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A Better Tomorrow

2012-05-31T23:27:27Z

80.176.139.71:

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|title="A Better Tomorrow"
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[May 30]], [[2012]]
|coverdate=May 2012
|story by=[[John Barber]]
|art by=[[Andrew Griffith]] and [[Casey Coller]]
|colors by=[[Josh Perez]]
|letters by=[[Shawn Lee]]
|editor=[[Carlos Guzman]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline|Current era (2012)]]
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'''The arrival of Sky-Byte causes events on Cybertron to reach a critical juncture, prompting Ironhide to take a surprising stand.'''

==Synopsis==

[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] watches as another [[NAIL]] shuttle arrives on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], its sole occupant proving to be an ex-Decepticon poet and old acquaintance of his named [[Sky-Byte (G2)|Sky-Byte]]. The obvious distaste Sky-Byte has for his former faction prompts [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] to step aside and leave the welcoming to [[Metalhawk]]; [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], meanwhile, eschews taking part at all. [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], though, elects to watch Sky-Byte's welcome from afar, with [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] quietly whispering in his ear all the while. He instructs her to get back to looking for [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], but she cautions him to remember that she is not his assassin to order about.

Metalhawk takes Sky-Byte to meet with fellow NAILs [[Tappet]], [[Hipotank]] and [[Zetca (G1)|Zetca]], who address his concerns about Decepticons being allowed to roam free by telling him about the [[inhibitor/deterrence chip]]s, though that only increases his worries about the Autobots' methods. The next day, Sky-Byte withdraws to the edge of the city to ruminate on what he has learned, and is found by Ironhide just as he is composing a poem over some [[Sweep]] remains. Ironhide tells Sky-Byte about his lost memories and the new perspective his missing years have given him, and surprises the shark by proposing that he speak to some Decepticons in order to get the whole picture before making any choices about life on Cybertron. The pair return to the city, and while Sky-Byte heads off to follow Ironhide's suggestion, the old soldier continues to play advice-giver by meeting with Blurr and convincing him to fulfil his old pre-war dream of opening a bar by refurbishing [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]].

Back at Autobot command, Metalhawk kicks off another argument with Bumblebee over the I/D chips, holding up Starscream as evidence that the Decepticons can change. Bumblebee counters with the fact that even the NAILs hate the Decepticons, and orders Prowl to remove Metalhawk, but the police-bot has disappeared during the conversation.

Sky-Byte, meanwhile, has met with [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]], who tells him of Prowl's recent Decepticon executions, and takes him to a bolt-hole where [[Needlenose]] is watching over [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], from whom they learned of the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]' deaths. Unfortunately for them, [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], having learned of Ironhide's suggestion to Sky-Byte, has tricked another NAIL to keep tabs on Sky-Byte's movements for him by telling him that he was responsible for nearly killing Zetca. Following the information he receives, Sideswipe leads [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] and Prowl into the Decepticons' hideaway, where a firefight ensues. Dirge and Swindle escape, but Sky-Byte and Needlenose are captured, and a riot ensues when they are brought aboveground and a crowd of NAILs attempts to lynch them. Ironhide comes smashing his way into the crowd and puts the mob down, then, as he finds himself staring down the barrel of Prowl's gun, makes a speech that concludes with a plea to Bumblebee to have the I/D chips turned off as the first step towards equality for the future.

The next morning, Prowl confronts Ironhide and Sky-Byte in the repaired and re-opened Maccadam's, furious over Bumblebee's decision to follow Ironhide's advice and deactivate the chips. Stopped by Blurr before things get physical, Prowl grumpily sits down for a drink with the pair and demands to know why Ironhide is so sure everything is going to work out. Ironhide explains that in the moment when everything turned to white as Cybertron was reborn, he had a vision of the future, of himself and [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] telling stories to the next generation of Transformers on [[Gorlam Prime]]. That's how he knows the future is bright: because in it, all the other Autobots and Decepticons and all their old grudges... are dead.

==Featured characters==
{{Featuredcharacters
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*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (1)
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (2)
*[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] (3)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (4)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (5)
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (9)
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (10)
*[[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] (14)
*[[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] (18)
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (19)
*[[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] (20)
*[[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (21)
*[[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] (22)

|c2=
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (7)
*[[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] (15)
*[[Needlenose]] (16)
*[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] (17)

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*[[Metalhawk]] (6)
*[[Sky-Byte (G2)|Sky-Byte]] (8)
*[[Zetca (G1)|Zetca]] (11)
*[[Hipotank]] (12)
*[[Tappet]] (13)

}}

==Quotes==

"Starscream?"<br>
"My reputation precedes me."<br>
"You're known '''throughout''' the galaxy. A conniver, a liar, and a killer. In short a—'''Decepticon.'''"<br>
"I '''like''' this guy."
:—'''Sky-Byte''' and '''Starscream'''

"''Barren wasteland''<br>
''consumes so many. Desire''<br>
''leaves me alone.''"
:—'''Sky-Byte''' does this thing.

==Notes==

*Sky-Byte swears by [[Primus]], a rare oath in IDW continuity.
*Sky-Byte remarks that a Sweep reminds him of "someone he knew, long ago", a joke about how the Sweeps all look like [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], and how [[Sky-Byte (RID)|''Robots in Disguise'' Sky-Byte]] knew [[Scourge (RID)|a different Scourge]].
*Back during ''[[The Transformers: Heart of Darkness|Heart of Darkness]]'', [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] assembled an army of robots of all shapes and sizes, but by the time ''[[Chaos (IDW)|Chaos]]'' rolled around, these varied mechanoids had vanished, replaced by endless legions of Sweeps. It's unclear if this was intentional at the time (the relationship between ''Hearts of Darkness'' and ''Chaos'' is wobbly at best), but this story touches on the issue, explaining that all the robots were gradually transformed into identical Sweeps, presumably through the power of the [[Darkness (G1)|Heart of Darkness]].
*A passing mention is made of [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], who Ironhide notes has left Cybertron.
*Mention is made of [[Varas Centralus]] and some terrible events perpetrated there by the Constructicons that prompted Sky-Byte to leave the Decepticons.
*Ironhide's loss of memory came about as a product of his death at the [[...For All Mankind|beginning]] of the [[The Transformers (IDW)|ongoing series]] and subsequent resurrection in [[The Transformers: Ironhide|his own mini-series]].
*Blurr's desire to run a bar was first mentioned by [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]] in [[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|''More than Meets the Eye'']] [[Liars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things|#3]].
*A couple of [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]] appear among the NAILs on page 9.
*Ironhide's vision of the future consists of the events of [[Pax Cybertronia (issue)|the final issue]] of the ongoing series, at the time merely designed to serve as a coda to the series.

===Errors===
*On page 3, Metalhawk says "Cybertonians" instead of "Cybertronians".
*Sky-Byte's poem, if it is supposed to be a ''haiku'' (and why shouldn't it? He's Sky-Byte!), consists of four, seven, and four syllables, instead of the correct five, seven, and five.

===Covers (3)===
* '''Cover A:''' Bumblebee and Metalhawk argue while Strscream watches, by Andrew Griffith and Josh Perez
* '''Cover B:''' Ironhide charges into action as Bumblebee, Metalhawk and Starscream look on, by Casey Coller and [[Joana Lafuente]]
* '''Cover RI:''' Ironhide and Bumblebee by [[Marcelo Matere]] and [[Priscilla Tramontano]], the second half of a combined image formed with the RI cover to ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' [[How Ratchet Got His Hands Back|#5]]

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Sky Lynx (G1)

2012-03-05T18:14:07Z

80.176.139.71: /* IDW Generation 1 comics */ missed a couple of words

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:''Sky Lynx is the most magnificent [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[Image:Sky lynx.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Twice the bot, twice the ego.]]
'''Sky Lynx''' is the unbelievably talented, unsurpassably skilled, and altogether magnificent robot behind most of the greatest, most adventurous, and most daring moments in all of Autobot history. At least, if you ask Sky Lynx, that is. Not that he isn't a skilled, fast, and powerful warrior, well deserving of his rank as [[Lieutenant Commander]]—he most certainly is all those things—he's just a rather bit too eager to tell you about it. At length. However, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|his]] [[Hot Rod (G1)|superiors]] recognize his undeniable skill and tolerate his ego. [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] has nicknamed him "Commander Modesty."

{{bigquote|Before you do anything, think, 'Is this what Sky Lynx would do in my position?', and you will not go far wrong.|Sky Lynx|"[[Call of the Primitives]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Aron Kincaid]] (English), [[Kōji Totani]] (Japanese), [[Víctor Mares]] (Spanish), [[Thomas Rau]] (German, "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5", "Chaos", "Grimlocks New Brain"), [[Ulrich Bernsdorff]] (German, "The Killing Jar"), [[Manfred Schmidt]] (German), [[Peter Musäus]] (German, "The Face of the Nijika"), [[Klaus Kessler]] (German, ''Generation 2'')

[[Image:FFoD Part5 SkyLynx kicksass.jpg|left|370px|thumb|"I am Sky Lynx, king of kings! Look on my trouncing of Decepti-cads, ye mighty, and despair!"]]
In [[2006]], after the [[Autobot]]s reclaimed [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Sky Lynx returned from another region of space to once again share his glory with his fellows. {{storylink|Secret Files of Teletraan II}}
Sky Lynx made his fantastic debut when he selflessly risked his own life to save three [[Blurr (G1)|vastly]] [[Wheelie (G1)|inferior]] [[Marissa Faireborn|specimens]]. Shortly after this, his peerless battle prowess was needed to fight off some [[Predacon (G1)|ruffians]]. He flew his brave comrades to Earth where it took the combined firepower of the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]] and [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] to shoot him down. Even that was not enough to stop the mighty Sky Lynx, as in his lynx form, he proved instrumental in getting the new [[transformation cog]] to [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], trouncing many a Decepticon along the way. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

A [[Quintesson]] once used Sky Lynx's sublime appearance as a disguise. Somehow [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] was unable to tell the difference between the real thing and a vastly inferior illusion and stepped on board. He surely recognized his mistake in the aftermath of the adventure, when the genuine Sky Lynx ferried him with Marissa Faireborn back to Cybertron. {{storylink|The Killing Jar}}

[[Image:Chaos SkyLynx dodgecrystals.jpg|right|230px|thumb|"I warned ya, bird-bot! I warned ya about them cosmic rays!"<br/> "Oh, hush, Grimm. I'm already fantastic."]]

When the Autobots investigated into the destruction of a [[Earth Defense Command|provincial human law enforcement]] space station, Sky Lynx deigned to flawlessly transport [[Kup (G1)|a doddering old fool]], [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|that speech-impaired imbecile]] and his friends to the filthy planet [[Goo 8739B|Goo]]. During the course of this investigation, Sky Lynx was forced to save his comrades from [[Blast Off (G1)|a pale imitation of himself]] and [[Runamuck (G1)|a mere hooligan]], who had somehow obtained [[death crystal]]s. Sky Lynx carried his team to [[Dread (planet)|Dread]], where he was again forced to intercede, rescuing Blurr from a swamp while simultaneously leading the counter offensive against the Predacons. Did they not learn their last painful lesson in humility on Io? They made another attempt during the battle at [[Queeg Mountain]], but even as Sky Lynx attempted to enlighten them on the error of their ways, a lucky shot destroyed the rock he was standing on. Naturally Sky Lynx suffered only minor damage, and he was about to execute his usual daring nick-of-time rescue for Kup and the [[Dread slaves|slaves]] as the mountain erupted. {{storylink|Chaos (episode)|Chaos}}

Sky Lynx lent his skill and finesse to the assault on [[Paradron]] after the planet was conquered by the Decepticons. His spacious cargo bay was used to transport a stockpile of guns to the captive Paradonians, so that they could join Sky Lynx as he valiantly fought for their freedom. {{storylink|Fight or Flee}} Upon the discovery of [[dinosaur transform static]] at the scene of Fort Knox's apparent theft, Sky Lynx was forced to endure a humiliating trial in [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex's]] ill-conceived kangaroo court, merely because, as [[Six-Gun|that unrefined, multi-gunned cowboy]] put it, Sky Lynx had [[Dinosaur electron|dinosaur electrons]] in his body. Be that as it may, did he have to be lumped together with [[Dinobot (G1)|such unsuitable company]] when he could be effortlessly tracking down and bringing [[Trypticon (G1)|the real culprit]] to justice? {{storylink|Thief in the Night}}

[[Image:Webworld Sky Lynx.jpg|thumb|left|260px| "Does this make my backside look big?']]
While his beauty was gracing the entrance to a peace conference, Sky Lynx was approached by Ultra Magnus, who needed a ride to some dingy asteroid or other to save the galaxy. Sky Lynx took him there and helped him fight off a small swarm of some disgusting alien parasites. Unfortunately he was unable to fit through the corridors of the storage asteroid and thus couldn't help defeat the Decepticons, but he could at least take Ultra Magnus, Wheelie and Daniel to safety before the asteroid exploded. {{storylink|Surprise Party}} After Sky Lynx dropped Kup and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] off at [[Autobot City]], there was a dreadful kerfuffle resulting in him transporting a group of Autobots to [[Unicron]]'s head. While he was parked outside, [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] attacked, and Sky Lynx was forced to retreat to a safe distance, from where he was later able to swoop in and rescue Ultra Magnus and his team. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine}} During an [[isidrite]] mining operation, Sky Lynx alerted his fellows to incoming Decepticons. A brief battled ensued, in which Galvatron claimed more Decepticon casualties than the Autobots, and Sky Lynx suggested they strategically withdraw with what isidrite they'd gathered. They swiftly did so, leaving the Decepticons to bicker. {{storylink|Webworld}}

[[Image:BigBroadcast SkyLynx rescue Superion.jpg|right|220px|thumb|"And that is why I am far superior to the Aerialbots. Including you, Slingshot." "YOU LIE!"]]
During a journey to through the [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]] sector, Sky Lynx came under attack by [[Astrotrain (G1)|another pretender to the shuttle throne]]. The two proceeded to engage in combat, until both were fired upon by the [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]]. Though the Junkions posed no threat to one of Sky Lynx's skill, he recognized that their actions were out of place, and sped with all possible haste back to Cybertron, informing [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] of their out-of-character actions. Despite acknowledging his "ace work", Rodimus, for some reason, dispatched those [[Aerialbot (G1)|uncouth flyboys]] to investigate. However, Sky Lynx proved his undeniable talents by rescuing [[Superion (G1)|their combined form]] from imminent destruction. {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (episode)|The Big Broadcast of 2006}}

When [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] detected a Quintesson signal, he naturally dispatched Sky Lynx to investigate. Unfortunately the planet from which the signal emanated proved to be covered in vegetation, preventing Sky Lynx's otherwise flawless chassis from landing and forcing him to send his passengers, [[Outback (G1)|Outback]] and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] instead. He was nonetheless able to provide air support against the Predacons, and spirited away the Autobots along with the [[Quintesson Journal]] they'd found. Alas, he was subsequently seized by the Quintessons. No sooner had he and his chums escaped that predicament, than they were set upon by Decepticons, who blew a hole in Sky Lynx's side and stole the journal. While they battled over control of the journal, the Quintessons reclaimed their toy, and Sky Lynx was later able to extract it from the Quintesson ship by deftly cutting a hole in the hull at exactly the right point. He could then return the journal to the peace conference, where its contents were used to settle a centuries-old war. {{storylink|The Quintesson Journal}} On one occasion, Sky Lynx's normally-superb gyros malfunctioned, causing him to crash on Cybertron. It later transpired that the glitch had been caused by anti-electrons and thus was outside Sky Lynx's control. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}}

[[Image:CallofthePrimitives SkyLynx ruetheday.jpg|left|250px|thumb|"My leading role in this episode was enough to make it the prettiest in the whole series."]]
Later still, during a skirmish on [[Earth]]'s [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], superior forces arrived to save the Autobots in the form of Sky Lynx, though the brutish [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] dared challenge him. However, before Sky Lynx could deliver what would have likely been a stunning finishing blow, the other [[Primitive|vulgars]] were drawn away from the battle by a voice in the distance. For some reason, his magnificence was included in this motley crew and was even forced to voyage with them to the far reaches of space, a sojourn they surely could not have made themselves without Sky Lynx's intellect and sense of direction. Upon landing, Sky Lynx took command of that ill-tempered, uncivilized group of evolutionary throwbacks and directed them in a proper manner, a task which nearly exceeded his incredible skill. However, upon finding the caller, [[Oracle (G1)|the fool]] had the audacity to call him Primitive! Can you imagine? Unfortunately for Sky Lynx, the menace [[Tornedron]] was too much even for him. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}

Finding Galvatron bashing on a [[quadrant lock|strange disc]] in space, Sky Lynx released his passengers to investigate. He was unable to prevent them from being sucked through the disc into a sealed region of space, however after the seal was broken, he joined them on the newly-freed world of [[Zamojin (planet)|Zamojin]]. {{storylink|The Face of the Nijika}} Sky Lynx carried Rodimus Prime and Kup to [[Japan]] during a Decepticon attack, arriving in time to prevent [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] from shooting [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. Kup even complemented him on his shooting, but Sky Lynx just responded "I know". Once they'd landed, Sky Lynx passed on the message that Rodimus was wanted at the Imperial Palace by an irate [[Prime Minister of Japan|Prime Minister]]. {{storylink|The Burden Hardest to Bear}}

In one of his most successful endeavours, Sky Lynx's unquestioned skills were called into play yet again when Rodimus Prime required a [[Quintesson]] during the [[Hate Plague]] crisis. With his customary flair and talent, not to mention amazing speed, Sky Lynx located and retrieved one, who subsequently restored [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] to life. Jolly good show! Just as Sky Lynx hoped, Optimus Prime knew how to stop the Hate Plague. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}} Sky Lynx accompanied Optimus Prime to obtain the heat resistant alloy from Galvatron. When Galvatron attempted to betray the Autobots, Sky Lynx's swift speed enabled him to grab Galvatron's cannon when it was knocked away. During the retreat, Sky Lynx was blessed by not being infected by the Hate Plague despite being grabbed onto by [[Jessica Morgan]]. Truly special this was! This did not protect him being infected by Rodimus Prime later on Earth. Sky Lynx, now freed from basic inhibitions, decided to crash through a glass window that prevented him from the sky above. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2}}

====''The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers''====
[[Image:SkyLynxManga01.jpg|right|250px|thumb|We're guessing that Skylynx pulled a Batman on Galvatron and ''planned'' to be occupied on Earth.]]

During a battle on planet [[Feminia]], the Autobots fought to keep the [[Prime Energy Tower]] safe from the Decepticons. Deploying their [[combiner]]s and giant warriors, the two factions found themselves evenly matched. That is, until [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] unleashed his trump card: [[Predaking]]. As Predaking squashed his foes, Galvatron chuckled, having ensured that Predaking's only worthy opponent, Sky Lynx, was entangled on [[Earth]] battling Decepticons in [[New York City]]. With Sky Lynx unavailable, surely nothing could stand in Predaking's way?

Then the [[Omnibot (G1)|Omnibots]] showed up and took him out. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 5|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #5}}
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===Marvel Generation 1 comics===
[[Image:SklLynxG1mvl03.jpg|right|150px|thumb|The wonderful thing about Sky Lynx / Is he is a wonderful thing! / His top is made out of rubber / His bottom is made out of springs!]]
[[Lieutenant Commander]] Sky Lynx, of the [[Autobot Third Air Strike Division]], {{storylink|Monstercon from Mars!}} was called upon by his old chum [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] to join the Autobots on Earth, where [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]'s less than stellar performance as Autobot leader threatened to doom them all! (The uncouth [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] was overly obsessed with catching the rogue Autobot, [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]].) Upon the venerable Sky Lynx's arrival, Wheeljack requested that he put his considerable skills on temporary hold. What a waste of his immeasurable potential! Before too long, thankfully, Sky Lynx was at last called into action! After Grimlock tossed some [[Spacehikers|juvenile humanoids]] out the airlock of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] into space (for "conspiring" with Blaster), Sky Lynx, with utmost aplomb, rescued them, and put to use his finest displays of agility evading those mongrel Dinobots. Indeed, Sky Lynx's feats were subverted only by the actions of another. To wit: While Sky Lynx was surrounded (which posed no true disadvantage to the ever-resourceful paragon), Blaster turned himself in to Grimlock in exchange for the guaranteed safety of Sky Lynx's young charges. {{storylink|Spacehikers!}}

[[Image:SklLynxG1mvl02.jpg|thumb|left|150px|I'm off to outer space / Protecting Autobots / To save [[Spacehikers|annoying kids]] / I am Sky Lynx!]]
However, before speedily returning the kids to their home, Sky Lynx took them to a traveling space carnival. As they had no money to pay for tickets, Sky Lynx charitably agreed to work for the carnival, while the kids were taken care of. Unfortunately, the fine print in the magnificent Autobot's contract made all of them unwilling guests of the wretched carnival. Before Sky Lynx could effect a no-doubt-brilliant escape plan, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and the [[Powermaster]]s passed by and rescued the group, saving Sky Lynx the indignity of facing down such unworthy foes as a [[Gilashark]] and [[Rorza, the Rocket-cycle Racer from Rigel III]]. {{storylink|The Cosmic Carnival}}

Sky Lynx then returned the Spacehikers to Earth with flair and dispatch. The humans, however, seemed impervious to his charm, and drove him away from Earth again with thrown produce and such. {{storylink|Monstercon from Mars!}}

Some time later, the [[Mecannibal]]s, through an unfair deception, managed to capture the magnificent Sky Lynx. While they did admit to his wondrousness, they unfortunately considered him wondrously ''tasty.'' Luckily, [[Landmine (G1)|Landmine]] and [[Cloudburst]] happened upon the impending banquet aboard the [[Mecannibals' ship]], and assisted in Sky Lynx's escape. {{storylink|Guess Who the Mecannibals Are Having for Dinner?}}

[[Image:SklLynxG1mvl01.jpg|right|150px|thumb|"Yes, one day you two can tell your children how you were defeated by the incredible Sky Lynx."]]
When those selfsame [[Pretender]]s later found themselves harried by [[Darkwing]] and [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]], the noble Sky Lynx showed up to repay his debt, easily dispatching the Decepticon [[Powermaster]]s. He then explained to the Autobots that [[Hi-Test]] and [[Throttle (G1)|Throttle]] were the binary-bonded partners of the Decepticons. (Which, really, they should have been able to figure out for themselves.) The ever-helpful Sky Lynx then held the [[Nebulos|Nebulan]]s hostage while the Pretenders blackmailed the Mecannibals into reconstituting all their former victims. Having once again saved the day, Sky Lynx flew off into the sunset, and a shining place in history. {{storylink|Recipe for Disaster!}}

In an alternate future of 2006, Sky Lynx's impeccable perspicacity led him to discover suspicious activity on [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]], and he swiftly and surely reported his findings to [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]. Rodimus recognized Sky Lynx's greatness by declaring him to be one of the best, but inexplicably sent those lesser (though still valiant) fliers, the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], to Junkion to investigate Sky Lynx's report. After [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] was defeated by the [[Quintesson]]s, Sky Lynx's redoubtable abilities were once again required for a rescue. {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (US)}}

{{note|In the UK version of the story, the events of "The Big Broadcast of 2006" are a fabrication invented by [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]].}}

===''Transformers in 3-D''===
Sky Lynx was hanging around Autobot headquarters on Cybertron when Ultra Magnus checked in with Hot Rod to see how the situation was progressing. {{storylink|The Test (issue)|The Test}}

He acted as transport for Ultra Magnus's team as they searched for [[Metascan Alpha]]. After a stop on a moon, they reached a city under attack from the [[Destructon]]s, but were forced to retreat when the enemy proved too much for them to handle. Sky Lynx made it as far as the moon before running out of energy. {{storylink|The War Against the Destructons, Chapter 1 of 3}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation 1'' comics===
After awakening from the [[Great Shutdown]], Sky Lynx found himself operating the regime of that uncharismatic, mono-visioned walking calculator, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. Sky Lynx was requisitioned into mere transportation for [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Optimus Prime's little brother]] when he traveled to [[Earth|an insignificant backwater planet]] to arrest the long-lost Autobots. When Ultra Magnus learned of Shockwave's plans to deactivate the Autobots, he lost his temper and hit a console inside of Sky Lynx. While this news was most distressing, it did not warrant such uncivilized violence against one's vehicle. {{storylink|Brothers' Burden}} When [[Starscream (G1)|that small and irritating little flyboy]] inevitably ran like a coward, he attempted to commander the magnificent Sky Lynx as his transportation. Imagine the horror etched on the faces of his terrified crew when Sky Lynx refused to accept their navigational commands and flew off at his own volition! {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}}

Unfortunately, that [[Soundwave (G1)|monotoned malcontent]] managed to hack into Sky Lynx's impressive neural processors, and even though he put up a valiant struggle against his Decepticon passengers, he was forced to bring them to the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' on Earth. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}}

[[Image:G1DW SkyLynx sporting.jpg|left|250px|thumb|It tickles!]]
Sky Lynx found himself embarrassingly captured by the Decepticons under Starscream and [[Combaticon (G1)|his band of merry miscreants]], as, of all things, a punching bag for their training! Far be it for him to refuse combat, but did these fools not realize they were up against the mighty Sky Lynx, even with the Decepticon energy dampeners in effect? Sportingly, the Autobot lieutenant commander warned Starscream that it was hardly a fair match, which the Decepticon, for some reason, misinterpreted to mean that it was not fair to Sky Lynx.

Taking advantage of Starscream's gross overconfidence, Sky Lynx tipped the scales ''further'' in his favour by splitting in half into his separate lynx and dinosaur modes, then soundly thrashing the pitiful Combaticons before the shocked Starscream reactivated the energy dampeners.

Naturally, Sky Lynx's personal punching bag [[Predaking]] only appeared ''after'' his magnificence was offline, which is just typical, really. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

===IDW Generation 1 comics===
Sky Lynx was used as a transport by a group of Autobots on a mission to rescue Bumblebee and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Orion Pax]] from the Decepticons. He was magnificent, as always. {{storylink|Cause and Effect}}

Millions of years later, Sky Lynx was, of course, smart enough not to be on the ''[[Lost Light]]'', but, along with Bumblebee and Prowl, had a good view of her fate. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 1: How to Say Goodbye and Mean It|How to Say Goodbye and Mean It}}

==Games==
===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
====Decepticon story====
While searching for [[Zel Quartz]] in the present, the Decepticons hunted down several leads, including the [[Gem of Mystery]]. Sky Lynx and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] defended the Gem of Mystery from Decepticon raiders. They failed, but the Gem was not the fabled Zel Quartz in the end anyway. {{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Sky Lynx''' (Motorized Space Shuttle, 1986)

[[Image:G1SkyLynx toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Part cat, part bird, part danger, all applesauce.]]
: Sky Lynx transforms from a space shuttle with crawler-transporter into two smaller robots; the shuttle grows legs to become a prehistoric bird, while the crawler-transporter grows a head and tail to become a Lynx. The two can then combine into a Super Robot with the legs of a Lynx and the upper-body of a prehistoric bird. The crawler-transporter section has a battery-powered motor that rolls him along in transporter shuttle mode and activates a slow, ungainly walking action in lynx/lower-body mode. The shuttle also has an opening "cargo bay", though there is no room to store anything in it. Even though it fails to capture his magnificence fully, it is ''still'' the apex of toy technology.

:Unlikely as it may seem that anything could improve upon the perfection of this design, there were two different versions of this toy, released a year apart. On the first version, the rear thruster panel was connected to the body by a basic hinged piece. The second release modified this hinge so the panel could extend out from the body slightly, allowing a little more room for opening the panel and extending the tail.

:Unusually for a toy of his size, he has no other accessories packaged with him. But then again, why add to something that is already perfect?

::*[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/SkyLynx/skylynx.htm More information on Sky Lynx's magnificent toy at TFU.info]
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===Encore===
*'''Sky Lynx''' (Encore, 2008)
:In February 2008, [[TakaraTomy]]'s ''[[Transformers Encore|Encore]]'' line of [[Generation 1 reissues|reissues]] had the glorious honor of re-releasing Sky Lynx. This was the first time that this masterpiece of a toy was sold in Japan. As if it was possible, TakaraTomy made perfection even more perfect by painting the shuttle's mouth cannon, the lynx's eyes, and making the gold chrome more subtle.

==Notes==
* In his ''[[The Transformers Universe|Transformers Universe]]'' profile, Sky-Lynx's "Lynx" component is instead identified as a puma and his bird component is identified as a "dinobird".
* Original scripts for the Generation 1 cartoon identify Sky Lynx's beauteous combined form as his "Dinoblast" mode.
* On numerous occasions throughout the Generation 1 cartoon, Sky Lynx's pristine form was blemished with a Decepticon [[insignia]], too often to be an accident. This suggests that a [[character model]] bearing the insignia existed that was being drawn from in these instances, in turn implying that Sky Lynx may have been originally characterized as a Decepticon. This fits well with the fact that his perennial rivals, the Predacons, started out the design process as a team of Autobots known as the [[Anibot]]s!
* The true nature of Sky Lynx's transformation remains a mystery even to those intrepid souls who endeavor in that most worthwhile task of chronicling his many laudable adventures. In the Marvel Comics, for example, Sky Lynx does not split into two beast modes; rather, he seems to be a [[Triple Changer]] of sorts who has a shuttle mode, a lynx mode, and a bird mode (which sometimes retains the four-legged undercarriage ("[[Spacehikers!]]") and sometimes doesn't ("[[The Cosmic Carnival]]"). While some might see these as "inconsistencies", Sky Lynx's design is grand enough to encompass all such possibilities, so these alternate depictions of his transformation disturb him not in the least.
* Though it chafes the magnificent Sky Lynx to share an origin with the ungainly (if powerful) [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], both were originally created by a company known as Toy Box, from whom Hasbro licensed the designs for sale as Transformers. As with [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] and the [[Insecticon (G1)|Deluxe Insecticons]], this meant it could not be sold as a Transformers toy in Japan, since Takara didn't want to promote its competition's toys. Thus, Japan was unable to experience Sky Lynx's full grandeur—but such glory could not be denied forever! Sure enough, when Takara merged with former competitor Tomy, the situation changed. After the merger, an especially perspicacious member of the TF development team spotted a "shuttle dinosaur" development code name among the molds listed in Tomy's possession. Soon, the truth of Sky Lynx's esteemed lineage emerged: Toy Box was not the original equipment manufacturer, but rather, it had requested that Tomy develop the Sky Lynx design on its behalf. (Such outsourced design and mold development was not uncommon in the Japanese toy market at the time.) This unsung hero of a developer called attention to the fact, helping initiate the process for issuing Sky Lynx as a Japanese Transformers toy for the first time ever. Had the situation moved a bit more slowly, the molds might have been lost forever—a tragedy of such magnitude, it scarcely bears consideration.<ref>http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/TF/products/encore/e-07s.html Takara's "Tale of Sky Lynx" page</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Sky Lynx''' (スカイリンクス ''Sukai Rinkusu'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Légihiúz''' ("Air-Lynx")
*''Italian:'' '''Argon'''
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Nebesna Rys'''' (Небесна Рись, "Sky lynx")
*''Russian:'' '''Bravyj''' (Бравый, "Gallant")

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Sky_Lynx Sky Lynx's stupendous ''Universe'' profile at NFTA.net]
*[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/classics-11/japanese-hobby-magazine-scans-for-january-2008-164116/ Interview with Junichi Ishikawa, the noble being who first sought to capture Sky Lynx's image in humble plastic, detailing the amazing story of Sky Lynx's origins at Toy Box]

[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Multi-component Transformers]]

Sky Lynx (G1)

2012-03-05T18:08:09Z

80.176.139.71: /* IDW Generation 1 comics */

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:''Sky Lynx is the most magnificent [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[Image:Sky lynx.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Twice the bot, twice the ego.]]
'''Sky Lynx''' is the unbelievably talented, unsurpassably skilled, and altogether magnificent robot behind most of the greatest, most adventurous, and most daring moments in all of Autobot history. At least, if you ask Sky Lynx, that is. Not that he isn't a skilled, fast, and powerful warrior, well deserving of his rank as [[Lieutenant Commander]]—he most certainly is all those things—he's just a rather bit too eager to tell you about it. At length. However, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|his]] [[Hot Rod (G1)|superiors]] recognize his undeniable skill and tolerate his ego. [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] has nicknamed him "Commander Modesty."

{{bigquote|Before you do anything, think, 'Is this what Sky Lynx would do in my position?', and you will not go far wrong.|Sky Lynx|"[[Call of the Primitives]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Aron Kincaid]] (English), [[Kōji Totani]] (Japanese), [[Víctor Mares]] (Spanish), [[Thomas Rau]] (German, "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5", "Chaos", "Grimlocks New Brain"), [[Ulrich Bernsdorff]] (German, "The Killing Jar"), [[Manfred Schmidt]] (German), [[Peter Musäus]] (German, "The Face of the Nijika"), [[Klaus Kessler]] (German, ''Generation 2'')

[[Image:FFoD Part5 SkyLynx kicksass.jpg|left|370px|thumb|"I am Sky Lynx, king of kings! Look on my trouncing of Decepti-cads, ye mighty, and despair!"]]
In [[2006]], after the [[Autobot]]s reclaimed [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Sky Lynx returned from another region of space to once again share his glory with his fellows. {{storylink|Secret Files of Teletraan II}}
Sky Lynx made his fantastic debut when he selflessly risked his own life to save three [[Blurr (G1)|vastly]] [[Wheelie (G1)|inferior]] [[Marissa Faireborn|specimens]]. Shortly after this, his peerless battle prowess was needed to fight off some [[Predacon (G1)|ruffians]]. He flew his brave comrades to Earth where it took the combined firepower of the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]] and [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] to shoot him down. Even that was not enough to stop the mighty Sky Lynx, as in his lynx form, he proved instrumental in getting the new [[transformation cog]] to [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], trouncing many a Decepticon along the way. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

A [[Quintesson]] once used Sky Lynx's sublime appearance as a disguise. Somehow [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] was unable to tell the difference between the real thing and a vastly inferior illusion and stepped on board. He surely recognized his mistake in the aftermath of the adventure, when the genuine Sky Lynx ferried him with Marissa Faireborn back to Cybertron. {{storylink|The Killing Jar}}

[[Image:Chaos SkyLynx dodgecrystals.jpg|right|230px|thumb|"I warned ya, bird-bot! I warned ya about them cosmic rays!"<br/> "Oh, hush, Grimm. I'm already fantastic."]]

When the Autobots investigated into the destruction of a [[Earth Defense Command|provincial human law enforcement]] space station, Sky Lynx deigned to flawlessly transport [[Kup (G1)|a doddering old fool]], [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|that speech-impaired imbecile]] and his friends to the filthy planet [[Goo 8739B|Goo]]. During the course of this investigation, Sky Lynx was forced to save his comrades from [[Blast Off (G1)|a pale imitation of himself]] and [[Runamuck (G1)|a mere hooligan]], who had somehow obtained [[death crystal]]s. Sky Lynx carried his team to [[Dread (planet)|Dread]], where he was again forced to intercede, rescuing Blurr from a swamp while simultaneously leading the counter offensive against the Predacons. Did they not learn their last painful lesson in humility on Io? They made another attempt during the battle at [[Queeg Mountain]], but even as Sky Lynx attempted to enlighten them on the error of their ways, a lucky shot destroyed the rock he was standing on. Naturally Sky Lynx suffered only minor damage, and he was about to execute his usual daring nick-of-time rescue for Kup and the [[Dread slaves|slaves]] as the mountain erupted. {{storylink|Chaos (episode)|Chaos}}

Sky Lynx lent his skill and finesse to the assault on [[Paradron]] after the planet was conquered by the Decepticons. His spacious cargo bay was used to transport a stockpile of guns to the captive Paradonians, so that they could join Sky Lynx as he valiantly fought for their freedom. {{storylink|Fight or Flee}} Upon the discovery of [[dinosaur transform static]] at the scene of Fort Knox's apparent theft, Sky Lynx was forced to endure a humiliating trial in [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex's]] ill-conceived kangaroo court, merely because, as [[Six-Gun|that unrefined, multi-gunned cowboy]] put it, Sky Lynx had [[Dinosaur electron|dinosaur electrons]] in his body. Be that as it may, did he have to be lumped together with [[Dinobot (G1)|such unsuitable company]] when he could be effortlessly tracking down and bringing [[Trypticon (G1)|the real culprit]] to justice? {{storylink|Thief in the Night}}

[[Image:Webworld Sky Lynx.jpg|thumb|left|260px| "Does this make my backside look big?']]
While his beauty was gracing the entrance to a peace conference, Sky Lynx was approached by Ultra Magnus, who needed a ride to some dingy asteroid or other to save the galaxy. Sky Lynx took him there and helped him fight off a small swarm of some disgusting alien parasites. Unfortunately he was unable to fit through the corridors of the storage asteroid and thus couldn't help defeat the Decepticons, but he could at least take Ultra Magnus, Wheelie and Daniel to safety before the asteroid exploded. {{storylink|Surprise Party}} After Sky Lynx dropped Kup and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] off at [[Autobot City]], there was a dreadful kerfuffle resulting in him transporting a group of Autobots to [[Unicron]]'s head. While he was parked outside, [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] attacked, and Sky Lynx was forced to retreat to a safe distance, from where he was later able to swoop in and rescue Ultra Magnus and his team. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine}} During an [[isidrite]] mining operation, Sky Lynx alerted his fellows to incoming Decepticons. A brief battled ensued, in which Galvatron claimed more Decepticon casualties than the Autobots, and Sky Lynx suggested they strategically withdraw with what isidrite they'd gathered. They swiftly did so, leaving the Decepticons to bicker. {{storylink|Webworld}}

[[Image:BigBroadcast SkyLynx rescue Superion.jpg|right|220px|thumb|"And that is why I am far superior to the Aerialbots. Including you, Slingshot." "YOU LIE!"]]
During a journey to through the [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]] sector, Sky Lynx came under attack by [[Astrotrain (G1)|another pretender to the shuttle throne]]. The two proceeded to engage in combat, until both were fired upon by the [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]]. Though the Junkions posed no threat to one of Sky Lynx's skill, he recognized that their actions were out of place, and sped with all possible haste back to Cybertron, informing [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] of their out-of-character actions. Despite acknowledging his "ace work", Rodimus, for some reason, dispatched those [[Aerialbot (G1)|uncouth flyboys]] to investigate. However, Sky Lynx proved his undeniable talents by rescuing [[Superion (G1)|their combined form]] from imminent destruction. {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (episode)|The Big Broadcast of 2006}}

When [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] detected a Quintesson signal, he naturally dispatched Sky Lynx to investigate. Unfortunately the planet from which the signal emanated proved to be covered in vegetation, preventing Sky Lynx's otherwise flawless chassis from landing and forcing him to send his passengers, [[Outback (G1)|Outback]] and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] instead. He was nonetheless able to provide air support against the Predacons, and spirited away the Autobots along with the [[Quintesson Journal]] they'd found. Alas, he was subsequently seized by the Quintessons. No sooner had he and his chums escaped that predicament, than they were set upon by Decepticons, who blew a hole in Sky Lynx's side and stole the journal. While they battled over control of the journal, the Quintessons reclaimed their toy, and Sky Lynx was later able to extract it from the Quintesson ship by deftly cutting a hole in the hull at exactly the right point. He could then return the journal to the peace conference, where its contents were used to settle a centuries-old war. {{storylink|The Quintesson Journal}} On one occasion, Sky Lynx's normally-superb gyros malfunctioned, causing him to crash on Cybertron. It later transpired that the glitch had been caused by anti-electrons and thus was outside Sky Lynx's control. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}}

[[Image:CallofthePrimitives SkyLynx ruetheday.jpg|left|250px|thumb|"My leading role in this episode was enough to make it the prettiest in the whole series."]]
Later still, during a skirmish on [[Earth]]'s [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], superior forces arrived to save the Autobots in the form of Sky Lynx, though the brutish [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] dared challenge him. However, before Sky Lynx could deliver what would have likely been a stunning finishing blow, the other [[Primitive|vulgars]] were drawn away from the battle by a voice in the distance. For some reason, his magnificence was included in this motley crew and was even forced to voyage with them to the far reaches of space, a sojourn they surely could not have made themselves without Sky Lynx's intellect and sense of direction. Upon landing, Sky Lynx took command of that ill-tempered, uncivilized group of evolutionary throwbacks and directed them in a proper manner, a task which nearly exceeded his incredible skill. However, upon finding the caller, [[Oracle (G1)|the fool]] had the audacity to call him Primitive! Can you imagine? Unfortunately for Sky Lynx, the menace [[Tornedron]] was too much even for him. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}

Finding Galvatron bashing on a [[quadrant lock|strange disc]] in space, Sky Lynx released his passengers to investigate. He was unable to prevent them from being sucked through the disc into a sealed region of space, however after the seal was broken, he joined them on the newly-freed world of [[Zamojin (planet)|Zamojin]]. {{storylink|The Face of the Nijika}} Sky Lynx carried Rodimus Prime and Kup to [[Japan]] during a Decepticon attack, arriving in time to prevent [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] from shooting [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. Kup even complemented him on his shooting, but Sky Lynx just responded "I know". Once they'd landed, Sky Lynx passed on the message that Rodimus was wanted at the Imperial Palace by an irate [[Prime Minister of Japan|Prime Minister]]. {{storylink|The Burden Hardest to Bear}}

In one of his most successful endeavours, Sky Lynx's unquestioned skills were called into play yet again when Rodimus Prime required a [[Quintesson]] during the [[Hate Plague]] crisis. With his customary flair and talent, not to mention amazing speed, Sky Lynx located and retrieved one, who subsequently restored [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] to life. Jolly good show! Just as Sky Lynx hoped, Optimus Prime knew how to stop the Hate Plague. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}} Sky Lynx accompanied Optimus Prime to obtain the heat resistant alloy from Galvatron. When Galvatron attempted to betray the Autobots, Sky Lynx's swift speed enabled him to grab Galvatron's cannon when it was knocked away. During the retreat, Sky Lynx was blessed by not being infected by the Hate Plague despite being grabbed onto by [[Jessica Morgan]]. Truly special this was! This did not protect him being infected by Rodimus Prime later on Earth. Sky Lynx, now freed from basic inhibitions, decided to crash through a glass window that prevented him from the sky above. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2}}

====''The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers''====
[[Image:SkyLynxManga01.jpg|right|250px|thumb|We're guessing that Skylynx pulled a Batman on Galvatron and ''planned'' to be occupied on Earth.]]

During a battle on planet [[Feminia]], the Autobots fought to keep the [[Prime Energy Tower]] safe from the Decepticons. Deploying their [[combiner]]s and giant warriors, the two factions found themselves evenly matched. That is, until [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] unleashed his trump card: [[Predaking]]. As Predaking squashed his foes, Galvatron chuckled, having ensured that Predaking's only worthy opponent, Sky Lynx, was entangled on [[Earth]] battling Decepticons in [[New York City]]. With Sky Lynx unavailable, surely nothing could stand in Predaking's way?

Then the [[Omnibot (G1)|Omnibots]] showed up and took him out. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 5|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #5}}
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===Marvel Generation 1 comics===
[[Image:SklLynxG1mvl03.jpg|right|150px|thumb|The wonderful thing about Sky Lynx / Is he is a wonderful thing! / His top is made out of rubber / His bottom is made out of springs!]]
[[Lieutenant Commander]] Sky Lynx, of the [[Autobot Third Air Strike Division]], {{storylink|Monstercon from Mars!}} was called upon by his old chum [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] to join the Autobots on Earth, where [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]'s less than stellar performance as Autobot leader threatened to doom them all! (The uncouth [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] was overly obsessed with catching the rogue Autobot, [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]].) Upon the venerable Sky Lynx's arrival, Wheeljack requested that he put his considerable skills on temporary hold. What a waste of his immeasurable potential! Before too long, thankfully, Sky Lynx was at last called into action! After Grimlock tossed some [[Spacehikers|juvenile humanoids]] out the airlock of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] into space (for "conspiring" with Blaster), Sky Lynx, with utmost aplomb, rescued them, and put to use his finest displays of agility evading those mongrel Dinobots. Indeed, Sky Lynx's feats were subverted only by the actions of another. To wit: While Sky Lynx was surrounded (which posed no true disadvantage to the ever-resourceful paragon), Blaster turned himself in to Grimlock in exchange for the guaranteed safety of Sky Lynx's young charges. {{storylink|Spacehikers!}}

[[Image:SklLynxG1mvl02.jpg|thumb|left|150px|I'm off to outer space / Protecting Autobots / To save [[Spacehikers|annoying kids]] / I am Sky Lynx!]]
However, before speedily returning the kids to their home, Sky Lynx took them to a traveling space carnival. As they had no money to pay for tickets, Sky Lynx charitably agreed to work for the carnival, while the kids were taken care of. Unfortunately, the fine print in the magnificent Autobot's contract made all of them unwilling guests of the wretched carnival. Before Sky Lynx could effect a no-doubt-brilliant escape plan, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and the [[Powermaster]]s passed by and rescued the group, saving Sky Lynx the indignity of facing down such unworthy foes as a [[Gilashark]] and [[Rorza, the Rocket-cycle Racer from Rigel III]]. {{storylink|The Cosmic Carnival}}

Sky Lynx then returned the Spacehikers to Earth with flair and dispatch. The humans, however, seemed impervious to his charm, and drove him away from Earth again with thrown produce and such. {{storylink|Monstercon from Mars!}}

Some time later, the [[Mecannibal]]s, through an unfair deception, managed to capture the magnificent Sky Lynx. While they did admit to his wondrousness, they unfortunately considered him wondrously ''tasty.'' Luckily, [[Landmine (G1)|Landmine]] and [[Cloudburst]] happened upon the impending banquet aboard the [[Mecannibals' ship]], and assisted in Sky Lynx's escape. {{storylink|Guess Who the Mecannibals Are Having for Dinner?}}

[[Image:SklLynxG1mvl01.jpg|right|150px|thumb|"Yes, one day you two can tell your children how you were defeated by the incredible Sky Lynx."]]
When those selfsame [[Pretender]]s later found themselves harried by [[Darkwing]] and [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]], the noble Sky Lynx showed up to repay his debt, easily dispatching the Decepticon [[Powermaster]]s. He then explained to the Autobots that [[Hi-Test]] and [[Throttle (G1)|Throttle]] were the binary-bonded partners of the Decepticons. (Which, really, they should have been able to figure out for themselves.) The ever-helpful Sky Lynx then held the [[Nebulos|Nebulan]]s hostage while the Pretenders blackmailed the Mecannibals into reconstituting all their former victims. Having once again saved the day, Sky Lynx flew off into the sunset, and a shining place in history. {{storylink|Recipe for Disaster!}}

In an alternate future of 2006, Sky Lynx's impeccable perspicacity led him to discover suspicious activity on [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]], and he swiftly and surely reported his findings to [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]. Rodimus recognized Sky Lynx's greatness by declaring him to be one of the best, but inexplicably sent those lesser (though still valiant) fliers, the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], to Junkion to investigate Sky Lynx's report. After [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] was defeated by the [[Quintesson]]s, Sky Lynx's redoubtable abilities were once again required for a rescue. {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (US)}}

{{note|In the UK version of the story, the events of "The Big Broadcast of 2006" are a fabrication invented by [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]].}}

===''Transformers in 3-D''===
Sky Lynx was hanging around Autobot headquarters on Cybertron when Ultra Magnus checked in with Hot Rod to see how the situation was progressing. {{storylink|The Test (issue)|The Test}}

He acted as transport for Ultra Magnus's team as they searched for [[Metascan Alpha]]. After a stop on a moon, they reached a city under attack from the [[Destructon]]s, but were forced to retreat when the enemy proved too much for them to handle. Sky Lynx made it as far as the moon before running out of energy. {{storylink|The War Against the Destructons, Chapter 1 of 3}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation 1'' comics===
After awakening from the [[Great Shutdown]], Sky Lynx found himself operating the regime of that uncharismatic, mono-visioned walking calculator, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. Sky Lynx was requisitioned into mere transportation for [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Optimus Prime's little brother]] when he traveled to [[Earth|an insignificant backwater planet]] to arrest the long-lost Autobots. When Ultra Magnus learned of Shockwave's plans to deactivate the Autobots, he lost his temper and hit a console inside of Sky Lynx. While this news was most distressing, it did not warrant such uncivilized violence against one's vehicle. {{storylink|Brothers' Burden}} When [[Starscream (G1)|that small and irritating little flyboy]] inevitably ran like a coward, he attempted to commander the magnificent Sky Lynx as his transportation. Imagine the horror etched on the faces of his terrified crew when Sky Lynx refused to accept their navigational commands and flew off at his own volition! {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}}

Unfortunately, that [[Soundwave (G1)|monotoned malcontent]] managed to hack into Sky Lynx's impressive neural processors, and even though he put up a valiant struggle against his Decepticon passengers, he was forced to bring them to the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' on Earth. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}}

[[Image:G1DW SkyLynx sporting.jpg|left|250px|thumb|It tickles!]]
Sky Lynx found himself embarrassingly captured by the Decepticons under Starscream and [[Combaticon (G1)|his band of merry miscreants]], as, of all things, a punching bag for their training! Far be it for him to refuse combat, but did these fools not realize they were up against the mighty Sky Lynx, even with the Decepticon energy dampeners in effect? Sportingly, the Autobot lieutenant commander warned Starscream that it was hardly a fair match, which the Decepticon, for some reason, misinterpreted to mean that it was not fair to Sky Lynx.

Taking advantage of Starscream's gross overconfidence, Sky Lynx tipped the scales ''further'' in his favour by splitting in half into his separate lynx and dinosaur modes, then soundly thrashing the pitiful Combaticons before the shocked Starscream reactivated the energy dampeners.

Naturally, Sky Lynx's personal punching bag [[Predaking]] only appeared ''after'' his magnificence was offline, which is just typical, really. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

===IDW Generation 1 comics===
Sky Lynx was used as by a group of Autobots on a mission to rescue Bumblebee and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Orion Pax]] from the Decepticons. He was magnificent, as always. {{storylink|Cause and Effect}}

Millions of years later, Sky Lynx was, of course, smart enough not to be on the ''[[Lost Light]]'', but, along with Bumblebee and Prowl, had a good view of her fate. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 1: How to Say Goodbye and Mean It|How to Say Goodbye and Mean It}}

==Games==
===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
====Decepticon story====
While searching for [[Zel Quartz]] in the present, the Decepticons hunted down several leads, including the [[Gem of Mystery]]. Sky Lynx and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] defended the Gem of Mystery from Decepticon raiders. They failed, but the Gem was not the fabled Zel Quartz in the end anyway. {{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Sky Lynx''' (Motorized Space Shuttle, 1986)

[[Image:G1SkyLynx toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Part cat, part bird, part danger, all applesauce.]]
: Sky Lynx transforms from a space shuttle with crawler-transporter into two smaller robots; the shuttle grows legs to become a prehistoric bird, while the crawler-transporter grows a head and tail to become a Lynx. The two can then combine into a Super Robot with the legs of a Lynx and the upper-body of a prehistoric bird. The crawler-transporter section has a battery-powered motor that rolls him along in transporter shuttle mode and activates a slow, ungainly walking action in lynx/lower-body mode. The shuttle also has an opening "cargo bay", though there is no room to store anything in it. Even though it fails to capture his magnificence fully, it is ''still'' the apex of toy technology.

:Unlikely as it may seem that anything could improve upon the perfection of this design, there were two different versions of this toy, released a year apart. On the first version, the rear thruster panel was connected to the body by a basic hinged piece. The second release modified this hinge so the panel could extend out from the body slightly, allowing a little more room for opening the panel and extending the tail.

:Unusually for a toy of his size, he has no other accessories packaged with him. But then again, why add to something that is already perfect?

::*[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/SkyLynx/skylynx.htm More information on Sky Lynx's magnificent toy at TFU.info]
{{--}}

===Encore===
*'''Sky Lynx''' (Encore, 2008)
:In February 2008, [[TakaraTomy]]'s ''[[Transformers Encore|Encore]]'' line of [[Generation 1 reissues|reissues]] had the glorious honor of re-releasing Sky Lynx. This was the first time that this masterpiece of a toy was sold in Japan. As if it was possible, TakaraTomy made perfection even more perfect by painting the shuttle's mouth cannon, the lynx's eyes, and making the gold chrome more subtle.

