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Ratbat (Animated)

2010-03-23T19:51:40Z

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

[[Image:Animated_ratbat.jpg|right|350px|thumb|[["Weird Al" Yankovic|''They call me the king of the spreadsheets<br>Got 'em all printed out on my bedsheets'']]]]
'''Ratbat''' is a Decepticon in the service of [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]]. Transforming into a keytar, he aids in Soundwave's manipulations of sound and data transmission, and is capable of broadcasting on multiple frequencies all at once. This allows Soundwave to take total control over the minds of any human or Autobot that's unfortunate enough to hear Ratbat's music.

:''Japanese name (tentative):'' '''Ratbat''' (ラットバット, ''Rattobatto'')

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
Ratbat's origins are unknown, but he first appeared alongside Soundwave when the musical menace was attempting to reprogram the Autobots into Decepticons using a virtual reality illusion. [[Sari Sumdac|Sari]] interfered, forcing Soundwave to dispatch his other minion, [[Laserbeak (Animated)|Laserbeak]], to deal with her, and so Ratbat came into play, as Soundwave used him in keytar form to generate a brainwashing wave of sonic energy that began to warp the Autobots' minds. {{storylink|Human Error, Part I}}

[[Image:TFAni Human Error Part2 Electrostatic Soundwave Reprogramming.jpg|left|thumb|250px|[[Ben Jones|''It's all about the Benjamins<br>baby!'']]]]
Soundwave continued to use Ratbat's sonic signals to reprogram the Autobots inside his virtual world. When Sari's team of [[Substitute Autobot|Substitute Autobots]] arrived to try to get the drop on Soundwave, he instead ambushed them and ordered the brainwashed Autobots to defend him. During the battle, [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] used his [[processor-over-matter]] technique to override Ratbat's control, then attacked the two Decepticons with his shuriken. This enraged Soundwave, who ordered Ratbat to transform and attack. Ratbat's speed and viciousness took the Autobots by surprise, and he was able to incapacitate Prowl by carrying him up above the city rooftops and them dropping him. Ratbat then returned to Soundwave to be used not for brainwashing but rather as a sonic weapon. However, Optimus Prime had gained control of Laserbeak, and he decided to give the bird's role as an "axe" a more literal meaning, using him to bludgeon and slice both Soundwave and Ratbat into a pile of crumbled parts. Though Laserbeak then escaped carrying Soundwave's central processor, he was not shown to be carrying any part of Ratbat. {{storylink|Human Error, Part II}}
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==Toys==
===Animated===
[[Image:Animated electrostatic soundwave toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|[[Soundwave (SG)#Shattered Glass|''We're Cold Slither<br>You'll be joining us soon]]]]
*'''Electrostatic Soundwave''' (Deluxe, 2009)
**''Accessories'': "Ratbat" keytar
: Ratbat is a black and purple keytar that turns into a bat with a lavender head and wings. He comes as an accessory with Electrostatic Soundwave, a [[redeco]] of Deluxe [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]] decoed as an homage to Generation 1 [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundblaster]]. Ratbat, like Laserbeak before him, has pegs on the face of the keytar which can plug into the insides of Soundwave's forearms, plus his legs are sculpted so as to fit on grooves on Soundwave's back and outer forearms. Ratbat's articulation consists of rotational joints in the middle of each wing and a shallowly-balljointed head.

==Notes==
* Ratbat is, along with [[Swindle (Animated)|Swindle]], Galvatron and [[Wasp|Waspinator]], one of [[Derrick J. Wyatt]]'s favorite Transformers, hence his ''Animated'' adaptation.
* We don't know how Ratbat was created. If it happened without the aid of the [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]], he likely lacks a [[spark]] of his own.
* According to the bio for Electrostatic Soundwave, Ratbat can apparantly fire lightning bolts in keytar mode.

