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2005 IDW timeline

2007-10-31T01:30:35Z

99.239.211.60: /* 1,000,000+ years ago */

A timeline for the events of [[IDW Publishing]]'s mainline [[Generation 1]] Transformers series.

==Timeline==
===1,000,000+ years ago===
'''~ 6.7 million B.C.''' — The first ''[[Ark]]'' is launched and subsequently lost. <ref>6.2 million metacycles ago, with 1 metacycle = 13 months</ref> Notable crew include [[Galvatron]], {{storylink|Spotlight: Galvatron}} [[Nova Prime]] and [[Jhiaxus]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Optimus Prime}}

'''? B.C.''' — After Nova Prime and his strategist Jhiaxus disappear, [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] locks away Jhiaxus' experiment, [[Monstructor]], in an inter-dimensional prison. {{storylink|Spotlight: Optimus Prime}}

'''? B.C.''' — The [[Autobot]]s evolve into a corrupt galactic police force and spark a riot when shutting down an energon-mining operation. One of the miners, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], escapes in a shuttle and joins the illegal gladiatorial games in the city of [[Kaon]]. {{storylink|Megatron Origin, part 1}} Megatron takes over the games and is approached by [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], an emissary of Senator [[Ratbat]] to cause terror throughout Cybertron. {{storylink|Megatron Origin, part 2}} Megatron unites his gladiators under a common banner — the [[Decepticon]]s, but they are captured by [[Sentinel Prime]]'s forces.{{storylink|Megatron Origin, part 3}} Starscream and Soundwave massacre the Senate, and release the Decepticons from prison. Megatron badly beats/kills Sentinel Prime, and the Decepticons occupy Kaon. The Autobots withdraw to [[Iacon]].{{storylink|Megatron Origin, part 4}}

===100,000+ years ago===
'''~650,000 B.C.''' — [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] begins planning [[Regenesis]], and begins distilling [[energon]] into a catalyst which he then launches at various planets, including prehistoric [[Earth]]. <ref>"Six Hundred Thousand Meta-Cycles Ago"</ref> {{storylink|Spotlight: Shockwave}}

===1,000+ years ago===
'''? B.C.''' — Shockwave openly leaves the Decepticons to begin stabilizing his Regenesis planets. However, he is followed by the [[Dynobots]], out for revenge; and on Earth — the first of the planets — they engage him in combat. While he defeats them, he is deactivated by a failsafe set by [[Grimlock]], as the Dynobots' ship triggers a volcanic eruption which buries all six in what would later become [[Wikipedia:Eureka, Nevada|Eureka, Nevada]].<ref>Exact time unknown, overlaps mammoth extinction, 5,000-10,000 years ago has been suggested.</ref> {{storylink|Spotlight: Shockwave}}

'''? B.C.''' — [[Megatron (G1)#IDW|Megatron]], on discovering Shockwave's absence, assigns Bludgeon to investigate his projects {{storylink|Spotlight: Shockwave}} — and [[Soundwave (G1)#IDW|Soundwave]] to watch over Bludgeon. {{storylink|Spotlight: Soundwave}}

===100+ years ago===
'''~1550 A.D.''' — [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] renders Cybertron uninhabitable.<ref>700 stellar-cycles ago, so if a stellar cycle is ~7.5 months, then presumptively ~437 years ago.</ref> {{storylink|Stormbringer (comics)|Stormbringer}} 

===1900–2000===
'''1984''' — [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] investigates [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon's]] activities on [[Earth]] and is deactivated when Bludgeon, after some of Shockwave's Regenesis ore — called "Ultra-Energon" by him — triggers the eruption of [[Wikipedia:Mount St. Helens|Mount St. Helens]] <small>(4 years later than in the real world.)</small> {{Storylink|Spotlight: Soundwave}}

'''1985''' — Soundwave, [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] and [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] are excavated by [[Skywatch]]. Interest is taken in the cassettes, found in "robot mode", but Soundwave is apparently discarded. {{Storylink|Spotlight: Soundwave}}

'''~1988''' — [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] tracks the Decepticon criminal [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] to [[Nebulos]], but despite damages, he escapes. <ref>29 stellar cycles ago, or 18 years</ref> {{Storylink|Spotlight: Ultra Magnus}}

===Current era===
====2002====
* Current era of Transformer activity on Earth begins.

