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Nemesis Part 2

2007-09-28T03:20:47Z

68.230.139.8: /* Technical/Animation glitches */

{{disambig3|Nemesis}}

{{episodenav |BW |season=3 |13 |prev=Nemesis, Part 1 |next=The Reformatting}}
'''Writers:''' [[Simon Furman]]

The end of the [[Beast Wars]]. [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] has possession of the [[Nemesis]], and [[Optimus Primal|Optimus]] and the [[Maximal|Maximals]] need a last minute miracle to stop him.

'''Major characters (in order of appearance):''' Characters

'''Minor characters (in order of appearance):''' Characters

'''Original air date:''' May 7, 1999

==Summary==
Megatron has raised the ''Nemesis'' from its watery grave, and has begun a random attack on everything in sight, all the while quoting the [[Covenant of Primus]]. Optimus Primal and [[Tigerhawk]] attempt to fight it off, but their weapons don't even scratch the hull. Tigerhawk tells Primal to rally the Maximals, and that he will remain to fight. On the ''Nemesis'', [[Dinobot 2]] is commenting that his [[spark]] has changed, and feels complete. Portions of [[Dinobot (BW)|the original Dinobot]] begin to emerge. He admires Tigerhawk's defense. Tigerhawk is able to damage power on several decks, and force Megatron to limit his destructions to using the fusion cannon, which is destroys Tigerhawk. Going to the Protohumans settlements, Megatron prepares to destroy it. Dinobot objects, asking where the honor is, but Megatron fires anyway, killing [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] and [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] in the process.

At [[Mount St. Hilary]], the Maximals are preparing a last ditch strategy—bring the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' on line and fight the ''Nemesis''. However, the ship has been offline too long, and [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] are having trouble restoring power. The ''Nemesis'' arrives, but Tigerhawk's attack has depleted [[Energon]] reserves, and the fusion cannon requires time to recharge. Megatron activates the tractor beam, and Primal enters the ''Nemesis''. He and Megatron duke it out, but the Predacon clearly has the advantage. On the ''Ark'', the Maximals manage to get the engines on line, but they burn out almost instantly. [[Rattrap]] proclaims that they are all going to die, and for once, no one tells him to shut up.

However, Dinobot 2, disapproving of Megatron's actions, sends message of an [[Autobot Shuttle Omega Delta|Autobot shuttle]] stored in the ''Ark''. As Megatron orders Dinobot to fire, he refuses, stating that he has his honor. In a last bid to save them all, Rhinox pilots the shuttle on a collision course with the ''Nemesis''' bridge, crashing through the glass and going out the other side. Optimus urges Dinobot to save himself, but he remains with the ship, biding farewell to Optimus Primal. As the ''Nemesis'' crahses, Primal rejoins the Maximals.

Some time later, the Maximals, having reparied the shuttle and rigged a [[transwarp]] cell to it, leave [[Earth]] for [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Optimus, piloting the ship, declares that the Beast Wars are over, and memorializes the Maximals who fell during the war. Rattrap, however, is more happy to be going home, and points out that they won't have to Megatron tell they get home, as Megatron tied to the hull of the shuttle they are in. As the shuttle enters transwarp, the scene shifts to the Protohumans, who have built a village and are using parts of Inferno and Quickstrike in a ritual to celebrate their new leader...[[Waspinator]].

It the ultimate act of karma, Waspinator declares that he is "happy at last".

==Quotes==
*'''Megatron''': Well, come on. Lets have it. The usual "destiny and honor" speech.<br>'''Optimus Primal''': Speech ''this''!<br>''[Primal decks Megatron]''

*'''Megatron''': "And there came a hero who said, 'hurt not the earth, nor the trees, nor the seas, nor the very fabric of time'. But the hero would not prevail".<br>'''Optimus Primal''': Finish the quote, Megatron. "Nor would he surrender"!

*'''Blackarachnia''': I need a conduit cable to finish the connection...ah!<br>''[Blackarachnia takes Rattrap's tail/sword]''<br>'''Rattrap''': Hey! Ya emasculatin' fembot!<br>''[Blackarachnia severs the point on the sword, Silverbolt shudders]''<br>'''Blackarachnia''': Main thrusters connected to Teletron I.<br>'''Rattrap''': It's Teletr''aa''n!<br>'''Blackarachnia''': Oh, what''ever''.

*'''Rattrap''': No power. That's it. We're all gonna die.<br>'''Rhinox''': Yup.

*'''Cheetor''': Whoa, an Autobot shuttle!<br>'''Blackarachnia''': The histroy tracks never mentioned this.<br>'''Rhinox''': History is still being made. Come on!

*'''Megatron''': Destroy them!<br>'''Dinobot''':...Negative.<br>'''Megatron''': ''What?!'' What possible reason could you have to refuse me?! I am your master! I am your creator!<br>'''Dinobot''': And I...have my honor.

==Notes==
===Technical/Animation glitches===
*At one point, Optimus tears his wing off and tosses it to jam the giant grinder mechanisms on the bottom of the Nemesis. However, in the next scene he appears, his wing has been replaced with no explanation.

*Megatron apparently transforms to dragon mode (off-screen), then transforms back to robot mode (on-screen) and the scene cuts away, then when next we see him he is in dragon mode again!

*For most of the episode, Optimus is missing the "blast-shields" that he usually wears on either his forearms or shoulders.

===Continuity errors===
*Although it was cut from the final episode for time, the script called for G1 Megatron's spark to be removed from BW Megatron and placed back in its proper body before the Maximals leave Earth. This very brief scene was animated, and a clip of it can be seen on [http://bwtf.com/bw/tvshow/episodes/seasonthree/nem2/ BWTF.com's page for the episode]. The clip was also included on [[Kid Rhino]]'s Beast Wars Season 3 box set.

===Transformers references===
*There is the ''Nemesis'' itself.

===Real-world references===
*The lines Megatron reads from the ''[[Covenant of Primus]]'' bear some similarities to lines from English translations of another supposedly prophetic book, ''The Bible'' of [[Earth]]'s [[human]]s. However, it is unknown whether the prophecies of ''The Bible'' are similarly related to time travel.

===Trivia===
*In the early plot of the episode, Maximals successfully launched the Ark instead of an Autobot shuttle. Also, [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] would be reactivated. However, the ideas were cancelled due to the budget and the limited show duration.

==External links==
*[http://bwtf.com/bw/tvshow/episodes/seasonthree/nem2/ BWTF.com page for Nemesis, Part 2], which includes a cut clip from that episode showing the restoration of G1 Megatron's spark
[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]<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>

Nemesis Part 2

2007-09-28T03:19:58Z

68.230.139.8: /* Technical/Animation glitches */

{{disambig3|Nemesis}}

{{episodenav |BW |season=3 |13 |prev=Nemesis, Part 1 |next=The Reformatting}}
'''Writers:''' [[Simon Furman]]

The end of the [[Beast Wars]]. [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] has possession of the [[Nemesis]], and [[Optimus Primal|Optimus]] and the [[Maximal|Maximals]] need a last minute miracle to stop him.

'''Major characters (in order of appearance):''' Characters

'''Minor characters (in order of appearance):''' Characters

'''Original air date:''' May 7, 1999

==Summary==
Megatron has raised the ''Nemesis'' from its watery grave, and has begun a random attack on everything in sight, all the while quoting the [[Covenant of Primus]]. Optimus Primal and [[Tigerhawk]] attempt to fight it off, but their weapons don't even scratch the hull. Tigerhawk tells Primal to rally the Maximals, and that he will remain to fight. On the ''Nemesis'', [[Dinobot 2]] is commenting that his [[spark]] has changed, and feels complete. Portions of [[Dinobot (BW)|the original Dinobot]] begin to emerge. He admires Tigerhawk's defense. Tigerhawk is able to damage power on several decks, and force Megatron to limit his destructions to using the fusion cannon, which is destroys Tigerhawk. Going to the Protohumans settlements, Megatron prepares to destroy it. Dinobot objects, asking where the honor is, but Megatron fires anyway, killing [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] and [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] in the process.

At [[Mount St. Hilary]], the Maximals are preparing a last ditch strategy—bring the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' on line and fight the ''Nemesis''. However, the ship has been offline too long, and [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] are having trouble restoring power. The ''Nemesis'' arrives, but Tigerhawk's attack has depleted [[Energon]] reserves, and the fusion cannon requires time to recharge. Megatron activates the tractor beam, and Primal enters the ''Nemesis''. He and Megatron duke it out, but the Predacon clearly has the advantage. On the ''Ark'', the Maximals manage to get the engines on line, but they burn out almost instantly. [[Rattrap]] proclaims that they are all going to die, and for once, no one tells him to shut up.

However, Dinobot 2, disapproving of Megatron's actions, sends message of an [[Autobot Shuttle Omega Delta|Autobot shuttle]] stored in the ''Ark''. As Megatron orders Dinobot to fire, he refuses, stating that he has his honor. In a last bid to save them all, Rhinox pilots the shuttle on a collision course with the ''Nemesis''' bridge, crashing through the glass and going out the other side. Optimus urges Dinobot to save himself, but he remains with the ship, biding farewell to Optimus Primal. As the ''Nemesis'' crahses, Primal rejoins the Maximals.

Some time later, the Maximals, having reparied the shuttle and rigged a [[transwarp]] cell to it, leave [[Earth]] for [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Optimus, piloting the ship, declares that the Beast Wars are over, and memorializes the Maximals who fell during the war. Rattrap, however, is more happy to be going home, and points out that they won't have to Megatron tell they get home, as Megatron tied to the hull of the shuttle they are in. As the shuttle enters transwarp, the scene shifts to the Protohumans, who have built a village and are using parts of Inferno and Quickstrike in a ritual to celebrate their new leader...[[Waspinator]].

It the ultimate act of karma, Waspinator declares that he is "happy at last".

==Quotes==
*'''Megatron''': Well, come on. Lets have it. The usual "destiny and honor" speech.<br>'''Optimus Primal''': Speech ''this''!<br>''[Primal decks Megatron]''

*'''Megatron''': "And there came a hero who said, 'hurt not the earth, nor the trees, nor the seas, nor the very fabric of time'. But the hero would not prevail".<br>'''Optimus Primal''': Finish the quote, Megatron. "Nor would he surrender"!

*'''Blackarachnia''': I need a conduit cable to finish the connection...ah!<br>''[Blackarachnia takes Rattrap's tail/sword]''<br>'''Rattrap''': Hey! Ya emasculatin' fembot!<br>''[Blackarachnia severs the point on the sword, Silverbolt shudders]''<br>'''Blackarachnia''': Main thrusters connected to Teletron I.<br>'''Rattrap''': It's Teletr''aa''n!<br>'''Blackarachnia''': Oh, what''ever''.

*'''Rattrap''': No power. That's it. We're all gonna die.<br>'''Rhinox''': Yup.

*'''Cheetor''': Whoa, an Autobot shuttle!<br>'''Blackarachnia''': The histroy tracks never mentioned this.<br>'''Rhinox''': History is still being made. Come on!

*'''Megatron''': Destroy them!<br>'''Dinobot''':...Negative.<br>'''Megatron''': ''What?!'' What possible reason could you have to refuse me?! I am your master! I am your creator!<br>'''Dinobot''': And I...have my honor.

==Notes==
===Technical/Animation glitches===
*At one point, Optimus tears his wing off to jam the giant grinder mechanisms on the bottom of the Nemesis. However, in the next scene he appears, his wing has been replaced.

*Megatron apparently transforms to dragon mode (off-screen), then transforms back to robot mode (on-screen) and the scene cuts away, then when next we see him he is in dragon mode again!

*For most of the episode, Optimus is missing the "blast-shields" that he usually wears on either his forearms or shoulders.

===Continuity errors===
*Although it was cut from the final episode for time, the script called for G1 Megatron's spark to be removed from BW Megatron and placed back in its proper body before the Maximals leave Earth. This very brief scene was animated, and a clip of it can be seen on [http://bwtf.com/bw/tvshow/episodes/seasonthree/nem2/ BWTF.com's page for the episode]. The clip was also included on [[Kid Rhino]]'s Beast Wars Season 3 box set.

===Transformers references===
*There is the ''Nemesis'' itself.

===Real-world references===
*The lines Megatron reads from the ''[[Covenant of Primus]]'' bear some similarities to lines from English translations of another supposedly prophetic book, ''The Bible'' of [[Earth]]'s [[human]]s. However, it is unknown whether the prophecies of ''The Bible'' are similarly related to time travel.

===Trivia===
*In the early plot of the episode, Maximals successfully launched the Ark instead of an Autobot shuttle. Also, [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] would be reactivated. However, the ideas were cancelled due to the budget and the limited show duration.

==External links==
*[http://bwtf.com/bw/tvshow/episodes/seasonthree/nem2/ BWTF.com page for Nemesis, Part 2], which includes a cut clip from that episode showing the restoration of G1 Megatron's spark
[[Category:Beast Wars episodes]]<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>

Megatron (BW)

2007-09-22T01:20:52Z

68.230.139.8: /* IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics */

{{Template:Disambig3|Megatron}}

:''Megatron is a [[Predacon]], a [[Vehicon]], and a [[Decepticon]] in the [[Beast Era]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]]. He's a busy villain. Yessss.''

[[Image:Megatronbw.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Best. Megatron. Ever. Yessssss.]]

'''Megatron''' has one goal -- restoring glory and power to the Predacon race, with himself at the helm. What distinguishes Megatron from the countless others who share this goal is his chutzpah. He is willing to risk everything — time, space, himself — if need be.

Megatron is skillful at orchestrating vast schemes by manipulating others into doing them for him -- an idle suggestion here, a conspicuously-planted object of interest there. He knows his enemies inside and out and exactly how to provoke them. He has no friends, only pawns. Because of this attitude, this superiority complex, he despises working with the very troops he needs to carry out his plans. His hubris does not make him very popular, and so he must rely on power and fear to rule them.

Megatron is a gambler and can sometimes be a ham. (His manner of saying "Yesss..." is practically vaudevillian.) He has a twisted sense of humor and an over-developed sense of drama which rule everything he conceives, both long and short term. When he destroys you, he wants you to know that it was he who did this, and just how badly you were had. This is his greatest weakness. Like a Bond villain, he'll gladly boast to the hero at length about how smart and clever he was, giving his victim time to formulate a counterattack (he admits the Predacons sometimes gloat too much). He often sabotages himself by neglecting the quick and easy solutions for the bigger, meaner, and more complex.

Prior to the signing of the [[Pax Cybertronia]], Megatron was a field commander in the Predacon army, where he learned much about strategy and tactics. Upon ratification of peace with the [[Maximal Imperium]] most Predacons laid down their arms. Megatron refused and went rogue.

{{quote|This is my world now. ''You'' have no place in it!!!!.|Megatron}}
''Japanese name:'' '''Megalligator''' (alligator)<br>
''European-market name:'' '''Dragone''' (Transmetal 2), '''Metal T-Rex''' (Transmetal)

==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===
====Beast Wars II catalog====
[[Image:MegatronGalvatronBW1.jpg|left|150px|thumb|pwnd.]]

On planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Megatron once disagreed with [[Galvatron (BWII)|Galvatron]] over opinions on galactic conquest, and engaged him in battle over it. At the time, Megatron momentarily let his guard down, and was defeated. Galvatron declared "Your era is over, Megatron!"

Later, Megatron noted that while Galvatron was ambitious, he cared for his underlings - and although he was loathe to admit it, he acknowledged that Galvatron probably had all the regal bearing of a new [[Emperor of Destruction]]. {{storylink|Beast Wars II catalog}}

====Dreamwave comics continuity====
After stealing the [[Golden Disk]] ''(wrongly drawn as the [[Alien Disk]])'', Megatron broke into [[Vector Sigma]] along with [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] and reviewed historical files on many of the Autobots and Decepticons from the [[Generation 1]] era. He told Dinobot to refer to him henceforth as Megatron. {{storylink|Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye #8}}

====''Timelines: Dawn of Futures Past''====
[[Image:Megatronbwsuit.jpg|thumb|150px|Megatron's technicolor dreamcoat.]]
On Cybertron, Megatron wore removable transformable armor, which transformed into a missile-launching armored platform, over his basic bodyframe (which transforms into a hovertank). This quickly-discarded outer shell was possibly used to comply with the ratification of the [[Pax Cybertronia]], which required Predacons to lay down their arms. A Predacon field commander before the peace, Megatron refused to comply with these new regulations and struck out on his own to destroy the [[Maximal Imperium]].

With some [[Cryotek|help]] from [[Divebomb (G1)|various sources]], he assembled a crew of ragtag criminals and miscreants for the purpose of stealing the Golden Disk and using it to find [[Earth]]. Succeeding in stealing the disk, he, [[Dinobot (BW)|his lieutenant]], and [[Scorponok (BW)|another accomplice]] fought their way out of the [[Archives]], eliminating [[Unit 1|one guard]] and dodging [[Tigatron|another]]. They were swiftly picked up by the ''[[Darksyde]]'', a ship stolen by the rest of their crew.

Megatron instructed [[Tarantulas]] to study the disk for the coordinates of Earth while the ''Darkside'' battled its several pursuers. Although they were followed by the Maximal ships [[Axalon (BW)|''Axalon'']] and the ''[[Chromia 10]]'', the ''Darksyde''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s mission was also aided by a third ship crewed by the Predacon agents [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] and [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]]. Though the ''Chromia 10'' and the Predacon ship were destroyed, the ''Darksyde'' was still followed by the ''Axalon''. Megatron removed his transformable armor and patched a video feed through to the ''Axalon'''s captain, [[Optimus Primal]]. Declaring himself the leader of the Predacons, Megatron opened a [[transwarp]] portal through which both ships travelled. {{storylink|Dawn of Future's Past}}

====''Beast Wars''====
:''Voice actor:'' [[David Kaye]] (English), [[Shigeru Chiba]] (Japanese)

[[Image:Megatronbwspidersgame.jpg|left|thumb|200px|I thought I told you NO MORE BARNEY JOKES.]]
After stealing the Maximal relic, the [[Golden Disk]], and [[Darksyde|a ship]], he and his crew were followed through a [[transwarp]] portal by the [[Axalon (BW)|''Axalon'']]. After crashing on a planet that was supposed to be [[Earth]], yet seemingly wasn't, both the [[Maximal]]s and the Predacons took organic beast forms to protect themselves against the massive amount of Energon radiation. Megatron now transformed into a purple ''Tyrannosaurus rex''.

Dinobot chastised Megatron, accusing him of leading the Predacons to the wrong planet and challenged Megatron for leadership of the Predacons. Megatron simply ignored the challenge and had Scorponok dispose of him. {{storylink|Beast Wars, Part 1}}

Despite the loss of a formidable crony, Megatron positioned himself on the new world and the "Beast Wars" began. Being on a world filled with Energon allowed [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] to find a superhorde, and power himself to great levels. With this power, Terrorsaur was able to demolish Megatron in battle and take over the Predacons. However, through the Maximals' actions, the superhorde was destroyed. Terrorsaur was eventually ridden of his newfound power and returned to an angered Megatron, who was rebuilt by [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]]. {{storylink|Power Surge}}

[[Image:Megatronbwtrex.jpg|150px|thumb|Ah, today is a beautiful day to be out stomping on things!]]
Again, Terrorsaur tried to usurp Megatron, this time using an apparently-turned [[Rattrap]], who used a device to paralyze Megatron. The Predacons argued over who would be leader, but agreed to put Rattrap and Megatron away for the time being. Megatron was able to easily escape using his secret voice commands, leaving Rattrap to his fate. Revealing himself to have escaped, Megatron allowed Terrorsaur to lead the Predacons in battle with the Maximals. Terrorsaur failed miserably, showing his ineptitude to the Predacons, which was Megatron's plan all along. {{storylink|Double Jeopardy}}

Megatron later formulated a plan to get off Earth. First, he had the other Predacons act dissatisfied with his leadership, causing a battle that apparently destroyed the Predacons, using a Maximal spy camera that he was aware of to play out the trick. Then, the Maximals scavenged the ''Darksyde'' for parts to repair the ''Axalon''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s stardrive. Dinobot discovered the deception and rushed to warn the leaving Maximals. In the scuffle, Megatron snuck aboard. In the ''Axalon'', he managed to knock out every Maximal on the ship but Rattrap, who he started crushing to death. An angered [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] woke up and threw Megatron off the ''Axalon''. However, Megatron's tail weapon was stuck in the console, causing the ''Axalon'' to crash. Again. {{storylink|Victory (Beast Wars episode)|Victory}}

Later, Megatron caught wind of the return of the [[Vok]] and called a ceasefire between the two factions, realizing he had more important things to worry about. The Vok did indeed return, and planned to destroy the planet the Transformers were on with their massive [[Planet Buster]] (cleverly disguised as the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]). Optimus Primal managed to stop the planet buster after flying close to it within a modified stasis pod. Megatron added a little surprise for Primal within the pod, though; locking the door so that Primal could not escape and was destroyed when the planet buster exploded. {{storylink|Other Voices}}

The [[quantum surge]] from the exploding planet buster bathed Megatron in quantum energies, upgrading him into a [[transmetal]]. Megatron quickly rallied his forces and attempted an all-out attack on the leader-less Maximals. Megatron and the Predacons took the upperhand in battle until a transmetal Optimus Primal (brought back online by [[Rhinox]]) saved the day. {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors, Part 1}}

With both factions now aware that the planet they were stranded on was really prehistoric [[Earth]], Megatron was free to put his full plan into motion. Locating the crashed [[Ark]], Megatron attempted to alter history by assassinating the unconscious [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. By doing so, he intended to ensure the defeat of the [[Autobot]]s and thus the victory of the [[Decepticon]]s and Predacons. (For unknown reasons, he showed no concern that such a drastic change to the timestream might erase his own existence.) {{storylink|The Agenda, Part 3}}

The Maximals managed to save Prime's life by having [[Teletraan-1]] repair his body while Optimus Primal kept his spark within his own structure, transforming his body into a more powerful form. The Maximals defeated Megatron and returned Prime's spark to its proper place. {{storylink|Optimal Situation}}

[[Image:Megatrontm2render.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Two Megatrons for the price of one.]]

Megatron was not to be outdone. He managed to sneak inside the Ark (which was now the new Maximal base) and take the spark of the original Megatron, seeking to replicate the effect Optimus Prime's spark had on Primal's body. He placed his namesake's spark within his body, transforming himself into a powerful dragon. With this newfound body, Megatron was able to give Optimus Primal a sound beating, until chased away by the entire Maximal group. {{Storylink|Master Blaster}}

Megatron's next evil scheme involved the legendary Decepticon battleship, the [[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]. After finding the ship deep beneath the ocean, Megatron intended to pilot it back to the future and lay waste to the Maximals on Cybertron. {{storylink|Nemesis, Part 1}} First, however, he planned to annihilate the Ark on prehistoric Earth. Primal infiltrated the Nemesis and kept Megatron busy until Rhinox could fly a shuttlecraft through the bridge and take the Predacon out. The Nemesis crashed a second time and thus preserved history.

After returning the original Megatron's spark to its proper body, the Maximals headed back to Cybertron with the incarcerated Megatron shackled to the outside of their ship. {{Storylink|Nemesis, Part 2}}

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====''Tales of the Beast Wars''====
[[Image:Antagony megatron.jpg|left|thumb|Kinky.]]
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====''Robot Masters'' (Japan-only)====
Voice actor: [[Toshitsugu Takashina]] (Japan)

Taking advantage of the [[Blasty Zone]] as a means of time travel (and apparently size-enhancer), Megatron journeyed to a point in history where the original Megatron had gone missing, leaving the [[Decepticon]]s without a leader. "Beast Megatron" took command of the Decepticons, leading them on a quest to collect a powerful element, [[solitarium]], from within the Earth. Beast Megatron's plans were quickly thwarted by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and a troop of time-displaced Autobots and Maximals, including [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]], [[Victory Leo]], [[Lio Convoy]] and Beast Megatron's arch nemesis, [[Optimus Primal]].

Beast Megatron later discovered a large deposit of solitarium beneath [[New York City]], and along with [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Smokesniper]], [[Gigant Bomb]] and [[Wingstun]], laid waste to the Big Apple. The Autobots, accompanied by [[Reverse Convoy]], arrived and dealt with Beast Megatron's forces quickly. However, Reverse Convoy revealed himself to be the original Megatron in disguise and betrayed them. Now going by the name [[Megatron (G1)#Robot Masters (Japan-only)|Rebirth Megatron]], he teamed up with Beast Megatron and the pair made trouble for the Autobot commanders. However, the Autobots were able to defeat the two Megatrons, sending the villains into retreat.

====''Beast Wars Metals'' manga====

''(Note: although it picks up after the events of the first season, the Beast Wars Metals manga is not in-continuity with the television series.)''

Megatron is a bumbling oaf constantly leading the [[Predacon|Predacons]] against the forces of the [[Maximal|Maximals]]. {{storylink| Beast Wars Metals (manga)|Beast Wars Metals}}

====IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics====
[[Image:IDW Megatron Magmatron.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Go back to anime, Magmatron!]]

After dispatching [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] and [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] to oversee the installation of [[Sentinel]] into the [[Darkside]], Megatron was attacked by [[Magmatron (BW)|Magmatron]], who had been assigned to arrest him by the [[Tripredacus Council]]. Although Megatron kicked Magmatron's ass, he was ambushed and paralyzed by [[Iguanus (BW)|Iguanus]] and [[Drill Bit (BW)|Drill Bit]]. Magmatron intended to use a [[transwarp shunt]] to transport his prisoner back to [[Cybertron]]. {{storylink|The Gathering, Part 3}} Thanks to the intervention of [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], [[Optimus Minor]], and [[Razorbeast]], Magmatron was sent home empty-handed. Razorbeast was tempted to dispatch the prone Megatron, but released him instead, due to his desire to avoid interfering with the timeline. {{storylink|The Gathering, Part 4}}

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====''Beast Machines''====
Voice actor: [[David Kaye]] (US), [[Shigeru Chiba]] (Japan)

[[Image:Megatron for life.jpg|right|thumb|Whaddya mean, 'Triumph of the Will'?]]Breaking free from his constraints on the Autobot shuttle while it traveled through transwarp space, Megatron arrived back home on Cybertron well before the Maximals did. Using technology of his own devising and of [[Cryotek]]'s, he took over the entire planet, and stored the [[spark]] of every last inhabitant under his citadel. At some point in this period, Megatron became convinced that beast modes and other vestiges of the organic were an abomination that should be scoured from Cybertron, leaving only technological purity (whereas before he had seemed perfectly pleased with his dinosaur and dragon beast modes.)

Additionally, Megatron seemed to have undergone a change. Gone was the ham who sought conquest for the sake of glory and power. He now spoke as if a god, almost reminicent of his quotes from the Covenant of Primus. His actions were based not on the thirst for revenge on Maximals but in hopes of becoming a grand liberator for their kind. in addition where as recently as the final battle of the beast wars, he would flatten a subordinate for even mentioning "the H word" he now would keep his word even at the risk of future losses. This was a new and even madder Megatron.

When the Maximals arrived in their shuttle, they found the planet empty aside from countless [[Vehicon|mindless drones]] controlled by Megatron. Megatron's drones immediately bombarded the Maximals with [[devolving gas]] to revert their powerful [[Transmetal]] bodies to normal beast mode bodies, and they were also affected by a [[transformation lock]] virus which Megatron had used to help him conquer the planet in the first place.

Despite his best efforts, the Maximals escaped, and learned to transform again after Primal used the [[Oracle]]'s power to [[reformatting|reformat]] them. They began making short work of his Vehicons, so he removed three sparks from his collection to create [[Vehicon general]]s which could think on their feet in battle. For the generals he chose sparks of Transformers that the Maximals already knew, such that if they ever discovered the sparks' identities, they would be reluctant to destroy them: [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] became [[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]], [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] became [[Tankor]], and [[Waspinator]] became [[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]]. After Jetstorm was reformated into Silverbolt and Rhinox reawakened and destroyed, Megatron used the sparks of [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] and [[Strika]] to replace them.

However, Megatron still retained his own beast mode, unwilling to take the momentary risk of transfering his spark to a new body. After releasing the energies of the [[Key to Vector Sigma]] and the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]], Megatron attempted to transfer his spark to another body, but wound of stuck in [[Savage/Noble]], a purely organic creature. Eventually, Megatron would transfer his spark to the [[Grand Mal]], a vessel shaped in his own head. He attempted to consume the captured sparks, but [[Nightscream]] managed to depolarize his spark, causing it to jump between discarded shells and attack everyone in a zombie like fashion. Rattrap would use a [[spark extractor]] to repolarize his spark, allowing Megatron to regain his senses, but trapping him in a [[Diagnostic Drone]].

Ultimately, Megatron succeeded in capturing the sparks of all the Maximals, leaving just Optimus Primal and himself as the only two Transformers on the entire planet. At the end of a fierce one-on-one fight, in which Megatron wore a copy of the powerful Optimal Optimus body, Megatron began consuming his amassed sparks, growing ever more powerful. However, when he attempted to use the [[Key to Vector Sigma]] to transform the planet's [[organic core]] into [[technomatter]], Primal managed to dislodge them both. They plummeted into the planet's goopy core and, somehow, Primal was able to reformat the entire planet, destroying himself and Megatron completely, but freeing all the lost sparks to repopulate their newly redecorated planet.

====''Beast Wars Reborn'' text story====

Both Megatron and Optimus Primal awoke inside a bizarre temple-like spaceship which was hurtling through space. Neither had any memory of who they were or how they got there, only their own names and a feeling of discomfort between one another. The pair went about investigating the ship in search of answers. While Megatron's memory was lost, his personality remained mostly intact: he was more concerned with sezing control of the ship before Primal did in order to gain the upper hand.

They eventually found a data log and discovered that their sparks had been taken and they were reborn into new bodies (unbeknownst to them, bodies identical to their original forms). However, their memories were intentionally not uploaded into their new bodies. While searching the log they discovered that the ship's main power source was a [[Golden Disk]] lodged within a giant pillar. Megatron immediately raced to obtain the Disk and Primal followed him. The closer they got to the disk the more the ship attempted to thwart their advance by manipulating its atmosphere conditions.

Once they reached the chamber the ship's environment suddenly morphed to that of a decaying planet littered with the corpses of robots. The corpses came to life and began shambling toward them, intent on eating their sparks. They made short work of the zombies, leaving Megatron to obtain the Golden Disk and Primal with a feeling that he shouldn't entirely trust Megatron.

From another dimension beyond time and space, [[Primus]] recognized that something was amiss and sent one of his messengers to meet Primal and Megatron within the spaceship.

====''Universe''====
When [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]'s spark is revived from the within the Matrix to protect the multiverse, this action freed Megatron's spark as well. The reborn Megatron returned to the ranks of the Predacons, but this time, Optimus Primal found himself in an uneasy alliance with him against Unicron. Megatron traveled with his old nemesis from universe to universe, wherever the growing multiversal conflict had spread. But now with Unicron disappeared into the [[Unicron Singularity]], it remains to be seen whether Megatron's insane ambition will resurface.

Prior to the Universe Conflict an alternate dimension's Megatron was killed by a [[Razorclaw (Universe)|Tigerhawk]] who was corrupted by the Vok. Yet another dimension's Megatron was killed by it's realities [[Obsidian (Universe)|Obsidian]] and [[Tankor (Universe Decepticon)|Tankor]]. All three Megatron-murderers were eventualy promoted to the rank of [[Unicron's General]]. It seems that killing Megatron may be part of Unicron's criteria for choosing a General.

===Transformers Legends Anthology===

==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
* '''Optimus Primal vs. Megatron''' (Basic 2-pack, 1996)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-6'''

: The initial version of ''Beast Wars'' Megatron transformed into a green alligator. He was only availble in this two pack with the bat version of Optimus Primal.

* '''Megatron''' (Ultra, 1996)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-1'''

[[Image:Bwmegatron_toy.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Don't call him Barney.]]

: This Megatron transformed into a purple organic Tyrannosaurus dinosaur. He has limited articulation in beast mode, but his dinosaur head can shoot water. In robot mode, he has no hands, as his right arm ends with his dino head, and his tail, folded into a pincer, forms his left arm. The outer shells of his dinosaur thighs conceal spring-loaded missile launchers that fire anchor-shaped projectiles.

: His robot head feature two bat-like wing adornments that fold to become a battlemask.

: This mold was also used to make [[Beast_Machines|Beast Machines]] [[Dinobot_(BM)|Dinobots]] [[T-Wrecks]].

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*'''Convobat vs Megaligator''' (Basic 2-pack, 1997)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''S-1'''

:This figure is a purple [[redeco]] of Megatron's Gator form, and was sold with a red and blue redeco of Bat Primal. This may or may not be intended to be the same character as Megatron or G1 Megatron.

* '''Megatron''' (Transmetal Mega, 1998)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-40'''

[[Image:BW_Megatron_Transmetal.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Ducky not included.]]

: The third ''Beast Wars'' Megatron toy transformed into a mechanical Tyrannosaurus. In beast mode he has some useful articulation, located in his legs, jaw and tail. As with all ''Transmetal'' toys, he has a 'third' vehicle mode, in this case a tyrannosaurus with rollerskates (which flipout from his legs) and jet engines on the sides on upper thighs.

: Really.

:In robot mode, he finally has two hands, with his tail becoming a flexible, segmented cutlass weapon, though it was depicted in most media as a new version of his main cannon. This cutlass/cannon weapon can be stored at his side on the connector piece it was attached to when it beast mode.

: There are some color differences between this the American and Japanese versions: the American had a light purple-ish glittery plastic for the beast-mode hands, tail, and skates while the Japanese had simple light gray instead. This mold was retooled used to make [[Armada]] [[Predacon_(Armada)|Predacon]].

* '''Megatron''' (Transmetal 2 Ultra, 1999)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-47'''

[[Image:BWdragonmegs_toy.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Don't call him Mushu, either.]]

: The final version of ''Beast Wars'' Megatron transformed into a mostly mechanical dragon, with articulation in his legs, little dragon arms and his flexible, rubber neck with vacuum metalised overlapping plates attached on top. The neck was flexible able to be controlled and locked into position by a small lever located at its base. Two projectiles stored in his wings can be fired from a spring-loaded launcher inside his dragon's mouth.

:In robot mode, Megatron resembles a winged demon, appropriate given his characterisation. His chest is dominated by a small cockpit with a control chair inside (see Trivia). Megatron's dragon neck and head replaces his left arm, with an additional missile launcher above his helmet.

: ''Transmetal 2'' Megatron has a third 'vehicle' mode, which appears to be an afterthought, as it basically involves the dragon sitting very low to the ground so the wheels mounted on the legs and body can make contact and roll.

:This mold was also used to make [[Robots in Disguise|''Robots in Disguise'']] [[Cryotek]].

===Beast Machines===
* '''Megatron''' (Mega, 2000)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''BR-05'''

[[Image:BMMegs_toy.jpg|left|thumb|165px|He's a flasher! Mangle!]]

: The first ''Beast Machines'' incarnation of Megatron is based on his ''Transmetal 2'' dragon form, but with ''Beast Machines'' design style at a lower price point. The result was a weak copy of the larger, much more detailed predecessor.

: Like his television counterpart, his wings can fold around himself to create the control armour/cloak.

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* '''Megatron''' (McDonald's Happy Meal, 2000)
: Transforms from cloaked robot mode to a very weak dragon mode.

* '''Megatron''' (Kids' meal, 2000)

: The McDonald's Happy Meal Megatron was also released in Australia through the Red Rooster restaurant chain. Like the other three toys, it came in four color schemes. Strangely enough, the toy was labeled as "Nightscream" on the plastic baggy it came in.

* '''Beast Changer''' (Deluxe, 2001)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''BR-11'''

: A toy version of [[Savage/Noble_(BM)|Savage/Noble]], he transforms from a wolf-creature to a dragon creature, with no robot mode.

: It was later redecoed in show-accurate colours for the Japanese ''Beast Wars Returns'' toyline.

* '''Megahead Megatron''' (Beast Wars Returns, 2005)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''BR-12'''

: This is a Japanese-[[exclusive]] redeco of Robots in Disguise [[Megatron_(RID)|Megabolt Megatron]]. Megahead Megatron transforms into a head (its design based on the [[Grand Mal]] with scuttling spider-leg action, opening jaw for chip-eating action, and a hidden spring-loaded missile launcher in its mouth. In robot mode, the launcher swings over his head, placing a battle mask down over his face.

: '''Note:''' ''If one removes the toy's spider-legs in head mode, it fits into the head socket to the [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] main body. Though this is likely unintented, it is pointed out here as an extra play feature.''

===Robot Masters===
* '''Beast Megatron''' (2004)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''RM-02'''

[[Image:24013-m.jpg|left|thumb|150px|"[[Dinobot (BW)|Utahraptor]], maybe in an alternate timeline I'm being less of a jerk right now, but that's just rampant speculation, okay?"]]

: Beast Megatron is a simplified version of the 1996 Ultra ''Beast Wars'' Megatron. Much smaller, it had a very similar transformation and had a sculpt resembling the television series CGI model, but a paint scheme similar to the original toy. He also came with a small laser rifle.

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===Titanium Series===
* '''Beast Wars Megatron''' (3" Robot Master, 2006)

[[Image:Titanium_RM_BWMegatron.jpg|right|thumb|100px|"... my [[Rampage_(BW)|crazed crustacean]], do you realise what this [[Golden_Disk|means]]?"]]

: For the ''Titanium'' series, the initial 3" Megatron toy was based off his 1996 Ultra version. He's kind of squat.

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===Beast Wars 10th Anniversary===

* '''Megatron''' (Beast Wars 10th Anniversary, 2006)

[[Image:BW_10th_Megatron.jpg|left|thumb|250px|"Grape-faces don't give up, they conquer!"]]

: For the 10th Anniversary of ''Beast Wars'', [[Hasbro]] created an all-new Deluxe-size tooling based mostly upon his original 1996 Tyrannosaurus form, but with technorganic detailing. When a [[Cyber Planet Key]] is inserted into his tail, it opens up to reveal a missile launcher.

