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Frenzy (G1)

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:''Frenzy is a [[Decepticon]] [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|Mini-Cassette]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[Image:Frenzyhahaha.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Frenzy is blue, but the sound effect's still confused.]]
For '''Frenzy''' it's not about any "Decepticon cause," it's not about any quantifiable cause, or goal, or purpose at all. It's about violence, fear, destruction, and mayhem. Frenzy lives to fight. He lusts to destroy with an intensity that borders on insanity. War is his fuel, his oxygen. Despite his small stature he'll lead a charge into battle against robots many times his size, screaming for destruction with every microchip of his being. This single-minded obsession makes him a hard bot to associate with personally, but a frightening asset on the battlefield. His partner and [[Relatives|brother]], [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], is only too eager to back him up.

Frenzy's manic attack style and his "battle cry" (a sonic attack produced by special drums in his torso that can severely disrupt electrical flows, resulting in all sorts of mechanical malfunctions and balance issues) make him difficult to get close to in combat, but cool and measured reaction to his wild ragings is usually the most effective strategy.

His nickname is '''Maddog'''.<ref>Nickname found in ''[[The Transformers Comics Magazine]]''.</ref>

{{bigquote|Yeah, let's kick tailgate!|Frenzy, bravely preparing to blindly attack [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]|''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
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When the crew of the [[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]] boarded the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] four million years ago, Frenzy was among the warriors who took the fight to the Autobots. Their battle was interrupted when [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] threw that fateful switch and crashed the ship into the planet below, leaving all on board inactive until the volcano they crashed into exploded in 1984, shaking the repair systems back online. Frenzy and the other Decepticons abandoned the Ark immediately, and began making plans to claim the planet's vast resources. They began by disassembling a nuclear power plant as raw materials for a vast fortress on an Oregon cliffside. {{storylink|Power Play!}} They then kidnapped a local mechanic (and potential friend of the Autobots) named [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] to devise a method of transforming Earth fuel into a form they could properly intake. The Autobots came to rescue their friend, and so [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and Frenzy confronted the enemy. Rumble attempted to disable their foes with some seismic tremors, but the burly [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] fought through the shaky ground to punch out the "junk punk" Decepticon. Enraged, Frenzy used a sonic blast to disable the Autobot, and carried his brother back to the fortress for repairs. On the way, though, they encountered [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] and [[Spider-Man]] infiltrating the base, and were tripped up by some webbing, taking them out of action. {{storylink|Prisoner of War!}}

Frenzy and Rumble were repaired several days later, after [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] arrived and took control of the Decepticons from [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]. {{storylink|The New Order}} Though he didn't particularly care which master he had to serve, Frenzy was still a robot of action. Shockwave's slow and methodical approach to conquest grated on Frenzy's nerves and, after several days of inaction in a hastily-occupied [[Blackrock Aerospace Assembly Plant Number One|aerospace assembly plant]], Frenzy was climbing the walls. He threw a temper tantrum in front of their human slaves after overhearing on the news that [[G.B. Blackrock]] had designed a new "anti-robot cannon" to take back his plant. Shockwave nearly bit his head off for the insubordination (or rather, he would've had [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] do it), but [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] stepped in and suggested a day out for mayhem and carnage would be good for troop morale. However, their attack on Blackrock was interrupted not only by [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (who had recently made a protection deal with the business magnate in exchange for fuel), but also the neophyte robot hunter named [[Circuit Breaker]]. Things got too hot for the Decepticons, and they fled. {{storylink|DIS-Integrated Circuits!}}

[[Image:Frenzy-RobotBuster.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Good plan, Buster.]]
It got a little confusing to be a low-ranking Decepticon for a few months after that. Shockwave was tossed into a bog by Optimus Prime, and ''[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] briefly took command before'' Megatron returned as well. This led into a period where Soundwave, the cassettes, and [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] would sometimes serve Shockwave, and other times Megatron, often without even informing the respective commanders that they were pulling "double shifts". ''Frenzy in particular got the short end of the stick when he was ordered to accompany Shockwave to the Decepticon's old fortress. Supposedly their mission was "salvage", but Frenzy clearly saw Shockwave was on edge because of Megatron's rumored return. Frenzy was sick of dealing with this balancing act, and really wanted a chance to hit something. He was given a chance, because [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] was also spoiling for a fight. The young human had been given a [[Buster's battlesuit|robot suit]] by Wheeljack and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] so that he could protect himself. Looking for a chance to prove himself after Prime tried to shut down the project, Buster came to the old fortress and spotted Frenzy. He shot the Decepticon in the back, but even the littlest Decepticon could easily shrug off Buster's onboard weaponry. Only by employing an echo cell Wheeljack had installed did Buster survive, reflecting Frenzy's own sonic power back at him. Still, that HAD to be humiliating. {{storylink|Robot Buster!}}''

On a subsequent mission, Frenzy accompanied Megatron and several others in an attack on the unguarded Ark. Unfortunately, they ran into the Autobots' new defense system, by the name of [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. Frenzy was one of a half dozen Decepticons who didn't walk away from that fight, and was taken prisoner by the Autobots for an extended period of time. {{storylink|Command Performances!}} He was eventually recovered by the Constructicons who, under [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s orders, used a major Decepticon assault on the Autobots as cover to sneak aboard the Ark and retrieve their fallen comrades. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

{{note|In the UK comics, Frenzy revived earlier than he did in US stories, coming back online in late 1986. This was during the period that [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] first travelled to the past. Frenzy (along with [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] and Shockwave) was thus soon shunted off to [[Limbo]] when three Autobots also travelled to the 20th century to deal with the future Decepticon. When he was returned, he remained active amongst the Earth Decepticons. Since as far as the US strip was concerned he was still dormant in the Ark during this time, he only appeared in original UK stories for some time, presumably forever 'just off camera' in the reprints of US material. When the Constructicons' retrieval of the fallen Decepticons was reprinted in the UK title, the name-label on Frenzy's box was edited out.}}

Frenzy's revival did him little good, however, as he remained largely unheard from for the next few years.

====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
[[Image:FrenzyRumbleRepair-G2.jpg|right|180px|thumb|You think your health plan's bad?]]
Like most Decepticons, Frenzy was among [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s warriors until Megatron resumed command of the Decepticons. He was part of the team assigned to revive and rebuild [[Darkwing]], who had been all but destroyed by Megatron while defending Bludgeon. {{storylink|Tales of Earth Part Three}} He was on the Warworld's bridge when [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian]] forces attacked and reported to Soundwave that the combat sequencers had been disabled. {{storylink|Total War!}} He apparently took an escape pod down to the surface, because he was seen on Earth during the fight with the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]]. In final combat, Wheeljack cooked up a way to supercharge Frenzy's sonic powers and fend off their attacker. The feedback overloaded his body, destroying him. {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}

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====''Recordicons''====
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Frenzy and Rumble were startled to be approached by the mysterious [[Ratbat (SG)|Batbot]] who was seeking [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]. After Rumble pointed out that Ratbat was no more, Batbot asked if Ratbat had any unresolved business. Rumble directed him to Ratbat's quarters where there was a pile of paperwork waiting to be done. {{storylink|Recordicons#Recordicons #11|''Recordicons'' #11}}
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===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Welker]] (English), [[Keiichi Nanba]] (Japanese)|[[Ken Yamaguchi]] (Japanese, ''The Transformers: The Movie'' only) (see note below regarding Japanese cartoon), [[Roberto Alexander]] (Latin American), [[Claus Brockmeyer]] (German, The Movie TV Dub), [[Bernd Simon]] (German, Generation 2 Dub of ''Auto Berserk'')}}

[[Image:AutoBerzerk Frenzy warning.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Wait Soundwave, it's not what it looks like! He just fell, and I was helping him up.]]
Frenzy first saw duty on Earth shortly after [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] was pulled into [[Earth]]'s orbit. He was performing some menial work in the Decepticons' base, and voiced his discontent with the workload, requesting [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]'s job instead. When Skywarp stomped on Frenzy in return, Frenzy threw the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] into a wall, where he was pummeled in the face by [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (episode)|Countdown to Extinction}}

Frenzy proceeded to accompany Rumble upon occasion during missions. He also traded in his "battle cry" for a pair of piledrivers exactly like Rumble's, and talked practically the same way. The two of them were part of [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s attack on [[New York City]], where they faced off against a group of Autobots in [[Central Park]]. Frenzy later tried to ram a train into [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] and [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], but his vehicle was blown apart before he reached them. {{storylink|City of Steel}}

Megatron would later take Frenzy and Rumble with him to help take control of a fleet of oil tankers by using circuit linker cards connected to [[TORQ III]]. Frenzy was then assigned to defend the [[force field]] generator around the oil platform where the Decepticons were emptying the tankers, but failed in this task when he was distracted by [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]] taunting him, letting [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] sneak up and destroy the generator. {{storylink|Day of the Machines}}

Frenzy took part in the Decepticon attack to steal the human-built ninja robot [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird]], raining rapid-fire laser death down on the humans while Rumble used his pile drivers to shake things up. {{storylink|Enter the Nightbird}}

Frenzy and Rumble later accompanied [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] on a mission to secure the [[Negavator]] for the Decepticons. They failed, but not before A.) Frenzy single-handedly tackled [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and B.) Rumble nearly disintegrated him with that oh so indiscriminate Negavator. All in all, a very interesting day for Frenzy. {{storylink|Auto Berserk}}

Frenzy can be briefly seen aboard Megatron's drone-plane-mothership [[Giant Purple Griffin|griffin]], driving it alongside Rumble. {{storylink|Aerial Assault}}

[[Image:TFTM EjectVsFrenzy.jpg|right|180px|thumb|"Frenzy's going for the ball...he's at the 30, the 20, the 10... when the quarterback sacks him from behind on the 1 yard line! It's unbelievable! The crowd is going—" "Will you shut up and FIGHT?!"]]
In 2005, Frenzy was involved in the assault on [[Autobot City]]. He joined Rumble, Ratbat and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] in preventing [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]'s distress call to the Moonbases. After swarming over Blaster and [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] like [[scraplet]]s, however, Blaster unleashed his [[Mini-Cassette]]s to even the score, and Frenzy got into a fistfight with [[Eject]].

After Megatron was defeated, the Decepticons fled Earth aboard [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] tossed their injured commander into space, a fight for control of the army broke out. Soundwave called the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] inferior, [[Hook (G1)|Hook]] called him uncrazamatic and, well... it got ugly. Rumble and Frenzy popped out just as the Constructicons began to merge into [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] (slag, Astrotrain is roomy) and turned their piledrivers on the floor to upset their combination ritual (slag, Astrotrain is sturdy). This Decepticon Civil War was shortlived, however, as Starscream assumed command by the time they reached Cybertron. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
{{note|The events of the Generation 1 cartoon occur in Japanese continuity as detailed above, save for one major difference: the Japanese dub of the cartoon fixes the production error that switched [[FIRRIB|Rumble and Frenzy's color schemes]] by switching the characters' names! Thus, it is the blue Frenzy who shows up frequently, and the red Rumble, voiced by Keiichi Nanba, who appears only sparingly and experiences the events related above. 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. In the name of consistency with the American cartoon, this article considers the red robot in these events to be Frenzy.}}

=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' comic=====
[[Image:Superrobotlifemanga rumble and frenzy.jpg|left|150px|thumb]]

In the late 1980s, the Decepticons tried to frame the Autobots for attacking Earth by giving the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] fake sigils and sending them on a mayhem spree. Dressed in snazzy robes to hide their identities, Frenzy and Rumble then began fanning the flames by preaching openly against the Autobots in human cities. Their cover was blown, however, when [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] and [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] washed the fake insignia off the Decepticons. Frenzy and Rumble were zapped by [[Eject]] and [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]], revealing their identities as well. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 7|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #7}}

=====Full Throttle Scramble Power!=====
When [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] arrived to bust up the Decepticons' plan to terrorize the world with their [[Omega Whip]] cannon, Frenzy (or Rumble) was among the robots shown being scattered by the shockwaves created by the landing of the titantic Autobot. {{storylink|Full Throttle Scramble Power!}}

=====''The Battle of the Star Gate''=====
[[Image:Stargatebattles rumble and frenzy.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]
In the late 1990s, Starscream forged a clandestine alliance with the [[Prime Minister of Japan]], promising that the country would be safe from attack by the Decepticons if they were allowed to freely and harmlessly collect energy within its borders, in secret from the rest of the world. Naturally, however, Starscream had no intention of actually honoring this agreement, and sent Frenzy and Rumble to the bottom of the sub-oceanic [[Pacific Ring of Fire|Japan Trench]], where they used their piledrivers to stimulate the tectonic plates of the trench and cause small earthquakes throughout Japan. As Starscream predicted, the quakes supplied massive amounts of energy for the Decepticons to gather, but were perceived as natural occurrences by the populace. Megatron was not impressed by the scheme, however, suspecting the Autobots would soon realize the truth... and he was, of course, completely right. When Optimus Prime and a team of Autobots arrived to investigate and caught the Decepticons in the act, Megatron had Frenzy and Rumble kick things into overdrive, causing a catastrophic quake that devastated Tokyo and covered the Decepticons' escape. The quake was so powerful that it actually threatened to sink the entire island of Japan, but before that could come to pass, Hound confronted Frenzy and Rumble and overpowered them by confusing them with his holograms. {{storylink|Activation}}

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=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
[[Image:Hm_ep4_twincast_vs_tapes.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Damn you, bloody bolo!]]

In the year 2011, when [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] was destroyed in battle with Blaster, Frenzy and all the other cassettes gathered on [[Chaar]] to watch as the Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] leader [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] used the super-technology of the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]] to resurrect their master as Soundblaster. The cassette team then helped to defend Soundblaster when he was focused on using a sonic control to remotely direct the actions of the Decepticons' new [[Madmachine]], but Blaster—now reborn as Twincast—was able to get past them and stop his rival. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}}

[[Image:Hm_ep15_rumble_or_frenzy.jpg|right|thumb|220px|]]

Some time later, either Frenzy or Rumble was dispatched by Soundblaster to deal with Twincast's cassettes when the Autobot communicator came to Chaar to spy on the unveiling of Scorponok's [[Transtector]]. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears}}

{{note|We can't tell if it's Frenzy or Rumble because... well, dude, look at the picture.}}

The arrival of Scorponok's new information officer, [[Punch (G1)|Counterpunch]], put Soundblaster in a bad mood, as he had the ability to dredge up Autobot info that even Soundblaster and his expert team of spies could not. They had no idea, of course, that this was because Counterpunch was actually the undercover Autobot double agent Punch, but nonetheless, Frenzy and the other tapes consoled their boss and promised to try harder. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}}

While on the planets of [[Twin Star]], Soundblaster deployed Frenzy and Rumble to search for the energy supposedly hidden somewhere on the planet. {{storylink|Battle for Defense of the False Planet}} Some time later, Frenzy and the rest of Soundblaster's cassettes were seen standing guard outside the subterranean cavern on Master in which Scorponok was constructing his [[Zarak Shield]]. {{storylink|Operation: Destroy the Decepticons}}

=====''The Headmasters'' comic=====
When the Decepticons were finally forced off Earth, Soundblaster and his cassettes stayed behind on the planet to gather information. After a run in with [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]], Soundblaster was hurled over the horizon by the Autobot Headmaster's "Master Chrome Hurricane-Throw to the End of Hell" attack. Frenzy and Rumble attempted to wake their boss up as [[Sixshot]] approached, warning him that he was going to get in trouble. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 8|The Headmasters #8}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation 1'' comics===
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Frenzy was one of the earliest recruits into Megatron's Decepticons over nine million years ago, apparently associated with Soundwave and his "Cassetticons" from the very beginning. Frenzy was involved with Shockwave's major assault on [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], shortly after Optronix rose to become [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|The War Within issue 3|The War Within #3}} He and the other attacking Decepticons vacated the area shortly before it blew up thanks to [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. {{storylink|The War Within issue 6|The War Within #6}} In later years, he and the other cassettes joined Soundwave under Shockwave's command during the [[Dark Ages]], as part of the main Decepticon faction. He and Rumble guarded Shockwave's lab together. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.3}}

Four million years ago, Frenzy was onboard the Nemesis when Megatron and its crew attempted to hijack the Ark, and crashed on the planet Earth to spend millions of years in stasis lock. In 1984, a volcanic eruption woke the sleeping Transformers, and they reactivated to carry on their war for nearly a decade on our planet. No further information is given about this time. The Decepticons were eventually defeated and captured by the Autobots, who placed Frenzy and the others on-board a spacecraft called the [[Ark II]] which they planned to fly back to Cybertron. The craft was sabotaged, however, and exploded on its maiden flight, leaving the world believing the Transformers dead when in fact they had plummeted into the Arctic waters.

Many Transformers were salvaged by the human arms dealer known as [[Lazarus]], who wanted to turn them into Weapons of Mass Destruction for the highest bidder. Frenzy was not seen among Lazarus's stock, though, implying he was too damaged to be activated at the time, or was only recovered by the Decepticons later after they regained control of their facilities.

{{note|Frenzy was almost completely absent from the Keepers Trilogy. He had only one line of dialogue in the second novel, [[Annihilation]], among the Decepticons who chose to serve Megatron instead of Starscream. Still, this may have been an error—Frenzy "growled" and was supposedly "almost invisible in the dark". And, while Frenzy had not been name dropped as one of the Decepticons leaving with Megatron earlier in the chapter, [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] was.}}

Soon after the Decepticons reorganized and began fighting the Autobots again, both sides were confronted with an unexpected visit from Cybertron—Shockwave and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] working side-by-side in a unified Cybertronian government. Quickly dispatching Megatron, Shockwave demanded the loyalty of the remaining troops from the Nemesis. {{storylink|New World Order}} Back on Cybertron, he used Rumble and Frenzy to further his own purposes by freeing the psychopathic [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] from the [[Detention Banks]], distracting Magnus and the [[Wrecker|Wreckers]]. Starscream was also making schemes, though, and intervened on their mission to extract the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] as well. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}} With Soundwave's assent, Frenzy and the rest of the Nemesis crew agreed to follow Starscream back to Earth and pillage and plunder its energy resources. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}}

Things didn't quite go as planned. Starscream's "brigade" and the remaining Autobots posted on Earth each imposed heavy losses on each other, and Frenzy was one of the Decepticons taken prisoner aboard the Ark. {{storylink|Night of the Combaticons}} They were freed by [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], but ran smack into [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]]: exposure to his [[energon]] radiation quickly took Frenzy and friends off-line once more. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}} They were quickly taken back into Autobot custody. In order to deal with Sunstorm, however, the Autobots were forced to deal with Starscream, and he bartered for his troops' release at 50% power levels in exchange for his help. {{storylink|Skyfire (issue)|Skyfire}} That was meager compensation, though, and so when Megatron made contact with Soundwave shortly thereafter, the Decepticons jumped at the chance to mutiny against Starscream. Frenzy was last seen sliding comfortably back into Megatron's command. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
Frenzy 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}} Frenzy was released by Soundwave, along with [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]], and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], during an attack on the [[SPS Research Facility|SPS Center]]. Frenzy was the first of the [[Battle Android Trooper|Battle Android Troopers]] to fall when [[Sci-Fi]] fired a laser through his head. His body was taken into custody by [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 3|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #3}}

===''Transformers/G.I. Joe''===
Frenzy was among the Decepticons that were pressed into the service of [[Cobra]] in 1938. When [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] attacked Cobra's base on the [[Fera Islands]] the following year, Frenzy was guarding the airfield. He found [[Beachhead|Beach Head]] trying to sneak into the air control tower, and attacked the soldier when he didn't know the password. Beach Head attempted to electrocute Frenzy, but the Decepticon was unimpressed, responding that he always enjoyed that humans had something Autobots don't—a capacity for pain. {{storylink|Wolves}} During the fight, Frenzy was lured out on the airfield, where Beach Head poured airplane fuel on him. [[Grunt]] then opened fire on the airplane's fuel tank, causing an explosion that heavily damaged Frenzy and enveloped him in flames. Defiant till the end, Frenzy got back up, sneering at the "meat" trying to cook him, but the Joes continued to pepper him with bullets until he went down. {{storylink|Trenches}}

===''Hearts of Steel''===
[[Image:HeartsofSteel3_Frenzy.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Oh man! When did Frenzy have time to become a coal-miner?]]
Frenzy was among the Decepticons present in [[Death Valley]] when [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and [[Tobias Muldoon]] discussed the pros and cons of constructing a base there. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 2|Hearts of Steel #2}} Some time after the factory was completed, Frenzy was guarding its borders when [[Jacob Lee Bonaventure]] arrived. At Bonaventure's request, Frenzy escorted him to [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 3|Hearts of Steel #3}}

{{note|Frenzy is not named outright, so he could be Rumble instead. However, he is colored blue, so to be consistent with his portrayal in comic books, we've assumed he's Frenzy.}}

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===IDW comics continuity===
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[[Image:MegOrigin_1_FrenzyandRumble_captured.jpg‎|left|300px|thumb|Either a typo, or extremely early practice of his Brooklyn accent.]]
Millions of years ago, Frenzy and Rumble were working together as "industrial equipment" on [[Mining Outpost C-12]], harvesting energon veins for Cybertron. Their services were suddenly declared "not necessary" by the Senate, however, as the mines were being retrofitted to require only automated workers. When Megatron took violent action against the Senator delivering the news, a riot broke out and Frenzy and Rumble joined in the melee. They and the other surviving members of the uprising were taken into custody after a brief skirmish, and prepped for transport to [[Penal Facility H-3]]. Rumble broke out of his chains and attacked the guards on [[Longshot (G1)|their transport shuttle]], prompting Megatron and the other prisoners to join in. They hijacked the ship and took it to ground in the bad part of [[Kaon]], fleeing into the underground. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 1|Megatron Origin #1}}

Staying together, Frenzy, Rumble, and Megatron hooked up with a deathsport tournament that had been growing under the direction of a robot named [[Clench (G1)|Clench]]. In only a short period of time, Clench was "retired" and Megatron assumed control of the deathsport, with Rumble and Frenzy as his top lackeys. As his power grew, so did Megatron's ambition, and he forged an alliance with Soundwave, middleman for the corrupt Senator Ratbat who was feeding information and technology to the gladiators. Once Soundwave was firmly in Megatron's camp instead of Ratbat's, the up-and-coming "Decepticon" leader began planning to take the games out into the streets. As part of the endgame, Frenzy and Rumble were modified to lose their vehicle modes and instead fit inside Soundwave's chest compartment. They were not too happy with this, but didn't dare to protest against Megatron's orders. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}}

When [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] and his security services team raided the arena and took the gladiators prisoner, Frenzy and Rumble played a key role in the Trojan Horse plan. Soundwave received clemency due to his Senate connections, and was given free roam of the facilities. When the word was given, Soundwave unleashed Frenzy, Rumble and his other cassettes and chaos reigned through the Kaon Council chambers. The other newly-minted Decepticons were released, given weapons and badges, and went out to lay waste to the city. Frenzy and Rumble were present for Megatron's final beatdown on Sentinel Prime. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4|Megatron Origin #4}}

During the time the Decepticon insurgent movement was still growing, Soundwave spied on [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]] and ended up on the run from the Autobots with his findings. When attacked by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Orion Pax]] in a marketplace, he ejected Frenzy to use his sonic vibrations to instill panic and fear amongst the civilians present, causing the crowd to turn on the Autobot. Making use of this distraction, Soundwave managed to reach the borders of Kaon before Orion caught up and shot Frenzy. {{storylink|The Hunt for Soundwave}}

[[Image:AHM2DrillFrenzy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|This is why I hate dentists.]]
Frenzy's activities over the next few million years are unknown, but he and his capabilities were acknowledged and respected by other Decepticons. He was apparently not with Soundwave in 1984 when the communications officer was mode-locked and trapped on Earth for decades by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and his minions. Frenzy did eventually reconnect with Soundwave alongside Megatron and the Decepticon detachment on Earth by the time they tricked and defeated the Autobots on the planet. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 7|All Hail Megatron #7}} As the Decepticons declared open warfare on the human populace and were faced with hundreds of armed troops on the Great Lawn of [[New York City]]'s Central Park, Soundwave unleashed Frenzy to single-handedly annihilate the entire human detachment. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 2|All Hail Megatron #2}}

[[Image: Bumblebee 1 Frenzy Blood.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Frenzy's heard about bovine contributions to the greenhouse effect and decided to go proactive.]]

Frenzy was one of the unfortunate Decepticons who failed to make it to [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] before Starscream blasted off at the end of the fighting in New York. As a result, he was left stranded on Earth for the next two years. Whether it was because of separation from Soundwave or something else, Frenzy appeared to have degenerated mentally during his isolation. He began talking to himself, and engaged in regular cattle mutilation and slaughter. He was tagged for capture by [[Skywatch]], and they sent their new allies, [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and the Autobots, to detain the crazed Mini-Cassette. Frenzy was captured and turned over to the humans. {{storylink|The Hanging Sword}}

At the same time, Frenzy was, uh, one of the Decepticons who ''did'' make it off Earth. Somehow. On the Decepticons' remote asteroid base, he assisted Soundwave and [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] as they built a new body for Megatron and used his old one to mass-produce human-sized guns. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 2: Altered Carbon}} He also switched colors with Rumble for some reason. Four months later, led by Soundwave, the two cassettes returned to Earth and attacked a Skywatch base holding a number of captured Decepticons. Frenzy used his sonic attack to bring the pain to [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]], [[Bluestreak (G1)|Silverstreak]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 1: The Demolished Man}} Later at the Decepticon base, he was amongst those who prepared to watch a fight between Optimus Prime and Megatron, and was presumably caught in the blast when Prime ended the fight early by having a satellite dropped on the base. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 5: Enemy Mine}}

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===''United'' comic===
At some undetermined point in time, Frenzy stood in close proximity to [[Lugnut (TF 2010)|Lugnut]] and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]. {{storylink|A New Battle!}}

==Games==
===Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons===
When Optimus embarked on his mission to rescue the Autobots' [[Mini Vehicle|Minicar]] troops from the Decepticons, Frenzy could hinder Optimus Prime's progress, by driving him temporarily crazy, causing the Autobot hero to briefly break down. {{storylink|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons packaging blurb and game}}

===''Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''===
Frenzy was among the [[Decepticon]] troops who sought to destroy [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] on his journey. {{storylink|Transformers: Mystery of Convoy}}

===''The Transformers'' (Commodore 64)===
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{{storylink|The Transformers (Commodore 64)|The Transformers}}

===''Transformers G1: Awakening''===
{{storylink|Transformers G1: Awakening}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1toy_frenzy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|]]
*'''Frenzy & Laserbeak''' (Mini-Cassette 2-pack, 1984/1985)
**''Accessories:'' 2 "Thruster Guns" (left & right)

: Beginning life as a ''[[Micro Change]]'' "Micro Cassette Robo Micross", Frenzy was part of the first wave of Transformers toys released in 1984. He transforms into a blue microcassette that can fit into the tape doors of the [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]] and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] toys, and is armed with two silver chromed "Thruster Guns" that can either plug into the cassette spool holes on his back or slot onto his arms. Sold in a two-pack with [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], Frenzy was originally released with a Decepticon insignia sticker on his stomach, which was removed in 1985 in favor of a heat-sensitive [[rubsign]] on his cassette-mode front.

:This [[mold]] was redecoed to create the simultaneously-available [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], as well as [[Enemy (G1)|Enemy]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1984/Decepticon/Frenzy/frenzy.htm More information on Frenzy at TFU.info]''
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[[Image:G1toy_japanese_frenzy.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
* '''Frenzy''' (Cassettron, 1985/1986/1987)
** ''ID number:'' '''18''' (1985), '''D-58''' (1986), '''D-103''' (1987)
**''Accessories:'' 2 "Thruster Guns" (left & right), cassette case

: 1985 saw [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] release Frenzy in Japan, all on his lonesome. Like all his cassette contemporaries, he was packaged in a small box and came with a clear tape case he could be stored in. He was still available in 1986, this time on a blister card with a new ID number, golden weapons (see below), and without his case, and under the ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (toyline)|Headmasters]]'' banner in 1987, with his original packaging and case reinstated and with yet another ID number.
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* '''Grimlock vs Soundwave''' (giftset, 1985)
** ''ID number:'' '''VSY'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 "Thruster Guns" (left & right), cassette case
:Frenzy was included as part of a "versus" giftset that squared Soundwave off against [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]. The set also included an audio cassette, and has become the rarest of the three "VS" sets Takara produced.
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*'''Frenzy & Ratbat''' (Mini-Cassette 2-pack, 1986/1987)
**''Accessories:'' 2 "Thruster Guns" (left & right)

: In 1986, when Hasbro released their sole new cassette for the year, [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]], they needed another cassette to package him with. To this end, Laserbeak was retired from the toy store shelf, and Frenzy became Ratbat's pack-in partner. As a result, Frenzy holds the distinction of being the Generation 1 figure to last the longest during the toyline's original run, the only 1984 figure still available in 1987. Of course, this also meant that people who wanted both Laserbeak and Ratbat had to buy Frenzy twice.

:Frenzy and Ratbat's weapons were available in both the original silver and new golden chrome colors; as Ratbat was depicted with golden weapons in-fiction, this tends to be the color most associated with the set. Late in 1986, Frenzy was one of several figures who underwent some change in materials; his die-cast metal toes and shoulder hinges were replaced with black plastic, as were his light blue thighs, and the stickers on his thighs and shins were removed.
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===Generation 2===
[[Image:G2toy_gobot_frenzy.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
* '''Frenzy''' (Go-Bot, 1995)
**''Accessories:'' Gun

: ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' saw the return of Frenzy as a [[redeco]] of the [[Go-Bot (G2)|Go-Bot]] [[Blowout]], transforming into a Porsche 959 sports car in purple and gray. He features through-axle wheels for super-fast rolling on smooth surfaces, and is designed to work with most "Hot Wheels" and "Matchbox" car sets, despite being made by competitor companies.

: This mold was [[Redeco|redecoed]] for ''Generation 2'' Go-Bots [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron]], then later to make ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Hot Shot (RID)|Hot Shot]]. The toy was later [[repurposing|repurposed]] to be a [[Frenzy (G2)|"next-generation" clone of Frenzy]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1995/Decepticon/Frenzy/frenzy.htm More information on Go-Bot Frenzy at TFU.info]''
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===Music Label===
[[Image:MusicLabel Frenzy headphone.JPG|right|300px|thumb|Is it really wise to put an expert at sonic warfare right on your ear?]]
*'''Frenzy & Rumble Playing Earphones''' (2007)

:Released as part of [[TakaraTomy]]'s ''[[Transformers Music Label|Music Label]]'' toyline, Frenzy and Rumble share a fairly simplistic transformation from robots to white, circular, working earphones. Although sold separately, they were designed to go well with the Music Label [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave MP3 player]].
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===Encore===
[[Image:G1toy_encore_frenzy.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
* '''Great Cassette Operation Vol.3''' (2009)
**''ID number'': '''19'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 "Thruster Guns" (left & right), cassette case

: The original Frenzy toy was reissued for the first time as part of the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s ''[[Transformers Encore|Encore]]'' line, in a multi-pack with Rumble, Laserbeak and [[Overkill (G1)|Overkill]]. Long a notable absentee from past reissue lineups due to the severe degradation of his mold, this edition of Frenzy has either been heavily restored—his head and weapons, at the very least, feature some notable differences in detail from the original—or might even be an entirely new mold based off of the original figure, a theory supported by the presence of a 2009 Tomy copyright on his leg, rather than an original 1980s Hasbro or Takara one.
:This version of Frenzy winds the figure back to the materials and colors of his pre-1986 releases, with metal feet and hinges, light-blue thighs and silver weapons, even reinstating his tummy-sticker from 1984 in addition to his rubsign. In a major change, his shin decals and all of his cassette-mode labels are now [[paint operation]]s rather than stickers, while the stickers that previously decorated his thighs, wrists and biceps have been removed outright and not replaced.
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===United===
[[Image:Unitedtoy_frenzy.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
*'''Rumble & Frenzy''' (Multi-pack, 2011)
**''ID number:'' '''UN-20'''
**''Accessories:'' Two guns

:''[[Transformers United|United]]'' Frenzy is a redeco of [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|''Transformers:]] [[Reveal the Shield]]'' [[Rumble (G1)#Transformers (2010)|Demolition Rumble]], transforming into a dual-cannon anti-aircraft vehicle. Since Demolition Rumble was already blue, Frenzy's deco is relatively similar, but replaces the black plastic with light blue and renders the regular blue plastic in a cartoon-inspired purple-ish shade, along with several other different details, such as silver cannons instead of gold. In robot mode, his arms can transform into spring-loaded pile-driver weapons, and his two [[C joint]] guns can be attached to bars on either his arms or back. ''United'' Frenzy was only available in a two-pack with [[Rumble (G1)#United|Rumble]], who shares the same mold.

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===Masterpiece===
*'''Frenzy & Buzzsaw''' (set, 2013)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MP-15'''
**''Accessories:'' Two piledrivers, piledriver mount, Left & right "Thruster Guns," cassette case.
: Addition to the MP-13 Soundwave. The first new version of Frenzy to turn into a cassette like his G1 version. Like all Takara releases, Frenzy will be blue.

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==Merchandise==

===Transformers Milk Caramel===
[[Image:TFcaramel frenzy.jpg|right|thumb|150px]]
*'''Frenzy''' (1985)
:A soft rubber figurine—known in Japan as a ''keshigomu''— of Frenzy was released as part of the second wave of [[Kabaya]]'s ''[[Transformers Milk Caramel]]'' [[candy toy]] range. He came packaged with chocolate-covered caramel candies, and was available in red, blue and yellow.

