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Hardshell

2012-06-03T08:41:23Z

219.88.92.38:

{{faction|decepticon}}
{{disambig2|the Prime Insecticon|the Generation 1 Insecticon who is sometimes known as Hardshell|Bombshell (G1)}}
[[Image:HardshellTeaser.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Not fast enough to evade screencaps!]]
:''Hardshell is a [[Decepticon]] [[Insecticon (Prime)|Insecticon]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
Among the [[Insecticon (Prime)|Insecticons]], '''Hardshell''' is one of the most ferocious. He doesn't need to prove it through words, as his many battle scars, gained while off-lining many a [[Wrecker]], are ample proof.

==Fiction==
===''Prime'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[David Kaye]] (English)}}
Through means with intentions unknown, Hardshell and his brothers found their way to EArth and locked themselves in stasis only to be discovered by [[Airachnid]] {{storylink|Crossfire}}

Hardshell was among the Insecticons temporarily controlled by Airachnid who declared their allegience to [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] and joined the crew of the ''[[Trypticon (Prime)|Nemesis]]''. {{storylink|Armada (episode)|Armada}}

Hardshell and his brethren were forced into stasis lock when the Nemesis became sentient and zapped the whole crew complement in stasis. {{storylink|Flying Mind}}

{{spoiler|Toxicity|June 26, 2012}}
When Megatron called for the most ferocious Insecticon, Hardshell put his name forward, and was sent with three other Insecticons to a volcanic region near the equator to search for an [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] relic. He encountered [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] and fought the Wrecker, but came off second best and lost a mandible into the deal. After recovering, he and his Insecticon companions found the relic containing a small amount of [[Tox-En]], an [[energon]] variant. They attempted to track Bulkhead, who had taken most of the Tox-En, and after following a false trail the [[Autobot]] had left, eventually caught up with him in a volcano's crater. Though Bulkhead was weakened by the Tox-En, he managed to expose Hardshell to enough Tox-En to severely weaken him. The Autobot hurled the Tox-En at Hardshell, knocking him into a volcanic vent. While the Tox-En was destroyed, Hardshell survived and blasted Bulkhead in the back as he stepped through the [[GroundBridge]]. {{storylink|Toxicity}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Fall of Cybertron''===
[[Image:FOC-Hardshell.jpg|left|thumb|250px|I'm gonna drink 'til I reboot!]]
{{comingsoon}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron}}

[[Category:Fiction-only Transformers]]
[[Category:Insecticons]]
[[Category:Prime Decepticons]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron Decepticons]]

Scraplet

2012-06-03T01:58:48Z

219.88.92.38: /* Prime cartoon */

[[Image:Scraplets.jpg|right|300px|thumb|This is the face of genital herpes.]]
'''Scraplets''' is alleged to be the deadliest disease known to mechanical lifeforms in the entire galaxy. It is a complicated form of alien parasite, which lives solely to eat, reproduce, and eat some more.

Scraplets have evolved to resemble pink and blue nuts and bolts, washers and screws. However, when brought in contact with mechanical life, Scraplets instantly and painfully embed themselves into the skin of said creature and rapidly begin to self-replicate. The living metal around a Scraplet quickly corrodes, decaying and cracking away as the embedded Scraplet feasts. This process is painful and inevitably fatal for the infected robot. In a matter of hours, a single Scraplet can reproduce enough to completely infest an average-sized Cybertronian to the point of physical breakdown.

Scraplets are capable of transforming into vaguely humanoid robotic configurations, each capable of elementary speech and reasoning abilities. There are many different forms of humanoid Scraplet; the number of limbs, eyes, fangs and claws vary, though they are all quite tiny by Transformer standards. They use the locomotion afforded by this mode to spread out from a dead or dying host and infect mechanoids whom they might not otherwise be able to come in contact with.

A mass of Scraplets can also merge together into a combined humanoid form. In this form they have enormous strength and agility and a primitive group consciousness. However, this form also carries with it some limitations, as they present a larger target and become vulnerable to conventional assault.

It is said that there is [[Water|a rare chemical of legend that can kill a Scraplet]], but this is doubtful.