: He is also packaged with a mini-comic-sized reprinting of [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[The Gathering]]'' #1, a small [[Darksyde|''Darksyde'']] ship figurine, and a [[Jungle Planet]] style Cyber Planet Key ''without'' a [[Cyber Key Code]] stamped on it. On its packaging, "Predacon" is misspelled as "Preadacon," but a sticker was placed over it with the proper spelling.

:This mold was [[redeco]]ed and released as [[Cybertron (toyline)|''Cybertron'']] [[Megatron_(Armada)|Megatron]]. It's worth noting that the scuplt for both BW10 leader toys were intentionally designed to blend in with the Jungle Planet aesthetic, "in case" they didn't get a Beast Wars Anniversary release (according to [[Aaron Archer]]'s statements at [[BotCon 2005]]).

* '''Optimus Primal vs. Megatron''' (Ultra 2-pack, 2006)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''BWR-01'''

[[Image:BW_Megatron_BWReborn.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Is it me, or does his tail-weapon-thing have teeth?]]

: For the 10th Anniversary of ''Beast Wars'', [[Takara]] retooled the original 1996 Ultra-sized Megatron toy, giving him a new head sculpt and a new paint scheme based upon the appearance of the CGI model used in the ''Beast Wars'' television series.

: The 1996 Ultra-sized Optimus Primal was also retooled and redecoed in the same manner.

: Both figures were released in the US later as a 2-pack Toys-R-Us exclusive.

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*'''Megatron''' (Deluxe, 2007)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''TM-02'''

: A redeco of ''Robot Masters'' Megatron, with extensive paint details based upon the larger Ultra class ''Beast Wars Reborn'' reissue. He came packed with a DVD of an episode of the japanese ''Beast Wars'' dub.

==Merchandise==

==Trivia==

[[Image:BWRConcept35.jpg|right|170px|thumb|TM2 Megatron's control art. Look! Spark figure! Painful amounts of detail!]]

*Originally, ''Transmetal 2'' Megatron, along with [[Optimus_Primal|Optimal Optimus]] and [[Tigerhawk_(BW)|Tigerhawk]] were to have small driver-like figures sitting on control chairs located in cockpits on their bodies. These drivers were meant to represent their sparks. But [[Hasbro]] then later realized that kids might confuse these spark representations as drivers controlling the robots, so they were abandoned, but the cockpits remain.
: However, the spark pilot was eventually used in the Japanese release of [[Cryotek]].

*Throughout the series, Megatron seems to have a mild obsession with creating clones of Dinobot, as seen with the purely biological clone, the cyber raptors and Dinobot 2. Some people never know when to let a relationship go.

*The Japanese dub of Beast Wars chose to interject humor at every available opportunity. Due to this, Megatron's personality and character were taken on a complete U-turn. Instead of being a smooth and charismatic leader, he was a screaming maniac and a bumbling oaf. His most notable character-trait in Japan was that whenever he was fired-upon or startled he would let-out a high-pitched shriek like a '''[[Scorponok (BW)|little girl]]'''.''

*Megatron's initial basic Beast Wars toy is a [[retool]] of [[Iguanus (BW)|Iguanus]] with new alligator and robot heads, and no frill. The screw hole for the frill bracket remains. Both toys were released at roughly the same time.

*The concept art for the original Ultra class figure was largely the same, except in one minor difference: The left arm would have housed an open three clawed hand. The idea of that wouldn't be revisited until the 10th anniversary Deluxe Megatron.
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==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1996/Predacon/MegatronGator/megatron.htm Megatron at TFU.info]
*[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Maximal/BeastChanger/beastchanger.htm Beast Changer at TFU.info]

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Sonar (BW)

2007-09-22T01:08:51Z

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{{disambig2|the Maximal bat|the Mini-Con shuttle|Sonar (Armada)}}

:''Sonar is a [[Maximal]] in the [[Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] continuity family.''

[[Image:IDW Sonar.jpg|thumb|250px| Is it wrong to want to see [[Nightscream]] hit on her and get violently shot down?]]

'''Sonar''''s superior senses allow her to be the best reconnaissance agent the Maximals have. Her unchecked ferocity, however, make her a danger to both sides.

''('''Note:''' Sonar's toy bio, lacking pronouns, is effectively genderless. The Botcon comics seized on this opportunity to add another [[Female Transformers| female Transformer]] to the ranks. It is yet unknown whether the IDW Beast Wars books will continue to present her as a "her".)''

==Fiction==
===Toy Bio===
Sonar is another result of [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron's]] [[Transmetal 2]] cloning experiments.

===Universe: The Wreckers===
Sonar was summoned by the [[Oracle]], along with the [[Wreckers]], to embark on a mysterious mission. As the Wreckers were battling their way onto a secret [[Autobot]] shuttle, Sonar used a sonic attack to bust up some [[Vehicon (faction)|Vehicons]]. Shortly after lifting off from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], however, she was attacked by [[Devcon]]. The former Peace Marshal calmed down, and Sonar moved to another part of the shuttle. An explosion of unknown source ripped through the craft. [[Packrat]], in an attempt to save the fore of the ship, separated it from the aft section. Unfortunately, this meant sacrificing Sonar, [[Spittor]], and the [[Deployer|Deployers]]. [[Hot Rod|Rodimus]] was very displeased to lose his comrades.

===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics===
Sonar was one of the [[protoforms]] jettisoned from the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' on prehistoric [[Earth]]. She was activated and put in chronal phase by [[Razorbeast]] at [[Magmatron (BW)|Magmatron]]'s request, but was protected from Magmatron's [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] shell-program by Razorbeast's viral code.

Accompanied by [[Air Hammer]], [[Night Glider]], and [[Prowl (Transmetal)|Prowl]], Sonar sped towards Razorbeast and the small group of new Maximals accompanying him. She and a phalanx of other Maximals finally reached them, just in time to fight off an army of Predacons.

==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
*'''Sonar''' (Basic Transmetal 2, 1999)

: Sonar transforms into a grey Transmetal 2 bat. Left left wing/arm has a flip-out blade weapon. In robot mode, her beast-mode hindlegs can flip down to give her two pairs of arms.

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1999/Maximal/Sonar/sonar.htm Sonar at TFU.info]

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Trypticon (disambiguation)

2007-09-22T00:54:08Z

68.230.139.8: /* Dreamwave comics continuity */

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

[[Image:TrypticonGenerations1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"After G1, he was cast as the Red Ranger's T-Rex on Power Rangers"]]

While there have been other sentient Decepticon "cities," '''Trypticon''' was the first to appear in any continuity. His intelligence and personality vary between those continuities, from a plodding near-animal to an introspective killer with designs on Decepticon leadership. Also variable is his [[Scale|scale]]: He's always depicted as being very large, but whether that means being two-to-three times typical [[Transformer]] size, literally city-sized, or somewhere in between, is rarely consistent. One element that ''should'' be consistent, given how often it's referenced, is the fact that his eyes can emit hypno-beams that subvert the will of other Transformers. Strangely, though, he has never been seen to use them.

In some continuities, he is accompanied by one or more smaller robots. The only one to exhibit an autonomous personality is [[Wipe-Out]]. [[Full-Tilt]] and [[Brunt]] have merely been mindless drones when they've existed at all.

:''Japanese name:'' '''Dinosaurer''' (monster-mode)/'''Dinobase''' (city-mode)

==Fiction==
===Animated Continuity===
'''Voice actor:''' [[Brad Garrett]] (US), [[Yutaka Shimaka]] (Japan)

[[Image:TrypTVMagazine.jpg|left|thumb|I thought he was great as Lobo on Superman.]]

In the year 2006, Trypticon was built on [[Earth]] by the [[Constructicon]]s (with help from [[Octane]] and some other guy), out of a human city as the Decepticon answer to [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] and as part of the joint [[Quintesson]]/Decepticon campaign to attack the Autobots on two fronts. Upon activation, Trypticon sent his former human occupants running for their lives, then destroyed a nearby mountain for no apparent reason. {{Storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}

His first mission was to attack the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], defended by those pesky [[Mini Vehicle|Minibots]]. Trypticon shot [[Powerglide]] out of the sky, then shrugged off sneak attacks by the Minibot defenders (stepping on [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]]) before leveling the Ark and the volcano the Autobot ship was embedded in. Destroying one [[Autobot]] stronghold wasn't enough, however, and Trypticon soon set his sights on [[Autobot City]] and Metroplex.

Metroplex was at a significant disadavantage, since he was without his [[Transformation Cog|transformation cog]] and thus locked into his battle station form, a weakness that Trypticon exploited. However, the timely arrival of [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] and [[Wheelie]] with the cog allowed Metroplex to gain the upper hand, and Trypticon to take a bath in the Pacific ocean. {{Storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

Trypticon resurfaced later in a world monument stealing scheme with the [[Triple Changer]] [[Octane]]. They stole the monuments for [[Abdul Fakkadi]] of the [[Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbombya]] in exchange for the country's high-grade oil. Initially, the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s and [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] were suspected, but [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] linked the crime back to Trypticon. [[Hot Rod|Rodimus Prime]], Metroplex, and the rest of the Autobots put a stop to the scheme, and Trypticon took another bath. {{storylink|Thief in the Night}}

Later, he had one of his eyes, his transformation cog, and even his body stolen by [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] in an effort to revive [[Unicron]]. He also acted as a transport vessel for the other "primitive" Transformers when they went to fight [[Tornedron]], but no baths were involved.

====Fight! Super Robot Life Form Transformers manga====
In this timeline, Trypticon's construction occurred around 1986/87, rather than in 2005. While the [[Autobots]] were in the process of constructing Metroplex, [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and [[Reflector]] were able to sneak past their security and spy on the process, acquiring the information that Megatron needed to discover whether or not Metroplex was strong enough to stand up to Trypticon.

[[Image:TrypticonRisesTVMagazine1.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"Up from the depths, thirty stories high..."]]

The completed Trypticon made his fist appearance terrorizing an island utopia that the Decepticons had taken control of. He made short work of [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], nearly killing him, until he was goaded into battle by the sudden appearance of Metroplex. Trypticon dove head-first at his rival, only to phase right through him and fall off a cliff and into the ocean. As it turns out, it was a hologram created by [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] and magnified by [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]].

====Scramble City OVA====
Not long after Trypticon's island misadventure, the Autobots completed construction of Metroplex, who was dispatched to aid the Autobot combiners in battle against their Decepticon foes. With the villains defeated, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] activated Trypticon to battle Metroplex.

''(The Japanese manga and ''Scramble City'' served as a supplement to the animated series, with the events of the manga occurring between the end of the second season and the OVA, and the OVA itself occurring around the year 1987, it's cliffhanger left unresolved - although the possibility that it could have ended with Trypticon getting thrown off a cliff and crashing into the ocean is distinctly high. Both were released only in Japan, and are decidedly out-of-continuity with the Western version of the animated series, as they contradict Trypticon's origin as it is depicted there.)''

====Headmasters====
'''Voice actor:''' [[Masato Hirano]] (Japan)

Trypticon continued serving the [[Decepticon]]s into the year 2011; however, by then he'd become mostly a joke. In one confrontation, he was defeated by [[Daniel Witwicky|Daniel]] and [[Wheelie]] when they lured him into walking onto a rickety rope bridge which subsequently buckled under his weight and dumped him into a river. Nevertheless, he was still used in numerous battles throughout 2011. At one point he was commandeered by [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and brought into battle against the Autobot [[Headmasters]]. The pair fled, leaving Trypticon behind to be destroyed (which happened off-screen; his destruction was only mentioned by Galvatron). He was apparantly rebuilt, however, and was seen serving the Decepticons all the way through to their eviction from planet Earth.

====Zone OVA====
'''Voice actor:''' [[Daisuke Gōri]] (Japan)

[[Image:TrypticonZone1.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Master of subtlety.]]

''(Trypticon is referred to as one of the [[Nine Great Demon Generals]]. This terminology, coupled with the presence of the previously deceased [[Black Zarak]] in their ranks and [[Violen Jygar]]'s supernatural origins, could mean that Trypticon died previously to Zone and was likewise brought back to life. However, this is unconfirmed, meaning that Violen Jygar may have simply recruited the still-living Trypticon to be a General.)''

Trypticon eventually joined forces with [[Violen Jygar]] as one of his nine deadly Decepticon Demon-Generals. Now with the rank of Saurian General, he used a club for a weapon and was equipped with a new attack, the [[Energon Z|Energon Z Beam]], thanks to his compatriots stealing the Autobots' Energon Z from [[Zone (planet)|Planet Zone]]. Trypticon was sent by Violen Jygar to steal the [[Zodiac]] from the [[Autobot]]s on [[Earth]]. During the battle with [[Dai Atlas]], the power of the Zodiac was released right in Trypticon's face, killing him.

===Marvel Comics Continuity===
''Events in italics happened in the Marvel UK comics''

Trypticon was dispatched by [[Ratbat]] to Earth, where he attacked the Ark with the aid of [[Wipe-Out]]. He exhibited more intelligence than in perhaps any other universe, bantering with his enemies and employing some degree of strategy. But the [[Dinobot|Dinobots]] held him off long enough that his energy expenditures upset the miserly Ratbat, who recalled him to Cybertron. The "defeat" of Trypticon immediately led to [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]'s inauguration as Autobot Leader.

''Later he fought evil zombies with [[Flywheels]] and the [[Wreckers]].''

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
Before the Ark left Cybertron, Trypticon was seen participating in at least one assault on the Autobots. Though not seen at that time, he does control two "battlefield drones," [[Full-Tilt]] and [[Brunt]].

Despite his effectiveness as a killing machine, he doubts the Decepticon cause and hates his own role. He thinks that his abilities will eventually merit his taking leadership of the Decepticons, though he accepts this with the same resignation as the rest of his futile existence. {{storylink|More Than Meets the Eye}}

It's entirely possible he speaks with a British accent.

===Devil's Due ''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers'' comics continuity===
As part of [[Serpent O.R.]]'s forces, Trypticon defended the newly unified Decepticon army's base against a combined Autobot/[[G.I. Joe]] strike force. A massive barrage from [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and G.I. Joe's artillery almost felled the giant Decepticon. {{storylink|The Art of War, Part 5}}

===IDW Comics Continuity===

During a flashback, Trypticon can be seen battling [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] alongside Megatron, Optimus Prime, and Omega Supreme. It's unknown if he survived the battle. {{storylink|Stormbringer, Part 1}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Trypticon''' (Decepticon City, 1986/1987)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-63'''
: Came with [[Full-Tilt]] and [[Brunt]]

:This mold was later [[retool]]ed, [[redeco]]ed, and sold with fewer accessories as ''[[Beast Wars II (franchise)|Beast Wars II]]'' [[Megastorm|Gigastorm]]

===MyClone===
*'''Trypticon''' (MyClone, 2003)

:The Trypticon MyClone is the adorablest little killer dinosaur you ever did see.

===Classics===
*'''Trypticon''' (Legends, 2006)
:Trypticon in the ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]'' line is a [[redeco]] of [[Legends of Cybertron]] [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]]. This redeco is awesome and [http://www.toynewsi.com/news.php?catid=242&itemid=10656 needs cuddles].

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Trypticon/trypticon.htm Trypticon at TFU.info]

*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Trypticon Trypticon's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

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Highbrow (G1)

2007-09-14T23:56:13Z

68.230.139.8: /* Marvel comics continuity */

:''Highbrow is an [[Autobot]][[ Headmaster]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Highbrow.gif|350px|right|thumb| Try to imagine [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] and [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] had a kid...]]

To put it in terms even your obviously limited intellect can easily understand: " '''Highbrow''' is smarter than you are." No, no, Don't allow your comparably plebeian cerebral encumbrance to strain itself beyond endurance in a futile attempt to grasp the intrinsic universal magnitude of Highbrow's innate mental acuity, for it will bear no arboreal reproductive spheres. The ultrascopic trans-infinate sublimity of his diurnal ponderances transcend the circumference of most sentient species entire thought-spheres, If he does vocalize the notion personally (and you can be certain he will).

The greatest tragedy of his existence is to be clearly so far beyond all those around him, entrapped as they are by their own primitive psyches and abysmal ignorance in a barbaric escalation of pugnacious defenstration and rebuttal. That a paradigmatic mind such as his own should be bound or beholden to a lesser being, especially a rude, primitive swain such as the Nebulan biped [[Gort]] is a supreme and vexing irony.

:''French-Canadian name'': '''Cerveau'''<br>
:''Italian name'': '''Cruiserbot'''

==Fiction==
===Marvel comics continuity===

He accidentally made Cloudburst fly into the path of Unicron's flame-breath. Jerk.

===Rebirth===

===Headmasters animated series===

===Headmasters manga===

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Highbrow''' (Headmaster, 1987)

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/1987/Autobot/Highbrow/highbrow.htm Highbrow at TFU.info]

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Sweep (G1)

2007-09-03T04:58:20Z

68.230.139.8: /* Generation 1 cartoon */

:''Sweeps are [[Decepticons]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

'''Sweeps''' are the minions of [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] created by [[Unicron]]. Sweeps are visually indistinguishable from Scourge himself, although Sweeps do not necessarily have identical voices.

Although only a few are seen initially during Unicron's threat, there appears to be an inexhaustible supply of them later on.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon===

The original Sweeps were created by Unicron from fallen Decepticons, but the seemingly-infinite number suggests that Scourge or the Sweeps may possess self-cloning abilities similar to the [[Insecticon]]s - altogether realistic, as the three original Insecticons were among the discarded bodies that Unicron used to form [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], Scourge, and their combined retinue. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

The Sweeps are by far the favorite cannon fodder of [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], being beaten or destroyed in any number of abysmal ways. These ways include being thrown into the great beyond, lava pits, and into the path of an energy-mongering [[transorganic]] vampire monster. This may explain their perceived cowardice.

One time Wheelie shot one IN THE FACE. It was hardcore.

==Toys==
* '''Scourge''' (1986)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-71'''
: Well, while technically not "Sweeps", any additional Scourge toys you may own can easily function as Sweep toys, what with the characters being identical and all.

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Razorbeast

2007-09-03T04:50:15Z

68.230.139.8: /* Trivia */

:''Razorbeast is a [[Maximal]] in the [[Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Razorbeast.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Whose '''tusks gleam''' in the night?<ref>The wild '''boar''', one of the most '''feared''' of jungle predators!</ref>]]

'''Razorbeast''' is a stubborn infantry fighter with great strength and tenacity befitting a warthog. He will keep struggling and fighting ferociously against all odds no matter how hopeless the situation. His self-reliant, self-sufficient nature and fierce refusal to give up has made him a prime choice for important but dangerous solo missions. Razorbeast respects the chain of command and would never disobey an order from above.

==Fiction==
===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics===
Razorbeast was an undercover agent embedded by [[Lio Convoy]] in [[Magmatron]]'s organization to discover, and if possible to foil, the general's plans. He traveled back in time to prehistoric [[Earth]] with Magmatron and his crew to retrieve the rogue [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]. However this was just a front to the true plan, to challenge the Maximals for control of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Magmatron needed an army, and prehistoric Earth was littered with the stasis pods that had been abandoned by the ''[[Axalon]]''. Magmatron had Razorbeast awaken these [[protoform|protoforms]] as [[Predacons]], however, Razorbeast inserted a virus into the protoform-awakening software which allowed some of them to retain their Maximal allegiance.

Fleeing from Magmatron, Razorbeast hooked up with the few Maximals he could immediately find: [[B'Boom]], [[Snarl (BW)|Snarl]], [[Optimus Minor]], [[Bonecrusher (BW)|Bonecrusher]], [[Ramulus]], and [[Wolfang]]. B'Boom in particular had difficulty trusting Razorbeast at first, as the warthog's camouflage programming caused him to broadcast a Predacon spark signature even now. Still, this rag-tag crew worked together on a pair of simultaneous missions: to prevent Magmatron from mucking with the timeline, and salvage the proper equipment to send a distress signal back to Cybertron. Magmatron was successfully dispatched back into the future, but the signal array was destroyed before it could be properly utilized.

In the end, Razorbeat and company joined up with [[Torca]]'s militia, [[Prowl (Transmetal 2)|Prowl]]'s air force, and the remaining Maximals to continue protecting Earth against the Predacons and their new commander, the rebuilt [[Ravage]].

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==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
*'''Razorbeast''' (Basic, 1996)

: Part of the very first wave of ''Beast Wars'' product, Razorbeast transforms from a red warthog to robot mode with a spring-loaded one-step transforming action. His mane becomes a dual barreled (non-firing) handgun. The original releases came on a "rocky bubble" card, but this later changed to the "smooth bubble" style.

: This mold was also used for ''[[Beast Wars Neo]]'''s [[Randy]].

*'''Razorbeast''' (MicroVerse, 1997)

: This tiny, non-transforming Razorbeast was available with a tiny, non-transforming alligator Megatron and the [[Arachnid]] [[MicroVerse]] playset. There are two variants of this piece; one has bright yellow legs, the other bright green.

==Trivia==
* The card-art for Razorbeast shows him with two handguns. It's possible that an early design of the toy was intended to split the mane in half.

* Razorbeast's Cybertronic form in the IDW comics shows signs of a possible motorcycle mode.

* Razorbeast appeared alongside [[Iguanus (BW)|Iguanus]] on an episode of The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air. Apparently, Will Smith had been looking for Razorbeast since October.<ref>http://youtube.com/watch?v=Dt810n520Xs</ref>

* Simon Furman picked Razorbeast as the main Maximal character of The Gathering based solely on the fact that he liked the name.

==Notes and References==
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==External links==
*[http://tfu.info/1996/Maximal/Razorbeast/razorbeast.htm Razorbeast at TFU.info]

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Ramulus

2007-09-03T04:48:23Z

68.230.139.8:

:''Ramulus is a [[Maximal]] in the [[Beast Wars]] and [[Universe]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] continuity''

[[Image:Ramulus.jpg|right|300px|thumb|I know you just woke up, but please, put that away.]]

'''Ramulus''' transforms into a [[Transmetal 2]] ram.

He's usually pretty ornery.

==Fiction==
===Toy Bio===
Ramulus enjoys exploring new places, seeking adventure. Ion pulses emanate from his fractured spark crystal. His weapon is a double slagmaker cannon.

===[[Universe (comic)|Universe]]===
====''Primeval Dawn'' and ''The Wreckers''====
When awoken from his stasis pod, he was furious that [[Optimus Primal]] had left him and the other [[protoform]]s behind. He joined [[Primal Prime]], [[Tigatron]], and [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] in their battle against the undead [[Tarantulas]] on prehistoric [[Earth]]. Following that conflict, Ramulus ventured home to [[Cybertron]] and became a [[Wrecker]]. The rag-tag group set off in an Autobot shuttle, headed toward a set of coordinates that the [[Oracle]] planted in Primal Prime's head. Ramulus played a secondary role in the ensuing adventure.

Ramulus presents a brash and sarcastic personality, backed up by his awesome weapons and powerful beast mode. He is, however, a brave and loyal Maximal.

(''Ramulus appeared green and tan instead of the toy's red and gray for quite a while. During the ride on the Autobot shuttle, [[Arcee]] used the healing power of her spark to keep [[Fractyl]] alive. Ramulus' close proximity to this healing process caused his colors to change. He now resembled his toy.'')

====Universe====
===Beast Wars===
====''[[The Gathering]]''====
[[Razorbeast]] was ordered by [[Magmatron]] to wake the remaining stasis pods on prehistoric Earth as [[Predacons]]. Thankfully for Ramulus, Razorbeast was working undercover, and inserted a viral code into the protoform-awakening process. This virus caused many of the protoforms to retain their Maximal status. This included Ramulus, who was among the first to join up with Razorbeast. The Maximals thwarted Magmatron's plans to conquer Cybertron, but they were now stranded on ancient Earth.

==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
*'''Ramulus''' (Deluxe, 1998)

==External links==
*[http://tfu.info/1999/Maximal/Ramulus/ramulus.htm Ramulus at TFU.info]

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Airazor (BW)

2007-09-03T04:39:29Z

68.230.139.8: /* ''Primeval Dawn'' comics */

{{featured}}
{{disambig2|the Beast Wars Maximal|the Armada Autobot|Airazor (Armada)}}

:''Airazor is a [[Maximal]] from the [[Beast Era]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]]. She was previously known as '''Wing Saber''' and sometimes referred to as the '''''Chromia 10'' Pilot'''.''

[[Image:Airazorbwcgi.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Don't tell her to grow a pair, 'cuz she can and she will.]]

Primarily used for recon and surveillance due to her aerial alternate mode, '''Airazor's''' talents are a great asset to the Maximal cause. She's calm and confident, but also adventurous and brave, with a healthy supply of dry humor. Her aerial skill in either mode, incredibly sharp eyesight and steady aim make her a dangerous opponent.

Due to the circumstances of her "birth," she sees [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] as something of a father-figure and [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] as the sibling she never had. She devotes most of her efforts, however, to taming the wild yet gentle [[Tigatron]]. She shares his love for the beautiful planet on which the Maximals are stranded, and it is on this planet where their destiny will be forever intertwined.

:''Spanish name:'' '''Cuchilla'''<br>
:''Italian name:'' '''Falcon Lady'''<br>
:''French name:'' '''Serres D'Acier'''

==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===
====''Timelines: Razor's Edge''====

{{coming soon|fanclub}}

====''Timelines: Dawn of Future's Past''====
[[Image:Airazorbwdawn.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Airazor comes on strong.]]
The Predacons who stole the [[Golden Disk]] were pursued by [[Unit 2]], who was granted clearance from [[Maximal Defense Command]] to commandeer transport. The Maximal who would become Airazor was boarding her ship, ''[[Chromia 10]]'', when Unit 2 approached and demanded use of it. "Airazor" at first refused, but suggested she was open to ... persuasion. The call of adventure captured her interest, and instead of handing over ''Chromia 10'' to Unit 2, she allowed him to hitch a ride, piloting it herself.

''Chromia 10'' intercepted the Predacons' ship, ''[[Darksyde]]'', which was engaged in battle with ''[[Axalon]]'' and guarded by a mysterious third ship. During the ensuing firefight, ''Chromia 10'' was badly damaged. [[Optimus Primal]] had their [[Spark]]s remotely uploaded to blank protoforms in [[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'s cargo hold, which saved their lives, but severely damaged their core mainframes. {{storylink|Dawn of Future's Past}}

''(This story is a [[retcon]], as Airazor was originally treated as a newborn protoform in the ''Beast Wars'' animated series. Instead, here she is revealed to have been a Maximal who existed previously on Cybertron but ended up on ''Axalon'' in a stasis pod, damaged to the point of not remembering any of her past.)''
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====''Beast Wars''====
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Pauline Newstone]] (English), [[Tetsuya Iwanaga]] (Japanese)

Her [[stasis pod]] damaged upon crashing to [[Earth]], Airazor was able to come online due to the genius of [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] and the bravery of [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]. Rhinox deftly operated the stasis pod's controls and Cheetor offered up his own components to repair it. Immediately out of the pod, she outmaneuvered and destroyed [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]]; her aerial beast mode, at the time, made her the only Maximal other than [[Optimus Primal|Optimus]] who could fly. {{storylink|The Spark}}

[[Image:Airazortigatrontrigger.jpg|left|thumb|And the lady shall ride a tiger.]]

She and Tigatron started to team up more frequently, a prospect Airazor seemed to welcome, but Tigatron preferred to work alone. Their first big adventure together came when a flying island paradise was discovered. The island, however, was covered in booby-traps which were triggered by the use of energy weapons. Airazor rescued Tigatron when he was ambushed by Predacons on the island, but she was damaged badly. Tigatron carried her on his back, refusing to leave her behind. The island was ultimately destroyed, much to the sadness and outrage of Tigatron, and he would have secluded himself from the other Maximals further if not for Airazor's concern. {{storylink|The Trigger, Part 2}}

Soon after, the Predacons beat Tigatron to another stasis pod, reprogramming it and unleashing [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]]. Once again, Airazor tried to work with Tigatron, but, once again, he insisted that he works alone. Airazor commented that sometimes you can be too alone. She was right, because then Tigatron got shot up a lot. Nearing death, Tigatron was saved by the arrival of Airazor and Optimus Primal. {{storylink|Spider's Game}}

After the realization that the aliens who seeded their planet with traps and energon were returning to destroy it, the Maximals and Predacons entered a truce. Optimus Primal used Airazor to try to sneak [[Rattrap]] into the Predacon base to find out what [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] was up to, but Megatron, of course, found them on his scanners and politely asked them to leave. Unbeknownst to Megatron, the ploy was a decoy for Tigatron's infiltration. The aliens arrived and a new alien structure was built, trapping Airazor, who was tortured. Optimus Primal forced his way inside, with the help of the Predacons, and traded himself to the aliens for Airazor. After Primal was scanned and briefed by the aliens, they transformed the planet's artificial second moon into a [[Planet Buster]], which fired upon the planet, slowly igniting the unstable energon.

[[Image:Airazoraftermath.jpg|right|thumb|200px|"I WONDER IF SLEEPING WITH AIRAZOR IS LIKE SLEEPING WITH A BIRD" (Ah, net.eternal.questions...) [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/855daa12c3baf8db?dmode=source]]]

After the destruction of the [[Vok]]'s Planet Buster, Airazor and Tigatron left together to find the rest of the missing stasis pods scattered across the planet. While on their search, the two Maximals discovered not only a remarkably beautiful valley, but a strange plant. As the two looked into each other's eyes and held hands in quiet celebration, the plant transformed into another [[Vok]] device, and as they clasped hands, declaring their love to exist beyond the throes of death, the two were absorbed and shot into space. Cheetor arrived, but was too late, loudly protesting the loss of two of his best friends. {{storylink|Other Visits, Part 1}}

Airazor and Tigatron were kept in a form of stasis until near the end of the Beast Wars, when they were merged together in the powerful being [[Tigerhawk]]. Tigerhawk returned to Earth as the emissary of the Vok to stop the deterioration that the Beast Wars was causing to the timestream, his first act being to destroy the [[Darksyde]], sending the Predacons scrambling. [[Tarantulas]] managed to capture Tigerhawk and removed the Vok's influence from his frame (and absorbed it into himself), letting Airazor and Tigatron's [[spark]]s inhabit Tigerhawk's body. Tigatron's voice was dominant, but Tigerhawk's personality and mannerisms were shared. {{storylink|Other Victories}}

Shortly afterward, however, Tigerhawk was killed in a standoff with the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' after Megatron retrieved it from the ocean floor.

====''Tales of the Beast Wars'' comics====
Somewhere near the end of the first year of the Beast Wars, before the Planet Buster ignited the planet's energon, Airazor, Rhinox, and Cheetor overheard a battle between [[Fractyl]] and [[Packrat]]. Airazor ended up having to rescue Cheetor, who had darted off ahead of them and gotten blasted. After the battle was resolved, she and the other Maximals fled, pretending to be beaten by the timid Fractyl to increase his standing in Megatron's eyes. {{storylink|Critical Mass}}
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====''Primeval Dawn'' comics====
[[Image:TransmetalAirazor2.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Clearly on her way to go fight the Altron Gundam in Earth orbit.]]

Though the Beast Wars were over, the threat to the timestream was not. [[Tarantulas]], presumed destroyed, existed in a new, undead form that was fueled by his new Vok powers. The remaining Vok assembled warriors to end this threat, creating [[Primal Prime]] and giving new [[Transmetal]] bodies to the extant Sparks of Airrazor and Tigatron.

After awakening a stranded stasis pod containing [[Ramulus]], opening a second pod triggered an ambush by [[Spittor]], [[Iguanus (BW)|Iguanus]], [[Razorclaw (BW)|Razorclaw]], and a reborn Transmetal 2 [[Ravage]]. Airazor immediately saved Tigatron's life, knocking Spittor aside before Tigatron would have unwittingly come in contact with Spittor's body, covered entirely in [[cyber-venom]]. This maneuver left her vulnerable to Ravage's gunfire, knocking her out of the air.

The battle ended catastrophically, and Ramulus, Airazor, and Tigatron were forced to carry a critically-wounded Primal Prime back to the [[Ark]] after Tarantulas ripped the [[Matrix of Leadership]] from his chest. As Airazor and Tigatron conferred with the seemingly absent Vok, Airazor experienced great pains due to her battle wounds. But before she could explain, the Ark was under attack by Ravage and the Predacons. {{storylink|Primeval Dawn}}

:''('''Note''': Due to [[3H Productions]] loss of the convention license, "Primeval Dawn "was never completed. It is telling, however, that Airazor was not present in the subsequently-placed "[[Universe (comic)|Wreckers]]" storyline. It is unclear for certain what happened to her in the interim, though it is probable that she died.)''

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====''Beast Wars Metals'' manga====
[[Image:Airazor1.jpg|left|200px|thumb|From chick to guy and back to chick!]]

:''(Note: while the Beast Wars Metals manga picks up halfway through the Beast Wars series, it is not in-continuity with the television series.)''

In the Beast Wars Metals manga, Airazor was changed into a Transmetal rather than being captured by the [[Vok]] aliens. In this manga, Airazor is a girl, presumably because her transmetal toy has boobies.

Toward the end of the manga, Airazor's [[spark]] became separated from her body, with her body becoming host to a malevolent force. The evil Airazor did battle with [[Tigatron]], who did not want to fight the robot he loved. With no other option, Tigatron gave the evil Airazor one of his katana and knelt down. As the evil Airazor struck him with the sword, the '''real''' Airazor's spark entered Tigatron's body. In cyber space, the two embraced and vowed never to be apart again. As their sparks merged, they became [[Tigerhawk]].

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==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
[[Image:Airazorbwtoy1.jpg|left|thumb|150px|She should hang out with [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]].]]

* '''Airazor''' (Basic, 1997)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-10'''

: Part of the first wave of year-two ''Beast Wars'' product, Airazor transforms into a somewhat generic falcon (or some other bird of prey). Unlike first-year Basics, Airazor's transformation is entirely manual, rather than spring-loaded. Pulling on feathers near its tail activates a spring-loaded wing-movement gimmick. Each wing also has a flip-out blade. Its tail hides a non-firing blaster.

: For its [[Takara]] release, it was available both as an individual and in an "Aerial Showdown" Vs-pack with [[Insecticon (BW)|Insecticon]].

* '''Airazor''' (Video pack-in, 1997)

: The original Airazor toy was given a similar but darker [[redeco]], and packaged with a VHS tape containing the episodes "[[Aftermath]]" and "[[Coming of the Fuzors, Part 1]]".
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[[Image:Airazorbwtfmtoy1.jpg|right|thumb|150px|First American toy designed to be a girl from the start, and it looks like THIS?]]
* '''Airazor''' (Deluxe Transmetal, 1998/1999)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-44'''

: [[Transmetal]] Airazor transforms into a mechanical falcon, with a third "seaplane" mold with fold-down pontoons. In robot mode, the chromed beast-mode backplate can fold around it for a "shield" mode.

: The Japanese version of this toy is largely identical, but the yellow plastics were replaced with a bright orange. The "AIRAZOR" [[tampograph]] on its chromed shields was also changed to "CYBERTRON" with the Maximal [[faction symbols|faction symbol]]. It was available both as an individual and in a two-pack with [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]].

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Armada]]'' [[Airazor (Armada)|Airazor]].

* '''Airazor''' (Deluxe Transmetal, 2000)

: One of the final releases of the normal ''Beast Wars'' line, Airazor's Transmetal toy was given a tweaked deco and released as part of the so-called "[[Fox Kids Transmetals|Fox Kids]]" assortment of Deluxe Transmetal redecos. Again, its redeco was not as drastic a change from the original as the others in the series.

: This version of Airazor was made available in Japan as a toy-show [[exclusive]] along with the "Fox Kids" versions of Transmetal [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] and [[Rattrap]].

===Timelines===
*'''''Chromia 10'' Pilot (Airazor)''' (Club exclusive, 2007)

: The second members-only exclusive to [[Fun Publications]]' [[Transformers Collectors' Club]], Airazor is a redeco of ''[[Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' [[Slugslinger (Energon)|Slugslinger]] with a [[retool]]ed head, transforming into a Cybertronic twin-cockpit jet. Her jet mode has an under-slung spring-loaded missile launcher (which flips over her shoulder in robot mode), plus she also has flip-out (non-firing) blasters as well.

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==Trivia==

[[Image:AirazorJapan1.jpg|left|125px|thumb|Tranny]]

*In the Japanese dub of ''Beast Wars'', Airazor was turned into a boy as a means to (hopefully) increase toy-sales. For the TV series, his relationship with Tigatron was played off somewhat differently to avoid complaints of homosexuality. Tigatron was presented as a samurai retainer with protective feelings towards his young ward; their closeness addressed in a "brotherly" sort of way. Despite that, there was still enough innuendo left-over for the gender-bending to become unsettling. The Japanese script's near-relentless "jokey" tone didn't help.

* Airazor's gender in the [[Hasbro]] line is due to ''Beast Wars'' story editors [[Bob Forward]] and [[Larry DiTillio]]'s insistance. The original Airazor toy wasn't developed with a specific gender in mind, and Bob & Larry wanted a larger female presence in the show, and the Airazor toy seemed as good a choice as any. They requested the change early enough that the toy's packaging bio could have its pronouns changed to female. The later Transmetal version of Airazor was the first American-released Transformer mold created to represent a female character.

* Note the name of Airazor's ship in ''[[Dawn of Future's Past]]'', the ''[[Chromia 10]]''. "C-10" is a reference to her original toy's Japanese ID number, and not to being "case fresh"... as is obvious from her dialogue.

* The ''[[Dawn of Future's Past]]'' Club exclusive toy is only ''sorta'' technically the '''second''' Club exclusive toy. She was actually shipped at the same time as [[Astrotrain (Timelines)|Astrotrain]], but he was the first toy ''advertised''.

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1997/Maximal/Airazor/airazor.htm Airazor at TFU.info]
* [http://www.seibertron.com/toys/gallery.php?id=685&size=0&start=0 Airazor - Beast Wars Transformers - Toy Gallery]

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The Fallen

2007-09-03T02:59:42Z

68.230.139.8: /* Trivia */

{{featured}}{{disambig2|the servant of Unicron|the first episode of ''Cybertron''|Fallen (episode)}}

: ''The Fallen is a Transformer in the [[Generation 1]] continuity family (and possibly in more).''

