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Portland

2009-09-07T05:42:09Z

24.22.0.120: /* Trivia */

'''Portland''', [[Oregon]] is a city in the [[United States of America]].

==Generation 1==
===Marvel===
Portland is the nearest city to [[Mount St. Hilary]], the site of the crashed ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]''. [[Human]] friend of the [[Autobots]] [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] lived there, and was implied to have done so for years before first meeting Transformers in 1984.

If you're reading a Marvel Transformers comic and the characters are in an urban area on Earth without their location being specified otherwise, they're most likely in Portland. Specific locations in and around the city include the suburb of St. Petersburg, [[Jake Lomax]]'s estate, and [[Mister "O"|Mister "O"'s]] Diner.

===Dreamwave===
Portland may or may not have been the home of Sparkplug and his family here as well. What is known about the city is that when [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] arrived on [[Earth]] to enforce [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s edict that the Earth-bound Autobots surrender themselves to the Cybertronian alliance, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] ordered a portion of his troops into hiding there.

====Transformers/G.I. Joe: Divided Front====
[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] and [[Cobra]] independently detected the crash of an Autobot shuttlecraft near Portland. [[Flint (G.I. Joe)|Flint]] was sent to retrieve it with a team of rookies, and managed to repel a Cobra team sent to do the same thing and recover an unconscious [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]].

===IDW===
[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] was trapped in his cassette player mode and bought by a kid living in Portland. {{storylink|Spotlight: Soundwave|Spotlight: Soundwave}}

==Trivia==
It rains a ''lot'' in the Portland area, yet the inhabitants are almost always seen to be enjoying clear skies in ''Transformers''. Perhaps rain is just a nuisance to draw.

Portland is widely considered to be the greenest, meaning sustainable, city in the United States, and possibly the second-greenest in the world.

Sun-bleached rock formations and dusty desert roads are in short supply in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willamette_Valley lush, heavily-forested river valleys.]

[[Category:Cities in the United States]]
[[Category:Generation 1 locations]]
[[Category:Pacific Northwest]]

Skywarp (Movie)

2009-08-28T17:41:11Z

24.22.0.120: /* Voyager Class toys */

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{{disambig3|Skywarp}}
:''Skywarp is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen franchise]] in the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''

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'''Skywarp''' isn't like most other Decepticons. He cares not for power, conquest, or battle. Knowledge is the one goal he has in his life. Others can fight the war, as he is far more comfortable in the solitude of the workspace provided by [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]. For the generous gift of peace and near unlimited time to research, he develops countless experimental weapons and tools for the Decepticons. Although a scientist, Skywarp is far from unarmed, and is equipped with many weapons that are both insanely powerful and near impossible to describe.

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==Fiction==
===Titan Magazines ''Transformers'' movie comics===

{{note|The following events occur in the Star Screams timeline.}}

Skywarp and Starscream are old colleagues in the [[Seeker (Movie)|Seekers]] and Starscream would like to reunite with him. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 9|#9's Star Screams}}

===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===
Many years ago, Skywarp was a member of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s defense forces under the command of Protector Megatron. When a [[The Fallen|mysterious relic]] was uncovered, aliens from the [[Eshems Nebula]] attacked, leveling much of the city of [[Metrotitan (ROTF)|Metrotitan]]. Skywarp was among the forces deployed to defend their home. {{Storylink|Defiance issue 1}} Following this outrageous attack on their sovereignty, Megatron used this to declare a military dictatorship and led the flight-capable soldiers in a bloody counterattack on the aliens. {{storylink|Defiance issue 2}}

When [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] thwarted Megatron's plans to capture him, Megatron declared them traitors and civil war erupted across Cybertron. Skywarp joined Megatron's Decepticon faction. {{storylink|Defiance issue 3}}

==Toys==
===Revenge of the Fallen===
====Voyager Class toys====
[[Image:Skywarp ROTF Voyager toy.jpg|thumb|right|300px|He'd push Starscream down some stairs, if his fingers didn't explode everytime he pushed him.]]
*'''Skywarp''' (Voyager, 2009)
**''Accessories:'' 6 missiles

