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		<title>Jerry Wang</title>
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&lt;div&gt;:&#039;&#039;Jerry Wang is a [[human]] from the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;Jerry Wang&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;quot; used to work for NASA but became an employ [[Accuretta Systems]]. He is a complete nut job. &lt;br /&gt;
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{{Quote|&amp;quot;I&#039;m Wang. Deep Wang. Deep Wang&amp;quot;|Jerry introduces himself to Sam. Creepy.|[[Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Fiction==&lt;br /&gt;
===&#039;&#039;Dark of the Moon&#039;&#039; film===&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;Actor:&#039;&#039; [[Ken Jeong]] (English)&lt;br /&gt;
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Jerry was an employee at NASA that was black mailed by [[Laserbeak (DOTM)|Laserbeak]] to become a Decepticon agent and do their dirty work. One of these deeds included sabotaging satellites to conceal the [[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]] on the dark side of the moon. He quit [[NASA]] and went to work at [[Accuretta Systems]] to try and escape but was eventually found again by Laserbeak. Jerry began to lose his sanity and behave strangely, getting up in other employee&#039;s faces (even the bosses) and generally disrupting the office environment. &lt;br /&gt;
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One day, a new employee named [[Sam Witwicky]] came in. Jerry immediately recognized him from his appearance in photos from [[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Egypt]] and began to follow him until they were alone in the elevator, where he attacked Sam, stole his jacket and forced him into a tight spot. He then pulled out NASA documents on Apollo 11&#039;s mission to the moon as well as documents of various NASA employees in an attempt to clue Sam in on a conspiracy concerning the lunar race and the Decepticons. &lt;br /&gt;
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After being tortured by an evil and suspicious Decepticon computer some time later, Sam passed by and tried to talk to Wang about the paper documents he gave him, but as he was being heavily monitored, he drove him away. Realizing that Jerry was giving away secrets, Laserbeak transformed in front of Jerry and tormented him. Jerry begged Laserbeak to spare him, but Laserbeak informed Jerry of his outlived usefulness and that he was to be &amp;quot;suicided&amp;quot;. Jerry had other ideas, however, and pulled two guns out at Laserbeak. Despite this tactic of intimidation, Jerry was no match for the predatory bird-bot, who knocked him back into his chair and shoved him through one of the building&#039;s many glass windows, sending him plummeting to his splattery [[death]]. {{storylink|Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Notes==&lt;br /&gt;
* Though it is implied that Laserbeak was the one torturing Jerry Wang as an evil computer and mouse, when Sam leaves the room Laserbeak transforms from the television on the other side of the office.&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
{{reflist}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Dark of the Moon humans]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Live-action-only characters]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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		<title>The many deaths of Optimus Prime</title>
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&lt;div&gt;[[Image:Afterdeath-gameoverman.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Oh, he&#039;s gone and died again.  Botheration!  Most inconvenient.]]&lt;br /&gt;
Across the various continuities, &#039;&#039;&#039;Optimus Prime dies a lot.&#039;&#039;&#039;  This happens for various reasons:&lt;br /&gt;
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* It allows for him to be replaced by [[Hot Rod (G1)|a new character]] (and thus [[To sell toys|a new toy]]).&lt;br /&gt;
* It allows for him to come back from the dead in a new body (again, a new toy).&lt;br /&gt;
* It&#039;s dramatic (in theory).&lt;br /&gt;
* It makes him into something of a [[Jesus|Christ]]-figure.&lt;br /&gt;
* It allows for numerous [[Optimus Prime memorials|memorials]] to be constructed in his honor (though they&#039;re some times built even &#039;&#039;before&#039;&#039; he dies, morbidly enough).&lt;br /&gt;
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Nearly every continuity family has featured Prime dying at least once; the only exceptions are the Optimus Primes from &#039;&#039;[[Robots in Disguise (cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]&#039;&#039; (though [[The Final Battle (RID)|only just]]), &#039;&#039;[[Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]&#039;&#039; (so far).&lt;br /&gt;
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Some examples:&lt;br /&gt;
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==Generation 1 cartoon continuity==&lt;br /&gt;
===&#039;&#039;Generation 1 cartoon&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Wardawn_orion_dies.jpg|right|210px|thumb|Dying before he&#039;s even Optimus Prime (he&#039;s that good).]]&lt;br /&gt;
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* Orion Pax died (or was at least severely damaged by Megatron) and had to be rebuilt into Optimus Prime by [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]]. It&#039;s possible that if Orion had not been repaired, Optimus Prime would have ceased to exist. Pax&#039;s girlfriend Ariel was also heavily damaged, and rebuilt into [[Elita One]]. They were with their friend [[Dion]] when they were attacked by Megatron, although it is unknown if he was likewise rebuilt.&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;The Transformers: The Movie&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:TFTM dead gray Prime.jpg|left|180px|thumb|[[:wikipedia:Oscar Wilde#Release and death|&amp;quot;Either that wallpaper goes, or I do.&amp;quot;]]]]&lt;br /&gt;
* The best-known example is from &#039;&#039;[[The Transformers: The Movie]]&#039;&#039;, in which [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] dies of wounds from his battle with [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]].  Famously, his body turns gray as he dies.  ([[Misconceptions and urban legends about Transformers|Urban legend]] says his body also &#039;&#039;crumbles,&#039;&#039; but no such footage is known to exist.)  Being the first time he died, it was actually unexpected.&lt;br /&gt;
{{-}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Kiss Players&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
*Sometime between [[The Transformers: The Movie|2005]] and [[The Transformers (cartoon)|2010]], [[Marissa Faireborn]] revives Optimus using the Galvatron cells in her body. Ultimately, all the cells are put back into Galvatron, and without them, Optimus promptly dies again.&lt;br /&gt;
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===Season 3===&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Optimusg1zombie.jpg|right|200px|thumb|&amp;quot;Mind if I smoke?&amp;quot;]]&lt;br /&gt;
* He returns from the dead twice; first as a zombie under [[Quintesson]] control in &amp;quot;[[Dark Awakening]]&amp;quot; as part of a plan to destroy the Autobots, only to die again when he overcomes the Quintesson control through the power of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] and possibly the strength of his will, and sacrifices himself to save the Autobots.&lt;br /&gt;
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* He then was brought to life again in &amp;quot;[[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1]]&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
{{-}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;The Headmasters&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Headmasters-primedies.jpg|right|thumb|300px|&amp;quot;...I&#039;m dead.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; &amp;quot;YES, you are!&amp;quot;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; &amp;quot;You think that&#039;s funny, Jennings?!&amp;quot;]] &lt;br /&gt;