==Notes==
* In his ''[[The Transformers Universe|Transformers Universe]]'' profile, Sky-Lynx's "Lynx" component is instead identified as a puma and his bird component is identified as a "dinobird".
* Original scripts for the Generation 1 cartoon identify Sky Lynx's beauteous combined form as his "Dinoblast" mode.
* On numerous occasions throughout the Generation 1 cartoon, Sky Lynx's pristine form was blemished with a Decepticon [[insignia]], too often to be an accident. This suggests that a [[character model]] bearing the insignia existed that was being drawn from in these instances, in turn implying that Sky Lynx may have been originally characterized as a Decepticon. This fits well with the fact that his perennial rivals, the Predacons, started out the design process as a team of Autobots known as the [[Anibot]]s!
* The true nature of Sky Lynx's transformation remains a mystery even to those intrepid souls who endeavor in that most worthwhile task of chronicling his many laudable adventures. In the Marvel Comics, for example, Sky Lynx does not split into two beast modes; rather, he seems to be a [[Triple Changer]] of sorts who has a shuttle mode, a lynx mode, and a bird mode (which sometimes retains the four-legged undercarriage ("[[Spacehikers!]]") and sometimes doesn't ("[[The Cosmic Carnival]]"). While some might see these as "inconsistencies", Sky Lynx's design is grand enough to encompass all such possibilities, so these alternate depictions of his transformation disturb him not in the least.
* Though it chafes the magnificent Sky Lynx to share an origin with the ungainly (if powerful) [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], both were originally created by a company known as Toy Box, from whom Hasbro licensed the designs for sale as Transformers. As with [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] and the [[Insecticon (G1)|Deluxe Insecticons]], this meant it could not be sold as a Transformers toy in Japan, since Takara didn't want to promote its competition's toys. Thus, Japan was unable to experience Sky Lynx's full grandeur—but such glory could not be denied forever! Sure enough, when Takara merged with former competitor Tomy, the situation changed. After the merger, an especially perspicacious member of the TF development team spotted a "shuttle dinosaur" development code name among the molds listed in Tomy's possession. Soon, the truth of Sky Lynx's esteemed lineage emerged: Toy Box was not the original equipment manufacturer, but rather, it had requested that Tomy develop the Sky Lynx design on its behalf. (Such outsourced design and mold development was not uncommon in the Japanese toy market at the time.) This unsung hero of a developer called attention to the fact, helping initiate the process for issuing Sky Lynx as a Japanese Transformers toy for the first time ever. Had the situation moved a bit more slowly, the molds might have been lost forever—a tragedy of such magnitude, it scarcely bears consideration.<ref>http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/TF/products/encore/e-07s.html Takara's "Tale of Sky Lynx" page</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Sky Lynx''' (スカイリンクス ''Sukai Rinkusu'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Légihiúz''' ("Air-Lynx")
*''Italian:'' '''Argon'''
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Nebesna Rys'''' (Небесна Рись, "Sky lynx")
*''Russian:'' '''Bravyj''' (Бравый, "Gallant")

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Sky_Lynx Sky Lynx's stupendous ''Universe'' profile at NFTA.net]
*[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/classics-11/japanese-hobby-magazine-scans-for-january-2008-164116/ Interview with Junichi Ishikawa, the noble being who first sought to capture Sky Lynx's image in humble plastic, detailing the amazing story of Sky Lynx's origins at Toy Box]

[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Multi-component Transformers]]

Transformers Comic issue 4.4

2012-01-04T20:32:53Z

80.176.139.71: /* Trivia */

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|publisher=[[Titan Books|Titan Magazines]]
|date=[[January 5|5 January]] [[2012]]
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|senior editor=[[Steve White]]
|designer=[[Dan Bura]]
|publishing manager=[[Darryl Tothill]]
|price=£3.99
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'''Video games are bad for you.'''

==Tinker, Tailor, Gamer, Spy!==
* '''Script:''' [[Robin Etherington]]
* '''Art:''' [[Dario Brizuela]]
* '''Lettering:''' [[Comicraft]]
* '''Continuity:''' ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Transformers: Prime]]''

[[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] hauls up outside [[Plug and Play]], [[Jasper]]'s computer store, and [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] jumps out. He's there to buy ''[[Invasionauts II]]'', and as [[Dan (Prime)|Dan]] hands him a box containing the game, Raf announces his life is complete.

On the ''[[Nemesis (Prime)|Nemesis]]'', [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] asks [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] if they can be sure Raf will take the bait, and Soundwave confirms with a quote from one of Raf's blog entries.

[[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] is bemused that Raf and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] have managed to spend the last three hours playing the video game, but Raf asserts that video games do not turn kids into mindless zombies. Unfortunately, at that moment, his argument is undermined when the video game turns him into a mindless zombie and glowing eyes on the screen order him to open the [[GroundBridge]]. Bulkhead knows he's going to get blamed for this somehow. Indeed, [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] immediately looks to him for an explanation, but Bulkhead's claim that it's not a problem comes a moment before [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] start flooding through the open GroundBridge.

While the other kids get Raf to safety, the Autobots activate the defense systems and start fighting back. [[Jack Darby|Jack]] tries to snap Raf out of his trance, but [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] finds the problem: the ''Invasionauts'' box has a prominent [[Decepticon]] [[insignia]] on the side! Once Miko disconnects the gaming console violently and throws it aside, Raf recovers and sees the chaos he's wrought. As Bumblebee is about to shut the bridge off, Raf yells at him to stop, as doing so may potentially reveal the position of [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|Omega One]] to the Decepticons. Instead, Raf reconfigures the GroundBridge into a loopback, which creates a vacuum, sucking the Vehicons back into it. With the threat gone, the Autobots pick themselves up, and Raf swears off video games for a while.

===Featured characters===
{{featuredcharacters|c1=
* [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] (1)
* [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] (6)
* [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (7)
* [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] (8)

|c2=
* [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] (4)
* [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] (5)
* [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (11)

|c3=
* [[Raf Esquivel]] (2)
* [[Dan (Prime)|Dan]] (3)
* [[Jack Darby]] (9)
* [[Miko Nakadai]] (10)
}}

===Quotes===
"Well, that's just how intergalactic wars always start! Just a little harmless fun!"
:—'''Ratchet'''

"Bulkhead! What have I told you about playing with machinery more complicated than a blender?!"
:—'''Ratchet'''

===Notes===
====Trivia====
* Raf's online handle is "Rafman".
* The co-ordinates the Decepticons give Raf place the other end of the GroundBridge in the middle of [[Grand Canyon]] Village.
* The story gets it's name from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinker,_Tailor,_Soldier,_Spy Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy], a book, TV series and film about a spy in MI6, the British Secret Service.

==Contents==
===Articles and features===
*Use Raf's codebreaker to crack the Cybertronian codes in this comic!
*Mystic Megatron — horoscopes
*Optimus Prime poster
*Invasionauts board game
*Episode Guide: Volume 1: [[Darkness Rising, Part 4]]
*Starscream's Stumpers
*Competitions to win ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)| Dark of the Moon]]'' on DVD, [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Leader_Class_toys|MechTech Leader Bumblebee]], or a [[Lightsaber]].
*Bulkhead's Wordsearch
*Mega-Mouth: Megatron and [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] answer your letters.

===Free Gift!===
*Cyber Blaster!

===Mystic Megatron===
"Leo: You like to be in charge, but doesn't everyone? I like you, Leo. You can be my second in command this year if [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]] continues to be such a grovelling fool."

"Libra: You like fairness and equality, and Optimus Prime is your hero. You like playing with [[My Little Pony|ponies]] and plaiting your hair (just like Optimus! Mwa ha ha ha!). Get out of my sight!!!"

===Mega-Mouth===
'''Reader:''' Why does Megatron wear a hoodie at the start of ''Dark of the Moon''? Is it to make him look 'gangster'?<br />
'''Megatron:''' The 'hoodie' of which you speak was in fact my cowl and served as a secondary disguise following Prime's dastardly attempts to quench my [[spark]].<br />
'''Arcee:''' Yeah, or perhaps you just got tired of looking at that ugly mug every time you passed a mirror?

==Notes==
*"Mystic Megatron" is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Mystic Meg|Mystic Meg]], astrologer in the ''The Sun'' and (now defunct) ''News of the World'' newspapers.

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Transformers Comic issue 4.4

2012-01-04T20:32:16Z

80.176.139.71: /* Trivia */

{{Comicstory
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|prev=Transformers Comic issue 4.3
|next=Transformers Comic issue 4.5
|image=Tf mag 8 2012.jpg
|caption=
|publisher=[[Titan Books|Titan Magazines]]
|date=[[January 5|5 January]] [[2012]]
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|senior editor=[[Steve White]]
|designer=[[Dan Bura]]
|publishing manager=[[Darryl Tothill]]
|price=£3.99
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'''Video games are bad for you.'''

==Tinker, Tailor, Gamer, Spy!==
* '''Script:''' [[Robin Etherington]]
* '''Art:''' [[Dario Brizuela]]
* '''Lettering:''' [[Comicraft]]
* '''Continuity:''' ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Transformers: Prime]]''

[[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] hauls up outside [[Plug and Play]], [[Jasper]]'s computer store, and [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]] jumps out. He's there to buy ''[[Invasionauts II]]'', and as [[Dan (Prime)|Dan]] hands him a box containing the game, Raf announces his life is complete.

On the ''[[Nemesis (Prime)|Nemesis]]'', [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] asks [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] if they can be sure Raf will take the bait, and Soundwave confirms with a quote from one of Raf's blog entries.

[[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] is bemused that Raf and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] have managed to spend the last three hours playing the video game, but Raf asserts that video games do not turn kids into mindless zombies. Unfortunately, at that moment, his argument is undermined when the video game turns him into a mindless zombie and glowing eyes on the screen order him to open the [[GroundBridge]]. Bulkhead knows he's going to get blamed for this somehow. Indeed, [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] immediately looks to him for an explanation, but Bulkhead's claim that it's not a problem comes a moment before [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] start flooding through the open GroundBridge.

While the other kids get Raf to safety, the Autobots activate the defense systems and start fighting back. [[Jack Darby|Jack]] tries to snap Raf out of his trance, but [[Miko Nakadai|Miko]] finds the problem: the ''Invasionauts'' box has a prominent [[Decepticon]] [[insignia]] on the side! Once Miko disconnects the gaming console violently and throws it aside, Raf recovers and sees the chaos he's wrought. As Bumblebee is about to shut the bridge off, Raf yells at him to stop, as doing so may potentially reveal the position of [[Autobot Outpost Omega One|Omega One]] to the Decepticons. Instead, Raf reconfigures the GroundBridge into a loopback, which creates a vacuum, sucking the Vehicons back into it. With the threat gone, the Autobots pick themselves up, and Raf swears off video games for a while.

===Featured characters===
{{featuredcharacters|c1=
* [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee]] (1)
* [[Ratchet (Prime)|Ratchet]] (6)
* [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] (7)
* [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime]] (8)

|c2=
* [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]] (4)
* [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]] (5)
* [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] (11)

|c3=
* [[Raf Esquivel]] (2)
* [[Dan (Prime)|Dan]] (3)
* [[Jack Darby]] (9)
* [[Miko Nakadai]] (10)
}}

===Quotes===
"Well, that's just how intergalactic wars always start! Just a little harmless fun!"
:—'''Ratchet'''

"Bulkhead! What have I told you about playing with machinery more complicated than a blender?!"
:—'''Ratchet'''

===Notes===
====Trivia====
* Raf's online handle is "Rafman".
* The co-ordinates the Decepticons give Raf place the other end of the GroundBridge in the middle of [[Grand Canyon]] Village.
* The story gets it's name from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinker,_Tailor,_Soldier,_Spy Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy], a book, TV series and film about a spy in MI6, the British Secret Service.

==Contents==
===Articles and features===
*Use Raf's codebreaker to crack the Cybertronian codes in this comic!
*Mystic Megatron — horoscopes
*Optimus Prime poster
*Invasionauts board game
*Episode Guide: Volume 1: [[Darkness Rising, Part 4]]
*Starscream's Stumpers
*Competitions to win ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)| Dark of the Moon]]'' on DVD, [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Leader_Class_toys|MechTech Leader Bumblebee]], or a [[Lightsaber]].
*Bulkhead's Wordsearch
*Mega-Mouth: Megatron and [[Arcee (Prime)|Arcee]] answer your letters.

===Free Gift!===
*Cyber Blaster!

===Mystic Megatron===
"Leo: You like to be in charge, but doesn't everyone? I like you, Leo. You can be my second in command this year if [[Starscream (Prime)|Starscream]] continues to be such a grovelling fool."

"Libra: You like fairness and equality, and Optimus Prime is your hero. You like playing with [[My Little Pony|ponies]] and plaiting your hair (just like Optimus! Mwa ha ha ha!). Get out of my sight!!!"

===Mega-Mouth===
'''Reader:''' Why does Megatron wear a hoodie at the start of ''Dark of the Moon''? Is it to make him look 'gangster'?<br />
'''Megatron:''' The 'hoodie' of which you speak was in fact my cowl and served as a secondary disguise following Prime's dastardly attempts to quench my [[spark]].<br />
'''Arcee:''' Yeah, or perhaps you just got tired of looking at that ugly mug every time you passed a mirror?

==Notes==
*"Mystic Megatron" is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Mystic Meg|Mystic Meg]], astrologer in the ''The Sun'' and (now defunct) ''News of the World'' newspapers.

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Talk:Charlene Poole

2011-12-21T00:31:55Z

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Just wondering, is there a fanwankish connection between Charlene Poole and [[Charlene (pool girl)]] from the G1 Marvel Comics? Or after Roche and Sorenson, I'm looking for things that aren't there? [[Special:Contributions/80.176.139.71|80.176.139.71]]

Talk:Charlene Poole

2011-12-21T00:31:43Z

80.176.139.71: New page: Just wondering, is there a fanwankish connection between Charlene Poole and Charlene (pool girl) from the G1 Marvel Comics? Or after Roche and Sorenson, I'm looking for things that are...

Sweep Two

2010-01-31T20:09:11Z

80.176.139.71:

{{factions|decepticon}}
{{noname-designation}}
:''Sweep Two is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:SweepTwo.jpg|right|thumb|250px|I got my head checked by a jumbo jet. It wasn't easy but nothing is, no - WOOHOO!
When I feel heavy metal! WOOHOO!]]

'''Sweep Two''' is one of the [[Sweep]]s, huntsmen of [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] created by [[Unicron]] from parts of dead Decepticons. Sweep Two is the close combat specialist of the Sweeps, enforcing Scourge's will with his knowledge of Cybertronian [[martial arts]] rather than his ranged weaponry. He has enormous discipline, and indeed helps Scourge keep the other Sweeps in line.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon===
Sweep Two was (presumably) created by Unicron from the remains of fallen Decepticon warriors, following the Decepticons' failed assault on [[Autobot City]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

{{note|Sweep Two may (or may not) be among the Sweeps seen in a variety of exploits over the course of the Generation 1 cartoon.}}

===Wings of Honor===
[[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], Scourge, and a swarm of Sweeps attacked an [[Autobot shuttle]] carrying [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s. After losing track of them for a few, the hunters finally found their prey and boarded the shuttle. Unfortunately for the Sweeps, they had interrupted the story Kup was telling the Dinobots to keep them entertained in the downtime. The Dinobots were not amused, and proceeded to violently dismember the Sweeps. {{storylink|Wings of Honor}}

{{note|While this comic does not specifically identify Sweep Two as one of the Sweeps taking part in the attack, it was specifically designed to help promote the [[BotCon 2009]] figures, of which Sweep Two is a member.}}

==Toys==
===Timelines===
[[Image:Timelinestoy-SweepsWoH.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Sweep Two is the one in the middle.]]
*'''Sweeps''' (multipack, 2009)
**''Accessories:'' 6 wings/blades (left and right), 3 yellow cyber keys

: Sweeps Two, [[Sweep Six|Six]] and [[Sweep Seven|Seven]] came in an [[exclusive]] three-pack at [[BotCon 2009]], all three being identical [[redeco]]s of the ''Timelines'' [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] toy available at the same convention. The mold is a [[retool]] of ''[[Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'' [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] with a new head, transforming into a teal and white alien spacefighter with yellow detailing. The Sweeps are armed with "battle shields" with [[Cyber Planet Key]]-activated pop-out blades.

: The original version of this mold was also used for the Japanese DVD-exclusive [[Noisemaze Mass-Production Version]] and ''[[Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/BCSweeps/sweeps.htm More information on Sweeps at TFU.info]''

[[Category:Convention exclusives]]
[[Category:Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 characters]]
[[Category:Martial artists]]
[[Category:Unicron-related characters]]

Talk:Ravage (G1)

2010-01-17T22:39:15Z

80.176.139.71:

Magmatron isn't wrong about Ravage's loyalties- historicly speaking. According to State Games, he betrayed the OVerlord not out of love of Megatron (so much) as love for HIMSELF. The Overlord represented a dead-end for Cybertron- and Ravage refused to sacrifice his life (or his continued service) for it. He planted his flag with Megatron, who he felt (and continues to feel up through BW era, on account of the Preds sontinued stagnation.)

State Games was an absoluely brilliant story, int ersms of the background it constructs. The Megatron/Prime stuff everyone pays attention too is the least of what's 'going on' in it. It's probably the single MSOT INFLUENTIAL story on everythign that came after for TF, but no one actually THINKS about it. (Shy Shadow understood it completely. That's why he remains my favorite fan-writer. His stuff is completely brilliant.)

I'm sorry, I'm bitching abouy these young kids today with no respect for the past, aren't I? -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 01:09, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

:I find the parallels between Nighstalker and BW Ravage rather interesting; I mean, both ended up sacrificing themselves for the glory and loyalty of their respective leaders, sacrifices that ended up being in vain, in the end.

I also can't help but notice a similarity in colorization between Nightstalker and Nitrostreak. Would be interesting if he was supposed to be the Timelines version of Nightstalker, eh?

I think the "BW Manga Ravage" image would be better off as a scan of the actual manga, rather than a scan of the Happy Meal Panther. THAT image should go under "Panther", methinks. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 00:05, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

==Alternators/Binaltech voice==
I'm just curious as to if the Alternators/Binaltech version of Battle Ravage retains his Russian voice or not. [[User:AutobotFreak643|AutobotFreak643]] 03:42, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

==Spare Image==
I replaced this image with a DVD screencap, and I don't know what do to with this pic. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 05:26, 20 January 2007 (UTC)
[[Image:JaguarX9.jpg|right|100px|thumb|Bad-ass pussycat]]

== Shadow Panther ==

It sounds like Shadow Panther was originally intended to be a new character, and Hasbro simply repurposed the toy as Tripredacus Agent, similar to how [[Neo-Wheel]] became Universe [[Hot Spot (Universe)|Hot Spot]]. On the other hand, his piddly little bio (as translated on TFU.info) doesn't really contradict him being Ravage. So is there still a separate character out there named Shadow Panther, or has he just been retconned into being Ravage? --[[User:Andrusi|Andrusi]] 17:32, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

:Shadow Panther has, if you ask me, clearly been retconned into being Ravage - but based on some stuff Ben was saying at BC, he may be being retconned back, in which case there'll either be SP and Ravage-in-that-body or just SP. I guess it depends on whether the newly-remade-a-character SP is a Tripredacus Agent. -[[User:LV|LV]] 18:24, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

::Shadow Panther is a cover identity. He was supposed to be a Pred masquerading as a Maximal. Because of his propensity for hidign in the shadows before attacking, many assumed him to be Ravage (including Hasbro.) Making SP a seperate character could means 2 different things.
# Making Shadow Panther a real maximal whose identity Ravage stole.
# Making Shadow Panther a SEPERATE feline Tripredicus Agent who hides in shadows.
::<nowiki>#</nowiki>1 is simpler, but I wouldn't be opposed to #2 if it was part of some larger explanation. (I.E. if he was part of Ravage's extended family, and they drew in Ravage's father from the Japanese BW Manga to show off the entire clan.) -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 02:31, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

I believe it is also possible that Shadow Panther is a "Tripredicus Agent", like Ravage, Tarantulas, and Flamewar. Its much more likely that Takara's intent wasn't to make Shadow Panther into Ravage since Beast Wars Metals wasn't released in Japan till 98-99 and Shadow Panther was released in 96. Hasbro most likely just connected the color scheme and released it with the new name (again for Trademark reasons) in 99. But the box still featured the official Japanese bio on it, which to me makes Takara's intent/ naming stronger than Hasbro's internet profile. For this reason, I don't think the two are in fact the same character. -Agent Ravage 8/5/07

== Caption question ==

So what's the "reveals his slef" reference with the cartoon picture? I don't get the joke.--[[User:209.86.72.130|209.86.72.130]] 04:32, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
: Reffed now! --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 05:32, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
::Well, great - now my mind hurts. That's what I get for asking. heh.--[[User:209.86.75.156|209.86.75.156]] 02:11, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

== Doesn't use his robot mode? ==

I'm going to have to disagree with the assertion that Ravage doesn't use his robot mode in Beast Wars: The Gathering. Even in the panels shown, it's very obvious that the left panel is Transmetal 2 Cheetor's beast mode, and the right panel is his robot mode. Yeah, they look similar, but they're by no means identical. --[[User:Keldroc|Keldroc]]

The panel is badly captioned and placed. The right panel is from Primeval Dawn, a separate post-BW comic series. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 05:04, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

== "Hunden" ==

Does anyone have some info or citation on where the supposedly Swedish name "Hunden" comes from? It literally means "the dog", and I can imagine the sometimes quite crack-pot translators in my fair country calling Ravage a dog by accident in the Swedish dub, but the name of the character has consistently been Ravage. --[[User:Ultra Marcus|Ultra Marcus]] 14:00, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
: It comes from Windchaser, who's from Sweden. And, yeah, we know it means "dog." --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 14:20, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

== BW Transformation ==

I've heard twice now that BW Ravage actually did transform onscreen, complete with the classic transformation sound. Based on his cgi model this seems completely implausible, and anyway what did he transform into? Surely not a cassette. Can anyone provide some context? -- [[User:75.72.21.221|75.72.21.221]]

He transforms into an all black cassette tape and inserts himself in his ship's tape deck in order to control it.
http://transformersforever.com/newtfsitefiles/TFsite5-2001/imagegallery/beastwars/season%202/12/watermarked/cap681.jpg
http://transformersforever.com/newtfsitefiles/TFsite5-2001/imagegallery/beastwars/season%202/12/watermarked/cap683.jpg
[[User:85.195.119.22|85.195.119.22 ]]

Wow. Just wow. That's definitely the least realistic transformation.. ever.

Actually, he doesn't even HAVE a Transforming clip. If you pay close attention, his curled up body is instantly switched out for a spinning tape deck. Also, I don't think he could control his ship in tape mode, all he actually did was play 80's hair rock for a few seconds.
[[User:AutobotFreak643|AutobotFreak643]] 03:37, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

==Beast Wars Goes under Animated==
I know putting Beastwars under the Animated subsection is frowned upon, and for good reason, but it would improve the readability of the article soooo much. -Unsigned comment by [[User:193.200.150.23]]
:The problem is that Beast Wars isn't explicitly part of the animated continuity, no more than it is part of the Marvel continuity. It sort of fits into pretty much every G1 continuity (except for IDW's), and thus putting it into the same section as another continuity wouldn't work. Even picking a continuity to include it in would be fairly arbitrary, and subject mostly to the favored continuity of whoever makes the edit. -- [[User:Dark T Zeratul|Dark T Zeratul]] 02:11, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Actually, the sheer act of Ravage ''talking'' puts him more squarely akin to his Marvel counterpart's continuity, though as Zeratul says Beast Wars pulls pretty liberally from everything.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]] 02:45, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

== Merchandise ==

TVsGrady, was that wallet image actually a hologram sticker, or was it lenticular? Just so we're sure.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 04:57, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

== Featured? ==

Considering Ravage is one of the few characters to have significant roles in both the G1 and Beast Wars eras, I nominate him for the next Featured Article. Any other takers? --[[User:Nightshade83|Nightshade83]] 03:19, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
: His article has to be complete before that can happen. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 04:08, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

==Continuity mess==
Hey, should we put some kind of 'Japanese Beast Wars continuity' heading over the Binaltech section, and then make the 15 Go! Go! section go under that? What about the Beast Wars Metals manga? Since we pointed out that it's not in-continuity with the cartoon, should it go under 'Japanese Beast Wars continuity' over Binaltech and 15 Go! Go!?

Additionally, shouldn't the Kids Stuff Read-Along info be placed somewhere in the Generation 1 era? Perhaps at the end of the G1 section because it doesn't fit into any particular continuity? Actually, I have no idea if that book was released in the 80s since there isn't even a storylink for it. A storylink would be nice! --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 01:13, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
:Yeah thanks for not giving me any input. I just realised we have placed all of his modern Generation 1 appearances after his Beast Wars appearances. Wasn't Beast Wars meant to be an ambigious future for Generation 1? It's treated that way on the other Generation 1 articles, so why not here? --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 15:43, 1 October 2009 (EDT)

Yes -- DW, Devil's Due and IDW should come after Beast Wars. We've always sorted the main continuity headings by release date, haven't we? So first the Marvel Comic and G1 cartoon, then Beast Wars appearances, then DW, Devil's Due, then IDW. Sure, things like Classics fiction get added in earlier than release order, but that's because they are a direct continuation of an earlier continuity. As you said, Beast Wars is an ambiguous future, NOT a direct continuation of any G1 story. It is its own G1 continuity, and Ravage was introduced in that G1 continuity before he was introduced in DW, IDW, etc. --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] 00:17, 2 October 2009 (EDT)
: Yeah, our current standard is to put things listed by release date. There was a period in time early in our wiki's history where putting Beast Wars at the end of the fiction section because it's super-future was the rule of the day, but that was a short reign and it's long since been shelved. Each major continuity should be listed in order of release. (And then events are listed chronologically within each major continuity.) --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 00:34, 2 October 2009 (EDT)
::I think I've gone insane. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 03:03, 2 October 2009 (EDT)

==Marvel final appearance==
Don't have the comic to hand, but I'm sure Ravage's final appearance was in the last issue on Klo - he jumps at Prime from behind and someone (Grimlock, possibly) blasts him in mid-air. Anyone who's got the tpb or a scan nearby wanna check? [[User:Emvee|Emvee]] 11:31, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

:I've just looked and it's not clear at all. The character is in two panels, in the first block-coloured reddish-brown, which means nothing with Yomtov's colouring. In the second he's zapped and becomes yellow and blue trimmings but that could just be the effect of the ray. There are no signs of the missiles and until I saw this I never connected him with Ravage - but someone has put him there on the entry for "[[End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!]]". [[User:Timrollpickering|Timrollpickering]] 16:41, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
::It's got Weirdwolf's shoulders, which shouldn't be, as he's elsewhere at the moment. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 18:00, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
:::Yeah, definitely Weirdwolf. He must have escaped the last five Autobots and arrived just ahead of their return to the main battle. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 17:59, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
::::Fair enough - it seemed like an odd move for the usually calculating Ravage [[User:Emvee|Emvee]] 05:22, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

==Perchance to Dream==
Just noticed Ravage's appearance in perchance to dream wasnt mentioned (not sure if there was a a reason for it?) I've added it under earthforce, I think thats the right section, if not feel free to move it! [[Special:Contributions/80.176.139.71|80.176.139.71]] 17:39, 17 January 2010 (EST)

Ravage (G1)

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80.176.139.71: /* Earthforce */

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:''Ravage was a [[Decepticon]] [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|cassette]], then a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]], and then a [[Decepticon]] again in the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] and [[Beast Era]] and then [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Continuity family|continuity families]].''

[[Image:Ravageboxart.jpg|right|350px|thumb|This is every comic book panel Ravage has ever been in. Well, okay, sometimes they rotate him a bit.]]

No Decepticon has a stronger loyalty to [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] than '''Ravage'''. One of [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s most reliable [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|spies]], Ravage believes unwaveringly in the Decepticon cause, and Megatron embodies that cause. To better serve Megatron and the Decepticons, Ravage has become the most efficient and deadly war machine under his command. He hides himself in the shadows, waiting for the perfect moment to strike with grim accuracy. His name is synonymous with stealth. His survivors are few.

Ravage's only weakness is bright light, which can temporarily blind him. Perhaps his absolute loyalty to Megatron can blind him as well.

Sometimes he's a talker, other times he just growls or hisses at anything that isn't Megatron or Soundwave.

At various times, Ravage has been referred to as '''Tripredacus Agent''', '''Tri-Predacus Agent''', or '''Kurohyō Man''' (クロヒョウマン "Black Panther Man"). It's all very confusing.

{{quote|Decepticons forever!|Ravage|"[[The Agenda (Part 2)]]"}}

:''Japanese name:'' '''Jaguar'''
:''French-Canadian name:'' '''Saboteur'''
:''Hungarian name:'' '''Romboló''' ("Ravager")
:''Italian name:'' '''Iena''' ("Hyena")
:''Italian name (Beast Wars):'' '''Ursus'''
:''Portuguese name (Portugal comics):'' '''Raiva''' ("Rabies")
:''Portuguese name (Brazil comics):'' '''Selvagem''' ("Wild")
:''Spanish name:'' '''Destructor'''
:''Chinese name (Taiwan):'' '''Pò-hùai''' (破壞, "Destroy")
:''Chinese name (Taiwan, Beast Wars):'' '''Robin''' (羅賓, ''Lúo Bīn'')
:''Chinese name (China):'' '''Jiqi Gou''' (機器狗, "Mechanical Dog")
:''Portuguese name (Brazil Beast Wars):'' '''Destruição''' ("Destruction")
:''Polish name (Polish Beast Wars):'' '''Dewastator''' ("Devastator")

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
{{noteukonly}}
[[Image:Contentedfools.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Ravage, here in his first appearance, is the first Transformer to have dialogue in the first Transformers story.]]
''Ravage was a loyal bodyguard for the [[Overlord (rank)|Overlords]], the Autobots that once ruled all of Cybertron, for generations. He witnessed as their planet-wide rule crumbled into a loose collection of feuding city-states. Like ancient Rome, the last Overlord barely managed to hold together the autocracy through the gladiatorial games, which allowed the city-states to vent their frustrations over low fuel supplies on each other in scripted, controlled conflicts. A war broke out between [[Vos]] and [[Tarn]], however, and Ravage and his partner [[Nightstalker]] attempted to escort the Overlord to safety. Joined by the gladiators [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]], their journey was perilous. The Overlord was now an enfeebled mechanoid who required constant re-energization to survive, and constantly slowed them down. After Prime raced ahead to get help, Nightstalker self-destructed himself in a final loyal act to defend the Overlord, leaving the ruler alone with Megatron and Ravage. Though the Overlord was near death, Ravage refused to give the Overlord any of his energy, instead allying himself with Megatron, whom he believed would be the future ruler of Cybertron. {{storylink|State Games}}''

[[Image:Tellhimwhodefeatedyouthisday.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Holy crap, Ravage is HUGE!]]

As a member of Megatron's Decepticons, Ravage attempted to hijack the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] four million years ago, only to fail and fall into deactivation sleep until 1984. The detonation of the volcano, [[Mount St. Hilary]], reactivated the Autobots and Decepticons, unleashing their war on Earth. The two factions soon found themselves battling on the site of a drive-in movie theatre, where Ravage was able to distract [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] from determining the location of Bumblebee, who had gone missing. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}} The Decepticons found themselves in need of energy, so Megatron ordered Ravage to investigate [[Harrison Nuclear Power Plant]]. Jumping into one of the plant worker's cassette recorders, he learned not only of the energy-harnessing technology of this new world, but that its primary inhabitants were not the vehicles they transformed into, but their weird organic operators! Ravage and the other Decepticons immediately attacked Harrison Nuclear and claimed it for themselves. Afterwards, Ravage concealed himself within the boom box of [["O"]], the friend of [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]], and learned that Buster had allied himself with the Autobots. He quickly returned to Megatron to report this information, and the Decepticons launched another attack, this time on Buster's neighborhood. Ravage jumped [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], and the reluctant Autobot wrestled with the Decepticon until Ravage was knocked away by [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]]. The Decepticons retreated after kidnapping Buster's father, [[Sparkplug Witwicky]]. {{storylink|Power Play!}} Ravage returned with his comrades to the Decepticons' [[Fortress Sinister|new base]], constructed out of materials salvaged from Harrison Nuclear, and coerced Sparkplug into converting Earth fuel into a substance they could use. Soon, their base was infiltrated by [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] and the amazing [[Spider-Man]], and although the latter was as fast and agile as Ravage, the former put Ravage out of the fight with a punch. {{storylink|Prisoner of War!}}

[[Image:RavageEnemyWithinColour.jpg|left|250px|thumb|He's so cute when he's angry.]]

''Shortly into their stay on Earth, the ever-treacherous [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] attempted to build up support against Megatron by demanding action when Megatron cautioned patience, knowing his fellow Decepticons were getting restless for battle. Fearing that an outright execution of Starscream would turn popular opinion against him, Megatron asked Ravage to spy on the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] and find him an excuse to get rid of Starscream. Ravage was discovered, though, and critically injured by Starscream during their fight. Ravage managed to crawl home across the desert, however, and reported the betrayal to Megatron.''
''Having dishonored himself by attacking his fellow Decepticon, Starscream was forced to engage in a trial by combat with the Autobot [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]], who had fallen into a similar situation by unrelated circumstances. After defeating Brawn in combat and flying back to Decepticon headquarters to declare his victory, Starscream was shot down by the vengeful Ravage on Megatron's orders. Ravage reported the Autobots were responsible for the attack, and thus Megatron was able to galvanize the Decepticons for battle himself, effectively stealing Starscream's thunder and punishing the mutineer in the process. {{storylink|The Enemy Within!}}''

''As the Decepticons assaulted the Ark, Ravage fought against the magnetic Autobot [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]], employing his own electromagnetic shield to protect himself from his opponent's powers. When Optimus Prime attempted to awaken the ship's computer [[Auntie]] during the battle, however, she awoke in a scrambled state and turned against all the Transformers, using magnetic force to hold all the combatants against her hull... except for Ravage and Windcharger. Forced to work together for the benefit of both their armies, they managed to deactivate Auntie. {{storylink|Raiders of the Last Ark}}''

Megatron ordered Ravage to sneak into the Ark and provide him with news of the Autobots' fuel situation. Fortunately for the Decepticons, the Autobots had failed to find a source of fuel, so the time came to strike. During the Decepticons' immediate attack on the Ark, Ravage singled out Mirage, intent on finishing the job he had begun earlier. Ravage ignored Mirage's pleas for a peaceful discussion and removed Mirage's arm with his teeth. Mirage's resolve against the Decepticons strengthened, he blasted Ravage, removing him fully from the rest of the battle. {{storylink|The Last Stand}} The chance arrival of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] was all that allowed ultimate Decepticon victory, and Ravage, his deposed leader Megatron, and several others were nursed back to full operating status. {{storylink|The New Order}} Though Megatron rebelled against his usurper, he failed, and Shockwave paraded Megatron's beaten form in front of Ravage and the other Decepticons. {{storylink|The Worse of Two Evils!}}

Ravage accompanied several other Decepticons, under the command of Soundwave, in an assault on the Autobots after they had been duped by a bogus Optimus Prime under Shockwave's control. Ravage, the impostor Prime, and the other Decepticons made short work of the Autobots until the real Prime was restored. The Autobot commander turned the tide easily and Ravage and the other Decepticons were defeated. {{storylink|Prime Time!}}

''While eavesdropping on the Autobots' arguments over whether or not to use the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] to build an army of powerful superwarriors, Ravage's presence aboard the Ark was detected. The Decepticon spy made a run for it, but was caught in a web by Mirage and [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]. Ravage, however, is nearly impossible to kept locked up, and so he was able to quickly escape. Optimus Prime ordered Bumblebee to track him down, but Ravage's capture was part of a larger scheme, and he led Bumblebee right into a trap. {{storylink|Crisis of Command!}}''

[[Image:Laserbeakravageirobotmaster.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Ravage loves to play peek-a-boo.]]

While sitting in their [[alternate mode]]s inside a [[Portland]], [[Oregon]], electronics store, Soundwave, Ravage, and Laserbeak awaited news of Megatron's location during their former leader's disappearance. After his fuel-deprived body froze in nearby [[Powder River Basin]], they left the store and brought fuel to Megatron. Here they successfully fought the American military and found a new ally, [[Donny Finkleberg]], who claimed to control the Transformers as the supervillain Robot-Master. {{storylink|I, Robot-Master!}} Megatron re-established his Decepticons in the basin, at the protests of Shockwave, while Ravage was given the duty of watching over Finkleberg. However, during a sudden Autobot attack, Ravage was distracted and Finkleberg was able to escape. {{storylink|Command Performances!}} Ravage tracked the human, despite Finkleberg's discarding of most of his smell by exchanging clothes, but after getting into a confrontation with the Autobot named [[Skids (G1)|Skids]], Ravage was sent tumbling down a mine shaft and rendered inoperative on impact. {{storylink|Showdown!}}

''Three years later, Ravage was awakened by a series of earth tremors, set off by the time storm raging throughout the universe. Finding much had changed since his deactivation, Ravage stumbled into the underground bunker of none other than [[Straxus (G1)|"Megatron"]] and [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. Initially siding with his old leader(s?), during a battle with the [[Wrecker|Wreckers]], Ravage was surprised to learn that the presence of Galvatron and Scourge in the present was the source of the time storm. Though he was blasted by [[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]] (who had temporarily teamed up with the Wreckers), Ravage abandoned the battle and sought out the reclusive Shockwave. Shockwave was nearly catatonic over the irrationality of the time paradox that threatened to destroy them all, but Ravage managed to use logic to convince his former leader to come to his senses. At Ravage's suggestion, Shockwave gave up the body of [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], tossing it into the timestorm, which ended the threat to the present and future. {{storylink|Time Wars}}''

[[Image:Megatrong1marveltwomegatrons.jpg|right|200px|thumb|A common lament.]]

''In the aftermath, he hooked up with Megatron and they returned to Cybertron to seek new fortunes. In the Decepticon capital city of [[Helex]], though, they found Autobots wandering around unmolested, and the area free of Decepticon supervision. After deposing the inadequate [[Triumverate]], Megatron established a new beachhead for his conquests, with Ravage by his side. {{storylink|The Fall and Rise of the Decepticon Empire}} Before long, though, Ravage's Megatron was destroyed by the original Megatron, who revealed that the Megatron from Time Wars was a reconstruction of Lord [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]]. {{storylink|Two Megatrons!}}''

[[Image:Weirdwolfthevoid.jpg|left|100px|thumb|Close your mouth, Ravage.]]

Ravage eventually resurfaced on Earth, working with Starscream and Shockwave in an auxiliary Decepticon army, planning to overthrow then-leader [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. After recruiting more of Scorponok's disgruntled soldiers, including [[Triggerhappy]] and [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]], {{storylink|Eye of the Storm}} Ravage returned with his fellow insurgents to an [[Nemesis (G1)|underwater headquarters]] to plan their attack. As Scorponok began to forge a very unpopular alliance with the Autobots due to the threat of [[Unicron]]'s coming, Ravage and the other Decepticon insurgents attacked the Decepticon base in [[New Jersey (Earth)|New Jersey]]. {{storylink|Surrender!}} Scorponok survived, and as he emerged from the wreckage, he swatted Ravage aside easily. {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}}

Their coup was interrupted when [[Primus]] summoned all the Transformers of Earth to Cybertron to do battle with Unicron. {{storylink|Out of Time!}} Ravage and the other teleported Transformers witnessed Primus, speaking through the body of [[Emirate Xaaron]], tell the history of their supernatural war with the Dark God. Ravage was last seen fleeing, along with several others, immediately after Unicron's approach. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}

====Marvel UK future timelines====
''In 2003, Ravage was on a routine mission to infiltrate the Ark when he came across [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s huge new plans for a transforming fortress known as [[Autobot City|Autobot City: Earth]]. Upon hearing that [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] would be transporting a simulation tape of the City's blueprints to all the human leaders of Earth, Ravage skittered off to inform his [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticon]] comrades so that they could intercept the information in transit. {{storylink|Ark Duty}}''

''Five years later, Ravage was seen on the field of battle with Soundwave, when the Decepticon commander desperately radioed the Autobots for assistance against their [[Quintesson]] attackers. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}''

====Earthforce====
{{earthforcefiction}}
[[Image:Ravage uk258.png|left|100px|thumb|The smirking Ravage was a chatty catty in the Marvel comics.]]

''Ravage was seen when an alternate-reality [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] probed [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack's]] mind. Wheeljack remembered running into Ravage at the [[Blackrock Industries|Blackrock]] Aerospace Plant, following the [[Dinobot Hunt!|Dinobot hunt]], where Wheeljack was looking for the technology used to make [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] so he could repair the injured Autobots. Ravage and Wheeljack made a deal: In return for the technology, Wheeljack would brainwash Jetfire into returning to the Decepticons. Despite not trusting Jetfire, Wheeljack backed out at the last minute. Good job too, as he later found out Ravage had destroyed the factory, meaning he'd almost betrayed his comrade for no end result. {{storylink|Perchance to Dream}}''

''Ravage remained on the side of Shockwave and Starscream during the [[Decepticon Civil War]], fighting against his longtime commanders, Megatron and Soundwave. During a fight with the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], Ravage was faced off against [[Slag (G1)|Slag]]. Not... exactly... equal. Poor kitty ended up taking the horns to the hind quarters before the Decepticons retreated. {{storylink|Two Steps Back!}}''

''Ravage was seen at the [[Enclave]], when the two Decepticon factions met to discuss peace and common goals. Someone brought him a saucer of milk. Awwwwwww. {{storylink|The Bad Guy's Ball!}}''

''Sometime later, the Decepticon factions managed to combine under the joint leadership of Soundwave and Starscream. Ravage began operating out of Soundwave's chest compartment again, just like old times. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}}''
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===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
:''Voice Actor'': [[Frank Welker]] (English) [[Yu Shimaka|Yutaka Shimaka]] (Japanese, when speaking)

[[Image:Ravageg1.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Ravage reveals his slef [sic] to humans.]]
One of the original team of Decepticons that accompanied [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] on the attack of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] spacecraft, Ravage was reformatted by [[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletraan I]] as an audiocassette to better blend in for operations based on Earth. Ravage served loyally as a Decepticon spy. He was one of the first Transformers to have been encountered by a human, as [[Joe (MTMTE)|workers]] investigating a destroyed power station fell afoul of Ravage who pounced upon them and frightened them away. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1}}

Shortly thereafter, Ravage accompanied Soundwave on an infiltration mission to gather data from Teletraan I. Though Soundwave was discovered, Ravage was captured in an energy net and held captive. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 2}} The Decepticon spy figured into a disinformation plot hatched by the Autobots, who purposely leaked the presence of a rocket fuel depository in the outlying desert. In truth, there was no rocket base—Autobot [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] projected a holographic illusion in the hopes of luring the Decepticons into a trap. The Autobots allowed Ravage to escape and report back to Megatron, who easily saw through the ruse. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 3}}

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{{storylink|Transport to Oblivion}} {{storylink|Roll for It}} {{storylink|Divide and Conquer}} {{storylink|Fire in the Sky}} {{storylink|S.O.S. Dinobots}} {{storylink|Fire on the Mountain}} {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 1}} {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 2}} {{storylink|A Plague of Insecticons}}

[[Image:RavagePet.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Prrrrrrrrrr]]

During Megatron's gladiatorial match with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], Ravage was let out to watch his master battle their nemesis. Soundwave also petted him. This would be cute if it wasn't creepy. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War}}

{{storylink|Changing Gears}} {{storylink|The Immobilizer}} {{storylink|The Autobot Run}} {{storylink|Atlantis, Arise!}} {{storylink|The Core}} {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 1}} {{storylink|Auto Berserk}}

During one of the Decepticons' many trips to South America, Ravage got to meet up with a real jaguar. Despite his resemblance, the non-robotic jaguar did not take kindly to Ravage's presence and engaged him in a "cat-fight". Ravage used his rocket boosters to scare away his living look-alike. {{storylink|Microbots}}

During Megatron's attempt to convince the humans that the Decepticons were good and the Autobots were evil, Ravage was dispatched to track down [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] when the human searched for evidence that would exonerate the Autobots. Cornering the flesh creature in a studio control room, Ravage had a door closed on him, was electrocuted by a control panel, and had a shelf filled with video cassettes pushed onto him. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1}} To make Ravage feel better, Soundwave took Ravage along with the other cassettes to a teen dance party, where Ravage was a big hit with the ladies. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2}}

{{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1}} {{storylink|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court}} {{storylink|Make Tracks}}

[[Image:G1 cartoon Ravage wheel running.JPG|right|150px|thumb|There are so many things wrong with this.]]

Some time later, Ravage, along with [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]], [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], and Soundwave, was transported to a planet with massive inhabitants, along with a group of Autobots, in a [[space bridge]] accident. The first creature they encountered, [[Aron]], thought the Decepticons were toys. Ravage attempted to escape, but Aron's cat [[Nitro]] chased after Ravage like a mouse (how embarrassing). Aron put him with his pet hamster, Blooper, in his cage. Instead of immediately asserting his dominance by killing the beast, Ravage went and ran on the creature's exercise wheel. When captured by scientists, they attempted to dissect the Transformers, but Ravage was able to pick his locks and free the Decepticons, who hijacked the Autobots light beam to head back to Earth... and landed in a lake filled with alligators. That was a very bad day for Ravage. {{storylink|Child's Play (episode)|Child's Play}}

{{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1}}

[[Image:RavageRatbat.jpg|left|150px|thumb|The Bat The Cat The Pen-Oh, nevermind.]]

Ravage was still present with the Decepticons in 2005, During the Battle on Autobot City, he was dispatched along with Rumble, Frenzy, and Ratbat to take out Blaster's communication tower and instead were pitted against his own cassette Autobots. After the battle, Ravage helped fight for Soundwave's bid for leadership of the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

Ravage was still with the Decepticons after they were exiled to Chaar. One of his more notable adventures was when he, along with several other "primitive" Transformers, were summoned to fight Tornedron. Although Ravage was defeated by the energy monster, he and all the other drained transformers were restored back to normal thanks to the efforts of Grimlock. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}
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====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' comic=====
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=====''Story of Binaltech''=====
At some point in time after [[1985]], but before [[2005]], Ravage was captured by the [[Earth Defense Command|EDC]] and kept as a prisoner. He was then kept stasis-locked in cassette-mode inserted in his future/past self's tape deck, in order to provide his body with a "[[Spark|Life Essence Nucleus]]", as part of the [[Intelligence and Information Institute|III]]'s "[[X-9 Revival Plan]]". The Ravage of the present remains unaware of his time-tossed doppelganger. {{storylink|Ghosts of the Past}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Masashi Ebara]] (Japanese)

=====''The Headmasters'' comic=====
After Soundblaster crash-landed following his encounter with [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]]'s "Master Chrome Hurricane-Throw to the End of Hell" attack, Ravage and the other animal cassettes (minus [[Slugfest (G1)|Slugfest]] and [[Overkill (G1)|Overkill]]) stood stoically over his groggy form while [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] looked panicky. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 8|The Headmasters #8}}

===Kids Stuff Read-Along book===
{{cleanup|October 2009|Storylink}}

Ravage immediately recognized what a hydro electric station was, a method of generating power used on Cybertron "way way back in the mists of time," when Transformers were not much more advanced in science than humans are now.

{{Note|This suggests that Ravage is among the oldest of the Decepticons (even Megatron only feigned familiarity with this form of technology), or that he's a serious student of ancient energy generation techniques.}}

===''Beast Wars'' incarnation===
====Dawn of Future's Past====
Ravage is mentioned as being recruited along with fellow [[Mini-Cassette|Mini-Cassettes]] [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] and [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] by the Predacon [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]], but for some reason left them soon afterwards to become an operative for the [[Tripredacus Council]].

====''15 Go! Go!''====
[[Image:TGGRavage.jpg|left|200px|thumb|It's a mystery!]]
After a mystery assailant badly damaged [[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletraan I]], destroying vital data, the thinly-disguised (actually not-at-all-disguised) "Kurohyō Man" ("Black Panther Man") stationed on the artificial Earth satellite [[Nana]] ordered the mobile computers [[Teletraan 10]] and [[Teletraan 15]] to travel through time collecting data on Transformers of the past and future.

Although his plan was indeed to repair Teletraan I's databanks, Ravage had his own intentions for the information. He had traveled back from the future to the year 2005 in an attempt to use the "bio and tech specs" data stored inside the computer to manipulate the future and create a timeline free of "unnecessary conflict". When he was foiled by the unknown saboteur, he infiltrated the Autobots as Kurohyō Man and created the Information Control Center on Nana in order to control the recovery effort.

The bumbling Teletraan 15 (and eventually Teletraan 10 as well) resisted, escaping back in time using Ravage's Transwarp cruiser and becoming the very saboteur that caused her mission to begin. Though annoyed that his scheme had been thwarted, Ravage expressed pride in the independence of his underlings and graciously ejected them into space—a survivable situation for the pair and their [[Kiss Player]] cassette friends.
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====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Lee Tockar]] (English), [[Toshiyuki Morikawa]] (Japanese), [[Daois Cabezudo]] (Portuguese)

[[Image:BWRavage introduction.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"I vill ask you only vuhnce more... vhere are moose and skvirrel?"]]
Ravage is one of the few Decepticon warriors who was granted amnesty at the end of the Great War and reformatted into a Predacon, complete with [[Accents|classy Russian accent]]. He was sent by the [[Tripredacus Council]] to capture [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], clean up any messes he might have made, and deal with the rest of the beast warriors. (Whether this translated to "kill them all" in the minds of the Tripredacus Council is unclear, but that was apparently Ravage's intent.) Ravage made the trip to prehistoric Earth in a specially modified stealth [[transwarp cruiser]]. He successfully contacted the [[Maximal|Maximals]] and allied with them to capture Megatron. Due to the stealth capabilities of his ship, and the fact that [[Tarantulas]] was also an agent of the council, Ravage and the Maximals easily captured Megatron and imprisoned him. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 1)}}

Megatron, however, had one more card to play. He knew that Ravage wasn't going to let any of the beast warriors live, and also knew he had the one thing that would turn Ravage to his side. Using a fragment from the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]], Megatron showed Ravage something which shocked him—a message from [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], the leader of the Decepticons. As a safeguard against potential defeat, Megatron had left instructions for the descendants of the Decepticons to use transwarp technology to return to prehistoric Earth. Although the message cut out before it was finished, Megatron's plan worked: Ravage, moved by the sight of his former master, released Megatron. After Megatron explained the rest of the message, Ravage joined the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] and turned on the Maximals. Megatron and Ravage attacked Cheetor and Optimus, at which point he transformed into his old mini-cassette alt-mode, jumped into the tape player on his ship, and started playing wicked guitar solos. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 2)}}

His latest treachery was short-lived. During the assault on the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'', [[Rattrap]] infiltrated his ship and caused an explosion that destroyed the vessel and Ravage himself. As the inferno headed toward the bridge, Ravage raised a fist and shouted, "Decepticons forever!" to whomever heard or cared. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}}

His head, seemingly all that remained of him, was knocked into the water below the ''Axalon'' by one of Tarantulas's [[Arachnoid|spider-drones]]. {{storylink|Optimal Situation}}

====Transformers Beast Wars: Transmetals Video Game====
{{note|This game takes place in an alternate version of the second season of the [[Beast Wars (cartoon)|Beast Wars]] cartoon.}}
{{note|Ravage's character model in the Nintendo 64 version is a palette swapped version of Transmetal Cheetor. The Playstation version remeshes Cheetor's model to feature Ravage's characteristics.}}
:''Voice actor:'' [[Scott McNeil]] (English)
[[Image:N64Ravage.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Stupid sexy Ravage.]]
Ravage betrayed (Predacon) Megatron, then entered the ancient Autobot battle cruiser, the Ark. Using a prototype cloning device based on transreplication technology, he produced clones of the ancient Decepticons, with memories and personalities intact. One by one, he downloaded protoform cloning data of the legendary warriors: (Decepticon) Megatron, Skywarp, Starscream, Thundercracker, Reflector, Rumble, Frenzy, Laserbeak, Buzzsaw and Soundwave. With his clone army, Ravage returned to Predacon space with plans of conquest. {{storylink|Beast Wars: Transmetals}}
{{note|Each character possessed an alternate ending, displayed if the N64 version of the game was beaten with said character. Each character has only their own ending listed on their pages, see the other characters' pages for Ravage’s fate in those outcomes.}}
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====3H ''Universe'' comics====
[[Image:Ravageiguanusrazorclawpd2.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Ravage 3 Bodies Evolution!<ref>http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers.fanfic/msg/a5cd7fda89f12c7c?dmode=source&hl=en&pli=1</ref>]]

Even though the [[Maximal|Maximals]] had left Earth with [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] were far from over! [[Tarantulas]]'s "death" was actually a cover for his return in a more powerful form that had ingested the power of the [[Vok]]! He revived Ravage into a new [[Transmetal 2]] body to help boost his forces, which also included [[Iguanus (BW)|Iguanus]] and [[Razorclaw (BW)|Razorclaw]], and prepared to begin the next stage of his evil plan. Meanwhile, the remnants of Ravage's previous body were recycled by the Vok to re-create [[Tigatron]]. {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 1}}

Soon, Ravage led an attack on [[Primal Prime]], the Vok's new champion, and managed to separate Prime from Tigatron, [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]], and [[Ramulus]]. Ravage boasted of his "dark cloak" which shrouded him from even Airazor's impressive sensor array, and unleashed a volley of missiles which knocked her out of the sky. Meanwhile, Tarantulas encountered Primal Prime far from the main battle, and after a heated battle, the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] itself was ripped from his chest by the undead [[Unicron's Spawn|spawn of Unicron]]. {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 2}}

[[Image:Ravagespittorpd3.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Transforms from catlike thing to catlike thing.]]

Back at Tarantulas' lair, with the Matrix in their possession, Ravage oversaw the construction of a [[transwarp]] portal that would transport them deep within the maw of their new master, [[Unicron]]! Their newly-born ally, [[Spittor (BW)|Spittor]], expressed frustration at their unwillingness to finish off the Maximals during the battle, and Ravage responded brutally. Ravage was immune to Spittor's deadly venom-covered surface, but Spittor was not likewise protected from Ravage's savage claws, so Spittor quickly quit complaining. Once the portal was completed, Tarantulas allowed them to attack the Maximals; Ravage and the others had served their purpose. Ravage led them to the Ark, but warned them to not disturb the [[Autobot|Autobots]] or [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] on board. But little did they know that the Vok themselves had taken control of Primal Prime's body, and remade it in their powerful image... {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 3}}

{{note|[[3H Productions]] dissolved before this storyline could be completed. Based on the subsequent ''Wreckers'' and ''[[Universe (2003 comic)|Universe]]'' storylines, it can be assumed that the Matrix of Leadership was restored to [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s body at the end of this altercation, that the Maximals were triumphant, and that Tarantulas somehow fled to return to Unicron. Ravage's fate is unknown.}}
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====IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics====
While Ravage is considered by many to be loyal only to himself, his primary loyalty is actually to Megatron and the dream of Decepticon conquest. He views himself as carrying on where Megatron left off, scheming and operating constantly to end Cybertron's peace and bring back a conquering empire. Any plot and rebellion, you'll find Ravage there.

