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Scourge (BW)

2011-06-04T06:21:09Z

169.229.97.199: /* Beast Wars */

{{Factions|predacon}}
{{disambig3|Scourge}}
:''Scourge is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] from the [[Beast Wars (franchise)|Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[Image:Scourge-bw-packageart.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"My cousins got to plague ancient Egypt and all I got was this stupid toy gig..."]]
'''Scourge''' is psychotic. Scourge specializes in bio-warfare. Scourge is butt-ugly. 'Nuff said.

==Fiction==
===Intimidation Game===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Brian Orms]] (English)

Scourge, disguised as the [[Autobot]] [[Ricochet (Timelines)|Ricochet]], interrogated the captured [[Tripredacus Council|Tripredacus]] agent [[Flamewar]]. Upon determining that Flamewar could be trusted not to betray her employers, he invited her into the organization of the Predacon insurrectionist [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]. She accepted. {{storylink|Intimidation Game}}

===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics===
Scourge was among the Predacons recruited by [[Magmatron]] following his arrival on ancient Earth, from one of the many [[Protoform|protoforms]] scattered across the planet. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 2|The Gathering #2}}

Sent to find Maximals out southwest, Scourge ventured into a swamp along with [[Transquito]], [[Insecticon (BW)|Insecticon]], [[Retrax]] and [[Powerpinch]]. He was very happy to be able to fire onto unsuspecting prey. Unfortunately, they encountered the territorial [[Mutant (BW)|Mutants]], who proceeded to beat the slag out of them. Being the only two Predacons standing after witnessing Powerpinch being dismembered, Scourge and Insecticon quickly turned abdomens, noting the area as "clear with nothing to report." {{storylink|The Gathering issue 3|The Gathering #3}}

He later accompanied [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] and many other Predacons in seeking out [[Razorbeast]] and his forces at the Maximal lair. They managed to surround the Maximals, and he prepared for the final blow...

...only to have his right wing torn off by [[Bantor]] (and left behind when he ran off) during a large battle between the Predacon and Maximal forces when [[Torca]] burst onto the scene with reinforcements. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 4|The Gathering #4}}

The Predacons didn't give up so easily, though, and Scourge later participated in another attack on the Maximal lair. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 1|The Ascending #1}} As part of the flying insect squad, he fought well against the ground-bound Maximals... until his wings were broken again and he got kicked in the chest by [[Mach Kick]]. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 2|The Ascending #2}}

The battle was interrupted by the arrival of [[Rartorata]], a minion of [[Shokaract]] sent to destroy both the Predacons and Maximals. After firing at this new foe from the ground for a bit, Scourge took to the air again and helped several other fliers wrestle him to the ground. Shortly afterwards, he was deemed fit enough to return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and help defeat Shokaract himself. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 3|The Ascending #3}} Led by [[Noctorro]], Scourge participated in an aerial attack on Shokaract, and was blasted out of the air almost immediately for his efforts. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 4|The Ascending #4}}

==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
* '''Scourge''' (Deluxe Transmetal 2, 1999)

: Scourge transforms into a [[Transmetal 2]] bio-mechanical monstrous locust. His [[spark crystal]] is in his left [[alternate mode]] eye. His wings swing forward by pulling a plunger-mechanism in his beast-mode abdomen; the left wing conceals a spring-loaded missile launcher. The other wing also holds a launchable missile, but the wing proper is only for storage. The missiles have a bladelike appearance and can be held as swords in the robot mode's right hand.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1999/Predacon/Scourge/scourge.htm More information on Scourge at tfu.info]''

[[Category:Beast Wars Predacons]]
[[Category:Transmetals 2]]

Icepick (PCC)

2011-03-13T04:05:56Z

169.229.97.199: /* Power Core Combiners */

{{faction|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Icepick}}
:''Icepick is a [[Decepticon]] [[Commander (PCC)|Commander]] from [[Power Core Combiners]].''

