planet. Bumblebee decided a [[Brick Springhorn]] concert would be a good destination, but the Decepticons had sabotaged the event to harvest [[Energon (fuel)|energon]]. Bumblebee disobeyed orders and led the four into battle, saving the concert. {{storylink|Rock and Roll-Out!}} When [[Donny Finkleberg|Robot-Master]] appeared on television and claimed to control the Transformers, it was Bumblebee's job to ask their human business partner, [[G.B. Blackrock]] what the deal was. Robot-Master broadcast next in a coal mine next to a de-energized [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], but before Bumblebee and several other Autobots could investigate, they were pushed away by overwhelming Earth military forces. {{storylink|I, Robot-Master!}}

This event caused Bumblebee to question his usefulness to the Autobots, and he abandoned them without a word. The Decepticons, however, saw much use for him and attempted to apprehend him. Hiding in a used car lot, he was stolen by [[Waldo and Ernest|two humans]], whom he adopted for a while. The Decepticons did not relent, and Bumblebee was ultimately rescued by the rest of the Autobots, an act which reminded him how valuable he was to them. {{storylink|Plight of the Bumblebee!}}

Later, the Autobots decided to create combiner robots of their own, to match the power of the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] and their united form, [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. To accomplish this goal, Optimus Prime staged a frontal assault on the Decepticon quarry base as a cover for Bumblebee to infiltrate the area unnoticed. When the Decepticons inevitably unleashed Devastator to counter the Autobot offensive, Bumblebee was on hand to take a sensor recording of Devastator's transformation sequence, giving [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] a blueprint to start from and improve upon. The [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] were soon created as a result of Bumblebee's heroic efforts. {{storylink|Command Performances!}}

On [[Christmas]] Eve, Bumblebee and the Autobots investigated the loss of electricity in [[Midville]]. Discovering the source of the problem was [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], and their [[power siphon|energy siphon]], Bumblebee helped confront the Decepticons and shoo them away. The human child [[Megan Perry]] asked if he'd help them get to town so they could deliver presents to the needy, and Bumblebee did them one better: he wired the town's Christmas tree to his car's engine to power its lights. {{storylink|The Night the Transformers Saved Christmas}}

[[Image:Goldbugmechanicaldifficulties.jpg|left|200px|thumb|In his earlier appearances, Goldbug kept Bumblebee's body and color scheme.]]
Due to [[#Conflicting Goldbug origins|conflicting circumstances]], Bumblebee was damaged and rebuilt into a stronger but similar form—Goldbug. Goldbug and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] were ordered by the new Autobot leader, Grimlock, to track down the [[Mechanic (G1)|Mechanic]], who had stolen Autobot technology from the Ark. Grimlock was a terrible leader and had no regard for human life, so both Goldbug and Blaster exiled themselves from his command. {{storylink|Mechanical Difficulties!}} Goldbug and Blaster found themselves in the desert of the American Southwest and, thanks to a run-in with the Decepticon [[Triple Changer]]s, were infested with the disease known as [[Scraplet]]s. Goldbug and his human friend [[Charlie Fong]] left to get help and possibly a cure, but Blaster believed Goldbug had abandoned him to die. {{storylink|Crater Critters}} Near death himself, Goldbug arrived with Charlie at a gas station, where they met up with the [[Throttlebot]]s, sent from Cybertron by [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] and armed with acid to contain the disease. Goldbug narrowly escaped extermination when it was discovered that the cure for Scraplets was none other than ordinary [[water]]. Goldbug called industrialist G.B. Blackrock (on a pay phone), and Blackrock trucked in tanks of water himself. Blaster was cured and his trust in Goldbug was restored. {{storylink|The Cure!}}

[[Image:Goldbugthecure.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Goldbug finished his evolution into his own character model by the time the Throttlebots showed up. He kept Bumblebee's colors, though.]]
''With the Throttlebots joining Goldbug and Blaster on their travels, the group discovered that the bodies of [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] had been found. While they initially intended to let the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] destroy Galvatron, they were forced to intervene to save human lives. {{storylink|Ladies' Night}} This unfortunately attracted the wrath of the Combaticons.'' The group found refuge in a used car lot owned by [[Big Steve Ludwig (G1)|Big Steve]]. However, they were all badly in need of fuel. They attempted a deal with Big Steve, but he double-crossed them, filling them up with soda pop instead of gasoline. It was then that the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] caught up with them, followed by the Combaticons. During the ensuing battle, the immobilized Throttlebots (including Goldbug) were carted away by the humans' anti-robot organization, [[Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team|RAAT]]. {{storylink|Used Autobots}}

Goldbug and the captured Throttlebots were interrogated by [[Intelligence and Information Institute|Triple-I]], who eventually had their bodies crushed in a pointless threat to stop Decepticon raids. However, their brain modules were transplanted by [[Walter Barnett]] into remote-control cars owned by his son, who sought out Goldbug's old friend Buster at Goldbug's suggestion. After being attacked by the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] and separated from the others, Goldbug and Buster traveled to Mount St. Hilary and found the Ark gone. Using equipment left behind, Goldbug and Buster sent a distress call, just before Ratbat revealed he'd tagged along and crushed the Autobot's toy car body. {{storylink|Toy Soldiers!}}

Arriving in response to his distress call, the Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] rescued Goldbug's shattered form, [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] patching into his circuits to ease the pain of retelling the attack and capture of Buster. {{storylink|Trial by Fire!}} Taken back to their ship, [[Brainstorm]] built him a new body identical to his Throttlebot form. Goldbug used it on a mission that led to the discovery that Optimus Prime's mind was recorded on [[floppy disk]] and served as his leader's eyes in commanding the Autobot [[Pretender]]s. {{storylink|Pretender to the Throne!}}

Goldbug championed the reconstruction of his former leader's body, until his present allies suggested contacting the Ark to seek the resources to do it. Goldbug was quickly imprisoned by Grimlock, but this allowed him to convince Blaster to fight the Dinobot. After the Decepticons attacked during the pair's duel, Fortress Maximus ordered Goldbug to take the ''[[Steelhaven (G1)|Steelhaven]]'' and its skeleton crew back to [[Nebulos]] to rebuild Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

Arriving on Nebulos, Goldbug and the others were successful in rebuilding Optimus Prime despite the planet's now-toxic fuel. Goldbug avoided having to undergo the [[Powermaster]] process to survive like the other Autobots due to his high fuel efficiency. {{storylink|People Power!}} On the journey back, Optimus and Goldbug investigated word of [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] starring in the [[Cosmic Carnival]], eventually rescuing the Autobot and his [[Spacehikers|young human companions]]. {{storylink|The Cosmic Carnival}}

[[Image:Bumblebeeskindeep.jpg|left|175px|thumb|Ratchet cares not for your maturation and wishes you were more like 1984...]]
Goldbug was later destroyed by the [[Underbase]]-powered [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] in [[New York City|New York]]. {{storylink|Dark Star (issue)|Dark Star}} Goldbug was repaired by Ratchet using Pretender technology... sort of. Instead of simply restoring Goldbug, Ratchet rebuilt him as a much larger Bumblebee, {{storylink|All the Familiar Faces!}} explaining that he'd always preferred Bumblebee's original form. Before they could discuss it further, Bumblebee had to help [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and Grimlock against Megatron and his minions. While the new Pretenders defeated the other Decepticons, Ratchet seemingly sacrificed himself to destroy Megatron and [[Megatron's base|his base]]. {{storylink|Skin Deep}}

Afterward, the three Pretenders briefly joined the Autobot resistance movement on Cybertron. Thanks to his increased stature, Bumblebee experienced a big boost of confidence as he and the others rejuvenated the resistance. In response, [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] ordered the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]] to assassinate them. As Bumblebee, Jazz, Grimlock and the [[Rescue Patrol]] prepared to teleport to Earth, the three Decepticons attacked [[Autobase (G1)|Autobase]], sabotaging the [[Trans-Time Dimensional Portal]]. All nine Transformers found themselves teleported into the heart of Cybertron, where the Autobots discovered the resting place of [[Primus]]. {{storylink|Yesterday's Heroes!}}

There, they encountered the [[Keeper (Transformer)|Keeper]] and learned the secret origin of the Transformers, as well as of Primus's never-ending battle with [[Unicron]]. As the Keeper's tale ended, the Mayhem Attack Squad found the Autobots. Their initial attack destroyed the Keeper, but Bumblebee and the others handily defeated them. However, a stray blast woke Primus seconds before the repaired portal sent the Transformers back to Earth. {{storylink|Primal Scream (issue)|Primal Scream}}

[[Image:Bumblebeedarkcreation.jpg|right|200px|thumb|...just like Thunderwing, who killed your gimmick.]]
With Unicron undoubtedly on his way to devour Cybertron, Bumblebee and his fellow Pretenders embarked on a quest to find the lost [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]]. The three traveled to [[VsQs]], the last known location of Optimus Prime's funeral barge, to search for clues. Finding an abandoned science station, Bumblebee searched through its computer records. He confirmed that the scientists had found Prime's body and the Matrix, but also a strange [[Matrix Spawn|creature]] that promptly attacked one of the scientists. Before they could investigate further, Thunderwing attacked, also seeking the Matrix. Bumblebee used his Pretender shell to combat the Decepticon, only for Thunderwing to destroy it. The feedback temporarily knocked Bumblebee unconscious, and it seemed Thunderwing would destroy all three Autobots, until the Matrix Spawn attacked. While Thunderwing pursued the creature, Bumblebee and the other Autobots searched the science station for the Matrix. They recovered it, but were so low on Energon that they were becoming unable to compensate for the moon's heavy gravity. While they were attempting to reach their shuttle, Thunderwing overtook them, seizing the Matrix and leaving them for dead. {{storylink|Dark Creation}} Fortunately for Bumblebee, the Autobots sent a shuttle to rescue him and the others before they entered final shutdown. {{storylink|Eye of the Storm}}

{{note|Although it was not expressly stated on panel, the Classic Pretenders apparently lost their shells on VsQs.}}
Bumblebee survived the war with Unicron, and was one of many Autobots left on Cybertron afterwards. {{storylink|Exodus!}}

=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
''In 2007, Bumblebee was stationed on Cybertron after [[Unicron]] destroyed [[Moonbase Two]]. Under the command of [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], he helped ambush a [[Airborne hunter squad|group of Decepticon attackers]], catching them in a pre-planned crossfire. ''{{storylink|Wanted: Galvatron — Dead or Alive!}}

=====Earthforce=====
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''When Optimus Prime left Grimlock in charge of protecting Earth, Bumblebee signed up for the new "Earthforce" along with many of his long-time comrades. {{storylink|Break-Away!}} After Prowl disappeared while riding an atmosphere-destroying missile through the stratosphere (long story), Bumblebee and [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] went looking for him. They picked up a set of Transformer lifesigns on a small island in the Bahamas, and took some speeder bikes to investigate. Instead of Prowl, what they found was a massive reconstructed version of [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], half-finished as the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] attempted to recreate their combined form as an independent super-warrior. Luckily, Bumblebee had Ironhide along to disable the automated defense ring protecting the Devastator project, and they were able to destroy "him" before the Constructicons could activate their creation. {{storylink|Desert Island Risks!}}''

''Later, Bumblebee joined Jazz, Ironhide and [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] in infiltrating the Decepticon [[Enclave]]. Fearing an alliance between the two Decepticon factions would be bad news for the Autobots, Ironhide conceived a plan to throw a spanner into the proceedings. Using an unconscious [[Headstrong]] as a patsy, the Autobots staged a sniper shot at Megatron. When Megatron and his Decepticons unleashed their firepower at the rocks where the shot supposedly came from, Jazz and Bumblebee tossed down Headstrong's body, leading Megatron to conclude Shockwave had tried to have him killed. The peace talks quickly went downhill from there. {{storylink|The Bad Guy's Ball!}}''

''Bumblebee was present when Wheeljack showcased his brand-new defense grid to successfully protect Autobot Earthbase. Unfortunately, Wheels forgot that, once activated, the defense system could only be deactivated from inside the base... behind the various laser cannons and heat-seekers and Acidbats he had turned on. While Prowl ran the gauntlet to reach the control center, Bumblebee and Jazz watched his back, drawing fire and disabling what defenses they could. {{storylink|The House that Wheeljack Built!}} Later, Bumblebee and several other Autobots went in pursuit of [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] of the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]], who had kidnapped their human ally, [[Irwin Spoon (G1)|Irwin Spoon]]. Weaving their way through the various Stunticons who got in the way, Bumblebee and [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] finally managed to trick two of Motormaster's own thugs into running him off the road themselves, giving Bumblebee a chance to rip off his cab door and retrieve Spoon. {{storylink|End of the Road! (UK)|End of the Road!}}''
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=====Conflicting Goldbug origins=====
[[Image:Goldbugorigins.jpg|left|200px|thumb|One of these things never happened. You choose which! (left: US; right: UK)]]
In ''[[G.I. Joe and the Transformers]]'', Bumblebee was destroyed by [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] due to a misunderstanding. They later rebuilt him as Goldbug with help from Ratchet. However, Marvel UK did not initially print the crossover, so an alternate origin for Goldbug was conceived. In the pages of the UK comic, Bumblebee was destroyed by a time-traveling [[Death's Head (G1)|Death's Head]], yes? Then he was repaired by a time-traveling [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]]. (The Marvel Joe/TF crossover was published in the UK towards the end of the series.) The conflicting origins for Goldbug is the single largest difference between the American and British Marvel Transformers comics; ''most'' everything else kinda sorta meshes together, if you squint.
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====Generation 2====
[[Image:Fangrybumblebeeghosts.jpg|left|150px|thumb|A friendly game of Bumblebowling, honest]]
Years after the battle on [[Klo]], and the Autobots had returned to a renewed Cybertron, Bumblebee received a distress signal from G.I. Joe on Earth, notifying them of Megatron's return. He passed this information on to Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Goin' South}} He also accompanied Prime and a team of Autobots to an unnamed planet home to an ancient civilization which reportedly stored a cache of superweapons, and battled the Decepticons there until a monstrous native scared them away. {{storylink|Ghosts}}

Bumblebee was among the Autobot/Decepticon forces battling the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]] on [[Ethos]]. {{storylink|Escalation!}}

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====''Generation 2'' (UK)====
[[Image:G2BumblebeeFleetwayWarWithoutEnd.jpg|thumb|Hey, look, it's G2 Elite Guard Bumblebee.]]
Millions of years ago, before the Transformers' war left Cybertron, Bumblebee and Optimus Prime participated in a furious battle against the forces of the Decepticons. {{storylink|War Without End (issue)|War Without End}}

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====''Classics''====

Bumblebee was among the Autobots who returned to Earth with Optimus Prime once word of Megatron's re-emergence reached them on Cybertron. They established a headquarters at [[Autobase Prima]] in the Pacific Northwest. Bumblebee remained behind at headquarters when Optimus and the Autobots helped [[Skyfall (Cybertron)|Skyfall]] on his quest. {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 3}} He was present when they returned from the battlefield with injured soldiers. {{storylink|Games of Deception}}

===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
[[Image:PlagueOfInsecticons Bumblebee and Spike hide.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]
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Bumblebee was one of the several [[Autobots]] who were searching for energy when the [[Decepticon]]s attacked their [[Ark (G1)|spacecraft]], forcing them to crashland on [[Earth]] 4 million years ago. When Bumblebee and the others were awoken in 1984, Bumblebee quickly befriended the [[human]] teenager [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]].

Bumblebee and Spike would remain friends up through Spike's adulthood, and were stationed on one of Cybertron's moons in 2005 after the Decepticons conquered Cybertron. Bumblebee survived [[Unicron]]'s attack on Cybertron, and remained in action during the leadership of [[Rodimus Prime (G1)|Rodimus Prime]].

When Bumblebee was damaged badly during the [[Hate Plague]] outbreak in 2006, he had to be rebuilt into a new form, Goldbug. Goldbug would live to see the next Cybertronian Golden Age.

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===''Legends'' anthology===
Bumblebee, Spike, and [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] happened upon a badly damaged [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] while out racing. Bumblebee convinced the others to bring Starscream back to the Ark for repairs, under the rationale that while Starscream wouldn't have done the same for them, they weren't Decepticons. {{storylink|Redemption Center}}

Hey, remember that time in the comics when a couple of guys stole Bumblebee? What if they were kind of jerks? What if Bumblebee decided to make them pee themselves? {{storylink|Joyride (story)|Joyride}}
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===Dreamwave comics continuity===
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At the death of [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]], Bumblebee was part of an Autobot unit defending [[Altihex]] from the Decepticons, but it was ultimately declared a lost cause. [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] had to pull him aboard the shuttle once they realized there was nothing left to do. [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] ordered him, [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], and others to the ruins of [[Praxus]], where Grimlock declared that if the new [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] was unable to lead successfully, they would take control of the war's leadership... and take out the Prime. Bumblebee was among the group that was present for the Matrix transfer ceremony, where Optronix became [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. When a Decepticon assassination squad arrived and Optimus kicked some exhaust port, Bumblebee declared that he was "awesome". However, Prime then ordered the Autobots to prepare an evacuation of Cybertron. {{storylink|The War Within issue 1}} When Prime went underground looking for Megatron, Bumblebee was surprised he'd gone alone, but the Autobots suddenly had bigger problems, as [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] attacked [[Iacon (city-state)|Iacon]] with a host of Decepticons. {{storylink|The War Within issue 2}} During the attack, Bumblebee manned a turret in the [[Decagon]]. {{storylink|The War Within issue 3}} Eventually, Prowl ordered the Autobots to take them on individually, and Bumblebee went out carrying a cannon that was as [[Scale|big]] as him. {{storylink|The War Within issue 5}} Bumblebee survived the destruction of Iacon, and Prime reversed his order of evacuation. {{storylink|The War Within issue 6}} During the Dark Ages and the disappearance of Optimus Prime, Bumblebee remained with Prowl's faction of Autobots, huddled in the ruins of Iacon. {{storylink|War Within: The Dark Ages}}

[[Image:DWPrimeDirective2 Bumblebee destruction.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Someone has to pay for the little things.]]
Bumblebee was one of the Ark crew that crashed on Earth and awoke in 1984. During that time, he met Spike Witwicky, becoming close friends with the fleshie. In 1999, the Autobots and humans allied and managed to capture the Decepticons, taking them in the ''[[Ark II]]'' back to Cybertron, along with seven humans, including Sparkplug Witwicky, Spike's father. However, the ''Ark II'' was sabotaged by rogue elements of the United States military (apparently as part of a plan by Shockwave). {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 1}} The humans were all killed, but a number of Transformers, including Bumblebee, survived, but in [[stasis lock]]. Bumblebee's body was recovered by [[Robert Hallo|General Hallo]] and [[Lazarus|Adam Rook]], but Rook stole Bumblebee and a number of other Transformers, selling them to various terrorists. Megatron broke free, and the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]], being dicks, disassembled and played with Bumblebee's various components. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 3}}

Optimus Prime's team later rescued him and the remaining Autobots, and they were all put to work in combating Megatron's techno-virus. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 5}} Unfortunately, the [[Canada|Canadian]] military, skittish over the recent Transformer violence, attacked the Autobots. Despite this, Bumblebee tried to save as many of the soldiers as he could before the virus could kill them. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 6}}

''In the following weeks, the Autobots tried their best to re-establish good relations with the people of Earth, but had little luck. After Optimus Prime, Megatron, [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Bluestreak]] vanished from the streets of Tokyo with roughly 200 human civilians, the public was understandably critical of the Transformers and their war. Bumblebee didn't help any when [[Chris Killah]], a reporter for MNT, interviewed him on the scene while he and Prowl were looking for clues to the disappearance. Bumblebee's knowledge of Earth idioms and slang normally worked to the Autobots' benefit, but he got "stage fright" in front of the TV cameras and referred to the massive property damage and loss of human life as a "bummer". Duuuuude...no. ''

''With both sides effectively leaderless at first, Bumblebee and Prowl did their best to contain the fallout of Megatron and Prime's disappearance. Acting on a tip, they tracked [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] to an airport in [[Mesa Verde]], [[Mexico]], where he was running guns with some human terrorists. The battle was memorable, but brief, thanks largely to the arrival of the renegade Autobot known as Grimlock. Having heard the Starscream had taken over the human city of [[Las Vegas]], Grimlock had commissioned a human black ops army and invited Bumblebee and Prowl to join him in assaulting the Decepticon position. Already frusterated at the [[United Nations]]' orders to stay out of Vegas, for fear of civilian casualties, Bumblebee and Prowl accepted the offer. After fighting their way through [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] and the other [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] on the outskirts of town, the Autobots managed to make it to the center of the Strip to confront Soundwave. Fortunately, the Autobots had long since developed internal jammers to prevent Soundwave from reading their thoughts during a battle, but that didn't make things easy. Fighting their way around the casinos, Bumblebee finally collapsed a massive neon sign on top of Soundwave, temporarily ending the fight. Bumblebee and Prowl's luck turned sour, though, with the arrival of Starscream and the mighty Devastator. The sudden appearance of a spatial gateway depositing Optimus and the other lost Transformers, along with their captors the [[Keeper (species)|Keepers]], was just one set of complications on top of another. {{storylink|Hardwired}}''

Sometime later, the Autobots received visitors from Cybertron. Representing a united Cybertronian government of both Autobots and Decepticons, they claimed the Transformers on Earth were a throwback to darker days, and wanted to take them into custody to prevent their "anachronistic" fued from upsetting Cybertron's populace. The Autobots under Optimus Prime split into two groups, with Bumblebee and several others joining their leader in surrendering to [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s forces, while Jazz led a small group away from the Ark to continue monitoring activities on Earth. Once they arrived on Cybertron, it became clear that there was a rotten core to the new government, namely [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. Bumblebee and the other Autobots from Earth joined up with a resistance movement and helped overthrow Shockwave's reign, reinstating Autobot rule over Cybertron. {{storylink|War and Peace}}

[[Image:Bumblebeebattlemask.jpg|right|200px|thumb|25 years before someone realized his toy has no face.]]
After Cybertron settled down, Bumblebee commanded the Autobot Shuttle ''[[Orion (ship)|Orion]]'' and a small crew, travelling back to Earth with supplies for Jazz's team at the Ark. Starscream and the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] were in the midst of an attack on the Ark when the ''Orion'' arrived. {{storylink|Night of the Combaticons}} The little ship managed to damage [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] significantly before the super-powerful zealot [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]] shorted out its engines and it crashed. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}} After [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] sacrificed himself to stop Sunstorm, Bumblebee deserted the Autobot army (for no stated reason). {{storylink|Atonement}} He headed to Spike's house, but Spike, resentful of the death of Sparkplug, lashed out at him. Afterward, Spike finally realized he was being harsh on his old friend, and the two went for a night on the town, where they stopped a mugging. {{storylink|Lost and Found (issue)|Lost and Found}}
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{{note|The closure of [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] means we will never know if Bumblebee returned to the Autobots or if he and Spike formed a crime-fighting duo.}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
Bumblebee was aboard the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' when it crashed on Earth millions of years in the past, leaving its passengers deactivated. Along with [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], he was sealed off from the rest of the crew in the crash, and therefore avoided capture when [[Cobra]] broke into the ship and stole the dormant Transformers therein. Bumblebee and Wheeljack were eventually revived by [[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletran-One]], only to find their friends missing. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #4}}

Attempting to find the missing Transformers, Bumblebee disguised himself as a Volkswagen Beetle, an altmode that really got on his nerves after months of fruitless searching. Eventually, Wheeljack came up with some leads on Cobra's next target, while Bumblebee just grumbled that Wheeljack got all the good [[Hologram|holographic]] drivers. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #2}} When Cobra attacked the [[SPS Research Facility]], the Autobots were waiting for them, and Bumblebee punched out a brainwashed [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] before helping [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]'s [[Laser Squad]] get out of some rubble. Unfortunately, the humans didn't quite trust the giant robots, and [[Cover Girl]] fired a missile at 'Bee, who ''grabbed the projectile in mid-air'' and threw it at Rumble instead. He and Wheeljack eventually convinced G.I. Joe they were good guys, and the humans provided them with the information needed to undo Cobra's reprogramming of the other Transformers. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 3|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #3}}

As G.I. Joe prepared to attack [[Cobra Island]], Bumblebee and Wheeljack came with them. However, the United States government preferred nuke the island and dissect the two aliens at [[Area 51]], and Bumblebee was struck with a magnetic pulse and incapacitated. Luckily, Wheeljack convinced [[Duke (G.I. Joe)|Duke]] that a nuclear strike on Cobra's [[Energon (fuel)|energon]] stockpile would lead to worldwide devastation, so G.I. Joe broke orders and took the Autobots with them to attack Cobra Island anyway. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #4}} Upon arrival, Bumblebee watched as the [[SPS Satellite]]'s energy beam struck an energy-gathering dish on the island, then helped G.I. Joe take down [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] after the giant Decepticon killed [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 5|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #5}}

It soon transpired that the United States government were sending the nukes regardless of G.I. Joe's presence on the island, so the Autobots and humans made their way to the SPS Satellite's controls, where Bumblebee found a cowering [[Doctor Mindbender]]. While Mindbender was forced to calibrate the satellite's beams to shoot down the approaching nuclear warheads, the facility came under attack by [[Storm Shadow]], [[Firefly]] and various Cobra troopers. During the battle, Bumblebee defeated Storm Shadow and his heavily damaged [[S.N.A.K.E.]] suit. He then cheered as [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] defeated Megatron and shot down the SPS Satellite, and he later returned to Cybertron aboard a new ''Ark''. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 5|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #6}}

Two years later, Bumblebee was sent back through time to 1970's [[San Francisco]] by a malfunctioning [[Teletran 3]], and was left dormant in the form of a Ford Pinto. He was found and reactivated by several G.I. Joes and Cobra members sent to get him back to the future, but both Bumblebee and [[Zartan]] were disappointed with his altmode compared to the much fancier car his fellow time-lost Autobot [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] turned into. After hunting down [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] in the same era, the team returned to their own time. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #1}} Back on present-day Cybertron, Bumblebee and the others had no choice but to wait inside [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s force field until the three other teams returned with more lost Transformers. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #2}} When the whole affair was over, Bumblebee curiously inspected Teletran 3. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #4}}

An agreement was made between the Autobots and G.I. Joe to decommission any Cybertronian technology left on Earth, and Bumblebee was sent back to Earth along with [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], the last of whom he was very flirty with. When [[Area 52 (G1)|Area 52]] came under attack from Cobra, Bumblebee noticed that [[Cobra Commander]] was using the attack as a diversion to infiltrate the facility's lower levels. He pursued the Commander, but was rendered unconscious when Zartan planted an electromagnetic scrambler on him. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 1|The Art of War #1}} Just when Cobra Commander was about to smash the robot's face in with a lead pipe, the other Autobots and G.I. Joes arrived and saved him. While Arcee was worried about his low energy levels, Bumblebee assured her that seeing her was all the recharge he needed. However, it was soon revealed what Cobra Commander had come for: [[Serpent O.R.]], a biotechnological weapon created from Megatron's remains. He was also just as powerhungry as Megatron, and took control of [[G.I. Joe battle mech|G.I. Joe's battle suits]] and pitted them against the four Autobots to distract them while he warped to Cybertron. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 2|The Art of War #2}}

[[Image:GIJoevsTFArtofwar3_BumblebeeDeath.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Crossovers are not kind to Bumblebee.]]

[[Image:JoeTF_ArtofWar5_BumblebeeMemorial.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Here Lies 'Bee / Only Time He Had A Girl In Any Continui-ty]]

Along with a group of Joes, the Autobots followed Serpent O.R. to their home planet, and ended up getting attacked by [[cannibalizer]]s in a junkyard. As they retreated to avoid human casualties, Bumblebee tried to extort a kiss from Arcee if he could outrace her, but she upped the bet by offering to rotate his tires if he could pull it off. Bumblebee accelerated in anticipation... and drove straight into [[Predaking]], who stomped him unconscious. Serpent O.R., who had recruited Predaking alongside various other Decepticons, complimented the little Autobot's courage and resilience, noting that he could probably survive with the proper medical attention. Then he crushed Bumblebee to death with his tentacles. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3|The Art of War #3}} Following the defeat of Serpent O.R., a funeral was held for Bumblebee and a statue was built in his honor. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}

Bumblebee's death had a large impact on Optimus Prime, who blamed himself for his friend's death. Unwilling to send anyone else to their death, he went on a dangerous mission on Earth all by himself. {{storylink|Black Horizon, Part 1 of 2|Black Horizon, Part 1}}
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===''Transformers/G.I. Joe''===
After laying dormant among the [[Fera Islands]] for three million years, Bumblebee and his friends were reactivated in 1939 when [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] attacked [[Cobra]]'s headquarters in the archipelago. He was reformatted into a [[World War II]]-era motorcycle, complete with sidecar, and thought Optimus Prime was a bit pessimistic when he worried that [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] might no longer exist. {{storylink|Transformed}} The Autobots subsequently joined G.I. Joe on their mission to eliminate Cobra and their Decepticon allies. Bumblebee overheard [[Duke (G.I. Joe)|Duke]] and [[Stalker (G.I. Joe)|Stalker]] discussing that [[Snake-Eyes]] had vanished, and tried to reassure [[Scarlett]] that the missing Joe would show up eventually. Before long, the group came under attack from Cobra paratroopers, but the bullets merely bounced off Bumblebee, who happily suggested that the Autobots should try out their new bodies in action. {{storylink|Trial by Fire (issue)|Trial by Fire}}

Upon entering combat, the Autobots were faced with [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], who was easily taking out the larger tank Autobots with his earthquakes. While Bumblebee was busy explaining who Rumble was, Scarlett commandeered him (noting how "sweet" it was that he had never been driven before) and drove into action, jumping above the Decepticon and destroying him with a grenade. Bumblebee felt that he and Scarlett made a nice team, and sheepishly told her that she could drive him anytime. How cheeky! {{storylink|Wolves}} When they reached Cobra's fortress, the [[Terrordrome]], the Autobots were attacked by a raging [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], whom Bumblebee noted that he had never seen before. In the end, the [[Matrix of Leadership]] had to be destroyed in order to stop Bruticus, which killed Bumblebee and all the other Transformers in the process. {{storylink|The Iron Fist}}

===IDW comics continuity===
{{note|For information pertaining to Goldbug, a separate individual in the IDW continuity, see [[Goldbug (IDW)]].}}
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[[Image:Bumblebeeidw.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Bumblebee finally passed the gun exam.]]

Bumblebee was part of [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl's]] secret counter-infiltration unit on [[Earth]]. When [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] broke cover by rescuing a [[Hunter O'Nion|trio]] [[Verity Carlo|of]] [[Jimmy Pink|humans]], {{storylink|Infiltration issue 0}} Bumblebee was the one Autobot who supported his efforts. He was true to his role as an espionage agent and ferreted out their plans to continue joint operations against orders and joined in. Verity thought his alternate form and his holomatter avatar was "coool!" {{storylink|Infiltration issue 3|Infiltration #3}} He accompanied Ratchet and the humans to investigate an abandoned [[Decepticon]] bunker in [[Nebraska]]. When Ratchet mentioned how he hated putting their humans at risk, Bumblebee pragmatically commented that, given the need for evidence of unusual Decepticon activity and the consequences of Decepticon Siege Mode, the humans would be "acceptable losses". While the humans were exploring the bunker, two Decepticons attacked, and Bumblebee managed to take down [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], but not before Ratchet was shot and run over by [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 4|Infiltration #4}}

As the bombardment by the Decepticons caused the bunker to collapse, Verity had trouble climbing out of the shaft through which they entered. Bumblebee leapt into action when the tree the rope was attached to buckled under the crumbling terrain. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 5|Infiltration #5}} He left the humans with Ratchet and traveled to [[Oregon]], the location of the second Decepticon command bunker, observing the situation until the rest of the Autobot unit could arrive. After witnessing Megatron "disciplining" Starscream and subsequently downgrading the infiltration unit's status to [[Infiltration protocol|Phase Two]], Bumblebee departed Oregon with the rest of the unit. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 6|Infiltration #6}}

Bumblebee was tasked by [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] to check the area surrounding their base for surveillance. He found a great deal of it, prompting the decision to relocate the ''[[Ark-19]]''. He was aboard when the ship was shot down by [[Sixshot]]. {{storylink|Devastation issue 1|Devastation #1}} He survived but was injured in the subsequent battle with the living Decepticon weapon of mass destruction. {{storylink|Devastation issue 4|Devastation #4}} He was presumably on the ''[[Ark-32]]'' when it left Earth. {{storylink|Devastation issue 6|Devastation #6}}

A year later, Bumblebee was hiding out with other Autobots on Cybertron. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 1|All Hail Megatron #1}}

[[Image:AHM4BumblebeeWheeljack.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Slag it, Bumblebee, stop making our jokes for us!]]
Bumblebee and Wheeljack were sent to search for energon by Jazz, but found the going rough in their Earth modes. Wheeljack suggested he whip up a polymer, but 'Bee very quickly pointed out the fact they hadn't the equipment. To make matters worse, the pair were being followed and their only hope of signaling for help was a million to one shot! Not willing to wait for back-up that wasn't coming, Bumblebee dragged Wheeljack along in an attempt to track the stranger down... when Hot Rod was knocked through a wall by Ironhide. Bumblebee was surprised to see Hot Rod, but more surprised to hear the other bot thought they were a rescue party! {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 4|All Hail Megatron #4}}

Later, while being chased by the [[Insecticon swarm]], Bumblebee made a disparaging comment about [[Drift (G1)|Drift]], but [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] quickly put him in his place. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 8|All Hail Megatron #8}} As tensions rose, he almost had a throw-down with [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 9|All Hail Megatron #9}} Along with the other Autobots, Bumblebee was rescued and transported back to Earth by [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 11|All Hail Megatron #11}} Together with the rest of the Autobots, he fought the Decepticons and drove them off the planet. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 12|All Hail Megatron #12}}

After the departure of the Decepticons, the human military hunted down any remaining Transformer. Somehow Bumblebee got separated from his team in the ruins of New York. He managed to avoid detection until he was forced to reveal his location when a toppling building threatened the families inside. Bumblebee used his body to support the building, even as the nearby military fired into his body. Thankfully, Bumblebee was able to hold out until the humans inside had evacuated, and the timely arrival of Optimus Prime and the others kept the military from finishing him off. Once Bumblebee had been restored to working order, he asked Ratchet if they had heard his radio distress calls. No, Ratchet responded, Bumblebee's radio had been busted, but they heard about his plight on the humans' frequencies. Ratchet laughed, noting that was Optimus Prime's idea, who felt that it was only a matter of time before Bumblebee would have to save somebody and out himself. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 16|Hidden}}

Following the resignation of Optimus Prime and his surrender to the human organization [[Skywatch]], Bumblebee was elected to the position of Autobot commander despite not putting himself forward for the role. Ratchet posited his trustworthiness and dependability as factors in his being chosen. {{storylink|New Arrivals, Old Encounters}}

[[Image:Bumblebee 1 Leader.jpg|thumb|200px|right|And there was much rejoicing.]]
Though at first there was jubilation at Bumblebee's rise to leadership, his diplomatic nature and desire to be nice to everybody eventually led to problems. {{storylink|The Hanging Sword}} The first of many challenges in Bumblebee's new command was [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], who had arrived to investigate the death of [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]. Magnus questioned Bumblebee's suitability for command in light of [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] leading his own group of Autobots away, and was not interested in helping Bumblebee with their current woes. Unfortunately, it was then that [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] decided to lead yet another exodus of Autobots (consisting of [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] and [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]]) away from the main group. {{Storylink|A Rude Awakening}}

Wheeljack had little time or respect for Bumblebee's moping or his perceived lack of leadership ability, leading to several cutting remarks, much to the annoyance of Ratchet. Through some interference from Wheeljack, Bumblebee met with Skywatch rogue Colonel [[Gordon Horiuchi]] who gave them protection from Skywatch if the Autobots helped capture Decepticons. Unfortunately this "protection" could also lock them into vehicle mode if they misbehaved, which Horiuchi did when Cliffjumper refused to capture Blurr. {{storylink|The Hanging Sword}}

Tracking down Blurr, Bumblebee attempted to talk the fugitive Autobot over, to convince him to come quietly. Blurr was shocked that Bumblebee would agree to work with the humans, the people who had imprisoned others of their kind. When Bumblebee revealed that Blurr didn't have much of a choice, the latter decided to take his chances and shot Bumblebee at point blank range, which shorted out his kill-switch badge. Back at base, when Bumblebee refused to turn over Blurr, Horiuchi decided the Autobot needed a reminder of who was holding the leash and attempted to activate his kill-switch. Naturally, it didn't work, but Ratchet convinced Bumblebee to play along and pretend he was locked into vehicle mode. Seeing an opportunity, the Bumblebee concocted a plan where the reluctant Blurr would find a Volkswagen to take his place, allowing him to find a way to free the rest of the Autobots. Before leaving, Bumblebee gave the Autobots an inspiring speech that actually caused [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] to break character, surprising the Skywatch operatives who were listening in on those Autobots with functional kill-switch badges. Later, communicating with Ratchet via a text-only comm channel, Bumblebee located a large shipment of [[Darmstadtium]], the rare metal used in the kill-switches at a shipping port. As he was skulking around, he discovered the Constructicon [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]], who had repainted himself to disguise his identity from the humans, as well as the hope that he sneak onto one of the container ships. Bumblebee tried to convince him that they had to earn the respect of the humans, but Scavenger angrily scoffed at this, stating he would rather hide than work with them. Bumblebee left him in peace. {{storylink|The Impossible Knot}}

[[Image:TheGiftHorse_Bumblebee_Serena.jpg|thumb|left|300px|]]

When Skywatch arrived to repair "Bumblebee's" kill-switch badge, they inadvertently revealed the identity of [[Sanjay Bharwaney]], a Skywatch researcher who was responsible for the secondary master control board for all of the badges. Bumblebee followed Bharwaney home, following Wheeljack's advice that altering the control board would short out the badges. Obviously unable to retrieve the control board directly, Bumblebee befriended Bharwaney's daughter, [[Serena Bharwaney|Serena]], in the hopes she could help him. Much to his distaste, Bumblebee had to lie to Serena, claiming that the control board would harm her father if he didn't "fix" it. He felt so bad about the whole thing that he believed doing this all but confirmed Humanity's opinion of the Transformers, a position that [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] did not tolerate. Unfortunately, it was discovered the control board contained tracking devices, meaning Bumblebee would be unable to get it back to their hideout before Colonel Horiuchi would notice and disable all the Autobots. This forced Bumblebee to make the modifications himself, a task he scarcely completed before Bharwaney returned home. As his friend Serena took the item back into her house, Bumblebee hoped that one day, he could repay her for his betrayal of her trust. {{Storylink|The Gift Horse}}

However, as he was making his way back to the Autobot hideout, Bumblebee detected [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] heading towards the Bharwaney house. Arriving just in time to save Bharwaney and his daughter, Bumblebee discovered the scientist to be an embittered man whose wife had died during the Decepticon invasion, and who now saw all Transformers, Autobot and Decepticon alike, as the same destructive aliens. During their flight, Bharwaney decided to use the control board to destroy both Bumblebee and Skywarp, seeing Bumblebee as a traitor to Horiuchi. When Serena appealed to her father, Bharwaney forced Bumblebee to admit that he did use Serena to get to the control board, and 'Bee apologised to the young girl. Letting them both out, Bumblebee asked Bharwaney for the control board so he could free his fellow Autobots. As they argued, Skywatch lieutenant [[Daniel Klonowski]] appeared and saved the trio from Skywarp, but despite his interference, Skywarp cut off Bumblebee's escape. Declaring that, unlike Skywarp, he had friends who would fix him, Bumblebee activated the control board, which simultaneously destroyed the kill-switch badges on the Autobots and seriously damaged himself and Skywarp. Sometime later, after Klonowski paid a visit to the Autobot hideout, Bumblebee emerged with a brand new, more powerful body and a new confidence befitting his command of the Autobots. {{storylink|Wings of Wax}}

Bumblebee's new confidence was tested when Ultra Magnus barged back into the Autobot caves, requesitioning a strike force to arrest Hot Rod for colluding with the enemy. Magnus forced Bumblebee and the others to go along with him almost by sheer force of personality, and they soon arrived at the launch site where Hot Rod and his Autobot & Decepticon allies were planning to leave the planet. Bumblebee and Hot Rod tried to debate the situation, but Ultra Magnus soon grew tired of listening to their concerns and laid down the line: "Right, wrong, I'm the guy with the badge." Any dissention in the Autobots ranks came to a sudden stop when [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] turned on his "friend" Hot Rod, unleashing the new Stunticon combiner named [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]. {{storylink|Enemies of the System}}

Most of the Decepticons joined Swindle and the Stunticons in turning against their Autobot comrades. [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] in particular took great joy in showing the Constructicons could still hack it in light of the new combiner robot, and tried to strangle Bumblebee one-handed. Bumblebee was saved by the timely but unexpected intervention of [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], who had grown just as tired of the war as many Autobots.

Watching the Stunticons at work as Menasor, Bumblebee noticed how poorly integrated their consciousnesses were, and devised a plan to break them apart. By directing the Autobots to focus their firepower first on [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]], then [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]], he successfully led the group in dismantling Menasor. Even Optimus Prime and the latecomers from Skywatch looked to him for direction. Afterwards, Prime blessed Bumblebee's leadership, and 'Bee decreed it was time for the Autobots to stop running. He faced [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] head on and made arrangements for a true peace with Skywatch. Bumblebee still had to deal with Ultra Magnus, however, who was insisting on arresting Rodimus for treason. Bumblebee finally told Magnus where he could stuff his statutes. {{storylink|Earthworks}}

Bumblebee and the Autobots then entered into a formal arrangement with Skywatch, and took up residence inside the organization's bunkers. {{storylink|The Transformers issue 7}} Despite his decision, some like [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] continued to question the idea of living among those who had hunted them for the last three years. Bumblebee earnestly defended his choice, however, stating essentially that trust had to begin somewhere or else they'd never survive on Earth. Spike soon alerted Bumblebee that [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] and the Combaticons had made their presence known in Vietnam along the demilitarized zone. Bumblebee quickly determined that, despite appearances, the Combaticons were not loyal mercenaries to the North Vietnamese, but were playing a larger game. With the President of the United States declaring all Transformers "illegal weapons of mass destruction", though, Spike and Bumblebee decided they would have to intervene...in disguise. {{storylink|International Incident Part 1: "The Land Ironclads"}}

{{note|The events of "Spotlight: Mirage" possibly take place in an alternate/unknown continuity.}}
Bumblebee was part of a unit heading towards the Pegasus Star Cluster to link up with the last remnants of the Autobots under Optimus Prime's command. He never made it, as the unit was ambushed as soon as it entered the cluster. The self-serving mercenary [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] took his form to fool the remaining Autobots to allow him to enter their base. {{storylink|Spotlight: Mirage}}

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===''Hearts of Steel''===
In an alternate universe, the Transformers landed on Earth before the Ice Age, taking on the forms of dinosaurs and giant insects. When the climate became too cold for the war to continue, Bumblebee and the other Autobots entered into [[stasis lock]] to prevent further damage. Thousands of years later, Bumblebee awoke to the age of humans from the noise of John Henry's hammering. Bumblebee was impressed by the humans' industriousness, and disguised himself as a small steam locomotive with no control cab, and a built in steam-hammer for driving spikes. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 1}} Initially, 'Bee directly competed with steel-driving legend [[John Henry]]. After Bumblebee revealed himself in robot form to Henry, Henry set aside his mistrust of automation after realizing that Bumblebee was a living being (not just a machine) who wanted to put in a fair day's work. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 2}}

Bumblebee woke several of his fellow Autobots, who soon discovered that the Decepticons were also active in this era. After taking on locomotive alt modes themselves, {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 3}} Bumblebee, the Autobots, and their new human friends worked together to prevent the Decepticons' mighty [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] from reaching [[New York City]]. With the Decepticons defeated, Bumblebee and the Autobots returned to their slumber. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 4}}

{{note|Bumblebee's pre-locomotive "Ice Age Wars" [[Alternate mode|altmode]] appears to be a spiky dinosaur, possibly a [[Wikipedia:Gastonia (dinosaur)|Gastonia]]. He also has a transitional body, while he is preparing to take on his locomotive form, which is similar to his dinosaur body, but with no spikes.}}

===Descent into Evil===
[[Image:Timelines-Bumblebee.jpg|right|180px|thumb|You know you want me, baby.]]
Having been on the trail of the Decepticon agent [[Flamewar]] for a long, long time, now-[[espionage director]] Bumblebee made his move, interrupting a supposedly-secure secret communication between Flamewar and the [[Tripredacus Council]]. He revealed that his agent, [[Ricochet (Descent into Evil)|Ricochet]] had installed a degenerating virus into [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]]'s [[Virulent Clone|clone army]]. Oh, and that since the Autobots now ''knew'' Flamewar's whereabouts and who she was working for, the Tripredacus Council would certainly consider her a liability. Which they did. So they blew her ship up. {{storylink|Descent into Evil}}

That's cold, Bee. Real cold.

{{note|Bumblebee appears in his unreleased [[Alternators]] body.}}
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===''Henkei! Henkei!'' pack-in comics===

[[Image:Henkei bumblebee pack in.jpg|left|thumb]]

When [[Megatron (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comics|Megatron]] and the Decepticons attacked Earth in the 21st century, Bumblebee and the Autobots were there to stop them. During a battle in Tokyo, Bumblebee got the drop on [[Starscream (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comics|Starscream]], dousing him with a fire engine's hose and leaving him open for a thrashing from [[Grimlock (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comics|Grimlock]]. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 1}}

Later, Bumblebee helped shield human bystanders from injury when [[Astrotrain (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comics|Astrotrain]] went on a rampage, {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 2}} and cheered when they were joined in their fight by [[Hot Rod (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comics|Rodimus]]. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 3}}

Bumblebee was last seen helping to once more project humans when the Decepticons attacked a power plant with their newest member, the reluctant [[Jetfire (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comics|Skyfire]]. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 4}}
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===''Henkei! Henkei!'' Bun Bun manga===

[[Image:Henkei chpt 01 first meeting.jpg|right|thumb|During Autobot gymnastics tryouts for the 2012 Olympics: DISQUALIFIED.]]

Bumblebee was part of a small Autobot team led by Optimus Prime who left Cybertron to pursue the [[Energon Cube]] through space. When the giant energy source crashed on Earth, in the Japanese town of [[Hoshinochō]], it shattered into fragments that were scattered far and wide. Bumblebee and the other Autobots set up a subterranean base below the Cube's impact crater, and began their search for the shards, taking the forms of local vehicles to hide their activities. Despite their attempts at remianing unseen, glimpses of the Autobots only magnified the reputation the crash of the Cube (believed by humans to be a meteor) had given Hoshinochō: that of a hotbed of rumored alien and UFO activity, Japan's answer to [[United States of America|America]]'s Roswell.

[[Image:Henkei bumblebee and wataru.jpg|left|thumb|20 years later, Wataru still has this hanging on his wall.]]

Eleven years later, the driverless vehicle-mode Bumblebee was spotted by a schoolchild in the vicnity of the [[Star Dome]], a buliding since constructed over the Cube crater. Hearing the story from this witness, fame-seeking schoolboy [[Wataru Hoshinoumi]] ditched school to investigate the Star Dome, only for coincidence to lead him to step right in front of the speeding Bumblebee! Bumblebee was forced to transform and vault over the boy to prevent injuring him, but was able to make his escape before Wataru got a good look at him. Bumblebee hastily continued on his way to the Star Dome, and arrived to find it under attack by [[Starscream (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun manga|Starscream]] and [[Ramjet (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun manga|Ramjet]]. Wataru, too, had made it to the Dome, and Bumblebee saved him from Starscream before realizing with surprise that he was the same boy from earlier. {{storylink|Enter! The Transformers}} The other Autobots soon arrived to join the fight, and Bumblebee tried to protect Wataru from injury by scooping him up and tossing him to the relative safety of the stands. For his trouble, the small Autobot was pinned by Starscream, but Wataru returned the favor by blinding the Decepticon with a fire extinguisher. The battle was then joined by the Decepticon leader [[Megatron (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun manga|Megatron]], who attempted to make an example of Bumblebee and Wataru by blasting them with his fusion cannon, but at the last second, Optimus Prime was apparently able to deflect Megatron's shot with one of his own. Megatron covered the Decepticons' subsequent retreat by collapsing a part of the Star Dome, but Bumblebee protected Wataru from the rubble by shielding him with his own body. The pair then properly introduced themselves to one another, and Wataru was invited into the Autobots' base for an explanation. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Appears!}}

[[Image:Henkei_bumblebee_medical_treatment.jpg|right|thumb|Who knew alien-robots can be [[Wikipedia:Trypanophobia|trypanophobic]].]]

Bumblebee and Prime showed Wataru through their base on their way to the medical bay, where Bumblebee was to be treated for repairs. Bumblebee did not relish Optimus's medical ministrations, and the two Autobots were so busy trying to get through the process that they did not notice Wataru touching the large shard of the Energon Cube that they had recovered in their time on Earth. A bizarre energy discharge resulted that not only showed the Autobots images of [[Generation 1 (franchise)|another time and place]], but also healed all of Bumblebee's wounds. Prime pulled Wataru away from the shard and things returned to normal, leaving Bumblebee and the boy to marvel over what had occurred, and Prime to ponder what it might mean. Bumblebee then took Wataru back to school, but when he nearly blabbed everything that had happened to him to the assembled teachers, students and police, Bumblebee was forced to bump into him from behind shut him up. Unfortunately for 'Bee, he then had to beat a hast retreat as the police came chasing after him for his "hit and run" offense! {{storylink|Kingdom of Giants}}

Bumblebee was next called into action when Starscream attacked a hydro-electric power plant with the help of his brainwashed comrade, [[Jetfire (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun manga|Skyfire]]. {{storylink|The Enemy from the Arctic}} Once again, Bumblebee tried to save Wataru from the Decepticons and was blasted as a result. This time, however, the pair were both saved by Skyfire, who was struggling against the mind-controlling influence of the helmet Starscream had placed on his head. All the combatants were shocked when a surge of familiar surge of energy erupted from Wataru's body; again, Bumblebee's wounds were healed, and Skyfire was empowered to overcome the helmet. Skyfire helped fend the Decepticons off and joined the Autobots, returning with them to their base where Prime explained to Bumblebee what he had come to understand about Wataru: he was a being known as a "[[Booster]]", born with the ability to control the energies of the Energon Cube. Both Bumblebee and Wataru were very excited at the idea that Wataru would now be able to help the Autobots in their fight. {{storylink|Wataru's Power}}

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{{storylink|Optimus Prime's Secret}} {{storylink|Time of Resurrection}} {{storylink|Creation! The New Emperor of Destruction!!}} {{storylink|The Threat of Galvatron}} {{storylink|Revenge (issue)|Revenge}} {{storylink|A Nightmare, Once Again}} {{storylink|To the Sea of Stars}}
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===3D Battle-Card Game===
Bumblebee was one of [[Optimus Primal]]'s many Autobot allies in a fight against [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s Decepticon army. {{storylink|3D Battle-Card Game#Energon Wars expansion|Energon Wars Expansion Set}}

==="Universe" cartoon===
[[Image:FfE Bumblebee.JPG|left|thumb|250px]]
Bumblebee and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] were out for a drive when they discovered [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] mining fuel near an abandoned [[Rock-It Fuel|gas station]]. Bumblebee wanted to rush in but Optimus Prime suggested they create a diversion. They caused an explosion which distracted Cyclonus. Bumblebee attacked and kept him busy while Optimus Prime snuck up and hit him over the head with his [[energon-axe]]. Megatron chose to blow up the mining operation and retreat with Cyclonus. Optimus Prime and Bumblebee drove off leaving the flaming wreckage of the mining operation behind. {{storylink|Fight for Energon}}
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===''Wings of Honor'' continuity===
{{note|''Wings of Honor'' continuity takes place in a variant [[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]] timestream.}}

Bumblebee arrived with the reinforcements from Autobot City to help [[Pyro|Spark]]’s team fight the Decepticon Syndicate that had taken over the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland. After being exposed to the [[forestonite]] gas, he became a [[Generation 2]] Autobot, and gained the ability to float. {{storylink|Generation 2: Redux}}
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==Toys==
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==Merchandise==
{{main|Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Merchandise}}

==Notes==
* The original Bumblebee toy was taken from the Japanese ''[[Micro Change|Microchange]]'' line, where it was available in yellow, red, and blue versions.

* Bumblebee appeared in one of five [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[public service announcement]]s, informing children that they shouldn't run away from home because it's "mean". This from the guy who ditched the Autobots for no real reason.

[[Image:PretenderBumblebeeModel.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Bumblebee's rarely-seen Classic Pretenders character model. (Optimus Prime wants Goldbug back.)]]
* When Bumblebee reappeared in the Marvel Comics as a [[Classic Pretender]], he returned to his original toy's [[character model]], rather than one based on his new form. A new character model did appear in various toy commercials, however. These included one which introduced him and the other Classic Pretenders, and one where he and Jazz stupidly drag [[Micromaster]] bases into Autobot headquarters, causing everyone to flee when they transform and attack.

* According to [[Battle for Cybertron]], Bumblebee is a code-name.

* Bumblebee/Goldbug was clearly a "top-tier" character in the first decade of ''Transformers'': he was the only 1984 Autobot still shipping in 1986; he received more toys during Generation 1 than any other character; he had a toy shipping during seven of Generation 1's eight-year run. However, [[Hasbro]] lost the right to use "Bumblebee" as a toy [[trademark]] during the ''[[Beast Wars (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' and ''[[Beast Machines (franchise)|Beast Machines]]'' years, when Generation 1 names were in disuse. That's right, the name "Bumblebee" was lost during the years everyone turned into animals.

* The ''[[Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' [[Mini-Con]], [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]] is pretty clearly an [[homage]] to Bumblebee, from the coloration, placement of car-parts in robot mode, segmented-pipe biceps and even the head design.

[[Image:Hotbumblebee.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Hey! Look at that hot brunette! No... not [[Mikaela Banes|that one]]!]]

* A robot using Bumblebee's character model is shown in a still-shot flashback as a member of the Autobot group led by [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]]. Whether this robot is an alternate-universe incarnation of Bumblebee or simply a similar-looking robot is—like all [[Unicron Trilogy]] character-model cameos—left to conjecture.

* According to EJ Su, Bumblebee's [[Holomatter|Holomatter avatar]] is modeled after [[wikipedia:Lindsay_Lohan|Lindsay Lohan]], an actress who plays a girl that drives [[wikipedia:Herbie|Herbie]], a sentient Beetle. ''Um, well''.<ref>[http://www.protodepot.com/archive/2007_11_01_archive.html Idea: Holomatter Projection]</ref>

*Goldbug was actually a preliminary name for Bumblebee during early treatments for the Marvel Comics! <ref>[[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/conventions-15/botcon-2010-bob-budiansky-panel-coverage-170041/ Bob Budiansky BotCon Panel Coverage]]</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1984/Autobot/Bumblebee/bumblebee.htm Bumblebee at TFU.info]
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Bumblebee Bumblebee's Universe profile at NTFA.net]
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Goldbug Goldbug's Universe profile at NTFA.net]
*[http://www.tf-1.com/articles/mini_frame.php?art=whitemexbee White Mexican Bumblebee gallery at TF-1.com]

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Decepticon Mini-Cassette

2010-08-05T16:34:01Z

147.140.233.17: /* Toys */

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:''The Decepticon Mini-Cassettes are a [[subgroup]] of [[Decepticon]]s (and in [[Ravage (G1)|a single case]], a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]) from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[Image:Madman comic Soundwave ejects tapes.jpg|right|400px|thumb|Eject! Operation: Illustration.]]
The '''Decepticon Mini-Cassettes''' (also known as '''Spy Cassettes''' and '''Recordicons''') are [[Decepticon]]s (and in one case, a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]) who, on [[Earth]], transform into analog [[Mini-Cassette|audio cassettes]]. They can fit into [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s chest compartment, though their apparent relationship to Soundwave varies depending on continuity.

Many of these troops have communication or espionage roles. Recycling of body designs is common among them as well.

{{quote|In the days of Megatron, Decepticons developed the art of espionage using cassette technology.|[[Teletraan II]]|[[Secret Files of Teletraan II]]}}

:''Japanese name:'' '''Cassettron'''

==Fiction==
===Marvel comics===
For the most part, the Decepticon Mini-Cassettes did not appear to have a particularly special or unique relationship with Soundwave. Soundwave occasionally carried Laserbeak within his chest compartment, releasing him for surprise attacks. {{storylink|Warrior School!}}.

More often, the Mini-Cassette troops used their small alternate modes for stealth, disguise and transportation by other characters. Rumble and Frenzy frequently hitched rides in the cockpit of the Decepticon jets, for example. {{storylink|DIS-Integrated Circuits!}} Ravage used his cassette form on several occasions to spy on humans. {{storylink|Power Play!}} Three of the cassette troops were taken out of play by Omega Supreme {{storylink|Command Performances!}} and remained inoperative for quite some time, while Ravage was dropped into a mine shaft by the Autobot [[Skids (G1)|Skids]], {{storylink|Showdown!}} taking him out of play for even longer. Only Laserbeak remained operative, acting as a sort of totem of Decepticon leadership. {{storylink|Command Performances!}}

Ratbat assumed a cassette form upon traveling to Earth, and used this disguise to monitor his human accomplices. {{storylink|Buster Witwicky and the Car Wash of Doom}}

===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===

====Generation 1 cartoon====
The Mini-Cassettes acted as a sort of special-missions force, under the command of their host Soundwave. Soundwave could store numerous cassettes within his chest, at times ejecting as many as four at once. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}} {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}

Laserbeak was frequently sent to spy on the [[Autobot]]s at [[Ark (G1)|Autobot Headquarters]], once using his cassette form to sneak in. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer}} Ravage likewise used his cassette mode to infiltrate [[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletraan I]] and steal information about Earth's resources. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 2}} Rumble was used more often to destroy stuff, though all three frequently engaged in battle.

The less-seen Buzzsaw and Frenzy also appeared on occasion, usually acting in conjunction with Laserbeak and Rumble, respectively. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (episode)|Countdown to Extinction}} {{storylink|Atlantis, Arise!}} {{storylink|The Immobilizer}}

Years later, Ratbat joined the cassette forces; like Laserbeak, he specialized in spy work and reconnaissance, particularly in tight quarters inaccessible to Laserbeak. {{storylink|Secret Files of Teletraan II}}

Some time after that, Overkill and Slugfest also joined Soundwave's troops. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}

====Madman ''The Transformers'' comic====
{{charstubfiction}}
In the year 2001, Soundwave unleashed his army of new Mini-Cassettes to steal the Autobot [[Matrix of Leadership]] from a secure bunker at the construction site of [[Autobot City]] on Earth. {{storylink|The Transformers (Madman)|The Transformers}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' comic=====
{{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 2|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #2}} {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 7|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #7}}
{{charstubfiction}}
=====''Scramble City'' cartoon=====
{{storylink|Scramble City (episode)|Scramble City}}
{{charstubfiction}}
=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
{{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}{{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}} {{storylink|Terror! The Six Shadows}}{{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} {{storylink|The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts}} {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears}} {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}}{{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}} {{storylink|Battle for Defense of the False Planet}}{{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}}{{storylink|The Zarak Shield Turns the Tide}}{{storylink|Operation: Destroy the Decepticons}}
{{charstubfiction}}
=====''The Headmasters'' comic=====
{{storylink|The Headmasters issue 8|The Headmasters #8}}
{{charstubfiction}}

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
The origin of the Mini-Cassettes as a whole is unknown. Warriors like Laserbeak and Ravage were seen working with Soundwave in their standard capacity since the beginning of the war. {{storylink|The War Within}} The sole exception is Ratbat, who was once a high-ranking Decepticon, and the leader of his own independent faction during the Dark Ages. {{storylink|War Within: The Dark Ages}} At an unknown point in history, Ratbat was apparently converted into a Mini-Cassette as punishment for some unknown offense. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}}

Besides Ratbat, the Mini-Cassettes were sent into stasis lock with Soundwave and the rest of the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki> crew for four million years on the planet Earth. They reawakened in 1984 to battle [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and the crew of the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]''. {{storylink|Prime Directive}} When the Transformers eventually returned to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], the Mini-Cassettes went with Soundwave under the new command of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. After [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] made a proposal to strike out on their own, however, they turned against Shockwave. Part of the deal was Starscream reuniting Soundwave with Ratbat, whom he had apparently already used as a Mini-Cassette in the past. The Mini-Cassettes returned to Earth with Soundwave and the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]s. {{storylink|War and Peace}} Megatron eventually returned, reclaiming leadership from Starscream, with the help of Soundwave and the Mini-Cassettes. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

{{note|After returning to Earth, only Rumble and Frenzy made express appearances. Ravage, Laserbeak, Buzzsaw and Ratbat were presumably present inside Soundwave.}}

===IDW comics continuity===
[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], and [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] worked with [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] from the beginning as his minions.

[[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] and [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] were originally energon miners like [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. They were the first pre-Decepticons to hitch their wagons to the rising star of Megatron. Megatron had them reformatted into the Cybertronian equivalent of mini-cassettes in order to participate in a surprise attack on the [[Senate]]. They weren't entirely happy about it, but agreed out of fear and loyalty to Megatron. [[Squawkbox]] also participated in that operation.

{{note|It is unclear if Squawkbox was already a minion of Soundwave or if he was also reformatted for that purpose.}}

[[Ratbat (G1)|Senator Ratbat]] was Soundwave's boss up until the Decepticon uprising, at which point, Soundwave slagged him but preserved his spark in a Cybertronian mini-cassette. {{storylink|Megatron Origin}}

Much later, Squawkbox served on the same space station as [[Sixshot]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sixshot}}

Ravage and Laserbeak traveled with Soundwave to Earth while keeping an eye on [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]. Buzzsaw, Frenzy, and Rumble were not seen during this period, but the possibility that Soundwave was keeping one or more of them in reserve cannot be ruled out. (You never ''really'' know who he has hidden in there.) It was at this time that Soundwave and at least Ravage and Laserbeak picked up [[1984]]-era Earth [[alternate mode]]s. {{storylink|Spotlight: Soundwave}}

Ratbat spent some time as a regular member of Earth's [[Infiltration protocol|infiltration unit]] doing reconnaissance work. {{storylink|Devastation issue 1}} He had a non-mini-cassete alternate mode.

Laserbeak, Ravage, Frenzy, Rumble, and Ratbat all participated in Megatron's full-scale invasion of Earth as Soundwave's mini-cassette minions. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron}}

===''Hearts of Steel''===
Soundwave, Ravage, Squawkbox, and Rumble and/or Frenzy were among the Decepticons who were awakened in eighteenth century Earth and took on alternate modes from that era. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel}}

It was not revealed what those alternate modes were, but textual notes in Squawkbox's concept art included in the trade paperback indicate that his "upper body transforms into a mechanical gorilla" and his "lower part transforms into mechanical eagle."

===Shattered Glass===
{{charstubfiction}}
{{storylink|Shattered Glass (issue)|Shattered Glass}} {{storylink|Dungeons & Dinobots}} {{storylink|Do Over}} {{storylink|Eye in the Sky}}

==Toys==
===Frenzy mold===
*[[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]]
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]
*[[Enemy]], whose only transformable toy was permanently attached to a radio bigger than he was.

===Laserbeak mold===
[[Image:LaserbeakG1toy.JPG|right|200px|thumb|1984 cassette Laserbeak]]
*[[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]]
*[[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]]
*[[Garboil]]
*[[Sundor]]

===Ravage mold===
*[[Ravage (G1)/toys|Ravage]]
*[[Howlback]]
*[[Glit]]

===Universe Ravage mold===
: This is an entirely new-mold version of the character, still transforming from jaguar to a cassette compatible with G1 Soundwave / Blaster.
*''[[Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' [[Ravage (G1)/toys|Ravage]]
*"Shattered Glass" [[Ravage (SG)|Ravage]]

===Other molds===
* [[Beastbox (G1)|Beastbox]] and [[Squawktalk]], who can combine to form [[Squawkbox]].
* [[Flip Sides (G1)|Flip Sides]], [[Redeco|redecoed]] from the [[Rewind]] mold.
* [[Overkill (G1)|Overkill]]
* [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]
* [[Slugfest (G1)|Slugfest]]

===Fiction only===
*[[:Image:Generic cassettes.jpg|Many]] [[Palette swap|other]] [[generic]]s.
*[[Autoscout]] {{storylink|A Prime Problem}}
*[[:Image:Ravage clones gi joe vol 2.jpg|Ravage clones]] {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 3}}
*"[[Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]" [[Laserbeak (SG)|Laserbeak]] {{storylink|Shattered Expectations}} {{storylink|Shattered Glass (issue)|Shattered Glass}}
*"Shattered Glass" [[Buzzsaw (SG)|Buzzsaw]] {{storylink|Shattered Glass (issue)|Shattered Glass}}
*"Shattered Glass" [[Frenzy (SG)|Frenzy]] {{storylink|Shattered Glass (issue)|Shattered Glass}} {{storylink|Eye in the Sky}}
*"Shattered Glass" [[Ratbat (SG)|Ratbat]] {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 28}}
*"Shattered Glass" [[Rumble (SG)|Rumble]] {{storylink|Shattered Glass (issue)|Shattered Glass}}
*"Shattered Glass" [[Overkill (SG)|Overkill]] {{storylink|Do Over}}
*"Shattered Glass" [[Slugfest (SG)|Slugfest]] {{storylink|Dungeons & Dinobots}} {{storylink|Do Over}}

==Trivia==
[[Image:DiamondStickerbookRecordicons.jpg|thumb|200px]]
*This sub-group was called '''Decepticon Cassettes''' in the 1984 toy [[catalog]], but '''Decepticon Mini-Cassettes''' in all subsequent catalogs.
*The term "Spy Cassettes" was used in advertisements featured in the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Overview 2|Marvel UK comics]] and an organizational chart in the [[Transformers Annual 1987]], while "Recordicon" was used in a 1986 [[Diamond]] ''Transformers: The Movie'' stickerbook to describe Laserbeak. "Recordicon" has seen recent use in the ''Shattered Glass'' profiles for Ravage and Ratbat.
*The term "Cassetticon" is an unofficial term that crops up amongst the fanbase.
*The San Diego Comic-Con 2009 reissue of Soundwave refers to the cassettes as "Deployer" figures. The term [[Deployer]] had previously been used for the small animal-to-weapon figures from the Beast Machines toy line.
*In "[[The Agenda (Part 2)|The Agenda]]", Ravage still has his cassette alternate mode, despite undergoing a complete rebuilding. He fits into a compartment on his [[Transwarp cruiser|ship]].
*In addition to being retconned as deployers, Soundwave's [[Transformers Hall of Fame]] bio also presented Ravage, Laserbeak and all of Soundwave's other partners as [[Mini-Cons]]. That'll rattle a few cages. [http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/movie-news/TRANSFORMERS-HALL-OF-FAME-Nominee-1.cfm]
*The Hall of Fame bio also revealed that Laserbeak and Ravage are Soundwave's favorite partners. (It's okay, [[Wingthing (G1)|Wingthing]], we still love you).

[[Category:Decepticon subgroups]]
[[Category:Mini-Cassettes| Decepticon]]

Sky-Byte (G2)

2010-07-21T13:37:13Z

147.140.233.17: /* Timelines: Generation 2 Redux */

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{{disambig3|Sky-Byte}}
:''Sky-Byte is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] from the [[Generation 2: Redux]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]] via [[Timelines (franchise)|Timelines]].''
[[Image:SkyByteTimelines-boxart.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Put your best knee forward.]]

Created as an agent of the [[Quintesson]]s, '''Sky-Byte''' is the commander of the new generation of [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticon]]s. Unlike his dim-witted troops, Sky-Byte exhibits a scientific and creative nature, whether it be by making new advances in technology or writing haiku to express himself during tense and exciting moments.

He's a wild card, but will Sky-Byte truly be the "greatest shark around", as he's so fond of claiming?

