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The Ascending issue 3

2009-12-13T23:50:43Z

68.9.61.159:

{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Ascending|''Transformers:<br/>Beast Wars:<br/>The Ascending'']] #3
|prev=The Ascending issue 2
|next=The Ascending issue 4
|image=BWAscending-03A.jpg
|caption=You can't spell "Rend" without "Blendtron".
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[December 17]], [[2007]]
|coverdate=October 2007
|written by=[[Simon Furman]]
|art by=[[Don Figueroa]]
|colors by=[[Josh Burcham]]
|colors assist by=[[Mark Bristow]]
|letters by=[[Chris Mowry]]
|edits by=[[Andrew Steven Harris]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''Earth is attacked by the Blendtrons as Shokaract gets closer to ascension.'''

==Synopsis==
On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Big Convoy and his team have found [[Shokaract's tower|a massive tower]] with high levels of [[Angolmois]] energy inside. Shokaract, aware of their presence, prepares to go deal with them himself. The [[Blendtron]]s protest, saying that his power is not yet stabilized, but Shokaract is impatient and dismisses their concerns. Emerging through the wall, Shokaract tears Tasmania Kid in half and prepare to take on Big Convoy himself.

[[Image:Ascending 3 Shokaract crab.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Those with stupid names die first.]]

On [[Earth]], Razorbeast is attacking [[Maximal]] and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] alike, mutated by Rartorata's Angolmois injection. Ravage tries to explain the situation to Lio Convoy, saying that the future of Cybertron depends on a truce between them.

On Cybertron, Big Convoy transforms into his [[Alternate mode|spider tank mode]] to get up close and personal with Shokaract. Shokaract easily tears through Cohrada and Survive, but tells Big Convoy what will happen: Cybertron will become an extension of his will, and Shokaract will become a god. With that, he destroys Big Convoy and goes on to devastate Cybertron. Magmatron, watching everything in chronal phase, knows what will really happen: Shokaract will destroy most of Cybertron, and the survivors will kill each other before [[Unicron]]'s resurrection.

On Earth, Lio Convoy agrees to a truce with Ravage's Predacons. The Maximals will deal with Razorbeast while the Predacons will take down Rartorata. As the Predacons down the Blendtron and extract some Angolmois from him, the Maximals manage to restrain Razorbeast. Lio tries to reason with him, and Razorbeast's personality manages to break through. Ravage says that they need to go now, but the other Blendtrons arrive. Razorbeast breaks through his binds and attacks—the Blendtrons. He urges the others to go, while he fights the Blendtrons himself. The most able of both forces go on Lio Convoy's transwarp cruiser, while the rest stay behind to help Razorbeast. Ravage says that they will need a scientist to make a retrovirus from the Angolmois that the Predacons extracted, and Lio Convoy happens to know one.

As before on Cybertron, Shokaract emerges from his tower and tears Tasmania Kid in half, but before he can do the same to Big Convoy, Lio Convoy's transwarp cruiser emerges, only to be shot down by Shokaract. Then, tears in space and time appear, announcing the coming of Shokaract's heralds, carrying enough Angolmois to ensure his rise to glory.

The Ascension has begun...

==Characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
* [[Big Convoy]] (1)
* [[Cohrada]] (2)
* [[Survive]] (3)
* [[Tasmania Kid]] (4)
* [[Bonecrusher (BW)|Bonecrusher]] (8)
* [[Razorbeast]] (10)
* [[Wolfang (Maximal)|Wolfang]] (11)
* [[Lio Convoy]] (13)
* [[Longrack (BWN)|Longrack]] (15)
* [[Apache]] (16)
* [[Break]] (17)
* [[Drill Nuts]] (18)
* [[Mach Kick]] (19)
* [[Stampy]] (21)
* [[B'Boom]] (29)
* [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (30)
* [[Noctorro]] (31)
* [[Torca]] (32)
* [[Prowl II]] (34)
* [[K-9]] (35)
* [[Polar Claw]] (36)
* [[Air Hammer]] (37)
* [[Snarl (BW)|Snarl]] (38)
|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s|c2=
* [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (9)
* [[Terragator]] (14)
* [[Spittor (BW)|Spittor]] (20)
* [[Iguanus (BW)|Iguanus]] (22)
* [[Injector]] (23)
* [[Insecticon (BW)|Insecticon]] (24)
* [[Scourge (BW)|Scourge]] (25)
* [[Transquito]] (26)
* [[Magmatron]] (27)
* [[Drill Bit (BW)|Drill Bit]] (33)
|c4=
* [[Drancron]] (5)
* [[Elephorca]] (6)
* [[Shokaract]] (7)
* [[Rartorata]] (12)
* [[Unicron]] (28)
* [[Antagony]] (39)
* [[Hardhead (BWN)|Hardhead]] (40)
* [[Starscream (BWII)|Hellscream]] (41)
* [[BB|Max-B]] (42)
* [[Thrust (BWII)|Thrustor]] (43)
}}