[[Image:PCC-toy_Icepick.jpg|thumb|400px|]]

'''Icepick''' has no respect for his elders. Or, in fact, for anyone less technologically-advanced than himself and his fellow [[combiner]]s. He believes they're fit for the scrap heap, and he's only too happy to send them there himself; outmoded [[Autobot]]s and Decepticons alike had best steer clear of this frigid fanatic.

==Toys==
===Power Core Combiners===
*'''Icepick with Chainclaw''' (Commander Class, 2010)

: Part of the second wave of ''Power Core Combiners'', Icepick transforms into a treaded snow-plow vehicle of probably-made-up model. Unlike most Power Core Combiners Commander figures, Icepick does not have [[5mm post]] holes in or near his hands to allow him to wield his Mini-Con partner in a gun- or melee-weapon-like manner. He has some sweet claws, though, and the hardpoint on his right shoulder allows him to use a Mini-Con's weapon mode as a shoulder-mounted emplacement. A flip-up [[Powerlinx]] socket on his chest allows him to use [[Mini-Con]]s as armor. He also has a secondary "power up" mode, in which he forms a super robot torso; in this configuration he can use the drone-limbs from any 5-pack set to make a new super-robot.

: He was sold in a set with his Mini-Con partner [[Chainclaw (PCC)|Chainclaw]].

==Notes==
* It's conceivable that Icepick and Chainclaw's names were originally intended to be swapped around. While "Icepick" works about as well for either robot, the Commander ''is'' the one with "chains" (his treads) and claws.
* Due to the vague continuity of the ''Power Core Combiners'' line, it's possible that he is the same character as ''[[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]]'' [[Icepick (G1)|Icepick]]. Or he could just be another guy who's kind of like him. [[Homage|It happens.]]

[[Category: Power Core Combiners Decepticons]]
[[Category: Toy-only characters]]

Commander (PCC)

2011-03-13T03:56:54Z

169.229.97.199: /* Commander class */

{{disambig3|Commander}}

:''Commanders are a cross-factional [[subgroup]] of [[Transformer]]s from [[Power Core Combiners]].''

'''Commanders''' are the core Transformer at the heart of a [[Power Core Team]]. Commanders lead and combine with both [[Mini-Con]]s and powerful drone vehicles that increase their power and combat abilities, transforming them into a larger, powered-up form.

The commanders are:

'''Autobots'''

{{collist|2|
* [[Double Clutch (PCC)|Double Clutch]]
* [[Leadfoot (PCC)|Leadfoot]]
* [[Grimstone]]
* [[Heavytread (PCC)|Heavytread]]
* [[Huffer (PCC)|Huffer]]
* [[Salvage (Movie)|Salvage]]
* [[Searchlight (PCC)|Searchlight]]
* [[Skyburst]]
* [[Stakeout (PCC)|Stakeout]]
* [[Steelshot]]
}}

'''Decepticons'''

{{collist|2|
* [[Bombshock (PCC)|Bombshock]]
* [[Crankcase (PCC)|Crankcase]]
* [[Darkstream]]
* [[Icepick (PCC)|Icepick]]
* [[Mudslinger (PCC)|Mudslinger]]
* [[Over-Run (PCC)|Over-Run]]
* [[Skyhammer (PCC)|Skyhammer]]
* [[Sledge (PCC)|Sledge]]
* [[Smolder]]
* [[Steamhammer (PCC)|Steamhammer]]
* [[Undertow (PCC)|Undertow]]
* [[Windburn]]
}}

==Fiction==
===Toy packaging===
Power Core combining technology was an ancient, lost Transformer technology. The Autobots were very surprised to rediscover this lost tech on Earth and decided to put it to good use, upgrading the best of the best to be Power Core Commanders. Unfortunately, Decepticon spies quickly stole the Power Core Combiner technology and have used it to give themselves a powerful edge against their Autobot enemies.