{{bigquote|They pick you apart from the inside out, going for the small, juicy bits first, fuse by fuse, circuit by circuit, until there's nothing left. And I mean nothing... ''not even your optics''.|[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]]|"[[Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Generation 1 comics===
[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] called [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] a scraplet as an insult. {{storylink|Prisoner of War!}}
[[Image:Scraplet swarm Marvel US issue 29.jpg|left|250px|thumb|So... just how long have these things been hanging out in the infinite void of deep space, waiting for a living robot to pass by that exact spot?]]
When [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] needed to transport the first prototype [[Wash and Roll]] to [[Earth]], he hired a [[freighter pilot]] to fly the cargo there. Emerging from warp space in Earth's [[solar system]], the pilot exited the craft to perform some necessary repairs. As he did, the ship passed through what seemed to be a cloud of space dust. The "dust" rapidly infected the pilot, who lost control of the ship as it crashed on Earth.

Not hearing back from the pilot, Ratbat sent the Decepticon [[Triple Changer]]s to investigate. They found the stricken pilot near the crashed ship, but didn't get very far in interrogating him about his failure before they too were infected. When Blaster and Goldbug arrived, Blaster landed in the crater and was soon infected as well. The freighter pilot survived long enough to warn [[Bumblebee (G1)|Goldbug]] about the infection, just before his head fell off. The Scraplets charged toward the tasty-looking Goldbug, who was defended by his human friend [[Charlie Fong]]. But as the two headed off to try and find a cure, Goldbug hesitated, reluctant to abandon Blaster, and he too was infected. Hours later, the infection was so wide-spread that Goldbug couldn't continue driving. {{storylink|Crater Critters}}

[[Image:Scraplets duplicate Marvel US issue 29.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Scraplet reproduction. Woo!]]
Made aware of the infection by [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], Ratbat decided to take decisive action to contain it. Rather than risk more Decepticon lives, he captured [[Throttlebot|five Autobots]] and sent them to Earth. His mission for them: use vats of acid spray to destroy all infected Transformers on the planet, Autobot and Decepticon alike!

Charlie Fong pushed Goldbug through the desert to a service station, where the appalled attendants offered him a glass of water. Charlie was shocked when he spilled some on Goldbug to see the Scraplets die and fall off. Holy crap, pinball wizard and a miracle cure: ''water!!''

[[Image:Scraplets robot mode Marvel US issue 30.jpg|left|250px|thumb|And you thought girls had cooties...]]
Before Charlie could grab a hose to "wash his car", the attendants restrained him, thinking he was delusional. Two of the Throttlebots arrived just then, regretfully attempting to destroy Goldbug; only Charlie's interference saved him, as he demonstrated the miracle cure. Satisfied, [[Rollbar (G1)|Rollbar]] and [[Wide Load]] stood by while Charlie hosed down Goldbug, curing him.

[[Image:Scraplets combined mode Marvel US issue 30.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"NOBODY steps on a church in my town!"]]
Goldbug and company returned to the crash site with two tankers of water to save Blaster, but couldn't do so without also curing the three Decepticons. Before they could take action, thousands of the Scraplets combined into a muscular mauve giant, bashing the weaponless Throttlebots around. Goldbug cured the Decepticons, who used their firepower to bring down the giant, which Blaster then destroyed with one of the acid vats. The remaining water was used to remove the Scraplets which infected the Throttlebots during the battle, and the outbreak on Earth was at an end. {{storylink|The Cure!}}

When he returned four missing children to their parents on Earth, [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] likened the humans' outraged reactions to what he'd expect if he had been infected with Scraplets. {{storylink|Monstercon from Mars!}}
{{-}}

===Dreamwave Generation 1 comics===
[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] called [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] an "oversized scraplet" during the fight at the [[Praetorus Wharf]]. {{storylink|Revelation (The Dark Ages)|Revelation}}

===The Razor's Edge===
[[Airazor (BW)|Wing Saber]] mentally referred to [[Steelgrave]] as "you pompous, arrogant spawn of a scraplet" during his attempted torture on her.