[[Image:Thefallen.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"Y'know, it's funny, these people they go to sleep, they think everything's fine, everything's good, and wake up the next day and they're on fire!"]]

At the dawn of time, [[Primus]] created new life, the [[13 original Transformers]], to crew his planetary form into battle against his eternal nemesis [[Unicron]]. One of these 13, his original name now lost to the mists of time, turned against his siblings, his creator, and his universe, and betrayed them all.

As [[Vector Prime]] was constructed to safeguard Space/Time, this robot's function was to oversee the primal force of entropy, the aging and dissolution of order in this universe as presage to a new creation. However, this guardian of entropy became obsessed with the darker side of chaos and death, and in the black place these urges lead him, the betrayer found a new god, more suited to his nature. He turned against Primus and became '''the Fallen'''.

Now he is a being of power, darkness, and absolute dedication to [[Unicron]]. At the end of the first battle between the two Gods, for his treachery, the Fallen was sealed into extradimensional limbo along with his new master.

He is also on fire.

==Fiction==
===Dreamwave comics continuity===
====''The War Within: The Dark Ages''====

Approximately 7 million years ago, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] were lost in a [[space bridge]] accident. This accident weakened the barrier between reality and the dimension in which the Fallen was trapped, allowing the Fallen to eventually break free and return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. He was intent on initiating "[[The Unbinding]]," which would break the [[Seal of Primus]] and herald the Second Coming of Unicron.

To accomplish this task, he recruited a trio of [[Decepticon]] outcasts, [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], [[Mindwipe]], and [[Bugly]], who hungered for a command of the occult, which the Fallen could grant. As per the Fallen's instructions, the recruits were to round up four Transformers with "unique [[Spark]]s," [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]], [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], [[Blitzwing]], and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]. When the recruits faltered, the Fallen stepped in, singlehandedly abducting Blitzwing from his well-guarded holding cell and besting the powerhouse Grimlock.

The four, dubbed enigmatically the "Angles of Dissolution," awakened strapped to a four-paneled apparatus deep within the core of Cybertron, the[[Allspark|Well of All Sparks]]. Though a combined army of forces from several factions penetrated the Fallen's operation, his defeat came only when Primus was roused from his slumber and condemned his wayward creation to an explosive demise. {{storylink|The War Within: The Dark Ages}}

===Fun Publications ''Cybertron'' comic===
[[Image:Vectorprimeut.jpg|left|thumb|140px|Back, and to the left.]]
The silhouette of the Fallen is seen standing behind [[Vector Prime]], another of the first 13 Transformers.

''('''Note''': This, and comments by [[Hasbro]] copy-writer [[Forest Lee]] suggest that the Fallen, Vector Prime, and the other original 13 are singular entities across the multiverse. This is likely apocryphal until officially published, however.)''

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==Toys==
[[Image:Thefallentitanium.JPG|right|thumb|175px|Hey, Stegmutt! Mister The Fallen is ON FIRE!]]
===Titanium Series===
*'''Fallen''' (6-inch Cybertron Heroes, 2007)
[[Image:Thefallentoytank.jpg|left|thumb|200px|The fire which enlightens is the same fire which consumes. That's, like, deep, or something.]]
: Was announced and on-display at [[BotCon 2006]]. Instead of being based on his comic appearance, he's loosely based on [[Don Figueroa]]'s design for pre-[[Earth]] [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] as seen in ''[[Infiltration]]'' and ''[[Stormbringer (comics)|Stormbringer]]'', though obviously with the Fallen's head and deco. He transforms into a Cybertronic tank. He wears a faction symbol of his own effigy. So far, the Fallen is, by a fraction of an inch, the tallest (and the bulkiest) of the 6" Titanium Series figures.

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==Trivia==
[[Image:Fallenpatlee.jpg|left|thumb|150px|He looks away from the you, yet wants your purse. And he's made of MARSHMELLOW.]]
*The Fallen design was created by [[Pat Lee]], his first (and only) original Transformers character. The early design concept not only lacked the Fallen's characteristic mouthplate, but differed incredibly from the final product. Envisioned as a medieval, ancient-looking Transformer, he glowed like a furnace, though he was not depicted as being perpetually on fire until [[Andrew Wildman]] penciled his appearances in ''[[The Dark Ages]]'' and the colorists caught on.

*When questioned about him constantly being aflame, War Within writer Simon Furman stated that the Fallen is always on fire "because it looks cool".

[[Image:Thefallentank.jpg|right|thumb|150px|The Judasmobile.]]
*The Fallen's [[altmode]], a tank, though designed, was never used in-fiction.

*Very little of the Fallen's backstory is given in his actual fictional appearances, leaving much of ''The Dark Ages'' somewhat confusing on its own. Helpful inserts from the ''More Than Meets the Eye'' profile books and DK's ''Transformers: The Ultimate Guide'', published around the same time, spelled out more. Eventually, the packaging profile printed on his Titanium figure gave the rest.

* The Fallen can speak Spanish. ''"Estoy en feuego!"''<ref>Fanclub-exclusive Mini Mayhem strip, March 19, 2007</ref>

==References==
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[[Category: Generation 1 characters]]
[[Category: Titanium Series]]
[[Category: Unicron-related characters]]
[[Category: Nameless characters]]
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Ironhide (Energon)

2007-09-03T02:48:26Z

68.230.139.8: /* ''Energon'' */

{{disambig3|Ironhide}}

:''Ironhide is an [[Autobot]] in the [[Energon (franchise)|''Energon'']] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] continuity family.''

[[Image:EIronHide.jpg|thumb|right|300px|GET IN THE SHIP!]]

'''Ironhide''' is a young Autobot who has stars in his eyes and a boundless desire to prove himself. Sadly, he's just a dork. Sometimes, he's a technically clever dork, but a dork nontheless.

He has a perchant for saying the wrong things at the wrong times. Like when a [[Demolishor (Armada)|friend dies]].

''Japanese name:'' '''Roadbuster'''

==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===
====''Energon''====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Matt Hill]] (English), [[Mitsuo Iwata]] (Japanese)

The rookie of Team Prime, Ironhide has a major case of hero-worship towards both Optimus Prime and [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]]. He joins the team in the very first episode, in the hopes of earning a [[Combination Spark]].

Optimus Prime paired Ironhide with [[Kicker]], in the hopes that the two would help to keep one another under control. Neither was very happy with the partnership at first, but eventually they became good friends.

Ironhide did manage to earn a Combination Spark after several battles, making him able to [[Powerlinx|powerlink]] with [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] and later, [[Cliffjumper (Energon)|Cliffjumper]]. Along with several other characters, Ironhide was reformatted into a new paint job to fight Unicron.

Ironhide went through several character growths due to the changes taking place in Scorponok, whom he looked up to initially. He would eventually lead a rookie team to their deaths against Scorponok, and nearly kill Scorponok in retaliation. In the end, he and Scorponok fought each other into a stasis. His life was saved when Scorponok carried his damaged body to Optimus Prime on Jungle Planet, in order to merge Ironhide's spark with Optimus Prime. He was restored to life afterwards and was last seen with Kicker on Ocean Planet.

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
====''Energon''====
[[Image:Hotshotironhidedw.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Sorry, Hot Shot, you've been replaced.]]
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Ironhide once built WMDs for the Decepticons. So not only is he a dork, but a jerk too.

==Toys==
===Energon===
*'''Ironhide''' (Mega, 2004)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''SC-04'''

[[Image:E_ironhide_toy.jpg|right|thumb|140px|"I clog shelves!"]]

Ironhide transforms into a dorky blue sports utility vehicle with a rather oversized red speaker/gun turret/high beam lights/thingamajig setup mounted on top. In robot mode he is able to combine with most Autobot Deluxe and Mega sizeclass toys.

The japanese release, named Roadbuster, had some minor deco and colour differences, most signifcantly being the tan plastic parts being replace by grey, even though they remained tan in the Energon cartoon. The major functional difference between the two toys is that the japanese version does not have electronics, while the US release does.

Ironhide became a major [[shelfwarmer]] during the Energon toyline's run, with some areas still having unsold Ironhides into 2006.

*'''Energon Ironhide''' (Mega, 2004)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''SC-24'''
[[Image:Eironhide_toy.jpg|left|thumb|138px|"I still clog shelves, but now I'm green!"]]

:This redeco of Ironhide was intended to be an homage to [[Hound_(G1)|G1 Hound]], with green replacing the blue and blue replacing the red. He also features an army star logo similar to Hound's.

:The Japanese release, named Roadbuster Wild, included an orange version of [[Strongarm_(Energon)|Strongarm's]] Energon Axe.
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*'''Ironhide''' (Happy Meal, 2004)
[[Image:Happymeal_EnergonIronhide.jpg|right|thumb|100px|"I clog secondhand store shelves!"]]

:This toy was exclusive to the McDonalds's restaurant chain in the Netherlands, Australia and the United Kingdom. He is a ''highly'' simplified version of the larger toy, with little to no articulation.

:His torso is hollow, and stores a translucent energon cube. When a button is pushed, his Energon cube activates the 'coolest' siren and laser sounds. His Energon cube is interchangeable with the cubes from the other McDonalds Energon toys.

*'''Ironhide''' (Built to Rule, 2004)

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==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Autobot/Ironhide/ironhide.htm Ironhide at TFU.info]

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Skyblast (Energon)

2007-09-03T02:46:11Z

68.230.139.8: /* ''Energon'' */

{{disambig3|Skyblast}}

:''Skyblast is an [[Autobot]] [[Omnicon]] in the [[Energon]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] continuity family.''

[[Image:EnergonSkyblastOmnicon-art.jpg|right|thumb|250px|He's not [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]], but he wants your wallet.]]

'''Skyblast''' is a young Omnicon. Although he is a skilled tactician, he prefers spending time working on his aerial stunts. Like the other Omnicons, he can convert raw [[energon]] into [[energon chips]] and weaponry.

Also, like other Omnicons, sometimes there are lots of him.

''Japanese name:'' '''Air Glide'''

==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===
====''Energon''====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Terry Klassen]] (US), [[Jin Yamanoi]] (Japan)

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
====''Energon''====

You know that stupid friend you have who impulsively does something that knocks everyone out, then when given another chance later on, tries to do the exact same thing?

Yeah, that was Skyblast.

==Toys==
===Energon===
*'''Skyblast''' (Omnicon, 2004)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''SC-07'''

: Part of the first wave of ''Energon'' product, Skyblast transforms into a Cybertronic jet. He comes with multiple clear-plastic "energon" parts, which form an underslung cannon and jet boosters in jet mode, and can combine to form an "energon spear" melee weapon. He also has an Autobot-style [[energon chip]] that can attach the to [[spark crystal]] of other ''Energon''-series toys. The [[Takara]] version uses a lighter clear-plastic than the [[Hasbro]] vesion.

: Skyblast was recolored into [[Skyblast (Movie)|movie Skyblast]] and [[Air Raid (Movie)|movie Air Raid]] and his energon spear has been used to make multiple [[exclusive]] [[energon weapon]]s.

===Attacktix===
*'''Starter Set''' (2006)
:''Attacktix ID number'': '''TF21''' (robot mode)
:Faction: Autobot
:Class: Warrior
:Special: Transform
:Point Cost: 30 - 8/26 (31%) success ratio
:Base Speed: 8
:Attack Type: Prodder (Spear)
:Sadly, this is the figure you're probably going to be left with if your Skyblast vehicle form dies. Good luck trying to kill anyone with him, though.

:Skyblast has four points of articulation (shoulders, waist and head), though it's effectively three as the shoulders move simultaneously. Unlike [[Landquake|other prodders]] Skyblast's articulation does not change his angle of attack very much, making him more difficult to position for a decisive shot.

:Fortunately Skyblast's low base speed means it's unlikely you'll get him close enough to anyone to stuff up your shot on them.

:''Attacktix ID number'': '''TF22''' (vehicle mode)
:Faction: Autobot
:Class: Specialist
:Special: Transform - 20/26 (77%) success ratio
:Point Cost: 20
:Base Speed: 4
:Attack Type: Shooter (Small missile)
:If your robot mode Skyblast succeeds in using his ''Transform'' power you can bring in this figure from your back-ups. Both pieces were sold in a "Starter Set" with Attacktix [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Overhaul]] and [[Dirt Boss (Cybertron)|Dirt Boss]]. A special Wal-Mart [[exclusive]] variant of the Starter Set also came with a bonus fifth piece, a specially-colored [[Light Unit|Decepticlone]].

:The vehicle form of Skyblast has only one point of articulation, which allows him to swivel down almost 90 degrees to the ground. This configuration basically turns Skyblast into a shield, making him one of the most effective defensive figures yet released for ''[[Attacktix]]''.

:Vehicle Skyblast can also ''Transform'', bringing his robot form into play from your back-ups.

==Trivia==
[[Image:SkyblastToes.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Uh... He likes to feel the sand beneath his feet?]]

* Skyblast is an [[homage]] to the [[Generation 1]] character [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]], especially in the head design. However, rival toy company Mattel managed to secure and Register the trademark to "Skyfire" since Hasbro used it last, so the fallback name "Skyblast" was used.

* Hasbro stock photos depict a preproduction Skyblast that has... toes?

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==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/2004/Autobot/Skyblast/skyblast.htm Skyblast at TFU.info]

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[[Category: Autobots]]
[[Category: Built to Rule]]
[[Category: Energon characters]]
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Skyblast (Energon)

2007-09-03T02:45:44Z

68.230.139.8: /* ''Energon'' */

{{disambig3|Skyblast}}

:''Skyblast is an [[Autobot]] [[Omnicon]] in the [[Energon]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] continuity family.''

[[Image:EnergonSkyblastOmnicon-art.jpg|right|thumb|250px|He's not [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]], but he wants your wallet.]]

'''Skyblast''' is a young Omnicon. Although he is a skilled tactician, he prefers spending time working on his aerial stunts. Like the other Omnicons, he can convert raw [[energon]] into [[energon chips]] and weaponry.

Also, like other Omnicons, sometimes there are lots of him.

''Japanese name:'' '''Air Glide'''

==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===
====''Energon''====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Terry Klassen]] (US), [[Jin Yamanoi]] (Japan)

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
====''Energon''====

You know that stupid friend you have who impulsively does something that knocks everyone out, then when given another chance later on, tries to do the exact same thing? Yeah, that was Skyblast.

==Toys==
===Energon===
*'''Skyblast''' (Omnicon, 2004)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''SC-07'''

: Part of the first wave of ''Energon'' product, Skyblast transforms into a Cybertronic jet. He comes with multiple clear-plastic "energon" parts, which form an underslung cannon and jet boosters in jet mode, and can combine to form an "energon spear" melee weapon. He also has an Autobot-style [[energon chip]] that can attach the to [[spark crystal]] of other ''Energon''-series toys. The [[Takara]] version uses a lighter clear-plastic than the [[Hasbro]] vesion.

: Skyblast was recolored into [[Skyblast (Movie)|movie Skyblast]] and [[Air Raid (Movie)|movie Air Raid]] and his energon spear has been used to make multiple [[exclusive]] [[energon weapon]]s.

===Attacktix===
*'''Starter Set''' (2006)
:''Attacktix ID number'': '''TF21''' (robot mode)
:Faction: Autobot
:Class: Warrior
:Special: Transform
:Point Cost: 30 - 8/26 (31%) success ratio
:Base Speed: 8
:Attack Type: Prodder (Spear)
:Sadly, this is the figure you're probably going to be left with if your Skyblast vehicle form dies. Good luck trying to kill anyone with him, though.

:Skyblast has four points of articulation (shoulders, waist and head), though it's effectively three as the shoulders move simultaneously. Unlike [[Landquake|other prodders]] Skyblast's articulation does not change his angle of attack very much, making him more difficult to position for a decisive shot.

:Fortunately Skyblast's low base speed means it's unlikely you'll get him close enough to anyone to stuff up your shot on them.

:''Attacktix ID number'': '''TF22''' (vehicle mode)
:Faction: Autobot
:Class: Specialist
:Special: Transform - 20/26 (77%) success ratio
:Point Cost: 20
:Base Speed: 4
:Attack Type: Shooter (Small missile)
:If your robot mode Skyblast succeeds in using his ''Transform'' power you can bring in this figure from your back-ups. Both pieces were sold in a "Starter Set" with Attacktix [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Overhaul]] and [[Dirt Boss (Cybertron)|Dirt Boss]]. A special Wal-Mart [[exclusive]] variant of the Starter Set also came with a bonus fifth piece, a specially-colored [[Light Unit|Decepticlone]].

:The vehicle form of Skyblast has only one point of articulation, which allows him to swivel down almost 90 degrees to the ground. This configuration basically turns Skyblast into a shield, making him one of the most effective defensive figures yet released for ''[[Attacktix]]''.

:Vehicle Skyblast can also ''Transform'', bringing his robot form into play from your back-ups.

==Trivia==
[[Image:SkyblastToes.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Uh... He likes to feel the sand beneath his feet?]]

* Skyblast is an [[homage]] to the [[Generation 1]] character [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]], especially in the head design. However, rival toy company Mattel managed to secure and Register the trademark to "Skyfire" since Hasbro used it last, so the fallback name "Skyblast" was used.

* Hasbro stock photos depict a preproduction Skyblast that has... toes?

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==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/2004/Autobot/Skyblast/skyblast.htm Skyblast at TFU.info]

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[[Category: Autobots]]
[[Category: Built to Rule]]
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Wing Saber (Energon)

2007-09-02T05:16:30Z

68.230.139.8: /* Cybertron */

:''Wing Saber is an [[Autobot]] in [[Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:WingSaber-comic.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Wing Saber joins ''[[Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]] in the proud tradition of being a Magic Mushroom for an Optimus.]]

'''Wing Saber''' is an Autobot who used to be called '''Wing Dagger'''. Then [[Shockblast (Energon)|Shockblast]] happened to him. Afterwards, Wing Saber has led a noble life of becoming parts for [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]. Wing Saber even has his own personal team of [[Mini-Con]]s, the [[Caliber Mini-Cons]].

''Japanese name:'' '''Sonic Bomber''' (''Cybertron'')<br>
''Hasbro Energon pre-relase name:'' '''Superion Maximus'''<br>
''Hasbro Cybertron pre-release name:'' '''Knockdown'''

==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===
====''Energon''====
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Colin Murdoch]] (US), [[Kouji Yusa]] (Japan)

Wing Dagger was a mere security guard on Cybertron, but when [[Shockblast (Energon)|Shockblast]] killed his peer, [[Padlock]], he got the chance to become something more. Pursuing Shockblast through the sky amongst the Energon towers, the Decepticon struck one with a beam, causing it to crash down upon Wing Dagger and Tidal Wave. Wing Dagger was destroyed, but his spark was taken to [[Primus]]. Primus, with the aid of Rad, restored the warrior. Reformatted into Wing Saber, he joined Optimus' team not only to find Energon, but to avenge the death of his friend.

Wing Saber, being reformatted and repowered by Primus himself, understood his task of being Optimus Prime's personal servant. Optimus Prime has reminded Wing Saber that he is not his property, and Wing Saber seems to have had issues finding out who he is. Wing Saber joined [[Optimus Supreme]] and the other Autobots in spark form to confront the massive [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]]-[[Unicron]] being at the end of the ''Energon'' series.

====''Cybertron''====
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Sam Vincent]] (US), (Japan) <br>
:''Special Attacks:'' Flap Sword, Galaxy Caliber

Wing Saber returned during the search for the [[Cyber Planet Key]]s, but with a new rebellious, irreverent edge. Having undergone a falling out in the brief period between ''Energon'' and ''Cybertron'' involving the life of a stranded astronaut, Wing Saber took off into space and returned after encountering the [[Omega Frequency]] wave after the [[Velocitron|Speed Planet]] Key was inserted into the [[Omega Lock]] on [[Earth]]. Wing Saber returned and showed signs of a new defiant attitude towards his former allies, but would quickly find himself part of the team again, which would lead to reviving his ability to combine with Optimus Prime to create their Sonic Wing Mode. Wing Saber would continue to aid the Autobots until the end of the series where he'd depart, and eventually encounter the mighty [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]], who somehow survived his duel with Galavtron on [[Gigantion|the Giant Planet]].

''('''Note''': Sonic Bomber is not the same character as Energon Wing Saber in Galaxy Force.)''

==Toys==
===Energon===
*'''Wing Saber''' (Mega, 2004)
:''Japanese ID Number:'' '''SC-17'''

: ''Energon'' Wing Saber transforms into a Cybertronic "flying wing" jet. He disassembles into four portions, which attach to the limbs on the Super-class ''Energon'' Optimus Prime toy. When Wing Saber's upper-body parts and wings are attached to Prime's arms, they are in "Flight Mode", while the lower-body-as-arms configuration bring Wing Saber's non-firing cannons to the forefront, forming "Fight Mode".

: The [[Takara]] version predated the [[Hasbro]] release by several months. The two versions are largely identical, but Takara's has a greater number of more intricate [[paint application]]s.

===Cybertron===
[[Image:Cyb_wingsaber_toy.jpg|left|thumb|170px|His guns have guns on them which also shoot tiny guns.]]
*'''Wing Saber''' (Ultra, 2005)
:''Japanese ID Number:'' '''GC-22'''

: ''Cybertron'' Wing Saber transforms into a heavily-armed military plane based on an A-10 Thunderbolt. Plugging a [[Cyber Planet Key]] into the jack behind his cockpit exposes a pair of non-firing cannon barrels. His wing-flaps detach to form swords; for Wing Saber to use them, they need to be inserted into sword-handles that plug into 5mm holes in Wing Saber's forearms, as his hands are incompatible with the standard weapon-pegs. His removable spring-loaded missile launchers, mounted under his wings, can also be attached to those ports. He can also form a backpack for Optimus Prime's super mode, forming their "Sonic Wing Mode".

:The vast majority of the [[Takara]] GC-22 Sonic Bomber figures have a misaligned "nose guard" that can obscure the eyes in some cases. This problem was fixed for the [[Hasbro]] Wing Saber figure. The Sonic Bomber figure preceded [[Hasbro]]'s Wing Saber by several months and has a slightly different deco. Differences include silver chromed saber blades and gold chromed chest shield. Minor changes were also made to graphics on the plane, such as an entirely red nosecone as opposed to Sonic Bomber's white, and smaller [[Autobot]] insignias on the wings.

*'''Sonic Convoy w/ Coby Rumble Giftset'''
:''Japanese ID Number:'' '''EX-02'''

:[[Takara]] issued a slight Sonic Bomber [[redeco]] as a (rushed) Toys 'R' Us [[exclusive]] set with transparent [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Galaxy Convoy]] and a [[retool]] of [[Scrapmetal drones|Rumble]] as [[Cobybot|Coby's Rumble]]. Sonic Bomber received only very minor changes; The saber blades were changed from silver chrome to gold chrome, all red paint was changed to metallic red, the chest shield halves are now red chrome rather than gold. Benefitting from a [[Hasbro]] tweak, this version also has a properly aligned "nose guard".

*'''Optimus Prime and Wing Saber''' (2-pack, 2006)

:This set, consisting of totally unmodified versions of Cybertron Optimus Prime and Wing Saber, was released as a CostCo exclusive. The set also includes a DVD with the Cybertron episode ''[[United]]''. This set comes in a particularly huge box, and retailed for $35.99, five dollars less than the MSRP for Optimus Prime by himself.

==Trivia==
* ''Energon'' Wing Saber was a toy-concept initated by [[Takara]] and left largely to their own design team to develop, though they had to follow various [[Hasbro]] price-point mandates. The toy was detail-designed by noted Japanese fan [[Hirofumi Ichikawa]] and incorporates elements of both fan-favorites [[Predaking]] and [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]].

* Ichikawa originally envisioned Wing Saber's personal weapon to be the [[Energon Saber]]. This was nixed by the animation production staff, however, along with many other toy-team concepts.

* ''Energon'' Wing Saber was originally named [[Superion Maximus]] for his western incarnation, but the name was shelved in favor of simply reusing the established Japanese name. "Superion Maximus" was reused for the combined form of the ''Energon'' [[Air Team]] shortly thereafter.

* Wing Saber's bio on Transformers.com, first appearing under the "Superion Maximus" title, was largely different from anything else, wherein "Wing Saber" was a venerable defender of high ranking Autobots and was the personal carrier of the Autobot high council.

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Autobot/WingSaber/wingsaber.htm Wing Saber at TFU.info]
*[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/browse_frm/thread/b064ea50d2b114d0/43847f79db724831?lnk=st&q=&rnum=3&hl=en#43847f79db724831 An interview with Hirofumi Ichikawa on his Energon work]

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[[Category: Costco exclusives]]
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Squeezeplay (G1)

2007-09-02T05:10:27Z

68.230.139.8:

:''Squeezeplay is a [[Decepticon]] [[Headmaster]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].

[[Image:Squeezeplay_boxart.jpg|thumb|right|250px| Rar! I'm all scary and the like!]]

'''Squeezeplay''' doesn't draw much of a line between sabotage and devastation. He considers himself an unstoppable engine of destruction, and will charge into any situation without regards to safety. He's not an idiot -- he's merely harnessed the tactical advantages of brute force and intimidation. As Squeezeplay figures it, he is strong enough, tough enough, and fierce enough to plow through most battlefield fortifications and opponents without much damage, so...why not simply do that?

His Nebulan partner, [[Lokos]], was a smuggler and air pirate on his home planet before joining the Decepticons. His relationship with Squeezeplay is two-fold. On the one hand, Lokos was always a creative and crafty criminal, and so he tries to get Squeezeplay to use his head more in combat. On the other hand, though, he recognizes the sheer brutal effectiveness of his partner's methods, and so more often than not is comfortable just to let Squeezeplay have his fun.

Why mess with what works?

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

Squeezeplay worked with his partners [[Horri-Bull]] and [[Fangry]] in manipulating a group of human bounty hunters called the [[Roadjammer]]s into capturing the Autobots for them. Unfortunately, the Roadjammers discovered that their human partners were actually robots in disguise, and the plan fell through before they could successfully terminate any Autobots. {{Storylink|Ca$h and Car-Nage!}}

''(Note: Squeezeplay's origin is unknown. He was not one of the original Nebulan-bonded Decepticon Headmasters, so either Zarak recruited more Nebulan partners for the Decepticons behind-the-scenes in Headmasters #4, or returned to Nebulos for a recruitment drive at some later date.)''

===Dreamwave Comics continuity===

Squeezeplay is briefly seen as a member of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacon]]s during the Dark Ages, fighting off a raid by the [[Lightning Strike Coalition]].

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Squeezeplay''' (Headmaster, 1988)

: Squeezeplay allegedly has a "crab mode", but it's more like a bipedal creature grew out of the underside of a crab, and wears the crustacean as a hat. His tail detaches into a handheld shield...mace...gun...whatever.

: This mold was released in Japan without changes as [[Cancer]].

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Decepticon/Squeezeplay/squeezeplay.htm Squeezeplay & Lokos at TFU.info]

*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Squeezeplay Squeezeplay's Universe profile at NFTA.net]

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Rollbar (G1)

2007-09-02T05:02:00Z

68.230.139.8: /* Marvel Comics continuity */

{{disambig3|Rollbar}}

:''Rollbar is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:rollbar_g1_boxart.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Do you know how hard it is for me to find shoes that fit?!]]

'''Rollbar''' always gives 110%. He's neither very strong nor very fast, but he's got heart, and a vast arsenal of corny, macho cliches to pepper his speech. Though the other [[Throttlebot]]s are inclined to roll their optical sensors when he starts laying the Cybertronian bullslag on too thickly, his gung-ho attitude has earned the respect of them all, and when the higher-ranking veteran [[Bumblebee (G1)|Goldbug]] is not around, Rollbar is the acting leader of his very democratic team.

Rollbar makes good use of his low power in vehicle mode. He is a rubber-tired acrobat, able to jump like a cybergoat and run like a turbodeer. This is fortunate; he has little or no firepower, and if caught out has little choice but to run away. He does have radiation and chemical sensors to assist his tracking missions, and audio-video equipment to record his findings, or perhaps the big game.

Rollbar may not have what it takes to make the big plays, but he's still an opponent to be reckoned with. You have to give him that much credit.

:''French-Canadian name'': '''Cabriole'''<br>
:''Italian name'': '''Trollbot'''

==Fiction==
===American animated continuity===
Voice actor: [[Dan Gilvezan]] (US)
===Japanese animated continuity===
Voice actor: [[Kunihiko Yasui]] (Japan)

===Marvel Comics continuity===

He got Underbase Starscream'd.

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Rollbar''' (Throttlebot, 1987/1992)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-95'''

===Alternators===
*'''Rollbar''' (Alternator, 2006)
:''Alternator ID number:'' '''19'''

: Rollbar is a [[redeco]] of ''[[Alternators]]'' [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] (himself a [[retool]] of ''Alternators'' [[Hound]]), transforming into a 1:24-scale licensed Jeep Wrangler with oversized off-road tires. His license plate indicates he's a registered driver in [[Colorado]].

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/1987/Autobot/Rollbar/rollbar.htm Rollbar at TFU.info]

* [http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Rollbar Rollbar's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

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Throttlebot

2007-09-02T05:00:25Z

68.230.139.8: /* Headmasters cartoon */

[[Image:ThrottlebotTVMag1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Drink more Kool-Aid!!!]]

The '''Throttlebots''' are a team of six [[Autobot]]s. Each Throttlebot features a pull-back motor that pushes them along smooth surfaces in both vehicle and robot modes.

The Throttlebots are...

*[[Chase]]
*[[Freeway]]
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Goldbug]]
*[[Rollbar (G1)|Rollbar]]
*[[Searchlight]]
*[[Wide Load (G1)|Wide Load]]

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

''Note: While [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] was rebuilt into the Throttlebot themed Goldbug first, this write-up focuses on the five primary members of the group.''

The Throttlebot were among the numerous Autobot guerrilla units on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], and led a successful campaign of fuel raids against the ruling Decepticons. However, thanks to a Decepticon [[Titanium-class Destruction Drone]], the Throttlebots were eventually captured and brought to the Chief Decepticon Fuel Auditor [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]. An outbreak of [[Scraplets]] had begun on [[Earth]], and unwilling to waste Decepticon troops Ratbat captured them to travel there and destroy all of the infected -- or he would destroy the planet itself to prevent spread of the deadly disease. Given new Earth-style vehicle forms and canisters of corrosive acid, the Throttlebots arrive on Earth and soon find [[Bumblebee (G1)|Goldbug]] in the death throes of a Scraplets infection. They attempted to destroy him, but during the skirmish, Goldbug's human friend [[Charley Fong]] discovered a cure for Scraplets, the "rare chemical" [[water]]. With this knowledge, they managed to destroy all the Scraplets with help from [[G.B. Blackrock]]. {{storylink|The Cure!}}

Joining Goldbug and Blaster on their travels, the group unfortunately attracted the attention of the [[Combaticon]] [[Vortex]] who Blaster is able to see off, but their attempts to refuel at a Blackrock gas station were blocked by a [[RAAT]] team, Rollbar being damaged during the battle. Running low on fuel and seeking a place to hide and regroup, the Throttlebots choose to stay at a used car lot. When the owner, [["Big Steve" Ludwig]], tries to have the damaged Rollbar towed, the Throttlebots reveal themselves to Big Steve to stop him. With a reward posted for information on group, Big Steve promptly reports the Throttlebots to the authorities, and fills the Throttlebots' fuel tanks with soda to immobilize them. Later that night [[Walter Barnett]] arrives with a [[RAAT]] strike force to pick up the immobile Throttlebots when the [[Combaticon]]s and [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobot]]s both arrive to take the Throttlebots themselves. Even as he begins to realize that there may be two warring factions among the Transformers, Barnett ordered the Throttlebots to be towed away as the Autobots and Decepticons [[combiner]] teams attack each other.{{storylink|Used Autobots}}

Taken to [[Intelligence and Information Institute|Triple-I]], the Throttlebots are dissected, rebuilt and constantly interrogated over an increasing volume of Decepticon raids. Unwilling to believe their repeated explanations about two factions, Triple-I makes a public declaration that if the raids continue they will execute their prisoners in retaliation. Eager to bump off some Autobots, the Decepticons do just that. Unable to stop his boss from carrying out the threat and realizing they speak the truth, Barnett transplants their brain modules into his young son's remote control cars, allowing the Autobots to survive and even control their new "bodies". Which was kind of handy after the Ratbat and the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] discovered their brain modules were missing from their trashed bodies and gave chase as Barnett sought out [[Buster Witwicky]]. Evading the Decepticons in a local mall, Barnett fled with the five original Throttlebots while Buster took Goldbug to the last known location of the Ark. {{storylink|Toy Soldiers!}}

When the US Navy and Triple-I blockaded the [[Club Con|mysterious desert island]] where the Decepticons were keeping Buster hostage, Barnett arrived with the still remote control car housed Throttlebots. When an [[All-Terrain Turbo-Transport|Autobot turbo-transport]] arrived to assault the island and rescue Buster, Rollbar piped up to stop the humans attacking it. {{storylink|The Desert Island of Space!}}

Recovered (off-camera) from Triple-I, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] had the five Throttlebots' bodies rebuilt stronger than before. His hope that this would be strong enough to survive the [[Underbase]] powered [[Starscream]] was a vain one, as the rogue Decepticon dispatched them before they could even transform. {{storylink|Dark Star!}}

===Generation 1 cartoon===

===Headmasters cartoon===
They were really really stupid. Their hubris proved to be their undoing[http://www.poetv.com/video.php?vid=14592]. It was so obvious that they were gonna win, too.

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
The Throttlebots were first released in 1987, effectively supplanting the [[Mini Vehicle]] assortment. Some versions also came with free [[Decoy]]s; in fact, the Throttlebots are the ''only'' toys that could have the red Decepticon Decoys.

They were later re-released in European markets in the early Nineties as part of the "[[Classics (Euro)|Classics]]" assortment. In this release, everyone but Wide Load was [[retool]]ed to remove their [[rubsign]] indent, the heat-sensitive decal proper replaced with a glossy-paper faction sigil. Wide Load kept his indent, but like the others, had his rubsign replaced.

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Tailgate (G1)

2007-09-02T04:53:45Z

68.230.139.8:

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

[[Image:tailgate_universe.jpg|right|thumb|250px|"We cool, G? Eh? Eh? Alriiiight."]]

Tailgate is an Autobot scout, not so much for his skill (for he is mediocre at best) but for two unrelated reasons. First, his hood conceals a ridiculously powerful iron-cobalt magnet, which he can use to tailgate closely beside other vehicles and travel far into enemy territory without fuel. Second, his bizarre ''idees fixees'' make him extremely poor company for other [[Autobot]]s.

Nobody knows where Tailgate got his screws knocked loose. Some say he was traumatized in a hazing ritual that went terribly wrong. At any rate, he began causing problems soon after arriving on [[Earth]], proclaiming speed limits to be an affront to liberty, and attempting to liberate "enslaved" household appliances from their alleged slavemasters. Nothing the veteran Autobots could do would dissuade him from his mad quest, or convince him of non-sentient machines on Earth. Eventually, it was decided to make him a scout, with strict orders not to break cover for any reason.

Still, every time he sees a bicycle chained to a pole, his [[spark]] burns hot with righteous anger. "Some day, my brothers will wear no chains," he thinks. "Some day, we shall break free!"

''French-Canadian name:'' '''Hayon'''

==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===
Tailgate was one of a group of [[Mini Vehicle|Minibots]] that defended the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] from [[Trypticon]] shortly after the latter's awakening. It didn't go very well.

===Marvel Comics continuity===
:''('''Note''': Events in italics occurred only in the Marvel UK books.)''

''Tailgate was one of the Autobots working with [[Emirate Xaaron]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus's]] covert cell on Cybertron, and was briefly seen when [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] came to Cybertron and rallied the troops for an assault on [[Darkmount]].'' {{Storylink|Resurrection! Part 1}}

''He eventually finished his training at the Autobot Military Academy, but upon graduation was provoked into joining [[Flattop (Autobot)|Flattop]] and [[Subsea]] in venturing [[Underworld|underground]], in order to prove his courage. When a group of [[Mutant (G1)|Cybertronian mutants]] attacked and slaughtered his fellow cadets, Tailgate stood his ground and successfully fought off the sewer-dwellers, thus proving he was neither a coward... nor very good at watching his friends' backs in a fight.'' {{Storylink|Underground!}}

===Dreamwave comics continuity===

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Tailgate''' (Mini Vehicle, 1986)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-61'''

:Tailgate is a white-and-blue [[retool]]ing of the 1984 Autobot [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]], transforming into a Pontiac Firebird Trans Am sports car. His head sculpt is much more elaborate than the earlier toy's (which shared the [[Microchange]] sculpt), and his chest sticker bears odd resemblance to a portable radio.

:The original version of this mold is used by [[Camaro]] and [[Rook (Universe)|Rook]]. Tailgate was used as the model for the non-toy comic character [[Wipe-Out]].

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Tailgate/tailgate.htm Tailgate at TFU.info]

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Tailgate (G1)

2007-09-02T04:53:26Z

68.230.139.8:

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

[[Image:tailgate_universe.jpg|right|thumb|250px|"We cool, G? Alriiiight."]]

Tailgate is an Autobot scout, not so much for his skill (for he is mediocre at best) but for two unrelated reasons. First, his hood conceals a ridiculously powerful iron-cobalt magnet, which he can use to tailgate closely beside other vehicles and travel far into enemy territory without fuel. Second, his bizarre ''idees fixees'' make him extremely poor company for other [[Autobot]]s.

Nobody knows where Tailgate got his screws knocked loose. Some say he was traumatized in a hazing ritual that went terribly wrong. At any rate, he began causing problems soon after arriving on [[Earth]], proclaiming speed limits to be an affront to liberty, and attempting to liberate "enslaved" household appliances from their alleged slavemasters. Nothing the veteran Autobots could do would dissuade him from his mad quest, or convince him of non-sentient machines on Earth. Eventually, it was decided to make him a scout, with strict orders not to break cover for any reason.

Still, every time he sees a bicycle chained to a pole, his [[spark]] burns hot with righteous anger. "Some day, my brothers will wear no chains," he thinks. "Some day, we shall break free!"

