Scavenger (BM)

2012-08-30T22:19:45Z

76.125.36.102: /* Beast Machines */

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:''Scavenger is a [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]] from the [[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Machines]] portion of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Wreckers1-scavengergathers.jpg|right|350px|thumb|My horde of mindless drones is the best horde of mindless drones in the whole universe!]]

'''Scavenger''' loves to smash stuff, and he's quite good at it. Falling under the command of [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]], Scavenger and his identical demolition drones exist for a single purpose—destruction. It doesn't matter if it's a building or a [[Maximal]], they'll roll right through it, relying on their heavy armor to protect them. Anything they can't knock over, run over, tear apart with their clawed hands, or crush in their crane-mode jaws, they attack using electric currents produced from the [[galva-conductor]]s on their backs. Or blast with missiles. Or perforate with cannon fire. Or all three. At once. In the FACE.

==Fiction==
===Universe: The Wreckers===
[[Image:Wreckers1-scavengerdies.jpg|right|200px|thumb|We let 'em win! We coulda beat 'em if we really wanted to!]]
Megatron sent Scavenger drones and [[Mirage (BM)|Mirage]] drones to fight alongside the generals [[Spy Streak]], [[Blastcharge (BM)|Blastcharge]], and [[Quake (G1)|Quake]] and their respective drones to guard an old [[Autobot]] shuttle from the [[Wrecker]]s, who wished to use it to get offworld. It was quite the welcoming party.

A number of the Scavenger drones were destroyed by the Wreckers in the ensuing close-quarters melee. Those that weren't wrecked by the Wreckers ended up caught in the blast that consumed the facility as the shuttle launched. {{storylink|Departure}}

===The Razor's Edge===
In the days leading up to the [[Pax Cybertronia]], [[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]] (disguised as the original [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]) manufactured a large number of Scavenger drones on the conquered planet of [[Nibari]]. She attempted to use them against three Maximals and a local insurgents' army. However, the insurgents had rewired the drones to obey their commands, and they quickly overpowered and defeated Flamewar.

After the Maximals' departure, the native Nibarians planned to convert the drones to tools of construction and repair. {{storylink|The Razor's Edge}}
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==Toys==
===Beast Machines===
[[Image:BM-toy Scavenger.jpg|right|300px|thumb|But what I really want to do is travel—[http://builtstlouis.net/tf/general_scavenger/index.html see the world].]]
*'''Scavenger''' (Basic, 2000)

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Machines]]'' Basics, Scavenger transforms into a Cybertronic treaded ''de''struction vehicle. A plunger mechanism on the back of the "shovel" opens and closes the vehicle's crusher jaw. Its [[spark crystal]] is located in the "control tower" behind a flip-down panel.

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Scavenger (RID)|Scavenger]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2000/Vehicon/Scavenger/scavenger.htm More information on Scavenger at TFU.info]''

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==Notes==
[[Image:ScavengerBMconcept.jpg|right|300px|thumb|At least I don't have [[Cobybot|a bunch of alternate heads]] lying around.]]
* Although the early ''Beast Machines'' concept art for Scavenger is very similar to the final product, his original color layout implies a lot more paint applications in his crane-neck area.
* Scavenger had the preliminary name of '''Destructicon'''<ref>''ToyFare'' Magazine's ''Beast Machines'' sneak-peek booklet</ref>''

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Atlantis

2012-08-02T09:10:15Z

76.125.36.102: /* Armada cartoon */

'''Atlantis''' is known on [[Earth]] as a legendary continent or city which vanished cataclysmically into the sea ages ago. But legends are funny things...

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
It is suggested that the undersea city of [[Sub-Atlantica]], populated by mer-men, was the inspiration for the legend of Atlantis. {{storylink|Atlantis, Arise!}}
====Japanese cartoon continuity====
{{note|In the ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (franchise)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]'' version of "Atlantis, Arise!", Sub-Atlantica was repurposed as the true Atlantis, not merely the basis of the legend. This opened up the way for further inclusions of the sunken city in subsequent installments set in this continuity.}}

=====''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon=====
During prehistoric times, the Autobot [[Pretender]]s sealed [[Gilmer]] up in its undersea ruins. He escaped thanks to [[Devil Z]] sometime between 2011 and 2024. {{storylink|Terror! The Decepticons' Manhunt}}