==Fiction==
===''Timelines: Generation 2 Redux''===

In 2010, Sky-Byte was sent to Earth by the Quintessons as part of an alliance with the Decepticon outlaw [[Clench (G2)|Clench]]. His army of next-generation Sharkticons successfully empowered Clench’s Decepticon Syndicate, and they were able to take control of the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland.

There, Sky-Byte worked with Clench to realize the potential of the low-grade fuel [[forestonite]]. He determined that bombarding the forestonite with high-energy particles allowed it to alter Transformers, granting them extraordinary power. Pyro teased Clench for hanging around with Quintesson flunkies, and Sky-Byte responded with pride about how his new forestonite fuel would tip the balance of power. Sky-Byte may have oversold the stuff, however, as Clench impulsively fed some to [[Cindersaur]]—''and it wasn't meant to be taken orally!''—and then insisted that Sky-Byte himself be one of the next round of test subjects.

When the Autobots burst into the facility in an attempt to rescue [[Pyro|Spark]], Sky-Byte taunted them with a haiku and, when that was poorly received, then tried to zap them all with his "Tsunami Blaster", a new and deadly ability bestowed upon him by the forestonite. The battle was ultimately decided when a nervous Breakdown shot the canisters of forestonite, thinking they would explode. Instead, the chemical spread out in gaseous form all over the remaining Transformers, equaling the balance of power for the Autobots. [[Rapido]] gained the power to outrun Sky-Byte's shark missile attack, and soon the Decepticons were thoroughly routed. At this point, Sky-Byte fled the scene with his Sharkticons. Without his additional muscle, Clench was forced to retreat as well.

And, yes, even while running for his life, he had the frame of mind to write a pretty haiku. {{storylink|Generation 2: Redux}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
[[Image:Timelinestoy-SkyByteG2Redux.jpg|right|thumb|300px|This mold's not for [[Wings of Honor|Scourge]]? At the time we were confused. Now we understand.]]
===Timelines===
*'''Generation 2: Redux''' (BotCon 2010 box set)
**''Accessories'': 2 missiles

:Sky-Byte is a [[retool]] of ''[[Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' [[Sharkticon (Energon)|Sharkticon]] with a new head, transforming into a Cybertronic submarine/battleship with dimly animalistic styling. His colors and head sculpt are heavily based on ''[[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]]. His small gun turrets are movable, plus his side panels can extend outward to reveal spring-loaded missile launchers. The area where Sharkticon's spark crystal once resided is now considered Sky-Byte's "Tsunami Blaster".

:Sky-Byte is part of the [[BotCon 2010]] boxed set, alongside [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]], [[Pyro|Spark]], [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetstar]] and [[Clench (G2)|Clench]].

:The original version of this mold was also used to make Sky-Byte's fellow BotCon 2010 exclusives, the [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]].

==Trivia==
* The identity of Sky-Byte was the subject of the "Who is the Wildcard?" contest held by [[Fun Publications]] on their [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] forums, with ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' Voyager [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] and [[Breakaway (ROTF)|Breakaway]] as prizes to who guessed the character first. Other than the "wildcard" hint, the only other hint given was that the character was "never seen in Generation 2". TCC board member EmeraldBeacon guessed Sky-Byte soon thereafter, ending the contest, but whose among all the guesses that day was the correct guess was not known until the [[BotCon 2010]] brochure went online.

[[Category:Convention exclusives]]
[[Category:Generation 2 characters]]
[[Category:Predacons]]
[[Category:Timelines characters]]

Breakdown (G1)

2010-07-21T13:35:11Z

147.140.233.17: /* Timelines */

{{disambig3|Breakdown}}
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:''Breakdown is a [[Decepticon]] [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticon]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:MTMTEBreakdown.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Ever since the invention of [[Targetmaster]]s, Breakdown has been convinced his pistol is out to kill him...]]
'''Breakdown''' has an acute case of paranoia. (What was that!?) He genuinely believes that things, both living and inanimate, are ''watching'' him. (They're everywhere!) Breakdown doesn't like to stand out in a crowd. (Did you hear ''that''!?) He dreads being different and garnering attention. (Stop staring at me!) At times, he almost wishes he was a [[human]] so he could just disappear and no one would notice. (Get them off meeeee!) Needless to say, he and [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] (He's one of THEM!!) would be energon drinking buddies if each wasn't likely to be convinced the other was trying to poison him.

In vehicle mode, Breakdown's engine has got the shakes so hard that it can actually cause mechanical failures in other vehicles. (They're faking!) He can also rely (Ha! As if!) on his [[concussion cannon]] if he gets cornered in an alley. As you'd expect, his paranoia is his worst weakness. It's such a problem that the stress can trigger mechanical problems, and it does, constantly. (Oh, yeah, I bet you'd ''love'' to claim this was "self-inflicted"!)

Breakdown can also combine (They'll never take me alive!!) with his fellow [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] to form [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]].

:''Italian name:'' '''Caimano''' ("Caiman")
:''French-Canadian name:'' '''Panicon'''
:''Hungarian name:'' '''Vibrátor''' ("Vibrator", aheh)
:''Chinese name (Taiwan):'' '''Pāo-máo''' (拋錨, literally "Reject Anchor")
:''Chinese name (China):'' '''Daji''' (打击, "Strike")

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Jack Angel]] ([[The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1|First appearance only]]); [[Alan Oppenheimer]] (English), [[Keiichi Nanba]] (Japanese)

[[Image:Ktvs1 megs builds breakdown.jpg|left|thumb|220px|These Snap-Tite kits are awesome!]]

After a failed attempt to steal experimental rocket fuel from [[United States military]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] realized that while the Decepticons controlled the skies, the Autobots had supremacy on the ground, and so they needed new ground-based warriors who could out-drive and out-fight the Autobots on their terms. [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] was sent to steal various [[human]] vehicles that would be rebuilt to become the new Stunticons. Breakdown was given [[Spark|life]] by [[Vector Sigma]] along with the rest of the Stunticons. He agreed to obey Megatron, but there was a certain reluctance in his voice. He probably thought Megatron was out to get him, or something. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1}}

[[Image:Breakdown.jpg|right|220px|thumb|I'm Breakdown and...what the $*#@! are you looking at?!]]

Whilst the Autobots were trapped on Cybertron, the Decepticons returned to [[Earth]] with the newly awakened Stunticons who began wreaking havoc and damaging the Autobots' good name by attacking the US military base containing the experimental rocket fuel. Eventually, the Autobots returned with the newly built [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] whose combined form Superion defeated the Stunticon combiner Menasor. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2}}

Despite this defeat, the Stunticons were the key component in Megatron's elaborate scheme to hold a [[Europa 2000|fake charity race]] from Paris to Istanbul so he could steal US driver [[Auggie Cahnay (G1)|Auggie Cahnay]]'s car which would be melted down to house the the powerful [[Pearl of Bahoudin]]. One by one, the Stunticons disabled the Autobot participants assigned to protect Cahnay. Afterwards, the Stunticons were defeated when Cahnay rammed his car into Menasor’s face. {{storylink|Trans-Europe Express}}

[[Image:Cosmicrust taking over this boat.jpg|left|thumb|220px|Oh, God, People!, get away from me!]]

When Megatron was infected with [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]] after a trip to the lost Autobot colony of [[Antilla]], the Stunticons were assigned to capture the Autobot scientist [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], who had developed the powerful anti-corrosion [[Corrostop]]. Arriving incognito on a ferry, Breakdown transformed and nervously informed the human passengers that this was a mutiny...no, no a hijack! Anyway, they were taking over the boat! Breakdown forced the humans into the captain’s cabin, though he actually locked them in the garage. After Megatron cured himself and infected the Autobots with the Cosmic Rust, Menasor attacked the Statue of Liberty in [[New York City]] with the ancient [[Lightning Bug]] heat ray, intent on stopping the Autobots from [[Matter duplicator|matter-duplicating]] more Corrostop from the layer they sprayed on the statue. Superion defeated Menasor and destroyed the Lightning Bug. {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}}

After Starscream was banished for yet another failed coup, he returned with a powerful new Decepticon team called the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]], who were able to outfight Autobot and Decepticon alike. With Megatron needing a trump card, [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] attempted to call on the Stunticons to help, but they refused as they were having a demolition derby with various human-owned cars. However, the Stunticons belatedly arrived after the Combaticons' combined form of [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] defeated [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] and forced Megatron to acknowledge Starscream as the new Decepticon leader. Realizing that Starscream would not stop at Megatron, the Stunticons merged into Menasor and disabled Bruticus in one mighty punch. {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}}

[[Image:Masquerade_as_i_preducted.jpg|right|thumb|220px|Shouldn't the [[Red Alert (G1)|insanely paranoid]] Lambo Autobot have taken his place?]]

While assembling a new weapon capable of destroying any target by creating a chain reaction in its molecules, Megatron found himself short a few key components to finish the device. He sent the Stunticons out to retrieve those components by any means necessary. Breakdown and [[Wildrider]] assaulted a local optics laboratory to gather new focusing lenses for the cannon's beam. On their way to the weapon's construction site, they were intercepted by a troop of Autobots. It was [[Grapple]] who brought down Breakdown, setting him on fire with his arc-welder rifle by using a trail of fuel as a fuse. The Stunticons were dragged back to Autobot Headquarters for imprisonment, an experience that Breakdown considered thoroughly "mortifrying". Once brought in, the Stunticons' radios were disabled and they were trapped in vehicle mode behind energized bars. The Autobots then used camouflage paint to alter their appearances and mimic the Stunticons, hoping to get close enough to Megatron to catch him unawares. Autobot warrior [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] assumed Breakdown's appearance for the mission. After they left, however, Breakdown tried using his unique vibratory pulses to disrupt his bars and break free, and just as he "preducted", it worked! He caught his Autobot captors by surprise and blasted several of them before they could react, giving him enough time to free his fellow Stunticons and form Menasor. After a brief but memorable conflict, Menasor escaped the Ark and returned to Megatron. The cannon was rendered unusable by the Autobots' intervention, though, and Megatron's plan failed. {{storylink|Masquerade}}

[[Image:Ffod3_squalor_on_chaar.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Breakdown never did like sitting around the campfire with the other Decepticons.]]

In the wake of [[Unicron]]'s attack on Cybertron in the year 2005 and the subsequent Decepticon exile to [[Chaar]] in 2006, the Stunticons were reduced to being scavengers, fighting like [[slaarg]]s with their fellow Decepticons over the few scraps of energon they had. Motormaster determined that the Decepticons needed strong leadership to survive, and hope came when [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] brought news of [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]'s survival and asked for the Decepticons to donate their remaining energon to revive their leader. While Dead End was pessimistic about their survival, Breakdown said they were doomed anyway without a leader and focus. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}} However, while Cyclonus and the [[Sweep]]s were resurrecting Galvatron, the [[Quintesson|Quintessons]] arrived on Chaar with an offer of energon in exchange for attacking the Autobots. The Stunticons were instrumental in convincing the other Decepticons to ally themselves with the Quintessons. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}} After Galvatron returned to seize control of the Decepticons, the Stunticons were part of the Decepticon team attacking the Autobots on Earth. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}
{{-}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
{{note|The events of the Generation 1 cartoon occur in this continuity as detailed above, except the events of 2006 are pushed back to 2010. Japanese continuity inserts several new stories into the resultant gaps in the timeline.}}

=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' comic=====
[[Image:Srlf manga breakdown.jpg|right|thumb|It's nice to see him happy once in a while!]]

Breakdown and the Stunticons decided to have a little fun and tear up a baseball stadium in Japan. Luckily, the Autobots' plucky young ally [[Kenji]] was present to radio for assistance. All the combiner teams assembled, and it was Menasor and Bruticus against Superion and Defensor! Defensor was forced to break apart by the combined Decepticon attack, but Superion and Kenji got the idea to shoot out the Decepticons' leg components. [[Groove (G1)|Groove]] and [[Blades (G1)|Blades]] took advantage of the empty combiner ports and took over as Menasor's legs while [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] and [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] took over as Bruticus' lower limbs. All four Protectobots immediately launched Menasor and Bruticus into the ocean. Breakdown was last seen chasing his "possessed" teammates into the distance. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 5}}

While posing as Autobots, Breakdown, [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] and the Stunticons rampaged through the city streets, smearing the good name of their adversaries. Later, [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] and [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] posed as humans to rally people against the Autobots, and Motormaster's brigade staged an attack on the rally to drive the point home. The Autobot fire engines [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] and [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] arrived, however, and used their water hoses to wash off the Decepticons' fake insignia. Enraged, Motormaster planned to combine into Menasor...only to see Breakdown and the others were already retreating into the distance. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 7}}

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=====''Scramble City'' cartoon=====
[[Image:Scramblecity_breakdown_forms_an_arm.jpg|220px|left|thumb|Arm? Leg? He's the guy with the gun!]]

Breakdown and the Stunticons were summoned by Megatron to put an end to the [[Metroplex (G1)|Scramble City]] project, and succeeded where [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] had failed. Their first strike was impressive, holding back Optimus Prime and a cadre of Autobots and shooting the Aerialbots out of the skies. When the Aerialbots formed Superion, Breakdown and his teammates followed suit and merged into Menasor. During the battle, the Stunticons tried mixing it up by swapping around their usual configuration, and Breakdown became Menasor's left arm. {{storylink|Scramble City (episode)|Scramble City}}

=====''The Great Transformer War'' comic=====

Galvatron kidnapped [[Doctor Dalton]] of [[Eran]] to upgrade the might of his combiner warriors. When the Autobot combiners arrived to save Dalton, Breakdown and his teammates were deployed at high speeds from Motormaster's launcher mode. They met Superion in mid-air, and the force of their deployment enabled the combiner teams to tear him apart. The Stunticons then merged into Menasor to move in for the kill. They were ultimately outwitted by the Autobots, however, who rescued Dalton and safely returned to Metroplex. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 1}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====

[[Image:Hmep3_breakdown_and_dragstrip.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]

Breakdown and the Stunticons participated in Galvatron's siege on Cybertron. They managed to gain the high ground against the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s and [[Throttlebot]]s, and rained laser fire down on their opponents. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} Breakdown and his team formed Menasor to fight their Autobot counterparts, but were steamrolled by the might and firepower of the [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Battleship Maximus]]. Transporting back to Earth, they attempted to interfere with [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]'s quest for the Matrix. Breakdown and the Stunticons were confronted by the Aerialbots in the desert, but the battle of their combiner forms eventually led them to the Arctic. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}}

When [[Vector Sigma]] began perfecting the new super-metal [[Cybertonuron]] on Cybertron, Galvatron ordered another all-out attack on the planet to seize the metal for the Decepticons before the Autobots could make use of it. Breakdown and the Stunticons journeyed to Cybertron with the strike force, and confronted their old enemies, the Aerialbots. The Aerialbots got the drop on Breakdown's group by forming Superion and lashing out before the Stunticons could form Menasor as well. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} Breakdown and the Stunticons were still in a firefight sometime later, as [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] passed by looking for [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] and the Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]]s. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}} In [[San Francisco]], Breakdown and the Stunticons assisted Bruticus in using a carnivorous plant to distract the Autobots from [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s plans on [[Zarak (planet)|Zarak]]. They fought against the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]]s and [[Computron (G1)|Computron]]. {{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}}

Sometime later, Breakdown and the Stunticons gathered in the desert as their Ninja Commander [[Sixshot]] began issuing orders. They assembled as Menasor, and took part in the escalating Decepticon war effort as five separate Autobot outposts were attacked simultaneously at Sixshot's command. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}} The Stunticons remained on Earth while Scorponok took the bulk of the Decepticon forces to planet [[Master (planet)|Master]], hiding from the Autobots in the sunken continent of [[Lemuria (G1)|Lemuria]] where they mined [[crysmag metal]]. When Scorponok returned, the Stunticons, combined as Menasor, joined in the final battle between the Autobot and Decepticons at the North Pole. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

=====''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. Breakdown was among those summoned, but only as a part of Menasor. {{storylink|Zone (story page)|Zone Part 1}} {{storylink|Zone (manga)|Transformers: Zone}} {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
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====Generation 1====
Many years ago on Cybertron, somehow Breakdown existed before he was born and had joined [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] and [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] in shooting at [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]]. {{storylink|Spacehikers!}}

[[Image:Stunticonsmarvelg1.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Breakdown is the blue guy in the background.]]

''Though [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] had given the [[Creation Matrix]] back to Optimus Prime, its influence was still present in his mind. He and Prime had their minds connected to a machine, where they shared a vision of a "Second Generation" of Transformers. Breakdown was the member of the Stunticons, one of four [[Special Teams]]. In this vision, Breakdown and his fellow Stunticons combined into Menasor and fought the Autobots Superion and Defensor. But Megatron and Soundwave were listening in on this vision, and both sides planned to make it reality. {{storylink|Second Generation!}}''

Upon learning that the [[cerebro-shell]] implanted in [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] had also granted them access to the powers of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] immediately built a team of Decepticons. The new Stunticons, which included Breakdown, were sent to find the Autobot [[Skids (G1)|Skids]], who had earned new trust for the Autobots by publically saving a [[human]]. After Breakdown and the others knocked over every car in their way to get to Skids, they turned to "protect" him from the new [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], hoping to confuse the public and discredit the Autobots. Breakdown combined with his fellow Stunticons to form [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]], and they fought the Aerialbots' [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]. {{storylink|Heavy Traffic!}}

''The other Stunticons watched as Megatron raged at the accidentally insolent Motormaster. Breakdown looked especially concerned as Megatron seemed to have crushed Motormaster under a boulder, but Megatron had purposefully missed to teach him a lesson. {{storylink|Prey!}}''

Breakdown had traveled early with some other Decepticons to the Decepticons' [[Club Con|new island headquarters]], where he helped construct an energy transfer pipeline that led from the island through the [[Space Bridge]] to Cybertron. Megatron, meanwhile, had been attacked by [[Predaking]] under secret orders from Shockwave. When Predaking was defeated, (possibly) Breakdown found a "laser disk" inside Predaking that proved Shockwave's treachery. And then Megatron went nuts and apparently blew up himself and the Space Bridge before their eyes. {{storylink|Gone but Not Forgotten!}}

[[Image:Clubconresort.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Breakdown is responsible for the mints on pillows.]]

Breakdown was seen among the Decepticons on board Shockwave's island base. When it was attacked by [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]], Breakdown and the others traveled with the space-faring island headquarters into Earth's orbit, though Shockwave was seemingly killed in the process. {{storylink|The Desert Island of Space!}} [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]], who had assumed command, organized Breakdown and the other Decepticons in a battle against the Autobots on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|moon]]. [[Goldbug (G1)|Goldbug]] defended himself by throwing a moon rock at his head. But when their island ship was damaged, Ratbat called for a retreat. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

Ratbat moved their space-traveling island base back to Earth's seas, where it became a human travel resort to smokescreen the Decepticons' efforts to locate a key to finding the powerful [[Underbase]]. Breakdown was advertised on television as part of the island's smiling welcoming party. {{storylink|Club Con!}} Shortly thereafter, Ratbat's Decepticons met with [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s Decepticons, and tempers and suspicions came to a head between the two groups as Breakdown was helping move fuel to the island base's fission tubes. {{storylink|Cold War!}}

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=====Earthforce=====
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[[Image:Jazz end of the road.jpg|left|200px|thumb|]]
''Breakdown was briefly seen at the [[Enclave]], rubbing shoulders with the various troops from Megatron and [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s factions.'' {{storylink|The Bad Guy's Ball!}} ''Later, after the factions merged, he drove into battle alongside the Stunticons and [[Battlecharger]]s when [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] led an attack on Autobot [[Earthbase]]. Although the Autobot defense systems were down at the time, Breakdown and his comrades were still ultimately driven off.'' {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}} ''On another occasion, Starscream and Soundwave learned the Autobots had a [[Irwin Spoon (G1)|human reporter]] writing a positive story about them. Fearing that good publicity among the humans would give Earthforce an edge, they sent the Stunticons to kidnap the human. As Motormaster made off with the reporter, Breakdown and the Stunticons ran interference against the Autobot cars following him. After [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] transformed and got off a quick shot at their leader, Breakdown rear-ended him in the legs. The Autobot was knocked out of the fight, but so was Breakdown as he had caved in his own hood in the effort.'' {{storylink|End of the Road! (UK)|End of the Road!}}

{{Note|It is unclear which faction Breakdown was on before Soundwave and Starscream led their coup for Decepticon leadership.}}

=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
''Breakdown and the Stunticons attacked [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] on the road in 2003, making an attempt to steal the plans for the upcoming [[Autobot City]]. They were successful, but the plans were a set of fakes, so they ultimately didn't gain anything. A traffic light tried to tell Breakdown as much, but he refused to listen to it. {{storylink|Ark Duty}}''

''In 2008, [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Death's Head (G1)|Death's Head]] were compelled by [[Unicron|Unicron]] to make an assassination attempt on the Decepticon leader, Shockwave. They sealed the door to the audience chamber during the attack, and so Soundwave summoned the Stunticons as Menasor to break through the door. They eventually did so, and Breakdown and Dead End were about to execute the Decepticon traitors when Death's Head returned with news of Shockwave's demise. Using a series of explosives built into his hover platform as an incentive, the bounty hunter forced Soundwave and the other Decepticons to submit to their leadership. {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}}''

====Generation 2====
[[Image:NewDawn-Breakdown.jpg|right|thumb|100px|Sneering because they forgot about his snazzy new colors.]]
Breakdown was among the Decepticons rallied for war against the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]] after [[Skullgrin]]'s death. {{storylink|New Dawn}}
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===Dreamwave comics continuity===
At some point in Cybertron's recent history, the Stunticons were deemed psychotic and too dangerous to function in society, and as a result were placed into perpetual stasis lock inside of a prison facility. Later, in an attempt to create a diversion while he set his final plans in motion, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] arranged for the release of the Stunticons. They formed into Menasor and ran amuck for awhile, until [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] arrived and began insulting them. Unable to reconcile with this, the five Stunticons began to bicker with each other over whose fault it was that they were failing, temporarily stopping Menasor and allowing Ultra Magnus to ram the combiner in the chest, forcing him to separate into his component parts and disabling the Stunticons. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}}

===Devil's Due ''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers'' comics===
[[Image:GIJoevsTFII_2_Breakdown.jpg|thumb|right|200px|"I learned ''this'' from [[Scrounge (G1)|Scrounge]]!"]]
It must've been Breakdown's lucky day when [[Teletran 3]] went haywire and transported him the Stunticons to 1930s [[Chicago]], as unlike his comrades, he stayed conscious the whole time instead of getting locked in a new vehicle mode. Breakdown decided to stay quiet, however, and let himself be used by a human criminal gang until he and the others were found by a group of [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joes]] and [[Cobra]] members sent to bring the lost Cybertronians back to the future. After overhearing [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] explaining what would happen to Earth if the Stunticons weren't retrieved, Breakdown revealed himself and stole [[Beachhead]]'s [[disruption unit]]s, using them to awaken Dead End, Wildrider and Drag Strip. With Motormaster absent, Breakdown led the others in a car chase across Chicago, which ended when Prime and the humans found Motormaster and sent everyone back to present-day Cybertron. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #2}}

[[Image:ArtofWar4_Breakdown_shoots_Nautilator.jpg|thumb|left|200px|WESSIDE!]]
The Stunticons were later recruited into [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]]'s army, and Breakdown both helped capture some Autobots and G.I. Joes and attack an Autobot peace ceremony in the form of Menasor. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3|The Art of War #3}} Following the battle, he and [[Nautilator]] were assigned to guard the imprisoned Joes, and Breakdown told his fellow Decepticon how freaky it was to be on Earth and have all those fleshlings stare at you. He then decided to check up on the [[Snake-Eyes|prisoner in black]], only to hypnotized by the human's [[Arashikage]] ninja techniques and forced to gun down Nautilator. After then freeing the humans, Breakdown was released from Snake-Eyes's control and fell unconscious. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4|The Art of War #4}}

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===IDW comics continuity===
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[[Image:ForAllMankind-Breakdown.jpg|right|thumb|200px|"I hated that show!"]]
Breakdown was among the Decepticons abandoned on Earth after the fall of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. Two years later, he was so desperate for energon that he attacked a human solar power planet, looking to somehow recharge. [[Skywatch]] was dispatched to the scene, and they overpowered the Stunticon using armored [[Crash suit]]s. By attaching a mode-lock device, the Skywatch agents forcibly reverted Breakdown to vehicle mode, leaving him trapped and unable to operate himself. [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] took possession of Breakdown's car mode himself after the battle. {{storylink|...For All Mankind}}

Breakdown has since been relegated to Spike's pimpmobile, although the human did repair the battle damage first before taking the Decepticon out on the town. {{storylink|New Arrivals, Old Encounters}} Witwicky drove Breakdown to Skywatches' headquarters to interrogate [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], who had surrendered himself. {{storylink|A Rude Awakening}}

After an enlightening conversation with Optimus, Spike left to drive Breakdown around to help clear his head. He asked Breakdown rhetorical questions about his feelings on the war, knowing that the suppressor kept the captive Decepticon from being able to listen, but Spike's one-sided chat was suddenly interrupted. The other [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] had surrounded Breakdown on the road, hoping to rescue him. Reclaiming Breakdown wouldn't be easy, as Spike began unloading gunfire at them through his busted window. Despite these countermeasures, Spike was forced to abandon Breakdown by leaping out his window into a body of water when he saw the much bigger [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] heading towards him in a game of chicken.

Breakdown was returned to the construction site of a spaceship, built by an alliance between some Decepticons and a group of Autobots led by [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]. [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] spent three hours doing mysterious repairs on Breakdown, cutting into time needed to build the spaceship, a decision that had begun to rub the Autobots the wrong way. But when [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and a group of deputized Autobots under [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'s command arrived to arrest everyone for their illegal actions, Swindle's gambit was revealed. Breakdown had been rebuilt, like the other Stunticons, to combine into the massive [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]. Surprise! {{storylink|Enemies of the System}}

Despite their new physical power, however, the Stunticons' combiner process was imperfect. The individual robots' personalities did not properly blend into one another to create the Menasor gestalt mind, leaving them mentally disorganized. Breakdown was heard complaining that he couldn't see anything from his position as one of the legs. The Autobots took advantage of this weakness, targeting the individual Stunticon components in sequence. Breakdown was seen surrendering to Skywatch in the aftermath. {{storylink|Earthworks}}
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===Timelines===
[[Image:BotCon2010Promo-Breakdown.jpg|left|thumb|250px|For some reason he has a thing about [[BotCon]].]]
[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] called Breakdown and [[Punch (G1)|Counterpunch]] to him to help him brainstorm ideas for more ultimate weapons. Breakdown suggested they visit [[BotCon]] again, as it's the destination for everything Transformers-related. Also, there would be exclusive toys, special guests, and various functions and events! Little did Breakdown know that Counterpunch was a double agent, and that the Decepticons' designs for BotCon would soon be relayed to the Autobots. {{storylink|BotCon 2010 Promo}}
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Some time after [[The Rebirth]], Breakdown was the only remaining [[Stunticon]]. The others were all placed in stasis after a brutal fight with [[Defensor]]. Breakdown left [[Galvatron]]’s army. His self esteem had decreased considerably without [[Menasor]] to prove his value, and he feared it was only a matter of time before the volatile Decepticon leader simply did away with him. Breakdown traveled back to Earth in hopes of tracking down the last [[Protectobot]] [[Streetwise]] for revenge, and eventually joined [[Clench (G2)|Clench]]’s Decepticon Syndicate.

In 2010, Breakdown helped Clench take control of the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland, where the Decepticons and the [[Quintesson]] agent [[Sky-Byte (Timelines)|Sky-Byte]] hoped to harness the potential of the chemical [[forestonite]]. Breakdown expressed his distrust of Sky-Byte, but his views were ignored by Clench who nominated both soldiers as test subjects for the refined forestonite. Luckily for them, the new fuel worked as intended. Breakdown’s vibration ability was enhanced considerably, allowing him to fire sonic booms at his enemies.

He got to try out his new powers and try for vengeance when Streetwise and his fellow Generation 2 Autobots broke in, attempting to stop Clench’s plan. After throttling Streetwise for a while, Breakdown had his enemy in his grip, but when he saw the Autobot commander [[Pyro|Spark]] making a grab for the forestonite, has blasted the supply, hoping to blow it and Spark up.

Instead, the shattered canisters released forestonite gas, and exposed the Autobots to the same mutations as the Decepticons. Now granted the capability to phase through objects, Streetwise vanished from sight, psyching out the increasingly paranoid Breakdown. Eventually, he was able to sneak right up on the Decepticon. Breakdown would’ve been taken prisoner, but an explosion from outside startled Streetwise just long enough for Breakdown to transform and speed off in escape.{{storylink|Generation 2: Redux}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1Breakdown toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Wahoo reaction, now a gucci cola sale]]
*'''Breakdown''' (Stunticon, 1986/1987)
**''Team ID number'': '''S2'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-51'''
**''Accessories'': "[[Concussion cannon]]", double-barreled "plasma-energy blaster".

: The original Breakdown toy transforms into a white [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes#Lamborghini Countach|Lamborghini Countach]]. He comes with a blue double-barreled cannon that attaches to the back of his vehicle mode. In robot mode, he is armed with a small blue laser pistol. As he was designed with the "[[Scramble City]]" style of combination, he can form the arm or leg to any similarly-constructed super robot. Although the 1986 Stunticon gift set shows Breakdown as the left arm of Menasor, Breakdown's nominal placement is as Menasor's right leg.

: The original release featured a red sticker on Breakdown's hood. Later "[[Classics (Europe)|Classics]]" range releases in Europe featured a gold sticker instead.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Breakdown/breakdown.htm More information on Breakdown at TFU.info]''

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*'''Menasor''' (Giftset, 1986)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-55'''
**''Accessories'': "Concussion rifle", double-barreled "plasma-energy blaster".

: Breakdown was also available as part of the Menasor giftset in numerous markets, along with his teammates [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]], [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]], [[Drag Strip]], and [[Wildrider]]. All of the toys in the set are identical to their individual releases.

===Generation 2===
[[Image:G2-toy Breakdown.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean you aren't coloured neon blue.]]
*'''Breakdown''' (Stunticon, 1994)
**''Team ID number:'' '''S3'''
**''Accessories'': "Concussion rifle", double-barreled "plasma-energy blaster".

: ''[[Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' Breakdown was released as an [[exclusive]] at [[BotCon 1994]]. Its confirmed production run numbers a mere 300 specimens: 204 were available at BotCon '94, an additional 48 were given official release the following January at the sci-fi convention FX95, and the rest initially remained in Hasbro's possession and over the years have probably made their way into private collections. Originally, Hasbro had planned to mass-release a complete set of ''Generation 2'' Stunticons, but ultimately only Breakdown saw official release in any form. The "collect them all!" [[cross-sell]] on the back of the packaging featuring the other Stunticons was covered by a BotCon 1994 sticker.

: The toy is, of course, a [[redeco]] of the original Breakdown toy, and has the distinction of being the first [[BotCon]] toy ever.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1994/Decepticon/Breakdown/breakdown.htm More information on Generation 2 Breakdown at TFU.info]''
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===Timelines===
[[Image:BreakdownBotcon.JPG|right|300px|thumb|Cue the Miami Vice theme.]]
*'''Generation 2: Redux''' (BotCon 2010 box set)
**''Accessories'': Pistol, engine block

: A [[redeco]] and new-head [[retool]]ing of the [[Universe (2008 toyline)|''Universe'']] [[Sideswipe (G1)#Universe (2008)|Sideswipe]]/[[Sunstreaker (G1)#Universe (2008)|Sunstreaker]] mold, Breakdown transforms into a heavily-modified-for-legal-purposes [[wikipedia:Lamborghini_Gallardo|Lamborghini Gallardo]] in his ''Generation 2'' color scheme. He uses the "Sideswipe" robot mode with the hood-chest. His pistol can be mounted in either of the holes on his shoulders, as well as combined with the removable engine assembly to form a beefier-looking weapon. The engine can also be mounted on his back as his jet pack. His license plate reads "BCFW94", as in "BotCon Fort Wayne '94", the [[BotCon 1994|very first BotCon ever]].

: He's part of a ''[[Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]''-themed five-figure box set available [[exclusive]]ly at [[BotCon 2010]].

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Henkei! Henkei! (toyline)|Henkei!]]''/''[[Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' [[Red Alert (G1)#Henkei! Henkei!|Red Alert]] and the [[Transformers Collectors' Club|Club]]-exclusive [[Punch (G1)#Timelines 2|Punch/Counterpuch]].

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==Trivia==
[[Image:G2Breakdown toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|So what if he can't transform? He doesn't have to link up to that jerk Motormaster ever again!]]

* An ''unofficial'' [[Action Master]] ''Generation 2'' Breakdown was an exclusive at [[BotCon 2004]], created from bootlegged Action Master [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] parts. Though this wiki does not normally list unofficial items, this one is put here simply to reinforce that even though it is a [[BotCon]] toy, it was from the one year that BotCon was unofficial, and the toy is not [[Hasbro]]-approved either. Thank you, won't we?

* In the ''[[Transformers Autobots/Decepticons|Transformers Decepticons]]'' game based on the [[Transformers (2007)|2007 movie]], an unlocked alternate mode called "Scout" is a [[homage]] to Breakdown.

* ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Runamuck (ROTF)|Runamuck]]'s vehicle mode deco homages Breakdown's Generation 1 form.

: Also, ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Brakedown_(ROTF)|Brakedown]] homages G1 Breakdown in form, color, ''and'' name.

* Breakdown's depiction in [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[The Transformers (IDW)|The Transformers]]'' comic is based upon ''[[Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]'s design sans roof. Sunstreaker's roof IS removable without tools, so feel free to paint away.

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

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Generation 2: Redux

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==Synopsis==
{{note|''Wings of Honor'' continuity takes place in a variant [[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]] timestream.}}

Following the events of [[The Rebirth]], [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and [[Zarak (Nebulan)|Zarak]] had traveled out into the universe to try to reconquer [[Nebulos]] and other worlds beyond. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and his [[Autobot]]s chased after, leaving only a small crew behind at [[Autobot City]] to guard against future [[Decepticon]] appearances.

In the meantime, new Transformers were created in earthen Cyberfactories. These Earth natives dubbed themselves [[Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]] Transformers, and although they initially didn’t identify with either side of the Cybertronian War, they eventually began to migrate to opposing factions. There were those like [[Pyro|Spark]], who formed a task force of Generation 2 Autobots dedicated to protecting life, and those like [[Clench (G2)|Clench]], who formed an outlaw [[Decepticon Syndicate]] with other like-minded Transformers and remaining Decepticons such as [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]] and the [[Firecon]]s.

Some time in [[2010]], Clench and his Decepticons attack the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland. Spark and his Autobots confront them, but are overwhelmed, thanks to Clench's forces being bolstered with a new version of [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticon]]s sent by the [[Quintesson]]s as part of an alliance. The Autobots have to retreat, and Spark is taken prisoner along with the human workers.

[[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]], from Autobot City, meets up with the Generation 2 Autobots to assess the current situation and formulate a battle plan. At the Hadron Collider, Clench is working with the Sharkticon general [[Sky-Byte (Timelines)|Sky-Byte]] to make the chemical [[forestonite]] usable. Sky-Byte determines that in its natural state, forestonite is just a sub-grade fuel, but when bombarded with high energy particles, it can alter Transformers, giving them heightened abilities. After an initial test with [[Cindersaur]] yields some unexpected results, Sky-Byte is able to refine his formula successfully.

Outside, [[Double Punch]] is confusing everyone with his accent as he tries to express his “disinterest” with binary bonding when the Autobots attack. While [[Scorch]] leads the initial assault with more Autobots on the way, Clench rushes out to repel the attack with some of his newly forestonite-powered Decepticons.

Meanwhile, Streetwise, [[Rapido]], and [[Meanstreak]] sneak in through a back door, trying to find Spark and the hostages. Fighting through Sharkticons, they locate the chamber with the forestonite and their captive leader. They are also met by Sky-Byte, Breakdown, and [[Dirtbag]], who have also been improved by the effects of the forestonite. With their new powers, the Decepticons are able to hold back the Autobots for a while, until Rapido is able to break Spark free of his restraints. In an attempt to keep the forestonite from their enemies, Breakdown shoots the supply. It doesn’t explode as he anticipated, but instead spreads out in gaseous form over everyone and mutates the Autobots with their own powers.

Outside, more Autobots are joining the attack: a battalion of [[Go-Bot (G2)|Go-Bot]]s and a group of [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] Autobots from Autobot City. Eventually, the battle inside and the battle outside smash down the walls of the facility, and the forestonite gas escapes, affecting the rest of the Transformers. Realizing they’ve lost their advantage, Sky-Byte flees with his Sharkticons, with Clench and his men following.

As the Autobots clean up the remains of the battle, Streetwise elects to remain among Spark's forces rather than return to Autobot City. Spark postulates that these changes have truly created a second generation of Transformers as he hands out his Generation 2 Autobot symbols to the group. He also informs Streetwise that there are still some unaccounted-for canisters of forestonite that have to be tracked down in future adventures.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters|c1=
* [[Pyro]] (5)
* [[Scorch]] (12)
* [[Rapido]] (13)
* [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] (14)
* [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] (15)
* [[Road Rocket (G2)|Road Rocket]] (24)
* [[Motormouth]] (26)
* [[Windbreaker]] (27)
* [[Skram]] (28)
* [[Turbofire]] (29)
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (35)
* [[Aquafend]] (36)
* [[Meanstreak]] (37)
* [[Leadfoot (G2)|Leadfoot]] (42)
* [[Gobots (G2)|Gobots]] (43)
* [[Electro]] (44)
* [[High Beam]] (46)
* [[Firecracker]] (47)
* [[Gearhead]] (48)
* [[Double Clutch (G2)|Double Clutch]] (49)
* [[Blowout]] (50)
* [[Fizzle]] (51)
* [[Manta Ray (G2)|Manta Ray]] (52)
* [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] (53)
* [[Hubcap (G1)|Hubcap]] (54)
* [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]] (55)
* [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (56)
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (57)
* [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (57)
* [[Volt]] (58)
|c2=
* [[Skyjack]] (2)
* [[Powerdive]] (3)
* [[Double Punch]] (4)
* [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]] (7)
* [[Clench (G2)|Clench]] (8)
* [[Staxx]] (9)
* [[Cindersaur]] (10)
* [[Slicer]] (11)
* [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] (16)
* [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] (17)
* [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] (18)
* [[Zarak (Nebulan)|Zarak]] (19)
* [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] (20)
* [[Runabout]] (21)
* [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] (22)
* [[Dirtbag]] (23)
* [[Sizzle (G2)|Sizzle]] (25)
* [[Eagle Eye (G2)|Eagle Eye]] (30)
* [[Windrazor (G2)|Windrazor]] (31)
* [[Afterburner (G2)|Afterburner]] (32)
* [[Terradive (G2)|Terradive]] (33)
* [[Space Case]] (34)
* [[Roadblock (G2)|Roadblock]] (38)
* [[Flamefeather]] (39)
* [[Sparkstalker]] (40)
* [[Calcar]] (41)
* [[Road Pig (G2)|Road Pig]] (45)
* [[Ransack (G2)|Ransack]] (60)
* [[Deluge (Decepticon)|Deluge]] (61)
* [[Jetstorm (G2 Decepticon)|Jetstorm]] (62)
* [[Jolt (G2)|Jolt]] (63)
|h3=[[Quintesson]]s|c3=
* [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticon]]s (1)
* [[Sky-Byte (Timelines)|Sky-Byte]] (6)
}}

==Quotes==
"So I' sez to 'im, you fink I'm gonna tear off me '''head''' and let some '''squishy''' live n'it, you got another fink comin'." 
"I don't know what you're saying." 
"I was expressin' my disinterest i--" 
"No, I mean I '''can't understand you.'''" 
:—'''Double Punch''' has an accent that '''Calcar''' can't penetrate.

"Om nom nom nom nom!"
:—'''Cindersaur''' eats a canister of forestonite.

"Well, this is '''embarrassing'''. This has never happened before, I swear."
:—'''Rapido''' has impotent photon missiles.

"Fire and debris fall 
ambition has been thwarted 
we'll take our cut now."
:—'''Sky-Byte''' departs with a ''haiku''

==Errors==
* In the flashback, Zarak should be drawn like American "The Rebirth" Zarak, not Japanese ''Headmasters'' Scorponok.
* Streetwise is consistently drawn with Rapido's helmet.

==Items of note==
*While previous narratives have placed ''Generation 2'' as simply a continuation of Generation 1 fiction, this story illustrates an actual difference in ''Generation 2'' characters. It initially gives the title to Transformers created on Earth after "The Rebirth", and ultimately categorizes ''Generation 2'' as all Transformers who have been augmented with the forestonite.

*Additionally, this story attempts to explain the perceived gaudy color schemes of many of the Transformers as a mutation caused by exposure to the forestonite.

* In addition to color contamination, forestonite also grants everyone special powers.
**Firecons: stronger energy blasts
**Clench: can create localized gravity wells.
**Breakdown: Concussive sonic blasts
**Sky-Byte: "Tsunami Blaster" chest-beam attack
**Rapido: superspeed
**Pyro: premonition of imminent future
**Bumblebee: floats like a butterfly
**Sideswipe: uh, spiky wheels?
**Beachcomber: plant life blossoms where he stands

*Both Streetwise and Breakdown are depicted as the last functioning members of their groups, a reference to the fact that the Protectobots and Stunticons missed out on being issued during ''Generation 2''’s initial run (other than Breakdown, who was released via [[BotCon 1994]]).

*While this is meant as a ''Generation 2'' origin story, some of the starring characters weren’t, in fact, officially ''Generation 2'' during the original toyline’s run. For example, Double Punch and Slicer were Action Masters, and Sky-Byte is based on a character from ''[[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'', while some feel that Clench and Spark originally being European Generation 1 toys that were absorbed and reissued as ''Generation 2'' figures disqualifies them as true ''Generation 2'' characters.

*Despite being on the cover, Ultra Magnus doesn’t appear in the comic at all.

===Real-world references===
* Most of the action takes place within and about the [[Large Hadron Collider]] in [[Switzerland]]. It's real! And it didn't end the universe.
* Streetwise's personality seems to be based on Shaft. For [[Streetwise (G1)|some reason]].
* Clench is based on character actor [[wikipedia:Jack Palance|Jack Palance]]. His claim to have "core-dumped bigger than you" is a reference to a line from Palance's film "[[wikipedia:City Slickers (film)|City Slickers]]". His quip "Believe it... or not!" refers to "[[wikipedia:Ripley's Believe It or Not!|Ripley's Believe It or Not!]]", a television show which Palance hosted.
* Pyro is based on David Tennant's iteration of [[Doctor (G1)|Dr. Who]].

===Transformers references===
* The opening series of flashbacks (which are framed by [[Cybernet Space Cube]]-style graphics) references the end of the American cartoon, specifically Galvatron, Scourge, and Zarak's retreat. Also, Optimus Prime's mohawk is entirely silver, a nod to the miscoloring present in the final episodes.
* Rapido says that "in an emergency, I outrank '''everybody'''," a nod to Rapido's original rank of 10. (Optimus Prime's rank was only 9 that year!)
* Streetwise tries the [[Universal Greeting]] on the upgraded Sharkticons. Whoops, it doesn't work anymore!
* Sky-Byte occasionally speaks in ''haiku''. Exposure to forestonite also grants him his ''Robots in Disguise'' special attack, the "Tsunami Blaster."
* When the Aquaspeeders and Color Changers battle, Aquafend mentions the two Decepticons were on Cybertron until recently, as they appeared there in "[[The Coming Storm: Part 1]]." Also, Jetstorm calls Aquafend his "brother," a nod towards them being redecoes of each other.

===Covers===
* '''BotCon Edition:''' Spark and the other G2 Redux Autobots pushing "City Commander" Ultra Magnus out of the way to rush to a situation, and closeups of Breakdown and Clench; art by [[Nick Roche]] and colors by [[Thomas Deer]].
* '''Diamond Edition:''' Art by [[Alex Milne]].
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[[Category:Generation 2 issues]]
[[Category:Timelines issues]]

Stunticon (G1)

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

[[Image:Stunticons magami.jpg|right|400px|thumb|"Roads? Where we're going... we don't need... roads."]]
The '''Stunticons''' are a group of five rebellious Decepticon automobiles that [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] can barely control. They are the mortal enemies of the [[Autobot]] [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]].

The Stunticons consist of:

*The merciless [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] (leader)
*The victory obsessed [[Drag Strip]]
*The gloom ridden [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]]
*The psychotic [[Wildrider]]
*The paranoid [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]]

They can combine to form [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]].

:''Japanese name'': '''Stuntron'''
:''Hungarian name'': '''Sztuntikon'''

==Fiction==
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===American cartoon continuity===
====Generation 1 cartoon====
[[Image:Stunticons.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Unfortunately, this image lost the Clint Eastwood reference to [[A Fistful of Energon|the poncho]].]]
In envy of the Autobots' vehicular modes, Megatron stole various human vehicles and customized them so he could have his own car team, the Stunticons. Before they were given [[Spark|life]], he brought them out for a test drive via remote control, forcing them to flip, somersault, fly off the road, drive up cliffs and bash through forests without a scratch. The Stunticons having satisfied Megatron's idea of normalcy, he headed to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to get Cybernetic personalities for them. On activation, they swore loyalty to Megatron... or at least agreed to do what he told them to.

Their first mission was to steal the [[Superfuel|superfuel]] from the humans. As they smashed up the superfuel facility, the human guards immediately assumed that they were Autobots, since the Decepticons could not possibly [[Constructicon (G1)|transform]] [[Astrotrain (G1)|into]] [[Blitzwing (G1)|land vehicles]]. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1}} Whilst the Autobots were marooned on Cybertron, the Decepticons returned to [[Earth]] with the newly awakened Stunticons who began wreaking havoc and damaging the Autobots' good name by attacking the US military base containing the experimental rocket fuel. Eventually, the Autobots returned with the newly built [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] whose combined form [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] defeated the Stunticon combiner Menasor... with a little help from [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2}}

Despite this defeat, the Stunticons were the key component in Megatron's elaborate scheme to hold a [[Europa 2000|fake charity race]] from Paris to Istanbul so he could steal US driver [[Auggie Cahnay (G1)|Auggie Cahnay]]'s car which would be melted down to house the powerful [[Pearl of Bahoudin]]. One by one, the Stunticons disabled the Autobot participants assigned to protect Cahnay, but the downfall of Megatron's plan came when he ordered the Stunticons to stop going after the remaining Autobots. Menasor was eventually defeated by the Autobots and Cahnay. {{storylink|Trans-Europe Express}}

When Megatron was infected with [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]] after a trip to the lost Autobot colony of [[Antilla]], the Stunticons were assigned to capture the Autobot scientist [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], who had developed the powerful anti-corrosion [[Corrostop]]. After Megatron cured himself and infected the Autobots with the disease, Menasor attacked the Statue of Liberty in [[New York City]] with the ancient [[Lightning Bug]] heat ray, intent on stopping the Autobots from matter-duplicating more Corrostop from the layer they sprayed on the statue. Superion defeated Menasor and destroyed the Lightning Bug. {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}}

After [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] was banished for yet another failed coup, he returned with a powerful new Decepticon team called the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]], who were able to outfight Autobot and Decepticon alike. Needing a trump card, Megatron attempted to call on the Stunticons to help, but they refused as the rebellious Decepticons were busy having a demolition derby with various human-owned cars. However, the Stunticons belatedly arrived after the Combaticons' combined form of [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] defeated [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] and forced Megatron to acknowledge Starscream as the new Decepticon leader. Realizing that Starscream would not stop at Megatron, the Stunticons merged into Menasor and disabled Bruticus in one mighty punch. {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}}

{{storylink|Masquerade}}
{{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2}}
{{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}}
{{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}
{{storylink|The Ultimate Weapon}}
{{storylink|The Burden Hardest to Bear}}

===Japanese cartoon continuity===

====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' comic====
The Stunticons decided to have a little fun and tear up a baseball stadium in Japan. Luckily, the Autobots' plucky young ally [[Kenji]] was present to radio for assistance. All the combiner teams assembled, and it was Menasor and Bruticus against Superion and Defensor! Defensor was forced to break apart by the combined Decepticon attack, but Superion and Kenji got the idea to shoot out the Decepticons' legs. [[Groove (G1)|Groove]] and [[Blades (G1)|Blades]] took advantage of the empty combiner ports and took over as Menasor's legs, launching him into the ocean. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 5}}

While posing as Autobots, [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] and the Stunticons rampaged through the city streets, smearing the good name of their adversaries. Later, [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] and [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] posed as humans to rally people against the Autobots, and Motormaster's brigade staged an attack on the rally to drive the point home. The Autobot fire engines [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] and [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] arrived, however, and used their water hoses to wash off the Decepticons' fake insignia. Enraged, Motormaster planned to combine into Menasor...only to see the other Stunticons were already retreating into the distance. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 7}}

====''Scramble City'' OVA====

====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
The Stunticons participates in Galvatron's siege on Cybertron. They managed to gain the high ground against the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s and [[Throttlebot]]s, and rained laser fire down on their opponents. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} Later, the Stunticons formed Menasor to fight their Autobot counterparts, but were steamrolled by the might and firepower of the Battleship Maximus. Transporting back to Earth, they attempted to interfere with Hot Rod's quest for the Matrix. They were confronted by the Aerialbots in the desert, but the battle of their combiner forms eventually led them to the Arctic. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}}

When [[Vector Sigma]] began perfecting the new super-metal [[Cybertonuron]] on Cybertron, Galvatron ordered another all-out attack on the planet to seize the metal for the Decepticons before the Autobots could make use of it. The Stunticons journeyed to Cybertron with the strike force, and confronted their old enemies, the Aerialbots. The Aerialbots got the drop on the Stunticons by forming Superion and lashing out before the Stunticons could form Menasor as well. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} They were still in a firefight sometime later, as [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] passed by looking for [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] and the Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]]s. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}} In [[San Francisco]], the Stunticons assisted Bruticus in using a carnivorous plant to distract the Autobots from [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s plans on [[Zarak (planet)|Zarak]]. They fought against the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]]s and [[Computron (G1)|Computron]]. {{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}}

Much later, the Stunticons assembled in the desert as their Ninja Commander [[Sixshot]] began issuing orders. They assembled as Menasor, and took part in the escalating Decepticon war effort as five separate Autobot outposts were attacked simultaneously at Sixshot's command. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}}

====''Zone'' OVA, manga 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 Stunticons were among those summoned, but only in the form of Menasor. {{storylink|Zone (story page)|Zone Part 1}} {{storylink|Zone (manga)|Transformers: Zone}} {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
[[Image:Stunticonsmarvelg1.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Soundwave not included.]]
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===Dreamwave comics continuity===
At some point in Cybertron's recent history, the Stunticons were deemed psychotic and too dangerous to function in society, and as a result were placed into perpetual stasis lock inside of a prison facility. Later, in an attempt to create a diversion while he set his final plans in motion, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] arranged for the release of the Stunticons. They formed into Menasor and ran amuck for awhile, until [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] arrived and began insulting them. Unable to reconcile with this, the five Stunticons began to bicker with each other over whose fault it was that they were failing, temporarily stopping Menasor and allowing Ultra Magnus to ram the combiner in the chest, forcing him to separate into his component parts and disabling the Stunticons. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}}

===Devil's Due ''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers'' comics===
When [[Teletran 3]] went out of control and started zapping random Transformers into different points in Earth's timeline, the Stunticons found themselves laying dormant in mid-1930's [[Chicago]]... except Breakdown, who kept his consciousness and waited for the [[G.I. Joe (team)|various]] [[Cobra|humans]] sent to retrieve the lost Decepticons. While Motormaster was missing, Breakdown woke three of his comrades and the Stunticons chased the humans and Optimus Prime across the city. Eventually they found Motormaster, and were promptly transported back to present-day Cybertron. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 2}}

Some time later, the Stunticons were recruited by [[Serpent O.R.]], and helped him capture some pesky Autobots and G.I. Joes. Motormaster later attended a Decepticon gathering organized by their new leader, and attacked an Autobot peace ceremony in the form of Menasor. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3}} After the giant helped [[Piranacon (G1)|Piranacon]] and [[Predaking]] take down [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], he brought [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]] to Optimus Prime. A short while later, Drag Strip was seen among the Decepticon forces preparing to defend their base from a combined Autobot/G.I. Joe assault, while Breakdown completely failed to guard some human prisoners. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4}} Motormaster helped defend Serpent O.R. from Optimus Prime's fury, but it didn't end well. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5}}

===IDW comics continuity===
{{ongoing}}
Motormaster, Dead End and Wildrider were among the Cybertronians who answered the call to join Megatron in [[Kaon]]'s underground pit-fighting ring, and later participated in the first street battle against Autobot forces. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3}} As the war broke out, Dead End and Drag Strip were seen fighting Autobots as Motormaster attempted to challenge [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]]. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4}}

Many years later, the Stunticons were abandoned on [[Earth]] following a failed Decepticon invasion. Motormaster, Wildrider and Dead End were all captured and deactivated by [[Skywatch]] {{storylink|A Rude Awakening}}, as was Breakdown sometime later. {{storylink|...For All Mankind}} Drag Strip managed to avoid capture, and joined a crew of Decepticons under [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]]'s leadership trying to get off the planet. They allied themselves with a group of Autobots with similar goals, led by [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]. {{storylink|New Arrivals, Old Encounters}} This mixed group later rescued Motormaster, Wildrider and Dead End, as well as others, and the Autobot [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] concocted a method of reversing the mode-lock imposed on them by Skywatch. {{storylink|A Rude Awakening}}

The Stunticons participated in the construction of a new space cruiser, while Swindle talked "Rodimus Prime" into agreeing to let them rescue their brother Breakdown, and reunite the team. {{storylink|Seasons in Flight}} Wildrider and Drag Strip assaulted [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] while he was driving around in Breakdown, recovering the last member of their group. Swindle hastily applied stolen combiner technology to the quintet, enabling them to form the terrifying Menasor and help him seek revenge on his old nemesis, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. {{storylink|Enemies of the System}}

Swindle's mechanical skill didn't equal his greed, however, and the combined Stunticons could not achieve the mental fusion they needed, leaving Menasor awkward and self-contradictory in battle, despite his fearsome power. The Autobots took advantage of the Stunticons' weakness and overwhelmed the new gestalt. All the Stunticons were apparently taken into custody by Skywatch again after the battle. {{storylink|Earthworks}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:Stunticons-collectallfive.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Learn to count, the Decepticon way!]]
* '''Stunticons''', 1986
**[[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]]
**[[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]]
**[[Drag Strip]]
**[[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]]
**[[Wildrider]]
***''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-50''' through '''D-54'''

: As a [[Scramble City]] [[combiner]] team, the Stunticons consist of four small "limbs", sold carded at the $5 price point, and a single larger leader toy that forms the combined robot's torso, sold boxed for roughly $12. They were available in 1986 and 1987.

: The smaller Stunticons, like their Aerialbot counterparts, share a general transformation scheme involving pulling out the back of the vehicle to form legs, and flipping the hood out of the way to reveal the robot head. Dead End and Breakdown share an additional step, requiring rotating their legs at the knees and pushing the legs back in so they aren't incredibly tall and skinny. All four feature shoulder articulation and not much else. Each comes with a small pistol for the robot mode, and a ''huge'' double-barreled cannon which plugs into the back of the vehicle mode.

: The four smaller cars are fairly close in [[scale]], but Motormaster throws the whole equation off. He's a tiny truck compared to his teammates, a point which becomes doubly obvious alongside the much-larger truck form of the original Optimus Prime toy, his supposed arch-rival.

: The Stunticons are ''slightly'' less prone to being produced as [[Knockoff|knockoffs]] than the other Scramble City teams. Inexplicably, three members of the group (Motormaster, Breakdown and Drag Strip) are frequently packaged by bootleggers with two members of the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]]. Drag Strip was named "Brain Man" in at least one such set.

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===Generation 2===
[[Image:G2 Menasor and G2 Defensor.jpg|right|200px|thumb|[[Generation 2 Defensor and Menasor|Yowza.]]]]
* [[Redeco]]s of all five Stunticons were planned for release in 1994, but were canceled. ''Generation 2'' Stunticon and Protectobot limbs have surfaced over the years in what appears to be finished packaging. (Motormaster and [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] have never appeared in finished packaging, but unpainted prototypes have surfaced.) However, these are still exceedingly rare pieces, and all told it is believed that less than a dozen of each team member were produced, with one exception: Breakdown, who was available in relatively small numbers (about 300 pieces) as a [[BotCon 1994]] [[exclusive]]. While no plans for a giftset are known, Menasor would have been constructed using these toys.
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===Alternators===
* '''Dead End''' (Alternators, 2004)
{{main|Dead End (G1)#Alternators}}

===Classics===
* '''Menasor''' (Legends, 2006)
{{main|Menasor (G1)#Classics}}

===Titaniums===
* '''Menasor''' (6" Cybertron Heroes, 2007)
{{main|Menasor (G1)#Titaniums}}

===Universe (2008)===
* '''Decepticon Drag Strip''' ("Special Edition" Deluxe, 2008)
{{main|Drag Strip#Universe (2008)}}

===Gentei! Gentei!===
*'''Stuntron Wildrider''' (Deluxe, 2008)
{{main|Wildrider#Gentei! Gentei!}}

===Timelines===
*'''Generation 2: Redux''' (BotCon 2010 box set)
{{main|Breakdown (G1)#Timelines}}

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[[Category:Decepticon subgroups]]
[[Category:Generation 1]]
[[Category:Generation 2]]
[[Category:Stunticons| ]]

Protectobot (G1)

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{{disambig3|Protectobot}}
:''The Protectobots are an [[Autobot]] [[subgroup]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Protectobots-marvel26.jpg|right|300px|thumb|But who could that dude on the left be?]]
The '''Protectobots''' consist of:

*The energetic [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] (Leader)
*The savvy [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]]
*The bad boy [[Blades (G1)|Blades]]
*The easy going [[Groove (G1)|Groove]]
*The pacifistic [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]]

This team of emergency, rescue and law enforcement vehicles are dedicated to the protection of [[Human|humans]] and their homes. To this end, they will respond to any manner of mundane human emergency and help in any way they can.

They combine to form the giant [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]], who embodies the team's ideals of protecting human life.

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
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 (G1)|Combaticons]], the Protectobots raced around the world rescuing people trapped by fire, putting out infernos and trying to cool the population down by putting them inside meat lockers. {{storylink|The Revenge of Bruticus}}

Soon after the Combaticons were brought to heel by [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], they attacked a major city for no apparent reason. Defensor arrived and totally blew up [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. Later, the Protectobots saved some window-washers from a burning skyscraper, and helped douse the flames. Later still, the Protectobots were ordered to help defend [[Ark (G1)|Autobot Headquarters]] from a Decepticon attack. They merged into 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.}}

{{stub}}

===Japanese cartoon continuity===
====''Transformers 2010'' story pages====

The Protectobots were constructed as a response to the recent threat of the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]]s. {{storylink|Transformers 2010 (story page)|Transformers 2010 Part 1}}

====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====

In 2011, Galvatron attacked Cybertron looking to take control of [[Vector Sigma]]. Hot Spot and Blades were on the front lines defending Cybertron against the Combaticons. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} As Defensor, the Protectobots continued battling on Cybertron for some time alongside [[Raiden]] and Superion. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} Later, they assembled on Earth at Ultra Magnus's command. Their mission was to stop the Decepticons from interfering with [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]]s, who were searching for the hidden location of the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. On a security sweep, the Protectobots ran across their old foes, the Combaticons, and went into battle. The two teams quickly assumed their combined forms as Bruticus and Defensor, as the fighting escalated. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

When Galvatron made another strike on Cybertron, this time to steal the super-metal [[Cybertonuron]], the Protectobots assembled before the [[Space Bridge]] on Earth to be transported into battle. Seeking out the Combaticons on the battlefield, the Protectobots soon formed Defensor and fought once more with Bruticus. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} Defensor and Bruticus's battle continued as Defensor delivered a devastating smash to Bruticus's back. For at least part of the battle, the two teams disassembled, as Hot Spot and Blades were seen firing upon the aerial Combaticons. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}}

Hot Spot and the Protectobots were dispatched to [[Peru]] with the [[Trainbot]]s when a volcano erupted, leaving a mountainside village in dire peril. Their rescue mission was blocked by the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]]. Hot Spot was ready to tear into the enemy, but [[Shoki]] insisted the Protectobots proceed on to the village to protect the innocent lives. Hot Spot relented, but the Protectobots nevertheless failed to reach the village. They were intercepted by the Decepticons' second wave, the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]]s. True to his devout pacifism, First Aid was not seen engaging in battle until the Protectobots formed Defensor. This left them grouped together and vulnerable, however, to an underhanded attack. Defensor was taken out of action by [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]'s paralysis ray, which was strong enough to force the Protectobots apart and leave them completely immobilized. {{storylink|The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts}}

The Protectobots were part of a strike team that flew to the [[Moon (moon)|moon]] to disrupt Scorponok's gathering of Decepticons. They immediately formed Defensor upon entering the battle. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}} When the planet [[Sandra]] sent out a distress call asking for energy, the Autobots of Earth responded. While they were loading the Trainbots full of supplies, however, Galvatron and the Decepticons arrived to take the energy for themselves. The Protectobots fought back against the enemy, and formed Defensor to counter Devastator on the battlefield. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

After the death of Ultra Magnus, the Autobots were desperately trying to pick up the slack during Sixshot's campaign of destruction around the globe. Hot Spot and the Protectobots assembled as Defensor to go out and confront Sixshot at one of the attack sites, but they apparently didn't fare too well. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}} When the Decepticons seemingly abandoned Earth, the Protectobots assisted Spike in rebuilding the planet after the enemy's departure. On one occasion, they located Sixshot's old command base. By combining into Defensor, the Protectobots helped Raiden and Computron obliterate the base, wiping out all trace of the Decepticons' presence. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}} Defensor was later seen helping to repair the Battleship Maximus on the planet Master. {{storylink|Operation: Destroy the Decepticons}}

Following a lengthy period of inactivity, the Decepticons renewed their attacks on Earth. With Fortress still off in space, Spike Witwicky dispatched the Protectobots to attend to the threats. In Canberra, [[Australia]], the Protectobots confronted Bruticus at one of Scorponok's new Death Towers. Although they combined into Defensor, the Protectobots were beaten severely by Bruticus. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1)}} As Defensor, the Protectobots participated in the Autobots final battle with Scorponok's Decepticons at the North Pole. They lent their energies to the Headmasters' [[Head Formation]] to revitalize Fortress Maximus at the critical moment. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
{{noteukonly}}
[[Image:Protectobots-marvel24.jpg|left|300px|thumb|In a world... made of onion roots...]]
''The Protectobots were first shown in a vision show to [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] by the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]. After seeing the vision he ordered the creation of both teams of Autobots seen in it, the Protectobots and [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]]. {{storylink|Second Generation!}} ''

The Protectobots' first known mission involved accompanying Optimus Prime to stop the Decepticons from stealing a [[hydrothermocline]]. They eventually battled the Decepticons within a game world called Multiworld, wherein they trounced the Combaticons with some help from the game's native inhabitants, then as Defensor killed Megatron by dropping them both off a bridge. Megatron cheated, however, and was able to re-create himself in the game. Optimus Prime defeated him for good, but in the real world decided that he'd lost the game as he harmed the video game's natives in doing so. As the game's terms called for the losing leader to be destroyed in the real world, Prime was blown to bits, and the stunned Protectobots hauled his remains back to the Ark in silence. {{storylink|Afterdeath!}}

[[Image:Protectobots-marvel35a.jpg|right|200px|thumb|PREPARE TO ENGAGE AGAINST A HOSTILE ENEMY FORCE! GO TEAM!]]
The Protectobots later were sent by [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] to track down the "traitorous" [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Goldbug]]. Goldbug was captured by humans, but Blaster was secured after a fight with the Combaticons. {{storylink|Used Autobots}} A second battle followed as the Protectobots returned to the Ark; as Defensor, the Protectobots were defeated, and saved only because Blaster was freed by some human children. Moved by his example, the Protectobots freed Blaster, and watched as he took the children for a ride in space aboard the captive Blast-Off. {{storylink|Child's Play (issue)|Child's Play}}

''Streetwise subsequently battled Starscream on Earth. {{storylink|Stargazing}}''

The Protectobots are curiously absent from the subsequent giant battle on the moon, {{storylink|Totaled!}} implying that they were never retrieved from Earth; in fact, they are never shown again in the G1 series — not even to get blown up in the [[Underbase Saga]]. ''However First Aid was subsequently showed as having been deactivated, {{storylink|The Greatest Gift of All!}} presumably in the Underbase battle.''

{{note|No reference was ever made to any origin for the Protectobots in the US comic, though they first appeared just after the Aerialbots were explicitly created on Earth. A flashback in "[[Club Con!]]" shows Defensor several centuries ago on Cybertron. (The latter is an error, though, as he was normal height and standing next to [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]], and in the same issue a [[Battlecharger]] is drawn among the Autobots.)}}

====Generation 2====
[[Image:Protectobots-marvel-g2issue4.jpg|left|150px|thumb|The peace-loving Groove and First Aid go on a mission to blow up a spaceship with a giant bomb.]]
The Protectobots seem to have been split up; Hot Spot led an assortment of other (non-Protectobot) Autobots on a mission to stop Megatron on Earth, which ended with his self-destruction to avoid capture by Cobra.

Meanwhile, the rest of the team was under Grimlock's command as he took on the second-generation Cybertronians. They joined a mission to destroy the Cybertronian flagship ''[[Twilight (G2)|Twilight]]''; Grimlock hadn't quite thought things through, however, and the mission ended with the Autobots held captive. A subsequent rescue mission by Optimus Prime freed the Autobots.

Groove later joined the Aerialbots, Hot Rod, and the Dinobots in a training exercise on a deep space asteroid. Blades suffered rotor damage when he was shot by Rumble on Earth, as part of a Grimlock-led assault force against Megatron's Decepticons to back up Optimus Prime's truce-seeking mission.

{{-}}

===Dreamwave Generation 1 comics continuity===
[[Image:Protectobots-darkages2.jpg|right|250px|thumb|So exciting they're bursting right out of the panel.]]
As one of the powerful and contested combiner teams, the Protectobots were supposed to remain neutral. However, when the [[Ultracons]] recruited Devastator and turned him loose on their enemies, the Protectobots felt they had no choice but to respond. As Defensor, they counter-attacked the Constructicon combiner, but the fragile industrial area around them was being destroyed. Eventually, they succeeded in taking down Devastator as individuals, through careful teamwork.

After the battle, the team tried to figure out why their combined form still wasn't living up to his intellectual potential. Before they could find an answer, the [[Chaos Trinity]] attacked the team's secret base. Hot Spot was unwilling to use Defensor, afraid of a repeat of what had happened before. The team was defeated, and Hot Spot taken prisoner. {{storylink|War Within: The Dark Ages|The War Within: The Dark Ages}}

{{-}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:Protectobots-collectallfive.jpg|right|175px|thumb|Collect all five! You don't want Defensor to be missing a limb, do you?]]
* '''Protectobots''' (1986)
**[[Blades (G1)|Blades]]
**[[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]]
**[[Groove (G1)|Groove]]
**[[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]]
**[[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]]

:The Protectobots are fairly standard Scramble City-style toys: 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. All five can combine to form [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]].

:Unlike the Aerialbots and Stunticons who slightly preceded them, the smaller Protectobots do not share a standard transformation scheme. All feature shoulder swivels as their only notable articulation; some have knee joints, but they are rendered useless by their fused uni-feet. Three of them do have an odd fist design, with the post-hole on the side rather than the top; their guns feature L-shaped grips to compensate. All four small members of the team come with add-on weapons for their vehicle modes. They share a color palette dominated by whites, reds, light grays, and black.

:The team is also notable for having a small amount of [[kibble]] storage -- Defensor's chest plates can attach to Hot Spot in vehicle mode, and the combiner's head is integral to Hot Spot.

:The Protectobot molds were later slightly redecorated to make [[Guard City]].