: Skywarp is a Walmart [[exclusive]] [[redeco]] of [[Thundercracker (Movie)|Thundercracker]], who was a retool of the original Voyager-class [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] toy with a new head. Cast in black and purple plastic homaging Generation 1 [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], he transforms into a [[wikipedia:F-22|Lockheed-Martin F-22 Raptor]] fighter jet. As with Starscream, this vehicle mode is ridiculously inaccurate. Pushing the fighter along a smooth surface causes the barrels of his gigantic spring-loaded Gatling missile launchers to rotate and fire their projectiles, which can also be stored in the black flip-up braces on the launchers.

:During transformation, pushing up upon the canopy fuselage piece activates Skywarp's [[Automorph Technology|Automorphing]] gimmick which pushes panels out of the torso, wings and stabilizers. He has flip-out claws surrounding the launchers, for use in robot mode.

:The original mold of this toy was also used to make ''Revenge of the Fallen'' [[Ramjet (Movie)|Ramjet]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/WMSkywarp/skywarp.htm More information on Skywarp at TFU.info]''

[[Category:Decepticons]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen characters]]
[[Category:Wal-Mart exclusives]]

Ramjet (Movie)

2009-08-28T17:39:42Z

24.22.0.120: /* Revenge of the Fallen */

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{{disambig3|Ramjet}}
:''Ramjet is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Movie (franchise)|2007 movie franchise]] in the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:FAB-Ramjet-art.jpg|right|300px|thumb|I was unsupervised, I had a real good time, until I... I hit my head.]]
'''Ramjet''' bristles with high-tech weaponry, including an arsenal of deadly missiles and bombs as well as his lethal vibro-claws. He's all kinds of crazy and violent. Whereas other Decepticons do their fighting in grim silence, Ramjet simply blows everything around him to smithereens, [[Cyclonus (Armada)|laughing]] [[Blitzwing (Animated)|maniacally]] every step of the way, which is all [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] asks out of him. But what he really loves to do is hit people with his head. The more he does this, the more his own cerebral circuitry gets rattled, and the better an idea it seems like next time.

Ramjet doesn't think very good.

Unlike his fellow [[Seeker (Movie)|Seeker]] [[Thundercracker (Movie)|Thundercracker]], Ramjet can't really be trusted, and doesn't really believe in the Decepticon cause. An opportunist at heart, Ramjet's only in it for the [[Starscream (G1)|power and favor]], and he doesn't care who has to shoot in the back to get it. However, not surprisingly, he's not really capable of being much of a [[Starscream (Movie)|schemer]]. In truth, he just simply sides with [[Dreadwing (Movie)|whoever he thinks has the bigger guns]].

==Fiction==
===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===

Many years ago, Ramjet was a member of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron's]] armed forces under the command of [[Megatron (Movie)|Protector Megatron]]. When an [[The Fallen|ancient relic]] was encovered and aliens unknown attacked the planet, Megatron embarked on a mission of vengeance against the invaders, changing the military's mission of defense to conquest. Ramjet was present for his war rally at [[Trypticon (Movie)|Trypticon]] and the subsequent attack on the creatures. {{Storylink|Defiance issue 2}} Ramjet was part of [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream's]] squadron, sent to capture [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and eliminate the researchers and security officers assigned to him. However, they failed miserably and barely got out alive when Optimus dropped an abandoned city on their heads. Megatron used this a proof for "treachery" and rallied his army to become the Decepticons. {{Storylink|Defiance issue 3}}

During the subsequent civil war, Ramjet was among those Decepticons who stayed behind to fight the [[Autobot]]s while [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] and the crew of the ''[[Nemesis (ROTF)|Nemesis]]'' searched the stars for a [[Solar harvester|harvester]], an ancient device crucial to the relic's plans. {{Storylink|Defiance issue 4}}

[[Image:PreearthramjetROS3.JPG|left|180px|thumb|This I command!]]

