Combaticon (ROTF)

2009-06-06T06:29:56Z

79.74.252.216:

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{{disambig2|the Decepticon subgroup from ''Revenge of the Fallen''|the Decepticon subgroup from Generation 1|Combaticon (G1)}}
:''The Combaticons are a [[Decepticon]] [[subgroup]] from the [[Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]] portion of the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''

The '''Combaticons''' are a unit of fierce Decepticon soldiers, operating with (mostly) military precision under the watchful eye of the tactically brilliant Onslaught.

The Combaticons consist of:

*The cunning [[Onslaught (ROTF)|Onslaught]] (leader)
*The destructive [[Brawl (ROTF)|Brawl]]
*The aloof [[Blast Off (ROTF)|Blast Off]]
*The opportunistic [[Swindle (ROTF)|Swindle]]
*The unhinged [[Vortex (ROTF)|Vortex]]

They combine to form [[Bruticus Maximus (ROTF)|Bruticus Maximus]].

==Toys==
===Revenge of the Fallen===
*'''Bruticus Maximus''' (2008)

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[[Category:Combaticons| Combaticon (ROTF)]]
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Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)

2009-05-30T23:28:34Z

79.74.252.216: /* Characters in the Shattered Glass Universe */

{{disambig2|the continuity family|the comic issue|Shattered Glass (comic)}}
[[Image:Shatteredglass logo.png|600px|center]]

[[image:Onegenerationshattered.jpg|350px|thumb|right|The mirrorverse is roughly 50% blue cannons by volume.]]

"'''Shattered Glass'''" is the catch-all name for the fictional universe and associated toys begun in conjunction with [[BotCon 2008]].
It is a "mirror universe", where the bad guys are good, the good guys
are bad, and (mostly) everyone has different paint schemes. The story
is a Transformers take on the old sci-fi warhorse of an [[wikipedia:Parallel_universe_(fiction)|evil alternate universe]], a concept previously seen in stories such as [[wikipedia:Mirror_Universe_(Star_Trek)|''Star Trek'''s Mirror Universe]] and DC comics' [[wikipedia:Earth-Three|Earth-Three]].

It comes complete with a [[Cliffjumper (G1)|time-lost character from "our" world]] and [[facial hair]] for the [[Rodimus (Shattered Glass)|evil versions of certain good guys]].

{{-}}

{{quote|This year's chronicle shatters everything you thought you knew about Transformers! Here is a universe you never expected...
On a world known as Cybertron, a ruthless and cruel tyrant prepares
his army for an all-out attack. Their destination: a planet rich in
resources, known as [[Earth]]!
Only a small band of rebels stands between this evil warlord and his
plans for universal conquest. If these brave soldiers are unable to
stop the attack, then there will be nothing to prevent this shattered
universe from falling victim to the maniacal [[Optimus Prime (Shattered Glass)|Optimus Prime]] and his evil legion of...Autobots?

This is a truly malformed universe, where the Decepticons are heroic and the Autobots are evil!

Coming this spring, the battle lines will be drawn and a new champion will emerge. A [[Megatron (Shattered Glass)|young and noble Decepticon]]
will stand up and fight for freedom, the freedom which is the right of
all Transformers! Advising him will be his trusted lieutenant [[Starscream (Shattered Glass)|Starscream]] and his fellow virtuous Decepticons. They will fight to the very last to stop the spread of Optimus Prime's tyranny!|Introductory blurb at BotCon.com}}

==Fiction==
[[Image:Decepticon_Shattered_Glass.png|150px|right]]

[[Image:Autobot_Shattered_Glass.png|150px|right]]
* '''[[Shattered Expectations]]'''
Fun Publications proved themselves collectively to be Satan
incarnate in April 2008 when they "leaked" three pages of what was
purported to be the set's accompanying comic, but which was, in fact,
an April Fool's gag by [[Pete Sinclair]], [[Greg Sepelak]] and [[Trent Troop]].
Taking the silly concept of an "evil parallel universe" and giving it
the respectably campy treatment it deserved (including such gags as an
ingenious Grimlock, a Jazz that talked like Mr. T and reverse-[[Furmanism|Furmanisms]]), the comic was rendered in the art style of [[Derek Yaniger]]
and even featured flat, 1992-era coloring to complete the effect.
Rather unexpectedly, the fandom responded in a virtually unheard-of
manner—the comic was almost unanimously loved.

Then it turned out that the most popular thing Fun Publications had ever done wasn't real.

Mmn.

The popularity of "Shattered Expectations" led to several of its aspects being incorporated into the actual "Shattered Glass" world, via online prose stories. Subsequent stories have also taken a more campy approach to creating parallel universe versions of characters, as opposed to the rather uninspired straight-faced take of the convention comic.

