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Night and the City

2012-09-06T10:08:37Z

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'''As Bumblebee continues to struggle with the burden of leadership, the Dinobots stalk Ironhide through the Cybertronian wilderness.'''

==Synopsis==

The demands of planetary governing weighing heavily upon him, [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] takes a brief moment of peace to perch on the hull of [[Turmoil]]'s captured spaceship, stare up at the stars, and wonder about using the time machine in the ship to undo past mistakes. His reverie is abruptly ended by the crash-landing of [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]], who has just barely made it back to the city after the disorienting effects he felt while transporting [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] into the wilderness. His report gives Bumblebee pause to wonder if some external force could be controlling the [[Autobot]]s, [[Decepticon]]s and [[NAIL]]s, causing their conflicts, but [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] debunks the theory when he scans Sky Lynx and confirms that the mind-altering effects are not occurring within [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. Wheeljack offers three possibily reasons why: simple luck, some still-active mechanism in the heart of [[Kimia Facility|Kimia]] is protecting them, or... the planet itself is responsible, wanting to keep the Transformers together. As if on cue, [[Metalhawk]] and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] arrive to offer their help finding Ironhide's team, but Bumblebee turns them down; Starscream thinks he is attempting to prevent him from currying favour with the populous in the face of upcoming elections, and although Metalhawk disputes so outlandish a claim, Bumblebee remains silent...

Out in the wilderness, the wounded Ironhide awakens to the sight of [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] and [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] in battle, and attempts to sneak away, only to be stopped by the still-living [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]]—largely unaffected by the destruction of his dino-mode head—who has also come under the same uncontrollable rage that has seized the others. [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]], too, proves to still be alive, and his entry into the fray gives Ironhide a chance to get to safety. Activating his comm device, Ironhide picks up a recording from the missing [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]], locks onto its source, and begins heading toward it.

Bumblebee visits [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]] to speak with [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], hoping his disaffected comrade will rejoin the fold to help search for the missing Ironhide. Blurr is reluctant, seeing in [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] the same unemotional, black-and-white views on life and death as those held by [[Zeta Prime]]—whose life Blurr saved upon joining the Autobots—but Bumblebee is able to talk him into helping. Their conversation is observed by [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] and [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]] at the behest of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], who has charged them with a special mission... although unbeknownst to the Decepticons, ''they'' are also being observed by the gun-toting [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]].

Making his way through the wilds, Ironhide listens as Silverbolt's recording explains that the madness also took hold of the other four [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], but that over time, they all began working together to hunt their leader down. Ironhide soon learns that the same has happened to the Dinobots as they catch up to him and attack, but he is able to push them back and breaks into a run, covering the last of the distance to the source of Silverbolt's signal. What he finds, however, is anything but expected: somehow, the five Aerialbots have become merged into one single being: a titan that scoops Ironhide up into the safety of his grip, and turn on the Dinobots, introducing himself as [[Superion (G1)|The Superion]]!

Bumblebee returns to Turmoil's ship to try and clear his head, and finds Wheeljack there, still working on the time machine. Bumblebee half-joking proposes several uses for the device, but Wheeljack explains that it does not allow for travel back and forth through time, only sideways, meaning that there will be no easy answers. Unfortunately, the ship chooses that moment to ''vanish'': whether stolen by enemies or departed of its own volition, no-one can say, but it's just one more problem for Bumblebee's list... as the weight of leadership grows ever greater...

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==Quotes==

'''Starscream:''' "We figured you guys could use a couple of fliers to help find '''Ironhide''' and the '''Monsterbots'''."<br>
'''Bumblebee:''' "Dinobots."<br>
'''Starscream:''' "Whatever. I figure four '''morons''' and a 'bot who's '''already crazy''' are probably going to be worse off than '''Lynx'''."<br>
'''Bumblebee:''' "You—'''what?''' Ironhide's not crazy—"<br>
'''Starscream:''' "Bumblebee, he thinks Obama is a good choice for president!."<br>
'''Metalhawk:''' "You '''do''' know what '''"crazy"''' means...?"

"'''I... ron... hide... You... you have... found we...''' Us... am... were... '''Aerialbots.''' Now... Dinobots... you answer to the '''Superion.'''"
:—'''Superion''' is obviously a little mixed-up

==Notes==
*This issue is named after the 1938 Gerald Kirsh novel, ''[[wikipedia:Night and the City (novel)|Night and the City]]''.
*Wheeljack has a panel welded to his chest, covering the hole blown in him by Turmoil back in [[Interference Patterns|issue #7]].
*Blurr refers back to his saving Zeta Prime's life, the setup for which occurred in ''[[Spotlight: Blurr]]''. The unfortunate ramifications of this, as Zeta descended into zealotry, were chronicled in ''[[The Transformers: Autocracy|Autocracy]]''.
*Given that Turmoil's time-travelling ship matches the craft piloted by the Reflectors that crashed on [[LV-117]] in ''[[Spotlight: Wheelie]]'', and their talk of being "fated" to carry out this mission, it looks like author John Barber is poised to resolve one of the most notable longstanding continuity errors in the IDW timeline: the fact that the Reflectors have been appearing alive despite their deaths in ''Spotlight: Wheelie''. Time travel fixes all ills!

===Errors===
* In between pages 11 and 12, Circuit is suddenly colored like [[Rumbler (G1)|Rumbler]].

===Covers (3)===
* '''Cover A:''' The shadow of Superion looms over Ironhide, by [[Andrew Griffith]] and [[Josh Perez]].
* '''Cover B:''' A model city made of glass crumbles in Bumblebee's hand, with Ironhide, Starscream, Silverbolt and Blurr reflected in its shards, by [[Casey Coller]] and [[Joana Lafuente]].
* '''Cover RI:''' Swoop breathes fire at a jet, by [[Marcelo Matere]] and [[Joana Lafuente]].

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Night and the City

2012-09-06T10:04:49Z

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Stunticons vs Aerialbots

2012-06-13T17:17:29Z

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'''Bold text the stunticons can combine '''{{episode
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|romaji=Stuntron vs Airbot
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==Featured characters==
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==Notes==
*This Japanese-exclusive [[clip show]] combines "[[The Key to Vector_Sigma, Part 1|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1]]" and "[[The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2]]" into one.

*You will probably ''never'' see it, as it was not included on [[Pioneer]]'s laser disk or DVD sets of the series and may never be made available on home video.

{{epstub}}

[[Category: Clip shows]]
[[Category: Generation 1 episodes]]

Dreamwave Productions

2012-06-02T23:38:18Z

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[[Image:Dreamwave.jpg|right|thumb|250px|"We're not saying you should buy Dreamwave comics, only that you'll regret it."]]

'''Dreamwave Productions''' was a fairly unknown independent [[Comics|comic book]] publisher when it obtained the ''Transformers'' license in 2001. For a time, there was gigantic buzz surrounding Dreamwave's relaunch of the Generation 1 title, even pushing it past Marvel and DC's top titles. Many comic book fans had been away from Transformers for a long time and were overjoyed to see highly detailed manga-style art driving a childhood favorite.

Dreamwave published a good deal of ''Transformers'' books, including many varied miniseries, before capitulating to the notoriously fickle comic-buying public. Towards the end of 2004 delays started getting more and more frequent. This was followed by rumors of writers and artists leaving because they weren't being paid, which were then confirmed. In early January 2005, Dreamwave declared bankruptcy, and there were no Transformers comics to be had for more than half of 2005.

{{quote|TO ME DREAMWAVE WAS MORE THAN JUST A WORD. IT'S MEANING TO ME FULLFILLS ALL OF WHAT I BELIEVE IN. SUCCESS, LOVE, FRIENDSHIP, HOPES ANS WISHES. WHEN ALL IS BAD HUMANS EXCLUDE THEMSELVES FROM REALITY ONLY TO FIND THEMSELVES IN THE REALM OF DREAMS. BECAUSE HERE IN OUR DREAMS WE FIND THE FREEDOM FROM THE SHACKLES THAT THIS SOCIETY HAS LOCKED US IN REALITY.|[[Pat Lee]] [http://www.angelfire.com/pa/infrarred/infrarred4.html]}}

==History==
===The beginnings===
Dreamwave Productions was originally launched by brothers [[Pat Lee|Pat]] and [[Roger Lee]] as a studio within [[Wikipedia:Image Comics|Image Comics]] in 1996, at the height of the Image boom.

In 1998, Dreamwave would start to publish various <strike>blatantly plagiarized</strike> originally created titles such as ''[[wikipedia:Ghost in the Shell|Darkminds]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:Record of Lodoss War|Warlands]]'', as well as accepting work-for-hire assignments for other publishers such as the four-issue limited series ''Wolverine/Punisher: Revelation'' for Marvel. Other titles such as ''Shidima'', ''Fate of the Blade'' or ''Arkanium'' would follow. Furthermore, Dreamwave also collaborated with [[wikipedia:VIBE (magazine)|VIBE]] and [[wikipedia:Wizard (magazine)|Wizard: The Comics Magazine]] on various projects, developed an advertising campaign for the [[wikipedia:Dr. Martens|Dr. Martens]] shoe label and created the production designs for the music video to [[wikipedia:Janet Jackson|Janet Jackson's]] song "Doesn't Really Matter".

Initially, the "hook" for Dreamwave's financial success was the drawing style of its president, Pat Lee, which many readers viewed as "manga-like" (although readers of actual Japanese mangas had a different opinion on this matter).

===Big 80s===
[[Image:Big80sWizard.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Oh boy, were we naïve.]]
In October of 2000, issue #111 of ''Wizard: The Comics Magazine'' ran a feature named "Big 80s", featuring various popular properties of the 1980s in new interpretations by modern artists, such as ''Thundercats'' drawn by [[Jim Cheung]], ''Masters of the Universe'' drawn by Ed McGunness, ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' drawn by J. Scott Campbell, and ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' drawn by Joe Madureira. Dreamwave submitted their own take on the ''Transformers'', one of Pat's personal favorites from his childhood days, with Pat Lee himself and Alvin Lee handling the art. ''Wizard'', making suggestions for a modern ''Transformers'' comic, named Mark Millar as their number one choice for the writer of the book, with Pat Lee (aka "Mr. Mecha") on art duties.

Needless to say, the modern-style "manga"-like ''Transformers'' artwork caused an uproar in the established fandom as well as among regular comic fans who remembered ''Transformers'' from their childhoods. Seven months later, Pat got another chance of drawing Transformers characters in a feature named "How to draw Mecha" for issue #118 of ''Wizard''.

===Splitting from Image and getting the Transformers license===
[[Image:WIZautobots.jpg|left|100px|thumb|How to draw a mess of lines that look like Transformers once the colorist has salvaged it.]]
Still in 2000, a group of Dreamwave employees (including Alvin Lee, who had worked with Pat on the ''Wizard'' piece) departed from their company to form their own business, [[UDON Entertainment|UDON Studios]].

A year later, [[Hasbro]] was offering the license for new Transformers comics, which had effectively remained unused since [[Marvel Comics]]'s ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|Generation 2]] '' [[A Rage in Heaven!|issue 12]] in 1994. Several companies, including Marvel (with UDON being supposed to handle the art), were interested, but all of them used the piece of artwork Dreamwave had done for ''Wizard''. Dreamwave at one point intended to cooperate with Top Cow, but Top Cow rejected the offer. Ultimately, Dreamwave decided to get the license themselves instead of going through another company, claiming that Pat Lee would only handle the art if Dreamwave got the license. Marvel ultimately backed out because of the license fee Hasbro demanded.<ref name ="litgtfspec">[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=14153 Lying in the Gutters ''Transformers'' Special], July 2002</ref>

Dreamwave officially acquired the ''Transformers'' license in December of 2001,<ref>[http://tformers.com/New-Transformers-Comic/130/news.html TFormers confirms that Dreamwave acquired the Transformers comic license]</ref> although Hasbro would ultimately never get the license fee in full. To commemorate the new flagship title, Dreamwave officially cut all ties with Image and became an independent publisher on their own.
{{-}}

===Success of the Transformers titles===
Dreamwave's launch title, ''[[Prime Directive|Transformers: Generation 1 vol. 1]]'', written by [[Chris Sarracini]] and drawn by Pat Lee, became an instant hit, dominating Diamond's sales charts for months. Back then, rumors were circulating that Dreamwave had manipulated the market through a special deal with Diamond to ensure their success, or that Hasbro had set up an account to order large numbers of the ''Transformers'' comics. in fact Hasbro had ordered less than 200 copies per issue, primarily because they were not guaranteed free copies from their contract with Dreamwave.<ref name ="litgtfspec" /> Later that year, other companies also reported high sales of "nostalgia" titles, thus further challenging those rumors.<ref name="litgnostal">[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=14245 Lying in the Gutters], October 2002.</ref>

Dreamwave would soon expand their range of Transformers comics to include an ongoing ''[[Armada (Dreamwave comic)|Transformers: Armada]]'' series (which later evolved into ''[[Energon (comic)|Transformers: Energon]]'' to accompany the respective toylines), initially also written by Sarricini. Although the [[War and Peace|second ''Generation 1'' volume]] was originally supposed to be written by Sarracini again, he was replaced by new writer [[James McDonough]] (who originally worked under the alias "Brad Mick"), thereby ultimately writing an entirely different story than what was originally intended.<ref>[http://tformers.com/article.php?sid=1051 TFormers citing a ''Wizard Edge'' article that hints at the originally proposed plot for Dreamwave's Transformers: Generation 1 vol. 2]</ref> With [[Original Sin|issue #5]] of the [[Transformers: Generation 1 (Dreamwave)|third ''Generation One'' volume]] (now an ongoing title), McDonough was joined by his longtime friend [[Adam Patyk]], now forming a writing duo, eventually shifting out his "Brad Mick" alias.

Furthermore, Dreamwave hired fan-favorite [[Simon Furman]] to pen various ''Transformers: The War Within'' mini-series, the first official Transformers fiction ever to be not directly based on an existing toyline. Furman would be joined by artist [[Don Figueroa]], whom Dreamwave had hired directly out of the fandom. More fan artists such as [[Guido Guidi]] and [[Joe Ng]] would soon follow Don into the professional comic book world. Meanwhile, Furman would later also take over the ''Armada'' title as a writer.

===Trouble on the horizon===
The first problems arose in late 2002, when it turned out that Dreamwave had only acquired the license for distributing ''Transformers'' titles in the USA, which resulted in a temporary hold in the international distribution until the matter was settled.<ref>[http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=580 Newsarama reporting on problems resulting from Dreamwave's lack of a license for an international release of their ''Transformers'' titles]</ref> However, Dreamwave were far from being the only company suffering from that problem, as [[Devil's Due Press]] (then part of Image Comics) were also no longer allowed to distribute their ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' comic abroad, and other companies encountered similar problems.<ref name="litglicen">[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=14266 Lying in the Gutters], November 2002.</ref> The problem was eventually resolved, and comics were allowed to be distributed internationally again.

Following the success of their ''Transformers'' titles, Dreamwave put their own titles ''Warlands'' and ''Darkminds'' on hold, instead focusing on other licensed books such as ''[[wikipedia:Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'', numerous [[wikipedia:Capcom|Capcom]] franchises such as ''[[wikipedia:Mega_Man|Mega Man]]'', and ''[[wikipedia:Duel Masters|Duel Masters]]'' (a [[Hasbro]]-backed Japanese import card game/toyline). None of those titles would last particularly long, and some (mainly numerous Capcom titles) never even got the first issue out. This was also when rumors of creators not getting paid first came up.<ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/columns/index.cgi?column=litg&article=1760 Lying in the Gutters reporting on early rumors of Dreamwave artists not getting paid]</ref> Rumors about a rigid "house style" committing other artists to draw in a style close to company president Pat Lee started to circulate as well, most evident in the second ''War Within'' miniseries, where the original pencils by artist [[Andrew Wildman]] were drastically reworked by the inker, with rather disappointing results.

