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2012-10-22T22:46:32Z

86.160.147.93: New page: How Starscream got on board the Nemesis with no T cog remains unexplained.

How Starscream got on board the Nemesis with no T cog remains unexplained.

Rise of the Constructicons

2012-08-21T21:01:04Z

86.160.67.207: /* Animation or technical errors */

{{episode|
|series=Anitoon
|image=TFA Rise Constructicons online.JPG
|caption=Sadly, Soundwave isn't around to tell them how superior he is to them.
|ep=22
|title="Rise of the Constructicons"
|airdate=[[May 17]], [[2008]]
|written by=[[Stan Berkowitz]]
|directed by= [[Ben Jones]] [[Irineo Maramba]] [[Shunji Ōga|Shunji Oga]]
|animation studio=[[The Answer Studio]]
|continuity=[[Animated cartoon continuity]]}}

'''Bulkhead befriends a pair of construction vehicles brought to life by AllSpark energy. But the Decepticons have their scanners set on the duo for their latest construction project.'''

==Synopsis==
The Autobots once again must aid in the restoration of the increasingly disaster-prone city of [[Detroit]]. There is an odd amount of balking, considering they're a [[space bridge]] repair crew, but Optimus Prime reminds them that a fair amount of the destruction is indeed their fault. These musings are cut short by Bumblebee spotting the ''other'' party to Detroit's deterioration, the Decepticons. Blitzwing and Lugnut are scurrying by in a most undignified manner, carrying construction supplies for Megatron. A combined effort by Bumblebee and Ratchet manages to knock the two Decepticons skidplate-over-processing unit, but they still manage to flee with a much smaller portion of the supplies. The Autobots are prevented from giving chase by the cracking of a bridge support, which they then repair. At the end of the day, the Autobots are ready to head home. Bulkhead tells Optimus Prime he'll catch up, to mask the fact that he's accidentally adhered his feet to the ground with cement.

[[Image:RiseoftheConstructicons-Gen2HomageVehicleModes.jpg|left|175px|thumb|Whoa! Some fanboys is sleepin' easy tonight.]]

Meanwhile, across town, two construction vehicles are seen with [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]] fragments embedded in them. The two fragments activate, and the machines gain sentience. After a brief debate over naming, they discover their new ability to turn into giant robots. This does not faze them in the slightest, and soon they chase off after a highly attractive sports car.

Thanks to the use of expired fixative, Bulkhead's attempts at mixing more cement prove explosive, knocking him out and nearly getting him skewered by iron girders. Thankfully, the newly minted Constructobots spot this and save his skidplate. They then help the lumbering Autobot to do the job ''right'' (making sure he doesn't leave the fixative lying around, either) and then take him off to a tanker for an oil break. Though Bulkhead is quite pleased with the oil he is served, he soon voices misgivings as to whether they ought to be doing this. Asked by the Constructobots whether he's going to act like a little yellow compact, he remembers his friends back at the base and invites his new acquaintances back to meet them.

[[Image:Rise Constructicons Sari no pigtails.jpg|right|175px|thumb|Relax, Sari, they'll have grown back by next week's episode.]]

At the base, the Autobots are not impressed with the crass pair. Loudly carousing to the point that even Ratchet thinks they're a bit rude, they soon wake up Sari. Wondering what all the commotion is, the poor girl gets her pigtails amputated by a game of smashed-oil-barrel frisbee. This is the last straw for Optimus Prime, who kicks the two paisanos out on their keisters.

The next day, Blitzwing and Lugnut are once again hauling heavy construction materials, this time Laurel and Hardy style up a steep hill. Blitzwing's footing slips, and he is nearly offlined by the heavy trailer that sends him careening towards a wall. Bracing for an impact that never comes, he is startled to find Mixmaster and Scrapper have saved him. Immediately, he asks them who and ''what'' they are. At first, the jovial pair answer that they are Autobots, but as this is met with some static, they quickly amend it to ''Constructobots''. Blitzwing sees an opportunity in the pair's brawn, and as police sirens approach, he convinces them to help haul the load. Lugnut objects, worried about Megatron's reaction. Blitzwing reassures him, ''sotto voce'', that they will offline the two goombahs immediately after the work is done. Lugnut is all for this plan, and once the goods are delivered, he charges up the [[Punch of Kill Everything]] while Blitzwing distracts the pair. However, Megatron arrives and gives Lugnut an awful case of ''punchus interruptus''.

[[Image:TFA Rise Constructicons punch interruption.JPG|left|200px|thumb|Hate to break it to you Lugnut, but nobody around you cares that you're alright.]]

Megatron invites the Constructobots into the Decepticon inner sanctum, which they would find to be quite commodious if they knew the meaning of the word. Once there, they express how cute [[Isaac Sumdac|Megatron's pet]] is, and the interstellar warlord shows them the schematics he stole from the Autobots' ship for the building of a space bridge. His hunch turns out to be correct when he finds that the Constructobots display an intuitive knack for grasping construction projects, and they tell him that the supplies he's been gathering will be insufficient to the task. Megatron grins as they reveal to him that they know exactly what is needed and where to get it.

The following morning, Bulkhead goes looking for his wayward friends. He finds them, pursued by [[Sumdac Systems]] [[Police drone|police robots]] after a daring heist of construction supplies. Stepping in and generally making a mess of the pursuers, he asks Mixmaster and Scrapper what they're up to. After being told that they stole these materials, he becomes irate because he thought they were so helpful before. They tell him they still are, they're just helping ''other'' bots. Becoming suspicious, Bulkhead presses them further and finds out they're working for Blitzwing and Lugnut. The large Autobot tries to convince them that the Decepticons are bad news, but is less than effective. The Constructobots think the Decepticons are just regular fellas and that Megatron is a laugh riot. Bulkhead grows still angrier, saying that Megatron is the worst of the bunch and was only tricking them. This finally clicks in their heads, and they drop what they're doing—on Bulkhead—and tear off down the road to take up their grievances with Megatron. Covered in girders, Bulkhead is unable to pursue.

[[Image:Rise Constructicons Megatron what.jpg|right|175px|thumb|I'm not a heartless mass murderer. I give all my victims their choice of execution method.]]

Upon discovering the Constructobots pounding on the steel door of the mine, Megatron is a bit less genial in tolerating their antics. Picking them up by their collars, he slams them against the mountainside and demands to know what they're doing. They explain that they want a piece of him because Bulkhead told them that Decepticons are the scum of the universe and that he'd tricked them. Megatron softens his demeanor and tells a tragic tale of Autobot oppression and the Decepticons being driven from their homeworld by these cruel tyrants. The Constructobots only understand about every third word of what he says, so he submits it would be a little easier to understand over a barrel of oil. Once inside, Mixmaster and Scrapper are quite impressed by the potency of the oil they're offered, which Megatron reveals to be his "special blend". Suitably placated, they listen to his pitch in which he stresses that as Constructobots, they can spend their lives fixing highway bridges, but as Constructi''cons'', they can build ''space bridges'' and be the heroes of millions of Cybertronians.

[[Image:RiseoftheConstructicons-Megatron'sprivateblend.jpg|left|175px|thumb|So tell me, fellas, Orlando Bloom or Johnny Depp?]]

Back at the auto assembly plant, Bulkhead is relaying his latest encounter with the Constructobots to his fellow Autobots. This doesn't go over well, so he attempts to convince Optimus Prime that his friends were actually ''angry'' at the Decepticons and that there's nothing to worry about, as afterwards they can lead the Autobots to the Decepticon base. Ratchet, however, worries that they'll do the exact opposite. Right on cue, Scrapper and Mixmaster arrive. Bulkhead is initially hopeful, as they are still his friends. The two bots agree with him, but business is business, and Megatron has better oil. Thus they say that they won't fight anyone, so long as they can pick up the fragments of the AllSpark and be on their way. Optimus Prime objects, and the Constructicons announce that they're sick and tired of the little dipstick and knock him over. A fight ensues, in which the industrial chassis of the Constructicons prove fairly impervious to most of what the Autobots can dish out. Bumblebee is taken hostage and ransomed for the AllSpark fragments. Optimus attempts to stall, but Bulkhead hands them over. As all the Autobots look on in disbelief, he encourages his old friends to have "one for the road." They partake in the offered oil and depart.

[[Image:TFA Rise Constructicons explosion.JPG|right|200px|thumb|Mixmaster and Scrapper after the "All-Night All-You-Can-Eat Jalapeño Buffet."]]

The Autobots give chase, berating Bulkhead for trusting them. The large Autobot, however, states simply that the Constructicons aren't going ''anywhere''. His plan is revealed as Mixmaster and Scrapper start to slow down, emitting smoke and having increasing trouble running. Soon, there is an explosion, and the AllSpark fragments' container lands at Bulkhead's feet. He had tainted the oil with the expired chemicals from his earlier botched repair job. Bulkhead confronts his former friends, but the blast has scrambled their memory. Confused and frightened, they haul tail out of there. The not-so-gentle giant is disappointed, but Optimus reminds him that even if they've lost their memories, they still have a choice not to serve Megatron.
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters|c1=
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (1)
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (2)
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (3)
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (4)
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (5)

|c2=
*[[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]] (6)
*[[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] (7)
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (11)

|c3=
*[[Sari Sumdac]] (10)
*[[Isaac Sumdac]] (12)

|c4=
*[[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mixmaster]] (8)
*[[Scrapper (Animated)|Scrapper]] (9)
*[[Police drone]] (13)

}}

==Quotes==
''[Scrapper bangs his shovel into Mixmaster]'' 
'''Mixmaster''': Hey, watch where you're pointing that thing, shovel-head! 
'''Scrapper''': Who you calling "shovel-head", cement-breath?! 
'''Mixmaster''': My name ain't "cement-breath", okay? It's...it's...uh... 
'''Scrapper''': Your little name tag says "Mixmaster". 
'''Mixmaster''': Nah, that's too long. Just call me "Mix". 
'''Scrapper''': All right, you got it, Mix. And you can call me... 
''[Sees a sign that says "SCRAP"] ''
'''Scrapper''': ...Scrap. 
'''Mixmaster''': All right, that's too short. How 'bout "Scrapper"? 
'''Scrapper''': I like it. 
:—The Constructicons come to life and name themselves. They had an easier time than [[Wreck-Gar (Animated)|Wreck-Gar]].

'''Scrapper''': So, uh, what do we do now? 
'''Mixmaster''': Duh, we, like, build things. Alright? 
''[Mixmaster transforms to robot mode] ''
'''Scrapper''': Uh, Mix? You're buildin' things out of yourself. 
''[Scrapper does the same] ''
'''Mixmaster''': Yo, Scrapper! You're doing it too! 
'''Scrapper''': Uh, we couldn't do that before, right?. 
'''Mixmaster''': What, talk, think, move by ourselves? I don't think so. We couldn't do any of that stuff before.". 
'''Scrapper''': Do you think that this is happening for, like, a reason? 
'''Mixmaster''': Uh, yeah. 
''[A red car speeds by.] ''
'''Mixmaster''': Whoa! Check out the chassis on that one, huh? 
'''Scrapper''': And those tight little tailpipes! Yo, baby, over here! 
'''Mixmaster''': Yeah, I like it when they play hard to get. 
''[They transform and speed off.] ''
:—The Constructicons contemplate their new-found existence but quickly throw it out the window when [[Side Burn (RID)|red cars]] are concerned.

"Hey, those don't grow back overnight!"
:—'''Sari''' loses her pigtails. Of course, they're back by next episode.

'''Mixmaster''': You okay, bro? 
'''Hothead Blitzwing''': DO I LOOK OKAY?! 
'''Random Blitzwing''': Or do these wing struts make me look fat? 
:—Blitzwing focuses on the important stuff.

''[Lugnut prepares to use his punch]'' 
'''Megatron''': Wait! 
''[Lugnut falls back into mine, where his punch backfires]]'' 
'''Lugnut''':...I'm okay. 
:—Lugnut's life sucks, sometimes, you know?

'''Mixmaster''': "You tricked us! You Decepticons are the scum o' the universe!" 
'''Megatron''': "...Whaaat? Who told you that?" 
'''Scrapper''': "Our friend Bulkhead." 
'''Megatron''': "And you believed him?" 
'''Mixmaster''': "Well, sure, he's our friend." 
'''Megatron''': "And did your friend tell you how his Autobot kind have oppressed us? Driven us from our rightful home? Oh, they may come across as complete imbeciles, but Autobots are cunning, ruthless, unforgiving." 
'''Mixmaster''': "Okay, like, this is too confusin' for me." 
'''Megatron''': "Then why don't I explain everything over a few barrels of oil?" 
'''Mixmaster''' and '''Scrapper''': ''[faces light up]'' "Oil?!"
:—Seduction of the stupid.

"The Autobots' oil tastes like ''water'' next to this stuff!" 
"It's my private blend."
:—'''Mixmaster''' discovers that '''Megatron''''s an oil connoisseur.

'''Bulkhead''': But...I thought we were friends. 
'''Mixmaster''': We are friends, Bulky, that's why we ain't gonna hurt you, okay? Long as you hand over whatever bits you got of the...th-...what did he call it again? 
'''Scrapper''': Uh, SparkAll? AllSpark, AllSpark. 
'''Optimus''': Over my offline body! 
'''Mixmaster''': Aghh—you know what? I have had ''enough'' of this dipstick-in-the-mud! 
''[Mixmaster shoves Prime back]'' 
'''Bumblebee''': Hey! He's ''our'' dipstick! 
'''Ratchet''': And nobody pushes him around! 
:—The Autobots defend the honor of their [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]...and fail miserably.

==Notes==
===Animation or technical errors===
[[Image:Bumblebeeanimatedconsigil.JPG|right|180px|thumb|[[Goldbug (SG)|Who's bad?]]]]
* When Ratchet tells Bumblebee to "vamoose" (around 1:30), Bumblebee has a [[Shattered Glass|red Decepticon insignia]].
* When Bulkhead frees his foot from the cement, his jaw appears out of alignment, then realigns itself.
* When Bulkhead is jumping at the idea of Mix and Scrapper meeting the Autobots, Scrapper's left arm clips through his body, then the forearm briefly vanishes before his arm reappears in the correct place.
* As Megatron explains the Autobots' "cunning" to Mixmaster and Scrapper, the white outline around his insignia is not complete (either that or it's part of a shadow).
* When Optimus delivers his "over my offline body" line, his entire left arm appears to be floating ahead of his body.
* After the Constructicons flee, the road Bulkhead smashed up is in perfect condition.

===Transformers references===
* Megatron corrupting the Constructicons may also be a nod to the Generation 1 series, in which he did the same thing in "[[The Secret of Omega Supreme]]". Except, instead of using the [[Robo-Smasher]], this time he gets them [[Microbots|robo-smashed]]...
* The two surveyors on top of the bridge are decked out in blue jeans, white shirts, tan jackets and yellow [[hard hat]]s and boots, just like a disproportionate amount of humans from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]].
* A construction crane which appears in a few scenes early in the episode is colored in the traditional Constructicon green-and-purple ([[Hook (G1)|Maybe a Constructicon in disquise?]]). Purple and green excavation vehicles were previously seen in "[[Nature Calls]]", and yet the ''Animated'' Constructicons themselves are yellow and grey, which ''might'' be an homage to the ''Generation 2'' Constructicon toys.
* Scrapper and Mixmaster hit on a little red sports car. [[Side Burn (RID)|Sound familiar?]]
* Blitzwing's complaining about hauling heavy loads recalls [[Long Haul (G1)|another Constructicon member]].
* Constructicons cheating an Autobot has happened [[The Master Builders|once before]].

===Real-world references===
* The Constructicons often hit on cars (which could be the equivalent for them to female 'bots...[[Tracks (G1)|or something]]), just like real cartoon construction workers with passing women.
* The Constructicons beep as they back up.
* The whole plot seems to be pretty thoroughly cribbed from every after-school special on the dangers of peer pressure ever...except with giant robots, attempted murder, extortion, and a plot to overthrow one interstellar empire and reestablish another.
* While the "working-class" Constructicons drink their oil straight from the can, the "upper-class" Megatron drinks his oil out of "[[wikipedia:Goblet|goblets]]".
* Mixmaster and Scrapper have a very loose resemblance to [[wikipedia:Mario|''Mario'']] and [[wikipedia:Luigi|''Luigi'']] (respectively), mostly in build. Their vaguely Italian-American accents are more native New Yorker than the plumbers' immigrant accents, though.

===Trivia===
*It was revealed at [[BotCon 2008]] that much of Scrapper and Mixmaster's dialogue was actually ad-libbed by their respective actors [[Tom Kenny]] and [[Jeff Glen Bennett]].
*This episode first aired in Dubai, around two weeks before its English-language broadcast premiere in Canada.
*It seems that in the Animated-verse, yellow eyes represent the neutral position. Good to know there is a Switzerland equivalent on Cybertron.
*The Constructicons first start off as Constructobots, a portmanteau of "construction" and "Autobot", but later Megatron gives them a new name, formed from "construction" and "Decepticon" instead.
*Even assuming the Constructicons don't drink anything off-screen, they still consume what looks like half their weight in oil over the course of the episode. Where does it go?
*On second thought, [[Humanization|don't think about it]].
*Bumblebee receives a [[Stock footage|detailed transformation sequence]] for his stingers...which becomes extremely anticlimactic when his attacks just bounce off Lugnut seconds later. Likewise, Prowl commences his attack against Scrapper with a sequence showing him deploying his throwing stars, but he has better success hand-to-hand, after the stars ricochet harmlessly.
*Assuming oil prices didn't somehow decrease by the twenty-second century, the "snack" the Constructicons took was worth several hundred dollars or more. Shouldn't the world be out of oil by then, anyway? Then again, Mixmaster mentions "synthetic junk", which implies a way of creating artificial oil may have been invented.

===Foreign dubbing===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''L'attaque des constructicons'''" ("The Attack of the Constructicons")
:*''Original airdate:'' ???

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Bulkheads neue Freunde'''" ("Bulkhead's New Friends")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[July 22|22 July]] [[2008]]

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Scrapper to Mixmaster'''" (スクラッパーとミックスマスター, "Scrapper and Mixmaster")
::*For reasons unknown (though probably due to its heavy focus on non-toy characters), this episode never aired in Japan. However, it is included in the [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)/home video#Japan|''Transformers Animated Vol. 6'' DVD]] as episode 22.

'''Polish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Narodziny Constructiconów'''" ("Birth of the Constructicons")
:*''Original airdate:'' ???

==Home video releases==
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Season Two ([[Transformers Animated (cartoon)/home video|Paramount]]) — English and Spanish audio. 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Volume Five: Fistful of Energon (Paramount) — English and German audio. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2009 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Volume Five: Fistful of Energon (Paramount) — English and German audio. 
[[Image:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2009 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Volume Fünf: Der Doppelte Starscream (Paramount) — English and German audio. 
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2011 — ''Transformers Animated'' — Vol. 6 (Paramount) — Japanese audio only.

[[Category:Animated episodes]]

List of Japanese ID numbers

2011-08-20T08:40:36Z

86.160.137.115: /* Micron Legend */ Redirected Unicron to Unicron/Toys

==Generation 1==

{| border="5" style=width:50% text-align:center" align="center"
|-
|Number || Toy
|-
|00 || [[Primus]]
|-
|01 || [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Convoy]]
|-
|02 || [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]
|-
|03 || [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys|Wheeljack]]
|-
|04 || [[Sideswipe (G1)|Lambor]]
|-
|05 || [[Red Alert (G1)|Alert]]
|-
|06 || [[Jazz (G1)/toys|Meister]]
|-
|07 || [[Mirage (G1)|Ligier]]
|-
|08 || [[Bluestreak (G1)|Streak]]
|-
|09 || [[Prowl (G1)/toys|Prowl]]
|-
|10 || [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]
|-
|11 || [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Bumble]]
|-
|12 || [[Windcharger (G1)|Charger]]
|-
|13 || [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliff]]
|-
|14 || [[Huffer (G1)|Drag]]
|-
|15 || [[Brawn (G1)|Gong]]
|-
|16 || [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron]]
|-
|17 || [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]]
|-
|18 || [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]]
|-
|19 || [[Ravage (G1)/toys|Jaguar]]
|-
|20 || [[Laserbeak (G1)|Condor]]
|-
|21 || [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]]
|-
|22 || [[Starscream (G1)/toys|Starscream]]
|-
|23 || [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]
|-
|24 || [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]
|-
|25 || [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]
|-
|26 || [[Grimlock (G1)/toys|Grimlock]]
|-
|27 || [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]]
|-
|28 || [[Slag (G1)|Slag]]
|-
|29 || [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]]
|-
|30 || [[Swoop (G1)|Swarp]]
|-
|31 || [[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]]
|-
|32 || [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]]
|-
|33 || [[Hook (G1)|Gren]]
|-
|34 || [[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]]
|-
|35 || [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]]
|-
|36 || [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]]
|-
|37 || [[Devastator (G1)|Devastor]]
|-
|38 || [[Blaster (G1)|Broadcast]]
|-
|39 || [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]
|-
|40 || [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]]
|-
|41 || [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]]
|-
|42 || [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]]
|-
|43 || [[Blitzwing (G1)|Bitzwing]]
|-
|44 || [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]]
|-
|45 || [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]]
|-
|46 || [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]]
|-
|47 || [[Grapple]]
|-
|48 || [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]
|-
|49 || [[Shockwave (G1)/toys|Laserwave]]
|-
|50 to 63 ||
|-
|64 || [[Guardian robot|City Protection Robo GADEP]]
|-
|65 || [[Flip Sides (G1)|Flip Sides]]
|-
|66 || [[Galvatron II]]
|-
|67 || [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Orion Pax]] & [[Dion]]
|-
|68 || [[Magnificus (G1)|Magnificus]] & [[Ga'mede]]
|-
|69 || [[Howlback (G1)|Howlback]]
|-
|70 || [[Garboil (G1)|Garboil]]
|-
|71 || [[Cobalt Sentry|Secret Police Force Cobalt Sentries]]
|-
|72 || [[Overcharge (G1)|Overcharge]]
|-
|73 || [[Shothole]]
|-
|74 || [[Salvo]]
|-
|75 || [[Zaptrap]]
|-
|76 || [[Insecticon clone|Insecticon Clone Army]]
|-
|77 || [[Detritus]]
|-
|78 to 83 ||
|-
|84 || [[GoBots (G1)|Dimension Exploration Researchers]]
|-
|85 || [[Gears (G1)|Gears]]
|-
|86 || [[Cosmos (G1)|Adams]]
|-
|87 || [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]]
|-
|88 || [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]]
|-
|89 || [[Hauler|RoadHauler]]
|-
|90 || [[Tigertrack]]
|-
|91 || [[Clamp Down]]
|-
|92 || [[Deep Cover]]
|-
|93 || [[Megaplex]]
|-
|94 || [[Road Rage (G1)|Road Rage]]
|-
|95 || [[Crosscut (Autobot)|Crosscut]]
|-
|96 || [[Skids (G1)|Skids]]
|-
|97 || [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]]
|-
|98 || [[Ironhide (G1)/toys|Ironhide]]
|-
|99 || [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]
|}

{| border="5" style=width:50% text-align:center" align="left"
|-
|Number || Toy
|-
|C-50 || [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]]
|-
|C-51 || [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]]
|-
|C-52 || [[Fireflight (G1)|Firebolt]]
|-
|C-53 || [[Slingshot (G1)|Sling]]
|-
|C-54 || [[Air Raid (G1)|Air Rider]]
|-
|C-55 || [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]
|-
|C-56 || [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Bumble]]
|-
|C-57 || [[Hubcap (G1)|Hubcap]]
|-
|C-58 || [[Swerve (G1)|Werve]]
|-
|C-59 || [[Outback (G1)|Outback]]
|-
|C-60 || [[Pipes (G1)|Pipes]]
|-
|C-61 || [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]]
|-
|C-62 || [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]]
|-
|C-63 || [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]]
|-
|C-64 || [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]]
|-
|C-65 || [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]]
|-
|C-66 || [[Ramhorn (G1)|Ramhorn]]
|-
|C-67 || [[Rewind]]
|-
|C-68 || [[Eject]]
|-
|C-69 || [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys|Ultra Magnus]]
|-
|C-70 || [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]
|-
|C-71 || [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]]
|-
|C-72 || [[Blades (G1)|Graze]]
|-
|C-73 || [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]]
|-
|C-74 || [[Groove (G1)|Groove]]
|-
|C-75 || [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]]
|-
|C-76 || [[Defensor (G1)|Guardian]]
|-
|C-77 || [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|Rodimus Convoy]]
|-
|C-78 || [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|Hot Rodimus]]
|-
|C-79 || [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]
|-
|C-80 || [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]]
|-
|C-81 || [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]]
|-
|C-82 || [[Kup (G1)|Char]]
|-
|C-83 || [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sanstorm]]
|-
|C-84 || [[Springer (G1)|Sprang]]
|-
|C-85 || [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]
|-
|C-86 || [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]]
|-
|C-87 || [[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]]
|-
|C-88 || [[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]]
|-
|C-89 || [[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]]
|-
|C-90 || [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]]
|-
|C-91 || [[Computron (G1)|Computicon]]
|-
|C-92 || [[Wide Load]]
|-
|C-93 || [[Searchlight (G1)|Looklight]]
|-
|C-94 || [[Chase (G1)|Chase]]
|-
|C-95 || [[Rollbar (G1)|Rollbar]]
|-
|C-96 || [[Freeway (G1)|Runway]]
|-
|C-97 || [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Goldback]]
|-
|C-98 || [[Repugnus (G1)|Repugg]]
|-
|C-99 || [[Grotusque|Grotess]]
|-
|C-100 || [[Doublecross]]
|-
|C-101 || [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]]
|-
|C-102 || [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]]
|-
|C-103 || [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]]
|-
|C-104 || [[Brainstorm]]
|-
|C-105 || [[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]]
|-
|C-106 || [[Pointblank|Blanker]]
|-
|C-107 || [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]]
|-
|C-108 || [[Artfire (Headmasters)|Artfire]]
|-
|C-109 || [[Ricochet (Headmasters)|Stepper]]
|-
|C-110 || [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|Hot Rodimus]] (Targetmaster)
|-
|C-111 || [[Punch (G1)|Double Spy]]
|-
|C-112 || [[Cloudraker (G1)|Cloudraker]], [[Fastlane]]
|-
|C-113 || [[Kup (G1)|Char]] (Targetmaster)
|-
|C-114 || [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]
|-
|C-115 ||
|-
|C-116 || [[Blaster (G1)|Twincast]]
|-
|C-117 ||
|-
|C-118 ||
|-
|C-119 ||
|-
|C-120 ||
|-
|C-121 || [[Graphy]]
|-
|C-122 || [[Noise]]
|-
|C-123 || [[Dial]]
|-
|C-124 || [[Saur]]
|-
|C-125 || [[Shōki]]
|-
|C-126 || [[Getsuei]]
|-
|C-127 || [[Yukikaze (Headmasters)|Yukikaze]]
|-
|C-128 || [[Suiken]]
|-
|C-129 || [[Seizan]]
|-
|C-130 || [[Kaen]]
|-
|C-131 || [[Raiden]]
|-
|C-132 to C-199 ||
|-
|C-200 || [[Lander]]
|-
|C-201 || [[Metalhawk]]
|-
|C-202 || [[Phoenix]]
|-
|C-203 || [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]]
|-
|C-204 to C-300 ||
|-
|C-301 || [[Shūta Gō|Goshooter]]
|-
|C-302 || [[Cab]]
|-
|C-303 || [[Minerva (Masterforce)|Minerva]]
|-
|C-304 || [[Lightfoot]]
|-
|C-305 || [[Ranger]]
|-
|C-306 || [[Road King]]
|-
|C-307 || [[Ginrai|Super Ginrai]]
|-
|C-308 || [[Clouder|Doubleclouder]]
|-
|C-309 || [[Godbomber]]
|-
|C-310 || [[Ginrai|God Ginrai]]
|-
|C-311 || [[Grand Maximus]]
|-
|C-312 || [[Sixknight]]
|-
|C-313 || [[Hardspark]]
|-
|C-314 || [[Hotspark]]
|-
|C-315 || [[Wildspark]]
|-
|C-316 || [[Wingwaver]]
|-
|C-317 || [[Dashtacker]]
|-
|C-318 || [[Machtackle]]
|-
|C-319 || [[Landcross (Victory)|Landcross]]
|-
|C-320 || [[Blacker]]
|-
|C-321 || [[Braver]]
|-
|C-322 || [[Laster]]
|-
|C-323 || [[Road Caesar]]
|-
|C-324 || [[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]]
|-
|C-325 || [[Greatshot]]
|-
|C-326 || [[Galaxy Shuttle]]
|-
|C-327 || [[Victory Leo]]
|-
|C-328 || [[Star Saber (Victory)|Victory Saber]]
|-
|C-329 ||
|-
|C-330 || [[Rocket Base]]
|-
|C-331 || [[Rescue Patrol Team]]
|-
|C-332 || [[Battle Patrol|Battle Patrol Team]]
|-
|C-333 || [[Super Car Patrol Team]]
|-
|C-334 || [[Race Car Patrol|Race Car Patrol Team]]
|-
|C-335 || [[Off Road Patrol|Off Road Patrol Team]]
|-
|C-336 || [[Jet Patrol Team]]
|-
|C-337 || [[Overload (G1)|Roadjet]]
|-
|C-338 || [[Missile Bull]]
|-
|C-339 || [[Erector (G1)|Cragun]]
|-
|C-340 || [[Skywave]]
|-
|C-341 || [[Gas station|Gasoline Base]]
|-
|C-342 || [[Airport|Airport Base]]
|-
|C-343 || [[Fire station|Fire Base]]
|-
|C-344 || [[Construction station|Build Base]]
|-
|C-345 || [[Landshaker]]
|-
|C-346 || [[Sky Hyper]]
|-
|C-347 || [[Sonic Bomber]]
|-
|C-348 || [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]]
|-
|C-349 || [[Road Fire]]
|-
|C-350 || [[Rabbicrater]]
|-
|C-351 || [[Construction Patrol|Build Patrol Team]]
|-
|C-352 || [[Air Patrol|Sky Patrol Team]]
|-
|C-353 || [[Big Powered]]
|-
|C-354 || [[Shōki]]
|-
|C-355 || [[Getsuei]]
|-
|C-356 || [[Yukikaze (Headmasters)|Yukikaze]]
|-
|C-357 || [[Suiken]]
|-
|C-358 || [[Seizan]]
|-
|C-359 || [[Kaen]]
|-
|C-360 || [[Sky Garry (ROC)|Sky Garry]]
|-
|C-361 || [[Monster Truck Patrol|Big Truck Team]]
|-
|C-362 || [[Hot Rod Patrol|Hot Rod Team]]
|-
|C-363 || [[Military Team]]
|-
|C-364 || [[Shuttle Rocket W Team]]
|-
|C-365 || [[Fire Tanker W Team]]
|-
|C-366 || [[Radar Hover W Team]]
|-
|C-367 || [[Dump Shovel W Team]]
|-
|C-368 || [[Crane Cannon W Team]]
|-
|C-369 || [[Jet Tank W Team]]
|-
|C-370 || [[Sixliner]]
|-
|C-371 || [[Grandus (ROC)|Grandus]]
|-
|C-372 || [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Star Convoy]]
|-
|C-373 || [[Rescue Patrol Team]]
|-
|C-374 || [[Battle Patrol|Battle Patrol Team]]
|-
|C-375 || [[Super Car Patrol Team]]
|-
|C-376 || [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Convoy]] Laserdisc set (w/ booklet)
|}

{| border="5" style=width:50% text-align:center" align="right"
|-
|Number || Toy
|-
|D-50 || [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]]
|-
|D-51 || [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]]
|-
|D-52 || [[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Stripe]]
|-
|D-53 || [[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]]
|-
|D-54 || [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]]
|-
|D-55 || [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]
|-
|D-56 || [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]
|-
|D-57 || [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]]
|-
|D-58 || [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]]
|-
|D-59 || [[Ravage (G1)/toys|Jaguar]]
|-
|D-60 || [[Laserbeak (G1)|Condor]]
|-
|D-61 || [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]
|-
|D-62 || [[Galvatron (G1)/toys|Galvatron]]
|-
|D-63 || [[Trypticon (G1)|Dinosaurer]]
|-
|D-64 || [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]]
|-
|D-65 || [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]]
|-
|D-66 || [[Vortex (G1)|Vorter]]
|-
|D-67 || [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]]
|-
|D-68 || [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]]
|-
|D-69 || [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]
|-
|D-70 || [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]
|-
|D-71 || [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]
|-
|D-72 || [[Octane|Octone]]
|-
|D-73 || [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]]
|-
|D-74 || [[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]]
|-
|D-75 || [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]]
|-
|D-76 || [[Tantrum]]
|-
|D-77 || [[Headstrong]]
|-
|D-78 || [[Predaking]]
|-
|D-79 || [[Hun-Gurrr]]
|-
|D-80 || [[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]]
|-
|D-81 || [[Sinnertwin (G1)|Sinnertwin]]
|-
|D-82 || [[Cutthroat (G1)|Cutthroat]]
|-
|D-83 || [[Blot (G1)|Butto]]
|-
|D-84 || [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]]
|-
|D-85 || [[Skullcruncher|Skull]]
|-
|D-86 || [[Mindwipe (G1)|Wipe]]
|-
|D-87 || [[Weirdwolf]]
|-
|D-88 || [[Triggerhappy]]
|-
|D-89 || [[Misfire]]
|-
|D-90 || [[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]]
|-
|D-91 ||
|-
|D-92 ||
|-
|D-93 || [[Scorponok (G1)|MegaZarak]]
|-
|D-94 || [[Pounce]], [[Wingspan]]
|-
|D-95 ||
|-
|D-96 || [[Battletrap]]
|-
|D-97 || [[Flywheels]]
|-
|D-98 || [[Sixshot]]
|-
|D-99 || [[Apeface]]
|-
|D-100 || [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]]
|-
|D-101 || [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundblaster]]
|-
|D-102 ||
|-
|D-103 ||
|-
|D-104 ||
|-
|D-105 ||
|-
|D-106 ||
|-
|D-107 ||
|-
|D-108 || [[Slugfest (G1)|Slugfest]]
|-
|D-109 || [[Overkill (G1)|Overkill]]
|-
|D-110 ||
|-
|D-111 ||
|-
|D-112 ||
|-
|D-113 ||
|-
|D-114 ||
|-
|D-115 ||
|-
|D-116 ||
|-
|D-117 ||
|-
|D-118 ||
|-
|D-119 ||
|-
|D-120 ||
|-
|D-121 ||
|-
|D-122 ||
|-
|D-123 ||
|-
|D-124 ||
|-
|D-125 ||
|-
|D-126 ||
|-
|D-127 ||
|-
|D-128 ||
|-
|D-129 ||
|-
|D-130 ||
|-
|D-131 ||
|-
|D-132 to D-199 ||
|-
|D-200 ||
|-
|D-201 || [[Blood]]
|-
|D-202 || [[Dauros]]
|-
|D-203 || [[Gilmer]]
|-
|D-204 to D-300 ||
|-
|D-301 || [[Wilder]]
|-
|D-302 || [[Bullhorn]]
|-
|D-303 || [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]]
|-
|D-304 || [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]]
|-
|D-305 || [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]]
|-
|D-306 || [[Darkwings]]
|-
|D-307 || [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]]
|-
|D-308 || [[Browning]]
|-
|D-309 || [[Black Shadow]]
|-
|D-310 || [[Blue Bacchus]]
|-
|D-311 || [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]]
|-
|D-312 || [[Turtler]]
|-
|D-313 || [[Overbite (Masterforce)|Overbite]]
|-
|D-314 || [[Kraken]]
|-
|D-315 || [[Lobclaw]]
|-
|D-316 || [[Gulf]]
|-
|D-317 || [[Tentakil (Masterforce)|Tentakil]]
|-
|D-318 || [[King Poseidon]]
|-
|D-319 || [[Guzzle (Masterforce)|Guzzle]]
|-
|D-320 || [[Sizzle (Masterforce)|Sizzle]]
|-
|D-321 || [[Javil]]
|-
|D-322 || [[Gōryū]]
|-
|D-323 || [[Gairyū]]
|-
|D-324 || [[Kakuryū]]
|-
|D-325 || [[Doryū]]
|-
|D-326 || [[Yokuryū]]
|-
|D-327 || [[Rairyū]]
|-
|D-328 || [[Dinoking]]
|-
|D-329 || [[Leozack]]
|-
|D-330 || [[Guyhawk]]
|-
|D-331 || [[Hellbat (Victory)|Hellbat]]
|-
|D-332 || [[Jallguar]]
|-
|D-333 || [[Killbison]]
|-
|D-334 || [[Drillhorn]]
|-
|D-335 || [[Liokaiser]]
|-
|D-336 || [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deszaras]]
|-
|D-337 ||
|-
|D-338 ||
|-
|D-339 ||
|-
|D-340 || [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]]
|-
|D-341 || [[Race Track Patrol|Race Track Patrol Team]]
|-
|D-342 || [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron]] Laserdisc set (w/ booklet)
|}
{{-}}
{| border="5" style=width:50% text-align:center" align="center"
|-
|Number || Toy
|-
|VSX || [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Convoy]] and [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron]]
|-
|VSY || [[Grimlock (G1)/toys|Grimlock]], [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]], and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] (with audiocassette and booklet)
|-
|VSZ || [[Skids (G1)|Skids]], [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] VS [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]]
|-
|HERO SET || [[Pretender]] Legends [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Bumble]], [[Jazz (G1)/toys|Jazz]], [[Grimlock (G1)/toys|Grimlock]], and [[Starscream (G1)/toys|Starscream]]
|-
|VSL-2 || [[The Headmasters (cartoon)|Headmasters]] Laserdisc box set
|}