===Transformers Choco===
*'''Frenzy''' (1985)
:A solid-color, snap-together model kit of Frenzy was released by Kabaya as part of their ''[[Transformers Choco]]'' line of candy toys. It was available in various colors, came with candy-coated chocolates, and could fit inside the chest of the larger ''[[Transformers Gum]]'' model kit of Soundwave.
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===Transformers Gum===
[[Image:Tfgum_frenzy.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
*'''Frenzy and Jaguar''' (1986)
:A larger model kit of Frenzy was sold by Kabaya as part of their ''Transformers Gum'' line, in a two-pack with [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]. Sculpted from red and grey plastic (and consequently looking more like Rumble) and featuring stickers for detail, Frenzy is basically identical to his original toy, except he's actually a little bit ''larger'' than it! He's also too large to fit in the chest of the ''Transformers Gum'' Soundwave figure, but you can console yourself with the gum he comes packaged with.
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===Decoy===
[[Image:Decoy_frenzy.jpg|right|thumb]]
*'''Destron Hero Collection 22''' (multi-pack, 1986)
:Frenzy was among the many characters rendered by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] as part of their series of 1.5" ''keshigomu'' figurines. Like all the Decepticons in the series, Frenzy was molded in soft purple rubber, and featured a number sculpted into his back that was the sum total of his [[Tech Spec]]s, for use in the various games that could be played with the figurines. Frenze was available as part of a 22-piece box set of Decepticon figures, and later, in a peach coloration randomly packed as part of various other box sets.

*'''Frenzy''' (1987)
**''Decoy number:'' '''50'''
:The figurine was later brought over to [[Hasbro]] markets as part of the [[Decoy]] promotion, largely identical to the Japanese release except for the fact that the number on his back was replaced with a simple "checklist" number. Like all Decepticon Decoys, Frenzy was a randomly-chosen pack-in available with the carded [[Throttlebot]]s, [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]], [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] and [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] and was, very early on in the promotion, available in an alternate red coloration that was only packed in with the Throttlebots. Unsurprisingly, this red figurine is much rarer.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Decoys/Frenzy/frenzy.htm More information on Decoy Frenzy at TFU.info]''
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===Transformers - Mini Bust===
[[Image:DiamondSelect FrenzyRavage bust.JPG|right|200px|thumb|]]
* '''Frenzy & Ravage''' (Diamond Select, 2009)

:An [[exclusive]] to online retailer [[BigBadToyStore]], this Frenzy bust was sculpted by [[Mark Wong]] of [[Art Asylum]] and limited to 600 pieces worldwide. Frenzy is colored red and black after his cartoon appearance, and sculpted wielding one of his thruster guns as [[Ravage (G1)/toys|Ravage]] pounces beside him. In addition, Frenzy's tape mode is sculpted at the front of the bust's base.

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==Notes==
[[Image:Frenzyname.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Boy, times change.]]
*According to his toy's bio, he "Can roll his drums to produce high-pitch, grating sound of 200dB." This is about 100 times as loud as the famous [[Wikipedia:Krakatoa|Krakatoa]] volcanic eruption, which was audible ''3,000 miles away,'' and is actually louder than the theoretical limit for noise in a normal Earth atmosphere.

*The US cartoon accidentally reversed the colors of the two Decepticon cassettes, portraying Rumble as blue and Frenzy as red. (See [[FIRRIB]].)

* [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]'s character model in Frenzy's colors is seen retreating with the Decepticons at the end of "[[Attack of the Autobots]]". Frenzy himself does not otherwise appear in the episode, making the actuality of his appearance in it arguable.

*Sunbow casting documents indicate that "Frenzy" was originally considered as a name for the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]], [[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]], but was dropped—presumably because that name was already in use.

* The Rumble/Frenzy head design was used as the basis for the head of [[Freezon]], the Decepticon [[Tyco]] [[Electric Racing Set]] car.

*According to the cardbacks of ''Generation 2'' figures, the Go-Bots version of Frenzy was originally planned to be in red... which would've just added more fuel to the FIBRIR/FIRRIB debates.<ref>[http://transformersgallery.iquebec.com/jouet/bots92-1.jpg Go-Bots gallery]</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Frenzy''' (フレンジー ''Furenjī'')
*''French:'' '''Frénétik''' (Canada)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Tomboló''' ("Rampager")
*''Italian:'' '''Tartar'''
*''Portuguese:'' '''Frenesim''' (Portugal comics), '''Frenético''' (Brazil comics)
*''Russian:'' '''Dikiy''' (Дикий, "Wild")

==References==
{{reflist}}

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

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Rumble (G1)

2012-10-16T13:56:54Z

156.33.37.196: /* Masterpiece */

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:''Rumble is a [[Decepticon]] [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|Mini-Cassette]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[Image:RumbleMissingInAction.jpg|right|275px|thumb|Ready to shake, break, rattle and QUAKE!]]
'''Rumble''' is your basic street punk: Small, but always acting tough as a cover. He's not exactly the most subtle of [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s [[Mini-Cassette|spies]], but what he lacks in discretion, he makes up for by being the brawler of the group. He talks tough because he ''is'' tough. Quick-tempered and of a generally mean disposition, he follows [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] eagerly, as the Decepticon leader lets him indulge in destruction. Rumble has a tendency to toss out a taunting rhyme at his enemies and is, according to [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]], a "jerk" (or at other times, a "sawed-off nerd").

As the Decepticon demolitions expert, Rumble loves nothing more than to break things apart. His arms can transform into powerful piledrivers that, when pounded against the ground, can cause earthquakes, usually with fissures. He can be easily overpowered in a one-on-one match, though the real challenge is actually getting to him first. Even if you do, you usually need to get through his [[Relatives|brother]] [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] either before or after you get Rumble.

{{quote|If on Decepticon turf you happen to tumble, look out, robot, 'cause here comes Rumble!|Rumble, thinking he's funny|"[[S.O.S. Dinobots]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
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[[Image:PowerPlay Rummmble.JPG|left|250px|thumb|That's my name, don't wear it out.]]
Millions of years ago on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Rumble was among [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]'s elite warriors in the Decepticon ranks. He was present when the Decepticons attempted to overpower the crew of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], and ended up plunging down to the planet Earth below with all the other Transformers on-board. They remained dormant and inactive until 1984, when the volcano their ship was nestled under erupted, bringing the Ark's sensors back online, and the Cybertronians with it. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}} Megatron and the Decepticons immediately began plans to loot the planet's rich sources of energy. Rumble's ability to generate low-frequency groundwaves was instrumental in shaking loose equipment from the [[Harrison Nuclear Power Plant]], giving the Decepticons the raw materials necessary for the construction of their [[Fortress Sinister]]. {{storylink|Power Play!}} After securing a human fuel specialist, it was Rumble who provided [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] with a sample of Cybertronian fuel for analysis, simply by popping off his hand and pumping fuel from his wrist socket. Eww. As the Autobots confronted the Decepticons at their newly fortified base, Rumble came out to greet them. He used his earthquakes to knock [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] and [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] off-balance, but [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] just barreled his way through the tremors and decked the junk-punk with one punch. After dealing with the Autobot pugilist, [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] scooped up his brother and brought him back into the base for repairs, but they were assaulted by [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] and his [[Spider-Man|arachnid partner]]. {{storylink|Prisoner of War!}}

''Rumble was actually in favor of Decepticon democracy at one point, grumbling that [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] "deserved a vote" during one of the Air Commander's infamous arguments with Megatron. He was, however, smart enough not to grumble too loudly. {{storylink|The Enemy Within!}} Starscream later got his way, and the Decepticons staged an attack on the Ark. Rumble tried to pit himself against the Autobot warrior named [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], but found himself severely outmatched by the Autobot's piledriver punch. {{storylink|Raiders of the Last Ark}}''

[[Image:PrimeTime Rumble sweat.JPG|right|200px|thumb|If only I hadn't forgotten to take my Insulin this morning...]]
Heavily damaged due to earlier battles, Rumble sat out the next Decepticon offensive against the Ark, and was not reactivated until after Decepticon leadership had shifted from Megatron to the returning [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. Thanks to their new commander, the Decepticons had secured the Ark and all of the Autobots were believed incapacitated. Despite all these victories, Rumble failed miserably at guarding the Ark, letting one [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] sneak by him and abscond with the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]]. It turned out Rumble's optical circuitry was too low-rez to pick up on humans in his peripheral. {{storylink|The New Order}} Shockwave actually had to run Rumble's memories through a computer-enhanced refinement process before he could even see the culprit. Needless to say, Shockwave was NOT happy when he found out. {{storylink|Brainstorm!}} Waiting for his punishment, Rumble actually began developing moisture and condensation on his face-plate in anticipation. Fortunately for Rumble, his only punishment was to guard their human slaves at the [[Blackrock Aerospace Assembly Plant Number One]]. Unfortunately for Rumble, he was no better at watching multiple humans than he was at watching one—the humans revolted when [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] turned on Shockwave, and Rumble was unable to stop them from escaping the plant. {{storylink|Prime Time!}}

[[Image:CommandPerformances RumbleFrenzy explode.JPG|left|120px|thumb|Ow.]]
Shockwave's defeat left the Decepticons leaderless for a time, and Rumble served various masters until Megatron and Shockwave reached an accord, agreeing to work together as co-leaders of the Decepticons. Rumble didn't last long into this new regime, however. Almost as soon as the Decepticons officially relocated to a coal mine in Wyoming, Megatron led Rumble and several of his fellow soldiers in an attack on the Ark. Having been alerted by Shockwave to an all-out Autobot assault on the mine, Megatron concluded that the Ark and its secrets would be relatively unguarded, and ripe for the picking. Well, Megatron was wrong... on an epic scale. Rumble and the Decepticons were treated to the first battle field test of the Autobots' new defense base: [[Omega Supreme (G1)|OMEGA SUPREME]]. Rumble was blown to pieces by Omega Supreme's plasma cannon, along with Starscream, [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]], and Frenzy. Only Megatron and [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] managed to limp away from the battle at all. {{storylink|Command Performances!}}

''When Starscream awoke from his life support machine on the Ark, he saw that Frenzy and Thundercracker were close to regaining consciousness, but that Rumble, Skywarp, and Buzzsaw were far from rehabilitated. {{storylink|Target: 2006}}''

Rumble remained a prisoner of the Autobots for years, his disassembled component parts resting in the Ark's detention facility until the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] raided the spaceship during a battle on the moon. {{storylink|Totaled!}} Although he was presumably reconstructed along with his fellow Decepticons, Rumble was still virtually never seen again.

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=====Earthforce=====
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''Rumble, along with his fellow cassette [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], chose to serve under Shockwave and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] when the Decepticon factions split on Earth, fighting on the opposite side of Soundwave. He was present at the [[Enclave]], joining in the massive melee initiated by the Autobots, {{storylink|The Bad Guy's Ball!}} and was later seen on Starscream's observation duty monitors. {{storylink|Bugged!}} After the two factions reunited, Rumble nestled back into his old space inside Soundwave's chest. No hard feelings, right big guy? {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}}''

{{note|Because Earthforce was printed in black-and-white, it's possible some of his above appearances were actually Frenzy. However, only one FIBRIR bodytype was ever seen at a time, Rumble was identified by name in one issue, and Frenzy was never named, so for simplicity's sake we are assuming only Rumble was present in Earthforce.}}

====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
[[Image:FrenzyRumbleRepair-G2.jpg|right|120px|thumb|Rumble also goes by that handle on Team Fortress 2.]]

Surprisingly, Rumble and Frenzy were both acting as ''medics'', reviving and rebuilding [[Darkwing]]. Rumble was later present for Megatron's throttling of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] and the capture of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] from his chest. When the other Autobots arrived, Rumble used his piledrivers to toss [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] for a loop. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}} Later, after the Decepticons joined forces with the Autobots, Rumble accompanied his leader to the planet [[Ethos]], and was seen mopping up the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian]] [[Ethos raiding party|resistance]] after the Cons saved the Autobots' tailpipes. {{storylink|Escalation!}}

When [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] unleashed his full battalion against his ancestors, Rumble was manning the [[Warworld]]'s bridge alongside Soundwave and Frenzy. Both of his fellow bridge officers apparently jettisoned to safety before Starscream took full command of the Warworld, and so Rumble may have done so as well. {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}

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====''Universe'' bio====
Rumble became even more anti-social after the death of his brother, Frenzy, in the Swarm war, and was eventually abducted by [[Unicron]] to join his [[Minion of Unicron|Minions of Unicron]] in the battle against the [[Child of Primus|Children of Primus]].

{{note|This bio is not ''entirely'' official. It comes from the [[BotCon 2006]] customization class, but it was apparently never vetted by Hasbro (much like [[Nightracer]]'s).}}

====''Recordicons''====
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Rumble and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] were startled to be approached by the mysterious [[Ratbat (SG)|Batbot]] who was seeking [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]. Rumble pointed out that Ratbat was dead, killed by [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] who himself was also dead. {{storylink|Recordicons#Recordicons #11|''Recordicons'' #11}}
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===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Welker]] (English), [[Ken Shiroyama]] (Japanese), [[Katsumi Suzuki]] (Japanese, "Attack of the Autobots" and "Day of the Machines" only), [[Ken Yamaguchi]] (Japanese, ''The Transformers: The Movie'' only) (see note below regarding Japanese cartoon)|[[Roberto Alexander]] (Latin American), [[Ulrich Bernsdorff]] (German, Season 1), [[Bernd Simon]] (German, Season 2), [[Gerd Wiedenhofen]] (German, The Movie TV Dub & Generation 2 Dub of ''More than Meets the Eye, Part 1''), [[Willy Schäfer]] (German, Generation 2 Dub of ''Auto-Berserk'' & ''Atlantis, Arise!''), [[Tonio von der Meden]] (German, Generation 2 Dub of ''Roll For It'')}}

[[Image:Mtmte1_rumble_robotmode.jpg|left|175px|thumb|And, thus, an entire generation was confused...]]

Four million years ago, Rumble was a member of the original Decepticon raiding party that boarded the [[Ark (G1)|Autobots' spacecraft]], which then crashed into prehistoric Earth, knocking all the Transformers aboard offline. When they were reawakened in 1984 by a volcanic eruption, Rumble was reformatted by [[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletraan I]] into an audio cassette that fit snugly into [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]]'s chest compartment. As soon as the Decepticons had withdrawn from the crashed hulk of the Autobots' ship, Soundwave deployed Rumble to help [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] gather materials for construction of a temporary headquarters. Casually brushing off Starscream's constant complaints about [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s leadership abilities, Rumble put his piledrivers to work reducing a power plant to scrap to provide the needed building materials.

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With their temporary base in place and plans for a [[Victory (G1)|new space cruiser]] ready, the Decepticons began gathering energy from Earth's many available sources. They began with an attack on an offshore oil rig, during which Rumble menaced human worker [[Sparkplug Witwicky]], and shoved the man's son, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]], into the ocean when he tried to attack the small Decepticon.{{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1}} Soon after, exploiting information stolen from Teletraan I, the Decepticons had Rumble cause a tidal wave that would push the power output of the hydroelectric plant at [[Sherman Dam]] to its maximum capacity. Rumble was caught in the act by the Autobot [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], but in spite of his diminutive size, Rumble came out on top in the underwater battle, burying Hound under a pile of rocks. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 2}} Rumble and Hound had a rematch during the battle to prevent the Decepticons escaping Earth in their finished cruiser, but this time, Rumble didn't fare so well. The battle was soon called off so the Decepticons could board their ship, but Autobot spy [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] also snuck aboard and sabotaged the craft in mid-flight. As it plummeted back to Earth, Rumble began freaking out, fearing the impact would destroy them. Luckily for the little guy, he was wrong. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 3}}

[[Image:Rumble.jpg|left|thumb|220px|I thought it was supposed to be red or blue, Why AM I PURPLE?!?!]]

When next seen, Rumble was guarding the Decepticons' [[space bridge]] with [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] as they awaited the return of Megatron from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Once Megatron had emerged from the bridge, Rumble joined him in attacked the laboratory of [[Alcazar|Doctor Alcazar]] and stood guard outside, warning the Autobots to keep their distance as Megatron worked to create [[antimatter]] with the lab's facilities. Although Hound and Mirage were able to sneak by Rumble using their hologram and invisibility powers, the Autobots were unable to stop Megatron completing his experiment, and Rumble took part in his leader's subsequent attack on [[Ark (G1)|Autobot Headquarters]]. Megatron's plan was foiled when the Autobots used a remote control device to take over [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]'s body, causing him to fire the antimatter-powered Megatron at Rumble. {{storylink|Roll for It}}

[[Image:Fireinthesky_rumble_avalanche.jpg|right|thumb|220px|The Trans-break-dance!]]

Rumble was helping Starscream and [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]] load [[energon cube]]s for transport through the space bridge when a team of Autobots arrived with the intention of using the bridge themselves. Rumble tried to open a crevasse beneath [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]], but the Decepticons were then ordered by Megatron to let the Autobots use the bridge. While they were absent, Megatron staged an attack on Autobot Headquarters, during which Rumble rumbled with [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer}} Rumble was later instrumental in the Decepticons' plan to tap the heat energy of the Earth's core, as he smashed through the polar ice to help locate the crystal shaft they needed. In the process, he also uncovered the frozen body of [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]]. {{storylink|Fire in the Sky}}

[[Image:Sosdinos_rumble_broken_piledrivers.jpg|left|thumb|220px|Rumble never understood what is "''break''dance"… till now.]]

When the Decepticons attacked the [[Great Falls]] hydroelectric power plant, Rumble helped Megatron dispatch the counter-attacking Autobots with an unusual tactic: using the planet's equipment, Megatron channeled the seismic energy of tremors created by Rumble to boost the power of his [[fusion cannon]], and blasted all the Autobots into the river. When the Autobots' newest members, the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], arrived to save their comrades, Rumble pitted his piledrivers against [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]], who came out on top by creating a quake so powerful it broke Rumble's piledrivers off! {{storylink|S.O.S. Dinobots}} Then, after helping Megatron steal steel in [[Peru]], {{storylink|Fire on the Mountain}} Rumble lent a hand making energon cubes from the energy of a mysterious [[Meteorini Chipperoni|meteorite]]. {{storylink|War of the Dinobots}}

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Brashly striding through the open front door of Autobot Headquarters, Rumble set about causing tremors throughout the Autobots' base to distract the heroic robots while Laserbeak kidnapped Sparkplug Witwicky right out from under their noses. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 1}} Rumble then served as something of a "lab assistant" to the Decepticons' new human ally, [[Doctor Arkeville]], as he turned Sparkplug and many other captured humans into mind-controlled slaves with his [[hypno-chip]]s. Rumble took a perverse enjoyment in watching the human slaves suffer, yanking one through an electric field {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 2}} and tripping one unfortunate up while he was trying to do his allotted job. Rumble monitored the tidal waves created by Cybertron's gravity for Megatron, then joined in the final battle on a tropical island, where he tried once again to open a crevasse beneath Bumblebee, but got knocked into it himself. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 3}} After Cybertron was moved back out Earth's orbit, the Decepticons set about repairing the damage the planet's gravity had caused to their [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Earth)|undersea headquarters]]. When Skywarp started bossing around Rumble and his brother [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]], the two tiny terrors double-teamed Skywarp and brought him to the ground, and would have kept on fighting if Megatron had to not arrived to knock them into line. The battle-ready Rumble then accompanied Megatron to Doctor Arkeville's laboratory, where they were forced to team up with the Autobots to save the planet from his overloading [[Exponential Generator]]. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (episode)|Countdown to Extinction}}

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Rumble was next spotted gathering energon cubes at a shipyard in [[Bali]], {{storylink|A Plague of Insecticons}} after which he joined the other Decepticons in contributing his [[power chip rectifier]] to a machine that would transfer all their special abilities to Megatron. With these additional powers, Megatron challenged [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] to one-on-one combat, using Rumble's quake-generating abilities to open a chasm into which Prime tumbled. When the Decepticons' duplicity was revealed, they were all sent falling into a river of lava, Rumble included. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War}}

Rumble was standing by as Megatron schemed to take control of "Autobot Spike," {{storylink|Autobot Spike}} then participated in the Decepticons invasion of [[New York City]], where he joined Soundwave and Frenzy in attacking a team of Autobots in [[Central Park]]. {{storylink|City of Steel}} Rumble and the other cassettes later staged another attack on Autobot Headquarters, in order to distract the Autobots while Megatron and Starscream snuck inside to sabotage their [[recharging chamber]]s. Rumble tussled with Optimus Prime and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], sending the two Autobots falling into one of his crevasses, only to have them come bounding out and clobber him when he peered over the edge to observe their fate. {{storylink|Attack of the Autobots}}

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Rumble helped defend the installation the Decepticons were used to experiment with [[electro-cell]]s, {{storylink|Traitor}} after which he was put in charge of controlling the stolen Autobot invention, the [[Wheeljack Instant Immobilizer|Immobilizer]], {{storylink|The Immobilizer}} and was briefly glimpsed in battle in the ghost town the Decepticons were used as a staging base. {{storylink|The Autobot Run}}

When the Decepticons allied themselves with the inhabitants of the underwater city of [[Sub-Atlantica]], Soundwave observed the Autobot infiltrators Bumblebee, Spike and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] pursuing the Sub-Atlantican king [[Nergill]] into the city's depths. Unable to follow due to his size, Soundwave sent Rumble and Ravage after them, but once they had tracked them down, Rumble was shocked to discover that the insane Nergill was planning to blow up Sub-Atlantica and everyone on it. Rumble tried to stop Nergill by activating his piledrivers and collapsing the chamber, but the mad fish-king dug his way out of the rubble and destroyed his city. {{storylink|Atlantis, Arise!}}

[[Image:Autoberserk_rumble_in_negavator.jpg|left|thumb|220px|[[Headmaster (Animated)|"Yes! I am soooo 1337!"]]]]

Rumble helped in the Decepticon plan to take over a fleet of oil tankers by firing [[Remote Control Circuit Linker|circuit linker cards]] at the ships that put them under the control of the super computer [[TORQ III]]. When a team of Autobots arrived to investigate, they were captured, and Rumble and Ravage served as their jailers until Spike engineered their escape by pinning the two cassettes to the wall with an electromagnet. {{storylink|Day of the Machines}} Rumble later put his piledrivers into action to help steal the human-built robot [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird]] {{storylink|Enter the Nightbird}} and helped the Decepticons defend a crevice of [[korlonium crystal]]s from Autobot incursion. {{storylink|A Prime Problem}}

Together with Soundwave and his other cassettes, Rumble attacked the testing site for the Autobots' new weapon, the [[Negavator]]. While Frenzy kept Optimus Prime busy, Rumble was able to get inside the cockpit of the Negavator itself, but before he could turn its power on Prime, [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] blasted the machine and shorted out the controls. Their mission foiled, the Decepticons fled, but as a parting gesture, Rumble launched a missile that demolished the control bunker and injured [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]. The Decepticons made another play for the Negavator only a short time later, this time trying to bury the Autobots under an avalanche caused by Rumble, but enjoyed a similar lack of success. {{storylink|Auto Berserk}}

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While searching the jungles of [[South America]] for the ruins of their [[Nemesis (G1)|old starship]], Rumble started bickering with Starscream, and was highly amused when the air commander was caught in the coils of a giant snake. When their quest ended in success, Rumble indulged in a bout of celebratory over-energizing with his fellow Decepticons that evening. {{storylink|Microbots}}

When the Decepticons fooled the population of Earth into believing the Autobots were villains and they were the true heroes, Rumble kept up appearances by attending a disco with Soundwave and the other cassettes, and genuinely quite enjoying himself. With the Autobots exiled to space, the Decepticons' ruse came to an end, and Rumble was made a slave-master in the work camp that the conquered [[Central City (Earth)|Central City]] was turned into a slave camp. When [[Chip Chase]] tried to escape, Spike covered his flight by shoving a cart of energon cubes into Rumble, who was in turn sent crashing into a generator and was electrocuted. Although Chip was soon recaptured, it was not long before the Autobots returned to Earth to clear their names and send the Decepticons packing. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2}}

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Rumble was among the Decepticons who began malfunctioning due to the deterioration of his [[cybertonium]], causing him to uncontrollably deploy his piledrivers and start pummelling Megatron's leg. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1}} Once repaired, Rumble participated in a Decepticon mission to [[United Kingdom|Great Britain]], where he, Starscream, Ravage and [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] all found themselves cast back in time to the Middle Ages by the mysterious, magical [[Dragon Mound]]. Falling in with local ne'er-do-well [[Wigend du Blackthorne]], the energy-deprived Decepticons took part in a local jousting tournament as Wigend's representatives, in order to win ownership of the land owned by his rival, [[Aetheling the Red]], as the first step towards conquering the planet. Armed with a lance and shield and riding atop Ramjet, Rumble jousted with Sir Aetheling himself, but was defeated, prompting Starscream to discard chivalry and kidnap Aetheling's daughter [[Nimue]]. [[Image:Raiderrumblepoo.jpg|right|thumb|Before [[Michael Bay]], before even [[The Low Road]], we had this.]] To repel the inevitable rescue attempt, Starscream had the Decepticons gather the ingredients necessary to make [[Dragon's Bane|gunpowder]]; Rumble got the unenviable job of gathering the "potassium nitrate" he required. Eventually, the Decepticons were defeated by [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] and [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]], who had followed them back through time, and the wizard [[Beorht]], and were returned to their rightful era. {{storylink|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court}}

Rumble was among the Decepticons who temporarily gained the power of an [[electrum]] coating, {{storylink|The Golden Lagoon}} worked in the [[New Jersey (Earth)|New Jersey]] Pine Barrens to create an army of robot car warrior {{storylink|Make Tracks}} and was caught up in the menace of the [[Morphobot]]s. {{storylink|Quest for Survival}}

[[Image:G1-Cartoon-SeaChange-Rumble-Tree.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Grandmother <strike>Willow</strike> Rumble.]]

Accompanying Megatron to the world of the [[Tlalakan]]s to quash a rebellion among the inhabitants, Rumble wound up falling into their [[Well of Transformation]], which caused his body to warp and change. Not understanding what was happening to him, Rumble begged the native girl [[Alana]] to help him, and she informed him that he needed to think of a tree in order to survive. Rumble complied... and promptly turned into one! Stuck in this immobile form on the shores of the well, Rumble was left out of the following battle until an explosion knocked him back into its waters and he returned to normal. {{storylink|Sea Change}}

Rumble was dispatched to Cybertron with Starscream and Ramjet to locate the headquarters of the [[Female Autobots]], and used his piledrivers to collapse the base on Starscream's orders. {{storylink|The Search for Alpha Trion}} A little later, Rumble helped Soundwave prepare the [[psycho-probe]] to scan the mind of [[Astoria Carlton-Ritz]], but the heiress's ability to jinx machines around her just meant that the unfortunate duo wound up being electrocuted by the device. {{storylink|The Girl Who Loved Powerglide}} Then, when the Decepticons invaded a movie lot to recover footage that a crew had taken of [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] carrying a secret cargo, Rumble mistook some animatronic dinosaurs for the Dinobots and blasted them to bits. {{storylink|Hoist Goes Hollywood}}

[[Image:KeytoVectorSigmaPt1_stealing_DragStrip.jpg|right|thumb|220px|Sadly, not an unlockable racer in Super Mario Kart.]]

Seeking to challenge the Autobots' rule of the roads, Megatron charged Rumble with stealing an assortment of cars and trucks that he could rebuild as Decepticons. His small size worked in his favour, and Rumble invaded a Formula 1 race track, hijacked some bank robbers' getaway car and terrorized a trucker named [[Possum Brown]] to get the vehicles Megatron required. Impressed by the rebuilt cards "stunt-driving", Rumble inspired Megatron to name his new creations the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]]. Rumble subsequently accompanied Megatron to Cybertron to bestow life to the Stunticons using the mega-computer [[Vector Sigma]], although Rumble found the unassuming spherical form of the computer a bit underwhelming. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1}} The Decepticons then returned to Earth, and Rumble helped set up equipment to analyze the [[Key to Vector Sigma]]'s power. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2}}

Rumble travelled to [[Galata Valley]] with Megatron and Soundwave to help search for the [[Pearl of Bahoudin]], {{storylink|Trans-Europe Express}} following which he went on a significantly greater journey, voyaging to the planet [[Antilla]] with Megatron, Starscream and [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]. The deserted planet creeped Rumble out, and he was happy when they left, with a new "[[Lightning Bug]]" heat ray weapon into the bargain. They also came away with the dreaded [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]] plague, and Rumble accompanied Megatron as he used the Lightning Bug to spread the disease through Autobot Headquarters. {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}} For his final recorded adventures in the 20th century, Rumble battled Starscream's [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]], {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}} and helped operate Megatron's [[Giant Purple Griffin|new fortress]], activating its flight systems and turning its weapons on [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]. {{storylink|Aerial Assault}}

[[Image:Rumblevsperceptor.jpg|220px|thumb|left|Alright, open wide...]]
Over the course of the next twenty years, the Decepticons succeeded in conquering all of Cybertron and forcing the Autobots to relocate to bases on two of the planet's moons, and to their new home of [[Autobot City]] on Earth. In 2005, when the Decepticons staged a [[Battle of Autobot City|major assault against Autobot City]], Rumble, Frenzy, Ravage and [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] were deployed by Soundwave to disable a communications tower that [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] was using to broadcast a message to Optimus Prime at [[Moonbase One]]. After doing so, Rumble proceeded to smash his way into the tower with his piledrivers, and he and his fellow cassettes then piled on [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]. Blaster then unleashed his own cassettes on them, and Rumble wound up grappling with [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]]. Unfortunately for the Decepticons, Rumble and his fellow cassettes had not acted quickly enough, and Blaster's distress call had indeed reached Optimus Prime, who soon arrived on Earth and defeated Megatron in battle. With the fall of their leader, the Decepticons retreated aboard Astrotrain, with Rumble carrying Megatron's fusion cannon while Soundwave carried Megatron himself. Once the Decepticons were on their way, it became necessary to jettison excess weight so that Astrotrain could make it to Cybertron, and Megatron was one of those ejected, prompting an argument over who should replace him as leader. When [[Hook (G1)|Hook]] called Soundwave "an uncharismatic bore", Soundwave ejected his cassettes to fight for his honor, and Rumble took particular umbrage at the insult. The Constructicons formed Devastator to teach them a lesson, but Rumble and Frenzy caused him to separate by shaking Astrotrain with their piledrivers. In the end, Starscream won out, and Rumble was present for his coronation...and subsequent disintegration by a powerful new Decepticon who appeared during the ceremony. Impressed by this show of force, Rumble asked what his name was so that the Decepticons could all cheer for him, and the newcomer announced he was [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

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Galvatron's leadership did not start well, as the Decepticons were all subsequently forced off of Cybertron by the Autobots following the defeat of the planet-eating [[Unicron]]. Badly damaged and low on energy, they retreated to the burnt-out planet of [[Chaar]], but even this great fall didn't dampen Rumble's spirits, as he was heard loudly advocating both "pulverowderizing" and "powderulverizing" the Autobots. [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] credited Rumble's enthusiasm, but pointed out they could hardly carry out his plan when they barely had enough energy to just stay alive. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}} When Autobot leader [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] was found spying on the Decepticons with [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]], and Rumble joined the other Decepticons in mauling them before they were resuced by their Autobot comrades. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2}}

Rumble was last seen a short while later, consuming the much-needed energon brought to Chaar by the [[Quintesson]]s and voting in favor of accepting the aliens' offer of an alliance. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}}
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====Japanese cartoon continuity====
{{note|The events of the Generation 1 cartoon occur in Japanese continuity as detailed above, save for one major difference: the Japanese dub of the cartoon fixes the production error that switched [[FIRRIB|Rumble and Frenzy's color schemes]] by switching the characters' names! Thus, it is the red Rumble who barely appears, and the blue Frenzy, voiced by Ken Shiroyama, who shows up frequently and experiences all the events related above. 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. In the name of consistency with the American cartoon, this article considers the blue robot in these events to be Rumble.}}

=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' comic=====
[[Image:Superrobotlifemanga rumble and frenzy.jpg|left|150px|thumb|There, we didn't color them! Problem solved!]]

In the late 1980s, working with Soundwave and his fellow Cassettes, Rumble attacked Bumblebee and the Autobot's human friend [[Kenji]] during their patrol of [[Tokyo]]. [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] swooped in to take Kenji to safety, and Bumblebee easily eluded the inept Rumble long enough to execute a [[Bumble Kick]]! against Soundwave. With his chest-port damaged, Soundwave was unable to hide Rumble and the other Cassettes when [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] arrived to back up Bumblebee. They ended up just bouncing off Soundwave's chest in cassette mode. Cliffjumper grabbed them and began tearing out their magnetic tape which, if you think about it, seems kinda horrific. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 2|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #2}}

Rumble eventually recovered. In another scheme, the Decepticons tried to frame the Autobots for attacking Earth by giving the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] fake sigils and sending them on a mayhem spree. Dressed in snazzy robes to hide their identities, Rumble and Frenzy then began fanning the flames by preaching openly against the Autobots in human cities. Their cover was blown, however, when [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] and [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] washed the fake insignia off the Decepticons. Rumble and Frenzy were zapped by [[Eject]] and [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]], revealing their identities as well. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 7|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #7}}

=====Full Throttle Scramble Power!=====
When [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] arrived to bust up the Decepticons' plan to terrorize the world with their [[Omega Whip]] cannon, Rumble (or Frenzy) was among the robots shown being scattered by the shockwaves created by the landing of the titantic Autobot. {{storylink|Full Throttle Scramble Power!}}

=====''The Battle of the Star Gate''=====
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In the late 1990s, Starscream forged a clandestine alliance with the [[Prime Minister of Japan]], promising that the country would be safe from attack by the Decepticons if they were allowed to freely and harmlessly collect energy within its borders, in secret from the rest of the world. Naturally, however, Starscream had no intention of actually honoring this agreement, and sent Rumble and Frenzy to the bottom of the sub-oceanic [[Pacific Ring of Fire|Japan Trench]], where they used their piledrivers to stimulate the tectonic plates of the trench and cause small earthquakes throughout Japan. As Starscream predicted, the quakes supplied massive amounts of energy for the Decepticons to gather, but were perceived as natural occurrences by the populace. Megatron was not impressed by the scheme, however, suspecting the Autobots would soon realize the truth... and he was, of course, completely right. When Optimus Prime and a team of Autobots arrived to investigate and caught the Decepticons in the act, Megatron had Rumble and Frenzy kick things into overdrive, causing a catastrophic quake that devastated Tokyo and covered the Decepticons' escape. The quake was so powerful that it actually threatened to sink the entire island of Japan, but before that could come to pass, Hound confronted Rumble and Frenzy and overpowered them by confusing them with his holograms. {{storylink|Activation}}

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=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Hirohiko Kakegawa]] (Japanese), [[Roberto Alexander]] (Latin American)

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In the year 2011, when [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] was destroyed in battle with Blaster, Rumble and all the other cassettes gathered on [[Chaar]] to watch as the Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] leader [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] used the super-technology of the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]] to resurrect their master as Soundblaster. The cassette team then helped to defend Soundblaster when he was focused on using a sonic control to remotely direct the actions of the Decepticons' new [[Madmachine]], but Blaster—now reborn as Twincast—was able to get past them and stop his rival. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}}

Alongside Ravage, Ratbat and [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]], Rumble was able to sneak into the lower levels of the Autobot-controlled Cybertron, and enter Vector Sigma's chamber, where he observed that the computer was in the process of a developing a new alloy named [[cybertonuron]]. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}}

{{note|Prepare for a headache on this one. The robot who enters Vector Sigma's chamber is the blue robot, hence, we're calling him Rumble here. However, in Japan, being blue means he should be Frenzy...but the credits of the episode ''actually list him as Rumble''. So whether or not the credits are wrong and this is Frenzy who we're calling Rumble, or if the coloring is wrong and he should be Rumble who we'd normally call Frenzy, is, at this point, genuinely impossible to tell. So we're calling a duck a duck!}}

[[Image:Hm_ep15_rumble_or_frenzy.jpg|right|thumb|220px|Maybe he's just a miscolored [[Enemy (G1)|Enemy]].]]

