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Spotlight: Grimlock

2008-01-29T06:42:17Z

69.105.110.70:

[[Image:Spotlightgrimlock.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Me Grimlock star. Scorponok, slag off!!!!!]]
{{comicnav | Spotlight (comics)| 13 | seriesname=''The Transformers: Spotlight''| prev=Spotlight: Arcee | next=Spotlight: Mirage}}
'''If even Grimlock gets a Spotlight, what chance then, do we have?'''

==Synopsis==
{{spoiler}}

==Credits==
'''Script:''' [[Simon Furman]]<br>
'''Art:''' [[Marcelo Matere]]<br>
'''Colors:''' <br>
'''Lettering:''' <br>
'''Editors:''' <br>
* ''Originally published:'' March, 2008 (scheduled)
* ''Continuity:'' [[IDW continuity]]

===Major characters===
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"
! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobots]]
! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticons]]
! style="background:#FFEEB8" | Others
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
* [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (1)

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |

| style="background:#FFEEB8" valign="top" |
|}

== Errors ==
* None yet identified.

== Items of note ==
* None yet identified.

===Covers===
{{picsneeded|alt cover}}
* None yet identified.

===Advertisements===
* None yet identified.

[[Category:Spotlight issues|Grimlock]]
{{-}}
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Kremzeek!

2008-01-27T08:43:56Z

69.105.110.70: /* Notable quotes */

{{picsneeded}}
{{disambig2|the Generation 1 cartoon episode|the electrical life form that first appears therein|Kremzeek}}

[[Image:Kremzeek.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"Kremzeek!" is pretty much his whole vocabulary.]]
{{episodenav|g1|season=2|32|prev=The Gambler|next=Sea Change}}
{{episodenav|SRLFtoon|38|prev=The Girl Who Loved Powerglide|next=Triple Takeover}}

'''An electric pest annoys everyone. Including the viewers.'''

*'''Japanese title:''' "Panic - The Kremzeek!"

==Detailed synopsis==
At the [[Decepticon]] [[Decepticon space cruiser|base]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] is working on some electrodes for the Decepticons' new [[energy magnet]]. When [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] comes to complain, an energy based lifeform which calls itself Kremzeek jumps from Megatron's experiments, and begins wrecking all their gear. Megatron is impressed, thinking that Kremzeek would make an effective weapon against the [[Autobot]]s. Trapping it in a circuit trap, Megatron has [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] take them to te [[Ark (G1)|Autobot base]], where they deposit Kremzeek.

Breaking free of his trap, Kremzeek goes on a rampage, shorting out the Autobots [[circuits]]. [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] realizes that his new insulating foam might work, and manages to coat [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Blaster]], [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]], and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], which prevents Kremzeek from entering them and playing havoc with their systems. However, Kremzeek manages to jump into [[Teletraan I]], shorting it out, and then riding [[Sky Spy]] to another location...[[Japan]].

Taking [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] to Japan, the massive mechanoid is shorted out by Kremzeek, who jumps into a train, which the Autobots persue. Heading towards a city, Kremzeek plays havoc in an arcade, then enters Shibuya Manufacturing Corparation. Upon meeting Dr. Soji Yoshikawa, he theorizes that radio waves might affect him. Blaster work his magic, and then tries to merge Kremzeek with his own energy supply. Unfortunately, this creates a whole multitude of Kremzeeks.

As they rampage around Japan, the [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]] theorizes that a large energy source could draw the Kremzeeks together and reunite them. At the Decepticon base, the energy magnet is ready, and the Decepticons first target a passing warship. Back at Japan, the Autobots have finished preparing a tower to absorb the Kremzeeks, but one manages to slip inside Blaster. However, when the Kremzeeks are reunited, they emerge in a [[scale|massive]] form. At that moment, Megatron activates the energy manget, drawing the world's energy sources to the Decepticon base. As the Autobots begin to feel the effects of the loss of energy, Prime realizes that this whole thing has been a distraction by Megatron. That leads Blaster to think of a plan: Why not let the Decepticons deal with him?

Kremzeek, who is getting sleepy, is directed to the energy magnet, and collides with it. It done blowed up real good. After the Decepticons retreat, the stolen energy is returned to it's rightful place. Yoshikawa theorizes that they could cause Kremzeek to disperse, which would kill him. Despite Bumblebee's objections that killing him is wrong (what the [[frag]] is wrong with you, Bee?) Prime causes Kremzeek to disperse. Returning to the mainland, Blaster admits that he sort of misses Kremzeek.

However, the solitary Kremzeek jumps out of Blaster, and the persuit begins again. Sadly, we're out of time.

==Stats==
'''Original airdate:''' December 27, 1985

'''Written by:''' [[David Wise]]

===Featured Characters===
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"
! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobots]]
! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticons]]
! style="background:antiquewhite" | [[Human|Humans]]
! style="background:#FFEEB8" | Others
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]

''(The following Autobots make cameos in the episode as victims of Kremzeek)''
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]]
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]]
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]
*[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]]

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |

*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" | '''Regulars'''
*[[Sparkplug Witwicky]]
'''Guests'''

| style="background:#FFEEB8" valign="top" |
*
|}

==Notable quotes==
"Yes, Kremzeek! You will be my ultimate weapon against the Autobots."<br>
:--'''Megatron''' displaying how desparate he was getting by that point.

"This is no time for games, Sparkplug!"<br>"Who's playing? I'm savin' ya!!"<br>
:--'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Sparkplug Witwicky'''

"Alert! Alert! Evil Martian flamingoes have invade supermarkets across the planet. They have come to steal Earth's ammonia."<br>
:--'''Teletraan I''''s funniest line in the series.

"So what do we do when we catch him?"<br>"I don't know."<br>"You mean you don't have a plan?"<br>"Who's had time to think of one? Hang on!"<br>
:--'''Blaster''' and '''Optimus Prime'''

"Oh, here comes that sinking feeling..."<br>
:--'''Optimus Prime''''s funniest line in the series.

==Other notes==

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
* Whilst on the command bridge of the Energon Magnet, on at least two seperate occasions, Starscreams mouth is replaced with three lines that look like a mouthplate animation. However, When he speaks, His mouth returns.

===Continuity errors===
* If Sparkplug's insulating foam prevents Kremzeek from getting inside the Autobots, how did he get inside Blaster on two separate occasions?
* On that note, why didn't Kremzeek cause Blaster to short circuit?

===Transformers references===
* This would not be the end of Kremzeek. He would return again as an [[easter egg]] in [[Dreamwave]] and [[Kiss Players]]. [[Sam Witwicky]] even has a little Kremzeek figurine on his desk in the [[Transformers (2007)|Transformers movie]] comic adaptation.

===Real-world references===
A sign advertising a distinctly Godzilla-esque monster movie called ''[[Hojoni]]'' is seen in this episode.

===Miscellaneous trivia===

* When Teletraan-1 is scrambled by Kremzeek, he first babbles the above line about ammonia being stolen, then proceeds to start speaking in Newspeak a la [[wikipedia:Nineteen Eighty-Four|George Orwell's ''1984'']].

* Writer David Wise recycled this plot for an episode of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and possibly other shows.

===Keywords===
(''separate by commas and link each one so a page can be created for it if it does not already exist'')

==External links==

[[Category: Generation 1 episodes]]
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Kremzeek!

2008-01-27T08:43:40Z

69.105.110.70: /* Notable quotes */

{{picsneeded}}
{{disambig2|the Generation 1 cartoon episode|the electrical life form that first appears therein|Kremzeek}}

[[Image:Kremzeek.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"Kremzeek!" is pretty much his whole vocabulary.]]
{{episodenav|g1|season=2|32|prev=The Gambler|next=Sea Change}}
{{episodenav|SRLFtoon|38|prev=The Girl Who Loved Powerglide|next=Triple Takeover}}

'''An electric pest annoys everyone. Including the viewers.'''

*'''Japanese title:''' "Panic - The Kremzeek!"

==Detailed synopsis==
At the [[Decepticon]] [[Decepticon space cruiser|base]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] is working on some electrodes for the Decepticons' new [[energy magnet]]. When [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] comes to complain, an energy based lifeform which calls itself Kremzeek jumps from Megatron's experiments, and begins wrecking all their gear. Megatron is impressed, thinking that Kremzeek would make an effective weapon against the [[Autobot]]s. Trapping it in a circuit trap, Megatron has [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] take them to te [[Ark (G1)|Autobot base]], where they deposit Kremzeek.

Breaking free of his trap, Kremzeek goes on a rampage, shorting out the Autobots [[circuits]]. [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] realizes that his new insulating foam might work, and manages to coat [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Blaster]], [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]], and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], which prevents Kremzeek from entering them and playing havoc with their systems. However, Kremzeek manages to jump into [[Teletraan I]], shorting it out, and then riding [[Sky Spy]] to another location...[[Japan]].

Taking [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] to Japan, the massive mechanoid is shorted out by Kremzeek, who jumps into a train, which the Autobots persue. Heading towards a city, Kremzeek plays havoc in an arcade, then enters Shibuya Manufacturing Corparation. Upon meeting Dr. Soji Yoshikawa, he theorizes that radio waves might affect him. Blaster work his magic, and then tries to merge Kremzeek with his own energy supply. Unfortunately, this creates a whole multitude of Kremzeeks.

As they rampage around Japan, the [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]] theorizes that a large energy source could draw the Kremzeeks together and reunite them. At the Decepticon base, the energy magnet is ready, and the Decepticons first target a passing warship. Back at Japan, the Autobots have finished preparing a tower to absorb the Kremzeeks, but one manages to slip inside Blaster. However, when the Kremzeeks are reunited, they emerge in a [[scale|massive]] form. At that moment, Megatron activates the energy manget, drawing the world's energy sources to the Decepticon base. As the Autobots begin to feel the effects of the loss of energy, Prime realizes that this whole thing has been a distraction by Megatron. That leads Blaster to think of a plan: Why not let the Decepticons deal with him?

Kremzeek, who is getting sleepy, is directed to the energy magnet, and collides with it. It done blowed up real good. After the Decepticons retreat, the stolen energy is returned to it's rightful place. Yoshikawa theorizes that they could cause Kremzeek to disperse, which would kill him. Despite Bumblebee's objections that killing him is wrong (what the [[frag]] is wrong with you, Bee?) Prime causes Kremzeek to disperse. Returning to the mainland, Blaster admits that he sort of misses Kremzeek.

However, the solitary Kremzeek jumps out of Blaster, and the persuit begins again. Sadly, we're out of time.

==Stats==
'''Original airdate:''' December 27, 1985

'''Written by:''' [[David Wise]]

===Featured Characters===
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"
! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobots]]
! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticons]]
! style="background:antiquewhite" | [[Human|Humans]]
! style="background:#FFEEB8" | Others
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]

''(The following Autobots make cameos in the episode as victims of Kremzeek)''
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]]
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]]
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]
*[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]]

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |

*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" | '''Regulars'''
*[[Sparkplug Witwicky]]
'''Guests'''

| style="background:#FFEEB8" valign="top" |
*
|}

==Notable quotes==
"Yes, Kremzeek! You will be my ultimate weapon against the Autobots."<br>
:--'''Megatron''' displaying how desparate he was getting by that point.

"This is no time for games, Sparkplug!"<br>"Who's playing? I'm savin' ya!!"<br>
:--'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Sparkplug Witwicky'''

"Alert! Alert! Evil Martian flamingoes have invade supermarkets across the planet. They have come to steal Earth's ammonia."<br>
:--'''Teletraan I''''s funniest line in the series.

"So what do we do when we catch him?"<br>"I don't know."<br>"You mean you don't have a plan?"<br>"Who's had time to think of one? Hang on!"<br>
:--'''Blaster''' and '''Optimus Prime'''

"Oh, here comes that sinking feeling..."<br>
:--'''Optimus Prime''' funniest line in the series.

==Other notes==

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
* Whilst on the command bridge of the Energon Magnet, on at least two seperate occasions, Starscreams mouth is replaced with three lines that look like a mouthplate animation. However, When he speaks, His mouth returns.

===Continuity errors===
* If Sparkplug's insulating foam prevents Kremzeek from getting inside the Autobots, how did he get inside Blaster on two separate occasions?
* On that note, why didn't Kremzeek cause Blaster to short circuit?

===Transformers references===
* This would not be the end of Kremzeek. He would return again as an [[easter egg]] in [[Dreamwave]] and [[Kiss Players]]. [[Sam Witwicky]] even has a little Kremzeek figurine on his desk in the [[Transformers (2007)|Transformers movie]] comic adaptation.

===Real-world references===
A sign advertising a distinctly Godzilla-esque monster movie called ''[[Hojoni]]'' is seen in this episode.

===Miscellaneous trivia===

* When Teletraan-1 is scrambled by Kremzeek, he first babbles the above line about ammonia being stolen, then proceeds to start speaking in Newspeak a la [[wikipedia:Nineteen Eighty-Four|George Orwell's ''1984'']].

* Writer David Wise recycled this plot for an episode of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and possibly other shows.

===Keywords===
(''separate by commas and link each one so a page can be created for it if it does not already exist'')

==External links==

[[Category: Generation 1 episodes]]
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Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook

2008-01-27T00:49:31Z

69.105.110.70: /* Other notes/errors */

The '''''Beast Wars Sourcebook''''' is a 4-issue limited series by [[IDW Publishing]], featuring expanded profile entries for ''most'' pre-''[[Beast Machines]]'' Transformers from the [[Beast Era]] toy lines (including both US, Japanese, [[MicroVerse]], fast-food and convention [[exclusive]] characters). Entries are in a format roughly borrowed from the [[Dreamwave Productions]]' ''[[More Than Meets the Eye]]'' profile books and organized alphabetically. In theory.

==Vital Statistics==
'''Writer:''' [[Simon Furman]] and [[Ben Yee]]<br>
'''Artists:''' [[Robby Musso]], [[Marcelo Matere]], [[Don Figueroa]], [[Nick Roche]], [[Guido Guidi]], [[Dan Khanna]], [[Liam Shalloo]], [[Josh Burcham]], [[Zac Atkinson]], [[Frank Milkovich]]<br>
'''Pagecount:''' 48pp

==Issue #1 profiles==
{{m-}}Release date: October 3, 2007
{{collist|4|
*[[Air Hammer]]
*[[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]]
*[[Antagony]]
*[[Apache]]
*[[Arachnid]]
*[[Archadis]]
*[[Armordillo]]
*[[Autocrasher]]
*[[Autojetter]]
*[[Autolauncher]]
*[[Autostinger]]
*[[Bantor]]
*[[Bazooka]]
*[[B'Boom]]
*[[BB]]
*[[Beetle]]
*[[Big Convoy]]
*[[Bighorn]]
*[[Bigmos]]
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]
*[[Bonecrusher (BW)|Bonecrusher]]
*[[Break]]
*[[Bump]]
*[[Buzz Saw]]
*[[Buzzclaw (BW)|Buzzclaw]]
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]
*[[Cicadacon]]
*[[Claw Jaw]]
*[[Cohrada]]
*[[Coelagon]]
*[[Cybershark]]
*[[Crazybolt]]
*[[Dead End (BWN)|Dead End]]
*[[Depth Charge]]
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]]
*[[Dinobot II]]
*[[Dirge (BWII)|Dirge]]
*[[Dirge (BWII)|Dirgegun]]
*[[Diver]]
*[[DJ]]
*[[Drancron]]
*[[Drill Bit (BW)|Drill Bit]]
*[[Double Punch (BW)|Double Punch]]
*[[Drill Nuts]]
}}

==Issue #2 profiles==
{{m-}}Release date: October 31, 2007
{{collist|4|
*[[Elephorca]]
*[[Fractyl]]
*[[Galvatron (BWII)|Galvatron]]
*[[Megastorm|Gigastorm]]
*[[Gimlet]]
*[[God Neptune]]
*[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]
*[[Grizzly-1]]
*[[Guiledart]]
*[[Halfshell]]
*[[Hardhead (BWN)|Hardhead]]
*[[Heinrad]]
*[[Starscream (BWII)|Hellscream]]
*[[Hydra (BWN)|Hydra]]
*[[Icebird]]
*[[Iguanus (BW)|Iguanus]]
*[[Ikard]]
*[[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]]
*[[Injector]]
*[[Insecticon (BW)|Insecticon]]
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]
*[[Jawbreaker]]
*[[Jetstorm (BW)|Jetstorm]]
*[[K-9]]
*[[Killer Punch]]
*[[Lazorbeak]]
*[[Lio Convoy]]
*[[Lio Junior]]
*[[Longrack (BWN)|Longrack]]
*[[Magmatron]]
*[[Mach Kick]]
*[[Magnaboss]]
*[[Magnaboss II]]
*[[Manta Ray (BW)|Manta Ray]]
*[[Manterror]]
*[[Mantis]]
*[[BB|Max-B]]
*[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]
*[[Megastorm]]
*[[Motorarm]]
*[[Moon (BWII)|Moon]]
*[[Night Glider]]
*[[Noctorro]]
}}
==Issue #3 profiles==
{{m-}}Release date: January 4, 2008
{{collist|4|
*[[Onyx Primal]]
*[[Optimus Minor]]
*[[Optimus Primal]]
*[[Orcanoch]]
*[[Packrat]]
*[[Panther]]
*[[Poison Bite]]
*[[Polar Claw]]
*[[Powerhug]]
*[[Powerpinch]]
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]
*[[Prowl (BW)|Prowl II]]
*[[Quickstrike]]
*[[Ramhorn]]
*[[Rampage]]
*[[Ramulus]]
*[[Randy]]
*[[Rattrap]]
*[[Ravage]]
*[[Rartorata]]
*[[Razorbeast]]
*[[Razor Claw]]
*[[Razorclaw (BW)|Razorclaw]]
*[[Retrax]]
*[[Rhino]]
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]]
*[[Rockbuster]]
*[[Saberback]]
*[[Sandstorm (BW)|Sandstorm]]
*[[Santon]]
*[[Scarem]]
*[[Scavenger (BW)|Scavenger]]
*[[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]]
*[[Scissor Boy]]
*[[Scuba]]
*[[Scylla]]
*[[Sea Clamp]]
*[[Sea Phantom]]
*[[Shadow Panther]]
*[[Sharp Edge]]
*[[Shokaract]]
*[[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]]
}}

==Items of note and errors==
===Omissions===
* The [[Egg Beast]]s are notably and intentionally absent from the book, as is McDonald's "[[Under-3|the 'Lion Head Optimus Primal' figure]]". ''Boo.''

* Claw Jaw's bio is also lacking any mention of his "[[Transmetal]]" form (which was a pack-in [[redeco]] of his original toy and included a ''Beast Wars'' video in various European markets).

* Quite a few characters with triple-changer abilities do not have their tertiary mode pictured, though art was often produced.

* Thus far, characters who have had multiple bodies such as Cheetor, Blackarachnia and Megatron are depicted with an inconsistent mishmash of their respective bodies' modes, in no cases showing each mode of each body.

===Coloring errors/notes===
[[Image:SourcebookBB.jpg|thumb|I spent the night in Vegas and woke up like this.]]
* Blackarachia's images are solid gold-orange and black.

* BB is similarly colored in nothing but gold-orange, with a little white. The profile's author [[Ben Yee]] has gone on the record that this is in fact an error of the colorist, which he hopes will be corrected in the trade paperback.

* Dinobot's colors are based on the Beast Wars 10 Anniversary release of the Dinobot toy, minus the blue kneecaps and face.

* Gimlet, Lio Junior, Magnaboss II and Motorarm are all incorrectly colored as their [[Hasbro]] mold-partners Sea Clamp, Prowl, Magnaboss and Ramhorn.

* The hind legs of Magmatron's combined-beast mode are incorrectly colored as if they belonged to Skysaur, when they are actually the robot-mode arms from his Seasaur portion.

===Other notes/errors===
* The alphabetical order of characters gets out of whack in numerous places.

* Despite a stated policy to not diverge from the names of originally Japanese characters, some names have been altered, such as Elphaorpha to "[[Elephorca]]" and Blentron to [[Blendtron|Blen'''d'''tron]].

* The book makes alterations to the personalities and intelligence levels of a fair number of the Japanese characters. Understandably, the cartoonishly racist "Frito Bandito" aspect of the [[Jointron]]s was dropped, but their core personalities stayed basically the same. However, there are numerous instances of ''fundamental'' changes to characters. Mantis, a cold-blooded killer, is described as a smiling friendly guy. Diver is no longer a skittish coward. Hardhead is no longer dumb as toast. Infinitely loyal Guiledart is described as an utterly distrustful schemer. Moon isn't even remotely comedic. Ben Yee is on record as saying these changes were intentional and designed to fit certain characters better into the overall feel of the merged Japanese/US ''Beast Wars'' universe the books were creating.<ref>Ben's review of issue two. (See link above)</ref>

* Despite being [[Scuba]]'s cousin in the original material, ''Sourcebook'' states that [[Ikard]] is his brother.

* Characters are not consistently placed in subgroups. Drancron is apparently not a Blendtron, nor is Longrack a member of the [[Pack]].

* The entries of ''Beast Wars II'' characters are inconsistent on whether the factions are Maximals and Predacons or "Cybertrons" and "Destrons".

* Airazor's motto is listed as "She swoops to conquer!", but her actual line of dialogue from the episode had been "She '''stoops''' to conquer!" in "[[Call of the Wild]]", a reference to both the 18th-Century [[wikipedia:She Stoops to Conquer|romantic Irish play of the same name]] and the [[wikipedia:Peregrine_Falcon#Ecology_and_behavior|hunting dive used by peregrine falcons]] (her [[altmode]]), called a "stoop" ''only'' in reference to that specific breed of falcon.

* The artists' credits sections in the front of the books have numerous inaccuracies. Notably, [[Dan Khanna]] is credited with numerous pieces he did not draw (Dan himself confirmed this), including Blackarachnia, Dinobot, Hardhead, K-9 and Killerpunch. Blackarachnia was likely drawn by [[Nick Roche]], though who drew the others is currently unknown.

* Issue 2 is also notable for having a disproportionate number of pointless and incorrectly used parenthetical asides and additions, and sections of sentence between dashes for no good reason. For example:
:''Hydra'': "The trouble is, everyone-who's ever had anything to do with Hydra-knows what to expect..."
:''Injector'': "...his ungainly new ([[Fuzor]]) form..."

* The book contradicts Injector's original toy bio by saying he puts on a show of liking his beast mode, but really thinks it is ugly and he's ashamed of it. [[Image:Silverboltbeastwarssourcebook.jpg|thumb|right|What. The. ''Hell''.]]

* Gigastorm's "Abilities" section ends with a bizarre sentence fragment: ".. . built into its fists.built into his right arm."

* Magmatron's three individual beast modes are claimed to have "only loose connections to actual reptilian lifeforms". Uh... Giganotosaurus, Elasmosaurus and Quetzalcoatlus... where's the looseness here?

* Not so much an error, but the first two issues feature cover images of characters ''not in those issues''. Magamatron is on #1, but his bio is in #2, Torca is on #2 but will be in issue #4. (However, "Elephorca" '''is''' in #2, so it's entirely possible the art is supposed to be him, and it's just miscolored.)

* All of the robot modes drawn by [[Frank Milkovich]] are drawn almost ''entirely'' mechanical, including all of the ''organic beast mode'' parts. See image on right.
* Not really an ''error'', but certainly bizarre: Scissor Boy is just a mirrored version of Powerpinch's art, with his minor detailing changed. At that point, why not just draw entirely new art?

* Ramulus is described as "even-tempered," whereas his toy bio and previous comic appearances portray him as a hot-headed jerk.

* Ravage's cassette mode is labeled "NAME".

* Ravage's "original" Predacon body has his Transmetal 2 head erroneously.

* [[Scourge (BW)|Scourge]] is absent from the third issue.

* God, I need a stiff drink.