In mid-2004, Dreamwave announced the "addition" of new creators,<ref>[http://www.brokenfrontier.com/headlines/p/detail/dreamwave-adds-transformers-creators The infamous "Dreamwave adds Transformers' creators" press release]</ref> failing to mention that this also meant the departure of Adam Patyk and James McDonough from the company. Although Dreamwave tried to contain this delicate bit of information by asking websites to consider any public statements by the two regarding their current situation with Dreamwave as "private" and thus delete them,<ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/columns/index.cgi?column=litg&article=2033 Lying in the Gutters reporting on Dreamwave's attempt to contain information about Patyk and McDonough's firing]</ref> some sites ignored that request, thereby revealing that Patyk and McDonough were owed a significant amount of money for their work.<ref>[http://www.tformers.com/article.php?sid=3842 TFormers.com quoting a statement by Patyk and McDonough]</ref> At the same time, Pat Lee would start to do contractual work for Marvel and DC again, such as issues of ''House of M'' or ''[[Superman]]/[[Batman]]''.

===The end===
While other artists and writers, including Simon Furman, at least temporarily joined the fold of creators not getting paid by Dreamwave, Chris Sarracini was asked to rewrite the stories previously submitted by Patyk and McDonough.<ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/columns/index.cgi?column=litg&article=2045 Lying in the Gutters reporting that even Simon Furman was temporarily not paid, and the stories by Patyk and McDonough were being rewritten]</ref> Likewise, a long-since announced ''Beast Wars'' title McDonough and Patyk had previously worked on was now supposed to be written by Furman instead. Those stories would ultimately never be published, as Hasbro had already declined to renew Dreamwave's license to publish Transformers comics by this point. <ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=14839 Lying in the Gutters reporting that Hasbro had revoked Dreamwave's ''Transformers'' license]</ref> Following numerous rumors, including one posted by [[Ben Yee]] on his own website [http://www.bwtf.com/ BWTF.com], Dreamwave officially declared bankruptcy on [[January 4]], 2005, blaming the weak United States Dollar and other scapegoats for the company's failure, including a vastly incorrect claim about Dreamwave being the "only Canadian independent comics publisher".<ref>[http://www.tformers.com/article.php?sid=4053 Dreamwave's final press release]</ref>

By this time, Pat and Roger had already spent four months secretly moving most of Dreamwave's assets to a new company named Dream Engine, whose website domain was registered to Roger's name. The existence of Dream Engine first became public in early January of 2005.<ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/columns/index.cgi?column=litg&article=2059 Lying in the Gutters discovering the existence of Dream Engine]</ref>

===The aftermath===
The overall amount of Dreamwave's debt was far over a million dollars.<ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=14886 Lying in the Gutters' list of Dreamwave's creditors]</ref> While former Dreamwave employees never saw a single cent of the money they were owed for their work, Pat Lee repeated the performance a year later with Dream Engine, ultimately resulting in him departing from the new company and once again starting a new business, ''Pat Lee Productions''. Meanwhile, a Canadian entrepreneur named Christian Dery acquired the remaining Dreamwave assets, including the name "Dreamwave" and the rights to their "original" titles such as ''Warlands'' or ''Darkminds'', in August of 2005. Ultimately, no new Dreamwave comics would ever see the light of day, and the "new" Dreamwave ended up not paying employees ''either''.<ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/columns/index.cgi?column=litg&article=2765 Lying in the Gutters reporting on trouble with the "new" Dreamwave]</ref> Eventually, Dreamwave II would close shop in mid-2006, selling back the remaining Dreamwave properties to Roger Lee and Dream Engine.<ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/columns/index.cgi?column=litg&article=2769 Lying in the Gutters reporting on the final fate of the "new" Dreamwave]</ref>

[[Mike Costa]], writer on [[IDW]]'s later ''Transformers'' comics, blames Dreamwave for damaging the franchise in the US comics market: on top of some stories being, in his opinion, "not that great", the business crash meant "a lot of people got burned... a lot of stores got defaulted upon because their orders weren't being met". <ref>[http://moonbase2.libsyn.com/webpage/the-underbase-reviews-ongoing-31 The Underbase podcast interview with Mike Costa ("Special Guest")]</ref>

{{bigquote|Looking back, I'm glad I didn't do any work for Dreamwave... at the time, I'd have worked for free but it turns out everyone else at Dreamwave was doing that anyway.|[[Nick Roche]] <ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIkqheta3GE Moonbase 2 interview with Roche]</ref>}}

==Series published==
=== Dreamwave G1 ===
*''[[Prime Directive|Prime Directive (G1 Volume 1)]]''
*''[[War and Peace|War and Peace (G1 Volume 2)]]''
*''[[Transformers: Generation 1 (Dreamwave)|Generation 1 Ongoing (G1 Volume 3)]]''
*''[[Transformers: The War Within|The War Within]]''
*''[[Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|War Within: The Dark Ages]]''
*''[[Transformers: War Within: The Age of Wrath|War Within: The Age of Wrath]]''
*''[[Transformers: Micromasters]]''

''See also:
* [[Dreamwave timeline]]
* [[Dreamwave Generation One continuity]]''

=== Unicron Trilogy ===
*''[[Armada (Dreamwave comic)|Armada]]''
*''[[Energon (comic)|Energon]]''

=== Transformers/G.I. Joe ===
*''[[Transformers/G.I. Joe Vol. 1]]''
*''[[Transformers/G.I. Joe Vol. 2]]''

=== Other ===
*''[[More Than Meets The Eye (G1)|More Than Meets The Eye]]''
*''[[More Than Meets The Eye (Armada)|More Than Meets The Eye: Armada]]''
* ''[[Dreamwave Summer Special|20th Anniversary Transformers Summer Special]]''

''See also: [[Unreleased Dreamwave issues]]

==Japanese release==
For better or worse (likely the latter), the Dreamwave comics hold the honor of being the very first Western ''Transformers'' comics to be officially translated and published in Japan. They were published by [http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%82%A4%E3%83%96 JIVE Ltd.] (JIVE American Comics Series) and translated by [[Hiroto Ishikawa]] and [[Katsuya Akitomo]]. Releases began in November of 2003 and ended in December of 2004.

The graphic novels released in Japan were identical to the ones released in the US (aside from language, of course). The following collections were released:

*[[Prime Directive#International printings|Generation 1 Vol. 1]]
*[[War and Peace#Japan|Generation 1 Vol. 2]]
*[[Transformers: The War Within#Japan|The War Within Vol. 1]]
*[[Armada (Dreamwave comic)#International printings|Armada Vol. 1]]
*[[Armada (Dreamwave comic)#International printings|Armada Vol. 2]]
*[[Armada (Dreamwave comic)#International printings|Armada Vol. 3]]

This gave Japanese ''Transformers'' fans their very first glimpse, at least on an official level, of what Western ''Transformers'' comics were like. A very unfortunate first impression, to be sure.

==Footnotes==
<references />

==External links==
* [http://tfarchive.com/comics/dreamwave/ By-issue guides, G1 timeline and information (TFArchive)]
* [http://seibertron.com/comics/series.php Cross-referenced information about series and creators (Seibertron)]
* [http://tfarchive.com/community/showpost.php?p=509985&postcount=44 Unpublished Dreamwave G1 continuity timeline]
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The Transformers: Regeneration One

2012-06-02T21:03:01Z

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[[Image:Regeneration One 80-5 art.jpg‎|thumb|250px|Yes, it's back!]]
'''''The Transformers: Regeneration One''''' is a limited series published by [[IDW Publishing]], set in the main [[Marvel Comics continuity]]. It is set 21 years after the events of [[End of the Road! (US)|issue #80]] (the final issue of the Marvel series).

The series is written by [[Simon Furman]], who also wrote the final 24 issues of the US Marvel series. Joining him is [[Andrew Wildman]] on pencils and [[Stephen Baskerville]] on inks.<ref>http://wildwords.wordpress.com/2011/12/03/transformers-regeneration-one/</ref> [[John-Paul Bove]]<ref>http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?sid=8659944f841c01c44147fe1f282058cf&p=279599#279599</ref> provides colors.

Issue #80.5 will be given away as part of [[Free Comic Book Day]] on [[May 5]], [[2012]], after which the series will be published monthly (with issue #81 in July) until issue #100.<ref>http://www.allspark.com/content/view/10004/16/</ref>

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* [[Counterpoint|#80.5]]
* #81
* #82
* #83
* #84
* #85
* #86
* #87
* #88
* #89
* #90
* #91
* #92
* #93
* #94
* #95
* #96
* #97
* #98
* #99
* #100
}}

{{quote|noquote=true|"Even way back in the day, there was never any question in my mind of either treating the robots just as robots -- they were characters, first and foremost, and getting readers to care about them and what happened to them was paramount to me -- or writing down to the kids who'd be reading the comic."|'''Simon Furman'''}}

==Overview==
*TBD

==Collections==
* Unknown at this time.

==Notes==
* TBD

==References==
<references/>

{{DEFAULTSORT:Regeneration One}}
[[Category:Generation 1 comic series]]
[[Category:Regeneration One issues| ]]
[[Category:IDW titles]]

Marvel Comics continuity

2012-06-02T21:02:23Z

31.52.168.213: /* Regeneration One */

[[Image:Marvelcomicscontinuity.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Classics forms the "nards" of the continuity.]]
The '''Marvel Comics continuity''' is the series of stories set in or extrapolated from the ''Transformers'' comic books published by [[Marvel Comics]]. The basis of the story as published in the US consists of:

* The 80 issues of [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|the original Marvel Comics series]]
* The 4-issue ''[[G.I. Joe and the Transformers]]'' miniseries.
* The 4-issue ''[[The Transformers: Headmasters|Headmasters]]'' miniseries.

Though these 88 issues are not without the occasional internal retcon or alternate future, they form a single long and mostly cohesive story.

The Marvel Comics continuity is not a single [[Marvel Comics timeline|timeline]], however. Several different media have added to or continued the story in differing and often contradictory ways:

* '''Marvel UK''' concurrently reprinted the Marvel US stories, and also created new "filler" issues to fit in between events of the original US material. By the series' demise, 332 issues had been published. Some contradictions exist between the UK and US material, and the US crossover with G.I. Joe, though reprinted much later, was ignored in favor of a different set of stories. Once [[Simon Furman]] was on both comics, however, several concepts turned up in the UK comic—Darkwing and Dreadwind retrieving Starscream's body, the [[Demon]]s, Xaaron (before being introduced into Marvel US) and one US issue showed Mecannibals on Cybertron, a set-up for a UK-only strip! Unique to the UK material is an ever-evolving future, due to the actions of rampant time traveling characters; that future was eventually negated by events in the present, forming an alternate branch timeline. The later Marvel UK material is also home to a second major timeline divergence, namely the [[Earthforce]] stories.

* "[[Deathbringer (issue)|Deathbringer]]" and "[[Race with the Devil]]", stories from Marvel UK, are specifically referenced within the US issues. Which must've confused the hell out of American readers. On top of that, UK story "[[Out to Lunch!]]" was specifically set up in a US issue.

* Marvel US's [[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|''Generation 2'']] comic book series, published in the early 1990s, directly continued the story of the original Marvel US series. Again, differing material in the UK was published, but these two series are mostly irreconcilable, if very similar.

* ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' is seen by many fans to take place in the far future of the Marvel Comics continuity. ''Beast Wars'' was the first non-Marvel Comics material to reference the creator-god [[Primus]], and although ''Beast Wars'' and its sequel ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Machines]]'' mention mostly [[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]] events, it has been stated by the writers that the Generation 1 that occurs in the ''Beast Wars''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s past is an unknown mishmash of previous material. (Suffice to say that most Generation 1 continuities seem to move towards ''Beast Wars''.) For the purposes of this wiki, ''Beast Wars'' is always separated under its own continuity header.

* The ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' fiction created by [[Fun Publications]] takes place in the Marvel Comics continuity, but it ignores both the Marvel UK material and the ''Generation 2'' comic books, creating yet another divergent [[splinter timeline]].

* In 2012, [[IDW Publishing]] will begin producing Simon Furman's ''[[Regeneration One]]'', which will continue the Marvel Comics continuity after issue 80 (with issue 80.5 premiering on [[Free Comic Book Day]]) and will run through issue 100. It will render ''Generation 2'' moot,<ref name="regen1">[http://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2011/12/03/and-now-regeneration-one/ AND NOW – REGENERATION ONE!] at [[Simon Furman]]'s blog.</ref> as well as ignore the Marvel UK storylines.<ref>[http://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/regeneration-one-resources/#comment-5897 REGENERATION ONE – RESOURCES « simon furman]</ref>

Below is the desired hierarchy layout for use in the Fiction sections on character pages.

==Marvel Comics continuity==

===''Generation 1''===

{{main|The Transformers (Marvel comic)}}

The very first Transformers fiction, this series begins with the original 28 Transformers characters crash-landing on Earth 4 million years ago, to be awoken in the present day by a volcanic eruption. Their war continues on Earth, centering at first on the search for fuel resources. Eventually the conflict spreads to space, the Moon, Cybertron, and various alien worlds; dozens of characters join the fight on both sides. The coming of Unicron to Cybertron marks a climax of the series, which ends soon afterwards, with the Decepticons retreating into exile.

====Futures timelines====
The main storyline takes place at the same time as the real life publication date of the comic. Several other stories were set 20 years in the future. It is implied in these future stories that something similar to the events of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' happened in the year 2006. By all appearances, these future timelines were ultimately obliterated as a result of time travel.

As originally written, the US version of "[[The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)|The Big Broadcast of 2006]]" is the only US story set in the future ("[[Rhythms of Darkness!]]" deals with an ''alternate'' future). However, as events unfolded in the main series, it became clear that this issue didn't quite fit into future continuity.

====[[Earthforce]]====
:''(Note: The Earthforce stories are part of a divergent timeline branching from the middle of the Marvel US/UK material.)''

===="[[Another Time & Place]]" UK text story====

===''Generation 2'' (US)===
{{main|Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)}}

This series attempted to revive the moribund Transformers franchise, 2 years after the toys had left shelves in America. It directly continues the G1 series with Bludgeon's Decepticons returning and numerous references to the old series. It introduces a new faction, the "second generation" Cybertronians, who form a threat to both the Autobots and Decepticons, as well as the Swarm, a formless mass that threatens to consume all Transformers.

===''Classics''===

{{main|Transformers: Classics}}

{{note|Classics ignores both the Marvel UK material and ''Generation 2'', occurring in a splinter timeline outside of preceding Marvel canon (Generation 1 being an exception) but still in the Marvel continuity family.}}
''Classics'' picks up 15 years after the end of the original series (the same number of years have passed in "real time" as in the stories), as a new war with Megatron seems to be on the verge of beginning after over a decade of peace and rebuilding. Decepticon forces are scattered, characters who died in the omitted ''Generation 2'' stories (like [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]]) get a new lease on life, and [[Mini-Con|Mini-Cons]] maintain a newly-restored [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].

===''Regeneration One''===
{{main|The Transformers: Regeneration One}}
''Regeneration One'' picks up 21 years after the end of the original series (the same number of years have passed in "real time" as in the stories). Issues will continue the numbering scheme from the last ''The Transformers'' issue.<ref name="regen1"/>

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Comics]]
[[Category:Continuities]]

Marvel Comics continuity

2012-06-02T20:59:29Z

31.52.168.213:

[[Image:Marvelcomicscontinuity.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Classics forms the "nards" of the continuity.]]
The '''Marvel Comics continuity''' is the series of stories set in or extrapolated from the ''Transformers'' comic books published by [[Marvel Comics]]. The basis of the story as published in the US consists of:

* The 80 issues of [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|the original Marvel Comics series]]
* The 4-issue ''[[G.I. Joe and the Transformers]]'' miniseries.
* The 4-issue ''[[The Transformers: Headmasters|Headmasters]]'' miniseries.

Though these 88 issues are not without the occasional internal retcon or alternate future, they form a single long and mostly cohesive story.