Some time later, either Rumble or Frenzy was dispatched by Soundblaster to deal with Blaster's cassettes when the Autobot communicator came to Chaar to spy on the unveiling of Scorponok's [[transtector]]. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears}}

{{note|We can't tell if it's Rumble or Frenzy because... well, dude, look at the picture.}}

The arrival of Scorponok's new information officer, [[Punch (G1)|Counterpunch]], put Soundblaster in a bad mood, as he had the ability to dredge up Autobot info that even Soundblaster and his expert team of spies could not. They had no idea, of course, that this was because Counterpunch was actually the undercover Autobot double agent Punch, but nonetheless, Rumble and the other tapes consoled their boss and promised to try harder. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}}

While on the planets of [[Twin Star]], Soundblaster deployed Rumble and Frenzy to search for the energy supposedly hidden somewhere on the planet. {{storylink|Battle for Defense of the False Planet}} Some time later, Rumble and the rest of Soundblaster's cassettes were seen standing guard outside the subterranean cavern on Master in which Scorponok was constructing his [[Zarak Shield]]. {{storylink|Operation: Destroy the Decepticons}}

=====''The Headmasters'' comic=====
When the Decepticons were finally forced off Earth, Soundblaster and his cassettes stayed behind on the planet to gather information. After a run in with [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]], Soundblaster was hurled over the horizon by the Autobot Headmaster's "Master Chrome Hurricane-Throw to the End of Hell" attack. Rumble and Frenzy attempted to wake their boss up as [[Sixshot]] approached, warning him that he was going to get in trouble. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 8|The Headmasters #8}}

===The Battle for Planet Earth===
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Marinker]] (English)}}
{{quote|Excellent thinking, Chief! You are right as usual!|Rumble|"[[Terror of Mount Sheelah]]"}}
Rumble was part of a team of Decepticons who tracked the Autobots to [[South America]] and battled atop [[Mount Sheelah]] until an eruption trapped the Decepticons in lava. {{storylink|Terror of Mount Sheelah}} After the Decepticons kidnapped a bunch of humans for use as slave labor, Rumble was happily shouting orders at them when [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] scouted the base. {{storylink|Bumblebee to the Rescue (G1)|Bumblebee to the Rescue}} He was also part of the Decepticon forces who went to invade [[Stanley Lake]] dam, and even threw the [[senior engineer]] in the lake. He and the other Decepticons were defeated by the Autobots using the dam itself. {{storylink|Menace at the Dam}} Rumble was also among the top-ranked Decepticons consulted by [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] in an attempt to work out a way to defeat the Autobots, leading to an affair that ended with the destruction of the Decepticon base. {{storylink|Espionage!!!!!}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation 1'' comics===
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Rumble, under his commanding officer Soundwave, was one of the earliest recruits Megatron made for his Decepticon faction millions of years ago. Rumble and his brother Frenzy remained loyal to the primary Decepticon faction under Shockwave's command during the [[Dark Ages]], and remained part of the Decepticon hierarchy after Megatron returned from [[Quintessa]] with his new [[Air Warrior|Aerospace Extermination Squadron]]. The punk brothers were seen naming off Autobot casualties for the fun of it after the Age of Internment began. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.3}}

Four million years ago, Rumble was part of the crew of the ''Nemesis'' which crashed to Earth alongside the Autobots and the Ark. He was revived in 1984 along with the other Transformers for roughly a decade of renewed warfare, before the Autobots ultimately defeated the Decepticons and rendered them inoperative. Their triumphant return to Cybertron aboard the [[Ark II]] was sabotaged, however, and the Transformers were all believed destroyed in the resulting explosion. Instead, many of them were recovered by the mercenary named [[Lazarus]], who made efforts to reprogram the Cybertronians into weapons for his disposal. Megatron managed to override Lazarus's control, though, and freed his fellow Decepticons. {{storylink|Prime Directive}}

{{note|In [[Prime Directive issue 2|''Prime Directive'' #2]], the blue robot with the Rumble/Frenzy bodyform was among those under the control of Lazarus who attacked the [[Smitco Oil Refinery]], and was seen using Rumble's characteristic piledrivers. It was generally assumed by readers at the time that this was intended to be Rumble in his cartoon color scheme (and indeed, he probably ''was'' scripted and drawn as Rumble) but subsequent Dreamwave fiction established that in this world, as in most others, Rumble is the red one. So whether this is Frenzy using piledrivers or an incorrectly-colored Rumble is up to the reader to decide.}}

''Rumble stayed out of Decepticon politics during the [[Keeper (species)|Keepers]]' interaction with the Transformers on Earth. He chose to work with Starscream in [[Las Vegas]] after Megatron's disappearance, and even remained in Vegas after Megatron returned and splintered the Decepticon army, but otherwise did little of note. {{storylink|Annihilation}}''

When [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] arrived from Cybertron, he managed to defeat Megatron and assume control of the Decepticons in the name of the greater Unified Cybertronian government. Rumble and Frenzy were placed in charge of guarding the deactivated Megatron on the flight back to Cybertron, but were tossed aside by Starscream so that he could jettison Megatron into space. {{storylink|New World Order}} Later, Shockwave commissioned them to create a distraction that would keep [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] from fully realizing his plans, by unleashing the crazed [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] from a [[Detention Banks|detention facility]]. Once again, Starscream intervened on their mission, retrieving five additional prisoners, the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]], for his own purposes. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}}

As Shockwave's government began to collapse around him, Starscream convinced his fellow comrades from Earth to follow him back to that planet and raid it for energon. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}} However, his initial "battle plan" against the Autobots led to more than half his forces being captured, including Rumble and Frenzy. After the Autobots were forced into a deal with Starscream due to the threat of [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]], Rumble and the other Decepticon captives were released, but charged to only 50% power. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}} At this point, Soundwave took steps to reunite the Decepticons with their true leader, Megatron, and shortly thereafter Megatron and the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] arrived on Earth and overthrew Starscream's command. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[Image:DDJvTF4-DestroZartan.jpg|left|150px|thumb|]]Rumble 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}} Rumble was released by Soundwave, along with [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]], [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]], and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], during an attack on the [[SPS Research Facility|SPS Center]]. Rumble evaded the first wave of [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] defenders and used his piledrivers to damage the target building. Scaling the building, he menaced [[Flash (G.I. Joe)|Flash]] and [[Sci-Fi]] until [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] punched his lights out and then threw a missile at him. He was then captured by G.I. Joe. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 3|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #3}}

Apparently having escaped somehow, Rumble was later seen back on [[Cobra Island]] when [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] undid Cobra's reprogramming of the Transformers. He happily chased some of his former captors, Destro and [[Zartan]], across the island until the [[Baroness]] stepped on him with a [[S.N.A.K.E.]] {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #4}}

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===''Transformers/G.I. Joe''===
Rumble was among the Decepticons who were accidentally awakened by [[Cobra]] in the late 1930s. Together, the Decepticons and Cobra conquered the [[Fera Islands]], but came under attack from the Autobots and [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]. Rumble was among the soldiers sent to defend the [[Terrordrome]], using his small stature to disguise himself as a human trooper. After making his way close to the enemy, he used his piledrivers to crack open the ground and bury the Autobot tanks. {{storylink|Trial by Fire}} While Rumble was busy taunting [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] for being friends with "meat", [[Scarlett]] jumped above him using [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and destroyed him by tossing a hand grenade in his face. {{storylink|Wolves}}

===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
Rumble was hanging out with Megatron when Soundwave stopped by with the news that Starscream was apparently getting cozy with the Autobots. Megatron sent Rumble to gather up the Decepticons in the base for an attack to retrieve their wayward comrade, however the attack party was later repelled by the Autobots. {{storylink|Redemption Center}}

===IDW comics continuity===
[[Image:MegOrigin_1_FrenzyandRumble_captured.jpg‎|right|300px|thumb|]]
Rumble and Frenzy started out as "industrial equipment" at [[Mining Outpost C-12]], until the [[Senate]] shut down the site in favor of automating the work involved. Once a furious Megatron kicked off a riot, Rumble and Frenzy joined in the fighting and were soon taken prisoner, destined for [[Penal Facility H-3]]. They managed to break free aboard [[Longshot (G1)|their prison transport]], however, and took control of it with Megatron's help. The renegade miners then fled to [[Kaon]], where they got lost in the underground fighting tournaments that ran rampant throughout that city-state. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 1|Megatron Origin #1}}

As time passed, Megatron rose high in the ranks of the gladiators, and he brought up Rumble and Frenzy with him. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2|Megatron Origin #2}} And when Megatron's passions turned from arena combat to outright insurrection, so did theirs. When Megatron crafted his plan for infiltrating and destroying the Senate, Rumble and his brother underwent alterations so that they could hide inside Soundwave's chest compartment, although neither of them were particularly enthusiastic about it. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}} Thanks to this subterfuge, the Senate was annihilated and the Security Services of Kaon split open from the inside. Rumble bore witness as Megatron personally beat down and humiliated the Autobot leader, [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]]. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4|Megatron Origin #4}}

While on the run from a group of Autobots, Soundwave released Rumble to deal with [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], which he did by collapsing the [[Neurospan Bridge]] with his piledrivers, burying the two pursuers in rubble. {{storylink|The Hunt for Soundwave}}

Four million years ago, Rumble assisted Soundwave in defending an energon convoy from the Autobots. While fighting [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], Soundwave ejected Rumble for ''Operation: Go For the Eyes!!!'', but [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] intervened and knocked the junk-punk for a loop. {{storylink|The Iron Age}}

{{note|Although he wasn't explicitly depicted, it's possible Rumble was inside Soundwave when the latter traveled to Earth in 1984, and thus was trapped inside the mode-locked communications officer for over 20 years from ''[[Spotlight: Soundwave]]'' until ''[[The Transformers: Maximum Dinobots|Maximum Dinobots]]''.}}

In modern times, Rumble was active on Earth where he helped defeat the local Autobot forces and exile them to Cybertron. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 7|All Hail Megatron #7}} After this, he was involved in the Decepticon full-frontal offensive on the planet, and the conquest of [[New York City]]. After the siege was over, however, the lack of organized resistance left Rumble with little to do. He and [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]] took to the streets, blowing up stray abandoned vehicles that happened to remind him of [[Bumblebee (G1)|certain people]]. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 3|All Hail Megatron #3}}

While on a patrol in New York City, he ran afoul of [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Cmdr. Spike Witwicky]] and three other survivors. Rumble went after Spike and nearly succeeded in knocking him off his motorcycle, but one of the survivors, [[Charles (G1)|Charles]], seeking revenge for his son's death at the hands of Rumble, fired off a shot from a rocket launcher that hit Rumble point blank in the face, downing him instantly. Sensing something wrong, Soundwave found Rumble, picked up his damaged body, and went into a rage in which he lost control of his communications-blocking effect. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 9|All Hail Megatron #9}} He was apparently repaired and sided with Starscream during his coup. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 10|All Hail Megatron #10}} When the Autobots returned from their exile, Rumble fought against them alongside [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] and [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]]. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 11|All Hail Megatron #11}} However, Megatron was defeated, and the Decepticons were forced to flee the planet aboard [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]. Along with Soundwave and the other cassettes, Rumble spent the trip looking after the severely injured Megatron. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 13|Uneasy Lies the Head}}

Two years later, Starscream's newfound leadership had only led to the Decepticons hiding on some distant, desolate asteroid, where energy was rare and violence was common. Rumble was seen fighting with Kickback over an unknown argument. {{storylink|All His Engines}} He later assisted Soundwave and [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] as they restored Megatron and used his old body to make Rumble-scaled replicas of his gun mode. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 2: Altered Carbon}} Also, [[FIRRIB|he was now blue while Frenzy was red]]. Four months later, Rumble returned to Earth and attacked a [[Skywatch]] base alongside Soundwave and Frenzy, freeing several Decepticons held in Skywatch custody. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 1: The Demolished Man}}

Once the war finally ended, Rumble (or Frenzy) was amongst the Decepticons in Autobot captivity on Cybertron. {{storylink|The Autonomy Lesson}}

==Games==
===Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons===
When Optimus embarked on his mission to rescue the Autobots' [[Mini Vehicle|Minicar]] troops from the Decepticons, Rumble could hinder Optimus's progress, causing Prime to go in a section of the labyrinth-like Decepticon base he had not intended to venture in. {{storylink|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons packaging blurb and game}}

===''The Transformers'' (Commodore 64)===
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{{storylink|The Transformers (Commodore 64)|The Transformers}}

===''Transformers G1: Awakening''===
{{storylink|Transformers G1: Awakening}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1-toy Rumble.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
* '''Ravage''' / '''Rumble''' (Cassette 2-pack, 1984/1985/1986)
**''Accessories:'' Left & right "Thruster Guns"

: Rumble was part of the first wave of ''Transformers'' toys released in 1984. Originally a ''[[Micro Change]]'' Microcassette Robo Micross, he transforms into a microcassette that fits into the tape deck compartment of the original [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]] and [[Blaster (G1)#Toys|Blaster]] toys. In [[Hasbro]] markets, Rumble was only available in a two-pack with [[Ravage (G1)#Toys|Ravage]].

: The 1984 release of the toy has a foil Decepticon symbol decal on Rumble's robot-mode tummy. The 1985 release drops this decal in favor of a [[rubsign]] under the cassette-mode's tape-window. The 1986 release switches out his metal feet for plastic feet.

: This mold was also used to make [[Frenzy (G1)#Toys|Frenzy]] and [[Enemy (G1)|Enemy]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1984/Decepticon/Rumble/rumble.htm More information on Rumble at TFU.info]''
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* '''Soundwave''' (Decepticon, 1985/1986)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''17'''
**''Accessories:'' Left & right "Thruster Guns"

: In Japan, Rumble was originally only available packaged with the much-more-accessory-laden-than-the-Hasbro-version Soundwave. All versions of this toy have a rubsign.

* '''Rumble''' (Cassettetron, 1987)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-102'''
**''Accessories:'' Left & right "Thruster Guns", cassette case

: Rumble was finally released on his own in Japan during ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (toyline)|The Headmasters]]'', in an individual box. Contrary to popular belief, the Cassettes released this way did ''not'' include extra tape cases.

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* '''Great Cassette Operation Vol.3''' (2009)
**''Encore number'': '''19'''
**''Accessories:'' Left & right "Thruster Guns"

: Rumble was reissued for the first time in over 20 years, along with [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]], [[Overkill (G1)|Overkill]] and [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], as part of [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s [[Transformers Encore|Encore]] line. This toy at the very least features several restored parts (including the head and weapons) if not an entirely new mold based off of the original version. This theory is supported by the copyright Tomy 2009 on the inside of the leg rather than the Hasbro or Takara copyrights, and the different look of the headsculpt. This version of Rumble does not feature any of the cassette mode stickers or those originally on his legs. Most of the cassette details are now painted instead (but not those that end up on his arms in robot mode). The lower leg details are painted as well (but not the upper legs - that detail remains absent). His faction symbols remain stickers.

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===Generation 2===
[[Image:G2RumbleProStock.jpg|thumb|300px]]
* "'''Rumble'''" (Go-Bot, <strike>1995</strike>)
**''Accessories'': Rifle

: Part of the canceled fourth wave of ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' [[Go-Bot (G2)|Go-Bots]], Rumble would have been a race car with a pizza-oriented sponsor ("Vinny's Pizza", possibly a reference to then-Hasbro employee [[Vincent D'Alleva]]) and an engine-oriented sponsor ("Jerry's Motors", possibly a reference to Hasbro employee [[Jerry Jivoin]]). He would have transformed into a modified Chevrolet Camaro with exposed engine block. He has through-axle construction to allow for super-fast rolling in car mode. Like his fellow "new"-mold teammates, his rifle stores under his car mode.

: Although he was never officially named in any known documents, his name is written on the front bumper. A very small handful of finished samples have made their way to the secondary market, where they demand some big bucks.

:This mold was redecoed into ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Side Swipe (RID)|Side Swipe]] and ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Bluestreak (G1)|Silverstreak]].

:Amusingly, he would have been [[FIRRIB|both red ''and'' blue.]]

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===Alternators===
[[Image:AltRumble.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Nothing says "rebellious" like a Honda Civic!]]
* '''Decepticon Rumble''' (Alternator, 2006)
**''Alternator ID number'': '''24''' (misprint, should be 25)
**''Accessories'': Left & right blasters

: For ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]]'', "[[trademark|Decepticon Rumble]]" transforms into a 1:24-scale licensed 2006 Honda Civic Si, with opening doors, hood, etc. Additionally, instead of traditional hands, Rumble features spring-loaded piledrivers that release from his arms. Accessories include two back-mounted weapons, one of which doubles as his engine in car mode and the other which fits into his trunk.

:Originally intended for normal retail release in the US, he and wave-mate [[Ravage (G1)/toys|Ravage]] got relegated to being Wal-Mart [[Exclusive|exclusives]], released in late March of 2007. It's been previously stated here that Alternators Rumble was released in Europe. This is not the case. He and Ravage are notable for being the first Decepticon Alternators to be entirely new molds, rather than an Autobot mold reworked to be someone else. They are also notable for being the final ''Alternators'' toys to be sold at retail.

: Rumble's seats are mis-assembled, keeping them from reclining completely in car mode. To fix this, unscrew each seat from the bottom of the car, swap them, and then rescrew.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/AltRumble/rumble.htm More information on Alternators Rumble at TFU.info]''

===Universe===
[[Image:Universe2003toy-RumbleBotCon.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Wins award for "Most Expensive to Duplicate at Home."]]
* '''Rumble''' (Basic, 2006)
**''Accessories'': Blade, Cybertron-style Decepticon Cyber Key

: Available only in the customization class at [[BotCon 2006]] (along with [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]]), Rumble is a [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Scrapmetal (race)|Scrapmetal]] (using the [[Cobybot]] alternate head), transforming into a four-legged "spider tank" with top-mounted cannon. Inserting a [[Cyber Planet Key]] into the back end of the cannon swings a removable clear-plastic sawblade-sword from the main chamber of the cannon. In robot mode, the fists can be covered with the tank-mode spikes, or a "pile driver".

: Both Rumble and Inferno were only available as unpainted, unassembled parts still connected to their sprues. The individuals taking the class had to assemble and paint the toy. The following Testors paint colors were used: Burnished Gold, British Gulf Armor, British Crimson, Magical Blue, Armored Steel, Flat Black, Camouflauge Gray, and Medium Gray.

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===Attacktix===
*'''Rumble'''

:The ''[[Attacktix]]'' Rumble playing piece was never released due to the cancellation of the ''Attacktix'' line. A prototype was seen (along with other unreleased ''Transformers'' and ''Star Wars'' ''Attacktix'' playing pieces at the [http://jediinsider.net/g/albums/CIV/Thursday/Hasbro/ATTACKTIX/404.jpg Celebration IV ''Star Wars'' convention.] Rumble was to be a Trooper-type piece worth 20 points, and would've utilized melee attacks using his piledrivers.

:Unhelpfully for the [[FIRRIB]] argument, ''Attacktix'' Rumble was '''blue'''.

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===Music Label===
[[Image:MusicLabel Rumble headphone.JPG|right|300px|thumb|Ready to shake, break, rattle and cause hearing problems by the time you're 40!]]

*'''Frenzy & Rumble Playing Earphones''' (2007)

:Released as part of [[TakaraTomy]]'s [[Transformers Music Label|Music Label]] toyline, Rumble and Frenzy share a fairly simplistic transformation from robots to white, circular, working earphones. Although sold separately, they were designed to go well with the Music Label [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave MP3 player]].
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===Transformers (2010)===
[[Image:Transformers2010toy_demolitionrumble.jpg|right|thumb|300px|I'm blue now? I give up.]]
*'''Demolition Rumble''' (Scout, 2011)
**''Accessories:'' Two guns

:Rendered, perhaps somewhat surprisingly, in the blue color scheme of Rumble's Generation 1 cartoon appearances (and the original Frenzy toy, the 1986 release gold weapon variant, specifically), [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|''Transformers:]] [[Reveal the Shield]]'' "Demolition Rumble" transforms into a dual-cannon anti-aircraft vehicle. In robot mode, his arms can transform into spring-loaded versions of the character's familiar pile-driver weapons, and his two [[C joint]] guns can be attached to bars on either his arms or back. As part of the ''Reveal the Shield'' [[subline imprint]], Rumble features a heat-sensitive [[rubsign]] on his main turret.

:This mold was also used to make ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' [[Frenzy (G1)#United|Frenzy]].

:"Demolition Rumble" was intended to be released as part of the fifth Scout Class wave of the 2010 ''Transformers'' toy line together with [[Downshift (TF 2010)|Downshift]] and [[Bodyblock (TF 2010)|Bodyblock]], but fell victim to the line's discontinuation by all major US retailers in favor of the then-upcoming ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' line. Unlike the previous wave, which was released in other markets and eventually showed up at US discount stores, the Rumble/Downshift/Bodyblock wave remains unreleased.

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===United===
[[Image:Unitedtoy-Rumble.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]
*'''Rumble & Frenzy''' (multi-pack, 2011)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''UN-20'''
**''Accessories:'' Two guns

:''United'' Rumble is a redeco of ''Transformers'' Rumble in his red and black colors, since ''United'' is a Japanese toyline, and Rumble was always red there. He was only available in a two-pack with Frenzy, who uses the same mold.

:''United'' Rumble was released before his Hasbro counterpart was even announced.
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===Masterpiece===
*'''Rumble & Ravage''' (set, 2013)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MP-15'''
**''Accessories:'' Two piledrivers, piledriver mount, Left & right "Thruster Guns," cassette case.
: Addition to the MP-13 Soundwave. The first new version of Rumble to turn into a cassette like his G1 version. Like all Takara releases, Rumble will be red.

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==Merchandise==
===Robot Heroes===
* '''Arcee vs. Decepticon Rumble'''

[[Image:Robotheroesrumblearcee.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Red again? I think there's a pattern evolving here...]]
:''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'' Rumble is a soft-plastic figurine sculpted in a [[super deformed]] style and with his piledrivers deployed. He has swivel joints in his shoulders and neck, and came in a two-pack with [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]].

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===Transformers - Wall Plaque===
[[Image:Soundwave plaque.jpg|right|thumb]]
* '''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 Rumble, Laserbeak, and Ravage in tow.
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===Transformers - Mini Bust===
[[Image:Rumble statue.jpg|right|150px|thumb|So happy to be Blue.]]
* '''Rumble''' (Diamond Select, 2009)

:Released by Diamond Select Toys in 2009, Rumble was sculpted by [[Mark Wong]] of [[Art Asylum]] and limited to 1000 pieces. He is painted in a <del>accurate</del> blue scheme matching his colors in the Generation 1 cartoon. [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] is seen blazing over his shoulder and decoed in a deeper purple then he is usually depicted in. Rumble is sculpted using his piledrivers and his base has the aftereffects of an earthquake on the left side. A representation of his tape mode is also present on the front of his base.

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==Notes==
[[Image:Alt-rumble-toyfairuk2.jpg|right|200px|thumb]]
*On the ''Generation 1'' TV series, Rumble was represented with the colors of [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy's]] toy—that is, dark and medium blue, rather than black and red (and vice-versa). This led to some confusion (and later, controversy) amongst fans. (See [[FIRRIB]].)
* The Rumble/Frenzy head design was used as the basis for the head of [[Freezon]], the Decepticon [[Tyco]] [[Electric Racing Set]] car.
* In later years, toys sporting the name "Rumble" required an additional "Decepticon" prefix for [[trademark]] reasons, hence making the official name "'''Decepticon Rumble'''".
* Rumble's ''Alternators'' figure was revealed at the UK's Toy Fair. Rather than the figure itself, it was surprisingly an image of concept art for a design that was ultimately never used. Ironically neither version came out in the country where he was first revealed.

===Foreign names===
*''Cantonese:'' '''Lui-Heung''' (雷響)
*''Japanese:'' '''Rumble''' (ランブル ''Ranburu'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Görgető''' ("Trundler")
*''Italian:'' '''Tremor'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Rambo''' (Taiwan, 蘭波, ''Lán Pō''), '''Hong Long Long''' (China, 轟隆隆，rumbling sound onomatopoeia)
*''Portuguese:'' '''Trovão''' (Portugal comics, "Thunder"), '''Estrondo''' (Brazil comics, "Bang")
*''Russian:'' '''Gromila''' (Громила "Thug")
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Gurkotilo''' (Гуркотило, "Rumbler")

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

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Frenzy (G1)

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:''Frenzy is a [[Decepticon]] [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|Mini-Cassette]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[Image:Frenzyhahaha.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Frenzy is blue, but the sound effect's still confused.]]
For '''Frenzy''' it's not about any "Decepticon cause," it's not about any quantifiable cause, or goal, or purpose at all. It's about violence, fear, destruction, and mayhem. Frenzy lives to fight. He lusts to destroy with an intensity that borders on insanity. War is his fuel, his oxygen. Despite his small stature he'll lead a charge into battle against robots many times his size, screaming for destruction with every microchip of his being. This single-minded obsession makes him a hard bot to associate with personally, but a frightening asset on the battlefield. His partner and [[Relatives|brother]], [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], is only too eager to back him up.

Frenzy's manic attack style and his "battle cry" (a sonic attack produced by special drums in his torso that can severely disrupt electrical flows, resulting in all sorts of mechanical malfunctions and balance issues) make him difficult to get close to in combat, but cool and measured reaction to his wild ragings is usually the most effective strategy.

His nickname is '''Maddog'''.<ref>Nickname found in ''[[The Transformers Comics Magazine]]''.</ref>

{{bigquote|Yeah, let's kick tailgate!|Frenzy, bravely preparing to blindly attack [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]|''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
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When the crew of the [[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]] boarded the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] four million years ago, Frenzy was among the warriors who took the fight to the Autobots. Their battle was interrupted when [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] threw that fateful switch and crashed the ship into the planet below, leaving all on board inactive until the volcano they crashed into exploded in 1984, shaking the repair systems back online. Frenzy and the other Decepticons abandoned the Ark immediately, and began making plans to claim the planet's vast resources. They began by disassembling a nuclear power plant as raw materials for a vast fortress on an Oregon cliffside. {{storylink|Power Play!}} They then kidnapped a local mechanic (and potential friend of the Autobots) named [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] to devise a method of transforming Earth fuel into a form they could properly intake. The Autobots came to rescue their friend, and so [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and Frenzy confronted the enemy. Rumble attempted to disable their foes with some seismic tremors, but the burly [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] fought through the shaky ground to punch out the "junk punk" Decepticon. Enraged, Frenzy used a sonic blast to disable the Autobot, and carried his brother back to the fortress for repairs. On the way, though, they encountered [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] and [[Spider-Man]] infiltrating the base, and were tripped up by some webbing, taking them out of action. {{storylink|Prisoner of War!}}

Frenzy and Rumble were repaired several days later, after [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] arrived and took control of the Decepticons from [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]. {{storylink|The New Order}} Though he didn't particularly care which master he had to serve, Frenzy was still a robot of action. Shockwave's slow and methodical approach to conquest grated on Frenzy's nerves and, after several days of inaction in a hastily-occupied [[Blackrock Aerospace Assembly Plant Number One|aerospace assembly plant]], Frenzy was climbing the walls. He threw a temper tantrum in front of their human slaves after overhearing on the news that [[G.B. Blackrock]] had designed a new "anti-robot cannon" to take back his plant. Shockwave nearly bit his head off for the insubordination (or rather, he would've had [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] do it), but [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] stepped in and suggested a day out for mayhem and carnage would be good for troop morale. However, their attack on Blackrock was interrupted not only by [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (who had recently made a protection deal with the business magnate in exchange for fuel), but also the neophyte robot hunter named [[Circuit Breaker]]. Things got too hot for the Decepticons, and they fled. {{storylink|DIS-Integrated Circuits!}}

[[Image:Frenzy-RobotBuster.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Good plan, Buster.]]
It got a little confusing to be a low-ranking Decepticon for a few months after that. Shockwave was tossed into a bog by Optimus Prime, and ''[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] briefly took command before'' Megatron returned as well. This led into a period where Soundwave, the cassettes, and [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] would sometimes serve Shockwave, and other times Megatron, often without even informing the respective commanders that they were pulling "double shifts". ''Frenzy in particular got the short end of the stick when he was ordered to accompany Shockwave to the Decepticon's old fortress. Supposedly their mission was "salvage", but Frenzy clearly saw Shockwave was on edge because of Megatron's rumored return. Frenzy was sick of dealing with this balancing act, and really wanted a chance to hit something. He was given a chance, because [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] was also spoiling for a fight. The young human had been given a [[Buster's battlesuit|robot suit]] by Wheeljack and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] so that he could protect himself. Looking for a chance to prove himself after Prime tried to shut down the project, Buster came to the old fortress and spotted Frenzy. He shot the Decepticon in the back, but even the littlest Decepticon could easily shrug off Buster's onboard weaponry. Only by employing an echo cell Wheeljack had installed did Buster survive, reflecting Frenzy's own sonic power back at him. Still, that HAD to be humiliating. {{storylink|Robot Buster!}}''

On a subsequent mission, Frenzy accompanied Megatron and several others in an attack on the unguarded Ark. Unfortunately, they ran into the Autobots' new defense system, by the name of [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. Frenzy was one of a half dozen Decepticons who didn't walk away from that fight, and was taken prisoner by the Autobots for an extended period of time. {{storylink|Command Performances!}} He was eventually recovered by the Constructicons who, under [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s orders, used a major Decepticon assault on the Autobots as cover to sneak aboard the Ark and retrieve their fallen comrades. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

{{note|In the UK comics, Frenzy revived earlier than he did in US stories, coming back online in late 1986. This was during the period that [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] first travelled to the past. Frenzy (along with [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] and Shockwave) was thus soon shunted off to [[Limbo]] when three Autobots also travelled to the 20th century to deal with the future Decepticon. When he was returned, he remained active amongst the Earth Decepticons. Since as far as the US strip was concerned he was still dormant in the Ark during this time, he only appeared in original UK stories for some time, presumably forever 'just off camera' in the reprints of US material. When the Constructicons' retrieval of the fallen Decepticons was reprinted in the UK title, the name-label on Frenzy's box was edited out.}}

Frenzy's revival did him little good, however, as he remained largely unheard from for the next few years.

====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
[[Image:FrenzyRumbleRepair-G2.jpg|right|180px|thumb|You think your health plan's bad?]]
Like most Decepticons, Frenzy was among [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s warriors until Megatron resumed command of the Decepticons. He was part of the team assigned to revive and rebuild [[Darkwing]], who had been all but destroyed by Megatron while defending Bludgeon. {{storylink|Tales of Earth Part Three}} He was on the Warworld's bridge when [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian]] forces attacked and reported to Soundwave that the combat sequencers had been disabled. {{storylink|Total War!}} He apparently took an escape pod down to the surface, because he was seen on Earth during the fight with the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]]. In final combat, Wheeljack cooked up a way to supercharge Frenzy's sonic powers and fend off their attacker. The feedback overloaded his body, destroying him. {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}

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====''Recordicons''====
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Frenzy and Rumble were startled to be approached by the mysterious [[Ratbat (SG)|Batbot]] who was seeking [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]. After Rumble pointed out that Ratbat was no more, Batbot asked if Ratbat had any unresolved business. Rumble directed him to Ratbat's quarters where there was a pile of paperwork waiting to be done. {{storylink|Recordicons#Recordicons #11|''Recordicons'' #11}}
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===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Welker]] (English), [[Keiichi Nanba]] (Japanese)|[[Ken Yamaguchi]] (Japanese, ''The Transformers: The Movie'' only) (see note below regarding Japanese cartoon), [[Roberto Alexander]] (Latin American), [[Claus Brockmeyer]] (German, The Movie TV Dub), [[Bernd Simon]] (German, Generation 2 Dub of ''Auto Berserk'')}}

[[Image:AutoBerzerk Frenzy warning.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Wait Soundwave, it's not what it looks like! He just fell, and I was helping him up.]]
Frenzy first saw duty on Earth shortly after [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] was pulled into [[Earth]]'s orbit. He was performing some menial work in the Decepticons' base, and voiced his discontent with the workload, requesting [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]'s job instead. When Skywarp stomped on Frenzy in return, Frenzy threw the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] into a wall, where he was pummeled in the face by [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (episode)|Countdown to Extinction}}

Frenzy proceeded to accompany Rumble upon occasion during missions. He also traded in his "battle cry" for a pair of piledrivers exactly like Rumble's, and talked practically the same way. The two of them were part of [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s attack on [[New York City]], where they faced off against a group of Autobots in [[Central Park]]. Frenzy later tried to ram a train into [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] and [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], but his vehicle was blown apart before he reached them. {{storylink|City of Steel}}

Megatron would later take Frenzy and Rumble with him to help take control of a fleet of oil tankers by using circuit linker cards connected to [[TORQ III]]. Frenzy was then assigned to defend the [[force field]] generator around the oil platform where the Decepticons were emptying the tankers, but failed in this task when he was distracted by [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]] taunting him, letting [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] sneak up and destroy the generator. {{storylink|Day of the Machines}}

Frenzy took part in the Decepticon attack to steal the human-built ninja robot [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird]], raining rapid-fire laser death down on the humans while Rumble used his pile drivers to shake things up. {{storylink|Enter the Nightbird}}

Frenzy and Rumble later accompanied [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] on a mission to secure the [[Negavator]] for the Decepticons. They failed, but not before A.) Frenzy single-handedly tackled [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and B.) Rumble nearly disintegrated him with that oh so indiscriminate Negavator. All in all, a very interesting day for Frenzy. {{storylink|Auto Berserk}}

Frenzy can be briefly seen aboard Megatron's drone-plane-mothership [[Giant Purple Griffin|griffin]], driving it alongside Rumble. {{storylink|Aerial Assault}}

[[Image:TFTM EjectVsFrenzy.jpg|right|180px|thumb|"Frenzy's going for the ball...he's at the 30, the 20, the 10... when the quarterback sacks him from behind on the 1 yard line! It's unbelievable! The crowd is going—" "Will you shut up and FIGHT?!"]]
In 2005, Frenzy was involved in the assault on [[Autobot City]]. He joined Rumble, Ratbat and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] in preventing [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]'s distress call to the Moonbases. After swarming over Blaster and [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] like [[scraplet]]s, however, Blaster unleashed his [[Mini-Cassette]]s to even the score, and Frenzy got into a fistfight with [[Eject]].

