Vehicon General

2011-08-27T06:47:28Z

96.255.223.172: Not ironic

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[[Image:Vehicons Fires of The Past.JPG|right|300px|thumb|One of us has a boyfriend inside!]]
'''Vehicon Generals''' are the leaders of [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]] army during ''[[Beast Machines (franchise)|Beast Machines]]''. Besides Megatron himself, they are the only ones granted [[Spark|Sparks]].

The generals are:
*[[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]]: Commander of the [[Tank Drone|Tank Drones]]. Uses the spark of [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]].

*[[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]]: Commander of the [[Motorcycle Drone|Motorcycle Drones]]. Uses the spark of [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]].

*[[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]]: Commander of the [[Sonic Attack Jet|Aero Drones]]. Uses the spark of [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]].

*[[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]]: Commander of the [[Copter Drone|Copter Drones]]. Uses his own, unaltered spark.

*[[Strika (BM)|Strika]]: Commander of the [[Heavy Artillery Drone|Heavy Artillery Drones]]. Uses her own, unaltered spark.

*[[Quake (G1)|Quake]]: Commander of the Experimental Tank Drones. Uses his own, unaltered spark. {{storylink|Departure}}

*[[Blastcharge (BM)|Blastcharge]]: Commander of the Experimental Six-Wheeler Drones. Uses his own, unaltered spark. {{storylink|Departure}}

*[[Spy Streak]]: Commander of the Experimental Stealth Drones. Uses his own, unaltered spark. {{storylink|Departure}}

==Notes==
*Tankor, Thrust and Jetstorm's sparks are used merely to power the [[Shell program|shell programs]] that make up their personality matrices.
*Obsidian and Strika are, reportedly, two of the greatest military strategists in Cybertron history.
*The first three Vehicon generals were, at some point, each allied with the Predacons. Rhinox was temporally reprogrammed into a Predacon in [[Dark Designs (episode)|Dark Designs]], Silverbolt was a Predacon for a short time before joining the Maximal ranks, and Waspinator was a Predacon all the way through the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]].
*Some generals can be distinguished from the drones they control by the yellow markings on their bodies.

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Mitotic spark

2011-08-21T16:14:10Z

96.255.223.172: /* Revenge of The Fallen Film */

Some [[spark]]s are '''mitotic''' which allow a [[Transformer]] to separate into more than one part while still being a single Transformer.

==Fiction==
===Toy bios===
[[Magmatron]]'s mitotic spark allows him to separate into three powerful dinosaur modes, Landsaur, Seasaur, and Skysaur.

===''Animated'' cartoon===
[[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] and [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]], who are [[twin]]s, have mitotic sparks. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|The Allspark Almanac}}

===''Revenge of The Fallen'' Film===
[[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] had a mitotic spark that was split between three separate bodies. When one of her bodies was destroyed, the remaining bodies could still function at full capacity, allowing for her to survive as long as one remained. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===
Mitotic sparks are not a result of a natural process, but the result of genetic experiments performed by the Decepticon [[Flatline]] that involved using one spark to power multiple [[protoform]]s at once. {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 6}}

==Notes==
*This ability should not be confused with [[combiner]]s, which combine separate characters into a single machine.
*Other Transformers exist that are able to split into component forms in the same manner as Magmatron. Those Transformers, for the most part, were introduced before the concept of sparks entered into fiction. Notable examples are the [[Duocon]]s and [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]]. It hasn't been established if those Transformers could be [[retcon]]ned into having mitotic sparks or not.

==See also==
*[[Multi-component Transformer|Multi-component Transformers]]

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[[Category:Transformer anatomy]]

Magmatron (BW)

2011-08-21T16:09:02Z

96.255.223.172: /* IDW Beast Wars comics */

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:''Magmatron is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] from the [[Beast Era]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
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[[Image:Magmatronbm.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Part robot, part 3 different prehistoric animals, and he can dance.]]

