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Weirdwolf (G1)

2007-07-08T03:09:11Z

66.168.42.82: /* Trivia */

:''Weirdwolf is a [[Decepticon]] [[Headmaster]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Weirdwolf_boxart.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Yoda? Who this Yoda which speak you of is?]]

'''Weirdwolf''' puts the "weird" in "Weirdwolf". He doesn't just like to talk to himself, he ''really'' likes to talk to himself. Ceaselessly. And to make matters worse, he doesn't even do it very ''well''. He likes to talk in a strange backward speak few can make sense of but himself.

This personality quirk might seem cute at first, but once other Decepticons realize he's totally off his nut, they do their best to avoid speaking with Weirdwolf. He's just too ''weird''.

Weirdwolf is [[Binary-bonding|binary-bonded]] to the [[Nebulon]] [[Monzo]], who really wishes he'd shut up.

==Fiction==

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
:''(Note: Events in italics are from UK-only stories.)''
[[Image:Weirdwolftrialbyfire.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Weirdwolf, you're never going to get colored if you keep hanging out back there.]]
Weirdwolf was among [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s troops which followed [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] and his Autobots from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to the peaceful planet [[Nebulos]]. After the Decepticons were soundly defeated by the Autobots, upgraded with [[Headmaster]] technology, Weirdwolf was one of the Decepticons who underwent the Headmaster process to even the odds. Now [[Binary bonding|binary bond]]ed to the Nebulan [[Monzo]], he and the other Decepticons defeated and captured the Autobot Headmasters. {{storylink|Love and Steel!}}

The Autobot Headmasters escaped, and the Decepticons followed the Autobots from Nebulos to [[Earth]], where the two factions battled in the vacant [[Mount Saint Hilary]]. Though Fortress Maximus's Headmaster partner, the Nebulan [[Galen]], was killed, Weirdwolf and the other Decepticons were driven off when [[Spike Witwicky]] replaced him. {{storylink|Trial by Fire!}}

''When Decepticons from the future travel back in time to 1989, following a group of Autobots attempting to stop a rift in space-time from swallowing the entire universe, Weirdwolf and several other Decepticons are displaced to [[Limbo]]. {{storylink|Time Wars, Part 3}} Presumably, they are returned when the future Decepticons left for their own time near the end of the ensuing battle.''

Scorponok's Decepticons soon met up with the group of Decepticons stranded on Earth led by [[Ratbat]]. [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] aggravated the two sides towards a civil war. During the following Decepticon-on-Decepticon battle, Weirdwolf was run over by [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]. {{storylink|Cold War!}} The Decepticons stopped their civil war and teamed up with the Autobots when it was discovered that Starscream had orchestrated the whole affair to distract from his pursuit of the legendary Transformers knowledge database, the [[Underbase]]. In the wake of this event, Scorponok assumed command of all Decepticons and, with Weirdwolf's help, placed a new headquarters, including an Energon convertor, under a swamp near [[New York|New York City]]. {{storylink|King Con!}}

Weirdwolf and his Decepticon comrades were once again manipulated by an outside party when both Autobots and Decepticons responded to the [[Air Strike Patrol]]'s stunt at [[MacDill Air Force Base]]. Weirdwolf pounced on Optimus Prime when Prime lost his temper and tore through the rest of the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Resurrection Gambit!}} The orchestrator behind this staged battle was revealed when Starscream, rebuilt as a [[Pretender]], arrived and fought both sides in the name of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. {{storylink|Skin Deep}}

[[Image:Weirdwolfthevoid.jpg|thumb|right|125px|Dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria.]] When the second Decepticon civil war broke out between Scorponok's faction and a small group of rogues led by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], Weirdwolf was one of those buried under Scorponok's headquarters near New York. He was unharmed, however, and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] ordered him, [[Misfire]], and [[Fangry]] to the surface to help protect their commander. The battle came to a halt when all Earth-bound Transformers were instantaneously transported to Cybertron to prepare to battle [[Unicron]]. Weirdwolf listened to [[Primus]] (via a possessed [[Emirate Xaaron]]) tell the origin of the Transformers and their imminent destiny. {{storylink|The Void! (Marvel US comic)|The Void!}} Unicron subsequently attacked, was defeated, and Weirdwolf was one of the lucky survivors. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}

Under the pretenses of an Autobot/Decepticon alliance, [[Bludgeon]] led Weirdwolf and the other Decepticons to [[Klo]], stranding the Autobots on their dying home planet. {{storylink|Exodus!}} When the Autobots followed them, the Decepticons ambushed them, killing all but five. Bludgeon sent Weirdwolf, [[Octopunch]], [[Fangry]], and [[Quake]] to hunt down these stragglers, but Weirdwolf had trouble hunting their scent. Finally, thanks to supernatural intervention from Optimus Prime and the [[Last Autobot]], the Autobots were resurrected, and defeated the Decepticons. Weirdwolf and the remnants of the Decepticon army retreated to parts unknown. {{storylink|End of the Road! (Marvel US comic)|End of the Road!}}

====Generation 2====
[[Image:Weirdwolfg2.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Don't you mean, "Time for feeding it is"?]]

Weirdwolf was one of countless Decepticons under Bludgeon's command when they fought the Autobots over ownership of a cache of weapons on an unnamed barren world. Bludgeon ordered a retreat when a gigantic creature who guarded their quarry warned them away. {{storylink|Ghosts}} Later, he and the other Decepticons were ordered to rampage across Earth in order to get Optimus Prime's attention. Weirdwolf, like his comrades, enjoyed this job very much. {{storylink|Tales of Earth, Part 1}}

Megatron returned and quickly usurped Bludgeon, but not long after Megatron fell in battle against [[Jhiaxus]] over [[Tykos]]; Weirdwolf was part of the search party for Megatron's remains. {{storylink|New Dawn}}

When the Autobots and Decepticons joined forces to defeat Jhiaxus and his [[Cybertronian Empire]], Weirdwolf was present in both the battle on [[Ethos]] {{storylink|Escalation!}} and the final battle on Earth. {{storylink|Total War!}}

====Classics====
:''('''Note''': ''Classics'' ignores both the Marvel UK material and ''Generation 2''.)''
[[Image:Weirdwolfgod.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Stop that rhyming now, I mean it!]]
In the fifteen years after the battle on Klo, Weirdwolf was one of the Decepticons under the command of the spacefaring [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and assigned to the command of the mysterious [[Bug Bite]]. Whether Weirdwolf followed Bug Bite of his own accord or was sublimated by Bug Bite's reverse-engineered [[cerebro shell]]s is anybody's guess. What is known is that Bug Bite had Weirdwolf rebuilt to remove his Headmaster technology, resulting in both a spurned [[Monzo]] and Weirdwolf being even less coherent than he was previously, having to resort to talking to his own wolf head in the absence of his Headmaster partner.

After the return of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], Bug Bite's team arrived on [[Earth]] under the pretenses of forming a partnership. Weirdwolf and the rest of Bug Bite's team were escorted back to the [[Ark]], Megatron's current headquarters. Suddenly, due to cerebro shells implanted earlier, nearly all of Megatron's troops doublecrossed him, turning their guns on him at Bug Bite's radio-controlled command. However, Weirdwolf's recreation was his team's downfall; Monzo turned to the Autobots with what information he knew, and a rogue Autobot team led by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] arrived and jammed the cerebro shells' frequency. Weirdwolf was critically damaged by Megatron in the resulting crossfire. Whether this was fatal for Weirdwolf is unknown. {{storylink|Games of Deception}}

===Animated continuity===
===="The Rebirth" miniseries (North America)====
:'''Voice actor:''' [[Stan Jones]] (Casting only)

[[Image:Weirdwolfrebirthr.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Growl.]]
After the return of Optimus Prime, the Decepticons were scattered across the galaxy. Suddenly, they returned en masse, descending upon [[Autobot City]] on Earth. Weirdwolf was among their number. After the Decepticons retrieved the [[Key to the Plasma Energy Chamber]], [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] called off their attack and they retreated. But when the Decepticons brought the key to Cybertron to activate the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]], it was retaken by a group of Autobots who were subsequently thrown across the galaxy. [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] took a ship of Decepticons, which included Weirdwolf, and followed the Autobots to the planet [[Nebulon]].

Confronting the Autobots in a cave, Decepticons were unable to retrieve the key, but did capture the Autobots' wounded. Weirdwolf dragged [[Hot Rod]] back to their ship. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}} During the ensuing interrogation, the Decepticons were ambushed by the remaining Autobots, who had teamed up with the [[Nebulan]] [[Gort]]'s native rebel forces, and had been rebuilt into [[Headmaster]]s. The Decepticons' ship demolished, they fled into the trees, where the Decepticons were abducted by the evil overlords of Nebulon, the [[Hive]]. The Hive, too, wished to become Headmasters, and so [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] offered him the Decepticons who transformed into animals. Weirdwolf was paired with Monzo.

''The bonding of Wierdwolf and Monzo is depicted at the conclusion of an error-filled sequence of events. First, Mindwipe hypnotizes his reluctant partner Vorath, who is mistakenly drawn as Monzo when this occurs. Then Mindwipe and Vorath bond together, alongside Skullcruncher silently bonding with Grax. Then the voice of Grax, emanating from a character drawn as Vorath but colored like Monzo, declares "I am to be bonded to that creature? This project was a bad investment!" while the "creature" he is looking at is Skullcruncher, colored like Weirdwolf. This is immediately followed by the bonding of Weirdwolf and Monzo. Oh, Rebirth, you so crazy!''

[[Image:Weirdwolfrebirthb.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Rowr.]]
With Headmaster and also [[Targetmaster]] technology behind them, the Decepticons retrieved the Key to the Plasma Energy Chamber in battle. The Autobots quickly struck back with Targetmasters of their own, but the leader of the Hive, [[Zarak]], had rebuilt the Hive's city into [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. Scorponok abducted [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], who was in possession of the key amidst battle, and with the Decepticons inside, it returned to Cybertron. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 2}}

Upon their return, Galvatron was unhappy with Weirdwolf and the other Decepticons' alliance with organic creatures, but reluctantly accepted them into their ranks temporarily since they had possession of the key. The Autobots followed them back to Cybertron, and after a huge battle involving all of the Headmasters, Targetmasters, Scorponok, and the new [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]], the Decepticons retreated inside Scorponok just as it was swatted off-planet by volatile surges of the activated Plasma Energy Chamber. Weirdwolf and the other Decepticons retreated to parts unknown. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}

====''Headmasters'' (Japan)====
:''Voice actor: [[Katsuji Mori]] (Japan)''

=====The Headmasters manga=====

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Weirdwolf''' (1987)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-86'''

: Weirdwolf transforms into a mostly yellow robotic wolf. He has some articulation in his legs (mostly in his forelegs), and his jaw can open. A clear red canopy on his back opens to reveal a cockpit/storage compartment for his Headmaster partner, Monzo. His beast mode tail has a blade on its underside, later serving as a shortsword in robot mode.

: As with many mammalian-derived beast mode Transformers, his robot mode is essentially his beast mode standing on his (extended) hind legs. To panels on his shoulders fold down to reveal banks of non-firing rockets. Monzo forms his head, inserted into a slot on his upper torso. Some tabs of various lengths on Monzo push down three spring-loaded buttons inside the neck cavity, which in turn reveal his tech spec ratings on a simplified tech-spec meter on his chest under a grey panel. He is armed with a green rifle and his tail-sword.

===Timelines===
*'''Alpha Trion/Weirdwolf''' (BotCon 2007 souvenir set)
[[Image:Weirdwolftimelinestoy.jpg|right|thumb|250px|What I bring you is plight, and colors bright bright bright!]]
:A bagged set of [[Alpha Trion]] and Weirdwolf was released at BotCon 2007 as a souvenir set add-on, limited to 1400 pieces. A yellow and turquoise [[redeco]] of ''[[Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Snarl (Cybertron)|Snarl]], Weirdwolf transforms into a techno-organic wolf. His articulated tail features a spring-loaded missile launcher that can fire a transparent orange projectile. Inserting his [[Cyber Planet Key]] causes his lower jaw to open and a pair of transparent orange fangs to extend from his upper mouth. Unlike other Cyber Key gimmicks, this feature does not automatically secure itself into position, so as to allow the user to repeatedly open his mouth with the Cyber Key. However, his mouth can be locked into the open position by rotating down the two pieces of turquoise 'fur' on the his cheeks.

: In robot mode, Weirdwolf is almost his beast mode inverted, as his robot legs are the beast hind legs rotated, and the torso and arms are the beast torso split and flipped. He is armed with his tail, which has an articulated handle that allows it to be held as either a projectile weapon or as a sword. He retains his Cyber Key feature in this mode. He comes with a green-bordered Jungle Planet type Cyber Key, which still has Snarl's [[Key Code]], "'''d43j'''," stamped on its back.

: This mold was also used for [[Snarl (Cybertron)|Fangwolf Black Version]].

==Trivia==
* In [[Bob Budiansky]]'s run on Marvel Comics, Weirdwolf started out with his trademark speech quirk, but when writer [[Simon Furman]] took over, he lost it and sounded like everyone else. In ''Timelines: Games of Deception'', written by [[Forest Lee]], Weirdwolf seems to have gotten it back.
* Despite having the status of a Classics toy, Timelines Weirdwolf features the modified Decepticon symbol seen on the [[Transformers (2007)]] Movie action figures.

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/1987/Decepticon/Weirdwolf/weirdwolf.htm Weirdwolf on TFU.info]
* [http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Weirdwolf Weirdwolf's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

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[[category:Decepticons]]
[[category:Headmasters]]
[[category:Generation 1 characters]]<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

Weirdwolf (G1)

2007-07-08T03:07:40Z

66.168.42.82: /* Trivia */

:''Weirdwolf is a [[Decepticon]] [[Headmaster]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Weirdwolf_boxart.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Yoda? Who this Yoda which speak you of is?]]

'''Weirdwolf''' puts the "weird" in "Weirdwolf". He doesn't just like to talk to himself, he ''really'' likes to talk to himself. Ceaselessly. And to make matters worse, he doesn't even do it very ''well''. He likes to talk in a strange backward speak few can make sense of but himself.

This personality quirk might seem cute at first, but once other Decepticons realize he's totally off his nut, they do their best to avoid speaking with Weirdwolf. He's just too ''weird''.

Weirdwolf is [[Binary-bonding|binary-bonded]] to the [[Nebulon]] [[Monzo]], who really wishes he'd shut up.

==Fiction==

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
:''(Note: Events in italics are from UK-only stories.)''
[[Image:Weirdwolftrialbyfire.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Weirdwolf, you're never going to get colored if you keep hanging out back there.]]
Weirdwolf was among [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s troops which followed [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] and his Autobots from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to the peaceful planet [[Nebulos]]. After the Decepticons were soundly defeated by the Autobots, upgraded with [[Headmaster]] technology, Weirdwolf was one of the Decepticons who underwent the Headmaster process to even the odds. Now [[Binary bonding|binary bond]]ed to the Nebulan [[Monzo]], he and the other Decepticons defeated and captured the Autobot Headmasters. {{storylink|Love and Steel!}}

The Autobot Headmasters escaped, and the Decepticons followed the Autobots from Nebulos to [[Earth]], where the two factions battled in the vacant [[Mount Saint Hilary]]. Though Fortress Maximus's Headmaster partner, the Nebulan [[Galen]], was killed, Weirdwolf and the other Decepticons were driven off when [[Spike Witwicky]] replaced him. {{storylink|Trial by Fire!}}

''When Decepticons from the future travel back in time to 1989, following a group of Autobots attempting to stop a rift in space-time from swallowing the entire universe, Weirdwolf and several other Decepticons are displaced to [[Limbo]]. {{storylink|Time Wars, Part 3}} Presumably, they are returned when the future Decepticons left for their own time near the end of the ensuing battle.''

Scorponok's Decepticons soon met up with the group of Decepticons stranded on Earth led by [[Ratbat]]. [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] aggravated the two sides towards a civil war. During the following Decepticon-on-Decepticon battle, Weirdwolf was run over by [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]. {{storylink|Cold War!}} The Decepticons stopped their civil war and teamed up with the Autobots when it was discovered that Starscream had orchestrated the whole affair to distract from his pursuit of the legendary Transformers knowledge database, the [[Underbase]]. In the wake of this event, Scorponok assumed command of all Decepticons and, with Weirdwolf's help, placed a new headquarters, including an Energon convertor, under a swamp near [[New York|New York City]]. {{storylink|King Con!}}

Weirdwolf and his Decepticon comrades were once again manipulated by an outside party when both Autobots and Decepticons responded to the [[Air Strike Patrol]]'s stunt at [[MacDill Air Force Base]]. Weirdwolf pounced on Optimus Prime when Prime lost his temper and tore through the rest of the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Resurrection Gambit!}} The orchestrator behind this staged battle was revealed when Starscream, rebuilt as a [[Pretender]], arrived and fought both sides in the name of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. {{storylink|Skin Deep}}

[[Image:Weirdwolfthevoid.jpg|thumb|right|125px|Dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria.]] When the second Decepticon civil war broke out between Scorponok's faction and a small group of rogues led by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], Weirdwolf was one of those buried under Scorponok's headquarters near New York. He was unharmed, however, and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] ordered him, [[Misfire]], and [[Fangry]] to the surface to help protect their commander. The battle came to a halt when all Earth-bound Transformers were instantaneously transported to Cybertron to prepare to battle [[Unicron]]. Weirdwolf listened to [[Primus]] (via a possessed [[Emirate Xaaron]]) tell the origin of the Transformers and their imminent destiny. {{storylink|The Void! (Marvel US comic)|The Void!}} Unicron subsequently attacked, was defeated, and Weirdwolf was one of the lucky survivors. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}

Under the pretenses of an Autobot/Decepticon alliance, [[Bludgeon]] led Weirdwolf and the other Decepticons to [[Klo]], stranding the Autobots on their dying home planet. {{storylink|Exodus!}} When the Autobots followed them, the Decepticons ambushed them, killing all but five. Bludgeon sent Weirdwolf, [[Octopunch]], [[Fangry]], and [[Quake]] to hunt down these stragglers, but Weirdwolf had trouble hunting their scent. Finally, thanks to supernatural intervention from Optimus Prime and the [[Last Autobot]], the Autobots were resurrected, and defeated the Decepticons. Weirdwolf and the remnants of the Decepticon army retreated to parts unknown. {{storylink|End of the Road! (Marvel US comic)|End of the Road!}}

====Generation 2====
[[Image:Weirdwolfg2.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Don't you mean, "Time for feeding it is"?]]

Weirdwolf was one of countless Decepticons under Bludgeon's command when they fought the Autobots over ownership of a cache of weapons on an unnamed barren world. Bludgeon ordered a retreat when a gigantic creature who guarded their quarry warned them away. {{storylink|Ghosts}} Later, he and the other Decepticons were ordered to rampage across Earth in order to get Optimus Prime's attention. Weirdwolf, like his comrades, enjoyed this job very much. {{storylink|Tales of Earth, Part 1}}

Megatron returned and quickly usurped Bludgeon, but not long after Megatron fell in battle against [[Jhiaxus]] over [[Tykos]]; Weirdwolf was part of the search party for Megatron's remains. {{storylink|New Dawn}}

When the Autobots and Decepticons joined forces to defeat Jhiaxus and his [[Cybertronian Empire]], Weirdwolf was present in both the battle on [[Ethos]] {{storylink|Escalation!}} and the final battle on Earth. {{storylink|Total War!}}

====Classics====
:''('''Note''': ''Classics'' ignores both the Marvel UK material and ''Generation 2''.)''
[[Image:Weirdwolfgod.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Stop that rhyming now, I mean it!]]
In the fifteen years after the battle on Klo, Weirdwolf was one of the Decepticons under the command of the spacefaring [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and assigned to the command of the mysterious [[Bug Bite]]. Whether Weirdwolf followed Bug Bite of his own accord or was sublimated by Bug Bite's reverse-engineered [[cerebro shell]]s is anybody's guess. What is known is that Bug Bite had Weirdwolf rebuilt to remove his Headmaster technology, resulting in both a spurned [[Monzo]] and Weirdwolf being even less coherent than he was previously, having to resort to talking to his own wolf head in the absence of his Headmaster partner.

After the return of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], Bug Bite's team arrived on [[Earth]] under the pretenses of forming a partnership. Weirdwolf and the rest of Bug Bite's team were escorted back to the [[Ark]], Megatron's current headquarters. Suddenly, due to cerebro shells implanted earlier, nearly all of Megatron's troops doublecrossed him, turning their guns on him at Bug Bite's radio-controlled command. However, Weirdwolf's recreation was his team's downfall; Monzo turned to the Autobots with what information he knew, and a rogue Autobot team led by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] arrived and jammed the cerebro shells' frequency. Weirdwolf was critically damaged by Megatron in the resulting crossfire. Whether this was fatal for Weirdwolf is unknown. {{storylink|Games of Deception}}

===Animated continuity===
===="The Rebirth" miniseries (North America)====
:'''Voice actor:''' [[Stan Jones]] (Casting only)

[[Image:Weirdwolfrebirthr.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Growl.]]
After the return of Optimus Prime, the Decepticons were scattered across the galaxy. Suddenly, they returned en masse, descending upon [[Autobot City]] on Earth. Weirdwolf was among their number. After the Decepticons retrieved the [[Key to the Plasma Energy Chamber]], [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] called off their attack and they retreated. But when the Decepticons brought the key to Cybertron to activate the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]], it was retaken by a group of Autobots who were subsequently thrown across the galaxy. [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] took a ship of Decepticons, which included Weirdwolf, and followed the Autobots to the planet [[Nebulon]].

Confronting the Autobots in a cave, Decepticons were unable to retrieve the key, but did capture the Autobots' wounded. Weirdwolf dragged [[Hot Rod]] back to their ship. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}} During the ensuing interrogation, the Decepticons were ambushed by the remaining Autobots, who had teamed up with the [[Nebulan]] [[Gort]]'s native rebel forces, and had been rebuilt into [[Headmaster]]s. The Decepticons' ship demolished, they fled into the trees, where the Decepticons were abducted by the evil overlords of Nebulon, the [[Hive]]. The Hive, too, wished to become Headmasters, and so [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] offered him the Decepticons who transformed into animals. Weirdwolf was paired with Monzo.

''The bonding of Wierdwolf and Monzo is depicted at the conclusion of an error-filled sequence of events. First, Mindwipe hypnotizes his reluctant partner Vorath, who is mistakenly drawn as Monzo when this occurs. Then Mindwipe and Vorath bond together, alongside Skullcruncher silently bonding with Grax. Then the voice of Grax, emanating from a character drawn as Vorath but colored like Monzo, declares "I am to be bonded to that creature? This project was a bad investment!" while the "creature" he is looking at is Skullcruncher, colored like Weirdwolf. This is immediately followed by the bonding of Weirdwolf and Monzo. Oh, Rebirth, you so crazy!''

[[Image:Weirdwolfrebirthb.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Rowr.]]
With Headmaster and also [[Targetmaster]] technology behind them, the Decepticons retrieved the Key to the Plasma Energy Chamber in battle. The Autobots quickly struck back with Targetmasters of their own, but the leader of the Hive, [[Zarak]], had rebuilt the Hive's city into [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. Scorponok abducted [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], who was in possession of the key amidst battle, and with the Decepticons inside, it returned to Cybertron. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 2}}

Upon their return, Galvatron was unhappy with Weirdwolf and the other Decepticons' alliance with organic creatures, but reluctantly accepted them into their ranks temporarily since they had possession of the key. The Autobots followed them back to Cybertron, and after a huge battle involving all of the Headmasters, Targetmasters, Scorponok, and the new [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]], the Decepticons retreated inside Scorponok just as it was swatted off-planet by volatile surges of the activated Plasma Energy Chamber. Weirdwolf and the other Decepticons retreated to parts unknown. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}

====''Headmasters'' (Japan)====
:''Voice actor: [[Katsuji Mori]] (Japan)''

=====The Headmasters manga=====

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Weirdwolf''' (1987)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-86'''

: Weirdwolf transforms into a mostly yellow robotic wolf. He has some articulation in his legs (mostly in his forelegs), and his jaw can open. A clear red canopy on his back opens to reveal a cockpit/storage compartment for his Headmaster partner, Monzo. His beast mode tail has a blade on its underside, later serving as a shortsword in robot mode.

: As with many mammalian-derived beast mode Transformers, his robot mode is essentially his beast mode standing on his (extended) hind legs. To panels on his shoulders fold down to reveal banks of non-firing rockets. Monzo forms his head, inserted into a slot on his upper torso. Some tabs of various lengths on Monzo push down three spring-loaded buttons inside the neck cavity, which in turn reveal his tech spec ratings on a simplified tech-spec meter on his chest under a grey panel. He is armed with a green rifle and his tail-sword.

===Timelines===
*'''Alpha Trion/Weirdwolf''' (BotCon 2007 souvenir set)
[[Image:Weirdwolftimelinestoy.jpg|right|thumb|250px|What I bring you is plight, and colors bright bright bright!]]
:A bagged set of [[Alpha Trion]] and Weirdwolf was released at BotCon 2007 as a souvenir set add-on, limited to 1400 pieces. A yellow and turquoise [[redeco]] of ''[[Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Snarl (Cybertron)|Snarl]], Weirdwolf transforms into a techno-organic wolf. His articulated tail features a spring-loaded missile launcher that can fire a transparent orange projectile. Inserting his [[Cyber Planet Key]] causes his lower jaw to open and a pair of transparent orange fangs to extend from his upper mouth. Unlike other Cyber Key gimmicks, this feature does not automatically secure itself into position, so as to allow the user to repeatedly open his mouth with the Cyber Key. However, his mouth can be locked into the open position by rotating down the two pieces of turquoise 'fur' on the his cheeks.

: In robot mode, Weirdwolf is almost his beast mode inverted, as his robot legs are the beast hind legs rotated, and the torso and arms are the beast torso split and flipped. He is armed with his tail, which has an articulated handle that allows it to be held as either a projectile weapon or as a sword. He retains his Cyber Key feature in this mode. He comes with a green-bordered Jungle Planet type Cyber Key, which still has Snarl's [[Key Code]], "'''d43j'''," stamped on its back.

: This mold was also used for [[Snarl (Cybertron)|Fangwolf Black Version]].

==Trivia==
* In [[Bob Budiansky]]'s run on Marvel Comics, Weirdwolf started out with his trademark speech quirk, but when writer [[Simon Furman]] took over, he lost it and sounded like everyone else. In ''Timelines: Games of Deception'', written by [[Forest Lee]], Weirdwolf seems to have gotten it back.
* Despite having the status of a Classics toy, Timelines Weirdwolf features the modified Decepticon symbol seen on the [[Transformers (2007)]] Movie.

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/1987/Decepticon/Weirdwolf/weirdwolf.htm Weirdwolf on TFU.info]
* [http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Weirdwolf Weirdwolf's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

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[[category:Decepticons]]
[[category:Headmasters]]
[[category:Generation 1 characters]]<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

Starscream (Armada)

2007-05-27T18:59:00Z

66.168.42.82: /* Armada */

{{Template:Disambig3|Starscream}}

:''Starscream is a [[Decepticon]] in the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Starscreamut.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Holy crap, they made an INTERESTING Starscream!]]

'''Starscream''' is disillusioned by his leader [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]. It took a while for Starscream to come to grips with Megatron's faults, but there's no turning back. Megatron doesn't respect him, doesn't appreciate him, and would casually toss Starscream's life away if it got him something he wanted. If following Megatron is the school of hard knocks, then Starscream is the valedictorian -- but not without a few scars. Starscream may have once been compassionate, he may once have known what true friendship is, but all that has been replaced, scab for scab, with the lessons of Megatron's abuse.

Unwittingly, Megatron may have created a monster even he cannot ultimately control.

Starscream's nominal [[Mini-Con]] partner is [[Swindle (Armada)|Swindle]], thought he has been seen to work with [[Zapmaster]].

''Japanese name:'' '''Nightscream''' (''Energon'')

==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===
====''Armada''====
[[Image:AStarscream_cartoon.jpg|right|thumb|250px|He's grouchy because he's fangirl-bait.]]
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Michael Dobson]] (English), [[Jin Yamanoi]] (Japan)

Accompanying Megatron's forces to [[Earth]], Starscream was deliberately made to be the last of the Decepticons to acquire a personal partner Mini-Con. Infuriated by this mistreatment, Starscream's resent for and hatred of Megatron made him a chink in the armor of the Decepticons that could be easily exploited by the manipulative [[Sideways]].

Initially, Sideways coerced Starscream into a duel with Megatron, which he promptly lost. A short time later, [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]], acting under the instructions Sideways, further exploited Starscream by making him the patsy in his latest plan. Starscream was given the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]] and allowed to run riot to draw the [[Autobot]]s out of their base, but was then abandoned on the battlefield so that the other Decepticons could invade the base and steal the [[Requiem Blaster]].

Surviving to return to the Decepticon base, Starscream went on a rampage with the sword and disowned the Decepticons, siding up with the wary Autobots, not out of any desire to do good, but simply out of sheer hatred for Megatron. After a clash with [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] and a trip to [[Mars]] with [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]], Starscream befriended the Autobots' [[human]] allies, particularly [[Alexis]], and then gave the Autobots access to the Decepticon base, resulting in a raid that freed all the captive Mini-Cons. Starscream's defection was not a smooth process, however; he constantly clashed with his new teammates over morals and battle strategies, but nonetheless proved a capable, and on at least some level, willing Autobot.

Soon thereafter, Sideways and Thrust approached Starscream, planting seeds of doubt in his mind. This eventually caused him to steal the [[Skyboom (Armada)|Skyboom shield]] from the Autobots and return to the Decepticon fold, giving the Decepticons possession of all three Mini-Con weapons.

Subsequently, Starscream was among the Transformers injured battling [[Nemesis Prime (Armada)|Nemesis Prime]], and who then received "[[Powerlinx]]" power boosts from their Mini-Cons. Starscream gained a new, blue coloration that he commented made him look like his contemporary, [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]], with disgust just ''dripping'' from his tone. Returning to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Starscream pursued Thrust into the depths of the planet when the turncoat tactician revealed his treachery by stealing the Requiem Blaster and Skyboom shield. Starscream took a fatal shot from the Requiem Blaster as he battled Thrust in the subterranean tunnels, but the Mini-Con [[High Wire]] used his powers to restructure the timeline, saving Starscream (and throwing the human kids back in time, and.. well it's comfusing).

[[Image:ArmStarscream-Dies01.jpg|left|thumb|200px|[[Dinobot 2|The rest is... silence. Until he was brought back as a lobotimized, characterless zombie]].]]

Thrust escaped and delivered the weapons to Sideways and his master, [[Unicron]], presently disguised as Cybertron's moon. Following Thrust through a warp gate and briefly reuniting with Alexis, Starscream entered the belly of the beast along with Hot Shot and [[Wheeljack (Armada)|Wheeljack]], but the unlikely trio were stymied by Unicron's [[Bug Drone|internal defenses]] and failed to stop Sideways from using the weapons to begin Unicron's reactivation.

Megatron - now Galvatron - was unwilling to acknowledge Unicron's threat, dismissing it as an Autobot trick, but Starscream knew the threat was real, and that only united under a true leader like [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] - whose strength of character and nobility had touched Starscream during his time with the Autobots - could the Transformers hope to stop him. To show Galvatron the error of his ways, he challenged him to a duel in which he allowed Galvatron to run him through with the Star Saber. Galavatron realised what happened and demanded to know what possessed Starscream to do such a thing.

Starscream told him that he tried to gain Galvatron's respect, but nothing was ever good enough, no matter how many battles he fought, his leader always found fault. Optimus Prime treated his men with respect, and was thus a leader of integrity, unlike Galvatron. But that didn't matter anymore, and after tearing the Starsaber out with his bear hands, Starscream turned his full firepower onto Unicron. The Chaos Bringer promptly obliterated him, to the shock of both Galvatron and Optimus Prime. When the dust settled, Galvatron stood reflecting upon Starscream's last words, and as a gesture, handed his enemy the Star Saber.

Unfortunatly, Sideways ran off with it two seconds later. But it's the thought that counts.

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====''Energon''====
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Michael Dobson]] (English), [[Nobuo Tobita]] (Japanese)

Ten years after Starscream's death, when Megatron seized control of Unicron's body by ousting its former occupant, the alien being [[Alpha Quintesson]], the evicted extra-terrestrial needed an assassin to eliminate Megatron so that he could return to his original task of recreating the worlds destroyed by Unicron. Using what little [[energon]] he had left, Alpha Q recreated another victim of Unicron - Starscream. However, Alpha Q ran out of energon before the process could be completed, leaving Starscream incomplete - his memory blank, and his body unstable, constantly shifting from a physical to an ethereal form, able to teleport by "ghosting" from location to location.

Alpha Q unleashed Starscream upon [[Ocean City]], where he battled Optimus Prime and then tracked Megatron back to Unicron's body. Even his awesome new abilities proved no match for the Decepticon leader, who used Unicron's power to brainwash Starscream, turning him into his right-hand man and most loyal subordinate. Rather ironically, Megatron now treated Starscream with far more respect than previously, even entrusting him with some of the most difficult missions.

Later, when Megatron became Galvatron again through immersion in a subterranean reservoir of [[super energon]] on Cybertron, Starscream was allowed to do the same as a reward for his loyalty; the influx of power stabilised his physical form, while allowing him to retain his teleporting powers. When Galvatron was subsequently possessed by Unicron, [[Primus]] used the super energon to create a sun, and Galvatron plunged himself into it in order to contain Unicron's spark within it. Starscream seemingly sacrificed himself as well, diving into the sun alongside his leader.

====''Cybertron''====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Michael Dobson]] (English) [[Takaya Kuroda]] (Japanese)

[[Image:Thunder-OhHi.jpg|right|thumb|350px|so, you come here often?]]
A decade after the [[Powerlinx Battles]] (as they were called), when [[Primus]]'s plan to contain Unicron's spark at the core of the energon sun failed, the sun collapsed, becoming a deadly [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]] that threatened Cybertron. Freed from his imprisonment in the sun by Megatron, Starscream's mind was his own again, and his body was refurbished into yet another new form.

Megatron began his campaign to acquire the legendary [[Cyber Planet Key]]s by stealing the map that showed their locations from the ancient Transformer, [[Vector Prime]] while Starscream created a diversion that kept the other Autobots busy. During the fight, Starscream sent [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] tumbling into the black hole, but Vector Prime saved him at the last moment, opening a dimensional gate that teleported him to Earth.

The Autobots and Decepticons followed, and when it was deduced that the Cyber Planet Keys' focusing device, the [[Omega Lock]], was hidden somewhere on the planet, Megatron charged Starscream with locating it while he focused on acquiring the Cyber Planet Key of [[Velocitron]], the Speed Planet.

Little did Megatron suspect, however, that Starscream had evolved a new ambition - now, he sought to oust Megatron and become the leader of the Decepticons, then the universe. Unlike [[Starscream (G1)|those with similar goals]], however, Starscream was smart enough to keep his intentions to himself, quietly working to achieve his goals through subtle means. While on a brief mission to attack [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] on Velocitron, Starscream was able to secretly switch Megatron's map with a copy that would play an important role later, and in an attempt to acquire more troops loyal to him, recruited the disillusioned Autobot [[Mudflap]] into his service on Earth. He later crossed paths once again with the mysterious [[Sideways]], who saw in him the best chance to achieve his own goals.

With the Autobots having successfully acquired the Omega Lock and the Cyber Planet Keys from Velocitron and the [[Jungle Planet]], Starscream realised it was time to step up his agenda. His duplicate planet map led Megatron and the other Decepticons to a dead sector of space and sealed them within a metal sphere, freeing Starscream to search for the third Cyber Planet Key, from Earth itself. Encountering the Autobot monster-hunter, [[Crosswise (Cybertron)|Crosswise]] - one of the ancient Transformers whose ancestors had come to Earth with the Cyber Planet Key eons ago, who had recently been reactivated - Starscream discovered a vast underground holding cell in which Crosswise had imprisoned the ancient Decepticons of his time.

Liberating them, Starscream took command of their forces and began a planetwide search for the Cyber Planet Key, fighting back the Autobot and human military resistance. The Autobots had Crosswise's ally [[Evac]] recover the key from its hiding place in preparation for a retreat to Velocitron, but Starscream fought his way through the entire Autobot army and confronted Optimus Prime himself, successfully purloining the lock and all three keys by endangering the Autobots' human allies and drawing Prime out of the fight.

Retreating to a small volcanic island in the South Pacific, Starscream attempted to harness the power of the Cyber Planet Keys. Megatron, meanwhile, had been freed by [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]], and immediately sought retribution, only to wind up clashing with the Autobots first. The extra time this afforded, along with the distraction of having Starscream's new troops (including [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]] and [[Lugnutz]]) defending him from both sides, allowed Starscream to tap the power of the keys and harness a fragment of the spark of Primus, growing to a gigantic height and besting Megatron in combat. With an extra power boost courtesy of his combination with [[Wing Saber]], Optimus Prime was able to defeat Starscream, but Sideways teleported his body away to the ancient starship [[Atlantis]] to recuperate.

When the Cyber Planet Keys were used by the Autobots to awaken Primus and tranform Cybertron into his body, Starscream successfully attempted to drain more of his power and grew to planetary size. He was defeated in one-on-one combat with Primus himself, battered into submission by Cybertron's moons, and drained of his excess power. The discovery of the fourth Cyber Planet Key on [[Gigantion]], the Giant Planet, set Starscream racing to acquire the key first, but Landmine reached it ahead of him and was able to use its power to pay him back for past indignities by growing to his size and pummelling him.

With all four Cyber Planet Keys finally acquired, Starscream challenged Megatron - now Galvatron once more - to a final battle for possession of them. So incredible were the energies released during the clash that space and time itself was rended by the final explosion, and Starscream was hurtled into to another dimension along with the interfering Sideways and [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]]. He would appear for one final time before a defeated Galvatron, his spirit reaching out across the dimensions to encourage him to fight on - leading Galvatron to his final demise at the hands of Optimus Prime on Cybertron's [[Moon (moon)|Moon]].

As the Autobots made preparations to begin their new galaxy-spanning [[space bridge]] initiative, [[Wing Saber]] - having departed from the rest of the Autobots to continue with his "loner" lifestyle - radioed Optimus to repot that he had found a lead on Starscream's trail and was pursuing it. Landmine and a reformed Mudflap departed to aid him, and would eventually encounter Starscream within the walls of firespace, where Galvatron last saw him.

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
====''Armada''====
Starscream lacked the more complex nature of his animated counterpart, filling the position of "snarky second-in-command" as Starscreams tend to do. He also gave Megatron the finger. (Behind his back, of course. He's not THAT stupid!)

====''Energon''====
In the wake of the unification of Autobots and Decepticons following Unicron's defeat, Starscream tried to ingratiate himself with [[Tidal Wave]] and the rest of the remaining Decepticons. His wheedling didn't last long, though, as [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] showed up and promptly blasted him into a trash compactor. Later, during the [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]] attack on Earth, Starscream reappeared in his new form as an energon ghost and incapactitated [[Demolishor]].

''('''Note''': Due to Dreamwave's subsequent bankruptcy, this ended up being his only appearance in his Energon form.)''

====Fun Publications ''Cybertron'' comic====
Starscream killed Mini-Con [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]] as the little guy was uploading himself into Cybertron's planetary mainframe.

''('''Note''': This is an allusion to a Dreamwave Comics continuity event, but apparently it also took place in the animated continuity, too? Well, okay. Don't think too hard on this one.)''

===Panini comics continuity===
Starscream answered letters!

===''Transformers'' Playstation 2 game===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Matt Hetherington]]

[[Image:Starscream-GameBurn.jpg|left|thumb|Sephiroth! Sephiroth! 'Cause all bad guys walk in flames and not get burned]]

Starscream was stationed in Antarctica, overseeing [[Decepticlone]] operations in recovering the [[Mini-Con storage panel]]s found in the area, using a human research center they overran as his base of operations. When the Autobots ventured too close, Starscream attacked (blowing up the hangar he was holed up in first), but was shot out of the sky and left for dead.

Having survived his initial defeat, Starscream followed the Autobots to Alaska. There he collided his starship into a mountain in an attempt to crush them, but the Autobots escaped unscathed. This also gave them the chance to infiltrate the downed ship and free the captive Mini-Con [[Aftershock]] from the control room. Starscream used his null laser cannons at full power in an attempt to finish off his foes, but only succeeded in cutting the rock face below the ship, which collapsed and sent the precariously-blanaced ship plunging into the valley below. The impact of the crash buried the bow deep into the earth, forcing the Autobots to climb their way up and out to the surface.

[[Image:Starscream-Cmere.jpg|right|thumb|Does Wayne Brady gotta choke a bitch?]]

When the Autobots pulled free from the buried ship and got back to ground-level, Starscream attacked again. But this battle too ultimately ended in defeat, leading Optimus Prime to interrogate him as to the whereabouts of Megatron. When Starscream refused and attempted to fire his functional null ray at point-blank range, Optimus knocked him unconscious with a well-aimed punch. He then ordered Red Alert to hack the treacherous Decepticon's warp transponder, which led them to Megatron's [[Pacific Island]] base.

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==Toys==
===Armada===
*'''Starscream with Swindle''' (Mega-Con, 2002/2003)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''MD-02'''
[[Image:Armada_SS_toy.jpg|right|thumb|180px|Buy Emo Starscream today, kids!]]

: Starscream transforms into a Cybertronic jet fighter. In both modes, pressing down on his cockpit canopy activates electronic sound effects; in jet mode, it also deploys his [[Mini-Con]] partner [[Swindle (Armada)|Swindle]] if he is stored under the cockpit. Plugging a Mini-Con onto his rearmost [[Powerlinx]] plug releases two spring-activated over-shoulder spring-loaded missile launchers, as well as more electronic sound effects. His left wing detaches and unfolds to form a large sword for use in robot mode.

: The [[Takara]] verion of this toy is largely identical to the [[Hasbro]] version, but uses a brighter light gray plastic, gold paint instead of yellow, more detailed paint applications on the wings, and has a "separated" Decepticon sigil deco. The canopy section on the Japanese version is parallel to the rest of the jet mode, while the American points more downward. This is due to a retooling of the area that meets his chest and was done for safety reasons.

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Universe]]'' [[Ramjet (Universe)|Ramjet]], ''Armada'' [[Skywarp (Armada)|Skywarp]] and ''[[Armada]]'' [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]].

*'''Starscream''' (Happy Meal premium, 2003)

: Part of the McDonald's ''Armada'' promotion, this version of Starscream transforms into a Cybertronic jet the somewhat resembles his larger toy. It features a pull-back motor gimmick that propels his jet-mode forward, then leaps up to instantly convert to robot mode, like the [[Generation 1]] [[Jumpstarter]]s. In jet mode, he can combine with the other three Happy Meal Decepticons to form a goofy-looking super vehicle.

*'''Starscream Supermode with Spark Grid''' (Mega-Con, 2003)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''MD-09'''
[[Image:Armada_Thundercracker_toy.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Boy, is his face red!]]

: The Takara version of the ''Armada'' Thundercracker toy represents a powered-up version of Starscream instead of a new character. This toy is almost identical to the Hasbro Thundercracker, but uses a darker more vivid blue plastic and a darker more vivid red. Also the canopy section on the Japanese version is parallel to the rest of jet mode, while the American points more downward. This is due to a retooling of the area that meets his chest and was done for safety reasons.

: He comes with a powered-up version of his Mini-Con, Grid.

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*'''Starscream with Swindle''' (Built to Rule, 2003)
[[Image:BTR_Armada_Starscream.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Starscream's attempts to take over [[Block Town|Blockotown]] were less than sucessful.]]

: ''[[Built to Rule]]'' Starscream is a building-brick set that can be assembled into a Cybertronic fighter jet or a robot, or to whatever else you feel like. He came with a building-brick version of Swindle. The set features two missile launchers that use a unique "twist-block" pressure-launch mechanism.

: This set was later released in different colors as Thundercracker and [[Zapmaster]].

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===Energon===
*'''Starscream''' (Deluxe, 2004)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''SD-01'''
[[Image:Energon_Starscream_toy.jpg|left|thumb|130px|Spooky.]]

: ''Energon'' Starscream transforms into a jet fighter loosely based upon the F/A-22 Raptor, cast mostly in dark clear-green plastics to emphasize his "energon ghost" status. The toy also features numerous spots of sculpted battle damage and asymmetrical plastic-color layouts to further enhance the effect. He comes with two very large accessories, a sword and a non-firing blaster, which can combine to forma ''really'' larger sword and/or non-firing blaster. In jet mode he has two wing-mounted spring-loaded missile launcers, which can flip up over his robot-mode shoulders for "Hyper Mode".

: He is '''not''' a [[retool]] of ''[[Generation 2]]'' [[Smokescreen (G2)|Smokescreen]], dammit.

*'''Prowl with Longarm & Starscream with Zapmaster''' (Multi-pack, 2004)

: Part of a Sam's Club [[exclusive]] set, the original Starscream toy was [[redeco]]ed in primarily dark gray with burgundy and black accents. His Mini-Con partner was [[Zapmaster]] this time around rather than Swindle. The set also included ''Energon'' [[Prowl (Energon)|Prowl]] as an ''Armada'' [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] redeco with [[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]].

*'''Energon Starscream''' (Deluxe, 2004)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''SD-19'''

: ''Energon'' Starscream was redecoed into a more [[Generation 1]]-inspired color scheme, primarily light gray with blue and red accents. The Takara "Nightscream Rebirth" release of the toy has some significant differences, the most notable being the use of clear-blue plastics in the place of some of the solid-gray in the Hasbro version. It also came with a yellow version of ''Energon'' [[Insecticon (Energon)|Insecticon's]] [[Energon weapon #Energy Drill (Insecticon)|energon drill weapon]].

*'''Starscream''' (Built to Rule, 2004)
[[Image:BTR_EnergonStarscream.jpg|right|thumb|Starscream's attempt to infiltrate the [[wikipedia:Lego Space|Space Police]] was only maginally more successful.]]

: The ''Energon'' version of ''Built To Rule'' Starscream was designed with a much more solid skeleton with larger, blockier limbs. He can be rebuilt from a Cybertronic jet fighter with pressure-launch missiles, to a robot, to basically whatever you feel like doing with the parts.

: Unfortunately, due to the slow performance of the ''Built to Rule'' line overall, the ''Energon'' versions only had a limited, test market release initially in and around Cincinnati, Ohio. The sets later filtered out into many "Tuesday Morning" chain stores at drastically dropped prices.

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===Cybertron===
*'''Starscream''' (Voyager, 2005)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''GD-03'''

: ''Galaxy Force'' Starscream transforms into a Cybertronic starfighter. In both modes, plugging a [[Cyber Planet Key]] into his back end flips out a spring-loaded blade from each arm. His spring-loaded missile launcher can be used as either a hand-held weapon, or mounted under his jet-mode nosecone. He comes with a Cybertron-Decepticon-style Cyber Planet Key.

: This mold in these colors was never released in the Habsbro ''[[Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'' line, most likely to not interfere with sales of the much larger Supreme Starscream toy (see below).

*'''Starscream''' (Supreme, 2005)
[[Image:CybScreamSupreme.jpg|left|thumb|Honeycomb big? Yeah Yeah Yeah! It's not small? No No No!]]
: Supreme Starscream is a colossally-upscaled version of the Voyager-class Starscream toy, with quite a few changes. The most notable is the change in his Cyber Planet Key gimmick: each arm has a separate Key jack in it rather than the Voyager's single joint-jack. While the right arm still deploys a blade, the left arm now reveals a "null laser cannon" spring-loaded missile launcher. The original back-mounted Key jack still exists in a fashion, though it does not activate any gimmicks and merely serves as a Key storage space (a rarity among ''Cybertron'' toys). A second storage-only jack is found on the underside of the same assembly. The two small guns on the sides of his cockpit can swivel up to firing position in robot mode, and he also has several electronic light and sound gimmicks, including one activated by moving his sword-arm.

: He comes with a Decepticon "Crown of Leadership" that fits over his noggin, and also is the only ''Cybertron'' toy to come with ''two'' Cyber Planet Keys, a Cybertron-Decepticon Key, and a gold-bordered Earth-style Key. Both Keys have the [[Cyber Key Codes|Key Code]] "'''s5a3'''" [[tampograph]]ed on their backs. (The placement of these accessories in the box varies in later releases.)

: In Japan, this toy was released as a Toys "R" Us exclusive, basically in US packaging.

*'''Starscream vs. Vector Prime''' (Multi-pack, 2005)

: The only Hasbro release of the Voyager Starscream mold, this primarily-burgundy redeco came in a two-pack with an unaltered [[Vector Prime]], and was exclusive to Toys "R" Us stores. It was also sold for slightly less than the cost of two Voyagers.

*'''Starscream''' (Legends of Cybertron, 2005)
[[Image:CybScream-LOC.jpg|thumb|Starsqueak.]]
: A colossally ''downscaled'' and simplified version of the ''Cybertron'' Starscream figure was released as part fo the first wave of the ''[[Legends of Cybertron]]'' series. He transforms into the same Cybertronic starfighter altmode, and has flip-out weapons (one sword, one non-firing blaster).

: In Japan, the toy was sold as part of the ''very'' short-lived "EZ Collection". It was given more extensive [[paint application]]s than the Hasbro version.

: This mold was used to make ''Legends of Cybertron'' [[Ramjet (LOC)|Ramjet]], [[Skywarp (Armada)|Skywarp]] and [[Sunstorm (LOC)|Sunstorm]].

*'''EZ Collection Clear Set''' (Multi-pack, 2005)

: A three-pack of ''Legends of Cybertron'' [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]], [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] and Starscream using clear plastics in some parts was released in Japan. It was a mail-away exclusive to ''TV Magazine''.

===Attacktix===
[[Image:AttacktixScream.jpg|left|thumb|100px|He keeps flying in circles for some reason.]]
*'''Starscream''' (Booster, 2006)
:''Attacktix ID number:'' '''TF08'''

: ''[[Attacktix]]'' Starscream is a missile-launching piece based on his ''Cybertron'' robot mode, a 30-point "Commander" with a common 6 "tix" of movement, and a maximum of 8 "tix". His Special Power, "Rally", enables a player to return any one of their already-defeated [[Decepticon]] pieces to play.