After Megatron was defeated, the Decepticons fled Earth aboard [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] tossed their injured commander into space, a fight for control of the army broke out. Soundwave called the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] inferior, [[Hook (G1)|Hook]] called him uncrazamatic and, well... it got ugly. Rumble and Frenzy popped out just as the Constructicons began to merge into [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] (slag, Astrotrain is roomy) and turned their piledrivers on the floor to upset their combination ritual (slag, Astrotrain is sturdy). This Decepticon Civil War was shortlived, however, as Starscream assumed command by the time they reached Cybertron. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
{{note|The events of the Generation 1 cartoon occur in Japanese continuity as detailed above, save for one major difference: the Japanese dub of the cartoon fixes the production error that switched [[FIRRIB|Rumble and Frenzy's color schemes]] by switching the characters' names! Thus, it is the blue Frenzy who shows up frequently, and the red Rumble, voiced by Keiichi Nanba, who appears only sparingly and experiences the events related above. 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. In the name of consistency with the American cartoon, this article considers the red robot in these events to be Frenzy.}}

=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' comic=====
[[Image:Superrobotlifemanga rumble and frenzy.jpg|left|150px|thumb]]

In the late 1980s, the Decepticons tried to frame the Autobots for attacking Earth by giving the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] fake sigils and sending them on a mayhem spree. Dressed in snazzy robes to hide their identities, Frenzy and Rumble then began fanning the flames by preaching openly against the Autobots in human cities. Their cover was blown, however, when [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] and [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] washed the fake insignia off the Decepticons. Frenzy and Rumble were zapped by [[Eject]] and [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]], revealing their identities as well. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 7|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #7}}

=====Full Throttle Scramble Power!=====
When [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] arrived to bust up the Decepticons' plan to terrorize the world with their [[Omega Whip]] cannon, Frenzy (or Rumble) was among the robots shown being scattered by the shockwaves created by the landing of the titantic Autobot. {{storylink|Full Throttle Scramble Power!}}

=====''The Battle of the Star Gate''=====
[[Image:Stargatebattles rumble and frenzy.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]
In the late 1990s, Starscream forged a clandestine alliance with the [[Prime Minister of Japan]], promising that the country would be safe from attack by the Decepticons if they were allowed to freely and harmlessly collect energy within its borders, in secret from the rest of the world. Naturally, however, Starscream had no intention of actually honoring this agreement, and sent Frenzy and Rumble to the bottom of the sub-oceanic [[Pacific Ring of Fire|Japan Trench]], where they used their piledrivers to stimulate the tectonic plates of the trench and cause small earthquakes throughout Japan. As Starscream predicted, the quakes supplied massive amounts of energy for the Decepticons to gather, but were perceived as natural occurrences by the populace. Megatron was not impressed by the scheme, however, suspecting the Autobots would soon realize the truth... and he was, of course, completely right. When Optimus Prime and a team of Autobots arrived to investigate and caught the Decepticons in the act, Megatron had Frenzy and Rumble kick things into overdrive, causing a catastrophic quake that devastated Tokyo and covered the Decepticons' escape. The quake was so powerful that it actually threatened to sink the entire island of Japan, but before that could come to pass, Hound confronted Frenzy and Rumble and overpowered them by confusing them with his holograms. {{storylink|Activation}}

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=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
[[Image:Hm_ep4_twincast_vs_tapes.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Damn you, bloody bolo!]]

In the year 2011, when [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] was destroyed in battle with Blaster, Frenzy and all the other cassettes gathered on [[Chaar]] to watch as the Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] leader [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] used the super-technology of the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]] to resurrect their master as Soundblaster. The cassette team then helped to defend Soundblaster when he was focused on using a sonic control to remotely direct the actions of the Decepticons' new [[Madmachine]], but Blaster—now reborn as Twincast—was able to get past them and stop his rival. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}}

[[Image:Hm_ep15_rumble_or_frenzy.jpg|right|thumb|220px|]]

Some time later, either Frenzy or Rumble was dispatched by Soundblaster to deal with Twincast's cassettes when the Autobot communicator came to Chaar to spy on the unveiling of Scorponok's [[Transtector]]. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears}}

{{note|We can't tell if it's Frenzy or Rumble because... well, dude, look at the picture.}}

The arrival of Scorponok's new information officer, [[Punch (G1)|Counterpunch]], put Soundblaster in a bad mood, as he had the ability to dredge up Autobot info that even Soundblaster and his expert team of spies could not. They had no idea, of course, that this was because Counterpunch was actually the undercover Autobot double agent Punch, but nonetheless, Frenzy and the other tapes consoled their boss and promised to try harder. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}}

While on the planets of [[Twin Star]], Soundblaster deployed Frenzy and Rumble to search for the energy supposedly hidden somewhere on the planet. {{storylink|Battle for Defense of the False Planet}} Some time later, Frenzy and the rest of Soundblaster's cassettes were seen standing guard outside the subterranean cavern on Master in which Scorponok was constructing his [[Zarak Shield]]. {{storylink|Operation: Destroy the Decepticons}}

=====''The Headmasters'' comic=====
When the Decepticons were finally forced off Earth, Soundblaster and his cassettes stayed behind on the planet to gather information. After a run in with [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]], Soundblaster was hurled over the horizon by the Autobot Headmaster's "Master Chrome Hurricane-Throw to the End of Hell" attack. Frenzy and Rumble attempted to wake their boss up as [[Sixshot]] approached, warning him that he was going to get in trouble. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 8|The Headmasters #8}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation 1'' comics===
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Frenzy was one of the earliest recruits into Megatron's Decepticons over nine million years ago, apparently associated with Soundwave and his "Cassetticons" from the very beginning. Frenzy was involved with Shockwave's major assault on [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], shortly after Optronix rose to become [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|The War Within issue 3|The War Within #3}} He and the other attacking Decepticons vacated the area shortly before it blew up thanks to [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. {{storylink|The War Within issue 6|The War Within #6}} In later years, he and the other cassettes joined Soundwave under Shockwave's command during the [[Dark Ages]], as part of the main Decepticon faction. He and Rumble guarded Shockwave's lab together. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.3}}

Four million years ago, Frenzy was onboard the Nemesis when Megatron and its crew attempted to hijack the Ark, and crashed on the planet Earth to spend millions of years in stasis lock. In 1984, a volcanic eruption woke the sleeping Transformers, and they reactivated to carry on their war for nearly a decade on our planet. No further information is given about this time. The Decepticons were eventually defeated and captured by the Autobots, who placed Frenzy and the others on-board a spacecraft called the [[Ark II]] which they planned to fly back to Cybertron. The craft was sabotaged, however, and exploded on its maiden flight, leaving the world believing the Transformers dead when in fact they had plummeted into the Arctic waters.

Many Transformers were salvaged by the human arms dealer known as [[Lazarus]], who wanted to turn them into Weapons of Mass Destruction for the highest bidder. Frenzy was not seen among Lazarus's stock, though, implying he was too damaged to be activated at the time, or was only recovered by the Decepticons later after they regained control of their facilities.

{{note|Frenzy was almost completely absent from the Keepers Trilogy. He had only one line of dialogue in the second novel, [[Annihilation]], among the Decepticons who chose to serve Megatron instead of Starscream. Still, this may have been an error—Frenzy "growled" and was supposedly "almost invisible in the dark". And, while Frenzy had not been name dropped as one of the Decepticons leaving with Megatron earlier in the chapter, [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] was.}}

Soon after the Decepticons reorganized and began fighting the Autobots again, both sides were confronted with an unexpected visit from Cybertron—Shockwave and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] working side-by-side in a unified Cybertronian government. Quickly dispatching Megatron, Shockwave demanded the loyalty of the remaining troops from the Nemesis. {{storylink|New World Order}} Back on Cybertron, he used Rumble and Frenzy to further his own purposes by freeing the psychopathic [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] from the [[Detention Banks]], distracting Magnus and the [[Wrecker|Wreckers]]. Starscream was also making schemes, though, and intervened on their mission to extract the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] as well. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}} With Soundwave's assent, Frenzy and the rest of the Nemesis crew agreed to follow Starscream back to Earth and pillage and plunder its energy resources. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}}

Things didn't quite go as planned. Starscream's "brigade" and the remaining Autobots posted on Earth each imposed heavy losses on each other, and Frenzy was one of the Decepticons taken prisoner aboard the Ark. {{storylink|Night of the Combaticons}} They were freed by [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], but ran smack into [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]]: exposure to his [[energon]] radiation quickly took Frenzy and friends off-line once more. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}} They were quickly taken back into Autobot custody. In order to deal with Sunstorm, however, the Autobots were forced to deal with Starscream, and he bartered for his troops' release at 50% power levels in exchange for his help. {{storylink|Skyfire (issue)|Skyfire}} That was meager compensation, though, and so when Megatron made contact with Soundwave shortly thereafter, the Decepticons jumped at the chance to mutiny against Starscream. Frenzy was last seen sliding comfortably back into Megatron's command. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
Frenzy 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}} Frenzy was released by Soundwave, along with [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]], and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], during an attack on the [[SPS Research Facility|SPS Center]]. Frenzy was the first of the [[Battle Android Trooper|Battle Android Troopers]] to fall when [[Sci-Fi]] fired a laser through his head. His body was taken into custody by [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 3|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #3}}

===''Transformers/G.I. Joe''===
Frenzy was among the Decepticons that were pressed into the service of [[Cobra]] in 1938. When [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] attacked Cobra's base on the [[Fera Islands]] the following year, Frenzy was guarding the airfield. He found [[Beachhead|Beach Head]] trying to sneak into the air control tower, and attacked the soldier when he didn't know the password. Beach Head attempted to electrocute Frenzy, but the Decepticon was unimpressed, responding that he always enjoyed that humans had something Autobots don't—a capacity for pain. {{storylink|Wolves}} During the fight, Frenzy was lured out on the airfield, where Beach Head poured airplane fuel on him. [[Grunt]] then opened fire on the airplane's fuel tank, causing an explosion that heavily damaged Frenzy and enveloped him in flames. Defiant till the end, Frenzy got back up, sneering at the "meat" trying to cook him, but the Joes continued to pepper him with bullets until he went down. {{storylink|Trenches}}

===''Hearts of Steel''===
[[Image:HeartsofSteel3_Frenzy.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Oh man! When did Frenzy have time to become a coal-miner?]]
Frenzy was among the Decepticons present in [[Death Valley]] when [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and [[Tobias Muldoon]] discussed the pros and cons of constructing a base there. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 2|Hearts of Steel #2}} Some time after the factory was completed, Frenzy was guarding its borders when [[Jacob Lee Bonaventure]] arrived. At Bonaventure's request, Frenzy escorted him to [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 3|Hearts of Steel #3}}

{{note|Frenzy is not named outright, so he could be Rumble instead. However, he is colored blue, so to be consistent with his portrayal in comic books, we've assumed he's Frenzy.}}

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===IDW comics continuity===
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[[Image:MegOrigin_1_FrenzyandRumble_captured.jpg‎|left|300px|thumb|Either a typo, or extremely early practice of his Brooklyn accent.]]
Millions of years ago, Frenzy and Rumble were working together as "industrial equipment" on [[Mining Outpost C-12]], harvesting energon veins for Cybertron. Their services were suddenly declared "not necessary" by the Senate, however, as the mines were being retrofitted to require only automated workers. When Megatron took violent action against the Senator delivering the news, a riot broke out and Frenzy and Rumble joined in the melee. They and the other surviving members of the uprising were taken into custody after a brief skirmish, and prepped for transport to [[Penal Facility H-3]]. Rumble broke out of his chains and attacked the guards on [[Longshot (G1)|their transport shuttle]], prompting Megatron and the other prisoners to join in. They hijacked the ship and took it to ground in the bad part of [[Kaon]], fleeing into the underground. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 1|Megatron Origin #1}}

Staying together, Frenzy, Rumble, and Megatron hooked up with a deathsport tournament that had been growing under the direction of a robot named [[Clench (G1)|Clench]]. In only a short period of time, Clench was "retired" and Megatron assumed control of the deathsport, with Rumble and Frenzy as his top lackeys. As his power grew, so did Megatron's ambition, and he forged an alliance with Soundwave, middleman for the corrupt Senator Ratbat who was feeding information and technology to the gladiators. Once Soundwave was firmly in Megatron's camp instead of Ratbat's, the up-and-coming "Decepticon" leader began planning to take the games out into the streets. As part of the endgame, Frenzy and Rumble were modified to lose their vehicle modes and instead fit inside Soundwave's chest compartment. They were not too happy with this, but didn't dare to protest against Megatron's orders. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}}

When [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] and his security services team raided the arena and took the gladiators prisoner, Frenzy and Rumble played a key role in the Trojan Horse plan. Soundwave received clemency due to his Senate connections, and was given free roam of the facilities. When the word was given, Soundwave unleashed Frenzy, Rumble and his other cassettes and chaos reigned through the Kaon Council chambers. The other newly-minted Decepticons were released, given weapons and badges, and went out to lay waste to the city. Frenzy and Rumble were present for Megatron's final beatdown on Sentinel Prime. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4|Megatron Origin #4}}

During the time the Decepticon insurgent movement was still growing, Soundwave spied on [[Zeta Prime]] and ended up on the run from the Autobots with his findings. When attacked by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Orion Pax]] in a marketplace, he ejected Frenzy to use his sonic vibrations to instill panic and fear amongst the civilians present, causing the crowd to turn on the Autobot. Making use of this distraction, Soundwave managed to reach the borders of Kaon before Orion caught up and shot Frenzy. {{storylink|The Hunt for Soundwave}}

[[Image:AHM2DrillFrenzy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|This is why I hate dentists.]]
Frenzy's activities over the next few million years are unknown, but he and his capabilities were acknowledged and respected by other Decepticons. He was apparently not with Soundwave in 1984 when the communications officer was mode-locked and trapped on Earth for decades by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and his minions. Frenzy did eventually reconnect with Soundwave alongside Megatron and the Decepticon detachment on Earth by the time they tricked and defeated the Autobots on the planet. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 7|All Hail Megatron #7}} As the Decepticons declared open warfare on the human populace and were faced with hundreds of armed troops on the Great Lawn of [[New York City]]'s Central Park, Soundwave unleashed Frenzy to single-handedly annihilate the entire human detachment. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 2|All Hail Megatron #2}}

[[Image: Bumblebee 1 Frenzy Blood.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Frenzy's heard about bovine contributions to the greenhouse effect and decided to go proactive.]]

Frenzy was one of the unfortunate Decepticons who failed to make it to [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] before Starscream blasted off at the end of the fighting in New York. As a result, he was left stranded on Earth for the next two years. Whether it was because of separation from Soundwave or something else, Frenzy appeared to have degenerated mentally during his isolation. He began talking to himself, and engaged in regular cattle mutilation and slaughter. He was tagged for capture by [[Skywatch]], and they sent their new allies, [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and the Autobots, to detain the crazed Mini-Cassette. Frenzy was captured and turned over to the humans. {{storylink|The Hanging Sword}}

At the same time, Frenzy was, uh, one of the Decepticons who ''did'' make it off Earth. Somehow. On the Decepticons' remote asteroid base, he assisted Soundwave and [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] as they built a new body for Megatron and used his old one to mass-produce human-sized guns. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 2: Altered Carbon}} He also switched colors with Rumble for some reason. Four months later, led by Soundwave, the two cassettes returned to Earth and attacked a Skywatch base holding a number of captured Decepticons. Frenzy used his sonic attack to bring the pain to [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]], [[Bluestreak (G1)|Silverstreak]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 1: The Demolished Man}} Later at the Decepticon base, he was amongst those who prepared to watch a fight between Optimus Prime and Megatron, and was presumably caught in the blast when Prime ended the fight early by having a satellite dropped on the base. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 5: Enemy Mine}}

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===''United'' comic===
At some undetermined point in time, Frenzy stood in close proximity to [[Lugnut (TF 2010)|Lugnut]] and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]. {{storylink|A New Battle!}}

==Games==
===Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons===
When Optimus embarked on his mission to rescue the Autobots' [[Mini Vehicle|Minicar]] troops from the Decepticons, Frenzy could hinder Optimus Prime's progress, by driving him temporarily crazy, causing the Autobot hero to briefly break down. {{storylink|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons packaging blurb and game}}

===''Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''===
Frenzy was among the [[Decepticon]] troops who sought to destroy [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] on his journey. {{storylink|Transformers: Mystery of Convoy}}

===''The Transformers'' (Commodore 64)===
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{{storylink|The Transformers (Commodore 64)|The Transformers}}

===''Transformers G1: Awakening''===
{{storylink|Transformers G1: Awakening}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1toy_frenzy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|]]
*'''Frenzy & Laserbeak''' (Mini-Cassette 2-pack, 1984/1985)
**''Accessories:'' 2 "Thruster Guns" (left & right)

: Beginning life as a ''[[Micro Change]]'' "Micro Cassette Robo Micross", Frenzy was part of the first wave of Transformers toys released in 1984. He transforms into a blue microcassette that can fit into the tape doors of the [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]] and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] toys, and is armed with two silver chromed "Thruster Guns" that can either plug into the cassette spool holes on his back or slot onto his arms. Sold in a two-pack with [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], Frenzy was originally released with a Decepticon insignia sticker on his stomach, which was removed in 1985 in favor of a heat-sensitive [[rubsign]] on his cassette-mode front.

:This [[mold]] was redecoed to create the simultaneously-available [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], as well as [[Enemy (G1)|Enemy]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1984/Decepticon/Frenzy/frenzy.htm More information on Frenzy at TFU.info]''
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[[Image:G1toy_japanese_frenzy.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
* '''Frenzy''' (Cassettron, 1985/1986/1987)
** ''ID number:'' '''18''' (1985), '''D-58''' (1986), '''D-103''' (1987)
**''Accessories:'' 2 "Thruster Guns" (left & right), cassette case

: 1985 saw [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] release Frenzy in Japan, all on his lonesome. Like all his cassette contemporaries, he was packaged in a small box and came with a clear tape case he could be stored in. He was still available in 1986, this time on a blister card with a new ID number, golden weapons (see below), and without his case, and under the ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (toyline)|Headmasters]]'' banner in 1987, with his original packaging and case reinstated and with yet another ID number.
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* '''Grimlock vs Soundwave''' (giftset, 1985)
** ''ID number:'' '''VSY'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 "Thruster Guns" (left & right), cassette case
:Frenzy was included as part of a "versus" giftset that squared Soundwave off against [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]. The set also included an audio cassette, and has become the rarest of the three "VS" sets Takara produced.
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*'''Frenzy & Ratbat''' (Mini-Cassette 2-pack, 1986/1987)
**''Accessories:'' 2 "Thruster Guns" (left & right)

: In 1986, when Hasbro released their sole new cassette for the year, [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]], they needed another cassette to package him with. To this end, Laserbeak was retired from the toy store shelf, and Frenzy became Ratbat's pack-in partner. As a result, Frenzy holds the distinction of being the Generation 1 figure to last the longest during the toyline's original run, the only 1984 figure still available in 1987. Of course, this also meant that people who wanted both Laserbeak and Ratbat had to buy Frenzy twice.

:Frenzy and Ratbat's weapons were available in both the original silver and new golden chrome colors; as Ratbat was depicted with golden weapons in-fiction, this tends to be the color most associated with the set. Late in 1986, Frenzy was one of several figures who underwent some change in materials; his die-cast metal toes and shoulder hinges were replaced with black plastic, as were his light blue thighs, and the stickers on his thighs and shins were removed.
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===Generation 2===
[[Image:G2toy_gobot_frenzy.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
* '''Frenzy''' (Go-Bot, 1995)
**''Accessories:'' Gun

: ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' saw the return of Frenzy as a [[redeco]] of the [[Go-Bot (G2)|Go-Bot]] [[Blowout]], transforming into a Porsche 959 sports car in purple and gray. He features through-axle wheels for super-fast rolling on smooth surfaces, and is designed to work with most "Hot Wheels" and "Matchbox" car sets, despite being made by competitor companies.

: This mold was [[Redeco|redecoed]] for ''Generation 2'' Go-Bots [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron]], then later to make ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Hot Shot (RID)|Hot Shot]]. The toy was later [[repurposing|repurposed]] to be a [[Frenzy (G2)|"next-generation" clone of Frenzy]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1995/Decepticon/Frenzy/frenzy.htm More information on Go-Bot Frenzy at TFU.info]''
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===Music Label===
[[Image:MusicLabel Frenzy headphone.JPG|right|300px|thumb|Is it really wise to put an expert at sonic warfare right on your ear?]]
*'''Frenzy & Rumble Playing Earphones''' (2007)

:Released as part of [[TakaraTomy]]'s ''[[Transformers Music Label|Music Label]]'' toyline, Frenzy and Rumble share a fairly simplistic transformation from robots to white, circular, working earphones. Although sold separately, they were designed to go well with the Music Label [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave MP3 player]].
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===Encore===
[[Image:G1toy_encore_frenzy.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
* '''Great Cassette Operation Vol.3''' (2009)
**''ID number'': '''19'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 "Thruster Guns" (left & right), cassette case

: The original Frenzy toy was reissued for the first time as part of the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s ''[[Transformers Encore|Encore]]'' line, in a multi-pack with Rumble, Laserbeak and [[Overkill (G1)|Overkill]]. Long a notable absentee from past reissue lineups due to the severe degradation of his mold, this edition of Frenzy has either been heavily restored—his head and weapons, at the very least, feature some notable differences in detail from the original—or might even be an entirely new mold based off of the original figure, a theory supported by the presence of a 2009 Tomy copyright on his leg, rather than an original 1980s Hasbro or Takara one.
:This version of Frenzy winds the figure back to the materials and colors of his pre-1986 releases, with metal feet and hinges, light-blue thighs and silver weapons, even reinstating his tummy-sticker from 1984 in addition to his rubsign. In a major change, his shin decals and all of his cassette-mode labels are now [[paint operation]]s rather than stickers, while the stickers that previously decorated his thighs, wrists and biceps have been removed outright and not replaced.
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===United===
[[Image:Unitedtoy_frenzy.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
*'''Rumble & Frenzy''' (Multi-pack, 2011)
**''ID number:'' '''UN-20'''
**''Accessories:'' Two guns

:''[[Transformers United|United]]'' Frenzy is a redeco of [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|''Transformers:]] [[Reveal the Shield]]'' [[Rumble (G1)#Transformers (2010)|Demolition Rumble]], transforming into a dual-cannon anti-aircraft vehicle. Since Demolition Rumble was already blue, Frenzy's deco is relatively similar, but replaces the black plastic with light blue and renders the regular blue plastic in a cartoon-inspired purple-ish shade, along with several other different details, such as silver cannons instead of gold. In robot mode, his arms can transform into spring-loaded pile-driver weapons, and his two [[C joint]] guns can be attached to bars on either his arms or back. ''United'' Frenzy was only available in a two-pack with [[Rumble (G1)#United|Rumble]], who shares the same mold.

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===Masterpiece===
*'''Frenzy & Buzzsaw''' (set, 2013)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MP-15'''
**''Accessories:'' Two piledrivers, Left & right "Thruster Guns," cassette case.
: Addition to the MP-13 Soundwave. The first new version of Frenzy to turn into a cassette like his G1 version. Like all Takara releases, Frenzy will be blue.

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==Merchandise==

===Transformers Milk Caramel===
[[Image:TFcaramel frenzy.jpg|right|thumb|150px]]
*'''Frenzy''' (1985)
:A soft rubber figurine—known in Japan as a ''keshigomu''— of Frenzy was released as part of the second wave of [[Kabaya]]'s ''[[Transformers Milk Caramel]]'' [[candy toy]] range. He came packaged with chocolate-covered caramel candies, and was available in red, blue and yellow.

===Transformers Choco===
*'''Frenzy''' (1985)
:A solid-color, snap-together model kit of Frenzy was released by Kabaya as part of their ''[[Transformers Choco]]'' line of candy toys. It was available in various colors, came with candy-coated chocolates, and could fit inside the chest of the larger ''[[Transformers Gum]]'' model kit of Soundwave.
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===Transformers Gum===
[[Image:Tfgum_frenzy.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
*'''Frenzy and Jaguar''' (1986)
:A larger model kit of Frenzy was sold by Kabaya as part of their ''Transformers Gum'' line, in a two-pack with [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]. Sculpted from red and grey plastic (and consequently looking more like Rumble) and featuring stickers for detail, Frenzy is basically identical to his original toy, except he's actually a little bit ''larger'' than it! He's also too large to fit in the chest of the ''Transformers Gum'' Soundwave figure, but you can console yourself with the gum he comes packaged with.
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===Decoy===
[[Image:Decoy_frenzy.jpg|right|thumb]]
*'''Destron Hero Collection 22''' (multi-pack, 1986)
:Frenzy was among the many characters rendered by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] as part of their series of 1.5" ''keshigomu'' figurines. Like all the Decepticons in the series, Frenzy was molded in soft purple rubber, and featured a number sculpted into his back that was the sum total of his [[Tech Spec]]s, for use in the various games that could be played with the figurines. Frenze was available as part of a 22-piece box set of Decepticon figures, and later, in a peach coloration randomly packed as part of various other box sets.

*'''Frenzy''' (1987)
**''Decoy number:'' '''50'''
:The figurine was later brought over to [[Hasbro]] markets as part of the [[Decoy]] promotion, largely identical to the Japanese release except for the fact that the number on his back was replaced with a simple "checklist" number. Like all Decepticon Decoys, Frenzy was a randomly-chosen pack-in available with the carded [[Throttlebot]]s, [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]], [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] and [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] and was, very early on in the promotion, available in an alternate red coloration that was only packed in with the Throttlebots. Unsurprisingly, this red figurine is much rarer.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Decoys/Frenzy/frenzy.htm More information on Decoy Frenzy at TFU.info]''
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===Transformers - Mini Bust===
[[Image:DiamondSelect FrenzyRavage bust.JPG|right|200px|thumb|]]
* '''Frenzy & Ravage''' (Diamond Select, 2009)

:An [[exclusive]] to online retailer [[BigBadToyStore]], this Frenzy bust was sculpted by [[Mark Wong]] of [[Art Asylum]] and limited to 600 pieces worldwide. Frenzy is colored red and black after his cartoon appearance, and sculpted wielding one of his thruster guns as [[Ravage (G1)/toys|Ravage]] pounces beside him. In addition, Frenzy's tape mode is sculpted at the front of the bust's base.

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==Notes==
[[Image:Frenzyname.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Boy, times change.]]
*According to his toy's bio, he "Can roll his drums to produce high-pitch, grating sound of 200dB." This is about 100 times as loud as the famous [[Wikipedia:Krakatoa|Krakatoa]] volcanic eruption, which was audible ''3,000 miles away,'' and is actually louder than the theoretical limit for noise in a normal Earth atmosphere.

*The US cartoon accidentally reversed the colors of the two Decepticon cassettes, portraying Rumble as blue and Frenzy as red. (See [[FIRRIB]].)

* [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]'s character model in Frenzy's colors is seen retreating with the Decepticons at the end of "[[Attack of the Autobots]]". Frenzy himself does not otherwise appear in the episode, making the actuality of his appearance in it arguable.

*Sunbow casting documents indicate that "Frenzy" was originally considered as a name for the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]], [[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]], but was dropped—presumably because that name was already in use.

* The Rumble/Frenzy head design was used as the basis for the head of [[Freezon]], the Decepticon [[Tyco]] [[Electric Racing Set]] car.

*According to the cardbacks of ''Generation 2'' figures, the Go-Bots version of Frenzy was originally planned to be in red... which would've just added more fuel to the FIBRIR/FIRRIB debates.<ref>[http://transformersgallery.iquebec.com/jouet/bots92-1.jpg Go-Bots gallery]</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Frenzy''' (フレンジー ''Furenjī'')
*''French:'' '''Frénétik''' (Canada)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Tomboló''' ("Rampager")
*''Italian:'' '''Tartar'''
*''Portuguese:'' '''Frenesim''' (Portugal comics), '''Frenético''' (Brazil comics)
*''Russian:'' '''Dikiy''' (Дикий, "Wild")

==References==
{{reflist}}

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

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[[Category:Generation 2 Decepticons]]
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Rumble (G1)

2012-10-04T14:06:01Z

156.33.37.196: /* Masterpiece */

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:''Rumble is a [[Decepticon]] [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|Mini-Cassette]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[Image:RumbleMissingInAction.jpg|right|275px|thumb|Ready to shake, break, rattle and QUAKE!]]
'''Rumble''' is your basic street punk: Small, but always acting tough as a cover. He's not exactly the most subtle of [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s [[Mini-Cassette|spies]], but what he lacks in discretion, he makes up for by being the brawler of the group. He talks tough because he ''is'' tough. Quick-tempered and of a generally mean disposition, he follows [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] eagerly, as the Decepticon leader lets him indulge in destruction. Rumble has a tendency to toss out a taunting rhyme at his enemies and is, according to [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]], a "jerk" (or at other times, a "sawed-off nerd").

As the Decepticon demolitions expert, Rumble loves nothing more than to break things apart. His arms can transform into powerful piledrivers that, when pounded against the ground, can cause earthquakes, usually with fissures. He can be easily overpowered in a one-on-one match, though the real challenge is actually getting to him first. Even if you do, you usually need to get through his [[Relatives|brother]] [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] either before or after you get Rumble.

{{quote|If on Decepticon turf you happen to tumble, look out, robot, 'cause here comes Rumble!|Rumble, thinking he's funny|"[[S.O.S. Dinobots]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
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[[Image:PowerPlay Rummmble.JPG|left|250px|thumb|That's my name, don't wear it out.]]
Millions of years ago on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Rumble was among [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]'s elite warriors in the Decepticon ranks. He was present when the Decepticons attempted to overpower the crew of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], and ended up plunging down to the planet Earth below with all the other Transformers on-board. They remained dormant and inactive until 1984, when the volcano their ship was nestled under erupted, bringing the Ark's sensors back online, and the Cybertronians with it. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}} Megatron and the Decepticons immediately began plans to loot the planet's rich sources of energy. Rumble's ability to generate low-frequency groundwaves was instrumental in shaking loose equipment from the [[Harrison Nuclear Power Plant]], giving the Decepticons the raw materials necessary for the construction of their [[Fortress Sinister]]. {{storylink|Power Play!}} After securing a human fuel specialist, it was Rumble who provided [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] with a sample of Cybertronian fuel for analysis, simply by popping off his hand and pumping fuel from his wrist socket. Eww. As the Autobots confronted the Decepticons at their newly fortified base, Rumble came out to greet them. He used his earthquakes to knock [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] and [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] off-balance, but [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] just barreled his way through the tremors and decked the junk-punk with one punch. After dealing with the Autobot pugilist, [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] scooped up his brother and brought him back into the base for repairs, but they were assaulted by [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] and his [[Spider-Man|arachnid partner]]. {{storylink|Prisoner of War!}}

''Rumble was actually in favor of Decepticon democracy at one point, grumbling that [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] "deserved a vote" during one of the Air Commander's infamous arguments with Megatron. He was, however, smart enough not to grumble too loudly. {{storylink|The Enemy Within!}} Starscream later got his way, and the Decepticons staged an attack on the Ark. Rumble tried to pit himself against the Autobot warrior named [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], but found himself severely outmatched by the Autobot's piledriver punch. {{storylink|Raiders of the Last Ark}}''

[[Image:PrimeTime Rumble sweat.JPG|right|200px|thumb|If only I hadn't forgotten to take my Insulin this morning...]]
Heavily damaged due to earlier battles, Rumble sat out the next Decepticon offensive against the Ark, and was not reactivated until after Decepticon leadership had shifted from Megatron to the returning [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. Thanks to their new commander, the Decepticons had secured the Ark and all of the Autobots were believed incapacitated. Despite all these victories, Rumble failed miserably at guarding the Ark, letting one [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] sneak by him and abscond with the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]]. It turned out Rumble's optical circuitry was too low-rez to pick up on humans in his peripheral. {{storylink|The New Order}} Shockwave actually had to run Rumble's memories through a computer-enhanced refinement process before he could even see the culprit. Needless to say, Shockwave was NOT happy when he found out. {{storylink|Brainstorm!}} Waiting for his punishment, Rumble actually began developing moisture and condensation on his face-plate in anticipation. Fortunately for Rumble, his only punishment was to guard their human slaves at the [[Blackrock Aerospace Assembly Plant Number One]]. Unfortunately for Rumble, he was no better at watching multiple humans than he was at watching one—the humans revolted when [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] turned on Shockwave, and Rumble was unable to stop them from escaping the plant. {{storylink|Prime Time!}}

[[Image:CommandPerformances RumbleFrenzy explode.JPG|left|120px|thumb|Ow.]]
Shockwave's defeat left the Decepticons leaderless for a time, and Rumble served various masters until Megatron and Shockwave reached an accord, agreeing to work together as co-leaders of the Decepticons. Rumble didn't last long into this new regime, however. Almost as soon as the Decepticons officially relocated to a coal mine in Wyoming, Megatron led Rumble and several of his fellow soldiers in an attack on the Ark. Having been alerted by Shockwave to an all-out Autobot assault on the mine, Megatron concluded that the Ark and its secrets would be relatively unguarded, and ripe for the picking. Well, Megatron was wrong... on an epic scale. Rumble and the Decepticons were treated to the first battle field test of the Autobots' new defense base: [[Omega Supreme (G1)|OMEGA SUPREME]]. Rumble was blown to pieces by Omega Supreme's plasma cannon, along with Starscream, [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]], and Frenzy. Only Megatron and [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] managed to limp away from the battle at all. {{storylink|Command Performances!}}

''When Starscream awoke from his life support machine on the Ark, he saw that Frenzy and Thundercracker were close to regaining consciousness, but that Rumble, Skywarp, and Buzzsaw were far from rehabilitated. {{storylink|Target: 2006}}''

Rumble remained a prisoner of the Autobots for years, his disassembled component parts resting in the Ark's detention facility until the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] raided the spaceship during a battle on the moon. {{storylink|Totaled!}} Although he was presumably reconstructed along with his fellow Decepticons, Rumble was still virtually never seen again.