''French-Canadian name:'' '''Hayon'''

==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===
Tailgate was one of a group of [[Mini Vehicle|Minibots]] that defended the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] from [[Trypticon]] shortly after the latter's awakening. It didn't go very well.

===Marvel Comics continuity===
:''('''Note''': Events in italics occurred only in the Marvel UK books.)''

''Tailgate was one of the Autobots working with [[Emirate Xaaron]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus's]] covert cell on Cybertron, and was briefly seen when [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] came to Cybertron and rallied the troops for an assault on [[Darkmount]].'' {{Storylink|Resurrection! Part 1}}

''He eventually finished his training at the Autobot Military Academy, but upon graduation was provoked into joining [[Flattop (Autobot)|Flattop]] and [[Subsea]] in venturing [[Underworld|underground]], in order to prove his courage. When a group of [[Mutant (G1)|Cybertronian mutants]] attacked and slaughtered his fellow cadets, Tailgate stood his ground and successfully fought off the sewer-dwellers, thus proving he was neither a coward... nor very good at watching his friends' backs in a fight.'' {{Storylink|Underground!}}

===Dreamwave comics continuity===

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Tailgate''' (Mini Vehicle, 1986)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-61'''

:Tailgate is a white-and-blue [[retool]]ing of the 1984 Autobot [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]], transforming into a Pontiac Firebird Trans Am sports car. His head sculpt is much more elaborate than the earlier toy's (which shared the [[Microchange]] sculpt), and his chest sticker bears odd resemblance to a portable radio.

:The original version of this mold is used by [[Camaro]] and [[Rook (Universe)|Rook]]. Tailgate was used as the model for the non-toy comic character [[Wipe-Out]].

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Tailgate/tailgate.htm Tailgate at TFU.info]

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Siren (G1)

2007-09-01T15:22:51Z

68.230.139.8:

{{disambig2|Siren the [[Headmaster]]|Sireen the [[Micromaster]]|Sireen}}

:''Siren is an [[Autobot]] in the [[Generation One]] continuity family.''

[[Image:G1 Siren boxart.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Known for his "thumbs aside" attitude.]]

'''Siren''''s voice modulator goes to eleven - and stays there. Thanks to his ear-splitting upbringing in the [[Sonic Canyons]], he operates at full volume all the time. While this may annoy his pals [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] and [[Hosehead]], it drives his partner [[Quig]] nuts. Eventually, Quig's efforts to teach Siren about the concept of an 'indoor voice' may succeed, but for now Siren doesn't really listen to him - either because he can't hear him, or because he doesn't ''want'' to.

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

''(Events from the UK-only comics are in italics.)''

''Siren 'assisted' Nightbeat in investigating the death of [[Playback]], narrowly avoid death at the hands of [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] in the process. It was here that the two met Hosehead and made the partnership a trio.''

The three would later take a journey to [[Pz-Zazz]] in search of the lost [[Creation Matrix]]. They failed to find it, but DID manage to get shot in the back and captured by Thunderwing and the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]]. Siren demonstrated remarkable self-control in not talking to Thunderwing while being tortured under a mind-probe. He and his comrades eventually broke free and were instrumental in removing the threat of Thunderwing from the [[Ark]]. Some time later, he provided a needed dose of comic relief while the [[Unicron|Robot Devil]] was tearing apart the body and blood of the [[Primus|Robot God]] with his bare hands. {{storylink|On The Edge of Extinction!}}

He was eventually impaled by Bludgeon on the planet Klo. Whether the Last Autobot could resurrect Headmasters like Siren as easily as he did other fallen warriors was never confirmed. {{storylink|End of the Road! (Marvel US comic)}}

===Television commercials===

===Dreamwave comics continuity===

Siren was part of [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] and [[Blaster]]'s organized resistance to Decepticon rule during the Age of Internment. He participated in a bait-and-capture mission to disable one of the [[Aerospace Extermination Squadron]] and bring it in for study.

===IDW comics continuity===
Siren was stationed on the [[Autobot Orbital Command Hub]]. He was requisitioned into action on-board the [[Ark-17]] for a mission to rescue [[Kup]] from a mysterious planet. Unfortunately, Kup had been driven mad by the planet's radiation and, believing his rescuers to be zombies, attacked them. Siren was the only one to escape alive.

==Toys==
===Generation 1===

* '''Siren''' with '''Quig''' (Hasbro, 1988)
:Siren transforms into a Mazda RX-7 with "Fire chief" deco. The same mold was used for [[Shūta Gō]].

==Trivia==
*Siren was originally conceived as either an upgrade or homage to [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]<ref>[[Transformers Generations Deluxe]], p108</ref>. While the robot mode was largely blue unlike Red Alert, it featured a similar head to the early Autobot. The car mode featured a near carbon copy of Red Alert's paint scheme. The Red Alert references were dropped early in the design process.

*Not once in the original comic series is Siren shown to be a Headmaster.
*In the comics, [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] and Siren's head designs were switched by mistake, which is why Nightbeat had goggles on while Siren had eyes, in spite of it being vice versa on the toys.

==Footnotes==
<references/>

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Autobot/Siren/siren.htm Siren at TFU.info]

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Slapdash (G1)

2007-09-01T15:22:19Z

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:''Slapdash is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Slapdash_boxart.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Don't worry; he forgot to load that gun.]]

'''Slapdash''' is a ditz. Being a ''likeable'' ditz is the only thing that has kept his fellow Autobots from abandoning him on the battlefield during one of his mishaps. When charging into combat he'll often forget to bring his gun, to fill up his tank, or even to notify his partner [[Lube]] that they're going on a mission, leaving him unable to even transform. On the other hand, he often manages to successfully bumble his way through a battle, demonstrating the kind of sheer luck reserved only for the idiots.

In any case, he has excellent taste in Earth television. Miami Metal Clamp is his favorite show.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
:''('''Note''': Events in italics occurred only in the Marvel UK books.)''

Slapdash was one of the Autobots who left [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] aboard [[Steelhaven]] with [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]], trying to escape the cycle of violence. They failed on the planet [[Nebulos]] and, worse yet, found Autobots battling amongst each other on planet [[Earth]]. While two Earth Autobots named [[Blaster]] and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] settled their differences in a crater on Earth's moon, Slapdash, [[Joyride]] and [[Getaway]] remained behind on Steelhaven as a skeleton crew to guard the ship from attack. When the Decepticons DID attack, [[Goldbug]] commandeered Steelhaven and its small crew to return to Nebulos, in the hopes of rebuilding the legendary [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] as a true leader to oversee all Autobots.{{Storylink|Totaled!}}

They ran into difficulties on Nebulos, however. The inhabitants were less than cooperative, and had poisoned their fuel supplies since Fortress Maximus's crew left in order to prevent further Transformers involvement on their world. What's worse, a pair of crooked Nebulans had made an alliance with two Decepticon bandits, and made them uniquely immune to the poison fuel, putting Nebulous at their mercy. Slapdash and the others tried to fight back against the Decepticons, but were running dangerously low on fuel due to their long journey and proved no match for their [[Powermaster]] opponents. But after seeing the Autobots' determination to revive their leader Optimus Prime at any cost, the Nebulan scientist [[Hi-Q]] and his research staff decided to help save the Autobots, and underwent the Powermaster Process themselves. Slapdash was binary-bonded to Lube, one of Hi-Q's top assistants. After successfully driving off the Decepticon Powermasters with their new strength, the Autobots and their binary-bonded partners all chose to leave Nebulos and return to Earth, with Optimus Prime once more functional.{{Storylink|People Power}}

''Slapdash frequently demonstrated his sloppiness while active on Earth. He, like, totally forgot to bring Lube along for a key defensive mission, leaving him stuck in vehicle mode and of little use to his fellow Powermasters, except as a decoy for Decepticon target practice. For sure. {{Storylink|Prime Bomb!}} On another occasion, he proved almost useful in underwater combat when he accidentally landed on one [[Seacon]] while falling to the ocean floor, and backhanded another into unconsciousness without even realizing what was happening.'' {{Storylink|Dreadwing Down}}

====Generation 2====

Slapdash battled the Cybertronian army on planet [[Ethos]] alongside [[Joyride]] and [[Hound]]. His flaming wreckage can be seen at the end of the battle, possibly meaning he died. {{Storylink|Escalation}}

===Dreamwave Comics continuity===

Slapdash participated in an attempt to capture one of the [[Aerospace Extermination Squadron]] that [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] had cloned using [[Quintesson]] technology, during the Age of Internment. {{Storylink|The War Within: The Age of Wrath}}

{{-}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Slapdash''' (Powermaster, 1988)

: Slapdash transforms into a Formula 1-style racing car. This toy was sold in Japan as [[Road King]].

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/1988/Autobot/Slapdash/slapdash.htm Slapdash at tfu.info]

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Slapdash (G1)

2007-09-01T15:22:06Z

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:''Slapdash is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Slapdash_boxart.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Don't worry; he forgot to load that gun]]

'''Slapdash''' is a ditz. Being a ''likeable'' ditz is the only thing that has kept his fellow Autobots from abandoning him on the battlefield during one of his mishaps. When charging into combat he'll often forget to bring his gun, to fill up his tank, or even to notify his partner [[Lube]] that they're going on a mission, leaving him unable to even transform. On the other hand, he often manages to successfully bumble his way through a battle, demonstrating the kind of sheer luck reserved only for the idiots.

In any case, he has excellent taste in Earth television. Miami Metal Clamp is his favorite show.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
:''('''Note''': Events in italics occurred only in the Marvel UK books.)''

Slapdash was one of the Autobots who left [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] aboard [[Steelhaven]] with [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]], trying to escape the cycle of violence. They failed on the planet [[Nebulos]] and, worse yet, found Autobots battling amongst each other on planet [[Earth]]. While two Earth Autobots named [[Blaster]] and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] settled their differences in a crater on Earth's moon, Slapdash, [[Joyride]] and [[Getaway]] remained behind on Steelhaven as a skeleton crew to guard the ship from attack. When the Decepticons DID attack, [[Goldbug]] commandeered Steelhaven and its small crew to return to Nebulos, in the hopes of rebuilding the legendary [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] as a true leader to oversee all Autobots.{{Storylink|Totaled!}}

They ran into difficulties on Nebulos, however. The inhabitants were less than cooperative, and had poisoned their fuel supplies since Fortress Maximus's crew left in order to prevent further Transformers involvement on their world. What's worse, a pair of crooked Nebulans had made an alliance with two Decepticon bandits, and made them uniquely immune to the poison fuel, putting Nebulous at their mercy. Slapdash and the others tried to fight back against the Decepticons, but were running dangerously low on fuel due to their long journey and proved no match for their [[Powermaster]] opponents. But after seeing the Autobots' determination to revive their leader Optimus Prime at any cost, the Nebulan scientist [[Hi-Q]] and his research staff decided to help save the Autobots, and underwent the Powermaster Process themselves. Slapdash was binary-bonded to Lube, one of Hi-Q's top assistants. After successfully driving off the Decepticon Powermasters with their new strength, the Autobots and their binary-bonded partners all chose to leave Nebulos and return to Earth, with Optimus Prime once more functional.{{Storylink|People Power}}

''Slapdash frequently demonstrated his sloppiness while active on Earth. He, like, totally forgot to bring Lube along for a key defensive mission, leaving him stuck in vehicle mode and of little use to his fellow Powermasters, except as a decoy for Decepticon target practice. For sure. {{Storylink|Prime Bomb!}} On another occasion, he proved almost useful in underwater combat when he accidentally landed on one [[Seacon]] while falling to the ocean floor, and backhanded another into unconsciousness without even realizing what was happening.'' {{Storylink|Dreadwing Down}}

====Generation 2====

Slapdash battled the Cybertronian army on planet [[Ethos]] alongside [[Joyride]] and [[Hound]]. His flaming wreckage can be seen at the end of the battle, possibly meaning he died. {{Storylink|Escalation}}

===Dreamwave Comics continuity===

Slapdash participated in an attempt to capture one of the [[Aerospace Extermination Squadron]] that [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] had cloned using [[Quintesson]] technology, during the Age of Internment. {{Storylink|The War Within: The Age of Wrath}}

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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Slapdash''' (Powermaster, 1988)

: Slapdash transforms into a Formula 1-style racing car. This toy was sold in Japan as [[Road King]].

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/1988/Autobot/Slapdash/slapdash.htm Slapdash at tfu.info]

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Kup (G1)

2007-09-01T01:07:08Z

68.230.139.8: /* Trivia */

:''Kup is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Kupg1.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Four of him, and you've got a [[quartex]].]]

'''Kup''' is a tough old coot. He's almost as old as rust, in fact, and he was plinking Decepticons with acid bursts from his trusty musket laser long before most of you turbo-revvin' young punks were born. In his day, lasers didn't ''need'' to use light; they did whatever they were told to do. And liked it.

He's probably had a thousand adventures, has Kup, and he'll be glad to relate a story of any one of them at any time to a willing audience. The [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] love Kup's war stories, and don't seem to mind when he inadvertently leaves a piece out or changes the story between retellings. Old memory chips'll do that to you. Other Autobots can be less patient, and Kup finds this disrespectful and irritating. If there's one thing Kup dislikes it's when young punks don't respect their elders. If they'd only listen they might learn something. [[Hot Rod]] is one of the worst offenders in this way, but he's a good ladbot and Kup will straighten him out sooner or later, even if it takes a tank of [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]].

Occasionally, Kup's vast experience gets in his way. When a situation doesn't remind him of anything, he has trouble figuring out what to do. This doesn't happen very often.

{{quote|''Every'' place reminds you of someplace else.|[[Hot Rod]] to Kup, [[TFTM|Transformers The Movie]]}}

:''Japanese name:'' '''Char'''<br>
:''French-Canadian name:'' '''Kaisso'''

==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===
[[Image:kup_tale.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Matlooooooooock.]]
'''Voice Actor:''' [[Lionel Stander]] → [[John Stephenson]] (US), [[Osamu Saka]] (Japan)

''Known aliases in this continuity:'' Teaspoon

Though it is not yet established when Kup joined the Earth-bound [[Autobot]]s, he was stationed at [[Autobot City]] during the 2005 invasion by the Decepticons. He was supervising construction efforts undertaken by Huffer and other workers when this work was interrupted by an impetuous drive-through by [[Hot Rod]]. Kup was determined to straighten out the adventure-seeking youth.

After the Decepticons began their attack, Kup and Hot Rod were trapped outside of Autobot City's fortress-like defenses. Thanks to an attempted hull breach by the Insecticons, Kup and Hot Rod entered a small gap in one of Autobot City's heavy blast doors -- in the process, Kup crunched [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]]'s skull by running over it.

Inside the city, Kup and Hot Rod joined [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] and [[Springer]] in rigging an explosives launcher into place to help defend against the might of Devastator. With the arrival of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] the next day, the tide of battle was turned and the Decepticons were defeated -- but at a terrible price.

Following the events of the movie, Kup served as an advisor to the newly-minted Rodimus Prime.

Years later on the planet [[Nebulos]], Kup encountered the Nebulan resistance against The Hive. Using Targetmaster technology stolen from the [[Decepticons]], Kup was partnered with the Nebulan Recoil, who apparently then chewed his ear off about their leader, [[Optimus Prime]].

====Headmasters anime====
Kup and [[Fortress Maximus|Fortress]] were old friends.

===Marvel Comics continuity===

====Generation 1====
:''('''Note''': Events in italics occurred only in the Marvel UK books.)''

''Several hundred years ago, Kup became afflicted with combat fatigue, a loss of nerves and will brought on by too many millions of years of non-stop fighting. Considering himself a liability to the Autobot cause, Kup went into "retirement" -- wandering space alone in his starship, waiting for the end to eventually take him. He was shaken out of his misery when he crossed paths with a pair of Tyroxian fighters attempted to destroy a lone spacecraft. Spurred into action, Kup disabled the pursuers and brought the hunted pilot on-board, surprisingly finding him to be a fellow Autobot, Hot Rod. Hot Rod was thrilled to have found aid, and eagerly tried to recruit Kup into helping him return to Tyroxia and save his comrade [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], but Kup wasn't interested in getting involved any further, and only agreed to take Hot Rod back to Cybertron. The young punk reprogrammed the ship's navigation computers, though, and landed on Tyroxia to rescue Blurr by himself. Kup was finally shaken out of his funk when he realized that Hot Rod represented everything he used to be, and single-handedly saved Hot Rod and Blurr from their Tyroxian tormentors. His fighting spirit restored, Kup returned to Cybertron with the two Autobots, and joined Fortress Maximus' troop alongside his new allies.''

When Fortress Maximus became disheartened by the never-ending cycle of violence on Cybertron, he made plans to escape the war and set up a new life on the planet [[Nebulos]]. Kup and many of his top warriors chose to follow their leader to this new world, aboard the starship [[Steelhaven]]. Tragically, a series of incidents and misunderstandings brought the Autobots and Nebulans to the brink of war within days of their arrival. Kup was all for forcibly teaching the Nebulans some manners, but Fortress Maximus forbade it. In a desperate attempt to show their true intentions, Fort Max, Kup and several others disarmed themselves in front of the Nebulan gates. Furthermore, Fortress Maximus and four of his lieutenants beheaded themselves and agreed to leave their lifeless heads and bodies, as well as their various weapons, in Nebulan custody so that serious peace talks could be conducted. Kup took over command of the Autobot wilderness camp in Fortress Maximus' absence.

Matters quickly deteriorated after the arrival of the Decepticons, and two factions of Nebulans joined with both Autobots and Decepticons through bio-mechanical engineering to become Headmasters. Events turned against the Autobots, as [[Lord Zarak]], the Nebulan politician binary-bonded to Decepticon leader [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], was able to sway public opinion in favor of the Decepticons, labeling the Autobots as renegades and taking their Headmasters prisoner. Some Nebulans remained loyal to Fortress Maximus' partner, [[Galen]], and traveled to the Autobot camp to forge an alliance. Making use of a new form of bio-mechanical engineering, Kup and the other weaponless Autobots were teamed with Nebulan Targetmasters to replace their lost guns. Kup personally was teamed with Recoil. As the conflict continued, though, both camps of Nebulans began to realize the devastation they were causing to their homeworld, and decided to quit Nebulos and travel to Earth in search of other Transformers. The crew of Steelhaven soon found themselves linked with the Ark's Autobots, and under the overall command of Optimus Prime.

====Generation 2====

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
During the Cybertronian War's earlier years, a young Kup served alongside [[Ironhide]] and [[Wheeljack]] under the command of [[Grimlock]]. He appeared to be the only one who would speak up against Grimlock. When Optimus Prime and Megatron disappeared in a prototype Space Bridge Accident, Kup followed his unit to the Lightning Strike Coalition offshoot of the [[Autobot]] faction.
Along with [[Arcee]], [[Blaster]], [[Hot Rod]] and [[Wheelie]], Kup was part of a resistance group during [[Shockwave]]'s control of Cybertron.

===''Teletraan Go! Go!'' mini-comics===
Kup stopped a feisty [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] from annoying [[Teletraan 15]]. When 15 thanked him, he gave her a big old spine-cracking hug.

===IDW comics continuity===
Kup is extremely old. In years past, he's trained dozens of Autobots, including [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]], [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], and even [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]].

At some point, he and [[Outback (G1)|Outback]] crash-landed on a mysterious planet covered with radioactive crystals. Over time, Kup was slowly driven insane from the radiation; he talked to the dead corpse of Outback as though he were still alive (and used his disembodied arm as a club) and believed that zombies were attacking him when he shut down for the night. In reality, these zombies were fellow Autobots sent to rescue him, and Kup killed several of them before Springer managed to get a [[Trailbreaker (G1)|specialist]] in to extract the aging Autobot. Unfortunately, due to the damage Kup sustained from the radiation, his incompatibility with modern Transformers tech due to his age and stubborn unwillingness to upgrade, and a near-meltdown of his spark, he was placed on life support upon arriving aboard [[Ark-17]], and it is unknown if he will recover - physically or mentally. {{storylink|Spotlight: Kup}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Kup''' (Autobot, 1986)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-82'''

[[Image:G1_Kup_toy.jpg|thumb|left|150px|And that's who you'll be from now on, Kup: Shitpiece!]]

: Kup transforms into a Cybertronic pickup truck (though how he is able to carry goods safely with no tailgate is a mystery). The entire front of the vehicle (including the windshield) is made out of die-cast metal. In robot mode Kup has full shoulder rotation, though the way his elbows are set up means he cannot make full use of their joints, but (somewhat) makes up for it with swivel wrists. His legs feature no articulation whatsoever. He is armed with a blue laser rifle.

: Early releases of Kup had metal rear wheels, while later releases replaced them with black plastic.

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*'''Kup''' (Targetmaster, 1987)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-113'''

: Kup (this time using all-plastic parts rather than die-cast) was slightly [[retool]]ed with larger fist-holes and a mounting point on his vehicle mode back-end in order to make him into a [[Targetmaster]]. He came with his Nebulan partner [[Recoil]] rather than his original blaster.

*'''Future Cybertron''' (Transformers Collection, 2005)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''TF-20'''

: Targetmaster Kup was reissued in Japan, and like the "[[Transformers Collection]]" reissue of [[Hot Rod]], he came with his original metal parts restored, as well as both his partner Recoil ''and'' his original gun, which was slightly retooled to fit the larger weapon-mounting points. The set also came with a redecoed [[Wheelie]].

: This iteration of the mold was used to make [[Optimus_Prime_%28G1%29_toys#Generation_1|Orion Pax]].

===Merchandise===

==Trivia==
* Check out the Kup toy's chest-sticker... it's got a pair of [[Floppy disk|5 1/4-inch floppy disk]] drives on it. Apparently, he can store up to two extra Transformers' brains.

* In the Japanese ''[[Binaltech Asterisk]]'' online manga, a little lost kitty was rescued from certain death (well, being stuck in a tree) by [[Ai Kuruma]] and [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]. That kitty was named [[Cha]] (Kup's Japanese name).

* Kup was given an [[homage]] in the ''[[Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' toy line in the form of [[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown GTS]], a "powered-up" [[redeco]] of that series' cnatankerous old coot character, with the colors changed to resemble Kup's. Brakedown's vehicle mode also resembles Kup's Cybertronian vehicle mode from the War Within comic series.

* He claims on his MySpace page (see External links) that he's a [[Covenant|Pisces]].<ref>
Kup's Myspace page was created by [[Nick Roche]] to promote his IDW [[Spotlight: Kup]] story.</ref> It is best to remember, however, that at the time he wrote this he was utterly [[Galvatron (G1)|insane]].

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Kup/kup.htm Kup at TFU.info]

* [http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Kup Kup's Universe profile on NTFA.net]

* [http://www.myspace.com/lostkup Kup's MySpace page]

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Beachcomber (Energon)

2007-09-01T01:01:53Z

68.230.139.8: /* Dreamwave ''Energon'' comics */

{{disambig2|the Energon Autobot|the Generation 1 Autobot|Beachcomber (G1)}}

:''Beachcomber is an [[Autobot]] in the [[Energon (franchise)|Energon]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''

Always vigilant, '''Beachcomber''' keeps his optics and audio receptors on full alert while on his usualy guard duty for any signs of [[Decepticon]] activity... and for any opportunity to crack a bad joke. Fellow Autobots might have to suffer the occasional lousy pun (is there any other kind?), but Decepticons get the puns AND missiles in the face. Night or day, Beachcomber is ready.

==Fiction==
===Dreamwave ''Energon'' comics===
He made duck jokes.

==Toys==
===Energon===
*'''Beachcomber''' (Mega, 2005)

: A late-series [[redeco]] of ''Energon'' [[Cliffjumper (Energon)|Cliffjumper]], Beachcomber transforms into a large Baja-style buggy with electronic sounds and hood-mounted twin spring-loaded missile launchers, which become hand-held weapons for robot mode. He can also transform into the top half or bottom half of a larger robot, able to combine with most other Deluxe and Mega-sized Autobots.

==Trivia==
* Beachcomber's colors were used to represent a "powered up" version of ''Energon'' Cliffjumper... even though this toy in this coloration was never sold in Japan. This is not the [[Landquake (Energon)|only time this happened]].

* Beachcomber's head in the ''Energon'' comic is totally made up.

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/2004/Autobot/Beachcomber/beachcomber.htm Beachcomber at TFU.info]

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Huffer (G1)

2007-09-01T00:56:14Z

68.230.139.8: /* Classics */

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

[[Image:Hufferg1.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"Here I am, brain the size of a planet, and they want me fight a war on [[Earth|some backwater redneck dirt planet]]. You call that job satisfaction? 'Cause I don't."]]

To say that '''Huffer''' is cranky is an understatement. Huffer's the poster boy for whiney pessimism. He complains and grumbles his way through every day, especially since he's been shipwrecked on Earth. If he thought his existence was unbearable before, it's intolerable now, and he'll certainly let you know.

Despite what a joy he is to be around, he's very effective at his job. A construction engineer, he can whip up anything of any complexity. Unfortunately, he'll be kicking and screaming the whole way.

:''Japanese name:'' '''Drag''' (do-ra-ggu, ドラッグ)<br>
:''Greek name:'' '''Gigantas''' (Γίγαντας)<br>
:''French-Canadian name:'' '''Grognon'''
:''Italian name:'' '''Turbo'''

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

[[Image:Huffermarvel1.jpg|100px|left|thumb|AAAH! MONSTER!]]

Huffer complains of being homesick for his homeworld of Cybertron. Yet he still fights to destroy the Decepticons' transdimensional radiowave scrambler, which would have allowed him to contact home, knowing that if he allowed the Decepticons to use the scrambler, it could mean disaster for the Earth-bound Autobots.

Once he teamed up with [[Bomber Bill]].

====Classics====
Huffer is part of Grimlock's crew on the ''[[Graviton (Classics)|Graviton]]''. His attitude towards Earth has not improved with age.{{storylink|Games of Deception!}}

:''('''Note''': The ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]'' story takes place in a post-Marvel Generation 1 comics universe where [[Generation 2]] did not happen.)''

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

Huffer was part of the original crew of ''[[Ark]]''-based Autobots who crashed on Earth four million years ago. In 1984, he awoke and was reformatted into a mini semi truck cab. An engineer and not a warrior, Huffer loathed combat and hated being stationed on Earth as he longed to return to Cybertron. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] would often have to motivate Huffer, reminding him to remain courageous in the long fight. During one of the first engagements on Earth, where the Autobots attempted to stop the Decepticons from attacking an off-shore oil rig, Huffer was trapped in the debris. [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] came to his rescue, cutting Huffer loose from the wreckage.

[[Image:Hufferg1animated.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Great choice in cheerleaders, Prime.]]

Damaged in a fall from the top of the [[Ruby Crystal Mines of Burma]], Optimus Prime was encouraged by Huffer, [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]], and [[Gears]] as he painfully tried to transform back into robot mode. {{Storylink|More Than Meets the Eye, Part 2}}

Prime was ever accident-prone, though, and after being beaten down by Megatron and again struggling to transform, Huffer was helpful enough to tow Prime's trailer back to the ''Ark''. {{Storylink|Heavy Metal War}}

When [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] authorized [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] to build robot dinosaurs, Huffer insisted that this was a waste of time. After the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] were completed and unveiled, Huffer remarked, "Dino''bots''? I thought you were supposed to make Dino''saurs''!" and laughed. This was followed by an awkward silence. {{Storylink|S.O.S. Dinobots}}

Though his death was never depicted, Huffer's grave is later mentioned amongst those of the other Autobots who died during the attack on [[Autobot City]] aboard their interstellar mausoleum. Along with the mausoleum itself, Huffer's remains were later plunged into a red sun as a side-effect of a [[Quintesson]] plot. {{Storylink|Dark Awakening}}

Bummer.

There are rumors that Huffer actually [[:Image:DeceptiBrawn1.jpg|defected.]] Perhaps he finally found his happiness?

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
Huffer was a part of the crew onboard the ''[[Ark]]'' when it crashed into [[Earth]] four million years ago while clearing an asteroid in the path of Cybertron.

He was one of many Transformers captured and reprogrammed by arms dealer [[Lazarus|Adam 'Lazarus' Rook]] for lease to terrorist organisations and shady governments requiring brutal military might. Fortunately, Autobots under the command of Optimus Prime repaired and re-reprogrammed Huffer and the remaining captive Autobots. Immediately, they were put to work on fighting Megatron's metallic virus which had spread deep into Canadian territory. Huffer was seen to be very gung-ho about starting the blasting process when Wheeljack cautioned the group that the anti-virus requires converting their own interal energy, and he needed complete commitment from them if his plan was to suceed. {{Storylink|Prime Directive, Part 5}}

Soon, the Canadian military arrived. Unfortunately, due to the recent attacks by both enslaved Autobots and Decepticons under the command of Rook, the Canadians attempted to stop the Autobots doing what they percieved to be an attack on their soil. When Wheeljack tied to explain what they were doing (in a rather agressive manner), the Canadians soldiers panicked and fired upon the Autobots. Huffer was blasted by a tank shell while trying to aid the fallen Wheeljack. {{Storylink|Prime Directive, Part 6}}

==Notes==
*It has been speculated by some fans that, in animated continuity, Huffer may have been created from Orion Pax's friend [[Dion]], the same way and at the same time Prime and [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]] were rebuilt by [[Alpha Trion]].

:''For further elaboration, see [[Dion#Who_is_Dion.3F|Who is Dion?]].''

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
* '''Huffer''' (Mini Vehicle, 1984)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''14'''

:Huffer was part of the original 1984 assortment of Autobot [[Mini Vehicle]]s. His mold was originally used for the ''[[Microchange]]'' series of toys as an "American" truck. The ''Microchange'' toyline was meant to depict robots that transformed into toy cars, which accounts for the somewhat cartoonish proportions of Huffer's vehicle modes.

: This mold was used to make [[Pipes]]: for the [[Hasbro]] line it was extensively [[retool]]ed, while in Mexico and some European markets, it was straight-[[redeco]]ed.

*'''Minibot Team''' (Multi-pack, 2004)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''TFC-12'''

: Huffer was reissued in a "[[Transformers Collection]]" six-pack with [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], [[Cosmos]], [[Gears]], [[Powerglide]] and [[Warpath]]. There are no notable differences between the original and the reissue versions.

: This entire set was redecoed to make the [[G1 GoBots]] set: Huffer was used to make [[Road Ranger]].

===Classics===
*'''Huffer''' (Scout, 2007)

[[Image:Botcon_Huffer_toy.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Almost fits...TOO well...]]

: Sold together in a bag with [[Springer]] and their instructions and bio cards, Huffer is a ''Classics''-themed [[BotCon 2007]] attendee [[exclusive]]. An orange and blue [[redeco]] of the ''[[Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Armorhide (Cybertron)|Armorhide]] toy, Huffer transforms into a semi tractor-trailer cab with hook-crane attachment. Plugging a [[Cyber Planet Key]] into the back of his cab flips his grill down, exposing a rack of eight (non-firing) missiles. This feature is also available in his robot mode. Huffer can store a Cyber Planet Key using tabs on his hook-crane/rifle, and came with a silver-bordered translucent orange [[Earth]] Key.

: This mold was also used to make [[Movie (toyline)|Movie]] [[Armorhide (Movie)|Armorhide]].

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==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/1984/Autobot/Huffer/huffer.htm Huffer at TFU.info]

*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Huffer Huffer's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

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[[Category: Engineers]]
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Siren (G1)

2007-09-01T00:50:00Z

68.230.139.8:

{{disambig2|Siren the [[Headmaster]]|Sireen the [[Micromaster]]|Sireen}}

:''Siren is an [[Autobot]] in the [[Generation One]] continuity family.''

[[Image:G1 Siren boxart.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Known for his "thumbs aside" attitude]]

'''Siren''''s voice modulator goes to eleven - and stays there. Thanks to his ear-splitting upbringing in the [[Sonic Canyons]], he operates at full volume all the time. While this may annoy his pals [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] and [[Hosehead]], it drives his partner [[Quig]] nuts. Eventually, Quig's efforts to teach Siren about the concept of an 'indoor voice' may succeed, but for now Siren doesn't really listen to him - either because he can't hear him, or because he doesn't ''want'' to.

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

''(Events from the UK-only comics are in italics.)''

''Siren 'assisted' Nightbeat in investigating the death of [[Playback]], narrowly avoid death at the hands of [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] in the process. It was here that the two met Hosehead and made the partnership a trio.''

The three would later take a journey to [[Pz-Zazz]] in search of the lost [[Creation Matrix]]. They failed to find it, but DID manage to get shot in the back and captured by Thunderwing and the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]]. Siren demonstrated remarkable self-control in not talking to Thunderwing while being tortured under a mind-probe. He and his comrades eventually broke free and were instrumental in removing the threat of Thunderwing from the [[Ark]]. Some time later, he provided a needed dose of comic relief while the [[Unicron|Robot Devil]] was tearing apart the body and blood of the [[Primus|Robot God]] with his bare hands. {{storylink|On The Edge of Extinction!}}

He was eventually impaled by Bludgeon on the planet Klo. Whether the Last Autobot could resurrect Headmasters like Siren as easily as he did other fallen warriors was never confirmed. {{storylink|End of the Road! (Marvel US comic)}}

===Television commercials===

===Dreamwave comics continuity===

Siren was part of [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] and [[Blaster]]'s organized resistance to Decepticon rule during the Age of Internment. He participated in a bait-and-capture mission to disable one of the [[Aerospace Extermination Squadron]] and bring it in for study.

===IDW comics continuity===
Siren was stationed on the [[Autobot Orbital Command Hub]]. He was requisitioned into action on-board the [[Ark-17]] for a mission to rescue [[Kup]] from a mysterious planet. Unfortunately, Kup had been driven mad by the planet's radiation and, believing his rescuers to be zombies, attacked them. Siren was the only one to escape alive.

==Toys==
===Generation 1===

* '''Siren''' with '''Quig''' (Hasbro, 1988)
:Siren transforms into a Mazda RX-7 with "Fire chief" deco. The same mold was used for [[Shūta Gō]].

==Trivia==
*Siren was originally conceived as either an upgrade or homage to [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]<ref>[[Transformers Generations Deluxe]], p108</ref>. While the robot mode was largely blue unlike Red Alert, it featured a similar head to the early Autobot. The car mode featured a near carbon copy of Red Alert's paint scheme. The Red Alert references were dropped early in the design process.

*Not once in the original comic series is Siren shown to be a Headmaster.
*In the comics, [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] and Siren's head designs were switched by mistake, which is why Nightbeat had goggles on while Siren had eyes, in spite of it being vice versa on the toys.

==Footnotes==
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==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Autobot/Siren/siren.htm Siren at TFU.info]

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Repugnus (G1)

2007-09-01T00:48:42Z

68.230.139.8: /* Trivia */

{{disambig3|Repugnus}}

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

Never a [[Decepticon]], '''Repugnus''' is not always an Autobot. No, sometimes he's a former Autobot who has been discharged for insubordination or just plain nastiness, but he always gets called back to perform some mission too unsavory for anybody else. Though he doesn't give slag for authority or decency, Repugnus always does his job well.

Man, does he love his job. He'll describe, with relish, how he clawed an enemy within an inch of his life, then beat the bastard's head to a fuel-soaked wad of scrap metal with his own torn-off leg unit. He'll also add plenty of profanities and colorful idioms to the story. His friends would find this disturbing, if he had any.

:''Japanese name'': '''Repugg'''<br>
:''French-Canadian name'': '''Répugnus'''

==Fiction==
===Headmasters===

===Toy commercial===

Repugnus and the [[Monsterbot]]s were created accidentally during an attempt to create new Autobots. [[Kup]] raced to warn [[Rodimus Prime]] and [[Blurr]] of the accident, as the wild Monsterbots trashed the lab where they were born. Thankfully the [[Decepticons]] attacked just then and the Monsterbots burst out of the building through the wall to fight them. Rodimus expressed relief that, though they were monsters, at least they were Autobot monsters.

===Marvel Comics continuity===

For reasons not even [[Vector Sigma]] would be able to compute, Repugnus decided to join [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] in abandoning the war and settling down for a peaceful, quiet life on the verdant paradise of [[Nebulos]]. Maybe there's actually a great deal more complexity to Repugnus's personality than we were led to believe. Maybe he secretly longs for an end to the fighting, and his repulsive and unsavory behavior is just his way of acting out his frustration at the never-ending cycle of violence.

Or maybe he thought pacifists would be easier to harrass.

===3H ''Wreckers'' comics===

Less than 3 [[deca-cycles]] after the [[reformatting]] of Cybertron into a [[technorganic]] wonderland, Repugnus and his fellow Monsterbots (apparently all having undergone the [[Maximal upgrade]] downsizing) are seen exiting a bar on the [[CSSB-16 Spaceport]] souced out of their minds (Repugnus especially so, as he is half carried by [[Doublecross]]) on some high quality [[energon]]. If they had been a bit less drunk or a exited just a bit latter, they likely would have run smack into [[Devcon]] and the [[Dinobots (BM)|Dinobots]], as is... they just missed another chance to actually DO something in a TF story. ''sigh.''

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Repugnus''' (Monsterbot, 1987/1988)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-98'''

: Repugnus transforms from robot to bizarre bug-thing and back. His toy can shoot "cold" sparks from his bug-mode mouth by pressing down on a geared button on his bug-skull.

: In Japan, Repugnus was never made available as part of the normal retail line. Instead, he was offered only as a mail-order item during ''[[Masterforce]]'', the series ''after'' [[Headmasters (franchise)|the one the character appeared in]]. He cost 2500 yen (200 yen more than the other two Monsterbots) and five [[robot points]].

==Trivia==

* Repugnus has been the inspiration for a pair of [[homage]] toys in later lines, [[Repugnus (disambiguation)|both of which bear the same name]].
* Repugnus is the most interesting character EVER yet to be significantly utilized in any fiction.

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Autobot/Repugnus/repugnus.htm Repugnus at TFU.info.]

*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Repugnus Repugnus' Universe profile at NTFA.net.]