: As with all Booster-pack pieces, Starscream came with both black and chrome-silver bases. A "Super-Rare" piece, there is a one in twelve chance of getting Starscream in any blind-packed Booster set.

*'''Starscream''' (Booster, 2007)

:This Starscream is a missile launching piece based on his ''Energon'' Energon form's vehicle mode.
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===Merchandise===
* A soft-plastic PVC figurine of Starscream's animation model was released in "Act-9" of Takara's [[Super Collection Figure]] series. It came in both full-color and pewter-finish version, one each per case of twelve.

* A larger non-transforming PVC figure of Starscream was released in the Mega Super Colleciton figure series. Like other toys in the line, he came with a few extra pieces, like a separate wing-sword, and a mini-PVC of his [[Mini-Con]] partner [[Swindle (Armada)|Swindle]].

==Trivia==
* According the the [[Transformers (Melbourne House)|''Armada'' video game's]] instruction booklet, Starscream (in his ''Armada''-era body) has the following statistics:
::Height: 19' 7" (15' 1" vehicle mode length)
::Weight: 22,050 lbs
::Thrust: 28,000 lbs
::Vehicle Top Speed: Mach 2.7

* [[Aaron Archer]] has expressed disappointment in how the ''Energon'' Starscream toy turned out, largely its design cues not quite coming across as intended.

* The ''Cybertron'' Starscream design is based on the [[Generation 1]] [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] body from the [[Dreamwave]] comic series "[[The War Within]]", designed by [[Don Figueroa]].

* The Supreme Starscream's crown is modeled directly after the crown Generation 1 Starscream wore in [[The Transformers: The Movie (1986)|the 1986 Movie]], though this Starscream actually wore it for more than thirty seconds before dying.

* Armada Starscream's body parts made frequent cameos in the CGI models of the generic Decepticon and Autobot soldiers during the Energon cartoon series, despite Starscream not actually ever appearing in his Armada body during the series.

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Decepticon/Starscream/starscream.htm Starscream at TFU.info]

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Starscream (Armada)

2007-05-27T18:56:24Z

66.168.42.82: /* Armada */

{{Template:Disambig3|Starscream}}

:''Starscream is a [[Decepticon]] in the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Starscreamut.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Holy crap, they made an INTERESTING Starscream!]]

'''Starscream''' is disillusioned by his leader [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]. It took a while for Starscream to come to grips with Megatron's faults, but there's no turning back. Megatron doesn't respect him, doesn't appreciate him, and would casually toss Starscream's life away if it got him something he wanted. If following Megatron is the school of hard knocks, then Starscream is the valedictorian -- but not without a few scars. Starscream may have once been compassionate, he may once have known what true friendship is, but all that has been replaced, scab for scab, with the lessons of Megatron's abuse.

Unwittingly, Megatron may have created a monster even he cannot ultimately control.

Starscream's nominal [[Mini-Con]] partner is [[Swindle (Armada)|Swindle]], thought he has been seen to work with [[Zapmaster]].

''Japanese name:'' '''Nightscream''' (''Energon'')

==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===
====''Armada''====
[[Image:AStarscream_cartoon.jpg|right|thumb|250px|He's grouchy because he's fangirl-bait.]]
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Michael Dobson]] (English), [[Jin Yamanoi]] (Japan)

Accompanying Megatron's forces to [[Earth]], Starscream was deliberately made to be the last of the Decepticons to acquire a personal partner Mini-Con. Infuriated by this mistreatment, Starscream's resent for and hatred of Megatron made him a chink in the armor of the Decepticons that could be easily exploited by the manipulative [[Sideways]].

Initially, Sideways coerced Starscream into a duel with Megatron, which he promptly lost. A short time later, [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]], acting under the instructions Sideways, further exploited Starscream by making him the patsy in his latest plan. Starscream was given the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]] and allowed to run riot to draw the [[Autobot]]s out of their base, but was then abandoned on the battlefield so that the other Decepticons could invade the base and steal the [[Requiem Blaster]].

Surviving to return to the Decepticon base, Starscream went on a rampage with the sword and disowned the Decepticons, siding up with the wary Autobots, not out of any desire to do good, but simply out of sheer hatred for Megatron. After a clash with [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] and a trip to [[Mars]] with [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]], Starscream befriended the Autobots' [[human]] allies, particularly [[Alexis]], and then gave the Autobots access to the Decepticon base, resulting in a raid that freed all the captive Mini-Cons. Starscream's defection was not a smooth process, however; he constantly clashed with his new teammates over morals and battle strategies, but nonetheless proved a capable, and on at least some level, willing Autobot.

Soon thereafter, Sideways and Thrust approached Starscream, planting seeds of doubt in his mind. This eventually caused him to steal the [[Skyboom (Armada)|Skyboom shield]] from the Autobots and return to the Decepticon fold, giving the Decepticons possession of all three Mini-Con weapons.

Subsequently, Starscream was among the Transformers injured battling [[Nemesis Prime (Armada)|Nemesis Prime]], and who then received "[[Powerlinx]]" power boosts from their Mini-Cons. Starscream gained a new, blue coloration that he commented made him look like his contemporary, [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]], with disgust just ''dripping'' from his tone. Returning to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Starscream pursued Thrust into the depths of the planet when the turncoat tactician revealed his treachery by stealing the Requiem Blaster and Skyboom shield. Starscream took a fatal shot from the Requiem Blaster as he battled Thrust in the subterranean tunnels, but the Mini-Con [[High Wire]] used his powers to restructure the timeline, saving Starscream (and throwing the human kids back in time, and.. well it's comfusing).

[[Image:ArmStarscream-Dies01.jpg|left|thumb|200px|[[Dinobot 2|The rest is... silence. Until he was brought back as a lobotimized, characterless zombie]].]]

Thrust escaped and delivered the weapons to Sideways and his master, [[Unicron]], presently disguised as Cybertron's moon. Following Thrust through a warp gate and briefly reuniting with Alexis, Starscream entered the belly of the beast along with Hot Shot and [[Wheeljack (Armada)|Wheeljack]], but the unlikely trio were stymied by Unicron's [[Bug Drone|internal defenses]] and failed to stop Sideways from using the weapons to begin Unicron's reactivation.

Megatron - now Galvatron - was unwilling to acknowledge Unicron's threat, dismissing it as an Autobot trick, but Starscream knew the threat was real, and that only united under a true leader like [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] - whose strength of character and nobility had touched Starscream during his time with the Autobots - could the Transformers hope to stop him. To show Galvatron the error of his ways, he challenged him to a duel in which he allowed Galvatron to run him through with the Star Saber. Galavatron realised what happened and demanded to know what possessed Starscream to do such a thing.

Starscream told him that he tried to gain Galvatron's respect, but nothing was ever good enough, no matter how many battles he fought, his leader always found fault. Optimus Prime treated his men with respect, and was thus a leader of integrity, unlike Galvatron. But that didn't matter anymore, and after tearing the Starsaber out with his bear hands, Starscream turned his full firepower onto Unicron. The Chaos Bringer promptly obliterated him, to the shock of both Galvatron and Optimus Prime. When the dust settled, Galvatron stood reflecting upon Starscream's last words, and as a gesture, handed his enemy the Star Saber.

Unfortunatly, Sideways ran off with it two seconds later. But it's the thought that counts.

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====''Energon''====
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Michael Dobson]] (English), [[Nobuo Tobita]] (Japanese)

Ten years after Starscream's death, when Megatron seized control of Unicron's body by ousting its former occupant, the alien being [[Alpha Quintesson]], the evicted extra-terrestrial needed an assassin to eliminate Megatron so that he could return to his original task of recreating the worlds destroyed by Unicron. Using what little [[energon]] he had left, Alpha Q recreated another victim of Unicron - Starscream. However, Alpha Q ran out of energon before the process could be completed, leaving Starscream incomplete - his memory blank, and his body unstable, constantly shifting from a physical to an ethereal form, able to teleport by "ghosting" from location to location.

Alpha Q unleashed Starscream upon [[Ocean City]], where he battled Optimus Prime and then tracked Megatron back to Unicron's body. Even his awesome new abilities proved no match for the Decepticon leader, who used Unicron's power to brainwash Starscream, turning him into his right-hand man and most loyal subordinate. Rather ironically, Megatron now treated Starscream with far more respect than previously, even entrusting him with some of the most difficult missions.

Later, when Megatron became Galvatron again through immersion in a subterranean reservoir of [[super energon]] on Cybertron, Starscream was allowed to do the same as a reward for his loyalty; the influx of power stabilised his physical form, while allowing him to retain his teleporting powers. When Galvatron was subsequently possessed by Unicron, [[Primus]] used the super energon to create a sun, and Galvatron plunged himself into it in order to contain Unicron's spark within it. Starscream seemingly sacrificed himself as well, diving into the sun alongside his leader.

====''Cybertron''====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Michael Dobson]] (English) [[Takaya Kuroda]] (Japanese)

[[Image:Thunder-OhHi.jpg|right|thumb|350px|so, you come here often?]]
A decade after the [[Powerlinx Battles]] (as they were called), when [[Primus]]'s plan to contain Unicron's spark at the core of the energon sun failed, the sun collapsed, becoming a deadly [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]] that threatened Cybertron. Freed from his imprisonment in the sun by Megatron, Starscream's mind was his own again, and his body was refurbished into yet another new form.

Megatron began his campaign to acquire the legendary [[Cyber Planet Key]]s by stealing the map that showed their locations from the ancient Transformer, [[Vector Prime]] while Starscream created a diversion that kept the other Autobots busy. During the fight, Starscream sent [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] tumbling into the black hole, but Vector Prime saved him at the last moment, opening a dimensional gate that teleported him to Earth.

The Autobots and Decepticons followed, and when it was deduced that the Cyber Planet Keys' focusing device, the [[Omega Lock]], was hidden somewhere on the planet, Megatron charged Starscream with locating it while he focused on acquiring the Cyber Planet Key of [[Velocitron]], the Speed Planet.

Little did Megatron suspect, however, that Starscream had evolved a new ambition - now, he sought to oust Megatron and become the leader of the Decepticons, then the universe. Unlike [[Starscream (G1)|those with similar goals]], however, Starscream was smart enough to keep his intentions to himself, quietly working to achieve his goals through subtle means. While on a brief mission to attack [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] on Velocitron, Starscream was able to secretly switch Megatron's map with a copy that would play an important role later, and in an attempt to acquire more troops loyal to him, recruited the disillusioned Autobot [[Mudflap]] into his service on Earth. He later crossed paths once again with the mysterious [[Sideways]], who saw in him the best chance to achieve his own goals.

With the Autobots having successfully acquired the Omega Lock and the Cyber Planet Keys from Velocitron and the [[Jungle Planet]], Starscream realised it was time to step up his agenda. His duplicate planet map led Megatron and the other Decepticons to a dead sector of space and sealed them within a metal sphere, freeing Starscream to search for the third Cyber Planet Key, from Earth itself. Encountering the Autobot monster-hunter, [[Crosswise (Cybertron)|Crosswise]] - one of the ancient Transformers whose ancestors had come to Earth with the Cyber Planet Key eons ago, who had recently been reactivated - Starscream discovered a vast underground holding cell in which Crosswise had imprisoned the ancient Decepticons of his time.

Liberating them, Starscream took command of their forces and began a planetwide search for the Cyber Planet Key, fighting back the Autobot and human military resistance. The Autobots had Crosswise's ally [[Evac]] recover the key from its hiding place in preparation for a retreat to Velocitron, but Starscream fought his way through the entire Autobot army and confronted Optimus Prime himself, successfully purloining the lock and all three keys by endangering the Autobots' human allies and drawing Prime out of the fight.

Retreating to a small volcanic island in the South Pacific, Starscream attempted to harness the power of the Cyber Planet Keys. Megatron, meanwhile, had been freed by [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]], and immediately sought retribution, only to wind up clashing with the Autobots first. The extra time this afforded, along with the distraction of having Starscream's new troops (including [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]] and [[Lugnutz]]) defending him from both sides, allowed Starscream to tap the power of the keys and harness a fragment of the spark of Primus, growing to a gigantic height and besting Megatron in combat. With an extra power boost courtesy of his combination with [[Wing Saber]], Optimus Prime was able to defeat Starscream, but Sideways teleported his body away to the ancient starship [[Atlantis]] to recuperate.

When the Cyber Planet Keys were used by the Autobots to awaken Primus and tranform Cybertron into his body, Starscream successfully attempted to drain more of his power and grew to planetary size. He was defeated in one-on-one combat with Primus himself, battered into submission by Cybertron's moons, and drained of his excess power. The discovery of the fourth Cyber Planet Key on [[Gigantion]], the Giant Planet, set Starscream racing to acquire the key first, but Landmine reached it ahead of him and was able to use its power to pay him back for past indignities by growing to his size and pummelling him.

With all four Cyber Planet Keys finally acquired, Starscream challenged Megatron - now Galvatron once more - to a final battle for possession of them. So incredible were the energies released during the clash that space and time itself was rended by the final explosion, and Starscream was hurtled into to another dimension along with the interfering Sideways and [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]]. He would appear for one final time before a defeated Galvatron, his spirit reaching out across the dimensions to encourage him to fight on - leading Galvatron to his final demise at the hands of Optimus Prime on Cybertron's [[Moon (moon)|Moon]].

As the Autobots made preparations to begin their new galaxy-spanning [[space bridge]] initiative, [[Wing Saber]] - having departed from the rest of the Autobots to continue with his "loner" lifestyle - radioed Optimus to repot that he had found a lead on Starscream's trail and was pursuing it. Landmine and a reformed Mudflap departed to aid him, and would eventually encounter Starscream within the walls of firespace, where Galvatron last saw him.

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
====''Armada''====
Starscream lacked the more complex nature of his animated counterpart, filling the position of "snarky second-in-command" as Starscreams tend to do. He also gave Megatron the finger. (Behind his back, of course. He's not THAT stupid!)

====''Energon''====
In the wake of the unification of Autobots and Decepticons following Unicron's defeat, Starscream tried to ingratiate himself with [[Tidal Wave]] and the rest of the remaining Decepticons. His wheedling didn't last long, though, as [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] showed up and promptly blasted him into a trash compactor. Later, during the [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]] attack on Earth, Starscream reappeared in his new form as an energon ghost and incapactitated [[Demolishor]].

''('''Note''': Due to Dreamwave's subsequent bankruptcy, this ended up being his only appearance in his Energon form.)''

====Fun Publications ''Cybertron'' comic====
Starscream killed Mini-Con [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]] as the little guy was uploading himself into Cybertron's planetary mainframe.

''('''Note''': This is an allusion to a Dreamwave Comics continuity event, but apparently it also took place in the animated continuity, too? Well, okay. Don't think too hard on this one.)''

===Panini comics continuity===
Starscream answered letters!

===''Transformers'' Playstation 2 game===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Matt Hetherington]]

[[Image:Starscream-GameBurn.jpg|left|thumb|Sephiroth! Sephiroth! 'Cause all bad guys walk in flames and not get burned]]

Starscream was stationed in Antarctica, overseeing [[Decepticlone]] operations in recovering the [[Mini-Con storage panel]]s found in the area, using a human research center they overran as his base of operations. When the Autobots ventured too close, Starscream attacked (blowing up the hangar he was holed up in first), but was shot out of the sky and left for dead.

Having survived his initial defeat, Starscream followed the Autobots to Alaska. There he collided his starship into a mountain in an attempt to crush them, but the Autobots escaped unscathed. This also gave them the chance to infiltrate the downed ship and free the captive Mini-Con [[Aftershock]] from the control room. Starscream used his null laser cannons at full power in an attempt to finish off his foes, but only succeeded in cutting the rock face below the ship, which collapsed and sent the precariously-blanaced ship plunging into the valley below. The impact of the crash buried the bow deep into the earth, forcing the Autobots to climb their way up and out to the surface.

[[Image:Starscream-Cmere.jpg|right|thumb|Does Wayne Brady gotta choke a bitch?]]

When the Autobots pulled free from the buried ship and got back to ground-level, Starscream attacked again. But this battle too ultimately ended in defeat, leading Optimus Prime to interrogate him as to the whereabouts of Megatron. When Starscream refused and attempted to fire his functional null ray at point-blank range, Optimus knocked him unconscious with a well-aimed punch. He then ordered Red Alert to hack the treacherous Decepticon's warp transponder, which led them to Megatron's [[Pacific Island]] base.

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==Toys==
===Armada===
*'''Starscream with Swindle''' (Mega-Con, 2002/2003)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''MD-02'''
[[Image:Armada_SS_toy.jpg|right|thumb|180px|Buy Emo Starscream today, kids!]]

: Starscream transforms into a Cybertronic jet fighter. In both modes, pressing down on his cockpit canopy activates electronic sound effects; in jet mode, it also deploys his [[Mini-Con]] partner [[Swindle (Armada)|Swindle]] if he is stored under the cockpit. Plugging a Mini-Con onto his rearmost [[Powerlinx]] plug releases two spring-activated over-shoulder spring-loaded missile launchers, as well as more electronic sound effects. His left wing detaches and unfolds to form a large sword for use in robot mode.

: The [[Takara]] verion of this toy is largely identical to the [[Hasbro]] version, but uses a brighter light gray plastic, gold paint instead of yellow, and has a "separated" Decepticon sigil deco. The canopy section on the Japanese version is parallel to the rest of his body, while the American points more downward. This is due to a retooling of the area that meets his chest.

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Universe]]'' [[Ramjet (Universe)|Ramjet]], ''Armada'' [[Skywarp (Armada)|Skywarp]] and ''[[Armada]]'' [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]].

*'''Starscream''' (Happy Meal premium, 2003)

: Part of the McDonald's ''Armada'' promotion, this version of Starscream transforms into a Cybertronic jet the somewhat resembles his larger toy. It features a pull-back motor gimmick that propels his jet-mode forward, then leaps up to instantly convert to robot mode, like the [[Generation 1]] [[Jumpstarter]]s. In jet mode, he can combine with the other three Happy Meal Decepticons to form a goofy-looking super vehicle.

*'''Starscream Supermode with Spark Grid''' (Mega-Con, 2003)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''MD-09'''
[[Image:Armada_Thundercracker_toy.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Boy, is his face red!]]

: The Takara version of the ''Armada'' Thundercracker toy represents a powered-up version of Starscream instead of a new character. This toy is almost identical to the Hasbro Thundercracker, but uses a more matte blue plastic.

: He comes with a powered-up version of his Mini-Con, Grid.

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*'''Starscream with Swindle''' (Built to Rule, 2003)
[[Image:BTR_Armada_Starscream.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Starscream's attempts to take over [[Block Town|Blockotown]] were less than sucessful.]]

: ''[[Built to Rule]]'' Starscream is a building-brick set that can be assembled into a Cybertronic fighter jet or a robot, or to whatever else you feel like. He came with a building-brick version of Swindle. The set features two missile launchers that use a unique "twist-block" pressure-launch mechanism.

: This set was later released in different colors as Thundercracker and [[Zapmaster]].

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===Energon===
*'''Starscream''' (Deluxe, 2004)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''SD-01'''
[[Image:Energon_Starscream_toy.jpg|left|thumb|130px|Spooky.]]

: ''Energon'' Starscream transforms into a jet fighter loosely based upon the F/A-22 Raptor, cast mostly in dark clear-green plastics to emphasize his "energon ghost" status. The toy also features numerous spots of sculpted battle damage and asymmetrical plastic-color layouts to further enhance the effect. He comes with two very large accessories, a sword and a non-firing blaster, which can combine to forma ''really'' larger sword and/or non-firing blaster. In jet mode he has two wing-mounted spring-loaded missile launcers, which can flip up over his robot-mode shoulders for "Hyper Mode".

: He is '''not''' a [[retool]] of ''[[Generation 2]]'' [[Smokescreen (G2)|Smokescreen]], dammit.

*'''Prowl with Longarm & Starscream with Zapmaster''' (Multi-pack, 2004)

: Part of a Sam's Club [[exclusive]] set, the original Starscream toy was [[redeco]]ed in primarily dark gray with burgundy and black accents. His Mini-Con partner was [[Zapmaster]] this time around rather than Swindle. The set also included ''Energon'' [[Prowl (Energon)|Prowl]] as an ''Armada'' [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] redeco with [[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]].

*'''Energon Starscream''' (Deluxe, 2004)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''SD-19'''

: ''Energon'' Starscream was redecoed into a more [[Generation 1]]-inspired color scheme, primarily light gray with blue and red accents. The Takara "Nightscream Rebirth" release of the toy has some significant differences, the most notable being the use of clear-blue plastics in the place of some of the solid-gray in the Hasbro version. It also came with a yellow version of ''Energon'' [[Insecticon (Energon)|Insecticon's]] [[Energon weapon #Energy Drill (Insecticon)|energon drill weapon]].

*'''Starscream''' (Built to Rule, 2004)
[[Image:BTR_EnergonStarscream.jpg|right|thumb|Starscream's attempt to infiltrate the [[wikipedia:Lego Space|Space Police]] was only maginally more successful.]]

: The ''Energon'' version of ''Built To Rule'' Starscream was designed with a much more solid skeleton with larger, blockier limbs. He can be rebuilt from a Cybertronic jet fighter with pressure-launch missiles, to a robot, to basically whatever you feel like doing with the parts.

: Unfortunately, due to the slow performance of the ''Built to Rule'' line overall, the ''Energon'' versions only had a limited, test market release initially in and around Cincinnati, Ohio. The sets later filtered out into many "Tuesday Morning" chain stores at drastically dropped prices.

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===Cybertron===
*'''Starscream''' (Voyager, 2005)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''GD-03'''

: ''Galaxy Force'' Starscream transforms into a Cybertronic starfighter. In both modes, plugging a [[Cyber Planet Key]] into his back end flips out a spring-loaded blade from each arm. His spring-loaded missile launcher can be used as either a hand-held weapon, or mounted under his jet-mode nosecone. He comes with a Cybertron-Decepticon-style Cyber Planet Key.

: This mold in these colors was never released in the Habsbro ''[[Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'' line, most likely to not interfere with sales of the much larger Supreme Starscream toy (see below).

*'''Starscream''' (Supreme, 2005)
[[Image:CybScreamSupreme.jpg|left|thumb|Honeycomb big? Yeah Yeah Yeah! It's not small? No No No!]]
: Supreme Starscream is a colossally-upscaled version of the Voyager-class Starscream toy, with quite a few changes. The most notable is the change in his Cyber Planet Key gimmick: each arm has a separate Key jack in it rather than the Voyager's single joint-jack. While the right arm still deploys a blade, the left arm now reveals a "null laser cannon" spring-loaded missile launcher. The original back-mounted Key jack still exists in a fashion, though it does not activate any gimmicks and merely serves as a Key storage space (a rarity among ''Cybertron'' toys). A second storage-only jack is found on the underside of the same assembly. The two small guns on the sides of his cockpit can swivel up to firing position in robot mode, and he also has several electronic light and sound gimmicks, including one activated by moving his sword-arm.

: He comes with a Decepticon "Crown of Leadership" that fits over his noggin, and also is the only ''Cybertron'' toy to come with ''two'' Cyber Planet Keys, a Cybertron-Decepticon Key, and a gold-bordered Earth-style Key. Both Keys have the [[Cyber Key Codes|Key Code]] "'''s5a3'''" [[tampograph]]ed on their backs. (The placement of these accessories in the box varies in later releases.)

: In Japan, this toy was released as a Toys "R" Us exclusive, basically in US packaging.

*'''Starscream vs. Vector Prime''' (Multi-pack, 2005)

: The only Hasbro release of the Voyager Starscream mold, this primarily-burgundy redeco came in a two-pack with an unaltered [[Vector Prime]], and was exclusive to Toys "R" Us stores. It was also sold for slightly less than the cost of two Voyagers.

*'''Starscream''' (Legends of Cybertron, 2005)
[[Image:CybScream-LOC.jpg|thumb|Starsqueak.]]
: A colossally ''downscaled'' and simplified version of the ''Cybertron'' Starscream figure was released as part fo the first wave of the ''[[Legends of Cybertron]]'' series. He transforms into the same Cybertronic starfighter altmode, and has flip-out weapons (one sword, one non-firing blaster).

: In Japan, the toy was sold as part of the ''very'' short-lived "EZ Collection". It was given more extensive [[paint application]]s than the Hasbro version.

: This mold was used to make ''Legends of Cybertron'' [[Ramjet (LOC)|Ramjet]], [[Skywarp (Armada)|Skywarp]] and [[Sunstorm (LOC)|Sunstorm]].

*'''EZ Collection Clear Set''' (Multi-pack, 2005)

: A three-pack of ''Legends of Cybertron'' [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]], [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] and Starscream using clear plastics in some parts was released in Japan. It was a mail-away exclusive to ''TV Magazine''.

===Attacktix===
[[Image:AttacktixScream.jpg|left|thumb|100px|He keeps flying in circles for some reason.]]
*'''Starscream''' (Booster, 2006)
:''Attacktix ID number:'' '''TF08'''

: ''[[Attacktix]]'' Starscream is a missile-launching piece based on his ''Cybertron'' robot mode, a 30-point "Commander" with a common 6 "tix" of movement, and a maximum of 8 "tix". His Special Power, "Rally", enables a player to return any one of their already-defeated [[Decepticon]] pieces to play.

: As with all Booster-pack pieces, Starscream came with both black and chrome-silver bases. A "Super-Rare" piece, there is a one in twelve chance of getting Starscream in any blind-packed Booster set.

*'''Starscream''' (Booster, 2007)

:This Starscream is a missile launching piece based on his ''Energon'' Energon form's vehicle mode.
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===Merchandise===
* A soft-plastic PVC figurine of Starscream's animation model was released in "Act-9" of Takara's [[Super Collection Figure]] series. It came in both full-color and pewter-finish version, one each per case of twelve.

* A larger non-transforming PVC figure of Starscream was released in the Mega Super Colleciton figure series. Like other toys in the line, he came with a few extra pieces, like a separate wing-sword, and a mini-PVC of his [[Mini-Con]] partner [[Swindle (Armada)|Swindle]].

==Trivia==
* According the the [[Transformers (Melbourne House)|''Armada'' video game's]] instruction booklet, Starscream (in his ''Armada''-era body) has the following statistics:
::Height: 19' 7" (15' 1" vehicle mode length)
::Weight: 22,050 lbs
::Thrust: 28,000 lbs
::Vehicle Top Speed: Mach 2.7

* [[Aaron Archer]] has expressed disappointment in how the ''Energon'' Starscream toy turned out, largely its design cues not quite coming across as intended.

* The ''Cybertron'' Starscream design is based on the [[Generation 1]] [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] body from the [[Dreamwave]] comic series "[[The War Within]]", designed by [[Don Figueroa]].

* The Supreme Starscream's crown is modeled directly after the crown Generation 1 Starscream wore in [[The Transformers: The Movie (1986)|the 1986 Movie]], though this Starscream actually wore it for more than thirty seconds before dying.

* Armada Starscream's body parts made frequent cameos in the CGI models of the generic Decepticon and Autobot soldiers during the Energon cartoon series, despite Starscream not actually ever appearing in his Armada body during the series.

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Decepticon/Starscream/starscream.htm Starscream at TFU.info]

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Autorooper

2007-05-20T23:22:50Z

66.168.42.82: /* Kiss Players */

:''Autroopers are [[Earth Defense Command]]-aligned robots in the [[Kiss Players]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] continuity family.''

'''Autroopers''' are a group of [[human]]-created artificial [[Transformers]] that serve the [[Earth Defense Command]]. 48 Autroopers are known to exist in the [[Tokyo]] Autrooper Team, divided into 12 squads, each named after one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac.

Autroopers are physically identical to one another apart from their squad markings. They are armed with rifles that fire [[Kremzeek]] bullets and can convert into the alternate mode of a police-style Mazda RX-8.

Each Autrooper is assigned a [[Kiss Player]] partner by the E.D.C. These young women serve a very important purpose. In times of crisis, a Kiss Player will [[kiss]] her Autrooper, activating a power that lets her merge with the much larger robot, bestowing upon it enhanced combat and regenerative abilities. If the merge's time limit expires, the Kiss Player is disgorged from her partner unconscious, naked and covered in viscous fluid. It is so far unknown what a voluntary separation entails.

Autroopers are often dispatched to the scene of Transformers-related incidents. This usually brings them into conflict with [[Legion]] attackers, but they also sometimes find themselves battling or pursuing anti-E.D.C. resistance fighters such as [[Optimus Prime (G1) |Optimus Prime]], [[Hot Rod |Hot Rodimus]], and their human partners.

Autroopers have an as-yet undisclosed connection to the same [[ParasiTech]] fusion process that Legion units use. One Autrooper partially fused with the corpse of Optimus Prime before [[Marissa Faireborn]] interceded. This fusion caused the resurrected Prime to suffer nightmares of his old enemy [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], suggesting a link between the Autroopers and the [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]-derived Legion army.

''('''Note''': The name "Autrooper" is a pun on the English words "auto" and "trooper". The name has been officially rendered in English as both "Autorooper" and "Autolooper". The spelling used here is the closest transliteration that keeps the spirit of the pun intact.)''

==Fiction==
===Kiss Players===
The primary Autrooper that we have seen is designated "Ne-04", the 4th Autrooper of [[Ne squad]]. Ne-04 is initially partnered with [[Shao-Shao Li]], acclaimed as the most powerful Kiss Player in the E.D.C. Shao is said to be able to enhance her Autrooper to levels far beyond those of her fellow squad members.

During an encounter with a hostile Legion, the Ne-04 Autrooper was badly damaged. With Shao unconscious and unable to re-merge, the Autrooper turned to the nearby [[Atari Hitotonari]] and demanded that she kiss him. The frightened girl complied and the two together were able to defeat their opponent. During the battle, the merged Atari took on a more violent and bloodthirsty personality.

When it was discovered that Atari was an even more powerful Kiss Player than Shao, Ne-04 was reassigned to her, and Shao left the E.D.C. to pursue resistance activities with her new partner, Hot Rodimus. Atari has noted that while the giant robot initially behaved in an intimidating manner toward her, she has since found it to have a warmer personality. The Ne-04 Autrooper's compassion for Atari extends to giving her backrubs when she becomes carsick riding in it, a frequent occurrence.

Atari's Autrooper appears to have a slightly mischievous personality, as when it was inexplicably shrunken to palm size following a kiss, it sneaked inside Atari's shirt while she was distracted thinking about desserts. Extremely passive on her best days, Atari exhaustedly capitulated to the tiny robot's advances.

But this would not be the Ne-04 Autrooper's only experience with shrinking...for soon, Atari would discover that she had a Legion inside her stomach! Instructing Atari to kiss it, the Autrooper shrunk to a diminuitive size, promptly forcing itself into Atari's mouth and making her swallow. As it plunged into her wet passage, it noted how warm it was inside her, while Atari pleaded for it not to move around inside her too roughly.

Yeeeeah.

The Autrooper engaged, defeated and destroyed the Legion, but lacked the power to climb back out. Unfortunately, when it ran out of power entirely, it would return to normal size inside the panicked Atari. Claiming that it would escape via [[Transwarp]], the Autrooper instead talked Atari into sticking her finger down her throat and vomiting it up. She proceeded to berate the robot for its trickery.

==Toys==
===Kiss Players===
*'''Atari X Autorooper'''

: The first Autrooper toy was a very small, simplified version of the ''[[Alternators]]'' Mazda RX-8 mold that comes with a large PVC figurine of Atari.

*'''Autorooper X Atari

: A 1/24th-scale Autrooper toy was released in December 2006. It is a retool and redeco of the Mazda RX-8 mold, with a new head, police lightbar, and on the grill police lights and a Imperial chrysanthemum emblem. A small Atari and [[Kremzeek]] figurines are included as well. The set also includes a weapon formed from traffic cones (four are included), a sticker sheet (with options for different EDC unit designations or standard police markings) and an audio drama CD.

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[[Category: Kiss Players]]
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Hot Shot (Armada)

2007-05-17T02:12:23Z

66.168.42.82: /* Armada */

{{Template:Disambig2|the prominent UT character|the RID Spychanger|Hot Shot (RID)}}

:''Hot Shot is an [[Autobot]] character in the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Hotshotut.gif|thumb|300px|I'm Optimus' choice for successor. Scary, huh?]]

'''Hot Shot''' is the quintessential young hero. He's been around long enough to earn a name for himself and a place in [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]'s entourage, but he's still too young to know when he's in over his head. In other words, he's blunt, overconfident, and naive, yet brave and honorable. With time and experience, Prime believes, he could make an excellent leader, and has appointed him to his command structure accordingly. Hot Shot's got the goods, but he just needs to pay attention for more than five seconds. Until that day, Hot Shot's likely response to most anything is, "Yeah yeah, like, whatever."

Hot Shot's [[Mini-Con]] partner is [[Jolt (Armada)|'''Jolt''']], though he has been known to moonlight with [[Mirage (Armada)|'''Mirage''']].

:''Japanese ''Micron Legend'' name'': '''Hot Rod'''<br>
:''Japanese ''Galaxy Force'' name'': '''Exillion/Exigeyser'''

==Fiction==
===Dreamwave comics continuity===
====''Armada''====
One million years ago, Hot Shot was a member of the Autobots, the guardians of [[Cyber City]]. Soon news of a warlike faction called [[Decepticon]]s, led by the power-hungry [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]], reached Cyber City via a dying [[Mini-Con]] Hot Shot found. The Mini-Con handed him a video disc and with his dying breath, demanded Hot Shot take it to Optimus Prime. Optimus Prime played the disc, a distress signal from [[Leader-1]], head of [[Mini-Con Sector|Mini-Con village D10]], who begged the Autobots for help.

[[Image:Hotshotraizeyes.jpg|left|thumb|Hot Shot watches in horror as [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] buys the last can of [[jaAm]].]]

The Decepticons themselves soon arrived in Cyber City, armed with Mini-Cons they had captured and reconfigured to bestow incredible power when [[Powerlinx]]ed. Outclassed and near total defeat, Optimus Prime called his troops into retreat, and after the majority of Mini-Cons escaped [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to parts unknown, the Autobots lost much of the planet to the Mini-Con-powered Decepticons.

In the present day, both the Autobots and Decepticons received a signal of the Mini-Cons' activation on the planet [[Earth]]. Hot Shot and his colleagues [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]], [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]], and [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]] were led by Optimus Prime to the planet, where they met the Decepticons in battle. But this time, with the help of the estranged Mini-Cons, the Autobots regained the edge they lost against the Decepticons one million years prior. An uneasy alliance was formed, and Hot Shot was partnered with the Mini-Con [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]]. {{storylink|Armada_%28Dreamwave_comic%29#Volume_1:_First_Contact|First Contact}}

After this initial battle on Earth, Megatron is quick to capture the [[Air Defense Mini-Con Team]] and forge them into the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber sword]]. Optimus Prime led Hot Shot and Red Alert against the Decepticons again, despite being at a strategic disadvantage while the Mini-Cons were missing, a point Hot Shot belabored. Thankfully, the Autobot-allied Mini-Cons arrived just in time to Powerlinx with Hot Shot and the other Autobots, fend off Megatron, and rescue the Air Defense Mini-Cons from the Decepticon leader's clutches.

[[Image:Hotshotguido.jpg|thumb|200px|"Well, let's go!"]]

Soon, a Mini-Con beacon tower erected in [[Tranquility, Kansas]], drawing all Earth-bound Mini-Cons to it. Hot Shot and the rest of the Autobots again met the Decepticons in battle at the location when the tower's effect was discovered. However, they were too busy fighting to notice the beacon tower blasting off towards the Earth's [[Moon (moon)|moon]]. Hot Shot and Red Alert secreted Optimus Prime into the Decepticon base for the use of their space bridge, so that the Autobot leader could ask for reinforcements from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Armada_%28Dreamwave_comic%29#Volume_2:_Fortress|Fortress}}

After the Mini-Cons were evacuated from the moon, five did not return home safely and sent a distress signal from northern Alaska. When the [[Adventure Mini-Con Team]] failed to retrieve them, Hot Shot and the other Autobots arrived in full force, though they were kept in check by Cyclonus, who was suffering from a Mini-Con overdose. Though they were successful, Optimus Prime disappeared before their eyes, and when Hot Shot returned to Autobase, he found [[Optimus Prime (Worlds Collide)|an Optimus Prime]], dying, sent from another timeline to warn of [[Unicron]]'s coming. Learning of the "real" Optimus Prime's disappearance, Megatron and his Decepticons stormed Autobase, nearly killing Smokescreen and heavily injuring Hot Shot, Red Alert, and Scavenger.

Optimus Prime was returned to them and insisted on teaming up with the Decepticons to battle the arriving Unicron. Hot Shot excused himself from this alliance, as Smokescreen's critical condition due to the Decepticons' recent attack still weighed heavily in his mind. So when Megatron stole away during the battle with Unicron to strike a deal with the Dark God, Hot Shot, Scavenger, and Red Alert ambushed him, leaving him to die as Unicron was seemingly destroyed by the [[Mini-Con Matrix]]. {{storylink|Armada_%28Dreamwave_comic%29#Volume_3:_Worlds_Collide|Worlds Collide}}

====''Energon''====
[[Image:Hotshotironhidedw.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Sorry, Hot Shot, you've been replaced.]]

Ten years later, at the beginning of the Energon Era, Hot Shot accompanied Optimus Prime, who was skeptic and restless about the new peacetime, to his visit with the High Council in Cyber City. Prime's demands for vigilance were denied, so Hot Shot later followed him to a special [[uplink platform]] that [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]] had directed them to. This trip was a first outing for the rookie Autobot [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]], who fawned over Hot Shot. Hot Shot met this with difficulty. Learning of the continued existence of [[Unicron]], Prime once again returned to the High Council, and again accompanied by Hot Shot. But this time, Cyber City was attacked by [[Cheetor (Armada)|Cheetor]], [[Rhinox (Armada)|Rhinox]], [[Airazor (Armada)|Airazor]], and [[Terrorsaur (Armada)|Terrorsaur]], who were presumed dead during the [[Unicron Battles]], but in fact were transformed into Unicron's [[Beasts of the Apocalypse]]. The Horsemen were deterred when Hot Shot and the other Autobots were granted the [[Spark of Combination]].

Hot Shot followed Prime to Earth after a distress signal was received. [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] and his [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]] were after a young boy who could detect [[Energon]] named [[Kicker]]. The Terrorcons outclassed them, however, and left only when their Energon-mining gear was destroyed, but not without taking Kicker. After the Autobots reunited with [[Rad]] and [[Alexis]], Hot Shot and the [[Omnicon]] [[Strongarm (Energon|Strongarm]] were able to pursue the Terrorcons and deliver a special suit to Kicker that his father, [[Doctor Jones|Dr. Jones]], had made for him. With Kicker's help, the Terrorcons were defeated and returned to Unicron.
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===Animated continuity===
====''Armada''====
:''Voice Actor(s):'' [[Brent Miller]] (US), [[Kōsuke Okano]] (Japan)<br>

[[Image:Hotshotarmada.jpg|left|200px|thumb|He grins because he's too stupid to be sad.]]

Special attacks: Axle Cannon

An indeterminate number of years ago on Cybertron, Hot Shot and the Autobot [[Wheeljack_(Armada)|Wheeljack]] were amidst a fiery battlefield blaze. Wheeljack was incapacitated, so Hot Shot left him, promising to get help. However, his Autobot comrades would not let him return to help his friend. Instead, Wheeljack was rescued by [[Megatron_(Armada)|Megatron]] and swore vengeance against Hot Shot and the Autobots.

When [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] received the [[Mini-Con]] distress signal, Hot Shot was one of two soldiers he brought with him to Earth to investigate. He soon scanned the form of an Earth sports car and partnered with the Mini-Con [[Jolt (Armada) (Armada)|Jolt]]. {{storylink|Base}}

When all three Mini-Cons that combine to form the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]] sword were collected, Optimus assigned them to Hot Shot. The Autobot was young, inexperienced, and hotheaded, so the great advantage the Star Saber granted him went straight to his ego. With the sword, he was nearly unbeatable on the battlefield until a Decepticon named [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]] taught him the hard way that power without skill was useless against an experienced opponent. Hot Shot's naivety was his downfall. The double-agent [[Sideways]] tricked Hot Shot out of the sword, and Hot Shot was beaten nearly to death by his frustrated opponents. {{storylink|Overmatch}}

[[Image:Hotshotstarsaber.jpg|250px|thumb|He loves his Star Saber sword. It's so bad.]]

Wheeljack returned to Hot Shot's life, seeking revenge. The new Autobot recruit [[Side Swipe (Armada)|Side Swipe]] was caught up in Wheeljack's vendetta, so Hot Shot protected Side Swipe as best he could, hoping not to repeat his past mistakes. Wheeljack was deterred, but promised he'd be around later to revisit his ill will. {{storylink|Past, Part 1}}

When Optimus Prime sacrificed himself to save Earth, Hot Shot was put in command. Hot Shot declined to take the Matrix of Leadership, which marked the beginning of a very unassertive and indecisive administration. It was also short, as Optimus Prime returned to life after not too long. {{storylink|Remorse}}

The Decepticons managed to take over Cybertron. [[Unicron]], the Chaos Bringer, was looming over their planet, but [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] (previously Megatron) would not listen to Optimus Prime's pleas to unite their two factions against him. Hot Shot decided to take matters into his own hands and fought his way through the Decepticon base and countless Decepticon warriors to reach Galvatron and reason with him. If it were not for Wheeljack's intervention, he might not have survived. Under the Autobot/Decepticon alliance, Wheeljack's hatred of Hot Shot seemed to soften, and the two learned to trust each other again. {{storylink|Dash}}

After the destruction of Unicron and the defeat of Galvatron, Optimus Prime felt he had failed as Autobot Leader, and with the end of conflict between the two factions, he exiled himself to parts unknown. Hot Shot and [[Jetfire_(Armada)|Jetfire]] were left in charge of the Transformers. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}

====Energon====
:''Voice Actor(s):'' [[Brent Miller]] (US), [[Kōsuke Toriumi]] (Japan)<br>

[[Image:Hotshotenergoncartoon.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Hot Shot always forgets he's not supposed to shoot at the humans.]]

Hot Shot would find himself stationed on Earth as the commander of [[Ocean City]] while Optimus Prime was away training new soldiers on Cybertron. Although somewhat less headstrong, Hot Shot was still a young soldier with a large mass of responsibility placed on his shoulders.

Hot Shot often clashed with Kicker and Ironhide, the latter seeing Hot Shot as his idol, and was often paired with [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] as his Powerlink partner. It wasn't until the arrival of Hot Shot's former commander and idol, [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]], that he would question his own allegiances. Not moved by Rodimus' plea to help him to resurrect [[Unicron]], Hot Shot threatened to open fire, only to be struck down by Rodimus. After Rodimus saved Hot Shot's life, he regretted his quick judgment. The relationship between Hot Shot and Rodimus was eventually restored and they become Powerlink partners.

Hot Shot continued to serve under Optimus Prime, surviving many battles on Cybertron and other worlds. Along with several other Autobots, Hot Shot was injured when the reborn Unicron destroyed a fledgling planet in the reformed Q-system. Hot Shot was reformatted into a slick silver body along with his Autobot comrades. He eventually merged his [[spark]] with that of [[Optimus Supreme]] and his partners in the final battle with [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]].

====Cybertron====
:''Voice Actor(s):'' [[Kirby Morrow]] (US), [[Daisuke Hirakawa]] (Japan)<br>
:''Special attacks:'' Accel Wing, Double X Shot, Battle Dagger

[[Image:Hotshotcybertron.jpg|thumb|250px|He knows kung-fu.]]

When [[Unicron]]'s destruction resulted in a black hole that threatened the Transformers' home planet of Cybertron, Optimus Prime ordered the planet to retreat into hiding on Earth. Hot Shot took the form of a blue Earth sports car.

This form came in handy when Optimus reassigned Hot Shot and [[Red_Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] to search for [[Velocitron]]'s [[Cyber Planet Key]]. He quickly developed a competitive bond with [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]], the leader of Velocitron. Against Red Alert's warnings, Hot Shot joined the Great Race. Hot Shot pushed himself beyond his means, almost to the point of destruction, but no matter how he tried, he could never defeat Override. The constant racing took a noticeable toll on his body. Was he really doing this to win the Key or just to prove to himself he was still the fastest in the galaxy?

Hot Shot was in big trouble when Optimus arrived on Velocitron and found out what he was up to. But Optimus Prime changed his mind when he realized that winning the race was the only way to win the Key. With the Autobots' full support and [[Coby]]'s help, Hot Shot won the Great Race and the Cyber Planet Key.

Later, Hot Shot, Red Alert and [[Scattorshot]] faced [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] alone when the Decepticon leader returned to Earth thristing for revenge against the treacherous Starscream. Humiliating the Decepticon in combat, Megatron, enraged, used his new Omega Lock-powered Death Machine Gun on the three Autobots, crippling them beyond repair. {{Storylink|Revelations}}

[[Image:CDHotShot_fists.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Now we know why his shoulders hurt]]

Fortunately, the powers of Primus acting through the [[Omega Lock]] bathed the trio in the creator's holy light, repairing and reformatting the young Autobot into '''Cybertron Defense Hot Shot.''' Along with his newly reformatted friends, the [[Cybertron Defense Team]] arrived on the battlefield and easily defeated the Decepticons Scourge and Megatron. {{Storylink|Critical}}

As Optimus Prime and the other Autobots dealt with Starscream and Megatron's forces, the Cybertron Defense Team was sent on an advance mission to Planet Cybertron. Hot Shot and his fellow team members had to blast their way through a debris field littering the Space Bridge path to Cybertron, during the course of which Hot Shot's vision was obscured by a thick oily substance excreted out of an asteroid as it exploded.

When the unit finally arrived on Cybertron, they were shocked to discover the planet overrun with the parasitic [[Scrapmetal drone]]s, and quickly had to fight their way through legions of the robotic pests. {{Storylink|United}}

{{spoiler}}

Much later on [[Gigantion]] the Cybertron Defense Team was caught in [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]]'s smokescreen, but they managed to figure out the mysterious agent's mind games and defeat him.

After Override resigned from leadership of Velocitron in order to travel to a new world, Hot Shot won the race to determine who would be her successor, despite his bulky new body.

==Toys==
===Armada===
[[Image:Hotshotarmadatoy.jpg|left|thumb|250px|My LifE iS pAiN.]]
*'''Hot Shot''' (Super-Con, 2002/2003)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''MC-03'''

: ''Armada'' Hot Shot transforms into a modified yellow Audi TT. He is packaged with [[Mini-Con]] [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]], who, when attached to the [[powerlinx]] port on Hot Shot's rear, deploys his rear axle over the back of his head and (in the same motion) fires a missile from his hubcap. Jolt's gun can either attach to Hot Shot's robot mode chest or unveil "driving claws" from Hot Shot's front bumper by attaching to Hot Shot's car mode hood as his engine. Hot Shot's visor can also flip over his face.

: "Hot Rod," [[Takara]]'s ''Micron Legend'' version of Hot Shot, was released in altered colors, with a more saturated yellow and some dark gray paint in places instead of navy blue. Additionally, more of the belt straps on his chest were painted silver, his pelvis was painted a darker red, and clearer paint on his Autobot symbol. A [[retool]] (or vice versa) of [[Hasbro]]'s Hot Shot, his right arm houses a light-up LED (for accommodating the translucent Star Saber sword) that glows when his side-view mirror is pressed, a feature that was dropped from the American version due to price-point concerns.

* '''Hot Rod w/ Jolt and Air Defense Microns''' (2002)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''MS-01'''

: Takara's Hot Rod was also released in a box set with the [[Air Defense Mini-Con Team]].

* '''Hot Shot''' (Happy Meal, 2002)

[[Image:Hotshotpowerlinx.jpg|right|thumb|250px|i eAt yOuR bAbIEs!!]]

*'''Powerlinx Hot Shot''' (Super-Con, 2003)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''MC-13'''

: A red, yellow, and black [[redeco]] and [[retool]] of the first Hot Shot, Powerlinx Hot Shot has a new head that has a more "serious" look, though his visor, sculpted directly into the new head, is no longer articulated. Intended to be an [[homage]] to ''[[Generation 1]]'' [[Hot Rod]], he has a yellow spoiler and flames on his hood. Due to a factory error, his forehead is painted gray instead of left red. The Japanese version, "Hot Rod Super Mode," fixed this forehead mistake, painted the shoulder symbol more clearly, used yellow instead of gold for the flames, and retained the LED light-up arm the first Japanese version featured. Very early versions of Powerlinx Hot Shot did have the correctly painted forehead, despite the majority of production pieces.

: Rumors circulated that a Hot Shot with fixed forehead paint and a cleaner symbol would surface later in the run, but this did not seem to happen, and no specimens with these fixes have ever materialized.

: In November of 2003, US Toys "R" Us stores had special bonus pack Max-Con (Deluxe) toys, which came with a single bonus Mini-Con attached to the card over their sticker, for ''less'' than the price as a normal Max-Con during Toys "R" Us' post-Thanksgiving-day sale. Like Powerlinx [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]], Powerlinx Hot Shot could come with one of the [[Adventure Mini-Con Team]] members: [[Dune Runner]], [[Iceberg]] or [[Ransack (Armada)|Ransack]].

===Built-to-Rule===
*'''Hot Shot''' (Built to Rule, 2003)

===Energon===
[[Image:Hotshotenergontoy.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Hot Shot, part deux]]

*'''Hot Shot''' (Deluxe, 2004)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''SC-02'''

: In ''Energon'', Hot Shot was updated as a modified yellow Aston-Martin Vanquish. He could carry a transparent red spring-loaded missile-launching weapon in either mode, and featured a small Autobot [[spark crystal]] on his chest on which [[Energon chip]]s could be mounted. Like nearly all other Autobots in the ''Energon'' line, he could [[powerlinx]] with like-designed toys to form the top or bottom of a super robot.