==Operation Combination==
{| border="5" style=width:50% text-align:center" align="center"
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|Number || Toy
|-
|TF-01|| [[Sixbuilder]]
|-
|TF-02|| [[Sixwing]]
|-
|TF-03|| [[Sixturbo]]
|-
|TF-04|| [[Guard City]]
|-
|TF-05|| [[Sixtrain]]
|-
|TF-06|| [[Spin Road]] VS [[Dark Jet]]
|-
|TF-07|| [[Fire Road]] VS [[Shadow Jet]]
|-
|TF-08|| [[Checker Road]] VS [[Moon Jet]]
|-
|TF-09|| [[Mach Road]] VS [[Flare Jet]]
|-
|TF-10|| [[Battle Gaia]]
|}
==Beastformers==
''Numbers 77-112, known as the '''Laser Beasts''', were released after Beastformers broke its ties to the Transformers and will not be covered much on this wiki. They are listed here merely for the sake of completion.''
{| border="5" style=width:50% text-align:center" align="center"
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|Number || Toy
|-
|1 || [[White Leo]]
|-
|1 || [[White Leo|Sunburst White Leo]]
|-
|2 || [[Big Serow]]
|-
|3 || [[Golder]]
|-
|4 || [[Flykick]]
|-
|5 || [[Killer Fish]]
|-
|5 || [[Killer Fish|Crystal Killer Fish]]
|-
|5 || [[Killer Fish|Striped Fish]]
|-
|6 || [[Snakebomb]]
|-
|7 || [[Drillfrog]]
|-
|8 || [[Elephan]]
|-
|9 || [[Graysharp]]
|-
|10 || [[Violethorn]]
|-
|11 || [[Battle Bear]]
|-
|12 || [[Devilbat]]
|-
|13 || [[Bonga]]
|-
|14 || [[Wildthunder]]
|-
|15 || [[Alligatron]]
|-
|15 || [[Alligatron|Ghost Alligatron]]
|-
|16 || [[Beafox]]
|-
|17 || [[Black Turtle]]
|-
|18 || [[Yellow Giraffe]]
|-
|19 || [[Hedgehog]]
|-
|20 || [[Badshark]]
|-
|21 || [[Bowdog]]
|-
|22 || [[Rabbit Kid]]
|-
|23 || [[Bluehorse]]
|-
|24 || [[Giader]]
|-
|25 || [[Grayhorn]]
|-
|26 || [[Bombsheep]]
|-
|27 || [[Deaspider]]
|-
|28 || [[Crabhit]]
|-
|29 || [[Iguanamonss]]
|-
|30 || [[Browngyro]]
|-
|31 || [[Powerjaguar]]
|-
|32 || [[Stronghippo]]
|-
|33 || [[Scoutmoose]]
|-
|34 || [[Greenchameles]]
|-
|35 || [[Jungaroo]]
|-
|36 || [[Redocto]]
|-
|37 || [[Seairon]]
|-
|38 || [[Scoutmouse]]
|-
|39 || [[Darkraccoon]]
|-
|40 || [[Powernozzle]]
|-
|41 || [[Smileduck]]
|-
|42 || [[Underground]]
|-
|43 || [[Cuttledeep]]
|-
|44 || [[Beavop]]
|-
|45 || [[Juniordragon]]
|-
|46 || [[Nightowl]]
|-
|47 || [[Yellowcamelus]]
|-
|48 || [[Polar Battle Bear]]
|-
|49 || [[Flyingattacker]]
|-
|50 || [[Platinum Tiger]]
|-
|51 || [[Bullorn]]
|-
|52 || [[Ultragas]]
|-
|53 || [[Strong Panda]]
|-
|54 || [[Shield Dragon]]
|-
|55 || [[Koala Gray]]
|-
|56 || [[Demonkey]]
|-
|57 || [[Black Jaguar]]
|-
|58 || [[Dream-Eater]]
|-
|59 || [[Cobrander]]
|-
|59 || [[Cobrander|Stone Cobrander]]
|-
|60 || [[Baboon]]
|-
|61 || [[Dog Hunter]]
|-
|62 || [[Būpink]]
|-
|63 || [[Razorkukku]]
|-
|64 || [[Musk-Horn]]
|-
|65 || [[Pangol]]
|-
|66 || [[Slo]]
|-
|67 || [[Earthhog]]
|-
|68 || [[White Cow]]
|-
|69 || [[Zebra Ball]]
|-
|70 || [[Eagle Killer]]
|-
|71 || [[Duck Diver]]
|-
|72 || [[Crowmax]]
|-
|73 || [[Mingo Kid]]
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|74 || [[Little Serow]]
|-
|75 || [[Peguinis]]
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|76 || [[Udan]]
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|77 || Blueeagle
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|78 || Sparkshark
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|79 || Sailon
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|80 || Anarchy
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|81 || Tigerburn
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|82 || Condorassin
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|83 || Groundwolf
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|84 || Flysailor
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|85 || Zariganian
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|86 || Rainbowsam
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|87 || Shool
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|88 || Brainmouse
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|89 || Brownlion
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|90 || Grencats (w/ shield)
|-
|91 || Fighthorn (w/ shield)
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|92 || Hustlebear
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|93 || Battlefennec (w/ shield)
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|94 || Killerhound (w/ shield)
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|95 || Dragonseahorn
|-
|96 || Stronghurricane (w/ shield)
|-
|97 || Seapanic
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|98 || Puzzlecolor
|-
|99 || Mantfrenzy (w/shield)
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|100 || Scopecougar
|-
|101 || Skullgrotess
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|102 || Kingbuster
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|103 || Slagking
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|104 || Jeerermonkey
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|105 || Hornhead
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|106 || Monkeyfighter
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|107 || Flyingdragon
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|108 || Kickback
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|109 || Skybat
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|110 || Greenrayfer
|-
|111 || Salmomanther
|-
|112 || Dinogator
|}

{| border="5" style=width:50% text-align:center" align="left"
|-
|Number || Toy
|-
|1 || [[White Leo]] ([[Super deformed|SD]])
|-
|2 || [[Flykick]] (SD)
|-
|3 || [[Hedgehog]] (SD)
|-
|4 || [[Badshark]] (SD)
|-
|5 || [[Bowdog]] (SD)
|-
|6 || [[Rabbit Kid]] (SD)
|-
|7 || [[Bluehorse]] (SD)
|-
|8 || [[Giader]] (SD)
|-
|9 || [[Grayhorn]] (SD)
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|10 || [[Bombsheep]] (SD)
|-
|11 || [[Deaspider]] (SD)
|-
|12 || [[Crabhit]] (SD)
|-
|13 || [[Killer Fish]] (SD)
|-
|14 || [[Devilbat]] (SD)
|-
|15 || [[Alligatron]] (SD)
|-
|16 || [[Beafox]] (SD)
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|17 || [[Flyingattacker]] (SD)
|-
|18 || [[Platinum Tiger]] (SD)
|-
|19 || [[Koala Gray]] (SD)
|-
|20 || [[Zebra Ball]] (SD)
|}

{| border="5" style=width:50% text-align:center" align="right"
|-
|Number || Toy
|-
|1 || [[White Leo]] (gumball toy)
|-
|2 || [[Big Serow]] (gumball toy)
|-
|3 || [[Golder]] (gumball toy)
|-
|4 || [[Flykick]] (gumball toy)
|-
|5 || [[Killer Fish]] (gumball toy)
|-
|6 || [[Snakebomb]] (gumball toy)
|-
|7 || [[Drillfrog]] (gumball toy)
|-
|8 || [[Elephan]] (gumball toy)
|-
|9 || [[Graysharp]] (gumball toy)
|-
|10 || [[Violethorn]] (gumball toy)
|-
|11 || [[Battle Bear]] (gumball toy)
|-
|12 || [[Devilbat]] (gumball toy)
|-
|13 || [[Bonga]] (gumball toy)
|-
|14 ||
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|15 || [[Alligatron]] (gumball toy)
|-
|16 || [[Beafox]] (gumball toy)
|-
|17 || [[Black Turtle]] (gumball toy)
|-
|18 || [[Yellow Giraffe]] (gumball toy)
|}
{{-}}

==Generation 2==
{| border="5" style=width:50% text-align:center" align="center"
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|Number || Toy
|-
|TRF-01|| [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Convoy]]
|-
|TRF-02|| [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron]]
|-
|TRF-03|| [[Electro|Effectro]]
|-
|TRF-04|| [[Volt|Autovolt]]
|-
|TRF-05|| [[Jolt (G2)|Hot Row]]
|-
|TRF-06|| [[Sizzle (G2)|Firebot]]
|-
|TRF-07|| [[Skyjack]]
|-
|TRF-08|| [[Space Case (G2)|Space Case]]
|-
|TRF-09|| [[Hooligan (G2)|Hooligan]]
|-
|TRF-10|| [[Dreadwing (G2)|Dreadwing]]
|-
|TRF-11|| [[Road Rocket (G2)|Road Rocket]]
|-
|TRF-12|| [[Road Pig (G2)|Road Big]]
|-
|TRF-13|| [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Battle Convoy]]
|-
|TRF-14|| [[Aero Raid]]
|-
|TRF-15|| [[Strafe (G2)|Strafe]]
|-
|TRF-16|| [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]
|}
{{-}}

==Beast Wars==
{| border="5" style=width:25% text-align:center" align="left"
|-
|Number || Toy
|-
|C-1 || [[Optimus Primal/toys|Convoy]]
|-
|C-2 || [[Polar Claw|White Claw]]
|-
|C-3 || [[Cheetor (BW)/toys|Cheetus]]
|-
|C-4 || [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]]
|-
|C-5 || [[Rattrap|Rattle]]
|-
|C-6 || [[Optimus Primal/toys|Convobat]]
|-
|C-7 || [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]]
|-
|C-8 || [[Tigatron]]
|-
|C-9 || [[Wolfang (Maximal)|Howlinger]]
|-
|C-10 || [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]]
|-
|C-11 || [[Cybershark]]
|-
|C-12 || [[Apache]]
|-
|C-13 || [[Bighorn]]
|-
|C-14 || [[Tasmania Kid]]
|-
|C-15 || [[Scuba]]
|-
|C-16 || [[Lio Convoy]]
|-
|C-17 || [[Bigmos]]
|-
|C-18 || [[Powerhug (BWII)|Powerhug]]
|-
|C-19 || [[Tonbot]]
|-
|C-20 || [[Mantis]]
|-
|C-21 || [[Drill Nuts]]
|-
|C-22 || [[Scissor Boy]]
|-
|C-23 || [[DJ (BWII)|DJ]]
|-
|C-24 || [[Motorarm (BWII)|Motorarm]]
|-
|C-25 || [[Gimlet]]
|-
|C-26 || [[Lio Junior]]
|-
|C-27 || [[Skywarp (BWII)|Skywarp]]
|-
|C-28 || [[Santon]]
|-
|C-29 || [[Longrack (BWN)|Longrack]]
|-
|C-30 || [[Cohrada]]
|-
|C-31 || [[Stampy (BWN)|Stampy]]
|-
|C-32 || [[Break]]
|-
|C-33 || [[Rockbuster]]
|-
|C-34 || [[Randy (BWN)|Randy]]
|-
|C-35 || [[Big Convoy]]
|-
|C-36 || [[Mach Kick]]
|-
|C-37 || [[Sharp Edge (BWN)|Sharp Edge]]
|-
|C-38 || [[Bump]]
|-
|C-39 || [[Survive]]
|-
|C-40 || [[Optimus Primal/toys|Metals Convoy]]
|-
|C-41 || [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]]
|-
|C-42 || [[Cheetor (BW)/toys|Metals Cheetus]]
|-
|C-43 || [[Rattrap|Metals Rattle]]
|-
|C-44 || [[Rhinox (BW)|Metals Rhinox]]
|-
|C-45 || [[Airazor (BW)|Metals Airazor]]
|-
|C-46 || [[Depth Charge (BW)|Metals Depth Charge]]
|-
|C-47 || [[Optimus Primal/toys|Metals Powered Convoy]]
|-
|C-48 || [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Metals Blackwidow]]
|-
|C-49 || [[Cheetor (BW)/toys|Metals Cheetus 2]]
|-
|C-50 || [[Tigerhawk|Metals Tigerfalcon]]

|}

{| border="5" style=width:25% text-align:center" align="left"
|-
|Number || Toy
|-
|D-1 || [[Megatron (BW)/toys|Megatron]]
|-
|D-2 || [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorpos]]
|-
|D-3 || [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspeeter]]
|-
|D-4 || [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarans]]
|-
|D-5 || [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaurer]]
|-
|D-6 || [[Megatron (BW)/toys|Megalligator]]
|-
|D-7 || [[Shadow Panther]]
|-
|D-8 || [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackwidow]]
|-
|D-9 || [[Buzz Saw]]
|-
|D-10 || [[Insecticon (BW)|Kuwugaiger]]
|-
|D-11 || [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]]
|-
|D-12 || [[Megastorm]]
|-
|D-13 || [[Starscream (BWII)|Starscream]] and [[BB]]
|-
|D-14 || [[Dirge (BWII)|Dirge]]
|-
|D-15 || [[Thrust (BWII)|Thrust]]
|-
|D-16 || [[Galvatron (BWII)|Galvatron]]
|-
|D-17 || [[Autostinger]]
|-
|D-18 || [[Autocrasher|Autocrusher]]
|-
|D-19 || [[Autojetter]]
|-
|D-20 || [[Autolauncher]]
|-
|D-21 || [[God Neptune]]
|-
|D-22 || [[Megastorm|Gigastorm]]
|-
|D-23 || [[Starscream (BWII)|Hellscream]]
|-
|D-24 || [[BB|Max-B]]
|-
|D-25 || [[Dirge (BWII)|Dirgegun]]
|-
|D-26 || [[Thrust (BWII)|Thrustor]]
|-
|D-27 ||
|-
|D-28 ||
|-
|D-29 || [[Guiledart]]
|-
|D-30 || [[Saberback]]
|-
|D-31 || [[Sling]]
|-
|D-32 || [[Dead End (BWN)|Dead End]]
|-
|D-33 || [[Hydra (BWN)|Hydra]]
|-
|D-34 || [[Crazybolt]]
|-
|D-35 || [[Magmatron]]
|-
|D-36 || [[Archadis]]
|-
|D-37 || [[Hardhead (BWN)|Hardhead]]
|-
|D-38 || [[Bazooka (BWN)|Bazooka]]
|-
|D-39 || [[Killer Punch]]
|-
|D-40 || [[Megatron (BW)/toys|Metals Megatron]]
|-
|D-41 || [[Rampage (BW)|Metals Rampage]]
|-
|D-42 || [[Waspinator (BW)|Metals Waspeeter]]
|-
|D-43 || [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Metals Terrorsaurer]]
|-
|D-44 || [[Tarantulas (BW)|Metals Tarans]]
|-
|D-45 || [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]]
|-
|D-46 || [[Inferno (BW)|Metals Inferno]]
|-
|D-47 || [[Megatron (BW)/toys|Metals Dragon Megatron]]
|-
|D-48 || [[Dinobot II|Metals Dinobot]]
|}
{| border="5" style=width:50% text-align:center" align="left"
|-
|Number || Toy
|-
|VS-1 || Showdown of the Strongest: Convoy VS Megatron
|-
|VS-2 || Showdown at the North Pole: White Claw VS Scorpos
|-
|VS-3 || Showdown of the Quickest: Cheetus VS Waspeeter
|-
|VS-4 || Brutal Showdown: Dinobot VS Tarans
|-
|VS-5 || Showdown on the Rocky Mountain: Rattle VS Terrorsaurer
|-
|VS-6 || Showdown at the Amazon: Convobat VS Megalligator
|-
|VS-7 || Showdown in the Wilderness: Rhinox VS Shadow Panther
|-
|VS-8 || Showdown in the Deep Forest: Tigatron VS Blackwidow
|-
|VS-9 || Showdown in the Darkness: Howlinger VS Buzz Saw
|-
|VS-10 || Showdown in Heaven: Airazor VS Kuwugaiger
|-
|VS-11 || Showdown in Hell: Cybershark VS Inferno
|-
|VS-12 || Showdown of Artillery: Apache VS Megastorm
|-
|VS-13 || 2 Against 1 Showdown: Bighorn VS Starscream & BB
|-
|VS-14 || Showdown on the Land Horizon: Tasmania Kid VS Dirge
|-
|VS-15 || Showdown on the Sea Horizon: Scuba VS Thrust
|-
|VS-16 || History's Greatest Showdown: Lio Convoy VS Galvatron
|-
|VS-17 || Showdown at the Frontier: Bigmos VS Autostinger
|-
|VS-18 || Showdown of Heavy Armor: Powerhug VS Autocrusher
|-
|VS-19 || Showdown in the Stratosphere: Tonbot VS Autojetter
|-
|VS-20 || Showdown of Saucers: Mantis VS Autolauncher
|-
|VS-21 ||
|-
|VS-22 ||
|-
|VS-23 ||
|-
|VS-24 ||
|-
|VS-25 ||
|-
|VS-26 ||
|-
|VS-27 ||
|-
|VS-28 ||
|-
|VS-29 || Showdown in the Savannah: Longrack VS Guiledart
|-
|VS-30 || Showdown in the Desert: Cohrada VS Saberback
|-
|VS-31 || Showdown in the Prairie: Stampy VS Sling
|-
|VS-32 || Showdown in the Ocean: Break VS Dead End
|-
|VS-33 || Back to the Wall Showdown: Rockbuster VS Hydra
|-
|VS-34 || Sprinting Showdown: Randy VS Crazybolt
|-
|VS-35 || Showdown of the Universe: Big Convoy VS Magmatron
|-
|VS-36 || Showdown of the Favorites: Mach Kick VS Archadis
|-
|VS-37 || Showdown of the Master Fencers: Sharp Edge VS Hardhead
|-
|VS-38 || Showdown of the Utmost Limit: Bump VS Bazooka
|-
|VS-39 || Roaring Showdown: Survive VS Killer Punch
|-
|VS-40 || Destined Showdown: Metals Convoy VS Metals Megatron
|-
|VS-41 || Showdown of Bravery: Silverbolt VS Metals Rampage
|-
|VS-42 || Hurricane Showdown: Metals Cheetus VS Metals Waspeeter
|-
|VS-43 || Flash Showdown: Metals Rattle VS Metals Terrorsaurer
|-
|VS-44 || Showdown of Strength: Metals Rhinox VS Metals Tarans
|-
|VS-45 || Heatwave Showdown: Metals Airazor VS Quickstrike
|-
|VS-46 || Showdown at the Ocean Bottom: Metals Depth Charge VS Metals Inferno
|}
{{-}}
{| border="5" style=width:50% text-align:center" align="center"
|-
|Number || Toy
|-
|VS-S1 || Amazon Showdown: [[Optimus Primal/toys|Convobat]] VS [[Megatron (BW)/toys|Megalligator]]
|-
|S-2 || [[Moon (BWII)|Moon]]
|-
|S-3 || [[Heinrad]]
|-
|VS-X1 || [[Volcano Base|Volcano]] Showdown
|-
|X-2 || [[Diver (BWII)|Diver]] & [[Niagara Base]]
|-
|X-3 || [[Tripledacus]]
|-
|X-4 || [[Magnaboss II|Magnaboss]]
|-
|X-5 || [[Ikard]] & [[Tako Tank]]
|-
|X-6 || [[Rartorata|Rātorāta]]
|-
|X-7 || [[Elephorca|Elphaorpha]]
|-
|X-8 || [[Drancron]]
|-
|X-9 || [[Ravage (G1)/toys|Jaguar]]
|}
{{-}}

==Car Robots==
{| border="5" style=width:50% text-align:center" align="left"
|-
|Number || Toy
|-
|C-001 || [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Super Fire Convoy]]
|-
|C-002 || [[X-Brawn|Wildride]]
|-
|C-003 || [[Prowl (RID)|Mach Alert]]
|-
|C-004 || [[Side Burn (RID)|Speedbreaker]]
|-
|C-005 || [[Hot Shot (RID)|Artfire]]
|-
|C-006 || [[R.E.V.|Eaglekiller]]
|-
|C-007 || [[W.A.R.S.|Wars]]
|-
|C-008 || [[Crosswise (RID)|X-Car]]
|-
|C-009 || [[Ironhide (RID)|Ox]]
|-
|C-010 || [[Mirage (RID)|Counterarrow]]
|-
|C-011 || [[Spy Changer|Spychangers]] DX6 Set
|-
|C-012 || [[Railspike (RID)|J-Five]]
|-
|C-013 || [[Rapid Run (RID)|J-Seven]]
|-
|C-014 || [[Midnight Express (RID)|J-Four]]
|-
|C-015 || [[Rail Racer (RID)|JRX]]
|-
|C-016 || [[Skid-Z (RID)|Indyheat]]
|-
|C-017 || [[Tow-Line (RID)|Wrecker Hook]]
|-
|C-018 || [[Wedge|Build Boy]]
|-
|C-019 || [[Grimlock (RID)|Build Hurricane]]
|-
|C-020 || [[Heavy Load (RID)|Build Typhoon]]
|-
|C-021 || [[Hightower (RID)|Build Cyclone]]
|-
|C-022 || [[Landfill (RID)|Build King]]
|-
|C-023 || [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|God Magnus]]
|-
|C-024 || [[X-Brawn|Super Wildride]]
|-
|C-025 || [[Prowl (RID)|Super Mach Alert]]
|-
|C-026 || [[Side Burn (RID)|Super Speedbreaker]]
|-
|C-027 || [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Brave Maximus]]
|}

{| border="5" style=width:50% text-align:center" align="left"
|-
|Number || Toy
|-
|D-001 || [[Megatron (RID)|Gigatron]]
|-
|D-002 || [[Gas Skunk|Gaskunk]]
|-
|D-003 || [[Dark Scream|Guildo]]
|-
|D-004 || [[Slapper (RID)|Guushar]]
|-
|D-005 || [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Gelshark]]
|-
|D-006 || [[Rollbar (RID)|Greejeeber]]
|-
|D-007 || [[Armorhide (RID)|Danger]]
|-
|D-008 || [[Movor|Shuttler]]
|-
|D-009 || [[Ro-Tor (RID)|Hepter]]
|-
|D-010 || [[Mega-Octane|Dolrailer]]
|-
|D-011 || [[Ruination (RID)|Baldigus]]
|-
|D-012 || [[Scourge (RID)|Black Convoy]]
|-
|D-013 || [[Megatron (RID)|Devil Gigatron]]
|}
{{-}}

==Choro Q==
{| border="5" style=width:50% text-align:center" align="left"
|-
|Number || Toy
|-
|Q/01 || [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Convoy TV Version]]
|-
|Q/02 || [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Convoy Metallic Version]]
|-
|Q/03 || [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron TV Version]]
|-
|Q/04 || [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron Black Version]]
|-
|Q/05 || [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|Rodimus Convoy TV Version]]
|-
|Q/06 || [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|Rodimus Convoy Metallic Version]]
|}
{{-}}

==Micron Legend==
{| border="5" style=width:50% text-align:center" align="left"
|-
|Number || Toy
|-
|MC-01 || [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|Convoy Super Mode]]
|-
|MC-02 || [[Red Alert (Armada)|Ratchet]]
|-
|MC-03 || [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys|Hot Rod]]
|-
|MC-04 || [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Grap]]
|-
|MC-05 || [[Laserbeak (Armada)|Cyberhawk]]
|-
|MC-06 || [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|STD Convoy]]
|-
|MC-07 || [[Scavenger (Armada)|Devastar]]
|-
|MC-08 || [[Blurr (Armada)|Silverbolt]]
|-
|MC-09 || [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]]
|-
|MC-10 || [[Side Swipe (Armada)|Stepper]]
|-
|MC-11 || [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Grap Super Mode]]
|-
|MC-12 || [[Red Alert (Armada)|Ratchet S: Super Mode]]
|-
|MC-13 || [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys|Hot Rod S: Super Mode]]
|-
|MC-14 || [[Overload (Armada)|Ultra Magnus]]
|}

{| border="5" style=width:50% text-align:center" align="left"
|-
|Number || Toy
|-
|MD-01 || [[Megatron (Armada)/toys|Megatron]]
|-
|MD-02 || [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]]
|-
|MD-03 || [[Demolishor (Armada)|Ironhide]]
|-
|MD-04 || [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Sandstorm]]
|-
|MD-05 || [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]]
|-
|MD-06 || [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Shockwave]]
|-
|MD-07 || [[Wheeljack (Armada)|Rampage]]
|-
|MD-08 || [[Megatron (Armada)/toys|Megatron S: Super Mode]]
|-
|MD-09 || [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream S: Super Mode]]
|-
|MD-10 || [[Demolishor (Armada)|Ironhide S: Super Mode]]
|}
{{-}}
{| border="5" style=width:50% text-align:center" align="center"
|-
|Number || Toy
|-
|MM-01 || [[Street Action Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Street Action Micron]]
|-
|MM-02 || [[Air Defense Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Air Defense Micron]]
|-
|MM-03 || [[Land Military Mini-Con Team|Land Military Micron]]
|-
|MM-04 || [[Destruction Mini-Con Team|Destruction Micron]]
|-
|MM-05 || [[Race Mini-Con Team|Race Micron]]
|-
|MM-06 || [[Street Speed Mini-Con Team|Street Speed Micron]]
|-
|MM-07 || [[Air Defense Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Air Defense Micron: X-Dimensions]]
|-
|MM-08 || [[Land Military Mini-Con Team|Land Military Micron: X-Dimensions]]
|-
|MM-09 || [[Destruction Mini-Con Team|Destruction Micron: X-Dimensions]]
|-
|MM-10 || [[Race Mini-Con Team|Race Micron: X-Dimensions]]
|-
|MM-11 || [[Air Military Mini-Con Team|Air Military Micron]]
|-
|MM-12 || [[Air Military Mini-Con Team|Air Military Micron: X-Dimensions]]
|-
|MM-13 || [[Space Mini-Con Team|Space Micron]]
|-
|MM-14 || [[Space Mini-Con Team|Space Micron: X-Dimensions]]
|-
|MM-15 || [[Sea Mini-Con Team|Sea Micron]]
|-
|MM-16 || [[Adventure Mini-Con Team|Adventure Micron]]
|-
|MM-17 || [[Aerial Extermination Mini-Con Team|Air Assault Micron]]
|-
|MM-18 || [[Sea Mini-Con Team|Sea Micron: X-Dimensions]]
|-
|MM-19 || [[Adventure Mini-Con Team|Adventure Micron: X-Dimensions]]
|-
|MM-20 || [[Emergency Mini-Con Team|Emergency Micron]]
|-
|MM-21 || [[Emergency Mini-Con Team|Emergency Micron: X-Dimensions]]
|}
{{-}}
{| border="5" style=width:50% text-align:center" align="center"
|-
|Number || Toy
|-
|MX-00 || [[Unicron/toys|Unicron]]
|-
|MX-01 || [[Sideways (RID)|Doubleface]]
|}
{{-}}
{| border="5" style=width:50% text-align:center" align="center"
|-
|Number || Toy
|-
|MS-01 || [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys|Hot Rod]] & [[Air Defense Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Air Defense Micron]]
|-
|MS-02 || [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Grap]] & [[Race Mini-Con Team|Race Micron]]
|-
|MS-03 || [[Demolishor (Armada)|Ironhide]] & [[Land Military Mini-Con Team|Land Military Micron]]
|-
|MS-04 || [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Sandstorm]] & [[Destruction Mini-Con Team|Destruction Micron]]
|-
|MS-05 || [[Blurr (Armada)|Silverbolt]] & [[Street Speed Mini-Con Team|Street Speed Micron]]
|-
|MS-06 || [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] & [[Air Military Mini-Con Team|Air Military Micron]]
|-
|MS-07 || [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Grap Super Mode]] & [[Adventure Mini-Con Team|Adventure Micron]]
|-
|MS-08 || [[Wheeljack (Armada)|Rampage]] & [[Aerial Extermination Mini-Con Team|Air Assault Micron]]
|}
{{-}}

==Superlink==
{| border="5" style=width:50% text-align:center" align="left"
|-
|Number || Toy
|-
|SC-01 || [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|Grand Convoy]]
|-
|SC-02 || [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys|Hot Shot]]
|-
|SC-03 || [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]]
|-
|SC-04 || [[Ironhide (Energon)|Roadbuster]]
|-
|SC-05 || [[Jetfire (Armada)|Skyfire]]
|-
|SC-06 || [[Strongarm (Energon)|Blastarm]]
|-
|SC-07 || [[Skyblast (Energon)|Airglide]]
|-
|SC-08 || [[Energon Saber]]
|-
|SC-09 || [[Perceptor (Armada)|Cliffjumper]]
|-
|SC-10 || [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus Convoy]]
|-
|SC-11 || [[Prowl (Energon)|Red Alert]]
|-
|SC-12 || [[Signal Flare (Energon)|Signal Flare]]
|-
|SC-13 || [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|SL Grand Convoy]]
|-
|SC-14 || [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]]
|-
|SC-15 || [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]]
|-
|SC-16 || [[Arcee (Energon)|Ariel]]
|-
|SC-17 || [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]]
|-
|SC-18 || [[Cliffjumper (Energon)|Overdrive]]
|-
|SC-19 || [[Downshift (Energon)|Wheeljack]]
|-
|SC-20 || [[Bulkhead (Energon)|Sprung]]
|-
|SC-21 || [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno V: Volt]]
|-
|SC-22 || [[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega Supreme]]
|-
|SC-23 || [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys|Hot Shot F: Fire]]
|-
|SC-24 || [[Ironhide (Energon)|Roadbuster W: Wild]]
|-
|SC-25 || [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire S: Sonic]]
|-
|SC-26 || [[Superion Maximus|Superion]]
|}

{| border="5" style=width:50% text-align:center" align="left"
|-
|Number || Toy
|-
|SD-01 || [[Starscream (Armada)|Nightscream]]
|-
|SD-02 || [[Demolishor (Armada)|Ironhide]]
|-
|SD-03 || [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Sandstorm]]
|-
|SD-04 || [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Shockwave]]
|-
|SD-05 || [[Scorponok (Energon)|MegaZarak]]
|-
|SD-06 || [[Battle Ravage|Command Jaguar]]
|-
|SD-07 || [[Megatron (Armada)/toys|Galvatron]]
|-
|SD-08 || [[Divebomb (Energon)|Shadowhawk]]
|-
|SD-09 || [[Command Ravage|Command Jaguar Desert Type]]
|-
|SD-10 || [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Snowstorm]]
|-
|SD-11 || [[Demolishor (Armada)|Irontread]]
|-
|SD-12 || [[Cruellock|Dinobot]]
|-
|SD-13 || [[Blackout (Terrorcon)|Shadowhawk Cosmos Type]]
|-
|SD-14 || [[Shockblast|Laserwave]]
|-
|SD-15 || [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Shockfleet]]
|-
|SD-16 || [[Insecticon (Energon)|Chromhorn]]
|-
|SD-17 || [[Cruellock|Dinobot Magma Type]]
|-
|SD-18 || [[Insecticon (Energon)|Chromhorn Forest Type]]
|-
|SD-19 || [[Starscream (Armada)|Nightscream R: Reverse]]
|-
|SD-20 || [[Megatron (Armada)/toys|Galvatron G: General]]
|-
|SD-21 || [[Bruticus Maximus (Energon)|Bruticus]]
|}
{{-}}
{| border="5" style=width:50% text-align:center" align="left"
|-
|Number || Toy
|-
|SS-01 || [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys|Hot Shot]] & [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]]
|-
|SS-02 || [[Ironhide (Energon)|Roadbuster]] & [[Jetfire (Armada)|Skyfire]]
|}

{| border="5" style=width:50% text-align:center" align="left"
|-
|Number || Toy
|-
|EX-01 || [[Constructicon Maximus|Buildron]]
|-
|EX-02 || [[Arcee (Energon)|Ariel Paradron Type]]
|}
{{-}}

==Beast Wars Returns==
{| border="5" style=width:50% text-align:center" align="center"
|-
|Number || Toy
|-
|BR-01 || [[Optimus Primal/toys|Convoy]]
|-
|BR-02 || [[Cheetor (BW)/toys|Cheetus]]
|-
|BR-03 || [[Rattrap|Rattle]]
|-
|BR-04 || [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackwidow]]
|-
|BR-05 || [[Megatron (BW)/toys|Megatron]]
|-
|BR-06 || [[Tankor (BM)|Vehicon Tankor]]
|-
|BR-07 || [[Jetstorm (BM)|Vehicon Jetstorm]]
|-
|BR-08 || [[Thrust (BM)|Vehicon Thrust]]
|-
|BR-09 || [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]]
|-
|BR-10 || [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]]
|-
|BR-11 || [[Noble|Noble Savage]]
|-
|BR-12 || [[Grand Mal|Megahead]] [[Megatron (BW)/toys|Megatron]]
|-
|BR-13 || [[Strika (BM)|Vehicon Strika]]
|-
|BR-14 || [[Obsidian (BM)|Vehicon Obsidian]]
|}
{{-}}

