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Breakdown (G1)

2009-08-02T21:53:54Z

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

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

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

:''Italian name:'' '''Caimano'''
:''French-Canadian name:'' '''Panicon'''
:''Hungarian name:'' '''Vibrátor''' (aheh)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

====''Zone'' OVA, manga and story pages====

Seeking to create a [[Decepticon Zone]] to counter the [[Micro|Autobot Zone]], [[Emperor of Destruction|Decepticon Emperor]] [[Violen Jiger]] gathered together the Nine Great Demon Generals, upgrading them with powerful new armor and weaponry, then sent them forth to conquer planets. Breakdown was among those summoned, but only as a part of Menasor. {{storylink|Zone (story page)|Zone Part 1}} {{storylink|Zone (manga)|Transformers: Zone}} {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

===Devil's Due continuity===
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===IDW continuity===
Breakdown appears in the first issue of the [http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/LetsCutTheBS/news/?a=8938 upcoming ''Transformers'' ongoing series.]
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1Breakdown toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Wahoo reaction, now a gucci cola sale]]
*'''Breakdown''' (Stunticon, 1986/1987)
**''Team ID number'': '''S2'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-51'''
**''Accessories'': "[[Concussion cannon]]", double-barreled "plasma-energy blaster".

: The original Breakdown toy transforms into a white Lambourghini Countach. He comes with a blue double-barreled cannon that attaches to the back of his vehicle mode.

: In robot mode, Breakdown's legs transform in a manner similar to [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]]'s, flipping and inverting. He is armed with a small blue laser pistol. As he was designed with the [[Scramble City]]-style combination, he can form the arm or leg to any similarly-constructed robot combination. Although the 1986 G1 Menasor toy giftset shows Breakdown as the left arm of Menasor, Breakdown's nominal placement is as Menasor's right leg.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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==Trivia==
[[Image:G2Breakdown toy.jpg|right|100px|thumb|So what if he can't transform? He doesn't have to link up to that jerk Motormaster ever again!]]
* An ''unofficial'' [[Action Master]] ''Generation 2'' Breakdown was an exclusive at [[BotCon 2004]], created from bootlegged Action Master [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] parts. Though this wiki does not normally list unofficial items, this one is put here simply to reinforce that even though it is a [[BotCon]] toy, it was from the one year that BotCon was unofficial, and the toy is not [[Hasbro]]-approved either. Thank you, won't we?

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

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==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Breakdown/breakdown.htm Breakdown at TFU.info]
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Breakdown Breakdown's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

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Viewfinder

2009-07-20T00:28:15Z

24.207.50.101: /* IDW comics continuity */ Grammar fix (grizzly to grisly)

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:''Viewfinder is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Viewfinder.gif|right|294px|thumb|Viewfinder studied at the Generation 2 Optimus Prime school of disguise.]]
'''Viewfinder''' is the sinister spymaster who leads the [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]] trio. He's a master of observation - there's nothing he loves more than watching someone and dissecting their flaws. He doesn't just use his skills to advance the Decepticon cause, mind you; he's also an unrepentant blackmailer of his Decepticon comrades. His only problem is that he's [[Starscream (G1)|so smug and self-assured that he's incapable of recognizing his own flaws]].

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
{{main|Reflector (G1)|Reflector (G1)#Marvel Comics continuity}}

===Generation 1 cartoon===
{{main|Reflector (G1)|Reflector (G1)#Generation 1 cartoon}}