* '''[[Shattered Glass (comic)|Shattered Glass]]'''
The real BotCon 2008 exclusive comic story picked up after the "[[Crossing Over]]" storyline, throwing [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]]
into an evil parallel universe. Though he immediately joins the
Autobots, he begins to suspect that things are not all that they seem.
After meeting both the evil Autobots and the heroic Decepticons, he
must make a choice. Meanwhile, Optimus Prime has built the [[Ark (Shattered Glass)|''Ark'']] to take them to a new world, [[Earth]], that is ripe for conquest. The comic featured a brief return of the retired Transformers artist [[Don Figueroa]] and was written by Pete Sinclair and [[Benson Yee]].

When the "Shattered Expectations" comic proved amazingly and
surprisingly popular, Greg Sepelak and Trent Troop were brought in to
make some dialogue tweaks, returning Jazz to the April Fool's version's
Mr. T mannerisms among other changes. Grimlock was still dumb, however,
but that could be mitigated...

* '''[[Dungeons & Dinobots]]'''
A text story about [[Grimlock (Shattered Glass)|Grimlock]]. It promises a change for the character to the "Shattered Expectations"' ingenious Grimlock.

* '''[[Do Over]]'''
A text story about the Autobots' second attempt to build an Ark and conquer Earth. [[Ricochet (Shattered Glass)|Ricochet]]'s plan to ensnare Megatron keep the heroic Decepticons from pursuing their foes to Earth?

* '''[[The Desert Heat!]]''' / '''[[Eye in the Sky]]'''
Text story with 2-page comic preview. The Autobots and Decepticons land on a bizarre world known as Earth.

==Characters in the Shattered Glass Universe==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Alpha Trion (Shattered Glass)|Alpha Trion]]
*[[Arcee (Shattered Glass)|Arcee]]
*[[Blurr (Shattered Glass)|Blurr]]
*[[Cliffjumper (Shattered Glass)|Cliffjumper]]
*[[Downshift (Shattered Glass)|Downshift]]
*[[Drench (Shattered Glass)|Drench]]
*[[Dropshot (Shattered Glass)|Dropshot]]
*[[Goldbug (Shattered Glass)|Goldbug]]
*[[Grimlock (Shattered Glass)|Grimlock]]
*[[Jazz (Shattered Glass)|Jazz]]
*[[Nightbeat (Shattered Glass)|Nightbeat]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Shattered Glass)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Perceptor (Shattered Glass)|Perceptor]]
*[[Ratchet (Shattered Glass)|Ratchet]]
*[[Ricochet (Shattered Glass)|Ricochet]]
*[[Rodimus (Shattered Glass)|Rodimus]]
*[[Wheelie (Shattered Glass)|Wheelie]]
*[[Wheeljack (Shattered Glass)|Wheeljack]]
|c2=
*[[Astrotrain (Shattered Glass)|Astrotrain]]
*[[Bludgeon (Shattered Glass)|Bludgeon]]
*[[Bug Bite (Shattered Glass)|Bug Bite]]
*[[Buzzsaw (Shattered Glass)|Buzzsaw]]
*[[Clench (Shattered Glass)|Clench]]
*[[Crasher (Shattered Glass)|Crasher]]
*[[Cyclonus (Shattered Glass)|Cyclonus]]
*[[Diagnostic Drone (Shattered Glass)|Diagnostic Drone]]
*[[Dinobot (Shattered Glass)|Dinobots]]
*[[Dirge (Shattered Glass)|Dirge]]
*[[Divebomb (Shattered Glass)|Divebomb]]
*[[Frenzy (Shattered Glass)|Frenzy]]
*[[Goryu (Shattered Glass)|Goryu]]
*[[Kickback (Shattered Glass)|Kickback]]
*[[Heatwave]]
*[[Hook (Shattered Glass)|Hook]]
*[[Krok (Shattered Glass)|Krok]]
*[[Laserbeak (Shattered Glass)|Laserbeak]]
*[[Long Haul (Shattered Glass)|Long Haul]]
*[[Megatron (Shattered Glass)|Megatron]]
*[[Overlord (Shattered Glass)|Overlord]]
*[[Rampage (Shattered Glass)|Rampage]]
*[[Ravage (Shattered Glass)|Ravage]]
*[[Razorclaw (Shattered Glass)|Razorclaw]]
*[[Rumble (Shattered Glass)|Rumble]]
*[[Soundwave (Shattered Glass)|Soundwave]]
*[[Sideswipe (Shattered Glass)|Sideswipe]]
*[[Starscream (Shattered Glass)|Starscream]]
*[[Quake (Shattered Glass)|Quake]]
*[[Whisper (Shattered Glass)|Whisper]]
}}

==Toys==
===Timelines===
*'''Games of Deception'''

* '''At-Show Souvenir Toy'''
**[[Alpha Trion (Shattered Glass)|Alpha Trion]]

* '''Shattered Glass'''
A six-figure boxed set which includes bad guys [[Optimus Prime (Shattered Glass)|Optimus Prime]], [[Grimlock (Shattered Glass)|Grimlock]], [[Goldbug (Shattered Glass)|Goldbug]] and [[Jazz (Shattered Glass)|Autobot Jazz]], and good guys [[Starscream (Shattered Glass)|Starscream]] and [[Razorclaw (Shattered Glass)|Razorclaw]].