Ramjet was apparently left in command of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] after [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] and his troops departed in search of the [[All Spark (Movie)|Allspark]]. Thousands of years later, he, [[Swindle (Movie)|Swindle]], and [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing]] greeted Starscream and [[Thundercracker (Movie)|Thundercracker]] on their return to Cybertron. Ramjet informed Starscream that the construction of the temple at [[Simfur]] was progressing as planned. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 3}}

When Starscream's Allspark failed, Ramjet sided with Dreadwing and pointed his cannon at Thundercracker's head, telling him to choose a side. When the fighting broke out, he broke off to chase down some Autobots, but was beheaded by [[Crosshairs (Movie)|Crosshairs]] for his trouble. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 5|The Reign of Starscream Issue Number Five}}
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{{note|His comic Cybertron-mode design has a pointy panel on his head, giving him a little more resemblance to his [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Conehead]] appearance.}}

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===Titan Magazines ''Transformers'' movie comics===
{{note|The following events occur in the Star Screams letters page.}}

Ramjet and Starscream are old colleagues in the [[Seeker (Movie)|Seekers]] and Starscream would like to reunite with him. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 9|#9's Star Screams}}

==Toys==
===Transformers (2007)===
[[Image:Movie FAB Ramjet.jpg|right|300px|thumb|SD Popeman! KAWAI!! ^_^]]
*'''Claw Slash Ramjet''' (Fast Action Battler, 2008)

: [[Fast Action Battler]]s "Claw Slash" Ramjet is a pale grey and maroon [[redeco]] of [[Starscream (Movie)#Fast_Action_Battlers|"Battle Blade" Starscream]], based upon the colour scheme of [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]. He transforms into a somewhat super deformed [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes|F-22 Raptor]], simplifying the overall design of the movie Starscream-type Decepticon jet to the point of his feet noticeably sticking out the aft of the fighter, and has a truncated transformation sequence that relies to a fair degree on an [[Automorph Technology|Automorph]]-like gearing system to move multiple parts at once.

:Rather than having a separate weapon, he only has a claw-like blade that flips over the right hand (hence "Claw Slash") via spring-loaded trigger and non-removable missiles in the palms of his hands. His claw-arm is also spring-loaded for a nasty upward slash attack.

:This mold was later redecoed into ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' Fast Action Battlers Starscream.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/FABRamjet/ramjet.htm More information on Claw Slash Ramjet at TFU.info]''

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===Revenge of the Fallen===
[[Image:Ramjet ROTF Voyager toy.jpg|right|thumb|300px|[[Ramjet (Animated)|What are you talking about? I am the original Starscream!]]]]
*'''Ramjet''' (Voyager, 2009)
**''Accessories:'' 6 missiles

: Ramjet is a [[Walmart]] [[exclusive]] redeco of the 2007 Voyager Starscream mold, transforming into an F-22 Raptor. It comes with a collector's card written in the style of [[Seymour Simmons]] giving a report on a sighting of Ramjet in [[Africa]].

:Pushing the fighter along a smooth surface causes the missile-launching barrels to rotate and fire their projectiles, which can also be stored in the black flip-up braces on the launchers. During transformation, pushing up upon the canopy fuselage piece activates his Automorphing gimmick, which pushes panels out of the torso, wings and stabilizers. He also has flip-out claws surrounding the launchers, for use in robot mode.

:This mold was [[retool]]ed and [[redeco]]ed to make movie [[Thundercracker (Movie)|Thundercracker]] and ''Revenge of the Fallen'' [[Skywarp (ROTF)|Skywarp]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/WMRamjet/ramjet.htm More information on Ramjet at TFU.info]''

[[Category:Decepticons]]
[[Category:Movie characters]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen characters]]
[[Category:Seekers]]
[[Category:Wal-Mart exclusives]]

Shockwave (Animated)

2009-07-18T00:52:32Z

24.22.0.120: /* Animated cartoon */

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{{disambig3|Shockwave}}
{{disambig3|Longarm}}
:''Shockwave is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:TFA Shockwave.jpg|thumb|right|250px|My awesomeness is logical.]]