Also, he has psycho blasters, guns that ''give you seizures''. Don't mess with Ravage. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 15}}

[[Image:RavageTheGathering4.jpg|right|200px|thumb|[[IDW]] decided having his actual robot mode was a little too "Transformers"-y.]]

Magmatron recovered Ravage's heavily-damaged torso, which still contained his spark. He then inserted the spark into a blank [[protoform]], and Ravage was reborn. In his Transmetal 2 body, he and his fellow Predacons, under the command of Magmatron, sought out [[Razorbeast]]'s band of Maximals. Viewing from a safe distance, Ravage ordered his soldiers to engage. Additional Maximal forces arrived, however, and Ravage's forces were defeated. Ravage retreated into the wilderness. {{storylink|The Gathering}}

Subsequently, Ravage would utilize all the Predacons under his command in a desperate attack as a diversion while he crept into the Maximal base to steal the [[chronal phase armband|chronal phase facilitators]] left behind by Magmatron. He was confronted by Razorbeast, who guessed incorrectly that Ravage intended to use them to board the Autobot shuttle and return to Cybertron. Ravage corrected him by stating that he intended to free Megatron and eradicate the Maximal forces. His ambitions, however, were thwarted by [[Snarl (BW)|Snarl]] who caught him off guard and gave Razorbeast the opportunity to knock Ravage offline. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 1}}

It is not certain if Ravage's intentions for Megatron were another ruse or if he was ''actually'' out of his kitty mind regarding the tactical feasibility of this endeavor.

[[Image:Lio V Ravage.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Who's the big cat NOW?]]

However, what WAS a ruse was Ravage being offline — as soon as he had been tied up by Razorbeast, the Maximal commander had to leave to help on the battlefield—upon which Ravage stopped playing dead and broke loose rather easily, managing to obtain the chronal displacement bands that Razorbeast had put him right next to after pointing them out. (A tactical genius, that Razorbeast.) However, upon activating the bands, Ravage was pulled into Chronospace by the trapped Magmatron, who warned him of the apocalypse that was to come, and ordered him to form a truce with the Maximals to fight this menace. And after hearing the warning, Ravage heeded the sage advice, sneaking out of the base while [[Chronal phase|chronically displaced]] and re-emerging to the sight of several gun barrels from [[Lio Convoy]], Razorbeast, and the Pack. However, just as he explained the situation, [[Rartorata]] emerged from nowhere and turned Razorbeast into a [[ wikipedia:Princess Mononoke|Princess Mononoke]] homage. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 2}}

After introducing himself to Lio Convoy, Ravage agreed with him on a truce until they dealt with the menace of [[Shokaract]]. Commandeering his Predacons, Ravage's forces defeated Rartorata and Ravage extracted a sample of [[Angolmois]] energy from the [[Blendtron]]. When he told Lio Convoy to abandon the Angolmois-infected Razorbeast, the Pack's leader warned him that if he made light of his friend's peril again, he'd personally de-spark him. Ravage boarded the Pack's ship and returned to Cybertron with them, on the way analyzing the Angolmois capsule, to come up with an vaccine. However, as he explained, none of them were qualified scientists for the task. After arriving on Cybertron, Shokaract blasted the Maximal ship out of the sky. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 3}}

[[Image:BWTheAscending4_Grimlock_Convoys_Ravage.jpg|thumb|300px|]]

Ravage survived the crash, along with the Pack, and visited Magmatron again. Magmatron told Ravage to chronally-displace Shokaract so he could "enlighten him". He then showed unusual concern for Razorbeast's Maximals, asking how they were doing. Ravage then returned to the battle and hit [[Herald of Shokaract|Shokaract's Heralds]] with a grenade at an opportune moment. After Shokaract's suicide, Ravage found Magmatron returned and they all lived happily ever after.

Until [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] returned. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 4}}
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====''Story of Binaltech''====
[[Image:BinaltechRavageBoxart.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
The Government-run [[Intelligence and Information Institute]] unearthed a mysterious capsule during an archaeological dig. After the dissolution of III and the obtaining of [[Transformer]] probing technology, former III staff found that the container, dubbed "[[Schrödinger's Box]]", was the flight recorder of the Predacon Ravage's stealth ship, containing [[Central Consciousness File X-9]], a copy of the feline's personality and memory engrams deposited into his vessel before his final blaze of glory. When the scientists found a way to communicate with this personality, it offered them its knowledge of future events in exchange for a new body. III agreed, and used a fake [[Binaltech]] project (internally termed the [[X-9 Revival Plan]] and filled under the pretense of "technological synthesis tests") to provide their part of the bargain. However, to truly bring the new Ravage to life, III stole the present-day Ravage—who had been captured by the [[Earth Defense Command]] and stasis-locked into his cassette mode—and implanted him into the new Ravage, thereby 'fusing' the old and new Ravages into one. This new Ravage, however, had no intention of fulfilling his end of the bargain and, after eliminating his benefactors and learning to his shock that history did not change in his faction's favor, decided to rectify his mistake. {{storylink|Ghosts of the Past}}

First on his agenda was his former commander, Megatron; stealing an Autobot shuttle, he located and repaired the [[Kronosphere]] and—during a decisive battle between Megatron's and Optimus Prime's forces that would have normally ended with the Autobots being forced off of Cybertron and into their moon bases—turned the weapon on his own faction, trapping Megatron and his crew in a space-time rift. This alteration in the timeline served two purposes: first, it would give the Autobots the chance to retake Cybertron, which would then lead to them having to face off against the oncoming [[Unicron]] alone, severely weakening them in the process. The second, and more important, purpose was to keep Megatron alive and in good mental health (relatively speaking), thus preventing him from becoming the insane [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], and allowing him to lead the Decepticons to victory over the battle-weary Autobots. Ravage also [[Transmuter (G1)|Transmuted]] [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] into a new Binaltech body of his own, so he could lead the remaining Decepticons in Megatron's absence, and secretly derailed many of the Autobots' supply missions, further weakening them for their battle with the Chaos Bringer.

Unfortunately for him, the Autobot named [[Overdrive]] became aware of Ravage's meddling in history, thanks to his acute sensitivity of the timestream, and—with the help of [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]—captured the wayward Decepticon and forced a confession out of him. Ravage, however, was not without a trump card, revealing that his alterations might prevent the deaths of many of the Autobots destined to die in the normal timeline (which, as a distinction between the two, was dubbed 'Prime Time' by Wheeljack, Ravage's altered timeline being called 'Ravage Time'), though in the grand scheme of things, only Optimus could not be considered expendable, as he contained the one thing that could bring down Unicron (the [[Autobot]] [[Matrix of Leadership]]). By the time of his capture, however, Unicron had already been sighted on a collision course with Cybertron and, despite the temptation of preventing future deaths among his ranks, Optimus decided Ravage's plans to be too dangerous to allow to come to fruition. To that end, he roped [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] into helping him fly to Unicron in a preemptive strike against the monstrous threat, while the other Autobots (left in the command of [[Skids (G1)|Skids]]), were to initiate "[[Operation: Distant Thunder]]", which involved sending a copy of Wheeljack's memories of what Ravage confessed to them, back in time to a point prior to the Decepticon panther's meddling, via the energies located on [[Dinobot Island (G1)|Dinobot Island]]. If "Operation: Distant Thunder" worked as planned, Ravage's plans would be foiled, and any tremors in the timeline he caused would be smoothed over by "Project Body Shop" (aka, the Binaltech project). However, just as Skids gave the signal to transmit the memory engrams, the Autobot base was rocked by an entire fleet of Decepticons. The Autobots just barely managed to hold off the fleet, ensuring that "Operation: Distant Thunder" was a success (though a [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|black Optimus Prime]] ended up separating the Binaltech timeline from the original, as supposedly the Binaltech-bodied Transformers have a higher purpose in the grand scheme of things). Whatever happened to Ravage is not known.

===''Beast Wars Metals'' comic===
{{note|In the ''Beast Wars Metals'' manga, Metals Jaguar was portrayed as Generation 1 Jaguar's homicidal son, with Jaguar taking the design of the Happy Meal [[Panther]] toy.}}

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===Dreamwave Generation 1 comics continuity===
{{note|Events from the [[Keepers Trilogy]] novels are in italics.}}
[[Image:Soundwavewarwithin.jpg|left|225px|thumb|]]
Ravage, with a much more arboreal alt mode, was part of the second assassination team Megatron sent after the new [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]] Optimus Prime, alongside Soundwave and the future [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]]. Ravage got savaged. First Prime blinded him with an energy burst from his own partner [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]], then he tossed said Kickback into the feral Decepticon, squashing him against the wall. {{storylink|The War Within}} Later, he was an operative of Shockwave's faction during the Dark Ages. They made war against the [[Chaos Trinity]] to upset the plans of [[The Fallen]]. {{storylink|War Within: The Dark Ages|The War Within: The Dark Ages}} Ravage was also present at [[Tyger Pax]] when the Decepticons and [[Ultracon|Ultracons]] reluctantly planned to sign a peace treaty with the Autobots, right before Megatron returned in all his glory, with the thousand-strong [[Aerospace Extermination Squadron]] at his back. {{storylink|War Within: The Age of Wrath|The War Within: The Age of Wrath}}

Millions of years later, Ravage and the crew of the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' awoke on Earth in 1984, and did battle with the crew of the ''Ark'' for some time. He and the rest of Megatron's army were eventually defeated and captured by the Autobots, but their return vessel to Cybertron, the ''[[Ark II]]'', was destroyed in mid-flight, leaving the Transformers apparently dead. Ravage and many others were recovered and reprogrammed by the human mercenary known as [[Lazarus]]. As a test of his control and their power, Lazarus sent his robots to destroy the Smitco oil refinery, and Ravage was there to "pacify" any human resistance. Megatron soon broke free of Lazarus's control, however, and freed his fellow Decepticons in the process. {{storylink|Prime Directive}}

''When Megatron vanished from the face of the Earth, Ravage reluctantly joined Soundwave and many other Decepticons in following Starscream as the new leader. Starscream made his first act to take over the human city of [[Las Vegas]], turning it into a kingdom under his command. In order to ensure cooperation, he worked with the human population, promising them fame and protection in exchange for their obedience. Soundwave and his cassettes worked directly with the LVPD, supplementing their efforts with surveillance and Cybertronian based weaponry. Ravage personally intervened during a block war, dismembering a gang member before he could kill patrol officer [[Ryan O'Brien]]. The Decepticons weren't above silencing their detractors, though, and that same officer was beaten to death by some of his fellow cops later that evening, for conspiring against the Decepticons. {{storylink|Hardwired}}''

''Megatron returned from deep space sometime later, but the extent of his injuries at the hands of the [[Keeper (species)|Keepers]] left him unable to retake his command from Starscream. Instead, he voluntarily went into exile, but invited the other Decepticons to leave Starscream and join him. Ravage and Soundwave were among the Decepticons was eagerly accepted this invitation. {{storylink|Annihilation}}''

''After an enormous battle with the Keepers in Las Vegas, Megatron reclaimed leadership of the Decepticons from Starscream. To properly declare his return to power to the world, Megatron made a brazen assault directly on the White House in [[Washington, D.C.]] He had Ravage patrolling the alleyways, terrorizing civilians and running interference—the cat's efforts kept a large portion of the DCPD and National Guard occupied while Megatron had his "conference" with the [[President of the United States|President]]. Later, the President sought revenge on the Transformers during an ambush in the Nevada desert. He had American troops employ [[Deconstructionite|deconstructionites]], tiny microchip-sized projectiles reverse engineered from Cybertronian technology, with the power to drain energy away from Transformer systems. Ravage was caught in the initial barrage, and either his small size or limited processing power made him fall victim faster than others. Megatron had to carry Ravage to safety as the Decepticons retreated. {{storylink|Fusion (novel)|Fusion}}''

[[Image:Ravagewarandpeace.jpg|right|250px|thumb|RARRRRR yourself.]]
Sometime thereafter, Shockwave arrived on Earth with a detachment of Unified Cybertronian soldiers, equipped to take both Autobots and Decepticons into custody as enemies of the peace. Shockwave quickly granted clemency to Soundwave, Ravage, and the other Decepticons willing to swear fealty to him, after he disposed of Megatron. {{storylink|New World Order}} After returning to Cybertron, Soundwave was considering his options when a small sound caught his attention. He dispatched Ravage to investigate, but the poor kitty tried to tackle [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and got a mouthful of [[null-ray]]. {{storylink|Brothers' Burden}} Starscream had plans of his own, and managed to convince Soundwave and his cassettes that following him would be more profitable than throwing in with Shockwave. During the chaos of the Autobot insurrection that soon followed, they arranged [[Sky Lynx (G1)|transport]] and fled back to Earth to loot its energy resources. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}}

Although a lot happened after they returned to Earth, Ravage missed out on seeing any of it as Soundwave apparently kept him stored inside his chest the whole time.

===Devil's Due ''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers'' comics===
[[Image:Ravage clones gi joe vol 2.jpg|left|200px|thumb]]
Ravage was among the Transformers laying dormant aboard the ''Ark'' when it was discovered by [[Cobra]], who took the alien robots and reprogrammed them to serve in [[Cobra Commander]]'s plot to conquer the world. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 2}} Along with Soundwave and the other cassettes, Ravage was sent to attack the [[SPS Research Facility]], where he protected [[Zartan]] as the ninja stole a necessary module from the facility. He fought against [[Quick Kick]] and [[Mutt]], and would've killed them if he hadn't been recalled to [[Cobra Island]] when Zartan got out and deemed the mission a success. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 3}} Shortly after the Decepticons returned, however, Cobra's control of them was broken by [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]'s tampering, and Soundwave sent out Ravage to punish his former captors. The jaguar knocked out [[Firefly]] and dragged him back to Soundwave to be used as a slave. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 4}} Ravage later attacked [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] only to be grabbed and crushed in the Autobot's fist. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 5}}

In an alternate future in which the Decepticons had conquered Earth, packs of Ravages prowled the woods that a team of [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joes]] and Cobra members were traveling through. A few of them were destroyed by [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], causing the remaining ones to flee. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 3}}

===Dreamwave ''Transformers/G.I. Joe'' comics===
Ravage was one of the Decepticons under [[Cobra]]'s command in 1939. [[Storm Shadow|Stormshadow]] pitted him against [[Snake-Eyes]] during the two ninjas' duel among the [[Fera Islands]]. {{storylink|Transformed}} After a short but fierce battle, Snake-Eyes incapacitated Ravage with a hand grenade. {{storylink|Trial by Fire (issue)|Trial by Fire}} The injured jaguar re-emerged soon after Snake-Eyes had killed Stormshadow, but quickly lost his life to the ninja's katana. {{storylink|Trenches}}

===IDW Generation 1 comics continuity===
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[[Image:Ravagespotlightsoundwave.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Ravage, your puns bite! Get it?]]
Long ago on Cybertron, during [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s rise to power, a secret meeting was orchestrated between Soundwave and Megatron. Ravage, Laserbeak, and Buzzsaw attacked and captured two Autobot spies, [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]] and [[Fastback]], which they brought to Megatron. After many of the terrorists who would later call themselves Decepticons were captured, Ravage and the others helped [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] assassinate the members of the [[Kaon]] council. {{storylink|Megatron Origin}}

When [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] was ordered by Megatron to investigate the disappearance of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], Megatron in turn ordered Soundwave to secretly keep an eye on him. Soundwave took Ravage and Laserbeak with him, and eventually followed Bludgeon and his accomplices to Earth, where Ravage took on the form of a cassette tape in the year 1984. Soundwave observed as a cassette tape player, he sent Ravage and Laserbeak to follow the [[human]] [[Facsimile Construct|facsimiles]] constructed by Bludgeon to do his enigmatic work. Ultimately, the trail brought the three to Bludgeon's volcanic lair under [[Mount St. Helens]]. When Soundwave realized that Bludgeon's group intended to reawaken [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]], Soundwave, Ravage, and Laserbeak desperately attacked, but Ravage was impaled by Bludgeon's sword. He was later buried by a volcanic eruption, but dug out a year later by a mysterious group of humans. {{storylink|Spotlight: Soundwave}}

Years later in 2007, he was chained up in the [[Skywatch]] headquarters along with Laserbeak and reprogrammed to seek out the other Transformers. {{storylink|Escalation issue 6|Escalation #6}} On his first mission out with Laserbeak, however, the pair's signal from Skywatch was blocked by Soundwave. {{storylink|Devastation issue 4|Devastation #4}}

Ravage sought out Soundwave in the bedroom of young [[Jimmy (young boy)|Jimmy]], bursting through his household wall. Soundwave had been stuck in his small tape-player altmode for 25 years, so the assistance of Laserbeak was required to haul his small form away. Ravage regrouped with them both at the base of Mount St. Helens, but it was taking all of Soundwave's fast-dwindling energy to keep blocking Skywatch's mind control signals. Fortunately, they had an ally in Shockwave. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 4|Maximum Dinobots #4}} Soundwave and Shockwave struck a deal which would lead to Soundwave being freed from his altmode prison, leaving Ravage and Laserbeak to be found by Skywatch as part of the plan. As soon as Soundwave could transform again, the two cassettes killed their captors and reunited with him. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 5|Maximum Dinobots #5}}

[[Image:AHM2RavageAndy.jpg|left|200px|thumb|I'll give you dog, pal!]]
A year later, Ravage helped defeat the Autobot regiment on Earth, making way for Decepticon conquest of the planet. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 7|All Hail Megatron #7}} After a failed human counter-attack in [[New York City]], Ravage went after the pilot [[Andy Reid]] so as to prevent him reporting back to his commander. He had the military human and a civilian pinned, when a second human male threw an explosive at him. It detonated on his face, distracting him long enough for the humans to escape. This annoyed him only slightly less than the fact Andy kept calling him a dog. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 2|All Hail Megatron #2}}

After the Decepticons' defeat, they abandoned Earth, leaving Ravage and others behind. [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] headed a military regiment to hunt down surviving Transformers and found Ravage in an abandoned building. Ravage attacked Spike but got blasted for his efforts. At least he put Spike in the hospital, though. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 16|The Man of Steel}}
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===IDW ''Hearts of Steel'' continuity===
[[Image:Marktwainvsravage.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Tales of my lion-taming have been greatly exaggerated.]]
[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] sent Ravage to kill [[Tobias Muldoon]], who had deserted the Decepticons when he learned they were evil. Ravage tracked him to [[Stanford Merriweather]]'s house in [[San Francisco]] and crashed into the household, startling Muldoon, Merriweather, Merriweather's daughter [[Kitty Merriweather|Kitty]], and [[Mark Twain]].

He then pretty much got his ass kicked by Mark Twain, who took advantage of Ravage being momentarily trapped in rubble to flick a [[cigar]] at him, thus igniting a gas leak. The explosion flung Ravage into the bay, never to be seen again.

Ravage is a "clockwork puma" and does not transform in the course of the story. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 3}}
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===3D Battle Card Game===
Ravage fights under the command of [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] once more, this time with several allies from (potentially) different universes and/or timelines.{{storylink|3D Battle-Card Game#Energon Wars expansion|Energon Wars Expansion Set}}
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==Toys==
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==Notes==
*As given in early ''[[Transformers Universe (Marvel comic)|Universe]]''-style profiles published in ''[[The Transformers Comics Magazine]]'', Ravage's nickname is Cat'''.
* Ravage's original packaging art is by far the most-copied depiction of any Transformer. It was, of course, adapted for his ''[[Transformers Universe (Marvel comic)|Transformers Universe]]'' profile, but was also used (twice) in 1984's "back-of-the-box" battle scene,<ref>http://www.botchthecrab.com/galleryImage.asp?gallery=7&image=33</ref> and was copied in licensed coloring books and storybooks; the pose also showed up repeatedly in the Marvel Comics. In "[[Time Wars]] Part 2" (Marvel UK #200), artist [[Robin Smith]] copied the art multiple times across several subsequent panels. And it was, of course, recolored for Howlback's card-art. Yikes.
* Reportedly, Hasbro wanted to bring Ravage's Jaguar X-9 figure over to the States as part of the Beast Wars 10th Anniversary line, but they couldn't find the mold. Bummer.
* According to the [[Young Corgi]] book [[Dinobot War]], Ravage's cassette mode is labelled as the soundtrack to the musical ''Cats''.
*In the Japanese dub of the [[Generation 1 (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]], all of [[Frank Welker]]'s various growling and snarling sounds for Ravage were maintained and not redubbed with a Japanese voice actor (though [[Yu Shimaka|Yutaka Shimaka]] ''did'' speak as Ravage during the character's one lone instance of dialogue in "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 3]]"). Frank Welker was not credited in the Japanese version, either. Jerks.
*The exact same thing happened in the Brazilian dub for the series, but to be fair, voice actors in Brazil were never credited for their work until the late nineties. Welker only received the same treatment.
*Ravage's Beast Wars robot mode is simply a modified Transmetal Cheetor with Tigatron's beast head.
*Ravage's transformation to cassette mode in [[The Agenda (Part 2)]] was accompanied by the Generation 1 transformation sound effect.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Ravage Ravage Transformers Universe profile]
*[http://www.tfu.info/1984/Decepticon/Ravage/ravage.htm Ravage at TFU.info]

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Talk:Totaled!

2009-12-17T18:03:11Z

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Totalled! (two 'L's) is the Marvel UK-reprinted name for this story. It was originally Totaled! (one 'L'). [[User:J'mie|J'mie]] 22:34, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

==absence of the Protectobots?==

From [[Child's Play (issue)]]: "Hot Spot chooses not to arrest Blaster, realizing that to do so would be to go against his own principles. The mode lock is instead attached to the Combaticon Blast Off, enabling Blaster to treat the children to a ride in space. No sooner do they achieve orbit than Blaster and the children find themselves fired upon. The Ark is spaceworthy once again, and Grimlock is using it to make sure Blaster is brought to justice! "

Doesn't this explain the abscence of the Protectobots better than that they were "disobeying orders"? They were still on Earth after the Ark was launched again, and from the text ot doesn't sound like there was time for the Ark to return to earth, pick them up, and then intercept Blaster before he had achieved orbit in Blast Off?

I would rewrite this section but I don't have either issue to hand, if someone can confirm this is the sequence of events I'll change that bit. [[Special:Contributions/80.176.139.71|80.176.139.71]] 12:42, 17 December 2009 (EST)

:Blaster's surrender to the Dinobots in space occurred in #36, ending that continuous sequence of events. Goldbug sent a message into space in #37, which was picked up by the Headmasters, who had to travel all the way from Nebulos to Earth, then Spike was rebuilt into a Headmaster, Goldbug was recovered and his body restored, they had adventures at the Decepticon island base and against the Pretenders, and several attempts to rebuild Optimus Prime's body had failed...by the start of this issue, #41. I think there was plenty of time during all those events for the Ark to send a shuttle down for the Protectobots. --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] 12:55, 17 December 2009 (EST)

::Cool - I though that Goldbug's message and all that stuff happened more or less simultanesly. Guess I need to re-read the comics. Thanks for clarifying! [[Special:Contributions/80.176.139.71|80.176.139.71]] 13:03, 17 December 2009 (EST)

Talk:Totaled!

2009-12-17T17:45:11Z

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Talk:Totaled!

2009-12-17T17:42:43Z

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Talk:Jazz (G1)

2009-12-11T10:21:32Z

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Jazz's crackhead Star TV name, I could've sworn it was "Maestro", not "Marshall". Any agreement on this or am I going to have to summon the energy to pop in my DVD? ''Please'' don't make me do that. ''Please''. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 02:56, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
: I still haven't seen the Star TV dubs yet, making me feel special, yet missing out on the jokes :( --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 14:15, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

'''In fact, there is not one Autobot who doesn't like or admire Jazz.'''<br>
What about Grimlock?
--[[User:UndeadScottsman|UndeadScottsman]] 14:09, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
: Well, Jazz is good at what he does. Maybe Grimlock 'admires' him for that? --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 14:15, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
::They seemed pretty antagonistic towards one another the end of the G1 Marvel run. Plus I think a "Except for Grimlock." statement would be humerous enough to warrent it's existance. --[[User:UndeadScottsman|UndeadScottsman]] 14:18, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
::: I think you can hate somebody (or at least dislike them) yet at the same time admire them for whatever they're good at. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 14:28, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
:::: Whoops, I was getting Prowl confused with Jazz.. Carry on. --[[User:UndeadScottsman|UndeadScottsman]] 16:31, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

==Movie move?==
Just as [[Bumblebee]] was moved to [[Bumblebee (G1)]], so too should this article be moved to [[Jazz (G1)]]? - [[User:RolonBolon|RolonBolon]] 00:29, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

==Deputy Commander?==
Was he one? [[User:85.195.123.29|85.195.123.29]] 04:32, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
: According to "The Autobot Who's Who" in the 1986 annual he is joint 2nd in command with Prowl.

=="ginormous"==
Jazz says a lot of things. Are we going to link to Meriam-Webster for all of them? He didn't make up the term as far as I know. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 09:14, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Which reminds me, I once used the word 'ginormous' at school as a kid after hearing it in the movie and the teacher called me out on it as he didn't recognise the word. [[Special:Contributions/84.65.58.231|84.65.58.231]] 06:02, 11 October 2009 (EDT)

==Pink variant==
Shouldn't this article have some info on that infamous limited-edition pink variant of Binaltech Meister that Takara did as a cross-promotion with some J-pop singer?--[[User:TVsGrady|TVsGrady]] 19:00, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

==Face ruined forever?==
Would a comparison photo of the G1 toy's face degrading from the original to the Encore reissue be a worthy addition to this article? [[User:Takeshi357|Takeshi357]] 18:16, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

== New Mold? ==

Doesn`t the legends jazz vaugely resemble legends barricade? Just asking--[[User:Autobotx1010|Autobotx1010]] 05:51, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
:P.S., Hasbro said no animated character would get the universe treatment, yet jazz, prime, and megs are. Then again, prime and megs were obious exceptions, but jazz?

== Missile Launcher ==

Has Jazz ever been depicted using his shoulder-mounted missile launcher much in fiction? I always thought it was a pretty iconic look for him which helped make his appearance what it is but no images depict him with it. [[Special:Contributions/84.65.58.231|84.65.58.231]] 06:13, 11 October 2009 (EDT)
:Good question. Not many that I can think of. Maybe in some early UK stories. There is [[:Image:Tfcolcom03.jpg|this cover]] which is pretty neat. And these [[Battle in the Desert Valley|two]] [[The Power Struggle|posters]] which are not pretty neat. Let me know if you find more. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 13:53, 11 October 2009 (EDT)
:He uses it in [[To a Power Unknown!]] to fire a heat seekting missle at Starscream. If I can dig out the book and get my scanner working I'll upload a pic --[[Special:Contributions/80.176.139.71|80.176.139.71]] 05:21, 11 December 2009 (EST)

Talk:Jazz (G1)

2009-12-11T10:21:13Z

80.176.139.71: /* Missile Launcher */

Jazz's crackhead Star TV name, I could've sworn it was "Maestro", not "Marshall". Any agreement on this or am I going to have to summon the energy to pop in my DVD? ''Please'' don't make me do that. ''Please''. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 02:56, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
: I still haven't seen the Star TV dubs yet, making me feel special, yet missing out on the jokes :( --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 14:15, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

'''In fact, there is not one Autobot who doesn't like or admire Jazz.'''<br>
What about Grimlock?
--[[User:UndeadScottsman|UndeadScottsman]] 14:09, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
: Well, Jazz is good at what he does. Maybe Grimlock 'admires' him for that? --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 14:15, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
::They seemed pretty antagonistic towards one another the end of the G1 Marvel run. Plus I think a "Except for Grimlock." statement would be humerous enough to warrent it's existance. --[[User:UndeadScottsman|UndeadScottsman]] 14:18, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
::: I think you can hate somebody (or at least dislike them) yet at the same time admire them for whatever they're good at. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 14:28, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
:::: Whoops, I was getting Prowl confused with Jazz.. Carry on. --[[User:UndeadScottsman|UndeadScottsman]] 16:31, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

==Movie move?==
Just as [[Bumblebee]] was moved to [[Bumblebee (G1)]], so too should this article be moved to [[Jazz (G1)]]? - [[User:RolonBolon|RolonBolon]] 00:29, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

==Deputy Commander?==
Was he one? [[User:85.195.123.29|85.195.123.29]] 04:32, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
: According to "The Autobot Who's Who" in the 1986 annual he is joint 2nd in command with Prowl.

=="ginormous"==
Jazz says a lot of things. Are we going to link to Meriam-Webster for all of them? He didn't make up the term as far as I know. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 09:14, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Which reminds me, I once used the word 'ginormous' at school as a kid after hearing it in the movie and the teacher called me out on it as he didn't recognise the word. [[Special:Contributions/84.65.58.231|84.65.58.231]] 06:02, 11 October 2009 (EDT)

==Pink variant==
Shouldn't this article have some info on that infamous limited-edition pink variant of Binaltech Meister that Takara did as a cross-promotion with some J-pop singer?--[[User:TVsGrady|TVsGrady]] 19:00, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

==Face ruined forever?==
Would a comparison photo of the G1 toy's face degrading from the original to the Encore reissue be a worthy addition to this article? [[User:Takeshi357|Takeshi357]] 18:16, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

== New Mold? ==

Doesn`t the legends jazz vaugely resemble legends barricade? Just asking--[[User:Autobotx1010|Autobotx1010]] 05:51, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
:P.S., Hasbro said no animated character would get the universe treatment, yet jazz, prime, and megs are. Then again, prime and megs were obious exceptions, but jazz?

== Missile Launcher ==

Has Jazz ever been depicted using his shoulder-mounted missile launcher much in fiction? I always thought it was a pretty iconic look for him which helped make his appearance what it is but no images depict him with it. [[Special:Contributions/84.65.58.231|84.65.58.231]] 06:13, 11 October 2009 (EDT)
:Good question. Not many that I can think of. Maybe in some early UK stories. There is [[:Image:Tfcolcom03.jpg|this cover]] which is pretty neat. And these [[Battle in the Desert Valley|two]] [[The Power Struggle|posters]] which are not pretty neat. Let me know if you find more. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 13:53, 11 October 2009 (EDT)

He uses it in [[To a Power Unknown!]] to fire a heat seekting missle at Starscream. If I can dig out the book and get my scanner working I'll upload a pic --[[Special:Contributions/80.176.139.71|80.176.139.71]] 05:21, 11 December 2009 (EST)

Talk:Target: 2006

2009-11-03T20:10:06Z

80.176.139.71:

I think this page should be broken up into its component chapters, or at least as a brief overview and hub to those chapters. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 17:50, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

I think the fact that Galvatron would just leave his cannon lying out in the open like that in itself counts as an error, not just when Autobots decide to build a city on the same lot - how did he intend to make sure no one would just go and destroy the damn thing right after he leaves? He couldn't exactly bury it either since, assumably, it's supposed to be powered by sunlight the solar panels will have collected in the 20 years. [[User:84.250.41.125|84.250.41.125]] 17:12, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

:After he's tested the weapon he explicitly states that he's going to hang around in 1986 long enough for it to recharge, so presumably it would be buried fully loaded. [[User:Timrollpickering|Timrollpickering]] 22:34, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

==Galvatron and Megatron==

Several times Megatron has been able to take Galvatron by surprise. How could Galvatron have forgotten that back when he was Megatron, he was approached by a time-traveller from the future claiming to be the Decepticon leader of the year 2006? [[Special:Contributions/84.71.227.54|84.71.227.54]] 11:46, 21 July 2009 (EDT)
:The act of traveling back in time appears to change his own past. There is some vague indication (circa Time Wars) that Galvatron's memories revise themselves to accomodate these minor changes, but the process is not immediate. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 11:49, 21 July 2009 (EDT)
::There is, further, the complicated possibility that this Galvatron may not actually be remade from the Megatron featured in T2k6, but rather the Straxus-created clone from later stories. It's all terribly... urrgh. Furman time travel stories only tend to work in broad strokes, not in the details. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 11:54, 21 July 2009 (EDT)
::::The Straxus-Megatron clone dies though. Plus there's no real evidence to back it up that the Megatron in the '86 movie who becomes Galvatron isn't the real Megatron. No, thinking about it, there may be a much more simpler explanation. We know that the real Megatron went to Cybertron and got partly possessed by Straxus causing amnesia of recent events. Lets say that this amnesia also permamently takes away his memory of his meeting with his future-self, Galvatron. [[Special:Contributions/81.79.105.225|81.79.105.225]] 13:09, 30 July 2009 (EDT)
:::::Yeah, but the Straxus-Megatron only dies because of a conflict caused by Galvatron travelling back in time in the first place, so he may NOT have died had Galvatron not come back, and gone on to become Galvatron, plus Galvatron *remembers* events witnessed by the Straxus-Megatron during Time Wars and oh blimey I've gone cross-eyed. :) - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 14:30, 30 July 2009 (EDT)
In regards to Time Wars, we know that Galvatron is partnered with Straxus-Megatron in our reality but how about in Galvatron's memories that it was the real Megatron (who later becomes Galvatron) who was partnered with Galvatron and not Straxus-Megatron? It goes some way to explaining why things are happening differently - because he has a different partner. The only explanations needed here is how the real Megatron got to fight alongside Galvatron (which doesn't matter much since nobody cares or gives much thought to the events that transpired in Galvatron's memories other than what we see in the comic) but I like the different partner explanation more so than the Galvatron throughout the Marvel U.K. comics and the '86 movie being an upgrade to someone who was just a clone of Megatron and not the real Megatron explanation. But yeah, Time Wars *IS* a catalogue of continuity errors with no real correct answer I suppose. If you want to believe that this Galvatron was originally Straxus then its up to you. I just find it kinda messy and requires more work to get it to fit. Try reading Time Wars from my perspective and see how that works for you. [[Special:Contributions/81.79.105.225|81.79.105.225]] 17:28, 30 July 2009 (EDT)

:I'm not actually trying to seriously argue the fact - I'm just pointing out how vague and open to interpretation the nature of the story is. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 18:47, 30 July 2009 (EDT)

==Omega Supreme==

I've added a little bit on Omega to the errors section to clarify it a bit as Smokescreen actually says they should sic Omega on the current Decepticons rather than the future ones (and before Galvatron, Cyclonus and Scourge had arrived at Megatron's base). It is a really big omission they don't use him at all, especially as "Omega is the last line of defense for the Autobots, a titanic guardian robot capable of instilling fear and panic into the sparks of Decepticons that dare face him on the field of battle". And Buzzsaw wasn't there to whoop his ass. [[Special:Contributions/80.176.139.71|80.176.139.71]] 15:09, 3 November 2009 (EST)

Talk:Target: 2006

2009-11-03T20:09:01Z

80.176.139.71:

I think this page should be broken up into its component chapters, or at least as a brief overview and hub to those chapters. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 17:50, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

I think the fact that Galvatron would just leave his cannon lying out in the open like that in itself counts as an error, not just when Autobots decide to build a city on the same lot - how did he intend to make sure no one would just go and destroy the damn thing right after he leaves? He couldn't exactly bury it either since, assumably, it's supposed to be powered by sunlight the solar panels will have collected in the 20 years. [[User:84.250.41.125|84.250.41.125]] 17:12, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

:After he's tested the weapon he explicitly states that he's going to hang around in 1986 long enough for it to recharge, so presumably it would be buried fully loaded. [[User:Timrollpickering|Timrollpickering]] 22:34, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

==Galvatron and Megatron==

Several times Megatron has been able to take Galvatron by surprise. How could Galvatron have forgotten that back when he was Megatron, he was approached by a time-traveller from the future claiming to be the Decepticon leader of the year 2006? [[Special:Contributions/84.71.227.54|84.71.227.54]] 11:46, 21 July 2009 (EDT)
:The act of traveling back in time appears to change his own past. There is some vague indication (circa Time Wars) that Galvatron's memories revise themselves to accomodate these minor changes, but the process is not immediate. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 11:49, 21 July 2009 (EDT)
::There is, further, the complicated possibility that this Galvatron may not actually be remade from the Megatron featured in T2k6, but rather the Straxus-created clone from later stories. It's all terribly... urrgh. Furman time travel stories only tend to work in broad strokes, not in the details. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 11:54, 21 July 2009 (EDT)
::::The Straxus-Megatron clone dies though. Plus there's no real evidence to back it up that the Megatron in the '86 movie who becomes Galvatron isn't the real Megatron. No, thinking about it, there may be a much more simpler explanation. We know that the real Megatron went to Cybertron and got partly possessed by Straxus causing amnesia of recent events. Lets say that this amnesia also permamently takes away his memory of his meeting with his future-self, Galvatron. [[Special:Contributions/81.79.105.225|81.79.105.225]] 13:09, 30 July 2009 (EDT)
:::::Yeah, but the Straxus-Megatron only dies because of a conflict caused by Galvatron travelling back in time in the first place, so he may NOT have died had Galvatron not come back, and gone on to become Galvatron, plus Galvatron *remembers* events witnessed by the Straxus-Megatron during Time Wars and oh blimey I've gone cross-eyed. :) - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 14:30, 30 July 2009 (EDT)
In regards to Time Wars, we know that Galvatron is partnered with Straxus-Megatron in our reality but how about in Galvatron's memories that it was the real Megatron (who later becomes Galvatron) who was partnered with Galvatron and not Straxus-Megatron? It goes some way to explaining why things are happening differently - because he has a different partner. The only explanations needed here is how the real Megatron got to fight alongside Galvatron (which doesn't matter much since nobody cares or gives much thought to the events that transpired in Galvatron's memories other than what we see in the comic) but I like the different partner explanation more so than the Galvatron throughout the Marvel U.K. comics and the '86 movie being an upgrade to someone who was just a clone of Megatron and not the real Megatron explanation. But yeah, Time Wars *IS* a catalogue of continuity errors with no real correct answer I suppose. If you want to believe that this Galvatron was originally Straxus then its up to you. I just find it kinda messy and requires more work to get it to fit. Try reading Time Wars from my perspective and see how that works for you. [[Special:Contributions/81.79.105.225|81.79.105.225]] 17:28, 30 July 2009 (EDT)

:I'm not actually trying to seriously argue the fact - I'm just pointing out how vague and open to interpretation the nature of the story is. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 18:47, 30 July 2009 (EDT)

==Omega Supreme==

I've added a little bit to the errors section as Smokescreen actually says they should sic Omega on the current Decepticons rather than the future ones. It is a really big omission they don't use him at all, especially as "Omega is the last line of defense for the Autobots, a titanic guardian robot capable of instilling fear and panic into the sparks of Decepticons that dare face him on the field of battle". And Buzzsaw wasn't there to whoop his ass. [[Special:Contributions/80.176.139.71|80.176.139.71]] 15:09, 3 November 2009 (EST)

Target: 2006

2009-11-03T20:05:37Z

80.176.139.71: /* Errors */

{{comicstory
|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #78–88
|prev=In the National Interest
|title="Target: 2006"
|next=Aerialbots over America!
|image=MarvelUK-088.jpg
|caption=They have better things to do tonight than die!
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|cover date=[[September 13|13th September]] – [[November 22|22nd November]] 1986
|script=[[Simon Furman]]
|art=[[Jeff Anderson]] (78-79, 81, 87), [[Ron Smith]] (82), [[Geoff Senior]] (83-84, 86)
|pencils=[[Will Simpson]] (80, 85, 88)
|inks=[[Tim Perkins]] (80, 85, 88)
|colours=[[Tony Jozwiak]] (78-81, 85, 87), [[John Burns]] (82), [[Gina Hart]] (84,86,88)
|letters=[[Richard Starkings]] (78,82-85,88), [[Annie Halfacree]] (79-81,86-87)
|editor=[[Ian Rimmer]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]
}}
'''Galvatron, Cyclonus and Scourge travel back in time with a plan to destroy Unicron.'''

==Synopsis==
Galvatron, Cyclonus and Scourge travel back to 1986 from 2006 to escape Unicron. The time travel device causes three Autobots - Optimus Prime, Prowl and Ratchet - to be displaced to a holding dimension. Ironhide, Jazz and Hound go to spy on the Decepticons, certain that they are to blame for their leader's disappearance.

Galvatron usurps command of the 'local' Decepticons from Megatron, burying his former self and Soundwave under a rock fall. Then he takes the Constructicons off to begin building a giant laser cannon. The cannon will fire upon his return to 2006, destroying [[Unicron]].

On Cybertron, the [[Matrix Flame]], the embodiment of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]], is extinguished as Optimus Prime is removed from this reality. As a result Autobot resistance leader Emirate Xaaron sends Ultra Magnus to Earth to hunt for the missing Autobot leader and the Creation Matrix, despite him being a crucial part of [[Operation: Volcano]], an Autobot plan to lure the Decepticons' most vicious killers into the open and destroy them.

On Earth Jazz is captured by Galvatron and tortured to provoke the Autobots into making a hasty attack. Unwilling to interrupt his mission, Ultra Magnus refuses to accompany his fellow Autobots.

[[Image:2006-1.jpg|thumb|left|Galvatron indulges in his passion for S&M.]]
The Autobots are humiliated by Galvatron and decide they need help. So they dig Megatron out from the rock fall and ally themselves with him. Under Megatron's leadership they successfully capture Scourge and plan to exchange him for Jazz. Starscream, seeking to gain power for himself betrays Megatron and the Autobots to Galvatron.

Galvatron tricks the Autobots by unleashing a remote controlled Jazz at the exchange, inflicting yet another defeat on them. While the exchange is underway Megatron attempts to destroy Galvatron's weapon but is surprised by Starscream and knocked unconscious.

[[Image:MagnusVGalv2006.jpg|thumb|Come and 'ave a go if you think you're 'ard enough.]]
Back in 2006, Unicron realises what Galvatron is planning and takes mental control of Hot Rod, Kup and Blurr and sends them back in time to sabotage Galvatron's plan. In 1986 they tell Ultra Magnus that Optimus Prime’s disappearance is related to Galvatron and he agrees to help them send him back to his own time.

Ultra Magnus attacks Galvatron and the two battle each other, keeping Galvatron distracted while Hot Rod, Kup and Blurr prepare their plan. Once they are ready they use a remote controlled Skywarp, disguised as Starscream, to destroy Galvatron’s weapon.

Enraged, Galvatron destroys “Starscream”. Knowing that Starscream is not destined to die until 2006 he becomes convinced that he had travelled back in time to a dimension other than his own and that nothing he achieves here will affect his future. He reluctantly decides to abandon his plan and returns to 2006 where he is punished by Unicron.

Satisfied with himself, Unicron returns Hot Rod, Kup and Blurr to the future. Once Galvatron, Cyclonus and Scourge return to their own time, Optimus Prime, Prowl and Ratchet return.

Ultra Magnus returns to Cybertron only to find that he is too late, Operation: Volcano has begun. The leader of the [[Wrecker|Wreckers]], Impactor, dies saving Xaaron’s life, but the plan comes to nothing as Megatron contacts Cybertron and orders the Decepticons to abort their attack and return to their headquarters for transport to Earth.

===Cybertron: The Middle Years!===
Included in issue #83 was a short text history of Cybertron during the years Optimus Prime and Megatron's crews were lost on Earth. It chronicled the rise of [[Trannis]], the fall of the [[Council of Autobot Elders]], the establishment of the Autobot resistance under the leadership of Xaaron, the fall of Trannis at the hands of the Wreckers, and the rise of Trannis's successor [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]].

==Featured Characters==
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* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (1)
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (2)
* [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (3)
* [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] (4)
* [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] (5)
* [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] (6)
* [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] (7)
* [[Emirate Xaaron]] (9)
* [[Skater]] (10)
* [[Impactor]] (11)
* [[Autobot traitor]] (13)
* [[Roadbuster]] (14)
* [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (15)
* [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (16)
* [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (17)
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (18)
* [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (19)
* [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (20)
* [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] (23)
* [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] (33)
* [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] (35)
* [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (36)
* [[Grapple]] (37)
* [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (38)
* [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] (39)
* [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] (40)
* [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (41)
* [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] (42)
* [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (43)
* [[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]] (52)
* [[Rack'n'Ruin]] (53)
* [[Twin Twist]] (54)
* [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] (59)
* [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] (60)
* [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] (61)
* [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] (65)
* [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] (66)
* [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] (67)
|c2=
* [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] (12)
* [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (21)
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (22)
* [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] (24)
* [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] (25)
* [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] (26)
* [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] (27)
* [[Hook (G1)|Hook]] (28)
* [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] (29)
* [[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]] (30)
* [[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]] (31)
* [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (32)
* [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (34)
* [[Fang]] (56)
* [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] (57)
* [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (58)
* [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (63)
* [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (69)
* [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] (70)
* [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] (71)
* [[Octane]] (72)
* [[Macabre]] (73)
* [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] (74)
* [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] (75)
* [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] (76)
* [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (77)
|c3=
* [[Joy Meadows]] (8)
|c4=
* [[Piano Transformer guy]] (55)
* [[Unicron]] (62)
|h5='''[[Facsimile Construct|Facsimile Constructs]]'''|c5=
* Dirge (44)
* [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] (45)
* Octane (46)
* Thrust (47)
* Shrapnel (48)
* Bombshell (49)
* Blitzwing (50)
* Ramjet (51)
* Starscream (68)
}}

==Errors==
*It is implied that Galvatron builds his weapon on the site of the future [[Autobot City]] so that when the weapon fires in 2006 it will destroy Autobot City ''and'' Unicron. He states it will be "hidden underground", but it's not mentioned ''how'' it'll get underground - we could be charitable and assume there is a way, but ''why'' would the Autobots build their city where they ''know'' a slag-off great cannon was buried?
*On page 5 of issue #81, Jetfire's backpack suddenly disappears for a single frame.
*On the first and last pages of issue #82, the [[Octane]] facsimile construct is mis-colored as [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]].
*The Autobots do not use [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. This would normally be an item of interest and not an error, except that we are reminded that Omega Supreme exists, that he is powerful enough to kill lots of Decepticons, and Smokescreen ''actually says'' "Now there's a thought! Why not sic Omega on them?" (referring to the Constructicons, Megatron, Soundwave and Laserbeak when it is assumed they are involved in the disapperance of Prime, Prowl and Ratchet) in Part 1. No reason is ever given why they don't use him against Galvatron and he is not shown in any scenes in the entire story.
*Part 4 has the Wreckers training against nine facsimile constructs that represent the "deadliest killers". Then, the final part establishes Operation: Volcano will kill the ''ten'' deadliest killers - while the art only shows ''nine'' of them ([[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] turns up but doesn't seem to have been expected by the others). Did the tenth just decide to have a lie-in?

==Items of note==
*This is the epic Transformers story that everyone remembers from the UK comics. Events in this story cause ramifications over the next 150 issues.
*[[Ladybird Books]] would borrow the premise of this story for their 1986 books.
*The Movie was originally planned to take place in 2006 but was changed to 2005 very late in production by which time Target 2006 had already been given a title. As a result, all of the UK comics future stories were set twenty years in the future of the 'real' year.
*Galvatron time jumps just at the point in the Movie after he says "Decepticons, to Earth."
*According to Galvatron in issue #78, Earth has a weather control system as of 1995. Our Earth is clearly behind schedule.
*This story has it that Unicron's physical form ''can'' be destroyed by weapons technology (albeit really powerful weapons) and not just the Matrix - Unicron himself refers to the cannon being able to destroy him. The idea of Unicron being defeatable by Transformer weaponry has never turned up again.
*The character designs for Galvatron, Cyclonus and Scourge in issue #78 are based on the toys rather than the Movie look as the issue was designed before the artist got to see the Movie designs.
*For this story and all future appearances Galvatron would appear in his grey and purple toy colour scheme rather than the Movie's predominantly purple colour.
*Simon Furman reused issue #78's sequence with Emirate Xaaron and captions about the Autobot movement going literally underground almost verbatim when he took over the US strip some years later.
*The drawing of Galvatron on the cover of issue #84 is a slightly altered tracing of his [[character model]].
*The fate of Optimus Prime and the other Transformers who disappear is revealed in #100's "[[Distant Thunder!]]"
*In terms of story chronology, this is the fourth UK "future" story centering on the [[The Transformers: The Movie|movie]] cast. It's preceded by the Shockwave segment of "[[Aspects of Evil!]]". The next story, chronologically, is "[[Wanted:Galvatron — Dead or Alive!]]" and the subsequent titles.
*Chapter subtitles:
**Issue #78—Prologue
**Issue #79—Apocalypse Then...Now!
**Issue #80—Construction Time Again!
**Issue #81—Defeat!
**Issue #82—Wreck and Rule!
**Issue #83—The Devil You Know...
**Issue #84—Trios!
**Issue #85—Prisoners of War!
**Issue #86—You Haveta Ask?!
**Issue #87—Back to the Future!
**Issue #88—Aftermath!

==Back-Up Stories==
'''Issue #78:'''
*[[Hercules]] — "Whom the Gods Would Destroy!" Part 1
*[[Robo-Capers]]

'''Issue #79:'''
*Hercules — "Whom the Gods Would Destroy!" Part 2
*Robo-Capers

'''Issue #80:'''
*Hercules — "Whom the Gods Would Destroy!" Part 3
*Robo-Capers

'''Issue #81:'''
*Hercules — "Whom the Gods Would Destroy!" Part 4
*Robo-Capers

'''Issue #82:'''
*Hercules — "...Not Just Another Galactus Story!" Part 1
*Robo-Capers

'''Issue #83:'''
*Cybertron: The Middle Years! (see above)
*Hercules — "...Not Just Another Galactus Story!" Part 2
*Robo-Capers

'''Issue #84:'''
*Hercules — "...Not Just Another Galactus Story!" Part 3
*Robo-Capers

'''Issue #85:'''
*Hercules — "...Not Just Another Galactus Story!" Part 4
*Robo-Capers

'''Issue #86:'''
*[[Spitfire and the Troubleshooters]] — "Beginnings" Part 1
*Robo-Capers

'''Issue #87:'''
*Spitfire and the Troubleshooters — "Beginnings" Part 2
*Robo-Capers

'''Issue #88:'''
*Spitfire and the Troubleshooters — "Beginnings" Part 3
*Robo-Capers

==Reprints==
*Reprinted as a Trade Paperback by [[Titan Books]] in August 2002. A hardback version with an exclusive cover was made available at the Transforce 2002 convention in the UK. However, the convention version was misprinted, with the final eight pages of the story appearing in reverse order. Titan offered a free replacement, but many fans kept the original — partially because of the novelty, but mostly because they had just got it signed by [[Simon Furman]].
*Reprinted in 5 parts by [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] in 2007 as part of their ''[[Generations (comic reprints)|Generations]]'' series, with nearly 100 variant covers.
*The IDW reprints were then inevitably collected in a TPB, released January 2008.
*Parts 5 and 6 were reprinted as a single comic book issue as a pack-in (erroneously) included with [[Universe (2008 franchise)|''Universe'']] [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] vs. [[Springer (G1)|Springer]]. (It was supposed to be packed in with the [[Roadbuster]] vs. [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] set, which was "Target: 2006"-themed.) This printing altered two uses of the word "damn" to "darn," a word more friendly to American children.