==Toys==
===Commander class===
Every commander figure has two faces—one for robot, one for torso. Torso mode can combine with 5-pack drones (see below). With standard Mini-Con Powerlinx points!
*'''Huffer with Caliburst'''
*'''Smolder with Chopster'''
*'''Searchlight with Backwind'''
*'''Icepick with Chainclaw'''
*'''Leadfoot with Pinpoint'''
*'''Sledge with Throttler'''
*'''Windburn with Darkray'''
*'''Darkstream with Razorbeam'''
*'''Steelshot with Beacon'''
*'''Heavytread with Groundspike'''
*'''Skyhammer with Airlift'''
*'''Undertow with Waterlog'''
*'''Salvage with Bomb-Burst'''

===Power Core Combiners 5-pack===
1 core robot/vehicle & 4 drone-vehicle limbs. Drones can attach to any commander figure to make new combinations.
*'''Commander Bombshock with Combaticons'''
*'''Commander Skyburst with Aerialbots'''
*'''Commander Double Clutch with Rallybots'''
*'''Commander Mudslinger with Destructicons'''
*'''Commander Stakeout with Protectobots'''
*'''Commander Crankcase with Destrons'''
*'''Commander Steamhammer with Constructicons'''
*'''Commander Grimstone with Dinobots'''
*'''Commander Over-Run with Stunticons'''

[[Category: Power Core Combiners]]

Undertow (PCC)

2011-03-13T03:55:24Z

169.229.97.199: /* Power Core Combiners */

{{faction|decepticon}}
{{disambig2|the Decepticon from Power Core Combiners|the Autobot from Generation 1|Undertow (G1)}}
:''Undertow is a [[Decepticon]] [[Commander (PCC)|Commander]] from [[Power Core Combiners]].''

[[Image:PCC-toy_Undertow_Waterlog.jpg|thumb|right|300px|]]

'''Undertow''' used to be just another stupid, angry grunt in the Decepticon army, but then he went through the [[Power Core Combination|Power Core]] process and... Well, actually he's ''still'' stupid and angry, but now he's strong, too. And now those smug jerks who think they're so much smarter than him are going to pay.

==Toys==
===''Power Core Combiners''===
*'''Undertow with Waterlog''' (Commander Class, 2011)

: Part of the fifth wave of ''Power Core Combiners'' Commander Class figures, Undertow transforms into a speedboat armed with non-firing gatling guns. He also has a third super-robot torso mode compatible with all ''Power Core Combiners'' drone-limbs. Through [[Powerlinx]] ports, his [[Mini-Con]] partner [[Waterlog (PCC)|Waterlog]] can be attached to him in vehicle mode (as a gun emplacement) or robot mode (as chest armor). Undertow's torso mode has a head resembling an old-fashioned diver's helmet, a possible homage to [[Octopunch]]'s Pretender shell.

[[Category: Power Core Combiners Decepticons]]
[[Category: Toy-only characters]]

Grand Mal

2010-12-30T07:40:59Z

169.229.97.199: /* Notes */

{{factions|vehicon}}
:''The Grand Mal is a ship from the [[Beast Machines (franchise)|Beast Machines]] portion of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:BFH.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Dave, will I dream?]]
The '''Grand Mal''' is the transformable vessel that served as [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s body during part of the conflict with the [[technorganic]] [[Maximal|Maximal]]s on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Its primary mode is a big, floating head resembling the control helmet Megatron wore previously. It can change to a ship mode and may have a robot mode, but it has never been shown to convert to it.

:''Japanese name:'' '''Megahead'''

==Fiction==
===''Beast Machines'' cartoon===
[[Image:GrandMal Schematics.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Poor Diagnostic Drone always wanted to be a toy designer.]]

As Megatron raged at the failure of yet another attempted purge of his organic elements, his [[Diagnostic Drone]] suggested he instead transfer his [[spark]] to an entirely mechanical body. As he spoke, screens behind him displayed wireframe schematics of a ship, a head, and a robot. Megatron immediately rejected the notion as too risky, for it would leave his spark briefly exposed. The Diagnostic Drone changed the subject to [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]], and the screens altered accordingly. {{storylink|Survivor}}

Despite Megatron's rejection, the Grand Mal suddenly appeared in its ''enormous,'' completed form soon after Megatron was destroyed. He and [[Optimus Primal]] had activated their [[Key to Vector Sigma|doomsday]] [[Plasma energy|devices]] and been obliterated by the colliding energies. Megatron's [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon army]] and all his systems of dominance went offline, but the building-sized head mysteriously arose from behind his [[Council Citadel|citadel]]. {{storylink|Fallout}} Using some form of [[Flight#Levitation|antigravity]], it drifted with no apparent destination, never touching the ground.