As befits a decorated Warrior-General, '''Magmatron''' (マグマトロン ''Magumatoron'') is capable of both elegant, reasoned judgment and wild, vicious action. Once he has set his sights on a goal, his drive to achieve it is unwavering and he will accept nothing less than total victory. Despite these attributes, and prodigious physical power, Magmatron's greatest advantage often lies in his charismatic leadership. Revered and admired by his soldiers, Magmatron fits the title "[[Emperor of Destruction]]" better than most.

On the surface, Magmatron seems to have much in common with [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]. Both are schemers and planners, willing to subvert the established Predacon power structure to suit their plans and ultimate ambition for power, and possessing the strength to fight off any who challenge them. Their key difference lies in their relationships to that power structure. Megatron is at heart a rebel, working outside existing society. Magmatron, on the other hand, values his position of power and eminence in the current Predacon hierarchy, and though he schemes to someday stand at the top of that body, he is unwilling to risk his current high standings any more than he must to achieve those future goals. Also, while Megatron is more openly abusive and harsh with his troops, Magmatron operates with more military professionalism when interacting with his own soldiers. This aspect of Magmatron's personality may also be due to his more professional background, as opposed to Megatron's more rogue-ish ways.

Magmatron possesses a [[mitotic spark]] which allows him to separate into three dinosaur forms called '''Landsaur''', '''Seasaur''', and '''Skysaur''', or merge them into a single monstrosity called '''Magmasaur'''.

==Fiction==
===''Beast Wars Neo'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Show Ryuzanji]] (Japanese)

[[Image:Magmatron cartoon.jpg|left|180px|thumb|No, the toy isn't this cool.]]

After the defeat of [[Galvatron (BWII)|Galvatron]], Magmatron (who suffers from a similar chronic grin, even while talking) became the new Predacon Emperor of Destruction. A loyal and effective servant to the cause of Predacon equality on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Magmatron was perfectly suited for the job. He had a long-standing rivalry with [[Big Convoy]], albeit there was a mutual respect between the two enemies.

Aboard his ship, the ''[[Dinosaur (ship)|Dinosaur]]'', he tracked Big Convoy and his [[Maximal]] recruits to the planet [[Gaea]] where he learned of the [[Angolmois]] capsules that had been launched from the self-destructing [[Nemesis (BWII)|Nemesis]]. Magmatron immediately set a course to track them down, desiring their incredible power. Competing with Big Convoy, Magmatron secured numerous capsules for the Predacons.

However, he did not keep them long. The [[Blendtron]]s, a trio of super-powerful and freakish Transformers, stole the capsules from both factions. As it turned out, the Angolmois energy was actually the lifeforce of [[Unicron]]. Offering up Galvatron's corpse as a new body, the Blendtrons released the Angolmois energy and Unicron was reborn.

Magmatron immediately challenged the Chaos Bringer but was quickly vanquished into a wormhole, leaving his crew of Predacons leaderless and rather ineffective. Magmatron escaped the wormhole toward the end of the Unicron battle, after Unicron had possessed [[Vector Sigma]], and willingly fought side-by-side with Big Convoy and the Maximals to stop their mutual enemy.

After a lengthy battle, Unicron was defeated and driven from Vector Sigma by Big Convoy's [[Matrix Buster]]. Putting aside their rivalry, Big Convoy and Magmatron formed an alliance. The Maximals and Predacons then worked side-by-side and hand-in-hand to rebuild their ravaged planet.

===''Beast Wars Neo'' comic===
Magmatron was a Giganotosaurus who led a gang of dinosaur rowdies in a on a primitive world. After exposing to the Angolmois capsules, the gang became more ferocious and killed [[Big Convoy#Beast Wars Neo comic|Big]]'s friends. The gang attacked Lio Convoy, who just arrived the planet by accident, but failed because Big's interruption. The gang followed Lio Convoy and Big's traces to the site where the capsule fell. Big pushed the gang into the valley. The Giganotosaurus and its minion were caught by the explosion of the Angolmois capsules and evolved into the Transformers. The Giganotosaurus was fused with a Quetzalcoatlus and Giganotosaurus, becoming Magmasaur. The Magmasaur transformed into Magmatron, commanding his just-evolved minion to attack Lio Convoy and Big. Lio Convoy managed to defeat the henchmen with ease, but Magmatron took him out with one blast. Now, with the new power possessed, Magmatron claimed they will conquer the universe with their power. {{storylink|Beast Wars Neo: Prologue}}