:[[Knockoff|Knockoffs]] of the team are quite common. Almost universally, they feature Hot Spot in red, perhaps emulating the later Guard City version of the molds. Not quite so universally, they give creative new names to the team, such as [[Groove (G1)|Motorcycle]], [[First Aid (G1)|Patrol Wagon]], and [[Blades (G1)|Whirlbird]]. Reduced-scale knockoffs of the team have also been seen.

===Generation 2===
[[Image:G2 Menasor and G2 Defensor.jpg|right|180px|thumb|At least his colors would have been more different than Guard City's were.]]
: The Protectobots were to be released as part of the second wave of combiners in the ''[[Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]'' [[Generation 2 (toyline)|toyline]], and naturally would have been able to form Defensor. However, this entire wave was ultimately canceled for unknown reasons.

{{canceledtoy}}
{{-}}
===Universe (2008)===
* '''Blades''' (Voyager, 2008)

{{main|Blades (G1)#Universe (2008)}}
: A redeco of the ''Cybertron'' [[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]] mold.

====Classic Series====
*'''Special Team Leaders''' (Legends multi-pack, 2008)
{{main|Hot Spot (G1)#Universe (2008)}}
: "Hot Zone" (renamed for [[trademark]] reasons) is a redeco of the [[Legends Class|Legends]]-class [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|''Cybertron'' Optimus Prime]].

====Titanium Series====
*'''Hot Zone''' (6-inch Cybertron Heroes, 2009)

:''A redeco of ''[[Robots in Disguise (toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]],
{{-}}
===Timelines===
*'''Generation 2: Redux''' (BotCon 2010 box set)
{{main|Streetwise (G1)#Timelines}}
:"Streetstar" (renamed for [[Trademark]] reasons) is a redeco of ''[[Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Prowl (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Prowl]],
{{comingsoontoy}}
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===Other===
* A [[Protectobot (Universe)|new team of Protectobots]] was issued as part of the 2005 ''[[Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' lineup, but in the absence of any fiction apart from a background cameo, it is unclear if they are meant to have any relation to the Generation 1 characters.

==Trivia==
* The Protectobots' sudden, unexplained appearance in the animated series is a result of the information on the characters not being delivered to the production staff before the second season's final run of plots were decided upon. Consequently, the team could not be given an "origin" episode, but they were nonetheless inserted into the events of "The Revenge of Bruticus" and "B.O.T." without explanation for where they came from in order to appease Hasbro. <ref>Page 138 of the [http://www.tfarchive.com/cartoons/bible/ series bible].</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Autobot subgroups]]
[[Category:Combiner teams]]
[[Category:Generation 1]]
[[Category:Protectobots| ]]

Protectobot (G1)

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:''The Protectobots are an [[Autobot]] [[subgroup]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Protectobots-marvel26.jpg|right|300px|thumb|But who could that dude on the left be?]]
The '''Protectobots''' consist of:

*The energetic [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] (Leader)
*The savvy [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]]
*The bad boy [[Blades (G1)|Blades]]
*The easy going [[Groove (G1)|Groove]]
*The pacifistic [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]]

This team of emergency, rescue and law enforcement vehicles are dedicated to the protection of [[Human|humans]] and their homes. To this end, they will respond to any manner of mundane human emergency and help in any way they can.

They combine to form the giant [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]], who embodies the team's ideals of protecting human life.

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
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 (G1)|Combaticons]], the Protectobots raced around the world rescuing people trapped by fire, putting out infernos and trying to cool the population down by putting them inside meat lockers. {{storylink|The Revenge of Bruticus}}

Soon after the Combaticons were brought to heel by [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], they attacked a major city for no apparent reason. Defensor arrived and totally blew up [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. Later, the Protectobots saved some window-washers from a burning skyscraper, and helped douse the flames. Later still, the Protectobots were ordered to help defend [[Ark (G1)|Autobot Headquarters]] from a Decepticon attack. They merged into 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.}}

{{stub}}

===Japanese cartoon continuity===
====''Transformers 2010'' story pages====

The Protectobots were constructed as a response to the recent threat of the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]]s. {{storylink|Transformers 2010 (story page)|Transformers 2010 Part 1}}

====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====

In 2011, Galvatron attacked Cybertron looking to take control of [[Vector Sigma]]. Hot Spot and Blades were on the front lines defending Cybertron against the Combaticons. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} As Defensor, the Protectobots continued battling on Cybertron for some time alongside [[Raiden]] and Superion. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} Later, they assembled on Earth at Ultra Magnus's command. Their mission was to stop the Decepticons from interfering with [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]]s, who were searching for the hidden location of the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. On a security sweep, the Protectobots ran across their old foes, the Combaticons, and went into battle. The two teams quickly assumed their combined forms as Bruticus and Defensor, as the fighting escalated. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

When Galvatron made another strike on Cybertron, this time to steal the super-metal [[Cybertonuron]], the Protectobots assembled before the [[Space Bridge]] on Earth to be transported into battle. Seeking out the Combaticons on the battlefield, the Protectobots soon formed Defensor and fought once more with Bruticus. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} Defensor and Bruticus's battle continued as Defensor delivered a devastating smash to Bruticus's back. For at least part of the battle, the two teams disassembled, as Hot Spot and Blades were seen firing upon the aerial Combaticons. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}}

Hot Spot and the Protectobots were dispatched to [[Peru]] with the [[Trainbot]]s when a volcano erupted, leaving a mountainside village in dire peril. Their rescue mission was blocked by the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]]. Hot Spot was ready to tear into the enemy, but [[Shoki]] insisted the Protectobots proceed on to the village to protect the innocent lives. Hot Spot relented, but the Protectobots nevertheless failed to reach the village. They were intercepted by the Decepticons' second wave, the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]]s. True to his devout pacifism, First Aid was not seen engaging in battle until the Protectobots formed Defensor. This left them grouped together and vulnerable, however, to an underhanded attack. Defensor was taken out of action by [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]'s paralysis ray, which was strong enough to force the Protectobots apart and leave them completely immobilized. {{storylink|The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts}}

The Protectobots were part of a strike team that flew to the [[Moon (moon)|moon]] to disrupt Scorponok's gathering of Decepticons. They immediately formed Defensor upon entering the battle. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}} When the planet [[Sandra]] sent out a distress call asking for energy, the Autobots of Earth responded. While they were loading the Trainbots full of supplies, however, Galvatron and the Decepticons arrived to take the energy for themselves. The Protectobots fought back against the enemy, and formed Defensor to counter Devastator on the battlefield. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

After the death of Ultra Magnus, the Autobots were desperately trying to pick up the slack during Sixshot's campaign of destruction around the globe. Hot Spot and the Protectobots assembled as Defensor to go out and confront Sixshot at one of the attack sites, but they apparently didn't fare too well. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}} When the Decepticons seemingly abandoned Earth, the Protectobots assisted Spike in rebuilding the planet after the enemy's departure. On one occasion, they located Sixshot's old command base. By combining into Defensor, the Protectobots helped Raiden and Computron obliterate the base, wiping out all trace of the Decepticons' presence. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}} Defensor was later seen helping to repair the Battleship Maximus on the planet Master. {{storylink|Operation: Destroy the Decepticons}}

Following a lengthy period of inactivity, the Decepticons renewed their attacks on Earth. With Fortress still off in space, Spike Witwicky dispatched the Protectobots to attend to the threats. In Canberra, [[Australia]], the Protectobots confronted Bruticus at one of Scorponok's new Death Towers. Although they combined into Defensor, the Protectobots were beaten severely by Bruticus. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1)}} As Defensor, the Protectobots participated in the Autobots final battle with Scorponok's Decepticons at the North Pole. They lent their energies to the Headmasters' [[Head Formation]] to revitalize Fortress Maximus at the critical moment. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
{{noteukonly}}
[[Image:Protectobots-marvel24.jpg|left|300px|thumb|In a world... made of onion roots...]]
''The Protectobots were first shown in a vision show to [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] by the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]. After seeing the vision he ordered the creation of both teams of Autobots seen in it, the Protectobots and [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]]. {{storylink|Second Generation!}} ''

The Protectobots' first known mission involved accompanying Optimus Prime to stop the Decepticons from stealing a [[hydrothermocline]]. They eventually battled the Decepticons within a game world called Multiworld, wherein they trounced the Combaticons with some help from the game's native inhabitants, then as Defensor killed Megatron by dropping them both off a bridge. Megatron cheated, however, and was able to re-create himself in the game. Optimus Prime defeated him for good, but in the real world decided that he'd lost the game as he harmed the video game's natives in doing so. As the game's terms called for the losing leader to be destroyed in the real world, Prime was blown to bits, and the stunned Protectobots hauled his remains back to the Ark in silence. {{storylink|Afterdeath!}}

[[Image:Protectobots-marvel35a.jpg|right|200px|thumb|PREPARE TO ENGAGE AGAINST A HOSTILE ENEMY FORCE! GO TEAM!]]
The Protectobots later were sent by [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] to track down the "traitorous" [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Goldbug]]. Goldbug was captured by humans, but Blaster was secured after a fight with the Combaticons. {{storylink|Used Autobots}} A second battle followed as the Protectobots returned to the Ark; as Defensor, the Protectobots were defeated, and saved only because Blaster was freed by some human children. Moved by his example, the Protectobots freed Blaster, and watched as he took the children for a ride in space aboard the captive Blast-Off. {{storylink|Child's Play (issue)|Child's Play}}

''Streetwise subsequently battled Starscream on Earth. {{storylink|Stargazing}}''

The Protectobots are curiously absent from the subsequent giant battle on the moon, {{storylink|Totaled!}} implying that they were never retrieved from Earth; in fact, they are never shown again in the G1 series — not even to get blown up in the [[Underbase Saga]]. ''However First Aid was subsequently showed as having been deactivated, {{storylink|The Greatest Gift of All!}} presumably in the Underbase battle.''

{{note|No reference was ever made to any origin for the Protectobots in the US comic, though they first appeared just after the Aerialbots were explicitly created on Earth. A flashback in "[[Club Con!]]" shows Defensor several centuries ago on Cybertron. (The latter is an error, though, as he was normal height and standing next to [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]], and in the same issue a [[Battlecharger]] is drawn among the Autobots.)}}

====Generation 2====
[[Image:Protectobots-marvel-g2issue4.jpg|left|150px|thumb|The peace-loving Groove and First Aid go on a mission to blow up a spaceship with a giant bomb.]]
The Protectobots seem to have been split up; Hot Spot led an assortment of other (non-Protectobot) Autobots on a mission to stop Megatron on Earth, which ended with his self-destruction to avoid capture by Cobra.

Meanwhile, the rest of the team was under Grimlock's command as he took on the second-generation Cybertronians. They joined a mission to destroy the Cybertronian flagship ''[[Twilight (G2)|Twilight]]''; Grimlock hadn't quite thought things through, however, and the mission ended with the Autobots held captive. A subsequent rescue mission by Optimus Prime freed the Autobots.

Groove later joined the Aerialbots, Hot Rod, and the Dinobots in a training exercise on a deep space asteroid. Blades suffered rotor damage when he was shot by Rumble on Earth, as part of a Grimlock-led assault force against Megatron's Decepticons to back up Optimus Prime's truce-seeking mission.

{{-}}

===Dreamwave Generation 1 comics continuity===
[[Image:Protectobots-darkages2.jpg|right|250px|thumb|So exciting they're bursting right out of the panel.]]
As one of the powerful and contested combiner teams, the Protectobots were supposed to remain neutral. However, when the [[Ultracons]] recruited Devastator and turned him loose on their enemies, the Protectobots felt they had no choice but to respond. As Defensor, they counter-attacked the Constructicon combiner, but the fragile industrial area around them was being destroyed. Eventually, they succeeded in taking down Devastator as individuals, through careful teamwork.

After the battle, the team tried to figure out why their combined form still wasn't living up to his intellectual potential. Before they could find an answer, the [[Chaos Trinity]] attacked the team's secret base. Hot Spot was unwilling to use Defensor, afraid of a repeat of what had happened before. The team was defeated, and Hot Spot taken prisoner. {{storylink|War Within: The Dark Ages|The War Within: The Dark Ages}}

{{-}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:Protectobots-collectallfive.jpg|right|175px|thumb|Collect all five! You don't want Defensor to be missing a limb, do you?]]
* '''Protectobots''' (1986)
**[[Blades (G1)|Blades]]
**[[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]]
**[[Groove (G1)|Groove]]
**[[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]]
**[[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]]

:The Protectobots are fairly standard Scramble City-style toys: 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. All five can combine to form [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]].

:Unlike the Aerialbots and Stunticons who slightly preceded them, the smaller Protectobots do not share a standard transformation scheme. All feature shoulder swivels as their only notable articulation; some have knee joints, but they are rendered useless by their fused uni-feet. Three of them do have an odd fist design, with the post-hole on the side rather than the top; their guns feature L-shaped grips to compensate. All four small members of the team come with add-on weapons for their vehicle modes. They share a color palette dominated by whites, reds, light grays, and black.

:The team is also notable for having a small amount of [[kibble]] storage -- Defensor's chest plates can attach to Hot Spot in vehicle mode, and the combiner's head is integral to Hot Spot.

:The Protectobot molds were later slightly redecorated to make [[Guard City]].

:[[Knockoff|Knockoffs]] of the team are quite common. Almost universally, they feature Hot Spot in red, perhaps emulating the later Guard City version of the molds. Not quite so universally, they give creative new names to the team, such as [[Groove (G1)|Motorcycle]], [[First Aid (G1)|Patrol Wagon]], and [[Blades (G1)|Whirlbird]]. Reduced-scale knockoffs of the team have also been seen.

===Generation 2===
[[Image:G2 Menasor and G2 Defensor.jpg|right|180px|thumb|At least his colors would have been more different than Guard City's were.]]
: The Protectobots were to be released as part of the second wave of combiners in the ''[[Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]'' [[Generation 2 (toyline)|toyline]], and naturally would have been able to form Defensor. However, this entire wave was ultimately canceled for unknown reasons.

{{canceledtoy}}
{{-}}
===Universe (2008)===
* '''Blades''' (Voyager, 2008)

{{main|Blades (G1)#Universe (2008)}}
: A redeco of the ''Cybertron'' [[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]] mold.

====Classic Series====
*'''Special Team Leaders''' (Legends multi-pack, 2008)
{{main|Hot Spot (G1)#Universe (2008)}}
: "Hot Zone" (renamed for [[trademark]] reasons) is a redeco of the [[Legends Class|Legends]]-class [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|''Cybertron'' Optimus Prime]].

====Titanium Series====
*'''Hot Zone''' (6-inch Cybertron Heroes, 2009)

:''A redeco of ''[[Robots in Disguise (toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]],

===Timelines===
*'''Generation 2: Redux''' (BotCon 2010 box set)
{{main|Streetwise (G1)#Timelines}}
:"Streetstar" (renamed for [[Trademark]] reasons) is a redeco of ''[[Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Prowl (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|Prowl]],
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===Other===
* A [[Protectobot (Universe)|new team of Protectobots]] was issued as part of the 2005 ''[[Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' lineup, but in the absence of any fiction apart from a background cameo, it is unclear if they are meant to have any relation to the Generation 1 characters.

==Trivia==
* The Protectobots' sudden, unexplained appearance in the animated series is a result of the information on the characters not being delivered to the production staff before the second season's final run of plots were decided upon. Consequently, the team could not be given an "origin" episode, but they were nonetheless inserted into the events of "The Revenge of Bruticus" and "B.O.T." without explanation for where they came from in order to appease Hasbro. <ref>Page 138 of the [http://www.tfarchive.com/cartoons/bible/ series bible].</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Autobot subgroups]]
[[Category:Combiner teams]]
[[Category:Generation 1]]
[[Category:Protectobots| ]]

Protectobot (G1)

2010-06-04T15:12:23Z

147.140.233.17: /* Toys */

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{{disambig3|Protectobot}}
:''The Protectobots are an [[Autobot]] [[subgroup]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Protectobots-marvel26.jpg|right|300px|thumb|But who could that dude on the left be?]]
The '''Protectobots''' consist of:

*The energetic [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] (Leader)
*The savvy [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]]
*The bad boy [[Blades (G1)|Blades]]
*The easy going [[Groove (G1)|Groove]]
*The pacifistic [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]]

This team of emergency, rescue and law enforcement vehicles are dedicated to the protection of [[Human|humans]] and their homes. To this end, they will respond to any manner of mundane human emergency and help in any way they can.

They combine to form the giant [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]], who embodies the team's ideals of protecting human life.

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
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 (G1)|Combaticons]], the Protectobots raced around the world rescuing people trapped by fire, putting out infernos and trying to cool the population down by putting them inside meat lockers. {{storylink|The Revenge of Bruticus}}

Soon after the Combaticons were brought to heel by [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], they attacked a major city for no apparent reason. Defensor arrived and totally blew up [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. Later, the Protectobots saved some window-washers from a burning skyscraper, and helped douse the flames. Later still, the Protectobots were ordered to help defend [[Ark (G1)|Autobot Headquarters]] from a Decepticon attack. They merged into 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.}}

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===Japanese cartoon continuity===
====''Transformers 2010'' story pages====

The Protectobots were constructed as a response to the recent threat of the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]]s. {{storylink|Transformers 2010 (story page)|Transformers 2010 Part 1}}

====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====

In 2011, Galvatron attacked Cybertron looking to take control of [[Vector Sigma]]. Hot Spot and Blades were on the front lines defending Cybertron against the Combaticons. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} As Defensor, the Protectobots continued battling on Cybertron for some time alongside [[Raiden]] and Superion. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} Later, they assembled on Earth at Ultra Magnus's command. Their mission was to stop the Decepticons from interfering with [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]]s, who were searching for the hidden location of the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. On a security sweep, the Protectobots ran across their old foes, the Combaticons, and went into battle. The two teams quickly assumed their combined forms as Bruticus and Defensor, as the fighting escalated. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

When Galvatron made another strike on Cybertron, this time to steal the super-metal [[Cybertonuron]], the Protectobots assembled before the [[Space Bridge]] on Earth to be transported into battle. Seeking out the Combaticons on the battlefield, the Protectobots soon formed Defensor and fought once more with Bruticus. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} Defensor and Bruticus's battle continued as Defensor delivered a devastating smash to Bruticus's back. For at least part of the battle, the two teams disassembled, as Hot Spot and Blades were seen firing upon the aerial Combaticons. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}}

Hot Spot and the Protectobots were dispatched to [[Peru]] with the [[Trainbot]]s when a volcano erupted, leaving a mountainside village in dire peril. Their rescue mission was blocked by the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]]. Hot Spot was ready to tear into the enemy, but [[Shoki]] insisted the Protectobots proceed on to the village to protect the innocent lives. Hot Spot relented, but the Protectobots nevertheless failed to reach the village. They were intercepted by the Decepticons' second wave, the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]]s. True to his devout pacifism, First Aid was not seen engaging in battle until the Protectobots formed Defensor. This left them grouped together and vulnerable, however, to an underhanded attack. Defensor was taken out of action by [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]'s paralysis ray, which was strong enough to force the Protectobots apart and leave them completely immobilized. {{storylink|The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts}}

The Protectobots were part of a strike team that flew to the [[Moon (moon)|moon]] to disrupt Scorponok's gathering of Decepticons. They immediately formed Defensor upon entering the battle. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}} When the planet [[Sandra]] sent out a distress call asking for energy, the Autobots of Earth responded. While they were loading the Trainbots full of supplies, however, Galvatron and the Decepticons arrived to take the energy for themselves. The Protectobots fought back against the enemy, and formed Defensor to counter Devastator on the battlefield. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

After the death of Ultra Magnus, the Autobots were desperately trying to pick up the slack during Sixshot's campaign of destruction around the globe. Hot Spot and the Protectobots assembled as Defensor to go out and confront Sixshot at one of the attack sites, but they apparently didn't fare too well. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}} When the Decepticons seemingly abandoned Earth, the Protectobots assisted Spike in rebuilding the planet after the enemy's departure. On one occasion, they located Sixshot's old command base. By combining into Defensor, the Protectobots helped Raiden and Computron obliterate the base, wiping out all trace of the Decepticons' presence. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}} Defensor was later seen helping to repair the Battleship Maximus on the planet Master. {{storylink|Operation: Destroy the Decepticons}}

Following a lengthy period of inactivity, the Decepticons renewed their attacks on Earth. With Fortress still off in space, Spike Witwicky dispatched the Protectobots to attend to the threats. In Canberra, [[Australia]], the Protectobots confronted Bruticus at one of Scorponok's new Death Towers. Although they combined into Defensor, the Protectobots were beaten severely by Bruticus. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1)}} As Defensor, the Protectobots participated in the Autobots final battle with Scorponok's Decepticons at the North Pole. They lent their energies to the Headmasters' [[Head Formation]] to revitalize Fortress Maximus at the critical moment. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
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[[Image:Protectobots-marvel24.jpg|left|300px|thumb|In a world... made of onion roots...]]
''The Protectobots were first shown in a vision show to [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] by the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]. After seeing the vision he ordered the creation of both teams of Autobots seen in it, the Protectobots and [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]]. {{storylink|Second Generation!}} ''

The Protectobots' first known mission involved accompanying Optimus Prime to stop the Decepticons from stealing a [[hydrothermocline]]. They eventually battled the Decepticons within a game world called Multiworld, wherein they trounced the Combaticons with some help from the game's native inhabitants, then as Defensor killed Megatron by dropping them both off a bridge. Megatron cheated, however, and was able to re-create himself in the game. Optimus Prime defeated him for good, but in the real world decided that he'd lost the game as he harmed the video game's natives in doing so. As the game's terms called for the losing leader to be destroyed in the real world, Prime was blown to bits, and the stunned Protectobots hauled his remains back to the Ark in silence. {{storylink|Afterdeath!}}

[[Image:Protectobots-marvel35a.jpg|right|200px|thumb|PREPARE TO ENGAGE AGAINST A HOSTILE ENEMY FORCE! GO TEAM!]]
The Protectobots later were sent by [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] to track down the "traitorous" [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Goldbug]]. Goldbug was captured by humans, but Blaster was secured after a fight with the Combaticons. {{storylink|Used Autobots}} A second battle followed as the Protectobots returned to the Ark; as Defensor, the Protectobots were defeated, and saved only because Blaster was freed by some human children. Moved by his example, the Protectobots freed Blaster, and watched as he took the children for a ride in space aboard the captive Blast-Off. {{storylink|Child's Play (issue)|Child's Play}}

''Streetwise subsequently battled Starscream on Earth. {{storylink|Stargazing}}''

The Protectobots are curiously absent from the subsequent giant battle on the moon, {{storylink|Totaled!}} implying that they were never retrieved from Earth; in fact, they are never shown again in the G1 series — not even to get blown up in the [[Underbase Saga]]. ''However First Aid was subsequently showed as having been deactivated, {{storylink|The Greatest Gift of All!}} presumably in the Underbase battle.''

{{note|No reference was ever made to any origin for the Protectobots in the US comic, though they first appeared just after the Aerialbots were explicitly created on Earth. A flashback in "[[Club Con!]]" shows Defensor several centuries ago on Cybertron. (The latter is an error, though, as he was normal height and standing next to [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]], and in the same issue a [[Battlecharger]] is drawn among the Autobots.)}}

====Generation 2====
[[Image:Protectobots-marvel-g2issue4.jpg|left|150px|thumb|The peace-loving Groove and First Aid go on a mission to blow up a spaceship with a giant bomb.]]
The Protectobots seem to have been split up; Hot Spot led an assortment of other (non-Protectobot) Autobots on a mission to stop Megatron on Earth, which ended with his self-destruction to avoid capture by Cobra.

Meanwhile, the rest of the team was under Grimlock's command as he took on the second-generation Cybertronians. They joined a mission to destroy the Cybertronian flagship ''[[Twilight (G2)|Twilight]]''; Grimlock hadn't quite thought things through, however, and the mission ended with the Autobots held captive. A subsequent rescue mission by Optimus Prime freed the Autobots.

Groove later joined the Aerialbots, Hot Rod, and the Dinobots in a training exercise on a deep space asteroid. Blades suffered rotor damage when he was shot by Rumble on Earth, as part of a Grimlock-led assault force against Megatron's Decepticons to back up Optimus Prime's truce-seeking mission.

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===Dreamwave Generation 1 comics continuity===
[[Image:Protectobots-darkages2.jpg|right|250px|thumb|So exciting they're bursting right out of the panel.]]
As one of the powerful and contested combiner teams, the Protectobots were supposed to remain neutral. However, when the [[Ultracons]] recruited Devastator and turned him loose on their enemies, the Protectobots felt they had no choice but to respond. As Defensor, they counter-attacked the Constructicon combiner, but the fragile industrial area around them was being destroyed. Eventually, they succeeded in taking down Devastator as individuals, through careful teamwork.

After the battle, the team tried to figure out why their combined form still wasn't living up to his intellectual potential. Before they could find an answer, the [[Chaos Trinity]] attacked the team's secret base. Hot Spot was unwilling to use Defensor, afraid of a repeat of what had happened before. The team was defeated, and Hot Spot taken prisoner. {{storylink|War Within: The Dark Ages|The War Within: The Dark Ages}}

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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:Protectobots-collectallfive.jpg|right|175px|thumb|Collect all five! You don't want Defensor to be missing a limb, do you?]]
* '''Protectobots''' (1986)
**[[Blades (G1)|Blades]]
**[[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]]
**[[Groove (G1)|Groove]]
**[[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]]
**[[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]]

:The Protectobots are fairly standard Scramble City-style toys: 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. All five can combine to form [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]].

:Unlike the Aerialbots and Stunticons who slightly preceded them, the smaller Protectobots do not share a standard transformation scheme. All feature shoulder swivels as their only notable articulation; some have knee joints, but they are rendered useless by their fused uni-feet. Three of them do have an odd fist design, with the post-hole on the side rather than the top; their guns feature L-shaped grips to compensate. All four small members of the team come with add-on weapons for their vehicle modes. They share a color palette dominated by whites, reds, light grays, and black.

:The team is also notable for having a small amount of [[kibble]] storage -- Defensor's chest plates can attach to Hot Spot in vehicle mode, and the combiner's head is integral to Hot Spot.

:The Protectobot molds were later slightly redecorated to make [[Guard City]].

:[[Knockoff|Knockoffs]] of the team are quite common. Almost universally, they feature Hot Spot in red, perhaps emulating the later Guard City version of the molds. Not quite so universally, they give creative new names to the team, such as [[Groove (G1)|Motorcycle]], [[First Aid (G1)|Patrol Wagon]], and [[Blades (G1)|Whirlbird]]. Reduced-scale knockoffs of the team have also been seen.

===Generation 2===
[[Image:G2 Menasor and G2 Defensor.jpg|right|180px|thumb|At least his colors would have been more different than Guard City's were.]]
: The Protectobots were to be released as part of the second wave of combiners in the ''[[Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]'' [[Generation 2 (toyline)|toyline]], and naturally would have been able to form Defensor. However, this entire wave was ultimately canceled for unknown reasons.

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===Universe (2008)===
* '''Blades''' (Voyager, 2008)

{{main|Blades (G1)#Universe (2008)}}
: A redeco of the ''Cybertron'' [[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]] mold.

====Classic Series====
*'''Special Team Leaders''' (Legends multi-pack, 2008)
{{main|Hot Spot (G1)#Universe (2008)}}
: "Hot Zone" (renamed for [[trademark]] reasons) is a redeco of the [[Legends Class|Legends]]-class [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|''Cybertron'' Optimus Prime]].

====Titanium Series====
*'''Hot Zone''' (6-inch Cybertron Heroes, 2009)

:''A redeco of ''[[Robots in Disguise (toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]],
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===Other===
* A [[Protectobot (Universe)|new team of Protectobots]] was issued as part of the 2005 ''[[Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' lineup, but in the absence of any fiction apart from a background cameo, it is unclear if they are meant to have any relation to the Generation 1 characters.

==Trivia==
* The Protectobots' sudden, unexplained appearance in the animated series is a result of the information on the characters not being delivered to the production staff before the second season's final run of plots were decided upon. Consequently, the team could not be given an "origin" episode, but they were nonetheless inserted into the events of "The Revenge of Bruticus" and "B.O.T." without explanation for where they came from in order to appease Hasbro. <ref>Page 138 of the [http://www.tfarchive.com/cartoons/bible/ series bible].</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Autobot subgroups]]
[[Category:Combiner teams]]
[[Category:Generation 1]]
[[Category:Protectobots| ]]

Breakdown (G1)

2010-04-02T17:32:02Z

147.140.233.17: /* Generation 2 */

{{disambig3|Breakdown}}
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:''Breakdown is a [[Decepticon]] [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticon]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:MTMTEBreakdown.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Ever since the invention of [[Targetmaster]]s, Breakdown has been convinced his pistol is out to kill him...]]
'''Breakdown''' has an acute case of paranoia. (What was that!?) He genuinely believes that things, both living and inanimate, are ''watching'' him. (They're everywhere!) Breakdown doesn't like to stand out in a crowd. (Did you hear ''that''!?) He dreads being different and garnering attention. (Stop staring at me!) At times, he almost wishes he was a [[human]] so he could just disappear and no one would notice. (Get them off meeeee!) Needless to say, he and [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] (He's one of THEM!!) would be energon drinking buddies if each wasn't likely to be convinced the other was trying to poison him.

Breakdown can combine (They'll never take me alive!!) with his fellow [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] to form [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]].

:''Italian name:'' '''Caimano''' ("Caiman")
:''French-Canadian name:'' '''Panicon'''
:''Hungarian name:'' '''Vibrátor''' ("Vibrator", aheh)
:''Chinese name (Taiwan):'' '''Pāu-máu''' (拋錨, "Breakdown")
:''Chinese name (China):'' '''Daji''' (打击, "Strike")

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Jack Angel]] ([[The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1|First appearance only]]); [[Alan Oppenheimer]] (English), [[Keiichi Nanba]] (Japanese)

[[Image:Breakdown.jpg|left|180px|thumb|I'm Breakdown and...what the $*#@! are you looking at?!]]
After a failed attempt to steal experimental rocket fuel from [[United States military]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] realized that while the Decepticons controlled the skies, the Autobots had supremacy on the ground, and so they needed new ground-based warriors who could out-drive and out-fight the Autobots on their terms. [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] was sent to steal various [[human]] vehicles that would be rebuilt to become the new Stunticons. Breakdown was given [[Spark|life]] by [[Vector Sigma]] along with the rest of the Stunticons. He agreed to obey Megatron, but there was a certain reluctance in his voice. He probably thought Megatron was out to get him, or something. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1}} Whilst the Autobots were trapped on Cybertron, the Decepticons returned to [[Earth]] with the newly awakened Stunticons who began wreaking havoc and damaging the Autobots' good name by attacking the US military base containing the experimental rocket fuel. Eventually, the Autobots returned with the newly built [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] whose combined form Superion defeated the Stunticon combiner Menasor. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2}}

Despite this defeat, the Stunticons were the key component in Megatron's elaborate scheme to hold a [[Europa 2000|fake charity race]] from Paris to Istanbul so he could steal US driver [[Auggie Cahnay (G1)|Auggie Cahnay]]'s car which would be melted down to house the the powerful [[Pearl of Bahoudin]]. One by one, the Stunticons disabled the Autobot participants assigned to protect Cahnay. Afterwards, the Stunticons were defeated when Cahnay rammed his car into Menasor’s face. {{storylink|Trans-Europe Express}}

When Megatron was infected with [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]] after a trip to the lost Autobot colony of [[Antilla]], the Stunticons were assigned to capture the Autobot scientist [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], who had developed the powerful anti-corrosion [[Corrostop]]. Arriving incognito on a ferry, Breakdown transformed and nervously informed the human passengers that this was a hijack and forced them into the captain’s cabin, though he actually locked them in the garage. AfterMegatron cured himself and infected the Autobots with the Cosmic Rust, Menasor attacked the Statue of Liberty in [[New York City]] with the ancient [[Lightning Bug]] heat ray, intent on stopping the Autobots from [[Matter duplicator|matter-duplicating]] more Corrostop from the layer they sprayed on the statue. Superion defeated Menasor and destroyed the Lightning Bug. {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}}

After Starscream was banished for yet another failed coup, he returned with a powerful new Decepticon team called the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]], who were able to outfight Autobot and Decepticon alike. With Megatron needing a trump card, [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] attempted to call on the Stunticons to help, but they refused as they were having a demolition derby with various human-owned cars. However, the Stunticons belatedly arrived after the Combaticons' combined form of [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] defeated [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] and forced Megatron to acknowledge Starscream as the new Decepticon leader. Realizing that Starscream would not stop at Megatron, the Stunticons merged into Menasor and disabled Bruticus in one mighty punch. {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}}

While assembling a new weapon capable of destroying any target by creating a chain reaction in its molecules, Megatron found himself short a few key components to finish the device. He sent the Stunticons out to retrieve those components by any means necessary. Breakdown and [[Wildrider]] assaulted a local optics laboratory to gather new focusing lenses for the cannon's beam. On their way to the weapon's construction site, they were intercepted by a troop of Autobots. It was [[Grapple]] who brought down Breakdown, setting him on fire with his arc-welder rifle by using a trail of fuel as a fuse. The Stunticons were imprisoned in the Ark, their radioes and vehicle modes disabled and trapped behind energized bars. The Autobots then used camouflage paint to alter their appearances and mimic the Stunticons, hoping to get close enough to Megatron to catch him unawares. Autobot warrior [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] assumed Breakdown's appearance for the mission. After they left, however, Breakdown managed to use his unique vibratory pulses to disrupt his bars and break free. He caught his Autobot captors by surprise and blasted several of them before they could react, giving him enough time to free his fellow Stunticons and form Menasor. After a brief but memorable conflict, Menasor escaped the Ark and returned to Megatron. The cannon was rendered unusable by the Autobots' intervention, though, and Megatron's plan failed. {{storylink|Masquerade}}

In the wake of [[Unicron]]'s attack on Cybertron in the year 2005 and the subsequent Decepticon exile to [[Chaar]] in 2006, the Stunticons were reduced to being scavengers, fighting like [[slaarg]]s with their fellow Decepticons over the few scraps of energon they had. Motormaster determined that the Decepticon needed strong leadership to survive, and hope came when [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] brought news of [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]'s survival, and asked for the Decepticons to donate their remaining energon to revive their leader. While Dead End was pessimistic about their survival, Breakdown they were doomed anyway without a leader and focus. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}} However, while Cyclonus and the [[Sweep]]s were resurrecting Galvatron, the [[Quintesson|Quintessons]] arrived on Chaar with an offer of energon in exchange for attacking the Autobots. The Stunticons were instrumental in convincing the other Decepticons to ally themselves with the Quintessons. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}} After Galvatron returned to seize control of the Decepticons, the Stunticons were part of the Decepticon team attacking the Autobots on Earth. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

===Japanese cartoon continuity===
{{note|The events of the Generation 1 cartoon occur in this continuity as detailed above, except the events of 2006 are pushed back to 2010. Japanese continuity inserts several new stories into the resultant gaps in the timeline.}}

====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' comic====
Breakdown and the Stunticons decided to have a little fun and tear up a baseball stadium in Japan. Luckily, the Autobots' plucky young ally [[Kenji]] was present to radio for assistance. All the combiner teams assembled, and it was Menasor and Bruticus against Superion and Defensor! Defensor was forced to break apart by the combined Decepticon attack, but Superion and Kenji got the idea to shoot out the Decepticons' leg components. [[Groove (G1)|Groove]] and [[Blades (G1)|Blades]] took advantage of the empty combiner ports and took over as Menasor's legs while [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] and [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] took over as Bruticus' lower limbs. All four Protectobots immediately launched Menasor and Bruticus into the ocean. Breakdown was last seen chasing his "possessed" teammates into the distance. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 5}}

While posing as Autobots, Breakdown, [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] and the Stunticons rampaged through the city streets, smearing the good name of their adversaries. Later, [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] and [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] posed as humans to rally people against the Autobots, and Motormaster's brigade staged an attack on the rally to drive the point home. The Autobot fire engines [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] and [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] arrived, however, and used their water hoses to wash off the Decepticons' fake insignia. Enraged, Motormaster planned to combine into Menasor...only to see Breakdown and the others were already retreating into the distance. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 7}}

====''Scramble City'' cartoon====

Breakdown and the Stunticons were summoned by Megatron to put an end to the [[Metroplex (G1)|Scramble City]] project, and succeeded where [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] had failed. Their first strike was impressive, holding back Optimus Prime and a cadre of Autobots and shooting the Aerialbots out of the skies. When the Aerialbots formed Superion, Breakdown and his teammates followed suit and merged into Menasor. {{storylink|Scramble City}}

====''The Great Transformer War'' comic====

Galvatron kidnapped [[Doctor Dalton]] of [[Eran]] to upgrade the might of his combiner warriors. When the Autobot combiners arrived to save Dalton, Breakdown and his teammates were deployed at high speeds from Motormaster's launcher mode. They met Superion in mid-air, and the force of their deployment enabled the combiner teams to tear him apart. The Stunticons then merged into Menasor to move in for the kill. They were ultimately outwitted by the Autobots, however, who rescued Dalton and safely returned to Metroplex. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 1}}

====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====

Breakdown and the Stunticons participated in Galvatron's siege on Cybertron. They managed to gain the high ground against the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s and [[Throttlebot]]s, and rained laser fire down on their opponents. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} Breakdown and his team formed Menasor to fight their Autobot counterparts, but were steamrolled by the might and firepower of the [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Battleship Maximus]]. Transporting back to Earth, they attempted to interfere with [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]'s quest for the Matrix. Breakdown and the Stunticons were confronted by the Aerialbots in the desert, but the battle of their combiner forms eventually led them to the Arctic. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}}

When [[Vector Sigma]] began perfecting the new super-metal [[Cybertonuron]] on Cybertron, Galvatron ordered another all-out attack on the planet to seize the metal for the Decepticons before the Autobots could make use of it. Breakdown and the Stunticons journeyed to Cybertron with the strike force, and confronted their old enemies, the Aerialbots. The Aerialbots got the drop on Breakdown's group by forming Superion and lashing out before the Stunticons could form Menasor as well. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} Breakdown and the Stunticons were still in a firefight sometime later, as [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] passed by looking for [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] and the Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]]s. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}} In [[San Francisco]], Breakdown and the Stunticons assisted Bruticus in using a carnivorous plant to distract the Autobots from [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s plans on [[Zarak (planet)|Zarak]]. They fought against the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]]s and [[Computron (G1)|Computron]]. {{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}}

Sometime later, Breakdown and the Stunticons gathered in the desert as their Ninja Commander [[Sixshot]] began issuing orders. They assembled as Menasor, and took part in the escalating Decepticon war effort as five separate Autobot outposts were attacked simultaneously at Sixshot's command. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}}

====''Zone'' OVA, manga 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. Breakdown was among those summoned, but only as a part of Menasor. {{storylink|Zone (story page)|Zone Part 1}} {{storylink|Zone (manga)|Transformers: Zone}} {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
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====Generation 1====
[[Image:Stunticonsmarvelg1.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Breakdown is the blue guy in the background.]]
Upon learning that the [[cerebro-shell]] implanted in [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] had also granted them access to the powers of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] immediately built a team of Decepticons. The new Stunticons, which included Breakdown, were sent to find the Autobot [[Skids (G1)|Skids]], who had earned new trust for the Autobots by publically saving a [[human]]. After Breakdown and the others knocked over every car in their way to get to Skids, they turned to "protect" him from the new [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], hoping to confuse the public and discredit the Autobots. Breakdown combined with his fellow Stunticons to form [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]], and they fought the Aerialbots' [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]. {{storylink|Heavy Traffic!}}

[[Image:Clubconresort.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Breakdown is responsible for the mints on pillows.]]
Megatron gathered Breakdown and the rest of the Stunticons before him to escort him in gun mode to Florida, where they would be air-lifted to the Decepticons' [[Club Con|new island headquarters]]. In the wake of the death of Optimus Prime, Megatron's paranoia had grown so great that Breakdown and the others left their leader behind to deal with a random human truck. {{storylink|Gone but Not Forgotten!}}

Ratbat moved their space-traveling island base back to Earth's seas, where it became a human travel resort to smokescreen the Decepticons' efforts to locate a key to finding the powerful [[Underbase]]. Breakdown was advertised on television as part of the island's smiling welcoming party. {{storylink|Club Con!}}

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=====Earthforce=====
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[[Image:Jazz end of the road.jpg|left|200px|thumb|]]
''Breakdown was briefly seen at the [[Enclave]], rubbing shoulders with the various troops from Megatron and [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s factions.'' {{storylink|The Bad Guy's Ball!}} ''Later, after the factions merged, he drove into battle alongside the Stunticons and [[Battlecharger]]s when [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] led an attack on Autobot [[Earthbase]]. Although the Autobot defense systems were down at the time, Breakdown and his comrades were still ultimately driven off.'' {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}} ''On another occasion, Starscream and Soundwave learned the Autobots had a [[Irwin Spoon (G1)|human reporter]] writing a positive story about them. Fearing that good publicity among the humans would give Earthforce an edge, they sent the Stunticons to kidnap the human. As Motormaster made off with the reporter, Breakdown and the Stunticons ran interference against the Autobot cars following him. After [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] transformed and got off a quick shot at their leader, Breakdown rear-ended him in the legs. The Autobot was knocked out of the fight, but so was Breakdown as he had caved in his own hood in the effort.'' {{storylink|End of the Road! (UK)|End of the Road!}}

{{Note|It is unclear which faction Breakdown was on before Soundwave and Starscream led their coup for Decepticon leadership.}}

=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
''Breakdown and the Stunticons attacked [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] on the road in 2003, making an attempt to steal the plans for the upcoming [[Autobot City]]. They were successful, but the plans were a set of fakes, so they ultimately didn't gain anything. A traffic light tried to tell Breakdown as much, but he refused to listen to it. {{storylink|Ark Duty}}''

''In 2008, [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Death's Head (G1)|Death's Head]] were compelled by [[Unicron|Unicron]] to make an assassination attempt on the Decepticon leader, Shockwave. They sealed the door to the audience chamber during the attack, and so Soundwave summoned the Stunticons as Menasor to break through the door. They eventually did so, and Breakdown and Dead End were about to execute the Decepticon traitors when Death's Head returned with news of Shockwave's demise. Using a series of explosives built into his hover platform as an incentive, the bounty hunter forced Soundwave and the other Decepticons to submit to their leadership. {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}}''

====Generation 2====
Breakdown was among the Decepticons rallied for war against the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]] after [[Skullgrin]]'s death. {{storylink|New Dawn}}

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
At some point in Cybertron's recent history, the Stunticons were deemed psychotic and too dangerous to function in society, and as a result were placed into perpetual stasis lock inside of a prison facility. Later, in an attempt to create a diversion while he set his final plans in motion, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] arranged for the release of the Stunticons. They formed into Menasor and ran amuck for awhile, until [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] arrived and began insulting them. Unable to reconcile with this, the five Stunticons began to bicker with each other over whose fault it was that they were failing, temporarily stopping Menasor and allowing Ultra Magnus to ram the combiner in the chest, forcing him to separate into his component parts and disabling the Stunticons. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}}

===Devil's Due ''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers'' comics===
[[Image:GIJoevsTFII_2_Breakdown.jpg|thumb|right|200px|"I learned ''this'' from [[Scrounge (G1)|Scrounge]]!"]]
It must've been Breakdown's lucky day when [[Teletran 3]] went haywire and transported him the Stunticons to 1930s [[Chicago]], as unlike his comrades, he stayed conscious the whole time instead of getting locked in a new vehicle mode. Breakdown decided to stay quiet, however, and let himself be used by a human criminal gang until he and the others were found by a group of [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joes]] and [[Cobra]] members sent to bring the lost Cybertronians back to the future. After overhearing [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] explaining what would happen to Earth if the Stunticons weren't retrieved, Breakdown revealed himself and stole [[Beachhead]]'s [[disruption unit]]s, using them to awaken Dead End, Wildrider and Drag Strip. With Motormaster absent, Breakdown led the others in a car chase across Chicago, which ended when Prime and the humans found Motormaster and sent everyone back to present-day Cybertron. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #2}}

[[Image:ArtofWar4_Breakdown_shoots_Nautilator.jpg|thumb|left|200px|]]
The Stunticons were later recruited into [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]]'s army, and Breakdown both helped capture some Autobots and G.I. Joes and attack an Autobot peace ceremony in the form of Menasor. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3|The Art of War #3}} Following the battle, he and [[Nautilator]] were assigned to guard the imprisoned Joes, and Breakdown told his fellow Decepticon how freaky it was to be on Earth and have all those fleshlings stare at you. He then decided to check up on the [[Snake-Eyes|prisoner in black]], only to hypnotized by the human's [[Arashikage]] ninja techniques and forced to gun down Nautilator. After then freeing the humans, Breakdown was released from Snake-Eyes's control and fell unconscious. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4|The Art of War #4}}

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===IDW comics continuity===
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[[Image:Ongoing issue 1-Breakdown shoulder slam.jpg|right|thumb|200px|]]
Breakdown was among the Decepticons abandoned on Earth after the fall of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. Two years later, he was so desperate for energon that he attacked a human solar power planet, looking to somehow recharge. [[Skywatch]] was dispatched to the scene, and they overpowered the Stunticon using armored [[Crash suit]]s. By attaching a mode-lock device, the Skywatch agents forcibly reverted Breakdown to vehicle mode, leaving him trapped and unable to operate himself. [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] took possession of Breakdown's car mode himself after the battle. {{storylink|...For All Mankind}}

Breakdown has since been relegated to Spike's pimpmobile, although the human did repair the battle damage first before taking the Decepticon out on the town. {{storylink|New Arrivals, Old Encounters}}

{{spoiler|Enemies of the System}}
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{{storylink|Enemies of the System}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1Breakdown toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Wahoo reaction, now a gucci cola sale]]
*'''Breakdown''' (Stunticon, 1986/1987)
**''Team ID number'': '''S2'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-51'''
**''Accessories'': "[[Concussion cannon]]", double-barreled "plasma-energy blaster".

: The original Breakdown toy transforms into a white [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes#Lamborghini Countach|Lamborghini Countach]]. He comes with a blue double-barreled cannon that attaches to the back of his vehicle mode. In robot mode, he is armed with a small blue laser pistol. As he was designed with the "[[Scramble City]]" style of combination, he can form the arm or leg to any similarly-constructed super robot. Although the 1986 Stunticon gift set shows Breakdown as the left arm of Menasor, Breakdown's nominal placement is as Menasor's right leg.

: The original release featured a red sticker on Breakdown's hood. Later "[[Classics (Europe)|Classics]]" range releases in Europe featured a gold sticker instead.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Breakdown/breakdown.htm More information on Breakdown at TFU.info]''

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*'''Menasor''' (Giftset, 1986)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-55'''
**''Accessories'': "Concussion rifle", double-barreled "plasma-energy blaster".

: Breakdown was also available as part of the Menasor giftset in numerous markets, along with his teammates [[Motormaster]], [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]], [[Drag Strip]], and [[Wildrider]]. All of the toys in the set are identical to their individual releases.

===Generation 2===
[[Image:G2-toy Breakdown.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean you aren't coloured neon blue.]]
*'''Breakdown''' (Stunticon, 1994)
**''Team ID number:'' '''S3'''
**''Accessories'': "Concussion rifle", double-barreled "plasma-energy blaster".

: ''[[Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' Breakdown was released as an [[exclusive]] at [[BotCon 1994]], with only approximately 300 units sold. Originally, Hasbro had planned to mass-release a complete set of ''Generation 2'' Stunticons, but ultimately only Breakdown saw official release in any form. The "collect them all!" [[cross-sell]] on the back of the packaging featuring the other Stunticons was covered by a BotCon 1994 sticker.

: The toy is, of course, a [[redeco]] of the original Breakdown toy, and has the distinction of being the first [[BotCon]] toy ever.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1994/Decepticon/Breakdown/breakdown.htm More information on Generation 2 Breakdown at TFU.info]''

===Timelines===
*'''Generation 2: Redux''' (BotCon 2010 box set)
**''Accessories'':

: A [[redeco]] of [[Universe (2008 toyline)|''Universe'']] [[Sideswipe (G1)#Universe (2008)|Sideswipe]], Breakdown has a new remolded head, and a deco close to his original Generation 2 paintjob

: He's part of a ''[[Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]''-themed five-figure box set available [[exclusive]]ly at [[BotCon 2010]].

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==Trivia==
[[Image:G2Breakdown toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|So what if he can't transform? He doesn't have to link up to that jerk Motormaster ever again!]]

* An ''unofficial'' [[Action Master]] ''Generation 2'' Breakdown was an exclusive at [[BotCon 2004]], created from bootlegged Action Master [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] parts. Though this wiki does not normally list unofficial items, this one is put here simply to reinforce that even though it is a [[BotCon]] toy, it was from the one year that BotCon was unofficial, and the toy is not [[Hasbro]]-approved either. Thank you, won't we?

* In the ''[[Transformers Autobots/Decepticons|Transformers Decepticons]]'' game based on the [[Transformers (2007)|2007 movie]], an unlocked alternate mode called "Scout" is a [[homage]] to Breakdown.

* ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Runamuck (ROTF)|Runamuck]]'s vehicle mode deco homages Breakdown's Generation 1 form.

: Also, ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Brakedown_(ROTF)|Brakedown]] homages G1 Breakdown in form, color, ''and'' name.

* Breakdown's IDW appearance uses Universe Sunstreaker's model, sans roof. Sunstreaker's roof IS removeable without tools, so feel free to paint away...

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

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Onebox component

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:''Onebox components are Transformer components in the [[Generation 1 continuity family]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Onebox components universe.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]

When [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] transform into robot mode, part of their [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] forms the '''Onebox component'''. Ironhide's becomes a weapons platform and Ratchet's is likely a repair bay.

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==Fiction==
===Generation 1===
====Cartoon continuity====
[[Image:Ratchetg1cartoon.jpg|right|thumb|100px]]
Ratchet's component stands ready as [[Hauler]] rescues [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1}}

Ironhide's component never appears in the animated series. However, at one point, the missle laucher from it is shown directly extending out of Ironhide's back. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 3}}
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====Marvel Comics continuity====
[[Image:Ironhideg1firstappearance.jpg|thumb|left|100px]]
[[Image:Ratchetg1first.jpg|thumb|right|100px]]
When first arriving on [[Earth]], Ironhide and Ratchet rode their components around for a time. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}} {{storylink|Power Play!}}

[[Image:Ratchetgetstofixgears.jpg|right|thumb|100px|I talk in this issue.]]

Soon, however, both Ironhide and Ratchet began walking without the aid of their component.

Ratchet's component helped repair [[Gears (G1)|Gears]]. It even spoke, reporting when it finished minimum repairs on Gears. {{storylink|Prisoner of War!}}

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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Ironhide''' (1984/1991/2001)[[Image:G1 Ironhide toy.jpg|right|150px|thumb|]]
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''98'''
**''Accessories:'' "Static Laser Gun", gun post, 3 missiles

:Ironhide splits when he transforms, with most of the rear section of his van mode transforming into a battle platform, and the remainder becoming his rather misshapen, headless robot form.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1984/Autobot/Ironhide/ironhide.htm More information on Ironhide at TFU.info]''

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[[Image:Ratchettoyg1.jpg|right|150px|thumb|]]
* '''Ratchet''' (1984/1986/1990/2001/2007)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''99'''
**''Accessories'': "Static Laser Gun", gun connector, 3 missiles

:The toy transforms from an ambulance to a robot and gun-station.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1984/Autobot/Ratchet/ratchet.htm More information on Ratchet at TFU.info]''

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===Timelines===
[[Image:TimelinesIronhide toy.jpg|right|150px|thumb|]]
*'''Descent into Evil''' (Multi-figure boxset, 2005)
**''Accessories:'' Fold out gun/radar energon weapon, BotCon 2005 pin

:Like his original toy, Ironhide splits from a van into a robot mode and a battle sled.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Autobot/BCIronhide/ironhide.htm More information on Timelines Ironhide at TFU.info]''
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[[Image:Timelinestoy-RatchetDiE.jpg|right|150px|thumb|]]
* '''Autobot Ratchet & Flareup''' (2005)
**''Accessories'': Lightbar/blaster

:In robot mode, his lower vehicle portion becomes a mobile battle/repair platform.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Autobot/BCRatchet/ratchet.htm More information on BotCon Ratchet at TFU.info]''

===Encore===
*'''Ironhide''' (2007)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''05'''
**''Accessories:'' "Static Laser Gun", gun post, 3 missiles
: Ironhide's original Generation 1 toy was made available again in mid-December 2007 as part of Takara's ongoing ''[[Encore]]'' line of [[Generation 1 reissues|reissues]].

*'''Ratchet''' (2007)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''05'''
**''Accessories:'' "Static Laser Gun", gun post, 3 missiles

:Ratchet's original Generation 1 toy was made available again in mid-December 2007 as part of Takara's ongoing ''[[Encore]]'' line of [[Generation 1 reissues|reissues]].

[[Image:G1toy protect black ironhide.jpg|right|thumb|150px]]
*'''Protect Black Ironhide''' (2008)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''05'''
**''Accessories:'' "Static Laser Gun", gun post, 3 missiles

:Tied in to Ironhide's ''Encore'' reissue was e-Hobby's [[exclusive]] "New Year Special" [[redeco]] of the figure: Protect Black Ironhide.

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[[Image:Encoreratchetemergencygreen.jpg|right|150px|thumb|]]
* '''Ratchet Emergency Green''' (2008)
**''Accessories'': "Static Laser Gun", gun connector, 3 missiles

: A [[redeco]] of the original toy (well, the retooled Encore version) which [[homage]]s [[Ratchet (Movie)|the live-action movie Ratchet]], Ratchet Emergency Green is a Japanese mail-away exclusive available with a purchase of the book ''[[Transformers Visualworks]]''.

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==Notes==
*A gun platform on the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] strongly resembles this component. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}}
*This component is absent in Ironhide and Ratchet's [[character model]], where the robot transforms directly into the whole vehicle. The robot mode itself was extensively redesigned, giving these characters a very low degree of [[show-accuracy|toy-accuracy]].
*This component is not mentioned in the text of the characters' [[bio]]s, [[Transformers Universe (Marvel comic)|Universe profiles]], or [[More Than Meets The Eye (G1)|MTMTE profiles]], but it is included in the artwork.
*Other Ironhide and Ratchet toys have been produced that do not include this component.

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

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Talk:Skystalker (ROTF)

2010-03-03T16:04:38Z

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== Disambiguation ==

I realize that there are not 3 actual Skystalkers, but there are many other names that could easily be confused with it. Is the 3 characters sharing a name an absolute rule or a more general guide? The following may need disambiguating with Skystalker: [[Denebian Stalker]], [[Stalker]], [[Nightstalker]], [[Snowstalker]], and [[Sparkstalker]]. Also [[Luke Skywalker]] and [[Skyscorcher]] seem very similar (more so than all the other "Sky" names anyways). Not disagreeing with the change to the disambig, just asking for clarification. [[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 14:50, 15 October 2009 (EDT) (coming back to claim my post)
: We don't generally try to cover all the various non-exact-same things a given character could be confused with at the top of every character article. That way leads down the path to madness. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 14:51, 15 October 2009 (EDT)

== Alt mode? ==

Anyone know what his alt-mode is? Heard someone mention it's WWII era? Would that make him only the second WWII vehicle behind G2 Ransack? --[[Special:Contributions/76.28.72.27|76.28.72.27]] 14:58, 15 October 2009 (EDT)
: Sincerely doubt it's WWII. Look at the jet intakes on the wings. [[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 15:12, 15 October 2009 (EDT)
::He looks like a blend of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dassault_nEUROn Dassault nEUROn UAV] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BAE_Corax BAE Corax UAV]. - [[User:RolonBolon|RolonBolon]] 23:06, 22 October 2009 (EDT)
:::There is the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horten_Ho_229 Horten Ho 229] which was a prototype fighter/bomber developed in the later years of World War II.
::::what about the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RQ-170_Sentinel RQ-170_Sentinel?]
::::Is he just supposed to be a drone instead of a plane? The interaction with Mindwipe and the optic in place of a cockpit seems to suggest so. [[Special:Contributions/147.140.233.17|147.140.233.17]] 10:07, 3 March 2010 (EST)
:::::Drones don't enjoy things. [[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 10:43, 3 March 2010 (EST)
::::::Oops. No I don't mean a drone, personality wise. I mean his alt mode is a drone. Like it's something a person wouldn't man. It's just a machine that flies. [[Special:Contributions/147.140.233.17|147.140.233.17]] 11:04, 3 March 2010 (EST)

Talk:Skystalker (ROTF)

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Talk:Brimstone (TF 2010)

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I hate this (TF 2010) nomenclature! BUT I HAVE NO BETTER SOLUTION. I was about to say this is as bad as Hasbro putting out another line called "Armada," but we already had that problem with Universe, and we were able to distinguish between them using the year, BUT THE YEAR IS THE NAME OF THE CONFLICTING TOYLINEARRGHAHGGHGHGHdhsdflksd --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 23:04, 21 February 2010 (EST)
: It could be worse. The Japanese line's disambuig would only cover 2 clip episodes and some story pages. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 23:38, 21 February 2010 (EST)
::[[Jim Sorenson]] will make us disambiguate something there, somehow. I just know it. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 23:58, 21 February 2010 (EST)
I think just (2010) might be better than (TF 2010). --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 15:55, 22 February 2010 (EST)

Personally I eagerly await the day Hasbro decides to make Transformers: Franchise (with a new interpretation of energon, a character named Armada, etc.) and Transformers: Disambiguation. --[[Special:Contributions/152.15.25.51|152.15.25.51]] 11:46, 24 February 2010 (EST)
:Wait, so you ''want'' Hasbro to take down our entire disambiguation scheme? --[[User:-Blackout-|-Blackout-]] 13:21, 24 February 2010 (EST)
How has no Ghost Rider jokes appeared yet?

Talk:Black redeco

2010-02-23T19:06:46Z

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I don't think G1 Skywarp really fits the description. He was before the trend of "black repainting" and he came out about at the same as the others, so I think Skywarp is just a redeco who happens to be black. Soundblaster is probably the first true example as an existing character who was redecoed as black. Also, I don't really see the point of this page, but that's OK. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 11:39, 3 September 2009 (EDT)
:The page is about a ''very'' noteworthy trend in TF toys -- it definitely belongs. I agree about Skywarp. A true "black repaint" is generally an "evil clone" or some other such nonsense, made solely because OMG BLAKK AWZUM. Skywarp's a legitimate independent character. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 11:53, 3 September 2009 (EDT)
::I disagree. How can a "repaint" (using the term loosely) that is black, not be a "black repaint"? Black repaints are extremely easy ways of making more uses of a mold. That many of them have been "evil clones" and such is a secondary phenomenon. Just my opinion. [[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 01:36, 3 January 2010 (EST)
::Skywarp is absolutely a black repaint. Saying he isn't because black repaints are usually evil clones or stealth mode variants is like saying Cybertron Longrack isn't really a construction vehicle redeco because construction vehicle redecoes are usually Constructicon homages: it's utterly ridiculous and you should be ashamed of yourselves.
::To take a slightly less "wtf are you stupid" approach, neither Scourge nor Soundblaster is a particularly strong match for our new arbitrarily restrictive definition either. Soundblaster would appear to have been motivated by "let's redeco Soundwave" and then black being selected as a color that looked nice, rather than the omgblackkewl mentality--otherwise, Twincast would be black as well (or perhaps white). Scourge is an evil clone in fiction, but not of the character whose toy he was redecoed from, which wasn't even from the same line--not at all in the same spirit as, say, Reverse Evolution Sixturbo. Universe Nemesis Prime has a similar problem; while he does ''look'' like the guy he's cloned from, that guy is fiction-only. If we're disqualifying Skywarp, then these three really shouldn't count either, which means we've kicked all the most prominent black repaints out of the black repaint club for not being black repainty enough.
::Oh, and Skywarp was a new color scheme for Transformers, while Starscream and Thundercracker were in Diaclone, so he ''is'' a black version of a preexisting toy. --[[User:Andrusi|Andrusi]]
:::How do you even know Skywarp is even a repaint? Maybe he is the "paint" and Starscream and Thundercracker are the "repaint"s. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 16:10, 12 February 2010 (EST)
::::Well... Skywarp is the only deco not from the Diaclone line. So he's the repaint. [[User:Geewunling|Geewunling]] 16:17, 12 February 2010 (EST)
:::::Yeah but Diaclone is technically a different toy than Transformers. They just happen to use the same mold, so that shouldn't count. Starscream, Thundercracker, and Skywarp all debuted at the same time. If, say, Sunstorm was black, I could see the case for him being a black repaint. [[User:Riddlerj|Riddlerj]] 16:24, 12 February 2010 (EST)
:::::For me, Black repaints are usually a crass attempt to squeese a few more bucks out of an old toy. Something like Stalker Scorpinok or Nightwatch Prime [[User:Riddlerj|Riddlerj]] 16:27, 12 February 2010 (EST)
::::::ANY repaint is "a crass attempt to squeese a few more bucks out of an old toy", so how is that more relevant to the examples you gave than to any other repaint? [[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 18:48, 12 February 2010 (EST)
:::::::Because all three characters debuted at the same time. They are all repaints of one mold. It's like saying Huey is a ripoff of Dewey and Louie. Now, if a year later they came out with Shmuey, well Shmuey just seems like a lack of better ideas because the three original nephews are old news. I think the idea is that simply reissueing a previous (emphasis on "previous") mold in black or "evil" as opposed to a new, nifty character seems particually uninspired. Just my opinion. [[User:Riddlerj|Riddlerj]] 16:19, 15 February 2010 (EST)
::::::::My god, this is ridiculous. "OH, SKYWARP IS A BLACK REDECO OF AN EXISTING TOY PREVIOUSLY AVAILABLE IN TWO NOT-BLACK COLOR SCHEMES THAT AREN'T ''TECHNICALLY'' TRANSFORMERS DESPITE BEING ESSENTIALLY IDENTICAL TO THEM, THEREFORE HE DOESN'T COUNT." And how the hell is he ''not'' a blatant excuse to try to get more money from an existing tooling? Was there some more "legitimate" reason Hasbro needed a third jet? No. Skywarp is a black repaint. --[[User:Andrusi|Andrusi]] 11:12, 23 February 2010 (EST)
:::::::::He lack the traditional gold or aqua accents though! :3 -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 11:55, 23 February 2010 (EST)

Saying Skywarp is a black repaint completely misses the point of why this page exists and not, say, red repaint or green repaint. Also, this isn't a comprehensive list of all of them, but some notable examples. Soundblaster yes, Scourge oh GOD yes, probably Shadow Panther would be a good one, and the whole Nemesis Prime thing is kind of infamous. The fact that there is so much disagreement about Skywarp indicates that he's not a good representative example even if he might technically fit the criteria.--[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] 12:20, 23 February 2010 (EST)
:The page exists because black redecos are common enough that they're thought of as their own "thing." Whether that is a good ''reason'' for the page to exist is another matter, but as the guy who made the page in the first place, I think I would have a pretty good idea of why it happened. --[[Special:Contributions/152.15.25.51|152.15.25.51]] 14:04, 23 February 2010 (EST)
:So is Blackarachnia a black repaint?

Reflector (G1)

2010-01-26T16:11:52Z

147.140.233.17: /* Generation 1 */

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{{picsneeded|other fictional appearances}}
{{disambig3|Reflector}}
:''Reflector is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:ReflectorG1.jpg|right|250px|thumb|It's a Kodak moment. Top down: Viewfinder, Spyglass, Spectro]]
'''Reflector''' likes to watch. He lives (they live?) to observe anything and everything, from scenery, to wildlife, to architecture. But above all else, Reflector likes to watch his (their?) comrades, learn their dark secrets, and profit from them. Reflector is also very impressed with his (their) own abilities both in the fields of observation and blackmail.

Reflector is generally composed of three separate robots—[[Spectro]], [[Spyglass]] and [[Viewfinder]]—who combine into the one single-lens-reflex camera [[alternate mode|altmode]] that is Reflector.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Chris Latta]] (English), [[Yoku Shioya]] (Japanese)

[[Image:ReflectorCartoon1.jpg|right|250px|thumb|I (we?) see EVERYTHING!]]
There's very little about Reflector that isn't unusual at best (or downright strange and unexplained at worst). He takes the form of three robots who all walk, talk and act with a single mind and voice. The three individual robots are never named; they are all simply "Reflector" and are all entirely identical, save for the lens aperture visible in the chest of the robot who forms the center of their camera mode. Although there are ''normally'' three Reflectors active at any one time (this being the number required to form their camera mode), there are documented instances of significantly more operating at once, and even cases where only one Reflector has been seen on its own. A clue to the mystery of the multiplying Reflectors was given during one battle for control of the Decepticons' [[space bridge]]: During this clash, a Reflector was seen colliding with one of its other components, which vanished in a flash of light, leaving only one Reflector robot standing in place of two. This Reflector then proceeded to collide with the remaining, third robot, and it too disappeared. Although never directly addressed by any characters and never displayed at any other time, this unusual instance suggests that Reflector is one robot capable of producing duplicates of himself, explaining the varying numbers of Reflector robots seen throughout the conflict on Earth. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer}}

{{note|The real-world explanation for Reflector's initial overabundance, of course, is that he made a handy [[generic]] with which the animators could pad out the meager Decepticon ranks. The scene described above in "Divide and Conquer", however, came later and added an intriguing slant to the proceedings.}}

Reflector was among the warriors who accompanied [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] aboard the Decepticons' [[Nemesis (G1)|space cruiser]] during its assault on the Autobots' [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] four million years ago. When the Ark crashed on Earth, Reflector was entombed in stasis with the other Transformers and awoke with the other Decepticons on Earth in 1984. Withdrawing from the Ark, the Decepticons immediately set about constructing a temporary base for themselves, and Reflector and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] were assigned to patrol the perimeter. As they surveyed the desert landscape, Reflector expressed his disbelief that the Autobots had also survived the crash. Thundercracker then spotted something off in the distance, and Reflector transformed to camera mode so that Thundercracker could use him to zoom in on the mystery object. Reflector dispensed a Polaroid photograph of the truck that had caught their attention, and Thundercracker reported the intruder to Megatron as a possible Autobot (which it wasn't). {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1}}

[[Image:GenericDecepticons MTMTE.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Anything you need reflected? I (we?) gotcha covered.]]
Reflector later battled the Autobot forces on an offshore oil rig, {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1}} and joined in the Decepticons' attack on [[Sherman Dam]]. Soon after, numerous Reflector robots were seen pillaging energy all across the world and helping stack [[Energon cube|energon cubes]] in the [[Ruby Crystal Mines of Burma]]. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 2}} Reflector participated in the battle royale with the Autobots shortly before the Decepticons' failed attempt at returning to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] aboard a new space cruiser. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 3}}

While the Decepticons were in the midst of testing their new intergalactic "[[space bridge]]" transport system, Reflector took part in two battles with the Autobots when the heroic robots tried to interfere with the test run. The battle ended badly when Megatron was sucked through the space bridge and back to Cybertron, {{storylink|Transport to Oblivion}} but Reflector seemed unfazed by the apparent loss of his leader, as he went on to carry out orders that had previously been given to him and began staking out the laboratory of [[antimatter]] researcher [[Doctor Alcazar]]. Using his photographic abilities to obtain the entry code for the laboratory's security system in secret, Reflector concluded his stakeout just as Megatron returned to Earth, and he quickly reported his findings to the Decepticon leader. Reflector subsequently followed Megatron back to the lab and entered the entry code for him, allowing the villains to enter the complex stealthily. Reflector was no doubt rather cheesed off to learn that his spying had been for naught when it turned out that Alcazar had gotten rid of the antimatter formula by transmitting it to [[Chip Chase]]. When the Decepticons acquired the formula from Chip, Reflector helped charge energon cubes with the antimatter they created, and then participated in the subsequent battle with the Autobots, which ended when the antimatter cubes Megatron was using to power himself threatened to overload. {{storylink|Roll for It}}

Reflector later worked with [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] on another attempt to transport energon cubes to Cybertron via the space bridge. In addition to the normal three Reflector robots, a fourth robot sharing their body type was present for this operation, and when Starscream required a pilot for the space bridge vessel, this unfortunate warrior was selected. He begged that he not be chosen, but his words fell on deaf ears as Starscream picked him up and dropped him into the transport craft. Fortunately for this robot, his piloting skills allowed him to traverse the space bridge, and he safely arrived on Cybertron with his energon payload.

