Dead End (Armada)

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:''Dead End is a [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:DeadendarmadaMTMTE.jpg|right|200px|thumb|And you thought that other [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] was depressed.]]
What scraps of mind remain within '''Dead End''' are twisted beyond all hope of recovery. A gibbering mad-bot in an eternal state of mind-numbing terror, Dead End lives (such as it is) within the depths of the colossal [[Unicron]]. The Chaos-Bringer has a use for the poor creature, however; he is the template for the hundreds—perhaps thousands—of non-sentient [[Dead End Drone]]s that serve as part of Unicron's immune system.

==Fiction==
===''Armada'' cartoon===
{{note|The [[Dead End Drone|"laser pod" drones]] seen in the episodes [[Alliance (episode)|Alliance]] and [[Union]] were likely directly inspired by the Dead End toy included with Unicron and, as such, the "Dead End" toy was probably meant to represent a single drone. However, the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] revealed (or [[retcon]]ned if you prefer) that the drones shown in the show were clones of Dead End,<ref>[http://www.transformersclub.com/ Official Transformers Collectors' Club site] members' section, Micro-Sized Online! Mini-Con Profiles, 3/23/07</ref> who was himself an individual character not shown in the show itself.}}

===''Energon'' comic===
[[Image:WhatLiesBeneath3-Unicroninterior.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Dead End is top shelf!]]
Dead End (or one of his clones) can be seen briefly inside the core of Unicron. {{storylink|What Lies Beneath, Part Three}}

==Games==
===''Transformers'' (PS2)===
A massive Dead End can be seen on one hemisphere of Unicron's planetary mode. {{storylink|Transformers (PS2)|Transformers}}

==Toys==
===Armada===
*'''Unicron with Mini-Con Dead End''' (Supreme, 2003)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MX-00'''

: ''[[Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' Dead End transforms into a dark gray and yellow mechanical "moon" with a cannon. He can fit into a specially-shaped socket on Unicron's planet form and act as a turret.

: This mold was used to make the Dead End Drone, [[Dead End General]] and [[Kranix]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Mini-Con/DeadEnd/deadend.htm More information on Dead End at TFU.info]''

*'''Unicron of Light''' (Supreme, 2003)

: This contest-prize [[exclusive]] toy of Unicron's [[Unicron of Light|Mini-Con-formed doppelganger]] from the ''[[Micron Legend Year Book 2003]]'' of course came with a version of Dead End. Despite the mass changes to the big toy, this version of Dead End is only ''slightly'' different from the regular version, using a slightly lighter shade of charcoal as a base plastic color. Only 10 Green Unicrons were awarded.

===Energon===
*'''Unicron''' (Supreme, 2004)

: Dead End's ''Armada'' toy was [[redeco]]ed along with Unicron for the [[Energon (toyline)|''Energon'' toyline]], in a somewhat [[Earth]]-like light blue and green color scheme.

: The ''Energon'' packaging shipped with either the orange ''Armada'' Unicron and dark gray Dead End or the black ''Energon'' Unicron and blue Dead End inside in early shipments.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Mini-Con/DeadEnd/deadend.htm More information on ''Energon'' Dead End at TFU.info]''

===Universe (2008)===
*'''Unicron''' (Supreme, 2008)

:Dead End was once again available with the ''Universe'' (2008) version of Unicron which was a Toys R Us-[[exclusive]]. He was a straight repack of ''Armada'' Dead End, with no changes whatsoever in paint detailing.

===Transformers 2010===
[[Image:TF2010toy-Unicron.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Thought they'd forget me, didn't you.]]
*'''Unicron''' (Supreme, 2010)
**''Accessories'': 6 missiles, giant chest-missile

: Bug once again came with Unicron, this time colored in his larger master's Generation 1 dark-gray-and-orange coloration, with a little extra gold on the gun.

: This set was only available in Japan as a Toy Hobby Market [[exclusive]], with orders being taken from [[June 1]]st through [[July 4]]th. the toy was shipped at the end of September 2010.
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==Notes==
[[Image:G1toy-UnicronprotoTakara.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Dead End's great-grandpappy.]]
* The unreleased ''Generation 1'' Unicron toy was accompanied by a small moon that looks an awful lot like Dead End's moon mode. According to character designer [[Floro Dery]], this moon was to transform into a "mini-Unicron" of sorts, and act like the Mini-Me to Unicron's Dr. Evil. [http://web.archive.org/web/20060625115408/http://members.aol.com/tfencyc/interview_dery.html]

* Preliminary names for Dead End included "Gobotron" after the home planet of the [[Tonka GoBots|GoBots]] and "[[Nebulos|Nebulon]]" after the planet from the Generation 1 [[The Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon]] and [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|comics]]. Ultimately, [[Hasbro]] did the only sensible thing they could, and named him after a random [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticon]] instead.

* Of course, Dead End can serve as a drone if you want him to. Why the hell not.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Bug''' (バグ ''Bagu'')

==References==
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[[Category:Armada Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Contest prizes]]
[[Category:Energon Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Unicron-related characters]]
[[Category:Universe (2008)]]

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