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* In &#039;&#039;[[The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters]]&#039;&#039;, Prime&#039;s death in &#039;&#039;The Transformers: The Movie&#039;&#039; was sort-of recreated in a flashback montage at the beginning of &amp;quot;[[Four Warriors Come out of the Sky]]&amp;quot;, but not really.  Rather than die while taking down his ultimate nemesis in a one-on-one struggle to the death to defend his city, his comrades, the planet Earth, and freedom itself, he just kind of gets randomly shot while in the middle of an ordinary battle outside of [[Ark (G1)|Autobot Headquarters]], and turns gray.  Nobody else seems to notice this.  It&#039;s not clear that Prime himself notices it.  It&#039;s about the most half-hearted death ever.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* Optimus Prime later died again—in another act of self sacrifice, of course—when he walked into [[Vector Sigma]] and tried to bring it back under control directly in &amp;quot;[[Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime]]&amp;quot;. His body turned gray as he died, followed by a (likely only symbolic) scene of him telling [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] that it would be his responsibility to keep leading the Autobots and to continue his work, seen as a transparent, light-haloed figure against the sky and heard in third person narration as Rodimus stared into the sky. (Then again, given the [[Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime|proven]] existence of [[Starscream (G1)|gho]][[Alpha Trion (G1)|sts]]...)&lt;br /&gt;
{{-}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Return of Convoy&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
*The  [[Battlestars]] managed to restore Optimus&#039;s life with the power of the [[Zodiac]], evolving him into Star Convoy in &#039;&#039;[[The Battlestars (story page)|The Battlestars]]&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Generation 2&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
* In the Japanese version of &#039;&#039;Generation 2&#039;&#039;, Optimus Prime was badly wounded by Megatron&#039;s [[fusion cannon]] and almost died, but was resurrected and evolved yet again, this time into [[Laser Rod]] Optimus Prime, by the power of the [[Reconfiguration Matrix]]. {{storylink|G-2 (pack-in comic)|G-2 #13}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Marvel Comics continuity==&lt;br /&gt;
===Generation 1===&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Pmoptimusprimedeath.jpg|right|200px|thumb|&amp;quot;Give me my face!&amp;quot;]]&lt;br /&gt;
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*In &amp;quot;[[Afterdeath!]]&amp;quot;, Prime, after failing to live up to his moral principles while playing a video game, volunteers to be killed.  The [[Autobot]]s launch his funeral bier into space. Fortunately, the creator of the video game, [[Ethan Zachary]], saves a backup copy of Prime&#039;s mind on a [[floppy disk]].  We first meet this virtual Prime sixteen issues later in &amp;quot;[[Pretender to the Throne!]]&amp;quot;.  He gets his new [[Powermaster]] body two issues thereafter, in &amp;quot;[[People Power!]]&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
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*A previous attempt was made at making virtual Prime a new body in &amp;quot;[[Totaled!]]&amp;quot;. The body &#039;&#039;spontaneously blew up&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
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*About thirty issues later, Prime sacrifices himself to defeat [[Unicron]], in &amp;quot;[[On the Edge of Extinction!]]&amp;quot;. But he didn&#039;t actually die until &amp;quot;[[Still Life!]]&amp;quot;. However, his Powermaster partner, [[Hi-Q]], survives, and almost immediately begins babbling about how he&#039;s &#039;&#039;really&#039;&#039; Optimus Prime.  This turns out to be true, and the [[Last Autobot]] metamorphoses Hi-Q into Prime (with a new [[Action Master]] body) in [[End of the Road! (US)|the last issue of the original Marvel US series]].&lt;br /&gt;
{{-}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Generation 2&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Swarmoptimus.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Unleashing the light of the Matrix upon a great evil.  Again.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*This Prime wasn&#039;t done dying yet. His adventures continued in the G2 comics, and he died defeating the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]] in the final issue of that series, &amp;quot;[[A Rage in Heaven!]]&amp;quot;. The Swarm reconstituted him three pages later (in a body based on his then-current [[Hero (G2)|Hero]] toy).&lt;br /&gt;
{{-}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==IDW Comics continuity==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*In his first battle with the [[Ore-13]] powered Megatron, Optimus was killed. {{storylink|Escalation issue 5}} Or at least, his &#039;&#039;main body&#039;&#039; was: by quickly downloading his consciousness  into [[Combat Deck]] (and then back again), Optimus was able to survive. Being that close to death meant he briefly existed in a limbo state, which got him noticed by [[Nova Prime]] in the [[Dead Universe]]. {{storylink|Escalation issue 6}}&lt;br /&gt;
{{-}}&lt;br /&gt;
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*He then spends the first half of [[All Hail Megatron]] badly damaged and near death. He is revived however when [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and his crew arrive.&lt;br /&gt;
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==&#039;&#039;Beast Wars&#039;&#039; cartoon continuity==&lt;br /&gt;
===&#039;&#039;Beast Wars&#039;&#039; cartoon===&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Smelt Prime.JPG|right|200px|thumb|&amp;quot;I&#039;m not quite dead yet!  I feel happy!&amp;quot;]]&lt;br /&gt;
In &#039;&#039;[[Beast Wars (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;[[Beast Machines (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]&#039;&#039;, you could mark the end of a season by the near-death experience of one [[Optimus Primal|Optimus]] or [[Optimus Prime (G1)|another]]...&lt;br /&gt;
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*At [[Other Voices, Part 2|the end of the first season]] of &#039;&#039;Beast Wars&#039;&#039;, [[Optimus Primal]] piloted a bomb-equipped stasis pod in an attempt to destroy the [[Planet Buster]].  Unfortunately, [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] had sealed the pod&#039;s hatch, and Optimus blew up with it. [[Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)|Early in the second season]] (a few hours later as far as the characters were concerned), [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] managed to unite Optimus&#039;s drifting [[spark]] with a [[blank]] [[protoform]], thus bringing him back to life (and in a new [[Transmetal]] body, too).&lt;br /&gt;
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*At [[The Agenda (Part III)|the end of second season]], the &#039;&#039;Beast Wars&#039;&#039; Megatron came very close to killing the original Optimus Prime.  But [[Optimal Situation|Prime didn&#039;t &#039;&#039;quite&#039;&#039; die]], so we really shouldn&#039;t count it.&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Beast Machines&#039;&#039; cartoon===&lt;br /&gt;
*At [[End of the Line|the end of the first season]] of &#039;&#039;Beast Machines&#039;&#039;, Optimus and Megatron had a cataclysmic battle, using the energies of [[Vector Sigma]] and the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]]. This would have destroyed [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], but Optimus took the warring energies into himself and disintegrated. However, his spark was trapped within the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]], and the other [[Maximal]]s convinced him to return to the real world at [[Fallout|the start of second season]]. The Oracle kindly gave him a new body (which, believe it or not, was &#039;&#039;not&#039;&#039; a new toy).&lt;br /&gt;