The Marvel Comics continuity is not a single [[Marvel Comics timeline|timeline]], however. Several different media have added to or continued the story in differing and often contradictory ways:

* '''Marvel UK''' concurrently reprinted the Marvel US stories, and also created new "filler" issues to fit in between events of the original US material. By the series' demise, 332 issues had been published. Some contradictions exist between the UK and US material, and the US crossover with G.I. Joe, though reprinted much later, was ignored in favor of a different set of stories. Once [[Simon Furman]] was on both comics, however, several concepts turned up in the UK comic—Darkwing and Dreadwind retrieving Starscream's body, the [[Demon]]s, Xaaron (before being introduced into Marvel US) and one US issue showed Mecannibals on Cybertron, a set-up for a UK-only strip! Unique to the UK material is an ever-evolving future, due to the actions of rampant time traveling characters; that future was eventually negated by events in the present, forming an alternate branch timeline. The later Marvel UK material is also home to a second major timeline divergence, namely the [[Earthforce]] stories.

* "[[Deathbringer (issue)|Deathbringer]]" and "[[Race with the Devil]]", stories from Marvel UK, are specifically referenced within the US issues. Which must've confused the hell out of American readers. On top of that, UK story "[[Out to Lunch!]]" was specifically set up in a US issue.

* Marvel US's [[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|''Generation 2'']] comic book series, published in the early 1990s, directly continued the story of the original Marvel US series. Again, differing material in the UK was published, but these two series are mostly irreconcilable, if very similar.

* ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' is seen by many fans to take place in the far future of the Marvel Comics continuity. ''Beast Wars'' was the first non-Marvel Comics material to reference the creator-god [[Primus]], and although ''Beast Wars'' and its sequel ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Machines]]'' mention mostly [[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]] events, it has been stated by the writers that the Generation 1 that occurs in the ''Beast Wars''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s past is an unknown mishmash of previous material. (Suffice to say that most Generation 1 continuities seem to move towards ''Beast Wars''.) For the purposes of this wiki, ''Beast Wars'' is always separated under its own continuity header.

* The ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' fiction created by [[Fun Publications]] takes place in the Marvel Comics continuity, but it ignores both the Marvel UK material and the ''Generation 2'' comic books, creating yet another divergent [[splinter timeline]].

* In 2012, [[IDW Publishing]] will begin producing Simon Furman's ''[[Regeneration One]]'', which will continue the Marvel Comics continuity after issue 80 (with issue 80.5 premiering on [[Free Comic Book Day]]) and will run through issue 100. It will render ''Generation 2'' moot,<ref name="regen1">[http://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2011/12/03/and-now-regeneration-one/ AND NOW – REGENERATION ONE!] at [[Simon Furman]]'s blog.</ref> as well as ignore the Marvel UK storylines.<ref>[http://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/regeneration-one-resources/#comment-5897 REGENERATION ONE – RESOURCES « simon furman]</ref>

Below is the desired hierarchy layout for use in the Fiction sections on character pages.

==Marvel Comics continuity==

===''Generation 1''===

{{main|The Transformers (Marvel comic)}}

The very first Transformers fiction, this series begins with the original 28 Transformers characters crash-landing on Earth 4 million years ago, to be awoken in the present day by a volcanic eruption. Their war continues on Earth, centering at first on the search for fuel resources. Eventually the conflict spreads to space, the Moon, Cybertron, and various alien worlds; dozens of characters join the fight on both sides. The coming of Unicron to Cybertron marks a climax of the series, which ends soon afterwards, with the Decepticons retreating into exile.

====Futures timelines====
The main storyline takes place at the same time as the real life publication date of the comic. Several other stories were set 20 years in the future. It is implied in these future stories that something similar to the events of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' happened in the year 2006. By all appearances, these future timelines were ultimately obliterated as a result of time travel.

As originally written, the US version of "[[The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)|The Big Broadcast of 2006]]" is the only US story set in the future ("[[Rhythms of Darkness!]]" deals with an ''alternate'' future). However, as events unfolded in the main series, it became clear that this issue didn't quite fit into future continuity.

====[[Earthforce]]====
:''(Note: The Earthforce stories are part of a divergent timeline branching from the middle of the Marvel US/UK material.)''

===="[[Another Time & Place]]" UK text story====

===''Generation 2'' (US)===
{{main|Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)}}

This series attempted to revive the moribund Transformers franchise, 2 years after the toys had left shelves in America. It directly continues the G1 series with Bludgeon's Decepticons returning and numerous references to the old series. It introduces a new faction, the "second generation" Cybertronians, who form a threat to both the Autobots and Decepticons, as well as the Swarm, a formless mass that threatens to consume all Transformers.

===''Classics''===

{{main|Transformers: Classics}}

{{note|Classics ignores both the Marvel UK material and ''Generation 2'', occurring in a splinter timeline outside of preceding Marvel canon (Generation 1 being an exception) but still in the Marvel continuity family.}}
''Classics'' picks up 15 years after the end of the original series (the same number of years have passed in "real time" as in the stories), as a new war with Megatron seems to be on the verge of beginning after over a decade of peace and rebuilding. Decepticon forces are scattered, characters who died in the omitted ''Generation 2'' stories (like [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]]) get a new lease on life, and [[Mini-Con|Mini-Cons]] maintain a newly-restored [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].

===''Regeneration One''===
{{main|Regeneration One}}
''Regeneration One'' picks up 21 years after the end of the original series (the same number of years have passed in "real time" as in the stories). Issues will continue the numbering scheme from the last ''The Transformers'' issue.<ref name="regen1"/>

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Comics]]
[[Category:Continuities]]

Marvel Comics continuity

2012-06-02T20:23:36Z

31.52.168.213:

[[Image:Marvelcomicscontinuity.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Classics forms the "nards" of the continuity.]]
The '''Marvel Comics continuity''' is the series of stories set in or extrapolated from the ''Transformers'' comic books published by [[Marvel Comics]]. The basis of the story as published in the US consists of:

* The 80 issues of [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|the original Marvel Comics series]]
* The 4-issue ''[[G.I. Joe and the Transformers]]'' miniseries.
* The 4-issue ''[[The Transformers: Headmasters|Headmasters]]'' miniseries.

Though these 88 issues are not without the occasional internal retcon or alternate future, they form a single long and mostly cohesive story.

The Marvel Comics continuity is not a single [[Marvel Comics timeline|timeline]], however. Several different media have added to or continued the story in differing and often contradictory ways:

* '''Marvel UK''' concurrently reprinted the Marvel US stories, and also created new "filler" issues to fit in between events of the original US material. By the series' demise, 332 issues had been published. Some contradictions exist between the UK and US material, and the US crossover with G.I. Joe, though reprinted much later, was ignored in favor of a different set of stories. Once [[Simon Furman]] was on both comics, however, several concepts turned up in the UK comic—Darkwing and Dreadwind retrieving Starscream's body, the [[Demon]]s, Xaaron (before being introduced into Marvel US) and one US issue showed Mecannibals on Cybertron, a set-up for a UK-only strip! Unique to the UK material is an ever-evolving future, due to the actions of rampant time traveling characters; that future was eventually negated by events in the present, forming an alternate branch timeline. The later Marvel UK material is also home to a second major timeline divergence, namely the [[Earthforce]] stories.

* "[[Deathbringer (issue)|Deathbringer]]" and "[[Race with the Devil]]", stories from Marvel UK, are specifically referenced within the US issues. Which must've confused the hell out of American readers. On top of that, UK story "[[Out to Lunch!]]" was specifically set up in a US issue.

* Marvel US's [[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|''Generation 2'']] comic book series, published in the early 1990s, directly continued the story of the original Marvel US series. Again, differing material in the UK was published, but these two series are mostly irreconcilable, if very similar.

* ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' is seen by many fans to take place in the far future of the Marvel Comics continuity. ''Beast Wars'' was the first non-Marvel Comics material to reference the creator-god [[Primus]], and although ''Beast Wars'' and its sequel ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Machines]]'' mention mostly [[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]] events, it has been stated by the writers that the Generation 1 that occurs in the ''Beast Wars''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s past is an unknown mishmash of previous material. (Suffice to say that most Generation 1 continuities seem to move towards ''Beast Wars''.) For the purposes of this wiki, ''Beast Wars'' is always separated under its own continuity header.

* The ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' fiction created by [[Fun Publications]] takes place in the Marvel Comics continuity, but it ignores both the Marvel UK material and the ''Generation 2'' comic books, creating yet another divergent [[splinter timeline]].

* In 2012, [[IDW Publishing]] will begin producing Simon Furman's ''[[Regeneration One]]'', which will continue the Marvel Comics continuity after issue 80 (with issue 80.5 premiering on [[Free Comic Book Day]]) and will run through issue 100. It will render ''Generation 2'' moot,{{fact}} as well as ignore the Marvel UK storylines.<ref>[http://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/regeneration-one-resources/#comment-5897 REGENERATION ONE – RESOURCES « simon furman]</ref>

Below is the desired hierarchy layout for use in the Fiction sections on character pages.

==Marvel Comics continuity==

===''Generation 1''===

{{main|The Transformers (Marvel comic)}}

The very first Transformers fiction, this series begins with the original 28 Transformers characters crash-landing on Earth 4 million years ago, to be awoken in the present day by a volcanic eruption. Their war continues on Earth, centering at first on the search for fuel resources. Eventually the conflict spreads to space, the Moon, Cybertron, and various alien worlds; dozens of characters join the fight on both sides. The coming of Unicron to Cybertron marks a climax of the series, which ends soon afterwards, with the Decepticons retreating into exile.

====Futures timelines====
The main storyline takes place at the same time as the real life publication date of the comic. Several other stories were set 20 years in the future. It is implied in these future stories that something similar to the events of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' happened in the year 2006. By all appearances, these future timelines were ultimately obliterated as a result of time travel.

As originally written, the US version of "[[The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)|The Big Broadcast of 2006]]" is the only US story set in the future ("[[Rhythms of Darkness!]]" deals with an ''alternate'' future). However, as events unfolded in the main series, it became clear that this issue didn't quite fit into future continuity.

====[[Earthforce]]====
:''(Note: The Earthforce stories are part of a divergent timeline branching from the middle of the Marvel US/UK material.)''

===="[[Another Time & Place]]" UK text story====

===''Generation 2'' (US)===
{{main|Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)}}

This series attempted to revive the moribund Transformers franchise, 2 years after the toys had left shelves in America. It directly continues the G1 series with Bludgeon's Decepticons returning and numerous references to the old series. It introduces a new faction, the "second generation" Cybertronians, who form a threat to both the Autobots and Decepticons, as well as the Swarm, a formless mass that threatens to consume all Transformers.

===''Classics''===

{{main|Transformers: Classics}}

{{note|Classics ignores both the Marvel UK material and ''Generation 2'', occurring in a splinter timeline outside of preceding Marvel canon (Generation 1 being an exception) but still in the Marvel continuity family.}}
''Classics'' picks up 15 years after the end of the original series (the same number of years have passed in "real time" as in the stories), as a new war with Megatron seems to be on the verge of beginning after over a decade of peace and rebuilding. Decepticon forces are scattered, characters who died in the omitted ''Generation 2'' stories (like [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]]) get a new lease on life, and [[Mini-Con|Mini-Cons]] maintain a newly-restored [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].

===''Regeneration One''===
{{main|Regeneration One}}
''Regeneration One'' picks up 21 years after the end of the original series (the same number of years have passed in "real time" as in the stories). Issues will continue the numbering scheme from the last ''The Transformers'' issue.<ref>[http://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2011/12/03/and-now-regeneration-one/ AND NOW – REGENERATION ONE!] at [[Simon Furman]]'s blog.</ref>

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Comics]]
[[Category:Continuities]]

Marvel Comics continuity

2012-06-02T20:22:05Z

31.52.168.213:

[[Image:Marvelcomicscontinuity.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Classics forms the "nards" of the continuity.]]
The '''Marvel Comics continuity''' is the series of stories set in or extrapolated from the ''Transformers'' comic books published by [[Marvel Comics]]. The basis of the story as published in the US consists of:

* The 80 issues of [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|the original Marvel Comics series]]
* The 4-issue ''[[G.I. Joe and the Transformers]]'' miniseries.
* The 4-issue ''[[The Transformers: Headmasters|Headmasters]]'' miniseries.

Though these 88 issues are not without the occasional internal retcon or alternate future, they form a single long and mostly cohesive story.

The Marvel Comics continuity is not a single [[Marvel Comics timeline|timeline]], however. Several different media have added to or continued the story in differing and often contradictory ways:

* '''Marvel UK''' concurrently reprinted the Marvel US stories, and also created new "filler" issues to fit in between events of the original US material. By the series' demise, 332 issues had been published. Some contradictions exist between the UK and US material, and the US crossover with G.I. Joe, though reprinted much later, was ignored in favor of a different set of stories. Once [[Simon Furman]] was on both comics, however, several concepts turned up in the UK comic—Darkwing and Dreadwind retrieving Starscream's body, the [[Demon]]s, Xaaron (before being introduced into Marvel US) and one US issue showed Mecannibals on Cybertron, a set-up for a UK-only strip! Unique to the UK material is an ever-evolving future, due to the actions of rampant time traveling characters; that future was eventually negated by events in the present, forming an alternate branch timeline. The later Marvel UK material is also home to a second major timeline divergence, namely the [[Earthforce]] stories.

* "[[Deathbringer (issue)|Deathbringer]]" and "[[Race with the Devil]]", stories from Marvel UK, are specifically referenced within the US issues. Which must've confused the hell out of American readers. On top of that, UK story "[[Out to Lunch!]]" was specifically set up in a US issue.

* Marvel US's [[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|''Generation 2'']] comic book series, published in the early 1990s, directly continued the story of the original Marvel US series. Again, differing material in the UK was published, but these two series are mostly irreconcilable, if very similar.

* ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' is seen by many fans to take place in the far future of the Marvel Comics continuity. ''Beast Wars'' was the first non-Marvel Comics material to reference the creator-god [[Primus]], and although ''Beast Wars'' and its sequel ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Machines]]'' mention mostly [[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]] events, it has been stated by the writers that the Generation 1 that occurs in the ''Beast Wars''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s past is an unknown mishmash of previous material. (Suffice to say that most Generation 1 continuities seem to move towards ''Beast Wars''.) For the purposes of this wiki, ''Beast Wars'' is always separated under its own continuity header.

* The ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' fiction created by [[Fun Publications]] takes place in the Marvel Comics continuity, but it ignores both the Marvel UK material and the ''Generation 2'' comic books, creating yet another divergent [[splinter timeline]].

* In 2012, [[IDW Publishing]] will begin producing Simon Furman's ''[[Regeneration One]]'', which will continue the Marvel Comics continuity after issue 80 (with issue 80.5 premiering on [[Free Comic Book Day]]) and will run through issue 100. It will render ''Generation 2'' moot,{{fact}} as well as ignore the Marvel UK storylines.<ref>[http://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/regeneration-one-resources/#comment-5897/ REGENERATION ONE – RESOURCES « simon furman]</ref>

Below is the desired hierarchy layout for use in the Fiction sections on character pages.

==Marvel Comics continuity==

===''Generation 1''===

{{main|The Transformers (Marvel comic)}}

The very first Transformers fiction, this series begins with the original 28 Transformers characters crash-landing on Earth 4 million years ago, to be awoken in the present day by a volcanic eruption. Their war continues on Earth, centering at first on the search for fuel resources. Eventually the conflict spreads to space, the Moon, Cybertron, and various alien worlds; dozens of characters join the fight on both sides. The coming of Unicron to Cybertron marks a climax of the series, which ends soon afterwards, with the Decepticons retreating into exile.

====Futures timelines====
The main storyline takes place at the same time as the real life publication date of the comic. Several other stories were set 20 years in the future. It is implied in these future stories that something similar to the events of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' happened in the year 2006. By all appearances, these future timelines were ultimately obliterated as a result of time travel.

As originally written, the US version of "[[The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)|The Big Broadcast of 2006]]" is the only US story set in the future ("[[Rhythms of Darkness!]]" deals with an ''alternate'' future). However, as events unfolded in the main series, it became clear that this issue didn't quite fit into future continuity.

====[[Earthforce]]====
:''(Note: The Earthforce stories are part of a divergent timeline branching from the middle of the Marvel US/UK material.)''