==Covers (34)==
<gallery>
Image:MarvelUK-78.GIF|'''UK issue #78'''
Image:MarvelUK-079.jpg|'''UK issue #79'''
Image:MarvelUK-080.GIF|'''UK issue #80'''
Image:MarvelUK-081.GIF|'''UK issue #81'''
Image:MarvelUK-082.GIF|'''UK issue #82'''
Image:MarvelUK-083.GIF|'''UK issue #83'''
Image:MarvelUK-084.jpg|'''UK issue #84'''
Image:MarvelUK-085.jpg|'''UK issue #85'''
Image:MarvelUK-086.jpg|'''UK issue #86'''
Image:MarvelUK-087.jpg|'''UK issue #87'''
Image:MarvelUK-088.jpg|'''UK issue #88'''
Image:TitanTarget2006tpb.jpg|'''Titan Target: 2006 TPB'''
Image:TransforceTitanTarget2006hc.jpg|'''Titan Target: 2006 HC'''
Image:IDWTarget2006 1A.jpg|'''IDW Target: 2006 #1 A'''
Image:IDWTarget2006 1B.jpg|'''IDW Target: 2006 #1 B'''
Image:IDWTarget2006 1RIA.jpg|'''IDW Target: 2006 #1 RI-A'''
Image:IDWTarget2006 1RIB.jpg|'''IDW Target: 2006 #1 RI-B'''
Image:IDWTarget2006 2A.jpg|'''IDW Target: 2006 #2 A'''
Image:IDWTarget2006 2B.jpg|'''IDW Target: 2006 #2 B'''
Image:IDWTarget2006 2RIA.jpg|'''IDW Target: 2006 #2 RI-A'''
Image:IDWTarget2006 2RIB.jpg|'''IDW Target: 2006 #2 RI-B'''
Image:IDWTarget2006 3A.jpg|'''IDW Target: 2006 #3 A'''
Image:IDWTarget2006 3B.jpg|'''IDW Target: 2006 #3 B'''
Image:IDWTarget2006 3RIA.jpg|'''IDW Target: 2006 #3 RI-A'''
Image:IDWTarget2006 3RIB.jpg|'''IDW Target: 2006 #3 RI-B'''
Image:IDWTarget2006 4A.jpg|'''IDW Target: 2006 #4 A'''
Image:IDWTarget2006 4B.jpg|'''IDW Target: 2006 #4 B'''
Image:IDWTarget2006 4RIA.jpg|'''IDW Target: 2006 #4 RI-A'''
Image:IDWTarget2006 4RIB.jpg|'''IDW Target: 2006 #4 RI-B''
Image:IDWTarget2006 5A.jpg|'''IDW Target: 2006 #5 A'''
Image:IDWTarget2006 5B.jpg|'''IDW Target: 2006 #5 B'''
Image:IDWTarget2006 5RIA.jpg|'''IDW Target: 2006 #5 RI-A'''
Image:IDWTarget2006 5RIB.jpg|'''IDW Target: 2006 #5 RI-B'''
Image:IDWTarget2006tpb.jpg|'''IDW Target: 2006 TPB'''
</gallery>

*'''UK issue #78 cover:''' Prowl, Ratchet & Optimus Prime disappearing into limbo, by [[Alister Pearson]].
*'''UK issue #79 cover:''' Galvatron and Ultra Magnus, by [[John Higgins]].
*'''UK issue #80 cover:''' Ultra Magnus arrives, by [[John Stokes]].
*'''UK issue #81 cover:''' Galvatron stands over vanquished Autobots, by [[Will Simpson]].
*'''UK issue #82 cover:''' the [[Wrecker|Wreckers]], by [[Phil Gascoine]].
*'''UK issue #83 cover:''' Scourge being blasted, by [[Robin Smith]].
*'''UK issue #84 cover:''' Galvatron & Unicron by Phil Gascoine.
*'''UK issue #85 cover:''' Jazz is possessed by Galvatron, by Robin Smith.
*'''UK issue #86 cover:''' Ultra Magnus fighting Galvatron, by Robin Smith.
*'''UK issue #87 cover:''' Galvatron poses by his weapon, by Phil Gascoine.
*'''UK issue #88 cover:''' the Wreckers, by [[Geoff Senior]].
*'''Titan TPB cover:''' Galvatron in shadow, by Geoff Senior.
*'''Transforce Titan hardcover:''' Galvatron shoots at Ultra Magnus by [[Lee Sullivan]].
*'''IDW issue #1 cover A:''' Galvatron, Scourge & Cyclonus arrive in 1986, art by [[Nick Roche]], colors by [[Rob Ruffolo]].
*'''IDW issue #1 cover B:''' Galvatron, Scourge & Cyclonus arrive in 1986, by [[Jeff Anderson]].
*'''IDW issue #1 Retail Incentive cover A:''' sketch of cover A, by Nick Roche.
*'''IDW issue #1 Retail Incentive cover B:''' panels of UK issue #78, by Jeff Anderson.
*'''IDW issue #2 cover A:''' Cyclonus & Ultra Magnus fight by Hound's prone body, by Nick Roche, colors by Rob Ruffolo.
*'''IDW issue #2 cover B:''' Galvatron's ultimate weapon, by Will Simpson colors by [[Tony Jozwiak]].
*'''IDW issue #2 Retail Incentive cover A:''' sketch of cover A, by Nick Roche.
*'''IDW issue #2 Retail Incentive cover B:''' panels from UK issue #81, by Jeff Anderson.
*'''IDW issue #3 cover A:''' the Wreckers, art by Nick Roche, colors by Rob Ruffolo.
*'''IDW issue #3 cover B:''' Wreck & Rule!, by [[Ron Smith]].
*'''IDW issue #3 Retail Incentive cover A:''' sketch of cover A, by Nick Roche.
*'''IDW issue #3 Retail Incentive cover B:''' panels from UK issue #82, by Ron Smith.
*'''IDW issue #4 cover A:''' Brawn choked by a zombie-controlled Jazz, by Nick Roche, colors by Rob Ruffolo.
*'''IDW issue #4 cover B:''' Galvatron riding Ultra Magnus, by Geoff Senior.
*'''IDW issue #4 Retail Incentive cover A:''' sketch of cover A, by Nick Roche.
*'''IDW issue #4 Retail Incentive cover B:''' panels from UK issue #86, by Will Simpson.
*'''IDW issue #5 cover A:''' Ultra Magnus versus Galvatron, art by Nick Roche, colors by Rob Ruffolo.
*'''IDW issue #5 cover B:''' Starscream is obliterated, by Jeff Anderson, colors by Tony Jozwiak.
*'''IDW issue #5 Retail Incentive cover A:''' sketch of cover A, by Nick Roche.
*'''IDW issue #5 Retail Incentive cover B:''' panels from UK issue #88 by Will Simpson.
*'''IDW TPB cover:''' reuse of IDW issue #5 cover A.

[[Category:Marvel UK issues]]
[[Category:Pack-in material]]

Mobile Autobot Repair Bay

2009-10-19T20:03:43Z

80.176.139.71: /* Marvel Comics continuity */

[[Image:M.A.R.B. from Repeat Performance%21.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Well, it's no Segway, but it'll do.]]
:''The M.A.R.B. is a Transformer vehicle found in the [[Generation 1]] continuity family.''

A '''M.A.R.B.''', or '''Mobile Autobot Repair Bay''', is an extremely versatile Autobot vehicle. It is a hovering vehicle, equipped with sensors sophisticated enough to detect life signs buried below several meters of tar despite four million years of hibernation. It also possesses a high-pressure hose able to blast away said tar, and enough gear to patch into a Transformer's mind and display their memories on a monitor.

{{-}}
==Fiction==
[[Image:M.A.R.B. hose.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Water! Water put out <strike>fire</strike> tar!]]
===Marvel Comics continuity===
[[Ratchet (G1)| Ratchet]] rode the M.A.R.B. through the [[Savage Land]] as he attempted to locate the [[Dinobots (G1)| Dinobots]]. He then used its gear to uncover [[Slag (G1)| Slag]] and tap into his memories. {{storylink|Repeat Performance!|Repeat Performance!}}

Slag was also involved in the next appearance of the M.A.R.B - he was rampaging through Idaho and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] followed him on the M.A.R.B. {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt!|Dinobot Hunt!}}

{{-}}

[[Category:Generation 1]]
[[Category:Vehicles]]

Mobile Autobot Repair Bay

2009-10-19T20:03:12Z

80.176.139.71: /* Marvel Comics continuity */

[[Image:M.A.R.B. from Repeat Performance%21.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Well, it's no Segway, but it'll do.]]
:''The M.A.R.B. is a Transformer vehicle found in the [[Generation 1]] continuity family.''

A '''M.A.R.B.''', or '''Mobile Autobot Repair Bay''', is an extremely versatile Autobot vehicle. It is a hovering vehicle, equipped with sensors sophisticated enough to detect life signs buried below several meters of tar despite four million years of hibernation. It also possesses a high-pressure hose able to blast away said tar, and enough gear to patch into a Transformer's mind and display their memories on a monitor.

{{-}}
==Fiction==
[[Image:M.A.R.B. hose.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Water! Water put out <strike>fire</strike> tar!]]
===Marvel Comics continuity===
[[Ratchet (G1)| Ratchet]] rode the M.A.R.B. through the [[Savage Land]] as he attempted to locate the [[Dinobots (G1)| Dinobots]]. He then used its gear to uncover [[Slag (G1)| Slag]] and tap into his memories. {{storylink|Repeat Performance!|Repeat Performance!}}

Slag was also involved in the next appearance of the M.A.R.B - he was rampaging through Idaho and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] followed him on the M.A.R.B {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt!|Dinobot Hunt!}}

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[[Category:Generation 1]]
[[Category:Vehicles]]

Talk:Ark shuttlecraft

2009-09-02T20:59:52Z

80.176.139.71: New page: =="Bird of Prey"-type== I've changed it from "The Ark carried at least four "Bird of Prey"-type shuttles" to "The Ark carried at least five "Bird of Prey"-type shuttles" as by my reckoning...

=="Bird of Prey"-type==
I've changed it from "The Ark carried at least four "Bird of Prey"-type shuttles" to "The Ark carried at least five "Bird of Prey"-type shuttles" as by my reckoning at least five are deployed in Dinobot Hunt:
<ul>
<li>Jazz, Jetfire and Ironhide have one
<li>Sideswipe, Bluestreak and Huffer's got destroyed when "one of them chewed through the fuel tank"
<li>Optimus, Ratchet and Bumblebee arrive in one
<li>Prowl arrives in another (which crashes into the water, debatable if it's destroyed or not)
<li>Bumblebee finds Cliffjumper, Gears and Windcharger held prisioner in theres after they are captured by Soundwave's crew (Bumblebee blows this shuttle up too)
</ul>
.
Mirage, Brawn and Trailbreaker possibly had one too, but it's not shown
[[Special:Contributions/80.176.139.71|80.176.139.71]] 16:59, 2 September 2009 (EDT)

Ark shuttlecraft

2009-09-02T20:54:01Z

80.176.139.71: /* "Bird of Prey"-type */

{{disambig2|the various ancillary vessels carried by the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]|the larger shuttles featured prominently in the animated movie|Autobot shuttle}}
:''Ark shuttlecraft sometimes function as transport for the [[Autobot|Autobots]] in the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Arkshuttle5.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Thunderbirds are GO!!!]]
While the Ark itself spent most of Generation 1 stuck in the side of a [[Mount St. Hilary|volcano]], the Autobots were not stranded in [[Oregon]] by any means. The mothership was positively stuffed to the brim with smaller '''shuttlecraft''' of varying designs and functions. It is possible that not all of the Ark's shuttles were [[Starships|spacefaring craft]], as many of them are not seen to leave [[Earth]]'s atmosphere, though later models are capable of travelling interstellar distances. They are a convenient and apparently disposable way for the Autobots to get where they need to be when the <s>plot</s>mission of the week demands it.

{{quote|Whoa, an Autobot shuttle!|[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]}}
{{quote|The history tracks ''never'' mentioned this.|[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]|[[Nemesis Part 2]]}}

=Types of Ark shuttlecraft=
Several of the shuttlecraft share similar designs, and at least five types of shuttle have been seen. Presumably, each of these was designed for a specific purpose, though what that might have been is open to speculation.

==Omega Delta-type==
[[Image:Arkshuttle10.jpg|left|250px|thumb|I call him...mini-Ark!]]
{{main|Autobot Shuttle Omega Delta}}

This class of Ark shuttle is capable of spaceflight and is compatible with [[transwarp]] technology. Among its features is a flight recorder that records the experiences of all the crew members aboard. Although a shuttle of this type was carried on board the Ark, the cockpit and controls are small enough for [[Rhinox (BW)|a Maximal]] to operate, suggesting that its use may have been limited to the [[Mini Vehicle|smaller Autobots]] aboard. These shuttles are outwardly sturdy—the ''Omega Delta'' crashed through the bridge of the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' without damage {{storylink|Nemesis Part 2}}—but are easily damaged from the inside, as the same shuttle was destroyed by a punch to the control console. {{storylink|Fires of the Past}}

==Beast Era==
When the Ark crashed on Earth, it was carrying the shuttle ''Omega Delta'' on board, along with the deactivated Autobots and [[Decepticon|Decepticons]]. At the end of the Beast Wars, Rhinox appropriated the ''Omega Delta'' to defeat the ''Nemesis''. After it had been fitted with a [[transwarp cell]], the shuttle flew Rhinox, along with his fellow [[Maximal|Maximals]] and the captive [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], back to Cybertron. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 2}} It's unknown whether the Autobots, on awaking in [[1984]], asked one another, ''"Dude, where's our shuttle?"''

[[Botanica]] also piloted a [[Botanica's ship|shuttle]] of the ''Omega Delta''-type. It is unknown whether it too had previously been carried aboard a vanguard-class vessel. {{storylink|Home Soil}}

=="Heart of Gold"-type==
[[Image:Arkshuttle2.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Note that Buzzsaw is causing the biggest explosion out of all three... and then know fear.]]
Bearing a resemblance to a [[black repaint]] of the starship ''Heart of Gold'' from the ''Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' TV series, this shuttle was used for intercontinental flight within Earth's atmosphere. It has pop-out weaponry in the forward section and is combat-capable.

===Marvel Comics===
[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] led a small group of Autobots to [[England]] in a "Heart of Gold"-type shuttle to try to locate the [[Man of Iron]]'s ship before the Decepticons could get hold of it. It was aboard this shuttle that he encountered [[Sammy Harker]]. When the ship was located beneath [[Stansham Castle]] and battle was joined against the Decepticons, the shuttle led the Autobot attacks and was eventually successful in driving their enemies away. {{storylink|Man of Iron!}}

It was not seen again.
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=="Slave I"-type==
[[Image:Arkshuttle3.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"Put Captain Solo in the cargo hold."]]
Examples of this kind of Ark shuttle are few and far between. They are known to carry a control crystal and are fitted with weaponry that can be detached and fired remotely by [[Professor Embrey|humans]]. {{storylink|Destiny of the Dinobots!}} Only one shuttle of this design has been seen, and neither of its two depictions gives a particularly clear view, but it would seem to share some design elements with [[Boba Fett]]'s ship ''Slave I'' from the ''[[Star Wars]]'' universe.

===Marvel Comics===
A shuttle of this type transported the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] to the [[Savage Land]] shortly after the Ark's crash. When they were buried in a tar pit, this shuttle was abandoned. {{storylink|The Last Stand}} {{storylink|Repeat Performance!}}

[[Image:Arkshuttle11.jpg|left|250px|thumb|We parked it in Marvel 616.]]
====Earthforce====
{{earthforcefiction}}
The Dinobots' shuttle was salvaged by a human paleontologist, who used its technology to care for sick [[Dinosaur|dinosaurs]]. When this was discovered by the Dinobots in 1992, they used the shuttle's equipment to transfer [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]]'s mind into the body of a Stegosaurus. What happened to the Stegosaurus's mind went unrecorded.

=="Bird of Prey"-type==
[[Image:Arkshuttle1.jpg|left|250px|thumb|...wait, how big is that dinosaur?!]][[Image:Arkshuttle4.jpg|right|200px|thumb|A mere dialogue box does not an explosion make.]]
Similar in design to a Klingon ''Bird of Prey'' from the ''Star Trek'' universe, these shuttles saw common service on Earth in the early days of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]]. The Ark carried at least five "Bird of Prey"-type shuttles, though most of them were damaged or destroyed in combat. They have a storage bay capable of holding and deploying a mobile Autobot repair bay, or [[M.A.R.B.]] and appropriately enough, they can be fitted with cloaking devices.

===Marvel Comics===
{{noteukonly}}
[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] took a shuttle of this design to retrieve the Dinobots from the Savage Land. {{storylink|Repeat Performance!|Repeat Performance!}}
''When the Dinobots went rampaging across America due to damage to their primary [[cybo-dendrons]], the Autobots used a number of "Bird of Prey"-type shuttles to follow them. The first, piloted by [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]], [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] and [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]], was captured by the Decepticons and booby-trapped, then later destroyed by [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]. A second suffered heavy damage when either [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] or [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] bit through the fuel tank, injuring [[Bluestreak]] and [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]], while a third piloted by [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] was written off when he crashed it into Grimlock. Only [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Prime]]'s shuttle was undamaged.'' {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt!}}

[[Image:Abduction-birdofpreyshuttlecraft.jpg|left|thumb|150px|[[Dan Khanna]], you magnificent bastard.]]

===''Universe''===
A "Bird of Prey"-type shuttle was utilized by [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]], [[Roulette]], and [[Shadow Striker]] when they took a haitus at the close of the [[Great War]]. They returned in it, somewhat worse for wear, after the [[Great Reformatting]]. {{storylink|Abduction}}

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==All-Terrain Turbo-Transport==
[[Image:Arkshuttle7.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Thank goodness for the tail fins, or it might not be aerodynamic.]]
{{main|All-Terrain Turbo-Transport}}

It seems likely that these craft were not originally amongst the Ark's complement but were instead commandeered from the ''[[Steelhaven (G1)|Steelhaven]]''. They are capable of transporting troops from orbit to a planet's surface, as well as interstellar travel. Fulfilling a similar purpose to the "Bird of Prey"-type shuttles, ATTTs are used to transport small groups of Autobots over long distances, often between worlds. The Ark apparently had a number of these vehicles, as at least one was lost in combat.

===Marvel Comics===
[[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] used an ATTT as a platform from which to attack the Decepticons' [[Club Con|island base]]. {{storylink|The Desert Island of Space!}}

An ATTT was stolen by the increasingly [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]-possessed [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] and taken back to the Ark. After a brief battle, [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] was able to blow both Thunderwing and the ATTT out of the airlock. {{storylink|All Fall Down (issue)|All Fall Down}}

Later, Grimlock stole an ATTT from the Ark to take the Dinobots to [[Hydrus Four]]. {{storylink|Eye of the Storm!}}

=="Ark"-type==
[[Image:Arkshuttle12.jpg|left|250px|thumb|It's uncanny.]]
Resembling nothing so much as a scaled-down version of the Ark from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon]], this kind of shuttle is capable of interstellar flight and holds a substantial crew, though it is possible for a single Autobot to pilot one. At least one "Ark"-type shuttle was taken from the ''Steelhaven'' and repurposed for use aboard the Ark proper.

===Marvel Comics===
{{noteukonly}}
''After his resurrection on [[Nebulos]], Optimus Prime—along with [[Joyride (Autobot)|Joyride]], [[Getaway]] and [[Slapdash]]—returned to Earth in an "Ark"-type shuttle and encountered three [[Wrecker|Wreckers]] ruining [[Christmas]] for everyone.'' {{storylink|Cold Comfort and Joy!}}

{{note|Optimus and the [[Powermaster|Powermasters]] were last seen aboard the ''Steelhaven'' and have yet to join up with the rest of the Autobots stranded on the Moon, so this shuttle must have been aboard [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]'s ship. However, the ''Steelhaven'' just kind of disappears around this point in continuity (possibly cannibalised to repair the Ark) and like the ATTTs, its "Ark"-type shuttles appear to have been absorbed into the Ark's complement.}}
''Optimus Prime and his Autobots once again travelled to Earth in an "Ark"-type shuttle to battle [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], the crazed Decepticon from the future.'' {{storylink|Time Wars}}

''In 2008, [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] rescued [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] from the planet [[Quintessa|Quintesson]] in one of these shuttles, though they were waylaid by [[Quintesson]] ships as they left the planet. Wreck-Gar used his superior piloting skills, not to mention the emergency boosters, to escape.'' {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}

{{note|Like [[Botanica's ship]] above, Wheelie's shuttle is not seen to be associated with a larger vessel. However, it is identical in design to the one the Autobots use in "Time Wars".}}

=="Dome"-type==
[[Image:Arkshuttle8.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"We'll sell the pieces separately on eBay and clear THOUSANDS! MUHAHAHA!!!"]]
Rarely seen, this type of shuttle is one of the largest. With a smooth, rounded hull, it is capable of carrying large numbers of Autobots to a planet from the Ark in orbit.

===Marvel Comics===
Optimus Prime led the Autobots to the [[New Jersey (Earth)|New Jersey]] swamps in a "Dome"-type shuttle when he surrendered to [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. It was presumably destroyed when [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s forces attacked, as it was not seen again. {{storylink|Surrender!}}

{{note|It's possible that the "Dome"-type shuttle is merely artist [[Andrew Wildman]]'s rendition of an "Ark"-type shuttle, though it lacks some of the latter's distinctive superstructure and is a different color.}}

====Earthforce====
{{earthforcefiction}}
Grimlock and his crew travelled to Earth in a "Dome"-type shuttle in "[[Break-Away!]]", though it would not be seen until "[[Once upon a Time...]]". It would serve as their base of operations until [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] constructed a permanent base in "[[Internal Affairs!]]", presumably built from parts of the shuttle itself.

[[Category:Starships]]

Plague of the Insecticons!

2009-07-14T23:27:39Z

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{{disambig2|the Marvel UK Annual story|the similarly-named cartoon episode|A Plague of Insecticons}}
{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=[[Transformers Annual 1986]]
|prev=Transformers Annual 1986
|next=Missing in Action
|title=Plague of the Insecticons!
|image=Reagan-PlagueOfI.jpg
|caption=There you go again Prime.
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]] in association with [[Grandreams]]
|date=December 1985
|coverdate=1986
|writer=[[Simon Furman]]
|art=[[Jeff Anderson]], [[Mike Collins]]
|lettering=[[Richard Starkings|Starkings]]
|colours=[[Gina Hart|Hart]]
|editor=[[Sheila Cranna|Cranna]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]
}}
'''The Autobots' attempt to form an alliance with the US Government is sabotaged by the Insecticons.'''

==Synopsis==
Anxious to forge better relations with the humans on Earth, Optimus Prime approaches the President of the [[United States of America|United States]] with a view of forging an alliance. The President agrees to meet him, and Optimus Prime, Prowl and Warpath travel to [[Washington, D.C.]] to visit the President at the White House.

Unfortunately, an unscrambled phone call between the Secret Service and the Army is intercepted by Soundwave. Unwilling to allow the Autobots to ally with the humans, Megatron decides to awaken the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]].

Just as Optimus and the President meet, the Insecticons attack the humans, making war cries in the name of the Autobots in an attempt to discredit them. After assaulting the military presence around the White House, Bombshell announces that they will take the battle to the city, as though he was receiving an order from Optimus Prime.

Enraged, the Army attack the Autobots, who make their escape. Noticing that the Insecticons are acting with inexplicable restraint, as if they hadn't yet mastered their abilities, Optimus Prime deduces that they are being remotely controlled by an outside agent. Prowl and Warpath pursue the Insecticons alone, arriving in the city to find them causing untold destruction.

While Prime attempts to locate the origin of the Insecticons' controller, it's revealed to be Ravage as he commands Shrapnel to fire a Splinter Grenade at Prowl, taking him out the fight. Prime splits his mind between his main body and Roller to reinforce Warpath while simultaneously locating the source of the control signal.

Prime soon discovers Ravage, who is almost impressed by Prime's resourcefulness. He sends a mental command to Bombshell to inject Prime with a Cerebro Shell and destroy him, but the signal is too strong and is also picked up by Kickback. As Bombshell dives at Prime, Kickback attacks Prime the only way he can—through Roller.

The attack on Roller causes Prime to double up in pain, causing Bombshell to overshoot his target as he fires his Cerebro Shell, which then hits Ravage. Ravage instantly falls under the mental control of Bombshell, who in turn is already under the mental control of Ravage, leaving Ravage, quite literally, without a mind of his own.

Having defeated the Insecticons, Prime decides that the Autobots should simply leave, as he believes that the humans would not listen to them now. However, the President saw through the Decepticon plan and trusted the Autobots to come and explain. They didn't, and he vows not to make the same mistake again.

==Featured Characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]
* [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]]
* [[Roller]]
|c2=
* [[Shrapnel (G1)|Sharpnel]]
* [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]]
* [[Bombshell]]
* [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]
* [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]
* [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]
|c3=
* [[President of the United States]]
}}

==Errors==
* "Articulated lorry". That's so cute!
* The Insecticons are colored in a hybrid of their G1 and Diaclone color schemes; Shrapnel and Kickback have brown legs and red chests, Bombshell has brown arms and a red chest.
* Warpath is colored green in one panel and silver-grey in another.
* Prime's smokestacks frequently disappear, sometimes alternately.
* What became of the Insecticons and Ravage after being rendered mindless is never explained, nor is what happened to Prowl.

==Items of Note==
*The President is drawn in the likeness of Ronald Reagan.
*The origin of the Insecticons shown here is at odds with their later appearances in the Marvel comic continuity such as "[[The Smelting Pool!]]", "[[The Bridge to Nowhere!]]", "[[Target: 2006]]" and "[[Aerialbots over America!]]" which show the Insecticons as being on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. As a result, this story is usually not considered to be in continuity with the main UK comic continuity.
*Washington, D.C. has shops called [[Furman's Weight Watchers]] and [[Rimmer's Ooptician]]. Hope they had Insecticon insurance....

[[Category:Marvel UK issues]]

Scramble City: Mobilization

2008-05-28T20:28:21Z

80.176.139.71: /* Detailed synopsis */ corrected spelling ~~~~

[[Image:Scramblecity_title.jpg|right|thumb|300px|No, it wasn't meant to be spelled [http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0147625/ "Sukuranburu shitî"]]]

{{episodenav|SRLFtoon|prev=Mutiny of the Combaticons|next=Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}}

'''''Scramble City''''' is an OVA (Original Video Animation) - a direct-to-video product - released in Japan in April 1986, taking place somewhere between the end of the second season of the [[Generation 1 (cartoon)|G1 cartoon]] and ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. It serves to shine the spotlight on the [[combiner]] teams, as well as to introduce several new characters from the movie and third season.

==Detailed synopsis==

In a secret subterranean factory, the [[Autobot]]s and their [[human]] allies work diligently on their "Scramble City" project, constructing a giant mobile fortress under the direction of [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. When the [[Decepticons]] detect magnetic fluctuations emanating from the concealed base, however, [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s cassettes investigate; despite resistance from Blaster and his tapes, [[Ratbat]] manages to penetrate the cavern and discovers the construction work.

[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] dispatches [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] and the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s to attack the factory, but their way is barred by an Autobot contingent led by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. When Ultra Magnus, monitoring the battle from the base, sees the Constructicons merge into [[Devastator]], he sends the [[Aerialbot]]s to join the fight. Their added firepower fells Devastator and sends the Decepticons retreating, and in retaliation, Megatron deploys the [[Stunticon]]s. The Autobots roll out to confront them, and the battle soon escalates as the two combiner teams form [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] and [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]. Using Scramble Power, the two super robots shift their limbs for optimum power, but after a few reconfigurations, [[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]] gets confused and attempts to connect as the wrong limb, crashing into his team-mates and falling off. Menasor seizes the opportunity and disengages [[Dead End]], who attaches as Superion's leg, with painful results for the air warrior. Optimus Prime takes action, blasting Dead End off and allowing Fireflight to recombine with his team, at which point the [[Combaticon]]s arrive to tip the battle in the Decepticons' favor as [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]].

Back in the Autobots' factory, Scramble City has finally been completed, and Ultra Magnus has it transform to mobile fortress mode and sends it to join in the battle along with the [[Protectobot]]s. Menasor and Bruticus have already defeated Superion as the team arrives, but as [[Defensor]], they protect the other Autobots as Scramble City transforms into its robot mode - Metroplex! A single blast from Metroplex's cannon defeats the two Decepticons, but as the Autobots celebrate their victory, the nearby ocean parts, and from its depths arises [[Trypticon]]!

==Stats==

'''Original release date:''' April 1986

'''Written by:''' Toyohiro Andō

===Featured characters===

(''Numbers indicate order of appearance. For the purposes of this list, the portion of this OVA that comprises clips of other episodes is not counted.'')

{|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" |
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (1)
*[[Grapple]] (2)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (4)
*[[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] (5)
*[[Blades]] (9)
*[[First Aid]] (10)
*[[Groove (G1)|Groove]] (11)
*[[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] (12)
*[[Blaster]] (17)
*[[Steeljaw]] (18)
*[[Ramhorn]] (19)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (28)
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (29)
*[[Tracks]] (30)
*[[Warpath]] (31)
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] (32)
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (33)
*[[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] (35)
*[[Slingshot]] (36)
*[[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]] (37)
*[[Skydive (G1)|Skydive]] (38)
*[[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]] (39)
*[[Superion (G1)|Superion]] (45)
*[[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] (53)
*[[Defensor]] (54)

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (13)
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (14)
*[[Ravage]] (15)
*[[Ratbat]] (16)
*[[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (17)
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (20)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (21)
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (22)
*[[Mixmaster]] (23)
*[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] (24)
*[[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]] (25)
*[[Hook]] (26)
*[[Scrapper]] (27)
*[[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]] (28)
*[[Devastator]] (34)
*[[Motormaster]] (40)
*[[Drag Strip]] (41)
*[[Dead End]] (42)
*[[Wildrider]] (43)
*[[Breakdown]] (44)
*[[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] (46)
*[[Vortex]] (47)
*[[Blast Off]] (48)
*[[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] (49)
*[[Onslaught]] (50)
*[[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] (51)
*[[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] (52)
*[[Trypticon]] (55)

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" | '''Regulars'''
*[[Spike Witwicky]] (3)
*[[Carly]] (6)
*[[Chip Chase]] (7)
*[[Sparkplug Witwicky]](8)

|}

==Other notes==

===Animation and/or technical glitches===

*The concept of the whole combiner-limb-switching thing is practically the whole point of ''Scramble City'', and is completely wrecked by repeated coloring errors. When Menasor shifts his limbs around for the first time, Wildrider and Breakdown become his arms, but as soon as they connect, they are miscolored as Drag Strip and Dead End, successfully disguising the fact that the limbs have even changed at all.
*In the next shot, his arms are ''drawn'' as Drag Strip and Dead End.
*After that, his left arm is correctly drawn and colored as Breakdown, but his right arm is colored like Drag Strip.
*Immediately after ''that'', his arms are drawn as Breakdown and Wildrider and colored as Drag Strip and Dead End, ''and'' they're on the wrong sides, with Breakdown appearing as the right arm instead of left and vice versa.
*''Then,'' his left arm is correctly presented as Breakdown, while his right arm is Wildrider colored like Dead End.
*When Menasor launches his arm to replace Superion's leg, the arms are drawn correctly as Breakdown and Wildrider, but are ''both'' colored like Dead End! His remaining arm is ''still'' a Dead-End-colored Breakdown when he fires on Fireflight in the next shot, ''and'' when he looms over the fallen Superion. It goes back to normal for the next shot, but it's right back to a maroon lamborghini when he clocks Superion one.
*As Superion strikes back, Breakdown is drawn and colored correctly (as is Dragstrip as his right leg), while Dead End (left leg) and Wildrider (right arm) have their colors swapped. As the angle changes and Menasor falls over... the arms are Breakdown colored like Dead End and... Drag Strip.
*For the rest of the episode, the arms are drawn as being in their alternate configuration, but are colored like their standard configuration, up until Metroplex dispatches Menasor, at which point it's Breakdown (left arm), Wildrider colored as Dead End (right arm), Dead End colored as Wildrider (left leg) and Drag Strip (right leg).
*My head hurts.

===Transformers references===

*Although American animated continuity would specifically not have Trypticon created until 2005, previous installments of the [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformer (manga)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformer]] manga detail the early stages of the construction of both him and Metroplex.

===Miscellaneous trivia===

[[Image:ScrambleCityPoster1.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Metroplex poster artwork, or half of it, anyway]]

*The opening sequence for ''Scramble City'' is newly-created for the OVA, and features segments of the second season opening and clips from ''[[More Than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]''. Similarly, the closing sequence combines clips of the season 2 closing, MTMTE Pt 1 and ''[[The Master Builders]]''.
*At 23 minutes in length, the first seven minutes of ''Scramble City'' consist of a series of clips from ''More Than Meets The Eye, Part 1'' and ''The Master Builders'', retelling the Transformers' struggles on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], their departure for and awakening on [[Earth]], and the creation and importance of Devastator, followed by the title card for the OVA.
*The cliffhanger that ''Scramble City'' is left dangling on was never resolved, as no further installments were produced. Although a "Scramble City 2" is often referenced by fans, this is, in actuality, an extended stop-motion toy commercial named "Scramble City Toys," which merely retells the animated episode with the added inclusion of [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]].
*Chronologically, ''Scramble City'' features the first animated appearances of Ultra Magnus, Ratbat, Ramhorn, Steeljaw, Metroplex and Trypticon.
*The animation model used for Metroplex in this OVA is a more toy-accurate one that differs noticeably from that used in all future episodes. The "legs" of his city mode are splayed outward, while the refined mode would place them parallel with the rest of the torso - the toy can be positioned both ways, but the configuration featured in ''Scramble City'' allows the chest ramp to touch the ground, whereas the other does not. The ''Scramble City'' model also places his "kneecaps" on the underside of his mobile fortress mode, whereas the later model placed them on top - they can be put in both places on the toy, but on top would seem to to be the intended way, as the slots that permit this serve no other function. Additionally, his face more closely resembles the toy, with individual eyes and a "stubble."
* ''Scramble City'' received its first official western release when it was included as an extra feature on Sony's 20th Anniversary DVD edition of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]].'' Sony were unable to licence the audio for the feature, however, and consequently the episode is available to view only as a subtitle-less video with audio commentary by [[Rick Alvarez]] and [[Alex Weiner]].
* Following Sony's lead, UK DVD company also included the OVA on their "Ultimate Edition" of the movie DVD. Metrodome's source for the episode, however, was the well-known bootleg that has long circulated around the fandom, so although they were able to offer the episode with audio and subtitles, the subs were non-removable and somewhat grammatically challenged. Unfortunately, a bad standards conversion resulted in ''very'' poor video quality, tinting the entire image green. Like Sony, Metrodome also included an audio commentary for the episode, by [[Chris McFeely]].

[[Category: Generation 1]]
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Talk:War Without End!

2008-05-27T19:25:44Z

80.176.139.71: New page: I have removed this from the errors: * Optimus Prime mentions Galvatron among the threats the Autobots have overcome. But most who actually encountered Galvatron in the f...

I have removed this from the errors:

* Optimus Prime mentions [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]] among the threats the Autobots have overcome. But most who actually encountered Galvatron in the fiction ended up dead, and the [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|few]] that survived didn't get the chance to learn his name. So how did Prime know it?

As many people fought Galvatron and survived (e.g. the Dinobots) and also it's mentioned that Galvatron is in the Ark's computer in one of the stories in one of the annuals (the one with Scorponok on the front).

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War Without End!

2008-05-27T19:23:28Z

80.176.139.71: /* Errors */

[[Image:MarvelUSG2-01.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Foil covers suck for scanning.]]
{{comicnav | Generation 2 (Marvel Comics) | 1 | seriesname= | prev=Final Transformations | next=All or Nothing!}}
'''They're baaaaaack...'''

==Synopsis==
A group of [[Autobot]]s led by Grimlock destroys a group of [[Decepticon]]s in the deepest reaches of space. They have unearthed a group of Cybertronians intent on colonizing all the worlds within their grasp. Jhiaxus, the leader of this group of Decepticons, has decided to take matters into his own hands, and captures Grimlock's group in order to demonstrate to them the futility of fighting against his forces. Discouraged by the apparent limitlessness of the threat they now face, the Autobots nonetheless decide to fight back. But as terrible as this new threat is, Optimus Prime is having visions of something even ''worse'' on the horizon...

==Credits==
'''Script:''' [[Simon Furman]] <br>
'''Art:''' [[Derek Yaniger]]<br>
'''Colors:''' [[Sarra Mossoff]]<br>
'''Lettering:''' [[Richard Starkings]] with Gaushell<br>
'''Editor:''' [[Rob Tokar]]<br>
* ''Originally published:'' November, 1993

===Featured characters===
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.'')
{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"
! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobot]]s
! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticon]]s
! style="background:antiquewhite" | Others
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe ]] (3)
* [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (4)
* [[Broadside]] (5)
* [[Blades]] (6)
* [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (7)
* [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] (8)
* [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] (9)
* [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] (10)
* [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] (11)
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (12)
* [[Kup]] (13)
* [[Hot Rod]] (14)

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
* [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] (1)
* [[Rook (G2)|Rook]] (2)
* [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (17)

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" |
* [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|Hawk]] (15)
* [[Mainframe (G.I. Joe)|Mainframe]] (16)
|}

==Errors==
* Optimus Prime is depicted on the cover as having bullet casings lodged in his head, despite the fact that bullets are not fired in their entirety from the barrel of a weapon.

==Items of note==
* ''Real-world references:'' The cover tagline "This is not your father's Autobot!" is a play on the then-current advertising slogan for Oldsmobile cars.
* In the first draft of the fold-out cover's battle scene, G1 [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] was used rather than the G2 tank model.
* Seen in flashbacks: [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], Megatron [in his original body], [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], [[Straxus]], [[Ratbat]], [[Unicron]], [[Buster Witwicky]].
* Grimlock and others revived with [[Nucleon]] can transform again, with no explanation. Since "[[Another Time and Place]]" doesn't fit into this continuity, we are to assume they found some other way of canceling Nucleon's effects. A later letters page briefly explained that upon retaking Cybertron the Autobots had found a proper energy source, restoring their transformation.

===References===
* On page 16, Optimus Prime reflects on threats faced in the original Marvel comic series. Optimus later refers to Bludgeon's claim to be taking the Decepticons into voluntary exile from [[End of the Road! (Marvel US comic)|the final G1 issue]].
* Pages 25–26 tie in to the [[G.I. Joe]] comics tie-in from issues #138–142.
* Page 28 shows [[Straxus]] in a flashback, describing him as a "small-minded tyrant."
* Page 31 depicts a flashback of [[Ratbat]] attacking [[Buster Witwicky]], presumably from issue #37 of the U.S. series.

===Covers (2)===
* '''Cover A:''' Optimus Prime with bullets in his head by [[Derek Yaniger]]
* '''RI cover:''' foil version of cover A

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

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User talk:Rosicrucian

2008-04-20T22:03:07Z

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==Re: [[Galvatron (G1)]], [[Transformers (2007)]]==
LISTEN UP FOOL, we are having a little bit of conflict at the moment i dont want that, but my idea's are funny and brawl is devastator, but pleese lets not fight any futher {{unsigned|58.165.241.232|07:02, 5 August 2007}}
:Your the fool, i agree with you, the eye joke is funny, and i like to call brawl Devastator, but ahhhhh that dosent give you the right to create talk pages calling people "lunch box" and "snack pack" now pleese excuse me while i ask for you to be blocked for a year, that should tech you, "lunch box" --[[User:Galvason|Galvason]] 08:21, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
::Yeah, good luck with that. I doubt anyone is going to ban Rosicrucian at all, much less for a year, for reverting a blatantly racist joke that you repeatedly put into the article. - [[User:Dark T Zeratul|Dark T Zeratul]] 09:14, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
:::Some confusion here. Galvason was talking to the anonymous editor who put in said racist joke, and was calling for the banning of that very anonymous editor. He was not calling for Rosicrucian to be banned.
:::People, please sign your talk page entries, and please keep discussion on pages where it is relevant. This particular conversation is veering off track from having anything to do with Rosicrucian at all. --[[User:Sntint|Sntint]] 09:26, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

==Tigatron / Polar Claw==
An anonymous editor recently changed one of your additions to the Tigatron article: [http://transformers.wikia.com/index.php?title=Tigatron&diff=next&oldid=84302]. I don't really remember the story anymore; your version sounds right to me, but I'm not sure enough of it to make the revert myself. Take a look? --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 04:27, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
:Easily done. I've elaborated on the production choices that led to this decision, and the lingering link back to the original character reflected in where Tigatron awakened.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]] 05:20, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

== Furman ==

Really? I didn't think it was that mean, and the guy does write freaking '''EVERYTHING''' what do you think I should do to change it? Like, what was too snarky about it? --[[User:70.190.251.10|70.190.251.10]] 00:58, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
:I would've said that it's a bit exaggerated, but considering the man wrote a freakin' "How to draw Transformers" book when he's not an artist, I'd say 70.190's edit were pretty much on the money. Maybe de-snarkicize them a little but not outright remove them. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 01:33, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
::Awesome, thank you. Though I really wish that bubble bath joke could have stayed. You're probably right though... (sigh) --[[User:70.190.251.10|70.190.251.10]] 01:59, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
:::I don't know, I think I knee-jerked a bit. Feel free to add it back in, I won't touch it. See what others think.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]] 02:00, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
::::Nah, it's totally cool. It was kinda snarky, and I am an IP after all. Your version reads a lot more professional, and I think the world will survive without my "Simon Furman wrote the instructions on the back of the TF bubble bath" joke. Thanks again. --[[User:70.190.251.10|70.190.251.10]] 02:04, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

==[[wikipedia:Pluralis_majestatis|Pluralis majestatis]]==
Fine... We shall keep to the old captions, although we are not amused by them. --[[User:Lrahaman|Lenny]] 19:00, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

==No More Twinkies for [[user:Starcrunch|Starcrunch]]==
k... sorry. I thought I was allowed to have a bit of fun on Teletraan-1. I guess not? Please ask before taking down my stuff. I'll say yes like 99.9% of the time. --[[User:Starcrunch|Starcrunch]] 16:09, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
:Well, I didn't mark it for deletion, and I don't have the power to take it down. That's pretty much ''why'' I asked on the talkpage first rather than slapping a deletion template on it.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]] 16:16, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
: If you contributed to this wiki ''before'' creating a self-indulgent image-intensive User page which expanded into a separate disambiguation page, we probably wouldn't mind as much. Okay, we'd still mind the separate disambiguation page. That was just ridiculous. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 16:19, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
::Ouch... Thanks for that lovely incentive to continue contributing. I've been coming to Teletraan-1 for a long time, and finally signed up ''yesterday''. I admit that prior to creating my User pages, I had only contributed only ''one'' insignificant picture to [[True_One|an article]] marked as needing one, but I can't fix every stub in one day! I thought I could help improve this thing and have a little fun at the same time. Maybe I was wrong, but I'm gonna keep trying to contribute... despite all your wonderful hospitality. --[[User:Starcrunch|Starcrunch]] 16:36, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

== Throw a party ==

Hey! Assaulthead the guy that you know is executed for hacking, beating me up and murdering a teacher! Please don't block me if I promise to behave and don't copy my bigger brother that is forever blocked. Hey why you called me spearhead?(Spearhead 04:28, 7 October 2007 (UTC))

==Rartorata==
I noticed an [[:Image:Ratorata_machine.jpg|image]] you uploaded of Rartorata uses a different spelling of his name than the character's article and the dialogue in the scan itself. Was that intentional (why?), or would you mind re-uploading the scan with a corrected filename? --[[User:Sntint|Sntint]] 23:43, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
:Sntint, nobody cares about one letter. As long as the filename is descriptive and is unique. [[User:Interrobang|Interrobang]] 23:48, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
::It's mainly because like most people ''I can't spell the guy's name worth a damn''. But yeah, I noticed it after uploading and figured that this was the one character I could get away with it on.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]] 23:54, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
:::<nowiki>*shrug*</nowiki> Okay. --[[User:Sntint|Sntint]] 13:43, 22 October 2007 (UTC)
:::I fixed it. It took me a whole 30 seconds of work. --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 14:16, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

== IDW G1 issues ==

Hi, ''Hearts of Steel'' and IDW's ''Beast Wars'' series, while not part of their main ongoing G1 series, are still part of G1 issues published by IDW, and hense should be included in IDW Generation 1 issues. --[[User:MistaTee|MistaTee]] 15:57, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
: But the "IDW Generation 1 issues" category is SPECIFICALLY for issues of their main ongoing G1 series. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 16:19, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
::Eh, yeah I guess it's better than making a "IDW outside of the main continuity Generation 1 issues" category. --[[User:MistaTee|MistaTee]] 16:34, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
:::As I said in the edit summary, there ''will'' one day be more Evolutions titles. At such a time we can move them over to there.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 16:38, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
And for that matter the Beast Wars issues are their own animal, to the point of getting a distinct [[Beast Wars timeline (IDW)|timeline]].--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 16:41, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

== stub fixes ==

Changing to the various types of stubs is a good thing. However, while going through, see if the article REALLY is a stub. Many of these seem to be fairly well-filled out articles. Maybe apply the stub to a particular section if it needs it. Thanks. --[[User:MistaTee|MistaTee]] 01:26, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
:As I mentioned on the stub template talkpage, I'm doing this ''entirely'' as just changing one type of stub for another. Otherwise it would be an even more Sisyphean task than it already is. What I'm hoping is that once the stubs are sorted, determining which tags to remove will be easier.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 01:28, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
::Cool, appreciate the work! --[[User:MistaTee|MistaTee]] 02:57, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

==AssaultHeadery==
Hey man. You just chased a guy who got blocked here multiple times from here to the Wikipedia. You proved that you know Starcraft by telling don't copy articles from Starcraft Wiki to Wikipedia. Also why most of you Wikians are also at Wikipedia?([[User:76.195.186.73|76.195.186.73]] 00:17, 4 December 2007 (UTC))
:Learn our guidelines or go away, you ludicrous little man.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 00:34, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
::Hey you followed me to the wikipedia in the first place. Remember Starcraft Shadow of the Xel Naga? You left a trollish remark on TougHHeads talk page.([[User:76.195.186.73|76.195.186.73]] 00:36, 4 December 2007 (UTC))
:::We don't discuss Wikipedia on Wikia talkpages.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 00:38, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
::::Sure we do. We mostly make fun of it.
::::And while the wikia itself has fairly narrow content focus, talk pages are always meta. We dont' pretend not to know who Spider-man is on his talk page, and we don't pretend not to know our trolls are considered major nuisances by other forums (indicating it's not merely a failure to adapt to our particular brand of wiki culture) when discussing possible courses of action either. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 05:15, 4 December 2007 (UTC)

== Spoilers in profiles ==

For fuck's sake, stop putting spoilers in the character profiles! Those go in the Fiction sections, and always with the <nowiki>{{spoiler}}</nowiki> template. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 01:09, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

== I can has stubs now? ==
I have another problem. Maybe it's because i'm a beginner, but I have no idea how to get one of those "stub" signs up. I've had to resort to using the "Report a problem" thing, resulting in people telling me to do it myself. (Yeah,Rosicrucian, I'm talking to you.) Honestly, give me a break! - [[User:Crosshairs-1|Crosshairs-1]] 18:30, 27 January 2008 (UTC)Crosshairs-1
:Templates are used via curly braces (IE <nowiki>{{yourtemplategoeshere}}</nowiki>). Thus, a generic stub gets marked with <nowiki>{{stub}}</nowiki>, a character stub with <nowiki>{{charstub}}</nowiki>, a cartoon episode with <nowiki>{{epstub}}</nowiki>, and a comic issue with <nowiki>{{issuestub}}</nowiki>. Documentation for stub templates can be found at [[template:stub]].--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 19:01, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
::You could also find a page marked as a stub, click "edit", and look at the text inside to see how it was marked. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 19:03, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

== Can we be friends? ==

Tell me if I'm getting annoying, but I'm curious. Where did your name come from? [[User:Florky Man|Mr. Florky]] 16:11, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
:See [[Wikipedia:Rosicrucianism|Rosicrucianism]].--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 16:22, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Oh. Chat with me on my user page often. I don't know why but I like you. By the way....um, how do I say this without it sounding awkward? I can't. So.... Are you a guy or a girl? I don't see any references to your gender anywhere. [[User:Florky Man|Mr. Florky]] 16:25, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

== megatron's head ==

because it has the final head design... which looks MUCH COOLER!

== re: Factions and history ==

u said: Actually, unless I'm mistaken Jhiaxus and Nova Prime just predate the Decepticons, not the Autobots. The Prime, as well as the government of Cybertron, are all Autobots to my knowledge. That seems to be how IDW is playing it.--[[user:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]]Talk 06:24, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

:Take a look at the Galvatron Spotlight. I don't have it in front of me, but he said something like "before factions" referring to the time when he, Nova and Jhiaxus disappeared on the Ark-1. So none of the Dead Universe folks would be aligned with any faction. --[[User:MistaTee|MistaTee]] 15:31, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

::u said: I'm mainly judging by the fact that we've termed Nova Prime an Autobot on this wiki, and have had a few edits keeping that the case. Bear in mind that being "before factions" could easily just mean that Galvatron predates the Cybertronian civil war, and thus existed when the Autobots were the dominant (and perhaps only) faction.--RosicrucianTalk 15:50, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

:::Could be true, yes. However, is there anything stating explicitly that Nova, etc. were Autobots? Autobot symbol or anything? Would that also make Galvatron an Autobot since he was with their crew? I'll have to look over the Spotlights for Galvatron and Prime when I get home for insight. --[[User:MistaTee|MistaTee]] 16:34, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

== Animated Soundwave caption ==

...thank you.

I can't remember the last time I actually '''LAUGHED ALOUD''' while reading the wiki. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 04:43, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

==Lego Caption==
Thank you for the caption on my user page, sir. {snicker} [[User:JW|JW]] 02:01, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

== "No more chin jokes." ==

Slag. I like chin jokes. [[User:Inferno'sQueen|MR. Q (I'm a GUY)]] 15:43, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
:There's already ''at least'' a dozen chin jokes on Transformers Animated pages. Every day, someone tries to add another three or so. It's getting old.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 15:46, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
::So are all the jabs at "Geewunners" and the fanbase that doesn't share an Allspark mindset in general. While there was a minor crackdown on these, the site is still full of them. At least the chin jokes don't target people, and are actually amusing to people who aren't circlejerks.{{unsigned|143.239.7.2}}

== Chevy Autobots and Allspark Highway ==

Where do I type in the code for the Ratchet level in Allspark Highway and Why doesn't the link to the Chevy Autobots game work? [[User:Inferno'sQueen|MR. Q (I'm a GUY)]] 15:47, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
:...why are you asking me? Do I look like Hasbro web game technical support?--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 15:48, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
::Ummmmm.... Yes?... No?... Maybe?... [[User:Inferno'sQueen|MR. Q (I'm a GUY)]] 15:55, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
:::How do you get that tiny link to your talk page in your signature? Do you just type it out every time? [[User:Inferno'sQueen|MR. Q (I'm a GUY)]] 16:13, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
::::Go to '''My Preferences''' and put a check in '''Raw signature'''. Then in the '''Nickname''' box paste the following (modified to suit your username, of course) <nowiki>[[User:Yourusernamegoeshere|Optionaltext]][[User Talk:Yourusernamegoeshere|<sup>Talk</sup>]]</nowiki>. That ought to do it.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 16:25, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
::Thanks! [[User:Inferno'sQueen|Mr.Q-Guy]][[User Talk:Inferno'sQueen|<sup>Talk</sup>]]. 16:35, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

== Sorry about that. ==

Didn't know the PNG's were causing problems. My bad --[[User:Hunter-113|Hunter-113]] 16:21, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

==Tf:animated,what the hell man?==
And how does a UPC code not match "your" requirements?

==Okay==
Okay my bad,i got a little pissed off by the fact that no other incorrect info here gets corrected,but something which has been tracked for confirmation immediately gets wiped away. --[[User:Rhinox555|Decepticon Rhinox]] 14:42, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

----
Okay,but there is still a bunch of others lacking,for example the Deluxe Bulkhead figure,but i'll keep it in mind and not place the names back untill a new source pops up.

The fact that he's absent from the list. [[User:Rhinox555|Decepticon Rhinox]] 14:56, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Okay first of all,what do you mean by breaking the fourth wall? and second,the box has leaked into several stores in singapore and america,i'm pretty sure i know what i'm reading on that box.{{unsigned|Rhinox555|00:22, 26 March 2008}}

== what are you tlking about? ==

What are you talking about? I always check my talk page! I only check when it says that i have a new message though. Anyway howd u find me user?

[[User:Destro oy|Destro oy]] 21:44, 26 March 2008 (UTC)Destro Oy
:I am talking about how you kept changing captions even after we requested you stop.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 21:52, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

== Best of Simon Furman ==

(this was also posted on the BoSF talk page)
Ro, maybe the bad transfers should be mentioned in the items of note? I actually don't have the collection, so I can't comment. Also, is the cover I posted the correct cover? --[[User:MistaTee|MistaTee]] 16:12, 28 March 2008 (UTC)
:I can't speak to the Best of Simon Furman, only the Prime/Megatron one. It was in particular the Armada issues. I think some of the transfers might have been okay, just the Sarracini era ones were ass. I don't own the book though so I can't check.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 16:26, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

==Banning==
How do you ban people's accounts? [[User:71.62.192.242|71.62.192.242]] 20:40, 31 March 2008 (UTC)Crosshairs-1
:Beg pardon?--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 20:44, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
::71.62.192.242,only admins can do that,why? [[User:Rhinox555|Decepticon Rhinox]] 20:47, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
Shall we start the countdown now? --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 21:47, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
:[[Countdown to Extinction|Countdown to what?]] [[User:Rhinox555|Decepticon Rhinox]] 21:51, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

==Report abuse==
You're an admin right? i woud hereby like to report [[user:Interrobang|Interrobang]] for constantly changing articles to hurtful content at the [[hasbro]] article. I find it offensive that discrimination against the physicly handicapped is accepted here. [[User:Rhinox555|Decepticon Rhinox]] 22:23, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
:I am not in any way an admin.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 22:25, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
::Oh,i generally assumed so because you often correct mistakes and give warnings to members. Any idea who i can contact? [[User:Rhinox555|Decepticon Rhinox]] 22:30, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
:::Everyone around here puts in their two cents on issues and policy, and if a repeated edit is problematic will often leave a note on someone's talkpage to knock that crap off. The difference between an ordinary user telling you that and an admin telling you that is that if you laugh off the admin you're probably getting a block. With ordinary users, it's more based off of consensus so if a bunch of different users are reverting you it's often best to take a step back and think about ''why''.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 23:12, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

==Trivia==

The site is full of Trivia such as that, and lot of it is hardly more than speculative. I find it hard to believe Transformers Animated, despite being released soon after Gurren Lagann, wasn't influenced by it's art-style in the slightest. Not to mention that we know for a FACT that it references Macross, and having both a device very similiar to the Lagann(Headmaster) AND Kamina shades in the same show makes it unlikely to be a coincidence. Stop being a circlejerk. There's plenty of Trivia that's at least as bad that doesn't get changed.