{{-}}

==External links==
*[http://www.bwtf.com/cbreviews/idw/bwsourcebook1/ Ben Yee's review of ''Beast Wars Sourcebook'' 1]
*[http://bwtf.com/cbreviews/idw/bwsourcebook2/ Ben Yee's review of ''Beast Wars Sourcebook'' 2]

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:IDW Beast Wars issues]]
[[Category:IDW titles]]
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Energon

2008-01-27T00:46:44Z

69.105.110.70: /* Energon */

{{disambig3|Energon}}

[[Image:EnergonCubesCartoon1.jpg |right|300px|thumb|Taste the not-so-rainbow-but-shiny-pink]]

'''Energon''' is the preferred fuel/energy source of [[Transformer]]s. It has also been shown as food, intoxicating drink, ammunition, even currency. More, it has been discribed as the basic building block of all Transformer's bodies and [[sparks]].

Typically, energon is highly volatile. Even a small impact can cause energon to detonate explosively.

In most continuities, the safest way to transport Energon is when it is condensed into the form of an [[energon cube]]. In this form energon is more stable, but still quite dangerous.

== Generation 1 ==
===Generation 1 cartoon===
Energon is at first the specific power source of choice of the Decepticons exclusively, with the Autobots never using the material in their recorded adventures in the late 20th Century. By 2005, however - by choice or necessity - the Autobots had adopted energon as their fuel also. Energon has also been used as currency, mostly by entities that do not use it as sustenance, on the gambling asteroid of [[Monacus]].

[[Image:Energon.jpg|left|thumb|Skywarp in his fat days, making a sandwich]]
Energon is "refined" or created out of other energy sources, sometimes through machinery, but most often simply by attaching an empty energon cube, or placing one next to, the energy source which will be converted. The cube then goes to work automatically, converting the power source into liquid energon which fills the cube. Liquid energon is a glowing pink in color, but should energon cubes be compressed, it takes on an irridescent rainbow effect.

Energy sources refined into energon have included electricity, magma, oil and steam, pillaged from Earth by the Decepticons a regular basis. When the Autobots began using energon, on the other hand, they set up [[Autobot City]] to harmlessly harness Earth's many renewable resources and acquire the energy that way. The level of power any energon possesses appears to be related to the original base material from which it was converted - the especially pure oil of [[Carbombya]], for example, yielded a particularly potent "super-energon" that created an instantly perceptible increase in vigour and strength in those who consumed it.

=== Generation 1: Blackthorne 3D ===
[[Image:Energon_molecule.jpg|thumb|The final molecule needed for pure energon, which cannot be manufactured, is highlighted at the right. There will be a quiz on Friday, so pay attention.]]
The first issue of [[Blackthorne Publishing]]'s ''[[Transformers in 3D]]'' comics featured an unusually specific discussion of energon, although it is outside of mainline continuity, and this information has not been re-used in other canonical sources.

According to Blackthorne, "pure energon" consists of several molecules (perhaps in the form of a macromolecule), one of which contains an element actually named "energon", which cannot be synthesized. The whole macromolecule is often refered to simply as energon.

The element energon is required for the creation of "pure" energon. This implies that an "impure" energon may exist that can be manufactured without the element energon, but is still referred to as energon because of its similar physical properties.

=== IDW Comics Continuity ===

Energon is at the heart of the revised continuity introduced in ''[[Infiltration]]'' and ''[[Stormbringer_(comics)|Stormbringer]]'' arcs. The Transformers apparently stripped Cybertron of its resources (including Energon) during the Autobot-Decepticon War, precipitating the cataclysm that rendered the planet sterile. Thus, the Transformers are spread across the galaxy, seeking new or synthetic sources of fuel - [[Starscream_(G1)|Starscream]] mentions "artificial Energon derivatives" and "scrabbling for micro-ergs of some foul local brew".

The extent of Autobot energy-harvesting operations is as yet unknown, but it is clear that the Decepticons infiltrate and destabilise established societies with developed technology (presumably because local technology makes Energon harvesting quicker and easier) before stripping the infiltrated planets bare. The Autobots typically work to counter Decepticon infiltration units, possibly to deny the Decepticons new sources of energy as much as to protect the unwitting peoples of each planet from Decepticon pillaging.

An offhanded comment made by [[Ratchet_(G1)|Ratchet]] indicates that one method for consuming Energon is the use of a delivery capsule. Presumably, this is the large, coffin-like device used by [[Starscream_(G1)|Starscream]] in the first two pages of ''Infiltration'' #6.

The discovery on Earth of [[Ore-13]], an ore that can be purified into a unique and highly powerful form of Energon, threatens to throw humanity's home straight into the middle of the conflict as both Autobots and Decepticons vie for control of it. Unknown to either faction, Ore-13 was actually created by the Decepticon [[Shockwave|Shockwave]], who seeded Earth with the substance millions of years ago as part of a project he called [[Spotlight:_Shockwave|Regenesis]].

Back on Cybertron, another form of Energon has been discovered by both an Autobot science team led by [[Jetfire_(G1)|Jetfire]] and a Decepticon group led by [[Bludgeon_(G1)|Bludgeon]]; the latter group has used this "Ultra Energon" to resurrect the avatar of the Cybertronian apocalypse, the Decepticon [[Thunderwing_(G1)|Thunderwing]], in a plot to restore Cybertron to its former glory. Given that Bludgeon had uncovered Shockwave's Regenesis project, Ultra-Energon and Ore-13 may be the same substance.

==Beast Era==

As the Blackthorne comics had done before them, the [[Beast Wars (cartoon)|''Beast Wars'']] animated series treated energon as an element in its own right, rather than a refined product of other energies. The ''Beast Wars'' handling of energon was centered around the concept of the element existing in a naturally-occurring raw state as [[Energon crystal|unstable crystal]]s which generated [[Energon radiation|powerful radiation]]. With extended exposure, this radiation threatened to overload the circuits of a normal Transformer, but could not penetrate through organic layers. When [[Optimus Primal]] and [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s crews arrived on prehistoric Earth and discovered the planet to be rich in raw energon, they adopted organic-skinned beast modes for the express purpose of shielding them from the radiation.

Although all appearances indicate that energon crystals can be naturally occurring, it was later revealed that the crystals on Earth has been seeded on the planet by the mysterious aliens known as the [[Vok]], apparently as part of their back-up plan to sterilize Earth should the experiment they were conducting on it be disrupted some how. The Beast Wars qualified as such a disruption, and using their [[Planet Buster]] weapon, the Vok detonated the vast majority of Earth's energon with a massive energy beam. The Planet Buster was destroyed by Optimus Primal, and much of the energon not destroyed was converted into a stable state in the form of solid cubes, also known as "energon cubes."

''To bring the Beast Era's portrayal of energon into line with G1's, further writings by parties such as [[Dreamwave]] have presented crystalline energon as the natural state of the mineral, which can then be manually processed to create the safer, more usable liquid energon of G1.''

==Energon==
In the [[Energon (franchise)|''Energon'']] series, energon is presented differently. According to the series' production notes, Energon is formed "as the planets came into contact with solar winds" and create "solar energy crystals from the sun's genetic material," whatever that means. It is suggested that [[One|The Source]] who created [[Primus]] and [[Unicron]] was Energon itself, sort of a primordial entity. Once the big bang occurred, Energon manifested in the form of various planets and the like. Energon is the key and origin of life and continuously evolves new lifeforms. It is this reason that it is found everywhere in this universe. In this form, it functions much like solar photons. It is said that all life spawns from the 'genetics of solar energy', which is also the essense of Primus. Primus is also known as the Light God, in reference to his status connecting him to Energon. Energon signifies the presense of Primus.

The sub-factions known as [[Omnicon]]s and [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]]s have the unique ability to refine energon and to shape [[Energon weapons]] and power-enhancing [[Energon chip]]s (also called Energon Stars). Omnicon-refined energon is red, while Terrorcon produced energon stars are a more yellowish-green. Terrorcon-produced Energon reacts badly when most Transformers even touch it, sending the one who grabbed it into system shock. However, it appears that those whose superstructures are in some manner Unicron-fashioned (like the Terrorcons) are immune to its negative effects. As such, it's possible these Transformers would have the same negative reaction to an Omnicon-forged Energon Star.

There is also evidence that refined Energon can come in a variety of other colors, including purple, black, and more metallic tones. What other effects these other Energon colors have is undetermined at this time.

There also exist other types of energon: green energon, a corrupted form of the substance that flows through the body of [[Unicron]]; and blue "[[super energon]]", which exists in a pool inside an ancient temple far below the surface of Cybertron.

== Classics continuity ==

A huge store of energon is discovered on Earth. It turns out to be [[Rarified Energon]], hidden there long ago by [[Primus]] as a reserve. In this rarified form energon is the basic primary component of all Transformer's bodies and sparks. According to the caretaker of this energon, the universe's supply of the material is running low and if this is not fixed no future Transformers will ever come online.

==Trivia==
*Drinking [[Liquid Energon]] makes robots get drunk, shout "Energy! Energy!", talk about the "good ol' days", then pass out when the enemy attacks them. {{storylink|Microbots}}

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Acid rain

2008-01-22T06:13:59Z

69.105.110.70:

:''Acid rain is a natural phenomenon in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].
[[Image:Acid rain.jpg|thumb|350px|We'r in ur cirkits, disabulin ur funcshuns.]]

'''Acid rain''' is a glowing red liquid (presumably acidic) that falls from clouds on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and some other planets. Unlike [[Earth]]'s [[Wikipedia:Acid rain|acid rain]], this type of acid rain comes from space, and is ''usually'' blocked by Cybertron's upper atmosphere. <ref>"...the energies released had ripped a hole in the atmosphere, leaving the area to be torn and shredded by acid rain from outer space,..."-[[The Magnificent Six!]] telling the origin of the [[Acid Wastes]].</ref>

If acid rain comes in contact with a Transformer's circuits, it will severely disable their functions and power flow, rendering them weak and barely able to move. Prolonged exposure can lead to death. However, if a Transformer can get to safety, standard self-repair protocols can clear up the ill effects in short order.

It also, surprisingly, has little or no effect on [[human|humans]], or at least [[Chip Chase|one human]] in particular.

==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===
On [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s orders, a trio of [[Rainmakers]] seeded the red clouds over Cybertron, disabling [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], [[Trailbreaker]] and [[Bluestreak]]. [[Chip Chase]] harangued them until Trailbreaker remembered that having a force field means they don't actually have to just lie there and die, allowing Bluestreak to fire special missiles that dispersed the clouds.

The nature of the red clouds is unknown. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer}}

====Headmasters (Japan)====
Acid rain was only of the many hazards faced by [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] and his crew while training on the planet [[Master (Headmasters)|Master]].

===Marvel Comics UK continuity===
Damage to [[Stanix|Stanix's]] atmosphere created the [[Acid Wastes]]. {{storylink|The Magnificent Six!}}

==References==
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Possession

2008-01-19T08:49:02Z

69.105.110.70: /* Continuity errors */

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'''Waspinator finds himself possessed by none other than the original Decepticon traitor, Starscream!'''

==Summary==

A violent storm rages, causing significant damage and knocking out power to both Maximal and Predacon bases. While the Maximals stash their extra ammo deeper in their ship's hold to prevent undue accidents, Waspinator attempts to get a ''Darksyde'' computer console online...only to be greeted by a ghostly, shrill voice from it. A power surge hits the bugbot soon afterwards, and when the other Preds begin to wonder what has happened to him, in he comes, announcing his return "at long last" in the same eerie voice.

The voice belongs to [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], air commander of the Decepticon forces and second in command to the original Megatron, whose spark had been tumbling through time and space for an unknown number of years before settling within Waspinator; as he puts it, he was destroyed defending Megatron from the Chaos Bringer Unicron, but his spark endured. As a show of his good faith, he pledges his loyalty to the Predacon Megatron, revealing vital information about the state of the Maximal base due to the storm that he could use to plan a sneak attack. Intrigued by the idea, Megatron accepts Starscream into his ranks, but warns Scorponok in private to watch their new ally closely.

The next day, as the Maximals are making repairs to their base, they are suddenly attacked by the Preds, Starscream's intel proving very useful in catching them off-guard. In the ensuing firefight, Dinobot is inured and the Decepticon Air Commander flies rings round Optimus, forcing the Maximals to abandon ship and regroup outside. Happy with their victory, Megatron puts Starscream in charge of holding the ''Axalon'', with Scorponok and Blackarachnia under his command, while the rest of the Preds return to their base, in case the Maximals decide to go for a sneak attack of their own. Once they're alone, though, BA shows off her knack for history by correctly pointing out to Starscream that he was [[The Transformers: The Movie|murdered by Galvatron (the Unicron-reborn Megatron) after he betrayed the Decepticon commander]]; she's willing to keep this a secret, though, if she's let in on his real plans: to destabilize Megatron's control and rule both factions.

Deep in the forest, as the Maximals recover, Optimus voices his confusion and concern over Waspinator's new personality; he isn't entirely convinced he is possessed by the spark of Starscream, but as the Maximal Elders had long since sealed the Decepticon's records, they're not able to confirm or deny it, either. Fortunately, Dinobot's as much of a military history buff as BA is, commenting on how Webster's Cybertronian Dictionary has pretty much replaced all definitions of "traitor" with Starscream's name. Are you pondering what I'm pondering, Optimus?

He is. Returning to the ''Axalon'', the Maximals call Starscream out to announce their surrender, citing the need to use the ship's RC Chamber to repair Dinobot's (now exaggerated) wounds. Feeling generous, the Decepticon Air Commander allows Optimus and Dinobot to come on board, but as predictably as night follows day, betrays them and strips Optimus of his weapons and locks him up in the hold as soon as he steps on deck. With their leader now his prisoner, Starscream orders the other Maximals to attack the ''Darksyde'', over the token objections of Scorponok. They comply, and the trap is set.

Unbeknown to the Air Commander, he's been duped by the oldest trick in the book; by allowing himself to be betrayed, Optimus has put himself and Dinobot in the perfect position to retake their base, which they do in a dazzling display that forces Starscream to retreat back to Pred territory. Optimus pursues, and manages to best the Decepticon in an aerial dogfight, leaving him grovelling at the Maximal's feet...until Blackarachnia shows up, prompting Starscream to plead for her aide, believing they can still complete their coup. No dice; this new generation is much less gullible than [[Autobots|their]] [[Decepticons|ancestors]], and BA has skillfully pulled off a double-cross on the double-crosser, igniting a small energon cache underneath Starscream to "exorcise" the Decepticon's spark from Waspinator's body.

At the end of the day, Megatron gets done fixing the now-normal Waspinator as BA explains her betrayal; if she didn't, she maintains, she wouldn't have been able to sniff out Starscream's true motives. This is seemingly accepted as a viable excuse by the Predacon commander, but he warns her that it still doesn't invoke confidence in her loyalties. Back at the ''Axalon'', the Maximals are finishing up repairs of their own...everyone but Cheetor, who's slacking off with a bout of stargazing, quipping "Twinkle, twinkle, little Starscream" as the camera pans up to beyond the planet's orbit, showing Starscream's spark screaming mech fluid-drenched vengeance on all within the Beast Wars as he drifts away into the void...

==Stats==
'''Original Air Date:''' February 3, 1997
'''Written by:''' [[Ian Weir]]

===Featured Characters===
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"
! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Maximals]]
! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Predacons]]
! style="background:#FFEEB8" | Others
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (2)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (3)
*[[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] (4)
*[[Rattrap]] (8)
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (13)
*[[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] (14)
*[[Tigatron (BW)|Tigatron]] (15)

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
*[[Waspinator]] (5)
*[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] (6)
*[[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] (7)
*[[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] (9)
*[[Tarantulas]] (10)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (11)

| style="background:#FFEEB8" valign="top" |
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (1)
* [[Unicron]] (12)

|}

==Quotes==
"What is this? Program does not respond! Waspinator does not understand!"<br>
"I'll bet Waspinator seldom does! But try not to let is depress you, bug face."
: -- '''Waspinator''', about to be possessed by '''Starscream'''

"Starscream, perhaps the centuries of weightlessness have taken a toll on your neurological circuitry."
: -- '''Megatron'''

"I'd say it's tramplin' time!"
: -- '''Rhinox''', free to open a can of kick-keister.

==Notes==
===Animation and/or technical glitches===
*

===Continuity errors===
*Megatron knew a great deal about Cybertronian history, yet apparently did not know the real nature of Starscream and his demise. However, Megatron might have been playing dumb to lure Starscream into being bolder with his actions. It should also be of note that both the Predacon and Maximal Elders had a large portion of his records sealed ''due'' to his history.
*Oddly, despite being born from a Maximal Protoform, Blackarachnia refers to the Decepticons as "our" (the Predacons) ancestors.
*[[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] is absent for the entire episode.
*Why does Starscream imprison Optimus in shackles that he can break out of in about five seconds flat?
*Maybe because he's, well, our ol' Screamer after all!

===Real-world references===
*[[Optimus Primal]] says "Hasta la vista, Starscream," paraphrasing a famous line from [[Wikipedia:Terminator_2:_Judgment_Day|Terminator 2]].
*As he flies away immediately after saying this, Optimus Primal is seen wearing a pair of sunglasses, aping Arnold Schwarzenegger's trademark look from the movie.

===Transformers references===
*Obviously, Starscream himself firmly ties ''Beast Wars'' to established G1 history.
*Starscream's spark, or "ghost" as it was then called, had possessed several Decepticons (including [[Cyclonus]], [[Scourge]], and [[Trypticon]]) in the G1 episodes "[[Starscream's Ghost]]" and "[[Ghost in the Machine]]."
*One of the Predacon insignias on the side of Waspinator's cranium changes into Decepticon insignia while Starscream's spark is inhabiting his superstructure.

===Miscellaneous trivia===
*

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Clone One

2008-01-19T08:44:08Z

69.105.110.70:

{{disambig3|Dinobot}}

:''Clone One is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] creation from the ''[[Beast Wars]]'' portion of the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Dinobot Clone.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Who's my little cuddle-waptor?]]

'''Clone One''',<ref>He identifies himself as "Clone One" over the communicator in "Double Dinobot".</ref> also known as the '''Dinobot Clone''',<ref>The episode script refers to the character as "Dinobot Clone."</ref> was a clone of the [[Maximal]] [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] created by [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]. Clone One's body was created from Dinobot's DNA and is mostly biological;<ref>Bio information originally from ''[[Beast Wars Universe]]'' ISBN 978-4766938005</ref> he possesses no robot mode. Clone One's intelligence and behavior is largely identical to Dinobot, and he appears to possess a version of his progenitor's memories. Clone One is different from Dinobot in two crucial ways: He is slavishly loyal to Megatron, and he lacks the original's sense of honor.

Clone One has neither a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] nor [[Maximal]] [[energy signature]], owing to his almost complete lack of technological components. Clone One was aware of the deliberate changes Megatron had made to his personality, but not the least bit bothered by them.

==Fiction==
===Beast Wars cartoon===
[[Image:dinobot_mirror.jpg|thumb|left|''They laugh alike, they walk alike / At times they even talk alike / You can lose your mind / When cousins are two of a kind!'']]

Clone One was created by Megatron as part of a multi-phase ploy to destroy the Maximals by luring them into an ambush and using their [[Axalon (BW)|own base's]] defenses to finish them off when they retreated to it.

After [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] removed the real Dinobot by trapping him within a hollow mountain, Clone One replaced him and gave [[Optimus Primal]] "news" of a Predacon force massing in Grid Omega. Primal opted to send [[Rattrap]] and the clone to get a fix on the force's position rather than stage an immediate assault.

Clone One narrowly avoided being discovered by Rattrap, who wanted to transform and attack the fictitious base, by (uncharacteristically for Dinobot) reminding Rattrap this was supposed to be a ''recon'' mission. He subsequently ambushed Rattrap and returned to the ''Axalon'' feigning injury, claiming Rattrap was pinned down by the Predacons. Primal rushed off to save him.

Alone in the unfamiliar ''Axalon'', Clone One was stymied in his attempts to deactivate [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]] because he didn't know the real Dinobot's password, nor did he possess the Maximal energy signature required to override the security system. When Dinobot (who had merely been disabled, not destroyed) returned to the ''Axalon'', Clone One believed it was he who had finally succeeded in lowering the shields, and summoned Megatron.

Overcoming his initial bafflement, Dinobot agreed to a "fair fight" with Clone One in beast mode, which he lost when Clone One scored a dumb-luck hit. Dinobot feigned unconsciousness and Clone One, rather than double-check his opponent, ran off to meet Megatron.

When the Maximals arrived, they found that the real Dinobot had devoured the clone, commenting that he thought the clone was quite tasty. Primal expressed his disgust. {{storylink|Double Dinobot}}

Dinobot kept Clone One's hide as a trophy and hung it on his wall. {{storylink|Code of Hero}}

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==Trivia==
* Clone One's unfamiliarity with Maximal hardware implies his memories were based on a backup of Dinobot's [[datatrax]] contained within the [[Darksyde]]. The never-produced episode "[[Dark Glass]]" also hinged on datatrax backups, though their existence would not be formally established until ''[[Fires of the Past|Beast Machines]]''.

* Megatron would clone Dinobot twice more: the [[Cyber raptor]]s in "[[Cutting Edge]]" and [[Dinobot II]] in "[[Feral Scream Part 1]]".

* The Chamber used to create Clone One appears to be a heavily modified Predacon [[CR Chamber|CR Chamber]]

*In the scenes where both Dinobots appear together, the clones voice is altered to make it easier to tell them apart.

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Ultra Magnus (Animated)

2008-01-17T01:59:54Z

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{{disambig3|Ultra Magnus}}

:''Ultra Magnus is an [[Autobot]] in the [[Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Animated_UltraMagnus.JPG|right|300px|thumb|Four score and seven BILLION years ago our [[Primus|forefathers]] founded this great nation...]]
'''Ultra Magnus''' is [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime's]] superior officer who apparently isn't very nice to him. He is also the [[Supreme Commander]] of the Autobots and the leader of the [[Cybertron Elite Guard]]. His earth alt-mode is a multi-wheeled missle platform.

Strangely, he can deal with that.

==Fiction==
===Animated===
:''Voice actor: [[Jeff Bennett]] (US), ? (Japan)''
Though nearly denied by [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]], Optimus Prime gets patched through to Ultra Magnus to report on the discovery of the [[All Spark (Animated)|All Spark]]. Magnus still doesn't believe the Decepticons will pose much of a threat, but agrees to dispatch some ships to escort the ''Ark''. He warns Prime not to pull any heroics, as it's not in his programming.

This of course all goes out the window once it's discovered that the Decepticons in pursuit are in [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]'s flagship, at which point he decides to deal with it. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out!}}

==Toys==
Surprisingly, his toy will ''not'' be an [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] redeco, and there was much rejoicing (yay...).

==External links==

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Ultra Magnus (Animated)

2008-01-17T01:59:36Z

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{{disambig3|Ultra Magnus}}

:''Ultra Magnus is an [[Autobot]] in the [[Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Animated_UltraMagnus.JPG|right|300px|thumb|Four score and seven BILLION years ago our [[Primus|forefathers]]founded this great nation...]]
'''Ultra Magnus''' is [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime's]] superior officer who apparently isn't very nice to him. He is also the [[Supreme Commander]] of the Autobots and the leader of the [[Cybertron Elite Guard]]. His earth alt-mode is a multi-wheeled missle platform.

Strangely, he can deal with that.

==Fiction==
===Animated===
:''Voice actor: [[Jeff Bennett]] (US), ? (Japan)''
Though nearly denied by [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]], Optimus Prime gets patched through to Ultra Magnus to report on the discovery of the [[All Spark (Animated)|All Spark]]. Magnus still doesn't believe the Decepticons will pose much of a threat, but agrees to dispatch some ships to escort the ''Ark''. He warns Prime not to pull any heroics, as it's not in his programming.