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
{{note|Events from the [[Keepers Trilogy]] novels are in italics.}}
''Viewfinder was part of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s crew, active on Earth in the 1980s before the ''[[Ark II]]'' incident. After Megatron disappeared, [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] and the united Reflector trio refused to bow to Starscream's new regime in the human city of [[Las Vegas]]. They challenged Starscream to meet them at [[Hoover Dam]] and, once he arrived, Skywarp openly announced his intention to take the leadership of the Decepticons away from Starscream. In hiding at first, Viewfinder and Spectro flew out to join Skywarp and Spyglass in attacking Starscream once the gauntlet was cast down. After Starscream eliminated Skywarp and his partner, [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], destroyed Spectro with a blast of concentrated sound, though, Viewfinder and Spyglass laid down arms and agreed to follow Starscream's command. {{storylink|Hardwired}} Their loyalty was quite temporary, however: Megatron returned to Earth several days later, and invited all Decepticons truly loyal to him to abandon Starscream's "New Centurion" empire. Viewfinder and Spyglass quickly accepted the offer, and left Las Vegas with Megatron and his loyalist faction. Along with Megatron's Decepticons, Viewfinder joined forces with the Autobots to battle the awe-inspiring aliens known as the [[Keeper (species)|Keepers]]. {{storylink|Annihilation}} After the aliens were supposedly dealt with, Megatron felt it was necessary to send a message to the American government, who had been interfering with Cybertronian matters far too much. He and the Decepticons therefore stormed up Constitution Avenue and wrecked the White House, while Megatron held the quivering and whimpering [[President of the United States|President]] menacingly in the palm of his hand. With Spectro fully repaired, Viewfinder and his partners were on hand to record the entire exchange, and then send it to the human news media to discredit the President. The human leader did not learn quickly, though, and immediately began making plans to lure the Autobots and Decepticons into an ambush in the Nevada desert. Megatron once again arranged for Viewfinder and his partners to record the American military making a blatent and unprovoked attack on the Transformers, and released the footage to the media to force the President to back off.''

''Why he didn't just order the President squished is a mystery for the ages. {{storylink|Fusion (novel)|Fusion}}''

Viewfinder was NOT part of Megatron's crew, but worked for [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] with his two partners, monitoring the planet and its inhabitants for him from a central mainframe. {{storylink|Brothers' Burden|Brothers' Burden}} They were seemingly destroyed by [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] when he broke ranks with Shockwave's command structure. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}}

{{note|The above contradiction was briefly alluded to in the Fusion novel, as the Terran version of Reflector identified himself as the "true" Reflector, with the Cybertronian version being an "inferior copy." This echoes the body-duplication theme seen [[Reflector (G1)|elsewhere in the multiverse]]. Still, what happened to the so-called true Reflector after the Keepers Trilogy remains a mystery.}}
===IDW comics continuity===
[[Image:Spotlightwheelie viewfinder carlbruner.jpg|right|180px|thumb|]]
The Reflector trio were low rank-Decepticon hoodlums.

Viewfinder was among the leading ranks of a major ambush the Decepticons staged on Earth. The entire Reflector trio, speaking in chorus, celebrated afterward. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 7|All Hail Megatron #7}}

In [[New York City]], the trio observed as [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] compulsively destroyed a Volkswagen Beetle, and observed in chorus that it was a pity it wasn't [[Bumblebee (G1)|the real thing]]. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 3|All Hail Megatron #3}}

When the Reflector trio's starship crashed into the remote planet [[LV-117]], Viewfinder was impaled by a shard of viewport, killing him. The [[Autobot]] [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] later stumbled on his corpse, still sitting in his command chair and was chilled by the grisly sight of his unambiguously dead corpse. His companions [[Spectro]] and [[Spyglass]] would soon join him in death. {{storylink|Spotlight: Wheelie|Spotlight: Wheelie}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1 Reflector toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|We three kings of orient are...Left to right: Spectro, Viewfinder, Spyglass]]
* '''Reflector''' (Mail-away, 1986/1987; wide release in Japan, 1985)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''21'''
**''Accessories:'' Spectro's "Shutter Gun", Viewfinder's "Lens Laser", Spyglass' "Optic Blaster", flash cube/missile launcher, 3 missiles, telephoto lens.

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

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

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===Merchandise===
[[Image:ReflectorDecoy1.jpg|right|150px|thumb|"HI! I'M SUPPOSED TO BE CONSPICUOUS! AM I DOING IT RIGHT? HI!"]]
* '''Reflector''' (Decoy, 1986)

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

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==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Viewfinder/viewfinder.htm Viewfinder at TFU.info]

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2005 IDW timeline

2009-06-19T05:41:05Z

24.207.50.101: /* 10,000 years ago */

A timeline for the events of [[IDW Publishing]]'s mainline [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] Transformers series.