: Takara released Hot Shot in similar colors, changing the slate blue plastic to a dark, nearly-black blue, dropping the black paint on his car roof, and adding metallic blue paint to his chest. His head is also a nearly-identical-but-different sculpt, most noticeably around the mouth, chin, and eyes. The reason for this is unknown.

* '''Hot Shot & Inferno''' (Multi-pack, 2003)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''SS-01'''

: In Japan, Takara released Hot Shot both individually and in a box set with [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]].

[[Image:Hotshotenergonenergontoy.jpg|200px|right|thumb|He has a heart that burns for justice.]]

*'''Energon Hot Shot''' (Deluxe, 2004)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''SC-23'''

: ''Energon'' Energon Hot Shot gave the car mode a silver-painted finish and the robot parts a dark blue, yellow, and red color scheme reminiscent of ''Armada'' Hot Shot's colors. Energon Hot Shot used the Hasbro version of Hot Shot's head (see above).

: When he was released in Japan as "Hot Shot Fire," his car mode was changed to an unpainted silver, and additionally the yellow plastic was changed to a sherbet orange, the dark blue plastic to black, and the transparent orange plastic to a transparent crimson red. He also came packaged with the [[Energon_weapon#Energy_Cutter_.28Signal_Flare.29|Energy Cutter]], a transparent watermelon-red redeco of [[Signal Flare]]'s [[energon weapon]], plus a matching [[energon chip]]. Hot Shot Fire used the Takara version of Hot Shot's head.
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===Cybertron===
[[Image:Hotshotcybertrontoy.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Hot Shot's Blue Period.]]

*'''Hot Shot''' (Deluxe Class, 2005)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' ''GC-02'''

: An homage to ''Generation 1'' Hot Rod in design but not in color scheme, ''Cybertron'' Hot Shot transforms into a modified blue Chrysler ME Four Twelve concept car. He comes with a [[Speed Planet]] [[Cyber Key]] that deploys transparent yellow wings from his spoiler when the key is inserted into the rear of the car. The toy also comes with a spring-loaded missile-launching gun that can be carried in robot mode or pegged into the roof of the car mode.

: The Japanese release, "Exillion," is completely identical other than a slight molding difference; two screws on either side of the spoiler are visible in the American release and all subsequent uses of the mold, but the original Japanese use of the mold had these screws buried. Though the Japanese release was treated as a separate character from Hot Shot, the toy was designed to be the character from ''Armada'' and ''Energon'', as evident by his head design and [[control art]] labeling him as such.

: This mold was used to make Red Exillion (see below) and [[Excellion]].

*'''Hot Shot''' (Legends of Cybertron, 2005/2006)

: A smaller, simplified version of ''Cybertron'' Hot Shot was released as part of the first wave of ''[[Legends of Cybertron]]'' toys. In 2006, a red version using Excellion's deco was released as part of the fourth assortment, but was marked as "Hot Shot".

: This mold was used to make ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]'' [[Bumblebee]].

[[Image:Hotshotcybertrondefensetoy.jpg|right|thumb|250px|He's full of tiny missiles.]]
*'''Cybertron Defense Hot Shot''' (Deluxe Class, 2005)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''GC-19'''

: Cybertron Defense Hot Shot transforms into a modified [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1117_Armored_Security_Vehicle M1117 Guardian Armored Security Vehicle], in the same blue, navy, and red colorscheme as the previous ''Cybertron'' Hot Shot. A [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] Cyber Key is included and when the key is inserted into the back of the turret, the two gun barrels open up into dual (non-firing) missile launchers. Compartments on his shoulders and his thighs can also open up to reveal additional missile launchers. Cybertron Defense Hot Shot also comes with a dagger that stows between his legs in vehicle mode, and when in robot mode, the dagger can be hand-held, peg into the front of his fist, or be put away in a sheath on his leg.

: "Exigeyser," Cybertron Defense Hot Shot's Japanese counterpart, is completely identical, but also came with a cardboard standup depicting three [[Scrapmetal drone]]s. The American version of Cybertron Defense Hot Shot was at some point intended to have a slightly altered deco, which is shown on the back of the packaging, but this altered deco for some reason never superseded the Japanese deco for American release.

[[Image:Redexillion.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Someone had to sell porn to afford this.]]
*'''Red Exillion''' (DVD exclusive, 2005)
:Red Exillion is a redeco of the ''Cybertron'' Hot Shot toy in red, dark red, and orange, with transparent blue. Limited to 500, it came with the first ''Galaxy Force'' DVD and an empty box set to prepare against the next few ''Galaxy Force'' DVD releases. This redeco took advantage of the toy's homage to ''Generation 1'' Hot Rod, completing the homage with appropriate colors, though the toy is still treated as Hot Shot in Hot Rod colors and not as a Hot Rod toy.

:Before the toy saw official release, several advance test shots entered the market, though in a [http://tfkenkon.com/collection/act368/ slightly altered color treatment] than the final. Originally, the dark red was a brighter red.

:This toy was the indirect inspiration for ''Cybertron'' [[Excellion]]. (The direct inspiration, of course, being the original Hot Rod.)
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===Attacktix===
[[Image:Attacktix_CybHotShot.jpg|right|thumb|yAy, jaAm shOoToR!!1]]

*'''Hot Shot''' (Booster, 2006)
: ''Attacktix ID number'': '''TF09'''

: Part of the first assortment of ''[[Attacktix]]'' Booster Packs, Hot Shot is a "Super Rare" 40-point Warrior-class piece with a spring-loaded "shield-missile" attack. His Special Power "Rally" allows you to return one of your previously-defeated [[Autobot]] pieces back into play. The figure commonly has a black base, but like all Boosters, a rarer chrome-silver-base version was randomly packed into boxes as well.

: This mold was also used to make ''Attacktix'' Excellion, who was ''also'' a wave-1 Booster piece.

===Merchandise===
*'''Hot Rod''' (Super Collection Figure, 2002)
[[Image:Hotshotscf.jpg|left|thumb|[[JaAm]] in stereo.]]

: A PVC figure of Hot Shot was available in Act 9 of [[Takara]]'s [[Super Collection Figure]] series in both full color and solid-pewter finish. All SCF figures were [[blindpacked]] and came with a little stand.

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*'''Hot Rod''' (Mega Super Collection Figure, 2002)
[[Image:MegaSCFHotRod.jpg|right|thumb|wh3rE jAm cOpToR?]]

: Mega SCF Hot Rod is a larger, articulated non-transforming PVC action figure of Hot Shot, based upon his cartoon model. He came with his engine gun and a small, non-transformable PVC figurine of his [[Mini-Con]] partner, [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]].

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*'''Hot Shot''' (Bubble Twist, 2003)
[[Image:Hotshotbubbletwist.jpg|left|thumb|Taste the [[JaAm]] rainbow.]]

:In 2003, Toys "R" Us carried a line of candy toys called [[Bubble Twist]], which dispensed gum from its capsule-shaped container when twisted. Also contained in the capsule was an unpainted rubber figurine of a ''[[G.I. Joe]]'' or ''Transformers [[Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' character, including Hot Shot. Blindpacked, each figure came in several different possible colors.

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*'''Hot Rod''' (Big Transformers)

*Die-cast car Hot Shot

*Hot Shot puzzle

*Hot Shot backpack

==Trivia==
[[Image:Hotshotprotocolor.jpg|left|thumb|150px|WhY mY SHoUldErS HuRt?]]

*''Armada'' Hot Shot's toy had to be completely re-engineered close to release. Due to a structural flaw (and gravity), Hot Shot's arms were not able to attach securely to his shoulders. Furthermore, designer [[Aaron Archer]] felt the early design's wide, football player-like physique was inappropriate to the character archetype. Changes were made last-minute to the design to rework the transformation of the arms, necessitating the dropping of some articulation and the addition of [[kibble]] elsewhere to compensate.
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[[Image:ArcherSays.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Lay off the [[JaAm]], pal.]]

*''Armada'' Hot Shot's infamous "[[JaAm]]" grin was actually a misinterpretation of Aaron Archer's original concept art which depicted Hot Shot clenching his teeth together in an open-lipped, determined expression. The head of the original tooling had a maniacal, perhaps unhinged-looking smile in response to this concept art, so the grin was scaled back on the final toy. The grin was removed completely and replaced with a neutral, stern expression when the head was resculpted for Powerlinx Hot Shot.

* According to the [[Transformers (Melbourne House)|''Armada'' Playstation 2 game]] instruction booklet, Hot Shot's ''Armada'' body has the following statistics:
:Mass: 3,109 lbs
:Robot height: 16' 5"
:Robot top speed: 50 mph
:Vehicle height: 5' 11"
:Vehicle top speed: 186 mph
:Vehicle power: 400 hp @ 8000 rpm

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Autobot/HotShot/hotshot.htm Hot Shot at TFU.info]
*[http://www.redshirt.co.uk/tales/arm/index.htm Armada - the REAL Story, by Yartek]

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Optimus Prime (Armada)

2007-05-17T02:08:04Z

66.168.42.82: /* Armada */

{{disambig3|Optimus Prime}}

:''Optimus Prime is the [[Autobot]] leader in the [[Unicron Trilogy]] continuity family.''

[[Image:ArmadaOptimusPrime_dvd.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Prime, Prime, and [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Prime]].]]

'''Optimus Prime''' fights for truth, justice, and the Autobot way. He has led the search for the [[Mini-Con]]s, faced the resurrection of a [[Unicron|dark god]], and now aims to stop [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] from obtaining the [[Cyber Planet Key]]s. He's also died a couple times, and tends to find a second-in-commandy-type to combine with to form a super robot.

He learns martial arts from [[Scavenger (Armada)|whoever]] turns into a [[Landmine (Energon)|bulldozer]], thinks [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] has leadership potential and tends to recruit teenage children.

:''Japanese ''Micron Legend'' name'': '''Convoy'''<br>
:''Japanese ''Superlink'' name'': '''Grand Convoy'''<br>
:''Japanese ''Galaxy Force'' name'': '''Galaxy Convoy'''

==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===
====''Armada''====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Gary Chalk]] (US), [[Toru Okawa]] (Japan)

[[Image:Pre-arm-scavenger.JPG|left|thumb|"Maybe we shouldn't have fired lasers at the mirrors."]]

Millions of years ago, a young Optimus Prime fought with a great Decepticon warrior known as [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]]. So often were their clashes, and so familiar were they to each other, the pair eventually became friends, and Scavenger signed up with the Autobotd. Seeing great potential in the young Autobot leader, Scavenger taught Optimus Prime how to fight in hand-to-hand combat. Later, veteran Autobot [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] trained Optimus in [[metallikato]] shortly before leaving [[Cybertron]] with [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]]. Optimus later notes that their training made him the warrior and soldier he is today. {{Storylink|Trust (Armada episode)|Trust}}

Many years later, it is a more mature Optimus Prime that leads a small Autobot unit to [[Earth]] after the activation of the [[Mini-Con]] homing beacon. This beacon signaled to all the Transformers on Cybertron that the much-coveted Mini-Cons had survived their million years-long dissapearance. After warping to Earth, Optimus saves [[Rad White|three]] [[Carlos Lopez|human]] [[Alexis|children]] from the [[Decepticon]] leader, [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]], who arrived on the alien world first.

[[Image:ArmadaPrime_firstappearance.jpg|right|thumb|He's part Optimus Prime, part [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], all Optimus Prime.]]

Clashing with his arch enemy, Optimus Prime bought the children and their Mini-Con [[Highwire (Armada)|Highwire]] time to escape while around them, other Transformers warped into the battlefield. Later, after the Decepticons had reformatted themselves into suitable new vehicle modes, Optimus Prime saves them again, joined by his two subordinates [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] and [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]]. {{Storylink|First Encounter}}

Befriending these children, he introduces his crew of Autobots to them. The children aid Prime as he leads his crew around the world, searching for the long-lost Mini-Con Transformers, before the Decepticon forces can take them and use them for their own evil deeds.

[[Image:Comrade_PrimeMaximumBlast.jpg|left|thumb|You feel lucky, punk?]]

Soon afterwards, both the Autobots and Decepticons detect a Mini-Con signal located in the [[Grand Canyon]]. With the help of the kids, Optimus Prime manages to pinpoint the location of the Mini-Con panel before he is confronted by [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]], powerlinked to [[Leader-1]]. Outgunned, Optimus Prime is saved when Starscream arrogantly underestimates the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team|Street Action Team's]] combined form of [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]]. This distraction gives Optimus the opportunity to activate the Mini-Con panel, revealing that its occupant is [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]], Optimus Prime's old Mini-Con partner and friend. Together they Powerlink, activating Optimus's powerful Maximum Blast which sends the Decepticons into retreat. {{Storylink|Comrade}}

Through the treachery of [[Sideways]] and [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]], the Decepticons manage to secure all three of the [[Star Saber (Armada)|legendary]] [[Skyboom Shield|Mini-Con]] [[Requiem Blaster|weapons]] that form the [[Hydra Cannon]], the most powerful weapon in the universe. Mounting their new doomsday device aboard a starship, Megatron decides to wipe out the Autobot base on Earth, regardless of the massive collateral damage to the planet itself. Optimus Prime and Jetfire launch a pre-emptive strike against the warship in the hopes of disabling the weapon and rescuing the Mini-Cons. However, they are outnumbered forcing a desperate Optimus, to throw himself into the path of the cannon and use the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to save Earth, but at the cost of his life. {{Storylink|Crisis}}

Under the leadership of Hot Shot, the other Autobots give chase to the Decepticons aboard the [[Axalon (Armada)|Axalon]]. During a confrontation with their enemies, the Mini-Cons reach out to each other and resurrect Optimus from within the Matrix. There is little time to rejoice, as the Autobots pursue the Decepticons on their way back to Cybertron. {{Storylink|Miracle}}

[[Image:FinalbattlePrime_cartoon.jpg|left|thumb|250px|My [[Primus|God]], it's full of stars...]]

After Unicron's apparent defeat, both Optimus Prime and Galvatron succumb to their base natures and have one last battle within the Chaos Bringer. Fighting each other to a standstill, both are surprised when Unicron suddenly comes back to life, feeding off their hate for each other. Galvatron is drawn towards Unicron's maw, with Prime holding onto his tank treads, telling him to hold on. His nemesis then makes the decision to sacrifice his life, giving Prime a final victory, so that Unicron may be destroyed and their race will survive.

In the aftermath, Optimus Prime reflects that he doesn't deserve the [[Matrix of Leadership]] and leaves both the Autobots and Cybertron for places unknown. {{Storylink|Mortal Combat}}

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====''Energon''====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Gary Chalk]] (US), [[Katsuyuki Konishi]] (Japan)

[[Image:EnergonOptimusForms.jpg|thumb|250px|right|And I'll form the head!]]

A few years after the defeat of Unicron, Optimus Prime returns from exile to a newly-unified Cybertron where Autobots and Decepticons live side-by-side in peace. Reassuming leadership of the Autobots, Optimus Prime establishes a dialogue with the Earth governments with the help of his human friends. Earth sends a delegation to Cybertron, consisting of the three kids and [[Dr. Brian Jones]], the foremost expert in the newly discovered ore [[energon]] that both worlds covet.

Jones had brought along his young son, [[Kicker|Chad]] (also known as 'Kicker'), who was frightened by the tall, menacing robots. When the boy ran away to a ruined and abandoned part of Cybertron, Optimus Prime gave chase, warning Kicker that the area was strictly off limits. The boy accidently fell and found his way into a massive darkened chamber where an energy being known as [[Primus]] saves him. Optimus Prime finds his way into the chamber just as Primus evolves the human child. Sometime after this, Primus (now known as the creator-god of the Transformers), gives Optimus the [[Spark of Combination]], allowing him to grant combining powers to other Autobots.

Almost a decade later, it is brought to the attention of Optimus Prime that the energon mining facilities in Sol's asteroid belt, as well as their base on [[Mars]] had been attacked by a mysterious force of beast-like Transformers. Primus warns him that the enemy is after the energon, causing Optimus to assemble a unit so he can personally assess the situation. Finding no life on Mars, his unit then moves to Earth, where he saves Kicker and Ocean City from an attack by the same creatures. {{Storylink|Cybertron City}}

====''Cybertron''====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Gary Chalk]] (US), [[Taitem Kusunoki]] (Japan)

[[Image:CybertronPrime_finalbattlepose.jpg|left|thumb|]]

Primus' plan to trap Unicron inside an energon sun has failed, and this star has collapsed into a [[Unicron Singularity|massive black hole]]. Optimus Prime faces the greatest test in his existence when his home planet is threatened with destruction, but realises there is no choice but to evacuate the population to Earth. As they make plans to leave, a mysterious time-travelling Transformer named [[Vector Prime]] appears, advising Optimus to search for the [[Cyber Planet Key]]s, the only means of restoring Primus' spark, and the only way they can save Cybertron and the rest of the universe from oblivion. {{Storylink|Fallen (Cybertron episode)|Fallen}}

Arriving on Earth, Optimus Prime is forced to break his own strict orders to hide from the human population when he rescues the injured Landmine and three human children from [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]]. Befriending the children, named [[Coby]], [[Bud]] and [[Lori]], he relies on them to educate the Autobots about their new home and how to blend into the environment as Robots in Disguise. {{Storylink|Inferno (Cybertron episode)|Inferno}} {{Storylink|Hidden}}

Soon afterwards, the children's hometown of Boulder, Colorado is threatened with devastation by a landslide. Understanding how the humans would feel at the loss of their home, the Autobots leap into action, rescuing people trapped and leading them to safety, all the while in disguise. Optimus Prime (somehow) prevents the landslide by pumping water out of an underground lake beneath the mountain, causing it to collapse in on itself and eliminate the threat. {{Storylink|Collapse}}

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
====''Armada''====
[[Image:OptimusPrimeUT-Armada.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Freedom is the right of all sentient beings... unless they turn into guns.]]

Optimus Prime is notified by [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] that the Decepticons are attacking Mini-Con villages. Later on, when the war comes to Earth, he saves the kids from [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]], who is trying to get the Mini-Cons that they have befriended. After retrieving a Mini-Con escape pod in Alaska, he is suddenly pulled into an alternate reality Cybertron, one in which Unicron has already decimated the planet and is preparing to return and consume it. He is ultimately rescued by [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] and [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]], and uses his knowledge of the fate that awaits Cybertron to rally both Decepticons and Autobots together and defeat the Chaos Bringer.

====''Energon''====
[[Image:Optimusprime ut armada px.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Optimus Prime (Powerlinx) during the years between the Unicron Battles and Energon. He thinks if he's not red and blue, nobody will recognize him.]]

Ten years after the defeat of Unicron, Over-Run showed Prime how to commune with Cybertron itself. Doing so reformatted the Autobot leader into a body capable of [[Powerlinx|Powerlinking]] with a team of 'drone' vehicles, and granting the ability to combine with each other to other Autobots.

Upon returning to Earth, he decided that the Autobots will no longer hide from the inhabitants, but work with them openly. This decision led, among other things, to the Autobots' induction into the UN.

When last seen ''(before the bankruptcy of [[Dreamwave Productions]])'', he was attempting to escape from within the remains of [[Unicron]], after Megatron's trapped spark used him to regain his freedom.

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===Panini comics continuity===

===Transformers Legends Anthology===

===''Transformers'' Playstation 2 game===
'''Voice actor:''' [[Gary Chalk]]

==Toys==
===Armada===
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Super Base, 2002/2003)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''MC-01'''
[[Image:Superbase_ArmadaPrime.jpg|right|thumb|Stand up and be counted, container!]]

: The first [[Unicron Trilogy]] Optimus Prime toy transforms into a longnose truck cab of made-up model. His clear-plastic smokestacks can detach and form a double-barrelled pistol for robot mode. Prime can also form the upper half of a super robot mode, which can connect to his trailer or to ''Armada'' [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] in his combined robot mode to form "'''Jet Prime'''" or "'''Jet Convoy'''" If you own the Japanese Version. The super robot's right hand has an LED in it to light up either of Optimus' hand-held blasters, or the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]] sword. He came with his Mini-Con partner [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]]. His robot-mode chest can flip down to reveal a non-removable [[Matrix]].

: The toy's primary gimmick is its auto-transforming trailer. When activated, transforming Optimus to robot mode causes the trailer to automatically flip open and form a Mini-Con base, with tower, spring-loaded missile launchers and storage bays, and other Mini-Con [[Powerlinx]]-activated gimmicks. Transforming Optimus to super robot half causes the trailer to fold in and stand up, forming legs for the super robot. Some of the base mode's armaments are still available in this configuration.

: Both the super robot mode and the trailer's base mode can have ''Armada'' [[Overload (Armada)|Overload]]'s cannon mode attached for added firepower, becoming '''Optimus Prime Megaweapon''' or '''Magna Convoy'''.

: The [[Takara]] version of Optimus is slightly different from the [[Hasbro]] version, using bright yellow plastics in place of the Hasbro's gold, and replaced some gold paint with yellow paint.

: The initial [[Hasbro]] release of this toy had tabs in its shoulder joints that did not allow the shoulders to rotate above the horizontal default position (So as not to break the wires that ran through the toy's right arm in super mode). Coupled with the limited elbow joints, Optimus Prime could only point his weapons in the direction towards the ground. The tab was not in the [[Takara]] version, and subsequent version of the Hasbro release.

: Late in the Japanese run, Optimus toys in Jusco stores came with blind-packed "Space Galaxy" versions of the individual [[Destruction Mini-Con Team]] members, one toy per box.

*'''Optimus Prime''' (Supercon, 2003)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''MC-06'''
[[Image:Supercon_ArmadaPrime.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Ironically, the smallest Deluxe of the line.]]

: A smaller version of the Super Base toy, this version of Optimus retains the altmode and coloration, but has no trailer or super robot connectivity (though he can still pull the trailer). He retains the flip-down chest in robot mode, but has no molded Matrix. Instead, the toy is designed for maximum posability. Attaching a Mini-Con to the [[Powerlinx]] plus on Optimus' back activates a double-fisted "punching" gimmick. He came with the Mini-Con [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]]. It's worth noting that this Optimus is the shortest of the ''Armada'' Supercons in robot mode. His smokestacks can come off like the Super Base version, but lack the "gun" mode or any other method of connectivity to Optimus.

: The first releases of Supercon Prime had silver roof-lights. Later, the lights changed to yellow, and later after that change another change was seen with an Autobot sigil was [[tampograph]]ed onto his hood, the two later releases only affected the Hasbro release.

: This mold was also used to make ''Armada'' [[Nemesis Prime (Armada)|Nemesis Prime]], ''[[Universe]]'' [[Ultra Magnus (BIAB)|Ultra Magnus]], and the first Cybertron Deluxe Optimus Prime.

: Shipping in a great many waves throughout most of the later run of the line, Supercon Optimus became a notorious [[pegwarmer]].

: The acronym "STD" in the Japanese release ("STD Convoy") stands for "standard," as in this is the standard toy release of Convoy, without a Super Mode.

*'''Optimus Prime''' (Happy Meal, 2003)

*'''Powerlinx Optimus Prime''' (Super Base, 2003)
[[Image:Powelinx_Armadaprime.jpg|right|thumb|G2 Sparkplug]]

: This is an extensive [[redeco]] of the Super Base ''Armada'' Optimus Prime toy, with the new colours bearing little similarity to the original colour scheme. Though, the colours of the cab truck are vaguely similar to the [[Diaclone]] toy that would become [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. He came with Sparkplug again, though this time his Mini-Con partner got new molding. All of the gimmicks from the first version remain intact in this one, though --as noted-- the super robot mode arms are not as restricted.

*'''Crystal Convoy''' (Supercon, 2003)

: A Japanese ''Tele-V Magazine'' [[exclusive]], this release of the Supercon-Class Convoy toy has all of parts cast in translucent plastics, hence the 'crystal' title. Available via mail-order, only 5000 pieces were distributed in October of 2003.

: This version of Optimus is supposed to represent his "[[spark]]" from when his body was destroyed in the [[Armada (cartoon)|''Armada'' cartoon episode]] [[Crisis]].

*'''Battle for the Matrix''' (Multi-pack, 2003)

: A K-Mart exclusive set released on "[[Black Friday]]" (the day after Thanksgiving, the most hellishly busy shopping day of the year), this set consists of Super Base Optimus Prime, Jetfire, their respective partner Mini-Cons Sparkplug and [[Comettor]], the [[Adventure Mini-Con Team]], and oddly enough, [[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]]. Optimus Prime's red plastics and paint were replaced with gold, the only changes made to anyone in the set. It is from this set that the name of Optimus Prime's combined mode with Jetfire, '''Jet Prime''', comes from.

*'''Magna Convoy DX Set''' (Multi-pack, 2003)
[[Image:Magna_Convoy.jpg|left|thumb|100px|I think he needs another gun.]]

: This set is a Toys "R" Us Japan exclusive, consisting of a slightly redecoed, recolored, and more [[Show Accuracy|show accurate]] Powerlinx Optimus Prime (dubbed "Convoy Final Battle Coloration"), a "crystal" version of Overload ("Ultra Magnus Special Clear Version") made out of transluscent plastics, and an exclusive [[X-Dimension]] redeco of the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team]]. This set is entirely "new" content not available in the normal mass-retail ''Micron Legend'' line, and is also the last release of "X-Dimension" Mini-Cons.

: Rather than coming with individual bio cards for Optimus and Overload, this set came with a single card for the "Magna Convoy" combination of the two. (And no card for the Street Action Team, oddly enough.)

*'''Optimus Prime''' (Built to Rule, 2004)
[[Image:BTR_ArmadaPrime.jpg|right|thumb|155px|"My Matrix for a quick death."]]

:''Armada'' Built to Rule Optimus Prime transforms into a fair approximation of his vehicle mode, but the robot mode is quite inaccurate, due to the very broad, flat Trans-Skeleton with thin, stick-like limbs attached to it. The set came with a very simplistic "Mini-Con" Sparkplug partner kit that did have a more dedicated "Powerlinx" connector than the standard construction pegs, though these are a bit too thin to be used as attachment points for regular Mini-Cons (they stay, sort of, but it's a very loose connection). The 101-piece set also features pressure-launch missile-firing "smokestack" cannons.

===Energon===
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Super, 2003, 2004)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''SC-01'''

[[Image:Energon_Prime_toy.jpg|left|thumb|He tows around a parking garage.]]

: ''Energon'' Optimus' first toy transforms into a Cybertronic short-nosed truck cab. A swtich on his back alternates between different electronic sound effects, corresponding to his four drone-vehicles. A button on his side also activates electronic sounds and a light in his chest. He also has a spring-loaded missile launcher hand-cannon.

: Optimus' trailer is designed to carry his four drone-vehicles (The "Grand Force" in Japan): '''Fire-1''' (fire truck), '''Copter-2''' (helicopter), '''Digger-3''' (drill tank with gear-wheel-activated spinning drill), and '''Submarine-4''' (submarine). Each of these drones can attach to one of Optimus' limbs to form a variety of super modes (which the Japanee line dubbed "Grand Cross"). The base robot can also combine with ''Energon'' [[Wing Saber]] to form '''"Optimus Prime Fight Mode"''' and '''"Optimus Prime Flight Mode"''', and [[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega Supreme]] to form '''"Optimus Supreme"''' (or '''"Powerlinx Omega Supreme"''', according to the toy packaging). The Omega Supreme combination can also employ the drone-units.

: The earliest releases of this toy had a different head sculpt with a mouth where the faceplate is, similar to ''[[Beast Wars]]'' [[Optimus Primal|Optimal Optimus]]. It was soon replaced by the more familiar headsculpt with a faceplate. The [[Takara]] version of the toy uses the mouthless molding, but also has a chromed front grill, and slightly differnet [[paint application]]s here and there.

: A redeco of the super mold was planned to be released with Smallest Transformers [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] as a Target exclusive, but was cancelled.

*'''SL Grand Convoy''' (Deluxe, 2004)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''SC-13'''

[[Image:STD_Grand_Convoy.jpg|right|thumb|165px|Here come's Santa Claus, Here Comes Santa Claus right down Satnta Claus Lane.]]

: This release of Grand Convoy/Optimus Prime was a small Deluxe-class toy that did not have a trailer, any electronics, nor was it able to form Super Mode. However, it ''could'' [[Powerlinx]] with compatible Deluxe-class and Mega-class Autobots. Like the ''Armada'' Deluxe-Class version of Prime, this one too was on the small side for its sizeclass.

: His clear blue energon weapon is sculpted to somewhat resemble the Optimus Prime Energon Blaster roleplay toy.

*'''SL Grand Convoy w/ Kicker''' (multi-pack, 2003)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''SS-03'''
[[Image:Slgrandconvoykicker_toy.jpg|left|thumb|KICKER KICKER OUR PLANETS KICKER]]

: Grand Convoy was also packed in a set with an exclusive variant of [[Kicker]]. This version of the toy has a chromed grill (the standard retail version uses painted plastic) and is suppoesedly uses slightly shinier plastics.

*'''Optimus Prime versus Megatron''' (multi-pack, 2004)

: A Toys "R" Us exclusive in the US, though sold at pretty much any retailer that wanted to carry it elsewhere, this was merely the US release of the Deluxe-class ''Energon'' Optimus Prime from the Japanese SS-03 set, and the smaller Japanese [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] toy. There are no appreciable differences between this set and the original Japanese versions.

*'''Optimus Prime and Overload''' (Multi-pack, 2005)

: A CostCo-exclusive redeco of the ''Armada'' Optimus Prime toy in black, yellow, and brick red, it also came with a redeco of ''Armada'' [[Overload (Armada)|Overload]]. It is from this set that the name of Prime's combined form with Overload, '''Optimus Prime Megaweapon''', comes from.

*'''Optimus Prime''' (Happy Meal, 2004)
[[Image:McEnergon-prime.jpg|right|thumb|155px|Jesus and Santa rolled into one.]]

:The Happy Meal version of ''Energon'' Optimus Prime is ''much'' simplified, yet features a very similar transformation sequence. Due to his limited articulation his shoulder insignias are only visible with his arms splayed out horizontally, or in vehicle mode.

:His torso his hollow, to store his electronic Energon cube. He also comes with a "Mini-con" jet that can mount on the top of his cab in truck form. The "Mini-con" is actually a remote control, which activates his energon cube's sound effects.

*'''Optimus Prime''' (Happy Meal, 2004)

*'''Optimus Prime''' (Built to Rule, 2005)

[[Image:BTR_EnergonPrime.jpg|left|thumb|175px|Blocktimus Prime]]

: The ''Energon'' version of ''Built To Rule'' Optimus Prime was designed with a much more solid skeleton with larger, blockier limbs. He can be rebuilt from a Cybertronic truck cab with a trailer-mounted pressure-launch dual-missile cannon (with electronic lights and sounds) to a robot, to basically whatever you feel like doing with the parts.

: Unfortunately, due to the slow performance of the ''Built to Rule'' line overall, the ''Energon'' versions only had a limited, test market release initially in and around Cincinnati, Ohio. The sets later filtered out into many "Tuesday Morning" chain stores at drastically dropped prices.

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===Cybertron===
* '''Optimus Prime''' (Leader, 2004, 2005)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''GC-01'''
[[Image:Cybertron_Prime_toy.jpg|right|thumb|200px|"Well... a fire truck is bigger."]]

:''Cybertron'' Optimus Prime transforms into a heavily-armed fire truck of made up origin. The wings and guns can be rearranged so the fire truck has a flight mode. Like ''Robots in Disguise'' [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]], the forward section of the fire truck detaches to transform into his standard robot mode, while the rear 'trailer' portion becomes a battle station (if you squint).

:The trailer can combine with the standard robot mode to form a massive, winged backpack for the toy's Super Mode. A lever on the back of Optimus Prime's head raises the traditional Prime faceplate, covering his Optimus Primal-style mouth.

:When a [[Cyber Planet Key]] is inserted into the large, rectangular electronic rail gun, the panels covering it open up and a different sound effect is played when the firing button is pressed. An LED also lights up. When a Cyber Key is inserted into the cannon that the rifle can attach to, two spring-loaded missile launchers pop out.

:In Super Mode, Optimus Prime can combine with [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] to form '''"Savage Claw Mode"''', or [[Wing Saber]] to form '''"Sonic Wing Mode"'''.

* '''Optimus Prime''' (Burger King)

* '''Optimus Prime''' (Deluxe, 2006)
:A recolor of the Supercon ''Armada'' Optimus, it has been recolored to closer resemble the Optimus from Cybertron. Like the original coloring of this toy, the forearms of early releases of this toy were switched, making the elbow completely useless. However, this was corrected and later releases have his arms bend properly. At the tail end of the ''Cybertron'' line, the four planet symbols were added to the truck-mode's cab.

* '''Optimus Prime''' (Legends of Cybertron)
[[Image:LOC_CybertronPrime.jpg|left|thumb|165px|[[Optimus Minor]]?]]

:This very simplified version of ''Cybertron'' Optimus Prime has no weapons or trailer, just the front portion of the truck. It transforms into the standard robot mode, with a very similar transformation scheme to the full-sized toy, but cannot form Super Mode.

* '''Sonic Convoy''' (multi-pack, 2005)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''EX-02'''

:Sonic Convoy was a Toys ''R'' Us Japan [[exclusive]] redeco of Galaxy Convoy (Optimus Prime) and Sonic Bomber (Wing Saber). Most of Galaxy Convoy's truck cab parts were cast in translucent blue and red plastic, with the trailer being cast in much deeper reds, more metallic silver and chromed red opaque plastics.

:The only appreciable difference between EX-02 Sonic Bomber and the regular release was that all of his previous vaccum-metalized chrome parts and red painted parts were now vaccum-metalized or chrome-painted red.

:This set also came with [[Cobybot]], a slight redeco of [[Scrapmetal]] using the humanoid robot head that is usually discarded when Scrapmetal toys are assembled.

* '''Optimus Prime''' (Deluxe, Beast)
:A recolor of the Deluxe ''Beast Wars 10th Anniversary'' [[Optimus Primal]] toy, this version of Optimus Prime turns into a brown gorilla. It includes a hoverboard which reveals a missile launcher and an assualt blade when a [[Cyber Key]] is inserted. He includes a [[Jungle Planet]] style Cyber Key with the code '''d7s9'''.

* '''Galaxy Force Optimus Prime''' (Leader, 2006)
[[Image:Cyb_GalaxyForceOptimusPrime.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Sowing confusion on message boards everywhere.]]

:Released at the tail-end of ''Cybertron'', Galaxy Force Optimus Prime is a repaint of the Leader-class toy. The main differences are black replaces the blue plastic and blue paint, tinted translucent parts replace the translucent blue parts, and the toy's rifles, rail gun covers, missile launchers and leg guns being cast in red plastic. The unique Matrix-shaped Cyber Planet Key is finally painted gold.

:The shoulders are adorned with the four planet symbols of the Cyber Planet Keys, supposedly to represent Optimus Prime as the leader of all remaining Transformers.

:The 'Galaxy Force' addition to Optimus Prime's name is in reference to the journey the character takes at the end of the ''Cybertron'' cartoon series, as well as a reference to the Japanese version of the cartoon.
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===Attacktix===
*'''Super Optimus Prime''' (Galactic Showdown, 2006)
: ''Attacktix ID number'': '''SVT05'''

*'''Super Optimus Prime''' (Booster, 2006)
: ''Attacktix ID number'': '''TF13'''

*'''Super Optimus Prime (Vehicle)''' (Booster, 2006)
: ''Attacktix ID number'': '''TF14'''

==Trivia==
[[Image:MonsterConvoy.jpg|100px|left|thumb|Arise, Bigfootimus Prime.]]

* According to the [[Transformers (Melbourne House)|''Armada'' Playstation 2 game]] instruction booklet, Optimus Prime's ''Armada'' body has the following statistics:
:Mass: 18,960 lbs
:Robot height: 22' 11"
:Robot top speed: 31 mph
:Vehicle height: 8' 3"
:Vehicle top speed: 125 mph
:Vehicle power: 700 hp @ 2500 rpm

* One of the earliest ''Armada'' Optimus Prime concepts depicts him as being an ENORMOUSLY HUGE MONSTER TRUCK. Makes one wonder about the origins of the "Monster Convoy" inscription on Super Base Optimus Prime's tires.

* For at least part of the Energon animated series, the CGI model for Optimus Prime's handgun resembled an oversized six-shooter rather than the actual toy's chamber-less handgun for unknown reasons.

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/2002/Autobot/OptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm Optimus Prime at TFU.info]
* [http://s33.photobucket.com/albums/d75/binalternator/unreleased/optimus_prime_mini_optimus_prime/ Energon Optimus Prime redeco with Smallest Transformers Optimus Prime gallery]]

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Megatron (Armada)

2007-05-17T01:56:26Z

66.168.42.82: /* Cybertron */

{{disambig3|Megatron}}

: ''Megatron is a [[Decepticon]] character in the [[Unicron Trilogy]]. When in his powered-up form, is known as '''Galvatron'''.''

[[Image:Megatronut.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Megatron, Decepticon leader. Shops for headgear with the big, bad Beetleborgs.]]

'''Megatron''' is not content with conquest of [[Cybertron_(planet)|Cybertron]]. When he learns of some power greater than his own, he does not attempt to merely defeat it. He will subjugate it, bend it to his will, carve up its corpse and integrate its power into himself. He is a monster. Megatron tempers this barbarism with regal militaristic formality. He calls his closest troops "gentlemen." He speaks politely and intelligently. He makes it perfectly clear that he is completely cognizant of his madness.

Megatron's only weakness is his obsession with [[Optimus_Prime_(UT)|Optimus Prime]]. No matter how much power he attains, his final, glorious battle must be against him. On the occasions Prime has seemingly been destroyed, Megatron has sunk into a deep depression. Once Optimus Prime is gone, there may be no further challenges in this universe.

''Japanese name:'' '''Galvatron''' (''Energon''), '''Master Megatron/Master Galvatron''' (''Cybertron'')

==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===

====Armada====

'''Voice actor:''' [[David Kaye]] (US), [[Kiyoyuki Yanada]] (Japan)

Megatron led his Decepticons to Earth in the year 2010, in pursuit of the small race of power-enhancing Transformers known as [[Mini-Cons]]. Establishing a base in the ruined hulk of the Mini-Con ship on Earth's moon, Megatron waged a generally successful campaign against the Autobots, regularly capturing Mini-Cons and successfully combining the first two Mini-Con weapons, the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]] and the [[Skyboom (Armada)|Skyboom Shield]]. Through the machinations of his tactician, [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] (who was at the time indirectly being manipulated by [[Unicron]]), Megatron then acquired the final weapon, the [[Requiem Blaster]], which was with the other two served to power the newly-built [[Hydra Cannon]]. The destructive force of his new weapon was unleashed against Earth, but [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] took the blast to save the planet, killing himself in the process.

Prime's death plunged Megatron into a deep depression, having lost his greatest opponent without the chance to finish him with his own hands. Thankfully for all concerned, the Mini-Cons were able to resurrect Optimus, restoring Megatron to his former self - but he soon underwent another change that allowed him to surpass all he had been, when he was among the Transformers who had their powers boosted by their Mini-Cons. Renaming himself "Galvatron," he returned to Cybertron with a renewed vigour for conquest. However, the emergence of the threat of Unicron was ignored by Galvatron, forcing his lieutenant [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] to sacrifice himself to make his leader see the truth, and Galvatron again came to fear the end of his war in the face of Unicron's power. Galvatron entered Unicron's body along with Optimus Prime, and was absorbed into the demi-god's body and mind, but when the Autobots' human allies freed the Mini-Cons from Unicron's thrall, Galvatron too was freed. Believing the threat of Unicron to be over, he challenged Prime to a final duel. However, the energies released in the battle reawakened Unicron, and Galvatron saw that the only way to end the circle was to destroy himself - sacrificing his life rather than live in an era of peace, Galvatron plunged himself into Unicron's maw, and in a flash, the two seemingly ceased to exist.

====Energon====

'''Voice actor:''' [[David Kaye]], [[Richard Newman]] Episode 14 (US), [[Junichi Endô]] (Japan)

Although he was believed dead by both the Autobots and Decepticons, Megatron, like Unicron, had survived the final battle, his body now a decayed husk, absorbed into the equally damaged body of Unicron, where it lay for ten years. When the being called [[Alpha Q]] began his plan to re-energise Unicron, Megatron saw his opportunity, syphoning off some of the [[energon]] that Alpha Q's [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]] stole, working towards his own rebirth. To turn the Decepticons to his side, Alpha Q forged a sword from Megatron's [[spark]], but when an enraged [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] stabbed Megatron's corpse with the blade, Megatron was born anew. Taking the sword for his own, he proceeded to take over Unicron's body, sending Alpha Q fleeing in Unicron's head, and restarted his campaign against Earth and the Autobots, seeking energon to reactivate Unicron, who he would use as the ultimate weapon.

Megatron eventually succeeded in bringing Unicron to the vicinity of Cybertron and transforming the planet-eater to robot mode. However, in an attempt to stop him, Alpha Q rammed Unicron's head, charged with the positive energon of Earth, into Unicron's body. The resultant reaction between Earth's energon and the negatively-charged energon that powered Unicron tore a rupture in reality that led to a new region of space where Alpha Q recreated all the planets Unicron had consumed. Megatron immediately saw these new worlds as targets to acquire more energon, and after another series of attacks, Megatron successfully amassed enough to fully reanimate Unicron. However, the chaos-bringer's consciousness invaded Megatron's body, taking over his mind.

Although [[Optimus Supreme]] was able to destroy Unicron's body, his mind lived on, buried within Megatron, subtly directing him to attack Cybertron and uncover a reservoir of Super Energon beneath the planet's surface. Megatron immersed himself in the powerful liquid and underwent another power boost, once again taking the name of Galvatron. Quickly acquiring control of the planet, he forced the Autobots underground with energon gas and used the planet's Energon Towers to relocate Cybertron to Alpha Q's region of space. Once there, Galvatron once again soaked himself in Super Energon, growing to a colossal height, but as he did so, Unicron's influence totally seized control of his mind and directed him out into space to re-merge with his spark. Optimus Prime forced him into a battle, knowing that Galvatron's hatred of him would force his consciousness to surface again, and when it did, Prime drained Unicron's influence from Galvatron, sealing it within himself.

Enraged by Unicron's manipulations, Galvatron intended to destroy Unicron's spark, but wound up being possessed by it once more. While struggling to fight the control of Unicron, he was confronted by Optimus Prime once again, and rather than fight him, he plunged himself into the foundling sun created by Primus, igniting the star and once again seemingly destroying himself rather than allow Unicron victory.

====Cybertron====
'''Voice actor:''' [[David Kaye]], [[Trevor Devall]] "Fallen" (US), [[Jouji Nakata]] (Japan)

Ten years later, Primus's plan to imprison Unicron's spark at the heart of the sun ultimately failed, leading the star to collapse, creating a [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]] which threatened the existence of Cybertron, and the rest of the universe. Escaping his confinement within the sun, Megatron enhanced his powers by merging his body with the remnants of Unicron's shattered form, increasing his power with the dark god's own.

As the Autobots prepared to evacuate Cybertron in the wake of disasters caused by the black hole, Megatron struck, approaching the unprotected ancient Transformer [[Vector Prime]], and stealing a holographic map containing locations of the [[Cyber Planet Key]]s that could be used to seal the black hole. Operating out of a fiery pocket dimension, Megatron schemed to used the world-shaping power of the Cyber Planet Keys and their focal [[Omega Lock]] to accelerate the universal degeneration created by the black hole, destroying the universe and using the keys to remake it in his own image.

Leaving [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] and [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] to search for the Omega Lock on Earth, Megatron located the resting place of the first Cyber Planet Key on [[Velocitron]], the Speed Planet. Recruiting the native troublemakers [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] and [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] to do his bidding, he deduced that the planet's racing trophy was the key. After failing to defeat planet ruler [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] in a race to learn more, however, he left Ransack and Crumplezone to compete in tournaments and win the trophy and turned his attention to the [[Jungle Planet]], home of the second Cyber Planet Key, where he ingratiated himself with planet ruler [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]]. Both missions ultimately ended in failure, however, when the Autobots acquired the keys.

Attempting to find the third key, Megatron discovered that he had been betrayed by Starscream when the planet map - in reality, a duplicate switched out by Starscream - led him to a dead sector of space and sealed him within a metallic sphere. Scourge was able to liberate him a short time later, but in that time, Starscream had obtained the third Cyber Planet Key, from Earth, for himself, along with the Omega Lock and other keys. Megatron made a beeline for his treacherous lieutenant, but was intercepted by the Autobots [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]], [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] and [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]], who intended to hold him off until the other Autobots could stop Starscream. Starscream's attempts to harness the Earth Key, however, caused a release of its energies which endowed Megatron with a new Cyber Key power - the "Death Machine Gun," which he used to mow down the Autobots in his path.

The Autobots managed to retake the keys from Starscream, but a further attack from Megatron saw the Decepticon leader steal them out from under Optimus Prime's nose and retreat into his pocket dimension. Prime pursued him through the portal and defeated him in a pitched battle, reacquiring the lock and returning to Cybertron. As Megatron attempted to follow him, Vector Prime combined his portal-opening powers with the Cyber Planet Keys and collapsed Megatron's dimension in upon itself, destroying the villain.

This was not to be the end for Megatron, however, as the power of his Unicron armor sustained him as a ghost-like entity composed of pure darkness. In this state, he rematerialised on Cybertron and used Unicron's reformatting powers to upgrade the injured Crumplezone into Dark Crumplezone. As he came under attack from the Autobot [[Leobreaker]], his regeneration completed and his physical body was restored, even as he used the remainder of the lingering darkness to create an evil doppleganger of Leobreaker, [[Nemesis Breaker]], out of the Autobots own dark thoughts. Merging with Nemesis Breaker to form Dark Claw Mode, Megatron battled Optimus Prime and Leobreaker's Savage Claw Mode and made a further play for the Omega Lock, until news of the location of the fourth and final Cyber Planet Key led him to withdraw.

Guided through a spatial warp by the mysterious [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]] to [[Gigantion]], the Giant Planet, home of the final key, Megatron engaged the world's leader, [[Metroplex (Cybertron)|Metroplex]], in battle. Much to his surprise, however, he was utterly defeated in seconds. Consumed with rage, the power of Unicron within his armour reached out and detected the energies of the Giant Planet's Cyber Planet Key, drawing upon them and infusing Megatron's body with them. Attacking the Autobots in a dark, shadowed form, he decimated most of their forces before being confronted by Optimus Prime and completing his transformation - once again, Megatron had become Galvatron.

After taking revenge on Metroplex, Galvatron joined the race to acquire the Giant Play key, which included a rematch the reborn Hot Shot, Red Alert and Scattorshot. Yet again, the Autobots were able to acquire the key, but Galvatron then stole the completed Omega Lock, only to be attacked by Starscream, who battled with Galvatron for possession of the artifact. Galvatron ultimately claimed victory in the battle, with the sheer amount of energy released in the clash actually blasting Starscream into another universe. With the lock and keys now in his hands, Galvatron returned to the Black Hole, where he was confronted and finally defeated by the five planet leaders.

Having had ultimate power torn form his grasp, Galvatron contemplated giving up, but when Starscream's spirit reached out to him and goaded him into continuing his vendetta, he challenged Optimus Prime to one final duel. Battling on Cybertron's moon, Galvatron generated a massive blade of dark energy, which Prime countered with Vector Prime's sword. As the two old enemies charged towards each other in a final strike, Prime impaled Galvatron, whose body crumbled and dissolved as he met his end once and for all.

In a montage sequence at the conclusion of the series, however, Galvatron's evil proved eternal, as, beyond the veil of time and space, his spark battled with that of Vector Prime.

===Dreamwave Comics continuity===
====Armada====
Megatron is the cold, calculating, and above all powerful and dangerous leader of the Decepticons. Despite this, he occasionally rushes into situations without thinking; on one such occasion he was sealed in a security room and tortured nearly to death by [[Leader-1]]. Later, after [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]'s sudden disappearance, he ordered an attack on Autobase, critically wounding [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]] in the process. When [[Unicron]] attacked, Megatron attempted to gain power from the chaos bringer. However, [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]], [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]], and [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]] met him there and blasted him into Unicron in order to avenge Smokescreen's recent near-death experience.

====Energon====
Though his body was meticulously and painfully deconstructed by Unicron's defense systems, his consciousness survived within Unicron's spark core. In secret, he constructed a new body for himself and, after teleporting Optimus Prime into Unicron and convincing him to shut down some sensors, returned to Earth and destroyed [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]]. [[Ironhide (Armada)|Ironhide]] was worried that Megatron would kill him too, but Megatron told him that he wanted him alive so that he could tell everyone that he had returned.<br>
''Unfortunately, Dreamwave went bankrupt before Megatron's intentions could be revealed.''

At an unknown point in time, Megatron ordered [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Snow Cat]], [[Slugslinger (Energon)|Slugslinger]], and [[Sharkticon (Energon)|Sharkticon]] to attack [[Ocean City]]. Each of them failed in various embarassing ways, then lied about it afterward in an attempt to defend their failures.

Megatron

:was not

::amused.

He ''was'', however, impressed with Slugslinger's lie, and in fact promoted him for it.

===Universe===

==Toys==
===Armada===
[[Image:Armada_megatron_toy.jpg|right|thumb|175px|Mmm... Slanty posing.]]
*'''Megatron with Leader-1''' (Ultra, 2002/2003)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''MD-01'''

: Megatron transforms into a green and purple Cybertronic tank. Its turret is able to spin freely and aim up and down. With a Mini-Con, two missiles will flip up, ready to fire with a push of a button. A shoulder contains a "launch pad" for Mini-Cons. The other shoulder has three Mini-Con posts hidden from sight unless one pushes a button. A leg contains a ramp for Mini-Cons, and a claw to ensnare them. The other leg is a holding compartment for Mini-cons, although most are too large to fit inside. One arm can pop out a knife with the help of a Mini-Con. The toy is able to combine with [[Tidal Wave]]. While the American version had a metallic purple face, the Japanese had a plain silver face and more detailed Decepticon symbols.

: This mold was used to make ''[[Universe]]'' [[Megazarak]].