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*At [[Endgame Pt. III: Seeds of the Future|the end of the series]], Optimus gave his life to defeat Megatron once and for all, pushing him into the [[technorganic]] core of the planet. In assorted ancillary media ([[Universe (2003 comic)|convention comics]], [[Beast Wars Reborn|text]] [[Alternators|stories]]), he comes back to life yet again.&lt;br /&gt;
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(Strangely, the end of the third season of &#039;&#039;Beast Wars&#039;&#039; had no Optimus deaths whatsoever! A half-dozen &#039;&#039;[[Depth Charge (BW)|o]][[Tigerhawk|t]][[Dinobot II|h]][[Inferno (BW)|e]][[Quickstrike (BW)|r]][[Rampage (BW)|s]]&#039;&#039; died, but not Optimus.)&lt;br /&gt;
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==Robots in Disguise==&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Optimus Prime (RID)#Notes|He]]&#039;s one of the only Primes that &#039;&#039;didn&#039;t&#039;&#039; die! However, it came &#039;&#039;very&#039;&#039; close in [[The Final Battle (RID)|the final battle]], when he planned to sacrifice himself to stop [[Megatron (RID)|Galvatron]].&lt;br /&gt;
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==Unicron Trilogy==&lt;br /&gt;
===&#039;&#039;Armada&#039;&#039; cartoon===&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Sshot-arm-39-4.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Now Optimus, don&#039;t go all to pieces.  You say you have to split?  Well, you&#039;re a chip off the ol&#039; block.]]&lt;br /&gt;
* In the &#039;&#039;[[Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]&#039;&#039; episode &amp;quot;[[Crisis]]&amp;quot;, [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] used his body to block the blast of [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]&#039;s [[Hydra Cannon]], protecting the [[Earth]].  When the cannon&#039;s energy is spent, we see Optimus turn grayish-white, then &#039;&#039;actually&#039;&#039; crumble to bits. A bunch of [[Mini-Con]]s use the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] to resurrect him [[Miracle|three episodes later]].&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Armada &#039;&#039;comic===&lt;br /&gt;
* The corpse of an [[Optimus Prime (Worlds Collide)|Optimus Prime]] (killed by Unicron) from an alternate universe  appeared in the &#039;&#039;[[Armada (comic)|Armada]]&#039;&#039; comic issue titled &amp;quot;[[Worlds Collide, Part 1 of 4]]&amp;quot;. Yep, practically all we know about this Optimus is that he died. He doesn&#039;t turn gray, but his colors are faded.&lt;br /&gt;
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==&#039;&#039;Universe&#039;&#039;==&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Nemesisprimetfuclone.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Technically, this is the clone.]]&lt;br /&gt;
* The corpse of an [[Optimus Prime (Balancing Act)|Optimus Prime]] (killed by [[Megazarak (Universe)|Megazarak]]) from an alternate universe was cloned by Unicron to create [[Nemesis Prime (Universe 2003)|Nemesis Prime]]. The clone, before he became Nemesis, appeared in &#039;&#039;Cybertron&#039;&#039; comic issue &amp;quot;[[Balancing Act, Part 2]]&amp;quot;. Once again, practically all we know about this Optimus is that he died.&lt;br /&gt;
{{-}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Movie continuity==&lt;br /&gt;
{{Note|Though Optimus Prime doesn&#039;t die in the first [[Transformers (2007)|movie itself]], he does consider fusing the [[AllSpark (Movie)|All Spark]] into his own spark, an action that would destroy them both, if necessary to keep it out of Decepticon hands.}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Transformers The Game&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
In Decepticon mode storyline, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] was beaten to the ground, and as he crawled for the [[AllSpark (Movie)|All Spark]], [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] smashed his head with his flail ... poor Prime, he gets the most violent death. {{Storylink|Transformers The Game (console)}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===Titan Magazines &#039;&#039;Transformers&#039;&#039; movie comics===&lt;br /&gt;
{{notetitantlg}}&lt;br /&gt;
Optimus was left in a frozen, &#039;&#039;near&#039;&#039;-death state. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 9|Twilight&#039;s Last Gleaming, Part: 1}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Revenge of the Fallen&#039;&#039; movie===&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:ROTF Optimus death.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Shot through the heart, and [[Sam Witwicky|you&#039;re]] to blame, you give love a bad name!]]&lt;br /&gt;
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Perhaps the most brutal Prime death to date. To protect [[Sam Witwicky]], Optimus Prime engaged in a brutal battle with [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]  and [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]]. Despite &#039;&#039;literally&#039;&#039; disarming Starscream and destroying Grindor, Optimus is run-through from behind by Megatron and killed. While dead, Optimus&#039; body is depicted with faded colours in reference to his history of turning grey upon death. This event causes Sam to follow the symbols the All Spark sliver placed in his mind to find the ancient [[Matrix of Leadership#Live-action film series|Matrix of Leadership]], the only thing that could restore life to Optimus. Unfortunately, it crumbled into dust upon touching it in the [[Tomb of the Primes]] on the border between [[Egypt]] and [[Jordan]]. During the climactic battle in Egypt between [[NEST]] and the Decepticons, Sam was seemingly killed by Megatron, only to be taken to another plane of existence where he met [[Seven Primes|the Primes who died]] to prevent [[The Fallen]] from achieving victory, and they bestowed upon him the true Matrix, which allowed Sam to revive Optimus. {{Storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (film)}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Animated== &lt;br /&gt;
===&#039;&#039;Animated&#039;&#039; cartoon===&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:TFAnimated transformandrollout DEATH.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Dead in the third episode for 75 seconds.  It&#039;s a new record!]]&lt;br /&gt;
In the third part of the &#039;&#039;[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Animated]]&#039;&#039; movie, &amp;quot;[[Transform and Roll Out]]&amp;quot;, [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] dies after his battle with [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]]. Like the Generation 1 Prime before him, he turns gray upon dying. Seventy-five seconds later - for us AND for the characters - [[Sari Sumdac]] uses the mysterious [[AllSpark Key]] to revive him. It&#039;s a new record, Primey!&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;The Cool&#039;&#039; comic===&lt;br /&gt;
During their final battle on earth, [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] fired a devastating blast from his [[fusion cannon]] which was super charged by Starscream&#039;s [[AllSpark]]-fragment-powered head before driving one of his swords straight through Optimus&#039; chest and [[spark]]. However this, somehow, did not completely kill him as his cries of justice and heroics caused his spark to shine and made a reaction from the shard in Starscream&#039;s head, which flew at Optimus giving him new power and a new body. {{storylink|The Cool Episode Final}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==&#039;&#039;Henkei!&#039;&#039; manga==&lt;br /&gt;
{{storylink|A Nightmare, Once Again}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==See also==&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Primus apotheosis]]&lt;br /&gt;
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* [[Death]]&lt;br /&gt;