==Galaxy Force==
{| border="5" style=width:50% text-align:center" align="left"
|-
|Number || Toy
|-
|GC-01 || [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#Cybertron|Galaxy Convoy]]
|-
|GC-02 || [[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys|Exillion]]
|-
|GC-03 || [[Vector Prime]]
|-
|GC-04 || [[Jetfire (Armada)|Dreadlock]]
|-
|GC-05 || [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Jackshot]]
|-
|GC-06 || [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Backpack]]
|-
|GC-07 || [[Recon Mini-Con Team|Micron Team]]
|-
|GC-08 || [[Street Speed Mini-Con Team|Auto Microns]]
|-
|GC-09 || [[Landmine (Energon)|Guardshell]]
|-
|GC-10 || [[Override (Cybertron)|Nitro Convoy]]
|-
|GC-11 || [[Red Alert (Armada)|First Aid]]
|-
|GC-12 || [[Clocker (Cybertron)|Skids]]
|-
|GC-13 || [[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Autolander]]
|-
|GC-14 || [[Snarl (Cybertron)|Fangwolf]]
|-
|GC-15 || [[Backstop (Cybertron)|Saidos]]
|-
|GC-16 || [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Ligerjack]]
|-
|GC-17 || [[Crosswise (Cybertron)|Autovolt]]
|-
|GC-18 || [[Evac (Cybertron)|Live Convoy]]
|-
|GC-19 || [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Exigeyser]]
|-
|GC-20 || [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Backguild]]
|-
|GC-21 || [[Red Alert (Armada)|First Gunner]]
|-
|GC-22 || [[Wing Saber (Energon)#Cybertron|Sonic Bomber]]
|-
|GC-23 || [[Metroplex (Cybertron)|Megalo Convoy]]
|}

{| border="5" style=width:50% text-align:center" align="left"
|-
|Number || Toy
|-
|GD-01 || [[Megatron (Armada)/toys|Master Megatron]]
|-
|GD-02 || [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]]
|-
|GD-03 || [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]]
|-
|GD-04 || [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Landbullet]]
|-
|GD-05 || [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Gasket]]
|-
|GD-06 || [[Dirt Boss (Cybertron)|Inch-Up]]
|-
|GD-07 || [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Flame Convoy]]
|-
|GD-08 || [[Undermine (Cybertron)|Dino Shout]]
|-
|GD-09 || [[Mudflap (Cybertron)|Demolishor]]
|-
|GD-10 || [[Brimstone (Cybertron)|Terashaver]]
|-
|GD-11 || [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Chromia]]
|-
|GD-12 || [[Lugnutz|Roadstorm]]
|-
|GD-13 || [[Scrapmetal (race)|Rumble]]
|-
|GD-14 || [[Megatron (Armada)/toys|Master Galvatron]]
|}
{{-}}
{| border="5" style=width:50% text-align:center" align="center"
|-
|Number || Toy
|-
|GS-01 || [[Blurr (Cybertron)|Blurr]] versus [[Buzzsaw (Cybertron)|Buzzsaw]]
|-
|GS-02 || [[Longrack (Cybertron)|Longrack]] versus [[Runamuck (Cybertron)|Runabout]]
|}
{{-}}
{| border="5" style=width:50% text-align:center" align="center"
|-
|Number || Toy
|-
|GX-01 || [[Sideways (RID)|Noisemaze]]
|-
|GX-02 || [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]]
|}
{{-}}
{| border="5" style=width:50% text-align:center" align="center"
|-
|Number || Toy
|-
|EX-01 || [[Nemesis Breaker|Dark Ligerjack]]
|-
|EX-02 || [[Wing Saber (Energon)#Cybertron|Sonic]] [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#Cybertron|Convoy]]
|}

==Beast Wars Telemocha Series==

{| border="5" style=width:50% text-align:center" align="center"
|-
|Number || Toy
|-
|TM-01|| [[Optimus Primal/toys|Convoy]]
|-
|TM-02|| [[Megatron (BW)/toys|Megatron]]
|-
|TM-03|| [[Cheetor (BW)/toys|Cheetus]]
|-
|TM-04|| [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspeeter]]
|-
|TM-05|| [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]]
|-
|TM-06|| [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackwidow]]
|-
|TM-07|| [[Cohrada]]
|-
|TM-08|| [[Archadis]]
|-
|TM-09|| [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]]
|-
|TM-10|| [[Wolfang (Predacon)|Wolfang]]
|-
|TM-11|| [[Tigatron]]
|-
|TM-12|| [[Gimlet]]
|-
|TM-13|| [[Motorarm (BWII)|Motorarm]]
|-
|TM-SP|| [[Optimus Primal/toys|DX Convoy]]
|-
|TM-SP|| [[Megatron (BW)/toys|DX Megatron]]
|}
{{-}}

==Movie==
{| border="5" style=width:50% text-align:center" align="left"
|-
|Number || Toy
|-
|MA-01 || [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Optimus Prime]]
|-
|MA-02 || [[Ratchet (Movie)|Autobot Ratchet]]
|-
|MA-03 || [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Bumblebee]]
|-
|MA-04 || [[Jazz (Movie)|Autobot Jazz]]
|-
|MA-05 || [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Protoform Optimus Prime]]
|-
|MA-06 || [[Spy Shot 6]]
|-
|MA-07 || [[Speed Dial 800]]
|-
|MA-08 || [[Longview (Movie)|Longview]]
|-
|MA-09 || [[Ironhide (Movie)/toys|Ironhide]]
|-
|MA-10 || [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|New Bumblebee]]
|-
|MA-11 || [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]]
|-
|MA-12 || [[High Score 100]]
|-
|MA-13 || [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Twin Blaster Optimus Prime]]
|-
|MA-14 || [[Jazz (Movie)|Final Battle Jazz]]
|-
|MA-15 || [[Longarm (Movie)|Longarm]]
|-
|MA-16 || [[Ratchet (Movie)|Rescue Ratchet]]
|-
|MA-17 || [[Night Beat 7]]
|-
|MA-18 || [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Nightwatch Optimus Prime]]
|-
|MA-19 || [[Landmine (Movie)|Landmine]]
|-
|MA-20 || [[Arcee (Movie)|Black Arcee]]
|-
|MA-21 || [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Optimus Prime Battle Mode]]
|-
|MA-22 || [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Bumblebee Battle Mode]]
|}

{| border="5" style=width:50% text-align:center" align="left"
|-
|Number || Toy
|-
|MD-01 || [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]]
|-
|MD-02 || [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]
|-
|MD-03 || [[Brawl (Movie)|Decepticon Brawl]]
|-
|MD-04 || [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]]
|-
|MD-05 || [[Starscream (Movie)/toys|Protoform Starscream]]
|-
|MD-06 || [[Power Up VT6]]
|-
|MD-07 || [[Megatron (Movie)/toys|Megatron]]
|-
|MD-08 || [[Starscream (Movie)/toys|Starscream]]
|-
|MD-09 || [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]]
|-
|MD-10 || [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]]
|-
|MD-11 || [[Swindle (Movie)|Swindle]]
|-
|MD-12 || [[Booster X10]]
|-
|MD-13 || [[Zoom Out 25X]]
|-
|MD-14 || [[Megatron (Movie)/toys|Frozen Megatron]]
|-
|MD-15 || [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing]]
|-
|MD-16 || [[Meantime]]
|-
|MD-17 || [[Payload (Movie)|Payload]]
|-
|MD-18 || [[Dropkick]]
|-
|MD-19 || [[Thundercracker (Movie)|Thundercracker]]
|-
|MD-20 || [[Barricade (Movie)|Recon Barricade]]
|-
|MD-21 || [[Wire Tap V20]]
|-
|MD-22 || [[Incinerator (Movie)|Incinerator]]
|-
|MD-23 || [[Stockade (Movie)|Stockade]]
|}
{{-}}
{| border="5" style=width:50% text-align:center" align="center"
|-
|Number || Toy
|-
|SB-01 || First Encounter
|-
|SB-02 || Final Stand
|-
|SB-03 || Desert Attack
|-
|SB-04 || Capture of Bumblebee
|}
{{--}}

==Henkei! Henkei!==
{| border="5" style=width:50% text-align:center" align="left"
|-
|Number || Toy
|-
|C-01 || [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Convoy]]
|-
|C-02 || [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Bumble]]
|-
|C-03 || [[Grimlock (G1)/toys|Grimlock]]
|-
|C-04 || [[Mirage (G1)|Ligier]]
|-
|C-05 || [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|Hot Rodimus]]
|-
|C-06 || [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]]
|-
|C-07 || [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]
|-
|C-08 || [[Prowl (G1)/toys|Prowl]]
|-
|C-09 || [[Sideswipe (G1)|Lambor]]
|-
|C-10 || [[Bluestreak (G1)|Streak]]
|-
|C-11 || [[Ironhide (G1)/toys|Ironhide]]
|-
|C-12 || [[Cheetor (BW)/toys|Cybertron Cheetus]]
|-
|C-13 || [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]
|-
|C-14 || [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]
|-
|C-15 || [[Inferno (G1)|Cybertron Inferno]]
|-
|C-16 || [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]]
|-
|C-17 || [[Hot Rod (Henkei!)|Cybertron Hot Rod]]
|-
|C-18 || Minibot Attack Team ([[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]], [[Brawn (G1)|Gong]], and [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliff]])
|-
|C-19 || Minibot Spy Team ([[Cosmos (G1)|Adams]], [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]], and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]])
|-
|C-20 || [[Red Alert (G1)|Alert]]
|-
|C-21 || [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]]
|}

{| border="5" style=width:50% text-align:center" align="left"
|-
|Number || Toy
|-
|D-01 || [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron]]
|-
|D-02 || [[Starscream (G1)/toys|Starscream]]
|-
|D-03 || [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]
|-
|D-04 || [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]
|-
|D-05 || [[Octane|Destron Octone]]
|-
|D-06 || [[Galvatron (G1)/toys|Galvatron]]
|-
|D-07 || [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]
|}
{{--}}

==Revenge of the Fallen==
{| border="5" style=width:50% text-align:center" align="left"
|-
|Number || Toy
|-
|RA-01 || [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Optimus Prime]]
|-
|RA-02 || [[Ironhide (Movie)/toys|Ironhide]]
|-
|RA-03 || [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Bumblebee]]
|-
|RA-04 || [[Sideswipe (ROTF)|Sideswipe]]
|-
|RA-05 || [[Breakaway (ROTF)|Autobot Breakaway]]
|-
|RA-06 || [[Rollbar (ROTF)|Rollbar]]
|-
|RA-07 || [[Knock Out (ROTF)|Autobot Knock Out]]
|-
|RA-08 || [[Ratchet (Movie)|Desert Tracker Ratchet]]
|-
|RA-09 || [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Autobot Wheelie]]
|-
|RA-10 || [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]]
|-
|RA-11 || [[Chromia (ROTF)|Chromia]]
|-
|RA-12 || [[Depthcharge]]
|-
|RA-13 || [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]]
|-
|RA-14 || [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Cannon Bumblebee]]
|-
|RA-15 || [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]]
|-
|RA-16 || [[Dune Runner (ROTF)|Dune Runner]]
|-
|RA-17 || [[Stratosphere]]
|-
|RA-18 || [[Blazemaster|Autobot Blazemaster]]
|-
|RA-19 || [[Jolt (ROTF)|Jolt]]
|-
|RA-20 || [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] & [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]]
|-
|RA-21 || [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Bumblebee]] & [[Sam Witwicky]]
|-
|RA-22 || [[Sideswipe (ROTF)|Sideswipe]] & [[Robert Epps|Colonel Epps]]
|-
|RA-23 || [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]]
|-
|RA-24 || [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Buster Optimus Prime]]
|-
|RA-25 || [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] & [[Mikaela Banes]]
|-
|RA-26 || [[Ironhide (Movie)/toys|N.E.S.T. Recon Ironhide]]
|-
|RA-27 || [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|N.E.S.T. Alliance Bumblebee]]
|-
|RA-28 || [[Ratchet (Movie)|N.E.S.T. Ratchet]]
|-
|RA-29 || [[Brawn (ROTF)|N.E.S.T. Brawn]]
|-
|RA-30 || [[Scattorshot (ROTF)|N.E.S.T. Scattorshot]]
|-
|RA-31 || [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] & [[Seymour Simmons|Agent Simmons]]
|-
|RA-32 || [[Jazz (Movie)|Autobot Jazz]] & [[William Lennox|Captain Lennox]]
|}

{| border="5" style=width:50% text-align:center" align="left"
|-
|Number || Toy
|-
|RD-01 || [[Megatron (Movie)/toys|Megatron]]
|-
|RD-02 || [[Starscream (Movie)/toys|Starscream]]
|-
|RD-03 || [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]]
|-
|RD-04 || [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]]
|-
|RD-05 || [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]]
|-
|RD-06 || [[Rampage (ROTF)|Decepticon Rampage]]
|-
|RD-07 || [[Dead End (ROTF)|Dead End]]
|-
|RD-08 || [[Dirt Boss (ROTF)|Dirt Boss]]
|-
|RD-09 || [[Ransack (ROTF)|Ransack]]
|-
|RD-10 || [[The Fallen|Fallen]]
|-
|RD-11 || [[Megatron (Movie)/toys|Megatron]]
|-
|RD-12 || [[Mixmaster (ROTF)|Mixmaster]]
|-
|RD-13 || [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]]
|-
|RD-14 || [[Scalpel (ROTF)|Scalpel]]
|-
|RD-15 || [[Ejector]]
|-
|RD-16 || [[Devastator (ROTF)|Constructicon Devastator]]
|-
|RD-17 || [[Long Haul (ROTF)|Long Haul]]
|-
|RD-18 || [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]]
|-
|RD-19 || [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor Shanghai Attack]]
|-
|RD-20 || [[Bludgeon (ROTF)|N.E.S.T. Bludgeon]]
|-
|RD-21 || [[Rampage (ROTF)|Decepticon Rampage Desert Combat]]
|-
|RD-22 || [[Dirge (ROTF)|N.E.S.T. Dirge]]
|-
|RD-23 || [[Brakedown (ROTF)|Scout Brakedown]]
|-
|RD-24 || [[Barricade (Movie)|Decepticon Barricade]] & [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]]
|-
|RD-25 || [[Mindwipe (ROTF)|N.E.S.T. Mindwipe]]
|-
|RD-26 || [[Lockdown (ROTF)|N.E.S.T. Decepticon Lockdown]]
|-
|RD-27 || [[Skystalker (ROTF)|N.E.S.T. Skystalker]]
|}
{{--}}

==Animated==
{| border="5" style=width:50% text-align:center" align="center"
|-
|Number || Toy
|-
|TA-01|| [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys|Optimus Prime]]
|-
|TA-02|| [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]
|-
|TA-03|| [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Ironhide]]
|-
|TA-04|| [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]]
|-
|TA-05|| [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]]
|-
|TA-06|| [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]
|-
|TA-07|| [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]]
|-
|TA-08|| [[Lockdown (Animated)|Decepticon Lockdown]]
|-
|TA-09|| [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]]
|-
|TA-10|| [[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper]]
|-
|TA-11|| [[Dirge (Animated)|Dirge]]
|-
|TA-12|| [[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]]
|-
|TA-13|| [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]]
|-
|TA-14|| [[Shockwave (Animated)|Decepticon Shockwave]]
|-
|TA-15|| [[Lugnut (Animated)|Decepticon Lugnut]]
|-
|TA-16|| [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]]
|-
|TA-17|| [[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]]
|-
|TA-18|| [[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]]
|-
|TA-19|| [[Swoop (Animated)|Autobot Swoop]]
|-
|TA-20|| [[Blackout (Animated)|Blackout]]
|-
|TA-21|| [[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]]
|-
|TA-22|| [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]]
|-
|TA-23|| [[Skywarp (Animated)|Skywarp]]
|-
|TA-24|| [[Thundercracker (Animated)|Thundercracker]]
|-
|TA-25|| [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundblaster]]
|-
|TA-26|| [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]
|-
|TA-27|| [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]]
|-
|TA-28|| [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Autobot Sentinel]]
|-
|TA-29|| [[Jazz (Animated)|Autobot Jazz]]
|-
|TA-30|| [[Blurr (Animated)|Autobot Blurr]]
|-
|TA-31|| [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Elite Guard Bumblebee]]
|-
|TA-32|| [[Wreck-Gar (Animated)|Wreck-Gar]]
|-
|TA-33|| [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus]]
|-
|TA-34|| [[Prowl (Animated)|Samurai Prowl]]
|-
|TA-35|| [[Sunstorm (Animated)|Decepticon Sunstorm]]
|-
|TA-36|| [[Swindle (Animated)|Swindle]]
|-
|TA-37|| [[Wasp|Waspinator]]
|-
|TA-38|| [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys|Wingblade Optimus Prime]]
|-
|TA-39|| [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Jet Pack Bumblebee]]
|-
|TA-40|| [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet Cybertron Mode]]
|-
|TA-41|| [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys|Optimus Prime Light & Sound]]
|-
|TA-42|| [[Oil Slick (Animated)|Oil Slick]]
|-
|TA-43|| [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Ironhide Light & Sound]]
|-
|TA-44|| [[Ironhide (Animated)|Armorhide]]
|-
|TA-45|| [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave Original Ver.]]
|-
|TA-46|| [[Lockdown (Animated)|Blazing Lockdown]]
|-
|TA-47|| [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave Electric Static]]
|}

{| border="5" style=width:50% text-align:center" align="center"
|-
|VS-A|| The Summit Battle: Optimus Prime VS Megatron
|-
|VS-B|| Blazing Bullets: Bumblebee VS Starscream
|-
|VS-C|| Sworn Enemies: Ratchet VS Lockdown
|-
|VS-D|| Rockin'On Battle: Ironhide VS Soundwave
|-
|VS-E|| Battle in the Dark: Prowl VS Blitzwing
|-
|G|| [[Safeguard (Animated)|Safeguard]]
|-
|VS-F|| Optimus Prime VS Megatron Cybertron Mode
|}

{{--}}

==Autobot Alliance==
{| border="5" style=width:50% text-align:center" align="center"
|-
|Number || Toy
|-
|AA-01|| [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Battle Blade Optimus Prime]]
|-
|AA-02|| [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Battle Blade Bumblebee]]
|-
|AA-03|| [[Ironhide (Movie)/toys|Ironhide]]
|-
|AA-04|| [[Insecticon (Movie)|Insecticon]]
|-
|AA-05|| [[Sea Spray]]
|-
|AA-06|| [[Sideswipe (ROTF)|Sidearm Sideswipe]]
|-
|AA-07|| [[Breacher]]
|-
|AA-08|| [[Elita-1 (ROTF)|Elita-1]]
|-
|AA-09|| [[Hubcap (TF 2010)|Hubcap]]
|-
|AA-10|| [[Brimstone (TF 2010)|Brimstone]]
|-
|AA-11|| [[Highbrow (TF 2010)|Highbrow]]
|-
|AA-12|| [[Tomahawk (TF 2010)|Tomahawk]]
|-
|AA-13|| [[Hailstorm (TF 2010)|Hailstorm]]
|-
|AA-14|| [[Terradive (TF 2010)|Terradive]]
|}

==United==
{| border="5" style=width:50% text-align:center" align="center"
|-
|Number || Toy
|-
|UN-01|| [[Optimus Prime (Prime)|Optimus Prime Cybertron Mode]]
|-
|UN-02|| [[Bumblebee (Prime)|Bumblebee Cybertron Mode]]
|-
|UN-03|| [[Cliffjumper (Prime)|Cliffjumper Cybertron Mode]]
|-
|UN-04|| [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron Cybertron Mode]]
|-
|UN-05|| [[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave Cybertron Mode]]
|-
|UN-06|| [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]]
|-
|UN-07|| [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Bumblebee]]
|-
|UN-08|| [[Drift (G1)|Autobot Drift]]
|-
|UN-09|| [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron]]
|-
|UN-10|| [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]]
|-
|UN-11|| [[Grapple|Autobot Grapple]]
|-
|UN-12|| [[Jazz (G1)/toys|Autobot Jazz]]
|-
|UN-13|| [[Tracks (G1)|Autobot Tracks]]
|-
|UN-14|| [[Lugnut (TF 2010)|Decepticon Lugnut]]
|-
|UN-15|| [[Perceptor (G1)|Autobot Perceptor]]
|-
|UN-16|| [[Blurr (G1)|Autobot Blurr]]
|-
|UN-17|| [[Kup (G1)|Autobot Kup]]
|-
|UN-18|| [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]]
|-
|UN-19|| [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys|Wheeljack]]
|-
|UN-20|| [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] & [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]]
|-
|UN-21|| [[Scourge (G1)|Decepticon Scourge]]
|-
|UN-22|| [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Laser Optimus Prime]]
|}

==Dark Side Moon==
{| border="5" style=width:50% text-align:center" align="left"
|-
|Number || Toy
|-
|DA-01|| [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Power Armed Bumblebee]]
|-
|DA-02|| [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]]
|-
|DA-03|| [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Optimus Prime Mechtech Trailer]]
|-
|DA-04|| [[Ironhide (Movie)/toys|Ironhide]]
|-
|DA-05|| [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Bumblebee with Mechtech Holder]]
|-
|DA-06|| [[Ratchet (Movie)/toys|Ratchet]]
|-
|DA-07|| [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]]
|-
|DA-08|| [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]]
|-
|DA-09|| [[Roadbuster (DOTM)|Roadbuster]]
|-
|DA-10|| [[Topspin (DOTM)|Autobot Topspin]]
|-
|DA-11|| [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]]
|-
|DA-12|| [[Air Raid (Movie)|Air Raid]]
|-
|DA-13|| [[Skyhammer (DOTM)|Skyhammer]]
|-
|DA-14|| [[Jolt (ROTF)|Jolt]]
|-
|DA-15|| [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Jetwing Optimus Prime]]
|-
|DA-16|| [[Ironhide (Movie)/toys|Ultimate Ironhide]]
|-
|DA-17|| [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Space Optimus Prime]]
|-
|DA-18|| [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Nitro Bumblebee]]
|-
|DA-19|| [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]]
|-
|DA-20|| [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Cannon Sentinel Prime]]
|-
|DA-21|| [[Backfire (TF 2010)|Backfire]] & [[Spike Witwicky (DOTM)|Spike Witwicky]]
|-
|DA-22|| [[Thunderhead|Autobot Thunderhead]] & [[Major Tungsten]]
|-
|DA-23|| [[Sandstorm (DOTM)|Sandstorm]] & [[Private Dedcliff]]
|-
|DA-24|| [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Fireburst Optimus Prime]]
|-
|DA-25|| [[Tailpipe]], [[Pinpointer (DOTM)|Autobot Pinpointer]] & [[Sergeant Noble]]
|-
|DA-26|| [[Whirl (ROTF)|Whirl]] & [[Major Sparkplug]]
|-
|DA-27|| [[Reverb (DOTM)|Reverb]] & [[Sergeant Detour]]
|}

{| border="5" style=width:50% text-align:center" align="left"
|-
|Number || Toy
|-
|DD-01 || [[Megatron (Movie)/toys|Megatron]]
|-
|DD-02 || [[Starscream (Movie)/toys|Starscream]]
|-
|DD-03 || [[Barricade (Movie)|Decepticon Barricade]]
|-
|DD-04 || [[Crankcase (DOTM)|Crankcase]]
|-
|DD-05 || [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]]
|-
|DD-06 || [[Vortex (ROTF)|Decepticon Vortex]]
|-
|DD-07 || [[Laserbeak (DOTM)|Laserbeak]]
|-
|DD-08 || [[Thundercracker (Movie)|Thundercracker]]
|-
|DD-09 ||
|-
|DD-10 || [[Skywarp (ROTF)|Skywarp]]
|-
|DD-11 || [[Icepick (PCC)|Icepick]] & [[Sergeant Chaos]]
|-
|DD-12 || [[Drag Strip (DOTM)|Drag Strip]] & [[Master Disaster (DOTM)|Master Disaster]]
|}
{{-}}
{| border="5" style=width:50% text-align:center" align="center"
|-
|Number || Toy
|-
|CV-01|| [[Ark (DOTM)|Spaceship Ark]]
|-
|CV-02|| [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Bumblebee]] & [[Mobile Battle Bunker]]
|-
|CV-03|| [[Starscream (Movie)/toys|Starscream]] & [[Orbital Assault Carrier]]
|-
|CV-04|| [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Optimus Prime]]
|-
|CV-05|| [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]]
|-
|CV-06|| [[Ironhide (Movie)/toys|Ironhide]]
|-
|CV-07|| [[Megatron (Movie)/toys|Megatron]]
|-
|CV-08|| [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Bumblebee]]
|-
|CV-09|| [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]]
|-
|CV-10|| [[Topspin (DOTM)|Autobot Topspin]]
|-
|CV-11|| [[Crankcase (DOTM)|Crankcase]]
|-
|CV-12|| [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Optimus Prime]] & [[Armored Weapons Platform]]
|-
|CV-13|| [[Megatron (Movie)/toys|Megatron]] & [[Blastwave Weapons Base]]
|-
|CV-14|| [[Powerglide (DOTM)|Powerglide]]
|-
|CV-15|| [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]]
|-
|CV-16|| [[Ratchet (Movie)/toys|Ratchet]]
|-
|CV-17|| [[Leadfoot (DOTM)|Leadfoot]]
|-
|CV-18|| [[Ratchet (Movie)/toys|Ratchet]] & [[Lunar Crawler]]
|-
|CV-19|| [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] & [[Fusion Tank]]
|-
|CV-20|| [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Battle Steel Optimus Prime]]
|-
|CV-21|| [[Hatchet|Decepticon Hatchet]]
|-
|CV-22|| [[Roadbuster (DOTM)|Roadbuster]]
|-
|CV-23|| [[Flak (DOTM)|Flak]]
|-
|CV-24|| [[Guzzle (DOTM)|Autobot Guzzle]]
|}

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{{episode
|series=Cybertron
|ep=51
|series2=Galaxy Force
|ep2=52
|image=Cyb ep51 til all are one.jpg
|caption=Isn't it more like a kind of beginning in a way? Like a new beginning? For everyone? Hmm... I wonder.
|title="Beginning"
|japanese=新たなる旅立ち
|romaji=Arata naru Tabidachi
|translation=A New Journey
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Aichi]], [[We've]], [[Tōkyū Agency]]
|writer=[[Manabu Ishikawa]]
|director=[[Mitsuru Yamazaki]]
|animation studio=[[GONZO]]
|airdate=[[December 31]], [[2005]] (Japanese) [[September 29]], [[2006]] (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy cartoon timeline|Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''With the threats of Galvatron and the black hole at last extinguished, the Autobots must look to the future.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Cyb_ep51_peace_conference.jpg|left|thumb|220px]]

On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s moon, [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] finally brings [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]]'s evil to an end, destroying his eternal foe with the added power of [[Vector Prime]]'s sword.

Weeks later, as life returns to normal on Cybertron and the other colony worlds, Optimus Prime calls an "intergalactic peace conference" to decide what should be done with the [[Cyber Planet Key]]s. With [[Bud Hansen|Bud]] and [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] filming the whole shebang for posterity, [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]], [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]], [[Metroplex (Cybertron)|Metroplex]], [[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]] and [[Colonel Franklin]] arrive from their respect planets to attend the talks, but none of them is expecting the suggestion Optimus Prime then makes. Rather than hide the Keys and the [[Omega Lock]] away, Optimus proposes that they follow in the footsteps of their ancestors, and begin a new [[space bridge]] project! Everyone enthusiastically supports his proposal...except for [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]], who is unsure about accepting command of Cybertron in Prime's absence. All the other Autobots stand up for Jetfire and agree to support him in his new role, and he takes it on with gusto, even giving Bud an interview.

[[Image:Thundercracker-Autobot.jpg|right|thumb|220px|Everything's comin' up Thundercracker!]]

Also on the interview roster are [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] and Scourge, who relate the royal rumble that was held on [[Jungle Planet (Cybertron)|Jungle Planet]] to decide its new leader. Scourge wound up winning the boxing match, and so stays on as leader, appointing Leobreaker the Jungle Planet representative for the colonization mission. A leader also has to be found for [[Velocitron]], and so the [[Speedia 500]] is held to make the decision. [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] wins the race, but had no idea of the prize, while the prize [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] was racing for—[[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]]'s heart—seems forever destined to elude him.

[[Image:Cyb_ep51_aaawwww.jpg|left|thumb|220px]]

Down on [[Earth]], the civilian Autobots and [[Ancient Decepticon]]s are pitching in with the relief effort, and even [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] seems to enjoy being an Autobot. [[Crosswise (Cybertron)|Crosswise]] and [[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]] wonder what their next step in life should be, and Evac is convinced by [[Lugnutz]] to join the colonization program. Also on Earth, in the Autobot base, Bud is editing his film together, while [[Safeguard (Cybertron)|Safeguard]] looks at [[Vector Prime]]'s old launch pad from outside, and wistfully remembers the image of his old partner flying out of the base. Nearby, [[Coby Hansen|Coby]] and [[Lori]] are also contemplating the stars, as Coby tells her of his dream to build a spaceship and join the Transformers in space in the future. Lori hopes that she'll be able to come with him, and although she tries to backpedal on her reason for saying so, both these young people know what is truly in their hearts.

Also on Earth, Coby and Bud's brother [[Tim Hansen|Tim]] is getting a lift from [[Chief Dobson]], who sees a future filled with chores for Tim now that his brothers can boast that they saved the universe. As they drive on their way, they pass the [[Signal Lancer|traffic light Autobot]] and his payphone pal, and once they have moved off out of view, the traffic light can stand it no longer, transforms to robot mode, and runs off to join the colonization mission!

[[Image:Cyb_ep51_nothing_emotional_here.jpg|right|thumb|220px]]

The next day, all the Transformers gather on Cybertron to board the four ancient starships. Many goodbyes are said, and many new friendships are forged: the [[Gigantion]]s are thrilled at the prospect of building a bridge across the universe... Scourge tries to hide his sadness at Leobreaker's departure... the kids give Override a farewell gift... [[Dirt Boss (Cybertron)|Dirt Boss]] and [[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown]] arrive to join the mission too, Brakedown determined not to be outdone by all these youngsters... Evac strikes up a conversation with [[Backstop (Cybertron)|Backstop]]... the [[Recon Mini-Con Team]] bid a tearful farewell to Safeguard and the Gigantion Mini-Cons... [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] thanks the kids for all they have done for him... the [[Cybertron Defense Team]] vows to always be bound together, even if they are apart... [[Lucy Suzuki]] says goodbye to [[Colonel Franklin]] before joining the small human team that is also going on the mission, and the Colonel is left dumbfounded by her cheerful belief that he wants to marry her... and finally, Optimus Prime formally hands over command to Jetfire. When Prime calls him "commander," Jetfire corrects him: now and forever, there is only one ''true'' commander, and that's Optimus Prime.

[[Image:Cyb_ep51_ships_depart.jpg|left|thumb|220px]]

Just before launch, a transmission comes through from [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]] (who had previously departed Cybertron when the peace conference began to seek adventure elsewhere), informing the Autobots that he has discovered a lead on Starscream's location. Landmine overhears and request to be relieved of his duties on the space bridge mission so that he may join Wing Saber in this quest, and Optimus agrees to allow him and [[Mudflap (Cybertron)|Mudflap]] to do so. With this final order given, Optimus says his goodbyes to the children, and is given Vector Prime's [[Planet Map]] by Bud with the request to return it to the aged Autobot if they should meet him somewhere in the universe. With tears flowing freely throughout the crowd of assembled humans and Transformers, Optimus Prime gives the command to launch, and the great starships take to the skies.

[[Image:Cyb_ep51_vector_in_space.jpg|right|thumb|220px]]
Flying by as the ships take off, Thundercracker wishes Optimus Prime farewell, but then, his attention is caught by a small, rattletrap rocket carying Thunderblast, Ransack and [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] away. He flies over to see what's going on, and they tell him they're tired of playing nice, and have decided to become the "[[New Decepticon Army]]". They grab Thundercracker, haul him into the rocket, and strip him of the Autobot symbol he has pasted onto his chest, as he wails and cries about wanting to be on the winning side.

As the starships leave Earth's atmosphere, the Planet Map glows in Optimus Prime's hand, and the image of Vector Prime appears before him, written across the stars, a smile on his face. Optimus nods once, solemnly, and calls for the engines to be set to full throttle. And so, the Transformers set course for the far reaches of the universe... for new worlds... and new adventures.

[['Til all are one]]!
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===Further adventures===
[[Image:Cyb ep51 new decepticons crash.jpg|right|thumb|"In retrospect, Honest Pete's Used Cars was not a reputable ship dealer."]]
[[Image:InitialT.jpg|right|thumb]]
[[Image:CobyLoriWedding.jpg|right|thumb]]
Played across the closing credits are a series of still images showing what the Transformers and humans got up to in the following years. These images show:

*Optimus Prime giving out orders to Scattorshot and Red Alert on the space bridge mission
*Crosswise passing by [[Mr. Stanton]]'s garage on Earth
*Scourge lifting a giant boulder
*Evac flying to the rescue of some Ancient Decepticons who have fallen through a sheet of ice
*The "New Decepticon Army"'s rocket, crashed on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]]
*Metroplex supervising a construction project being worked on by Signal Lancer, Undermine and Brimstone
*Wing Saber, Mudflap and Landmine confronting Starscream as he rises out of some lava
*Jetfire in charge on Cybertron
*Hot Shot and Clocker racing on Velocitron
*The spirits of Galvatron and Vector Prime battling in the next world
*Leobreaker and Menasor confronting the mysterious [[Initial T]]
*Override, Quickmix and Brakedown on an alien planet
*Sideways, Soundwave and Laserbeak, somewhere out there in the multiverse, having found another version of [[Planet X (Cybertron)|Planet X]]
*Coby as an astronaut...
*...sharing his ship with Lori...
*...as they watch Bud win an Oscar.
*Optimus Prime and the Recon Mini-Con Team attending Coby and Lori's wedding. Also in attendance are the kids' parents (Robert Hansen grew a rockin' beard), Tim and his girlfriend (now wife) and their daughter, and the married Lucy Suzuki and Colonel Franklin, with their new baby.
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==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
* [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (4)
* [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (5)
* [[Metroplex (Cybertron)|Metroplex]] (6)
* [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (7)
* [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]] (8)
* [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (9)
* [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] (10)
* [[Evac (Cybertron)|Evac]] (11)
* [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]] (12)
* [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] (13)
* [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] (19)
* [[Six-Speed]] (21)
* [[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] (22)
* [[Snarl (Cybertron)|Snarl]] (23)
* [[Backstop (Cybertron)|Backstop]] (28)
* [[Clocker (Cybertron)|Clocker]] (32)
* [[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown]] (33)
* [[Crosswise (Cybertron)|Crosswise]] (34)
* [[Mudflap (Cybertron)|Mudflap]] (35)
* [[Safeguard (Cybertron)|Safeguard]] (39)
* [[Vector Prime]] (40)
* [[Signal Lancer]] (41)
* [[Pay phone refugee]] (42)
* [[Quickmix (Cybertron)|Quickmix]] (45)
* [[Menasor (Cybertron)|Menasor]] (46)
* [[Drill Bit (Cybertron)|Drill Bit]] (51)
* [[Stripmine]] (52)
* [[Heavy Load (Cybertron)|Heavy Load]] (53)
* [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] (36)

|c2=
* [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] (2)
* [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] (15)
* [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]] (25)
* [[Brimstone (Cybertron)|Brimstone]] (26)
* [[Undermine]] (27)
* [[Dirt Boss (Cybertron)|Dirt Boss]] (29)
* [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]] (30)
* [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]] (31)
* [[Lugnutz]] (37)
* [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] (63)

|c3=
* [[Coby Hansen]] (3)
* [[Colonel Franklin]] (16)
* [[President of the United States#Cybertron cartoon|The US President]] (17)
* [[Bud Hansen]] (18)
* [[Lori]] (20)
* [[Tim Hansen]] (43)
* [[Chief Dobson]] (44)
* [[Robert Hansen]] (47)
* Mrs. Hansen (48)
* [[Ernesto]] (49)
* Lori's mother (50)
* Investigation team members (54-56)
* [[Lucy Suzuki|Dr. Lucy Suzuki]] (57)
* [[Carlos Lopez]] (58)
* [[Rad White]] (59)
* [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]] (60)
* [[Kicker Jones]] (61)
* [[Mr. Stanton]] (62)
* Tim's wife (68)
* Tim's daughter (69)
* Franklin and Lucy's baby (70)

|c4=
* Cybertronian audience (14)
* Jungle Planet natives (24)
* [[Ancient Decepticon]] ex-prisoners (38)
* Velocitron natives (64)
* [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]] (65)
* [[Laserbeak (Cybertron)|Laserbeak]] (66)
* [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] (67)
}}

==Quotes==
"I think I've only got seven lives left.."
:—'''Leobreaker''' after losing a wrestling match with '''Scourge'''.