I'd like to add that you have some positively ridiculous references like Bulkhead's costume resembling that of a Peanuts' character - and pointing out that it was a coincidence, and most likely not a reference. Why hasn't this been removed? It'd be pretty anal wouldn't it?

And why are almost all of these references WESTERN? The TF Wiki has always been laughably anti-Japanese, I don't suppose you remember the LEO PRIME incident? This is the kind of shit that really needs to stop, not pointing out very notable and probable references.{{unsigned|143.239.7.2}}
:Actually, we had a rather long discussion about Bulkhead's Halloween costume on the talk page. Additionally, this is an English language wiki, so that is what we'll focus on. And to the Japanese bias, forgive us, but there has been some [[Kiss Players|questionable]] material sent out, not to mention the whole UT dubbing and continuity headaches. That being said, your use of language is on the verge of getting you a ban. I'm more tolerant of arguments have worked on a few wikis, but a lot of people here are aren't. Tone down you language, and bring it up on the talk pages of the relevant articles. -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 23:15, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
:Well then, if you're accusing us of being anti-Japanese and referencing the "Leo Prime" incident as you call it, you've probably been here for quite some time.

:However, you'll notice that it's not just me who thinks your edits don't add anything to the articles in question.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 23:17, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

::No, I also noted the king of all Circlejerks, M Sipher, reverting them to. Note that I called you a "circlejerk" implying there were others in your circle. Additionally, since you ARE circlejerks, having discussion on

:I also noted that you called me a "Japanophile". Mature. The TF Wiki has a reputation on other sites for being full of Circlejerks, so that was hardly uncalled for. So I'm also going to call you a Reverse Weeaboo(who are twice as annoying as twice as common as Bleach/DBZ/Death Note obsessives).

:I pointed out 3 Gurren Lagann references that are brought up everywhere BUT here - Prowl's Kamina shades, Soundwave's Kamina shades, and the fact that Headmaster is based heavily on the Lagann(they're even a similiar size and colour). I like plenty of other mecha related anime other than Gurren Lagann, but the references stood out referencing anything more than obscure than it will have the anti-Weeaboo clowns on my back even quicker than you were. All of these are valid references, and more notable than a highly speculative Peanuts reference, no matter how much you discussed it.

:Pointing out Gurren Lagann being referenced on a Gurren Lagann wiki wouldn't work the same way, do you even think before you type? Come on.

:The poor quality of some Japanese material is no excuse for this bias. Why are you referencing things like Jurassic Park left and right, but not the mecha anime that inspired and gave shaped to Transformers as we know it? I bet if I go to Galax- oops sorry CYBERTRON PRIME'S page there isn't going to be a single mention of his uncanny resemblance to Gao Gai Gar. Some of you are stupid enough to believe that UT era Transformers sucked because it was an anime, but TF Animated, made IN AMERIKKA(lol at all the asian names being involved with it) is superior because it's western; so I'm not sure where to start.{{unsigned|143.239.7.2}}
::Wait, wait, "there isn't going to be a single mention of his uncanny resemblance to GaoGaiGar"? Only if "uncanny" now means "extremely cursory"... He has upturned wings and headfins. No drill knees. No lion chest (indeed, not even a protruding chest that could be interpreted as similar). No transformation similarities. Nothing else. I must question the value of your judgements based on that alone.--[[User:MCRG|MCRG]] 02:24, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
:::Not to mention we've got an entire page dedicated to Transformers' kissing cousins franchise [[Brave]] which makes note of the exact GaoGaiGar connection he mentions.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 02:33, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
::If you've come out here with guns a-blazing calling everyone who disagrees with you "circlejerks" I hardly think I am being immature or escalating this little war of words by calling you a "Japanophile" when... er... you really like Japanese culture and are blaming us for not featuring more of it. I certainly don't think it's even half as inflammatory as what you've been dishing out on talkpages.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 23:41, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
:1) Anti-Japan bias? You clearly have never looked at the [[Energon (cartoon)]] pages. Trust me, we call 'em as we see 'em, regardless of country of origin.
:2) Please stop trying to use the phrase "circle jerk". You clearly have no idea what it means or how it's used in context, and it's kind of embarrassing to watch. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 23:49, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
::: I know what Circlejerk means. The fact is that certain references are allowed up because they're made by well recognised . Why should someone have to earn "respect" to point out obvious references? There's this set idea of what Transformers and the Transformers fandom is on this Wiki that doesn't necessarily have anything to do with how it actually is. You all wank each other off dropping these jokes and references aimed at those who don't view it that way.

:::I hate Encyclopedia Dramatica to bits, because they are in fact massive Circle Jerks(harassing some people while praising each other and their grossly overweight mistress GirlVinyl), but oddly they seemed to describe it well enough -

:::"Circle jerks OTI

:::Online, a circle jerk is a bizarre internets ritual which involves 13 year old boys gathering on BBS, AOL, and chat to banter with fervour about their particular fandom. When witnessing a circle jerk an outsider should not provoke the fanboys with dissident views as it is akin to instigating a shark feeding frenzy. "

:::And if that's true about country of origin - explain the Lio Convoy fiasco, please? There are at least SOME high level editors who instigate an anti-J bias on at least SOME aspects of the Transformers franchise/fandom. Why is it that you acknowledge minor mainstream western references that appear in Transformers, but not the many ones that come from Mecha anime?{{unsigned|143.239.7.2}}
::::The "Lio Convoy fiasco" was because his official English name was Leo Prime at that point in time. We're an English Wiki, and we use English names when possible. If we were as profoundly anti-Japanese as you claim, then why would we be having article titles such as [[Dark Nitro Convoy]] or [[Simon Belmondo]]?

::::I'm sorry if the fact that there's no anti-Japan conspiracy disappoints you. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 00:34, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

::::Seriously. You're repeatedly showing that you don't understand the phrase. Lemme clue ya in a bit: ''jerk'' doesn't refer to a person at all. You're pullin' a "[[:wikipedia:Biff Tannen|make like a tree and get out of here]]" and it's really making you look dumb.
::::And y'know what? When I find myself starting to get embroiled in a stupid, pointless argument like this on the Wiki, you know what I do? I just drop it completely and go do something else entirely. Either I go to some unrelated Wiki topic and contribute something ''useful'', or I move on to another activity entirely. Use your discretion accordingly. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 02:43, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

:::::Much as I don't want to belabor this issue, I think he actually DOES know what the phrase means (or at least recognizes that the "jerk" involved is a verb, not a noun), considering his accusation that the regulars "wank each other off" with references only understood among themselves. His use of "jerk" as a noun was an attempt to play on words, not an act of total ignorance. For whatever it's worth and all.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 02:51, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
::::::"Circlejerk", the term he uses, basically refers to situations where a group of people do the same thing and essentially congratulate each other while doing little else. Of course, our dear banned anon doesn't use it correctly, using it to refer to individuals. We'll ignore the fact that not everybody here is part of WiiGii!; makes it harder for such people to develop conspiracy theories about how Walky rules the Wiki with an iron fist and WiiGii! minions. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 03:33, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
:::::::Oh, I didn't say he'd ''successfully'' made a play on words, only that he wasn't speaking out of total ignorance of the actual meaning of the phrase. He was attempting to use "jerk" as a noun to refer to people who engage in circle-jerking, obviously. That his attitude was based on ill-founded preconceptions of the wiki's population wasn't my point.

:::::::......

:::::::Wait, you mean Walky '''doesn't''' rule the wiki with an iron fist and WiiGii! minions? My faith in him is ''so'' shaken now.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 03:46, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

I am vaguely amused that nearly all of this little culture war played out on my talkpage.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|<sup>Talk</sup>]] 03:49, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
:Wear the badge with pride, soldier.--[[User:Carrion|Carrion]] 03:57, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
I find it odd that we continued the discussion well after the guy was banned. -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 04:44, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

==RiD Scourge trivia edit==
There's no reason why my edit to RiD Scourge's trivia should be deleted; it is a valid point that fans ''have'' joked about, and it is hypocritical to ''not'' allow it when similar "jokes" have been made on Airazor's and Override's articles. Seriously, RiD Scourge is a "male" Decepticon with human ''female'' DNA in his biosignature; how can anyone ''not'' joke about that in regards to his gender? [[User:64.13.101.210|64.13.101.210]] 23:31, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

== Lugnut ==

Whoops--that redundant sentence was actually something I meant to cut. I got so involved in stuff below it that I forgot. Thanks for catching that.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 05:04, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

== Rook G1/G2 ==

Rosicrucian,

I'm not sure why you are having a go at me - neither Rook (G1) or Rook (G2) existed earlier - I created Rook (G1) (rather than G2 as Leige Maximo, Jhixaus etc are listed as being part of the Generation 1 continuity family) and then noticed a link on another page that was pointing to the page create for Rook (G2) and changed this link to Rook (G1).

If you want it to be Rook (G2) that's fine, just cmake sure it's consistent across all pages.

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Rook (G2)

2008-04-20T20:59:21Z

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:''Rook is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 2]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] continuity family.''
[[Image:Liegemaximo.jpg|right|thumb|300px|My what a big gun you have....]]
Rook is a second generation transformer serving under [[Jhiaxus]] in the [[Cybertronian Empire]].

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====''Generation 2''====
Rook is a second generation transformer serving under Jhiaxus on the [[Twilight]]. After contact is made with the first generation [[Autobot | Autobots]] {{storylink|War Without End!}} he notices that Jhiaxus's ice-cold demeanor of control and amoral objectivity is slipping and he is reverting back to the mad tyrant he once was. {{storylink|Primal Fear!}} After being thrown about by Jhixaus once too often he eventually realises that the situation is spiralling out of control and reports to the [[Liege Maximo]]. {{storylink|Dark Shadows!}}

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Jhiaxus (G2)

2008-04-20T20:57:55Z

80.176.139.71: /* Generation 2 */

{{featured}}
:''Jhiaxus is a character from the [[Generation 2]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Jhiaxusg2.jpg|right|thumb|300px|[[Seeker]] on steroids.]]
'''Jhiaxus''' is no ordinary Decepticon. He and his faction left Cybertron eons ago and formed a [[Cybertronian|Cybertronian empire]] of cyberformed planets. He views the original Autobots and Decepticons as evolutionary throwbacks, simple animals, insults to his race's memory which must be wiped out. But his ice-cold demeanor of control and amoral objectivity is merely a facade. It is only a mask, a face he wears to forget the mad tyrant he once was. He has been repressing this side of himself, burying it, for millennia. Unfortunately, recent encounters with Autobots and Decepticons have been testing his resolve...

Jhiaxus is not one for improvisation. He has been denying his impulses for so long, it has weakened his ability to think on his feet in many situations. Once Jhiaxus has set a course of action, it is tough for him to diverge from his strategy. <ref>Weaknesses from Jhiaxus' ''Universe'' profile for his ''Robots in Disguise'' toy, printed in [[Transformers Collectors' Club Magazine, issue 1]].</ref>

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====''Generation 2''====
{{quote|We had ''order''. Structure. A perfect, faultless mechanism that was destined to re-shape the galaxy. Then ''you'' came! Old, ''flawed''... an evolutionary stage we had risen far beyond. A reminder of every ''primal'' instinct we had ''buried''.|Jhiaxus doesn't like [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] very much|"[[A Rage in Heaven!]]"}}

[[Image:Jhiaxuswarwithoutend.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Wonder where he keeps the [[Television|remote]].]]Millions of years ago, some time after [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] left Cybertron and crashed on [[Earth]], Jhiaxus was born through the long-forgotten "[[budding]]" means of [[Transformer reproduction]]. {{storylink|The Power and the Glory}} At first a cruel and petty tyrant ruled by his irrational desires, Jhiaxus learned slowly to bury this part of himself beneath layers of icy control. {{storylink|Primal Fear!}} Tired of the [[Autobot]]/[[Decepticon]] conflict, Jhiaxus left his budded brethren into space, determined to begin a new [[Cybertronian Empire]] free of the war waged by those he deemed "evolutionary throwbacks." {{storylink|War Without End!}} He was anointed the rank Liege Centuro of this new Cybertronian empire by the [[Liege Maximo]] {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}, and Jhiaxus began to wipe out inferior life and terraform their conquered worlds.

A decade after Prime and Megatron's war had restarted on Earth, Prime and his Autobots found out about this empire while pursuing the remnants of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s Decepticons across the universe. Quickly therafter, Jhiaxus's ship, the ''[[Twilight]]'', abducted them and delighted in telling Prime and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] that for his side of the universe, the war had been over for millions of years and that Prime and his adversaries were embarrassments to him. Jhiaxus hoped that Prime would see the error of his ways, but he escaped in stolen ship with his fellow Autobots. However, Jhiaxus had launched a ship of his own to follow them. {{storylink|War Without End!}}

Jhiaxus traced the Autobots to the [[K'Tord Nebula]], and his Cybertronians battled Prime's bitterly on the surface of one of its planets. Parasitic creatures on the planet began to feed on the hate and fury buried in the minds of both sides, which caused Jhiaxus to revert back to the barbaric version of himself he thought he'd long buried. Despite Prime's own problems with the parasites' induced rage, he was able to convince Jhiaxus and their respective warriors to stop fighting and leave their separate ways. {{storylink|Primal Fear!}} Jhiaxus retreated to his flagship, and thanked the [[Primus|maker]] that, as far as he knew, there were no Decepticons left of the original generation to cause him further conflict. Sadly, he was misinformed. {{storylink|Old Evils}}

[[Image:Jhiaxusaltmodetotalwar.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Basically, Jhiaxus's limbs detach and his torso flies around.]]

When Grimlock and a bloodthirsty group of Autobots tried to sneak a [[Chaosmaster Bomb]] on board the ''Twilight'', Jhiaxus easily saw through their ruse. He shipped the survivors in a prison ship to be examined by the Liege Maximo, but the ship was intercepted by Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Devices and Desires!}} Later, Jhiaxus made a visit to [[New]], a recently conquered planet the Cybertronian Empire was busy [[eco-structuring]] into a Cybertron-like planet. Though the process was ahead of schedule, Jhiaxus was still disappointed. The Autobots had mysteriously halted their attacks on his empire, and their absence worried him. {{storylink|The Power and the Glory}}

One of his teams crossed paths with the original-generation Decepticons, and the incident ended badly. Jhiaxus decided to make his move, and ordered a full-scale attack on [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron's]] [[Warworld]] near [[Tykos]]. This altercation resulted in casualties in Megatron's forces while Jhiaxus battled Megatron himself in orbit. Jhiaxus relished condescending to his opponent, an act reinforced by his superior might. He shot Megatron out of orbit, leaving him for dead on the moon's surface. {{storylink|New Dawn}} However, Megatron miraculously survived, and his Decepticons and the Autobots forged an uneasy alliance against the Cybertronian Empire. Increasingly frustrated, he vowed to escalate his galactic efforts, ordering that every planet be stripped of life. He hoped to force the hand of the original generation Transformers and overwhelm them, a plan that nearly worked on [[Ethos]] against the Autobots until Decepticon reinforcements arrived. {{storylink|Escalation!}} Indeed, the battle there decimated the best of Jhiaxus's forces. But Jhiaxus soon gained an unexpected advantage—[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] sold out the location of the original generation's base of operations in exchange for a high-ranking position. {{storylink|Swarm (comic issue)|Swarm}}

[[Image:Jhiaxusyouhavedestroyedme.jpg|left|thumb|150px|"JHIAXUS, how is it possible that you live,I thought you died in
the TF generation 2 comics #11." [http://www.briankilby.com/Ravage_3_Bodies_Evolution.htm]]]
Jhiaxus attacked the base on [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Tales of Earth Part Six}} The headquarters itself was quickly destroyed, but Optimus and Megatron's troops fought back strongly and met the challenge equally. Jhiaxus wanted to end the conflict here and then, so he called for reinforcements from every corner of his Empire. {{storylink|Total War!}} Adding insult to injury, Jhiaxus was informed that his troops had lost the Warworld to the backstabbing Starscream. Jhiaxus lost his composure, and when he tossed his subordinate, [[Rook (G1)|Rook]], in anger, Rook arranged a trip to the Liege Maximo. Jhiaxus returned to the ''Twilight'', and upon receiving a transmission from Optimus Prime onboard the Warworld, he acted upon his anger by targeting a [[San Francisco|random spot on the Earth]] with nuclear weapons. Before Jhiaxus could order another shot, the ''Twilight'' was knocked away by a blast from the Warworld and the [[Swarm]] arrived. {{storylink|Dark Shadows!}}

Despite his officers' pleas to withdraw, Jhiaxus's troops were ordered to stay their ground even as the Swarm ate its way through them effortlessly. Optimus Prime, ever trying to reach a solution, arrived on the ''Twilight'' to talk, but Jhiaxus would not have it. He threw Prime around, powered by his increasing rage, and blamed him for how his life, his empire, had disintegrated. Before he could strike the final blow, however, the Swarm broke through the bridge of the ''Twilight'', and Jhiaxus challenged it. Jhiaxus was consumed. {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}
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===''Universe''===
[[Image:Jhiaxustfu.jpg|right|150px|thumb|"Nothing to fear but ''me'' myself."]]

[[Unicron]] abducted a Jhiaxus's [[Spark]] and stripped him of his rank and power. Though he once again wears the brand of an ordinary Decepticon, he still nurses a hatred towards Autobot and Decepticon alike. They are all, of course, unevolved, inferior throw-backs. This bias forces him to work alone. <ref>Jhiaxus' ''Universe'' profile for his ''Robots in Disguise'' toy, printed in [[Transformers Collectors' Club Magazine, issue 1]].</ref>

While still abducted by Unicron, Jhiaxus was kept locked inside one of the chambers within the [[Cauldron]] and periodically forced to combat other Transformers so that Unicron could feed on the loser's [[Spark]]. He was freed along with countless others when [[Optimus Primal]] orchestrated a prison break. {{storylink|Escape}}

{{note|In ''Universe'' #2, Jhiaxus is portrayed in his original ''Generation 2'' body, but he is seen in his ''Robots in Disguise'' body during a flashback in the [[Escape|following issue]]. It's possible that this was either a misunderstanding between two different artists, Jhiaxus morphed into a new body as he left the Cauldron (which is not impossible), or there were two Jhiaxuses (which is also not impossible).}}

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===IDW comics continuity===
{{note|IDW's Jhiaxus has a much different origin than the original. Though he is still a high-ranking member of a long-lost race of Transformers, this Jhiaxus seems first and foremost a twisted scientist. Simon Furman has stated that Arcee, the combiners, and the [[Micromaster]]s are all attempts by him to force Transformer evolution. [http://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2007/12/12/another-quick-qa/] Whether this Jhiaxus hides any rage behind a veneer of icy control currently remains to be seen.}}

{{ongoing}}
[[Image:Jhiaxusnemesisprimedevastation.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Yeeesss, maaaasssster!]]

Jhiaxus was [[Nova Prime]]'s chief theoretical strategist and pioneer of [[gestalt]] technology. It is implied that he left with his leader aboard the original [[Ark (G1)|Ark spacecraft]] and subsequently was lost in the [[Benzuli Expanse]]. He created the first combiner robot, [[Monstructor]], in an attempt to engineer the ultimate Transformer. Unfortunately, the combination process drove its members insane. They proved too volatile to remain free, and were eventually imprisoned by [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] after Jhiaxus's departure. {{storylink|Spotlight: Optimus Prime}} Amongst his other experiments was the introduction of gender to the Cybertronian genome, produced by his tampering with the [[CNA]] of [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], having the slight side effect of turning her psychotic. His present ministrations involve the prepping of the [[Nega-Core]], in anticipation of the [[Dead Universe|Expansion]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Arcee}}

He suspects [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] of having his own agenda, though he admits that Galvatron serves their purposes well. The point will be moot, however, once his and Nova Prime's (now Nemesis Prime) far-reaching plans are unfurled... {{storylink|Devastation issue 6}}
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==Toys==
===Robots in Disguise===
* '''Jhiaxus''' (Deluxe, 2003)

[[Image:Jhiaxusridtoy.jpg|right|thumb|100px|Surprise, I'm me!]]
: Jhiaxus is a [[redeco]] of the deluxe-sized [[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]] toy in orange and gray. His jet-mode cockpit has a spring-loaded extension, giving him a bird-like head in this form that is articulated at the neck to "search" for targets. Both jet and robot modes feature spring-loaded "energy blast" missiles. He also has an alternate robot mode, which folds his legs into a "flight cone" and reveals jet thrusters.

: This mold was also used for [[Sonic Attack Jet]], [[Storm Jet (RID)|''Robots in Disguise'' Storm Jet]], and [[Skywarp (G1)|''Universe'' Skywarp]].
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==Trivia==
* Jhiaxus's name is a pun on "gee, axe us", a phrase which expressed writer [[Simon Furman]]'s dread of the [[Generation 2 (comic)|G2 comic]]'s cancellation by [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]].
* ''Generation 2'' Jhiaxus's robot mode design seems to be based loosely on the [[Seeker]]s. He keeps the air-duct boobs, the cockpit torso, the ear-vents, the wing placement, one shoulder-mounted jet engine (including [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s stickers), and a nosecone on the back of the head.
* In the IDW continuity, Jhiaxus' obsession with improving the Cybertronian form has led to him altering even his own body. This has resulted in a chassis that strongly resembles [[Starscream (Movie)|an entirely different Starscream]].

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://tfu.info/2003/Decepticon/Jhiaxus/jhiaxus.htm Jhiaxus at TFU.info.]
*[http://seibertron.com/database/character.php?view=&char_id=2962 ''Robots in Disguise'' Jhiaxus's profile transcribed on Seibertron.com]
*[http://s90690880.onlinehome.us/jhiaxus/uscomics/jhiaxus.htm Jhiaxus at the Obscure Transformers Website.]

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Rook (G2)

2008-04-20T20:56:29Z

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:''Rook is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 2]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] continuity family.''
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Rook is a second generation transformer serving under [[Jhiaxus]] in the [[Cybertronian Empire]].

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====''Generation 2''====
Rook is a second generation transformer serving under Jhiaxus on the [[Twilight]]. After contact is made with the first generation [[Autobot | Autobots]] {{storylink|War Without End!}} he notices that Jhiaxus's ice-cold demeanor of control and amoral objectivity is slipping and he is reverting back to the mad tyrant he once was. {{storylink|Primal Fear!}} After being thrown about by Jhixaus once too often he eventually realises that the situation is spiralling out of control and reports to the [[Liege Maximo]]. {{storylink|Dark Shadows!}}

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Impactor (G1)

2008-04-15T21:57:35Z

80.176.139.71: /* Marvel Comics UK continuity */

:''Impactor is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[Image:Impactorfearless.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Real Wreckers wear pink.]]
'''Impactor''' is the leader of the [[Wreckers]], an elite [[Autobot]] strike team, and as such is a deadly force to be reckoned with on the battlefield. Though he is dedicated to his troops, he is not so dedicated to his superiors, and is not above directly insulting them. [[Emirate Xaaron]], who assembled the Wreckers long ago to assassinate the [[Decepticon]] warlord [[Trannis]], takes this attitude in stride, and can give as well as he receives. Impactor refers to the Autobot resistance leader as a "wily old buzzard," as he is often surprised by Xaaron's blunt yet indirect ways of making his point and getting what he wants. Despite this, their difficulties mask a genuine friendship.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics UK continuity===
After the leave of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and their troops from the war, Emirate Xaaron assembled the Wreckers to assassinate the warlord Trannis who came into power in Megatron's absence. Impactor was chosen to lead this team. Though the assassination attempt was successful, other leaders quickly sprung up to take Trannis' place.
[[Image:Xaaronimpactor.jpg|left|thumb|175px|Wait, he has an ankle holster on ''right'' leg? How..?]]
Countless of years later, after Optimus Prime and his Autobots had awoken on [[Earth]], Impactor and the Wreckers were responsible for executing [[Operation:Volcano]], a planned ambush of the Decepticons' fiercest warriors using Xaaron as bait. [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] was assigned to the Wreckers to help them bolster their ranks for the mission, but he was quickly needed to travel to Earth to investigate the disappearance of Optimus Prime. Impactor's commitment to the mission wavered and he at first refused to deploy his team without Magnus there as back-up, but he changed his mind after learning a lesson about perseverence while at [[Maccadam's Old Oil House|Macaddam's]]. Impactor's doubts were further quelled when Xaaron convinced him that [[Springer]], [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]], and [[Sandstorm (Autobot)|Sandstorm]] were an adequate replacement for Magnus, which Xaaron accomplished by having them disguise themselves as Decepticons and beat Impactor up. Operation Volcano was once again on track.

Xaaron, the bait for the Wreckers' trap, was placed according to plan, but suddenly Megatron called his warriors to Earth, overriding all other commands, including the planned ambush on Xaaron. Disappointed that their trap was ruined, the Wreckers let down their guard long enough to allow an assassin named [[Macabre]], ignoring Megatron's orders, to fire upon Xaaron. Impactor was the first to react and pushed Xaaron out of the way, taking the shots meant for the Autobot underground resistance leader. Immediately, the other Wreckers turned and fired upon Macabre, killing him, but Impactor was fatally wounded. With his last words he named Springer the next leader of the Wreckers before dying in Xaaron's arms, again calling him a "wily old buzzard." {{storylink|Target 2006}}
[[Image:Impactorzombie.jpg|right|thumb|175px|Brains!]]
Springer was severely affected by Impactor's death, and felt inadequate in the shadow of his legacy. So when a rogue Autobot scientist named [[Flame]] discovered a way to reanimate dead Transformers, Springer was crippled from action when he was met with the reanimated corpse of Impactor. {{storylink|Legion of the Lost!}} His route to the kidnapped Wreckers and Xaaron blocked, he reluctantly fought his predecessor until Springer managed to jar Impactor into remembering his past life. Impactor sacrificed his life again when he stopped Flame's reactors from destroying Cybertron. {{storylink|Meltdown!}}
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==External links==
*[http://s90690880.onlinehome.us/jhiaxus/ukcomics/impactor.htm Impactor at Obscure Transformers]

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2008-04-10T21:32:30Z

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[[Hound (G1)|Hound]], [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] from [[Masquerade]]. That's one teeny Ratchet. Chances are, he was supposed to be ''behind'' everyone else in the shot.

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Soundwave (G1)

2008-03-26T21:14:12Z

80.176.139.71: /* Generation 1 */

{{disambig3|Soundwave}}
{{picsneeded|Appearances in fiction}}

:''Soundwave is a [[Decepticon]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]]. In the Japanese series, he later took the name '''Soundblaster'''.''

[[Image:Soundwave_mixalot.jpg|thumb|300px|Big butts: preferred. Lying: impossible.]]

'''Soundwave''' is one of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s most reliable troops, and he has positioned himself comfortably and irreplaceably in Megatron's upper command structure. He stands at the [[Decepticon leader]]'s side as a confidant. Though "only" Communications Officer, he is comparable to [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] in rank and is the only one of the three to display consistent loyalty to Megatron. Soundwave guards his place in the hierarchy fiercely. Other Decepticons (except Megatron) see him as a two-faced snake, since, as Communications Officer, Soundwave hears all and doesn't hesitate to use blackmail to keep himself high in Megatron's esteem. The other Decepticons wouldn't mind abandoning him on the battlefield{{m-}}if they thought Megatron would let them get away with it.

Soundwave commands [[Mini-Cassette|a legion of cassette troops]] to carry out tasks big and small. He has a symbiotic relationship with them, providing them transportation and a cheap, if cramped, place to live in his chest. Sometimes he lets them all out to watch impromptu gladiator games or takes them to discotheques. In return, they perform spy and recon missions for him and make sure no one calls him "unchrasimatic". 

He usually has all the personality of a stump (as evidenced by his computer-style speech). He also has no imagination, sending the aforementioned cassettes on operations with mundane names.

{{quote|As you command, Megatron.|Soundwave, eternal loyalist|''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''}}

:''Hungarian name'': '''Fülelő''' ("Listener")<br>
:''Italian name'': '''Memor''', '''Vizar''' (as Soundblaster)<br>
:''RTM dub name'': '''New Soundwave''' (as Soundblaster)<br>
:''French-Canadian name'': '''Radar''', '''Sonore''' (as Action Master)
:''Polish name'': '''Dźwiękofalowiec''' (''The Transformers: The Movie'' only - this is '''not official'''. The movie was never played in Polish cinemas, therefore it has no official translation. Whoever decided to translate the name Soundwave did it almost literally; it would translte back as ''Soundwaver''. Rather stupid thing to do, really.)

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
{{note|Events from the UK-only comic stories are in italics.}}
[[Image:Contentedfools.jpg|left|thumb|200px|[[Ravage]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], and Soundwave, the first Decepticons.]]

After the Transformers' awakening on Earth, Soundwave served quietly under Megatron before Megatron was overthrown by [[Shockwave]]. Under Shockwave's command, Soundwave attacked the [[Blackrock Aerospace Plant]] and secured it for Decepticon use. {{storylink|Warrior School!}} The plant's facilities were used to create the [[Constructicons]], who built a massive radio dish that Soundwave used to beam a message back to Cybertron. {{storylink|The Next Best Thing to Being There!}} ''A short time later, during a brief period when both Megatron and Shockwave were missing in action, Soundwave assumed leadership of the Decepticons and led them against the Autobots during the "Dinobot Hunt".'' {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt!}}

When Megatron resurfaced, rendered immobile in a Wyoming coal mine due to lack of fuel, Soundwave sped to his rescue, re-energizing him. {{storylink| I, Robot Master!}} ''Using the splintered state of the Decepticon forces to his advantage, Soundwave worked both sides of the field, reporting to both Megatron and the returned Shockwave, each without the other's knowledge. When Shockwave learned that the human [[Buster Witwicky]] had begun to suffer [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]-induced visions of the [[combiner|next leap in Transformer evolution]], Soundwave reported this to Megatron, prompting him to battle Shockwave for leadership. The Decepticons' human ally, [[Robot Master]], televised the battle, much to Soundwave's distaste, and in order to prevent the Decepticons from looking like fools, he interrupted the duel and insisted that they agree to a joint leadership.'' {{storylink|Second Generation!}}

[[Image:Laserbeakwarriorschool.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Fly, my pretties, fly!]]
''When the [[Robot-Master]] hoax the Decepticons were perpetrating was threatened by the investigative work of [[Joy Meadows]], Soundwave was instrumental in ending the conflict that ensued between the Decepticons and the Dinobots by holding the reporter hostage and destroying her footage.'' {{storylink|In the National Interest}} ''Not long thereafter, when the deranged future Decepticon, [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], traveled back in time, Soundwave was intrigued by the fact that he was unable to scan his mind to discern the truth of his identity. Siding with Megatron when conflict erupted, Soundwave and his leader were buried under an avalanche by Galvatron and then rescued by the Autobots in the name of forming an alliance to defeat their common enemy.'' {{storylink|Target 2006}}

''It would be some time before Soundwave came back to the fore, and his return to the spotlight was an ignominious one. With Megatron having apparently died, Soundwave was now once again under Shockwave's command, and, while patrolling on the Decepticons' mobile island base, he found himself attacked and subdued by the time-traveling freelance peace-keeping agent, [[Death's Head]], and tricked into giving up information on the whereabouts of Galvatron.'' {{storylink|Hunters!}} ''Although Death's Head's attempts to track down the Decepticon met with failure, Galvatron was ultimately entombed in lava, where he was later discovered by [[Susan Hoffman]]. Soundwave observed a televised broadcast of her discovery, and he and the [[Combaticon]]s attempted to destroy Galvatron with explosives planted around the volcano in question. After a battle with the [[Throttlebot]]s, Soundwave found that he was unable to remote-detonate the explosives planted around the volcano thanks to Blaster jamming his signal.'' {{storylink|Ladies' Night}}

[[Image:Soundwave uscomics.jpg|thumb|left|G2 before it was cool.]]

When Shockwave was removed from power, Soundwave smoothly transitioned to serving under the new Decepticon leader, Ratbat, and helped to operate his [[Realvision]] playback system to decode data from Autobot tapes [[Grand Slam]] and [[Raindance]]. {{storylink|The Flames of Boltax!}} The tapes, it was discovered, contained information on the [[Underbase]], the power of which was soon claimed by [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], who immediately targeted the Earth. Soundwave co-led the defense of New York alongside [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]], but was deactivated by a blast of cosmic power from Starscream. {{storylink|Dark Star!}}

''It would be some time before Soundwave was operational again, but he was back on his feet by the time that Starscream, now a [[Pretender]], was busy doubting his self-worth.'' {{storylink|Fallen Star}} He continued to operate under the command of the new Decepticon Earth commander, [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]].

''In 2007, in the alternate future world of [[Earth-120185]], Soundwave was second-in-command of the Decepticon forces under Shockwave and succeeded him after Death's Head assassinated him on the orders of [[Unicron]].'' {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}} ''In 2008, Soundwave entered into an alliance with the [[Quintesson]]s, arranging to attack the Autobots as part of a larger plan. He was, however, unaware of the aliens' true plans to take control of Cybertron and found himself double-crossed when the Quintessons ambushed the Decepticons en route to their attack on the Autobots. The Autobots, led by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], saved Soundwave's forces from the Quintessons, and they joined forces to repel the Quintesson invasion.'' {{storylink|Space Pirates!}} ''Finally, in 2009, Soundwave led the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] back in time to 1989, where they briefly participated in the "Time Wars" before returning to their own time in the midst of the conflict in order to save their own hides.'' {{storylink|Time Wars}}

====Generation 2====
After Megatron reassumed control of the Decepticons, Soundwave served under him in a high-ranking position. Naturally, the first thing he did in that position was ask, "Why revive Starscream?" {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}} He was in command of the [[Warworld]] while Megatron was on Earth. When the [[Cybertronian Empire]] boarded the ship (thanks to Starscream's treachery) he and his bridge crew fled to Earth in escape pods. {{storylink|Total War!}} He was later seen standing by in the final battle against the [[Swarm]]. {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}

====Earthforce====

''In the tangent timeline that is home to the Autobot [[Earthforce]] team, Soundwave nominally served on Megatron's side during the Decepticon Civil War, but, once again, was not above exploiting the conflict for his own ends. When an energon shipment was hijacked by Shockwave's forces thanks to information Soundwave had given them, Megatron came to suspect the presence of a traitor in his ranks, but ironically assigned Soundwave to identify the culprit. To keep his own duplicity a secret, Soundwave set up [[Wildrider]] to take the fall, and Megatron destroyed the [[Stunticon]].'' {{storylink|Secrets}}

''Approached by Starscream with a plan to make them both Decepticon leaders, Soundwave joined forces with the schemer and lured Megatron and Shockwave to an airport, tipping off the Autobots to their location. With the two leaders thus occupied, Soundwave and Starscream took control.'' {{storylink|Internal Affairs!}}'' Subsequently, Soundwave led an all-out attack on the Earthforce base as a diversion, while Starscream attempted to plunder an oil tanker. Starscream met with failure, however, leading Soundwave to withdraw his forces and consider taking leadership for himself alone.'' {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}} ''Starscream was aware of Soundwave's goals, and when he was attacked by a group of alien assassins, he suspected that Soundwave had ordered the hit and struck back at him. Soundwave was able to convince Starscream he was not responsible and that in actuality, it was the work of Megatron and Shockwave.'' {{storylink|External Forces!}}

''Soon afterward, Soundwave learned that human reporter [[Irwin Spoon]] had secured an interview with the Autobots that could potentially resolve the public view of the Transformer war. Seeking to prevent this, he had the Stunticons capture the journalist. Although the Autobots were able to rescue him, a carefully planted [[cerebro-shell]] ensured that the story Irwin wrote was anything but accurate.'' {{storylink|End of the Road!}}

====Classics====

===American cartoon continuity===
====Generation 1 cartoon====
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Frank Welker]] (US), [[Issei Masamune]] (Japan)

[[Image:Cybertronsoundwave.jpg|thumb|left|Before the tape recorder, he was a lamp post. It's hard to take him seriously sometimes.]]

Soundwave served as intelligence officer during the war on Cybertron. He had the questionably useful [[altmode]] of a space-age lamp-post, which allowed him to get as close to Autobot headquarters as the street leading into [[Iacon]]. There, he deployed his chest-dwelling minion [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] who could snoop even closer. Laserbeak overheard talk of the Autobot mission to seek new energy sources off Cybertron, which prompted the Decepticons to intercept and board the ''Ark''. During the fight aboard the ''Ark'' Soundwave easily fought off [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] only to be kicked in the back by [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide.]] He then somehow got up again to be punched in the chest by Ratchet, whom he threw against a console. However, this battle was cut short when the gravity of a primitive planet forced both ships to crash land. 3 million years later in the Earth year of 1984, the Transformers awakened and Soundwave was reformatted into a portable cassette player. He played an essential role in the generation of [[energon cube]]s and the formation of plans for a new space cruiser to return the Decepticons to Cybertron. {{storylink|More Than Meets the Eye, Part 1}}

[[Image:G1 Decepticons hear Soundwave.JPG|thumb|150px|"I told you we should have made Soundwave a television."<br>"Silence, Starscream!"]]

Soundwave's cassette player mode allowed him to dupe a grabby and none-too-questioning [[Spike Witwicky]] into carrying his shrunken form into [[Ark (G1)|Autobot headquarters]], where he was able to deploy Ravage and record information on Earth's most plentiful resources. Though Ravage was captured, Soundwave escaped to report to Megatron. {{storylink|More Than Meets the Eye, Part 2}} After Ravage returned after being allowed to escape, Soundwave proved his loyalty to Megatron by warning his leader of Starscream's foolish attempt to take his life. During the subsequent battle at the launch site of the space cruiser, Sound deployed several tapes in Operation: Warfare (read: he wanted them to fight the Autobots). Soundwave served as helmsman for the space cruiser on it's remarkably short flight from Earth, and alerted the others to [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]]'s intrusion. Implacable in the face of destruction, Soundwave monotonally reported his failure to halt their descent while the rest of the Decepticons totally freaked out. {{storylink|More Than Meets the Eye, Part 3}}

[[Image:RollForIt SoundwavescansChip.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Soundwave performs telepathy.]]

After the Decepticons established an undersea headquarters, Soundwave fooled the workers of a solar power plant into thinking he was a worker's tape player, even though he wasn't, which begged the question of how he managed to get inside in the first place. {{Storylink|Transport to Oblivion}} After Megatron is seemingly destroyed, he chafed under the command of Starscream, whose inept leadership he was forced to endure. Their first sorte ended in comical defeat that saw Soundwave bowled over by Prowl as he ran away. When Megatron eventually returned in a scheme to steal [[Doctor Alcazar]]'s [[antimatter]] formula, Soundwave happily latched back onto his master. After Alcazar deleted the formula from his own computer, Soundwave used his mind-reading talents to acquire the formula from the brain of [[Chip Chase]]. {{Storylink|Roll for It}}

[[Image:FireontheMountain_SoundwaveMegsgun.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Why bother using Megatron as a weapon when he has that arm cannon?]]

During their mission in the Peruvian Andes to exploit the fabled Incan Crystal of Power, Soundwave and [[Reflector]] were ambushed by [[Brawn]] and [[Windcharger]] in mid-air. Brawn drove Soundwave head first into the side of a mountain. As Soundwave got up, he was knocked over by Brawn who had been blasted by Megatron. He got the Autobot back, though, firing sonic bursts directly into Brawn's head, then going after the Autobot with Megatron's gun mode. {{Storylink|Fire on the Mountain}} Soundwave's mind-reading abilities came into use again when he scanned the brains of [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] and [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] in order to determine their weaknesses. {{Storylink|War of the Dinobots}}

[[Image:Auto-Bop_Blaster_Soundwave.jpg|thumb|left|150px|"I've been waiting for you Blaster, we meet again at last!" ]]

{{quote|I've been waiting a long time for this, you poor excuse for a sound system!|[[Blaster]]}}
{{quote|All talk, no shock.|Soundwave, [[Auto-Bop]]}}

One of Soundwave's most notable misadventures came in 1985, when, operating a plan conceived by [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], he brainwashed humans with ultrasonic vibrations inside the Decepticon-built night club [[Dancitron]] in [[New York City]], leading to a confrontation with his Autobot Communications Officer counterpart, [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]. This began a lasting rivalry between the two. {{Storylink|Auto-Bop}}

{{quote|Soundwave superior, Constructicons inferior.|Soundwave on why he is the better candidate, [[The Transformers: The Movie]]}}

In the year 2005, the Autobots had been driven from Cybertron and were now based on their homeworld's moons and on Earth. After scouting from Laserbeak, Megatron concocted a scheme to strike at the heart of Autobot strength by sacking their great fortress of [[Autobot City]]. During [[Battle of Autobot City|the subsequent battle]], Soundwave deployed an array of his cassettes against the Autobot communications array manned by Blaster. Little did he know Blaster had since gathered a group of cassettes of his own, and in any case Soundwave's minions failed to stop the distress signal. Soundwave's loyalty to Megatron was demonstrated when he recovered the seriously damaged Decepticon leader, who'd been left for dead after Optimus Prime defeated him. But while Soundwave was loyal, he was far from stupid, and he kept his mouth shut when Megatron was subsequently ejected into space. Although he did suggest himself as a replacement leader, he again loyally served Megatron when that being returned as [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]].{{Storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

In the year 2006, although operating in a less prominent capacity for most of the time, Soundwave played a prominent role in Galvatron's attempt to learn the secret of a sonic weapon on the planet [[Eurythma]], where sound and music were the way of life, leaving Soundwave entranced by the planet's perfect melodies. Recording each piece of the harmony that formed the devastating sonic effect, Soundwave was defeated when the Eurythmans countered the harmony with white noise, and he was again pulled into a confrontation with Blaster, who erased his recordings. {{Storylink|Carnage in C-Minor}}

====Madman Transformers comic====

[[Image:Madman comic Soundwave ejects tapes.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Bright colours and flashes of light work well with Soundwave.]]

In 2001, Soundwave and his squad of cassettes were deployed to the construction site of [[Autobot City]] while the balance of the Autobot forces were engaged in an evacuation of Cybertron. He managed to record a secret conversation between Optimus Prime and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] where the Autobot leaders discussed hiding the [[Autobot Matrix of Leadership]] in a bunker at the build site, against the chance Prime would be captured or destroyed while off-world. Soundwave returned to the not-so-secret bunker and deployed his minions to dig up the Matrix. Just as artifact had been secured and Soundwave was about to call for retrieval, the young Autobot [[Hot Rod]] took the Matrix and defeated Soundwave's team. {{Storylink|Madman Transformers Comic}}

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===Japanese cartoon continuity===

{{note|The events of American cartoon continuity, as detailed above, occur in the Japanese timeline, except the events of 2006 are pushed back to 2010. The Japanese continuity proceeds to insert many new storylines and events in, around, before and after the events of the Generation 1 cartoon, as covered below.}}

====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' manga====

While Megatron and the Decepticons engaged the Autobots in battle in Arizona, Soundwave and his cassettes were dispatched to do something unspecified (but likely ''evil'') in Tokyo. Optimus Prime dispatched a unit of Autobots led by Bumblebee and [[Kenji]] to track them down. He was ultimately defeated when Bumblebee got the drop on him with a patented "Bumble-Kick" and shattered his chest. This made it impossible for his cassette forces to return to him, leaving them to be captured as well. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 2}} When he next appeared, Soundwave hadn't quite got over his injuries, and was seen with bandages stuck to his chest-window. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 3}}

====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' story pages====

When Soundwave learned that the Autobots were keeping themselves in shape by having a friendly race, he set up a trap within a narrow canyon, walling the Autobots in and opening fire on them. Luckily, [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] arrived on the scene and delivered a powerful punch to Soundwave's chest, shattering his tape door once again. Soundwave immediately fled.

====''The Headmasters'' anime====

In 2011, the Decepticons were offered a chance to regain control of Cybertron when [[Vector Sigma]] began to destabilize due to the release of the energy of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]. To discover the Autobots' plan of action, Soundwave and his cassettes infiltrated [[Autobot City]]. Although discovered by Blaster and his own cassettes, they escaped with the knowledge that the Matrix was currently missing, and that the Autobots were preparing to search Earth for it. Blaster and [[Hot Rod]] subsequently embarked on a search mission to the Arctic, where Soundwave and his cassettes attacked them. Blaster allowed Hot Rod to escape, and he and Soundwave engaged in a one-on-one battle, with shattered chests and severed limbs aplenty. The two combatants ultimately inflicted fatal damge to one another, and Soundwave's body exploded even as Blaster collapsed. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}}

The deceased Soundwave's cassettes were able to recover fragments of his body, allowing Decepticon [[Headmaster]] leader [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] to reconstruct him using the planet [[Master (Headmasters)|Master]]'s super-technology. Soundwave was thusly restored to life as '''Soundblaster''', although now black in appearance as opposed to blue. Immediately Soundblaster set to work using his broadcasting powers to direct the Decepticons' latest creation, the [[Madmachine]], in another attack on Cybertron. The science of Master had also restored the Autobot Blaster to life, however, and under the new name "Twincast" he destroyed Soundblaster's sonic control and foiled the Decepticons' plot. {{storylink|Operation Cassette}}

Soundblaster continued to serve in his role as a spy for the Decepticons, and he and his cassettes would regularly snoop on the Autobots on Cybertron, Earth and [[Athenia]]. Soundblaster and his team were responsible for discovering the Vector Sigma was in the process of creating [[Cybertonuron]], {{storylink|Cybertron is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} but they didn't take kindly to the arrival of the new intelligence officer, [[Counterpunch]], who seemed able to dig up information that they couldn't (because he was actually the Autobot double-agent, Punch). {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}} Soundblaster was himself specifically responsible for the destruction of planet Mars, acting upon the twisted orders of Scorponok; he readily pressed the button which triggered the detonation of plasma bombs placed at the Martian magnetic poles in accord with Scorponok's scheme. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!, part 2}}

Although rarely doing little more than standing guard and relaying information over large distances (save for one daring instance where he and [[Ratbat]] actually amanged to sneak board Battleship Maximus), Soundblaster was a regular battlefield presence and accompanied the Decepticon army on interplanetary energy raids, voyaged to planet Master, and was present on Earth during the final battle at the North Pole.

====''The Headmasters'' manga====

After their defeat at the North Pole, the Decepticons were preparing to retreat from Earth entirely when Scorponok instructed Soundblaster to remain on the planet in secret to act as a spy for the Decepticons. Soundblaster proved that he wasn't up to the challenge by making his presence and intentions known almost instantly when he kicked [[Wheelie]] square in the face and took the [[Spike Witwicky|Witwicky]] family hostage. [[Chromedome]] was left powerless to do anything but surrender, as [[Slugfest]] and [[Overkill]] brutalized [[Spike Witwicky|Spike]] and threatened [[Carly]]. Daniel finally snapped and beat the living crap out of the two Cassette dinosaurs, leaving Soundblaster open to Chromedome's poorly named "Master-Chrome Hurricane Throw to the End of Hell!" Chromedome chucked Soundblaster over the horizon, where he landed near the rogue Decepticon [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 8}}

===Kid Stuff Talking Story Books continuity===
:''Voice actor:'' Unknown

In ''[[When Continents Collide]]'', [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] calls Soundwave a "blundering, tape-filled idiot." This is notable because it is hilarious. Also, Soundwave is really, really whiny in these stories.

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===Beast era===
====''Beast Wars''====
[[Image:BW_Agenda_Pt3_Soundwave.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Soundwave it is, yesss.]]

Soundwave is among the many Transformers strewn about the interior of the ''Ark'' when the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] infiltrates the ship on his mission to destroy Optimus Prime. {{Storylink|The Agenda, Part 3}}

====3H comics====
Soundwave is one of the ancient warriors who appears from [[J'nwan]] to help battle the warlord [[Shokaract]].

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===Dreamwave Generation 1 continuity===
Soundwave was chosen by Megatron to lead his second assassination team against the new Autobot supreme Commander, Optimus Prime. With the aid of his cassette troops, most notably Ravage, as well as [[Shrapnel]], [[Bombshell]], and [[Kickback]], it was assumed he would have no problem with a young, peace-loving Autobot. Soundwave, like many others, underestimated Prime's resolve and was quickly incapacitated. He recovered quickly enough to rescue Megatron after the latter's own battle with Prime.

In the present day, Soundwave was among the Decepticons who quickly joined Shockwave's forces upon returning to Cybertron. It seems clear, however, that Soundwave had little loyalty to Shockwave, as he readily joined up with Starscream when the [[Seeker]] decided to return to Earth and take over. Though Soundwave feigned subservience to Starscream, it was later revealed that he had been serving Megatron the entire time in secret.

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===Devil's Due G.I.Joe vs. Transformers comics===
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===IDW comics continuity===
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Long before the war began, Soundwave was the personal assistant to Senator [[Ratbat]]. When [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] caught Ratbat's eye as a champion of the illegal underground gladiatorial matches, Ratbat sent Soundwave to offer Megatron funding and weapons technology. When [[Bumper (G1)|two]] [[Fastback|Autobots]] were discovered listening in on their conversation, Soundwave dispatched Ravage, Buzzsaw, and Laserbeak to capture them. Some time later, Soundwave was assigned to find a warrior with flight capabilities. He found the [[Seeker]]s: Starscream, [[Skywarp]], and [[Thundercracker]]. During a recruitment rally in which Megatron attempted to kill [[Decimus|Senator Decimus]], a raid by the Autobots under [[Sentinel Prime]] resulted in the participants being arrested. Soundwave, however, was freed under [[Senate]] directive, something which greatly angered the Prime. Soundwave had apparently switched loyalties at this time, becoming one of Megatron's own in not only helping Starscream exterminate [[Kaon]] senators but also to the extent that he destroyed Ratbat's original body, placing his spark into a relatively weak cassette form and thus forcing him into the Decepticons. {{storylink|Megatron Origin}}

Centuries later, after [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] disappeared, Megatron assigned [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] to delve into Shockwave's research and relay all the information back to him. As the Decepticon leader did not fully trust Bludgeon, Megatron also assigned Soundwave to spy on him. Soundwave followed Bludgeon and his team as they left for Earth in 1984 and established a base within Mt. St. Helens, eventually discovering that they intended to resurrect [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]. Though Soundwave tried to stop them, [[Iguanus (G1)|Iguanus]] used an experimental cannon from Shockwave's arsenal to lock him in his alt mode while they instigated a volcanic eruption. He was eventually recovered by a team of unwitting humans who sold him to a pawn shop. {{storylink|Spotlight: Soundwave}}

Soundwave was purchased by a teen and taken to his home. When Ravage and Laserbeak were reprogrammed by [[Skywatch]] to find the other Transformers, Skywatch's control signal was blocked by a signal emanating from a functioning Soundwave, still in cassette-player mode. {{storylink|Devastation issue 4}}

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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
* '''Soundwave''' (Decepticon, 1984/1985, 2003, 2007)
:* ''Japanese ID number:'' '''17''', '''TFC-10'''

[[Image:G1Soundwave_toy.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Soundwave superior. 'Nuf said.]]

: Soundwave transforms into a realistically sized microcassette recorder of indeterminate manufacture and includes weapons that turn into imitation batteries to power his nonexistent circuitry. [[Takara]]'s release of Soundwave in the ''[[Transformers]]'' line was nearly identical to the ''[[Microchange]]'' "MC-10 Cassette Man" toy on which he was based. This meant that along with being packaged with [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (previously a red "MC-01 Micross"), he came with a set of non-functioning headphones that allowed you not to listen to the silence not recorded on his non-functioning tapes with the non-functioning microphone. [[Hasbro]] packaged Soundwave with [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] rather than Rumble and omitted the other non-functioning accessories.

: Soundwave was included in the VS-Y versus pack along with Rumble and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]].

: For 2003, Soundwave was reissued as part of Takara's [[Transformers Collection]] "book-box" series. This iteration of Soundwave came packaged with [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]].

: Another reissue of Soundwave and Laserbeak was seen in 2007 with Takara's [[Transformers Encore]] series.

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*'''Soundblaster''' (Decepticon, 1987, 2005)
:*''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-101''', '''TFC-18'''

[[Image:G1Soundblaster_toy.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Once you go black, you can never go b—]]

: As part of the Japanese ''[[Headmasters (franchise)|Headmasters]]'' series, Soundwave was [[redeco]]ed and [[retool]]ed so that he could hold two Cassettes in his chest at once. Soundblaster's tape door was cast in transparent red plastic to allow the information on the "readout" decal, unique to the ''Headmasters'' decos of the cassettes, to be seen, functioning in the same manner as the Tech Specs decoders. The readouts of the Decepticon cassettes showed the "weak points" of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. Soundblaster came packaged with Buzzsaw.

: Soundblaster saw reissue in the Transformers Collection series in 2005, packaged together with Buzzsaw and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]].
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*'''Soundwave with Wingthing''' (Action Master, 1990)

[[Image:G1_ActionMaster_Soundwave_toy.jpg|thumb|left|150px|—uh, never mind.]]

: [[Action Master]] Soundwave is a non-transforming action figure which combines elements of his cartoon model and original toy. He is compatible with any other Action Master weapon or vehicle. He came packaged with his new partner, [[Wingthing]].
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===Generation 2===
*'''Soundwave''' (Go-Bot, 1995)

[[Image:G2_Gobot_Soundwave_toy.jpg|thumb|right|150px|The goggles, they do nothing.]]

: A [[redeco]] of the [[Go-Bot (G2)|Go-Bot]] [[Gearhead]], Soundwave transforms into a Ford Thunderbird stock car with precision wheels and wire axles, compatible with "Hot Wheels" and "Matchbox" playsets and tracks (which he was properly sized to fit).