'''Shockwave''' is a covert agent in service to [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]. This size-changing master of disguise has infiltrated the Autobot security apparatus at the highest level: his cover persona is '''Longarm Prime''', head of [[Cybertron Intelligence]], reporting directly to [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] himself. The undercover Decepticon is the perfect agent to pull this off, as he's able to change his voice, his appearance, and even his energy signature. This puts Shockwave in the perfect position to undermine and mislead the Autobots while feeding strategic information to his true master. To establish his credibility, "Longarm" attended the [[Autobot boot camp]] alongside Bumblebee and Bulkhead. Over the years, he worked his way up the Autobot hierarchy—first through [[Autobot Academy]], then through the ranks of the [[Cybertron Elite Guard]] until finally he was promoted to be the very head of the Intelligence Division itself!

Befitting a double agent, Shockwave is highly secretive and fearful of detection. Befitting a cartoon villain, he can confidently give those secrets away if he thinks he's winning. If he suspects his cover may be compromised, he's given to acts of desperation.

{{bigquote|Rise, Shockwave: my most loyal servant!|Megatron|"[[This Is Why I Hate Machines]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
{{note|Events from IDW Publishing comic books are in italics.}}
:''Voice actor'': [[Corey Burton]] (English), [[Helmut Gauß]] (German)

[[Image:TFA Longarm.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Why am I wearing a scuba mask?]]

[[Image:TFA Shockwave DoubleAgent.jpg|thumb|right|150px|So does that mean he's Shockwave Prime?]]

Shockwave was recruited by Megatron because his mass-shifting abilities allowed him to impersonate effectively a wide variety of shapes and sizes, making it difficult for Autobots to accurately track him during missions of infiltration and sabotage. It was these traits which led to Megatron sending him to enlist in the Autobot armed services as a means of climbing the ranks and eventually taking the organization down from within.

Disguising himself as "Longarm", Shockwave enrolled in [[Autobot boot camp]], but slipped up in the early days of training and was overheard reporting to Megatron by the black sheep recruit [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]. Although Shockwave managed to avoid detection right away, Bumblebee was tipped off to the presence of a traitor in the camp and suspected fellow recruit [[Wasp]], whom he spotted leaving the building shortly afterward. Bumblebee turned to the espionage-savvy Longarm for advice, and Shockwave used the opportunity to divert attention away from himself by suggesting that the young Autobot refrain from telling their commander, [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Minor]], so that 'Bee could take all the credit when he exposed the traitor himself as a means to ensuring his career in the [[Cybertron Elite Guard]]. Unfortunately, all of Bumblebee's efforts only got him in worse trouble, and his fellow recruits began to bully him, with Longarm being the only one to stick up for him. After several failures on Bumblebee's part, Shockwave took matters into his own hands during a training exercise and switched the training equipment to live ammo in an attempt to offline the Autobot and keep the whole matter of a traitor a secret. Luckily for Bumblebee, this plan was foiled by [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]].

Eventually, Shockwave found out that Sentinel Minor intended to conduct a surprise inspection, and he contrived to set up Wasp to take the fall himself. After planting a Decepticon communicator in Wasp's locker, Shockwave, as Longarm, informed Bumblebee of the upcoming inspection, telling him that it was his last chance to find the evidence he needed. Using one of his extensible limbs to trip up Wasp, Shockwave allowed Bumblebee to palm Wasp's locker key as 'Bee helped him up, allowing him to find the communicator and show it to Sentinel. In the end, Wasp was dragged off to prison, and Longarm commended Bumblebee for his deductive work.