'''Crumplezone''': "Man, it's always pretty boys like [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] that win." 
'''Ransack''': "Yeah, and I was trying to impress the ladies!" 
'''Thunderblast''': "There's nothing you can ever do to impress me." 
'''Ransack''': "CZ! Why didn't ya tell me she was behind me?" 
'''Crumplezone''': "Aw, give it up Ransack. She's not interested in little guys like you." 
'''Ransack''': "Some friend you are, wide load!!" 
'''Crumplezone''': "''Wide load?!?!?''"
[''punch fight'']

"I ''hate'' emotional goodbyes." 
"What could be emotional about saying goodbye to you?"
:—'''Leobreaker''' and '''Scourge''', who is about to burst into tears.

"Fire up the engines to full throttle! We have a course set to the far reaches of the universe, and it's time to go! Courage, hope for the future, and teamwork—our adventure will continue as long as we remember the words of Primus: 'Til all are one!" 
"TRANSFORM!!!"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' and '''everyone''' go forth.

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Galaxy Force''===

For whatever reason, the final episode of the series has the most changes out of any of 'em!

*All of the dialogue delivered by a narrator in ''Galaxy Force'' is, as usual, given to a character in ''Cybertron''. For this episode, that character is exclusively Optimus Prime, leading to a few odd moments where he refers to himself in the third person.
*The opening scene of this episode is a replay of the finale scene of the previous one, as Optimus Prime finishes off Galvatron. There is one piece of new footage mixed in with the old: after Prime bids his foe farewell, this episode sees Galvatron open his mouth and reply. However, while he can be heard to groan Prime's name in ''Galaxy Force'', in ''Cybertron'', no sound escapes his lips.
*As in the previous two episodes, the landscape of Cybertron differs between each version of this episode, with ''Galaxy Force'' featuring background paintings of organic trees and fields of grass, and ''Cybertron'' replacing the trees with CGI-animated [[technorganic]] equivalents and the grass with circuits boards. Check out the previous two episode articles for some visual examples.
*Optimus Prime does not immediately appoint Jetfire leader in his place in ''Galaxy Force''; Jetfire's reaction is not shock at being appointed, but discontent at Prime deciding to leave on the mission. When Prime and Jetfire talk later, Jetfire starts out by opposing the notion as Cybertron will be left without a leader, at which point Prime gives him the task.
*In ''Galaxy Force'' Ransack is not racing merely to impress Thunderblast, but because she has promised to marry him if he wins. Ransack and Crumplezone start fighting after they lose because Ransack gets angry at Crumplezone for telling him Thunderblast isn't interested in him in ''Cybertron'', but in ''Galaxy Force'', it's because Crumplezone wasn't aware of the marriage proviso.
*In ''Cybertron'', Bud freaks out and runs out of the Autobot base to get more tape for his film; in ''Galaxy Force'', Jolt has reminded him that it's dinner time and he needs to get home.
*In ''Galaxy Force'', Tim has been picked up by the nameless driver after another automotive breakdown, who says he was happy to do it because of his brothers' role in saving the Earth, causing Tim to express amazement that he knows them. In ''Cybertron'', the driver is turned into "[[Chief Dobson]]", who jokes that Tim will be doing all the chores for his universe-saving brothers for a long time.
[[Image:CybertronArmadaKids.jpg|right|thumb|Ghost Minicon!]][[Image:CybertronKicker.jpg|right|thumb|Good riddance to bad mullets.]]
*In ''Cybertron'', Brimstone is looking down dismissively on all the other Transformers who want to fly, until Undermine tells him to leave them alone. In ''Galaxy Force'', he can't remember which ship he's supposed to be on, until Undermine calls him over to the right one.
* Scourge's attempt at feigning disinterest in Leobreaker's departure is more convincing in ''Galaxy Force'', where he is not about to burst into tears as he in ''Cybertron''.
* The marriage proposal between Colonel Franklin and Lucy Suzuki is flip-flopped across the two version. In ''Cybertron'', Lucy proposes on behalf of Colonel Franklin, believing that it's what he wants to say, and the colonel is left incredulous. In ''Galaxy Force'', on the other hand, Franklin says that he will wait for her to return, and Lucy teases him by saying that he should come chasing after her. He doesn't, but he promises quite excitedly to wait!
* As all four ships take off, the music accompanying their departure in ''Galaxy Force'' is the show's first opening song "[[Call You... Kimi to Boku no Mirai|CALL YOU... Kimi to Boku no Mirai]]", which has not been heard since "[[Revelation (episode)|Countdown to the Destruction of the Galaxy]]". Naturally, ''Cybertron'' replace this with its own theme music.
*In what is easily the biggest, most famous change made to the entire series, the montage of the starships departing has two scenes of new animation added into the ''Cybertron'' version of the episode (pictured at right) to further tie the series in with the two preceding parts of the [[Unicron Trilogy]]. One depicts thirtysomething versions of [[Rad White]], [[Carlos Lopez]] and [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]], the Autobots' human allies from the ''[[Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]'' cartoon, with the image of their old partners the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Street Action Mini-Con Team]] behind them, while the second features a late-twenties [[Kicker Jones]], their ally from ''[[Energon (cartoon)|Energon]]''. Kicker has an image of Hot Shot in his ''Energon'' body behind him, but let's be honest—that was probably supposed to have been [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]].
*''Cybertron'' cuts out one of the "further adventures" images seen in the credits, which is a nice, clear close-up of Bud winning his Oscar. The scene is still in the show, but only as a less-visible image on a television screen that Coby and Lori are watching.
* After the ending credits in ''Galaxy Force'' in the TV broadcast, Optimus addresses the audience and says "Thank you for everything!"
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===Animation or Technical errors===
*Optimus is [[scale|rather oversized]] in the wedding still. This does not make it look any less cool.

===Transformers references===
[[Image:Beginning-SoundwaveSideways.jpg|right|thumb]]

*In the brief glimpse we get of the President appointing Franklin as Earth's ambassador to Cybertron, there is [[:Image:Alexis cybertron.jpg|one other young woman]] visible on stage, standing to the far left. By all appearances, this is Alexis, drawn to the specifications of ''Energon'' character model, in her purple jacket and skirt, with name-tag and un-fashion-conscious white sneakers. And the thing is, this ''was'' in the ''Galaxy Force'' version too!
*In Soundwave and Sideways's scene during the credits, Soundwave is carrying the music player based on [[Soundwave (G1)|his Generation 1 counterpart]] that Sideways was seen using back in "[[Memory]]".
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===Real-life references===
[[Image:Cyb_ep51_ashita_no_leobreaker.jpg|right|thumb]]
*When Scourge uppercuts Leobreaker, the camera angle shifts to show a mouthguard flying up into the sunlight (see right). While surely downright baffling if you don't know what you're looking at (why would a robot wear a [[Mouthplate|mouthguard]]?), this image is an iconic shot associated with the boxing manga ''[[Wikipedia:Tomorrow's Joe|Tomorrow's Joe]]''.
*Backstop describes Scourge as "the once and future king" of Jungle Planet, referencing the book of [[wikipedia:The Once and Future King|the same name]] by T.H. White.
*In ''Galaxy Force'', Bud contemplates changing his name to "Steve" when he becomes a director, probably a reference to a certain [[Steven Spielberg|Mr. Spielberg]].
*As Jolt gives Safeguard his farewell embrace, he says: "I'll miss you most of all, Tin Man!", a paraphrased line from the movie version of ''[[Wikipedia:The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]''. In the movie itself, it was the Scarecrow that would be missed most of all, but, see, they're robots, so... Tin Man.
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===Trivia===
*Chronologically speaking, this is the final episode of the ''Cybertron'' storyline, and was indeed the final episode of ''Galaxy Force'' broadcast. However, since the ''Cybertron'' broadcast of the series had smooshed the first two episodes together to create "[[Fallen (episode)|Fallen]]", the episode count was down by one, and the second episode, "[[Inferno (episode)|Inferno]]" was dubbed in its entirety to make up the numbers, becoming a "lost episode" that was broadcast (and released on DVD) as the 52nd and final episode of the ''Cybertron'' series.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2006 — ''Transformers: Galaxy Force'' — Vol. 13 ([[Victor Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — The Ultimate Collection ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]])

[[Category:Cybertron episodes]]

Thundercracker (Armada)

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{{disambig3|Thundercracker}}
:''Thundercracker is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Armada (franchise)|Armada]] and [[Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]] portions of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] continuity family.''

[[Image:ArmadaThundercracker.jpg|right|273px|thumb|Say, haven't I seen you somewhere before?]]
'''Thundercracker''' suffered from low self-esteem and longed for approval from authority figures to validate his existence. He was willing to work as hard as necessary to gain attention and praise from [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]], but when all his efforts were ignored or taken for granted, he grew frustrated. Thundercracker felt the need to engage in ever more risky and reckless behavior in an attempt to gain Megatron's notice. Many predicted this would lead to his destruction.

When next we see Thundercracker it is over ten years later, loyally serving under [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] during the search for the [[Cyber Planet Key|Cyber Planet Keys]]. In the intervening years he became something of a jokester and goofball. This has often gained him the attention that he craves. Though frequently, especially when Megatron is the brunt of the joke, it is far from positive attention. Thundercracker doesn't seem mature enough to tell the difference, but he does know when to get the smelt out of Decepticon HQ before Megatron looks for someone to pummel.

{{Note|The [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] ''[[More Than Meets The Eye (Armada)|More Than Meets The Eye]]'' profile book series for ''Armada'' portrays Thundercracker very differently, as a former Decepticon who left the army centuries ago. However, this does not seem to mesh with the glimpses of unreleased ''[[Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' comic issues where Thundercracker, along with several other ''Armada''-series characters, show up in the present day.}}

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Armada'' cartoon====
When both the Autobots and Decepticons encountered the powerful [[Nemesis Prime (Armada)|Nemesis Prime]] on a strange world, they were thoroughly thrashed by the evil [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] look-a-like. The Mini-Cons accompanying the Autobots joined together to repair the Transformers and give them extra power. When Starscream gained his new coloration, he stated with distaste that he looked just like Thundercracker. {{storylink|Puppet|Puppet}}

====''Cybertron'' cartoon====
{{Cleanup|March 2009|Needs storylinks and general expansion.}}
:''Voice actor:'' [[Mark Oliver]] (English) [[Kazunari Tanaka]] (Japanese)

[[Image:CybThundercracker.jpg|left|250px|thumb|He puts the "cracker"; in "Thundercracker". A-hyuck!]]

Thundercracker was next seen ten years after the end of the Energon War. Issued with orders from Megatron to look for and attack whatever Autobots he could find, Thundercracker opened a warp gate to Earth. Before emerging, he scanned a nearby Sukhoi Su-35 jet for disguise. He apparently liked it, saying, "Now ''this'' is a shape that can do some damage!"

Thundercracker soon spotted [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] walking through a Colorado forest with [[Coby Hansen|three]] [[Bud Hansen|human]] [[Lori|children]]. He attempted to blitz the group with missiles, only to miss completely. He then found himself tangling with an airborne Optimus Prime, whose Super Mode proved impervious to missile fire. When Prime detonated Thundercracker's next missile volley in the Decepticon's own face, 'Cracker beat a hasty retreat via warp gate. {{Storylink|Fallen (episode)|Fallen}}

Later, Jetfire caught Thundercracker harassing two human-piloted fighter planes. Jetfire took several hits Thundercracker's missiles to keep the planes safe long enough for [[Vector Prime]] to teleport them to safety, robbing the Decepticon of his fun. Thundercracker got some digs in by easily dodging fire from Jetfire's robot mode, but was stopped in shock as Jetfire summoned his [[Cyber Key]] for the first time. He was promptly blasted by the Autobot's newly activated shoulder guns.

The next time Thundercracker clashed with the Autobots was outside a museum where they were investigating a lead on the Omega Lock. Thundercracker revealed that ''he'' was now able to summon a Cyber Key, resulting in stronger shots. Starscream called for his own Cyber Key, and the battle was going in the Decepticons' favor until Landmine arrived. After a false start, Landmine knocked Starscream down, and then activated ''his'' Cyber Key, creating a gust of wind that not only knocked Thundercracker backwards but crashed one of his own missiles into him. Poor Thundercracker. {{Storylink|Landmine (episode)|Landmine}}

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Back outside the boundaries of the [[Unicron Singularity]], Thundercracker and the few remaining Decepticons still loyal to Galvatron were given a boost of Omega Lock power, super-sizing them so they could take on the massed armies that had gathered from all of the colony worlds to oppose them. Thundercracker took on Optimus Prime himself to give Galvatron time to achieve his goal. However, Thundercracker was then gang-attacked by [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]], [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]], [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]], and [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]], giving Prime the opportunity to chase Galvatron into the black hole.

Thundercracker continued to fight and very nearly came directly into the path of the singularity-collapsing cannon-blast from the massive [[Ark (Cybertron)|''Ark'' starship]].

After the defeat of Galvatron and the closing of the Unicron Singularity, Thundercracker realized that Galvatron was going to let him die in the cataclysm that his plan would have caused, so he ran off along with the other now-de-powered Decepticons. When the rocket boosters that were built on the [[Jungle Planet (Cybertron)|Jungle Planet]] to push the world back to its normal place in the cosmos began to fail, the four Decepticons arrived, cackling...and helped with the efforts to keep the thrusters upright and functional, deciding to try being on the winning team for once.

[[Image:Thundercracker-Autobot.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Thundercracker gits 'er done.]]
Thundercracker then spent most of his time on Earth under the supervision of Mudflap, helping rebuild cities damaged by the Singularity's effects. When the Autobots were ready to begin their [[Space Bridge]] initiative, Thundercracker went to see off his new "best friend", Optimus Prime. Unfortunately, he ran across his former Decepticon allies, who were sick of trying to fit in and so had built a ramshackle rocket and taken off to form the [[New Decepticon Army]]. The trio shanghaied Thundercracker, who ''really'' didn't want to join them, and took off for parts unknown.

They made it as far as [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] before the rocket crashed. Poor Thundercracker wound up with his head buried in the ground, although presumably he wasn't stranded. {{Storylink|Beginning}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers Power Up: The Game''===
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{{storylink|Transformers Power Up: The Game}}

==Toys==
===Armada===
{{anchor|ArMax}}
[[Image:Armada Thundercracker toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|DEAD GRAY EYES.]]
*'''Thundercracker with Zapmaster''' (Max-Con, 2003)
**''Accessories'': Wing-sword, 2 "blast" missiles

: Thundercracker is a [[redeco]] of ''Armada'' [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]], transforming into a Cybertronic fighter jet. In both modes, pressing down on his cockpit canopy activates electronic sound effects; in jet mode, it also deploys his [[Mini-Con]] partner [[Zapmaster]] if he is stored under the cockpit. Plugging a Mini-Con onto his rearmost [[Powerlinx]] plug releases two spring-activated over-shoulder spring-loaded missile launchers, as well as more electronic sound effects. His left wing detaches and unfolds to form a large sword for use in robot mode. He is something of a rarity in the Armada line, in that he is a redeco that is a new, separate character rather than a "[[Powerlinx]]" upgrade of an existing character.

: This mold was [[Retool|retooled]] to make ''Armada'' [[Skywarp (Armada)|Skywarp]] and ''[[Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Ramjet (Universe)|Ramjet]].

:In Japan, Thundercracker's toy is simply a "powered up" version of Starscream.

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[[Image:BTR Armada Thundercracker.jpg|150px|thumb|Energon cake goes right to his hips.]]
*'''Thundercracker''' (Built to Rule, 2003)

: For the ''[[Built to Rule]]'' line, Thundercracker was once again a redeco, a new-color version of the Starscream set. He can be assembled into a Cybertronic fighter jet or a robot, or to whatever else you feel like making out of the blocks provided (or any blocks you feel like adding). He came with a building-brick version of Zapmaster. The set features two missile launchers that use a unique "twist-block" pressure-launch mechanism. He was one of the last of the Transformers ''Built To Rule'' toys released at wide retail.
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===Cybertron===

[[Image:TCracker-CybToy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|This hick's shotgun is built-in.]]
*'''Thundercracker''' (Deluxe, 2005)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''GD-02'''
**''Accessories'': Drone rocket, Earth Cyber Key

: Part of the first wave of the ''[[Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'' series, Thundercracker transforms into a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Su-35 Sukhoi Su-35] fighter jet. Inserting a [[Cyber Planet Key]] into his rear fuselage pops up the back panel, revealing a spring-loaded missile launcher. This assembly becomes his left forearm in robot mode, despite being almost as long as he is tall. He came with a silver-bordered [[Earth]]-style Cyber Planet Key; the [[Hasbro]] release has the [[Cyber Key Codes|Key Code]] "'''d98d'''" [[Tampograph|tampographed]] on the back of it.

: The [[Takara]] ''Galaxy Force'' release of the toy is slightly different from the later [[Hasbro]] ''Cybertron'' release, mainly the Hasbro version added a Decepticon insignia to the missile-launcher cover.

: This mold was also used to make ''Cybertron'' [[Skywarp (Armada)|Skywarp]] and [[Movie (toyline)|live-action movie continuity]] [[Divebomb (Movie)|Divebomb]].

:Thundercracker's instructions show him with his wings sitting somewhat high and his left arm relying on the stiffness of its swivel to stay up. On the Hasbro version of the mold, a defect makes this swivel loose, and as a result his heavy left arm tends to fall down. This was finally remedied with the addition of a pin for [[Divebomb (Movie)|Divebomb]]. However, a closer look at Thundercracker reveals his instructions screwed up. His wing assembly is supposed to sit lower on his body, and the left arm is supposed swivel in farther, locking in place between the chest and the wings.

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*'''Ground To Air Blast Pack: Crosswise vs Thundercracker''' (Multi-pack, 2006)

: In 2006, Target got multiple [[exclusive]] toys and reduced-price multi-packs, among them a set with unaltered versions of Thundercracker and [[Crosswise (Cybertron)|Crosswise]] for about 75% of the cost of two Deluxes normally.
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*'''Thundercracker with Downshift''' (Tiny Tins multi-pack, 2006)

: Part of a run of Wal-Mart exclusive sets, Thundercracker was also sold in a larger box that came with a special [[redeco]] of the [[Race Mini-Con Team]] member [[Downshift (Armada)|Downshift]], plus a special [[Tiny Tins]] carrying tin for the Mini-Con.
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[[Image:Cybertron LOC Thundercracker.jpg|170px|thumb|"Hey Sarge! They done gave me one of these new-fangled DOUBLE shotguns!"]]
*'''Thundercracker''' (Legends of Cybertron, 2006)

: A smaller, simplified version of the deluxe toy was released in the fourth wave of the ''[[Legends Class|Legends of Cybertron]]'' line. Unlike the large toy, this version has two robot-mode fists, and the blaster-weapon is now an arm-mounted double-barreled weapon.

: This mold was used to make ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]'' [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], and the [[Universe (2008 franchise)|2008 ''Universe'']] Legends-class [[Starscream (G1)/toys|Starscream]] and [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]].

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===Universe===
*'''Excellion vs. Thundercracker''' (Multipack, 2007)

: During [[Christmas]] 2007, Wal-Mart got several exclusive double-packs of ''Cybertron'' Deluxes sold under the ''[[Universe (2003 franchise)|Universe]]'' banner. For this series, Thundercracker came packaged with [[Excellion (Cybertron)|Excellion]].

==Notes==
* According to [[Joe Kyde]], the reason for ''Armada'' Thundercracker's red face was because the gray plastic used to make the eyes is [[unpaintable plastic]], so he changed the original plan from gray face and red eyes to red face and gray eyes.

* According to the ''Transformers Armada The Ultimate 3D Combat Files: Dark Invaders'', Thundercracker is Starscream, upgraded by Unicron. Just no.

* In ''Cybertron'', Thundercracker, like [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] before him and [[Tutor Bot]] after him, is regularly injured for comedic purposes. Something in which Ransack and Crumplezone later join him.

* One of Thundercracker's lines in the episode "[[Inferno (episode)|Inferno]]", as well as several other episodes, is "[[wikipedia:Larry_the_Cable_Guy|git 'r' done]]". Seriously.

[[Image:Darkness-TCrackerROUD.jpg|right|180px|thumb|WHEEEE!]]

* Between his "Rain of Ultimate DEEE-struction" in ''[[Darkness (episode)|Darkness]]'' and his [[Super 'Lectric Lightnin' Thundercrackin' Punch|"Super 'Lectric Lightnin' Thundercrackin' Punch"]] in ''[[Ambush]]'', Thundercracker seems particularly fond of making up ridiculously dramatic attack names. Strangely enough, the attacks ''themselves'' proved to be effective, but whether this says more about Thundercracker or his target ([[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]], both cases) is hard to say.

* In the last episode of ''Cybertron'', Thundercracker showed no signs of hard feelings towards the Autobots, and was even shown working hard on the Space Bridge for them. Even later when he is shanghaied by his former allies, he is shown wearing a rather badly drawn Autobot symbol on his chest. This stands in some contrast to his [[Generation 1]] namesake, who hated anything that couldn't fly but felt doubts when innocent [[human]] lives were in danger.

* Of all the Decepticons in the ''Cybertron'' cartoon, Thundercracker is the only one who stayed loyal to Megatron/Galvatron from start to finish (well, at least till Galvatron betrayed ''him'').

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Thundercracker''' (サンダークラッカー ''Sandākurakkā'')

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Decepticon/Thundercracker/thundercracker.htm Armada Thundercracker at TFU.info]

*[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Decepticon/Thundercracker/thundercracker.htm Cybertron Thundercracker at TFU.info]

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Crest

2011-06-05T17:15:33Z

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:''Crest is an [[Autobot]] from the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

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'''Crest''' is a former field leader for the [[Wrecker]]s.

==Fiction==
===IDW comics continuity===
As he went over the candidates for new recruits into the Wreckers, [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] mused about how [[Impactor]], Crest, and [[Hyperion (G1)|Hyperion]] had made the same choices before him. {{storylink|Bullets}}

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[[Category:Prose-only Transformers]]
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Shimmer

2011-06-05T17:15:12Z

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{{disambig2|the legendary apparition feared by Autobots|the possible cause for it|Springer (G1)}}
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:''The Shimmer is only a legend — OR IS IT? — from the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW]] comics portion of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]]''

For years unnumbered, even the bravest [[Autobot]] warriors hardened in battle against the most gruesome [[Decepticon]] weapons have lived in terror of the mysterious supernatural force known only as the '''Shimmer'''. It is believed to be a harbinger of imminent and inescapable death, and those who see it often suffer severe psychological breakdowns and depression upon the realization that they are doomed. Apparently never captured on recording devices, the Shimmer allegedly takes the form of a fast-moving greenish optical illusion.

==Fiction==
===Last Stand of the Wreckers===
When Autobot psychoanalyst [[Rung]] attempted to evaluate [[Flattop (Autobot)|Flattop]], he found his subject to be morbidly depressed after a recent sighting of the Shimmer, which had so terrified him that he fainted. Rung attempted to reassure Flattop that the Shimmer was only a myth, and that what the poor unfortunate had thought he had seen could easily be explained: Flattop had recently had to upgrade to a new body after suffering the agonies of the unspeakable poisonous weapon known as [[Gideon's Glue]], and so the odd visual phenomenon could be caused by his new optic sensors not yet being properly integrated with his brain circuitry, or the psychological trauma from his horrific injuries, or both. Rung kept reassuring Flattop that he was not going to die — but Flattop didn't hear him, having just died at that moment.

Other Autobots also found themselves plagued by the Shimmer, including [[Guzzle (G1)|Guzzle]], [[Rotorstorm]], [[Pyro]], and [[Ironfist]], each reacting with varying degrees of shock, terror, and even violence.... until in every instance the Shimmer actually resolved itself into a holographic projection of [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], as he invited each of them to join the [[Wrecker]]s.

Springer had also attempted to reach out to Flattop, giving him a similar vision, but upon seeing how quickly Flattop was completely overwhelmed by fear Springer had terminated the connection and never explained himself. Later medical investigations concluded that Flattop died when some previously undetected remnants of Gideon's Glue in his system penetrated his brain. {{storylink|Bullets}}

==Notes==
* Given the similarity of the descriptions in the story, it is not clear whether there is a "real" Shimmer that is the basis for this macabre legend or whether it is the result of a misunderstanding about the Wreckers' summoning hologram. The latter explanation would require either that all prior Wreckers commanders had been green, or that the color of the Shimmer changes throughout the eras of retelling the fable, or that the two phenomena share colors out of complete coincidence.

* All who perceive the Springer hologram as the Shimmer die.... except Guzzle, who still came pretty close. (And Guzzle turned Springer's offer down the first time...)

* Don't look behind you. Just.... ''don't.''

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Deployer (BM)

2011-06-05T17:12:31Z

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{{disambig2|the drones from ''[[Beast Machines (franchise)|Beast Machines]]''|the [[Mini-Con|Minicons]] from the ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]]'' continuity|Deployer (Prime)}}
:''The Deployers are a subgroup of [[Maximal]]s from the [[Beast Era]] portion of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

The '''Deployers''' were a group of ancient task drones found by [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]] in the depths of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. They are presumed to have been reformatted by the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]]. Though they lack [[spark]]s, they each seem to have their own personalities. The group consists of [[Dillo]], [[Mol]], and [[Rav]].

===Universe: The Wreckers===
[[Image:NightscreamMol.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
Having recently been discovered by Nightscream, the Deployers were escorting the young Maximal and [[Optimus Primal]] back to their hidden base when they were stopped cold by a squad of [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]] [[Tank Drone]]s. Things looked grim for the group until [[Ramulus]], [[Primal Prime]] and [[Apelinq]] arrived and saved them. The whole group then journeyed underground, where the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]] gave the gathered Cybertronians their tasks. The shifty Maximal [[Packrat]] convinced the Deployers to join up with the [[Wrecker]]s crew.

The Deployers took part in the later battle for the Autobot shuttle that would take the Wreckers off-planet, fighting through hundreds of Vehicon drones. However, once they were on board and off-planet, the Deployers, [[Spittor (BW)|Spittor]] and [[Sonar (BW)|Sonar]] were battered insensible by a stowaway, the bounty hunter [[Devcon (G1)|Devcon]]. {{storylink|Departure}}

Things didn't get much better for them, as an act of sabotage by [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] sent explosions rocking through the ship. The section the Deployers, Spittor and Sonar were in was jettisoned by Packrat, leaving the five to die a fiery death in deep space. {{storylink|Betrayal}}

==Toys==
===''Beast Machines''===
[[Image:BM_RavRed-toy.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Rav]]
*'''Deployers''' (2000)
**[[Rav]]
**[[Mol]]
**[[Dillo]]

: The Deployers are [[Size class|Basic-scale]] toys that [[Autotransformation|auto-transform]] from animals into weapons with firing missiles.

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[[Image:Mol recolor burro.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Redeco Mol]]
*'''Deployers''' (2001)
**[[Rav]]
**[[Mol]]
**[[Dillo]]

:Later on, the Deployers were given [[running change]] redecos, though their packaging was not altered in any way to reflect this change. According to store listings, these redecos were originally supposed to have new names, though these plans were changed for unknown reasons.

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==Notes==
* The [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] reissue figure for the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con picks up the term "Deployer" to describe his cassette cohorts formerly known as [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette]] or Cassettrons.

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Sentinel Maximus

2011-06-05T17:11:55Z

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:''Sentinel Maximus is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Beast Era]] portion of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Sentinelmaximus.jpg|right|300px|thumb|I was delivered to your previous mailing address.]]
When [[Primal Prime]] was critically damaged in a battle with [[Cryotek (RID)|Cryotek]], [[Apelinq]] made the ultimate sacrifice, allowing the ancient supercomputer [[Vector Sigma]] to merge his [[Spark]] and Primal Prime's into '''Sentinel Maximus'''. Sentinel Maximus combines Primal Prime's power, charisma, and direct link to the knowledge of the [[Matrix]] with Apelinq's strategic genius and ability to [[Transfer Interlink|download virtual objects into reality]]. When a smaller, more stealthy form is preferable, the cab portion of his armored transport mode can disengage and transform into [[Hyperlinq]]. He has no known physical weaknesses.

Despite all this, he sure gets beat up a lot.

==Fiction==
===Universe: Featuring the Wreckers===
{{quote|You mentioned something about a creator's hand, Cryotek? Or the fist of Primus? Well here we are, tyrant!|Sentinel Maximus's first words, from the unpublished [[The Wreckers: Finale Part 1|Wreckers #4]]}}

Deep within a newly reformatted [[technorganic]] [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], the Wreckers battled [[Cryotek (RID)|Cryotek]], mastermind behind and benefactor of a far-reaching plot to capture the [[Divine Light]] for himself and use its power to siphon the power of [[Primus]] himself. As Cryotek mutated himself into a gigantic entity with the abilities of a [[god]], the empowered Predacon fired upon Apelinq, but it was Primal Prime who dove to take the shot. Instead of saving Apelinq, the two were fused together and fell, defeated.

But this was not the end for either. Apelinq and Primal Prime were merged by Primus into the mighty Sentinel Maximus.

[[Image:Sentinelcryotekwreckersfinale.jpg|left|200px|thumb|The mighty Sentinel Maximus has arrived! ...and has to be rescued by Cheetor and Hot Rod!]]
Even still, Cryotek's powers were greater, and he and Sentinel Maximus fought a prolonged battle through the corridors of Cybertron. Their battle's path was directed according to instructions from their [[Quintesson]] guide, [[Al-Badur]], which landed both of them within a Quintesson [[banishment chamber]]. Unfortunately for Sentinel Maximus, the Quintesson activated the chamber with all three inside, trapped in front of a dimensional portal with a powerful pull. As Sentinel Maximus and Cryotek fought each other while trying to keep their distance from the portal, help arrived. [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] and a battle-weakened [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]], both [[Matrix Templar|Matrix Templars]], used their abilities to drain power from the Divine Light which was empowering Cryotek. While this did remove power from Cryotek and shrink him to a more accommodating size, he still possessed enough power to threaten Cybertron and its inhabitants. Selflessly, Sentinel Maximus shoved Cryotek through the portal, and the two vanished through it.

Both found themselves hovering in a dark, empty dimension, but before Cryotek could reach Sentinel Maximus, the latter was taken away by Primus to do battle elsewhere in the [[multiverse]]. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}

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===''Cybertron'' comic===
[[Image:Sentinelmaximusnemesis.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Sentinel Maximus downloads tiny jets into reality to stop the end of the multiverse! ...and doesn't manage it.]]
Fluctuations in the fabric of the multiverse caused by the [[Unicron Singularity]] pulled Sentinel Maximus out of the [[Universe war]] and into the center of the Unicron Trilogy's [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] near the beginning of the search for the [[Cyber Planet Key|Cyber Planet Keys]]. Recruited by [[Alpha Trion (Energon)|Alpha Trion]] to assist [[Vector Prime]], they were all suddenly under attack by [[Unicron]]'s minions, [[Ramjet (Universe)|Ramjet]] and [[Nemesis Prime (Universe 2003)|Nemesis Prime]]. Sentinel Maximus fought back, but his adversaries retreated after destroying both Alpha Trion and [[Vector Sigma]]. {{storylink|Balancing Act (issue)|Balancing Act}}

After discovering that his battle with the [[zombie]] [[Dark Scorponok]] at the [[Kalis Primary Energon Reserves Control]] was just a diversion, Sentinel Maximus, along with Vector Prime, hunted down the two deep within Cybertron near the chamber that held [[Primus]]'s lifeforce. {{storylink|Balancing Act, Part 4}} Vector Prime fought Ramjet, taking their battle far into Cybertron's atmosphere, while Sentinel Maximus tried to prevent Nemesis Prime from unleashing the [[Dead Matrix]] on Primus's lifeforce, which would allow [[Unicron]] to defeat Primus and consume the multiverse, ending all existence forever. Sentinel Maximus failed, and Nemesis Prime sealed himself into the chamber alone, {{storylink|Balancing Act, Pt 5}} being stopped only by the chance appearance of [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]] from the ''Robots in Disguise'' universe. {{storylink|Revelations Part 1}}

After this battle, Vector Prime had defeated Ramjet, but was severely drained. He left the enigmatic [[Velocitron|Velocitronian]] [[Skyfall (Cybertron)|Skyfall]] in the obviously capable hands of Sentinel Maximus, with instructions to take him far, far away and keep him safe, for Skyfall was very important for unspecified reasons. {{storylink|Revelations Part 2}}

[[Image:Sentinelmaximusunicron.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Sentinel Maximus goes toe-to-toe with Unicron himself! ...and calls for some other guys to save him!]]
A while later, Sentinel Maximus brought Skyfall with him to help end the violently dangerous [[Mini-Con]] civil war that had erupted on Cybertron's moons. {{storylink|Revelations Part 4}} The civil war was actually constructed by the newly reborn Unicron, who wished to kill Skyfall and the likewise-important [[Landquake (Timelines)|Landquake]]. Unicron attacked Sentinel Maximus, singling out the "Chosen of Primus," and Sentinel Maximus was unable to get the tinier Dark God off him. He cried for help from [[Omega Prime]], who succeeded in blasting Unicron away from him. {{storylink|Revelations Part 5}}

While Sentinel Maximus was occupied, Skyfall and Landquake disappeared in a devastating explosion. Sentinel Maximus mourned Skyfall's apparent death and voiced an apology to Vector Prime. The war was ended immediately when [[Primus]] appeared in robot mode above them, causing Unicron to flee.

Months later, after the threat of the [[Unicron Singularity]] was removed and the war between the Autobots and Decepticons was ended, Sentinel Maximus and the rest of his crew met that universe's [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] and his troops. He learned of Vector Prime's death and told [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] of Skyfall's demise. {{storylink|Revelations Part 6}} It is not known whether Sentinel Maximus accompanied ''Robots in Disguise'' Optimus Prime on his mission to find Unicron or was returned to his own universe.

==Toys==
===Universe===
[[Image:Sentmaxtoy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Featuring more paint than a Sherwin-Williams outlet.]]
*'''Sentinel Maximus with Mini-Con Ape-Linq''' (Max-Con, 2004)
**''Accessories'': 2 missiles

: A [[retool]] of the ''[[Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' [[Overload (Armada)|Overload]] toy, Sentinel Maximus's main body transforms into a Cybertronic carrier truck. The trailer portion can be pulled by Ape-Linq in his alt mode, the cab mode of ''Armada'' [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|Optimus Prime]], or attached to Optimus's trailer to form a double trailer. It can also transform into a dual spring-loaded missile-firing cannon pack for Optimus Prime's super mode, and can also attach to Prime's trailer in its "base" mode. The robot-mode's shoulders also have opening panels to reveal (non-firing) multi-missile racks.