=====''Victory'' cartoon=====
[[Hellbat (Victory)|Hellbat]] pinpointed the location of Atlantis and had the [[Decepticon]]s raise the city so they could pillage its vast supply of energy in order to re-energize [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]]'s [[Planet-Destroying Fortress|space fortress]]. The massive tidal waves created by the rising of Atlantis kept the [[Autobot]]s occupied protecting coastal cities that were devastated, and the Decepticons escaped with the energy. The [[Dinoforce]], however, were abandoned on Atlantis by Deathsaurus, and were swept away as the city fell back beneath the waves. {{storylink|The Terror of the Giant Tidal Waves}}

===Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity===
====''Armada'' cartoon====
When an ancient Earth civilization seized control of the power of the [[Mini-Con]] [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]], the forces they unleashed in war with another nation wound up sinking their city into the ocean. The stasis panel of one of the Saber's components remained in the ruins, where it activated in 2010, alerting the Autobots on Earth to its presence. Autobot ally [[Carlos Lopez]] was smitten by a [[Amphitrite|hologram of one of the city's former inhabitants]], but was forced to accept that she was not truly real as a battle with the Decepticons destroyed what was left of the ruins. {{storylink|Ruin}}

====''Cybertron'' cartoon====
[[Image:Atlantis-Starship-ep51.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Way down, below the ocean, where I wanna be...]]
The Earth legend of Atlantis was revealed to have been inspired by an ancient Cybertronian starship that went by that name—one of four dispatched from the planet eons in the past, with the intention of creating a universe-wide [[space bridge]] network. The ''Atlantis'' headed for Earth, containing a [[Cyber Planet Key]] and the [[Omega Lock]]. It hovered in the sky above the planet for a time, until a malfunction caused it to crash into the ocean, laying down the basis for the stories that would be passed down through the ages by human kind. {{storylink|Balance}}

The symbol of the Omega Lock was emblazoned upon the ''Atlantis'', and that symbol went hand in hand with the legend, becoming a piece of popular culture to the extent that, by 2030, it was being featured on album covers and T-shirts. When [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]'s Autobots returned to Earth in that year, the ancient Transformer [[Vector Prime]] recognised the symbol, setting both Autobot and Decepticons off in a search for the Omega Lock itself. {{storylink|Fallen (episode)|Fallen}}

An Autobot civilian in the guise of a submarine eventually discovered the ''Atlantis'' buried at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean; when the Autobots entered the craft, its warp engines activated and teleported the ship to the dark side of the [[Moon (moon)|moon]]. With the aid of the [[Recon Mini-Con Team]] and the Autobots' three human allies, Vector Prime was able to locate and secure the Omega Lock before the Decepticons. {{storylink|Ship}}

The ''Atlantis'' was left floating by the moon until [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] teleported the injured [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] there to recuperate. {{storylink|United}} When Sideways later kidnapped the Mini-Cons, the kids followed him through his warp gate and emerged on the Atlantis. {{storylink|Balance}} Although [[Coby Hansen|Coby]], [[Lori]] and [[Six-Speed]] were later able to escape, [[Bud Hansen|Bud]], [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] and [[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] were left stranded on the ''Atlantis'' as the ship warped away. {{storylink|Escape (episode)|Escape}} The ship later passed through the spatial rift leading to [[Gigantion]], the Giant Planet, after which Bud and the Mini-Cons were able to escape and reunite with the Autobots. {{storylink|Warp}}

When Starscream was defeated in battle with [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]], the ''Atlantis'' fell back into Autobot hands, and was used to return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], where it was merged with the other three ancient starships to create the ''[[Ark (Cybertron)|Ark]]'', through which Primus channeled his power and sealed the [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]]. {{storylink|End}}

With the threat of the black hole and Galvatron dispatched, a new space bridge program was introduced, and the four starships again departed for the far reaches of the galaxy. Known members of the crew of the ''Atlantis'' on this voyage include Optimus Prime, [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]], [[Safeguard (Cybertron)|Safeguard]], [[Menasor (Cybertron)|Menasor]], [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] and [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]]. {{storylink|Beginning}}

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Atlantis''' (アトランティス ''Atorantisu'')

==External links==
* [[Wikipedia:Atlantis|Atlantis]] at Wikipedia

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