*'''Megatron''' (McDonald's Happy Meal, 2002)
:Megatron is a simplified version of the Ultra toy that could combine with the other McDonald's ''Armada'' Decepticons in vehicle mode.

*'''Galvatron with Clench''' (Ultra, 2003)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''MD-08'''

: Galvatron is a purple and white redeco of the previous Megatron toy. The [[Takara]] release has slight paint-shade difference from the [[Hasbro]] version and a metallic gray face instead of flat black, plus fictionally, he comes with a powered-up version of Leader-1 rather than the separate character Clench.

[[Image:Black_Micron_Megatron.jpg|left|thumb|180px|You are a lucky bastard if you own this.]]
*'''Black Megatron''' (Ultra, 2003)

: For the June 2003 issue of ''Tele-V Magazine''' in Japan, 100 special redecoes of Megatron were given as "Lucky Draw" prizes. This coloration was primarily black with dark olive and purple shades.

*'''Megatron''' (Built to Rule)

===Energon===
[[Image:En_Megatron_toy.jpg|right|thumb|185px|Minty fresh mouthwash laser cannons!]]
*'''Megatron''' (Super, 2004)
:Megatron transforms into a off-white gray and blue Cybertronic jet. Included is a small representation of ''Armada'' Megatron's tank form, which can fire missiles and serve as a hilt for a sword. The transformation includes many springs, and the hyper power involves extending the translucent green parts of its wings. This figure was initially only available at Wal-Mart stores, and saw a wider release shortly after.

*'''Galvatron''' (Ultra, 2004)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''SD-07'''
:This toy is a down-sized version of the Super toy. The features are the same, and the dark and light blue have switched positions, with the white and green a different tint. The electronic lights and sounds were different as well.

*'''Black Galvatron''' (Ultra, 2004)

*'''Megatron''' (European McDonald's Happy Meal, 2004)

*'''Galvatron''' (Super, 2005)
:Galvatron is a purple redeco of the Super toy based on Generation 1 [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]].

*'''Galvatron General''' (Ultra, 2005)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''SD-20'''
:Galvatron General, shortened to Galvatron G, is a some what garish purple redeco of the Ultra toy. It featured an in pack purple Energon sword originally found with [[Cruellock]].

*'''Powerlinx Optimus Prime vs. Megatron''' (Multi-pack, 2005)
:This two pack, released in American Toys "R" Us stores, included the Ultra version of Megatron and the Deluxe version of [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]. This two-pack was the only method to obtain those toys outside of Japan, without importing.

*Unreleased
:A black redeco of the Super mold was planned to be released with Smallest Transformers [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] as a Target exclusive, but was cancelled.

===Cybertron===
[[Image:Cyb_Megatron_toy.jpg|right|thumb|170px|Megatron's Unicron cosplay did not turn out very well.]]
*'''Megatron''' (Leader, 2005)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''GD-01'''
:Megatron transforms into a multi-colored Cybertronic race car and jet. His robot mode design is partially based upon Armada Unicron. Inserting a Cyber Key into his central slot activates a pop-up engine with lights. Inserting a Key into his right slot opens up a panel to access his rotating wheel gun, and inserting a Key into his left slot detaches the Unicron spins melee weapon. The Japanese version of this figure uses different paint applications and a significantly lighter purple than the American version released months later.

*'''Megatron''' (Legends of Cybertron, 2005)
:Megatron is a simplified version of the Leader toy. It can only transform into the car mode.

*'''Megatron''' (Burger King, 2005)
:Burger King's Megatron is very simplified version of the Leader toy that could only transform into the jet mode.

[[Image:Cyb_Galvatron_toy.jpg|left|thumb|175px|"It wasn't ever this bad when Megatron was in command." "You mean Galvatron!" "Well, they were the same guy..."]]
*'''Galvatron''' (Leader, 2005)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''GD-14'''
:Galvatron is a silver and black redeco of Cybertron Megatron. The colour scheme is based upon [[Megatron_(G1)|G1 Megatron]]. All other functions remain the same.

The Japanese version uses yellow details while the American uses gold.

*'''Galvatron''' (Legends of Cybertron, 2006)
:Galvatron is a black and silver redeco of the Legends of Cybertron toy.

*'''Megatron''' (Deluxe, 2006)
:A green redeco of ''Beast Wars 10th Anniversary'' [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]. This toy transforms into a ''Tyrannosaurus rex''. Inside its tail was a missile launcher that was revealed when a Cyber Key was inserted into the slot.

===Attacktix===
*'''Megatron''' (Intergalactic Showdoen, 2006)
:''Attacktix ID number'': '''SVT066'''

*'''Megatron''' (Ultimate Battle, 2006)
:''Attacktix ID number'': '''TF16'''

*'''Megatron (Vehicle)''' (Booster, 2006)
:''Attacktix ID number'': '''TF17'''

*'''Galvatron''' (Battle Case, Unreleased)
:''Attacktix ID number'': '''TF23'''

*'''Galvatron''' (Booster, 2007)

===Merchandise===
*Super Figure Collection Micron Legend Megatron (normal)
*Super Figure Collection Micron Legend Megatron (Cybertronian)
*Mega SFC Micron Legend Micron Megatron

==Trivia==
[[Image:Concept-ArmadaMegatron.jpg|thumb|right|200px|SWEET MONKEY JESUS!!!!]]

* A conceptual drawing in the ''[[Micron Legend Yearbook 2003]]'' showed Armada Megatron as originally being more weapon-laden and certifiably able to '''kill you to death'''.

* A different development sketch in the ''Yearbook'' revealed that "Gigatron" was one of Armada Megatron's working names.

* According to [[Aaron Archer]] as ORSON on the now-defunct "Orson's World" forum at [http://www.tfw2005.com TFW2005.com], Armada Megatron's "antlers" were part of an aborted Mini-Con grabber gimmick. The gimmick didn't make it, but the antlers remained.

* Also according to Archer, the chin on Armada Megatron is supposed to look like a pair of fangs to play up the character's evil nature. How well this was actually pulled off in the final sculpt is debatable.

* When a fan asked him why ''Energon'' Megatron was not named Galvatron, owing to continuity with the ''Armada'' series and the obvious visual homage in the figure's design, Archer explained that it was due to Hasbro needing to protect their trademarks, as well as Megatron being a more recognisable (and thus marketable) product name. He added that he personally wanted to call the toy '''Galvatron Imperius'''.

* According to the [[Transformers (Melbourne House)|''Armada'' Playstation 2 game]] instruction booklet, Megatron's ''Armada'' body has the following statistics:
:Height: 22' 11" (8' 3" vehicle mode)
:Weight: 106,925 lbs
:Power: 1,600 hp
:Vehicle top speed: 50mph

* During his stint on the Armada comic, it seems [[Pat Lee]] may have been referring to the Hasbro stock photo of Megatron (shown above in the toy section), as he consistently draws Megatron's feet as being flipped with the "grates" from the tops of the feet facing forward.

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/2002/Decepticon/Megatron/megatron.htm Megatron at TFU.info]
* [http://s33.photobucket.com/albums/d75/binalternator/unreleased/megatron_soundwave/ Energon Megatron redeco with Smallest Transformers Soundwave gallery]

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Megatron (Armada)

2007-05-17T01:53:53Z

66.168.42.82: /* Energon */

{{disambig3|Megatron}}

: ''Megatron is a [[Decepticon]] character in the [[Unicron Trilogy]]. When in his powered-up form, is known as '''Galvatron'''.''

[[Image:Megatronut.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Megatron, Decepticon leader. Shops for headgear with the big, bad Beetleborgs.]]

'''Megatron''' is not content with conquest of [[Cybertron_(planet)|Cybertron]]. When he learns of some power greater than his own, he does not attempt to merely defeat it. He will subjugate it, bend it to his will, carve up its corpse and integrate its power into himself. He is a monster. Megatron tempers this barbarism with regal militaristic formality. He calls his closest troops "gentlemen." He speaks politely and intelligently. He makes it perfectly clear that he is completely cognizant of his madness.

Megatron's only weakness is his obsession with [[Optimus_Prime_(UT)|Optimus Prime]]. No matter how much power he attains, his final, glorious battle must be against him. On the occasions Prime has seemingly been destroyed, Megatron has sunk into a deep depression. Once Optimus Prime is gone, there may be no further challenges in this universe.

''Japanese name:'' '''Galvatron''' (''Energon''), '''Master Megatron/Master Galvatron''' (''Cybertron'')

==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===

====Armada====

'''Voice actor:''' [[David Kaye]] (US), [[Kiyoyuki Yanada]] (Japan)

Megatron led his Decepticons to Earth in the year 2010, in pursuit of the small race of power-enhancing Transformers known as [[Mini-Cons]]. Establishing a base in the ruined hulk of the Mini-Con ship on Earth's moon, Megatron waged a generally successful campaign against the Autobots, regularly capturing Mini-Cons and successfully combining the first two Mini-Con weapons, the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]] and the [[Skyboom (Armada)|Skyboom Shield]]. Through the machinations of his tactician, [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] (who was at the time indirectly being manipulated by [[Unicron]]), Megatron then acquired the final weapon, the [[Requiem Blaster]], which was with the other two served to power the newly-built [[Hydra Cannon]]. The destructive force of his new weapon was unleashed against Earth, but [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] took the blast to save the planet, killing himself in the process.

Prime's death plunged Megatron into a deep depression, having lost his greatest opponent without the chance to finish him with his own hands. Thankfully for all concerned, the Mini-Cons were able to resurrect Optimus, restoring Megatron to his former self - but he soon underwent another change that allowed him to surpass all he had been, when he was among the Transformers who had their powers boosted by their Mini-Cons. Renaming himself "Galvatron," he returned to Cybertron with a renewed vigour for conquest. However, the emergence of the threat of Unicron was ignored by Galvatron, forcing his lieutenant [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] to sacrifice himself to make his leader see the truth, and Galvatron again came to fear the end of his war in the face of Unicron's power. Galvatron entered Unicron's body along with Optimus Prime, and was absorbed into the demi-god's body and mind, but when the Autobots' human allies freed the Mini-Cons from Unicron's thrall, Galvatron too was freed. Believing the threat of Unicron to be over, he challenged Prime to a final duel. However, the energies released in the battle reawakened Unicron, and Galvatron saw that the only way to end the circle was to destroy himself - sacrificing his life rather than live in an era of peace, Galvatron plunged himself into Unicron's maw, and in a flash, the two seemingly ceased to exist.

====Energon====

'''Voice actor:''' [[David Kaye]], [[Richard Newman]] Episode 14 (US), [[Junichi Endô]] (Japan)

Although he was believed dead by both the Autobots and Decepticons, Megatron, like Unicron, had survived the final battle, his body now a decayed husk, absorbed into the equally damaged body of Unicron, where it lay for ten years. When the being called [[Alpha Q]] began his plan to re-energise Unicron, Megatron saw his opportunity, syphoning off some of the [[energon]] that Alpha Q's [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]] stole, working towards his own rebirth. To turn the Decepticons to his side, Alpha Q forged a sword from Megatron's [[spark]], but when an enraged [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] stabbed Megatron's corpse with the blade, Megatron was born anew. Taking the sword for his own, he proceeded to take over Unicron's body, sending Alpha Q fleeing in Unicron's head, and restarted his campaign against Earth and the Autobots, seeking energon to reactivate Unicron, who he would use as the ultimate weapon.

Megatron eventually succeeded in bringing Unicron to the vicinity of Cybertron and transforming the planet-eater to robot mode. However, in an attempt to stop him, Alpha Q rammed Unicron's head, charged with the positive energon of Earth, into Unicron's body. The resultant reaction between Earth's energon and the negatively-charged energon that powered Unicron tore a rupture in reality that led to a new region of space where Alpha Q recreated all the planets Unicron had consumed. Megatron immediately saw these new worlds as targets to acquire more energon, and after another series of attacks, Megatron successfully amassed enough to fully reanimate Unicron. However, the chaos-bringer's consciousness invaded Megatron's body, taking over his mind.

Although [[Optimus Supreme]] was able to destroy Unicron's body, his mind lived on, buried within Megatron, subtly directing him to attack Cybertron and uncover a reservoir of Super Energon beneath the planet's surface. Megatron immersed himself in the powerful liquid and underwent another power boost, once again taking the name of Galvatron. Quickly acquiring control of the planet, he forced the Autobots underground with energon gas and used the planet's Energon Towers to relocate Cybertron to Alpha Q's region of space. Once there, Galvatron once again soaked himself in Super Energon, growing to a colossal height, but as he did so, Unicron's influence totally seized control of his mind and directed him out into space to re-merge with his spark. Optimus Prime forced him into a battle, knowing that Galvatron's hatred of him would force his consciousness to surface again, and when it did, Prime drained Unicron's influence from Galvatron, sealing it within himself.

Enraged by Unicron's manipulations, Galvatron intended to destroy Unicron's spark, but wound up being possessed by it once more. While struggling to fight the control of Unicron, he was confronted by Optimus Prime once again, and rather than fight him, he plunged himself into the foundling sun created by Primus, igniting the star and once again seemingly destroying himself rather than allow Unicron victory.

====Cybertron====
'''Voice actor:''' [[David Kaye]], [[Trevor Devall]] "Fallen" (US), [[Jouji Nakata]] (Japan)

Ten years later, Primus's plan to imprison Unicron's spark at the heart of the sun ultimately failed, leading the star to collapse, creating a [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]] which threatened the existence of Cybertron, and the rest of the universe. Escaping his confinement within the sun, Megatron enhanced his powers by merging his body with the remnants of Unicron's shattered form, increasing his power with the dark god's own.

As the Autobots prepared to evacuate Cybertron in the wake of disasters caused by the black hole, Megatron struck, approaching the unprotected ancient Transformer [[Vector Prime]], and stealing a holographic map containing locations of the [[Cyber Planet Key]]s that could be used to seal the black hole. Operating out of a fiery pocket dimension, Megatron schemed to used the world-shaping power of the Cyber Planet Keys and their focal [[Omega Lock]] to accelerate the universal degeneration created by the black hole, destroying the universe and using the keys to remake it in his own image.

Leaving [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] and [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] to search for the Omega Lock on Earth, Megatron located the resting place of the first Cyber Planet Key on [[Velocitron]], the Speed Planet. Recruiting the native troublemakers [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] and [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] to do his bidding, he deduced that the planet's racing trophy was the key. After failing to defeat planet ruler [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] in a race to learn more, however, he left Ransack and Crumplezone to compete in tournaments and win the trophy and turned his attention to the [[Jungle Planet]], home of the second Cyber Planet Key, where he ingratiated himself with planet ruler [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]]. Both missions ultimately ended in failure, however, when the Autobots acquired the keys.

Attempting to find the third key, Megatron discovered that he had been betrayed by Starscream when the planet map - in reality, a duplicate switched out by Starscream - led him to a dead sector of space and sealed him within a metallic sphere. Scourge was able to liberate him a short time later, but in that time, Starscream had obtained the third Cyber Planet Key, from Earth, for himself, along with the Omega Lock and other keys. Megatron made a beeline for his treacherous lieutenant, but was intercepted by the Autobots [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]], [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] and [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]], who intended to hold him off until the other Autobots could stop Starscream. Starscream's attempts to harness the Earth Key, however, caused a release of its energies which endowed Megatron with a new Cyber Key power - the "Death Machine Gun," which he used to mow down the Autobots in his path.

The Autobots managed to retake the keys from Starscream, but a further attack from Megatron saw the Decepticon leader steal them out from under Optimus Prime's nose and retreat into his pocket dimension. Prime pursued him through the portal and defeated him in a pitched battle, reacquiring the lock and returning to Cybertron. As Megatron attempted to follow him, Vector Prime combined his portal-opening powers with the Cyber Planet Keys and collapsed Megatron's dimension in upon itself, destroying the villain.

This was not to be the end for Megatron, however, as the power of his Unicron armor sustained him as a ghost-like entity composed of pure darkness. In this state, he rematerialised on Cybertron and used Unicron's reformatting powers to upgrade the injured Crumplezone into Dark Crumplezone. As he came under attack from the Autobot [[Leobreaker]], his regeneration completed and his physical body was restored, even as he used the remainder of the lingering darkness to create an evil doppleganger of Leobreaker, [[Nemesis Breaker]], out of the Autobots own dark thoughts. Merging with Nemesis Breaker to form Dark Claw Mode, Megatron battled Optimus Prime and Leobreaker's Savage Claw Mode and made a further play for the Omega Lock, until news of the location of the fourth and final Cyber Planet Key led him to withdraw.

Guided through a spatial warp by the mysterious [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]] to [[Gigantion]], the Giant Planet, home of the final key, Megatron engaged the world's leader, [[Metroplex (Cybertron)|Metroplex]], in battle. Much to his surprise, however, he was utterly defeated in seconds. Consumed with rage, the power of Unicron within his armour reached out and detected the energies of the Giant Planet's Cyber Planet Key, drawing upon them and infusing Megatron's body with them. Attacking the Autobots in a dark, shadowed form, he decimated most of their forces before being confronted by Optimus Prime and completing his transformation - once again, Megatron had become Galvatron.

After taking revenge on Metroplex, Galvatron joined the race to acquire the Giant Play key, which included a rematch the reborn Hot Shot, Red Alert and Scattorshot. Yet again, the Autobots were able to acquire the key, but Galvatron then stole the completed Omega Lock, only to be attacked by Starscream, who battled with Galvatron for possession of the artifact. Galvatron ultimately claimed victory in the battle, with the sheer amount of energy released in the clash actually blasting Starscream into another universe. With the lock and keys now in his hands, Galvatron returned to the Black Hole, where he was confronted and finally defeated by the five planet leaders.

Having had ultimate power torn form his grasp, Galvatron contemplated giving up, but when Starscream's spirit reached out to him and goaded him into continuing his vendetta, he challenged Optimus Prime to one final duel. Battling on Cybertron's moon, Galvatron generated a massive blade of dark energy, which Prime countered with Vector Prime's sword. As the two old enemies charged towards each other in a final strike, Prime impaled Galvatron, whose body crumbled and dissolved as he met his end once and for all.

In a montage sequence at the conclusion of the series, however, Galvatron's evil proved eternal, as, beyond the veil of time and space, his spark battled with that of Vector Prime.

===Dreamwave Comics continuity===
====Armada====
Megatron is the cold, calculating, and above all powerful and dangerous leader of the Decepticons. Despite this, he occasionally rushes into situations without thinking; on one such occasion he was sealed in a security room and tortured nearly to death by [[Leader-1]]. Later, after [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]'s sudden disappearance, he ordered an attack on Autobase, critically wounding [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]] in the process. When [[Unicron]] attacked, Megatron attempted to gain power from the chaos bringer. However, [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]], [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]], and [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]] met him there and blasted him into Unicron in order to avenge Smokescreen's recent near-death experience.

====Energon====
Though his body was meticulously and painfully deconstructed by Unicron's defense systems, his consciousness survived within Unicron's spark core. In secret, he constructed a new body for himself and, after teleporting Optimus Prime into Unicron and convincing him to shut down some sensors, returned to Earth and destroyed [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]]. [[Ironhide (Armada)|Ironhide]] was worried that Megatron would kill him too, but Megatron told him that he wanted him alive so that he could tell everyone that he had returned.<br>
''Unfortunately, Dreamwave went bankrupt before Megatron's intentions could be revealed.''

At an unknown point in time, Megatron ordered [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Snow Cat]], [[Slugslinger (Energon)|Slugslinger]], and [[Sharkticon (Energon)|Sharkticon]] to attack [[Ocean City]]. Each of them failed in various embarassing ways, then lied about it afterward in an attempt to defend their failures.

Megatron

:was not

::amused.

He ''was'', however, impressed with Slugslinger's lie, and in fact promoted him for it.

===Universe===

==Toys==
===Armada===
[[Image:Armada_megatron_toy.jpg|right|thumb|175px|Mmm... Slanty posing.]]
*'''Megatron with Leader-1''' (Ultra, 2002/2003)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''MD-01'''

: Megatron transforms into a green and purple Cybertronic tank. Its turret is able to spin freely and aim up and down. With a Mini-Con, two missiles will flip up, ready to fire with a push of a button. A shoulder contains a "launch pad" for Mini-Cons. The other shoulder has three Mini-Con posts hidden from sight unless one pushes a button. A leg contains a ramp for Mini-Cons, and a claw to ensnare them. The other leg is a holding compartment for Mini-cons, although most are too large to fit inside. One arm can pop out a knife with the help of a Mini-Con. The toy is able to combine with [[Tidal Wave]]. While the American version had a metallic purple face, the Japanese had a plain silver face and more detailed Decepticon symbols.

: This mold was used to make ''[[Universe]]'' [[Megazarak]].

*'''Megatron''' (McDonald's Happy Meal, 2002)
:Megatron is a simplified version of the Ultra toy that could combine with the other McDonald's ''Armada'' Decepticons in vehicle mode.

*'''Galvatron with Clench''' (Ultra, 2003)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''MD-08'''

: Galvatron is a purple and white redeco of the previous Megatron toy. The [[Takara]] release has slight paint-shade difference from the [[Hasbro]] version and a metallic gray face instead of flat black, plus fictionally, he comes with a powered-up version of Leader-1 rather than the separate character Clench.

[[Image:Black_Micron_Megatron.jpg|left|thumb|180px|You are a lucky bastard if you own this.]]
*'''Black Megatron''' (Ultra, 2003)

: For the June 2003 issue of ''Tele-V Magazine''' in Japan, 100 special redecoes of Megatron were given as "Lucky Draw" prizes. This coloration was primarily black with dark olive and purple shades.

*'''Megatron''' (Built to Rule)

===Energon===
[[Image:En_Megatron_toy.jpg|right|thumb|185px|Minty fresh mouthwash laser cannons!]]
*'''Megatron''' (Super, 2004)
:Megatron transforms into a off-white gray and blue Cybertronic jet. Included is a small representation of ''Armada'' Megatron's tank form, which can fire missiles and serve as a hilt for a sword. The transformation includes many springs, and the hyper power involves extending the translucent green parts of its wings. This figure was initially only available at Wal-Mart stores, and saw a wider release shortly after.

*'''Galvatron''' (Ultra, 2004)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''SD-07'''
:This toy is a down-sized version of the Super toy. The features are the same, and the dark and light blue have switched positions, with the white and green a different tint. The electronic lights and sounds were different as well.

*'''Black Galvatron''' (Ultra, 2004)

*'''Megatron''' (European McDonald's Happy Meal, 2004)

*'''Galvatron''' (Super, 2005)
:Galvatron is a purple redeco of the Super toy based on Generation 1 [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]].

*'''Galvatron General''' (Ultra, 2005)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''SD-20'''
:Galvatron General, shortened to Galvatron G, is a some what garish purple redeco of the Ultra toy. It featured an in pack purple Energon sword originally found with [[Cruellock]].

*'''Powerlinx Optimus Prime vs. Megatron''' (Multi-pack, 2005)
:This two pack, released in American Toys "R" Us stores, included the Ultra version of Megatron and the Deluxe version of [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]. This two-pack was the only method to obtain those toys outside of Japan, without importing.

*Unreleased
:A black redeco of the Super mold was planned to be released with Smallest Transformers [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] as a Target exclusive, but was cancelled.

===Cybertron===
[[Image:Cyb_Megatron_toy.jpg|right|thumb|170px|Megatron's Unicron cosplay did not turn out very well.]]
*'''Megatron''' (Leader, 2005)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''GD-01'''
:Megatron transforms into a multi-colored Cybertronic race car and jet. His robot mode design is partially based upon Armada Unicron. Inserting a Cyber Key into his central slot activates a pop-up engine with lights. Inserting a Key into his right slot opens up a panel to access his rotating wheel gun, and inserting a Key into his left slot detaches the Unicron spins melee weapon.

*'''Megatron''' (Legends of Cybertron, 2005)
:Megatron is a simplified version of the Leader toy. It can only transform into the car mode.

*'''Megatron''' (Burger King, 2005)
:Burger King's Megatron is very simplified version of the Leader toy that could only transform into the jet mode.

[[Image:Cyb_Galvatron_toy.jpg|left|thumb|175px|"It wasn't ever this bad when Megatron was in command." "You mean Galvatron!" "Well, they were the same guy..."]]
*'''Galvatron''' (Leader, 2005)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''GD-14'''
:Galvatron is a silver and black redeco of Cybertron Megatron. The colour scheme is based upon [[Megatron_(G1)|G1 Megatron]]. All other functions remain the same.

Initial versions of the US release has yellow paint applications like the japanese version, but this was soon replaced by a metallic gold paint.

*'''Galvatron''' (Legends of Cybertron, 2006)
:Galvatron is a black and silver redeco of the Legends of Cybertron toy.

*'''Megatron''' (Deluxe, 2006)
:A green redeco of ''Beast Wars 10th Anniversary'' [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]. This toy transforms into a ''Tyrannosaurus rex''. Inside its tail was a missile launcher that was revealed when a Cyber Key was inserted into the slot.

===Attacktix===
*'''Megatron''' (Intergalactic Showdoen, 2006)
:''Attacktix ID number'': '''SVT066'''

*'''Megatron''' (Ultimate Battle, 2006)
:''Attacktix ID number'': '''TF16'''

*'''Megatron (Vehicle)''' (Booster, 2006)
:''Attacktix ID number'': '''TF17'''

*'''Galvatron''' (Battle Case, Unreleased)
:''Attacktix ID number'': '''TF23'''

*'''Galvatron''' (Booster, 2007)

===Merchandise===
*Super Figure Collection Micron Legend Megatron (normal)
*Super Figure Collection Micron Legend Megatron (Cybertronian)
*Mega SFC Micron Legend Micron Megatron

==Trivia==
[[Image:Concept-ArmadaMegatron.jpg|thumb|right|200px|SWEET MONKEY JESUS!!!!]]

* A conceptual drawing in the ''[[Micron Legend Yearbook 2003]]'' showed Armada Megatron as originally being more weapon-laden and certifiably able to '''kill you to death'''.

* A different development sketch in the ''Yearbook'' revealed that "Gigatron" was one of Armada Megatron's working names.

* According to [[Aaron Archer]] as ORSON on the now-defunct "Orson's World" forum at [http://www.tfw2005.com TFW2005.com], Armada Megatron's "antlers" were part of an aborted Mini-Con grabber gimmick. The gimmick didn't make it, but the antlers remained.

* Also according to Archer, the chin on Armada Megatron is supposed to look like a pair of fangs to play up the character's evil nature. How well this was actually pulled off in the final sculpt is debatable.

* When a fan asked him why ''Energon'' Megatron was not named Galvatron, owing to continuity with the ''Armada'' series and the obvious visual homage in the figure's design, Archer explained that it was due to Hasbro needing to protect their trademarks, as well as Megatron being a more recognisable (and thus marketable) product name. He added that he personally wanted to call the toy '''Galvatron Imperius'''.

* According to the [[Transformers (Melbourne House)|''Armada'' Playstation 2 game]] instruction booklet, Megatron's ''Armada'' body has the following statistics:
:Height: 22' 11" (8' 3" vehicle mode)
:Weight: 106,925 lbs
:Power: 1,600 hp
:Vehicle top speed: 50mph

* During his stint on the Armada comic, it seems [[Pat Lee]] may have been referring to the Hasbro stock photo of Megatron (shown above in the toy section), as he consistently draws Megatron's feet as being flipped with the "grates" from the tops of the feet facing forward.

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/2002/Decepticon/Megatron/megatron.htm Megatron at TFU.info]
* [http://s33.photobucket.com/albums/d75/binalternator/unreleased/megatron_soundwave/ Energon Megatron redeco with Smallest Transformers Soundwave gallery]

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Megatron (Armada)

2007-05-17T01:49:12Z

66.168.42.82: /* Armada */

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: ''Megatron is a [[Decepticon]] character in the [[Unicron Trilogy]]. When in his powered-up form, is known as '''Galvatron'''.''

[[Image:Megatronut.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Megatron, Decepticon leader. Shops for headgear with the big, bad Beetleborgs.]]

'''Megatron''' is not content with conquest of [[Cybertron_(planet)|Cybertron]]. When he learns of some power greater than his own, he does not attempt to merely defeat it. He will subjugate it, bend it to his will, carve up its corpse and integrate its power into himself. He is a monster. Megatron tempers this barbarism with regal militaristic formality. He calls his closest troops "gentlemen." He speaks politely and intelligently. He makes it perfectly clear that he is completely cognizant of his madness.

Megatron's only weakness is his obsession with [[Optimus_Prime_(UT)|Optimus Prime]]. No matter how much power he attains, his final, glorious battle must be against him. On the occasions Prime has seemingly been destroyed, Megatron has sunk into a deep depression. Once Optimus Prime is gone, there may be no further challenges in this universe.

''Japanese name:'' '''Galvatron''' (''Energon''), '''Master Megatron/Master Galvatron''' (''Cybertron'')

==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===

====Armada====

'''Voice actor:''' [[David Kaye]] (US), [[Kiyoyuki Yanada]] (Japan)

Megatron led his Decepticons to Earth in the year 2010, in pursuit of the small race of power-enhancing Transformers known as [[Mini-Cons]]. Establishing a base in the ruined hulk of the Mini-Con ship on Earth's moon, Megatron waged a generally successful campaign against the Autobots, regularly capturing Mini-Cons and successfully combining the first two Mini-Con weapons, the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]] and the [[Skyboom (Armada)|Skyboom Shield]]. Through the machinations of his tactician, [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] (who was at the time indirectly being manipulated by [[Unicron]]), Megatron then acquired the final weapon, the [[Requiem Blaster]], which was with the other two served to power the newly-built [[Hydra Cannon]]. The destructive force of his new weapon was unleashed against Earth, but [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] took the blast to save the planet, killing himself in the process.

Prime's death plunged Megatron into a deep depression, having lost his greatest opponent without the chance to finish him with his own hands. Thankfully for all concerned, the Mini-Cons were able to resurrect Optimus, restoring Megatron to his former self - but he soon underwent another change that allowed him to surpass all he had been, when he was among the Transformers who had their powers boosted by their Mini-Cons. Renaming himself "Galvatron," he returned to Cybertron with a renewed vigour for conquest. However, the emergence of the threat of Unicron was ignored by Galvatron, forcing his lieutenant [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] to sacrifice himself to make his leader see the truth, and Galvatron again came to fear the end of his war in the face of Unicron's power. Galvatron entered Unicron's body along with Optimus Prime, and was absorbed into the demi-god's body and mind, but when the Autobots' human allies freed the Mini-Cons from Unicron's thrall, Galvatron too was freed. Believing the threat of Unicron to be over, he challenged Prime to a final duel. However, the energies released in the battle reawakened Unicron, and Galvatron saw that the only way to end the circle was to destroy himself - sacrificing his life rather than live in an era of peace, Galvatron plunged himself into Unicron's maw, and in a flash, the two seemingly ceased to exist.

====Energon====

'''Voice actor:''' [[David Kaye]], [[Richard Newman]] Episode 14 (US), [[Junichi Endô]] (Japan)

Although he was believed dead by both the Autobots and Decepticons, Megatron, like Unicron, had survived the final battle, his body now a decayed husk, absorbed into the equally damaged body of Unicron, where it lay for ten years. When the being called [[Alpha Q]] began his plan to re-energise Unicron, Megatron saw his opportunity, syphoning off some of the [[energon]] that Alpha Q's [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]] stole, working towards his own rebirth. To turn the Decepticons to his side, Alpha Q forged a sword from Megatron's [[spark]], but when an enraged [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] stabbed Megatron's corpse with the blade, Megatron was born anew. Taking the sword for his own, he proceeded to take over Unicron's body, sending Alpha Q fleeing in Unicron's head, and restarted his campaign against Earth and the Autobots, seeking energon to reactivate Unicron, who he would use as the ultimate weapon.

Megatron eventually succeeded in bringing Unicron to the vicinity of Cybertron and transforming the planet-eater to robot mode. However, in an attempt to stop him, Alpha Q rammed Unicron's head, charged with the positive energon of Earth, into Unicron's body. The resultant reaction between Earth's energon and the negatively-charged energon that powered Unicron tore a rupture in reality that led to a new region of space where Alpha Q recreated all the planets Unicron had consumed. Megatron immediately saw these new worlds as targets to acquire more energon, and after another series of attacks, Megatron successfully amassed enough to fully reanimate Unicron. However, the chaos-bringer's consciousness invaded Megatron's body, taking over his mind.

Although [[Optimus Supreme]] was able to destroy Unicron's body, his mind lived on, buried within Megatron, subtly directing him to attack Cybertron and uncover a reservoir of Super Energon beneath the planet's surface. Megatron immersed himself in the powerful liquid and underwent another power boost, once again taking the name of Galvatron. Quickly acquiring control of the planet, he forced the Autobots underground with energon gas and used the planet's Energon Towers to relocate Cybertron to Alpha Q's region of space. Once there, Galvatron once again soaked himself in Super Energon, growing to a colossal height, but as he did so, Unicron's influence totally seized control of his mind and directed him out into space to re-merge with his spark. Optimus Prime forced him into a battle, knowing that Galvatron's hatred of him would force his consciousness to surface again, and when it did, Prime drained Unicron's influence from Galvatron, sealing it within himself.

Enraged by Unicron's manipulations, Galvatron intended to destroy Unicron's spark, but wound up being possessed by it once more. While struggling to fight the control of Unicron, he was confronted by Optimus Prime once again, and rather than fight him, he plunged himself into the foundling sun created by Primus, igniting the star and once again seemingly destroying himself rather than allow Unicron victory.

====Cybertron====
'''Voice actor:''' [[David Kaye]], [[Trevor Devall]] "Fallen" (US), [[Jouji Nakata]] (Japan)

Ten years later, Primus's plan to imprison Unicron's spark at the heart of the sun ultimately failed, leading the star to collapse, creating a [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]] which threatened the existence of Cybertron, and the rest of the universe. Escaping his confinement within the sun, Megatron enhanced his powers by merging his body with the remnants of Unicron's shattered form, increasing his power with the dark god's own.

As the Autobots prepared to evacuate Cybertron in the wake of disasters caused by the black hole, Megatron struck, approaching the unprotected ancient Transformer [[Vector Prime]], and stealing a holographic map containing locations of the [[Cyber Planet Key]]s that could be used to seal the black hole. Operating out of a fiery pocket dimension, Megatron schemed to used the world-shaping power of the Cyber Planet Keys and their focal [[Omega Lock]] to accelerate the universal degeneration created by the black hole, destroying the universe and using the keys to remake it in his own image.

Leaving [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] and [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] to search for the Omega Lock on Earth, Megatron located the resting place of the first Cyber Planet Key on [[Velocitron]], the Speed Planet. Recruiting the native troublemakers [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] and [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] to do his bidding, he deduced that the planet's racing trophy was the key. After failing to defeat planet ruler [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] in a race to learn more, however, he left Ransack and Crumplezone to compete in tournaments and win the trophy and turned his attention to the [[Jungle Planet]], home of the second Cyber Planet Key, where he ingratiated himself with planet ruler [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]]. Both missions ultimately ended in failure, however, when the Autobots acquired the keys.

Attempting to find the third key, Megatron discovered that he had been betrayed by Starscream when the planet map - in reality, a duplicate switched out by Starscream - led him to a dead sector of space and sealed him within a metallic sphere. Scourge was able to liberate him a short time later, but in that time, Starscream had obtained the third Cyber Planet Key, from Earth, for himself, along with the Omega Lock and other keys. Megatron made a beeline for his treacherous lieutenant, but was intercepted by the Autobots [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]], [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] and [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]], who intended to hold him off until the other Autobots could stop Starscream. Starscream's attempts to harness the Earth Key, however, caused a release of its energies which endowed Megatron with a new Cyber Key power - the "Death Machine Gun," which he used to mow down the Autobots in his path.

The Autobots managed to retake the keys from Starscream, but a further attack from Megatron saw the Decepticon leader steal them out from under Optimus Prime's nose and retreat into his pocket dimension. Prime pursued him through the portal and defeated him in a pitched battle, reacquiring the lock and returning to Cybertron. As Megatron attempted to follow him, Vector Prime combined his portal-opening powers with the Cyber Planet Keys and collapsed Megatron's dimension in upon itself, destroying the villain.

This was not to be the end for Megatron, however, as the power of his Unicron armor sustained him as a ghost-like entity composed of pure darkness. In this state, he rematerialised on Cybertron and used Unicron's reformatting powers to upgrade the injured Crumplezone into Dark Crumplezone. As he came under attack from the Autobot [[Leobreaker]], his regeneration completed and his physical body was restored, even as he used the remainder of the lingering darkness to create an evil doppleganger of Leobreaker, [[Nemesis Breaker]], out of the Autobots own dark thoughts. Merging with Nemesis Breaker to form Dark Claw Mode, Megatron battled Optimus Prime and Leobreaker's Savage Claw Mode and made a further play for the Omega Lock, until news of the location of the fourth and final Cyber Planet Key led him to withdraw.

Guided through a spatial warp by the mysterious [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]] to [[Gigantion]], the Giant Planet, home of the final key, Megatron engaged the world's leader, [[Metroplex (Cybertron)|Metroplex]], in battle. Much to his surprise, however, he was utterly defeated in seconds. Consumed with rage, the power of Unicron within his armour reached out and detected the energies of the Giant Planet's Cyber Planet Key, drawing upon them and infusing Megatron's body with them. Attacking the Autobots in a dark, shadowed form, he decimated most of their forces before being confronted by Optimus Prime and completing his transformation - once again, Megatron had become Galvatron.

After taking revenge on Metroplex, Galvatron joined the race to acquire the Giant Play key, which included a rematch the reborn Hot Shot, Red Alert and Scattorshot. Yet again, the Autobots were able to acquire the key, but Galvatron then stole the completed Omega Lock, only to be attacked by Starscream, who battled with Galvatron for possession of the artifact. Galvatron ultimately claimed victory in the battle, with the sheer amount of energy released in the clash actually blasting Starscream into another universe. With the lock and keys now in his hands, Galvatron returned to the Black Hole, where he was confronted and finally defeated by the five planet leaders.

Having had ultimate power torn form his grasp, Galvatron contemplated giving up, but when Starscream's spirit reached out to him and goaded him into continuing his vendetta, he challenged Optimus Prime to one final duel. Battling on Cybertron's moon, Galvatron generated a massive blade of dark energy, which Prime countered with Vector Prime's sword. As the two old enemies charged towards each other in a final strike, Prime impaled Galvatron, whose body crumbled and dissolved as he met his end once and for all.

In a montage sequence at the conclusion of the series, however, Galvatron's evil proved eternal, as, beyond the veil of time and space, his spark battled with that of Vector Prime.

===Dreamwave Comics continuity===
====Armada====
Megatron is the cold, calculating, and above all powerful and dangerous leader of the Decepticons. Despite this, he occasionally rushes into situations without thinking; on one such occasion he was sealed in a security room and tortured nearly to death by [[Leader-1]]. Later, after [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]'s sudden disappearance, he ordered an attack on Autobase, critically wounding [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]] in the process. When [[Unicron]] attacked, Megatron attempted to gain power from the chaos bringer. However, [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]], [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]], and [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]] met him there and blasted him into Unicron in order to avenge Smokescreen's recent near-death experience.

====Energon====
Though his body was meticulously and painfully deconstructed by Unicron's defense systems, his consciousness survived within Unicron's spark core. In secret, he constructed a new body for himself and, after teleporting Optimus Prime into Unicron and convincing him to shut down some sensors, returned to Earth and destroyed [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]]. [[Ironhide (Armada)|Ironhide]] was worried that Megatron would kill him too, but Megatron told him that he wanted him alive so that he could tell everyone that he had returned.<br>
''Unfortunately, Dreamwave went bankrupt before Megatron's intentions could be revealed.''

At an unknown point in time, Megatron ordered [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Snow Cat]], [[Slugslinger (Energon)|Slugslinger]], and [[Sharkticon (Energon)|Sharkticon]] to attack [[Ocean City]]. Each of them failed in various embarassing ways, then lied about it afterward in an attempt to defend their failures.

Megatron

:was not

::amused.

He ''was'', however, impressed with Slugslinger's lie, and in fact promoted him for it.

===Universe===

==Toys==
===Armada===
[[Image:Armada_megatron_toy.jpg|right|thumb|175px|Mmm... Slanty posing.]]
*'''Megatron with Leader-1''' (Ultra, 2002/2003)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''MD-01'''

: Megatron transforms into a green and purple Cybertronic tank. Its turret is able to spin freely and aim up and down. With a Mini-Con, two missiles will flip up, ready to fire with a push of a button. A shoulder contains a "launch pad" for Mini-Cons. The other shoulder has three Mini-Con posts hidden from sight unless one pushes a button. A leg contains a ramp for Mini-Cons, and a claw to ensnare them. The other leg is a holding compartment for Mini-cons, although most are too large to fit inside. One arm can pop out a knife with the help of a Mini-Con. The toy is able to combine with [[Tidal Wave]]. While the American version had a metallic purple face, the Japanese had a plain silver face and more detailed Decepticon symbols.

: This mold was used to make ''[[Universe]]'' [[Megazarak]].

*'''Megatron''' (McDonald's Happy Meal, 2002)
:Megatron is a simplified version of the Ultra toy that could combine with the other McDonald's ''Armada'' Decepticons in vehicle mode.

*'''Galvatron with Clench''' (Ultra, 2003)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''MD-08'''

: Galvatron is a purple and white redeco of the previous Megatron toy. The [[Takara]] release has slight paint-shade difference from the [[Hasbro]] version and a metallic gray face instead of flat black, plus fictionally, he comes with a powered-up version of Leader-1 rather than the separate character Clench.

[[Image:Black_Micron_Megatron.jpg|left|thumb|180px|You are a lucky bastard if you own this.]]
*'''Black Megatron''' (Ultra, 2003)

: For the June 2003 issue of ''Tele-V Magazine''' in Japan, 100 special redecoes of Megatron were given as "Lucky Draw" prizes. This coloration was primarily black with dark olive and purple shades.

*'''Megatron''' (Built to Rule)

===Energon===
[[Image:En_Megatron_toy.jpg|right|thumb|185px|Minty fresh mouthwash laser cannons!]]
*'''Megatron''' (Super, 2004)
:Megatron transforms into a off-white gray and blue Cybertronic jet. Included is a small representation of ''Armada'' Megatron's tank form, which can fire missiles and serve as a hilt for a sword. The transformation includes many springs, and the hyper power involves extending the translucent green parts of its wings.

*'''Galvatron''' (Ultra, 2004)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''SD-07'''
:This toy is a down-sized version of the Super toy. The features are the same, and the dark and light blue have switched positions, with the white and green a different tint.

*'''Black Galvatron''' (Ultra, 2004)

*'''Megatron''' (European McDonald's Happy Meal, 2004)

*'''Galvatron''' (Super, 2005)
:Galvatron is a purple redeco of the Super toy based on Generation 1 [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]].

*'''Galvatron General''' (Ultra, 2005)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''SD-20'''
:Galvatron General, shortened to Galvatron G, is a garish purple redeco of the Ultra toy. Don't buy this one, kiddies!

*'''Powerlinx Optimus Prime vs. Megatron''' (Multi-pack, 2005)
:This two pack, released in American Toys "R" Us stores, included the Ultra version of Megatron and the Deluxe version of [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]. This two-pack was the only method to obtain those toys outside of Japan, without importing.

*Unreleased
:A black redeco of the Super mold was planned to be released with Smallest Transformers [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] as a Target exclusive, but was cancelled.

===Cybertron===
[[Image:Cyb_Megatron_toy.jpg|right|thumb|170px|Megatron's Unicron cosplay did not turn out very well.]]
*'''Megatron''' (Leader, 2005)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''GD-01'''
:Megatron transforms into a multi-colored Cybertronic race car and jet. His robot mode design is partially based upon Armada Unicron. Inserting a Cyber Key into his central slot activates a pop-up engine with lights. Inserting a Key into his right slot opens up a panel to access his rotating wheel gun, and inserting a Key into his left slot detaches the Unicron spins melee weapon.

*'''Megatron''' (Legends of Cybertron, 2005)
:Megatron is a simplified version of the Leader toy. It can only transform into the car mode.

*'''Megatron''' (Burger King, 2005)
:Burger King's Megatron is very simplified version of the Leader toy that could only transform into the jet mode.

[[Image:Cyb_Galvatron_toy.jpg|left|thumb|175px|"It wasn't ever this bad when Megatron was in command." "You mean Galvatron!" "Well, they were the same guy..."]]
*'''Galvatron''' (Leader, 2005)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''GD-14'''
:Galvatron is a silver and black redeco of Cybertron Megatron. The colour scheme is based upon [[Megatron_(G1)|G1 Megatron]]. All other functions remain the same.

Initial versions of the US release has yellow paint applications like the japanese version, but this was soon replaced by a metallic gold paint.

*'''Galvatron''' (Legends of Cybertron, 2006)
:Galvatron is a black and silver redeco of the Legends of Cybertron toy.

*'''Megatron''' (Deluxe, 2006)
:A green redeco of ''Beast Wars 10th Anniversary'' [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]. This toy transforms into a ''Tyrannosaurus rex''. Inside its tail was a missile launcher that was revealed when a Cyber Key was inserted into the slot.

===Attacktix===
*'''Megatron''' (Intergalactic Showdoen, 2006)
:''Attacktix ID number'': '''SVT066'''

*'''Megatron''' (Ultimate Battle, 2006)
:''Attacktix ID number'': '''TF16'''

*'''Megatron (Vehicle)''' (Booster, 2006)
:''Attacktix ID number'': '''TF17'''

*'''Galvatron''' (Battle Case, Unreleased)
:''Attacktix ID number'': '''TF23'''

*'''Galvatron''' (Booster, 2007)

===Merchandise===
*Super Figure Collection Micron Legend Megatron (normal)
*Super Figure Collection Micron Legend Megatron (Cybertronian)
*Mega SFC Micron Legend Micron Megatron

==Trivia==
[[Image:Concept-ArmadaMegatron.jpg|thumb|right|200px|SWEET MONKEY JESUS!!!!]]

* A conceptual drawing in the ''[[Micron Legend Yearbook 2003]]'' showed Armada Megatron as originally being more weapon-laden and certifiably able to '''kill you to death'''.

* A different development sketch in the ''Yearbook'' revealed that "Gigatron" was one of Armada Megatron's working names.

* According to [[Aaron Archer]] as ORSON on the now-defunct "Orson's World" forum at [http://www.tfw2005.com TFW2005.com], Armada Megatron's "antlers" were part of an aborted Mini-Con grabber gimmick. The gimmick didn't make it, but the antlers remained.

* Also according to Archer, the chin on Armada Megatron is supposed to look like a pair of fangs to play up the character's evil nature. How well this was actually pulled off in the final sculpt is debatable.

* When a fan asked him why ''Energon'' Megatron was not named Galvatron, owing to continuity with the ''Armada'' series and the obvious visual homage in the figure's design, Archer explained that it was due to Hasbro needing to protect their trademarks, as well as Megatron being a more recognisable (and thus marketable) product name. He added that he personally wanted to call the toy '''Galvatron Imperius'''.

* According to the [[Transformers (Melbourne House)|''Armada'' Playstation 2 game]] instruction booklet, Megatron's ''Armada'' body has the following statistics:
:Height: 22' 11" (8' 3" vehicle mode)
:Weight: 106,925 lbs
:Power: 1,600 hp
:Vehicle top speed: 50mph

* During his stint on the Armada comic, it seems [[Pat Lee]] may have been referring to the Hasbro stock photo of Megatron (shown above in the toy section), as he consistently draws Megatron's feet as being flipped with the "grates" from the tops of the feet facing forward.

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/2002/Decepticon/Megatron/megatron.htm Megatron at TFU.info]
* [http://s33.photobucket.com/albums/d75/binalternator/unreleased/megatron_soundwave/ Energon Megatron redeco with Smallest Transformers Soundwave gallery]

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Prowl (G1)

2007-05-15T22:48:47Z

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{{disambig3|Prowl}}

:''Prowl is an [[Autobot]] character in the [[Generation 1]] continuity family.''

[[Image:Prowlg1.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Prick.]]

'''Prowl''' is the Autobot military strategist. As such, Autobot Commander [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] will keep Prowl near at hand for his indispensable expertise. He does not react well to the unexpected and despises disorder. He believes his dedication to logic and rational thought puts him next in line for Optimus Prime's job and dreams of making grand speeches -- even though in reality he's stoic and uncharismatic.

He really doesn't tend to get along well with his fellow Autobots, many of whom find his strict adherence to military protocol stifling, and his uptight personality sure doesn't help matters. The [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] commander [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] ''especially'' honks Prowl off, and Grimlock feels pretty much the same way in return, only with more swear words.

A possible alternate-universe version of Prowl is active during the ''[[Universe]]'' conflict.

''Spanish name:'' '''Cervo'''<br>
''Italian name:'' '''Pantera'''

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===

'''Earthforce'''

''(Note: These stories do not fit into the normal Marvel UK continuity. See [[Earthforce]] for details.)''

''Prowl once lamented about the proliferation of newer types of Transformers, claiming these newcomers gave him a headache just thinking about them.''

===Animated continuity===
''Voice actor:'' [[Michael Bell]] (US), [[Toshirō Ishii]] (Japan)<br>

Prowl was part of the crew of the ''[[Ark]]'', the Autobot starship that left Cyberton looking for alternate sources of energy only to crashland on [[Earth]]. Four million years later, the Transformers were reawakened by the eruption of the volcano the Ark had crashed in and reformatted by Teletraan-1. Despite being situated in the United States, Prowl was reformatted as a Japanese police car. No one seemed to notice. {{Storylink|More Than Meets the Eye, Part 1}}

On Earth, Prowl continued to serve as [[Optimus Prime]]'s right hand man, filling the role of military advisor and strategist. His precision thinking and by-the-books planning served as a valuable counterpoint to Jazz's more improvisational style, and it was up to Optimus Prime to weigh their views and come to a decision.

