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Predacon (G1)

2008-04-09T12:31:44Z

220.237.50.207: /* Marvel Comics continuity */

{{disambig3|Predacon}}
:''The Predacons are a [[Decepticon]] [[subgroup]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:TFSummerSpecial_cover.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Know that there are only five Predacons, and that they all share an awesome color scheme!]]

The '''Predacons''' are a subgroup of Decepticons who transform into powerful, savage animals.

The subgroup is composed of:

*The ever-patient [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] (leader)
*The cheerful [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]]
*The stubborn [[Headstrong]]
*The easily-distracted [[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]]
*The wrathful [[Tantrum]]

They combine to form the deadly [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]].

''Japanese name:'' '''Animatron'''

{{note|The Japanese line considered [[Gnaw]] to also be an Animatron. Perhaps basing the connection on the Generation 1 cartoon where both are introduced as Quintesson-connected animal-themed robots, or because the toys shipped as part of the same assortment in the United States.}}

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===

The Predacons debuted under the command of the [[Quintessons]], having been deployed to try to retrieve [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex's]] [[Transformation Cog]] from [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], and [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] on the moon of [[Io]]. Oddly, despite being constantly touted as the most fearsome and vicious warriors in the galaxy (a commercial for their toys described them being among the few Decepticons able to go toe-to-toe with the [[Dinobots]]), the Predacons were beaten off fairly easily by this small band of Autobots, with even the terrifying [[Predaking]] unable to do anything to so much as harm their human ally [[Marissa Faireborn]]. This would prove to be the start of a trend: more than most gestalts, Predaking would rarely be the given the chance to do anything useful before being driven off in a hail of gunfire soon after combining. {{Storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

Inexplicably, the Predacons' allegiance to the Quintessons were never referred to again, and they were later shown serving [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. The Predacons appeared in many of Galvatron's schemes in the ensuing year, ranging from oppressing the people of [[Paradron]] {{storylink|Fight or Flee}}, to mining [[Death Crystals]] {{storylink|Chaos (episode)|Chaos}}, and even meeting the [[Primacron|creator]] of [[Unicron]].{{storylink|Call of the Primitives}} They were also among those who were infected by the [[Hate Plague]], and, having formed Predaking, were moments from destroying the still-healthy Galvatron when they were quickly shooed away by some passing Autobots.{{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}

====2010 story page====

''According to a [[TV Magazine]] [[story page]], the Predacons were built through cooperation between the Decepticons and the [[Quintesson|Quintessons]].''

===Marvel Comics continuity===
''(Note: Events from the UK-only comic stories are in italics.)''

''Summoned to [[Earth]] by [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] to help him hunt down and destroy an isolated and vulnerable [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], the Predacons travelled across the [[Space Bridge]] and (after showing off their skills by doing some target shooting on [[Motormaster]]) were quickly approved of by their new employer. Before leaving on their mission, however, they were approached by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], who convinced them to turn on Megatron and destroy him instead. Their attempt at treachery would result in both Megatron and Optimus being transported to Cybertron and believed dead by their respective teams for some time.''

At the bequest of Shockwave, who was seeking to rid himself of an addled and insane Megatron (driven mad by the recent death of Optimus Prime), contacted the Predacons and hired them to ambush and kill the Decepticon leader. (''It was explained to the Predacons, who were understandably concerned about having to deal with Megatron yet again, that their target had recently lost his memory, and thus would not recall meeting them before, or their subsequent betrayal of him.'') The Predacons eagerly agreed to the mission, seeing it as a possible challenge for their skills, and disguised themselves as Autobots in order to convince Megatron that Optimus Prime was not only still alive, but had been the one who sent them.

Unlike most of their contemporaries, the Predacons appeared to be an elite group of hunters, who seemed to exist as mercenaries outside of the usual Decepticon hierarchy - they had no qualms about trying to murder their supposed leader, so long as it seemed challenging and the money was right. Their legendary skill was so well-known that even Shockwave remembered them as the greatest hunters on [[Cybertron]], despite having been buried in a swamp for several millenia!

