Tentakil (G1)

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:''Tentakil is a [[Decepticon]] [[Seacon (G1)|Seacon]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:G1Masterforce tentakil cardart.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Squidly '''deadly'''.]]
'''Tentakil''' may seem like a nice guy at first. Sure, he'll take you out for a night on the town: dinner, dancing, a movie... the whole shabang. Then maybe he'll compliment your chassis' color-scheme or tell you you have the most stunning optics he's ever seen. Then, of course, one thing will lead to another, you'll ignore your better judgement, invite him back to your place and then '''BAM!''' He takes your head clean off. ''Decepticons''. They're all alike.

Tentakil can combine with his fellow [[Seacon (G1)|Seacons]] to form [[Piranacon (G1)|Piranacon]].

Years later, he stopped hiding his cruelty from even Decepticons. [[Dark Star (issue)|Wonder what could have caused that?]]<ref>Tentakil's Timeline's profile.</ref>

:''French-Canadian name'': '''Tentacule'''

==Fiction==
===Marvel Generation 1 comics===
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[[Image:Skalortentakilcoldwar.jpg|left|250px|thumb|See, he's got tentacles, and he kills. Get it?]]
''When [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s Earthbound Decepticons established their new undersea base, Seawing and the [[Seacon (G1)|Seacons]] were summoned from Cybertron to work on the base's fortifications, as they were uniquely suited for underwater activity. They got more than they bargained for when the super-Decepticon [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] came a'calling. In the battle, Seawing and [[Overbite (G1)|Jawbreaker]] managed to momentarily stun Galvatron, but in the end even the combined might of [[Piranacon (G1)|Piranacon]] couldn't beat him.'' {{storylink|Enemy Action!}}

''After Shockwave was deposed, the new commander [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] kept the Seacons on retainer for another mission. ''The Seacons were commissioned to hunt down a sunken shipwreck in the water around the Decepticon undersea base, a wreck which supposedly contained two Autobot cassettes with valuable information encoded on them. They successfully obtained the treasure chest containing the cassettes and, despite a brief theft by the Autobot [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], managed to recapture the prize and return it to their leader. Unfortunately for them, this led to a sequence of events whereby the treacherous [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] acquired the power of the [[Underbase]] for himself. The Autobots and Decepticons of Earth were forced to unite in order to stop him from seizing ultimate power. The Seacons attacked Starscream in unison in the waters around Manhattan, but were destroyed in a single energy discharge. {{storylink|Dark Star (issue)|Dark Star}}

''Sometime later, during the [[Earthforce]] saga, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] traveled back in time and possessed the body of Seacon leader Snaptrap during the [[Underbase Saga]], in an attempt to save them in the past to bolster his troops in the present. He failed due to the intervention of [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], and the Seacons met their fate as before.'' {{storylink|Flashback!}}

===Devil's Due ''G.I. Joe vs. The Transformers'' comics===
In the form of Piranacon, Tentakil and the Seacons battled [[Predaking]] in the [[Gladiator Zone]] before joining [[Serpent O.R.]]'s new army of Decepticons. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 2}} Staying in their combined form, they subsequently helped their new leader capture a team of Autobots and [[G.I. Joe (team)|Joes]], then attacked an Autobot peace ceremony. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3}} After Piranacon, Predaking and [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] took out [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], the Seacon combiner was taken down when [[Sixshot]] accidentally crashed into his head. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:Tentakilg1toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Slightly less delicious-looking than Nautilator.]]
*'''Tentakil''' (Seacon, 1988)
**''Team ID number'': '''SE5'''
**''Accessories'': Left & right "Slime Lasers", "Tripod Rifle", connector, weapon stand base

: Tentakil transforms into a robotic squid with two leg-like lower tentacles. His two "[[Slime laser|Slime Laser rifles]]" can be mounted on each side of his beast-mode noggin. He also has a third "50,000-volt lightning rifle" [[Targetmaster]] mode,<ref>1988 [[Hasbro]] ''Transformers'' catalog</ref> which can be mounted on the weapon stand formed from the "Tripod Rifle" and other accessories, or held in the hand of the Seacons' combined robot. As a "[[Scramble City]]"-styled combiner, he can form an arm or leg to any compatible robot combination, though his nominal placement is as the left leg to Piranacon.

: This toy was sold in Japan as the [[Tentakil (Masterforce)|Tentakil drone]]. It was also used to make ''[[Beast Wars II (toyline)|Beast Wars II]]'' [[Scylla]].

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*'''Piranacon''' (Giftset, 1988)
**''Accessories'': Left & right "Slime Lasers", "Tripod Rifle", connector, weapon stand base

: Tentakil was also available in the Seacon box set, along with his teammates [[Snaptrap (G1)|Snaptrap]], [[Overbite (G1)|Overbite]], [[Seawing (G1)|Seawing]], and [[Skalor]]. [[Nautilator]] was not included. All of the toys were identical to their individual releases.

===Timelines===
[[Image:Tentakiltimelinestoy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Trick or treat.]]
*'''Piranacon''' (Seacon giftset, 2008)
**''Accessories'': Left & right rifles, large rifle, connector, weapon stand base

: A [[redeco]] of the Generation 1 mold above, ''[[Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' Tentakil was available exclusively as part of an [[Official Transformers Collectors' Club]]-[[exclusive]] giftset containing all six Seacons in new color schemes. He is once again depicted as the left leg of the combined super robot. He is also the only member of the team to not have a Decepticon [[Insignia|faction symbol]].

: His "[[Targetmaster]]" mode is now dubbed a "Mass-Compression Cannon".

:This toy was originally intended as an exclusive set of ''[[Energon (toyline)|Energon]]''-series [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]], but was shelved due to a lack of retailer interest. The team were called the Piranhacons and their combined form was Piranhaking, but this other Tentakil's name would have remained Tentakil.

==Notes==
[[Image:Tentakilcommercial.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Disclaimer: Seacons are no longer new.]]
* Check out that commercial animation [[character model]]!

*For unknown reasons, Tentakil's colors in the Marvel comics consisted of shades of blue and gray/silver instead of his toy's more, ah, flamboyant scheme.

* The instructions for Piranacon parse Tentakil's name as "Tenta-Kil." The ''Timelines'' release, which came with only Piranacon's instructions, did the same.

* [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s [[More Than Meets The Eye (G1)|''More Than Meets The Eye'']] entry for Tentakil says he's an octopus. Ooooooookay.
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==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Decepticon/Tentakil/tentakil.htm Tentakil at TFU.info]
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Tentakil Tentakil's ''Universe'' profile at NFTA.net]

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