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=====Earthforce=====
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''Rumble, along with his fellow cassette [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], chose to serve under Shockwave and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] when the Decepticon factions split on Earth, fighting on the opposite side of Soundwave. He was present at the [[Enclave]], joining in the massive melee initiated by the Autobots, {{storylink|The Bad Guy's Ball!}} and was later seen on Starscream's observation duty monitors. {{storylink|Bugged!}} After the two factions reunited, Rumble nestled back into his old space inside Soundwave's chest. No hard feelings, right big guy? {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}}''

{{note|Because Earthforce was printed in black-and-white, it's possible some of his above appearances were actually Frenzy. However, only one FIBRIR bodytype was ever seen at a time, Rumble was identified by name in one issue, and Frenzy was never named, so for simplicity's sake we are assuming only Rumble was present in Earthforce.}}

====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
[[Image:FrenzyRumbleRepair-G2.jpg|right|120px|thumb|Rumble also goes by that handle on Team Fortress 2.]]

Surprisingly, Rumble and Frenzy were both acting as ''medics'', reviving and rebuilding [[Darkwing]]. Rumble was later present for Megatron's throttling of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] and the capture of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] from his chest. When the other Autobots arrived, Rumble used his piledrivers to toss [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] for a loop. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}} Later, after the Decepticons joined forces with the Autobots, Rumble accompanied his leader to the planet [[Ethos]], and was seen mopping up the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian]] [[Ethos raiding party|resistance]] after the Cons saved the Autobots' tailpipes. {{storylink|Escalation!}}

When [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] unleashed his full battalion against his ancestors, Rumble was manning the [[Warworld]]'s bridge alongside Soundwave and Frenzy. Both of his fellow bridge officers apparently jettisoned to safety before Starscream took full command of the Warworld, and so Rumble may have done so as well. {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}

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====''Universe'' bio====
Rumble became even more anti-social after the death of his brother, Frenzy, in the Swarm war, and was eventually abducted by [[Unicron]] to join his [[Minion of Unicron|Minions of Unicron]] in the battle against the [[Child of Primus|Children of Primus]].

{{note|This bio is not ''entirely'' official. It comes from the [[BotCon 2006]] customization class, but it was apparently never vetted by Hasbro (much like [[Nightracer]]'s).}}

====''Recordicons''====
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Rumble and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] were startled to be approached by the mysterious [[Ratbat (SG)|Batbot]] who was seeking [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]. Rumble pointed out that Ratbat was dead, killed by [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] who himself was also dead. {{storylink|Recordicons#Recordicons #11|''Recordicons'' #11}}
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===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Welker]] (English), [[Ken Shiroyama]] (Japanese), [[Katsumi Suzuki]] (Japanese, "Attack of the Autobots" and "Day of the Machines" only), [[Ken Yamaguchi]] (Japanese, ''The Transformers: The Movie'' only) (see note below regarding Japanese cartoon)|[[Roberto Alexander]] (Latin American), [[Ulrich Bernsdorff]] (German, Season 1), [[Bernd Simon]] (German, Season 2), [[Gerd Wiedenhofen]] (German, The Movie TV Dub & Generation 2 Dub of ''More than Meets the Eye, Part 1''), [[Willy Schäfer]] (German, Generation 2 Dub of ''Auto-Berserk'' & ''Atlantis, Arise!''), [[Tonio von der Meden]] (German, Generation 2 Dub of ''Roll For It'')}}

[[Image:Mtmte1_rumble_robotmode.jpg|left|175px|thumb|And, thus, an entire generation was confused...]]

Four million years ago, Rumble was a member of the original Decepticon raiding party that boarded the [[Ark (G1)|Autobots' spacecraft]], which then crashed into prehistoric Earth, knocking all the Transformers aboard offline. When they were reawakened in 1984 by a volcanic eruption, Rumble was reformatted by [[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletraan I]] into an audio cassette that fit snugly into [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]]'s chest compartment. As soon as the Decepticons had withdrawn from the crashed hulk of the Autobots' ship, Soundwave deployed Rumble to help [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] gather materials for construction of a temporary headquarters. Casually brushing off Starscream's constant complaints about [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s leadership abilities, Rumble put his piledrivers to work reducing a power plant to scrap to provide the needed building materials.

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With their temporary base in place and plans for a [[Victory (G1)|new space cruiser]] ready, the Decepticons began gathering energy from Earth's many available sources. They began with an attack on an offshore oil rig, during which Rumble menaced human worker [[Sparkplug Witwicky]], and shoved the man's son, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]], into the ocean when he tried to attack the small Decepticon.{{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1}} Soon after, exploiting information stolen from Teletraan I, the Decepticons had Rumble cause a tidal wave that would push the power output of the hydroelectric plant at [[Sherman Dam]] to its maximum capacity. Rumble was caught in the act by the Autobot [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], but in spite of his diminutive size, Rumble came out on top in the underwater battle, burying Hound under a pile of rocks. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 2}} Rumble and Hound had a rematch during the battle to prevent the Decepticons escaping Earth in their finished cruiser, but this time, Rumble didn't fare so well. The battle was soon called off so the Decepticons could board their ship, but Autobot spy [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] also snuck aboard and sabotaged the craft in mid-flight. As it plummeted back to Earth, Rumble began freaking out, fearing the impact would destroy them. Luckily for the little guy, he was wrong. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 3}}

[[Image:Rumble.jpg|left|thumb|220px|I thought it was supposed to be red or blue, Why AM I PURPLE?!?!]]

When next seen, Rumble was guarding the Decepticons' [[space bridge]] with [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] as they awaited the return of Megatron from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Once Megatron had emerged from the bridge, Rumble joined him in attacked the laboratory of [[Alcazar|Doctor Alcazar]] and stood guard outside, warning the Autobots to keep their distance as Megatron worked to create [[antimatter]] with the lab's facilities. Although Hound and Mirage were able to sneak by Rumble using their hologram and invisibility powers, the Autobots were unable to stop Megatron completing his experiment, and Rumble took part in his leader's subsequent attack on [[Ark (G1)|Autobot Headquarters]]. Megatron's plan was foiled when the Autobots used a remote control device to take over [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]'s body, causing him to fire the antimatter-powered Megatron at Rumble. {{storylink|Roll for It}}

[[Image:Fireinthesky_rumble_avalanche.jpg|right|thumb|220px|The Trans-break-dance!]]

Rumble was helping Starscream and [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]] load [[energon cube]]s for transport through the space bridge when a team of Autobots arrived with the intention of using the bridge themselves. Rumble tried to open a crevasse beneath [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]], but the Decepticons were then ordered by Megatron to let the Autobots use the bridge. While they were absent, Megatron staged an attack on Autobot Headquarters, during which Rumble rumbled with [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer}} Rumble was later instrumental in the Decepticons' plan to tap the heat energy of the Earth's core, as he smashed through the polar ice to help locate the crystal shaft they needed. In the process, he also uncovered the frozen body of [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]]. {{storylink|Fire in the Sky}}

[[Image:Sosdinos_rumble_broken_piledrivers.jpg|left|thumb|220px|Rumble never understood what is "''break''dance"… till now.]]

When the Decepticons attacked the [[Great Falls]] hydroelectric power plant, Rumble helped Megatron dispatch the counter-attacking Autobots with an unusual tactic: using the planet's equipment, Megatron channeled the seismic energy of tremors created by Rumble to boost the power of his [[fusion cannon]], and blasted all the Autobots into the river. When the Autobots' newest members, the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], arrived to save their comrades, Rumble pitted his piledrivers against [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]], who came out on top by creating a quake so powerful it broke Rumble's piledrivers off! {{storylink|S.O.S. Dinobots}} Then, after helping Megatron steal steel in [[Peru]], {{storylink|Fire on the Mountain}} Rumble lent a hand making energon cubes from the energy of a mysterious [[Meteorini Chipperoni|meteorite]]. {{storylink|War of the Dinobots}}

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Brashly striding through the open front door of Autobot Headquarters, Rumble set about causing tremors throughout the Autobots' base to distract the heroic robots while Laserbeak kidnapped Sparkplug Witwicky right out from under their noses. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 1}} Rumble then served as something of a "lab assistant" to the Decepticons' new human ally, [[Doctor Arkeville]], as he turned Sparkplug and many other captured humans into mind-controlled slaves with his [[hypno-chip]]s. Rumble took a perverse enjoyment in watching the human slaves suffer, yanking one through an electric field {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 2}} and tripping one unfortunate up while he was trying to do his allotted job. Rumble monitored the tidal waves created by Cybertron's gravity for Megatron, then joined in the final battle on a tropical island, where he tried once again to open a crevasse beneath Bumblebee, but got knocked into it himself. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 3}} After Cybertron was moved back out Earth's orbit, the Decepticons set about repairing the damage the planet's gravity had caused to their [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Earth)|undersea headquarters]]. When Skywarp started bossing around Rumble and his brother [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]], the two tiny terrors double-teamed Skywarp and brought him to the ground, and would have kept on fighting if Megatron had to not arrived to knock them into line. The battle-ready Rumble then accompanied Megatron to Doctor Arkeville's laboratory, where they were forced to team up with the Autobots to save the planet from his overloading [[Exponential Generator]]. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (episode)|Countdown to Extinction}}

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Rumble was next spotted gathering energon cubes at a shipyard in [[Bali]], {{storylink|A Plague of Insecticons}} after which he joined the other Decepticons in contributing his [[power chip rectifier]] to a machine that would transfer all their special abilities to Megatron. With these additional powers, Megatron challenged [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] to one-on-one combat, using Rumble's quake-generating abilities to open a chasm into which Prime tumbled. When the Decepticons' duplicity was revealed, they were all sent falling into a river of lava, Rumble included. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War}}

Rumble was standing by as Megatron schemed to take control of "Autobot Spike," {{storylink|Autobot Spike}} then participated in the Decepticons invasion of [[New York City]], where he joined Soundwave and Frenzy in attacking a team of Autobots in [[Central Park]]. {{storylink|City of Steel}} Rumble and the other cassettes later staged another attack on Autobot Headquarters, in order to distract the Autobots while Megatron and Starscream snuck inside to sabotage their [[recharging chamber]]s. Rumble tussled with Optimus Prime and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], sending the two Autobots falling into one of his crevasses, only to have them come bounding out and clobber him when he peered over the edge to observe their fate. {{storylink|Attack of the Autobots}}

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Rumble helped defend the installation the Decepticons were used to experiment with [[electro-cell]]s, {{storylink|Traitor}} after which he was put in charge of controlling the stolen Autobot invention, the [[Wheeljack Instant Immobilizer|Immobilizer]], {{storylink|The Immobilizer}} and was briefly glimpsed in battle in the ghost town the Decepticons were used as a staging base. {{storylink|The Autobot Run}}

When the Decepticons allied themselves with the inhabitants of the underwater city of [[Sub-Atlantica]], Soundwave observed the Autobot infiltrators Bumblebee, Spike and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] pursuing the Sub-Atlantican king [[Nergill]] into the city's depths. Unable to follow due to his size, Soundwave sent Rumble and Ravage after them, but once they had tracked them down, Rumble was shocked to discover that the insane Nergill was planning to blow up Sub-Atlantica and everyone on it. Rumble tried to stop Nergill by activating his piledrivers and collapsing the chamber, but the mad fish-king dug his way out of the rubble and destroyed his city. {{storylink|Atlantis, Arise!}}

[[Image:Autoberserk_rumble_in_negavator.jpg|left|thumb|220px|[[Headmaster (Animated)|"Yes! I am soooo 1337!"]]]]

Rumble helped in the Decepticon plan to take over a fleet of oil tankers by firing [[Remote Control Circuit Linker|circuit linker cards]] at the ships that put them under the control of the super computer [[TORQ III]]. When a team of Autobots arrived to investigate, they were captured, and Rumble and Ravage served as their jailers until Spike engineered their escape by pinning the two cassettes to the wall with an electromagnet. {{storylink|Day of the Machines}} Rumble later put his piledrivers into action to help steal the human-built robot [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird]] {{storylink|Enter the Nightbird}} and helped the Decepticons defend a crevice of [[korlonium crystal]]s from Autobot incursion. {{storylink|A Prime Problem}}

Together with Soundwave and his other cassettes, Rumble attacked the testing site for the Autobots' new weapon, the [[Negavator]]. While Frenzy kept Optimus Prime busy, Rumble was able to get inside the cockpit of the Negavator itself, but before he could turn its power on Prime, [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] blasted the machine and shorted out the controls. Their mission foiled, the Decepticons fled, but as a parting gesture, Rumble launched a missile that demolished the control bunker and injured [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]. The Decepticons made another play for the Negavator only a short time later, this time trying to bury the Autobots under an avalanche caused by Rumble, but enjoyed a similar lack of success. {{storylink|Auto Berserk}}

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While searching the jungles of [[South America]] for the ruins of their [[Nemesis (G1)|old starship]], Rumble started bickering with Starscream, and was highly amused when the air commander was caught in the coils of a giant snake. When their quest ended in success, Rumble indulged in a bout of celebratory over-energizing with his fellow Decepticons that evening. {{storylink|Microbots}}

When the Decepticons fooled the population of Earth into believing the Autobots were villains and they were the true heroes, Rumble kept up appearances by attending a disco with Soundwave and the other cassettes, and genuinely quite enjoying himself. With the Autobots exiled to space, the Decepticons' ruse came to an end, and Rumble was made a slave-master in the work camp that the conquered [[Central City (Earth)|Central City]] was turned into a slave camp. When [[Chip Chase]] tried to escape, Spike covered his flight by shoving a cart of energon cubes into Rumble, who was in turn sent crashing into a generator and was electrocuted. Although Chip was soon recaptured, it was not long before the Autobots returned to Earth to clear their names and send the Decepticons packing. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2}}

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Rumble was among the Decepticons who began malfunctioning due to the deterioration of his [[cybertonium]], causing him to uncontrollably deploy his piledrivers and start pummelling Megatron's leg. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1}} Once repaired, Rumble participated in a Decepticon mission to [[United Kingdom|Great Britain]], where he, Starscream, Ravage and [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] all found themselves cast back in time to the Middle Ages by the mysterious, magical [[Dragon Mound]]. Falling in with local ne'er-do-well [[Wigend du Blackthorne]], the energy-deprived Decepticons took part in a local jousting tournament as Wigend's representatives, in order to win ownership of the land owned by his rival, [[Aetheling the Red]], as the first step towards conquering the planet. Armed with a lance and shield and riding atop Ramjet, Rumble jousted with Sir Aetheling himself, but was defeated, prompting Starscream to discard chivalry and kidnap Aetheling's daughter [[Nimue]]. [[Image:Raiderrumblepoo.jpg|right|thumb|Before [[Michael Bay]], before even [[The Low Road]], we had this.]] To repel the inevitable rescue attempt, Starscream had the Decepticons gather the ingredients necessary to make [[Dragon's Bane|gunpowder]]; Rumble got the unenviable job of gathering the "potassium nitrate" he required. Eventually, the Decepticons were defeated by [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] and [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]], who had followed them back through time, and the wizard [[Beorht]], and were returned to their rightful era. {{storylink|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court}}

Rumble was among the Decepticons who temporarily gained the power of an [[electrum]] coating, {{storylink|The Golden Lagoon}} worked in the [[New Jersey (Earth)|New Jersey]] Pine Barrens to create an army of robot car warrior {{storylink|Make Tracks}} and was caught up in the menace of the [[Morphobot]]s. {{storylink|Quest for Survival}}

[[Image:G1-Cartoon-SeaChange-Rumble-Tree.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Grandmother <strike>Willow</strike> Rumble.]]

Accompanying Megatron to the world of the [[Tlalakan]]s to quash a rebellion among the inhabitants, Rumble wound up falling into their [[Well of Transformation]], which caused his body to warp and change. Not understanding what was happening to him, Rumble begged the native girl [[Alana]] to help him, and she informed him that he needed to think of a tree in order to survive. Rumble complied... and promptly turned into one! Stuck in this immobile form on the shores of the well, Rumble was left out of the following battle until an explosion knocked him back into its waters and he returned to normal. {{storylink|Sea Change}}

Rumble was dispatched to Cybertron with Starscream and Ramjet to locate the headquarters of the [[Female Autobots]], and used his piledrivers to collapse the base on Starscream's orders. {{storylink|The Search for Alpha Trion}} A little later, Rumble helped Soundwave prepare the [[psycho-probe]] to scan the mind of [[Astoria Carlton-Ritz]], but the heiress's ability to jinx machines around her just meant that the unfortunate duo wound up being electrocuted by the device. {{storylink|The Girl Who Loved Powerglide}} Then, when the Decepticons invaded a movie lot to recover footage that a crew had taken of [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] carrying a secret cargo, Rumble mistook some animatronic dinosaurs for the Dinobots and blasted them to bits. {{storylink|Hoist Goes Hollywood}}

[[Image:KeytoVectorSigmaPt1_stealing_DragStrip.jpg|right|thumb|220px|Sadly, not an unlockable racer in Super Mario Kart.]]

Seeking to challenge the Autobots' rule of the roads, Megatron charged Rumble with stealing an assortment of cars and trucks that he could rebuild as Decepticons. His small size worked in his favour, and Rumble invaded a Formula 1 race track, hijacked some bank robbers' getaway car and terrorized a trucker named [[Possum Brown]] to get the vehicles Megatron required. Impressed by the rebuilt cards "stunt-driving", Rumble inspired Megatron to name his new creations the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]]. Rumble subsequently accompanied Megatron to Cybertron to bestow life to the Stunticons using the mega-computer [[Vector Sigma]], although Rumble found the unassuming spherical form of the computer a bit underwhelming. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1}} The Decepticons then returned to Earth, and Rumble helped set up equipment to analyze the [[Key to Vector Sigma]]'s power. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2}}

Rumble travelled to [[Galata Valley]] with Megatron and Soundwave to help search for the [[Pearl of Bahoudin]], {{storylink|Trans-Europe Express}} following which he went on a significantly greater journey, voyaging to the planet [[Antilla]] with Megatron, Starscream and [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]. The deserted planet creeped Rumble out, and he was happy when they left, with a new "[[Lightning Bug]]" heat ray weapon into the bargain. They also came away with the dreaded [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]] plague, and Rumble accompanied Megatron as he used the Lightning Bug to spread the disease through Autobot Headquarters. {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}} For his final recorded adventures in the 20th century, Rumble battled Starscream's [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]], {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}} and helped operate Megatron's [[Giant Purple Griffin|new fortress]], activating its flight systems and turning its weapons on [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]. {{storylink|Aerial Assault}}

[[Image:Rumblevsperceptor.jpg|220px|thumb|left|Alright, open wide...]]
Over the course of the next twenty years, the Decepticons succeeded in conquering all of Cybertron and forcing the Autobots to relocate to bases on two of the planet's moons, and to their new home of [[Autobot City]] on Earth. In 2005, when the Decepticons staged a [[Battle of Autobot City|major assault against Autobot City]], Rumble, Frenzy, Ravage and [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] were deployed by Soundwave to disable a communications tower that [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] was using to broadcast a message to Optimus Prime at [[Moonbase One]]. After doing so, Rumble proceeded to smash his way into the tower with his piledrivers, and he and his fellow cassettes then piled on [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]. Blaster then unleashed his own cassettes on them, and Rumble wound up grappling with [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]]. Unfortunately for the Decepticons, Rumble and his fellow cassettes had not acted quickly enough, and Blaster's distress call had indeed reached Optimus Prime, who soon arrived on Earth and defeated Megatron in battle. With the fall of their leader, the Decepticons retreated aboard Astrotrain, with Rumble carrying Megatron's fusion cannon while Soundwave carried Megatron himself. Once the Decepticons were on their way, it became necessary to jettison excess weight so that Astrotrain could make it to Cybertron, and Megatron was one of those ejected, prompting an argument over who should replace him as leader. When [[Hook (G1)|Hook]] called Soundwave "an uncharismatic bore", Soundwave ejected his cassettes to fight for his honor, and Rumble took particular umbrage at the insult. The Constructicons formed Devastator to teach them a lesson, but Rumble and Frenzy caused him to separate by shaking Astrotrain with their piledrivers. In the end, Starscream won out, and Rumble was present for his coronation...and subsequent disintegration by a powerful new Decepticon who appeared during the ceremony. Impressed by this show of force, Rumble asked what his name was so that the Decepticons could all cheer for him, and the newcomer announced he was [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

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Galvatron's leadership did not start well, as the Decepticons were all subsequently forced off of Cybertron by the Autobots following the defeat of the planet-eating [[Unicron]]. Badly damaged and low on energy, they retreated to the burnt-out planet of [[Chaar]], but even this great fall didn't dampen Rumble's spirits, as he was heard loudly advocating both "pulverowderizing" and "powderulverizing" the Autobots. [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] credited Rumble's enthusiasm, but pointed out they could hardly carry out his plan when they barely had enough energy to just stay alive. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}} When Autobot leader [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] was found spying on the Decepticons with [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]], and Rumble joined the other Decepticons in mauling them before they were resuced by their Autobot comrades. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2}}

Rumble was last seen a short while later, consuming the much-needed energon brought to Chaar by the [[Quintesson]]s and voting in favor of accepting the aliens' offer of an alliance. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}}
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====Japanese cartoon continuity====
{{note|The events of the Generation 1 cartoon occur in Japanese continuity as detailed above, save for one major difference: the Japanese dub of the cartoon fixes the production error that switched [[FIRRIB|Rumble and Frenzy's color schemes]] by switching the characters' names! Thus, it is the red Rumble who barely appears, and the blue Frenzy, voiced by Ken Shiroyama, who shows up frequently and experiences all the events related above. 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. In the name of consistency with the American cartoon, this article considers the blue robot in these events to be Rumble.}}

=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' comic=====
[[Image:Superrobotlifemanga rumble and frenzy.jpg|left|150px|thumb|There, we didn't color them! Problem solved!]]

In the late 1980s, working with Soundwave and his fellow Cassettes, Rumble attacked Bumblebee and the Autobot's human friend [[Kenji]] during their patrol of [[Tokyo]]. [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] swooped in to take Kenji to safety, and Bumblebee easily eluded the inept Rumble long enough to execute a [[Bumble Kick]]! against Soundwave. With his chest-port damaged, Soundwave was unable to hide Rumble and the other Cassettes when [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] arrived to back up Bumblebee. They ended up just bouncing off Soundwave's chest in cassette mode. Cliffjumper grabbed them and began tearing out their magnetic tape which, if you think about it, seems kinda horrific. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 2|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #2}}

Rumble eventually recovered. In another scheme, the Decepticons tried to frame the Autobots for attacking Earth by giving the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] fake sigils and sending them on a mayhem spree. Dressed in snazzy robes to hide their identities, Rumble and Frenzy then began fanning the flames by preaching openly against the Autobots in human cities. Their cover was blown, however, when [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] and [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] washed the fake insignia off the Decepticons. Rumble and Frenzy were zapped by [[Eject]] and [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]], revealing their identities as well. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 7|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #7}}

=====Full Throttle Scramble Power!=====
When [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] arrived to bust up the Decepticons' plan to terrorize the world with their [[Omega Whip]] cannon, Rumble (or Frenzy) was among the robots shown being scattered by the shockwaves created by the landing of the titantic Autobot. {{storylink|Full Throttle Scramble Power!}}

=====''The Battle of the Star Gate''=====
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In the late 1990s, Starscream forged a clandestine alliance with the [[Prime Minister of Japan]], promising that the country would be safe from attack by the Decepticons if they were allowed to freely and harmlessly collect energy within its borders, in secret from the rest of the world. Naturally, however, Starscream had no intention of actually honoring this agreement, and sent Rumble and Frenzy to the bottom of the sub-oceanic [[Pacific Ring of Fire|Japan Trench]], where they used their piledrivers to stimulate the tectonic plates of the trench and cause small earthquakes throughout Japan. As Starscream predicted, the quakes supplied massive amounts of energy for the Decepticons to gather, but were perceived as natural occurrences by the populace. Megatron was not impressed by the scheme, however, suspecting the Autobots would soon realize the truth... and he was, of course, completely right. When Optimus Prime and a team of Autobots arrived to investigate and caught the Decepticons in the act, Megatron had Rumble and Frenzy kick things into overdrive, causing a catastrophic quake that devastated Tokyo and covered the Decepticons' escape. The quake was so powerful that it actually threatened to sink the entire island of Japan, but before that could come to pass, Hound confronted Rumble and Frenzy and overpowered them by confusing them with his holograms. {{storylink|Activation}}

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=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Hirohiko Kakegawa]] (Japanese), [[Roberto Alexander]] (Latin American)

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In the year 2011, when [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] was destroyed in battle with Blaster, Rumble and all the other cassettes gathered on [[Chaar]] to watch as the Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] leader [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] used the super-technology of the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]] to resurrect their master as Soundblaster. The cassette team then helped to defend Soundblaster when he was focused on using a sonic control to remotely direct the actions of the Decepticons' new [[Madmachine]], but Blaster—now reborn as Twincast—was able to get past them and stop his rival. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}}

Alongside Ravage, Ratbat and [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]], Rumble was able to sneak into the lower levels of the Autobot-controlled Cybertron, and enter Vector Sigma's chamber, where he observed that the computer was in the process of a developing a new alloy named [[cybertonuron]]. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}}

{{note|Prepare for a headache on this one. The robot who enters Vector Sigma's chamber is the blue robot, hence, we're calling him Rumble here. However, in Japan, being blue means he should be Frenzy...but the credits of the episode ''actually list him as Rumble''. So whether or not the credits are wrong and this is Frenzy who we're calling Rumble, or if the coloring is wrong and he should be Rumble who we'd normally call Frenzy, is, at this point, genuinely impossible to tell. So we're calling a duck a duck!}}

[[Image:Hm_ep15_rumble_or_frenzy.jpg|right|thumb|220px|Maybe he's just a miscolored [[Enemy (G1)|Enemy]].]]

Some time later, either Rumble or Frenzy was dispatched by Soundblaster to deal with Blaster's cassettes when the Autobot communicator came to Chaar to spy on the unveiling of Scorponok's [[transtector]]. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears}}

{{note|We can't tell if it's Rumble or Frenzy because... well, dude, look at the picture.}}

The arrival of Scorponok's new information officer, [[Punch (G1)|Counterpunch]], put Soundblaster in a bad mood, as he had the ability to dredge up Autobot info that even Soundblaster and his expert team of spies could not. They had no idea, of course, that this was because Counterpunch was actually the undercover Autobot double agent Punch, but nonetheless, Rumble and the other tapes consoled their boss and promised to try harder. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}}

While on the planets of [[Twin Star]], Soundblaster deployed Rumble and Frenzy to search for the energy supposedly hidden somewhere on the planet. {{storylink|Battle for Defense of the False Planet}} Some time later, Rumble and the rest of Soundblaster's cassettes were seen standing guard outside the subterranean cavern on Master in which Scorponok was constructing his [[Zarak Shield]]. {{storylink|Operation: Destroy the Decepticons}}

=====''The Headmasters'' comic=====
When the Decepticons were finally forced off Earth, Soundblaster and his cassettes stayed behind on the planet to gather information. After a run in with [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]], Soundblaster was hurled over the horizon by the Autobot Headmaster's "Master Chrome Hurricane-Throw to the End of Hell" attack. Rumble and Frenzy attempted to wake their boss up as [[Sixshot]] approached, warning him that he was going to get in trouble. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 8|The Headmasters #8}}

===The Battle for Planet Earth===
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Marinker]] (English)}}
{{quote|Excellent thinking, Chief! You are right as usual!|Rumble|"[[Terror of Mount Sheelah]]"}}
Rumble was part of a team of Decepticons who tracked the Autobots to [[South America]] and battled atop [[Mount Sheelah]] until an eruption trapped the Decepticons in lava. {{storylink|Terror of Mount Sheelah}} After the Decepticons kidnapped a bunch of humans for use as slave labor, Rumble was happily shouting orders at them when [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] scouted the base. {{storylink|Bumblebee to the Rescue (G1)|Bumblebee to the Rescue}} He was also part of the Decepticon forces who went to invade [[Stanley Lake]] dam, and even threw the [[senior engineer]] in the lake. He and the other Decepticons were defeated by the Autobots using the dam itself. {{storylink|Menace at the Dam}} Rumble was also among the top-ranked Decepticons consulted by [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] in an attempt to work out a way to defeat the Autobots, leading to an affair that ended with the destruction of the Decepticon base. {{storylink|Espionage!!!!!}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation 1'' comics===
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Rumble, under his commanding officer Soundwave, was one of the earliest recruits Megatron made for his Decepticon faction millions of years ago. Rumble and his brother Frenzy remained loyal to the primary Decepticon faction under Shockwave's command during the [[Dark Ages]], and remained part of the Decepticon hierarchy after Megatron returned from [[Quintessa]] with his new [[Air Warrior|Aerospace Extermination Squadron]]. The punk brothers were seen naming off Autobot casualties for the fun of it after the Age of Internment began. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.3}}

Four million years ago, Rumble was part of the crew of the ''Nemesis'' which crashed to Earth alongside the Autobots and the Ark. He was revived in 1984 along with the other Transformers for roughly a decade of renewed warfare, before the Autobots ultimately defeated the Decepticons and rendered them inoperative. Their triumphant return to Cybertron aboard the [[Ark II]] was sabotaged, however, and the Transformers were all believed destroyed in the resulting explosion. Instead, many of them were recovered by the mercenary named [[Lazarus]], who made efforts to reprogram the Cybertronians into weapons for his disposal. Megatron managed to override Lazarus's control, though, and freed his fellow Decepticons. {{storylink|Prime Directive}}

{{note|In [[Prime Directive issue 2|''Prime Directive'' #2]], the blue robot with the Rumble/Frenzy bodyform was among those under the control of Lazarus who attacked the [[Smitco Oil Refinery]], and was seen using Rumble's characteristic piledrivers. It was generally assumed by readers at the time that this was intended to be Rumble in his cartoon color scheme (and indeed, he probably ''was'' scripted and drawn as Rumble) but subsequent Dreamwave fiction established that in this world, as in most others, Rumble is the red one. So whether this is Frenzy using piledrivers or an incorrectly-colored Rumble is up to the reader to decide.}}

''Rumble stayed out of Decepticon politics during the [[Keeper (species)|Keepers]]' interaction with the Transformers on Earth. He chose to work with Starscream in [[Las Vegas]] after Megatron's disappearance, and even remained in Vegas after Megatron returned and splintered the Decepticon army, but otherwise did little of note. {{storylink|Annihilation}}''

When [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] arrived from Cybertron, he managed to defeat Megatron and assume control of the Decepticons in the name of the greater Unified Cybertronian government. Rumble and Frenzy were placed in charge of guarding the deactivated Megatron on the flight back to Cybertron, but were tossed aside by Starscream so that he could jettison Megatron into space. {{storylink|New World Order}} Later, Shockwave commissioned them to create a distraction that would keep [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] from fully realizing his plans, by unleashing the crazed [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] from a [[Detention Banks|detention facility]]. Once again, Starscream intervened on their mission, retrieving five additional prisoners, the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]], for his own purposes. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}}

As Shockwave's government began to collapse around him, Starscream convinced his fellow comrades from Earth to follow him back to that planet and raid it for energon. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}} However, his initial "battle plan" against the Autobots led to more than half his forces being captured, including Rumble and Frenzy. After the Autobots were forced into a deal with Starscream due to the threat of [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]], Rumble and the other Decepticon captives were released, but charged to only 50% power. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}} At this point, Soundwave took steps to reunite the Decepticons with their true leader, Megatron, and shortly thereafter Megatron and the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] arrived on Earth and overthrew Starscream's command. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[Image:DDJvTF4-DestroZartan.jpg|left|150px|thumb|]]Rumble 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}} Rumble was released by Soundwave, along with [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]], [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]], and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], during an attack on the [[SPS Research Facility|SPS Center]]. Rumble evaded the first wave of [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] defenders and used his piledrivers to damage the target building. Scaling the building, he menaced [[Flash (G.I. Joe)|Flash]] and [[Sci-Fi]] until [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] punched his lights out and then threw a missile at him. He was then captured by G.I. Joe. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 3|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #3}}