This of course all goes out the window once it's discovered that the Decepticons in pursuit are in [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]'s flagship, at which point he decides to deal with it. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out!}}

==Toys==
Surprisingly, his toy will ''not'' be an [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] redeco, and there was much rejoicing (yay...).

==External links==

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Optimus Prime (Animated)

2008-01-17T01:56:33Z

69.105.110.70:

{{Template:Disambig3|Optimus Prime}}

:''Optimus Prime is an [[Autobot]] in the [[Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:OptimusPrimeAnimated.JPG|right|thumb|300px|"Freedom... Yeesss..."]]

'''Optimus Prime''' is a relatively naive and idealistic young leader, prone to long-winded "inspirational" speeches, who leads a small and inexperienced Autobot [[space bridge]] maintenance team under the supervision of [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]]. Despite his humble "Bot Next Door" persona, he performs his job with a dedicated seriousness. He transforms into a fire engine and wields a kick-ass, rocket-powered, extendable battle axe.

His superior, [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] looks on Optimus as a failure, while [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] sneers at Optimus's lowly repair job. More than anything, Prime wishes to be a hero. He's got the speeches, he's got the moves... but what is he missing?
Maybe [[Stan Bush|The Touch]]?

{{Quote|So, this is what it feels like to be a hero.|Optimus upon his death|"[[Transform and Roll Out!]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''Transformers Animated'' cartoon===
{{ongoing}}
:''Voice actor: [[David Kaye]] (US), ? (Japan)''

{{spoiler|Transform and Roll Out!}}
[[Image:Sariprime.jpg|right|thumb|120px|Sorry, Prime, this is just another one of those things you were never meant to know...]]

Prime and his crew came across the [[All Spark (Animated)|All Spark]] while repairing a [[Space Bridge]] and brought the artifact aboard their ship. During transport, they were discovered by the [[Decepticons]], and [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] came after them. He proved too strong to take head on (in spite of [[Starscream (Animated)|his subordinate]] planting a bomb on his chassis), but when the Autobot ship neared [[Earth]], Prime knocked Megatron overboard. The Autobots stayed in stasis for the next 50 years until they were accidentally awakened by an apparent intruder. Optimus and the Autobots took on Earth vehicles as alternate modes in an attempt to assimilate with what they believed to be the local dominant culture. Prime and his team were able to dispatch a bio-mechanical insectoid that was attacking Detroit. They were hailed as heroes for it. Eventually, Starscream came for the All Spark, and Optimus found that the schemer could pack quite a punch. The Autobot officer was still able to keep Starscream from getting the artifact, though at the cost of his life. However, he was quickly revived by [[Sari]] and her All Spark-influenced key. Later, the Autobots helped rebuild parts of Detroit that were destroyed in their battle with Starscream. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out!}}

==Toys==
===Transformers Animated===
*'''CYBERTRON Mode Optimus Prime''' (Deluxe, 2008)
[[Image:Animatedoptimusprimetoycybertronic.jpg|left|thumb|150px|''"He's a lumberjack and he's okay. He sleeps all night and he works all day."'']]

:Based on his pre-Earth Cybertronian look, the first version of ''Animated'' Optimus Prime transforms into a half-track Cybertronic truck loosely based on the Mitsubishi Fuso Hybrid concept truck. As a half-track, instead of rear wheels, he has molded, caterpillar-linked tracks with smaller wheels inside for rolling along smooth surfaces. Prime's axe weapon is stored by partially folding the axe at the grey hinge near the handle peg, then placing the handle peg in a hole on the back of the cab (actually his two fists' holes, thus helping them holding in position) with the blade facing down and a grey peg facing up, acting as a "fifth wheel" (known as a trailer hitch among fans), should one find a suitable trailer to attach onto it.

:In robot mode, his head has a retracted [[mouthplate]]. He has a superb range of articulation, as is the standard with ''Animated'' toys, due to the extensive use of ball joints and universal hinge joints. As stated above, the hitch assembly becomes his axe, which can be wielded with one blade (for the rocket-boosted look) or have the single blade split to form a double-bladed axe. The truck roof is mounted on his left arm as a shield or can be separated in two and be attached to the axe to become giant energon blades.

{{comingsoontoy}}

*'''Optimus Prime''' (Voyager, 2008)
:Based on his Earth look, a futuristic fire truck. His rear portion transforms into a giant gun and wings, but you can remove it in both modes. Also, the giant opened-up energon axe will be included.

{{comingsoontoy}}

==Trivia==
*Optimus was killed off after only [[Transform and Roll Out!|three episodes]] ''and'' revived 1 minute and 15 seconds later. That's gotta be [[Optimus Prime (G1)|a]] [[Optimus Primal|new]] [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|record]].

{{charstub}}

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[[Category: Autobots]]
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Isaac Sumdac (Animated)

2008-01-17T01:51:25Z

69.105.110.70:

:''Isaac Sumdac is a [[human]] from the [[Transformers Animated]] continuity family''

[[Image:IsaacSumdacModel.jpg|thumb|150px|For building so much, he has very tiny arms.]]

What Henry Ford and Bill Gates were to the 20th century, '''Isaac Sumdac''' is to the 21st. He plays a vital role in the [[automaton]] industry of near-future Detroit. The founder of [[Sumdac Systems]], he is also the adoptive father of [[Sari Sumdac|Sari]]. He probably won't be winning any parenting awards soon, considering he leaves the raising of Sari to robots, seemingly neglects her for days while he works in his lab, and lets her stay overnight with a group of [[Autobot|giant alien robot]]s at an undisclosed location.

With his fame, wealth, and expertise, he will probably be of no interest whatsoever to the [[Decepticon]]s.

He seems to think big, psychotic, [[Dinobot (Animated)|robot dinosaurs]] would be a good thing to have around. [[Simon Furman|Some]] would [[Wheeljack (G1)|agree]].

{{quote|Well, perhaps just an apple. And a banana. Better make that a whole fruit salad. And waffles... with bacon... and... a ''cheese omelette''...|Isaac Sumdac discussing his breakfast plans|"[[Home Is Where the Spark Is]]"}}

==Fiction==
{{ongoing}}
:''Voice actor:'' [[Tom Kenny]] (English)
As a youth, Sumdac found [[Megatron (Animated)| Megatron]]'s head after it crashed on Earth and [[Sector Seven|reverse-engineered]] it. It is from this that he gained all of the technology he used to build his robots. He is (understandably) terrified that the Autobots, not to mention the world at large, might find out what launched his robotics empire. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out!}}

==Trivia==
* It is probably no coincidence that 'Sumdac' is '[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadmus Cadmus]' spelled backwards.
* It looks like he is using Megatron's ''hand'' as a chair...

{{charstub}}

[[Category: Animated characters|Sumdac, Issac]]
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Carmine Fanzone

2008-01-17T01:48:09Z

69.105.110.70:

:''Captain Fanzone is a [[human]] in the [[Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Captainfanzone.jpg|right|thumb|200px|NYPD [[Bluestreak]]]]

'''Captain Fanzone''' is a detective from the [[Detroit]] police department. He's a bit of a technophobe, but in an "I'm old" sort of way rather than being evil. However, his technophobia does not prevent him from using large, shoulder-mounted weaponry.

He gets extremely weirded out when [[Bumblebee (Animated)|his car]] starts driving itself. Wouldn't [[Samuel James Witwicky|anyone]] be?

==Fiction==
===''Transformers Animated'' cartoon===
{{ongoing}}
:''Voice actor: [[Jeff Bennett]] (US), ? (Japan)''
It was the beginning of a bad day when Captain Fanzone got a call for all units to respond to [[Sumdac Systems]] down by Lake Erie. (It was in the middle of his lunch break.) Taking command of the assembled emergency units, Fanzone quickly realized that they were in over their heads fighting a rampaging cybernetic bug-slug, and he ordered all humans to fall back and allow the drones to deal with the creature. When he noticed four cars refusing to fall back, he demanded to know who they were...at which point he realized [[Prowl (Animated)|a cop bike]] had no driver, and his own car was among the group. It got even weirder when it turned out they were [[Transformer|alien robot]]s, but [[Sari Sumdac|some little girl]] managed to talk the cops down from shooting at the invaders.

Several days later, Fanzone, the Mayor, [[Isaac Sumdac]], and [[Bumblebee (Animated)|that robot that looks like his car]] were taken hostage by [[Starscream (Animated)|an evil jet]], but were saved by the aforementioned little girl and the cop bike. As the cop bike took him down, Fanzone declared that this is why he hates machines. Thankless primate. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out!}}

{{spoiler|Blast from the Past}}
[[Image:Fanzone.jpg|left|thumb|200px|It's amazing what you can find on eBay these days...]]
When police responed to the rampage of the [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobot]]s, Captain Fanzone arrived and asked how bad it was into his megaphone...to an officer who was standing right next to him. The officer pointed at the rampaging robots, as [[Slag (Animated)|a triceratop]]s sent a car flying through the air, which hit Fanzone's car, crushing it. Captain Fanzone remained completely unmoved... then grabbed a bazooka from a nearby officer, firing at the triceratops... who promptly ate the projectile. Fanzone again proclaimed his dislike of machines. {{storylink|Blast from the Past}}
{{-}}

==Trivia==

With his "why can't things be as they were" attitude and dislike for anything new, Fanzone could well be a tongue-in-cheek parody of the most homicidally conservative members of the Transformers fanbase. His surname confirms this—heck, it could only be more blatant if his first name was Geewun.

[[Category: Animated characters|Fanzone]]
[[Category: Security officers|Fanzone]]
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Carmine Fanzone

2008-01-17T01:46:39Z

69.105.110.70:

:''Captain Fanzone is a [[human]] in the [[Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Captainfanzone.jpg|right|thumb|200px|NYPD [[Bluestreak]]]]

'''Captain Fanzone''' is a detective from the [[Detroit]] police department. He's a bit of a technophobe, but in an "I'm old" sort of way rather than being evil. However, his technophobia does not prevent him from using large, shoulder-mounted weaponry.

He gets extremely weirded out when [[Bumblebee (Animated)|his car]] starts driving itself. Wouldn't [[Bumblebee (Movie)|anyone]] be?

==Fiction==
===''Transformers Animated'' cartoon===
{{ongoing}}
:''Voice actor: [[Jeff Bennett]] (US), ? (Japan)''
It was the beginning of a bad day when Captain Fanzone got a call for all units to respond to [[Sumdac Systems]] down by Lake Erie. (It was in the middle of his lunch break.) Taking command of the assembled emergency units, Fanzone quickly realized that they were in over their heads fighting a rampaging cybernetic bug-slug, and he ordered all humans to fall back and allow the drones to deal with the creature. When he noticed four cars refusing to fall back, he demanded to know who they were...at which point he realized [[Prowl (Animated)|a cop bike]] had no driver, and his own car was among the group. It got even weirder when it turned out they were [[Transformer|alien robot]]s, but [[Sari Sumdac|some little girl]] managed to talk the cops down from shooting at the invaders.

Several days later, Fanzone, the Mayor, [[Isaac Sumdac]], and [[Bumblebee (Animated)|that robot that looks like his car]] were taken hostage by [[Starscream (Animated)|an evil jet]], but were saved by the aforementioned little girl and the cop bike. As the cop bike took him down, Fanzone declared that this is why he hates machines. Thankless primate. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out!}}

{{spoiler|Blast from the Past}}
[[Image:Fanzone.jpg|left|thumb|200px|It's amazing what you can find on eBay these days...]]
When police responed to the rampage of the [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobot]]s, Captain Fanzone arrived and asked how bad it was into his megaphone...to an officer who was standing right next to him. The officer pointed at the rampaging robots, as [[Slag (Animated)|a triceratop]]s sent a car flying through the air, which hit Fanzone's car, crushing it. Captain Fanzone remained completely unmoved... then grabbed a bazooka from a nearby officer, firing at the triceratops... who promptly ate the projectile. Fanzone again proclaimed his dislike of machines. {{storylink|Blast from the Past}}
{{-}}

==Trivia==

With his "why can't things be as they were" attitude and dislike for anything new, Fanzone could well be a tongue-in-cheek parody of the most homicidally conservative members of the Transformers fanbase. His surname confirms this—heck, it could only be more blatant if his first name was Geewun.

[[Category: Animated characters|Fanzone]]
[[Category: Security officers|Fanzone]]
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Energo weapon

2008-01-17T01:40:28Z

69.105.110.70: /* Animated continuity */

{{picsneeded}}

Lets just face: the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s like to kill things. They like it a lot. And they like to get up close and personal when doing it. But there are times where teeth and tail just won't cut it. When that time comes, the Dinobots will usually use their '''energo-swords'''.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
Ratbat led an ambush on both Fortress Maximus and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]'s respective Autobot contigents while Grimlock and [[Blaster]] dueled for leadership on [[Earth]]'s [[moon (moon)|moon]]. While the Decepticon forces overwhelmed the Autobots on the surface of the moon, the [[Club Con|island base]] attacked the Autobots from above, protected by a force field. However, Grimlock's energo-sword was able to cut through the force field, allowing Blaster to shoot the island base with his [[Electro-Scrambler]], forcing a Decepticon retreat. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

===Generation 1 cartoon===
Apparently, [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]]'s energo-sword can fire energy blasts. He did this when the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s attacked the [[Autobot]]s [[Ark (G1)|base]] in an attempt to destroy [[Teletraan I]]. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War}} Later, after going to [[Dinobot Island]], Snarl used the energo-sword to for shooting at rocks during target practice. He needs to work on his aim. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 2}} Likely due to censorship policies, the energo-swords were never used for traditional hacking and slashing, which completely and utterly sucked.

===Dreamwave continuity===
While searching for [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], Grimlock used his energo-sword as a grapple to lower himself down a chasm. That's pretty handy for a weapon. Later, he shoved the energo-sword into the [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]]'s hands, telling Prime to prove himself by killing [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], or Grimlock would kill him. {{storylink|The War Within, Part 5}} Optimus Prime used the weapon to beat Megatron senseless, but spared his life and left the energo-sword behind. Considering the fact Optimus Prime wasn't immediately slagged, it appears that Grimlock didn't really care. {{storylink|The War Within, Part 6}}

After learning that [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] was meeting [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] in the [[Neutral Territories]], Grimlock decided to kill them both and attempted to use his energo-sword to decapitate Jetfire. When the [[Fallen]] appeared, Grimlock tried to destroy him, but the Fallen merely grabbed the energo-sword's blade with his ''bare hand''. Sometimes, it really helps to be on fire. {{storylink|The Dark Ages, Part 4}}

===Animated continuity===
[[Grimlock (Animated)| Grimlock]] discovered his energo-sword at the end of his debut in [[Blast from the Past]]. This time the swords look much more kick-ass because the are made of fire (flaming swords are always cool). Slag will probably not have a sword, as his toy shows him holding a club instead.

{{stub}}
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Bonecrusher (Movie)

2008-01-14T06:33:15Z

69.105.110.70:

{{Template:Disambig3|Bonecrusher}}

:''Bonecrusher is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Movie (franchise)|Movie]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:MovieBonecrusher.jpg|right|thumb|300px|He was a sk8ter boi, she said see ya later boy.]]

'''Bonecrusher''' is a 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 appropriate 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. If anyone tries to befriend him (with the possible exception of folks from Force Protection, as noted below), he will have nothing to do with them. Or he may crush their bones, who knows? 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 [[Autobot]]s.

Were you to ask if there was anything he didn't hate, he might tell you that he hates it when people ask that. More likely, though, he'd just grind your torso into a fine powder. The hatred of Bonecrusher isn't a quiet, brooding, sulking, thing nor a whiny [[Dropkick |Emo]] sort of hate. His hatred is of the [[Galvatron (G1)|explosive, violently psychotic]] sort, and the only thing that soothes his twisted [[spark]] is to sneer at the mangled remains of those he destroyed.

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.

{{quote|'''Let it die.''' And ''you'' with it.|Bonecrusher to [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] about [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s death <ref>[[Movie Prequel (Target) Volume 2]]</ref>}}

:''Hungarian name'': '''Csonttörő'''

== Fiction ==
===''Ghosts of Yesterday''===

Bonecrusher was aboard the crew of the ''[[Nemesis (Movie)|Nemesis]]'', led by [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], who were searching for Megatron, who was lost thousands of years ago, along with the [[All Spark]]. He hated the ''Nemesis'', but would hate trying to walk home more. He also hated the All Spark, but Megatron wanted it, so he decided not to complain. Finally, he hated Starscream, but all the other Decepticons do as well, making it something he has in common with his fellow Decepticons. He hated that.

When Starscream left to go destroy [[Ghost 1|an alien vessel]], Bonecrusher eagerly joined [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]]'s plan to attack the ''[[Ark (Movie)|Ark]]'' against Starscream's orders, as there was nothing else to attack. Bypassing [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], he headed straight for the ''Ark''. However, [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] and [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] were waiting, and unleashed hell upon him. When Blackout ordered a withdrawal, Bonecrusher reluctantly complied. He hates retreating.

Shortly afterwards, Barricade picked Bonecrusher to lead another assault on the ''Ark''. His only response to the command was a growl, but he dislikes being in charge, as his only strategy in combat is to violently charge the enemy and rip them apart with his bare hands. Everyone else uses their stupid [[weapon|gun]]s, and Bonecrusher is a terrible shot. After Blackout had his [[exhaust port]] handed to him for challenging Starscream, Bonecrusher had to drag him back to the ''Nemesis''. Bonecrusher would have preferred to leave him to rot. During the subsequent fight, Bonecrusher has to fight Ironhide, and managed to dent his armor. However, Bonecrusher does demand answers from Starscream when Blackout demands information on why the Decepticon leader wanted to destroy the alien ship, cause damn it, even Bonecrusher needs reasons to kill (well, not really, he was just getting fed up with Starscream). Bonecrusher was forced to drag Starscream back to the ''Nemesis'' when he was injured by the alien ship. He hates being a courier. {{Storylink|Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday}}

===Titan Magazines===

Bonecrusher is known and feared by Autobots for never giving up. He almost killed [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] once and pursued him & his comrade [[Clocker (Movie)|Clocker]] for ages - because Bonecrusher hates nice-looking shiny robots (or nice-looking ''anythings'') and deliberately destroys them. As he says, "I figure, why should they look so nice... when I look like ''this!''", showing he hates even himself. Clocker covered Jazz's retreat and tried to fight Bonecrusher, who hated that and killed him. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 6}}

===''Transformers'' Movie Prequel (Target)===

[[Image:Movie_BarricadeBonecrusher_protoforms.jpg|thumb|left|Bonecrusher's pre-[[Earth]] body. Bonecrusher hates retro-designs.]]

Bonecrusher was a member of Starscream's unit that was keeping [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]'s reinforcements out of [[Tyger Pax]]. When [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]] arrived with news of Megatron and the All Spark, Bonecrusher insisted that they move on as they had already killed all the Autobots in the area. He then demanded that Brawl take them to Megatron or he would kill them all. Witnessing the launch of the All Spark, [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] commented that [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] would die, but Bonecrusher replied that they should let it die, and that Barricade should join it in death. After Starscream and Blackout settled their differences, the group headed after Megatron.

The Decepticons made planetfall on [[Earth]] in Afghanistan, quickly attracting the attention of a nearby [[United States Military|US military]] base, which sent out an armoured personnel carrier to investigate. Bonecrusher declared his satisfaction in finally having something to kill, but this chance was snatched away when [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]] scanned the vehicle and destroyed it. He hated when that happened. Hitting the US airbase, Bonecrusher easily killed the humans before scanning a Buffalo mine-clearance vehicle. Bonecrusher hated the notion of "disguise", but hated standing out more. After scanning, he complained that there weren't enough lifeforms to kill. {{Storylink|Transformers Movie Prequel (Target) Volume 2}}

{{note|In the panel where the Decepticons react to the arrival of the armoured personnel carrier, it is likely that Bonecrusher's speech bubble regarding the military base was actually meant for Wreckage (as the latter was the one who tracked the base location), and that Brawl was incorrectly given Bonecrusher's own speech bubble about killing things. On the last page, Bonecrusher's speech bubble asking Starscream if it was going to be easy is clearly meant for Barricade, as that is who Starscream responds to. Bonecrusher ''hates'' ventriloquism.}}

{{-}}

===''Transformers The Game''===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Daniel Riordan]]

{{note|Bonecrusher only appears in the Decepticon campaign of the game, and as a non-playable character t'boot on the console. It's just as well, though. He would've hated being playable.}}

While hiding in a military base, Bonecrusher came under attack by the humans twice, and required assistance from Starscream to escape. He hates needing help from people, especially from people he hates.

He is playable on PSP multi.

===''Transformers'' (2007) film===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Jimmie Wood]] (English)

[[Image:Movie_Bonecrusher_carflip.jpg|left|thumb|He hates the sundown slowdown.]]

Bonecrusher was hiding out in the motor pool of a military base when he received a communique from Starscream ordering the Decepticons to to mobilize and converge on the location of the All Spark. Leaving the base, he reported that he was "rolling" out. Sometime after this, he rendezvoused with [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] and [[Brawl (Movie)|Devastator]], and the three Decepticons headed off together to intercept the Autobots and their human allies who had the All Spark in their possession.

[[Image:Movie_Bonecrusher_face.jpg|thumb|right|Bonecrusher, like most celebs, hates the paparazzi. He also hates closeups.]]

Devastator wandered off somewhere, so Bonecrusher and Barricade continued their pursuit on the freeway. Barricade activated his sirens to clear the traffic and allow them more maneuvering room. Unsatisfied with Barricade's less conspicuous method, and since he hated rush-hour traffic, Bonecrusher used his mine-scoop to flip cars out of his way (He kinda liked that). Surprisingly, the Autobots didn't find this out of the ordinary, and only reacted when [[Sam Witwicky|ladiesman217]] recognized Barricade and warned the Autobots. [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]], and [[ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] aligned to block the Decepticons from [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], who had the All Sparks and the fleshlings.

[[Image:Big_fight.jpg|left|thumb|Bonecrusher loves to watch things burn. Just not himself.]]
After Barricade pulled over to the side of the road, Bonecrusher transformed while still moving and skated towards the Autobots. Optimus Prime transformed and slid into position to block his path. Seeing the Autobot he really hated (and that's saying a lot), Bonecrusher smashed through a bus (it irked him), and tackled Optimus Prime, pushing him off an overpass tumbling and falling off the edge, dragging the Autobot leader down with him.

[[Image:Movie_Bonecrusher_dies.jpg|thumb|right|Thus began (and ended) Bonecrusher's hatred of Prime's sword.]]

When they landed, he sucker-punched Optimus Prime, who then hit Bonecrusher so hard one of the Decepticon's [[optics]] popped free from its socket (he liked that eye... well, no, he didn't; he just hated not having it more.) The two played a little cat-and-mouse along the overpasses. After Prime jumped down to ground level, Bonecrusher swung his tail wildly at the Autobot, all the while screaming incoherently. This gave Optimus the opportunity he needed to get his sword ready... which the Autobot leader used to cleave Bonecrusher's right arm and run through the Decepticon's neck, nearly severing it. Optimus then wrenched Bonecrusher's head from its neck and tossed it aside.

Bonecrusher hates his movie role. {{Storylink|Transformers (2007)}}

===Toy Bio===
Despite all appearances, Bonecrusher managed to escape after his encounter with Optimus Prime (missing his head? beaten to a pulp?), and went to hide out in the South American jungle. He ''hates'' camping.

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==Toys==
===Transformers (2007)===
*'''Bonecrusher''' (Deluxe, 2007)
:''Japanese ID Number:'' '''MD-09'''

[[Image:moviebonecrushertoy.jpg|left|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. The fork can change from its packaged "Grabber claw" configuration into a more fork/shovel like configuration, a fact not stated on the instructions. He has six rolling wheels in this mode, and two sculpted, non-functional spare wheels.