''Deciding to stay on Earth, the Predacons quickly grew bored with the lack of any real sport there. Their previous encounters with Optimus and Megatron had been so exciting that they had expected to find the planet a little more challenging. While rampaging randomly across the country, they soon encountered the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], and found them to be worthy opponents. Both teams were closely matched in terms of power, and were strongly devoted to "looking after their own". Furthermore, it was revealed that [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]] and [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] were actually old enemies from their days back on Cybertron. As the battle ended, the Predacons looked forward to causing their new rivals no end of trouble in the future.''

New Decepticon leader [[Ratbat]] dispatched the Predacons to raid a chemical storage facility outside of [[Huntsville]], [[Alabama]] for rocket fuel. Having succeeded, they joined Ratbat for an assault on [[I.I.I.]]'s [[Oregon]] headquarters, in order to examine the corpses of the [[Throttlebot]]s, whom III had recently executed. After making short work of the [[RAAT]] forces guarding the base, they located the crushed Autobot bodies, only to find that their [[brain module]]s had been removed. Ratbat and the Predacons tracked the brains (which had been transplanted into toy cars) to [[Witwicky Auto Repair]], which they destroyed, and then to a local mall, where they were outmanoeuvered and defeated by the "toy soldiers" and their human allies, [[Buster Witwicky]] and [[Walter Barnett]]. {{storylink|Toy Soldiers!}}

Under Ratbat's command, the Predacons participated in the full-scale attack against the Autobots on the moon {{storylink|Totaled!}}, as well as two major battles in the Arctic, facing both [[Scorponok (G1)|Skorponok's]] Decepticons and later the Autobots who had been lured there in a trap. {{storylink|Dark Star!}}

Shortly after, the Predacons were part of the combined Autobot-Decepticon team to stop the [[Underbase]]-fueled [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] from destroying [[Tokyo]], but were easily destroyed by him. {{storylink|Dark Star!}}

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
Eons ago, the Predacons were Decepticon warlords who had been banished from Cybertron to the planet [[Beest]]. While on the planet, the Predacons' higher functions degraded, causing them to become feral. [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] tracked down the exiled Predacons on Beest and, with the aid of three members of the [[Aerospace Elimination Squadron]], subdued and rebuilt them, allowing them to combine into the fearsome Predaking.

Later, Megatron returned to Earth, and entered the [[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]] to punish [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] for shooting him in the void of space {{Storylink|War and Peace}}

The Predacons were sent to fight Starscream's elite squad, the [[Combaticon]]s, while the latter were training on the island of [[Guadalcanal]]. Predaking's firepower forced the Combaticons to combine into [[Bruticus]], and the warriors significantly damaged each other. However, while Bruticus was strong and determined, Predaking had superior intelligence compared to the slow-witted Combaticon combiner, and he savagely defeated Bruticus, putting him in [[stasis lock]]. {{Storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

===Devil's Due comics continuity ===

===Timelines===
[[Image:BWTPreds.jpg|thumb|right|150px|]]
After the end of the Great War the remaining Predacons formed the new [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon faction]]. Divebomb is known to have recruited several ex-Decepticons for the faction.

===IDW comics continuity===
The Predacons are a Tactical Assault Unit loyal to Megatron. Shockwave prepared himself for a possible Predacon attack while enacting the [[Regenesis]] project, and was caught off-guard when he was instead attacked by the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dynobots]]. {{Storylink|Spotlight: Shockwave}}

After [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing's]] reactivation and subsequent return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], the Predacons were dispatched to ensure that his defeat was final this time, with Megatron giving Razorclaw explicit instructions: if Cybertron must die, then so be it. Razorclaw started a countdown on an orbital bombardment powerful enough to destroy Cybertron, but stood at the console with his finger on the button, ready to cancel it in the event that Thunderwing was defeated. He remarked that he was hesitant to destroy Cybertron unless it was absolutely necessary, but was willing to do it if it was. During the Autobots' battle with Thunderwing, Razorclaw sent two assault teams under Divebomb and Headstrong to assist the Autobots, but ordered them to retreat when Thunderwing revealed his "ultra-mode". Razorclaw cancelled the countdown with one second remaining after [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] defeated Thunderwing.{{storylink|Stormbringer issue 4}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===

{{stub}}

[[Category: Combiner teams]]
[[Category: Decepticon subgroups]]
[[Category: Generation 1]]
[[Category: Predacons| Generation 1]]<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

Predacon (G1)

2008-04-09T12:31:22Z

220.237.50.207: /* Marvel Comics continuity */

{{disambig3|Predacon}}
:''The Predacons are a [[Decepticon]] [[subgroup]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:TFSummerSpecial_cover.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Know that there are only five Predacons, and that they all share an awesome color scheme!]]