Later, during the raid on the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] factory on [[Nibari]], [[Crossblades (BW)|Crossblades]] mockingly called [[Thrasher]] a "Scraplet". {{storylink|The Razor's Edge}}

===Shattered Glass===
Scraplets were a potion designed to heal damaged Transformers. They feasted on dead metal, leaving healthy metal untouched. The metal is either recycled into living metal or more scraplets. They're fatal to [[Zombie]]s. They were usually contained in vials, as the air in Cybertron's Shatterverse is loaded with water vapor, which kills them. {{storylink|Dungeons & Dinobots}}
{{stub}}

===Titan Magazines ''Revenge of the Fallen'' comics===
[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] accused [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] of behaving like "un-housetrained scraplets". Why anyone would housetrain a scraplet is anyone's guess. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.5|Reversal of Fortune}}

===''Animated''===
[[Ratbat (Animated)|Ratbat]]'s advanced sensors allowed him to spot an object as small as a Scraplet from a dozen [[hic]]s away. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

===''Prime'' cartoon===
[[Image:PrimeScrapletsEp7.gif|left|350px|thumb|So now we know what [[Mecannibal]] babies look like.]] The Scraplets were frozen in a large container in the [[Arctic]]. The Autobots, wishing to research the container, brought it into their base, only to have the scraplets chew through their prison and escape. The scraplets, who are very susceptible to cold, had been thawed by being brought into the base. [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]], while investigating the base, discovered a scraplet scuttling around, and thought it was an Autobot pet. He decided to play catch with the creature and threw a bolt, which the scraplet promptly devoured. Raf carried the scraplet to the inner area of the base where [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]], [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]], and [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] were waiting. They saw the creature and told him the damage it could do to them. Raf thought it to be harmless, and that Ratchet was kidding, until the scraplet leapt out of his arms and chewed large scratches into Bumblebee's leg. Ratchet knew more scraplets awaited and sent Bulkhead, [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]], Raf, and Bumblebee to hunt down more while he tried to repair the scraplets' damage with [[Jack Darby|Jack]] watching his back. The scraplets ambushed Bulkhead and Bumblebee and a swarm of them flew down from the ceiling and began chewing on Ratchet. Jack discovered that by using a fire extinguisher, one could freeze the scraplets and the Scraplets would freeze to death.

[[Image:Transformers-Prime-Scrapheap-Scraplet.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Where's Pinkie Pie's Parasprite Polka when you really need it?!]]
The creatures were fended off by the three children, who were not considered food by the scraplets. The scraplets had done considerable damage to many systems, and it was up to the children to fix them. They fixed the Energon supply cable that fed the [[GroundBridge]], bringing it back online. The Autobots formulated a plan to rid of the scraplets, and bring back [[Optimus Prime (Prime)| Optimus]] and [[Arcee (Prime)| Arcee]], who were exploring the Arctic. Activating the now operational GroundBridge, Bulkhead decided to act as bait to draw the scraplets through. Once through, the scraplets darted at Optimus and Arcee, and became frozen before they could reach them. {{storylink|Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap}}

The damage they'd done continued to plague the ground bridge's systems. {{storylink|Con Job}}

There were still plenty of scraplets on the dead Cybertron. A sizable cluster of them managed to find their way into the passageway beneath [[Kaon]] that led to [[Vector Sigma]]. When Jack passed through to Vector Sigma, the scraplets followed him. Once the megacomputer started charging [[Key to Vector Sigma|the Key]], the scraplets started feasting on the empowered access board. Despite Jack's attempts to remove them, the scraplets proved too many. Fortunately, an [[Insecticon (Prime)|Insecticon]] had also followed Jack down the passageway, but stopped short when it saw the infestation of scraplets. Jack quickly used this to his advantage by dislodging a live scraplet and throwing it at the giant insect. Sensing a living Cybertronian, the scraplets quickly went to town on the Insecticon. In a matter of seconds, the scraplets chewed through the Decepticon sentry's limbs, causing it to fall over into the deep pit below. The scraplets followed the doomed Insecticon as it plummeted. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 3}}

{{spoiler|Toxicity|June 26, 2012}}
When transporting toxic Energon to a volcano to destroy it, Bulkhead stated that carrying the vile Energon was worse then facing Scraplets. {{storylink|Toxicity}}

{{-}}

===IDW Generation 1 comics===
Among [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]'s suggestions for ways to execute a captive [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] was "a single Scraplet taken orally". {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 1}}