During an attack against Decepticons, Prowl's battle computer was knocked offline by a particularly fierce blow. Crippled, Prowl extended his antenna to seek out an online computer that he could patch into. He found [[Chip Chase]]'s desktop terminal, and the young human ally momentarily took control of Prowl, animating the massive Autobot warrior with his computer. {{Storylink|Roll For It}}

Prowl met his maker in the year 2005, alongside fellow Autobots [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], [[Brawn]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]. During a [[Decepticon]] assault of a shuttle run to earth from Moonbase One for energon. He was felled by a single blast from [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]], proving that a stylish leap when you fire your gun is all that was needed for Decepticon weapons to actually kill someone. {{Storylink|Transformers: The Movie}}

Prowl's body was evidently recovered for interment, as his grave was housed in the interstellar Autobot mausoleum. Along with the mausoleum itself, Prowl's remains were later plunged into a red sun as a side-effect of a [[Quintesson]] plot. {{Storylink|Dark Awakening}}

===Headmasters cartoon===
Prowl appears as an extra on Earth, even though he died in the movie ten years or so previously.

''('''Note''': Prowl's revival can be chalked up to error, especially since [[The Transformers: The Movie (1986)|the Movie]] did not actually reach Japan until many years later.)''

===Kid Stuff Talking Story Books===
''Voice actor: Unknown''

:''"OUR MISSILES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!"''

Prowl appears in this storyline as Optimus Prime's over-acting right-hand man.

===Dreamwave comics continuity===

Prowl was one of many Transformers under the control of rogue government engineer-turned-arms dealer [[Adam Rook]]. He, along with several Autobots and Decepticons, attacked the Smitco Oil Refinery Artic facilty during Rook's sales demonstration to several terrorist organizations. Unfortunately, the invasive-program controlled Prowl killed a helpless human refinery worker escaping from the destruction. {{Storylink|Prime Directive, Part 2}}

===IDW comics continuity===

Prowl is the leader of a detachment of Autobots that has operated covertly on Earth for at least four years, attempting to foil a Decepticon insurgency. He almost throws [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] in the brig for breaking cover to rescue three humans from the Decepticons, and subsequently refuses to contact Optimus Prime until further evidence of enemy activities is uncovered. He does not willingly believe Ratchet when the medic tells him that the Decepticons have stepped up their presence by constructing a second base.

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
* '''Prowl''' (Autobot Car, 1984/1985/1990/2002/2003)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''09''', '''TFC-02'''
[[Image:G1Prowl_toy.jpg|left|thumb|I ain't fallin' for no banana in the tailpipe...]]

: Prowl was part of the first series of Autobots released in 1984, reusing a mold originally developed for a ''[[Diaclone]]'' Datsun Fairlady Z (280 ZX) police car, with his decals altered to remove the "Diaclone" marks. (The European "[[Classics (1990)|Classic Heroes]]" re-release retained the ''Diaclone'' stickers, for unknown reasons).

: In 1985, Mexico imported ''Transformers'', but there were some notable changes on numerous toys. Prowl's helmet, arms, and boots turned black, plus his "POLICE" decals became "POLICIA". There was also a wide running change (or just factory error) that left out the black paint on his car hood.

[[Image:Prowl-Mexico.jpg|right|thumb|150px|El Pricko (pronounced "pree-ho")]]

: In 2002, Prowl was re-released as part of the [[Transformers Collection]] series in Japan. This version has slightly-altered decals, and fully-functional spring-loaded missile launchers.

: In 2003, Prowl was released as part of the Toys "R" Us [[exclusive]] "[[Commemorative Series]]" line in the US. This version of Prowl uses a softer , unchromed black plastic for his rifle and missiles owing to [[for safety reasons|breakage issues]], plus his launchers are completely non-firing. He uses the same decals as the Japanese "bookbox" release.

: The same mold was used for [[Bluestreak]] and [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]].

* '''Prowl''' (Action Master Blaster, 1990)

: A non-transforming action figure, [[Action Master]] Prowl is modeled after his cartoon model with a few toy-based liberties taken. He came with his [[Turbo Cycle]] vehicle, though the main figure was comatible with all other Action Master vehciles and weapons.

===Machine Wars===
* '''Prowl''' (Basic, 1997)
[[Image:Mwprowl.jpg|right|thumb|Do you have any idea how fast you were going?]]

: Sharing a mold with ''[[Machine Wars]]'' [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], Prowl transforms into a Formula-1 race car, and converts to robot mode with a spring-loaded, one-step transformation. His rifle-halves store in his legs in car mode. He --and the entire ''Machine Wars'' line-- was available only at Kay-Bee stores.

: Prowl's usual function is strategist, but, in an ironic twist, in this first non-police car form he's described as chief of security.

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Skid-Z (RID)|Skid-Z]].

===Smallest Transformers===
* '''Prowl''' (2003)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''GTF-09'''
[[Image:STF_Prowl.jpg|left|thumb|Its just a little prick.]]

: Released in Wave 2 of Smallest Transformers, STF Prowl is the smallest possible transforming toy based upon the original Prowl toy. He faithfully repoduces the transformation sequence for the most part, but due to parts-cost limitations, he has little articulation, his legs cannot seperate and his wheels do not roll.

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===Alternators===
* '''Prowl''' (Alternator, 2005/2006)
:''Alternator ID number:'' '''16'''
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''BT-15'''
[[Image:AlternatorsProwl.jpg|right|thumb|200px|You better get a lawyer son...]]

: ''[[Alternators]]'' Prowl transforms into a 1:24-scale Acura RSX car with police lights, opening doors, hood and trunk. His engine becomes a (non-firing) gun, while a clear-plastic nightstick is hidden under his car-mode rear section. He was among the last of the "red box" Alternators, but was included in new "white box" assortments in 2006.

: For his standard Japanse ''Binaltech'' release, Prowl got a different vehicle mode deco based on a real Japanese police car (the [[Hasbro]] version's deco being based more on the original [[Generation 1]] toy), a different spoiler mold, different rims, right side steering, and gray plastic instead of stony-blue. He was also labeled as a "Honda Integra Type-R", the model's make in Japan.

: Like [[Jazz]], Prowl got two different decos released in equal numbers. The second version is a civilian version with no police lights, a mostly blue interior, a Honda logo (instead of a Japanese police badge) on the grill, and a solid blue car-shell. His robot-mode parts remained mostly the same color, however.

[[Image:BinaltechProwl.jpg|left|thumb|200px|... you better get a real good one.]]

: This mold (the Japanese blue Prowl variant, combined with parts from American police Prowl) was used to make ''Alternators'' [[Camshaft]].

: The [[Hasbro]] version of Prowl, using the Hasbro red box packaging, was supposed to have been released in Japan as an exclusive to a satellite TV provider. The only notable difference from the Hasbro version was the "Satellite Patrol" markings on his doors. It is unknown if this toy was ever actually released, however.

: The "white box" version of Prowl had additional Acura logos on the rear of the car that the "red box" version did not.

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===Universe===
*'''Prowl''' (Autobot, 2005)

: A redeco of the ''Robots in Disguise'' [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl 2]] mold, ''[[Universe]]'' Prowl transforms into a Chevrolet Caprice police car with through-axle construction for super-speedy rolling on smooth surfaces. His gun hides as his car mode's tailpipe. Originally only available at Kay-Bee stores in packaging with no sub-line markings, his entire assorment was later repackaged under the ''Universe'' banner and sold through "dollar store" chains like Family Dollar.

===Attacktix===
*'''Prowl''' (Booster, 2007)
[[Image:Tf2-16-400.jpg|left|thumb|150px|I got a big.... gun.]]

: Introduced in Series 2 of [[Attacktix]], Prowl is a Captain class unit with the special ability to stun an opposing player unit. His sculpt is based upon his G1 cartoon model with some additional details. His weapon is a '''hugely''' oversized version of his rifle, capable of firing a large silver projectile.

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==Trivia==
* Prowl's ''Diaclone'' precedessor also came with additional optional stickers that would identify him as being part of the police forces from existing Japanese cities, namely "Tokyo City", "Sapporo City", "Sendai City", "Osaka City" and "Fukuoka City".

* The original ''Transformers'' instructions booklet shows a visible Japanese label sheet complete with the Imperial chrysanthemum emblem found on Japanese police cars, which did not make it to final product.

* ''Machine Wars'' Prowl's card-art is actually an altered version of the art for the ''[[Generation 2]]'' [[Laser Rod]] [[Jolt (G1)|Jolt]].

* At [[OTFCC 2004]] Hasbro stated that there was no Prowl Alternator in the works, but some other emergency vehicle (which got a chorus of boos). When no non-Prowl emergency vehicle appeared, suspicions arose, and fans speculated that the Prowl mold was originally intended to be [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]. The Alternator's general transformation scheme is reminiscent of the Red Alert mold, but that holds little water in the world of Alternators. Later, a listing for "''Alternators'' Red Alert" appeared on Hasbro's web site, with Prowl's image, seemingly confirming the theory. Careful study of his control art in the ''Binaltech'' version's booklet also reveals that the Prowl head appears to have been digitally added onto the original line-art, due to differing line-thickness. The official Binaltech guide also contains a tiny picture of the instruction booklet art, complete with a Red Alert head miscolored to look like Prowl.

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1984/Autobot/Prowl/prowl.htm Prowl on TFU.info]

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Bug Bite (GoBots)

2007-04-30T22:24:11Z

66.168.42.82: /* Timelines */

:''Bugbite is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:G1-GoBots-card.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Mighty robots! Bugbite is in the lower-right corner.]]

'''Bugbite''' is a traveller from another dimension, who has taken the form of a Decepticon and infiltrated their ranks in the hopes of finding the solution to a problem that plagues his home. He was a renegade in his home dimension, and in his current mission is under the strict supervision of the Guardian [[Treds_(G1)|Treds]].

:''('''Note''': Bugbite is clearly intended to be the character ''Bug Bite'' from the [[Tonka GoBots]] line. His name does not appear in any of the final product material on the Japanese set he "originated" from; it only appeared in an early Photoshopped promotional image on the E-Hobby website. The individual toys' names were dropped when [[Takara]]'s legal department became concerned at how Bandai --the company that made the toys that would become the Tonka GoBots-- would react to the names being used, despite the minimal chance of provable trademark infringement on Takara's part.)''

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''G1 GoBots''' (Multi-pack, 2004)
:''Japanese ID number'': '''84'''

: Bugbite is a [[redeco]] or the [[retool]]ed Takara reissue Bumblebee, transforming into a "penny racer"-proportioned Volkswagen Beetle. He was only available in an [[e-Hobby]]-[[exclusive]] 6-pack with [[Bad Boy]], [[Path Finder]], [[Road Ranger]], [[Small Foot]] and Treds.

: The original version of this mold is also used by [[Glyph]] and [[Volks]].

===Timelines===
*'''Games of Deception!''' (Multi-pack, 2007)

: Bugbite is part of the upcoming ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]''-themed [[BotCon 2007]] box set, along with [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]], [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]. Bugbite is a redeco of the ''Classics'' Bumblebee toy.

==External Links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Destron/BugBite/bugbite.htm E-Hobby Bugbite on TFU.info]

*[http://www.tfu.info/Gobots/Renegades/BugBite/bugbite.htm GoBots Bug Bite on TFU.info]

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Bug Bite (GoBots)

2007-04-30T22:17:47Z

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:''Bugbite is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:G1-GoBots-card.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Mighty robots! Bugbite is in the lower-right corner.]]

'''Bugbite''' is a traveller from another dimension, who has taken the form of a Decepticon and infiltrated their ranks in the hopes of finding the solution to a problem that plagues his home. He was a renegade in his home dimension, and in his current mission is under the strict supervision of the Guardian [[Treds_(G1)|Treds]].

:''('''Note''': Bugbite is clearly intended to be the character ''Bug Bite'' from the [[Tonka GoBots]] line. His name does not appear in any of the final product material on the Japanese set he "originated" from; it only appeared in an early Photoshopped promotional image on the E-Hobby website. The individual toys' names were dropped when [[Takara]]'s legal department became concerned at how Bandai --the company that made the toys that would become the Tonka GoBots-- would react to the names being used, despite the minimal chance of provable trademark infringement on Takara's part.)''

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''G1 GoBots''' (Multi-pack, 2004)
:''Japanese ID number'': '''84'''

: Bugbite is a [[redeco]] or the [[retool]]ed Takara reissue Bumblebee, transforming into a "penny racer"-proportioned Volkswagen Beetle. He was only available in an [[e-Hobby]]-[[exclusive]] 6-pack with [[Bad Boy]], [[Path Finder]], [[Road Ranger]], [[Small Foot]] and Treds.

: The original version of this mold is also used by [[Glyph]] and [[Volks]].

===Timelines===
*'''Games of Deception!''' (Multi-pack, 2007)

: Bugbite is part of the upcoming ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]''-themed [[BotCon 2007]] box set, along with [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]], [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]. Bugbite is a light gray, black, and purple redeco of the ''Classics'' Bumblebee toy.

==External Links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Destron/BugBite/bugbite.htm E-Hobby Bugbite on TFU.info]

*[http://www.tfu.info/Gobots/Renegades/BugBite/bugbite.htm GoBots Bug Bite on TFU.info]

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Thundercracker (G1)

2007-04-27T02:17:03Z

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{{disambig3|Thundercracker}}

:''Thundercracker is a [[Decepticon]] character in the [[Generation 1]] continuity family.''

[[Image:Thundercrackerg1guido.jpg|300px|right|thumb|The blue one. No, the ''other'' blue one.]]

'''Thundercracker''' claims the skies as his arena. He looks down in contempt on those who cannot leave the ground -- he considers them lesser beings. He will often attack the flightless beings below him for no other reason than to satisfy his scorn.

His superiority in this realm is the only thing he is sure of. Thundercracker is not entirely committed to the Decepticon cause, and even has some seemingly contradictory sympathy for the [[human]]s they terrorize. Fear of retribution from [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and the influence of his peers is usually enough to bury these doubts. Regardless, he needs constant reassurance that he's where he needs to be. Sometimes, his heart's just not in the job.

:''French-Canadian name'': '''Coup de Tonnerre'''<br>
:''Italian name'': '''Vampiro'''

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===

''(Events from the UK stories are in italics.)''

In 1986, Thundercracker was one of many Decepticons dealt with (ie, beaten up) by a newly-created [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. The Autobots took their deactivated forms and put them in stasis. ''Like [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]], he revived early and soon quickly escaped from the Ark. He, Frenzy and [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] were then temporarily displaced to [[Limbo]] when [[Hot Rod]], [[Kup]] and [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] time-jumped from 2006.

===Animated continuity===
:''Voice actor:'' [[John Stephenson]], ''[[Wally Burr]]'' (US), [[Yutaka Shimaka]] (Japan)

[[Image:Tetrajet seekers.jpg|thumb|Cybertron alt-mode (on the right). Out of all the pre-earth alt modes, these pyramid jets seem to be the only ones anyone really cares about.]]

Thundercracker was one of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron's]] elite warriors, participating in the attack on the [[Ark]] and joining the rest of the Earth-bound Transformers in their several-million-year nap under an inactive volcano. He awoke when the rest of the Decepticons did, and took part in their attempts to gather [[energon]] and escape the planet [[Earth]], which he loathed for being too "flat". It was he and [[Reflector]] who spotted the first "potential Autobot", when in fact they had discovered the planet's native inhabitants, two [[human]]s, in an unliving vehicle.

One of the few things he seemed to loathe even more than the world he was stranded on was the attitude of his commander, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. Thundercracker often started fights with the Air Commander, usually over whether or not Megatron's latest plan was a waste of time (Thundercracker took Megatron's side). At one point, Thundercracker's distaste for "that geeky Starscream" became so strong that he was willing to let [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]] destroy one of the Decepticons' greatest weapons, just in the hopes that Starscream would get blamed for it! Despite these brushes with treachery, however, Thundercracker just never had it in him to do anything more than complain about his fellow Decepticons.

[[Image:Thundercrackerg1.jpg|left|thumb|FLINTSTONE, YOU'RE FIRED!!!]]

During the assault on [[Autobot City]], Thundercracker was present and accounted for - he was, in fact, flying the shuttle that Megatron used to attempt his sneak attack. After the battle, Thundercracker was tossed out of [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] with the rest of the injured and weakened warriors, jettisoned for ballast in order to preserve fuel.

That was not, however, entirely the end of Thundercracker's story. [[Unicron]] was waiting in space for a chance like this, and when the newly reformatted [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] needed some new troops to command, Thundercracker was among the corpses chosen to use as raw materials. It is possible his body was used to create [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], and given a new lease on life.

Later [[Octane]] would show concern when he runs into a [[Decepticon Crypt]] to hide from some attackers and finds a statue of Thundercracker there. After paying his respects and apologizing for the intrusion, Octane decides it would be better to hide behind someone else.

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===''Machine Wars'' toy bio===

The mysterious [[Machine Wars]] were a tumultuous time for Thundercracker. At long last he was convinced of and committed to the truth of the Decepticon cause, but Thundercracker now ironically found himself in open rebellion against Megatron's leadership of the faction. It is unknown what events lead to his reversal of heart about the Decepticons and his being branded a "Rebel Warrior." ''(Since no fictional backstory has ever been established for the Machine Wars line it is possible that it is set in some alternate reality where this was simply Thundercracker's nature, but given that the rest of the characters are clearly their classic G1-selves unrevealed events/character development seem more likely explanations).''

===Dreamwave comics continuity===

Thundercracker was one of several Decepticon invaders onboard the ''[[Ark]]'' when it crashed into [[Earth]] four million years ago while the Autobot ship was clearing an asteroid in the path of Cybertron.

In 2002, he was one of several Transformers who survived the disasterous launch of the sabotaged ''Ark II'', and was later captured and reprogrammed by arms dealer [[Lazarus|Adam 'Lazaruas' Rook]], who intended to rent out the services of the enslaved robots to various terrorist groups. In a demonstration of their power to a group of prospective clients, Thundercracker participated in an attack on the Artic division of the Smitco Oil Refinery by blowing something up. {{Storylink|Prime Directive, Part 2}}

After Megatron reactivated himself, he freed his Decepticon subordinates in order to put forward his plans to infect Earth with a metallic virus of doom. To pass the time while this happened, Starscream, Thundercracker and Skywarp busied themselves by tearing apart the Autobot Minicar team. {{Storylink|Prime Directive, Part 3}}

Thundercracker later participated in Megatron's attack on San Francisco, where he followed Starscream's orders to maintain formation and drop cluster bombs on the Autobot giant [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], forcing the [[Aerialbot]]s to split into their seperatate component robots. {{Storylink|Prime Directive, Part 4}}

Thundercracker stood watch over the defeated Autobots while Megatron tried to persuade [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] to help the Decepticons conquer Earth. After some human firefighters distracted the Decepticons long enough for Optimus Prime to free the Autobots, Thundercracker was presumably beaten up and escaped when Superion sacrificed himself to stop a nuclear missile launched by rogue US General [[Robert Hallo]]. {{Storylink|Prime Directive, Part 6}}

When Starscream told [[Grimlock]] the plan of attacking an Autobot base, hoping to spurn him back into working for the Decepticons, the entire plan was foiled. Skywarp teleported all three of them out, and they both abandoned Starscream to screw everything up (as he tends to do).

===Devil's Due G''.I. Joe vs Transformers'' continuity===

===IDW comics continuity===
Thundercracker operated as part of a Decepticon insurgent cell that had operated covertly on Earth for at least four years, working to destabilize Earth's governing organizations and create global anarchy. He, [[Runabout]] and [[Runamuck_(G1)|Runamuck]] were assigned by [[Starscream_(G1)|Starscream]] to intercept the human [[Stoker]] and retrieve his [[SM-40]] palmtop PC, containing data on their [[Nebraska]] operation. The team caught up with and killed Stoker outside Phoenix, AZ, but the SM-40 was missing. Thundercracker tracked the device to [[Hunter O'Nion]] and [[Verity Carlo]], but was driven off by [[Ratchet_(G1)|Ratchet]], who managed to temporarily lose him and the two [[Battlecharger|Battlechargers]]. After picking Ratchet up again, Thundercracker was later shot down by [[Prowl_(G1)|Prowl]], [[Sunstreaker]] and [[Ironhide_(G1)|Ironhide]].

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:Redeco.jpg|left|thumb|Thundercracker is the cheap and lazy repaint on the right.]]

* '''Thundercracker''' (Decepticon Jet, 1984/1985/1986/2001/2003)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''24'''

: ''(Note: For some reason, the stats on Skywarp's, Starscream's and Thundercracker's tech specs were switched around. Thundercracker was given Skywarp's numbers, which explains his low intelligence.)''

: Originally a ''[[Diaclone]]'' "Jet Robo Acrobat-Type", Thundercracker transforms into an F-15 Eagle fighter jet, sharing his mold with his teammates [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]. Many parts need to be removed completely from transformation from robot to jet and back, which nowadays is considered a major drawback of the toy. It is rare to find it complete, as neither mode can hold all the pieces required. There are a few minor mold variations of this toy (common for the first two years of ''Transformers'', really), the most immediately noticeable being that early versions did not have visible "clip-tabs" on the inner face of the gauntlets.

: In 1986, he was made available as a mail-away item (as he was no longer shipping to retail shelves) in the [[Digital Doom on the Highway to Destruction]] flier packed with most boxed ''Transformers'' toys. He cost $10 and two [[robot points]].

: In 2001, Thundercracker was given a short-run re-issue by [[Takara]] as a convention-[[exclusive]] item. The toy would later be more extensively released as part of the [[Hasbro]] [[Commemorative Series]] line, though due to US [[For safety reasons|toy-safety regulations]], his missiles were made extra-long.

: This mold is also used by [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]] and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]].

* '''Thundercracker (Action Master)''' (Action Master Exo-Suit, 1991)

[[Image:Thundercrackeram.jpg|right|thumb|100px|Taste the rainbow.]]

: Released only in European markets, once again Thundercracker was a [[redeco]] of Starscream, a non-transforming action figure that combined elements of both the character's cartoon model and toy-form. Like all [[Action Master]]s, Thundercracker was a nontransformable action figure with a transformable accessory -- in his case, a [[Solo Mission Jet Plane]] vehicle that converted into exo-suit battle armor. However, unlike most of Thundercracker's appearances, Action Master Thundercracker is not in his traditional blue and silver colors, but rather in magenta, purple, blue, gold, and two shades of green. ''(Oy.)''

===Machine Wars===
* '''Thundercracker''' (Basic, 1996)
[[Image:MWThundercracker_toy.jpg|left|thumb|150px|No, seriously, this guy is Thundercracker.]]

: Sharing a mold once again with [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], Thundercracker transforms into a green Dassault Rafale fighter jet with spring-loaded one-step transformation from jet to robot. The two halves of his rifle store in his lower legs. Like all ''Machine Wars'' toys, Thundercracker was an [[exclusive]] to Kay-Bee stores and related stores like Toy Liquidators.

: This mold is also used by ''[[Beast Wars II]]'' [[Dirge (BWII)|Dirge]] and ''[[Robot Masters]]'' [[Wing Stun]]''.

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===Smallest Transformers===
* '''Thundercracker''' (Smallest Transformers, 2004)

: Part of the third wave of ''[[Smallest Transforming Transformers|Smallest Transformer]]'' product (dubbed wave "2.5" and available only at CVS stores in Japan), Thundercracker is ''again'' a redeco of Starscream. Like all toys in the line, Thundercracker is a tiny, even more simplified version of the original toy, transforming into an F-15 fighter jet. These toys were sold in "blind-packed" boxes, so you could not know which one you had until you actually opened the box. To complicate matters further, Thundercracker was a [[chase figure]], one of two in his wave (the other was a cartoon-colored version of Optimus Prime's trailer).

: The same mold is used by ''Smallest Transformer'' Skywarp and Thrust.

===Robot Masters===
* '''Skywarp & Thundercracker''' (Multi-pack, 2005)
[[Image:RobotMastersThundercracker.jpg|left|thumb|180px|''Light'' blue? Totally [[neon]].]]

: ''[[Robot Masters]]'' Thundercracker is a redeco of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] from the same series, a smaller yet more advanced version of the original toy, adding more articulation and reducing the amount of [[part-forming]] required. He was available only in a two-pack with [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], which also came with a Decepticon sigil pin. This set was the very last product released in the ''Robot Masters'' line, and wasn't even strictly sold in a box from that series; instead, it used a modified [[e-Hobby]] ''Generation 1'' reissue box, with only a small corner tab noting its ''Robot Masters'' origin from the front.

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===Titanium Series===
* '''Thundercracker''' (6" Cybertron Heroes, 2006)
[[Image:TitaniumHeroesWWThundercracker.jpg|right|thumb|150px|I don't think I have enough little wings on my shoulders.]]

: ''Titanium'' Thundercracker is based upon his appearance in [[The War Within]]. He transforms into a cybertronic 'tetrajet', as reimagined by [[Don Figueroa]]. As with all 6-inch Titanium Cybetron Heroes, he is constructed mostly of fully painted die-cast metal.

: This mold was redecoed into ''Titanium'' [[War Within]] Starscream and Sunstorm.

===Timelines===
*'''Games of Deception!''' (Multi-pack, 2007)

: Thundercracker is part of the upcoming ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]''-themed [[BotCon 2007]] box set, along with [[Bugbite]], [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]], and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]]. Thundercracker is a [[redeco]] of the ''Classics'' Starscream toy.

==Merchandise==

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1984/Decepticon/Thundercracker/thundercracker.htm Thundercracker at TFU.info]

*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Thundercracker Thundercracker's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

*[http://www.toybin.org/search.php?q=1984+Decepticon+Thundercracker ToyBin Thundercracker Toy Gallery]

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Redeco

2007-04-27T02:16:00Z

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[[Image:Redeco.jpg|right|thumb|250px|It may be a surprise to some that these three toys are actually the same toy but in three different color schemes! Crafty.]]

A '''redeco''', or recolor, is a toy which uses the same molds as a previously-released toy, but has been reproduced with different plastic colors and/or different paint applications.

For example: the first three [[Generation 1]] [[Seeker]]s, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], and [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], are redecos.

A redeco uses exactly the same tools or molds as the original toy. If any changes have been made, even something as simple as giving the toy a different head or additional pegs for locking body parts into place, it is more properly categorized as a [[retool]].

The term "[[repaint]]" is also in wide use among fans as a synonym for "redeco". "Redeco", however, is the term used by the people on [[Hasbro]]'s ''Transformers'' team. Additionally, the term "repaint" is technically wrong in almost all instances of a same-mold-new-colors toy, as typically more than the paint applications are changed when a toy is redecoed.

==Why redecos?==
The single most expensive step in making a Transformers toy is making the steel-cut molds required to hold then cool molten plastic. Add to this the salaries of the designers and engineers, and there is a very considerable expense involved in making a single new-mold toy. Many of these development expenses are not involved in making a redeco, giving the company a chance to make a larger profit on a single mold and put more product on the shelves with a smaller investment.

Another reason is that the toy market moves far, far faster today than it did when the line first started. Retailers do not like product to linger, and shipping older toys in new assortments can give the impression that some items simply do not sell. (Of course, some don't anyway, but that's beside the point.) With this much shorter sales window in mind, companies use redecos to keep molds in use longer (to help make back the money spent in development plus a worthwhile profit), and oftentimes keep popular characters still in circulation while maintaining a "fresh" look on the shelves, making the retailers happy.

Members of the [[Hasbro]] Transformers team have repeatedly pointed out that they never expected anyone to ''buy'' all the redecoes made; [[Aaron Archer]] was apparently baffled by the premise.

==Redecoes as exclusives==
Most [[exclusive]] toys, be they for conventions or stores, are redecos and [[retool]]s of previously-released toys. (To date, all exclusives that used previously-unreleased molds are toys that had been developed for normal retail, but were temporarily in "limbo" when their intended toylines were ended.)

The simple reason for this is, again, cost; making the steel molds is prohibitively expensive, as well as the engineering and so forth. Because most exclusives are produced in numbers far less than a normal retail toy, there are less units to amortize what production costs ''do'' remain, which means the toys must either sell for more to cover costs and make a worthwhile profit, or the profit margin per item must be reduced, or even both at once.

While it is certainly not outside the realm of possibility that a major retail chain might get a new-mold toy as an exclusive (as they can move thousands and thousands of units nationwide over several months), the odds of a convention getting one are almost nonexistent due to these cost considerations, as the production runs of these toys rarely reach even 1000. At most, therefore, one can expect a few [[retool]]s of select parts from a toy, often a new-mold robot mode head.

*[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/browse_thread/thread/50ee7c561e688de7/50b5edb5139f83a1?lnk=st&&rnum=7&hl=en#50b5edb5139f83a1 Tengu explains why convention toys aren't new molds, alt.toys.transformers post archived on Google]

==See also==
*[[Repaint]]
*[[Retool]]
*[[Gang-molding]]
*[[Paint application]]

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Paradron Medic

2007-04-23T03:04:07Z

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:''The Paradron Medics are [[Autobot]]s from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:ParadronMedicCartoon1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Submissive and afraid to fight? It's like Bizarro-Arcee [[Arcee (G1)#The Headmasters|or something]].]]

'''Paradron medics''' hail from the planet [[Paradron]] where a group of pacifist Autobots settled while trying to escape the Great War. As such, they are all likely cowardly peaceniks who'd sooner be shot in the face than defend themselves. Oddly, they all look exactly like [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] but with a different paintjob.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon===

During an outerspace battle with the Autobots, [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] found themselves defeated and left unconscious on the hidden world of [[Paradron]]. There they were then taken in by a community of pacifist refugees from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Near the fountains flowing with [[energon]], the two Decepticons were nursed back to health by a pair of Paradron medics. Upon regaining consciousness, Cyclonus and Scourge smacked the medics in the face and tossed them to the side so that they could gorge themselves on energon. The medics simply got up and left without saying a word. {{storylink|Fight or Flee}}

===G.I. Joe vs. The Transformers continuity===
[[Image:Paradron green.jpg|thumb|"Minta!"]]

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==Merchandise==
[[Image:Paradron medic PVC.JPG|thumb|left|100px|I'm pretty sure this is the Japanese version, ins't the American one greener? (Or was that the filecard?)]]
*'''Paradron Medic''' (Super Collection Figure)
A recolor of the Arcee PVC figure, Paradron Medic was a chase figure. It is easily distinguishable from it's American counterpart by it's modified Paradron Autobot symbol.

*'''Paradron Medic''' (Heroes of Cybertron)
A recolor of the Arcee PVC. It is easily distinguishable from it's Japanese counterpart by it's normal Autobot symbol compared to the modified symbol of the SCF version.
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[[Image:Paradron medic statue.jpg|thumb|Unpretty 2]]
*'''Palisades statues'''

A repaint of the earlier Palisades [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] statue, inspired by a pin-up poster by [[Pat Lee]]. The statue features looks-right-at-only-one-angle perspective and a face so flat you'd swear she'd flown into a window.

The sculpt is based on the [[Studio Ox]] character model, with its obnoxious shoulder-armor rig.

==Trivia==
* The Paradron Medic inspired the limited-edition Japanese "Paradron-Type" [[redeco]] of ''[[Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' [[Arcee (Energon)|Arcee]]. This toy was ''not'' a separate character, but just that series' Arcee with an inexplicable color change.

[[Category: Autobots]]
[[category: Female Transformers]]
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Skywarp (G1)

2007-04-22T14:07:04Z

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{{disambig3|Skywarp}}
:''Skywarp is a [[Decepticon]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Skywarp1.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Skywarp, Decepticon Stair-Pusher-Downer]]

Teleportation is a dangerous tool in the hands of a capable adversary. Thankfully for the [[Autobot]]s, '''Skywarp''' is the Decepticon who possesses that ability. Skywarp's not so bright, so without supervision he's worthless as a warrior. He mostly uses his teleportation power for immature pranks on both friend and foe. He takes a charmingly puerile angle at thuggery, so his pranks are well-received amongst his Decepticon peers (excepting the victim, of course).

Because, come on, a surprise push down a staircase is hilarious.

:''Italian name'': '''Corvo'''<br>
:''French-Canadian name'': '''Fraudeur'''

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
''(Note: Events from the UK comics are marked in italics.)''
[[Image:Skywarpthundercrackerintroduction.jpg|left|thumb|200px|You can tell Skywarp apart from Thundercracker in the Marvel Comics by, uh.... let us get back to you on that.]]
Skywarp was one of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron's]] troops who attacked the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] during its mission to clear a path for [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] through an asteroid field. He was deactivated when it crashed on [[Earth]], and he lay dormant for four million years. When he and his fellow Decepticons awoke, Skywarp was given a new [[altmode]], that of an Earth jet. {{storylink|The Transformers (comic issue)}} He aided the Decepticons in their building of their new base constructed of parts from [[Harrison Nuclear Power Plant]] and joined in their attack on [[Sparkplug Witwicky]]'s auto repair shop. After the successful abduction of Sparkplug Witwicky, Skywarp, [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] defended their base from [[Autobot]]s, though [[Gears]] and [[Spider-Man]] were able to sneak through and rescue Sparkplug. {{storylink|Prisoner of War!}}

''When Starscream fired upon his teammate [[Ravage]] for eavesdropping on his plot to overthrow Megatron, Skywarp and the other Decepticons sought deadly revenge on the Decepticon Air Commander. {{storylink|The Enemy Within!, part 2}} Though Starscream escaped, the Decepticons soon regrouped to attack the Ark, but their battle was ended prematurely when [[Auntie]], the Ark's computer system, magnetized the walls, immobilizing both factions. {{storylink|Raiders of the Lost Ark}} Skywarp also traveled with the Decepticons to the [[United Kingdom]], where he and his teammates attempted to learn about a mysterious Autobot rescue ship buried under a castle. An initial attack on the Autobots left Skywarp seriously wounded by a bomb from [[Bluestreak]]. {{storylink|Man of Iron: Part 3}}

Though Sparkplug Witwicky was able to devise a way for the Decepticons to convert Earth fuel into a usable substance, he also poisoned the result, so Skywarp and his fellow Decepticons were immobilized at the climax of their would-be final battle with the Autobots. {{storylink|The Last Stand}} The Decepticon [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] took command of the Decepticons and the Ark shortly thereafter, and nursed Skywarp and his comrades back to full health. Skywarp may have helped Shockwave attempt to capture and brainwash [[Bumblebee]] into a Decepticon, or it may have been Thundercracker without red stripes. It's hard to tell. {{storylink|Plight of the Bumblebee!}}
[[Image:Skywarpgoofyteleportation.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Do a loop-de-loop and pull, and your shoes are looking cool!.]]
He served the Decepticon cause up until he was deactivated while battling [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] and placed in prison stasis at Autobot headquarters.

''When [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] traveled back from the year 2006 to build a super weapon to destroy [[Unicron]], Skywarp was a key player in the defeat of the mad Decepticon. Sorta.''

''The Autobots took Skywarp out of stasis, painted him to look like [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and sent him stumbling toward Galvatron with a tape-recorder of Starscream's voice on his back. Galvatron, still sore about Starscream tossing him out of [[Astrotrain]] during his Megatron days, shot and presumably killed Skywarp. Galvatron then realized that if he killed Starscream in the past then there's no way he could have killed Starscream in the future. Believing he was in an alternate past and thus nothing he did there would effect his personal timeline, Galvatron hurried back to his proper time. Way to take one for the team, Skywarp. {{storylink|Target 2006}}''

During a massive battle between the Autobots and Decepticons on Earth's moon, Skywarp and the other Decepticons held in stasis aboard the Ark were liberated by the [[Constructicon]]s and subsequently brought back on-line. {{storylink|Totalled!}} During the first Decepticon Civil War, Skywarp battled with [[Ratbat]]'s Decepticons against [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s Decepticons. Skywarp surprised [[Bugly]] with his teleportation powers and blasted him, temporarily stunning him. However, Bugly successfully returned fire, striking where he guessed Skywarp would next teleport. {{storylink|Cold War!}} Skywarp was repaired in time to face an [[Underbase]]-powered Starscream in [[Tokyo]], but both he and Thundercracker were destroyed by their former flying partner. {{storylink|Dark Star!}}

===Fun Publications Classics comics===
{{Coming soon|fanclub}}

===Generation 1 cartoon===
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Frank Welker]] (US), [[Masashi Ebara]] (Japan)

[[Image:Tetrajet seekers.jpg|thumb|Cybertron alt-mode (left). And now, young Skywalker, you will die.]]

Skywarp was one of the elite Decepticons that accompanied Megatron in infiltrating the ''[[Ark]]'' four million years ago. After crash-landing on Earth, the Decepticons and [[Autobots]] laid dormant for four million years, until volcanic activity stirred them into consciousness. Skywarp was the first of the Ark's Transformers to be reformatted and awakened by [[Teletraan-1]]. Now an F-15 fighter jet, Skywarp next dragged [[Megatron]]'s body into the reformatting rays of the Ark's computer.

Since the Decepticons were so badly short-staffed during their early days on Earth, Skywarp was usually involved in whatever crazy plot for universal domination Megatron was hatching. This included attacks on an off-shore oil rig, [[Sherman Dam]] and the [[Ruby Crystal Mines of Burma|ruby crystal mines of Burma]]. When the Decepticons escaped the Burma operation with a cache of energon cubes, Skywarp requested permission from Megatron to teleport in order to scare off Autobot pursuers. Teleporting behind the strangely-airborne duo of [[Ironhide]] and [[Bluestreak]], Skywarp pasted the ornery old Autobot with a heat-seeking missile, knocking him out of the sky that he probably shouldn't have been able to fly around in.

Skywarp continued to serve the Decepticons for many more years, never really doing anything notable. He was first to fall victim to an invention developed by [[Wheeljack]] that allowed Teletraan-1 to briefly take control of his body. [[Chip Chase]], a human ally of the Autobots, planted the device on Skywarp's ankle in the thick of battle. Skywarp's teleportation power did come in use when he was needed to sneak up on the Autobots (who were all in vehicle mode) and zap them with the [[transfixatron]].

In 2005, Skywarp was badly injured during the battle of [[Autobot City]]. Though he escaped with the rest of his comrades aboard [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], he was tossed out into space with other badly damaged Decepticons part way to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] so that the rest would be able to make it home. Skywarp's body was gathered by [[Unicron]] and, among others, used to make [[Galvatron]]'s new warriors. Skywarp arguably became either [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] or the identical lone [[Armada (G1)|"Armada"]] warrior who was never seen again.

===''Universe: The Wreckers''===

[[Image:Wreckersskywarpcyclonus.jpg|thumb|left|175px|Looks like [[Cyclonus (G1)#Who is Cyclonus?|Cyclonus was Bombshell]]. Neener neener.]]

After the Decepticons lost the Great War, and [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon]]s claimed [[Cybertron (planet)|the planet]], [[Megatron (BW)|another Megatron]] subjugated nearly every Transformer alive with a transformation-lock virus and an army of [[Vehicon]]s. Skywarp was one of the handful of Transformers who had slipped through Megatron's fingers, and eventually he and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] joined up with the legendary strike team, the [[Wreckers]]. Given a mission by the [[Vector Sigma|Oracle]], the Wreckers fought through an army of Vehicons to steal an Autobot shuttle in order to get off-planet. {{storylink|Departure}}

''(Note: Though no reason is stated in-story as to how or why or when Skywarp got this new body between the Great War and the [[Beast Era]], ''Wreckers'' plotter [[Glen Hallit]] noted that Skywarp's body was based on a mass-production bodytype of its day, similar to ''Generation 1''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Seeker]]s.)''

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===Dreamwave comics continuity===

Skywarp was one of several Decepticon invaders onboard the ''[[Ark]]'' when it crashed into [[Earth]] four million years ago while the Autobot ship was clearing an asteroid in the path of Cybertron.

In 2002, he was one of several Transformers who survived the disasterous launch of the sabotaged ''Ark II'', and was later captured and reprogrammed by arms dealer [[Lazarus|Adam 'Lazaruas' Rook]], who intended to rent out the services of the enslaved robots to various terrorist groups. After Megatron reactivated himself, he freed his Decepticon subordinates in order to put forward his plans to infect Earth with a metallic virus of doom. To pass the time while this happened, Starscream, Thundercracker and Skywarp busied themselves by tearing apart the Autobot Minicar team. {{Storylink|Prime Directive, Part 3}}

Skywarp later participated in Megatron's attack on San Francisco, where he followed Starscream's orders to maintain formation and drop cluster bombs on the Autobot giant [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], forcing the [[Aerialbot]]s to split into their seperatate component robots. {{Storylink|Prime Directive, Part 4}}

Skywarp presumably stood watch over the defeated Autobots while Megatron tried to persuade [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] to help the Decepticons conquer Earth. After some human firefighters distracted the Decepticons long enough for Optimus Prime to free the Autobots, Skywarp was presumably beaten up and escaped when Superion sacrificed himself to stop a nuclear missile launched by rogue US General [[Robert Hallo]].

'''Note:''' ''Skywarp appeared sporadically in this mini-series, but was not shown again after issue 4, for whatever reason. Naturally he reappears in the subsequent mini-series and on-going the Generation 1 title.'' {{Storylink|Prime Directive, Part 6}}

===IDW comics continuity===

Skywarp is part of a Decepticon infiltration unit that has operated covertly on Earth for at least four years, working to destabilize Earth's governing organizations and create global anarchy.<ref>[[Infiltration, Part 3]]</ref> His alternate form is an [[wikipedia:F-22 Raptor|F-22 Raptor]] fighter jet.

[[Starscream_(G1)|Starscream]] assigned him and [[Blitzwing]] to destroy all traces of the [[Nebraska]] operation, but, after demolishing the abandoned Nebraska command bunker, he is severely damaged by Megatron who, unfortunately for Skywarp had been inside at the time. <ref>[[Infiltration, Part 5]]</ref> This Megatron is apparently not one to hold grudges and he soon has Skywarp repaired and functioning again, under the understanding that there will be no further second chances.<ref>[[Escalation, Part 1]]</ref>

It would appear that Skywarp has the ability to teleport others in addition to himself in this continuity, as he and Astrotrain appear to both fly out of one of his warps during a battle.

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
* '''Skywarp''' (Decepticon Jet, 1984/1985/2001/2003)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''23'''

[[Image:Redeco.jpg|left|thumb|Skywarp is the redeco on the left. He's mostly black... not that this was a cheap or lazy decision.]]

: ''(Note: For some reason, the stats on Skywarp's, Starscream's and Thundercracker's tech specs were switched around. Skywarp was given Starscream's numbers, which explains his high intelligence and rank.)''

: The only 1984 [[Seeker]] with a deco not used previously in [[Takara]]'s ''[[Diaclone]]'' line, Skywarp transforms into an [[wikipedia:F-15 Eagle|F-15 Eagle]] fighter jet, sharing his mold with his teammates [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]. Many parts need to be removed completely for transformation from robot to jet and back, which nowadays is considered a major drawback of the toy. It is rare to find it complete, as neither mode can hold all the pieces required. There are a few minor mold variations of this toy (common for the first two years of ''Transformers'', really), the most immediately noticeable being that early versions did not have visible "clip-tabs" on the inner face of the gauntlets.

: In 2001, Skywarp was given a short-run reissue by Takara as a convention-[[exclusive]] item, bundled together with Thundercracker as "[[Collector's Edition]]" Set C. The toy would later be more extensively released in 2003 as part of [[Hasbro]]'s [[Commemorative Series]] series IV, though due to US [[for safety reasons|toy-safety regulations]], his missiles were made extra-long.

: This mold was [[redeco]]ed into [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]] and retooled to make [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]].

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===Machine Wars===
* '''Skywarp''' (Basic, 1997)
[[Image:MWSkywarp.jpg|right|thumb|150px|After his near-fatal encounter with the Invert Colors function.]]

: Sharing a mold once again with Thundercracker, Skywarp transforms into a white [[wikipedia:Rafale|Dassault Rafale]] fighter jet with spring-loaded one-step transformation from jet to robot. The two halves of his rifle store in his lower legs. Like all ''Machine Wars'' toys, Skywarp was an [[exclusive]] to Kay-Bee stores and related stores like Toy Liquidators.

: This mold is also used by ''[[Beast Wars II]]'' [[Dirge (BWII)|Dirge]], ''[[Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Skyfire (RID)|Skyfire]], and ''[[Robot Masters]]'' [[Wing Stun]]''.

===Universe===
* '''Skywarp''' (Deluxe, 2003)
[[Image:UniverseSkywarp_toy.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Like [[Mirage (BM)|Mirage]] except he can fly.]]

:''[[Universe]]'' Skywarp is a redeco of ''[[Beast Machines]]'' [[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]] in his G1 colors. He transforms into a Cybertronic fighter jet, armed with two projectile launchers that can fire orange energon bolts.

: His [[Spark]] crystal has a Decepticon sigil tampographed on top of it.

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===Smallest Transformers===
* '''Skywarp''' (2003)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''GTF X-1'''

: [[Smallest Transforming Transformers|Smallest Transformers]] Skywarp was a very small-scale simplification of the original G1 Seeker toy, retaining most of its functionality and accessories, except for his long null-rays. Skywarp was one of two [[chase figure]]s from the first wave of the line.

: This mold was redecoed from Starscream, then re-redecoed into Thundercracker, and finally retooled to make Thrust.

===Robot Masters===
* '''Skywarp & Thundercracker''' (Multi-pack, 2005)
[[Image:RMSkywarp_toy.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Now with the proper articulation for down-stair-pushing.]]

: ''[[Robot Masters]]'' Skywarp is a redeco of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] from the same series, a smaller yet more advanced version of the original toy, adding more articulation and reducing the amount of [[part-forming]] required. He was available only in a two-pack with Thundercracker, which also came with a Decepticon sigil pin. This set was the very last product released in the ''Robot Masters'' line, and wasn't even strictly sold in a box from that series; instead, it used a modified [[e-Hobby]] ''Generation 1'' reissue box, with only a small corner tab noting its ''Robot Masters'' origin from the front.

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===Classics===
* '''Ultra Magnus vs Skywarp: Battle For Autobot City''' (Multi-pack, 2006)
[[Image:Classics_Skywarp_toy.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Skywarp only wears the finest Decepticon fingerless-gloves.]]

: ''[[Classics_(2006)|Classics]]'' Skywarp is a redeco of the ''Classics'' Starscream mold, transforming into an [[wikipedia:F-15 Eagle|F-15 Eagle]] fighter jet, though with a canopy like that of an [[wikipedia:F-14 Tomcat|F-14 Tomcat]]. He comes with a pair of spring-loaded missile launchers that can be mounted on his biceps or used as hand-held weapons in robot mode and attach under his wings in vehicle mode. As with most ''Classics'' toys, he also features a heat-sensitive [[rubsign]].

: He was only available as part of a Target stores [[exclusive]] two-pack with [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. The set's price was $19.99, despite including both a Voyager-class and Deluxe-class mold in it, which for regular separate releases would be approximately $30 worth of toys.

===Masterpiece===
* '''MP-06 Masterpiece Skywarp''' (2007)
: ''[[Masterpiece]]'' Skywarp was announced in April 2007, to be released in Japan in September of the same year. A redeco of the Masterpiece Starscream mold in black, gray, silver, and purple, though the purple and silver will be more minimal than usual. He will be able to switch between a minimally retooled stoic face and a new snarly face, retooled from Starscream's previous smirk.
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==Merchandise==

==Trivia==
[[Image:LiveActionJazz-Skywarp01.jpg|right|thumb|200px|I bet he spiked the punch.]]

* A commercial for Transformers reflective iron-on patches advertised the "Prizes in Disguise" competition. When the iron-on patch was used, it was possible to instead find an instant win ticket for a Transformers voice changer (of the [[Enemy]] variety) - or to have a party with "life size" Transformers! Among the "life size" Transformers shown were [[Jazz]] and Skywarp. In all likeliness, you did not party with them.

[[Image:Skywarpatron.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Skywarp really DID need close supervision.]]

* In a possible fit of madness, a triple changer was proposed that would switch between [[Skywarp]] (possibly mistaken for Starscream), Megatron, and Skywarp's jet mode.

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==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1984/Decepticon/Skywarp/skywarp.htm Skywarp at TFU.info]

*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Skywarp Skywarp's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

== Footnotes ==
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Thrust (Armada)

2007-04-21T22:22:14Z

66.168.42.82: /* Armada */

{{disambig3|Thrust}}

:''Thrust is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Armada]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] continuity family.''

[[Image:Thrust-AR-DVD.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Now a regular on "Spongebob Squarepants"]]

'''Thrust''' is one of [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]'s higher-ranking Decepticon soldiers. His occasional [[Mini-Con]] partner is [[Inferno (Armada)|Inferno]], plus sometimes he commands the [[Air Military Mini-Con Team]].

:''('''Note''': Thrust's personality varied significantly between the comic and cartoon, see entries below for details.)''

==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===
====''Armada''====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Colin Murdoch]] (US) ??? (Japan)

Thrust was a renowned tactician who joined [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] on [[Earth]] in an attempt to improve his soldiers' relations. Thrust led the Decepticons to some short victories and summoned the giant battleship [[Tidal Wave]] to aid them, but was quickly dethroned of his rank after his failures began to stack up. Hated by all the other Decepticons due to his superior attitude, Thrust began to shrink into himself and got more desperate to prove his power.

Eventually, Thrust joined [[Sideways]] with the lure of ultimate power, and managed to steal the three [[Mini-Con]] weapons that were the keys to reactivating [[Unicron]]'s body. Thrust met his demise when he demanded Unicron attack his former master, Galvatron, only to have Unicron act totally unaware of Thrust's presence. Thrust fell into a seam on Unicron's surface which began to tighten and close as Unicron moved, and was crushed to death as Galvatron walked away.

===Dreamwave Comic continuity===
====''Armada''====
Thrust was a somewhat cowboy-like entity that served loyally the Decepticons. He was devoted to Megatron, and followed his orders faithfully. Thrust first appeared via [[transwarp]] from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], carrying rocket boosters so the Decepticons could fly to the moon and capture the Mini-Cons stationed there.