Apparently having escaped somehow, Rumble was later seen back on [[Cobra Island]] when [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] undid Cobra's reprogramming of the Transformers. He happily chased some of his former captors, Destro and [[Zartan]], across the island until the [[Baroness]] stepped on him with a [[S.N.A.K.E.]] {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #4}}

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===''Transformers/G.I. Joe''===
Rumble was among the Decepticons who were accidentally awakened by [[Cobra]] in the late 1930s. Together, the Decepticons and Cobra conquered the [[Fera Islands]], but came under attack from the Autobots and [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]. Rumble was among the soldiers sent to defend the [[Terrordrome]], using his small stature to disguise himself as a human trooper. After making his way close to the enemy, he used his piledrivers to crack open the ground and bury the Autobot tanks. {{storylink|Trial by Fire}} While Rumble was busy taunting [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] for being friends with "meat", [[Scarlett]] jumped above him using [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and destroyed him by tossing a hand grenade in his face. {{storylink|Wolves}}

===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
Rumble was hanging out with Megatron when Soundwave stopped by with the news that Starscream was apparently getting cozy with the Autobots. Megatron sent Rumble to gather up the Decepticons in the base for an attack to retrieve their wayward comrade, however the attack party was later repelled by the Autobots. {{storylink|Redemption Center}}

===IDW comics continuity===
[[Image:MegOrigin_1_FrenzyandRumble_captured.jpg‎|right|300px|thumb|]]
Rumble and Frenzy started out as "industrial equipment" at [[Mining Outpost C-12]], until the [[Senate]] shut down the site in favor of automating the work involved. Once a furious Megatron kicked off a riot, Rumble and Frenzy joined in the fighting and were soon taken prisoner, destined for [[Penal Facility H-3]]. They managed to break free aboard [[Longshot (G1)|their prison transport]], however, and took control of it with Megatron's help. The renegade miners then fled to [[Kaon]], where they got lost in the underground fighting tournaments that ran rampant throughout that city-state. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 1|Megatron Origin #1}}

As time passed, Megatron rose high in the ranks of the gladiators, and he brought up Rumble and Frenzy with him. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2|Megatron Origin #2}} And when Megatron's passions turned from arena combat to outright insurrection, so did theirs. When Megatron crafted his plan for infiltrating and destroying the Senate, Rumble and his brother underwent alterations so that they could hide inside Soundwave's chest compartment, although neither of them were particularly enthusiastic about it. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}} Thanks to this subterfuge, the Senate was annihilated and the Security Services of Kaon split open from the inside. Rumble bore witness as Megatron personally beat down and humiliated the Autobot leader, [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]]. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4|Megatron Origin #4}}

While on the run from a group of Autobots, Soundwave released Rumble to deal with [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], which he did by collapsing the [[Neurospan Bridge]] with his piledrivers, burying the two pursuers in rubble. {{storylink|The Hunt for Soundwave}}

Four million years ago, Rumble assisted Soundwave in defending an energon convoy from the Autobots. While fighting [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], Soundwave ejected Rumble for ''Operation: Go For the Eyes!!!'', but [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] intervened and knocked the junk-punk for a loop. {{storylink|The Iron Age}}

{{note|Although he wasn't explicitly depicted, it's possible Rumble was inside Soundwave when the latter traveled to Earth in 1984, and thus was trapped inside the mode-locked communications officer for over 20 years from ''[[Spotlight: Soundwave]]'' until ''[[The Transformers: Maximum Dinobots|Maximum Dinobots]]''.}}

In modern times, Rumble was active on Earth where he helped defeat the local Autobot forces and exile them to Cybertron. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 7|All Hail Megatron #7}} After this, he was involved in the Decepticon full-frontal offensive on the planet, and the conquest of [[New York City]]. After the siege was over, however, the lack of organized resistance left Rumble with little to do. He and [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]] took to the streets, blowing up stray abandoned vehicles that happened to remind him of [[Bumblebee (G1)|certain people]]. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 3|All Hail Megatron #3}}

While on a patrol in New York City, he ran afoul of [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Cmdr. Spike Witwicky]] and three other survivors. Rumble went after Spike and nearly succeeded in knocking him off his motorcycle, but one of the survivors, [[Charles (G1)|Charles]], seeking revenge for his son's death at the hands of Rumble, fired off a shot from a rocket launcher that hit Rumble point blank in the face, downing him instantly. Sensing something wrong, Soundwave found Rumble, picked up his damaged body, and went into a rage in which he lost control of his communications-blocking effect. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 9|All Hail Megatron #9}} He was apparently repaired and sided with Starscream during his coup. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 10|All Hail Megatron #10}} When the Autobots returned from their exile, Rumble fought against them alongside [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] and [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]]. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 11|All Hail Megatron #11}} However, Megatron was defeated, and the Decepticons were forced to flee the planet aboard [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]. Along with Soundwave and the other cassettes, Rumble spent the trip looking after the severely injured Megatron. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 13|Uneasy Lies the Head}}

Two years later, Starscream's newfound leadership had only led to the Decepticons hiding on some distant, desolate asteroid, where energy was rare and violence was common. Rumble was seen fighting with Kickback over an unknown argument. {{storylink|All His Engines}} He later assisted Soundwave and [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] as they restored Megatron and used his old body to make Rumble-scaled replicas of his gun mode. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 2: Altered Carbon}} Also, [[FIRRIB|he was now blue while Frenzy was red]]. Four months later, Rumble returned to Earth and attacked a [[Skywatch]] base alongside Soundwave and Frenzy, freeing several Decepticons held in Skywatch custody. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 1: The Demolished Man}}

Once the war finally ended, Rumble (or Frenzy) was amongst the Decepticons in Autobot captivity on Cybertron. {{storylink|The Autonomy Lesson}}

==Games==
===Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons===
When Optimus embarked on his mission to rescue the Autobots' [[Mini Vehicle|Minicar]] troops from the Decepticons, Rumble could hinder Optimus's progress, causing Prime to go in a section of the labyrinth-like Decepticon base he had not intended to venture in. {{storylink|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons packaging blurb and game}}

===''The Transformers'' (Commodore 64)===
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{{storylink|The Transformers (Commodore 64)|The Transformers}}

===''Transformers G1: Awakening''===
{{storylink|Transformers G1: Awakening}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1-toy Rumble.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
* '''Ravage''' / '''Rumble''' (Cassette 2-pack, 1984/1985/1986)
**''Accessories:'' Left & right "Thruster Guns"

: Rumble was part of the first wave of ''Transformers'' toys released in 1984. Originally a ''[[Micro Change]]'' Microcassette Robo Micross, he transforms into a microcassette that fits into the tape deck compartment of the original [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]] and [[Blaster (G1)#Toys|Blaster]] toys. In [[Hasbro]] markets, Rumble was only available in a two-pack with [[Ravage (G1)#Toys|Ravage]].

: The 1984 release of the toy has a foil Decepticon symbol decal on Rumble's robot-mode tummy. The 1985 release drops this decal in favor of a [[rubsign]] under the cassette-mode's tape-window. The 1986 release switches out his metal feet for plastic feet.

: This mold was also used to make [[Frenzy (G1)#Toys|Frenzy]] and [[Enemy (G1)|Enemy]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1984/Decepticon/Rumble/rumble.htm More information on Rumble at TFU.info]''
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* '''Soundwave''' (Decepticon, 1985/1986)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''17'''
**''Accessories:'' Left & right "Thruster Guns"

: In Japan, Rumble was originally only available packaged with the much-more-accessory-laden-than-the-Hasbro-version Soundwave. All versions of this toy have a rubsign.

* '''Rumble''' (Cassettetron, 1987)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-102'''
**''Accessories:'' Left & right "Thruster Guns", cassette case

: Rumble was finally released on his own in Japan during ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (toyline)|The Headmasters]]'', in an individual box. Contrary to popular belief, the Cassettes released this way did ''not'' include extra tape cases.

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* '''Great Cassette Operation Vol.3''' (2009)
**''Encore number'': '''19'''
**''Accessories:'' Left & right "Thruster Guns"

: Rumble was reissued for the first time in over 20 years, along with [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]], [[Overkill (G1)|Overkill]] and [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], as part of [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s [[Transformers Encore|Encore]] line. This toy at the very least features several restored parts (including the head and weapons) if not an entirely new mold based off of the original version. This theory is supported by the copyright Tomy 2009 on the inside of the leg rather than the Hasbro or Takara copyrights, and the different look of the headsculpt. This version of Rumble does not feature any of the cassette mode stickers or those originally on his legs. Most of the cassette details are now painted instead (but not those that end up on his arms in robot mode). The lower leg details are painted as well (but not the upper legs - that detail remains absent). His faction symbols remain stickers.

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===Generation 2===
[[Image:G2RumbleProStock.jpg|thumb|300px]]
* "'''Rumble'''" (Go-Bot, <strike>1995</strike>)
**''Accessories'': Rifle

: Part of the canceled fourth wave of ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' [[Go-Bot (G2)|Go-Bots]], Rumble would have been a race car with a pizza-oriented sponsor ("Vinny's Pizza", possibly a reference to then-Hasbro employee [[Vincent D'Alleva]]) and an engine-oriented sponsor ("Jerry's Motors", possibly a reference to Hasbro employee [[Jerry Jivoin]]). He would have transformed into a modified Chevrolet Camaro with exposed engine block. He has through-axle construction to allow for super-fast rolling in car mode. Like his fellow "new"-mold teammates, his rifle stores under his car mode.

: Although he was never officially named in any known documents, his name is written on the front bumper. A very small handful of finished samples have made their way to the secondary market, where they demand some big bucks.

:This mold was redecoed into ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Side Swipe (RID)|Side Swipe]] and ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Bluestreak (G1)|Silverstreak]].

:Amusingly, he would have been [[FIRRIB|both red ''and'' blue.]]

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===Alternators===
[[Image:AltRumble.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Nothing says "rebellious" like a Honda Civic!]]
* '''Decepticon Rumble''' (Alternator, 2006)
**''Alternator ID number'': '''24''' (misprint, should be 25)
**''Accessories'': Left & right blasters

: For ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]]'', "[[trademark|Decepticon Rumble]]" transforms into a 1:24-scale licensed 2006 Honda Civic Si, with opening doors, hood, etc. Additionally, instead of traditional hands, Rumble features spring-loaded piledrivers that release from his arms. Accessories include two back-mounted weapons, one of which doubles as his engine in car mode and the other which fits into his trunk.

:Originally intended for normal retail release in the US, he and wave-mate [[Ravage (G1)/toys|Ravage]] got relegated to being Wal-Mart [[Exclusive|exclusives]], released in late March of 2007. It's been previously stated here that Alternators Rumble was released in Europe. This is not the case. He and Ravage are notable for being the first Decepticon Alternators to be entirely new molds, rather than an Autobot mold reworked to be someone else. They are also notable for being the final ''Alternators'' toys to be sold at retail.

: Rumble's seats are mis-assembled, keeping them from reclining completely in car mode. To fix this, unscrew each seat from the bottom of the car, swap them, and then rescrew.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/AltRumble/rumble.htm More information on Alternators Rumble at TFU.info]''

===Universe===
[[Image:Universe2003toy-RumbleBotCon.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Wins award for "Most Expensive to Duplicate at Home."]]
* '''Rumble''' (Basic, 2006)
**''Accessories'': Blade, Cybertron-style Decepticon Cyber Key

: Available only in the customization class at [[BotCon 2006]] (along with [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]]), Rumble is a [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Scrapmetal (race)|Scrapmetal]] (using the [[Cobybot]] alternate head), transforming into a four-legged "spider tank" with top-mounted cannon. Inserting a [[Cyber Planet Key]] into the back end of the cannon swings a removable clear-plastic sawblade-sword from the main chamber of the cannon. In robot mode, the fists can be covered with the tank-mode spikes, or a "pile driver".

: Both Rumble and Inferno were only available as unpainted, unassembled parts still connected to their sprues. The individuals taking the class had to assemble and paint the toy. The following Testors paint colors were used: Burnished Gold, British Gulf Armor, British Crimson, Magical Blue, Armored Steel, Flat Black, Camouflauge Gray, and Medium Gray.

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===Attacktix===
*'''Rumble'''

:The ''[[Attacktix]]'' Rumble playing piece was never released due to the cancellation of the ''Attacktix'' line. A prototype was seen (along with other unreleased ''Transformers'' and ''Star Wars'' ''Attacktix'' playing pieces at the [http://jediinsider.net/g/albums/CIV/Thursday/Hasbro/ATTACKTIX/404.jpg Celebration IV ''Star Wars'' convention.] Rumble was to be a Trooper-type piece worth 20 points, and would've utilized melee attacks using his piledrivers.

:Unhelpfully for the [[FIRRIB]] argument, ''Attacktix'' Rumble was '''blue'''.

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===Music Label===
[[Image:MusicLabel Rumble headphone.JPG|right|300px|thumb|Ready to shake, break, rattle and cause hearing problems by the time you're 40!]]

*'''Frenzy & Rumble Playing Earphones''' (2007)

:Released as part of [[TakaraTomy]]'s [[Transformers Music Label|Music Label]] toyline, Rumble and Frenzy share a fairly simplistic transformation from robots to white, circular, working earphones. Although sold separately, they were designed to go well with the Music Label [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave MP3 player]].
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===Transformers (2010)===
[[Image:Transformers2010toy_demolitionrumble.jpg|right|thumb|300px|I'm blue now? I give up.]]
*'''Demolition Rumble''' (Scout, 2011)
**''Accessories:'' Two guns

:Rendered, perhaps somewhat surprisingly, in the blue color scheme of Rumble's Generation 1 cartoon appearances (and the original Frenzy toy, the 1986 release gold weapon variant, specifically), [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|''Transformers:]] [[Reveal the Shield]]'' "Demolition Rumble" transforms into a dual-cannon anti-aircraft vehicle. In robot mode, his arms can transform into spring-loaded versions of the character's familiar pile-driver weapons, and his two [[C joint]] guns can be attached to bars on either his arms or back. As part of the ''Reveal the Shield'' [[subline imprint]], Rumble features a heat-sensitive [[rubsign]] on his main turret.

:This mold was also used to make ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' [[Frenzy (G1)#United|Frenzy]].

:"Demolition Rumble" was intended to be released as part of the fifth Scout Class wave of the 2010 ''Transformers'' toy line together with [[Downshift (TF 2010)|Downshift]] and [[Bodyblock (TF 2010)|Bodyblock]], but fell victim to the line's discontinuation by all major US retailers in favor of the then-upcoming ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' line. Unlike the previous wave, which was released in other markets and eventually showed up at US discount stores, the Rumble/Downshift/Bodyblock wave remains unreleased.

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===United===
[[Image:Unitedtoy-Rumble.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]
*'''Rumble & Frenzy''' (multi-pack, 2011)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''UN-20'''
**''Accessories:'' Two guns

:''United'' Rumble is a redeco of ''Transformers'' Rumble in his red and black colors, since ''United'' is a Japanese toyline, and Rumble was always red there. He was only available in a two-pack with Frenzy, who uses the same mold.

:''United'' Rumble was released before his Hasbro counterpart was even announced.
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===Masterpiece===
*'''Rumble & Ravage''' (set, 2013)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MP-15'''
**''Accessories:'' Two piledrivers, Left & right "Thruster Guns," cassette case.
: Addition to the MP-13 Soundwave. The first new version of Rumble to turn into a cassette like his G1 version. Like all Takara releases, Rumble will be red.

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==Merchandise==
===Robot Heroes===
* '''Arcee vs. Decepticon Rumble'''

[[Image:Robotheroesrumblearcee.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Red again? I think there's a pattern evolving here...]]
:''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'' Rumble is a soft-plastic figurine sculpted in a [[super deformed]] style and with his piledrivers deployed. He has swivel joints in his shoulders and neck, and came in a two-pack with [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]].

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===Transformers - Wall Plaque===
[[Image:Soundwave plaque.jpg|right|thumb]]
* '''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 Rumble, Laserbeak, and Ravage in tow.
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===Transformers - Mini Bust===
[[Image:Rumble statue.jpg|right|150px|thumb|So happy to be Blue.]]
* '''Rumble''' (Diamond Select, 2009)

:Released by Diamond Select Toys in 2009, Rumble was sculpted by [[Mark Wong]] of [[Art Asylum]] and limited to 1000 pieces. He is painted in a <del>accurate</del> blue scheme matching his colors in the Generation 1 cartoon. [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] is seen blazing over his shoulder and decoed in a deeper purple then he is usually depicted in. Rumble is sculpted using his piledrivers and his base has the aftereffects of an earthquake on the left side. A representation of his tape mode is also present on the front of his base.

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==Notes==
[[Image:Alt-rumble-toyfairuk2.jpg|right|200px|thumb]]
*On the ''Generation 1'' TV series, Rumble was represented with the colors of [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy's]] toy—that is, dark and medium blue, rather than black and red (and vice-versa). This led to some confusion (and later, controversy) amongst fans. (See [[FIRRIB]].)
* The Rumble/Frenzy head design was used as the basis for the head of [[Freezon]], the Decepticon [[Tyco]] [[Electric Racing Set]] car.
* In later years, toys sporting the name "Rumble" required an additional "Decepticon" prefix for [[trademark]] reasons, hence making the official name "'''Decepticon Rumble'''".
* Rumble's ''Alternators'' figure was revealed at the UK's Toy Fair. Rather than the figure itself, it was surprisingly an image of concept art for a design that was ultimately never used. Ironically neither version came out in the country where he was first revealed.

===Foreign names===
*''Cantonese:'' '''Lui-Heung''' (雷響)
*''Japanese:'' '''Rumble''' (ランブル ''Ranburu'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Görgető''' ("Trundler")
*''Italian:'' '''Tremor'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Rambo''' (Taiwan, 蘭波, ''Lán Pō''), '''Hong Long Long''' (China, 轟隆隆，rumbling sound onomatopoeia)
*''Portuguese:'' '''Trovão''' (Portugal comics, "Thunder"), '''Estrondo''' (Brazil comics, "Bang")
*''Russian:'' '''Gromila''' (Громила "Thug")
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Gurkotilo''' (Гуркотило, "Rumbler")

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

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Shockwave (G1)/toys

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156.33.37.196: /* G.I. Joe and the Transformers */

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'''[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]''' has many toys, so logic dictates that they should receive a page. Logic also dictates that they should be awesome.

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1Shockwave toy.jpg|thumb|250px|You can try to play Duck Hunt with him all day long, but it just doesn't work.]]
*'''Shockwave''' (Decepticon, 1985)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''49'''
**''Accessories'': "Magnetic impulse defuser" barrel
: Sold boxed, Shockwave was one of the very first 1985 toys to see release, if not ''the'' first. Shockwave transforms into a large Cybertronian handgun. He has light and sound electronics activated by his gun-mode trigger and powered by a 9-volt battery. The sound effects can be switched between two (fairly generic) blaster-sound frequencies with a small toggle on his battery pack. As a robot, he has a large, if not the most, amount of articulation for the era.

: Shockwave was initially sold without a rub sign; one was later added to the side of his torso.

:The rubber hose covering the wires connecting his torso and arm's electronics is particularly prone to dry-rotting. Be careful!

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Decepticon/Shockwave/shockwave.htm More information on Shockwave at TFU.info]''

[[Image:ActionMaster Shockwave.jpg|thumb|Small and deadly.]]

* '''Shockwave with Fistfight''' (Action Master, 1990)
** ''Accessories'': Double-barreled "Turbo Rifle"

: As an [[Action Master]], Shockwave is a non-transforming action figure who combines elements of his cartoon model and original toy, with a few more details. He is compatible with any other Action Master weapon or vehicle. Part of the third wave of individually-carded Action Master figures, He came with his small robot [[Action Master partner|partner]] [[Fistfight (G1)|Fistfight]], who combines with Shockwave's handgun to form a "Lightning Gun" cannon.

: Reportedly, early "test market" releases came with a rubber hose that connects from his gun-arm to his back, like the original toy. There are holes in the toy's gun-arm and backpack; the black hoses found in many old ''[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]'' toys can fit in the holes.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1990/Decepticon/Shockwave/shockwave.htm More information on Shockwave at TFU.info]''

 

===Alternators===
[[Image:AlternatorsShockblast toy.jpg|thumb|250px|Guns akimbo.]]
*'''Shockblast''' (Alternator, 2004)
**''Alternator ID number:'' '''12'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''BT-13'''
**''Accessories'': Muffler-blaster

: A [[Retool|retooling]] of the "[[Jazz (G1)/toys|Meister]]" Alternator, "Shockblast" ([[trademark]] problems...) transforms into a 1:24-scale fully-licensed Mazdaspeed-modified RX-8 sports car. He features working car doors, hood, and trunk. His muffler unfolds to become a hand-held blaster; the mounting peg for car-mode actually pegs into the holes on his forearms by the elbow joints quite snugly, letting you mount the blaster there if you wish. While the box has the name "Shockblast", the car's actual license plate is "SHKWAV".

: Aside from the new head, color change and the laser cannon replacing his left hand, other differences between Shockblast and Meister are that Shockblast has new front and rear fenders, doors, side skirts and a spoiler.

: The original Meister mold was also used to make the [[Autorooper]] and [[Zoom-Zoom]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Decepticon/AltShockblast/shockblast.htm More information on Shockblast at TFU.info]''

 

===Titanium Series===
[[Image:Shockwavetitanium.jpg|thumb|150px|Cancelling me is illogical.]]
*'''Shockwave'''

: A 6" transforming Shockwave toy was designed and displayed at [[BotCon]] 2007, but [[Titanium Series]] was canceled before its tooling could be completed.
{{Canceledtoy}}{{-}}

===Attacktix===
* '''Shockwave''' (unreleased)

: Shockwave was likely to have been one of several ''Transformers [[Attacktix]]'' Booster pieces, using a wide, powerful, spring-loaded "blaster" missile launcher attack. He was to be a 40-point Leader-class piece. Though displayed as part of the ''Attacktix'' display at the [[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]] "Celebration IV" convention, Shockwave was ultimately never released as the ''Attacktix'' toyline was put on ice.

{{Canceledattacktix}}
 

===Generations===
[[Image:Generationstoy-Shockwave.jpg|right|thumb|300px| This repurposing is very logical indeed. ]]
*'''Shockwave''' (Deluxe, 2012)
**''Accessories:'' Two-piece laser cannon
{{note|This toy was [[repurposing|repurposed]] as ''Generation 1'' Shockwave in [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'' comics.}}
: Part of the first wave of [[2012]] ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' Deluxe Class toys, [[Shockwave (Prime)#Generations|Shockwave]] is based on his ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (franchise)| War for Cybertron]]'' design, and transforms into a "Cybertronian mobile artillery" mode. The front center fuselage of the vehicle becomes a [[5mm post|hand-held]] laser cannon which can be stored on his back, and undocumented in his [[instructions]], can replace his hands by folding either one of them in, revealing a socket on his wrist that a tab underneath his cannon can mount to. As another undocumented feature, the cannon actually consists of two pieces, with a large y-shaped barrel that can be removed, revealing the sculpted ends of a triple-barreled gun. The y-shaped barrel part can also be stored on Shockwave's back, forming some sort of jet-pack exhaust.

: This mold was [[retool]]ed into ''Generations'' [[Air Raid (WFC)|Air Raid]].
{{-}}

==Merchandise==
===Transformers Milk Caramel===
[[Image:Caramel_shockwave.jpg|right|thumb]]
*'''Laserwave''' (1985)
:A soft rubber figurine—known in Japan as a ''keshigomu''— of Shockwave was released as part of the second wave of [[Kabaya]]'s ''[[Transformers Milk Caramel]]'' [[candy toy]] range. He came packaged with chocolate-covered caramel candies, and was available in red, blue and yellow.
{{-}}

===Decoy===
{{anchor|TakaraDecoy}} [[Image:Decoy_shockwave.jpg|right|thumb]]
*'''Destron Hero Collection 22''' (multi-pack, 1986)
:Shockwave was among the many characters rendered by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] as part of their series of 1.5" ''keshigomu'' figurines. Like all the Decepticons in the series, Shockwave was molded in soft purple rubber, and featured a number sculpted into his back that was the sum total of his [[Tech Spec]]s, for use in the various games that could be played with the figurines. Shockwave was available as part of a 22-piece box set of Autobot figures, and later, in a peach coloration randomly packed as part of various other box sets.

{{anchor|HasbroDecoy}}
*'''Shockwave''' (Decoy, 1987)
**''Decoy number'': '''51'''

:The figurine was later brought over to [[Hasbro]] markets as part of the [[Decoy]] promotion, largely identical to the Japanese release except for the fact that the number on his back was replaced with a simple "checklist" number (51, in Shockwave's case). Like all Decepticon Decoys, Shockwave was a randomly-chosen pack-in available with the carded [[Throttlebot]]s, [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] and [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] and was, very early on in the promotion, available in an alternate red coloration that was only packed in with the Throttlebots. Unsurprisingly, this red figurine is much rarer.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Decoys/Shockwave/shockwave.htm More information on Decoy Shockwave at TFU.info]''
{{-}}
===Bust===
[[Image:Shockwave bust.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Shockwave reminisces back to when he had two hands.]]
* '''Shockwave''' (Bust, 2003)

: In 2003, [[Hard Hero]] released a six-inches tall polystone bust of Shockwave, based upon his Generation 1 cartoon appearance. It was limited to 2500 pieces worldwide, with an additional 100 specially signed by the sculptor.

{{-}}
[[Image:HardHero_MetallicShockwave.jpg|thumb|right|150px|]]
* '''Shockwave Metallic Exclusive''' (Bust, 2003)

: Hard Hero's Shockwave was also released in shiny "metallic" coloration. This version was in even shorter supply, limited to only 500 copies.

{{-}}

===Mini Bust===
[[Image:Shockwave statue.jpg|thumb|"Yeah, I had to sell the trigger and most of the handle to feed my family."]]
* '''Shockwave''' (Diamond Select, 2008)
:Released by Diamond Select Toys in 2008, Shockwave was sculpted by [[Mark Wong]] of [[Art Asylum]] and limited to 1,000 pieces. Both his fist and "gun hand" are translucent to better match his toy incarnation.

{{-}}
===Mini Statue===
[[Image:Shockwaveministatue.jpg|thumb|150px|Meet me in the bank... it's going down...]]
* '''Shockwave''' (Mini statue, 2005)
: Diamond Comics Distributors also released a small, six-inch polystone statue of Shockwave made by [[Palisades Toys]], based upon [[Pat Lee]]'s rendition of the character in [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s Transformers comic books. An image of this statue made a cameo in the 2009 film ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)| Revenge of the Fallen]]'', featuring in a newspaper that was sucked up by [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]].

{{-}}

===Robot Heroes===
[[Image:G1 RobotHeroes ShockwaveVsGrimlock.jpg|200px|thumb|right|He's logical ''and'' cute.]]
* '''Grimlock & Shockwave''' (Robot Heroes, 2007)

: The most adorablest Shockwave ever, ''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'' Shockwave is a stumpy PVC figurine that combines toy and animation model details into a single package. He has limited articulation (neck and shoulder swivels only), but he's so cute it doesn't matter. He was available in a two-pack with a similarly lovable version of [[Grimlock (G1)/toys|Grimlock]].

{{-}}
===Mighty Muggs===
[[Image:MightyMuggs_Shockwave.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Cute ''and'' frightening plus angry about my big head]]
*'''Shockwave''' (Mighty Mugg, 2009)

: Part of the third wave of [[Mighty Muggs]], Shockwave is a [[super deformed]], non-transformable PVC figure with articulated arms and head. As all Mighty Muggs are made from the same mold, he has a really weird-looking round head. His left arm, however, is [[retool]]ed to include his trademark gun hand.

: Shockwave was briefly believed to be canceled, but Hasbro revealed at San Diego Comic-Con 2009 that his wave would be released. Along with the rest of his wave, Shockwave was eventually released as an exclusive at Diamond Distributors and [[Toys"R"Us]] stores.

{{-}}

===G.I. Joe and the Transformers===
*'''Shockwave H.I.S.S. Tank with two figures & Energon''' (2012)

: An [[exclusive]] release for San Diego Comic-Con 2012, this is a [[redeco]] of the 2012 new-[[mold]] ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe: Retaliation]]'' [[HISS tank]] meant to represent Shockwave, with an additional cannon piece meant to emulate ''Generation 1'' Shockwave's gun barrel. It includes the [[Cobra]]s [[Destro|James McCullen Destro XXIV]] and a [[Battle Android Trooper]] with a trolley for carrying [[Energon cube]]s. Destro's accessories include [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] in the form of a non-transforming tape deck, various guns, a suitcase of money, and three micro-casettes capable of being placed within the Soundwave toy; red, orange, and gold cassettes that represent [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]], [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], and [[Sundor]].

{{-}}

==Notes==
[[Image:ToyCoAstroMagnum.jpg|230px|thumb|"Shackwave"? '''"Shackwave"?!''' RADIOWAVE, [[fandom|you]] idiots!]]
* Although Shockwave was depicted in the very first episode of the original cartoon series, he did not receive a toy release until early in 1985. Unlike the bulk of early Transformers that drew their molds from [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s ''[[Diaclone]]'' and ''[[Micro Change|Microchange]]'' toys, Shockwave's original form was first produced by ToyCo as the "[http://www.robot-japan.com/Gallery/Takara/Transformers/G1/AstroMagnum/Toybox-Astro-Magnum.asp 4 Changeable Astro Magnum]". As such, similar non-Transformer toys using the same mold were released in 1985, including a [[RadioShack]] exclusive called "Galactic Man". A minor but amusing difference between the Radio Shack version, humorously called "Shackwave" by fans, and the [[Hasbro]] version, is that Shockwave's inconveniently placed trigger was remolded and appears less... inconvenient.
** A 1985 Hasbro briefing binder gives Shockwave's toy the name "Spark Man," which probably was a name attached to the toy, considering its similarity to Radio Shack's "Galactic Man," rather than being an early name for the Hasbro character. <ref>http://boltax.blogspot.com/2010/12/ron-friedman-auction-hasbro-briefing_15.html</ref> He still hadn't settled into his finalized name at the time the script for "[[More than Meets the Eye (episode)|More than Meets the Eye]]" was written; in it, he is referred to as '''Flash Beam'''. <ref>http://boltax.blogspot.com/2011/02/ron-friedman-auctions-scripts-part-3-of.html</ref>
* The Astro Magnum mold also appears to have been licensed to a small company called Village Toys in the 1980s, where it showed up in their [http://counter-x.net/footnotes/convert-a-bots/index.html Convert-A-Bots] line under the name "N-4-SR" (..."Enforcer", get it?). This release was [http://plasticcrack.net/archives/2009/04/convert-a-bot_shockwave_that_is_not_shockwave dark grey, with purple highlights].
[[Image:Starbrigade.jpg|125px|thumb|Product and colors (and franchise) may vary.]]
* Shockwave bears the rather strange distinction of receiving a number of particularly high quality [[Knockoff|knockoffs]], all of which known retain the electronics and some even having odd [[wikipedia:Flash Gordon|Flash Gordonesque]] [[retool]]s.
* One of the earliest pictured versions of Action Master Shockwave features some awkward proportions and Fistfight with reversed colors. Another oddity of this version is that Shockwave's right hand is sculpted in an open position.
* A silhouette of Action Master Shockwave's card art appears on the back of the [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] Star Brigade packaging... as [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|Hawk]]!

[[Category:Action Masters]]
[[Category:Alternators Decepticons]]
[[Category:Attacktix]]
[[Category:Decoys]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Robot Heroes]]
[[Category:Toys "R" Us exclusives]]

Shockwave (G1)/toys

2012-10-03T12:56:06Z

156.33.37.196: /* G.I. Joe and the Transformers */

{{suite}}

'''[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]''' has many toys, so logic dictates that they should receive a page. Logic also dictates that they should be awesome.

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1Shockwave toy.jpg|thumb|250px|You can try to play Duck Hunt with him all day long, but it just doesn't work.]]
*'''Shockwave''' (Decepticon, 1985)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''49'''
**''Accessories'': "Magnetic impulse defuser" barrel
: Sold boxed, Shockwave was one of the very first 1985 toys to see release, if not ''the'' first. Shockwave transforms into a large Cybertronian handgun. He has light and sound electronics activated by his gun-mode trigger and powered by a 9-volt battery. The sound effects can be switched between two (fairly generic) blaster-sound frequencies with a small toggle on his battery pack. As a robot, he has a large, if not the most, amount of articulation for the era.

: Shockwave was initially sold without a rub sign; one was later added to the side of his torso.

:The rubber hose covering the wires connecting his torso and arm's electronics is particularly prone to dry-rotting. Be careful!

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Decepticon/Shockwave/shockwave.htm More information on Shockwave at TFU.info]''

[[Image:ActionMaster Shockwave.jpg|thumb|Small and deadly.]]

* '''Shockwave with Fistfight''' (Action Master, 1990)
** ''Accessories'': Double-barreled "Turbo Rifle"

: As an [[Action Master]], Shockwave is a non-transforming action figure who combines elements of his cartoon model and original toy, with a few more details. He is compatible with any other Action Master weapon or vehicle. Part of the third wave of individually-carded Action Master figures, He came with his small robot [[Action Master partner|partner]] [[Fistfight (G1)|Fistfight]], who combines with Shockwave's handgun to form a "Lightning Gun" cannon.

: Reportedly, early "test market" releases came with a rubber hose that connects from his gun-arm to his back, like the original toy. There are holes in the toy's gun-arm and backpack; the black hoses found in many old ''[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]'' toys can fit in the holes.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1990/Decepticon/Shockwave/shockwave.htm More information on Shockwave at TFU.info]''

 

===Alternators===
[[Image:AlternatorsShockblast toy.jpg|thumb|250px|Guns akimbo.]]
*'''Shockblast''' (Alternator, 2004)
**''Alternator ID number:'' '''12'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''BT-13'''
**''Accessories'': Muffler-blaster

: A [[Retool|retooling]] of the "[[Jazz (G1)/toys|Meister]]" Alternator, "Shockblast" ([[trademark]] problems...) transforms into a 1:24-scale fully-licensed Mazdaspeed-modified RX-8 sports car. He features working car doors, hood, and trunk. His muffler unfolds to become a hand-held blaster; the mounting peg for car-mode actually pegs into the holes on his forearms by the elbow joints quite snugly, letting you mount the blaster there if you wish. While the box has the name "Shockblast", the car's actual license plate is "SHKWAV".