==Notes==
* While using round dialogue bubbles for humans and square dialogue bubbles for robots, letterer [[Janice Chiang]] used various polygons for Scraplet-speak.
* The Scraplet stories are two of Budiansky's favourite stories to write, though he'd got them confused with [[Mecannibal]]s. <ref>[http://traffic.libsyn.com/moonbase2/BobBinterview.mp3 Bob Budiansky interview at Moonbase 2]</ref>
* The Scraplets in ''Prime'' are somewhat different from their earlier portrayals; they lack any alternate mode or combining abilities, they all look the same, and their weakness has changed from water to low temperatures. Additionally, they can fly, and make dentist drill sounds when hungry. They also lack the spontaneous reproduction of the earlier version of Scraplets, although Ratchet's claim that "there's never just ''one''" implies that they are fast breeders.
* According to Bulkhead, Scraplets prefer to feed by breaching their victims' armor so they can get at the juicier circuitry inside, after which they proceed to devour the unlucky Cybertronian piece by piece until not even their optics are left.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Minicon''' (ミニコン ''Minikon'')
*''Italian:'' '''Scheggia''' ("Sliver", plural '''Schegge''')

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Alien species]]
[[Category:Animated]]
[[Category:Beast Wars]]
[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:Diseases]]
[[Category:Generation 1 aliens]]
[[Category:Generation 1 species]]
[[Category:Prime]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen]]
[[Category:Shattered Glass species]]

Scraplet

2012-06-03T01:45:23Z

219.88.92.38: /* Prime cartoon */

[[Image:Scraplets.jpg|right|300px|thumb|This is the face of genital herpes.]]
'''Scraplets''' is alleged to be the deadliest disease known to mechanical lifeforms in the entire galaxy. It is a complicated form of alien parasite, which lives solely to eat, reproduce, and eat some more.

Scraplets have evolved to resemble pink and blue nuts and bolts, washers and screws. However, when brought in contact with mechanical life, Scraplets instantly and painfully embed themselves into the skin of said creature and rapidly begin to self-replicate. The living metal around a Scraplet quickly corrodes, decaying and cracking away as the embedded Scraplet feasts. This process is painful and inevitably fatal for the infected robot. In a matter of hours, a single Scraplet can reproduce enough to completely infest an average-sized Cybertronian to the point of physical breakdown.

Scraplets are capable of transforming into vaguely humanoid robotic configurations, each capable of elementary speech and reasoning abilities. There are many different forms of humanoid Scraplet; the number of limbs, eyes, fangs and claws vary, though they are all quite tiny by Transformer standards. They use the locomotion afforded by this mode to spread out from a dead or dying host and infect mechanoids whom they might not otherwise be able to come in contact with.

A mass of Scraplets can also merge together into a combined humanoid form. In this form they have enormous strength and agility and a primitive group consciousness. However, this form also carries with it some limitations, as they present a larger target and become vulnerable to conventional assault.

It is said that there is [[Water|a rare chemical of legend that can kill a Scraplet]], but this is doubtful.

{{bigquote|They pick you apart from the inside out, going for the small, juicy bits first, fuse by fuse, circuit by circuit, until there's nothing left. And I mean nothing... ''not even your optics''.|[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]]|"[[Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Generation 1 comics===
[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] called [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] a scraplet as an insult. {{storylink|Prisoner of War!}}
[[Image:Scraplet swarm Marvel US issue 29.jpg|left|250px|thumb|So... just how long have these things been hanging out in the infinite void of deep space, waiting for a living robot to pass by that exact spot?]]
When [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] needed to transport the first prototype [[Wash and Roll]] to [[Earth]], he hired a [[freighter pilot]] to fly the cargo there. Emerging from warp space in Earth's [[solar system]], the pilot exited the craft to perform some necessary repairs. As he did, the ship passed through what seemed to be a cloud of space dust. The "dust" rapidly infected the pilot, who lost control of the ship as it crashed on Earth.

