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Ransack (ROTF)

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:''Ransack is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen franchise]] portion of the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Titan2_Ransacktransforms.jpg|right|300px|thumb|That magnificent 'con being a flying machine.]]

Early in the development of flight technology on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], countless ages ago in the era of the [[Dynasty of Primes]], the great [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seeker]] '''Ransack''' was a pioneer. One of the first flying aces, blasting opponent after opponent out of the sky, his ruthlessness was feared by all!

These days, though, he's old and outdated. Some Decepticons like [[Divebomb (Movie)|Divebomb]] remember his glory days and idolise the man, but the current Decepticon high command merely see him as a means to [[Tomb of the Primes|an end]] and many young Autobots are unaware who he ''is''. But Ransack is still resourceful and he still remains active, waiting patiently for the day when [[The Fallen|his beloved master]] will call for him once more.

{{bigquote|I'm a Seeker. Far, far older than either of you... a whole other, superior order of Cybertronian lifeform! Have some respect!|An angry Ransack berates [[Mudflap (ROTF)|the]] [[Skids (ROTF)|twins]]|[[Transformers Comic issue 2.2]]}}
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==Fiction==
===Titan Magazines===
[[Image:Titan2_Ransackversusdirt.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Take that, dignity!]]
One of [[The Fallen]]'s agents on Earth, Ransack hadn't heard directly from the Fallen in a long time. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.7|Turnabout}} In his time on Earth, he had discovered the [[Tomb of the Primes]], location of the lost [[Matrix of Leadership]]... but, recognising no other commander besides the Fallen, he stayed on Earth for ''decades'' and wouldn't give the information to anyone but his master. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.8|Back-to-Back}} He also shows some knowledge of [[Jetfire (ROTF)|someone who switched sides]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.7|Turnabout}}

He eventually received an order from his master via [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]]: murder [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] before they could warn the other Autobots of the Decepticon's upcoming plans. First bombing the interstate they were driving on, he went on to pursue them into the countryside, soon strafing them in an open field. A proud [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seeker]] and servant of his lord, he got a bit pissed at these young whippersnappers dissing his alternate mode and was likely ''more'' pissed off when they temporarily disabled him with dirt.

Recovering quickly, and helped by their lack of energon, he soon had them ran to ground and was about to execute them. At that moment, [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] arrived and sent him running. Ransack warned that in the long run, ''he'd'' be the winner... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.2|Dogfight!}}

[[Image:Titan7_Ransacktowed.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"A helicopter? When did Snoopy get a $&*#! ''helicopter''?!"]]

Later, Soundwave would try to get the location of the Tomb from the Seeker. Ransack, not trusting him, refused to give the information to someone who wasn't the Fallen. The twins, at this point pretending to have defected, hunted him down for Soundwave, and Ransack was glad for the chance to finish them off. Skids ended the fight quickly by lying they had been sent by the Fallen to bring him back in, with Mudflap adding the Fallen was incapacitated; having not heard from his master in a long time and wanting to come in from the cold, Ransack was easily conned into standing down.

Unfortunately for him, that's when [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]] attacked, blowing his wings out and taking him prisoner! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.7|Turnabout}}

[[Image:Titan8_Ransackteeth.jpg|left|200px|thumb|You haff no vays of making him talk.]]

Dragged to the Decepticon base on Phobos, [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], Ransack found himself questioned by Soundwave, i.e. punched in the effing face and yelled at to talk. He still refused to speak, and instead began to insult Soundwave for being a mere cog in the Fallen's machine, unable to grasp the true plan; [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] quickly stepped in to stop the angry officer from killing the Seeker, noting it wouldn't go well if the Fallen found out they'd killed one of his Seekers. Ransack was just left amused by the squabbling and Starscream's threats of 'loosening' him up. He knew from their actions that the Fallen was genuinely incapacitated and that, because of this, the Decepticons thought they had freedom of action and were pursuing their own agenda. This freedom was an illusion, and they'd learn that soon enough...

[[Image:Titan2-8_ransack_intheback.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Nab him, jab him, tab him, grab him: stop that Starscream ''NOW!'']]