: Ape-Linq (aka Hyperlinq) is a retool of the [[Mini-Con]] [[Rollout (Armada)|Rollout]], transforming into a Cybertronic armored personnel carrier capable of towing the Sentinel Maximus trailer-body, and also forming the central torso and head to Sentinel Maximus's robot mode. He also has a "gun" mode with flip-out (non-firing) rifle barrels. Both the small robot head and the larger Sentinel Maximus head were given new tooling.

: An [[exclusive]] toy for [[OTFCC 2004]] (but not actually available ''at'' the convention, see notes below), it also had the electronic sound gimmick from the retail versions removed in order to keep production costs down.

: This mold-set was also used to make ''[[Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Ultra Magnus (Energon)|Ultra Magnus]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Autobot/SentinelMaximus/sentinelmaximus.htm More information on Sentinel Maximus at TFU.info]''

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==Notes==
* Sentinel Maximus went through several names before he saw release, the most notable being "Vector Prime." [[Hasbro]] rejected the name because they didn't want to dilute the concept of Primes, but later used it themselves for ''Cybertron'' [[Vector Prime]] anyway.
* Despite Sentinel Maximus's name change, his shipping carts still said "Vector Prime" on them.
* Early on, Sentinel Maximus was to come with translucent [[Redeco|redecos]] of the [[Cyberjet]] molds, meant to represent three sparks trapped inside the [[Divine Light]] for whom he downloaded digital bodies into reality. Instead, Hasbro decided to use those molds themselves for ''Universe''.

[[Image:Sentmaxpaintmockup.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Look reeeeeal close at the inside of his right arm.]]
* Sentinel Maximus's paint mock-up featured the Wreckers [[faction symbol]] (the Autobot symbol with a hammer for its forehead) tampoed on his shoulder and the inside of his right arm (seen to the right). The production piece mistakenly had normal Autobot symbols instead. Additionally, his bigger head was originally sculpted to be much wider (also seen to the right), and feature Prime-like antenna, but these didn't fit well during transformation, so his head was narrowed to eliminate the antenna.
* Due to [[3H Productions]]' loss of the convention license, Hasbro mailed out the Sentinel Maximus toys to their owners, using old mailing lists that had many outdated addresses. Some buyers never got theirs at all.
* Because of 3H's then-recent dissolution, Hasbro recreated an entire new packaging design, box art, and profile, presumably to avoid a potential legal battle. The packaging bio avoids mentioning details of 3H's Wreckers story, neglecting to note Primal Prime and Apelinq's union, and referencing Cryotek vaguely by describing a battle with a "diabolical and long-forgotten entity from the polar regions of Cybertron." Instead, Sentinel Maximus is described as a herald of Primus who emerges from the "shadows of Time to serve as a guardian over Cybertron during its darkest hour."
* Furthermore, instead of the intended name "Hyperlinq" for the Mini-Con, "Ape-Linq" is used on Sentinel Maximus's packaging, possibly because the trademark for the former had not yet been secured. Curiously, there are no trademarks claimed, registered or otherwise, next to Sentinel Maximus's name anywhere on the box. Trademark is claimed for Sentinel Maximus on the photocopied set of instructions included inside.
* Sentinel Maximus pretty much fails at everything he attempts to do.

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Triceradon (BM)

2011-06-05T17:08:35Z

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{{disambig2|the Beast Machines and Universe character|the Autobot in the Wal-Mart Dinobot line|Triceradon (Dinobots)}}
:''Triceradon is a [[Dinobot (BM)|Dinobot]] and [[Autobot]] from the [[Beast Machines (franchise)|Beast Machines]] portion of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Triceradonbm.jpg|right|250px|thumb|I'm amiable and friendly, really]]
'''Triceradon''' is not the smartest Dinobot around. Making up for this, however, is his very amiable, truly friendly nature and his titanic strength in battle. Those qualities are what lead [[T-Wrecks]] to make him second-in-command of the Dinobots.

Triceradon's [[technorganic]] hide is tough as iron and his horns can generate paralyzing reverse electro fields. He carries two reactonix grenades in his tail.

==Fiction==
===3H Wreckers Comics===
The Dinobots were sent to an unnamed planet by the [[Oracle]], in order to awaken the "sleeping giant" for a mysterious purpose. However, the mission was a fool's errand, arranged by the [[Quintesson|Quintessons]] and designed to destroy the Dinobots; the planet was the world where one of their most dangerous creations ever remained a prisoner, the energy-draining [[Trans-Organic]] creature known as the [[Dweller]]. While his fellow teammates went off to search for the sleeping giant, Triceradon remained behind with the shuttle. {{storylink|Betrayal|Betrayal}}

Triceradon was one of the few Dinobots who survived the battle. He and the others were later seen hooking up with [[Devcon (G1)|Devcon]] at [[Spaceport CSSB-16]] in order to track down the [[Wrecker|Wreckers]]' betrayer, [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]. {{storylink|Disclosure|Disclosure}}

The team headed back to Cybertron, arriving in time to help repel the Quintesson invasion there. During the course of the battle, Triceradon was struck by a mysterious energy field, and vanished into thin air. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}

===3H ''Universe'' comics===
[[Image:TFUjailbreak.jpg|200px|thumb|left|]]
Triceradon was one of the many displaced Cybertronians released from the [[Cauldron]] due to the actions of [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] and [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]. {{storylink|Escape (issue)|Escape}}
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==Toys==
===Beast Machines===
*'''Triceradon''' (Deluxe, 2000)

: Triceradon is a [[redeco]] of the ''[[Beast Wars Neo (toyline)|Beast Wars Neo]]'' Destron [[Guiledart]]. He transforms into a ''Triceratops'', and has a third mode that's supposed to look like a dead, decomposing ''Triceratops''. Really. His beast-mode tail detaches to become a spring-loaded missile launcher, plus his dino forelegs have flip-out (non-firing) blasters for robot mode.

: The same mold was used as [[Triceradon (Dinobots)|Triceradon]] for the Wal*Mart [[exclusive]] ''[[Dinobots (toyline)|Dinobots]]'' line as well, but since that line sadly lacks any backstory or bios it is unknown what connection, if any, that version has to this one. A [[Retool|retooling]] of this mold was used to make [[Killer Punch]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2000/Dinobot/Triceradon/triceradon.htm More information on Triceradon at TFU.info]''

===Universe===
*'''Dinobot Triceradon''' (Deluxe, 2004)

: Triceradon was redecoed as an [[Autobot]] for the ''[[Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' line. His name was given the separately registered '''Dinobot''' as a prefix in a probable attempt to make the line look more cohesive with the previously released [[Striker|Dinobot Striker]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Autobot/DinobotTriceradon/triceradon.htm More information on Unverse Triceradon at TFU.info]

[[Category:Beast Machines Dinobots]]
[[Category:Universe Autobots]]

Talk:Buzzsaw (Cybertron)

2011-04-24T11:37:52Z

86.160.93.52: /* Shin-guns */ new section

Yeah, looks like the image server is on the fritz for the weekend again. Right on cue.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 12:17, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
:???--[[User:Autobot Soundwave|Autobot Soundwave]] 22:46, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

== His bio is screwed up ==

The toy bio might claim he's a Cybertronian Decepticon, but he is actually a neutral Velocitronian. He's the helicopter seen flying over the races.

This discrepancy is noted in the Trivia section. Just assume that isn't Buzzsaw on Velocitron. --[[User:Nu-Priest|Nu-Priest]] 21:18, 21 July 2009 (EDT)

== Shin-guns ==

So does powerlinxing a minicon to his legs pop up the shin-guns or not- the toy description contradicts itself (or at least is vague on the subject and i've misunderstood).

Rattrap (BW)

2010-07-03T23:07:55Z

86.160.45.187: /* Beast Machines cartoon */

{{faction|maximal}}
{{disambig2|the Maximal energon miner/warrior|the Autobot informant|Rattletrap}}
:''Rattrap is a [[Maximal]] from the [[Beast Era]] portion of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Rattrap-S1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|I'm not a rat. If I'm any rodent, it's the loyal capybara, king of the rats...no, wait.]]
It's not so much that '''Rattrap''' is a coward... he just doesn't want to die. He's seen enough battles to know the score, so he's not afraid to tell his commanding officer to shove it if he's not fond of the odds. He prefers to sneak around unseen, in gutters or trenches or trash barges or what have you—whatever keeps him out of harm's way. He shouldn't be so worried. When he does encounter conflict, he deals with it masterfully with the arsenal of guns and bombs he keeps on himself at all times. He feels naked without them.

It's hard to like Rattrap, especially if you're his commanding officer. He's sarcastic, irreverent, and rude. Plus he smells (''why'' he smells is a mystery). He's also not the most trusting or forgiving sort, so he's not the best choice to take on a diplomatic run. He'd sooner shoot a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] or [[Decepticon]] than talk to them. Despite his tough-as-nails attitude, he has a [[Transformer romance|strong affection]] for his fellow Maximal [[Botanica (BM)|Botanica]].

{{quote|We're all gonna die.|—Rattrap, Every episode, ever.}}

:''Japanese name:'' '''Rattle''' (ラットル ''Rattoru'')
:''French-Canadian name:'' '''Rattrape''', '''Rattrap''' (Transmetal)
:''Chinese name (Taiwan):'' '''Dà Hūi Shǔ''' (大灰鼠, "Big Grey Rat"... yep, really [[:Image:RattrapLOVEScheetor.jpg|big]].)
:''Italian name:'' '''Rattilus''' (original toy), '''Metal Rattilus''' (Transmetal)
:''Polish name:'' '''Szczurotron''' (loosely translates as "Rattron")
:''Spanish name:'' '''Ratatrampa'''

==Fiction==
===Toy Bio===
Rattrap is a highly respected, top-notch soldier who is used mostly for reconnaissance, continually prowling the city streets for any Predacon activities. In order to keep up his strength, he's always eating "grunge and grime and any wretched refuse he may encounter along the way." Eeeeewwww....{{storylink|Rattrap#Toys|Rattrap bio}}
{{note|The on-package [[Bio|bios]] of the first wave of Beast Wars toys, predate the development of the ''Beast Wars'' cartoon and its backstory. They seem to present the characters as a direct continuation of the previous Autobot/Decepticon conflict, with Optimus Primal actually being a new form of Optimus Prime and Megatron being his Generation 1 counterpart, and their battles taking place on present day, [[human]]-inhabited Earth, rather than in the distant past. Once the cartoon launched, the toyline adjusted itself to match that continuity instead, relegating this one to an aborted [[micro-continuity]].}}
===Cartoon continuity===
He was the best miner in the Vespa system. {{storylink|Dark Voyage}}

====Dawn of Future's Past====
[[Image:Timelines-rattrap.jpg|left|175px|thumb|Remember kids, always wear your helmet when you transform into a bicycle.]]

While preparing for an exploration mission on board the [[Axalon (BW)|''Axalon'']], the Maximal who would later be called Rattrap and [[Cheetor (BW)|his young companion]] were stuck aboard a space station for weeks, running various errands before their mission could officially begin. After acquiring additional [[Energon (fuel)|Energon]] for their trip, they returned to the ''Axalon'' where their captain, [[Optimus Primal]], notified his crew they had to travel first to the [[Alpha Quadrant]] to rid themselves of [[Rampage (BW)|some mysterious cargo]].

In the middle of Rattrap's objections, the ''Axalon'' was contacted by the [[High Council]]. The [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]], a historic Maximal artifact, had been stolen by a rogue group of [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] led by a Predacon criminal who had dubbed himself [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]. As the ''Axalon'' was the closest ship with the capabilities to take down the [[Darksyde|Predacons' stolen ship]], Rattrap and his team were ordered to pursue.

However, before long, their ship was attacked by a mysterious ship (piloted by secret Predacon operatives [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] and [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]], though unknown to them). After taking some damage, Rattrap was elated to see the ''[[Chromia 10]]'', a second ship, arrive and help deter their unknown attackers. However, the ''Chromia 10'' and its pilots were severely damaged in the scuffle before Rattrap was able to destroy the unknown Predacon ship with the ''Axalon'''s forward guns.

The battle over momentarily, Rattrap's ship was hailed by Megatron's, and the Predacon criminal introduced himself quickly to them before his ship opened fire on the Maximals. The ''Darksyde'' disappeared through a [[transwarp]] portal, and Rattrap and the Maximals followed. {{storylink|Dawn of Future's Past}}

====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Scott McNeil]] (English), [[Kappei Yamaguchi]] (Japanese), [[Orlando Viggiani]] (Portuguese), [[Paulo Porto]] (Portuguese, in some episodes), [[Claudio Moneta]] (Italian), [[Robert Missler]] (German), [[Pierre Laurent]] (French)

[[Image:BWPart1 coverfire.jpg|right|230px|thumb|That's what friends are for!]]
After following the Predacons through a transwarp portal and appearing above a mysterious planet, both ships were damaged in the ensuing space battle, and before both ships crashed into the planet's surface below, the [[stasis pod]]s carrying the rest of Rattrap's crew were ejected into orbit.

The planet was rich with [[Energon (fuel)|energon]]—so much so that prolonged exposure would short out their bodies. The Maximals and Predacons were forced to take organic forms from the local creatures; Rattrap took the form of a (very oversized) rat, and was dismayed to find that they were going to have to use the disguises to avoid the energon radiation. Forced into battle, he refused [[Optimus Primal]]'s order to rescue [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] on the grounds he'd get shot up. When Optimus went to do the job himself, [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] had to hold up Rattrap to get the rat to provide covering fire. Afterwards, Rattrap was unrepentant, pointing out that they'd all come out of it alive.

[[Image:BeastWars2 Dinobot Rattrap glaring.jpg|left|220px|thumb|How's the weather up there?]]
On the way back to base, the Maximals ran into the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] who challenged Primal to a fight over leadership. {{storylink|Beast Wars (Part 1)}} Rattrap objected to Primal's decision to subsequently let Dinobot join their group, accusing Dinobot of trying to kill Rhinox when the Predacon accidentally caused a rock fall. Primal had some harsh words with him. During a battle atop a mountain laced with energon, Rattrap found himself having a beast mode fight against [[Tarantulas]]. {{storylink|Beast Wars (Part 2)}}

After Cheetor got himself blasted by Scorponok and got Rhinox's new comlink trashed, Rattrap didn't hesitate to mock the cat for his mistakes. When Cheetor ran off to fix it, though, Rattrap found himself going after him to stop him from doing anything stupid - which failed miserably, as Cheetor was captured by Tarantulas long before Rattrap reached him. The rat and the spider engaged in a heated duel in Tarantulas' underground lair, with Rattrap gaining the upper hand by using a heat box to fool the spider's thermal scanner. After rescuing Cheetor, Rattrap gave an alibi to Optimus about their whereabouts, but then chewed out the cat for almost getting them both scrapped. He left to munch some garbage, but earned a new friend when Cheetor thanked him for saving his life. {{storylink|The Web}}

During an energon storm, Rattrap tried fruitlessly to raise Optimus, only for their leader to arrive and scrub the mission Cheetor was due to go out on. At least this time it was Dinobot who goaded Cheetor into going out, but all of the Maximals were later thanking the cat for saving their lives later on. {{storylink|Equal Measures}} When Optimus went semi-missing in action, swallowed by a [[Vok probe|alien probe]], Rattrap objected strenuously to Dinobot nominating himself as new leader. A vote was left stalemated until Optimus managed to get a signal to the base and named Rattrap group commander in his absense. After a moment of initial indecision, Rattrap commanded capably in Primal's absence (even earning Dinobot's grudging respect). When Primal returned, he offered his compliments as well. Rattrap's response: "Eh, command's a pain in the tail, especially with this pack of hyenas. You can keep it!" {{storylink|Chain of Command}}

Over time, Rattrap grew to respect his commander grudgingly, with the earliest glimmers showing through when Primal and Rattrap infiltrated a flying mountain that was loaded with supercharged Energon. Primal bravely distracted a super-powered Terrorsaur while Rattrap planted explosives to destroy the mountain (and had a brief tussle with Tarantulas). Optimus then got them both off of the exploding mountain with a fearless beast-mode leap off the edge, which ended with them dangling in the treetops far below. Rattrap commented that Primal "did pretty good up there—but don't tell anyone I said so." {{storylink|Power Surge}} Rattrap was a member of the party sent out to attempt to capture a stasis pod after Optimus Primal was taken out as soon as he left the base. The group was cut off from the pod when [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] and Terrorsaur took out a snow bridge, and Rattrap radio'd base to break the bad news. Fortunately Dinobot and Primal were able to set up a transmitter, and by the time Rattrap and the others got to the pod, the [[protoform]] inside had already been reformatted into [[Tigatron]], who was able to help them fight the Predacons off. {{storylink|Fallen Comrades}}

[[Image:TerrorsaurcagedRT.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Despite all of Terrorsaur's rage, Rattrap is still just a rat in a cage.]]
Suspicious of why the Predacons had managed to ambush three straight Maximal operations, Optimus sent Rattrap on an undercover mission into the ''[[Darksyde]]'', under the guise of not trusting Rattrap and him defecting to the Predacons. Captured by Terrorsaur as part of the mission, Rattrap pleaded his loyalty to him and was taken to the base, where he knocked out [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] with a transformation-disabling device, allowing Terrorsaur to seize power. After he was locked in the lower chambers and Megatron made his escape, Rattrap broke out and continued his mission, discovering that the Predacons had acquired a Maximal decoder chip which allowed them to hack the Maximals' communications. He was almost caught by Tarantulas but disabled him and signaled Optimus, who attacked the Predacon base with the other Maximals. In the firefight, Rattrap was forced to fire on Optimus, blasting him from the sky and seemingly confirming his traitorous ways. Dinobot almost destroyed him, but two timely breaks allowed Rattrap and the Maximals to escape. Back on the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'', Optimus congratulated Rattrap on a job well done, adding that he didn't need to make his "defection" that believable (as he rubbed where Rattrap had shot him). Rattrap's response was "Eh, what can I say? I was trying to miss." {{storylink|Double Jeopardy}}

[[Image:Coc getshorty.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"Frenzy is red!" "Maximal lies!"]]
Rattrap distrusted Dinobot and insulted him at every turn. Dinobot wantonly returned in kind, constantly bickering with the "vermin". Dinobot and Rattrap's arguments ranged from being a minor irritation at times to causing serious chaos in the Maximal ranks at others. Rattrap's taunts caused a berserk Dinobot to damage the control module of the newly activated Sentinel defense system, which promptly drove the Maximals out of their own base. Under the circumstances, Rattrap's rarely seen sense of nobility and fair play came to the fore; recognizing the predicament as his own fault, he immediately volunteered to stay inside the base and deactivate Sentinel. His considerable skills at infiltration and demolition allowed him to reach the central computer core and order Sentinel to stand down, though very nearly at the cost of his own life. {{storylink|A Better Mousetrap}}

When Primal was hit by one of [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]]'s [[Cyberbee]]s, injecting a virus and turning Primal into a berserker, Rattrap unexpectedly became the voice of reason, telling Cheetor and Dinobot to settle down. He objected to Dinobot's idea to set their enraged leader on the Predacons, but it became academic when Primal escaped and headed for the ''Darksyde'' anyway. Rattrap and the other Maximals provided cover fire for Cheetor, as the young Maximal mounted a rescue. {{storylink|Gorilla Warfare}} During an attempt by the Maximals to build a communications tower to contact a [[temporal probe]], which the [[Maximal High Council]] had sent to search for the ''Axalon'', Rattrap managed to save Dinobot's life by blasting [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] over a cliff. Unfortunately he was promptly hit by the same [[transformation lock lens]] which had disabled Dinobot's robot mode. Ultimately the tower was destroyed by Megatron. {{storylink|The Probe}}

[[Image:Victory Megatron crushes Rattrap.jpg|right|thumb|270px]]
Rattrap planted a spy cam in the ''Darksyde'', and the Maximals were surprised to watch the Predacons apparently manage to blow themselves up. He proceeded to try to push as many of Dinobot's buttons as possible, but without getting a rise. The Maximals managed to salvage enough to get their own ship working. As Rattrap was telling Tigatron about a "sweet little hole-in-the-wall", it was revealed that the Predacons weren't slagged after all. Megatron managed to get on board and blasted everyone but Rattrap, attempting to crush the Maximal with his bare hands (or at least his beast-mode jaws). Fortunately Rhinox came around in time to come to Rattrap's rescue, though the ship still crashed. Afterwards, Rattrap and Dinobot resumed their usual bickering. {{storylink|Victory (episode)|Victory}}

After Rhinox was captured by the Predacons, Rattrap managed to tap into his friend's comlink, and the Maximals listened in horror as Rhinox was converted into a Predacon by Megatron's [[Transmuter]]. Though Rattrap was determined that they should go in there immediately, Primal held them back, allowing the evil-ized Rhinox to wreak havoc in the Predacon base. {{storylink|Dark Designs (episode)|Dark Designs}} Tricked by a [[Clone One|clone of Dinobot]], Primal sent Rattrap with the clone to investigate a possible Predacon base. Instead, while Rattrap was crossing a log over a lava flow, the clone kicked the log out from under him. Rattrap survived, landing on a rock and using a grenade to get himself out of the chasm. He swiftly warned Primal and Cheetor, but by the time they reached base, Dinobot had already... dealt with the clone. {{storylink|Double Dinobot}}

[[Image:The Trigger Rattrap optimus.jpg|left|230px|thumb|You call it "hi-jacking". I call it "forced donation".]]
Rattrap and the other Maximals later welcomed [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] to the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]]. {{storylink|The Spark}} During a contact with Tigatron, Rattrap was alarmed to hear his comrade was under Predacon attack. After news came in by Cyberbee that Tigatron had discovered an alien-built [[Brigadoon|flying island]], the Maximals were alarmed to hear that Blackarachnia and Scorponok were trying to take control of it. {{storylink|The Trigger, Part 1}} Rattrap and Primal headed for the island, tangling with Terrorsaur and Waspinator on the way, Rattrap commandeering Terrorsaur as his new ride. After they reached the island, Blackarachnia took control of it. Rattrap's leg became trapped, and he told Tigatron to go on, dealing with the problem himself by using the island's own defense system. This also provided a crucial distraction, allowing Tigatron to destroy the island's power source. {{storylink|The Trigger, Part 2}}

Megatron's latest gambit involved the Predacons stealing the ''Axalon''<nowiki>'</nowiki> [[rectifier coil]], forcing the Maximals to remain in their beast modes at all time. The Maximals soon succumbed to their base animal insincts, wandering out into the jungle, but were aided by Tigatron, who helped them to delete the block between their instincts and Maximal programming. Rhinox and Rattrap improvised a ratball special during the ensuing battle. {{storylink|Call of the Wild}}

Rattrap was part of the group of Maximals who were searching for energon when Scorponok triggered an explosion, blinding them all. Lead by Rhinox, they attempted to make their way back to the ''Axalon'', but were attacked by a snake. Though Rattrap failed to rescue Cheetor, he did manage to save his companion in a way, by proving a more attractive meal. Luckily for him, Rhinox got rid of the snake. They continued on, managing to nearly reach the Maximal base when they came under attack by Terrorsaur and Waspinator. Rhinox was able to guide the other Maximals in fighting the Predacons off while blinded. {{storylink|Dark Voyage}} After a violent storm damaged the Maximal base, making it vulnerable, the Predacons mounted an attack with the help of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], who had possessed Waspinator's body. The Predacons triumphed, expelling the Maximals into the wilderness, however the Predacon occupation didn't last long, as internal conflict in their ranks allowed the Maximals to retake their base. {{storylink|Possession}}

[[Image:Low Road Rattrap Dinobot fight.jpg|thumb|right|230px|YOU THERE! STFU!]]
Another costly incident resulted when Rattrap and Dinobot were ordered to clear rampant wild bean vines growing outside the Maximal base. A prank by Rattrap quickly turned into a brawl between the two. Their struggle continued even when the Predacons launched a sneak attack, requiring Rhinox to exit the base to provide covering fire for them. Tarantulas used the distraction to inject Rhinox with an [[energon discharge virus]], which eventually wore down his systems to the point of near-deactivation. Primal ordered Rattrap and Dinobot to find Tarantulas's lair and retrieve an antidote, commenting: "They'll either learn to work together or they'll destroy each other...right now, I don't care which." Despite continuing their argument the whole time, Rattrap and Dinobot managed to find [[Tarantulas's lair]], and retrieve the counter-virus. {{storylink|The Low Road}}

After Megatron called for a truce, Rattrap was sent with Airazor to infiltrate the ''Darksyde'' to find out what was going on. They were immediately detected and asked to leave, but they'd provided the necessary distraction for Tigatron to get into the Predacon base. Rattrap later took part in a (non-violent) operation to aid Tigatron's escape, and Tigatron reported that Megatron had discovered that the aliens were coming. {{storylink|Before the Storm}} Rattrap and Airazor were first to reach the alien landing site, but Rattrap was blasted, while Airazor became trapped in the "nutty alien bungalow" which sprouted up. After dealing with Waspinator in a not at all non-violent manner, Rattrap attempted to cut into the structure using a laser, but was unsuccessful. fortunately Scorponok's sting allowed him to enter the construct with Optimus, and he was able to pull Airazor out, only to find the truce was over and he was at Predacon gunpoint.

[[Image:OtherVoices1 Rattrap beast mode.jpg|thumb|left|RataTOING!!!]]
Rattrap and Airazor were subsequently able to overpower the Predacons and make a retreat when Optimus's escape from the bungalow provided a distraction. High above, one of the moons opened up, revealing what Rattrap would later dub the "[[Planet Buster]]". {{storylink|Other Voices, Part 1}} Returning to base, the Maximals discovered it had been compromised, and Rattrap and Airazor found Blackarachnia in the hold with a spacecraft Tarantulas had constructed from a stasis pod. Optimus would later pilot the stasis pod, using it to destroy the Planet Buster and save the Maximals, though at the cost of his own life. {{storylink|Other Voices, Part 2}}

The destruction of the Planet Buster caused a [[quantum surge]], mutating Cheetor and Rattrap into new [[Transmetal]] forms. Rattrap gained a new wheeled mode which afforded him more speed. Almost immediately, Megatron, who had also received an upgrade, attacked, and the two Maximals found their new forms being tested in battle. Rattrap was able to use his wiles to trip Megatron, but ended up being crashed into by Cheetor. {{storylink|Aftermath}} After finding a stasis pod containing a [[blank]], Rhinox put himself into some sort of trance-like state. With everyone else out in the field, Rattrap was left alone in the base, and Cheetor naturally soon radio'd to warn him that the Predacons were on their way. Naturally any use of the base defenses would interfere with what Rhinox was doing, so, joined by Dinobot, Rattrap set out to defend the base with Cheetor. {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 1)}}

[[Image:Coming of the Fuzors 2 Dinobot Rattrap.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
Outnumbered two to one, the trio fought on, capturing [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]], one of the two [[Fuzor]]s who had revived and been co-opted into the Predacon forces by Megatron. Though Dinobot favored termination, Rattrap and Cheetor had Silverbolt put in a [[CR chamber]]. The Maximals continued to defend the base, and were on the verge of defeat, until Optimal Primal appeared, reborn in a Transmetal body, and fought the Predacons off. Resuming command, Optimus asked Rattrap to remove his junk from the commander's quarters. {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)}}

With Silverbolt now a Maximal, he and Rattrap were out patrolling when they were sent to investigate a Predacon signal and tangled with Blackarachnia, Tarantulas and [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]]. To Rattrap's chagrin, his comrade refused to strike Blackarachnia because of her gender. When the cave the Predacons were protecting exploded, Rattrap congratulated Silverbolt on his shot, but Silverbolt denied doing anything. {{storylink|Tangled Web}}

Rattrap's relationship with Dinobot was sorely tested when when Dinobot temporarily returned to the Predacon side. For one long moment, as Dinobot was faced with a test of Predacon loyalty at Megatron's behest, Rattrap truly believed that Dinobot was about to slag him. But Dinobot proved unable to kill his erstwhile teammate; he instead turned on Megatron. Optimus left the final decision over whether Dinobot could stay a Maximal to Rattrap, who reluctantly agreed. {{storylink|Maximal, No More}}

[[Image:OtherVisits2 Rattrap with gun.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
Rattrap and Dinobot were assigned to knock out a Predacon jamming tower. They eventually managed it, but by then Tigatron and Airazor had been shot into space by an alien device. After rendezvousing back at base, the Maximals headed out to the site, where the alien device sprouted into a huge [[Metal Hunter|construct]] and blasted everyone with an energy wave. {{storylink|Other Visits (Part 1)}} The Transmetals and Fuzors recovered quickly, and Primal and Rattrap worked to drop the [[refractive web]] which Tarantulas had placed over the machine. Unfortunately they were too late to prevent Megatron taking control of ship, and Primal was taken prisoner. Rattrap was able to take Tarantulas captive, returning the Predacon to the ''Axalon'', where they formulated a plan of attack. While the other Maximals provided a distraction, Tarantulas and Rattrap got on board the ship, and Rattrap was able to rescue Optimus. The craft itself was destroyed when Tarantulas sabotaged the transwarp drive, but luckily Primal and Rattrap got clear in time. {{storylink|Other Visits (Part 2)}}

[[Image:CodeofHero Rattrap salutes.jpg|thumb|right|260px]]
Rattrap still give Dinobot grief about his recent betrayal—not the usual flippant insults, either, but genuine barbs that cut Dinobot to the quick. Rattrap's words helped motivate Dinobot into what would ultimately be his heroic final sacrifice to save the future of the human race. Rattrap arrived at the battlefield along with the other Maximals to find Dinobot damaged beyond recovery. His reaction was perhaps the strongest of any of the team. The two shared final words of both insult and reconciliation, Rattrap gingerly holding Dinobot's hand as he died. As Dinobot's spark left his body, Rattrap was the first to stand and, with utter sincerity, salute the fallen hero. {{storylink|Code of Hero}}

While searching for a jamming tower, Rattrap, Cheetor and Silverbolt discovered a crashed stasis pod containing a [[Transmutate (character)|strangely mutated Transformer]]. As they fought the Predacons over, it, it let out a sonic cry which shorted out the Maximals. {{storylink|Transmutate (episode)|Transmutate}}

[[Image:Rattrap-slimpickins5.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Rattrap fights to prevent Predacon infiltration, subversion, and pollution of the Maximals' precious bodily fluids.]]
When Rhinox's calculations suggested that the [[transwarp wavefront]] from the Planet Buster explosion would soon be detected by [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], the Maximals celebrated their impending rescue. Instead they got Predacon secret agent [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], who Rattrap trusted only slightly less than he initially did Dinobot. Despite his misgivings, Rattrap took part in the assault on the ''Darksyde'', and was present for Megatron's apprehension. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 1)}} Rattrap raised the alarm when Cheetor was knocked out by Silverbolt, who wanted to go capture Blackarachnia himself. A while later, Rattrap's distrust of Ravage proved well founded — Ravage was turned against them by Megatron, and Rattrap had to radio a warning to Primal. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 2)}}

As Ravage's Transwarp cruiser attacked the ''Axalon'', Rattrap used his wheeled beast mode to launch himself out of the base and onto Ravage's ship. Tearing his way through its hull, he tossed a pair of magnetic bombs right into the hands of the startled Tarantulas, who could do nothing but scream as they blew him to bits and destroyed the cruiser's engines. Rattrap bailed out as the Transwarp cruiser crashed its destructive way to earth, having pretty much single-handedly saved the Maximals and their base from destruction.

The next day, as the Maximals tried to infiltrate the Autobot vessel the Ark, Rattrap fired the shot that brought down the Ark's shields and—almost—gave the Maximals a chance to stop Megatron's last-ditch scheme to alter history. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}}

Though Blackarachnia turned against Megatron and assisted the Maximals in starting to repair the damage Megatron had done to [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], Rattrap was not particularly sympathetic, threatening to shoot her, even on pain of injury by Silverbolt. When Optimus hesitated in shooting Megatron, Rattrap volunteered to do it himself, and Primal batted him aside. Later still, Rattrap spared no sarcasm in mocking Silverbolt, after the other Maximal gave a long melodramatic speech over Blackarachnia, offering the services of his invisible violin. The Maximals were forced to move in to the cavern housing the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] after [[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]] destroyed the ''Axalon''. {{storylink|Optimal Situation}}

[[Image:Rattrap-subaquatic2.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Beast Noirs]]
Rattrap wasn't impressed with new arrival [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]], declaring him rude and joking the Predacons would make fish sticks out of him. {{storylink|Deep Metal}} Rattrap was picked for a mission to enter the submerged remains of the ''Axalon'' and retrieve Sentinel, mostly because he was the only one small enough to fit in the [[subaquatic stealth vessel]] which Blackarachnia had built. Attacked by Rampage, he was glad to see Depth Charge coming to the rescue, though Depth Charge was more interested in fighting Rampage than helping with the mission. Extracting the Sentinel module, Rattrap returned to the surface where Silverbolt was waiting, however the pair quickly ran into a group of Predacons whole stole Sentinel. Though Rattrap and Silverbolt got it back, they collided with Depth Charge, resulting in Sentinel falling into [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]]'s hands. Rattrap later had some uncomplimentary things to say about Depth Charge, but was forced to admit the other Maximal ''had'' saved his life. {{storylink|Changing of the Guard}}

Rattrap's suspicions of Blackarachnia continued when he spotted her lurking around restricted areas. When later telling Rhinox about it, Rattrap made it clear he still didn't trust the ex-Predacon. He and Rhinox found themselves defending the base alone against a Predacon incursion, when the others were all out battling a group of [[Cyber raptor]]s. Just as it seemed the Predacons would triuph, Depth Charge arrived to lend a hand, and saved Rattrap's bacon. {{storylink|Cutting Edge}} Rattrap monitored Cheetor, after the latter had turned up, having been missing presumed killed. He was startled by noises coming from Cheetor's quarters, and was even more shocked when a strange feral beast burst through the door, apparently spiriting away Cheetor. A while later, Cheetor once again returned, but it was clear all wasn't right, and Rattrap was surprised to discover that the young bot had been mutated by the strange properties of the [[transmetal driver]]. {{storylink|Feral Scream Part 2}}

Blackarachnia didn't appreciate Rattrap's insinuations about her loyalty when the Maximals were investigating the possibility of removing her Predacon shell program. His suspicions were seemingly confirmed a while later, when Silverbolt's scan detected Blackarachnia heading for Predacon territory. Although Rattrap's first instinct was to tell Optimus, Silverbolt managed to talk him out of it by bringing up Rattrap's friendship with Dinobot. {{storylink|Proving Grounds}}

[[Image:Go with the Flow Rattrap Una.jpg|thumb|250px|left]]
Rattrap was amused by Cheetor's attempts to educate [[Chak]] and [[Una]], two young [[Protohuman]]s. When Una was kidnapped by the Preds in order to complete Megatron's [[disruptor cannon]], Rattrap was teamed up with Depth Charge to go rescue the kid. During the flight, they were shot down by Megatron's cannon, disabling Depth Charge and leaving Rattrap to go on alone. Though outnumbered by the Predacons, Rattrap was aided by Una herself, and the pair made their escape, using Depth Charge as a raft. {{storylink|Go with the Flow}} When Blackarachnia's shell program began to degrade, and she downloaded the Ark's access codes into Optimus, Rattrap commented "You couldn't pay me to let that spider inside my processor," which prompted Cheetor and Silverbolt to tell him to keep his opinions to himself. He still defended the base to try and prevent the operation to save Blackarachnia from failing, even if it did fail in the end (she got better). {{storylink|Crossing the Rubicon}} Megatron's next plan saw Quickstrike taking control of Optimus Primal, disabling the other Maximals and locking them in a cage. Blackarachnia released them all in time to fight off a newly-upgraded Megatron. {{storylink|Master Blaster}}

When the Predacon base was destroyed by the arrival of [[Tigerhawk]], Rattrap was the first, and only Maximal prepared to celebrate, but was puzzled when anyone failed to return his high-five. {{storylink|Other Victories}} He was skeptical that Tigerhawk's arrival had anything to do with the [[Covenant of Primus]], and was later dismayed to learn that Megatron had pulled an ace out out of his sleeve, in the form of the ancient [[Decepticon]] warship, the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'', and they were going to have to defend the Ark against the oncoming attack. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 1}}

With the ''Nemesis'' airborne, the Maximals were forced to try to implement [[Operation Eternity]]. Rattrap found himself having to pack up his collection of Predacon parts, which has particularly full of Waspinator bits, as Rhinox explained that they might need to move the Ark. The Maximals struggled to get the ship working, and Blackarachnia found that Rattrap's sword-tail made a perfect power conduit... once she snipped off the tip. OW. Of course, it quickly melted when they tried and failed to fire up the engines.

