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Gladiatorial combat

2011-11-07T21:23:20Z

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[[Image:Megatrong1gladiator.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Kano. Liu Kang. Raiden. Johnny Cage. Scorpion. Sub-Zero. Sonya. MORTAL KOMBAT!]]
One of the less reputable aspects of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] before the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] was the fact that '''gladiatorial combat''' was one of the most popular [[Cybertronian sport| sports]]. Though many of these games were officially illegal, they often thrived, with [[Transformer|Transformers]] [[Pit fighting|battling each other to the death]]. Knowledge of this circled among the government officials, but they did tend to turn a blind eye to the bloodsport.

They should have paid better attention, for within these arenas, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] first arose... and found many similarly-minded individuals.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1===
====Marvel Comics UK continuity====
[[Image:State games 1.JPG|left|200px|thumb|Say it! Say [[FIRRIB|Rumble is red]]!]]
The Gladiatorial Games of Cybertron were ancient athletic contests meant to demonstrate the combatants' skill and ability. Gladiators usually wore battle masks, and fought with shields and hand-to-hand [[Energon weapon|energon weapons]].

During the reign of the final [[Overlord (rank)|Overlord]] of Cybertron, the planet was experiencing much political strife. Overpopulation had led to a fuel shortage. The larger cities of Cybertron had become sovereign city-states, and the Overlords had become little more than figureheads. In an attempt to garner some good will between city-states, the last of the Overlords had revived the games, starting an inter-city competition. The attempt backfired and it seemed to excite rivalries, especially between [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] and [[Tarn]].

During the last games of this era, a Tarn gladiator named [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] brutalized his Iacon opponent [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]], threatening to kill him. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] entered the arena to put a stop to this. Despite an axe to the chest, Prime managed to get Megatron to stop with his photon pistol. This altercation caused the Overlord to postpone the awards ceremony for this games.

At the same time, saboteurs from [[Vos]] were using the games as cover for an operation to destroy Tarn's main power plant and frame Iacon for the deed. They were caught by a technician from Tarn who recognized them as members of the Vos gladiatorial team. The power plant was still destroyed, bringing Vos and Tarn to war. {{storylink|State Games}}

When [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] was introduced to [[Earth]]'s demolition derbies, he considered it a form of gladiatorial combat and went in to participate as soon as he knew he was allowed to. {{storylink|Devastation Derby!}}

The games on Cybertron did not surface for another 4 million years. The Decepticons revived the gladiatorial combat in an alliance with the alien known as [[Zabra]]. {{storylink|Deadly Games!}}

{{-}}
====Generation 1 cartoon continuity====
Millions of years in the past, when Cybertron was still a [[Quintesson]]-ruled factory world, the planet's robot slaves were often forced to battle each other in gladiatorial combat for the amusement of their masters. [[Powerful Robot|Some]] of the robots forced to compete in these sadistic games grew tired of it, and attempted to fight back against their masters. Although this initial revolt failed, it would plant the seeds of rebellion that would eventually prove successful, and [[U-Haul Robot|one of the participants]] would go on to hold the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}

====Dreamwave comics continuity====
There were several gladiatorial combats staged in city-states far from [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], such as in [[Kaon]]. For some, such as [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], it was a good outlet for anger and aggression. Megatron was a participant of these games. As his victories mounted, he realized that they were a simple conspiracy by the [[Council of Ancients]] to keep the masses distracted. Megatron began using the matches to find similarly-minded Transformers. For over half a million years, Megatron used the games to recruit the [[Decepticon]] army, bribing [[Emirate]] [[Xeon]] to remain quiet. Finally, however, they struck. {{storylink|Transformers: The War Within|The War Within}}

====''Timelines''====
The [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]] [[Buzzclaw (Timelines)|Buzzclaw]] used to be a fighter in the gladatorial pits of [[Polyhex]]. {{storylink|Buzzclaw (Timelines)|Buzzclaw's bio}}

====IDW comics continuity====
After their prison riot and escape, Megatron, [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] escaped to Kaon, where they joined [[Clench (G1)|Clench]]'s illegal gladiatorial circuit. Megatron's star began to rise, attracting the attention of [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] and [[Ratbat (G1)|Senator Ratbat]]. In Megatron's [[Cy-Kill (G1)|first victory]], the crowd chanted "[['Til all are one]]". They like saying that when [[Optimus Prime (G1)|people]] [[Unicron|die]]. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2|Megatron Origin #2}} As Megatron's power grew, he used the games to recruit his army of Decepticons. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}} Much later, on the [[Garrus-9]] penitentiary, [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] hosted gladiatorial fights, the most prominent featuring crazed Autobot [[Kick-Off (G1)|Kick-Off]] ripping [[Borehole]]'s head off. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 1|Last Stand of the Wreckers #1}}

===Transformers Animated===
[[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]] was a gladiator before he joined the Decepticons. His title was "the Kaon Krusher".

