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Operation: Firestorm

2012-08-21T04:05:34Z

24.21.71.55: /* Notes */

[[Image:ROTFMegatronSam.jpg|thumb|350px|Megatron begins his attack on his hated enemy - the Photoshop lens flare.]]

'''Operation: Firestorm''' was the battle the [[Autobot]]s, [[NEST]], and the [[United States military]] waged against the [[Decepticon]]s for possession of the [[Matrix of Leadership]] in 2009. The Decepticon objective was to seize the Matrix and activate the [[Star Harvester]] that the [[Dynasty of Primes]] had built thousands of years ago, while the Autobots and NEST sought to use the Matrix to resurrect [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], the last of the [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]s and the only one who could defeat [[The Fallen]].

{{quote|We got a whole lot of fight coming our way!|[[William Lennox|Major Lennox]]|[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]}}

==Fiction==
===''Revenge of the Fallen''===
Thousands of years ago, the Dynasty of Primes came to [[Earth]] and tried to build a machine which would harvest [[Energon]], a process which would destroy the star Earth orbited. When the Primes discovered that the planet was inhabited by the [[human]]s, the majority of the Primes decided to uphold their law regarding the sanctity of life and not proceed. One of the Primes, however, despised the humans and sought to activate the machine. A great battle took place, but the Dynasty prevailed and stole the Matrix from their brother, giving their lives to seal in a tomb made of their bodies. The rogue Prime was forever known as The Fallen, and his followers became known as the Decepticons.

In the present, Optimus Prime, the last descendant of the original Primes, gave his life to protect [[Sam Witwicky]], who subconsciously knew where to find the Matrix from the [[AllSpark]], from the clutches of [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], the Decepticon commander and disciple of The Fallen. Unable to find the boy on their own, the Decepticons made overt attacks in order to compel the humans to turn Sam over to them. In response, the United States government shut down NEST and ordered the Autobots with them detained. When Sam learned what he was carrying from [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]], a former Decepticon who had been sent to find the Matrix by The Fallen, he theorized that the Matrix might be able to resurrect Optimus. Setting out with his girlfriend [[Mikaela Banes]], roommate [[Leo Spitz]], former [[Sector Seven]] agent [[Seymour Simmons]], and the Autobots [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]], Sam managed to contact Major [[William Lennox]] of NEST and arrange for Optimus Prime's body to be brought to the [[Gulf of Aqaba]], which held a clue to where the Matrix was hidden. Sam eventually managed to find the [[Tomb of the Primes]] in [[Petra (Earth)|Petra]], but the Matrix seemingly crumbled to dust. Sam continued his belief that the Matrix could still work and gathered up the dust, then headed out with his companions while NEST airdropped into the Gulf.

Unfortunately, [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] was in Egypt following an earlier lead on Sam. Finding the convey, Starscream began strafing Bumblebee's group. Heading into a nearby quarry, Sam and Mikaela split off from the rest of the group, while Simmons and Leo took [[the Twins]] as a diversion. Before NEST could make contact with the [[Pentagon]], Starscream released an [[electromagnetic pulse]] that disabled their communication, also noting Prime's body. [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]], watching events from orbit, quickly disabled all the other satellites above the region, convincing [[Morshower|General Morshower]] to launch a UAV over the region, while also contacting the governments of [[Egypt]] and [[Jordan]] to request an assist in confirming visuals.

[[Image:ROTF Protoform army.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Humans went to war wearing body paint. Decepticons went nude.]]
As the Twins took Simmons and Leo to a quarry in [[Giza]], it quickly became apparent that Starscream was no longer following them. As Simmons considered how to proceed, Megatron arrived and landed on the [[Great Pyramid of Giza]]. Starscream informed Megatron of the presence of Prime's body, and Megatron surmised the boy's intentions. As Starscream flew off, Megatron ordered the Decepticons to begin their assault. At his command, thirteen Decepticons landed in [[transition form]]s between the NEST landing site and the Pyramids, beginning a search for Sam. Major Lennox explained the situation to his colleagues, then ordered a group of volunteers to accompany [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] and [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] up through a set of pillars to find Sam and get him to Optimus. At the quarry, the [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicon]]s arrived to form [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]], who would ''not'' actually be joining the main group.

Making their way to NEST's position, Sam and Mikaela were forced to duck into an abandoned house as Starscream made a fly over. The two humans intended to wait until it was clear, but Starscream had detected their presence and led a group of Constructicons and Protoforms in search of Sam. it didn't go very well, to the point Starscream began shooting the ground in frustration. As Sam and Mikaela tried to wait out the Decepticons, an [[Insecticon (Movie)|Insecticon]] entered the hut the two teens were hiding in. Sam destroyed the small Decepticon before he realized what it was, but not before it sent out a transmission. Starscream tore off the roof of the hut and tried to grab Sam, but his efforts brought down part of the wall, allowing the teens to escape. [[Scrapper (ROTF)|Scrapper]] nearly crushed the two teens with his [[mace|flail]], and Starscream tried the less subtle method of firing missiles at the humans, but they managed to evade the Decepticons. Before Starscream's group could proceed, [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] and NEST soldiers opened fire on the Decepticons, preventing them from pursuing Sam. Ironhide's team then [[roll out|rolled out]] with Arcee providing escort.

[[Image:ROTF Devastator vs Twins.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Don't you hate it when your food fights back?]]
Back the quarry, the presence of the Twins compelled Devastator to activate his [[Vortex Grinder]] and begin swallowing up everything in sight. Simmons was nearly swallowed, but was saved by Leo. Mudflap was less fortunate, and was swallowed whole, which seemed to stop Devastator. Simmons realized that the only safe place was underneath Devastator, and the group made their way to him. At that point, Mudflap, who had survived, burst out of Devastator's head. Mudflap then began a furious assault on Devastator, who was unable to return fire due to his target being ''on his head''. Skids climbed up Devastator and fired a grapple to his brother, allowing Mudflap to reach him. Unfortunately, Mudflap then accidentally shot Skids in the face, sending the two Autobots to the ground below.

[[Image:ROTF movie BumblebeevsRampage.jpg|thumb|left|250px|SHORYUKEN!]]
As Sam and Mikaela continued to make their way to Optimus Prime's body, Starscream saw them on an flyby. Deciding to use a less forceful method, Starscream ordered [[Rampage (ROTF)|Rampage]] and [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] to use their back up plan. Rampage forcibly ejected [[Ron Witwicky|Ron]] and [[Judy Witwicky]], who had been captured following the Decepticon attack on [[Paris]]. Rampage held the two humans at cannon point and made it clear he wanted Sam to turn over the Matrix to him. However, Bumblebee had made his way back to Sam's position, and Sam distracted Rampage long enough for Bumblebee to drop kick the Decepticon away from the Witwickys. Reacting quickly, Rampage began laying into the smaller Autobot, but Bumblebee was faster and managed to pin Rampage, trying to break his arm. Ravage then attempted to jump Bumblebee from behind, but Bumblebee managed to grab Ravage by the tail and ''tear out his spine''! Focusing his attention back on Rampage, Bumblebee tore off Rampage's arms and overextended his neck, killing the Decepticon. Bumblebee then tried to escort the humans to NEST's position, but the heavy amount of fire forced Sam to order Bumblebee to take his parents away from the battlefield, as he continued with Mikaela.

Back at the village, the Decepticons had positioned themselves among the pillars, and were overpowering the Autobots and NEST soldiers protecting Prime's body. A pair of Jordanian helicopters made their way to the village, but one was shot down by [[Long Haul (ROTF)|Long Haul]]. The other made its way to the Great Pyramid, and was downed with a blast from Megatron's [[fusion cannon]]. The helicopter survived both the shot ''and'' the crash, and Leo and Simmons began removing the survivors from the copter. Simmons took a radio from one of the soldiers and began following Devastator. By this point, the UAV that the Pentagon had launched had reached the village, and General Morshower ordered pretty much every available asset to the area.

[[Image:ROTF Ironhide vs Buffalo.jpg|thumb|250px|right|He's NOT Bonecrusher and he does NOT hate women]]
Meanwhile, Sam and Mikaela finally made contact with Ironhide's team, with Arcee informing Sam that Optimus was beyond the pillars. Before the group could leave, they were set upon by Starscream, a protoform, and [[Buffalo MPV Decepticon|another Decepticon]]. Arcee's pink and [[Elita-One (Movie)|purple component]]s were quickly downed while Ironhide and Arcee's [[Chromia (ROTF)|blue component]] provided cover fire. Ironhide urged Sam to get to the pillars and reach Prime's body. At the Great Pyramid, Devastator began to scale the massive structure, and Simmons realized that the pyramid was built over the harvester the Decepticons sought to activate. Using his radio to contact the ''U.S.S. Stennis'', he informed [[L. W. Wilder|Captain Wilder]] of Devastator's presence and to relay a ready order for the crew of a destroyer carrying a [[rail gun]].

At the village, the reinforcements finally made their way to NEST's position, and began unleashing their firepower on the Decepticons, downing several protoforms. [[Robert Epps|Sergeant Epps]] was able to contact the Air Force fighters and bombers en route, with two B-1 bombers carrying heavy ordnance authorized to attack. The NEST soldiers of Ironhide's team relayed that they had made contact with Sam and pointed him in the right direction. Sam and Mikaela were able to make their way past the Decepticons, who were too busy returning cover fire to search for the humans. Unfortunately, Megatron also arrived, unleashing his considerable fire power on the humans. Major Lennox and Sergeant Epps managed to make their way to Sam and Mikaela, but were unable to run for Prime's body, as [[Mixmaster (ROTF)|Mixmaster]] began using the ruins they were hiding in as cover to attack the tanks. As he continued his assault, Jetfire then arrived and sliced Mixmaster in half, then killed the Decepticon by crushing his torso. However, Jetfire in turn was attacked by [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]], fatally wounding the [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seeker]] before having his head crushed.

[[Image:ROTF Megatron vs humans.jpg|thumb|250px|left| Megs has flaming urine.]]
At the pyramid, Devastator had managed to expose the harvester by the time ''U.S.S. Kidd'' was in position to fire. Simmons relayed target coordinates to the ''Kidd'', which fired the rail gun, blowing Devastator apart. At the village, the Air Force contingent was almost ready to launch their first strike. Unfortunately, Sergeant Epps did not toss very well, with the orange smoke canister mere feet from the humans. As everyone ran for cover, the F-16s launched their strike, hitting a few protoforms and Long Haul. Ironhide soon ran out of the smoke, damaging and ejecting one of his cannons. Once the B-1s arrived, they dropped their 2000 pound JDAMs on the Decepticon position, eliminating Scrapper and the last of the protoforms. As this was going on, Sam made a mad dash from Prime's body, only for Megatron to emerge from the smoke and fire his fusion cannon at Sam's feet. The boy was caught in the blast and thrown through the air, landing near Prime's body. Megatron then continued firing on the heavy weaponry, but with him being the only apparent survivor, they turned all their weaponry on him. Under constant fire and brought to his knees, Megatron was forced to retreat.

As medics made their way to Sam, it appeared as if the boy was dead. In truth, he was in another plane of existence, where he encountered the Dynasty of Primes. They told him that he had been destined to discover the Matrix, but it could not be merely found, instead earned. Sam's courage and sacrifice in his fight to help Optimus made him worthy of the Matrix, and they returned him to life, restoring the Matrix in the process. Filled with new life and resolve, Sam made his way to the shell before him and drove the Matrix into the empty [[spark]] chamber. The plan worked, and Optimus Prime was reborn.

[[Image:ROTF Fallen headchop.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Fallen totally chopped some dude's head off.]]
Just then, The Fallen teleported in using a [[space bridge]], knocking the Autobots to the ground and killing a few humans before he stole the Matrix. Heading the machine, The Fallen placed the Matrix into its slot and activated the star harvester. The humans launched a volley of missiles from their heavy armor, only for The Fallen to raise it with his [[telekinesis|telekinetic powers]] and drop it above the pyramid. Optimus tried to stand, but was still injured from his previous fight with Megatron. Seeing this, Jetfire offered his parts to Optimus, then killed himself by ripping out his spark core. [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] then ordered [[Jolt (ROTF)|Jolt]] to use his electric whips to begin transplanting Jetfire's afterburners and weapons onto Optimus. Once it was complete, Optimus was left with a [[Super Mode|powered-up form]], and flew off for the pyramid.

[[Image:ROTF Megatron face melt.jpg|thumb|250px|left|GIVE ME BACK MY FACE!]]
As F-22s tried to make a bombing run against the machine, The Fallen raised some of the rocks Devastator had smashed aside to block their line of fire. One of the fighters was unable to move out of the way and impacted on a rock, exploding. Fortunately, Optimus Prime was able to fly through the rocks, knock the Fallen and Megatron off the pyramid, and fire a rocket at the machine's spire, causing the star harvester to explode. Once they reached the ground below, Optimus and The Fallen laid into each other, and it quickly became apparent that Optimus was strong enough to defeat The Fallen. Megatron quickly came to the aid of his master, and Optimus crashed the group through some ruins, before Megatron dragged him away from the Fallen. Megatron then began to lay into Optimus, only for Prime to break off his [[Death-lock pincer|sword]] and force Megatron to eat a blast from his own fusion cannon. Damaged, Megatron tried to counterattack, but Optimus used his [[Dual Energon Swords|sword]] to slice off Megatron's fusion cannon and his afterburner to send the Decepticon leader through some ruins. Badly damaged, Megatron could barely call for Starscream.

[[Image:TheFallen-ROTFfacegotten.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Optimus really needs a psychiatrist]]
With Megatron dispatched, The Fallen was forced to face Optimus Prime alone. Although he was able to tear off one of the afterburners and strike Optimus with it, Optimus was able to grab The Fallen's spear and impale him with it, then used it to ''tear off his face''. As The Fallen tried to flee, Optimus Prime punched through his abdomen and crushed his spark core, killing The Fallen. Though horrified by the loss of his master, Megatron still looked as if he was ready to continue, until Starscream pointed out that cowards sometimes survive. Injured and unable to continue the fight, Megatron acknowledged Starscream's advice but vowed that the war would continue.

With the Fallen dead and the star harvester destroyed, NEST and the Autobots had won. Optimus reunited with them, and the group then made their way home aboard the ''Stennis''. Following a return to the states, Sam resumed his time at college, while Optimus Prime sent a message into space detailing past events, further proclaiming that Humanity and the Autobots would face the unknown future together, as their ancestors did once before. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

Unknown to both sides, the body of Ravage was recovered by the mysterious group known as the [[Initiative]], who used it in their own plans to acquire energy to power their own "infant". {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 5|Tales of the Fallen #5}} The Autobots and Soundwave did not discover this until February of 2010. By this point, Megatron was still not combat ready. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 1|Nefarious #1}}

==Notes==
*The events of Operation: Firestorm proceeded differently in the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|novelization]] and [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation|comic adaptation]] based on earlier scripts. Those differences include:
**Megatron joined Starscream in strafing Bumblebee's group, but in his interstellar jet mode.
**Ironhide and Arcee never took a team to look for Sam, instead staying with the main NEST/Autobot group during the entire battle.
**Instead of shutting down the satellites above Egypt, Soundwave transmitted doctored video to the Pentagon.
**Simmons contacted Captain Wilder before the UAV transmitted information of the battle to the Pentagon. Additionally, Wilder was Captain of the ''Roosevelt'', and the rail gun was located on the ''Zumwalt''.
**Jordan and Egypt provided additional military support to the United States once it was confirmed that the Decepticons were attacking.
**Devastator was destroyed just before Optimus made his initial attack on the harvester.
**Megatron and Starscream abandoned the Fallen to his death when Optimus exposed the lie in The Fallen's promise to make Megatron a Prime, as Primes were born, not made.
**Optimus recovered the Matrix.

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Nemesis Part 2

2012-07-28T23:17:08Z

24.21.71.55: /* Continuity errors */

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=52
|series2=Metals
|ep2=25
|next2=Remix: I Lost the Banana!
|image=Nemesis2 shuttle crash.jpg
|caption=It had a good run, but ''Beast Wars'' [[Furmanism|never did want to live forever]].
|title="''Nemesis'' Part 2"
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[May 7]], 1999
|written by=[[Simon Furman]]
|directed by=[[Cal Shumiatcher]], [[Steve Sacks]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity= [[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}

'''Megatron has possession of the ''Nemesis'', and the Maximals need a last-minute miracle to defeat him as the Beast Wars come to an end.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Nemesis2 Primal and Tigerhawk charge.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Optimus and Tigerhawk conclude that it is better to fight and die than run.]]
[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] has raised the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' from its watery grave and has begun a random attack on everything in sight, all the while quoting the [[Covenant of Primus]]. After telling Rhinox to "deploy [[Operation Eternity]]", [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] and [[Tigerhawk]] attempt to fight it off, but their weapons don't even scratch the hull. Tigerhawk tells Primal to rally the Maximals and that he will remain to fight. On the ''Nemesis'', [[Dinobot II|Dinobot]] is commenting that his [[spark]] has changed and feels complete. Aspects of [[Dinobot (BW)|the original Dinobot]] begin to emerge. He admires Tigerhawk's defense. Tigerhawk is able to damage power on several decks, limiting Megatron's offensive options to using the fusion cannon, which he uses to destroy Tigerhawk. Going to the [[Protohuman]] settlement, Megatron prepares to destroy it. Dinobot objects, asking where the honor is in such an act, but Megatron fires anyway, killing [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] and [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] in the process.

[[Image:Nemesis2 Nemesis over Mount St. Hilary.jpg|right|200px|thumb|The Nemesis hovering like some vast, predatory bird over Mount St. Hilary.]]
At [[Mount St. Hilary]], the Maximals are preparing a last-ditch strategy—bring the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] online and fight the ''Nemesis''. However, the ship has been offline too long, and [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] are having trouble restoring power. The ''Nemesis'' arrives, but Tigerhawk's attack has depleted its [[energon]] reserves, and the fusion cannon requires time to recharge. Megatron activates its tractor beam, and Primal enters the ''Nemesis''. He and Megatron duke it out, but the Predacon clearly has the advantage. On the Ark, the Maximals manage to get the engines on line, but they burn out almost instantly. [[Rattrap]] proclaims that they are all going to die, and for once, no one tells him to shut up. Instead, the characteristically stoic Rhinox simply responds with "Yup".

[[Image:Megatron Primal Nemesis 2.JPG|left|200px|thumb|If Optimus can't beat Megatron, what chance do we have?]]
However, Dinobot, disapproving of Megatron's actions, sends a message to the Maximals of an [[Autobot Shuttle Omega Delta|Autobot shuttle]] stored in the Ark. Megatron orders Dinobot to fire, but he refuses, stating that he has his honor. In a last bid to save them all, Rhinox pilots the shuttle on a collision course with the ''Nemesis''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s bridge, crashing through the viewport and going out the other side. Optimus urges Dinobot to save himself, but he remains with the ship, bidding farewell to Primal. As the ''Nemesis'' crashes, Primal rejoins the Maximals.

[[Image:Nemesis2 Autobot shuttle Earth.jpg|right|200px|thumb|The Beast Wars are over—finished. But [[The Reformatting|it never ends]]!]]
Some time later, the Maximals, having repaired the shuttle and rigged a [[transwarp]] cell to it, leave [[Earth]] for [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Optimus, piloting the ship, declares that the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] are over, and memorializes the Maximals who fell during the war. Rattrap, however, is more happy to be going home and points out that they won't have to see Megatron 'til they get there, as the Predacon is tied to the hull of their shuttle. As the shuttle enters transwarp, the scene shifts to the Protohumans, who have built a village and are using parts of Inferno and Quickstrike in a ritual to celebrate their new leader...[[Waspinator]].

Waspinator declares that he is "happy at last".
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (1)
*[[Tigerhawk]] (2)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (3)
*[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] (4)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (5)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (6)
*[[Rattrap]] (7)
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (Flashback) (15)
*[[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] (Flashback)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (8)
*[[Dinobot II|Dinobot]] (9)
*[[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (11)
*[[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] (12)
*[[Waspinator]] (16)
*[[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] (Flashback)

|h3=[[Protohuman]]s|c3=
*Protohumans (10)
*[[Leader Neanderthal]] (13)
*[[Una]] (14)
}}

==Quotes==
"'I am that which is, which was, and is yet to come! And you will know my name is [[Megatron (myth)|Megatron]] when I lay my vengeance upon you!'" 
"You have already read the Covenant of Primus?" 
"Just the good parts."
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Dinobot'''

"I'll say one thing for my namesake, he liked his artillery big and plentiful. Now, where was I? Ah yes, mindless destruction! Good for the spark I always say." 
:-'''Megatron''', commenting on the Nemesis' firepower.

"Quickly, go to your fellow Maximals. Prepare them! If Megatron destroys the ''Ark'' and its occupants, history as we know it will unravel." 
"You can't stop that thing alone." 
"Perhaps, but it is my destiny to try. I will hold the line here. Go!"
:—'''Tigerhawk''' and '''Optimus Primal'''

"Hmm, I suppose, given my imminent godhood, these primitives should really be beneath my intention. Ah, still, no score is too small to settle, I always say." 
[''stops Megatron from activating the weapons''] "You would turn the full fury of this mighty warship on a lone anthropoid?! Tell me, Megatron, where's the honor in that?!" 
[''growls''] "You dare use the h-word to me?!" 
"I…I apologize. I merely felt our power should be conserved for…the larger battle." 
"Duly noted...and ignored!"
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Dinobot'''

"Well, come on, let's have it. The usual 'destiny and honor' speech." 
"Speech ''this''!"
:—'''Megatron''' gets decked by '''Optimus Primal'''

"'And there came a hero who said, "Hurt not the earth, nor the seas, nor the trees, nor the very fabric of time." But the hero would not prevail'". 
"Finish the quote, Megatron. 'Nor would he surrender!'"
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Optimus Primal'''

"Destroy them!" 
"...Negative." 
"''What?!'' What possible reason could you have to disobey me?! I am your master! I am your creator!" 
"And I...have my HONOR!"
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Dinobot'''

"Waspinator happy at last."
:—The most well known ending of all. [[Thrust (BM)|Until he gets chased away.]]

==Notes==
[[Image:Transwarpcellanimaticnem2.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Yoink!]]
*[[Kid Rhino]]'s Season 3 box set contains an animatic with additional footage cut out from the final episode (presumably to save time). One of the edits shows Optimus Primal tearing out a [[transwarp cell]] from the ''Nemesis''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s control deck prior to telling [[Dinobot II|Dinobot]] to save himself. The transwarp cell is later seen towards the end of the (finished) episode, installed to the controls of the Autobot shuttle, explaining how the Maximals were able to travel through both space and time and return home.
*Was Dinobot's spirit influencing Dinobot II or was something else going on? The 2010 [[Transformers Hall of Fame]] competition would eventually say that Dinobot's "consciousness" was influencing him.
*In an interview, Furman stated he was approached at BotCon 1998 to write a "G1-centric" episode, and worked closely with Bob Forward on what would become "''Nemesis''" (they originally weren't sure who'd write which part). Various ideas were pitched, but for reasons of budget and a lack of a fourth season meant everything needed to be wrapped up here; one key decision was to ensure the core cast "got a good send off, one that didn't leave them in limbo". Bob would do most of the Dinobot writing. [http://www.bwint.net/interviewsimonfurman.htm]
*In the early plot of the episode, the Maximals successfully launched the Ark instead of an Autobot shuttle. Also, [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] would be reactivated and ram into the Nemesis instead of the Autobot shuttle. This would have possibly explained where the three [[Conehead]]s came from when they suddenly appeared in season two of the original cartoon.
*It should be noted that ''had'' Megatron heeded Dinobot and not turned the fusion cannon on the proto-human colony, he would have most likely won the Beast Wars, by the simple fact that it would have been fully charged by the time the [[Nemesis (G1)|''Nemesis'']] reached the Ark (As pointed out by Dinobot, the fusion cannon's reactor was depleted to 65% power when they had arrived) without the Maximals having a chance to prepare in time. In retrospect, this could be why he makes such a big deal about displaying honor [[The Weak Component|later on...]]
* By the end of the series, of the original ten Maximals and Predacons, only Optimus, Cheetor, Rattrap, Rhinox, Megatron, and Waspinator survive the Beast Wars. ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'' would wipe out several of the Beast Wars survivors leaving Cheetor, Rattrap, and Waspinator as the only ones who managed to survive both series from beginning to end.

===Animation and technical errors===
*As Tigerhawk is about to be overwhelmed by the fusion cannon, it cuts to a reaction shot by Dinobot, whose "monocle" is on the wrong eye.
*When Optimus returns to the Maximal base and tries to communicate with Tigerhawk, his right wing is missing.
*At one point, Optimus tears his wing off and tosses it to jam the giant grinder mechanisms on the bottom of the ''Nemesis''. However, in the next scene in which he appears, his wing has been replaced with no explanation.
*As the Maximals await their doom inside the Ark and Rattrap comments on how they're "all gonna die", he's missing his robot-mode "backpack".
*Megatron apparently transforms to dragon mode off-screen, transforms back to robot mode on-screen before the scene cuts away, then when next we see him, he is in dragon mode again!
*For most of the episode, Optimus is missing the "blast shields" that he usually wears on either his forearms or shoulders.
*When Megatron grabs Optimus Primal by the head during the battle on the Nemesis' bridge, Primal's suddenly got his missing blast shields back. They go missing again in the very next scene.
* In the final battle scene, Dinobot is flipped horizontally. (See first glitch.)

===Continuity errors===
[[Image:G1Megs Nemesis part2 deletedclip.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Ploink!]]
*Although it was cut from the final episode for time, the script called for Generation 1 Megatron's spark to be removed from Megatron and placed back in its proper body before the Maximals leave Earth. This very brief scene was animated and can be seen on the ''Beast Wars'' Season 3 box sets produced by [[Rhino Entertainment|Kid Rhino]] and [[Madman Entertainment]]. It should be noted, however, that despite the cut, Optimus's lines from that segment were still included in the episode, albeit used in a different context.
*In "[[Other Victories]]", Megatron is perplexed by the idea of Tarantulas trying to destroy the Ark and Tigerhawk states that doing so would erase those descended from Autobots and Decepticons. So why is Megatron doing it ''now''? Considering his religious babbling, it comes off like he's gone mad and thinks it'll erase everyone ''but'' him...
*Why don't Inferno and Quickstrike just call Megatron on their commlinks rather then wave their arms around like idiots? If they had they probably wouldn't have been blown up. Then again, Megatron was kind of going crazy.
*One wonders why Megatron, who is now in possesion of the most powerful warship known to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], didn't simply fly back home and conquer the planet in the present day, rather than risk his own existence destroying the Ark.

===Transformers references===
*There is the ''Nemesis'' itself.
*"In the darkest hour, there will be a light," a line from the Covenant of Primus most likely derived from "Light our [[darkest hour]]" in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
*Speaking of that movie, Primal's declaration of "This has to stop! At any cost" mirrors Optimus Prime's declaration of "Megatron must be stopped! No matter the cost".
*After Dinobot flashes between himself and the original Dinobot, his voice no longer has the electronic effect.

===Real-world references===
*The lines Megatron reads from the Covenant of Primus bear some similarities to lines from English translations of the [[Wikipedia:Bible|Bible]] of [[Earth]]'s [[human]]s.
*One of Megatron's Covenant of Primus quotes bears stronger resemblance to the paraphrase of [[Wikipedia:Book of Ezekiel|Ezekiel 25:17]] in the film ''[[Wikipedia:Pulp Fiction|Pulp Fiction]]'' than it does to the original Bible quote.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''''Némésis'' 2'''" (Canada)

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Destini - Parte 2''' ("Fates - Part 2")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Happy? Kore de ii no da'''" (ハッピー?これでいいのだ, "Happy? This Should Do It")

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''''Nemesis'' Parte 2'''" ("''Nemesis'' Part 2")

'''Spanish'''
:''Title:'' "'''''Nemesis'' Segunda Parte'''" (America, "''Nemesis'' Second Part")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers: Metals'' — Happy? This Should Do It ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Volume 4 ([[Universal]])
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers: Metals'' — DVD Box 2 (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Third Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 3 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

Counterpoint

2012-05-20T03:03:17Z

24.21.71.55: /* Errors */

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'''Everything old is new again!'''

==Synopsis==

From the realm of [[Zero Space]], at the end of existence where all of time and space has collapsed into a perfect singularity, the history of the Transformers is examined, from the battle between [[Primus]] and [[Unicron]], to the birth of the [[Transformer]]s and the outbreak of the [[Autobot]]/[[Decepticon]] civil war... from the arrival of their war on [[Earth]], through the rise of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], the fall of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], and the creation of [[combiner]]s and [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]], to the devastation of the [[Underbase Saga]]... from [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] and the tainting of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] through the return of Unicron and his herald [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]], to the death of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]... and to Prime's resurrection at the hands of the [[Last Autobot]], who then restores [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to glory once again!

Twenty-one years have passed since Cybertron's restoration. The world is at peace, populated by Autobots and Decepticons alike, and is presided over by the Last Autobot, perpetually standing sentinel atop a tower in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. But history has a habit of repeating itself, and once again, malcontents rally under the mantra of "Peace through tyranny", as [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] gathers several Decepticons at [[Fort Scyk]] and inspires them to retake for themselves the destiny Megatron had always envisioned.

Catching wind of this dissident activity, [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] travel to [[Nova Point]], where a brooding [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] has sequestered himself to mentor [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], and petition their leader for permission to send the [[Wrecker]]s in to stop the uprising before it begins. Believing that such an action would only galvanize support for the Decepticons, Prime forbids it, brusquely dismissing both Kup and Magnus, and their concerns that the threat is real.

Unfortunately, Prime could not be more wrong. Soundwave leads a Decepticon strike team to [[Kalis]] in a raid on the [[Baird Beaming Transmitter]], killing the Autobots manning the facility and hijacking control of one of Cybertron's orbital defense satellites. Normally used to destroy asteroids, Soundwave redirects the satellite to face the planet, and fires upon Iacon and the Last Autobot!

==Featured characters==
''(Characters in italic text appear only in flashbacks.)'' 
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*''[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (6)''
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (8)
*''[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (11)''
*''[[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (16)''
*[[Last Autobot]] (17)
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (35)
*[[Kup (G1)|Kup]] (36)
*[[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] (37)
*''[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (38)''
*''[[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] (39)''
*''[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (40)''
*''[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] (42)''
*''[[Slag (G1)|Slag]] (43)''
*''[[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] (44)''
*''[[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] (47)''
*''[[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (48)''
*''[[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] (49)''
*''[[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] (50)''
*''[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (54)''

|c2=
*''[[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] (1)''
*''[[Darkwing]] (2)''
*''[[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] (3)''
*''[[Galvatron II]] (4)''
*''[[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] (7)''
*''[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (12)''
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (15)
*[[Battletrap]] (18)
*[[Ruckus (G1)|Ruckus]] (19)
*[[Crankcase (G1)|Crankcase]] (20)
*[[Cindersaur]] (21)
*[[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]] (22)
*[[Needlenose]] (23)
*A generic (24)
*[[Pounce]] or [[Wingspan]] (25)
*[[Vanquish (G1)|Vanquish]] (26)
*[[Half-Track (G1)|Half-Track]] (27)
*[[Direct-Hit (G1)|Direct-Hit]] (28)
*[[Meltdown (G1)|Meltdown]] (29)
*[[Fireshot (G1)|Fireshot]] (30)
*''[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (31)''
*''[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (32)''
*''[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] or [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (33)''
*''[[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] (34)''
*''[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (41)''
*''[[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] (45)''
*''[[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] (46)''
*[[Flywheels]] (51)
*[[Sparkstalker]] (52)
*''[[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] (53)''
*''[[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] (58)''
|c3=
*''[[Circuit Smasher]] (5)''
*''[[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] (10)''
*''[[Thunderpunch]] (55)''
*''[[Rapture]] (56)''
*''[[G.B. Blackrock]] (57)''
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*''[[Demon]] (9)''
*''[[Primus]] (13)''
*''[[Unicron]] (14)''
}}

==Quotes==
"No kidding! 'It's over--finished!' He really '''said''' that?"