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*[[Prime Spark]] - The short story explores the question of where &amp;lt;s&amp;gt;all&amp;lt;/s&amp;gt; [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|most]] of those Optimus-es go when they die. (Answer: someplace dull.) &lt;br /&gt;
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*[[Ginrai#Victory_cartoon|God Ginrai]] - Often erroneously put in this category&lt;br /&gt;
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* [[Dirge (G1)]] - The appropriately named, yet very unlucky guy who gets [[:Image:Dirge DeathSerpentor.jpg|killed]] [[:Image:Dirge DeathSwarm.jpg|off]] [[:Image:Dirge DeathTimelines.jpg|in]] [[:Image:Dirge DeathUnicron.jpg|many]] [[:Image:Dirge DeathArmada.jpg|continuities]] (but less than [[Optimus Prime (disambiguation)|Optimus Prime]]).&lt;br /&gt;
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* [[Sentinel Prime (G1)]] - The [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] [[:Image:Sentinel prime lou.jpg|who]] [[:Image:Sentinel prime dw.jpg|must]] [[Megatron Origin issue 4|always]] [[Dark of the Moon (film)|die]].&lt;br /&gt;
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* [[Cy-Kill (disambiguation)|Cy-Kill]], who is repeatedly killed COS HE SUCKS LOLOLOLOL.&lt;br /&gt;
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* [[Starscream]] - [[ Starscream (G1)|He]] [[Starscream (Armada)|dies]] [[Starscream (Animated)|a]] [[Starscream (Movie)|lot]].&lt;br /&gt;
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Many deaths of Optimus Prime}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{disambig3|Shockwave}}&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;Shockwave is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[live-action film series|live-action movie]] [[Continuity family|continuity family]].&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:ShockwaveDOTMgamepromo.jpg|right|thumb|400px|[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]&#039;s most bewildering foe: the faceless!]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&#039;&#039;&#039;Shockwave&#039;&#039;&#039; was left to watch [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] long ago, arriving on Earth to hunt for the  [[AllSpark]] shortly after Megatron. A peerless scientist with deadly efficiency and a cold devotion to logic, he is one of the very few who could rival Megatron. Shockwave is ready and willing to destroy the Autobots with his arm-mounted AstroMag Cannon. &lt;br /&gt;
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{{bigquote|Emotionless, coldly logical, utterly ruthless... killing is all Shockwave lives for.|[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]|[[Dark of the Moon issue 1|Dark of the Moon #1]]}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Fiction==&lt;br /&gt;
===IDW live-action film prequel comics===&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Foundation1-Shockwavedoesntlikeit.jpg|left|thumb|250px|&amp;quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;Your star burns!&#039;&#039;&#039; I require frozen treats.&amp;quot;]]&lt;br /&gt;
Eons after the [[Dynasty of Primes]] were vanquished, Cybertron fell into dark times. The [[AllSpark]] had been buried somewhere within Cybertron and been dismissed as a legend, and the planet itself lacked a star to orbit.  As energy became more and more scarce, Cybertronians segregated into tribes.  Shockwave chose to rally behind [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]], who claimed to be descended from [[Primus]] himself.  However, he faced opposition from the non-believer [[Thetacon (tribe)|Thetacons]], and Shockwave joined [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]], and several others in repelling their attacks. Ultimately, Sentinel Prime won the day, as he and [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]] were successful in locating the lost AllSpark and harnessing a new sun to orbit. This, however, did not please Shockwave. Now that the war was over, he was dissatisfied, and he no longer knew his purpose. This shocked his old friend, Megatron, and Shockwave explained that it was the journey he enjoyed, not the destination. Plus, well, that new sun was kind of bright. {{storylink|Foundation issue 1|Foundation #1}}&lt;br /&gt;
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The next day, Megatron detailed to Shockwave how he had eavesdropped on a conversation between Sentinel and Optimus, where Sentinel had tried to pass on leadership to Optimus, who refused, unable to accept he was also a Prime. At the outskirts of [[Thetacon (polity)|Thetacon]], they encountered a [[Driller]], a subterranean lifeform that had been brought to the planet&#039;s surface by the new energy flowing through it, which was attacking a group of [[Hatchling]]s and their protector [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]. Shockwave was amazed by the creature and called it &amp;quot;magnificent&amp;quot;. After besting it, he joined the Cybertronian [[Defense Force]] that Sentinel placed under Megatron&#039;s command, rooting out dissident Transformers. {{storylink|Foundation issue 2|Foundation #2}}&lt;br /&gt;
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After the war broke out he joined the Decepticons. As Starscream was asking what to do next minutes before the [[Nemesis (ROTF)|&#039;&#039;Nemesis&#039;&#039;]] went to space, Shockwave told him that they would obey Megatron&#039;s orders without any question. {{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}} When the Autobots attacked [[Simfur Temple]], Shockwave attempted to apprehend [[Elita-One (Movie)|Elita-One]], but with no success. When Starscream blew up the [[Ark (DOTM)|ship]] carrying Sentinel and his [[pillar|secret weapon]], Shockwave ordered the annihilation of the retreating Autobots, but Megatron made him stand down, gleefully predicting Optimus would return with a vengeance. {{storylink|Foundation issue 4|Foundation #4}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Shockwave returned with Megatron to his [[Lord High Protector citadel|citadel]] during Optimus&#039;s revenge attack. {{storylink|Foundation issue 1|Foundation #1}} Shockwave asked Megatron if he could kill Optimus Prime and [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] after they had been stuck by the [[smelting pool]], but Megatron was disappointed by Shockwave&#039;s lack of vision. {{Storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}} Optimus got inside to fight Megatron, while Starscream and Shockwave attempted to kill their former comrade Ironhide. Suddenly, the skies darkened: the Autobots had attacked the citadel to distract the Decepticons from their true goal of stealing the AllSpark from the temple. Optimus blasted Starscream and Shockwave, and the two Autobots escaped. {{storylink|Foundation issue 4|Foundation #4}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:RisingStorm2-ShockwaveAllSpark.jpg|thumb|250px|]]&lt;br /&gt;
Some time later, after the Autobots sent the All Spark into space, Starscream left Shockwave in charge of the Decepticons still on Cybertron as he went in search of his prize. During a battle with a team of Autobots, Shockwave heard the scream of the AllSpark when it was found by [[Sector 7]]. Leaving [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing]] in charge of the Decepticons on Cybertron, Shockwave set out in an impossibly fast ship, swearing not to return without the AllSpark. He crashed in Tunguska, [[Siberia]] in [[1908]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&#039;&#039;Rising Storm&#039;&#039; issue 2 reveals that Shockwave caused the mysterious real-life [[wikipedia:Tunguska_event|Tunguska event.]]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He remained buried there in [[stasis lock]], healing until [[Soviet Union|Soviet Russia]] found him ten years later. Using stolen research from the U.S., who had found Megatron the same way, the Russians reverse-engineered his technology to invent nuclear power plants. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}} {{storylink|Frozen}}&lt;br /&gt;