Subsequently, Shockwave graduated boot camp and became a member of the Cybertron Elite Guard. Now "Longarm [[Prime (rank)#Transformers Animated|'''Prime''']]", he became head of [[Cybertron Intelligence]] and remained in this position, hiding in plain sight, for the fifty stellar cycles that Megatron was lost on [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Autoboot Camp}} He may have murdered [[Highbrow (Animated)|Intel director Highbrow]] to get the job. <ref>''[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club (magazine)|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club]]''</ref>

''After [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]]'s ship was lost, Longarm pressed Sentinel to continue the search for the ship's crew, the AllSpark and [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]. His pleas fell on deaf ears. {{storylink|Dispatches}}''

After Megatron succeeded in restoring himself and the Decepticons were assembled on Earth, he re-established contact with Shockwave on Cybertron and initiated a plan to construct a [[space bridge]] that would allow the Decepticons to conquer the planet from within. {{storylink|Mission Accomplished}} Wasp, now criminally insane, escaped from prison, and Megatron started receiving transmissions from his double agent on Cybertron. When Megatron's captive, [[Isaac Sumdac]], attempted to alert the Autobots to the existence of the double agent by bouncing a transmission to their base, Bumblebee again suspected Wasp. He reported the news to Longarm Prime on Cybertron, but of course, that accomplished nothing. {{storylink|Autoboot Camp}}

[[Image:Anim shockwave pinchy.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Pinchy pinchy!]]

When the completed space bridge failed to function, Megatron contacted Shockwave and instructed him to locate the top space bridge specialist on Cybertron to help correct the problem. Shockwave was surprised to discover that the specialist was already on Earth; it was Bulkhead! Bulkhead was subsequently captured by Megatron and forced to perfect the space bridge. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part I}} The other Autobots arrived too late to stop him, and they were defeated by the Decepticons and strung up to watch as the bridge was activated. Shockwave revealed his alter ego of Longarm Prime to the Autobots, disclosing that he had already given Megatron an appropriate access code and forcing Bumblebee to feel the shame of sending an innocent Wasp to prison. When Megatron tried to test the space bridge by sending Optimus Prime through it, Shockwave assured his master that he awaited the "test subject" on the other side. Unfortunately, an attempt by Megatron to boost power caused the space bridge to overload, deleting the access code and setting the space bridge to random coordinates. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}}

Megacycles later, Shockwave, as Longarm once more, assured Ultra Magnus that the Decepticons would not be able to reach the Cybertron Space Bridge nexus. Shockwave then contacted [[Team Chaar]], who had successfully taken over a space bridge and were ready to use it in order to gate to Cybertron. [[Strika (Animated)|Strika]] asked for permission to begin the assault, only to have Shockwave deny her request. She was to stay put with her team and wait for Megatron to arrive, even if he was megacycles overdue.

[[Image:TransWarpedBlurrLongarm.jpg|left|thumb|250px|"Whoops—there's a bug on your head, Blurr. Holllld stilll..."]]

Not long afterward, the entire Space Bridge Nexus powered down. Confused, Longarm questioned Cybertron Command, and [[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper]] informed him that Ultra Magnus had ordered the shutdown in order to prevent the Decepticons from accessing Cybertron. Just then, Agent [[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]] arrived and (very) quickly informed Longarm that while on Earth, he had intercepted a transmission between Megatron and and his double agent on Cybertron, Shockwave. Further, Blurr noted that Shockwave's voice didn't match that of the suspected Wasp, but quick search of the Cybertron Intel Database would allow them to find the true identity of the traitor. Shocked, Longarm asked if Blurr had shared this information with anyone else. When Blurr replied that he had not, Shockwave decided it would be wise to quiet him down—permanently. Blurr eluded his initial attempts and escaped into the corridors around the nexus control center. Rather than give chase, Shockwave simply had the corridors' security hatches slam shut and close in on Blurr, trapping and crushing him to death.