: In robot mode he has elements resembling both his 2005 design and the final design used in the movie, though a major deviation to both designs is that the entire front shell halves of the vehicle mode are mounted upon his arms. His arms have limited articulation due to this [[kibble]], but can extend out into '''really''' long arms. His legs fare better, with ball jointed hips, swivel knees and ankles, but his hips can often detach from the codpiece holding them together. 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.

: He is named "Bonescrusher" on the Canadian [[cross-sell]]. Guess how Bonecrusher feels about ''that'' little mispelling.

{{-}}
*'''Autobot Jazz Vs Bonecrusher''' (Legends multi-pack, 2007)

[[Image:Movie_Legends_JazzBonecrusher_toys.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Sure Bonecrusher is smaller, but his hate remains the same size.]]

: As part of the ''AllSpark Battles'' refresh of the Movie toyline, a Legends-class [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] with altered [[paint application]]s is repacked in a Versus two-pack with an all-new Legends class figure of Bonecrusher.

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*'''Jungle Bonecrusher''' (Deluxe, 2008)
[[Image:Movie_JungleBonecrusher_toy.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Looks like he's wearing pants! And he hates that.]]

: Finally, the big guy gets a [[redeco]], in deep forest green and tan, as part of the "All Spark Power" refresh line. It's not easy being green, and he hates that. He also hates redecos, slavish or not.

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===Attacktix===
*'''Transformers Tournament Set''' (2007)

[[Image:Attacktix_MovieTransformers_Tournament_Set.jpg|thumb|right|200px|So many people to crush, so little time. (Bonecrusher hates having little time to crush)]]

: Available exclusively in this set, this Attacktix playing piece of Bonecrusher is funnily enough one of the most accurate pieces of merchandise he has. The set also includes unique playing pieces of Optimus Prime, Megatron and Bumblebee. Bonecrusher hates the fact that everybody else has [[gun]]s, and he has to use a claw.

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==Merchandise==
===Robot Heroes===
*'''Ironhide vs Bonecrusher''' (2007)

[[Image:Rhboneiron.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Bonecrusher is actually pretty glad that he doesn't come with sword-wielding ''RH'' Prime.]]

:Bonecrusher comes packaged with the impressively-armed [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]. He is depicted lunging forward on his roller-skate feet, presumably to deliver an extremely enthusiastic hug. This figurine is notorious for not actually being able to stand up on its feet very well, usually requiring one of its hands to be used for balance. Also, he's got some kind of a sneering grin, making him look almost happy, even if it's an evil happy.

Bonecrusher really, '''''REALLY''''' hates his ''Robot Heroes'' toy.

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==Trivia==
[[image:PhotoshopedBuffalo.PNG|250px|thumb|*''Giant fork and Decepticon insignia not included with the real Buffalo.'' Bonecrusher hates those disclaimers.]]

* The real Buffalo mine-sweeping vehicle hasn't in fact, such a huge fork. It is only 14 inches (35 cm) wide. The image that inspired Bonecrusher's design was actually a Photoshopped image put on the official Force Protection company's site to make it look more impressive[http://www.forceprotection.net/models/buffalo/]. A 10-foot-wide (3 m) appliance had to be fixed on Bonecrusher's arm for the movie. He hated that.[http://enewsi.com/news.php?catid=190&itemid=11213]

* Force Protection really, really loves Bonecrusher and that he has picked their Buffalo as its alt mode. They are actually quite proud of it.[http://www.forceprotection.net/news/transformers.html] Bonecrusher is not sure what to think about that.

* Bonecrusher's toy was used as a prop for a CNN Headline News report demonstrating the real Buffalo vehicle's mine-sweeping arm.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maAWP2uVd7M] He hates the Lincoln Memorial.

* It's a matter of debate whether or not Bonecrusher actually said anything intelligible in English during his brief appearance in the finished film, or whether he is talking in [[Cybertronian languages|Cybertronian]]. At various points in his fight with Optimus Prime, he does emit some garbled roars that ''might'' be English. However, there is little agreement among viewers as to whether he said anything at all, much less ''what'' he supposedly said. For what it's worth, the subtitles saying nothing on his speech, and the closed captions say that he is just "roaring". His only subtitled line is "Bonecrusher rolling." It could just be that he hates speaking coherently. Kinda makes you wonder why nobody has thought to contact [[Jimmie Wood]] and ''ask'' him just what the [[Slag (slang)| Slag]] he was saying.

* Bonecrusher is Michael Bay's favorite character from the film, despite his limited screentime—so much so that Bay named his new dog after him. Although the Decepticons are generally [[Ravage|cat]] people, Bonecrusher hates cats, so he is quite flattered. He still hates Bay for the small screen time he gets, though.

* Bonecrusher is never discussed or mentioned in the [[Transformers: The Movie Guide]]. He hates that. Then again, he hates kids reading about him, so it balances out.

* According to the DVD commentary, Bonecrusher's sequences were particularly difficult for [[ILM]] to do at first. The solution came from videotaping employees rollerblading at speed in the parking lot, and a pair of fighting experts going through the motions wanted for Bonecrusher and Prime, then using that footage as references. And Bonecrusher hates it when nobody knows how he fights.

* Bonecrusher's movements seem to be heavily inspired by several types of sports including hockey (his running movements) and American football (his tackling on Optimus Prime). And Bonecrusher hates that.

* Last but not least, Bonecrusher hates ''you''. Yeah, you. You know who you are. Don't try to pretend you don't know, either. Bonecrusher hates ignorance.

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==Footnotes==
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Grimlock (G1)

2008-01-13T20:05:56Z

69.105.110.70: /* Trivia */

{{disambig3|Grimlock}}

:''Me Grimlock am [[Autobot]] [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] in [[Generation 1]] and [[Maximal]] in [[Beast Wars]] portion of the Generation 1 [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Grimlockg1.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Me Grimlock draw self-portrait.]]

Some Autobots wonder why '''Grimlock''' is even on their side. His disposition is much more suited to the [[Decepticons]]. After all, he values power and strength over wisdom and compassion, and furthermore, he doesn't really get along with most Autobots. When faced with a problem, his usual responses are to slice it with his [[energo-sword]], tear it to pieces with his bare hands, or outright eat it. He is more willing to accept casualties than most of the Autobot leadership, and doesn't seem particularly concerned about the [[Human|fleshie]]s either. These things, coupled with his dislike of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], have led to a defection or two on Grimlock's part. He'd have no problem offing the [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]] if he thought he could get away with it, though. However, despite their disagreements, Grimlock holds a respect for Prime's strength and leadership.

Grimlock is the leader of the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s, a small but powerful strike squad. Grimlock himself is extremely strong and durable, and is one of the few Transformers who can not only stand toe-to-toe with Optimus Prime and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], but actually give them a run for their money. Despite his strength and prowess, Grimlock continually struggles with his pronouns.

{{quote|Me Grimlock not nice dino. Me bash brains!|Grimlock on himself|''[[The 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.)''

:''Preliminary names'': '''Tyrannobot''', '''Trapjaw''', '''Jawbreaker''', '''Tyrex'''
:''French-Canadian name'': '''La Menace'''<br>
:''Italian name'': '''Tiran'''<br>
:''Hungarian name'': '''Mogorva''' -- '''Grimlock''' in one of The Movie dubs.

==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 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}} The Dinobots were later freed by [[Ratchet]] and joined the Autobots from time to time, but they were usually seen wandering on their own under Grimlock's orders.

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]].
[[Image:Biggrim_me_king.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Me Grimlock no bozo, me king!]]
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 [[Octopunch]]'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 not even all three of them could 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, defeat the three weakened Autobots and claim 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 too 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's permission to travel to [[Hydrus Four]] 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 Four, 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''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s life-support pods. The Dinobots were unaware that the life-support pods also held Megatron, as Grimlock had 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 Four, 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]]. {{storylink|Still Life!}}

'''(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 contacted Optimus Prime. After comparing notes in an abandoned base, the Autobots were captured by [[Jhiaxus]]. While Optimus began to despair after learning Jhiaxus's origins, Grimlock refused to give up, bolstering the Autobot leader's spirits as they led an escape from [[Twilight|Jhiaxus' flagship]]. {{storylink|War Without End!}}

Despite his loyalty to Autobot ways, Grimlock still chafed under Optimus's 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 anticipate Jhiaxus's 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!}}

Grimlock's command status proved invaluable when Optimus met Megatron on Earth alone, intending to form an alliance against Jhiaxus. Megatron beat Optimus half to death, and Prime only lived because Grimlock disobeyed orders and led an Autobot brigade to Earth. When Megatron finally agreed to the alliance, Grimlock showed a great dislike for having to work with him, as well as the insults Megatron threw his way.

[[Image:Biggrim.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Me Grimlock work hard!]]
Eventually, the Empire attacked Autobase on Earth, with Grimlock gunning down scores of its troops. With the Empire came the Swarm, and with both Optimus and Megatron out of contact, it fell to Grimlock to organise the Transformers in a desperate defensive action. His plans allowed the Autobots to hold out just long enough—barring a few casualties, like his comrade Slag—for Megatron to arrive with the [[Rheanimum]] that ensured their survival.

''In the convention-exclusive story "[[Alignment]]", which ties up plot threads from ''Generation 2'', Grimlock sacrifices himself in the final battle against the [[Liege Maximo]]. (Despite being written by Simon Furman, this story was not approved by Hasbro and was produced for an unofficial convention, so the canonicity of this all is debatable.)''

====Fun Publications ''Classics'' comics====
[[Image:Classics_Ultramagnus_Springer_Grimlock_comic.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Me Grimlock like to make self look smart by hanging around bots who no hold binoculars correctly.]]

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. Me Grimlock think Skywarp 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's orders and release the Dinobots, but not before upgrading their brains to be smarter and more obedient. After the Dinobots were reactivated, Wheeljack asked them to save their friends. Grimlock said he would obey...this time. They successfully attacked the Decepticons and freed the imprisoned Autobots. Optimus forgave Wheeljack, Ratchet, and Bumblebee for disobeying his orders and welcomed the victorious Dinobots back to the Autobots. {{storylink|S.O.S. Dinobots}}

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 could 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 then apologized for his jealousy. {{storylink|War of the Dinobots}}

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 now-burning city of Sub-Atlantica back into the sea. {{storylink|Atlantis, Arise!}} This pattern of the Autobots' dependence on the Dinobots repeated when the artificial intelligence [[TORQ III]], put under Decepticon control, turned all 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. {{storylink|Day of the Machines}} That said, he was not unwilling to admit the failings of his own troops, either. He willingly took them to the time-displaced "Dinobot Island," where they trained in the wilderness {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 1}} and helped stop a Decepticon raid on the prehistoric paradise, with Grimlock inspiring the native [[dinosaur]]s to help them fight the Decepticons. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 2}}

[[Image:Grimlock01.JPG|right|thumb|200px|Me say YOU PREGNANT.]]

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. Although Grimlock was willing to let the Autobots die and decided to crush the humans, he recognized the Cybertron connection to the Cybertonium. Instead of securing the element, Grimlock opted to lead the Dinobots to Cybertron itself, where they were captured by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1}}. He altered the Dinobots' [[Circuits|memory circuits]] and put them to work in the Cybertonium mines, where they remained until Spike and Carly repaired them. Grimlock and Spike faked having an argument, compelling the guards to lower the energy fences to remove the troublesome humans—only to be obliterated by the Dinobots. Grimlock led the group back to Earth, where the Dinobots agreed to follow Prime's order again—until such time as Grimlock didn't feel like it. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2}}

[[Image:Grimlock.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Me Grimlock upset name "[[T-Wrecks]]" already taken. <small>(Albeit possibly by me Grimlock.)</small>]]

In the year 2005, Grimlock and the other Dinobots were stationed on the Autobots' Moonbase 1, seemingly overseeing weapons production. When word arrived from Earth that Autobot City was suffering a massive Decepticon attack, they traveled to Earth with Optimus Prime and were dispatched by the Autobot leader to take on [[Devastator]]. Though they attacked fearlessly, the giant combiner robot was too much for them, shrugging off their attacks and overwhelming them in short order.

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 soon grew quite fond of him, letting him ride his back. Eventually, the Dinobots managed to locate where Kup and Hot Rod were being held by the planet's rulers, the [[Quintessons]]. The Dinobots entered the Quintessons' execution room with all the grace they could muster, and Grimlock immediately declared his desire to munch metal. After the Dinobots saved Hot Rod and Kup from the [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticon]]s, a Quintesson judge ordered the Sharkticons to execute the Dinobots. Grimlock stomped his foot on the ground and ordered the Sharkticons to execute the Quintessons. They complied with the Dinobot's order. Heading for [[Junkion (planet)|the planet of Junk]], Grimlock watched the Autobots and the [[Junkion]]s celebrate their new friendship. The party was ended when a Junkion [[kiss]]ed Grimlock, causing him to reassert his status as "king". Later, Grimlock made one of his life's greatest accomplishments by literally kicking the butt of [[Unicron|a deity]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie (1986)|TFTM}}

[[Image:GrimlockManga.jpg|right|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 [[Eurythma]]. 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 [[Mara-Al-Utha]] {{storylink|Madman's Paradise}}, and later, he helped to sniff out the "[[dinosaur transform static]]" that implicated [[Trypticon]] in the theft of world monuments {{storylink|Thief in the Night}}. 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. Even 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. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}}

Grimlock's greatest victory came when he and a large number of other Transformers with animal transformations were summoned to a world at the center 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 had, 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 had done and dissipating the creature. Dancing around over his successful saving of the universe, Grimlock decimated Primacron's lab, which he decided was the smartest thing he'd ever done. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}

====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" framing sequence for the 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===
{{quote|Me Grimlock—badass!!|Grimlock on himself|[[The War Within issue 5|''The War Within'' #5]]}}

[[Image:ScrollDinobots.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"Give me Grimlock purse!"]]

Years ago, before the war, Grimlock 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 a lot of rage 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. He eventually became leader of a squad including [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], Kup, and Wheeljack.

By the time [[Sentinel Prime]] was killed and a new Prime had to be chosen, Grimlock called a secret meeting: If the new [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] wasn't up to doing what had to be done, then they'd 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 was just in denial. He gave him a choice: Go to Sector Zero-Six and help the Seekers take out the Autobot command post, or warn the post about their arrival.

Grimlock, out of spite, instead evacuated the Autobots from the base and planted a bomb with 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 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 into Cybertron's core to find Prime, they found out about Megatron's plan to win the war and turn Cybertron into a mobile battle station with which to conquer the universe. Grimlock split up his team: He would go find Optimus Prime, and 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 shoved his [[energo-sword]] into Prime's hands and gave clear instructions: 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 hadn't executed Megatron, he wasn't going to spend his time in the war running away. {{storylink|The War Within}}

During the Dark Ages, Optimus Prime and Megatron were seemingly destroyed in a [[space bridge]] explosion, and Grimlock broke off from the Autobots lead by Prowl and formed the [[Lightning Strike Coalition]]. Grimlock was targeted, along with [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] and [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]], by the [[Fallen]], who wished to use their apparently unique [[Spark]]s to help in his revival of [[Primus]], which would allow Unicron to locate him. The Fallen sent [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], [[Mindwipe]] and [[Bugly]], who arranged for Grimlock to receive a communication between Jetfire and Shockwave. Believing Jetfire was intending to defect, Grimlock headed for the meeting. However, when the [[Chaos Trinity]] arrived and captured Jetfire, Grimlock jumped out of the shadows and attacked. The Fallen had to watch his followers take a sound beating. After dispatching the mystics, Grimlock attempted to execute Jetfire. The Autobot scientist was saved only because the Fallen himself soon arrived. Grimlock being Grimlock, he launched himself at the Fallen, but was completely overwhelmed. He woke up later strapped to a table and had to listen to Jetfire trying to convince him to help them both escape. Grimlock broke free with ease and was part of the multi-faction army that attempted to halt the Fallen's plans. {{storylink|The War Within: The Dark Ages}}

Later, Grimlock served both as leader of the Dynobots and the right-hand bot to Ultra Magnus, who had taken control in Optimus's absence and had managed to secure a truce with Shockwave. Grimlock was less then happy about this, partly because he didn't trust the Decepticons, and partly because he had no idea what to with himself in peacetime. He never got to find out, as the truce was betrayed and Grimlock was apparently killed when he dove in front of a blast meant for Magnus. {{storylink|The War Within: The Age of Wrath}}

''Due to Dreamwave's closure, the conclusion of the ''War Within'' series and Grimlock's subsequent return were never seen. It's safe to assume, however, that it was intended that Grimlock would be restored to his former glory in the second half of the mini-series. Really, did you actually think Furman would kill off Grimlock?''

Millennia 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 with his Triple Changers. Grimlock's true loyalty became obvious when he stopped Blitzwing from blowing off Optimus's head by grabbing his tank turret and bending it into a pretzel with one hand. After that, Shockwave sent Megatron off to Cybertron, prompting Grimlock to rejoin the Autobots in the ''Ark''. When Optimus's group surrendered to Ultra Magnus, some of the Autobots remained on Earth, Grimlock among them. He headed for the frozen north, and then freed the other Dinobots from Megatron's holding tank. Stealing a Decepticon shuttle, the Dinobots then headed for Cybertron, meaning to free Prime and his group. After a rough landing, they acquired some transportation from Octane and hurried to Iacon. There, Grimlock did his part by leading a massive Dinobot assault on Shockwave's complex, before breaking off to take care of the Decepticon leader himself. Blitzwing again got in his way, however, and Grimlock was forced to battle both, a battle that was going his way until Ultra Magnus shot him in the face. Perceptor repaired him, and Grimlock did his part for the rebellion by giving Hot Rod some back-up. For a third and final time, he fought Blitzwing, this time taking out the Decepticon with ease, grabbing him by the tank turret and throwing him into a [[Guardian robot|Guardian]]. Leaving the main conflict, Grimlock followed Shockwave, Optimus and Ultra Magnus and ended up saving the Autobot pair, stating he'd hate to lose the chance to pay back the "stuffy traitor". Prime thanked Primus, but Grimlock said Prime should be thanking ''him''. {{storylink|War and Peace}}

While the main group of Earth Autobots returned, the Dinobots remained on Cybertron to give Ultra Magnus some needed muscle.

===The Beast Within===
In a devastating battle with the Decepticons, Grimlock made 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|right|thumb|150px|Give starring role, Magmatron, or me Grimlock take it by force.]]

Grimlock was among the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>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}}. The bot in question was patrolling the jungle around the base at the time and bumped into the three-mech team of [[Manterror]], [[Retrax]] and [[Snapper]]. He only noticed Manterror and Retrax however, as Snapper was being crushed under his right foot at the time. While Retrax rolled for his life, Manterror had to face Grimlock on his own, and lost his wings for his trouble. This little group turned out to be a distraction, however, intended to lur the Maximals' big gun away while Ravage led an all-out strike on the base.

The former Dinobot wasn't about to be left out in the cold, however, and he returned to base ready for "the main course," which consisted of crushing [[Spittor]] under his foot and tearing apart [[Iguanus]] and half a dozen other Predacons. Still, even with him and [[Torca]] working overtime, things might have gone poorly without [[Lio Convoy]]'s arrival.

===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.

At the start of Megatron's rise to power, the Dynobots turned out to an open casting call for Megatron's underground gladiatorial games. It turned out to be a recruitment drive for the Decepticon army. What they thought of that is unknown, as Autobot security forces raided the party soon after.

After [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] destroyed a cache of energon the Dynobots had been hoarding, causing them severe energon burns and equally severe humiliation, they swore revenge. 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, but Slag revealed that the high energon levels of the planet would put them in stasis lock, since they hadn't come prepared like Shockwave. Slag then came up with the idea that they should scan the local life forms and create alt-modes based on those animals, but with synthetic flesh coatings to protect against the high levels of energon radiation. Grimlock was completely against the idea, but since Slag couldn't come up with something better, he relented. However, he refused to take on the form of the weak mammalians that dominated the planet, demanding "something with some...bite." Scanning fossil deposits, Slag found the remains of some extinct reptilian animals and brought up a holographic representation of one to see if Grimlock approved. What popped up was a Tyrannosaurus Rex, which Grimlock seemed to fall in love with the moment he saw it. The choice made, Grimlock took the Tyrannosaur as his altmode and had Slag find more dinosaurs as templates for the rest of the Dynobots.

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 executed a "rage" program to enable him to operate on pure instinct, he shrugged off their attacks and beat them severely, ending the assault 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. When he entered stasis lock, this failsafe activated, firing on a nearby dormant volcano and causing an eruption which buried Shockwave and the Dynobots under ash and lava.

However, in 2006, Shockwave was discovered by a team of human archeologists. Whether he, Grimlock or the rest of the Dynobots can/will be reactivated remains to be seen, but it seems likely as their bodies were taken into custody by [[Skywatch]].

===Universe===

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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
* '''Grimlock''' (Dinobot, 1985/1986/1991/1992)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-26'''

[[Image:Grimlockg185toy.jpg|left|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, its blue pelvis 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 [[energo-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|right|thumb|130px|Me Grimlock look like Ed Asner?]]

: 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]].
:''('''Note''': Pretender Classic Grimlock's function was Lieutenant Commander instead of Dinobot Commander.)''

* '''Grimlock''' ([[Legends (G1)|Legends]], 1989)
[[Image:GrimlockLegends_toy.jpg|left|thumb|130px|Me Grimlock say 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)

[[Image:G1Grimlock_ActionMaster.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Me Grimlock tragically no longer able to transform.]]

: 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 could be ridden by Grimlock or unfolded to form a really ''big'' "long-range mortar launcher".

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===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|left|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|right|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 for the combination of budgetary concerns and keeping the combination gimmick (since he combines with the packed-in [[Swoop (Energon)|Swoop]] to form "Mega-Dinobot") only in the ''Energon'' toyline, which had combination as a central theme.

===Classics===
*'''Grimlock''' (Deluxe, 2006)
[[Image:Grimlockclassicstoy.jpg|left|thumb|100px|Me Grimlock just come from ''Jurassic Park 4'' audition. Me ate all other actors.]]

: ''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 [[Wikipedia:Berserk Führer|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).

:There are several similarities between Grimlock's Classic toy and his Pretender Classic toy:
:* The T-Rex's arms are on the sides of the robot-mode legs.
:* In robot mode, his tail detaches to become a sword/whip, similar to his Pretender Classic toy.
:* His bayonet blaster bears a [[Media:Grimlock_gun_prt_clsc.JPG|similarity]] to his Pretender toy's.
: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]].

:Classic Grimlock later comes with Classic Jetfire in a twin-pack set in 2007.

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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 can no move.]]

: '''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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===MyClone===
*'''Grimlock''' (Takara, 2003)

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===Transformers - Mini Bust===
[[Image:Grimlock Mini-bust.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Me Grimlock loves to FIGHT, and me Grimlock BADASS!!]]
* '''Grimlock''' (Diamond Select, 2007)
A mini-bust of Grimlock based on his appearance in the cartoon was released by Diamond Select in 2007. The figure includes the upper body of Grimlock, weilding his energo-sword, acting as if rushing into the battlefield. There is the head of his beast mode sculpted into the base of the statue.

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===Robot Heroes===
*'''Grimlock Vs Shockwave''' (Two Pack, 2007)
[[Image:Robot_Hero_Grimlock.jpg|left|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 right hand. He brings cuddly wuddly death.