==Errors==
* When the Maximals are wrestling Razorbeast to the ground, Drill Bit is shown pegging stakes into the ground and complaining about their current lack of technology. This is more than likely supposed to actually be Drill Nuts, only mistakenly colored as Drill Bit.

==Items of note==
* Noctorro is a guy who gets around. He's seen helping bring supplies to bind the berserk Razorbeast to the ground and then on the very next page, he's also seen wrestling with Rartorata's stinger.
* On the middle panel and on the bottom left panel of the second to last page, a building and a bridge has inscribed on it "BYE" and "GOODBYE EVERYBODY — DON", a sorrowful goodbye from [[Don Figueroa]] as this was his last ''Transformers'' comic work for some time. He has since returned to pencil the [[BotCon 2008]] comic ''[[Shattered Glass]]'', [[Defiance issue 3|issue 3]] of ''[[Defiance|Transformers: Defiance]]'' and IDW's new ''[[The Transformers (IDW)|The Transformers]]'' ongoing comic series.
* The [[Cybertronix]] written on the first page of the issue identifies the various Maximals and their equipment, including calling a scanning device in Big Convoy's hand "Geiger". Written in a box in the lower left is the following: "Big Convoy is so freaking awesome. I love him. Yeah ... So cool. He kicks Shockaract's butt all over [unreadable] lol". This marks the first canonical use of lowercase Predacon letters.

===Covers (4)===
{{picsneeded|alt covers RI A & RI B}}
* '''Cover A:''' The Blendtrons; art by [[Nick Roche]].
* '''Cover B:''' [[Lio Convoy]] and the [[Pack]]; art by [[Don Figueroa]].
* '''Cover RIA:''' B&W cover A
* '''Cover RIB:''' B&W cover B
<gallery>
Image:BWAscending-03A.jpg|Cabin boy, fetch me my brown pants!
Image:BWtheAscending3.jpg|Dual breadsticks of JUSTICE.
Image:Cover RI-A|
Image:Cover RI-B|
</gallery>

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[[Category:IDW Beast Wars issues]]

Shokaract

2009-12-13T23:47:39Z

68.9.61.159:

{{factions|predacon|unicron}}
:''Shokaract is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] from the [[Beast Wars (franchise)|Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[Image:Shockaract render.jpg|right|300px|thumb|'''MISERABLE, INCONSEQUENTIAL WORMS, I AM SHOKARACT, MASTER OF TIME, SPACE, AND SELF-AGGRANDIZING HYPERBOLE.''']]
Once a low-level Predacon Warrior known as the '''Hunter''', '''Shokaract''' chanced upon the dark essence of [[Unicron]] himself. Recognizing Unicron's unrivaled power, Shokaract used the Chaos God's life force to create the [[Matrix of Conquest]], a twisted version of the [[Autobot]] [[Matrix of Leadership]]. With Unicron's dark power at his fingertips, Shokaract now pursues only one goal: to become Overlord of the Universe.