At the Elite Guard Headquarters, Longarm handed over a small cube of "sensitive materials" to Cliffjumper to dispose, then went to his office, where he received an incoming transmission from Lord Megatron himself. They traded information on their respective setbacks, but Megatron assured Shockwave that he had [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|a method]] of preventing the Earth Autobots from blowing Shockwave's cover.

Shortly, Longarm Prime attended an Elite Guard meeting, where Ultra Magnus declared that the Decepticons' attacks were too organized to be random acts of sabotage. Rather, evidence pointed to a double agent in the Autobots' midst. Longarm nervously pointed out that the Decepticon uprisings had started after Wasp's escape, making the cause plain. Ultra Magnus agreed and ordered [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] and Sentinel Prime to organize an Elite Guard Unit to find the escapee. He then requested that the Earth-bound Autobots be contacted. Increasingly distraught, Longarm declared that all communications should be first filtered through him, without exceptions—for the sake of security and the protection of Cybertron, naturally. {{storylink|TransWarped}}

Unfortunately, Longarm's insistence on diverting blame toward Wasp was his undoing. When Wasp headed to Earth, Ultra Magnus didn't inform him about Wasp's destination until the Elite Guard's ship was in sight of the planet. Knowing he was on the verge of being exposed, Shockwave tried to contact Megatron, but still received no response. With no other orders on how to proceed, Shockwave took matters into his own hands: In an effort to inflict one last blow to the Autobots, Shockwave attacked and seriously damaged Ultra Magnus, stealing his Magnus hammer in the process. {{storylink|Where Is Thy Sting?}}

When the Autobots became trapped in [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave's]] virtual reality, Shockwave appeared to invade and attack Earth. However, he didn't seem to do much besides set an apartment on fire. {{storylink|Human Error, Part I}}

[[Image:TFAni ThisisWhyIHateMachines Shockwave TrueColors.jpg|thumb|240px|right|Wish you'd bought that repaint now, don't you?]]
After escaping, Shockwave hid in an underground tunnel, concealed from detection, waiting for Megatron to call. The Decepticon leader, trapped inside of [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]] along with [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] and [[Lugnut]], contacted Shockwave, who revealed a way to gain the access codes for Omega Supreme. However, Shockwave was soon discovered by [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] and [[Captain Fanzone]]. He easily defeated them and went to find the female intelligence agent [[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]]. To do this, he "asked" an informant-bot named [[Rattletrap]] for the directions. However, he apparently got lost, and so merely hid and waited for Fanzone and Ratchet to find her. He battled Ratchet and severely wounded the elderly Autobot. During the battle, he then found Ultra Magnus, still wounded. He was about to kill him for good when Ratchet used his EMP generator on both Shockwave ''and'' Ultra Magnus's hammer. Ratchet was then distracted by the arrival of temporary Magnus Sentinel Prime. After getting back online, Shockwave took Arcee and escaped to Omega Supreme, using the access codes to transwarp to Earth's orbit. He then celebrated his freedom to serve Megatron openly by [[electronic paint job|changing]] into more...[[Shockwave (G1)|suitable colors]], while [[Lugnut]] silently fumed at Megatron's description of him as his "most loyal servant". {{storylink|This Is Why I Hate Machines}}

[[Image:TFA-Endgame-ShockwavePointsAndLaughs.jpg|thumb|left|240px|It is only logical that you're an idiot.]]
Shockwave worked on the captured Arcee, initially hitting an early datatrax from her time as a teacher before the Great War. Megatron assured his "ever-loyal Shockwave" that if any bot could access the right datatrax, it was him. Combined with some taunting by Starscream, this sent Lugnut into a frenzy of jealousy, and he knocked Shockwave across the room as he begged for Megatron's favour. Shockwave in turn pointed out that while Lugnut was "fawning at Megatron's feet", he'd risked "spark and servo" as a double agent. This didn't go over well, and soon the two purple 'Cons were fighting one another. Later, with both sent to convert material from the wrecked [[Nemesis (Animated)|Decepticon flagship]] into [[Lugnut Supreme|clones of Omega Supreme]], Shockwave could be seen pointing and laughing at a misfortune on his rival's part.