===="[[Another Time & Place]]" UK text story====

===''Generation 2'' (US)===
{{main|Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)}}

This series attempted to revive the moribund Transformers franchise, 2 years after the toys had left shelves in America. It directly continues the G1 series with Bludgeon's Decepticons returning and numerous references to the old series. It introduces a new faction, the "second generation" Cybertronians, who form a threat to both the Autobots and Decepticons, as well as the Swarm, a formless mass that threatens to consume all Transformers.

===''Classics''===

{{main|Transformers: Classics}}

{{note|Classics ignores both the Marvel UK material and ''Generation 2'', occurring in a splinter timeline outside of preceding Marvel canon (Generation 1 being an exception) but still in the Marvel continuity family.}}
''Classics'' picks up 15 years after the end of the original series (the same number of years have passed in "real time" as in the stories), as a new war with Megatron seems to be on the verge of beginning after over a decade of peace and rebuilding. Decepticon forces are scattered, characters who died in the omitted ''Generation 2'' stories (like [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]]) get a new lease on life, and [[Mini-Con|Mini-Cons]] maintain a newly-restored [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].

===''Regeneration One''===
{{main|Regeneration One}}
''Regeneration One'' picks up 21 years after the end of the original series (the same number of years have passed in "real time" as in the stories). Issues will continue the numbering scheme from the last ''The Transformers'' issue.<ref>[http://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2011/12/03/and-now-regeneration-one/ AND NOW – REGENERATION ONE!] at [[Simon Furman]]'s blog.</ref>

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Comics]]
[[Category:Continuities]]

Halogen (WFC)

2012-06-02T20:06:56Z

31.52.168.213:

{{disambig2|the High Councilor from Exodus|Sprocket's imaginary friend from Wings of Honor|Halogen (Timelines)}}
:''High Councilor Halogen is a member of the High Council of Cybertron from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[Image:Halogen.jpg|thumb|300px|Like why did Don imagine me as being one eyed?]]
High Councilor '''Halogen''' was the longest serving member of the High Council in the last days before the [[Autobot]]/[[Decepticon]] War began. Rumor had it that he had personally known some of the [[Thirteen|Primes]] and had helped lead Cybertron through every major event after their era. His district included many of the less reputable parts of the planet, including [[Blaster City]] and the [[Badlands (Cybertron)|Badlands]]. His greatest political ambition was to annex the neighboring [[Hydrax Plateau]]. Unfortunately he'd been struggling to do this for so long that anything he said or did was immediately assumed by all to be a grab at the plateau.

==Fiction==
===''Exodus''===
[[Image:WFCcomicHalogendies.jpg|thumb|200px|left|]]
Halogen was the duly-appointed moderator of the High Council on the day [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] and [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Orion Pax]] came before them to argue for social change. Halogen demanded strict adherence to protocol and decorum during the hearing, sanctioning councilors and audience members alike for speaking out of turn. While he naturally expressed his abhorence at the terrorist violence being carried out by the "Decepticons", Halogen also seemed open to the idea of opening discussion on considering to reconsider the caste system. (It's not much, but hey, he's a politician).

A final decision on the matter of the castes was tabled, however, due to the more serious matter of [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel Prime]]'s absence, and the lack of leadership for Cybertron. Based on previous discussions with the Hall of Records' chief archivist, [[Alpha Trion (Prime)|Alpha Trion]], and his own sincere speeches for the new "Autobot" movement for social change, Halogen represented the council's wishes to nominate Orion Pax as the new Prime: Optimus Prime. Megatron did not take well to this perceived slight and unleashed his fusion cannon, obliterating Halogen's podium and effectively ending the Council session. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

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Sigil (WFC)

2012-06-02T20:06:21Z

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:''Sigil is a [[neutral]] guild member from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[Image:WFCcomicSigil.jpg|thumb|250px|]]
'''Sigil''' was a representative of the [[Guilds of Cybertron]] to the High Council in the last days before the war. He was even more elderly and run-down than his long-time friend [[Halogen]], though they were rumored to have emerged from the [[Well of All Sparks]] on the same day. Sigil supports the status quo and Halogen in all things.

==Fiction==
===''Exodus''===
When the High Council called a meeting to address building civil unrest and to hear the testimony of [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] and [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Orion Pax]], Sigil spoke in favor of the Guild's status quo and actually managed to arouse the anger of young Orion. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus}}
{{charstubfiction}}

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Drivetrain (WFC)

2012-06-02T20:05:26Z

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{{disambig2|the Constructicon elder from Exodus|the Decepticon Mini-Con|Drivetrain (TF 2010)}}

:''Drivetrain is a neutral [[Constructicon]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:Drivetrain.JPG|thumb|150px|]]
The rumbling '''Drivetrain''' is a member of the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] before the beginning of the Great War. He is also a patriarch of the [[Constructicon (Prime)|Constructicon]]s and a rare member of the council not to originate from the highest [[Caste system|Caste]]. Instead, Drivetrain originated from the construction-based middle castes. He earned the council's respect and acceptance through long patience and hard work.

==Fiction==
===''Exodus''===

Drivetrain took part in the High Council meeting where Orion Pax was named [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]]. {{Storylink|Transformers: Exodus}}

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Chromatron

2012-06-02T20:04:41Z

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:''Chromatron is a neutral Cybertronian from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
{{faceless}}

'''Chromatron''' was a renowned artist in the days before the [[Autobot]]/[[Decepticon]] War. He lived as part of a colony of artisan manufacturers around the [[Smelting pool|Lower Pool]] of [[Polyhex]].

==Fiction==
===''Exodus''===
Inspired by suddenly-prominent revolutionary [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]], Chromatron was working on his latest project, a projection model portrait of the leader, when terrorists inspired by (and perhaps directed by) that same Megatron detonated a series of bombs within Polyhex as part of a multi-prong strike. The explosions sent the cliff face above —and the high-caste houses constructed there— cascading down into the molten Lower Pool, killing Chromatron and countless others. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus}}

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Gauntlet (WFC)

2012-06-02T20:03:01Z

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{{disambig2|the neutral Cybertronian|the [[Nucleon]]-powered brass knuckles|Nucleon shock gauntlet}}
:''Gauntlet is a neutral Cybertronian from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
{{faceless}}

'''Gauntlet''' was the militia magistrate for the [[High Council]] in the last days before the war began. A true believer in the caste system and the military world into which he had been "born" as soon as he had emerged from the [[Well of All Sparks]]. He took real pride in the military history of his training ground at [[Fort Scyk]] and of [[Stanix]] itself. The single regret in what he considered a full and worthwhile existence was that he never had the chance to take part in "large-scale" combat. Given his fate, there's a real irony in that.

==Fiction==
===''Exodus''===
Gauntlet was aware of the growing power of the revolutionary [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] and felt he was a low-class malcontent that would be easily dealt with when the council finally gave him approval to sweep out the cesspools of [[Kaon]] and the [[Badlands (Cybertron)|Badlands]].

Unfortunately, Fort Scyk was bombed as part of the terrorist acts that began the build-up to the Autobot/Decepticon war. Gauntlet was killed in the attack. {{Storylink|Transformers: Exodus}}

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Bulletbike (TransTech)

2012-06-02T20:01:02Z

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{{disambig2|the enterprising TransTech motorcycle|the awkwardly simple motorcycle from Generation 2|Bulletbike (G2)}}
:''Bulletbike is a neutral [[Transformer]] from the [[Transformers: TransTech|TransTech]] [[continuity]].''

[[Image:Bulletbiketranstechholograph.jpg|right|200px|thumb|[[Obi-Wan Kenobi]], you are my only hope.]]
'''Bulletbike''', the thirty-seventh richest bot on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], is the CEO of [[RoboCo]]. Snarlingly condescending, he has very little regard for his industry peers, much less the [[lowtech]]s who are thankfully kept locked up in [[Axiom Nexus]]. He cares about little else besides money, power, prestige, and, most importantly, his dignity. He finds violence oddly empowering.

==Fiction==
===''TransTech''===

[[Image:Topspin&BulletbikesSpark TheComingStorm1.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Gotcher soul!]]

The last thing Bulletbike remembered for certain was the party celebrating [[RoboCo]]'s contract with the [[Transcendent Technomorph|TransTech]] Senate to provide [[Vehidrone]]s to patrol the Offworlder sectors. The next thing he knew, he was face down in a pile of putrescence, trapped in a body so lowtech it would be comical under any other circumstances. Shooed on his way by a [[Blastcharge (BM)|Security Administration officer with an odd name]], Bulletbike tried desperately to make sense of his situation. Unaccustomed to watching his own back on a dark street, Bulletbike was accosted by a [[Sling|mugger]]. Panicking, he struck back in self-defense, driving a pipe through his attacker's optic and murdering him.

Having passed out from the stress and shock, Bulletbike awoke hours later in the presence of a lowtech named [[Scrounge (G1)|Scrounge]]. Like Bulletbike, Scrounge claimed to be a [[Xaaron|'bot of greater standing]] than his form implied. Although his claims were more than dubious, Bulletbike was thankful to have at least someone to talk to who was willing to believe him. While trying to access his accounts, Bulletbike discovered the situation was worse than he had assumed. He hadn't just been aggressively downgraded, someone else was actually using his original body, posing as the real Bulletbike for all to see. Now having a face for his enemy (even if it WAS his own), Bulletbike began concocting a plan to confront his nemesis. Seeking a new source of funds since his own account was inaccessible, Bulletbike decided to borrow a trick from his earlier victim and threatened to mug an [[Skyblast (Energon)|Omnicon]] in an alleyway. When his target attempted to fight back, however, Bulletbike committed murder once more without fully intending to. While recovering the well-stocked cred-key from his latest victim, Bulletbike felt...perturbed by the lack of guilt in his processors.

At [[Swindle, Swindle & Swindle]], Bulletbike enlisted the greasy trio to perform a full-spectrum analysis of his systems to find any proof of the spark-exchange process that had trapped him in his present form. Their diagnostic failed to turn up any trace of spark-tampering, but Bulletbike did undergo some basic repairs in the process. He killed [[Skids (G1)|yet another Offworlder]] to refill his cred-purse, and then arranged to contact his arch-rival in the business world: [[Ego]], of [[C-Kar Technologies]]. Offering to reveal a fatal flaw in RoboCo's sentries for a price, Bulletbike arranged a clandestine meeting in Ego's home offices to deliver the proof and discuss terms. At C-Kar, Bulletbike attacked his rival, catching him off-guard with the sheer ferocity of the assault and paralyzing Ego's systems with a spike of [[nucleon]] before decapitating the TransTech with his own precious [[Energon Sword|Sword of Megatron]] keepsake. With Ego's guard [[Aurik]] murdered as well, Bulletbike began arming himself for an attack on his own company.

At RoboCo, Bulletbike managed to battle his way through the entire compliment of guards and confront his nemesis. The fight was brutal, and Bulletbike eventually overcame "himself" and threw the impostor out through the glass of his office. Giddy with victory, Bulletbike barely acknowledged the [[Axiom Nexus Security Administration|Security Administration]] agents who burst into the room moments later. Content with his success and believing he had reestablished his identity, Bulletbike fatefully ignored Officer [[Stungun (TransTech)|Stungun]]'s command to freeze, and dreamily stepped off the balcony to reclaim his body, plummeting to his doom. Although Bulletbike was certain of his identity, questions about what really happened continued to linger among the TransTechs long after his death... {{storylink|I, Lowtech}}

==Toys==
===Generation 2===
[[Image:G2-toy Bulletbike.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Not his real body, just a loaner.]]
* '''Bulletbike''' (Power Master, 1995)
**''Power Master ID number:'' '''PM4'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 gattling guns

: Bulletbike transforms into a silver motorcycle with an orange sidecar. As a ''Generation 2'' [[Power Master]], Bulletbike's gimmick revolved around his powerful pull-back motor. After pulling back on his vehicle mode, inserting one of his guns into the slots on his sidecar releases a catch in the motor and allows him to zip along a smooth surface. This feature also works in robot mode.

:Along with the other ''Generation 2'' Power Masters, Bulletbike was one of the last toys in the ''Generation 2'' line, and was only released in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. Oddly, the Australia and New Zealand releases were in US packaging, complete with [[Hasbro]]'s Rhode Island address.

==Notes==
*Bulletbike's TransTech body is based on the toy of ''[[Beast Machines (franchise)|Beast Machines]]'' [[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]], though with a different, more humanoid head.

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Cryotek (TransTech)

2012-06-02T20:00:17Z

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{{disambig3|Cryotek}}
:''Cryotek is a neutral Transformer from the [[Transformers: TransTech|TransTech]] continuity.''

[[Image:Cryotektranstech.jpg|right|300px|thumb|I'm in all the Fun Pub stories!]]
'''Cryotek''' runs [[The Blue Deployer]], a bar of ill repute within [[Axiom Nexus]] which patrons some shady characters. Even though he's a TransTech universe native, he still has the [[Backslash|same ol']] [[Buzzbomb|goons]] as the [[Cryotek (RID)|other Cryotek]]. Ask him about his Polonium Spritzers sometime.

==Fiction==
===''TransTech''===
One day, Cryotek introduced himself to some new clientele, the just-arrived Autobots [[Jackpot (G1)|Jackpot]] and [[Hubcap (G1)|Hubcap]]. He kept an eye on their business, particularly when Hubcap lost a slew of credits to a regular named [[Gutcruncher (G1)|Gutcruncher]] in a game of cards. When Gutcruncher offered them an opportunity to recoup their losses, the Autobots were planning to drive straight in the other direction until Cryotek stepped in. He coolly vouched for Gutcruncher's credibility and even offered to ask his mech [[Backslash]] to keep an eye out for them at Gutcruncher's big meeting.

A few cycles later, Jackpot and Hubcap had been framed for the assassination of Gutcruncher and were on the run from everyone in [[Axiom Nexus]], from the [[Malignus|Malignus Revolutionary Army]] to [[Cheetor (TransTech)|Commander Cheetor]] and the [[Axiom Nexus Security Administration|Security Administration]]. Thanks a lot, Cryotek.

The Autobots made their way back to The Blue Deployer looking for sanctuary, but Cryotek regretfully could offer none. Although he generously offered not to turn them in to any of their new admirers, Cryotek insisted the duo vacate his premises. The Autobots eventually managed to save themselves and clear their names, but the whole situation left an itch on Commander Cheetor's back... one he suspected Cryotek could scratch. The real assailant was [[Black Shadow (Victory)|Black Shadow]], a mech in Cryotek's employ who managed to mention he had been paid for the assassination before he was killed by a mob, his head went missing and his shell got scorched beyond recognition by acid...all ensuring no further data could be extracted from him. Cheetor made a show of questioning Cryotek, but had no proof to support his theories, and so they could do little more than go through the typical dance steps: "I know you did it. You know I know. And I know you know that I know..." {{storylink|Gone Too Far}}

Although Cryotek is usually on the ball, the arrival of the [[GoBots (G1)|GoBots]] apparently didn't show up on his radar. He was caught completely unawares when Cheetor came to The Blue Deployer to inform him of the death of his employee, [[Comet]]. It seemed the busboy had been dealing with the [[Renegade]] named [[Bug Bite (G1)|Bug Bite]] and caught the raw end of the negotiation, courtesy of Bug Bite's open-palmed hand blaster. Cryotek was uncharacteristically willing to help Cheetor's investigation into Comet's death as best he could. Much fortune to Bug Bite for having escaped Axiom Nexus before Cryotek managed to settle accounts. {{storylink|Withered Hope}}

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Armorhide (WFC)

2012-06-02T19:57:25Z

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{{disambig3|Armorhide}}
:''Armorhide is a neutral Cybertronian (but probably not for long) from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
{{faceless}}

All '''Armorhide''' ever wanted to do was make people laugh. His ability to do so eventually netted him a cushy job as the headlining comedian at the [[Altihex|Altihex Casino]]. Always a crowd-pleaser, he's happy to have a job that allows him to get his fellow robots' minds off the cares of the world.

He can't abide hecklers though. Few things scarier than an angry comedian with a rocket launcher.