''See also: [[IDW continuity]].''

==Timeline==
===1,000,000+ years ago===
'''~ 6.7 million B.C.''' — The first ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' is launched and subsequently lost in the [[Benzuli Expanse]], ending up in the [[Dead Universe]]. <ref>6.2 million metacycles ago, with 1 metacycle = 13 months</ref> Notable crew include [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], {{storylink|Spotlight: Galvatron|Spotlight: Galvatron}} [[Nova Prime]], his strategist [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]], {{storylink|Spotlight: Optimus Prime|Spotlight: Optimus Prime}}, [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] and [[Grindcore (G1)|Grindcore]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Cyclonus|Spotlight: Cyclonus}}

'''? B.C.''' — After Nova Prime and Jhiaxus disappear, [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] locks away Jhiaxus's experiment, [[Monstructor]], in an inter-dimensional prison. {{storylink|Spotlight: Optimus Prime|Spotlight: Optimus Prime}}

'''? B.C.''' — The [[Autobot|Autobots]] evolve into a corrupt galactic police force and spark a riot when shutting down an energon-mining operation. One of the miners, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], escapes in a shuttle and joins the illegal gladiatorial games in the city of [[Kaon]]. Megatron takes over the games and is approached by [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], an emissary of Senator [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] to cause terror throughout Cybertron. Megatron unites his gladiators under a common banner — the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]], but they are captured by [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]]'s forces. [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and Soundwave's forces massacre the Senate, and release the Decepticons from prison. Megatron badly beats/kills Sentinel Prime, and the Decepticons occupy Kaon. The Autobots withdraw to [[Iacon]]. {{storylink|Megatron Origin|Megatron Origin}}

'''? B.C.''' - The Decepticons destroy a popular racetrack, putting [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] out of the spotlight when [[Zeta Prime]] orders the races suspended. Blurr gets caught in Autobot/Decepticon crossfire, and a young [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus]] convinces him to turn his self-confidence to the Autobot cause. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blurr|Spotlight: Blurr}}

===100,000+ years ago===
'''~650,000 B.C.''' — [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] begins planning [[Regenesis]], and begins distilling [[Energon (fuel)|energon]] into a catalyst which he then launches at various planets, including prehistoric [[Earth]]. <ref>"Six Hundred Thousand Meta-Cycles Ago"</ref> {{storylink|Spotlight: Shockwave|Spotlight: Shockwave}}

===10,000 years ago===
'''~8000 B.C.''' — Shockwave openly leaves the Decepticons to begin stabilizing his Regenesis planets. However, he is followed by the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dynobots]], out for revenge; and on Earth — the first of the planets — they engage him in combat. While he defeats them, he is deactivated by a failsafe set by [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], as the Dynobots' ship triggers a volcanic eruption which buries all six in what would later become [[wikipedia:Eureka,_Nevada|Eureka, Nevada]].<ref>Grimlock was trapped in lava for 10,000 years, from Simon Furman's blog, [http://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/script-wrap-19/ Maximum Dinobots #2 Script (W)rap]</ref> {{storylink|Spotlight: Shockwave|Spotlight: Shockwave}} (10,396 years, 2 months, and 3 days before {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots #5}})

'''? (subsequent)''' — [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], on discovering Shockwave's absence, assigns Bludgeon to investigate his projects {{storylink|Spotlight: Shockwave|Spotlight: Shockwave}} — and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] to watch over Bludgeon. {{storylink|Spotlight: Soundwave|Spotlight: Soundwave}}

===100+ years ago===
'''~1550 A.D.''' — [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] renders Cybertron largely uninhabitable.<ref>700 stellar-cycles ago, so if a stellar cycle is ~7.5 months, then presumptively ~437 years ago.</ref> {{storylink|Stormbringer (comics)|Stormbringer}}