:—A passing Cybertronian is introduced to the concept of the [[Furmanism]]

==Notes==
*This issue was released as part of [[Free Comic Book Day]] 2012.
*The inside front cover contains an introduction from author Simon Furman, explaining the premise of the series for new readers.
*While the sections of the story set in the present day draw and colour characters with their more "standard" recognizable designs, flashbacks do their best to accurately represent the characters as they appeared in the Marvel Comics series by replicating the color layouts and limited palette of the comic at the time. The most prominent example is Soundwave, who is coloured purple in the flashbacks, as he was in the comics, but appears in his more familiar blue in present day scenes. Flashbacks depict Megatron with a black helmet, and use various shades of blue to represent black, while in the present day, Kup is actually teal, instead of the various blues the original comics required him to be. By contrast, though, Hot Rod is still using his Marvel color layout even in the present day, though he's a much lighter magenta, as opposed to his Marvel purple.
*In his first flashback appearance, Megatron is even drawn to the specifications of his [[:Image:Earlymegatron.jpg|early character model]], with a different head design and a hand-held [[fusion cannon]], which was how he appeared in the first few issues of the Marvel series.
*Twenty-one years have passed both in the real world and in-story between the publication of this issue and [[End of the Road! (US)|issue #80]] of the original series.
*The Cybertronian who delivers the lined quoted above is carrying on a conversation via a [[communicube]].
*Optimus Prime sequestering himself at Nova Point and brooding about the future was also how the ''original'' continuation of issue #80, the UK-exclusive story "[[Another Time & Place]]", began.

===Errors===
*On page one, Dreadwind and Darkwing flying over [[Gardens of Eternal Peace and Harmony Macrobiotic Restaurant]] on [[Nebulos]] are colored to instead be [[Skydive (G1)|Skydive]] and [[Slingshot]] flying over the [[space bridge]] pipe-drill seen in "[[Aerialbots over America!]]"
*[[Galvatron II]] does not have a Decepticon [[insignia]] on his chest.
*Fort Scyk, which originally appeared in "[[The Magnificent Six!]]", is said to be in [[Polyhex]], when that story placed it in [[Stanix]]. This issue does present it as an isolated location, consistent with the original tale, and we're sure that its use as a meeting place for the neo-Decepticons is not coincidental, given the original story's description of it as a dumping ground for undesirables.
*Sparkstalker should be dead.
*So should Crankcase.
*As Optimus Prime dismisses Ultra Magnus and Kup's concerns, "assault" is misspelled "assualt".
*The flashback panel depicting the initial discovery of the Last Autobot shows him with a completely different face design, including a "normal" mouth.

===Cover===
* '''Cover A:''' Optimus Prime atop a fractured field of images from the original Marvel series, by Andrew Wildman, Stephen Baskerville and John-Paul Bove

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[[Category:Regeneration One issues]]

MediaWiki:TFWiki.net 2012 Transformers Hall of Fame Auditions/Entries

2012-02-26T19:41:35Z

24.21.71.55: /* Poll entries */

This is the page for the '''TFWiki.net Transformers Hall of Fame Auditions''' entries. The rules are as follows:

#You must pick your top five ''Transformers'' characters, from any era. They must actually '''be''' Transformers; sorry, but no humans, non-Transformer aliens, non-Transformer robots, or anything else of the sort are being considered for the Hall of Fame. Any votes for such entities will '''not''' be tabulated. It is the sole discretion of the contest organizers to decide what does and does not count.
#Take your top five list and '''put it in alphabetical order'''. Order of preference does not matter. Feel free to denote the character's franchise of origin, although these distinctions may or may not figure into the final results.
#You '''cannot''' vote for a specific version of Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Megatron, Starscream, Dinobot, Ironhide, Ratchet, Soundwave, or Waspinator. They've already been inducted!
##You '''also''' can't vote for '''Grimlock, Jazz or Shockwave'''. They're being automatically inducted this year!
#'''However, you CAN vote for ''[[Beast Wars (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] or [[Optimus Primal]]! Hasbro considers them separate!'''
#Only one entry per user.

Please put your characters of choice and user name below in the following manner:

*Bulkhead, Emirate Xaaron, Side Swipe, Terrorsaur (BW), X-Brawn --(four tildes)

Poll entry period ends at 3pm on '''[[March 1]], 2012'''. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 12:25, 23 February 2012 (EST)

==Poll entries==


*Arcee, Blackarachnia, Blaster, Perceptor, Rumble --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 12:32, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Barricade, Devastator, Laserbeak, Ravage, Sideways --[[User:LV|LV]] 12:34, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Bluestreak, Hot Rod, Rattrap, Ravage, Wheeljack --[[User:Bluestreak7|Bluestreak7]] 12:41, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Arcee, Hot Rod, Ratbat, Ravage, Skywarp--[[User:Riddlerj|Riddlerj]] 12:44, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Barricade, Bulkhead, Rattrap, Sideways, Sky-Byte [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] 12:58, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Blaster, Hot Rod, Perceptor, Scorponok, Wheeljack {{unsigned|84.13.39.130}}
*Demolishor, Megatron (BW), Scorponok, Sideways, Sky-Byte. [[User:Rayqui|Rayqui]] 13:14, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Cyclonus, Hot Rod, Jetfire, Kup, Rhinox - [[User:Zadok Rox|Zadok Rox]] 13:21, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Kup, Prowl (G1), Scorponok (G1), Sunstreaker, Swindle --[[User:Cattleprod|Cattleprod]] 13:32, 23 February 2012 (EST)
* Blackarachnia, Bulkhead, Hot Rod, Megatron (BW), Swindle --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 13:41, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Arcee, Megatron (BW), Optimus Primal, Ravage, Unicron --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 13:47, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Blackarachnia, Megatron (BW), Optimus Primal, Rampage (BW), Sky-Byte [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 13:54, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Megatron (BW), Minerva (Masterforce), Optimus Primal, Rattrap, Rhinox {{unsigned|50.10.61.121}}
*Arcee, Blackarachnia, Laserbeak, Prowl, Sky-Byte --[[User:Boy Blunderous|Boy Blunderous]] 14:07, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Blades, Hot Rod, Kup, Megatron (BW), Smokescreen --[[User:Antimatter|Antimatter]] 14:11, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Bruticus, Fortress Maximus, Omega Supreme, Skywarp, Ultra Magnus --[[User:Starfield|Starﬁeld]] 14:19, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Arcee, Blackarachnia, Bulkhead, Rhinox, Sky-Byte --[[User:Abates|abates]] 14:22, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Cliffjumper, Cyclonus, Prowl, Ultra Magnus, Wheeljack --[[User:AutoUIMagnus299|AutoUIMagnus299]] 14:37, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Arcee, Hot Rod, Jetfire, Omega Supreme, Prowl --[[User:Alientraveller|Alientraveller]] 14:57, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Depth Charge, Quickstrike, Rattrap, Rhinox, Wreck-Gar --[[User:Femmes Rule!|Femmes Rule!]] 15:01, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Prowl, Rodimus Prime, Scorponok, Springer, Ultra Magnus --[[User:Magaroja|Magaroja]] 15:19, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Hot Spot, Quickmix, Searchlight, Silverbolt, Steeljaw --[[User:Ironhold|Ironhold]] 15:35, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Astrotrain, Bruticus, Rumble, Skywarp, Thundercracker --[[User:crown of starscream|crown of starscream]] 16:02, 23 Febuary 2012 (EST)
*Bulkhead, Megatron (BW), Prowl, Ravage, Sky-Byte --[[User:Ratbatman|Ratbatman]] 15:36, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Blackarachnia, Paddles, Piano Transformer Guy, Scrounge, Silverbolt (BW)--[[Special:Contributions/184.56.30.163|184.56.30.163]] 15:40, 23 February 2012 (EST))
*Metroplex, Mudflap (movie), Predaking, Sunstorm (G1), Trypticon {{unsigned|94.7.56.6}}
*Blitzwing (Animated), Ironfist, Straxus, Ultra Magnus, Wreck-Gar --[[User:HunterCham|HunterCham]] 16:02, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Jetstorm (BM), Lugnut (Animated), Megatron (BW/BM), Optimus Primal, Roadbuster.--[[Special:Contributions/96.237.141.219|96.237.141.219]] 16:31, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Arcee, Cliffjumper, Fortress Maximus, Optimus Primal, Ultra Magnus--[[User:Spydersix|Spydersix]] 16:36, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Arcee, Bulkhead, Cliffjumper, Jetfire, Prowl [[User:Bobpiecheese|Bobpiecheese]] 16:37, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Arcee, Laserbeak (DOTM), Megatron (BW), Ravage, Unicron. [[Special:Contributions/95.151.0.33|95.151.0.33]] 17:04, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Bulkhead, Fortress Maximus, Ginrai, Prowl, Ultra Magnus --[[User:Ookalf|Ookalf]] 17:06, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Impactor, Ironfist, Overlord, Straxus, Tarantulas --[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 18:25, 23 February 2012 (EST)
* Bulkhead, Lugnut, Megatron (BW), Sky-Byte, Sunstorm --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 18:34, 23 February 2012 (EST)
* Blurr, Rattrap, Tarantulas, Thundercracker, Ultra Magnus --[[User:Russellestate|Russellestate]] 19:02, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Blackarachnia, Inferno (BW), Rampage (BW), Sky-Byte, Swindle --[[Special:Contributions/72.187.230.66|72.187.230.66]] 19:08, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Megatron (BW), Nightbeat, Sentinel Prime (Animated), Sky-Byte, Thunderwing--[[Special:Contributions/74.110.211.53|74.110.211.53]] 19:24, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Laserbeak(G1), Optimus Primal, Predaking, Primus, Ultra Magnus (G1).If combiners count.If not then Warpath--[[User:Gamemaster|Gamemaster]] 7:53, 23 February 2012
*Rampage (BW), Rattrap, Scorponok (BW), Tarantualas (BW), Terrorsaur (BW) [[User:Stevo|Stevo]] 19:57, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Cheetor (Beast Era), Ginrai, Megatron (Beast Era), Optimus Primal, Thunderwing --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] 20:03, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Bluestreak, Chromia, First Aid, Prowl, Ravage--[[User:al_cielo|al_cielo]] 20:02, 23 February 2012
*Jetfire, Landmine, Sky lynx, Smokescreen, Swoop--[[User:Wwelord|Wwelord]] 20:08, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Botanica (both BW and Animated), Firestar, Moonracer, Perceptor (Animated), Slipstream (Animated). If Botanica doesn't count, put Chromia in her place. --[[User:Firestar_of_Kalis|Firestar_of_Kalis]] 15:22, 23 February 2012 (HST)
*[[Blackarachnia]], [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]], [[Sentinel Prime (DOTM)|Sentinel Prime]] -- [[User:Queso|¡Usa El Queso!]] [[User talk:Queso|Complain here]] 20:42, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Arcee, Bulkhead, Megatron (BW), Sky-Byte, Wheeljack. ----[[Special:Contributions/71.17.207.182|71.17.207.182]] 20:59, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Arcee, Bulkhead, Megatron (BW), Optimus Primal, Skybyte --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 20:59, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*[[Barricade]], [[Bulkhead]], [[Hot Rod]], [[Megatron (BW)]], [[Rattrap]] -- [[User:Awa64|Awa64]] 02:34, 25 February 2012 (EST)
* Arcee, Bulkhead, Optimus Primal, Ironhide, Sky-byte --(Dinobotairfeather)
*Jetfire, Megatron(BW), Rampage(BW), Sari Sumdac(She counts), Sentinel Prime [[User:DinoFreakUSA|DinoFreakUSA]] 21:52, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Bulkhead, Prowl, Silverbolt (G1), Thundercracker, Ultra Magnus --[[Special:Contributions/68.147.45.66|68.147.45.66]] 22:19, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Cyclonus (G1), Galvatron (G1), Rampage (BW), Silverbolt (BW), Sky-Byte --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] 22:34, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*[[Arcee]], [[Blackarachnia]], [[Firestar]], [[Moonracer]], [[Sunstreaker]] --[[User:Metroplex|Metroplex]] 22:35, 23 February 2012 (EST)
* Bombshell (G1), Cyclonus (G1), Demolishor (Armada), Scourge (RID), Swerve (G1) --[[User:Thunderweb|Thunderweb]] 23:17, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Brawn (G1), Megatron (BW), Ravage (SG), Sunstorm (G1), Ultra Magnus (G1) {{unsigned|74.37.238.167}}
*[[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]], [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]], [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]], [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] --[[User:G1MarvelBlaster|G1MarvelBlaster]] 00:47, 24 February 2012 (EST)
*Barricade, BlackArachnia, Thunderwing, Wheeljack, Wreck-Gar[[Special:Contributions/70.34.147.3|70.34.147.3]] 01:11, 24 February 2012 (EST)
*Lugnut, Rotorstorm, Sixshot, Swindle, Wheeljack --[[User:Apoc|Apoc]] 01:36, 24 February 2012 (EST)
*Prowl, Skywarp, Thundercracker, Ultra Magnus, Wheeljack {{unsigned|N2977R}}
*Bludgeon (G1), Megatron (Beast Wars), Scorponok (G1), Thunderwing (G1), Unicron -- [[User:Dark T Zeratul|Dark T Zeratul]] 04:19, 24 February 2012 (EST)
*Arcee, Bulkhead, Kup, Rattrap, Wreck-Gar --[[User:Cr85747|Cr85747]] 4:47, 24 February 2012 (EST)
*Omega Supreme, Overlord, Ratbat, Sideways, Sky-Byte - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 05:25, 24 February 2012 (EST)
*Blades, Cliffjumper, Hot Shot, Rampage(BW), Thundercracker [[User:Wasp-shot23|Wasp-shot23]] 06:53, 24 February 2012 (EST)
*Astrotrain (G1), Blitzwing (G1), Bombshell, Laserbeak (G1), Rumble (G1) --[[User:Flicky1991|Flicky1991]] 09:26, 24 February 2012 (EST)
*Cosmos, Ironfist, Repugnus, Swerve, Tailgate -- JediFlaherty 11:50, 24 February 2012 (EST)
*Arcee, Cheetor, Devastator, Ravage, Sky-Byte -- [[User:Rav|Rav]] 14:51, 24 February 2012 (EST)
*Bulkhead, Laserbeak, Megatron (BW), Sky-Byte, Swindle - [[User:RolonBolon|RolonBolon]] 16:25, 24 February 2012 (EST)
*Bonecrusher, Devastator, Leadfoot, Roadbuster, Sky-Byte --[[User:Atomic Horse|Atomic Horse]] 17:47, 24 February 2012 (EST)
*Arcee, Devastator, Megatron (BW), Omega Supreme, Rattrap --[[User:Endgame|Endgame]] 18:05, 24 February 2012 (EST)
*Arcee(g1),Blitzwing(g1/animated),Bulkhead(animated/prime),Cyclonus(g1),Predaking(g1)--[[User:Bardock12|Bardock12]] 18:11, 24 February 2012 (EST)
*Bludgeon, Overlord, Prowl, Ultra Magnus, Wreck-Gar --[[User:NCZ|NCZ]] 18:47, 24 February 2012 (EST)
*Bulkhead, Crosswise, Hotshot, Vehicon (Prime), Wheeljack [[Special:Contributions/74.90.6.206|74.90.6.206]] 19:06, 24 February 2012 (EST)
*Bulkhead, Hot Shot, Sky-Byte, Ultra Magnus, Unicron {{unsigned|64.121.173.16}}
*Arcee, Barricade, Ironfist, Prowl, Thundercracker --[[User:TrashTalk|TrashTalk]] 01:33, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
*Alpha Trion, Arcee (Prime), Bulkhead, Prowl (Animated), W heeljack -- [[Special:Contributions/134.161.85.66|134.161.85.66]] 00:18, 25 February 2012 (EST)
*Arcee, Cyclonus, Kup, Rodimus Prime, Ultra Magnus--[[User:Starscream0625|Starscream0625]] 00:24, 25 February 2012 (EST)
*Bomb-Burst (G1), Cosmos, Warpath, Wheelie (G1), Wreck-Gar (G1 and Animated) {{unsigned|115.135.229.16}}
*Cliffjumper, Cyclonus, Hot Rod, Kup, Skywarp {{unsigned|98.132.183.140}}
*Megatron (BW), Nightbeat, Rattrap, Skullgrin, Springer - [[User:Danja|Danja]] 10:56, 25 February 2012 (EST)
*Bulkhead, Kup, Megatron (BW), Rattrap, Sky-Byte --[[User:G.B. Blackrock|G.B. Blackrock]] 11:19, 25 February 2012 (EST)
*Arcee, Blitzwing, Hot Rod, Rattrap, Sky-Byte --[[User:TrentTroop|TrentTroop]] 12:04, 25 February 2012 (EST)
*Cyclonus, Galvatron, Megatron (BW), Rodimus Prime, Ultra Magnus --[[Special:Contributions/50.138.134.40|50.138.134.40]] 12:29, 25 February 2012 (EST)
*Hot Shot, Megatron (BW), Optimus Primal, Rodimus, Ultra Magnus --[[User:Amadeus Windfall|Amadeus Windfall]] 12:52, 25 February 2012 (EST)
*Arcee, Hot Rod, Rattrap, Sky-Byte, Swindle -- GR
*Blaster, Megatron (BW), Prowl, Ravage, Skids --[[User:Chip|Chip]] 13:50, 25 February 2012 (EST)
*Arcee,Blackarachnia,Cliffjumper,Megatron(BW),Straxus---Abdullah
*Prowl, Roadbuster, Springer, Soundwave, Thundercracker --[[User:Shafau|Shafau]] 14:07, 25 February 2012 (EST)
*Drift, Laserbeak, Megatron (BW), Thundercracker (G1), Wheeljack. {{unsigned|98.232.210.235}}
*Blurr, Bulkhead, Jetfire, Unicron, Wheeljack --[[User:Andrusi|Andrusi]] 14:51, 25 February 2012 (EST)
*Broadside, Bulkhead, Jetfire, Megatron (BW), Unicron [[User:ShinRa Actual|ShinRa Actual]] 15:49, 25 February 2012 (EST)
*Arcee, Bulkhead, Hot Rod, Megatron (BW), Sky-Byte [[User:MrBlud|MrBlud]] 20:19, 25 February 2012 (EST)
*Ironhide (movie), Jazz, Megatron (TF:P), Ratchet, Ultra Magnus (G1)--nikikt
*Arcee, Bulkhead, Lockdown, Omega Supreme, Scourge(RiD) -- [[User:Assey|Assey]] 23:20, 25 February 2012 (EST)
*Arcee, Devastator, Scorponok, Wheeljack, Wreck-Gar -- {{unsigned|24.3.231.149}}
*Cyclonus, Hot Rod, Optimus Primal, Sky-Byte, Wheeljack -- [[User:Anguirus]]
*Liokaiser, Metal Hawk, Minerva, Six Shot, Star Saber -- [[user:XenoStryker|XenoStryker]]
*Darkwing, Dreadwind, Impactor, Swindle, Xaaron - [[Special:Contributions/94.195.192.254|94.195.192.254]] 03:46, 26 February 2012 (EST)
*Blackarachnia, Hot Rod, Rattrap, Sky-Byte, Unicron -- [[user:Daith]]
*Bulkhead, Scourge (RiD), Sideways, Sky-Byte, Wheeljack -- [[User:Sky Shadow|Sky Shadow]] 07:46, 26 February 2012 (EST)
*Knock Out, Prowl, Skywarp, Sunstreaker, Thundercracker--[[User:TheHappyShark|TheHappyShark]] 09:27, 26 February 2012 (EST)
*Blackarachnia, Megatron (BW), Optimus Primal, Ravage, Shokaract--[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 10:47, 26 February 2012 (EST)
*Blackarachnia, Blaster, Guzzle, Megatron (BW), Ravage --[[User:Emvee|Emvee]] 12:12, 26 February 2012 (EST)
*Carnivac, Straxus, Swindle, Under-3, Xaaron [[User:Blueshift|Blueshift]] 12:18, 26 February 2012 (EST)
*Cheetor, Rattrap, Ravage, Swoop, Tarantulas [[User:Contributor]] ll:31, 26 February 2012 (EST)
*Rattrap, Ravage, Scorponok, Swoop, Thundercracker [[User:Contributor ]] 11:40, 26 February 2012 (EST)


[[Category: TFWiki.net]]

MediaWiki:TFWiki.net 2012 Transformers Hall of Fame Auditions/Entries

2012-02-26T19:32:19Z

24.21.71.55: /* Poll entries */

This is the page for the '''TFWiki.net Transformers Hall of Fame Auditions''' entries. The rules are as follows:

#You must pick your top five ''Transformers'' characters, from any era. They must actually '''be''' Transformers; sorry, but no humans, non-Transformer aliens, non-Transformer robots, or anything else of the sort are being considered for the Hall of Fame. Any votes for such entities will '''not''' be tabulated. It is the sole discretion of the contest organizers to decide what does and does not count.
#Take your top five list and '''put it in alphabetical order'''. Order of preference does not matter. Feel free to denote the character's franchise of origin, although these distinctions may or may not figure into the final results.
#You '''cannot''' vote for a specific version of Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Megatron, Starscream, Dinobot, Ironhide, Ratchet, Soundwave, or Waspinator. They've already been inducted!
##You '''also''' can't vote for '''Grimlock, Jazz or Shockwave'''. They're being automatically inducted this year!
#'''However, you CAN vote for ''[[Beast Wars (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] or [[Optimus Primal]]! Hasbro considers them separate!'''
#Only one entry per user.

Please put your characters of choice and user name below in the following manner:

*Bulkhead, Emirate Xaaron, Side Swipe, Terrorsaur (BW), X-Brawn --(four tildes)

Poll entry period ends at 3pm on '''[[March 1]], 2012'''. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 12:25, 23 February 2012 (EST)

==Poll entries==


*Arcee, Blackarachnia, Blaster, Perceptor, Rumble --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 12:32, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Barricade, Devastator, Laserbeak, Ravage, Sideways --[[User:LV|LV]] 12:34, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Bluestreak, Hot Rod, Rattrap, Ravage, Wheeljack --[[User:Bluestreak7|Bluestreak7]] 12:41, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Arcee, Hot Rod, Ratbat, Ravage, Skywarp--[[User:Riddlerj|Riddlerj]] 12:44, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Barricade, Bulkhead, Rattrap, Sideways, Sky-Byte [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] 12:58, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Blaster, Hot Rod, Perceptor, Scorponok, Wheeljack {{unsigned|84.13.39.130}}
*Demolishor, Megatron (BW), Scorponok, Sideways, Sky-Byte. [[User:Rayqui|Rayqui]] 13:14, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Cyclonus, Hot Rod, Jetfire, Kup, Rhinox - [[User:Zadok Rox|Zadok Rox]] 13:21, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Kup, Prowl (G1), Scorponok (G1), Sunstreaker, Swindle --[[User:Cattleprod|Cattleprod]] 13:32, 23 February 2012 (EST)
* Blackarachnia, Bulkhead, Hot Rod, Megatron (BW), Swindle --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 13:41, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Arcee, Megatron (BW), Optimus Primal, Ravage, Unicron --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 13:47, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Blackarachnia, Megatron (BW), Optimus Primal, Rampage (BW), Sky-Byte [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 13:54, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Megatron (BW), Minerva (Masterforce), Optimus Primal, Rattrap, Rhinox {{unsigned|50.10.61.121}}
*Arcee, Blackarachnia, Laserbeak, Prowl, Sky-Byte --[[User:Boy Blunderous|Boy Blunderous]] 14:07, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Blades, Hot Rod, Kup, Megatron (BW), Smokescreen --[[User:Antimatter|Antimatter]] 14:11, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Bruticus, Fortress Maximus, Omega Supreme, Skywarp, Ultra Magnus --[[User:Starfield|Starﬁeld]] 14:19, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Arcee, Blackarachnia, Bulkhead, Rhinox, Sky-Byte --[[User:Abates|abates]] 14:22, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Cliffjumper, Cyclonus, Prowl, Ultra Magnus, Wheeljack --[[User:AutoUIMagnus299|AutoUIMagnus299]] 14:37, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Arcee, Hot Rod, Jetfire, Omega Supreme, Prowl --[[User:Alientraveller|Alientraveller]] 14:57, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Depth Charge, Quickstrike, Rattrap, Rhinox, Wreck-Gar --[[User:Femmes Rule!|Femmes Rule!]] 15:01, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Prowl, Rodimus Prime, Scorponok, Springer, Ultra Magnus --[[User:Magaroja|Magaroja]] 15:19, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Hot Spot, Quickmix, Searchlight, Silverbolt, Steeljaw --[[User:Ironhold|Ironhold]] 15:35, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Astrotrain, Bruticus, Rumble, Skywarp, Thundercracker --[[User:crown of starscream|crown of starscream]] 16:02, 23 Febuary 2012 (EST)
*Bulkhead, Megatron (BW), Prowl, Ravage, Sky-Byte --[[User:Ratbatman|Ratbatman]] 15:36, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Blackarachnia, Paddles, Piano Transformer Guy, Scrounge, Silverbolt (BW)--[[Special:Contributions/184.56.30.163|184.56.30.163]] 15:40, 23 February 2012 (EST))
*Metroplex, Mudflap (movie), Predaking, Sunstorm (G1), Trypticon {{unsigned|94.7.56.6}}
*Blitzwing (Animated), Ironfist, Straxus, Ultra Magnus, Wreck-Gar --[[User:HunterCham|HunterCham]] 16:02, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Jetstorm (BM), Lugnut (Animated), Megatron (BW/BM), Optimus Primal, Roadbuster.--[[Special:Contributions/96.237.141.219|96.237.141.219]] 16:31, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Arcee, Cliffjumper, Fortress Maximus, Optimus Primal, Ultra Magnus--[[User:Spydersix|Spydersix]] 16:36, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Arcee, Bulkhead, Cliffjumper, Jetfire, Prowl [[User:Bobpiecheese|Bobpiecheese]] 16:37, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Arcee, Laserbeak (DOTM), Megatron (BW), Ravage, Unicron. [[Special:Contributions/95.151.0.33|95.151.0.33]] 17:04, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Bulkhead, Fortress Maximus, Ginrai, Prowl, Ultra Magnus --[[User:Ookalf|Ookalf]] 17:06, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Impactor, Ironfist, Overlord, Straxus, Tarantulas --[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 18:25, 23 February 2012 (EST)
* Bulkhead, Lugnut, Megatron (BW), Sky-Byte, Sunstorm --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 18:34, 23 February 2012 (EST)
* Blurr, Rattrap, Tarantulas, Thundercracker, Ultra Magnus --[[User:Russellestate|Russellestate]] 19:02, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Blackarachnia, Inferno (BW), Rampage (BW), Sky-Byte, Swindle --[[Special:Contributions/72.187.230.66|72.187.230.66]] 19:08, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Megatron (BW), Nightbeat, Sentinel Prime (Animated), Sky-Byte, Thunderwing--[[Special:Contributions/74.110.211.53|74.110.211.53]] 19:24, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Laserbeak(G1), Optimus Primal, Predaking, Primus, Ultra Magnus (G1).If combiners count.If not then Warpath--[[User:Gamemaster|Gamemaster]] 7:53, 23 February 2012
*Rampage (BW), Rattrap, Scorponok (BW), Tarantualas (BW), Terrorsaur (BW) [[User:Stevo|Stevo]] 19:57, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Cheetor (Beast Era), Ginrai, Megatron (Beast Era), Optimus Primal, Thunderwing --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] 20:03, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Bluestreak, Chromia, First Aid, Prowl, Ravage--[[User:al_cielo|al_cielo]] 20:02, 23 February 2012
*Jetfire, Landmine, Sky lynx, Smokescreen, Swoop--[[User:Wwelord|Wwelord]] 20:08, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Botanica (both BW and Animated), Firestar, Moonracer, Perceptor (Animated), Slipstream (Animated). If Botanica doesn't count, put Chromia in her place. --[[User:Firestar_of_Kalis|Firestar_of_Kalis]] 15:22, 23 February 2012 (HST)
*[[Blackarachnia]], [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]], [[Sentinel Prime (DOTM)|Sentinel Prime]] -- [[User:Queso|¡Usa El Queso!]] [[User talk:Queso|Complain here]] 20:42, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Arcee, Bulkhead, Megatron (BW), Sky-Byte, Wheeljack. ----[[Special:Contributions/71.17.207.182|71.17.207.182]] 20:59, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Arcee, Bulkhead, Megatron (BW), Optimus Primal, Skybyte --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 20:59, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*[[Barricade]], [[Bulkhead]], [[Hot Rod]], [[Megatron (BW)]], [[Rattrap]] -- [[User:Awa64|Awa64]] 02:34, 25 February 2012 (EST)
* Arcee, Bulkhead, Optimus Primal, Ironhide, Sky-byte --(Dinobotairfeather)
*Jetfire, Megatron(BW), Rampage(BW), Sari Sumdac(She counts), Sentinel Prime [[User:DinoFreakUSA|DinoFreakUSA]] 21:52, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Bulkhead, Prowl, Silverbolt (G1), Thundercracker, Ultra Magnus --[[Special:Contributions/68.147.45.66|68.147.45.66]] 22:19, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Cyclonus (G1), Galvatron (G1), Rampage (BW), Silverbolt (BW), Sky-Byte --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] 22:34, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*[[Arcee]], [[Blackarachnia]], [[Firestar]], [[Moonracer]], [[Sunstreaker]] --[[User:Metroplex|Metroplex]] 22:35, 23 February 2012 (EST)
* Bombshell (G1), Cyclonus (G1), Demolishor (Armada), Scourge (RID), Swerve (G1) --[[User:Thunderweb|Thunderweb]] 23:17, 23 February 2012 (EST)
*Brawn (G1), Megatron (BW), Ravage (SG), Sunstorm (G1), Ultra Magnus (G1) {{unsigned|74.37.238.167}}
*[[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]], [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]], [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]], [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] --[[User:G1MarvelBlaster|G1MarvelBlaster]] 00:47, 24 February 2012 (EST)
*Barricade, BlackArachnia, Thunderwing, Wheeljack, Wreck-Gar[[Special:Contributions/70.34.147.3|70.34.147.3]] 01:11, 24 February 2012 (EST)
*Lugnut, Rotorstorm, Sixshot, Swindle, Wheeljack --[[User:Apoc|Apoc]] 01:36, 24 February 2012 (EST)
*Prowl, Skywarp, Thundercracker, Ultra Magnus, Wheeljack {{unsigned|N2977R}}
*Bludgeon (G1), Megatron (Beast Wars), Scorponok (G1), Thunderwing (G1), Unicron -- [[User:Dark T Zeratul|Dark T Zeratul]] 04:19, 24 February 2012 (EST)
*Arcee, Bulkhead, Kup, Rattrap, Wreck-Gar --[[User:Cr85747|Cr85747]] 4:47, 24 February 2012 (EST)
*Omega Supreme, Overlord, Ratbat, Sideways, Sky-Byte - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 05:25, 24 February 2012 (EST)
*Blades, Cliffjumper, Hot Shot, Rampage(BW), Thundercracker [[User:Wasp-shot23|Wasp-shot23]] 06:53, 24 February 2012 (EST)
*Astrotrain (G1), Blitzwing (G1), Bombshell, Laserbeak (G1), Rumble (G1) --[[User:Flicky1991|Flicky1991]] 09:26, 24 February 2012 (EST)
*Cosmos, Ironfist, Repugnus, Swerve, Tailgate -- JediFlaherty 11:50, 24 February 2012 (EST)
*Arcee, Cheetor, Devastator, Ravage, Sky-Byte -- [[User:Rav|Rav]] 14:51, 24 February 2012 (EST)
*Bulkhead, Laserbeak, Megatron (BW), Sky-Byte, Swindle - [[User:RolonBolon|RolonBolon]] 16:25, 24 February 2012 (EST)
*Bonecrusher, Devastator, Leadfoot, Roadbuster, Sky-Byte --[[User:Atomic Horse|Atomic Horse]] 17:47, 24 February 2012 (EST)
*Arcee, Devastator, Megatron (BW), Omega Supreme, Rattrap --[[User:Endgame|Endgame]] 18:05, 24 February 2012 (EST)
*Arcee(g1),Blitzwing(g1/animated),Bulkhead(animated/prime),Cyclonus(g1),Predaking(g1)--[[User:Bardock12|Bardock12]] 18:11, 24 February 2012 (EST)
*Bludgeon, Overlord, Prowl, Ultra Magnus, Wreck-Gar --[[User:NCZ|NCZ]] 18:47, 24 February 2012 (EST)
*Bulkhead, Crosswise, Hotshot, Vehicon (Prime), Wheeljack [[Special:Contributions/74.90.6.206|74.90.6.206]] 19:06, 24 February 2012 (EST)
*Bulkhead, Hot Shot, Sky-Byte, Ultra Magnus, Unicron {{unsigned|64.121.173.16}}
*Arcee, Barricade, Ironfist, Prowl, Thundercracker --[[User:TrashTalk|TrashTalk]] 01:33, 25 February 2012 (UTC)
*Alpha Trion, Arcee (Prime), Bulkhead, Prowl (Animated), W heeljack -- [[Special:Contributions/134.161.85.66|134.161.85.66]] 00:18, 25 February 2012 (EST)
*Arcee, Cyclonus, Kup, Rodimus Prime, Ultra Magnus--[[User:Starscream0625|Starscream0625]] 00:24, 25 February 2012 (EST)
*Bomb-Burst (G1), Cosmos, Warpath, Wheelie (G1), Wreck-Gar (G1 and Animated) {{unsigned|115.135.229.16}}
*Cliffjumper, Cyclonus, Hot Rod, Kup, Skywarp {{unsigned|98.132.183.140}}
*Megatron (BW), Nightbeat, Rattrap, Skullgrin, Springer - [[User:Danja|Danja]] 10:56, 25 February 2012 (EST)
*Bulkhead, Kup, Megatron (BW), Rattrap, Sky-Byte --[[User:G.B. Blackrock|G.B. Blackrock]] 11:19, 25 February 2012 (EST)
*Arcee, Blitzwing, Hot Rod, Rattrap, Sky-Byte --[[User:TrentTroop|TrentTroop]] 12:04, 25 February 2012 (EST)
*Cyclonus, Galvatron, Megatron (BW), Rodimus Prime, Ultra Magnus --[[Special:Contributions/50.138.134.40|50.138.134.40]] 12:29, 25 February 2012 (EST)
*Hot Shot, Megatron (BW), Optimus Primal, Rodimus, Ultra Magnus --[[User:Amadeus Windfall|Amadeus Windfall]] 12:52, 25 February 2012 (EST)
*Arcee, Hot Rod, Rattrap, Sky-Byte, Swindle -- GR
*Blaster, Megatron (BW), Prowl, Ravage, Skids --[[User:Chip|Chip]] 13:50, 25 February 2012 (EST)
*Arcee,Blackarachnia,Cliffjumper,Megatron(BW),Straxus---Abdullah
*Prowl, Roadbuster, Springer, Soundwave, Thundercracker --[[User:Shafau|Shafau]] 14:07, 25 February 2012 (EST)
*Drift, Laserbeak, Megatron (BW), Thundercracker (G1), Wheeljack. {{unsigned|98.232.210.235}}
*Blurr, Bulkhead, Jetfire, Unicron, Wheeljack --[[User:Andrusi|Andrusi]] 14:51, 25 February 2012 (EST)
*Broadside, Bulkhead, Jetfire, Megatron (BW), Unicron [[User:ShinRa Actual|ShinRa Actual]] 15:49, 25 February 2012 (EST)
*Arcee, Bulkhead, Hot Rod, Megatron (BW), Sky-Byte [[User:MrBlud|MrBlud]] 20:19, 25 February 2012 (EST)
*Ironhide (movie), Jazz, Megatron (TF:P), Ratchet, Ultra Magnus (G1)--nikikt
*Arcee, Bulkhead, Lockdown, Omega Supreme, Scourge(RiD) -- [[User:Assey|Assey]] 23:20, 25 February 2012 (EST)
*Arcee, Devastator, Scorponok, Wheeljack, Wreck-Gar -- {{unsigned|24.3.231.149}}
*Cyclonus, Hot Rod, Optimus Primal, Sky-Byte, Wheeljack -- [[User:Anguirus]]
*Liokaiser, Metal Hawk, Minerva, Six Shot, Star Saber -- [[user:XenoStryker|XenoStryker]]
*Darkwing, Dreadwind, Impactor, Swindle, Xaaron - [[Special:Contributions/94.195.192.254|94.195.192.254]] 03:46, 26 February 2012 (EST)
*Blackarachnia, Hot Rod, Rattrap, Sky-Byte, Unicron -- [[user:Daith]]
*Bulkhead, Scourge (RiD), Sideways, Sky-Byte, Wheeljack -- [[User:Sky Shadow|Sky Shadow]] 07:46, 26 February 2012 (EST)
*Knock Out, Prowl, Skywarp, Sunstreaker, Thundercracker--[[User:TheHappyShark|TheHappyShark]] 09:27, 26 February 2012 (EST)
*Blackarachnia, Megatron (BW), Optimus Primal, Ravage, Shokaract--[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 10:47, 26 February 2012 (EST)
*Blackarachnia, Blaster, Guzzle, Megatron (BW), Ravage --[[User:Emvee|Emvee]] 12:12, 26 February 2012 (EST)
*Carnivac, Straxus, Swindle, Under-3, Xaaron [[User:Blueshift|Blueshift]] 12:18, 26 February 2012 (EST)
*Cheetor, Rattrap, Ravage, Swoop, Tarantulas [[User:Contributor]] ll:31, 26 February 2012 (EST)