{{quote|An invasion? Of Altihex? And it started here, during the show? Not funny.|Armorhide muses on his last performance| ''[[Transformers: Exodus]]''}}

==Fiction==
===''Exodus''===
Armorhide was in the middle of his biggest night; [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel Prime]] himself was in the audience, but the jokes just weren't firing, and the crowd was apprehensive. After all, this was ''Sentinel Prime'' in the audience. But as Armorhide was joking about his last joke bombing, Sentinel laughed... and then all hell broke loose as a squad of "[[Decepticon]]s" tore through the outer hull of the orbiting casino, right into the Great Hall where Armorhide was performing.

Armorhide was actually the last bot in the hall, surviving the onslaught and refusing to leave the stage. But the interruption made him really, really angry. So angry he even took a potshot at the passing [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]], Sentinel's trusted bodyguard, because the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] hadn't laughed at any of the jokes at all. Starscream paid the comedian no heed, however, and tore off through the hole in the hull back to the surface.

Realizing that the Decepticons had numerous ground units among their number, requiring some kind of transport, Armorhide peered through the hole to see their abandoned shuttle still attached to the outer wall. After a brief internal argument about whether or not he should say anything out loud even though no-one could hear him even if anyone was there to hear him and whether or not he was the kind of bot to talk to himself (apparently he was), he crawled to the shuttle and headed for the surface in order to get word of the Casino's fall to somebody at [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. {{Storylink|Transformers: Exodus}}

==Notes==
* Armorhide is clearly based on the ''[[Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'' [[Autobot]] [[Armorhide (Cybertron)|Armorhide]], who is himself a comedian with a temper. Though no physical description of this Armorhide is ever given, so we don't know if he turns into some kind of truck. Probably.

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Maccadam's bartenders

2012-06-02T19:50:16Z

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{{noname-nickname}}
:''Maccadam's bartenders are [[Neutral|neutralists]] from the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel Comics]] portion of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:The Ultimate Guide Maccadam's Old Oil House scene.jpg|right|250px|thumb|]]
War is hell, which is why the weary [[Transformer|mechs]] of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] sometimes need to take a break from it. Down on sub-level six of Cybertron's lower-east quadrant, [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]] is the perfect retreat, offering black market fuel—available to everyone, regardless of allegiance—served by one of his famous '''bartenders'''. Aided by [[Rocky]] the doorman (and presumably sometimes by [[Maccadam]] himself), working at Maccadam's can sometimes be dangerous, but it is rarely dull.

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==The female bartender==
[[Image:Female maccadams bartender marvel uk 82.jpg|left|250px|thumb|"Workin' nine-to-five, what a way to make a livin'!"]]
When [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]], [[Twin Twist]] and [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] took a drink at Maccadam's during the preparations for [[Operation: Volcano]], the bartender was apparently a [[Female Transformer|fembot]]—the only one apart from [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] seen in the Marvel continuity. Whilst clearly mechanical, it's possible that she's an offworld mech or a constructed serving [[drone]]. {{storylink|Target: 2006}}
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==The moustachioed bartender==
[[Image:Maccadams bartender marvel uk 240.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Spit and polish, that's the way.]]
The moustachioed bartender was working the night [[Quickswitch]] was meant to meet his [[Decepticon]] contact to receive information vital to the [[Autobot]] resistance. Unfortunately the party was crashed by a pair of [[Mecannibal]]s (on the trail of [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] and [[Darkwing]]) who had eaten Rocky. Quickswitch fought off the Mecannibals, levelling the building in the process, but it is unknown if the bartender escaped unhurt. {{storylink|Out to Lunch!}}

{{note|This bartender is often identified as Maccadam himself, though there is nothing in the story to suggest this.}}
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==The ''Legends'' bartender==
The Old Oil House is a kind of refuge for the sparks of offline Autobot and [[Maximal]] leaders. They are served by a bartender who may or may not be Maccadam. {{storylink|Prime Spark}}

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Rocky

2012-06-02T19:49:51Z

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:''Rocky is a [[neutral]] doorman from the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel Comics]] portion of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Rocky mecannibal bartender marvel uk 240.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Though obviously not "tasty" in a fight.]]
'''Rocky''' is a simian [[Transformer]] who works as the doorman at [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]]. No one gets past him.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics UK continuity===
When a [[Generic|redshirt]] [[Decepticon]] warned that some [[Mecannibal|creatures who tried to eat him]] were on their way to Maccadam's, the [[Maccadam's bartender|bartender]] was unconcerned, predicting that they wouldn't get past Rocky on the door. He was wrong. {{storylink|Out to Lunch!}}

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Cheesecake robot

2012-06-02T19:49:24Z

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{{noname-nickname}}
:''Cheesecake robot is a Transformer, presumably [[Neutral]], from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].
[[Image:Robo knockers.jpg|thumb|250px|She was young and needed the money.]]
When you're run down and nothin's going right, just close your eyes or find a quiet spot, and tune your thoughts to the "'''cheesecake robot'''" for that loving care you need.

She waits for you. While others can be such jerks that hurt you, don't appreciate you, or exploit you... the most she wants is another session of your ''special charm'' to rev her engine.

No matter where or when, just call and create a world where (for a little while) there's just the two of you. And when it comes time to part she'll always keep a special place in her RAM, just for you.

When it's dark and cold and everything's at its worst, ''you'' remember ''her''. Remember the first time with her... ''everything'' you gave her... and remember you have the strength to go on because there's something ''worth getting back to''!

Long distance fees may apply.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon===
After a really long day dealing with [[Junkyard (G1)|jerks]], the exiled [[Decepticon]] [[Octane]] struggled to tune in the Cheesecake robot's signal while his cargo ship was en-route to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. He succeeded just as a bomb planted by a [[Skuxxoid]] bounty-hunter completely demolished his ship, stranding him in space. {{storylink|Starscream's Ghost}}

==Notes==
[[Image:G1ArceeModelComp.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Those legs look familiar.]]
* The cheesecake robot's appearance is pretty clearly based on [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]'s, more specifically her original [[character model]]'s, only made more boobalicious, and with [[The Story of Wheelie, the Wild Boy of Quintesson|horrifying fleshtone parts]]. Hey, kids, is your budding sexuality irrevocably scarred yet?

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Devcon's galpal

2012-06-02T19:48:39Z

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{{noname-nickname}}
:''Devcon's galpal is (likely) a [[Neutral]] from the [[Beast Era]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]] (via [[Universe (2003 franchise)|2003 Universe]]).''

[[Image:Disclosure CSSB-16 Devcon & co.jpg‎|right|420px|thumb|She is made for this.]]
"'''Devcon's galpal'''" is... well, she is a [[Transformer]], that much is certain. And she's [[Female Transformer|female]]. She hangs around [[Spaceport CSSB-16|places decent folk stays far away from]], associating up close with her ilk.

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==Fiction==
===''Universe'' comics===
[[Image:Disclosure Devcon galpal split.jpg|right|420px|thumb|Oh baby, you really got a [[Humanization#Hips|nice hip]].]]
She got very cozy with [[Devcon (G1)|Devcon]] when he came to [[Spaceport CSSB-16]] to find assistance in his pursuit of [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]. But when Devcon found the assistance he was looking for in the [[Dinobot (BM)|Dinobots]], he promptly told her to take a hike. {{storylink|Disclosure}}

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Optimus Prime's rescuees

2012-06-02T19:47:37Z

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{{noname-nickname}}
:''Optimus Prime's rescuees are [[Neutral]]s from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:TAoW4 Prime helping.jpg‎|right|210px|thumb|Injury makes hair grow.]]
"'''Optimus Prime's rescuees'''" are two civilian [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronians]] who attended the peace ceremony held by the [[Autobot]]s. They probably had a good time crushed when the [[Decepticon]]s attacked. In the wildfire following, each had their life saved by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]... for a time at least.

Folks should've just stayed home that day.
{{TOCclear}}

==Fiction==
===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[Image:TAoW4 Survivingrescuee.jpg|left|150px|thumb|[[Kibble]]? Never heard of him.]]
====Surviving rescuee====
When [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] was toppled by the combined attack of [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]], [[Predaking]] and [[Piranacon (G1)|Piranacon]], she found herself under the giant's darkening shadow. She tried to flee being squashed, but wasn't quick enough on her own. Luckily for her, Optimus Prime was nearby and pushed her out of harm's way just in time. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4|The Art of War #4}}

====Dead rescuee====
[[Image:TAoW4 Deadrescuee.jpg|right|400px|thumb|That expression on Optimus's face is worth dying for.]]
He had sustained a nasty injury to his back, courtesy of [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], and Optimus Prime offered to bring him to safety. They didn't get very far due to an explosion nearby. As Optimus called for [[Aerialbot (G1)|aid]], the injured civilian waited, which perhaps he better hadn't done, because Menasor used his proximity to make an [[death|example]] out of him to convince the Autobot leader to cooperate. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4|The Art of War #4}}

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Fastback (WFC)

2012-06-02T19:44:40Z

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{{disambig2|the Neutral from Aligned|the Autobot from Generation 1|Fastback (G1)}}
{{faceless}}
:''Fastback is a [[Transformer]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

'''Fastback''' was a security agent. Now he's dead.

==Fiction==
===Aligned novels===
[[Bumper (WFC)|Bumper]] and Fastback were dispatched by [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel Prime]] to infiltrate [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]]'s organization. When their identities were exposed, Megatron brutally murdered them—an act for which Sentinel blamed both Megatron and himself. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

==Notes==
*The same fate befell the original [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]] and [[Fastback (G1)|Fastback]] in ''[[The Transformers: Megatron Origin]]''.
*He probably looks a lot like [[Outback (G1)|Outback]].

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Fastback (WFC)

2012-06-02T19:44:27Z

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{{disambig2|the Neutral from Aligned|the Autobot from Generation 1|Fastback (G1)}}
{{faceless}}
:''Fastback is a [[Transformer]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

'''Fastback''' was a security agent. Now he's dead.

==Fiction==
===Aligned novels===
[[Bumper (WFC)|Bumper]] and Fastback were dispatched by [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel Prime]] to infiltrate [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]]'s organization. When their identities were exposed, Megatron brutally murdered them—an act for which Sentinel blamed both Megatron and himself. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

==Notes==
*The same fate befell the original [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]] and [[Fastback (G1)|Fastback]] in ''[[The Transformers: Megatron Origin]]''.
*He probably looks a lot like [[Outback (G1)|Outback]].

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Bumper (WFC)

2012-06-02T19:43:29Z

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{{disambig3|Bumper}}
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:''Bumper is an [[Neutral]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
'''Bumper''' was a security agent. Now he's dead.

==Fiction==
===Aligned novels===
Bumper and [[Fastback (WFC)|Fastback]] were dispatched by [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel Prime]] to infiltrate [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]]'s organization. When their identities were exposed, Megatron brutally murdered them—an act for which Sentinel blamed both Megatron and himself. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

==Notes==
*The same fate befell the original [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]] and [[Fastback (G1)|Fastback]] in ''[[The Transformers: Megatron Origin|Megatron Origin]]''.

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Xeon

2012-06-02T19:38:45Z

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{{disambig2|the corrupt politician|the wily old Autobot|Xaaron}}
:''Xeon is a [[Neutral]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:The War Within Preview Xeon.jpg|right|300px|thumb|A careless, money-grubbing character named "Xeon"... Oh yeah, ''very'' classy.]]
[[Emirate]] '''Xeon''' is a Transformer politician who would make any extortionist proud. Living prior to the war, Xeon both enabled and instigated the uprising of the [[Decepticon]]s. [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] paid him off to look the other way while holding his underground [[Gladiatorial combat|arena combat]], his torture pits, and his [[branding]] ceremonies. In the end, Emirate Xeon got in over his head and lost it, literally.

==Fiction==
===Dreamwave comics continuity===
[[Image:E Xeons Head.jpg|left|180px|thumb|He should have quit while he was ahead. Ha ha. Ha.]]
Emirate Xeon was a politician in [[Kaon]] who was continually paid off by Megatron's group to not report their underground activities. {{storylink|The War Within issue 3|The War Within #3}} He showed up in person to collect his bribes from [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] while the latter was having an argument with [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]. {{storylink|The War Within Preview}}

When the Decepticons were ready, Megatron had Xeon killed, and went so far as to claim the Emirate's death as the spur for starting the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]]. His severed head was placed on Megatron's throne in the Cradle as a decoration. Or maybe an [[energon|Energon cookie]] jar, considering the way [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] looked at it. {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}}

==Notes==
* Xeon's skull on display is reminiscent of what happened to [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] in the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|''Generation 2'' comic]].
* Likely, if ''[[The Transformers: Megatron Origin|Megatron Origin]]'' would have been published by [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] as originally planned, it would have featured Xeon instead of [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]].

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Huxx

2012-06-02T19:37:07Z

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:''Huxx is a [[neutral]] [[Transformer]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

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'''Huxx''' is an influential resident of the [[neutral]] town of [[Yuss]].

==Fiction==
===Marvel UK Generation 1 comics===
{{Earthforcefiction}}
Huxx witnessed [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] make careless jokes about the destruction of the Amprodome during a brutal siege by the Decepticons. The jokes helped a weary soldiers cope with the situation, but unfortunately the Amprodome was a museum cherished by the people of Yuss. The popular sentiment among the neutralists turned against the Autobots after that incident, leading to their siding with the Decepticons in hopes that the conflict would then move away from their town.

It didn't work. The neutralists became slaves of [[Megadeath (G1)|Megadeath]] for four million years. {{storylink|The Magnificent Six!}}

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Spanner (G1)

2012-06-02T18:14:32Z

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{{disambig3|Spanner}}

:''Spanner is a [[Transformer]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[Image:Spanner.jpg|right|300px|thumb|That looks... horrific.]]

'''Spanner''' was a neutral scientist who didn't believe in choosing a side in the Autobot/Decepticon war. The war soon chose him, however, as he was captured by Lord [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]]'s Decepticons and forced to design them a [[space bridge]] to reach [[Earth]]. Being a cruel tyrant, Straxus had his troops incorporate the hapless scientist into the bridge itself.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Generation 1 comics===
[[Image:Spanner2.JPG|left|180px|thumb|"Blow me up so that I may die with dignity."]]
Spanner was a neutral scientist who specialized in interdimensional engineering. The [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] had left him alone for years, but in 1986 took a sudden interest in his work and kidnapped him. [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and [[Scrounge (G1)|Scrounge]] investigated his disappearance, with inconclusive results. {{storylink|The Smelting Pool!}}

Later, [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]'s band of Autobots staged a bold attack on [[Darkmount]] as a diversion to provide an opening for Blaster to destroy the Decepticons' new space bridge. As Blaster began to lay the explosives, he was startled to find the bridge shifting around him—transforming, in fact, into Spanner himself.

Horrified at his disfigured form, Spanner attempted to open up his body to help Blaster place the explosives more easily and begged Blaster to destroy him. Spanner was only able to maintain his painful quasi-robot mode for a few short moments.

The realization that the bridge was a living being made Blaster hesitate to demolish it—A COSTLY MISTAKE! Within moments, the bridge was flooded with Decepticons, and the opportunity to destroy it (and kill Spanner) was lost. {{storylink|The Bridge to Nowhere!}}

==Notes==
* [[Bob Budiansky]] has speculated that "Spanner might have been so injured during his initial appearance that he was no longer a sentient being in subsequent appearances of the Space Bridge."<ref>[http://s90690880.onlinehome.us/jhiaxus/uscomics/spanner.htm Spanner at the Obscure Transformers Website]</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Portuguese:'' '''Espano''' (Brazil comic), '''Chave Inglesa''' (Portugal comic)

==References==
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Dai Atlas (G1)

2012-06-02T00:25:33Z

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{{disambig2|the Zone Autobot|the Animated cyber-ninja|Dai Atlas (Animated)}}
:''Dai Atlas is an [[Autobot]] [[Powered Master]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[Image:DaiAtlas1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|An atlas helps you find stuff, Dai Atlas shoots you in the face.]]
'''Dai Atlas''' (ダイアトラス ''Dai Atorasu'') succeeded [[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]] as [[Supreme Commander]] of the Autobot forces. A skilled swordsman, his prowess with a blade is considered almost equal to that of his predecessor. Dai Atlas has sworn to defeat the forces of the new [[Decepticon]] [[Emperor of Destruction]], [[Violen Jiger]], and protect the [[Zodiac]] at all costs.