*In the final years of Cybertron's habitation, [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] uses [[Bombshell]] to take control of [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]]. Beachcomber attempts to assassinate [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], leaving him adrift in space. The Decepticons began a massive offensive against the demoralised Autobots. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blaster|Spotlight: Blaster}}

===1900–2000===
'''Unknown'''

* [[Sixshot]] is challenged by the [[Reapers]], but refuses to join them. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sixshot|Spotlight: Sixshot}}
* [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] leads a team to secure the [[Magnificence]]. [[Doubledealer]], posing as an Autobot, sabotages the raid. Hot Rod hides the Magnificence.
* Hot Rod infiltrates the Decepticon penal colony [[Styx]] to rescue "Dealer," who befriends him. {{storylink|Spotlight: Hot Rod|Spotlight: Hot Rod}}

'''1984''' — [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] investigates [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon's]] activities on [[Earth]] and is deactivated when Bludgeon, after some of Shockwave's Regenesis ore — which he calls "Ultra-Energon" — triggers the eruption of [[wikipedia:Mount_St._Helens|Mount St. Helens]] <small>(4 years later than in the real world.)</small> {{storylink|Spotlight: Soundwave|Spotlight: Soundwave}}

'''1985''' — Soundwave, [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] and [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] are excavated by [[Skywatch]]. Interest is taken in the cassettes, found in "robot mode," but Soundwave, in cassette player mode, is apparently discarded. {{storylink|Spotlight: Soundwave|Spotlight: Soundwave}}

'''~1988''' — [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] tracks the Decepticon criminal [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] to [[Nebulos]], but despite damages, he escapes. <ref>29 stellar cycles ago, or 18 years</ref> {{storylink|Spotlight: Ultra Magnus|Spotlight: Ultra Magnus}}

===Current era===
====2002====
* Current era of Transformer activity on Earth begins.

====2006 onward====
* Shockwave's hand is discovered in an excavation in Nevada. {{storylink|Spotlight: Shockwave|Spotlight: Shockwave}}
* [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] lures [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] to the planet [[Gorlam Prime]] and implants a device in his brain. {{storylink|Spotlight: Nightbeat|Spotlight: Nightbeat}}

=====Infiltration=====
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s Infiltration unit on Earth discovers Shockwave's Regenesis ore, dubbing it "Ore-13." {{storylink|Infiltration|Infiltration}}
* Thunderwing is reactivated on Cybertron by Bludgeon using the "Ultra-Energon," and decimates Nebulos before returning to Cybertron and running out of fuel in front of Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Stormbringer|Stormbringer}}
* Megatron arrives on Earth and blows a hole through Starscream for disloyalty. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 6|Infiltration issue 6}}
* After the Thunderwing crisis, Optimus Prime travels to Earth, following Shockwave's and Bludgeon's records. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 4|Stormbringer issue 4}}
* Soundwave, trapped in alternate mode since 1984, is purchased from a pawn shop. {{storylink|Spotlight: Soundwave|Spotlight: Soundwave}}
* Springer orders a costly mission to rescue the stranded and demented [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Kup|Spotlight: Kup}}

=====Escalation=====
* The Machination captures Sunstreaker, along with Hunter O'Nion. Hunter undergoes strange experimental surgery. Scorponok anticipates getting a new body.
* The Decepticons escalate tension between Brasnya and Russia. The Autobots intervene. The ''Ark-32'' arrives with reinforcements. During the battle, Prime is nearly killed, and encounters the form of Nova Prime within infraspace.
* [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] initiates an ambitious plan to take control of the Decepticons. {{storylink|Spotlight: Ramjet|Spotlight: Ramjet}}
* Ironhide, Ratchet, Jimmy and Verity investigate Sunstreaker's disappearance. Ironhide is severely damaged in the process and left behind.
* Excavation of Shockwave and the Dinobots continues, now under Skywatch supervision. Skywatch activates Ravage and Laserbeak.
* Megatron summons Sixshot to Earth. The Reapers follow.
* Megatron kills Ramjet before his plan can be carried out. {{storylink|Spotlight: Ramjet|Spotlight: Ramjet}}
* Galvatron travels to Cybertron and defeats [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]'s unit to retrieve Thunderwing's body, which he takes to Gorlam Prime. {{storylink|Spotlight: Galvatron|Spotlight: Galvatron}}
* Optimus Prime meets with [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] to learn about [[Nova Prime]]. [[Monstructor]] attacks but is defeated and taken into Autobot custody. Prime returns to Earth. {{storylink|Spotlight: Optimus Prime|Spotlight: Optimus Prime}}