: Aside from the new head, color change and the laser cannon replacing his left hand, other differences between Shockblast and Meister are that Shockblast has new front and rear fenders, doors, side skirts and a spoiler.

: The original Meister mold was also used to make the [[Autorooper]] and [[Zoom-Zoom]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Decepticon/AltShockblast/shockblast.htm More information on Shockblast at TFU.info]''

 

===Titanium Series===
[[Image:Shockwavetitanium.jpg|thumb|150px|Cancelling me is illogical.]]
*'''Shockwave'''

: A 6" transforming Shockwave toy was designed and displayed at [[BotCon]] 2007, but [[Titanium Series]] was canceled before its tooling could be completed.
{{Canceledtoy}}{{-}}

===Attacktix===
* '''Shockwave''' (unreleased)

: Shockwave was likely to have been one of several ''Transformers [[Attacktix]]'' Booster pieces, using a wide, powerful, spring-loaded "blaster" missile launcher attack. He was to be a 40-point Leader-class piece. Though displayed as part of the ''Attacktix'' display at the [[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]] "Celebration IV" convention, Shockwave was ultimately never released as the ''Attacktix'' toyline was put on ice.

{{Canceledattacktix}}
 

===Generations===
[[Image:Generationstoy-Shockwave.jpg|right|thumb|300px| This repurposing is very logical indeed. ]]
*'''Shockwave''' (Deluxe, 2012)
**''Accessories:'' Two-piece laser cannon
{{note|This toy was [[repurposing|repurposed]] as ''Generation 1'' Shockwave in [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise|Robots in Disguise]]'' comics.}}
: Part of the first wave of [[2012]] ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' Deluxe Class toys, [[Shockwave (Prime)#Generations|Shockwave]] is based on his ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (franchise)| War for Cybertron]]'' design, and transforms into a "Cybertronian mobile artillery" mode. The front center fuselage of the vehicle becomes a [[5mm post|hand-held]] laser cannon which can be stored on his back, and undocumented in his [[instructions]], can replace his hands by folding either one of them in, revealing a socket on his wrist that a tab underneath his cannon can mount to. As another undocumented feature, the cannon actually consists of two pieces, with a large y-shaped barrel that can be removed, revealing the sculpted ends of a triple-barreled gun. The y-shaped barrel part can also be stored on Shockwave's back, forming some sort of jet-pack exhaust.

: This mold was [[retool]]ed into ''Generations'' [[Air Raid (WFC)|Air Raid]].
{{-}}

==Merchandise==
===Transformers Milk Caramel===
[[Image:Caramel_shockwave.jpg|right|thumb]]
*'''Laserwave''' (1985)
:A soft rubber figurine—known in Japan as a ''keshigomu''— of Shockwave was released as part of the second wave of [[Kabaya]]'s ''[[Transformers Milk Caramel]]'' [[candy toy]] range. He came packaged with chocolate-covered caramel candies, and was available in red, blue and yellow.
{{-}}

===Decoy===
{{anchor|TakaraDecoy}} [[Image:Decoy_shockwave.jpg|right|thumb]]
*'''Destron Hero Collection 22''' (multi-pack, 1986)
:Shockwave was among the many characters rendered by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] as part of their series of 1.5" ''keshigomu'' figurines. Like all the Decepticons in the series, Shockwave was molded in soft purple rubber, and featured a number sculpted into his back that was the sum total of his [[Tech Spec]]s, for use in the various games that could be played with the figurines. Shockwave was available as part of a 22-piece box set of Autobot figures, and later, in a peach coloration randomly packed as part of various other box sets.

{{anchor|HasbroDecoy}}
*'''Shockwave''' (Decoy, 1987)
**''Decoy number'': '''51'''

:The figurine was later brought over to [[Hasbro]] markets as part of the [[Decoy]] promotion, largely identical to the Japanese release except for the fact that the number on his back was replaced with a simple "checklist" number (51, in Shockwave's case). Like all Decepticon Decoys, Shockwave was a randomly-chosen pack-in available with the carded [[Throttlebot]]s, [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] and [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] and was, very early on in the promotion, available in an alternate red coloration that was only packed in with the Throttlebots. Unsurprisingly, this red figurine is much rarer.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Decoys/Shockwave/shockwave.htm More information on Decoy Shockwave at TFU.info]''
{{-}}
===Bust===
[[Image:Shockwave bust.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Shockwave reminisces back to when he had two hands.]]
* '''Shockwave''' (Bust, 2003)

: In 2003, [[Hard Hero]] released a six-inches tall polystone bust of Shockwave, based upon his Generation 1 cartoon appearance. It was limited to 2500 pieces worldwide, with an additional 100 specially signed by the sculptor.

{{-}}
[[Image:HardHero_MetallicShockwave.jpg|thumb|right|150px|]]
* '''Shockwave Metallic Exclusive''' (Bust, 2003)

: Hard Hero's Shockwave was also released in shiny "metallic" coloration. This version was in even shorter supply, limited to only 500 copies.

{{-}}

===Mini Bust===
[[Image:Shockwave statue.jpg|thumb|"Yeah, I had to sell the trigger and most of the handle to feed my family."]]
* '''Shockwave''' (Diamond Select, 2008)
:Released by Diamond Select Toys in 2008, Shockwave was sculpted by [[Mark Wong]] of [[Art Asylum]] and limited to 1,000 pieces. Both his fist and "gun hand" are translucent to better match his toy incarnation.

{{-}}
===Mini Statue===
[[Image:Shockwaveministatue.jpg|thumb|150px|Meet me in the bank... it's going down...]]
* '''Shockwave''' (Mini statue, 2005)
: Diamond Comics Distributors also released a small, six-inch polystone statue of Shockwave made by [[Palisades Toys]], based upon [[Pat Lee]]'s rendition of the character in [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s Transformers comic books. An image of this statue made a cameo in the 2009 film ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)| Revenge of the Fallen]]'', featuring in a newspaper that was sucked up by [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]].

{{-}}

===Robot Heroes===
[[Image:G1 RobotHeroes ShockwaveVsGrimlock.jpg|200px|thumb|right|He's logical ''and'' cute.]]
* '''Grimlock & Shockwave''' (Robot Heroes, 2007)

: The most adorablest Shockwave ever, ''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'' Shockwave is a stumpy PVC figurine that combines toy and animation model details into a single package. He has limited articulation (neck and shoulder swivels only), but he's so cute it doesn't matter. He was available in a two-pack with a similarly lovable version of [[Grimlock (G1)/toys|Grimlock]].

{{-}}
===Mighty Muggs===
[[Image:MightyMuggs_Shockwave.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Cute ''and'' frightening plus angry about my big head]]
*'''Shockwave''' (Mighty Mugg, 2009)

: Part of the third wave of [[Mighty Muggs]], Shockwave is a [[super deformed]], non-transformable PVC figure with articulated arms and head. As all Mighty Muggs are made from the same mold, he has a really weird-looking round head. His left arm, however, is [[retool]]ed to include his trademark gun hand.

: Shockwave was briefly believed to be canceled, but Hasbro revealed at San Diego Comic-Con 2009 that his wave would be released. Along with the rest of his wave, Shockwave was eventually released as an exclusive at Diamond Distributors and [[Toys"R"Us]] stores.

{{-}}

===G.I. Joe and the Transformers===
*'''Shockwave H.I.S.S. Tank with two figures & Energon''' (2012)

: An [[exclusive]] release for San Diego Comic-Con 2012, this is a [[redeco]] of the 2012 new-[[mold]] ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe: Retaliation]]'' [[HISS tank]] meant to represent Shockwave, with an additional cannon piece meant to emulate ''Generation 1'' Shockwave's gun barrel. It includes the [[Cobra]]s [[Destro|James McCullen Destro XXIV]] and a [[Battle Android Trooper]] with a trolley for carrying [[Energon cube]]s. Destro's accessories include [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] in the form of a non-transforming tape deck, various guns, a suitcase of money, and three micro-casettes capable of being placed within the Soundwave toy; red, orange, and gold cassettes that represent [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]], [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], and [[Sundor (G1)|Sundor]].

{{-}}

==Notes==
[[Image:ToyCoAstroMagnum.jpg|230px|thumb|"Shackwave"? '''"Shackwave"?!''' RADIOWAVE, [[fandom|you]] idiots!]]
* Although Shockwave was depicted in the very first episode of the original cartoon series, he did not receive a toy release until early in 1985. Unlike the bulk of early Transformers that drew their molds from [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s ''[[Diaclone]]'' and ''[[Micro Change|Microchange]]'' toys, Shockwave's original form was first produced by ToyCo as the "[http://www.robot-japan.com/Gallery/Takara/Transformers/G1/AstroMagnum/Toybox-Astro-Magnum.asp 4 Changeable Astro Magnum]". As such, similar non-Transformer toys using the same mold were released in 1985, including a [[RadioShack]] exclusive called "Galactic Man". A minor but amusing difference between the Radio Shack version, humorously called "Shackwave" by fans, and the [[Hasbro]] version, is that Shockwave's inconveniently placed trigger was remolded and appears less... inconvenient.
** A 1985 Hasbro briefing binder gives Shockwave's toy the name "Spark Man," which probably was a name attached to the toy, considering its similarity to Radio Shack's "Galactic Man," rather than being an early name for the Hasbro character. <ref>http://boltax.blogspot.com/2010/12/ron-friedman-auction-hasbro-briefing_15.html</ref> He still hadn't settled into his finalized name at the time the script for "[[More than Meets the Eye (episode)|More than Meets the Eye]]" was written; in it, he is referred to as '''Flash Beam'''. <ref>http://boltax.blogspot.com/2011/02/ron-friedman-auctions-scripts-part-3-of.html</ref>
* The Astro Magnum mold also appears to have been licensed to a small company called Village Toys in the 1980s, where it showed up in their [http://counter-x.net/footnotes/convert-a-bots/index.html Convert-A-Bots] line under the name "N-4-SR" (..."Enforcer", get it?). This release was [http://plasticcrack.net/archives/2009/04/convert-a-bot_shockwave_that_is_not_shockwave dark grey, with purple highlights].
[[Image:Starbrigade.jpg|125px|thumb|Product and colors (and franchise) may vary.]]
* Shockwave bears the rather strange distinction of receiving a number of particularly high quality [[Knockoff|knockoffs]], all of which known retain the electronics and some even having odd [[wikipedia:Flash Gordon|Flash Gordonesque]] [[retool]]s.
* One of the earliest pictured versions of Action Master Shockwave features some awkward proportions and Fistfight with reversed colors. Another oddity of this version is that Shockwave's right hand is sculpted in an open position.
* A silhouette of Action Master Shockwave's card art appears on the back of the [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] Star Brigade packaging... as [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|Hawk]]!

[[Category:Action Masters]]
[[Category:Alternators Decepticons]]
[[Category:Attacktix]]
[[Category:Decoys]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Robot Heroes]]
[[Category:Toys "R" Us exclusives]]

Powerglide (DOTM)

2012-09-17T17:16:32Z

156.33.37.196: /* Dark of the Moon */

{{factions|autobot}}
{{disambig3|Powerglide}}

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

[[Image:MechtechWarsOnlineDOTMPowerglide.jpg|thumb|300px|But what Victoria's Secret model will play [[Astoria Carlton-Ritz|Astoria]]?]]

'''Powerglide''' possesses great bravery and showmanship and is so skillful in the air that ace [[human]] pilots are known to have studied his moves. His acrobatic prowess compensates for a lack of endurance and physical strength. Plus he's just not that smart.

{{TOCclear}}

==Toys==
===Dark of the Moon===
[[Image:DOTM-toy_Cyberverse_Powerglide.jpg|thumb|300px|His vehicle mode may look stable in these photos, but a slight breeze is enough to topple him.]]
* '''Powerglide''' (Cyberverse Commander, 2011)
**''Series:'' '''1'''
**''Number:'' '''006'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''CV14'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 x Missile Pods

: Part of the second wave of ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' [[Cyberverse]] Commander single-pack toys, Powerglide is a near Scout-class-scale figure that transforms into a heavily-armed [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes#A-10 Thunderbolt II|A-10 Thunderbolt II]] attack plane. His fists and hand-weapon are compatible with the [[C joint]] clip-weapon system. The two detachable missile pods can be combined to form an "assault weapon", which is basically his missile pods clumped together.

: He has significant balance issues in vehicle mode. Specifically, he has a heavy tail/legs section, and while his landing gear can be tilted further back (beyond being pointed straight down), there are few possible landing gear configurations that can be made to prevent him from tipping over to his back with all his landing gear deployed. At best, you'll end up with his thighs touching the surface, or you'll end up retracting his front landing gear and have the cockpit touching the surface, instead.

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{{anchor|Ultimategift}}
[[Image:DOTM-toy PowerglideUGS.jpg|thumb|300px|Almost [[Bad Boy]]!]]
*'''Ultimate Gift Set''' (Cyberverse multi-pack, 2011)
**''Accessories:'' 2 x Missile Pods

: A green [[redeco]] of the individual release, this version of Powerglide comes in the [[Christmas]]time "[[Ultimate Gift Set]]", a [[Walmart]] [[exclusive]] pack of five redecoed Cyberverse figures including [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Ultimategift|Optimus Prime]], [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Ultimategift|Bumblebee]], [[Sideswipe (Movie)#Ultimategift|Sideswipe]], [[Crowbar#Ultimategift|Crowbar]] and Powerglide himself.

: Oddly, both the version seen in vehicle mode at [[BotCon 2011]] and the [[stock photography]] on the back of the box show Powerglide with silver ''Decepticon'' symbols on his wings and silver arrows on his engines, whereas the retail toy has red stripes along his wings and red Autobot symbols on his engines. This original plan sure would have made the box set slightly more balanced fictionally. It's possible this deco is an homage to [[Sky Shadow (BW)|Beast Wars Sky Shadow]], as the colors resemble Sky Shadows, and the markings on the front are evocative of Sky Shadow's beast mode head.

:Powerglide's online stock photography has the final toy's deco, but is mistransformed in vehicle mode, with the legs not moved up properly.

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

Kreon

2012-09-11T17:17:42Z

156.33.37.196:

:''Kreons are beings from the [[Kre-O]] line of building blocks.''

[[Image:Megatronkreo-wallpaper.jpg|right|thumb|300px|I Am Empire]]

'''Kreons''' are a form of brick-made beings. They come in [[Transformer]] and [[human]] varieties. Megatron likes to spend his spare time reading from the [[Kreon Kode]].

==Fiction==
===Online bios===
Optimus Prime considers it his duty to ensure the freedom of all brick-made beings.<ref>[http://www.walmart.com/ip/Kre-O-Transformers-Optimus-Prime/16386328 Optimus Prime's online bio.]</ref>

Megatron fears being lost in a box of Kre-O bricks.<ref>[http://www.walmart.com/ip/Kre-O-Transformers-Megatron/16386324 Megatron's online bio.]</ref>

===''Kre-O'' cartoon===
Optimus and Bumblebee fought Megatron and Starscream in a wrestling ring. {{storylink|Last Bot Standing}}

Bumblebee and Starscream competed on one of those dance shows that your mother watches. {{storylink|Bot Stars}}

Bumblebee's driver had his car show off his moves to other drivers. {{storylink|My Ride Is Better than Your Ride}}

Bumblebee and Megatron competed in a road race. {{storylink|The Big Race}}

The Autobots ruined the Decepticons' Christmas. {{storylink|A Gift For Megatron}}

==Autobot Kreons==
===From Kre-O sets===
====2011====
[[Image:AutobotKreons.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Machines of the Cooperatives]]
{{collist|3|
* [[Bluestreak (Kre-O)|Bluestreak]]
* [[Bumblebee (Kre-O)|Bumblebee]]
* [[Jazz (Kre-O)|Jazz]]
* [[Mirage (Kre-O)|Mirage]]
* [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]]
* [[Prowl (Kre-O)|Prowl]]
* [[Ratchet (Kre-O)|Ratchet]]
* [[Red Alert (Kre-O)|Red Alert]]
* [[Sentinel Prime (Kre-O)|Sentinel Prime]]
* [[Sideswipe (Kre-O)|Sideswipe]]
}}

====2012====
{{collist|3|
* [[Autobot Trooper]]
* Bumblebee (with Energon body)
* [[Cliffjumper (Kre-O)|Cliffjumper]]
* [[Ironhide (Kre-O)|Ironhide]]
* Optimus Prime (with Energon body)
* [[Wheeljack (Kre-O)|Wheeljack]]
}}

===Micro-Changers===
====Blind-bagged====
{{collist|3|
* [[Inferno (Kre-O)|Inferno]]
* [[Quickslinger (Kre-O)|Quickslinger]]
* [[Springer (Kre-O)|Springer]]
* [[Warpath (Kre-O)|Warpath]]
}}

====Combiners====
{{collist|3|
* Superion
** [[Air Raid (Kre-O)|Air Raid]]
** [[Fireflight (Kre-O)|Fireflight]]
** [[Silverbolt (Kre-O)|Silverbolt]]
** [[Skydive (Kre-O)|Skydive]]
}}

===Promotional===
{{collist|3|
* Optimus Prime (with [[Matrix of Leadership]])
}}

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{{note|A Kreon Hound has been seen at convention displays, but so far, no actual release of the little guy has been announced.}}

==Decepticon Kreons==

===From Kre-O sets===
====2011====
[[Image:DecepticonKreons.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Dawn of Dystopia]]
{{collist|3|
* [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]]
* [[Shockwave (Kre-O)|Shockwave]]
* [[Skywarp (Kre-O)|Skywarp]]
* [[Soundwave (Kre-O)|Soundwave]]
* [[Starscream (Kre-O)|Starscream]]
* [[Thundercracker (Kre-O)|Thundercracker]]
}}

====2012====
{{collist|3|
* [[Barricade (Kre-O)|Barricade]] (with Energon body)
* [[Devastator (Kre-O)|Devastator]] (available both in G1 Green and G2 Yellow)
* [[Knock Out (Kre-O)|Knock Out]]
* Megatron (with Energon body)
* [[Vehicon (Kre-O)|Vehicon]]
* [[Vortex (Kre-O)|Vortex]] (with Energon body)
}}

===Micro-Changers===
====Blind-bagged====
{{collist|3|
* [[Airachnid (Kre-O)|Airachnid]]
* [[Blast Off (Kre-O)|Blast Off]]
* [[Bludgeon (Kre-O)|Bludgeon]]
* [[Crankstart (Kre-O)|Crankstart]]
* [[Dirge (Kre-O)|Dirge]]
* [[Galvatron (Kre-O)|Galvatron]]
* [[Hook (Kre-O)|Hook]]
* [[Insecticon (Kre-O)|Insecticon]]
* [[Rampage (Kre-O)|Rampage]]
* [[Scorponok (Kre-O)|Scorponok]]
* [[Singe (Kre-O)|Singe]]
* [[Spinister (Kre-O)|Spinister]]
* [[Sunstorm (Kre-O)|Sunstorm]]
* [[Waspinator (Kre-O)|Waspinator]]
}}

====Combiners====
{{collist|3|
*Devastator
** [[Bonecrusher (Kre-O)|Bonecrusher]]
** [[Mixmaster (Kre-O)|Mixmaster]]
** [[Scavenger (Kre-O)|Scavenger]]
** [[Scrapper (Kre-O)|Scrapper]]

*Bruticus
** [[Brawl (Kre-O)|Brawl]]
** [[Onslaught (Kre-O)|Onslaught]]
** [[Swindle (Kre-O)|Swindle]]
** Vortex

*Predicus
** [[Divebomb (Kre-O)|Divebomb]]
** [[Headstrong (Kre-O)|Headstrong]]
** [[Razorclaw (Kre-O)|Razorclaw]]
** [[Tantrum (Kre-O)|Tantrum]]
}}

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==Human Kreons==
[[Image:HumanKreons.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Revolution]]
*Driver (Bumblebee)
*Driver (Sideswipe)
*Fire chief (Sentinel Prime)
*Medic (Autobot Ratchet)
*Pilot (Starscream)
*Police officer (Megatron)
*Race driver (Autobot Jazz)
*Race driver (Mirage)
*Specialist (Megatron)
*Stunt driver (Optimus Prime)
*Stunt driver (Optimus Prime)
*SWAT commander (Prowl)
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==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Humans]]
[[Category:Kre-O]]
[[Category:Kreons| ]]
[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Transformers]]

Talk:Ruination (FOC)

2012-09-10T14:37:44Z

156.33.37.196: /* Commandos */

Should it really be disambiguiated as Prime? He's from the Generations line, which is all WFC/FOC designs... --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 01:50, 14 July 2012 (EDT)
:Several of his components are already disambiguated as Prime due to being mentioned by Wheeljack. I just figured I'd follow that trend.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 02:00, 14 July 2012 (EDT)
::And for that matter, we have no indication that he's in the game so it'd be weird to give him that parenthetical after not appearing in the game.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 02:04, 14 July 2012 (EDT)
:::The new Generations toys feature Fall of Cybertron markings quite clearly, though. [http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/transformers-generations-fall-of-cybertron-deluxe-wave-1-available-at-tru/25335/] --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 03:15, 15 July 2012 (EDT)
::::And those specific toys are actually in the game.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 13:57, 15 July 2012 (EDT)
:::::And suppose the Ruination toys follow suit regardless? --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 15:26, 15 July 2012 (EDT)

If we don't know these guys are FOC, we have no reason to think they're Aligned continuity at all. "Prime" is a terrible disambig tag for them. -[[User:LV|LV]] 23:01, 18 July 2012 (EDT)
:Prime is a terrible disambig tag for them anyway, unless they've appeared in the television show. "FOC" would be preferred. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 00:20, 19 July 2012 (EDT)
::For that matter, why are all the Combaticons at (WFC) and (FOC), but Bruticus is at (Prime)? How does that make any sense? -[[User:LV|LV]] 02:49, 19 July 2012 (EDT)
:::According to the history, Interrobang moved him from WFC to Prime because of his inclusion in the online RPG. Have I mentioned how I hate the way we deal with Aligned disambigs? --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 14:47, 19 July 2012 (EDT)
Yeah, I guess I can live with a (Generations) parenthetical, if the choice is between the game that they're not in, or the show that they're not in.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 19:03, 19 July 2012 (EDT)
:Judging by the distinctly not-FOC-style faces, it's possible they'll end up folded into their G1 pages anyway. But we'll see. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 19:43, 19 July 2012 (EDT)

==Intro==
It's not explicitly spelled out, but the standard has always been to talk about characters as though they're alive in their intros. G1wise, this is because characters may be dead or not at any given time in any given version of G1 continuity, but it should be extended to others for consistency. There are a few exceptions (Sentinel Prime's intro says he "was Optimus Prime's predecessor", but a) there's nothing else to say about him cross-franchise and b) "is Prime's predecessor" is a little odd) but even guys who first appeared as corpses (Hardcase, Playback) or who died immediately in their only appearances (Padlock, Fusion) subscribe to this. (The laundry list of dead G-named Autobots from TWW seems to be a notable exception.) -[[User:LV|LV]] 16:19, 14 July 2012 (EDT)

==Commandos==

I really, ''really'' can't write off the fact that the four limbs have the same colour schemes as the four Commando limbs as some kind of coincidence, here. Xaaron's yellow, not orange - Ruination was orange. The Commandos homage is the only reason for there to be that much orange slathered across all these figures, instead of colouring them in the actual colours of the characters they're supposed to be. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 21:16, 14 July 2012 (EDT)
:I can see the homage on four of the five limbs. But there's little that suggests Impactor's carrying over Mega-Octane's colors. He has no green or gray, just orange and dark blue. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 21:47, 14 July 2012 (EDT)
: Ruination was gray. Or urine yellow. Not orange. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 21:57, 14 July 2012 (EDT)
::Ruination had a good amount of orange on him. Nowhere near as much as Ruination does thanks to Impactor, but each Combiner limb had its fair share of orange in its robot bits. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 22:16, 14 July 2012 (EDT)
:It's not as though the Wreckers aren't also in their own normal colors, plus a bunch of orange. I doubt very much that it's an intentional homage to someone the set isn't supposed to be and largely isn't decoed as, personally. I think it's orangey-gold to go with the Xaaron head. -[[User:LV|LV]] 00:49, 15 July 2012 (EDT)

Every Ruination component except for Armorhide had a good chunk of orange on them. I agree that Impactor isn't homaging Mega Octane, but if they were colouring the toys so with the intention of having the combined mode evoke Xaaron, then why not colour Impactor ''his normal yellow'' (and use yellow as the unifying colour on the other limbs) since Xaaron ''is'' yellow, not orange? You don't think it's deliberate that the four limbs of a Bruticus repaint called Ruination share a colour scheme with the OTHER Bruticus repaint called Ruination, at the expense of more accurate colour schemes for the characters they're supposed to be? Even if we're trying to say this is just a coincidence - which I don't really believe, but it could be, and if it's proven it is - if it IS, I'd argue it STILL warrants mention on the page, for how ''immense'' a coincidence it would have to be. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 06:06, 15 July 2012 (EDT)
: I agree with Chris. Impactor is an obvious exception, but the four limbs are pretty oddly RID Ruination colors for no discernible reason other than being RID Ruination colors. Whirl is a dark blue copter with orange robot parts why? --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 10:44, 15 July 2012 (EDT)
::I think this is obviously a lost battle, but I guess all I can say is a) I never thought of Ruination as having a lot of orange, b) I never once thought of the RID guy when I saw this, and c) it strikes me as pretty weird that they'd do such a half-assed job "homaging" the RID colors by not using Mega-Octane's at all, not using any red on Whirl, not using light blue or any brown on Twin Twist, not using any black and hardly any orange on Topspin, not using any of the mustard-gold that makes up all of RID Ruination's kibble and most of his combined color, et cetera et cetera. To me, this is like the Retail Bruticus Is Energon Colors thing; because we get a ''lot'' of homages, the fandom tends to interpret ''everything'' as an homage. I guess someone should probably ask Hasbro who decoed him and, you know, find out. -[[User:LV|LV]] 11:20, 15 July 2012 (EDT)
:::I'm in complete agreement with LV here. Especially taking into account that these could conceivably be on shelves around the same time as the original Bruticus members, it's not hard to see why, for example, Roadbuster is more green than orange/tan (you know, that yellow Swindle). --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 13:26, 15 July 2012 (EDT)
::::But you have to admit that this would be a ''tremendous'' coincidence, surely? Hey, SDCC's not over yet, someone grab a Hasbro rep and ask. There's certainly room for doubt. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 14:46, 15 July 2012 (EDT)
:::::Coincidence that the G1-inspired guys are colors pretty close to their G1 colors while accounting for other uses of the mold and the overall color balance of the whole and not really looking much like the RID guy they took the name from? --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 14:50, 15 July 2012 (EDT)
::::::Coincidence that the four limbs of the Bruticus repaint called Ruination are the same colours as the four limbs of the other Bruticus repaint called Ruination. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 14:59, 15 July 2012 (EDT)
:::::::Given, you know, who's a jeep-thing, who's a tank-thing, who's a jet-thing, who's a helicopter, what the original characters' base colors are and the colors of the OTHER uses of the molds which blatantly take higher priority in the "accuracy" field, and how vague-at-best the similarities are in the final product... yeah. Coincidence on Hasbro's part, and a real reach on the fandom's. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 15:19, 15 July 2012 (EDT)
::::::::I'm afraid I can't gloss it away as easily as you can. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 15:47, 15 July 2012 (EDT)
:::::::::Really? I'd say taking into consideration the numerous mitigating factors and looking at the line as a whole and the other uses of the molds, you know, like Hasbro does, to explain the final color choices would be ''less'' easy than just glomming onto a vague similarity and doggedly sticking to it while ignoring all of the above. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 15:58, 15 July 2012 (EDT)
:::::::::::I'm with Chris. Anyone who doesn't see the RiD homage is being rediculous. All four limbs match perfectly, on a Bruticus repaint. That ALSO uses the Ruination name. There is no sane way that is a coincidence. --[[Special:Contributions/76.28.76.206|76.28.76.206]] 16:15, 15 July 2012 (EDT)
::::::::::::I'm willing to say he was likely '''named''' in honor of RID Ruination, but ''not'' colored as such, because, you know, of everything listed above. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 16:35, 15 July 2012 (EDT)
:::::::::::::I'd be potentially willing to believe that they came up with the color schemes first, then decided "Eh, you know what, let's name it Ruination" if it weren't for Whirl. Whirl's colors are so ridiculously unrelated to his G1 colors. The navy blue and orange is pure Ro-Tor, and the lack of red is easily justified by Hasbro's paint scrimping (they're not devoted enough to the homage to throw int another plastic/paint color that is barely different from the one they're using, and it very clearly captures the spirit of Ro-Tor, and not Whirl in the slightest). But, it is still conjecture until we get Hasbro saying otherwise, but... common sense says it's pretty clearly done in Ruination colors.[[Special:Contributions/156.33.37.196|156.33.37.196]] 10:36, 10 September 2012 (EDT)

:: Isn't Twin Twist entirely light blue? --[[Special:Contributions/66.87.68.56|66.87.68.56]] 13:07, 15 July 2012 (EDT)
:::Er, no?--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 14:02, 15 July 2012 (EDT)
:::: What color would you say he is? --[[Special:Contributions/66.87.68.56|66.87.68.56]] 14:53, 15 July 2012 (EDT)
:::::I wouldn't say he's entirely any one color. He's usually white and blue.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 18:26, 15 July 2012 (EDT)
:::::: I was referring to this new one, who appears to be an entirely blue tank, like RID Armorhide was.--[[Special:Contributions/66.87.71.79|66.87.71.79]] 22:07, 15 July 2012 (EDT)

Talk:Ruination (FOC)

2012-09-10T14:36:16Z

156.33.37.196: /* Commandos */

Should it really be disambiguiated as Prime? He's from the Generations line, which is all WFC/FOC designs... --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 01:50, 14 July 2012 (EDT)
:Several of his components are already disambiguated as Prime due to being mentioned by Wheeljack. I just figured I'd follow that trend.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 02:00, 14 July 2012 (EDT)
::And for that matter, we have no indication that he's in the game so it'd be weird to give him that parenthetical after not appearing in the game.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 02:04, 14 July 2012 (EDT)
:::The new Generations toys feature Fall of Cybertron markings quite clearly, though. [http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/transformers-generations-fall-of-cybertron-deluxe-wave-1-available-at-tru/25335/] --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 03:15, 15 July 2012 (EDT)
::::And those specific toys are actually in the game.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 13:57, 15 July 2012 (EDT)
:::::And suppose the Ruination toys follow suit regardless? --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 15:26, 15 July 2012 (EDT)

If we don't know these guys are FOC, we have no reason to think they're Aligned continuity at all. "Prime" is a terrible disambig tag for them. -[[User:LV|LV]] 23:01, 18 July 2012 (EDT)
:Prime is a terrible disambig tag for them anyway, unless they've appeared in the television show. "FOC" would be preferred. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 00:20, 19 July 2012 (EDT)
::For that matter, why are all the Combaticons at (WFC) and (FOC), but Bruticus is at (Prime)? How does that make any sense? -[[User:LV|LV]] 02:49, 19 July 2012 (EDT)
:::According to the history, Interrobang moved him from WFC to Prime because of his inclusion in the online RPG. Have I mentioned how I hate the way we deal with Aligned disambigs? --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 14:47, 19 July 2012 (EDT)
Yeah, I guess I can live with a (Generations) parenthetical, if the choice is between the game that they're not in, or the show that they're not in.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 19:03, 19 July 2012 (EDT)
:Judging by the distinctly not-FOC-style faces, it's possible they'll end up folded into their G1 pages anyway. But we'll see. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 19:43, 19 July 2012 (EDT)

==Intro==
It's not explicitly spelled out, but the standard has always been to talk about characters as though they're alive in their intros. G1wise, this is because characters may be dead or not at any given time in any given version of G1 continuity, but it should be extended to others for consistency. There are a few exceptions (Sentinel Prime's intro says he "was Optimus Prime's predecessor", but a) there's nothing else to say about him cross-franchise and b) "is Prime's predecessor" is a little odd) but even guys who first appeared as corpses (Hardcase, Playback) or who died immediately in their only appearances (Padlock, Fusion) subscribe to this. (The laundry list of dead G-named Autobots from TWW seems to be a notable exception.) -[[User:LV|LV]] 16:19, 14 July 2012 (EDT)

==Commandos==

I really, ''really'' can't write off the fact that the four limbs have the same colour schemes as the four Commando limbs as some kind of coincidence, here. Xaaron's yellow, not orange - Ruination was orange. The Commandos homage is the only reason for there to be that much orange slathered across all these figures, instead of colouring them in the actual colours of the characters they're supposed to be. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 21:16, 14 July 2012 (EDT)
:I can see the homage on four of the five limbs. But there's little that suggests Impactor's carrying over Mega-Octane's colors. He has no green or gray, just orange and dark blue. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 21:47, 14 July 2012 (EDT)
: Ruination was gray. Or urine yellow. Not orange. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 21:57, 14 July 2012 (EDT)
::Ruination had a good amount of orange on him. Nowhere near as much as Ruination does thanks to Impactor, but each Combiner limb had its fair share of orange in its robot bits. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 22:16, 14 July 2012 (EDT)
:It's not as though the Wreckers aren't also in their own normal colors, plus a bunch of orange. I doubt very much that it's an intentional homage to someone the set isn't supposed to be and largely isn't decoed as, personally. I think it's orangey-gold to go with the Xaaron head. -[[User:LV|LV]] 00:49, 15 July 2012 (EDT)