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==Trivia==
[[Image:Grimlock_Natural_History_Museum.JPG|thumb|right|150px|Me Grimlock BIG person, so they put me statue in Natural History Museum.]]
* In the original Diaclone commercial for Grimlock, it showed him spewing fire from his mouth. Guess why ''that'' was removed, huh?
* There is a Grimlock toy placed in the showcase in the dinosaur section of the [[Wikipedia:Natural History Museum|Natural History Museum]] in London, United Kingdom.
* Grimlock is generally regarded as [[Simon Furman]]'s signature character.
* According to [[Gone But Not Forgotten|Marvel UK #107]]'s letters page, Grimlock considers the 23rd of August 1986 his birthday. It's the date he took over the Transformers letters page. He also thinks he could take out Soundwave in a fight.
* Grimlock's function is Lieutenant Commander instead of Dinobot Commander on his Pretender Classic and Alternator toys. Lieutenant Commander is [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]]'s rank. Deal with it, egobot.
* A working name for the [[Alternators]] Ford Mustang mold which ultimately ended up as Grimlock was "[[Freeway]]", according to various early store listings.
* Grimlock's beast mode in ''The Gathering'' does not actually match any dromaeosaur on record, seeming to combine elements of both the dromaeosaur body type with that of a carnosaur or tyrannosaurid.
* Simon Furman announced on the IDW forums that Grimlock will be receiving a [[Spotlight: Grimlock|Spotlight]] in 2008.

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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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Firewall

2008-01-13T19:47:19Z

69.105.110.70:

[[Image:Firewall mug.jpg|thumb|250px|Sadly, she was too old for [[Kiss Players]].]]

'''Firewall''' is Michelle LaChance, a hot hacker chick with fetish-pigtails and no discernible military skills, requiring her to be rescued frequently. She can often be found tied up and half naked.

HAWT.

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

==Trivia==
*Firewall is one extreme-sport away from being a 90's cliche.

==External links==
* [http://www.myuselessknowledge.com/joe/charguide-f.html Firewall character bio on MyuselessKnowledge.com]

[[Category:Comic-only characters]]
[[Category:G.I. Joe]]

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Firewall

2008-01-13T19:47:02Z

69.105.110.70:

[[Image:Firewall mug.jpg|thumb|250px|Sadly, she was too old for [[Kiss Players]].]]

'''Firewall''' is Michelle LaChance, a hot hacker chick with fetish-pigtails and no discernible military skills, requiring her to be rescued frequently. She can often be found tied up and half naked.

*HAWT.

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

==Trivia==
*Firewall is one extreme-sport away from being a 90's cliche.

==External links==
* [http://www.myuselessknowledge.com/joe/charguide-f.html Firewall character bio on MyuselessKnowledge.com]

[[Category:Comic-only characters]]
[[Category:G.I. Joe]]

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Grimlock (Animated)

2008-01-13T19:42:01Z

69.105.110.70: /* Trivia */

{{disambig3|Grimlock}}

:''Grimlock is an [[Autobot]] in the [[Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:AnimatedGrimlock.jpg|right|thumb|500px|Me Grimlock gonna make you T-Wrecked!! Me Grimlock am funny guy....now die!]]

'''Grimlock''' is a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' in charge of a small, three-mech group of dinosaur transformers known as the [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobots]]. Born from a fusion of Earth and Cybertronian technology, with some All Spark intervention thrown in, he's a force to be reckoned with. A little short on brains (at first he didn't actually realise he was a transformer) and a lot short on temper, Grimlock's answer to a problem is usually the simplest: squash it, slash it, bite it, burn it, or eat it.

Due to his rather unique birth, Grimlock has a slow, but endearing, speech pattern, which can easily make you forget he's Godzilla with style.

Currently, Grimlock and his fellow Dinobots are living on an island in Lake Eyrie, hidden there by Prowl and Bulkhead from the rest of the world, human and transformer alike. This looks like its just a stop gap however, as Grimlock's discovery of his status as a transformer means he isn't going to be happy on his little rock. After all, him Grimlock king.

{{quote|Me Grimlock leader!|Grimlock establishing authority over Megatron|"[[Blast from the Past]]"}}

==Fiction==

===''Transformers Animated'' cartoon===
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:''Voice actor:'' [[David Kaye]] (English)
[[Image:AnimatedGrimlockRobot01.jpg|lift|thumb|200px|Me Grimlock Toa of Fire!]]

Grimlock and the Dinobots were originally theme park animatronic displays [[Isaac Sumdac]] upgrades with the help of [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] and a flash of spark from [[Sari Sumdac|Sari]]'s [[All Spark (Animated)|All Spark]] key. With Megatron's prodding, the Dinobots decided they like bashing Transformers rather then greeting cheering kiddies. After their defeat, they were imprisoned in an energy cage and were scheduled for melt down. Thinking they had life and were not just some mindless machines, [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] freed the Dinobots with the help of [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] and secretly relocated them to an island. Dinobot Island perhaps?

Grimlock believes cars are bad but nature is good—until two birds pooped on him. Grimlock expected that two birds will fight like Dinobots, but they escaped! Tail twitching and stomach opening, Grimlock [[Transformation|transformed]]. He drew a huge, blazing sword, and decided he liked the results.{{storylink|Blast from the Past}}

==Toy==
*'''Grimlock''' (Voyager, 2008)
Kicking Unicron-sized butt be reality! He Grimlock got lower jaw strong enough to crack open a sea turtle and a BIG FREAKIN' SWORD. Decepticons, you been warned. He Grimlock's transformation similar to G1 incarnations, with legs form arms, hind quarters form legs.
{{comingsoontoy}}

==Trivia==
* Me Grimlock hate [[Car Robots]]!!! Cars and trucks BAAAD! Car Robots WORSE!

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[[Category: Animated characters]]
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Grimlock (Animated)

2008-01-13T19:38:48Z

69.105.110.70:

{{disambig3|Grimlock}}

:''Grimlock is an [[Autobot]] in the [[Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:AnimatedGrimlock.jpg|right|thumb|500px|Me Grimlock gonna make you T-Wrecked!! Me Grimlock am funny guy....now die!]]

'''Grimlock''' is a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' in charge of a small, three-mech group of dinosaur transformers known as the [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobots]]. Born from a fusion of Earth and Cybertronian technology, with some All Spark intervention thrown in, he's a force to be reckoned with. A little short on brains (at first he didn't actually realise he was a transformer) and a lot short on temper, Grimlock's answer to a problem is usually the simplest: squash it, slash it, bite it, burn it, or eat it.

Due to his rather unique birth, Grimlock has a slow, but endearing, speech pattern, which can easily make you forget he's Godzilla with style.

Currently, Grimlock and his fellow Dinobots are living on an island in Lake Eyrie, hidden there by Prowl and Bulkhead from the rest of the world, human and transformer alike. This looks like its just a stop gap however, as Grimlock's discovery of his status as a transformer means he isn't going to be happy on his little rock. After all, him Grimlock king.

{{quote|Me Grimlock leader!|Grimlock establishing authority over Megatron|"[[Blast from the Past]]"}}

==Fiction==

===''Transformers Animated'' cartoon===
{{ongoing}}
:''Voice actor:'' [[David Kaye]] (English)
[[Image:AnimatedGrimlockRobot01.jpg|lift|thumb|200px|Me Grimlock Toa of Fire!]]

Grimlock and the Dinobots were originally theme park animatronic displays [[Isaac Sumdac]] upgrades with the help of [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] and a flash of spark from [[Sari Sumdac|Sari]]'s [[All Spark (Animated)|All Spark]] key. With Megatron's prodding, the Dinobots decided they like bashing Transformers rather then greeting cheering kiddies. After their defeat, they were imprisoned in an energy cage and were scheduled for melt down. Thinking they had life and were not just some mindless machines, [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] freed the Dinobots with the help of [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] and secretly relocated them to an island. Dinobot Island perhaps?

Grimlock believes cars are bad but nature is good—until two birds pooped on him. Grimlock expected that two birds will fight like Dinobots, but they escaped! Tail twitching and stomach opening, Grimlock [[Transformation|transformed]]. He drew a huge, blazing sword, and decided he liked the results.{{storylink|Blast from the Past}}

==Toy==
*'''Grimlock''' (Voyager, 2008)
Kicking Unicron-sized butt be reality! He Grimlock got lower jaw strong enough to crack open a sea turtle and a BIG FREAKIN' SWORD. Decepticons, you been warned. He Grimlock's transformation similar to G1 incarnations, with legs form arms, hind quarters form legs.
{{comingsoontoy}}

==Trivia==
* Grimlock hates [[Car Robots]].

{{charstub}}

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The Ascending issue 4

2008-01-12T16:04:59Z

69.105.110.70: /* Items of note */

{{picsneeded|cover}}
'''Maximals and Predacons unite on two worlds to stop Shokaract and the rise of Unicron.'''.
{{comicnav | The Ascending | 4 | seriesname=''Transformers: Beast Wars: The Ascending''| prev=The Ascending issue 3 | next=}}

'''Writer:''' [[Simon Furman]]<br>
'''Art:''' [[Guido Guidi]]<br>
'''Colourists :''' [[Josh Burcham]] with [[Andrew Elder]], [[Liam Shalloo]] and [[Josh Perez]]<br>
'''Letterer:''' [[Chris Mowry]]<br>
'''Edits by:''' [[Andrew Steven Harris]]<br>

* ''Release date:'' January 9, 2008
* ''Characters in order of appearance:'' [[Antagony]], [[Hardhead (BWN)|Hardhead]], [[Starscream (BWII)|Hellscream]], [[BB|Max-B]], [[Shokaract]], [[Thrust (BWII)|Thrustor]], [[Archadis]], [[Autocrasher]], [[Crazybolt]], [[Motorarm]], [[Rockbuster]], [[Santon]], [[Scuba]], [[Tako Tank]], [[Tonbot]], [[Gimlet]], [[Sharp Edge]], [[Bump]], [[Big Convoy]], [[Cohrada]], [[Survive]], [[Stampy]], [[Apache]], [[Break]], [[Drill Nuts]], [[Longrack (BWN)|Longrack]], [[Lio Convoy]], [[Ravage]], [[Magmatron]], [[Elephorca]], [[Razorbeast]], [[Drancron]], [[Rartorata]], [[Armordillo]], [[Bantor]], [[Claw Jaw]], [[Cybershark]], [[Optimus Minor]], [[Ramulus]], [[Retrax]], [[Terragator]], [[Spittor]], [[Manterror]], [[B'Boom]], [[Jetstorm (BW)|Jetstorm]], [[Stinkbomb]], [[Buzzclaw (BW)|Buzzclaw]], [[Drill Bit (BW)|Drill Bit]], [[Powerpinch]], [[Snapper]], [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], [[Prowl II]], [[Snarl]], [[Air Hammer]], [[Injector]], [[Noctorro]], [[Scourge (BW)|Scourge]], [[Transquito]], [[Mach Kick]], [[Torca]], [[Insecticon (BW)|Insecticon]], [[K-9]], [[Wolfang (Maximal)|Wolfang]], [[Bighorn]], [[Manta Ray (BW)|Manta Ray]], [[Polar Claw]], [[Lazorbeak]], [[Unicron]], [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]
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==Synopsis==
{{spoiler}}

Under [[Shokaract]]'s instruction, his heralds distribute [[Angolmois]] capsules to the crazed masses of Cybertron, with the intention of using the chaos and negative feelings to power the [[Matrix of Conquest|Anti-Matrix]] in Shokaract's chest. Observing the chaos is [[Big Convoy]], who meets [[Bump]], a "specialist" sent by [[Lio Convoy]]. Soon afterwards, Big Convoy and his soldiers meet the [[Pack]], along with immigrants from Earth, including [[Ravage]]. Ravage chronally displaces himself to consult the time-lost Magmatron. Meanwhile, Lio Convoy requests that Bump study the Angolmois and create a retrovirus to counteract it—enough of it for all of Cybertron. In the netherspace, Magamtron proposes to Ravage a plan: Bring Shokaract to him so that he may be shown the true purpose of his "Ascending". He suggests getting a Maximal to do the suicide mission of placing the [[chronal phase facilitator]] on Shokaract himself.

On Earth, the Angolmois-drunk [[Razorbeast]] continues to battle the [[Blendtron]]s. Refusing to let the Blendtrons destroy them all, the left-behind Predacon and Maximal forces unite to take down the gigantic and powerful attackers. [[Optimus Minor]] checks on Razorbeast; he is still rational, but the Angolmois threatens his sanity. He tells Optimus Minor that he knows what to do then.

On Cybertron, Ravage has filled in the others about Magmatron's plan. [[Prowl II]] and [[Snarl]] are tasked with attaching the facilitator onto Shokaract, while others attack him to distract him. In the following battle, many die by Shokaract's hand. Back on Earth, [[Elephorca]] is destroyed by Razorbeast and [[Drancron]] is kicked into [[Rartorata]]'s stinger, annihilating the both of them. The only challenge left is Razorbeast, who has now lost his inhibitions. Optimus Minor pleads with Razorbeast to not force his hand.

The battle against Shokaract goes as planned; Snarl and Prowl approach Shokaract while invisible, allowing Snarl to use the facilitator to transport Shokaract into Magmatron's netherspace. Shokaract's heralds, baffled by his disappearance, are distracted long enough for Ravage to throw a grenade their way, killing them all. Magmatron shows Shokaract his true propose: to be a vessel of [[Unicron]]. Aghast at this revelation, Shokaract rips the Anti-Matrix from his chest, committing "spectacular suicide". This sets Magmatron back into normal space on Cybertron. He delivers the sad news—Razorbeast was euthanized.

Bump delivers the first batch of the anti-Angolmois retrovirus, but he needs a proper lab to mass-produce it. Observing the sorry state of Cybertron, Lio Convoy and Big Convoy hope that no threat comes up while they're focused on rebuilding.

Unfortunately, [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] has arrived.

==Errors==
* Drill Nuts is mistakenly colored as Drill Bit in one scene as Shokaract's heralds attack him and Polar Claw.

==Items of note==
* Guido Guidi was tasked with the art for this issue due to the departure of [[Don Figueroa]] from [[IDW Publishing]]. Don provided the art for a cover before he left, however.
*On page 13, in the panel below the one in which Shokaract says "It begins." the head and shoulder of Movie Optimus Prime is clearly visible.

===Deaths===
In typical Furman fashion, many characters die in the battles against the Blendtrons and Shokaract. Those who die are:
*[[Noctorro]], by Shokaract's claw cannons.
*[[Insecticon (BW)|Insecticon]], [[K-9]], and [[Wolfang (Maximal)|Wolfang]], by Shokaract's claw cannons.
*[[Elephorca]], by Razorbeast's mauling.
*[[Buzzclaw (BW)|Buzzclaw]] and an unidentified character, by Rartorata's vomit.
*Possibly [[Bantor]] and [[Manta Ray (BW)|Manta Ray]], being crushed by Drancron.
*[[Drancron]] and [[Rartotata]], with Drancron being forced into Rartorata's stinger, causing an explosion that destroys the both of them.
*[[Prowl II]], by a stray beam.
*[[Antagony]], [[Hardhead (BWN)|Hardhead]], [[Starscream (BWII)|Hellscream]], [[BB|Max-B]], and [[Thrust (BWII)|Thrustor]] by Ravage's grenade.
*[[Shokaract]], committing suicide by ripping the Anti-Matrix out of his chest.
*[[Razorbeast]], fatally shot by Optimus Minor.

===Covers (4)===
* '''Cover A:''' Shokaract by [[Nick Roche]]
* '''Cover B:''' Shokaract and minions by [[Don Figueroa]]
* '''Cover RIA:''' Uncolored version of cover A
* '''Cover RIB:''' Uncolored version of cover B

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Scale

2008-01-04T20:28:23Z

69.105.110.70: /* The movie toys */

[[Image:OptimusSnakeEyes.jpg|right|thumb|300px|And the truck's ''how'' big...?]]
'''Scale''' in ''Transformers'' is, not to put too fine a point on it, screwed.

Virtually no era, franchise, fiction, toyline or other incarnation of ''Transformers'' has presented scale in a logical or believable fashion. (Save perhaps, the 1:24 toys for ''[[Alternators]]'' and ''[[Kiss Players (toyline)|Kiss Players]]'', but they [[Atari Hitotonari|have their own problems]].) Most fans agree that one must either ignore it or accept it, lest they be tempted to explain these problems and in the process fanwank themselves into oblivion.

However, the scale problems of ''Transformers'' still merit description.

==Scale within toylines==
===Toys out of scale with others in the same line===
The early [[Generation 1 (toyline)|Generation 1 toyline]], especially the pre-[[The Transformers: The Movie|movie]] lines, were repackaged and [[redeco]]ed toys from several different Japanese toylines. The crucial point is that the toylines were initially unrelated. The characters ''should'' be in scale to each other as they all have real-world altmodes that (should) pass for real vehicles. However, since ''[[Diaclone]]'' toys were not part of the same line as ''[[Microman]]'' toys, scale issues arose. ''Diaclone'' figures such as [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] are more-or-less in correct scale to each other, but many of the [[Mini Vehicle]]s from the ''New Microman'' line are clearly far too small by comparison. Even aside from their deformed penny-racer proportions, a [[Bumblebee (G1)|Volkswagen]] Microman toy is disproportionately tiny when compared to a [[Jazz (G1)|Porsche]] Diaclone toy. The disparity becomes even more obvious with [[minibot]]s such as [[Warpath]] (a tank) and [[Seaspray]] (a hovercraft) who should be many times their actual size.

[[Image:DiacloneScale.jpg|left|thumb|350px|That little guy — who comes from the same toyline as all those vehicles — is supposed to be a normal-sized human. Yeeeah.]]

Another glaring scale problem comes in the form of the [[Seeker]]s, who turn into F-15 Eagles which, in real life, are 63.8′ (19.4m) long. Correctly scaled, this would make their robot modes ''colossal'' compared to most Autobots. Similarly, the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s, despite also coming from the ''Diaclone'' line, are too small. Far worse is the other ''Diaclone'' combiner team, the [[Trainbot]]s, who have train engine altmodes, yet their toys are among the ''smallest'' of the ''Diaclone'' releases.

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===Toys out of scale within teams===
Even toys specifically designed to interact with each other suffer from this problem. The [[Combaticon]]s are wildly out of scale to each other — [[Blast Off]]'s space shuttle mode should dwarf [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]], with the others somewhere in between. Instead, they're about the same size. Among the Constructicons, [[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]] is designed to look like a gigantic [[Wikipedia:Image:Liebherr_t282_1.jpg|"earth-mover" mining truck]]. He should be able to carry all his teammates in his bed, with some crowding. Similarly, [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] (a Concorde jet) is dramatically undersized compared to his fighter-jet [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]] teammates. These scale problems are necessary to avoid misproportioned gestalt forms.

===Same altmode, different sizes===
Other scale problems come from characters who transform into the same (or similar) altmodes but whose toys are different sizes. For example [[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]] transforms into an F-15 Eagle, but his toy is half the size of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s. The same can be said for the Lamborghini Countach [[Breakdown]], who should be the same size as [[Sunstreaker]], not significantly smaller. These discrepancies are also seen in the other [[Scramble City]] combiners with Earth altmodes, whose toys are all smaller than similar earlier toys.

===Toys out of scale with themselves===
[[Triple Changer|Triple-Changers]] create a whole new set of problems. [[Octane]] transforms from a 60′ (20m) tanker truck into a 200′ (65m) jumbo jet. [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] transforms from an Earth jet into an entire ''aircraft carrier.''

Even a two-mode toy can have this problem. Twentieth Anniversary Optimus Prime has wheels which are pretty tiny for a Freightliner truck, while his rear hitch section is too thick. These out-of-proportion vehicle parts were necessary to give his robot mode [[show-accuracy|show-accurate]] proportions.

===Toys with roleplay altmodes===
The characters with roleplay altmodes such as Generation 1 [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], or [[Laserbeak (Armada)|''Armada'' Laserbeak]] are scaled to be human-scale (well, kid-scale). Since the [[size changing]] seen in the fiction is not possible for real toys (at least, that's what [[Takara]] ''wants'' us to think), this human-scaling makes in some cases for inordinately large robot modes. E.g., [[Blaster]]'s toy, in robot mode, is taller than most other Transformers.

The opposite problem is seen with [[Megatron (G1) toys|Masterpiece Megatron]], whose robot mode is in scale with Masterpiece Optimus Prime. The result is that, while he may transform into a very accurately-proportioned handgun, it's much larger than the real thing.

===Fanciful altmodes===
Most post-[[The Transformers: The Movie|movie]] Generation 1 characters (for that matter, most post-Generation 1 lines) are difficult to accurately scale, as they generally transform into futuristic or Cybertonian vehicles whose size we don't really know. (Or, indeed, they don't transform into vehicles at all.) The scale of characters such as [[Hot Rod]] or [[Leobreaker]] is fairly arbitrary and can only be estimated by their relative size to other characters in the fiction (although most fiction is highly inconsistent in this regard, see below). Nevertheless, if one assumes that most vehicle altmodes are intended for human passengers, comparing toys such as [[Chromedome]] and [[Lightspeed (Technobot)|Lightspeed]] suggests the combiner scale problem continues.

===Big toys===
It goes without saying that the citybot and planetbot toys (Such as [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] and [[Unicron]]) are not remotely to scale with normal Transformer toys. While they are indeed ''large'' toys, they're only two to five times bigger than typical Transformer toys, and thus transform into "cities" and "planets" about the (relative) size of a bungalow. The scale problems extend to the details. Some of the citybot toys have visible windows, which are too large for a city, suggesting instead a medium-sized building.

However, it's hard to begrudge Hasbro not offering us a [[Primus]] toy the size of an asteroid. Where would we keep it?

===An exception===
There has only been one notable exception to all of this scale weirdness in the toys: the ''[[Alternators]]'' toyline, where every toy is a 1:24-scale representation of a real car, and thus they are in perfect scale with each other. Unfortunately, for practical reasons this limits the choice of altmodes. A Blast Off (space shuttle) Alternator toy would be 5.1′ (1.6m) long, while a Broadside (aircraft carrier) Alternator toy would be over 40′ (12m).

== Scale within fictions ==
[[Image:TeenyCliff.jpg|left|thumb|Frighteningly toy-accurate.]]

Scale issues abound within the fiction, especially the [[Generation 1 (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]]. A lot can be attributed to animation errors, but some "errors" were deliberate choices, for a variety of reasons.

===Animated scale ≈ toy scale===
Very broadly speaking, the Generation 1 cartoon depicts characters to the same relative scale as the toys (including problems discussed above) when depicting the characters in robot modes. Prime, Megatron and Soundwave are generally animated at the same height, Seekers and Autobot cars slightly shorter (though not as much as the toys are), and [[Minibot]]s smaller yet. However, this was ''far'' from consistent.

===Comic scale ≠ toy scale ===
[[Image:OmegaSupremeintro.jpg|thumb|left|175px|No! Don't wash him in hot water! He'll . . .]]

The [[Generation 1 (Marvel Comics)|Generation 1 Marvel comic]] is notorious for changing the relative sizes of various characters. A single Transformer's size is rarely consistent between artists. For example, Rumble and Frenzy vary in height relative to Soundwave. A panel in the [[Time Wars]] shows [[Goldbug]], [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], [[Scattershot]], and [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] all the same height. [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], titanic in his [[Command Performances|original appearance]], shrunk steadily in subsequent issues until he was not much taller than the average.

[[Image:Buzzsawyikes4.jpg|thumb|right|. . . too late.]]

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===Variation for characterization===
[[Image:Prime has a huge head.jpg|thumb|right|150px|With 20th Anniversary Prime and Smallest Transformers Bumblebee, you can actually recreate this scene.]]

Some scale problems are for the sake of characterization. For example, Optimus Prime is routinely shown as thoroughly gargantuan, several stories in height, and capable of cradling humans in his palm. If he's the size of a real truck, Prime in robot mode should be 25′-30′ (8m-10m) tall, at best. He's drawn large because he's a leader character.

Conversely, [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] is sometimes shown only a few feet taller than an average human, while in reality he would be 10′-15′ (3m-5m) tall (the Marvel comic actually states he's 15' tall{{fact}}). He's drawn small because he's a human-friendly character, and a junior member of the Autobots.