=====Devastation=====
:'''Three weeks later:'''

* Blaster is found drifting in space and returned to the Autobot fold. [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] is freed from Decepticon control. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blaster|Spotlight: Blaster}}
* "Dealer" pressures Hot Rod for reassignment to Earth.
* Nightbeat finds the Machination's tracking device. The Autobots prepare to move ''Ark-19''. Bumblebee proposes back-tracking the Machination through their own device.
* Sixshot arrives on Earth. The other Decepticons begin reactivating Starscream.
* [[Banzai-Tron (G1)|Banzaitron]] initiates an attack on the Autobot prison facility at [[Garrus-9]]. The Monstructor team escapes. Arcee is sent after them. {{storylink|Spotlight: Arcee|Spotlight: Arcee}}

:'''5:17am:'''

* Wheeljack and Hot Rod are en route to rescue Ironhide in Warsaw, Indiana. They encounter a group of Sunstreaker Headmasters.
* In Brasnya, Skywatch deploys Ravage and Laserbeak to find other Transformers.
* Prime recalls Hound's unit to Earth.
* The Autobots launch ''Ark-19''. Sixshot shoots down the ship in transit. Ratchet and the humans leave via escape pod. {{storylink|Devastation issue 1|Devastation issue 1}}
* The US government scrambles fighter jets.
* Starscream comes online.
* Hunter awakens at Machination headquarters. {{storylink|Devastation issue 2|Devastation issue 2}}

:'''6:15am:'''

* The U.S. government establishes a no-fly zone around ''Ark-19'''s path.

:'''6:45am:'''

* Ratchet, Jimmy and Verity leave their destroyed escape pod in Wicksburg, Alabama and flee from Sixshot.

:'''6:52am:'''

* Hot Rod and Wheeljack engage, then escape from, the Headmasters.

:'''7:01am:'''

* Hunter finds Sunstreaker's head. {{storylink|Devastation issue 3|Devastation issue 3}}

:'''7:05am:'''

* Ratchet evades Sixshot with some help from U.S. fighter jets.

:'''7:25am:'''

* Sixshot locates Ratchet in Pensacola, Florida and pursues him to the Gulf of Mexico. Human television crews capture Sixshot on film. The ''Ark-19'' crew arrives and battles Sixshot.
* The Reapers arrive at Earth.
* In the [[Dead Universe]], [[Nova Prime]] orders Galvatron to Earth. {{storylink|Devastation issue 3|Devastation issue 3}}
* Skywatch recalls Ravage and Laserbeak to deal with the Pensacola battle, but their signal is blocked by Soundwave.

:'''7:53am:'''

* Hot Rod and Wheeljack arrive at the scrap yard in Warsaw.
* The U.S. government prepares to use "ultimate force" against the Pensacola combatants.
* Hunter undergoes the Headmaster process.

:'''Past 8:00am:'''

* The Headmasters locate Hot Rod and Wheeljack in the scrap yard.
* The Autobots escape Sixshot via orbital bounce to ''Ark-32''. Jimmy and Verity are nearly killed in the process.

:'''5.62 minutes later:'''

* Ratchet revives the comatose humans.