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Joyride (G1)

2007-09-01T00:46:44Z

68.230.139.8:

:''Joyride is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Joyride_boxart.jpg|thumb|right|250px| Not a Batman Beyond episode]]

Combining [[Repugnus (G1)|Repugnus]]'s lust for violence with [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]]'s driving ability, '''Joyride''' is not well liked among Autobot high command. Unlike the absent-minded metallurgist, Joyride just doesn't care enough to pay attention to his actions. His driving has proven hazardous to himself, his fellow Autobots, and even [[Dreadwing Down|innocent humans]] at times. The fact that he seems to be a member of the Autobots simply for the thrill of it hasn't earned him many supporters, either.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
:''('''Note''': Events in italics occurred only in the Marvel UK books.)''

Joyride was part of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]'s crew on board the [[Steelhaven]]. On a mission to revive the fallen [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], he journeyed to [[Nebulos]] with several other Autobots. While there, they were forced to deal with not only a set of supercharged Decepticon bandits, but the planetwide poisoning of the fuel supply which put them at risk of terminal systems shutdown. In order to save themselves and properly reanimate Optimus Prime, Joyride and his fellows underwent the [[Powermaster]] Process to [[Binary bonding|binary-bond]] with a group of Nebulan scientists, enabling them to properly intake fuel and considerably boosting their fighting ability. Joyride was binary-bonded to [[Hotwire]], a former "chronic unlicensed private vehicle procurer", i.e. car-thief. The new Autobot Powermasters defeated the Decepticons and returned to Earth with their new partners.{{Storylink|People Power}}

''While pursuing the Decepticon known as [[Quake]], Joyride inadvertently caused a human convertible to crash over a cliff, critically injuring the driver. He would've been dead for sure if not for Nebulan medical instruments [[Hi-Q]] was able to cobble together, but before the necessary power cell could be attached to the technology, it was stolen by [[Darkwing]] and [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]]. After the Aerialbots inadvertently caused [[Dreadwing (G1)|Dreadwing]] to crash into the sea while trying to recover the cell, Joyride joined his fellow Powermasters on an undersea mission to retrieve the cell from the Decepticons. They were eventually successful, and the human presumably lived.''{{Storylink|Dreadwing Down}}

When [[Thunderwing (G1)|Lord Thunderwing]] infiltrated the [[Ark]], Joyride was one of the first Autobots to confront the Decepticon and his [[Creation Matrix|Matrix]]-enhanced might. He was blasted back with little effort, but lived to tell the tale. He was not as fortunate, however, in battle with [[Unicron]] -- an assault on the Chaos-Bringer's caused some minor damage, but Unicron's retaliation sent Joyride and [[Waverider]] on their way to the scrapheap. {{Storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}

====Generation 2====

Joyride miraculously returned to functioning just in time to be blown up again. {{Storylink|Total War}}

===Dreamwave Comics continuity===

Joyride worked with a task force under [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] and [[Getaway]] during the Age of Internment, in hopes of capturing and studying one of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s cloned warriors, the [[Aerospace Extermination Squadron]]. Dreamwave shut down before the final result of their mission could be told.

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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Joyride''' (Powermaster, 1988)

: Joyride transforms into a dune buggy. This toy was sold in Japan as [[Ranger (G1)|Ranger]].

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/1988/Autobot/Joyride/joyride.htm Joyride at tfu.info]

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Wreckers

2007-08-28T16:37:54Z

68.230.139.8: /* Dreamwave comics continuity */

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:''The Wreckers are an [[Autobot|Autobots]] combat unit in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Wreckers symbol.png|180px|right|Wreck & Rule]]

The '''Wreckers''' are a special task force, generally composed of the best and the toughest die-hard fighters around. The Wreckers tend to be a close-knit combat unit that considers themselves the best of the best. They're often called in to fight when the odds of success are slim.

== Marvel Comics continuity ==
The Wreckers were introduced in UK continuity (neither the team, nor any of its members really appeared in the US stories) during the [[Target_2006|Target: 2006]] storyline.

The initial roster of the Wreckers consisted of Impactor (the leader), Roadbuster, Whirl, Twin-Twist, Topspin and Rack'n'Ruin. During the Target:2006 storyline, they were joined by Broadside, Sandstorm and Springer (who became the team's leader after Impactor's death). After UK #100, both Roadbuster and Whirl appear to be absent from the team. Roadbuster reappears amongst the Wreckers in the [[Time Wars]] storyline, but Whirl is never seen again. From UK #188 onwards, it appears that Inferno is also a member of the team.

'''Known Members:'''

* [[Impactor]] (original leader)
* [[Rack'n'Ruin]]
* [[Roadbuster]]
* [[Topspin]]
* [[Twin Twist]]
* [[Whirl]]
* [[Springer]] (leader after Impactor's death)
* [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]
* [[Sandstorm (G1) (Autobot)|Sandstorm]]
* [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]

After the team takes major casualties during the events of Time Wars, the few survivors (Springer, Broadside and Inferno) joined together with other "outsiders" - both Autobot and Decepticon - to form the (aptly named) [[Survivors]].

==3H ''Universe: The Wreckers'' comics==
The Wreckers were still, by tradition, considered an [[Autobot]] force, despite being on Maximal-era [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], and accepted even [[Decepticon]]s and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s into their ranks following the takeover of Cybertron by [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] and his [[Vehicon]] armies.

'''Known Members:'''

* [[Apelinq]]
* [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]
* [[CatSCAN]]
* [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]
* [[Devcon]]
* [[Dillo]]
* [[Fractyl]]
* [[Mol]]
* [[Packrat]]
* [[Primal Prime]]
* [[Ramulus]]
* [[Rav]]
* [[Hot Rod|Rodimus]]
* [[Rotorbolt (Universe)|Rotorbolt]]
* [[Sentinel Maximus]]
* [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]
* [[Sonar (BW)|Sonar]]
* [[Spittor]]
* [[Tigatron]]

== Dreamwave comics continuity ==
The Wreckers split from the Autobot forces after the disappearance of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] in a [[space bridge]] explosion. Led by Springer, they clashed with [[Ratbat]]'s [[Ultracon]]s in the [[Tagan Heights]] for a time before reuniting with the Autobots and the [[Lightning Strike Coalition]] immediately prior to the [[Age of Internment]].

'''Known Members:'''

* [[Springer]] (leader)
* [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]
* [[Roadbuster]]
* [[Sandstorm (G1) (Autobot)|Sandstorm]]
* [[Topspin]]
* [[Twin Twist]]
* [[Whirl]]

Later on, during Shockwave's reign on Cybertron, the Wreckers were a small but elite task force of Autobots dedicated to keeping the peace wherever (and however) necessary.

'''Members'''

* [[Ultra Magnus]] (leader)
* [[Topspin]]
* [[Twin Twist]]
* [[Roadbuster]]
* [[Whirl]]

When the [[Stunticon]]s were released from imprisonment in Cybertron's detention banks, the Wreckers responded in kind. This, however, was after [[Menasor]] had already wiped out the [[Omnibots]] and defeated [[Defensor]]. In the battle, both Whirl and Roadbuster were apparently killed before Ultra Magnus took charge and brought Menasor down.

== IDW comics continuity ==

''"Of '''course''' it's a lost cause. That's why we're '''here!'''" - Springer''

The Wreckers are the Autobots who get called in when the odds of success are nonexistent, but the job needs to be done anyway. Assigned to [[Varas Centralus]] after the Decepticon infiltration on that planet went to Phase Six, they were pulled out and sent back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] at the order of [[Optimus_Prime_(G1)|Optimus Prime]] when the Autobot leader suspected that [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] may have been behind the disappearance of the [[Calabi-Yau]].

The Wreckers arrived just in time to save [[Nosecone]] and [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]]. They then proceeded to take [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s team apart without breaking a sweat.

'''Known Members:'''

* [[Springer]] (leader)
* [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]
* [[Roadbuster]]
* [[Sandstorm (G1) (Autobot)|Sandstorm]]
* [[Scoop]]
* [[Topspin]]
* [[Twin Twist]]
* [[Whirl]]

''('''Note:''' Their starship [[Xantium]] appears able to transform into a robot and thus may also constitute a member of the team.)''

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Ultra Magnus (G1)

2007-08-28T16:32:29Z

68.230.139.8: /* Fub Publications ''Classics'' Comic */

{{disambig3|Ultra Magnus}}

:''Ultra Magnus is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Ultramagnusg1.jpg|300px|right|thumb|He can't deal with you now!]]

'''Ultra Magnus''' feels he is a soldier and nothing more. He very much prefers taking orders to giving them, and even avoids opportunities for higher responsibility. But when he is forced into those opportunities, he betrays his real talent for the job. He's strong, resolute, dependable, selfless, and courageous. Sadly, Ultra Magnus is the only Autobot who doesn't realize this.

Believing he is nothing but a soldier, Ultra Magnus is perfectly willing to sacrifice himself for the greater good if need be. He knows he's more powerful than the average Autobot, and will throw himself at larger threats accordingly. There is a special enmity between him and [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] for this reason, for Galvatron may be the most deadly foe of all. (Also, Galvatron, given his mental state, probably doesn't approve of people he's had blown up getting back up afterward. This can be seen as a sore point for Magnus, too.)

He is possibly [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s brother.

:''Italian name'': '''Convoy'''<br>
:''French-Canadian name'': '''Ultramag'''

==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===
====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformer'' manga (Japan-only)====

:''('''Note''': The "Fight! Super Robot Life Transformer" manga takes place before the events of Transformers the Movie and around the events of Scramble City)''

Ultra Magnus first appeared to deliver Optimus Prime his trailer, containing a special cannon upgrade, the "Scramble Power Buster". They engage the Decepticons in battle and Ultra Magnus and Optimus Prime team-up to defeat the villains with their "Convoy Magnus Double Cross Kick".

Ultra Magnus also came up with the idea for the global underground transportation system, the [[Autobot Road]].

:''('''Note''': The manga specifically notes that Optimus Prime looks upon Ultra Magnus as his "Kid Brother". Although the manga is a supplement to the TV series, this family-dynamic between the two characters was never used in the cartoon.)''

====''Scramble City'' (Japan-only)====
Voice actor: [[Banjō Ginga]] (Japan)

''(Note: Scramble City takes place before the events of [[The Transformers: The Movie (1986)|Transformers the Movie]].)''

Ultra Magnus first came to Earth around the year 1986 to head-up the [[Scramble City]] (AKA [[Autobot City]]) project. Under his supervision, [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] was built. Unfortunately, Metroplex was discovered by the spy [[Ratbat]] under Ultra Magnus' watch, who leaked the location back to Megatron.

====''Binaltech'' (Japan-only)====

While Optimus Prime was fighting the Decepticon on Cybertron, he charged [[Ultra Magnus]] to protect the earth and to lead the construction of the new Autobot city. When the crisis annouced by Ravage arrived, he went with Ultra Magnus on a last chance mission to stop Unicron, while sending [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] into the past to restore the timeline so that recent events instigated by Ravage would not happen.

====''Transformers The Movie''====
Voice actors: [[Robert Stack]] → [[Jack Angel]] (US); [[Show Hayami]] (Japan)

By 2005, Ultra Magnus was the full-fledged City Commander for [[Autobot City]]. Autobot City was under his authority when Megatron and the Decepticons waged their full-scale attack. Ultra Magnus ordered [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] to transform it to battle-mode, but it only held the Decepticons off for so long. In the fight, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] was mortally wounded and passed the [[Matrix]] of Leadership on to Ultra Magnus, making Magnus the new Supreme Commander of the Autobots.

Autobot City was quickly attacked a second time by [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], the upgraded version of [[Megatron (G1)| Megatron]]. Ultra Magnus lured him away on his shuttle, but was eventually shot-down onto the [[Junkion (planet)|Planet of Junk]]. Galvatron tracked him there and Ultra Magnus managed to draw him away from the other Autobots to face the enemy alone. Magnus attempted to open the Matrix, but the Matrix would not open, and Ultra Magnus was blown to pieces. Galvatron took the Matrix, intending to use it to destroy [[Unicron]].

After the Autobots befriended the [[Junkion]]s, they used their expertise to rebuild Ultra Magnus. Magnus joined the other Autobots in the battle with Unicron on [[Cybertron]] and helped drive the last of the Decepticons from their home planet. {{Storylink|The Transformers: The Movie (1986)}}

====''Kiss Players'' (Japan-only)====
When [[Rodimus Prime]]'s defeat of [[Galvatron]] in 2005 led to the catastrophic destruction of [[Tokyo]], the new Autobot leader was consumed by guilt. He passed on the [[Matrix]] to Ultra Magnus in order to revert to [[Hot Rod]] and return to [[Earth]].

====''Season 3/2010''====
In 2006 (or 2010, if you're Japanese), Ultra Magnus ceased his role as a City Commander and became head-adviser to [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]], the new Supreme Commander of the Autobots and chosen one of the Matrix. At various times he was [[The Killing Jar|sucked into a black hole]], [[Only Human|turned into a synthetic human]] and [[Surprise Party|had a birthday party]].

When the [[Hate Plague]] possessed all of Earth and Cybertron, Ultra Magnus singled Rodimus Prime out of all the other Autobots and focused all his rage on him, vowing to track him wherever he went. Ultra Magnus was eventually cured of the Hate Plague when Optimus Prime came back from the dead (again). {{Storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime}}

====Manga====

=====The Transformer=====

=====Transformer: Big War=====

====''Rebirth'' (America-only)====

Some time later, Ultra Magnus helped defend Autobot City from a massive Decepticon assault, which was actually a diversion for the theft of the key to the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]]. Subsequent to the battle and discovery of the theft, Magnus accompanied Optimus Prime on a shuttle to Cybertron. After Prime got the answers he needed from [[Vector Sigma]], he decided to go to [[Nebulos]] and left Ultra Magnus in charge of Cybertron. {{Storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}}

Ultra Magnus' tenure didn't go very well, as the selfsame massive Decepticon assault force was attacking the planet. Nonetheless, he and the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobot]]s struck at Galvatron, and may well have done him in if [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s reinforcements hadn't arrived. Magnus then ignominiously had his [[power pack]] torn out and slowly began to die from lack of energon. Still, he was able to relay Galvatron's crazed scheme to Optimus Prime and the Autobot [[Headmaster]]s before blacking out.

When Ultra Magnus next awoke, the Golden Age of Cybertron had come anew, and the Decepticons were seemingly defeated once and for all. {{Storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}

====''Headmasters'' (Japan-only)====
Voice actor: [[Hōchū Ōtsuka|Yoshitada Ōtsuka]] (Japan)

Ultra Magnus continued his work as Commander of Autobot City on Earth and was instrumental in several victories over the Decepticons. Because of this, [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] singled him out for assassination. Ultra Magnus and Sixshot engaged in a one-on-one duel outside Autobot City, and Ultra Magnus was completely wrecked by Sixshot's six transformations. He was finally done in by Sixshot's mysterious 7th transformation, "Wingwolf". After his death, Ultra Magnus was placed in a coffin and buried on Earth, the planet he loved so dearly.

====Generation 2 manga (Japan-only)====
=====E-Hobby=====

After his death at the hands of Sixshot, Ultra Magnus was allowed entry into the Matrix of Leadership, as he was it’s bearer for a brief time. But Ultra Magnus’ spark still was still restless, he knew he didn’t belong. Using the Cosmic Awareness that accompanies joining the Matrix to spy on the mortal relm, Ultra Magnus learned, by chance of Galvatron II and his massive [[Warworld|Mobile Battle Fortress]] putting the Galaxy at Risk. Determined to set things right, Magnus contacted Optimus Prime via their shared link to the Matrix, and resurrected himself in a similar body using Prime’s [[Reconfiguration Matrix]]. Ultra Magnus immediately set out to counter Galvatron II’s invasion and started raising forces of his own. On at least one occasion Ultra Magnus was so thoroughly trounced by Galvatron and his endless puns that he required saving by Optimus Prime in his new [[Black Body]].

In this new form Ultra Magnus is able to switch between various body types (including his original) at will, similar to Optimus Prime, thanks to his contact with the Reconfiguration Matrix. In addition, he is able to tap into his [[Laser Core]] to power his blaster and sword.

===Ladybird books continuity===
Ultra Magnus came from Cybertron to take over leadership of the Autobots after Optimus Prime disappeared. He is opposed by [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] as Decpticon leader and this is presented as a prolonged status quo rather than the rather brief version of this scenario presented in the animated continuity. Furthermore [[Spike Witwicky]] appears to still be a teenager at this point, making a setting date of 2005 unlikely.

Ultra Magnus functioning as Prime's successor for some time rather than being immediately replaced by [[Hot Rod|Rodimus Prime]] is presented in this and other [[Micro-continuity|micro-continuities]] based on the action figure line rather than the film.

===Marvel Comics UK continuity===
:''('''Note''': Ultra Magnus appeared only in the Marvel UK books.)''

The remaining Autobot elders spent years designing Ultra Magnus, a leader to lift the resistance out of a deep darkness. He was finally given life in or shortly before 1986<ref>Ultra Magnus profile in Marvel UK #83</ref> for Operation Volcano. His role was to act as the crucial back-up needed for the [[Wreckers]] to successfully destroy their Decepticon targets and then escape in one piece. A serious complication arose when the Matrix Flame, the sacred and eternal blaze linked directly to the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] itself, suddenly extinguished. Fearing that something catastrophic had occurred on Earth to the Matrix and its bearer, Optimus Prime, Emirate Xaaron made the decision to send Ultra Magnus to that planet to investigate, even though Operation Volcano was unstoppably set to begin in ten cycles. Magnus traveled to Earth by way of [[Space Bridge]], and found the Ark's crew engaged in a deadly conflict with three new, yet unspeakably powerful, Decepticon warriors just as their leaders Optimus Prime, [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] vanished before their optic sensors. Initially concerned only with his investigation of Prime's sudden disappearance, Ultra Magnus ignored the plight of his fellow Autobots until he learned the two situations were linked; [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and his lieutenants were time-travelers from 2006, having employed a mass-substitution mechanism that sent the three Autobots into limbo in order to accommodate their presence at this point in the timeline. This connection was revealed to him by three Autobots from 2006, who had traveled back in time themselves in order to stop Galvatron. They had a plan; they had the means; all they needed was for Ultra Magnus to keep him busy for, oh...an hour or two.

Easier said than done.

Magnus's battle with Galvatron carried them out of the isolated wilderness and onto a human freeway system. It ended when Ultra Magnus threw a tanker truck full of fuel into the path of Galvatron's particle cannon. Galvatron walked away from the blast -- Magnus didn't. Still, the future Autobots succeeded in tricking Galvatron into returning to the future with his plan incomplete, and the timeline more-or-less preserved. Unfortunately, Magnus was out of time: Operation Volcano proceeded without him, with disastrous results. Only one Decepticon was taken out, and the Wreckers' leader Impactor was killed protecting Xaaron. {{Storylink|Target 2006}}

Ultra Magnus would not meet his counterpart, Optimus Prime, until Prime was inadvertently transported back to Cybertron in battle with Megatron. Hooking up with [[Straxus|Lord Straxus]] at [[Polyhex]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] quickly disseminated false information about a new Decepticon made over to look exactly like Optimus Prime, planning to infiltrate the Autobot forces. Having temporarily assumed control of the Wreckers until their new leader, [[Springer]], was ready for command, Ultra Magnus led them in hunting down the "impostor". This Prime's behavior led Magnus to be suspicious of his information and, after summoning Emirate Xaaron, confirmed his suspicions and welcomed the true Optimus Prime back to Cybertron. Prime wasted no time leading Magnus and the others on a series of successful raids and strike missions against Decepticon-controlled territory. When Optimus decided to return home to Earth, however, Ultra Magnus was caught up in the space bridge's energy discharge as well, arriving on Earth but some considerable distance away from where Prime materialized. Having been frustrated ever since Impactor's death, Magnus welcomed the "vacation" this trip to Earth would provide him, as he took his time trying to track down the Ark's location.

For months, Ultra Magnus enjoyed a peaceful life in the American forests and wilderness, alone with his thoughts. A sudden seismic disturbance brought him back to reality, though, and into contact with three human females whose vehicle had been overturned by the tremor. One in particular, Cindy, took quite a liking to Magnus. As they traveled together to explore a nearby volcano and its connection to the tremors, Magnus was forced back into combat thanks to the arrival of his old sparring partner, the future Decepticon known as Galvatron. Galvatron had constructed a magma siphon atop the volcano's peak, and planned to convert the raw power of a volcanic eruption into enough energy to transform him into a god. Ultra Magnus teamed up with several Autobots from the future, who were trying to bring Galvatron back with them to face justice. Once again, Magnus was used as a "distraction" (read: living punching bag) while the future Autobots set up their plan to override Galvatron's time-jump mechanism and send them all back where they came from. Despite Ultra Magnus successfully getting the slag beat out of him, the override proved unsuccessful, sending only the Autobots back to 2007 and leaving Magnus virtually alone to deal with the fighting-mad Galvatron. Barely managing to rally his courage, Ultra Magnus threw himself into combat with Galvatron one more time, keeping him busy until the volcano exploded, destroying the power siphon and encasing both warriors in molten lava.

Several months later, Ultra Magnus was dug out of the volcano by the [[Sparkabot|Sparkler Mini-Bots]]. They had been sent to Earth by Springer to monitor the volcano in case Galvatron ever got free. When Galvatron DID free himself several days earlier, though, they found themselves hopelessly outmatched, and hoped Magnus would have better luck. Sadly, the severe beatings Galvatron had routinely handed out to Ultra Magnus, combined with the final excruciating submergence in molten lava, had nearly unhinged the Autobot's mind, leaving him with a pathological fear of his tormentor. Confronted with Galvatron, Magnus would probably have gone fetal if that pose had any meaning for his people. As the Sparklers heroically tried to stand up to Galvatron anyway, Ultra Magnus saw his rescuers in grave danger and finally managed to push his fear aside and reclaim enough confidence to batter the Decepticon into a temporary retreat. {{Storylink|Salvage!}}

Having renewed his fighting spirit, Ultra Magnus arranged to return to Cybertron with his companions in order to report on Galvatron's activities and hopefully gather the Wreckers for a counter-offensive. Instead, they found the Autobot base in Kalis full of battle signs, and the entire surrounding city-state a virtual "ghost-town". After confronting a legion of robot zombies, the Autobots eventually learned that a crazed scientist named [[Flame (UK comic)|Flame]] was trying to re-engineer the entire planet as a giant spacecraft, setting off an unstable fusion reactor beneath the planet's surface as a power source. With the help of the Wreckers and the Decepticons [[Flywheels]] and [[Trypticon]], Ultra Magnus and his team managed to put an end to Flame's maniacal scheme.

Ultra Magnus and the Wreckers then began preparations to return to Earth and confront the threat of Galvatron, finally, once and for all, and then...*poof*. The Wreckers went to Earth alone, and Ultra Magnus was never seen nor heard from again.

===Fub Publications ''Classics'' Comic===
[[Image:Classics Ultramagnus Springer Grimlock comic.jpg|right|thumb|300px|God, you can't get away from the perverts anywhere can you?]]

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"Little Prime"

===Blackthorne Transformers In 3-D continuity===

===PD Type mini-comics===

At one point, the [[Blackball]] was left in the safekeeping of Ultra Magnus. Galvatron, catching Magnus by surprise, managed to blow him up with a powerful energy blast from his fusion cannon. Recovering the Blackball, Galvatron began to gloat about his victory. That's when Magnus' body hurled his head at Galvatron like a bowling ball, causing the [[Emperor of Destruction]] to fall over like a set of pins and drop the Blackball. That's ''using your head'', Magnus! *sigh*

===Dreamwave comics continuity===

[[Image:Magnuslongshot.jpg|left|thumb|250px|And then Takara saw this and were all like, "Oh, crap, that's right, we can do redecos, can't we?"]]

After Prime's and Megatron disappeared during the first space bridge incident {{storylink|The Dark Ages, Part 1}}, Ultra Magnus retreated from prominence in the Autobot army. However he was eventually able to overcome his own fear and take a role of leadership. Together with [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], he was on the verge of ending the war when Megatron arrived and enslaved the plane with the [[Aerospace Extermination Squadron]]. Magnus was put to work in a slave mines. {{storylink|The War Within: The Age of Wrath}}

Years later, Ultra Magnus and Shockwave worked together to replenish their armies in the [[Little Iacon]] incident. Many of the [[Micromasters]] created resented Ultra Magnus for bringing him into their war. {{storylink|Micromasters (comic)}}

After [[Great Shutdown]], [[Ultra Magnus]] was reactivated and took the role of security officer under [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave's]] rule, even if he was dissatisfied working under a leader who clearly held his own agenda. After many, many delays, Ultra Magnus confronted Shockwave about the mastermind's plans - but Magnus was silenced by gun fire. He survived by discarding his armor. {{storylink|War and Peace}}

After Shockwave had been removed from power, Ultra Magnus was content to oversee operations on Cybertron while Prime spent ten issues getting repaired.

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===IDW comics continuity===
{{spoiler}}
Ultra Magnus' concept has been tweaked somewhat to fit within Simon Furman's Cold War-influenced G1 reboot continuity; although still a soldier, Magnus' role is similar to that of an Interpol officer. Specifically, he is an agent of the Tyrest Accord. Although never detailed, this Accord seems to be part of a greater Code of Interplanetary Conflict, some form of treaty between Autobots, Decepticons and other alien races. As an enforcer of the Accord, Magnus hunts down any Transformers, Autobots or Decepticons alike, who illegally sell or distribute Cybertronian technology, handing them over to their superiors for prosecution.

One such violation saw Magnus pursue [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] to the planet Zull. After arresting the Combaticon, Magnus reluctantly released Swindle in exchange for the current whereabouts of an even greater offender: [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. Magnus has a personal grudge against Scorponok, who is the Autobot's polar opposite; while Magnus sets great stock in rules, Scorponok flouts them. Magnus follows Swindle's lead to the planet [[Nebulos]], but although he disrupts Scorponok's operations, the Decepticon is able to escape.

Later on, Magnus arrests Swindle for yet anohter violation, and once again, Swindle offers a deal, leaving Magnus to wonder whether he'll start breaking the rules just to finally catch Scorponok...

==Notes==

*It has been speculated by some fans that, in animated continuity, Ultra Magnus may have been created from Orion Pax's friend [[Dion]], the same way and at the same time Prime and [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]] were rebuilt by [[Alpha Trion]].
:''For further elaboration, see [[Dion#Who_is_Dion.3F|Who is Dion?]].''

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
* '''Ultra Magnus''' (1986, 2000, 2002)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-69'''
[[Image:Ultramagnusg1toy.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Honkimus Prime.]]

: Ultra Magnus is a [[redeco]] of the [[Diaclone]] Powered Convoy toy, which itself was a redecoed Battle Convoy (pre-TF [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]) with a new trailer that combined with the cab robot to form a super robot. Whereas the original Japanese use was an upgrade to Convoy, Hasbro released him as a separate character and both the comic and the cartoon ignored the cab robot in favor of the super robot.

:Ultra Magnus transforms into a white Freightliner COE with a blue and red car-carrier trailer. He comes with a rifle that has two pegs that will fit into either the fist of the cab robot or fist of the super robot, and he also comes with two missile launchers that can plug into either the front of the trailer or the shoulders of the super robot. Additional accessories include the cab robot's fists, the super robot's fists, the super robot head, the super robot chestplate, and two crotchplates/trailer hitches.

:The original American toy was released in at least two versions -- one with rubber tires and paint on both heads, and a second with plastic tires and no paint on either head.

:Ultra Magnus was first reissued in Japan in 2000 with little to no changes. Two years later, Ultra Magnus was reissued as a Toys "R" Us exlusive in the United States in the first wave of the [[Commemorative Series]]; the American reissue's missiles were elongated to pass modern safety laws. Both reissues had rubber tires and the facial paint.

*'''Ultra Magnus Movie Preview version''' (2001)
: In the early stages of the development of the 1986 animated movie, several promotional clips for the movie were produced, including one depicting Ultra Magnus in the original Diaclone Powered Convoy color scheme. The Movie Preview toy was released in 2001 based on that brief (and premature) appearance, featuring a blue colored cab.

*'''Ultra Magnus Matrix Glow version''' (2001)
: With a yellow cab and a clear yellow trailer, Matrix Glow Ultra Magnus or Shining Magnus is intended to recall the moment in the animated movie, just before Optimus Prime dies, when the Matrix is passed to Ultra Magnus and he is bathed in its Matrixey yellow light. It was also released in 2001.

: This version is sometimes referred to by fans as "Urine Magnus", or slightly less-polite variations of the same.

===Generation 2===
* '''Laser Ultra Magnus''' (2006)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' ''' TRF-13-S'''

[[Image:G2_LaserUltraMagnus_toy.jpg|right|thumb|Probably the only Magnus repaint of Prime we'll ever get who isn't just white.]]

: An [[e-Hobby]] exclusive, ''Generation 2'' Laser Ultra Magnus is a redeco of Laser Optimus Prime, transforming into a mid-1990s Western Star 4964EX extended-hood truck pulling a blue and white tanker trailer. He was packaged in the reissue Laser Optimus Prime's box, along with Prime's instructions, bio card and sticker sheet. Yes, the stickers that have "Optimus Prime" written on them.

:In robot mode the bottom of the truck became his familiar windowed chest based upon the original Optimus Prime toy (and the original Ultra Magnus's cab). His main gimmick was light up LED headlights, and a [[lightpipe]] in the bottom of his right fist, illuminated by an LED in his right forearm, that would illuminate his clear sword or his double-barreled rifle if they were used in that hand. All three LEDs were activated simultaneously by pressing the sunroof-like depression on the roof of the truck.

:The trailer unfolds to form a battle station bristling with many firing weapons. Primarily, it can fire an air-powered missile launcher, a ripple rocket launcher with 5 missiles that can be launched individually (this turret can also be mounted in Laser Magnus' hand) and a 'disc launcher', that fired several white plastic discs. This disc launcher is the only weapon that can be used in vehicle mode.

:This release uses the toolings that were modified for the ''Robots in Disguise'' [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] toy, and thus has smooth discs and a less pointy sword.

===Masterpiece===
* '''Ultra Magnus''' (2004)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''MP-2'''

[[Image:Masterpiece_UltraMagnus_toy.jpg|left|thumb|He looks like this in ONE comic. ONE.]]

: ''Masterpiece'' Ultra Magnus is a white redeco of ''Masterpiece'' Convoy (Optimus Prime) with all the same accessories, though some have been redecoed. Additionally, his box can be refolded into his classic trailer configuration, but doesn't hold up since it's, well, cardboard. He retains the Matrix, which he can indeed open. Damnit, open.

: As a Takara product, ''Masterpiece'' Ultra Magnus was never released in the US, but was eventually released by Hasbro Australia in 2005 for their market as a Target-exclusive, retaining his Japanese packaging, with simple stickers stating a recommended age of 8+, as well as presenting Hasbro Australia's details and explaining what the product was.

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===Classics===
*'''Ultra Magnus vs Skywarp: Battle For Autobot City''' (Multi-pack, 2007)
[[Image:ClassicsUltraMagnus_toy.jpg|right|thumb|Arctic Camo Prime!]]

: A [[redeco]] of the Voyager class Optimus Prime, this release is part of the Target [[exclusive]] ''Battle for Autobot City'' set with [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]. The final production toy has several major paint paint application differences compared to the toy depicted on the packaging, including the loss of all light blue paint (including his faceplate and crest, both replaced with silver, darker blue on his thighs. Also his red eyes are replaced with the light piping color (blue). Additionally, it seems the smokestacks/double-barreled gun was originally going to be cast or painted white instead of the final's black.

: Like Optimus Prime, the toy's gimmicks are in his weapons - his smokestacks fold together to become a double-barreled gun, and his aero fairing splits and unfolds to become a large shotgun-like blaster. The two weapons also combine into a double-barreled shoulder cannon.

===Titanium Series===
*'''Ultra Magnus''' (6-inch Cybertron Heroes, 2007)
[[Image:TitaniumHero_UltraMagnus.jpg|left|thumb|Oh, that's right, this Ultra Magnus guy had a trailer or something, didn't he?]]

: ''Titanium Cybertron Heroes'' Ultra Magnus is an all-new sculpt constructed mostly of die-cast metal. For the first time, Ultra Magnus's cab and trailer are one piece, rather than a [[partsformer]] like the ''Generation 1'' toy version. He transforms very similarly to the original toy, but the aformentioned truck cab now folds down into his back rather than detaching and reconnecting, with his head fliping out of the back of the cab.

: Ultra Magnus is armed with a white laser rifle and two shoulder-mounted non-firing rocket launchers. Unfortunately due to the robot mode-oriented design of this figure, as well as size limitations, the rear ramp is now part of his legs as detail and cannot fold down, nor is there access for vehicles to be transported, in any case.

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*'''Ultra Magnus''' (6-inch Cybertron Heroes, 2007)

: A [[redeco]] of the 6-inch War Within Optimus Prime. In white!

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===Revoltech===

* '''Ultra Magnus''' (2007)
Ultra Magnus is, unsurprisingly, a redeco of a simultaneously-released Optimus Prime/Convoy figure. A non-transforming but ''highly'' articulate action figure, [[Revoltech]] Ultra Magnus uses the Revoltech "revolver joints" for maximum poseability. His sculpting is explicitly in the style of [[Pat Lee|Pat "serfdom" Lee]]'s interpretation of Prime.

Magnus comes with a Matrix and photon rifle accessories, as well as a few alternate hands. A unique extra "hand" is a single moulded piece of Ultra Magnus and Optimus Prime's hands clasped together diagonally, so that when attached to both the Prime and Magnus' respective wrists one can create a scene of the two Autobot leaders shakin' like homeys. Additionally, although Magnus comes preassembled with the standard black revolver joints that Prime has, his packaging includes a sheet of replacement white joints one can use to customise Magnus with less obrtusive matching white joints (although not enough joints of the right style are included to swap out all black joints to optimal effect).

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==Merchandise==
*'''Ultra Magnus''' (Super Collection Figure, 2002)

*'''Ultra Magnus''' (Heroes of Cybertron, 2003)

*'''Ultra Magnus''' (Super Collection figure, 2003)

: "Movie preview" redeco of the Ultra Magnus PVC, based on the original toy's Diaclone colour scheme as seen in early trailers for the 1986 movie.

*'''Ultra Magnus''' (Hard Hero bust, 2004)

[[Image:Ultramagnushardhero.jpg|right|thumb|100px|UHN!]]

: The cold-cast porcelain bust of Ultra Magnus was the 13th in [[Hard Hero]]'s series of Transformers busts. It was designed from line art by [[Dan Khanna]].

*'''Ultra Magnus and Megatron''' (Robot Heroes PVC, 2007)

: This is a small, non-transforming SD figurine with limited articulation from the "Robot Heroes" line, in a two pack with G1 Megatron. He may be the sassiest bitch on Cybertron.

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==Trivia==

[[Image:DiacloneMagnusAnime1.jpg|left|thumb| "Do you guys think my hair would look better in blue?"]]

* In early promotional trailers/test footage for ''[[TFTM|Transformers The Movie]]'', Ultra Magnus can be seen in alternate [[Autobot City]] sequences in his toy's original ''[[Diaclone]]'' color scheme, indicating the final coloration may have been a late change to the toy. This footage has appeared in various ''Transformers'' DVDs over the years.

* On that note, The ''Diaclone'' toy that would become Magnus --called "Powered Convoy"-- came in a couple different varieties. Aside from the version that was eventually turned into "Movie Preview" Magnus, there was a "mech" version that used a lighter gray outer plastic and chromed the central body/lower ramps of the trailer unit. This "mech" version was also available in a multi-pack with a red version of the toy that would become [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], and the toy that would (20-ish years later) become [[Deep Cover]].

* The chest-plate for the large Magnus robot was originally a mini-jet for a single Diaclone pilot. The raised rectangle in the center is actually a mounting point for the large robot head, using the hole in the crest, which forms a booster engine and blasters for the craft. Because of this, the ''Diaclone'' version had wheels on its underside that were removed from the ''Transformers'' release.

* All versions of the ''Diaclone'' Powered Convoy toy came with a red "Powered Buggy" partner-robot that transformed from a futuristic buggy (with a space for a Diaclone pilot) to robot, which could also use the large rifle in either mode. Why this was excised from the ''Transformers'' incarnation is unknown. The Italian [[Trasformer]] (sic) line by [[GiG]], however, ''did'' release the vehicle as the "Super Buggy" on its own.

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==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/UltraMagnus/ultramagnus.htm Ultra Magnus at TFU.info]

*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Ultra_Magnus Ultra Magnus' Universe profile at NTFA.net]

* [http://www.diaclone.net/orid/dia057/index.html Diaclone Powered Convoy at Diaclone.net (Japanese-language site)]

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Slag (G1)

2007-08-28T16:22:46Z

68.230.139.8: /* Dreamwave comics continuity */

{{disambig3|Slag}}
:''Slag is an [[Autobot]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:MTMTESlag.jpg|right|thumb|300px|His name is [[Slag (slang)|a swear word.]] Somehow fitting.]]

'''Slag''' is the Dinobot most likely to live up to the team's bad reputation. Slag is surly, mean-spirited, nasty, and disturbingly violent, to the point where it really is a wonder he's not a [[Decepticon]]. Slag will fight anyone, over anything, at the drop of a microchip, and fight dirty. Slag enjoys nothing more than reducing his enemies (and he's more than willing to include annoying Autobots on that list) to pools of molten metal. He'd swim in the pools to celebrate if he could.

None of the Dinobots really like [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], but he and [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] share an especially intense dislike for him. Slag's bad attitude means the rest of the Autobot forces are unlikely to come to his aid when he bites off more than he can chew.

{{quote|Me Slag no like anything.|Slag on Life, the Universe, and Everything|[[Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1|DOD1]]}}

:''French-Canadian name'': '''Scories'''<br>
:''Italian name'': '''Tricex'''
:''Hungarian name:'' '''Salak'''

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

===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Neil Ross]] (US), [[Toshiro Ishii]] (Japan)

[[Image:SlagG1.jpg|left|150px|thumb|One angry mother slagger!]]