==External links==
*[http://derrickjwyatt.blogspot.com/2009/02/meanwhile-in-belfry.html Derrick J. Wyatt's blog]

[[Category:Animated characters]]
[[Category:Decepticons]]

Rodimus Prime (Animated)

2010-03-23T19:35:17Z

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{{faction|autobot}}
{{disambig3|Rodimus}}
:''Rodimus Prime is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''
[[Image:Animated Rodimus Bow.jpg|thumb|400px|Hawkeye Prime]]

'''Rodimus Prime''' is more than just a high ranking Autobot officer, ''he's the "Chosen One"!'' He is extremely popular amongst his fellow Autobot brethren, and has mastered several different battle skills, including servo-to-servo combat. While he has mastered the use of various defensive weaponry, his personal weapon of choice is his uniquely-designed energy bow. Rodimus is a born leader and strives to become the next [[Magnus]]. In other words, he's "practically perfect in every way".

:''Japanese name (tentative):'' '''Rodimus Minor''' (ロディマス・マイナー, ''Rodimusu Minā'')

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Judd Nelson]] (English)

[[Image:TransWarpedRodimusCosmicRust.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Aww, but I'm too cool to rust!]]

Rodimus Prime and his team, [[Red Alert (Animated)|Red Alert]], [[Hot Shot (Animated)|Hot Shot]], [[Brawn (Animated)|Brawn]], and [[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]], defended [[space bridge 687-030]] from [[Team Chaar]]. Rodimus ordered Brawn and Ironhide to fall back so they could protect the bridge, but a combo attack from [[Oil Slick (Animated)|Oil Slick]] and [[Cyclonus (Animated)|Cyclonus]] took down both [[Autobot]]s. Rodimus managed to evade [[Spittor (Animated)|Spittor]]'s tentacle-attack and incapacitate the monster, but he was quickly knocked aside by [[Blackout (Animated)|Blackout]]'s power-stomp attack.

As the Decepticons moved in, Rodimus defiantly growled that they'd have to go through him. In response, Oil Slick threw a vial of [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]] at Rodimus' feet, which quickly spread across his body and paralyzed him. {{storylink|TransWarped}}
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==Toys==
===Animated===
[[Image:Animated Rodimus Minor toy.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Help! I'm being attacked by ''Photoshop''!"]]
*'''Rodimus Minor''' (Deluxe, 2010?)
**''Accessories'': "Energy Bow", 2 missiles
: Rodimus Minor transforms into a futuristic car that highly homages the vehicle mode of Generation 1 [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]. A panel on the car's hood, which is also the figure's chest, can be flipped to either show an engine block or the figure's Autobot [[insignia]]. The figure comes with an Energy Bow, capable of firing two missiles.

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==Notes==
*Rodimus shares his [[Hot Rod (G1)|Generation 1 counterpart]]'s original voice actor, Judd Nelson. He's also the first new incarnation of Rodimus to share the original Generation 1 cartoon character's ''burgundy'' coloration, instead of a red one.
*In an answer to a question at [http://www.allspark.com/content/view/4966/20/ TFCon 2009], [[Derrick J. Wyatt|Derrick Wyatt]] stated that Rodimus is recovering from the Cosmic Rust attack. Aside from a very brief cameo<ref>An Autobot with Rodimus's character model but slightly different color scheme can be seen in the lower right of a crowd shot in [[Endgame, Part II]].</ref> that may or may not be him, Rodimus's fate has never been revealed fictionally.
*Originally, Rodimus was going to be the [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|jerk]] character of ''Animated''. This means his team is roughly 60% [[Hot Shot (Animated)|scrapped]] [[Red Alert (Animated)|ideas]], although 40% of those are because of the [[Transformers (2007)|live-action movie]].
*Despite being credited by the show's creators<ref>''Animated'' [[Tech Spec]] by [[Derrick J. Wyatt]].{{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 24}}</ref> as having the [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] rank and clearly being the leader of a team like [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|another bloke]], his toy is listed as 'Rodimus Minor' for the fact that, as revealed at San Diego Comic-Con 2009, 'there were already too many Primes in the toy line.' Within the series, he is only ever called or credited as "Rodimus" (like [[Rodimus (Energon)|another bloke]].)

==References==
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[[Category: Autobots]]
[[Category: Animated characters]]
[[Category: Autobot leaders]]