At a certain point, Magmatron met Big, now the Maximal Big Convoy, again. Magmatron indicated they had a history, but Big Convoy didn't remember at all. They soon started a fierce battle. When Magmatron thought he gained the upper hand, he was blasted by [[Big Cannon]] for multiple times in surprise. {{storylink|Fight to the Death! Twenty Thousand Meters in the Sky}}

The badly wounded Magmatron now had to separate himself into the three dinosaurs, staying in the healing chamber. He ordered his henchmen to go to the planet [[Jörmungandr]] to retrieve another capsule. The group, however, failed and was completed annihilated. The mysterious [[Unicron|Black Ball]], which had been retrieve by Big Convoy's crew, suddenly showed up from nowhere, offering his troops {{m-}} the [[Blendtron]]s {{m-}} to Magmatron. {{storylink|A Battle Fought Alone}}

Magmatron and Big Convoy were tricked to a planet where the last capsule was located by the Black Ball. Magmatron command the Blendtron to attack Big Convoy's crew. During the battle, Magmatron was attacked from behind by a Blendtron. It was revealed that both Magmatron and Big Convoy were the last Angolmois energy capsule, and thus the Black Ball, who was actually Unicron, wanted to eat them in order to absorb the energy. The old rivals teamed up to fight against the Unicron and the Blendtrons. Magmatron was eventually chewed and spitted out by Unicron. A dying Magmatron, now reduced to only a head, left his [[Magma Blade]] to Big Convoy as a "parting gift" and repented of his wrongdoings. He then asked Big Convoy to give him an honorable "warrior's death" with his own sword. Big Convoy struck the blow that finished Unicron once and for all with Magmatron's own sword. {{storylink|Double Cross}}

===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics===
[[Image:Magmatron cybertronian.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Apparently, one of his vehicle modes has tentacles... What the hell could he possibly turn into?]]

During the early days of the [[Pax Cybertronia]], Magmatron endangered the fragile peace, being an indomitable general who would not accept defeat. When he was finally brought to heel by the [[Tripredacus Council]], he still chafed under the terms of the treaty and the council's apparent willingness to roll over for the Maximals. However, he accepted his change in status and maneuvered into a position on the [[Bi-Partate Committee for State Affairs]] alongside his old enemy, [[Big Convoy]]. {{storylink|Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook 2}}

Frustrated by the Council's decision to bide its time, Magmatron recruited a small band of disenchanted warriors and fostered a professional relationship with the Tripredacus agent [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] to keep abreast of the situation on [[Earth]]. With this information, he formed an elegant and tightly-knit plan to travel backwards in time to prehistoric Earth and reprogram all of the remaining [[protoform]] Maximals into Predacons. Keeping his plans secret until the last moment, he revealed to his forces that the Council had ordered him to pick up the task where their previous agent failed: capture the rogue Megatron.

[[Chronal phase|Chronically displacing]] his crew so that they could not be detected by the beast warriors who are already there, they set to work. He ordered [[Razorbeast]] to begin activating the [[stasis pod]]s while [[Spittor (BW)|Spittor]], [[Manterror]], [[Transquito]], and [[Iguanus (BW)|Iguanus]] reported on their progress. They witnessed the birth of three Predacons, but Spittor was greeted by the Maximal, [[Polar Claw]]. More Maximals were spotted, revealing Razorbeast as a spy, but the red warthog escaped into the wilderness. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 1|The Gathering #1}}

Once his new army was assembled, Magmatron ordered them to hunt down the Maximals. [[Drill Bit (BW)|Drill Bit]] and Spittor, however, accompanied Magmatron on his personal quest to find Razorbeast. He located the spy and quickly gained the upper hand with his three dinosaur modes, but Razorbeast pulled a fast one, and buried the Predacon leader beneath a mountainside. Magmatron soon recouped his losses by recovering the spark of the Tripredacus agent, Ravage. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 2|The Gathering #2}}

