Mini-Con

2007-11-21T23:11:09Z

75.47.163.51: The part about the minicons being from giant planet was added, look at the episode from the cybertron series where one of the kids asks a minicon if this is the minicon's home and the minicon says yes

:''Mini-Cons are a [[faction]]/type of [[Transformers]] in multiple [[continuity family|continuity families]], most prominently the [[Unicron Trilogy]].''

[[Image:Minicon symbol.png|250px|right]]

'''Mini-Cons''' are a race of small, roughly [[human]]-sized Transformers capable of [[powerlinx|powerlinxing]] with a larger Transformer to impart extra abilities or greatly increase their strength.

Their origins (when explored) vary depending on the continuity they appear in. In some timelines they are creations of [[Unicron]], while in others, they are creations of the [[Last Autobot]]. Others... they just are there. Another time, some were created on the Giant Planet. (Cybertron series)

:''Japanese term'': '''Micron'''<br>
:''French-Canadian/Spanish term'': '''Minimodus'''

==Fiction==
===''Universe: The Wreckers'' comics===
[[Ramulus]] uses "Mini-Con" as a term of derision, implying that [[CatSCAN]] is timid or insufficiently assertive.

===Unicron Trilogy===
====Animated continuity====
[[Unicron]] created the Mini-Cons to be mindless tools, sent to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] as an agitating element to the Transformers' civil war. The power-enhancing "smart tools" would be unleashed upon the populace, who would snap them up, bond with them, and the war would only get more destructive, as Unicron drank in the negative psychic energies from the death and destruction. Once he'd gathered the power he needed, the Mini-Cons would turn on their supposed masters, incapacitating them, and Unicron would fully awaken to devour the planet and all Transformers on it, eliminating his biggest obstacle to devouring all of existence.

But through a strange warp in space and time that no one really bothered to explain, three [[human]] children from the future -[[Rad White|Rad]], [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] and [[Alexis]]- were sent to the Mini-Cons' birthing chamber on Cybertron just seconds before the small robots emerged from their pods. As the Mini-Cons had been designed to form mental bonds with other life forms, when Rad touched the Mini-Con who he knew from the future as [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]], High Wire apparently formed his bond then, with Rad... and through the Mini-Cons' shared "soul dimension", the [[Linkage (dimension)|Linkage]], sentience and free will spread throughout the Mini-Cons, forming "souls", and crippling Unicron's plans drastically.

====Dreamwave comics continuity====
[[Image:Mini-cons.jpg|400px|right|thumb|Gotta catch 'em all!]]

Mini-Cons are a second race of Transformer, mostly living in designated sectors by themselves, which left them open to attack when [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] led his Decepticons on capture raids. Mini-Cons are capable of adding their power (disproportionate to their size) to a Transformer with whom they [[Powerlinx]]. Mini-Cons are also capable of tapping an extra-dimensional energy source of unknown origin, but are wary of doing this, and most have inhibitors installed to prevent this from happening.

[[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]], a Mini-Con refugee from another dimension led Cybertron's collected Mini-Cons in tapping that dimension's energies and channeling them into an attack on Unicron which left him stranded on the far fringes of space.

After Unicron's defeat, most Mini-Cons re-established their villages in the Mini-Con sector. When Unicron appeared again 10 years later, no one went to fetch the Mini-Cons to battle Unicron again, so it seems likely the Mini-Cons connection to their extra-dimensional power source was severed.

:''('''Note''': There is no indication that Mini-Cons are related to Unicron in Dreamwave continuity.)''

====Powerlinx and Evolution====
Mini-Cons have the special ability to actually evolve other machines. From transforming simple cars into jet-powered assault vehicles, to upgrading Transformers to have new weapons spring from their body. The nature of Powerlinxing is emphasized more in the Japanese ''[[Micron Legend]]'' counterpart to Transformers ''[[Armada]]''. Once powerlinked, the Autobot would call out "EVOLUTION!" and a portion of their body would literally reconfigure to become a new weapon. Afterwards, they retained this new ability without the powerlinking of the Mini-Con which granted it. Linking to that Mini-Con again simply enhances their firepower. The mini-con is not required in order to use the evolved weaponry afterwards. This has caused some confusion in the Armada viewing audience due to dub issues and the downplaying of the "Evolution" theme. Despite this, the term is used twice in the American series by Megatron.