Later, Thrust was sent to northern Alaska to back up [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]], who was there to retrieve a fallen Mini-Con escape pod. First Thrust took a torch-blast to the face from [[Dune Runner]] of the [[Adventure Mini-Con Team]], who was there to save his allies. Then he was knocked around by Cyclonus, who was feeling the effects of a triple-[[Powerlinx]] with the entire [[Destruction Mini-Con Team]], which began to burn out his circuits and drive him mad with pain. When he finally came to, between Cyclonus' breakdown, the arrival of the Autobots, and [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] using an orbiting [[solar scalpel]] to melt the ice that buried the escape pod, Thrust decided maybe he'd better get the heck outta Dodge.

Later, Thrust followed [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] to a building lot in San Fransisco, to investigate a weird [[transwarp]] disturbance. He got there just in time to get shot down by [[Galvatron (G1)|a herald of Unicron]], who was seeking the refugee [[Mini-Con]] [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]].

When Megatron left to attack the Autobot base on Earth, Thrust was left behind to guard their [[Silver Ridge]] headquarters. He quickly had the crap kicked out of him by the ''other'' heralds of [[Unicron]]. Not a fatal beating, though, as he was repaired in time to journey back to Cybertron and face the planet-eater.

====''Energon''====
After the destruction of Unicron and the apparent death of Megatron, Thrust became a security officer in the new peacetime. He joined [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot's]] unit and defended Toronto from the [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]] [[Divebomb (Energon)|Divebomb]] clone-hordes when they attacked Earth. When [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] reappeared, Thrust tried to rejoin his former leader, but Megatron completely ignored him, warping to his next destination.

==Toys==
===Armada===
*'''Thrust with Inferno''' (Deluxe, 2003)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''MD-05'''
[[Image:ArmadaThrust_toy.jpg|left|thumb|120px|"Hehehe... flathead.... boy, I can really dish it out!"]]

: Thrust transforms into a dark green [[Wikipedia:F-35 Lightning II|F-35 Lightning II]] fighter jet. In jet mode, he has two pressure-launch missile launchers, and a space to store his Mini-Con partner Inferno in his (Inferno's) truck mode. Aside from his robot mode, he also has an "assault" robot mode, which turns his torso around 180 degrees and extends his winged backpack; attaching a Mini-Con to the [[Powerlinx]] plug on his chest and pushing it up and down causes the backpack to move as a spinning blade.

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Universe]]'' [[Sunstorm (Universe)|Sunstorm]].

*'''Thrust and Thunder with Air Military Micron''' (Multi-pack, 2003)
:''Japanese ID number:''

: In Japan, Thrust was available both as an individual (well, with Inferno) and in a larger boxed set that also included the [[Air Military Mini-Con Team]]. There are no notable difference between the Japanese and US releases.

*'''Powerlinx Thrust with Powerlinx Inferno''' (Deluxe, 2003)

: Part of the later-series "Powerlinx" line of [[redeco]]s, Powerlinx Thrust got a new color scheme that was a "reversal" of the [[Generation 1]] "[[conehead]]" [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], primarily light brown with dark blue and black accents.

: The packaging for this release, however, showed him in a color scheme more like his [[Thrust (G1)|G1 namesake]], burgundy with black (and some bone-white accents). His coloration was changed to the brown-and-blue too late to change the packaging photography.

: The change was made due to Takara choosing a mostly red color scheme for [[Demolisher]] (Demolisher's name in Japan was [[Ironhide]] and the color scheme was based on the G1 version of said character). Originally Hasbro had different plans for their redeco of Demolisher. But as a result changed their plans for Demolisher to match the animation, which was already based on Takara's products. Hasbro then thought there would be too much red on the shelves at the time, so Powerlinx Thrust's coloration was modified, as the figure would not appear on the cartoon. There are some similar colors used between the two versions of the toy, likely due to the quick change in scheme.

[[Image:PL_Red_Thrust_toy.jpg|right|thumb|175px|You did not own this.]]
: Later on, [[Takara]] produced this red color version of Thrust as a "[[USA Edition]]" [[exclusive]], though reportedly some were sold at retail in Israel and found in Australia, of all places.

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==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Decepticon/Thrust/thrust.htm Thrust at TFU.info]

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Skywarp (G1)

2007-04-21T21:56:33Z

66.168.42.82: /* Masterpiece */

{{disambig3|Skywarp}}
:''Skywarp is a [[Decepticon]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Skywarp1.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Skywarp, Decepticon Stair-Pusher-Downer]]

Teleportation is a dangerous tool in the hands of a capable adversary. Thankfully for the [[Autobot]]s, '''Skywarp''' is the Decepticon who possesses that ability. Skywarp's not so bright, so without supervision he's worthless as a warrior. He mostly uses his teleportation power for immature pranks on both friend and foe. He takes a charmingly puerile angle at thuggery, so his pranks are well-received amongst his Decepticon peers (excepting the victim, of course).

Because, come on, a surprise push down a staircase is hilarious.

:''Italian name'': '''Corvo'''<br>
:''French-Canadian name'': '''Fraudeur'''

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
''(Note: Events from the UK comics are marked in italics.)''
[[Image:Skywarpthundercrackerintroduction.jpg|left|thumb|200px|You can tell Skywarp apart from Thundercracker in the Marvel Comics by, uh.... let us get back to you on that.]]
Skywarp was one of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron's]] troops who attacked the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] during its mission to clear a path for [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] through an asteroid field. He was deactivated when it crashed on [[Earth]], and he lay dormant for four million years. When he and his fellow Decepticons awoke, Skywarp was given a new [[altmode]], that of an Earth jet. {{storylink|The Transformers (comic issue)}} He aided the Decepticons in their building of their new base constructed of parts from [[Harrison Nuclear Power Plant]] and joined in their attack on [[Sparkplug Witwicky]]'s auto repair shop. After the successful abduction of Sparkplug Witwicky, Skywarp, [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] defended their base from [[Autobot]]s, though [[Gears]] and [[Spider-Man]] were able to sneak through and rescue Sparkplug. {{storylink|Prisoner of War!}}

''When Starscream fired upon his teammate [[Ravage]] for eavesdropping on his plot to overthrow Megatron, Skywarp and the other Decepticons sought deadly revenge on the Decepticon Air Commander. {{storylink|The Enemy Within!, part 2}} Though Starscream escaped, the Decepticons soon regrouped to attack the Ark, but their battle was ended prematurely when [[Auntie]], the Ark's computer system, magnetized the walls, immobilizing both factions. {{storylink|Raiders of the Lost Ark}} Skywarp also traveled with the Decepticons to the [[United Kingdom]], where he and his teammates attempted to learn about a mysterious Autobot rescue ship buried under a castle. An initial attack on the Autobots left Skywarp seriously wounded by a bomb from [[Bluestreak]]. {{storylink|Man of Iron: Part 3}}

Though Sparkplug Witwicky was able to devise a way for the Decepticons to convert Earth fuel into a usable substance, he also poisoned the result, so Skywarp and his fellow Decepticons were immobilized at the climax of their would-be final battle with the Autobots. {{storylink|The Last Stand}} The Decepticon [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] took command of the Decepticons and the Ark shortly thereafter, and nursed Skywarp and his comrades back to full health. Skywarp may have helped Shockwave attempt to capture and brainwash [[Bumblebee]] into a Decepticon, or it may have been Thundercracker without red stripes. It's hard to tell. {{storylink|Plight of the Bumblebee!}}
[[Image:Skywarpgoofyteleportation.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Do a loop-de-loop and pull, and your shoes are looking cool!.]]
He served the Decepticon cause up until he was deactivated while battling [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] and placed in prison stasis at Autobot headquarters.

''When [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] traveled back from the year 2006 to build a super weapon to destroy [[Unicron]], Skywarp was a key player in the defeat of the mad Decepticon. Sorta.''

''The Autobots took Skywarp out of stasis, painted him to look like [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and sent him stumbling toward Galvatron with a tape-recorder of Starscream's voice on his back. Galvatron, still sore about Starscream tossing him out of [[Astrotrain]] during his Megatron days, shot and presumably killed Skywarp. Galvatron then realized that if he killed Starscream in the past then there's no way he could have killed Starscream in the future. Believing he was in an alternate past and thus nothing he did there would effect his personal timeline, Galvatron hurried back to his proper time. Way to take one for the team, Skywarp. {{storylink|Target 2006}}''

During a massive battle between the Autobots and Decepticons on Earth's moon, Skywarp and the other Decepticons held in stasis aboard the Ark were liberated by the [[Constructicon]]s and subsequently brought back on-line. {{storylink|Totalled!}} During the first Decepticon Civil War, Skywarp battled with [[Ratbat]]'s Decepticons against [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s Decepticons. Skywarp surprised [[Bugly]] with his teleportation powers and blasted him, temporarily stunning him. However, Bugly successfully returned fire, striking where he guessed Skywarp would next teleport. {{storylink|Cold War!}} Skywarp was repaired in time to face an [[Underbase]]-powered Starscream in [[Tokyo]], but both he and Thundercracker were destroyed by their former flying partner. {{storylink|Dark Star!}}

===Fun Publications Classics comics===
{{Coming soon|fanclub}}

===Generation 1 cartoon===
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Frank Welker]] (US), [[Masashi Ebara]] (Japan)

[[Image:Tetrajet seekers.jpg|thumb|Cybertron alt-mode (left). And now, young Skywalker, you will die.]]

Skywarp was one of the elite Decepticons that accompanied Megatron in infiltrating the ''[[Ark]]'' four million years ago. After crash-landing on Earth, the Decepticons and [[Autobots]] laid dormant for four million years, until volcanic activity stirred them into consciousness. Skywarp was the first of the Ark's Transformers to be reformatted and awakened by [[Teletraan-1]]. Now an F-15 fighter jet, Skywarp next dragged [[Megatron]]'s body into the reformatting rays of the Ark's computer.

Since the Decepticons were so badly short-staffed during their early days on Earth, Skywarp was usually involved in whatever crazy plot for universal domination Megatron was hatching. This included attacks on an off-shore oil rig, [[Sherman Dam]] and the [[Ruby Crystal Mines of Burma|ruby crystal mines of Burma]]. When the Decepticons escaped the Burma operation with a cache of energon cubes, Skywarp requested permission from Megatron to teleport in order to scare off Autobot pursuers. Teleporting behind the strangely-airborne duo of [[Ironhide]] and [[Bluestreak]], Skywarp pasted the ornery old Autobot with a heat-seeking missile, knocking him out of the sky that he probably shouldn't have been able to fly around in.

Skywarp continued to serve the Decepticons for many more years, never really doing anything notable. He was first to fall victim to an invention developed by [[Wheeljack]] that allowed Teletraan-1 to briefly take control of his body. [[Chip Chase]], a human ally of the Autobots, planted the device on Skywarp's ankle in the thick of battle. Skywarp's teleportation power did come in use when he was needed to sneak up on the Autobots (who were all in vehicle mode) and zap them with the [[transfixatron]].

In 2005, Skywarp was badly injured during the battle of [[Autobot City]]. Though he escaped with the rest of his comrades aboard [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], he was tossed out into space with other badly damaged Decepticons part way to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] so that the rest would be able to make it home. Skywarp's body was gathered by [[Unicron]] and, among others, used to make [[Galvatron]]'s new warriors. Skywarp arguably became either [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] or the identical lone [[Armada (G1)|"Armada"]] warrior who was never seen again.

===''Universe: The Wreckers''===

[[Image:Wreckersskywarpcyclonus.jpg|thumb|left|175px|Looks like [[Cyclonus (G1)#Who is Cyclonus?|Cyclonus was Bombshell]]. Neener neener.]]

After the Decepticons lost the Great War, and [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon]]s claimed [[Cybertron (planet)|the planet]], [[Megatron (BW)|another Megatron]] subjugated nearly every Transformer alive with a transformation-lock virus and an army of [[Vehicon]]s. Skywarp was one of the handful of Transformers who had slipped through Megatron's fingers, and eventually he and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] joined up with the legendary strike team, the [[Wreckers]]. Given a mission by the [[Vector Sigma|Oracle]], the Wreckers fought through an army of Vehicons to steal an Autobot shuttle in order to get off-planet. {{storylink|Departure}}

''(Note: Though no reason is stated in-story as to how or why or when Skywarp got this new body between the Great War and the [[Beast Era]], ''Wreckers'' plotter [[Glen Hallit]] noted that Skywarp's body was based on a mass-production bodytype of its day, similar to ''Generation 1''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Seeker]]s.)''

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===Dreamwave comics continuity===

Skywarp was one of several Decepticon invaders onboard the ''[[Ark]]'' when it crashed into [[Earth]] four million years ago while the Autobot ship was clearing an asteroid in the path of Cybertron.

In 2002, he was one of several Transformers who survived the disasterous launch of the sabotaged ''Ark II'', and was later captured and reprogrammed by arms dealer [[Lazarus|Adam 'Lazaruas' Rook]], who intended to rent out the services of the enslaved robots to various terrorist groups. After Megatron reactivated himself, he freed his Decepticon subordinates in order to put forward his plans to infect Earth with a metallic virus of doom. To pass the time while this happened, Starscream, Thundercracker and Skywarp busied themselves by tearing apart the Autobot Minicar team. {{Storylink|Prime Directive, Part 3}}

Skywarp later participated in Megatron's attack on San Francisco, where he followed Starscream's orders to maintain formation and drop cluster bombs on the Autobot giant [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], forcing the [[Aerialbot]]s to split into their seperatate component robots. {{Storylink|Prime Directive, Part 4}}

Skywarp presumably stood watch over the defeated Autobots while Megatron tried to persuade [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] to help the Decepticons conquer Earth. After some human firefighters distracted the Decepticons long enough for Optimus Prime to free the Autobots, Skywarp was presumably beaten up and escaped when Superion sacrificed himself to stop a nuclear missile launched by rogue US General [[Robert Hallo]].

'''Note:''' ''Skywarp appeared sporadically in this mini-series, but was not shown again after issue 4, for whatever reason. Naturally he reappears in the subsequent mini-series and on-going the Generation 1 title.'' {{Storylink|Prime Directive, Part 6}}

===IDW comics continuity===

Skywarp is part of a Decepticon infiltration unit that has operated covertly on Earth for at least four years, working to destabilize Earth's governing organizations and create global anarchy.<ref>[[Infiltration, Part 3]]</ref> His alternate form is an [[wikipedia:F-22 Raptor|F-22 Raptor]] fighter jet.

[[Starscream_(G1)|Starscream]] assigned him and [[Blitzwing]] to destroy all traces of the [[Nebraska]] operation, but, after demolishing the abandoned Nebraska command bunker, he is severely damaged by Megatron who, unfortunately for Skywarp had been inside at the time. <ref>[[Infiltration, Part 5]]</ref> This Megatron is apparently not one to hold grudges and he soon has Skywarp repaired and functioning again, under the understanding that there will be no further second chances.<ref>[[Escalation, Part 1]]</ref>

It would appear that Skywarp has the ability to teleport others in addition to himself in this continuity, as he and Astrotrain appear to both fly out of one of his warps during a battle.

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
* '''Skywarp''' (Decepticon Jet, 1984/1985/2001/2003)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''23'''

[[Image:Redeco.jpg|left|thumb|Skywarp is the redeco on the left. He's mostly black... not that this was a cheap or lazy decision.]]

: ''(Note: For some reason, the stats on Skywarp's, Starscream's and Thundercracker's tech specs were switched around. Skywarp was given Starscream's numbers, which explains his high intelligence and rank.)''

: The only 1984 [[Seeker]] with a deco not used previously in [[Takara]]'s ''[[Diaclone]]'' line, Skywarp transforms into an [[wikipedia:F-15 Eagle|F-15 Eagle]] fighter jet, sharing his mold with his teammates [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]. Many parts need to be removed completely for transformation from robot to jet and back, which nowadays is considered a major drawback of the toy. It is rare to find it complete, as neither mode can hold all the pieces required. There are a few minor mold variations of this toy (common for the first two years of ''Transformers'', really), the most immediately noticeable being that early versions did not have visible "clip-tabs" on the inner face of the gauntlets.

: In 2001, Skywarp was given a short-run reissue by Takara as a convention-[[exclusive]] item, bundled together with Thundercracker as "[[Collector's Edition]]" Set C. The toy would later be more extensively released in 2003 as part of [[Hasbro]]'s [[Commemorative Series]] series IV, though due to US [[for safety reasons|toy-safety regulations]], his missiles were made extra-long.

: This mold was [[redeco]]ed into [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]] and retooled to make [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]].

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===Machine Wars===
* '''Skywarp''' (Basic, 1997)
[[Image:MWSkywarp.jpg|right|thumb|150px|After his near-fatal encounter with the Invert Colors function.]]

: Sharing a mold once again with Thundercracker, Skywarp transforms into a white [[wikipedia:Rafale|Dassault Rafale]] fighter jet with spring-loaded one-step transformation from jet to robot. The two halves of his rifle store in his lower legs. Like all ''Machine Wars'' toys, Thundercracker was an [[exclusive]] to Kay-Bee stores and related stores like Toy Liquidators.

: This mold is also used by ''[[Beast Wars II]]'' [[Dirge (BWII)|Dirge]], ''[[Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Skyfire (RID)|Skyfire]], and ''[[Robot Masters]]'' [[Wing Stun]]''.

===Universe===
* '''Skywarp''' (Deluxe, 2003)
[[Image:UniverseSkywarp_toy.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Like [[Mirage (BM)|Mirage]] except he can fly.]]

:''[[Universe]]'' Skywarp is a redeco of ''[[Beast Machines]]'' [[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]] in his G1 colors. He transforms into a Cybertronic fighter jet, armed with two projectile launchers that can fire orange energon bolts.

: His [[Spark]] crystal has a Decepticon sigil tampographed on top of it.

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===Smallest Transformers===
* '''Skywarp''' (2003)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''GTF X-1'''

: [[Smallest Transforming Transformers|Smallest Transformers]] Skywarp was a very small-scale simplification of the original G1 Seeker toy, retaining most of its functionality and accessories, except for his long null-rays. Skywarp was one of two [[chase figure]]s from the first wave of the line.

: This mold was redecoed from Starscream, then re-redecoed into Thundercracker, and finally retooled to make Thrust.

===Robot Masters===
* '''Skywarp & Thundercracker''' (Multi-pack, 2005)
[[Image:RMSkywarp_toy.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Now with the proper articulation for down-stair-pushing.]]

: ''[[Robot Masters]]'' Skywarp is a redeco of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] from the same series, a smaller yet more advanced version of the original toy, adding more articulation and reducing the amount of [[part-forming]] required. He was available only in a two-pack with Thundercracker, which also came with a Decepticon sigil pin. This set was the very last product released in the ''Robot Masters'' line, and wasn't even strictly sold in a box from that series; instead, it used a modified [[e-Hobby]] ''Generation 1'' reissue box, with only a small corner tab noting its ''Robot Masters'' origin from the front.

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===Classics===
* '''Ultra Magnus vs Skywarp: Battle For Autobot City''' (Multi-pack, 2006)
[[Image:Classics_Skywarp_toy.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Skywarp only wears the finest Decepticon fingerless-gloves.]]

: ''[[Classics_(2006)|Classics]]'' Skywarp is a redeco of the ''Classics'' Starscream mold, transforming into an [[wikipedia:F-15 Eagle|F-15 Eagle]] fighter jet, though with a canopy like that of an [[wikipedia:F-14 Tomcat|F-14 Tomcat]]. He comes with a pair of spring-loaded missile launchers that can be mounted on his biceps or used as hand-held weapons in robot mode and attach under his wings in vehicle mode. As with most ''Classics'' toys, he also features a heat-sensitive [[rubsign]].

: He was only available as part of a Target stores [[exclusive]] two-pack with [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. The set's price was $19.99, despite including both a Voyager-class and Deluxe-class mold in it, which for regular separate releases would be approximately $30 worth of toys.

===Masterpiece===
* '''MP-06 Masterpiece Skywarp''' (2007)
: ''[[Masterpiece]]'' Skywarp was announced in April 2007, to be released in Japan in September of the same year. A redeco of the Masterpiece Starscream mold in black, gray, silver, and purple, though the purple and silver will be more minimal than usual. He will be able to switch between a minimally retooled stoic face and a new snarly face, retooled from Starscream's previous smirk.
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==Merchandise==

==Trivia==
[[Image:LiveActionJazz-Skywarp01.jpg|right|thumb|200px|I bet he spiked the punch.]]

* A commercial for Transformers reflective iron-on patches advertised the "Prizes in Disguise" competition. When the iron-on patch was used, it was possible to instead find an instant win ticket for a Transformers voice changer (of the [[Enemy]] variety) - or to have a party with "life size" Transformers! Among the "life size" Transformers shown were [[Jazz]] and Skywarp. In all likeliness, you did not party with them.

[[Image:Skywarpatron.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Skywarp really DID need close supervision.]]

* In a possible fit of madness, a triple changer was proposed that would switch between [[Skywarp]] (possibly mistaken for Starscream), Megatron, and Skywarp's jet mode.

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==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1984/Decepticon/Skywarp/skywarp.htm Skywarp at TFU.info]

*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Skywarp Skywarp's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

== Footnotes ==
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Skywarp (G1)

2007-04-19T02:50:07Z

66.168.42.82: /* Masterpiece */

{{disambig3|Skywarp}}
:''Skywarp is a [[Decepticon]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Skywarp1.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Skywarp, Decepticon Stair-Pusher-Downer]]

Teleportation is a dangerous tool in the hands of a capable adversary. Thankfully for the [[Autobot]]s, '''Skywarp''' is the Decepticon who possesses that ability. Skywarp's not so bright, so without supervision he's worthless as a warrior. He mostly uses his teleportation power for immature pranks on both friend and foe. He takes a charmingly puerile angle at thuggery, so his pranks are well-received amongst his Decepticon peers (excepting the victim, of course).

Because, come on, a surprise push down a staircase is hilarious.

:''Italian name'': '''Corvo'''<br>
:''French-Canadian name'': '''Fraudeur'''

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
''(Note: Events from the UK comics are marked in italics.)''
[[Image:Skywarpthundercrackerintroduction.jpg|left|thumb|200px|You can tell Skywarp apart from Thundercracker in the Marvel Comics by, uh.... let us get back to you on that.]]
Skywarp was one of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron's]] troops who attacked the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] during its mission to clear a path for [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] through an asteroid field. He was deactivated when it crashed on [[Earth]], and he lay dormant for four million years. When he and his fellow Decepticons awoke, Skywarp was given a new [[altmode]], that of an Earth jet. {{storylink|The Transformers (comic issue)}} He aided the Decepticons in their building of their new base constructed of parts from [[Harrison Nuclear Power Plant]] and joined in their attack on [[Sparkplug Witwicky]]'s auto repair shop. After the successful abduction of Sparkplug Witwicky, Skywarp, [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] defended their base from [[Autobot]]s, though [[Gears]] and [[Spider-Man]] were able to sneak through and rescue Sparkplug. {{storylink|Prisoner of War!}}

''When Starscream fired upon his teammate [[Ravage]] for eavesdropping on his plot to overthrow Megatron, Skywarp and the other Decepticons sought deadly revenge on the Decepticon Air Commander. {{storylink|The Enemy Within!, part 2}} Though Starscream escaped, the Decepticons soon regrouped to attack the Ark, but their battle was ended prematurely when [[Auntie]], the Ark's computer system, magnetized the walls, immobilizing both factions. {{storylink|Raiders of the Lost Ark}} Skywarp also traveled with the Decepticons to the [[United Kingdom]], where he and his teammates attempted to learn about a mysterious Autobot rescue ship buried under a castle. An initial attack on the Autobots left Skywarp seriously wounded by a bomb from [[Bluestreak]]. {{storylink|Man of Iron: Part 3}}

Though Sparkplug Witwicky was able to devise a way for the Decepticons to convert Earth fuel into a usable substance, he also poisoned the result, so Skywarp and his fellow Decepticons were immobilized at the climax of their would-be final battle with the Autobots. {{storylink|The Last Stand}} The Decepticon [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] took command of the Decepticons and the Ark shortly thereafter, and nursed Skywarp and his comrades back to full health. Skywarp may have helped Shockwave attempt to capture and brainwash [[Bumblebee]] into a Decepticon, or it may have been Thundercracker without red stripes. It's hard to tell. {{storylink|Plight of the Bumblebee!}}
[[Image:Skywarpgoofyteleportation.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Upon close inspection, Skywarp's teleportation power is merely a goofy loop-de-loop.]]
He served the Decepticon cause up until he was deactivated while battling [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] and placed in prison stasis at Autobot headquarters.

''When [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] traveled back from the year 2006 to build a super weapon to destroy [[Unicron]], Skywarp was a key player in the defeat of the mad Decepticon. Sorta.''

''The Autobots took Skywarp out of stasis, painted him to look like [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and sent him stumbling toward Galvatron with a tape-recorder of Starscream's voice on his back. Galvatron, still sore about Starscream tossing him out of [[Astrotrain]] during his Megatron days, shot and presumably killed Skywarp. Galvatron then realized that if he killed Starscream in the past then there's no way he could have killed Starscream in the future. Believing he was in an alternate past and thus nothing he did there would effect his personal timeline, Galvatron hurried back to his proper time. Way to take one for the team, Skywarp. {{storylink|Target 2006}}''

During a massive battle between the Autobots and Decepticons on Earth's moon, Skywarp and the other Decepticons held in stasis aboard the Ark were liberated by the [[Constructicon]]s and subsequently brought back on-line. {{storylink|Totalled!}} During the first Decepticon Civil War, Skywarp battled with [[Ratbat]]'s Decepticons against [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s Decepticons. Skywarp surprised [[Bugly]] with his teleportation powers and blasted him, temporarily stunning him. However, Bugly successfully returned fire, striking where he guessed Skywarp would next teleport. {{storylink|Cold War!}} Skywarp was repaired in time to face an [[Underbase]]-powered Starscream in [[Tokyo]], but both he and Thundercracker were destroyed by their former flying partner. {{storylink|Dark Star!}}

===Fun Publications Classics comics===
{{Coming soon|fanclub}}

===Generation 1 cartoon===
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Frank Welker]] (US), [[Masashi Ebara]] (Japan)

[[Image:Tetrajet seekers.jpg|thumb|Cybertron alt-mode (left). And now, young Skywalker, you will die.]]

Skywarp was one of the elite Decepticons that accompanied Megatron in infiltrating the ''[[Ark]]'' four million years ago. After crash-landing on Earth, the Decepticons and [[Autobots]] laid dormant for four million years, until volcanic activity stirred them into consciousness. Skywarp was the first of the Ark's Transformers to be reformatted and awakened by [[Teletraan-1]]. Now an F-15 fighter jet, Skywarp next dragged [[Megatron]]'s body into the reformatting rays of the Ark's computer.

Since the Decepticons were so badly short-staffed during their early days on Earth, Skywarp was usually involved in whatever crazy plot for universal domination Megatron was hatching. This included attacks on an off-shore oil rig, [[Sherman Dam]] and the [[Ruby Crystal Mines of Burma|ruby crystal mines of Burma]]. When the Decepticons escaped the Burma operation with a cache of energon cubes, Skywarp requested permission from Megatron to teleport in order to scare off Autobot pursuers. Teleporting behind the strangely-airborne duo of [[Ironhide]] and [[Bluestreak]], Skywarp pasted the ornery old Autobot with a heat-seeking missile, knocking him out of the sky that he probably shouldn't have been able to fly around in.

Skywarp continued to serve the Decepticons for many more years, never really doing anything notable. He was first to fall victim to an invention developed by [[Wheeljack]] that allowed Teletraan-1 to briefly take control of his body. [[Chip Chase]], a human ally of the Autobots, planted the device on Skywarp's ankle in the thick of battle. Skywarp's teleportation power did come in use when he was needed to sneak up on the Autobots (who were all in vehicle mode) and zap them with the [[transfixatron]].

In 2005, Skywarp was badly injured during the battle of [[Autobot City]]. Though he escaped with the rest of his comrades aboard [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], he was tossed out into space with other badly damaged Decepticons part way to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] so that the rest would be able to make it home. Skywarp's body was gathered by [[Unicron]] and, among others, used to make [[Galvatron]]'s new warriors. Skywarp arguably became either [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] or the identical lone [[Armada (G1)|"Armada"]] warrior who was never seen again.

===''Universe: The Wreckers''===

[[Image:Wreckersskywarpcyclonus.jpg|thumb|left|175px|Looks like [[Cyclonus (G1)#Who is Cyclonus?|Cyclonus was Bombshell]]. Neener neener.]]

After the Decepticons lost the Great War, and [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon]]s claimed [[Cybertron (planet)|the planet]], [[Megatron (BW)|another Megatron]] subjugated nearly every Transformer alive with a transformation-lock virus and an army of [[Vehicon]]s. Skywarp was one of the handful of Transformers who had slipped through Megatron's fingers, and eventually he and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] joined up with the legendary strike team, the [[Wreckers]]. Given a mission by the [[Vector Sigma|Oracle]], the Wreckers fought through an army of Vehicons to steal an Autobot shuttle in order to get off-planet. {{storylink|Departure}}

''(Note: Though no reason is stated in-story as to how or why or when Skywarp got this new body between the Great War and the [[Beast Era]], ''Wreckers'' plotter [[Glen Hallit]] noted that Skywarp's body was based on a mass-production bodytype of its day, similar to ''Generation 1''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Seeker]]s.)''

===Dreamwave comics continuity===

===IDW comics continuity===

Skywarp is part of a Decepticon infiltration unit that has operated covertly on Earth for at least four years, working to destabilize Earth's governing organizations and create global anarchy.<ref>[[Infiltration, Part 3]]</ref> His alternate form is an [[wikipedia:F-22 Raptor|F-22 Raptor]] fighter jet.

[[Starscream_(G1)|Starscream]] assigned him and [[Blitzwing]] to destroy all traces of the [[Nebraska]] operation, but, after demolishing the abandoned Nebraska command bunker, he is severely damaged by Megatron who, unfortunately for Skywarp had been inside at the time. <ref>[[Infiltration, Part 5]]</ref> This Megatron is apparently not one to hold grudges and he soon has Skywarp repaired and functioning again, under the understanding that there will be no further second chances.<ref>[[Escalation, Part 1]]</ref>

It would appear that Skywarp has the ability to teleport others in addition to himself in this continuity, as he and Astrotrain appear to both fly out of one of his warps during a battle.

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
* '''Skywarp''' (Decepticon Jet, 1984/1985/2001/2003)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''23'''

[[Image:Redeco.jpg|left|thumb|Skywarp is the redeco on the left. He's mostly black... not that this was a cheap or lazy decision.]]

: ''(Note: For some reason, the stats on Skywarp's, Starscream's and Thundercracker's tech specs were switched around. Skywarp was given Starscream's numbers, which explains his high intelligence and rank.)''

: The only 1984 [[Seeker]] with a deco not used previously in [[Takara]]'s ''[[Diaclone]]'' line, Skywarp transforms into an [[wikipedia:F-15 Eagle|F-15 Eagle]] fighter jet, sharing his mold with his teammates [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]. Many parts need to be removed completely for transformation from robot to jet and back, which nowadays is considered a major drawback of the toy. It is rare to find it complete, as neither mode can hold all the pieces required. There are a few minor mold variations of this toy (common for the first two years of ''Transformers'', really), the most immediately noticeable being that early versions did not have visible "clip-tabs" on the inner face of the gauntlets.

: In 2001, Skywarp was given a short-run reissue by Takara as a convention-[[exclusive]] item, bundled together with Thundercracker as "[[Collector's Edition]]" Set C. The toy would later be more extensively released in 2003 as part of [[Hasbro]]'s [[Commemorative Series]] series IV, though due to US [[for safety reasons|toy-safety regulations]], his missiles were made extra-long.

: This mold was [[redeco]]ed into [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]] and retooled to make [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]].

===Machine Wars===
* '''Skywarp''' (Basic, 1997)
[[Image:MWSkywarp.jpg|right|thumb|150px|After his near-fatal encounter with the Invert Colors function.]]

: Sharing a mold once again with Thundercracker, Skywarp transforms into a white [[wikipedia:Rafale|Dassault Rafale]] fighter jet with spring-loaded one-step transformation from jet to robot. The two halves of his rifle store in his lower legs. Like all ''Machine Wars'' toys, Thundercracker was an [[exclusive]] to Kay-Bee stores and related stores like Toy Liquidators.

: This mold is also used by ''[[Beast Wars II]]'' [[Dirge (BWII)|Dirge]], ''[[Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Skyfire (RID)|Skyfire]], and ''[[Robot Masters]]'' [[Wing Stun]]''.

===Universe===
* '''Skywarp''' (Deluxe, 2003)
[[Image:UniverseSkywarp_toy.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Like [[Mirage (BM)|Mirage]] except he can fly.]]

:''[[Universe]]'' Skywarp is a redeco of ''[[Beast Machines]]'' [[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]] in his G1 colors. He transforms into a Cybertronic fighter jet, armed with two projectile launchers that can fire orange energon bolts.

: His [[Spark]] crystal has a Decepticon sigil tampographed on top of it.

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===Smallest Transformers===
* '''Skywarp''' (2003)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''GTF X-1'''

: [[Smallest Transforming Transformers|Smallest Transformers]] Skywarp was a very small-scale simplification of the original G1 Seeker toy, retaining most of its functionality and accessories, except for his long null-rays. Skywarp was one of two [[chase figure]]s from the first wave of the line.

: This mold was redecoed from Starscream, then re-redecoed into Thundercracker, and finally retooled to make Thrust.

===Robot Masters===
* '''Skywarp & Thundercracker''' (Multi-pack, 2005)
[[Image:RMSkywarp_toy.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Now with the proper articulation for down-stair-pushing.]]

: ''[[Robot Masters]]'' Skywarp is a redeco of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] from the same series, a smaller yet more advanced version of the original toy, adding more articulation and reducing the amount of [[part-forming]] required. He was available only in a two-pack with Thundercracker, which also came with a Decepticon sigil pin. This set was the very last product released in the ''Robot Masters'' line, and wasn't even strictly sold in a box from that series; instead, it used a modified [[e-Hobby]] ''Generation 1'' reissue box, with only a small corner tab noting its ''Robot Masters'' origin from the front.

===Classics===
* '''Ultra Magnus vs Skywarp: Battle For Autobot City''' (Multi-pack, 2006)
[[Image:Classics_Skywarp_toy.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Skywarp only wears the finest Decepticon fingerless-gloves.]]

: ''[[Classics_(2006)|Classics]]'' Skywarp is a redeco of the ''Classics'' Starscream mold, transforming into an F-15 Eagle fighter jet, though with a canopy like that of an [[wikipedia:F-14 Tomcat|F-14 Tomcat]]. He comes with a pair of spring-loaded missile launchers that can be mounted on his biceps or used as hand-held weapons in robot mode and attach under his wings in vehicle mode. As with most ''Classics'' toys, he also features a heat-sensitive [[rubsign]]. He was only available as part of a Target stores [[exclusive]] two-pack with [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. The set's price was $19.99, despite including both a Voyager-class and Deluxe-class mold in it, which for regular separate releases would be approximately $30 worth of toys.

===Masterpiece===
* '''MP-06 Masterpiece Skywarp''' (2007)
: ''[[Masterpiece]]'' Skywarp was announced in April of 2007. Set to be released in Japan in September of the same year. Details are limited, he is based on the Masterpiece Starscream mold in black, gray, silver, and purple. Unlike most G1 based Skywarp figures he features a smaller amount of purple and silver, with black and gray making up most of the figure's color scheme. Early details indicate that the figure will have a newly retooled face and more diecast content.
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==Merchandise==

==Trivia==
[[Image:LiveActionJazz-Skywarp01.jpg|right|thumb|200px|I bet he spiked the punch.]]

* A commercial for Transformers reflective iron-on patches advertised the "Prizes in Disguise" competition. When the iron-on patch was used, it was possible to instead find an instant win ticket for a Transformers voice changer (of the [[Enemy]] variety) - or to have a party with "life size" Transformers! Among the "life size" Transformers shown were [[Jazz]] and Skywarp. In all likeliness, you did not party with them.

[[Image:Skywarpatron.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Skywarp really DID need close supervision.]]

* In a possible fit of madness, a triple changer was proposed that would switch between [[Skywarp]] (possibly mistaken for Starscream), Megatron, and Skywarp's jet mode.

{{-}}
==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1984/Decepticon/Skywarp/skywarp.htm Skywarp at TFU.info]

*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Skywarp Skywarp's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

== Footnotes ==
<references />

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[[Category: Classics characters]]
[[Category: Generation 1 characters]]
[[Category: Machine Wars characters]]
[[Category: Robot Masters characters]]
[[Category: Seekers]]
[[Category: Universe characters]]
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Skywarp (G1)

2007-04-19T02:48:15Z

66.168.42.82: /* Masterpiece */

{{disambig3|Skywarp}}
:''Skywarp is a [[Decepticon]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Skywarp1.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Skywarp, Decepticon Stair-Pusher-Downer]]

Teleportation is a dangerous tool in the hands of a capable adversary. Thankfully for the [[Autobot]]s, '''Skywarp''' is the Decepticon who possesses that ability. Skywarp's not so bright, so without supervision he's worthless as a warrior. He mostly uses his teleportation power for immature pranks on both friend and foe. He takes a charmingly puerile angle at thuggery, so his pranks are well-received amongst his Decepticon peers (excepting the victim, of course).

Because, come on, a surprise push down a staircase is hilarious.

:''Italian name'': '''Corvo'''<br>
:''French-Canadian name'': '''Fraudeur'''

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
''(Note: Events from the UK comics are marked in italics.)''
[[Image:Skywarpthundercrackerintroduction.jpg|left|thumb|200px|You can tell Skywarp apart from Thundercracker in the Marvel Comics by, uh.... let us get back to you on that.]]
Skywarp was one of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron's]] troops who attacked the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] during its mission to clear a path for [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] through an asteroid field. He was deactivated when it crashed on [[Earth]], and he lay dormant for four million years. When he and his fellow Decepticons awoke, Skywarp was given a new [[altmode]], that of an Earth jet. {{storylink|The Transformers (comic issue)}} He aided the Decepticons in their building of their new base constructed of parts from [[Harrison Nuclear Power Plant]] and joined in their attack on [[Sparkplug Witwicky]]'s auto repair shop. After the successful abduction of Sparkplug Witwicky, Skywarp, [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] defended their base from [[Autobot]]s, though [[Gears]] and [[Spider-Man]] were able to sneak through and rescue Sparkplug. {{storylink|Prisoner of War!}}

''When Starscream fired upon his teammate [[Ravage]] for eavesdropping on his plot to overthrow Megatron, Skywarp and the other Decepticons sought deadly revenge on the Decepticon Air Commander. {{storylink|The Enemy Within!, part 2}} Though Starscream escaped, the Decepticons soon regrouped to attack the Ark, but their battle was ended prematurely when [[Auntie]], the Ark's computer system, magnetized the walls, immobilizing both factions. {{storylink|Raiders of the Lost Ark}} Skywarp also traveled with the Decepticons to the [[United Kingdom]], where he and his teammates attempted to learn about a mysterious Autobot rescue ship buried under a castle. An initial attack on the Autobots left Skywarp seriously wounded by a bomb from [[Bluestreak]]. {{storylink|Man of Iron: Part 3}}

Though Sparkplug Witwicky was able to devise a way for the Decepticons to convert Earth fuel into a usable substance, he also poisoned the result, so Skywarp and his fellow Decepticons were immobilized at the climax of their would-be final battle with the Autobots. {{storylink|The Last Stand}} The Decepticon [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] took command of the Decepticons and the Ark shortly thereafter, and nursed Skywarp and his comrades back to full health. Skywarp may have helped Shockwave attempt to capture and brainwash [[Bumblebee]] into a Decepticon, or it may have been Thundercracker without red stripes. It's hard to tell. {{storylink|Plight of the Bumblebee!}}
[[Image:Skywarpgoofyteleportation.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Upon close inspection, Skywarp's teleportation power is merely a goofy loop-de-loop.]]
He served the Decepticon cause up until he was deactivated while battling [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] and placed in prison stasis at Autobot headquarters.

''When [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] traveled back from the year 2006 to build a super weapon to destroy [[Unicron]], Skywarp was a key player in the defeat of the mad Decepticon. Sorta.''

''The Autobots took Skywarp out of stasis, painted him to look like [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and sent him stumbling toward Galvatron with a tape-recorder of Starscream's voice on his back. Galvatron, still sore about Starscream tossing him out of [[Astrotrain]] during his Megatron days, shot and presumably killed Skywarp. Galvatron then realized that if he killed Starscream in the past then there's no way he could have killed Starscream in the future. Believing he was in an alternate past and thus nothing he did there would effect his personal timeline, Galvatron hurried back to his proper time. Way to take one for the team, Skywarp. {{storylink|Target 2006}}''

During a massive battle between the Autobots and Decepticons on Earth's moon, Skywarp and the other Decepticons held in stasis aboard the Ark were liberated by the [[Constructicon]]s and subsequently brought back on-line. {{storylink|Totalled!}} During the first Decepticon Civil War, Skywarp battled with [[Ratbat]]'s Decepticons against [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s Decepticons. Skywarp surprised [[Bugly]] with his teleportation powers and blasted him, temporarily stunning him. However, Bugly successfully returned fire, striking where he guessed Skywarp would next teleport. {{storylink|Cold War!}} Skywarp was repaired in time to face an [[Underbase]]-powered Starscream in [[Tokyo]], but both he and Thundercracker were destroyed by their former flying partner. {{storylink|Dark Star!}}

===Fun Publications Classics comics===
{{Coming soon|fanclub}}

===Generation 1 cartoon===
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Frank Welker]] (US), [[Masashi Ebara]] (Japan)

[[Image:Tetrajet seekers.jpg|thumb|Cybertron alt-mode (left). And now, young Skywalker, you will die.]]

Skywarp was one of the elite Decepticons that accompanied Megatron in infiltrating the ''[[Ark]]'' four million years ago. After crash-landing on Earth, the Decepticons and [[Autobots]] laid dormant for four million years, until volcanic activity stirred them into consciousness. Skywarp was the first of the Ark's Transformers to be reformatted and awakened by [[Teletraan-1]]. Now an F-15 fighter jet, Skywarp next dragged [[Megatron]]'s body into the reformatting rays of the Ark's computer.

Since the Decepticons were so badly short-staffed during their early days on Earth, Skywarp was usually involved in whatever crazy plot for universal domination Megatron was hatching. This included attacks on an off-shore oil rig, [[Sherman Dam]] and the [[Ruby Crystal Mines of Burma|ruby crystal mines of Burma]]. When the Decepticons escaped the Burma operation with a cache of energon cubes, Skywarp requested permission from Megatron to teleport in order to scare off Autobot pursuers. Teleporting behind the strangely-airborne duo of [[Ironhide]] and [[Bluestreak]], Skywarp pasted the ornery old Autobot with a heat-seeking missile, knocking him out of the sky that he probably shouldn't have been able to fly around in.

Skywarp continued to serve the Decepticons for many more years, never really doing anything notable. He was first to fall victim to an invention developed by [[Wheeljack]] that allowed Teletraan-1 to briefly take control of his body. [[Chip Chase]], a human ally of the Autobots, planted the device on Skywarp's ankle in the thick of battle. Skywarp's teleportation power did come in use when he was needed to sneak up on the Autobots (who were all in vehicle mode) and zap them with the [[transfixatron]].

In 2005, Skywarp was badly injured during the battle of [[Autobot City]]. Though he escaped with the rest of his comrades aboard [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], he was tossed out into space with other badly damaged Decepticons part way to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] so that the rest would be able to make it home. Skywarp's body was gathered by [[Unicron]] and, among others, used to make [[Galvatron]]'s new warriors. Skywarp arguably became either [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] or the identical lone [[Armada (G1)|"Armada"]] warrior who was never seen again.

===''Universe: The Wreckers''===

[[Image:Wreckersskywarpcyclonus.jpg|thumb|left|175px|Looks like [[Cyclonus (G1)#Who is Cyclonus?|Cyclonus was Bombshell]]. Neener neener.]]

After the Decepticons lost the Great War, and [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon]]s claimed [[Cybertron (planet)|the planet]], [[Megatron (BW)|another Megatron]] subjugated nearly every Transformer alive with a transformation-lock virus and an army of [[Vehicon]]s. Skywarp was one of the handful of Transformers who had slipped through Megatron's fingers, and eventually he and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] joined up with the legendary strike team, the [[Wreckers]]. Given a mission by the [[Vector Sigma|Oracle]], the Wreckers fought through an army of Vehicons to steal an Autobot shuttle in order to get off-planet. {{storylink|Departure}}

''(Note: Though no reason is stated in-story as to how or why or when Skywarp got this new body between the Great War and the [[Beast Era]], ''Wreckers'' plotter [[Glen Hallit]] noted that Skywarp's body was based on a mass-production bodytype of its day, similar to ''Generation 1''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Seeker]]s.)''

===Dreamwave comics continuity===

===IDW comics continuity===

Skywarp is part of a Decepticon infiltration unit that has operated covertly on Earth for at least four years, working to destabilize Earth's governing organizations and create global anarchy.<ref>[[Infiltration, Part 3]]</ref> His alternate form is an [[wikipedia:F-22 Raptor|F-22 Raptor]] fighter jet.

[[Starscream_(G1)|Starscream]] assigned him and [[Blitzwing]] to destroy all traces of the [[Nebraska]] operation, but, after demolishing the abandoned Nebraska command bunker, he is severely damaged by Megatron who, unfortunately for Skywarp had been inside at the time. <ref>[[Infiltration, Part 5]]</ref> This Megatron is apparently not one to hold grudges and he soon has Skywarp repaired and functioning again, under the understanding that there will be no further second chances.<ref>[[Escalation, Part 1]]</ref>

It would appear that Skywarp has the ability to teleport others in addition to himself in this continuity, as he and Astrotrain appear to both fly out of one of his warps during a battle.

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
* '''Skywarp''' (Decepticon Jet, 1984/1985/2001/2003)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''23'''

[[Image:Redeco.jpg|left|thumb|Skywarp is the redeco on the left. He's mostly black... not that this was a cheap or lazy decision.]]

: ''(Note: For some reason, the stats on Skywarp's, Starscream's and Thundercracker's tech specs were switched around. Skywarp was given Starscream's numbers, which explains his high intelligence and rank.)''

: The only 1984 [[Seeker]] with a deco not used previously in [[Takara]]'s ''[[Diaclone]]'' line, Skywarp transforms into an [[wikipedia:F-15 Eagle|F-15 Eagle]] fighter jet, sharing his mold with his teammates [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]. Many parts need to be removed completely for transformation from robot to jet and back, which nowadays is considered a major drawback of the toy. It is rare to find it complete, as neither mode can hold all the pieces required. There are a few minor mold variations of this toy (common for the first two years of ''Transformers'', really), the most immediately noticeable being that early versions did not have visible "clip-tabs" on the inner face of the gauntlets.

: In 2001, Skywarp was given a short-run reissue by Takara as a convention-[[exclusive]] item, bundled together with Thundercracker as "[[Collector's Edition]]" Set C. The toy would later be more extensively released in 2003 as part of [[Hasbro]]'s [[Commemorative Series]] series IV, though due to US [[for safety reasons|toy-safety regulations]], his missiles were made extra-long.

: This mold was [[redeco]]ed into [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]] and retooled to make [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]].

===Machine Wars===
* '''Skywarp''' (Basic, 1997)
[[Image:MWSkywarp.jpg|right|thumb|150px|After his near-fatal encounter with the Invert Colors function.]]

: Sharing a mold once again with Thundercracker, Skywarp transforms into a white [[wikipedia:Rafale|Dassault Rafale]] fighter jet with spring-loaded one-step transformation from jet to robot. The two halves of his rifle store in his lower legs. Like all ''Machine Wars'' toys, Thundercracker was an [[exclusive]] to Kay-Bee stores and related stores like Toy Liquidators.

: This mold is also used by ''[[Beast Wars II]]'' [[Dirge (BWII)|Dirge]], ''[[Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Skyfire (RID)|Skyfire]], and ''[[Robot Masters]]'' [[Wing Stun]]''.

===Universe===
* '''Skywarp''' (Deluxe, 2003)
[[Image:UniverseSkywarp_toy.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Like [[Mirage (BM)|Mirage]] except he can fly.]]

:''[[Universe]]'' Skywarp is a redeco of ''[[Beast Machines]]'' [[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]] in his G1 colors. He transforms into a Cybertronic fighter jet, armed with two projectile launchers that can fire orange energon bolts.

: His [[Spark]] crystal has a Decepticon sigil tampographed on top of it.

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===Smallest Transformers===
* '''Skywarp''' (2003)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''GTF X-1'''

: [[Smallest Transforming Transformers|Smallest Transformers]] Skywarp was a very small-scale simplification of the original G1 Seeker toy, retaining most of its functionality and accessories, except for his long null-rays. Skywarp was one of two [[chase figure]]s from the first wave of the line.

: This mold was redecoed from Starscream, then re-redecoed into Thundercracker, and finally retooled to make Thrust.

===Robot Masters===
* '''Skywarp & Thundercracker''' (Multi-pack, 2005)
[[Image:RMSkywarp_toy.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Now with the proper articulation for down-stair-pushing.]]

: ''[[Robot Masters]]'' Skywarp is a redeco of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] from the same series, a smaller yet more advanced version of the original toy, adding more articulation and reducing the amount of [[part-forming]] required. He was available only in a two-pack with Thundercracker, which also came with a Decepticon sigil pin. This set was the very last product released in the ''Robot Masters'' line, and wasn't even strictly sold in a box from that series; instead, it used a modified [[e-Hobby]] ''Generation 1'' reissue box, with only a small corner tab noting its ''Robot Masters'' origin from the front.

===Classics===
* '''Ultra Magnus vs Skywarp: Battle For Autobot City''' (Multi-pack, 2006)
[[Image:Classics_Skywarp_toy.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Skywarp only wears the finest Decepticon fingerless-gloves.]]