{{note|Given that this robot was voiced by [[Ken Sansom]], rather than Reflector's normal voice actor, Chris Latta, it's probable (nay, likely) that this hapless little guy was just supposed to be a generic Decepticon that the animators happened to draw using Reflector as reference.}}

A group of Autobots soon arrived to investigate the Decepticon goings-on, but Reflector was quick to act and dazzled them with a blinding flash from his central lens. The Autobots soon got themselves together, though, and Reflector was dispatched in the aforementioned colliding-and-disappearing incident. Reflector's component selves later took part in a Decepticon attack on [[Autobot Headquarters]] and were fired upon by [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], but the three robots were confident that the Earth germ couldn't hit all of them at once. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer}}

Reflector did most of the grunt work when the Decepticons sought to drain the energy of the Earth's core via a crystal shaft in the Arctic, operating machinery and gathering energon cubes. When their digging unearthed the frozen Autobot [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]], Reflector tried attacking the towering robot by running at him in a sort of cheerleader-pyramid formation, only to be—unsurprisingly—knocked to the ground with a swipe of Skyfire's arm. {{storylink|Fire in the Sky}}

Along with [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], Reflector gathered valuable intelligence on the [[Great Falls]] hydroelectric power station, and he took part in the attack that their information-gathering helped facilitate. {{storylink|S.O.S. Dinobots}} Soon after, Reflector went with the other Decepticons on a mission to Peru in another attempt to seize the power of the Earth's core. {{storylink|Fire on the Mountain}} Later still, Reflector was part of the Decepticon team who tried harnessing energy from an unstable meteorite. {{storylink|War of the Dinobots}}

When the Decepticons used their space bridge to pull Cybertron itself into Earth's orbit in order to reap the energy released by the natural disasters that would result, Reflector was at Megatron's side as the Decepticon leader watched the construction of a hydroelectric energy collector. When an unexpectedly strong tidal wave demolished the structure, Megatron and Reflector escaped aboard a transport ship, though Reflector was given pause to wonder on the fate of the Decepticons' human ally, [[Doctor Arkeville]]. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 3}} Cybertron was soon blasted out of Earth's proximity, but some robots of Reflector's body design were seen on the plant not long after, carrying the wounded Arkeville to a medical bay. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (episode)|Countdown to Extinction}}

After taking part in another energy-raiding attempt with the help of new arrivals the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]], {{storylink|A Plague of Insecticons}} Reflector joined the other Decepticons in relinquishing his [[power chip rectifier]] to a machine that would transfer all of the Decepticons' special abilities to Megatron, enabling him to best [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] easily in a one-on-one duel. During the combat, Megatron employed Reflector's power to generate a brilliant flash of light to blind Optimus Prime. When Megatron's deception was exposed, Reflector and the other Decepticons were sent tumbling into a river of lava by the enraged Autobots. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War}}

Learning that the Autobots had transferred Spike's mind into a robot body, Megatron had Reflector watch over Autobot Headquarters, and his spying soon bore fruit when the unstable "Autobot Spike" came bursting through a wall and flew off. Reflector followed and summoned the other Decepticons to his position. Megatron proceeded to try and turn Spike against the Autobots, but the attempt ultimately ended in failure. {{storylink|Autobot Spike}}

Following the "Autobot Spike" affair, Reflector's role in the war suddenly began to drop off; he became less and less visible on the battlefield, and he was never heard to speak again. Throughout 1985, he was glimpsed only a few times: He joined in the Decepticons' attempt to conquer [[Washington, D.C.]], {{storylink|City of Steel}} he followed Megatron in an attempt to hijack a rocket, {{storylink|Attack of the Autobots}} and he clashed with the Insecticons over stolen [[Electro-cell|electro-cells]]. {{storylink|Traitor}} A little later, he helped battle the Autobots for control of [[korlonium crystal]]s. {{storylink|A Prime Problem}} After being absent for a prolonged period after this, Reflector reappeared as part of a group of Decepticons on the rampage in [[United Kingdom|Great Britain]], {{storylink|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court}} and soon after, he was among the Decepticons who coated themselves with [[electrum]] to cause havoc. {{storylink|The Golden Lagoon}} Reflector then disappeared from the field of battle for quite some time, returning for one final appearance that year, battling the mutinous Starscream and his [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]]. {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}}

Reflector put in his final, very brief appearances in 2005, when he could be spotted at both the [[Battle of Autobot City]] and the coronation of Starscream soon afterward. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

{{note|The real-world reason behind Reflector's steady disappearance from the show lies with the troubled release of this toy, as discussed further down this article. In accordance with Hasbro's decision not to release the figure, the [[Production bible|series story bible]] specifically discouraged writers from use of the character after season one ended.<ref>[http://transformers.winterchill.com/bible/biblepage43.html Reflector's page in the series bible]</ref>. Indeed, following "Autobot Spike", Reflector is never called for by an episode script again, and appears only in group shots of the Decepticons at the animators' discretion.}}

====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' comic====
[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] photographed the incomplete [[Autobot City]] with the aid of Reflector's camera mode, so that Megatron could decipher whether or not it was powerful enough to stand up to [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 3}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
[[Image:Reflectormarvel.jpg|right|100px|thumb|A [[To sell toys#Hi-and-die|hi-then-die]] who didn't even get to say hi!]]
[[Spectro]], [[Spyglass]] and [[Viewfinder]] worked with the [[Decepticon medic (Marvel Comics)|Decepticon medic]] to repair their fellow Decepticons. Subsequently an oddly colored Viewfinder was seen decorating the cavern floor of [[Mount St. Hilary]] after all the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] were rendered inoperable by [[Sparkplug Witwicky]]'s poisoned fuel. They didn't even get to introduce themselves in [[Introdump|painfully lengthy exposition]]. Alas, Reflector was taken away from us before his prime. {{storylink|The Last Stand}}
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===Dreamwave comics continuity===
{{notekeepers}}
''Reflector was part of Megatron's crew, active on Earth in the 1980s before the ''[[Ark II]]'' incident. When Megatron was snatched up by the Keepers, not all Decepticons fell into line under Starscream's maniacal command. [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] and the three Reflector robots chose to make a stand against Starscream's leadership at [[Hoover Dam]], outside the Decepticon's new base in [[Las Vegas]]. Spyglass and Skywarp drew [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s electronic attention, prompting Starscream and his communications officer to make an appearance at the Dam. As Skywarp rejected Starscream's rule, the other Reflector robots leapt out of hiding to attack the usurper. The battle quickly turned against Skywarp and Reflector, though, as Soundwave's sonic attack ripped Spectro apart, sending him over the edge of the dam and into stasis lock. Once Skywarp was disabled as well, Spyglass and Viewfinder wisely chose to abdicate to Starscream. {{storylink|Hardwired}}''

''The surviving two Reflector parts remained under Starscream's command only as long as necessary, and left Las Vegas with Megatron's splinter faction of Decepticons soon after their former leader returned to Earth. {{storylink|Annihilation}} After the Decepticons reunited, Reflector was instrumental in several attempts at blackmail and media manipulation against the [[President of the United States]], first recording him whimpering helplessly in Megatron's massive hand during an attack on the White House, and later sending the media outlets footage of the U.S. Armed Forces attempting to assassinate Autobots AND Decepticons in the Nevada desert. {{storylink|Fusion (novel)|Fusion}}''

[[Image:BrothersBurden_Reflector.jpg|thumb|left|250px|]]
''A duplicate of'' Reflector remained on Cybertron and worked for [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], monitoring the planet and its inhabitants for him from a central mainframe. {{storylink|Brothers' Burden}} They were seemingly destroyed by [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] when he broke ranks with Shockwave's command structure. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}} ''The true Reflector, on Earth, was heard to dismiss this duplicate as an inferior copy.'' {{storylink|Fusion (novel)|Fusion}}

{{note|The presence of two Reflectors originally arose as a continuity error, when the "Annihilation" novel depicted Reflector on Earth while the concurrently published comics showed him to be on Cybertron. Like a couple of other errors in the novels, this was paved over in the third book, "Fusion", with the true, Earth-bound Reflector making the above "inferior copy" remark. Coincidentally, the situation echoes the body-duplication theme seen in the Generation 1 cartoon, discussed above, but regardless, what happened to the so-called true Reflector after the Keepers Trilogy remains a mystery.}}

===Devil's Due ''G.I. Joe vs. The Transformers'' comics===
[[Image:GIJoevsTF4 Reflector.jpg|right|thumb|200px]]
The three Reflector components were among the Transformers who crashed on Earth millions of years in the past, and upon being discovered by humans, they were reprogrammed to serve the terrorist organization [[Cobra]]. The Autobot [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] eventually restored everyone's original programming, and the angry Reflector trio broke into Cobra's control center to teach the fleshlings a thing or two about messing with their heads. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 4}} Reflector was then ordered by Megatron to assist [[Doctor Mindbender]] and [[Firefly]] while they used the [[SPS Satellite]] to create [[energon cube]]s. When [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] arrived to halt their scheme, the three Reflectors attacked him, but were easily swatted aside. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 5}}

[[Image:ArtofWar4_Reflector_message.jpg|left|thumb|200px]]
In a dark alternate future where the Decepticons had conquered Earth, three black Reflectors guarded human slaves imprisoned near a factory, but were killed by [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], [[Tomax and Xamot]]. As this future was also full of multiple [[Sweep]]s, [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon swarms]] and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage packs]], it is possible these Reflectors were some sort of [[Cloning|clones]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 3}}

Viewfinder was present for a Decepticon gathering on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], during which [[Serpent O.R.]] took control of the Decepticon army. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3}} During a subsequent Decepticon assault on an Autobot peace ceremony, the Reflector trio were charged with delivering a message to Optimus Prime. After being carried to Prime in [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]'s palm, Viewfinder used his chest lens to project a hologram of Serpent O.R., allowing the Decepticon leader to negotiate with Prime. Reflector came under attack by [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] during the negotation, but Viewfinder managed to continue the transmission despite being injured. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4}}

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===IDW comics continuity===
Spectro and Spyglass were seen aboard a Decepticon orbital outpost, terrified of walking down the same hallway as [[Sixshot]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sixshot}}

{{note|In Spotlight: Sixshot, Spyglass and Spectro appear in their toy based character models.}}

[[Image:AHM3_Reflector_Rumble.jpg|right|thumb|275px|]]
All three Reflector units (speaking entirely in unison), eventually joined Megatron on [[Earth]], and helped defeat the Autobots there. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 7|All Hail Megatron #7}} Following this victory, the Reflector trio help destroy [[New York City]] along with the other Decepticons. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 3|All Hail Megatron #3}} Spectro and Spyglass enjoyed "playing games" with the city's fleshy inhabitants, but were disappointed about how easily they came apart. Viewfinder preferred to brood by himself, while still echoing the other two's dialogue. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 8|All Hail Megatron #8}} Reflector stayed with Megatron when [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] rebelled against his leader {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 10|All Hail Megatron #10}}, and fought back against the Autobots when they returned to Earth. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 11|All Hail Megatron #11}} The Decepticons were ultimately defeated {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 12|All Hail Megatron #12}} and Viewfinder and Spectro left the planet aboard [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 13|All Hail Megatron #13}}

Spyglass was left behind, however, and was still trying to get off the planet three years later. {{storylink|New Arrivals, Old Encounters}}

Years later, the three Reflector units found themselves on a ship, which crashed on [[LV-117]]. Viewfinder was killed in the crash when a large piece of the bridge's canopy shattered and impaled him through the chest. Spectro and Spyglass survived and eventually they located [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], who had previously crashed on the same planet and had been building an escape vessel with a [[Varta|friendly alien]]. They managed to hijack the vessel shortly before it launched by threatening to kill Wheelie's friend, but the tiny Autobot removed the safety catch from his energon converter before disembarking, causing it to explode violently shortly after takeoff. {{storylink|Spotlight: Wheelie}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1 Reflector toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|We three kings of orient are... Left to right: Spectro, Viewfinder, Spyglass]]
* '''Reflector''' (Mail-away, 1986/1987; wide release in Japan, 1985)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''21'''
**''Accessories:'' Spectro's "Shutter Gun", Viewfinder's "Lens Laser", Spyglass' "Optic Blaster", flash cube/missile launcher, 3 missiles, telephoto lens.

: Reflector was first sold in Japan in 1985 as an ordinary retail item. However, [[Hasbro]] delayed selling him in the US until 1986, and only then via mail-order from a [[The Autobots Have a Special Mission for:|direct-mail flyer promoting ''The Transformers: The Movie'']]''.'' (Oddly, this came just as the character was being fully phased out of the fiction.) The toy would be a common offering in [[Pack-in material|pack-in flyers]] from then on, at a cost of $10 and two [[Robot Point|Robot Points]].

: Reflector is composed of three distinct robots that combine to form a camera: Viewfinder as the central component with the lens, Spectro as the right-side component with the shutter button, and Spyglass as the left-side component with the flash. It includes a telephoto lens and old-style flashcube that doubles as a missile launcher, but of course, the Hasbro version has the spring-loaded mechanism neutered [[for safety reasons]]. Undocumented in the instructions is that the telephoto lens is supposed to fit onto Viewfinder's gun to reduce kibble.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Spectro/spectro.htm More information on (part of) Reflector at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/SpyGlass/spyglass.htm More info on another part of Reflector at TFU'info]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Viewfinder/viewfinder.htm More info on yet another part of Reflector at TFU.info]''
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===Merchandise===
[[Image:ReflectorDecoy1.jpg|right|150px|thumb|"HI! I'M SUPPOSED TO BE CONSPICUOUS! AM I DOING IT RIGHT? HI!"]]
* '''Reflector''' (Decoy, 1986)

: Reflector was one of the many characters represented by a small plastic [[decoy]] included with certain Transformers for a brief time. The decoy is based on the cartoon design of Viewfinder. Most commonly, it was made with purple plastic, but a red rare version is known to exist and goes for a lot more on the secondary market.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Decoys/Reflector/reflector.htm More information on Reflector at TFU.info]''

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==Notes==
[[Image:PreReflector.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Say "Cheese" and die.]]
* Reflector was originally the "Camera Robo" from Takara's ''[[Micro Change]]'' sub-series of the ''[[Microman|New Microman]]'' line. The only noteworthy difference between the two releases, besides the whole missile-launcher-neuter-in-the-United-States thing, is that the ''Microman'' release has "MICROX" emblazoned on the center unit's decals instead of "REFLECTOR".

* Not so surprisingly, the Camera Robo was first designed as a single unit. Apparently, the primary designer of the final toy, and possibly this initial design, was mecha designer [[Shinji Aramaki]], who designed the robots for ''[[wikipedia:Megazone_23|Megazone 23]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:Genesis_Climber_Mospeada|Genesis Climber Mospeada]]''.

* Reflector's role early in the cartoon makes it seem likely his toy was originally planned for inclusion in the original 1984 line. Why Hasbro decided not to release it so late in the game is unknown, as is the reason why they later reversed that decision to make it a viable mail-away.

==References==
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[[Category:Combined forms]]
[[Category:Multi-component Transformers]]
[[Category:Decepticons]]
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[[Category:Spies]]
[[Category:Mail order exclusives]]

Tracks (G1)

2010-01-25T21:07:45Z

147.140.233.17: /* Generation 1 */

{{factions|autobot|autobotg2}}
{{disambigr|Tracks|the ''Animated''-series Autobot|Tracks (Animated)}}

{{picsneeded|Fictional appearances}}

:''Tracks is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Tracksg1.jpg|right|350px|thumb|If God had wanted Tracks to multiply, he would have given him the Creation Matrix and luscious lips. But he only gave him the luscious lips.]]

'''Tracks''' is a little bit of a narcissist, according to his Autobot buddies, and it's hard for him to stay lighthearted and gay under such criticism. He attributes it to jealousy, since few Autobots are so well-endowed with a sleek, muscular, and tastefully decorated sports car mode as his.

The truth is, Tracks's armament is considerable. In the wink of an eye, he can erect his hardened launcher shafts and deploy two flaming incendiary missiles. These projectiles are heat-seeking, seeking out warm Decepticon bodies and striking hard in sensitive places. With his long and powerful "binding" black-beam gun, which negates light, he strikes his enemies in the darkness. Whether defending [[San Francisco]] or displaying his trademark moves in [[Dancitron]], Tracks is one fantastically flamboyant fighter!

Tracks can even fly like a butterfly by deploying his secret, hidden wings from their protective closet.

He should be a dangerous opponent, but his concern with preserving his stylish appearance and poor ability to work with fellow Autobots hampers him. Often he simply cruises the metro area alone all night, looking for Decepticons worthy of his attentions. Tracks may not always get along with his friends, but he knows his enemies. He knows them very well, indeed.

His [[Action Master partner]] is [[Basher]].

{{quote|Keep San Francisco clean—LEAVE!|Tracks to the Asteroid bird alien|"[[The Secret of Omega Supreme]]"}}

:''French-Canadian name'': '''Le Sillage''' ("The Trail")
:''Hungarian name'': '''Vagány''' ("Tough guy")
:''Italian name'': '''Puma'''
:''Portuguese name (Portugal comic):'' '''Rasto''' ("Track")
:''Portuguese name (Brazil comic):'' '''Trilho''' ("Track")

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Michael McConnohie]] (English), [[Show Hayami]] (Japanese)

Tracks was one of several Autobots who appeared out of nowhere one day. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 1}} He, [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] and [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]] were sent out to intercept and drive back a pirate ship that had appeared through a temporal anomaly due to Megatron's interference on the temporally displaced [[Dinobot Island (G1)|Dinobot Island]]. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 2}}

{{storylink|The Master Builders}} {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1}} {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2}} {{storylink|Blaster Blues}}

[[Image:G1MakeTracks TracksRaoul.jpg|left|180px|thumb|It's not what it looks like, honestly!]]
Tracks and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] assisted the [[New York City|New York]] Police Department's Crime Buster program by parking themselves in a seedy, run-down neighborhood to entice car thieves to steal them, then capturing the thieves and their buyer. Back at [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]]'s garage, Tracks opined that New York City was exhilarating and that they could remain there forever as far as he was concerned, to the amusement of the other Autobots. Annoyed at their attitude, Tracks took off for a joyride, but almost immediately fell prey to a gang of would-be car thieves who shot out Tracks' tires as he tried to run them off the road. Crashing into a streetlight, Tracks was badly damaged and unable to transform. Fortunately, the car thief with a heart of gold, [[Raoul]], happened by and decided to take possession of Tracks, who quickly revealed he was no ordinary badly damaged dark blue Corvette Stingray with a giant flaming logo on his hood. Together, they foiled a Decepticon plot to use the local criminal element to steal cars so that Megatron could build an army of remote-controlled, transforming car drones. {{storylink|Make Tracks}}

{{storylink|Quest for Survival}}

When [[San Francisco]] was threatened by an [[Asteroid bird alien|alien bird creature]], Tracks risked his life in battle to defend the city. {{storylink|The Secret of Omega Supreme}}

{{storylink|Triple Takeover}}

Whilst out on a supply run with [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], Tracks opined that [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] had sent him out on this task to show the humans that Autobots didn't just have strength, but refinement as well. When Bumblebee sharply pointed out his comrade's lack of humility, Tracks replied that he feared ''some'' Autobots had much to be humble about. Together, they watched a storefront television report by [[Hector Ramirez (G1)|Hector Ramirez]] on the disappearance of a [[Daina|top secret Soviet jet]], for which blame was placed on the [[United States of America]]. Bumblebee suspected Decepticon involvement, which was convenient, as Tracks saw [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] lurking about nearby. The Autobots gave chase, only to discover the 'Cons were holographs projected by the big game hunter [[Lord Chumley]], and the pair were quickly subdued. After several more Autobots were captured, the imprisoned hostages were forced to run through several cruel and unusual torture devices. Tracks in particular was forced to race around a small, spiked track while laser cannons fired at him. {{storylink|Prime Target}}

[[Image:G1Auto-Bop Tracks girl.jpg|right|180px|thumb|"Eeek, Mr. Tracks, can I have your autograph?" "Sure thing, baby."]]
Tracks and Blaster were reunited with Raoul when the human and [[Bop Crew]] were being chased by [[Furg]]'s gang outside of the [[Dancitron]] night club. Tracks stylishly defeated the thugs by arcing his laser fire horizontally, simultaneously destroying several of the weapons wielded by Furg's men. As he did so, he noticed that one of the gang members was a man dressed in a business suit. The Autobots decided to investigate further.

Inside the club, Tracks declined to dance with some girls, and another patron asked him where he could "get those threads" (meaning Tracks's robot body). As Tracks left, remarking that Dancitron wasn't ''his'' kind of club, he noted that there were more out-of-place humans, including a housewife in a bathrobe and a garbage man. Tracks and Blaster came to Raoul's aid again when the driver of a train in which the humans were traveling was "activated' by [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and accelerated the train to unsafe speeds. Later, Tracks and Raoul were attacked by brainwashed "workers" at a construction site for something large and mysterious. Bravely risking his paint job, Tracks protected Raoul from red-hot rivets fired by a brainwashed construction worker.

[[Image:Trackscruc2.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Tracks forgot his safeword.]]
Returning to the club, Tracks was lured into a trap by the mind-controlled [[Poplock]] and [[Rocksteady]]. Barely evading Starscream's attack, Tracks was assaulted by the rest of the club's patrons and chained up to the sound system, where the Decepticons hoped the music would eventually shake him apart. After Raoul de-hypnotised the club patrons by getting them slightly wet, the humans freed Tracks, who proceeded to take off after the fleeing Starscream. Crazy like a fox, Tracks seeded the clouds above the mysterious construction site, causing rain to fall down on the hypnotised workers, totally ruining Starscream's plan forever. Knowing that despite his good looks, he was outgunned and outpowered, Tracks used his superior agility to trick Starscream into flying into the half-constructed building and damaging himself when the Decepticon failed to avoid obstructions. With the Decepticons defeated, Tracks and Blaster destroyed the mysterious building. Grateful to the Bop Crew for saving his life, Tracks had Blaster help them out by acting as the boom box for their curbside breakdance sessions, to the latter's horror. {{storylink|Auto-Bop}}

{{storylink|Hoist Goes Hollywood}}

Later, Tracks was one of several Autobots facing off against the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] near the [[Seattle-Tacoma area]] when Megatron was using the [[Key to Vector Sigma]] to transform the land into metal. He was rammed by [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]] into a boulder and flipped over. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2}}

Tracks was one of several Autobots who participated in the [[Europa 2000]], a charity race from Paris to Istanbul which, if the Autobots won, would have netted them a million dollars, which they would give to charity. Tracks was disdainful of the arrogant American driver [[Auggie Cahnay (G1)|Auggie Cahnay]] and his suped-up [[Symultech Industries]] car. During the race, Tracks tried to contact the other Autobots, only to find out they had been disabled by the Stunticons in Megatron's quest to stop the Autobots from interfering with his plans for the [[Pearl of Bahoudin]]. Teamed up with Cahnay and [[Professor Teranova|a scientist who mysteriously disappears]] during the course of the battle, the Autobots defeated [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and destroyed the Pearl. {{storylink|Trans-Europe Express}}

{{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}} {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}} {{storylink|The Revenge of Bruticus}}

Tracks was part of a responsive strike against a series of Stunticon raids on human compounds. He took to the air at one point, prompting [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] to remark that his flying car mode was "droll". In retaliation for this unwarranted remark, Tracks blinded Dead End with his black light gun, which caused the Decepticon to drive into the car-crushing fists of [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]]. {{storylink|Masquerade}}

====''Binaltech''====
When the Decepticons unleashed Cosmic Rust on Earth, Tracks was one of the many Autobots infested with the virus. As [[Earth Defense Command]] created the Binaltech Project in order to help the Autobots, Tracks was one of the first patients to undergo transference into an [[electro-cell]] powered new body. With the help of his fellow Binaltech Autobots (Smokescreen, [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] and [[Bluestreak]]), Tracks and his new powers were used to drive the Decepticons off the planet. He remained part of the soldiers based at Autobot City on Earth.

Tracks apparently now had the power to change and update his paint job at will. Thrilling. Simply thrilling.

====''Headmasters'' cartoon====

Tracks was seen on Earth working with [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. Their mission was to intercept the Decepticon invaders and prevent them from interfering with [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]'s search for the Matrix. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}} Later on, Tracks gets kicked in the face ''really hard'' while defending Cybertron. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
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Tracks was (re?)constructed on Earth by the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] when the Autobots' forces were depleted using the [[Mind Bank]], his mind downloaded into a new body from a memory crystal. He attended [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'s field training exercise on human culture—rock and roll wasn't quite Tracks' taste, but when the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] tried to steal and convert sonic energy from the concert, surface-to-air combat with the enemy seemed quite a bit more enjoyable for him. {{storylink|Rock and Roll-Out!}} On a later mission, he attempted to help [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] prevent [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] from being reawakened by the Decepticons, but the mistrustful human armed forces kept them at bay long enough for [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] to revive his leader. {{storylink|I, Robot-Master!}} ''Shortly thereafter, Tracks joined [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] and [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] in protecting [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] from Soundwave and the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]. He and Smokescreen actually managed to hold their own against [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] for a short period of time. {{storylink|Devastation Derby!}}'' Tracks also was part of the Autobot strike on Decepticon headquarters which allowed Bumblebee to record Devastator's transformation and combination sequence, giving the Autobots a chance to replicate the unique gestalt technology. {{storylink|Command Performances!}}

''The Autobots experienced a major setback when Optimus Prime, [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] dematerialized before their eyes at a meeting, seemingly atomized in seconds. Matters only became more pressing when [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], Decepticon commander of 2006, arrived in the present, kidnapped [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], and co-opted the Constructicons for his own purposes. Goaded into rash action by their friend's distress, the Autobots rushed into battle with the new warriors. Tracks stood shoulder to shoulder with [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], Ironhide, and Smokescreen against Galvatron, but the future Decepticon just laughed and voluntarily allowed them to unload their firepower on him. Staser bolts, high-density lasers, thermal charges, fracture rockets... all hit Galvatron dead center, and all did absolutely nothing. To add injury to insult, he then beat the helpless Tracks and his comrades into a pulp for good measure.''

''Beyond desperate, the Autobots actually stooped to reviving Megatron from where Galvatron had left him to rust earlier, and working with him to concoct a strategy against their common foe. Their gambit was somewhat successful, as Tracks and the Autobots managed to capture Galvatron's lieutenant, [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], with Megatron's aid. When Tracks and the others went for a prisoner exchange to get Jazz back, however, they found that Galvatron had lobotomized their friend and turned him into a rampaging zombie. Jazz disabled Tracks and the others for a time, and they only woke up into time to wander into the climax, when [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and the future ''Autobots'' destroyed Galvatron's new space cannon in a massive explosion, convincing him to return the future empty-handed. Needless to say, the Autobots were glad when Optimus Prime and the others miraculously returned after Galvatron and his men returned the future, reversing the mass-substitution effect. {{storylink|Target: 2006}}''

Tracks and the Autobots became much less involved in Earth affairs when [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] assumed control of the army after Prime's death and took the Ark back out into space. Tracks was trapped on the moon for some time with the combined crews of the Ark and Steelhaven after a Decepticon attack damaged their transport. {{storylink|Totaled!}} He was later deactivated while battling the combined Decepticon armies in the Arctic, when he received an unexpected acid bath from [[Blot (G1)|Blot]]. {{storylink|Dark Star (issue)|Dark Star}}

=====Earthforce=====
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''In his [[Body Shop]] at Autobot Earthbase, Wheeljack was attempting to revive Tracks, but Grimlock kept sabotaging his efforts, hoping to move efforts towards Autobots he thought were more deserving. Not only did he fail to stop the reconstruction, Optimus Prime ended up assigning Tracks to Earthforce, to Grimlock's eternal regret. {{storylink|Makin' Tracks!}} Later on, he joined the other Autobots in hunting [[Motormaster]], who had kidnapped their human ally, [[Irwin Spoon]]. The other [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] tried to stop them, and did manage to derail several others, but Tracks and Bumblebee got Motormaster to separate from his trailer (apparently he can do that..?) and then led [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] and [[Drag Strip]] into knocking their own leader off the road. {{storylink|End of the Road! (UK)|End of the Road!}}''

====Generation 2====
Tracks was operating out of Autobase on Earth after the Autobots began confronting the threat of the Cybertronian Empire. When Megatron agreed to join forces with Prime, Tracks began working closely with the Decepticon Rotor Force members [[Leadfoot]] and [[Manta Ray (G2)|Manta Ray]]. It's possible his friendship and influence had something to do with their interest in switching sides. {{storylink|Total War!}}

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
Tracks was an active member of the Autobot forces as far back as the days of [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]]. {{storylink|The War Within}} He served with the Autobots for several million years until the time of the [[Great Shutdown]], working with Prowl and his faction during the Dark Ages. {{storylink|War Within: The Dark Ages|The War Within: The Dark Ages}}

Afterwards, Tracks seemed to lapse into semi-retirement while other Autobots worked towards establishing a new unified Cybertronian government with the Decepticons. He was seen among the general populace observing the Anti-Prime propaganda [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] was pumping out through the cortex. {{storylink|Cold War}} He eventually recognized the rotten core of their alliance with Shockwave, though, and formed a resistance cell with [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]], [[Devcon (G1)|Devcon]] and the [[Triple Changer|Triple Changers]]. They and their [[Minibot]] allies joined the major offensive alongside Optimus Prime, [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and the other cells, which ultimately overthrew Shockwave's control. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}}

===Devil's Due ''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers'' comics===
Tracks was among the ranks of a team of Autobots led by [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], waiting for [[Serpent O.R.]]'s hostages to escape so that they could assault the Decepticon base. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4}} When the opportunity arose, they headed into the fray alongside human reinforcements from [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]], eventually defeating the Decepticon army. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5}}

===Timelines===
Tracks (in his [[Alternators|Alternator's body]]) is one of countless "offworlders" residing in [[Axiom Nexus]]. {{storylink|Gone Too Far}}

===IDW ''Hearts of Steel'' continuity===
Tracks was among the Autobots who battled the Decepticons on Earth millions of years ago, until an ice age forced them to hide underground, powered down. He was reactivated in the mid-19th century when the Autobots learned that the Decepticons had woken up. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 2}}

===IDW comics continuity===
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In the early days of the war, Tracks was among the new Autobot soldiers lined up to be inspected by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 13|Old Ways}}

At some point before Cybertron became uninhabitable, a team of Autobots was attacked and Tracks was the only survivor. He was rescued by [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], who was being tracked by the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]]. The Predacons pinned the two down, but thanks to bravery and trickery by Jazz, three of the 'cons were disabled. When Jazz faced off alone against the remaining two, Tracks overcame his doubts and cowardice and attacked [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]], knocking them both unconscious. Jazz battled [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] alone and was saved by a shuttle crew of [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], [[Bluestreak]] and [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]], who repaired the two Autobots and took them back to base. Tracks didn't know Jazz's identity until later, but he knew what it meant to be an Autobot. {{storylink|Spotlight: Jazz}}

In the modern day, both Tracks and Jazz ended up as part of Optimus Prime's forces on [[Earth]], only to be defeated in battle with [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] and unceremoniously dropped on the ruins of Cybertron. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 7}} There, they had to fend against the [[Insecticon swarm]] while [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] tried to repair Optimus Prime. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 1}} At one point during their stay on the planet, Tracks boosted his comrades' spirits by telling them the story about how Jazz had heroically saved him. {{storylink|Spotlight: Jazz}} Unfortunately, the positive emotions didn't seem to last, and everyone was back to brooding before long. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 4}} When the crew of the ''[[Trion]]'' crashlanded on Cybertron, Tracks listened to [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]'s tale about how it happened. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 5}} He wanted to know when [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] got scary. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 6}}

Tracks later defended the Autobot base against a massive swarm attack. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 9}} The battle didn't go in their favor, but thankfully they were saved by [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 10}} Omega ferried Tracks and the rest back to Earth, where they battled the Decepticons in [[New York City]]. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 11}}

{{spoiler|A Rude Awakening|February 13}}
Two years later, Tracks defected alongside [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] and [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]], as they were afraid that [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] might arrest the Autobots on Earth due to various recent events. The four left to join [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]'s team instead, only to come under attack from [[Skywatch]]. Upon seeing [[Campologno]] take out Beachcomber, Tracks raised his gun at the human in panic and anger, but Hoist stopped him from firing. He tried to run for it, but didn't make it far before being stuck in vehicle mode and captured. {{storylink|A Rude Awakening}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1Tracks toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Some looks just don't go out of fashion, my dear.]]
*'''Tracks''' (Autobot Car, 1985, 1991, 2002/2003)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''44''', '''TFC-4'''
**''Accessories:'' "Black Beam Gun", 2 missile launchers, missile launcher mount, 4 missiles

: The original Tracks toy transforms into a blue [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes|Corvette Stingray]] with a large flame decal on his hood. Tracks's vehicle mode can achieve a [[Transportation mode|flight mode]] via two flip-out wings and attachable rocket launchers. In robot mode, Tracks is armed with a long rifle that covers most of his lower arm, and the two white rocket launchers are now mounted above his head. The rifle can also attach to his back for storage or for additional weaponry in flight mode.

[[Image:RoadRage-toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Flaming hot.]]

: The European version of Tracks by [[Milton Bradley]] was initially available in red, based on the original ''[[Diaclone]]'' color scheme. This toy is featured on the box art on the back of 1985 toys. Due to poor sales, Hasbro decided to re-release Tracks in Europe{{fact}}, this time in his blue color scheme. Because of this, the red Milton Bradley version ended up being rather rare.<ref>[http://www.tf-1.com/articles/eurous_frame.php?art=mb "Milton Bradley and the Transformers Red Tracks" at TF-1.com]</ref>

: He was rereleased in Europe in 1990 as part of the [[Classics (Europe)|Classics]] line.

: Tracks was reissued by [[Takara]] in 2002 as part of their "book-box" [[Transformers Collection]] series. The following year, [[Hasbro]] re-released him as part of the Toys "R" Us [[exclusive]] [[Commemorative Series]] V.

: This mold was used to make [[Road Rage]], an [[e-Hobby]] [[exclusive]] based on the red European version.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Autobot/Tracks/tracks.htm More information on Tracks at TFU.info]''

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[[Image:AMTracks toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|As if I would be seen wearing that.]]
*'''Tracks with Basher''' (Action Master, 1991)
**''Accessories:'' Gun, "Basher" partner/backpack

: This version of Tracks was a European exclusive, sculpted to resemble his cartoon appearances more closely. As with all [[Action Master]]s, he cannot transform, but is highly articulated by the standards of the time. He came with small tank [[Action Master partner|partner]] named [[Basher]], who forms a battle helmet/backpack for Tracks (or any other Action Master), colored in bright green and baby blue. Tracks is compatible with all Action Master vehicles and accessories.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1991/Autobot/Tracks/tracks.htm More information on Action Master Tracks at TFU.info]''

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[[Image:BlackTracksToy.jpg|thumb|200px]]
*'''Black Tracks''' (2002)
**''Accessories:'' "Black Beam Gun", 2 missile launchers, missile launcher mount, 4 missiles

:A [[redeco]] of the original Tracks, Black Tracks was offered as part of a contest connected to the release of the ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Comics]]'' manga compilation. 300 Black Tracks figures were awarded through this contest.

:The figure was apparently inspired by a rare black redeco of the ''Diaclone'' Corvette Stingray mold that was only available in Finland (!).

::*''[http://www.tf-1.com/articles/pretf/blacktracks_template.html More info on TF Black Tracks and the Finnish Diaclone Black Corvette Stingray at TF-1.com]''

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===Alternators===
[[Image:BTTracks toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"I'm Tracks, and that uncouth fellow over there is my cousin, Urinal Tracks."]]
*'''Autobot Tracks''' (2004, 2006)
**''Alternator ID number:'' '''5'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''BT-06'''
**''Accessories:'' Engine/blaster

: Tracks was first released in Japan under [[Takara]]'s ''[[Binaltech]]'' line, with a yellow paint job, but was later released in blue to match [[Hasbro]]'s ''[[Alternators]]'' release. Tracks transforms into a [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes|Corvette Z06]] featuring open doors and hood and a realistic interior. Amusingly enough, his rocket launchers are stored next to the passenger and driver seats.

: In robot mode, Tracks greatly resembles his Generation 1 self, though with one major difference: The roof of his actual car no longer forms the front of his chest. Instead, he has a pseudo-car-roof chest piece that folds down. His large shoulder pads, formed from the rear halves of the car, give the impression of the wings his original toy had. He is armed with his double-barreled engine gun, two pairs of double-barreled, slide-out wrist blasters, and two shoulder-mounted rocket launchers, making him the most heavily armed ''Alternators'' toy.

: The main difference between the Japanese and US releases is that the Japanese ''Binaltech'' versions are constructed of die-cast metal for the majority of the car body panels, which are also fully painted. The blue version of ''Binaltech'' Tracks also came with a large reproduction of his original hood flame sticker. This sticker was eventually released with Hasbro's own ''Alternators'' [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]], a [[retool]] of Tracks.

: This mold was more significantly retooled to make ''Alternators'' [[Ravage (G1)|Battle Ravage]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Autobot/AltTracks/tracks.htm More information on Alternators Tracks at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Cybertron/Tracks/tracks.htm More information on yellow Binaltech Tracks at TFU.info]''

===Merchandise===
*'''Tracks''' ([[Decoy]], 1987)
**''Decoy number'':
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==Trivia==
*It is frequently joked amongst Transformers fans that Tracks is a homosexual, although the character has not actually demonstrated any romantic interest in other male characters. All his romantic interest was focused squarely on himself. An ''Auto-sexual'', if you will.

* Voice actor [[Michael McConnohie]] claims Tracks is not gay. He chose the voice of Thurston J. Howell III from ''Gilligan's Island'', played by [[wikipedia:Jim Backus|Jim Backus]], as the basis for Tracks' snooty voice and mannerisms. McConnohie refers to Tracks's [[Accents|manner of dialect as a "Harvard Lockjaw"]].

*Tracks appeared in one of five original Generation 1 [[public service announcement]]s, warning kids not to steal cars, even if it's just for joy-riding. He seems to have a ''thing'' for carjackers, that Tracks.

* In parts of Europe, Tracks was released in the Diaclone toy's red deco through Milton Bradley in 1985. Due to being a royal shelfwarmer, the toy was re-released in its proper Transformers colors through Hasbro a year later. It is possible Hasbro has originally planned for Tracks to be released in Diaclone colors, as Tracks is red complete with the Diaclone hood stickers ("CS" instead of the Autobot sigil) on the 1985 back-of-the-box mural.<ref>[http://www.botchthecrab.com/galleryImage.asp?gallery=7&image=34 Back of the Box Art: 1985 - USA]</ref> Interestingly, the 1985 box-mural from Japan shows not only the red Tracks in the center, but another Tracks, this one in his Hasbro blue deco, in the upper right area.<ref>[http://www.botchthecrab.com/galleryImage.asp?gallery=7&image=35 Back of the Box Art: 1985 - Japan]</ref> Perhaps this indicates that there were plans to create more than one ''Transformers'' character from the Stingray mold, as had been done with many of the other Diaclone molds, that were unrealized.

* In later years, toys sporting the name "Tracks" require an additional "Autobot" prefix for [[trademark]] reasons, hence making the official name "'''Autobot Tracks'''".

* Chevrolet initially denied Hasbro and Takara the license for the Z06 Corvette that was going to be released as part of the [[Alternators]] line. Thus, Hasbro and Takara came up with an auxiliary plan for Tracks, this time as another "well-known American sports car", a Dodge Viper. Eventually, though, Chevrolet had a change of mind and granted Hasbro and Takara the license for the Corvette design after all. As a result, the Viper mold was slightly redesigned, was given a new head sculpt, and ultimately ended up as [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] instead (called "Side Swipe" for trademark reasons). Control drawings for the Viper as Tracks, sporting a Tracks head sculpt and a different transformation for the doors, allowing them to more closely resemble Tracks's G1 wings, are depicted in the Japanese ''Transformers: Binaltech & TF Collection Complete Guide'' book.

* Hasbro initially intended to release their ''Alternators'' toy in yellow, with a blue [[running change]] [[variant]] coming later down the line. However, problems with the darker interior parts being visible though the yellow plastic encountered at the [[Prototype|test shot]] stage prompted Hasbro to cancel the yellow version and instead release the toy in blue right away. Thus, the only yellow version of the mold is Takara's ''Binaltech'' release. Supposedly, yellow Hasbro Tracks never made it beyond the paint sample stage (a few pieces were leaked to the public), although there have been rumors that the yellow version was actually shipped out to stores and later recalled. Conveniently, anyone who claimed to have seen the packaged toy in person was unable to take a photo as evidence. Thus, this rumor is considered to have similar credibility to the infamous "blue G1 [[Bluestreak]] in Hasbro packaging" myth or, to be more precise, "lies."

* He's not gay. '''Seriously.''' We can't stress this enough.

* Not that there's anything wrong with that.

* But really. He's not gay.

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

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[[Category:Generation 1 characters]]
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Donald Duck

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:''Donald Duck is a talking animal from the [[Disney Label]] continuity.''
[[Image:Donald duck transformer.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Who the hell thought that giving a violent anthropomorphic duck a giant robot body was a ''GOOD'' idea?!?]]

'''Donald Duck''' is an upright [[Earth]] waterfowl who often wears an antiquated sailor suit but never any pants. Like his associate [[Mickey Mouse]], he possesses the power of speech, but his ability to articulate his thoughts verbally is decidedly more lacking than the rodent's. Quick-tempered and often violent, he has apparently been gifted with a transforming robotic vehicle to vent his unquenchable rage at an uncaring world. One again wonders who is presenting such technological marvels to talking animals.

==Toys==
===Disney Label===

*'''Donald Duck''' (2009)
**''Accessories:'' surfboard.
:Though ostensibly an homage to [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], Donald Duck transforms into a Volkswagen Beetle that also bears a rather uncanny resemblance to [[wikipedia:Herbie the Love Bug|Herbie the Love Bug]]. In robot mode, Donald features a snorkel mask which may be lowered over his eyes. As well, the toy features a surfboard accessory which may be mounted on top of the vehicle mode or ridden on by the robot mode.
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*'''Donald Duck Monochrome''' (2010)

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==External links==
* [[wikipedia:Donald Duck|Donald Duck at Wikipedia]]

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[[Category: Earthlings]]
[[Category: External properties]]

Transformers Disney Label

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'''''Disney Label''''' is a 2009 toyline in which [[TakaraTomy]] design Transformers toys based upon [[wikipedia:Disney|Disney]] characters.

==Figures==
<center><gallery>
Image:MickeyMouse-ColorToy.jpg|[[Mickey Mouse|Mickey Mouse Trailer]]
Image:Soon-silhouette.jpg|Mickey Mouse Trailer Monochrome
Image:Soon-silhouette.jpg|Mickey Mouse Trailer Halloween Edition
Image:Donald_duck_transformer.jpg|[[Donald Duck]]
Image:Soon-silhouette.jpg|Donal Duck Monochrome
Image:Soon-silhouette.jpg|Buzz Lightyear
</gallery></center>

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[[Category:Franchises]]
[[Category:Japanese toylines]]

Blaster (G1)

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147.140.233.17: /* Device Label */ It's back. Sites like BBTS has preorders going again.

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{{disambig2|the heroic Autobot|the evil mirror-universe Autobot|Blaster (SG)}}
:''Blaster is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]]. In Japan he is later rebuilt as '''Twincast'''.''
[[Image:Blaster g1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"What it is, big mama? My mama ain't raise no dummies, I dug her rap!"]]
'''Blaster''' loves all [[Earth]] music, especially good, hard, LOUD rock 'n' roll. A powerful fighter who tends to make his presence known, you can find him at the forefront of any situation in which he's involved.

{{note|Blaster's personality varied significantly between the comic and cartoon; see entries below for details.}}

:''Preliminary name:'' '''Blastbox'''<ref>[[Production bible]] of [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the original cartoon]]</ref>
:''Japanese names:'' '''Broadcast''', later '''Twincast'''
:''Japanese names (Binaltech Asterisk):'' '''Broadblast'''
:''French-Canadian name:'' '''Tempo'''
:''Hungarian name:'' '''Össztűz''' ("All-fire" or "Class firing")
:''Italian name (original cartoon):'' '''Radiorobot'''
:''Italian names (The Headmasters):'' '''Audiobot''' / '''Digital'''
:''Malay-English dub names:'' '''Billy''' / '''Blaster'''
:''Portuguese name (Brazil comic):'' '''Dinamitador'''
:''Portuguese name (Portugal comic):'' '''Rajada''' ("Gust")
:''Latin-American name (The Headmasters):'' '''Bill'''

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====Generation 1 cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Buster Jones]] (English), [[Keiichi Nanba]] (Japanese)

[[Image:G1 DinobotIsland Blaster.jpg|left|150px|thumb|"May I have this dance?"]]
Blaster was a fun-loving, hip and happening robot. Loud and energetic, he was happy to share his choice of rockin' tunes with anyone, whether they really wanted to hear them or not.

Blaster appeared out of nowhere one day during [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]'s demonstration of the modifications he'd made to the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] to improve their sense of balance and coordination, and to that end, Blaster was requested to play something "nice". For some reason, Blaster had trouble tuning into a station until Grimlock (obviously tired of this padding) blasted fire at Blaster's controls, allowing the Autobot boom box to tune into the local rock 'n' roll/big band music fusion station. [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] showed their appreciation for the fine selection of elevator music by jerkily dancing around and claiming their audio sensors were being fried. Blaster continued to enthrall Grimlock until [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] and [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] bumped into their leader and totally freaked him out. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 1}}

[[Image:DesertionDinos1 BlastergrabsRavage.jpg|right|170px|thumb|One must wonder how he failed to notice Soundwave, but really, it's more Ironhide's fault.]]
At a not-so-secret EJK testing facility for the new Ultraplane, Blaster was sitting in the back of Ironhide's vehicle mode and didn't seem to notice the fact that [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] was sitting right next to him—at least until the Decepticon tape deck launched [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], whom Blaster quickly transformed to grab. The cat turned to attack the Autobot while his master escaped to report to [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. Blaster continued to tussle until Ironhide transformed into robot mode and threw them both out of his caboose. After being initially distracted by the Ultraplane's destruction, the Autobots returned to EJK's lab to confront the Decepticons. Blaster greatly appreciated [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]]'s taste in fusion rock/big band music to confound the hapless villains. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1}}

[[Image:BlasterBlues kickedinface.jpg|left|170px|thumb|De-FEETed!]]
Blaster's taste in music often got him into trouble. He attended a concert by a popular '80s rock/big band fusion hair metal band with [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] and [[Carly]]. Concerned that the other Autobots weren't enjoying the concert with them, Blaster flooded the Autobot communications channels with the music, though only [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] and Jazz seemed to appreciate it. Unfortunately, his taste in music also disrupted an emergency communique from the Helix Observatory, until the other Autobots told him to shut up. After the [[Voltronic Galaxer]] was stolen, Blaster was teamed up with Cosmos to search for signs of the Decepticons, but both were rather quickly captured. Blaster was welded into place to be used as a trans-scrambler for Megatron's scheme to use the voltronic galaxer to disrupt communications on Earth and then demand all the energy on the planet in exchange for normality. While Megatron ranted about his demands, Blaster secretly played his music, which served both to rally the Autobots and inform them of Megatron's location — until Megatron kicked him in the face. After foiling the Decepticon plans, Blaster was assigned to the abandoned moon base with Cosmos, but quickly got into trouble with Prime again for his music. {{storylink|Blaster Blues}}

Later, Blaster and [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] helped the [[New York City|New York]] police crack a car theft ring by posing as an attractive target for punks to steal. After Blaster teamed up with car thief [[Raoul]], they learned that Megatron was behind the criminal operation, stealing cars to rebuild them into transforming drones. Blaster defended the Washington Bridge from the Decepticon drones alongside the other Autobots, but they were nearly overwhelmed by sheer numbers. After [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] realized the cars were remote-controlled, Blaster jammed the frequency, allowing the Autobots to attack and defeat the Decepticons. {{storylink|Make Tracks}}

Blaster proved useful again, even pivotal, in allowing the Autobots to save Cosmos and some [[robotic insecticide]] from the [[Morphobot]]s. It turns out even plants hate Blaster's music. {{storylink|Quest for Survival}} Soon afterward, the Autobots were attacked by the malevolent [[Kremzeek]], an energy life form created by Megatron. Blaster and a small number of other Autobots were the only ones to stay functional long enough to be sprayed with an insulating foam that protected them from the creature's attacks. The Autobot team chased it to [[Japan]], where it wreaked havoc with the massive electronics industry there. The creature spawned copies of itself, one of which managed to slip inside Blaster, and after the other Kremzeeks were seemingly destroyed, it jumped out of his chest and the pursuit began again. {{storylink|Kremzeek!}}

[[Image:Auto-Bop Blaster Soundwave.jpg|right|200px|thumb|So. AWESOME.]]
Blaster was watching "[[As the Kitchen Sinks]]" with his Auto-buddies when Prime informed them that Tracks and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] were late returning from their supply run. Suspecting foul play, the Autobots took off to search for their missing comrades. While on the search, Blaster was forcibly transformed by a Creamy Cream billboard ''(They can do that?)'', then carted away by the big game hunter [[Lord Chumley]] and his butler [[Dinsmoore]] as bait to lure Optimus Prime into a hunt. Chumley apparently couldn't think of a suitably dastardly device in which to store Blaster, though, as he was totally absent from Chumley's prisoner showcase later on. {{storylink|Prime Target}}

{{bigquote|I've been waiting a long time for this, you poor excuse for a sound system!|Blaster confronting [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]|"[[Auto-Bop]]"}}

Tracks and Blaster were reunited with Raoul when they saved their human friend and his [[Bop Crew]] from a bunch of hoodlums in the employ of the [[Dancitron]] nightclub. When a punk tried to ensnare him in a chain, Blaster simply remarked that the humans were seriously out of their league, then broke the chain by moving his arm slightly. The Autobots forced their way into the nightclub, where Blaster appreciated the atmosphere and the impressive sound system. He then went off to dance with some oddly well-dressed ladies who sounded like Penny Marshall. Soon after leaving the club, Tracks and Blaster had to save Raoul again when a Decepticon-controlled train driver sent the train Raoul was in hurtling out of control. Conferring with [[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletraan I]], Blaster discovered that Dancitron controlled its patrons by using hypnotic signals, and he suggested countering them with his own sonic powers. Entering the club, Blaster finally faced his Decepticon counterpart Soundwave in battle. At first, the combatants appeared to be evenly matched, but Soundwave drove Blaster back with his sonic assaults. Improvising, Blaster jury-rigged Dancitron's own sound system into his speakers. He turned the combined sonic force against Soundwave, forcing him into retreat and wrecking the nightclub in the process. {{storylink|Auto-Bop}}

When Megatron journeyed to Cybertron to bring life to his new [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]], Optimus Prime took Blaster and a small group aboard Omega Supreme to stop him. Megatron sent a cadre of [[Centurion droid|Centurion droids]] after the Autobots, delaying them long enough for him to access [[Vector Sigma]] and bring his Stunticons to life. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1}} As a counter-measure, Blaster and the other Autobots worked to retrofit five Cybertronian shuttles as Earth vehicles, and then used Vector Sigma in turn to bring life to these [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]]. Once they returned to Earth, the Autobots and Aerialbots confronted the newly-minted Stunticons. Impressively, Blaster used his sound system to generate a miniature earthquake using sonic vibrations, but [[Wildrider]] just sailed over the cracks and smashed into Blaster's face. On a second encounter with the Stunticons, Blaster converted into tapedeck mode and used his sonics to try blasting down a tree to make [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]] crash. Instead, Breakdown used it as a ramp and Wildrider casually drove by and ran Blaster over. Ouch. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2}}

Blaster and Cosmos were sent on an inter-galactic shopping trip to pick up more [[Ingredient X]] for Perceptor's protective chemical spray, [[Corrostop]]. Unfortunately there was no more Ingredient X. Anywhere. In the entire universe. Bummer. {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}} When the Stunticons returned performing a series of heists for Megatron, Blaster joined Prime and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] in hunting down [[Motormaster]]. He didn't do much, but he did get to witness the most awesome game of chicken ever, when Prime totalled Motormaster and proved himself the real "King of the Road". {{storylink|Masquerade}}

[[Image:TFtM BlasterRoundhouseKick.jpg|left|172px|thumb|Everybody was kung-fu fighting, those cats were fast as lightning...]]
In the year 2005, Blaster was assigned to the communications hub at [[Autobot City]] on Earth. When the fortress was [[Battle of Autobot City|attacked]] by the Decepticons, Blaster attempted to send out a distress signal to Optimus Prime's forces on Moon Base 1. His efforts were disrupted by Soundwave, who had sent out his cassette forces to destroy the hub's transmitter. Blaster countered with his own cassette army, and the itty-bitty guys 'rassled. After the Decepticons retreated, Blaster was helping to rebuild the city when he received a faint signal from Jazz and [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] on Moon Base 1, which was being munched by a [[Unicron|ginormous, weird-looking planet]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

In early 2006, Blaster was stationed mostly on Earth. After the attack on the [[Galactic Olympics]] which saw [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and Spike kidnapped, Blaster and [[Outback]] were sent to the North African nation of [[Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbombya|Carbombya]] on the suspicion that the militant leader [[Abdul Fakkadi]] was harbouring Decepticon fugitives. Despite Fakkadi's assurances that there were no Decepticons on his soil, Outback managed to psyche out [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] and [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], whose escape was also quickly put down by the Australian-accented Autobot. Blaster then threatened the two [[Conehead|coneheads]] to spill the beans, for Outback was trigger-happy. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}} After returning to Autobot City, Blaster kept tabs on the delivery of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s [[Transformation cog|transforming cog]], which had been damaged during the battle of Autobot City the year before. Unfortunately, [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]]'s delivery shuttle was destroyed by [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], forcing Blaster to call upon Commander [[Marissa Faireborn]] of the [[Earth Defense Command]] for help. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2}}

However, Faireborn and the Autobot delivery team were stranded when [[Lipole|lipoles]] native to [[Io]] destroyed the EDC ship, so the long-suffering Blaster sent rescue in the form of the magnificent [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]], whom Blaster remarked was difficult to describe. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}} After Sky Lynx effortlessly saved their friends and delivered the cog to Earth, [[Pipes]] installed the cog, and Blaster activated Metroplex's transformation sequence. Once the Autobot city defeated the Decepticon giant [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], Blaster declared that Metroplex was his kind of town. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

Blaster was briefly seen aboard the Autobot flagship when Optimus Prime returned from the dead to rally the troops against the [[Quintesson|Quintessons]]. He fled the ship with the rest of the crew before Prime's suicidal assault on the Quintessons' central planet. {{storylink|Dark Awakening}}

After Perceptor uncovered a source of chronal energy emanating from an asteroid belt, Blaster accompanied him on a survey mission, along with his cassettes [[Rewind]] and [[Ramhorn]]. Their simple survey soon turned into a battle, though, when a school of [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]] assaulted the Autobots as they approached the belt. Blaster radioed for reinforcements during the battle but, alongside Blurr and [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]], they soon made short work of their opponents. At the asteroid belt, they found a Quintesson scientist working with an actual [[Time Window]], allowing passage backwards through time. Several Quintesson ships interrupted their observations, and Blaster and the other Autobots were accidentally chased through the time window itself, finding themselves 11 million years in Cybertron's past. The Quintesson warships were gone, but they just traded one threat for another and soon came under assault by [[Guardian robot|Guardian Robots]]. Blaster and his comrades were saved by the intervention of [[Beta (G1)|Beta]], [[second-in-command]] of the slave rebellion against the Quints. With the rebels' leader [[Alpha Trion (G1)|A3]] missing, Blaster and the Autobots stepped into his place to lead the rebellion against the Guardians and their Quintesson masters. The Autobots did their best, but the sheer number of Guardian Robots was on the verge of overwhelming them when A3 returned through the time window. He turned his [[Coda Remote]] device against the Guardians and preserved the natural flow of history, as Blaster and the future Autobots took the window back to the present. {{storylink|Forever Is a Long Time Coming}}

When Daniel Witwicky and Wheelie were taken hostage by the Decepticons, Blaster fielded the ransom call for Spike and Ultra Magnus. His skill as a communication officer seemed to fail him, as he lost [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]'s signal at a critical point in the monologing. Maybe he was just tired of listening to The Villain Speech, trademarked. {{storylink|Surprise Party}} Daniel was saved, but it wasn't long before he got into more trouble, disappearing with Grimlock during a reception on Cybertron. Ultra Magnus summoned Blaster for assistance, and Blaster in turn ejected [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]] so that his tracking abilities could locate the missing boy. Their search led to a hidden chamber beneath Cybertron's surface, abandoned since the time of the Quintessons. Blaster summoned Rewind next to help translate and interpret the ancient Quintessonese on the walls, and the rescue party learned the chamber was a method of banishing criminals to other dimensions. After Rewind worked out that Daniel had travelled to [[Menonia]], Blaster and the others reactivated the portal to chase after them. They got involved in a local skirmish against [[Mara-Al-Utha]], the banished Quintesson who had usurped power from the benevolent [[Golden One]]. In order to defeat the Quintesson, Blaster lent his sound system to the Golden One, amplifying his voice as he invoked the proper counter-spells. It had a nice beat, and you could smash Quintessons with it: even Grimlock had to approve. {{storylink|Madman's Paradise}}

[[Image:Blaster C Minor.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Who runs Bartertown?]]
While helping Ultra Magnus and the other Autobots fight the Decepticons on a renegade comet, Blaster was blasted out of space by a musical harmony. It was generated from the planet [[Eurythma]] below as a sonic weapon to destroy the comet before it struck their world. Galvatron naturally wanted such a powerful weapon for himself, and fled the battle with Soundwave to steal the secret of the harmony. Ultra Magnus recruited Blaster and [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] to make their own effort to secure the harmony, or at least keep it out of Galvatron's hands. Blaster was enamored with Eurythma, and could somehow interpret that the nearby city and the entire civilization were based on musical harmonies. Luckily, he also somehow knew exactly where the "band leader" was, and directed Broadside to take them to [[Basso Profundo]]'s palace. Blaster was the only one who could understand the overly synthesized and harmonic speaking voices of the Eurythmians. Maybe Ultra Magnus was tone deaf. The hunt for the harmony turned into a bizarre scavenger hunt, as Blaster and Soundwave attempted to recover the three thirds of the harmony produced by Basso Profundo, [[Zebop Skandana]] and [[Allegra]]. The Decepticons assembled the harmony first, and Soundwave turned its united power against the Autobots. Blaster managed to stop Soundwave by punching him in the crotch. No seriously — that's where his "Erase" button is. Really. {{storylink|Carnage in C-Minor}}

Running the day-to-day operations of Metroplex and Autobot City on Earth, Blaster was subjected to a security inspection by Kup. He passed with flying colors and nearly succeeded in convincing Kup how seriously they took the job... until he happened to lean against a control panel and set off some 20 year old tunes on the sound speakers. Things turned serious immediately thereafter, though, as Metroplex was invaded by [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and the ghost of Starscream. It only got worse when they stole Metroplex's eyes and set off a bomb in his brain. The report Kup filed for the inspection must have interesting reading material. Poor Blaster. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine}}

Blaster joined Kup, Ultra Magnus and Rodimus Prime aboard Omega Supreme to check out some strange reports from the [[Junkion (planet)|planet of Junk]]. These "strange reports" turned out to be a full-fledged war between half the galaxy raging over the [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]]' heads. On the surface, Blaster's receivers located a hypnotic signal being broadcast somehow from the Junkions' TV antenna. Using Omega Supreme to get the proper altitude, Blaster began broadcasting his own counter-frequency to break the spell. {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (episode)|The Big Broadcast of 2006}}

Blaster was returning from a space mission aboard Sky Lynx with Outback, Steeljaw and Ramhorn when Perceptor radioed in that a peculiar Quintession transmission was being picked up in their area. On an uninhabited planet, they found a Quintesson journal which detailed centuries of manipulating the planets [[Xetaxxis]] and [[Lanarq]] into ever-escalating warfare. Despite Quintesson and Decepticon interference, Blaster and his comrades managed to bring the journal to the attention of the warring aliens, ending their conflicts... at least for the moment. {{storylink|The Quintesson Journal}}

Blaster was manning Autobot City when [[Victor Drath]]'s men drove the empty shells of Ultra Magnus, Arcee, Springer and Rodimus Prime towards the city for a Trojan horse ploy. When the REAL Magnus and Springer hijacked the latter's helicopter mode and started taking potshots at the city, however, Blaster quickly caught on and transformed the city into battle station mode, cutting off their entry. It's not Springer, it's a ringer! How's that for a zinger? {{storylink|Only Human}}

When Sky Lynx and Cosmos crashed on [[Power Platform Alpha]], Blaster raced out to help with his fellow Autobots. Upon trying to radio for assistance, however, Blaster found himself unable to properly transmit any signals. The Autobots eventually uncovered [[anti-electron]] sabotage in the new power generator, and cleaned out the disruptive influence. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}} Later, Blaster began self-ejecting when the [[Oracle (G1)|Oracle]]'s transmission convinced Ramhorn and Steeljaw to force their way out of Blaster's chest to answer the call of the [[Primitive|Primitives]]. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}

Although he wasn't on the initial casualty list, Blaster was revived alongside the Autobots who fell before the crazed [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], during the outbreak of the [[Hate Plague]]. Apparently, the Quintesson repaired him instead of Wheelie. Wise choice. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2}}

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====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers comics=====
Blaster was vacationing on a utopian island when he was captured by the Constructicons. He was eventually freed by [[Kenji]], Superion and several other Autobots. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 6}}

=====''Full Throttle Scramble Power!''=====

Blaster came to the rescue of [[Toru]] and [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], after they were captured while searching for the Decepticon [[Omega Whip]] device. Blaster's electro-scrambler gun blew several large holes in Ravage. He then fought against Soundwave until the entire Autobot army arrived with Metroplex to drive off the Decepticons. {{storylink|Full Throttle Scramble Power!}}

=====Scramble City (animation)=====
Blaster was finally gifted with some Cassette forces of his own to counter Soundwave's. [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]] and [[Ramhorn]] took on [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] but couldn't protect the secrets of Metroplex. {{storylink|Scramble City}} {{storylink|Scramble City (toy version)}}

=====''Binaltech Asterisk'' online comic=====

[[Image:BroadblastAsteriskManga01.jpg|left|300px|thumb|]]

While covering an auto show where Blaster was operating undercover, [[Lumina Hoshi|TV Announcer Lumina Hoshi]] was unfortunately present when a large section of lighting broke free from the ceiling and came hurtling down upon a crowd of people. Luckily, Blaster was able to transform in time and catch the lights before they could squash everyone. Blaster was then left to nervously explain his presence to the onlookers as Lumina apologized for the technical difficulties to her viewers. {{storylink|Binaltech Asterisk (online comic)|Broadblast Meets Lumina}}

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=====''15 Go! Go!''=====
[[Image:TGGBlaster.jpg|right|180px|thumb|"Don't be cryin'—here's a lion!"]]
As [[Teletraan 15]] lay recuperating from her Galvatron-inflicted injuries, a voice came from a nearby boombox, remarking that the song in her heart sounded lonely.

Transforming into his towering robot mode, Blaster told 15 that a princess like her deserved a more cheerful song. After listening to her problems, he advised her not to worry about what she ought to do and suggested that she concentrate on doing what she loved best. He told her that as individuals, sentient beings are notes, and that together, they become music.

He handed her a small cassette tape and told her that whenever she was depressed, she should listen to music. She thanked him as he left.

Despite Blaster's good intentions, the tape turned out to be full of depressing music. It also turned out to be [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]]. {{storylink|15 Go! Go!}}

=====''Kiss Players Position''=====
Blaster hand-picked [[Rosanna (KP)|Rosanna]] to join his cassette team, feeling that she was the only [[Autobot]] who properly understood his love of music.

He was later appointed by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] as the Producer of the [[Kiss Players (singing group)|Kiss Players]] singing group, of which Rosanna became a founding member. {{storylink|Kiss Players (radio drama)|Kiss Players Position}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
[[Image:Hm blaster1.jpg|left|150px|thumb|OOH YEAH MACHO MACHINE WITH THE ELBOW DROP OFF THE TOP ROPE! SNAP INTO A SLIM JIM! MISS ELIZABETH!!]]

In 2011, Blaster and his Mini-Cassettes were on Earth under Ultra Magnus's command when the Decepticons attacked Cybertron. While making their way to the [[Space Bridge]] to join their comrades, Blaster and Ultra Magnus were attacked by the new Decepticon ninja consultant, [[Sixshot]]. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}}

Later, Blaster joined Hot Rod in his search for the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. As they were outlining their plans, however, Blaster detected [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] spying on their conversation. Chasing the bat uncovered Soundwave and Ravage at the Autobot base as well, and after the battle Blaster vowed to one day rid the universe of his nemesis. As the search for the Matrix continued, Hot Rod and Blaster were again confronted by Soundwave in the Arctic. As the Mini-Cassette warriors dealt with each other, Blaster urged Hot Rod to go on without him: HE would deal with Soundwave. The two communications officers began blasting away at one another furiously. The fight then turned physical as Blaster ripped off one of Soundwave's arms and both combatants caved in each other's chests. Soundwave was killed -- and actually ''exploded'' due to the extent of his injuries -- but Blaster quickly succumbed to his wounds as well. With his last words, he urged Hot Rod to find the Matrix. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}}

[[Image:Twincast emerges.jpg|right|150px|thumb|I'm blue da ba dee da ba die...]]

All the Autobots were content to leave Blaster as a corpse until [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]] and Blaster's cassette forces whined enough to have their pal resurrected. Blaster was then brought back online via [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]]' [[Master (planet)|Master]] technology, as the yellow and blue repaint '''Twincast'''. Coincidentally, the Decepticons reanimated Soundwave as the black-as-coal [[Soundblaster (G1)|Soundblaster]]. The two arch-enemies then renewed their struggle. Soundblaster was the key figure in controlling Galvatron new WMD, the [[Madmachine]]. Twincast and his Mini-Cassettes infiltrated Trypticon and learned that Soundblaster was broadcasting from [[Chaar]]. He single-handedly overpowered the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s to access the Decepticon Space Bridge, and made his way to Decepticon headquarters on Chaar. In the control room, Twincast struck Soundblaster hard enough to shake loose the sonic conductor he had been installed with to control the Madmachine, and blew it to smithereens. With a jaunty wave, Twincast said, "Well, I must be going!" and returned to the Autobots. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}}

Later on, Twincast reported to Rodimus Prime that the Decepticons were gathering on Earth, in preparation for raiding Cybertron via the Space Bridge. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} He also served as the Autobots' karaoke machine at parties. [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] loves karaoke. {{storylink|The Shadow Emperor, Scorponok}}

In order to learn more about the Decepticons' plans, Twincast sent Ramhorn and Steeljaw to Chaar on a reconnaissance mission. They reported back on Scorponok's scheme to harness [[plasma energy]], like that which was released by Cybertron's destruction. {{storylink|The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts}} He also managed to follow Sixshot to Chaar over the Space Bridge (doesn't anyone GUARD that thing anymore?!), and witnessed the activation of Scorponok's MegaZarak [[Transtector]]. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears}}

Presumably because of his role as a communications officer, Twincast was aware of [[Punch (G1)|Punch]]'s undercover duties with the Decepticons as [[Counterpunch (G1)|Counterpunch]]. After the Headmasters clashed with Scorponok near Chaar, he alerted Fortress that Punch had arrived to make his latest report. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}} Later, Twincast learned that the Decepticons planned to raid the energy supplies Ultra Magnus was sending to the destitute planet [[Sandra]]. His warning only arrived a few short moments before the Decepticons did. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}} When Fortress and the Headmasters pursued the Decepticons out into space, Twincast joined them on the expedition. {{storylink|Fight to the Death on Planet Hive!!}}

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{{storylink|Find MegaZarak's Weak Spot!!}}

{{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}}

{{storylink|Mystery of the Space Pirate Ship}}

{{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}}

{{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}}

{{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 2)}}

{{storylink|The Master Sword Is in Danger!!}}

{{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

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=====''Generation 2'' story pages=====
[[Image:BlasterG2.jpg|left|180px|thumb|There's so much I don't understand about this image.]]