[[Category: TFWiki.net]]

Bumblebee (G1)

2011-12-10T01:19:18Z

24.21.71.55: /* G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers */

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:''Bumblebee is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]]. He was known as '''Goldbug''' for a time in some continuities.''
[[Image:BumblebeeRIC.jpg|right|275px|thumb|Ahoy-hoy!]]
'''Bumblebee''' is one of the smallest and physically weakest Autobots. While his stature allows him to do his job better than most Autobots could manage, he is self-conscious about his size. Maybe this is why he makes fast friends among the humans. He looks up (so to speak) to the other Autobots, especially [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], but what he doesn't realize is that ''they'' look up to ''him''. He may be small, but he's brave, and he's one of the most well-liked Autobots around. Bumblebee already has the respect he craves.

As '''Goldbug'''—his [[Renaming|rebuilt]] and "matured" form—Bumblebee retains most of his earlier strengths and weaknesses, but without his crippling need for approval. (This is true of some "matured" versions of Bumblebee without new names or bodies, as well, but is quite markedly associated with the change to Goldbug).

His nicknames are '''Bee''' and '''Beeper'''.<ref>According to [[Jim Sorenson]], Bumblebee had Bee and Beeper listed as his nicknames in [[Bob Budiansky]]'s personal Transformers comic bible. Nicknames for other characters could be found in early ''[[Transformers Universe (Marvel comic)|Universe]]''-style profiles published in [[The Transformers Comic Magazine]]. In the Marvel Comics, Blackrock referred to him as Bum.</ref>

{{quote|Some of my best friends are humans.|Bumblebee, on his kid-friendly nature|"[[Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
[[Image:Bumblebeeplight.jpg|right|thumb|150px|This iteration's not too fond of freelance peacekeeping agents.]]
{{Main|Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity}}

Bumblebee was one of the several [[Autobot]]s who were carving a path through space for their planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] when the [[Decepticon]]s attacked their spacecraft, the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], forcing them to crash-land on [[Earth]] 4 million years ago. When Bumblebee and the others were awoken in 1984, Bumblebee quickly befriended the [[human]] teenager [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]].

A few years later, Bumblebee was destroyed either by [[G.I. Joe]] or [[Death's Head]] and rebuilt into a more formidable form, Goldbug. In this form he joined [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and the [[Throttlebot]]s and exiled the Autobots while they were under the rule of [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]. After being destroyed by [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and the [[Underbase]], Goldbug was rebuilt by [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] into a [[Pretender]] form and was restored as Bumblebee. He participated in the [[Matrix Quest]] and survived their race's united battle against the Chaos Bringer, [[Unicron]].
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===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
[[Image:PlagueOfInsecticons Bumblebee and Spike hide.jpg|left|thumb|250px|I wonder if he wanted a job as a mechanic?]]
{{main|Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity}}

Bumblebee was one of the several [[Autobot]]s who were searching for energy when the [[Decepticon]]s attacked their [[Ark (G1)|spacecraft]], forcing them to crash-land on [[Earth]] 4 million years ago. When Bumblebee and the others were awoken in 1984, Bumblebee quickly befriended the [[human]] teenager [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]].

Bumblebee and Spike would remain friends up through Spike's adulthood, and were stationed on one of Cybertron's moons in 2005 after the Decepticons conquered Cybertron. Bumblebee survived [[Unicron]]'s attack on Cybertron, and remained in action during the leadership of [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]].

When Bumblebee was damaged badly during the [[Hate Plague]] outbreak in 2006, he had to be rebuilt into a new form, Goldbug. Goldbug would live to see the next Cybertronian Golden Age.
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===''Legends'' anthology===
Bumblebee, Spike, and [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] happened upon a badly damaged [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] while out racing. Bumblebee convinced the others to bring Starscream back to the Ark for repairs, under the rationale that while Starscream wouldn't have done the same for them, they weren't Decepticons. {{storylink|Redemption Center}}

Hey, remember that time in the comics when a couple of guys stole Bumblebee? What if they were kind of jerks? What if Bumblebee decided to make them pee themselves? {{storylink|Joyride (story)|Joyride}}
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===Dreamwave comics continuity===
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At the death of [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]], Bumblebee was part of an Autobot unit defending [[Altihex]] from the Decepticons, but it was ultimately declared a lost cause. [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] had to pull him aboard the shuttle once they realized there was nothing left to do. [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] ordered him, [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], and others to the ruins of [[Praxus]], where Grimlock declared that if the new [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] was unable to lead successfully, they would take control of the war's leadership... and take out the Prime. Bumblebee was among the group that was present for the Matrix transfer ceremony, where Optronix became [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. When a Decepticon assassination squad arrived and Optimus kicked some exhaust port, Bumblebee declared that he was "awesome". However, Prime then ordered the Autobots to prepare an evacuation of Cybertron. {{storylink|The War Within issue 1|The War Within #1}} When Prime went underground looking for Megatron, Bumblebee was surprised he'd gone alone, but the Autobots suddenly had bigger problems, as [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] attacked [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] with a host of Decepticons. {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}} During the attack, Bumblebee manned a turret in the [[Decagon]]. {{storylink|The War Within issue 3|The War Within #3}} Eventually, Prowl ordered the Autobots to take them on individually, and Bumblebee went out carrying a cannon that was as [[Scale|big]] as him. {{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War Within #5}} Bumblebee survived the destruction of Iacon, and Prime reversed his order of evacuation. {{storylink|The War Within issue 6|The War Within #6}} During the Dark Ages and the disappearance of Optimus Prime, Bumblebee remained with Prowl's faction of Autobots, huddled in the ruins of Iacon. {{storylink|Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|War Within: The Dark Ages}}

[[Image:DWPrimeDirective2 Bumblebee destruction.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Someone has to pay for the little things.]]
Bumblebee was one of the Ark crew that crashed on Earth and awoke in 1984. During that time, he met Spike Witwicky, becoming close friends with the human. In 1999, the Autobots and humans allied and managed to capture the Decepticons, taking them in the ''[[Ark II]]'' back to Cybertron, along with [[Magnificent Seven|seven humans]], including [[Sparkplug Witwicky]], Spike's father. However, the ''Ark II'' was sabotaged by rogue elements of the United States military (apparently as part of a plan by Shockwave). {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 1|Prime Directive #1}} The humans were all killed, but a number of Transformers, including Bumblebee, survived, but in [[stasis lock]]. Bumblebee's body was recovered by [[Robert Hallo|General Hallo]] and [[Lazarus|Adam Rook]], but Rook stole Bumblebee and a number of other Transformers, selling them to various terrorists. Megatron broke free, and the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]], being dicks, disassembled and played with Bumblebee's various components. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 3|Prime Directive #3}}

Optimus Prime's team later rescued him and the remaining Autobots, and they were all put to work in combating Megatron's techno-virus. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 5|Prime Directive #5}} Unfortunately, the [[Canada|Canadian]] military, skittish over the recent Transformer violence, attacked the Autobots. Despite this, Bumblebee tried to save as many of the soldiers as he could before the virus could kill them. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 6|Prime Directive #6}}

''In the following weeks, the Autobots tried their best to re-establish good relations with the people of Earth, but had little luck. After Optimus Prime, Megatron, [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] vanished from the streets of Tokyo with roughly 200 human civilians, the public was understandably critical of the Transformers and their war. Bumblebee didn't help any when [[Chris Killah]], a reporter for MNT, interviewed him on the scene while he and Prowl were looking for clues to the disappearance. Bumblebee's knowledge of Earth idioms and slang normally worked to the Autobots' benefit, but he got "stage fright" in front of the TV cameras and referred to the massive property damage and loss of human life as a "bummer". Duuuuude...no. ''

''With both sides effectively leaderless at first, Bumblebee and Prowl did their best to contain the fallout of Megatron and Prime's disappearance. Acting on a tip, they tracked [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] to an airport in [[Mesa Verde]], [[Mexico]], where he was running guns with some human terrorists. The battle was memorable, but brief, thanks largely to the arrival of the renegade Autobot known as Grimlock. Having heard the Starscream had taken over the human city of [[Las Vegas]], Grimlock had commissioned a human black ops army and invited Bumblebee and Prowl to join him in assaulting the Decepticon position. Already frustrated at the [[United Nations]]' orders to stay out of Vegas, for fear of civilian casualties, Bumblebee and Prowl accepted the offer. After fighting their way through [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] and the other [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] on the outskirts of town, the Autobots managed to make it to the center of the Strip to confront Soundwave. Fortunately, the Autobots had long since developed internal jammers to prevent Soundwave from reading their thoughts during a battle, but that didn't make things easy. Fighting their way around the casinos, Bumblebee finally collapsed a massive neon sign on top of Soundwave, temporarily ending the fight. Bumblebee and Prowl's luck turned sour, though, with the arrival of Starscream and the mighty Devastator. The sudden appearance of a spatial gateway depositing Optimus and the other lost Transformers, along with their captors the [[Keeper (species)|Keepers]], was just one set of complications on top of another. {{storylink|Hardwired}}''

Sometime later, the Autobots received visitors from Cybertron. Representing a united Cybertronian government of both Autobots and Decepticons, they claimed the Transformers on Earth were a throwback to darker days, and wanted to take them into custody to prevent their "anachronistic" feud from upsetting Cybertron's populace. The Autobots under Optimus Prime split into two groups, with Bumblebee and several others joining their leader in surrendering to [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s forces, while Jazz led a small group away from the Ark to continue monitoring activities on Earth. Once they arrived on Cybertron, it became clear that there was a rotten core to the new government, namely [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. Bumblebee and the other Autobots from Earth joined up with a resistance movement and helped overthrow Shockwave's reign, reinstating Autobot rule over Cybertron. {{storylink|War and Peace}}

[[Image:Bumblebeebattlemask.jpg|right|200px|thumb|25 years before someone realized his toy has no face.]]
After Cybertron settled down, Bumblebee commanded the Autobot Shuttle ''[[Orion]]'' and a small crew, travelling back to Earth with supplies for Jazz's team at the Ark. Starscream and the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] were in the midst of an attack on the Ark when the ''Orion'' arrived. {{storylink|Night of the Combaticons}} The little ship managed to damage [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] significantly before the super-powerful zealot [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]] shorted out its engines and it crashed. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}} After [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] sacrificed himself to stop Sunstorm, Bumblebee deserted the Autobot army (for no stated reason). {{storylink|Atonement}} He headed to Spike's house, but Spike, resentful of the death of Sparkplug, lashed out at him. Afterward, Spike finally realized he was being harsh on his old friend, and the two went for a night on the town, where they stopped a mugging. {{storylink|Lost and Found (issue)|Lost and Found}}
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{{note|The closure of [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] means we will never know if Bumblebee returned to the Autobots or if he and Spike formed a crime-fighting duo.}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
Bumblebee was aboard the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' when it crashed on Earth millions of years in the past, leaving its passengers deactivated. Along with [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], he was sealed off from the rest of the crew in the crash, and therefore avoided capture when [[Cobra]] broke into the ship and stole the dormant Transformers therein. Bumblebee and Wheeljack were eventually revived by [[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletran-One]], only to find their friends missing. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #4}}

Attempting to find the missing Transformers, Bumblebee disguised himself as a Volkswagen Beetle, an altmode that really got on his nerves after months of fruitless searching. Eventually, Wheeljack came up with some leads on Cobra's next target, while Bumblebee just grumbled that Wheeljack got all the good [[Hologram|holographic]] drivers. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #2}} When Cobra attacked the [[SPS Research Facility]], the Autobots were waiting for them, and Bumblebee punched out a brainwashed [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] before helping [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]'s [[Laser Squad]] get out of some rubble. Unfortunately, the humans didn't quite trust the giant robots, and [[Cover Girl]] fired a missile at 'Bee, who ''grabbed the projectile in mid-air'' and threw it at Rumble instead. He and Wheeljack eventually convinced G.I. Joe they were good guys, and the humans provided them with the information needed to undo Cobra's reprogramming of the other Transformers. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 3|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #3}}

As G.I. Joe prepared to attack [[Cobra Island]], Bumblebee and Wheeljack came with them. However, the United States government preferred nuke the island and dissect the two aliens at [[Area 51]], and Bumblebee was struck with a magnetic pulse and incapacitated. Luckily, Wheeljack convinced [[Duke (G.I. Joe)|Duke]] that a nuclear strike on Cobra's [[Energon (fuel)|energon]] stockpile would lead to worldwide devastation, so G.I. Joe broke orders and took the Autobots with them to attack Cobra Island anyway. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #4}} Upon arrival, Bumblebee watched as the [[SPS Satellite]]'s energy beam struck an energy-gathering dish on the island, then helped G.I. Joe take down [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] after the giant Decepticon killed [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 5|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #5}}

It soon transpired that the United States government were sending the nukes regardless of G.I. Joe's presence on the island, so the Autobots and humans made their way to the SPS Satellite's controls, where Bumblebee found a cowering [[Doctor Mindbender]]. While Mindbender was forced to calibrate the satellite's beams to shoot down the approaching nuclear warheads, the facility came under attack by [[Storm Shadow]], [[Firefly]] and various Cobra troopers. During the battle, Bumblebee defeated Storm Shadow and his heavily damaged [[S.N.A.K.E.]] suit. He then cheered as [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] defeated Megatron and shot down the SPS Satellite, and he later returned to Cybertron aboard a new ''Ark''. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 5|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #6}}

Two years later, Bumblebee was sent back through time to [[1970]]'s [[San Francisco]] by a malfunctioning [[Teletran 3]], and was left dormant in the form of a Ford Pinto. He was found and reactivated by several G.I. Joes and Cobra members sent to get him back to the future, but both Bumblebee and [[Zartan]] were disappointed with his altmode compared to the much fancier car his fellow time-lost Autobot [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] turned into. After hunting down [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] in the same era, the team returned to their own time. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #1}} Back on present-day Cybertron, Bumblebee and the others had no choice but to wait inside [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s force field until the three other teams returned with more lost Transformers. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #2}} When the whole affair was over, Bumblebee curiously inspected Teletran 3. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #4}}

An agreement was made between the Autobots and G.I. Joe to decommission any Cybertronian technology left on Earth, and Bumblebee was sent back to Earth along with [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], the last of whom he was very flirty with. When [[Area 52 (G1)|Area 52]] came under attack from Cobra, Bumblebee noticed that [[Cobra Commander]] was using the attack as a diversion to infiltrate the facility's lower levels. He pursued the Commander, but was rendered unconscious when Zartan planted an electromagnetic scrambler on him. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 1|The Art of War #1}} Just when Cobra Commander was about to smash the robot's face in with a lead pipe, the other Autobots and G.I. Joes arrived and saved him. While Arcee was worried about his low energy levels, Bumblebee assured her that seeing her was all the recharge he needed. However, it was soon revealed what Cobra Commander had come for: [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]], a biotechnological weapon created from Megatron's remains. He was also just as power-hungry as Megatron, and took control of [[G.I. Joe battle mech|G.I. Joe's battle suits]] and pitted them against the four Autobots to distract them while he warped to Cybertron. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 2|The Art of War #2}}

[[Image:GIJoevsTFArtofwar3_BumblebeeDeath.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Crossovers are not kind to Bumblebee.]]

[[Image:JoeTF_ArtofWar5_BumblebeeMemorial.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Here Lies 'Bee / Only Time He Had A Girl In Any Continui-ty]]

Along with a group of Joes, the Autobots followed Serpent O.R. to their home planet, and ended up getting attacked by [[cannibalizer]]s in a junkyard. As they retreated to avoid human casualties, Bumblebee tried to extort a kiss from Arcee if he could outrace her, but she upped the bet by offering to rotate his tires if he could pull it off. Bumblebee accelerated in anticipation... and drove straight into [[Predaking]], who stomped him unconscious. Serpent O.R., who had recruited Predaking alongside various other Decepticons, complimented the little Autobot's courage and resilience, noting that he could probably survive with the proper medical attention. Then he crushed Bumblebee to death with his tentacles. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3|The Art of War #3}} Following the defeat of Serpent O.R., a funeral was held for Bumblebee and a statue was built in his honor. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}

Bumblebee's death had a large impact on Optimus Prime, who blamed himself for his friend's death. Unwilling to send anyone else to their death, he went on a dangerous mission on Earth all by himself. {{storylink|Black Horizon, Part 1 of 2|Black Horizon, Part 1}}

===''Transformers/G.I. Joe''===
After laying dormant among the [[Fera Islands]] for three million years, Bumblebee and his friends were reactivated in [[1939]] when [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] attacked [[Cobra]]'s headquarters in the archipelago. He was reformatted into a [[World War II]]-era motorcycle, complete with sidecar, and thought Optimus Prime was a bit pessimistic when he worried that [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] might no longer exist. {{storylink|Transformed}} The Autobots subsequently joined G.I. Joe on their mission to eliminate Cobra and their Decepticon allies. Bumblebee overheard [[Duke (G.I. Joe)|Duke]] and [[Stalker (G.I. Joe)|Stalker]] discussing that [[Snake-Eyes]] had vanished, and tried to reassure [[Scarlett]] that the missing Joe would show up eventually. Before long, the group came under attack from Cobra paratroopers, but the bullets merely bounced off Bumblebee, who happily suggested that the Autobots should try out their new bodies in action. {{storylink|Trial by Fire (issue)|Trial by Fire}}

Upon entering combat, the Autobots were faced with [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], who was easily taking out the larger tank Autobots with his earthquakes. While Bumblebee was busy explaining who Rumble was, Scarlett commandeered him (noting how "sweet" it was that he had never been driven before) and drove into action, jumping above the Decepticon and destroying him with a grenade. Bumblebee felt that he and Scarlett made a nice team, and sheepishly told her that she could drive him anytime. How cheeky! {{storylink|Wolves}} When they reached Cobra's fortress, the [[Terrordrome]], the Autobots were attacked by a raging [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], whom Bumblebee noted that he had never seen before. In the end, the [[Matrix of Leadership]] had to be destroyed in order to stop Bruticus, which killed Bumblebee and all the other Transformers in the process. {{storylink|The Iron Fist}}

===IDW comics continuity===
{{note|For information pertaining to Goldbug, a separate individual in the IDW continuity, see [[Goldbug (IDW)]].}}
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[[Image:Bumblebeeidw.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Bumblebee finally passed the gun exam.]]

Bumblebee was part of [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl's]] secret counter-infiltration unit on [[Earth]]. When [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] broke cover by rescuing a [[Hunter O'Nion|trio]] [[Verity Carlo|of]] [[Jimmy Pink|humans]], {{storylink|Infiltration issue 0}} Bumblebee was the one Autobot who supported his efforts. He was true to his role as an espionage agent and ferreted out their plans to continue joint operations against orders and joined in. Verity thought his alternate form and his [[holomatter]] avatar was "coool!" {{storylink|Infiltration issue 3|Infiltration #3}} He accompanied Ratchet and the humans to investigate an abandoned [[Decepticon]] bunker in [[Nebraska]]. When Ratchet mentioned how he hated putting their humans at risk, Bumblebee pragmatically commented that, given the need for evidence of unusual Decepticon activity and the consequences of Decepticon Siege Mode, the humans would be "acceptable losses". While the humans were exploring the bunker, two Decepticons attacked, and Bumblebee managed to take down [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], but not before Ratchet was shot and run over by [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 4|Infiltration #4}}

As the bombardment by the Decepticons caused the bunker to collapse, Verity had trouble climbing out of the shaft through which they entered. Bumblebee leapt into action when the tree the rope was attached to buckled under the crumbling terrain. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 5|Infiltration #5}} He left the humans with Ratchet and traveled to [[Oregon]], the location of the second Decepticon command bunker, observing the situation until the rest of the Autobot unit could arrive. After witnessing Megatron "disciplining" Starscream and subsequently downgrading the infiltration unit's status to [[Infiltration protocol|Phase Two]], Bumblebee departed Oregon with the rest of the unit. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 6|Infiltration #6}}

[[Image:Bumblebee blasts LukeCage.jpg|left|thumb|180px|Oldest trick in the book.]]