As the victorious Maximals left Earth in a refitted Autobot shuttle, Rattrap was more than surprised to learn that [[Dinobot II|old chopper face's clone]] was responsible for saving them, but very happy—they were going home, and they wouldn't have to see Megatron until after they got there, as he was strapped to the roof of their shuttle. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 2}}

Rattrap should have known that nothing was ever that easy for them.
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====Dreamwave Summer Special====
[[Image:AintNoRat Rattrap target.jpg|thumb|250px|right]]
As Rattrap piloted the Autobot shuttle back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], he observed his companions sleeping in back, and drifted off himself, beginning to dream...
:''Out testing an experimental vehicle built by [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]], Rattrap ran into [[Dinobot II|Dinobot]], who yanked him out of the small craft. Rattrap's appeals to the Predacon's honor appeared to have an effect, and Dinobot halted his blow for a few moments, before appearing to resume his attack. They were interrupted when a [[Bonecrusher (BW)|bison]] knocked them both from a cliff, and Rattrap was saved from falling to his death by a [[Optimus Minor|monkey]]. Bonecrusher, Optimus Minor and [[Wolfang (Maximal)|Wolfang]] introduced themselves to a startled Rattrap, but Optimus Minor asked him not to tell Primal, as the three Maximals did not wish to fight in the Beast Wars.''
Rattrap was woken up by Primal, but wouldn't elaborate on what he had been dreaming. {{storylink|Ain't No Rat}}
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====''Transformers Legends'' anthology====
{{Note|This takes place after "[[Master Blaster]]"}}
Not long after Megatron combined his spark with that of the original Megatron, he had Quickstrike plant a device in the Maximal base. The device magnified the Maximals' aggression. For Rattrap, this simply meant that his complaining became even more incessant until Cheetor started chasing him around. Eventually Optimus Primal was able to help them overcome the device's effects, and they fought off Megatron instead. {{storylink|A Meeting of Minds}}

{{Note|This takes place during "[[Spark of Darkness]]"}}
While [[Botanica (BM)|Botanica]] and Rattrap were bickering in the [[technorganic orchard]], Megatron's spark animated a [[Motorcycle Drone|Cycle drone]] and attacked them. After a brief scuffle, the thing exploded, sending the pair diving for cover. Rattrap later worked out that Megatron's spark had become depolarised and attempted to repolarise it. Unfortunately his attempts clued Megatron in to what had happened, and before Rattrap ultimately succeeded, Megatron used the knowledge to destroy Rhinox. {{storylink|Singularity Ablyss}}
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====''Beast Machines'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor'': [[Scott McNeil]] (English), [[Kappei Yamaguchi]] (Japanese), [[Alexandre Moreno]] (Portuguese)

[[Image:MasteroftheHouse Rattrap.jpg|thumb|270px|left]]
After the Beast Wars ended, the Maximals finally made it back to Cybertron, only to be shot down, hunted and attacked by legions of [[Vehicon (BM)|mindless tank drone Transformers]]. The drones unleashed a virus on the Maximals, devolving them back into their organic beast forms and erasing any prior memory of the event. Rattrap was hiding in a [[Monorail transport|monorail car]] when [[Optimus Primal|Primal]] stumbled upon him. Primal's newfound intuition soon reunited the pair with [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]. Primal then led them to the ancient [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]] computer, which reformatted them into new, techno-organic bodies, curing the virus.

In his new form, Rattrap became a large green rat with a "toolkit" on his back, containing such things as flashlights and computer ports. When they first faced a platoon of [[Motorcycle Drone|Cycle drone]]s, the Maximals discovered that they were unable to transform. Rattrap asked if maybe they could return the upgrade, but Optimus soon stumbled on the fact that they needed to focus their inner selves in order to transform. {{storylink|The Reformatting}}

Optimus set about teaching the other Maximals how to transform, but Rattrap had an immense amount of trouble, unable to get anything to happen. Their base discovered, the Maximals split up to find a new one, Rattrap accompanying Optimus on his search. When they later tried to gain entry to the [[Council Citadel]], Rattrap found his inability to transform caused him to be pretty much useless in battle. He was only saved from some Tank drones by Optimus interrupting [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s concentration. {{storylink|Master of the House}}

The other Maximals kept the Vehicons busy while Rattrap broke into the [[Cybertron Archives]], only to find the ancient library had been wiped clean. After a disorderly retreat, Rattrap followed Blackarachnia to the spaceport, where they encountered three new [[Vehicon general]]s. They managed to evade the trio and accessed the spaceport records of their arrival, discovering that there had been six of them on the shuttle. Blackarachnia headed for the shuttle's location, and Rattrap overheard a communication from Megatron indicating that he was going to access her mind when she accessed the shuttle computer. Rattrap dashed to the shuttle and cut the connection in time, and the pair were subsequently rescued from the three generals by Optimus and Cheetor. {{storylink|Fires of the Past}}

[[Image:Mercenary Pursuits Rattrap 2heads.jpg|right|230px|thumb]]
The discovery of information about [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] and [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] reawakened memories of them in the Maximals, who set out to find the missing pair. During the search, Rattrap found a transformation enhancer in a laboratory and, frustrated at his inability to transform, used it. Unfortunately it caused unpredictable effects, resulting in the four Maximals being captured by [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]]. Taken to Megatron, the Maximals were in danger of having their sparks extracted, however Rattrap's spontaneous random transformations broke him free of the energon bonds, and he was able to free everyone. With the help of Tankor, who Optimus temporarily convinced to help them, the Maximals escaped. {{storylink|Mercenary Pursuits}}

Rattrap's failure to master transforming continued to frustrate him, causing him to snap at Primal and bluntly suggest the Maximal leader save his concern for Rhinox and Silverbolt. The Maximals subsequently encountered another Maximal, [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]], who had survived Megatron's purge. After a brief battle with [[Sonic Attack Jet|Aero drones]], during which Rattrap was forced to hide, Nightscream took the Maximals to the tree he had been living off. Rattrap, Blackarachnia and Optimus ate fruit from the tree, causing their beast instincts to overcome them, until Cheetor blasted the tree. {{storylink|Forbidden Fruit}}

[[Image:Rattrap bm robotmode.jpg|left|280px|thumb|They see me rollin', they hatin'.]]
With Optimus Primal weakened after reformatting Nightscream, Cheetor was left in charge, and he, Rattrap and Blackarachnia went on a mission to a Vehicon factory in search of information. While under orders to access the computer, Rattrap saw Nightscream in what looked like deadly peril... and finally found that his concern for others allowed him to transform. Though he realised straight away that his new robot mode lacked weapons, he attempted to save Nightscream anyway, only to discover he'd bungled an ambush his friends were planning. While trying to stop the factory operating, he managed to send a massive surge through the computer system, destroying the factory.

Back at base, he was chewed out by Cheetor, and compounded the problem by transforming to robot mode within the base, potentially allowing the Vehicons to track their position. Though he suddenly realised that the power surge he'd caused had made Megatron weak, the other Maximals refused to follow his suggestion that pressing to the attack might be a good idea, and he would later overhear them discussing what to do about him. Upset, he left the base and went to Megatron, offering to protect the Vehicon leader overnight in return for "noisemakers", and was provided with a massive armored suit. This almost brought him to blows with the other Maximals, until Primal arrived and talked him down, telling the other Maximals that Rattrap was stronger than they knew. {{storylink|The Weak Component}}

The Maximals found a factory full of empty Transformer bodies, which Rattrap examined and discovered that the sparks had been ripped out. After another skirmish with the Vehicons, Blackarachnia revealed she'd discovered that the three generals held the sparks of their missing friends. {{storylink|Revelations Part I: Discovery}} While Nightscream and Blackarachnia kept the other Vehicon generals busy, Rattrap and Cheetor went on a special mission. Rattrap hacked into Tankor's processor, unlocking memories about what had happened when they reached Cybertron. It didn't take long before he realised that Tankor was actually Rhinox. {{storylink|Revelations Part II: Descent}} Though Cheetor was skeptical, they revived Tankor, only to find themselves being chased across the city by the enraged Vehicon. Eventually, Primal was able to reawaken Rhinox's personality, only for the Maximals to discover their friend had turned against him. Though Rattrap was about to reprogram Tankor, he was prevented by Optimus, and could only watch as their friend left. {{storylink|Revelations Part III: Apocalypse}}

[[Image:Survivor Rattrap takes cover.jpg|thumb|220px|right]]
While Rattrap was trying to extract memories from Nightscream, the young Maximal's snide comments about the fact they had lost the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] angered him. The Maximals attempted to find the chamber containing the fruit tree again, leading to a fight with the Vehicons during which everyone was knocked out, and Nightscream abducted. The Maximals managed to find him, leading them to battle more Vehicons, and the discovery of a [[fossil cave]] which they would use for their base. {{storylink|Survivor}} With Optimus and Cheetor now constantly coming to blows over leadership decisions, Rattrap would often find himself in the middle of their arguments. The latest such argument was cut short when the Maximals discovered a quantity of [[organic goo]], which was followed by the appearance of Tankor, who used the [[Key to Vector Sigma]] to turn Nightscream into [[technomatter]] before himself overloading. As they'd discovered that the organic goo would cure the technomatter sickness, Rattrap accompanied Primal and Cheetor in trying to obtain a [[Vehicon Mole|mole drone]] in order to drill for more goo. Having commandeered one and cured the technomatter, Rattrap found himself in the middle of another argument, and this time left them to it, forcing them to talk about their disagreement. {{storylink|The Key}}

[[Image:Catalyst Rattrap vine uhoh.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
Searching the computers for more locations to find the organic goo, Rattrap stumbled on a catalyst planted there by Tankor. He used to to superaccelerate the plant growth, only to find himself literally carried away by the vines, and having to be rescued by the other Maximals. They would later use the fast-growing vines to rescue Blackarachnia, against Optimus's wishes, an act that almost spelled doom for the orchard. {{storylink|The Catalyst}} Nonetheless, Rattrap used the catalyst to create plant-bombs that ensnared Vehicons in instant-growth vines. When Optimus discovered the location of the [[plasma energy|Plasma Energy Chamber]], which would end all technological life on Cybertron, the other Maximals persuaded him not to use it. Instead, they had Rattrap attempt to hack into the computers to found a way to disable the Keys. Unfortunately Tankor had other plans, and disabled Rattrap by zapping him into technomatter. {{storylink|End of the Line}}

Restored to technorganic health when the conflicting energies of the Keys and the Plasma Energy Chamber cancelled each other out, the Maximals visited the Council Citadel, where they discovered the remains of Optimus, Megatron and Tankor. Rattrap checked out the city's central core and reported it was flat-lining. Though he was greatly discouraged, Cheetor announced they had to find the lost sparks. After an altercation with the two remaining Vehicon generals, the Maximals went to the Oracle chamber, where they found Primal floating with in the Oracle. Though he asked for them to forgive him, Rattrap told him there was nothing to forgive. With some encouragement from the Maximals and an encounter with the Matrix, Optimus chose life, returning to them.

[[Image:PrometheusUnbound Rattrap harness.jpg|right|250px|thumb]]
Returning to the surface, the Maximals were startled when a giant [[Grand Mal|likeness of Megatron]] floated into view. {{storylink|Fallout}} While Optimus tried to contact Megatron's spark, the other Maximals went to look for the Vehicon generals, and found [[Noble]], a completely organic [[Transformer]] who had seemingly no control over his transformations into a huge beast dubbed Savage. {{storylink|Savage Noble}} Noble made Rattrap extremely uneasy and he had little sympathy for Nightscream's friendship with the beast. The Maximals broke into the Council Citadel, eventually reaching the throne room, where Rattrap tapped into Megatron's [[control harness]] and attempted to access the encrypted data. He was pulled from the harness by Noble, who it turned out was Megatron himself, trapped in his own organic half. Megatron used [[spark extractor]]s to remove his spark, and soon took up residence in the giant floating head, reactivating the Vehicon drones. After the Maximals retreated to a safe place, Rattrap expressed his sorrow to Nightscream that Noble had turned out to be a con job. {{storylink|Prometheus Unbound}}

Rattrap developed a new device, combining a spark extractor with a [[DNA scanner]], which he hoped to use to reformat the Vehicon generals back into their friends. While searching for Nightscream, he spotted the young Maximal being dragged away by Savage, who was by then sparkless and operating completely on instinct. Believing the worst, Rattrap attempted to quietly rescue Nightscream, but accidentally alerted Savage. The pair fled, and managed to lose Savage by diverting his attention to [[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]]. They found that Blackarachnia had used Rattrap's device to turn [[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]] back into [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] and Rattrap was overjoyed to have at least one of their friends back. {{storylink|In Darkest Knight}} A [[Hate Plague]] virus created by Megatron infected the Maximal ranks, causing the Maximals to fight among themselves. With Optimus's help, they realised what was happening and managed to work together to overcome the virus. {{storylink|A Wolf in the Fold}}

A spaceship crash led the Maximals to discover [[Botanica (BM)|Botanica]], a Maximal formatted as a plant-based life form, who was able to lend a hand with the failing technorganic crops. {{storylink|Home Soil}} Though the Maximals were finding they had an easier time dealing with just Thrust, Megatron soon introduced two new Vehicon generals — [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] and [[Strika (BM)|Strika]] — who almost got the better of the Maximals until a vision prompted Botanica to lend a hand. {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. I: The Strike}}

[[Image:Sparkwar2 Rattrap generators.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
Searching for a way to evade the Vehicons, Rattrap developed [[scrambled field generator]]s, which hid their life signs. Rattrap and Botanica were paired up to search for the lost sparks, but spent most of their search bickering, only to encounter Strika. Fleeing, they hid in a handy building which turned out to contain a holographic entertainment unit, much to Rattrap's delight. While he was immersed in the illusion, Strika attacked. Botanica yanked him out of the holographic world, and he subsequently used the device to keep Strika occupied. Though he was inordinately pleased with himself, Botanica dragged him from the building, saying the hologram wouldn't hold Strika for long. {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. II: The Search}}

As the Maximals intended to infiltrate the floating head in search of the missing sparks, Rattrap provided upgraded versions of his scrambled field generators. They were used to great effect, as Rattrap, Primal, Blackarachnia and Botanica snuck aboard the flying head, only to discover that Megatron had begun to devour the missing sparks as part of his ascension. After Megatron made the mistake of killing Noble, Nightscream used his sonic attack to blast and apparently dissipate Megatron's spark. With the floating head plummeting, Rattrap managed to activate the manual controls so that Optimus could take control of it. {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. III: The Siege}}

After the Maximals had celebrated their foe's demise, Optimus assigned Botanica and Rattrap to tend to the [[technorganic orchard]], much to Rattrap's dismay. He continued to complain, even as he worked on the orchard, and got into an intense argument with Botanica, which abruptly ended when they accidentally [[Kiss|locked lips]]. Startled and embarrassed, they both decided to delete their memories of the incident. As it turned out, Megatron wasn't gone after all, and his spark possessed a Cycle drone, which wreaked havoc in the orchard until Botanica destroyed it. Rattrap swiftly found a way to track the spark, and managed to repolarize it, allowing it to finally possess a body for good — that of a [[Diagnostic Drone]]. {{storylink|Spark of Darkness}}

[[Image:BMEndgame1 Rattrap Botanica dying.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
Soon the Maximals found themselves sieged aboard the giant head. The ship's shields cut Botanica from Cybertron's organic core, slowly starving her. Desperate to save her, Rattrap loaded her into a lifepod and used a device to eject her through the shields. Unfortunately this also allowed Megatron to learn the shield harmonics, enabling the Vehicons to bypass the shields as well. Rattrap defended his actions, but the ship was doomed. He erected a stasis field around the spark containment unit as the ship plunged to the ground. {{storylink|Endgame Pt. I: The Downward Spiral}} With the ship completely depowered, Botanica showed up with a power cable, and Rattrap was extremely happy to see her, though he clumsily hid it. As they prepared to defend the ship, Botanica thanked Rattrap for saving her life. Optimus was able to get the Oracle to provide them with spark powerups.

[[Image:Rattrap bm treehugger.jpg|left|250px|thumb|A little man and a big plant.]]
During the battle against the Vehicon drones, Botanica sensed Mole drones attacking the orchard, and took Rattrap and Nightscream down to fight them off. The Mole drones moved in on Botanica, but Rattrap used his spark power to whisk her out of danger. Megatron was able to use his access to the Oracle to cut off the Maximals' spark power, and, overcome by the Mole drones, Rattrap and Botanica had their sparks ripped out by Cycle drones. {{storylink|Endgame Pt. II: When Legends Fall}}

Though no longer able to physically help, the Maximals were able to offer brief words of encouragement to Primal during his final battle with Megatron. When Primal's sacrifice triggered the reformatting of Cybertron, their sparks were freed and quickly returned to their bodies. As they witnessed the newly greened Cybertron and the restored population, Rattrap leapt joyfully into Botanica's arms. So he's a tree hugger. Deal with it. His and Botanica's romantic moment was interrupted by [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (now regular wasp size and with [[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]] head) complaining about how he never gets what he wants, Rattrap just swatted him away. {{storylink|Endgame Pt. III: Seeds of the Future}}

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====''Universe''====
{{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}

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[[Image:Rattrap legs.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Legs! Precious, beautiful legs!]]

Rattrap was among the Maximals gathered at Memorial Spaceport to greet the wayward [[Autobot]]s [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]], [[Roulette]] and [[Shadow Striker (Universe)|Shadow Striker]] back to Cybertron approximately one year after the reformatting of Cybertron. He welcomed Trailbreaker back in his own unique fashion (involving intoxicants, naturally). Seconds later, Rattrap bore witness as the five travelers were abducted by Unicron. {{storylink|Abduction}}

[[Image:Escape-extraRattrap.jpg|right|thumb|150px|THERE. ARE. TWO. RATTRAPS.]]

A technorganic Rattrap from another universe was among those who were abducted by Unicron. He was freed along with the others and presumably returned to his home universe.

When Optimus Primal was restored to life and returned to Cybertron with the abductees, Rattrap was there to witness their arrival. {{storylink|Escape (issue)|Escape}} Despite Primal's miraculous return, some of the Maximals voiced concerns that he might not be the same 'bot they once knew, but Rattrap vowed that this time, he was with Primal all the way.

Not long after, needing to blow off steam, Rattrap headed down to the [[Undercity]]. While firing off a blaster at nothing in particular, he was attacked on Cybertron by Blackarachnia, who had been abducted and corrupted by the Chaos Bringer. Rattrap noted that he'd never trusted Blackarachnia, and she replied that he was right not to do so. She was seconds away from delivering a killing strike, but Rattrap was saved by the recently resurrected [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]]. After the spider was driven off, Depth Charge started to leave. Rattrap pleaded with him that there was obviously something big afoot, but Depth Charge would not be swayed, taking his leave as the injured Rattrap passed out. {{storylink|Homecoming (issue)|Homecoming}}

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===''Beast Wars Metals'' comic===
[[Image:11rattrap.GIF|right|142px|thumb|This is why Japan shouldn't touch the fiction. No seriously guys, we [[Dickbot the blender guy|got this]].]]

Following the [[Quantum surge]], [[Optimus Primal]] was dead and the [[Maximal]]s were left scattered all over [[Earth|Energoa]]. Now a [[Transmetal]], Rattrap proceeded to freak out all over the Maximal base as [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] attacked in force with his army of [[Cobra Soldier]]s and [[Scorpion Soldier]]s. With [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]]'s defenses gradually depleting, Rattrap remarked that they were all going to die.

Suddenly, [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] appeared above the base, only to be attacked by Sentinel. [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] moved to shut Sentinel down and let her in, but Rattrap stopped him, saying that if he shut it down, they'd die for sure. Rhinox angrily reminded him that Maximals don't turn their backs on one another and shut Sentinel down. Feeling a bit guilty, Rattrap proceeded to use himself to cushion Airazor's crash-landing.

With the defenses down, [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] was able to sneak in and attack. Ripping off Rattrap's arm, Blackarachnia was only spurred to leave after seeing what she thought was Rhinox committing suicide. As the base collapsed, Rattrap, Airazor and Rhinox were kept safe by a small force field, protecting a machine Rhinox hoped would return Optimus Primal to his old body. As Rhinox brought Primal's spark out of [[Transwarp space]], Rattrap blasted it from a laser cannon toward a dish positioned by Airazor, allowing Primal to return to his new Transmetal body. {{storylink|Raise the Curtain for Beast Wars Metals!!}}
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==Games==
===''Beast Wars: Transformers'' video game===
{{note|This game takes place in an alternate version of the first season of the [[Beast Wars (cartoon)|Beast Wars]] cartoon.}}
{{Note|Rattrap is a playable character in the Maximal mode of this game for normal gameplay.}}
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{{Note|Due to the nature of this game, a player may select various individual characters to perform the feats required in every level, and complete the game's narrative. Thus, any playable Maximal can fill the role of protagonist in Maximal Mode, and any playable Predacon can fill the role of protagonist in Predacon Mode. As such, each character's page only list said character's actions when they fill the role of antagonist during gameplay. To view the various feats Rattrap can accomplish throughout gameplay in Maximal Mode, it is told on the pages of the [[Megatron (BW)|several]] [[Scorponok (BW)|Predacons]] [[Tarantulas|included]] [[Blackarachnia (BW)|as]] [[Inferno (BW)|opponents]] in this game, as well as the game's main antagonists, the [[Skriix]], wherein Rattrap fills the role of the nameless Maximal. To view the plot as a whole view the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (video game)]] page.}}
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===''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.}}[[Image:N64_Rattrap.jpg|frame|right|Rattrap in the N64 Game]]
''Voice Actor:'' [[Scott McNeil]] (English), ??? (Japanese)

Rattrap displays an otherwise unseen ability to quickly burrow underground in his beast mode, and subsequently errupt from the earth in order to surprise his opponent.

The Beast Wars were ultimately won thanks to a spy mission successfully completed by Rattrap. The resulting sneak attack meant the end of Megatron, who perished in the battle's explosive finale. The remaining Predacon troops were subsequently taken prisoner. The Beast warriors then boarded the ancient Autobot shuttle, and returned to Cybertron. Back on his home planet, Rattrap can finally enjoy peace and tranquility, as he relaxes at restaurants, taverns and bars, proclaiming: "Ahh... Ya know, we're all gonna di... dine!" {{storylink|Transformers 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 Rattrap's fate in those outcomes.}}
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==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
[[Image:Rattrapbeastwarsbasic.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Less cute than advertised.]]
*'''Rattrap''' (Basic, 1996/1997)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-5'''
**''Accessories'': 2-part pistol

: Part of the first wave of ''Beast Wars'' product, Rattrap transforms from a large rat to robot mode with a spring-action, [[Autotransformation|one-step transformation]]. His beast mode "shell" halves each hide a part of his handgun.

: In Japan, the initial releases of Rattrap were identical to the [[Hasbro]] version. At the very end of the Japanese ''Beast Wars'' line (early 1997), several toys were given altered decos to make them more show-like. For Rattrap, this mainly meant his robot-mode head got a humongous glob of shiny copper paint (that didn't really match his copper plastic in tone). This copper was also used on his hands. His eyes were changed to red and dark gray paint added to his beast mode nose.

: This mold was also used to make [[Packrat]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1996/Maximal/Rattrap/rattrap.htm More information on Rattrap at TFU.info]''

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*'''Rattle Vs Terrorsaurer''' (Vs pack, 1997)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''VS-5'''
**''Accessories'': 2-part pistol

: In Japan, Rattrap was available both separately and in a two-pack with the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]]. This set contained the pre-[[redeco]]ed versions, identical to their individual releases.

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[[Image:BWRattrapTM.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Find one without a chrome shedding problem, win a prize!]]
*'''Rattrap''' (Deluxe Transmetal, 1998/1999)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-43'''
**''Accessories'': Tail-whip

: Part of the second wave of Deluxe [[Transmetal]]s, Rattrap transforms from semi-organic robot to a robotic rat. He has a third "beast-vehicle" form, folding his hind feet up into the extending rear wheels, flipping up his front legs, and pulling out a pair of [[Exhaust port|exhaust pipes]]. (Eyuw, the smell!) His beast-mode tail becomes a whip for robot mode. Despite the show's portrayal, his hubcaps are not removable, nor does he have a handgun. Transmetal Rattrap is one of several toys notable for being subject to severe chrome-flaking over time.

: There is a minor variant to this toy: about midway through the production run, a small "catch" was added to the neck's swivel joint to lock his robot head in place in robot mode. This [[retool]]ed version was then used for all subsequent releases of the toy.

: For the Japanese ''Beast Wars Metals'' release of Transmetal Rattrap, the chrome was given a much more maroon tone and the tan changed into gray. Also, the "RATTRAP" [[tampograph]] on his beast-mode back was changed to "CYBERTRON" with the [[Maximal]] [[Insignia|faction symbol]]. The orange used was also darker and more subdued.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1998/Maximal/Rattrap/rattrap.htm More informatio non Transmetal Rattrap at TFU.info]''

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[[Image:BW-toy RattrapVsTerrorMetals.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]
*'''Flash Showdown: Metals Rattle VS Metals Terrorsaurer'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''VS-43'''
**''Accessories'': Tail-whip

: In Japan, Transmetal Rattrap was available both as an individual and in a "VS" pack with Terrorsaur. Both toys are identical to their individual releases.

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[[Image:Walmartrattrappackrat.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Yoink!]]
* '''Rattrap''' (Deluxe Transmetal, 1999)
**''Accessories'': Tail-whip

: The first store-[[exclusive]] Transformer in the ''Beast Wars'' line, Transmetal Rattrap was given a deep blue color scheme. He was only available as a [[Walmart]] exclusive, even having the Walmart logo emblazoned on the bubble as part of the design.

: This toy was later [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as a Transmetal form for [[Packrat]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1999/Maximal/WalmartRattrap/walrat.htm More information on Walmart Rattrap at TFU.info]''

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[[Image:BW-toy RattrapPuzzle.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Rattrap Cheesepants]]
* '''Metals Rattle Special Version''' (Pack-in Deluxe, 1999)
**''Accessories'': Tail-whip

: The Deluxe Transmetal Rattrap toy was given a white and orange deco and packed in with a 500-piece ''Beast Wars Metals'' jigsaw puzzle from Central Hobby.

:Oddly, this toy uses the Hasbro "RATTRAP" tampograph on the rat-mode back rather than the Takara "CYBERTRON" and symbol mark. This is likely due to the fact it was released long before Metals was released in Japan.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1999/Cybertron/PuzzleRattrap/rattrap.htm More information on puzzle Rattrap at TFU.info]''

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[[Image:Rattrap transmetal2000.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Not actually a black repaint.]]
* '''Rattrap''' (Deluxe Transmetal, 2000)
**''Accessories'': Tail-whip

: As part of the second "[[Fox Kids]]" Transmetals series, this version of Rattrap was one of the last releases in the original retail ''Beast Wars'' line. The toy got a more primary red color scheme, with bright gray robot bits and deep blue chrome.

: This toy was released in Japan as part of a [[JafCon]] convention exclusive set (without changes) along with the "Fox Kids" Transmetals versions of [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] and [[Cheetor (BW)/toys|Cheetor]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2000/Maximal/FKTMRattrap/rattrap.htm More information on Fox Kids Rattrap at TFU.info]''

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===Beast Machines===
[[Image:BMtoy-RattrapMcD.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Is that whiteface?]]
* '''Rattrap''' (Happy Meal, 2000)

: Part of the ''Beast Machines'' McDonald's Happy Meal promotion, Rattrap transforms into a technorganic rat modeled more after the cartoon model than the toy. As such, his robot mode does not have normal legs, only extendable wheels. His toy also features light piping that in theory illuminates the Maximal [[spark]] on his stomach. Being made of softer plastic and having no removable parts, he is very suitable for the younger set.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2000/Maximal/McRattrap/rattrap.htm More information on McDonald's Rattrap at TFU.info]''

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[[Image:BMtoy-RattrapRedRooster.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Ever want to know what the children would look like?]]
* '''Rattrap''' (Little Red Rooster meal, 2000)

: The McDonald's Happy Meal Rattrap was also released in Australia through the Red Rooster restaurant rai—uh, chain. Like the other three pieces used, it came in four color schemes: the original colors (with opaques replacing the transparents), a reversed red-with-green, a deep blue with very light blue, and a light blue with deep blue.

:These versions of the mould were retooled from the original, removing almost all arm articulation (and a step in the transformation), plugging up the light piping, and reducing the number of parts and plastic colours used by the toy. Oddly, even though Little Red Rooster Meal Rattrap no longer has light piping he has a red paint ap (on all 4 versions) on his back to simulate the red circle of transluscent plastic on the original's back.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2000/Maximal/McRattrap/rattrap.htm More information on Red Rooster's Rattraps at TFU.info (scroll down)]''
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[[Image:Rattrapbeastmachinesmega.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Nobody's truly disabled so long as they have <strike>courage</strike> a third mode!]]
* '''Rattrap''' (Mega, 2001/2005)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''BR-03'''
**''Accessories'': Tail-whip

: Rattrap was the last release in the ''[[Beast Machines (toyline)|Beast Machines]]'' toyline before the change to the "Battle for the Spark" packaging, not appearing on shelves until long after the rest of his Season 1 compatriots. Reportedly, Rattrap was delayed for redesign purposes.

:Rattrap transforms into a large [[technorganic]] rat. In beast mode, turning his tail moves his head and ears. In robot mode, he has a flip-down visor and moving jaw. His robot legs can also fold up so he can use his wheels, which also have flip-out blades. His beast tail becomes a hand-held whip. He possesses an orange spark crystal, concealed within his body, making it visible only in mid-transformation.

: This toy was later released as part of the [[Takara]]-exclusive [[Beast Machines (toyline)|''Beast Wars Returns'' line]], made available only at Japanese Toys "R" Us stores. So far, it appears that there are no notable differences between the Hasbro and Takara versions aside from packaging.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2000/Maximal/Rattrap/rattrap.htm More information on Beast Machines Rattrap at TFU.info]''
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===Beast Wars 10th Anniversary===
[[Image:BW10th-Rattrap.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Not phallic at all.]]
* '''Rattrap''' (10th Anniversary, 2006)
**''Accessories'': Tail-whip

: Part of the second wave of ''Beast Wars'' 10th Anniversary product, the original [[#TM1|Transmetal Rattrap toy]] was given a slight deco modification, mainly a brighter, more neutral gray plus a Maximal sigil on his chest. He came with the right arm to the "build-a-bot" [[Transmutate (character)|Trans-Mutate]], plus a DVD of the episode "[[A Better Mousetrap]]".
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Maximal/Rattrap/rattrap.htm More information on 10th Anniversary Rattrap at TFU.info]''
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===Timelines===
[[Image:Timelinestoy-RattrapDoFP.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Mmmm, cheese wheel.]]
* '''Dawn of Future's Past''' (Multi-pack, 2006)
**''Accessories'': Blaster, "Golden Disc Key"

: "Axalon Rattrap" is a redeco of ''[[Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack]], transforming into a Cybertronic motorcycle. Plugging a [[Cyber Planet Key]]—or in this set's case, a [[Golden Disc Key]]—into the rear portion of his bike mode flips out a pair of non-firing guns. This assembly detaches to form a hand-held blaster in robot mode. This is thus far the only version of the ''Cybertron'' Ransack mold to have the "correct" rear wheel assembly position.

: Rattrap came in a boxed 5-pack with "Axalon" versions of [[Optimus Primal/toys|Optimus Primal]], [[Cheetor (BW)/toys|Cheetor]], [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] and "[[Darksyde]]" [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]]. This set was also made available as a bagged set in more limited numbers.

: This mold was also the basis for non-toy characters [[Quickslinger]] and [[Rattletrap]], and the "[[Theft of the Golden Disk]]" video incarnation of [[Tarantulas]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Maximal/BCRattrap/rattrap.htm More information on Timelines Rattrap at TFU.info]''
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==Merchandise==

*'''Beast Wars Movie Coin''' (1997)
:Released only in Japan, Rattrap was one of three characters from Beast Wars to receive a movie coin, the other two being Rhinox and Scorponok.
::*''[http://www.tfmuseum.com/tf-02112.html Rattrap Movie Coin at TFMuseum.com]''

* '''Beast Wars magnet set''' (1997)

: The original cast of ten from the ''Beast Wars'' cartoon was rendered in adorable [[super-deformed]] style for a set of magnets. Awwwww.
* '''Beast Wars Transformers Mutating Card Game''' (1997)
:Rattrap was one of the 24 beast warriors to receive a battle card representation for the Beast Wars [[Beast Wars Transformers Mutating Card Game|card game]].

===Kabaya candy toys===
*'''Rattle''' (candy toy kit, 1997)

: Part of a set of four [[Kabaya]] [[candy toy]]s, this version of Rattrap, based on [[#Basic1|the original toy]], is an unpainted and unassembled plastic kit that transforms (and partially re-assembles) from rat to robot mode, though much smaller (and cheaper) than the original toy. It is cast entirely in grayish-tan and pale yellow plastics, as are the other three toys in the set: [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]], [[Cheetor (BW)/toys|Cheetor]], and [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]].

*'''Rattle''' (candy toy, 1997)

: A tiny plastic Rattrap figurine molded onto an irregularly-shaped stand was released by Kabaya. Labeled toy 5 of 6, the other characters in his wave were Dinobot, Cheetor, Megatron, Optimus Primal, and Rhinox. As always, terrible candy is included.

===Robot Heroes===
[[Image:Robotheroesmegatronrattrap.jpg|right|300px|thumb|More creepy than cute.]]
* '''Rattrap vs. Megatron''' (2008)

: Part of the "Beast Wars Series", Rattrap comes packaged with [[Megatron (BW)/toys|Megatron]]. Like most of the ''Robot Heroes'' line, his design is a mix between the toy and cartoon depictions, notably having a grayish rather than copper-colored head. He has the standard shoulders-and-neck articulation.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Maximal/Rattrap/rattrap.htm More information on Robot Heroes Rattrap at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
[[Image:Concept-Rattrap.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Handi-capable!]]