Those pesky [[Seeker]]s remain a major scale problem; with plane altmodes they would be among the largest everyday Transformers and would ''tower'' over their Autobot adversaries, whereas the animation instead depicts characters such as [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] as about the same height. Though jets are much larger than cars, they're drawn the same height so the battles appear fair. (And also to make it easier to animate; blocking a shot where characters differ radically in height is difficult.)

In a related vein, [[B.O.T.|sometimes]] Transformers are able to enter human buildings, fitting through their doors and able to run up their staircases without crashing through. A cast that couldn't enter buildings would be grossly inconvenient for telling some stories, so the animators fudge things.

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===Transport characters===
[[Image:MakeHoistHuffer.jpg|left|thumb|Definitely ''not'' toy-accurate.]]

Transformers that act as transport for other Transformers will often dramatically change size relative to their compatriots between one shot and the next. These changes in scale are usually attributed to [[Size_changing#Implicit size changing|implicit size changing]] by that portion of the fanbase who like to find explanations for things. The other explanation is that the animators hoped the audience wouldn't notice. (See the [[size changing]] article for more discussion of this topic.)

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===Combiner characters===
[[Image:DreamwaveCover6.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Since when is a sedan nine stories tall?]]

[[Combiner]] characters are often depicted as far larger than the sum of their parts. Characters such as [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] and [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] are frequently shown as [[That big green, fire-snortin' lizard|Godzilla]]-sized. Given that their limbs are mere cars and construction vehicles, this is patently absurd. ([[Superion (G1)|Superion]], by contrast, ''would'' be building-sized, given that his torso is a 100-seat jetliner.)

Combiners are also often out-of-scale with other Transformers; a combiner with cars for legs and another car for its torso should be only twice as tall as a one-car Transformer, but they are routinely drawn as five to dozens of times taller than their comrades.

===Pretender characters===
The [[Pretender]]s had interesting scale issues. In the [[Generation 1 (Marvel Comics)|original comic]] the Pretenders appeared fairly literally as their toy counterparts; Transformer-sized robots inside Transformer-sized humanoid shells. The result was that the [[Autobot]] Pretenders (in their shells) were giant-sized humans. This successfully disguised them (for about five seconds, literally) from the Decepticons, and also hid their mechanical nature from aliens. However, it was utterly useless at fooling humans. Further, in [[Guess Who the Mecannibals are Having for Dinner?|one story]], the Pretender [[Cloudburst]] exited his shell, transformed into jet mode, and then his shell (and [[Landmine (G1)|Landmine]]) boarded him as a passenger. The fact that his ''outer'' shell was now smaller than the ''inner'' robot was quietly ignored; one assumes the sort of size-changing mentioned under ''Transport characters,'' above, was involved.

In the U.S. toy commercials, Grimlock, Bumblebee, and Jazz in their new Pretender forms were small enough to fit in Powermaster Optimus Prime's hand. So, at least in that [[micro-continuity]], they were human-sized.

(The Japanese-only series ''[[Masterforce (cartoon)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' featured Pretenders who did not have outer shells but rather an ill-defined holistic transformation which explicitly involved size changing. A vaguely similar explanation appeared in [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave's]] ''[[More Than Meets The Eye]]'' encyclopedia.)

===Small Transformers===
The assorted toys produced over the decades to hit the lowest price point usually include "mini" or "micro" in their name, and usually are depicted as smaller than other Transformers in the fiction as well.

====Micromasters====
The [[Micromaster]]s are roughly human-sized in robot mode, and thus virtually all of them turn into Earth vehicles that are patently incapable of seating human passengers inside them. (The Marvel comic featured ''some'' of them implicitly size-changing to vehicles that could carry human passengers, but this was rare.)

The Dreamwave miniseries ''[[Micromasters]]'' had an explanation, suggesting the Micromasters were Transformers scaled to fit a smaller race of humans. This is met with skepticism from fans, in part because it doesn't explain the scale problems ''within'' the line. All Micromasters are about the same height in robot-mode, but they transform into small cars, large trucks, planes, tanks, and other vehicles that should be vastly different sizes. The alleged "smaller race of humans" must vary in size quite a bit, and only the really teeny ones get to fly the planes . . .

To be fair, there is little indication in the fiction that the Micromasters were ''supposed'' to have consistent scale. They were explictly downsized Transformers, and the scale problems inherent to that resizing were tacitly part of the fiction. Their passenger compartments can thus be regarded as vestigial.

====Mini-Cons====
The [[Mini-Con]]s of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] are another race of small robots who stand approximately the same height as humans and, like the Micromasters before them, are clearly modeled to carry passengers. Really teeny passengers. (Notable exceptions are [[Grindor (Armada)|Grindor]] (in his original body), [[Sureshock]], and [[High Wire]], who become small one-man vehicles.) In this continuity, there's no sign of mini-passengers. The prevailing theory is that Mini-Cons scan normal vehicles and then resize them to fit, retaining now-useless passenger compartments. In the [[Cybertron (cartoon)|''Cybertron'' cartoon]], the [[Recon Mini-Con Team]] have slightly-larger-than-human robot modes, but their alternate modes are large enough for a single human passenger, implying either a little size-changing, or that their cockpits are kinda cramped.

===Big Transformers===
On the other end of the scale, the problems posed by really big Transformers lie in how they interact with normal-sized ones.

====Citybots====
[[Image:EarlyGalvatronTVMagazine1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|If you were ever ''this'' big in the cartoon, ''then'' we might call you a city.]]

The characters [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], [[Trypticon]], [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] and [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] have "city" altmodes (with Fort Max being supposedly the biggest of the four). However, a size at which they could house enough humans, ''let alone'' Transformers, to be reasonably defined as a "city", would suggest a robot-mode that'd make [[Hojoni|Godzilla]] look like a gecko. Suffice to say, they're rarely drawn that big. It doesn't help that these citybots have "small" robots forming vital components. Fortress Maximus and Scorponok both have "human-sized" beings forming their heads. (Fort Max has a [[Cerebros (G1)|middleman]] in there, but still.) [[Full-Tilt]], [[Six Gun]], and [[Slammer]] must logically be building-sized in robot-mode to be in-scale with Trypticon and Metroplex, but, again, are not drawn as such. No fiction, not even the very large depiction in the ''[[Headmasters (cartoon)|Headmasters]]'' cartoon, even ''begins'' to approximate the logical size of a true "citybot". In reality, the grossly-undersized depictions of [[Unicron]] (see below) would be closer to the size of a transformed city. This is ironic, as in Season 3 of the Generation 1 cartoon Unicron requires the eyes of a citybot to replace his own. (Though, "realistically", his eyes should be the size of Texas.) Rare examples of a realistic citybot scale include some Japanese promotional art (e.g., at right).

The cartoon episode "[[Thief in the Night]]" makes a stab at explaining this via an establishing shot that shows Metroplex to be a small sub-section of the "actual" Autobot City, although this was not repeated. Overall, it seems that in Transformer terms, "city" is better read as "building".

Although little fiction to date has featured the Headmaster leaders as cities, in the Japanese cartoons they have been employed in their tertiary modes as starships capable of housing many normal-sized Transformers. Conversely, the Marvel Generation 1 comic depicted Fortress Maximus and Scorponok as merely "large-standard" characters, equal in height to Powermaster Optimus Prime and (in some UK issues) Rodimus Prime. (To be fair, Powermaster Prime was often drawn undersized in the comics).

====Planets and planetbots====
[[Image:Cybertronplanet.jpg|left|250px|thumb|If we're generous and assume Cybertron is only the size of Earth's moon, then the larger visible buildings are roughly the size of Massachusetts stood on end, and you could wedge ''France'' into that gash. (Which would probably improve both Cybertron and France.)]]

Scale when it comes to planets is so fraught it's painful. The problems of describing citybots as "cities" is a thousand times worse if [[Unicron]] is supposed to have a planet alternate mode, and [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] is in turn supposed to be of similar size. Though different stories have compared Cybertron/Primus and Unicron to drastically different real planets, the fact remains that they are ''planets'', and yet are shown in such insane scale to characters as to suggest they are the size of a ''very'' small moon (or [[Darth Vader|space station]]).

To start with, Cybertron was shown throughout Generation 1 with buildings visible from space. Although this was intended to show that the planet was technological in nature, it makes little sense, as the structures would have to be the size of small ''nations'' to be visible. If the buildings were in fact supposed to be skyscrapers (or even ''2000 A.D.'' style arcologies) sized for 30' (10m) robots, Cybertron would still be less than 100 miles (150km) across. By comparison, the rather [http://www.starwars.com/databank/location/coruscant/index.html Coruscant]-like shots of Cybertron in ''[[Beast Machines (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'' may be less distinctive or "Cybertronian", but are ''far'' more believable.

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[[Image:UnicronEatsGalvyMmmm.jpg|right|thumb|Either [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvy]] is humungo, or [[Lithone]] is ''tiiinyyy!!!'']]

Unicron is a more extreme problem. Assuming no [[size changing]] occurs during his transformation, in robot mode he would be so massive that any shot featuring a recognizable ''part'' of his body, let alone the whole thing, would be on a scale such that no normal Transformer would even be visible. Scenes in the ''[[The Transformers: The Movie|Movie]]'' in which he directly interacts with normal Cybertronians are blatantly absurd (though totally phat-looking). Shots such as the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s fleeing his grasping hand, a starship penetrating his eye, or ''especially'' him picking up Galvatron between his fingers before swallowing him, break any concept of "planetary" scale. If Unicron is the size of a planet, his hands would be the size of continents. This would make Galvatron (in the image to the right) the size of Great Britain.

There is no explanation for any of this. Just go with it.

The depiction of Unicron's scale in ''[[Armada]]'' was (debatably) a slight improvement, in that physical interaction with normal beings was not attempted. He preferred instead to communicate with normal Transformers by possessing [[Sideways|one of them]]. Nevertheless, shots featuring [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] and [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] standing on his neck are still ''farcically'' out of scale.

===An exception: The 2007 ''Transformers'' movie===
[[Image:Moviescale1.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Scale is absolutely not an issue in the movie. Riiight.]]

The creators of the [[Transformers (2007)|live-action movie]] took great pains to avoid out-of-scale issues. (Well, greater than previous franchises.) This is sometimes reflected in the choice of vehicle or the design of their robot mode. E.g., [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] is an extended-hood cab in order to have more mass to make a taller robot mode with. [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]'s robot mode is nearly as wide as it is tall, with shorter, digitigrade legs, so the massive jet-former won't end up twice as tall as Optimus. In the case of [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]], his huge alternate mode simply results in a hulking, towering robot mode.

There are still minor scale issues to be found, though. For example, Optimus Prime can hold both [[Sam Witwicky|Sam]] and [[Mikaela Banes|Mikaela]] in one hand. Comparing this shot with when he picks up [[Archibald Witwicky]]'s glasses a few minutes later, it seems the glasses have lenses a foot (30cm) in diameter. This is a visual cheat so the glasses are visible to the audience. There's also debate about whether [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]]'s head could compact itself into a slim mobile phone.

====The movie toys====
For the movie toys, most of the Deluxe- and Voyager-class toys are to the same scale (about 1:35), but Starscream, Bonecrusher, Deluxe Brawl, and Blackout are too small. These four exceptions are, however, ''roughly'' in scale with each other (at about 1:65). The movie toy line can thus be interpreted as having two distinct scales.
Except for Arcee. She's one heck of an enormous motorcycle.

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===Scale problems and size-changing===
Some fans interpret the many otherwise-unexplained scale issues above to all be the result of [[size changing]], but this is debatable. If virtually all characters use mass-shifting (or whatever) to gain or drop a few feet of height for no logical reason, the technology would be pointlessly mundane. There's also no known reason for (e.g.) the Seekers to choose to get ''shorter'' when going into battle. A to-scale Starscream in robot mode could kick Bumblebee around like a soccer ball. There's simply no positive evidence that size-changing is so widespread.

==Official Scale Guides ==
[[Image: tfcartoonscaleguideic1.jpg|left|thumb|Official Scale Guides]] Animators and comic book artists were given official scale guides that showed relative and in some cases absolute heights. Some of these were published in the character model guide ''[[Transformers:_The_Ark|Transformers: The Ark]]''. Though they were not consistently followed, they give some insight into the official heights of characters in the G1 Marvel series and the G1 cartoon. Even in this format, there are scale problems. Devastator in the season one scale guide was approximately 2.5 times the height of Optimus Prime, but by season two he was somewhat less than 2 times Prime's height.

==Show scale vs. toy scale==
[[Image:Omegagrab.jpg|right|thumb|I know he's meant to be ''big'', but holy crap, dude!]]Some characters have great discrepancies between their cartoon scale and their toy scale. "Giant" characters such as [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] are, even aside from any [[size changing]] for transport purposes, clearly not in the same scale in toy form as they are depicted on screen. [[Mini-Cassette|Cassette characters]] such as [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]'s toys are roughly the same height as most [[Minibot]]s, while in the show they are usually portrayed as human-sized.

[[Hot Rod|Rodimus Prime]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] are usually shown to be of a fairly similar height (although Magnus is much bulkier), whereas there is a considerable difference between the size of their toys. By the same token, Rodimus is always depicted as being an equal stature to his opposing leader [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], whereas the toy Galvatron is instead the same size as Magnus. Optimus Prime is also usually shown as only a head or so shorter than Magnus (if that), which gets very strange when you realise that a redco of Prime's toy forms but a small part of Magnus' robot mode.

[[Image:ShrinkingHeavy.jpg|left|thumb|I lost thirty tons, thanks to the Jump-Cut! Thank you, Jump-Cut!]]

[[Metroplex (Cybertron)|''Cybertron'' Metroplex]] and the other citizens of [[Gigantion]] are depicted as gargantuan in animation, whereas the toys are merely among the normal boxed size-classes. (Although, the Japanese ''[[Galaxy Force]]'' release, dubbed "Megalo Convoy", included an exclusive [[redeco]] of the [[Legends of Cybertron]] [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] to indicate the "correct" scale.) Within the animation, though, this causes problems with their Mini-Con partners, who are depicted as human-sized in robot mode by themselves, but when directly interacting with their larger partners, have their relative size in relation to the toy . . . meaning some temporarily gigantic Mini-Cons!

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== ''Beast Era'' scale ==
[[Image:RattrapLOVEScheetor.jpg|thumb|right|I'm tellin' ya, ''all'' da rats in Brooklyn are dis big!]]

In the [[Beast Era]], scale is not such a large issue, although it does crop up in less obvious ways.

===Real world scale===
Although the Beast Warriors are consistent day-to-day in their relative size to each other, their scale in relation to their real-world animal equivalents is more complex. While the bug characters such as [[Waspinator]] and [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] are obviously scaled-up, ''most'' of the characters are subtly not quite the right size.

[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] and [[Tigatron]] are the only characters shown standing next to real members of their species, and they are both the same size as the animals in question. {{storylink|Beast Wars, Part 1}} {{storylink|Law of the Jungle}} This makes them (and Cheetor in particular, since he's around more) the measuring sticks for the other characters. Therefore, [[Rattrap]] is a monstrously huge rat, the size of a large dog (indeed, the writers stated{{fact}} that Season 1 Rattrap was 5' (1.5m) tall). [[Dinobot]] is considerably larger than a real velociraptor, closer in size to a ''[[Wikipedia: Utahraptor|Utahraptor]]''. [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] is a rather small rhinoceros, and [[Optimus Primal]] is a roughly normal gorilla. However, [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] is a positively dwarfish specimen of t-rex, closer to a ''[[Wikipedia: Nanotyrannus|Nanotyrannus]]''.

In their interactions with (adult) [[protohuman]]s, the Transformer characters seem between twice and three times their height. Considering our ancestors really were smaller than modern humans, this issue is not extremely wrong, but it deserves noting.

=== Scale relative to Generation 1 ===
[[Image:Beastwarriors scale.jpg|thumb|left|Beast Megatron's size vs. Optimus Prime in America... and Japan. I guess the Blasty Zone adds on a few tons to [[Beast Era]] characters]]

Between the [[Great War]] and the Beast Era, the majority of the Cybertronian race considerably downgraded in size, apparently in the [[Maximal Upgrade]] Program. (A necessary premise of the show, as the Beast Warriors are supposed to transform into roughly-normal-sized animals, not vehicles.) When entering the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'', the Beast Warriors are quite small compared to the dormant Generation 1 characters, especially [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. One can easily imagine them sitting inside the passenger compartments of the Generation 1 characters. When interacting with the Autobot technology of the ''Ark'' and the [[Autobot shuttle]], the Maximals are visibly dealing with equipment grossly oversized for them (standing on the chairs to reach the controls, turning knobs the size of their heads), but overall manage okay. This does not always apply, as the ''Ark'' also seems to feature some human-sized control panels, such as the computer in [[Master Blaster]]. Without any height booster, Blackarachnia can interface well with the controls. A similar situation crops up in Season 1 of the original cartoon, such as when Chip Chase can easily type on and manipulate Teletraan-1.

On the other hand, ''[[Robot Masters]]'' depicted Generation 1 and ''Beast Wars'' characters like Optimus Prime and Optimus Primal as being exactly the same size. Lovely. It's possible that passage through the [[Blasty Zone]] may somehow [[Wikipedia:Boom tube#Later Additions to the Concept|account for this discrepancy]].

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=== Toy scale vs. cartoon scale ===
[[Image:Beastwarsmaxgroup.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Airrazor picks the Ultra-class figure.]]

The Season 1 cast of ''Beast Wars'' were not designed with the same relative sizes as the toyline. The most noticeable problem is Optimus Primal, who has an Ultra toy (almost twice the size of the next-largest Maximal toys), while in the show he's shorter than both Dinobot and Rhinox. Further, Cheetor and Tigatron's toys use the same mold, but Tigatron is a head taller in the show (both because tigers are larger than cheetahs, and because Cheetor is "a kid").

From Season 2 onwards, new characters, and new bodies for old characters, became more consistent in size (and appearance) with their toys.

The ''[[Beast Machines (toyline)|Beast Machines]]''' toyline was ''far'' worse in size discrepancies with the cartoon. Of the Maximals featured in the show, the tallest character, [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]], is the ''shortest'' toy, while the diminutive [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]] is a massive Ultra-class toy. And, sadly, the most show-accurate toy, Air Attack [[Optimus Primal]], is a ''ginormous'' Supreme figure, towering over the other toys. (Weirdly, the King Kong-like size of this toy became canon [[Prime_Spark|in one specific]] [[micro-continuity]].)

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==External links==
*[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/6db411e03e75a342?dmode=source Estimated "real-life" heights for several Transformers, derived from the size of their alt-modes, archived from alt.toys.transformers on groups.google.com]
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Transform and Roll Out

2008-01-02T10:28:47Z

69.105.110.70: /* Transformers references */

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[[Image:TFA_TFandRollout_AutobotHeroes.jpg|thumb|right|350px|''Epic'']]

'''Optimus Prime and his small crew of maintenance Autobots come into possession of the All Spark. This powerful Cybertronian artifact attracts the attention of the Autobots' long-forgotten enemies, the Decepticons, and sends them all crashing toward a strange, distant planet known as...''Earth.'''''

==Detailed synopsis==
===Part 1===

In deep, deep space, Optimus Prime watches some old history videos, prompting Ratchet to complain about him watching that "junk" when the other members of the crew need assistance. Prime wonders if they were designed for more than repairing [[space bridge]]s. The two 'Bots transform into their vehicle modes and head out into the asteroid field.

[[Image:TFA_TFandRollout_TheAllsparkdiscovered.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Well....at least there's no [[mass-shifting]]]]

Outside, Bulkhead, dangling from a high rock by his wrecking ball (and becoming quite queasy in the process), is freed by Bumblebee, who also ends up taking a tumble. Bumblebee complains about the sheer amount of rocks blocking the space bridge node, and one is shattered unexpectedly by Prowl's throwing star. Prime gives his troops a speech about teamwork (which Prowl moans at theatrically), but at that point the space bridge lights up, sending rocks and Autobots flying. Fancy footwork by Optimus saves each of his teammates from the debris, and a well-aimed grappling line shuts down the bridge. With his subordinates stunned at their leader's skills, Prime is forced to admit he trained at Cybertron's military academy. Bumblebee's query as to what the hell he's doing on a nowhere maintenance assignment is left unanswered as they notice something glowing in the rubble.

Prime clears away the debris to reveal a large, chest-like object. Ratchet is horrified and immediately demands they throw it back into the space bridge, but an alert from [[Teletran 1]] announces the arrival of a signature consistent with the long-lost [[Decepticon]]s. Ratchet then insists they take the object and just get out of there post-haste.

[[Image:TFA_TFandRollout_Decepticonship.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Yes, this ''is'' a scout ship. Way to go, [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Magnanimous.]]]]

On board the ''[[Ark (Animated)|Ark]]'', Ratchet finally reveals what they've found: the [[All Spark (Animated)|All Spark]], the source of all Transformer life that was lost centuries ago. Optimus, worried about the oncoming Decepticon signal, contacts the [[Cybertron Elite Guard]] for help. After taking a bit of snark from Sentinel Prime, Optimus reveals what they found, which shuts Sentinel up fast. Sentinel then puts the crew through to Ultra Magnus, who tells Optimus Prime to stay put while they send reinforcements...and not to worry about that Decepticon thing. Optimus, considering this to be a really stupid move, orders the crew to start booking it out of there.

[[Image:Ani_crew.JPG|left|thumb|200px|Scotty, engage!]]

This proves wise, as the signal is indeed a Decepticon ship—a command ship, in fact. The identification markings are ones that Optimus and Ratchet recognize, meaning its commander can only be one person: Megatron, leader of the Decepticons. On board the Decepticon ship, Starscream doubts the All Spark is aboard the ''Ark'' and declares Megatron a fool. Lugnut denounces Starscream as a traitor, while Blackarachnia calls Lugnut an idiot for his blind loyalty and Blitzwing just acts...well, crazy. The Decepticons continue to bicker at each other until Megatron enters, shutting up all of them. The Decepticons chase the Autobot ship, and Starscream volunteers to board them. Megatron quickly shoots that idea down. Just before he leaves, Starscream wishes his commander "luck" with a pat on the back...affixing a bomb to Megatron in the process.

Megatron makes his way to the ''Ark'' and begins to melt his way through its hull. Optimus uses external manipulator arms to grapple with Megatron, until the bomb detonates, sending the ship careening uncontrollably into a space bridge node, which explodes after they go through the gate. Starscream begins to make a speech declaring himself the new Decepticon leader, but the other three have abandoned ship, noting that the fireball from the space bridge explosion is only getting larger. Too late, Starscream realizes the trouble he's in...

An unknown distance away, the Autobot ship reappears above a [[Earth|small blue and green planet]]. Prime checks on his troops, but Megatron has gotten aboard, having survived the explosion, but at the cost of his right arm. Prime uses his grappling line to shut off the gravity, making it more difficult for Megatron to fight. All five Autobots face off against the Decepticon, but he's too strong. Prime and Megatron both end up in the storage bay where the All Spark is...and as the ship enters the atmosphere, Prime is able to blow the hatch and kick the screaming Megatron out of the ship.

[[Image:TFA_TFandRollout_Arkatmosphere.jpg|thumb|right|150px|[[Beast Wars, Part 1|Oddly familiar.]]]]

On a small farm, a young boy hears a thud and runs to where something has landed in a not-too-distant field. He is shocked to find a robotic head staring lifelessly up at him.

Meanwhile, Prime orders his team into emergency stasis pods to prepare for a crash-landing. He manages to steer the ship away from the city below and gets to a stasis pod just before the ship plunges into [[Lake Erie]].