Bumblebee went with the Autobots to investigate Decepticon activity in the country of [[Latveria]]. There they discovered a heavily shielded "array" that the Decepticons were using as a base. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part One|Man and Machine #1}} There they skirmished with the humans that were assembled outside who were under the influence of the Decepticons' mind-altering [[Psycho-Prism]]. Bumblebee used his holomatter avatar in a "damsel in distress" ruse that distracted [[Luke Cage]] long enough for Bumblebee to get a clear shot. Ratchet was able to attach an inhibitor device to [[Captain America]] which nullified the effects of the Psycho-Prism. He gave Captain America enough devices for everyone on his team. Now calmed down, the two groups teamed up to destroy the Psycho-Prism. They began attacking the array's defenses which caused the Decepticons to attack. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Two|Man and Machine #2}}

As they fought, Ratchet, Prowl, and Luke Cage were able to slip into the array. Outside, Bumblebee, Jazz, and Prime gave a power-boost to [[Iron Man]] in his Transformer-sized armor. After the battle quieted down, Megatron communicated via hologram from inside the array with his new ally [[Doctor Doom]]. They showed their captives, Ratchet, Prowl, Luke Cage, and [[Spider-Man]]. Megatron ordered their surrender or the captives would die. Optimus Prime ordered the quick destruction of the array. [[Falcon (superhero)|The Falcon]] objected because their teammates were still inside. Bumblebee argued that those few humans were expendable. There was a brief discussion, but Optimus Prime's orders won out and they all attacked the array. Megatron turned on Doctor Doom for being incorrect about them surrendering. Megatron didn't go through with his threat to kill his captives, instead he went outside to face his opponents and carrying Luke Cage. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Three|Man and Machine #3}}

While Megatron was attacking, Bumblebee, Jazz, and [[Wolverine (superhero)|Wolverine]] [[orbital jump|orbital bounced]] into the array. They found that Doctor Doom switched sides and freed Spider-Man, so they went to find the Psycho-Prism. They found it guarded by [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], who wasn't in the mood to fight for Megatron's cause and left. Wolverine destroyed the Prism. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Four|Man and Machine #4}}

Bumblebee was tasked by [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] to check the area surrounding their base for surveillance. He found a great deal of it, prompting the decision to relocate the ''[[Ark-19]]''. He was aboard when the ship was shot down by [[Sixshot]]. {{storylink|Devastation issue 1|Devastation #1}} He survived but was injured in the subsequent battle with the living Decepticon weapon of mass destruction. {{storylink|Devastation issue 4|Devastation #4}} He was presumably on the ''[[Ark-32]]'' when it left Earth. {{storylink|Devastation issue 6|Devastation #6}}

A year later, Bumblebee was hiding out with other Autobots on Cybertron. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 1|All Hail Megatron #1}}

[[Image:AHM4BumblebeeWheeljack.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Slag it, Bumblebee, stop making our jokes for us!]]
Bumblebee and Wheeljack were sent to search for energon by Jazz, but found the going rough in their Earth modes. Wheeljack suggested he whip up a polymer, but 'Bee very quickly pointed out the fact they hadn't the equipment. To make matters worse, the pair were being followed and their only hope of signaling for help was a million to one shot! Not willing to wait for back-up that wasn't coming, Bumblebee dragged Wheeljack along in an attempt to track the stranger down... when Hot Rod was knocked through a wall by Ironhide. Bumblebee was surprised to see Hot Rod, but more surprised to hear the other bot thought they were a rescue party! {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 4|All Hail Megatron #4}}

Later, while being chased by the [[Insecticon swarm]], Bumblebee made a disparaging comment about [[Drift (G1)|Drift]], but [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] quickly put him in his place. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 8|All Hail Megatron #8}} As tensions rose, he almost had a throw-down with [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 9|All Hail Megatron #9}} Along with the other Autobots, Bumblebee was rescued and transported back to Earth by [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 11|All Hail Megatron #11}} Together with the rest of the Autobots, he fought the Decepticons and drove them off the planet. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 12|All Hail Megatron #12}}

After the departure of the Decepticons, the human military hunted down any remaining Transformer. Somehow Bumblebee got separated from his team in the ruins of New York. He managed to avoid detection until he was forced to reveal his location when a toppling building threatened the families inside. Bumblebee used his body to support the building, even as the nearby military fired into his body. Thankfully, Bumblebee was able to hold out until the humans inside had evacuated, and the timely arrival of Optimus Prime and the others kept the military from finishing him off. Once Bumblebee had been restored to working order, he asked Ratchet if they had heard his radio distress calls. No, Ratchet responded, Bumblebee's radio had been busted, but they heard about his plight on the humans' frequencies. Ratchet laughed, noting that was Optimus Prime's idea, who felt that it was only a matter of time before Bumblebee would have to save somebody and out himself. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 16|Hidden}}

Following the resignation of Optimus Prime and his surrender to the human organization [[Skywatch]], Bumblebee was elected to the position of Autobot commander despite not putting himself forward for the role. Ratchet posited his trustworthiness and dependability as factors in his being chosen. {{storylink|New Arrivals, Old Encounters}}

[[Image:Bumblebee 1 Leader.jpg|thumb|200px|left|And there was much rejoicing.]]
Though at first there was jubilation at Bumblebee's rise to leadership, his diplomatic nature and desire to be nice to everybody eventually led to problems. {{storylink|The Hanging Sword}} The first of many challenges in Bumblebee's new command was [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], who had arrived to investigate the death of [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]. Magnus questioned Bumblebee's suitability for command in light of [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] leading his own group of Autobots away, and was not interested in helping Bumblebee with their current woes. Unfortunately, it was then that [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] decided to lead yet another exodus of Autobots (consisting of [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] and [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]]) away from the main group. {{Storylink|A Rude Awakening}}

Wheeljack had little time or respect for Bumblebee's moping or his perceived lack of leadership ability, leading to several cutting remarks, much to the annoyance of Ratchet. Through some interference from Wheeljack, Bumblebee met with Skywatch rogue Colonel [[Gordon Horiuchi]] who gave them protection from Skywatch if the Autobots helped capture Decepticons. Unfortunately this "protection" could also lock them into vehicle mode if they misbehaved, which Horiuchi did when Cliffjumper refused to capture Blurr. {{storylink|The Hanging Sword}}

Tracking down Blurr, Bumblebee attempted to talk the fugitive Autobot over, to convince him to come quietly. Blurr was shocked that Bumblebee would agree to work with the humans, the people who had imprisoned others of their kind. When Bumblebee revealed that Blurr didn't have much of a choice, the latter decided to take his chances and shot Bumblebee at point blank range, which shorted out his kill-switch badge. Back at base, when Bumblebee refused to turn over Blurr, Horiuchi decided the Autobot needed a reminder of who was holding the leash and attempted to activate his kill-switch. Naturally, it didn't work, but Ratchet convinced Bumblebee to play along and pretend he was locked into vehicle mode. Seeing an opportunity, the Bumblebee concocted a plan where the reluctant Blurr would find a Volkswagen to take his place, allowing him to find a way to free the rest of the Autobots. Before leaving, Bumblebee gave the Autobots an inspiring speech that actually caused [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] to break character, surprising the Skywatch operatives who were listening in on those Autobots with functional kill-switch badges. Later, communicating with Ratchet via a text-only comm channel, Bumblebee located a large shipment of darmstadtium, the rare metal used in the kill-switches at a shipping port. As he was skulking around, he discovered the Constructicon [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]], who had repainted himself to disguise his identity from the humans, as well as the hope that he sneak onto one of the container ships. Bumblebee tried to convince him that they had to earn the respect of the humans, but Scavenger angrily scoffed at this, stating he would rather hide than work with them. Bumblebee left him in peace. {{storylink|The Impossible Knot}}

[[Image:TheGiftHorse_Bumblebee_Serena.jpg|thumb|right|300px|]]

When Skywatch arrived to repair "Bumblebee's" kill-switch badge, they inadvertently revealed the identity of [[Sanjay Bharwaney]], a Skywatch researcher who was responsible for the secondary master control board for all of the badges. Bumblebee followed Bharwaney home, following Wheeljack's advice that altering the control board would short out the badges. Obviously unable to retrieve the control board directly, Bumblebee befriended Bharwaney's daughter, [[Serena Bharwaney|Serena]], in the hopes she could help him. Much to his distaste, Bumblebee had to lie to Serena, claiming that the control board would harm her father if he didn't "fix" it. He felt so bad about the whole thing that he believed doing this all but confirmed Humanity's opinion of the Transformers, a position that [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] did not tolerate. Unfortunately, it was discovered the control board contained tracking devices, meaning Bumblebee would be unable to get it back to their hideout before Colonel Horiuchi would notice and disable all the Autobots. This forced Bumblebee to make the modifications himself, a task he scarcely completed before Bharwaney returned home. As his friend Serena took the item back into her house, Bumblebee hoped that one day, he could repay her for his betrayal of her trust. {{Storylink|The Gift Horse}}

However, as he was making his way back to the Autobot hideout, Bumblebee detected [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] heading towards the Bharwaney house. Arriving just in time to save Bharwaney and his daughter, Bumblebee discovered the scientist to be an embittered man whose wife had died during the Decepticon invasion, and who now saw all Transformers, Autobot and Decepticon alike, as the same destructive aliens. During their flight, Bharwaney decided to use the control board to destroy both Bumblebee and Skywarp, seeing Bumblebee as a traitor to Horiuchi. When Serena appealed to her father, Bharwaney forced Bumblebee to admit that he did use Serena to get to the control board, and 'Bee apologised to the young girl. Letting them both out, Bumblebee asked Bharwaney for the control board so he could free his fellow Autobots. As they argued, Skywatch lieutenant [[Daniel Klonowski]] appeared and saved the trio from Skywarp, but despite his interference, Skywarp cut off Bumblebee's escape. Declaring that, unlike Skywarp, he had friends who would fix him, Bumblebee activated the control board, which simultaneously destroyed the kill-switch badges on the Autobots and seriously damaged himself and Skywarp. Sometime later, after Klonowski paid a visit to the Autobot hideout, Bumblebee emerged with a brand new, more powerful body and a new confidence befitting his command of the Autobots. {{storylink|Wings of Wax}}

Bumblebee's new confidence was tested when Ultra Magnus barged back into the Autobot caves, requisitioning a strike force to arrest Hot Rod for colluding with the enemy. Magnus forced Bumblebee and the others to go along with him almost by sheer force of personality, and they soon arrived at the launch site where Hot Rod and his Autobot & Decepticon allies were planning to leave the planet. Bumblebee and Hot Rod tried to debate the situation, but Ultra Magnus soon grew tired of listening to their concerns and laid down the line: "Right, wrong, I'm the guy with the badge." Any dissention in the Autobots ranks came to a sudden stop when [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] turned on his "friend" Hot Rod, unleashing the new Stunticon combiner named [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]. {{storylink|Enemies of the System}}

Most of the Decepticons joined Swindle and the Stunticons in turning against their Autobot comrades. [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] in particular took great joy in showing the Constructicons could still hack it in light of the new combiner robot, and tried to strangle Bumblebee one-handed. Bumblebee was saved by the timely but unexpected intervention of [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], who had grown just as tired of the war as many Autobots.

Watching the Stunticons at work as Menasor, Bumblebee noticed how poorly integrated their consciousnesses were, and devised a plan to break them apart. By directing the Autobots to focus their firepower first on [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]], then [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]], he successfully led the group in dismantling Menasor. Even Optimus Prime and the latecomers from Skywatch looked to him for direction. Afterwards, Prime blessed Bumblebee's leadership, and 'Bee decreed it was time for the Autobots to stop running. He faced [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] head on and made arrangements for a true peace with Skywatch. Bumblebee still had to deal with Ultra Magnus, however, who was insisting on arresting Rodimus for treason. Bumblebee finally told Magnus where he could stuff his statutes. {{storylink|Earthworks}}

Bumblebee and the Autobots then entered into a formal arrangement with Skywatch, and took up residence inside the organization's bunkers. {{storylink|All His Engines}} Despite his decision, some like [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] continued to question the idea of living among those who had hunted them for the last three years. Bumblebee earnestly defended his choice, however, stating essentially that trust had to begin somewhere or else they'd never survive on Earth. Spike soon alerted Bumblebee that [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] and the Combaticons had made their presence known in North Korea along the demilitarized zone. Bumblebee quickly determined that, despite appearances, the Combaticons were not loyal mercenaries to the North Koreans, but were playing a larger game. With the President of the United States declaring all Transformers "illegal weapons of mass destruction", though, Spike and Bumblebee decided they would have to intervene...in disguise. {{storylink|International Incident Part 1: "The Land Ironclads"}}

{{note|The events of "Spotlight: Mirage" possibly take place in an alternate/unknown continuity.}}
Bumblebee was part of a unit heading towards the Pegasus Star Cluster to link up with the last remnants of the Autobots under Optimus Prime's command. He never made it, as the unit was ambushed as soon as it entered the cluster. The self-serving mercenary [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] took his form to fool the remaining Autobots to allow him to enter their base. {{storylink|Spotlight: Mirage}}

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===''Hearts of Steel''===
In an alternate universe, the Transformers landed on Earth before the Ice Age, taking on the forms of dinosaurs and giant insects. When the climate became too cold for the war to continue, Bumblebee and the other Autobots entered into [[stasis lock]] to prevent further damage. Thousands of years later, Bumblebee awoke to the age of humans from the noise of John Henry's hammering. Bumblebee was impressed by the humans' industriousness, and disguised himself as a small steam locomotive with no control cab, and a built in steam-hammer for driving spikes. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 1|Hearts of Steel #1}} Initially, 'Bee directly competed with steel-driving legend [[John Henry]]. After Bumblebee revealed himself in robot form to Henry, Henry set aside his mistrust of automation after realizing that Bumblebee was a living being (not just a machine) who wanted to put in a fair day's work. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 2|Hearts of Steel #2}}

Bumblebee woke several of his fellow Autobots, who soon discovered that the Decepticons were also active in this era. After taking on locomotive alt modes themselves, {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 3|Hearts of Steel #3}} Bumblebee, the Autobots, and their new human friends worked together to prevent the Decepticons' mighty [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] from reaching [[New York City]]. With the Decepticons defeated, Bumblebee and the Autobots returned to their slumber. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 4|Hearts of Steel #4}}

{{note|Bumblebee's pre-locomotive "Ice Age Wars" [[Alternate mode|altmode]] appears to be a spiky dinosaur, possibly a [[Wikipedia:Gastonia (dinosaur)|Gastonia]]. He also has a transitional body, while he is preparing to take on his locomotive form, which is similar to his dinosaur body, but with no spikes.}}

===Descent into Evil===
[[Image:Timelines-Bumblebee.jpg|right|180px|thumb|You know you want me, baby.]]
Having been on the trail of the Decepticon agent [[Flamewar]] for a long, long time, now-[[espionage director]] Bumblebee made his move, interrupting a supposedly-secure secret communication between Flamewar and the [[Tripredacus Council]]. He revealed that his agent, [[Ricochet (Timelines)|Ricochet]] had installed a degenerating virus into [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]]'s [[Virulent Clone|clone army]]. Oh, and that since the Autobots now ''knew'' Flamewar's whereabouts and who she was working for, the Tripredacus Council would certainly consider her a liability. Which they did. So they blew [[Flamewar's ship|her ship]] up. {{storylink|Descent into Evil}}

That's cold, Bee. Real cold.

{{note|Bumblebee appears in his unreleased [[Alternators]] body.}}
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===''Henkei! Henkei!'' pack-in comics===

[[Image:Henkei bumblebee pack in.jpg|left|thumb]]

When [[Megatron (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comics|Megatron]] and the Decepticons attacked Earth in the 21st century, Bumblebee and the Autobots were there to stop them. During a battle in Tokyo, Bumblebee got the drop on [[Starscream (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comics|Starscream]], dousing him with a fire engine's hose and leaving him open for a thrashing from [[Grimlock (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comics|Grimlock]]. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 1}}

Later, Bumblebee helped shield human bystanders from injury when [[Astrotrain (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comics|Astrotrain]] went on a rampage, {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 2}} and cheered when they were joined in their fight by [[Hot Rod (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comics|Rodimus]]. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 3}}

Bumblebee was last seen helping to once more project humans when the Decepticons attacked a power plant with their newest member, the reluctant [[Jetfire (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comics|Skyfire]]. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 4}}
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===''Henkei! Henkei!'' Bun Bun manga===

[[Image:Henkei chpt 01 first meeting.jpg|right|thumb|During Autobot gymnastics tryouts for the 2012 Olympics: DISQUALIFIED.]]

Bumblebee was part of a small Autobot team led by Optimus Prime who left Cybertron to pursue the [[Energon Cube]] through space. When the giant energy source crashed on Earth, in the Japanese town of [[Hoshinochō]], it shattered into fragments that were scattered far and wide. Bumblebee and the other Autobots set up a subterranean base below the Cube's impact crater, and began their search for the shards, taking the forms of local vehicles to hide their activities. Despite their attempts at remaining unseen, glimpses of the Autobots only magnified the reputation the crash of the Cube (believed by humans to be a meteor) had given Hoshinochō: that of a hotbed of rumored alien and UFO activity, Japan's answer to [[United States of America|America]]'s Roswell.

[[Image:Henkei bumblebee and wataru.jpg|left|thumb|20 years later, Wataru still has this hanging on his wall.]]

Eleven years later, the driverless vehicle-mode Bumblebee was spotted by a schoolchild in the vicinity of the [[Star Dome]], a building since constructed over the Cube crater. Hearing the story from this witness, fame-seeking schoolboy [[Wataru Hoshinoumi]] ditched school to investigate the Star Dome, only for coincidence to lead him to step right in front of the speeding Bumblebee! Bumblebee was forced to transform and vault over the boy to prevent injuring him, but was able to make his escape before Wataru got a good look at him. Bumblebee hastily continued on his way to the Star Dome, and arrived to find it under attack by [[Starscream (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun manga|Starscream]] and [[Ramjet (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun manga|Ramjet]]. Wataru, too, had made it to the Dome, and Bumblebee saved him from Starscream before realizing with surprise that he was the same boy from earlier. {{storylink|Enter! The Transformers}} The other Autobots soon arrived to join the fight, and Bumblebee tried to protect Wataru from injury by scooping him up and tossing him to the relative safety of the stands. For his trouble, the small Autobot was pinned by Starscream, but Wataru returned the favor by blinding the Decepticon with a fire extinguisher. The battle was then joined by the Decepticon leader [[Megatron (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun manga|Megatron]], who attempted to make an example of Bumblebee and Wataru by blasting them with his fusion cannon, but at the last second, Optimus Prime was apparently able to deflect Megatron's shot with one of his own. Megatron covered the Decepticons' subsequent retreat by collapsing a part of the Star Dome, but Bumblebee protected Wataru from the rubble by shielding him with his own body. The pair then properly introduced themselves to one another, and Wataru was invited into the Autobots' base for an explanation. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Appears!}}

[[Image:Henkei_bumblebee_medical_treatment.jpg|right|thumb|Who knew alien-robots can be [[Wikipedia:Trypanophobia|trypanophobic]].]]

Bumblebee and Prime showed Wataru through their base on their way to the medical bay, where Bumblebee was to be treated for repairs. Bumblebee did not relish Optimus's medical ministrations, and the two Autobots were so busy trying to get through the process that they did not notice Wataru touching the large shard of the Energon Cube that they had recovered in their time on Earth. A bizarre energy discharge resulted that not only showed the Autobots images of [[Generation 1 (franchise)|another time and place]], but also healed all of Bumblebee's wounds. Prime pulled Wataru away from the shard and things returned to normal, leaving Bumblebee and the boy to marvel over what had occurred, and Prime to ponder what it might mean. Bumblebee then took Wataru back to school, but when he nearly blabbed everything that had happened to him to the assembled teachers, students and police, Bumblebee was forced to bump into him from behind shut him up. Unfortunately for 'Bee, he then had to beat a hast retreat as the police came chasing after him for his "hit and run" offense! {{storylink|Kingdom of Giants}}

Bumblebee was next called into action when Starscream attacked a hydro-electric power plant with the help of his brainwashed comrade, [[Jetfire (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun manga|Skyfire]]. {{storylink|The Enemy from the Arctic}} Once again, Bumblebee tried to save Wataru from the Decepticons and was blasted as a result. This time, however, the pair were both saved by Skyfire, who was struggling against the mind-controlling influence of the helmet Starscream had placed on his head. All the combatants were shocked when a surge of familiar surge of energy erupted from Wataru's body; again, Bumblebee's wounds were healed, and Skyfire was empowered to overcome the helmet. Skyfire helped fend the Decepticons off and joined the Autobots, returning with them to their base where Prime explained to Bumblebee what he had come to understand about Wataru: he was a being known as a "[[Booster]]", born with the ability to control the energies of the Energon Cube. Both Bumblebee and Wataru were very excited at the idea that Wataru would now be able to help the Autobots in their fight. {{storylink|Wataru's Power}}

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{{storylink|Optimus Prime's Secret}} {{storylink|Time of Resurrection}} {{storylink|Creation! The New Emperor of Destruction!!}} {{storylink|The Threat of Galvatron}} {{storylink|Revenge (issue)|Revenge}} {{storylink|A Nightmare, Once Again}} {{storylink|To the Sea of Stars}}
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==="Universe" cartoon===
[[Image:FfE Bumblebee.JPG|left|thumb|250px|Is he Schwarzebee… or Bumblenegger?]]
Bumblebee and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] were out for a drive when they discovered [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] mining fuel near an abandoned [[Rock-It Fuel|gas station]]. Bumblebee wanted to rush in but Optimus Prime suggested they create a diversion. They caused an explosion which distracted Cyclonus. Bumblebee attacked and kept him busy while Optimus Prime snuck up and hit him over the head with his [[energon-axe]]. Megatron chose to blow up the mining operation and retreat with Cyclonus. Optimus Prime and Bumblebee drove off leaving the flaming wreckage of the mining operation behind. {{storylink|Fight for Energon}}
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===''Wings Universe''===
Goldbug arrived with reinforcements from Autobot City to help [[Pyro|Spark]]’s team fight [[Clench (G1)|Clench]]'s [[Decepticon Syndicate]] which had taken over the [[Large Hadron Collider]] in [[Switzerland]]. After being exposed to the [[forestonite]] gas, he became a gold version of his original Bumblebee body, though now with the added ability to float and generate electrical stings from his fists. {{storylink|Generation 2: Redux}}

==Games==
===Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons===
Bumblebee was amongst the Autobots abducted and held captive by the Decepticons, prompting Optimus Prime to enter the Decepticons' maze-like base in a rescue operation. {{storylink|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons packaging blurb and game}}
===The Transformers (1985)===
Bumblebee was among the few remaining Autobots in the wake of the Decepticon creation of ROBO-CLONING technology. With his energy-starved comrades, he desperately sought pieces of the Autobot Energon Cube before the Decepticons could get their hands on them. {{storylink|The Transformers (Commodore 64)|The Transformers}}

===The Transformers: Battle to Save the Earth===
[[Image:C64Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|250px|]]

Along with his fellow Autobots, Bumblebee protected Earth from the menace of the Decepticons. He was ostensibly under the command of [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: Battle to Save the Earth}}
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===3D Battle-Card Game===
Bumblebee was one of [[Optimus Primal]]'s many Autobot allies in a fight against [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s Decepticon army. {{storylink|3D Battle-Card Game#Energon Wars expansion|Energon Wars Expansion Set}}

===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
:''Voice actor'': [[Jack Merluzzi]]

Bumblebee was one of the Autobots present on [[Zel Samine]] during the Decepticon attacks. He joined up with [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s party after they secured the wind power plant from the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

===''Sector Seven'' game===
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{{storylink|Sector Seven (game)}}

===Transformers G1: Awakening===
{{storylink|Transformers G1: Awakening}}
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==Toys==
{{main|Bumblebee (G1)/toys}}

==Merchandise==
{{main|Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Merchandise}}

==Notes==
* The original Bumblebee toy was taken from the Japanese ''[[Micro Change|Microchange]]'' line, where it was available in yellow, red, and blue versions.

* Bumblebee appeared in one of five [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[public service announcement]]s, informing children that they shouldn't run away from home because it's "mean". This from the guy who ditched the Autobots for no real reason.

[[Image:PretenderBumblebeeModel.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Bumblebee's rarely-seen Classic Pretenders character model. (Optimus Prime wants Goldbug back.)]]
* When Bumblebee reappeared in the Marvel Comics as a [[Classic Pretender]], he returned to his original toy's [[character model]], rather than one based on his new form. A new character model did appear in various toy commercials, however. These included one which introduced him and the other Classic Pretenders, and one where he and Jazz stupidly drag [[Micromaster]] bases into Autobot headquarters, causing everyone to flee when they transform and attack.

* According to [[Battle for Cybertron]], Bumblebee is a code-name.

* Bumblebee/Goldbug was clearly a "top-tier" character in the first decade of ''Transformers'': he was the only 1984 Autobot still shipping in 1986; he received more toys during Generation 1 than any other character; he had a toy shipping during seven of Generation 1's eight-year run. However, [[Hasbro]] lost the right to use "Bumblebee" as a toy [[trademark]] during the ''[[Beast Wars (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' and ''[[Beast Machines (franchise)|Beast Machines]]'' years, when Generation 1 names were in disuse. That's right, the name "Bumblebee" was lost during the years everyone turned into animals.

* The ''[[Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' [[Mini-Con]], [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]] is pretty clearly an [[homage]] to Bumblebee, from the coloration, placement of car-parts in robot mode, segmented-pipe biceps and even the head design.

[[Image:Hotbumblebee.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Hey! Look at that hot brunette! No... not [[Mikaela Banes|that one]]!]]

* A robot using Bumblebee's character model is shown in a still-shot flashback as a member of the Autobot group led by [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]]. Whether this robot is an alternate-universe incarnation of Bumblebee or simply a similar-looking robot is—like all [[Unicron Trilogy]] character-model cameos—left to conjecture.

* According to EJ Su, Bumblebee's [[Holomatter|Holomatter avatar]] is modeled after [[wikipedia:Lindsay_Lohan|Lindsay Lohan]], an actress who plays a girl that drives [[wikipedia:Herbie|Herbie]], a sentient Beetle. ''Um, well''.<ref>[http://www.protodepot.com/archive/2007_11_01_archive.html Idea: Holomatter Projection]</ref>

*Goldbug was actually a preliminary name for Bumblebee during early treatments for the Marvel Comics!<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/conventions-15/botcon-2010-bob-budiansky-panel-coverage-170041/ Bob Budiansky BotCon Panel Coverage]</ref>

* In the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity]], [[Goldbug (IDW)|Goldbug]] is a separate character who co-exists with Bumblebee. Yeah, it's slightly crazy.

*Bumblebee is the only member of the Transformers Hall of Fame who has not been killed in any of the Transformers cartoons.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Bumble''' (バンブル ''Banburu''), '''Goldback''' (Goldbug, ゴールドバック ''Gōrudobakku'')
*''Cantonese:'' '''Daai Wong Fung''' (大黃蜂, "Bumblebee")
*''Czech:'' '''Čmelák''' ("Bumblebee")
*''French:'' '''Bourdon''' (Canada, "Bumblebee"), '''Coccinelle''' (Canada, "Ladybug" or "Beetle")<ref>The Volkswagen Beetle was called "Coccinelle" in French areas, which is the French word for ladybug.</ref>
*''Hungarian:'' '''Űrdongó''' ("Space-bumblebee"), '''Dongó''' (''The Movie'', "Bumblebee"), '''Aranybogár''' ("Goldbug")
*''Italian:'' '''Maggiolino''' ("Beetle"), '''Wagenbot''' (Goldbug)
*''Mandarin:'' '''Dà Huáng-fēng''' (大黃蜂, "Bumblebee")
*''Polish:'' '''Trzmiel''' ("Bumblebee")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Moscardo''' (Portugal comics, "Hornet"), '''Furão''' (Brazil comics, "Ferret")
*''Russian:'' '''Shershen'''' (dub, Шершень, "Hornet")
*''South American:'' '''Volks'''
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Dzhmil"''' (ICTV, Джміль, "Bumblebee")

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1984/Autobot/Bumblebee/bumblebee.htm Bumblebee at TFU.info]
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Bumblebee Bumblebee's Universe profile at NTFA.net]
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Goldbug Goldbug's Universe profile at NTFA.net]
*[http://www.tf-1.com/articles/mini_frame.php?art=whitemexbee White Mexican Bumblebee gallery at TF-1.com]

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Dark of the Moon issue 4

2011-11-30T01:38:59Z

24.21.71.55: /* Differences with movie */

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|date=[[July 6]], [[2011]]
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|colors by=[[Romulo Fajardo]]
|letters by=[[Shawn Lee]]
|edits by=[[Andy Schmidt]]
|continuity=[[Movie continuity]]
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'''The final battle begins!'''

==Synopsis==

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] (4)
*[[Topspin (DOTM)|Topspin]] (5)
*[[Roadbuster (DOTM)|Roadbuster]] (6)
*[[Leadfoot (DOTM)|Leadfoot]] (7)
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] (8)
*[[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] (9)
*[[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] (10)
*[[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] (11)
*[[Brains]] (12)
*[[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]] (13)
*[[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] (14)
*[[Mirage (Movie)|Mirage]] (18)
|c2=*[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] (17)
*[[Driller]] (19)
*[[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] (20)
*[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] (21)
*[[Hatchling]]s (26)
*[[Igor]] (27)

|c3=*[[Robert Epps]] (1)
*[[Sam Witwicky]] (2)
*[[Hardcore Eddie]] (3)
*[[Carly Spencer]] (15)
*[[Dylan Gould]] (16)
*[[Seymour Simmons]] (22)
*[[Charlotte Mearing]] (23)
*[[Dutch (DOTM)|Dutch]] (24)
*[[William Lennox]] (25)
}}

==Notes==

*This issue also includes [[Convergence chapter 4|''Convergence'' chapter 4]] as exclusive bonus back-up material.
*Megatron's tarp-cape varies in length. It varies between short (going down to his neck) and long (going over his shoulder, like how it's mostly seen).
*This issue was planned to be released on [[June 29]]. but after the movie date was pushed to that same date. the adaptation was delayed to July 6
*Hardcore Eddie is inexplicably drawn as a muscular, Caucasian male with a red Mohawk.

===Differences with movie===
Several pieces of the film are trimmed out and/or pared down, but purely for page-space reasons, rather than due to the issue being based on an early script. These include:
*We never see Sam and Epps finding the soldiers, unlike the film
*Lennox shows up ''after'' Starscream is dead.
*Bumblebee doesn't save Sam when Starscream dies.
*The Wreckers don't tear apart the Decepticon pilot.
*The Decepticons are shown tearing apart a building and making a fortress out of it.
*Most of the scenes with the NEST soldiers during the battle are omitted.

Other script-based differences include:
*Carly does not change her clothes while she is trapped with Dylan Gould. She still wears her white dress from last issue.
*Shockwave speaks in the final battle.
*Starscream attacks Sam and the others when they are in the building about to shoot at the pillars, something that never happened in the movie.
*Simmons is still sans wheelchair.
*The bombstick that ends Starscream's life is stabbed in his mouth instead of eye.
*The Autobots are in chains during the execution scene, as opposed to simply being restrained.
*Wheeljack lives, and instead Mirage has his head ripped off by Soundwave.
*Bumblebee kills Soundwave with one shot to the chest, and the two do not have an extended battle.
*Wheelie and Brains live as opposed to the movie where their fate was merely ambiguous.
*Optimus' rampage is omitted. Shockwave stands with Sentinel as he triggers the pillar, and is simply stabbed in the chest as opposed to having his throat ripped out.
*The final fight between Optimus Prime, Sentinel Prime and Megatron takes place up in a large, destroyed building. Megatron helps Optimus in killing Sentinel Prime, providing a distraction so Optimus can use Sentinel's rust cannon against him. As well, Megatron does not die and offers a sincere truce after Cybertron disappears.
*The main control pillar is destroyed by missile launchers instead of Bumblebee destroying it.
*The final scene from the comic, with Igor looking at the sky wondering what became of his master, is not in the movie.

==Covers (2)==
*'''Cover A:''' Megatron and Soundwave, by Jorge Jimenez Moreno.

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Wilder (G1)

2011-11-15T21:41:24Z

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{{disambig2|the [[Headmaster Junior]] from [[Super-God Masterforce (franchise)|Super-God Masterforce]]|the [[United States Navy]] captain from [[Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]]|L. W. Wilder}}
:''Wilder is a [[human]] and a [[Decepticon]] [[Headmaster Junior]] from the [[Super-God Masterforce (franchise)|Super-God Masterforce]] portion of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Wilder emopose.jpg|right|300px|thumb|By the hoary hosts of Hoggoth!]]
Once, '''Wilder''' (ワイルダー ''Wairudā'') was just a typical juvenile delinquent pretty-boy who expressed his discontent with the world by founding a motorcycle gang with some of his friends. Then one day, while they were having the sort of anti-authority fun ''The Man'' didn't like them having, they got beaten up by a rival gang. Having had the ''one'' thing he gave anything in the way of a flying fig about taken away, Wilder decided that the best thing to do would be to take his frustration out on society by joining up with the [[Decepticon]]s. And to his "credit", Wilder didn't do it by half—he has flung himself so deeply into the evil world of the Decepticons and embraced it so eagerly, that there may be no coming back.

As a [[Headmaster Junior]] warrior, Wilder is bonded to a [[Transtector]] from the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]] which takes the form of a winged, bipedal wolf-monster. In becoming a Decepticon, Wilder believes he has sold his soul, but based on the disinterested ease with which he is able to admit to this, he seems to consider it small change. And the ''hell'' with ''other'' people—Wilder is only out for Wilder, and the rest of the world can burn as long as he can claim to be powerful. As a Headmaster Junior, he is above humans, and he won't hesitate to beat his [[Chris|once-best friend]] half to death or kill a [[Pis|dog]] to prove it.

He's pretty much the worst kind of douche around.