His chance came when Skids and Mudflap attacked the Phobos base. The instant Starscream was distracted, Ransack shot him in the back and fled into space. He roared that he was going to inform the Fallen of just what the Decepticons had been up to... there'd be nowhere for them to hide after that! Soundwave and Starscream hurriedly chased after him, desperate to make sure he wouldn't be able to talk.

Since the two errant generals were still working for the Fallen and the Tomb was undiscovered [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|later on]], I guess they ''did'' make sure he didn't talk...! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.8|Back-to-Back}}

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===''Revenge of the Fallen'' novelization===
When [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]] transported [[Sam Witwicky]]'s group through a [[Space bridge|transspacial portal]] to Egypt, the energy discharge caught the attention of Ransack, who followed them through his own portal. Ransack flew towards the group until his engine sputtered out and he crashed in front of Jetfire. Ransack then transformed and started to pick a fight with Jetfire, calling him a yellow-bellied traitor. Taking the "yellow" comment the wrong way, [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] wanted to intervene, but Sam convinced him that the dispute was between the two of them and they shouldn't get involved.

Declaring that they were going to settle things right there and then, Ransack took a shot at Jetfire...which bounced off him, causing no damage. Jetfire abruptly ended the conflict by stomping Ransack to [[death]].

Jetfire later identified himself and Ransack as [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seeker]]s. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|Revenge of the Fallen (novel)}}

===Toy bios===

Divebomb altered his form to resemble Ransack's, in honour of the veteran. He immediately [[Scattorshot (ROTF)|regretted]] it. {{storylink|Divebomb (Movie)#Toys#Revenge of the Fallen|Divebomb (ROTF)}}

===''IDW Transformers Movie comics===
[[Image:RansackROTFNefarious.jpg|thumb|right|300px|But he has a wonderful personality.]]
At some undetermined point while he was on Earth, Ransack fell into the clutches of the mysterious human organization known as the [[Initiative]], who had developed a means to control Transformers. Kept on ice in the Initiative's base, Ransack was thawed out in [[2010]] and sent into action to down the helicopter carrying [[Theodore Galloway]] and his men before they could intrude on the Initiative's attempt to harvest residual [[AllSpark]] energy from [[Hoover Dam]]. Remotely controlled by Initiative operative [[Woolf]], Ransack struck while most of the Autobots were out escorting the captured [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave in]] [[New Mexico]], destroying [[Cox|Captain Cox]]'s helicopter and shooting down Galloway's. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 3|Nefarious #3}} He transformed into robot mode to finish the job on the ground, but was soon interrupted by Skids and Mudflap, who had been dispatched to Galloway's aid. They kept Ransack busy until a [[NEST]] unit arrived to finish the Seeker off rather definitively by blowing him out of the sky. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 4|Nefarious #4}}

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==Toys==
===Revenge of the Fallen===
[[Image:ROTFtoy-RansackScout.jpg|right|thumb|300px|So Hasbro said to themselves, "We can make just about anything for the movie line and people'll buy it? Well, let's go for friggin' broke."]]
*'''Ransack''' (Scout Class, 2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RD-09'''

[[Image:ROTF Ransack BattleMode.JPG|thumb|left|200px|Battle mode.]]
: Ransack is part of the second wave of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' Scout Class figures. He transforms into a German [[Wikipedia:Albatros D.III|Albatros D.III]] biplane. This means he's really awesome. He has a non-firing weapon on each arm and totally metal details around the very large Decepticon [[insignia]]s on his wings. His official battle mode may be designed to give him mechanically-aided robot-mode [[flight]] capabilities.

:The ball joints on his shoulders are especially loose, and the pegs that hold his hands in place in vehicle mode (as well as the joints in his elbows) are much stronger. As such, his arms are going to pop off about 90% of the time while converting the figure. His weapons are also swapped on his [[package art|card art]].