[[Image:GrandMal Transformation.jpg|right|200px|thumb|To look cool. ''That's'' why.]]

Meanwhile, Megatron's spark still existed, but it inhabited a [[Noble|fully organic creature]] which had also appeared without explanation. All of his actions were aimed at one goal: reentering his citadel and using the control helmet to transfer his spark to the floating head. Duping the Maximals into helping him, he succeeded. From within his new body, he was able to reactivate the Vehicons and the city in general, putting the Maximals back on the run. {{storylink|Prometheus Unbound}}

The Grand Mal's face could move its eyes and eyebrows to express emotions, and often did so as Megatron spoke down to others while hovering in the sky; however, it never opened its mouth to speak except in telepathic visions. When other Transformers were inside the Grand Mal, Megatron would communicate via a smaller, internal, [[Hologram|holographic]] head composed of [[Cybertronian languages|Cybertronix]]; he would continue to use this virtual avatar even after the Grand Mal was occupied by Maximals. He only transformed the Grand Mal into ship mode once, in order to fire upon [[Botanica (BM)|Botanica]]'s [[Botanica's ship|shuttle]] and its sprawling plant life. {{storylink|Home Soil}}

[[Image:Megatron floating head avatar.jpg|left|200px|thumb|And inside ''that'' head is ''another'' head, onward into infinity.]]

At some point, he moved his spark collection from the citadel to a massive, cylindrical holding vessel within himself. But this did not accomplish his goal of ''absorbing'' the sparks into his own. When he began the absorption process, for some reason his spark drifted out of the Grand Mal. This left him vulnerable to Nightscream's sonic blast, which sent his spark careening in a "depolarized" state. The Grand Mal once again floated rudderlessly. {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. III: The Siege}}

For a time, Megatron wandered the planet bodiless, and the Maximals occupied the Grand Mal as their base. {{storylink|Spark of Darkness}} He eventually recomposed himself in the body of a Diagnostic Drone and led Vehicon assaults on the Grand Mal. The Maximals fought in defense of the sparks it contained, but when the Vehicons matched their weapons to its shield harmonics, they were able to bring it down. It crashed into the citadel. {{storylink|Endgame Pt. I: The Downward Spiral}}

[[Image:Big-floating-head-green.jpg|right|150px|thumb|The machinations of [[Vector Sigma|the Oracle]] have succeeded in creating the largest Chia Pet in the universe.]]

It was subsequently the site of the final battle between the Vehicons and the Maximals. The Maximals were able to reactivate its shields by tapping into a surface power source. Later, Primal chased various Vehicon drones through its depths, while Cheetor used its antigravity engines to launch the Vehicon generals [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] and [[Strika (BM)|Strika]] into planetary orbit. {{storylink|Endgame Pt. II: When Legends Fall}}

After the [[reformatting]] of Cybertron, its form remained visible, though covered with technorganic greenery. {{storylink|Endgame Pt. III: Seeds of the Future}}

{{-}}
===''Universe: Featuring the Wreckers'' comics===
One short week after the great reformatting, the crashed, vegetation-covered giant head had been dubbed Mount Megatron. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}

==Toys==
===Beast Wars Returns===
[[Image:Megaheadtoy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Third use of the mold. First use of the mold as the character it was meant to be.]]
* '''Megahead Megatron''' (Deluxe, 2005)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''BR-12'''

:A Japanese release, Megahead Megatron transforms into the Grand Mal's head mode with scuttling spider-leg action, opening jaw for chip-eating action, and a hidden spring-loaded missile launcher in its mouth. In robot mode, the launcher swings over his head, placing a battle mask down over his face. The robot looks nothing like the schematic seen in the cartoon (and there is no ship mode), but a few incidental design elements of the ship-transformation are seen in the toy.