==Fiction==
===''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Keiichi Nanba]] (Japanese)

[[Image:Wilder coolguys.jpg|left|180px|thumb|There is no way that this can bite them in the ass.]]
Wilder founded the [[Jack Boys]] motorcycle gang with his friend [[Chris]], but their days of youthful deviancy were put to an end when the rival gang known as the [[Cool Guys]] intruded on their turf. The Jack Boys broke up in the face of the Cool Guys' threat, and the disenchanted Wilder later joined up with the Decepticons under [[Devil Z]] in search of revenge against the world in general. {{storylink|Rage!! Little Devils with No Need for Rules}}

[[Image:Wilder armor.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Penalty, defense, first down!]]
Transformed into a Headmaster Junior warrior alongside Mexican street thug [[Bullhorn]] and Chinese orphan martial artist [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]], Wilder and his fellow ne'er-do-wells were sequestered in the undersea Decepticon headquarters until [[Blood]] finally announced it was time for them to reveal themselves to the world. Alongside some [[Lobclaw]] [[Seacon (Masterforce)|Seacons]], Wilder and the Juniors began causing chaos in a city, soon drawing the attention of the [[Autobot]]s, including their own three recently created Headmaster Juniors. The Autobot Juniors were under orders to stay out of the fight and focus on rescue operations, but Wilder and his compatriots made it tough to follow the order as they pushed and shoved [[Shūta Gō]] around while he tried to rescue a baby from a burning building. Thankfully, [[Metalhawk]] arrived to see them off, and the day was saved. {{storylink|Birth! Headmaster Jrs}}

[[Image:Wilder puppykick.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Kills dogs for sport. He's that evil!]]
His powers having been tested in battle, Wilder decided it was time to get his revenge on the Cool Guys. With Bullhorn and Cancer in tow, Wilder attacked and subjugated the Cool Guys, turning them into the Decepticons' lackeys, and then proceeded to run wild in a nearby city. During the battle which resulted with the Autobot Headmaster Juniors, a [[Pis|dog]] began barking at Wilder, and he kicked the poor animal, killing it outright. This cruel act proved his undoing, as it galvanized the timid Autobot [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]] into action. She incapacitated Bullhorn and Cancer, leaving Wilder without backup and forcing him to flee. {{storylink|Rage!! Little Devils with No Need for Rules}}

[[Image:Wilder chrispunch.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Shoryuken!]]
While in the process of rebuilding the Jack Boys, Wilder later attempted to recruit his old friend Chris back into the group, although he had to kidnap Chris to get him even to listen to his plea. Although Wilder at first displayed a genuine friendship with Chris and a real desire that he join him once more, when Chris refused and called Wilder a changed man, Wilder responded by slamming his "friend" into a rock wall and punching and kicking him until he bled. At that point, the Autobot Juniors arrived to intervene, having been led to the gang's hideout by Chris's sister [[Mary]], and Wilder again engaged Shūta in battle while Minerva and Cab handled the other Decepticon Juniors and helped Chris get free. Paralyzed by a shot from Minerva's Shock Gun, Wilder was unable to stop the Autobots from escaping. {{storylink|Go, Goshooter - Showdown in the Wasteland}}

[[Image:Wilder robotmode.jpg|left|260px|thumb|The wilder child just got wildest.]]
Wilder and the Juniors took something of a back seat following the arrival of the powerful [[Godmaster]]s [[Giga]], [[Mega]], [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] and [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]], {{storylink|Super Warriors - The Godmaster Brothers}} but when the hunt for the next Godmaster began, the three boys put their ears to the ground to search for clues. They wound up unearthing a series of rumors that led to the next Godmaster, named [[Ginrai]], but he sided with the Autobots. {{storylink|A Hero Is Chosen - His Name Is Ginrai}} When Ginrai travelled to Japan to visit the other Autobots, Wilder, Bullhorn and Cancer ambushed him en route to the Autobot base, but Ginrai thrashed all three of them soundly. {{storylink|A Strange Friendship: Cancer and Minerva}} Itching for a rematch, the trio combed Japan for Ginrai, eventually spotting him in the background of a news report from Nagano, but inevitably losing the resultant battle. {{storylink|Friend or Foe!? The True Form of the Monster!!}} Drowning their sorrows at a bar, they once again spotted Ginrai on a TV show, but decided to leave the matter up to Buster and Hydra. {{storylink|Eliminate the Godmaster Ginrai}}

Later, on an island off the coast of America, Wilder and the Juniors showed off their surfing skills to a group of young boys, and then offered to show them something "even cooler"—their Masterforce powers! They proceeded to kidnap the children as part of a plan by the Pretenders to draw out Ginrai, and when Wilder and Bullhorn were stuck with guard duty, they busied themselves playing cards. When the Autobots attacked, Wilder was left to guard the cave alone and was easily taken down by Ginrai. {{storylink|Heroism!! The Birth of Super Ginrai}}

During the search for the remaining Godmasters, Wilder joined the Decepticons on a mission into the Rocky Mountains, where his attempt to steal the Transtector of the next Godmaster, [[Ranger]], led him into another battle with Ginrai. The struggling combatants tumbled into a river, at which point Buster and Hydra arrived and dropped depth-charges into the water to force Ginrai out. Wilder, however, was so incensed that they had indiscriminately dropped the charges on him as well that he instructed Bullhorn and Cancer to retreat, leaving the Godmasters to fight alone. {{storylink|An Enemy? The Third Godmaster, Ranger}}

[[Image:Wilder beastmode.jpg|right|260px|thumb|Wilder's audition for "Thriller" went surprisingly well.]]
The search for the Godmasters next led the Juniors to France when Wilder read a magazine article about a retired race car driver whose vehicle miraculously survived every crash it was in. The trio headed for the small village of Dagneux, where Wilder confronted the racer, [[Germain]], only to be strong-armed out of his restaurant. Infuriated, Wilder had the Juniors attack the village in their Transtectors, which drew the attention of the nearby Autobots. Wilder's suspicion had been correct: Germain's car had been a Transtector, but he had passed it on to his protégé, [[Road King]], who became the next Autobot Godmaster and aided his new teammates in seeing the Decepticon Juniors off. {{storylink|Assemble! The Four Godmaster Gunmen}}

When Wilder and Bullhorn's teasing of Cancer over his infatuation with Minerva grew too great for the young boy to bear, he attempted to prove that she meant nothing to him by arranging an attack to draw her out. Unfortunately for the Juniors, their attack was met by the violent [[Sixknight]], who nearly killed them all until Minerva and Cancer's little buddy [[Browning]] saved them. {{storylink|The Autobot Warrior, Sixknight?!}} Despite seeing where it had got them once already, Wilder and Bullhorn kept up the ribbing when the Juniors were tasked with burning food storehouses in the heartland of America, mocking Cancer for thinking that they were destroying ''all'' the food in the country. {{storylink|Destroy Godbomber!!}}

Wilder, Bullhorn and Cancer were not particularly enthusiastic about renewing the search for the final Godmaster, but the quest came to a sudden end when the Godmaster in question, [[Clouder]], actually sought out the Decepticons. {{storylink|Appearance!! The Final Godmaster}} Using his power to transform into two robot modes, Clouder infiltrated the Autobot base as a spy and acquired classified information, which he handed off to Wilder and the Juniors to give to Mega and Giga. {{storylink|Secret Orders! Destroy the Autobot Base!!}} Wilder and the Juniors participated in the ensuing Decepticon attack on the Autobot base, which concluded with its destruction. {{storylink|Disaster! The Autobot Base Explodes}}

[[Image:Wilder floatsinspace.jpg|left|225px|thumb|So that's where his head is...]]
Wilder went into space along with the other Decepticons when [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]] was poised to unleash the evil [[Death Para-Machine]] on Earth, but was unable to participate in the battle with the Autobots that resulted, as he didn't have a booster to help him fly in space (although he nearly drifted off when he forgot that fact). {{storylink|Crisis! The Day of Human Extinction}} Although the Decepticons' plan was foiled by the Autobots, Bullhorn grew concerned with Devil Z's plan to wipe out humanity, only for Wilder to dismiss it with the remark that he had little concern for the lives of others since becoming a Headmaster Junior. {{storylink|God Ginrai - Save Cancer!?}}

When Clouder resurfaced on the side of the Autobots after he was abandoned by [[Turtler]] in the conflagration of the destroyed Autobot base, Wilder dismissed his claims of betrayal as lies. {{storylink|God Ginrai: Showdown at the Decepticon Base}} Alas, he would soon discover that the Decepticon loyalty he believed in was truly the lie. During an all-out Autobot attack on the Decepticon headquarters, Devil Z and BlackZarak fused together and collapsed the base, sending the Autobots, along with the Decepticon Juniors, tumbling into an undersea chasm. Refusing to believe that he had been abandoned by the other Decepticons, Wilder opened fire on the Autobots as they attempted to convince him of the truth. Eventually, Ginrai was forced to jump him and knock him out in order to carry him to safety. {{storylink|The Ultimate Combination!! BlackZarak, the New Lifeform}} Despite being faced with the truth of Devil Z's betrayal, Wilder and Bullhorn did not share Cancer's interest in becoming an Autobot fighting "for good", and promptly left the group. During a later battle, however, when things were looking bad for Cancer and the Autobot Juniors, Wilder and Bullhorn unexpectedly returned to help the one person that they still considered their friend win the day. {{storylink|Battle to the Death!! God Ginrai VS Darkwings Reborn}}

[[Image:Masterforce turncoats.jpg|right|250px|thumb|It's morphing time! ...Wait]]
Although Wilder still refused to consider himself an Autobot, he and his three fellow turncoats, Bullhorn, Cancer and Clouder, accompanied the Autobots to the Grand Canyon on a mission to stop the composite Devil Z/BlackZarak entity. During the battle, however, all four of them were struck with a blast of the villain's [[Devil Power]] and were shocked to find their [[Master-Brace]]s had disappeared from their wrists. Devil Z had, in fact, separated them from their Transtectors and brought the robot bodies to life as true super-robot lifeforms, all four of whom rejoined the Decepticon side. {{storylink|Autobots! Desperate Attack!!}}

Unable to join in the final battle with the Decepticons on the Matterhorn directly, Wilder and the other three boys helped to rescue civilians when Devil Z unleashed his destructive Devil Thunder across Europe. After narrowly avoiding being crushed by falling masonry, Wilder's cold facade finally broke as he and the others huddled in an underground shelter, and he punched the ground over and over again, screaming to the heavens. {{storylink|Malevolent and Inhuman! The True Form of Devil Z}} When the Devil Thunder bombardment was halted (thanks to Ginrai engaging BlackZarak in battle), Clouder supplied the group with an armored buggy that would allow them to join in the fight. As they headed for the Alps, Wilder chose to remind everyone that he was categorically still not an Autobot, but the protest had grown so stale that Cancer laughed it off, much to Wilder's annoyance. The boys arrived too late to do anything, cresting the mountain just after God Ginrai destroyed Devil Z, at which point all the other Godmasters and Headmaster Juniors were also separated from their Transtectors. Wilder's living Transtector departed Earth with all the other Decepticon Transtectors and was pursued by the Autobots' Transtectors to carry on the Transformers' war in space. {{storylink|A Battle... and Then...}}

===''Super-God Masterforce'' comic===
[[Image:Wilder manga.jpg|left|180px|thumb|The greyscale color scheme frees up more of the budget for his jerk level.]]
Wilder and the Decepticon Headmaster Juniors made their debut when Blood lured the Autobot Juniors into a trap to test the power of their Jinchokon. Bursting up from beneath the ground, the evil trio quickly overpowered their Autobot counterparts, but when Cancer was distracted by some endangered civilians, the heroes were able to exploit the distraction to defeat their foes. {{storylink|Destined Confrontation: The Children of Good and Evil}}

Wilder and his partners did not take an active hand in any of the Decepticon plans which immediately followed, but eventually took to the front lines again when their leaders, Giga and Mega, unveiled their Transtectors for an attack on [[Tokyo]]. {{storylink|God Ginrai's Amazing Super-God Combination!}} The trio were quite happy to watch when the Decepticons captured Shūta and [[Cab]] and Blood tortured them in an attempt to force them to join the Decepticons, although Wilder did not believe that the two boys should ever be allowed to join. {{storylink|The Earth Family of Good and Evil}} Wilder and the Juniors later joined [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] in attacking various spots on Earth from the top of [[Mount Everest]] with the [[A.O. Laser]] {{storylink|Decepticons' Great Counterattack!}} and later still, accompanied him and BlackZarak in attacking another Earth city, only to be stopped by the Autobot super-weapon, the [[VX Bomb]]. {{storylink|Live? Die?! The Desperate Super-God Combination}}

In the final battle, Devil Z turned against his Decepticon minions, and they united with the Autobots against him. Wilder joined with all the other Transformers in combining his energy into the "Perfect Transform Attack," destroying Devil Z once and for all. With Devil Z's death, the bonds forged between the humans and their Transtectors were severed, separating the humans and bringing their Transtectors to life. Wilder's Transtector departed for space along with all the others. {{storylink|The Birth of the Super Lifeforms}}

==Toys==
===Super-God Masterforce===
[[Image:G1 frangry toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Decepticons are like wolves, you see...]]
* '''Wilder''' (1988)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-301'''
**''Accessories:'' Transtector, Molecular Disruption Blaster, Wing Shield

:Like the other Headmaster Juniors, Wilder's [[alternate mode]] is a mix of different animals—in his case, he is bipedal wolf-monster with a reptilian tail and a pair of bat-wings which become a shield that mounts on his robot mode arm. In beast mode, Wilder fits in a cockpit in his Transtector's stomach.

:Like all Headmaster toys, Wilder's robot mode features a spring-loaded mini-[[Tech Spec|Tech-Spec]]-meter in its chest, which gives readings for Speed, Strength and Intelligence (although he and the other Decepticon Junior molds are unique in that their meters are not covered by flip-down panels). The tumblers are activated when Wilder (or any other Headmaster unit) is plugged into the neck socket. Wilder has his robot-mode face plainly visible on his back because, as a smaller Headmaster toy, he lacks the flip-down panel that covers the face featured on larger Headmasters.

: Wilder was sold concurrently in [[Hasbro]] markets without changes as [[Fangry]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Decepticon/Fangry/fangry.htm More information on Wilder/Fangry at TFU.info]''

{{--}}
==Notes==
* According to his supplementary [[bio]] card, Wilder is 16 years old.
* He's a dog killer!!!!
===Foreign names===
*''English:'' '''Fangry''' ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
*''Spanish:'' '''Fang''' (America)

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[[Category:Japanese-original characters]]
[[Category:Super-God Masterforce Decepticons]]
[[Category:Super-God Masterforce humans]]

Man and Machine, Part Three

2011-11-15T00:09:05Z

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{{comicstory|seriesissue=''[[New Avengers / Transformers]]'' #3
|prev=Man and Machine, Part Two
|next=Man and Machine, Part Four
|image=Newavengers-tf3.jpg
|caption=Skywarp attempts to push Iron Man down the stairs.
|title="Man and Machine, Part Three"
|publisher=[[Dan Buckley]]/[[Marvel Comics]]
|date=September 12, 2007
|coverdate=November 2007
|writer=[[Stuart Moore]]
|penciler=[[Tyler Kirkham]]
|inker=[[Sal Regla]]
|colorist=[[Annette Kwok]]
|letterer=[[Todd Klein]]
|editor=[[Bill Rosemann]]
|editorinchief=[[Joe Quesada]]
|assistant editor=[[Alejandro Arbona]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline#Infiltration|Infiltration]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
}}

'''A distinct lack of Wakandans.'''

==Synopsis==
With his massive suit of armor, Iron Man leads the [[Autobot]]s' and [[Avengers]]' fight against the [[Decepticon]]s, having prepared it in anticipation of the conflict. Harnessing the power of the American national anthem, Captain America arrives with a [[Quinjet]] to aid his team.

Ratchet and Luke Cage plan on re-entering the Decepticons' base, while the dirty muties stay outside. Don't do drugs. Prowl follows Ratchet into the dome, but with the intention of stopping Megatron's plot, rather than just rescuing Luke Cage's beloved Spidey. After Prowl drives elsewhere, Ratchet and Luke smash up the place, discovering Megatron his captive webslinger. Megatron attacks the invaders using his powerful Jazz-hands.

ELSEWHERE, Prowl discovers Ramjet and the [[Psycho-Prism]]. Ramjet is surprisingly co-operative with Prowl's demands, but something else fries Prowl's circuits.

Outside, the Autobots upload power to Iron Man's armor so that he can black Skywarp and Ramjet out of action. With the Decepticons either defeated or forgotten, the good guys take a brief break. A broadcast from Megatron interrupts the lunch break to announce that Prowl, Luke, and Ratchet have been taken captive thanks to aid from his new partner... Dr. Doom!

The Avengers attack, and Megatron punishes Doom for failing to properly anticipate the Avenger's reaction. With Luke Cage in hand and a full dose of extra power derived from Spider-Man's unique biology, Megatron exits his base so that he might crush his enemies.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (6)
* [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (9)
* [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (11)
* [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (12)
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (15)
|c2=
* [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] (1)
* [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]] (2)
* [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (3)
* [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (8)
* [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (16)
* [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (18)
* [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] (19)
|c3=
* [[Ms. Marvel]] (4)
* [[Iron Man]] (5)
* [[Wolverine (superhero)|Wolverine]] (7)
* [[Falcon (superhero)|Falcon]] (13)
* [[Captain America]] (14)
* [[Spider-Man]] (17)
* [[Doctor Doom]] (20)
* [[Luke Cage]] (10)
}}

==Quotes==
''"Represent-- X-Men style!"''

:'''—Luke Cage (not an X-Man) to Wolverine'''

''"Save it, Ratchet. Go with the human-- keep him from getting his fleshy body crushed.'' 
''I'll save this planet myself."'' 

:'''—Prowl is full of many useful devices.'''

''"Oh... ...Christmas!"'' 

:'''—Luke Cage''' is missing something other than a tiara.

==Items of note==
* During most of the fighting in the issue, all the car Transformers stay in their vehicle mode.

===Covers (1)===
* Skywarp vs a giant Iron Man; art by [[Ed McGuinness]].

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* Old Spice
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* ''MegaMan'' games
* www.abovetheinfluence.com
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* ''Avatar: The Last Airbender'' DVDs
* gettheglass.com
* ''Blade: House of Chthon'' DVD
* "[[Man and Machine, Part Four]]"
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* unltd. by marc ecko (back cover)

{{DEFAULTSORT:Man and Machine, Part 3}}
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[[Category:Marvel US issues]]

Call of the Wild

2011-10-21T00:53:19Z

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{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=19
|image=Call of the Wild Optimus scope.jpg
|caption=Scopes munky trial?
|title="Call of the Wild"
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[January 7]], 1997
|written by=[[Bob Forward]]
|directed by=[[Jonathan Goodwill]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}
'''The Predacons steal the rectifier coil from the Maximal base, which causes the Maximals to revert into a more feral state.'''

==Synopsis==
A cheetah enthusiastically chases some antelopes, when the ground around it breaks up and it is sent falling into hot lava. Before the cat gets burned, the sequence ends, revealed to be a dream of [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]'s. Cheetor awakens from his nightmare in time to hear the alarms triggered by a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] assault. As the other [[Maximal]]s prepare [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]], [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] drags Cheetor outside to battle.

[[Image:Call of the Wild Waspinator Terrorsaur.jpg|left|200px|thumb|What do we do about the slime?]]
[[Optimus Primal|Primal]] exits the Maximals' control room via the roof hatch, but is unable to prevent [[Waspinator]] and [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] from grabbing a piece of Maximal hardware off the roof and retreating with the other Predacons. A well-placed rocket from [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] prevents Primal from chasing the fliers. [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] is just able to catch the Maximal leader before he crashes into the ground, but lowering Primal after taking a hit from Terrorsaur seriously taxes Airazor's systems. On the upside, the Predacons are no longer attacking.

Inside the base, recuperating, the Maximals suddenly feel the harmful effects of [[energon]] build-up. [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] explains that without the [[rectifier coil]] the Predacons stole, the Maximals will have to stay in Beast Mode. Meanwhile, the Predacons, after an uncharacteristically successful mission, enjoy a hearty laugh together.

[[Image:Call of the Wild Rhinox Optimus Rattrap.jpg|right|200px|thumb|The Maximals look on as [[Michael Bay]] attempts to direct a scene.]]
Days later, Rhinox interrupts a dream Primal has (of being a real ape) to mention that Predacons are still haunting the local area. [[Rattrap]] suffers frustration from his Beast Mode's diminutive size and limb length. Primal and Rattrap almost get into a fight with each other, their minds suffering from bestial traits leaking into their personalities, but Rhinox lays down the line. Once the Preds leave, the Maximals take some much-needed rest.

[[Image:Call of the Wild Hunt.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Shhh. Be vewy, vewy quiet. We'ah hunting Maxies. Heheheheheh.]]
In his dreams, Primal is tormented by eyes glowing in the dark, Dinobot dreams of hunting surprisingly tiny hadrosaurs, and Rattrap dreams of rat stuff. The dreams overpower their respective dreamers, and the Maximals awaken, trapped in the mindsets of the creatures whose forms they wear. The animals all eventually exit [[Axalon (BW)|their base]]. Their foes' intellects gone, Megatron and the Predacons begin their hunt.

Airazor exits the [[CR chamber]] to meet [[Tigatron]] in the empty Maximal base. Tigatron resolves to reform his Maximal companions before they're killed, while Airazor has her own mission. She heads to the unoccupied [[Darksyde|Predacon base]], deftly dodging the automated defenses. Inside, the rectifier coil is under no protection she can't destroy.

[[Image:Call of the Wild Optimus Megatron.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Peter Jackson likely watched this episode.]]
In the jungle, Tigatron comes to face the feral Cheetor and Rhinox. The two follow him for reasons their animal minds don't comprehend. Next Tigatron recruits the primal Optimus into his party, and finally Dinobot and Rattrap. His friends gathered, Tigatron speaks to the dormant minds of his friends. He explains how the schism that exists between the Maximals' two modes is a side effect of a programming block, and as long as that program exists, the animal and Maximal identities will never reach cohesion. Now embracing the beasts within, the restored Maximals are ready to "Slag some bot!"

Primal swings Megatron off of his throne as the two Maximal cats tackle the two Predacon goons who were carrying their leader. Dinobot's raptor mode conquers [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]. Rhinox knocks over a tree to ground the Predacon fliers, and a ratball special puts Rattrap into position to pump gunfire into Terrorsaur. After the Predacons start to feel the effects of energon build-up, Megatron orders a retreat.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
* [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (1)
* [[Optimus Primal]] (4)
* [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (5)
* [[Rattrap]] (6)
* [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (7)
* [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] (12)
* [[Tigatron]] (14)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
* [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]](2)
* [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (3)
* [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] (8)
* [[Waspinator]] (9)
* [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] (10)
* [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (11)
* [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (13)
}}

==Quotes==
"Man, I swear them polka-dots go clear through to the brain."
:—'''Rattrap''' on Cheetor.

"Trouble with the neighbours again."
:—'''Airazor''' spots the ''Axalon'' under attack.

"Predacons, fall back!" 
"Now he tells me!"
:—'''Megatron''''s order comes a wee bit too late to save '''Tarantulas'''.

"Hunting from the air with automatic weapons—now ''that's'' a sport!"
:—'''Terrorsaur'''

"She stoops to conquer!"
:—'''Airazor''' shows some wit.

"Rat...robot. Rat...robot. I'm a robot ''and'' a rat! Yeahh, I ''like'' it!" 
"Hrmf, I do not see why."
:—'''Rattrap''' and '''Dinobot'''

==Other notes==
===Continuity errors===
* In one of the bigger continuity errors in ''Beast Wars''—because it is actually in the spoken dialogue and not a result of [[Code of Hero|careless animation]] or [[Transmutate (episode)|time-filling sound edits]]—Megatron says his plan is contingent on his research of Maximal programming, and Tigatron later confirms the existence of this specifically Maximal weakness. So ''why is Dinobot affected at all?''

===Other errors===
* In his beast dream, Dinobot—supposedly experiencing the instincts of his beast mode, Asia's ''[[wikipedia:velociraptor|Velociraptor]]''—dreams of chasing what appears to be a ''[[wikipedia:parasaurolophus|Parasaurolophus]]'', which only lived in the Americas and which furthermore is portrayed as far too small. Since the creature is never actually named, it may be taken as representing a different dinosaur species as-yet-undiscovered. Though, perhaps it was a mere baby. Or it could be a Charonosaurus.

===Real-world references===
* The episode was likely named after [[wikipedia:Jack London|Jack London's]] 1903 novel ''[[wikipedia:The Call of the Wild|The Call of the Wild]]''.
* Airazor's "she stoops to conquer" line is a ''double'' reference: first, and most obviously, to 1773 play ''[[wikipedia:She Stoops to Conquer|She Stoops to Conquer]]'', and secondly to a ''stoop'', which is the dive of a bird of prey. [[Ben Yee|Some people]] do not get it.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Chassez le Naturel'''" ("Hunt the Natural")

:*''Title:'' "'''Appel Sauvage'''" ("Savage Calling")

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Il richiamo della foresta'''" ("The Call of the Wild")

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Yomigaere Beast Power!'''" (よみがえれビーストパワー!, "Revive, Beast Power!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 4|4 February]] [[1998]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Instinto Selvagem'''" ("Wild Instinct")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''El Llamado de la Bestia'''" (America, "The Call of the Beast")

===Trivia===
* This episode marks the only use of Megatron's right arm-mounted missile launcher, which fires from the same port the laser beam emanates from. What is with Transformers and the one-use weapons?
* When Optimus is dreaming in his quarters, the plant that Dinobot left for him at the end of [[Gorilla Warfare]] is still seen next to his bed.
* This episode explores many themes that several of the same characters would later explore in ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]''. The idea of the Maximals taking on more bestial personalities because of their beast modes is used in the episode "[[Forbidden Fruit]]". A similar concept would have been touched on in the unproduced ''Beast Wars'' episode "[[A Greater Ape]]".
* When the Maximal computer announces that the Predacons are withdrawing from the area, text in the Maximal version of the Cybertronix [[Cybertronian languages|language]] scrolls by the bottom of the screen, and more text flashes in blue in the middle of the screen. The blue flashing text reads "area clear", and the text on the bottom reads "its been a long time since ive had sweet thistle pie".
* In Cheetor's dream, the cheetah falls into a pit of lava. [[Aftermath|Foreshadowing]] the death of a certain [[Scorponok (BW)|couple]] of [[Terrorsaur (BW)|characters]], perhaps?
* When Megatron "suggests" to his troops to laugh with him, Blackarachnia is the only one who refuses to pay him that courtesy. Clearly, Dinobot is not the only who's got some bearings of chrome steel.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — Resurrected Beast Power ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Beginning: Vol. 3 ([[Universal]])
;Laserdisc
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Predacon Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — English and Japanese audio.
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — DVD Box (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete First Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — Classic Episodes: Volume 3 — The Battle Rages On! ([[Alliance Atlantis]]) — English and French audio. 
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — The Complete First Season (Alliance Atlantis) — English and French audio. 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 1 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]

Popular beast alternate modes

2011-07-31T00:35:32Z

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When arriving on Earth, there are millions of animal species a [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] might scan for an [[alternate mode]]. Some genera, however, are extremely popular with Cybertronians.

'''TFWiki.net: The Transformers Wiki''' has certain requirements for an animal to be listed here. There must be at least '''three unique toy molds''' (or in-fiction appearances, in the case of non-toy bodies/characters) that share the beast mode. There must also be at least '''one unique character per mold'''—a single character getting numerous revamps in similar bodies over the years would not count as a "popular mode."

Each mold is listed on its own line, with all different-character decoes/[[Retool|retools]] on the same line. The list is organized in chronological order of toy release.

:''See also'': [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes]], [[Non-vehicle non-beast alternate modes]], [[General Motors]]

==Arthropods==
===Insects===
====Stag beetles (family Lucanidae)====
[[Image:G1 Chopshop toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Not [[Pokeformers|Pinsir]].]]
* [[Shrapnel (G1)]] / [[Zaptrap]]
* [[Chop Shop]]
* [[Insecticon (BW)]]
* [[Beetle]]
* [[Scarem]]

====Scarabs and rhinoceros beetles (family Scarabaeidae)====
* [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] / [[Bombshell (SG)| Bombshell (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Salvo]]
* [[Barrage (Insecticon)]]
* [[Ram Horn]] / [[Motorarm (BWII)]]
* [[Needler]]
* [[Insecticon (Energon)]]

====Grasshoppers and locusts (order Caelifera)====
* [[Kickback (G1)]] / [[Kickback (SG)|Kickback (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Shothole]] / [[Non-Biological Extraterrestrial|NBE 125]]
* [[Ransack (G1)]]
* [[Scourge (BW)]]

====Wasps and ants (order Hymenoptera)====
[[Image:Waspinatortelemocha.jpg|right|thumb|250px|A rare shot of Waspinator not getting blown up.]]
* [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] / [[Starscream (G1)]] {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)}}
* [[Buzz Saw]]
* [[Dirge (BWII)|Dirgegun]]
* [[Injector]] / [[Rartorata]] (partially)
* [[Inferno (BW)]] / [[Antagony]]
* [[Scavenger (BW)]]
* [[Buzzer-Bot]] / [[Billy (Go-Bots)]]
* [[Wasp|Waspinator (Animated)]]

===Spiders===
''Black Widow Spiders'' (''Latrodectus mactans'')

* [[Blackarachnia (BW)]]
* [[Arcee (G1)]]
* [[Crystal Widow]]
* [[Blackarachnia (Animated)]]

===Scorpions===
[[Image:BWtoy-ScorponokMega.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Willing to trade his bee for a city mode.]]
* [[Double Punch]]
* [[Pincher]]
* [[Poison Bite]]
* [[Scorpia]]
* [[Scorponok (G1)]] / [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]]
* [[Scorponok (BW)]] / [[Sandstorm (BW)]]
* [[Quickstrike (BW)]] (partially)
* [[Scorpulator]]
* [[Scorponok (Energon)]] / [[Scorponok (Energon)|Dark Scorponok]]
* [[Scorponok (Movie)]]

===Crabs===
* [[Covenant|Cancix]]
* [[Octopunch]]
* [[Rampage (BW)]] / [[Shokaract]]
* [[Razorclaw (BW)]] / [[Rockbuster]]
* [[Razor-Sharp]]
* [[Crab spy]]

==Chondrichthyes==
===Rays===
''Manta Ray'' (''Manta birostris'')
[[Image:BM-toy Hammerstrike.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Starring in the next ''Shark Attack'' movie.]]
*[[Seawing (G1)|Seawing]] / [[Kraken]] / [[Terrormander]]
*[[Manta Ray (BW)]]
*[[Depth Charge (BW)]]

===Sharks===
''Hammerhead shark'' (genus ''Sphyrna'' and others)

*[[Cybershark]] / [[Starscream (BWII)|Hellscream]] / [[Overbite (Universe)]]
*[[Air Hammer]] (partially)
*[[Cybershark|Hammerstrike]] / [[Sharkticon (G1)]] {{storylink|Betrayal}}

==Dragons==
[[Image:Cryotekridtoy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Moonlights as a Yu-Gi-Oh! card.]]
* [[Mechatron]]
* [[Megatron (BW)]]
* [[Cryotek (RID)|Cryotek]]
* [[Doublecross]]
* [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]] / [[Deathsaurus (SG)| Deathsaurus (Shattered Glass)]]
* ''Likely'' [[Esmeral (Victory)|Esmeral]] / [[Esmeral (SG)| Esmeral (Shattered Glass)]]
* [[Galvatron (BWII)]] / [[Unicron]]
* [[Nightscream (Classics)]] / [[Dragoyell]] / [[Brimstone (Universe)]]
* [[Noble|Savage]]
* [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]]
* [[Hun-Gurrr]]
* [[Megatron (RID)]]
* [[Scourge (Cybertron)]] / [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] (Classics) / [[Bruticus (RID)]]

==Reptiles==
===Crocodylians===
[[Image:BWtoy-MegatronBasic.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Don't flush him down the toilet.]]
''American alligator'' (''Alligator mississippiensis'')

* [[Skullcruncher]]
* [[Megatron (BW)]]
* [[Terragator]] (partially)
* [[Soundwave (BW)]]
* [[Gatoraider]]

===Turtles===
''Snapping turtles'' (genera ''Chelydra'' and ''Macroclemmys'')

* [[Snaptrap (G1)|Snaptrap]] / [[Turtler]] / [[Halfshell]]
* [[Snapper]]
* [[Terragator]] (partially)

===Snakes===
''Cobras'' (genus ''Naja'' and others)

* [[Cohrada]]
* [[Quickstrike (BW)]] (partially)
* [[Night Viper]] (even though vipers aren't cobras)
* [[Deathcobra's Breast Animal]] (presumably)

===Lizards===
* [[Geckobot]]
* [[Sky Shadow (BW)]] / [[Drancron]] (partially)
* [[Buzzclaw (BW)]] / [[Buzzclaw (Timelines)]] / [[Dirge (Timelines)]] / [[Virulent Clone]] / [[Repugnus (Universe)]] (partially)
* [[Wreckloose (Cybertron)]]
* [[Iguanus (BW)]] / [[Crazybolt]]
* [[Reptilion]]