The '''Predacons''' are a subgroup of Decepticons who transform into powerful, savage animals.

The subgroup is composed of:

*The ever-patient [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] (leader)
*The cheerful [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]]
*The stubborn [[Headstrong]]
*The easily-distracted [[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]]
*The wrathful [[Tantrum]]

They combine to form the deadly [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]].

''Japanese name:'' '''Animatron'''

{{note|The Japanese line considered [[Gnaw]] to also be an Animatron. Perhaps basing the connection on the Generation 1 cartoon where both are introduced as Quintesson-connected animal-themed robots, or because the toys shipped as part of the same assortment in the United States.}}

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===

The Predacons debuted under the command of the [[Quintessons]], having been deployed to try to retrieve [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex's]] [[Transformation Cog]] from [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], and [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] on the moon of [[Io]]. Oddly, despite being constantly touted as the most fearsome and vicious warriors in the galaxy (a commercial for their toys described them being among the few Decepticons able to go toe-to-toe with the [[Dinobots]]), the Predacons were beaten off fairly easily by this small band of Autobots, with even the terrifying [[Predaking]] unable to do anything to so much as harm their human ally [[Marissa Faireborn]]. This would prove to be the start of a trend: more than most gestalts, Predaking would rarely be the given the chance to do anything useful before being driven off in a hail of gunfire soon after combining. {{Storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

Inexplicably, the Predacons' allegiance to the Quintessons were never referred to again, and they were later shown serving [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. The Predacons appeared in many of Galvatron's schemes in the ensuing year, ranging from oppressing the people of [[Paradron]] {{storylink|Fight or Flee}}, to mining [[Death Crystals]] {{storylink|Chaos (episode)|Chaos}}, and even meeting the [[Primacron|creator]] of [[Unicron]].{{storylink|Call of the Primitives}} They were also among those who were infected by the [[Hate Plague]], and, having formed Predaking, were moments from destroying the still-healthy Galvatron when they were quickly shooed away by some passing Autobots.{{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}

====2010 story page====

''According to a [[TV Magazine]] [[story page]], the Predacons were built through cooperation between the Decepticons and the [[Quintesson|Quintessons]].''

===Marvel Comics continuity===
''(Note: Events from the UK-only comic stories are in italics.)''

''Summoned to [[Earth]] by [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] to help him hunt down and destroy an isolated and vulnerable [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], the Predacons travelled across the [[Space Bridge]] and (after showing off their skills by doing some target shooting on [[Motormaster]]) were quickly approved of by their new employer. Before leaving on their mission, however, they were approached by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], who convinced them to turn on Megatron and destroy him instead. Their attempt at treachery would result in both Megatron and Optimus being transported to Cybertron and believed dead by their respective teams for some time.''

At the bequest of Shockwave, who was seeking to rid himself of an addled and insane Megatron (driven mad by the recent death of Optimus Prime), contacted the Predacons and hired them to ambush and kill the Decepticon leader. (''It was explained to the Predacons, who were understandably concerned about having to deal with Megatron yet again, that their target had recently lost his memory, and thus would not recall meeting them before, or their subsequent betrayal of him.'') The Predacons eagerly agreed to the mission, seeing it as a possible challenge for their skills, and disguised themselves as Autobots in order to convince Megatron that Optimus Prime was not only still alive, but had been the one who sent them.

Unlike most of their contemporaries, the Predacons appeared to be an elite group of hunters, who seemed to exist as mercenaries outside of the usual Decepticon hierarchy - they had no qualms about trying to murder their supposed leader, so long as it seemed challenging and the money was right. Their legendary skill was so well-known that even Shockwave remembered them as the greatest hunters on [[Cybertron]], despite having been buried in a swamp for several millenia!