After [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] forged the [[Cybertron Alliance]], Twincast returned to his original form as Blaster for reasons unknown, adopting a new [[Action Master]] body in the process. {{storylink|G-2 (story page)|G-2 Part 3}}

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===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
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[[Image:BlasterUS17.jpg|left|200px|thumb|More than likely, he'll kill you. Yeah, you. You know who you are.]]
Blaster was a rather grim, brooding, rebellious loner who hated Decepticons with a passion. And while he was one of the best kickass fighters the [[Autobot|Autobots]] had he had a bit of a problem with authority. Part of [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]'s Autobot resistance cell on Cybertron, he often disagreed with his superior's orders, especially after his friend [[Scrounge (G1)|Scrounge]] went missing and Blaster wanted to hunt for him. Unfortunately, he found him in the Decepticons' [[smelting pool]]. Blaster was too late to save Scrounge's life, but he did retrieve the last bit of data the little spy had uncovered, so Scrounge didn't die in vain.

[[Image:Powerglideblastercybertronic.jpg|right|150px|thumb|And you thought the 1980s cellphones were huge.]]
This information brought new hope to the Autobot resistance, as it revealed that [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and the Autobots on the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' were still alive and well after four million years, fighting on a planet called Earth. {{storylink|The Smelting Pool!}} Shortly after Scrounge was killed, Blaster took part in an assault on [[Darkmount]], where he engaged and seemingly destroyed the Decepticon commander [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]], before using the [[space bridge]] to flee to Earth. {{storylink|The Bridge to Nowhere!}}

Upon arriving on Earth, Blaster was among the Autobots deactivated and disassembled by [[Circuit Breaker]] and [[Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team|RAAT]]. {{storylink|Heavy Traffic!}} He was later released and, ''after a brief skirmish with the crazed future Decepticon known as [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] {{storylink|Fallen Angel (issue)|Fallen Angel}},'' joined the other Earthbound Autobots at the ''Ark'' shortly before Optimus Prime's death. Blaster was one of the Autobots who voted for [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] to be the new Autobot leader, though he soon came to regret this decision. {{storylink|King of the Hill!}}

Blaster developed a reluctant friendship with [[Goldbug (G1)|Goldbug]], whose more naturally upbeat personality provided the Boy Wonder to his Batman. After an encounter with the [[Mechanic]], Blaster and Goldbug went AWOL from Grimlock's command, having grown tired of his aggressive orders and increasing disregard for humans. {{storylink|Mechanical Difficulties!}}

For this disobedience (and their failure to capture the Mechanic), Grimlock branded Blaster and Goldbug traitors and sent the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] to hunt them down. They eventually captured Blaster, but after he saved their lives from the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]], they realized Grimlock's orders were purely vengeful and let him go. {{storylink|Used Autobots}} {{storylink|Child's Play (issue)|Child's Play}}

[[Image:Blasterbeourleaderplease.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"BLASTER, BE OUR LEADER, PLEAAAASE???"]]
Blaster finally returned to the Ark, where his fellow Autobots begged him to take over as leader. However, he was forced to surrender to his former commander when Grimlock threatened the safety of several Earth children. {{storylink|Spacehikers!}}

[[Image:Variablevoltageharnessblaster.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Maybe they should have called it a Constant Sarcasm Harness.]]
Imprisoned by Grimlock, Blaster was strapped to a [[variable voltage harness]] as punishment for his desertion and disobedience. However, when [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] and his Autobots arrived and Grimlock challenged him to a duel, Blaster took Fort Max's place. Their duel was interrupted by a Decepticon attack. When Blaster pointed out that their feud had put all Autobots in danger, Grimlock agreed to call their duel a draw and declared a truce with Blaster as they fended off the Decepticons side by side. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

While Blaster and [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]]'s girlfriend [[Jesse]] failed to rescue the young boy from the Decepticons' [[Club Con|island resort/base]], they proved instrumental in discovering the upcoming arrival of the legendary Transformers database, the [[Underbase]]. {{storylink|Club Con!}} ''Then Blaster, Prime, [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] [[Highbrow (G1)|and]] [[Brainstorm|three]] [[Hardhead (G1)|newcomers]] were temporarily displaced into [[Limbo]] to make room for [[Rodimus Prime (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] [[Kup (G1)|and]] [[Blurr (G1)|his]] [[Arcee (G1)|own]] [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|little]] [[Red Alert (G1)|band.]] {{storylink|Time Wars}}'' Like many other Transformers, Blaster was killed fighting the [[Underbase]]-powered [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], shot dead atop the Brooklyn Bridge in [[New York City|New York]]. {{storylink|Dark Star (issue)|Dark Star}}

[[Image:Marvel77-Blaster.jpg|right|150px|thumb|He used to be badass, now he's just a poor man's Perceptor...]]
Blaster was later among the first Autobots resurrected by Grimlock with [[Nucleon]]. Arriving on Cybertron in the nick of time aboard the ''Ark'', he took part in and survived the battle with [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}} In the aftermath, [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] had Blaster run a check on the strange seismic activity Cybertron was suffering from, with disastrous results. It turned out Cybertron was tearing itself apart without the binding life-force of [[Primus]] to sustain it. {{storylink|Exodus!}} Prowl had the Autobots plan for a peaceful co-departure with the Decepticons.

[[Image:EndOfTheRoad-finalfive.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Spared not because I was super awesome earlier, but probably because I have a new Action Master toy.]]

Fat chance. Bludgeon and his army sabotaged the Autobot shuttles and took off to lay waste to the next world they found. Thanks to Grimlock planning ahead, the Autobots managed to follow, but were caught in a trap as the Decepticons lay waiting for them. Blaster was one of the few Autobots present to survive the initial Decepticon ambush on [[Klo]]. He took a blast in the shoulder from [[Quake (G1)|Quake]], but there was still more than enough fight left in Blaster to join Grimlock and the other survivors in charging the Decepticon position. He was last seen shooting the head off of [[Snapdragon]]. [[Krunk|Uh oh.]] {{storylink|End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!}}

In an alternate version of 2006, Blaster went with a group of Autobots to [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]] to investigate strange happenings there. When they arrived they discovered a chaotic scene where aliens from many worlds, including the Decepticons, had arrived and were all engaged in a deadly battle with one another. Blaster detected a signal he suspected was putting all the combatants under hypnosis. He and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] came up with a plan where [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] would fly Blaster into the air where Blaster would then broadcast soothing music. The plan succeeded in calming the combatants. {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (US)}}

{{note|In the UK version of the story, the events of "The Big Broadcast of 2006" are a fabrication invented by [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]].}}

=====Marvel UK Future Timelines=====
''In the future of 2008, Blaster was present at Autobot City when the Quintesson [[Trident]] ships attacked. He attempted to transform Autobot City himself, but was stopped cold by [[General Ghyrik]]. He was deactivated in the battle that followed and his body strung up on the outer parapets as a warning to any Autobots who came to liberate the city. Although Blaster was inactive, his cassettes were not, and this fact gave Hot Rod and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] an edge when they began battling their way through the Quintesson occupants. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}''

''Blaster was seen briefly in 2009 at the start of the Time Wars, but did not end up joining Rodimus Prime on his mission into the past (see above). {{storylink|Time Wars}} After Galvatron was destroyed back in 1989 and the time line rebooted itself, Blaster was still among the Autobots stationed at Autobot City. He responded to Kup's emergency signal when the Autobots crash landed on Earth after a crazed Rodimus Prime turned against them, and helped drive the evil possessing presence out of their leader. {{storylink|White Fire}}''

====''Another Time and Place''====
Blaster was part of the rescue unit who infiltrated [[Hydrus Four]] to defeat the Decepticons and rescue the Dinobots. He personally helped disarm and defeat [[Fangry]]. {{storylink|Another Time and Place}}

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
[[Image:AgeofWrath2 AutobotResistance.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Steeljaw was in the bathroom.]]
Blaster's first recorded activities took place shortly before the [[Age of Internment]]. When [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] returned from self-imposed exile, he unified the disjointed Autobot factions with the help of warriors like Blaster and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]. Blaster may or may not have been co-leading a fourth Autobot faction during the Dark Ages with [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (in addition to those factions overseen by [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] and Grimlock), but this was never made completely clear. The Autobots were ready to usher in a new Golden Age, negotiating a peace with the Decepticons and [[Ultracon|Ultracons]], when [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] returned to Cybertron after a prolonged absence with his [[Aerospace Extermination Squadron]]. With his new army, Megatron ushered in an Age of Internment, with virtually the entire Autobot army forced to serve as slaves digging under the city-state of [[Praxus]].

Virtually.

A small faction of Autobots remained free, operating under the command of Blaster and Perceptor in the subterranean chambers of [[Iacon]] Command. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath issue 2}} This resistance unit coordinated several different plans in the hopes of one day overthrowing Megatron's rule over Cybertron. One plan involved the capture and analysis of one of the AXS drones, in order to learn more about Megatron's new [[Cloning|clone technology]]. Blaster oversaw this mission from a distance, using his abilities to jam any emergency transmissions while [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] and several other Autobots engaged the drone in battle long enough to attach an inhibitor claw, immobilizing it. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath issue 3}}
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{{note|Dreamwave's subsequent backruptcy ended the story half-way, leaving it up to speculation how the capture of the drone and the eventual return of Optimus Prime worked into the defeat of Megatron and the end of the Age of Internment.}}

[[Image:PassiveAggression Blaster lovesEarth.jpg|left|300px|thumb|]]
Millions of years later, Blaster was one of the first Autobots who joined the resistance movement against [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s so-called "unified" Cybertronian government, sensing things were rotten in the city-state of Iacon. He joined up with several like-minded 'Bots under the supervision of [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] to coordinate a rise against the one-eyed tyrant. Blaster's efforts helped the Autobots uncover a subliminal code being pumped through the public address screens around the planet. It seemed that, for whatever reason, Shockwave was intentionally aggravating the violent tendencies of the entire population. Despite his feelings for Shockwave, Blaster still developed a strong taste for information from the Earth culture Shockwave was introducing to Cybertron. He even modified his alternate mode into a Earthen tapedeck. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}}

When Optimus Prime and the crew of the [[Ark (G1)|''Ark'']] were returned to Cybertron by Shockwave's forces, double agents inside the United Cybertronian force delivered Prime and his crew to Blaster and the others at their headquarters in the [[Wastelands]]. With the help of Cybertron's greatest hero, the resistance movement began an open insurrection against Shockwave's loyal Decepticon forces and the [[Guardian Robot|Guardian Robots]] under his control. Shockwave's regime fell, and the Autobots resumed command of Cybertron. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}}

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===''Transformers/G.I. Joe''===
In the year 1985, Blaster and [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] hastily took off for [[Earth]] in an starship poorly-suited for interstellar travel. Upon arrival, they unsurprisingly crashed, landing in the forests of [[Oregon]] near [[Mount St. Hilary]]. They were discovered there by a [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] team led by [[Flint (G.I. Joe)|Flint]]. {{storylink|Targets of Opportunity}}

{{note|Due to Dreamwave's bankruptcy, Blaster and Perceptor's motivations for coming to Earth — and pretty much anything else — were never revealed.}}
===IDW comics continuity===
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[[Image:SpotlightBlaster REVENGE.jpg|right|150px|thumb|I'm Batman.]]
Blaster was known as The Voice, a patriotic broadcaster who used his gift with words to rally Autobots whose faith was lacking, or who were in a bad way. He was such a positive influence on the Autobots, it was arranged that he be assassinated. The attempt failed, but Blaster's damaged body was ejected into space. Picked up by a passing [[Yar|trawler]], he was delivered home, where it was revealed that he had to have been attacked by an Autobot. In an effort to flush the traitor out, Blaster went back on the air. The attempt worked, and his would-be killer was revealed: [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]]. [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] had used [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] to implant a [[cerebro-shell]] and ordered him to kill Blaster. However, he was able to resist when Blaster used his greatest weapon: his voice. As a damaged Beachcomber was brought in for repairs, Blaster swore he'd find Soundwave and that the last thing he'd ever hear would be... the Voice. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blaster}}

Over the next year, Blaster began working alongside the [[Wreckers]], and was recruited into a new elite fighting unit on-board the ''[[Trion]]'' by [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Drift}} As the ship's communications officer, Blaster started catching large amounts of distress signals before everything suddenly went quiet, and all contact with other Autobots was lost. Eventually, he caught a distress signal from [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], and the crew of the ''Trion'' went to save the turbo-revvin' young punk from [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]]. The day was saved by [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], although Blaster disapproved of the scientist's transformation into a warrior, saying he had "defiled himself". {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 15|Lost & Found}}

{{note|It is unclear whether Blaster became an official member of the Wreckers before Kup cannibalized that team to make his own strike force.}}

Blaster and the others harried the Decepticon fleet until they were baited into an ambush above Cybertron. There, the ship was shot down and forced to crash-land on the assumed uninhabitable world. Banding together to survive, they eventually encountered Optimus Prime's unit, only to find him incapacitated, the Matrix having been seized by [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 5}} Blaster mingled with the other Autobots for a while, but it didn't like having The Voice around raised their morale much. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 6}} He later warned Kup about an incoming [[Insecticon swarm|swarm]] attack that forced them to relocate. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 8}} With morale still dwindling, Blaster attempted to break up a fight between Hot Rod and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], but was interrupted by [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] telling them they all deserved to die. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 9}}

The Autobots were eventually saved when [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] decimated the swarm and carried them all to Earth, where they attacked [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and his troops (which included Soundwave, but Blaster probably didn't know that). Blaster was ordered to block the Decepticons' communications, allowing the arrival of Omega Supreme to take them completely by surprise. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 11}} He survived the great battle. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 12}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1 Blaster toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"Still think you're so superior, Soundwave?"]]
* '''Blaster''' (Autobot, 1985/1986/2006)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''38''', '''TFC-21'''
**''Accessories:'' [[Electro-scrambler|Electro-Scrambler]] Gun

: Originally a ''[[Micro Change|Microchange]]'' "Radi-Casse Robo" ("radio-cassette", you see), Blaster transforms into a miniature "ghetto blaster" boombox with a fold-out carrying handle. Pressing the "eject" button pops open his tape door, which can store a single micro-cassette Transformer. Due to a possible common internal misassembly issue, many original Blasters had doors which would not open when the eject button is pressed, nor would the other buttons work.

:In robot mode Blaster is freaking huge by the standards of ''Generation 1'' Transformers, towering over most Autobots and Decepticons. He has rather limited (useful) articulation, located in his neck and shoulders.

: Blaster is not a functional AM radio like his original ''Microchange'' toy, but has some left over parts from it, such as the molded power switch above the left speaker, the earphone jack behind the right speaker and the tuning dial next to the tape door. Some releases of Blaster still retain the battery-cover back from the ''Microchange'' release (see Trivia).

: Blaster was re-released in 2006 as part of the "[[Transformers Collection]]" "bookbox" series, packaged with [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]].

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[[Image:ActionMasterBlaster toy.jpg|right|175px|thumb|Which gun is better?]]
*'''Blaster w/ Flight Pack''' (Action Master, 1990)
**''Accessories:'' "Flight Pack" backpack, "tractor beam electron gun"

: A non-transforming action figure, [[Action Master]] Blaster (not to be confused with the "Action Master Blasters" price-point) is compatible with any other Action Master vehicle or accessory. His design is based largely on his cartoon model, with elements from the toy added (like his visor). He came with the "[[Flight Pack]]" accessory, which converts from a winged jetpack to a massive "electro-scrambler" cannon.

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===The Headmasters===
* '''Twincast''' (Autobot, 1987/2006)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-116'''
**''Accessories:'' Electro-Scrambler Gun

: The first Blaster toy was [[Redeco|redecoed]] and had its tape-door [[Retool|retooled]] in order to accommodate two cassettes at once. The clear-plastic part of the door was also changed to clear-red, so when certain cassettes were placed inside, the "secret plans" decals on them would reveal the "weak point" of either [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] or [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], much like using the [[Tech Spec decoder]]s. He came with Steeljaw, who was given one of these new decals.

: In 2006, Twincast was reissued as an [[e-Hobby]] [[exclusive]], this time packaged with the new character [[Flip Sides]].

===Binaltech Asterisk===
[[Image:Bta broadblast.jpg|right|250px|thumb|They see me rollin', they hatin'.]]
*'''Broadblast meets Lumina''' (Binaltech, 2005)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''BTA03'''
**''Accessories:'' Engine/gun, Lumina Hoshi with stand, driving arms and driving legs

: A redeco of ''[[Alternators]]'' [[Skids (G1)|Skids]], "Broadblast" transforms into a 1:24 scale [[wikipedia:Scion_xB|Toyota bB, aka the Scion xB]]. He has working doors, hood, and trunk, plus his engine becomes a non-firing weapon. He also comes with an extra decal sheet, which includes signs for "TBN" which ''possibly'' stands for "Transformers Broadcast Network" or some such; there is Japanese text on the labels as well, but it's really tiny and hard to make out.

: He came with a PVC-plastic figurine of the [[human]] newsgirl [[Lumina Hoshi]].

===Attacktix===
*'''Blaster'''

: Blaster was likely to have been one of several ''Transformers [[Attacktix]]'' Booster pieces, using a powerful spring-loaded "blaster" missile launcher attack. Though displayed as part of the ''Attacktix'' display at the [[Star Wars]] "Celebration IV" convention, he —and all the other pieces revealed at the show— were ultimately never released.

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===Universe (2008)===
====Classic Series====
[[Image:Blasteruniversetoy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Preparations for the military strike, dubbed Operation Supergroovalisticprosifunkstication Storm, are already underway.]]
*'''Autobot Blaster with Blockrock Mini-Con!''' (Voyager, 2008)
**''Accessories:'' Tri-barrel "particle feedback blaster"/bomb, double-barrel "harmonic wave cannon"/bomb, Cybertron Autobot Cyber Key (Clear black plastic, silver border, red insignia)

: Blaster is a redeco of ''[[Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]], transforming into a Cybertronic stealth bomber vaguely like an [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes|F-117A Nighthawk prototype]], the [[Wikipedia:Have_Blue|Have Blue]]. He comes with three hexagonal prism "bombs"; one converts into his partner [[Blockrock]], the other two unfold into non-firing blaster weapons. Any one of these "bombs" can be stored in his robot-mode chest, which opens by plugging a [[Cyber Planet Key]] into him (his is a gunmetal-bordered clear-plastic [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]-style Autobot Key). The other two bombs store in indents on the underside of his wings.

[[Image:Blaster-U08-boxart.jpg|left|100px|thumb|If only...]]
: His packaging art shows him with only half of his chest-door as clear-blue, emulating the original toy design's tape-window, but the final product (and stock photography) show the blue all the way across. However, his visor ''does'' have red paint to simulate the "goggle visor" look of the [[#Generation 1|original toy]] and Marvel comics model.

: This mold was also used to make ''Galaxy Force'' [[Soundblaster (Cybertron)|Soundblaster]].

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===Device Label===
*'''Broadcast''' (Device Label, 2009)

[[Image:Device_Label_Broadcast.jpg|thumb|right|200px|What, not a real notebook?! You are the REAL ''Decept''icon!!]]

:''[[Device Label]]'' Broadcast transforms from a working USB hub (designed to look like the Toshiba Qosmio laptop computer) into a red, yellow and grey robot. Generation 1 Mini-Cassettes can fit into the false tape-deck in his chest.

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==Merchandise==
===Robot Heroes===
[[Image:Robotheroesblasterthrust.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Waiting futilely for Robot Heroes Scrounge.]]
*'''Blaster and Thrust''' (2008)

:Part of the third wave of ''Universe'' ''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'', "Generation 1 Series" Blaster comes packaged with [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]]. He has the standard shoulders-and-neck articulation. His headsculpt is more toy-based than cartoon-based, featuring his "goggles" (even though his eyes kind of pop out from them).

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==Trivia==
* The [[Pre-Transformer|pre-''Transformers'']] version of Blaster was actually a functioning AM radio. The ''[[Micro Change|Microchange]]'' release of the toy came with a microcassette-sized radio that plugged in to Radi-Casse Robo, which had internal wiring that allowed the radio to play through the speakers in its legs. The big hole in his Electro-Scrambler rifle is an earphone storage space, while the cord can be wrapped around the gun and the plug connects to the hole in the gun's stock. Despite popular belief, the compartment in the back of some Blaster toys was not a remnant of a battery compartment, but was actually storage for one of the transforming microcassettes, since a plug kept them from fitting in the cassette door. The battery compartment was actually in one of his legs.

* According to [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] on a [[Letters page (Marvel UK)|letters page]], Blaster's visor is retractable. He uses it to shield his especially delicate optical sensors from sunlight.

* The packaging for Twincast's e-Hobby reissue was the same generic [[Decepticon]]-scheme box used to package [[Magnificus]]. However, since Flip Sides is technically a Decepticon, it... sorta works.

* According to Blaster himself on the UK letters page, he has two [[Relatives|siblings]]: [[Toaster]] and [[Karmen]]. And then there's [[Bluster]], his retroactively-created and less-seen brother.

* Blaster hosted the [[Letters page (Marvel UK)|Marvel UK comic's letters page]] for the final 33 issues (from [[Rhythms of Darkness!|issue #300]] to [[End of the Road! (US)|issue #332]]), to tie in with his Action Master toy. Here, the letters page was dubbed "Darn 'n' Blast," replacing [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind's]] "Dread Tidings" (despite Dreadwind's holing himself up in the Marvel offices. He was finally evicted by Blaster who complained that Dreadwind had decorated the office in all purple and orange with a solitary picture of a dog with sad eyes). His characterization in the letters page is more in line with his fun-loving, hip and happening self from the cartoon than the rather grim, brooding, rebellious loner seen in the comics. He arrived on the letters page in advance of his resurrection in the comics itself, which did not occur until [[On the Edge of Extinction!|issue #321]]. He was explicitly identified as being a non-transformer Action Master, though his partner Flight Pack did not appear.

* Blaster had a different appearance in the 1980s between the cartoon and the Marvel comic series. His head in the comic was closer to the toy and depicted him with goggles, while the cartoon drew him with regular eyes and a large forehead.

==Reference==

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==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Autobot/Blaster/blaster.htm Blaster at TFU.info]
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Blaster Blaster's Universe profile at NFTA.net]

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Talk:Dawn of Future's Past

2010-01-14T21:01:50Z

147.140.233.17: New page: In the list of featured characters, Headstrong (13), Rampage (14), and Tantrum (16) link to their G1 selves. If these are actually their decendants, should they get their own pages?

In the list of featured characters, Headstrong (13), Rampage (14), and Tantrum (16) link to their G1 selves. If these are actually their decendants, should they get their own pages?

Talk:Cosmic Rust (episode)

2010-01-05T17:40:59Z

147.140.233.17:

==Duplicator? I just met 'er!==
''"Come to think of it, once the matter duplicator was fixed, why didn't the Autobots use it for creating an unlimited source of energy?"'' 
Does the duplicator require energy to run? [[User:JW|JW]] 15:55, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
: It doesn't say. The matter duplicator is just said to have "never worked". No mention is made of HOW it worked. Or why it didn't work until now. It's not even given a "Checkov's Gun" setup... it is ONLY ever discussed in reference to ONLY creating more Corrostop for this immediate crisis. It is one of the most embarrassingly cheap deus-ex-machina solutions in TF history. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 16:19, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
: For that matter, how is a MATTER duplicator going to make ENERGY?? -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 16:22, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
:: Easy. Just duplicate an energy source. Fuel ''is'' made out of matter after all. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 16:50, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
:::As noted above, one presumes the device requires energy to operate. Energy = mass squared times a constant and all that, meaning it takes a buttload of energy to make a small amount of matter. Not that G1 is noted for its great adherence to physics, but since we're in the "when you think about it" mode, this concern is pretty easily discounted. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 17:00, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
::::I never said it would be a good idea to do so. Besides, this is the same cartoon where antimatter can be held in a glass jar and an overload generator that while on Earth is capeable of destroying the planet but in space is mearly capeable of knocking Starscream out of the the sky. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 17:16, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
:::Taking this conversation into consideration, I think we should add a "Cartoon Science" category to the episode template and make these kinds of observations where such things (Perceptor's matter duplicator, Perceptor's shrinking machine...oh heck, anything that Perceptor or Wheeljack cook up) can be noted for posterity.--[[User:Suzyprime|Suzyprime]] 03:40, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
::::The problem is that any Transformers show ''starts'' with ridiculous cartoon science. Transforming alien robots (some of which can grow and shrink) is an incredibly silly idea to ''start'' with. [[User:JW|JW]] 12:25, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
::Ah, true. And since we're all fans, we're highly skilled in suspension of disbelief. Just an idea...--[[User:Suzyprime|Suzyprime]] 13:10, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

==Errors?==
"When Perceptor was voluntarily released by Megatron, the entire army of the Autobots(or as good as) joined in for picking up their fellow scientist. So many bots are unnecessarily needed for such a simple mission. Wow. I'm impressed."

I don't know if that's really an error. Didn't the Autobots think it was a trap and maybe the Decepticons were lying in wait?

Talk:Scalpel (ROTF)

2009-12-21T17:02:53Z

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Not funny man. I hate jokes for jokes sake on the wiki, especially linking from purely fact-based articles. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 09:48, 18 April 2009 (EDT)
:Eh? He's an officially confirmed character. [[User:Alientraveller|Alientraveller]] 10:25, 18 April 2009 (EDT)
::Er, yeah, what Alientraveller said. Well, I mean in that, "The Doctor/Scalpel" is an official character, though I don't know if there's an official ''source'' for his info yet. Why did you think this was a joke? --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 10:40, 18 April 2009 (EDT)
:::The existence of a 'con called "The Doctor" was confirmed a ways back. I don't remember if any picture was ever officially attached to that name. The real problem is that since we know nothing about this character, all the cutesy "jokes" in the article are just confusing and should go. --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] 11:02, 18 April 2009 (EDT)
::::http://www.sfx.co.uk/page/sfx?entry=transformers_revenge_of_the_fallen --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 11:07, 18 April 2009 (EDT)
:::::Considering that I've been updating the ROTF page for the past few months, yes, I know where it was reported and when. However, I am leery about having this article around *at all* considering how it's a term coming from the writers and Paramount, two sources who are not exactly the most reliable when it comes to the names of Transformers movie characters (even the writers have admitted that they refer to some characters via descriptors than any official name). Orci didn't know the Chevy Volt was named Jolt until reading it on TFW2005. I mean, they've created extra confusion the whole Demolishor & Scavenger thing (with added Overload) and whether one is a Constructicon or not. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 14:43, 18 April 2009 (EDT)
::::::It's not as if moving this to "Scalpel" is going to be a difficult task when the time comes. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 14:49, 18 April 2009 (EDT)
::::::::Why would we move it to Scalpel? We tend to rank fiction names above toy names. (See [[Beast Changer]]/[[Noble]].) --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 16:43, 18 April 2009 (EDT)
:::::::::Well, presumably Interrobang's operating on the likelihood that he's going to be called Scalpel ''in'' the film, and "the Doctor" is just a placeholder name. If he ''is'' "The Doctor" in the film, that's another story. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 16:47, 18 April 2009 (EDT)
::::::::::Doctor/Scalpel really sounds like Hasbro couldn't possibly try to trademark "The Doctor," so they borrowed a doctory G.I. Joe name they already owned. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 16:49, 18 April 2009 (EDT)
:::::::::::If we're going by what the movie says, then why isn't [[Brawl (Movie)]] at "Devastator (Movie)"? [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 18:52, 18 April 2009 (EDT)
::::::::::::Because he ''is'' Brawl, the movie just got it wrong? Fergods sake-- we're getting a second ''unrelated'' Devastator in ROTF. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 12:40, 19 April 2009 (EDT)
:::::::::::::And yet the movie, by definition, *can't* get it wrong unless it contradicts *itself*. It's the core around which all of the tie-in stuff revolves (and some of the tie-in fiction *does* use "Devastator"). Moreover, the RotF Devastator is at [[Devastator (ROTF)]], not [[Devastator (Movie)]] (which currently redirects tot the Brawl page), yes? - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 13:08, 7 May 2009 (EDT)
::::::::::::::The Movie isn't "wrong" in calling him Devastator. Devastator is just his name in the [[Transformers (2007)]] [[micro-continuity]]! :) Seriously, you are more Bay-centric than I am. "Brawl" is simply more prominent with "Devastator" being a canonical alternate. As for the Scalpel toy, we don't officially know about it. It is impossible to guess at this point whether "The Doctor" or "Scalpel" will be more prominent. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 13:25, 7 May 2009 (EDT)
:::::::::::::::Given the number of people who buy toys vs. the number of people who saw the movie, anything OTHER than the movie is "micro-continuity" stuff - the MAJOR fiction '''can't''' be a micro-continuity. More eyeballs have seen "Devastator" than saw "Brawl" in connection with the tank, simple as that.
:::::::::::::::The same deal would be the case with, say, the Transformers Animated cartoon - if something from the toys, or the club magazine, or even the Titan comic contradicted the cartoon, I would as firm that "the cartoon is always right" (even if it was a background item in the cartoon vs. a major item in the other thing).
:::::::::::::::Hell, the disambiguator is MOVIE. Not "Movie tie-in toy" nor "Movie tie-in book". - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 16:38, 7 May 2009 (EDT)
::::::::::::As for Scalpel... AFAIK, the only official releases we had for the character were as "The Doctor," we know that's not right/final, but he needed to be added to the cast list anyway since he'd been announced. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 12:40, 19 April 2009 (EDT)

:::::::What happened to our preference of not bothering to create pages if we don't actually have any information? --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 15:26, 18 April 2009 (EDT)
::::::::The Paramount release is official information (even if of suspect reliability). He also appears in official movie clip releases. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 15:30, 18 April 2009 (EDT)
:::::::: Is an image and a name not information? Hell, we'd better start deleting Animated cameo pages, then. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 13:28, 7 May 2009 (EDT)

== Animated! ==

[http://derrickjwyatt.blogspot.com/2009/07/is-there-doctor-in-house.html I know it's technically fanart, but it's Derrick Wyatt fanart, dagnabbit!!] --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 02:24, 13 July 2009 (EDT)
:If it makes you feel any better, it probably won't be ''just'' fanart forever .... --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] 20:55, 13 July 2009 (EDT)
::<nowiki>*collapses*</nowiki> --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 21:00, 13 July 2009 (EDT)
:::Actually with Animated (At least the show) cancelled, he probably will be fanart forever. [[User:Crystal lucario|Crystal lucario]]
::::Well actually, Jim is kind of an ''[[Jim Sorenson|awesome inside source]]'' on this sort of thing.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 14:06, 14 July 2009 (EDT)

==Locked?==
Why is this page still locked? That bit at the bottom has really got to go, this wiki should try to refrain from political statements like that.[[Special:Contributions/24.192.196.242|24.192.196.242]] 20:29, 13 July 2009 (EDT)

:So we should remove the [[Skids (Movie)]]/[[Mudflap (Movie)]] racism claims too? Not likely. [[User:Crystal lucario|Crystal lucario]]
:I think he meant what I had originally put there "*He's kind off a bit of a Nazi scientist-like stereotype with his German accent and multiple monocles over his eyes and murderous personality. Yet [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] and [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] get all the slack for being racist stereotypes- guess racism against Germans is OK." [[User:Dead Metal|Dead Metal]] 15:10, 14 July 2009 (EDT)
::Nazis aren't a race-- not even a Master one. Note Hitler's brown hair and brown eyes. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 18:46, 14 July 2009 (EDT)
:::It was meant to be funny and Hitler was a homosexual Austrian so he was like one of the things he wanted to rid the world off. [[User:Dead Metal|Dead Metal]] 02:48, 15 July 2009 (EDT)

==More Informations==

Well the site is locked so I would like to note:
The german Voiceactor for Scalpel is Santiago Ziesmer, who previously voiced Bumblebee on Transformers Animated.[[User:Hudemx|Hudemx]] 18:07, 14 July 2009 (EDT)
:Did he have a German accent? - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 18:09, 14 July 2009 (EDT)
:Apcog locked it in April to stop people adding spoilers prior to the movie coming out. I've unlocked it now. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 18:14, 14 July 2009 (EDT)
::Sorry, I thought I set a timer on that lock.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 05:38, 15 July 2009 (EDT)
:::No he has no accent in the german Version at al![[User:Hudemx|Hudemx]] 08:21, 15 July 2009 (EDT)

== Servants ==

Are there any names or information on the mindflayers and Diagnostic Drone-thing that Scalpel summons? Right now the wiki has no information at all on them.[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] 20:25, 24 July 2009 (EDT)

== toy problems ==

Just to make sure, i got a scalpel with a wraped strut for the binoculars(it's twisted) and the arms are atatched the wrong way, is it only mine, or are there more who have it?--[[User:Sunjumper|Sunjumper]] 14:06, 12 November 2009 (EST)

== Trivia ==

"So far, this is the only scout class toy to actually appear in the film."

What about Ejector?

Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity

2009-11-20T21:40:02Z

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[[Image:Soundwave_and_company.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Can't touch this.]]

If you only remember two things from the ''Transformers'' cartoon, odds are one of them is Optimus Prime, and the other is '''that tape guy with the cool voice.'''

==''The Transformers'' cartoon==
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Frank Welker]] (English), [[Issei Masamune]] (Japanese)

[[Image:Cybertronsoundwave.jpg|left|thumb|220px|Before the tape recorder, he was a lamppost. It's hard to take him seriously sometimes.]]

Nine million years ago, during the [[Golden Age]] of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Soundwave was one of [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s first [[Decepticon]]s and was seen flying through the planet's skies alongside his leader and [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Orion Pax]]. {{storylink|War Dawn}} When the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] with the [[Autobot]]s erupted not long after, Soundwave served as Megatron's intelligence officer and most loyal subordinate, and as keeper of the [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette]]s, diminutive robots designed for espionage. While Soundwave was a nigh-constant battlefield presence, he would himself often play no major role in combat, more regularly being present merely to deploy his cassette minions, and, off the field of battle, to replay for his fellow Decepticons the information they would gather for him.

After five million years of war, Cybertron found itself in the throes of an energy crisis, and Soundwave was charged with spying on the Autobots and learn how they were dealing with it. Using his unconventional [[alternate mode]] as a space-age "lamp-post" to position himself on the street outside the Autobot city-state of [[Iacon]], Soundwave was able to deploy [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] to snoop even closer. Laserbeak discovered that the Autobots were preparing to depart Cybertron to search for new sources of energy on other planets, and Soundwave quickly took this news back to Megatron, prompting the Decepticons to pursue the Autobots' [[Ark (G1)|spacecraft]] when it left the planet. After navigating a treacherous meteor shower, the Decepticons intercepted and boarded the Autobots' ship, and battle between the two factions erupted, during which Soundwave displayed his prowess by holding his own against [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] ''and'' [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]. However, the fighting was soon cut short when the Autobot spacecraft was caught in the gravity of the nearby prehistoric planet [[Earth]] and crash-landed. The ship impacted with the side of a [[Mount St. Hilary|volcano]] in a collision so violent that all the Transformers onboard, Soundwave included, were knocked off line.

[[Image:Mtmte1_prepare_the_energon_cubes.jpg|right|thumb|220px]]

Four million years later, in the Earth year 1984, a volcanic eruption jarred the ship's computer, [[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletraan I]] back on-line, and it reactivated and repaired the Transformers indiscriminately, reformatting Soundwave with the Earthen alternate mode of a portable cassette player. Before the Autobots were restored, the Decepticons pulled out of the ruined hulk of the ship, and Megatron immediately charged Soundwave with drawing up plans for a new [[Victory (ship)|space cruiser]] to return the Decepticons to Cybertron. Soundwave then deployed [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] to help [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] ransack a power plant to gather materials for construction, sent [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] to scare off humans who came to investigate, and dispatched Laserbeak to search the planet for sources of energy. Laserbeak soon returned to report his discovery of an offshore oil platform, which the Decepticons promptly attacked, gathering oil and storing it in the [[energon cube]]s Soundwave generated from his chest. The Autobots soon arrived to stop the Decepticons, but Megaton collapsed the rig, forcing the Autobots to save the human workers and allowing the Decepticons to escape.{{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1}}

[[Image:Mtmte2_soundwave_and_teletraan.jpg|left|thumb|220px|Ugh Megatron, there's no one here...they just left the tv on. Hello? Anyone?]]

Seeking to exploit the data that Teletraan I had gathered on Earth in its short time on the planet, Soundwave positioned himself close to the Autobots' base, where he transformed into his cassette player mode and allowed himself to be found by the Autobots' new human friend, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]]. Unaware of the true nature of the unassuming tape player he had found, Spike brought Soundwave into the Autobot ship and then left him unattended, allowing the Decepticon communicator to release Ravage. The feline felon interfaced with Teletraan I and located the computer's data on energy sources, which Soundwave then recorded. Soundwave was soon caught in the act by Spike, but managed to escape to report to Megatron. Using the information Soundwave obtained, Megatron decided to attack [[Sherman Dam]], where Soundwave instructed Rumble to use his earthquake-generating powers to create a tidal wave that maximized the plant's energy output. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 2}}

The Decepticons' raids continued apace, until only one more theft was necessary. As Megatron put his plan to attack an Air Force base together, Starscream attempted another of his infamous coups by trying to shoot him in the back, but Soundwave proved his loyalty to Megatron by warning his leader of the attack. The subsequent raid on the Air Force base went smoothly, and the Decepticons were at last poised to return to Cybertron when the Autobots made one last-ditch attack on their launch site. Soundwave and his tapes went into action, but Megatron soon called the battle off and ordered the Decepticons to board the completed space cruiser. Soundwave served as the ship's helmsman as it blasted off from Earth, but the flight proved a short one, as Soundwave discovered that the Autobot spy [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] has used his invisibility powers to stow away. Before the Decepticons could react, Mirage had sabotaged the ship and sent it plummeting back towards Earth. With Soundwave unable to stop its descent, the ship crashed into the ocean, and the Autobots believed the Decepticons destroyed. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 3}}

[[Image:RollForIt SoundwavescansChip.jpg|right|thumb|220px|Soundwave performs telepathy for children's birthday parties]]

In truth, however, Soundwave and the other Decepticons had survived the crash, and after months of working in secret, reconstructed their spaceship into an [[Decepticon Headquarters|undersea headquarters]]. The villains revealed their continued existence to the world when Soundwave again used his inconspicuous tape player form to infiltrate a solar power plant and proceeded to take control of it, allowing the Decepticons to harvest its energy that they planned to send back to Cybertron over their new intergalactic "[[space bridge]]" transport system. Soundwave repelled an Autobot counterattack by wielding Megatron in pistol mode, but ultimately, the plan backfired when Megatron himself was caught in the space bridge's pull and believed destroyed, leaving Starscream to take control of the Decepticons. {{storylink|Transport to Oblivion}} Soundwave chafed under Starscream's inept leadership, and their first sortie with the air commander in charge ended in a comical defeat that saw Soundwave bowled over by Prowl as he ran away. Thankfully, Megatron soon returned, with a scheme to steal [[Doctor Alcazar]]'s [[antimatter]] formula, and Soundwave happily latched back onto his master. After Alcazar deleted the formula from his own computer, Soundwave used his mind-reading talents to acquire the formula from the brain of [[Chip Chase]]. {{storylink|Roll for It}}

[[Image:FireontheMountain SoundwaveMegsgun.jpg|left|220px|thumb|Soundwave was actually Starscream's understudy.]]

Soundwave participated in a Decepticon attack on Autobot Headquarters when Optimus Prime was mistakenly believed to be fatally wounded. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer}} Soon after, during a scheme to drain heat energy from the Earth's core, the Decepticons unearthed the frozen body of Starscream's old friend [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]] in the North Pole. Soundwave helped reactivate him by delivering a million-volt shock to his systems, but Skyfire ultimately sided with the Autobots to stop the Decepticons' plan. {{storylink|Fire in the Sky}} Later, Soundwave and [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]] were sent on a data-gathering mission, acquiring information about the [[Great Falls]] to facilitate a Decepticon attack on the hydro-electric plant there. {{storylink|S.O.S. Dinobots}}

[[Image:Fireonthemountain_soundwave_vs_brawn_round1.jpg|right|thumb|220px]]

On a mission to the Peruvian Andes, Soundwave successfully proved that the legend of the Incan [[Crystal of Power]] was true when he deduced that the pyramid containing the fabled gemstone rested on a shaft leading to the Earth's core. On a mission to gather steel for a weapon frame to channel the crystal's power, Soundwave and Reflector were ambushed by [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] and [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] in mid-air, and Soundwave found himself driven face-first into a mountain by the small Autobot in the first of several clashes that they would engage in over the years. Soundwave tried to fight back with his own rifle, and even tried blasting Brawn with Megatron in pistol mode, but the little Autobot took everything he had to give and escaped in one piece. {{storylink|Fire on the Mountain}} Later, Soundwave's mind-reading abilities came into use again when he scanned the brains of the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s, [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] and [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]], in order to determine their weaknesses. {{storylink|War of the Dinobots}}

[[Image:Tud2_audio_disruptor_waves.jpg|left|thumb|220px|Come to me, jungle friends.]]

When Megatron schemed to use the space bridge to transport Cybertron into Earth's orbit, he required human slaves to gather the energy that would result from the massive natural catastrophes such an action would cause. Soundwave and his cassettes were dispatched to capture [[Sparkplug Witwicky]], who served as a guinea pig for the mind-controlling [[hypno-chip]]s created by the Decepticons' new ally, [[Doctor Arkeville]]. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 1}} The plan to transport Cybertron was subsequently accomplished despite Autobot interference, and Soundwave ensured that energy collection could begin quickly by forcing the Autobots to flee with a barrage of painful audio disruptor waves. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 2}} Soundwave later transported a cache of energon cubes to the orbiting Cybertron, and was still there when a group of Autobots arrived, searching for the hypno-chip master control. In another encounter with Brawn, Soundwave was taken down by a single blast from his undersized rival, and then alerted the Decepticon forces on the planet to the Autobots' escape. It did little good, as the heroes were able to evade capture, find the hypno-chip control, free the slaves and blast Cybertron out of orbit.{{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 3}}

Megatron was briefly thought destroyed by the explosion that pushed Cybertron out of orbit, by the Decepticon leader soon returned to Earth, where Soundwave immediately informed him of Starscream's latest play for leadership. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (episode)|Countdown to Extinction}} Soundwave later accompanied Megatron and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] to [[Bali]], where they met the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]]. {{storylink|A Plague of Insecticons}} Later still, when Megatron challenged Optimus Prime to a one-on-one duel, Soundwave and the other Decepticons contributed their [[power chip rectifier]]s to a machine built by the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] that would transfer all their powers into Megatron, so that he could win the fight with ease. While Megatron never used Soundwave's powers in the duel,<ref>In the finished episode, that is. A scene deleted from "Heavy Metal War" saw Megatron use Soundwave's mind-reading abilities to deduce Prime's next attack move.</ref> he still claimed victory, but when his breach of the rules was revealed, he, Soundwave and all the Decepticons were sent tumbling into a river of lava by the fighting-mad Autobots.{{storylink|Heavy Metal War}}

[[Image:Cityofsteel_console_destroyed.jpg|right|thumb|220px|Soundwave tries to run Windows 7.]]

As 1985 rolled in, Soundwave participated in a Decepticon attack on an Air Force base, {{storylink|Autobot Spike}} and helped in the construction of the [[Solar Needle]] in the jungles of South America. {{storylink|Changing Gears}} When Megatron sought to conquer [[New York City]], Soundwave, Rumble and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] battled a group of Autobots in Central Park, and Soundwave was later put in charge of the weapons systems of the so-called "[[New Cybertron]]" that New York was being turned into. That control was soon lost, unfortunately, when a stray blast from an irate Megatron destroyed Soundwave's console. {{storylink|City of Steel}}

Soundwave and his cassettes were next sent on a distraction mission, keeping the Autobots occupied while Megatron and Starscream snuck inside their base and sabotaged their [[recharging chamber]]s with a [[personality destabilizer]], narrowly avoiding another pounding from Brawn in the process. {{storylink|Attack of the Autobots}} After helping to steal [[electro-cell]]s {{storylink|Traitor}} and the Autobots' new [[Immobilizer]] invention, {{storylink|The Immobilizer}} Soundwave was appointed to guard the captive Autobots after Megatron succeeded in trapping them in vehicle mode with the [[Transfixatron]]. The communications officer put his skills to work disabling the Autobots' communicators, but neglected to disable [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]'s hologram projector, which the Autobot was able to use to summon the small number of his comrades who had not been affected by the Transfixatron. [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and Ratchet developed a grenade to undo the device's effects, and together, Spike and [[Chip Chase]] outran Soundwave and Ravage to detonate it and restore the Autobots. {{storylink|The Autobot Run}}

[[Image:Dayofthemachines_espionage.jpg|left|thumb|220px]]

When Laserbeak and [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] stumbled upon the subaquatic city of [[Sub-Atlantica]], Soundwave immediately summoned Megatron to view their findings. Megatron and the Decepticons set out for the city at once, and forged an alliance with its leader, the boastful telepathic [[Nergill|King Nergill]], in order to conquer [[Washington, D.C.]] Starscream, however, did not trust the fish-man, and had Soundwave put his own telepathic powers to use to decrypt the scrambled messages Nergill repeatedly gave to his underlings. Soundwave discovered that Nergill was planning to betray the Decepticons, leading to the breakdown of their alliance. {{storylink|Atlantis, Arise!}}

Soundwave and Megatron used their [[size changing|diminutive]] alternate modes to infiltrate [[Quantum Laboratories]] as part of a plan to take over the computer [[TORQ III]]. {{storylink|Day of the Machines}} Later, Soundwave helped steal the human-made robot ninja [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird]] (finally getting one over on Brawn in the process by collapsing a balcony out from under him), and aided [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] in reprogramming the femme-bot to serve the Decepticons.{{storylink|Enter the Nightbird}}

[[Image:Insecticonsyndrome_soundwave_cerebroshelled.jpg|right|thumb|220px]]

When the Decepticons discovered strange energy emanations coming from a crevice, Soundwave dispatched the [[Autoscout]] to investigate, discovering the crevice was filled with [[Korlonium crystal]]s. Megatron schemed to create a [[Optimus Prime clone|clone of Optimus Prime]] as part of a plan to harness the crystals' power, and while the plan failed, the clone was at least impressive enough to completely fool Soundwave, and he was in on it! {{storylink|A Prime Problem}} Subsequently, Soundwave took part in the Decepticons' plan to drill to the Earth's core, {{storylink|The Core}} and was then made a mind-controlled pawn of the Insecticons, who used him to download data from the human military defense computer at [[Iron Mountain]]. Megatron and Optimus Prime were forced to team up to stop the Insecticons and destroy the [[cerebro-shell]] controlling Soundwave, erasing the data he had gathered in the process. {{storylink|The Insecticon Syndrome}}

While spying on Autobot Headquarters, Soundwave learned of the existence of the mysterious prehistoric [[Dinobot Island (G1)|Dinobot Island]], and sent Laserbeak to follow the Dinobots as they travelled there. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 1}} Soundwave proceeded to join the Decepticons in raiding the island's energy sources, before the Autobots, Dinobots and the island's native [[dinosaur]]s saw them off. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 2}}

Using his alternate mode to infiltrate a military testing site, Soundwave and his cassettes made a hard-fought but ultimately failed attempt to steal the Autobots' new [[Negavator]] weapon. {{storylink|Auto Berserk}} Later, when human archaeologists uncovered the wreckage of the Decepticons' old space cruiser in South America, Soundwave alerted Megatron to the news report about their findings, then accompanied him to the wreckage, where they removed the ship's power source, the [[Heart of Cybertron]]. Celebrating the new power that the Heart bestowed upon Megatron, Soundwave joined his fellow Decepticons in over-energizing on energon, leaving him too inebriated to do much of anything.{{storylink|Microbots}}

[[Image:Masterplan2_disco_dolly.jpg|left|thumb|220px|All the ladies love Soundwave!]]

When Megatron framed the Autobots for energy theft and had them exiled from Earth, Soundwave took part in the Decepticons' pretense of being heroes. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1}} Soundwave was quite popular among the humans: a young child was heard cheering for him by name, and when he and his cassettes attended a disco, he acquired many female admirers. After Megatron revealed his deception, however, Soundwave was made the slave-master of the work camp that [[Central City (G1)|Central City]] was turned into. Thankfully, the Autobots soon returned to Earth to clear their names and rout the Decepticons. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2}}

[[Image:Dotd1_sneakiest_soundwave.jpg‎|right|thumb|220px|He's ''good''.]]

In one of his most impressible displays of sneakitude, Soundwave was able to position himself, in tape player mode, ''inside'' Ironhide's vehicle mode, ''right next'' to [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], and spy on the test run of the [[Ultraplane]], with neither Autobot noticing until he deployed Ravage. While Blaster wrestled with Ravage, Soundwave escaped to report to Megatron, after which he and Starscream joined their leader in attacking the lab containing the blueprints for the plane. The Autobots saw them off, but during their flight away, the Decepticons' systems began to malfunction as a result of [[cybertonium]] degradation. Soundwave's cassettes began ejecting without his command, and his flight powers gave out, sending him crashing to the ground. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1}} Once repaired with fresh cybertonium from Cybertron, Soundwave joined the Decepticons on a mission to [[United Kingdom|Great Britain]]. {{storylink|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court}}

Soundwave was among the Decepticons who were granted invincible [[electrum]] coating by the "Golden Lagoon". With their new power, the Decepticons captured [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]] and [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], but when Starscream attempted to have the two Autobots fight each other for the villains' amusement, Soundwave immediately ran off and tattled on him to Megatron. {{storylink|The Golden Lagoon}}

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Following the Decepticons' alliance with the [[Geddis brothers]], {{storylink|Make Tracks}} Soundwave joined in the Decepticon attempt to create a space bridge in a baseball stadium, where he wickedly delighted in playing catch with one of the players (literally!). The Autobots soon arrived, and another brawl between Soundwave and Brawn erupted, ending when the small Autobot threw Soundwave into the space bridge. When a stray blast then activated the bridge, Soundwave and a small group of Autobots and Decepticons were inadvertently hurled to a world of alien giants. After being menaced by the huge cat [[Nitro]] and trapped in a toybox by Nitro's owner [[Aron]], Soundwave was taken with the other Transformers to the planet's authorities for study and dissection. Ravage succeeded in freeing them, and the Decepticons all escaped back to Earth through a mock space bridge Perceptor created out of a telescope. {{storylink|Child's Play (episode)|Child's Play}} Upon his return, Soundwave was caught up in the menace of the [[Morphobot]]s, {{storylink|Quest for Survival}} analyzed the energy of an alien asteroid, {{storylink|The Secret of Omega Supreme}} and helped operate the Decepticons' new [[energy magnet]]. {{storylink|Kremzeek!}}

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After joining Megatron on a mission to the planet of the [[Tlalakan]]s, {{storylink|Sea Change}} Soundwave embarked on one of his most notable misadventures when, under the command of Starscream, he set about brainwashing humans with ultrasonic vibrations inside the Decepticon-built nightclub [[Dancitron]] in New York City. This led to his first major confrontation with his Autobot communications officer counterpart, Blaster, with whom he engaged in a sonic duel. Soundwave had the upper hand in the violent jam session, until Blaster used the club's sound system to magnify his own sonic attacks and win the fight. {{storylink|Auto-Bop}}

When the Decepticons captured [[Hybrid Technologies]] heiress [[Astoria Carlton-Ritz]], Soundwave tried to use the [[psycho-probe]] to read her mind, but her innate ability to jinx machines made it a challenge, and eventually led to Soundwave and Rumble being electrocuted. When [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] subsequently caused the Decepticons' new sub-orbital base to crash, it fell to Soundwave to inform Megatron that the base didn't have any forcefields. Whoops! {{storylink|The Girl Who Loved Powerglide}}

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On a mission to recover some incriminating footage taken by a movie studio of their activities, Soundwave showed up Starscream by pointing out that while the air commander had recovered the film reel, he had not destroyed the negative. Soundwave then helped Megatron track the negative down, but they were tricked into thinking it was destroyed by [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]]. {{storylink|Hoist Goes Hollywood}} Soon after, Soundwave accompanied Megatron to Cybertron to give life to his new [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticon]]s, helping him locate the [[Key to Vector Sigma|key]] to [[Vector Sigma]] and unlocking the door to the mega-computer's chamber. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1}} Upon their return to Earth with the now-living Stuncticons, Soundwave aided Megatron in analyzing the key to discover what other powers it possessed. By happenstance, its power to de-energize matter and turn it into metal was only discovered when Soundwave tripped and dropped it. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2}}

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Soundwave soon returned to Cybertron to take part in Megatron's plan to trap the newest addition to the Autobot ranks, the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]]s, in the distant past, {{storylink|War Dawn}} then went back to Earth and used his scanning powers to help Megatron locate the [[Pearl of Bahoudin]]. {{storylink|Trans-Europe Express}} Soundwave later had Laserbeak monitor the [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]] infection spreading through the Autobot ranks, {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}}, and had the cassette remove Starscream from Decepticon Headquarters after Megatron finally banished the perennial traitor from the Decepticon ranks. When Starscream returned with his own army, the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]], Soundwave was almost able to shoot the traitor in the back until [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] caused his shot to go wild. Soundwave tried to summon the Stunticons to help, and while they initially rebuffed him, they eventually arrived to tip the scales in Megatron's favor. {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}}

Suspecting the Autobots had tampered with Megatron's new ruby laser cannon, Soundwave advised his leader to abandon the weapon, but Megatron was caught up in a battle-frenzy and ignored him. Predictably, the weapon promptly exploded. {{storylink|Masquerade}} For his final recorded adventure in the 20th century, Soundwave invented a device to control the flow of Earth's tides. Before the Decepticons could use it, however, it was necessary to blast the moon out of orbit to remove its controlling influence, so they developed an [[orbit disruptor cannon]] to do the job. Unfortunately, the cannon would only be operated by [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], and all the Combaticons save Swindle had been destroyed, so Soundwave installed a bomb in Swindle's head to give him the incentive to gather up their parts and rebuild them. Bruticus was restored, and Soundwave participated in the Decepticon attack upon Autobot Headquarters that served as a test run for the disruptor cannon, but the complex plot was foiled when three college students used [[B.O.T. (robot)|makeshift robot]] to destroy the cannon. {{storylink|B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.}}

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Over the course of the following twenty years, the Decepticons withdrew from Earth and focused all their efforts on conquering Cybertron entirely. By the year 2005, they had accomplished this goal, and the Autobots were consigned to their new "[[Autobot City]]" on Earth, and to bases on two of Cybertron's moon. Thanks to Laserbeak and Soundwave, Megatron learned of an upcoming Autobot strike against Cybertron, and resolved to cripple their war effort by destroying Autobot City. During [[Battle of Autobot City|the subsequent battle]], Soundwave was instructed to jam a distress call to Optimus Prime from Blaster, so he sent Ravage, Rumble, Frenzy and [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] to dismantle the communications array being used to broadcast it. Blaster's own team of cassettes fended Soundwave's off, and the call made it through, summoning Optimus Prime and a support team to aid the stricken city. A fateful final battle between Prime and Megatron ensued, which ended with Prime's dead and Megatron mortally wounded. As the other Decepticons beat a hasty retreat, Soundwave demonstrated his loyalty to his leader by recovering his damaged body and carrying him aboard [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], but when it became necessary to jettison excess weight so that the Decepticons could safely make it back to Cybertron, Soundwave made no move to stop Starscream from setting Megatron adrift in space. In fact, with Megatron gone, Soundwave himself made a bid for leadership, declaring himself a superior choice to the Constructicons and deploying his cassettes to fight for his honor. Starscream ultimately emerged victorious in the fight for leadership, but during his coronation ceremony, Megatron returned, having been recreated by the giant transforming god-planet [[Unicron]] into [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. Galvatron promptly killed Starscream, and Soundwave started cheering for his returned leader.

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Galvatron's leadership did not get off to a great start, however: Unicron soon attacked Cybertron, and while he was destroyed by the Autobot [[Matrix of Leadership]], Galvatron was lost to the depths of space, and the leaderless Decepticons, in a state of disarray after Unicron's attack, were easily routed and forced off Cybertron by the Autobots and their new leader, [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}} Low on energy, Soundwave and the other Decepticons were forced to relocate to the burned-out planet [[Chaar]], where they eked out a miserable existence on the brink of death. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}} When Rodimus Prime and Grimlock came to Chaar to investigate a mysterious attack on the [[Galactic Olympics]], Soundwave and the Decepticons attacked them, {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2}} and were then later approached by the true instigators of the Olympics attack, the alien [[Quintesson]]s, with the prospect of an alliance. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}} Under the Quintessons' instructions, Soundwave and the other Decepticons launched an attack on the Autobots on the planet [[Goo #8739B]], during which Galvatron returned, having been found by [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}} With Galvatron back in charge, Soundwave was amongst the Decepticons who were sent to Earth to try and stop [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s [[transforming cog]] from being delivered. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

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In 2006, Soundwave went with Galvatron, Cyclonus, [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and the [[Sweep]]s to search for [[isodrite]] in an asteroid belt. Soundwave dispatched Ratbat to search for the mineral, only for the cassette to discover that the Autobots were already mining it. {{storylink|Webworld}} Soon after, Soundwave accompanied Galvatron to the planet [[Eurythma]] to investigate a mysterious sonic weapon. They discovered that sound and music were the way of life on the planet, and Soundwave was entranced by the planet's perfect melodies, specifically the destructive "harmony" weapon, which was shared by three Eurythmans. One by one, Soundwave coerced from them each piece of the harmony, recording and combing them with the intention of turning the musical maelstrom upon Autobot City. He was defeated, however, when the Eurythmans countered the harmony with white noise, and Blaster erased his recordings. {{storylink|Carnage in C-Minor}}

Soundwave was among those transfixed by a hypnotic Quintesson signal {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (episode)|The Big Broadcast of 2006}}, then later aided in the Decepticon conquest of the peaceful planet [[Paradron]]. {{storylink|Fight or Flee}} Later still, during a battle on Earth's [[moon (moon)|moon]], Soundwave was shocked when his ejection system activated on its own, releasing Ravage, Ratbat, [[Slugfest (G1)|Slugfest]] and [[Overkill (G1)|Overkill]], who departed with all the other "[[Primitive]]" Transformers present to follow a mysterious [[Oracle (G1)|voice]]. Mere moments later, the threat these Primitives had been summoned to fight, [[Tornedron]], arrived on the moon and drain the energy from all the Transformers present, Soundwave included. Thankfully, the Primitives succeeded in defeating Tornedron and restoring everyone's energy. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}

For his final appearance, Soundwave was seen playing back the latest piece of information gathered by Ratbat: two human scientists had discovered the body of Optimus Prime, which Galvatron resolved to destroy once and for all. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}

==Madman ''The Transformers'' comic==
[[Image:Madman comic Soundwave ejects tapes.jpg|right|200px|thumb|He's a good guy. Animals like him.]]
In 2001, Soundwave and his squad of cassettes were deployed to the construction site of [[Autobot City]] while the balance of the Autobot forces were engaged in an evacuation of Cybertron. He managed to record a secret conversation between Optimus Prime and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] where the Autobot leaders discussed hiding the Autobot [[Matrix of Leadership]] in a bunker at the build site, against the chance Prime would be captured or destroyed while off-world. Soundwave returned to the not-so-secret bunker and deployed his minions to dig up the Matrix. Just as the artifact had been secured and Soundwave was about to call for retrieval, the young Autobot [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] took the Matrix and defeated Soundwave's team. {{storylink|The Transformers (Madman)|The Transformers}}
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==Japanese cartoon continuity==
{{note|The events of American cartoon continuity, as detailed above, occur in the Japanese timeline, except the events of 2006 are pushed back to 2010. The Japanese continuity proceeds to insert many new storylines and events in, around, before and after the events of the Generation 1 cartoon, as covered below.}}

===E-Hobby comics===

Early during Megatron's attempted conquest of Cybertron, Soundwave was among his troops of [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]s and [[Silver Soldier]]s, raiding Autobot energy warehouses. Their attack was cut short by the unexpected arrival of a [[Guardian robot]], who quickly trounced everybody. {{storylink|64 Cybertron Urban Defense Robot GADEP}}

===''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' comic===

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In the late 1980s, while Megatron and the Decepticons engaged the Autobots in battle in Arizona, Soundwave and his cassettes were dispatched to do something unspecified (but likely ''evil'') in [[Tokyo]]. Optimus Prime dispatched a unit of Autobots led by Bumblebee and [[Kenji]] to track them down. He was ultimately defeated when Bumblebee got the drop on him with a patented "Bumble-Kick" and shattered his chest. This made it impossible for his cassette forces to return to him, leaving them to be captured as well. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 2}} When he next appeared, Soundwave hadn't quite got over his injuries, and was seen with bandages stuck to his chest-window. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 3}}

===''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' story pages===
When Soundwave learned that the Autobots were keeping themselves in shape by having a friendly race, he set up a trap within a narrow canyon, walling the Autobots in and opening fire on them. Luckily, [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] arrived on the scene and delivered a powerful punch to Soundwave's chest, shattering his tape door once again. Soundwave immediately fled. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (story page)|Anime Theater 2: Sic' Em, Hound!}}

===''Scramble City''===
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Before the 1980s were over, the Decepticons detected some unusual magnetic field fluctuations, and Megatron ordered Soundwave to send Ratbat, Laserbeak and Ravage to investigate. The cassettes discovered a hidden cavern where the Autobots were constructing a mighty battle fortress named "[[Metroplex (G1)|Scramble City]]", and Soundwave promptly took this information to Megatron. {{storylink|Scramble City}}
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===Full Throttle Scramble Power!===

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Soundwave was present when the Decepticons terrorized the Earth with their new "[[Omega Whip]]" cannon and captured the Autobots' human allies [[Toru]] and [[Jenny (G1)|Jenny]]. When the two humans tried to escape, Soundwave released Ravage to stop them, but Blaster then appeared to dispatch the cassette. Blaster and Soundwave proceeded to grapple as more Autobots arrived and the battle grew bigger and bigger, and when Metroplex arrived, he actually collided with Soundwave and knocked the Decepticon for a loop. {{storylink|Full Throttle Scramble Power!}}
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===''The Stargate Battles''===
[[Image:Soundwave stargate battles.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Fear his Mickey Mouse ears.]]
In the 1990s, continued Autobot/human interaction led to a formal alliance being forged between the heroic robots and the American government and the construction of an interstellar teleport system called "[[Warp Gate|The Trigger]]". Naturally, the Trigger space station was a prime target for the Decepticons, and Soundwave was instrumental in taking over the device, as he hacked into its systems and placed it under Decepticon control. Unfortunately for the Decepticons, the sole surviving member of the Trigger's crew, [[Makoto (Stargate Battles)|Makoto]], activated the system and blasted them into space before they could take control of it, and the Autobots soon arrived to send the Decepticons packing.{{storylink|First Contact}}

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Three months later, while the Trigger was still undergoing repairs after the damage the previous battle had caused, Soundwave patched through a transmission from Laserbeak, who was spying on a test run of the new human-built [[C-X]] battle droid. When the droid ran amok during the test and tried to kill Optimus Prime, the amused Megatron thought Soundwave was responsible for hacking the robot's systems, but Soundwave denied it. {{storylink|Divided Views}} In truth, the drone had been possessed by the time-displaced ghost of Starscream from the future, and he was not yet through making mischief in the past. Starscream's ghost teamed up with his present day counterpart, and together, the two Starscreams took control of the repaired Trigger and possessed it, transforming it into a giant, twisted robot form. Soundwave was among the massive armada of Decepticons and Autobots who battled the giant Starscream-thing, which was ultimately defeated when Prime and Megatron combined their power to destroy the traitor's new body. Soundwave and all the other Transformers were caught in the backwash of the explosion and sent tumbling towards Earth in uncontrolled re-enetry, not to be heard from again for many months. {{storylink|The Stargate Battles (issue)|The Stargate Battles}}

===''The Headmasters'' cartoon===
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The Decepticons went off the radar for the year that followed Optimus Prime's resurrection, but in 2011, they returned in full force. When Vector Sigma began to destabilize as a consequence of Optimus Prime releasing the energy of the Matrix, Galvatron led the Decepticons' newest troops, the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]], in an attack on Cybertron in an attempt to secure the computer and restore a Decepticon power balance to the planet. To prevent Autobot reinforcements from Earth reacing Cybertron, Soundwave and a legion of other Decepticons under the command of the faction's new Earth commander, [[Sixshot]], kept the Autobots on the planet busy in a large battle. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} In an attempt to learn the Autobots' plan of action, Soundwave and his cassettes infiltrated Autobot City, and although they were discovered by Blaster and his own cassettes, they were able to escape with the knowledge that the Matrix was hidden somewhere on Earth, and that the Autobots were preparing to search for it. Blaster and [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] subsequently embarked on a search mission to the [[Arctic]], where Soundwave and his cassettes attacked them. Blaster covered Hot Rod's escape, and he and Soundwave engaged in a one-on-one battle, with shattered chests and severed limbs aplenty. It momentarily appeared that Soundwave had won the battle when Blaster collapsed, but seconds later, the fatal damage Blaster had inflicted upon him made itself apparent, as Soundwave's body exploded. His cassettes scooped up as much of his remains as they could and beat retreat, but Soundwave was triumphant in death, as Blaster too died seconds later. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}}

[[Image:ReturnImmortal Emperor Soundblaster.jpg|left|220px|thumb|He's gone black. Will he go back?]]