: Notably, his color scheme is very '''loud''', being bright shades of fluorescent yellow, pink and blue. This is one time fans can actually get away with describing a toy's color scheme as [[neon]].

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===Machine Wars===
*'''Soundwave''' (Mega, 1997)

[[Image:MW_Soundwave_toy.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Not my scene, baby!]]

: ''[[Machine Wars]]'' Soundwave was a [[redeco]] of the [[Predator]] [[Stalker]] minus Stalker's handgun and its missiles and with the sighting gimmick having been removed from the missile. In this incarnation, Soundwave transforms into tracked missile carrier.

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===Smallest Transformers===
*'''Soundwave and Ravage''' (2003)

[[Image:SmallestTF_Soundwave_toy.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Small in size. Big in taste!]]

: Like all of the ''[[Smallest Transformers]]'', this version of Soundwave is a tiny replica of his G1 form. He came with ''Smallest Transformers'' Ravage, who is probably ''the'' smallest Transformer ever.

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===Universe===
*'''Soundwave & Space Case''' (Ultra, 2004)

[[Image:Universe_Soundwave&Space-Case_toy.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Soundwave: superior. Space Case: inferior.]]

: The ''Machine Wars'' version of Soundwave was redecoed for release in the ''[[Universe]]'' line in an Ultra-level two-pack with [[Space Case]]. Due to the lack of fiction, it is ''possible'' that this incarnation is in fact an alternate-universe version of Soundwave, or possibly a new character altogether.

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===Titanium series===
*'''Soundwave''' (6" Cybertron Heroes, 2006)

[[Image:Titanium_CybHeroes_Soundwave_toy.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Steel Band]]

: A new representation of his G1 form, this Soundwave transforms into a slightly redesigned version of his original microcassette player mode. He also comes with a VERY tiny Laserbeak that transforms into a black rectangle vaguely resembling a microcassette and is almost (but not quite) as small as ''Smallest TF'' Ravage. He can also fit inside of Soundwave's chest. Both of Soundwave's guns resemble batteries and fit into the battery compartment on his back. Some fans have complained that oddly-shaped crotch area makes it look like Soundwave is wearing a diaper, and that poor leg engineering makes it impossible for them to stay extended, and as a result unable to stand up (much like a baby). [http://www.reprolabels.com/Misc/babywave.asp Reprolabels.com] took advantage of this realization with a custom sticker set.

: This mold was to be redecoed as Soundblaster with a new Ravage tape partner, but was not released due to the cancellation of the line.

===Classics===
*'''Soundwave''' (Commemorative Edition, 2007)

[[Image:Classics_Commemorative_Soundwave_toy.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Ravage, Laserbeak: Eject. Operation: Reissue.]]

: Despite having packaging that claims ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]'' Soundwave is "identical to the original toy," this version is actually a redeco of the [[Transformers Collection]] Sound''blaster'' reissue in Soundwave's original colors. This is presumably due to reported mold degradation on the cassette door of the Soundwave mold. While later releases such as the [[Transformers Encore]] edition would feature a single-cassette bay, it is noteworthy that this release featured the much more rarely used Cassetteman version of the door mold. Like the Soundblaster reissue, ''Classics'' Soundwave is packaged with "Battle" Ravage, as well as Laserbeak, recolored from Soundblaster's Buzzsaw. In a move rare for a US release of this toy, the set included two [[Takara]] clear-plastic cassette cases. Exclusive to Toys 'R' Us stores, Soundwave had been intended for the [[Commemorative Series]], but after the cancellation of that line, he was added to ''Classics'', although the phrase "Commemorative Edition" is prominently displayed on the front and sides of the box.

{{note|It is interesting to note that while the actual product uses the Soundblaster mold, the package photos show Soundwave with the single-tape door mold used for Takara's TFC-10 reissue.}}

===Music Label===
*'''Soundwave Playing Audio Player''' (2007)
[[Image:Music label soundwave.jpg|right|thumb|150px|SOUNDWAVE: SUPERIOR. ALL OTHER MUSIC PLAYERS: INFERIOR.]]

: Released by [[TakaraTomy]]'s Music Label (which also puts out a not-half-as-cool Convoy iPod stand), Soundwave is an MP3 player which takes a miniSD card. The box says it can take up to 1 GB, but many claims have shown it can support up to 2 GB. The player uses 1 AAA battery. An optional accessory, sold separately, features headphones that transform into [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] and [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]. The player also features a transformation almost entirely accurate to his G1 appearance. He also comes with two sets of hands, his shoulder cannon, and a sidearm.

: '''Controls'''
:* Play/Pause (Press and hold for three seconds to power on or off)
:* Next
:* Previous
:* Volume Up
:* Volume Down.

: It also treats Folders as Albums

: An LED behind the "cassette" door turns on and flashes to indicate the power's on. The single AAA battery lasts for about 6 hours of continuous play.

===Attacktix(Unreleased)===
*'''Soundwave''' (Booster, 2007)
[[Image:Attacktix_G1Soundwave_toy.jpg|thumb|left|150px|I like big blasters and I can not lie!]]
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===Unreleased===
:In ''Generation 2'', a [[redeco]] of the [[Laser Cycle]] [[Road Pig]] was planned as Soundwave, but ultimately never released, one of many planned redecos that never made it. Some packaged samples do exist.
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==Merchandise==
===Transformers - Mini Bust===
[[Image:Soundwave_statue.jpg|thumb|right|150px|An elegant but succinct summation.]]
* '''Soundwave''' (Diamond Select, 2007)
Released by Diamond Select Toys in 2007, Soundwave was sculpted by Mark Wong of Art Asylum and limited to 1,000 pieces. The sculpt features both his concussion blaster gun and shoulder cannon with Laserbeak perched on his left shoulder. His tape deck altmode is sculpted on the base of the bust.
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==Trivia==
* According to an interview in the magazine ''Otaku USA'' (issue 3, pg. 102-3), the original Microchange toy and the accompanying cassettes were at least partially designed by famed mecha designer and anime director [[Shinji Aramaki]]. He did not come up with the transformation scheme, but designed most of the outward appearance and details. He also worked on the toys that became the deluxe [[Insecticon]]s, [[Reflector]], and [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]].

* Including the ''[[Microchange]]'' "Cassette Man" version, the original Soundwave mold has sported at least four different tape doors:
** The original MC-10 version had a cassette door that had "Cassette Man" emblazoned on it and featured a hinge that was internal to the robot's body.
** For the initial ''Transformers'' release by Hasbro, the "Cassette Man" text was removed.
** When Takara's Soundwave was released, the hinge was remolded so the bottom of the door attached to the outside of the robot, on either side of the "buttons", which had also been remolded.
** The Soundblaster version had a door that retained the external hinge and added the capacity for holding a second cassette.

[[Image:Soundwavecommercial.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Say hello to my leetle friend!]]

* Though Soundwave's toy is a microcassette recorder, his fictional appearances depict him as a stereo cassette deck or Walkman. (Likewise, his microcassette tapes are depicted as regular audio cassettes.)

* Animation from early ''Transformers'' commercials featured a Soundwave model colored in very light blue, versus the dark blue used later. Also, instead of the cassettes ejecting themselves from his chest, he reached into his chest compartment with his own fingers and threw the (tiny) tapes into the air.

[[Image:Soundwave_fly.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Hey, wait for me!]]

* Soundwave's distinctive voice proved to be one of G1's most memorable aspects. The highly processed voice began with [[Frank Welker]] basically doing his Dr. Claw voice. Whether due to variations in the performance or the processing, the final result varied quite a bit across Soundwave's three seasons on the show. Occasionally, as in the episodes "[[Roll For It]]" and "[[Webworld]]", the processing was left out and Welker's actual voice can be heard.

* Soundwave has ever flied in his [[alt mode]] one time in the episode "[[Masquerade]]".

* The Marvel US comics chose a purple scheme for Soundwave. This could have been an error, an early look for him that was dropped in other media, or perhaps an attempt to distinguish him from the other Decepticons, who were mostly blue (especially since blacks also ended up as blues in the industry's then-limited color palette). The Marvel UK comics colored him blue like everywhere else (partially due to using a more sophisticated colouring system). He was also sometimes shown without a faceplate.

[[Image:Bm soundwave.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Soundwave gets [[slag (slang)|slagged]] by Vehicons, and Nightscream escapes. How's that for injustice?]]

* Soundwave's computer model was used for one of the [[generic]] Transformers in ''Beast Machines''. It is seen in [[Nightscream]]'s flashback being cornered by [[Vehicon]] drones just before Nightscream flees into the lower levels of Cybertron. Though the model was recolored, it was still really <span title="This may not be an actual word" style="cursor:help;">'Soundwavey,'</span> causing much confusion among fans. {{storylink|Forbidden Fruit}}

* Later, Soundwave's character model showed up numerous times in various color schemes as a generic background character in [[Armada (cartoon)|Armada]].

* [[Sideways]] listened to music using a tape deck resembling Soundwave in the [[Cybertron (cartoon)|Cybertron]] cartoon. Later, after a new [[Planet X (Cybertron)|Planet X]] was found, ''Cybertron'' [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]] held tape deck Soundwave in his arms.

* In the Japanese dub of the [[Generation 1 (television series)|Generation 1 cartoon]] as well as the [[manga]], all of Soundwave's cassette forces which could talk referred to him as "big brother". It should probably be noted, though, that this is a fairly common way to refer to others you admire and such in Japanese. It's also a term that gang members use toward older, more experienced members who aren't actual gang bosses. Take it as you will. Whatever it says about his relationship with them, it does give new meaning to the phrase [[Wikipedia:Big Brother (Nineteen Eighty-Four)|"Big Brother is watching over you"]].

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==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/1984/Decepticon/Soundwave/soundwave.htm Soundwave at TFU.info]

* [http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Soundwave Soundwave's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

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Grimlock (G1)

2008-03-19T00:23:56Z

80.176.139.71: /* Generation 1 */

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:''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.

What the Autotbots don't realize is that the only thing he hates more than weakness is those who abuse their strength, meaning when push comes to shove, Grimlock will always fall in on the right side of the fence. And 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 in the cartoon was substantially lower than in most of his other portrayals. See the entries below for details.}}

:''Preliminary names:'' '''Tyrannobot''', '''Trapjaw''', '''Jawbreaker''', '''Tyrex'''
:''French-Canadian name'': '''La Menace'''<br>
:''Chinese name:'' '''Gang-suo''' ("Steel lock")<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 (G1)|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 (G1)|Ratchet]] and joined the Autobots from time to time, but they were usually seen wandering on their own under Grimlock's orders. ''At one point, having reverted to their base instincts due to their primary cybo-dendrons having burnt out (from all that time in the tar pit), the Autobots had to go round up the Dinobots.'' {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt!}} ''Decepticon interference led to Grimlock having a good old rumble with [[Sludge (G1)| Sludge]] that destroys the town of Doonstown and leaves several Autobots badly injured. After being repaired by Ratchet, Grimlock dreamt of defeating Megatron'' {{storylink|Victory!}} ''before waking up and hitting the road for some adventures with the Dinobots and [[Joy Meadows]].'' {{storylink|In the National Interest}}

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' 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' 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 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''====

In the months that followed the war on Klo, as more and more Autobots began to succumb to the Nucleon's effects and lose their ability to transform, Grimlock's guilt over his actions grew. When he heard the medical facilities on Hydrus-Four had reopened and discovered a means of reversing Nucleon's effect, he jumped at the chance. Taking his fellow Dinobots back there, Grimlock and his comrades ran smack into a Decepticon trap. Bludgeon and his crew had followed the Dinobots to Hydrus-Four and cut in ahead of them, taking control of the med-facility and installing a [[Holocaust Trigger]] device, which totally overwhelmed the Dinobots' equilibrium as they entered, knocking them out. Grimlock awoke hours later to find Bludgeon's sickly-skullhead grinning at him, as the Master of Metallikato planned to use the Nucleon to revitalize his warriors and bring the Great Megatron himself back to life. Luckily, Optimus Prime and Prowl arrived with a rescue party in time to stop the maccabb resurrection ceremony from being completed. Bludgeon was destroyed, and Prime and Grimlock personally ripped apart the half-reanimated Megatron. Normally, [[Furmanism|it never ends]], but this time it truly did. {{storylink|Another Time and Place}}

====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' 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' 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' 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. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}} 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. {{storylink|Escalation!}}

[[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. The alliance between Autobots and Decepticons gave Grimlock a chance to work alongside two new Rotor Force members, Leadfoot and Manta Ray, both of whom were impressed with Grimlock's style. {{storylink|Total War}} With the Empire came the Swarm, and with both Optimus and Megatron out of contact, it fell to Grimlock and the Predacon [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] to organise the Transformers in a desperate defensive action. They utilized a combination of shield generators, sky snipers, thermal mines...basically anything they could throw at the Swarm. 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. During this operation, Manta Ray deliberately ignored Razorclaw's orders in favor of Grimlock's and, when the Predacon attempted to execute him for treason, Leadfoot cut Razorclaw in two, securing them as new recruits for the Autobots.

In the end, Optimus Prime united with the Swarm and cleansed it of its dark impulses. The Swarm was dispersed, and Grimlock celebrated a victory with his united forces.{{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}

''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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===American cartoon continuity===
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Gregg Berger]] (US), [[Takurō Kitagawa]] (Japan), [[Edgar Fruitier]] (French Canadian)

''(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. [[Skywarp (G1)|Him]] 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, only God knows why. 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, Frankenstein's monster style. 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, and 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' 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 he stop shaking hand, me Grimlock 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 orders 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 mad that name "[[T-Wrecks]]" already taken. <small>(Maybe 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 on 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]], only to realize shortly afterwards that he needs a new strategy. {{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 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>

===Japanese cartoon continuity===
====''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 (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] was killed and a new leader had to be chosen, the Autobots were losing the war, and Grimlock was growing impatient with the [[Council of Ancients]] strategy. Grimlock called a secret meeting with Prowl, Jazz, and his running crew: 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' absence and had managed to secure a truce with Shockwave. Grimlock was less than 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}}

{{Note|Due to Dreamwave's closure, the conclusion of the ''War Within'' series was never seen; as Grimlock appears in the modern-day Dreamwave books, however, he obviously was revived somehow. Really, did you actually think [[Simon Furman|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]]. His only real contribution to the Decepticons was being beaten up, and beaten down by Trailbreaker. {{Storylink|Prime Directive}}

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' 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====
{{quote|Shadows lengthen. The twilight of the Cybertronian race gathers. The end is nigh.|Shockaract}}
{{quote|Reminds me of the good ol' days.|Grimlock}}

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 lure 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. {{Storylink|The Ascending, Part 2}}

When Lio Convoy and Ravage led a joint force to stop Shockaract, Grimlock accompanied them. The former Autobot and former Decepticon had a moment of antagonism when the fight started. But once the battle got underway, Grimlock fell in with the Convoys. As Shockaract declared the end of the Cybertronian race, Grimlock seemed to reminisce, even as he transformed to his beast mode and led a charge. He was one of the survivors, although presumably, he would be a victim of Megatron. {{Storylink|The Ascending, Part 4}}

===Devil's Due Continuity===

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===IDW comics continuity===
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[[Image:SpotlightShockwave_GrimlockSlag_trexscan.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Me Grimlock in love! ]]
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. {{storylink|Megatron Origin}}

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.

[[Image:SpotlightShockwave_Grimlock_stasislock.jpg|thumb|left|180px|One, two three..Red light!]]

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, he shut down his logic processors and executed a "rage" program to enable him to operate on pure instinct. He shrugged off the Dynobots' 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. Thousands of years later, their entombed bodies were discovered by a human archaelogical team. {{storylink|Spotlight: Shockwave}}

In 2007, [[Skywatch]] took over jurisdiction of the dig site and excavated Shockwave and the Dynobots. {{storylink|Escalation issue 5}}

When the [[Reapers]] attacked the Decepticons, Skywatch decided to awaken the most advanced of their "Eureka Six", which turned out to be Grimlock. {{storylink|Devastation issue 5}}

===Universe===

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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
* '''Grimlock''' (Dinobot, 1985/1986/1991/1992)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-26'''
**''Accessories:'' 'Energo' sword, twin 'stunner' laser rifle, galaxial rocket launcher, 3 rockets,

[[Image:G1Grimlock_toy.jpg|left|thumb|200px|And the debate goes on:
<br>"Me Grimlock am greatest warrior!"
<br>"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]].

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* '''Grimlock''' ([[Classic Pretender]], 1989)
**''Accessories:'' Pretender shell, rifle, helmet, tail/gun

[[Image:Pretender_Grimlock_toy.jpg|right|thumb|130px|Me Grimlock have fleshy bits!]]

: 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)
**''Accessories:'' Tail/gun

[[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.

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* '''Grimlock''' (Action Master, 1990)
**''Accessories:'' Anti-tank cannon partner, particle beam cannon

[[Image:G1Grimlock_ActionMaster.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Me Grimlock 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".

===Generation 2===
* '''Grimlock''' (Dinobot, 1992)
**''Accessories:'' 'Energo' sword, twin 'stunner' laser rifle,

: 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)
**''Accessories:'' Tail/rotate-blade, sword

[[Image:BeastWarsgrimlock_toy.jpg|right|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 (BWN)|Hardhead]] and [[Thrust (BWII)|Thrustor]].

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===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'''
**''Accessories:'' Engine/gun, sword

[[Image:AlternatorsGrimlock_toy.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Me can't munch metal, but can 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)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-05'''
**''Accessories:'' Missile launcher, missile, removable tail

[[Image:Grimlockclassicstoy.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Me Grimlock just come from ''Jurassic Park 4'' audition. Me ate other actors!]]

: ''Classics'' Grimlock, a gray and gold ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', is a re-imagined 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]]. The mold is also [[redeco]] into [[Grimlock (Timelines)|"Shattered Glass" Grimlock]].

: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)
**''Accessories:'' Gun

[[Image:Titanium_RM_Grimlock.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Me Grimlock 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.

====Unreleased====
*'''Grimlock''' (6" Cybertron Heroes)
**''Accessories:'' Gun, Energo-sword

:Based upon his appearance from ''The War Within'', this transforming partly die-cast and plastic Grimlock was never released due to the cancellation of the ''Titanium'' toy line. Hasbro provided a sample to the toy/character concept's designer, [[Don Figueroa]].

===Attacktix===
*'''Grimlock''' (Booster, 2007)
[[Image:Attacktix_Grimlock.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Me Grimlock can't move. [[The Last Stand!|Seem]] [[Spotlight: Shockwave|to happen]] [[Still Life!|a lot]].]]

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

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===Transformers - Mini Bust===
[[Image:Grimlock Mini-bust.jpg|thumb|right|150px|When me Grimlock get legs back, you in BIG TROUBLE!]]
* '''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, wielding 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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[[Image:Grimlock_sdcc.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Me Grimlock say no fun to be exclusive all of time.]]
* '''War Within Grimlock''' (Diamond Select, 2007)

War Within Grimlock was an Action Figure Xpress exclusive at the 2007 San Diego Comic Con. He was sculpted by Chris Lee of Art Asylum and limited to 600 pieces. The sculpt features Grimlock holding his flaming sword. The front of his vehicle mode is sculpted onto the base of the bust.

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===Robot Heroes===
*'''Grimlock Vs Shockwave''' (Two Pack, 2007)
[[Image:G1_RobotHeroes_ShockwaveVsGrimlock.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Me Grimlock no cutie, me king!]]

Packed with [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], Grimlock is a detailed two-inch tall figurine with exaggerated, cartoonish proportions. He is sculpted holding his sword in his right hand. He brings cuddly wuddly death.

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===3D Battle-Card Game===
*'''Grimlock''' (2007)

: A 48-point "rare" character in the [[3D Battle-Card Game]]'s "Energon Wars" expansion, Grimlock "transforms" into a gray vague approximation of a ''t. Rex''. He uses the same parts layout as [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] and [[Cruellock]].

==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. A fuzor, perhaps?
* In ''The Ascending'' Issue 3, Grimlock is shown fighting in his robot mode. His tail weapon appears to take the form of a blaster. In Issue 4, he is the only Transformer, Maximal or Predacon, the same height as the two Convoys.
*Grimlock has his very own fanboy, [[Noise]], who someday wants to grow up and be just like him{{m-}}a godless killing machine.

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==Footnotes==
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==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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Grimlock (G1)

2008-03-19T00:23:02Z

80.176.139.71: /* Generation 1 */

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:''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.

What the Autotbots don't realize is that the only thing he hates more than weakness is those who abuse their strength, meaning when push comes to shove, Grimlock will always fall in on the right side of the fence. And 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 in the cartoon was substantially lower than in most of his other portrayals. See the entries below for details.}}

:''Preliminary names:'' '''Tyrannobot''', '''Trapjaw''', '''Jawbreaker''', '''Tyrex'''
:''French-Canadian name'': '''La Menace'''<br>
:''Chinese name:'' '''Gang-suo''' ("Steel lock")<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 (G1)|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 (G1)|Ratchet]] and joined the Autobots from time to time, but they were usually seen wandering on their own under Grimlock's orders. ''At one point, have reverted to their base instincts due to their primary cybo-dendrons having burnt out (from all that time in the tar pit), the Autobots had to go round up the Dinobots.'' {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt!}} ''Decepticon interference led to Grimlock having a good old rumble with [[Sludge (G1)| Sludge]] that destroys the town of Doonstown and leaves several Autobots badly injured. After being repaired by Ratchet, Grimlock dreamt of defeating Megatron {{storylink|Victory!}} before waking up and hitting the road for some adventures with the Dinobots and [[Joy Meadows]].'' {{storylink|In the National Interest}}

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' 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' 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 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''====

In the months that followed the war on Klo, as more and more Autobots began to succumb to the Nucleon's effects and lose their ability to transform, Grimlock's guilt over his actions grew. When he heard the medical facilities on Hydrus-Four had reopened and discovered a means of reversing Nucleon's effect, he jumped at the chance. Taking his fellow Dinobots back there, Grimlock and his comrades ran smack into a Decepticon trap. Bludgeon and his crew had followed the Dinobots to Hydrus-Four and cut in ahead of them, taking control of the med-facility and installing a [[Holocaust Trigger]] device, which totally overwhelmed the Dinobots' equilibrium as they entered, knocking them out. Grimlock awoke hours later to find Bludgeon's sickly-skullhead grinning at him, as the Master of Metallikato planned to use the Nucleon to revitalize his warriors and bring the Great Megatron himself back to life. Luckily, Optimus Prime and Prowl arrived with a rescue party in time to stop the maccabb resurrection ceremony from being completed. Bludgeon was destroyed, and Prime and Grimlock personally ripped apart the half-reanimated Megatron. Normally, [[Furmanism|it never ends]], but this time it truly did. {{storylink|Another Time and Place}}

====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' 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' 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' 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. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}} 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. {{storylink|Escalation!}}

[[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. The alliance between Autobots and Decepticons gave Grimlock a chance to work alongside two new Rotor Force members, Leadfoot and Manta Ray, both of whom were impressed with Grimlock's style. {{storylink|Total War}} With the Empire came the Swarm, and with both Optimus and Megatron out of contact, it fell to Grimlock and the Predacon [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] to organise the Transformers in a desperate defensive action. They utilized a combination of shield generators, sky snipers, thermal mines...basically anything they could throw at the Swarm. 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. During this operation, Manta Ray deliberately ignored Razorclaw's orders in favor of Grimlock's and, when the Predacon attempted to execute him for treason, Leadfoot cut Razorclaw in two, securing them as new recruits for the Autobots.

In the end, Optimus Prime united with the Swarm and cleansed it of its dark impulses. The Swarm was dispersed, and Grimlock celebrated a victory with his united forces.{{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}

''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}}

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===American cartoon continuity===
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Gregg Berger]] (US), [[Takurō Kitagawa]] (Japan), [[Edgar Fruitier]] (French Canadian)

''(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. [[Skywarp (G1)|Him]] 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, only God knows why. 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, Frankenstein's monster style. 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, and 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' 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 he stop shaking hand, me Grimlock 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 orders 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 mad that name "[[T-Wrecks]]" already taken. <small>(Maybe 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 on 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]], only to realize shortly afterwards that he needs a new strategy. {{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 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>

===Japanese cartoon continuity===
====''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 (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] was killed and a new leader had to be chosen, the Autobots were losing the war, and Grimlock was growing impatient with the [[Council of Ancients]] strategy. Grimlock called a secret meeting with Prowl, Jazz, and his running crew: 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' absence and had managed to secure a truce with Shockwave. Grimlock was less than 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}}

{{Note|Due to Dreamwave's closure, the conclusion of the ''War Within'' series was never seen; as Grimlock appears in the modern-day Dreamwave books, however, he obviously was revived somehow. Really, did you actually think [[Simon Furman|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]]. His only real contribution to the Decepticons was being beaten up, and beaten down by Trailbreaker. {{Storylink|Prime Directive}}

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' 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====
{{quote|Shadows lengthen. The twilight of the Cybertronian race gathers. The end is nigh.|Shockaract}}
{{quote|Reminds me of the good ol' days.|Grimlock}}

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 lure 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. {{Storylink|The Ascending, Part 2}}

When Lio Convoy and Ravage led a joint force to stop Shockaract, Grimlock accompanied them. The former Autobot and former Decepticon had a moment of antagonism when the fight started. But once the battle got underway, Grimlock fell in with the Convoys. As Shockaract declared the end of the Cybertronian race, Grimlock seemed to reminisce, even as he transformed to his beast mode and led a charge. He was one of the survivors, although presumably, he would be a victim of Megatron. {{Storylink|The Ascending, Part 4}}

===Devil's Due Continuity===

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===IDW comics continuity===
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[[Image:SpotlightShockwave_GrimlockSlag_trexscan.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Me Grimlock in love! ]]
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. {{storylink|Megatron Origin}}

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.

[[Image:SpotlightShockwave_Grimlock_stasislock.jpg|thumb|left|180px|One, two three..Red light!]]

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, he shut down his logic processors and executed a "rage" program to enable him to operate on pure instinct. He shrugged off the Dynobots' 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. Thousands of years later, their entombed bodies were discovered by a human archaelogical team. {{storylink|Spotlight: Shockwave}}

In 2007, [[Skywatch]] took over jurisdiction of the dig site and excavated Shockwave and the Dynobots. {{storylink|Escalation issue 5}}

When the [[Reapers]] attacked the Decepticons, Skywatch decided to awaken the most advanced of their "Eureka Six", which turned out to be Grimlock. {{storylink|Devastation issue 5}}

===Universe===

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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
* '''Grimlock''' (Dinobot, 1985/1986/1991/1992)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-26'''
**''Accessories:'' 'Energo' sword, twin 'stunner' laser rifle, galaxial rocket launcher, 3 rockets,

[[Image:G1Grimlock_toy.jpg|left|thumb|200px|And the debate goes on:
<br>"Me Grimlock am greatest warrior!"
<br>"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]].

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* '''Grimlock''' ([[Classic Pretender]], 1989)
**''Accessories:'' Pretender shell, rifle, helmet, tail/gun

[[Image:Pretender_Grimlock_toy.jpg|right|thumb|130px|Me Grimlock have fleshy bits!]]

: 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)
**''Accessories:'' Tail/gun

[[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.

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* '''Grimlock''' (Action Master, 1990)
**''Accessories:'' Anti-tank cannon partner, particle beam cannon

[[Image:G1Grimlock_ActionMaster.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Me Grimlock 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".

===Generation 2===
* '''Grimlock''' (Dinobot, 1992)
**''Accessories:'' 'Energo' sword, twin 'stunner' laser rifle,

: 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)
**''Accessories:'' Tail/rotate-blade, sword

[[Image:BeastWarsgrimlock_toy.jpg|right|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 (BWN)|Hardhead]] and [[Thrust (BWII)|Thrustor]].

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===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'''
**''Accessories:'' Engine/gun, sword

[[Image:AlternatorsGrimlock_toy.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Me can't munch metal, but can 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)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-05'''
**''Accessories:'' Missile launcher, missile, removable tail

[[Image:Grimlockclassicstoy.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Me Grimlock just come from ''Jurassic Park 4'' audition. Me ate other actors!]]

: ''Classics'' Grimlock, a gray and gold ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', is a re-imagined 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]]. The mold is also [[redeco]] into [[Grimlock (Timelines)|"Shattered Glass" Grimlock]].

: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)
**''Accessories:'' Gun

[[Image:Titanium_RM_Grimlock.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Me Grimlock 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.

====Unreleased====
*'''Grimlock''' (6" Cybertron Heroes)
**''Accessories:'' Gun, Energo-sword

:Based upon his appearance from ''The War Within'', this transforming partly die-cast and plastic Grimlock was never released due to the cancellation of the ''Titanium'' toy line. Hasbro provided a sample to the toy/character concept's designer, [[Don Figueroa]].

===Attacktix===
*'''Grimlock''' (Booster, 2007)
[[Image:Attacktix_Grimlock.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Me Grimlock can't move. [[The Last Stand!|Seem]] [[Spotlight: Shockwave|to happen]] [[Still Life!|a lot]].]]

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

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===Transformers - Mini Bust===
[[Image:Grimlock Mini-bust.jpg|thumb|right|150px|When me Grimlock get legs back, you in BIG TROUBLE!]]
* '''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, wielding 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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[[Image:Grimlock_sdcc.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Me Grimlock say no fun to be exclusive all of time.]]
* '''War Within Grimlock''' (Diamond Select, 2007)

War Within Grimlock was an Action Figure Xpress exclusive at the 2007 San Diego Comic Con. He was sculpted by Chris Lee of Art Asylum and limited to 600 pieces. The sculpt features Grimlock holding his flaming sword. The front of his vehicle mode is sculpted onto the base of the bust.

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===Robot Heroes===
*'''Grimlock Vs Shockwave''' (Two Pack, 2007)
[[Image:G1_RobotHeroes_ShockwaveVsGrimlock.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Me Grimlock no cutie, me king!]]

Packed with [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], Grimlock is a detailed two-inch tall figurine with exaggerated, cartoonish proportions. He is sculpted holding his sword in his right hand. He brings cuddly wuddly death.

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===3D Battle-Card Game===
*'''Grimlock''' (2007)

: A 48-point "rare" character in the [[3D Battle-Card Game]]'s "Energon Wars" expansion, Grimlock "transforms" into a gray vague approximation of a ''t. Rex''. He uses the same parts layout as [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] and [[Cruellock]].

==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. A fuzor, perhaps?
* In ''The Ascending'' Issue 3, Grimlock is shown fighting in his robot mode. His tail weapon appears to take the form of a blaster. In Issue 4, he is the only Transformer, Maximal or Predacon, the same height as the two Convoys.
*Grimlock has his very own fanboy, [[Noise]], who someday wants to grow up and be just like him{{m-}}a godless killing machine.

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==Footnotes==
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==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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:''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.

What the Autotbots don't realize is that the only thing he hates more than weakness is those who abuse their strength, meaning when push comes to shove, Grimlock will always fall in on the right side of the fence. And 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 in the cartoon was substantially lower than in most of his other portrayals. See the entries below for details.}}

:''Preliminary names:'' '''Tyrannobot''', '''Trapjaw''', '''Jawbreaker''', '''Tyrex'''
:''French-Canadian name'': '''La Menace'''<br>
:''Chinese name:'' '''Gang-suo''' ("Steel lock")<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 (G1)|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 (G1)|Ratchet]] and joined the Autobots from time to time, but they were usually seen wandering on their own under Grimlock's orders. ''At one point, have reverted to their base instincts due to their primary cybo-dendrons having burnt out (from all that time in the tar pit), the Autobots had to go round up the Dinobots.'' {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt!}} ''Decepticon interference led to Grimlock having a good old rumble with [[Sludge (G1)| Sludge]] that destroys the town of Doonstown and leaves several Autobots badly injured. After being repaired by Ratchet, Grimlock dreamt of defeating Megatron. {{storylink|Victory!)) before waking up and hitting the road for some adventures with the Dinobots and [[Joy Meadows]].'' {{storylink|In the National Interest}}

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' 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' 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 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''====

In the months that followed the war on Klo, as more and more Autobots began to succumb to the Nucleon's effects and lose their ability to transform, Grimlock's guilt over his actions grew. When he heard the medical facilities on Hydrus-Four had reopened and discovered a means of reversing Nucleon's effect, he jumped at the chance. Taking his fellow Dinobots back there, Grimlock and his comrades ran smack into a Decepticon trap. Bludgeon and his crew had followed the Dinobots to Hydrus-Four and cut in ahead of them, taking control of the med-facility and installing a [[Holocaust Trigger]] device, which totally overwhelmed the Dinobots' equilibrium as they entered, knocking them out. Grimlock awoke hours later to find Bludgeon's sickly-skullhead grinning at him, as the Master of Metallikato planned to use the Nucleon to revitalize his warriors and bring the Great Megatron himself back to life. Luckily, Optimus Prime and Prowl arrived with a rescue party in time to stop the maccabb resurrection ceremony from being completed. Bludgeon was destroyed, and Prime and Grimlock personally ripped apart the half-reanimated Megatron. Normally, [[Furmanism|it never ends]], but this time it truly did. {{storylink|Another Time and Place}}

====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' 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' 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' 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. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}} 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. {{storylink|Escalation!}}

[[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. The alliance between Autobots and Decepticons gave Grimlock a chance to work alongside two new Rotor Force members, Leadfoot and Manta Ray, both of whom were impressed with Grimlock's style. {{storylink|Total War}} With the Empire came the Swarm, and with both Optimus and Megatron out of contact, it fell to Grimlock and the Predacon [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] to organise the Transformers in a desperate defensive action. They utilized a combination of shield generators, sky snipers, thermal mines...basically anything they could throw at the Swarm. 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. During this operation, Manta Ray deliberately ignored Razorclaw's orders in favor of Grimlock's and, when the Predacon attempted to execute him for treason, Leadfoot cut Razorclaw in two, securing them as new recruits for the Autobots.

In the end, Optimus Prime united with the Swarm and cleansed it of its dark impulses. The Swarm was dispersed, and Grimlock celebrated a victory with his united forces.{{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}

''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}}

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===American cartoon continuity===
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Gregg Berger]] (US), [[Takurō Kitagawa]] (Japan), [[Edgar Fruitier]] (French Canadian)

''(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. [[Skywarp (G1)|Him]] 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, only God knows why. 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, Frankenstein's monster style. 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, and 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' 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 he stop shaking hand, me Grimlock 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 orders 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 mad that name "[[T-Wrecks]]" already taken. <small>(Maybe 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 on 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]], only to realize shortly afterwards that he needs a new strategy. {{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 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>

===Japanese cartoon continuity===
====''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 (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] was killed and a new leader had to be chosen, the Autobots were losing the war, and Grimlock was growing impatient with the [[Council of Ancients]] strategy. Grimlock called a secret meeting with Prowl, Jazz, and his running crew: 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' absence and had managed to secure a truce with Shockwave. Grimlock was less than 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}}

{{Note|Due to Dreamwave's closure, the conclusion of the ''War Within'' series was never seen; as Grimlock appears in the modern-day Dreamwave books, however, he obviously was revived somehow. Really, did you actually think [[Simon Furman|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]]. His only real contribution to the Decepticons was being beaten up, and beaten down by Trailbreaker. {{Storylink|Prime Directive}}

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' 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====
{{quote|Shadows lengthen. The twilight of the Cybertronian race gathers. The end is nigh.|Shockaract}}
{{quote|Reminds me of the good ol' days.|Grimlock}}

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 lure 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. {{Storylink|The Ascending, Part 2}}

When Lio Convoy and Ravage led a joint force to stop Shockaract, Grimlock accompanied them. The former Autobot and former Decepticon had a moment of antagonism when the fight started. But once the battle got underway, Grimlock fell in with the Convoys. As Shockaract declared the end of the Cybertronian race, Grimlock seemed to reminisce, even as he transformed to his beast mode and led a charge. He was one of the survivors, although presumably, he would be a victim of Megatron. {{Storylink|The Ascending, Part 4}}

===Devil's Due Continuity===

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===IDW comics continuity===
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[[Image:SpotlightShockwave_GrimlockSlag_trexscan.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Me Grimlock in love! ]]
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. {{storylink|Megatron Origin}}

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.

[[Image:SpotlightShockwave_Grimlock_stasislock.jpg|thumb|left|180px|One, two three..Red light!]]

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, he shut down his logic processors and executed a "rage" program to enable him to operate on pure instinct. He shrugged off the Dynobots' 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. Thousands of years later, their entombed bodies were discovered by a human archaelogical team. {{storylink|Spotlight: Shockwave}}

In 2007, [[Skywatch]] took over jurisdiction of the dig site and excavated Shockwave and the Dynobots. {{storylink|Escalation issue 5}}

When the [[Reapers]] attacked the Decepticons, Skywatch decided to awaken the most advanced of their "Eureka Six", which turned out to be Grimlock. {{storylink|Devastation issue 5}}

===Universe===

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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
* '''Grimlock''' (Dinobot, 1985/1986/1991/1992)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-26'''
**''Accessories:'' 'Energo' sword, twin 'stunner' laser rifle, galaxial rocket launcher, 3 rockets,

[[Image:G1Grimlock_toy.jpg|left|thumb|200px|And the debate goes on:
<br>"Me Grimlock am greatest warrior!"
<br>"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]].

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* '''Grimlock''' ([[Classic Pretender]], 1989)
**''Accessories:'' Pretender shell, rifle, helmet, tail/gun

[[Image:Pretender_Grimlock_toy.jpg|right|thumb|130px|Me Grimlock have fleshy bits!]]

: 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)
**''Accessories:'' Tail/gun

[[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.

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* '''Grimlock''' (Action Master, 1990)
**''Accessories:'' Anti-tank cannon partner, particle beam cannon

[[Image:G1Grimlock_ActionMaster.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Me Grimlock 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".

===Generation 2===
* '''Grimlock''' (Dinobot, 1992)
**''Accessories:'' 'Energo' sword, twin 'stunner' laser rifle,

: 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)
**''Accessories:'' Tail/rotate-blade, sword

[[Image:BeastWarsgrimlock_toy.jpg|right|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 (BWN)|Hardhead]] and [[Thrust (BWII)|Thrustor]].

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===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'''
**''Accessories:'' Engine/gun, sword

[[Image:AlternatorsGrimlock_toy.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Me can't munch metal, but can 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)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-05'''
**''Accessories:'' Missile launcher, missile, removable tail

[[Image:Grimlockclassicstoy.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Me Grimlock just come from ''Jurassic Park 4'' audition. Me ate other actors!]]

: ''Classics'' Grimlock, a gray and gold ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', is a re-imagined 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]]. The mold is also [[redeco]] into [[Grimlock (Timelines)|"Shattered Glass" Grimlock]].

: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)
**''Accessories:'' Gun

[[Image:Titanium_RM_Grimlock.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Me Grimlock 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.

====Unreleased====
*'''Grimlock''' (6" Cybertron Heroes)
**''Accessories:'' Gun, Energo-sword

:Based upon his appearance from ''The War Within'', this transforming partly die-cast and plastic Grimlock was never released due to the cancellation of the ''Titanium'' toy line. Hasbro provided a sample to the toy/character concept's designer, [[Don Figueroa]].

===Attacktix===
*'''Grimlock''' (Booster, 2007)
[[Image:Attacktix_Grimlock.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Me Grimlock can't move. [[The Last Stand!|Seem]] [[Spotlight: Shockwave|to happen]] [[Still Life!|a lot]].]]

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

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===Transformers - Mini Bust===
[[Image:Grimlock Mini-bust.jpg|thumb|right|150px|When me Grimlock get legs back, you in BIG TROUBLE!]]
* '''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, wielding 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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[[Image:Grimlock_sdcc.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Me Grimlock say no fun to be exclusive all of time.]]
* '''War Within Grimlock''' (Diamond Select, 2007)

War Within Grimlock was an Action Figure Xpress exclusive at the 2007 San Diego Comic Con. He was sculpted by Chris Lee of Art Asylum and limited to 600 pieces. The sculpt features Grimlock holding his flaming sword. The front of his vehicle mode is sculpted onto the base of the bust.

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===Robot Heroes===
*'''Grimlock Vs Shockwave''' (Two Pack, 2007)
[[Image:G1_RobotHeroes_ShockwaveVsGrimlock.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Me Grimlock no cutie, me king!]]

Packed with [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], Grimlock is a detailed two-inch tall figurine with exaggerated, cartoonish proportions. He is sculpted holding his sword in his right hand. He brings cuddly wuddly death.

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===3D Battle-Card Game===
*'''Grimlock''' (2007)

: A 48-point "rare" character in the [[3D Battle-Card Game]]'s "Energon Wars" expansion, Grimlock "transforms" into a gray vague approximation of a ''t. Rex''. He uses the same parts layout as [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] and [[Cruellock]].

==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. A fuzor, perhaps?
* In ''The Ascending'' Issue 3, Grimlock is shown fighting in his robot mode. His tail weapon appears to take the form of a blaster. In Issue 4, he is the only Transformer, Maximal or Predacon, the same height as the two Convoys.
*Grimlock has his very own fanboy, [[Noise]], who someday wants to grow up and be just like him{{m-}}a godless killing machine.

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==Footnotes==
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==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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Grimlock (G1)

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:''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.

What the Autotbots don't realize is that the only thing he hates more than weakness is those who abuse their strength, meaning when push comes to shove, Grimlock will always fall in on the right side of the fence. And 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 in the cartoon was substantially lower than in most of his other portrayals. See the entries below for details.}}

:''Preliminary names:'' '''Tyrannobot''', '''Trapjaw''', '''Jawbreaker''', '''Tyrex'''
:''French-Canadian name'': '''La Menace'''<br>
:''Chinese name:'' '''Gang-suo''' ("Steel lock")<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 (G1)|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 (G1)|Ratchet]] and joined the Autobots from time to time, but they were usually seen wandering on their own under Grimlock's orders. ''At one point, have reverted to their base instincts due to their primary cybo-dendrons having burnt out (from all that time in the tar pit), the Autobots had to go round up the Dinobots. {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt!}} Decepticon interference led to Grimlock having a good old rumble with [[Sludge (G1)| Sludge]] that destroys the town of Doonstown and leaves several Autobots badly injured. After being repaired by Ratchet, Grimlock dreamt of defeating Megatron. {{storylink|Victory!)) before waking up and hitting the road for some adventures with the Dinobots and [[Joy Meadows]]. {{storylink|In the National Interest}}

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' 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' 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 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''====

In the months that followed the war on Klo, as more and more Autobots began to succumb to the Nucleon's effects and lose their ability to transform, Grimlock's guilt over his actions grew. When he heard the medical facilities on Hydrus-Four had reopened and discovered a means of reversing Nucleon's effect, he jumped at the chance. Taking his fellow Dinobots back there, Grimlock and his comrades ran smack into a Decepticon trap. Bludgeon and his crew had followed the Dinobots to Hydrus-Four and cut in ahead of them, taking control of the med-facility and installing a [[Holocaust Trigger]] device, which totally overwhelmed the Dinobots' equilibrium as they entered, knocking them out. Grimlock awoke hours later to find Bludgeon's sickly-skullhead grinning at him, as the Master of Metallikato planned to use the Nucleon to revitalize his warriors and bring the Great Megatron himself back to life. Luckily, Optimus Prime and Prowl arrived with a rescue party in time to stop the maccabb resurrection ceremony from being completed. Bludgeon was destroyed, and Prime and Grimlock personally ripped apart the half-reanimated Megatron. Normally, [[Furmanism|it never ends]], but this time it truly did. {{storylink|Another Time and Place}}

====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' 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' 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' 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. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}} 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. {{storylink|Escalation!}}

[[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. The alliance between Autobots and Decepticons gave Grimlock a chance to work alongside two new Rotor Force members, Leadfoot and Manta Ray, both of whom were impressed with Grimlock's style. {{storylink|Total War}} With the Empire came the Swarm, and with both Optimus and Megatron out of contact, it fell to Grimlock and the Predacon [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] to organise the Transformers in a desperate defensive action. They utilized a combination of shield generators, sky snipers, thermal mines...basically anything they could throw at the Swarm. 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. During this operation, Manta Ray deliberately ignored Razorclaw's orders in favor of Grimlock's and, when the Predacon attempted to execute him for treason, Leadfoot cut Razorclaw in two, securing them as new recruits for the Autobots.

In the end, Optimus Prime united with the Swarm and cleansed it of its dark impulses. The Swarm was dispersed, and Grimlock celebrated a victory with his united forces.{{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}

''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}}

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===American cartoon continuity===
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Gregg Berger]] (US), [[Takurō Kitagawa]] (Japan), [[Edgar Fruitier]] (French Canadian)

''(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. [[Skywarp (G1)|Him]] 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, only God knows why. 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, Frankenstein's monster style. 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, and 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' 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 he stop shaking hand, me Grimlock 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 orders 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 mad that name "[[T-Wrecks]]" already taken. <small>(Maybe 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 on 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]], only to realize shortly afterwards that he needs a new strategy. {{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 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>

===Japanese cartoon continuity===
====''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 (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] was killed and a new leader had to be chosen, the Autobots were losing the war, and Grimlock was growing impatient with the [[Council of Ancients]] strategy. Grimlock called a secret meeting with Prowl, Jazz, and his running crew: 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' absence and had managed to secure a truce with Shockwave. Grimlock was less than 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}}

{{Note|Due to Dreamwave's closure, the conclusion of the ''War Within'' series was never seen; as Grimlock appears in the modern-day Dreamwave books, however, he obviously was revived somehow. Really, did you actually think [[Simon Furman|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]]. His only real contribution to the Decepticons was being beaten up, and beaten down by Trailbreaker. {{Storylink|Prime Directive}}

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' 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====
{{quote|Shadows lengthen. The twilight of the Cybertronian race gathers. The end is nigh.|Shockaract}}
{{quote|Reminds me of the good ol' days.|Grimlock}}

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 lure 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. {{Storylink|The Ascending, Part 2}}

When Lio Convoy and Ravage led a joint force to stop Shockaract, Grimlock accompanied them. The former Autobot and former Decepticon had a moment of antagonism when the fight started. But once the battle got underway, Grimlock fell in with the Convoys. As Shockaract declared the end of the Cybertronian race, Grimlock seemed to reminisce, even as he transformed to his beast mode and led a charge. He was one of the survivors, although presumably, he would be a victim of Megatron. {{Storylink|The Ascending, Part 4}}

===Devil's Due Continuity===

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===IDW comics continuity===
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[[Image:SpotlightShockwave_GrimlockSlag_trexscan.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Me Grimlock in love! ]]
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. {{storylink|Megatron Origin}}

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.

[[Image:SpotlightShockwave_Grimlock_stasislock.jpg|thumb|left|180px|One, two three..Red light!]]

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, he shut down his logic processors and executed a "rage" program to enable him to operate on pure instinct. He shrugged off the Dynobots' 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. Thousands of years later, their entombed bodies were discovered by a human archaelogical team. {{storylink|Spotlight: Shockwave}}

In 2007, [[Skywatch]] took over jurisdiction of the dig site and excavated Shockwave and the Dynobots. {{storylink|Escalation issue 5}}

When the [[Reapers]] attacked the Decepticons, Skywatch decided to awaken the most advanced of their "Eureka Six", which turned out to be Grimlock. {{storylink|Devastation issue 5}}

===Universe===

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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
* '''Grimlock''' (Dinobot, 1985/1986/1991/1992)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-26'''
**''Accessories:'' 'Energo' sword, twin 'stunner' laser rifle, galaxial rocket launcher, 3 rockets,

[[Image:G1Grimlock_toy.jpg|left|thumb|200px|And the debate goes on:
<br>"Me Grimlock am greatest warrior!"
<br>"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]].

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* '''Grimlock''' ([[Classic Pretender]], 1989)
**''Accessories:'' Pretender shell, rifle, helmet, tail/gun

[[Image:Pretender_Grimlock_toy.jpg|right|thumb|130px|Me Grimlock have fleshy bits!]]

: 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)
**''Accessories:'' Tail/gun

[[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.

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* '''Grimlock''' (Action Master, 1990)
**''Accessories:'' Anti-tank cannon partner, particle beam cannon

[[Image:G1Grimlock_ActionMaster.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Me Grimlock 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".

===Generation 2===
* '''Grimlock''' (Dinobot, 1992)
**''Accessories:'' 'Energo' sword, twin 'stunner' laser rifle,

: 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)
**''Accessories:'' Tail/rotate-blade, sword

[[Image:BeastWarsgrimlock_toy.jpg|right|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 (BWN)|Hardhead]] and [[Thrust (BWII)|Thrustor]].

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===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'''
**''Accessories:'' Engine/gun, sword

[[Image:AlternatorsGrimlock_toy.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Me can't munch metal, but can 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)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-05'''
**''Accessories:'' Missile launcher, missile, removable tail

[[Image:Grimlockclassicstoy.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Me Grimlock just come from ''Jurassic Park 4'' audition. Me ate other actors!]]

: ''Classics'' Grimlock, a gray and gold ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', is a re-imagined 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]]. The mold is also [[redeco]] into [[Grimlock (Timelines)|"Shattered Glass" Grimlock]].

: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)
**''Accessories:'' Gun

[[Image:Titanium_RM_Grimlock.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Me Grimlock 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.

====Unreleased====
*'''Grimlock''' (6" Cybertron Heroes)
**''Accessories:'' Gun, Energo-sword

:Based upon his appearance from ''The War Within'', this transforming partly die-cast and plastic Grimlock was never released due to the cancellation of the ''Titanium'' toy line. Hasbro provided a sample to the toy/character concept's designer, [[Don Figueroa]].

===Attacktix===
*'''Grimlock''' (Booster, 2007)
[[Image:Attacktix_Grimlock.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Me Grimlock can't move. [[The Last Stand!|Seem]] [[Spotlight: Shockwave|to happen]] [[Still Life!|a lot]].]]

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

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===Transformers - Mini Bust===
[[Image:Grimlock Mini-bust.jpg|thumb|right|150px|When me Grimlock get legs back, you in BIG TROUBLE!]]
* '''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, wielding 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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[[Image:Grimlock_sdcc.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Me Grimlock say no fun to be exclusive all of time.]]
* '''War Within Grimlock''' (Diamond Select, 2007)

War Within Grimlock was an Action Figure Xpress exclusive at the 2007 San Diego Comic Con. He was sculpted by Chris Lee of Art Asylum and limited to 600 pieces. The sculpt features Grimlock holding his flaming sword. The front of his vehicle mode is sculpted onto the base of the bust.

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===Robot Heroes===
*'''Grimlock Vs Shockwave''' (Two Pack, 2007)
[[Image:G1_RobotHeroes_ShockwaveVsGrimlock.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Me Grimlock no cutie, me king!]]

Packed with [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], Grimlock is a detailed two-inch tall figurine with exaggerated, cartoonish proportions. He is sculpted holding his sword in his right hand. He brings cuddly wuddly death.

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===3D Battle-Card Game===
*'''Grimlock''' (2007)

: A 48-point "rare" character in the [[3D Battle-Card Game]]'s "Energon Wars" expansion, Grimlock "transforms" into a gray vague approximation of a ''t. Rex''. He uses the same parts layout as [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] and [[Cruellock]].

==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. A fuzor, perhaps?
* In ''The Ascending'' Issue 3, Grimlock is shown fighting in his robot mode. His tail weapon appears to take the form of a blaster. In Issue 4, he is the only Transformer, Maximal or Predacon, the same height as the two Convoys.
*Grimlock has his very own fanboy, [[Noise]], who someday wants to grow up and be just like him{{m-}}a godless killing machine.

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==Footnotes==
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==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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:''Prowl is an [[Autobot]] and [[Maximal]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Prowlg1.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Prick.]]

'''Prowl''' is the Autobot military strategist. As such, [[Prime (rank)|Autobot Commander]] [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] keeps Prowl near at hand for his indispensable expertise. Prowl believes his dedication to logic and rational thought puts him next in line for Optimus Prime's job and dreams of making grand speeches {{m-}} even though in reality he's stoic and uncharismatic.

He really doesn't tend to get along well with his fellow Autobots, many of whom find his strict adherence to military protocol stifling, and his uptight personality sure doesn't help matters. He does not react well to the unexpected and despises disorder. The [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] commander [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], who is disorder made manifest, ''especially'' honks Prowl off, and Grimlock feels pretty much the same way in return, only with more swear words. He's very fond of his [[acid pellet]]s, though.