===Live-action film series===
====Revenge of the Fallen====
Before the war, Cybertron thrilled to the gladiatorial games. [[Sideswipe (ROTF)|Sideswipe]] trained for years to take part in them, and became a master at fencing. {{storylink|Sideswipe (ROTF)#Robot Replicas|Robot Replica Sideswipe}}

===Aligned continuity===
The gladiatorial games emerged in [[Kaon]] and [[Slaughter City]], low [[caste system|caste]] areas where workers sought a distraction from the drudgery of their lives. The [[Autobot High Council|High Council]], aware of why the games began, did nothing to stop them. From the pits rose an unbeatable champion who took the name [[The Fallen|Megatronus]], which was later shortened to [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]]. He killed the gladiatorial bosses and took control of their establishments, merging it into what became an anti-caste movement that attracted followers in other cities. The business even spread to [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. During the civil war, Megatron's former gladiators were the core of the Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus}} {{storylink|Transformers: Prime (comic)|Transformers: Prime}}

====List of gladiators====
*Megatron
*[[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]]
*The [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticons]]
*[[Barricade (Prime)|Barricade]]
*[[Lugnut (WFC)|Lugnut]]
*[[Hydrau]]
*[[Drixco]]
*[[Blackout (WFC)|Blackout]]
{{storylink|Transformers: Exodus}}
*[[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] {{storylink|Transformers Hall of Fame}}

[[Category:Animated]]
[[Category:Generation 1]]
[[Category:Gladiators| ]]
[[Category:Prime]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen]]
[[Category:Sports]]
[[Category:Transformer culture]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron]]

Gladiatorial combat

2011-11-07T21:22:34Z

86.166.255.45:

[[Image:Megatrong1gladiator.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Kano. Liu Kang. Raiden. Johnny Cage. Scorpion. Sub-Zero. Sonya. MORTAL KOMBAT!]]
One of the less reputable aspects of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] before the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] was the fact that '''gladiatorial combat''' was one of the most popular [[Cybertronian sport| sports]]. Though many of these games were officially illegal, they often thrived, with [[Transformer|Transformers]] [[Pit fighting|battling each other to the death]]. Knowledge of this circled among the government officials, but they did tended to turn a blind eye to the bloodsport.

They should have paid better attention, for within these arenas, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] first arose... and found many similarly-minded individuals.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1===
====Marvel Comics UK continuity====
[[Image:State games 1.JPG|left|200px|thumb|Say it! Say [[FIRRIB|Rumble is red]]!]]
The Gladiatorial Games of Cybertron were ancient athletic contests meant to demonstrate the combatants' skill and ability. Gladiators usually wore battle masks, and fought with shields and hand-to-hand [[Energon weapon|energon weapons]].

During the reign of the final [[Overlord (rank)|Overlord]] of Cybertron, the planet was experiencing much political strife. Overpopulation had led to a fuel shortage. The larger cities of Cybertron had become sovereign city-states, and the Overlords had become little more than figureheads. In an attempt to garner some good will between city-states, the last of the Overlords had revived the games, starting an inter-city competition. The attempt backfired and it seemed to excite rivalries, especially between [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] and [[Tarn]].

During the last games of this era, a Tarn gladiator named [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] brutalized his Iacon opponent [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]], threatening to kill him. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] entered the arena to put a stop to this. Despite an axe to the chest, Prime managed to get Megatron to stop with his photon pistol. This altercation caused the Overlord to postpone the awards ceremony for this games.