Dai Atlas is a [[Powered Master]] who can combine with his partners. When combined with [[Sonic Bomber]], they become [[Sky Powered]]. When combined with [[Roadfire]], they become [[Land Powered]]. And finally, when combined with Sonic Bomber and Roadfire, the three form the massive [[Big Powered]].

His son [[Speeder]] accompanies him in battle as his [[Micromaster]] partner.

==Fiction==
===''Zone'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Yūsaku Yara]] (Japanese)
[[Image:Zone daiatlas03.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Nothin' I love more than a lens flare.]]

Dai Atlas, along with his fellow Powered Masters, created the technological planet [[Micro|Zone]] which eventually developed the super energy source, [[Energon Z]]. After the [[Nine Great Demon Generals]] attacked and destroyed the planet [[Feminia]], and the [[Supreme Commander]] [[Star Saber (Victory)|Victory Saber]] was lost in the explosion, Dai Atlas and Sonic Bomber left to search for their leader.

The pair eventually found the injured Autobot and returned him to Zone for repairs. On Zone they received word that they were needed elsewhere, so they left for [[Earth]], to counter an attack from the Demon Generals.

[[Image:Zone daiatlas01.jpg|200px|thumb|Isn't flying too close to the sun more Dai Icarus's thing?]]
Dai Atlas and Sonic Bomber arrived just in the nick of time (because... y'know, heroes always do), saving the Autobot [[Micromaster]]s from the all-powerful Decepticons. Dai Atlas then raced [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] to the underground location of the [[Zodiac]], an energy source capable of creating an entire universe.

Devastator beat Dai Atlas to the punch thanks to the intervention of [[King Poseidon]], who caught the Autobot leader with a chain weapon. Devastator handed the Zodiac to Poseidon and took the chain from him, intending to kill Atlas. But Dai Atlas drove forwards using the treads in his feet and then transformed into his drill form and smashed through into a wall, killing Devastator in a flood of hot lava.

[[Image:Zone daiatlas02.jpg|left|200px|thumb|This drill tank mode can effortlessly drive through solid rock. Wait... what?]]
Free now, he chased King Poseidon to the surface, where he wrestled the Zodiac away from him. However, [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] got pissed off and unleashed his [[Energon Z Beam]], which Sonic Bomber threw himself in front of to protect Dai Atlas, nearly getting himself killed by the attack. Taking a risk, Dai Atlas unleashed the power of the Zodiac, and both he and Sonic Bomber (now healed from Trypticon's attack) transformed into their base modes and blasted Trypticon and King Poseidon into oblivion.

[[Predaking]] saw this and decided it was time to get the hell out of there. Dai Atlas pursued, riding on Sonic Bomber. He merged his wings into his Z sword and sliced Predaking neatly in half.

[[Image:Zone daiatlas04.jpg|200px|thumb|Told you so.]]
After returning to Zone with the Zodiac, Victory Saber inaugurated Dai Atlas as the new Autobot Supreme Commander. {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}
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===''Zone'' comic and story pages===
Following the upgrade of planet [[Micro]] into the Autobot Zone, rumors abounded that not [[Star Saber (Victory)|Victory Saber]], but a ''new'' [[Supreme Commander]] would be in command. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 1}}

Later, [[Violen Jiger]] ordered his [[Nine Great Demon Generals]] on a campaign to conquer planets and create a [[Decepticon Zone]] to counter the Autobot Zone. The Decepticons attacked planet [[Feminia]] and destroyed it completely, with Victory Saber lost in the destruction. However, Dai Atlas and [[Sonic Bomber]], the [[Powered Master]] space explorers, had arrived in time to rescue the badly wounded Autobot Supreme Commander. The Decepticons then shifted their focus to [[Earth]], where they hoped to obtain a powerful energy source called the [[Zodiac]]. Dai Atlas and Sonic Bomber intercepted them on Earth, defeated them, and regained the Zodiac. Impressed with Dai Atlas' courage and power, and too injured to lead any longer, Victory Saber inaugurated Dai Atlas as the new Supreme Commander of the Autobots. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (manga)|Zone}}

Dai Atlas helped to complete the Zone Operation, leaving Victory Saber relieved he had passed the role of Supreme Commander on to him. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 4}} Dai Atlas's mere presence enhanced the Autobots' morale by a tremendous degree and they enforced the peace of the galaxy with an even greater resolve. Soon after, Evil Spirit General [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]] attacked the Earth and took [[Landshaker]] and [[Sky Hyper]] hostage. Driven by the need to rescue their comrades, Dai Atlas and Sonic Bomber defeated BlackZarak and rescued their friends. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 5}}

Dai Atlas and Sonic Bomber then focused their attention on Super-God General [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] and Saurian General [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], whom they vowed to defeat in under eight seconds. Dai Atlas took on Overlord, the strongest of the Generals, and defeated him with his "Galactic Dash" attack. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 6}}

Violen Jiger then created [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]] as a rival for Dai Atlas and unleashed him on the Lunar Zone Base on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. Dai Atlas heard the SOS and rushed to aid Sonic Bomber in battle. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 8}} Dai Atlas arrived and combined with Sonic Bomber into [[Sky Powered]], but they were quickly frozen solid by Metrotitan's Freeze Beam Gun. All hope seemed lost until [[Roadfire]] appeared and took Metrotitan out. Freed, Dai Atlas and Sonic Bomber happily welcomed Roadfire into the club. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 9}}

Violen Jiger at last came out of the shadows and attacked the Earth in person. Dai Atlas and the other Powered Masters attempted to stop him with their "Triple Powered Attack" but failed. Violen Jiger escaped back to the [[Tenth Planet]] with the Zodiac and a [[Galaxy Rocket]] full of hostages. Dai Atlas and the Powered Masters then combined into [[Big Powered]] and gave chase. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 10}}

Arriving at the Tenth Planet, Violen Jiger split into his three forms, Vion, Lenja and Igern, and attacked. Dai Atlas destroyed Vion with his Powered Cutters while Sonic Bomber and Roadfire took out the other two. However, the battle was not over. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 11}} Violen Jiger returned as a horrible phoenix-thing and attacked. Upgraded with the power of the Zodiac, the Powered Masters combined into Big Powered yet again, but this time their strength was enhanced thirty-fold. They flew through Violen Jiger and destroyed him with the "Powered Rainbow Attack". The Zodiac then reformed the desolate Tenth Planet into a lush utopia where [[human]]s and robots could live in harmony. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 12}}

===''The Battlestars''===
To counter the threat of [[Dark Nova]], Dai Atlas charged the [[Battlestars]] with the task of resurrecting [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. Giving the [[Zodiac]] to their leader, [[Sky Garry (ROC)|Sky Garry]], Dai Atlas inaugurated the youthful Autobot as temporary Supreme Commander, at least until Optimus Prime was brought back online. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Battlestars (story page)|The Battlestars Part 1}}

===Dreamwave comic continuity===
[[Image:DaiAtlas cameo.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Dai Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Randroid.]]
Dai Atlas was an [[Cybertron (G1 faction)|ancient Transformer]] from Cybertron's lost past. While searching for clues about Cybertron's history, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] stumbled across a hidden chamber beneath the planet's surface containing two massive statues of [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]] and Dai Atlas, holding a [[Golden Disk (ancient)|golden disk]] between them. This chamber apparently told of a vast Cybertronian Empire that ended prior to recorded history. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}
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===IDW comic continuity===

As the war raged across Cybertron, Dai Atlas and many other Cybertronians were horrified by the actions of both Autobots and Decepticons. They formed the [[Circle of Light]], the self-proclaimed guardians of Cybertron's pre-war culture, and dismissed the idea of factions. Dai Atlas and his allies fled their homeworld, moving further and further away as the war spread before Cybertron. Eventually, they formed a new [[Crystal City]] deep underground on a barren world, a utopian society hidden from all other Transformers. {{storylink|Drift issue 2|Drift #2}} In Old Cybertronian his name was Dei Atlas and meant 'God Map', which reflected his desire to find the legendary Knights of Cybertron, a group of Cybertronians who supposedly made Cybertron perfect and then left to spread enlightenment and peace to the rest of the universe. {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime}}

Dai Atlas's utopia was threatened by its first serpent when an idealistic swordsman named [[Wing (G1)|Wing]] broke their laws and brought a Decepticon into their midst after an encounter with Slavers on the planet surface. Although Dai Atlas and [[Axe (G1)|Axe]] condemned Wing for this mistake, he insisted [[Drift (G1)|Drift]] would not be trouble. {{storylink|Drift issue 2|Drift #2}}

This proved to be false weeks later when Drift stormed into the meeting chambers and announced he had made a deal with the Slavers to sell them out for his own freedom. But, um...he didn't mean it! He hoped to stall long enough to arm the Knights of the Circle with knowledge in advance of the Slaver's attack, and catch them off-guard. Dai Atlas was furious at Drift for forcing them into a position where they'd have to fight to protect their peace, the very thing they had long criticized the Autobots for doing. When other Knights seemed prepared to listen to Drift, he refused to allow them access to the weapons vault, willing to do anything he could to ensure the Crystal City remained secret and at peace. Dai Atlas ultimately relented, but refused to have any part in the battle. As the oldest of the Knights, he had seen his share of warfare, and dreaded seeing it again. {{storylink|Drift issue 3|Drift #3}}

Safe inside Crystal City, Dai Atlas wrestled with his decision as he watched his friends and comrades battle from afar. The death of Wing at the hands of the lead Slaver was too much for him to bear, and it rekindled his fighting spirit. Dai Atlas raised Crystal City from beneath the sands and led the full compliment of Cybertronians into battle against their foes. The tide of battle turned quickly with these reinforcements, and the citizens of Crystal City soon stood triumphant. Dai Atlas declared that the Circle of Light would no longer hide in secret, and that the Knights would go forth and allow their message to be heard. He named Drift the latest of the Knights and passed on Wing's great sword to him. {{storylink|Drift issue 4|Drift #4}}

Dai Atlas's certain belief in the Knights of Cybertron was one of the reasons Drift used to try and convince others to join him and Rodimus on a quest to find them. Optimus and Prowl remained unconvinced, with Optimus describing Dai Atlas and his Circle of Light as a cult. {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime}}

==Toys==
===Zone===
[[Image:Zone daiatlas toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Three of these things belong together...]]
*'''Dai Atlas''' (1990)
**''Japanese ID Number:'' '''C-348'''
**''Accessories:'' Gun, drill, runners/skids, gun platform, dual cannon, 2 wings (left & right), tail fin, 2 large ramps (left and right) 2 ramps, 2 radar dishes, pipe

: Dai Atlas is a quad-changer with four distinct (well, that might be stretching it a bit) modes. Robot mode, drill-tank, 'jet' and base mode. He contains a battery-powered motor as a gimmick which could rotate the treads on his legs, allowing him to move under his own power in vehicle and robot mode and spins his drill. In base mode his tank treads become moving walkways, and his gun platform can spin.

:He includes a cockpit for Micromasters, which can also become a gunnery station. The gun platform and the two large ramps can be combined to form a shield, while his wings can be combined together to form his Z-sword. In base mode, Dai Atlas can connect to other Micromaster bases, as well as his buddies Sonic Bomber and Roadfire, using Micromaster connector ramps.

:In robot mode, Dai Atlas's articulation is limited to mobility in the arms.

:Dai Atlas also came with the Micromaster partner Speeder.

: Dai Atlas was only released in Japan.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1990/Cybertron/DaiAtlas/daiatlas.htm More information on Dai Atlas at TFU.info]''

[[Image:ZoneToy bigpowered giftset.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]

*'''Big Powered''' (Multi-figure giftset, 1990)
**''Japanese ID Number:'' '''C-353'''

:Dai Atlas was also released in a giftset with Sonic Bomber and Roadfire.
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===Alternity===
[[Image:Alternity-dai-atlas-toy-tt.jpg|right|300px|thumb|]]
*'''Dai Atras {{sic}} [Aurora Flare Blue Pearl]''' (2012)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''A-01D'''

:''[[Transformers: Alternity|Alternity]]'' Dai Atlas is a redeco of ''Alternity'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Alternity|Convoy]]. Dai Atlas transforms into a 1:32 scale Nissan GT-R, featuring die-cast metal parts, an opening hood, trunk and doors, as well as an interior, complete with his feet and thighs being sculpted to form the back seats. This complex figure stands at 6.5" tall, and is armed with a pair of blasters on each arm.

:The mold suffers from a [[Design flaw|minor design oversight]], wherein the rear Nissan badge collides with his left leg strut when the left foot is hinged over and pegged into a clear plastic socket during transformation, with the results being that the connection is slightly crooked, isn't very secure, and sometimes pops off, and that the crooked pegging often causes the socket to crack.

:The mold was used for [[Nemesis Prime (Universe)#Alternity 2|Convoy Super Black]] and ''Alternity'' [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Alternity|Ultra Magnus]].

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==Merchandise==
====Super Figure Collection Act 8====
[[Image:Transformers SCF Act 8 Dai Atlus.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Dai Atlas? That sounds like the name of a Welsh geography teacher.]]
*'''Dai Atlas''' (Super Collection Figure, 2002)

: A soft-plastic PVC of Dai Atlas was made in "Act 8" of [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s [[Heroes of Cybertron|Super Collection Figure]] line. It was available in both full-color and pewter-finish versions, one of each per case of twelve.
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====Mega Action Series====
[[Image:SunriseMegaAction_Dai_Atlas.jpg|150px|thumb|I'm a [[Toei]] character but line up with [[Wikipedia:Sunrise (company)|Sunrise]] [[Brave|characters]].]]
*'''Dai Atlas''' ([[Wikipedia:Wonder Festival|Wonder Festival 2007 Summer]] exclusive, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Reflec Shield, Magna Shot, Z Powered Cutter, hand (clench)*2, hand (spread)*2, hand (for holding weapons)*2
:This toy is a highly posable figure from the [[wikipedia:Sunrise_(company)|Sunrise]] Mega Action Series of mecha action figures, made by [[CM's Corporation]]. With articulation and scaling on par with a [[Revoltech]] figure, this set included several alternate hands as well as the character's signature gun and shield accessories.
:However, the series is notorious for its fragile joints.

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==Notes==
[[Image:Zone daiatlas05.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Baby got back.]]
*''Dai'' (大) is a Japanese word meaning "great" or "big", and can refer to physical size, rank or prestige. Similarly, [[Wikipedia:Atlas (mythology)|Atlas]] was a giant in Greek mythology so big that he literally held the sky on his shoulders.

* [[Grandus (ROC)|Grandus]]'s [[instructions]] show that Dai Atlas can use his motor gimmick in vehicle mode to tow Grandus.

*Oddly enough, in the industry pitch reel included as a special feature (under 'ads') on the Madman Victory DVD set, all of Dai Atlas's action features are demonstrated using the Micromaster Freewheeler, and not Speeder. Sonic Bomber, on the other hand, is demonstrated using Sonic.

*During the [[title sequence]] for the ''Zone'' OVA there is a strange mini-montage of shots of Dai Atlas (all of the cartoon screencaps of his robot mode on this page are from that montage) including... a random shot of him from behind.

[[Image:BraveGoryuModel.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Ronald McDonaldpants.]]
* The Dai Atlas toy was [[redeco]]ed in Takara's ''[[Brave (franchise)|Brave Express Might Gaine]]'' toyline as "Gōryū" (轟龍), which served as the second mech of the series's anti-hero, Joe Raibaru. The [[character model]] was altered in various ways, such as straightened wings in robot mode and a creepier face, but the toy itself had no remolding—although the Gōryū toy did lack Dai Atlas's shield handle, for some strange reason. In a seeming nod to the toy's ''Transformers'' origins by the ''Brave'' staff, the robot was originally dubbed "Atlas" by its creator on the show, but Joe chose to rename it to his liking. Dai Atlas's design was also used for the "Atlas Mk.II" drones from the same series, which were never made as toys.

* ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 franchise)|Universe]]'' [[King Atlas]] was created as an [[homage]] to Dai Atlas. The character's lack of any form of bio meant that for years, there existed the possibility he ''was'' Dai Atlas (thanks to ''Universe's'' multi-dimensional story). Eventually though, King Atlas was established as his own separate character from the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]] in "[[Force of Habit]]".

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Combaticon (G1)

2011-10-26T22:54:03Z

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{{disambig3|Combaticon}}
:''The Combaticons are a [[Decepticon]] [[subgroup]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
<div class="center">[[Image:Combaticons group.jpg|none|600px|thumb|The Dirty Half-Dozen Minus One—from left to right Vortex, Onslaught, Swindle, Blast-Off and Brawl.]]</div>
The '''Combaticons''' are a unit of fierce Decepticon soldiers, operating with (mostly) military precision under the watchful eye of the tactically brilliant Onslaught. They sometimes operate out of [[Combaticons' headquarters|their own headquarters]].

The Combaticons consist of:
*The tactician [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] (leader)
*The violent [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]]
*The egotistical [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]]
*The con man [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]]
*The unhinged [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]]

They combine to form [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]].

{{quote|We aim to maim!|Brawl tells us the basic gist of the team|"[[Spotlight: Arcee]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
[[Image:Starscreams brigade 5 letsgo.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Dad's Army]]
When [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] was banished from the Decepticons for Yet Another Failed Coup Against [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]], he was deposited on the island of [[Guadalcanal]], the site of one of the major battles between the [[United States of America]] and [[Japan|Imperial Japan]] during [[World War II]]. There he found and rebuilt several abandoned US military vehicles to pass the time. After he finished, he decided that if Megatron can have a Decepticon army, then so can he!

After bluffing his way past [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] to use the [[space bridge]], he travelled to a [[Decepticon Detention Center|detention center]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and liberated the [[personality component]]s of several [[Renegade Decepticon|Decepticon political prisoners]] before destroying the rest. Back on [[Earth]], Starscream installed the sparks into the rusting military vehicles and ordered them to transform.

The reborn Combaticons were less than pleased with their 'new', primitive bodies, nor were they particularly thankful to Starscream for freeing them after millions of years of imprisonment. That is, until the former Decepticon Air Commander revealed that he had neglected to install [[energy absorber]] units into their bodies, so they would have no way of refueling. As he was the only one with the knowledge and expertise to install them, he demanded their allegiance in his aim to overthrow Megatron. The Combaticons agreed to obey Starscream, for now.

[[Image:Starscreams brigade 7 SSrideshoulder.jpg|right|155px|thumb|SQUAWK! Starscream wanna cracker!]]

Under Starscream's leadership, the Combaticons managed to capture several prisoners, then used their energy absorbers to recharge themselves at a power plant. Unfortunately, Megatron and the Decepticons attacked, while the Autobots rescued their comrades. The [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] formed [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], who was quickly defeated by the Combaticons' much more powerful, but dull-witted combined form, Bruticus. Starscream ordered Bruticus to grab Megatron, forcing his former commander to acknowledge Starscream as the new leader of the Decepticons. Under duress, Megatron did so as the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] watched nearby. The latter group, deciding that Starscream would be too dangerous as a leader, quickly formed [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and defeated Bruticus with a single attack.

Starscream and the Combaticons were banished from Earth on a small asteroid, left to wallow in their own misery and blame each other for their failures. {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}}

[[Image:Revenge of bruticus 4 changing course.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Lads, we can get the scrambled channels now]]

Starscream and the Combaticons quickly had a falling-out. After Starscream left, the Combaticons attacked Cybertron, easily defeating [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and his [[Sentinel (G1)|drones]]. Thirsting for revenge, Onslaught reprogrammed the space bridge to pull Earth closer to the [[Sun]], in the hopes of destroying it and every Transformer there. The Autobots and Decepticons temporarily joined forces to retake Cybertron and prevent Earth's destruction, and with Starscream's help, they deactivated the Combaticons once they formed Bruticus through a failsafe device built into the treacherous giant's back. Optimus Prime and Megatron agreed that Bruticus must be destroyed, but the Decepticon leader fooled the Autobots by using Shockwave's [[holographic projector]] to make it appear as though Bruticus was destroyed, when in reality the combiner was reprogrammed to be loyal only to Megatron. {{storylink|The Revenge of Bruticus}}

[[Image:Revenge of bruticus 15 fakeblowup.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Care Bear Stare]]

Soon afterwards, during Megatron's latest scheme on Earth involving the theft of fighter aircraft using Middle-Eastern criminals, the Combaticons were called into service to defend Megatron's [[Giant Purple Griffin]], a large... thing that apparently pumped [[oil]]. Or something. Struggling against the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], the Combaticons formed Bruticus, yet were still knocked over when the Aerialbots twisted a tow cable around his legs. The Decepticon combiner was finally defeated when the Aerialbots ignited the nearby oil wells, causing a massive explosion that sent Megatron, [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], Bruticus and gas prices flying away. {{storylink|Aerial Assault}}

[[Image:Bruticus punch planebot.jpg|left|155px|thumb|"Bruticus punch planebot so hard, make artist draw all over cel!"]]

While attacking a human city, Bruticus was destroyed in battle with [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] (man, this guy can't seem to catch a break). Only Swindle survived, and he sold the remains of his comrades to various mercenaries and [[El Presidente|third-world dictator-types]], only to be forced to locate and rebuild the Combaticons by Megatron. The reformed Bruticus was then defeated when Megatron's disruptor cannon was overloaded by the human-built [[B.O.T. (robot)|B.O.T.]], once again sending the Decepticon flying into the sky. {{storylink|B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.}}

[[Image:Combaticons bruticus.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Not often you can get a view of the whole team AND their combined form in a single screencap.]]

After the great battle at [[Autobot City]], the Combaticons were among the battered Decepticon forces who withdrew to [[Chaar]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}} Swindle was instrumental in negotiating an alliance with the [[Quintesson|Quintessons]]; {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2}} the Combaticons later participated in a Quintesson-led assault on the Autobots on [[Goo]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}} {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}

A lone Blast Off later attacked a [[Skuxxoid]] who was using [[death crystal]]s to blow stuff up in Decepticon territory, and forced the alien to tell him where he got the ammunition. When a group of Autobots tried to find the crystals as well, Blast Off attacked them alongside [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]]. {{storylink|Chaos (episode)|Chaos}} The Combaticons later failed to assassinate Decepticon exile [[Octane]] at [[Autobot City]], {{storylink|Starscream's Ghost}} then succeeded in shooting up a shuttle meant to take human delegates to an interstellar peace conference. {{storylink|Surprise Party}}

During a Decepticon attack on the [[Netherlands]], Swindle infiltrated [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] and stole his [[transformation cog]], whilst Vortex was charged with guarding [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. {{storylink|The Ultimate Weapon}} The Combaticons later participated in the assault on [[Paradron]], where they guarded the imprisoned Paradronians, among other things. {{storylink|Fight or Flee}} When the Earth was infected by the [[Hate Plague]], the Combaticons (Bruticus) were among those infected. Brawl was seen driving along the road and infecting [[Headstrong]] who, in turn, infected [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] while Vortex attacked a civilian plane on a runway. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}

Under [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]'s directions, the Combaticons constructed a giant planetary rocket engine that was used to propel Cybertron into orbit around Earth. They also dragged away the bodies of defeated Autobots to use as fuel for the engine. Once Scorponok and Fortress Maximus began to fight the Combaticons ran away. They presumably left Cybertron with Galvatron in Scorponok {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}
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====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' comic====
Bruticus arrived to help the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] fight [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] and [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] at a baseball stadium in [[Japan]]. He quickly defeated Defensor, injuring [[Hot Spot (G1)|his torso]] and preventing him from combining. In response, Superion disabled Brawl and Swindle using his [[electrostatic discharger rifle]], allowing [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] and [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] to steal their places as Bruticus's legs. Taking control of the giant's flight systems, the two Protectobots flew off with Bruticus as [[Kenji]] cheered at them to drop the Combaticons into the sea. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 5|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #5}} Onslaught later joined the Stunticons in a scheme to defame the Autobots by destroying factories around Japan whilst wearing Autobot [[insignia]]s. When confronted by the real Autobots, he "combined" with fellow [[Decepticon Trailer Brigade]] member [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]], but they were defeated and sent packing by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 7|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #7}}

The Combaticons' next mission was to hunt down [[Murdered puppy|an escaped dog]] that Megatron had experimented on, imbuing it with [[Decepticon super science]]. Brawl managed to fatally injure the animal, much to Onslaught's annoyance as they were supposed to capture it alive. The Autobot [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] soon arrived to put a halt to their activities, and the dog expressed its gratitude by using its experimental powers to energize Powerglide with [[Scramble Power]]. As Powerglide used the power to combine with his fellow [[Mini Vehicle|Minibots]], the Combaticons responded by forming Bruticus. He proved weaker than this new [[Minibot combiner]], however, as it used the "Minibot Warrior Spiral Attack" to drill straight through Bruticus's chest, defeating him.

The dog still died, though. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 8|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #8}}

====Scramble City====
When the Stunticons were dispatched to hinder the Autobots from constructing [[Metroplex (G1)|Scramble City]], they were attacked by the Aerialbots and did not fare too well. The Combaticons arrived to help, and together Bruticus and Menasor easily overpowered Superion. However, Scramble City itself soon arrived and blasted both combiners away. {{storylink|Scramble City: Mobilization}}

====''The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers''====
The Combaticons emerged as Bruticus alongside the other Decepticon super-warriors, ready to storm the Autobot energy tower on the planet [[Feminia]]. Galvatron and his men laughed off the presence of Superion, Defensor and [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]... but the [[Omnibot (G1)|Omnibots]]? Carrying a length of thread?! Oh, the horror. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 5|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #5}}

====''The Great Transformer War''====
The Combaticons and Stunticons were working out of Trypticon where the kidnapped scientist Doctor [[Dalton (G1)|Dalton]] was being forced to work for Galvatron's evil ends. When the Aerialbots and Protectobots arrived to save the scientist, Onslaught and Motormaster combined with Trypticon in their deployment launcher modes. Hurtling their fellow Decepticons at Superion did such damage that the Aerialbots were forced to disassemble. Somehow, however, the remaining Protectobots managed to hold off both Bruticus and Menasor long enough for [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] to repair the Aerialbots, and for [[Blades (G1)|Blades]] to sneak past the Decepticons and retrieve Dalton. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 1|The Great Transformer War #1}}

====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
The Combaticons participated in an all-out Decepticon attack on Cybertron, {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} until [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] arrived and drove them away. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} Shortly afterwards, [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] set out to find the [[Matrix of Leadership]] and bring it to Optimus Prime, and the Combaticons were among the troops sent out to stop him. They were ambushed by the Protectobots, and defeated when Defensor buried Bruticus in a rockfall. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}} Not long after that, the Combaticons defended [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] against [[Blaster (G1)|Twincast]]'s attempted infiltration, but failed when the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] arrived and distracted them. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}}

[[Image:UltraMagnusDies Combaticons.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"All six Combaticons present and accou... Wait! Why are YOU with us?"]]

The Combaticons were later part of ''another'' attack on Cybertron, during which they killed plenty of [[Generic|soldiers]] before getting into another fight with Defensor. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} They lost. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}} When the Decepticons planted a giant carnivorous plant in [[San Francisco]], the Combaticons and Stunticons were ordered to with attack any Autobots who arrived to kill it. When the Aerialbots and [[Trainbot]]s did just that, Bruticus got into a energy-sword fight with [[Raiden]]. {{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}} Sixshot later sent the Combaticons, [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] and [[Horrorcon]]s to attack an Autobot energy facility in [[Miami]], in order to lure Autobot troops away from [[Autobot City]]. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}}

The Combaticons were present when [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] held a speech about Galvatron's recent death and took control of the Decepticons. {{storylink|I Risk My Life for Earth}} Bruticus was later part of a small group of Decepticons who tried to lead Fortress Maximus away from the Decepticon base on [[Master (planet)|Master]]. {{storylink|The Zarak Shield Turns the Tide}} He then stood by and laughed as [[Predaking]] sank the luxury liner ''[[Queen World]]'' in the Atlantic Ocean, before being stationed at one of Scorponok's [[Death Tower]]s in Canberra, [[Australia]]. He defended the tower against Defensor until it activated, at which point [[Wingspan]] and [[Pounce]] ordered him to withdraw. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 1)}}

Bruticus participated in the final battle with the Autobots at the North Pole, and fought [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] alongside [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]]. As Scorponok's energy-absorbing satellite started tearing the Earth apart, Bruticus retreated into the atmosphere to watch the results alongside the rest of the Decepticon forces. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}
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====''Super-God Masterforce'' comic====
Brawl and Blast Off participated in an attack on [[Athenia]] by forming the right limbs of [[Scramble 7]], a Decepticon combiner using various combiner team members in a supposedly "ideal" configuration. Despite being so great, however, Scramble 7 was defeated by [[Ginrai|Super Ginrai]], [[Lightfoot]] and [[Ranger]] thanks to their use of [[Chōkon Power]]. {{storylink|The Battle Begins! The United Earth-Space Troops}}

====''Zone'' OVA, comic and story pages====
Seeking to create a [[Decepticon Zone]] to counter the [[Micro|Autobot Zone]], [[Emperor of Destruction|Decepticon Emperor]] [[Violen Jiger]] gathered together the [[Nine Great Demon Generals]], upgrading them with powerful new armor and weaponry, then sent them forth to conquer planets. The Combaticons were of those summoned, but only in the form of Bruticus. {{storylink|Zone (story page)|Zone Part 1}} {{storylink|Zone (manga)|Zone}} {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
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''The Combaticons and their fellow [[Special Teams]] were first conceived within [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]]'s mind shortly after the human had relinquished control of the [[Creation Matrix]] to [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]. [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] was able to view this data remotely and prepare for their development. {{storylink|Second Generation!}}''

On their first mission on Earth, the Combaticons followed [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] to retrieve the human [[hydrothermocline]] plant. When they arrived, they faced Optimus Prime and the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] waiting for them. The Combaticons formed Bruticus and stared down [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] when a nearby human named [[Ethan Zachary]] suggested that they play a [[Multi-World|video game]] over the plant instead. Optimus Prime and Megatron both agreed, and the Combaticons were sent into the game to attack the Protectobots. However, they lost every battle due to not taking the "wildlife" AI into account. {{storylink|Afterdeath!}} After this, the Combaticons didn't do much but follow Megatron around, even when their mentally unstable leader heavily damaged Brawl for mouthing off. {{storylink|Gone but Not Forgotten!}}

The Combaticons would later attack the [[Throttlebot]]s in a used car lot, only for the Protectobots and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] to interfere and force them to retreat. {{storylink|Used Autobots}} Shortly afterwards, the group decided to ambush the Protectobots on their way to the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. This time, Bruticus claimed victory over Defensor by hitting him with a train, but was soon tricked and broken into his component parts by Blaster. After this, Blaster took control of Blast Off and flew into space, separating the shuttle from the other Combaticons. {{storylink|Child's Play (issue)|Child's Play}} Along with most of the Decepticon army, the Combaticons later ambushed the Autobots on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], only to be beaten back by Blaster and [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

''At some point thereafter, the Combaticons worked with [[Darkwing|Darkwing]] and [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] under the command of [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] to steal a backup of the [[floppy disk]] containing Optimus Prime's personality. {{storylink|Prime Bomb!}}''

====''Generation 2''====
[[Image:Totalwar-combaticons.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Grrrrrr... feisty!]]
After Bludgeon's defeat, Swindle took the returning Decepticon leader Megatron on a tour of the [[Warworld]] battleship he had inherited. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}} Soon after, Brawl and Blast Off were among the Decepticons preparing to charge into battle against the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronians]]. {{storylink|New Dawn}} Vortex was seen with various other Decepticons attacking the [[Ethos raiding party|Cybertronians]] on [[Ethos]]. {{storylink|Escalation!}} As the alliance progressed, Onslaught was struck by empathic pains as his apparent spawn [[Mindset (G2)|Mindset]] was consumed by the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]]. {{storylink|Swarm (issue)|Swarm}}