Every Ruination component except for Armorhide had a good chunk of orange on them. I agree that Impactor isn't homaging Mega Octane, but if they were colouring the toys so with the intention of having the combined mode evoke Xaaron, then why not colour Impactor ''his normal yellow'' (and use yellow as the unifying colour on the other limbs) since Xaaron ''is'' yellow, not orange? You don't think it's deliberate that the four limbs of a Bruticus repaint called Ruination share a colour scheme with the OTHER Bruticus repaint called Ruination, at the expense of more accurate colour schemes for the characters they're supposed to be? Even if we're trying to say this is just a coincidence - which I don't really believe, but it could be, and if it's proven it is - if it IS, I'd argue it STILL warrants mention on the page, for how ''immense'' a coincidence it would have to be. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 06:06, 15 July 2012 (EDT)
: I agree with Chris. Impactor is an obvious exception, but the four limbs are pretty oddly RID Ruination colors for no discernible reason other than being RID Ruination colors. Whirl is a dark blue copter with orange robot parts why? --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 10:44, 15 July 2012 (EDT)
::I think this is obviously a lost battle, but I guess all I can say is a) I never thought of Ruination as having a lot of orange, b) I never once thought of the RID guy when I saw this, and c) it strikes me as pretty weird that they'd do such a half-assed job "homaging" the RID colors by not using Mega-Octane's at all, not using any red on Whirl, not using light blue or any brown on Twin Twist, not using any black and hardly any orange on Topspin, not using any of the mustard-gold that makes up all of RID Ruination's kibble and most of his combined color, et cetera et cetera. To me, this is like the Retail Bruticus Is Energon Colors thing; because we get a ''lot'' of homages, the fandom tends to interpret ''everything'' as an homage. I guess someone should probably ask Hasbro who decoed him and, you know, find out. -[[User:LV|LV]] 11:20, 15 July 2012 (EDT)
:::I'm in complete agreement with LV here. Especially taking into account that these could conceivably be on shelves around the same time as the original Bruticus members, it's not hard to see why, for example, Roadbuster is more green than orange/tan (you know, that yellow Swindle). --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 13:26, 15 July 2012 (EDT)
::::But you have to admit that this would be a ''tremendous'' coincidence, surely? Hey, SDCC's not over yet, someone grab a Hasbro rep and ask. There's certainly room for doubt. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 14:46, 15 July 2012 (EDT)
:::::Coincidence that the G1-inspired guys are colors pretty close to their G1 colors while accounting for other uses of the mold and the overall color balance of the whole and not really looking much like the RID guy they took the name from? --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 14:50, 15 July 2012 (EDT)
::::::Coincidence that the four limbs of the Bruticus repaint called Ruination are the same colours as the four limbs of the other Bruticus repaint called Ruination. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 14:59, 15 July 2012 (EDT)
:::::::Given, you know, who's a jeep-thing, who's a tank-thing, who's a jet-thing, who's a helicopter, what the original characters' base colors are and the colors of the OTHER uses of the molds which blatantly take higher priority in the "accuracy" field, and how vague-at-best the similarities are in the final product... yeah. Coincidence on Hasbro's part, and a real reach on the fandom's. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 15:19, 15 July 2012 (EDT)
::::::::I'm afraid I can't gloss it away as easily as you can. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 15:47, 15 July 2012 (EDT)
:::::::::Really? I'd say taking into consideration the numerous mitigating factors and looking at the line as a whole and the other uses of the molds, you know, like Hasbro does, to explain the final color choices would be ''less'' easy than just glomming onto a vague similarity and doggedly sticking to it while ignoring all of the above. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 15:58, 15 July 2012 (EDT)
:::::::::::I'm with Chris. Anyone who doesn't see the RiD homage is being rediculous. All four limbs match perfectly, on a Bruticus repaint. That ALSO uses the Ruination name. There is no sane way that is a coincidence. --[[Special:Contributions/76.28.76.206|76.28.76.206]] 16:15, 15 July 2012 (EDT)
::::::::::::I'm willing to say he was likely '''named''' in honor of RID Ruination, but ''not'' colored as such, because, you know, of everything listed above. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 16:35, 15 July 2012 (EDT)
:::::::::::::I'd be potentially willing to believe that they came up with the color schemes first, then decided "Eh, you know what, let's name it Ruination" if it weren't for Whirl. Whirl's colors are so ridiculously unrelated to his G1 colors. The navy blue and orange is pure Ro-Tor, and the lack of red is easily justified by Hasbro's paint scrimping (they're not devoted enough to the homage to throw int another plastic/paint color that is barely different from the one they're using, and it very clearly captures the spirit of Ro-Tor, and not Whirl in the slightest). [[Special:Contributions/156.33.37.196|156.33.37.196]] 10:36, 10 September 2012 (EDT)

:: Isn't Twin Twist entirely light blue? --[[Special:Contributions/66.87.68.56|66.87.68.56]] 13:07, 15 July 2012 (EDT)
:::Er, no?--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 14:02, 15 July 2012 (EDT)
:::: What color would you say he is? --[[Special:Contributions/66.87.68.56|66.87.68.56]] 14:53, 15 July 2012 (EDT)
:::::I wouldn't say he's entirely any one color. He's usually white and blue.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 18:26, 15 July 2012 (EDT)
:::::: I was referring to this new one, who appears to be an entirely blue tank, like RID Armorhide was.--[[Special:Contributions/66.87.71.79|66.87.71.79]] 22:07, 15 July 2012 (EDT)

Talk:Powerdive

2012-08-15T14:18:53Z

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FWIW, the new Powerdive definitely has a Ransack headsculpt. But he's clearly in Powerdive colors. Maybe his bio will make him Ransack, but otherwise I think we have to assume he's Powerdive with a weird new head. Which happens; Pretender Bumblebee is still Bumblebee and not Cliffjumper. -[[User:LV|LV]] 22:29, 13 July 2012 (EDT)
:That's not entirely true, as with the visor down he looks like he retains Powerdive's "goggles" and rounded noggin. If anything, he's a bizarre twin homage. Also, do we know this head was a pre-tool? It wasn't on Highbrow's instructions.--[[User:MCRG|MCRG]] 02:12, 1 August 2012 (EDT)
:I agree with the "bizarre twin homage" thing. The alt-mode is obviously Ransack, the headsculpt I feel is more Ransack-y, but the name and colors is Powerdive. The bio is pretty unrelated to either, though it does mention detecting and attacking enemies which is also in G2 Powerdive's bio (which is admittedly pretty vague but more than he has in common with Ransack). I hope the US release has a more specific bio. Or a hilariously out of place one, that gives him Leadfoot's bio or something.

Bruticus (WFC)

2012-07-27T18:06:54Z

156.33.37.196: /* Generations */

{{faction|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Bruticus}}
:''Bruticus is a [[Decepticon]] [[combiner]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:FOC-Bruticusart.jpg|right|thumb|300px|It remains to be seen if he is capable of kicking Superion's behind.]]

'''Bruticus''' was the first [[combiner]] created by the mad scientist [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]]. For all his strength and power, however, the monstrous gestalt has only the most rudimentary mind, capable of wanton destruction and little else.

Bruticus is the combined form of five [[Combaticon (WFC)|Combaticons]]:

*[[Onslaught (WFC)|Onslaught]] (torso)
*[[Brawl (WFC)|Brawl]] (left leg)
*[[Vortex (FOC)|Vortex]] (left arm)
*[[Swindle (FOC)|Swindle]] (right leg)
*[[Blast Off (FOC)|Blast Off]] (right arm)

He is also known as '''Bruticus Maximus'''.

==Fiction==
===Aligned novels===
Shockwave created Bruticus Maximus when working in [[Crystal City]]. Though Bruticus's individual components were intelligent, the combined form was a monster who had trouble telling friend from foe, and he was put into stasis.

Following Crystal City's destruction during the war with the [[Autobot]]s, Bruticus was revived and was ordered to serve on the battlefield at [[Praxus]]. During this battle, he took wounds that would prove to be fatal to any other Transformer, and survived, albeit heavily injured. He would not be so lucky during his deployment at [[Kalis]], with [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]], [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]] and [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] dismembering Bruticus to the point it was believed he would never combine again. Sideswipe boasted he tore off his head. Not even this would destroy the combiner for good; Bruticus later saw action at the forefront of the [[Nova Cronum]] massacre.{{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Fall of Cybertron''===
[[Image:FOC-Bruticus.jpg|thumb|200px|]]
{{voiceactor|[[Nolan North]]}}
{{comingsoon}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron}}
[[Image:FOC-Bruticus-Game.jpg|thumb|200px|]]

{{-}}

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

==Toys==
===Generations===
{{-}}{{anchor|SDCCBrut}}
[[Image:Generationstoy-SDCCBruticus.jpg|right|thumb|300px|They said it couldn't be done.]]
*'''Decepticon Bruticus''' (multi-pack, 2012)
: This [[San Diego Comic-Con 2012]] [[exclusive]] pack contains all five Combaticons in game-accurate colors.

: Each of the four smaller limbs can also turn into another limb (e.g., Brawl can turn into either arm).

: This toy was "redecoed" into its own mass-release deco, below, as well as into a ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]''-styled [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. It was later [[retool]]ed into [[Ruination (Generations)|Ruination]].

{{-}}{{anchor|Brut}}
[[Image:Generationstoy-Bruticus.jpg|right|thumb|300px|For those who aren't fans of beige.]]
*'''Onslaught''' (Deluxe, 2012)
*'''Blast Off''' (Deluxe, 2012)
*'''Brawl''' (Deluxe, 2012)
*'''Swindle''' (Deluxe, 2012)
*'''Vortex''' (Deluxe, 2012)

: Bruticus is created by combining the five Deluxe Combaticons. His color scheme is based off of ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' [[Bruticus Maximus (Energon)|Bruticus Maximus]].

{{comingsoontoy}}

{{-}}

==Notes==
* Early on in ''Exodus'', Bruticus Maximus and [[Onslaught (WFC)|Onslaught]] are referred to as "[[Constructicon (WFC)|Constructicons]]". The Constructicons here are a larger team than normal, but given that this description shortly follows a paragraph talking about definite, actual Constructicons and that the Combaticons' team name IS mentioned later, this seems a likely error by [[Alpha Trion (Prime)|Alpha Trion]] or [[Alex Irvine]].
* At the moment, Bruticus appears in levels where the player uses Vortex. Based on gameplay previews, the Combaticons apparently use Bruticus' brute (heh) strength to break an Autobot defensive line before separating and giving the player control of Vortex. His primary weapon is a flamethrower, he can use Vortex's spinning rotor blades a shield, and he also has the ability to punch the ground, sending a shockwave at his enemies.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Bruticus''' (ブルーティカス ''Burūtikasu'')

[[Category:Combaticons]]
[[Category:Combined forms]]
[[Category:Generations]]
[[Category:Transformers Online Decepticons]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron Decepticons]]

Ransack (G2)

2012-07-13T13:48:43Z

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{{factions|decepticong2|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Ransack}}
:''Ransack is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[Image:RansackUKG2pro.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Looks like Jerry's already dickie-birdied into the cheese factory, what ho?]]

'''Ransack''' is often tasked for reconnaissance missions over [[Autobot]] encampments, and is well known for his attack plans and calm demeanor. But once the fighting starts, Ransack fights back; disrupting Autobots from above with his magnetic field generator for stealth attacks. When shot down behind enemy lines, he transforms and battles to the death with his launchable rocket-powered propeller.

(Even though rockets powering a propeller seems like overkill.)

He is also known as '''Blitz'''.

==Fiction==
===Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic===
[[Image:Newdawn-ransak.jpg|left|200px|thumb|When this fan hits s***, the s*** hits the fan.]]

Ransack's body was among those designed and built by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s forces aboard the [[Warworld]] during his period of exile. The plan was to draw [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Prime]] into a trap, steal the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]], and use it to bring them to life. {{storylink|Primal Fear!|Old Evils}} The plan worked, although with [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] at its head rather than Bludgeon. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}} Now bolstered by fresh new troops, Megatron sicced his new forces on the planet [[Tykos]] in order to capture the valuable [[rheanimum]] gas developed there. Ransack proved himself a capable soldier, though even he was surprised by the raw power of the rebuilt [[Darkwing]]. {{storylink|New Dawn}}

When the Autobots and Decepticons teamed up to fight [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s forces, Ransack watched the Autobots leave to save the planet [[Ethos]] while Megatron told [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] to shut his trap. When the Autobots found themselves outmaneuvered and outnumbered, Ransack was part of the party of Decepticons sent to save their cans, turning the tide of battle. {{storylink|Escalation!}}

After the Cybertronians retreated, he helped [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] set up the [[Sky sniper mine|"sky sniper" mines]] in order to stop the approaching [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]]. They were pretty much useless. At least he tried. {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}
{{-}}

===Fleetway ''Generation 2'' comic===
[[Image:London war without end uk.jpg|thumb|right|200px|thumb|]]
Under the command of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], Blitz and the [[Skyscorcher]]s helped smash up [[London]] in order to lure out [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|War Without End (issue)|War Without End}}
{{-}}

===IDW Generation 1 comics===
During the war, Ransack served under the command of [[Turmoil]], and was present when their second-in-command, [[Drift (G1)|Deadlock]], attempted an ill-fated coup. {{storylink|Drift issue 1|Drift #1}}

[[Image:SpotlightArcee Garrus-9 inmates.jpg|left|250px|thumb|]]
After getting captured at some point, Ransack was held as a prisoner in the [[Garrus-9]] penitentiary complex overseen by [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]], stripped down to his [[spark]] and held in a tiny box for an as-of-yet unknown crime or offense. {{storylink|Spotlight: Arcee}}

{{note|The prisoner may instead be the Insecticon [[Ransack (G1)|Ransack]], but he was seen to be free in the [[Spotlight: Sixshot|recent past]]. Of course, he may have been captured and imprisoned since then.}}

===''Wings Universe''===
Created in a [[Cyberfactory]] on [[Earth]], Ransack was part of the "second generation" of Transformers, who were neither Autobots nor Decepticons. History repeated itself, however, and the new generation went to war, with Ransack joining [[Clench (G1)|Clench]]'s [[Decepticon Syndicate]]. During a battle for the [[Large Hadron Collider]], he and [[Powerdive]] battled [[Leadfoot (G2)|Leadfoot]] and [[Manta Ray (G2)|Manta Ray]] on the facility's roof, where all four were exposed to [[forestonite]] gas and possibly developed rotor-related powers. {{storylink|Generation 2: Redux}}

==Toys==
===Generation 2===
[[Image:G2-toy Ransack.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Ransack's greatest regret is getting left out of the [[Transformers/G.I. Joe|WWII era TF/Joe crossover]]. Honestly, if he couldn't get spotlight time there, he might as well give up.]]
*'''Ransack''' (Rotor Force, 1994)
**''Accessories:'' Engine/gun, two rotors

: Ransack transforms into a purple [http://www.warbirdalley.com/f4u.htm Chance Vought F4U Corsair] with green pontoons/bombs underneath. As a [[Rotor Force]] toy, Ransack has a propeller that can be launched in vehicle and robot mode, the prop/engine portion of his plane mode becoming a hand-held weapon for robot mode.

: He came with two rotor discs, in case you lost one. (Considering how well they fly, good idea.) Early releases of Ransack and his partner [[Powerdive]] came with black plastic rotor discs, but this was changed to red after a short while. The black-rotor version is much less common.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1994/Decepticon/Ransack/ransack.htm More information on Ransack at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
* Ransack's packaging art omits the toy's flip-out toes.
* ''Transformers: Generation 2'' #7 misspells his name as "Ransak".
* Given his alt-mode and color-scheme, it's very likely that Generations Powerdive is an updated version of his Rotor Force partner Ransack, and not of Powerdive himself.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Ransack''' (ランサック ''Ransakku'')

[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 2 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Wings Universe Decepticons]]

Powerdive

2012-07-13T13:48:16Z

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{{factions|decepticong2}}
{{picsneeded|Package art; fictional appearances}}

:''Powerdive is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

{{mainpic|10:27, 24 April 2009 (EDT)}}
'''Powerdive''' can detect an [[Autobot]] from a hundred miles away, giving him ample opportunity to figure the best approach to take them by surprise and take them apart with his flying rotor blades. A heavily-armed warrior, Powerdive can rain down death on his opponents, or engage them in close combat. Either way, he is a no-nonsense fighter, ready and able to brutally tear through any obstacle.

He is also known as '''Blade'''.

==Fiction==
===Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic===
Powerdive was one of several new warriors created by the Decepticons after their defeat on [[Klo]]. While [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] designed these new warriors and conceived the plan of stealing the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] from [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], it was [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] who actually carried out the plot. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}} Powerdive leapt into action alongside his fellow [[Rotor Force]] and [[Laser Rod]] members on [[Tykos]], moon of [[E'brutoc]], in order to acquire the metal-reinforcing gas known as [[rheanimum]]. The Decepticons ripped through the opposition and took the gas for themselves. {{storylink|New Dawn}}

Despite their new powers, Powerdive and his ilk did little to turn the tide against the G2 [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]], and so Megatron was forced to make an alliance with the Autobots for mutual preservation. Powerdive made several appearances among the unified army, and was present for the final conflict on Earth with [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] and the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]]. {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}

===''Wings Universe''===
Powerdive was part of the "second generation" of Transformers created on [[Earth]], and when this generation began fighting amongst themselves just like the previous one, he joined [[Clench (G1)|Clench]]'s Decepticon Syndicate. He participated in the attack on the [[Large Hadron Collider]], fighting in the skies alongside [[Skyjack]] and some [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]]. When the Autobots attacked, Powerdive and [[Ransack (G2)|Ransack]] battled against [[Manta Ray (G2)|Manta Ray]] and [[Leadfoot (G2)|Leadfoot]], and may have developed rotor powers after all four were exposed to [[forestonite]] gas. {{storylink|Generation 2: Redux}}

==Toys==
===Generation 2===
[[Image:G2-toy_Powerdive.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Comes with cherry or licorice-flavored rotors.]]
*'''Powerdive''' (Rotor Force, 1994)
**''Accessories'': Helicopter rotor, 2 rotor discs

: Powerdive transforms into a [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes|Boeing-McDonnell-Douglas AH-64 Apache assault helicopter]]. As a [[Rotor Force]] toy, his hand-wound rotor assembly can launch plastic flying discs in vehicle and robot mode; the prop/engine portion becoming a hand-held weapon for robot mode.

: He came with two rotor discs, in case you lost one (considering how well they fly, good idea). Early releases of Powerdive and his partner [[Ransack (G2)|Ransack]] came with black-plastic rotor discs, but this was changed to red after a short while. The black-rotor version is much more uncommon.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1994/Decepticon/Powerdive/powerdive.htm More information on Powerdive at TFU.info]''

===Generations===
*'''Power Dive''' (Voyager, 2012)
{{comingsoontoy}}

==Notes==
* Given his alt-mode and color-scheme, it's very likely that Generations Powerdive is an updated version of his Rotor Force partner Ransack, and not of Powerdive himself.
* ''Transformers Generation 2'' #7 and #12 misspells his name as "Powerdrive".

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Powerdive''' (パワーダイブ ''Pawādaibu'')

[[Category:Generation 2 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Wings Universe Decepticons]]

Bruticus (WFC)

2012-07-06T14:03:29Z

156.33.37.196: /* Generations */

{{faction|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Bruticus}}
:''Bruticus is a [[Decepticon]] [[combiner]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:FOC-Bruticusart.jpg|right|thumb|300px|It remains to be seen if he is capable of kicking Superion's behind.]]

'''Bruticus''' was the first [[combiner]] created by the mad scientist [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]]. For all his strength and power, however, the monstrous gestalt has only the most rudimentary mind, capable of wanton destruction and little else.

Bruticus is the combined form of five [[Combaticon (WFC)|Combaticons]]:

*[[Onslaught (WFC)|Onslaught]] (torso)
*[[Brawl (WFC)|Brawl]] (left leg)
*[[Vortex (FOC)|Vortex]] (left arm)
*[[Swindle (FOC)|Swindle]] (right leg)
*[[Blast Off (FOC)|Blast Off]] (right arm)

He is also known as '''Bruticus Maximus'''.

==Fiction==
===Aligned novels===
Shockwave created Bruticus Maximus when working in [[Crystal City]]. Though Bruticus's individual components were intelligent, the combined form was a monster who had trouble telling friend from foe, and he was put into stasis.

Following Crystal City's destruction during the war with the [[Autobot]]s, Bruticus was revived and was ordered to serve on the battlefield at [[Praxus]]. During this battle, he took wounds that would prove to be fatal to any other Transformer, and survived, albeit heavily injured. He would not be so lucky during his deployment at [[Kalis]], with [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]], [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]] and [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] dismembering Bruticus to the point it was believed he would never combine again. Sideswipe boasted he tore off his head. Not even this would destroy the combiner for good; Bruticus later saw action at the forefront of the [[Nova Cronum]] massacre.{{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Fall of Cybertron''===
[[Image:FOC-Bruticus.jpg|thumb|200px|]]
{{comingsoon}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron}}

{{-}}

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

==Toys==
===Generations===
[[Image:Generationstoy-Bruticus.jpg|right|thumb|300px|They said it couldn't be done.]]
*'''Onslaught''' (Deluxe, 2012)
*'''Blast Off''' (Deluxe, 2012)
*'''Brawl''' (Deluxe, 2012)
*'''Swindle''' (Deluxe, 2012)
*'''Vortex''' (Deluxe, 2012)

: Bruticus is created by combining the five Deluxe Combaticons, with the color scheme based off of ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' [[Bruticus Maximus (Energon)|Bruticus Maximus]].

{{comingsoontoy}}
{{-}}{{anchor|SDCCBrut}}
[[Image:Generationstoy-SDCCBruticus.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]
*'''Decepticon Bruticus''' (multi-pack, 2012)

: This San Diego Comic-Con 2012 [[exclusive]] pack contains [[redeco]]es of the Combaticons in more game-accurate colors.

{{comingsoontoy}}

*'''G2 Bruticus''' (multi-pack, 2012)

: A second redeco is an [[exclusive]] to Amazon in the US, and contains [[redeco]]es of the Combaticons in their ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2 colors]]'' (as a tie-in to their Fall of Cybertron pre-order bonus, which is a G2 Bruticus skin for the game).

{{comingsoontoy}}
{{--}}

==Notes==
* Early on in ''Exodus'', Bruticus Maximus and [[Onslaught (WFC)|Onslaught]] are referred to as "Constructicons". The Constructicons here are a larger team than normal, but given that this description shortly follows a paragraph talking about definite, actual Constructicons and that the Combaticons' team name IS mentioned later, this seems a likely error by [[Alpha Trion (Prime)|Alpha Trion]] or [[Alex Irvine]].
* At the moment, Bruticus appears in levels where the player uses Vortex. Based on gameplay previews, the Combaticons apparently use Bruticus' brute (heh) strength to break an Autobot defensive line before separating and giving the player control of Vortex. His primary weapon is a flamethrower, he can use Vortex's spinning rotor blades a shield, and he also has the ability to punch the ground, sending a shockwave at his enemies.

[[Category:Combaticons]]
[[Category:Combined forms]]
[[Category:Generations]]
[[Category:Transformers Online Decepticons]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron Decepticons]]

Bruticus (WFC)

2012-07-06T14:01:40Z

156.33.37.196: /* Generations */

{{faction|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Bruticus}}
:''Bruticus is a [[Decepticon]] [[combiner]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:FOC-Bruticusart.jpg|right|thumb|300px|It remains to be seen if he is capable of kicking Superion's behind.]]

'''Bruticus''' was the first [[combiner]] created by the mad scientist [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]]. For all his strength and power, however, the monstrous gestalt has only the most rudimentary mind, capable of wanton destruction and little else.

Bruticus is the combined form of five [[Combaticon (WFC)|Combaticons]]:

*[[Onslaught (WFC)|Onslaught]] (torso)
*[[Brawl (WFC)|Brawl]] (left leg)
*[[Vortex (FOC)|Vortex]] (left arm)
*[[Swindle (FOC)|Swindle]] (right leg)
*[[Blast Off (FOC)|Blast Off]] (right arm)

He is also known as '''Bruticus Maximus'''.

==Fiction==
===Aligned novels===
Shockwave created Bruticus Maximus when working in [[Crystal City]]. Though Bruticus's individual components were intelligent, the combined form was a monster who had trouble telling friend from foe, and he was put into stasis.

Following Crystal City's destruction during the war with the [[Autobot]]s, Bruticus was revived and was ordered to serve on the battlefield at [[Praxus]]. During this battle, he took wounds that would prove to be fatal to any other Transformer, and survived, albeit heavily injured. He would not be so lucky during his deployment at [[Kalis]], with [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]], [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]] and [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] dismembering Bruticus to the point it was believed he would never combine again. Sideswipe boasted he tore off his head. Not even this would destroy the combiner for good; Bruticus later saw action at the forefront of the [[Nova Cronum]] massacre.{{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Fall of Cybertron''===
[[Image:FOC-Bruticus.jpg|thumb|200px|]]
{{comingsoon}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron}}

{{-}}

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

==Toys==
===Generations===
[[Image:Generationstoy-Bruticus.jpg|right|thumb|300px|They said it couldn't be done.]]
*'''Onslaught''' (Deluxe, 2012)
*'''Blast Off''' (Deluxe, 2012)
*'''Brawl''' (Deluxe, 2012)
*'''Swindle''' (Deluxe, 2012)
*'''Vortex''' (Deluxe, 2012)

: Bruticus is created by combining the five Deluxe Combaticons, with the color scheme based off of ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' [[Bruticus Maximus (Energon)|Bruticus Maximus]].

{{comingsoontoy}}
{{-}}{{anchor|SDCCBrut}}
[[Image:Generationstoy-SDCCBruticus.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]
*'''Decepticon Bruticus''' (multi-pack, 2012)

: This San Diego Comic-Con 2012 [[exclusive]] pack contains [[redeco]]es of the Combaticons in more game-accurate colors.

{{comingsoontoy}}

*'''G2 Bruticus''' (multi-pack, 2012)

: A second redeco is an [[exclusive]] to Amazon in the US, and contains [[redeco]]es of the Combaticons in their Generation 2 colors (as a tie-in to their Fall of Cybertron pre-order bonus, which is a G2 Bruticus skin for the game).

{{comingsoontoy}}
{{--}}

==Notes==
* Early on in ''Exodus'', Bruticus Maximus and [[Onslaught (WFC)|Onslaught]] are referred to as "Constructicons". The Constructicons here are a larger team than normal, but given that this description shortly follows a paragraph talking about definite, actual Constructicons and that the Combaticons' team name IS mentioned later, this seems a likely error by [[Alpha Trion (Prime)|Alpha Trion]] or [[Alex Irvine]].
* At the moment, Bruticus appears in levels where the player uses Vortex. Based on gameplay previews, the Combaticons apparently use Bruticus' brute (heh) strength to break an Autobot defensive line before separating and giving the player control of Vortex. His primary weapon is a flamethrower, he can use Vortex's spinning rotor blades a shield, and he also has the ability to punch the ground, sending a shockwave at his enemies.

[[Category:Combaticons]]
[[Category:Combined forms]]
[[Category:Generations]]
[[Category:Transformers Online Decepticons]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron Decepticons]]

Bruticus (WFC)

2012-04-11T17:16:01Z

156.33.37.196:

{{faction|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Bruticus}}
:''Bruticus is a [[Decepticon]] [[combiner]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:FOC-Bruticusart.jpg|right|thumb|300px|It remains to be seen if he is capable of kicking Superion's behind.]]

'''Bruticus''' was the first [[combiner]] created by the mad scientist [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]]. For all his strength and power, however, the monstrous gestalt has only the most rudimentary mind, capable of wanton destruction and little else.

Bruticus is the combined form of five [[Combaticon (WFC)|Combaticons]]:

*[[Onslaught (WFC)|Onslaught]] (torso)
*[[Brawl (WFC)|Brawl]] (left leg)
*[[Vortex (FOC)|Vortex]] (left arm)
*[[Swindle (FOC)|Swindle]] (right leg)
*[[Blast Off (FOC)|Blast Off]] (right arm)

He is also known as '''Bruticus Maximus'''.

==Fiction==
===Aligned novels===
Shockwave created Bruticus Maximus when working in [[Crystal City]]. Though Bruticus's individual components were intelligent, the combined form was a monster who had trouble telling friend from foe, and he was put into stasis.

Following Crystal City's destruction during the war with the [[Autobot]]s, Bruticus was revived and was ordered to serve on the battlefield at [[Praxus]]. During this battle, he took wounds that would prove to be fatal to any other Transformer, and survived, albeit heavily injured. He would not be so lucky during his deployment at [[Kalis]], with [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]], [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]] and [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] dismembering Bruticus to the point it was believed he would never combine again. Sideswipe boasted he tore off his head. Not even this would destroy the combiner for good; Bruticus later saw action at the forefront of the [[Nova Cronum]] massacre.{{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Fall of Cybertron''===
[[Image:FOC-Bruticus.jpg|thumb|200px|]]
{{comingsoon}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron}}

{{-}}

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

==Toys==
===Generations===
[[Image:Generationstoy-Bruticus.jpg|right|thumb|300px|[[Fandom|They]] said it couldn't be done.]]

*'''Onslaught''' (Deluxe, 2012)
*'''Blast Off''' (Deluxe, 2012)
*'''Brawl''' (Deluxe, 2012)
*'''Swindle''' (Deluxe, 2012)
*'''Vortex''' (Deluxe, 2012)

: Bruticus is created by combining the five Deluxe Combaticons.
{{comingsoontoy}}
{{--}}

==Notes==
* Early on in ''Exodus'', Bruticus Maximus and [[Onslaught (WFC)|Onslaught]] are referred to as "Constructicons". The Constructicons here are a larger team than normal, but given that this description shortly follows a paragraph talking about definite, actual Constructicons and that the Combaticons' team name IS mentioned later, this seems a likely error by [[Alpha Trion (Prime)|Alpha Trion]] or [[Alex Irvine]].
* At the moment, Bruticus appears in levels where the player uses Vortex. Based on gameplay previews, the Combaticons apparently use Bruticus' brute (heh) strength to break an Autobot defensive line before separating and giving the player control of Vortex. His primary weapon is a flamethrower, he can use Vortex's spinning rotor blades a shield, and he also has the ability to punch the ground, sending a shockwave at his enemies.
*The Bruticus toy has been shown in official images with two different color schemes, one more game accurate, the other colored like [[Energon]] [[Bruticus Maximus]]. Which one (or if both) will see final retail release remains undetermined.

[[Category:Combaticons]]
[[Category:Combined forms]]
[[Category:Generations]]
[[Category:Transformers Online Decepticons]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron Decepticons]]

Bruticus (WFC)

2012-04-11T17:15:35Z

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{{faction|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Bruticus}}
:''Bruticus is a [[Decepticon]] [[combiner]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:FOC-Bruticusart.jpg|right|thumb|300px|It remains to be seen if he is capable of kicking Superion's behind.]]

'''Bruticus''' was the first [[combiner]] created by the mad scientist [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]]. For all his strength and power, however, the monstrous gestalt has only the most rudimentary mind, capable of wanton destruction and little else.

Bruticus is the combined form of five [[Combaticon (WFC)|Combaticons]]:

*[[Onslaught (WFC)|Onslaught]] (torso)
*[[Brawl (WFC)|Brawl]] (left leg)
*[[Vortex (FOC)|Vortex]] (left arm)
*[[Swindle (FOC)|Swindle]] (right leg)
*[[Blast Off (FOC)|Blast Off]] (right arm)

He is also known as '''Bruticus Maximus'''.

==Fiction==
===Aligned novels===
Shockwave created Bruticus Maximus when working in [[Crystal City]]. Though Bruticus's individual components were intelligent, the combined form was a monster who had trouble telling friend from foe, and he was put into stasis.

Following Crystal City's destruction during the war with the [[Autobot]]s, Bruticus was revived and was ordered to serve on the battlefield at [[Praxus]]. During this battle, he took wounds that would prove to be fatal to any other Transformer, and survived, albeit heavily injured. He would not be so lucky during his deployment at [[Kalis]], with [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]], [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]] and [[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] dismembering Bruticus to the point it was believed he would never combine again. Sideswipe boasted he tore off his head. Not even this would destroy the combiner for good; Bruticus later saw action at the forefront of the [[Nova Cronum]] massacre.{{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Fall of Cybertron''===
[[Image:FOC-Bruticus.jpg|thumb|200px|]]
{{comingsoon}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron}}

{{-}}

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

==Toys==
===Generations===
[[Image:Generationstoy-Bruticus.jpg|right|thumb|300px|[[Fandom|They]] said it couldn't be done.]]

*'''Onslaught''' (Deluxe, 2012)
*'''Blast Off''' (Deluxe, 2012)
*'''Brawl''' (Deluxe, 2012)
*'''Swindle''' (Deluxe, 2012)
*'''Vortex''' (Deluxe, 2012)

: Bruticus is created by combining the five Deluxe Combaticons.
{{comingsoontoy}}
{{--}}

==Notes==
* Early on in ''Exodus'', Bruticus Maximus and [[Onslaught (WFC)|Onslaught]] are referred to as "Constructicons". The Constructicons here are a larger team than normal, but given that this description shortly follows a paragraph talking about definite, actual Constructicons and that the Combaticons' team name IS mentioned later, this seems a likely error by [[Alpha Trion (Prime)|Alpha Trion]] or [[Alex Irvine]].
* At the moment, Bruticus appears in levels where the player uses Vortex. Based on gameplay previews, the Combaticons apparently use Bruticus' brute (heh) strength to break an Autobot defensive line before separating and giving the player control of Vortex. His primary weapon is a flamethrower, he can use Vortex's spinning rotor blades a shield, and he also has the ability to punch the ground, sending a shockwave at his enemies.
*The Bruticus toy has been shown in official images with two different color schemes, one more game accurate, the other colored like [[Energon]] [[BruticusMaximus]]. Which one (or if both) will see final retail release remains undetermined.

[[Category:Combaticons]]
[[Category:Combined forms]]
[[Category:Generations]]
[[Category:Transformers Online Decepticons]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron Decepticons]]