: Ransack's mold was also used to make ''Revenge of the Fallen'' [[Divebomb (Movie)#Revenge of the Fallen|Divebomb]], and was planned to be used for the cancelled [[Blue Maximus]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/Ransack/ransack.htm More information on Ransack at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
* Ransack was apparently going to be in the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|movie]] at one point. [[Ben Procter]] designed his robot mode. Instead of a biplane, Ransack was supposed to transform into a [[Ford Model T Seeker|Ford Model T]].<ref name="procter">[http://conceptartworld.com/?p=2772 Ben Procter's concept designs for ROTF]</ref> Later, on the Special Features of the Revenge of the Fallen's DVD release, a scale chart was visible that showed Ransack as one of the Decepticons for the film, this time in his biplane design. His height was listed as 12'.
* Ransack's ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]'' [[Ransack (G2)|counterpart]] also has a propeller-driven airplane [[alternate mode]], though it's a single-wing fighter. The name Ransack has thus been used for both WWI-era and WWII-era Transformer planes.
* Ransack is not named in the novelization, but he is described as an elderly biplane with Decepticon insignias on his wings.
* In his second and third Titan appearance, he was coloured green and black in robot mode... and then gained his toy colours in plane mode?
* While his [[bio]] doesn't say he's a [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seeker]], both the novelization and Titan Magazines have made him one. Also, in the movie, a picture [[Agent Simmons]] produces of a presumed Seeker contains a biplane.
* Unlike Titan, IDW (as with [[Reverb (ROTF)|many]] [[Armorhide (Movie)|other]] [[Elita-One (Movie)|movie]] [[Fracture (Movie)|toys]]) redesigned his robot mode to be more like the live-action character designs.

==References==
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[[Category: Elderly Transformers]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen Decepticons]]
[[Category:Seekers]]
[[Category:Transformers with three modes]]

Transformers: The Headmasters (toyline)

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{{nav-headmasters}}

The '''''Transformers: The Headmasters''''' (トランスフォーマーザ★ヘッドマースターズ) toyline was introduced in Japan in 1987 as a continuation of the main [[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1 toyline]]. Its lineup included not only the same toys released by [[Hasbro]] in the West that year, but also a variety of Japanese-exclusive toys, including Soundblaster and Twincast ([[redeco]]ed and [[retool]]ed versions of [[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]] and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], respectively), [[Ricochet (Headmasters)|Stepper]], [[Artfire (Headmasters)|Artfire]], and the [[Autobot Master Warrior]]s.

The Headmasters toyline also included the ''[[Beastformers]]'' subline, which Hasbro marketed in the West as the completely separate property ''Battle Beasts''.

:''Previous toyline: [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010 (toyline)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010]]''
:''Next toyline: [[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (toyline)|Super-God Masterforce]]''

==Cybertrons==
[[Image:Headmasters_Catalogue.JPG|right|500px|Thumb]]
'''[[Technobot (G1)|Techbots]]'''
*[[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]]
*[[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]]
*[[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]]
*[[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]]
*[[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]]
*[[Computron (G1)|Computicon]] giftset

'''[[Throttlebot]]s'''
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Goldback]]
*[[Chase (G1)|Chase]]
*[[Freeway (G1)|Runway]]
*[[Rollbar (G1)|Rollbar]]
*[[Searchlight (G1)|Looklight]]
*[[Wide Load]]

'''[[Monsterbot|Firebots]]'''
*[[Doublecross]]
*[[Grotusque|Grotess]]

'''[[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]]'''
*[[Brainstorm]] (Cana)
*[[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] (Chrome)
*[[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] (Ros)
*[[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] (Gorter)

'''[[Targetmaster]]s'''
*[[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]] (with [[Pointech]])
*[[Pointblank|Blanker]] (with [[Peaceman (Headmasters)|Peaceman]])
*[[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]] (with [[Spoil (Headmasters)|Spoil]])
*[[Ricochet (Headmasters)|Stepper]] (with [[Nightstick (Ricochet)|Nebulon]])
*[[Artfire (Headmasters)|Artfire]] (with [[Nightstick (Artfire)|Nightstick]])

'''Double Agent'''
*[[Punch (G1)|Spacepunch/Counterpunch]]

'''Clones'''
*[[Cloudraker (G1)|Cloudraker]] and [[Fastlane]]

'''Headmaster Leader'''
[[Image:TakaraHeadmastersCatalogueAutobot.JPG|right|500px|]]
*[[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] (Fortress)

'''Communications Officer'''
*[[Blaster (G1)|Twincast]] w/ [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]]