{{bigquote|Foolish, '''doomed''' creatures! The fires of a living '''god''' beat at my dark heart! The end of everything is upon us; the '''long night''' of '''oblivion''' beckons—for you '''ALL'''! ....and you in particular.|Shokaract to the army against him, and then to [[Sandstorm (BW)|Sandstorm]] specifically|"[[Terminus]]"}}

==Fiction==
===3H ''Tales from the Beast Wars'' comics===
[[Image:ShokaractattackstheshowMaximals.jpg|left|thumb|300px|'''THIS STORY IS WRITTEN BY [[Simon Furman|SIMON FURMAN]], PITIFUL SHOW CHARACTERS, AND AT MY DARK HAND YOU WILL INDISCRIMINATELY PERISH'''!]]
At the dawn of time, [[Primus]] foresaw the eventual rise of Shokaract, and sired the twelve Transformers of the [[Covenant]] to lay in wait on distant [[Protos]] and hone their skills for the day they would eventually face the tyrant.

Shokaract's reign was to some extent made possible by actions taken by [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] when he took over and ruled Cybertron. By the 32nd century C.E., Shokaract had completely enslaved Cybertron and most of the known galaxy. From his citadel at [[Corumkan]], he directed his heralds [[Antagony]] and [[Cataclysm]] to exterminate uncooperative alien races and break and demoralize the few scattered Cybertronian resistance fighters.

The resistance spawned the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]/[[Autobot]] hybrid warrior [[Windrazor (BW)|Windrazor]] and sent him back to the ancient past to destroy the dark essence. {{storylink|Herald, Covenant, Schism, Paradox}}

[[Image:Shokaract.jpg|right|200px|thumb|'''YOUR STUPID, FUTILE ATTEMPTS TO STOP SHOKARACT ARE FUTILE. I HAVE ALREADY DOOMED MYSELF BY TRAVELING BACK IN TIME TO MUCK WITH MY''' OWN past uh oh]]

But Shokaract himself followed his would-be assassin back in time, handily routing Windrazor and the [[Maximals]]. As the battle progressed, dozens of Maximals and Predacons from various timelines and realities would materialize on prehistoric Earth and join the fray, only to be more or less instantly and effortlessly disintegrated by Shokaract.

Roused from their seclusion in [[J'nwan]], legendary ancient Transformer heroes and villains would also arrive to fight the dark lord, and they had somewhat better luck. But the battle was finally decided when the Covenant converted themselves into raw energy and entered the Matrix of Conquest. In that alternate plane they were able to sever the link between Earth's ancient past and Unicron's future deposition of the dark essence there—erasing Shokaract's origin and causing his immediate nullification. The surviving Transformers who had fought him managed to teleport back to their dimensions of origin just before that entire reality went *POOF*. The lowly Predacon grunt who otherwise would have found the Dark Essence and turned into Shokaract was last seen continuing to be a lowly grunt, of no importance whatsoever. {{storylink|Terminus}}

===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics===
[[Image:Shokaract cranky.jpg|left|180px|thumb|'''THOUGH SHOKARACT POSSESSES THE POWER OF FIVE-AND-A-HALF GODS AND CAN MOVE THE STARS THEMSELVES, I CANNOT ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING BEFORE MY MORNING ANGOLMOIS.''']]
Once a lowly Predacon soldier, Shokaract found capsules of a strange energy source while on a routine scouting mission. Attempting to analyze them, he had little time to react as the energy invaded his body. He laid dormant and non-functioning for many stellar-cycles while inside his body the energy raged and tried to make him its puppet. His will proved superior, and he was able to direct the energy towards reformatting his damaged body. His final mastery of the substance he now knew to be [[Angolmois]] came with the forging of a container for it, an object he called his "[[Matrix of Conquest|Matrix of Chaos]]". Thus empowered, he exhibited many new abilities, including interplanetary teleportation and weather control. {{storylink|Beast Wars Sourcebook}}

Upon returning to Cybertron, he gathered malcontents to his cause, including [[Antagony]], the [[Cyborg Beast|Cyborg Beasts]] (well, three of them), and the Unicron cultists known as the [[Blendtron|Blendtrons]]. Shokaract sent these new followers out to gather Angolmois and use it to facilitate his ascension to demigod status. Within the temporal limbo he was consigned to, [[Magmatron]]'s astral self witnessed the end of this terrible chain of events, Shokaract's revitalization of Unicron and drawing of the Chaos-Bringer to devour Cybertron. Having been trapped in a loop of endlessly watching Cybertron die, the Predacon general resolved to find a way to prevent this. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 1|The Ascending #1}}

[[Image:Ascending 3 Shokaract crab.jpg|right|thumb|250px|'''CONFUSED, SIMPLE MORTAL, THAT WAS ACTUALLY SNARL. WHAT DO YOU KNOW? NOTHING, THAT'S WHAT.''']]