====Gigantion Mini-cons====
The exact origin of the Gigantion Mini-Cons is questionable as presented within the context of the show itself. The show offers little to nothing on their genesis, merely their function as "little detail" workers whose brains developed similarly to human children because of this (uh, yeah). In ''Galaxy Force'', they are stated to have existed since ancient times and controlled the larger Transformers. There are even ancient ruins discovered with inscriptions using ''Armada'' Mini-Con model sheets.

The [[Fun Publications]] fiction has linked these Mini-Cons to those of ''Armada'', which simply has them migrating to Gigantion (as well as the other colony worlds) with the Transformers carrying the [[Cyber Planet Key]]s, and offering the only definitive origin of those Mini-Cons. This would also make them creations of Unicron. However, this does not line fully with the fiction, as the Mini-Cons in Armada are shown appearing in the time of Optimus Prime, years after the world colonization - so the matter is left more than a bit vague.

===Generation 1===
====Classics====
Mini-cons were created by the [[Last Autobot]] to cleanse Cybertron of [[Demon]]s and [[Mutant]]s before the Autobots returned.

===="Eternal Prisoner"====
The latest (as of this update) assortment of [[Micron Booster]]s features Mini-Cons with Autobot, Decepticon, [[Maximal]] and [[Predacon]]. There is little to no information about when this set "takes place".

Similarly, three store-[[exclusive]] Mini-Cons released at the time, [[Torque Gain]], [[Moise Effect]] and [[Wedge Shape]] seem to be in the same boat, especially as Wedge Shape's toy is branded as a Maximal (though his instructions claim him to be a Predacon).

====Beast Wars (Japan)====
[[Dragoyell]] is a combatant in the [[Beast Wars]], though his ninja-like powers mean he is rarely seen. His bio and instructions explicitly say he's a Maximal... but his toy is branded as an Autobot. Hmm.

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==Toys==
:''('''Note''': This section talks about toys representing Mini-Cons in general. For toys representing '''specific''' Mini-Cons, see their individual pages.)''

===Micron Legend===
*'''Big green Unicron exclusive redeco thing'''

===Attacktix===
[[Image:AttacktixMiniConS1.jpg|left|thumb|125px|Goooood.]]

*'''Mini-Con''' (Booster, 2006)
: ''Attacktix ID number'' '''TF01'''
:''Faction'': Autobot
:''Class'': Trooper
:''Special'': Attackback - 4/26 (15%) success ratio
:''Point Cos''t: 10
:''Base Speed'': 4
:''Attack Type'': Shooter (Small Missile)

: The first assortment of Transformers ''[[Attacktix]]'' figures included a "generic" Mini-Con, based on [[Skyboom (Energon)|Skyboom]]. Each Mini-Con figure has 3 points of articulation, including waist and shoulders; however, their shoulders move together due to their gun. One of the shortest, most squat ''Attacktix'' figures, the Mini-Con is very stable despite its small base.

:Its Special Power, "'Attackback", allows a free move and attack for any of your in-play Autobot pieces. Mini-Con is an excellent support figure for [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]], whose "Shootback" power allows up to three Mini-Cons to make a free attack.

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[[Image:AttackitxMiniConS2.jpg|right|thumb|125px|Eeeevil.]]

*'''Mini-Con''' (Booster, 2007)
: ''Attacktix ID number'': '''TF03'''
:''Faction'': Decepticon
:''Class'': Trooper
:''Special'': Attackback
:''Point Cost'': 10
:''Base Speed'': 4
:''Attack Type'': Shooter (Small Missile)

:An as-yet unreleased redeco of the ''Attacktix'' Mini-Con piece is set for the second series' Booster Packs, though this time as a Decepticon-aligned piece. It features a color scheme not on any incarnation of the actual [[Sonar (Armada)|Sonar]]/Skyboom toy, but wouldn't that be neat? The exact details of its Attackback special power are as yet unknown.

: This piece was later characterized as "[[Bunker-Buster]]" in the members-only portion of the [[Fun Publications]] [[Official Transformers Collectors' Club]] website.
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==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/faction/minicon.htm Mini-Cons at TFU.info]

*[http://www.tfarchive.com/toys/references/mini-cons_microns.php TFArchive's complete Mini-Con/Micron list]

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