Soundwave's remains were brought back to Chaar by his cassettes, where the Decepticon Headmaster leader [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] was able to use the super-science of planet [[Master (planet)|Master]] to restore him to life. Reborn in a new black body, Soundwave was rechristened '''Soundblaster''', and following a reunion with his delighted cassettes, immediately went straight back to working for the Decepticon cause. Soundblaster was, in fact, instrumental to the Decepticons' newest plan, as he used his broadcasting powers to send signals from a sonic control device implanted in his chest to direct the actions of the villains' newest weapon, the [[Madmachine]], in another attack on Cybertron. As coincidence would have it, Autobot Headmaster leader [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]] had also used the science of Master to restore Blaster to life as "Twincast", and the two rivals clashed for the first time in their new lives when the Autobot destroyed Soundblaster's sonic control and foiled the Decepticons' plot. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}}

Soundblaster was among the Decepticons who invaded and enslaved the planet [[Beast (planet)|Beast]]. {{storylink|Rebellion on Planet Beast}} Later, he dispatched Ratbat to spy on the Autobots and learn more about a mysterious blackmailer holding six countries to ransom, reporting his findings to Cyclonus and Scourge. {{storylink|Terror! The Six Shadows}} Later still, Soundblaster and his cassette force were able to infiltrate Cybertron's lowest levels and spy on Vector Sigma, discovering that the mega-computer had developed a powerful new alloy named [[cybertonuron]]. Acting on Soundblaster's information, Galvatron staged a massive attack on Cybertron, {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} but Scorponok plotted treachery, planting a bomb in Vector Sigma's chamber in order to destroy the alloy, rather than let Galvatron gain its power. When Galvatron discovered this, Soundblaster attempted to stop him from going to Vector Sigma's chamber, but Galvatron ignored him, and paid for his hubris when the bomb detonated in his face, destroying the cybertonuron and reducing Cybertron to a burnt out husk. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}}

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With Galvatron having disappeared in the destruction of Cybertron, Soundblaster met with the other senior Decepticons to discuss what should be done next. During their meeting, the shadowed figure of Galvatron appeared in the room, but Soundblaster quickly analyzed the newcomer's voice pattern, and realized it was not Galvatron, but Scorponok engaging in a bout of gallows humor. Shedding his disguise, Scorponok claimed that Galvatron was still alive, and that while he could not reveal where he was, he had commanded Scorponok to lead in his absence. None of the Decepticons were entirely convinced (in truth, it was a bold-faced lie), but Soundblaster, in need of a leader to follow, chose to accept it as truth, and followed Scorponok's command to send Ratbat to spy on the Autobot/human launch of the [[Solar-1]] satellite.{{storylink|The Shadow Emperor, Scorponok}} Soon after, when Scorponok began scheming to keep the Autobots occupied on Earth with various threads, Soundblaster and his cassettes kept an eye on the Autobots' movements and were able to inform their leader that his plans were working. {{storylink|The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts}}{{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}}

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Following Scorponok's instructions, Soundwave directed the planting of [[plasma energy]] bombs beneath the surface of [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], in order to destroy the planet and harvest even more of the energy. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger}} At Scorponok's command, Soundblaster then recalled all available Decepticons to Chaar, where they all witnessed their leader's dramatic unveiling of his gigantic new Transtector. With this powerful new body, Scorponok kept the Autobots occupied while Soundblaster himself pressed the fateful button that detonated the plasma bombs and destroyed Mars. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears}}

Soundblaster and his cassettes did not take kindly to the arrival of Scorponok's new intelligence officer, [[Punch (G1)|Counterpunch]], who irked Soundblaster with his remarkable ability to dig up information that Soundblaster couldn't. Of course, Soundblaster had no idea that Counterpunch was able to do this because he was really the Autobot spy, Punch, and so he and his cassettes set out to prove themselves by going to Earth to see what Autobots secrets they could unearth. Unable to find any information, Soundblaster was moping around the Decepticon Earth base when a story suddenly dropped itself right into his lap: a glowing UFO descended from the sky and abducted Sixshot right before his eyes! Soundblaster attempted to report his findings to Scorponok during a battle with the Autobots on Earth's moon, but there and then, the UFO reappeared, and its owner was revealed to be Galvatron, who had survived his appeared destruction and retook leadership of the Decepticons. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}}

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Soundblaster and the Decepticon Headmasters were manning the scanners at the Decepticon base on Chaar when the [[Horrorcon]]s arrived to join up with Galvatron's forces. {{storylink|Daniel Faces His Biggest Crisis Ever!!}} Soon after, Soundblaster joined the Decepticons on a series of interplanetary energy raids, helping to scan the spaceways and communications channels to keep his leader appraised of Autobot and alien activity as they went from planet [[Susei]] {{storylink|Fight to the Death on Planet Hive!!}} to [[Twin Star]] {{storylink|Battle for Defense of the False Planet}} to [[Darhos]]. {{storylink|Find MegaZarak's Weak Spot!!}} The Decepticons' quest eventually brought them to [[Pirate Planet]], where they were stymied in their pursuit of the planet's fabled energy by their inability to enter the pyramid that held it. Soundblaster observed [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] and [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] departing for the field of debris near the planet, and, suspecting they knew something he didn't, followed them. Soundblaster proceeded to ambush to two heroes and demand they share their information, but Daniel was able to get the drop on the Decepticon with his video game light gun, which Highbrow had amped up into a real weapon. {{storylink|Mystery of the Space Pirate Ship}}

When the Decepticons returned to Earth, Sixshot proceeded to lead a series of major attacks upon the Autobot forces. Soundblaster reported to Galvatron on the departure of Fortress Maximus from Athenia, and suggested sending Scorponok to keep him busy. Galvatron was wary, knowing Scorponok had his own agenda, but Soundblaster vowed to follow him and keep and eye on him, and Galvatron agreed. However, Soundblaster was surprisingly lax in his duty, as Scorponok didn't bother engaging Fortress, and Soundblaster didn't report this at all! {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}}

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Following Galvatron's death at the hands of the Headmasters and Scorponok's subsequent re-assumption of Decepticon leadership, Soundblaster was among the Decepticons who travelled with his new leader to the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]]. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 2)}} When the Autobots followed them there, Soundblaster boldly infiltrated their spaceship, the ''Maximus'', and spied on them with Ratbat. When he was discovered, however, he leapt overboard and flew back to the surface of Master, inadvertently lead the Autobot [[Targetmaster]]s to the Decepticons' hidden subterranean base. {{storylink|The Zarak Shield Turns the Tide}} Soundblaster was able to repay them in kind after a later battle, though, when he stealthily followed the retreating Targetmasters and discovered that the Autobots had started working with the young warriors of Master. {{storylink|Operation: Destroy the Decepticons}}

After Scorponok successfully completed construction of his new [[Zarak Shield]] weapon, the Decepticons headed back to Earth, but as they were passing through the asteroid belt, Soundblaster noticed a malfunction in their propulsion system that required them to set down for repairs. While they were resting there, Soundblaster detected the approach of an object, which turned out to be Sixshot, who had become separated from the Decepticons on an earlier leg of their journey. {{storylink|Duel on the Asteroid}}

Finally, once the Decepticons returned to Earth, Scorponok began raising "Death Towers" of [[crysmag metal]] at strategic points around the Earth, intending to use them to tear the planet apart. While on patrol in the Alps, Soundblaster observed the passage of the Autobots' battleship, and radioed the Decepticons in Egypt to let them know of their enemies' approach. Subsequently, with all the Death Towers in place, Soundblaster participated in the climactic battle between the Autobot and Decepticons armies at the South Pole, which ended when Fortress Maximus destroyed Scorponok's Transtector and saved the planet. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

===''The Headmasters'' comic===
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After their defeat at the North Pole, the Decepticons were preparing to retreat from Earth entirely when Scorponok instructed Soundblaster to remain on the planet in secret to act as a spy for the Decepticons. Soundblaster proved that he wasn't up to the challenge by making his presence and intentions known almost instantly when he kicked [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] square in the face and took the [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Witwicky]] family hostage. [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] was left powerless to do anything but surrender, as [[Slugfest (G1)|Slugfest]] and [[Overkill (G1)|Overkill]] brutalized [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] and threatened [[Carly]]. Daniel finally snapped and beat the living crap out of the two Cassette dinosaurs, leaving Soundblaster open to Chromedome's poorly named "Master-Chrome Hurricane Throw to the End of Hell!" Chromedome chucked Soundblaster over the horizon, and when he recovered from his fall, he found Sixshot staring down at him. Demanding to know what Sixshot wanted, Soundblaster was informed that the six-changer was no longer affiliated with the Decepticons, and wanted to travel from planet to planet, learning new transformations. One day, Sixshot told him, he wanted to learn how to transform into a human! Soundblaster was left absolutely dumbfounded by this, unable to even compute such a concept, and wagering it would be a few million years before he could. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 8}}
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===''Super-God Masterforce'' comic===

Years later, the image of Soundwave was among the holograms of older Decepticons projected by [[King Poseidon]] to decieve and confuse the Autobots under [[Ginrai]]'s command. {{storylink|Burn, Super Soul! The New Commander Super Ginrai!}}

==References==
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[[Category:Generation 1 characters]]
[[Category:Headmasters characters]]
[[Category:Masterforce characters]]
[[Category:Scientists]]
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[[Image:Seekers.png|right|300px|thumb|Well, they keep the toy-repainting fans off the streets, at least. (Generic Seekers from, clockwise: 1) MtMtE Part 3, 2) sticker sheet, 3-6) Five Faces of Darkness)]]

The term '''Seeker''' refers to [[Decepticon]] jet troopers who all share the same [[body-type]]. That is, the Decepticons in [[Generation 1]] that looked like [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], but in different colors or with minor variations in wing and head shapes, and also the Decepticons in later franchises such as ''[[Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' where similar "families" of jets appear.

The word "Seeker" hovered a long time in a strange gray area between official and fan-coined terms. It seems to have originated in ''extremely'' obscure official or semi-official writing, but somehow became widely used among fans. In 2002, the term appeared in dialog from the first issue of ''[[The War Within]]'' from [[Dreamwave Productions]], [[Canonizing|making it truly official]] after years of controversy. It has subsequently appeared in many other places such as on toy packaging, books, and in other stories.

:''Japanese name:'' '''Jetron'''

==Generation 1 Seekers==
===Originals===
[[Image:MainSeekers.gif|300px|thumb|right|The original Seekers]]
In Generation 1, there were six Seekers originally given names and characterization: [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], and [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]. The first three, the season one Seekers, had animation designs done primarily by [[Shōhei Kohara]].
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===Coneheads===
[[Image:ConeheadsGenerations1.jpg|200px|thumb|right|The Coneheads.]]
The last three Generation 1 Seekers are usually designated as "[[Conehead]]" Seekers by fans for their distinctive transformation that leaves the jet nosecone pointing up. The animation models for the Conehead Seekers were designed by [[Floro Dery]],
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===Skyraiders===
[[Image:WingsofHonor-Skyraiders.jpg|right|thumb|250px|New guys, same ol' body-type.]]
The term "Skyraiders," (see [[#Alternate terms|alternate terms]]) was assigned to the prototypical Starscream-like air warriors that [[Skyquake (G1)|Skyquake]] developed at the very beginning of the war. The ranks of the Skyraiders did not seem to include any of the usual Seekers, but instead comprised other flying Decepticon characters. In addition to Skyquake himself, the Skyraiders were [[Leozack]], [[Hellbat]], [[Hooligan (G2)|Hooligan]], and [[Gaihawk]].
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===And all the rest===
[[Image:MTMTEGenerics-OilField.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Aw, not "[[When Continents Collide]]" again...]]
In the Generation 1 cartoon there were large numbers of [[generic]], unnamed Seekers in addition to the named characters. They came in a wide variety of colors, from extra duplicates of Starscream or one of the other named guys, to original and distinct looks all their own. They seem to have formed the bulk of the Decepticon forces on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], as well as among [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s initial troops on [[Earth]]. They gradually became less common, perhaps as a result of casualties... or the cartoon's production team becoming more careful, or more-likely having more "actual" Decepticons to work with as the toy line expanded. (Extra [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]] units and alternate color cassettes were also used along with these Seekers, early on, to fill out the comparatively thin Decepticon ranks.)

These unsung Seekers would be recognized years later in ''[[Heroes of Cybertron]]'' toy form as the [[Air Warrior]]s (all using the common lavender/white color scheme). Soon afterward, the [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] ''Generation One'' comic series introduced an army of similarly-colored Seeker drones.

[[Image:AirWarriors MTMtE.jpg|right|200px|thumb|You talking to me? Or him? Or the other one?]]

Around the same time, another background Seeker was also given a new life through toys and Dreamwave comics: [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]]. This yellow-orange Seeker was a nameless background character in the first episode of the ''Transformers'' cartoon, until [[e-Hobby]] turned him into an [[exclusive]] toy (available with an [[Autobot]] also based on a [[Hauler|first-episode cameo]]). Now [[Hasbro]] [[Sunstorm (disambiguation)|can't get enough of him]]. Another generic Seeker was given attention: [[Acid Storm]]. Like Sunstorm before him, he was based on one of the background Seekers from the original cartoon, in this case the episode "Divide and Conquer" (see below).
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Unnamed Seekers with their own distinct color schemes appear in the following episodes as noted below:

[[Image:Sunstorm Cartoon.jpg|250px|thumb|One for all, and all for one. Sunstorm and co. attack.]]
* "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]"
:In the "return to [[Iacon]]" scene on Cybertron, five to seven Seekers appear (wide shots depict a group of five, but the close-ups give us seven distinct color schemes.) The first three are (as far as colors are concerned) Skywarp, Starscream (with a deeper voice), and Thundercracker. In a following shot, we see a lavender Seeker with a flamethrower pack, a medium-blue Seeker with white trim, holding his arm gun like a rifle, a yellow/orange Seeker who would become Sunstorm... and lurking in the back, a very dark-blue Seeker with white trim barely visible, but there if you look.

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[[Image:MmteSeekers2.gif|250px|thumb|Lots of generic Seekers from this one.]]
* "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 2]]" and "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 3|Part 3]]"
:The mother lode of unnamed Seekers. Especially if you like variations of blue and lavender. Crowds of them appear at the start of the final battle. At least six different Seekers of various shades and decos of blue and at least or four of various shades and decos of lavender (two with black tail fins in jet mode, two with white). Also, a blue variant (seen in the picture above) missing his wings and shoulder vents appears in "Part 3". (The infamous "Lady in Purple" a piece of well known [[fanon]], for possibly being female due to weak line strength in the art also appears here)

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[[Image:DivideandCon.gif|300px|thumb|Divide and Conquer Seekers]]
* "[[Divide and Conquer]]"
: Avert your eyes! One deep blue, one eye-burning bright green, and one garishly bright yellow. This trio is often referred to by fans as "the [[Rainmakers]]" because they started an [[acid rain]] shower to irritate a group of [[Autobot|Autobots]]. The green jet in this grouping was made into the ''[[Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' [[Acid Storm]] character, whose name was initially supposed to be "Rainmaker," then "Acid Rain."

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[[Image:UltimateDoom.gif|300px|thumb|Ultimate Doom Seekers]]
* "[[The Ultimate Doom, Part 3]]"
: Two blue variants and one really nice looking pine-green Seeker appear as part of Shockwave's forces trying to prevent the rescue of [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].

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* "[[Five Faces of Darkness]]"
: One all-gray Seeker, one with [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]]'s coloration, and one with [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]]'s. There's also an interesting Conehead variant. (All of which appear in the main image above.)

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[[Image:NotDirge.gif|200px|thumb|Dark Awakening Seeker]]
* "[[The Transformers: The Movie]]" & "[[Dark Awakening]]"
: One season 1-style [[:Image:DirgeseekerTFMovie.jpg|Seeker]] with Dirge's colors appears in jet mode in the attack on Autobot City in the movie, and next to the actual Dirge in the episode.

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* Puffy stickers
: A sheet of Transformer puffy stickers featured a rare generic with a Starscream-based color scheme. He is pictured above as well.

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[[Image:Returntocybertron-seeker.jpg|200px|thumb|Return to Cybertron Seeker.]]
* "[[Return to Cybertron]]"
: This relatively obscure [[Sticker Adventures]] tale gives us a brief glimpse of a Seeker with a Thundercracker/Skywarp mix; blue body, purple tailfins and wing stripes. You can't tell much more about him, given that he is A: partially obscured and B: exploding.

==UK Generation 2 comic==
An unnamed seeker with a light blue body with white face, light red helmet and thighs, and yellow cockpit cover was hanging around when Megatron boarded the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. {{storylink|War Without End (issue)|War Without End}}

==Unicron Trilogy Seekers==
According to one minor source in ''[[Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'', when any Transformer converts to a jet, he is called a "seeker"<ref>''[[Transformers Armada: The Awakening]]'' DK Readers book.</ref>. But the closest specific characters to the Generation 1 Seekers are this universe's own [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]]/[[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]]/[[Skywarp (Armada)|Skywarp]] trio. All three even used the same toy mold in their first release, although Skywarp was heavily [[Retool|retooled]] from the others (including getting an entirely new-mold [[Mini-Con]] partner). While new Decepticon-allied jet characters named [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] and [[Ramjet (Armada)|Ramjet]] were released in ''Armada'', they each had their own unique molds. However, whereas Ramjet was simply the Mini-Con partner of [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]], Thrust was a [[bulk]] who even had a VTOL engine in jet mode, a conehead and vertically-oriented wings in robot mode. Although Thrust's original toy was green, redecos looked a bit more like his G1 incarnation.

Though only Starscream appeared in the follow-up franchise, ''[[Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'', several Seekers appeared in the final portion of the Unicron Trilogy, ''[[Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]''. Starscream was back in a form heavily inspired by ''[[The War Within]]'' Starscream design (itself based on the "tetrajet" (see below)), while Thundercracker received a completely different body. A Skywarp was also released as a redeco of Thundercracker.

Further, the ''[[Legends Class|Legends of Cybertron]]'' Starscream toy, a tiny, simplified version of his main toy, was redecoed three more times: Skywarp as a giveaway at [[ComicCon 2005]], [[Ramjet (Universe)|Ramjet]] as a giveaway at [[BotCon 2005]], and [[Sunstorm (LOC)|Sunstorm]] as part of the last wave of the LOC line at retail.

==Live-action movie franchise Seekers==

In the letters page for [[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|Titan's tie-in comic]], the movie versions of [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], [[Thundercracker (Movie)|Thundercracker]], and [[Ramjet (Movie)|Ramjet]] were first referred to as Seekers—by Starscream himself, no less. [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing]] was noticeably absent from Starscream's list, despite also being a jet and Thundercracker also being the name/body for a line of drones. This left it unclear what a Seeker ''is''. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 9|#9's Star Screams}}

The term was used twice in IDW movie comics, meaning different things—[[Seeker (Movie)|Starscream's crack unit]], and [[Seeker (ROTF)|ancient spacefaring Transformers]].

In the [[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|movie sequel]], Jetfire describes himself as a Seeker. One of the early categories of Transformers, they were created to seek out stars which could be harvested for energon. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

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==Shattered Glass==
The term is taken to refer to [[Seeker (SG)|a group of evil Autobots with car alternate modes who share the same color of black]].

==Alternate terms==
The most obvious alternate name for these Transformers—and the one generally used by pack-in [[cross-sell]] catalogs—is '''[[Decepticon Planes]]'''. While usually clear enough from context, this term has the weakness that there are many Decepticon planes who are not "Seekers". Also, the term is rarely, if ever, used outside of toy-specific contexts.

[[Image:Tetrajet seekers.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Did you ever wonder why we had to run for shelter...]]
The same Transformers are also sometimes referred to as '''tetrajets''', which makes reference to their Cybertronian forms as seen in the cartoon episode "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]" and a handful of other episodes set on Cybertron. In these forms, their vehicular modes are shaped somewhat like [[wikipedia:tetrahedron|tetrahedra]], or "triangular pyramids" (that is, a pyramid with a triangular base).

For a time, the term '''Skyraider''' saw increasing popularity. This term originated from European ''[[Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]'' marketing. When Starscream and Ramjet were released in this line, their packaging referred to them as Skyraiders. The UK ''Generation 2'' comic also featured some character profiles (much like the old [[Transformers Universe (Marvel comic)|''Transformers Universe'']] comics), and those profiles for Starscream and Ramjet used the word as well. It is a relatively small leap to extend usage to all similarly-built Decepticons. The push to use "Skyraider" was largely founded on the idea of using an official term instead of one that was, seemingly, coined and used only by fans. When [[Simon Furman]] made use of "Seeker" in ''The War Within'', however, this primary motivation was lost. "Skyraider" was used once again to describe the Starscream-like jet warriors in the [[BotCon 2009]] set "[[Wings of Honor]]," and [[Skyquake (G1)|Skyquake]] was indicated as the body-type's developer.

The first UK cross-sell catalog referred to the group as '''strike planes'''.<ref>[http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/content.php?/transformers-image/toysheets/g1/uksheet01/1.jpg/image.html Catalogue image] at Transformers @ The Moon</ref>

In Japan, they received the subgroup designation of '''Jetrons'''.

==Origin of term "Seeker"==
Although the most well-known name for these Decepticons, the wide use of the term "Seeker" is still somewhat mysterious.

[[Image:Seekers ad text.jpg|left|197px|thumb|From the 1984 J.C. Penney wishbook. [[:Image:Seekers ad.jpg|See the full page here.]]]]
The only known, documented use of the term is from the 1984 J.C. Penney holiday catalog (sometimes called a "wishbook"). On the page which shows the Christmas season's available Transformers, the following entry is found: ''"Decepticon Silver Plane. Airplane with sensational F-15 styling scours the countryside searching for Autobots. When they're found, the Seekers set out to destroy them. Transforms to an exciting robot with hi-tech weapons and Decepticon logo."'' A photo of Starscream and Thundercracker is displayed.

Also on the same page in an ad for [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], he's said to send out messages to the Seekers and other Decepticons.

It has been rumored, but not demonstrated, that the term "Seeker" was used in some other early promotional materials. If so, then the term must have been handed down by [[Hasbro]] at some point. It hardly seems possible that the term could have been invented by a lowly copywriter at J.C. Penney who also just happened to decide to capitalize it. Still, though, if this catalog is the only primary source in which the term appears, it seems strange that it could have inspired the entire fandom to use the term. "Seeker" was in wide use among internet Transfans even in the early 1990s, when the fandom was just getting off its feet. Did somebody in the days of the Transformers email list have a memory of the word from when they saw this catalog at age 10 and start the trend? It is probably impossible to know at this point.

It is sometimes erroneously claimed that "Seeker" is derived from a line of dialog in the first episode of the G1 cartoon, in which these jets are referred to as "hunter-seekers". This line does not exist.

The term "[[hunter-seeker skyship|hunter-seekers]]" is used in issue 17 of the US comic, "[[The Smelting Pool!]]". However, the Decepticons it is applied to are shown only in their flight modes, which look nothing like the "Seekers" that we are familiar with. In fact, the Conehead Seekers make their first appearance in this same issue, and their Cybertronian flight modes appear very similar to their [[Earth]] jet forms (if not completely identical), and completely ''different'' from the craft which are referred to as hunter-seekers. The only real connection between the hunter-seekers we were shown and the "Seekers" is that there's more than one of them and they fly.

==Toys==
{{note|Because of the bodytype-sharing nature of the Seekers, this section includes only molds that have been decorated as two or more Seeker characters, omitting a large number of molds unique to a single character.}}
===Generation 1===
[[Image:Redeco.jpg|right|250px|thumb|The original Seekers.]]
* '''[[Decepticon Planes]]''' (1984)
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:* [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]
:* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]
:* [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]
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* '''Decepticon Planes''' (1985)
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:* [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]]
:* [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]
:* [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]]
}}

:The original Seeker mold was the [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes#F-15 Eagle|F-15]] ''[[Diaclone]]'' design, noted for its detailed jet mode, extremely limited robot-mode articulation, and the need to remove/add many parts during transformation.

:The mold was initially decorated as Starscream, Skywarp and Thundercracker. In 1985, Ramjet, Dirge and Thrust were created out of this mold, each with unique new wing toolings and color schemes. Redecorated [[retool]]s of the mold also appeared in ''[[Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' as Starscream and Ramjet, featuring new accessory [[soundbox]]es.

:This mold subsequently has been extensively reissued and redecorated; see [[Starscream (G1)/toys|Starscream (G1) toys]] for a ridiculously long list of examples. The reissues have included the original six characters as well as the retro-Generation-1 character [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]].

* '''[[Action Master]]s''' (1990)

:This non-transforming action figure mold was sold as Starscream, and later redecorated as Thundercracker for the European market.

===''Machine Wars''===
[[Image:MWSkywarp.jpg|right|200px|thumb|''Machine Wars'' Skywarp]]
* '''Basic''' (1997)

:A small [[Flipchanger|flipchanger]] mold, originally intended for ''[[Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'', was issued as Thundercracker and Skywarp.

===''Armada''===
* '''Max-Con''' (2002)

:An all-new mold sold at the $20 price point was originally issued as ''Armada'' [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]], redecorated as ''Armada'' [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]], and retooled as ''Armada'' [[Skywarp (Armada)|Skywarp]]. The retooled version was later issued as the new character [[Ramjet (Universe)|Ramjet]] in the first ''Universe'' toy line.

===''Smallest Transforming Transformers''===
[[Image:STFStarscream toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|''Smallest Transforming Transformers'' Starscream]]
:The ''Smallest'' line, issued in Japan in 2003, featured a reduced-scale version of the original Generation 1 Seeker mold.

:It was issued as Starscream, Skywarp and Thundercracker, and retooled as Thrust.

===''Robot Masters''===
:A new Seeker mold was created for Japan's ''[[Robot Masters]]'' subline. It is based on the original toy, but redesigned at a smaller size and with enhanced articulation.

:It was issued as Starscream, Skywarp and Thundercracker.

===''Titanium''===
[[Image:TitaniumHeroesWWThundercracker.jpg|right|200px|thumb|''Titanium'' Thundercracker]]
:A new Seeker mold created for the ''[[Titanium Series]]'' subline features a Cybertronian-based alternate mode, derived from the characters' appearance in ''[[The War Within]]'' (itself loosely based on the original pyramid jets seen in "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]".) This mold has been issued as Thundercracker, Starscream, Skywarp (a convention exclusive), Sunstorm, and Thrust (a Target Exclusive).

===''Cybertron''===
* '''Voyager''' (2006)

:This mold, based on G1 Starscream's ''[[War Within]]'' appearance, was issued as ''Armada'' Starscream, and later redecorated as Generation 1 Dirge.

* '''Deluxe''' (2006)
: Though Thundercracker wasn't the same mold as Starscream in this series, his deluxe toy was redecoed as Skywarp.

* '''Legends of Cybertron''' (2006)

:A tiny version of the Voyager mold, issued as ''Armada'' Starscream, and redecorated as ''Universe'' [[Ramjet (Universe)|Ramjet]], ''Armada'' [[Skywarp (Armada)#LOC|Skywarp]] and [[Sunstorm (LOC)|Sunstorm]], and Generation 1 [[Ramjet (G1)#Universe_.282008.29|Ramjet]] and [[Thrust (G1)#Universe_.282008.29|Thrust]]

===''Classics''===
[[Image:Henkei Thundercracker toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|''Henkei! Henkei!'' Thundercracker]]
* '''Deluxe''' (2006)

:An all-new mold at the $10 price point, the ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]'' Seeker design retains the F-15 alternate mode, but with a new transformation scheme and modern articulation.

:Like the original, this mold has been redecorated numerous times. In addition to the original six Seekers (some of which were BotCon-exclusive retools), it has also been issued as the character [[Acid Storm]]. The mold was sold in Japan under the ''Henkei! Henkei!'' line.

===''Masterpiece''===
:A larger-scaled, highly complex mold. Issued as Starscream in 2005, with later redecos as Skywarp and Thundercracker.

===Movie (2007)===
* '''Voyager'''

[[Image:Movie Voyager Starscream toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|''2007 Live Action Movie'' Starscream]]
:The mold used for the the [[Transformers (2007)|''Transformers'' live-action movie]] [[Voyager]] class [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] figure was remolded and repainted into [[Thundercracker (Movie)|Thundercracker]] (as well as a G1 recolor of Starscream.) For the ''[[Revenge of the Fallen]]'' line of toys, the mold was recolored again as [[Skywarp (ROTF)|Skywarp]] and [[Ramjet (Movie)|Ramjet]] respectively.

* '''Fast Action Battler'''

:The [[Fast Action Battler]] version of Starscream was recolored into Ramjet in 2007.
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===''Animated''===
* '''Voyager'''

[[Image:Animated Skywarp Voyager.jpg|right|200px|thumb|''Animated'' Skywarp]]
:The [[Voyager]] class [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] from [[Transformers Animated|Animated]] has been recolored into two of his [[Starscream clone|clones]] already, [[Skywarp (Animated)|Skywarp]] and [[Sunstorm (Animated)|Sunstorm]] with a release of [[Thundercracker (Animated)|Thundercracker]] on the way.

* '''Activator'''

: Starscream's [[Activator]] mold, a smaller, auto-transforming design based on the larger toy, was recolored into [[Thundercracker (Animated)|Thundercracker]] and [[Dirge (Animated)|Dirge]], also based on the clones from the cartoon.

==Merchandise==
[[Image:HoC 3H Seeker Set.jpg|right|250px|thumb|[[Starscream (G1)|I]] am [[Thundercracker (G1)|he]] as [[Skywarp (G1)|you]] are he as you are me and [[Air Warrior|we]] are all together.]]
===''Super Collection Figure''===
:A small, PVC plastic figure based on the Seekers' animation model design. It was imported from Takara in the 2002 ''Heroes of Cybertron'' line.

:It was issued as Starscream, Thundercracker, Skywarp, Sunstorm, and as a three-pack of generic light purple [[Air Warrior|Air Warriors]]. It was retooled and redecorated as Dirge and Ramjet.

===Titanium Series===
[[Image:TitaniumRM Starscream.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Stop, in the name of love...]]

: A small, non-transforming die-cast metal figurine, based upon the Generation 1 cartoon appearance of the Seekers was available decoed as either Starscream or Thundercracker.
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===''Myclone''===
[[Image:MyCloneRamjet.jpg|right|100px|thumb|''Myclone'' Ramjet]]
:A super-adorable figurine mold of Starscream was issued for this line, and redecorated as the [[Chase figure|chase figure]] Thundercracker. A Coneheads mold was also available, issued as Ramjet and chase figure Dirge, and retooled as Thrust.
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===''Robot Heroes''===
[[Image:Robot Hero Skywarp.jpg|right|120px|thumb|Robot Heroes Skywarp]]:Another super-adorable figurine of Starscream, this time launching himself into the air. Redecorated as Skywarp and Thundercracker. A Thrust mold from the same line has yet to be redecorated.
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==References==
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[[Category:Decepticon subgroups]]
[[Category:Fandom]]
[[Category:Generation 1]]
[[Category:Seekers| Seeker (body-type)]]
[[Category:Mass-produced Transformers]]

Talk:Ramjet (G1)

2009-08-24T20:24:00Z

147.140.233.17:

French name: Stratoréacto

== Alignment ==

I was under the impression that Alignment being reffed by name in E-hobby Galvatrons' backstory made it fair game. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 21:13, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
: It was referenced, but that doesn't make it entirely canonical, nor have we decided such. I certainly don't think it should be integrated into everybody's pages without a decision one way or the other. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 21:37, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

::If I was integrating it into his page I'd stick in a sentence how he was one of the four who donated his lifge-energies to resurect Megatron. Instead I gave an italic note about an oddity relating to his apparenty death in G2.

::Whatevs.-[[User:Derik|Derik]] 21:41, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

== G2 Toys ==

[http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=37540 That thread of Maz's over on the 'spark] got me thinking, shouldn't we be adding information like those G2 Seeker mock-ups to the wiki? And to this page or another one?
Personally I'da thought each toy warrants having its own page, detailing stuff like this, accessories/inserts, variations, release dates, re-paints/tools/issues, assortment codes, RRPs and all that sort of thing. --[[User:Specimen-17|Specimen-17]] 17:38, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

== Ramjet love? ==

Just an idle musing, but I was wondering why Ramjet is the most heavily preferred of all the Coneheads. In IDW comics, he got his own Spotlight while Dirge and Thrust were relegated to cameo roles. In Reign of Starscream, he was the Conehead interpreted for the Movie universe. In Animated, his color scheme was the only one clearly homaged by a Clone. For awhile, he was the only mass-released Conehead for Classics. Going back further, he was the only Seeker besides Starscream re-released for Generation 2. Yeah, his super-power is headbutting, but really...

...why so much love? --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] 10:58, 19 June 2009 (EDT)
::How do you figure he was the only [[Starscream clone]] homage? We got Thundercracker, Skywarp, and Sunstorm! And they all very closely resembled their G1 selves. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 11:04, 19 June 2009 (EDT)
:::He means of the Coneheads. No clue why Ramjet seems favoured. [[User:Geewunling|Geewunling]] 11:11, 19 June 2009 (EDT)
::::I know I'm a little late joining in on this, but as the article states "Curiously enough, Ramjet often seemed to act as de facto leader of the Conehead Seekers. Though only borderline competent, he was a serious enough warrior that it often fell on him to keep the two whiners Thrust and Dirge in line." He is given more attention now because he got more then. Ramjet was a more fully developed character, just as Starscream was more developed than Skywarp or Thundercracker. When people think back to the coneheads as characters, Ramjet is the one that most comes to mind. [[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 14:53, 17 July 2009 (EDT)
:::::Lol. I was actually the one who added that line to the article. --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] 15:12, 17 July 2009 (EDT)

== Ramjet Likes Toast ==
What does that line mean? Is it a Roger Ramjet quote or something?

Soundwave (G1)/toys

2009-08-03T17:20:49Z

147.140.233.17: It's already listed under Universe 2008

'''[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]''': popular. Amount of merchandise: sufficient for its own page.

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1Soundwave toy.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Soundwave superior. 'Nuf said.]]
* '''Soundwave''' (Decepticon, 1984/1985, 2003, 2007)
** ''Japanese ID number:'' '''17''', '''TFC-10'''
**''Accessories:'' Rocket launcher, 3 rockets, "Concussion Blaster" gun

: Soundwave transforms into a realistically sized microcassette recorder of indeterminate manufacture and includes weapons that turn into imitation batteries to power his nonexistent circuitry. [[Takara]]'s release of Soundwave in the ''[[Transformers]]'' line was nearly identical to the ''[[Micro Change|Microchange]]'' "MC-10 Cassette Man" toy on which he was based. This meant that along with being packaged with [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (previously a red "MC-01 Micross"), he came with a set of non-functioning headphones that allowed you not to listen to the silence not recorded on his non-functioning tapes with the non-functioning microphone. [[Hasbro]] packaged Soundwave with [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] rather than Rumble and omitted the other non-functioning accessories.

: Soundwave was included in the VS-Y versus pack along with Rumble and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]].

: In 2003, Soundwave was reissued as part of Takara's [[Transformers Collection]] "book-box" series. This iteration of Soundwave was packaged with [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]].

: Another reissue of Soundwave and Laserbeak was seen in 2007 with Takara's [[Encore|Transformers Encore]] series. This release featured significantly lighter blue and tweaked stickers to match this new shade.

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[[Image:G1Soundblaster toy.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Once you go black, you can never go b—]]
*'''Soundblaster''' (Decepticon, 1987, 2005)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-101''', '''TFC-18'''
**''Accessories:'' Rocket launcher, 3 rockets, "Concussion Blaster" gun

: As part of the Japanese ''[[The Headmasters (toyline)|Headmasters]]'' series, Soundwave was [[Redeco|redecoed]] and [[Retool|retooled]] so that he could hold two cassettes in his chest at once. Soundblaster's tape door was cast in transparent red plastic to allow the information on the "readout" decal to be seen, functioning in the same manner as the Tech Specs decoders. This was unique to the ''Headmasters'' decos of the cassettes. The readouts of the Decepticon cassettes showed the "weak points" of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. Soundblaster came packaged with Buzzsaw.

: Soundblaster saw reissue in the Transformers Collection series in 2005, packaged together with Buzzsaw and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]].

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[[Image:G1 ActionMaster Soundwave toy.jpg|right|150px|thumb|—uh, never mind.]]
*'''Soundwave with Wingthing''' (Action Master, 1990)
**''Accessories:'' "Photon Negator" rifle

: Part of the very first wave of [[Action Master|Action Masters]], Soundwave is a non-transforming action figure which combines elements of his cartoon model and original toy. He is compatible with any other Action Master weapon or vehicle. He came packaged with his new [[Action Master partner|partner]], [[Wingthing]].

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===Transform Gōkin===
*'''Soundwave''' (1985)
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===Transform Jr===
*'''Soundblaster''' (1987)
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===Generation 2===
[[Image:G2 Gobot Soundwave toy.jpg|right|150px|thumb|The goggles, they do nothing.]]
*'''Soundwave''' (Go-Bot, 1995)
**''Accessories:'' Gun

: A [[redeco]] of the [[Go-Bot (G2)|Go-Bot]] [[Gearhead]], Soundwave transforms into a Ford Thunderbird stock car with precision wheels and wire axles, compatible with "Hot Wheels" and "Matchbox" playsets and tracks (which he was properly sized to fit). Notably, his color scheme is very '''loud''', being bright shades of fluorescent yellow, pink and blue. This is one time fans can actually get away with describing a toy's color scheme as [[neon]].

[[Image:JG2 Soundwave.jpg|left|100px|thumb|Soundhead. Or Gearwave.]]
: In Japan, Soundwave was one of three Go-Bots releases, on a normal [[Hasbro]] card with stickers over key parts to add Japanese text to the mix. While this version uses the same bright yellow outer car shell, his internal parts are the same as the second-series all-opaque version of Gearhead. Interestingly enough, his giant "T" hood deco was also applied to the other two toys in the series, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]].

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Robots in Disguise]]'' [[W.A.R.S.]] and the ''[[Universe (2003 franchise)|Universe]]'' incarnation of [[Camshaft (G1)|Camshaft]]. It was planned to be used to make ''Generation 2'' [[Greasepit (G2)|Greasepit]], but that toy was canceled.

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[[Image:LaserCycleSoundwave.jpg|right|200px|thumb|His bio actually says this isn't his favorite form. No foolin'.]]
*'''Soundwave''' (Laser Cycle, 1995)

: A [[redeco]] of the [[Laser Cycle]] [[Road Pig (Decepticon)|Road Pig]] was planned as Soundwave, but ultimately never released, one of many planned late-1995 ''Generation 2'' redecos that never made it to release. Interestingly, many of these — including Soundwave and fellow Laser Cycle redeco [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] — ''were'' solicited in various store catalogues, such as the Sears Wish Book. Some packaged samples of this toy do exist, but there are estimated to be less than a dozen in existence. Soundwave would have transformed to a blue and silver Honda Goldwing motorcycle, with an LED-lit tailpipe that becomes an arm-mounted weapon in robot mode.

: This mold was later [[Retool|retooled]] to make ''Robots in Disguise'' [[Axer]] and ''[[Robot Masters]]'' [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]].

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===Machine Wars===
[[Image:MW Soundwave toy.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Not my scene, baby!]]
*'''Soundwave''' (Mega, 1997)
**''Accessories:'' Giant missile, radar dish

:Originally a [[KB Toys]] exclusive, ''[[Machine Wars]]'' Soundwave is a [[redeco]] of the [[Predator]] [[Stalker (G1)|Stalker]], minus Stalker's handgun and its missiles and with the sighting gimmick having been removed from the missile. In this incarnation, Soundwave transforms into a tracked ICBM (Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile) carrier of probably made-up model. His ICBM can mount on either shoulder or his back in robot mode, and features a see-through "scope" gimmick that is considerably neutered from Stalker's original version. The top panel slides open to allow the small Predator jets to attach to it via their [[Megavisor]] gimmicks.

: This mold was also used to make the ''[[Universe (2003 franchise)|Universe]]'' [[#Universe_.282003.29|incarnation of Soundwave]].
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===Smallest Transforming Transformers===
[[Image:SmallestTF Soundwave toy.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Size: small. Taste: Big]]
*'''Soundwave and Ravage''' (2003)
**''Accessories:'' Rocket launcher, "Concussion Blaster" gun

: Like all of the ''[[Smallest Transforming Transformers]]'', this version of Soundwave is a tiny replica of his Generation 1 form. He came with ''Smallest Transforming Transformers'' [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], who is probably ''the'' smallest Transformer ever.

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===Universe (2003)===
[[Image:Universe Soundwave%26Space-Case toy.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Now, let's see Space Case jump out of Soundwave's chest!]]
*'''Soundwave & Space Case''' (Ultra, 2004)
**''Accessories:'' Giant missile, radar

: The [[#Machine_Wars|''Machine Wars'' version of Soundwave]] was redecoed for release in the ''[[Universe (2003 franchise)|Universe]]'' line in an Ultra-level two-pack with [[Space Case]]. It retains basically all the same neutered gimmicks from the previous release of the mold.

: Due to the lack of fiction for either toy in the set, it is ''possible'' that this incarnation is in fact an alternate-universe version of Soundwave, or possibly even a new character altogether.

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===Titanium Series===
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[[Image:Titanium CybHeroes Soundwave toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|He's the "manliest" Soundwave ever!]]
*'''Soundwave''' (6" Cybertron Heroes, 2006)
**''Accessories:'' Rocket launcher, "Concussion Blaster" gun

: A new representation of his Generation 1 form, [[Titanium Series]] Soundwave transforms into a slightly redesigned version of his original microcassette player mode. Included is a VERY tiny Laserbeak that transforms into a black rectangle, vaguely resembling a microcassette, and is almost (but not quite) as small as ''Smallest TF'' Ravage. He can also fit inside of Soundwave's chest. Both of Soundwave's guns resemble batteries and fit into the battery compartment on his back. Some fans have complained that oddly-shaped crotch area makes it look like Soundwave is wearing a diaper, and that poor leg engineering makes it impossible for them to stay extended, and as a result unable to stand up ([http://www.reprolabels.com/Misc/babywave.asp much like a baby].)

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*'''Soundblaster''' (6" Cybertron Heroes, 2006)
**''Accessories:'' Rocket launcher, "Concussion Blaster" gun

: A planned redeco of the transforming ''Titanium'' Soundwave in Soundblaster colors, this toy would have come with a new ''Titanium'' version of [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] instead of Laserbeak. However, this toy was ultimately canceled along with many other solicited 6" Cybertron Heroes. According to the packaging for Titanium [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], he would have been "also available" as of November 2008, as Hasbro was unwilling to spend the resources on altering the packaging for these already complete toy packages.

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[[Image:Titanium-toy RMSoundwave.JPG|right|160px|thumb|]]
*'''Soundwave''' (3" Robot Masters, 2006)
**'' Accessories'': Decepticon stand

: Soundwave was also planned to be released as a 3" Robot Masters non-transformable figurine, though it never saw release.

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===Classics===
[[Image:Classics Commemorative Soundwave toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Ravage, Laserbeak: Eject. Operation: Reissue.]]
*'''Soundwave''' (Commemorative Edition, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Rocket launcher, 3 rockets, "Concussion Blaster" gun

: Despite having packaging that claims ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]'' Soundwave is "identical to the original toy," this version is actually a redeco of the [[Transformers Collection]] Sound''blaster'' reissue in Soundwave's original colors. This is presumably due to reported mold degradation on the cassette door of the Soundwave mold. While later releases such as the [[Encore|Transformers Encore]] edition would feature a single-cassette bay, it is noteworthy that this release featured the much more rarely used Cassetteman version of the door mold. Like the Soundblaster reissue, ''Classics'' Soundwave is packaged with "Battle" Ravage, as well as Laserbeak, recolored from Soundblaster's Buzzsaw. In a move rare for a US release of this toy, the set included two [[Takara]] clear-plastic cassette cases.

: Exclusive to Toys 'R' Us stores, Soundwave had been intended for the [[Commemorative Series]], but after the cancellation of that line, he was added to ''Classics'', although the phrase "Commemorative Edition" is prominently displayed on the front and sides of the box.

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===Universe (2008)===
*'''Soundwave''' (2009)

: In 2009, Hasbro released yet another reissue of Soundwave as part of the ''[[Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' line, this time as a [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] exclusive that was prominently offered at [http://www.comic-con.org/cci/ San Diego Comic-Con 2009]. This version of Soundwave features no less than ''four'' tapes: Ravage, Laserbeak, Buzzsaw and [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]. This edition actually uses the original cassette deck door, leaving only enough room for one cassette but making it more accurate to the G1 toy and cartoon.

===Music Label===
[[Image:Music label soundwave.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Soundwave finally enters the digital age after only what, a decade and a half?]]
*'''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

: Released by [[TakaraTomy]]'s [[Music Label]] (which also puts out a not-half-as-cool [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Convoy iPod stand]]), 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 1 AAA battery. An optional accessory, sold separately, features headphones that transform into [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] and [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]. 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.

[[Image:MusicLabel Soundwave whiteblack.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Actually is Shattered Glass Soundwave]]
: 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. While the "Spark Blue" version reappeared in a second production run, the "Sonic White" version was replaced with "Blaster Black". In this deco, the figure bears a deliberate resemblance to Soundblaster. However, the packaging and other materials still refer to it as "Soundwave".

: The "Sonic White" version was also later [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as the mirror-universe "[[Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]" [[Soundwave (Shattered Glass)|Soundwave]].

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===Attacktix===
[[Image:Attacktix G1Soundwave toy.jpg|right|150px|thumb|I like big blasters and I can not lie!]]
*'''Soundwave''' (Booster, 2007)

: Part of a planned second series of ''Transformers [[Attacktix]]'' boosters, Soundwave was to be a 30-point "Leader" class piece.

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==Merchandise==

===Transformers Design Center===
* '''Design Center''' (1984)

:Manufactured by [[Arrow]], the Soundwave Design Center was a box in the general shape and likeness of Soundwave which contained various arts and crafts projects for young tykes to entertain themselves with. His head pulled out to reveal a ruler, one arm contains a hilariously dinky and useless pair of "scissors", his lower legs contained rubbing-transfer panels, and the entire back worked as a sort of pantograph machine - attaching a nib to one end of the large mechanical armature ostensibly allowed you to 'remote draw' designs on the included plates.

===Soundwave Tape Player===
* '''Soundwave''' (1985)

:A non-Transforming cassette player in the shape of Soundwave in his robot mode, made by Hasbro in 1985. It runs on 3 C batteries (not included, of course).

===Decoy===
*'''Soundwave''' (Decoy, 1986)
**''Decoy ID number'':

: Coming packaged at random on carded ''Transformers'' toys during 1986, [[Decoy]] Soundwave is a soft-rubber figure depicting his robot mode. Like all Decepticon Decoys, Soundwave was available in both purple and red, with the red version being considerably rarer.

===Super Collection Figure/Heroes of Cybertron===
[[Image:HOC-figure Soundwave.JPG|right|125px|thumb|]]
* '''Soundwave''' (2001)

:A PVC figure of Soundwave made up of multiple pieces, that comes pre-assembled. Soundwave has his left hand posed as if he's pressing the button on his chest to eject a tape. Or perhaps he could be pointing crookedly at something just off camera moments before he lets out his gasping breath? Maybe not.
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* '''Soundblaster''' (2002)

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===Hard Hero===
[[Image:HardHero Soundwave bust.JPG|right|160px|thumb|]]
* '''Soundwave''' (2002)

:The fourth in [[Hard Hero]]'s series of ''Transformers'' busts, Soundwave is 6 inches tall and made out of cold-cast porcelain. 100 copies of the bust were signed by sculptor [[Jason Ray]].

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===MyClone===
* '''Soundwave (2003)'''

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===Transformers - Wall Plaque===
[[Image:Soundwave plaque.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Arrival: Imminent. Party: Started.]]
* '''Soundwave''' (Diamond Select, 2006)

Released by Diamond Select Toys in 2006, Soundwave was sculpted by [[Art Asylum]] and limited to 1,000 pieces. He is seen emerging from the space bridge with Frenzy, Laserbeak, and Ravage in tow.
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===Transformers - Mini Bust===
[[Image:Soundwave statue.jpg|right|175px|thumb|An elegant but succinct summation.]]
* '''Soundwave''' (Diamond Select, 2007)

: Released by [[Diamond Select Toys]] in 2007, Soundwave was sculpted by [[Mark Wong]] of [[Art Asylum]] and limited to 1,000 pieces. The sculpt features both his concussion blaster gun and shoulder cannon with Laserbeak perched on his left shoulder. His tape deck altmode is sculpted on the base of the bust.

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[[Image:Soundblaster statue.jpg|right|175px|thumb|So this is what having your own mold feels like.]]
* '''Sound Blaster''' (Diamond Select, 2008)

:Released by Diamond Select Toys in 2008, Sound Blaster was sculpted by [[Mark Wong]] of [[Art Asylum]], limited to 1,000 pieces. He comes with Ratbat perched on his shoulder, and a scale version of Frenzy in tape mode that can be freely removed. This is Sound Blaster's first North American release. His name has been changed from "Soundblaster" to "Sound Blaster".

:His [[Tech Spec]] contains some interesting new information, notably that his body was reconstructed using technology stolen from [[Nebulos]] and his shoulder cannon is now an "electric launcher" capable of firing charged particles at 38,000 volts. His tech spec stats are STR 10 INT 7 SPD 8 END 10 RNK 9 CRG 10 FBL 10 SKL 8 and completely different from the ones on his original Japanese release. His motto reads "Volume the same, destructive power doubled."

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===Robot Heroes===
*'''Bumblebee & Soundwave''' (2007)

[[Image:G1 RobotHeroes BumblebeeVsSoundwave.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Be vewy, vewy qwiet...]]
: ''[[Robot Heroes]]'' Soundwave is a soft-plastic figurine sculpted in a [[super-deformed]] style, with joints at his head and shoulders (although his shoulder cannon prevents his big head from turning to the right). He came in a two-pack with [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]].

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===Mighty Muggs===
[[Image:MightyMuggs_Soundwave.jpg|right|thumb|Mass status:round. Solution: blame Starscream...]]
*'''Soundwave''' (2009)
**''Accessories:'' Gun

: This [[super-deformed]], non-transformable Soundwave figure uses the standard [[Mighty Muggs]] body template, with swivel joints in his neck and arms. His colors are based on those of his original toy, including yellow eyes and even having a painted "screw" behind his head, and he comes with a super-deformed version of his concussion blaster.

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==Trivia==
* According to an interview in the magazine ''Otaku USA'' (issue 3, pg. 102-3), the original Microchange toy and the accompanying cassettes were at least partially designed by famed mecha designer and anime director [[Shinji Aramaki]]. He did not come up with the transformation scheme, but designed most of the outward appearance and details. He also worked on the toys that became the deluxe [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]], [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]], and [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]].

* Including the ''[[Micro Change|Microchange]]'' "Cassette Man" version, the original Soundwave mold has sported at least four different tape doors:
** The original MC-10 version had a cassette door that had "Cassette Man" emblazoned on it and featured a hinge that was internal to the robot's body.
** For the initial ''Transformers'' release by Hasbro, the "Cassette Man" text was removed.
** When [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] released the ''Transformers'' version of Soundwave in Japan, they [[retool]]ed the hinge so the bottom of the door attached to the outside of the robot, on either side of the "buttons", which had also been retooled. Both versions of Soundwave were available in Japan, making the retool a running change [[variant]].
** The Soundblaster version had a door that retained the external hinge and added the capacity for holding a second cassette.

[[Image:Classics Soundwave.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Pimp My Ride.]]
* The Decepticon faction insignia appears to be roughly based on Soundwave's head, or vice versa.

* Though Soundwave's toy is a microcassette recorder, his fictional appearances depict him as a stereo cassette deck or Walkman. (Likewise, his microcassette tapes are depicted as regular audio cassettes.)

* "Years ago", [[Don Figueroa]] created a concept drawing for a potential SUV-esque Soundwave toy — either for ''[[Alternators]]'' or ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]'', he no longer remembers — which went unused.[http://www.unicron.com/news_item/1132/] Despite the [[fandom]]'s immediate assumptions, ''Transformers Animated'' character designer [[Derrick Wyatt]] has said that this particular design did ''not'' in fact influence the [[Soundwave (Animated)|Animated version of Soundwave]], meaning any resemblance between the two is coincidental.

* During one of Hasbro's designer panels at [[BotCon 2008]], an audience member questioned the feasibility of releasing the [[Soundwave (G1)|''Music Label'' Soundwave toy]] in the [[Universe (2008 franchise)|2008 ''Universe'']] toyline, but '''''without''''' the expensive MP3 player electronics. Bizarrely, Hasbro design director [[Aaron Archer]] gave a seemingly prepared statement that did not answer the question at all, and instead stated that Hasbro were unlikely to release ''Music Label'' Soundwave in their markets due to the obscurity of the MiniSD memory card format. (For what it's worth, Hasbro's [[Greg Lombardo]] had given an actual answer to the same question at [[BotCon 2007]], when he stated that ML Soundwave's innards are so devoted to electronics that removing them might adversely impact the leftover toy's appearance and stability.)

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Talk:Rumble (G1)

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Shouldn't this page just be 'Rumble'? - [[User:RolonBolon|RolonBolon]] 17:40, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

I think so, the only other Rumble I can think of is from GF.

On a similar note, how do we want to explain the fact that in the Japanese dub, Frenzy was the blue cassette? I think a "However, in the Japanese dub, all of this was done by Frenzy" would be the easyest. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 18:20, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

==Smallest Decpeticon?==

Quite possibly. I remember one episode where he fought Spike. They were the same size, and Spike was actually able to push him around a bit, though Rumble, being machine, ultimately prevailed. But then there was another episode where Rumble was about double Spike's size.[[User:71.34.68.213|71.34.68.213]] 22:02, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

: Haha, [[scale]]! But seriously, he was indeed pretty consistently depicted as the smallest robot-mode Decepticon on the show, although Laserbeak or Ravage might have been smaller. He's probably not the smallest Decepticon ''ever'', though--that honor would presumably belong to one of the Micromasters, or maybe one of the weird merchandise-only characters like Enemy. --[[User:Andrusi|Andrusi]] 23:16, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

==Italian name(s)==
Uh... hrm. The Italian wiki page lists Rumble as ''Tartar'' and Frenzy as ''Scarlet (Tremor)'', with a note saying Frenzy/Tremor appeared in the live action movie. Meanwhile, an Italian article on the Movie compares Frenzy with his G1 counterpart, shows a screenshot of the blue robot, and identifies it as Tremor/Frenzy. The TF wiki currently lists Rumble as Tremor and Frenzy as Tartar.

Offhand, I can't find anything that says Rumble and Frenzy were actually sold in Italy. Given the evidence... I guess... the blue robot on the show was Tremor, but the Italians consider the blue robot to have been Frenzy? I am so confused. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 23:44, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

==Universe Bio==
These guys had bios? And wouldn't this make him explicitly the G1 character? [[User:Chip|Chip]] 06:02, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
:They were provided online for the guy who managed the class, and explicitly placed in the Universe storyline. [[User:Interrobang|Interrobang]] 03:56, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

==G1/Universe merge?==
Since we're merging all of the slightly different Universe characters, does this one count? [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 03:50, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
:I'd say so. The specific G2 Frenzy reference clinches it for me. Are all these "unofficial" bios still online? I've Googled around a bit but haven't found anything. - [[User:Jackpot|Jackpot]] 04:02, 10 June 2008 (UTC)
::[[Talk:Overkill (G1)|Overkill's]]. I can't find the other two. They're lost in two years of posts. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 04:41, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

==Rumble/Frenzy color switch==
Without reopening that whole can of worms, I noticed that the G1 cartoon bible only lists Rumble and not Frenzy. Could the mixed up colors have been a result of only using Rumble in the beginning? It looks like an attempt to advertise both toys but only animate one. Frenzy doesn't show up until near the end of the first season and given that they were using plenty of generics, it looks like a conscious descision to exclude him initially. Has anyone ever heard anything about this?

Ratbat (G1)

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:''Ratbat is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]]. He is usually a [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|Mini-Cassette]].''

[[Image:G1 Ratbat Packaging Art.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Listen to them—children of the night. What spreadsheets they make.]]
Cold-blooded and obsessed with efficiency, '''Ratbat''''s primary concern is looking out for himself. He treats his responsibilities, whether as a fuel auditor or as leader of Decepticons, as a business. In his book, everything comes down to profit and loss.

In his role as fuel scout, Ratbat carries sensors that allow him to detect and evaluate the quality of fuels of various types, from primitive hydrocarbons to [[Energon (fuel)|Energon]]. He can process any number of these different fuels to power himself.

Although obsessed with efficiency, like any good CEO, Ratbat allows himself a small indulgence: He enjoys sinking his fangs into the fuel tanks of Terran automobiles, the more expensive the better. He enjoys nothing more than savoring high-test gasoline siphoned from a hapless yuppie's Mercedes or BMW.

Ratbat is also the best [[Decepticon leader]] ever. True, that's what [[Megatron (G1)|every]] [[Starscream (G1)|other]] [[Shockwave (G1)|leader]] says, but he's got the victories to back it up.

:''Hungarian name'': '''Féreg''' ("Worm")
:''Italian name'': '''Stridek'''
:''French-Canadian name'': '''Vampiro'''

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====Madman ''The Transformers'' comic====
[[Image:Madman comic HotRod runsover tapes.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Dracula vs. King of the Roadkill.]]
In the year 2001, Ratbat was one of several tapes that accompanied [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] when they were spying on the construction of [[Autobot City]]. Soundwave had managed to record a meeting between [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] where the two Autobots leaders discussed hiding the [[Autobot Matrix of Leadership]] in a bunker at the building site. Ratbat was deployed along with [[Overkill (G1)|Overkill]], [[Slugfest (G1)|Slugfest]], [[Beastbox]] and [[Squawktalk]] to oversee the retrieval of the powerful Autobot artifact. As Ratbat happily reported the minimal usage of fuel in the successful operation, the Autobot [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] rammed [[Squawkbox]] and Slugfest, scaring the crap out of the bat. {{storylink|The Transformers (Madman)|The Transformers}}

{{note|Despite the fact that this comic is set firmly within the cartoon continuity of Generation 1, Ratbat's sole line of dialogue (and the fact that he speaks at all) is based on Ratbat's various comic book appearances, and not his beast-like cartoon depiction.}}

====Generation 1 cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Frank Welker]] (English), [[Hōchū Ōtsuka|Yoshitada Ōtsuka]] (Japanese)

[[Image:RatbatTV.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Squeak! Squeak I tell you! Squeak!]]
Ratbat was among several cassettes deployed by Soundwave during the [[Battle of Autobot City]] in an effort to stop [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] from broadcasting a distress signal to [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. After successfully destroying the transmitter, the cassettes broke into the glass dome of the communications tower and attacked [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] until Blaster deployed his own cassette squad. Ratbat was then attacked by [[Ramhorn]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

While the Decepticons were searching space for [[isidrite]] to repair their weaponry, Soundwave ejected Ratbat to hunt for the mineral in an asteroid field. Although the scout was successful in his mission, the isidrite deposit he discovered was already being mined by the Autobots, leading to the inevitable conflict. {{storylink|Webworld}}

[[Image:CallofthePrimitives Ratbat TornedronTiger.jpg|left|150px|thumb|The paw that refreshes.]]
When [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] hired the [[Skuxxoid]] and [[Slizardo]] to attack the Autobots with [[anti-electron]]s, the spying Ratbat recorded their failure and raced back to [[Chaar]] to inform Galvatron, replaying his footage of the Autobots' recovery for the two would-be saboteurs to see. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}}

During a battle on [[Earth]]'s [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], Ratbat was among several "[[primitive]]" Transformers called away by a mysterious being known as [[Oracle (G1)|Primacron's assistant]] to do battle with [[Primacron]]'s creation, [[Tornedron]]. As the primitives made their escape from the seemingly unstoppable creature, Ratbat was grabbed by Tornedron's tiger form and eaten. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}} He got better, though, and was later around to overhear the Autobots' conversation with [[Jessica Morgan]] about the discovery of the [[Spark|lifeless]] body of Optimus Prime. However, this resulted in most of the Decepticons being infected with the [[Hate Plague]]. Some days, a bat can't win. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' comic=====
[[Image:RatbatFSRLFManga.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Ratbat's fallen off the ugly tree a few times.]]
Under the direction of Soundwave, Ratbat and his fellow cassettes ambushed [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] in [[Japan]] shortly after his companion [[Kenji]] had flown off in [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]]. Bumblebee was able to leap over them and run off, which prompted Soundwave to have the cassettes give chase. [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] shortly ordered the group to split up to cover more ground.

However, they instead (as a group, oddly) ran into [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]], which sent them into retreat. Unfortunately, their attempt to re-enter Soundwave's chest was foiled by the fact that Bumblebee had shattered it with a kick, causing them all (including Ratbat) to bounce off the mangled cassette door. Cliffjumper then picked them all up and proceeded to pull out their magnetic tape, wrapping it around his fingers. That meanie. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 2}}

{{note|What happened to Soundwave and the cassettes next is never explained, but Soundwave is recuperating with the Decepticons in the next issue. The Autobots may have just left them lying in the street...}}

=====Scramble City=====
Detecting some strange electromagnetic emanations coming from a mountain range, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] had [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] deploy Ratbat, [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] and [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] to investigate. When they met resistance from [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and his own cassette warriors, it became apparent that the mountain concealed an [[Autobot]] operation. While Ravage and Laserbeak occupied [[Ramhorn]] and [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]], Ratbat was able to evade laser fire from Blaster and penetrated the mountain, discovering that it housed the construction site for the Autobots' [[Metroplex (G1)|Scramble City]]. {{storylink|Scramble City}}

=====''The Great Transformer War'' comic=====
{{note|This story takes place toward the end of season 3 of the ''Generation 1'' cartoon.}}
After infiltrating Scramble City, Ratbat watched from a hidden perch as the alien scientist [[Doctor Dalton]] assisted the Autobots in increasing the power of the nascent [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]]. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 1}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
In the year 2011, as [[Vector Sigma]] was in the process of destabilizing, Soundwave and his cassettes invaded [[Autobot City]] in an attempt to learn what the Autobots' strategy for resolving the situation was. While listening in on the Autobots' discussion, which involved locating the missing [[Matrix of Leadership]], Ratbat was detected by Blaster, leading to a battle between the two communications officers. Soundwave and his troops fled, but the battle was renewed soon after in the Arctic, where both combatants ultimately destroyed each other. Ratbat, Laserbeak and [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] gathered up the broken fragments of Soundwave's body and made an airborne escape. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} Subsequently, the information Ratbat had gathered on the Autobots' search was replayed for Galvatron. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

Thanks to the super-science of planet [[Master (planet)|Master]], Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] leader [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] was able to use the fragments of Soundwave's body Ratbat and the others had recovered to restore him to life as Soundblaster. He was joyfully received by Ratbat and the other cassettes, who soon found themselves again battling Blaster - likewise reborn as Twincast - and his cassettes while Soundblaster attacked Cybertron with the Decepticons' new [[Madmachine]]. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}}

When a shadowy figure began blackmailing different nations around the world, Ratbat snuck into Autobot City to observe the Autobots' response. He was, however, spotted by [[Trainbot]] leader [[Shōki]] in the reflection in his glass of [[Energon (fuel)|energon]], and fled. {{storylink|Terror! The Six Shadows}}

=====''The Headmasters'' comic=====
[[Image:RatbatHeadmastersManga.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Ratbat post-"adorableness" surgery.]]
After Soundblaster crash-landed following his encounter with [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]]'s "Master Chrome Hurricane-Throw to the End of Hell" attack, Ratbat and the other animal cassettes (minus [[Slugfest (G1)|Slugfest]] and [[Overkill (G1)|Overkill]]) stood over his groggy form while [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] panicked at the approach of [[Sixshot]]. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 8}}
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===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
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[[Image:Ratbatresurrection.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Future Decepticon leaders are quick to realize that Megatron was a terrible one.]]
Ratbat was one of the many Decepticons left on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], where he rose to the critical post of fuel auditor. With a drive towards extreme efficiency, he would rarely countenance unnecessary risks. ''He was one of the key figures in [[Straxus (G1)|Lord Straxus' court]], and so when Straxus' attempted possession of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] saw Straxus dead and Megatron mentally unstable, Ratbat was able to exploit it. Convincing the others that Megatron and Straxus were a liability, he had Straxus' troops open the [[Space Bridge]] in front of Megatron, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], which sent them back to Earth''. {{storylink|Resurrection!}}

Ratbat emerged as the most powerful Decepticon in [[Polyhex]]. Ratbat grew increasingly dissatisfied with the inefficient use of fuel by the Decepticons based on Earth under the command of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], a practice he planned to alleviate by shutting down the Space Bridge between Earth and Cybertron. The amount of fuel the Earthbound Decepticons had gathered was not remotely equal to the energy required to run the bridge. Regardless, Shockwave appealed for one more use of the Space Bridge, and blamed the Earthbound Autobots for their lack of progress. To the ends of eliminating them from the equation, Ratbat opened up the Space Bridge in front of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] and sent [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] through it to destroy them. Though many injuries were inflicted, the arrival of the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] rapidly turned the tide. Trypticon's energy expenses exceeded the budget allowed for the mission, and Ratbat ordered him back. {{storylink|King of the Hill!}}

[[Image:Ratbatcratercritters.jpg|right|175px|thumb|"That... that's your fist, Astrotrain."]]
With the Space Bridge no longer an option, Ratbat sent things to Earth via low-energy cost space freighters. However, a particularly important cargo went missing en route to Earth, so he dispatched the [[Triple Changer]]s through the Space Bridge to investigate. {{storylink|Crater Critters}} When the source of the problem turned out to be a deadly plague of [[Scraplets]], he captured the [[Throttlebot]]s and sent them to Earth to remove the infection with corrosives. He warned them that if they did not succeed with ten hours, he would destroy the Earth to prevent the plague from spreading. Thankfully, [[water]] was discovered to be an effective cure. {{storylink|The Cure!}}

[[Image:Ratbatcarwash.jpg|left|250px|thumb|So once again, Jones, what was briefly yours is now mine.]]
Ratbat traveled to Earth to oversee his designs for Earth. He continued to be outraged at Shockwave's excessive fuel use, particularly when he revealed that Shockwave's Decepticons had recently stolen a fuel tanker ''after'' it had unloaded its cargo! Meanwhile, Ratbat's plans proceeded well. He had placed industrialist [[G.B. Blackrock]] under his control, and had him open a chain of car washes that featured rock and roll music and flashing lights, dubbed the "[[Wash and Roll|Wash and Roll Car Wash]]". These car washes hypnotized humans into delivering the fuel they'd pumped back to the Decepticons. However, this plan was discovered by the Autobots' ally [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]]. After a quick fight inside one of the car washes, Buster was able to awaken the hypnotized masses outside. Ratbat was forced to flee. {{storylink|Buster Witwicky and the Car Wash of Doom}}

The [[United States of America|United States]] government later captured the Throttlebots and executed them live on television. The [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] carried Ratbat to the execution location afterwards so that he could ensure that they had indeed been killed. He discovered that their brain modules were missing, and once he had the scent, he tracked down the Throttlebots inside a nearby mall. Here he battled Buster Witwicky once again, who with [[Walter Barnett]] had snuck the Throttlebots' brains away inside remote control cars. Ratbat cornered Buster and kidnapped him. {{storylink|Toy Soldiers!}}

He brought Buster back to the [[Club Con|Decepticons' island headquarters]], where he was used as a human shield against military retaliation. The Autobot [[Targetmaster]]s besieged the base, commanded by [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] and Buster's older brother [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], so the Decepticons were forced to flee by deploying the island base's space-travel capabilities. In the process of departure, Shockwave was shot down in space and seen spiraling towards Earth, apparently dying during reentry. Ratbat declared it would be inefficient to rescue him and seized command of the Decepticons for himself. {{storylink|The Desert Island of Space!}}

[[Image:Ratbatfortmax.jpg|left|100px|thumb|Ratbat breaks through the Mini-Cassette glass ceiling.]]
Of all the leaders of the Decepticons on Earth few came closer to outright victory than Ratbat. He followed the Autobots under [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] when they set out to unite with those under [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] and launched an all-out attack that resulted in huge casualties and the Autobots being briefly stranded on the Moon. He retreated only when Grimlock and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] returned from their duel and turned the tide. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

[[Image:Ratbatdarkstardeath.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Three in one shot? Even Ratbat would concede this was an efficient death.]]
Later, Ratbat promoted the newly recovered [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] to the position of second-in-command and set out to learn the truth about the legendary [[Underbase]], which could seemingly make a Transformer supremely powerful. {{storylink|Club Con!}} Ratbat was determined to attain its power for himself but this ambition was shared by Starscream. The latter lured the separate Decepticon faction led by [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] to a meeting with Ratbat's forces, which soon resulted in conflict between the two, allowing Starscream to seek the Underbase for himself. {{storylink|Cold War!}} Both Decepticon factions allied with the Autobots in fighting against Starscream, suffering huge casualties in the process. However, both Ratbat and Scorponok independently suspected that the Autobot leader [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] had plans to seize the power of the Underbase for himself, and they set out to stop him. They confronted him aboard the Ark and Ratbat declared he would have the power of the Underbase for himself. Seconds later, Ratbat was dead, shot in the back by Scorponok. {{storylink|Dark Star (issue)|Dark Star}}

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====Generation 2====
Years later, Grimlock would invoke Buster Witwicky's fight with Ratbat inside the Wash and Roll Car Wash. Optimus Prime needed to be reminded that no matter how small, life struggles to carry on, and if protecting it was good once, why would they stop now? {{storylink|War Without End!}}

===''Transformers in 3-D''===
[[Image:Ratbat blackthorne.png|right|180px|thumb|Ratbat watches over his loyal pet Galvatron]]
Ratbat was a sentient entity capable of talking, but pretended to be an obedient mute animal in order to get out of doing any real work. He ended up as the mentally unstable [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]'s witless pet and sole confidant. This embarrasses him, but rather that than do work!

