Acolyte of Unicron

2009-09-04T15:06:48Z

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:''Unicron cultists are brainwashed [[Transformers]] from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:DEATH.jpg|right|400px|thumb|This article was created just to put this panel up.]]
Before [[Primus]] hid himself away in slumber, [[Unicron]] utilized the mental link the two shared to program mental commands into weakminded [[Transformer|Transformers]]. These sleeper agents would activate, assemble, and assassinate the leader of Primus' armies when the time came for Primus and Unicron's reckoning.

They wear Unicron hats.

{{quote|DEATH!|Unicron cultist rally cry|"[[The Void! (US)|The Void!]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
[[Image:Acolyte of unicron.jpg|right|125px|thumb|We love to cosplay as our god!]]
After Primus named [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] the leader of the army of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], the sleeper program activated, compelling the Unicron cultists to gather and assassinate him. They attacked Prime when he and [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] were discussing their fears of their own mortality. Scorponok realized that they were after Prime, but decided to help anyway. Eventually, the [[Autobot|Autobots]] and [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] came to the aid of their leaders, and defeated the cultists. Later, Primus told Optimus that he had deliberately named him leader of the army with the intention of drawing out the cultists. Royally pissed that he had been used as bait by God, the [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]] prepared to give Primus a piece of his mind.

Then Unicron arrived...[[wikipedia:Death_(personification)#In_Christianity|and hell followed close behind him]]. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}}

In the non-canon story {{Alignment}}, the Decepticon Grimwolf who performs the cermony needed to resurrect Megatron's spark is said to be the last remaining cultist of Unicron.

===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comic continuity===
[[Rartorata]] was recruited from the ranks of these cultists. {{storylink|Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook 3}}

==Note==
* Design elements of the Unicron cultists were based on the ''[[Wikipedia:Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'', which was kicking ''Transformers''' butt in the toy aisles at the time. The cultists (sometimes) had two fingers and a thumb on each hand, two toes on each foot, and each carried either a sai-like weapon or a katana. However, their battlecry was "DEATH!", not "Cowabunga." This would not be the only time that [[Nightbird (G1)|hordes of disposable robots]] in ''Transformers'' would have elements based on ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles''.

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