During the final battle at [[Earth]], all the Combaticons later attempted to defend the Warworld against a Cybertronian boarding party led by the treacherous Starscream. Despite Onslaught's emphatic orders of "maximum firepower", they didn't do so well. {{storylink|Total War!}}
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===Young Corgi continuity===
When the fleshlings discovered a mysterious lost civilization buried underneath the ice, the Combaticons Brawl, Vortex and Blast Off joined [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] in seeking whatever treasures the hidden city might have. They were confronted by the Aerialbots named [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]] and [[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]], and fought on the surface over the city. Little did they know that the [[city-dweller]]s were robots themselves, remotely storing and copying images of the battle between the Autobots and Decepticons, imprinting themselves with the skills of warfare. They were only stopped by the unlikely duo of Ravage and [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]. After the city-dwellers were defeated, the Autobots granted safe passage to their one-time Decepticon allies. Blast Off expanded to his maximum size to transport his fellow 'Cons back to Decepticon headquarters. {{storylink|Battle Beneath the Ice}}

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
The five soldiers who would one day become the Combaticons were early participants in the Decepticons' war effort. While Onslaught and the others joined Shockwave in attacking [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] and the [[High Council Pavilions]] being protected by the Autobots, Swindle chose to throw in with Starscream, helping him to disable [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] and assume temporary control over Megatron's planetary juggernaut project. {{storylink|The War Within}}

At some later date, these five warriors were officially brought together as a combiner team, given the ability to form Bruticus. Like the other Combiners, they were banned from operating together on any given faction during the Dark Ages, by decree of the [[Crisis Intervention Accord]] to prevent any more devastation to the planet at the hands of the super-robot combiners.{{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Guide}} The Combaticons were still authorized to operate individually and separately among the various Decepticon factions. Given his previous efforts helping [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] and the [[Battlecharger]]s with Starscream's coup, Swindle may have joined them as a member of the [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacons]], although this was never stated. {{storylink|War Within: The Dark Ages}}

By the modern era, the Combaticons had been declared war criminals by the united Cybertronian government under Shockwave and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. The details of their crimes and why they were singled-out for imprisonment is unclear—Shockwave may have been intentionally eliminating [[Ratbat (G1)|potential rivals]] or [[Stunticon (G1)|loose cannons]], or may simply have allowed their imprisonment as a token showing of cooperation with the Autobot High Council. Once the Transformers from Earth were contacted, and uprisings began taking place on Cybertron, Starscream managed to worm his way into the [[Detention Banks]] and recover the five stasis pods containing the Combaticons. He loaded them onto his stolen transport and brought them back to Earth with him and the rest of his hand-picked crew. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}}

[[Image:Onslaught G1DW routeofallevil.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"YOOOOOO JOE!"]]

On Earth, Starscream reactivated the Combaticons as his personal "brigade", scanning Earth military vehicles for their alternate modes. Using the Combaticons as shock troops, he made a two-staged assault on the Ark, and successfully took five of the seven remaining Autobots off-line. {{storylink|Night of the Combaticons}} Starscream and Bruticus' efforts to complete their set were interrupted by the arrival of [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]], Starscream's crazed clone-brother, and Bruticus was damaged in the melee. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}} After the battle with Sunstorm, Starscream attempted to train the Combaticons into better military shape, using the Autobot prisoner [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] as a "tackling dummy". His training efforts were interrupted by the return of Megatron and his combiner team, the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]]. Even as Bruticus, the Combaticons quickly fell before the might of [[Predaking]]. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}
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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
The Combaticons were among the Decepticons under control of "the Son of Megatron", [[Serpent O.R.]]. Onslaught tried to protect his leader from a vengeful Optimus Prime while Brawl, Vortex and Blast Off were seen fighting against a combined Autobot-[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] army. Swindle, however, was nowhere to be found. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}

===IDW comics continuity===
[[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] was one of the worst violators of the [[Tyrest Accord]], constantly selling Transformers technology to alien races, and had gone AWOL from the Decepticons, hunted by both sides of the war. {{storylink|Spotlight: Ultra Magnus}} The other four remained Combaticons, and were a dangerous tactical unit capable of taking on and beating superior numbers (even ones backed up by [[Arcee (G1)|total loonies]]). Under orders from [[Banzai-Tron (G1)|Banzaitron]], they successfully raided the [[Garrus-9]] Autobot prison and abducted [[Pretender Monster|the six newest inmates]], the gestalt Transformers. {{storylink|Spotlight: Arcee}}

Soon afterwards, the Combaticons were among the only survivors of an attack by the [[Dead Universe]] Transformers, who activated the gestalt combined form, [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]], inside Banzaitron's base. {{storylink|Spotlight: Hardhead}} After a deal was negotiated between Arcee and Banzaitron; the Combaticons, remaining DSS members and the crazed Autobot fought Monstructor on [[Rotan]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}

Two years after the fall of Megatron, Swindle was active on Earth with a small band of Decepticons left behind after the war. {{storylink|New Arrivals, Old Encounters}} Onslaught had also come to Earth, and was one of many Transformers captured by [[Skywatch]] using their reverse-engineered energon and Cybertronian technology. He and several other Decepticons were rescued from Skywatch custody by Swindle's team, who removed the mode-locks placed on them by Skywatch's restraint tech. {{storylink|A Rude Awakening}} After Swindle failed to take advantage of some rebellious Autobots in an attempt to get off Earth, he disappeared. {{storylink|Earthworks}}

A short while later, Onslaught rejoined Brawl and Vortex (who were also on Earth) and made a deal with [[Kim Jong Du]], the leader of [[North Korea]], helping him invade [[South Korea]] in exchange for energon. Skywatch had knowledge of a fourth Decepticon, and though it was in all likelihood Blast Off, he never showed up during the attacks. {{storylink|International Incident Part 1: "The Land Ironclads"}} They ended up in a brawl with both the Autobots (allied with Skywatch) and [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] (allied with [[China]]), but were ultimately defeated. Luckily for them, the Autobots didn't have the resources at hand to take them captive. {{storylink|International Incident Part 4: "All My Sins Remembered"}}

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===Wings of Honor===
[[Image:EliteGuardCombaticons TheComingStorm2.jpg|thumb|left|200px| DUM DUM DUUUUUUM! ]]
The Combaticons were a [[Cybertron Elite Guard]] special ops unit created by [[Magnum]] to take out the various [[Decepticon leader|leaders]] of the new Decepticon faction, in the hopes of ending the war quickly.{{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 2}} After they ended up getting captured by [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]], the silver-tongued Decepticon manipulated the Combaticons to join him so they could prove their superiority over the rest of the Elite Guard. In return, he modified them so they could combine into Bruticus. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 4}}

They attacked Elite Guard HQ, using their new combined form {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 5}} and managed to slaughter most of the Elite Guard defenders, until [[Dion]] injured the giant, forcing them to separate. They departed the scene, assuming everyone to be dead. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 6}} Returning to Deathsaurus's base, they underwent repairs, though they were startled to learn that Deathsaurus could control their merging remotely. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 2}} As the remnants of the Elite Guard tried to attack the base, the Combaticons joined the other Decepticons in defending it. However as they tried to merge into Bruticus, they were blasted by, {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 3}} it turned out, even more survivors of the massacre. Blast Off was captured and bound by [[Side Burn (Timelines)|Side Burn]], meaning the Combaticons were unable to form Bruticus for the rest of the battle. After Deathsaurus called a retreat, the team was slow to comply, and as a result were captured by the Elite Guard. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 4}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1Onslaught toy.jpg|right|150px|thumb|"How come the other Combaticons aren't as tall as I am? Because I'm a natural-born leader, HAH!"]]
[[Image:G1Vortex toy.jpg|right|150px|thumb|"Ride the whirlwind! Slag, I got it wrong!"]]
[[Image:Bruticus toy.jpg|right|150px|thumb|"Rargh... humans transform Bruticus wrong... and blame Bruticus's design..."]]
*'''Combaticons''' (1986)
**[[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]]
**[[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]]
**[[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]]
**[[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]]
**[[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]]

:*''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-69'''

:As a [[Scramble City (toyline)|Scramble City]]-style [[combiner]] team, the Combaticon team includes four small toys, sold carded at the $5 price point, and one large leader toy, sold boxed for $12 or so and including all the combiner [[kibble]]. They were available as part of the 1986 and 1987 assortments. In most markets, the Combaticons were only sold as individuals; the combined [[giftset]] was only available in Japan and Italy.

:Like their counterparts, the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]], the four small Combaticons feature unique transformation schemes. All have attachable weapons for their vehicle modes. Posability varies from figure to figure; Brawl and Swindle have knee and "elbow" joints (their shoulder joints are halfway down their arms), but their legs are conjoined at the knees. Blast Off and Vortex feature an early use of [[Ball joint|ball joints]] in their shoulders, giving them near-universal range of motion, but are otherwise similarly limited.

:Like the other three original Scramble City teams, the small limbs can attach to [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s robot mode, while the leader can be used to make an additional ramp/platform for Metroplex or [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]].

:The Combaticon molds have been frequently redecoed (and slightly retooled) over the years; they have been used to make ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination (toyline)|Operation Combination]]'' [[Battle Gaia]], ''[[Robots in Disguise (toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]], and ''[[Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' Ruination. They are also a favorite for [[Knockoff|bootleg]] toy manufacturers to copy, sometimes sold with bizarre new names like [[Onslaught (G1)|Tugging Gun]], [[Swindle (G1)|Copter]], [[Blast Off (G1)|Secpmdary]], [[Onslaught (G1)|Steel Generals]], and [[Blast Off (G1)|Secondary Brain]].
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===Generation 2===
*'''Combaticons''' (1993)
**Onslaught
**Brawl
**Blast Off
**Swindle
**Vortex

:A redeco of the Generation 1 molds that looks like they just went through a paintball war... and lost. They all combine and kick Superion's behind as the big, bad, battling Bruticus.

===Alternators===
*'''Swindle''' (2004)

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===Universe (2008)===
*'''Onslaught''' (Legends of Cybertron, 2008)
*'''Onslaught''' (Ultra, 2008)

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[[Image:Universe-ROTF-toy_BruticusMaximus.jpg|right|300px|thumb|]]
*'''Bruticus Maximus''' (2008)

: The ''[[Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' Combaticons are [[redeco]]s of the ''[[Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Destruction Team]]. In this incarnation, Swindle is a helicopter and Blast Off is a tank, while their combined formed is known as Bruticus Maximus for [[trademark]] reasons. They were only available as a Bruticus Maximus multi-pack.

: The Combaticons are identical to the ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Combaticon (ROTF)|Combaticons]].
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==Notes==
[[Image:G1OddCombat.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Floro Dery does odd things.]]
*Before the Combaticons were animated, there were apparently two different character model sheets made up for them. The ones we know use the toy heads, but bodies that, for whatever reason, have little resemblance to the actual vehicles or robot modes of the actual Combaticon figures. Another one appears to be based heavily on the toys... but with new heads. These went unused in any media.
*Swindle is the only Combaticon without a mouthplate.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Combatron''' (コンバットロン ''Konbattoron'')
*''Italian:'' '''Combacticon'''
*''Russian:'' '''Boevikon''' (Боевикон, "Thrillercon")

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Grimlock (WFC)

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:''Grimlock is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:GrimlockWFCconceptart.jpg|thumb|right|350px|I don't like being a tank and talking normally...]]

'''Grimlock''' is egomaniacal, impatient and dimwitted, but he is a powerful soldier. He likes when things go his way, including his craving to be the Autobot leader. He is good friends with [[Swoop (WFC)|Swoop]] and wields his prized [[energo weapon|energon sword]] in battle.

==Fiction==
===''Hall of Fame'' bios===
Grimlock was a [[gladiatorial combat|gladiator]] from [[Kaon]], but chose to join the Autobots early on in the war. His dislike of [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] and shock and awe approach to combat meant he was not regarded as a great leader, but he has survived long enough to earn a high rank and command of the [[Lightning Strike Coalition]]. Captured by [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]], they were reformatted into the [[Dinobot (Prime)|Dinobot]]s. During a battle with [[Scorponok (Prime)|Scorponok]], Grimlock's vocal [[processors]] were damaged, causing his awkward manner of speaking. {{storylink|Transformers Hall of Fame}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (DS)===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Crispin Freeman]] (English)

[[Image:WFCDS Grimlock.jpg|thumb|left|125px|Me Grimlock too big to fit on screen.]]
Grimlock and Swoop were two powerful best friends who'd apparently taken no side in the war for the planet. [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]], leader of the Autobots, came to them to recruit them to the cause. Grimlock dismissed the [[Decepticon]] threat, claiming they were "too stupid" to mess with him and Swoop. The Autobots tried to explain that the Dark Energon could ravage Cybertron permanently, but Grimlock and [[Ironhide (Prime)|Ironhide]] almost came to blows. Optimus began playing to Grimlock's self-centered ego, saying no one was stronger than Grimlock and Swoop, to the former's pleasure. Ironhide and [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] joined in, but adding that with [[Dark Energon]], [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] and his forces could be stronger than Grimlock and Swoop.

Grimlock decided that he and Swoop would consider joining the Autobots, but just as negotiations were to begin, Grimlock noticed Swoop had been missing since the Autobots arrived. Grimlock said they would speak once Swoop was rescued from the Decepticons. Once Swoop was safe, he immediately joined the Autobots in gratitude. Grimlock declared he wouldn't join the Autobots yet, but tag along to protect his best friend.

Grimlock subsequently actively participated in the campaigns to save the [[Core]] of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Grimlock said that even though the Decepticon army was waiting for them at the Core, all they'd wait for from him was a butt-kicking. Ironhide pondered aloud if it was a good idea to bring Grimlock along, but as Optimus put it, "Do you want to be the one to argue with them?"

Grimlock also participated in the battle against the massive Decepticon [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]], and presumably stayed behind with Optimus on Cybertron while the Autobot population evacuated the planet.

Grimlock was apparently wandering around an [[Energon (fuel)|Energon]] purification station the Autobots had been using, and picked a fight with the Autobots. To his utter surprise, the Autobots beat Grimlock, and he finally joined them. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}

===''Transformers: Fall of Cybertron''===

[[Image:FOC Grimlock vs Insecticons.jpg|thumb|right|250px|...Me Grimlock think that much better.]]

Before the [[Great Exodus]], Grimlock was captured by [[Shockwave (WFC)| Shockwave]], a Decepticon charged with seeking out new forms of power and destruction in the universe. His eye was drawn to Earth, where he spotted [[dinosaur]]s, inspiring him to change Grimlock's alternate form into that of a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', with the intention of creating a powerful new warrior. Although his processor was badly damaged by the process, Grimlock, using his new-found power, escaped the laboratory, and is now on the loose.

==Notes==
*The gladiator aspect of Grimlock's Hall of Fame nomination bio is based on his [[Grimlock (G1)#Dreamwave comics continuity|Dreamwave]] and [[Grimlock (G1)#IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW]] incarnations, while his enmity with Scorponok has shades of the latter and [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]]'s story.
*According to the "[[Binder of Revelation]]"'s map of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] included in ''[[Transformers Vault]]'', Grimlock comes from [[Simfur]] (from where he was presumably transferred to Kaon). This is a reference to [[Simon Furman]], whose favourite character is Grimlock.

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Slug (FOC)

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[[Image:FOC-Slugart.jpg|right|thumb|250px|If you try to hold his hand, he'll slug you!]]
:''Slug is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Fall of Cybertron]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

'''Slug''' has a name that does not remind one of English whores.

==Games==
===''Transformers: Fall of Cybertron'' (360/PS3)===
{{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron (360/PS3)|Fall of Cybertron}}
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==Notes==
*This is the second renamed counterpart of G1 Slag, the first was [[Snarl (Animated)|Animated Snarl]].

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