Slag was developed, along with his fellow [[Dinobots]] [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], after the Autobots discovered dinosaur bones in their volcanic headquarters. Inspired by the power of the prehistoric beasts, [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] built a trio of Dinobots to add firepower to the Autobot forces. The Dinobots proved too dangerous at first, and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] ordered Wheeljack to abandon the Dinobot project. Wheeljack continued improving the trio of titans in secret, crafting memory components that made them smarter and easier to control. When the rest of the Autobots were captured by the Decepticons at the [[Great Falls]] hydroelectric power plant, Wheeljack dispatched the Dinobots to free their comrades and destroy the Decepticons. The Dinobots succeeded in forcing a Decepticon retreat and were welcomed as members of the Autobot team. {{Storylink|SOS Dinobots}}

Later, when the Dinobots were sent to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] after trying to secure [[Cybertonium]], Slag rammed and tried to maul [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. For this, the logic-driven Decepticon altered the Dinobots' [[memory circuit]]s and put them to work in the [[Cybertonium Pit]]. [[Spike Witwicky|Two]] [[Carly|squishies]] ended up saving them. {{Storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2}}

During the [[Battle of Autobot City]], the Dinobots battled [[Devastator]]. Slag fought Devastator along with the other Dinobots. After evacuating Autobot City in the wake of [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]'s attack, the Dinobots, along with [[Kup]] and [[Hot Rod]], were shot down and crashed on [[Quintessa]]. The Dinobots searched for the two Autobots, with Grimlock believing they were close by, but Slag disagreed. They started hurling insults, and it may have turned violent, had [[Wheelie]] not appeared and pointed them in the right direction. He and Sludge broke down as [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkitcon]]s prepared to execute the Autobots, giving a belated "Excuse me!" to a [[Quintesson]] prosecutor—who was being crushed under the combined wieght of Slag, Sludge, and the door.

Slag was one of the [[Primitive]]s who were called by [[Oracle (G1)|Primacron's assistant]] to battle [[Primacron]]'s newest creation, [[Tornedron]]. When Grimlock was believed destroyed when [[Trypticon]] crashed on him, Slag took command of the Dinobots. He came up with the best strategy possible—lead the Dinobots away until he got a better idea. After Tornedron dispatched the other Primitives, Slag and the Dinobots attacked him, only to have their energy sucked from them. Fortunately, Grimlock survived Trypticon's weight and destroyed Tornedron, fixing everything. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}

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====The Headmasters cartoon====

[[Image:SleepySlagAnime1.jpg|right|200px|thumb|So cute when he's not killing things]]

In the year 2011, Slag, along with his fellow Dinobots, was deployed by [[Wreck-Gar]] to deal with the sudden invasion of the Decepticon forces. Slag and his team attempted a resistance but were quickly disabled by one of [[Mindwipe]]'s hypnotic spells, which forced them all to fall asleep.

Slag was ''adorable''. (Rumor has it the animator of this scene was later found horribly mauled and burned to a crisp...at least, what they found of his corpse)

===Dreamwave comics continuity===

Slag was chosen by Grimlock to join his commando unit, and was with them in the Dark Ages when they split off to become the [[Lightning Strike Coalition]]. When the [[Fallen]] and his agents began systematically attacking various factions, the LSC were forced into a temporary alliance with Shockwave's Decepticons to rescue Grimlock and the others.

Despite the truce, Slag still decked [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]]. Nobody cared.

Later on, Octane poked him in the head and called him a "primitive".

Octane doesn't have a body anymore.

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

===IDW comic continuity===
Slag appears to be Grimlock's go-to tech specialist, originating the idea of organic beast modes as a defence against energon overload.

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Slag''' (Dinobot, 1985/1986/1991/1992)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-28'''

:Slag was released as part of the second series of ''Transformers'' in 1985. The toy transformed into a robotic Triceratops, and came with a missile launcher that could fit in the shoulder socket of both the robot and dinosaur, a red sword, a silver "electro blaster" and three silver rockets. Like many ''[[Diaclone]]''-era toys, Slag had a conspicuous driver compartment contained in his chest.

: Slag was later re-released in the European-markets "[[Classics (Euro)|Classics]] series. In Japan, he and the other Dinobots were offered as mail-away items during [[Operation Combination]], at a cost of 2300 yen (his original retail price) and two [[robot points]].

===Generation 2===
*'''Slag''' (Dinobot, 1993)

: The original Slag toys went through several iterations in the ''[[Generation 2]]'' line. First, he was re-released in the original silver base color without his missile launcher; the only notable difference in the toy proper is the inclusion of the "AUTOBOT" [[tampograph]] on one of his robot-mode legs.

: The toy then had its silver changed to red, and ''then'' changed again to dark green. The final green coloration is the most common, while the red and silver variations go for a little more on the secondary market.

==Trivia==
* Slag's original toy was originally a ''[[Diaclone]]'' Dinosaur Robo Triceratops. In the ''Diaclone'' lore, this dinomech was a pilotable vehicle that could travel at speeds up of to 250 kilometers per hour and was designed for grasslands operation and melee combat. It also had a slightly different color scheme for its robot-mode bits.

* The European exclusive [[Action Master]] Decepticon [[Charger]] cribs Slag's quote, his function, much of his bio and tech spec numbers. Whether there was any relation intended between the characters or if the copywriters just got lazy is unknown.

*Apparently, Slag's name is also [[Slag (slang)|a popular Cybertronian expletive]]. That just seems right, for some reason.

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/1985/Autobot/Slag/slag.htm Slag at TFU.info]

* [http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Slag Slag's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

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Ram Horn

2007-08-28T01:45:19Z

68.230.139.8: /* ''Beast Wars'' */

{{disambig2|the component of Tripredacus in Beast Wars|the rhinoceros mini-cassette from Generation 1|Ramhorn}}
:''Ram Horn is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] in the [[Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] continuity family.''

[[Image:Generalramhorn.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Haven't I seen you somewhere before?]]
'''General Ram Horn''' is a member of the [[Tripredacus Council]].

He is very tenacious.

He combines with his fellow council members to form [[Tripredacus]].

==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===
====''Timelines: Dawn of Future's Past''====
[[Image:Tarantulasdawn.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Blink and you'll miss him.]]
As the crew of the ''[[Darksyde]]'' fled [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] with the [[Golden Disk]], Predacon secret police agent [[Tarantulas]] was onboard decoding information from it. While his boss [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] wasn't watching, Tarantulas contacted General Ram Horn and updated him on the disk's status.

(The reflection of the screen on Tarantulas' head is the silhouette of General Ram Horn.)

====''Beast Wars''====
:''Voice actor:'' Scott McNeil (English), [[Yukimasa Kishino]] (Japanese)

====IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics====
The Tripredacus Council ordered [[Magmatron]] to assure that no knowledge of the [[transwarp wave]] reached the Maximals. {{storylink|The Gathering, Part 1}} When their [[Ravage|agent]] failed at his task of rounding up the rogue Megatron, the council sent Magmatron to complete the mission. {{storylink|The Gathering, Part 2}}

==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
*'''Tripredacus''' (1997)
: Ram Horn transforms into a maroon rhinoceros beetle. He has a dual-bladed claw weapon. He transforms into the arms of Tripredacus.

==External links==
* [http://tfu.info/1997/Predacon/RamHorn/ramhorn.htm Ram Horn at TFU.info]

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Grimlock (G1)

2007-08-28T01:36:36Z

68.230.139.8: /* Dreamwave comics continuity */

{{disambig3|Grimlock}}

:''Grimlock is an [[Autobot]] in [[Generation 1]] and a [[Maximal]] in the [[Beast Wars]] portion of the Generation 1 [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Grimlockg1.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Me Grimlock draw self-portrait.]]

''"'''Grimlock''' hate [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. Grimlock believe leader should show strength by attacking quickly and mercilessly! Prime often reconsider or hesitate, in fear of possible casualties, both Transformer and [[ human|squishy]] -- Grimlock say that cowardice! If Grimlock were in charge, war would have been over long ago."''

Some Autobots wonder why Grimlock is even on their side. His disposition is much more suited towards the [[Decepticons]]. After all, he values power and strength over wisdom and compassion, and furthermore, he doesn't get along with any of the Autobots. It's been hypothesized that Grimlock just hates [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] more than he hates Optimus. (Which means he must hate him A LOT.)

Grimlock is the leader of the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s, a small but very close team of misfits. It's been said that anyone who enters a battle with the Dinobots usually leaves it feet-first.

{{quote|Me Grimlock not nice dino. Me bash brains!|Grimlock on himself|[[The Transformers: The Movie (1986)|Transformers The Movie]]}}

:''('''Note''': Grimlock's intelligence-level differed greatly between the comic and cartoon, leading to vastly different portrayals. See the entries below for details.)''

:''French-Canadian name'': '''La Menace'''<br>
:''Italian name'': '''Tiran'''<br>
:''Preliminary name'': '''Tyrex'''
:''Hungarian name'': '''Mogorva'''

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
:''('''Note''': The comic Dinobots had average, functional intellects. Grimlock affected a caveman-esque speech pattern to mask his intelligence<ref>Grimlock possesses a brilliant mind but considers intellectuals weak. He chooses to talk dumb rather than be thought of as weak. ''Marvel UK #200 'Secrets of the Transformers' booklet.''</ref>, leaving his fellow the Autobots to think he has a glitch in his speech processor. The other Dinobots speak normally. )

:''Events from UK-only stories are italicized.''

While the Autobots remained dormant inside [[Mount St. Hilary]], the [[Ark]] detected Cybertronian life. Dispatching a probe, the Ark learned that [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] had come to Earth and was wandering the [[Savage Land]]. The Ark used data gathered from the Savage Land to convert five of the dormant Autobots into the Dinobots. They traveled to fight Shockwave, but all combatants became trapped in a tar pit. {{storylink|The Last Stand}}

Grimlock was a powerful and arrogant warrior who believed he knew best. He ascended to the post of overall Autobot leader on several occasions, growing in the process and eventually, despite their original conflict, becoming Optimus's hand-picked lieutenant and likely successor. Early on, [[Blaster]] was a major thorn in his side, deserting his command. Later, he tended to fight with the straight-laced, logical [[Prowl]].

One of the many casualties in an [[Underbase]]-powered [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream's]] rampage, Grimlock was brought back on-line by [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], using [[Pretender]] technology stolen from Megatron. {{storylink|All the Familiar Faces!}} While Grimlock, along with [[Jazz]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], handily defeated Megatron's minions, he was unable to save Ratchet when Megatron's base exploded. {{storylink|Skin Deep}}

Afterward, Grimlock, Jazz and Bumblebee briefly joined the Autobot resistance movement on Cybertron before attempting to return to Earth via [[Trans-Time Dimensional Portal|trans-time dimensional portal]]. However, [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]], seeking to crush the resistance's momentum, sent ''the latest incarnation of'' the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]] to destroy the three Autobot Pretenders. Infiltrating [[Autobase]], the three Decepticons sabotaged the portal, teleporting all six Transformers (and the [[Micromaster]] [[Rescue Patrol]]) deep into the heart of Cybertron, where the Autobots discovered the resting place of their god, [[Primus]]. {{storylink|Yesterday's Heroes!}}

Grimlock at first thought it was all a Decepticon trick, and was [[Atechnogenesis|skeptical]] that the Transformers even had a god. When the [[Keeper]] appeared, Grimlock demanded the ancient Transformer "prove it" by telling them the story of the Transformers' origin. The Keeper's story (complete with holographic slide-show) was suitably convincing, but unfortunately gave the Mayhem Attack Squad time to sneak up on the Autobots, and another battle ensued. The outnumbered Decepticons were no match for Grimlock and company, but [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon's]] last-ditch shot ricocheted off the Dinobot's back, waking Primus. A few seconds too late, the Autobots in Autobase repaired the portal, sending the lost Transformers to Earth. Grimlock immediately demanded they find the Earth-based Autobots to warn them of [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|Primal Scream}}

After rejoining Optimus Prime's forces, Grimlock, Jazz and Bumblebee formed a team in the search for the lost [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]]. Traveling to [[VsQs]], where Optimus Prime's funeral barge had crashed, the three began to search an abandoned science station for any clue as to the Matrix's whereabouts. While Bumblebee searched the computer logs, Grimlock went looking for the science team - only to discover they had all been killed. Before the Autobots could formulate a plan, Thunderwing attacked. Grimlock's first reaction was to attack, but all three could not defeat the Decepticon leader. Instead, they were "saved" by the [[Matrix Spawn]], which became Thunderwing's new target. The three Autobots searched the wrecked station independently and recovered the Matrix. Low on [[Energon]], the three attempted to return to their shuttle, but the moon's heavy gravity slowed them down, allowing Thunderwing to overtake them, defeating the three weakened Autobots and claiming the Matrix for his own. {{storylink|Dark Creation}}

After Thunderwing's defeat, the Autobots sent a shuttle to VsQs to rescue Grimlock and the others, who were low on Energon and on the verge of [[stasis lock]]. Grimlock was none to grateful for his rescue, instead berating himself for failing to destroy Thunderwing and guilty that he was alive while the other Dinobots were still deactivated. However, without Ratchet or the Matrix, the Autobots knew of no way to bring back their fallen. Grimlock sought Optimus' permission to travel to [[Hydrus 4]] and investigate the rumors of the substance [[Nucleon]]. When Optimus refused, Grimlock stole a shuttle and the bodies of the Dinobots and went anyway, which everyone really should have seen coming. {{storylink|Eye of the Storm!}}

Once on Hydrus 4, Grimlock sought out the medi-center on the island of Farooth, where the well of Nucleon was kept. Along the way, he encountered the substance's three guardians, zombie-like mechanoids who attempted to bar visitors from tapping the Nucleon. Two engaged him in combat, but Grimlock dispatched them easily. Unlike destroying Decepticons, he could take no pleasure in his victories, which seemed pointless. He began to question his motives - was he really trying to save the Dinobots, or just prove himself a better leader than Prime? By the time he reached the island of Farooth, Grimlock simply wanted the grim business done with.

At the well, Grimlock encountered the final guardian. The Hydrusian didn't want to fight, but instead warned him that Nucleon always came with unexpected side effects. To quell the doubts that had plagued him since his arrival, Grimlock decided to test the Nucleon on himself, plunging a hand into the well. Feeling a surge of power and no immediate side effects, Grimlock decided it had to be safe, and went to work reviving the other Dinobots, ignoring the Hydrusian's parting words, "Time will tell". {{storylink|The Price of Life!}}

With the Dinobots revived, Grimlock loaded up as much Nucleon as he could and returned to the Ark. {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}} The Dinobots found it empty (as Primus had teleported the Earth-bound Transformers back to Cybertron). Electing not to waste time looking for the others, Grimlock ordered [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] to set course for Cybertron while [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] and [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] pumped the Nucleon into the Ark's life-support pods. The Dinobots were unaware that the life-support pods also held Megatron, as Grimlock departed before Ratchet's rescue. {{storylink|The Void!}}

Grimlock was the first Transformer to begin feeling the Nucleon's effect. Before he even left Hydrus 4, he began suffering erratic joint locks. He tried to hide the symptoms as long as he could, but after Unicron's defeat they began to worsen, until his entire body seized up during a battle. [[Hi-Q]] came to his rescue, recognizing that the Nucleon was still transforming Grimlock's body. Hi-Q accelerated the process, as the Nucleon granted Grimlock a new, more powerful body, but at the cost of [[Action Master|his ability to transform]].

'''(Note: The following three sections all split off from the end of the Generation 1 comic, but in three different, irreconcilable directions.)'''

====''Another Time and Place'' text story====
====Generation 2====
After the coming of the [[Last Autobot]], much of the Autobot army scattered. Grimlock took command of a small commando team, leading strikes against [[Cybertronian|Decepticon outposts]] across the galaxy. After encountering seventeen conquered worlds, cyberformed into "little Cybertrons", Grimlock realized the problem was greater than he had originally imagined, and contacts Optimus Prime. After comparing notes in an abandoned base, the Autobots were captured by [[Jhiaxus]]. While Optimus begins to despair after learning Jhiaxus' origins, Grimlock refuses to give up, bolstering the Autobot leader's spirits as they lead an escape from [[Twilight|Jhiaxus' flagship]]. {{storylink|War Without End}}

Despite his loyalty to Autobot ways, Grimlock still chafed under Optimus' leadership. Disobeying his orders (which somehow still surprised Optimus), Grimlock led a raiding party against Jhiaxus, seeking to destroy the ''Twilight''. Unfortunately, the Dinobot failed to anticipated Jhiaxus' increased security measures, and the mission cost [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] and [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] their lives. Their deaths forced Grimlock to question his methods and his attitude toward Optimus Prime. He admitted that he envied Prime for the loyalty he inspired in the Autobots, and that this, not the leadership of the Autobots, was what he'd truly desired. Thus, no one was more surprised than Grimlock when Optimus Prime placed the Dinobot in command while he traveled back to Cybertron. {{storylink|Devices and Desires}}

====Fun Publications ''Classics'' comics====
[[Image:Classics_Ultramagnus_Springer_Grimlock_comic.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Grimlock is apparently the only one who isn't a horny teenager.]]

He liked to call [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] "Little Prime". {{Storylink|Games of Deception!}}

BWWWHHHAHAHAHAHAHA

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===Animated continuity===
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Gregg Berger]] (US), [[Takurō Kitagawa]] (Japan)

''(Note: In the animated series, Grimlock was more dimwitted than in most other continuities. As the series progressed, he was portrayed increasingly as a comic relief character.)''

[[Image:Grimlockskywarp.jpg|right|thumb|Mmm. Taste like chicken.]]

Cartoon Grimlock, like all the cartoon Dinobots, has a stereotypical "caveman" type personality and intellect level. They originally decide to help the Autobots, for instance, because "them have face like this on chest..." Pre-movie this lack of intelligence is usually coupled together with their great power to make them dangerous wild cards; Post-movie, however, Grimlock and the Dinobots are generally played as just plain dumb for comic relief.

When mysterious tremors shook the [[Ark|Autobot base]], [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]'s investigation revealed strange objects behind a rock wall. After removing the wall, the Autobots found a cave full of dinosaur bones. The Autobots decided the idea of dinosaurs was interesting and researched the prehistoric beasts. Wheeljack and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] asked Optimus Prime if they could build robot dinosaurs, and Prime agreed this was a good idea. Grimlock, [[Slag (G1)|Slag]], and [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] were built and unveiled to the Autobots, but the Dinobots were dimwitted and violent, and they attacked their makers. Grimlock blasted [[Teletraan I]] with his fire-breath, damaging it. Optimus Prime decreed that the Dinobots ''must be destroyed''. However, Wheeljack convinced him instead to lock them away, and the trio were herded back into the cave and buried alive.

Later, the Decepticons took over a hydroelectric plant, but when the Autobots arrived to stop them, the Autobots were defeated and captured. Wheeljack, Ratchet, and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], left behind at Autobot base to finish repairing Teletraan-I, decided to go against Optimus' orders and release the Dinobots, but not before upgrading their brains to be smarter and more obedient. After the Dinobots are reactivated, Wheeljack asks them to save their friends. Grimlock says he will obey... this time. They successfully attack the Decepticons and free the imprisoned Autobots. Optimus forgives Wheeljack, Ratchet, and Bumblebee for disobeying his orders and welcomes the victorious Dinobots back to the Autobots.

After a meteor surging with unknown energies struck the Earth, Optimus ordered the three Dinobots to guard it. He was so pleased with the Dinobots he asked Ratchet and Wheeljack to build two more. Meanwhile, Megatron was frustrated at the Dinobots' success, and sent [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] to probe them for potential weaknesses. Reading the Dinobots' minds, he discovered that Grimlock was arrogant and believed he would make a better leader than the weak Optimus Prime. Megatron decided to use this to his advantage, and approached them himself. He played to Grimlock's jealousy and agreed with him that the strongest should be leader. The Dinobots declared Optimus Prime their enemy.

[[Image:Grimlockapologize.jpg|left|thumb|After we stop shaking hands, me Grimlock am going to eat him!!!!]]

Realizing the meteorite was due to explode, Optimus left to warn the Dinobots, but they attacked him. Instead of destroying him completely, however, Grimlock carried him to the Decepticons, who had stolen the meteorite during the battle. Megatron was angry that Optimus Prime was not destroyed, and Starscream suggested that despite Grimlock's arrogance, inside he was still compassionate(or as compassionate as Grimlock can get). Grimlock didn't take this well, and blasted Starscream right in the chest. They were interrupted by the two new Dinobots, [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] and [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]], whom Megatron ordered the original three Dinobots to attack. At the climax of the battle, the meteorite exploded, but Optimus Prime pushed Grimlock out of the way, saving him. Grimlock realized the error of his ways and the Dinobots forced the Decepticons into retreat. Grimlock apologized for his jealousy.

The Decepticons joined forces with [[Sub-Atlantica]] and staged a full-scale attack on [[Washington, D.C.]]. The Autobots were overwhelmed, forcing Wheeljack to call for the Dinobots' assistance. Grimlock expressed his frustration at being called whenever the Autobots were in over their heads. With their help, the Autobots were able to overturn the Decepticons' advance and plunge the city of Sub-Atlantica, burning, into the sea. This pattern of the Autobots' dependence on the Dinobots repeated when the artificial intelligence [[TORQ III]] turned machines against mankind. With every piece of help he and his troops gave, Grimlock was never slow to add a scathing remark about the inabilities of the Autobots. That said, he was not unwilling to admit the failings of his own troops, either, and willingly took them to the time-displaced "Dinobot Island," where they trained in the wilderness and helped stop a Decepticon raid on the prehistoric paradise.

[[Image:Grimlock.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Me Grimlock upset name "[[T-Wrecks]]" already taken. <small>(Albeit possilby by me Grimlock.)</small>]]

The final straw for Grimlock came when he and the Dinobots were injured in a Decepticon trap at an airfield. Enraged, Grimlock refused to take orders from Optimus Prime any more, and led the Dinobots away from the Ark. When the Autobots began to suffer from Cybertonium deficiency, Spike Witwicky and his girlfriend Carly attempted to persuade the Dinobots - who continued to function perfectly, as they had been built on Earth without Cybertonium - to steal some of the mineral from a Decepticon shipment coming in from Cybertron. Grimlock instead opted to lead the Dinobots to Cybertron itself, where they were captured by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and put to work in the Cybertonium mines, until Spike and Carly rescued them. Brought back to Earth, the Dinobots agreed to follow Prime's order again - until such time as Grimlock didn't feel like it.

After fleeing [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]'s attack on [[Autobot City]], the Dinobots, along with [[Kup]] and [[Hot Rod]], crashed on [[Quintessa]], and were separated from the two Autobots. During their search, the Dinobots met [[Wheelie]]. Grimlock initially didn't like the rhyming little robot, but eventually grew quite fond of him, letting him ride his back. While saving Hot Rod and Kup from the [[Sharkticon]]s, a [[Quintesson]] judge ordered the Sharkticons to execute the Dinobots. Grimlock stompped his foot on the ground, and ordered the Sharkticons to execute the Quintessons. They complied. Later, Grimlock did one of his greatest life-accomplishment by literally kicking the butt of [[Unicron|a deity]].

[[Image:GrimlockManga.jpg|left|200px|thumb|If he REALLY smart he know how stupid he look.]]

By the Earth year 2005, it seemed apparent that Grimlock had undergone some degree of a personality change, becoming more childish and petulant, rather than brutish and stubborn. Throughout 2006, he regularly participated in missions with his fellow Autobots rather than the other Dinobots, battling on the planets of [[Chaar]], Goo, Dredd and [[Eurhythma]]. He and [[Daniel Witwicky]] were transported to the sorcerous other-dimensional realm of Menonia, where Grimlock was duped into fighting on the side of the tyrannical [[Quintesson]], the Red Wizard, and later, he helped to sniff out the "dinosaur transform static" that implicated [[Trypticon]] in the theft of world monuments. Later in the year, when Decepticon leader [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] had Cybertron infused with function-inverting anti-electrons, a dose of the particles gave Grimlock super-intelligence. During a mission to [[Unicron]]'s disembodied head, where the Autobots were outmatched by the new Decepticon [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]], Grimlock used components of Unicron's head to construct the [[Technobot|Technobots]] to battle them. Combined as Computron, the Technobots felt they could not match the Terrorcons, until Grimlock transferred his super-intelligence into Computron, reverting to his old self and allowing the Technobots to claim victory.

Grimlock's greatest victory came when he and a large number of other Transformers with animal transformations were summoned to a world at the centre of the galaxy by the ex-assistant of the ancient genius, [[Primacron]], creator of Unicron. The assistant had assembled these "Primitive" Transformers in the hope that their simple instincts could defeat Primacron's newest creation, [[Tornedron]], but one by one they fell to him, with Grimlock apparently crushed under [[Trypticon]]. Grimlock survived, however, and followed Tornedron back to Primacron's lab. When Tornedron turned on his master, like his predecessor, Primacron's complicated plans and equations could not find a way to stop him; Grimlock, on the other hand, randomly flicked a switch which reversed Tornedron's energy polarity, undoing the damage he and done and dissipating. Dancing around over his successful saving of the universe, Grimlock decimated Primacron's lab, dubbing it the smartest thing he'd ever done

====Season 5====
Grimlock piloted the shuttle bringing [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] to an important meeting<ref>The meeting was with [[Tommy Kennedy]] and its importance was debatable, but Prime was upset at being late.</ref>, and took a wrong turn, making Prime very late. Prime subsequently took him to have his brain circuits upgraded. <ref>From the 'Season 5' shell sequence retelling of TF:TM, part 4.</ref>

====The Headmasters====

In the year 2011, the Decepticons invaded Cybertron in full force. Grimlock was deployed by [[Wreck-Gar]] to fend off the invaders. He was seen fighting alongside his fellow Dinobots as well as the [[Throttlebot]]s against the invading Decepticons, however, they didn't fare too well against the Decepticon [[Headmaster]]s, as they were all quickly put to sleep by [[Mindwipe]]'s hypnosis attack.

===Transformers PD-Type===
[[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]] recruited Grimlock as backup for a duel with [[Deathsaurus (G1)|Deathsaurus]]. Grimlock became bored watching the two of them fight in the sky, but when Star Saber finally succeeded in knocking Deathsaurus to the ground, Grimlock ate his head while Star Saber looked on, pleased at the outcome of his clever plan.<ref>From the [[Transformer_PD_Type|TF-PD type]] comic [http://www.tfarchive.com/comics/japanese/superdeformed.php?dgallery_show=deformed/SDComicTrans06.jpg Me Strongest! Me Grimlock]</ref>

===''Binaltech''===
After the Dinobots were defeated and deactivated on [[Earth]] by a strange alien virus, Grimlock was rebuilt using [[Binaltech]] technology to save his life. He hates his new Ford Mustang form. No teeth to munch metal, ya see.

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
[[Image:ScrollDinobots.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"Give me Grimlock purse!!!!!!"]]
Grimlock, years ago, before the war, was part of a cage-fighting arena. He and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] fought beside and against each other on numerous occasions. Starscream believed Grimlock was a natural born killer, but Grimlock really just carried alot of rage and anger and needed an outlet.

When the war began, Grimlock sided with the Decepticons. Then, after a while, he switched sides and went to the Autobots. Nobody is quite sure why or what happened.

By the time [[Sentinel Prime]] is killed and a new Prime must be chosen, Grimlock calls a secret meeting: If new Prime isn't up to doing what has to be done, then they'll do it for him - and take the Prime out in the process.

Optimus Prime, having defeated a team of Decepticons by himself, still didn't settle Grimlock's nerves. Prime's decision to evacuate Cybertron did it; Grimlock had enough. He left and went to brood by himself.

Starscream and his Seekers dropped by while Grimlock was alone. Starscream baited Grimlock, telling him he was a Decepticon inside and just was in denial. He gave him a choice: go to Sector Zero-Six and help the Seekers take out the Autobot command post, or warn them about their arrival.

Grimlock, out of spite, instead evacuated the Autobots from the base and planted a bomb, and a message: "Me not like Optimus Prime or Autobots that much...but me like you and yours even less!"

While he was on his way back to Iacon One to help with the defense, Prowl ordered him away, instead telling him to go find Optimus Prime. Grimlock decided that it was a good opportunity to give the new Prime a piece of his mind.

While he and the team went deep in Cybertron's core to find Prime, they found out about Megatron's plan; to win the war, and turn Cybertron into a mobile battlestation with which to conquer the universe. He split up the team - he would go find Optimus Prime, the rest of the team would shut down the transformation system for Cybertron.

To his surprise, Prime abruptly was standing next to him. Prime ordered Grimlock to help him find Megatron. Grimlock's response was clear: if Megatron is the problem, then fix it.

When the crisis was over, Grimlock no longer questioned Optimus Prime. He knew that Prime had figured things out, and though he didn't execute Megatron, he wasn't going to spend his time in the war running away.

Millenia later, on Earth, Megatron captured the other four Dinobots, a fact which he used as leverage to get Grimlock to turn traitor and join the Decepticons after they were reactivated by [[Lazarus]]. It didn't last very long, though, as [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] soon showed up and hauled Megatron off to Cybertron, prompting Grimlock to rejoin the Autobots and then free the other Dinobots.

===The Beast Within===
In a devastating battle with the Decepticons, Grimlock makes the decision to combine with the other Dinobots to form the "[[Beast]]". {{storylink|The Beast Within}}

===Beast Wars animated continuity===
====3H ''Reaching the Omega Point'' comics====
====IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics====
[[Image:Acvra.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Give starring role, Magmatron, or me take it by force.]]

Grimlock was among the [[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'s protoforms when the ship crashed on Earth. When [[Razorbeast]] and [[Optimus Minor]] were attempting to "rescue" [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] from [[Magmatron]], the predacons detected a spark signature that was apparently off the scale, big and mad. Grimlock showed up and acted as the perfect distraction, making ''very'' short work of the Predacons (apparently he was in a very bad mood after waking up and took it out on the preds). Magmatron offered Grimlock the chance to withdraw, and when the incredulous Grimlock refused, the Predacon general attacked. Magmatron narrowly arose as the victor by use of his triple beast modes. Grimlock was knocked out, but later helped to construct the [[Maximal]]'s new base. {{Storylink|The Gathering, Part 4}}

Later, when [[Prowl (Transmetal)|Prowl]] remarked they had work to do on Earth, with [[Ravage]]'s Predacon militia still a threat, [[Wolfang]] reminded him that they had Grimlock on their side. {{Storylink|The Ascending, Part 1}}

===IDW comics continuity===
Grimlock, and the rest of the D'''y'''nobots were a close-knit group of hunters, suffering from neither low intelligence nor Grimlock's traditional speech impairment.

After [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] destroyed a cache of Energon the Dynobots had been hoarding, causing them severe Energon burns and causing them to feel humiliated, they swore revenge. And so, against orders from Optimus Prime, they followed Shockwave when he left Cybertron to stabilize "Ultra-Energon" deposits he had sent to other worlds as a precaution against the depletion of Cybertron's own Energon reserves.

When Shockwave reached his first destination - Earth, at the end of the last Ice Age - the Dynobots destroyed his ship and took on dinosaur alternate modes with synthetic flesh coatings to protect against the high levels of Energon radiation (see also [[Beast Wars]]), Grimlock having rejected the suggestion of a mammoth alternate mode as not at all palatable (but got plenty excited at the notion of a Tyrannosaurus mode).

On transporting down to the planet's surface to confront Shockwave, they gained an initial advantage, as Shockwave's logic was unable to comprehend the effort and risks they had taken for their revenge. However, when Shockwave recognized this weakness shut down his logic processors and operated a "rage" program to enable him to operate on pure instinct, he shrugged off their attacks and beat them severely, ending by burning off their organic coatings. Unable to accept another defeat, Grimlock transformed to robot mode and fought against his imminent [[stasis lock]] to no avail.

However, before leaving the Dynobots' ship, he had enabled a "dead man's switch", designed to take Shockwave with them if they were defeated. On entering stasis lock, this failsafe activated, firing on a nearby dormant volcano, causing an eruption which buried Shockwave and the Dynobots under ash and lava.

However, in 2006, Shockwave was discovered by a team of human archelogists. Whether he, Grimlock or the rest of the Dynobots can/will be reactivated remains to be seen.

===Universe===

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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
* '''Grimlock''' (Dinobot, 1985/1986/1991/1992)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-26'''

[[Image:Grimlockg185toy.jpg|right|thumb|150px|And the debate goes on...... "Me Grimlock am greatest warrior!" ::: "No! Me Grimlock am greatest warrior!"]]

: Grimlock's toy was originally part of [[Takara]]'s ''[[Diaclone]]'' [[Dinosaur Robo]] series. When [[Hasbro]] imported the toy in 1985 for the ''Transformers'' line, the blue crotch was changed to red and the Diaclone driver mini-figure was dropped.

:The original Grimlock changes from a robot into a robotic T-Rex and comes with a red sword, a black double-barreled rifle, and a rocket launcher with three silver rockets.

: Grimlock was later reissued in the European/Australian-exclusive "[[Classics (Euro)|Classics]]" series. In Japan, he and the other four Dinobots were offered as mail-away items during [[Operation Combination]]; Grimlock cost 2300 yen (his original retail price) and 2 [[robot points]].

* '''Grimlock''' ([[Classic Pretender]], 1989)
[[Image:Pretender_Grimlock_toy.jpg|left|thumb|130px|Hey, Freakazoid, wanna go build a racing car?]]

: A simplified and slightly-modified version of Grimlock, he transforms into a robotic T-Rex whose tail becomes a handgun. He came with a large human [[Pretender]] shell with a rather knight-like armor theme, with a helmet and large cannon.

: His human shell looks a lot like [[Wikipedia:Ed Asner|Ed Asner]].

* '''Grimlock''' ([[Legends (G1)|Legends]], 1989)
[[Image:GrimlockLegends_toy.jpg|right|thumb|130px|Cut it out.]]

: A K-Mart [[exclusive]] in its Hasbro release, this version of Grimlock is simply the inner robot of his Classic Pretender form without the shell or its accessories, leaving him only his tail/gun. In Japan, he was only available in a boxed "Hero Set" with the other three Legends toys, but with a silver face rather than the Hasbro version's orange.

* '''Grimlock''' (Action Master, 1990)

: Part of the initial assortment of non-transforming [[Action Master]] figures, Grimlock's design combines his cartoon model with extra toy-based detailing. He came with the [[Anti-tank cannon]] "partner" machine which Grimlock could ride, or be unfolded to form a really ''big'' "long range mortar launcher."

===Generation 2===
* '''Grimlock''' (Dinobot, 1992)

: Grimlock's original toy was [[redeco]]ed for release in ''Generation 2'', this time lacking the missile launcher accessory. He was available in three different colors; the first --and rarest-- in his original silver (the easiest way to spot if this is a G2 or original is by the "Autobot" tampograph on his leg), then in a medium turquoise-blue, and finally (and most commonly) in a dark blue.

:''('''Note''': Grimlock outranked Optimus Prime in the G2 toyline! (Prime had a rank of 9.)''

===Beast Wars===
* '''Grimlock''' (Deluxe, 1997)

[[Image:BeastWarsgrimlock_toy.jpg|right|thumb|150px|[[Ben Yee]] think me Grimlock look like dalmatian... :(]]

: Beast Wars Grimlock is a [[redeco]] of [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] in gray and gold with black spots, transforming into a "raptor" of some variety. His tail becomes a sword and a rotate-blade. He was slightly [[retool]]ed to have space for an "energon chip" [[rubsign]]. Unfortunately, Grimlock suffers from [[Gold Plastic Syndrome]].

: This mold is also used by [[Dinobots (toyline)|Dinobots]] [[Grimlock (Dinobots)|Grimlock]], and was retooled to make [[Dinotron (BM)|Dinotron]], [[Hardhead (BW)|Hardhead]] and [[Thrustor (BW)|Thrustor]].

===Beast Machines===
:[[T-Wrecks]] may have been intended to be a new form for Grimlock, based on the references in his tech spec bio to his ''Beast Wars'' "Attack Specialist" function and other hints. However, T-Wrecks' appearances in the ''Universe: The Wreckers'' comics suggests he is a new, unrelated character.

===Alternators===
* '''Grimlock''' (2005)
:''Alternator ID number:'' '''9'''
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''BT-10'''
[[Image:AlternatorsGrimlock_toy.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Me Grimlock no longer munch metal, so me Grimlock burn rubber.]]

: ''[[Alternators]]'' Grimlock transforms into a silver 1:24 scale Ford Mustang with opening doors, hood, and trunk. His engine transforms into a double-barreled gun, and he also carries an orange sword which can attach to the underside of his vehicle mode. The toy is one of the most-complained-about Alternators toys, due to its notoriously finicky transformation (with many small steps that must be performed in exactly the right order) and to several pieces which have a tendency to pop off with relatively small amounts of force.

:This mold was remolded into ''Alternators'' [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]].

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===Universe===
:The [[Grimlock (Energon)|Grimlock]] toy released in ''[[Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' was originally created by Hasbro for release as a special new-mold addition for the ''Universe'' toyline and was intended to represent ''Generation 1'' Grimlock. However, it wasn't and it didn't.

===Classics===
*'''Grimlock''' (Deluxe, 2006)
[[Image:Grimlockclassicstoy.jpg|left|thumb|100px|Me Grimlock just come from Jurassic Park 4 audition.]]

: ''Classics'' Grimlock, a gray and gold ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', is a reimagined form of his original toy. His dinosaur mode's sculpt is based heavily upon [[TakaraTomy]]'s Zoids Genosaurer toy, although for Grimlock the Zoids Tyrannosaurus toy Berserk Führer might have been more apropos. It features articulated jaws, some neck and arm movement, posable legs, a segmented, articulated tail, and is notably designed to run rather than drag (theories on the T-Rex having changed from "caveman adversary" to "Carl Lewis in Lizard Skin" since the G1 incarnation).

:In robot mode, his tail detaches to become a sword/whip, similar to his Pretender Classic toy. His bayonet blaster can be deployed in either mode, and fires a clear red projectile. Both weapons can be stored on his back when not used. As with most ''Classics'' toys, Grimlock features a heat-sensitive [[rubsign]], placed on the left side of the tyrannosaurus torso/his left leg.

:A common complaint about the figure is the size of the peg being too small in relation to the peg-hole, making it impossible to lock the arms into place. In addition, the bayonet blaster has a hair-trigger.