[[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] worried about Galvatron's unhealthy attachment to Ratbat. When [[Searchlight (G1)|Searchlight]] foiled Ratbat's search for mysterious [[Energon (fuel)|energon]]-producing aliens by causing Galvatron to accidentally step on him using [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], Galvatron stopped fighting to rush to Ratbat's side, distraught over his actions. {{storylink|The Test (issue)|The Test}}

For reasons known only to Ratbat, he was later showing off his sentience and joining in on Decepticon raids. It's almost as if he was being written inconsistently... {{storylink|Transformers in 3-D issue 2}}

{{note|Blackthorne Ratbat appeared to have the ability to change size from his parrot-like perch on Galvatron's shoulder (at right) to a [[:Image:Ratbat blackthorne2.png|giant bat]] large enough for a Throttlebot to ride on.) This fits in with his abilities as described in his expanded Marvel comics profile. Also, Blackthorne's Ratbat was absolutely adorable. He is love.}}

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
[[Image:Ratbatwarwithin.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Finally! It's Ratbat's time to shine!]]
Millions of years ago, before the Transformers crash-landed on Earth, Ratbat was the leader of a sub-faction of Decepticons called the [[Ultracons]] during the time when [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] had disappeared. During the Dark Ages, Ratbat made several efforts to secure the [[Tagan Heights]], which held forty percent of Cybertron's industrial capability. However, his efforts were constantly thwarted by [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] and the [[Wrecker|Wreckers]]. {{storylink|War Within: The Dark Ages|The War Within: The Dark Ages}}

Eventually, he became so frustrated that he openly violated the [[Crisis Intervention Accords]] and managed to sway the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] over to the Ultracons, unleashing [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] on the Heights. However, the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] arrived and formed [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. Their duel resulted in the destruction of a good deal of the Tagan Heights, and Ratbat was forced to retreat. Megatron's return saw the Ultracons reintegrated into the Decepticons. {{storylink|War Within: The Age of Wrath|The War Within: The Age of Wrath}} At this point in time, Ratbat possessed his original Cybertronian form, able to transform from robot mode to jet.

[[Image:Ratbatwarandpeace.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Wait, wait, sorry, nevermind.]]
When Ratbat was next seen, it was millions of years later, and he had been freed by Starscream from imprisonment and given to Soundwave as a servant/gift, implying a past connection for which Soundwave would want recompense. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}} Why he was rebuilt into a smaller, weaker form is unknown, but what is known is that he despises it.<ref>Ratbat's profile in [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s [[More Than Meets The Eye (G1)|More Than Meets The Eye]].</ref>

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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[Image:Gijoevtfratbatblasted.jpg|left|200px|thumb|I don't think I like these new comics...]]Ratbat was one of the many Transformers recovered from the crashed ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' by [[Cobra]]. He was repaired and retrofitted by [[Doctor Mindbender]], who proudly displayed him, Soundwave, and his fellow Mini-Cassettes to [[Destro]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 2}} Ratbat was released by Soundwave, along with [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]], [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], during an attack on the [[SPS Center]]. Ratbat was felled by the combined fire of [[Rock'n'Roll]], [[Roadblock (G.I. Joe)|Roadblock]], and [[Bazooka (G.I. Joe)|Bazooka]]. His body was taken into custody by [[G.I. Joe]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 3}}
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===IDW comics continuity===
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[[Image:Senator ratbat.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Woohoo! Now I'm a Senator!]]
Millions of years ago, before the war, Ratbat was a member of the [[Senate]] and possessed a fairly impressive humanoid form with wing-like capes and a bat head-like helmet. His professed role was "the application of wisdom through judgment", whatever that means, but, in practicality, he simply monitored news feeds and manipulated events (including stoking conflicts) to create the most profit for himself. He was responsible for the automation of Cybertron's Energon mines, a move which prompted the miner known as [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] to rebel and flee underground.

Interested by Megatron's early [[Gladiatorial combat|gladiatorial exploits]], he sent his servant [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] to offer Megatron a wide variety of advanced weaponry. He was either trying to get in on the fight racket and increase the violence for profit, or was deliberately trying to create greater instability (also for profit). {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2}}

{{note|It's not that clear which - he starts up after hearing how much money the fights make, but in later issues says how instability is good for business.}}

When Megatron's forces bloomed from underground fightclub to planet-destabilizing army, Ratbat realized that he'd made a mistake and Megatron was going too far. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3}}

[[Image:MegatronOrigin4 Soundwave humbles Ratbat.jpg|right|200px|thumb|No, no, wait. Sorry. Again.]]
After Megatron decisively won his first battle against [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] and the Decepticons were established, Ratbat decided to view this as a job opportunity and simply transfer himself (and all of Kaon's city funding and government data) to [[Iacon]] and a more lucrative position. Unfortunately for him, he was betrayed by Soundwave, who thought Ratbat would be a "valuable resource" for the Decepticons. His [[Spark]] was removed and transferred into a smaller, compact form. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4}}

[[Image:Ratbatdevastation.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Always on playlist: "Batdance"]]
Millions of years later, in the present day, Ratbat appeared to have come WAY down in the world and the former Senator served merely as a scout for the Decepticons. Now on Earth for no apparent explanation, he was able to transform into a Sony Mylo.<ref>[http://ej-su.deviantart.com/art/Ratbat-Concept-104748256 E.J. Su's model sheet for "Devastation" Ratbat, on his Deviant Art page]</ref> After reporting to Megatron that he had found ''[[Ark-19]]'', no further exploits were worth chronicling. {{storylink|Devastation issue 1}}

In a ''considerable'' step backwards, upon Soundwave's re-emergence he was not only reformatted into form subservient to his former employee once again, but given an altmode of a magnetic cassette, a technology even the fleshlings had largely abandoned. In this archaic guise, he was sent to intercept the military unit of [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] as they attempted to cross the [[Hudson River]]. Sinking their raft, he left again for obscurity and indignity. He must hate his life ''so much''. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 5}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1Ratbat toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|I'm a cassette... I'm a bat... I'm adorable!]]
*'''Ratbat / Frenzy''' (Cassette 2-pack, 1986)
**''Accessories'': 2 thrusters

: Ratbat transforms from a robot bat into a microcassette that can fit in the chest compartment of the [[Soundwave (G1) toys|Soundwave]] and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] molds. He was released in a two-pack with [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] in 1986 in the US and European markets. The toy had either gold or silver weapons and painted or sticker cassette detail. It is unknown if the color of the weapons corresponded to the detailing types.

: Ratbat's tiny "ears" are among the more easily lost parts in the original [[Generation 1 (toyline)|Generation 1]] line.

*'''Ratbat''' (Cassettron, 1986/1987)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-61''', '''D-107'''
**''Accessories'': 2 thrusters

: In Japan, Ratbat was released as an individual toy. He came with a clear-plastic cassette storage case, like all other Japanese releases of the cassettes. It is unknown what weapon/tape-detail variants were available in Japan.

* '''Cassette Big Mission 2''' (2009)
**''Encore number'': '''17'''

: As part of the [[Encore]] Generation 1 [[reissue]] line, Ratbat will once again be be released for the first time in over 20 years, along with [[Slugfest (G1)|Slugfest]], [[Ramhorn]] and [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]].

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===Universe (2008)===
====War Within Series====
[[Image:Universe 2008 Ratbat toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Batman always did need a space ship.]]
*'''Standoff Beneath the Streets''' (Voyager Deluxe Comic 2-Pack, 2008)
**''Accessories:'' Left & right wing-swords, Cyber key

:A Target [[exclusive]] [[redeco]] of ''[[Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]], Ratbat is a purple, alien spacefighter with [[Cyber Planet Key]]-activated faction-switching ability (switching from Decepticon to Ultracon) and pop-out blades built into his battle shield.

: This mold was also used to make the [[Noisemaze Mass-Production Version]], and remolded into ''Timelines'' [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and Sweeps [[Sweep Two|Two]], [[Sweep Six|Six]], and [[Sweep Seven|Seven]].

:Despite being a redeco of a ''Cybertron'' mold, ''Universe'' Ratbat is a remarkable [[homage]] to his ''[[War Within: The Dark Ages|Dark Ages]]'' robot mode and altmode. This is further enhanced by packaging him with [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], with whom Ratbat had a rivalry in the story. See [[#Dreamwave comics continuity|above]].

:In its first release in Canada, the set did not include a comic (in spite of the ''INCLUDES COMIC!'' marking on the package), and in its [http://forums.tformers.com/talk/index.php?s=ab1b209e07ed43b5c964e4a0d101acf3&showtopic=15367&view=findpost&p=1449552 first reported US sighting], included the wrong comic. The right comic was to be ''[[War Within: The Dark Ages|The War Within: The Dark Ages]]'' issue "[[Escalation (Dreamwave)|Escalation]]". The comic that was included was a reprint of "[[Target: 2006]]" parts 5 & 6.

*'''Soundwave''' (2009)

: In 2009, Ratbat was included with yet another reissue of Soundwave as part of the ''[[Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' line, this time as a [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] exclusive that was prominently offered at San Diego Comic-Con 2009. Included were his weapons and his own cassette case.
: Surprisingly for a reissue, the US San Diego Comic-Con release and the Encore release were near simultaneous, both occurring on the same weekend.
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==Merchandise==
[[Image:Soundblaster statue.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Sorry, Soundblaster, but you having legs was JUST NOT in the budget. Squeak.]]
* '''Sound Blaster''' (Diamond Select, 2008)

:Released by Diamond Select Toys in 2008, the [[Soundwave (G1) toys|Sound Blaster]] bust was sculpted by [[Mark Wong]] of [[Art Asylum]], limited to 1,000 pieces. It includes a new sculpt of Ratbat perching on Sound Blaster's shoulder.

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[[Image:Rumble statue.jpg|right|200px|thumb|]]
* '''Rumble''' (Diamond Select, 2009)

:Released by Diamond Select Toys in 2009, [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] was sculpted by Mark Wong of Art Asylum and limited to 1000 pieces. Ratbat is seen blazing over his shoulder and decoed in a deeper purple then he is usually depicted in.

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==Trivia==
* Ratbat's two manga appearances use wildly different [[Character model|character models]]. The first appears to be based more closely on his box art, and thus may in fact be his [[Studio Ox]] model, while the second seems to simply be his standard animation model.

* While Ratbat in the original cartoon was a voiceless beast who was ordered around by Soundwave, in the Marvel Comics stories, Ratbat was an independent, intelligent character who could speak and held a prestigious rank, even commanding the Earthbound Decepticons for a period, despite transforming into a tiny audio cassette. Both of the "postmodern" continuities established by [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] and [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] have tried to harmonize these two disparate roles by portraying Ratbat as a previously-important individual who was humbled and forced into a lowly form. Remember, kids, if you're not humanoid, you can't possibly have held a real rank. There must be ''some explanation''.

* Ratbat's cassette form in ''[[All Hail Megatron]]'' was part of a deliberate decision to have everyone looking recognisable to new readers. <ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/comics-16/botcon-2009-idw-publishing-panel-167766/ Botcon 2009 IDW Publishing Panel report]</ref> This is logical until you realise that [[EJ Su]]'s redesign had the same basic shape and colour as the old Ratbat, and that no other Transformer (nay, any robot anywhere in fiction) is a purple-and-black bat. He stands out a tad.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Ratbat/ratbat.htm Ratbat at TFU.info]
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Ratbat Ratbat's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

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Ratbat (G1)

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:''Ratbat is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]]. He is usually a [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|Mini-Cassette]].''

[[Image:G1 Ratbat Packaging Art.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Listen to them—children of the night. What spreadsheets they make.]]
Cold-blooded and obsessed with efficiency, '''Ratbat''''s primary concern is looking out for himself. He treats his responsibilities, whether as a fuel auditor or as leader of Decepticons, as a business. In his book, everything comes down to profit and loss.

In his role as fuel scout, Ratbat carries sensors that allow him to detect and evaluate the quality of fuels of various types, from primitive hydrocarbons to [[Energon (fuel)|Energon]]. He can process any number of these different fuels to power himself.

Although obsessed with efficiency, like any good CEO, Ratbat allows himself a small indulgence: He enjoys sinking his fangs into the fuel tanks of Terran automobiles, the more expensive the better. He enjoys nothing more than savoring high-test gasoline siphoned from a hapless yuppie's Mercedes or BMW.

Ratbat is also the best [[Decepticon leader]] ever. True, that's what [[Megatron (G1)|every]] [[Starscream (G1)|other]] [[Shockwave (G1)|leader]] says, but he's got the victories to back it up.

:''Hungarian name'': '''Féreg''' ("Worm")
:''Italian name'': '''Stridek'''
:''French-Canadian name'': '''Vampiro'''

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====Madman ''The Transformers'' comic====
[[Image:Madman comic HotRod runsover tapes.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Dracula vs. King of the Roadkill.]]
In the year 2001, Ratbat was one of several tapes that accompanied [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] when they were spying on the construction of [[Autobot City]]. Soundwave had managed to record a meeting between [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] where the two Autobots leaders discussed hiding the [[Autobot Matrix of Leadership]] in a bunker at the building site. Ratbat was deployed along with [[Overkill (G1)|Overkill]], [[Slugfest (G1)|Slugfest]], [[Beastbox]] and [[Squawktalk]] to oversee the retrieval of the powerful Autobot artifact. As Ratbat happily reported the minimal usage of fuel in the successful operation, the Autobot [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] rammed [[Squawkbox]] and Slugfest, scaring the crap out of the bat. {{storylink|The Transformers (Madman)|The Transformers}}

{{note|Despite the fact that this comic is set firmly within the cartoon continuity of Generation 1, Ratbat's sole line of dialogue (and the fact that he speaks at all) is based on Ratbat's various comic book appearances, and not his beast-like cartoon depiction.}}

====Generation 1 cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Frank Welker]] (English), [[Hōchū Ōtsuka|Yoshitada Ōtsuka]] (Japanese)

[[Image:RatbatTV.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Squeak! Squeak I tell you! Squeak!]]
Ratbat was among several cassettes deployed by Soundwave during the [[Battle of Autobot City]] in an effort to stop [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] from broadcasting a distress signal to [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. After successfully destroying the transmitter, the cassettes broke into the glass dome of the communications tower and attacked [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] until Blaster deployed his own cassette squad. Ratbat was then attacked by [[Ramhorn]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

While the Decepticons were searching space for [[isidrite]] to repair their weaponry, Soundwave ejected Ratbat to hunt for the mineral in an asteroid field. Although the scout was successful in his mission, the isidrite deposit he discovered was already being mined by the Autobots, leading to the inevitable conflict. {{storylink|Webworld}}

[[Image:CallofthePrimitives Ratbat TornedronTiger.jpg|left|150px|thumb|The paw that refreshes.]]
When [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] hired the [[Skuxxoid]] and [[Slizardo]] to attack the Autobots with [[anti-electron]]s, the spying Ratbat recorded their failure and raced back to [[Chaar]] to inform Galvatron, replaying his footage of the Autobots' recovery for the two would-be saboteurs to see. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}}

During a battle on [[Earth]]'s [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], Ratbat was among several "[[primitive]]" Transformers called away by a mysterious being known as [[Oracle (G1)|Primacron's assistant]] to do battle with [[Primacron]]'s creation, [[Tornedron]]. As the primitives made their escape from the seemingly unstoppable creature, Ratbat was grabbed by Tornedron's tiger form and eaten. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}} He got better, though, and was later around to overhear the Autobots' conversation with [[Jessica Morgan]] about the discovery of the [[Spark|lifeless]] body of Optimus Prime. However, this resulted in most of the Decepticons being infected with the [[Hate Plague]]. Some days, a bat can't win. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' comic=====
[[Image:RatbatFSRLFManga.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Ratbat's fallen off the ugly tree a few times.]]
Under the direction of Soundwave, Ratbat and his fellow cassettes ambushed [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] in [[Japan]] shortly after his companion [[Kenji]] had flown off in [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]]. Bumblebee was able to leap over them and run off, which prompted Soundwave to have the cassettes give chase. [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] shortly ordered the group to split up to cover more ground.

However, they instead (as a group, oddly) ran into [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]], which sent them into retreat. Unfortunately, their attempt to re-enter Soundwave's chest was foiled by the fact that Bumblebee had shattered it with a kick, causing them all (including Ratbat) to bounce off the mangled cassette door. Cliffjumper then picked them all up and proceeded to pull out their magnetic tape, wrapping it around his fingers. That meanie. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 2}}

{{note|What happened to Soundwave and the cassettes next is never explained, but Soundwave is recuperating with the Decepticons in the next issue. The Autobots may have just left them lying in the street...}}

=====Scramble City=====
Detecting some strange electromagnetic emanations coming from a mountain range, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] had [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] deploy Ratbat, [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] and [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] to investigate. When they met resistance from [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and his own cassette warriors, it became apparent that the mountain concealed an [[Autobot]] operation. While Ravage and Laserbeak occupied [[Ramhorn]] and [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]], Ratbat was able to evade laser fire from Blaster and penetrated the mountain, discovering that it housed the construction site for the Autobots' [[Metroplex (G1)|Scramble City]]. {{storylink|Scramble City}}

=====''The Great Transformer War'' comic=====
{{note|This story takes place toward the end of season 3 of the ''Generation 1'' cartoon.}}
After infiltrating Scramble City, Ratbat watched from a hidden perch as the alien scientist [[Doctor Dalton]] assisted the Autobots in increasing the power of the nascent [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]]. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 1}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
In the year 2011, as [[Vector Sigma]] was in the process of destabilizing, Soundwave and his cassettes invaded [[Autobot City]] in an attempt to learn what the Autobots' strategy for resolving the situation was. While listening in on the Autobots' discussion, which involved locating the missing [[Matrix of Leadership]], Ratbat was detected by Blaster, leading to a battle between the two communications officers. Soundwave and his troops fled, but the battle was renewed soon after in the Arctic, where both combatants ultimately destroyed each other. Ratbat, Laserbeak and [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] gathered up the broken fragments of Soundwave's body and made an airborne escape. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} Subsequently, the information Ratbat had gathered on the Autobots' search was replayed for Galvatron. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

Thanks to the super-science of planet [[Master (planet)|Master]], Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] leader [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] was able to use the fragments of Soundwave's body Ratbat and the others had recovered to restore him to life as Soundblaster. He was joyfully received by Ratbat and the other cassettes, who soon found themselves again battling Blaster - likewise reborn as Twincast - and his cassettes while Soundblaster attacked Cybertron with the Decepticons' new [[Madmachine]]. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}}

When a shadowy figure began blackmailing different nations around the world, Ratbat snuck into Autobot City to observe the Autobots' response. He was, however, spotted by [[Trainbot]] leader [[Shōki]] in the reflection in his glass of [[Energon (fuel)|energon]], and fled. {{storylink|Terror! The Six Shadows}}

=====''The Headmasters'' comic=====
[[Image:RatbatHeadmastersManga.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Ratbat post-"adorableness" surgery.]]
After Soundblaster crash-landed following his encounter with [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]]'s "Master Chrome Hurricane-Throw to the End of Hell" attack, Ratbat and the other animal cassettes (minus [[Slugfest (G1)|Slugfest]] and [[Overkill (G1)|Overkill]]) stood over his groggy form while [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] panicked at the approach of [[Sixshot]]. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 8}}
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===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
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[[Image:Ratbatresurrection.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Future Decepticon leaders are quick to realize that Megatron was a terrible one.]]
Ratbat was one of the many Decepticons left on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], where he rose to the critical post of fuel auditor. With a drive towards extreme efficiency, he would rarely countenance unnecessary risks. ''He was one of the key figures in [[Straxus (G1)|Lord Straxus' court]], and so when Straxus' attempted possession of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] saw Straxus dead and Megatron mentally unstable, Ratbat was able to exploit it. Convincing the others that Megatron and Straxus were a liability, he had Straxus' troops open the [[Space Bridge]] in front of Megatron, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], which sent them back to Earth''. {{storylink|Resurrection!}}

Ratbat emerged as the most powerful Decepticon in [[Polyhex]]. Ratbat grew increasingly dissatisfied with the inefficient use of fuel by the Decepticons based on Earth under the command of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], a practice he planned to alleviate by shutting down the Space Bridge between Earth and Cybertron. The amount of fuel the Earthbound Decepticons had gathered was not remotely equal to the energy required to run the bridge. Regardless, Shockwave appealed for one more use of the Space Bridge, and blamed the Earthbound Autobots for their lack of progress. To the ends of eliminating them from the equation, Ratbat opened up the Space Bridge in front of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] and sent [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] through it to destroy them. Though many injuries were inflicted, the arrival of the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] rapidly turned the tide. Trypticon's energy expenses exceeded the budget allowed for the mission, and Ratbat ordered him back. {{storylink|King of the Hill!}}

[[Image:Ratbatcratercritters.jpg|right|175px|thumb|"That... that's your fist, Astrotrain."]]
With the Space Bridge no longer an option, Ratbat sent things to Earth via low-energy cost space freighters. However, a particularly important cargo went missing en route to Earth, so he dispatched the [[Triple Changer]]s through the Space Bridge to investigate. {{storylink|Crater Critters}} When the source of the problem turned out to be a deadly plague of [[Scraplets]], he captured the [[Throttlebot]]s and sent them to Earth to remove the infection with corrosives. He warned them that if they did not succeed with ten hours, he would destroy the Earth to prevent the plague from spreading. Thankfully, [[water]] was discovered to be an effective cure. {{storylink|The Cure!}}

[[Image:Ratbatcarwash.jpg|left|250px|thumb|So once again, Jones, what was briefly yours is now mine.]]
Ratbat traveled to Earth to oversee his designs for Earth. He continued to be outraged at Shockwave's excessive fuel use, particularly when he revealed that Shockwave's Decepticons had recently stolen a fuel tanker ''after'' it had unloaded its cargo! Meanwhile, Ratbat's plans proceeded well. He had placed industrialist [[G.B. Blackrock]] under his control, and had him open a chain of car washes that featured rock and roll music and flashing lights, dubbed the "[[Wash and Roll|Wash and Roll Car Wash]]". These car washes hypnotized humans into delivering the fuel they'd pumped back to the Decepticons. However, this plan was discovered by the Autobots' ally [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]]. After a quick fight inside one of the car washes, Buster was able to awaken the hypnotized masses outside. Ratbat was forced to flee. {{storylink|Buster Witwicky and the Car Wash of Doom}}

The [[United States of America|United States]] government later captured the Throttlebots and executed them live on television. The [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] carried Ratbat to the execution location afterwards so that he could ensure that they had indeed been killed. He discovered that their brain modules were missing, and once he had the scent, he tracked down the Throttlebots inside a nearby mall. Here he battled Buster Witwicky once again, who with [[Walter Barnett]] had snuck the Throttlebots' brains away inside remote control cars. Ratbat cornered Buster and kidnapped him. {{storylink|Toy Soldiers!}}

He brought Buster back to the [[Club Con|Decepticons' island headquarters]], where he was used as a human shield against military retaliation. The Autobot [[Targetmaster]]s besieged the base, commanded by [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] and Buster's older brother [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], so the Decepticons were forced to flee by deploying the island base's space-travel capabilities. In the process of departure, Shockwave was shot down in space and seen spiraling towards Earth, apparently dying during reentry. Ratbat declared it would be inefficient to rescue him and seized command of the Decepticons for himself. {{storylink|The Desert Island of Space!}}

[[Image:Ratbatfortmax.jpg|left|100px|thumb|Ratbat breaks through the Mini-Cassette glass ceiling.]]
Of all the leaders of the Decepticons on Earth few came closer to outright victory than Ratbat. He followed the Autobots under [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] when they set out to unite with those under [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] and launched an all-out attack that resulted in huge casualties and the Autobots being briefly stranded on the Moon. He retreated only when Grimlock and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] returned from their duel and turned the tide. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

[[Image:Ratbatdarkstardeath.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Three in one shot? Even Ratbat would concede this was an efficient death.]]
Later, Ratbat promoted the newly recovered [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] to the position of second-in-command and set out to learn the truth about the legendary [[Underbase]], which could seemingly make a Transformer supremely powerful. {{storylink|Club Con!}} Ratbat was determined to attain its power for himself but this ambition was shared by Starscream. The latter lured the separate Decepticon faction led by [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] to a meeting with Ratbat's forces, which soon resulted in conflict between the two, allowing Starscream to seek the Underbase for himself. {{storylink|Cold War!}} Both Decepticon factions allied with the Autobots in fighting against Starscream, suffering huge casualties in the process. However, both Ratbat and Scorponok independently suspected that the Autobot leader [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] had plans to seize the power of the Underbase for himself, and they set out to stop him. They confronted him aboard the Ark and Ratbat declared he would have the power of the Underbase for himself. Seconds later, Ratbat was dead, shot in the back by Scorponok. {{storylink|Dark Star (issue)|Dark Star}}

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====Generation 2====
Years later, Grimlock would invoke Buster Witwicky's fight with Ratbat inside the Wash and Roll Car Wash. Optimus Prime needed to be reminded that no matter how small, life struggles to carry on, and if protecting it was good once, why would they stop now? {{storylink|War Without End!}}

===''Transformers in 3-D''===
[[Image:Ratbat blackthorne.png|right|180px|thumb|Ratbat watches over his loyal pet Galvatron]]
Ratbat was a sentient entity capable of talking, but pretended to be an obedient mute animal in order to get out of doing any real work. He ended up as the mentally unstable [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]'s witless pet and sole confidant. This embarrasses him, but rather that than do work!

[[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] worried about Galvatron's unhealthy attachment to Ratbat. When [[Searchlight (G1)|Searchlight]] foiled Ratbat's search for mysterious [[Energon (fuel)|energon]]-producing aliens by causing Galvatron to accidentally step on him using [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], Galvatron stopped fighting to rush to Ratbat's side, distraught over his actions. {{storylink|The Test (issue)|The Test}}

For reasons known only to Ratbat, he was later showing off his sentience and joining in on Decepticon raids. It's almost as if he was being written inconsistently... {{storylink|Transformers in 3-D issue 2}}

{{note|Blackthorne Ratbat appeared to have the ability to change size from his parrot-like perch on Galvatron's shoulder (at right) to a [[:Image:Ratbat blackthorne2.png|giant bat]] large enough for a Throttlebot to ride on.) This fits in with his abilities as described in his expanded Marvel comics profile. Also, Blackthorne's Ratbat was absolutely adorable. He is love.}}

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
[[Image:Ratbatwarwithin.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Finally! It's Ratbat's time to shine!]]
Millions of years ago, before the Transformers crash-landed on Earth, Ratbat was the leader of a sub-faction of Decepticons called the [[Ultracons]] during the time when [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] had disappeared. During the Dark Ages, Ratbat made several efforts to secure the [[Tagan Heights]], which held forty percent of Cybertron's industrial capability. However, his efforts were constantly thwarted by [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] and the [[Wrecker|Wreckers]]. {{storylink|War Within: The Dark Ages|The War Within: The Dark Ages}}

Eventually, he became so frustrated that he openly violated the [[Crisis Intervention Accords]] and managed to sway the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] over to the Ultracons, unleashing [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] on the Heights. However, the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] arrived and formed [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. Their duel resulted in the destruction of a good deal of the Tagan Heights, and Ratbat was forced to retreat. Megatron's return saw the Ultracons reintegrated into the Decepticons. {{storylink|War Within: The Age of Wrath|The War Within: The Age of Wrath}} At this point in time, Ratbat possessed his original Cybertronian form, able to transform from robot mode to jet.

[[Image:Ratbatwarandpeace.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Wait, wait, sorry, nevermind.]]
When Ratbat was next seen, it was millions of years later, and he had been freed by Starscream from imprisonment and given to Soundwave as a servant/gift, implying a past connection for which Soundwave would want recompense. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}} Why he was rebuilt into a smaller, weaker form is unknown, but what is known is that he despises it.<ref>Ratbat's profile in [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s [[More Than Meets The Eye (G1)|More Than Meets The Eye]].</ref>

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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[Image:Gijoevtfratbatblasted.jpg|left|200px|thumb|I don't think I like these new comics...]]Ratbat was one of the many Transformers recovered from the crashed ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' by [[Cobra]]. He was repaired and retrofitted by [[Doctor Mindbender]], who proudly displayed him, Soundwave, and his fellow Mini-Cassettes to [[Destro]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 2}} Ratbat was released by Soundwave, along with [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]], [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], during an attack on the [[SPS Center]]. Ratbat was felled by the combined fire of [[Rock'n'Roll]], [[Roadblock (G.I. Joe)|Roadblock]], and [[Bazooka (G.I. Joe)|Bazooka]]. His body was taken into custody by [[G.I. Joe]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 3}}
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===IDW comics continuity===
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[[Image:Senator ratbat.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Woohoo! Now I'm a Senator!]]
Millions of years ago, before the war, Ratbat was a member of the [[Senate]] and possessed a fairly impressive humanoid form with wing-like capes and a bat head-like helmet. His professed role was "the application of wisdom through judgment", whatever that means, but, in practicality, he simply monitored news feeds and manipulated events (including stoking conflicts) to create the most profit for himself. He was responsible for the automation of Cybertron's Energon mines, a move which prompted the miner known as [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] to rebel and flee underground.

Interested by Megatron's early [[Gladiatorial combat|gladiatorial exploits]], he sent his servant [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] to offer Megatron a wide variety of advanced weaponry. He was either trying to get in on the fight racket and increase the violence for profit, or was deliberately trying to create greater instability (also for profit). {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2}}

{{note|It's not that clear which - he starts up after hearing how much money the fights make, but in later issues says how instability is good for business.}}

When Megatron's forces bloomed from underground fightclub to planet-destabilizing army, Ratbat realized that he'd made a mistake and Megatron was going too far. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3}}

[[Image:MegatronOrigin4 Soundwave humbles Ratbat.jpg|right|200px|thumb|No, no, wait. Sorry. Again.]]
After Megatron decisively won his first battle against [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] and the Decepticons were established, Ratbat decided to view this as a job opportunity and simply transfer himself (and all of Kaon's city funding and government data) to [[Iacon]] and a more lucrative position. Unfortunately for him, he was betrayed by Soundwave, who thought Ratbat would be a "valuable resource" for the Decepticons. His [[Spark]] was removed and transferred into a smaller, compact form. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4}}

[[Image:Ratbatdevastation.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Always on playlist: "Batdance"]]
Millions of years later, in the present day, Ratbat appeared to have come WAY down in the world and the former Senator served merely as a scout for the Decepticons. Now on Earth for no apparent explanation, he was able to transform into a Sony Mylo.<ref>[http://ej-su.deviantart.com/art/Ratbat-Concept-104748256 E.J. Su's model sheet for "Devastation" Ratbat, on his Deviant Art page]</ref> After reporting to Megatron that he had found ''[[Ark-19]]'', no further exploits were worth chronicling. {{storylink|Devastation issue 1}}

In a ''considerable'' step backwards, upon Soundwave's re-emergence he was not only reformatted into form subservient to his former employee once again, but given an altmode of a magnetic cassette, a technology even the fleshlings had largely abandoned. In this archaic guise, he was sent to intercept the military unit of [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] as they attempted to cross the [[Hudson River]]. Sinking their raft, he left again for obscurity and indignity. He must hate his life ''so much''. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 5}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1Ratbat toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|I'm a cassette... I'm a bat... I'm adorable!]]
*'''Ratbat / Frenzy''' (Cassette 2-pack, 1986)
**''Accessories'': 2 thrusters

: Ratbat transforms from a robot bat into a microcassette that can fit in the chest compartment of the [[Soundwave (G1) toys|Soundwave]] and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] molds. He was released in a two-pack with [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] in 1986 in the US and European markets. The toy had either gold or silver weapons and painted or sticker cassette detail. It is unknown if the color of the weapons corresponded to the detailing types.

: Ratbat's tiny "ears" are among the more easily lost parts in the original [[Generation 1 (toyline)|Generation 1]] line.

*'''Ratbat''' (Cassettron, 1986/1987)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-61''', '''D-107'''
**''Accessories'': 2 thrusters

: In Japan, Ratbat was released as an individual toy. He came with a clear-plastic cassette storage case, like all other Japanese releases of the cassettes. It is unknown what weapon/tape-detail variants were available in Japan.

* '''Cassette Big Mission 2''' (2009)
**''Encore number'': '''17'''

: As part of the [[Encore]] Generation 1 [[reissue]] line, Ratbat will once again be be released for the first time in over 20 years, along with [[Slugfest (G1)|Slugfest]], [[Ramhorn]] and [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]].

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===Universe (2008)===
====War Within Series====
[[Image:Universe 2008 Ratbat toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Batman always did need a space ship.]]
*'''Standoff Beneath the Streets''' (Voyager Deluxe Comic 2-Pack, 2008)
**''Accessories:'' Left & right wing-swords, Cyber key

:A Target [[exclusive]] [[redeco]] of ''[[Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]], Ratbat is a purple, alien spacefighter with [[Cyber Planet Key]]-activated faction-switching ability (switching from Decepticon to Ultracon) and pop-out blades built into his battle shield.

: This mold was also used to make the [[Noisemaze Mass-Production Version]], and remolded into ''Timelines'' [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and Sweeps [[Sweep Two|Two]], [[Sweep Six|Six]], and [[Sweep Seven|Seven]].

:Despite being a redeco of a ''Cybertron'' mold, ''Universe'' Ratbat is a remarkable [[homage]] to his ''[[War Within: The Dark Ages|Dark Ages]]'' robot mode and altmode. This is further enhanced by packaging him with [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], with whom Ratbat had a rivalry in the story. See [[#Dreamwave comics continuity|above]].

:In its first release in Canada, the set did not include a comic (in spite of the ''INCLUDES COMIC!'' marking on the package), and in its [http://forums.tformers.com/talk/index.php?s=ab1b209e07ed43b5c964e4a0d101acf3&showtopic=15367&view=findpost&p=1449552 first reported US sighting], included the wrong comic. The right comic was to be ''[[War Within: The Dark Ages|The War Within: The Dark Ages]]'' issue "[[Escalation (Dreamwave)|Escalation]]". The comic that was included was a reprint of "[[Target: 2006]]" parts 5 & 6.

*'''Soundwave''' (Hasbro Toy Shop/San Diego Conic-Con exclusive, 2009)

: In 2009, Ratbat was included with yet another reissue of Soundwave as part of the ''[[Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' line, this time as a [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] exclusive that was prominently offered at San Diego Comic-Con 2009. Included were his weapons and his own cassette case.
: Surprisingly for a reissue, the US San Diego Comic-Con release and the Encore release were near simultaneous, both occurring on the same weekend.
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==Merchandise==
[[Image:Soundblaster statue.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Sorry, Soundblaster, but you having legs was JUST NOT in the budget. Squeak.]]
* '''Sound Blaster''' (Diamond Select, 2008)

:Released by Diamond Select Toys in 2008, the [[Soundwave (G1) toys|Sound Blaster]] bust was sculpted by [[Mark Wong]] of [[Art Asylum]], limited to 1,000 pieces. It includes a new sculpt of Ratbat perching on Sound Blaster's shoulder.

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[[Image:Rumble statue.jpg|right|200px|thumb|]]
* '''Rumble''' (Diamond Select, 2009)

:Released by Diamond Select Toys in 2009, [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] was sculpted by Mark Wong of Art Asylum and limited to 1000 pieces. Ratbat is seen blazing over his shoulder and decoed in a deeper purple then he is usually depicted in.

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==Trivia==
* Ratbat's two manga appearances use wildly different [[Character model|character models]]. The first appears to be based more closely on his box art, and thus may in fact be his [[Studio Ox]] model, while the second seems to simply be his standard animation model.

* While Ratbat in the original cartoon was a voiceless beast who was ordered around by Soundwave, in the Marvel Comics stories, Ratbat was an independent, intelligent character who could speak and held a prestigious rank, even commanding the Earthbound Decepticons for a period, despite transforming into a tiny audio cassette. Both of the "postmodern" continuities established by [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] and [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] have tried to harmonize these two disparate roles by portraying Ratbat as a previously-important individual who was humbled and forced into a lowly form. Remember, kids, if you're not humanoid, you can't possibly have held a real rank. There must be ''some explanation''.

* Ratbat's cassette form in ''[[All Hail Megatron]]'' was part of a deliberate decision to have everyone looking recognisable to new readers. <ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/comics-16/botcon-2009-idw-publishing-panel-167766/ Botcon 2009 IDW Publishing Panel report]</ref> This is logical until you realise that [[EJ Su]]'s redesign had the same basic shape and colour as the old Ratbat, and that no other Transformer (nay, any robot anywhere in fiction) is a purple-and-black bat. He stands out a tad.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Ratbat/ratbat.htm Ratbat at TFU.info]
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Ratbat Ratbat's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

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You've got a lot of toys, haven't you? [[Ravage (G1)|You cute widdle kitty!]]

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1Ravage toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Behold... the world's skinniest jaguar.]]
* '''Ravage / Rumble''' (Cassette, 1984/1985/1986/1987)
** ''Japanese name:'' '''Jaguar''' (Cassette, 1984/1985/1986/1987)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''19''', '''D-59''', '''D-104'''
**''Accessories:'' Left & right missiles, tape case ('85 Takara only)

: The first Ravage toy transforms from a robotic jaguar into a micro-cassette. In cassette mode, he can fit into the tape compartments of the [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]] and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] toys. For his [[Hasbro]] release, he was sold as a two-pack on a card along with [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] in 1984-1986, and as an individual toy by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] from 1985-1987; the '85 version came with an extra clear-plastic tape-case, but later releases omitted the accessory. In Europe, [[Milton Bradley]] also released Ravage all by himself.

: This mold was later used to make [[Glit]] and [[Howlback]].

===Beast Wars===
[[Image:ShadowPanther toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Fuzzy kitty!]]
* '''Tripredacus Agent''' (Deluxe, 1996)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-7'''
**''Accessories:'' Tail-gun, water-shooting gun

: This originally Japanese toy, named [[Shadow Panther]], is a [[redeco]] of the original [[Cheetor (BW)/toys|Cheetor]] toy in black, silver, and yellow, transforming into a generic big feline. His tail/flanks separate to form a non-firing blaster, while his underbelly forms a water-shooting "gut gun" that can be used in either mode.

: Much later, this toy was offered through Hasbro's online collector service under the name "'''Tripredacus Agent'''", with an online bio indicating he was the same character as Ravage (then called "Tripredacus Agent" due to [[trademark]] issues).

: This mold was also used to make [[Tigatron]], and was planned to be used for the canceled ''[[Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' toy [[Nightprowler]].

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[[Image:TripredacusAgent toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Mutant kitty!]]
* '''Tripredacus Agent''' (Deluxe, 2001)
**''Accessories:'' Launcher, missile, tail-flail

: This Wal-Mart [[exclusive]] is a redeco of—wait, can you guess?—[[Cheetor (BW)/toys|Transmetal 2 Cheetor]], in black, silver, and gold, transforming into a monstrous techno-organic (but not [[technorganic]]) big cat. He has a spring-loaded missile launcher on his cat-mode back that can be removed and used as a hand-held weapon, plus his tail detaches to form a hand-held flail. His left forearm has a flip-up blaster-shield (of dubious usefulness), while flipping up a panel on his right-rear leg reveals his [[spark crystal]].
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====Beast Wars Metals====
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[[Image:JaguarX9 toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Metal kitty!]]
* '''Jaguar''' (Beast Wars Metals Deluxe-sized toy, 1999)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''X-9'''
**''Accessories'': Tail-whip, left & right pistol barrels

: ''Beast Wars Metals'' Jaguar is a heavy [[Retool|retooling]] of [[Cheetor (BW)/toys|Transmetal Cheetor]], just as Ravage's robot mode CG model in the show is an altered [[Transmetal]] Cheetor. He transforms into a robotic big cat, with flip-out thrusters for a third "flight" mode (not, as in the episode, into a cassette tape that plays wicked 1980s style electric guitar, for obvious reasons). His forearms each have a spring-loaded flip out pistol stub, which can be extended with add-on barrels that clip to his rear legs in beast mode. His tail also can detach to form a whip-weapon, but he doesn't hold it very well.

: This mold was used to make [[BotCon 2001]]'s version of [[Tigatron]]. The original version was used to make ''[[Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' [[Cheetor (Armada)|Cheetor]], and as the basis for the non-toy character [[Cataclysm]].

===Kyokushō Henkei Transformers===
[[Image:STFRavage.jpg|right|200px|thumb|So tiny... So CUTE!]]
* '''Soundwave''' (2003)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''GTF 05'''

: The ''[[Smallest Transforming Transformers|Kyokushō Henkei Transformers]]'' version of Soundwave comes with a ''teeeeeny'' version of Ravage, which does actually transform into a microcassette that fits in the tape-case door. ''Smallest Transforming Transformers'' Ravage may very well be the actual smallest functioning ''Transformers'' toy made.

:He's relatively the size of a ''penny''.
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===Alternators/Binaltech===
[[Image:AlternatorsRavage%28Corvette%29.jpg|right|300px|thumb|He brakes for Meow Mix and nothing else...well, sometimes nip.]]
* '''Battle Ravage''' (2004)
** ''Japanese name:'' '''Ravage'''
**''Alternator ID number:'' '''11'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''BT-11'''
**''Accessories:'' Engine-blaster

: A retool of ''[[Alternators]]'' [[Tracks (G1)|Autobot Tracks]], "Battle" Ravage transforms ([[trademark]] struggles) into a 1:24-scale licensed replica of the Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Convertible, with opening doors, hood, trunk, plus a "realistic" driver/passenger compartment. Each robot-mode forearm contains slide-out (non-firing) double blasters. A part of his engine forms a double-barreled hand-held blaster.

: The Tracks hardtop version of this mold was also used to make ''Alternators'' [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]], whereas the convertible version originally used for Ravage was used as the basis for the one-of-a-kind [[Michael Bay|BayBot]].

: The Japanese ''Binaltech'' version of the toy is notable for sporting the American name "Ravage" rather than the established Japanese name, "Jaguar", for [[trademark]] reasons.
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[[Image:Alternatorsravagejaguar.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Soundwave had MTV pimp his kitty.]]
*'''Ravage''' (Alternator, 2007)
**''Alternator ID number'': '''26'''

: The second version of ''Alternators'' Ravage transforms into a 1:24-scale licensed Jaguar XK (appropriately enough), with all the normal bells and whistles inherent in the line (opening doors, seats, etc). This is a toy of many "firsts". Not only is it the first ''Alternators'' character with two distinctly different toys, it's one of the first two Decepticon Alternators with an original mold (alongside [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]). ''And'' it's the first ''Alternators'' character to have a non-humanoid "robot" mode, as its non-car form is now a quadrupedal big cat.

: After Ravage had been released in various European markets, his and Rumble's releases in the United States were questionable for a while. Ultimately, they were shuffled to be Wal-Mart [[exclusive]]s, set in an endcap display alongside the ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]'' [[Devastator (G1)|Constructicon Devastator]] exclusive gift set in March/April 2007...in some stores. In others, they were crammed in the normal aisle with everything else. Assuming they even showed up at all.

: On this note, Ravage has a [[United Kingdom|Great Britain]] license plate, regardless of which country the toy was purchased in. The steering wheel, however, is on the left, as in the United States. I say, ''meow.''
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===Transformers Collection===
[[Image:G1Jaguar%28reissue%29.jpg|right|200px|thumb|A light breeze is enough to defeat him.]]
*'''Soundblaster''' (Transformers Collection, 2005)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''18'''
**''Accessories:'' Left & right missiles, tape case

: The ''[[Transformers Collection]]'' [[Generation 1 reissues|reissue]] of [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundblaster]] (the rebuilt form of Soundwave from the Japanese [[The Headmasters (franchise)|''Headmasters'' series]]) came with bonus "Cassettrons" Jaguar (Ravage) and [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]]. Both came with their own extra tape-cases, and had small stickers depicting the "weak points" of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] when viewed through the clear-red chest of Soundblaster's tape door.
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===Classics (2006)===
*'''Soundwave''' (Decepticon, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Left & right missiles

: Hasbro's ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]''-themed reissue of Soundwave is a [[redeco]] of the Transformers Collection Soundblaster, coming with the double-tape door and both Ravage and [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] as pack-ins.
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===Titanium Series===
*'''Soundblaster''' (6-inch Cybertron Heroes)
:A ''[[Titanium Series]]'' version of the Cybertron Heroes "Soundblaster", a redeco of the Cybertron Heroes [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]], was supposed to come with a tiny Ravage cassette/jaguar, as opposed to the original toy's tiny [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]]. However, this and several other toys from the series were canceled.

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===Universe (2008)===
====Deluxe Class====
[[Image:Ravageuniverse2008.jpg|right|300px|thumb|I'm finally 3D now, but in exchange for some poseability.]]
*'''Autobot Hound''' (Deluxe, 2008)

:Surprisingly enough, the new-mold toy of Deluxe Class [[Hound (G1)|Autobot Hound]] for the 25th anniversary of the Transformers brand features a similarly new-mold toy of Ravage, which can be carried in "tape mode" on pegs in the back bed of Hound's vehicle form. In this mode, Ravage is compatible with either the original Soundwave or Soundblaster, and in jaguar mode, the 5mm holes can accommodate the weapons of the original Ravage (Even though there are tiny unpainted versions of the weapons above his hips).

:At [[BotCon 2008]], Hasbro claimed that Ravage's alternate mode would be marketed as a "capture mode" so that young children, unsavvy about technology from fifteen years before they were born, wouldn't be confused. Despite the toy arguably still treating Ravage as "captured" by Hound, the packaging only refers to Ravage's alternate mode as a "tape mode."
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*'''Soundwave''' (2009)

: In 2009, Ravage was included with yet another reissue of Soundwave as part of the ''[[Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' line, this time as a [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] exclusive that was prominently offered at San Diego Comic-Con 2009. Included were his weapons and his own cassette case.
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===Henkei! Henkei!===
*'''Hound''' (Deluxe, 2008)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-13'''

:A [[redeco]] of Universe Ravage, Jaguar features the same plastic colors as his Universe counterpart, only his legs are a significantly darker metallic gray than the Hasbro version (so much so they almost look black in certain lights).

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===Device Label===
*'''Ravage''' (Device Label, 2009)
[[Image:Device Label Ravage.jpg|thumb|right|200px|From a data storage device often used to store music, to a data storage device often used to store music. Some things never change.]]
:''[[Device Label]]'' Ravage transforms from a working USB 2 gigabyte thumb drive into a black mechanoid panther.
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==Merchandise==
===Wallet===
*'''Ravage Wallet'''

: Released in 1984 as one of the earliest Transformers merchandise items, this vinyl wallet featured a holographic image that changed from Ravage's [[package art]] to the Decepticon version of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] Transformers [[logo]].

===Decoy===
*'''Ravage''' (Decoy, 1986)
**''Decoy ID number'': '''49'''

: Coming packaged at random on carded ''Transformers'' toys during 1986, this is a soft-rubber version of Ravage in his jaguar mode. He—like all Decepticon [[Decoy|Decoys]]—was available in both purple and red, with the red version being considerably rarer. These are not erasers!

===Hard Hero===
[[Image:HardHero Ravage statue.JPG|right|200px|thumb|]]
*'''Ravage''' (2003)

:[[Hard Hero]]'s Ravage is a 5-inch tall, 8.5-inch wide cold-cast porcelain statue. It was limited to 2000 pieces and advertised as "first in the Decepticon Cassette Series", but ultimately no other Mini-Cassette statues were ever produced.

:Ravage was also available in a shiny "metallic" version, of which only 500 statues were produced.
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===Statue===
[[Image:Gijoebaronessravagestatue.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Admit it, you wish you were Ravage right now.]]
*'''Baroness & Ravage Statue'''

:At the 2006 UK Toy Fair, [[First4Figures]] revealed a statue of The Baroness and Ravage based on the art from the Convention Edition of [[G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 3]]. However, this statue will not be released[http://www.theterrordrome.com/2009/03/first-4-figures-baroness-ravage-statue-canceled/]—which is sad, since ''it's awesome''.

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===Robot Heroes===
[[Image:Ravage robotheroes.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Wavage!]]
*'''Optimus Prime and Ravage''' (Robot Heroes 2-pack, 2007)

: Released in 2007 as a [[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]] vs. pack with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]]. Ravage is ''adowable''!
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===3D Battle-Card===
[[Image:Ravage Battle Card.jpg|right|80px|thumb|Flat Cat.]]
*'''Ravage''' (3D Battle-Card, 2007)
**''Card ID number'':

: A 23-point "uncommon" character in the [[3D Battle-Card Game]]'s "Energon Wars" expansion, Ravage "transforms" into a black cat. He uses the same parts layout as [[Cheetor (BW)/toys|Cheetor]], [[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]] and [[Optimus Primal/toys|Optimus Primal]].
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==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1984/Decepticon/Ravage/ravage.htm Ravage at TFU.info]

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Laserbeak (G1)

2009-07-27T18:41:28Z

147.140.233.17: /* Universe (2008) */

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:''Laserbeak is a [[Decepticon]] [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|Mini-Cassette]] and a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]]. He is also known as a tinfoil turkey.''

[[Image:Laserbeak-calendar.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Recognizable as the one who does not cannon-blast Omega Supreme.]]
'''Laserbeak''' is a follower, not a leader. In fact, he can often be found perched atop the shoulders of either [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] or whoever leads the Decepticons at a particular time. He can be utterly depended on to complete any mission that he is assigned.

Laserbeak is also an interrogator, though he is rarely depicted in that role, more often seen (or rather not seen) as a spy, roosting on some obscure perch, playing voyeur and eavesdropping on Autobot conversations. His backpack features two ruby-powered independently-targetable lasers that he uses to torture his subjects with. He's a coward, though, and when his ruby supplies run low, he transforms from ruthless condor to squawking chicken.

{{bigquote|Welcome, Laserbeak. Unlike some of my other warriors, you never fail me.|[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], sort of complimenting Laserbeak, but mostly insulting [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]|"[[The Transformers: The Movie]]"}}

:''Preliminary name:'' '''Slazer'''
:''Japanese name:'' '''Condor'''
:''French-Canadian name:'' '''Vautour''' (Vulture)
:''Hungarian name:'' '''Lézercsőr'''
:''Italian name:'' '''Gufo''' (Owl)
:''Portuguese name (Portugal comics):'' '''Lança-Laser'''
:''Portuguese name (Brazil comics):'' '''Bicolaser'''
:''Swedish name (cartoon):'' '''Lasernäbb'''
:''Chinese name (Taiwan):'' '''Léi-shè Yīng''' (雷射鷹, "Laser Hawk") / '''Léi-shè Nǐau''' (雷射鳥, "Laser Bird")
:''Chinese name (China):'' '''Jiguang Niao''' (激光鳥, "Laser Bird")

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
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[[Image:Laserbeakwarriorschool.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Laserbeak is Soundwave's bitch.]]
Laserbeak was among [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s attack party which attacked the [[Autobot]]s aboard the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'', crashing on [[Earth]] 4 million years ago. When the Autobots and Decepticons were revived in 1984, Laserbeak was given the [[alternate mode]] of a red cassette tape. He aided the Decepticons in their building of their new base, constructed of parts from [[Harrison Nuclear Power Plant]], and joined in their attack on [[Sparkplug Witwicky]]'s auto repair shop, where he got shot in the face by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]].

Though Laserbeak can speak, he stopped displaying this ability around the time that [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] arrived to reverse the Autobots' seemingly final victory over the Decepticons in a desperate last stand at the ''Ark''. During Shockwave's rule, he sent [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (with Laserbeak stowed) to infiltrate [[Blackrock Aerospace Plant Number One]], where they were carried inside in cassette deck mode by plant workers [[Ferdy and Gabe]]. Once inside, the two quickly sieged the plant's controls and enslaved its workers. {{storylink|Warrior School!}} Laserbeak served many functions during the Decepticons' occupation of this plant, such as squawking, heating up the workers' pizzas, and delivering recorded messages to the [[human]] military poised outside. {{storylink|Brainstorm!}} Laserbeak later accompanied Soundwave and a few of the other cassette-tape Decepticons to aid their impostor Optimus Prime's ambush of the Autobots, though all of them were easily defeated once the real Optimus Prime was restored. {{storylink|Prime Time!}}

[[Image:Laserbeakdeterminescommand.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Autobots pass the Matrix, Decepticons pass the Laserbeak.]]
Unlike the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]], Soundwave, Laserbeak, and the other animal cassettes remained more loyal to Megatron than to Shockwave, and so when the former [[Decepticon leader]] was discovered in a coal mine, they arrived swiftly to refuel and reclaim him. {{storylink|I, Robot-Master!}} One of Megatron's first acts upon returning to the Decepticons was to attack the ''Ark'' while seemingly all of the Autobots were attacking the Decepticon base, and he took the the Seekers and all of the cassette Decepticons (minus [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]) with him. Unfortunately, the ''Ark'' was now defended by the newly-built [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. All of the attacking Decepticons except for Laserbeak and Megatron were obliterated, and it was only thanks to the wounded Laserbeak that he and the Decepticon leader escaped with their lives. When they returned to the Decepticon base, Laserbeak perched not on Megatron's shoulder, but Shockwave's, silently acknowledging their true leader. Shockwave rebuked Megatron for his poor command, but Megatron surprised him with a rationalization for his actions. As Shockwave again submitted to Megatron's leadership, Laserbeak exchanged perching positions, signifying the transfer of command. {{storylink|Command Performances!}}

''When [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] travelled back in time and defeated Megatron it was once again Laserbeak who signified the transfer of Decepticon command in this manner. After Galvatron returned to the future Laserbeak promptly dug Megatron out from under the ruins of Galvatron's weapon and perched on the restored Decepticon commander. {{storylink|Target: 2006}} ''

When [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] came to Earth, Laserbeak aided him in overseeing his [[Wash and Roll]] car wash empire. Both were chased away when their hypnotized human subjects were shaken free of their programming by [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]]. {{storylink|Buster Witwicky and the Car Wash of Doom}}

[[Image:Jetfireyourehit.jpg|left|200px|thumb|The bitch hierarchy: Soundwave > Laserbeak > Jetfire]]Years later, after Ratbat had assumed command in the absence of both Megatron and Soundwave, the Decepticons ambushed the Autobots on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]] while [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] were dueling for leadership. Laserbeak counted [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] among his victories, but he and the others were called back to their ship to retreat once Blaster and Grimlock disabled its guidance systems. {{storylink|Totaled!}}
Ratbat's troops soon met up with [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s troops, which resulted in a Decepticon civil war. Laserbeak and the others were called off the attack, however, when it was revealed that the civil war was instigated by [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] to divert attention away from his grab for the [[Underbase]]. After a false start, an unprecedented Autobot/Decepticon alliance was formed to stop Starscream, and Laserbeak was assigned to a team headed by both [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] and Soundwave. Confronting the Underbase-enhanced Starscream in [[Buenos Aires]], Laserbeak met his doom. {{storylink|Dark Star (issue)|Dark Star}}

In 2009, one possible future saw the Decepticons with control over all of [[North America]] and only a handful of Autobots and humans to oppose them. During a last-ditch Autobot/human raid on their [[New York City|New York]] stronghold, Laserbeak was instrumental in diverting [[Crossblades (G1)|Crossblades]], first disabling the Autobot and then ordering his comrades to blow him out of the sky. {{storylink|Rhythms of Darkness!}}

====Classics====
When Megatron reactivated on Earth and began building a power base again, Soundwave naturally returned to his side, and Laserbeak naturally came with him. {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 3}}

===Cartoon continuity===
====Generation 1 cartoon====
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Frank Welker]] (English), [[Ken Yamaguchi]] (Japanese)

[[Image:Cybertronlaserbeak.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Lasers? Check. Beak? Check.]]
Laserbeak was the first of the cassette Transformers.<ref>[[Secret Files of Teletraan II]]</ref> Prior to his arrival on Earth, Laserbeak had less of an avian shape, resembling instead a stylized jet with an ovoid silhouette and a hooked nosecone. He still transformed into a cassette, which is kind of strange when you consider his "carrier" transformed into a lamp-post and not necessarily any device that played cassettes. But anyway, this Laserbeak often carried out spy missions, able to sneak into places the larger [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] could not manage, including Iacon, the Autobots' headquarters. There, Laserbeak learned of the Autobot mission to seek out new sources of energy away from Cybertron, which prompted a Decepticon interception mission in turn. This led to the whole lot of these spacefaring Transformers crashlanding on Earth and taking a four million-year dirtnap in the heart of a spastic volcano.

In the year 1984, the Transformers were awakened by volcanic activity, and Laserbeak was reformatted with terrestrial aesthetics in both robot and alt-mode. His alt-mode was an audiocassette, while his robot mode was that of a vulture. His missions, though, were largely unchanged, and he continued to serve as a spy.

Laserbeak was the first Decepticon to tangle with Autobots on Earth when he was dispatched by Soundwave and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] to chase down two snooping Autobot spies, [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] and [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]]. The Autobots tried to scurry away, splitting up so that Laserbeak couldn't follow both of them. He had the last laugh (or squawk) on them, as he launched one of his laser cannons to follow Cliffjumper remotely while he continued to hound Hound, at least until Cliffjumper gas-bombed it. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1}} {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 3}}

[[Image:Megslaserbeak.jpg|left|175px|thumb|Laserbeak, symbol of Decepticon leadership.]]
After Megatron was accidentally sent to Cybertron following an early [[space bridge]] test {{storylink|Transport to Oblivion}} Laserbeak and [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] were present to greet Megatron on his return. Laserbeak perched on Megatron's arm, signifying Megatron's resumption of command of the Earthbound Decepticons. {{storylink|Roll for It}}

On a later assignment, Laserbeak investigated the prognosis of an ailing [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and took the opportunity to blast the fallen leader in his open chest cavity. This exacerbated the damage and made the Autobot mission to find a replacement [[cosmotron]] for Prime of great priority. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer}}

{{storylink|Fire in the Sky}} {{storylink|Fire on the Mountain}} {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 1}} {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 2}} {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (episode)|Countdown to Extinction}} {{storylink|A Plague of Insecticons}} {{storylink|Heavy Metal War}} {{storylink|Autobot Spike}} {{storylink|Changing Gears}} {{storylink|City of Steel}} {{storylink|Attack of the Autobots}} {{storylink|Traitor}} {{storylink|The Immobilizer}} {{storylink|The Autobot Run}}

Laserbeak and Buzzsaw discovered the city of [[Sub-Atlantica]] on the bottom of the ocean floor, which led to an uneasy alliance between the Sub-Atlanticans and the Decepticons, and the subsequent attack of both parties on Washington, D.C. {{storylink|Atlantis, Arise!}}

{{storylink|Day of the Machines}} {{storylink|Enter the Nightbird}} {{storylink|A Prime Problem}} {{storylink|The Core}} {{storylink|The Insecticon Syndrome}} {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 1}}

One time he got "over-energized" and crashed beak-first into a sand dune. {{storylink|Microbots}}

{{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1}} {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2}} {{storylink|Quest for Survival}} {{storylink|Sea Change}} {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}} {{storylink|Masquerade}}

[[Image:Laserbeakmovie.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Maybe if Autobot Command didn't have so many open windows...]]
One of Laserbeak's greatest claims to fame was that he was partly responsible for the [[Battle of Autobot City]] in 2005. By that point, the Decepticons had succeeded in conquering Cybertron, but the Autobots retained two of its moons and a large force on [[Autobot City]]. Laserbeak was dispatched to spy on [[Moonbase One]], where he overheard Optimus Prime order a supply ship to acquire [[Energon (fuel)|Energon]] for an upcoming assault. Laserbeak took the information back to Megatron, who hijacked the shuttle and used it to attack Autobot City. Megatron was left to rot in space by Starscream, and reformatted into [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. However, Laserbeak was no longer able to perch on his leader's shoulder or arm. Also, that bureaucrat [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] was usually sent on the spying missions after this point. Laserbeak has been feeling unfulfilled ever since. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

{{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

Then again, who'd want to perch on the shoulder of a madman who is known to blast more of his troops in 4 minutes than the Autobots had in 4000000+ years? It got so bad that when [[Motormaster]] and [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] threatened mutiny, Laserbeak sided with the would-be rebels. (He sure has guts considering his courage rating is a mere 2.) The fact that Laserbeak was with the mutiny may have led to [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] becoming [[Quintesson|desperate enough]] to seek aid on [[Torkulon]]. In any case, the mutiny never happened, even though Galvatron's sanity remained debatable. {{storylink|Webworld}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
{{note|The events of American cartoon continuity, as detailed above, occur in the Japanese timeline, except the events of 2006 are pushed back to 2010. The Japanese continuity proceeds to insert many new storylines and events in, around, before and after the events of the Generation 1 cartoon, as covered below.}}

=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' manga=====
{{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 2}}
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=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
[[Image:MysteryPlanetMaster LaserbeakHead.JPG|right|200px|thumb|]]
When [[Rodimus Prime (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] was trying to recover the [[Matrix of Leadership]], Soundwave ambushed him at the North Pole and sent out Laserbeak and Buzzsaw as a distraction whilst hoping to shoot the Autobot in the back. Soundwave was subsequently killed by [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], and Laserbeak took his errant head back to Galvatron. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}}

Along with the other Decepticon cassettes, Laserbeak watched and cheered when Soundwave was rebuilt as Soundblaster. When Twincast, the rebuilt form of Blaster, later tried to halt Soundblaster's [[Madmachine|evil scheme]], Laserbeak attacked him alongside Buzzsaw and Ratbat. Twincast sent out his own [[Autobot Mini-Cassette|cassettes]] hold them off as he continued on his mission. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}}

Laserbeak later spied on the Autobot base on [[Athenia]], noting that the Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] were heading towards Earth. {{storylink|The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts}} He then spied on his own leader, [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], if only to look into the situation of [[Punch|Counterpunch]] getting his hands on information that Soundblaster and his spies did not. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}} Laserbeak and the other cassettes later patrolled the area around the Decepticon base on [[Master (planet)|Master]], alongside a few Decepticon [[Targetmaster]] partners. {{storylink|Operation: Destroy the Decepticons}}

=====''The Headmasters'' manga=====
After Soundblaster crash-landed following his encounter with [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]]'s "Master Chrome Hurricane-Throw to the End of Hell" attack, Laserbeak and the other animal cassettes (minus [[Slugfest (G1)|Slugfest]] and [[Overkill (G1)|Overkill]]) stood stoicly over his groggy form while [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] looked panicky. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 8}}

=====Call of the Future=====
Laserbeak has some involvement during the search of the investigation team. He finds the Autobots at the Geothermal Plant, finds the UFO, and tells Megatron of Starscream pilfering some energon cubes. {{storylink|Transformers: Call of the Future}}

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
{{note|Events from the [[Keepers Trilogy]] novels are in italics.}}
After [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] became the new [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]], Laserbeak did a spying mission, where he saw the Autobots preparing starships for evacuation. Megatron was unconcerned, however, as he had other plans. Unfortunately, Starscream shot a bridge holding Megatron and Prime, sending them to their presumed destruction. Laserbeak was then manhandled by Starscream's personal henchmen and had all the information within him forcibly downloaded, all at Starscream's orders. This is why Starscream will never be Decepticon leader, as he doesn't know how to get Laserbeak to perch on him. {{storylink|The War Within}} Megatron eventually returned and put Starscream in his place. Sometime later, Megatron vanished in a [[Space Bridge]] accident, and control of the Decepticons split into several smaller factions. Laserbeak and the other Cassettes remained with Soundwave, under the command of Shockwave in the primary Decepticon faction. {{storylink|War Within: The Dark Ages|The War Within: The Dark Ages}}

After the crash of the ''Nemesis'', Laserbeak was reactivated on Earth in 1984 and fought alongside the Decepticons in that pocket version of the greater war. Believed dead after the explosion of the ''[[Ark II]]'', Laserbeak and most of the other Transformers were in fact salvaged and reprogrammed by the human named [[Lazarus]]. The remote-controlled Laserbeak was sent on a mission of destruction with several other Cybertronians before Megatron broke free and restored autonomous control to his Decepticon brethren. {{storylink|Prime Directive}}

''After Megatron was kidnapped into deep space by the [[Keeper (species)|Keepers]] and Starscream assumed control of the Decepticons, Laserbeak accepted his rule along with Soundwave and the other Cassettes. They set up a new base of operation in the human city of [[Las Vegas]], Nevada. Taking a new tactic, Starscream arranged to work with the humans instead of against them, offering the residents of Sin City fame and fortune, while helping the Las Vegas PD coordinate their anti-crime efforts more effectively. Laserbeak performed constant reconnaissance patrols, reporting to Soundwave when human police officers were needed to perform "preventative maintenance" at potential crisis sites. {{storylink|Hardwired}}''

''Once Megatron returned, the Decepticons were broken into two factions under his and Starscream's control. Remarkably, Laserbeak chose to remain in Las Vegas with Starscream while Megatron and Soundwave left the city with their faction. He was taken prisoner with Starscream's other soldiers by the Keepers once they made Las Vegas their base of operations, and was trapped behind a massive force field. They eventually escaped thanks to the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]], and joined a united force of Autobots and Decepticons in assaulting the Keepers' position. Laserbeak joined [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] in performing aerial sweeps and strafing runs during the battle. {{storylink|Annihilation}} Later, during a battle with the American military in the Nevada desert, Laserbeak was struck down by [[deconstructionite]] rounds and had to be carried to safety by the [[Omega Sentinel (G1)|Omega Sentinel]]. {{storylink|Fusion (novel)|Fusion}}''

When Shockwave later arrived on Earth and defeated Megatron, Soundwave allied himself and the Cassettes with Shockwave until they returned to Cybertron. At that point, Starscream made a proposal that they return to Earth (now virtually free of Autobots) and take control of its fuel resources. {{storylink|War and Peace}} Soundwave agreed, and he brought Laserbeak and the other Cassettes back with them to Earth. After briefly tolerating Screamer's leadership, Megatron mercifully returned and reassumed control of Laserbeak and the Decepticon forces on Earth. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

===Devil's Due ''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers'' comics continuity===
Laserbeak was one of the many Transformers recovered from the crashed ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' by [[Cobra]]. He was repaired and retrofitted by [[Doctor Mindbender]], who proudly displayed him, Soundwave, and his fellow Mini-Cassettes to [[Destro]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #2}} Laserbeak was released by Soundwave, along with [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]], [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]], and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], during an attack on the [[SPS Center]]. Laserbeak managed to escape the first wave of [[G.I. Joe]] defenders and enter the building, gunning down [[Gung-Ho]] and [[Clutch (G.I. Joe)|Clutch]]. Shortly afterwards, he was decapitated by [[Snake-Eyes]]. His body was taken into custody by the Joes. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 3|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #3}}

===The Beast Within===
When the [[Beast (G1)|Beast]] formed, Starscream ordered the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] to attack the behemoth. Laserbeak, thinking that he was a Seeker, joined them, and was smacked along with [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], blowing up as a result. He blew up real good. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}

===IDW comics continuity===
{{ongoing}}
Long ago on Cybertron, Laserbeak helped Soundwave expose some spies for Megatron and assisted in executing the [[Senate]] members in [[Kaon]]. {{storylink|Megatron Origin}}

Much later, Laserbeak was employed by Soundwave to remotely spy on [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] in 1984 but was knocked out in the skirmish. He was later buried by a volcanic eruption, but dug out a year later by a mysterious group of humans. {{storylink|Spotlight: Soundwave}} He was chained up in the [[Skywatch]] headquarters along with [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] and reprogrammed to seek out the other Transformers. Needless to say, he was very pissed. {{storylink|Escalation issue 6}}

On his first mission out with Ravage, however, the pair's signal from Skywatch was blocked by Soundwave. {{storylink|Devastation issue 4}}

At some point, Laserbeak hooked up with Soundwave and joined Megatron's forces. He helped destroy some human jets. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron}}

===''Timelines:Dawn of Future's Past''===
[[Image:Laserbeakbuzzsawdawn.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Iron birds of fortune.]]
At the end of the great war most Decepticons granted amnesty simply retired and vanished from public life. So too would have been the fate of Laserbeak if not for the intervention of the [[Predacon (G1)| Predacon]] [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]]. Divebomb granted Laserbeak, [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]], and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] a new lease on life, rebuilding them into members of the new faction of Predacons.