''Deciding to stay on Earth, the Predacons quickly grew bored with the lack of any real sport there. Their previous encounters with Optimus and Megatron had been so exciting that they had expected to find the planet a little more challenging. While rampaging randomly across the country, they soon encountered the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], and found them to be worthy opponents. Both teams were closely matched in terms of power, and were strongly devoted to "looking after their own". Furthermore, it was revealed that [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]] and [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] were actually old enemies from their days back on Cybertron. As the battle ended, the Predacons looked forward to causing their new rivals no end of trouble in the future.''

New Decepticon leader [[Ratbat]] dispatched the Predacons to raid a chemical storage facility outside of [[Huntsville]], [[Alabama]] for rocket fuel. Having succeeded, they joined Ratbat for an assault on [[I.I.I.]]'s [[Oregon]] headquarters, in order to examine the corpses of the [[Throttlebot]]s, whom III had recently executed. After making short work of the [[RAAT]] forces guarding the base, they located the crushed Autobot bodies, only to find that their [[brain module]]s had been removed. Ratbat and the Predacons tracked the brains (which had been transplanted into toy cars) to [[Witwicky Auto Repair]], which they destroyed, and then to a local mall, where they were outmanoeuvered and defeated by the "toy soldiers" and their human allies, [[Buster Witwicky]] and [[Walter Barnett]]. {{storylink|Toy Soldiers!}}

Under Ratbat's command, the Predacons participated in the full-scale attack against the Autobots on the moon {{storylink|Totaled!}}, as well as two major battles in the Arctic, facing both [[Skorponok (G1)|Skorponok's]] Decepticons and later the Autobots who had been lured there in a trap. {{storylink|Dark Star!}}

Shortly after, the Predacons were part of the combined Autobot-Decepticon team to stop the [[Underbase]]-fueled [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] from destroying [[Tokyo]], but were easily destroyed by him. {{storylink|Dark Star!}}

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
Eons ago, the Predacons were Decepticon warlords who had been banished from Cybertron to the planet [[Beest]]. While on the planet, the Predacons' higher functions degraded, causing them to become feral. [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] tracked down the exiled Predacons on Beest and, with the aid of three members of the [[Aerospace Elimination Squadron]], subdued and rebuilt them, allowing them to combine into the fearsome Predaking.

Later, Megatron returned to Earth, and entered the [[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]] to punish [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] for shooting him in the void of space {{Storylink|War and Peace}}

The Predacons were sent to fight Starscream's elite squad, the [[Combaticon]]s, while the latter were training on the island of [[Guadalcanal]]. Predaking's firepower forced the Combaticons to combine into [[Bruticus]], and the warriors significantly damaged each other. However, while Bruticus was strong and determined, Predaking had superior intelligence compared to the slow-witted Combaticon combiner, and he savagely defeated Bruticus, putting him in [[stasis lock]]. {{Storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

===Devil's Due comics continuity ===

===Timelines===
[[Image:BWTPreds.jpg|thumb|right|150px|]]
After the end of the Great War the remaining Predacons formed the new [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon faction]]. Divebomb is known to have recruited several ex-Decepticons for the faction.

===IDW comics continuity===
The Predacons are a Tactical Assault Unit loyal to Megatron. Shockwave prepared himself for a possible Predacon attack while enacting the [[Regenesis]] project, and was caught off-guard when he was instead attacked by the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dynobots]]. {{Storylink|Spotlight: Shockwave}}

After [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing's]] reactivation and subsequent return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], the Predacons were dispatched to ensure that his defeat was final this time, with Megatron giving Razorclaw explicit instructions: if Cybertron must die, then so be it. Razorclaw started a countdown on an orbital bombardment powerful enough to destroy Cybertron, but stood at the console with his finger on the button, ready to cancel it in the event that Thunderwing was defeated. He remarked that he was hesitant to destroy Cybertron unless it was absolutely necessary, but was willing to do it if it was. During the Autobots' battle with Thunderwing, Razorclaw sent two assault teams under Divebomb and Headstrong to assist the Autobots, but ordered them to retreat when Thunderwing revealed his "ultra-mode". Razorclaw cancelled the countdown with one second remaining after [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] defeated Thunderwing.{{storylink|Stormbringer issue 4}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===

{{stub}}

[[Category: Combiner teams]]
[[Category: Decepticon subgroups]]
[[Category: Generation 1]]
[[Category: Predacons| Generation 1]]<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

Predacon (G1)

2008-04-09T12:29:55Z

220.237.50.207: /* Marvel Comics continuity */ added Underbase saga deaths and last few Marvel appearances before G2

{{disambig3|Predacon}}
:''The Predacons are a [[Decepticon]] [[subgroup]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:TFSummerSpecial_cover.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Know that there are only five Predacons, and that they all share an awesome color scheme!]]