Not hearing back from the pilot, Ratbat sent the Decepticon [[Triple Changer]]s to investigate. They found the stricken pilot near the crashed ship, but didn't get very far in interrogating him about his failure before they too were infected. When Blaster and Goldbug arrived, Blaster landed in the crater and was soon infected as well. The freighter pilot survived long enough to warn [[Bumblebee (G1)|Goldbug]] about the infection, just before his head fell off. The Scraplets charged toward the tasty-looking Goldbug, who was defended by his human friend [[Charlie Fong]]. But as the two headed off to try and find a cure, Goldbug hesitated, reluctant to abandon Blaster, and he too was infected. Hours later, the infection was so wide-spread that Goldbug couldn't continue driving. {{storylink|Crater Critters}}

[[Image:Scraplets duplicate Marvel US issue 29.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Scraplet reproduction. Woo!]]
Made aware of the infection by [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], Ratbat decided to take decisive action to contain it. Rather than risk more Decepticon lives, he captured [[Throttlebot|five Autobots]] and sent them to Earth. His mission for them: use vats of acid spray to destroy all infected Transformers on the planet, Autobot and Decepticon alike!

Charlie Fong pushed Goldbug through the desert to a service station, where the appalled attendants offered him a glass of water. Charlie was shocked when he spilled some on Goldbug to see the Scraplets die and fall off. Holy crap, pinball wizard and a miracle cure: ''water!!''

[[Image:Scraplets robot mode Marvel US issue 30.jpg|left|250px|thumb|And you thought girls had cooties...]]
Before Charlie could grab a hose to "wash his car", the attendants restrained him, thinking he was delusional. Two of the Throttlebots arrived just then, regretfully attempting to destroy Goldbug; only Charlie's interference saved him, as he demonstrated the miracle cure. Satisfied, [[Rollbar (G1)|Rollbar]] and [[Wide Load]] stood by while Charlie hosed down Goldbug, curing him.

[[Image:Scraplets combined mode Marvel US issue 30.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"NOBODY steps on a church in my town!"]]
Goldbug and company returned to the crash site with two tankers of water to save Blaster, but couldn't do so without also curing the three Decepticons. Before they could take action, thousands of the Scraplets combined into a muscular mauve giant, bashing the weaponless Throttlebots around. Goldbug cured the Decepticons, who used their firepower to bring down the giant, which Blaster then destroyed with one of the acid vats. The remaining water was used to remove the Scraplets which infected the Throttlebots during the battle, and the outbreak on Earth was at an end. {{storylink|The Cure!}}

When he returned four missing children to their parents on Earth, [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] likened the humans' outraged reactions to what he'd expect if he had been infected with Scraplets. {{storylink|Monstercon from Mars!}}
{{-}}

===Dreamwave Generation 1 comics===
[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] called [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] an "oversized scraplet" during the fight at the [[Praetorus Wharf]]. {{storylink|Revelation (The Dark Ages)|Revelation}}

===The Razor's Edge===
[[Airazor (BW)|Wing Saber]] mentally referred to [[Steelgrave]] as "you pompous, arrogant spawn of a scraplet" during his attempted torture on her.

Later, during the raid on the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] factory on [[Nibari]], [[Crossblades (BW)|Crossblades]] mockingly called [[Thrasher]] a "Scraplet". {{storylink|The Razor's Edge}}

===Shattered Glass===
Scraplets were a potion designed to heal damaged Transformers. They feasted on dead metal, leaving healthy metal untouched. The metal is either recycled into living metal or more scraplets. They're fatal to [[Zombie]]s. They were usually contained in vials, as the air in Cybertron's Shatterverse is loaded with water vapor, which kills them. {{storylink|Dungeons & Dinobots}}
{{stub}}

===Titan Magazines ''Revenge of the Fallen'' comics===
[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] accused [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] of behaving like "un-housetrained scraplets". Why anyone would housetrain a scraplet is anyone's guess. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.5|Reversal of Fortune}}

===''Animated''===
[[Ratbat (Animated)|Ratbat]]'s advanced sensors allowed him to spot an object as small as a Scraplet from a dozen [[hic]]s away. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