'''[[Autobot Mini-Cassette|Cassettbots]]'''
*[[Graphy]]
*[[Noise]]
*[[Dile]]
*[[Saur]]

'''[[Trainbot]]s'''
*[[Shōki]]
*[[Getsuei]]
*[[Yukikaze (Headmasters)|Yukikaze]]
*[[Suiken]]
*[[Seizan]]
*[[Kaen]]
*[[Raiden]] giftset

'''[[Autobot Master Warrior]]s'''
*[[Kirk]]
*[[Lione]]
*[[Loafer]]
*[[Rodney]]
*[[Shuffler]]
*[[Toraizer]]

==Destrons==
[[Image:Headmasters Catalogue Decepticons.JPG|right|500px|thumb|]]
'''[[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrortrons]]'''
*[[Hun-Gurrr|Hun-Gruu]]
*[[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]]
*[[Sinnertwin (G1)|Sinnertwin]]
*[[Cutthroat (G1)|Cutthroat]]
*[[Blot (G1)|Butto]]
*[[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] giftset

'''[[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]]'''
*[[Skullcruncher|Skull]] (Grax)
*[[Weirdwolf]] (Monzo)
*[[Mindwipe (G1)|Wipe]] (Vorath)

'''[[Targetmaster]]s'''
*[[Triggerhappy]] (with [[Blowpipe (Headmasters)|Blowpipe]])
*[[Misfire]] (with [[Aimless (Headmasters)|Aimless]])
*[[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]] (with [[Caliburst (Headmasters)|Caliburst]])

'''Headmaster Leader'''
[[Image:TakaraCatalogueHeadmastersDecepticon.JPG|right|500px|]]
*[[Scorponok (G1)|MegaZarak]] (Scorponok)

'''[[Duocon|Two-in-One]]'''
*[[Battletrap]]
*[[Flywheels|Flywheel]]

'''Six Changer'''
*[[Sixshot]]

'''[[Horrorcon|Horrortron]]s'''
*[[Apeface]] (with [[Spasma]])
*[[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]] (with [[Krunk]])

'''Clones'''
*[[Pounce]] and [[Wingspan]]

'''Communications Officer'''
*[[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundblaster]] w/ [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]]

'''[[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|Cassettrons]]'''
*[[Slugfest (G1)|Slugfest]]
*[[Overkill (G1)|Overkill]]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Headmasters (toyline), The}}
[[Category:Japanese toylines]]
[[Category:The Headmasters| Headmasters (toyline)]]

Rodney

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:''Rodney is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[Image:Tapestry Rodney.jpg|thumb|200px|]]

'''Rodney''' (ロドニー ''Rodonī'') is one of the [[Autobot Master Warrior]]s, the group of diminutive young robots training on the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]] to become fully-fledged [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]].

==Fiction==
===''The Headmasters'' cartoon===
[[Image:Rodney.jpg|left|150px|thumb|left|Rodney, you plonker!]]

Several robots using Rodney’s body design appeared as members of the resistance force formed to battle the [[Decepticon]]s on planet Master. {{storylink|Operation: Destroy the Decepticons}}

{{note|Among these generic Rodney-based crowd-fillers are two robots, whose color scheme is quite close to the Rodney toy. Whether or not either of these is intended to be Rodney himself is unclear.}}

===''TV Magazine Super-God Masterforce'' prologue===
Some time later, after the Decepticons had been forced off of [[Earth]] and a larger war began based around use of advanced technology from Planet Master, [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] and the other Headmasters took it upon themselves to train Rodney and the other Master Warriors in the use of their powers. {{Storylink|Master File No, 1}}

==Toys==
===The Headmasters===
[[Image:Rodney toy.jpg|right|180px|thumb|"Look out for number one... But try not to step in number two!"]]
*'''Rodney''' (Cybertron Master Warrior, 1987)

:Available exclusively in Japan, Rodney transforms from a blue and yellow robot into a head, in which mode he can connect to any of the larger Headmaster toys. He goes for ludicrous sums of money on the secondary market, to say nothing of the super-rare, entirely white version of the figure which was only available in certain Japanese toy stores.

[[Category:Headmasters]]
[[Category:Japanese-original Transformers]]
[[Category:The Headmasters Autobots]]