The '''Predacons''' are a subgroup of Decepticons who transform into powerful, savage animals.

The subgroup is composed of:

*The ever-patient [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] (leader)
*The cheerful [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]]
*The stubborn [[Headstrong]]
*The easily-distracted [[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]]
*The wrathful [[Tantrum]]

They combine to form the deadly [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]].

''Japanese name:'' '''Animatron'''

{{note|The Japanese line considered [[Gnaw]] to also be an Animatron. Perhaps basing the connection on the Generation 1 cartoon where both are introduced as Quintesson-connected animal-themed robots, or because the toys shipped as part of the same assortment in the United States.}}

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===

The Predacons debuted under the command of the [[Quintessons]], having been deployed to try to retrieve [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex's]] [[Transformation Cog]] from [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], and [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] on the moon of [[Io]]. Oddly, despite being constantly touted as the most fearsome and vicious warriors in the galaxy (a commercial for their toys described them being among the few Decepticons able to go toe-to-toe with the [[Dinobots]]), the Predacons were beaten off fairly easily by this small band of Autobots, with even the terrifying [[Predaking]] unable to do anything to so much as harm their human ally [[Marissa Faireborn]]. This would prove to be the start of a trend: more than most gestalts, Predaking would rarely be the given the chance to do anything useful before being driven off in a hail of gunfire soon after combining. {{Storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

Inexplicably, the Predacons' allegiance to the Quintessons were never referred to again, and they were later shown serving [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. The Predacons appeared in many of Galvatron's schemes in the ensuing year, ranging from oppressing the people of [[Paradron]] {{storylink|Fight or Flee}}, to mining [[Death Crystals]] {{storylink|Chaos (episode)|Chaos}}, and even meeting the [[Primacron|creator]] of [[Unicron]].{{storylink|Call of the Primitives}} They were also among those who were infected by the [[Hate Plague]], and, having formed Predaking, were moments from destroying the still-healthy Galvatron when they were quickly shooed away by some passing Autobots.{{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}

====2010 story page====

''According to a [[TV Magazine]] [[story page]], the Predacons were built through cooperation between the Decepticons and the [[Quintesson|Quintessons]].''

===Marvel Comics continuity===
''(Note: Events from the UK-only comic stories are in italics.)''

''Summoned to [[Earth]] by [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] to help him hunt down and destroy an isolated and vulnerable [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], the Predacons travelled across the [[Space Bridge]] and (after showing off their skills by doing some target shooting on [[Motormaster]]) were quickly approved of by their new employer. Before leaving on their mission, however, they were approached by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], who convinced them to turn on Megatron and destroy him instead. Their attempt at treachery would result in both Megatron and Optimus being transported to Cybertron and believed dead by their respective teams for some time.''

At the bequest of Shockwave, who was seeking to rid himself of an addled and insane Megatron (driven mad by the recent death of Optimus Prime), contacted the Predacons and hired them to ambush and kill the Decepticon leader. (''It was explained to the Predacons, who were understandably concerned about having to deal with Megatron yet again, that their target had recently lost his memory, and thus would not recall meeting them before, or their subsequent betrayal of him.'') The Predacons eagerly agreed to the mission, seeing it as a possible challenge for their skills, and disguised themselves as Autobots in order to convince Megatron that Optimus Prime was not only still alive, but had been the one who sent them.

Unlike most of their contemporaries, the Predacons appeared to be an elite group of hunters, who seemed to exist as mercenaries outside of the usual Decepticon hierarchy - they had no qualms about trying to murder their supposed leader, so long as it seemed challenging and the money was right. Their legendary skill was so well-known that even Shockwave remembered them as the greatest hunters on [[Cybertron]], despite having been buried in a swamp for several millenia!