As [[Big Convoy]] began to investigate a series of Angolmois-related incidents on Cybertron, it was revealed that these events were beginning already, Shokaract's power growing with each application of the energy source. However, Shokaract was being manipulated by Unicron and the Blentrons to act as a "vessel" of some sort. Unicron stressed that Shokaract was not to know of the part he would play in the dark god's plans. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 2|The Ascending #2}}

Shokaract raised a monolithic structure from the substrata of Cybertron to serve as his tower fortress. Big Convoy followed the trail of the Angolmois incidents to this fortress, and Shokaract decided to show the Maximal leader's task force his newfound power. He was warned by the Blendtrons that his ascension was not yet complete nor stable, but he ignored this and engaged the Maximals. Though Shokaract easily dispatched even Big Convoy, Magmatron threw a <s>munky</s> monkey wrench in this victory by manipulating the timestream so that [[Lio Convoy]] would return to Cybertron in time to prevent Big Convoy's death. However Shokaract had allies of his own, as his heralds led by Antagony returned with more Angolmois. The time of his ascension was at hand! {{storylink|The Ascending issue 3|The Ascending #3}}

His minions distributed Angolmois to the public and provoked widespread violence, creating negative feelings that fed his [[Matrix of Conquest|Anti-Matrix]]. He was able to fight off a Maximal strike team but was defeated by the machinations of [[Magmatron]], who had him chronally displaced so he could see he was merely a pawn of Unicron. Aghast by this, Shokaract tore the Anti-Matrix from his chest, killing himself in the process. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 4|The Ascending #4}}

==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
[[Image:BWtoy-shokaractrobot.jpg|right|300px|thumb|'''SHOKARACT IS TOO MIGHTY FOR EVEN YOUR SHODDY, INSIGNIFICANT VACUUM-METALIZED PLASTIC TO CONTAIN!''']]
*'''Shokaract''' (Ultra, 2000)
**''Accessories:'' Spring-loaded triple barrel missile launcher, 3 missiles, rifle

:A [[BotCon 2000]] exclusive, Shokaract is an extensive brown, blue and teal [[redeco]] of ''Beast Wars'' [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]]. He came in packaging superficially resembling late Japanese ''[[Generation 1 (toyline)|Generation 1]]'' toy packaging.

: Shokaract transforms into a [[Transmetal]] king crab with a third tank mode. In beast mode Shokaract features fully articulated crab legs and pincers that can open and close and be posed in a variety of angles through the use of ratcheting joints. His tri-barrel Gatling missile launcher was stored on the underside of the beast mode, with its barrels flipping to the front during vehicle mode. In this tank mode, the crab legs fit together to form a road wheel network for Shokaract's rubber treads to be fitted over and roll upon. Rolling the tank activates the wheel in the missile launcher, having up to three missiles fire off.
: In robot mode Shokaract is an imposingly large figure, with a decent level of articulation due to his ball joints, but because of the fact he wears most of his beast mode as a sort of backpack, he is quite back-heavy. His (very) small laser rifle and his triple barrel launcher can be held in both of his hands.

: In the years since his release, many fans have grown leery of transforming or even excessively handling Shokaract due to the amount of [[Vacuum metallizing|"chromed"]] paint that totally covers his crab carapace. This material has proven to be extremely brittle, prone to cracking or chipping, which reveals the underlying plastic colors as a very obvious visual blemish. This is irritating enough on standard retail releases, but on a very limited convention exclusive figure it can make people downright neurotic. Particularly worrisome is that Shokaract's tank mode is held in place by chromed pegs fitted into chromed sockets.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2000/Predacon/Shokaract/shokaract.htm More information on Shokaract at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
* One of [[3H Enterprises]]' original ideas for Shokaract's color scheme was to make him [[Black repaint|black with a red X]]. Fortunately, far more imaginative colors prevailed.