:An unpainted ''Classics'' Grimlock was used at the [[BotCon 2007]] customization classes to create ''[[Timelines]]'' [[Overkill]].

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===Titanium Series===
*'''Grimlock''' (3" Robot Masters, 2006)
[[Image:Titanium_RM_Grimlock.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Me Grimlock say, boogie down!!]]

: ''Titanium'' Grimlock is a non-transforming, three inch die-cast metal figurine based on his toy and comic/cartoon model. He has very limited articulation, in his neck, waist and shoulders. Grimlock is posed squatting and/or dancing.

*'''Grimlock''' (6" Cybertron Heroes, 200?)

===Attacktix===
*'''Grimlock''' (Booster, 2007)
[[Image:Attacktix_Grimlock.jpg|left|thumb|150px|me grimlock...stuck.]]

: '''Attacktix''' Grimlock is depicted in his ''Tyrannosarus'' mode, and has a sculpt based heavily upon his original G1 toy. Pressing down on his back will cause his head to extend and presumably hit whatever he's facing.

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===Robot Heroes===
*'''Grimlock Vs Shockwave''' (Two Pack, 2007)
[[Image:Robot_Hero_Grimlock.jpg|right|thumb|120px|Me Grimlock no cutie, me king!]]

Packed with [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] Grimlock is a detailed two-inch tall figurine with exaggerated, cartoony proportions. He is sculpted holding his sword in his left hand. He brings cuddly wuddly death

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==Trivia==
* Grimlock is generally regarded as Simon Furman's signature character
* Grimlock's beast mode in The Gathering does not actually match any dromeasaur on record, seeming to combine elements of both the dromeasaur body type with that of a carnosaur or tyrannosaurid.
* Simon Furman announced on the IDW forums that Grimlock will be receiving a Spotlight in 2008.

==Footnotes==
<references/>

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Autobot/Grimlock/grimlock.htm Grimlock at TFU.info]

*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Grimlock Grimlock's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

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Gears (G1)

2007-08-20T18:59:18Z

68.230.139.8: /* Marvel Comics continuity */

{{disambig2|the Generation 1 Autobot Gears|the seasoning, grated gears|Grated gears}}

:''Gears is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Gearsg1.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Gears, ironically, hates [[Neon|bright colors]].]]

'''Gears''' hates [[Earth]], a lush, green planet practically as unlike his cozy, gray, metallic [[Cybertron (planet)|homeworld]] as possible. He grumbles and complains about being shipwrecked on it -- complains and grumbles to a ridiculous extent, until he becomes a source of amusement, rather than negativity. This is usually his intent -- unlike his fellow [[Mini Vehicle]] [[Huffer]], Gears has a desire to help his fellow Autobots see good in a bad situation. Still, he does get depressed from time to time.

Gears is strong and tough, not so much in lifting but in endurance, and carrying heavy loads with little effort, be they energon cubes, disabled Autobots, or potatoes for the farmers' market. He is fitted with infrared vision sensors.

In robot mode, Gears can release controlled bursts of compressed air from his feet, launching himself to altitudes over 100,000 feet, and floating back down. In doing so, he must be careful not to lose air pressure before coming close enough to the ground for a safe landing.

:''South American name:'' '''Pick-Up'''<br>
:''French-Candian name:'' '''Rollo'''
:''Italian name:'' '''Mulo'''

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
[[Image:Spider-man.jpg|left|thumb|Spider-Man's amazing friend.]]
Shortly after arriving on Earth, Gears teamed up with [[Spider-Man]], using his ability to launch himself upward using compressed air and fly alongside the superhero in an attempt to reach the mountaintop Decepticon fortress. When Gears ran low on power, he began to fall before Spidey caught him in webbing. Although Spider-Man's webbing is extremely strong, the Autobot's weight threatened to break it, and Spider-Man completed Gears' ascent using the webbing for assistance. After a fight with the Decepticons, Megatron caused Gears (and human [[Sparkplug Witwicky]]) to fall through a hole in the fortress. Although Spidey was able to rescue Sparkplug, and attempted to catch Gears as he had done before, the added momentum of the fall proved too much strain on the webbing, and Gears crashed to the ground. Gears was quickly patched up enough to tell the Autobots that Megatron had gotten what he wanted (a fuel conversion process) from Sparkplug. His complete restoration was seemingly interrupted when, following recriminations, Ratchet needed to drive Sparkplug to the hospital to treat his sudden heart attack.

Eventually he got better...only to be off-lined more permanent-like by Underbase-empowered Starscream.

===Animated continuity===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Don Messick]] (US), [[Toshirō Ishii]] (Japan)

Gears was one of the original crew of Autobots on the [[Ark]] spaceship when it crash-landed on Earth millions of years ago. When he awoke in 1984, he was reformatted by [[Teletraan-1]] so that is alt-mode was an Earth-based pickup truck. Not a combatant, he didn't participate in too many of the Autobots most famous battles against the Decepticons, but he did his part despite his complaints. Gears' infrared sensors were useful in capturing [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] when the Decepticon was caught trespassing at the Autobot headquarters.

[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] stole a chip from Gears to complete his [[Solar Needle]], a weapon that will pierce the sun itself. The removal of the chip altered Gears' personality from cranky to jovial. Nobody wanted to fix him, but, sadly, if they didn't the Solar Needle would destroy the sun. Tough choices.

===Dreamwave Comics continuity===

Gears did not feature in the first volume of Dreamwave's Generation 1 series, though it is assumed he was present during the Ark II disaster and the events that followed it, as he is featured in the second volume "War and Peace" alongside other members of Optimus Prime's earthbound Autobots. Presumably, then, he was one of the Autobots too severely damaged by the Decepticons to be immediately reactivated in the first volume.

===Coloring books===
In ''The Autobot Smasher'', Gears is hauling a load of potatoes with plans to sell them for oil and gas money. He is tricked by the Decepticons into taking a detour, which leads him to their "Autobot Rest Stop" - a car crusher disguised with pillows and a set of curtains. Gears rolls into the Rest Stop and is enjoying himself when [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] activates the machine, crushing Gears flat.

Gears is later restored by [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] to no ill effect.

''(Note: This coloring book was illustrated by [[Steve Ditko]], co-creator of none other than... the amazing [[Spider-Man]]! Coincidence? Probably.)''

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
* '''Gears''' (Mini-Vehicle, 1984/1985/2004)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''85'''

: Part of the first assortment of Autobot [[Mini Vehicle]]s, Gears transforms into a blue and red "penny racer"-proportioned pickup truck of indeterminable model. The toy was originally from [[Takara]]'s ''[[Microchange]]'' line in the same coloration. He was not made available as part of Japan's normal retail ''Transformers'' line until the 2004 reissue box set of "Minibots", also containing [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], [[Cosmos]], [[Huffer]], [[Powerglide]] and [[Warpath]].

: There were a few variations of Gears south of the border, where he was known as "Pick-Up". Initial releases had the same plastic colors but gave him a different robot-mode sticker, while later toys had the plastic colors changed to make him a red truck with orange robot parts. In some European markets, a maroon and white version was released, possibly to bring the character of [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] over without the use of a new mold.

: This mold was used to make the [[Malignus]] [[Pick-Up]], the Autobot [[Small Foot]] and was [[retool]]ed to make Swerve.

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/1984/Autobot/Gears/gears.htm Gears at TFU.info]

* [http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Gears Gears' Universe entry at NTFA.net]

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Octopunch (G1)

2007-08-20T18:51:44Z

68.230.139.8: /* Generation 2 */

:''Octopunch is a [[Decepticon]] [[Pretender]] from the [[Generation 1]] continuity family''

[[image:Octopunch.jpg|thumb|right|250px|I shot [[Primus|God]], right in the FACE!]]

Not a single dabloon of sunken treasure is safe from '''Octopunch's''' slimy tentacles. A greedy scavenger, Octopunch spends most of his free time dredging the murky ocean depths for the riches that lay hidden there in. What he does with these riches after he secures them is none of your business. Unlike other robots with [[Scavenger (G1)|similar]] [[Nautilator (G1)|functions]], Octopunch is also...well, competent. He is a fearsome warrior above or beneath the waves, and it not afraid of [[Primal Scream|a little heresy]] to get the job done.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
Octopunch was part of the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]] (alongside [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and [[Stranglehold]], sent by [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] to assassinate the [[Autobot]] Pretenders; [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] and [[Jazz]].

After failing spectacularly, Octopunch and the rest of the 'Squad followed the Autobots into the core of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Surprisingly, Cybertron's core contained none-other then [[Primus]] himself!

After failing again to kill the Autobots, Octopunch made a final attempt to fire at Grimlock, which ended up ricocheting off his armor-plating and striking Primus. Upon being shot, Primus awoke and unleashed a [[Primus#War_of_the_balance|Primal Scream]] that drew [[Unicron]] to the Transformers' homeworld. {{storylink|Primal Scream}}

Thanks a LOT, Octopunch.

Octopunch and the other Mayhems ended up on Earth, and joined forces with [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. They worked for him into the war against Unicron was successfully won, and Scorponok killed. At this point, Octopunch's comrade Bludgeon assumed command of the Decepticons, and arranged to leave the Autobots stranded on the dying planet of Cybertron while he and the Decepticons began conquering anew. They basically levelled the planet [[Klo]] before the Autobots managed to catch a ride and track them down. Wiping out nearly all the Autobots in the battle that followed, Octopunch led a squad consisting of [[Quake]], [[Fangry]] and [[Weirdwolf]] to pick off the stragglers. Grimlock and his surviving warriors fought back though and, with the arrival of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and the [[Last Autobot]], the fight turned against the Decepticons, and Bludgeon and his crew were forced to slink away. {{storylink|End of the Road!}}

====Generation 2====

Octopunch participated in Bludgeon's assault on Earth, but after the Decepticons fell under [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s command again, Octopunch was apparently killed while battling the Generation 2 Cybertronian Army.

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Octopunch''' (Pretender, 1989)

Octopunch's inner robot transforms into a crab, with the help of two sets of legs that attach to his sides. His Pretender shell is a cross between a deep sea diver and a Japanese delicacy. It has four additional octopus-like tentacles extending from his shoulders, and a detachable helmet. Unfortunately, Octopunch does NOT come with the wicked trident he uses in the comics. Pity.

==Trivia==
* It was bad enough when in the [[Marvel Comics]] it was Octopunch's ricocheted shot that alerted [[Unicron]] to [[Primus]]'s location, resulting in countless deaths and the persisting threat of the Planet Eater. It was later [[retcon]]ned that Octopunch's ricocheted shot not only doomed his own universe to Unicron, but every single Transformers universe in the entire multiverse as well. Better hope there's no [[wikipedia:karma|karma]] in ''Transformers'', or he's got some serious comeuppance due. {{storylink|Vector Prime: In the Beginning}}

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1989/Decepticon/Octopunch/octopunch.htm Octopunch at TFU.info]

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Grimlock (G1)

2007-08-20T18:41:08Z

68.230.139.8: /* Dreamwave comics continuity */

{{disambig3|Grimlock}}

:''Grimlock is an [[Autobot]] in [[Generation 1]] and a [[Maximal]] in the [[Beast Wars]] portion of the Generation 1 [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Grimlockg1.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Me Grimlock draw self-portrait.]]

''"'''Grimlock''' hate [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. Grimlock believe leader should show strength by attacking quickly and mercilessly! Prime often reconsider or hesitate, in fear of possible casualties, both Transformer and [[ human|squishy]] -- Grimlock say that cowardice! If Grimlock were in charge, war would have been over long ago."''

Some Autobots wonder why Grimlock is even on their side. His disposition is much more suited towards the [[Decepticons]]. After all, he values power and strength over wisdom and compassion, and furthermore, he doesn't get along with any of the Autobots. It's been hypothesized that Grimlock just hates [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] more than he hates Optimus. (Which means he must hate him A LOT.)

Grimlock is the leader of the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s, a small but very close team of misfits. It's been said that anyone who enters a battle with the Dinobots usually leaves it feet-first.

{{quote|Me Grimlock no bozo, me king.|Grimlock}}

:''('''Note''': Grimlock's intelligence-level differed greatly between the comic and cartoon, leading to vastly different portrayals. See the entries below for details.)''

:''French-Canadian name'': '''La Menace'''<br>
:''Italian name'': '''Tiran'''<br>
:''Preliminary name'': '''Tyrex'''
:''Hungarian name'': '''Mogorva'''

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
:''('''Note''': The comic Dinobots had average, functional intellects. Grimlock affected a caveman-esque speech pattern to mask his intelligence<ref>Grimlock possesses a brilliant mind but considers intellectuals weak. He chooses to talk dumb rather than be thought of as weak. ''Marvel UK #200 'Secrets of the Transformers' booklet.''</ref>, leaving his fellow the Autobots to think he has a glitch in his speech processor. The other Dinobots speak normally. )

:''Events from UK-only stories are italicized.''

While the Autobots remained dormant inside [[Mount St. Hilary]], the [[Ark]] detected Cybertronian life. Dispatching a probe, the Ark learned that [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] had come to Earth and was wandering the [[Savage Land]]. The Ark used data gathered from the Savage Land to convert five of the dormant Autobots into the Dinobots. They traveled to fight Shockwave, but all combatants became trapped in a tar pit. {{storylink|The Last Stand}}

Grimlock was a powerful and arrogant warrior who believed he knew best. He ascended to the post of overall Autobot leader on several occasions, growing in the process and eventually, despite their original conflict, becoming Optimus's hand-picked lieutenant and likely successor. Early on, [[Blaster]] was a major thorn in his side, deserting his command. Later, he tended to fight with the straight-laced, logical [[Prowl]].

One of the many casualties in an [[Underbase]]-powered [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream's]] rampage, Grimlock was brought back on-line by [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], using [[Pretender]] technology stolen from Megatron. {{storylink|All the Familiar Faces!}} While Grimlock, along with [[Jazz]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], handily defeated Megatron's minions, he was unable to save Ratchet when Megatron's base exploded. {{storylink|Skin Deep}}

Afterward, Grimlock, Jazz and Bumblebee briefly joined the Autobot resistance movement on Cybertron before attempting to return to Earth via [[Trans-Time Dimensional Portal|trans-time dimensional portal]]. However, [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]], seeking to crush the resistance's momentum, sent ''the latest incarnation of'' the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]] to destroy the three Autobot Pretenders. Infiltrating [[Autobase]], the three Decepticons sabotaged the portal, teleporting all six Transformers (and the [[Micromaster]] [[Rescue Patrol]]) deep into the heart of Cybertron, where the Autobots discovered the resting place of their god, [[Primus]]. {{storylink|Yesterday's Heroes!}}

Grimlock at first thought it was all a Decepticon trick, and was [[Atechnogenesis|skeptical]] that the Transformers even had a god. When the [[Keeper]] appeared, Grimlock demanded the ancient Transformer "prove it" by telling them the story of the Transformers' origin. The Keeper's story (complete with holographic slide-show) was suitably convincing, but unfortunately gave the Mayhem Attack Squad time to sneak up on the Autobots, and another battle ensued. The outnumbered Decepticons were no match for Grimlock and company, but [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon's]] last-ditch shot ricocheted off the Dinobot's back, waking Primus. A few seconds too late, the Autobots in Autobase repaired the portal, sending the lost Transformers to Earth. Grimlock immediately demanded they find the Earth-based Autobots to warn them of [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|Primal Scream}}

After rejoining Optimus Prime's forces, Grimlock, Jazz and Bumblebee formed a team in the search for the lost [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]]. Traveling to [[VsQs]], where Optimus Prime's funeral barge had crashed, the three began to search an abandoned science station for any clue as to the Matrix's whereabouts. While Bumblebee searched the computer logs, Grimlock went looking for the science team - only to discover they had all been killed. Before the Autobots could formulate a plan, Thunderwing attacked. Grimlock's first reaction was to attack, but all three could not defeat the Decepticon leader. Instead, they were "saved" by the [[Matrix Spawn]], which became Thunderwing's new target. The three Autobots searched the wrecked station independently and recovered the Matrix. Low on [[Energon]], the three attempted to return to their shuttle, but the moon's heavy gravity slowed them down, allowing Thunderwing to overtake them, defeating the three weakened Autobots and claiming the Matrix for his own. {{storylink|Dark Creation}}

After Thunderwing's defeat, the Autobots sent a shuttle to VsQs to rescue Grimlock and the others, who were low on Energon and on the verge of [[stasis lock]]. Grimlock was none to grateful for his rescue, instead berating himself for failing to destroy Thunderwing and guilty that he was alive while the other Dinobots were still deactivated. However, without Ratchet or the Matrix, the Autobots knew of no way to bring back their fallen. Grimlock sought Optimus' permission to travel to [[Hydrus 4]] and investigate the rumors of the substance [[Nucleon]]. When Optimus refused, Grimlock stole a shuttle and the bodies of the Dinobots and went anyway, which everyone really should have seen coming. {{storylink|Eye of the Storm!}}

Once on Hydrus 4, Grimlock sought out the medi-center on the island of Farooth, where the well of Nucleon was kept. Along the way, he encountered the substance's three guardians, zombie-like mechanoids who attempted to bar visitors from tapping the Nucleon. Two engaged him in combat, but Grimlock dispatched them easily. Unlike destroying Decepticons, he could take no pleasure in his victories, which seemed pointless. He began to question his motives - was he really trying to save the Dinobots, or just prove himself a better leader than Prime? By the time he reached the island of Farooth, Grimlock simply wanted the grim business done with.

At the well, Grimlock encountered the final guardian. The Hydrusian didn't want to fight, but instead warned him that Nucleon always came with unexpected side effects. To quell the doubts that had plagued him since his arrival, Grimlock decided to test the Nucleon on himself, plunging a hand into the well. Feeling a surge of power and no immediate side effects, Grimlock decided it had to be safe, and went to work reviving the other Dinobots, ignoring the Hydrusian's parting words, "Time will tell". {{storylink|The Price of Life!}}

With the Dinobots revived, Grimlock loaded up as much Nucleon as he could and returned to the Ark. {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}} The Dinobots found it empty (as Primus had teleported the Earth-bound Transformers back to Cybertron). Electing not to waste time looking for the others, Grimlock ordered [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] to set course for Cybertron while [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] and [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] pumped the Nucleon into the Ark's life-support pods. The Dinobots were unaware that the life-support pods also held Megatron, as Grimlock departed before Ratchet's rescue. {{storylink|The Void!}}

Grimlock was the first Transformer to begin feeling the Nucleon's effect. Before he even left Hydrus 4, he began suffering erratic joint locks. He tried to hide the symptoms as long as he could, but after Unicron's defeat they began to worsen, until his entire body seized up during a battle. [[Hi-Q]] came to his rescue, recognizing that the Nucleon was still transforming Grimlock's body. Hi-Q accelerated the process, as the Nucleon granted Grimlock a new, more powerful body, but at the cost of [[Action Master|his ability to transform]].

'''(Note: The following three sections all split off from the end of the Generation 1 comic, but in three different, irreconcilable directions.)'''

====''Another Time and Place'' text story====
====Generation 2====
After the coming of the [[Last Autobot]], much of the Autobot army scattered. Grimlock took command of a small commando team, leading strikes against [[Cybertronian|Decepticon outposts]] across the galaxy. After encountering seventeen conquered worlds, cyberformed into "little Cybertrons", Grimlock realized the problem was greater than he had originally imagined, and contacts Optimus Prime. After comparing notes in an abandoned base, the Autobots were captured by [[Jhiaxus]]. While Optimus begins to despair after learning Jhiaxus' origins, Grimlock refuses to give up, bolstering the Autobot leader's spirits as they lead an escape from [[Twilight|Jhiaxus' flagship]]. {{storylink|War Without End}}

Despite his loyalty to Autobot ways, Grimlock still chafed under Optimus' leadership. Disobeying his orders (which somehow still surprised Optimus), Grimlock led a raiding party against Jhiaxus, seeking to destroy the ''Twilight''. Unfortunately, the Dinobot failed to anticipated Jhiaxus' increased security measures, and the mission cost [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] and [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] their lives. Their deaths forced Grimlock to question his methods and his attitude toward Optimus Prime. He admitted that he envied Prime for the loyalty he inspired in the Autobots, and that this, not the leadership of the Autobots, was what he'd truly desired. Thus, no one was more surprised than Grimlock when Optimus Prime placed the Dinobot in command while he traveled back to Cybertron. {{storylink|Devices and Desires}}

====Fun Publications ''Classics'' comics====
[[Image:Grimlock-classic.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Grimlock is apparently the only one who isn't a horny teenager.]]

He liked to call Ultra Magnus "Little Prime".

BWWWHHHAHAHAHAHAHA

===Animated continuity===
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Gregg Berger]] (US), [[Takurō Kitagawa]] (Japan)

''(Note: In the animated series, Grimlock was more dimwitted than in most other continuities. As the series progressed, he was portrayed increasingly as a comic relief character.)''

[[Image:Grimlockskywarp.jpg|right|thumb|Mmm. Taste like chicken.]]

Cartoon Grimlock, like all the cartoon Dinobots, has a stereotypical "caveman" type personality and intellect level. They originally decide to help the Autobots, for instance, because "them have face like this on chest..." Pre-movie this lack of intelligence is usually coupled together with their great power to make them dangerous wild cards; Post-movie, however, Grimlock and the Dinobots are generally played as just plain dumb for comic relief.

When mysterious tremors shook the [[Ark|Autobot base]], [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]'s investigation revealed strange objects behind a rock wall. After removing the wall, the Autobots found a cave full of dinosaur bones. The Autobots decided the idea of dinosaurs was interesting and researched the prehistoric beasts. Wheeljack and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] asked Optimus Prime if they could build robot dinosaurs, and Prime agreed this was a good idea. Grimlock, [[Slag (G1)|Slag]], and [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] were built and unveiled to the Autobots, but the Dinobots were dimwitted and violent, and they attacked their makers. Grimlock blasted [[Teletraan I]] with his fire-breath, damaging it. Optimus Prime decreed that the Dinobots ''must be destroyed''. However, Wheeljack convinced him instead to lock them away, and the trio were herded back into the cave and buried alive.

Later, the Decepticons took over a hydroelectric plant, but when the Autobots arrived to stop them, the Autobots were defeated and captured. Wheeljack, Ratchet, and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], left behind at Autobot base to finish repairing Teletraan-I, decided to go against Optimus' orders and release the Dinobots, but not before upgrading their brains to be smarter and more obedient. After the Dinobots are reactivated, Wheeljack asks them to save their friends. Grimlock says he will obey... this time. They successfully attack the Decepticons and free the imprisoned Autobots. Optimus forgives Wheeljack, Ratchet, and Bumblebee for disobeying his orders and welcomes the victorious Dinobots back to the Autobots.

After a meteor surging with unknown energies struck the Earth, Optimus ordered the three Dinobots to guard it. He was so pleased with the Dinobots he asked Ratchet and Wheeljack to build two more. Meanwhile, Megatron was frustrated at the Dinobots' success, and sent [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] to probe them for potential weaknesses. Reading the Dinobots' minds, he discovered that Grimlock was arrogant and believed he would make a better leader than the weak Optimus Prime. Megatron decided to use this to his advantage, and approached them himself. He played to Grimlock's jealousy and agreed with him that the strongest should be leader. The Dinobots declared Optimus Prime their enemy.

[[Image:Grimlockapologize.jpg|left|thumb|After we stop shaking hands, me Grimlock am going to eat him!!!!]]

Realizing the meteorite was due to explode, Optimus left to warn the Dinobots, but they attacked him. Instead of destroying him completely, however, Grimlock carried him to the Decepticons, who had stolen the meteorite during the battle. Megatron was angry that Optimus Prime was not destroyed, and Starscream suggested that despite Grimlock's arrogance, inside he was still compassionate(or as compassionate as Grimlock can get). Grimlock didn't take this well, and blasted Starscream right in the chest. They were interrupted by the two new Dinobots, [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] and [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]], whom Megatron ordered the original three Dinobots to attack. At the climax of the battle, the meteorite exploded, but Optimus Prime pushed Grimlock out of the way, saving him. Grimlock realized the error of his ways and the Dinobots forced the Decepticons into retreat. Grimlock apologized for his jealousy.

The Decepticons joined forces with [[Sub-Atlantica]] and staged a full-scale attack on [[Washington, D.C.]]. The Autobots were overwhelmed, forcing Wheeljack to call for the Dinobots' assistance. Grimlock expressed his frustration at being called whenever the Autobots were in over their heads. With their help, the Autobots were able to overturn the Decepticons' advance and plunge the city of Sub-Atlantica, burning, into the sea. This pattern of the Autobots' dependence on the Dinobots repeated when the artificial intelligence [[TORQ III]] turned machines against mankind. With every piece of help he and his troops gave, Grimlock was never slow to add a scathing remark about the inabilities of the Autobots. That said, he was not unwilling to admit the failings of his own troops, either, and willingly took them to the time-displaced "Dinobot Island," where they trained in the wilderness and helped stop a Decepticon raid on the prehistoric paradise.

[[Image:Grimlock.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Me Grimlock upset name "[[T-Wrecks]]" already taken. <small>(Albeit possilby by me Grimlock.)</small>]]

The final straw for Grimlock came when he and the Dinobots were injured in a Decepticon trap at an airfield. Enraged, Grimlock refused to take orders from Optimus Prime any more, and led the Dinobots away from the Ark. When the Autobots began to suffer from Cybertonium deficiency, Spike Witwicky and his girlfriend Carly attempted to persuade the Dinobots - who continued to function perfectly, as they had been built on Earth without Cybertonium - to steal some of the mineral from a Decepticon shipment coming in from Cybertron. Grimlock instead opted to lead the Dinobots to Cybertron itself, where they were captured by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and put to work in the Cybertonium mines, until Spike and Carly rescued them. Brought back to Earth, the Dinobots agreed to follow Prime's order again - until such time as Grimlock didn't feel like it.

After fleeing [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]'s attack on [[Autobot City]], the Dinobots, along with [[Kup]] and [[Hot Rod]], crashed on [[Quintessa]], and were separated from the two Autobots. During their search, the Dinobots met [[Wheelie]]. Grimlock initially didn't like the rhyming little robot, but eventually grew quite fond of him, letting him ride his back. While saving Hot Rod and Kup from the [[Sharkticon]]s, a [[Quintesson]] judge ordered the Sharkticons to execute the Dinobots. Grimlock stompped his foot on the ground, and ordered the Sharkticons to execute the Quintessons. They complied. Later, Grimlock was to be able to literally kick the butt of [[Unicron|a deity]].

[[Image:GrimlockManga.jpg|left|200px|thumb|If he REALLY smart he know how stupid he look.]]

By the Earth year 2005, it seemed apparent that Grimlock had undergone some degree of a personality change, becoming more childish and petulant, rather than brutish and stubborn. Throughout 2006, he regularly participated in missions with his fellow Autobots rather than the other Dinobots, battling on the planets of [[Chaar]], Goo, Dredd and [[Eurhythma]]. He and [[Daniel Witwicky]] were transported to the sorcerous other-dimensional realm of Menonia, where Grimlock was duped into fighting on the side of the tyrannical [[Quintesson]], the Red Wizard, and later, he helped to sniff out the "dinosaur transform static" that implicated [[Trypticon]] in the theft of world monuments. Later in the year, when Decepticon leader [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] had Cybertron infused with function-inverting anti-electrons, a dose of the particles gave Grimlock super-intelligence. During a mission to [[Unicron]]'s disembodied head, where the Autobots were outmatched by the new Decepticon [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]], Grimlock used components of Unicron's head to construct the [[Technobot|Technobots]] to battle them. Combined as Computron, the Technobots felt they could not match the Terrorcons, until Grimlock transferred his super-intelligence into Computron, reverting to his old self and allowing the Technobots to claim victory.

Grimlock's greatest victory came when he and a large number of other Transformers with animal transformations were summoned to a world at the centre of the galaxy by the ex-assistant of the ancient genius, [[Primacron]], creator of Unicron. The assistant had assembled these "Primitive" Transformers in the hope that their simple instincts could defeat Primacron's newest creation, [[Tornedron]], but one by one they fell to him, with Grimlock apparently crushed under [[Trypticon]]. Grimlock survived, however, and followed Tornedron back to Primacron's lab. When Tornedron turned on his master, like his predecessor, Primacron's complicated plans and equations could not find a way to stop him; Grimlock, on the other hand, randomly flicked a switch which reversed Tornedron's energy polarity, undoing the damage he and done and dissipating. Dancing around over his successful saving of the universe, Grimlock decimated Primacron's lab, dubbing it the smartest thing he'd ever done

====Season 5====
Grimlock piloted the shuttle bringing [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] to an important meeting<ref>The meeting was with [[Tommy Kennedy]] and its importance was debatable, but Prime was upset at being late.</ref>, and took a wrong turn, making Prime very late. Prime subsequently took him to have his brain circuits upgraded. <ref>From the 'Season 5' shell sequence retelling of TF:TM, part 4.</ref>

====The Headmasters====

In the year 2011, the Decepticons invaded Cybertron in full force. Grimlock was deployed by [[Wreck-Gar]] to fend off the invaders. He was seen fighting alongside his fellow Dinobots as well as the [[Throttlebot]]s against the invading Decepticons, however, they didn't fare too well against the Decepticon [[Headmaster]]s, as they were all quickly put to sleep by [[Mindwipe]]'s hypnosis attack.

===Transformers PD-Type===
[[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]] recruited Grimlock as backup for a duel with [[Deathsaurus (G1)|Deathsaurus]]. Grimlock became bored watching the two of them fight in the sky, but when Star Saber finally succeeded in knocking Deathsaurus to the ground, Grimlock ate his head while Star Saber looked on, pleased at the outcome of his clever plan.<ref>From the [[Transformer_PD_Type|TF-PD type]] comic [http://www.tfarchive.com/comics/japanese/superdeformed.php?dgallery_show=deformed/SDComicTrans06.jpg Me Strongest! Me Grimlock]</ref>

===''Binaltech''===
After the Dinobots were defeated and deactivated on [[Earth]], Grimlock was rebuilt using [[Binaltech]] technology to save his life. He hates his new Ford Mustang form. No teeth, ya see.

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
[[Image:ScrollDinobots.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"Give me Grimlock purse!"]]
Grimlock, years ago, before the war, was part of a cage-fighting arena. He and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] fought beside and against each other on numerous occasions. Starscream believed Grimlock was a natural born killer, but Grimlock really just carried alot of rage and anger and needed an outlet.

When the war began, Grimlock sided with the Decepticons. Then, after a while, he switched sides and went to the Autobots. Nobody is quite sure why or what happened.

By the time [[Sentinel Prime]] is killed and a new Prime must be chosen, Grimlock calls a secret meeting: If new Prime isn't up to doing what has to be done, then they'll do it for him - and take the Prime out in the process.

Optimus Prime, having defeated a team of Decepticons by himself, still didn't settle Grimlock's nerves. Prime's decision to evacuate Cybertron did it; Grimlock had enough. He left and went to brood by himself.

Starscream and his Seekers dropped by while Grimlock was alone. Starscream baited Grimlock, telling him he was a Decepticon inside and just was in denial. He gave him a choice: go to Sector Zero-Six and help the Seekers take out the Autobot command post, or warn them about their arrival.

Grimlock, out of spite, instead evacuated the Autobots from the base and planted a bomb, and a message: "Me not like Optimus Prime or Autobots that much...but me like you and yours even less!"

While he was on his way back to Iacon One to help with the defense, Prowl ordered him away, instead telling him to go find Optimus Prime. Grimlock decided that it was a good opportunity to give the new Prime a piece of his mind.

While he and the team went deep in Cybertron's core to find Prime, they found out about Megatron's plan; to win the war, and turn Cybertron into a mobile battlestation with which to conquer the universe. He split up the team - he would go find Optimus Prime, the rest of the team would shut down the transformation system for Cybertron.

To his surprise, Prime abruptly was standing next to him. Prime ordered Grimlock to help him find Megatron. Grimlock's response was clear: if Megatron is the problem, then fix it.

When the crisis was over, Grimlock no longer questioned Optimus Prime. He knew that Prime had figured things out, and though he didn't execute Megatron, he wasn't going to spend his time in the war running away.

Millenia later, on Earth, Megatron captured the other four Dinobots, a fact which he used as leverage to get Grimlock to turn traitor and join the Decepticons after they were reactivated by [[Lazarus]]. It didn't last very long, though, as [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] soon showed up and hauled Megatron off to Cybertron, prompting Grimlock to rejoin the Autobots and then free the other Dinobots.

===The Beast Within===
In a devastating battle with the Decepticons, Grimlock makes the decision to combine with the other Dinobots to form the "[[Beast]]". {{storylink|The Beast Within}}

===Beast Wars animated continuity===
====3H ''Reaching the Omega Point'' comics====
====IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics====
[[Image:Acvra.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Give starring role, Magmatron, or me take it by force.]]
Grimlock was among the [[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'s protoforms when the ship crashed on Earth. When [[Razorbeast]] and [[Optimus Minor]] where attempting to "rescue" [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] from [[Magmatron]], Grimlock showed up and acted as the perfect distraction. Grimlock and Magmatron battled. Magmatron narrowly arose as the victor by use of his triple beast modes. Grimlock was knocked out, but later helped to construct the [[Maximal]]'s new base. {{Storylink|The Gathering, Part 4}}

===IDW comics continuity===
Grimlock, and the rest of the D'''y'''nobots were a close-knit group of hunters, suffering from neither low intelligence nor Grimlock's traditional speech impairment.

After [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] destroyed a cache of Energon the Dynobots had been hoarding, causing them severe Energon burns and causing them to feel humiliated, they swore revenge. And so, against orders from Optimus Prime, they followed Shockwave when he left Cybertron to stabilize "Ultra-Energon" deposits he had sent to other worlds as a precaution against the depletion of Cybertron's own Energon reserves.

When Shockwave reached his first destination - Earth, at the end of the last Ice Age - the Dynobots destroyed his ship and took on dinosaur alternate modes with synthetic flesh coatings to protect against the high levels of Energon radiation (see also [[Beast Wars]]), Grimlock having rejected the suggestion of a mammoth alternate mode as not at all palatable (but got plenty excited at the notion of a Tyrannosaurus mode).

On transporting down to the planet's surface to confront Shockwave, they gained an initial advantage, as Shockwave's logic was unable to comprehend the effort and risks they had taken for their revenge. However, when Shockwave recognized this weakness shut down his logic processors and operated a "rage" program to enable him to operate on pure instinct, he shrugged off their attacks and beat them severely, ending by burning off their organic coatings. Unable to accept another defeat, Grimlock transformed to robot mode and fought against his imminent [[stasis lock]] to no avail.

However, before leaving the Dynobots' ship, he had enabled a "dead man's switch", designed to take Shockwave with them if they were defeated. On entering stasis lock, this failsafe activated, firing on a nearby dormant volcano, causing an eruption which buried Shockwave and the Dynobots under ash and lava.

However, in 2006, Shockwave was discovered by a team of human archelogists. Whether he, Grimlock or the rest of the Dynobots can/will be reactivated remains to be seen.

===Universe===

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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
* '''Grimlock''' (Dinobot, 1985/1986/1991/1992)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-26'''

[[Image:Grimlockg185toy.jpg|right|thumb|150px|And the debate goes on...... "Me Grimlock am greatest warrior!" ::: "No! Me Grimlock am greatest warrior!"]]

: Grimlock's toy was originally part of [[Takara]]'s ''[[Diaclone]]'' [[Dinosaur Robo]] series. When [[Hasbro]] imported the toy in 1985 for the ''Transformers'' line, the blue crotch was changed to red and the Diaclone driver mini-figure was dropped.

:The original Grimlock changes from a robot into a robotic T-Rex and comes with a red sword, a black double-barreled rifle, and a rocket launcher with three silver rockets.

: Grimlock was later reissued in the European/Australian-exclusive "[[Classics (Euro)|Classics]]" series. In Japan, he and the other four Dinobots were offered as mail-away items during [[Operation Combination]]; Grimlock cost 2300 yen (his original retail price) and 2 [[robot points]].

* '''Grimlock''' ([[Classic Pretender]], 1989)
[[Image:Pretender_Grimlock_toy.jpg|left|thumb|130px|Hey, Freakazoid, wanna go build a racing car?]]

: A simplified and slightly-modified version of Grimlock, he transforms into a robotic T-Rex whose tail becomes a handgun. He came with a large human [[Pretender]] shell with a rather knight-like armor theme, with a helmet and large cannon.

: His human shell looks a lot like [[Wikipedia:Ed Asner|Ed Asner]].

* '''Grimlock''' ([[Legends (G1)|Legends]], 1989)
[[Image:GrimlockLegends_toy.jpg|right|thumb|130px|Cut it out.]]

: A K-Mart [[exclusive]] in its Hasbro release, this version of Grimlock is simply the inner robot of his Classic Pretender form without the shell or its accessories, leaving him only his tail/gun. In Japan, he was only available in a boxed "Hero Set" with the other three Legends toys, but with a silver face rather than the Hasbro version's orange.

* '''Grimlock''' (Action Master, 1990)

: Part of the initial assortment of non-transforming [[Action Master]] figures, Grimlock's design combines his cartoon model with extra toy-based detailing. He came with the [[Anti-tank cannon]] "partner" machine which Grimlock could ride, or be unfolded to form a really ''big'' "long range mortar launcher."

===Generation 2===
* '''Grimlock''' (Dinobot, 1992)

: Grimlock's original toy was [[redeco]]ed for release in ''Generation 2'', this time lacking the missile launcher accessory. He was available in three different colors; the first --and rarest-- in his original silver (the easiest way to spot if this is a G2 or original is by the "Autobot" tampograph on his leg), then in a medium turquoise-blue, and finally (and most commonly) in a dark blue.

:''('''Note''': Grimlock outranked Optimus Prime in the G2 toyline! (Prime had a rank of 9.)''