''Deciding to stay on Earth, the Predacons quickly grew bored with the lack of any real sport there. Their previous encounters with Optimus and Megatron had been so exciting that they had expected to find the planet a little more challenging. While rampaging randomly across the country, they soon encountered the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], and found them to be worthy opponents. Both teams were closely matched in terms of power, and were strongly devoted to "looking after their own". Furthermore, it was revealed that [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]] and [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] were actually old enemies from their days back on Cybertron. As the battle ended, the Predacons looked forward to causing their new rivals no end of trouble in the future.''

New Decepticon leader [[Ratbat]] dispatched the Predacons to raid a chemical storage facility outside of [[Huntsville]], [[Alabama]] for rocket fuel. Having succeeded, they joined Ratbat for an assault on [[I.I.I.]]'s [[Oregon]] headquarters, in order to examine the corpses of the [[Throttlebot]]s, whom III had recently executed. After making short work of the [[RAAT]] forces guarding the base, they located the crushed Autobot bodies, only to find that their [[brain module]]s had been removed. Ratbat and the Predacons tracked the brains (which had been transplanted into toy cars) to [[Witwicky Auto Repair]], which they destroyed, and then to a local mall, where they were outmanoeuvered and defeated by the "toy soldiers" and their human allies, [[Buster Witwicky]] and [[Walter Barnett]]. {{storylink|Toy Soldiers!}}

Under Ratbat's command, the Predacons participated in the full-scale attack against the Autobots on the moon {{storylink|Totalled!}}, as well as two major battles in the Arctic, facing both Skorponok's Decepticons and later the Autobots who had been lured there as a trap. {{storylink|Dark Star!}}

Shortly after, the Predacons were part of the combined Autobot-Decepticon team to stop the [[Underbase]]-fueled [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] from destroying [[Tokyo]], but were easily destroyed by him. {{storylink|Dark Star!}}

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
Eons ago, the Predacons were Decepticon warlords who had been banished from Cybertron to the planet [[Beest]]. While on the planet, the Predacons' higher functions degraded, causing them to become feral. [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] tracked down the exiled Predacons on Beest and, with the aid of three members of the [[Aerospace Elimination Squadron]], subdued and rebuilt them, allowing them to combine into the fearsome Predaking.

Later, Megatron returned to Earth, and entered the [[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]] to punish [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] for shooting him in the void of space {{Storylink|War and Peace}}

The Predacons were sent to fight Starscream's elite squad, the [[Combaticon]]s, while the latter were training on the island of [[Guadalcanal]]. Predaking's firepower forced the Combaticons to combine into [[Bruticus]], and the warriors significantly damaged each other. However, while Bruticus was strong and determined, Predaking had superior intelligence compared to the slow-witted Combaticon combiner, and he savagely defeated Bruticus, putting him in [[stasis lock]]. {{Storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

===Devil's Due comics continuity ===

===Timelines===
[[Image:BWTPreds.jpg|thumb|right|150px|]]
After the end of the Great War the remaining Predacons formed the new [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon faction]]. Divebomb is known to have recruited several ex-Decepticons for the faction.

===IDW comics continuity===
The Predacons are a Tactical Assault Unit loyal to Megatron. Shockwave prepared himself for a possible Predacon attack while enacting the [[Regenesis]] project, and was caught off-guard when he was instead attacked by the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dynobots]]. {{Storylink|Spotlight: Shockwave}}

After [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing's]] reactivation and subsequent return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], the Predacons were dispatched to ensure that his defeat was final this time, with Megatron giving Razorclaw explicit instructions: if Cybertron must die, then so be it. Razorclaw started a countdown on an orbital bombardment powerful enough to destroy Cybertron, but stood at the console with his finger on the button, ready to cancel it in the event that Thunderwing was defeated. He remarked that he was hesitant to destroy Cybertron unless it was absolutely necessary, but was willing to do it if it was. During the Autobots' battle with Thunderwing, Razorclaw sent two assault teams under Divebomb and Headstrong to assist the Autobots, but ordered them to retreat when Thunderwing revealed his "ultra-mode". Razorclaw cancelled the countdown with one second remaining after [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] defeated Thunderwing.{{storylink|Stormbringer issue 4}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===

{{stub}}

[[Category: Combiner teams]]
[[Category: Decepticon subgroups]]
[[Category: Generation 1]]
[[Category: Predacons| Generation 1]]<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>