===Dinosaurs===
====''Tyrannosaurus''====
[[Image:BM T-Wrecks toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"Down, Dino. Down, boy! Down, boy! Down!!"]]
* [[Grimlock (G1)]] / NBE 08
* [[Overkill (G1)]] / [[Overkill (SG)]]
* [[Gōryū|Gōryū (Victory)]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Megatron (BW)]] / [[T-Wrecks]]
* [[Trypticon (G1)]] / [[Megastorm|Gigastorm]]
* [[Tyrannitron]]
* [[Terrorsaur (Classics)]] / [[Gnashteeth]] / [[Chromebite]] / [[Ransack (Universe 2008)]] / [[Dualor (DOTM)]]
* [[Predacon (Armada)]]
* [[Grimlock (Energon)]]
* [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron (Cybertron)]] / [[Cindersaur]]
* [[Grimlock (Animated)]]
* [[Grimlock (SG)]]
* [[Goryu (SG)]]

====''Triceratops''====
* [[Slag (G1)]]
* [[Kakuryū]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Guiledart]] / [[Triceradon (BM)]] / [[Triceradon (Dinobots)]]
* [[Knockdown (Classics)]] / [[Ironlunge]] / [[Stockade (Universe 2008)]] / [[Triceradon (DOTM)]]
* [[Snarl (Animated)]]

====''Stegosaurus''====
[[Image:G1Snarl toy.jpg|220px|thumb|"[[Slag (G1)|Slag]] stole my name." :'(]]
* [[Snarl (G1)]]
* [[Slugfest (G1)]] / [[Slugfest (SG)|Slugfest (Shattered Glass)]]
* [[Doryū]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Saberback]] / [[Striker]] / [[Snarl (Dinobots)]]
* [[Hacksaw]]

====''Apatosaurus''====
* [[Sludge (G1)]]
* [[Saur]]
* [[Rairyū]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Zaur]]

====''Velociraptor''====
* [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]]
* [[Dinobot II]] / [[Rapticon]]
* [[Grimlock (G1)]] / [[Thrust (BWII)|Thrustor]] / [[Grimlock (Dinobots)]]
* [[Razor Claw]]
* [[Reptron]] / [[Dino-Bot (Go-Bots)]] / [[Greg]]

===Pterosaurs===
====''Pteranodon''====
[[Image:Cybertron Brimstone toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|]]
* [[Swoop (G1)]]
* [[Graphy]]
* [[Yokuryū]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] / [[Fractyl]] / [[Lazorbeak]] / [[Hydra (BWN)|Hydra]] / [[Terranotron (Dinobots)]]
* [[Terranotron (BM)]] / [[Terrorsaur (Armada)]] / [[Ravenus]]
* [[Reptix]] / [[Windrazor (Universe)]] / [[Rav (DOTM)]]
* [[Swoop (Energon)]]
* [[Brimstone (Cybertron)]] / [[Swoop (SG)|Swoop (Shattered Glass)]]
* [[Swoop (Animated)]]

==Birds==
''Eagles'' (order Accipitriformes)
* [[Divebomb (G1)]]
* [[Squawktalk]]
* [[Eaglebreast]]
* [[Silverbolt (G1)]] / [[Skywarp (BWII)]]
* [[Silverbolt (BW)]] / [[Windrazor (BW)]] (partially)
* [[Screech (Action Master)|Screech]]
* [[Dreadwing (Classics)]] / [[Wedge Shape]] / [[Longview (Universe)]]
* [[Divebomb (SG)| Divebomb (Shattered Glass)]]

''Condors'' (genera ''Vultur'' and ''Gymnogyps'')

* [[Laserbeak (G1)]] / [[Buzzsaw (G1)]] / [[Garboil (G1)]] / [[Sundor]] / [[Non-Biological Extraterrestrial|NBE 57]] / [[Laserbeak (SG)|Laserbeak (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Buzzsaw (SG)|Buzzsaw (Shattered Glass)]]
* [[Silverbolt (BW)]]
* [[Laserbeak (Cybertron)]] / [[Hell Buzzsaw]] / [[Blockrock]]
* [[Booster X10]] / [[Night Beat 7]]
* [[Laserbeak (Animated)]] / [[Buzzsaw (Animated)]] / [[Garboil (Animated)]] / [[Sunder]]

''Hawks and falcons'' (order Falconiformes)
[[Image:Airazorbwtfmtoy1.jpg|right|thumb|250px|It's a bird! It's a plane! It's both!]]
* [[Hawkbreast]]
* [[Wingspan]]
* [[Doubledealer]] / [[Clouder|Doubleclouder]]
* [[Airazor (BW)]]
* [[Tigerhawk]] / [[Razorclaw (Universe)]] (partially)
* [[Air Hammer]] (partially)
* [[Sights]]
* [[Airazor (Armada)]]
* [[Divebomb (Energon)]] / [[Blackout (Terrorcon)|Blackout (Energon)]]

==Mammals==
===Bats===
[[Image:G1Ratbat toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|He tried to get a recurring role in ''Batman Beyond''.]]
* [[Kōmoribreast]]
* [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]
* [[Nightscream (BM)]]
* [[Nightshriek]] / [[True One]]
* [[Noctorro]] (partially)
* [[Optimus Primal]] / [[Onyx Primal]]
* [[Ratbat (G1)]] / [[Ratbat (SG)|Ratbat (Shattered Glass)]]
* [[Skar]] / [[Clouder]]
* [[Sonar (BW)]]
* [[Soundwave (BW)]]
* [[Megatron (RID)]]
* [[Ratbat (Animated)]]

===Ursines===
'''Bears''' (genus ''Ursus'')

* [[Chainclaw (G1)]]
* [[Grizzly-1]] / [[Polar Claw]] / [[Survive]]
* [[Icebird]]
* [[Kuma Kinkin]]

===Canines===
'''Wolves / Dogs''' (''Canis lupus'')
[[Image:BW-toy WolfangMaximal.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Timber from ''G.I. Joe'' Crossovers...if such a toyline existed.]]
* [[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]]
* [[Sinnertwin (G1)|Sinnertwin]]
* [[Wolfang (Maximal)]] / [[Wolfang (Predacon)]] / [[K-9]] / [[BB|Max-B]]
* [[Weirdwolf]]
* [[Sixshot]]
* the [[Cub]]
* [[Silverbolt (BW)]] / [[Windrazor (BW)]] (partially)
* [[Quickstrike (BM)]]
* [[Noble]]
* [[Overbite (Classics)]] / [[Gredator]] / [[Razorclaw (SG)|Razorclaw (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Scavenger (Universe 2008)]]
* [[Bruticus (RID)]]
* [[Snarl (Cybertron)]]
* [[Beast-Bot|Preditron]]
* [[Steeljaw (DOTM)]]

===Felines===
'''Jaguars''' (''Panthera onca'')

* [[Ravage (G1)]] / [[Glit]] / [[Howlback (G1)]] / [[Ravage (SG)|Ravage (Shattered Glass)]]
* [[Panther]]
* [[Jaguarbreast]]
* [[Battle Ravage]] / [[Command Ravage]]
* [[Beast-Bot|Beast-Bot II]]

'''Tigers''' (''Panthera tigris'')
[[Image:Tigatron-HasbroToy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Tigertron after visiting a tanning salon.]]
* [[CatSCAN]]
* [[Rampage (G1)]]
* [[Snarl (Classics)]] / [[Apexus]] / [[Snow Cat (Universe)]] / [[Rampage (SG)|Rampage (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Catilla (DOTM)]]
* [[Tigerbreast]]
* [[Toraizer]]
* [[Tigatron]]
* [[Tigerhawk]] / [[Razorclaw (Universe)]] (partially)
* [[Bantor]] (partially)
* [[Tigertron]] / [[George]]

'''Lions''' (''Panthera leo'')

* [[Angela]] / [[Dark Eggleo]] / [[Eggleo]]
* [[Lio Convoy]] / [[Black Lio Convoy]]
* [[Lionbreast]]
* [[Covenant|Leonicus]]
* [[Prowl (G1)]] / [[Lio Junior]]
* [[Razorclaw (G1)]]
* [[Lionizer]]
* [[Snarl (BM)]] / [[Alpha Trion (G1)]]
* [[Lione]]
* [[Steeljaw (G1)]] / [[Steeljaw (SG)]]
* [[Under-3]]
* [[Victory Leo]]
* [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] / [[Nemesis Breaker]]
* [[Steeljaw (Animated)]]

'''Cheetahs''' (''Acinonyx jubatus'')

[[Image:GBCheetorBioCard.jpg|right|200px|thumb|]]
* [[Cheetor (BW)]]
* [[Che]]
* [[Cataclysm (BW)]] / [[Cheetor (Armada)]]
* [[Cheetor (Go-Bots)]] / [[Chuck (Go-Bots)|Chuck]]

===Elephants/Mammoths===
* [[Shuffler]]
* [[Ironhide (G1)]] / [[Santon]]
* [[Torca]] / [[Elephorca]] (partially)
* [[Big Convoy]] / [[Black Big Convoy]] / [[Nemesis Prime (Universe 2003)]]
* [[Megatron (RID)|Galvatron (RID)]] / [[Deathsaurus (Victory)]]

===Equines===
* [[Battle Unicorn]] / [[Magna Stampede]]
* [[Dropshot (Armada)]] / [[Dropshot (SG)|Dropshot (Shattered Glass)]]
* [[Mach Kick]]
* [[Strada]]

===Rhinos===
[[Image:Transmetal rhinox toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Just when you thought a rhino's skin couldn't get any tougher,...]]
* [[Headstrong]]
* [[Ramhorn (G1)]]
* [[Rhinox (BW)]]
* [[Stranglehold]]
* [[Greatshot]]
* [[Hornbreast]]
* [[Top-Heavy]]
* [[Fire Beast]]
* [[Rhino]]
* [[Backstop (Cybertron)|Backstop]]
* [[Rhinox (Armada)]]
* [[Ramhorn (Animated)]]

===Bovids===
[[Image:Horribull bullhorn toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb]]
* [[Tantrum]]
* [[Noctorro]] (partially)
* [[Horri-Bull]]
* [[Longhorn (BM)]]
* [[Bonecrusher (BW)]] / [[Bighorn]]
* [[Bisonbreast]]
* [[Ramulus]] / [[Longhorn (Universe)]]

===Primates===
'''Gorillas''' (''Gorilla gorilla'')

* [[Apeface]]
* [[Apelinq]]
* [[Beastbox (G1)|Beastbox]]
* [[Optimus Primal]]
* [[Primal Prime]]
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)]]
* [[Beast-Bot|Gorillabot]] / [[Max]] / [[Beast-Bot]] / [[Gorilla-Bot]]

'''Humans''' (''Homo sapiens'')
[[Image:PretenderStarscream toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"I'm not an animal! I'm a <strike>human being</strike> Pretender shell!"]]
* [[Alice]]
* [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Bumblebee (G1)]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Cloudburst]]/[[Phoenix]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Crossblades (G1)]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Doubleheader]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Grimlock (G1)/toys|Grimlock (G1)]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Groundbreaker]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Jazz (G1)/toys|Jazz (G1)]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Landmine (G1)]]/[[Lander]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Metalhawk]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Michael Bay]] ''([[Hasbro]] jokingly produced a toy of him, included as an "[[easter egg]]" on the [[Transformers (2007)|live-action movie]] DVD.)''
* The [[new lab assistant]]
* [[Pincher]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Sari Sumdac]]
* [[Simon Furman]] ''(In a [[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|Titan]] magazine [[Letters page|letters column]], [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] joked that Furman was a [[Maximal]])''.
* [[Skyhammer (G1)]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Sky High (Pretender)]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Splashdown]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Starscream (G1)/toys|Starscream (G1)]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Stranglehold]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Vroom]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Waverider]]/[[Diver (Masterforce)]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Reflector (G1)#Alternity|Reflector (G1)]] (pretender shells only)

[[Category:Animals]]
[[Category:Earth]]
[[Category:Toys]]

Popular beast alternate modes

2011-04-22T00:54:06Z

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When arriving on Earth, there are millions of animal species a [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] might scan for an [[alternate mode]]. Some genera, however, are extremely popular with Cybertronians.

'''TFWiki.net: The Transformers Wiki''' has certain requirements for an animal to be listed here. There must be at least '''three unique toy molds''' (or in-fiction appearances, in the case of non-toy bodies/characters) that share the beast mode. There must also be at least '''one unique character per mold'''—a single character getting numerous revamps in similar bodies over the years would not count as a "popular mode."

Each mold is listed on its own line, with all different-character decoes/[[Retool|retools]] on the same line. The list is organized in chronological order of toy release.

:''See also'': [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes]], [[Non-vehicle non-beast alternate modes]], [[General Motors]]

==Arthropods==
===Insects===
====Stag beetles (family Lucanidae)====
[[Image:G1 Chopshop toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Not [[Pokeformers|Pinsir]].]]
* [[Shrapnel (G1)]] / [[Zaptrap]]
* [[Chop Shop]]
* [[Insecticon (BW)]]
* [[Beetle]]
* [[Scarem]]

====Scarabs and rhinoceros beetles (family Scarabaeidae)====
* [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] / [[Bombshell (SG)| Bombshell (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Salvo]]
* [[Barrage (Insecticon)]]
* [[Ram Horn]] / [[Motorarm (BWII)]]
* [[Needler]]
* [[Insecticon (Energon)]]

====Grasshoppers and locusts (order Caelifera)====
* [[Kickback (G1)]] / [[Kickback (SG)|Kickback (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Shothole]] / [[Non-Biological Extraterrestrial|NBE 125]]
* [[Ransack (G1)]]
* [[Scourge (BW)]]

====Wasps and ants (order Hymenoptera)====
[[Image:Waspinatortelemocha.jpg|right|thumb|250px|A rare shot of Waspinator not getting blown up.]]
* [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] / [[Starscream (G1)]] {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)}}
* [[Buzz Saw]]
* [[Dirge (BWII)|Dirgegun]]
* [[Injector]] / [[Rartorata]] (partially)
* [[Inferno (BW)]] / [[Antagony]]
* [[Scavenger (BW)]]
* [[Buzzer-Bot]] / [[Billy (Go-Bots)]]
* [[Wasp|Waspinator (Animated)]]

===Spiders===
''Black Widow Spiders'' (''Latrodectus mactans'')

* [[Blackarachnia (BW)]]
* [[Arcee (G1)]]
* [[Crystal Widow]]
* [[Blackarachnia (Animated)]]

===Scorpions===
[[Image:BWtoy-ScorponokMega.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Willing to trade his bee for a city mode.]]
* [[Double Punch]]
* [[Pincher]]
* [[Poison Bite]]
* [[Scorpia]]
* [[Scorponok (G1)]] / [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]]
* [[Scorponok (BW)]] / [[Sandstorm (BW)]]
* [[Quickstrike (BW)]] (partially)
* [[Scorpulator]]
* [[Scorponok (Energon)]] / [[Scorponok (Energon)|Dark Scorponok]]
* [[Scorponok (Movie)]]

===Crabs===
* [[Covenant|Cancix]]
* [[Octopunch]]
* [[Rampage (BW)]] / [[Shokaract]]
* [[Razorclaw (BW)]] / [[Rockbuster]]
* [[Razor-Sharp]]
* [[Crab spy]]

==Chondrichthyes==
===Rays===
''Manta Ray'' (''Manta birostris'')
[[Image:BM-toy Hammerstrike.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Starring in the next ''Shark Attack'' movie.]]
*[[Seawing (G1)|Seawing]] / [[Kraken]] / [[Terrormander]]
*[[Manta Ray (BW)]]
*[[Depth Charge (BW)]]

===Sharks===
''Hammerhead shark'' (genus ''Sphyrna'' and others)

*[[Cybershark]] / [[Starscream (BWII)|Hellscream]] / [[Overbite (Universe)]]
*[[Air Hammer]] (partially)
*[[Cybershark|Hammerstrike]] / [[Sharkticon (G1)]] {{storylink|Betrayal}}

==Dragons==
[[Image:Cryotekridtoy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Moonlights as a Yu-Gi-Oh! card.]]
* [[Mechatron]]
* [[Megatron (BW)]]
* [[Cryotek (RID)|Cryotek]]
* [[Doublecross]]
* [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]] / [[Deathsaurus (SG)| Deathsaurus (Shattered Glass)]]
* ''Likely'' [[Esmeral (Victory)|Esmeral]] / [[Esmeral (SG)| Esmeral (Shattered Glass)]]
* [[Galvatron (BWII)]] / [[Unicron]]
* [[Nightscream (Classics)]] / [[Dragoyell]] / [[Brimstone (Universe)]]
* [[Noble|Savage]]
* [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]]
* [[Hun-Gurrr]]
* [[Megatron (RID)]]
* [[Scourge (Cybertron)]] / [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] (Classics) / [[Bruticus (RID)]]

==Reptiles==
===Crocodylians===
[[Image:BWtoy-MegatronBasic.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Don't flush him down the toilet.]]
''American alligator'' (''Alligator mississippiensis'')

* [[Skullcruncher]]
* [[Megatron (BW)]]
* [[Terragator]] (partially)
* [[Soundwave (BW)]]
* [[Gatoraider]]

===Turtles===
''Snapping turtles'' (genera ''Chelydra'' and ''Macroclemmys'')

* [[Snaptrap (G1)|Snaptrap]] / [[Turtler]] / [[Halfshell]]
* [[Snapper]]
* [[Terragator]] (partially)

===Snakes===
''Cobras'' (genus ''Naja'' and others)

* [[Cohrada]]
* [[Quickstrike (BW)]] (partially)
* [[Night Viper]] (even though vipers aren't cobras)
* [[Deathcobra's Breast Animal]] (presumably)

===Lizards===
* [[Geckobot]]
* [[Sky Shadow (BW)]] / [[Drancron]] (partially)
* [[Buzzclaw (BW)]] / [[Buzzclaw (Timelines)]] / [[Dirge (Timelines)]] / [[Virulent Clone]] / [[Repugnus (Universe)]] (partially)
* [[Wreckloose (Cybertron)]]
* [[Iguanus (BW)]] / [[Crazybolt]]
* [[Reptilion]]

===Dinosaurs===
====''Tyrannosaurus''====
[[Image:BM T-Wrecks toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"Down, Dino. Down, boy! Down, boy! Down!!"]]
* [[Grimlock (G1)]] / NBE 08
* [[Overkill (G1)]] / [[Overkill (SG)]]
* [[Gōryū|Gōryū (Victory)]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Megatron (BW)]] / [[T-Wrecks]]
* [[Trypticon (G1)]] / [[Megastorm|Gigastorm]]
* [[Tyrannitron]]
* [[Terrorsaur (Classics)]] / [[Gnashteeth]] / [[Chromebite]] / [[Ransack (Universe 2008)]]
* [[Predacon (Armada)]]
* [[Grimlock (Energon)]]
* [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron (Cybertron)]] / [[Cindersaur]]
* [[Grimlock (Animated)]]
* [[Grimlock (SG)]]
* [[Goryu (SG)]]

====''Triceratops''====
* [[Slag (G1)]]
* [[Kakuryū]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Guiledart]] / [[Triceradon (BM)]] / [[Triceradon (Dinobots)]]
* [[Knockdown (Classics)]] / [[Ironlunge]] / [[Stockade (Universe 2008)]]
* [[Snarl (Animated)]]

====''Stegosaurus''====
[[Image:G1Snarl toy.jpg|220px|thumb|"[[Slag (G1)|Slag]] stole my name." :'(]]
* [[Snarl (G1)]]
* [[Slugfest (G1)]] / [[Slugfest (SG)|Slugfest (Shattered Glass)]]
* [[Doryū]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Saberback]] / [[Striker]] / [[Snarl (Dinobots)]]
* [[Hacksaw]]

====''"Apatosaurus''====
* [[Sludge (G1)]]
* [[Saur]]
* [[Rairyū]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Zaur]]

====''Velociraptor''====
* [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]]
* [[Dinobot II]] / [[Rapticon]]
* [[Grimlock (G1)]] / [[Thrust (BWII)|Thrustor]] / [[Grimlock (Dinobots)]]
* [[Razor Claw]]
* [[Reptron]] / [[Dino-Bot (Go-Bots)]] / [[Greg]]

===Pterosaurs===
====''Pteranodon''====
[[Image:Cybertron Brimstone toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|]]
* [[Swoop (G1)]]
* [[Graphy]]
* [[Yokuryū]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] / [[Fractyl]] / [[Lazorbeak]] / [[Hydra (BWN)|Hydra]] / [[Terranotron (Dinobots)]]
* [[Terranotron (BM)]] / [[Terrorsaur (Armada)]] / [[Ravenus]]
* [[Reptix]] / [[Windrazor (Universe)]]
* [[Swoop (Energon)]]
* [[Brimstone (Cybertron)]] / [[Swoop (SG)|Swoop (Shattered Glass)]]
* [[Swoop (Animated)]]

==Birds==
''Eagles'' (order Accipitriformes)
* [[Divebomb (G1)]]
* [[Squawktalk]]
* [[Eaglebreast]]
* [[Silverbolt (G1)]] / [[Skywarp (BWII)]]
* [[Silverbolt (BW)]] / [[Windrazor (BW)]] (partially)
* [[Screech (Action Master)|Screech]]
* [[Dreadwing (Classics)]] / [[Wedge Shape]] / [[Longview (Universe)]]
* [[Divebomb (SG)| Divebomb (Shattered Glass)]]

''Condors'' (genera ''Vultur'' and ''Gymnogyps'')

* [[Laserbeak (G1)]] / [[Buzzsaw (G1)]] / [[Garboil (G1)]] / [[Sundor]] / [[Non-Biological Extraterrestrial|NBE 57]] / [[Laserbeak (SG)|Laserbeak (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Buzzsaw (SG)|Buzzsaw (Shattered Glass)]]
* [[Silverbolt (BW)]]
* [[Laserbeak (Cybertron)]] / [[Hell Buzzsaw]] / [[Blockrock]]
* [[Booster X10]] / [[Night Beat 7]]
* [[Laserbeak (Animated)]] / [[Buzzsaw (Animated)]] / [[Garboil (Animated)]] / [[Sunder]]

''Hawks and falcons'' (order Falconiformes)
[[Image:Airazorbwtfmtoy1.jpg|right|thumb|250px|It's a bird! It's a plane! It's both!]]
* [[Hawkbreast]]
* [[Wingspan]]
* [[Doubledealer]] / [[Clouder|Doubleclouder]]
* [[Airazor (BW)]]
* [[Tigerhawk]] / [[Razorclaw (Universe)]] (partially)
* [[Air Hammer]] (partially)
* [[Sights]]
* [[Airazor (Armada)]]
* [[Divebomb (Energon)]] / [[Blackout (Terrorcon)|Blackout (Energon)]]

==Mammals==
===Bats===
[[Image:G1Ratbat toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|He tried to get a recurring role in ''Batman Beyond''.]]
* [[Kōmoribreast]]
* [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]
* [[Nightscream (BM)]]
* [[Nightshriek]] / [[True One]]
* [[Noctorro]] (partially)
* [[Optimus Primal]] / [[Onyx Primal]]
* [[Ratbat (G1)]] / [[Ratbat (SG)|Ratbat (Shattered Glass)]]
* [[Skar]] / [[Clouder]]
* [[Sonar (BW)]]
* [[Soundwave (BW)]]
* [[Megatron (RID)]]
* [[Ratbat (Animated)]]

===Ursines===
'''Bears''' (genus ''Ursus'')

* [[Chainclaw (G1)]]
* [[Grizzly-1]] / [[Polar Claw]] / [[Survive]]
* [[Icebird]]
* [[Kuma Kinkin]]

===Canines===
'''Wolves / Dogs''' (''Canis lupus'')
[[Image:BW-toy WolfangMaximal.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Timber from ''G.I. Joe'' Crossovers...if such a toyline existed.]]
* [[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]]
* [[Sinnertwin (G1)|Sinnertwin]]
* [[Wolfang (Maximal)]] / [[Wolfang (Predacon)]] / [[K-9]] / [[BB|Max-B]]
* [[Weirdwolf]]
* [[Sixshot]]
* the [[Cub]]
* [[Silverbolt (BW)]] / [[Windrazor (BW)]] (partially)
* [[Quickstrike (BM)]]
* [[Noble]]
* [[Overbite (Classics)]] / [[Gredator]] / [[Razorclaw (SG)|Razorclaw (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Scavenger (Universe 2008)]]
* [[Bruticus (RID)]]
* [[Snarl (Cybertron)]]
* [[Beast-Bot|Preditron]]

===Felines===
'''Jaguars''' (''Panthera onca'')

* [[Ravage (G1)]] / [[Glit]] / [[Howlback]] / [[Ravage (SG)|Ravage (Shattered Glass)]]
* [[Panther]]
* [[Jaguarbreast]]
* [[Battle Ravage]] / [[Command Ravage]]
* [[Beast-Bot|Beast-Bot II]]

'''Tigers''' (''Panthera tigris'')
[[Image:Tigatron-HasbroToy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Tigertron after visiting a tanning salon.]]
* [[CatSCAN]]
* [[Rampage (G1)]]
* [[Snarl (Classics)]] / [[Apexus]] / [[Snow Cat (Universe)]] / [[Rampage (SG)|Rampage (Shattered Glass)]]
* [[Tigerbreast]]
* [[Toraizer]]
* [[Tigatron]]
* [[Tigerhawk]] / [[Razorclaw (Universe)]] (partially)
* [[Bantor]] (partially)
* [[Tigertron]] / [[George]]

'''Lions''' (''Panthera leo'')

* [[Angela]] / [[Dark Eggleo]] / [[Eggleo]]
* [[Lio Convoy]] / [[Black Lio Convoy]]
* [[Lionbreast]]
* [[Covenant|Leonicus]]
* [[Prowl (G1)]] / [[Lio Junior]]
* [[Razorclaw (G1)]]
* [[Lionizer]]
* [[Snarl (BM)]] / [[Alpha Trion (G1)]]
* [[Lione]]
* [[Steeljaw (G1)]] / [[Steeljaw (SG)]]
* [[Under-3]]
* [[Victory Leo]]
* [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] / [[Nemesis Breaker]]
* [[Steeljaw (Animated)]]

'''Cheetahs''' (''Acinonyx jubatus'')

[[Image:GBCheetorBioCard.jpg|right|200px|thumb|]]
* [[Cheetor (BW)]]
* [[Che]]
* [[Cataclysm (BW)]] / [[Cheetor (Armada)]]
* [[Cheetor (Go-Bots)]] / [[Chuck (Go-Bots)|Chuck]]

===Elephants/Mammoths===
* [[Shuffler]]
* [[Ironhide (G1)]] / [[Santon]]
* [[Torca]] / [[Elephorca]] (partially)
* [[Big Convoy]] / [[Black Big Convoy]] / [[Nemesis Prime (Universe 2003)]]
* [[Megatron (RID)|Galvatron (RID)]] / [[Deathsaurus (Victory)]]

===Equines===
* [[Battle Unicorn]] / [[Magna Stampede]]
* [[Dropshot (Armada)]] / [[Dropshot (SG)|Dropshot (Shattered Glass)]]
* [[Mach Kick]]
* [[Strada]]

===Rhinos===
[[Image:Transmetal rhinox toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Just when you thought a rhino's skin couldn't get any tougher,...]]
* [[Headstrong]]
* [[Ramhorn (G1)]]
* [[Rhinox (BW)]]
* [[Stranglehold]]
* [[Greatshot]]
* [[Hornbreast]]
* [[Top-Heavy]]
* [[Fire Beast]]
* [[Rhino]]
* [[Backstop (Cybertron)|Backstop]]
* [[Rhinox (Armada)]]
* [[Ramhorn (Animated)]]

===Bovids===
[[Image:Horribull bullhorn toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb]]
* [[Tantrum]]
* [[Noctorro]] (partially)
* [[Horri-Bull]]
* [[Longhorn (BM)]]
* [[Bonecrusher (BW)]] / [[Bighorn]]
* [[Bisonbreast]]
* [[Ramulus]] / [[Longhorn (Universe)]]

===Primates===
'''Gorillas''' (''Gorilla gorilla'')

* [[Apeface]]
* [[Apelinq]]
* [[Beastbox (G1)|Beastbox]]
* [[Optimus Primal]]
* [[Primal Prime]]
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)]]
* [[Beast-Bot|Gorillabot]] / [[Max]] / [[Beast-Bot]] / [[Gorilla-Bot]]

'''Humans''' (''Homo sapiens'')
[[Image:PretenderStarscream toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"I'm not an animal! I'm a <strike>human being</strike> Pretender shell!"]]
* [[Alice]]
* [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Bumblebee (G1)]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Cloudburst]]/[[Phoenix]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Crossblades (G1)]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Doubleheader]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Grimlock (G1)/toys|Grimlock (G1)]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Groundbreaker]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Jazz (G1)/toys|Jazz (G1)]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Landmine (G1)]]/[[Lander]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Metalhawk]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Michael Bay]] ''([[Hasbro]] jokingly produced a toy of him, included as an "[[easter egg]]" on the [[Transformers (2007)|live-action movie]] DVD.)''
* The [[new lab assistant]]
* [[Pincher]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Sari Sumdac]]
* [[Simon Furman]] ''(In a [[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|Titan]] magazine [[Letters page|letters column]], [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] joked that Furman was a [[Maximal]])''.
* [[Skyhammer (G1)]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Sky High (Pretender)]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Splashdown]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Starscream (G1)/toys|Starscream (G1)]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Stranglehold]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Vroom]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Waverider]]/[[Diver (Masterforce)]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Reflector (G1)#Alternity|Reflector (G1)]] (pretender shells only)

[[Category:Animals]]
[[Category:Earth]]
[[Category:Toys]]

Popular beast alternate modes

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When arriving on Earth, there are millions of animal species a [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] might scan for an [[alternate mode]]. Some genera, however, are extremely popular with Cybertronians.

'''TFWiki.net: The Transformers Wiki''' has certain requirements for an animal to be listed here. There must be at least '''three unique toy molds''' (or in-fiction appearances, in the case of non-toy bodies/characters) that share the beast mode. There must also be at least '''one unique character per mold'''—a single character getting numerous revamps in similar bodies over the years would not count as a "popular mode."

Each mold is listed on its own line, with all different-character decoes/[[Retool|retools]] on the same line. The list is organized in chronological order of toy release.