After dropping a bit of stripped material from the wrecked ship, unwittingly nearly crushing a spying Bumblebee, Shockwave returned to working on Arcee and successfully restored her to the [[The Thrill of the Hunt|point at which her memory was wiped]]. Briefly returning to his grey "Longarm" mode, he confirmed that she had the activation codes, so he ripped the wires which artificially sustained her from her head, knocking her back into stasis. Outside, with the clones ready for activation, he rebooted Arcee. Despite "Longarm's" prompting, she refused to give the activation codes to Megatron voluntarily. Instead, Shockwave knocked her back into stasis and extracted the codes manually, making no comment when they ended up in Lugnut and Megatron proclaimed Lugnut his "most loyal lieutenant". As it turned out, however, the codes which Shockwave had torn from Arcee were missing a crucial "security upgrade patch", and he was forced to rig up an inelegant bypass—involving Lugnut directly puppeteering the clones—until he could retrieve the rest of the code from Arcee. {{storylink|Endgame, Part I}}

As Shockwave attempted to find the patch in Arcee's processor, Megatron grew impatient with Lugnut's giving a long speech on the greatness of his Glorious Leader before he would actually do anything with the clones, and angrily enquired of Shockwave if he was done yet. Shockwave replied, with great amusement in his voice, that he was still working on it and Megatron would have to relay all orders through Lugnut for the time being.

Apparently, he gave up on extracting the patch, and instead left Arcee - her datatrax once again reverted to her teaching days - on the lunar surface as a trap, while he waited to ambush any Autobots who came for her and Omega Supreme. The group which transwarped there, led by Ratchet, blundered straight into the trap, and Ratchet was forced to flee with Arcee and [[Sari Sumdac]] while Bumblebee and Bulkhead confronted their old classmate. While Shockwave initially had little difficulty as they attempted to attack from distance, he couldn't deal with Bulkhead's strength Bot-to-Con, and was left sprawled on the lunar surface, his cannon knocked out of reach. In a desperate attempt to buy time, he switched to Longarm mode - forgetting to activate his [[electronic paint job]] - but the pair of Autobots were not impressed, and Bulkhead smashed the cannon.

[[Image:TFA-Endgame-PanAcrossEveryone.jpg|thumb|240px|Decepticons have failed forevermore.]]
He was next seen as the Autobots' prisoner, being paraded before a large crowd on Cybertron. {{storylink|Endgame, Part II}}
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==Toys==
===Animated===
[[Image:Longarmanimatedvoyager.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Punch.]]
[[Image:Shockwaveanimatedvoyager.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Counterpunch.]]
* '''Shockwave''' (Voyager, 2008)

:Representing his double nature in the cartoon, ''Animated'' Shockwave becomes both the Autobot Longarm and Decepticon Shockwave, featuring four distinct modes. In "Infiltration Mode," the shorter, stockier Autobot Longarm transforms into a four-legged crane platform. If one fancies, one can stretch out his Shockwave-mode elbows to emulate his limb-stretching ability in Longarm mode (abeit not very well). In "Spy Mode," he stretches and converts into the taller, lankier Decepticon Shockwave, as the crane portion of Longarm's body converts into a hand-held cannon. The center panel on his chest flips between Autobot and Decepticon symbols. Both chest symbols are vacuum metalized, with very shiny silver and gold. Curiously, while the rotating faction symbols on his chest use the usual "classic" designs, the tampographed Decepticon symbol on his cannon/crane is in the movie style, and is visible in his Autobot modes.