[[Category:Beast Wars characters]]
[[Category:Convention exclusives]]
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Breakdown (G1)

2009-12-11T21:37:17Z

68.9.61.159: /* IDW comics continuity */

{{disambig3|Breakdown}}
{{factions|decepticon|decepticong2}}
:''Breakdown is a [[Decepticon]] [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticon]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:MTMTEBreakdown.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Ever since the invention of [[Targetmaster]]s, Breakdown has been convinced his pistol is out to kill him...]]
'''Breakdown''' has an acute case of paranoia. (What was that!?) He genuinely believes that things, both living and inanimate, are ''watching'' him. (They're everywhere!) Breakdown doesn't like to stand out in a crowd. (Did you hear ''that''!?) He dreads being different and garnering attention. (Stop staring at me!) At times, he almost wishes he was a [[human]] so he could just disappear and no one would notice. (Get them off meeeee!) Needless to say, he and [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] (He's one of THEM!!) would be energon drinking buddies if each wasn't likely to be convinced the other was trying to poison him.

Breakdown can combine (They'll never take me alive!!) with his fellow [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] to form [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]].

:''Italian name:'' '''Caimano''' ("Caiman")
:''French-Canadian name:'' '''Panicon'''
:''Hungarian name:'' '''Vibrátor''' ("Vibrator", aheh)
:''Chinese name (Taiwan):'' '''Pāu-máu''' (拋錨, "Breakdown")
:''Chinese name (China):'' '''Daji''' (打击, "Strike")

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Jack Angel]] ([[The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1|First appearance only]]); [[Alan Oppenheimer]] (English), [[Keiichi Nanba]] (Japanese)

[[Image:Breakdown.jpg|left|180px|thumb|I'm Breakdown and...what the $*#@! are you looking at?!]]
After a failed attempt to steal experimental rocket fuel from [[United States Military]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] realized that while the Decepticons controlled the skies, the Autobots had supremacy on the ground, and so they needed new ground-based warriors who could out-drive and out-fight the Autobots on their terms. [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] was sent to steal various [[human]] vehicles that would be rebuilt to become the new Stunticons. Breakdown was given [[Spark|life]] by [[Vector Sigma]] along with the rest of the Stunticons. He agreed to obey Megatron, but there was a certain reluctance in his voice. He probably thought Megatron was out to get him, or something. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1}} Whilst the Autobots were trapped on Cybertron, the Decepticons returned to [[Earth]] with the newly awakened Stunticons who began wrecking havoc and damaging the Autobots' good name by attacking the US military base containing the experimental rocket fuel. Eventually, the Autobots returned with the newly built [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] whose combined form Superion defeated the Stunticon combiner Menasor. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2}}

Despite this defeat, the Stunticons were the key component in Megatron's elaborate scheme to hold a [[Europa 2000|fake charity race]] from Paris to Istanbul so he could steal US driver [[Auggie Cahnay (G1)|Auggie Cahnay]]'s car which would be melted down to house the the powerful [[Pearl of Bahoudin]]. One by one, the Stunticons disabled the Autobot participants assigned to protect Cahnay. Afterwards, the Stunticons were defeated when Cahnay rammed his car into Menasor’s face. {{storylink|Trans-Europe Express}}

When Megatron was infected with [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]] after a trip to the lost Autobot colony of [[Antilla]], the Stunticons were assigned to capture the Autobot scientist [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], who had developed the powerful anti-corrosion [[Corrostop]]. Arriving incognito on a ferry, Breakdown transformed and nervously informed the human passengers that this was a hijack and forced them into the captain’s cabin, though he actually locked them in the garage. AfterMegatron cured himself and infected the Autobots with the Cosmic Rust, Menasor attacked the Statue of Liberty in [[New York City]] with the ancient [[Lightning Bug|Lightning Bug]] heat ray, intent on stopping the Autobots from [[Matter duplicator|matter-duplicating]] more Corrostop from the layer they sprayed on the statue. Superion defeated Menasor and destroyed the Lightning Bug. {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}}

After Starscream was banished for yet another failed coup, he returned with a powerful new Decepticon team called the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]], who were able to outfight Autobot and Decepticon alike. With Megatron needing a trump card, [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] attempted to call on the Stunticons to help, but they refused as they were having a demolition derby with various human-owned cars. However, the Stunticons belatedly arrived after the Combaticon's combined form of [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] defeated [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] and forced Megatron acknowledge Starscream as the new Decepticon leader. Realizing that Starscream would not stop at Megatron, the Stunticons merged into Menasor and disabled Bruticus in one mighty punch. {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}}