:''French-Canadian name:'' '''Cervo''', '''Rôdeur ''' (as Action Master)<br>
:''Hungarian name'': '''Portyázó''' (meaning Prowler)<br>
:''Italian name:'' '''Pantera'''

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
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''Before Optimus became leader, Prowl was part of the self-styled Magnificent Six, a team of Autobot warriors who would be tortured and humiliated by the sadistic [[Megadeath]].'' {{storylink|The Magnificent Six!}}

Prowl was one of the select Autobots chosen by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] to travel aboard the [[Ark]], and ended up in stasis lock for four million years at the base of [[Mount St. Hilary]] with the rest of the crew. Once the volcano exploded, Optimus chose Prowl to lead the first away mission into civilization. {{Storylink|The Transformers (comic issue)|The Transformers}} Like most of the Autobots, though, he soon ran out of energy without any option of refueling on Earth, and suffered even greater injuries when the Ark and the deactivated Autobots aboard were taken over by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and the Decepticons. ''He was eventually revived when [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] reclaimed control of the Ark from Shockwave's drone, the [[Guardian]]. {{Storylink|The Wrath of Guardian!}}''

With Optimus Prime's head still in Decepticon possession, Prowl took command of the Autobots until their true leader could be restored. At [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]]'s suggestion, he forged an alliance with human fuel magnate, [[G.B. Blackrock]], arranging an exchange of free gasoline for the Autobots for their help in protecting Blackrock's facilities from the Decepticons. The Autobots were eventually successful in recovering Prime's head, and restoring him to functionality, but Prowl suffered some injuries battling the Decepticons and a false Prime in the process. {{Storylink|Prime Time!}}

''Shortly thereafter, Prowl was the ringleader of a group of Autobots strongly requesting that Prime use his [[Creation Matrix]] to create Ultimate Autobot super-warriors to wipe out the Decepticons for them. The lethal efficiency of Prowl's stance was just as strong opposed by another faction who saw such action as a perversion of their sacred lifeforce, and the potential for laying waste to Earth. Prime's long absence and relative weakness after his recent ordeals left Prowl and the others less deferential than normal to his will, but after he singlehandedly fought through the Decepticons to rescue [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], Prowl and the other Ultimate Autobot proponents backed down and accepted Prime's final word on the subject. {{Storylink|Crisis of Command!}} When the Dinobots were driven feral by their primitive circuitry, Prowl nearly sacrificed himself crashing a shuttlecraft straight into the feuding [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] and [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]]. {{Storylink|Dinobot Hunt!}}''

''Prowl was displaced to [[limbo]] along with Optimus Prime and Ratchet when [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and co timetravelled from the future. {{storylink|Target 2006}} Joined later by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] they found themselves in the middle of a war between the peaceful cat-like [[Cloran]] and evil monkey-like invaders led by [[Zenag]]. {{storylink|Distant Thunder!}} When the time travellers returned to their own time Prowl was released from Limbo.''

''Prowl was next in action during the Battlecharger's rampage, and attempted to bring them in despite the endangerment of human life.'' {{storylink|Perchance to Dream}} Deactivated by means unknown, Ratchet did manage to briefly revive him in order to exploit Prowl's police car mode against a human thief named the [[Mechanic]] who had infiltrated the Ark. {{Storylink|Funeral for a Friend!}} Prowl was fully revived in time for Grimlock and [[Blaster]]'s grudge match on the moon, and fought alongside the combined crews of the Ark and [[Steelhaven]] against the Decepticon party-crashers. {{Storylink|Totaled!}} Unfortunately, it wasn't too long afterwards that Prowl was once again knocked off-line, this time battling the [[Underbase]]-charged [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] in New York. {{Storylink|Dark Star!}}

He would remain in stasis for some time, until Grimlock acquired a large supply of super-energy known as [[Nucleon]], and pumped it into all of the Ark's stasis chambers. Prowl found himself revived just in time to engage the Chaos-Bringer known as [[Unicron]] for the sake of all Cybertron, and then bury his longterm friend and leader, Optimus Prime, who sacrificed himself to destroy Unicron. {{Storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}} At Prime's last request, Prowl reluctantly supported Grimlock as new leader of the Autobots. While Grimlock pursued his own interests, though, Prowl found himself working almost alone trying to maintain the tenuous peace between the Autobots and Decepticons. He ended up overplaying his hand, and gave Decepticon leader [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] a chance to betray the Autobots, leaving them trapped on the dying world of Cybertron, without transport, while the Decepticons fled to conquer new civilizations. Luckily for Prowl, Grimlock had anticipated the Decepticons' treachery (By Primus, how'd he manage that...?!?) and had secured alternate starships. The Autobots chased their foes to the planet of [[Klo]] and, thanks to the resurrection of Optimus Prime and the arrival of the Last Autobot, managed to drive off Bludgeon's forces, sending them into at least temporary exile. {{Storylink|End of the Road! (Marvel US comic)|End of the Road!}}

====Earthforce====

{{note|These stories do not fit into the normal Marvel UK continuity. See [[Earthforce]] for details.}}

''Prowl was reactivated by Galvatron's interference; he easily shook off an attempt at brainwashing him via his baser instints and shot Galvatron in the face. Along with Wheeljack, he lamented about the proliferation of newer types of Transformers, claiming these newcomers gave him a headache just thinking about them. {{storylink|Starting Over!}} He went on to risk his life to stop a Decepticon weapon, leading to both being lost; it turned out he'd survived and deactivated the weapon weeks ago, and was just taking it easy in Louisiana. Now part of Earthforce, he became second-in-command under Grimlock - and had much more success with it than in US #76-80! He also pursued Megatron back into the past when he used Flashback technology to try and alter the events of [[Dark Star!]]; possessing his own past body, Prowl thwarted Megatron and then had to let his past self be killed by Starscream. {{storylink|Flashback}}''

''Along with the surviving Magnificent Six and Silverbolt, Prowl once more faced Megadeath in 1990 and, encouraged by Silverbolt to overcome the past, helped beat Megadeath half to death.''

====''Another Time and Place''====
Several months after the incident on Klo, Prowl caught wind of Grimlock running off on his own again, this time back to [[Hydrus Four]]. Prowl alerted Optimus Prime to the situation, but was surprised when his leader harshly rebuked him for bringing it to his attention. When Prime made it clear he didn't want anything to do with Prowl's report, the Autobot strategist stormed off to consider the problem himself. After some solitary computation, Prowl decided that the threat of Decepticons following Grimlock to Hydrus Four and acquiring [[Nucleon]] was too perilous to ignore. He was rushing out of his chambers, ready to throw together a squad of Autobots regardless of what Optimus Prime thought, when he ran smack into Optimus himself. Prime apologized to Prowl for "hiding his head in the sand"{{m-}}he had wanted the war to be over so badly, for his fellow Autobots' sake and not his, that he was willing to ignore an obvious threat. The two old friends shook hands and proceeded to gather their strike team.

On Hydrus Four, Prowl joined a small group of commandos including [[Springer]], [[Blaster]], [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] and [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] to scout the enemy position. They dispatched [[Fangry]] with little effort, and sent in [[Roadhandler]] and some [[Micromaster]]s to free Grimlock and the Dinobots quietly before the main offensive began. Nothing ever goes quietly with the Dinobots, though, and so once the shooting started inside, the [[Aerialbot]]s were sent in to bomb the facility and let the Decepticons know they were in for it. Prowl and his fellow Autobots assaulted the base and, in little time at all, Bludgeon and his crew were dismantled and the day was won yet again. {{storylink|Another Time and Place}}

====Generation 2====

When Optimus Prime and Grimlock discovered the threat of the [[Cybertronian Empire]], they called in Autobots scattered across the galaxy, including Prowl. As one of Prime's most loyal supporters, Prowl did not participate in Grimlock's ill-advised strike on the [[Jhiaxus|Liege Centuro]] and his fleet. {{storylink|Devices and Desires!}} Still, Prowl would not completely ignore Grimlock's opinions: when Optimus Prime decreed that he be left alone to entreaty Megatron for peace, Grimlock convinced Prowl that Prime made a bad call, and they arrived with a rescue battalion just in time to keep Megatron from destroying his old nemesis. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}} Prowl continued serving the Autobot cause, and was present when they attempted to stop the genocide of the planet [[Ethos]] by the [[Cybertronian Empire]]. {{storylink|Escalation!}}

===Animated continuity===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Michael Bell]] (US), [[Toshirō Ishii]] (Japan)<br>

[[Image:G1_Prowl_Bluestreak_Rollforit.jpg|thumb|left|200px|It's like looking into a mirror...well, not really.]]

Prowl was part of the crew of the ''[[Ark]]'', the Autobot starship that left Cyberton looking for alternate sources of energy only to crashland on [[Earth]]. Four million years later, the Transformers were reawakened by the eruption of the volcano the Ark had crashed in and reformatted by Teletraan-1. Despite being situated in the United States, Prowl was reformatted as a Japanese police car. No one seemed to notice. {{Storylink|More Than Meets the Eye, Part 1}}

On Earth, Prowl continued to serve as [[Optimus Prime]]'s right hand man, filling the role of military advisor and strategist. His precision thinking and by-the-books planning served as a valuable counterpoint to Jazz's more improvisational style, and it was up to Optimus Prime to weigh their views and come to a decision.

During an attack against the Decepticons, Prowl's battle computer was knocked offline by a particularly fierce blow. Crippled, Prowl extended his antenna to seek out an online computer that he could patch into. He found [[Chip Chase]]'s desktop terminal, and the young human ally momentarily took control of Prowl, animating the massive Autobot warrior with his computer. {{Storylink|Roll For It}}

[[Image:Wheresmyface.jpg|thumb|right|200px|I'm glad [[Skyfire]]'s here Prime, but where's my face?]]

[[Skids]] and Prowl attempted to stop the mayhem caused by [[Blitzwing]]'s Decepticons, but instead the two Autobots crashed into each other and were temporarily rebuilt into a throne by [[Scrapper]]. {{Storylink|Triple Takeover}}

Prowl met [[Primus|his manufacturer]] in the year 2005, alongside fellow Autobots [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], [[Brawn]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]. During a [[Decepticon]] assault on a shuttle run to Earth from Moonbase One for energon. He very nearly shot [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s head off, but was felled by a single blast from [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]], which penetrated his armour, burned his innards horribly, and extinguished his spark. {{Storylink|The Transformers: The Movie (1986)|The Transformers: The Movie}}

Prowl's body was evidently recovered for interment, as his grave was housed in the interstellar Autobot mausoleum. Along with the mausoleum itself, Prowl's remains were later plunged into a red sun as a side-effect of a [[Quintesson]] plot. {{Storylink|Dark Awakening}}

===Headmasters cartoon===
Prowl appears as an extra on Earth, even though he died in the movie five years or so previously.

''('''Note''': Prowl's revival can be chalked up to error, especially since [[The Transformers: The Movie (1986)|the Movie]] did not actually reach Japan until many years later. However, he was listed as deceased in [[Dark Awakening]], which did air in Japan, so who knows? Maybe he got better like [[Wheeljack#Victory|Wheeljack]] did?)''.
Another possibility is that the robot identified as Prowl was in reality [[Bluestreak]], mistakenly portrayed with Prowl's colour scheme.

===Binaltech===

When Prowl's [[laser core]] was lost to [[subspace]] in a [[GT System|GT]] Transfer accident, his longtime friend Chip Chase volunteered to sacrifice his very own soul in order to breathe life into the now-lifeless Prowl 2. With the help of [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], Chip's consciousness was transported into Prowl's frame. The new entity created in this fusion is virtually indistinguishable from Prowl's old persona, thanks to copies of the original Prowl's [[memory core]] and [[datatrax]], while a separate neurocomputer handles Chip's thought processes.

===Kid Stuff Talking Story Books===
:''Voice actor:'' Unknown

:''"OUR MISSILES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!"''

Prowl appears in this storyline as Optimus Prime's over-acting right-hand man.

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
Prowl was an Autobot from [[Praxus]]. After the death of Sentinel Prime, [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] called him, [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], and others to the ruins of Praxus, where he declared that if the new [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] was insufficient, they would take control of the Autobot military. Prowl was present at the ceremony when Optronix became Optimus Prime, and was restrained by Grimlock when Prime was attacked. Prowl became Optimus Prime's [[Sub-Commander|immediate subordinate]] and advisor. When Optimus ordered a planetary evacuation, Prowl told Prime that there were many voices raised in opposition against it. When Prime asked if Prowl's own voice was raised in opposition, Prowl looked away but did not reply. The planetary turbines were activated by Megatron, and Prime left to investigate. As [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] lead an assault on Iacon, Prowl and Jazz lead the defense, and Prowl sent out an order to all Autobots outside Iacon to regroup and dig in elsewhere. After Iacon was devastated by the mecha-forming process, Prime aborted the evacuation. {{storylink|The War Within}}

After Prime and Megatron disappeared in a [[space bridge]] test, the Autobots fractured, leading to the [[Lightning Strike Coalition]] and [[Wreckers]] leaving the main Autobot army. Prowl took over leadership of the Autobots. He worked with Shockwave, who had assumed command of the Decepticons, to prevent the [[Fallen]]'s plans from coming to fruition. He and Shockwave agreed to let the [[Well of All Sparks]] remain sealed [['Til all are one]], as Shockwave put it. Prowl thought the line was catchy. {{storylink|The War Within: The Dark Ages}} Eventually, however, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] took command of the Autobots, and reunited the three factions. {{storylink|The War Within: The Age of Wrath}}

Prowl was one of many Transformers under the control of rogue government engineer-turned-arms dealer [[Adam Rook]]. He, along with several Autobots and Decepticons, attacked the Smitco Oil Refinery Artic facilty during Rook's sales demonstration to several terrorist organizations. Unfortunately, the invasive program that controlled Prowl killed a helpless human refinery worker escaping from the destruction. {{Storylink|Prime Directive, Part 2}}

===Transformers Legends anthology===
When Optimus Prime accidentally kills a fellow Autobot, Prowl - who never liked [[Geosensus|the dead guy]] anyway - covers it up so the rest of the team won't lose faith in their leader.

===IDW Beast Wars comics===

Prowl is a member of the Maximal counterpart to the Tripredacus Council, the [[Maximal Imperium]], alongside former Autobot teammates Ironhide and Silverbolt. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 2|The Ascending #2}}

===IDW comics continuity===
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Prowl has been serving the Autobots for a long time, dating back to the days of [[Sentinel Prime#IDW comics continuity|Sentinel Prime]] if not earlier. He was part of the team that attempted — and failed — to crack down on the illegal [[gladiatorial combat]] in [[Kaon]]. When Megatron defeated Sentinel and devastated the Security Team HQ, it was Prowl who took control and ordered the evacuation of security forces from Kaon. {{storylink|Megatron Origin}}
[[Image:Prowl_avatar.PNG|right|thumb|100px|When he takes those sunglasses off, "Won't Get Fooled Again" starts playing out of NOWHERE.]]

In more recent times, he was the leader of a detachment of Autobots that operated covertly on Earth for at least four years, attempting to foil a Decepticon insurgency lead by [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], and blindly following the Autobot rules of counterinsurgency. He almost threw [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] in the brig for breaking cover to rescue three humans from the Decepticons, and subsequently refused to contact Optimus Prime until further evidence of enemy activities was uncovered. He did not willingly believe Ratchet when the medic tells him that the Decepticons had stepped up their presence by constructing a [[infiltration protocol|second base]]. However, [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] ended up sending a pulsewave transmission to Prime behind Prowl's back. {{storylink|Infiltration}} Once Optimus arrived, Prowl showed himself to be a trusted and loyal officer.

Like most Autobots operating on alien worlds, Prowl used a [[holomatter]] avatar to act as his "driver" while driving on the highway.{{storylink|Infiltration issue 6}}

When [[Springer]] ordered several Autobots on a lethal mission to rescue the damaged and deranged Kup from an alien world, Prowl evidently helped conceal [[Springer]]'s efforts from Optimus. But he still felt it was a misguided effort, asking Springer if Kup would want other Autobots killed rescuing him. {{storylink|Spotlight: Kup}}

When everything kicked off in [[Brasnya]], Prowl led Jazz and Wheeljack (and later [[Hot Rod]] and [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]]) into battle, attempting to capture a Decepticon [[facsimile]] — he risked his life in the attempt (though Hot Rod mucked up the first try). When Optimus was temporarily offline and believed dead, Prowl assumed full command and came up with a strategy for fighting Megatron (shoot him, then run away). {{storylink|Escalation}}

Under orders from Optimus, Prowl oversaw the moving of ''[[Ark-19]]'' to a more secure location; he turned to Prime rather than order the launch on his own discretion (Prime had to order him to use his own discretion). When [[Sixshot]] blew them out of the sky, Optimus took command of the situation until the Autobots were safe aboard the ''[[Ark-32]]''.

Once on the ''Ark-32'', Prowl found that, due to injuries and separate missions, he and Hardhead were the only active Autobots; he was annoyed about this, and mildly slagged off Optimus and [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] for being elsewhere. He was then shocked when Optimus abruptly ordered their unit to withdraw from Earth to handle a situation at the [[Garrus-9]] secure facility. {{storylink|Devastation}}

===IDW ''[[Hearts of Steel]]'' continuity===
With Optimus Prime in stasis lock, Prowl and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] appeared to be the co-leaders of the Autobots in the 19th century. {{Storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 1}} Despite [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'s pleading, he was reluctant to interfere with the humans, but nevertheless participated in the pursuit of [[Astrotrain (G1)|the Astrotrain]] as it headed to New York. {{Storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 4}}

His "Ice Age Wars" altmode is uncertain, but it is spiky, and possibly aquatic. His 19th century altmode is a small black-and-white locomotive with a glowing red smokestack.

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
* '''Prowl''' (Autobot Car, 1984/1985/1990/2002/2003)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''09''', '''TFC-02'''
**''Accessories:'' Acid pellet gun, 2 x missile launchers (left & right), 3 x wire-guided missiles

[[Image:G1Prowl_toy.jpg|left|thumb|I ain't fallin' for no banana in the tailpipe...]]

: Prowl was part of the first series of Autobots released in 1984, reusing a mold originally developed for a ''[[Diaclone]]'' [[Wikipedia:Nissan 280ZX|Datsun Fairlady Z (280 ZX)]] police car, with his decals altered to remove the "Diaclone" marks. (The European "[[Classics (Euro)|Classic Heroes]]" re-release retained the ''Diaclone'' stickers, for unknown reasons).

: In 1985, Mexico imported ''Transformers'', but there were some notable changes on numerous toys. Prowl's helmet, arms, and boots turned black, plus his "POLICE" decals became "POLICIA". There was also a wide running change (or just factory error) that left out the black paint on his car hood.

[[Image:Prowl-Mexico.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Also known as 'El Pricko'.]]

: In 2002, Prowl was re-released as part of the [[Transformers Collection]] series in Japan. This version has slightly-altered decals, and fully-functional spring-loaded missile launchers.

: In 2003, Prowl was released as part of the Toys "R" Us [[exclusive]] "[[Commemorative Series]]" line in the US. This version of Prowl uses a softer , unchromed black plastic for his rifle and missiles owing to [[for safety reasons|breakage issues]], plus his launchers are completely non-firing. He uses the same decals as the Japanese "bookbox" release.

: The same mold was used for [[Bluestreak]] and [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]].

* '''Prowl''' (Action Master Blaster, 1990)
**''Accessories:'' Turbo Cycle, small cannon, 2 x missiles, 2 x engine covers (left & right), shield/gas tank cover

: A non-transforming action figure, [[Action Master]] Prowl is modeled after his cartoon model with a few toy-based liberties taken. He came with his [[Turbo Cycle]] vehicle, though the main figure was compatible with all other Action Master vehicles and weapons.

===Beast Wars===
*'''Magnaboss''' (Ultra, 1997)
**''Accessories:'' Tail

: Prowl transforms from a lion into a robot, with his cat-butt turning into a "cyber tail claw" weapon. He is able to combine with [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]], his package buddies, into [[Magnaboss]].

: This mold was used to make [[Lio Junior]].

:The toy packaging gives no indication as to who the Magnaboss components are as characters. Their being Generation 1 characters was established by [[IDW]].

===Machine Wars===
* '''Prowl''' (Basic, 1997)
**''Accessories:'' Gun (gun body & barrel)

[[Image:Mwprowl.jpg|right|thumb|Do you have any idea how fast you were going?]]

: Sharing a mold with ''[[Machine Wars]]'' [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], Prowl transforms into a Formula-1 race car, and converts to robot mode with a spring-loaded, one-step transformation. His rifle-halves store in his legs in car mode. He --and the entire ''Machine Wars'' line-- was available only at Kay-Bee stores.

: Prowl's usual function is strategist, but, in an ironic twist, in this first non-police car form he's described as chief of security.

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

===Smallest Transformers===
* '''Prowl''' (2003)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''GTF-09'''
[[Image:STF_Prowl.jpg|left|thumb|Wee-woo-wee-woo-wee-woo.]]

: Released in Wave 2 of Smallest Transformers, STF Prowl is the smallest possible transforming toy based upon the original Prowl toy. He faithfully repoduces the transformation sequence for the most part, but due to parts-cost limitations, he has little articulation, his legs cannot separate and his wheels do not roll.

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===Alternators===
* '''Prowl''' (Alternator, 2005/2006)
**''Alternator ID number:'' '''16'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''BT-15'''
**''Accessories:'' Engine/gun, traffic direction baton

[[Image:AlternatorsProwl.jpg|right|thumb|200px|You better get a lawyer, son...]]

: ''[[Alternators]]'' Prowl transforms into a 1:24-scale [[Wikipedia:Acura RSX|Acura RSX]] with police lights, opening doors, hood and trunk. His engine becomes a (non-firing) gun, while a clear-plastic nightstick is hidden under his car-mode rear section. He was among the last of the "red box" Alternators, but was included in new "white box" assortments in 2006. The "white box" version of Prowl had additional Acura logos on the rear of the car that the "red box" version did not.

[[Image:BinaltechProwl.jpg|left|thumb|200px|...you better get a real good one.]]

: For his standard Japanese ''Binaltech'' release, Prowl got a different vehicle mode deco based on a real Japanese police car (the [[Hasbro]] version's deco being based more on the original [[Generation 1]] toy), a different spoiler mold, different rims, right-side steering, a Japanese police cherry blossom emblem instead of an Acura logo, and gray plastic instead of stony-blue. He was also labeled as a "Honda Integra Type-R", the model's make in Japan.

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* '''Prowl Vivid Blue Pearl Edition''' (Binaltech, 2005)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''BT-15'''
**''Accessories:'' Engine/gun, traffic direction baton

[[Image:Binaltech_Blue_Prowl_toy.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Prowl on his day off...]]

: Like [[Jazz]], Prowl got two different ''Binaltech'' decos released in equal numbers. The second version, known as Vivid Blue Pearl Prowl, is a civilian version with no police lights, a mostly blue interior, a Honda logo (instead of the cherry blossom emblem) on the grill, and a solid blue car-shell. His robot-mode parts remained mostly the same color, however.

: This mold (the Japanese blue Prowl variant, combined with parts from American police Prowl) was used to make ''Alternators'' [[Camshaft]].

* '''Prowl Satellite Patrol Edition''' (Binaltech, 2005?)

: The [[Hasbro]] version of Prowl, using the Hasbro red box packaging, was supposed to have been released in Japan as an exclusive to a satellite TV provider. The only notable difference from the Hasbro version was the "Satellite Patrol" markings on his doors. It is unknown if this toy was ever actually released, however.
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===Universe===
*'''Prowl''' (Autobot, 2005)
*''Accessories:'' Gun

: A redeco of the ''Robots in Disguise'' [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl 2]] mold, ''[[Universe]]'' Prowl transforms into a Chevrolet Caprice police car with through-axle construction for super-speedy rolling on smooth surfaces. His gun hides as his car mode's tailpipe. Originally only available at Kay-Bee stores in packaging with no sub-line markings, his entire assortment was later repackaged under the ''Universe'' banner and sold through "dollar store" chains like Family Dollar.

===Universe (2008)===
*'''Prowl''' (Deluxe, 2008)
**''Accessories:'' Gun

: Prowl transforms into a modified [[Wikipedia:Nissan 350Z|Nissan 350Z]]. Like previous ''Generation 1'' Prowl toys, his paint job is based upon that of a Japanese police car. The pre-production versions of ''Universe'' Prowl featured an American-style rectangular light bar, but later versions features an swept-back Japanese-style light bar.

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===Attacktix===
*'''Prowl''' (Booster, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Missile
[[Image:Tf2-16-400.jpg|left|thumb|150px|I got a big... gun.]]

: Introduced in Series 2 of [[Attacktix]], Prowl is a Captain class unit with the special ability to stun an opposing player unit. His sculpt is based upon his G1 cartoon model with some additional details. His weapon is a '''hugely''' oversized version of his rifle, capable of firing a large silver projectile.

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==Merchandise==
===3D Battle-Card Game===
*'''Prowl''' (2007)

: A 25-point "uncommon" character in the [[3D Battle-Card Game]]'s "Energon Wars" expansion, Prowl "transforms" into a black and white police car that vaguely resembles a Nissan Z. He uses the same parts layout as [[Transformers (2007)|Movie]] [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] and [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]].

==Trivia==
* Prowl's ''[[Diaclone]]'' predecessor also came with additional, optional stickers that would identify him as being part of the police forces from existing Japanese cities, namely "Tokyo City", "Sapporo City", "Sendai City", "Osaka City" and "Fukuoka City".

* The original ''Transformers'' instruction booklet shows a visible Japanese label sheet, complete with the cherry blossom emblem found on Japanese police cars, which did not make it to final product.

* ''Machine Wars'' Prowl's card-art is actually an altered version of the art for the ''[[Generation 2]]'' [[Laser Rod]] [[Jolt (G2)|Jolt]].

* [[Transmetal 2]] [[Prowl (BW)|Prowl]] may ''possibly'' be the same spark as the Generation 1 character reincarnated... though the IDW series makes this REALLY complicated.

* At [[OTFCC 2004]], Hasbro stated that there was no Prowl ''Alternators'' toy in the works, but some other emergency vehicle (which got a chorus of boos). In fact, the Acura RSX [[Alternators]] mold was originally supposed to be [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], as backed up by a placeholder listing found at Hasbro's website and a Takara color guide for the toy that used a control drawing which sports a head sculpt based on G1 Red Alert (but colored as Prowl).<ref>[http://www.fantofan.jp/earlybirdsp/bt-15.jpg Color guide for Binaltech Prowl, sporting a G1 Red Alert head sculpt, at Fan to Fan]</ref> Eventually, however, it was decided to release the toy as Prowl instead.

*Instead of having a normal gunshot death, Prowl is shown having orange smoke coming from his mouth as he dies. ''Hardcore.''

==Footnotes==
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==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1984/Autobot/Prowl/prowl.htm Prowl on TFU.info]

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:''Prowl is an [[Autobot]] and [[Maximal]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Prowlg1.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Prick.]]

'''Prowl''' is the Autobot military strategist. As such, [[Prime (rank)|Autobot Commander]] [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] keeps Prowl near at hand for his indispensable expertise. Prowl believes his dedication to logic and rational thought puts him next in line for Optimus Prime's job and dreams of making grand speeches {{m-}} even though in reality he's stoic and uncharismatic.

He really doesn't tend to get along well with his fellow Autobots, many of whom find his strict adherence to military protocol stifling, and his uptight personality sure doesn't help matters. He does not react well to the unexpected and despises disorder. The [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] commander [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], who is disorder made manifest, ''especially'' honks Prowl off, and Grimlock feels pretty much the same way in return, only with more swear words. He's very fond of his [[acid pellet]]s, though.

:''French-Canadian name:'' '''Cervo''', '''Rôdeur ''' (as Action Master)<br>
:''Hungarian name'': '''Portyázó''' (meaning Prowler)<br>
:''Italian name:'' '''Pantera'''

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
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''Before Optimus became leader, Prowl was part of the self-styled Magnificent Six, a team of Autobot warriors who would be tortured and humiliated by the sadistic [[Megadeath]].'' {{storylink|The Magnificent Six!}}

Prowl was one of the select Autobots chosen by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] to travel aboard the [[Ark]], and ended up in stasis lock for four million years at the base of [[Mount St. Hilary]] with the rest of the crew. Once the volcano exploded, Optimus chose Prowl to lead the first away mission into civilization. {{Storylink|The Transformers (comic issue)|The Transformers}} Like most of the Autobots, though, he soon ran out of energy without any option of refueling on Earth, and suffered even greater injuries when the Ark and the deactivated Autobots aboard were taken over by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and the Decepticons. ''He was eventually revived when [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] reclaimed control of the Ark from Shockwave's drone, the [[Guardian]]. {{Storylink|The Wrath of Guardian!}}''

With Optimus Prime's head still in Decepticon possession, Prowl took command of the Autobots until their true leader could be restored. At [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]]'s suggestion, he forged an alliance with human fuel magnate, [[G.B. Blackrock]], arranging an exchange of free gasoline for the Autobots for their help in protecting Blackrock's facilities from the Decepticons. The Autobots were eventually successful in recovering Prime's head, and restoring him to functionality, but Prowl suffered some injuries battling the Decepticons and a false Prime in the process. {{Storylink|Prime Time!}}

''Shortly thereafter, Prowl was the ringleader of a group of Autobots strongly requesting that Prime use his [[Creation Matrix]] to create Ultimate Autobot super-warriors to wipe out the Decepticons for them. The lethal efficiency of Prowl's stance was just as strong opposed by another faction who saw such action as a perversion of their sacred lifeforce, and the potential for laying waste to Earth. Prime's long absence and relative weakness after his recent ordeals left Prowl and the others less deferential than normal to his will, but after he singlehandedly fought through the Decepticons to rescue [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], Prowl and the other Ultimate Autobot proponents backed down and accepted Prime's final word on the subject. {{Storylink|Crisis of Command!}} When the Dinobots were driven feral by their primitive circuitry, Prowl nearly sacrificed himself crashing a shuttlecraft straight into the feuding [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] and [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]]. {{Storylink|Dinobot Hunt!}}''

''Prowl was displaced to [[limbo]] along with Optimus Prime and Ratchet when [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and co timetravelled from the future. {{storylink|Target 2006}} Joined later by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] they found themselves in the middle of a war between the peaceful cat-like [[Cloran]] and evil monkey-like invaders led by [[Zenag]]. {{storylink|Distant Thunder!}} When the time travellers returned to their own time Prowl was released from Limbo.''

''Prowl was next in action (and later deactivated by means unknown) during the Battlecharger's rampage, and attempted to bring them in despite the endangerment of human life.'' {{storylink|Perchance to Dream}} Ratchet did manage to briefly revive him in order to exploit Prowl's police car mode against a human thief named the [[Mechanic]] who had infiltrated the Ark. {{Storylink|Funeral for a Friend!}} Prowl was fully revived in time for Grimlock and [[Blaster]]'s grudge match on the moon, and fought alongside the combined crews of the Ark and [[Steelhaven]] against the Decepticon party-crashers. {{Storylink|Totaled!}} Unfortunately, it wasn't too long afterwards that Prowl was once again knocked off-line, this time battling the [[Underbase]]-charged [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] in New York. {{Storylink|Dark Star!}}

He would remain in stasis for some time, until Grimlock acquired a large supply of super-energy known as [[Nucleon]], and pumped it into all of the Ark's stasis chambers. Prowl found himself revived just in time to engage the Chaos-Bringer known as [[Unicron]] for the sake of all Cybertron, and then bury his longterm friend and leader, Optimus Prime, who sacrificed himself to destroy Unicron. {{Storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}} At Prime's last request, Prowl reluctantly supported Grimlock as new leader of the Autobots. While Grimlock pursued his own interests, though, Prowl found himself working almost alone trying to maintain the tenuous peace between the Autobots and Decepticons. He ended up overplaying his hand, and gave Decepticon leader [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] a chance to betray the Autobots, leaving them trapped on the dying world of Cybertron, without transport, while the Decepticons fled to conquer new civilizations. Luckily for Prowl, Grimlock had anticipated the Decepticons' treachery (By Primus, how'd he manage that...?!?) and had secured alternate starships. The Autobots chased their foes to the planet of [[Klo]] and, thanks to the resurrection of Optimus Prime and the arrival of the Last Autobot, managed to drive off Bludgeon's forces, sending them into at least temporary exile. {{Storylink|End of the Road! (Marvel US comic)|End of the Road!}}

====Earthforce====

{{note|These stories do not fit into the normal Marvel UK continuity. See [[Earthforce]] for details.}}

''Prowl was reactivated by Galvatron's interference; he easily shook off an attempt at brainwashing him via his baser instints and shot Galvatron in the face. Along with Wheeljack, he lamented about the proliferation of newer types of Transformers, claiming these newcomers gave him a headache just thinking about them. {{storylink|Starting Over!}} He went on to risk his life to stop a Decepticon weapon, leading to both being lost; it turned out he'd survived and deactivated the weapon weeks ago, and was just taking it easy in Louisiana. Now part of Earthforce, he became second-in-command under Grimlock - and had much more success with it than in US #76-80! He also pursued Megatron back into the past when he used Flashback technology to try and alter the events of [[Dark Star!]]; possessing his own past body, Prowl thwarted Megatron and then had to let his past self be killed by Starscream. {{storylink|Flashback}}''

''Along with the surviving Magnificent Six and Silverbolt, Prowl once more faced Megadeath in 1990 and, encouraged by Silverbolt to overcome the past, helped beat Megadeath half to death.''

====''Another Time and Place''====
Several months after the incident on Klo, Prowl caught wind of Grimlock running off on his own again, this time back to [[Hydrus Four]]. Prowl alerted Optimus Prime to the situation, but was surprised when his leader harshly rebuked him for bringing it to his attention. When Prime made it clear he didn't want anything to do with Prowl's report, the Autobot strategist stormed off to consider the problem himself. After some solitary computation, Prowl decided that the threat of Decepticons following Grimlock to Hydrus Four and acquiring [[Nucleon]] was too perilous to ignore. He was rushing out of his chambers, ready to throw together a squad of Autobots regardless of what Optimus Prime thought, when he ran smack into Optimus himself. Prime apologized to Prowl for "hiding his head in the sand"{{m-}}he had wanted the war to be over so badly, for his fellow Autobots' sake and not his, that he was willing to ignore an obvious threat. The two old friends shook hands and proceeded to gather their strike team.

On Hydrus Four, Prowl joined a small group of commandos including [[Springer]], [[Blaster]], [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] and [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] to scout the enemy position. They dispatched [[Fangry]] with little effort, and sent in [[Roadhandler]] and some [[Micromaster]]s to free Grimlock and the Dinobots quietly before the main offensive began. Nothing ever goes quietly with the Dinobots, though, and so once the shooting started inside, the [[Aerialbot]]s were sent in to bomb the facility and let the Decepticons know they were in for it. Prowl and his fellow Autobots assaulted the base and, in little time at all, Bludgeon and his crew were dismantled and the day was won yet again. {{storylink|Another Time and Place}}

====Generation 2====

When Optimus Prime and Grimlock discovered the threat of the [[Cybertronian Empire]], they called in Autobots scattered across the galaxy, including Prowl. As one of Prime's most loyal supporters, Prowl did not participate in Grimlock's ill-advised strike on the [[Jhiaxus|Liege Centuro]] and his fleet. {{storylink|Devices and Desires!}} Still, Prowl would not completely ignore Grimlock's opinions: when Optimus Prime decreed that he be left alone to entreaty Megatron for peace, Grimlock convinced Prowl that Prime made a bad call, and they arrived with a rescue battalion just in time to keep Megatron from destroying his old nemesis. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}} Prowl continued serving the Autobot cause, and was present when they attempted to stop the genocide of the planet [[Ethos]] by the [[Cybertronian Empire]]. {{storylink|Escalation!}}

===Animated continuity===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Michael Bell]] (US), [[Toshirō Ishii]] (Japan)<br>

[[Image:G1_Prowl_Bluestreak_Rollforit.jpg|thumb|left|200px|It's like looking into a mirror...well, not really.]]

Prowl was part of the crew of the ''[[Ark]]'', the Autobot starship that left Cyberton looking for alternate sources of energy only to crashland on [[Earth]]. Four million years later, the Transformers were reawakened by the eruption of the volcano the Ark had crashed in and reformatted by Teletraan-1. Despite being situated in the United States, Prowl was reformatted as a Japanese police car. No one seemed to notice. {{Storylink|More Than Meets the Eye, Part 1}}

On Earth, Prowl continued to serve as [[Optimus Prime]]'s right hand man, filling the role of military advisor and strategist. His precision thinking and by-the-books planning served as a valuable counterpoint to Jazz's more improvisational style, and it was up to Optimus Prime to weigh their views and come to a decision.

During an attack against the Decepticons, Prowl's battle computer was knocked offline by a particularly fierce blow. Crippled, Prowl extended his antenna to seek out an online computer that he could patch into. He found [[Chip Chase]]'s desktop terminal, and the young human ally momentarily took control of Prowl, animating the massive Autobot warrior with his computer. {{Storylink|Roll For It}}

[[Image:Wheresmyface.jpg|thumb|right|200px|I'm glad [[Skyfire]]'s here Prime, but where's my face?]]

[[Skids]] and Prowl attempted to stop the mayhem caused by [[Blitzwing]]'s Decepticons, but instead the two Autobots crashed into each other and were temporarily rebuilt into a throne by [[Scrapper]]. {{Storylink|Triple Takeover}}

Prowl met [[Primus|his manufacturer]] in the year 2005, alongside fellow Autobots [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], [[Brawn]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]. During a [[Decepticon]] assault on a shuttle run to Earth from Moonbase One for energon. He very nearly shot [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s head off, but was felled by a single blast from [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]], which penetrated his armour, burned his innards horribly, and extinguished his spark. {{Storylink|The Transformers: The Movie (1986)|The Transformers: The Movie}}

Prowl's body was evidently recovered for interment, as his grave was housed in the interstellar Autobot mausoleum. Along with the mausoleum itself, Prowl's remains were later plunged into a red sun as a side-effect of a [[Quintesson]] plot. {{Storylink|Dark Awakening}}

===Headmasters cartoon===
Prowl appears as an extra on Earth, even though he died in the movie five years or so previously.

''('''Note''': Prowl's revival can be chalked up to error, especially since [[The Transformers: The Movie (1986)|the Movie]] did not actually reach Japan until many years later. However, he was listed as deceased in [[Dark Awakening]], which did air in Japan, so who knows? Maybe he got better like [[Wheeljack#Victory|Wheeljack]] did?)''.
Another possibility is that the robot identified as Prowl was in reality [[Bluestreak]], mistakenly portrayed with Prowl's colour scheme.

===Binaltech===

When Prowl's [[laser core]] was lost to [[subspace]] in a [[GT System|GT]] Transfer accident, his longtime friend Chip Chase volunteered to sacrifice his very own soul in order to breathe life into the now-lifeless Prowl 2. With the help of [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], Chip's consciousness was transported into Prowl's frame. The new entity created in this fusion is virtually indistinguishable from Prowl's old persona, thanks to copies of the original Prowl's [[memory core]] and [[datatrax]], while a separate neurocomputer handles Chip's thought processes.

===Kid Stuff Talking Story Books===
:''Voice actor:'' Unknown

:''"OUR MISSILES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!"''

Prowl appears in this storyline as Optimus Prime's over-acting right-hand man.

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
Prowl was an Autobot from [[Praxus]]. After the death of Sentinel Prime, [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] called him, [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], and others to the ruins of Praxus, where he declared that if the new [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] was insufficient, they would take control of the Autobot military. Prowl was present at the ceremony when Optronix became Optimus Prime, and was restrained by Grimlock when Prime was attacked. Prowl became Optimus Prime's [[Sub-Commander|immediate subordinate]] and advisor. When Optimus ordered a planetary evacuation, Prowl told Prime that there were many voices raised in opposition against it. When Prime asked if Prowl's own voice was raised in opposition, Prowl looked away but did not reply. The planetary turbines were activated by Megatron, and Prime left to investigate. As [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] lead an assault on Iacon, Prowl and Jazz lead the defense, and Prowl sent out an order to all Autobots outside Iacon to regroup and dig in elsewhere. After Iacon was devastated by the mecha-forming process, Prime aborted the evacuation. {{storylink|The War Within}}

After Prime and Megatron disappeared in a [[space bridge]] test, the Autobots fractured, leading to the [[Lightning Strike Coalition]] and [[Wreckers]] leaving the main Autobot army. Prowl took over leadership of the Autobots. He worked with Shockwave, who had assumed command of the Decepticons, to prevent the [[Fallen]]'s plans from coming to fruition. He and Shockwave agreed to let the [[Well of All Sparks]] remain sealed [['Til all are one]], as Shockwave put it. Prowl thought the line was catchy. {{storylink|The War Within: The Dark Ages}} Eventually, however, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] took command of the Autobots, and reunited the three factions. {{storylink|The War Within: The Age of Wrath}}

Prowl was one of many Transformers under the control of rogue government engineer-turned-arms dealer [[Adam Rook]]. He, along with several Autobots and Decepticons, attacked the Smitco Oil Refinery Artic facilty during Rook's sales demonstration to several terrorist organizations. Unfortunately, the invasive program that controlled Prowl killed a helpless human refinery worker escaping from the destruction. {{Storylink|Prime Directive, Part 2}}

===Transformers Legends anthology===
When Optimus Prime accidentally kills a fellow Autobot, Prowl - who never liked [[Geosensus|the dead guy]] anyway - covers it up so the rest of the team won't lose faith in their leader.

===IDW Beast Wars comics===

Prowl is a member of the Maximal counterpart to the Tripredacus Council, the [[Maximal Imperium]], alongside former Autobot teammates Ironhide and Silverbolt. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 2|The Ascending #2}}

===IDW comics continuity===
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Prowl has been serving the Autobots for a long time, dating back to the days of [[Sentinel Prime#IDW comics continuity|Sentinel Prime]] if not earlier. He was part of the team that attempted — and failed — to crack down on the illegal [[gladiatorial combat]] in [[Kaon]]. When Megatron defeated Sentinel and devastated the Security Team HQ, it was Prowl who took control and ordered the evacuation of security forces from Kaon. {{storylink|Megatron Origin}}
[[Image:Prowl_avatar.PNG|right|thumb|100px|When he takes those sunglasses off, "Won't Get Fooled Again" starts playing out of NOWHERE.]]

In more recent times, he was the leader of a detachment of Autobots that operated covertly on Earth for at least four years, attempting to foil a Decepticon insurgency lead by [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], and blindly following the Autobot rules of counterinsurgency. He almost threw [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] in the brig for breaking cover to rescue three humans from the Decepticons, and subsequently refused to contact Optimus Prime until further evidence of enemy activities was uncovered. He did not willingly believe Ratchet when the medic tells him that the Decepticons had stepped up their presence by constructing a [[infiltration protocol|second base]]. However, [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] ended up sending a pulsewave transmission to Prime behind Prowl's back. {{storylink|Infiltration}} Once Optimus arrived, Prowl showed himself to be a trusted and loyal officer.

Like most Autobots operating on alien worlds, Prowl used a [[holomatter]] avatar to act as his "driver" while driving on the highway.{{storylink|Infiltration issue 6}}

When [[Springer]] ordered several Autobots on a lethal mission to rescue the damaged and deranged Kup from an alien world, Prowl evidently helped conceal [[Springer]]'s efforts from Optimus. But he still felt it was a misguided effort, asking Springer if Kup would want other Autobots killed rescuing him. {{storylink|Spotlight: Kup}}

When everything kicked off in [[Brasnya]], Prowl led Jazz and Wheeljack (and later [[Hot Rod]] and [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]]) into battle, attempting to capture a Decepticon [[facsimile]] — he risked his life in the attempt (though Hot Rod mucked up the first try). When Optimus was temporarily offline and believed dead, Prowl assumed full command and came up with a strategy for fighting Megatron (shoot him, then run away). {{storylink|Escalation}}

Under orders from Optimus, Prowl oversaw the moving of ''[[Ark-19]]'' to a more secure location; he turned to Prime rather than order the launch on his own discretion (Prime had to order him to use his own discretion). When [[Sixshot]] blew them out of the sky, Optimus took command of the situation until the Autobots were safe aboard the ''[[Ark-32]]''.

Once on the ''Ark-32'', Prowl found that, due to injuries and separate missions, he and Hardhead were the only active Autobots; he was annoyed about this, and mildly slagged off Optimus and [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] for being elsewhere. He was then shocked when Optimus abruptly ordered their unit to withdraw from Earth to handle a situation at the [[Garrus-9]] secure facility. {{storylink|Devastation}}

===IDW ''[[Hearts of Steel]]'' continuity===
With Optimus Prime in stasis lock, Prowl and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] appeared to be the co-leaders of the Autobots in the 19th century. {{Storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 1}} Despite [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'s pleading, he was reluctant to interfere with the humans, but nevertheless participated in the pursuit of [[Astrotrain (G1)|the Astrotrain]] as it headed to New York. {{Storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 4}}

His "Ice Age Wars" altmode is uncertain, but it is spiky, and possibly aquatic. His 19th century altmode is a small black-and-white locomotive with a glowing red smokestack.

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
* '''Prowl''' (Autobot Car, 1984/1985/1990/2002/2003)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''09''', '''TFC-02'''
**''Accessories:'' Acid pellet gun, 2 x missile launchers (left & right), 3 x wire-guided missiles

[[Image:G1Prowl_toy.jpg|left|thumb|I ain't fallin' for no banana in the tailpipe...]]

: Prowl was part of the first series of Autobots released in 1984, reusing a mold originally developed for a ''[[Diaclone]]'' [[Wikipedia:Nissan 280ZX|Datsun Fairlady Z (280 ZX)]] police car, with his decals altered to remove the "Diaclone" marks. (The European "[[Classics (Euro)|Classic Heroes]]" re-release retained the ''Diaclone'' stickers, for unknown reasons).

: In 1985, Mexico imported ''Transformers'', but there were some notable changes on numerous toys. Prowl's helmet, arms, and boots turned black, plus his "POLICE" decals became "POLICIA". There was also a wide running change (or just factory error) that left out the black paint on his car hood.

[[Image:Prowl-Mexico.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Also known as 'El Pricko'.]]

: In 2002, Prowl was re-released as part of the [[Transformers Collection]] series in Japan. This version has slightly-altered decals, and fully-functional spring-loaded missile launchers.

: In 2003, Prowl was released as part of the Toys "R" Us [[exclusive]] "[[Commemorative Series]]" line in the US. This version of Prowl uses a softer , unchromed black plastic for his rifle and missiles owing to [[for safety reasons|breakage issues]], plus his launchers are completely non-firing. He uses the same decals as the Japanese "bookbox" release.

: The same mold was used for [[Bluestreak]] and [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]].

* '''Prowl''' (Action Master Blaster, 1990)
**''Accessories:'' Turbo Cycle, small cannon, 2 x missiles, 2 x engine covers (left & right), shield/gas tank cover

: A non-transforming action figure, [[Action Master]] Prowl is modeled after his cartoon model with a few toy-based liberties taken. He came with his [[Turbo Cycle]] vehicle, though the main figure was compatible with all other Action Master vehicles and weapons.

===Beast Wars===
*'''Magnaboss''' (Ultra, 1997)
**''Accessories:'' Tail

: Prowl transforms from a lion into a robot, with his cat-butt turning into a "cyber tail claw" weapon. He is able to combine with [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]], his package buddies, into [[Magnaboss]].

: This mold was used to make [[Lio Junior]].

:The toy packaging gives no indication as to who the Magnaboss components are as characters. Their being Generation 1 characters was established by [[IDW]].

===Machine Wars===
* '''Prowl''' (Basic, 1997)
**''Accessories:'' Gun (gun body & barrel)

[[Image:Mwprowl.jpg|right|thumb|Do you have any idea how fast you were going?]]

: Sharing a mold with ''[[Machine Wars]]'' [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], Prowl transforms into a Formula-1 race car, and converts to robot mode with a spring-loaded, one-step transformation. His rifle-halves store in his legs in car mode. He --and the entire ''Machine Wars'' line-- was available only at Kay-Bee stores.

: Prowl's usual function is strategist, but, in an ironic twist, in this first non-police car form he's described as chief of security.

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

===Smallest Transformers===
* '''Prowl''' (2003)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''GTF-09'''
[[Image:STF_Prowl.jpg|left|thumb|Wee-woo-wee-woo-wee-woo.]]

: Released in Wave 2 of Smallest Transformers, STF Prowl is the smallest possible transforming toy based upon the original Prowl toy. He faithfully repoduces the transformation sequence for the most part, but due to parts-cost limitations, he has little articulation, his legs cannot separate and his wheels do not roll.

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===Alternators===
* '''Prowl''' (Alternator, 2005/2006)
**''Alternator ID number:'' '''16'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''BT-15'''
**''Accessories:'' Engine/gun, traffic direction baton

[[Image:AlternatorsProwl.jpg|right|thumb|200px|You better get a lawyer, son...]]

: ''[[Alternators]]'' Prowl transforms into a 1:24-scale [[Wikipedia:Acura RSX|Acura RSX]] with police lights, opening doors, hood and trunk. His engine becomes a (non-firing) gun, while a clear-plastic nightstick is hidden under his car-mode rear section. He was among the last of the "red box" Alternators, but was included in new "white box" assortments in 2006. The "white box" version of Prowl had additional Acura logos on the rear of the car that the "red box" version did not.

[[Image:BinaltechProwl.jpg|left|thumb|200px|...you better get a real good one.]]

: For his standard Japanese ''Binaltech'' release, Prowl got a different vehicle mode deco based on a real Japanese police car (the [[Hasbro]] version's deco being based more on the original [[Generation 1]] toy), a different spoiler mold, different rims, right-side steering, a Japanese police cherry blossom emblem instead of an Acura logo, and gray plastic instead of stony-blue. He was also labeled as a "Honda Integra Type-R", the model's make in Japan.

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* '''Prowl Vivid Blue Pearl Edition''' (Binaltech, 2005)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''BT-15'''
**''Accessories:'' Engine/gun, traffic direction baton

[[Image:Binaltech_Blue_Prowl_toy.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Prowl on his day off...]]

: Like [[Jazz]], Prowl got two different ''Binaltech'' decos released in equal numbers. The second version, known as Vivid Blue Pearl Prowl, is a civilian version with no police lights, a mostly blue interior, a Honda logo (instead of the cherry blossom emblem) on the grill, and a solid blue car-shell. His robot-mode parts remained mostly the same color, however.

: This mold (the Japanese blue Prowl variant, combined with parts from American police Prowl) was used to make ''Alternators'' [[Camshaft]].

* '''Prowl Satellite Patrol Edition''' (Binaltech, 2005?)

: The [[Hasbro]] version of Prowl, using the Hasbro red box packaging, was supposed to have been released in Japan as an exclusive to a satellite TV provider. The only notable difference from the Hasbro version was the "Satellite Patrol" markings on his doors. It is unknown if this toy was ever actually released, however.
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===Universe===
*'''Prowl''' (Autobot, 2005)
*''Accessories:'' Gun

: A redeco of the ''Robots in Disguise'' [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl 2]] mold, ''[[Universe]]'' Prowl transforms into a Chevrolet Caprice police car with through-axle construction for super-speedy rolling on smooth surfaces. His gun hides as his car mode's tailpipe. Originally only available at Kay-Bee stores in packaging with no sub-line markings, his entire assortment was later repackaged under the ''Universe'' banner and sold through "dollar store" chains like Family Dollar.

===Universe (2008)===
*'''Prowl''' (Deluxe, 2008)
**''Accessories:'' Gun

: Prowl transforms into a modified [[Wikipedia:Nissan 350Z|Nissan 350Z]]. Like previous ''Generation 1'' Prowl toys, his paint job is based upon that of a Japanese police car. The pre-production versions of ''Universe'' Prowl featured an American-style rectangular light bar, but later versions features an swept-back Japanese-style light bar.

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===Attacktix===
*'''Prowl''' (Booster, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Missile
[[Image:Tf2-16-400.jpg|left|thumb|150px|I got a big... gun.]]

: Introduced in Series 2 of [[Attacktix]], Prowl is a Captain class unit with the special ability to stun an opposing player unit. His sculpt is based upon his G1 cartoon model with some additional details. His weapon is a '''hugely''' oversized version of his rifle, capable of firing a large silver projectile.

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==Merchandise==
===3D Battle-Card Game===
*'''Prowl''' (2007)

: A 25-point "uncommon" character in the [[3D Battle-Card Game]]'s "Energon Wars" expansion, Prowl "transforms" into a black and white police car that vaguely resembles a Nissan Z. He uses the same parts layout as [[Transformers (2007)|Movie]] [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] and [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]].

==Trivia==
* Prowl's ''[[Diaclone]]'' predecessor also came with additional, optional stickers that would identify him as being part of the police forces from existing Japanese cities, namely "Tokyo City", "Sapporo City", "Sendai City", "Osaka City" and "Fukuoka City".

* The original ''Transformers'' instruction booklet shows a visible Japanese label sheet, complete with the cherry blossom emblem found on Japanese police cars, which did not make it to final product.

* ''Machine Wars'' Prowl's card-art is actually an altered version of the art for the ''[[Generation 2]]'' [[Laser Rod]] [[Jolt (G2)|Jolt]].

* [[Transmetal 2]] [[Prowl (BW)|Prowl]] may ''possibly'' be the same spark as the Generation 1 character reincarnated... though the IDW series makes this REALLY complicated.

* At [[OTFCC 2004]], Hasbro stated that there was no Prowl ''Alternators'' toy in the works, but some other emergency vehicle (which got a chorus of boos). In fact, the Acura RSX [[Alternators]] mold was originally supposed to be [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], as backed up by a placeholder listing found at Hasbro's website and a Takara color guide for the toy that used a control drawing which sports a head sculpt based on G1 Red Alert (but colored as Prowl).<ref>[http://www.fantofan.jp/earlybirdsp/bt-15.jpg Color guide for Binaltech Prowl, sporting a G1 Red Alert head sculpt, at Fan to Fan]</ref> Eventually, however, it was decided to release the toy as Prowl instead.

*Instead of having a normal gunshot death, Prowl is shown having orange smoke coming from his mouth as he dies. ''Hardcore.''

==Footnotes==
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==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1984/Autobot/Prowl/prowl.htm Prowl on TFU.info]

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Dinobot Hunt!

2008-03-17T00:07:59Z

80.176.139.71: /* Synopsis */

'''The Autobots attempt to round up those crazy Dinobots but the Decepticons interfere....'''