:If one removes the toy's spider-legs in head mode, it fits into the head socket of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]].

:The figure was originally released in North America as the ''[[Robots in Disguise (toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' toy [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron Megabolt]]—an entirely different Megatron. While it had been designed as a ''Beast Machines'' toy, its release was delayed until after that line had ended. The mold was later used for [[Megabolt]].

==Notes==
*The Grand Mal was not named in the [[Beast Machines (cartoon)|''Beast Machines'' cartoon]]. Fans at the time took to calling it the "Big Floating Head" (or "BFH" for short). The official name "Grand Mal" became known later from episode scripts and the short story "[[Singularity Ablyss]]" by series writer [[Bob Skir]], published in the ''[[Transformers Legends]]'' anthology.
*It's unclear ''how'' the Grand Mal was created in the cartoon. It certainly could have been under construction "offscreen," but its only reference had been when Megatron ''rejected'' the notion. And, enigmatically, when Megatron entered it he declared: "For an eternity I slaved to free myself from the organic material contaminating my otherwise perfect technological body. I finally succeeded in separating the two, but my spark remained with the wrong half—the organic half." This perhaps implies that his "destruction" in the doomsday energy-storm spontaneously generated both Savage/Noble ''and'' the Grand Mal. But much is unknown about that entire event, and no clear answers exist.
*In a nod to the [[Generation 1 (cartoon)|''Generation 1'' cartoon]], [[Rattrap]] refers to the uninhabited Grand Mal as "a sparkless, floating tribute to [[Unicron]]."
*While the head-mode is clearly meant to resemble Megatron's control helmet, the ship mode bears a more tenuous resemblance to the [[Darksyde]]. It's unknown if this is intentional.
*This isn't the only Megatron who [[Megatron (RID)#Robots_in_Disguise_2|likes to turn into a giant body part]].
*Nor is it the only Megatron who [[Megatron (Animated)|spends part of his life as a disembodied head.]]
*A [[wikipedia:Tonic-clonic_seizure|grand mal]] is a type of seizure, and literally means "great bad" in French.

[[Category:Beast Machines]]
[[Category:Beast Machines locations]]
[[Category:Vehicles]]
[[Category:Vehicons]]

Grimstone (PCC)

2010-12-20T09:22:38Z

169.229.97.199: /* Notes */

:''Grimstone is an [[Autobot]] [[Commander (PCC)|Commander]] from ''[[Power Core Combiners]]''.''

[[Image:PCC-toy_GrimstoneDinobots.jpg|thumb|right|300px|A Dinobot leader who's a vegetarian? Goddamn liberals...]]

'''Grimstone''' is power-hungry for an Autobot, longing for the privilege great power brings. Despite this, he knows the purpose of power is protecting the weak, and that it brings with it the responsibility to put others first. It's unclear if undergoing the [[Power Core Combination]] process satisfied Grimstone's ambitions, but his new [[Dinobot (PCC)|Dinobots]] have certainly made him strong enough to protect the less fortunate.

==Toys==
===Power Core Combiners===
*'''Grimstone with Dinobots''' (Commander Class, 2010)
:Grimstone transforms into a ''Styracosaurus'' and a torso mode for his four Dinobot drones to combine with. The Dinobots automatically transform from robotic dinosaurs to limbs using [[Automorph Technology]] when clipped onto Grimstone, and when detached, they transform back to beast mode. Like all Commanders, Grimstone is also compatible with [[Mini-Con]]s.

==Notes==
* Grimstone's boxart misidentifies him as a ''Triceratops'' instead of a ''Styracosaurus''. Additionally, his ''Dimetrodon'' drone is misidentified as a ''Spinosaurus.''
* All of Grimstone's promotional photography depicts an additional joint that allows his nose to slide upwards in his super robot mode. This was not present in the final figure.

[[Category:Dinobots]]
[[Category:Multi-component Transformers]]
[[Category: Power Core Combiners Autobots]]
[[Category:Toy-only characters]]