While assembling a new weapon capable of destroying any target by creating a chain reaction in its molecules, Megatron found himself short a few key components to finish the device. He sent the Stunticons out to retrieve those components by any means necessary. Breakdown and [[Wildrider]] assaulted a local optics laboratory to gather new focusing lenses for the cannon's beam. On their way to the weapon's construction site, they were intercepted by a troop of Autobots. It was [[Grapple]] who brought down Breakdown, setting him on fire with his arc-welder rifle by using a trail of fuel as a fuse. The Stunticons were imprisoned in the Ark, their radioes and vehicle modes disabled and trapped behind energized bars. The Autobots then used camouflage paint to alter their appearances and mimic the Stunticons, hoping to get close enough to Megatron to catch him unawares. Autobot warrior [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] assumed Breakdown's appearance for the mission. After they left, however, Breakdown managed to use his unique vibratory pulses to disrupt his bars and break free. He caught his Autobot captors by surprise and blasted several of them before they could react, giving him enough time to free his fellow Stunticons and form Menasor. After a brief but memorable conflict, Menasor escaped the Ark and returned to Megatron. The cannon was rendered unusable by the Autobots' intervention, though, and Megatron's plan failed. {{storylink|Masquerade}}

In the wake of [[Unicron]]'s attack on Cybertron in the year 2005 and the subsequent Decepticon exile to [[Chaar]] in 2006, the Stunticons were reduced to being scavengers, fighting like [[slaarg]]s with their fellow Decepticons over the few scraps of energon they had. Motormaster determined that the Decepticon needed strong leadership to survive, and hope came when [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] brought news of [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]'s survival, and asked for the Decepticons to donate their remaining energon to revive their leader. While Dead End was pessimistic about their survival, Breakdown they were doomed anyway without a leader and focus. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}} However, while Cyclonus and the [[Sweep]]s were resurrecting Galvatron, the [[Quintessons|Quintessons]] arrived on Chaar with an offer of energon in exchange for attacking the Autobots. The Stunticons were instrumentals were in convincing the other Decepticons to ally themselves with the Quintessons. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}} After Galvatron returned to seize control of the Decepticons, the Stunticons were part of the Decepticon team attacking the Autobots on Earth. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

====''Zone'' OVA, manga and story pages====

Seeking to create a [[Decepticon Zone]] to counter the [[Micro|Autobot Zone]], [[Emperor of Destruction|Decepticon Emperor]] [[Violen Jiger]] gathered together the Nine Great Demon Generals, upgrading them with powerful new armor and weaponry, then sent them forth to conquer planets. Breakdown was among those summoned, but only as a part of Menasor. {{storylink|Zone (story page)|Zone Part 1}} {{storylink|Zone (manga)|Transformers: Zone}} {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
{{noteukonly}}
====Generation 1====
[[Image:Stunticonsmarvelg1.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Breakdown is the blue guy in the background.]]
Upon learning that the [[cerebro-shell]] implanted in [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] had also granted them access to the powers of the [[Creation Matrix]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] immediately built a team of Decepticons. The new Stunticons, which included Breakdown, were sent to find the Autobot, [[Skids (G1)|Skids]], who had earned new trust for the Autobots by publically saving a [[human]]. After Breakdown and the others knocked over every car in their way to get to Skids, they turned to "protect" him from the new [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], hoping to confuse the public and discredit the Autobots. Breakdown combined with his fellow Stunticons to form [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]], and they fought the Aerialbots' [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]. {{storylink|Heavy Traffic!}}

[[Image:Clubconresort.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Breakdown is responsible for the mints on pillows.]]
Megatron gathered Breakdown and the rest of the Stunticons before him to escort him in gun mode to Florida, where they would be air-lifted to the Decepticons' [[Club Con|new island headquarters]]. In the wake of the death of Optimus Prime, Megatron's paranoia had grown so great that Breakdown and the others left their leader behind to deal with a random human truck. {{storylink|Gone but Not Forgotten!}}