Predacon [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s theft of the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]] was closely watched by Divebomb, who sent Laserbeak and Buzzsaw to ensure Megatron and his rogues reached their destination. Their ship intercepted the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'', pummelling it with missiles. Before it could come back for another pass, it was fired upon by the ''[[Chromia 10]]'', giving the ''Axalon'' enough time to restore enough power to return fire and completely destroy Laserbeak and Buzzsaw's ship, with the pair inside. He's in the [[Allspark]] now, trying to perch on [[Primus]]' shoulder. {{storylink|Dawn of Future's Past}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:LaserbeakG1toy.JPG|right|200px|thumb|Sure, Soundwave comes with that other guy, but you know you want me.]]
*'''Frenzy & Laserbeak''' (Cassette 2-pack, 1984/1985)

: Originally a ''[[Micro Change|Microchange]]'' "Micro Cassette Robo Condor", Laserbeak transforms into a microcassette that can fit into the tape door of the [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]] and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] toys. He was released in a two-pack with [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] in the U.S. and Europe. His chromed thruster-blaster add-ons have some slight mold variations to them, like several other early ''Transformers'' toys.

: This mold was also used to make [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]], [[Garboil]] and [[Sundor]].

*'''Condor''' (Cassettron, 1985/1986/1987)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''20''', '''D-60''', '''D-105'''

: Laserbeak (AKA "Condor") was available by himself in Japan. Like all Japanese cassettes, he came with a clear tape case to be "stored" in. He was re-released in Japan in 1986, and again in 1987.

*'''Soundwave''' (Decepticon, 2003)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TFC-10'''

: Laserbeak was reissued alongside Soundwave in 2003, as part of Takara's [[Transformers Collection]] line and again in 2007, as part of the [[Encore|Transformers Encore]] line. The 2007 release had the orange on his stickers modified.

===Titanium Series===
*'''Soundwave''' (6" Cybertron Heroes)

: Among the smallest of all Transformers, this toy is a tiny 1" wide rendition of his cassette form, though without the holes normally seen on tapes. Like the larger Soundwave figure he comes with, his design deviates somewhat from his true design, instead being black with red stripes. He also does not come with his jet pack.

===Timelines===
*'''Laserbeak''' and '''Buzzsaw''' (Souvenir set, 2006)

: A [[redeco]] of the ''[[Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]] [[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebomb]], Laserbeak transforms from a humanoid robot to a robotic bird of prey. He came with a pair of clear-blue blades that can combine to form a large [[energon weapon]], plus a blue Decepticon-style [[energon chip]]. He was available only as a poly-bagged set with his mold-mate Buzzsaw, sold as an "at the show" souvenir set at [[BotCon 2006]], limited to 500 pieces.

: This mold was also used to make the Terrorcon [[Blackout (Terrorcon)|Blackout]].

===Classics===
*'''Soundwave''' (Decepticon, 2007)

: Laserbeak was reissued alongside Soundwave and [[Ravage (G1)/toys|Ravage]] in 2007 as part of the [[Classics (2006)|Classics]] series.

===Universe (2008)===
*'''Soundwave''' (2009)
: In 2009, Laserbeak was included with yet another reissue of Soundwave as part of the ''[[Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' line, this time as a [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] exclusive that was prominently offered at San Diego Comic-Con 2009. Included were his weapons and his own cassette case.
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===Attacktix===
*'''Laserbeak'''

==Merchandise==
===Robot Heroes===
[[Image:Robotheroesprowllaserbeak.jpg|right|300px|thumb|CAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWceled.]]
*'''Prowl vs Laserbeak''' (2-pack, 2009)

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==Trivia==
* Though Laserbeak is portrayed as a normal audio cassette in the various fictions, his original toy was a microcassette. (Likewise, Soundwave's toy was a microcassette recorder, rather than the "stereo cassette deck" he's stated to be elsewhere.)

* Laserbeak snores when he sleeps. It sounds just like a little chainsaw! (So cute!) {{storylink|Decepticon Poison}}

* It's possible that ''Beast Wars'' [[Lazorbeak]] was intended to be a new form for Laserbeak. Lazorbeak's on-package [[bio]] reads, "Lazorbeak upholds his motto of believing the only good point he likes about the Maximals is their melting point," a reference to Laserbeak's original motto. Also, both use laser weapons which frequently run out of energy.

* Laserbeak is possibly the most effective Decepticon in the entire G1 cartoon. Some of his shining moments include defeating Optimus Prime himself, snatching Starscream right out of the air, and sending Windcharger plummeting to his near-death ("[[A Prime Problem]]"), defeating Hound ("[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]"), and nearly killing Optimus Prime on the operating table ("[[Divide and Conquer]]"). He also managed to infiltrate Autobot Headquarters just about every other episode, and never once got caught.

* Laserbeak was part of the original Decepticon cast for the [[Transformers (2007)|2007 Transformers movie]], but was cut along with Ravage when Soundwave was removed. As part of the [[Sector Seven]] ARG, a "file" of confirmed [[N.B.E.]] activity has Laserbeak changing from cassette mode to robot mode (while remaining the same size).

* Although the Laserbeak and Buzzsaw toys had a standard cassette deco on one side, the animated cartoon choose to show the bird side in its depictions of their alt modes, effectively making either side accurate.

* [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]]'s toy was sold with Soundwave. [[To sell toys|Consequently]], Buzzsaw had a much lower profile in the cartoon and his [[Tech Spec]] [[function]] of "spy" was open for the taking. Laserbeak was given this role presumably because he would have more opportunity to spy than his to use his own, non-kid-friendly, function of "interrogation".

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/1984/Decepticon/Laserbeak/laserbeak.htm Laserbeak at TFU.info]
* [http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Laserbeak Laserbeak's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

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Laserbeak (G1)

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:''Laserbeak is a [[Decepticon]] [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|Mini-Cassette]] and a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]]. He is also known as a tinfoil turkey.''

[[Image:Laserbeak-calendar.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Recognizable as the one who does not cannon-blast Omega Supreme.]]
'''Laserbeak''' is a follower, not a leader. In fact, he can often be found perched atop the shoulders of either [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] or whoever leads the Decepticons at a particular time. He can be utterly depended on to complete any mission that he is assigned.

Laserbeak is also an interrogator, though he is rarely depicted in that role, more often seen (or rather not seen) as a spy, roosting on some obscure perch, playing voyeur and eavesdropping on Autobot conversations. His backpack features two ruby-powered independently-targetable lasers that he uses to torture his subjects with. He's a coward, though, and when his ruby supplies run low, he transforms from ruthless condor to squawking chicken.

{{bigquote|Welcome, Laserbeak. Unlike some of my other warriors, you never fail me.|[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], sort of complimenting Laserbeak, but mostly insulting [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]|"[[The Transformers: The Movie]]"}}

:''Preliminary name:'' '''Slazer'''
:''Japanese name:'' '''Condor'''
:''French-Canadian name:'' '''Vautour''' (Vulture)
:''Hungarian name:'' '''Lézercsőr'''
:''Italian name:'' '''Gufo''' (Owl)
:''Portuguese name (Portugal comics):'' '''Lança-Laser'''
:''Portuguese name (Brazil comics):'' '''Bicolaser'''
:''Swedish name (cartoon):'' '''Lasernäbb'''
:''Chinese name (Taiwan):'' '''Léi-shè Yīng''' (雷射鷹, "Laser Hawk") / '''Léi-shè Nǐau''' (雷射鳥, "Laser Bird")
:''Chinese name (China):'' '''Jiguang Niao''' (激光鳥, "Laser Bird")

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
{{noteukonly}}
[[Image:Laserbeakwarriorschool.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Laserbeak is Soundwave's bitch.]]
Laserbeak was among [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s attack party which attacked the [[Autobot]]s aboard the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'', crashing on [[Earth]] 4 million years ago. When the Autobots and Decepticons were revived in 1984, Laserbeak was given the [[alternate mode]] of a red cassette tape. He aided the Decepticons in their building of their new base, constructed of parts from [[Harrison Nuclear Power Plant]], and joined in their attack on [[Sparkplug Witwicky]]'s auto repair shop, where he got shot in the face by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]].

Though Laserbeak can speak, he stopped displaying this ability around the time that [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] arrived to reverse the Autobots' seemingly final victory over the Decepticons in a desperate last stand at the ''Ark''. During Shockwave's rule, he sent [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (with Laserbeak stowed) to infiltrate [[Blackrock Aerospace Plant Number One]], where they were carried inside in cassette deck mode by plant workers [[Ferdy and Gabe]]. Once inside, the two quickly sieged the plant's controls and enslaved its workers. {{storylink|Warrior School!}} Laserbeak served many functions during the Decepticons' occupation of this plant, such as squawking, heating up the workers' pizzas, and delivering recorded messages to the [[human]] military poised outside. {{storylink|Brainstorm!}} Laserbeak later accompanied Soundwave and a few of the other cassette-tape Decepticons to aid their impostor Optimus Prime's ambush of the Autobots, though all of them were easily defeated once the real Optimus Prime was restored. {{storylink|Prime Time!}}

[[Image:Laserbeakdeterminescommand.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Autobots pass the Matrix, Decepticons pass the Laserbeak.]]
Unlike the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]], Soundwave, Laserbeak, and the other animal cassettes remained more loyal to Megatron than to Shockwave, and so when the former [[Decepticon leader]] was discovered in a coal mine, they arrived swiftly to refuel and reclaim him. {{storylink|I, Robot-Master!}} One of Megatron's first acts upon returning to the Decepticons was to attack the ''Ark'' while seemingly all of the Autobots were attacking the Decepticon base, and he took the the Seekers and all of the cassette Decepticons (minus [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]) with him. Unfortunately, the ''Ark'' was now defended by the newly-built [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. All of the attacking Decepticons except for Laserbeak and Megatron were obliterated, and it was only thanks to the wounded Laserbeak that he and the Decepticon leader escaped with their lives. When they returned to the Decepticon base, Laserbeak perched not on Megatron's shoulder, but Shockwave's, silently acknowledging their true leader. Shockwave rebuked Megatron for his poor command, but Megatron surprised him with a rationalization for his actions. As Shockwave again submitted to Megatron's leadership, Laserbeak exchanged perching positions, signifying the transfer of command. {{storylink|Command Performances!}}

''When [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] travelled back in time and defeated Megatron it was once again Laserbeak who signified the transfer of Decepticon command in this manner. After Galvatron returned to the future Laserbeak promptly dug Megatron out from under the ruins of Galvatron's weapon and perched on the restored Decepticon commander. {{storylink|Target: 2006}} ''

When [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] came to Earth, Laserbeak aided him in overseeing his [[Wash and Roll]] car wash empire. Both were chased away when their hypnotized human subjects were shaken free of their programming by [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]]. {{storylink|Buster Witwicky and the Car Wash of Doom}}

[[Image:Jetfireyourehit.jpg|left|200px|thumb|The bitch hierarchy: Soundwave > Laserbeak > Jetfire]]Years later, after Ratbat had assumed command in the absence of both Megatron and Soundwave, the Decepticons ambushed the Autobots on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]] while [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] were dueling for leadership. Laserbeak counted [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] among his victories, but he and the others were called back to their ship to retreat once Blaster and Grimlock disabled its guidance systems. {{storylink|Totaled!}}
Ratbat's troops soon met up with [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s troops, which resulted in a Decepticon civil war. Laserbeak and the others were called off the attack, however, when it was revealed that the civil war was instigated by [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] to divert attention away from his grab for the [[Underbase]]. After a false start, an unprecedented Autobot/Decepticon alliance was formed to stop Starscream, and Laserbeak was assigned to a team headed by both [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] and Soundwave. Confronting the Underbase-enhanced Starscream in [[Buenos Aires]], Laserbeak met his doom. {{storylink|Dark Star (issue)|Dark Star}}

In 2009, one possible future saw the Decepticons with control over all of [[North America]] and only a handful of Autobots and humans to oppose them. During a last-ditch Autobot/human raid on their [[New York City|New York]] stronghold, Laserbeak was instrumental in diverting [[Crossblades (G1)|Crossblades]], first disabling the Autobot and then ordering his comrades to blow him out of the sky. {{storylink|Rhythms of Darkness!}}

====Classics====
When Megatron reactivated on Earth and began building a power base again, Soundwave naturally returned to his side, and Laserbeak naturally came with him. {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 3}}

===Cartoon continuity===
====Generation 1 cartoon====
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Frank Welker]] (English), [[Ken Yamaguchi]] (Japanese)

[[Image:Cybertronlaserbeak.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Lasers? Check. Beak? Check.]]
Laserbeak was the first of the cassette Transformers.<ref>[[Secret Files of Teletraan II]]</ref> Prior to his arrival on Earth, Laserbeak had less of an avian shape, resembling instead a stylized jet with an ovoid silhouette and a hooked nosecone. He still transformed into a cassette, which is kind of strange when you consider his "carrier" transformed into a lamp-post and not necessarily any device that played cassettes. But anyway, this Laserbeak often carried out spy missions, able to sneak into places the larger [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] could not manage, including Iacon, the Autobots' headquarters. There, Laserbeak learned of the Autobot mission to seek out new sources of energy away from Cybertron, which prompted a Decepticon interception mission in turn. This led to the whole lot of these spacefaring Transformers crashlanding on Earth and taking a four million-year dirtnap in the heart of a spastic volcano.

In the year 1984, the Transformers were awakened by volcanic activity, and Laserbeak was reformatted with terrestrial aesthetics in both robot and alt-mode. His alt-mode was an audiocassette, while his robot mode was that of a vulture. His missions, though, were largely unchanged, and he continued to serve as a spy.

Laserbeak was the first Decepticon to tangle with Autobots on Earth when he was dispatched by Soundwave and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] to chase down two snooping Autobot spies, [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] and [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]]. The Autobots tried to scurry away, splitting up so that Laserbeak couldn't follow both of them. He had the last laugh (or squawk) on them, as he launched one of his laser cannons to follow Cliffjumper remotely while he continued to hound Hound, at least until Cliffjumper gas-bombed it. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1}} {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 3}}

[[Image:Megslaserbeak.jpg|left|175px|thumb|Laserbeak, symbol of Decepticon leadership.]]
After Megatron was accidentally sent to Cybertron following an early [[space bridge]] test {{storylink|Transport to Oblivion}} Laserbeak and [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] were present to greet Megatron on his return. Laserbeak perched on Megatron's arm, signifying Megatron's resumption of command of the Earthbound Decepticons. {{storylink|Roll for It}}

On a later assignment, Laserbeak investigated the prognosis of an ailing [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and took the opportunity to blast the fallen leader in his open chest cavity. This exacerbated the damage and made the Autobot mission to find a replacement [[cosmotron]] for Prime of great priority. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer}}

{{storylink|Fire in the Sky}} {{storylink|Fire on the Mountain}} {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 1}} {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 2}} {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (episode)|Countdown to Extinction}} {{storylink|A Plague of Insecticons}} {{storylink|Heavy Metal War}} {{storylink|Autobot Spike}} {{storylink|Changing Gears}} {{storylink|City of Steel}} {{storylink|Attack of the Autobots}} {{storylink|Traitor}} {{storylink|The Immobilizer}} {{storylink|The Autobot Run}}

Laserbeak and Buzzsaw discovered the city of [[Sub-Atlantica]] on the bottom of the ocean floor, which led to an uneasy alliance between the Sub-Atlanticans and the Decepticons, and the subsequent attack of both parties on Washington, D.C. {{storylink|Atlantis, Arise!}}

{{storylink|Day of the Machines}} {{storylink|Enter the Nightbird}} {{storylink|A Prime Problem}} {{storylink|The Core}} {{storylink|The Insecticon Syndrome}} {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 1}}

One time he got "over-energized" and crashed beak-first into a sand dune. {{storylink|Microbots}}

{{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1}} {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2}} {{storylink|Quest for Survival}} {{storylink|Sea Change}} {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}} {{storylink|Masquerade}}

[[Image:Laserbeakmovie.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Maybe if Autobot Command didn't have so many open windows...]]
One of Laserbeak's greatest claims to fame was that he was partly responsible for the [[Battle of Autobot City]] in 2005. By that point, the Decepticons had succeeded in conquering Cybertron, but the Autobots retained two of its moons and a large force on [[Autobot City]]. Laserbeak was dispatched to spy on [[Moonbase One]], where he overheard Optimus Prime order a supply ship to acquire [[Energon (fuel)|Energon]] for an upcoming assault. Laserbeak took the information back to Megatron, who hijacked the shuttle and used it to attack Autobot City. Megatron was left to rot in space by Starscream, and reformatted into [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. However, Laserbeak was no longer able to perch on his leader's shoulder or arm. Also, that bureaucrat [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] was usually sent on the spying missions after this point. Laserbeak has been feeling unfulfilled ever since. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

{{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

Then again, who'd want to perch on the shoulder of a madman who is known to blast more of his troops in 4 minutes than the Autobots had in 4000000+ years? It got so bad that when [[Motormaster]] and [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] threatened mutiny, Laserbeak sided with the would-be rebels. (He sure has guts considering his courage rating is a mere 2.) The fact that Laserbeak was with the mutiny may have led to [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] becoming [[Quintesson|desperate enough]] to seek aid on [[Torkulon]]. In any case, the mutiny never happened, even though Galvatron's sanity remained debatable. {{storylink|Webworld}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
{{note|The events of American cartoon continuity, as detailed above, occur in the Japanese timeline, except the events of 2006 are pushed back to 2010. The Japanese continuity proceeds to insert many new storylines and events in, around, before and after the events of the Generation 1 cartoon, as covered below.}}

=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' manga=====
{{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 2}}
{{charstubfiction}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
[[Image:MysteryPlanetMaster LaserbeakHead.JPG|right|200px|thumb|]]
When [[Rodimus Prime (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] was trying to recover the [[Matrix of Leadership]], Soundwave ambushed him at the North Pole and sent out Laserbeak and Buzzsaw as a distraction whilst hoping to shoot the Autobot in the back. Soundwave was subsequently killed by [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], and Laserbeak took his errant head back to Galvatron. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}}

Along with the other Decepticon cassettes, Laserbeak watched and cheered when Soundwave was rebuilt as Soundblaster. When Twincast, the rebuilt form of Blaster, later tried to halt Soundblaster's [[Madmachine|evil scheme]], Laserbeak attacked him alongside Buzzsaw and Ratbat. Twincast sent out his own [[Autobot Mini-Cassette|cassettes]] hold them off as he continued on his mission. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}}

Laserbeak later spied on the Autobot base on [[Athenia]], noting that the Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] were heading towards Earth. {{storylink|The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts}} He then spied on his own leader, [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], if only to look into the situation of [[Punch|Counterpunch]] getting his hands on information that Soundblaster and his spies did not. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}} Laserbeak and the other cassettes later patrolled the area around the Decepticon base on [[Master (planet)|Master]], alongside a few Decepticon [[Targetmaster]] partners. {{storylink|Operation: Destroy the Decepticons}}

=====''The Headmasters'' manga=====
After Soundblaster crash-landed following his encounter with [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]]'s "Master Chrome Hurricane-Throw to the End of Hell" attack, Laserbeak and the other animal cassettes (minus [[Slugfest (G1)|Slugfest]] and [[Overkill (G1)|Overkill]]) stood stoicly over his groggy form while [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] looked panicky. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 8}}

=====Call of the Future=====
Laserbeak has some involvement during the search of the investigation team. He finds the Autobots at the Geothermal Plant, finds the UFO, and tells Megatron of Starscream pilfering some energon cubes. {{storylink|Transformers: Call of the Future}}

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
{{note|Events from the [[Keepers Trilogy]] novels are in italics.}}
After [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] became the new [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]], Laserbeak did a spying mission, where he saw the Autobots preparing starships for evacuation. Megatron was unconcerned, however, as he had other plans. Unfortunately, Starscream shot a bridge holding Megatron and Prime, sending them to their presumed destruction. Laserbeak was then manhandled by Starscream's personal henchmen and had all the information within him forcibly downloaded, all at Starscream's orders. This is why Starscream will never be Decepticon leader, as he doesn't know how to get Laserbeak to perch on him. {{storylink|The War Within}} Megatron eventually returned and put Starscream in his place. Sometime later, Megatron vanished in a [[Space Bridge]] accident, and control of the Decepticons split into several smaller factions. Laserbeak and the other Cassettes remained with Soundwave, under the command of Shockwave in the primary Decepticon faction. {{storylink|War Within: The Dark Ages|The War Within: The Dark Ages}}

After the crash of the ''Nemesis'', Laserbeak was reactivated on Earth in 1984 and fought alongside the Decepticons in that pocket version of the greater war. Believed dead after the explosion of the ''[[Ark II]]'', Laserbeak and most of the other Transformers were in fact salvaged and reprogrammed by the human named [[Lazarus]]. The remote-controlled Laserbeak was sent on a mission of destruction with several other Cybertronians before Megatron broke free and restored autonomous control to his Decepticon brethren. {{storylink|Prime Directive}}

''After Megatron was kidnapped into deep space by the [[Keeper (species)|Keepers]] and Starscream assumed control of the Decepticons, Laserbeak accepted his rule along with Soundwave and the other Cassettes. They set up a new base of operation in the human city of [[Las Vegas]], Nevada. Taking a new tactic, Starscream arranged to work with the humans instead of against them, offering the residents of Sin City fame and fortune, while helping the Las Vegas PD coordinate their anti-crime efforts more effectively. Laserbeak performed constant reconnaissance patrols, reporting to Soundwave when human police officers were needed to perform "preventative maintenance" at potential crisis sites. {{storylink|Hardwired}}''

''Once Megatron returned, the Decepticons were broken into two factions under his and Starscream's control. Remarkably, Laserbeak chose to remain in Las Vegas with Starscream while Megatron and Soundwave left the city with their faction. He was taken prisoner with Starscream's other soldiers by the Keepers once they made Las Vegas their base of operations, and was trapped behind a massive force field. They eventually escaped thanks to the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]], and joined a united force of Autobots and Decepticons in assaulting the Keepers' position. Laserbeak joined [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] in performing aerial sweeps and strafing runs during the battle. {{storylink|Annihilation}} Later, during a battle with the American military in the Nevada desert, Laserbeak was struck down by [[deconstructionite]] rounds and had to be carried to safety by the [[Omega Sentinel (G1)|Omega Sentinel]]. {{storylink|Fusion (novel)|Fusion}}''

When Shockwave later arrived on Earth and defeated Megatron, Soundwave allied himself and the Cassettes with Shockwave until they returned to Cybertron. At that point, Starscream made a proposal that they return to Earth (now virtually free of Autobots) and take control of its fuel resources. {{storylink|War and Peace}} Soundwave agreed, and he brought Laserbeak and the other Cassettes back with them to Earth. After briefly tolerating Screamer's leadership, Megatron mercifully returned and reassumed control of Laserbeak and the Decepticon forces on Earth. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

===Devil's Due ''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers'' comics continuity===
Laserbeak was one of the many Transformers recovered from the crashed ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' by [[Cobra]]. He was repaired and retrofitted by [[Doctor Mindbender]], who proudly displayed him, Soundwave, and his fellow Mini-Cassettes to [[Destro]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #2}} Laserbeak was released by Soundwave, along with [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]], [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]], and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], during an attack on the [[SPS Center]]. Laserbeak managed to escape the first wave of [[G.I. Joe]] defenders and enter the building, gunning down [[Gung-Ho]] and [[Clutch (G.I. Joe)|Clutch]]. Shortly afterwards, he was decapitated by [[Snake-Eyes]]. His body was taken into custody by the Joes. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 3|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #3}}

===The Beast Within===
When the [[Beast (G1)|Beast]] formed, Starscream ordered the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] to attack the behemoth. Laserbeak, thinking that he was a Seeker, joined them, and was smacked along with [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], blowing up as a result. He blew up real good. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}

===IDW comics continuity===
{{ongoing}}
Long ago on Cybertron, Laserbeak helped Soundwave expose some spies for Megatron and assisted in executing the [[Senate]] members in [[Kaon]]. {{storylink|Megatron Origin}}

Much later, Laserbeak was employed by Soundwave to remotely spy on [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] in 1984 but was knocked out in the skirmish. He was later buried by a volcanic eruption, but dug out a year later by a mysterious group of humans. {{storylink|Spotlight: Soundwave}} He was chained up in the [[Skywatch]] headquarters along with [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] and reprogrammed to seek out the other Transformers. Needless to say, he was very pissed. {{storylink|Escalation issue 6}}

On his first mission out with Ravage, however, the pair's signal from Skywatch was blocked by Soundwave. {{storylink|Devastation issue 4}}

At some point, Laserbeak hooked up with Soundwave and joined Megatron's forces. He helped destroy some human jets. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron}}

===''Timelines:Dawn of Future's Past''===
[[Image:Laserbeakbuzzsawdawn.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Iron birds of fortune.]]
At the end of the great war most Decepticons granted amnesty simply retired and vanished from public life. So too would have been the fate of Laserbeak if not for the intervention of the [[Predacon (G1)| Predacon]] [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]]. Divebomb granted Laserbeak, [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]], and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] a new lease on life, rebuilding them into members of the new faction of Predacons.

Predacon [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s theft of the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]] was closely watched by Divebomb, who sent Laserbeak and Buzzsaw to ensure Megatron and his rogues reached their destination. Their ship intercepted the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'', pummelling it with missiles. Before it could come back for another pass, it was fired upon by the ''[[Chromia 10]]'', giving the ''Axalon'' enough time to restore enough power to return fire and completely destroy Laserbeak and Buzzsaw's ship, with the pair inside. He's in the [[Allspark]] now, trying to perch on [[Primus]]' shoulder. {{storylink|Dawn of Future's Past}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:LaserbeakG1toy.JPG|right|200px|thumb|Sure, Soundwave comes with that other guy, but you know you want me.]]
*'''Frenzy & Laserbeak''' (Cassette 2-pack, 1984/1985)

: Originally a ''[[Micro Change|Microchange]]'' "Micro Cassette Robo Condor", Laserbeak transforms into a microcassette that can fit into the tape door of the [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]] and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] toys. He was released in a two-pack with [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] in the U.S. and Europe. His chromed thruster-blaster add-ons have some slight mold variations to them, like several other early ''Transformers'' toys.

: This mold was also used to make [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]], [[Garboil]] and [[Sundor]].

*'''Condor''' (Cassettron, 1985/1986/1987)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''20''', '''D-60''', '''D-105'''

: Laserbeak (AKA "Condor") was available by himself in Japan. Like all Japanese cassettes, he came with a clear tape case to be "stored" in. He was re-released in Japan in 1986, and again in 1987.

*'''Soundwave''' (Decepticon, 2003)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TFC-10'''

: Laserbeak was reissued alongside Soundwave in 2003, as part of Takara's [[Transformers Collection]] line and again in 2007, as part of the [[Encore|Transformers Encore]] line. The 2007 release had the orange on his stickers modified.

===Titanium Series===
*'''Soundwave''' (6" Cybertron Heroes)

: Among the smallest of all Transformers, this toy is a tiny 1" wide rendition of his cassette form, though without the holes normally seen on tapes. Like the larger Soundwave figure he comes with, his design deviates somewhat from his true design, instead being black with red stripes. He also does not come with his jet pack.

===Timelines===
*'''Laserbeak''' and '''Buzzsaw''' (Souvenir set, 2006)

: A [[redeco]] of the ''[[Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]] [[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebomb]], Laserbeak transforms from a humanoid robot to a robotic bird of prey. He came with a pair of clear-blue blades that can combine to form a large [[energon weapon]], plus a blue Decepticon-style [[energon chip]]. He was available only as a poly-bagged set with his mold-mate Buzzsaw, sold as an "at the show" souvenir set at [[BotCon 2006]], limited to 500 pieces.

: This mold was also used to make the Terrorcon [[Blackout (Terrorcon)|Blackout]].

===Classics===
*'''Soundwave''' (Decepticon, 2007)

: Laserbeak was reissued alongside Soundwave and [[Ravage (G1)/toys|Ravage]] in 2007 as part of the [[Classics (2006)|Classics]] series.

===Universe (2008)===
===Universe (2008)===
*'''Soundwave''' (2009)
: In 2009, Laserbeak was included with yet another reissue of Soundwave as part of the ''[[Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' line, this time as a [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] exclusive that was prominently offered at San Diego Comic-Con 2009. Included were his weapons and his own cassette case.
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===Attacktix===
*'''Laserbeak'''

==Merchandise==
===Robot Heroes===
[[Image:Robotheroesprowllaserbeak.jpg|right|300px|thumb|CAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWceled.]]
*'''Prowl vs Laserbeak''' (2-pack, 2009)

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==Trivia==
* Though Laserbeak is portrayed as a normal audio cassette in the various fictions, his original toy was a microcassette. (Likewise, Soundwave's toy was a microcassette recorder, rather than the "stereo cassette deck" he's stated to be elsewhere.)

* Laserbeak snores when he sleeps. It sounds just like a little chainsaw! (So cute!) {{storylink|Decepticon Poison}}

* It's possible that ''Beast Wars'' [[Lazorbeak]] was intended to be a new form for Laserbeak. Lazorbeak's on-package [[bio]] reads, "Lazorbeak upholds his motto of believing the only good point he likes about the Maximals is their melting point," a reference to Laserbeak's original motto. Also, both use laser weapons which frequently run out of energy.

* Laserbeak is possibly the most effective Decepticon in the entire G1 cartoon. Some of his shining moments include defeating Optimus Prime himself, snatching Starscream right out of the air, and sending Windcharger plummeting to his near-death ("[[A Prime Problem]]"), defeating Hound ("[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]"), and nearly killing Optimus Prime on the operating table ("[[Divide and Conquer]]"). He also managed to infiltrate Autobot Headquarters just about every other episode, and never once got caught.

* Laserbeak was part of the original Decepticon cast for the [[Transformers (2007)|2007 Transformers movie]], but was cut along with Ravage when Soundwave was removed. As part of the [[Sector Seven]] ARG, a "file" of confirmed [[N.B.E.]] activity has Laserbeak changing from cassette mode to robot mode (while remaining the same size).

* Although the Laserbeak and Buzzsaw toys had a standard cassette deco on one side, the animated cartoon choose to show the bird side in its depictions of their alt modes, effectively making either side accurate.

* [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]]'s toy was sold with Soundwave. [[To sell toys|Consequently]], Buzzsaw had a much lower profile in the cartoon and his [[Tech Spec]] [[function]] of "spy" was open for the taking. Laserbeak was given this role presumably because he would have more opportunity to spy than his to use his own, non-kid-friendly, function of "interrogation".

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/1984/Decepticon/Laserbeak/laserbeak.htm Laserbeak at TFU.info]
* [http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Laserbeak Laserbeak's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

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Buzzsaw (G1)

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147.140.233.17: /* Store/convention exclusives */ The listing for Soundwave and the four cassettes he comes with should probably match.

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:''Buzzsaw is a [[Decepticon]] [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|Mini-Cassette]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:G1BuzzsawJapaneseArt.jpg|right|325px|thumb|He hovers like some vast, predatory bird—if vast, predatory birds struck out in sudden, frightening death from above over and over and over, with no escape.]]
'''Buzzsaw''' is an artist—rather, he likes to make art out of ''his victims''. He approaches his victims with reasoned clarity and sophistication, gutting them with what he believes to be inspirational precision. However, his ego is easily wounded, and he's not adept at improvisation. If one of his "masterpieces" is interrupted and he cannot proceed as planned, he would rather retreat to sulk than rethink his approach.

He will kill you. It's not a matter of ''if'', but a matter of where, when, and how painful it is.

:''French-Canadian name'': '''Condor'''
:''Italian name:'' '''Micro'''
:''Hungarian name'': '''Körfűrész'''
:''Portuguese name (Brazil comics)'': '''Serra'''
:''Portuguese name (Portugal comics)'': '''Serrote'''

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
{{noteukonly}}
[[Image:Buzzsawyikes2.jpg|left|120px|thumb|He shot Gears right in the face!]]
Buzzsaw was among [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s attack party which ambushed the [[Autobot]]s aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], crashing on [[Earth]] 4 million years ago. When the Autobots and Decepticons were revived in 1984, Buzzsaw was given the [[alternate mode]] of a gold cassette tape. As Megatron gave a roll call to determine who had survived the crash, Buzzsaw noted that his beak "has carved many an Autobot warrior into a masterpiece of scrap metal." {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}}

[[Image:Buzzsawlaststand.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Sweet Primus!]]
The Decepticons soon attacked [[Harrison Nuclear Power Plant]] to use as material to build a [[Fortress Sinister|new headquarters]], and Buzzsaw was able to fly through its reinforced concrete walls as if they were paper. It was discovered that the [[human]] ally of the Autobots, [[Sparkplug Witwicky]], may know of a way to convert Earth fuel into a form Transformers can use, and so Buzzsaw and the Decepticons led an attack on his [[Witwicky Auto Repairs|auto repair shop]]. Though [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] scored a direct hit on Buzzsaw, he was able to return with his fellow Decepticons to their base with Sparkplug. {{storylink|Power Play!}} The human military surrounded the Decepticons' headquarters, and Megatron ordered his warriors to "greet" them. Buzzsaw happily cut through the wings of the fighter jets while disparaging their primitive technology. {{storylink|Prisoner of War!}}

''When [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] fired upon his teammate [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] for eavesdropping on his plot to overthrow Megatron, Buzzsaw and the other Decepticons sought deadly revenge on the Decepticon Air Commander. {{storylink|The Enemy Within!|The Enemy Within!, part 2}} Though Starscream escaped, the Decepticons soon regrouped to attack the ''Ark''. [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] was the first casualty of the raid, which Buzzsaw quickly reported back to Megatron, but their battle was ended prematurely when [[Auntie]], the ''Ark'''s computer system, magnetized the walls, immobilizing both factions. {{storylink|Raiders of the Last Ark}} Buzzsaw also travelled with the Decepticons to the [[United Kingdom]], where he and his teammates attempted to take control of the [[Man of Iron]]'s ship. When [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] fired upon the ship, destroying it, the Decepticons could no longer take the ship and learn from it the location of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], so they left.'' {{storylink|Man of Iron!|Man of Iron: The Conclusion}}

The Decepticons were successful in learning from Sparkplug Witwicky how to convert Earth fuel for themselves, and they attacked the Ark in force. The Autobots were weakened from their own lingering fuel problems, and Buzzsaw noticed that even Optimus Prime had trouble hitting him with a shot from his rifle. The Decepticons were clearly the imminent victors in this lopsided battle, and as Buzzsaw tore through the head of one of the final remaining Autobots, [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], the Decepticons declared victory. ...Or, they would have, if Sparkplug hadn't poisoned their fuel, causing the Decepticons to stumble over themselves in pain. It was only the surprise arrival of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] that saved Buzzsaw and the others from certain defeat. {{storylink|The Last Stand}}

[[Image:Buzzsawyikes1.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Holy crap!]]
After Shockwave assumed command and set up shop at [[Blackrock Aerospace Plant Number One]], Buzzsaw would perch on Shockwave's shoulder and keep his unruly troops in line. {{storylink|DIS-Integrated Circuits!}} Buzzsaw, though unnamed, later accompanied Soundwave and most of the other cassette-tape Decepticons to aid their impostor [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s ambush of the Autobots, though all of them were easily defeated once the real Optimus Prime was restored. {{storylink|Prime Time!}}

[[Image:Buzzsawyikes3.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Aieee!]]
Unlike the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]], Soundwave, Buzzsaw, and the other animal cassettes remained more loyal to Megatron than to Shockwave, and so when the former Decepticon leader was discovered in a coal mine, they arrived swiftly to refuel and reclaim him. {{storylink|I, Robot-Master!}} (Meanwhile, Buzzsaw also supported Shockwave, including his unsuccessful plot to kidnap and brainwash [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] into being a Decepticon. {{storylink|Plight of the Bumblebee!}}) One of Megatron's first acts upon returning to the Decepticons was to attack the ''Ark'' while seemingly all of the Autobots were attacking the Decepticon base, and he took the Seekers and all of the cassette Decepticons (minus Ravage) with him. Unfortunately, the ''Ark'' was now defended by the newly-built [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. All of the attacking Decepticons except for Laserbeak and Megatron were obliterated. Buzzsaw's destroyed body was kept in storage within the ''Ark'' for several years. {{storylink|Command Performances!}}

Buzzsaw's body and the others destroyed by Omega Supreme were lifted from the ''Ark'' by the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] while the rest of the Decepticons (now under leadership of [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]) ambushed the Autobots on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

[[Image:Buzzsawyikes4.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Run for your freakin' lives!]]
Soon a civil war erupted between Ratbat's Decepticons and [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s Decepticons, during which Buzzsaw brutally (and literally) disarmed [[Cutthroat]]. {{storylink|Cold War!}} However, it was discovered that the civil war was instigated by Starscream to distract from his evil intentions for the [[Underbase]]. The Autobots also showed up, as part of Starscream's diversion, and the two Decepticon armies teamed up to destroy them. Just before strafing [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]], Buzzsaw cannon-blasted Omega Supreme. However, he had little time to celebrate what may be the single most lop-sided takedown in Transformers history, as he was destroyed by the Underbase-powered [[Starscream (G1)| Starscream]] soon afterwards. {{storylink|Dark Star (issue)|Dark Star}}

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===Cartoon continuity===
====Generation 1 cartoon====
[[Image:Buzzsawcityofsteel.jpg|right|200px|thumb|There's nowhere to hide!]]
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Frank Welker]] (English),? (Japanese)

Buzzsaw and Laserbeak strafed [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] on the roof of the Constructicons' newly-constructed skyscraper in [[New York City]]. {{storylink|City of Steel}} Buzzsaw was also recruited when the Decepticons teamed up with the [[Sub-Atlantica|Sub-Atlanticans]] to conquer [[Washington, D.C.]], but the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] arrived and shot him with missiles. {{storylink|Atlantis, Arise!}} Soundwave unleashed Buzzsaw and Laserbeak at Jazz and [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] when the Decepticons teamed up with the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] to take the [[Nova Power Plant]] for its energy, but both were blasted out of the sky. {{storylink|The Insecticon Syndrome}} Buzzsaw later trapped the Autobots inside their bunker behind a pile of rubble, allowing Rumble to get close enough to steal the [[Negavator]], but eventually the Autobots got free and the Decepticons were driven away. {{storylink|Auto Berserk}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
While searching for the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], Soundwave ejected Buzzsaw and Laserbeak to fight [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]. Hot Rod was rescued by [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], prompting Blaster and Soundwave to fight to the death. Buzzsaw, Laserbeak, and [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] gathered Soundwave's scattered remains and escaped to the Decepticon base on [[Chaar]]. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} There, Buzzsaw met with the rest of the Decepticon cassettes, and at [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]'s instruction, used technology borrowed from [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] to rebuild him into [[Soundblaster (G1)|Soundblaster]]. As Soundblaster came to life, Buzzsaw and the others cheered. Likewise, the Autobots rebuilt Blaster into [[Blaster (G1)|Twincast]], who travelled to Chaar to face Soundblaster again. Entering the Decepticon base, Twincast encountered Buzzsaw, Laserbeak, and Ratbat, so he ejected [[Eject]], [[Rewind]], [[Ramhorn]], and [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]] to fight them. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}}

=====''The Headmasters'' comic=====
Buzzsaw and the rest of the cassettes gathered over a comically-defeated Soundblaster (at the hands of [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]]) as [[Sixshot]] announced his intent to defect from the Decepticons and travel the universe. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 8}}

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
{{note|Events from the [[Keepers Trilogy]] novels are in italics.}}
''Buzzsaw was involved with Starscream's occupation of the human city, [[Las Vegas]]. Presumably, he came in under Soundwave's direction. The Decepticons initially worked closely with the Las Vegas Police Department, with Buzzsaw and Laserbeak serving as "watchbirds" to keep an optic open for any unlawful activity in the city limits. Buzzsaw even served as a passive deterrent when necessary, divebombing a hold-up artist named [[Bernie Klaus]] before he could enter the convenience store he had targeted. {{storylink|Hardwired}} Later on, after the Autobots had invaded Las Vegas, Buzzsaw tried to eliminate [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and a wounded Bumblebee, but was chased off the hunt when Optimus Prime got involved in the skirmish. When Megatron and Starscream divvyed up the Decepticon forces, Buzzsaw somehow managed to be on BOTH factions simultaneously. In the final fight with the [[Keeper (species)|Keepers]] in Las Vegas, he joined [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], Laserbeak and the Autobot flyer named [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] in performing aerial assaults on the alien beings. {{storylink|Annihilation}} Several days later, Buzzsaw and the Decepticons joined the Autobots again in defending against an ambush by the American military in the Nevada desert. The Army had reverse-engineered some Cybertronian technology to create the [[Deconstructionite|deconstructionites]], microchip-sized projectile sprays that drained the Transformers of their processing power on contact. Buzzsaw caught heavy flak in the first salvo, and quickly found himself unable to fly. He was dragged to safety by Megatron himself, but was left incapacitated for some time thereafter. {{storylink|Fusion (novel)|Fusion}}''

{{note|Buzzsaw was identified in supplemental materials as being part of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s Decepticon faction during the [[Dark Ages]], and as being part of the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' crew that crash-landed on Earth four million years ago. However, he was never actually depicted in the comics. The Keepers Trilogy is actually his only appearance in the Dreamwave continuity.}}

===Devil's Due ''G.I. Joe vs the Transformers'' comics continuity===
Buzzsaw was part of the army of Decepticons that surrounded [[Teletran 3]] while several of the building's inhabitants were thrown into various Earth historical periods. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 2}}

Buzzsaw was seen again on Cybertron as part of [[Serpent O.R.]]'s invading forces. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3|The Art of War, Part 3}}

===Dawn of Future's Past===
[[Image:Laserbeakbuzzsawdawn.jpg|left|200px|thumb|T-REX, WE PUT OUR MINDS TO IT AND TAUGHT OURSELVES ENGLISH!]]
At the end of the great war, most Decepticons who were granted amnesty simply retired and vanished from public life. So too would have been the fate of Buzzsaw if not for the intervention of the [[Predacon (G1)| Predacon]] [[Divebomb (G1)| Divebomb]]. Divebomb granted Laserbeak, Buzzsaw, and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] a new lease on life, rebuilding them into members of the new faction of Predacons.

Predacon [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s theft of the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]] was closely watched by Divebomb, who sent Laserbeak and Buzzsaw to ensure Megatron and his rogues reached their destination. Their ship intercepted the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'', pummelling it with missiles. Before it could come back for another pass, it was fired upon by the ''[[Chromia 10]]'', giving the ''Axalon'' enough time to restore enough power to return fire and completely destroy Laserbeak and Buzzsaw's ship, with the pair inside. {{storylink|Dawn of Future's Past}}

===IDW comics continuity===
Buzzsaw was seen among Soundwave's cache of cassettes on Cybertron millions of years ago. He and Laserbeak helped catch the Autobot spies [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]] and [[Fastback]] when Soundwave introduced himself to Megatron. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2}} He later helped devastate the [[Senate]] and free the captured Decepticons in their Trojan Horse play at [[Kaon]]. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:Buzzsawg1toycondor.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The hook at the end of his beak is so that when he punctures you, you can't just yank him out. You'll rip off a wad of flesh.]]
*'''Soundwave w/ Buzzsaw''' (Decepticon Communicator, 1984/1985)

: Coming only with the [[Hasbro]] release of [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]] (the Japanese version had [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] instead), Buzzsaw transforms from a microcassette to a robotic condor. His cassette mode can fit into the tape compartment of the Soundwave and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] toys. Unlike the other four original Mini-Cassettes, Buzzsaw's deco is unique to the Transformer line rather than originating from [[Micro Change]].

: This mold was also used to make [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], [[Garboil]], and [[Sundor]].

*'''VS-Z Set''' (Multi-pack, 1985)

: Buzzsaw's first Japanese release was in a multi-set with [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] and [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]. Like all Japanese cassettes (and all future Japanese releases of Buzzsaw), he came with a clear-plastic tape case to be "stored" in.

*'''Soundblaster w/ Buzzsaw''' (Decepticon, 1987)

: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-106'''

: During ''[[The Headmasters (toyline)|Headmasters]]'', Buzzsaw saw re-release as a pack-in with Soundblaster. This version has a new sticker featuring [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]' weak spot, revealed through the clear-red tape-doors of the Soundblaster and [[Blaster (G1)|Twincast]] toys.

* '''Soundblaster w/ Buzzsaw and Ravage''' (Transformers Collection, 2005)

: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''TFC-18'''

: The ''Headmasters'' version of Buzzsaw was included in the Soundblaster reissue, though this time the duo also came with a similarly-sticker-altered version of [[Ravage (G1)/toys|Ravage]].

===Timelines===
* '''Laserbeak and Buzzsaw''' (bagged souvenir set, 2006)

[[Image:Buzzsawtimelinestoy.JPG|right|300px|thumb|Sure, it seems like an improvement, but he still has to pick everything up in his jaws.]]
: A [[redeco]] of the ''[[Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebomb]] mold, Buzzsaw gains a humanoid mode along with his robot-falcon form. He came with a set of clear-indigo [[Energon weapon|energon weapons]] that could combine to form a large blade, plus an indigo [[energon chip]]. He was available only in a "souvenir" 2-piece set with [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], sold at [[BotCon 2006]], and limited to 500 pieces.

===Universe (2008)===
*'''Soundwave''' (2009)
: In 2009, Buzzsaw was included with yet another reissue of Soundwave as part of the ''[[Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' line, this time as a [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] exclusive that was prominently offered at San Diego Comic-Con 2009. Included were his weapons and his own cassette case.
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==Trivia==
* Though Buzzsaw is portrayed as transforming into a normal audio cassette in the various fictions, his original toy was a ''micro''cassette. (Likewise, Soundwave's toy was a microcassette recorder, rather than the "stereo cassette deck" he's stated to be elsewhere.)

*Buzzsaw's scant appearances in the original animated series come as a result of a note in the [[production bible]] that says he should only "be used occasionally". This, presumably, is due to the fact that his toy was only available packaged with Soundwave, and hence did not need to be advertised via the show. Poor little guy didn't even get an individual bio in there. (No wonder he took it out on everybody.)

* At BotCon 2006, the signboards advertising the Laserbeak/Buzzsaw set incorrectly identified him as "Buzzclaw". This was the only place the error appeared.

* Buzzsaw could talk in the Marvel UK Comics, as well as in some episodes of the Japanese Headmasters cartoon (where he even commented on how tired he is of seeing Scourge and Cyclonus always lick Galvatron's feet modules). In all media though, he certainly possesses normal transformer intelligence.

* Buzzsaw is ''the'' coolest cassette. Don't ''even'' bother arguing.

==External links==
*[http://tfu.info/1984/Decepticon/Buzzsaw/buzzsaw.htm Buzzsaw at TFU.info]
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Buzzsaw Buzzsaw's Transformers Universe profile]

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Longarm (Movie)

2009-07-22T14:21:30Z

147.140.233.17: /* Transformers (2007) */ revealed at comiccon.

{{factions|autobot|decepticon|NEST}}
{{disambig3|Longarm}}
:''Longarm is an [[Autobot]] and a mass-produced drone-unit from the [[Movie (franchise)|2007 movie franchise]] in the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Longarm-gamedrone.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Stop draggin' my, stop draggin' my, stop draggin' my car arouuuund!]]
'''Longarm''' is a chummy, nice, all around guy. "It never hurts to help" is his creed, and he enjoys working on protecting, repairing, and saving. After all, that's why he's an Autobot. He's almost too nice... he just can't figure out [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] at all. To be that [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|angry]], [[Dreadwing (Movie)|mean]], [[Starscream (Movie)|treacherous]], [[Megatron (Movie)|destructive]], or [[Dropkick|emo]], it all just seems like a huge waste of energy and time. But so long as he can protect his friends, and make them smile, then he can smile right back.

There's also units of drones that convert into tow-trucks of the same name. Both the Autobot and Decepticon armies make use of these drones, which are solid, dependable fighters, and can be particularly dangerous.

==Fiction==
===Titan Magazines ''Transformers'' movie comics===
{{note|The following events occur in an alternate timeline/continuity where Megatron won the battle of Mission City.}}
In an alternate reality where the Decepticons conquered Earth, Longarm was part of the Autobot reinforcements. He understandably thought they were a wee bit doomed, unsure of how they were expected to defeat the vast Decepticon legions. {{storylink|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 1|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 1}} Nevertheless, he joined the others in landing on Earth, but in the battle at Savannah, Georgia, he was gunned down by the [[Swindle (Movie)|drone hordes]]. {{storylink|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 4|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 4}} His unmoving body had to be removed from the Decepticon facility by Ironhide. {{storylink|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 5|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 5}}

Once repaired, he joined the other Autobots in constant defensive actions against the Decepticons, including protecting San Diego alongside Ironhide. {{storylink|Dark Spark|Dark Spark}}

When the Autobots were fully mobilized to Cybertron to secure [[Nucleon]], Longarm showed he'd developed heavy pessimism after his series of ordeals, grimly stating that it was likely the Nucleon was used up by the Decepticons and Earth was doomed. He was made pilot of [[Straxus (ship)|the Straxus]], and found out Earth ''was'' doomed when [[Unicron]] teleported into the solar system and shot the Straxus down... {{storylink|Return to Cybertron: Part 3|Return to Cybertron: Part 3}}

After Earth was not-doomed, Longarm was briefly seen entering the Autobot ship as they were ordered off Earth. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 23|Revolution Part 1}}

===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===
Following the destruction of [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] and the [[All Spark]] in [[Mission City]], [[Sector Seven]] took custody of the inactive Longarm and [[Salvage (Movie)|Salvage]] during cleanup operations. {{Storylink|Alliance issue 1}} They were taken to a secret base in the [[Nevada]] desert. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 3|The Reign of Starscream #3}}

===''The Veiled Threat'' prequel novel===
{{Note|The events of ''The Veiled Threat'' take place during [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[Alliance (comic)|Alliance]]'' comic.}}

Longarm was a grizzled old veteran from Cybertron who joined the [[Earth]]-bound Autobots. He seemed to genuinely enjoy being on Earth and liked his new home, to the point of using his headlights to play with feral cats while in tow truck mode. He and [[Knock Out (ROTF)|Knock Out]] faced off against several Decepticons in South America. {{storylink|The Veiled Threat}}

Longarm's whereabouts during the events of [[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]] are unknown.

===Toy bios===
{{notemoviebio}}
Longarm was brought to life by the [[All Spark|Allspark]] during the battle of [[Mission City]]. Just minutes old, Longarm, driven by [[Mikaela Banes]], came to the aid of [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] who was injured and lost the use of his legs. He drove Bumblebee down the streets of Mission City while Bumblebee continued the battle against the Decepticons. {{storylink|#FinalStand|Final Stand toy bio}}

==Games==
===''Battle for the Allspark'' online game===
[[Image:Longarm head.jpg|left|125px|thumb|Longarm units can be either Autobot (top) or Decepticon (bottom)]]
Longarm units have good Attack & Defense capabilities, but little on speed. The two sides' drones are differentiated by little more than the make of their noggins; Autobot versions use a facemask-with-optics model, while Decepticons have a lens-head version. {{Storylink|Battle for the Allspark}}

===''Transformers: The Game''===
Longarms are particularly dangerous foes that appear many times against both Autobot and Decepticon. They are capable of swinging the tow-arms on their backs in a wide circle, extending their wrecker-hooks, which results in a devastating slam attack that can send even the larger Transformers sprawling. Since they are also shielded against ''most'' artillery in robot mode, this attack can only be interrupted by hurling something at them.

Aside from the previously mentioned facial differences, Autobot Longarms are white with blue detailing while Decepticon versions are white with yellow detailing. {{Storylink|Transformers The Game (console)}}

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==Toys==
===Transformers (2007)===
[[Image:Movie_Deluxe_Longarm.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Destined to be done in green and orange.]]
*'''Longarm''' (Deluxe, 2007)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''MA-15'''
**''Accessories:'' Missile

: Longarm transforms into a Ford F-350 tow truck, capable of towing another toy thanks to his hook-arm. This arm becomes a hand-held "quagma cannon" spring-loaded missile launcher in robot mode that is affixed to his right hand via a screw. The missile launcher can also be used in vehicle mode, as a notch is cut out of the front bumper, presumably for making surprise attacks (since [[Swindle (Movie)|other]] drone characters have similar weapons). There is a single, nigh-insignificant [[automorph]] feature; the emergency lights on top of the gun/tow rig are geared to fold simultaneously. This makes [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout's]] knees almost look interesting.

: Unlike all of the other "drone" toys in the line, Longarm's robot mode is totally different from the CG design developed for the game; even his head resembles neither the Autobot or Decepticon drone heads. And by "totally different," we mean "has ''[[Generation 1]]'' [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]]'s head." Longarm's designer, [[Alex Kubalsky]], was forced to make up his own transformation scheme and robot design since Activision's reference materials had not arrived in time. When it eventually did, he altered the chest and arms of his toy design to more closely match the game design. Obviously, he left the head alone.

:The gun is not meant to be removable, but is easily unscrewed. The loose gun won't fit on the right hand without the screw, but will peg into the left hand via the connection used to hold the gun/crane steady in vehicle mode. The figure is still capable of full transformation and the loose crane fits tightly in vehicle mode. It is however difficult to transform him while keeping the loose gun attached to his left hand.

: Longarm features a minor mis-assembly problem, in that the strut between the crane section and the hook itself is reversed. It is easily fixed by popping off the hook and turning it around, then unscrewing the crane part and flipping the strut. This allows the gun to fit together much better, as depicted on the packaging.

:This mold will be redecoed into [[Hoist (ROTF)|Hoist]].

[[Image:Movie TowedtoSafety toys.jpg|250px|thumb|Even if you're an Autobot, no parking means no parking.]]
*'''Towed to Safety''' (Multi-pack, UK 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Missile

: This set, available in the UK in 2007, features an unaltered Deluxe class Longarm figure and a Deluxe class 1976 Camaro [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] figure. The window box features a diorama background of the battle in [[Mission City]] that was also used in the Bumblebee Vs. [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] pack.

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{{anchor|FinalStand}}
[[Image:Movie ScreenBattles FinalStand1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|I'll shoot, you drive!]]
*'''Final Stand''' (Screen Battles, 2007)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''SB-02'''
**''Accessories:'' Missile

: This ''Screen Battles'' pack comes with a Longarm figure redecoed in the same paint job as the tow truck [[Mikaela Banes]] uses to tow Bumblebee to safety. The "Orson's Towing" markings have been replaced by the "Mike's Towing" markings seen on the actual truck used in the movie. Longarm's interior features a non-removable figurine of Mikaela where the driver's seat would be, plugged into one of the screw holes in the dashboard piece. The pack comes with a battle-damaged posable Bumblebee figure similar to the Robot Replicas toy.

:This set comes in a special window box featuring a diorama background of the battle in [[Mission City]].

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==Merchandise==
===3D Battle-Card Game===
* '''Longarm''' (3D Battle Card, 2007)
**''Card number:''

: In the [[3D Battle-Card Game]], the Longarm is on the Autobot side, but features the Decepticon-style head. Pieces punched out from two different cards can be assembled to form a tow-truck or a robot, while a third double-sided card gives its stats and attacks for each mode. He uses the same piece layout as [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]], just turned around in vehicle mode so the extension is in the back.

==Trivia==
[[Image:Longarm movie similar.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Do I look familiar?]]
* Longarm's vehicle mode is modeled after the tow truck [[Mikaela Banes]] uses in the movie to carry the damaged Bumblebee into battle. While the markings and paint job are similar, the truck in the film is of GMC make (specifically, an older model of Topkick, similar to Ironhide's alternate mode), while the toy is modeled on a Ford F-350.

* While the movie tow truck has "Mike's Towing" on the doors, the game model and carded release of the Deluxe-class toy have "Orson's Towing" instead, a reference to ''Transformers'' design director [[Aaron Archer]]'s old screen name "ORSON" on the [http://www.tfw2005.com TFW2005.com boards], as well as [[Orson Welles]], the actor who voiced [[Unicron]] in the original animated movie. The Screen Battles multi-pack version returns to "Mike's" markings, however.

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/2007/Autobot/Longarm/longarm.htm Longarm at TFU.info]
* [http://www.wizards.com/transformers/ 3D Battle Card Game at Wizards of the Coast]

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Mixmaster (ROTF)

2009-07-22T14:16:56Z

147.140.233.17: /* Voyager Class toys */

{{factions|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Mixmaster}}

:''Mixmaster is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen franchise]] in the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''

{{mainpic}}

A genius chemist, '''Mixmaster''' serves as a weapons designer to the Decepticon elite. He has spent his entire lifespan mastering the intricacies of chemical reactions, becoming an expert in poisons, corrosive substances, and most especially explosives. He has a knack for improvisation, being able to make deadly concoctions from just the native materials a world has to offer. A member of the [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicons]], when [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]] is formed he constitutes the lumbering beast's head.

Sometimes, there are more than one of him.

==Fiction==
===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===
[[Image:Defiance4_Constructicons.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Not shown: Mixmaster learning to use a bone as a club.]]

In the distant past, the [[All Spark (Movie)|All Spark]] Cube created [[Thirteen original Transformers|a race]] of powerful, trans-dimensional beings as the first inhabitants of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. The Cube gave these beings mighty powers, as well as terraforming their world, but it was not limitless, and gradually became depleted. The first beings learned that the All Spark's power could be replenished by harvesting the energy of stars, but they were unable to locate new stars to suit their purposes, despite their amazing ability to travel between dimensions. Once again, the Cube came to the rescue, creating a race of workers, who had the ability to change their shape.

Mixmaster was among the very first of these new beings, one of several "builders" who would construct a [[Solar harvester|harvester]] when a suitable sun had been found. Once built, the device would drain the energy of these stars, thus replenishing the All Spark. {{Storylink|Defiance issue 4}} It is presumed that at some point during the civil war on Cybertron, he sided with [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], the new protege of Mixmaster's only surviving ancient master, [[The Fallen]].
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===''Revenge of the Fallen'' movie===

After the [[All Spark (Movie)|All Spark shard]] was retrieved from [[NEST]]'s secure bunker at [[Diego Garcia]], [[Long Haul (ROTF)|Long Haul]], [[Rampage (ROTF)|Rampage]], Mixmaster, [[Scalpel]], [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] and another Constructicon secreted themselves aboard the ''[[Bayos]]'' freighter heading towards the North Atlantic. Once the ship passed over the [[Laurentian Abyss]], the Decepticons jumped overboard and dove down to where [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron's]] broken body lay. Scalpel ordered the death of the smallest Constructicon to rebuild Megatron, a request that Mixmaster and the others obliged with. Soon, Megatron was reborn!

Some time later, Mixmaster and another Constructicon with the same [[body-type]] were present during the climactic battle in [[Egypt]] between the [[Autobot]]/NEST forces and [[The Fallen]]'s Decepticons. Mixmaster and several other Constructicons waited in a quarry in their construction vehicle disguises until the [[human]]s [[Seymour Simmons]], [[Leo Spitz]] and their Autobot guardians [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] approached. The Constructicons [[combiner|combined]] into the mighty Devastator and attacked. Elsewhere, the other Mixmaster fought against the NEST forces in the Egyptian town near the great ruins of the pyramids, using his cannon emplacement mode to cause serious problems, until the ex-Decepticon [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]] arrived to slice him in half and crush his torso. Meanwhile, Devastator had shrugged off the Autobot twins and was busy demolishing the [[Great Pyramid of Giza]] when Simmons called upon the [[United States Navy]] to attack Devastator. The [[United States Navy#U.S.S. Kidd (DDG-100)|U.S.S. ''Kidd'']] fired her experimental [[Railgun|railgun]], smashing one of his arms to pieces and destroying Devastator. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

==Toys==
===''Revenge of the Fallen''===
====Legends Class toys====
[[Image:ROTF_Legends_Mixmaster.jpg|thumb|200px|]]
*'''Decepticon Mixmaster''' (Legends, 2009)
**''Japanese ID number'' '''D2'''
:Mixmaster and the six other Legends class Constructicons combine to form Devastator. In Japan, the Legends class Constructicons are sold individually. Mixmaster has the dubious honor of pulling Devastator's face around like a rectal growth in robot mode.
{{Comingsoontoy}}
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*'''Constructicon Devastator''' (Legends figure multi-pack, 2010)

:In [[Hasbro]]'s markets, the Legends Constructicons are sold together as a store [[exclusive]].
{{comingsoontoy}}
{{-}}

====Voyager Class toys====
[[Image:Mixmaster ROTF Voyager toy.jpg|right|thumb|400px|That's [[Demolishor (Armada)#Energon|the]] [[Astrotrain (Timelines)|second]] [[Dropkick|biggest]] Decepticon insignia I've [[Giant Decepticon insignia|ever]] seen!]]
*'''Mixmaster''' (Voyager, 2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RD-12'''
**''Accessories:'' Missile

{{charstubtoys}}

:Mixmaster has a slot on the underside of the cab and two pegs near the back of the rear wheel sections with no corresponding holes that serve no discernible purpose in any mode, unless.......

{{picsneeded|Artillery mode, "fixed" configuration.}}

*'''Mixmaster''' (Voyager)
:A green, G1 inspired redeco will also be released.

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====Supreme Class toys====
[[Image:ROTF_Devastator_combiner_toy.jpg|thumb|300px|]]
*'''Constructicon Devastator''' (2009)

:The Mixmaster component of the Devastator set becomes Devastator's head.

{{comingsoontoy}}
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==Merchandise==
===Robot Heroes===
[[Image:Robotheroesironhidemixmaster.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Hi, I'm Mixmaster, and I'm extremely pleased to be your villain this evening.]]
*'''Ironhide and Mixmaster''' (2009)
:Part of the second wave of the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' portion of the ''Robot Heroes'' line, Mixmaster is a new sculpt that comes with a [[redeco]] of the first ''Robot Heroes'' [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]].
{{comingsoontoy}}

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*'''Desert Devastation''' (Multi-pack, 2009)

[[Image:rotf_desertdevastation_rh.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Munchy!]]

:Mixmaster is the sculpted head of "Desert Devastation" Devastator, a super-sized ''[[Robot Heroes]]'' figure. He is only available in a multi-pack with [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] in their vehicle modes and [[William Lennox]].

{{Comingsoontoy}}

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Mixmaster (ROTF)

2009-07-22T14:16:34Z

147.140.233.17: /* Voyager Class toys */ revealed at comic con

{{factions|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Mixmaster}}

:''Mixmaster is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen franchise]] in the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''

{{mainpic}}

A genius chemist, '''Mixmaster''' serves as a weapons designer to the Decepticon elite. He has spent his entire lifespan mastering the intricacies of chemical reactions, becoming an expert in poisons, corrosive substances, and most especially explosives. He has a knack for improvisation, being able to make deadly concoctions from just the native materials a world has to offer. A member of the [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicons]], when [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]] is formed he constitutes the lumbering beast's head.

Sometimes, there are more than one of him.

==Fiction==
===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===
[[Image:Defiance4_Constructicons.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Not shown: Mixmaster learning to use a bone as a club.]]

In the distant past, the [[All Spark (Movie)|All Spark]] Cube created [[Thirteen original Transformers|a race]] of powerful, trans-dimensional beings as the first inhabitants of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. The Cube gave these beings mighty powers, as well as terraforming their world, but it was not limitless, and gradually became depleted. The first beings learned that the All Spark's power could be replenished by harvesting the energy of stars, but they were unable to locate new stars to suit their purposes, despite their amazing ability to travel between dimensions. Once again, the Cube came to the rescue, creating a race of workers, who had the ability to change their shape.

Mixmaster was among the very first of these new beings, one of several "builders" who would construct a [[Solar harvester|harvester]] when a suitable sun had been found. Once built, the device would drain the energy of these stars, thus replenishing the All Spark. {{Storylink|Defiance issue 4}} It is presumed that at some point during the civil war on Cybertron, he sided with [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], the new protege of Mixmaster's only surviving ancient master, [[The Fallen]].
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===''Revenge of the Fallen'' movie===

After the [[All Spark (Movie)|All Spark shard]] was retrieved from [[NEST]]'s secure bunker at [[Diego Garcia]], [[Long Haul (ROTF)|Long Haul]], [[Rampage (ROTF)|Rampage]], Mixmaster, [[Scalpel]], [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] and another Constructicon secreted themselves aboard the ''[[Bayos]]'' freighter heading towards the North Atlantic. Once the ship passed over the [[Laurentian Abyss]], the Decepticons jumped overboard and dove down to where [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron's]] broken body lay. Scalpel ordered the death of the smallest Constructicon to rebuild Megatron, a request that Mixmaster and the others obliged with. Soon, Megatron was reborn!

Some time later, Mixmaster and another Constructicon with the same [[body-type]] were present during the climactic battle in [[Egypt]] between the [[Autobot]]/NEST forces and [[The Fallen]]'s Decepticons. Mixmaster and several other Constructicons waited in a quarry in their construction vehicle disguises until the [[human]]s [[Seymour Simmons]], [[Leo Spitz]] and their Autobot guardians [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] approached. The Constructicons [[combiner|combined]] into the mighty Devastator and attacked. Elsewhere, the other Mixmaster fought against the NEST forces in the Egyptian town near the great ruins of the pyramids, using his cannon emplacement mode to cause serious problems, until the ex-Decepticon [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]] arrived to slice him in half and crush his torso. Meanwhile, Devastator had shrugged off the Autobot twins and was busy demolishing the [[Great Pyramid of Giza]] when Simmons called upon the [[United States Navy]] to attack Devastator. The [[United States Navy#U.S.S. Kidd (DDG-100)|U.S.S. ''Kidd'']] fired her experimental [[Railgun|railgun]], smashing one of his arms to pieces and destroying Devastator. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

==Toys==
===''Revenge of the Fallen''===
====Legends Class toys====
[[Image:ROTF_Legends_Mixmaster.jpg|thumb|200px|]]
*'''Decepticon Mixmaster''' (Legends, 2009)
**''Japanese ID number'' '''D2'''
:Mixmaster and the six other Legends class Constructicons combine to form Devastator. In Japan, the Legends class Constructicons are sold individually. Mixmaster has the dubious honor of pulling Devastator's face around like a rectal growth in robot mode.
{{Comingsoontoy}}
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*'''Constructicon Devastator''' (Legends figure multi-pack, 2010)

:In [[Hasbro]]'s markets, the Legends Constructicons are sold together as a store [[exclusive]].
{{comingsoontoy}}
{{-}}

====Voyager Class toys====
[[Image:Mixmaster ROTF Voyager toy.jpg|right|thumb|400px|That's [[Demolishor (Armada)#Energon|the]] [[Astrotrain (Timelines)|second]] [[Dropkick|biggest]] Decepticon insignia I've [[Giant Decepticon insignia|ever]] seen!]]
*'''Mixmaster''' (Voyager, 2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RD-12'''
**''Accessories:'' Missile

{{charstubtoys}}

:Mixmaster has a slot on the underside of the cab and two pegs near the back of the rear wheel sections with no corresponding holes that serve no discernible purpose in any mode, unless.......

{{picsneeded|Artillery mode, "fixed" configuration.}}

*'''Mixmaster''' (Voyager)
A green, G1 inspired redeco will also be released.

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====Supreme Class toys====
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*'''Constructicon Devastator''' (2009)

:The Mixmaster component of the Devastator set becomes Devastator's head.

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==Merchandise==
===Robot Heroes===
[[Image:Robotheroesironhidemixmaster.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Hi, I'm Mixmaster, and I'm extremely pleased to be your villain this evening.]]
*'''Ironhide and Mixmaster''' (2009)
:Part of the second wave of the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' portion of the ''Robot Heroes'' line, Mixmaster is a new sculpt that comes with a [[redeco]] of the first ''Robot Heroes'' [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]].
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*'''Desert Devastation''' (Multi-pack, 2009)

[[Image:rotf_desertdevastation_rh.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Munchy!]]

:Mixmaster is the sculpted head of "Desert Devastation" Devastator, a super-sized ''[[Robot Heroes]]'' figure. He is only available in a multi-pack with [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] in their vehicle modes and [[William Lennox]].

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