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There were no digital records of Shockwave&#039;s existence, and the physical documents pertaining to him were lost, burned, shredded or stolen in the wake of the Soviet Union&#039;s collapse. The Siberian facility was abandoned and Shockwave was left forgotten. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 4}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===Titan Magazines===&lt;br /&gt;
While Starscream doesn&#039;t like or trust Shockwave, he respects his intelligence and, if he had to choose, would give the nod to Shockwave being his successor. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 21|#21&#039;s Star Screams}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Revenge of the Fallen&#039;&#039; film===&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Shockwave-ROTFnewspaper.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Quick, add him to the character list!]]&lt;br /&gt;
At some point during 2009, Shockwave was caught on film and the event was written up for a newspaper article.  A newspaper page with the headline &amp;quot;Mysterious Robot Spotted&amp;quot; was discarded in [[Egypt]], where it was sucked up by a rampaging [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]]. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===IDW &#039;&#039;Dark of the Moon&#039;&#039; comics===&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:RisingStorm_Shockwave_and_astrotrain.jpg|left|thumb|250px|]]&lt;br /&gt;
Soundwave discovered the satirical article and its photograph, and deduced it was based on stolen Soviet documents. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 4}} In [[2010]], Megatron freed Shockwave and brought him to his &amp;quot;base&amp;quot; in [[Namibia]], where he was eager to get back to killing Autobots as soon as possible. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Shockwave and [[Astrotrain (DOTM)|Astrotrain]] made their presence known on Earth near [[Dalian]], [[China]], where they quickly disposed of the Autobots [[Longarm (Movie)|Longarm]] and [[Salvage (Movie)|Salvage]] and stole material for a mysterious construction project.&lt;br /&gt;
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Shockwave began following the exploits of Earth&#039;s stranded Transformers from afar, and derided its war&#039;s combatants as idiots after watching a skirmish in [[California]]. After contacting Astrotrain for an update on their project, he tracked [[Divebomb (Movie)|Divebomb]]&#039;s radiation trail back to Starscream&#039;s current base of operations, in a junkyard on the outskirts of [[Mexico City]]. Blasting his way through the Decepticons unwise enough to try defending Starscream, Shockwave informed the treacherous air commander that Megatron had &amp;quot;requested his services.&amp;quot; Before the conversation could go any further, Astrotrain radioed Shockwave with some bad news: the &amp;quot;[[Brains|brain unit]]&amp;quot; scrap drone that held the control software for the machine he was constructing had escaped. Shockwave charged Starscream and his followers with recovering the drone. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 1|Rising Storm #1}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:Risingstorm_3_shockwave_on_NEST.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Shock blast!]]&lt;br /&gt;
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Shockwave contacted an angry Starscream who thought he was promised the Autobots would be occupied.  Shockwave countered that they were occupied, but, you know, with Starscream, leaving Shockwave free to leave a message for [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] at the [[NEST]] Headquarters in [[Diego Garcia]]. After killing [[Knock Out (ROTF)|Knock Out]], [[Dune Runner (ROTF)|Dune Runner]], and other Autobots who stood in his way, Shockwave confronted the trembling humans left to fend for themselves.  When Shockwave asked who was in command, [[Theodore Galloway]] told him that he was. Shockwave killed Galloway and the other humans save one, and he asked his question one more time. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 3|Rising Storm #3}}&lt;br /&gt;
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After killing [[Jolt (ROTF)|Jolt]], he and [[Fearswoop (ROTF)|Fearswoop]] left Diego Garcia, then he arrived in [[Philadelphia]] killing [[Elita-One (Movie)|Elita-One]] in the process and shot down [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]] and [[Mirage (Movie)|Mirage]]. Enraged by the death of Elita-One and the other Autobots. Optimus Prime battled Shockwave destroying half of his face and body, Prime was about to kill Shockwave, till Shockwave&#039;s [[Driller|&amp;quot;pet&amp;quot;]] came to save his master. the badly damaged Shockwave returned to Namibia along Starscream and Soundwave. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 4|Rising Storm #4}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Dark of the Moon&#039;&#039; film===&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;Voice actor&#039;&#039;: [[Frank Welker]] (English), [[Miguel Ángel Ghigliazza]] (Latin American Spanish)&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:DOTM - ShockwaveDriller.jpg|left|thumb|250px|&amp;quot;We have worm sign.&amp;quot;]]&lt;br /&gt;
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Shockwave and his pet [[Driller]] attacked the Autobots when they were summoned to [[Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant|Chernobyl]] by the Decepticon agent [[Voskhod]]. This was done as an act of misdirection to ensure that the Autobots did not realize that the Decepticons actually wanted them to find the fuel cell from the [[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]] located within the facility. After Optimus retrieved the fuel cell from the Driller, Shockwave emerged from it to reveal himself to Optimus, and the pair quickly retreated underground, leaving Optimus very disturbed to see Shockwave on Earth.&lt;br /&gt;
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Later, Shockwave took part in the invasion of Chicago. He and the Driller emerged from beneath the convoy of Autobots, and the Driller seperated Optimus from his trailer. Shockwave left the Driller and proceeded to track down the Autobots. The [[Wreckers]] were sent to distract him, peppering his armor with fire from their machineguns. He used a car as a shield and fired at them, and once they drove off he menacingly began to pursue them down the road, missing the two small Autobots, [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] and [[Brains]], who quickly fled.&lt;br /&gt;
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Later, he noticed humans inside a building, and sent his Driller into the fray to topple a building and kill [[Sam Witwicky]], [[Carly Spencer]], [[Robert Epps]], and the other humans inside. However the beast was killed by Optimus Prime using his flight gear, and Shockwave, enraged by the death of his pet, opened fire on the Autobot leader, briefly disabling him and taking him out of the fight. He soon joined [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] and [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] to round up the other Autobots. Brains and Wheelie forestalled the Decepticon&#039;s from further executing their prisoners by taking control of a Decepticon gunship, and dropping [[Orbital Assault Carrier|fighers]] onto the battlefield. Shockwave retreated further away with Barricade and some other Decepticons. However the human soldiers had set a trap, and while firing at them, Shockwave was blinded by one of their parachutes, and his eye was then shot out, causing it to dangle by its wires. Optimus Prime then came charging back into the battle, and when Shockwave fired at him, the Autobot dodged the shot, donned a set of knuckle-spikes, and punched Shockwave so hard that part of his abdomen shattered. Even this did not put Shockwave down, but Prime did not let up - he punched Shockwave again, pinned the Decepticon down and tore his dangling eye out through his throat, finally ending the Decepticon&#039;s life. Optimus then used Shockwave&#039;s cannon to shoot out the control pillar set up in the city. {{storylink|Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Games==&lt;br /&gt;