:All the differences between Shockwave and Longarm can be difficult to remember. In the "tank mode" picture at right, the secondary guns are incorrectly folded back. On the back of this toy's box, there are several small transformation errors, the most obvious being that only ''one'' of Shockwave's shoulders has been correctly rotated up. Also, the toy [[instruction booklet|instructions]] do not show Shockwave's neck as correctly extended (his chin is touching his chestplate in the instructions, just as for Longarm). They also fail to mention that you can push his upper torso forward as Shockwave to better replicate the slouch that he has in the cartoon.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/Shockwave/shockwave.htm More information on Shockwave at TFU.info]''

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[[Image:Shockwavepurplebumblebeetoys.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Chugway.<ref>According to closed captioning.</ref>]]
* '''Shockwave VS Bumblebee''' (Multi-pack, 2009)

:A predominantly purple [[redeco]] of the Voyager toy, this version of Shockwave is packaged with an apparently unaltered [[Activators]]-class [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] figure. Shockwave retains his four modes and gimmickry within each. A Target stores [[exclusive]], this set was available simultaneously with the [[Sunstorm (Animated)|Sunstorm]]/[[Ratchet (Animated)#Activators|Ratchet]] multi-pack. Although this version seems to be a less convincing Autobot due to its purple paintjob, in one respect he would be a better spy in this form, as the repaint doesn't have the Decepticon symbol on the cannon arm to give him away.
: The official Hasbro picture at right contains several transformation errors: In robot mode, Shockwave's shoulders are not rotated up. In tank mode, the secondary guns are not deployed, the red panels which are on the robot mode's shoulders have not been flipped to show the tank's treads, and the middle panel on the side of the tank is oriented wrong (the circle should be down, not back). In addition, his head is not fully retracted. Someone at Hasbro is dozing.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/Shockwave/shockwave.htm More information on Purple Shockwave at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==

* Shockwave's toy [[bio]] reveals that he borrowed his "Longarm" identity from Autobot historical archives. There must have been a ''real'' Autobot [[Longarm (Animated)|Longarm]] at some point in the Animated continuity, but absolutely nothing is known about his personal attributes, period of origin, or current status.

* Actor Corey Burton reprises the role of Shockwave from Generation 1, reusing precisely the same British-accented, [[Wikipedia:Sark (Tron)|David-Warner-inspired]] voice for the character (while employing an American accented variation for Longarm). In an online interview with Seibertron.com in early 2009 (sadly lost owing to a server crash), Burton revealed that Shockwave's inclusion in Season 2 arose from a between-scenes conversation he had with the production team, regarding how little the original Shockwave actually had to do.

[[Image:Shockwave_goodside.jpg|thumb|right|180px|I hear this is my good side...]]

* While Shockwave possesses the single, round optic and window-chest of his Generation 1 counterpart, much of the rest of his body appears to be largely patterned after ''[[Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]; he transforms into an "H-tank", the front treads end up on his shoulders, plus he has the large, spiky "antlers" on his head. Additionally, Shockwave's vehicle mode appears to be loosely based on one of the [[Transtech]] sketch designs for Megatron, with the high angled treads and turret.

* Shockwave's on-package bio states that, as Longarm, he rose through the ranks of the [[Cybertron Elite Guard]] to reach his current position; this meshes with Longarm's cover story in "Autoboot Camp" that he wishes to become an Elite Guard intelligence officer. [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] has informed this wiki that Longarm is not a member of that group in the cartoon. Shockwave's status as a nonmember of the Elite Guard is supported by Longarm's lack of the Elite Guard's winged Autobot symbol in the cartoon. However, he is drawn with an Elite Guard symbol in [[Dispatches|''The Arrival'' #1]].

* Despite not having a face, Shockwave still manages to have a [[chin]].

*Both "Shockwave and "Longarm" have official alternate capitalizations. The credits of "[[TransWarped]]" give "LongArm Prime", and the credits for "[[This Is Why I Hate Machines]]" have "ShockWave".

*In just a few appearances on ''Animated'', Shockwave managed to destroy Wasp's life, kill a popular recurring character, bring down Cybertron's entire interplanetary transport and communications system, brutally assault the Magnus (and steal his hammer!), and give Megatron control of the Autobots' most feared and powerful weapon.<br /><br />Shockwave is ''awesome''.

==References==
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