===''Prime'' cartoon===
[[Image:PrimeScrapletsEp7.gif|left|350px|thumb|So now we know what [[Mecannibal]] babies look like.]] The Scraplets were frozen in a large container in the [[Arctic]]. The Autobots, wishing to research the container, brought it into their base, only to have the scraplets chew through their prison and escape. The scraplets, who are very susceptible to cold, had been thawed by being brought into the base. [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]], while investigating the base, discovered a scraplet scuttling around, and thought it was an Autobot pet. He decided to play catch with the creature and threw a bolt, which the scraplet promptly devoured. Raf carried the scraplet to the inner area of the base where [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]], [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]], and [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] were waiting. They saw the creature and told him the damage it could do to them. Raf thought it to be harmless, and that Ratchet was kidding, until the scraplet leapt out of his arms and chewed large scratches into Bumblebee's leg. Ratchet knew more scraplets awaited and sent Bulkhead, [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]], Raf, and Bumblebee to hunt down more while he tried to repair the scraplets' damage with [[Jack Darby|Jack]] watching his back. The scraplets ambushed Bulkhead and Bumblebee and a swarm of them flew down from the ceiling and began chewing on Ratchet. Jack discovered that by using a fire extinguisher, one could freeze the scraplets and the Scraplets would freeze to death.

[[Image:Transformers-Prime-Scrapheap-Scraplet.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Where's Pinkie Pie's Parasprite Polka when you really need it?!]]
The creatures were fended off by the three children, who were not considered food by the scraplets. The scraplets had done considerable damage to many systems, and it was up to the children to fix them. They fixed the Energon supply cable that fed the [[GroundBridge]], bringing it back online. The Autobots formulated a plan to rid of the scraplets, and bring back [[Optimus Prime (Prime)| Optimus]] and [[Arcee (Prime)| Arcee]], who were exploring the Arctic. Activating the now operational GroundBridge, Bulkhead decided to act as bait to draw the scraplets through. Once through, the scraplets darted at Optimus and Arcee, and became frozen before they could reach them. {{storylink|Scrapheap (episode)|Scrapheap}}

The damage they'd done continued to plague the ground bridge's systems. {{storylink|Con Job}}

There were still plenty of scraplets on the dead Cybertron. A sizable cluster of them managed to find their way into the passageway beneath [[Kaon]] that led to [[Vector Sigma]]. When Jack passed through to Vector Sigma, the scraplets followed him. Once the megacomputer started charging [[Key to Vector Sigma|the Key]], the scraplets started feasting on the empowered access board. Despite Jack's attempts to remove them, the scraplets proved too many. Fortunately, an [[Insecticon (Prime)|Insecticon]] had also followed Jack down the passageway, but stopped short when it saw the infestation of scraplets. Jack quickly used this to his advantage by dislodging a live scraplet and throwing it at the giant insect. Sensing a living Cybertronian, the scraplets quickly went to town on the Insecticon. In a matter of seconds, the scraplets chewed through the Decepticon sentry's limbs, causing it to fall over into the deep pit below. The scraplets followed the doomed Insecticon as it plummeted. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 3}}

When transporting toxic Energon to a volcano to destroy it, Bulkhead stated that carrying the vile Energon was worse then facing Scraplets. {{storylink|Toxicity}}

{{-}}

===IDW Generation 1 comics===
Among [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]'s suggestions for ways to execute a captive [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] was "a single Scraplet taken orally". {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 1}}

==Notes==
* While using round dialogue bubbles for humans and square dialogue bubbles for robots, letterer [[Janice Chiang]] used various polygons for Scraplet-speak.
* The Scraplet stories are two of Budiansky's favourite stories to write, though he'd got them confused with [[Mecannibal]]s. <ref>[http://traffic.libsyn.com/moonbase2/BobBinterview.mp3 Bob Budiansky interview at Moonbase 2]</ref>
* The Scraplets in ''Prime'' are somewhat different from their earlier portrayals; they lack any alternate mode or combining abilities, they all look the same, and their weakness has changed from water to low temperatures. Additionally, they can fly, and make dentist drill sounds when hungry. They also lack the spontaneous reproduction of the earlier version of Scraplets, although Ratchet's claim that "there's never just ''one''" implies that they are fast breeders.
* According to Bulkhead, Scraplets prefer to feed by breaching their victims' armor so they can get at the juicier circuitry inside, after which they proceed to devour the unlucky Cybertronian piece by piece until not even their optics are left.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Minicon''' (ミニコン ''Minikon'')
*''Italian:'' '''Scheggia''' ("Sliver", plural '''Schegge''')

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Alien species]]
[[Category:Animated]]
[[Category:Beast Wars]]
[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:Diseases]]
[[Category:Generation 1 aliens]]
[[Category:Generation 1 species]]
[[Category:Prime]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen]]
[[Category:Shattered Glass species]]