===Beast Wars===
* '''Grimlock''' (Deluxe, 1997)

[[Image:BeastWarsgrimlock_toy.jpg|right|thumb|150px|[[Ben Yee]] think me Grimlock look like dalmatian... :(]]

: Beast Wars Grimlock is a [[redeco]] of [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] in gray and gold with black spots, transforming into a "raptor" of some variety. His tail becomes a sword and a rotate-blade. He was slightly [[retool]]ed to have space for an "energon chip" [[rubsign]]. Unfortunately, Grimlock suffers from [[Gold Plastic Syndrome]].

: This mold is also used by [[Dinobots (toyline)|Dinobots]] [[Grimlock (Dinobots)|Grimlock]], and was retooled to make [[Dinotron (BM)|Dinotron]], [[Hardhead (BW)|Hardhead]] and [[Thrustor (BW)|Thrustor]].

===Beast Machines===
:[[T-Wrecks]] may have been intended to be a new form for Grimlock, based on the references in his tech spec bio to his ''Beast Wars'' "Attack Specialist" function and other hints. However, T-Wrecks' appearances in the ''Universe: The Wreckers'' comics suggests he is a new, unrelated character.

===Alternators===
* '''Grimlock''' (2005)
:''Alternator ID number:'' '''9'''
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''BT-10'''
[[Image:AlternatorsGrimlock_toy.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Me Grimlock no longer munch metal, so me Grimlock burn rubber.]]

: ''[[Alternators]]'' Grimlock transforms into a silver 1:24 scale Ford Mustang with opening doors, hood, and trunk. His engine transforms into a double-barreled gun, and he also carries an orange sword which can attach to the underside of his vehicle mode. The toy is one of the most-complained-about Alternators toys, due to its notoriously finicky transformation (with many small steps that must be performed in exactly the right order) and to several pieces which have a tendency to pop off with relatively small amounts of force.

:This mold was remolded into ''Alternators'' [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]].

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===Universe===
:The [[Grimlock (Energon)|Grimlock]] toy released in ''[[Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' was originally created by Hasbro for release as a special new-mold addition for the ''Universe'' toyline and was intended to represent ''Generation 1'' Grimlock. However, it wasn't and it didn't.

===Classics===
*'''Grimlock''' (Deluxe, 2006)
[[Image:Grimlockclassicstoy.jpg|left|thumb|100px|Me Grimlock just come from Jurassic Park 4 audition.]]

: ''Classics'' Grimlock, a gray and gold ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', is a reimagined form of his original toy. His dinosaur mode's sculpt is based heavily upon [[TakaraTomy]]'s Zoids Genosaurer toy, although for Grimlock the Zoids Tyrannosaurus toy Berserk Führer might have been more apropos. It features articulated jaws, some neck and arm movement, posable legs, a segmented, articulated tail, and is notably designed to run rather than drag.

:In robot mode, his tail detaches to become a sword/whip, similar to his Pretender Classic toy. His bayonet blaster can be deployed in either mode, and fires a clear red projectile. Both weapons can be stored on his back when not used. As with most ''Classics'' toys, Grimlock features a heat-sensitive [[rubsign]], placed on the left side of the tyrannosaurus torso/his left leg.

:A common complaint about the figure is the size of the peg being too small in relation to the peg-hole, making it impossible to lock the arms into place.

:An unpainted ''Classics'' Grimlock was used at the [[BotCon 2007]] customization classes to create ''[[Timelines]]'' [[Overkill]].

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===Titanium Series===
*'''Grimlock''' (3" Robot Masters, 2006)
[[Image:Titanium_RM_Grimlock.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Me Grimlock say, boogie down!!]]

: ''Titanium'' Grimlock is a non-transforming, three inch die-cast metal figurine based on his toy and comic/cartoon model. He has very limited articulation, in his neck, waist and shoulders. Grimlock is posed squatting and/or dancing.

*'''Grimlock''' (6" Cybertron Heroes, 200?)

===Attacktix===
*'''Grimlock''' (Booster, 2007)
[[Image:Attacktix_Grimlock.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Teeny weenie.]]

: '''Attacktix''' Grimlock is depicted in his ''Tyrannosarus'' mode, and has a sculpt based heavily upon his original G1 toy. Pressing down on his back will cause his head to extend and presumably hit whatever he's facing.

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===Robot Heroes===
*'''Grimlock Vs Shockwave''' (Two Pack, 2007)
[[Image:Robot_Hero_Grimlock.jpg|right|thumb|120px|Me Grimlock no cutie, me king!]]

Packed with [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] Grimlock is a detailed two-inch tall figurine with exaggerated, cartoony proportions. He is sculpted holding his sword in his left hand. He brings cuddly wuddly death

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==Footnotes==
<references/>

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Autobot/Grimlock/grimlock.htm Grimlock at TFU.info]

*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Grimlock Grimlock's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

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Bludgeon (G1)

2007-08-20T18:32:46Z

68.230.139.8: /* Fiction */

{{disambig3|Bludgeon}}

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

[[Image:BludgeonUK1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|This is pretty much the most metal cover in TF history.]]

'''Bludgeon''' is a ferocious warrior, skilled in the ancient Cybertronian martial art of [[Metallikato]]. Utterly vicious and aloof, Bludgeon is also highly religious, adhering to an arcane code of honor.

"Arcane", of course, is code for "bloodthirsty, murderous, sadistic, and subject to the whims of the guy holding the sword."

:''French-Canadian name:'' '''Gourdin'''<br>
:''Italian name:'' '''Teskior'''

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
''(Note: Events from the UK-only comic stories are in italics.)''

''Bludgeon killed [[Catilla]], a former Decepticon turned Autobot causing ex-Decepticon [[Carnivac]] who loosely allied himself with the Autobot "[[Survivors]]" group to hunt Bludgeon to avenge Catilla's death.''

[[Image:bludgeon-youlie1.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Pointy 'chews.]]

He later took on the leadership of [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]'s new [[Mayhem Attack Squad]], sent to slay the newly-resurrected [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]. However, alongside the [[Rescue Patrol]], the Mayhems were foiled, and inadvertently awakened the slumbering [[Primus]] in the process. During the subsequent battle against [[Unicron]], Bludgeon served as an advisor to [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], and battled against Unicronian cultists on Cybertron. After Unicron's defeat and Scorponok's death, Bludgeon became leader of the Decepticons, and abandoned the ruined Cybertron to the Autobots. Alongside his lieutenant [[Krok]], Bludgeon and the Decepticons invaded and pillaged the planet [[Klo]]. The Autobots attempted to stop them, but were routed by the Decepticons until the arrival of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], the [[Neo-Knights]], and [[The Last Autobot]]. Their combined assault decimated the Decepticons and sent them into retreat.
====="Another Time and Place" text story=====

====Generation 2====

Following a brief exile, Bludgeon created a large planet-like spacecraft known as the [[Warworld]], which functioned as a vessel for pirating resources throughout the galaxy. Bludgeon then made a bid to lure Optimus Prime to Earth to steal the Autobot Creation Matrix so life could be granted to a new generation of Decepticon warriors. The plan involved a full-scale attack on Earth and did succeed in drawing Optimus Prime to Earth's defense, but not before Bludgeon was confronted by the newly-rebuilt [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], who wanted command of the Decepticons for himself once more. In a brief skirmish, Megatron decapitated Bludgeon's shell and destroyed his inner robot, killing him. The victorious Decepticon leader subsequently displayed Bludgeon's severed head in the Warworld.

====Classics====

===Dreamwave ''Generation 1'' comics===
During the so-called 'Dark Ages' of the Autobot/Decepticon conflict, Bludgeon, alongside [[Bugly]] and [[Mindwipe]], was a disciple of the mysterious being known as [[The Fallen]]. Together with him, they captured a number of Transformers in order to perform a bizarre ceremony at Cybertron's core, but were eventually foiled by [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]. Bludgeon was stopped from alerting The Fallen of the impending allied attack on the Well of All Sparks by a teleporting [[Skywarp]].

===Dreamwave ''Armada'' comics===
An alternate universe version of Bludgeon later appeared as one of [[Unicron]]'s heralds in Dreamwave's comic in their cross-over storyline "Worlds Collide," along with [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]], [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], and [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. This Bludgeon was also a martial artist, but unlike Bludgeon's verbose incarnation in Marvel Comics, this incarnation seemed to be mute. After his Pretender shell is destroyed, he is blown up when [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] detonates the Decepticon headquarters that they have taken over.

===IDW Comics===
[[Image:Bludgeon.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Talk about talking your jaw off!]]Bludgeon is the leader of a team of Decepticons who were assigned by Megatron to look into what Shockwave was researching before he disappeared. Megatron also sent [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] to spy on them. Eventually, however, they discovered the remains of Thunderwing, the Decepticon scientist who became the avatar of the Cybertronian cataclysm, and became bent on restoring the wasted Cybertron to its former glory by resurrecting him. He and his team of G1 Pretenders ([[Iguanus (G1)|Iguanus]], [[Finback]], [[Skullgrin]], and [[Bomb-Burst]]) believed that in reawakening Thunderwing and turning him loose, the mass sacrifice of worlds would allow the rebirth of Cybertron. They also delved into the outlawed bio-graft experiments pioneered by Thunderwing, in an attempt to create super-shells of their own.

{{spoiler}}

In 1984 they went to [[Earth]] to extract a load of [[Energon|ultra energon]], establishing a base within Mt. St. Helens. Soundwave naturally followed them. He eventually came to them asking for a cut of their profits, believing that they meant to sell the energon, but when he realized that they meant to resurrect Thunderwing he tried to stop them. They used one of Shockwave's devices to lock him in his alt-mode, then caused a volcanic eruption and returned to Cybertron via an [[orbital bounce]].

Twenty years later, when the Wreckers attacked Bludgeon's base on Cybertron by surprise, Iguanus escaped to the bio-graft chamber to find Bludgeon - only to find the cult leader having donned full Pretender armor, giving him a G1 Shell look which is presumably transformable. However, in Bludgeon's rush the shell was not mentally aligned, causing a psychic backlash that took down the Decepticon before the Wreckers even found him. It is unclear whether Bludgeon's mind survived, but if it did it is apparently trapped in torment.

Bludgeon's 'original' mode was vastly overhauled for Stormbringer, evoking much more clearly the more recognisable skull-face and helmet. His shell bore a great resemblance to that of G1, only like Thunderwing's it seems that it may be able to transform into a tank.

===Devil's Due GI Joe vs. Transformers continuity===

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[[Image:Bludgeon_Robot_GIJoe.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Bludgeon always secretly dreamed of being a [[Wikipedia:Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light|Visionary]]. ]]

When Optimus Prime was given the [[Matrix]], Bludgeon attempted to kill him. Some years after failing, he ended up on [[Earth]] working with [[Cobra-La]]. He was responsible for the death of [[Atomic Man]] in 1978. In the caves under Tibet that served as Cobra-La's lair, Bludgeon engaged Optimus Prime in battle. After being burned by Bludgeon, Optimus ripped the chest off of Bludgeon's Pretender shell. In his anger, Bludgeon lost his edge and fell off a cliff. Although Optimus had caught him, Bludgeon chose to fall, standing by his philosophy of "merciless death and destruction."

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Bludgeon''' (Pretender)

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/1989/Decepticon/Bludgeon/bludgeon.htm Bludgeon at TFU.info]

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Highbrow (G1)

2007-07-15T17:16:01Z

68.230.139.8: /* Marvel comics continuity */

:''Highbrow is an [[Autobot]][[ Headmaster]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Highbrow.gif|350px|right|thumb| Try to imagine [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] and [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] had a kid...]]

To put it in terms even your obviously limited intellect can easily understand: " '''Highbrow''' is smarter than you are." No, no, Don't allow your comparably plebeian cerebral encumbrance to strain itself beyond endurance in a futile attempt to grasp the intrinsic universal magnitude of Highbrow's innate mental acuity, for it will bear no arboreal reproductive spheres. The ultrascopic trans-infinate sublimity of his diurnal ponderances transcend the circumference of most sentient species entire thought-spheres, If he does vocalize the notion personally (and you can be certain he will).

The greatest tragedy of his existence is to be clearly so far beyond all those around him, entrapped as they are by their own primitive psyches and abysmal ignorance in a barbaric escalation of pugnacious defenstration and rebuttal. That a paradigmatic mind such as his own should be bound or beholden to a lesser being, especially a rude, primitive swain such as the Nebulan biped [[Gort]] is a supreme and vexing irony.

:''French-Canadian name'': '''Cerveau'''<br>
:''Italian name'': '''Cruiserbot'''

==Fiction==
===Marvel comics continuity===

He "accidentally" made Cloudburst fly into the path of Unicron's flame-breath. Dick.

===Rebirth===

===Headmasters animated series===

===Headmasters manga===

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Highbrow''' (Headmaster, 1987)

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/1987/Autobot/Highbrow/highbrow.htm Highbrow at TFU.info]

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Roadbuster (G1)

2007-07-12T18:02:31Z

68.230.139.8: /* IDW Comics continuity */

:''Roadbuster is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1]] continuity family.''

[[Image:G1roadbuster_boxart.jpg|right|thumb|250px|[[Dr. Susan Hoffman#Dr. Hoffman's Assistants|Who ya gonna call?]]]]

'''Roadbuster''' is a powerful and charismatic fighter, usually armed to the teeth, he's an inspiration to other Autobots in combat and a natural leader on any battlefield. Outside of combat though, his natural ease and surety fail him. He simply doesn't know how to handle life out of combat. He becomes the quietest of the Autobots, grows withdrawn and depressed, and is easily bored. He counters this by spending most of his free time between battles either planning for the next one or "demolishing" any random Decepticons he can find. Some Autobots worry about what will become of the heroic and well-loved Roadbuster they know if the war ever ends. Combat truly is his life and without it, he'd might just fade away...

Roadbuster is a member of the elite [[Wreckers]] unit in, well, every continuity he's ever appeared in.

:''French-Canadian name'': '''Cahot'''

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

Roadbuster was a rather hardened soldier, deliberately feeding false information to an Autobot who had turned informant for the Decepticons, and stood by in the shadows while Shrapnel tortured the Autobot for the info and then executed him. He also contributed to the important scene in [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]]. Roadbuster meets his fate in the [[Time Wars]], when the Decepticon [[Pathblaster]] weapon explodes in his hands, shortly after spoiling Galvatron's beautiful little face.

=== Dreamwave Comics continuity ===

During [[Shockwave]]'s rule of Cybertron, Roadbuster was a member of the new Wreckers, a small unit of Autobots dedicated to keeping the peace wherever (and however) necessary. When [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] released the [[Stunticon]]s from their imprisonment in Cybertron's detention banks, the Wreckers were sent in to deal with the escapees. Unfortunately, both Roadbuster and [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] were killed before [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] brought the Stunticon combined form, [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]], down.

=== IDW Comics continuity ===
He shot stuff.

A lot of stuff.

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Roadbuster''' ( Deluxe Autobot 1986)
[[Image:G1Roadbuster_toy.jpg|left|thumb|I ain't afraid of no [[Starscream (G1)|ghost]]!]]

: Roadbuster transforms into an orange and green cybertronic jeep armed with a large cannon. Unusually for a Transformer, he is fully loaded with many different weapons, (non-firing) ammunition for them and equipment. In robot mode he is armed with a green rifle resembling an M16 and a shoulder-mounted cannon.

{{-}}
==Trivia==
* Both Deluxe Autobots were licensed from Takatoku by [[Hasbro]] for inclusion in the 1985 line, and hence were not included in the Japanese line, the Cartoon, or the US Marvel Comics. Roadbuster was originally "Mugen Calibur" from the ''Dorvack'' toyline.

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Autobot/Roadbuster/roadbuster.htm Roadbuster at TFU.info]

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Bonecrusher (Movie)

2007-07-06T03:00:59Z

68.230.139.8: /* ''Transformers'' (2007) film */

{{Template:Disambig3|Bonecrusher}}

:''Bonecrusher is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Movie (franchise)|Movie]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Big_run.jpg|right|thumb|400px|He was a sk8ter boi, she said see ya later boy]]

'''Bonecrusher''' is Transformer that can be described with one word: Hate. Bonecrusher hates this wiki. Bonecrusher hates the fact that his toy is so small. Bonecrusher even hates amusingly apropos Avril Lavigne quotes. Basically Bonecrusher hates everything and everyone, particularly buses, and lives for the day when all of creation is crushed and destroyed beneath his feet. His overwhelming anger and hatred extends even to his fellow Decepticons, including [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] himself. Only fear of Megatron keeps him on their side. Plus, he ''really'' hates the [[Autobots]]

He transforms into a Buffalo mine clearing vehicle used by the military. It is made exclusively in South Carolina and the drivers routinely use it to drive to the local Taco Bell/Pizza Hut. He hates drivers, the mine clearing vehicle, the drive-thrus, and South Carolina. He loves tacos, however.

== Fiction ==

{{spoiler}}

===''Ghosts of Yesterday'' novel===
Bonecrusher is aboard the crew of the Nemesis, led by [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], who are searching for Megatron, who was lost thousands of years ago, along with the Allspark. He hates the Nemesis, but would hate trying to walk home more. He also hates the Allspark, but Megatron wanted it, so decided not to complain. Finally, he also hates Starscream, but all the other Decepticons do as well, making it something he has in common with his fellow Decepticons. He hates that.

===''Transformers'' (2007) film===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Jimmie Wood]] (English)

Bonecrusher crushes a bus by ramming through it. As well as whoever's bones may have been in the way at the time. This results in him being set on fire, but he's okay with that; he loves to watch things burn. After that, he tackles [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], the Autobot he hates more than anything (and that's saying a lot). He also falls of a bridge and goes, "URRRRAUGGHHHAAA!" He fights Optimus briefly, but Optimus hits him so hard his optic pops out on a wire. Then Optimus stabs Bonecrusher in the neck with his sword-arm and proceeds to tear his head off. He hates when that happens.

Bonecrusher hates his movie role.

== Toys ==
*'''Bonecrusher''' (Deluxe, 2007)
:''Japanese ID Number:'' '''MD-09'''

[[Image:moviebonecrushertoy.jpg|left|200px|thumb|The name's doomed to be nothing but bulldozers or [[Bonecrusher (BW)|buffaloes]]. And he hates that.]]

: Bonecrusher transforms into a [[wikipedia:Buffalo_%28mine_protected_vehicle%29|Buffalo mine-protected vehicle]], with an articulated "mine-fork" for removing mines or cars or robots or unsuspecting buildings from his path. He basically explodes into a robot mode that has ''extremely'' long fold-out arms. In robot mode, the mine-fork splits to form a grabber-claw, which can snap onto victims with a geared slider [[Automorph]] mechanism.

: He is surprisingly okay with these little tools of death.

{{-}}
===Attacktix===
*'''Bonecrusher'''

==External links==
[http://youtube.com/watch?v=0kZHybANP4k "URRRRAUGGHHHAAA!"]

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Bonecrusher (Movie)

2007-07-06T03:00:17Z

68.230.139.8: /* ''Transformers'' (2007) film */

{{Template:Disambig3|Bonecrusher}}

:''Bonecrusher is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Movie (franchise)|Movie]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Big_run.jpg|right|thumb|400px|He was a sk8ter boi, she said see ya later boy]]

'''Bonecrusher''' is Transformer that can be described with one word: Hate. Bonecrusher hates this wiki. Bonecrusher hates the fact that his toy is so small. Bonecrusher even hates amusingly apropos Avril Lavigne quotes. Basically Bonecrusher hates everything and everyone, particularly buses, and lives for the day when all of creation is crushed and destroyed beneath his feet. His overwhelming anger and hatred extends even to his fellow Decepticons, including [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] himself. Only fear of Megatron keeps him on their side. Plus, he ''really'' hates the [[Autobots]]

He transforms into a Buffalo mine clearing vehicle used by the military. It is made exclusively in South Carolina and the drivers routinely use it to drive to the local Taco Bell/Pizza Hut. He hates drivers, the mine clearing vehicle, the drive-thrus, and South Carolina. He loves tacos, however.

== Fiction ==

{{spoiler}}

===''Ghosts of Yesterday'' novel===
Bonecrusher is aboard the crew of the Nemesis, led by [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], who are searching for Megatron, who was lost thousands of years ago, along with the Allspark. He hates the Nemesis, but would hate trying to walk home more. He also hates the Allspark, but Megatron wanted it, so decided not to complain. Finally, he also hates Starscream, but all the other Decepticons do as well, making it something he has in common with his fellow Decepticons. He hates that.

===''Transformers'' (2007) film===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Jimmie Wood]] (English)

Bonecrusher crushes a bus by ramming through it. As well as whoever's bones may have been in the way at the time. This results in him being set on fire, but he's okay with that; he loves to watch things burn. After that, he tackles [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], the Autobot he hates more than anything (and that's saying a lot). He also falls of a bridge and goes, "URRRRAUGGHHHAAA!" He fights Optimus briefly, but Optimus hits him so hard his optic pops out on a wire. Then Optimus stabs Bonecrusher in the neck with his sword-arm and proceeds to tears his head off. He hates when that happens.

Bonecrusher hates his movie role.

== Toys ==
*'''Bonecrusher''' (Deluxe, 2007)
:''Japanese ID Number:'' '''MD-09'''

[[Image:moviebonecrushertoy.jpg|left|200px|thumb|The name's doomed to be nothing but bulldozers or [[Bonecrusher (BW)|buffaloes]]. And he hates that.]]

: Bonecrusher transforms into a [[wikipedia:Buffalo_%28mine_protected_vehicle%29|Buffalo mine-protected vehicle]], with an articulated "mine-fork" for removing mines or cars or robots or unsuspecting buildings from his path. He basically explodes into a robot mode that has ''extremely'' long fold-out arms. In robot mode, the mine-fork splits to form a grabber-claw, which can snap onto victims with a geared slider [[Automorph]] mechanism.

: He is surprisingly okay with these little tools of death.

{{-}}
===Attacktix===
*'''Bonecrusher'''

==External links==
[http://youtube.com/watch?v=0kZHybANP4k "URRRRAUGGHHHAAA!"]

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Thrust (Armada)

2007-07-06T02:57:21Z

68.230.139.8: /* Trivia */

{{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===
[[Image:ArmadaThrust_toy.jpg|left|thumb|"Hehehe... flathead.... boy, I can really dish it out!"]]

*'''Thrust with Inferno''' (Deluxe, 2003)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''MD-05'''

: 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.

[[Image:PL_Red_Thrust_toy.jpg|right|thumb|You did not own this.]]

: 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.

: 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.

{{-}}

==Trivia==
*Thrust's demeanor and speech in the comics are very reminicent of Beast Wars Quickstrike, to the point of him even using the phrase "What in tarnation?" in one issue. Ironically, Colin Murdoch voiced both characters in each respective animated series. It is unknown if this was an intentional move on writer Simon Furman's part or simply an ironic coincidence.

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Decepticon/Thrust/thrust.htm Thrust at TFU.info]

[[Category: Armada characters]]
[[Category: Decepticons]]
[[Category: Strategists]]
[[Category: Unicron-related characters]]
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Thrust (Armada)

2007-07-06T02:55:44Z

68.230.139.8:

{{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===
[[Image:ArmadaThrust_toy.jpg|left|thumb|"Hehehe... flathead.... boy, I can really dish it out!"]]

*'''Thrust with Inferno''' (Deluxe, 2003)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''MD-05'''

: 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.

[[Image:PL_Red_Thrust_toy.jpg|right|thumb|You did not own this.]]

: 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.

: 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.

{{-}}

==Trivia==
*Thrust's demeanor and speech in the comics are very reminicent of Beast Wars Quickstrike, to the point of him even using the phrase "What in tarnation?" in one issue. Ironically, Colin Murdoch voiced both characters. It is unknown if this was an intentional move on writer Simon Furman's part or simply an ironic coincidence.

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Decepticon/Thrust/thrust.htm Thrust at TFU.info]

[[Category: Armada characters]]
[[Category: Decepticons]]
[[Category: Strategists]]
[[Category: Unicron-related characters]]
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Thrust (Armada)

2007-07-06T02:53:48Z

68.230.139.8:

{{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===
[[Image:ArmadaThrust_toy.jpg|left|thumb|"Hehehe... flathead.... boy, I can really dish it out!"]]

*'''Thrust with Inferno''' (Deluxe, 2003)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''MD-05'''

: 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.
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*'''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.

[[Image:PL_Red_Thrust_toy.jpg|right|thumb|You did not own this.]]

: 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.

: 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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==Trivia==
-Thrust's demeanor and speech in the comics are very reminicent of Beast Wars Quickstrike. Ironically, Colin Murdoch voiced both characters. It is unknown if this was an intentional move on writer Simon Furman's part or simply an ironic coincidence.

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Decepticon/Thrust/thrust.htm Thrust at TFU.info]

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Optimus Minor

2007-07-06T02:36:56Z

68.230.139.8:

:''Optimus Minor is a [[Maximal]] in the [[Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Optimus Minor IDW.jpg|right|thumb|250px| Monkey, check. Kung-fu, check. Alright now if we can just get him drunk...]]

'''Optimus Minor''' is an upbeat and lively warrior. He has a tendency to make jokes even when the situation is rather grim and to not always think things through in advance, but he's always up for a mission, even when the odds of success (or even survival) are low. Sounds like fun.

What relationship, if any, he has to Optimus Primal has never been discussed.
==Fiction==
===Beast Wars===
====Toy Bio====
A result of [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s cloning experiments, Optimus Minor possesses many traits commonly attributed to monkeys: agility, speed, intelligence, and a superior ability to climb stuff. His animal instincts serve him well in battle, where he is a savage fighter. However, like many Transmetal 2's he has rage issues and trouble controlling the resulting violent urges.

''('''Note''': In the toy bios all Transmetal 2s are presented as being the results of Megatron's cloning experaments. However neither the Cartoon nor the IDW Comics have limited them to this origin. IDW Minor does not result from cloning experiments nor does he apparently experience TM2 rage.)''

====''[[Dreamwave Summer Special]]''====
On their way back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] after the conclusion of the Beast Wars, [[Rattrap]] has a dream:

Optimus Minor, [[Bonecrusher (BW)|Bonecrusher]], and [[Wolfang]] rescue Rattrap from [[Dinobot 2]]. Minor says that they cannot return with Rattrap. Although they were "once" Maximals, they now have a purpose which does not include fighting.

''('''Note''': This story was part of the ''Dreamwave Summer Special''. Readers got to vote, using a ballot in this issue, whether the next comic series would be Beast Wars or [[Robots in Disguise]]. Beast Wars won, but Dreamwave went bankrupt before the series was published. Also, this is a seperate continuity from IDW's ''Beast Wars'' comic.)''

====''[[The Gathering]]''====
[[Razorbeast]] was ordered by [[Magmatron]] to wake the remaining Axalon stasis pods on prehistoric Earth as [[Predacons]]. Thankfully for Optimus Minor, Razorbeast was working undercover, and inserted a viral code into the protoform-awakening process. This virus caused many of the protoforms to retain their Maximal status. This included Optimus Minor, who was among the first to join up with Razorbeast. Razorbeast and Minor were responsible for fouling Magmatron's attempt to send [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] back to the [[Tripredacus Council]]. Instead, Magmatron himself was sent back. The Maximals had thwarted Magmatron's plans to conquer Cybertron, but they were now stranded on ancient Earth.

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==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
*'''Optimus Minor''' (Basic, 1998)
:Transforms into a [[Transmetal 2]] monkey by changing his legs into arms, and his arms become legs. In robot mode his tail becomes a whip, grabbed by a pin in his right arm. The only con is that the arms in the transformation from monkey to robot divides and looks like Minor is a four-armed monkey, with some ressemblances of Tarantulas or Blackaranha

==External links==
*[http://tfu.info/1999/Maximal/OptimusMinor/optimusminor.htm Optimus Minor at TFU.info]

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Frenzy (Movie)

2007-07-03T16:31:35Z

68.230.139.8: /* ''Transformers'' (2007) film */

{{Template:Disambig3|Frenzy}}

:''Frenzy is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Movie (franchise)|Movie]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Movie frenzy.png|thumb|300px|"They are all laser-guided and I get CRAZY if you touch them!"]]

'''Frenzy''' is small, sneaky and... likes to keep up on current events. He's a hyper-articulated, sentient, evil alien, shape-changing robot from outer space that turns into a radio. But he doesn't shrink (because that would be unrealistic), so he's quite a good contortionist. In short, he's a creepy little abomination, with an irritating habit of reading over people's shoulders. He is neither [[FIBRIR|red nor blue]].

:''Working name'': '''Soundbyte'''

== Fiction ==

{{coming soon}}

===''Ghosts of Yesterday'' novel===

Frenzy is the smallest member of the [[Nemesis (Movie)|Nemesis]]' crew. He likes to sneak-attack from behind Autobots while they're concentrating on his larger teammates. He doesn't fare well in this particular battle but is presumably repaired at some future point.

===''Transformers'' (2007) film===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Reno Wilson]] (English)
[[Image:Readingisfundamental.jpg|left|thumb|This is the only newspaper in the country that is not afraid to tell the truth: that everything is just fine.]]

Frenzy is a "homage" to Soundwave, General Grievous, wire hangers, and far out acid trips. A LOT of far out acid trips.

He loses his head frequently.

{{-}}

== Toys ==
===Transformers (2007)===
*'''Barricade''' (Deluxe, 2007)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''MD-02'''

:Included with the larger Deluxe Barricade is a very out-of-scale Frenzy (putting him somewhere around 7 feet tall) that folds up to become the larger 'Con's grill in both vehicle and robot mode. It is barely poseable and falls over as easily as G1 [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]].

*'''Bumblebee vs. Barricade: First Encounter''' (Deluxe Multi-pack, 2007)
:A Wal-Mart exclusive deluxe package with an unaltered Bumblebee, Barricade and, by extention, Frenzy.

*'''Recon Barricade''' (Deluxe)
:[[FIBRIR|Frenzy is blue!]]

====Fast Action Battlers====
*'''Disc Launch Decepticon Frenzy''' (2007)

:Like most of the FAB-line toys, this one is fairly inaccurate to the CGI model. It does, however, feature a launching disk that ejects from its chest as a pressure-launched projectile. This version of Frenzy transforms into a two-speaker stereo CD/cassette/radio and is even more out of [[scale]] than anything we saw in [[Robot Masters]].

==Trivia==
* Frenzy (or at very least, a robot who looked just liked him) was most certainly NOT in a cage in the back of the [[Sector Seven Mobile Command Unit]]. You were seeing things. It was swamp gas. No wait, a weather balloon. But DEFINITELY not a robot alien from outer space.
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Bonecrusher (Movie)

2007-07-03T16:30:09Z

68.230.139.8: /* ''Transformers'' (2007) film */

{{Template:Disambig3|Bonecrusher}}

:''Bonecrusher is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Movie (franchise)|Movie]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Big_run.jpg|right|thumb|400px|He was a sk8ter boi, he said see ya later boy]]

'''Bonecrusher''' is Transformer that can be described with one word: Hate. Bonecrusher hates this wiki. Bonecrusher hates the fact that his toy is so small. Bonecrusher even hates amusingly apropos Avril Lavigne quotes. Basically Bonecrusher hates everything and everyone, particularly buses, and lives for the day when all of creation is crushed and destroyed beneath his feet. His overwhelming anger and hatred extends even to his fellow Decepticons, including [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] himself. Only fear of Megatron keeps him on their side. Plus, he ''really'' hates the [[Autobots]]

He transforms into a Buffalo mine clearing vehicle used by the military. It is made exclusively in South Carolina and the drivers routinely use it to drive to the local Taco Bell/Pizza Hut. He hates drivers, the mine clearing vehicle, the drive-thrus, and South Carolina. He loves tacos, however.

== Fiction ==

{{spoiler}}

===''Ghosts of Yesterday'' novel===
Bonecrusher is aboard the crew of the Nemesis, led by [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], who are searching for Megatron, who was lost thousands of years ago, along with the Allspark. He hates the Nemesis, but would hate trying to walk home more. He also hates the Allspark, but Megatron wanted it, so decided not to complain. Finally, he also hates Starscream, but all the other Decepticons do as well, making it something he has in common with his fellow Decepticons. He hates that.

===''Transformers'' (2007) film===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Jimmie Wood]] (English)

Bonecrusher crushes a bus by ramming through it. As well as whoever's bones may have been in the way at the time. This results in him being set on fire, but he's okay with that; he loves to watch things burn. After that, he tackles [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], the Autobot he hates more than anything (and that's saying a lot). He also falls of a bridge and goes, "URRRRAUGGHHHAAA!" He fights Optimus briefly, but Optimus hits him so hard his optic pops out on a wire. Then Optimus decapitates Bonecrusher with his sword-arm. He hates when that happens.

He hates his movie role.

== Toys ==
*'''Bonecrusher''' (Deluxe, 2007)
:''Japanese ID Number:'' '''MD-09'''

[[Image:moviebonecrushertoy.jpg|left|200px|thumb|The name's doomed to be nothing but bulldozers or [[Bonecrusher (BW)|buffaloes]]. And he hates that.]]

: Bonecrusher transforms into a [[wikipedia:Buffalo_%28mine_protected_vehicle%29|Buffalo mine-protected vehicle]], with an articulated "mine-fork" for removing mines or cars or robots or unsuspecting buildings from his path. He basically explodes into a robot mode that has ''extremely'' long fold-out arms. In robot mode, the mine-fork splits to form a grabber-claw, which can snap onto victims with a geared slider [[Automorph]] mechanism.

: He is surprisingly okay with these little tools of death.

{{-}}
===Attacktix===
*'''Bonecrusher'''

==External links==
[http://youtube.com/watch?v=0kZHybANP4k "URRRRAUGGHHHAAA!"]

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Bonecrusher (Movie)

2007-07-03T16:29:35Z

68.230.139.8: /* ''Transformers'' (2007) film */

{{Template:Disambig3|Bonecrusher}}

:''Bonecrusher is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Movie (franchise)|Movie]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Big_run.jpg|right|thumb|400px|He was a sk8ter boi, he said see ya later boy]]

'''Bonecrusher''' is Transformer that can be described with one word: Hate. Bonecrusher hates this wiki. Bonecrusher hates the fact that his toy is so small. Bonecrusher even hates amusingly apropos Avril Lavigne quotes. Basically Bonecrusher hates everything and everyone, particularly buses, and lives for the day when all of creation is crushed and destroyed beneath his feet. His overwhelming anger and hatred extends even to his fellow Decepticons, including [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] himself. Only fear of Megatron keeps him on their side. Plus, he ''really'' hates the [[Autobots]]

He transforms into a Buffalo mine clearing vehicle used by the military. It is made exclusively in South Carolina and the drivers routinely use it to drive to the local Taco Bell/Pizza Hut. He hates drivers, the mine clearing vehicle, the drive-thrus, and South Carolina. He loves tacos, however.

== Fiction ==

{{spoiler}}

===''Ghosts of Yesterday'' novel===
Bonecrusher is aboard the crew of the Nemesis, led by [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], who are searching for Megatron, who was lost thousands of years ago, along with the Allspark. He hates the Nemesis, but would hate trying to walk home more. He also hates the Allspark, but Megatron wanted it, so decided not to complain. Finally, he also hates Starscream, but all the other Decepticons do as well, making it something he has in common with his fellow Decepticons. He hates that.

===''Transformers'' (2007) film===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Jimmie Wood]] (English)

Bonecrusher crushes a bus by ramming through it. As well as whoever's bones may have been in the way at the time. This results in him being set on fire, but he's okay with that; he loves to watch things burn. After that, he tackles [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], the Autobot he hates more than anything (and that's saying a lot). He also falls of a bridge and goes, "URRRRAUGGHHHAAA!" He fights Optimus briefly, but Optimus hits him so hard his optic pops out on a wire. Then Optimus decapitates Bonecrusher with his sword-arm. He hates that.

He hates his movie role.

== Toys ==
*'''Bonecrusher''' (Deluxe, 2007)
:''Japanese ID Number:'' '''MD-09'''

[[Image:moviebonecrushertoy.jpg|left|200px|thumb|The name's doomed to be nothing but bulldozers or [[Bonecrusher (BW)|buffaloes]]. And he hates that.]]

: Bonecrusher transforms into a [[wikipedia:Buffalo_%28mine_protected_vehicle%29|Buffalo mine-protected vehicle]], with an articulated "mine-fork" for removing mines or cars or robots or unsuspecting buildings from his path. He basically explodes into a robot mode that has ''extremely'' long fold-out arms. In robot mode, the mine-fork splits to form a grabber-claw, which can snap onto victims with a geared slider [[Automorph]] mechanism.

: He is surprisingly okay with these little tools of death.

{{-}}
===Attacktix===
*'''Bonecrusher'''

==External links==
[http://youtube.com/watch?v=0kZHybANP4k "URRRRAUGGHHHAAA!"]

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Highbrow (G1)

2007-06-30T01:49:09Z

68.230.139.8: /* Marvel comics continuity */

:''Highbrow is an [[Autobot]][[ Headmaster]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Highbrow.gif|350px|right|thumb| Try to imagine [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] and [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] had a kid...]]

To put it in terms even your obviously limited intellect can easily understand: " '''Highbrow''' is smarter than you are." No, no, Don't allow your comparably plebeian cerebral encumbrance to strain itself beyond endurance in a futile attempt to grasp the intrinsic universal magnitude of Highbrow's innate mental acuity, for it will bear no arboreal reproductive spheres. The ultrascopic trans-infinate sublimity of his diurnal ponderances transcend the circumference of most sentient species entire thought-spheres, If he does vocalize the notion personally (and you can be certain he will).

The greatest tragedy of his existence is to be clearly so far beyond all those around him, entrapped as they are by their own primitive psyches and abysmal ignorance in a barbaric escalation of pugnacious defenstration and rebuttal. That a paradigmatic mind such as his own should be bound or beholden to a lesser being, especially a rude, primitive swain such as the Nebulan biped [[Gort]] is a supreme and vexing irony.

:''French-Canadian name'': '''Cerveau'''<br>
:''Italian name'': '''Cruiserbot'''

==Fiction==
===Marvel comics continuity===

He accidently made Cloudburst fly into the path of Unicron's flame-breath. Dick.

===Rebirth===

===Headmasters animated series===

===Headmasters manga===

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Highbrow''' (Headmaster, 1987)

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/1987/Autobot/Highbrow/highbrow.htm Highbrow at TFU.info]

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