* The Reapers attack the Decepticon base in Oregon. Sixshot withdraws; Prime escapes via orbital bounce as the U.S. government bombs the Pensacola combat zone. {{storylink|Devastation issue 4|Devastation issue 4}}
* Sixshot arrives in Oregon and sides with the Reapers before being shut down by Starscream. The other Decepticons engage the Reapers and the [[Battlecharger|Battlechargers]] are destroyed.
* The Autobots learn of the incident at Garrus-9.
* Scorponok combines with Dante and comes online. Hunter combines with Sunstreaker, evades Scorponok, and escapes the Machination base.
* Skywatch is notified of the battle in Oregon, and prepares to deploy Grimlock. {{storylink|Devastation issue 5|Devastation issue 5}}
* Hardhead takes Ironhide and Wheeljack back to ''Ark-32''. Hot Rod remains on Earth to track down Sunstreaker.
* Galvatron covertly assists the Decepticons, who defeat the Reapers. Air Force jets arrive over the battle.
* ''Ark-32'' leaves Earth orbit. Hot Rod and Sunstreaker remain on Earth.
* Galvatron returns to the Dead Universe. {{storylink|Devastation issue 6|Devastation issue 6}}

=====Revelation=====
* Skywatch activates Grimlock, but due to a virus implanted by a Machination spy, Grimlock is not under their control and escapes the facility. Scorponok tries to recruit him, but Grimlock refuses and they battle. Grimlock escapes to his ship. {{storylink|Spotlight: Grimlock|Spotlight: Grimlock}}
* To protect themselves against the escaped Grimlock, Skywatch plans to reactivate the other Dinobots, but Scorponok plans to control them as well. {{storylink|Spotlight: Grimlock|Spotlight: Grimlock}}
* [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] arrives on Cybertron and attacks Hound's crew as revenge for the devastation wrought by the war. His attack is interrupted by Ultra Magnus, and he is forced to retreat to [[Corata-Vaz]]. After activating the [[Nega-Core]], Cyclonus is again set upon, and activates the Nega-core's guardian, Thunderwing. He is forced to return to the Dead Universe as his body has been in the "living" world too long. {{storylink|Spotlight: Cyclonus|Spotlight: Cyclonus}}
* Optimus and his crew arrive at Garrus-9. They meet with Jetfire and Fortress Maximus and head back to the ''Ark-32''. {{storylink|Spotlight: Cyclonus|Spotlight: Cyclonus}}
* Arcee tracks the Gestalt team while torturing and beheading Decepticons in order to gain information about Banzaitron's whereabouts. {{storylink|Spotlight: Cyclonus|Spotlight: Cyclonus}} In the [[Orcibe Cluster]], she finds Banzaitron as the lone survivor from a battle with the Dead Universe crew, who stole [[Monstructor]]. She agrees to join forces with him in order to find Jhiaxus. {{storylink|Spotlight: Hardhead|Spotlight: Hardhead}}
* Nemesis Prime, Jhiaxus, Galvatron, [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] and [[Grindcore (G1)|Grindcore]] cross over to begin their transition. {{storylink|Spotlight: Cyclonus|Spotlight: Cyclonus}}
* Nightbeat and Hardhead travel to [[Gorlam Prime]] to investigate Nightbeat's missing memories, and they encounter a large group of [[Micromaster|Micromasters]] trying to impede their progress. The pair makes it to the Dead Universe portal and Jhiaxus takes control of Nightbeat, forcing Hardhead to kill him, and dive into the portal himself. {{storylink|Spotlight: Hardhead|Spotlight: Hardhead}}
* With Nightbeat dead, Nemesis Prime must complete his task: to eliminate Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Spotlight: Hardhead|Spotlight: Hardhead}}
* Jetfire decides to use [[Pretender]] technology to enable Cloudburst, Landmine, Groundbreaker, and Waverider to survive the Benzuli Expanse. {{storylink|Spotlight: Hardhead|Spotlight: Hardhead}}
* Optimus receives a transmission from Dealer, who says that he's been monitoring the current situation, and he thinks that all of the answers they seek lie in the [[Magnificence]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Hardhead|Spotlight: Hardhead}}

=====All Hail Megatron=====
:'''One year later:'''

* The Earth-based Decepticons, who have now bolstered their ranks with the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]], [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]], Soundwave, Ravage, Rumble and Laserbeak cause rampant destruction in [[New York City]] and easily defeat a squad of attack aircraft. The Autobots are on Cybertron, with Optimus Prime in critical condition. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 1|All Hail Megatron issue 1}}

==Footnotes==
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