Fifty years later, Detroit is a city of robots. Isaac Sumdac is talking to a public school class taking a tour of his facilities, which gets interrupted by Isaac's daughter, Sari, and her robot dog, Sparkplug. As Sari is carted off to her lessons by a robot tutor, Isaac shows the schoolkids a nanotech lab, just in time to witness a roach infused with microbots grow out of control and start consuming everything in sight. Isaac tries to keep things calm, but the monster bursts out of the lab...

===Part 2===
[[Image:TFA_TFandRollout_Firefighters_monster.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Yeah, watering it will surely stop the beast.]]

The monster continues to grow, absorbing just about everything it touches to increase its size and power. In the process, it destroys a lot of the factory. Captain Fanzone, the S.W.A.T team, the fire department, ambulances, and robot drones arrive, but the creature absorbs several of the responding vehicles, too. Fanzone uses a bazooka-type weapon and destroys the beast, despite Sumdac's objection. This protest proves well-founded, as the remnants of the creature start flowing back together again, save for one piece that drops into the nearby lake and works its way down to the ''Ark'', its nanites seeking the absorbable technology there. It infiltrates via a small breach in the outer hull, but thankfully, the ship's intruder alert systems are functional and awaken the Autobots before any damage is done. Examining the situation, they decide to have Teletran 1 give them Earth forms so they can blend in and help out. Everyone deploys except Ratchet, who remains behind to analyze the sample of invading material.

[[Image:TFA_TFandRollout_Autobots.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Avengers]], ASSEMBLE!]]

During the fight, Bulkhead and Bumblebee spot Sari trying to wrest her security key from Sparkplug's mouth. Mistaking which is owner and which is pet, they approach her, but Bulkhead's greeting only scares her away. She quickly gets nabbed by the monster, but Bumblebee saves her, earning her trust and friendship. Prowl attempts to take on the bug-slug by himself, against Prime's orders, and gets absorbed. Prime orders Ratchet to join them in battle to save Prowl, but the old veteran insists that finding a "cure" code to neutralize the nanites' programming makes more sense than coming out and getting trashed. A somewhat chastened Prime agrees, and Ratchet soon delivers the goods. However, the new program must be uploaded by direct contact{{m-}}meaning from inside the monster. This means the smallest, fastest one of them has to do it. Bumblebee reluctantly takes on the task. The beast has been using some of Prowl's absorbed intelligence and comm link tech, though, so it knows what they're planning and is now smart enough to fight back better. Despite this, Bumblebee succeeds in delivering the code, and the bug dissolves into a dusty shower of deactivated nanites. Prowl is soon uncovered, but he's suffered grave wounds and must be taken back to the ''Ark'' for repairs. Sari pesters Bumblebee to be taken along, and her new friend reluctantly agrees, since there's no time to make her go away quietly.

[[Image:TFA_TFandRollout_Sari_followedmehome.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Bumblebee, having a pet is big responsibility.]]

Once on board, Sari's refusal to stay still and quiet causes 'Bee some embarrassment. He quickly and discreetly ejects her into a ventilation port and joins the others. However, the port opens onto a shaft that takes Sari right to the chamber where the All Spark is being kept. Curious, she touches it, and it reacts to her, sending its energies into her security card key and reconfiguring it into a key of another sort entirely. Prime finds her almost immediately thereafter, but with no time left to spare away from Prowl, he has to bring her back with him to the repair table. Ratchet's prognosis is bleak, but Sari's All Spark-charged key abruptly reacts, glowing and tugging her toward Prowl. Bumblebee, seeming to grasp what's happening, helps her onto the table, and as she approaches, her key reshapes itself to fit into a slot on Prowl's chest. She inserts it, and with a burst of energy, the Autobot ninja is whole again. The Autobots then take Sari home and, after a brief misunderstanding, are made heroes and are even invited to a ceremony.

In outer space, Starscream sits aboard the damaged but functional Decepticon ship, babbling that he will find the All Spark, even though he's been attempting it on his own for the last fifty solar cycles. The ship's computers then detect the traces of All Spark-like energy in action, and Starscream learns where the Autobots are...

===Part 3===
[[Image:Sariprime.jpg|right|thumb|150px|INSERT WHAT WHERE?!]]

The Autobots are later seen trying to fit in. Bulkhead gets firsthand experience in traffic jams, some birds mistake Prowl for the statue of the bald guy next to him, Bumblebee learns how organics fuel up, and Ratchet can't get a stasis nap without getting a parking ticket. Optimus Prime remarks that the Autobots are programmed to respect life, which they always understood to stem from the All Spark, but as organics are life, they must respect and protect them too. Optimus also expresses curiosity about how little organics are made. Sari's whispered explanation leaves him rather...shocked. The Autobots make a new home base out of a building Sari's dad got out of a merger, an abandoned auto factory that Bumblebee describes as a real fixer-upper{{m-}}a REAL fixer-upper. All of a sudden, they get alerted to a fire. The Autobots proceed to douse the blaze and save its victims, no problem, unaware they are being watched by Starscream.

The next day, during the inauguration ceremony for the Sumdac Fully Automated Rapid Transit System (F.A.R.T.S., for short), Starscream enters Earth's atmosphere and takes on a group of fighter jets. He destroys all but one, which he scans. As the civilians and Autobots watch the aerial display of the Crimson Angels, Issac Sumdac notices there is one more jet present than he payed for. That one jet then leaves the formation and streaks toward the ceremony platform, where it transforms into Starscream, who fires his null-ray cannons at the Autobots.

After a short fight, which the Autobots lose, Starscream knocks out Bumblebee and takes him, Issac, the mayor, and Capt. Fanzone hostage in the F.A.R.T.S. train, flying it to the top of a very tall tower. He then demands the Autobots deliver the All Spark if they want him to release the train car. The Autobots don't trust him, but don't want to risk human lives. Sari offers a plan, but they ignore her. She continues to tell a sob story until the Autobots listen. The Autobots proceed with her plan, and Prowl and Sari fly up to the transit pod to rescue the hostages while the other Autobots keep Starscream busy. Once Starscream realizes what's happening, he takes a brief beating but recovers quickly. Starscream then throws the train{{m-}}thus keeping his end of the deal{{m-}}with Sari, Prowl, and Bumblebee on top of/in it. Between Bumblebee's agility and Prowl's thrusters, Sari is rescued and the train lands without much damage. The Autobots then challenge Starscream to a friendly game of Keep Away, during which Starscream almost gets the All Spark, but Bulkhead gets it instead, because he said he got it. A furious Starscream unleashes a devastating, prolonged (as in nearly 12 seconds) null-ray blast on the Autobots, briefly knocking them all senseless.

[[Image:TFA_TFandRollout_Prime_SS_Allsparkactivates.jpg|thumb|left|150px|In the old days, [[Stan Bush|The Touch]] would have started playing now.]]

With the Autobots down, Starscream takes the All Spark from Optimus and blows a couple of blocks of Detroit right off the map. Not ready to give up, Optimus climbs all the way up a building to get it back from Starscream. After a quick back-and-forth exchange of possessing it, both grab it at the same time. As they struggle, the All Spark opens and emits a strange energy wave that blasts Starscream away.

The explosion has left Prime dangling precariously, and he takes a tremendous plummet to the pavement. He notes weakly that he now knows what it feels like to be a hero, then dies, but Sari uses her All Spark key to revive him.<ref>This is something of an Optimus Prime record: Dead after only three episodes, revived a mere 75 seconds later. Way to go.</ref> The Autobots later go about fixing up Detroit, earning the enduring gratitude of the citizenry. Professor Sumdac is also grateful, for the Autobots saved him and Sari, but he fears what will happen if the Autobots—not to mention the rest of the world—were to discover the source of his robotic empire.

Unseen by Sumdac, one of the [[Sensors#Optics|optics]] of his source of technology glows in a darkened room. Megatron still functions...

==Stats==

*'''Written by:''' [[Marty Isenberg]]
*'''Directed by:''' [[Matt Youngberg]], [[Yutaka Kagawa]], [[Minoru Yamaoka]], [[Makoto Fuchigami]]
*'''Original airdate:''' December 26, 2007

===Featured characters===
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)''
{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"

! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobots]]
! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticons]]
! style="background:antiquewhite" | [[Human|Humans]]
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (2)
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (3)
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (4)
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (5)
*[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] (6)
*[[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] (7)

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (12)
*[[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] (8)
*[[Lugnut]] (9)
*[[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] (10)
*[[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] (11)

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" |
*[[Isaac Sumdac]] (13)
*[[Sari Sumdac]] (14)
*[[Captain Fanzone]] (15)
|}

==Quotes==
"Do you ever get the feeling that you were programmed for more than just repairing space bridges?"<br>
"I got a diagnostic program that will delete that feeling like a bad line of code."
:—'''Optimus Prime''''s hopes and dreams, crushed by '''Ratchet'''

'''Starscream''': Megatron is a fool who's been chasing a ghost for centuries! I seriously doubt we'll find this All Spark on board such an ''insignificant'' vessel.<br>
'''Lugnut''': ''Traitor!'' Megatron is wise! Megatron is bold! Megatron will return the Decepticons to Cyberton and...<br>
'''Blackarachnia''': ...and wipe our homeland clean of the stench of Autobot tyranny, blah-dee blah blah blah! Did you memorize that speech, Lugnut? Or is it just hardwired into that thick, one-track processor of yours?<br>
'''Blitzwing''': As usual, Blackarachnia, your demeanor is as unpleasant as that accursed organic mode of yours.<br>
'''Blackarachnia''': Blow it out your actuator, three-face.<br>
'''Blitzwing''':''[changes to angry face]'' De name is Blitzving, insect! Remember it! 'Cause it's de last t'ing you're gonna hear before I— ''[changes to weird face]'' —express my feelings in song! De itzy bitzy spider...<br>
:—Decepticon camaraderie at its finest

"What do you want now, Starscream?"<br>
''[Starscream attaches an explosive onto Megatron's back.]''<br>
"Only to wish you luck, my liege."<br>
"I do not believe...in ''luck''".<br>
''[Megatron transforms and leaves.]''<br>
"Neither...do I..."<br>
:—'''Megatron''' is arrogant, '''Starscream''' is treacherous.

"'''Yes!''' ...right then. Solemn face, solemn face."
:—'''Starscream''' watches Megatron explode, then composes himself before going to tell the Decepticons he's their new leader.

'''Bulkhead''': Hi there, little creature. My name's Bulkhead. Did you lose your owner-bot?<br>
'''Sari''':...AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!<br>
'''Bumblebee''': AAAAHHH! That thing must be armed with some sort of high-frequency sonic weapon!<br>
''[Sari runs off screaming]''<br>
'''Bulkhead''': I think it's scared. Don't worry, little creature! I'm not gonna hurt you!<br>
''[Sari is grabbed by the robot-slug]''<br>
'''Bumblebee''': But that thing might!
:—'''Bulkhead''' and '''Bumblebee''' don't make the best of first impressions.

"Hi, I'm Bumblebee!"<br>
"I'm Sari."<br>
"Oh, don't be, I like my name."
:—'''Bumblebee''' and '''Sari''' introduce themselves.

"Uh...am I going to be able to ''breathe'' down there?"<br>
"Oh, sure! What's 'breathe'?"
:—'''Sari''' takes a trip underwater with '''Bumblebee'''.

'''Optimus Prime''' ''[to Sari]'': How did you get aboard this ship?<br>
'''Bumblebee''': It followed me home.... Can I keep it?<br>
'''Sari''': Hey, I'm not an "it", I'm a "she"!<br>
'''Optimus''' ''[to Bumblebee]'': So, I suppose you have an explanation?<br>
'''Bumblebee''': Actually, I'm narrowing it down to my top five.<br>
:—'''Optimus''' discovers '''Bumblebee'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s new friend.

"It's okay, they're friendly! Well, except for [[Ratchet (Animated)|the red and white one]], he's kinda grumpy! But other than that..."
:—'''Sari''' plays ambassador.

{{-}}

==Other notes==
===Animation and/or technical glitches===
* As Starscream tackles Optimus Prime through a building as the Autobot tries to escape with the All Spark, Optimus' axe is missing from Starscream's left wing. It reappears moments later for Optimus to retrieve it.

===Continuity errors===
* The train Starscream blasts from the tower falls toward the ground very, very slowly.

*In at least one scene, Starscream's Earth-form wing is shown with a spike, in the same manner as his Cybertronian body.

===Transformers references===
*Footage from the [[Generation 1 (cartoon)|G1 cartoon]] episodes "[[War Dawn]]" and "[[More Than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]" is used as history tapes detailing the events of the first Great War, millions of years prior. [[Canon|This]] presents a major [[continuity]] tangle, since the actual events of ancient G1 are quite different from the new All Spark-based [[retcon]] provided by the ''Animated'' storyline. While it is reasonable to expect that the images depicted in the historical reel did indeed "happen" in ''Animated''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s past, one ought not assume that all the implications behind G1 prehistory images (i.e. [[Quintesson]]s, [[Alpha Trion]], the [[Kronosphere]]) are still in effect for ''Animated''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s past or present. Savvy?

*Sari's robotic dog [[Sparkplug (Animated)|Sparkplug]] is likely named after either [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] from G1, the Armada Mini-Con [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]], or both.
[[Image:Spikecarlydanielanimated.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Twenty years later, and they're still overdressed.]]
*Characters resembling [[Spike Witwicky|Spike]], [[Carly]], and [[Daniel Witwicky]] are seen at a hot dog stand, purchasing some sort of futuristic bunless wieners-on-a-stick.

*The All Spark looks quite a bit like the Matrix from G1

*The ''Animated'' Autobots are [[Infiltration|not the first]] to use a starship parked at the bottom of one of the Great Lakes as their headquarters.

*When Optimus Prime dies, his body fades to grays, just as [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Generation 1 Optimus Prime]] did in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. His spark chamber opens in much the same manner as well.

*Teletran 1 (spelled with only one "a" in this universe) dispatches a small satellite very similar to the [[Sky Spy]] satellite used on occasion by the Autobots in the ''Generation 1'' cartoon. The glowing energy "boxes" with which it scans vehicles for the Autobots to transform into are lifted wholesale out of "[[More Than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]".

===Miscellaneous trivia===
*A refurbished Michigan Central Station makes an appearance as the site for the dedication of Detroit's rapid transit system. The real-life station (abandoned for decades) was featured in the [[Transformers (2007)|2007 live-action movie]].

== Footnote ==
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Furmanism

2007-12-28T06:03:39Z

69.105.110.70:

[[Image:Furmanismsrod.jpg|350px|right|thumb||''[[Rhythms of Darkness!]]'': A Furmanism in every bite!]]
''Transformers'' writer [[Simon Furman]] is infamous among fans for dialogue concepts that are frequently retarded. Such repeated phrases are known informally as '''Furmanisms'''.

===CAN I DO LESS?===
*"Always lived life in the FAST LANE -- guess you DIED that way, too! Can we do any less?" --[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], {{storylink|Life in the Slow Lane}}
*"I've stood here and watched humans -- frail flesh creatures -- fight and die for their world. CAN I DO LESS?" --Jazz, {{storylink|Rhythms of Darkness!}}
*"[[Carnivac|You]] are WRONG! You were ready to sacrifice yourself to save my family. CAN I DO LESS FOR YOU?" --[[Jose]], {{storylink|A Savage Place!}}
*"Kup, there's got to be another way! Ratchet sacrificed everything to save us -- can we do less?" --Sureshot, {{storylink|The Price of Life!}}
*"The real Scorponok wouldn't have turned and fled! He'd have accepted his responsibilities, his FATE! Can I then do less?" --[[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}

===FIGHT AND DIE===
* "Yeah. Better to FIGHT AND DIE-- than live with the knowledge that I ran!" --Jazz, {{storylink|Rhythms of Darkness!}}

* "We're Dinobots; we stick together, fight together -- and DIE together, if necessary! Better that than live with the knowledge that we turned and ran, abandoned a comrade!" --[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]], {{storylink|Still Life!}}

* "What of it? Better to die a warrior's death than endure this ''mockery'' of life!" -- [[Crankcase]], {{storylink|The Fall and Rise of the Decepticon Empire}}

* "Better to die a hero than live as a coward." --Narration, {{storylink|Salvage!}}

* "Hold still, relic... Better to stand and die than perish in ignominous flight!" --Random G2 Cybertronian chasing [[Tracks]], {{storylink|Total War!}}

===THE WORST CASE OF INDIGESTION IT'S EVER HAD===
*"Well, then... I'm about to give you the worst case of INDIGESTION you've EVER had!" --[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], {{storylink|Dark Shadows!}}
*"READY. Let's give this stuff the worst case of INDIGESTION it's EVER had!" --[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}
*"Let's give this creature... the worst case of INDIGESTION it's ever had." --[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]], {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 4}}

===IT CAN BE DESTROYED===
*"He's not invincible! He can be hurt!" --[[Buster Witwicky|Buster]], {{storylink|Robot Buster!}}
*"Springer's right! If they can hurt... they can BE HURT!" -[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]], {{storylink|Survivors!}}
*"This is no demon, no ghost! It is metal and circuitry! It can feel pain -- IT CAN BE HURT!" --[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], {{storylink|Skin Deep}}
*"Concentrate your fire! It has FORM, it has SUBSTANCE... it can be DESTROYED!" --[[Mindset]], {{storylink|Swarm (comic issue)|Swarm}}
*"Whatever that thing is, it has mass, it has substance... IT CAN BE DESTROYED!" --[[Jhiaxus]], {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}
*"Ultimately, Megatron is argonized steel and polymer sinew, just like us. He can be HURT... He can be KILLED..." --[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], {{storylink|Infiltration issue 6}}

===IT IS OVER -- FINISHED!===
*"To be honest, CHAINCLAW-- I don't know why we're BOTHERING! The war's over -- FINISHED!" --Jazz, {{storylink|Rhythms of Darkness!}}
*"I'm warning you, Prime -- Interfere now and the alliance is over, FINISHED!" -- Scorponok, {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}}
*"Do you not understand? It's OVER -- FINISHED!" --[[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], {{storylink|End of the Road! (Marvel US comic)|End of the Road!}}
*"And now... it is time for this mindless war to cease. It is done, finished." --The Last Autobot, {{storylink|End of the Road! (Marvel US comic)|End of the Road!}}
*"ENOUGH! Do you not understand, Decepticons? It is over -- FINISHED!" -- Optimus Prime, {{storylink|End of the Road! (Marvel US comic)|End of the Road!}}
*"And suddenly, in one massive stroke - it was done, finished." -- Narrating Optimus Prime, {{storylink|Another Time and Place}}
* "The war is over, '''finished.'''" -- Optimus Prime {{Storylink|War Without End}}
*"That's ENOUGH, Kup! It's OVER -- finished! Do you HEAR me?!" -- Optimus Prime, {{storylink|Primal Fear!}}
*"IDIOTS! INCOMPETENTS! I am surrounded by DOLTS! This should have been over, FINISHED!" -- Jhiaxus, {{storylink|Dark Shadows!}}
*"Officially, hostilies are OVER, finished. Maximal-Predacon, we're one big happy family. But WE know different." -- [[Lio Convoy]], {{storylink|The Gathering issue 1}}

===IT NEVER ENDS===
*"And so it ends! Though it never really ends, does it?" --[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] {{storylink|Time Wars}}
*Okay, okay. I know I have a responsibility, a duty! But when does my contract expire? When does it end?" "It never ends, Spike." -- [[Spike Witwicky]] & [[Fortress Maximus]], {{storylink|The Last Autobot?}}
*"But it never ends." --Optimus Prime (opening narration), {{storylink|Another Time and Place}}
*"The future holds only conflict and mayhem! It never ends!" --Optimus Prime (closing narration), {{storylink|Another Time and Place}}
*"I wish I could share their elation, believe that is truly over. Before he died, Jhiaxus mentioned a name, a place. In my heart of hearts, I know... IT NEVER ENDS!" --Optimus Prime, {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}
*"As one they attack, Autobots and Decepticons who fought for and against the dream, now united in the pantheon of Transformer myth. Their time, they thought, had come and gone. But some battles... NEVER END!" --Narration, {{storylink|Reaching the Omega Point}}
*"Even the business of running a bitter war of attrition does nothing to stave off the dark, foreboding, fracturing of my psyche. I see the end. But the shuddering, lurching instant brings scant comfort. For I know, deep down... IT NEVER ENDS!" --Optimus Prime, {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 1}}

===LIKE SOME PREDATORY BIRD===
*"I now believe a SECOND menace exists, one that hovers like some predatory bird at the edge of my consciousness." --Optimus Prime, {{storylink|Devices and Desires!}}
* "Ahead, hovering like some vast, predatory bird on the fringes of Fahl Space... the Decepticon flagship, Twilight--" Narration, {{storylink|New Dawn}}
* "Like some dread bird of prey, Megatron would hang suspended in the upper atmosphere, raining lightning bolts down on enemy emplacements while his drone (ground) troopers picked off any who attempted to flee or fight back." --Description of [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s vehicle mode.{{storylink|Transformers: The Movie Guide}}

===NEVER DID WANT TO LIVE FOREVER!===
*"Demolishor! Oh, well... never expected to live forever!" --[[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]], {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 2}}
*"Thunderwing. HNH. Never DID want to live forever." --[[Springer]], {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 2}}
*"Oh well... never DID want to live forever!" --[[Snarl]], {{storylink|You Can Draw Transformers}}
*"You think? Oh well... never DID want to live forever!" --[[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]], {{storylink|Transformers Magazine UK, Issue 2}}

===REAP THE WHIRLWIND!<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Hosea Hosea] 8:7</ref>===
*"Our sins remembered, final judgement pronounced. The heavens opened, and we reaped, I say... REAPED THE WHIRLWIND." --Spinister, {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 2}}
*"When you posted me to this backwater rock in space, you were sowing the seeds of your OWN destruction! Now... REAP THE WHIRLWIND!" --Starscream, {{storylink|Infiltration issue 6}}
*"We saw the signs, the portents--the dark clouds gathering on our horizons. And yet we averted our eyes, pretended it wasn't coming. And in doing so we unleashed a storm of even greater magnitude, one that so very nearly destroyed us all. And now, it seems... others shall REAP THE WHIRLWIND." --Optimus Prime inner monologue, {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 2}}

===SURPLUS TO REQUIREMENTS===
*"Doesn't matter we came through for you guys, almost got ourselves killed in the process...we're now just surplus to requirements, RIGHT?" --[[Hunter O'Nion]], {{storylink|Escalation issue 1}}
*"We have to find him...before whoever has him decides he's SURPLUS to requirements." --[[Verity Carlo]], {{storylink|Escalation issue 4}}
*"[[Headmaster|HEADMASTERS]]. In evolutionary terms, the next step. Which rather makes you two...SURPLUS to requirements!" --[[Machination]] Headmaster guy, {{storylink|Devastation issue 2}}

===TIME I MADE A STAND!===
*"If I turn away now, I'll just keep on turning away. Sometimes you have to make a STAND!" -- [[Carnivac]], {{storylink|Way of the Warrior}}, UK #237
*"No! I've had it with running! I left those soldiers to the Decepticons' tender mercies, I won't do it with you! IT'S TIME I MADE A STAND!" - Carnivac again, {{storylink|A Savage Place!}}, UK #239
*"Instead of running around like headless chickens we should be trying to HELP her! I say we make a STAND!" -- [[Thunderpunch]], {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}, US #75

===WHAT CHANCE DO WE HAVE?===
*"In my OWN time I destroyed an entire RACE of Autobots, their MIGHTIEST LEADER! What CHANCE then -- DO YOU HAVE?!" --[[Galvatron II]], {{storylink|Surrender!}}
*"If all those Autobots, all those humans, couldn't save Earth... WHAT CHANCE DO WE HAVE?" --[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], {{storylink|Rhythms of Darkness!}}
*"Galvatron accounted for the most powerful Autobots around, so what chance do I have?" --Jazz, {{storylink|Rhythms of Darkness!}}
*"Even the Mighty Optimus Prime has fallen! What chance then, for the rest of us?" --Scorponok, {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}
*"If even THIS great force can fall, what chance then for the REST of us?" -- Optimus Prime, {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}
*"Five of us, weaponless, against the whole blasted Decepticon army! WHAT CHANCE DO WE HAVE?" --Prowl, {{storylink|End of the Road! (Marvel US comic)|End of the Road!}}

===YOU WON'T BELIEVE THE THINGS I CAN DO NOW!===
*"That was just a small demonstration. You won't BELIEVE the things I can do now!" --[[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]], {{storylink|Fire & Ice}}
*"But these days...you won't BELIEVE the things we can do!" --Bludgeon, {{storylink|Revelation (Dreamwave issue)|The War Within: The Dark Ages issue 4}}
*"Prime...you won't BELIEVE the things I can do now!" --Megatron, {{storylink|Escalation issue 5}}

==Footnotes==
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Transformers (2007 toyline)

2007-12-26T22:25:48Z

69.105.110.70: /* Overview */

The 2007 [[Transformers (2007)|''Transformers'' film]] was accompanied by one of the largest product blitzes in the history of the [[Transformers brand]]. The prominence of the movie allowed [[Hasbro]] to push the toy line to new levels of complexity and diversity.