Ratbat moved their space-traveling island base back to Earth's seas, where it became a human travel resort to smokescreen the Decepticons' efforts to locate a key to finding the powerful [[Underbase]]. Breakdown was advertised on television as part of the island's smiling welcoming party. {{storylink|Club Con!}}

{{-}}
=====Earthforce=====
{{earthforcefiction}}
''Breakdown was briefly seen at the [[Enclave]], rubbing shoulders with the various troops from Megatron and [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s factions. {{storylink|The Bad Guy's Ball!}} Later, after the factions merged, he drove into battle alongside the Stunticons and [[Battlecharger]]s when [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] led an attack on Autobot Earthbase. Although the Autobot defense systems were down at the time, Breakdown and his comrades were still ultimately driven off. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}} On another occasion, Starscream and Soundwave learned the Autobots had a [[Irwin Spoon|human reporter]] writing a positive story about them. Fearing that good publicity among the humans would give Earthforce an edge, they sent the Stunticons to kidnap the human. As Motormaster made off with the reporter, Breakdown and the Stunticons ran interference against the Autobot cars following him. After [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] transformed and got off a quick shot at their leader, Breakdown rear-ended him in the legs. The Autobot was knocked out of the fight, but so was Breakdown as he had caved in his own hood in the effort. {{storylink|End of the Road! (UK)|End of the Road!}}''

{{Note|It is unclear which faction Breakdown was on before Soundwave and Starscream led their coup for Decepticon leadership.}}

=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
''Breakdown and the Stunticons attacked [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] on the road in 2003, making an attempt to steal the plans for the upcoming [[Autobot City]]. They were successful, but the plans were a set of fakes, so they ultimately didn't gain anything. A traffic light tried to tell Breakdown as much, but he refused to listen to it. {{storylink|Ark Duty}}''

''In 2008, [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Death's Head (G1)|Death's Head]] were compelled by [[Unicron|Unicron]] to make an assassination attempt on the Decepticon leader, Shockwave. They sealed the door to the audience chamber during the attack, and so Soundwave summoned the Stunticons as Menasor to break through the door. They eventually did so, and Breakdown and Dead End were about to execute the Decepticon traitors when Death's Head returned with news of Shockwave's demise. Using a series of explosives built into his hover platform as an incentive, the bounty hunter forced Soundwave and the other Decepticons to submit to their leadership. {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}}''

====Generation 2====
Breakdown was among the Decepticons rallied for war against the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]] after [[Skullgrin]]'s death. {{storylink|New Dawn}}

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
At some point in Cybertron's recent history, the Stunticons were deemed psychotic and too dangerous to function in society, and as a result were placed into perpetual stasis lock inside of a prison facility. Later, in an attempt to create a diversion while he set his final plans in motion, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] arranged for the release of the Stunticons. They formed into Menasor and ran amuck for awhile, until [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] arrived and began insulting them. Unable to reconcile with this, the five Stunticons began to bicker with each other over whose fault it was that they were failing, temporarily stopping Menasor and allowing Ultra Magnus to ram the combiner in the chest, forcing him to separate into his component parts and disabling the Stunticons. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}}

===Devil's Due ''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers'' comics===
[[Image:GIJoevsTFII_2_Breakdown.jpg|thumb|right|200px|"I learned ''this'' from [[Scrounge (G1)|Scrounge]]!"]]
It must've been Breakdown's lucky day when [[Teletran 3]] went haywire and transported him the Stunticons to 1930's [[Chicago]], as unlike his comrades, he stayed conscious the whole time instead of getting locked in a new vehicle mode. Breakdown decided to stay quiet, however, and let himself be used by a human criminal gang until he and the others were found by a group of [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joes]] and [[Cobra]] members sent to bring the lost Cybertronians back to the future. After overhearing [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] explaining what would happen to Earth if the Stunticons weren't retrieved, Breakdown revealed himself and stole [[Beachhead]]'s [[disruption unit]]s, using them to awaken Dead End, Wildrider and Drag Strip. With Motormaster absent, Breakdown led the others in a car chase across Chicago, which ended when Prime and the humans found Motormaster and sent everyone back to present-day Cybertron. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #2}}