===&#039;&#039;Transformers: The Game&#039;&#039; (console)===&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;Voice actor:&#039;&#039; [[Daniel Riordan]]&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:Tf2007console shockwave.jpg|left|250px|thumb|1% assorted Shockwave parts, 99% weapons.]]&lt;br /&gt;
Under the orders of Starscream, Shockwave attacked [[Tranquility]] in an effort to interfere with [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]&#039;s attempt to rescue [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] from [[Sector Seven]]. Prime actually had a grip on the helicopter net that held Bumblebee, but the force of Shockwave&#039;s entry mode&#039;s impact knocked him off, allowing Sector Seven to get away.&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:Tf2007console shockwave turrent.jpg|200px|thumb|Death Cannon OF LOGIC!]]&lt;br /&gt;
Landing in downtown, the [[Triple Changer|triple-changing]] Shockwave adopted a helicopter and an artillery emplacement as his alternate modes, promptly transforming into the latter and lobbing explosives around the city. Prime, forced to cut off his rescue, charged in and pounded Shockwave until the goliath transformed and retreated to another position. Prime doggedly kept at Shockwave, following him every time he retreated, eventually defeating the Decepticon and saving Tranquility. {{storylink|Transformers The Game (console)|Transformers The Game (console)}}&lt;br /&gt;
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Later, when the Autobots returned to Cybertron, Shockwave appeared on the planet alongside (and presumably leading) an army of Decepticon drones. Optimus quickly defeated the drones and once more defeated Shockwave.&lt;br /&gt;
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{{note|Shockwave is not a playable character in the game, appearing only as a boss character during the Autobot campaign. He also appears (but does not transform) as one of the enemies battled in the Autobot campaign&#039;s bonus level set on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], but what this implies about Shocky is debatable at best, given the level&#039;s questionable in-game continuity.}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Transformers: The Game&#039;&#039; (PSP)===&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;Voice actor:&#039;&#039; [[Daniel Riordan]]&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:Shockwave movie psp.jpg|left|170px|thumb|He makes up for his loss of weapons by being the most awesome character in the game. It is only logical.]]&lt;br /&gt;
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The massive Shockwave might &#039;&#039;look&#039;&#039; like he&#039;s purely about muscle and firepower, but he&#039;s actually remarkably shrewd and cunning. Coveting the position of Decepticon leader for himself, Shockwave has been working to oust Megatron for years. As you might imagine, he and Starscream don&#039;t get along very well.&lt;br /&gt;
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When the Decepticons arrived on Earth in search of their lost leader, Megatron, Shockwave adopted a tank as his alternate mode. Shockwave was supposed to join [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] in his attack on the [[SOCCENT Forward Operations Base]] in [[Qatar]], but instead busied himself surrepticiously searching for leads to the location of the [[AllSpark]]. After receiving a communique from [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]], who informed him that the Autobots were on Earth and had discovered their own leads to the location of Megatron, Shockwave had [[Thundercracker (Movie)|Thundercracker]] airlift him to Qatar, where he helped Blackout take care of the last few military units opposing him. He relayed Frenzy&#039;s message to Blackout, then departed for the Arctic with Thundercracker, intending to investigate the site where Megatron&#039;s body was discovered.&lt;br /&gt;
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In the Arctic, Shockwave and Thundercracker faced resistance from an Autobot unit in the area, but fought their way through them to discover that Megatron&#039;s body had been moved by [[Sector Seven]]. The trip was not a wasted one, however: after scanning a computer terminal in the cavern, Shockwave discovered that Megatron had brought an army of drones with him to Earth to help in the search for the All Spark. These drones were presently lying dormant all over the Earth, and Shockwave schemed to reactivate them so that they could serve him as his personal army. The signal required to reanimated the drones had to be broadcast from a great height, so Shockwave and Thundercracker quickly made their way to a rocket launch site, where Shockwave&lt;br /&gt;
programmed the code into a rocket that subsequently beamed the signal down over the Earth from space. Drones sprang to life all over the planet, and began attacking the Autobots. Shockwave&#039;s control of his&lt;br /&gt;
self-made army was short lived, however, as Autobots [[Trailbreaker (Movie)|Trailbreaker]] and [[Hound (Movie)|Hound]] successfully transmitted a virus that shut the drones down. Simultaneously, Shockwave received another message from Frenzy that the he had discovered the location of Megatron, and that the Decepticon leader was about to reawaken.&lt;br /&gt;
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After the Autobots defeated Megatron and most of the other Decepticons in battle in [[Center City]], Shockwave retreated back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], as did Starscream. Back on their homeworld, Shockwave and Starscream faced off for leadership of the Decepticons, with Starscream ultimately claiming victory. {{storylink|Transformers The Game (PSP)|Transformers The Game (PSP)}}&lt;br /&gt;
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{{note|In contrast to the console version of the game, Shockwave &#039;&#039;is&#039;&#039; a playable character on the PSP.}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===Autobot Stronghold===&lt;br /&gt;
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Shockwave was used as the basis for an army of [[drone]] units, who were part of the constant attacks on the Autobot&#039;s [[LG]] Stronghold. For some reason, these drones had &#039;&#039;two&#039;&#039; Sparks. {{storylink|Autobot Stronghold}}&lt;br /&gt;
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===&#039;&#039;Transformers: Dark of the Moon - The Game&#039;&#039;=== &lt;br /&gt;
====(Xbox 360/PS3)==== &lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Dark of the Moon game Shockwave.jpg|thumb|300px|Shockwave on the warpath.]]&lt;br /&gt;
Shockwave was frozen underneath a Russian facility after crashing to Earth thousands of years ago. His leader [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] decided to find and release his assassin, since he was needed for the upcoming operation. Optimus discovered Shockwave and asked Ratchet activate more freeze tanks to keep him frozen. however the Driller woke from its slumber, and lashed out at the intruder.  After thawing out, he decided to kill the first thing his optic lay eyes on: Optimus. However, he was still a bit woozy from waking up and taking action so quickly, so he tended to make a few hiccups in his attacks, before finally waking up. Autobot reinforcements weren&#039;t helping Optimus, as they were dispatched quite easily. During their skirmish, Optimus Prime (with a little help from [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]]) deduced his weak spot as the three cylinder-shaped generators mounted on his back. Optimus Prime was then able to take down Shockwave with his jetpack/machinegun upgrades, until the Driller decided to intervene, and blocked off the shots while retreating with its master. &lt;br /&gt;