In addition to the standard "main line" figures, several sub-lines were developed. Some, such as the [[Fast Action Battler]]s and [[Cyber Slammers]], are aimed at younger users. Others, such as [[Real Gear Robots]] and the various role play toys, expand on the plot and concepts of the movie.

Virtually all of the movie cast received multiple toy incarnations at various price points, from the tiny $4 [[Legends of Cybertron|Legends]] versions and two-for $5 [[Robot Heroes]] PVCs, up to the massive, complex, [[gimmick|electronic]] $80 Ultimate [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]. Given the limited number of Transformers featured in the movie, the toyline naturally contains many additional characters. Many of these are featured in alternate movie-related media, such as prequel comics and video games.

==Toyline==

===Action Figures ("main" line)===

====Overview====
[[Image:Moviebonecrushertoy.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Deluxe Bonecrusher. Bonecrusher hates the fact that he's no Voyager]]
The main line movie figures attempt to emulate the spindly, multi-faceted appearance of the screen characters, succeeding to a remarkable degree. This aesthetic carries over to characters that do not appear in the movie, giving the line a unified appearance. Most alternate forms are realistically styled contemporary Earth vehicles, many of which are licensed replicas.

The main line figures feature an above-average design complexity, with figures such as Deluxe Bumblebee packing an amazing number of moving parts into a small package. Transformations are fairly complex, and tend to capture the movie's visual spectacle of a vehicle flying apart into a thousand pieces as the robots transform. The primary gimmick of the main line is "[[Automorph|automorphing]]", wherein moving one piece of a toy will in turn move other pieces into their designated positions via hidden gears, furthering the parallel with the movie's visuals.

[[Image:Bumblebeemovietoydeluxe67.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Deluxe Bumblebee as a '76 Camaro.]]
Many of the vehicle modes' exteriors are formed by thin panels, but limbs and torsos are sufficiently integral to the vehicle-mode panels that they are not [[shellformer]]s. On some of the toys, these panels swing back on themselves or are otherwise concealed to such an extent that the finished robot gives comparatively little indication that it turns into a vehicle at all -- yet another point of unity with the movie's design aesthetic.

Unfortunately, due to issues of vehicle-mode licensing and the fact that the robot designs are the shared intellectual property of [[DreamWorks]], it is a virtual certainty that the Movie toys will never be made available as [[redeco|redecos]] in other franchises or as [[BotCon|convention]] [[Exclusive|exclusives]].

====Movie Deluxe Class====

'''Wave 1 (aka "Preview Figures")'''
*Protoform [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]
*Protoform [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]

'''Wave 2'''
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Jazz (Movie)|Autobot Jazz]]
*[[Brawl (Movie)|Decepticon Brawl]]
*[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] (includes small figure of [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]])
*[[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]]
*[[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]] (a non-Movie character, based on an unused ILM design)

'''Wave 3'''
*[[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]]
*[[Swindle (Movie)|Swindle]] (a non-Movie character, appears in the Movie Game & prequel comics)

'''Wave 4'''
*[[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] (a non-Movie character, was to appear in the film, but was replaced by Ironhide)
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Camaro Concept Bumblebee]]
*[[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing]] (a non-Movie character, appears in the Movie Game & prequel comics)

'''Wave 5'''
*[[Jazz (Movie)|Final Battle Jazz]] (remold of regular Deluxe Autobot Jazz)
*[[Longarm (Movie)|Longarm]] (a non-Movie character, appears in the Movie Game, based on a non-transforming tow-truck that appears in the movie)
*[[Payload (Movie)|Payload]] (a non-Movie character, appears in the Movie Game & prequel comics)

'''Wave 6'''
*[[Dropkick]] (a non-Movie character, appears in the Movie Game)
*[[Barricade (Movie)|Recon Barricade]] (non-Movie-based redeco of Barricade)

'''Wave 7'''
*[[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper]] (non-Movie character, redeco of Deluxe Camaro Concept Bumblebee)
*[[Landmine (Movie)|Landmine]] (non-Movie character, based on a [[Sector Seven]] vehicle from the movie)
*[[Camshaft (Movie)|Autobot Camshaft]] (non-Movie character, redeco of Deluxe Swindle)

'''Wave 7 Revision 1'''
*[[Stockade (Movie)|Stockade]] (non-Movie character, based on a [[Sector Seven]] vehicle from the movie)

'''Wave 8'''
*[[Overcast (Movie)|Overcast]] (non-Movie character, redeco of Deluxe Dreadwing)
*[[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Jungle Bonecrusher]] (non-Movie-based redeco of Deluxe Bonecrusher)

'''Future releases (depicted in Collectors' Club magazine)'''
* [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Stealth Battle Bumblebee]] (non-Movie-based redeco/remold of Deluxe Camaro Concept Bumblebee)

====Movie Voyager Class====

'''Wave 1'''
*[[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] (includes non-transforming [[Scale|scaled-down]] figurine of [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]])
*[[Ratchet (Movie)|Autobot Ratchet]]

'''Wave 2'''
*[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]
*[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]

'''Wave 2 Revision 2'''
*[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]

'''Wave 3'''
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]

'''Wave 4'''
*[[Ratchet (Movie)|Rescue Ratchet]] ([[G1]]-[[homage]] [[redeco]] of Ratchet)
*[[Thundercracker (Movie)|Thundercracker]] (a non-Movie character, [[redeco]]/[[remold]] of Starscream using the same head sculpt as the Target exclusive Starscream redeco)

'''Wave 5'''
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|First Strike Optimus Prime]] ([[G1]]-[[homage]] [[redeco]] of Voyager Optimus Prime)
*[[Evac (Movie)|Evac]] (non-Movie character, redeco/remold of Voyager Blackout)
*[[Ironhide (Movie)|Offroad Ironhide]] (redeco of Voyager Ironhide)

'''Wave 6'''
*[[Incinerator (Movie)|Incinerator]] (non-Movie character, based on Bell/Boeing VH-22 Osprey, seen during the movie.)

====Movie Leader Class====

'''Wave 1'''
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]

'''Wave 2'''
*[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]

'''Wave 3'''
*[[Brawl (Movie)|Decepticon Brawl]]

'''Wave 4'''
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Nightwatch Optimus Prime]] ([[redeco]] of Leader Optimus Prime; slightly different deco and packaging for UK/Japanese and US release)
*[[Brawl (Movie)|Deep Desert Brawl]] ([[redeco]] of Leader Decepticon Brawl)

===Other Action Figures===

====Movie Legends====
'''Wave 1'''
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]
*[[Jazz (Movie)|Autobot Jazz]]
*[[Ratchet (Movie)|Autobot Ratchet]]

'''Wave 2'''
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]

'''Wave 3'''
*[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]
*[[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]]

====Movie Legends Allspark Battles====

'''Wave 1'''
*[[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper]] vs. [[Barricade (Movie)|Recon Barricade]] ([[redeco|redecoes]] of Legends Bumblebee and Barricade)
*[[Jazz (Movie)|Autobot Jazz]] vs. [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] (repackaged minor redeco of Legends Jazz)
*[[Ratchet (Movie)|Rescue Ratchet]] vs. [[Brawl (Movie)|Decepticon Brawl]] (redeco of Legends Ratchet)

'''Wave 2'''
*[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] vs. [[Blackout (Movie)|Desert Blackout]] (redeco of Legends Blackout)
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Nightwatch Optimus Prime]] vs. [[Starscream (Movie)|Stealth Starscream]] (redecos of Legends Optimus Prime and Starscream)

====Movie [[Real Gear Robots]]====
Capitalizing on movie scenes in which the [[All Spark]] brings ordinary Earth machines to life, Real Gear Robots is a line of modern electronic items which convert to miniscule robots. The toys are comparable to the Scout class in size and price. Their alternate forms tend to be slightly scaled down from life size, with realism varying widely. The robot modes are generally more in line with the blocky aesthetic of [[Generation 1]], rather than the more complex look of the movie characters.

'''Wave 1'''
*[[Speed Dial 800]] (Mobile Phone)
*[[Longview]] (Binoculars)
*[[Spy Shot 6]] (Digital Camera)
*[[Power Up VT6]] (Portable Video Game Player)

'''Wave 2'''
*[[Booster X10]] (MP3 Player)
*[[Zoom Out 25X]] (Digital Video Camera)

'''Wave 3'''
*[[Meantime]] (Digital Watch)
*[[High Score 100]] (Game Console Controller)

'''Wave 4'''
*[[Wire Tap V20]] (Mobile Phone)
*[[Night Beat 7]] (MP3 Player)

'''Wave 5'''
*[[Hacker X-3]] (Portal Video Game Player)
*[[Highline 1070]] (Mobile Phone)
*[[Photon T-34]] (Digital Camera)
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'''Wave 6'''
*[[Farsight T-20]] (Binoculars)
*[[Midnighter XR-4]] (Digital Watch)
*[[Twitcher F451]] (Game Console Controller)
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====Movie Ultimate====
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Ultimate Bumblebee]]

===Fast Transformers Fun===
====Cyber Stompin' Robots====
(non-transforming)
*Cyber Stompin' [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]
*Cyber Stompin' [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]

====[[Cyber Slammers]]====
'''Wave 1'''
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] (Classic Camaro)
*[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]

'''Wave 2'''
*[[Brawl (Movie)|Decepticon Brawl]]
*[[Ratchet (Movie)|Autobot Ratchet]]

'''Wave 3'''
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee (Camaro Concept)]]

'''Wave 4'''
*[[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper]] ([[redeco]] of Cyber Slammers Camaro Concept Bumblebee)
*[[Jazz (Movie)|Autobot Jazz]]

'''Wave 5'''
*[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]
*[[Barricade (Movie)|Patrol Barricade]] (redeco of Cyber Slammers Barricade)
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====Fast Action Battlers====
'''Wave 1'''
*Cannon Blast [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]
*Battle Blade [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]
*Power Hook [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]
*Ion Blast [[Jazz (Movie)|Autobot Jazz]]

'''Wave 2'''
*Double Missile [[Brawl (Movie)|Decepticon Brawl]]
*Axe Attack [[Ratchet (Movie)|Autobot Ratchet]]

'''Wave 3'''
*Disc Blast [[Frenzy (Movie)|Decepticon Frenzy]]
*Gyro Blade [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]]
*Fusion Blast [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]

'''Wave 4'''
*Blade Shield [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]
*Plasma Punch [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]

'''Wave 5'''
* Claw Slash [[Ramjet (Movie)|Ramjet]] ([[redeco]] of Fast Action Battler Starscream)
* Fire Blast Optimus Prime (redeco of Fast Action Battler Optimus Prime)
* Pulse Cannon Ironhide (redeco of Fast Action Battler Ironhide)
* Sonic Shock [[Smokescreen (Movie)|Smokescreen]] (redeco of Fast Action Battler Jazz)
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===Role Play===

====Helmet Role Play====
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] Voice Changer (helmet)

====Converting Arm Blasters Role Play====
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] Battle Rig Blaster
*[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] Barrel Roll Blaster

====Super Soaker Gauntlet Blaster====
*Transformers Water Shooter

====T.E.C.H. (Transformers Electronic Combat Hardware)====

'''Wave 1'''
*Digital Dagger
*Quick Bow

'''Wave 2'''
*Tight Shot
*Flash Bang

'''Wave 3'''
*Autofire

===Non-exclusive special packs===

====Screen Battles====
'''Wave 1'''
*'''Final Stand''' (minor [[show accuracy|movie-accurate]] Deluxe [[Longarm (Movie)|Longarm]] redeco with [[Mikaela Banes|Mikaela]] driver figurine and battle damaged legless Bumblebee figure)
*'''First Encounter''' (minor Deluxe [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] redeco with [[Sam Witwicky|Sam]], [[Mikaela Banes|Mikaela]] and [[Frenzy (Movie)|Decepticon Frenzy]] figurines)

'''Wave 2'''
*'''Desert Attack''' (minor Deluxe [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]] redeco with [[Robert Epps|Epps]], [[Jorge Figueroa|Figueroa]] and [[Sergeant Donnelly|Donnelly]] figurines)
*'''Capture of Bumblebee''' (minor Deluxe [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Camaro Concept Bumblebee]] redeco with [[Reggie Simmons|Simmons]] and [[Sector Seven]] agents figurines, one of them being a miscolored [[William Lennox]])
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===Store exclusives===

====Target exclusive Scouts====

'''Wave 1'''
*[[Hardtop (Movie)|Hardtop]] (redeco of ''Cybertron'' [[Hardtop (Cybertron)|Hardtop]])
*[[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] (redeco of ''Energon'' [[Arcee (Energon)|Arcee]])
*[[Signal Flare (Movie)|Signal Flare]] (redeco of ''Energon'' [[Signal Flare (Energon)|Signal Flare]])

'''Wave 2'''
*[[Strongarm (Movie)|Strongarm]] (redeco of ''Energon'' [[Strongarm (Energon)|Strongarm]])
*[[Skyblast (Movie)|Skyblast]] (redeco of ''Energon'' [[Skyblast (Energon)|Skyblast]])
*[[Clocker (Movie)|Clocker]] (redeco of ''Cybertron'' [[Clocker (Cybertron)|Clocker]])

'''Wave 3'''
*[[Armorhide (Movie)|Armorhide]] (redeco of ''Cybertron'' [[Armorhide (Cybertron)|Armorhide]])
*[[Elita-One (Movie)|Elita-One]] (redeco of ''Energon'' [[Arcee (Energon)|Arcee]])
*[[Air Raid (Movie)|Air Raid]] (redeco of ''Energon'' [[Skyblast (Energon)|Skyblast]])

'''Wave 4'''
*Warpath (redeco of ''Cybertron'' [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Overhaul]])
*[[Storm Surge]] (redeco of ''Cybertron'' [[Shortround]])
*Crosshairs (redeco of ''Energon'' [[Strongarm (Energon)|Strongarm]])
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====Premium Series====

'''Target exclusives'''
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Robo-Vision Optimus Prime]] (redeco of Voyager Class Optimus Prime)
*[[Starscream (Movie)|Deep Space Starscream]] (redeco of Voyager Class Starscream)
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'''Best Buy exclusives '''
*[[Ratchet (Movie)|Autobot Ratchet]] (metallic redeco of Voyager Class Ratchet)
*[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] (metallic [[show-accuracy|movie-accurate]] redeco of Voyager Class Megatron)

'''Unknown store exclusives; confirmed via Lee's Toy Review'''
*[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] (redeco of Voyager Class Ironhide)
*[[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] (redeco of Voyager Class Blackout)
*[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] (redeco of Deluxe Class Barricade)
*[[Jazz (Movie)|Autobot Jazz]] (redeco of Deluxe Class Autobot Jazz)
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] (redeco of Deluxe Class Concept Camaro Bumblebee)
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] (redeco/remold of Leader Class Optimus Prime)
*[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] (redeco/remold of Leader Class Megatron)
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====Other single-packed store exclusive redecos====

'''Target exclusives'''
*Autobot Jazz ([[G1]]-[[homage]] [[redeco]] of Deluxe Class Autobot Jazz)
*Starscream ([[G1]]-[[homage]] [[redeco]] of Voyager Class Starscream)

====Store exclusive multi-packs with redecos====

'''Target exclusives'''
*"Evolution of a Hero" two-pack (Deluxe Class "Classic Camaro" Bumblebee & battle-damaged "Camaro Concept" Bumblebee)

'''Sam's Club exclusives'''
*Voyager/Deluxe three-pack (battle damaged Voyager Oprimus Prime, battle damaged Deluxe Arcee & regular Voyager Starscream)

====Store exclusive multi-packs without redecos====

'''Costco exclusives'''
*Leader Class Optimus Prime with bonus figures (Legends Class Bumblebee & Autobot Jazz)
* Ultimate Bumblebee with bonus 3" Titanium Bumblebee

'''Sam's Club exclusives'''
*Deluxe three-pack (Decepticon Brawl, Bonecrusher & Autobot Jazz)

'''Target exclusives'''
*Legends four-pack (Movie Legends Class Optimus Prime, Legends of Cybertron Optimus Prime, Movie Legends Class Megatron & Legends of Cybertron Megatron)
*3" Movie Optimus Prime Titanium three-pack (Contains 3" Optimus Prime in robot mode, semi mode, as well as set exclusive Protoform robot mode)

'''Toys'R'Us exclusives'''
*"Decepticon Desert Attack" two-pack (Voyager Class Blackout & Deluxe Class Scorponok)
*Legends six-pack (Bumblebee, Autobot Jazz, Optimus Prime, Megatron, Barricade & Starscream)

'''Wal*Mart exclusives'''
*"First Encounter" two-pack (Deluxe Class Bumblebee & Deluxe Class Barricade)
*"Leader for the Ages" two-pack (Fast Action Battler Optimus Prime & Classics "Ultimate Battle" two-pack Optimus Prime)
*"Mass Media Battle" two-pack (Real Gear Robots Speed Dial 800 & Booster X10)
*"Robo Recon Team" two-pack (Real Gear Robots Spy Shot 6 & Longview)
*"Brain Scrambler Team" two-pack (Real Gear Robots Power Up VT6 & Zoom Out 25X)
*Ultimate Bumblebee three-pack (Ultimate Bumblebee, Deluxe Scorponok & Deluxe Decepticon Brawl)

===Plain Transformers Fun===
'''Mr Potato Head Transformers'''
*[[Optimash Prime]]

'''Plush Transformers
*[[Optimus Prime (G1) toys|Softimus Prime]] ([[G1]]-style Prime, soft toy transforms by turning inside out, using velcro)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Slumblebee]] (ditto, for G1-styled Bumblebee)

====Robot Heroes====
(2-inch non-transforming cutified figurines similar to Star Wars Galactic Heroes et al. [[Generation 1 (cartoon)|G1 cartoon]] characters in Movie packaging)

'''Wave 1'''
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] vs. [[Ravage]]
*[[Hot Rod toys|Rodimus]] vs. [[Shrapnel (G1)|Insecticon]] (Actually Hot Rod vs. Shrapnel)
*[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] vs. [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]
*[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] vs. [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]

'''Wave 2'''
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] vs. [[Megatron (G1) toys|Megatron]]
*[[Bumblebee (G1) toys |Bumblebee]] vs. [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]

'''Wave 3'''
*[[Optimus Prime (G1) toys |Optimus Prime]] w/[[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] vs. [[Unicron]]
*[[Jazz (G1)|Autobot Jazz]] vs. [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]

'''Wave 4'''
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] vs. [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]]
*[[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] vs. [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] vs. [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]
*[[Jazz (Movie)|Autobot Jazz]] vs. [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]]

'''Wave 5 (upcoming)'''
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] w/sword vs. [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]]
*[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] vs. [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]]
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Armor Bumblebee]] vs. [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]
*[[Protoform]] [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] vs. [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]]

===Collector===
====Unleashed====
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] Turnaround
*[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] Turnaround

====Movie Titanium (3")====

'''Wave 1 (Wave 8 overall)'''
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]]

'''Wave 2 (Wave 9 overall)'''
*[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]
*[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]
*[[Jazz (Movie)|Autobot Jazz]]

'''Wave 3 (Wave 10 overall)'''
*[[Brawl (Movie)|Decepticon Brawl]]
*[[Ratchet (Movie)|Autobot Ratchet]]

'''Target exclusives'''
*'''Ultimate Optimus Prime 3-Pack''' (contains Protoform Optimus Prime, Vehicle Mode Optimus Prime & Robot Mode Optimus Prime; the latter is a redeco of the single figure from wave 1)

===Japanese exclusives===
While most Japanese toys were more or less identical to their Hasbro counterparts, down to the packaging which was simply given an additional sticker in Japanese, and various Japanese store exclusive toys were simply imported Hasbro toys which Takara didn't see commercially viable as mass releases, there were a few genuine Japanese exclusives.
*EZ Collection Bumblebee "scanning version" (a clear redeco of Legends Class [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], exclusively available with the August 2007 edition of ''Hyper Hobby'' magazine)
*Bumblebee "limited metallic color version" (a redeco of the first Deluxe Class [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] toy with a shiny gold metallic finish, exclusively available at Lawson stores)
*Protoform Optimus Prime "Fusion Cluster Edition" (a redeco of Deluxe Class Protoform [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] in "entry mode" colors, exclusively available at the C3xHobby Convention and later also from [[e-Hobby]])
*Protoform Starscream "Fusion Cluster Edition" (a redeco of Deluxe Class Protoform [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] in "entry mode" colors, exclusively available at the C3xHobby Convention and later also from [[e-Hobby]])
*Optimus Prime (a Movie-esque redeco of the [[Robots in Disguise (toyline)|Robots in Disguise]] Spychanger [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] mold, available at pretty much every store for purchase of the Transformers Movie DVD)
*EZ Collection Bumblebee metallic version (a metallic redeco of Legends Class [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], exclusively available at Tsutaya Records stores for purchase of the Transformers Movie DVD)
*Blackout "4500x version" (a redeco of Voyager Class [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] in more realistic metallic colors and with the precise identifying marks attributed to him in the film dialogue, including a redeco of the Scorponok mini-figure closer to the colors of the Deluxe toy, exclusively available at Lawson stores)
*Starscream Vardia Red Model (a red-ish redeco of Voyager Starscream, exclusively available at Toshiba stores for purchase of the Toshiba RD-A301 HD-DVD player)

==Merchandise==
* [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showthread.php?t=123245 Exhaustive Transformers 2007 merchandise list, maintained by AMS.]

==Trivia==
*As of the Movie toyline, the "Ultra" pricepoint has been abolished. Whether this will continue to be the case for future lines remains to be seen, although Hasbro has stated a possible return to this pricepoint with Classics 2.0.

=="Drought"==
[[Image:Movie_Deluxe_2009_Bumblebee_toy.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Oh well. Better luck with the sequel toys!]]

Since the movie's premiere, many fans have complained of a severe toy shortage in most markets, particularly the U.S. Mainline figures have proven to be more difficult to locate at retail than in many years, if not ''ever''. This is due to the convergence of several factors:

*The tremendous success and high profile of the movie has vastly broadened the toy-buying audience, with many more kids, adult collectors, and [[Toy scalping|scalpers]] seeking out product.
*Major retailers such as Wal-Mart and Target placed orders for TF movie product based on their sales records for [[Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]] and [[Classics]] figures, as well as movie-related toylines in general, which tend not to do well (as the Spider-Man 3 figures still warming shelves wherever you live can attest).
*Unusual congestion at Chinese factories and shipping docks lengthened the time necessary to produce and ship new figures to the West.

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