At the same time, saboteurs from [[Vos]] were using the games as cover for an operation to destroy Tarn's main power plant and frame Iacon for the deed. They were caught by a technician from Tarn who recognized them as members of the Vos gladiatorial team. The power plant was still destroyed, bringing Vos and Tarn to war. {{storylink|State Games}}

When [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] was introduced to [[Earth]]'s demolition derbies, he considered it a form of gladiatorial combat and went in to participate as soon as he knew he was allowed to. {{storylink|Devastation Derby!}}

The games on Cybertron did not surface for another 4 million years. The Decepticons revived the gladiatorial combat in an alliance with the alien known as [[Zabra]]. {{storylink|Deadly Games!}}

{{-}}
====Generation 1 cartoon continuity====
Millions of years in the past, when Cybertron was still a [[Quintesson]]-ruled factory world, the planet's robot slaves were often forced to battle each other in gladiatorial combat for the amusement of their masters. [[Powerful Robot|Some]] of the robots forced to compete in these sadistic games grew tired of it, and attempted to fight back against their masters. Although this initial revolt failed, it would plant the seeds of rebellion that would eventually prove successful, and [[U-Haul Robot|one of the participants]] would go on to hold the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}

====Dreamwave comics continuity====
There were several gladiatorial combats staged in city-states far from [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], such as in [[Kaon]]. For some, such as [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], it was a good outlet for anger and aggression. Megatron was a participant of these games. As his victories mounted, he realized that they were a simple conspiracy by the [[Council of Ancients]] to keep the masses distracted. Megatron began using the matches to find similarly-minded Transformers. For over half a million years, Megatron used the games to recruit the [[Decepticon]] army, bribing [[Emirate]] [[Xeon]] to remain quiet. Finally, however, they struck. {{storylink|Transformers: The War Within|The War Within}}

====''Timelines''====
The [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]] [[Buzzclaw (Timelines)|Buzzclaw]] used to be a fighter in the gladatorial pits of [[Polyhex]]. {{storylink|Buzzclaw (Timelines)|Buzzclaw's bio}}

====IDW comics continuity====
After their prison riot and escape, Megatron, [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] escaped to Kaon, where they joined [[Clench (G1)|Clench]]'s illegal gladiatorial circuit. Megatron's star began to rise, attracting the attention of [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] and [[Ratbat (G1)|Senator Ratbat]]. In Megatron's [[Cy-Kill (G1)|first victory]], the crowd chanted "[['Til all are one]]". They like saying that when [[Optimus Prime (G1)|people]] [[Unicron|die]]. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2|Megatron Origin #2}} As Megatron's power grew, he used the games to recruit his army of Decepticons. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}} Much later, on the [[Garrus-9]] penitentiary, [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] hosted gladiatorial fights, the most prominent featuring crazed Autobot [[Kick-Off (G1)|Kick-Off]] ripping [[Borehole]]'s head off. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 1|Last Stand of the Wreckers #1}}

===Transformers Animated===
[[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]] was a gladiator before he joined the Decepticons. His title was "the Kaon Krusher".

===Live-action film series===
====Revenge of the Fallen====
Before the war, Cybertron thrilled to the gladiatorial games. [[Sideswipe (ROTF)|Sideswipe]] trained for years to take part in them, and became a master at fencing. {{storylink|Sideswipe (ROTF)#Robot Replicas|Robot Replica Sideswipe}}

===Aligned continuity===
The gladiatorial games emerged in [[Kaon]] and [[Slaughter City]], low [[caste system|caste]] areas where workers sought a distraction from the drudgery of their lives. The [[Autobot High Council|High Council]], aware of why the games began, did nothing to stop them. From the pits rose an unbeatable champion who took the name [[The Fallen|Megatronus]], which was later shortened to [[Megatron (Prime)|Megatron]]. He killed the gladiatorial bosses and took control of their establishments, merging it into what became an anti-caste movement that attracted followers in other cities. The business even spread to [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. During the civil war, Megatron's former gladiators were the core of the Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus}} {{storylink|Transformers: Prime (comic)|Transformers: Prime}}

====List of gladiators====
*Megatron
*[[Soundwave (Prime)|Soundwave]]
*The [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticons]]
*[[Barricade (Prime)|Barricade]]
*[[Lugnut (WFC)|Lugnut]]
*[[Hydrau]]
*[[Drixco]]
*[[Blackout (WFC)|Blackout]]
{{storylink|Transformers: Exodus}}
*[[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] {{storylink|Transformers Hall of Fame}}

[[Category:Animated]]
[[Category:Generation 1]]
[[Category:Gladiators| ]]
[[Category:Prime]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen]]
[[Category:Sports]]
[[Category:Transformer culture]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron]]