: ''[[Classics_(2006)|Classics]]'' Skywarp is a redeco of the ''Classics'' Starscream mold, transforming into an F-15 Eagle fighter jet, though with a canopy like that of an [[wikipedia:F-14 Tomcat|F-14 Tomcat]]. He comes with a pair of spring-loaded missile launchers that can be mounted on his biceps or used as hand-held weapons in robot mode and attach under his wings in vehicle mode. As with most ''Classics'' toys, he also features a heat-sensitive [[rubsign]]. He was only available as part of a Target stores [[exclusive]] two-pack with [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. The set's price was $19.99, despite including both a Voyager-class and Deluxe-class mold in it, which for regular separate releases would be approximately $30 worth of toys.

===Masterpiece===
* '''MP-06 Masterpiece Skywarp''' (2007)
: ''[[Masterpiece]]'' Skywarp was announced in April of 2007. Set to be released in Japan in September of the same year. Details are limited, he is based on the Masterpiece Starscream mold in black, gray, silver, and purple. Unlike most G1 based Skywarp's he features a small amount of purple and silver, with black and gray making up most of the figure's color scheme. Early details indicate that the figure will have a newly retooled face and more diecast content.
{{-}}

==Merchandise==

==Trivia==
[[Image:LiveActionJazz-Skywarp01.jpg|right|thumb|200px|I bet he spiked the punch.]]

* A commercial for Transformers reflective iron-on patches advertised the "Prizes in Disguise" competition. When the iron-on patch was used, it was possible to instead find an instant win ticket for a Transformers voice changer (of the [[Enemy]] variety) - or to have a party with "life size" Transformers! Among the "life size" Transformers shown were [[Jazz]] and Skywarp. In all likeliness, you did not party with them.

[[Image:Skywarpatron.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Skywarp really DID need close supervision.]]

* In a possible fit of madness, a triple changer was proposed that would switch between [[Skywarp]] (possibly mistaken for Starscream), Megatron, and Skywarp's jet mode.

{{-}}
==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1984/Decepticon/Skywarp/skywarp.htm Skywarp at TFU.info]

*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Skywarp Skywarp's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

== Footnotes ==
<references />

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[[Category: Beast Machines characters]]
[[Category: Classics characters]]
[[Category: Generation 1 characters]]
[[Category: Machine Wars characters]]
[[Category: Robot Masters characters]]
[[Category: Seekers]]
[[Category: Universe characters]]
[[Category: Wreckers]]<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>

Skywarp (G1)

2007-04-17T22:43:12Z

66.168.42.82: /* Toys */

{{disambig3|Skywarp}}
:''Skywarp is a [[Decepticon]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Skywarp1.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Skywarp, Decepticon Stair-Pusher-Downer]]

Teleportation is a dangerous tool in the hands of a capable adversary. Thankfully for the [[Autobot]]s, '''Skywarp''' is the Decepticon who possesses that ability. Skywarp's not so bright, so without supervision he's worthless as a warrior. He mostly uses his teleportation power for immature pranks on both friend and foe. He takes a charmingly puerile angle at thuggery, so his pranks are well-received amongst his Decepticon peers (excepting the victim, of course).

Because, come on, a surprise push down a staircase is hilarious.

:''Italian name'': '''Corvo'''<br>
:''French-Canadian name'': '''Fraudeur'''

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
''(Note: Events from the UK comics are marked in italics.)''
[[Image:Skywarpthundercrackerintroduction.jpg|left|thumb|200px|You can tell Skywarp apart from Thundercracker in the Marvel Comics by, uh.... let us get back to you on that.]]
Skywarp was one of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron's]] troops who attacked the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] during its mission to clear a path for [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] through an asteroid field. He was deactivated when it crashed on [[Earth]], and he lay dormant for four million years. When he and his fellow Decepticons awoke, Skywarp was given a new [[altmode]], that of an Earth jet. {{storylink|The Transformers (comic issue)}} He aided the Decepticons in their building of their new base constructed of parts from [[Harrison Nuclear Power Plant]] and joined in their attack on [[Sparkplug Witwicky]]'s auto repair shop. After the successful abduction of Sparkplug Witwicky, Skywarp, [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] defended their base from [[Autobot]]s, though [[Gears]] and [[Spider-Man]] were able to sneak through and rescue Sparkplug. {{storylink|Prisoner of War!}}

''When Starscream fired upon his teammate [[Ravage]] for eavesdropping on his plot to overthrow Megatron, Skywarp and the other Decepticons sought deadly revenge on the Decepticon Air Commander. {{storylink|The Enemy Within!, part 2}} Though Starscream escaped, the Decepticons soon regrouped to attack the Ark, but their battle was ended prematurely when [[Auntie]], the Ark's computer system, magnetized the walls, immobilizing both factions. {{storylink|Raiders of the Lost Ark}} Skywarp also traveled with the Decepticons to the [[United Kingdom]], where he and his teammates attempted to learn about a mysterious Autobot rescue ship buried under a castle. An initial attack on the Autobots left Skywarp seriously wounded by a bomb from [[Bluestreak]]. {{storylink|Man of Iron: Part 3}}

Though Sparkplug Witwicky was able to devise a way for the Decepticons to convert Earth fuel into a usable substance, he also poisoned the result, so Skywarp and his fellow Decepticons were immobilized at the climax of their would-be final battle with the Autobots. {{storylink|The Last Stand}} The Decepticon [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] took command of the Decepticons and the Ark shortly thereafter, and nursed Skywarp and his comrades back to full health. Skywarp may have helped Shockwave attempt to capture and brainwash [[Bumblebee]] into a Decepticon, or it may have been Thundercracker without red stripes. It's hard to tell. {{storylink|Plight of the Bumblebee!}}
[[Image:Skywarpgoofyteleportation.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Upon close inspection, Skywarp's teleportation power is merely a goofy loop-de-loop.]]
He served the Decepticon cause up until he was deactivated while battling [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] and placed in prison stasis at Autobot headquarters.

''When [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] traveled back from the year 2006 to build a super weapon to destroy [[Unicron]], Skywarp was a key player in the defeat of the mad Decepticon. Sorta.''

''The Autobots took Skywarp out of stasis, painted him to look like [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and sent him stumbling toward Galvatron with a tape-recorder of Starscream's voice on his back. Galvatron, still sore about Starscream tossing him out of [[Astrotrain]] during his Megatron days, shot and presumably killed Skywarp. Galvatron then realized that if he killed Starscream in the past then there's no way he could have killed Starscream in the future. Believing he was in an alternate past and thus nothing he did there would effect his personal timeline, Galvatron hurried back to his proper time. Way to take one for the team, Skywarp. {{storylink|Target 2006}}''

During a massive battle between the Autobots and Decepticons on Earth's moon, Skywarp and the other Decepticons held in stasis aboard the Ark were liberated by the [[Constructicon]]s and subsequently brought back on-line. {{storylink|Totalled!}} During the first Decepticon Civil War, Skywarp battled with [[Ratbat]]'s Decepticons against [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s Decepticons. Skywarp surprised [[Bugly]] with his teleportation powers and blasted him, temporarily stunning him. However, Bugly successfully returned fire, striking where he guessed Skywarp would next teleport. {{storylink|Cold War!}} Skywarp was repaired in time to face an [[Underbase]]-powered Starscream in [[Tokyo]], but both he and Thundercracker were destroyed by their former flying partner. {{storylink|Dark Star!}}

===Fun Publications Classics comics===
{{Coming soon|fanclub}}

===Generation 1 cartoon===
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Frank Welker]] (US), [[Masashi Ebara]] (Japan)

[[Image:Tetrajet seekers.jpg|thumb|Cybertron alt-mode (left). And now, young Skywalker, you will die.]]

Skywarp was one of the elite Decepticons that accompanied Megatron in infiltrating the ''[[Ark]]'' four million years ago. After crash-landing on Earth, the Decepticons and [[Autobots]] laid dormant for four million years, until volcanic activity stirred them into consciousness. Skywarp was the first of the Ark's Transformers to be reformatted and awakened by [[Teletraan-1]]. Now an F-15 fighter jet, Skywarp next dragged [[Megatron]]'s body into the reformatting rays of the Ark's computer.

Since the Decepticons were so badly short-staffed during their early days on Earth, Skywarp was usually involved in whatever crazy plot for universal domination Megatron was hatching. This included attacks on an off-shore oil rig, [[Sherman Dam]] and the [[Ruby Crystal Mines of Burma|ruby crystal mines of Burma]]. When the Decepticons escaped the Burma operation with a cache of energon cubes, Skywarp requested permission from Megatron to teleport in order to scare off Autobot pursuers. Teleporting behind the strangely-airborne duo of [[Ironhide]] and [[Bluestreak]], Skywarp pasted the ornery old Autobot with a heat-seeking missile, knocking him out of the sky that he probably shouldn't have been able to fly around in.

Skywarp continued to serve the Decepticons for many more years, never really doing anything notable. He was first to fall victim to an invention developed by [[Wheeljack]] that allowed Teletraan-1 to briefly take control of his body. [[Chip Chase]], a human ally of the Autobots, planted the device on Skywarp's ankle in the thick of battle. Skywarp's teleportation power did come in use when he was needed to sneak up on the Autobots (who were all in vehicle mode) and zap them with the [[transfixatron]].

In 2005, Skywarp was badly injured during the battle of [[Autobot City]]. Though he escaped with the rest of his comrades aboard [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], he was tossed out into space with other badly damaged Decepticons part way to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] so that the rest would be able to make it home. Skywarp's body was gathered by [[Unicron]] and, among others, used to make [[Galvatron]]'s new warriors. Skywarp arguably became either [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] or the identical lone [[Armada (G1)|"Armada"]] warrior who was never seen again.

===''Universe: The Wreckers''===

[[Image:Wreckersskywarpcyclonus.jpg|thumb|left|175px|Looks like [[Cyclonus (G1)#Who is Cyclonus?|Cyclonus was Bombshell]]. Neener neener.]]

After the Decepticons lost the Great War, and [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon]]s claimed [[Cybertron (planet)|the planet]], [[Megatron (BW)|another Megatron]] subjugated nearly every Transformer alive with a transformation-lock virus and an army of [[Vehicon]]s. Skywarp was one of the handful of Transformers who had slipped through Megatron's fingers, and eventually he and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] joined up with the legendary strike team, the [[Wreckers]]. Given a mission by the [[Vector Sigma|Oracle]], the Wreckers fought through an army of Vehicons to steal an Autobot shuttle in order to get off-planet. {{storylink|Departure}}

''(Note: Though no reason is stated in-story as to how or why or when Skywarp got this new body between the Great War and the [[Beast Era]], ''Wreckers'' plotter [[Glen Hallit]] noted that Skywarp's body was based on a mass-production bodytype of its day, similar to ''Generation 1''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Seeker]]s.)''

===Dreamwave comics continuity===

===IDW comics continuity===

Skywarp is part of a Decepticon infiltration unit that has operated covertly on Earth for at least four years, working to destabilize Earth's governing organizations and create global anarchy.<ref>[[Infiltration, Part 3]]</ref> His alternate form is an [[wikipedia:F-22 Raptor|F-22 Raptor]] fighter jet.

[[Starscream_(G1)|Starscream]] assigned him and [[Blitzwing]] to destroy all traces of the [[Nebraska]] operation, but, after demolishing the abandoned Nebraska command bunker, he is severely damaged by Megatron who, unfortunately for Skywarp had been inside at the time. <ref>[[Infiltration, Part 5]]</ref> This Megatron is apparently not one to hold grudges and he soon has Skywarp repaired and functioning again, under the understanding that there will be no further second chances.<ref>[[Escalation, Part 1]]</ref>

It would appear that Skywarp has the ability to teleport others in addition to himself in this continuity, as he and Astrotrain appear to both fly out of one of his warps during a battle.

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
* '''Skywarp''' (Decepticon Jet, 1984/1985/2001/2003)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''23'''

[[Image:Redeco.jpg|left|thumb|Skywarp is the redeco on the left. He's mostly black... not that this was a cheap or lazy decision.]]

: ''(Note: For some reason, the stats on Skywarp's, Starscream's and Thundercracker's tech specs were switched around. Skywarp was given Starscream's numbers, which explains his high intelligence and rank.)''

: The only 1984 [[Seeker]] with a deco not used previously in [[Takara]]'s ''[[Diaclone]]'' line, Skywarp transforms into an [[wikipedia:F-15 Eagle|F-15 Eagle]] fighter jet, sharing his mold with his teammates [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]. Many parts need to be removed completely for transformation from robot to jet and back, which nowadays is considered a major drawback of the toy. It is rare to find it complete, as neither mode can hold all the pieces required. There are a few minor mold variations of this toy (common for the first two years of ''Transformers'', really), the most immediately noticeable being that early versions did not have visible "clip-tabs" on the inner face of the gauntlets.

: In 2001, Skywarp was given a short-run reissue by Takara as a convention-[[exclusive]] item, bundled together with Thundercracker as "[[Collector's Edition]]" Set C. The toy would later be more extensively released in 2003 as part of [[Hasbro]]'s [[Commemorative Series]] series IV, though due to US [[for safety reasons|toy-safety regulations]], his missiles were made extra-long.

: This mold was [[redeco]]ed into [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]] and retooled to make [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]].

===Machine Wars===
* '''Skywarp''' (Basic, 1997)
[[Image:MWSkywarp.jpg|right|thumb|150px|After his near-fatal encounter with the Invert Colors function.]]

: Sharing a mold once again with Thundercracker, Skywarp transforms into a white [[wikipedia:Rafale|Dassault Rafale]] fighter jet with spring-loaded one-step transformation from jet to robot. The two halves of his rifle store in his lower legs. Like all ''Machine Wars'' toys, Thundercracker was an [[exclusive]] to Kay-Bee stores and related stores like Toy Liquidators.

: This mold is also used by ''[[Beast Wars II]]'' [[Dirge (BWII)|Dirge]], ''[[Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Skyfire (RID)|Skyfire]], and ''[[Robot Masters]]'' [[Wing Stun]]''.

===Universe===
* '''Skywarp''' (Deluxe, 2003)
[[Image:UniverseSkywarp_toy.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Like [[Mirage (BM)|Mirage]] except he can fly.]]

:''[[Universe]]'' Skywarp is a redeco of ''[[Beast Machines]]'' [[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]] in his G1 colors. He transforms into a Cybertronic fighter jet, armed with two projectile launchers that can fire orange energon bolts.

: His [[Spark]] crystal has a Decepticon sigil tampographed on top of it.

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===Smallest Transformers===
* '''Skywarp''' (2003)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''GTF X-1'''

: [[Smallest Transforming Transformers|Smallest Transformers]] Skywarp was a very small-scale simplification of the original G1 Seeker toy, retaining most of its functionality and accessories, except for his long null-rays. Skywarp was one of two [[chase figure]]s from the first wave of the line.

: This mold was redecoed from Starscream, then re-redecoed into Thundercracker, and finally retooled to make Thrust.

===Robot Masters===
* '''Skywarp & Thundercracker''' (Multi-pack, 2005)
[[Image:RMSkywarp_toy.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Now with the proper articulation for down-stair-pushing.]]

: ''[[Robot Masters]]'' Skywarp is a redeco of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] from the same series, a smaller yet more advanced version of the original toy, adding more articulation and reducing the amount of [[part-forming]] required. He was available only in a two-pack with Thundercracker, which also came with a Decepticon sigil pin. This set was the very last product released in the ''Robot Masters'' line, and wasn't even strictly sold in a box from that series; instead, it used a modified [[e-Hobby]] ''Generation 1'' reissue box, with only a small corner tab noting its ''Robot Masters'' origin from the front.

===Classics===
* '''Ultra Magnus vs Skywarp: Battle For Autobot City''' (Multi-pack, 2006)
[[Image:Classics_Skywarp_toy.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Skywarp only wears the finest Decepticon fingerless-gloves.]]

: ''[[Classics_(2006)|Classics]]'' Skywarp is a redeco of the ''Classics'' Starscream mold, transforming into an F-15 Eagle fighter jet, though with a canopy like that of an [[wikipedia:F-14 Tomcat|F-14 Tomcat]]. He comes with a pair of spring-loaded missile launchers that can be mounted on his biceps or used as hand-held weapons in robot mode and attach under his wings in vehicle mode. As with most ''Classics'' toys, he also features a heat-sensitive [[rubsign]]. He was only available as part of a Target stores [[exclusive]] two-pack with [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. The set's price was $19.99, despite including both a Voyager-class and Deluxe-class mold in it, which for regular separate releases would be approximately $30 worth of toys.

===Masterpiece===
* '''MP-06 Masterpiece Skywarp''' (2007)
: ''[[Masterpiece]]'' Skywarp was announced in April of 2007. Set to be released in Japan in September of the same year. Details are limited, he is based on the Masterpiece Starscream mold in black, gray, silver, and purple. Unlike most G1 based Skywarp's he features a small amount of purple and silver, with black and gray making up most of the figure's color scheme. Nothing is known on whether the figure will feature different accessories or any remolding from Masterpiece Starscream, though unlikely.
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==Merchandise==

==Trivia==
[[Image:LiveActionJazz-Skywarp01.jpg|right|thumb|200px|I bet he spiked the punch.]]

* A commercial for Transformers reflective iron-on patches advertised the "Prizes in Disguise" competition. When the iron-on patch was used, it was possible to instead find an instant win ticket for a Transformers voice changer (of the [[Enemy]] variety) - or to have a party with "life size" Transformers! Among the "life size" Transformers shown were [[Jazz]] and Skywarp. In all likeliness, you did not party with them.

[[Image:Skywarpatron.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Skywarp really DID need close supervision.]]

* In a possible fit of madness, a triple changer was proposed that would switch between [[Skywarp]] (possibly mistaken for Starscream), Megatron, and Skywarp's jet mode.

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==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1984/Decepticon/Skywarp/skywarp.htm Skywarp at TFU.info]

*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Skywarp Skywarp's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

== Footnotes ==
<references />

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[[Category: Classics characters]]
[[Category: Generation 1 characters]]
[[Category: Machine Wars characters]]
[[Category: Robot Masters characters]]
[[Category: Seekers]]
[[Category: Universe characters]]
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Skywarp (G1)

2007-04-17T22:38:18Z

66.168.42.82: /* Toys */

{{disambig3|Skywarp}}
:''Skywarp is a [[Decepticon]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Skywarp1.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Skywarp, Decepticon Stair-Pusher-Downer]]

Teleportation is a dangerous tool in the hands of a capable adversary. Thankfully for the [[Autobot]]s, '''Skywarp''' is the Decepticon who possesses that ability. Skywarp's not so bright, so without supervision he's worthless as a warrior. He mostly uses his teleportation power for immature pranks on both friend and foe. He takes a charmingly puerile angle at thuggery, so his pranks are well-received amongst his Decepticon peers (excepting the victim, of course).

Because, come on, a surprise push down a staircase is hilarious.

:''Italian name'': '''Corvo'''<br>
:''French-Canadian name'': '''Fraudeur'''

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
''(Note: Events from the UK comics are marked in italics.)''
[[Image:Skywarpthundercrackerintroduction.jpg|left|thumb|200px|You can tell Skywarp apart from Thundercracker in the Marvel Comics by, uh.... let us get back to you on that.]]
Skywarp was one of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron's]] troops who attacked the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] during its mission to clear a path for [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] through an asteroid field. He was deactivated when it crashed on [[Earth]], and he lay dormant for four million years. When he and his fellow Decepticons awoke, Skywarp was given a new [[altmode]], that of an Earth jet. {{storylink|The Transformers (comic issue)}} He aided the Decepticons in their building of their new base constructed of parts from [[Harrison Nuclear Power Plant]] and joined in their attack on [[Sparkplug Witwicky]]'s auto repair shop. After the successful abduction of Sparkplug Witwicky, Skywarp, [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] defended their base from [[Autobot]]s, though [[Gears]] and [[Spider-Man]] were able to sneak through and rescue Sparkplug. {{storylink|Prisoner of War!}}

''When Starscream fired upon his teammate [[Ravage]] for eavesdropping on his plot to overthrow Megatron, Skywarp and the other Decepticons sought deadly revenge on the Decepticon Air Commander. {{storylink|The Enemy Within!, part 2}} Though Starscream escaped, the Decepticons soon regrouped to attack the Ark, but their battle was ended prematurely when [[Auntie]], the Ark's computer system, magnetized the walls, immobilizing both factions. {{storylink|Raiders of the Lost Ark}} Skywarp also traveled with the Decepticons to the [[United Kingdom]], where he and his teammates attempted to learn about a mysterious Autobot rescue ship buried under a castle. An initial attack on the Autobots left Skywarp seriously wounded by a bomb from [[Bluestreak]]. {{storylink|Man of Iron: Part 3}}

Though Sparkplug Witwicky was able to devise a way for the Decepticons to convert Earth fuel into a usable substance, he also poisoned the result, so Skywarp and his fellow Decepticons were immobilized at the climax of their would-be final battle with the Autobots. {{storylink|The Last Stand}} The Decepticon [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] took command of the Decepticons and the Ark shortly thereafter, and nursed Skywarp and his comrades back to full health. Skywarp may have helped Shockwave attempt to capture and brainwash [[Bumblebee]] into a Decepticon, or it may have been Thundercracker without red stripes. It's hard to tell. {{storylink|Plight of the Bumblebee!}}
[[Image:Skywarpgoofyteleportation.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Upon close inspection, Skywarp's teleportation power is merely a goofy loop-de-loop.]]
He served the Decepticon cause up until he was deactivated while battling [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] and placed in prison stasis at Autobot headquarters.

''When [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] traveled back from the year 2006 to build a super weapon to destroy [[Unicron]], Skywarp was a key player in the defeat of the mad Decepticon. Sorta.''

''The Autobots took Skywarp out of stasis, painted him to look like [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and sent him stumbling toward Galvatron with a tape-recorder of Starscream's voice on his back. Galvatron, still sore about Starscream tossing him out of [[Astrotrain]] during his Megatron days, shot and presumably killed Skywarp. Galvatron then realized that if he killed Starscream in the past then there's no way he could have killed Starscream in the future. Believing he was in an alternate past and thus nothing he did there would effect his personal timeline, Galvatron hurried back to his proper time. Way to take one for the team, Skywarp. {{storylink|Target 2006}}''

During a massive battle between the Autobots and Decepticons on Earth's moon, Skywarp and the other Decepticons held in stasis aboard the Ark were liberated by the [[Constructicon]]s and subsequently brought back on-line. {{storylink|Totalled!}} During the first Decepticon Civil War, Skywarp battled with [[Ratbat]]'s Decepticons against [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s Decepticons. Skywarp surprised [[Bugly]] with his teleportation powers and blasted him, temporarily stunning him. However, Bugly successfully returned fire, striking where he guessed Skywarp would next teleport. {{storylink|Cold War!}} Skywarp was repaired in time to face an [[Underbase]]-powered Starscream in [[Tokyo]], but both he and Thundercracker were destroyed by their former flying partner. {{storylink|Dark Star!}}

===Fun Publications Classics comics===
{{Coming soon|fanclub}}

===Generation 1 cartoon===
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Frank Welker]] (US), [[Masashi Ebara]] (Japan)

[[Image:Tetrajet seekers.jpg|thumb|Cybertron alt-mode (left). And now, young Skywalker, you will die.]]

Skywarp was one of the elite Decepticons that accompanied Megatron in infiltrating the ''[[Ark]]'' four million years ago. After crash-landing on Earth, the Decepticons and [[Autobots]] laid dormant for four million years, until volcanic activity stirred them into consciousness. Skywarp was the first of the Ark's Transformers to be reformatted and awakened by [[Teletraan-1]]. Now an F-15 fighter jet, Skywarp next dragged [[Megatron]]'s body into the reformatting rays of the Ark's computer.

Since the Decepticons were so badly short-staffed during their early days on Earth, Skywarp was usually involved in whatever crazy plot for universal domination Megatron was hatching. This included attacks on an off-shore oil rig, [[Sherman Dam]] and the [[Ruby Crystal Mines of Burma|ruby crystal mines of Burma]]. When the Decepticons escaped the Burma operation with a cache of energon cubes, Skywarp requested permission from Megatron to teleport in order to scare off Autobot pursuers. Teleporting behind the strangely-airborne duo of [[Ironhide]] and [[Bluestreak]], Skywarp pasted the ornery old Autobot with a heat-seeking missile, knocking him out of the sky that he probably shouldn't have been able to fly around in.

Skywarp continued to serve the Decepticons for many more years, never really doing anything notable. He was first to fall victim to an invention developed by [[Wheeljack]] that allowed Teletraan-1 to briefly take control of his body. [[Chip Chase]], a human ally of the Autobots, planted the device on Skywarp's ankle in the thick of battle. Skywarp's teleportation power did come in use when he was needed to sneak up on the Autobots (who were all in vehicle mode) and zap them with the [[transfixatron]].

In 2005, Skywarp was badly injured during the battle of [[Autobot City]]. Though he escaped with the rest of his comrades aboard [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], he was tossed out into space with other badly damaged Decepticons part way to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] so that the rest would be able to make it home. Skywarp's body was gathered by [[Unicron]] and, among others, used to make [[Galvatron]]'s new warriors. Skywarp arguably became either [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] or the identical lone [[Armada (G1)|"Armada"]] warrior who was never seen again.

===''Universe: The Wreckers''===

[[Image:Wreckersskywarpcyclonus.jpg|thumb|left|175px|Looks like [[Cyclonus (G1)#Who is Cyclonus?|Cyclonus was Bombshell]]. Neener neener.]]

After the Decepticons lost the Great War, and [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon]]s claimed [[Cybertron (planet)|the planet]], [[Megatron (BW)|another Megatron]] subjugated nearly every Transformer alive with a transformation-lock virus and an army of [[Vehicon]]s. Skywarp was one of the handful of Transformers who had slipped through Megatron's fingers, and eventually he and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] joined up with the legendary strike team, the [[Wreckers]]. Given a mission by the [[Vector Sigma|Oracle]], the Wreckers fought through an army of Vehicons to steal an Autobot shuttle in order to get off-planet. {{storylink|Departure}}

''(Note: Though no reason is stated in-story as to how or why or when Skywarp got this new body between the Great War and the [[Beast Era]], ''Wreckers'' plotter [[Glen Hallit]] noted that Skywarp's body was based on a mass-production bodytype of its day, similar to ''Generation 1''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Seeker]]s.)''

===Dreamwave comics continuity===

===IDW comics continuity===

Skywarp is part of a Decepticon infiltration unit that has operated covertly on Earth for at least four years, working to destabilize Earth's governing organizations and create global anarchy.<ref>[[Infiltration, Part 3]]</ref> His alternate form is an [[wikipedia:F-22 Raptor|F-22 Raptor]] fighter jet.

[[Starscream_(G1)|Starscream]] assigned him and [[Blitzwing]] to destroy all traces of the [[Nebraska]] operation, but, after demolishing the abandoned Nebraska command bunker, he is severely damaged by Megatron who, unfortunately for Skywarp had been inside at the time. <ref>[[Infiltration, Part 5]]</ref> This Megatron is apparently not one to hold grudges and he soon has Skywarp repaired and functioning again, under the understanding that there will be no further second chances.<ref>[[Escalation, Part 1]]</ref>

It would appear that Skywarp has the ability to teleport others in addition to himself in this continuity, as he and Astrotrain appear to both fly out of one of his warps during a battle.

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
* '''Skywarp''' (Decepticon Jet, 1984/1985/2001/2003)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''23'''

[[Image:Redeco.jpg|left|thumb|Skywarp is the redeco on the left. He's mostly black... not that this was a cheap or lazy decision.]]

: ''(Note: For some reason, the stats on Skywarp's, Starscream's and Thundercracker's tech specs were switched around. Skywarp was given Starscream's numbers, which explains his high intelligence and rank.)''

: The only 1984 [[Seeker]] with a deco not used previously in [[Takara]]'s ''[[Diaclone]]'' line, Skywarp transforms into an [[wikipedia:F-15 Eagle|F-15 Eagle]] fighter jet, sharing his mold with his teammates [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]. Many parts need to be removed completely for transformation from robot to jet and back, which nowadays is considered a major drawback of the toy. It is rare to find it complete, as neither mode can hold all the pieces required. There are a few minor mold variations of this toy (common for the first two years of ''Transformers'', really), the most immediately noticeable being that early versions did not have visible "clip-tabs" on the inner face of the gauntlets.

: In 2001, Skywarp was given a short-run reissue by Takara as a convention-[[exclusive]] item, bundled together with Thundercracker as "[[Collector's Edition]]" Set C. The toy would later be more extensively released in 2003 as part of [[Hasbro]]'s [[Commemorative Series]] series IV, though due to US [[for safety reasons|toy-safety regulations]], his missiles were made extra-long.

: This mold was [[redeco]]ed into [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]] and retooled to make [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]].

===Machine Wars===
* '''Skywarp''' (Basic, 1997)
[[Image:MWSkywarp.jpg|right|thumb|150px|After his near-fatal encounter with the Invert Colors function.]]

: Sharing a mold once again with Thundercracker, Skywarp transforms into a white [[wikipedia:Rafale|Dassault Rafale]] fighter jet with spring-loaded one-step transformation from jet to robot. The two halves of his rifle store in his lower legs. Like all ''Machine Wars'' toys, Thundercracker was an [[exclusive]] to Kay-Bee stores and related stores like Toy Liquidators.

: This mold is also used by ''[[Beast Wars II]]'' [[Dirge (BWII)|Dirge]], ''[[Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Skyfire (RID)|Skyfire]], and ''[[Robot Masters]]'' [[Wing Stun]]''.

===Universe===
* '''Skywarp''' (Deluxe, 2003)
[[Image:UniverseSkywarp_toy.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Like [[Mirage (BM)|Mirage]] except he can fly.]]

:''[[Universe]]'' Skywarp is a redeco of ''[[Beast Machines]]'' [[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]] in his G1 colors. He transforms into a Cybertronic fighter jet, armed with two projectile launchers that can fire orange energon bolts.

: His [[Spark]] crystal has a Decepticon sigil tampographed on top of it.

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===Smallest Transformers===
* '''Skywarp''' (2003)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''GTF X-1'''

: [[Smallest Transforming Transformers|Smallest Transformers]] Skywarp was a very small-scale simplification of the original G1 Seeker toy, retaining most of its functionality and accessories, except for his long null-rays. Skywarp was one of two [[chase figure]]s from the first wave of the line.

: This mold was redecoed from Starscream, then re-redecoed into Thundercracker, and finally retooled to make Thrust.

===Robot Masters===
* '''Skywarp & Thundercracker''' (Multi-pack, 2005)
[[Image:RMSkywarp_toy.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Now with the proper articulation for down-stair-pushing.]]

: ''[[Robot Masters]]'' Skywarp is a redeco of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] from the same series, a smaller yet more advanced version of the original toy, adding more articulation and reducing the amount of [[part-forming]] required. He was available only in a two-pack with Thundercracker, which also came with a Decepticon sigil pin. This set was the very last product released in the ''Robot Masters'' line, and wasn't even strictly sold in a box from that series; instead, it used a modified [[e-Hobby]] ''Generation 1'' reissue box, with only a small corner tab noting its ''Robot Masters'' origin from the front.

===Classics===
* '''Ultra Magnus vs Skywarp: Battle For Autobot City''' (Multi-pack, 2006)
[[Image:Classics_Skywarp_toy.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Skywarp only wears the finest Decepticon fingerless-gloves.]]

: ''[[Classics_(2006)|Classics]]'' Skywarp is a redeco of the ''Classics'' Starscream mold, transforming into an F-15 Eagle fighter jet, though with a canopy like that of an [[wikipedia:F-14 Tomcat|F-14 Tomcat]]. He comes with a pair of spring-loaded missile launchers that can be mounted on his biceps or used as hand-held weapons in robot mode and attach under his wings in vehicle mode. As with most ''Classics'' toys, he also features a heat-sensitive [[rubsign]]. He was only available as part of a Target stores [[exclusive]] two-pack with [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. The set's price was $19.99, despite including both a Voyager-class and Deluxe-class mold in it, which for regular separate releases would be approximately $30 worth of toys.

===Masterpiece===
: ''[[Masterpiece]]'' Skywarp was announced in April of 2007. Set to be released in Japan in September of the same year. Details are limited, he is based on the Masterpiece Starscream mold in black, gray, silver, and purple. Unlike most G1 based Skywarp's he features a small amount of purple and silver, with black and gray making up most of the figure's color scheme. Nothing is known on whether the figure will feature different accessories or any remolding from Masterpiece Starscream, though unlikely.
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==Merchandise==

==Trivia==
[[Image:LiveActionJazz-Skywarp01.jpg|right|thumb|200px|I bet he spiked the punch.]]

* A commercial for Transformers reflective iron-on patches advertised the "Prizes in Disguise" competition. When the iron-on patch was used, it was possible to instead find an instant win ticket for a Transformers voice changer (of the [[Enemy]] variety) - or to have a party with "life size" Transformers! Among the "life size" Transformers shown were [[Jazz]] and Skywarp. In all likeliness, you did not party with them.

[[Image:Skywarpatron.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Skywarp really DID need close supervision.]]

* In a possible fit of madness, a triple changer was proposed that would switch between [[Skywarp]] (possibly mistaken for Starscream), Megatron, and Skywarp's jet mode.

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==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1984/Decepticon/Skywarp/skywarp.htm Skywarp at TFU.info]

*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Skywarp Skywarp's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

== Footnotes ==
<references />

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[[Category: Beast Machines characters]]
[[Category: Classics characters]]
[[Category: Generation 1 characters]]
[[Category: Machine Wars characters]]
[[Category: Robot Masters characters]]
[[Category: Seekers]]
[[Category: Universe characters]]
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Unicron

2007-04-15T20:16:11Z

66.168.42.82: /* Armada */

[[Image:Unicronwiki.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Not Galactus, we swear.]]

'''Unicron''' is the eternal arch-enemy of his twin brother [[Primus]]. He is known as the Dark God, the Chaos Bringer, the Planet Eater, and he is dedicated to consuming the multiverse. His goal is to bring an end to the annoying creation boasting independence around him, and find peace by becoming the living center of a swirling, infinite torrent of nothingness at the end of all things.

To undertake this seemingly overwhelming task, Unicron is able to travel across realities at will, a meandering plague upon existence itself. <ref>Titanium Series 3" Unicron profile</ref> Integrated into his systems are incomprehensible quantum computers which calculate probabilities forward and backwards in time, in perpetuity, giving his processors an everchanging, evolving map of the multiverse.<ref>Profile, Transformers Fan Club newsletter, Aug/Sept 06</ref>

The only thing that he fears is Primus' essence, contained inside the [[Matrix of Leadership]].

Frequently, Unicron will make deals with lesser beings, giving them vast new powers in exchange for their servitude. These minions are sometimes stripped entirely of their free will, but others follow him willingly. No matter their intent, Unicron's plans ultimately call for their consumption as well.

==In the beginning==

[[Image:Unicron_original.jpg|thumb|left|Unicron's original body.]]

Before the dawn of time, Order and Chaos existed within an extradimensional entity known as the [[One]]. He created twin astral beings to reign over the cosmos: Primus and Unicron. Their nature differed, as Primus' lifeforce (aka the [[Allspark (dimension)|Allspark]]) was a ''multiversal singularity''; existing across all Transformers realities at once (see note below), whereas Unicron existed in only one dimension at a time but could travel relatively freely between them. Primus was the Lord of Light and Order, and Unicron, the Lord of Darkness and Chaos. Unicron sought to devour everything that exists and become one with [[The Void]] at the end of all things.

In combat, Primus was no match for Unicron. But Primus did manage to trap both his and Unicron's essences inside metallic planetoids. Over time, they learned to shape these prisons. Unicron formed his into [[Scale|a planet]] able to not only devour all in its path, but also capable of Transforming into a likeness of his old self. Primus, meanwhile became the mechanical planet of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Knowing that his ancient enemy still lived, Primus created the [[13 original Transformers]] from the material of the newly created planet. To the very first of these 13, named [[Prima]], Primus bestowed the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], containing his essence. These Transformers would, in time, grow strong in number, knowledge, and power, and be able to defeat Unicron.

==War of the balance==

The first conflict between Primus and Unicron occurred shortly after the creation of the first 13 Transformers. One of the original 13, who would ever afterwards be known as the [[Fallen]], betrayed Primus and became an acolyte of Unicron. Many of the first 13 were destroyed in this great battle before Unicron and the Fallen were sucked into a [[black hole]] and sealed away in a extra-dimensional limbo.

The two brothers shared a mental link. So long as Primus hid himself in slumber, so did Unicron also sleep. Their war ended, for a time, in stalemate.

[[Image:Primalscream.jpg|right|thumb|KHAAAAAN!]]

Eventually, in one version of Generation 1 continuity [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], [[Jazz]], and [[Bumblebee]] found themselves transported to the center of [[Cybertron_(planet)|Cybertron]]. In a battle with [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s [[Pretender]]s, a laser blast ricocheted off Grimlock and struck the essence of the sleeping Primus, causing a multiverse-shaking Primal Scream that woke Unicron and alerted him to Primus' location.

The battle between Primus and Unicron began anew. Though Unicron would sometimes be defeated, this is always temporary, and there is a whole multiverse of realities to consume. When Unicron is destroyed in one reality, he will travel to another, ready to eat again. Primus will always be waiting, hoping to incapacitate Unicron and preserve existence.

It has been suggested that both of them are, in fact, necessary for the multiverse to exist in stability.

==The Evolution of the Primus/Unicron Myth ==

The Primus/Unicron backstory has evolved and been rewritten a good number of times since it first originated in the Marvel Comics. The version above is the current iteration, which has slowly solidified across a wide swath of media beginning around the time of [[Armada]]. Before the Primus/Unicron mythos reached its present form it went through several distinct versions in the Marvel G1 Comics and elsewhere.

===Unicron's Story===
The first time we ever heard the Primus/Unicron backstory it in the UK comic continuity, from Unicron himself. After his destruction during the events of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', his head floated through space and crashed on the planet [[Junkion (planet)|Junk]]. There, he enslaved the inhabitants to recreate his old body from their world. When the bount-um... freelance peacekeeping agent [[Death's Head]] challenged him on the astral plane, Unicron shared the story of his origin thusly:

At the dawn of the universe, when Unicron was a primal force of evil, the only one who could stand against him and his [[Dark Armies]] was Primus, Lord of the [[Light Gods]]. (Note the plural.) Primus and his fellow Light Gods stood against Unicron and his Dark Armies. Events then played out roughly as described above.

''(The role of the other Light Gods and Unicron's armies would diminish with each retelling of the story, until the current version where they are alone and have a unique origin. Only one of the other Light Gods was ever named: the [[Chronarchitect]].)''

===The Keeper's Story===
The second time the story was told was in the US book by the [[Keeper]], an ancient mechanoid who guarded Primus's head at the center of Cybertron. This telling mentions that their battle was towards the end of the era of Gods and that Primus and Unicron were the last of their respective pantheons. But Primus had to defeat Unicron before he could take his place with the other gods in the "[[Omniversal Matrix]]".

===Primus' Story===
The third time the story was told was by Primus when he gathered all his children together to prepare for Unicron's coming. Here we learn for the first time that Unicron predated the current universe. Unicron had destroyed the previous universe and then slept peacefully, alone with the void. But he had not been thorough enough and some bits of the "old realms" survived. They reacted and caused The Big Bang. The sentient core of this new universe recognized the threat of Unicron and so created Primus to be his counterpart and guardian of the new creation.

===DK's Story===
The first modern retelling of their origin in the DK Transformers: Ultimate Guide (which tended to focus on the then current Dreamwave continuity) added a new twist with "The One" a self-contained being of balanced Order and Chaos. He was curious and so created Unicron to explore the new-born Universe for him. Then he sub-divided Unicron and created Primus out of him. As Primus achieved consciousness he realized Unicron had become corrupted and was now a force for Chaos. Primus thus took on the role of champion of Order and creation to balance things and protect existence from Unicron.

''(Primus did not exist in the Generation 1 cartoon. There, Cybertron's oldest revealed status was as a factory world of the [[Quintesson]]s who invented the Transformers, and Unicron was a product of the strange, sad little alien [[Primacron]]. This causes some trouble with the later retcon that Primus is a "multiversal singularity" and part of all Transformers universes, though [[Wreckers #3]] did attempt to retcon the Primus mythology into the Quintesson-creation backstory of the original cartoon. [[Simon Furman]] has also stated that he may specifically exclude Primus and Unicron from the IDW comic universe as well, which might be seen as retconning out the previous retcon and rendering Primus as being once again a feature of only "some" Transformer continuities.)''

==Fiction==

===Generation 1===
====Marvel Comics====
''(Note: The recent Primus/Unicron mythology push in the Fun Publications ''Cybertron'' comics places the Marvel Comics story first chronologically among Unicron's history of appearances.)''

After the Primal Scream, Unicron headed directly towards Cybertron. He created three [[Heralds]] to send ahead of him and prepare the Transformers for his arrival: [[Hook, Line, and Sinker]]. He also borrowed a version of Galvatron from another dimension's future in which he was successful in devouring Cybertron.

[[Image:Acolyte_of_unicron.jpg|thumb|100px|right|A Unicron cultist with mask. Or a cosplayer. Same thing.]]

Unicron placed a mental command in some Transformers, generating a cult of Autobots and Decepticons. His worshipers gathered to attack the leader of the two united factions, which had gathered on Cybertron when they sensed Unicron drawing near. Their assassination attempt was defeated with the help of Galvatron, Unicron's wayward herald.

Unicron was so unimaginably large that the sight of him froze both Transformer factions into inaction. Unicron, disappointed that victory was this simple, tore apart the planet's surface. It was only the actions of the kidnapped Galvatron that snapped the Transformers out of their collective terror. Even the united Transformers were unable to hold Unicron off. After being fazed by the [[Neo-Knights|Neo-Knight]] [[Rapture]] and temporarily shorted out by [[Circuit Breaker]], it was [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] who flew towards Unicron and opened the Matrix. The life contained inside caused Unicron to explode. ''(That Circuit Breaker could affect Unicron at all suggests that despite the Dark God's nature and history, his body (at least this one) is ultimately 'standard' technology, albeit of a very powerful nature.)''

''In the timeline of [[Earth-120185]], rather than attack Cybertron in 1990, Unicron made his appearance in 2006, in events similar to ''The Transformers: The Movie''. Destroyed by the power of the Matrix, his head crash-landed on the planet [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]], where he used mind control to force the native [[Junkion]]s to build him a new body out of the planet of Junk. At the beginning of 2008, he pulled [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and [[Death's Head]] into his thrall and used them to re-ignite the stalemated Cybertronian war in order to keep the Autobots distracted from his activities. Ultimately, however, he was defeated by Death's Head and the Autobots. His head was destroyed, and his mind was sealed within the Matrix. In 2010, he reached out from within the Matrix and took control of [[Rodimus Prime]]'s body, only to be stopped when [[Kup]] ripped the talisman out of his chest, but later still, in 2020, he repeated the trick and succeeded in transforming Rodimus's body into a copy of his own before being forced back. In the far future of 2356, Unicron's essence still resides within the Matrix, steadily withering the struggling body of Rodimus.''

''In at least [[Rhythms of Darkness|one further tangential timeline]], Unicron actually succeeded in consuming Cybertron in 2006 and allowed Galvatron to rule [[Earth]].''

====The Transformers: The Movie====
:''Voice actor:'' ''[[Orson Welles]] (US), [[Mizuho Suzuki]] (Japan)''

[[Image:Unicronplanet.jpg|right|thumb|I see you down there]]

In his first documented appearance, Unicron was known as a [[Scale|giant Transformer]] which devoured everything in his path. After the Battle of Autobot City, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and several heavily damaged Decepticons (the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] as well as [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]) were dumped in space. Unicron reformatted Megatron into [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and out of the damaged Decepticons, he created [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], and Scourge's [[Sweeps]]. He ordered them to destroy the Matrix.

Galvatron returned with the Matrix, but intended to use it to make Unicron his slave. Unicron ate him. Having already eaten two of Cybertron's [[Moonbase One|moons]], Unicron attacked Cybertron. [[Shockwave]] and the rest of the Decepticons, at the time in control of Cybertron, fought back, but this had little effect. Unicron swallowed many spaceships, and one, which contained the young Autobot [[Hot Rod]] and his comrades, crashed through Unicron's eye. Hot Rod and Galvatron battled deep inside Unicron. Ultimately, Hot Rod was able to retake the Matrix, change into Rodimus Prime, defeat Galvatron, and use the Matrix to destroy Unicron. Unicron's body exploded, though its head remained somewhat intact and orbited Cybertron.

====Generation 1 animated series====
:''Voice actor:'' ''[[Roger C. Carmel]] (US)'', ''[[Toshirō Ishii]] (Japan)''

[[Image:Primacron.jpg|right|thumb|Primacron, the one responsible for Unicron's construction. Thanks so much, Primacon.]]

Unicron had no explained origin in the movie, but later, in the third season episode "[[Call of the Primitives]]", his history in the animated continuity was revealed; Unicron was created near the beginning of time by an ancient genius called [[Primacron]], to destroy the universe for him to remake in his own image. But Unicron decided that he would be the one to rule the universe, not Primacron, and rebelled against his creator, voyaging out into the vast expanse of space.

[[Image:Unicron_head_orbit.jpg|left|thumb|Do NOT mess with the [[Big Floating Head]]!]]
His destruction in the movie was not the last the Transformers saw of Unicron; the ghost of Starscream reactivated his severed head and entered into a bargain with Unicron, performing three labours in exchange for the restoration of his body. [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and Scourge gathered for Unicron [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s eyes (breaking one and replacing it with one from [[Trypticon]]) and Trypticon's [[Transformation Cog]], and then connected his head to Cybertron, which would become Unicron's new body. Starscream demanded that Unicron restore his body so that he could complete the connection; but once Unicron had done so, Starscream double-crossed him and refused to finish the job. Unicron's head was subsequently blown off into space by an explosion instigated by the Autobots.

Later, when searching for a new supply of anti-electrons, the Decepticons ventured to Unicron's head, where Cyclonus and Scourge accidentally awoke the slumbering demi-god. At the same time, Grimlock, who had gained super-intelligence through an infusion of anti-electrons, had constructed the [[Technobot]]s from pieces of Unicron's head, and one of their number, [[Strafe]], severed enough of Unicron's neural connections to shut him back down.

Unlike the comics portrayal, Unicron is shown to be a large transforming machine and not a godlike being.

===Beast era===
====Omega Point====
[[Image:Unicrons_dark_essence.jpg|thumb|left|''Beast Wars'' Megatron and time-traveler/[[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] repaint [[Windrazor]] fight above the Dark Essence.]]
Following his destruction in 2006, Unicron's severed lifeforce was displaced in time to Earth's distant past, prior to the Beast Wars. It rested in the pit caused by its own impact, quiescent for many millennia, until found by a Predacon known as the Hunter around the Machine Era.

Taking the name [[Shokaract]], he used this Dark Essence to conquer, ruling over an apocalyptic 32nd Century future.

Due to severe time-travel mischief, the events leading up to Shokaracts's timeline were averted when the Dark Essence fled Earth from the Beast Wars.

====Dark Essence====
[[Image:Matrix_of_conquest.jpg|thumb|right|The Evil Galactic Starfish of Conquest served as a container for Unicron’s power.]]

The Dark Essence possessed only rudimentary intelligence, lacking the full force of Unicron's personality. It appears Unicron's Spark remained with his severed head (which has a back-up spark chamber) in 2005, while his power was displaced in time.

Is it unclear if this displacement was accidental, or represents an attempt by Unicron to preserve his power.

Shokaract contained the Dark Essence within a [[Matrix of Conquest]] from which he drew his powers. This is very similar to the relationship between Primus and the [[Matrix of Leadership]], where The Matrix holds the majority of his power, leaving Primus himself weak. The Matrix of Conquest appears to be unique to Shokaract's timeline branch, and would not exist outside of it.

====Beast Wars II and Neo====
'''Voice actor:''' ''[[Tetsuo Komura]] (Japan)''
[[Image:BWNeo Unicron.JPG|thumb|left|Unicron's show apearance in ''Beast Wars Neo''.]]

After the events of ''The Transformers: The Movie'', Unicron's lifeforce (the green energy seen exploding from his body) raced across time and space until it landed on the distant world of [[Gaia]], riddling itself into the planet's surface. His lifeforce caused many strange phenomenon all over the planet, and was eventually dubbed [[Angolmois]] energy.

It proved to be a powerful energy source, leaving [[Galvatron (BWII)|Galvatron]] to attempt to harvest the energy for himself. Using his massive spacecraft, the [[Nemesis (BWII)|Nemesis]], he sucked all the the Angolmois energy out of the planet and into the craft. However, after the interference of [[Leo Prime]] and [[Lio Junior]], all the Angolmois energy was sealed into capsules and ejected them from the Nemesis as it self-destructed.

[[Big Convoy]] and [[Magmatron]] then raced to collect the angolmois capsules, as their energy effects were wreaking havoc on planets all over the galaxy. They eventually collected all the capsules only to find themselves attacked by the mysterious and freakish [[Blentron]]s. The Blentrons proved nearly invincible, and stole the capsules from each team. They released the Angolmois energy and allowed it to possess Galvatron's dead body. Unicron was reborn once more.

Unicron then absorbed the last remaining ounce of stray Angolmois energy, the Blentrons, and left to settle his score with Cybertron. The [[Maximal Elder]], [[Great Convoy]], attempted to hold Unicron off with the entire Maximal armada, but Unicron's fiery serpent mode proved too much and he effortlessly destroyed the armada and Great Convoy along with it. Unicron then possessed [[Vector Sigma]], the mother computer of [[Cybertron]], effectively possessing the planet. He then morphed the planet into his new body, fulfilling the goal he originally attempted back in 2006 (or 2010, since this is Japanese continuity).

Unicron briefly exited Vector Sigma to deal with the last remaining Cybertronian resistance. Big Convoy, his Maximal new recruits, Leo Prime and Magmatron all fought side-by-side against Unicron, but all they managed to do was stall him. Big Convoy then powered up his Big Cannon with his own [[Energon Matrix|Matrix]], transforming it into the Matrix Buster. Big Convoy shot Unicron with the weapon, the powerful blast seemingly destroying the Chaos Bringer. Unicron's spirit was then evicted from Vector Sigma, returning Cybertron to normal.