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Shortly after that, he met up with Megatron, [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], and [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] in Nambia, Africa and was ordered to find a device in a nuclear power plant named Chernobyl. Shockwave agreed and listened to Megatron gloat to the other Decepticons about Operation Pillar.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Toys==&lt;br /&gt;
===Dark of the Moon===&lt;br /&gt;
====Cyberverse====&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:DOTM Cyberverse Shockwave FusionTank.jpg|thumb|350px|right|It&#039;s a fusion of terror and more terror.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Shockwave / Fusion Tank&#039;&#039;&#039; (Cyberverse Action Set, 2011)&lt;br /&gt;
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**&#039;&#039;Japanese ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;CV19&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; Battle Cannon/Particle Wave Blaster, rubber hose, arm blade&lt;br /&gt;
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: The [[Cyberverse]] Commander class Shockwave is cast in a lighter purple than his Voyager class figure. Like that larger toy, he transforms into a cybertronian tank, and features a removable cannon, blade, and hose. He also has a back component that attaches to his vehicle to form a “Fusion Tank”, and features a firing missile launcher. This component can transform into a “Ground Weapon” mode and a “Battle Base” mode. Both parts of the Fusion Tank include multiple ports for attaching Shockwave’s accessories or other cyberverse weapons. &lt;br /&gt;
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: Despite how the promotional pictures and instructions show it, the Battle Base mode seems more intended to point its missile launcher straight up. This allows the Shockwave figure to actually fit on the base and even attach the post on the base into his back.&lt;br /&gt;
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: Like other action sets, Shockwave comes with a cardboard backdrop. In his case, it’s a scene of Chicago under attack. Oddly, the box bio mentions Shockwave’s abilty to drill through the ground with no mention of his [[Driller|friend]]. &lt;br /&gt;
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====Voyager Class toys====&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:DOTM_Shockwave_Voyager.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Observation: gun hose. Conclusion: awesome.]]&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;&#039;Shockwave&#039;&#039;&#039; (MechTech Voyager, 2011)&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Japanese ID number:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;DD05&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
**&#039;&#039;Accessories:&#039;&#039; [[MechTech]] Battle Cannon/Particle Wave Blaster with rubber hose, arm-blade-thing&lt;br /&gt;
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: Part of the second wave of &#039;&#039;[[Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]&#039;&#039; Voyager Class [[MechTech]] toys, Shockwave transforms into a purple Cybertronian tank.  He has a large, detachable MechTech Battle Cannon on his right arm with a rubber tube which connects to his back, and a removable blade on his left arm.  When a lever is pushed on the rear of his arm cannon, MechTech gearing opens up the cannon wider with more barrels and blades.  [[C joint]] rungs are located on Shockwave&#039;s arm-blade, one concealed underneath said blade, and two on his AstroMag cannon, two more on his backpack, and two more on his feet.  Other MechTech weapons can peg into Shockwave&#039;s hands, on the barrel of his cannon, and behind each shoulder blade. Due to the nature of his MechTech weapon supposed to be integrated with his arm, it is not a prime candidate for swapping with other toys, due to the shape and color of the weapon.&lt;br /&gt;
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: Shockwave&#039;s forearms seem to be  backward, with the screws holding them together facing out; the backs of his forearms are smooth and screwhole-free.  Also indicating that his forearms may have been swapped is the fact that his arm blade, when put in its proper place on his tank mode, is clearly backward.  The blade has an obvious back, its left side, marked with gaps; the mold detail on its right side is much cleaner.  It&#039;s apparently meant to be displayed on the figure&#039;s right arm, with the clean side of the weapon facing outward.  However, disassembling the figure&#039;s forearms and swapping them would change the cannon to the left, which shouldn&#039;t be done because: 1) it&#039;s movie-inaccurate, and 2) the gun hose is clearly meant to go to the right in robot mode, otherwise it will restrict articulation or keep falling off - though it should be mentioned that the peg hole where the hose attaches to the gun can be rotated 180 degrees, enabling the hose to be positioned on either side of the weapon. Also, the wrist is held together with a pin which can be tricky to remove. On the other hand, the extra barrels in the cannon do seem to be misassembled, as they feature the same problem as the arm blade.&lt;br /&gt;
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: Shockwave&#039;s stock photography depicts him in a much, much brighter and bluer purple while the MechTech lever on the cannon is bright red. Although partly cropped, his packaging photography on the box-front depicts an alternative placement of his gun hose in tank mode, plugging into the port on the side of his rear treads, which actually aligns better than the awkward frontal position depicted in the [[instructions]]; in the box-back, there is no gun hose, but since the picture is taken from a left profile, it could just be covered by the toy itself, reinforcing the alternate placement. The stock photography shown also depicts Shockwave&#039;s hands to be articulated at the wrists, as the right arm in the photo has the hand rotated 90 degrees from the position actually possible with the figure. Also many more paint applications are present in the stock photography, not limited to the red lever on the cannon, but vents on the vehicle mode are picked out in silver as well as gold details on the hips and both halves of tread on each side of the body being painted silver. Overall, the colour scheme shown on the box photography is completely different from the actual figure within, with the stock photo&#039;s silver replaced with a metallic lilac on the hands, feet spikes and knees.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Notes==&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Transformers The Game (console)|&#039;&#039;Transformers: The Game&#039;&#039;]]  Shockwave was designed by artist [[Ken Christiansen]].&lt;br /&gt;
*The &amp;quot;Attack Copter&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Recon Chopper&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Stealth Chopper&amp;quot; [[Create-A-Bot (Autobot)|Create-]][[Create-A-Bot (Decepticon)|A-Bot]] vehicle modes from the [[Transformers Autobots/Decepticons|Nintendo DS video games]] transform into robot modes bearing some resemblance to Shockwave. The Attack Chopper is the only one that can be customized to appear purple, though.&lt;br /&gt;
*The photo on the newspaper article in &#039;&#039;Revenge of the Fallen&#039;&#039; is of [[:Image:Shockwaveministatue.jpg|Palisades&#039;s statue]] of [[Shockwave (G1)|Generation 1 Shockwave]], with something digitally added in the foreground.&lt;br /&gt;