:''See also'': [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes]], [[Non-vehicle non-beast alternate modes]], [[General Motors]]

==Arthropods==
===Insects===
====Stag beetles (family Lucanidae)====
[[Image:G1 Chopshop toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Not [[Pokeformers|Pinsir]].]]
* [[Shrapnel (G1)]] / [[Zaptrap]]
* [[Chop Shop]]
* [[Insecticon (BW)]]
* [[Beetle]]
* [[Scarem]]

====Scarabs and rhinoceros beetles (family Scarabaeidae)====
* [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] / [[Bombshell (SG)| Bombshell (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Salvo]]
* [[Barrage (Insecticon)]]
* [[Ram Horn]] / [[Motorarm (BWII)]]
* [[Needler]]
* [[Insecticon (Energon)]]

====Grasshoppers and locusts (order Caelifera)====
* [[Kickback (G1)]] / [[Kickback (SG)|Kickback (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Shothole]] / [[Non-Biological Extraterrestrial|NBE 125]]
* [[Ransack (G1)]]
* [[Scourge (BW)]]

====Wasps and ants (order Hymenoptera)====
[[Image:Waspinatortelemocha.jpg|right|thumb|250px|A rare shot of Waspinator not getting blown up.]]
* [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] / [[Starscream (G1)]] {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)}}
* [[Buzz Saw]]
* [[Dirge (BWII)|Dirgegun]]
* [[Injector]] / [[Rartorata]] (partially)
* [[Inferno (BW)]] / [[Antagony]]
* [[Scavenger (BW)]]
* [[Buzzer-Bot]] / [[Billy (Go-Bots)]]
* [[Wasp|Waspinator (Animated)]]

===Spiders===
''Black Widow Spiders'' (''Latrodectus mactans'')

* [[Blackarachnia (BW)]]
* [[Arcee (G1)]]
* [[Crystal Widow]]
* [[Blackarachnia (Animated)]]

===Scorpions===
[[Image:BWtoy-ScorponokMega.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Willing to trade his bee for a city mode.]]
* [[Double Punch]]
* [[Pincher]]
* [[Poison Bite]]
* [[Scorpia]]
* [[Scorponok (G1)]] / [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]]
* [[Scorponok (BW)]] / [[Sandstorm (BW)]]
* [[Quickstrike (BW)]] (partially)
* [[Scorpulator]]
* [[Scorponok (Energon)]] / [[Scorponok (Energon)|Dark Scorponok]]
* [[Scorponok (Movie)]]

===Crabs===
* [[Covenant|Cancix]]
* [[Octopunch]]
* [[Rampage (BW)]] / [[Shokaract]]
* [[Razorclaw (BW)]] / [[Rockbuster]]
* [[Razor-Sharp]]
* [[Crab spy]]

==Chondrichthyes==
===Rays===
''Manta Ray'' (''Manta birostris'')
[[Image:BM-toy Hammerstrike.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Starring in the next ''Shark Attack'' movie.]]
*[[Seawing (G1)|Seawing]] / [[Kraken]] / [[Terrormander]]
*[[Manta Ray (BW)]]
*[[Depth Charge (BW)]]

===Sharks===
''Hammerhead shark'' (genus ''Sphyrna'' and others)

*[[Cybershark]] / [[Starscream (BWII)|Hellscream]] / [[Overbite (Universe)]]
*[[Air Hammer]] (partially)
*[[Cybershark|Hammerstrike]] / [[Sharkticon (G1)]] {{storylink|Betrayal}}

==Dragons==
[[Image:Cryotekridtoy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Moonlights as a Yu-Gi-Oh! card.]]
* [[Mechatron]]
* [[Megatron (BW)]]
* [[Cryotek (RID)|Cryotek]]
* [[Doublecross]]
* [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]] / [[Deathsaurus (SG)| Deathsaurus (Shattered Glass)]]
* ''Likely'' [[Esmeral (Victory)|Esmeral]] / [[Esmeral (SG)| Esmeral (Shattered Glass)]]
* [[Galvatron (BWII)]] / [[Unicron]]
* [[Nightscream (Classics)]] / [[Dragoyell]] / [[Brimstone (Universe)]]
* [[Noble|Savage]]
* [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]]
* [[Hun-Gurrr]]
* [[Megatron (RID)]]
* [[Scourge (Cybertron)]] / [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] (Classics) / [[Bruticus (RID)]]

==Reptiles==
===Crocodylians===
[[Image:BWtoy-MegatronBasic.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Don't flush him down the toilet.]]
''American alligator'' (''Alligator mississippiensis'')

* [[Skullcruncher]]
* [[Megatron (BW)]]
* [[Terragator]] (partially)
* [[Soundwave (BW)]]
* [[Gatoraider]]

===Turtles===
''Snapping turtles'' (genera ''Chelydra'' and ''Macroclemmys'')

* [[Snaptrap (G1)|Snaptrap]] / [[Turtler]] / [[Halfshell]]
* [[Snapper]]
* [[Terragator]] (partially)

===Snakes===
''Cobras'' (genus ''Naja'' and others)

* [[Cohrada]]
* [[Quickstrike (BW)]] (partially)
* [[Night Viper]] (even though vipers aren't cobras)
* [[Deathcobra's Breast Animal]] (presumably)

===Lizards===
* [[Geckobot]]
* [[Sky Shadow (BW)]] / [[Drancron]] (partially)
* [[Buzzclaw (BW)]] / [[Buzzclaw (Timelines)]] / [[Dirge (Timelines)]] / [[Virulent Clone]] / [[Repugnus (Universe)]] (partially)
* [[Wreckloose (Cybertron)]]
* [[Iguanus (BW)]] / [[Crazybolt]]
* [[Reptilion]]

===Dinosaurs===
====''Tyrannosaurus''====
[[Image:BM T-Wrecks toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"Down, Dino. Down, boy! Down, boy! Down!!"]]
* [[Grimlock (G1)]] / NBE 08
* [[Overkill (G1)]] / [[Overkill (SG)]]
* [[Gōryū|Gōryū (Victory)]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Megatron (BW)]] / [[T-Wrecks]]
* [[Trypticon (G1)]] / [[Megastorm|Gigastorm]]
* [[Tyrannitron]]
* [[Terrorsaur (Classics)]] / [[Gnashteeth]] / [[Chromebite]] / [[Ransack (Universe 2008)]]
* [[Predacon (Armada)]]
* [[Grimlock (Energon)]]
* [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron (Cybertron)]] / [[Cindersaur]]
* [[Grimlock (Animated)]]
* [[Grimlock (SG)]]
* [[Goryu (SG)]]

====''Triceratops''====
* [[Slag (G1)]]
* [[Kakuryū]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Guiledart]] / [[Triceradon (BM)]] / [[Triceradon (Dinobots)]]
* [[Knockdown (Classics)]] / [[Ironlunge]] / [[Stockade (Universe 2008)]]
* [[Snarl (Animated)]]

====''Stegosaurus''====
[[Image:G1Snarl toy.jpg|220px|thumb|"[[Slag (G1)|Slag]] stole my name." :'(]]
* [[Snarl (G1)]]
* [[Slugfest (G1)]] / [[Slugfest (SG)|Slugfest (Shattered Glass)]]
* [[Doryū]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Saberback]] / [[Striker]] / [[Snarl (Dinobots)]]
* [[Hacksaw]]

====''Apatosaurus''====
* [[Sludge (G1)]]
* [[Saur]]
* [[Rairyū]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Zaur]]

====''Velociraptor''====
* [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]]
* [[Dinobot II]] / [[Rapticon]]
* [[Grimlock (G1)]] / [[Thrust (BWII)|Thrustor]] / [[Grimlock (Dinobots)]]
* [[Razor Claw]]
* [[Reptron]] / [[Dino-Bot (Go-Bots)]] / [[Greg]]

===Pterosaurs===
====''Pteranodon''====
[[Image:Cybertron Brimstone toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|]]
* [[Swoop (G1)]]
* [[Graphy]]
* [[Yokuryū]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] / [[Fractyl]] / [[Lazorbeak]] / [[Hydra (BWN)|Hydra]] / [[Terranotron (Dinobots)]]
* [[Terranotron (BM)]] / [[Terrorsaur (Armada)]] / [[Ravenus]]
* [[Reptix]] / [[Windrazor (Universe)]]
* [[Swoop (Energon)]]
* [[Brimstone (Cybertron)]] / [[Swoop (SG)|Swoop (Shattered Glass)]]
* [[Swoop (Animated)]]

==Birds==
''Eagles'' (order Accipitriformes)
* [[Divebomb (G1)]]
* [[Squawktalk]]
* [[Eaglebreast]]
* [[Silverbolt (G1)]] / [[Skywarp (BWII)]]
* [[Silverbolt (BW)]] / [[Windrazor (BW)]] (partially)
* [[Screech (Action Master)|Screech]]
* [[Dreadwing (Classics)]] / [[Wedge Shape]] / [[Longview (Universe)]]
* [[Divebomb (SG)| Divebomb (Shattered Glass)]]

''Condors'' (genera ''Vultur'' and ''Gymnogyps'')

* [[Laserbeak (G1)]] / [[Buzzsaw (G1)]] / [[Garboil (G1)]] / [[Sundor]] / [[Non-Biological Extraterrestrial|NBE 57]] / [[Laserbeak (SG)|Laserbeak (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Buzzsaw (SG)|Buzzsaw (Shattered Glass)]]
* [[Silverbolt (BW)]]
* [[Laserbeak (Cybertron)]] / [[Hell Buzzsaw]] / [[Blockrock]]
* [[Booster X10]] / [[Night Beat 7]]
* [[Laserbeak (Animated)]] / [[Buzzsaw (Animated)]] / [[Garboil (Animated)]] / [[Sunder]]

''Hawks and falcons'' (order Falconiformes)
[[Image:Airazorbwtfmtoy1.jpg|right|thumb|250px|It's a bird! It's a plane! It's both!]]
* [[Hawkbreast]]
* [[Wingspan]]
* [[Doubledealer]] / [[Clouder|Doubleclouder]]
* [[Airazor (BW)]]
* [[Tigerhawk]] / [[Razorclaw (Universe)]] (partially)
* [[Air Hammer]] (partially)
* [[Sights]]
* [[Airazor (Armada)]]
* [[Divebomb (Energon)]] / [[Blackout (Terrorcon)|Blackout (Energon)]]

==Mammals==
===Bats===
[[Image:G1Ratbat toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|He tried to get a recurring role in ''Batman Beyond''.]]
* [[Kōmoribreast]]
* [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]
* [[Nightscream (BM)]]
* [[Nightshriek]] / [[True One]]
* [[Noctorro]] (partially)
* [[Optimus Primal]] / [[Onyx Primal]]
* [[Ratbat (G1)]] / [[Ratbat (SG)|Ratbat (Shattered Glass)]]
* [[Skar]] / [[Clouder]]
* [[Sonar (BW)]]
* [[Soundwave (BW)]]
* [[Megatron (RID)]]
* [[Ratbat (Animated)]]

===Ursines===
'''Bears''' (genus ''Ursus'')

* [[Chainclaw (G1)]]
* [[Grizzly-1]] / [[Polar Claw]] / [[Survive]]
* [[Icebird]]
* [[Kuma Kinkin]]

===Canines===
'''Wolves / Dogs''' (''Canis lupus'')
[[Image:BW-toy WolfangMaximal.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Timber from ''G.I. Joe'' Crossovers...if such a toyline existed.]]
* [[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]]
* [[Sinnertwin (G1)|Sinnertwin]]
* [[Wolfang (Maximal)]] / [[Wolfang (Predacon)]] / [[K-9]] / [[BB|Max-B]]
* [[Weirdwolf]]
* [[Sixshot]]
* the [[Cub]]
* [[Silverbolt (BW)]] / [[Windrazor (BW)]] (partially)
* [[Quickstrike (BM)]]
* [[Noble]]
* [[Overbite (Classics)]] / [[Gredator]] / [[Razorclaw (SG)|Razorclaw (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Scavenger (Universe 2008)]]
* [[Bruticus (RID)]]
* [[Snarl (Cybertron)]]
* [[Beast-Bot|Preditron]]

===Felines===
'''Jaguars''' (''Panthera onca'')

* [[Ravage (G1)]] / [[Glit]] / [[Howlback]] / [[Ravage (SG)|Ravage (Shattered Glass)]]
* [[Panther]]
* [[Jaguarbreast]]
* [[Battle Ravage]] / [[Command Ravage]]
* [[Beast-Bot|Beast-Bot II]]

'''Tigers''' (''Panthera tigris'')
[[Image:Tigatron-HasbroToy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Tigertron after visiting a tanning salon.]]
* [[CatSCAN]]
* [[Rampage (G1)]]
* [[Snarl (Classics)]] / [[Apexus]] / [[Snow Cat (Universe)]] / [[Rampage (SG)|Rampage (Shattered Glass)]]
* [[Tigerbreast]]
* [[Toraizer]]
* [[Tigatron]]
* [[Tigerhawk]] / [[Razorclaw (Universe)]] (partially)
* [[Bantor]] (partially)
* [[Tigertron]] / [[George]]

'''Lions''' (''Panthera leo'')

* [[Angela]] / [[Dark Eggleo]] / [[Eggleo]]
* [[Lio Convoy]] / [[Black Lio Convoy]]
* [[Lionbreast]]
* [[Covenant|Leonicus]]
* [[Prowl (G1)]] / [[Lio Junior]]
* [[Razorclaw (G1)]]
* [[Lionizer]]
* [[Snarl (BM)]] / [[Alpha Trion (G1)]]
* [[Lione]]
* [[Steeljaw (G1)]] / [[Steeljaw (SG)]]
* [[Under-3]]
* [[Victory Leo]]
* [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] / [[Nemesis Breaker]]
* [[Steeljaw (Animated)]]

'''Cheetahs''' (''Acinonyx jubatus'')

[[Image:GBCheetorBioCard.jpg|right|200px|thumb|]]
* [[Cheetor (BW)]]
* [[Che]]
* [[Cataclysm (BW)]] / [[Cheetor (Armada)]]
* [[Cheetor (Go-Bots)]] / [[Chuck (Go-Bots)|Chuck]]

===Elephants/Mammoths===
* [[Shuffler]]
* [[Ironhide (G1)]] / [[Santon]]
* [[Torca]] / [[Elephorca]] (partially)
* [[Big Convoy]] / [[Black Big Convoy]] / [[Nemesis Prime (Universe 2003)]]
* [[Megatron (RID)|Galvatron (RID)]] / [[Deathsaurus (Victory)]]

===Equines===
* [[Battle Unicorn]] / [[Magna Stampede]]
* [[Dropshot (Armada)]] / [[Dropshot (SG)|Dropshot (Shattered Glass)]]
* [[Mach Kick]]
* [[Strada]]

===Rhinos===
[[Image:Transmetal rhinox toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Just when you thought a rhino's skin couldn't get any tougher,...]]
* [[Headstrong]]
* [[Ramhorn (G1)]]
* [[Rhinox (BW)]]
* [[Stranglehold]]
* [[Greatshot]]
* [[Hornbreast]]
* [[Top-Heavy]]
* [[Fire Beast]]
* [[Rhino]]
* [[Backstop (Cybertron)|Backstop]]
* [[Rhinox (Armada)]]
* [[Ramhorn (Animated)]]

===Bovids===
[[Image:Horribull bullhorn toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb]]
* [[Tantrum]]
* [[Noctorro]] (partially)
* [[Horri-Bull]]
* [[Longhorn (BM)]]
* [[Bonecrusher (BW)]] / [[Bighorn]]
* [[Bisonbreast]]
* [[Ramulus]] / [[Longhorn (Universe)]]

===Primates===
'''Gorillas''' (''Gorilla gorilla'')

* [[Apeface]]
* [[Apelinq]]
* [[Beastbox (G1)|Beastbox]]
* [[Optimus Primal]]
* [[Primal Prime]]
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)]]
* [[Beast-Bot|Gorillabot]] / [[Max]] / [[Beast-Bot]] / [[Gorilla-Bot]]

'''Humans''' (''Homo sapiens'')
[[Image:PretenderStarscream toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"I'm not an animal! I'm a <strike>human being</strike> Pretender shell!"]]
* [[Alice]]
* [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Bumblebee (G1)]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Cloudburst]]/[[Phoenix]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Crossblades (G1)]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Doubleheader]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Grimlock (G1)/toys|Grimlock (G1)]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Groundbreaker]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Jazz (G1)/toys|Jazz (G1)]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Landmine (G1)]]/[[Lander]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Metalhawk]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Michael Bay]] ''([[Hasbro]] jokingly produced a toy of him, included as an "[[easter egg]]" on the [[Transformers (2007)|live-action movie]] DVD.)''
* The [[new lab assistant]]
* [[Pincher]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Sari Sumdac]]
* [[Simon Furman]] ''(In a [[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|Titan]] magazine [[Letters page|letters column]], [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] joked that Furman was a [[Maximal]])''.
* [[Skyhammer (G1)]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Sky High (Pretender)]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Splashdown]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Starscream (G1)/toys|Starscream (G1)]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Stranglehold]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Vroom]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Waverider]]/[[Diver (Masterforce)]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Reflector (G1)#Alternity|Reflector (G1)]] (pretender shells only)

[[Category:Animals]]
[[Category:Earth]]
[[Category:Toys]]

Popular beast alternate modes

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When arriving on Earth, there are millions of animal species a [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] might scan for an [[alternate mode]]. Some genera, however, are extremely popular with Cybertronians.

'''TFWiki.net: The Transformers Wiki''' has certain requirements for an animal to be listed here. There must be at least '''three unique toy molds''' (or in-fiction appearances, in the case of non-toy bodies/characters) that share the beast mode. There must also be at least '''one unique character per mold'''—a single character getting numerous revamps in similar bodies over the years would not count as a "popular mode."

Each mold is listed on its own line, with all different-character decoes/[[Retool|retools]] on the same line. The list is organized in chronological order of toy release.

:''See also'': [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes]], [[Non-vehicle non-beast alternate modes]], [[General Motors]]

==Arthropods==
===Insects===
====Stag beetles (family Lucanidae)====
[[Image:G1 Chopshop toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Not [[Pokeformers|Pinsir]].]]
* [[Shrapnel (G1)]] / [[Zaptrap]]
* [[Chop Shop]]
* [[Insecticon (BW)]]
* [[Beetle]]
* [[Scarem]]

====Scarabs and rhinoceros beetles (family Scarabaeidae)====
* [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] / [[Bombshell (SG)| Bombshell (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Salvo]]
* [[Barrage (Insecticon)]]
* [[Ram Horn]] / [[Motorarm (BWII)]]
* [[Needler]]
* [[Insecticon (Energon)]]

====Grasshoppers and locusts (order Caelifera)====
* [[Kickback (G1)]] / [[Kickback (SG)|Kickback (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Shothole]] / [[Non-Biological Extraterrestrial|NBE 125]]
* [[Ransack (G1)]]
* [[Scourge (BW)]]

====Wasps and ants (order Hymenoptera)====
[[Image:Waspinatortelemocha.jpg|right|thumb|250px|A rare shot of Waspinator not getting blown up.]]
* [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] / [[Starscream (G1)]] {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)}}
* [[Buzz Saw]]
* [[Dirge (BWII)|Dirgegun]]
* [[Injector]] / [[Rartorata]] (partially)
* [[Inferno (BW)]] / [[Antagony]]
* [[Scavenger (BW)]]
* [[Buzzer-Bot]] / [[Billy (Go-Bots)]]
* [[Wasp|Waspinator (Animated)]]

===Spiders===
''Black Widow Spiders'' (''Latrodectus mactans'')

* [[Blackarachnia (BW)]]
* [[Arcee (G1)]]
* [[Crystal Widow]]
* [[Blackarachnia (Animated)]]

===Scorpions===
[[Image:BWtoy-ScorponokMega.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Willing to trade his bee for a city mode.]]
* [[Double Punch]]
* [[Pincher]]
* [[Poison Bite]]
* [[Scorpia]]
* [[Scorponok (G1)]] / [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]]
* [[Scorponok (BW)]] / [[Sandstorm (BW)]]
* [[Quickstrike (BW)]] (partially)
* [[Scorpulator]]
* [[Scorponok (Energon)]] / [[Scorponok (Energon)|Dark Scorponok]]
* [[Scorponok (Movie)]]

===Crabs===
* [[Covenant|Cancix]]
* [[Octopunch]]
* [[Rampage (BW)]] / [[Shokaract]]
* [[Razorclaw (BW)]] / [[Rockbuster]]
* [[Razor-Sharp]]
* [[Crab spy]]

==Chondrichthyes==
===Rays===
''Manta Ray'' (''Manta birostris'')
[[Image:BM-toy Hammerstrike.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Starring in the next ''Shark Attack'' movie.]]
*[[Seawing (G1)|Seawing]] / [[Kraken]] / [[Terrormander]]
*[[Manta Ray (BW)]]
*[[Depth Charge (BW)]]

===Sharks===
''Hammerhead shark'' (genus ''Sphyrna'' and others)

*[[Cybershark]] / [[Starscream (BWII)|Hellscream]] / [[Overbite (Universe)]]
*[[Air Hammer]] (partially)
*[[Cybershark|Hammerstrike]] / [[Sharkticon (G1)]] {{storylink|Betrayal}}

==Dragons==
[[Image:Cryotekridtoy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Moonlights as a Yu-Gi-Oh! card.]]
* [[Mechatron]]
* [[Megatron (BW)]]
* [[Cryotek (RID)|Cryotek]]
* [[Doublecross]]
* [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]] / [[Deathsaurus (SG)| Deathsaurus (Shattered Glass)]]
* ''Likely'' [[Esmeral (Victory)|Esmeral]] / [[Esmeral (SG)| Esmeral (Shattered Glass)]]
* [[Galvatron (BWII)]] / [[Unicron]]
* [[Nightscream (Classics)]] / [[Dragoyell]] / [[Brimstone (Universe)]]
* [[Noble|Savage]]
* [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]]
* [[Hun-Gurrr]]
* [[Megatron (RID)]]
* [[Scourge (Cybertron)]] / [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] (Classics) / [[Bruticus (RID)]]

==Reptiles==
===Crocodylians===
[[Image:BWtoy-MegatronBasic.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Don't flush him down the toilet.]]
''American alligator'' (''Alligator mississippiensis'')

* [[Skullcruncher]]
* [[Megatron (BW)]]
* [[Terragator]] (partially)
* [[Soundwave (BW)]]
* [[Gatoraider]]

===Turtles===
''Snapping turtles'' (genera ''Chelydra'' and ''Macroclemmys'')

* [[Snaptrap (G1)|Snaptrap]] / [[Turtler]] / [[Halfshell]]
* [[Snapper]]
* [[Terragator]] (partially)

===Snakes===
''Cobras'' (genus ''Naja'' and others)

* [[Cohrada]]
* [[Quickstrike (BW)]] (partially)
* [[Night Viper]] (even though vipers aren't cobras)
* [[Deathcobra's Breast Animal]] (presumably)

===Lizards===
* [[Geckobot]]
* [[Sky Shadow (BW)]] / [[Drancron]] (partially)
* [[Buzzclaw (BW)]] / [[Buzzclaw (Timelines)]] / [[Dirge (Timelines)]] / [[Virulent Clone]] / [[Repugnus (Universe)]] (partially)
* [[Wreckloose (Cybertron)]]
* [[Iguanus (BW)]] / [[Crazybolt]]
* [[Reptilion]]

===Dinosaurs===
====''Tyrannosaurus''====
[[Image:BM T-Wrecks toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"Down, Dino. Down, boy! Down, boy! Down!!"]]
* [[Grimlock (G1)]] / NBE 08
* [[Overkill (G1)]] / [[Overkill (SG)]]
* [[Gōryū|Gōryū (Victory)]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Megatron (BW)]] / [[T-Wrecks]]
* [[Trypticon (G1)]] / [[Megastorm|Gigastorm]]
* [[Tyrannitron]]
* [[Terrorsaur (Classics)]] / [[Gnashteeth]] / [[Chromebite]] / [[Ransack (Universe 2008)]]
* [[Predacon (Armada)]]
* [[Grimlock (Energon)]]
* [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron (Cybertron)]] / [[Cindersaur]]
* [[Grimlock (Animated)]]
* [[Grimlock (SG)]]
* [[Goryu (SG)]]

====''Triceratops''====
* [[Slag (G1)]]
* [[Kakuryū]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Guiledart]] / [[Triceradon (BM)]] / [[Triceradon (Dinobots)]]
* [[Knockdown (Classics)]] / [[Ironlunge]] / [[Stockade (Universe 2008)]]
* [[Snarl (Animated)]]

====''Stegosaurus''====
[[Image:G1Snarl toy.jpg|220px|thumb|"[[Slag (G1)|Slag]] stole my name." :'(]]
* [[Snarl (G1)]]
* [[Slugfest (G1)]] / [[Slugfest (SG)|Slugfest (Shattered Glass)]]
* [[Doryū]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Saberback]] / [[Striker]] / [[Snarl (Dinobots)]]
* [[Hacksaw]]

====''Appatosaurus''====
* [[Sludge (G1)]]
* [[Saur]]
* [[Rairyū]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Zaur]]

====''Velociraptor''====
* [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]]
* [[Dinobot II]] / [[Rapticon]]
* [[Grimlock (G1)]] / [[Thrust (BWII)|Thrustor]] / [[Grimlock (Dinobots)]]
* [[Razor Claw]]
* [[Reptron]] / [[Dino-Bot (Go-Bots)]] / [[Greg]]

===Pterosaurs===
====''Pteranodon''====
[[Image:Cybertron Brimstone toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|]]
* [[Swoop (G1)]]
* [[Graphy]]
* [[Yokuryū]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] / [[Fractyl]] / [[Lazorbeak]] / [[Hydra (BWN)|Hydra]] / [[Terranotron (Dinobots)]]
* [[Terranotron (BM)]] / [[Terrorsaur (Armada)]] / [[Ravenus]]
* [[Reptix]] / [[Windrazor (Universe)]]
* [[Swoop (Energon)]]
* [[Brimstone (Cybertron)]] / [[Swoop (SG)|Swoop (Shattered Glass)]]
* [[Swoop (Animated)]]

==Birds==
''Eagles'' (order Accipitriformes)
* [[Divebomb (G1)]]
* [[Squawktalk]]
* [[Eaglebreast]]
* [[Silverbolt (G1)]] / [[Skywarp (BWII)]]
* [[Silverbolt (BW)]] / [[Windrazor (BW)]] (partially)
* [[Screech (Action Master)|Screech]]
* [[Dreadwing (Classics)]] / [[Wedge Shape]] / [[Longview (Universe)]]
* [[Divebomb (SG)| Divebomb (Shattered Glass)]]

''Condors'' (genera ''Vultur'' and ''Gymnogyps'')

* [[Laserbeak (G1)]] / [[Buzzsaw (G1)]] / [[Garboil (G1)]] / [[Sundor]] / [[Non-Biological Extraterrestrial|NBE 57]] / [[Laserbeak (SG)|Laserbeak (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Buzzsaw (SG)|Buzzsaw (Shattered Glass)]]
* [[Silverbolt (BW)]]
* [[Laserbeak (Cybertron)]] / [[Hell Buzzsaw]] / [[Blockrock]]
* [[Booster X10]] / [[Night Beat 7]]
* [[Laserbeak (Animated)]] / [[Buzzsaw (Animated)]] / [[Garboil (Animated)]] / [[Sunder]]

''Hawks and falcons'' (order Falconiformes)
[[Image:Airazorbwtfmtoy1.jpg|right|thumb|250px|It's a bird! It's a plane! It's both!]]
* [[Hawkbreast]]
* [[Wingspan]]
* [[Doubledealer]] / [[Clouder|Doubleclouder]]
* [[Airazor (BW)]]
* [[Tigerhawk]] / [[Razorclaw (Universe)]] (partially)
* [[Air Hammer]] (partially)
* [[Sights]]
* [[Airazor (Armada)]]
* [[Divebomb (Energon)]] / [[Blackout (Terrorcon)|Blackout (Energon)]]

==Mammals==
===Bats===
[[Image:G1Ratbat toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|He tried to get a recurring role in ''Batman Beyond''.]]
* [[Kōmoribreast]]
* [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]
* [[Nightscream (BM)]]
* [[Nightshriek]] / [[True One]]
* [[Noctorro]] (partially)
* [[Optimus Primal]] / [[Onyx Primal]]
* [[Ratbat (G1)]] / [[Ratbat (SG)|Ratbat (Shattered Glass)]]
* [[Skar]] / [[Clouder]]
* [[Sonar (BW)]]
* [[Soundwave (BW)]]
* [[Megatron (RID)]]
* [[Ratbat (Animated)]]

===Ursines===
'''Bears''' (genus ''Ursus'')

* [[Chainclaw (G1)]]
* [[Grizzly-1]] / [[Polar Claw]] / [[Survive]]
* [[Icebird]]
* [[Kuma Kinkin]]

===Canines===
'''Wolves / Dogs''' (''Canis lupus'')
[[Image:BW-toy WolfangMaximal.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Timber from ''G.I. Joe'' Crossovers...if such a toyline existed.]]
* [[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]]
* [[Sinnertwin (G1)|Sinnertwin]]
* [[Wolfang (Maximal)]] / [[Wolfang (Predacon)]] / [[K-9]] / [[BB|Max-B]]
* [[Weirdwolf]]
* [[Sixshot]]
* the [[Cub]]
* [[Silverbolt (BW)]] / [[Windrazor (BW)]] (partially)
* [[Quickstrike (BM)]]
* [[Noble]]
* [[Overbite (Classics)]] / [[Gredator]] / [[Razorclaw (SG)|Razorclaw (Shattered Glass)]] / [[Scavenger (Universe 2008)]]
* [[Bruticus (RID)]]
* [[Snarl (Cybertron)]]
* [[Beast-Bot|Preditron]]

===Felines===
'''Jaguars''' (''Panthera onca'')

* [[Ravage (G1)]] / [[Glit]] / [[Howlback]] / [[Ravage (SG)|Ravage (Shattered Glass)]]
* [[Panther]]
* [[Jaguarbreast]]
* [[Battle Ravage]] / [[Command Ravage]]
* [[Beast-Bot|Beast-Bot II]]

'''Tigers''' (''Panthera tigris'')
[[Image:Tigatron-HasbroToy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Tigertron after visiting a tanning salon.]]
* [[CatSCAN]]
* [[Rampage (G1)]]
* [[Snarl (Classics)]] / [[Apexus]] / [[Snow Cat (Universe)]] / [[Rampage (SG)|Rampage (Shattered Glass)]]
* [[Tigerbreast]]
* [[Toraizer]]
* [[Tigatron]]
* [[Tigerhawk]] / [[Razorclaw (Universe)]] (partially)
* [[Bantor]] (partially)
* [[Tigertron]] / [[George]]

'''Lions''' (''Panthera leo'')

* [[Angela]] / [[Dark Eggleo]] / [[Eggleo]]
* [[Lio Convoy]] / [[Black Lio Convoy]]
* [[Lionbreast]]
* [[Covenant|Leonicus]]
* [[Prowl (G1)]] / [[Lio Junior]]
* [[Razorclaw (G1)]]
* [[Lionizer]]
* [[Snarl (BM)]] / [[Alpha Trion (G1)]]
* [[Lione]]
* [[Steeljaw (G1)]] / [[Steeljaw (SG)]]
* [[Under-3]]
* [[Victory Leo]]
* [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] / [[Nemesis Breaker]]
* [[Steeljaw (Animated)]]

'''Cheetahs''' (''Acinonyx jubatus'')

[[Image:GBCheetorBioCard.jpg|right|200px|thumb|]]
* [[Cheetor (BW)]]
* [[Che]]
* [[Cataclysm (BW)]] / [[Cheetor (Armada)]]
* [[Cheetor (Go-Bots)]] / [[Chuck (Go-Bots)|Chuck]]

===Elephants/Mammoths===
* [[Shuffler]]
* [[Ironhide (G1)]] / [[Santon]]
* [[Torca]] / [[Elephorca]] (partially)
* [[Big Convoy]] / [[Black Big Convoy]] / [[Nemesis Prime (Universe 2003)]]
* [[Megatron (RID)|Galvatron (RID)]] / [[Deathsaurus (Victory)]]

===Equines===
* [[Battle Unicorn]] / [[Magna Stampede]]
* [[Dropshot (Armada)]] / [[Dropshot (SG)|Dropshot (Shattered Glass)]]
* [[Mach Kick]]
* [[Strada]]

===Rhinos===
[[Image:Transmetal rhinox toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Just when you thought a rhino's skin couldn't get any tougher,...]]
* [[Headstrong]]
* [[Ramhorn (G1)]]
* [[Rhinox (BW)]]
* [[Stranglehold]]
* [[Greatshot]]
* [[Hornbreast]]
* [[Top-Heavy]]
* [[Fire Beast]]
* [[Rhino]]
* [[Backstop (Cybertron)|Backstop]]
* [[Rhinox (Armada)]]
* [[Ramhorn (Animated)]]

===Bovids===
[[Image:Horribull bullhorn toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb]]
* [[Tantrum]]
* [[Noctorro]] (partially)
* [[Horri-Bull]]
* [[Longhorn (BM)]]
* [[Bonecrusher (BW)]] / [[Bighorn]]
* [[Bisonbreast]]
* [[Ramulus]] / [[Longhorn (Universe)]]

===Primates===
'''Gorillas''' (''Gorilla gorilla'')

* [[Apeface]]
* [[Apelinq]]
* [[Beastbox (G1)|Beastbox]]
* [[Optimus Primal]]
* [[Primal Prime]]
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)]]
* [[Beast-Bot|Gorillabot]] / [[Max]] / [[Beast-Bot]] / [[Gorilla-Bot]]

'''Humans''' (''Homo sapiens'')
[[Image:PretenderStarscream toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"I'm not an animal! I'm a <strike>human being</strike> Pretender shell!"]]
* [[Alice]]
* [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Bumblebee (G1)]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Cloudburst]]/[[Phoenix]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Crossblades (G1)]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Doubleheader]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Grimlock (G1)/toys|Grimlock (G1)]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Groundbreaker]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Jazz (G1)/toys|Jazz (G1)]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Landmine (G1)]]/[[Lander]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Metalhawk]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Michael Bay]] ''([[Hasbro]] jokingly produced a toy of him, included as an "[[easter egg]]" on the [[Transformers (2007)|live-action movie]] DVD.)''
* The [[new lab assistant]]
* [[Pincher]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Sari Sumdac]]
* [[Simon Furman]] ''(In a [[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|Titan]] magazine [[Letters page|letters column]], [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] joked that Furman was a [[Maximal]])''.
* [[Skyhammer (G1)]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Sky High (Pretender)]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Splashdown]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Starscream (G1)/toys|Starscream (G1)]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Stranglehold]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Vroom]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Waverider]]/[[Diver (Masterforce)]] (pretender shell only)
* [[Reflector (G1)#Alternity|Reflector (G1)]] (pretender shells only)

[[Category:Animals]]
[[Category:Earth]]
[[Category:Toys]]

Masters & Students

2011-02-18T21:28:25Z

24.21.71.55: /* Synopsis */

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|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' ep 6
|prev=Darkness Rising, Part 5
|next=Scrapheap (episode)
|image=Masters&Students-SkyquakePrimefaceoff.jpg
|caption="One shall stand, one-" "Yeah yeah, 'one shall fall'. We've all heard it a million times now, Prime."
|title="Masters & Students"
|airdate=[[February 11]], [[2011]]
|written by=[[David Slack]]
|directed by=[[Todd Waterman]]
|animation studio=[[Digitalscape]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
}}

'''While Skyquake battles Optimus Prime, Starscream recovers the nearly dead Megatron.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]] reviews the footage of [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]]'s destruction and decides to make a rousing speech to the [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]] troops. When one of the troops questions whether they have any chance of defeating the Autobots without Megatron, Starscream proclaims himself [[Emperor of Destruction]], but is disappointed with the less-than-enthusiastic response from his men. Starscream recalls that there is a [[Decepticon]] on the planet who is worthy to follow him.