[[Image:IDW Megatron Magmatron.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Insert "Megatron not pleased a BWN character is stealing his role" joke here.]]
Iguanus, having located a [[blank]] protoform, assisted Magmatron with rebirthing Ravage in a new, [[Transmetal 2]] body. After issuing seek-and-destroy orders to his new lieutenant, Magmatron set forth on his next mission. He located Megatron, and the two engaged in battle. Megatron insisted that Magmatron was foolish for coming after him alone, as Ravage did, but Magmatron was not alone—Iguanus and Drill Bit ambushed Megatron.

With the [[transwarp shunt]] set up and ready to send Megatron into the hands of the Council, it was with reluctance that Magmatron again did battle. This time, an intruding [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] challenged the Predacon schemer. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 3|The Gathering #3}} A tough fight, but Magmatron's triple beast modes eventually won out. Grimlock was enough of a distraction, however, to let Razorbeast and [[Optimus Minor]] enter his camp. Magmatron was thwarted by Razorbeast in hand-to-hand combat. As the Predacon lunged toward Minor, who was sitting upon the unconscious Megatron, the monkey activated a chronal displacement device. This sent Megatron back into his own chronal place, making Magmatron stumble onto the transwarp shunt. Razorbeast activated it, sending the warlord to parts unknown. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 4|The Gathering #4}}

Razorbeast's meddling in Magmatron's escape caused the Predacon commander to be consigned to a temporal limbo, able to traverse the whole of history but unable to affect any of the events he witnessed. Through this, he saw the eventual end of Cybertron as its inhabitants set upon each other with beastly fury while [[Shokaract]] summoned Unicron to devour the planet. Knowing that the roots of this catastrophic event were already beginning in his time, Magmatron turned to the enemy who had consigned him to this fate. Exerting what little influence he could, he stabilized Razorbeast's Transwarp carrier signal, allowing the time-lost Maximal's message to be received by [[Lio Convoy]]. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 1|The Ascending #1}}

Magmatron's meddling effect on the timestream was noticed by Unicron, who dispatched [[Rartorata]] to Earth to deal with the assembling combatants there. His ability to change the future was increased further, however, when during the confusion of the battle on Earth between the Maximal and Predacon forces, a playing 'possum Ravage made contact with the chronal displacement bands. Magmatron was able to use his limited influence to hold Ravage inside Chronospace, where he was able to make contact with the former [[Decepticon]]. Magmatron briefed him on the apocalypse that could yet come, urging him to call a truce with the Maximals in an effort to stop the end of all things. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 2|The Ascending #2}}

After a combined group of Maximals and Predacons returned with Ravage to present-day Cybertron to battle Shokaract, Ravage again briefed with Magmatron, who instructed him to send a Maximal to attach a chronal-displacement device onto Shokaract's body. When this happened (at the cost of [[Prowl II]]), Shokaract was brought to Magmatron within Chronospace. Magmatron showed him Cybertron's future and the realization that he was a pawn of Unicron caused Shokaract to rip out his Anti-Matrix and explode, sending Magmatron back to his normal time on Cybertron (and cause a disruption in transwarp space where Autobot shuttle Omega Delta was travelling). Magmatron stated there would be no more war, for the day at least, and reported that Razorbeast died heroically.

Things might have gone that way, if Megatron hadn't escaped and showed up. Way to go, Magmatron. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 4|The Ascending #4}}

===Beast Machines toy bio===

Magmatron is a member of the [[Dinobot (BM)|Dinobot faction]], revered and reviled in equal measure. He'd been on an intergalactic quest for energy capsules, but when he returned to Cybertron he found it being overrun by [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon drones!]]

While he has the nickname "Emperor of Destruction", he serves under [[T-Wrecks]].