{{comicnav | Generation 1 (Marvel Comics)#Marvel UK | 47-50 | seriesname=Generation 1 (Marvel UK) | prev=The Icarus Theory | next=Shooting Star!}}

=Marvel UK issues #47-50=

'''Writer:''' [[Simon Furman]] <br>
'''Art:''' [[Will Simpson]] (#47 & #49), [[Barry Kitson]] (#48 & #50)<br>
'''Lettering:''' [[Annie Halfacree]]<br>
'''Colors:''' TBA<br>
'''Editor:''' [[Ian Rimmer]]<br>

*''Main Characters:'' [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]], [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]], [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] , [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]], [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharge]], [[Gears (G1)|Gears]], [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]], [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]], [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]], [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]

*''Originally published:'' 8th February 1986 – 1st March 1986

==Synopsis==

After finding out that the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] have probably lost control due to their primary cybo-dendrons having burnt out {{storylink|The Icarus Theory}}. Optimus Prime assigns the [[Autobots]] into teams to capture Snarl, Slag, Sludge and Grimlock before they can do any harm to [[Humans]].

B Team (consisting of Mirage, Brawn and Trailbreaker) are assigned to Black Rock desert in Nevada to capture Snarl, which they do (thanks to the help of a prototype molecular disintergration bomb being developed at a secret army base that Snarl destroys). Unfortunatly Laserbeak has been watching and the [[Decepticons]] get wind of the Autobot's mission and make plans to disrupt it as much as possible.

In the waterways of Littlewood, California, Sludge is contentedly being filmed by [[Joy Meadows]] while A Team (Windcharger, Gears and Cliffjumper) look for him. Unfortunatly a Decepticon group consisting of Soundwave, Skywarp and Scavenger manage to find and knock out Sludge first. Stumbling upon the unconcious Sludge, A Team get taken out by the Decepticons and Soundwave's plan is going well.

The Decepticon plan suffers a setback when they are too late to capture Slag in Idaho. A fried Laserbeak tells them of how Jetfire, Jazz and Ironhide of D Team managed to capture Slag (mainly by blocking Slag's flamethrower with Laserbeak in an attempt to make Idaho Fried Decepticon. However, Soundwave is unconcerned by this setback.

We soon find out the reason for Soundwave's lack of concern. The Decepticons have found Grimlock before the Autobots and have set Sludge on him. The town of Doonstown is reduced to a war zone as the two Dinobots fight, plunging into a frozen lake as they do. Bluestreak, Huffer and Sideswipe are early casualties as they try to stop the fight. Summoned by an urgent SOS Prime, Bumblebee, Ratchet and Prowl speed to the scene. The first three arrive and Prime attempts to keep the Dinobots in the lake while Ratchet goes to tend the members of C Team and Bumblebee finds a a hidden energy source.

The enery source turns out to be a cloaked [[Autobot Shuttle]] with Windcharger, Gears, Cliffjumper (as prisoners) and a [[Sonic Lance]] on board. Bumblebee rescues the captured Autobots as Prowl transfers his shuttle's electrical systems to the hull and bails out. The shock knocks out Grimlock, but Sludge, still controlled by the Sonic Lance, lunges for Prime. Bumblebee realises that the Sonic Lance is probably booby trapped so blows the shuttle up, causing Sludge to pass out before he can attack Prime.

Nearby the Decepticons (having found an oil rig to steal energy from) hear the explosion and an elated Soundwave shouts that the Decepticons have won emerged triumphant. Prime hears Soundwave but realises he can do nothing until his injured Autobots are repaired.

==Errors==
* On the last page of part 3 Sideswipe is shown badly injured before the transmission cuts off. In part 4 he states that he went back to the ship to call for reinforcements, then states that "I'm not totally sure my distress call got through as at that moment one of them decided to chew through my shuttles fuel tank" therefore he should not have been injured when talking to Prime.

* Bluestreak and Sideswipes injuries change between panels.

* Windcharger, Cliffjumper and Gears are a bit naieve (well stupid) when they get captured. They see blaster fire and find an unconcious Sludge but ponder on whats happened instead of thinking hang on, we're next here....

==Items of note==

* Jazz is seen removing his flame thrower from a groinal cavity. One explanation for where Transformers keep their weapons? Good Job [[Arcee]] wasn't around at the time otherwise "Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me?" would have been an ackward question to answer.....

* Joy Meadows will team up with the Dinobots again in [[In the National Interest]] and also appears in Sludge's dream sequence in [[Victory!]]

* Cliffjumper gets to use his glass gun!

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Rock and Roll-Out!

2008-01-20T21:05:59Z

80.176.139.71: /* Items of note */

[[Image:MarvelUS-14.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Special Olympians are the real heroes. I'm gonna give 'em everything I got!]]

'''A new group of Autobots are born in the USA, and must thwart the Decepticons' attempts to steal sound energy from a rock concert.'''

{{comicnav | Generation 1 (Marvel Comics) | 14 | seriesname= | prev=Shooting Star! | next=I, Robot-Master!}}

=Marvel US issue #14=
''(Story also appears in: Marvel UK issues #53-54, IDW [[Generations (comic reprints)|Transformers: Generations]] #3)''

'''Script:''' [[Bob Budiansky]] <br>
'''Pencils:''' [[Don Perlin]]<br>
'''Inks:''' [[Al Gordon]]<br>
'''Lettering:''' [[Janice Chiang]]<br>
'''Colors:''' [[Nelson Yomtov]]<br>
'''Editor:''' [[Michael Carlin]]<br>

*''Major characters (in order of appearance):'' [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]], [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]], [[Skids (G1)|Skids]], [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], [[G.B. Blackrock]], [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]
*''Originally published:'' March, 1986

==Synopsis==
Jetfire has been brought to life by Optimus Prime, and with the [[Rite of the Autobrand]] is made a full member of the Autobots. Optimus gives him a tour of his new home. In the medical bay, Ratchet is struggling to repair a large group of warriors recently damaged in battle. Elsewhere, Wheeljack has constructed five new Transformer bodies. He installs within them the minds of five Autobot warriors whose minds were encoded in crystals before the Autobots left Cybertron. Prime welcomes the new arrivals, all of whom now "live for a second time".

While holding Grapple back for a special project, he sends the other four with Bumblebee to acclimate them to their new homeworld. Wheeljack has been busy -- the Autobots now have facsimile circuitry which covers up their Autobot symbols and provides them with mannequin dummy drivers.

Shockwave, meanwhile, has finally returned, arriving at the Decepticons' oil platform base just in time to squelch the mewlings of Starscream. He demonstrates the energy converter he's just built, turning some of the oil into [[energon cube]]s. The Decepticons leave, takign the converter and a stash of cubes with them. To evade a human naval fleet that has been surrounding them, Shockwave detonates a cube in mid-air, and the humans are blinded by the light.

The humans, however, had rigged the oil platform's supports with bugs, and overheard the Decepticons' plans to steal "a large release of sonic energy". G.B. Blackrock is also on the fleet, and relays the information to the Autobots.

While fueling up at a Blackrock gas station, Skids learns about an upcoming [[Brick Springhorn|rock concert]]. The 'bots put two and two together, and go to reconnoiter the concert, while Prime heads that way with reinforcements.

Before Prime can arrive, the Autobots observe a sonic disruption of the show. The Autobots are under orders from Prime not to take any action until he arrives, but it's hard to be a saint in the city, and so they disrupt the device that's causing the problem. The sound goes back to normal -- and Decepticon jets burst out of the ground. The Autobots have little choice but to make a stand. While the newcomers fend off the jets, Bumblebee prevents Shockwave from incinerating the audience of humans by tossing an energon cube into his barrel, sending him flying helplessly away; the audience is awestruck by the fireworks hailing over them. The battle won, the Autobots quickly go back to hiding on the backstreets.

Heading home, Bumblebee's team has a meeting across the river with Prime's reinforcements. Bumblebee is prepared to accept a reprimand, but Prime is impressed with his team's performance and trusts that Bumblebee did what he felt was best. Bumblebee affirms that he did, having learned that "the show must go on!"

==Errors==
*If Ratchet is having so much trouble fixing the existing warriors, how come Wheeljack can build new bodies from scratch for the new Autobots so easily?
*The lead singer is alternatively called "Brick Springhorn" and "Brick Springstern."

==Items of note==
*''References to other Transformers continuities/issues:'' Although Jetfire has been featured since US issue #10, this is the first time he is seen as an Autobot with sentience.
*The Autobots in the repair bay include Hound, Cliffjumper, Prowl, Gears, Huffer, Jazz and Sideswipe. In the US storyline, their injuries were sustained during the events of "[[Prime Time!]]". The UK storyline is less clear -- some of those shown were injured during the [[Dinobot Hunt!]] storyline (Cliffjumper, Gears, Huffer, Jazz and Sideswipe), but others were not (Hound and Prowl). Most appear in subsequent UK stories, long after they'd disappeared from the US stories.
*So... does this mean the original Tracks, Skids, etc. could still be running around on Cybertron or somewhere?
*This is the first appearance of energon cubes in the comics -- an example of convergence between the comic and cartoon.
*The special project Optimus commissions Grapple to work on is none other than [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], the Autobot defense platform. He is introduced (in front of a full audience, no less) in US [[Command Performances!|issue #19]].
*Songs by Mr. "Springstern" include "[[wikipedia:Dancing in the Dark (Springsteen song)|Dancing in the Night]]", "[[wikipedia:Born to Run (song)|Born to Ride]]", "[[wikipedia:Born in the U.S.A. (song)|Born in America]]", and "[[wikipedia:Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)|Margarita (Jump a Little Lighter)]]".

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In the National Interest

2007-11-05T20:56:33Z

80.176.139.71:

'''Joy Meadows and the Dinobots are going to blow the whole Robot Master story wide open. The Decepticons and Triple I don't want this to happen...'''

=Marvel UK issues #74-77=

'''Writer:''' [[Simon Furman]] <br>
'''Art:''' <br>
'''Lettering:''' <br>
'''Colors:''' <br>
'''Editor:''' <br>

*''Main Characters:'' [[Professor Morris]], [[Joy Meadows]], [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]], [[Slag (G1)|Slag]],[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]], [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]], [[Centurion]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], [[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]], [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]], [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]], [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]], [[Hook (G1)|Hook]], [[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]], [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]]

*''Originally published:'' 16th August 1986 – 6th September 1986

==Synopsis==

Joy Meadows is on a TV talk show announcing that she will expose the claims of [[Robot Master]] that he leads the Transformers for the sham that is. Meanwhile [[Intelligence_and_Information_Institute|Triple I]] are watching and decide that she must be silenced. At the same time Professor Morris is standing trial for murder when the courtroom is invaded by four armed men who kidnap Morris. He then find out he has been captured by Triple I to control their new mechanism Centurion in order to stop Joy wrecking their Robot Master scenario.

Meanwhile, back at the [[Ark]] the [[Dinobots (G1)|Dinobots]] are bored as they are confined to the [[Autobot]] base as their forms make them too conspicuous. Grimlock decides they need to go find some action when Sludge rushes in and states that he's seen Joy on TV. The Dinobots go out to find Joy and are just in time to save her from an ambush laid by Triple I. Grimlock tells Joy about the fights between the Autobots and [[Decepticons]] and works out that Robot Master is a pippet of the government. Joy sets up an interview with one of the Dinobots and Swoop sets off to pick up her film crew.

The Decepticons (who are searching for Robot Master) pick up the signal and Swoop gets involved in a fight with Megatron while picking up the film crew. Swoop is saved by the arrival of Centurion (controlled by Morris who is disobeying Triple I orders, and has sealed himself in the control room), but as Swoop flies off he is hit by a homing beacon fired by a Triple I employee. The signal from this leads the Decepticons to the Dinobots location.

Centurion arrives as the Dinobots are getting defeated and attacks the Decepticons, bringing the battle back into the balance. Soundwave takes the recordings off the film crew and destroys them, threatening the humans with an unpleasant fate if they ever try to compile further evidence. The Decepticons leave and the Dinobots lick their wounds.

Meanwhile Morris decides that he is going to bury Triple I once and for all......

==Errors==

==Items of note==

* "OOH 'ECK! DECEPTICONS!" Slag has the campest warning ever.

* Centurion will then hang around with the Dinobots for a while, before being destroyed by [[Galvatron]]. The Dinobots must have liked him because Grimlock ordered [[Wheeljack (G1)|WheelJack]] to rebuild him ahead of other Autobots when Grimlock became leader.

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In the National Interest

2007-11-04T14:45:13Z

80.176.139.71: New page: '''Joy Meadows and the Dinobots are going to blow the whole Robot Master story wide open. The Decepticons and Triple I don't want this to happen...''' =Marvel UK issues #74-77= '''Writer...

Sludge (G1)

2007-10-29T21:51:30Z

80.176.139.71: /* Marvel Comics continuity */

{{disambig2|the Generation 1 Dinobot brontosaurus|the Wal*Mart-exclusive Dinobots series dimetrodon|Sludge (Dinobots)}}

:''Sludge is an [[Autobot]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Sludgeg1.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"Me transform into non-existent dino!"]]

"'''Sludge''' dumb," is how [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] commander himself, describes the plodding Autobot. The Dinobots have a perhaps undeserved reputation for being dimwitted, but Sludge is the genuine article. He makes the other four look like scholars in comparison.

As Sludge can't make much of an impression in the mental department, he likes to make his presence known physically. He'll stomp his hefty hide around just so you know he's there.

None of the Dinobots really like [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], but he and [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] share an especially intense dislike for him. Beyond that, Sludge is actually what you might call nice...Maybe not to [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]]'s level, but nicer than [[Grimlock (G1)|the]] [[Slag (G1)|other]] [[Snarl (G1)|guys]].

{{quote|Sludge no like Predacons. Lets stomp!|Sludge's solution to every problem|[[Call of the Primitives]]}}

:''Italian name'': '''Bronto'''<br>
:''Preliminary name'': '''Bronton'''<br>
:''French-Canadian name'': '''Terro'''

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===

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 helped him fight and defeat Megatron. {{storylink|Repeat Performance}}

Sludge, like the other Dinobots, went a-wandering after this but revereted to their base instincts after their primary cybo-dendrons burnt out, probably because the insulation that protects them has been eroded by [[Repeat Performance | 4 million years submerged in a tar-pit]]. Sludge ends up in the waterways of Littlewood, California where he is befriended by [[Joy Meadows]]. Unfortunatly the Decepticons attacked, took him away from his new found love and made him fight [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]. {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt!}}

While he was recovering from brain surgery he dreamed of Joy {{storylink|Victory!}} and when recovered he and the other Dinobots hooked up with her for some more adventures {{storylink|In the National Interest}}. Later on he ended up fighting [[Galvatron]], being destroyed by an [[Underbase]] powered [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] before being revived with [[Nucleon]] by Grimlock and fighting [[Unicron (G1)|Unicron]] before being killed and then resurrected by the [[Last Autobot]] as the Autobots finally win......

===Animated continuity===
'''Voice actor:''' [[Frank Welker]] (US), [[Kenyu Horiuchi]] (Japan)

[[Image:SludgeUltimateDoom.jpg|thumb|175px|left|"Hello, pretty trees. Me Sludge stomp you now."]]
Sludge was developed, along with his fellow [[Dinobots]] [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], after the Autobots discovered dinosaur bones in their volcanic headquarters. Inspired by the power of the prehistoric beasts, [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] built a trio of Dinobots to add firepower to the Autobot forces. The Dinobots proved too dangerous at first, and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] ordered Wheeljack to abandon the Dinobot project. Wheeljack continued improving the trio of titans in secret, crafting memory components that made them smarter and easier to control. When the rest of the Autobots were captured by the Decepticons at the [[Great Falls]] hydroelectric power plant, Wheeljack dispatched the Dinobots to free their comrades and destroy the Decepticons. The Dinobots succeeded in forcing a Decepticon retreat, and were welcomed as members of the Autobot team. {{storylink|S.O.S. Dinobots}}

During the [[Battle of Autobot City]], Sludge and the Dinobots attacked [[Devastator]]. During the attack, Devastator struck Sludge so hard his [[Sensors#Optics|optic sensors]] bulged out of his head. Later, the Dinobots escaped with [[Kup]] and [[Hot Rod]], only to be shot down over [[Quintessa]]. The Dinobots later located the two Autobots with the help of [[Wheelie]], and Sludge and Slag dispatched a [[Quintesson]] prosecutor—by stand on top of a door he was under. Later, Sludge was able to tail whip the butt of [[Unicron|a god]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie|TFTM}}

Sludge and Snarl were later left to guard [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] when a seemingly resurrected Optimus Prime returned, saying that Hot Rod, Kup, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] were killed by the Quintessons. When the aforementioned Autobots turned up on Cybertron alive, Arcee said that she was happy to see them, but Sludge was not happy, as he thought that meant he and Snarl were dead. {{storylink|Dark Awakening}} Later, he was among the [[Primitive]]s who were summoned by [[Primacron]]'s [[Oracle (G1)|assistant]] to fight [[Tornedron]], along with the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacon]]s and the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcorn]]s. When [[Headstrong]] insulted Grimlock, Sludge, who didn't like the Predacons, suggested that they stomp them. Other than that, he didn't really contribute to the adventure. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}

===Dreamwave comics continuity===

===Devil's Due ''G.I.Joe vs Transformers'' comics===

===IDW Generation 1 comics===

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Sludge''' (Dinobot, 1985/1986/1991/1992)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''27'''

: Sludge was released as part of the second series of Transformers in 1985, transforming into a robotic "[[wikipedia:brontosaurus|brontosaurus]]". He has a trio of silver rockets, a rocket launcher, a black gun, and a red sword. Like most ''[[Diaclone]]''-era molds, Sludge also has a conspicuous driver compartment located in his chest.

: Sludge was re-released in the European "[[Classics (Euro)|Classics]]" line in 1991. In Japan, he and the other Dinobots were offered as mail-away items during [[Operation Combination]]; Sludge cost 2300 yen (his original retail price) and two [[robot points]].

==Trivia==
* Sludge turns into a brontosaurus, a dinosaur that, due to skeletal misidentification at its discovery, does [[wikipedia:Brontosaurus|not actually exist]].

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/1985/Autobot/Sludge/sludge.htm Sludge at TFU.info]

* [http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Sludge Sludge's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

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Sludge (G1)

2007-10-29T21:48:56Z

80.176.139.71: /* Marvel Comics continuity */

{{disambig2|the Generation 1 Dinobot brontosaurus|the Wal*Mart-exclusive Dinobots series dimetrodon|Sludge (Dinobots)}}

:''Sludge is an [[Autobot]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Sludgeg1.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"Me transform into non-existent dino!"]]

"'''Sludge''' dumb," is how [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] commander himself, describes the plodding Autobot. The Dinobots have a perhaps undeserved reputation for being dimwitted, but Sludge is the genuine article. He makes the other four look like scholars in comparison.

As Sludge can't make much of an impression in the mental department, he likes to make his presence known physically. He'll stomp his hefty hide around just so you know he's there.

None of the Dinobots really like [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], but he and [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] share an especially intense dislike for him. Beyond that, Sludge is actually what you might call nice...Maybe not to [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]]'s level, but nicer than [[Grimlock (G1)|the]] [[Slag (G1)|other]] [[Snarl (G1)|guys]].

{{quote|Sludge no like Predacons. Lets stomp!|Sludge's solution to every problem|[[Call of the Primitives]]}}

:''Italian name'': '''Bronto'''<br>
:''Preliminary name'': '''Bronton'''<br>
:''French-Canadian name'': '''Terro'''

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===

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 helped Ratchet fight and defeat Megatron {{storylink|Repeat Performance}}

Sludge, like the other Dinobots, went a-wandering after this but revereted to their base instincts after their primary cybo-dendrons burnt out, probably because the insulation that protects them has been eroded by [[Repeat Performance | 4 million years submerged in a tar-pit]]. Sludge ends up in the waterways of Littlewood, California where he is befriended by [[Joy Meadows]]. Unfortunatly the Decepticons attacked, took him away from his new found love and made him fight [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]. {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt!}}

While he was recovering from brain surgery he dreamed of Joy {{storylink|Victory!}} and when recovered he and the other Dinobots hooked up with her for some more adventures {{storylink|In the National Interest}}. Later on he ended up fighting [[Galvatron]], being destroyed by an [[Underbase]] powered [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] before being revived with [[Nucleon]] by Grimlock and fighting [[Unicron (G1)|Unicron]] before being killed and then resurrected by the [[Last Autobot]] as the Autobots finally win......

===Animated continuity===
'''Voice actor:''' [[Frank Welker]] (US), [[Kenyu Horiuchi]] (Japan)

[[Image:SludgeUltimateDoom.jpg|thumb|175px|left|"Hello, pretty trees. Me Sludge stomp you now."]]
Sludge was developed, along with his fellow [[Dinobots]] [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], after the Autobots discovered dinosaur bones in their volcanic headquarters. Inspired by the power of the prehistoric beasts, [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] built a trio of Dinobots to add firepower to the Autobot forces. The Dinobots proved too dangerous at first, and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] ordered Wheeljack to abandon the Dinobot project. Wheeljack continued improving the trio of titans in secret, crafting memory components that made them smarter and easier to control. When the rest of the Autobots were captured by the Decepticons at the [[Great Falls]] hydroelectric power plant, Wheeljack dispatched the Dinobots to free their comrades and destroy the Decepticons. The Dinobots succeeded in forcing a Decepticon retreat, and were welcomed as members of the Autobot team. {{storylink|S.O.S. Dinobots}}

During the [[Battle of Autobot City]], Sludge and the Dinobots attacked [[Devastator]]. During the attack, Devastator struck Sludge so hard his [[Sensors#Optics|optic sensors]] bulged out of his head. Later, the Dinobots escaped with [[Kup]] and [[Hot Rod]], only to be shot down over [[Quintessa]]. The Dinobots later located the two Autobots with the help of [[Wheelie]], and Sludge and Slag dispatched a [[Quintesson]] prosecutor—by stand on top of a door he was under. Later, Sludge was able to tail whip the butt of [[Unicron|a god]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie|TFTM}}

Sludge and Snarl were later left to guard [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] when a seemingly resurrected Optimus Prime returned, saying that Hot Rod, Kup, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] were killed by the Quintessons. When the aforementioned Autobots turned up on Cybertron alive, Arcee said that she was happy to see them, but Sludge was not happy, as he thought that meant he and Snarl were dead. {{storylink|Dark Awakening}} Later, he was among the [[Primitive]]s who were summoned by [[Primacron]]'s [[Oracle (G1)|assistant]] to fight [[Tornedron]], along with the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacon]]s and the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcorn]]s. When [[Headstrong]] insulted Grimlock, Sludge, who didn't like the Predacons, suggested that they stomp them. Other than that, he didn't really contribute to the adventure. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}

===Dreamwave comics continuity===

===Devil's Due ''G.I.Joe vs Transformers'' comics===

===IDW Generation 1 comics===

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Sludge''' (Dinobot, 1985/1986/1991/1992)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''27'''

: Sludge was released as part of the second series of Transformers in 1985, transforming into a robotic "[[wikipedia:brontosaurus|brontosaurus]]". He has a trio of silver rockets, a rocket launcher, a black gun, and a red sword. Like most ''[[Diaclone]]''-era molds, Sludge also has a conspicuous driver compartment located in his chest.

: Sludge was re-released in the European "[[Classics (Euro)|Classics]]" line in 1991. In Japan, he and the other Dinobots were offered as mail-away items during [[Operation Combination]]; Sludge cost 2300 yen (his original retail price) and two [[robot points]].

==Trivia==
* Sludge turns into a brontosaurus, a dinosaur that, due to skeletal misidentification at its discovery, does [[wikipedia:Brontosaurus|not actually exist]].

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/1985/Autobot/Sludge/sludge.htm Sludge at TFU.info]

* [http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Sludge Sludge's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

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Sludge (G1)

2007-10-29T21:40:45Z

80.176.139.71: /* Marvel Comics continuity */

{{disambig2|the Generation 1 Dinobot brontosaurus|the Wal*Mart-exclusive Dinobots series dimetrodon|Sludge (Dinobots)}}

:''Sludge is an [[Autobot]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Sludgeg1.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"Me transform into non-existent dino!"]]

"'''Sludge''' dumb," is how [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] commander himself, describes the plodding Autobot. The Dinobots have a perhaps undeserved reputation for being dimwitted, but Sludge is the genuine article. He makes the other four look like scholars in comparison.

As Sludge can't make much of an impression in the mental department, he likes to make his presence known physically. He'll stomp his hefty hide around just so you know he's there.

None of the Dinobots really like [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], but he and [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] share an especially intense dislike for him. Beyond that, Sludge is actually what you might call nice...Maybe not to [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]]'s level, but nicer than [[Grimlock (G1)|the]] [[Slag (G1)|other]] [[Snarl (G1)|guys]].

{{quote|Sludge no like Predacons. Lets stomp!|Sludge's solution to every problem|[[Call of the Primitives]]}}

:''Italian name'': '''Bronto'''<br>
:''Preliminary name'': '''Bronton'''<br>
:''French-Canadian name'': '''Terro'''

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===

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 helped Ratchet fight Megatron

Sludge's primary cybo-dendrons have burnt out, probably because the insulation that protects them has been eroded by [[Repeat Performance | 4 million years submerged in a tar-pit]].

===Animated continuity===
'''Voice actor:''' [[Frank Welker]] (US), [[Kenyu Horiuchi]] (Japan)

[[Image:SludgeUltimateDoom.jpg|thumb|175px|left|"Hello, pretty trees. Me Sludge stomp you now."]]
Sludge was developed, along with his fellow [[Dinobots]] [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], after the Autobots discovered dinosaur bones in their volcanic headquarters. Inspired by the power of the prehistoric beasts, [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] built a trio of Dinobots to add firepower to the Autobot forces. The Dinobots proved too dangerous at first, and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] ordered Wheeljack to abandon the Dinobot project. Wheeljack continued improving the trio of titans in secret, crafting memory components that made them smarter and easier to control. When the rest of the Autobots were captured by the Decepticons at the [[Great Falls]] hydroelectric power plant, Wheeljack dispatched the Dinobots to free their comrades and destroy the Decepticons. The Dinobots succeeded in forcing a Decepticon retreat, and were welcomed as members of the Autobot team. {{storylink|S.O.S. Dinobots}}

During the [[Battle of Autobot City]], Sludge and the Dinobots attacked [[Devastator]]. During the attack, Devastator struck Sludge so hard his [[Sensors#Optics|optic sensors]] bulged out of his head. Later, the Dinobots escaped with [[Kup]] and [[Hot Rod]], only to be shot down over [[Quintessa]]. The Dinobots later located the two Autobots with the help of [[Wheelie]], and Sludge and Slag dispatched a [[Quintesson]] prosecutor—by stand on top of a door he was under. Later, Sludge was able to tail whip the butt of [[Unicron|a god]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie|TFTM}}

Sludge and Snarl were later left to guard [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] when a seemingly resurrected Optimus Prime returned, saying that Hot Rod, Kup, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] were killed by the Quintessons. When the aforementioned Autobots turned up on Cybertron alive, Arcee said that she was happy to see them, but Sludge was not happy, as he thought that meant he and Snarl were dead. {{storylink|Dark Awakening}} Later, he was among the [[Primitive]]s who were summoned by [[Primacron]]'s [[Oracle (G1)|assistant]] to fight [[Tornedron]], along with the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacon]]s and the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcorn]]s. When [[Headstrong]] insulted Grimlock, Sludge, who didn't like the Predacons, suggested that they stomp them. Other than that, he didn't really contribute to the adventure. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}

===Dreamwave comics continuity===

===Devil's Due ''G.I.Joe vs Transformers'' comics===

===IDW Generation 1 comics===

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Sludge''' (Dinobot, 1985/1986/1991/1992)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''27'''

: Sludge was released as part of the second series of Transformers in 1985, transforming into a robotic "[[wikipedia:brontosaurus|brontosaurus]]". He has a trio of silver rockets, a rocket launcher, a black gun, and a red sword. Like most ''[[Diaclone]]''-era molds, Sludge also has a conspicuous driver compartment located in his chest.

: Sludge was re-released in the European "[[Classics (Euro)|Classics]]" line in 1991. In Japan, he and the other Dinobots were offered as mail-away items during [[Operation Combination]]; Sludge cost 2300 yen (his original retail price) and two [[robot points]].

==Trivia==
* Sludge turns into a brontosaurus, a dinosaur that, due to skeletal misidentification at its discovery, does [[wikipedia:Brontosaurus|not actually exist]].

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/1985/Autobot/Sludge/sludge.htm Sludge at TFU.info]

* [http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Sludge Sludge's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

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[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category: Dinobots]]
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Cliffjumper (G1)

2007-10-29T21:36:34Z

80.176.139.71: /* Marvel Comics continuity */

{{Template:Disambig3|Cliffjumper}}

:''Cliffjumper is an [[Autobot]] in the [[Generation 1]] continuity family.''

[[Image:Cliffjumperg1.jpg|right|thumb|300px|He's got a piece of paper that he claims contains a list of 200 known traitors.]]

'''Cliffjumper''' hates traitors. And anybody could be a traitor. Therefore, Cliffjumper hates everybody. It's unclear if he hates traitors more than he hates [[Decepticon]]s, but it's at least a neck-and-neck thing.

He makes a habit of pulling [[scale|ridiculously huge]] guns from [[Exhaust port|nowhere]] and attacking impulsively despite orders or sanity. Somehow, this gets him neither killed nor demoted.

Cliffjumper's special weapon is his "glass gas", which embrittles metals on contact so that they shatter like glass. He is not immune to its effects, so its use requires careful consideration of wind direction. Actually, this may explain why he prefers the big guns. He doesn't seem like the calculating type.

:''Preliminary name:'' '''Blow-Out'''<br>
:''South American name:'' '''Carrera'''<br>
:''Japanese name:'' '''Cliff'''<br>
:''Italian name:'' '''Grillo'''<br>
:''French-Canadian name:'' '''Matamore'''/'''Rapido'''
:''Hungarian name:'' '''Sziklaugró''' (exact translation)

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
[[Image:Cliffjumperuk.jpg|left|thumb|Don't ask, don't tell, don't laugh.]]

''(Note: Italicized text occurs exclusively in the UK comics.)''

Cliffjumper was a part of the crew on board the [[Ark]] when it crashed into [[Earth]] four million years ago while clearing an asteroid field in the path of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron.]] He was deactivated for a while during [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s occupation of the Ark, but was repaired without incident when [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] reclaimed it.

However, the head of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] was still missing, and during an attempt to retrieve it, an impostor head took control of Prime's body, firing on Cliffjumper. ''Presumably repaired, he later participated in the [[Dinobot Hunt!|Dinobot Hunt]], along with [[Gears]] and [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]]. Although they found [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]], immediately thereafter all three were captured by the Decepticons. They were rescued by [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]].''

He was one of the observers to [[Blaster]] and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]'s battle on the [[moon]]. How he fared in the following [[Decepticon]] attack is unknown, but he's never seen again.

{{-}}

===Animated continuity===
'''Voice Actor:''' [[Casey Kasem]] (US), [[Takurō Kitagawa]] (Japan)

Cliffjumper was a part of the crew onboard the [[Ark]] when it crashed into [[Earth]] four million years ago during a search for new energy sources. His [[alt mode]] was reformatted into an oddly proportioned Porsche 924 Turbo.

When the Autobots awakened from their four million-year slumber, Cliffjumper was eager for action. He volunteered to tag along on [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]'s recon mission to scout out Decepticons because he was itching to "boot some Decepticon right in his [[turbocharger]]." Though [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s orders were only to find the Decepticons, Cliffjumper brashly tried to engage the enemy once Hound sniffed them out.

[[Image:cliffgun.JPG|right|thumb|"Where do you ''keep'' that giant cannon, Cliffjumper?!"<br>"None of your damn business, Hound."]]

Cliffjumper missed his shot, and the Decepticons dispatched [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] to chase off the Autobot eavesdroppers. Hound got pasted by Laserbeak's laser blasts and ended up requiring extensive repair from Autobot medic [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] after being pulled out of a ditch by [[Load Hauler|Hauler]]. It worked out in the end, though, since Cliffjumper was remorseful for having acted without thinking, and Hound didn't hold a grudge anyway. {{Storylink|More Than Meets the Eye, Part 1}}

Soon afterwards, Cliffjumper made a very public display of his paranoia by accusing fellow Autobot and reluctant soldier [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] of being a traitor on some very flimsy evidence, much to the (correct) disbelief of the other Autobots. He kept up his rhetoric even after Optimus Prime ordered him to can it. So determined was he to prove his theory true that he followed Mirage when the latter returned to the Decepticon power station to sow seeds of discontent within the Decepticon ranks. Fortunately, in the end it was proven that Mirage was a loyal Autobot all along, and Cliffjumper fell across Mirage's body, asking Ratchet to fix. This prompted a rather awkward laugh from the present Autobots. {{Storylink|Traitor}}

While pursuing [[Nightbird]], the female robot ninja built to benefit mankind, Cliffjumper was the only Autobot unable to jump up the cliff after her. Ironic. {{Storylink|Enter the Nightbird}}

In 2005, Cliffjumper was stationed [[Moonbase One]], and was left there with [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] when Optimus Prime left with a few other Autobots to reinforce [[Autobot City]]. Cliffjumper was then eaten by [[Unicron]] along with the moon, but was saved from his internal acid pits by [[Daniel Witwicky]]. [[Hot Rod|Rodimus Prime]] then helped Cliffjumper escape from Unicron, but for [[Casey Kasem|some reason]], he was never seen again.{{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie (1986)}}

===Dreamwave Comics continuity===

Cliffjumper was a part of the crew onboard the [[Ark]] when it crashed into [[Earth]] four million years ago while clearing an asteroid in the path of Cybertron.

He was one of many Transformers captured and reprogrammed by arms dealer [[Lazarus|Adam 'Lazarus' Rook]] for lease to terrorist organisations and shady governments requiring brutal military might. Fortunately, Autobots under the command of Optimus Prime repaired and re-reprogrammed Cliffjumper and the remaining captive Autobots. Immediately, they were put to work on fighting Megatron's metallic virus, which had spread deep into Canadian territory, using their own internal power as the anti-virus. {{Storylink|Prime Directive, Part 5}}

As Cliffjumper collapsed into the snow out of exhaustion, the Canadian military arrived. Unfortunately, due to the recent attacks by both enslaved Autobots and Decepticons under the command of Rook, the Canadians attempted to stop the Autobots doing what they percieved to be an attack on their soil. Knowing that the virus feed upon weapons fire, Cliffjumper tried to stop a tank crew from causing further harm by bending the tank's main gun. The commander panicked, thinking Cliffjumper was attacking and fired, destroying himself and seriously damaging the Autobot. {{Storylink|Prime Directive, Part 6}}

Sometime later, the unified Cybertronian army arrived on Earth and demanded the surrender of all active Autobots and Decepticons. After the initial encounter left several Autobots damaged, Optimus Prime brought most of his crew back to the Ark for repairs while [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] organized a small detachment for reconnaissance purposes. Cliffjumper and Mirage were teamed together for the recon assignment, but were captured by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and his contingent of soldiers. Mirage gave up without a fight, eager to return home to Cybertron, which led Cliffjumper to declare him a traitor to the Autobot cause (deja vu...rising...). {{Storylink|Brothers' Burden}}

Still, they settled their differences once Mirage saved him from [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] during the uprising on Cybertron. {{Storylink|Revelation}}

Following the Autobot takeover of Cybertron, Cliffjumper was assigned to the shuttle [[Orion]] under [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'s command, bringing supplies back to [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and his troops on Earth. Their routine mission was almost immediately interrupted by one of [[Shockwave]]'s rogue creations, the super-clone known as [[Sunstorm]] who was engaging Autobot and Decepticon alike on Earth. {{Storylink|Night of the Combaticons}} Cliffjumper worked loyally under Bumblebee's command during this endeavour, participating in [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]'s plans to disable the solar-powered Decepticon, but missed out on the final battle because he was attending to the injured [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. {{Storylink|Atonement}}

===Marvel Books Big Looker Storybook continuity===

[[Image:KidsCliff1.jpg|left|200px|thumb|The Adventures of Scary Eyes and Awesome Car!]]

In "[[The Great Car Rally]]", a bunch of [[human]]s set up a race for charity. The victor would received a year's supply of oil and gasoline. Well, the Decepticons desperately wanted that bounty, so rather than just steal it, they decided to sneak into the race. Cliffjumper was one of the Autobots driving in the rally and was unaware that the scary black Cadillac was actually being driven by Megatron. Megatron dogged Cliffjumper for quite a while but ended up losing to the Minibot. Cliffjumper won the race and everybody smiled, even Optimus Prime.

===IDW comics continuity===

Cliffjumper was seen mourning [[Bumper]] and [[Fastback]] at the Security Services HQ in [[Kaon]].{{Storylink|Megatron Origin, Part 3}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:Cliffjumper_G1.jpg|right|thumb|This is the ''only'' toy that isn't a Bumblebee redeco.]]
*'''Cliffjumper''' (Mini-Vehicle, 1984)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''13'''

: Cliffjumper was part of the initial series of 1984 Autobots. His mold was originally used to make a ''[[Microchange]]'' "MC-04 #01 [[wikipedia:Porsche 924|Porsche 924 Turbo]]", a cutesified '[[Choro-Q|Penny Racer]]' style representation of the real car. In the original Japanese release, this figure was available in red, yellow, and blue. For the first series ''Transformers'' release, there were common instances of the yellow version of Cliffjumper and the red version of Bumblebee being sold at US retail. This lead to some confusion about the two characters, especially if the toys were found without their packaging.

: Like the other first series [[Mini Vehicle|Minibots]], Cliffjumper was released in many different color schemes by the companies who licensed ''Transformers'' for South American countries.<ref>[http://www.tf-1.com/articles/mini_frame.php?art=goldcliff Brazilian Gold Carrera (Cliffjumper) at TF-1.com]</ref> <ref>[http://www.tf-1.com/articles/mini_frame.php?art=bluecliff Brazilian Blue Carrera (Cliffjumper) at TF-1.com]</ref>

: This mold was [[retool]]ed to make [[Hubcap (G1)|Hubcap]]. He should not be confused with [[Bumper]], who was erroneously packaged on Cliffjumper cards.

*'''Cliffjumper''' (Keychain Mini-Vehicle, 2001/2003/2007)
: Released in the US by [[Fun4All]] at the same time as a 'keychain' Bumblebee, this was a slight [[remold]] of the first Cliffjumper toy which added a loop to the back bumper for a keychain attachment. In 2003, Takara released all four of the remolded 'keychain' Minibots (Cliffjumper, Bumblebee, [[Windcharger]], and [[Brawn]]) for the Japanese market in their original decos and in [[exclusive]] all-black coloration. Early in 2007, [[Hasbro]] re-released the 'keychain' Mini-Vehicles for the US under the ''"[[Heroes of Cybertron]]"'' sub-line.

: This mold was [[redeco]]ed into [[Tap-Out]].

===McDonald's===
*'''Happy Meal Toy'''( 1984)

One of the four toys given out during a 1984 [[List of Transformers restaurant promotions|promotion]], came in four different colors Red, Yellow, Blue and Green. The toy was a statue in Robot Mode, only given out for a short time in St. Louis as a test run.

===Classics===
*'''Cliffjumper''' (Deluxe, 2006/2007)

[[Image:Classicjumper.jpg|left|200px|thumb|What [[:Image:Bumblebeeheads.jpg|goes around]]...]] ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]'' Cliffjumper is a red, gray and black [[redeco]] of the ''Classics'' Bumblebee toy, transforming into a small sports coupe of made-up model, and towing a small trailer with a non-removable jet-ski. This "[[Wave Crusher]]" trailer/jet-ski transforms into a flight-pack that clips onto Cliffjumper's back.

{{-}}

===Robot Heroes===
[[Image:Robot_Hero_Cliffjumper.jpg|right|thumb|150px|He's so cute.]]
*''Cliffjumper''' (Decepticon Sneak Attack Five Pack, 2007) Cliffjumper is a red, gray and black redeco of the "Robot Heroes" Bumblebee toy in the Wal-Mart exclusive "Decepticon Sneak Attack" five pack.

{{-}}

===Unreleased===
: One of the earliest proposals in the ''[[Alternators|Alternators/Binaltech]]'' line was for [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] as a Volkswagen New Beetle, with Cliffjumper as the redeco. Unfortunately, VW had similar concerns as Porsche, what with not wanting to be associated with "war toys", therefore the design never made it past the control drawing stage. Control drawings for both Bumblebee and Cliffjumper have been published in the Japanese "Transformers: Binaltech & TF Collection Complete Guide" book.

==Merchandise==
*''Cliffjumper Decoy'' (1987)
A tiny unpainted red rubber figurine of Cliffjumper was packed randomly among the other 51 Decoys in the packages of 1987 Transformers toys. It is notable for being the first Cliffjumper figure to be based on his character model.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/1984/Autobot/Cliffjumper/cliffjumper.htm Cliffjumper at TFU.info]

* [http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Cliffjumper Cliffjumper's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

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Dinobot Hunt!

2007-10-29T21:32:39Z

80.176.139.71: /* Items of note */

'''The Autobots attempt to round up those crazy Dinobots but the Decepticons interfere....'''

=Marvel UK issues #47-50=

'''Writer:''' [[Simon Furman]] <br>
'''Art:''' [[Will Simpson]] (#47 & #49), [[Barry Kitson]] (#48 & #50)<br>
'''Lettering:''' [[Annie Halfacree]]<br>
'''Colors:''' TBA<br>
'''Editor:''' [[Ian Rimmer]]<br>

*''Main Characters:'' [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]], [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]], [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] , [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]], [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharge]], [[Gears (G1)|Gears]], [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]], [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]], [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]], [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]

*''Originally published:'' 8th February 1986 – 1st March 1986

==Synopsis==

After finding out that the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] have probably lost control due to their primary cybo-dendrons having burnt out {{storylink|The Icarus Theory}}. Optimus Prime assigns the [[Autobots]] into teams to capture Snarl, Slag, Sludge and Grimlock before they can do any harm to [[Humans]].

B Team (consisting of Mirage, Brawn and Trailbreaker) are assigned to Black Rock desert in Nevada to capture Snarl, which they do (thanks to the help of a prototype molecular disintergration bomb being deveopled at a secret army base that Snarl destroys). Unfortunatly Laserbeak has been watching and the [[Decepticons]] get wind of the Autobot's mission and make plans to disrupt it as much as possible.

In the waterways of Littlewood, California, Sludge is contentedly being filmed by [[Joy Meadows]] while A Team (Windcharger, Gears and Cliffjumper) look for him. Unfortunatly a Decepticon group consisting of Soundwave, Skywarp and Scavenger manage to find and knock out Sludge first. Stumbling upon the unconcious Sludge, A Team get taken out by the Decepticons and Soundwave's plan is going well.

The Decepticon plan suffers a setback when they are too late to capture Slag in Idaho. A fried Laserbeak tells them of how Jetfire, Jazz and Ironhide of D Team managed to capture Slag (mainly by blocking Slag's flamethrower with Laserbeak in an attempt to make Idaho Fried Decepticon. However, Soundwave is unconcerned by this setback.

We soon find out the reason for Soundwave's lack of concern. The Decepticons have found Grimlock before the Autobots and have set Sludge on him. The town of Doonstown is reduced to a war zone as the two Dinobots fight, plunging into a frozen lake as they do. Bluestreak, Huffer and Sideswipe are early casualties as they try to stop the fight. Summoned by an urgent SOS Prime, Bumblebee, Ratchet and Prowl speed to the scene. The first three arrive and Prime attempts to keep the Dinobots in the lake while Ratchet goes to tend the members of C Team and Bumblebee finds a a hidden energy source.

The enery source turns out to be a cloaked [[Autobot Shuttle]] with Windcharger, Gears, Cliffjumper (as prisoners) and a [[Sonic Lance]] on board. Bumblebee rescues the captured Autobots as Prowl transfers his shuttle's electrical systems to the hull and bails out. The shock knocks out Grimlock, but Sludge, still controlled by the Sonic Lance, lunged for Prime. Bumblebee realises that the Sonic Lance is probably booby trapped so blows the shuttle up, causing Sludge to pass out before he can attack Prime.

Nearby the Decepticons (having found an oil rig to steal energy from) hear the explosion and an elated Soundwave shouts that the Decepticons have won emerged triumphant. Prime hears Soundwave but realises he can do nothing until his injured Autobots are repaired.

==Errors==
* On the last page of part 3 Sideswipe is shown badly injured before the transmission cuts off. In part 4 he states that he went back to the ship to call for reinforcements, then states that "I'm not totally sure my distress call got through as at that moment one of them decided to chew through my shuttles fuel tank" therefore he should not have been injured when talking to Prime.

* Bluestreak and Sideswipes injuries change between panels.

* Windcharger, Cliffjumper and Gears are a bit naieve (well stupid) when they get captured. They see blaster fire and find an unconcious Sludge but ponder on whats happened instead of thinking hang on, we're next here....

==Items of note==

* Jazz is seen removing his flame thrower from a groinal cavity. One explanation for where Transformers keep their weapons? Good Job [[Arcee]] wasn't around at the time otherwise "Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me?" would have been an ackward question to answer.....

* Joy Meadows will team up with the Dinobots again in [[In the National Interest]] and also appears in Sludge's dream sequence in [[Victory!]]

* Cliffjumper gets to use his glass gun!

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Dinobot Hunt!

2007-10-29T21:30:32Z

80.176.139.71: /* Errors */

'''The Autobots attempt to round up those crazy Dinobots but the Decepticons interfere....'''

=Marvel UK issues #47-50=

'''Writer:''' [[Simon Furman]] <br>
'''Art:''' [[Will Simpson]] (#47 & #49), [[Barry Kitson]] (#48 & #50)<br>
'''Lettering:''' [[Annie Halfacree]]<br>
'''Colors:''' TBA<br>
'''Editor:''' [[Ian Rimmer]]<br>

*''Main Characters:'' [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]], [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]], [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] , [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]], [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharge]], [[Gears (G1)|Gears]], [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]], [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]], [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]], [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]

*''Originally published:'' 8th February 1986 – 1st March 1986

==Synopsis==

After finding out that the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] have probably lost control due to their primary cybo-dendrons having burnt out {{storylink|The Icarus Theory}}. Optimus Prime assigns the [[Autobots]] into teams to capture Snarl, Slag, Sludge and Grimlock before they can do any harm to [[Humans]].

B Team (consisting of Mirage, Brawn and Trailbreaker) are assigned to Black Rock desert in Nevada to capture Snarl, which they do (thanks to the help of a prototype molecular disintergration bomb being deveopled at a secret army base that Snarl destroys). Unfortunatly Laserbeak has been watching and the [[Decepticons]] get wind of the Autobot's mission and make plans to disrupt it as much as possible.

In the waterways of Littlewood, California, Sludge is contentedly being filmed by [[Joy Meadows]] while A Team (Windcharger, Gears and Cliffjumper) look for him. Unfortunatly a Decepticon group consisting of Soundwave, Skywarp and Scavenger manage to find and knock out Sludge first. Stumbling upon the unconcious Sludge, A Team get taken out by the Decepticons and Soundwave's plan is going well.

The Decepticon plan suffers a setback when they are too late to capture Slag in Idaho. A fried Laserbeak tells them of how Jetfire, Jazz and Ironhide of D Team managed to capture Slag (mainly by blocking Slag's flamethrower with Laserbeak in an attempt to make Idaho Fried Decepticon. However, Soundwave is unconcerned by this setback.

We soon find out the reason for Soundwave's lack of concern. The Decepticons have found Grimlock before the Autobots and have set Sludge on him. The town of Doonstown is reduced to a war zone as the two Dinobots fight, plunging into a frozen lake as they do. Bluestreak, Huffer and Sideswipe are early casualties as they try to stop the fight. Summoned by an urgent SOS Prime, Bumblebee, Ratchet and Prowl speed to the scene. The first three arrive and Prime attempts to keep the Dinobots in the lake while Ratchet goes to tend the members of C Team and Bumblebee finds a a hidden energy source.

The enery source turns out to be a cloaked [[Autobot Shuttle]] with Windcharger, Gears, Cliffjumper (as prisoners) and a [[Sonic Lance]] on board. Bumblebee rescues the captured Autobots as Prowl transfers his shuttle's electrical systems to the hull and bails out. The shock knocks out Grimlock, but Sludge, still controlled by the Sonic Lance, lunged for Prime. Bumblebee realises that the Sonic Lance is probably booby trapped so blows the shuttle up, causing Sludge to pass out before he can attack Prime.

Nearby the Decepticons (having found an oil rig to steal energy from) hear the explosion and an elated Soundwave shouts that the Decepticons have won emerged triumphant. Prime hears Soundwave but realises he can do nothing until his injured Autobots are repaired.

==Errors==
* On the last page of part 3 Sideswipe is shown badly injured before the transmission cuts off. In part 4 he states that he went back to the ship to call for reinforcements, then states that "I'm not totally sure my distress call got through as at that moment one of them decided to chew through my shuttles fuel tank" therefore he should not have been injured when talking to Prime.

* Bluestreak and Sideswipes injuries change between panels.

* Windcharger, Cliffjumper and Gears are a bit naieve (well stupid) when they get captured. They see blaster fire and find an unconcious Sludge but ponder on whats happened instead of thinking hang on, we're next here....

==Items of note==

* Jazz is seen removing his flame thrower from a groinal cavity. One explanation for where Transformers keep their weapons? Good Job [[Arcee]] wasn't around at the time otherwise "Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me?" would have been an ackward question to answer.....

* Joy Meadows will team up with the Dinobots again in [[In the National Interest]] and also appears in Sludge's dream sequence in [[Victory!]]
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Dinobot Hunt!

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'''The Autobots attempt to round up those crazy Dinobots but the Decepticons interfere....'''

=Marvel UK issues #47-50=

'''Writer:''' [[Simon Furman]] <br>
'''Art:''' [[Will Simpson]] (#47 & #49), [[Barry Kitson]] (#48 & #50)<br>
'''Lettering:''' [[Annie Halfacree]]<br>
'''Colors:''' TBA<br>
'''Editor:''' [[Ian Rimmer]]<br>

*''Main Characters:'' [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]], [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]], [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] , [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]], [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharge]], [[Gears (G1)|Gears]], [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]], [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]], [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]], [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]

*''Originally published:'' 8th February 1986 – 1st March 1986

==Synopsis==

After finding out that the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] have probably lost control due to their primary cybo-dendrons having burnt out {{storylink|The Icarus Theory}}. Optimus Prime assigns the [[Autobots]] into teams to capture Snarl, Slag, Sludge and Grimlock before they can do any harm to [[Humans]].

B Team (consisting of Mirage, Brawn and Trailbreaker) are assigned to Black Rock desert in Nevada to capture Snarl, which they do (thanks to the help of a prototype molecular disintergration bomb being deveopled at a secret army base that Snarl destroys). Unfortunatly Laserbeak has been watching and the [[Decepticons]] get wind of the Autobot's mission and make plans to disrupt it as much as possible.

In the waterways of Littlewood, California, Sludge is contentedly being filmed by [[Joy Meadows]] while A Team (Windcharger, Gears and Cliffjumper) look for him. Unfortunatly a Decepticon group consisting of Soundwave, Skywarp and Scavenger manage to find and knock out Sludge first. Stumbling upon the unconcious Sludge, A Team get taken out by the Decepticons and Soundwave's plan is going well.

The Decepticon plan suffers a setback when they are too late to capture Slag in Idaho. A fried Laserbeak tells them of how Jetfire, Jazz and Ironhide of D Team managed to capture Slag (mainly by blocking Slag's flamethrower with Laserbeak in an attempt to make Idaho Fried Decepticon. However, Soundwave is unconcerned by this setback.

We soon find out the reason for Soundwave's lack of concern. The Decepticons have found Grimlock before the Autobots and have set Sludge on him. The town of Doonstown is reduced to a war zone as the two Dinobots fight, plunging into a frozen lake as they do. Bluestreak, Huffer and Sideswipe are early casualties as they try to stop the fight. Summoned by an urgent SOS Prime, Bumblebee, Ratchet and Prowl speed to the scene. The first three arrive and Prime attempts to keep the Dinobots in the lake while Ratchet goes to tend the members of C Team and Bumblebee finds a a hidden energy source.

The enery source turns out to be a cloaked [[Autobot Shuttle]] with Windcharger, Gears, Cliffjumper (as prisoners) and a [[Sonic Lance]] on board. Bumblebee rescues the captured Autobots as Prowl transfers his shuttle's electrical systems to the hull and bails out. The shock knocks out Grimlock, but Sludge, still controlled by the Sonic Lance, lunged for Prime. Bumblebee realises that the Sonic Lance is probably booby trapped so blows the shuttle up, causing Sludge to pass out before he can attack Prime.

Nearby the Decepticons (having found an oil rig to steal energy from) hear the explosion and an elated Soundwave shouts that the Decepticons have won emerged triumphant. Prime hears Soundwave but realises he can do nothing until his injured Autobots are repaired.

==Errors==
* On the last page of part 3 Sideswipe is shown badly injured before the transmission cuts off. In part 4 he states that he went back to the ship to call for reinforcements, then states that "I'm not totally sure my distress call got through as at that moment one of them decided to chew through my shuttles fuel tank" therefore he should not have been injured when talking to Prime.

* Bluestreak and Sideswipes injuries change between panels.

==Items of note==

* Jazz is seen removing his flame thrower from a groinal cavity. One explanation for where Transformers keep their weapons? Good Job [[Arcee]] wasn't around at the time otherwise "Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me?" would have been an ackward question to answer.....

* Joy Meadows will team up with the Dinobots again in [[In the National Interest]] and also appears in Sludge's dream sequence in [[Victory!]]
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