* In an extremely strange precursor of things to come in ''Beast Machines'', Mainframe's original concept for Rattrap during ''Beast Wars'' was to capitalize on the exposed "brain" of the toy and make Rattrap a deeply flawed character. Originally, Rattrap's scanning and transformation technology was to fail, leaving him basically half-formed, with an exposed brain, wiring, "veins", an asymetrical body, arms of uneven lengths, and malformed organic sections in robot mode. On top of all that, he was hooked up to a "colostomy bag-like heating cable" to stress his need for life support. Rattrap's overall story arc would have been, of course, about him accepting and overcoming his near-fatal flaws. This approach was entirely nixed by the limits of CGI in rendering convincing organic innards at the time...and the fact that his model would have been massively far off from the actual toy probably also factored into it. However, the idea of a defective Transformer ''was'' later revisited in season 2 with the introduction of [[Transmutate (character)|Transmutate]]. The idea of Rattrap dealing with the limitations of an "inferior" body seems to surface in Beast Machines as well.

* On Transmetal Wal-Mart Rattrap/Packrat: According to [[3H Productions|3H]], they were on the phone discussing exclusives with their at-the-time Hasbro contact, when he (the Hasbro guy) realized that the not-yet-released blue Wal-Mart Rattrap could have been named Packrat. However, it was a few days too late to make the change without a massive production delay. Had he simply been looking at the right wall of his office a few days earlier, which had the Packrat/[[Fractyl]] box-set on it...{{fact}}

* At one point in the series, Rattrap says, "What in the name of my great-aunt [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] is going on!?" This is an in-joke referring to [[Susan Blu]], who was not only voice director on ''Beast Wars'', but the voice of Arcee in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon series]] and Transmutate in the ''Beast Wars'' episode [[Transmutate (episode)|of the same name]]. He was originally going to say the line again when he saw Transmetal 2 [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (and she was to reply, "Not your great-aunt Arcee!") in the early script of "[[Crossing the Rubicon]]", but the lines were cancelled.<ref>Page 96, "Beast Wars Glossary" in ''[[Beast Wars Universe]]''</ref>

* In the jovial Japanese dub of ''Beast Wars'', one of Rattrap's most notable "shticks" was that he would constantly break the fourth wall by "smelling" what the audience was eating. For instance, he would randomly announce "Smells like the Suzuki's are having curry". The Japanese found this very amusing. The rest of the world; ''not so much''.

* To piggyback on the popularity of the ''[[Pokeformers|Pokémon]]'' phenomenon of the late '90s, or perhaps just to parody it, Rattrap's beast mode in the ''[[Beast Wars Metals (manga)|Beast Wars Metals]]'' manga was redesigned to resemble ''Pikachu'' heavily. While many characters received "humorous" redesigns for the manga, Rattrap's remains the most reviled.

* Rattrap makes a blink-and-you'll-miss-him cameo appearance in "Nor Iron Bars a Cage", an episode of Mainframe's ''Shadow Raiders''. He's standing next to Emperor Sternum in a long shot, but sneakily turns into a different animation model entirely for the close-up. The scamp!

* By splicing together footage for their promo, [[Toonami]] allowed Rattrap the distinct pleasure of shooting Jonny Quest and sending him plummeting to a gruesome demise.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/1996/Maximal/Rattrap/rattrap.htm Rattrap at TFU.info]

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Eye of the Storm

2009-12-24T21:30:36Z

86.160.150.253: /* Items of note */

{{disambig2|the stand-alone issue|the anthology|Best of Transformers: Eye of the Storm}}
{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''The Transformers'' (US)]] #69
|prev=The Human Factor!
|next=The Pri¢e of Life!
|title="Eye of the Storm"
|seriesissue2=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #306–308
|prev2=The Human Factor!
|next2=The Pri¢e of Life!
|image=MarvelUS-69.jpg
|caption=Finally, Wildman!!
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|date=June 1990
|coverdate=August 1990
|writer=[[Simon Furman]]
|penciler=[[Andrew Wildman|Andy Wildman]]
|inkers=[[Harry Candelario]] & [[Bob Lewis]] (pages 7-8, 15-17)
|colorist=[[Nelson Yomtov|Nel Yomtov]]
|letterer=[[Rick Parker]]
|editor=[[Don Daley]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]
}}

'''Several plot threads begin, as the countdown to Unicron continues.'''

==Synopsis==
Grimlock mad. Grimlock smash. Grimlock want [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] back. Grimlock nearly kill stupid [[Pretender]] Waverider for tedious flashback exposition.

Meanwhile, Optimus Prime has become worried about the general mood of his soldiers aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. Despite the loss of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], they are still not taking the threat of Unicron very seriously, falling into the groove of serious relaxation and downtime between missions. He begins to consider that the only way to defeat Unicron may be with the [[Autobot|Autobots]] and [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] united as one.

In the meantime, Optimus checks in on Nightbeat, who he has assigned to a research project — looking into the apparent deaths of Megatron and Ratchet a few months back to see if there was any chance they survived. Nightbeat had indeed come up with a theory, as one or both of the Transformers could have fled into a trans-dimensional portal known to have been active at the time, only to have been caught between universes when the base exploded and deactivated the portal. To test his theory, Nightbeat constructed a sub-spatial "fishing line" to search the space between space for Ratchet's bio-mechanical readout and lifesigns.

Off in space, Galvatron II is brought before the present day Unicron, and demands to know why Unicron has broken the bargain they made. Unicron explains that that was a different Unicron's promise, and he needs Galvatron's strength in his own timeline now. He demands that Galvatron go forth and spread word of his coming to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]... forcefully. Galvatron agrees, for the moment.

Grimlock retrieve Dinobots from stasis pods. Grimlock sorry he have to "WHAMM!" Kup to do it, but he found way to save friends. Dumb Prime not trust Grimlock's suggestion, so Grimlock take matters into own hands.

Elsewhere on the Ark, Optimus Prime makes the shocking announcement over the ship's comms that he plans to offer an unconditional surrender to [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] and the Decepticons, in order to pave the way for an alliance against Unicron.

[[Image:US69EyeofStorm.JPG|left|300px|thumb|Rumble rumble rumble, mutiny mutiny mutiny.]]
The offer will come too late for two of Scorponok's troops, though. [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] and [[Triggerhappy]] were less than pleased when Scorponok offered the madman Starscream a place in his Decepticons, and him then losing track of that psychopath completely was the last straw. As they fly away from the Decepticons' [[New Jersey (Earth)|New Jersey]] headquarters, the two warriors are confronted by Starscream himself. Starscream, along with his partners Shockwave and Ravage, have joined forces to attempt a coup on Scorponok's command. They offer Mindwipe and Triggerhappy a place in their new order.

As Grimlock forcibly blasts free of the Ark, Optimus Prime explains to Nightbeat and Waverider the reasoning behind it. A new energy source called [[Nucleon]] had been discovered on [[Hydrus Four]], a power apparently capable of granting new and more powerful life to mechanical lifeforms. Unfortunately, there were stories of psychological side effects, dementia and paranoia attacking some of the earliest recipients of Nucleon's power. Prime dismissed it as too dangerous to use on the fallen Autobots, but Grimlock got hold of a copy of the report and wanted to check it out. It seemed Prime's objection wasn't enough to discourage him.

Suddenly, in the midst of Optimus's explanation, Nightbeat's probe returned... carrying the bizarre fusion of Megatron and Ratchet's form with it.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] (1)
* [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] (2)
* [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] (3)
* [[Waverider|Waverider]] (4)
* [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] (5)
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (6)
* [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] (10)
* [[Cloudburst|Cloudburst]] (17)
|c2=
* [[Galvatron II|Galvatron II]] (8)
* [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] (11)
* [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] (12)
* [[Triggerhappy|Triggerhappy]] (13)
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (14)
* [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (15)
* [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (16)
|c4=
* [[Unicron|Unicron]] (7)
* [[Hook, Line, and Sinker|Hook, Line, and Sinker]] (9)
* [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]/[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (18)
}}

==Errors==
* Triggerhappy mentions seeing Shockwave burn up in Earth's atmosphere, but Scorponok's Decepticons had not yet joined up with Shockwave and [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s forces by that point. Perhaps he saw a recording though...

==Items of note==
* Optimus Prime experiences the first of a series of mysterious pains in his gut. Though never truly spelled out for us, this is apparently the first indicator of the "metamorphosis" [[Hi-Q]] underwent in later issues.

* Though there are still a few glitches, this issue is the closest "turning point" where the UK [[Earthforce]] Saga could reasonably break off from the standard comic timeline.

* According to a retcon made by [[Fun Publications]], Unicron is a single entity who travels across the dimensions, meaning that the Unicron of Galvatron II's timeline and the Unicron of this timeline '''are''' the same entity. This means that Unicron lied to Galvatron II and ''did'' break his promise. Bear in mind, this should not surprise anyone.

* ''[[Transformers Universe (Marvel comic)|Transformers Universe]]'' profiles for [[Fastlane]] and [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] are found after the main story.

==References==
* Several characters mention the events of US issues [[Dark Creation|#65]]–[[All Fall Down (issue)|66]], where the [[Classic Pretender|Classic Pretenders]] were left to die on [[VsQs|VsQs]], and [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] assaulted the Ark with the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], only for both to be lost in space.

* Nightbeat's investigation pertains to the explosion at the climax of US issue [[Skin Deep|#59]].

===Covers===
<gallery>
Image:MarvelUS-69.jpg|'''US issue #69''' - What's in the middle? I hope it's [[Rack'n'Ruin]]!
Image:MarvelUK-306.jpg|'''UK issue #306''' - Nice to see you, to see you nice.
Image:MarvelUK-307.jpg|'''UK issue #307''' - No more! No more Stan Bush!
Image:MarvelUK-308.jpg|'''UK issue #308''' - Even when he's trying to be cool, Shockwave is ''mean''.
</gallery>
* '''US cover:''' Major plot points of the story by [[Andrew Wildman]].
* '''UK issue #306 cover:''' A pensive Prime by [[Staz|Stewart Johnson]] and [[Robin Bouttell]].
* '''UK issue #307 cover:''' Unicron punishes Galvatron by [[Andrew Wildman]] and Robin Bouttell.
* '''UK issue #308 cover:''' Shockwave chokes Mindwipe by [[Stephen Baskerville]], [[Lesley Dalton]] and Robin Bouttell.

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

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Shadow of Evil

2009-12-24T17:52:14Z

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{{comicstory|seriesissue=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #253
|prev=Edge of Impact
|next=White Fire
|title="Shadow of Evil"
|image=MarvelUK-253.jpg
|caption=''You're MY WIFE now!''
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|date=[[January 14|14th January]] 1990
|coverdate=[[January 20|20th January]] 1990
|writer=[[Simon Furman]]
|art=[[Cam Smith]]
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|colours=
|letterer=[[Annie Halfacree]]
|editor=
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]
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'''Unicron has possessed Rodimus - everyone's buggered...'''

==Synopsis==
{{note|This story follows on from [[Edge of Impact]].}}
The possessed Rodimus is slaughtering the [[Autobot|Autobots]] by the dozen, and, as they are reluctant to kill him, their weapons are set to stun. Kup has called for help from [[Autobot City]], and until it arrives, he feels they owe it to Rodimus to let him have a chance fighting against the real enemy...

Rodimus flees through a nightmare world, pursued by Unicron, now in the form of a walking shadow. Rodimus is running scared when he should be fighting, and he is lost.

The possessed Rodimus pauses due to this psychic battle, and as reinforcements arrive, Arcee makes Kup realise they have to take this chance and shoot to kill...

{{note|This story is continued in [[White Fire]].}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters|c1=
* [[Getaway]] ''(deactivated)'' (1)
* [[Quickmix (G1)|Quickmix]] ''(deactivated)'' (2)
* [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] (3)
* [[Siren]] (4)
* [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] (5)
* [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] (6)
* [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (7)
* [[Doubleheader]] (8)
* [[Hosehead]] (9)
* [[Longtooth]] (10)
* [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]] (12)
* [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (13)
* [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] (14)
* [[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]] (15)
|c4=
* [[Unicron]] (11)
}}

==Items of note==
* Unicron's name is not mentioned either here or in "White Fire".

* Rodimus/Unicron appears to take out a fair number of Autobots in this issue. As well as the deactivated Getaway and Quickmix, we see him blasting Siren, Doubleheader, Hosehead and Longtooth (along with some poor sod in silhouette who is pretty much ''disintegrated''). It would be the last time we would see these characters in the future timeline, leaving their eventual fates uncertain.

* The Autobots really are in trouble; the "heavy artillery" ordered in by Kup consists of Blaster, Perceptor, Afterburner and Strafe. We could be charitable and assume the other [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] are just off-panel, but they're still not more heavily armed than, say, any other group of random Autobots.

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Ginrai: God On of Rage!!

2009-10-16T16:27:23Z

86.160.153.88: /* Synopsis */

{{episode
|series=Masterforce
|ep=11
|image=Angrygodon.jpg
|caption=Who needs [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]? You've got Ginrai!
|title="Ginrai: God On of Rage!!"
|japanese=ジンライ怒りのゴッドオン!!
|romaji=Ginrai: Ikari no God On!!
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|writer=[[Yoshihisa Araki]]
|director=[[Katsutoshi Sasaki]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|airdate=[[June 21|21 June]] 1988
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''While Ginrai debates over whether or not to join the Autobots, the Decepticons begin a series of fatal attacks on his trucker friends in an effort to draw him out.'''

:''English/Malay dub title:'' "'''Turn the Anger to Power'''"
:''Also known as:'' "'''Ginrai's Angry God On'''"

==Synopsis==
When a military jet investigates the appearance of a mysterious "island" in the middle of the ocean, its flight through storm-riddled skies is soon brought to an abrupt end when the object of their investigation turns out to be the [[Decepticon]] base. Perched atop the base are [[Giga]], [[Mega]], [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] and [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]], in a bizarre scene—Giga stands poised with a golf club, a large purple sphere resting on a tee by his feet. He drives the ball high into the sky, and it suddenly bursts into flame, smashing through the windshield of the plane, and destroying the aircraft in a massive fireball. This is the Decepticons' newest invention, the [[Deathball]], which Hydra and Buster are ordered to put to use in destroying the new [[Autobot]] [[Godmaster]], [[Ginrai]].

At the Ocean Research Institute of California, Ginrai and [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] await the arrival of [[Lander]], who soon arrives to educate Ginrai on the Decepticons. Showing him various newspaper clippings detailing Decepticon attacks, Lander, like Diver before him, tries to convince Ginrai to join the Autobots. Ginrai jokes that he'd rather appear on television, and Lander asks him to do it for the sake of the world—an argument that strikes a chord with Ginrai, who says that he will not become part of the Autobot army and command structure, but promises to fight the Decepticons when they appear. Ginrai departs to complete a delivery job, and Diver relays their progress to [[Metalhawk|Hawk]], who in turn reveals Ginrai's existence to the [[Headmaster Junior|Headmaster Juniors]], telling them that he is sure the trucker will soon join their forces.

Elsewhere in America, Buster and Hydra's search for Ginrai has begun, as they launch Deathball attacks on numerous tractor trailers in an attempt to locate him. A pair of truckers named [[Union Transportation#Cougar_and_Dan|Cougar and Dan]] meet their end in a blaze of fire when their truck is destroyed... but this is totally unknown to Ginrai, who has met with fellow trucker [[Billy Husky]] at a gas station, and arranges to meet him for a drink that evening at the [[Barr Nellison]], a favorite haunt of his fellow [[Union Transportation]] drivers. Unbeknownst to either man, it's a drink that will never be had, as Billy, on his last delivery of the day, finds himself pursued by a massive big rig that ultimately forces him off the road. Billy's truck fishtails and explodes; and from within the big rig's cab, Hydra watches Billy burn...

At the Barr Nellison that evening, Ginrai is distraught to hear of Billy's death on the news, and learns of the attacks on truckers from others at the bar. Diver and Lander also see the report, and quickly deduce that the Decepticons are involved; after informing Hawk of the situation, they go searching for Ginrai, but he too has realised that the Decepticons are to blame and has taken his truck out on the road to try and lure them out. Hydra's big rig soon appears alongside Ginrai on a treacherous mountain road, and Ginrai is sent toppling off the cliff. As he crawls from the wreckage clutching a picture of his deceased friends, Diver and Lander arrive on the scene, but Buster holds them off while Hydra attempts to finish Ginrai, who has forgotten the code-phrase to trigger his transformation. With a little prompting from Diver, he gets his words right and combines with his [[Transtector]], but Hydra is ready for him and parries his every blow, until a ray of sunlight glints off Ginrai's photograph and hits Hydra right in the optics, dazzling him long enough for Ginrai to tackle him and drive him to the ground. At that point, Metalhawk and [[Phoenix]] arrive, and the outnumbered Decepticons pull out, covering their retreat with a hail of Deathballs. At the dust settles, the Headmaster Juniors arrive to introduce themselves to Ginrai, who swears over the photograph of his friends that he will avenge them. Hawk extends the hand of friendship to Ginrai, asking him if the Autobots could replace the friends he has lost, and Ginrai says that he will think it over.

==Featured Characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] (7)
* [[Lander]] (8)
* [[Metalhawk]] (12)
* [[Phoenix]] (16)

'''Human Autobots'''

* [[Ginrai]] (6)
* [[Cab]] (9)
* [[Shūta Gō]] (10)
* [[Minerva]] (11)

|c2=
'''Human Decepticons'''

* [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] (1)
* [[Buster (Masterforce)|Buster]] (2)
* [[Mega]] (4)
* [[Giga]] (5)

|c3=
* [[Union Transportation#Cougar_and_Dan|Cougar and Dan]] (13/14)
* [[Billy Husky]] (15)

}}
==Notes==
===Animation or technical errors===
*Although all the trucks attacked by Hydra and Buster are said in dialogue to be red (since the brothers remember that Ginrai's Transtector is that color) Cougar and Dan's rig is colored blue.

===Continuity errors===
*The Headmaster Juniors are asked to guard the Autobot base while Metalhawk goes to the aid of the other Autobots, but they disobey him and drive up in their Transtectors to greet Ginrai at the battle's end. Problem is... the battle was in AMERICA, and the Autobot base is in JAPAN. ''Masterforce'' is never averse to having characters cover great distances in disproportionately short periods of time, but c'mon, the Juniors can't even fly over the ocean.

===Transformers references===
*This being a Japanese cartoon, it's not a surprise to see the word "Destron" (the Japanese name for the Decepticons) in the headline of one of the newspaper clippings that Lander shows Ginrai. What is amusing, though, is that on the opposite page, there's a headline that uses the word "Decepticons!"

===Real-world references===
[[Image:Kabukiginrai.jpg|right|180px|thumb|This is the guy that's gonna save us? We're so [[Frag|fragged]].]]
*When Lander pulls out his "for the sake of the world" line, he and Diver are a bit taken aback when Ginrai unleashes a massively over-dramatic bit of pose-striking as he loudly and repeatedly insists that Lander "wait just a minute, please!" He is, in fact, talking and moving as if he were in a [[wikipedia:Kabuki|Kabuki]] play, a traditional form of Japanese theatre, as emphasised by the ornate background he is superimposed against.

===Trivia===
*For the whole of the "Generation 1" era, the code-phrase for transformation in Japanese ''Transformers'' shows is simply the ''English'' word, "transform". When Ginrai forgets the code-phrase in this episode, though, he tries the ''Japanese'' word for "transform", "henshin". Funnily enough, "henshin" went on to become the Japanese substitute for "Maximize" and "Terrorize" in their dub of ''[[Beast Wars (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' and subsequent shows, including ''[[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]''.

[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]

France

2009-05-06T00:50:06Z

86.160.30.72: /* Titan Magazines Transformers movie comics */

[[Image:Titan Paris1.jpg|right|250px|thumb|The French, pictured speaking English.]]
'''France''' is a nation in Europe, former colonial power, permanent member of the UN Security Council, and a wielder of nuclear weapons. It is known for making many contributions to Western culture and has a reputation for snobbery.

In World War 2, France surrendered in the face of foreign invasion, leaving the population to suffer under a genocidal dictatorship for four years. This is seen as a source of hilarious jokes by [[United States of America|some other nations]].

==Fiction==
===Generation 1===
====American cartoon continuity====
[[Image:Europa 2000.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Not to [[scale]].]]
The trans-continental [[Europa 2000]] car race started from Paris and went on to Istanbul. Secretly, it was a scam of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s! A map of the race's route showed the map-maker knew bog all about France's geography. {{storylink|Trans-Europe Express|Trans-Europe Express}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''Headmasters''=====
France was one of six nations blackmailed by [[Sixshot]] to give him all its energy or face destruction. The [[Trainbots]] stopped him before he could get round to carrying this threat out. {{storylink|Terror! The Six Shadows|Terror! The Six Shadows}}

=====''Super-God Masterforce''=====
The [[Headmaster Junior]] [[Minerva]] is half-French on her mother's side.

France held the F1 World Grand Prix at the Rouen Circuit, and was the homeland of champion racer [[Germain]], whose car mysteriously survived every crash it was ever in. He later retired to run a bar in the small town of Dagnuex. Both the Autobot and Decepticon Headmaster Juniors believed his car to be a [[Transtector]] and headed for France to investigate, with the latter group attacking Dagnuex. They got their butts kicked. {{storylink|At Full Strength! The Four Godmaster Gunmen|At Full Strength! The Four Godmaster Gunmen}}

As part of the Decepticon plan to devastate Earth, known as Operation M-1, [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] devastated Paris and toppled the Arc de Triomphe. The French armed forces were overpowered. {{storylink|BlackZarak - Destroyer from Space|BlackZarak - Destroyer from Space}}

====Young Corgi====

France would presumably be a member of the [[Federation of Western Europe]]. {{storylink|Battle Beneath the Ice}}

====''Transformers/G.I. Joe''====
[[Cobra]] conquered it in 1938. ''Cobra''. That has to be embarrassing. {{storylink|Transformers/G.I. Joe|Transformers/G.I. Joe}}

====IDW Generation 1 comics====
When the Decepticons seized [[New York City]] and began hitting other sites across the planet, a group of world leaders met in Versailles and decided to hit New York with a nuclear strike. Luckily, this discussion of nuclear mass-murder did not put them off their tea. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 6|All Hail Megatron issue 6}}

===Movie (2007) continuity===
====Titan Magazines ''Transformers'' movie comics====
{{note|The following events occur in an alternate timeline/continuity where Megatron won the battle of Mission City.}}
[[Image:Titan Paris2.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Hell, you should see the [[Savannah|''other'']] [[Washington, D.C.|guys]].]]
When the Decepticons conquered the United States, France joined the other nations of [[NATO]] in opposing them. Paris underwent an unknown level of bombardment during the conflict, but the Palais Bourbon (France's seat of government) was still used as a meeting point for world leaders when NATO decided to make a nuclear assault. However, the Decepticons hit NATO first and [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing]] took out the Palais in a bombing strike. The French government was probably killed here. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 10|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 2}}

==Notes==
* Comic artist [[Dan Reed]] lived in France. (He was an American and working for Marvel UK. Globalisation gone mad!)
* France has had [[multilingual packaging]] since 1985, due to Transformers distributors wanting to get all of mainland Europe in one product line.
* ''Beast Wars'' was known as ''Ani Mutants'' in France.

[[Category:Countries]]
[[Category:Generation 1 locations]]

Starscream (Movie)

2009-05-06T00:42:58Z

86.160.30.72: /* Toy bios */

{{disambig3|Starscream}}
{{factions|decepticon}}

:''Starscream is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Movie (franchise)|2007 movie franchise]] portion of the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Movie Starscream promorender2.jpg|right|350px|thumb|I got yer All Spark, right here.]]
'''Starscream''' is a hero on the wrong side. Over the centuries he's come to believe both [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]] and [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] have lost sight of what is best for the Cybertronian race, and simply pursue their own agendas. At some point, he came to the decision that, for the good of the species, a new leader must emerge, and he would be that leader. However, over time, he became as corrupt in his own way as Megatron, although he prefers subtlety and deception to Megatron's brute force. Now, what may once have been noble goals are buried under layers of self interest, transforming Starscream into that which he supposedly despised.

{{quote|Truly the universe favors those who persist.|Starscream on himself, [[Ghosts of Yesterday]]}}
{{quote|...I believe that Starscream [is] given to leaving out certain details. He favors short phrases emphasizing his own contributions, and tends to shout.|[[Payload (Movie)|Payload]] thinks Starscream might be less than 100% truthful|[[The Veiled Threat]] p71}}

:''Hungarian name ([[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|Titan Magazine]] only):'' '''Csillagsikoly''' ("Starcream")
:''Chinese name (Taiwan):'' '''Tīen-wáng Hsīng''' (天王星, "Planet Uranus")
:''Hungarian name'': '''Üstökös''' ("Comet")

==Fiction==
===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===
Many years before civil war broke out on Cybertron, commander Starscream was in the Cybertron defense forces. He was patrolling the [[Eshems nebula]] when he encountered the fourth alien scout ship he had spotted in the same [[Units of time|cycle]]. As he related this to first officer [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] of the science division, this time the alien ship did not maintain a safe distance, forcing Starscream to attack, and he was damaged in the subsequent battle (and was late for a meeting with Optimus and Lord High Protector Megatron). Soon afterwards, these same aliens attacked Cybertron, and Starscream commanded the aerial forces in the defense of the [[Simfur]] temple near the city of [[Metrotitan (Movie)|Metrotitan]]. After Megatron was injured in battle, Starscream rushed to his side to enquire about his condition and to ask for further orders. He was informed to keep Optimus's team out of the military's way. {{storylink|Defiance issue 1}}

{{charstubfiction}}

Starscream was leading an assault on the Autobots at [[Tyger Pax]] when Blackout arrived to reinforce them. They witnessed the launch of the All Spark into space, and immediately Starscream and Blackout began to bicker over their next move. Seeing Megatron leave the planet in pursuit of the All Spark, Starscream decided that so would they. {{storylink|Planetfall}}

[[Image:Planetfall Starscream yesweare.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"Hey, what's that?" "I'd call it a TARGET!"]]

Starscream was concerned over the Autobots who still posed a threat, but Megatron ordered him to gather a crew to pursue [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime's]] ship. Unfortunately, Starscream's ship was led into a trap and crippled by [[concussion pulse]] weapons, throwing them off the chase, for now. Humiliated, Starscream and his crew limped back home for repairs. Sometime later, they followed the All Spark's trace energy pulse and the wake of Prime's ship to a solar system galaxies away. Landing on the [[Mars|fourth planet]], they destroyed [[Beagle 2 Rover|a primitive lifeform]] that seemed to have been created from the All Spark, and felt the tag of the life-giving object on the third planet. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream Issue Number One|The Reign of Starscream issue 1}}

Starscream's team made planetfall on [[Earth]] in Afghanistan, quickly attracting the attention of a nearby US military base, which sent out an armoured personnel carrier to investigate. After it was destroyed, the Decepticons attacked the base itself. During the rather one-sided assault, a human agent of Sector Seven was impressed by the alien invaders' ability to adapt to Earth's finest weaponry. Starscream agreed that they were impressive, and killed the fleshling. After Blackout left the group for another nearby base, Starscream told his fellow Decepticons that their mission wouldn't always be this easy, as the Autobots were bound to turn up. {{storylink|Planetfall}}

{{note|The events of Planetfall are inconsistent with the events of IDW's own Prime Directive prequel comic. However, the depiction of the Decepticon arrival in Afghanistan was later used in [[The Reign of Starscream]].}}

In 2003, Starscream's infiltration team, consisting of [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] and Blackout, touched down on [[Mars]] and destroyed the [[Beagle 2 Rover]]. Starscream was disgusted with the rover, but Blackout and Barricade warned that there was an obviously intelligent species nearby, so they would need to be cautious. Starscream agreed, as long as they got to kill something. {{storylink|Prime Directive (IDW) issue 3}}

[[Image:MoviePrequel4 Starscream youcangonow.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Top this one, Samus.]]
Splitting up, they headed to Earth, where Starscream scanned an F-22 Raptor fighter jet being tested by the [[United States Military|US Air Force]] at [[Nellis Air Force base]]. He destroyed it, then adopted the vehicle form for himself. Leaving the scene of destruction, he radioed his fellow Decepticons to report in on their hunt for new disguise forms, which they did. He reiterated that their mission was to find the All Spark, to which Blackout responded with a reminder that the mission was also to find Megatron. Starscream dismissively replied, "Yeah, right... him too."

Later, Starscream and Blackout detected the unique radiation of the All Spark and investigated, but Starscream soon realized it was a trap by Sector Seven. Starscream destroyed several AH-64 Apache helicopters while Blackout attacked Sector Seven's bunker and attempted to hack into their mainframe. When the humans severed the connection, the Decepticons broke off from the battle and linked up with Barricade, who was in pursuit of the Autobot [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]. {{storylink|Prime Directive (IDW) issue 4}}
{{-}}
===''Transformers: Beginnings''===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Patrick Hallahan]]

Starscream led the Decepticons to Earth while following the beacon signal used by Bumblebee to call the Autobots. In typical Starscream fashion, he seemed more concerned about collecting the All Spark to further his own goals than to rescue [[Megatron (Movie)|Lord High Protector Megatron]]. Attracting the attention of a nearby military installation, they were attacked, but easily overpowered the humans, after which he and Blackout took their [[alternate mode]]s from vehicles on base. Starscream, along with Blackout, followed Bumblebee as he fled from a losing battle against Barricade.

Later, when Sector Seven tried to use a false energy signature to attract Bumblebee to their location, the Decepticons picked up on it and followed. Realizing the signal was fake, Starscream pulled the troops out and waited for the Autobots to arrive and flush out the All Spark for them. {{storylink|Transformers: Beginnings|Transformers: Beginnings}}

{{note|Transformers: Beginnings is a condensed, flash-animated retelling of the [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] [[Movie Prequel (2007)|Prime Directive]] Movie Prequel that is detailed above this section.}}

====''Ghosts of Yesterday'' prequel novel====
Starscream had ascended to Decepticon leadership in the absence of their former lord, and though he had to ''seem'' to carry on the long search for the lost Megatron and the [[All Spark]] to keep his position as leader, his greatest hope was that Megatron would NEVER be found. Some loyal Decepticons, especially [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]], strongly suspected this and sought to frustrate Starscream's species-serving plans. [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] buddied up with him, but he did like to trick people. [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] hated him, but one shouldn't really read too much into that. [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] and [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]]'s opinions are unknown, but Frenzy's a complete lunatic and nobody cared what the pet thought.

During a search of an abandoned solar system, the ''[[Nemesis (Movie)|Nemesis]]'' came across ''[[Ghost 1|a vessel]]'' that bore a resemblance to Megatron's [[alternate mode]]. Starscream went to investigate it, intending to destroy it. After chasing off [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], he communicated with the creatures aboard the vessel, who called themselves [[human]]s. Starscream claimed that his people once lived with the [[Autobot]]s, and that their treacherous leader, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], started a war for the All Spark. The humans told him of a robotic creature that they had found on their world, and Starscream, recognizing it as Megatron, told them it was an Autobot scout. While communicating with them, he downloaded all the information on their computers, learning that the All Spark was also located on Earth. He offered to help the humans to return to their world if they helped Starscream's group attack the Autobots, hoping that Prime would destroy them and be guilt-stricken in the process. The humans attacked Optimus and Bumblebee, but the two Autobots escaped. After their ship sank into a cavern, Starscream revealed his true nature and abandoned them. As a result, the humans concluded neither faction could be fully trusted. Way to make first contact there, Screamer.

Returning to the battle, he lied to his fellow Decepticons, claiming that the two Autobots were dead and that he'd been unable to communicate with the humans. Blackout, unconvinced by the story, challenged Starscream to single combat. Starscream won, and the Decepticons launched an attack on the ''[[Ark (Movie)|Ark]]''. Unfortunately for Starscream, Optimus, Bumblebee and the human vessel showed up. Starscream, fearful of the information that the ship contained, ordered the Decepticons to destroy it. Unfortunately, Starscream experienced a minor mutiny when Bonecrusher and Blackout demanded answers, and even Barricade wanted to know why. As the battle drew to a close, Starscream was in a position to terminate Prime but came under fire from the humans' weapons. Seriously damaged, Starscream finished them off with a single plasma blast, then ordered the Decepticons to retreat, despite the advantage they had over the Autobots. The Autobots figured that Starscream would not risk traveling to [[Earth]] for fear of losing power, but Prime figured that it was only a matter of time before the desire for vengeance and the lure of the All Spark brought the Decepticons to that world. {{storylink|Ghosts of Yesterday}}

====Sector Seven Alternate Reality Game====
[[Image:Starscream 1982.jpg|200px|thumb|Masterpiece attack!]]
Disguised as an F-15 Eagle fighter jet, Starscream was active on Earth in early 1982, with documented sightings of jets sporting his unique colors on several continents before he was caught on camera transforming to robot mode in California. This sighting (and its subsequent leak) was the direct impetus for [[Hungry Dragon|Hungry Dragon 1]].

{{note|This seemingly contradicts Starscream's 2003 arrival on Earth in [[IDW Publishing|IDW's]] ''Prime Directive'' prequel comic, though [[Transformers Comic issue 9|in a letter's column for Titan's Transformers comic]], Starscream refers to spending some time as an F-15. It's possible Starscream simply concealed an earlier visit to Earth because he had no desire for the Decepticons to find Megatron.}}

Later, during late April/early May of 2007, [[Sector Seven]] intercepted two sound clips through Agent Cod3x and another source (currently unknown). Apparently, Starscream wanted to make his presence known and left a message announcing that he would have the All Spark, and that Agent Powers would be the one to hand it over. These messages were somewhat garbled, as they were apparently received over a SETI@home system. So far, only these two "blips" have been analyzed (the second still needing work), but more may come in the near future. {{storylink|Sector Seven (game)}}
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===''Transformers'' (2007 film)===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Charlie Adler]] (English), [[Tadashi Miyazawa]] (Japan), [[José Sant'anna]] (Brazil), [[Axel Lutter]] (German)

[[Image:Starscream missiles.JPG|left|200px|thumb|Starscream lacking the null-ray could destroy the universe as we know it. But we have others, so it's okay.]]
Starscream was lying in wait at a [[United States Military|US]] air base when covert agent [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] reported that the [[All Spark]] had been located, along with Megatron, underneath [[Hoover Dam]]. Though he had long feared this day would come, Starscream ordered the rest of the Decepticons to mobilize. The others responded, with Blackout rallying in the name of Megatron.

[[Image:Starscreammovieheadshot.jpg|right|200px|thumb|It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a bird-legged freak that transforms into a plane...]]
The first to arrive, Starscream attacked the hydroelectric power plant attached to the dam to cause havoc to [[Sector Seven|Sector Seven's]] operations and to speed the thawing of Megatron. With Frenzy's sabotage, Megatron quickly broke free of his icy restraints and escaped the facility. He almost immediately met with the waiting Starscream, who repledged his loyalty to Megatron. Demanding to know what had happened to the All Spark, Megatron was told by his [[second-in-command]] that it was now in the possession of the humans. Furious, Megatron berated his lieutenant for yet another failure. What a warm reunion.

During the assault on a [[Mission City|nearby city]], Starscream fooled [[William Lennox|Captain Lennox's]] unit by posing as an [[wikipedia:F-22 Raptor|F-22 Raptor]] providing cover. Starscream launched an attack that crippled [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] as [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] realized too late who the fighter really was. As [[Sam Witwicky|ladiesman217]] ran with the All Spark, Starscream swooped down, blocking his path, only to be attacked by both Ironhide and [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]]. After fighting without much effort, but still besting them, Starscream took to the skies again, instead of securing the All Spark from the now-defenseless ladiesman217.