[[Image:ArtofWar4_Breakdown_shoots_Nautilator.jpg|thumb|left|200px|]]
The Stunticons were later recruited into [[Serpent O.R.]]'s army, and Breakdown both helped capture some Autobots and G.I. Joes and attack an Autobot peace ceremony in the form of Menasor. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3|The Art of War #3}} Following the battle, he and [[Nautilator]] were assigned to guard the imprisoned Joes, and Breakdown told his fellow Decepticon how freaky it was to be on Earth and have all those fleshlings stare at you. He then decided to check up on the [[Snake-Eyes|prisoner in black]], only to hypnotized by the human's [[Arashikage]] ninja techniques and forced to gun down Nautilator. After then freeing the humans, Breakdown was released from Snake-Eyes's control and fell unconscious. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4|The Art of War #4}}

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===IDW comics continuity===
[[Image:Ongoing issue 1-Breakdown shoulder slam.jpg|right|thumb|200px|]]
{{storylink|...For All Mankind}}

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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1Breakdown toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Wahoo reaction, now a gucci cola sale]]
*'''Breakdown''' (Stunticon, 1986/1987)
**''Team ID number'': '''S2'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-51'''
**''Accessories'': "[[Concussion cannon]]", double-barreled "plasma-energy blaster".

: The original Breakdown toy transforms into a white [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes#Lamborghini Countach|Lamborghini Countach]]. He comes with a blue double-barreled cannon that attaches to the back of his vehicle mode. In robot mode, he is armed with a small blue laser pistol. As he was designed with the "[[Scramble City]]" style of combination, he can form the arm or leg to any similarly-constructed super robot. Although the 1986 Stunticon gift set (below) shows Breakdown as the left arm of Menasor, his nominal placement is as the right leg.

: The original release featured a red sticker on Breakdown's hood. Later "[[Classics (Europe)|Classics]]" range releases in Europe featured a gold sticker instead.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Breakdown/breakdown.htm More information on Breakdown at TFU.info]''

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*'''Menasor''' (Giftset, 1986)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-55'''
**''Accessories'': "Concussion rifle", double-barreled "plasma-energy blaster".

: Breakdown was also available as part of the Menasor giftset in numerous markets, along with his teammates [[Motormaster]], [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]], [[Drag Strip]], and [[Wildrider]]. All of the toys in the set are identical to their individual releases.

===Generation 2===
[[Image:G2-toy Breakdown.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean you aren't coloured neon blue.]]
*'''Breakdown''' (Stunticon, 1994)
**''Team ID number:'' '''S3'''
**''Accessories'': "Concussion rifle", double-barreled "plasma-energy blaster".

: ''[[Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' Breakdown was released as an [[exclusive]] at [[BotCon 1994]], with only approximately 300 units sold. Originally, Hasbro had planned to mass-release a complete set of ''Generation 2'' Stunticons, but ultimately only Breakdown saw official release in any form. The "collect them all!" cross-sell on the back of the packaging featuring the other Stunticons was covered by a BotCon 1994 sticker.

: The toy is, of course, a [[redeco]] of the original Breakdown toy, and has the distinction of being the first [[BotCon]] toy ever.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1994/Decepticon/Breakdown/breakdown.htm More information on Generation 2 Breakdown at TFU.info]''

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==Trivia==
[[Image:G2Breakdown toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|So what if he can't transform? He doesn't have to link up to that jerk Motormaster ever again!]]

* An ''unofficial'' [[Action Master]] ''Generation 2'' Breakdown was an exclusive at [[BotCon 2004]], created from bootlegged Action Master [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] parts. Though this wiki does not normally list unofficial items, this one is put here simply to reinforce that even though it is a [[BotCon]] toy, it was from the one year that BotCon was unofficial, and the toy is not [[Hasbro]]-approved either. Thank you, won't we?

* In the ''[[Transformers Autobots/Decepticons|Transformers Decepticons]]'' game based on the [[Transformers (2007)|2007 movie]], an unlocked alternate mode called "Scout" is a [[homage]] to Breakdown.

* ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Runamuck (ROTF)|Runamuck]]'s vehicle mode deco homages Beakdown's Generation 1 form.

: Also, ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Brakedown_(ROTF)|Brakedown]] homages G1 Breakdown in form, color, ''and'' name.

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

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