===''Universe: The Wreckers'' comics===
Magmatron had become the leader of the new Dinobots, and led them on a mission, given to them by the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]], to the planet [[Arkus]]. The mission was a trap, however, and Magmatron and his Dinobots were attacked by [[energy vampire]]s and their master known as the [[Dweller]]. {{storylink|Betrayal}} Magmatron fought off the [[Dweller]] long enough for the Dinobots to escape. When they returned to rescue him, they found nothing but his sword. {{storylink|The Wreckers: Finale Part 1}}

==Toys==
===Beast Wars Neo===
[[Image:BM Magmatron Toy.jpg|thumb|right|300px|My entire body is hinges!]]
*'''Magmatron''' (Ultra, 1999)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-35'''
**''Accessories'': Sword-hilt/launcher, sword blade, left & right Skysaur missiles, 2 Seasaur missiles.

: Magmatron transforms from a massive robot into three prehistoric reptiles—a ''[[Wikipedia:Quetzalcoatlus|Quetzalcoatlus]]'' ("Skysaur"), a ''[[Wikipedia:Giganotosaurus|Giganotosaurus]]'' ("Landsaur"), and an ''[[Wikipedia:Elasmosaurus|Elasmosaurus]]'' ("Seasaur"). These three beasts can also combine into some horrible, chimeric dragon-like creature. In robot mode, Magmatron has free-rolling wheels on his feet, for some unknown purpose.

: The Landsaur unit features a spring-loaded launcher in its mouth, enabling it to fire any of the five missiles the toy comes with. The launcher/throat assembly disconnects for robot mode, forming a sword-hilt primarily for use with the sword-blade missile. The hilt can also be converted into a pistol by flipping out an extra handle from the side. The Seasaur's lower body forms a shield that mounts on Magmatron's left arm; it also contains two grey missiles, and features a spring-loaded gimmick that causes the front paddles to flap when the rear ones are squeezed together. The Skysaur's wings feature a spring-loaded flapping action, triggered by pulling on its tail, and also hide a pair of smooth red blade/missiles.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1999/Destron/Magmatron/magmatron.htm More information on Magmatron at TFU.info]''

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*'''Duel of the Universe: Big Convoy VS Magmatron''' (Vs pack, 1999)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''VS-35'''
**''Accessories'': Sword-hilt/launcher, sword blade, left & right Skysaur missiles, 2 Landsaur missiles.

: Magmatron was available in Japan both in an individual box, and in a massive 2-pack with [[Big Convoy]]. Both toys are identical to their individual releases.

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===Beast Machines===
[[Image:BM-toy_Magmatron.jpg|right|thumb|200px|He keeps talking in that crazy alien language! Let's break his neck!]]
*'''Magmatron''' (Ultra, 2000)
**''Accessories'': Sword-hilt/launcher, sword blade, left & right Skysaur missiles, 2 Seasaur missiles.

:For ''[[Beast Machines (toyline)|Beast Machines]]'', Magmatron was brought over in a box that reflected his Japanese origin, with Japanese text and other elements from the ''Beast Wars Neo'' packaging added. He was slightly changed from his original release, with his missiles and sword "rounded off" to better conform with [[For safety reasons|United States safety laws]] and has a less "glossy" sheen. He was available as an [[exclusive]] to [[Target]] stores. His [[bio]] card describes him as a Maximal, and also places him on [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]]-dominated Cybertron. However, his separate beast modes still retain their Predacon [[spark crystal]]s.
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==Notes==
* Magmatron's Maximal status on his ''Beast Machines'' toy bio (and the rest of his bio, for that matter) is difficult to reconcile with his appearances elsewhere, but one hypothetical sequence of events is that, after the climax of ''Beast Wars Neo,'' he returned to Cybertron, discovered it overrun with Megatron's Vehicons, changed his allegiance to Maximal, and fought the Vehicons as a member of the Dinobots. Or, call it a [[micro-continuity]] and be done with it.

* Magmatron's Maximal on-package bio gives his quotation as "Til all is won", an obvious reference to a similar [['Til all are one|phrase]] that pops up in numerous other places in Transformers lore.

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