====Universe====

[[Image:UnicronDeathstarII.jpg|thumb|right|Unicron's ruined body in ''Transformers: Universe''. You can't take the Wreckers anywhere.]]
After being defeated by the [[Wreckers]], Unicron floated in ruin. Using what energies he had left, he called Transformers from various corners of the multiverse inside him to do battle. He feasted upon the sparks of the losers, growing ever more powerful. Primus countered this by calling his own army from the multiverse, led by [[Optimus Primal]]. Primal was able to set free the captives inside Unicron and begin a new war between the [[Minions of Unicron]] and the [[Children of Primus]].

''(This war was ended abruptly when, during the final battle, Unicron disappeared from their reality underneath them, sucked away into the [[Unicron Singularity]] in another timestream. See [[#Cybertron|Cybertron]].)''

===Unicron Trilogy===
The [[Unicron Trilogy]], the series of Transformers franchises that includes [[Armada|Armada]], [[Energon (franchise)|Energon]], and [[Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]], was so named by Hasbro designer [[Aaron Archer]] because of Unicron's importance in each story.

====Dreamwave Comics continuity====

[[Image:Unicronarmada.jpg|thumb|left|Armada Unicron grasps at... nothing.]]

=====Armada=====

Unicron sent forth heralds to prepare the Armadaverse for his arrival after having devoured the Cybertron of a previously unseen dimension. His heralds included versions of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], and [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]].

He also sent the Autobots the near-death [[Optimus Prime (Worlds Collide)|Optimus Prime]] of that other dimension as a forewarning.

Unicron was ultimately defeated by [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Jet Optimus]], the combined form of the Armadaverse's Optimus Prime and [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]], who were infused with extra Mini-Con power. However, he had managed to kidnap [[Airazor (Armada)|Airazor]], [[Cheetor (Armada)|Cheetor]], [[Rhinox (Armada)|Rhinox]] and [[Terrorsaur (Armada)|Terrorsaur]], and would see them forged into new heralds in the interim.

=====Energon=====

[[Alpha Quintesson]] and the [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]]s try to revive Unicron.

''(Note: Due to the sudden demise of [[Dreamwave]], the results of this attempt remain unknown. Presumably, since you are alive and reading this, Unicron did not go on to consume the Omniverse.)''

====Animated continuity====
=====Armada=====
:''Voice Actor:'' ''[[Mark Acheson]] (US), [[Katsumi Chō]] (Japan)''

Disguised as Cybertron's moon, Unicron created the race of small robots known as the [[Mini-Cons]] to increase the ferocity of the Autobot/Decepticon war. When conflict exists, Unicron can feed off the energies released.

When the Mini-Cons found their way to Earth, they were followed by the Autobots and Decepticons. Unicron dispatched his minion [[Sideways]], a mysterious agent that served as the vessel for Unicron's spark in this reality, to carry on his work. Sideways escalated the conflict by manipulating control of the three Mini-Cons weapons; the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]], the [[Skyboom]] shield and the [[Requiem Blaster]]. These weapons were the three keys that were needed to awaken Unicron.

[[Image:ArmadaUnicron02.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Power Cosmic gives you wrinkles.]]

As Unicron turned on Cybertron, the Mini-Cons broke free of his control and deactivated him, but when [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] then began his final battle with [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]], the hatred and ferocity of the fight awoke Unicron once more.

To end the circle of hate that gave Unicron life, Galvatron allowed himself to be consumed by the monster, and in a brilliant flash of light, Unicron apparently ceased to exist.

=====Energon=====
:''Voice Actor:'' ''[[David Kaye]], [[Mark Acheson]](US), ??? (Japan)''

[[Image:Energon Unicron.jpg|thumb|left|Unicron sported awesome colors during ''Energon''.]]
Unbeknownst to the Autobot heroes, Unicron's body had fallen into a state of decay. Operating at low, almost undetectable energy levels, Unicron was rotting away in what was called the "Graveyard of the Universe". A spark from the past would be enough to change all of this. Alpha-Q, a Terrorcon-related alien being from a far away world, Planet Q, would awaken within the dying giant and discover that Unicron's cells had the ability to restore life, just as it did to create the mini-cons eons before.

Alpha-Q, having had his own homeworld detonated and consumed by Unicron in the past, sought to restore Unicron enough to manipulate his body into restoring the world and galaxy that he lost. Alpha-Q used the cells to restore himself to a suit of armor, as well as create Sparkless drones of his former race to carry out his deed: collect energon. As energon was collected, Unicron grew stronger.

However, Megatron's corpse and spark remained within Unicron, and he slowly siphoned off some of the gathered Energon, allowing him to be reborn in his own new body. Alpha Q jettisoned Unicron's head and escaped in it, while Megatron took over Unicron's body, and continued to gather Energon in order to rebuild Unicron to use as his ultimate weapon. As the climax of this plan neared, a joint attack by Alpha Q, the Autobots and their human allies saw all of Earth's Energon channeled into Unicron's head, which Alpha Q then rammed into Unicron's body.

The positively-charged Energon of Earth reacted with the negatively-charged Energon running through Unicron, tearing open a fissure in reality leading to a new area of space where planets Unicron consumed were recreated, and sustained through the Energon radiated from Unicron's head, which had now become a glowing red sun.

[[Image:Unicron_eats_blizzard.jpg|right|thumb|Unicron should stop eating so many Blizzards.]]

Unicron's body, damaged once more, lay in the dark reaches near the fissure, and the Decepticons began to raid Alpha Q's new planets for the Energon necessary to revive Unicron again. This time, they succeeded, and Megatron directed Unicron's body to retrieve his head, extinguishing the Energon Sun and killing Alpha Q in the process. But the power of Unicron proved too much for Megatron to control, as Unicron began to take over Megatron's body. In the ensuing battle between Unicron and the super-powered Optimus Supreme, Unicron's body was successfully destroyed.

But unbeknownst to anyone, he lived on in two forms: his miniscule Spark, and his consciousness, which lay buried in Megatron's mind. With quiet, subconscious nudging, Unicron led Megatron to a massive reservoir of "[[Super Energon]]" beneath Cybertron's surface, which transformed him into Galvatron upon his first exposure.

After a series of failed battles, Galvatron proceeded to expose himself to the Super Energon once again, and this time grew to a gigantic height. Unicron seized control of his body again for a new vessel and set out to rejoin with his Spark, but a Primus-empowered Optimus Supreme engaged him in battle once more, and drew all of Unicron's consciousness out of Galvatron and sealed it within his own Spark.

Enraged, Galvatron prepared to destroy Unicron's Spark, but it merged with him, enlarging him again, leading to another battle with Optimus Supreme, this time bolstered by the combined energy of all his troops' Sparks. Meanwhile, Primus merged with the Super Energon, creating a foundling sun which arrived at the site of the battle. Taking control of his body for a brief moment, Galvatron made the decision to plunge himself into the infant sun to rid himself of Unicron's posession. The super energon mass, having now recieved Unicron's spark, ignited into a powerful red sun which gave new life to Alpha Q's worlds.

=====Cybertron=====

[[Image:Unicroncybertron.jpg|thumb|left|The Planet-Eater's back, and you're gonna be in trouble...]]

Primus' plan to trap Unicron in the heart of a new sun failed, and instead resulted in a [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]] (or Unicron Singularity) that threatened the multiverse. His heralds [[Ramjet (Universe)|Ramjet]] and [[Nemesis Prime (Universe)|Nemesis Prime]] travelled to Cybertron to unleash the [[Dead Matrix]] upon Primus' vulnerable essence.

Vector Prime was able to defeat Ramjet and send him into the black hole in which Unicron was trapped, while [[Sentinel Maximus]] with the help of [[Omega Prime]] was able to stop Nemesis Prime from unleashing the power of the [[Dead Matrix]] on Primus. However, [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]] and [[Laserbeak (Cybertron)|Laserbeak]] were able to retrieve the Dead Matrix, and they brought it to Unicron Singularity's Event Horizon. With some adjustments, the Dead Matrix was able to extract Unicron's spark from the black hole, looking much the way it did when it took over Galvatron at the end of Energon, and, after the lifeforce consumed the planet [[Yst]], the Dark God exploded from the remains reborn.

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==Toys==
===Armada===
[[Image:Unicrontoyarmada.jpg|right|thumb|200px|And the fandom rejoiced (and complained).]]

*'''Unicron with Mini-Con Dead End''' (Supreme, 2003)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''MX-00'''

: Unicron from the [[Armada (toyline)|''Armada'' toyline]] is an orange and transparent purple Supreme-size toy that transforms into a planet. It features many Mini-Con [[Powerlinx]] plugs on the planet's rings, and "chomping" jaws activated by moving the mandibles. The packed-in Mini-Con [[Dead End (Armada)|Dead End]] in moon-mode plugs into a specially-shaped socket on Unicron's planet form, just above his gaping maw. Powerlinx plugs on his sides activate the triple spring-loaded missile launchers, which end up on his robot mode legs. In robot mode, he has hidden compartments for Mini-Cons in his robot-mode legs and abdomen. One Powerlinx plug on the back of the robot mode activates blinking eye lights and a cannon that bursts from the chest and shoots a missile. A button on the top of the head also activates the blinking eye lights. Pushing his right hand back slightly into the cuff causes it to light up.

: This toy is notable for being the first "modern" Transformers release in the main line at the $50-price point. Due to his success, other releases like ''Energon'' [[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega Supreme]] came into being.

: The [[Takara]] release of Unicron uses a lighter orange, slightly more transparent plastic, and different paint applications than the [[Hasbro]] version.

: This mold was used to make the [[Unicron of Light|Mini-Con doppelganger of Unicron]].

===Energon===
[[Image:Energon_Unicron_toy.jpg|left|thumb|This is worth more to somebody outside of Japan if it was bought inside Japan.]]

*'''Unicron''' (Supreme, 2004)

: Unicron's ''Armada'' toy was [[redeco]]ed for the [[Energon (toyline)|''Energon'' toyline]], sporting black and transparent orange, with "Energon damage" patterns, representing his shattered and damaged form. All of the gimmicks from the previous version are intact in this one.

: The ''Energon'' packaging shipped with either the orange ''Armada'' Unicron or the black ''Energon'' Unicron inside in early shipments.

*'''Unicron''' (Fast Food Premium, 2004)
[[Image:Happymeal_Unicron.jpg|right|thumb|100px|Unicron will make an unhappy meal of ''you''.]]

: Availble in one of two differnt European-market McDonald's Happy Meal promotions, this Unicron toy is based on ''Energon'' Unicron, being primarily black. It is very small, and the transformation consists of simply opening the planet mode to reveal the robot.

: When his Energon cube is clicked into position, and his button pressed, his body lights up.

===Cybertron===
[[Image:Cybertron_Unicron_toy.jpg|left|thumb|180px|ZERG RUSH KEKEKEKEKEKEKEKE]]

*'''Unicron''' (Deluxe, 2006)

: Unicron in the [[Cybertron (toyline)|''Cybertron'' line]] is a Deluxe-class toy that transforms into a futuristic tank. In robot mode he sports a battle-damaged appearance, with his head featuring a skull-like design mimicking the Unicron head that comes with Cybertron Primus. In both tank and robot modes, he features a main cannon with spring-loaded missile launcher, plus plugging a [[Cyber Planet Key]] into his back end upons up a port on his front (which bears a striking similarity to his planet maw) that reveals a (non-firing) triple-barreled cannon. His side-spikes in tank mode can be removed to become hand-weapons in robot mode.

: He comes with a [[Planet X]]-style Cyber Planet Key, with the [[Cyber Key Codes|Key Code]] "'''dgt3'''" on the back.

*'''Cybertron Primus''' (Supreme, 2006)

[[Image:Unicornhead.jpg|left|thumb|100px|right|And you thought YOU had a bad day...]]

: Certain shipments of ''Cybertron''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Cybertron [[Primus]] toy had a pack-in Unicron head. The head is based on ''Armada'' Unicron's and half of the face stripped away to reveal a robotic "skull". To provide the impression of locomotion, tentacles were added to the base of the head.

: The packaging for this variation of Primus was specifically changed with a callout for the Unicron head. this was supposed to originally be the first version of the Primus toy shipped, and only for a limited time, but both versions ended up shipping simultaneously, leading to some hunting to get the packed-in Uniskull.

===Titanium Series===
[[Image:Titanium_RM_Unicron.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Tinycron]]

*'''Unicron''' (Robot Master, 2006)

: Unicron in the ''[[Titanium Series]]'' line is a 3-inch tall figurine made partially of [[die-cast]] metal, with movable arms. One hand holds what seems to be a moon (or he's going bowling). He comes with a [[Decepticon]] stand as well.

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===Unproduced Unicron toys===
[[Image:Neocron.jpg|right|thumb|In crazy, backwards universe, we should've gotten this rather than ''Armada'' Unicron.]]

* Generation 1 Hasbro
:An unproduced toy for Unicron was to have been released in [[Generation 1]]. It was a blue and yellow robot about one foot tall and was able to transform into a planet. It was to have come with a voice chip, and a "planet microphone" to allow owners to speak through the toy. It is very fat. It was only shown on display at [[BotCon 1996]].

* Generation 1 Takara
: Takara was to release a toy similiar to Hasbro's attempt, but it was green and yellow, possessing different paint applications and molding. It also was to come with a base that set up a "planetary system" with Unicron and a moon.

* ''Beast Wars Neo''
: Takara tried again to produce a Unicron toy, only going as far as the resin stage. It was said to be around the size of [[Optimus Primal]], and had several gimmicks, such as a laughing face when the horns were squeezed, and a claw and a drill that were stored in the planet "shell" in robot mode. One hardcopy was shown at the Tokyo Toy Fair.

==Merchandise==
===Hard Hero===
* '''Unicron''' (BotCon 2002)
[[Image:HHUnicron_statue.jpg|right|thumb|100px|Weighs almost as much as the real thing]]

:It was a huge-ass cold-cast porcelain statue based upon the cartoon design of Unicron.

:It was originally a [[BotCon 2002]] [[exclusive]].

===Art Asylum===
* '''Unicron Movie Statue''' (Diamond Select, 2007)
[[Image:AAUnicron_statue.jpg|left|thumb|160px|Oh, I see how this works. You say "Behind you!" and I turn around, and while I'm staring at nothing you run away. Well I'm not falling for it!]]

:It's not out yet!

:This statue of Unicron stands 8 ½” tall and is limited to 1,986 pieces (as in 1986, the year the original Transformers movie was released). It also features a smaller statue of Hot Rod standing upon the centerpiece holding the Matrix aloft. Oddly enough, Hot Rod is in his toy colours.

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==Trivia==
[[Image:Model-TheEntity.jpg|thumb|100px|right|Eastercron.]]

* In early preproduction for ''The Transformers: The Movie'', Unicron was referred to as the '''Entity'''.

* A model sheet from later in the movie's preproduction revealed that, at one point, the ''planet'' Unicron would turn into the ''robot'' '''Ingestor'''. This idea was, obviously, dropped before the film's release.
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==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Unicron/Unicron/unicron.htm Unicron on TFU.info]
* [http://www.transformersontheshelf.com/UnicronPage Unicron (toy) History]
*[http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/content.php?/pages/transformers-reviews/gallery/766/micron+legend/Green+Unicron+%28Lucky+Draw%29.html Photo gallery and review of Green Lucky Draw Unicron]
*[http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/content.php?/pages/transformers-reviews/gallery/799/toys/Unicron+%28Inflateable%29.html Inflatable Unicron store display gallery]

==References and footnotes==
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Galvatron II

2007-04-15T14:45:37Z

66.168.42.82: /* Generation 1 */

{{disambig3|Galvatron}}

:''Galvatron is a [[Decepticon]] from an alternate [[Generation 1]] future.''

[[Image:Galvatronii.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Well, it's heavy.]]

'''Galvatron''' was [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] reborn in the fires of [[Unicron]]. In an alternate timeline, Unicron consumed [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and Galvatron was given [[Earth]] to rule. It is the year 2009, and only a handful of Autobots remain -- even their leader, [[Rodimus Prime]], has fallen. What chance, then, do the rest of us have?

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
Galvatron originally controlled the Americas in an alternate 2009 where Unicron had been victorious in his [[The Transformers: The Movie (1986)|attack on Cybertron]]. He knew that the other countries of [[Earth]] were planning a nuclear strike against the force-field with which he barricaded the continents. He thought that his shield could withstand, and absorb, the energy of the attack. This Galvatron was quite mad in his home time - he lethally punished his close lieutenant [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], and continued to 'kill' a long-dead Rodimus Prime whose remains he'd strung up on what was left of the World Trade Center.

Before he could make good his plans for nuclear energy, though, he was snatched through time to 1991 by [[Hook, Line, and Sinker]], who were working for a Unicron who 'may or may not become' the one who created him. This Unicron tried to use him as a soldier in his own attack on Cybertron, but Galvatron quickly turned against him. He assisted [[Emirate Xaaron]] in his attempts to awaken [[Primus]]; Unicron sent Hook, Line and Sinker to eliminate Galvatron, but he easily destroyed the trio.

After Unicron's destruction, a group of Decepticons hijacked the [[Ark]], and Galvatron stowed away on board. He then fought against and subsequently allied with this era's Megatron, teaming up with him to destroy [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] before the Ark crashed on Earth. Now driven completely mad, he wreaked havoc until he was defeated by [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. He hasn't been seen since Maximus threw him into a frozen lake.

===E-Hobby===
Galvatron II later menaced [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|G2 Ultra Magnus]] with his personal [[Warworld]]. Galvatron II succeeds at defeating and nearly killing Ultra Magnus until a heavily armed [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] intervenes, destroying Galvatron's arm cannon.

''Note: Nobody is sure which continuity this takes place in, perhaps not even its [[Hirofumi Ichikawa|author.]]''

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Galvatron II''' (eHobby)
[[Image:GalvatronManga1.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Galvatron is a different character from Megatron... in America and the UK.]]
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-66'''
:The Galvatron II toy was sold through [[e-Hobby]]. It is the original gray version of the Galvatron toy, but with additional stickers for details only seen in an pre-movie advertisement, a retooled face, as well as one exclusive voice clip.
:Galvatron II also comes with the [[Creation Matrix]], a green [[redeco]] of "Anime" Galvatron's [[Matrix of Leadership]].

==Trivia==
*Compared to the first Galvatron, this guy was a bit pathetic. His predecessor was shot by just about every Transformer you can name, buried under a volcano, soundly beaten by Unicron on more than one occasion, then lost half of his head before finally being destroyed by a rift in space and time. Makes you wonder how this guy beat Rodimus Prime in his own time, but meets his end thanks to a frozen lake.
*That's not blusher he's wearing in the picture at the top. It's '''the fires of evil burning within his soul'''.

==External links==
*[http://www.e-hobby.co.jp/cgi-bin/omc?&port=33301&req=PRODUCT&code=tfce_35 Galvatron II at e-Hobby]

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Skywarp (G1)

2007-04-12T00:56:39Z

66.168.42.82: /* Fun Publications Classics comics */

{{disambig3|Skywarp}}
:''Skywarp is a [[Decepticon]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Skywarp1.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Skywarp, Decepticon Stair-Pusher-Downer]]

Teleportation is a dangerous tool in the hands of a capable adversary. Thankfully for the [[Autobot]]s, '''Skywarp''' is the Decepticon who possesses that ability. Skywarp's not so bright, so without supervision he's worthless as a warrior. He mostly uses his teleportation power for immature pranks on both friend and foe. He takes a charmingly puerile angle at thuggery, so his pranks are well-received amongst his Decepticon peers (excepting the victim, of course).

Because, come on, a surprise push down a staircase is hilarious.

''French-Canadian name: '''Fraudeur'''<br>
''Italian name: '''Corvo'''

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
''(Note: Events from the UK comics are marked in italics.)''
[[Image:Skywarpthundercrackerintroduction.jpg|left|thumb|200px|You can tell Skywarp apart from Thundercracker in the Marvel Comics by, uh.... let us get back to you on that.]]
Skywarp was one of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron's]] troops who attacked the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] during its mission to clear a path for [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] through an asteroid field. He was deactivated when it crashed on [[Earth]], and he lay dormant for four million years. When he and his fellow Decepticons awoke, Skywarp was given a new [[altmode]], that of an Earth jet. {{storylink|The Transformers (comic issue)}} He aided the Decepticons in their building of their new base constructed of parts from [[Harrison Nuclear Power Plant]] and joined in their attack on [[Sparkplug Witwicky]]'s auto repair shop. After the successful abduction of Sparkplug Witwicky, Skywarp, [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] defended their base from [[Autobot]]s, though [[Gears]] and [[Spider-Man]] were able to sneak through and rescue Sparkplug. {{storylink|Prisoner of War!}}

''When Starscream fired upon his teammate [[Ravage]] for eavesdropping on his plot to overthrow Megatron, Skywarp and the other Decepticons sought deadly revenge on the Decepticon Air Commander. {{storylink|The Enemy Within!, part 2}} Though Starscream escaped, the Decepticons soon regrouped to attack the Ark, but their battle was ended prematurely when [[Auntie]], the Ark's computer system, magnetized the walls, immobilizing both factions. {{storylink|Raiders of the Lost Ark}} Skywarp also traveled with the Decepticons to the [[United Kingdom]], where he and his teammates attempted to learn about a mysterious Autobot rescue ship buried under a castle. An initial attack on the Autobots left Skywarp seriously wounded by a bomb from [[Bluestreak]]. {{storylink|Man of Iron: Part 3}}

Though Sparkplug Witwicky was able to devise a way for the Decepticons to convert Earth fuel into a usable substance, he also poisoned the result, so Skywarp and his fellow Decepticons were immobilized at the climax of their would-be final battle with the Autobots. {{storylink|The Last Stand}} The Decepticon [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] took command of the Decepticons and the Ark shortly thereafter, and nursed Skywarp and his comrades back to full health. Skywarp may have helped Shockwave attempt to capture and brainwash [[Bumblebee]] into a Decepticon, or it may have been Thundercracker without red stripes. It's hard to tell. {{storylink|Plight of the Bumblebee!}}
[[Image:Skywarpgoofyteleportation.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Upon close inspection, Skywarp's teleportation power is merely a goofy loop-de-loop.]]
He served the Decepticon cause up until he was deactivated while battling [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] and placed in prison stasis at Autobot headquarters.

''When [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] traveled back from the year 2006 to build a super weapon to destroy [[Unicron]], Skywarp was a key player in the defeat of the mad Decepticon. Sorta.''

''The Autobots took Skywarp out of stasis, painted him to look like [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and sent him stumbling toward Galvatron with a tape-recorder of Starscream's voice on his back. Galvatron, still sore about Starscream tossing him out of [[Astrotrain]] during his Megatron days, shot and presumably killed Skywarp. Galvatron then realized that if he killed Starscream in the past then there's no way he could have killed Starscream in the future. Believing he was in an alternate past and thus nothing he did there would effect his personal timeline, Galvatron hurried back to his proper time. Way to take one for the team, Skywarp. {{storylink|Target 2006}}''

During a massive battle between the Autobots and Decepticons on Earth's moon, Skywarp and the other Decepticons held in stasis aboard the Ark were liberated by the [[Constructicon]]s and subsequently brought back on-line. {{storylink|Totalled!}} During the first Decepticon Civil War, Skywarp battled with [[Ratbat]]'s Decepticons against [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s Decepticons. Skywarp surprised [[Bugly]] with his teleportation powers and blasted him, temporarily stunning him. However, Bugly successfully returned fire, striking where he guessed Skywarp would next teleport. {{storylink|Cold War!}} Skywarp was repaired in time to face an [[Underbase]]-powered Starscream in [[Tokyo]], but both he and Thundercracker were destroyed by their former flying partner. {{storylink|Dark Star!}}

===Animated continuity===
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Frank Welker]] (US), [[Masashi Ebara]] (Japan)
[[Image:Tetrajet seekers.jpg|thumb|Cybertron alt-mode (left). And now, young Skywalker, you will die.]]
Skywarp was one of the elite Decepticons that accompanied Megatron in infiltrating the ''[[Ark]]'' four million years ago. After crash-landing on Earth, the Decepticons and [[Autobots]] laid dormant for four million years, until volcanic activity stirred them into consciousness. Skywarp was the first of the Ark's Transformers to be reformatted and awakened by [[Teletraan-1]]. Now an F-15 fighter jet, Skywarp next dragged [[Megatron]]'s body into the reformatting rays of the Ark's computer.

Since the Decepticons were so badly short-staffed during their early days on Earth, Skywarp was usually involved in whatever crazy plot for universal domination Megatron was hatching. This included attacks on an off-shore oil rig, [[Sherman Dam]] and the [[Ruby Crystal Mines of Burma|ruby crystal mines of Burma]]. When the Decepticons escaped the Burma operation with a cache of energon cubes, Skywarp requested permission from Megatron to teleport in order to scare off Autobot pursuers. Teleporting behind the strangely-airborne duo of [[Ironhide]] and [[Bluestreak]], Skywarp pasted the ornery old Autobot with a heat-seeking missile, knocking him out of the sky that he probably shouldn't have been able to fly around in.

Skywarp continued to serve the Decepticons for many more years, never really doing anything notable. He was first to fall victim to an invention developed by [[Wheeljack]] that allowed Teletraan-1 to briefly take control of his body. [[Chip Chase]], a human ally of the Autobots, planted the device on Skywarp's ankle in the thick of battle. Skywarp's teleportation power did come in use when he was needed to sneak up on the Autobots (who were all in vehicle mode) and zap them with the [[transfixatron]].

In 2005, Skywarp was badly injured during the battle of [[Autobot City]]. Though he escaped with the rest of his comrades aboard [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], he was tossed out into space with other badly damaged Decepticons part way to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] so that the rest would be able to make it home. Skywarp's body was gathered by [[Unicron]] and, among others, used to make [[Galvatron]]'s new warriors. Skywarp arguably became either [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] or the identical lone [[Armada (G1)|"Armada"]] warrior who was never seen again.

===''Universe: The Wreckers''===
[[Image:Wreckersskywarpcyclonus.jpg|thumb|left|175px|Looks like [[Cyclonus (G1)#Who is Cyclonus?|Cyclonus was Bombshell]]. Neener neener.]]After the Decepticons lost the Great War, and [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon]]s claimed [[Cybertron (planet)|the planet]], [[Megatron (BW)|another Megatron]] subjugated nearly every Transformer alive with a transformation-lock virus and an army of [[Vehicon]]s. Skywarp was one of the handful of Transformers who had slipped through Megatron's fingers, and eventually he and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] joined up with the legendary strike team, the [[Wreckers]]. Given a mission by the [[Vector Sigma|Oracle]], the Wreckers fought through an army of Vehicons to steal an Autobot shuttle in order to get off-planet. {{storylink|Departure}}

''(Note: Though no reason is stated in-story as to how or why or when Skywarp got this new body between the Great War and the [[Beast Era]], ''Wreckers'' plotter [[Glen Hallit]] noted that Skywarp's body was based on a mass-production bodytype of its day, similar to ''Generation 1''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Seeker]]s.)''

===Dreamwave comics continuity===

===IDW comics continuity===
Skywarp is part of a Decepticon infiltration unit that has operated covertly on Earth for at least four years, working to destabilize Earth's governing organizations and create global anarchy.<ref>[[Infiltration, Part 3]]</ref> His alternate form is an [[wikipedia:F-22 Raptor|F-22 Raptor]] fighter jet.

[[Starscream_(G1)|Starscream]] assigned him and [[Blitzwing]] to destroy all traces of the [[Nebraska]] operation, but, after demolishing the abandoned Nebraska command bunker, he is severely damaged by Megatron who, unfortunately for Skywarp had been inside at the time. <ref>[[Infiltration, Part 5]]</ref> This Megatron is apparently not one to hold grudges and he soon has Skywarp repaired and functioning again, under the understanding that there will be no further second chances.<ref>[[Escalation, Part 1]]</ref>

It would appear that Skywarp has the ability to teleport others in addition to himself in this continuity, as he and Astrotrain appear to both fly out of one of his warps during a battle.

===Fun Publications Classics comics===
Taking place roughly 15 years after the end of the Marvel Comics run. Megatron has reawakened and revived some of his fellow Decepticons. Among these Decepticons is Skywarp. After Skywarp’s destruction by Starscream in the Underbase, Megatron used schematics of a new Seeker model originally created by [[Shockwave]] to rebuild him. Seemingly due to the limitations presented to Megatron, or the fact that it was inherent only to his original body, Skywarp's teleportation ability now consumes a high level of fuel, limiting him to only three teleportations before refueling. His heat seeking missiles were also replaced with human armaments enhanced with Cybertron technology. Without supervision, Skywarp is likely to become mischievous and endanger himself and others.
Skywarp was assigned with Scavenger to guard [[Landquake]] by Megatron. Skywarp later joined Seekers Starscream and [[Ramjet]] in an attack against a squadron of human flown fighter jets.

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
* '''Skywarp''' (Decepticon Jet, 1984/1985/2001/2003)
[[Image:Redeco.jpg|left|thumb|Skywarp is the redeco on the left. He's mostly black... not that this was a cheap or lazy decision.]]
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''23'''

: ''(Note: For some reason, the stats on Skywarp's, Starscream's and Thundercracker's tech specs were switched around. Skywarp was given Starscream's numbers, which explains his high intelligence and rank.)''

: The only 1984 [[Seeker]] with a deco not used previously in [[Takara]]'s ''[[Diaclone]]'' line, Skywarp transforms into an [[wikipedia:F-15 Eagle|F-15 Eagle]] fighter jet, sharing his mold with his teammates [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]. Many parts need to be removed completely for transformation from robot to jet and back, which nowadays is considered a major drawback of the toy. It is rare to find it complete, as neither mode can hold all the pieces required. There are a few minor mold variations of this toy (common for the first two years of ''Transformers'', really), the most immediately noticeable being that early versions did not have visible "clip-tabs" on the inner face of the gauntlets.

: In 2001, Skywarp was given a short-run reissue by Takara as a convention-[[exclusive]] item, bundled together with Thundercracker as "[[Collector's Edition]]" Set C. The toy would later be more extensively released in 2003 as part of [[Hasbro]]'s [[Commemorative Series]] series IV, though due to US [[for safety reasons|toy-safety regulations]], his missiles were made extra-long.

: This mold was redecoed into [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]] and retooled to make [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]].

===Machine Wars===
* '''Skywarp''' (Basic, 1997)
[[Image:MWSkywarp.jpg|right|thumb|150px|After his near-fatal encounter with the Invert Colors function.]]

: Sharing a mold once again with Thundercracker, Skywarp transforms into a white [[wikipedia:Rafale|Dassault Rafale]] fighter jet with spring-loaded one-step transformation from jet to robot. The two halves of his rifle store in his lower legs. Like all ''Machine Wars'' toys, Thundercracker was an [[exclusive]] to Kay-Bee stores and related stores like Toy Liquidators.

: This mold is also used by ''[[Beast Wars II]]'' [[Dirge (BWII)|Dirge]], ''[[Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Skyfire (RID)|Skyfire]], and ''[[Robot Masters]]'' [[Wing Stun]]''.

===Universe===
* '''Skywarp''' (Deluxe, 2003)
[[Image:UniverseSkywarp_toy.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Like [[Mirage (BM)|Mirage]] except he can fly.]]

:''Universe'' Skywarp is a redeco of ''[[Beast Machines]]'' [[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]] in his G1 colours. He transforms into a Cybertronic fighter jet, armed with two projectile launchers that can fire orange energon bolts.

: His [[Spark]] crystal has a Decepticon sigil tampographed on top of it.

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===Smallest Transformers===
* '''Skywarp''' (2003)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''GTF X-1'''

: [[Smallest Transforming Transformers|Smallest Transformers]] Skywarp was a very small-scale simplification of the original G1 Seeker toy, retaining most of its functionality and accessories, except for his long null-rays. Skywarp was one of two [[chase figure]]s from the first wave of the line.

: This mold was redecoed from Starscream, then re-redecoed into Thundercracker, and finally retooled to make Thrust.

===Robot Masters===
* '''Skywarp & Thundercracker''' (Multi-pack, 2005)
[[Image:RMSkywarp_toy.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Now with the proper articulation for down-stair-pushing.]]

: ''[[Robot Masters]]'' Skywarp is a redeco of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] from the same series, a smaller yet more advanced version of the original toy, adding more articulation and reducing the amount of [[part-forming]] required. He was available only in a two-pack with Thundercracker, which also came with a Decepticon sigil pin. This set was the very last product released in the ''Robot Masters'' line, and wasn't even strictly sold in a box from that series; instead, it used a modified [[e-Hobby]] ''Generation 1'' reissue box, with only a small corner tab noting its ''Robot Masters'' origin from the front.

===Classics===
* '''Ultra Magnus vs Skywarp: Battle For Autobot City''' (Multi-pack, 2006)
[[Image:Classics_Skywarp_toy.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Skywarp only wears the finest Decepticon fingerless-gloves.]]

: ''[[Classics_(2006)|Classics]]'' Skywarp is a redeco of the ''Classics'' Starscream mold, transforming into an F-15 Eagle fighter jet, though with a canopy like that of an [[wikipedia:F-14 Tomcat|F-14 Tomcat]]. He comes with a pair of spring-loaded missile launchers that can be mounted on his biceps or used as hand-held weapons in robot mode and attach under his wings in vehicle mode. As with most ''Classics'' toys, he also features a heat-sensitive [[rubsign]]. He was only available as part of a Target stores [[exclusive]] two-pack with [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. The set's price was $19.99, despite including both a Voyager-class and Deluxe-class mold in it, which for regular separate releases would be approximately $30 worth of toys.

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==Merchandise==

==Trivia==
[[Image:LiveActionJazz-Skywarp01.jpg|right|thumb|200px|I bet he spiked the punch.]]

*A commercial for Transformers reflective iron-on patches advertised the "Prizes in Disguise" competition. When the iron-on patch was used, it was possible to instead find an instant win ticket for a Transformers voice changer (of the [[Enemy]] variety) - or to have a party with "life size" Transformers! Among the "life size" Transformers shown were [[Jazz]] and Skywarp. In all likeliness, you did not party with them.

[[Image:Skywarpatron.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Skywarp really DID need close supervision.]]
* In a possible fit of madness, a triple changer was proposed that would switch between [[Skywarp]] (possibly mistaken for Starscream), Megatron, and Skywarp's jet mode.
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==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1984/Decepticon/Skywarp/skywarp.htm Skywarp at TFU.info]
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Skywarp Skywarp's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

== Footnotes ==
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Skywarp (G1)

2007-04-12T00:52:04Z

66.168.42.82: /* Fiction */

{{disambig3|Skywarp}}
:''Skywarp is a [[Decepticon]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Skywarp1.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Skywarp, Decepticon Stair-Pusher-Downer]]

Teleportation is a dangerous tool in the hands of a capable adversary. Thankfully for the [[Autobot]]s, '''Skywarp''' is the Decepticon who possesses that ability. Skywarp's not so bright, so without supervision he's worthless as a warrior. He mostly uses his teleportation power for immature pranks on both friend and foe. He takes a charmingly puerile angle at thuggery, so his pranks are well-received amongst his Decepticon peers (excepting the victim, of course).

Because, come on, a surprise push down a staircase is hilarious.

''French-Canadian name: '''Fraudeur'''<br>
''Italian name: '''Corvo'''

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
''(Note: Events from the UK comics are marked in italics.)''
[[Image:Skywarpthundercrackerintroduction.jpg|left|thumb|200px|You can tell Skywarp apart from Thundercracker in the Marvel Comics by, uh.... let us get back to you on that.]]
Skywarp was one of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron's]] troops who attacked the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] during its mission to clear a path for [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] through an asteroid field. He was deactivated when it crashed on [[Earth]], and he lay dormant for four million years. When he and his fellow Decepticons awoke, Skywarp was given a new [[altmode]], that of an Earth jet. {{storylink|The Transformers (comic issue)}} He aided the Decepticons in their building of their new base constructed of parts from [[Harrison Nuclear Power Plant]] and joined in their attack on [[Sparkplug Witwicky]]'s auto repair shop. After the successful abduction of Sparkplug Witwicky, Skywarp, [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] defended their base from [[Autobot]]s, though [[Gears]] and [[Spider-Man]] were able to sneak through and rescue Sparkplug. {{storylink|Prisoner of War!}}

''When Starscream fired upon his teammate [[Ravage]] for eavesdropping on his plot to overthrow Megatron, Skywarp and the other Decepticons sought deadly revenge on the Decepticon Air Commander. {{storylink|The Enemy Within!, part 2}} Though Starscream escaped, the Decepticons soon regrouped to attack the Ark, but their battle was ended prematurely when [[Auntie]], the Ark's computer system, magnetized the walls, immobilizing both factions. {{storylink|Raiders of the Lost Ark}} Skywarp also traveled with the Decepticons to the [[United Kingdom]], where he and his teammates attempted to learn about a mysterious Autobot rescue ship buried under a castle. An initial attack on the Autobots left Skywarp seriously wounded by a bomb from [[Bluestreak]]. {{storylink|Man of Iron: Part 3}}

Though Sparkplug Witwicky was able to devise a way for the Decepticons to convert Earth fuel into a usable substance, he also poisoned the result, so Skywarp and his fellow Decepticons were immobilized at the climax of their would-be final battle with the Autobots. {{storylink|The Last Stand}} The Decepticon [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] took command of the Decepticons and the Ark shortly thereafter, and nursed Skywarp and his comrades back to full health. Skywarp may have helped Shockwave attempt to capture and brainwash [[Bumblebee]] into a Decepticon, or it may have been Thundercracker without red stripes. It's hard to tell. {{storylink|Plight of the Bumblebee!}}
[[Image:Skywarpgoofyteleportation.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Upon close inspection, Skywarp's teleportation power is merely a goofy loop-de-loop.]]
He served the Decepticon cause up until he was deactivated while battling [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] and placed in prison stasis at Autobot headquarters.

''When [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] traveled back from the year 2006 to build a super weapon to destroy [[Unicron]], Skywarp was a key player in the defeat of the mad Decepticon. Sorta.''

''The Autobots took Skywarp out of stasis, painted him to look like [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and sent him stumbling toward Galvatron with a tape-recorder of Starscream's voice on his back. Galvatron, still sore about Starscream tossing him out of [[Astrotrain]] during his Megatron days, shot and presumably killed Skywarp. Galvatron then realized that if he killed Starscream in the past then there's no way he could have killed Starscream in the future. Believing he was in an alternate past and thus nothing he did there would effect his personal timeline, Galvatron hurried back to his proper time. Way to take one for the team, Skywarp. {{storylink|Target 2006}}''

During a massive battle between the Autobots and Decepticons on Earth's moon, Skywarp and the other Decepticons held in stasis aboard the Ark were liberated by the [[Constructicon]]s and subsequently brought back on-line. {{storylink|Totalled!}} During the first Decepticon Civil War, Skywarp battled with [[Ratbat]]'s Decepticons against [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s Decepticons. Skywarp surprised [[Bugly]] with his teleportation powers and blasted him, temporarily stunning him. However, Bugly successfully returned fire, striking where he guessed Skywarp would next teleport. {{storylink|Cold War!}} Skywarp was repaired in time to face an [[Underbase]]-powered Starscream in [[Tokyo]], but both he and Thundercracker were destroyed by their former flying partner. {{storylink|Dark Star!}}

===Animated continuity===
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Frank Welker]] (US), [[Masashi Ebara]] (Japan)
[[Image:Tetrajet seekers.jpg|thumb|Cybertron alt-mode (left). And now, young Skywalker, you will die.]]
Skywarp was one of the elite Decepticons that accompanied Megatron in infiltrating the ''[[Ark]]'' four million years ago. After crash-landing on Earth, the Decepticons and [[Autobots]] laid dormant for four million years, until volcanic activity stirred them into consciousness. Skywarp was the first of the Ark's Transformers to be reformatted and awakened by [[Teletraan-1]]. Now an F-15 fighter jet, Skywarp next dragged [[Megatron]]'s body into the reformatting rays of the Ark's computer.

Since the Decepticons were so badly short-staffed during their early days on Earth, Skywarp was usually involved in whatever crazy plot for universal domination Megatron was hatching. This included attacks on an off-shore oil rig, [[Sherman Dam]] and the [[Ruby Crystal Mines of Burma|ruby crystal mines of Burma]]. When the Decepticons escaped the Burma operation with a cache of energon cubes, Skywarp requested permission from Megatron to teleport in order to scare off Autobot pursuers. Teleporting behind the strangely-airborne duo of [[Ironhide]] and [[Bluestreak]], Skywarp pasted the ornery old Autobot with a heat-seeking missile, knocking him out of the sky that he probably shouldn't have been able to fly around in.

Skywarp continued to serve the Decepticons for many more years, never really doing anything notable. He was first to fall victim to an invention developed by [[Wheeljack]] that allowed Teletraan-1 to briefly take control of his body. [[Chip Chase]], a human ally of the Autobots, planted the device on Skywarp's ankle in the thick of battle. Skywarp's teleportation power did come in use when he was needed to sneak up on the Autobots (who were all in vehicle mode) and zap them with the [[transfixatron]].

In 2005, Skywarp was badly injured during the battle of [[Autobot City]]. Though he escaped with the rest of his comrades aboard [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], he was tossed out into space with other badly damaged Decepticons part way to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] so that the rest would be able to make it home. Skywarp's body was gathered by [[Unicron]] and, among others, used to make [[Galvatron]]'s new warriors. Skywarp arguably became either [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] or the identical lone [[Armada (G1)|"Armada"]] warrior who was never seen again.

===''Universe: The Wreckers''===
[[Image:Wreckersskywarpcyclonus.jpg|thumb|left|175px|Looks like [[Cyclonus (G1)#Who is Cyclonus?|Cyclonus was Bombshell]]. Neener neener.]]After the Decepticons lost the Great War, and [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon]]s claimed [[Cybertron (planet)|the planet]], [[Megatron (BW)|another Megatron]] subjugated nearly every Transformer alive with a transformation-lock virus and an army of [[Vehicon]]s. Skywarp was one of the handful of Transformers who had slipped through Megatron's fingers, and eventually he and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] joined up with the legendary strike team, the [[Wreckers]]. Given a mission by the [[Vector Sigma|Oracle]], the Wreckers fought through an army of Vehicons to steal an Autobot shuttle in order to get off-planet. {{storylink|Departure}}

''(Note: Though no reason is stated in-story as to how or why or when Skywarp got this new body between the Great War and the [[Beast Era]], ''Wreckers'' plotter [[Glen Hallit]] noted that Skywarp's body was based on a mass-production bodytype of its day, similar to ''Generation 1''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Seeker]]s.)''

===Dreamwave comics continuity===

===IDW comics continuity===
Skywarp is part of a Decepticon infiltration unit that has operated covertly on Earth for at least four years, working to destabilize Earth's governing organizations and create global anarchy.<ref>[[Infiltration, Part 3]]</ref> His alternate form is an [[wikipedia:F-22 Raptor|F-22 Raptor]] fighter jet.

[[Starscream_(G1)|Starscream]] assigned him and [[Blitzwing]] to destroy all traces of the [[Nebraska]] operation, but, after demolishing the abandoned Nebraska command bunker, he is severely damaged by Megatron who, unfortunately for Skywarp had been inside at the time. <ref>[[Infiltration, Part 5]]</ref> This Megatron is apparently not one to hold grudges and he soon has Skywarp repaired and functioning again, under the understanding that there will be no further second chances.<ref>[[Escalation, Part 1]]</ref>

It would appear that Skywarp has the ability to teleport others in addition to himself in this continuity, as he and Astrotrain appear to both fly out of one of his warps during a battle.

===Fun Publications Classics comics===
Taking place roughly 15 years after the end of the Marvel Comics run. Megatron has reawakened and revived some of his fellow Decepticons. Among these Decepticons is Skywarp. After Skywarp’s destruction by Starscream in the Underbase, Megatron used schematics of a new Seeker model originally created by [[Shockwave]] to rebuild him. Seemingly due to the limitations presented to Megatron, or the fact that it was inherent to his original body, Skywarp's teleportation ability now consumes a high level of fuel, limiting him to only 3 teleportations before refueling. His heat seeking missiles were also replaced with human armaments enhanced with Cybertron technology. Without supervision, Skywarp is likely to become mischievous and endanger himself and others.
Skywarp was assigned with Scavenger to guard [[Landquake]] by Megatron. Skywarp later joined Seekers Starscream and [[Ramjet]] in an attack against a squadron of human flown fighter jets.

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
* '''Skywarp''' (Decepticon Jet, 1984/1985/2001/2003)
[[Image:Redeco.jpg|left|thumb|Skywarp is the redeco on the left. He's mostly black... not that this was a cheap or lazy decision.]]
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''23'''

: ''(Note: For some reason, the stats on Skywarp's, Starscream's and Thundercracker's tech specs were switched around. Skywarp was given Starscream's numbers, which explains his high intelligence and rank.)''

: The only 1984 [[Seeker]] with a deco not used previously in [[Takara]]'s ''[[Diaclone]]'' line, Skywarp transforms into an [[wikipedia:F-15 Eagle|F-15 Eagle]] fighter jet, sharing his mold with his teammates [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]. Many parts need to be removed completely for transformation from robot to jet and back, which nowadays is considered a major drawback of the toy. It is rare to find it complete, as neither mode can hold all the pieces required. There are a few minor mold variations of this toy (common for the first two years of ''Transformers'', really), the most immediately noticeable being that early versions did not have visible "clip-tabs" on the inner face of the gauntlets.

: In 2001, Skywarp was given a short-run reissue by Takara as a convention-[[exclusive]] item, bundled together with Thundercracker as "[[Collector's Edition]]" Set C. The toy would later be more extensively released in 2003 as part of [[Hasbro]]'s [[Commemorative Series]] series IV, though due to US [[for safety reasons|toy-safety regulations]], his missiles were made extra-long.

: This mold was redecoed into [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]] and retooled to make [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]].

===Machine Wars===
* '''Skywarp''' (Basic, 1997)
[[Image:MWSkywarp.jpg|right|thumb|150px|After his near-fatal encounter with the Invert Colors function.]]

: Sharing a mold once again with Thundercracker, Skywarp transforms into a white [[wikipedia:Rafale|Dassault Rafale]] fighter jet with spring-loaded one-step transformation from jet to robot. The two halves of his rifle store in his lower legs. Like all ''Machine Wars'' toys, Thundercracker was an [[exclusive]] to Kay-Bee stores and related stores like Toy Liquidators.

: This mold is also used by ''[[Beast Wars II]]'' [[Dirge (BWII)|Dirge]], ''[[Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Skyfire (RID)|Skyfire]], and ''[[Robot Masters]]'' [[Wing Stun]]''.

===Universe===
* '''Skywarp''' (Deluxe, 2003)
[[Image:UniverseSkywarp_toy.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Like [[Mirage (BM)|Mirage]] except he can fly.]]

:''Universe'' Skywarp is a redeco of ''[[Beast Machines]]'' [[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]] in his G1 colours. He transforms into a Cybertronic fighter jet, armed with two projectile launchers that can fire orange energon bolts.

: His [[Spark]] crystal has a Decepticon sigil tampographed on top of it.

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===Smallest Transformers===
* '''Skywarp''' (2003)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''GTF X-1'''

: [[Smallest Transforming Transformers|Smallest Transformers]] Skywarp was a very small-scale simplification of the original G1 Seeker toy, retaining most of its functionality and accessories, except for his long null-rays. Skywarp was one of two [[chase figure]]s from the first wave of the line.

: This mold was redecoed from Starscream, then re-redecoed into Thundercracker, and finally retooled to make Thrust.

===Robot Masters===
* '''Skywarp & Thundercracker''' (Multi-pack, 2005)
[[Image:RMSkywarp_toy.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Now with the proper articulation for down-stair-pushing.]]

: ''[[Robot Masters]]'' Skywarp is a redeco of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] from the same series, a smaller yet more advanced version of the original toy, adding more articulation and reducing the amount of [[part-forming]] required. He was available only in a two-pack with Thundercracker, which also came with a Decepticon sigil pin. This set was the very last product released in the ''Robot Masters'' line, and wasn't even strictly sold in a box from that series; instead, it used a modified [[e-Hobby]] ''Generation 1'' reissue box, with only a small corner tab noting its ''Robot Masters'' origin from the front.

===Classics===
* '''Ultra Magnus vs Skywarp: Battle For Autobot City''' (Multi-pack, 2006)
[[Image:Classics_Skywarp_toy.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Skywarp only wears the finest Decepticon fingerless-gloves.]]

: ''[[Classics_(2006)|Classics]]'' Skywarp is a redeco of the ''Classics'' Starscream mold, transforming into an F-15 Eagle fighter jet, though with a canopy like that of an [[wikipedia:F-14 Tomcat|F-14 Tomcat]]. He comes with a pair of spring-loaded missile launchers that can be mounted on his biceps or used as hand-held weapons in robot mode and attach under his wings in vehicle mode. As with most ''Classics'' toys, he also features a heat-sensitive [[rubsign]]. He was only available as part of a Target stores [[exclusive]] two-pack with [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. The set's price was $19.99, despite including both a Voyager-class and Deluxe-class mold in it, which for regular separate releases would be approximately $30 worth of toys.

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==Merchandise==

==Trivia==
[[Image:LiveActionJazz-Skywarp01.jpg|right|thumb|200px|I bet he spiked the punch.]]

*A commercial for Transformers reflective iron-on patches advertised the "Prizes in Disguise" competition. When the iron-on patch was used, it was possible to instead find an instant win ticket for a Transformers voice changer (of the [[Enemy]] variety) - or to have a party with "life size" Transformers! Among the "life size" Transformers shown were [[Jazz]] and Skywarp. In all likeliness, you did not party with them.

[[Image:Skywarpatron.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Skywarp really DID need close supervision.]]
* In a possible fit of madness, a triple changer was proposed that would switch between [[Skywarp]] (possibly mistaken for Starscream), Megatron, and Skywarp's jet mode.
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==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1984/Decepticon/Skywarp/skywarp.htm Skywarp at TFU.info]
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Skywarp Skywarp's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

== Footnotes ==
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