* '''Attendee-Only Bonus Toy'''
** [[Ricochet (Shattered Glass)|Ricochet]]

* '''At-Show Souvenir Toys'''
** [[Megatron (Shattered Glass)|Megatron]], [[Rodimus (Shattered Glass)|Rodimus]] and [[Divebomb (Shattered Glass)|Divebomb]]
** [[Blurr (Shattered Glass)|Blurr]], [[Sideswipe (Shattered Glass)|Sideswipe]] with [[Whisper (Shattered Glass)|Whisper]], and [[Rampage (Shattered Glass)|Rampage]]

* '''Customizing Class Toy'''
** [[Nightbeat (Shattered Glass)|Nightbeat]]

===Repurposed toys===
:Quite a few ''Shattered Glass'' characters are based on [[repurposing|repurposed]] toys, including:
====Decepticons====
*[[Music Label]] [[Soundwave (G1) toys#Music_Label|MP3 Player Soundwave in "Sonic White"]] as ''Shattered Glass'' [[Soundwave (Shattered Glass)|Soundwave]].

*Movie [[Signal Flare (Movie)|Signal Flare]] as ''Shattered Glass'' [[Gutcruncher (Shattered Glass)|Gutcruncher]].

*''[[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Bludgeon (RID)|Bludgeon]] as ''Shattered Glass'' [[Bludgeon (Shattered Glass)|Bludgeon]].

*Club-exclusive [[Astrotrain (Timelines)|Astrotrain]] as ''Shattered Glass'' [[Astrotrain (Shattered Glass)|Astrotrain]].
:*[[Starcatcher]] as ''Shattered Glass'' [[Fasttrack (Shattered Glass)|Fasttrack]]
:*[[Astro-Hook]] as ''Shattered Glass'' [[Stonecruncher (Shattered Glass)|Stonecruncher]]
:*[[Astro-Line]] as ''Shattered Glass'' [[Tailwind (Shattered Glass)|Tailwind]]
:*[[Astro-Sinker]] as ''Shattered Glass'' [[Submarauder (Shattered Glass)|Submarauder]]

*E-Hobby [[Glit]] as ''Shattered Glass'' [[Ravage (Shattered Glass)|Ravage]].

*Powerlinx [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] as ''Shattered Glass'' [[Demolishor (Shattered Glass)|Demolishor]].

* E-Hobby [[Shothole]] as ''Shattered Glass'' [[Kickback (Shattered Glass)|Kickback]]

====Autobots====
*Movie [[Armorhide (Movie)|Armorhide]] as ''Shattered Glass'' [[Huffer (Shattered Glass)|Huffer]].

*Generation 1 [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] in his original pre-''Transformers [[Microman]]'' colors, a.k.a. [[Magnificus]], as ''Shattered Glass'' [[Perceptor (Shattered Glass)|Perceptor]].

*Movie [[Elita-One]] as ''Shattered Glass'' [[Arcee (Shattered Glass)|Arcee]].

*Movie [[Grindcore (Movie)|Grindcore]] as ''Shattered Glass'' [[Scoop (Shattered Glass)|Scoop]]
:* [[X-Dimension Mini-Cons|X-Dimension]] [[Makeshift (Armada)|Makeshift]] as ''Shattered Glass'' [[Holepunch (Shattered Glass)|Holepunch]]

*Movie [[Warpath (Movie)|Warpath]] as ''Shattered Glass'' [[Crosshairs (Shattered Glass)|Crosshairs]]
:* X-Dimension [[Firebot (Armada)|Firebot]] as ''Shattered Glass'' [[Pinpointer (Shattered Glass)|Pinpointer]]

* X-Dimension [[Prowl (Armada)|Prowl]] as ''Shattered Glass'' [[Nightstick (Shattered Glass)|Nightstick]]

* Movie [[Big Daddy (Movie)|Big Daddy]] as ''Shattered Glass'' [[Big Daddy (Shattered Glass)|Big Daddy]]

* Movie [[Hardtop (Movie)|Hardtop]] as ''Shattered Glass'' [[Beachcomber (Shattered Glass)|Beachcomber]]

* Movie [[Strongarm (Movie)|Strongarm]] as ''Shattered Glass'' [[Brawn (Shattered Glass)|Brawn]]

* Movie [[Storm Surge]] as ''Shattered Glass'' [[Seaspray (Shattered Glass)|Seaspray]]

==Trivia==
* The title is similar to [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]]'s "[http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Fragile_Glass Fragile Glass]", a story about the [http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Mirror_universe Mirror universe] from the [http://memory-alpha.org ''Star Trek''] franchise as mentioned above.
* The Shattered Glass poster (as seen above) bears a strong resemblance to one of the first Transformers posters, right down to the characters' positions and actions: [[Megatron (Shattered Glass)|Megatron]] in [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime's]] place, the evil second-in-commands ([[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and [[Rodimus (Shattered Glass)|Rodimus]]) more in front of the battle than their respective evil leaders ([[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and [[Optimus Prime (Shattered Glass)|Optimus Prime]]).

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