[[Image:Starscreammoviestillrobot.jpg|left|200px|thumb|How do you feel, mighty traffic? Yah!]]
While Megatron attempted to retrieve the All Spark from ladiesman217, Starscream perched on nearby buildings and shot down an Army Blackhawk helicopter when it attempted to help the human evacuate the Cube. Eventually, real F-22 Raptors from the US Air Force arrived, and Starscream disguised himself. Pretending to be a part of their squadron, Starscream surprised the human pilots by transforming in mid-air and, performing the best display of [[jet judo]] in 20 years, destroyed three of the Raptors before he was fired upon. He transformed back into his disguise and fled, and was not seen in the closing moments of the battle between Optimus Prime and Megatron. (Or was he?)

[[Image:Starscream bails.JPG|right|175px|thumb|I will rule the sequel, Megatron!]]
Most of the Decepticons were defeated, and their bodies cast into the deepest part of the ocean. Ultimately, Starscream retreated from Earth to parts—and with intentions—unknown. {{storylink|Transformers (2007)}}
{{-}}

===Toy bios===
{{notemoviebio}}

Fleeing from the Mission City fiasco, Starscream repaired and reenergised himself from a nearby power plant, then fled into deep space to find Decepticon reinforcements. {{storylink|#Voyager Class toys|Deep Space Starscream}}

He eventually decided this was too time-consuming, and went back to Earth in a new stealthy form to wait for the Decepticons, alerted by the energy signature of the All Spark's destruction, to come to ''him''. He succeeded in building a small army, and had them distract the Autobot forces while he launched a surprise attack on a lone Optimus. {{storylink|#Legends Class toys|Nightwatch Optimus Prime vs. Stealth Starscream}} The battle ended with Optimus still alive and the Decepticons beaten on Earth. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie) toys#Fast Action Brawlers|Fire Blast Optimus Prime}}

===Titan Magazines ''Transformers'' movie comics===

{{bigquote|You could mark [your letters] 'All Hail Starscream' so long as you make it clear this is in no way a reflection on our glorious leader or a prelude to some sort of coup. Just so that we're clear on that.|Star Screams}}

{{Note|The following event is unique to the Titan Magazines comic continuity and thus doesn't occur anywhere else.}}

Within seconds of Megatron's defeat, Starscream dubbed himself the new Decepticon leader, with the main problem being that he didn't actually have any troops to lead. To amend this slight impediment, he attacked several [[Allspark Mutation]]s and removed the energy from their bodies, which he then proceeded to implant into the corpses of [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]], [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] and [[Brawl (Movie)|Devastator]]. With his former comrades reanimated in this [[Zombie|rudimentary manner]], he directed the shambling husks to attack the Autobots, who were still recovering from their battle that had just finished. While the Autobots eventually destroyed the zombies, Starscream had escaped with several All Spark energy fragments still in his possession. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 7|Starscream's Militia}}

{{Note|The following events occur in an alternate timeline/continuity where Megatron won the battle of Mission City.}}

[[Image:Tf mag 10 2008.JPG|left|150px|thumb|So evil, boats spontaneously explode rather than face him.]]
Starscream remained on Earth serving under Megatron—and taking orders from [[Dropkick]], who's got a higher rank. In secret, however, he was using [[Insecticon (Movie)|Insecticons]] to implant cerebro-strips in the heads of useful humans; at will, he could control their minds, paving the way for a more subtle conquest when he finally got Megatron out of the way. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 14|Aftermath Part 1}}

He became aware of the moon-based Autobots and while ordered to join [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing]] in beating up [[NATO]], {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 9|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 1}} he got bored during the mission and left as soon as he could to attack the moon-based Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 10|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 2}} He beat them up and viciously taunted them, forcing them to take the initiative and go to Earth—just as he wanted. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 11|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 3}} As he hoped, the Autobots eventually won, killing Megatron, destroying the All Spark and halting the cyberforming of Earth... leaving him free to take command of the Decepticons!

On top of that, he got his hands on the nanovirus the Autobots used on Megatron. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 13|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 5}} He also took the All Spark interface module from Megatron's corpse and assimilated it. He started hearing Megatron's voice in his head some time after this... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 22|The Decepticon Who Haunted Himself}}

One of his first acts as leader was to begin a bombing campaign against any human attempt to rebuild infrastructure or regain a foothold in the United States. He then organised an attack that would get all the Autobots together so a NATO tank regiment (its commander under cerebro-strip control) could wipe them all out. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 14|Aftermath Part 1}} While this failed, Starscream has still ensured the new [[President of the United States]] is under cerebro control—and the Autobots have no idea he's in command... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 15|Aftermath Part 2}}

As well as secretly overseeing scorched-earth strategies and attempted Energon grabs {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 16|Dark Spark}}, he also gained [[Mikaela Banes]] as a cerebro-controlled slave. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 18|Return to Cybertron: Part 2}} When the bulk of the Autobots prepared to briefly leave Earth and had Mikaela watch over their [[Savannah]] base, Starscream just waited until they'd gone and effortlessly seized the place. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 19|Return to Cybertron: Part 3}} As a result, the six hundred square miles around the Autobot base were swiftly seized as an autonomous Decepticon nation, with all resistance smashed easily. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 20|Return to Cybertron: Part 4}} This means, shockingly, he actually ''is'' a better leader than Megatron. ''[[Jesus]]''.

[[Image:Starscream Titan22.JPG|right|250px|thumb|"Stop looking at me stop looking at me!"]]
He sadistically taunted Mikaela, hoping there was part of her that was screaming for help, before dispatching [[Jazz (Movie)|the corrupted Jazz]] and [[Kullt]] to assassinate Optimus. It didn't work. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 21|Hard Target}}

While preparing an ambush for the Autobots who he knew would come for Mikaela, he ranted to the Megatron in his head how he'd been a ''far'' better leader and how he was about to kill all the Autobots. His ambush almost worked too, and he almost killed Prime himself—only for the Autobots to turn out to have had a better plan all along, and escape. Admitting to the voices that he had failed and demanding a strategy from then, he realised to his horror that Megatron's mind had wanted him to take the interface module and had downloaded his brain into it; the voice ''really was'' Megatron and he was demanding to be released! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 22|The Decepticon Who Haunted Himself}}

He didn't release him, though Megatron did feed Starscream a strategy—blackmailing America into booting the Autobots out, then having Allen nuke their ship. This plan was a success {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 23|Revolution Part 1}}, and a jubilant Starscream despatched his armies to seize the United States, all the while having his mind-controlled humans hamper ''any'' military counter-offensive. He was ''this'' close to total victory when [[Stockade (Movie)|''Stockade'']] turned up, turning a third of the drone armies and possibly two generals to his side, sparking a [[Decepticon Civil War]].

Watching everything collapse around him, a gibbering Starscream was visited by Megatron's voice again, telling him once again that the only way out was to release him and allow Megatron to live again... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 24|Revolution Part 2}}

{{Note|The following details Starscream's tenure as letter-answerer on the Star Screams letters page.}}

[[Image:Star Screams logo.JPG|left|150px|thumb|Hate mail!]]
As of issue 7, he runs the letters page (renamed Star Screams from the original Mech Mail). He hates the letters, the readers, the comic, the editorial team, and probably the baby [[Jesus]]—but he's still got nothing on ''[[Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream's]] [[Armada (Panini comic)|letter-answering stint]]. The source of his misanthropy appears to be that nobody ever sent in fan-art of him {#8). The few things he does like are recycling and environmental measures (#14), girls becoming Transformers fans (#19), and [[To sell toys|humans collecting his action figures]].

Autobot sympathisers are hunted down to be exterminated, especially those who dress up as Autobots (#8, #12 and #17), though Starscream appears to have a soft spot for his own fans—in #11, when a female reader complained her mum and aunt kept telling her she was too old for Transformers, he announced that the offending relatives had been shortlisted to spend forever polishing his armour with their own spit, bless.

In #8, he revealed he hates the movie because his best scenes and lines were cut out, and #13 confirmed the Decepticon army loathes [[Michael Bay]] for producing pro-Autobot propaganda. This still hasn't prevented him from shilling Bay's second documentary ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'', as he believes it will depict a Decepticon victory (#10) and is going to ignore the script if it says otherwise (#18). Since then, however, he has come under the sway of an unknown higher power in regards to the film, one Starscream fears (#22)...

In #7, he expressed concern that this "[[Simon Furman|Fur-Man]]" was a [[Maximal]] agent, and warned that Titan Magazines would be destroyed if they continued to produce Autobot propaganda. By #13, the Decepticons appear to have taken over Titan and have imprisoned the staff and creators in cages, forcing them to work merely for food—it is surely no coincidence that during this period, Starscream became a successful leader of the Decepticons in the comic strip and that Starscream began wanting more issues brought out. This mistreatment is causing severe physical trauma to [[Steve White]] and [[Den Patrick]] (#19} though Fur-Man is still a free agent and is evading Decepticon capture (#21).

He has incredible hate for [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]], gleefully recounting the guy's horrible death and going berserk in #9 at the idea of Jazz answering the letters.

While he has said he talks to himself to get intelligent conversation and doesn't trust anyone (#9), he has shown some signs of wanting company: he hoped the [[Seeker]] jets would all be reunited in the next film (#9), is trying to convince [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] to be in it too (#15), and wishes Ironhide would join the Decepticons (#16). Despite wanting to re-unite with Thundercracker, he shows contempt for the guy's lack of drive (#11). He views [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] and Soundwave as potential successors if anything ever happens to him (#21).

Starscream appears to have had several "off the record" adventures. He has revealed he once had an [[Starscream (G1)|F-15 mode]] and liked it (#9), openly confirming he was [[:Image:Starscream 1982.jpg|active in 1982]] and the impetus for the [[Hungry Dragon]] cover-up. He also refers to [[Thundercracker (Movie)|Thundercracker]] also being an F-15 (#11), implying both were active in 1982. He has also had some experience with and knowledge of [[Unicron]] (#12), something [[Transformers Comic issue 19|no other Transformer had]] and something that terrified him (#17), and in which he apparently witnessed Unicron trying to devour Cybertron (#19)...

He maintains that his voice is not [[Chris Latta|scratchy]] in any way.

===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===
Starscream assumed the role of [[Decepticon leader]] on Earth following Megatron's defeat and the destruction of the All Spark. Though tempted to exact revenge on the humans, he realized he might be the last functional Decepticon on the planet, so he escaped Mission City to recover the badly-damaged Barricade. Starscream gave him orders to continue his reconnaissance of the Autobot once he was able, and headed for Hoover Dam to retrieve Frenzy. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream Issue Number One|The Reign of Starscream issue 1}}

Starscream made his way to Hoover Dam, taking out masses of human soldiers and a [[Landmine (Movie)|less-than-functional attack drone]]. Starscream took a [[Salazar|human captive]] along with Frenzy's body, but the fleshling didn't survive the Decepticon's trip to [[Mars]]. However, the trip, combined with the damage from the battle took its toll and upon finding his starship, he had to be helped inside by [[Thundercracker (Movie)|Thundercracker]]. The pair discussed Thundercracker's progress with the space bridge terminal, the physiology of humans and the abilities of Starscream's new form. While recharging, he ordered Thundercracker to download the information from Frenzy; however, an Autobot scouting party interrupted their efforts. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream Issue Number Two|The Reign of Starscream issue 2}}

[[Image:ROSWannabet.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Let's hope that Dreadwing isn't revived by Unicron.]]
Starscream ordered Thundercracker and the drones to deal with them while he prepared for take off. After recovering, he made short work of the Autobots and dragged a damaged Thundercracker inside the ship, before activating the terminal and warping to Cybertron. He handed Thundercracker over to [[Ramjet (Movie)|Ramjet]], and ordered construction of a new All Spark, based on Frenzy's data. Approaching Megatron's citadel, Starscream, still impressed by the power his new form gave him, destroyed the former leader's figurehead. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream Issue Number Three|The Reign of Starscream issue 3}}

A [[Units of time|quartex]] later, Starscream ruminated about ruling over a Cybertron free of war or factions, as well as bringing certain [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|war criminals]] to justice. He arrived at the All Spark construction yard, busted [[Crankcase (Movie)|Crankcase]]'s vocal processor for whining too much, and chained him up along with [[Elita-One|four]] [[Warpath (Movie)|enslaved]] [[Signal Flare (Movie)|Autobot]] [[Grindcore (Movie)|prisoners]] on the new All Spark, ready to offer up their lives in exchange for a new life for Cybertron. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream Issue Number Four|The Reign of Starscream issue 4}}

[[Image:StarscreamandWreckageAlliance2.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Yes, it is!]]

Things sort of went downhill from there, though. First, the All Spark replica didn't work; then [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing]] rebelled. Then they saw that Arcee had snuck aboard Starscream's ship, led an Autobot attack on [[Simfur]] and destroyed the new All Spark. In the ensuing chaos, Starscream, along with his few remaining loyal subjects, fought off the army of Dreadwing drones and assorted other traitors. Starscream tracked Dreadwing to the space bridge as he took a starship through it. By the time the ship arrived on [[Mars]], it was damaged by Starscream's attack, but Dreadwing survived. However, Starscream also survived, revealed himself, and ripped out Dreadwing's spark core. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream Issue Number Five|The Reign of Starscream issue 5}}

After Dreadwing's betrayal, Starscream relocated to Earth, his aspirations for leadership and his faith in his fellow Decepticons shattered. As he brooded and carved All Spark runes onto his exo-structure, he picked up a transmission from [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]], informing Starscream of Optimus Prime's forthcoming journey to a Sector Seven facility where Wreckage was held. {{storylink|Alliance issue 1}}

Starscream arrived on Earth not long after Wreckage escaped. The two engaged in a heated battle, each accusing the other of betrayal. Wreckage managed to gain the upper hand, but the timely arrival of Bumblebee gave Starscream the chance to kill Wreckage. He thanked Bumblebee by blasting him, but was contacted by Soundwave before he could finish the job. Shocked that Soundwave was still alive, Starscream was nonetheless pleased when he was told a number of troops were headed for Earth. After receiving co-ordinates to Soundwave's ship, a more enthusiastic Starscream left Earth, aiming to bring the troops aboard out of stasis. {{storylink|Alliance issue 2}}
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===''The Veiled Threat'' prequel novel===
{{Note|The events of ''The Veiled Threat'' take place during [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[Alliance]]'' comic.}}
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===''Revenge of the Fallen'' movie===
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==Games==
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===Transformers: The Game===
====Autobot campaign====
Starscream, Blackout, and a pair of [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing]] drones all took on [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] during the battle of [[Mission City]]. Jazz beat all four of them. Guess he finally got to fight the big ones. {{storylink|Transformers The Game (console)}}

====Decepticon campaign====
Starscream coordinated the missions for Blackout and Barricade while hiding in a military base. After receiving information from Barricade that Megatron had been located, Starscream ordered him to proceed to Hoover Dam, while he himself went to locate [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] and [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]]. However, the humans were aware of the three Decepticons and used drones, weapon platforms, and fighters based on Cybertronian design. Starscream was forced to move back and forth between Bonecrusher and Brawl, rescuing them from human attackers, all to background music far too heroic for someone of Screamer's character. After taking a moment to enjoy the ruin he had made of the base, Starscream proceeded to Hoover Dam. Blackout informed him that the structure was blocking their scans, so Starscream ordered him to tear it down piece by piece to find Megatron and the All Spark. When Megatron emerged, Starscream bowed before his [[Lord High Protector|Lord]].

At [[Mission City]], Starscream took a moment to [[Ramjet (G1)|ram]] Optimus Prime during the latter's duel with Megatron, and tried to go head to head with Optimus Prime but was knocked away. After Megatron absorbed the All Spark and Earth was decimated, Starscream stood at his master's left side as the Decepticon leader declared their business on Earth was concluded. {{storylink|Transformers The Game (console)}}

===Transformers: Autobots (DS)===
:''voice actor'': [[Daniel Ross]]

While on a mission in the Arctic to find and destroy Megatron and recover the All Spark, [[Create-A-Bot (Autobot)|Create-A-Bot]] and Ironhide ran into the air commander during their escape. Making Create-A-Bot run for cover, Ironhide took on Starscream and his lackeys (despite mentioning he's "getting too old for this"). Once defeated, Starscream took off into the atmosphere, never to be seen again. {{storylink|Transformers Autobots/Decepticons|Transformers: Autobots}}

{{Note|Starscream is the only Decepticon in this version of the game who is not definitively destroyed. (Bonecrusher isn't included, since Prime cut off his head on his way in. Bonecrusher hates this game because of that.) Starscream's body type appears as Skydive, unlockable with 2500 WiFi Tokens. In the US, this feature is also unlockable by downloading the ''Transformers'' preview movie from a Target DS Download Station.}}

===Transformers: Decepticons (DS)===
:''Voice actor'': [[Daniel Ross]]

After the disappearance of Megatron nearly a million years ago (yeah, we know), Starscream took over the Decepticons as their high commander. Arriving on Earth, he instructed [[Create-A-Bot (Decepticon)|Create-A-Bot]] to follow Barricade until he arrived. However, none of the other Decepticons would trust him, and he confided in Create-A-Bot a great number of secrets, including the location of the All Spark and the identity of the lost Decepticon they were retrieving: [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]. Starscream reasoned that he hid these things because revealing them would lead to a power struggle, but no one bought it except the naive rookie.

Soon, though, the other Decepticons revealed the reason for their lack of faith (which Create-A-Bot found disturbing): Starscream was a morally ambiguous backstabber. Of course, Megatron wasn't much better, since he was a treacherous, black-hearted face-stabber, but at least he let you know where you stood with him. Once the Autobots returned the All Spark to Tranquility, he gave chase after a now-All Spark-empowered Bumblebee (in the single most frustrating level of the game), caught the "babbling fool", and destroyed a meddlesome Blackout, until Barricade got in the way.

After threat of execution for treason, Starscream proceeded to show the smaller Decepticon WHY Megatron picked him as his second-in-command: his brute strength and incredible battle strategy. After a severe thrashing, Create-A-Bot arrived with intent to kill. However, Starscream now had the All Spark and was nearly unstoppable. They proceeded to battle over the Casino Strip, where Create-A-Bot took the All Spark from him and smashed it into his chest. Create-A-Bot was knocked back and severely damaged by the blast, but Starscream remained as powerful as ever, perhaps more so now that the All Spark had merged with his body. However, as was quickly proven, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscreams]] who receive [[Starscream (Armada)|ungodly power]] tend to explode, as Megatron found him and proceeded to chase and tear him apart. In his last breath, Starscream spat on Megatron's name, saying there would always be those who would question his power. Megatron simply replied by smashing his face in. {{storylink|Transformers Autobots/Decepticons|Transformers: Decepticons}}

{{note|Starscream's body type is available in two forms, the regular Starscream playable in certain missions (unlocked by beating the game) and G1 Starscream, based on the Target exclusive retooling/redeco. The G1 body is unlocked by earning 2500 WiFi tokens, or by downloading the preview movie for the game from a Target DS Download Station.}}

===Transformers: The Game (PSP)===
Starscream attacked Hoover Dam to free Megatron from his "tomb". Afterwards, he battled [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] over the leadership of the Decepticons back on Cybertron. {{storylink|Transformers The Game (PSP)}}
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==Toys==
===Transformers (2007)===
====Legends Class toys====
[[Image:Movie Legends Starscream.jpg|right|250px|thumb|A gold paint job can't hide the lameness.]]
*'''Starscream''' (Legends Class, 2007)

: Legends-class Starscream is a highly simplified, low-cost version of Starscream in his F-22 Raptor body. As such, he has a greatly compromised transformation sequence due to the smaller parts count, with limited articulation and detailing. He's also the bronzest F-22 Raptor Starscream toy there is.

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[[Image:Movie Allspark Legends pack.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Tiny toys are tiny. And they don't do Starscream justice.]]
*'''Battle for the Allspark''' (Toys'R'Us exclusive multi-pack, 2007)

: A Toys R Us exclusive, this six-pack of Legends class figures contains unmodified toys of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]], [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], Starscream and [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]].

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*'''Nightwatch Optimus Prime vs. Stealth Starscream''' (Legends Allspark Battles two-pack, 2008)

: The previously released Legends-class Starscream toy is redecoed predominantly black and silver, somewhat resembling ''Generation 1'' [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]. He comes with a redeco Legends-class [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] in his Nightwatch color scheme.

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====Deluxe Class toys====
[[Image:MovieProtoform Starscream toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Gold Plastic Syndrome just waiting to happen.]]
*'''Protoform Starscream''' (Deluxe, 2007)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MD-05'''
**''Accessories:'' Gun with missile and flame attachment

:Based upon the "Protoform" (Cybertronian) appearances of the Transformers in the movie, Protoform Starscream transforms into his "entry" mode Cybertronic rocket thing. This mode somewhat resembles a Cybertronic spaceship, with a visible bridge between the two dorsal fins. A flame decoration piece fits onto the back of the "vehicle" over the missile projectile, creating the illusion of a flaming comet's tail . The bottom of the vehicle has small wheels to roll the toy across smooth surfaces.

:In robot mode, Starscream marginally resembles previous Starscreams, mostly G1 Starscream, with the large turbines on his chest, wings and vents on his legs. Due to his extensive use of ball joints, he has excellent articulation. Starscream is armed with a spring-loaded missile launcher that fires the previously mentioned projectile cast in the same bronze color as his body. Alternatively, the flame decoration can be fitted onto the end of the barrel.

:This toy also has an [[Automorph Technology|Automorphing]] feature, as most of the figures in the main line do. Pushing his head back during transformation will move his shoulder pieces back into place, while moving the shoulders forward will make the head pop back up. While either the missile or the flame can be placed into the gun, the flame can be placed onto the missile, using both at once. However, in some cases, the flame does not have a snug fit on the missile and falls off easily. This makes firing the missile rather awkward and makes the gun look extremely goofy.

: It's also entirely possible that this figure will eventually suffer from [[Gold Plastic Syndrome|GPS]], as the bronze plastic it is cast in has the same characteristic swirling exhibited by older figures that rapidly deteriorated. However, newer materials and processes may prevent the toy from ever seeing a single crack form. It is highly suggested that this toy not be painted or altered in any way to maximize its lifespan.

*'''Protoform Starscream Fusion Cluster Edition''' (C3xHobby Convention exclusive Deluxe, Japan 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Gun with missile and flame attachment

:An extensive redeco of the Protoform Starscream mold that was exclusively available at the Japanese C3xHobby Convention in August of 2007, and later offered by [[e-Hobby]] in limited quantities. Most of the body is made out of transparent orange plastic, while orange and yellow paint are used on the front end of the "entry" mode, mimicking the heat effects of sudden atmospheric entry. The flame attachment is made out of clear ''blue'' plastic, with the tail end being covered in ''gold'' paint.

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====Voyager Class toys====
[[Image:Movie Voyager Starscream toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Shake hands with danger.]]
*'''Starscream''' (Voyager, 2007)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MD-08'''
**''Accessories:'' Six missiles

: The Voyager-class version of Movie Starscream transforms into an officially-licensed [[wikipedia:F-22|Lockheed-Martin F-22 Raptor fighter jet]], albeit in beige.

:Pushing the fighter along a smooth surface causes the missile-launching barrels to rotate and fire their projectiles, which can also be stored in the black flip-up braces on the launchers. During transformation, pushing up upon the canopy fuselage piece activates Starscream's [[Automorph Technology|Automorphing]] gimmick, which pushes panels out of the torso, wings and stabilizers. In robot mode, Starscream is mostly faithful to his movie CGI model, except for being bulkier around his chest, lacking engines on his back and having the very large Gatling cannons serve as his arms (a facsimile of his much slenderer weapons from the movie). Interestingly, his projectile missiles are sculpted to resemble fingers, should users choose keep them loaded while Starscream is in robot mode. An interesting note is [[Swindle (Movie)|Swindle's]] (or Camshaft's) hands, when detached, make a snug fit in between the three main cannons; if you're feeling sillier, ''Legends'' [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron's]] shoulder does, too. Go on, try it yourself, yes, we'll wait...

:This toy was later retooled and [[Redeco|redecoed]] into Movie [[Thundercracker (Movie)|Thundercracker]].

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*'''Battle damage three-pack''' (Sam's Club exclusive three-pack, 2007)

:A three-pack, exclusive to Sam's Club stores, consisting of redecos of Voyager Class [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and Deluxe Class [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]], both with a battle damage deco, and an unchanged Voyager Class Starscream.

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[[Image:Starscream target.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"The first G1 fan who complains gets a minigun... to the face."]]
*'''Starscream''' (Target exclusive Voyager-sized toy, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Six missiles

: An extensive redeco of Voyager class Starscream available only as a Target [[exclusive]], this version is [[Redeco|redecoed]] in a color scheme based upon ''[[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]]'' [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. This version of Starscream shares the retooled version of this mold with Movie Thundercracker, giving Starscream a new, vaguely G1-ish head sculpt. The packaging for this toy explains that Starscream altered his appearance following his escape at the end of the film in order to avoid detection.

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[[Image:Starscream Vardia red.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Pinkscream]]
*'''Starscream Vardia Red Model''' (Toshiba exclusive Voyager-sized toy, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Six missiles

: In a joint venture by Paramount Home Entertainment Japan and electronics giant [[wikipedia:Toshiba|Toshiba]], Starscream Vardia Red Model is an exclusive redeco of Voyager Starscream only available with Toshiba's new ''Vardia'' RD-A301 HD DVD recorder. The package also comes with an HD-DVD copy of ''Transformers'', five HD DVD-R and five DVD-R discs.

:Starscream Vardia Red Model is '''extremely''' red, with some gold, a little black and Toshiba ''Vardia'' markings on his hull. With the player expected to cost just under 100,000 yen, this may be the most expensive Transformers exclusive to be released in relatively large quantities.

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[[Image:Movie DeepSpaceStarscream toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|I'm Starcream, and I can breathe in space. ]]
*'''Deep Space Starscream''' (Target exclusive "Premium Series" Voyager, 2008)
**''Accessories:'' Six missiles

:A Target exclusive, Deep Space Starscream is a redeco of the first version of Voyager class Starscream, based upon the colours used by [[Industrial Light & Magic]] on Starscream's CGI model (instead of the totally made up and inaccurate tan colouring on the previous release). As such he is metallic silver with complementary greys in fighter mode, including the 'First Fighter' (FF) squadron markings indicating he is an F-22 Raptor from [[wikipedia:Langley_Air_Force_Base|Langley Air Force Base]]. In robot mode reveals gold paint inside his chest detailing and red for circuitry detailing. Oddly, his eyes are painted red, but the rest of the [[light pipe]] that makes up the back of his head is left uncolored, making the glowing eye effect no longer work while STILL retaining the miscolored bronzed glass color that the clear plastic was molded in, though the paint is fairly easy to remove.

: Deep Space Starscream is presented in 'Premium Octagonal' packaging very similar to Robo-Vision Optimus Prime. Even though Hasbro officially considers him as part of the Premium Series, this is not indicated anywhere on the packaging.

====Fast Action Battlers====
[[Image:Movie FAB Starscream.jpg|right|250px|thumb|You are the Dragon Booster Artha!]]
*'''Battle Blade Starscream''' (Fast Action Battler, 2007)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''QC-02'''

: [[Fast Action Battler|Fast Action Battlers]] "Battle Blade" Starscream transforms into a somewhat superdeformed F-22 Raptor, simplifying the overall design to the point of his feet noticeably sticking out the aft of the fighter, and has a truncated transformation sequence reminiscent of past Transformers such as ''Generation 1'' [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] and ''Cybertron'' [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]]. Rather than having a separate weapon, he only has a claw-like blade that flips over the right hand (hence "Battle Blade") and non-removable missiles in the palms of his hands.

: This toy was later redecoed as [[Ramjet (Movie)|Claw Slash Ramjet]].

: There is a Korean [[Knockoff|fake]] of this model going around, under the name of "Latent Spider". Fortunately no real spiders have been found latent inside the toy.

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====Other toys====
*'''Starscream''' (Little Red Rooster Meal, 2007)

:One of five toys that was available at Red Rooster, an Australian based fast food chain. This kids meal toy is a black F-22 Raptor with a silver canopy that transforms by simply flipping the jet around to reveal the gray robot mode underneath, pulling down the landing gear and legs, and standing him upright.

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===Revenge of the Fallen===
====Voyager Class toys====
[[Image:ROTF Voyager Starscream.jpg|right|250px|thumb|At long last, I have fingers! And tattoos! Odd.]]
*'''Starscream''' (2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RD-02'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 projectiles

:''[[Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' Voyager class Starscream is an all new mold that is far more accurate in both modes than the previous Voyager Starscream toy from the 2007 ''Transformers'' movie line. Although his F-22 Raptor mode's design is no longer severely compromised by the play pattern or transformation gimmicks that plagued the 2007 toy, it still suffers as Starscream's hands essentially stick out the back end. His robot mode is more accurate to the movie design, no longer burdened with having giant handless rotating missile launchers, ''Revenge'' Starscream has 2 arm-mounted launchers sculpted to resemble his [[wikipedia:M61_Vulcan|M61A2 Vulcan 20 mm rotary cannon]]. Starscream's [[Mech Alive]] gimmick is linked between his head and chest: when you turn his head, the gears in his chest spin.

:The surface of Starscream's fighter mode and robot mode are covered in [[Cybertronian_languages#Transformers_.282007.29|Cybertronian glyphs]], based on his appearance in the [[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|''Revenge of the Fallen'' movie]], but chronologically first appeared in [[Alliance issue 1]]. In a strange backwards step from the mostly-accurate Deep Space Starscream, ''Revenge'' Starscream's main base colour is a light beige.

:According to the stock photographs of the hand-painted prototype, Starscream's hands originally had a joint down the middle of his palms, possibly to facilitate in hiding them in fighter mode. His arm-mounted cannons were also originally separate parts from his forearms, jointed to move back and form, again possibly to hide them in fighter mode. However, on the final toy, the hands are molded as one piece and cannot be hidden in vehicle mode, and his cannon's details (including the joints) are simply molded directly onto his arms. It is assumed this was done for cost cutting.

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====Gravity Bots====
[[Image:ROTF GravityBots Starscream.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Some toys have hands or maybe a head sticking out of their alternate modes, but Starscream has WHOLE LEGS.]]
*'''Starscream''' (2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''GB-03'''

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====Robot Replicas====
[[Image:ROTF RobotReplicas Starscream.jpg|right|150px|thumb|"Hey, guys like my tattoos?"]]
*'''Starscream''' (2009)

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==Merchandise==
===Transformers (2007)===
[[Image:Starscreambarrelrollblaster.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Eat your heart out, Peppy.]]
*'''Starscream Barrel Roll Blaster''' (2007)
**''Accessories:'' 4 Nerf N-Strike foam missiles

:This version of Starscream's altmode turns into not a robot, but a robot '''fist''' holding a two-barreled blaster. The guns in this form fire [[Nerf]] N-Strike-sized foam missiles.

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*'''Lunchables''' "Pocket Transformers" toy prize (2007)

[[Image:Starscreamlunchables.jpg|right|180px|thumb|I come with crappy chicken.]]
:Free inside specially marked boxes of Oscar Meyer Lunchables dinners, Starscream is one of six "Pocket Transformers" toy prizes. Molded in green, his tablet unfolds to reveal a picture of his robot mode inside.

:The Lunchables website code engraved on his back is "MISLEAD."

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*'''Starscream Micro Flyer''' (2007)

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*'''Starscream''' Burger King free toy (2007)

:A non-transformable version of Starscream, cast primarily in chalk-grey plastic. It can rotate its arms at the shoulder. The toy's main gimmick, though, is the wheel in his chest. Striking the wheel causes it to advance to the next slot, revealing damage to Starscream's torso. A second tap reveals even more damage. Despite being a free pack-in toy, the figure is surprisingly well molded, having well defined head parts and the twin afterburners on his back that even the Voyager version lacks. It even has six fingers (or rather, four fingers and two thumbs) on each hand!

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===Robot Heroes===
*'''Armored Bumblebee vs. Starscream''' (2007)

[[Image:Rhstarbee.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Packaged with Bumblebee holding the Allspark. TWICE.]]
:Robot Heroes Starscream is sculpted in a crouching pose, possibly inspired by his landing when talking to Megatron in the film. He has the standard Robot Heroes articulation of both shoulders and his neck, however the pre-posed nature means his right arms is really more useful as a support than a usable joint.

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*'''Bumblebee vs. Starscream''' (2008)

[[Image:RH Movie Bumblebee Starscream.jpg|right|300px|thumb|It's my turn to use the Rubik's Cube, Bumblebee!]]
:This version of Starscream is almost a prelude to the previous one, as he's now sculpted in a touching down pose as opposed to a full land. Like the previous mold, it has articulation at the shoulders and neck. Unfortunately, the left arm is lifted straight out to side, allowing him to rotate the arm but not pose it.

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*'''Autobot Springer and Starscream''' (2009)

[[Image:Robotheroesspringerstarscream.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Who's ''that'' dude?]]
: Starscream is part of the first wave of ''[[Revenge of the Fallen]]'' ''[[Robot Heroes]]'' figures and is packaged versus [[Springer (ROTF)|Springer]]. A [[redeco]] of the first Movie-style Starscream, he still has articulation at the shoulders and neck, and now sports [[Cyberglyphics]] tattooed on his body.
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*'''Battle for the Allspark''' (2009)

:Packaged in a set depicting the battle in [[Mission City]] with [[Brawl (Movie)|Decepticon Brawl]], [[Ratchet (Movie)|Autobot Ratchet]], [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], plus new figures of [[Sam Witwicky]], [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] in truck mode and Bumblebee in vehicle mode, this is the first Starscream Robot Heroes figurine in vehicle mode.

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==Trivia==
* The card back of Protoform Starscream's packaging features a him with a completely different, earlier head sculpt. What's more, this head design is featured on his protoform body in IDW's movie prequel comics.

* His protoform was not the only design to get a new head. The earliest concepts of Starscream's head were more skull-like and oblong in shape. This was, of course, redesigned to look more "like a samurai helmet." Unlike the redesigned head of Megatron, Starscream's earlier face only shows up in ''one'' piece of media: the book [[Look and Find Transformers]].

* On-screen in the first live-action movie, Starscream has only one short conversation with Megatron and a total screen time of less than 10 minutes. The tie-in fictions are ''much'' kinder.

* It has been suggested that, following his attack on the F-22 squadron over the city, Starscream was able to hide among the survivors and take part in the attack on Megatron shortly thereafter. This theory is speculative; while it fits the character of the G1 Starscream from the '80s, there is nothing actually on the screen to suggest it. (Roberto Orci was asked, but refused to give a definite answer.)<ref>http://boards.transformersmovie.com/showpost.php?p=387172&postcount=185 Roberto Orci refusing to comment on the possibility of Starscream attacking Megatron during the final battle</ref>

* The Sector Seven online ARG used the "[[Masterpiece]]" version of [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] to represent the "real" Starscream who had infiltrated Earth. A lot of Generation 1 cameos were made in this manner. Make of that what you will.

* Even though Starscream has only two lines of dialogue, José Sant'anna, who played the Generation 1 character in the Brazilian dub of the original cartoon, was re-cast to play the role in the movie. However, his voice was so heavily modulated that only someone with a really good ear could recognize him. Go figure.

*Speaking of two dialogues, most of his lines are Cybertronian. He begins his role with speaking Cybertronian ("This is Starscream. All Decepticons mobilize") and ends with saying another Cybertronian line that isn't subtitled. Of course, he could have been talking to himself (as he does when he reaches Sector Seven) or even cursing, but it is also possible that he was summoning some Decepticons to the Earth, just like Optimus does to Autobots. This leaves doubts about what will happen in the sequel.

*He's probably the only Starscream that hasn't died or suffered grievous bodily damage. ''Yet''.

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== Footnotes ==
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==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/ProtoformStarscream/starscream.htm Starscream at TFU.info]

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