[[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] is unhappy about how their recent conflict turned out, as he had still hoped to convince Megatron that peace was possible. His conversation with [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] is interrupted by an explosion, but it's just [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]]'s volcano—the kids are working on their science projects with the help of their guardian [[Autobot]]s. Ratchet's annoyed about the whole matter, but Optimus thinks it's a good opportunity to learn more about Earth.

Hanging out near a canyon in the desert, [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] detects one of the many warriors left on Earth aeons ago to protect the [[energon (fuel)|energon]] deposits. He and Starscream head over to find the lost [[Decepticon]].

Raf and Bumblebee discuss 'Bee's lowly status in the Autobot army. Bumblebee aspires to become part of the warrior class, but Optimus says Bumblebee has much to learn before he can reach that rank. The base sensors detect the Decepticon activity in the desert, so Optimus decides to head out with Ratchet. Ratchet makes a quick excuse that he needs to help the kids with their projects, so Optimus takes Bumblebee instead.

Starscream and Soundwave haul the warrior out of the ground and use an [[energon cube]] to revive him, revealing him to be none other than [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]]. Skyquake announces he still serves Megatron, and he doesn't take kindly to Starscream declaring himself leader. They're interrupted by Optimus, who's familiar with Skyquake from the [[Battle of Technar]]. Optimus tries to talk peace, but Starscream will only agree to a truce if Optimus bows to him. Skyquake's patience has run out, and, knocking Starscream aside, he charges Optimus. Starscream retires to a nearby clifftop with Soundwave and muses that all Decepticons will follow him once Skyquake destroys Prime while under his command. Optimus and Skyquake trade fire, but Bumblebee decides to take the initiative and attacks Skyquake as well. Starscream orders Soundwave to record it all. Optimus observes that Skyquake hasn't yet taken on a [[Alternate mode|vehicle mode]], so the two Autobots transform and fall back.

Meanwhile Ratchet is "helping" Raf build a volcano, in that's he's pretty much building it himself, and he intends to help Miko and Jack with their projects also.

[[Image:Masters&Students-BeeQuake.jpg|left|thumb|250px|this is for stealing my dog!]]

Having lost sight of the combatants, Soundwave picks up a Decepticon signal from the location of the [[space bridge]] explosion. Starscream tries to dismiss it as a false signal, but realizes he has to investigate it to keep up appearances. He leaves Soundwave, who surreptitiously dispatches the [[Deployer (Prime)|Minicon]] from his chest to follow his master.

[[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]] investigates the communications coming from the area. He arrives on the scene just as Optimus and Bumblebee have managed to knock Skyquake down, and the Decepticon [[Scanning|scans]] his hi-tech jet. Taking to the air, Skyquake strafes the Autobots below, only for Fowler to attack him in turn. Skyquake fires some heat-seeking missiles at the human, who manages to evade them.

Starscream arrives at the space bridge debris and is disappointed to find Megatron floating in space. The Decepticon leader is barely sustained by a sliver of [[Dark Energon]], which Starscream rips from him. Starscream then spies Soundwave's drone and, realizing he's being watched, is forced to transport Megatron back to the sick bay on the ''[[Nemesis (Prime)|Nemesis]]''.

[[Image:Masters&Students-Megatronstasis.jpg|right|thumb|250px|]]

As the chase below continues, Bumblebee jumps onto Skyquake, who unsuccessfully tries to knock the Autobot off. Optimus asks for Fowler's help, as high above the desert, Bumblebee rips pieces out of Skyquake, sending the Decepticon into a crash dive. Fowler draws alongside so Bumblebee can jump aboard his jet before Skyquake crashes into the ground below. Optimus observes that had Skyquake chosen peace, they would not be burying him.

Back at base, repairs on Bumblebee are complete, and Prime commends him on his performance. The kids arrive back with the news that Ratchet's science projects did not go down well; the Autobot Medic had built Miko a model of Cybertron rather then the solar system, Jack a flying saw, and Raf a volcano that blew a hole right through the school roof. Ratchet is disappointed.

On board the ''Nemesis'', the Decepticons have gotten Megatron into [[Stasis lock|stasis]], and Starscream ''sincerely'' hopes he gets better.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] (5)
*[[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] (6)
*[[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] (8)
*[[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (10)
*[[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] (12)

|c2=
*[[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] (1)
*[[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]] (2)
*[[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] (3)
*[[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (4)
*[[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]] (13)

|c3=
*[[Raf Esquivel]] (7)
*[[Miko Nakadai]] (9)
*[[Jack Darby]] (11)
*[[William Fowler]] (14)

}}

==Quotes==
"If we failed to conquer Earth under Lord Megatron's command, what hope do we have now while the Autobots still defend it?" 
"Ah, allow me to be crystal clear: I studied for millennia under our former master, thus I am ''equipped'' to lead you—I, Megatron's true heir, Lord Starscream, [[Emperor of Destruction]]!" 
[''Vehicons murmur'']
:— The '''Vehicons''' find '''Starscream''' leaves a lot to be desired.

''[Holding up an exhaust pipe]'' "Maybe it needs one of these doohickeys..." 
"You're a motorcycle, Arcee. Shouldn't you know how to build a motorcycle engine?" 
"You're a human, Jack. Can you build me a small intestine?"
:— '''Arcee''' and '''Jack''' attempt to build a motorcycle

"Air superiority achieved!" 
:— '''Skyquake''' does an impression of [[Omega Supreme (Prime)|Omega Supreme]].

==Notes==
*'''Cameos''': School teachers (voice only)
===Animation or technical errors===
[[Image:MastersandStudents-Skyquakeunderjet.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Fowler's jet has this stuff too, but in gray.]]
*Fowler flies a jet without wearing a jumpsuit, helmet, or oxygen mask.
*Weirder still, Fowler's jet already has Skyquake's arms and legs attached as undercarriage. No wonder Skyquake wanted to scan it.
*Starscream finds Megatron in space because he hears Megatron gasping in pain. However, sound cannot travel in a vacuum. It could be excused as Megatron broadcasting via a radio transmission, but a short time later, Starscream is alerted to the presence of Soundwave's drone by the sound of it flying through space.
*Bumblebee's optic sensors look different from the previous episodes, as if they are missing their central part.
*In the first shot when an Eradicon gets Starscream's attention during the latter's speech about the loss of Megatron, Starscream's image on the screen is seen turning in the opposite direction, as if giving his back to a camera. In the next sequence, the image on the screen is seen as if the camera were now at the same angle of the viewer.
* The close-up on Agent Fowler before Bumblebee jumps off his jet is the same used in the sequence where he says "I still got it", only mirrored.

===Continuity errors===
*Optimus claims Skyquake can't transform because he hasn't scanned a vehicle mode yet, but why doesn't he still have a Cybertronian mode?
*Soundwave is on the ground when Skyquake awakens, but is suddenly on top of the canyon behind them when Starscream retreats.

===Transformers references===
*Starscream styles himself "[[Emperor of Destruction]]", the title used in the Japanese continuities for the leader of the Decepticons.
*As described in ''[[Exodus: The Official History of the War for Cybertron|Exodus]]'', Ratchet's model of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] has [[Moonbase One|two]] [[Moonbase Two|moons]].

===Foreign dubbing===

===Real-world references===

===Trivia===
*Starscream is ''very'' touchy-feely with Megatron's body at the site of the explosion. The writers walked right into ''that'' slash plot.
*Skyquake is, up to this point, the only 'bot to have a hand-held gun, as everyone else has guns that are either equipped to their wrists or transformed from their hands.
*Fowler's first name is mentioned onscreen for the first time. It had previously been revealed in the credits for "[[Darkness Rising, Part 3]]".

==Home video releases==

==External links==

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[[Category:Prime episodes]]

Starscream (WFC)

2011-02-18T21:18:22Z

24.21.71.55: /* Prime cartoon */

{{faction|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Starscream}}
:''Starscream is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Prime]] [[continuity family]].''
[[Image:StarscreamPrime.jpg|thumb|300px|Cos you know, I'm bad, I'm bad, come on, you know it, I'm bad!]]
'''Starscream''' was an Air Commander of the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]s, [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s finest air warriors. His dream was to recover the [[Matrix of Leadership]] and become the [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] that would return the Transformers to the [[Golden Age]], and he saw opportunity with the rebel upstart [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]]. A patient and polite schemer, Starscream used to wish Megatron would drop the heroic anti-[[caste system|caste]] charade and be more honest about his lust for power.

These days, he alternatively wishes Megatron would stop being ''absolutely bugnuts'' with his lust for power and chafes under having to work for such a madman. While he serves as Megatron's right-hand man, he constantly looks for a way to become the commander himself and Megatron knows it: his expertise in patient planning is the only reason he's left alive. He is ''not'' a happy bunny when his careful, patient plans and operations are sacrificed by Megatron on whims.

He may be a scientist, but [[Starscream (Prime)#Notes|we're not quite sure]].

{{quote|Perfect, just like the one who fired it!|Starscream after achieving a headshot|''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron]]''}}

==Fiction==
===''Exodus: The History of the War for Cybertron''===
Starscream may or may not have had a history as a scientist. Regardless of what he did prior, in the early days before the war began he was one of the leaders of the Cybertronian Air Command. When [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] fell into chaos following bombings by [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]]'s [[Decepticon]] followers, Starscream was posted as [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel Prime]]'s bodyguard. He was with the Prime at [[Altihex]] Casino during a performance by comedian [[Armorhide (Prime)|Armorhide]] when the Decepticons attacked. Sentinel's attempt to flee rather than fight back made Starscream ashamed of his leader, so he had [[Skywarp (Prime)|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (Prime)|Thundercracker]] take him to [[Kaon]] Prison rather than the safety of [[Iacon (city-state)|Iacon]]. This earned him loyalty with Megatron, but wary of how sour a revolution could quickly turn Starscream opted not to be directly involved in the gladiator's operations, posting his Seekers at [[Moonbase One|Moon Base One]] and [[Trypticon (Prime)|Trypticon]] Station. Megatron was intrigued by why Starscream wanted to occupy "that semi-sentient pile of junk" but despite [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Orion Pax]]'s research they found no clues, with information regarding the Station seemingly censored.

Whenever Starscream's Seekers were present, the Decepticons were victorious in battle against the [[Autobot]]s. Starscream however, found Megatron's strategies overly convoluted. As the war devolved into a siege of Iacon, Megatron and [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]], by probing into forgotten areas of the [[DataNet]], discovered Trypticon was a storage of [[Dark Energon]], the life essence of [[Unicron]]. When questioned, Starscream explained since even the Air Command was not sure what Dark Energon was, he had forbidden its use, fearing the damage Megatron's gladiators would unleash. Megatron forgave Starscream, noting how he "was smart enough to be afraid of it", and was granted access.

Starscream sent a message to the Autobots proposing a meeting. Optimus only granted him a communication channel. Starscream stated if the Autobots did not know what Dark Energon was (they did) they would need to find out — and asked what would he could expect from them if something happened to Megatron. Optimus replied that he sought a just peace. Starscream said he understood, broke off the conversation and flew to [[Kaon]] Prison where Sentinel was held. Starscream offered Sentinel a chance to redeem his cowardly behavior at Altihex. The ultimate aim of this road to becoming Decepticon leader was to become [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] in a peace settlement with Optimus, and lead Cybertron back to its [[Golden Age]]. Starscream then flew to Moon Base One when Megatron ordered him to Trypticon, where he found the Decepticons had invaded the Station and slaughtered and maimed his scientists.

Megatron and [[Shockwave (Prime)|Shockwave]] forced Starscream to select two survivors to absorb [[Dark Energon]], for what was a successful experiment. Requiring more for the Decepticon war effort, Megatron ordered Starscream to capture the [[Geosynchronous Energon Bridge]], below the ruins of [[Crystal City]]. Empowered by his first taste of Dark Energon, Starscream activated the device that transmitted Energon to the Station for it to be Darkened. But the Bridge still did not produce enough, and Starscream was ordered to find the Code [[Key of Power]] and [[Key of Justice]] to the [[Plasma energy|Plasma Energy Chamber]] underneath the [[High Council Tower]] in Iacon. Starscream decided it was time to release Sentinel, renouncing Dark Energon after realizing Megatron had turned his soldiers into addicts. Starscream found the Key of Power within the [[Hall of Justice]] and flew underground to find his plan had failed, as Megatron had mortally wounded Sentinel. He could see within Sentinel's body was the Key of Justice, but was prevented from taking it by [[Blackout (Prime)|Blackout]]. Megatron fought Starscream to a standstill, sparing him because he realized he was a better soldier than a would-be example.

As Megatron entered the Chamber, [[Teletraan-1]] activated the legendary [[Omega Supreme (Prime)|Omega Supreme]] to fly it away. Aware Starscream had a better chance of escaping Omega's awakening, Megatron ordered Starscream and his Seekers to down Omega, in exchange for more Dark Energon. Giving up on his attempt to give up his addiction, Starscream gleefully accepted and they successfully blew Omega out of the sky, allowing the Decepticons to retrieve the Chamber and corrupt the [[core]]. As Cybertron became uninhabitable, the Autobots left on the largest starship ever built - the ''[[Ark (Prime)|Ark]]''. Starscream left the planet with Megatron as they gave pursuit on Trypticon, now a ''Nemesis''-class supercruiser. The two ships entered a [[space bridge]], which separated the two ships to unknown parts of space... {{storylink|Exodus: The Official History of the War for Cybertron}}

===''Transformers: Prime'' comics===
[[Image:Primecomic-Starscream.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Hey, look, a backscratcher!]]
Starscream had been on [[Earth]] at some point, but was assigned by Megatron to scour the galaxy for remnants of space bridge technology. Returning to their dead homeworld, Starscream built a weapons lab in Kaon and began building a space bridge. He was informed by his [[Vehicon (Prime)|Eradicon]]s elsewhere they had apprehended the Autobot spy [[Cliffjumper (Prime)|Cliffjumper]]. Later, after basking in the glory of successfully activating the space bridge that would return them to Earth and its [[Energon (fuel)|Energon]], Starscream realized Cliffjumper was present. The Autobot claimed to be freed by his captors after defecting to the Decepticons, and warned them of [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]]: this ruse successfully distracted Starscream long enough for Arcee to activate and overload the space bridge, but he jumped in after them moments before the lab was blown sky high.

Falling to Earth, a dazed Starscream picked up a [[bunny rabbit]], commenting that [[human]]s were smaller than he remembered. [[Scanning]] a fleet of jets flying overhead, he found Cliffjumper and Arcee driving on a road and launched a missile at them. He picked up Arcee's blown off arm and started battering Cliffjumper with it, but the Autobot blew up the rock formation above them and crushed Starscream with the rubble. Having received Starscream's signal, [[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]] came to his rescue, and the duo pursued and overwhelmed the Autobots. Just as Starscream was about to send them back to the [[AllSpark (Prime)|AllSpark]], Optimus jumped and landed on him, while gunning Breakdown away. As Starscream greeted his opponent, [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] tapped him on the shoulder and sent him flying. Optimus opted not to finish the job, allowing Starscream to escape and fight another day as he got Cliffjumper and Arcee to base. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime (comic)}}
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===''Prime'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor'': [[Steve Blum]] (English)
[[Image:DarknessRising1-Starscreamsneer.jpg|right|thumb|300px|One look sells him as Starscream.]]
[[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] had left [[Earth]] for the depths of space three years ago, leaving Starscream in charge. Starscream spent his time sending out [[Vehicon (Prime)|Decepticon grunts]] to search for [[Energon (fuel)|Energon]] deposits, and managed to set up a lucrative energon mine in secret. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}} One energon search was intercepted by the Autobot [[Cliffjumper (Prime)|Cliffjumper]]. Once Cliffjumper was defeated, Starscream had him brought aboard his ship, where his captive asked where Megatron was. Assuring the defeated Autobot that he was his own master, he stabbed Cliffjumper with his fist, causing the Autobot to bleed out and finally succumb to his wounds. [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] played back a transmission of Cliffjumper and Arcee's last conversation, and Starscream declared she would be their next target, sending two drones after her.

Later, Soundwave picked up deep space transmissions, and a hesitant Starscream opened the space bridge for Megatron's return. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}} Welcoming him to his energon mine, Starscream asked (quite snarkily) whether Megatron had raised a new army in his three year absence. His leader replied he had recovered [[Dark Energon]], the blood of Unicron himself, to the Seeker's concern; then he asked if Starscream were willing to make the ultimate sacrifice, to test its abilities to raise the dead. Starscream ''declined'' his unhinged commander's request, offering Cliffjumper's corpse for the experiment. It resulted in a rabid [[zombie]] whose rampage was only stopped by Megatron slicing it in half: Starscream was left confused and unnerved by the idea Megatron intended to weaponise such things.

The zombie's activation made the Autobots think Cliffjumper was alive and they raided Starscream's energon mine to find it. Starscream reported this to Megatron, upset about losing the place, and was ordered to his annoyance to bomb the mine: Megatron believed Optimus survived, however. Feeling he had not spent enough time exploring Dark Energon's secrets, he promptly stabbed a shard into his spark, and Starscream looked in horror as a purple light infused Megatron's body... {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}}

[[Image:DarknessRising3-interrogateFowler.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"No, Mister Fowler, I expect you to be saved at the last minute!"]]
With the success of the experiment, Megatron took off for parts unknown, leaving Starscream in charge once more. Starscream confided in Soundwave that he thought Megatron had gone a bit batty, and Soundwave responded by playing a sound byte of their master's last order. When Soundwave later picked up [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]]'s transmissions, Starscream ordered the human be brought to him. This done, he attempted to interrogate Fowler, who responded not only responded with sarcasm but demanded to see the "manager". Starscream, enraged, called for an energon prod. He offered Fowler one last chance, and when it was thrown back in his face, Starscream began jabbing Fowler with the prod, noting that energon and the human nervous system shouldn't mix.{{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 3}}

[[Image:Tfprimestarscreamsteppedon.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Bosses, always stepping on the little guy...]]
The torture eventually weakened Fowler' to the point where he almost gave the location of the Autobot's base. However, the sound of battle outside brought about a bout of sarcasm. An annoyed Starscream shocked Fowler into unconsciousness before ordering a pair of Vehicons to find the source of the commotion. After Fowler regained consciousness, he proved to be dazed and incapable of answering anything. When Bulkhead and Bumblebee arrived and aimed their guns at Starscream, the 'Con in turn threatened to kill Fowler, only to discover that Arcee was perched above him, aiming her gun at his head. A stand off ensued, until another outburst by Fowler distracted Starscream, allowing the Autobots to fire on him. Realizing his disadvantage, Starscream fled. Once Megatron returned to the ship, he was outraged at Starscream's actions and proceeded to beat his subordinate for "delaying his plans". Starscream managed to quell his master's anger by announcing he had a way to get their plans back on course. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 4}}

[[Image:DarknessRising5-ohgeez.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Mommy.]]
As it turned out, his plan was to send Soundwave down to use a radio dish array on Earth to set the space bridge's target. He kept a close eye on the team of Autobots who had appeared on the space bridge, confiding in Megatron that he thought they were up to something. When the space bridge appeared to veer off course, he contacted Soundwave to find out what was going on. Once the technical difficulties were sorted, Starscream opened the space bridge so that Megatron could throw the chunk of Dark Energon though. Starscream moved the ship back to a safe distance when the fighting on the rim of the space bridge became more intense, while imploring his master to withdraw as well. Alas, the space bridge exploded, apparently taking Megatron with it, and Starscream gave a brief eulogy before declaring himself leader. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 5}}

{{spoilers|Masters & Students|18 February 2011}}
Hiding his joy at Megatron's demise, Starscream gave a speech to the troops, only for it to receive a lukewarm reception at best. Recalling that the Decepticons had left warriors on Earth to guard the energon deposits, Starscream took Soundwave to locate one. They found and reactivated [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]], but to Starscream's disappointment, the newly-awakened Decepticon was not keen on accepting him as leader and belted him aside when the opportunity came to attack Optimus Prime. Starscream still believed he could salvage the situation if Skyquake successfully killed Prime under his watch, however a signal Soundwave detected coming from the location of the space bridge explosion meant a reluctant Starscream had to go and check it out. He found Megatron's body floating in space, having barely survived the explosion by virtue of the Dark Energon infusion. Starscream ripped the sliver of Dark Energon from him, but then realised he was being observed by Soundwave's [[Deployer (Prime)|drone]], and was forced to take Megatron back to the sick bay on the ''Nemesis''. Along with the news that Skyquake had been defeated by the Autobots, it was not a good day for Starscream. {{storylink|Masters & Students}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)===
:''Voice actor'': [[Sam Riegel]] (English), [[Gianluca Iacono]] (Italian)
[[Image:WFC_Starscream.jpg|thumb|300px|Where are your stupid Macross jokes now?!]]
{{quote|Have no fear, Lord Megatron. Under my leadership, Decepticon victory is assured!|Starscream being all modest|''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron]]''}}

For the last thousand years of the [[Great War (Prime)|Great War]], Starscream was in charge of an orbital facility that had the capability of producing [[Dark Energon]], though they maintained only a small stockpile because of its unpredictable and uncontrollable nature. The station's force of neutral soldiers were no match for Megatron's invading forces, while Starscream and [[Jetfire (Prime)|Jetfire]]'s repeated warnings that no one could control Dark Energon had no effect on Megatron's determination. Instead, Megatron tempted Starscream with knowledge of his past, reminding him of his demotion from Sky Commander to a mere guard over an all-but-derelict station, and offered to let him join the Decepticons, something Starscream scoffed at--at least, at first. Starscream attempted to destroy the station's stock of Dark Energon before the Decepticon leader could reach it, but failed, and watched, first with amusement as Megatron entered the storage chamber...and then with shock as Megatron infused himself with the substance and bent it to his will within moments. Starscream quickly volunteered his services for the Decepticon cause, causing [[Jetfire (Prime)|Jetfire]] to label him a traitor and leave to warn Zeta Prime. Megatron sent him with [[Thundercracker (Prime)|Thundercracker]] and [[Skywarp (Prime)|Skywarp]] to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to reactivate the [[Energon Bridge]]. Starscream performed the mission successfully using his trademark style, flair, and modesty, never mind Megatron's taunting and unreasonable impatience, or Thundercracker's warning him of the danger of certain courses of action, or even Skywarp's cluing in to his constant insults...

During the Battle of [[Iacon (city-state)|Iacon City]], Starscream led the Decepticons aerial squadrons and [[Brawl (Prime)|Brawl]] led the Decepticons' ground assault, while Megatron, [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]], and [[Breakdown (Prime)|Breakdown]] went behind enemy lines and tried to secure the [[Omega Key]]. When Megatron's group met up with Brawl, Starscream refused to send Dark Energon bombers, saying that he wouldn't let Brawl waste anymore of "his ships". Megatron took issue with Starscream dubbing the bombers his, and overrode Starscream's refusal. Later that evening, while looking for the "real" Omega Key, they ran into it: [[Omega Supreme (Prime)|Omega Supreme]]. Starscream assumed Megatron was killed when Omega attacked a dropship Megatron was heading for and declared himself Decepticon commander. Shortly afterward, Megatron managed to communicate with Starscream and ordered him to attack Omega Supreme, getting the massive Autobot off of Megatron's back. By the time Megatron's group were heading for the [[Ion turret]]s, Starscream was ready to sound a retreat, which Megatron overrode with the threat of marking any retreating Decepticon as "kill on sight". Fortunately, Megatron arrived moments later and managed to defeat Omega Supreme, making the retreat unnecessary.

As the Battle of Iacon continued, Starscream fought through Jetfire and [[Silverbolt (Prime)|Silverbolt]], and attacked [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus]]'s group in the [[Decagon]]. However, the Air Commander was injured by Optimus's [[Energon-axe]] and forced to retreat. The wound was apparently bad enough to cause him to sit out the remainder of the conflict. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}
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===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (DS)===
:''Voice actor'': Sam Riegel (English), Gianluca Iacono (Italian)
Starscream had been in control of Trypticon Space Station for years, until Megatron and his forces invaded. Megatron wished to revive the Dark Energon project to aid him in his conquest of Cybertron, but Starscream would have none of it. Megatron was able to fight his way to Starscream himself, and after a brief battle, Starscream had lost. He begged for mercy, and Megatrons spared Starscream in exchange for loyalty to the Decepticons. Starscream obliged and Megatron was taken to the core of the station.

After a test run of the Dark Energon's effects on Decepticons in Kaon Prison, Soundwave deduced the element would only destroy the host. A furious Megatron set Starscream to work on fixing the problem, with Starscream continuously bickering with Barricade over his usefullness. The problem was eventually solved in time for an attack on Iacon City. When Megatron felled Zeta Prime and found the Omega Key, the titanic Autobot Omega Supreme was unleashed upon the Decepticons, quickly crushing them with ease.

Megatron was downright furious with Starscream, declaring he had brought Omega Supreme's rampage upon them all. Starscream retorted that if it wasn't for Megatron and his blind troops, none of this would've happened. Starscream invited Megatron to kill him, but warned him it wouldn't do a thing about Omega Supreme out for their blood. Megatron for the moment let it go, and finally felled Omega Supreme, gaining total dominance over Cybertron.

Sometime later, Starscream ambushed an Autobot recruit-in-training, and would've killed him if it wasn't for Optimus charging to the rescue. He wasn't seen again after that.
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===''Transformers: Cybertron Adventures''===
:''Voice actor'': Sam Riegel (English), Gianluca Iacono (Italian)

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==Toys==
===''War for Cybertron''===
[[Image:WFC_Legends_Starscream.jpg|thumb|300px| Let's hope for something a little [[Generations (toyline)| larger]] next time...]]
*'''Starscream''' (Legends Class, 2010)

: This redeco of Legends Class [[Cybertron (toyline)|''Cybertron'']] [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] appeared pretty much out of the blue one day, when, without fanfare, it was offered as a promotional giveaway in the United Kingdom to those who purchased the ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron]]'' video game from [http://www.shopto.net ShopTo.Net]. He transforms into a Cybertronic jet fighter and features hidden weapons in his wing-sections/biceps: the right arm hides a blade, while the left arm has a non-firing cannon.

:This toy was later offered as a gift to attendees at the Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong fair 2010 if they made a combined purchase of [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|''Transformers'' toys]] amounting to more than HK$400.

:This mold was also used the make ''Cybertron'' [[Ramjet (Universe)#Cybertron|Ramjet]], [[Skywarp (Armada)#Cybertron|Skywarp]] and [[Sunstorm (LOC)#Toys|Sunstorm]], along with ''[[Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' [[Ramjet (G1)#Universe (2008)|Ramjet]] and [[Thrust (G1)#Universe (2008)|Thrust]].
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===''Prime''===
[[Image:Primetoy-StarscreamDeluxe.jpg|right|thumb|300px|He's got legs, and he knows how to attach them to the underside of his jetmode.]]
*'''Starscream''' (Deluxe Class, 2011)
: Deluxe Class Starscream transforms from a jet resembling a [[Wikipedia:General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon|General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon]] to a robot and back! He and the rest of his wave are due [[October 11]], [[2011]].
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==Notes==
[[Image:Tfprimestarscreamjet.jpg|right|250px|thumb|''ooooo-ooooo/We fade to grey!'']]
*Starscream's backstory in Exodus is self-contradictory:
:''"Not even Starscream, who had spent much of his scientific career in the labs contained within these refracting walls..."'' (p. 78).
:''"See what?" Starscream asked. Neither Starscream nor Megatron were scientists."'' (p. 158).
:*When asked via Twitter, Exodus's writer [[Alex Irvine]] stated "Let's say he's always been scientifically curious."<ref>[http://twitter.com/alexirvine/status/36051088754868224 Twitter post]</ref>
*Starscream's thin body recalls [[Starscream (Animated)|''Animated'' Starscream]], but his voice, colour scheme, Igor-like posture and subservience to Megatron recalls the [[Starscream (Movie)|live-action incarnation]]. The game design has the movie bulk but with a [[Starscream (G1)|G1]] head and colours.
*Starscream's chest design is basically his live-action incarnation's head design. Now that's a visual homage.

==Footnotes==
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[[Category:Prime Decepticons]]
[[Category:Scientists]]
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