*Shockwave was heavily touted as the new main villain prior to the release of &#039;&#039;Dark of the Moon&#039;&#039;, no doubt in an attempt to conceal [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]]&#039;s unexpected betrayal halfway through the movie. A piece of information that commonly popped up in media coverage was the claim that Shockwave was the ruler of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] while the other Autobots and Decepticons were duking it out on Earth.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;pushpops&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-just-movie-31/transformers-3-plot-summary-revealed-170756/ &amp;quot;Transformers 3 Plot Summary Revealed&amp;quot;], TFW2005, October 2010.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; The last bit could be written off as a case of [[Wikipedia:Chinese whispers|chinese whisper]]: Shockwave got announced as the villain for &#039;&#039;Dark of the Moon&#039;&#039;, mainstream media (such as USA Today&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;usatodayswitch&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2010-06-11-Transformers11_ST_N.htm &amp;quot;Next &#039;Transformers&#039; is due for a switch&amp;quot;], USA Today, June 2010.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;) who aren&#039;t versed in Transformers lore looked up the character, found out about his &#039;&#039;[[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]]&#039;&#039; [[Shockwave (G1)|namesake]]&#039;s role in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon]], included it as a piece of trivia to show they did their research, and then the trivia note got picked up as gospel by other media. Nevertheless, it was included in the &#039;&#039;official plot summary&#039;&#039; by Paramount&#039;s German branch (which also claimed that &#039;&#039;Shockwave&#039;&#039; was the robot discovered inside the &#039;&#039;[[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]&#039;&#039; as seen in the trailer).&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;germansite&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[http://www.transformers3-film.de/ Official German DOTM site] including faulty plot summary.&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
*Despite being one of the most highly anticipated characters in the film, Shockwave has very minimal screentime. His only understandable line in the film is at Chernobyl: &amp;quot;Optimus,&amp;quot; and seems more like a drone than Megatron&#039;s greatest assassin. In the [[Dark of the Moon (comic series)|comic adaptation]], which was based on early drafts of the script, Shockwave had more lines during the Chicago battle.&lt;br /&gt;
*Shockwave does not have the same form in IDW&#039;s &#039;&#039;[[Rising Storm]]&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;[[Foundation]]&#039;&#039; that he does in &#039;&#039;Dark of the Moon&#039;&#039; despite both being Cybertronian forms. His form in the comics is less skeletal in robot mode than his appearance in the film, and he also transforms into a Cybertronian jet, much like [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]&#039;s original body, whereas his film design transforms  into some form of Cybertronian tank.  (Following the leader, maybe?) [[John Barber]] commented on his Twitter account that he isn&#039;t sure why Shockwave&#039;s appearance is different from that in the film, but that an explanation will be given in issue 4 of &#039;&#039;Rising Storm&#039;&#039;. &amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://twitter.com/#!/TheJohnBarber/status/60710221739339776&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; While the issue doesn&#039;t explicitly show how he gets his &#039;&#039;Dark of the Moon&#039;&#039; body, Shockwave is indeed badly damaged by Optimus Prime. Possibly because of this extensive reconstruction, Shockwave doesn&#039;t transform in the film (or the video game prequel before it, which displayed him with his current body instead of the old, G1-esque one).&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Generation 1 Shockwave]]&#039;s original voice actor, [[Corey Burton]], expressed that he had no interest in voicing him for &#039;&#039;Dark of the Moon&#039;&#039;, explaining &amp;quot;[I] have practically no interest in that kind of mega-budget movie enterprise involvement&amp;quot; and that the inspiration for his Shockwave voice, [[wikipedia:David Warner (actor)|David Warner]], was rumored to have been considered.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.coreyburton.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=2707&amp;amp;highlight=#2707 Corey Burton&#039;s message board post.]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In the end, Shockwave&#039;s almost-entirely-wordless-snarl-based role would have been something of a waste of Warner; the role ultimately went to Frank Welker. There&#039;s a nice touch of symmetry in the casting, with Welker taking over a Burton-originated role not long after Burton took on a Welker-originated character in [[Megatron (Animated)|&#039;&#039;Animated&#039;&#039; Megatron]].&lt;br /&gt;
*Hasbro&#039;s online bio for Shockwave claims he had spent decades trapped under Chernobyl, but this was not reflected in any actual media; both the video game and &#039;&#039;Rising Storm&#039;&#039; comics have him held at a Russian facility from which he is freed shortly before the film&#039;s events, and the film itself doesn&#039;t give any indication that his appearance at Chernobyl in its opening scenes is an &amp;quot;escape&amp;quot; of any kind.&lt;br /&gt;
*Shockwave&#039;s AstroMag cannon is a reference to [[Shockwave (G1)/toys#Notes|the original Shockwave&#039;s]] toy mold being first released by ToyCo as the &amp;quot;[http://www.robot-japan.com/Gallery/Takara/Transformers/G1/AstroMagnum/Toybox-Astro-Magnum.asp 4 Changeable Astro Magnum]&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
*Select [[Toys&amp;quot;R&amp;quot;Us|ToysЯUs]] stores in the US had a promotion for a Shockwave poster with the purchase of any [[Transformers brand]] [[toy]] from [[June 5]], 2011 to [[June 11]], 2011.&lt;br /&gt;
*Although Shockwave&#039;s toy transforms into a Cybertronian tank, this alternate mode is never seen in the [[Dark of the Moon (film)|live-action movie]] nor the video game.&lt;br /&gt;
*While Shockwave&#039;s weapon of choice is described as a particle or laser cannon in most related Dark of the Moon media, it appears to be some variety of cluster missile launcher in the movie proper.&lt;br /&gt;
*Early artwork for Shockwave for &#039;&#039;Dark of the Moon&#039;&#039; showed &#039;&#039;&#039;Blitzwing&#039;&#039;&#039; as a working name for the character.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;nizzi&amp;quot;&amp;gt;[http://www.joshnizzi.com/TF3.htm Josh Nizzi DOTM concepts.]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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===Foreign names===&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Japanese:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;Shockwave&#039;&#039;&#039; (ショックウェーブ &#039;&#039;Shokkuwēbu&#039;&#039;)&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Mandarin:&#039;&#039; &#039;&#039;&#039;Shēngbō&#039;&#039;&#039; (声波, &amp;quot;Acoustic Wave&amp;quot;), &#039;&#039;&#039;Yīnbō&#039;&#039;&#039; (音波, &amp;quot;Sonic&amp;quot;)&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
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==External links==&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Transformers: The Game&#039;&#039; Shockwave [http://badflipblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/tf1-shockwave-01.html concepts], [http://badflipblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/tf1-shockwave-02.html vehicle mode renderings], [http://badflipblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/tf1-shockwave-03.html robot mode and head concepts], [http://badflipblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/tf1-shockwave-04.html final robot mode rendering] and [http://badflipblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/tf1-shockwave-05.html transformation animation guide] on Ken Christiansen&#039;s blog. &lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.gamespot.com/video/932116/6172356/transformers-the-game-interview-1 &#039;&#039;Transformers: The Game&#039;&#039; video interview with Daniel Suarez, featuring Shockwave footage]&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen Decepticons]]&lt;br /&gt;
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