====2006====
* Shockwave's hand is discovered in an excavation in Nevada. {{storylink|Spotlight: Shockwave}}
* [[Starscream]]'s Infiltration unit on Earth discovers Shockwave's Regenesis ore, dubbing it "Ore-13". {{storylink|Infiltration}}
* Thunderwing is reactivated on Cybertron by Bludgeon using the "Ultra-Energon", and decimates Nebulos before returning to Cybertron and running out of fuel in front of Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Stormbringer}}
* Megatron arrives on Earth and blows a hole through Starscream for disloyalty. {{storylink|Infiltration}}
* After the Thunderwing debacle, Optimus Prime follows to Earth, following Shockwave's and Bludgeon's records. {{storylink|Stormbringer, part 4}}

====2007====
* Soundwave, trapped in alternate mode since 1984, is purchased from a pawn shop. {{Storylink|Spotlight: Soundwave}}
* Excavation of Shockwave continues, now under Skywatch supervision, Shockwave's and Grimlock's torsos exposed.
* Ravage and Laserbeak reactivated under Skywatch control. {{Storylink|Escalation (issue 6)}}
* [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] lures [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] to a the planet [[Gorlam Prime]] and implants a device in his brain. {{Storylink|Spotlight: Nightbeat}} He later travels to Cybertron and defeats [[Hound]]'s unit to retrieve Thunderwing's body, which he takes to Gorlam Prime. {{Storylink|Spotlight: Galvatron}}
* Optimus Prime meets with [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] to learn about [[Nova Prime]], whom he saw in [[infraspace]] when he was almost killed by Megatron. During the meeting, Omega is attacked by [[Monstructor]], who has escaped from the prison that Omega placed him in long ago. Monstructor nearly kills Omega but is stopped by Optimus Prime, who turns him over to Jetfire to help cure his insanity. {{Storylink|Spotlight: Optimus Prime}}

==Footnotes==
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Shrapnel (G1)

2007-10-31T01:15:12Z

99.239.211.60: /* Trivia */ - capitalization

{{disambig2|the Generation 1 Insecticon|the ''Cybertron'' character|Shrapnel (Cybertron)}}

:''Shrapnel is a [[Decepticon]] [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]], family.''

[[Image:Shrapnelg1.jpg|right|thumb|300px|My kingdom for better electrical insulation... insulation.]]

The eccentric way in which '''Shrapnel''' parses his dialogue may seem endearing at first, first. Others are soon to discover that his seemingly benign tic is merely the gateway to a frighteningly twisted and perverse mind, even for a Decepticon, Decepticon. A master of electricity, his dark desires put this skill to use on his victims, victims. Nothing delights him more than to see how they squirm from his touch, touch.

:''French-Canadian name'': '''Éclats D'Obus'''<br>
:''Italian name'': '''Rantrox'''<br>
:''Japanese name'': '''Sharpnel'''

==Fiction==
===Animated continuity===
[[Image:ShrapnelG1.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Taste the LIGHTNING! Lightning.]]
:''Voice actor:'' [[Hal Rayle]] (US), [[Masashi Ebara]] (Japan)

The mercenary Insecticons landed on earth in their own space pod before the Ark crashed to [[Earth]]. ''(It is unclear whether this pod was launched from the [[Nemesis]] or not, as the dialogue seems to suggest maybe it was, but the Insecticons and Megatron's Decepticons do not seem to know each other.)'' Their pod crashed into the region that would become known as "Demon Swamp" and their computers adapted them to transform into insects and eat organic food to survive. The "Insecticons" apparently lived in the swamp for millions of years until discovered by Megatron's Decepticons. They form an uneasy alliance with Megatron, never coming fully under his command but working with the Decepticons when they could be convinced there was something (usually food) in it for them.

The Insecticons in the Cartoon were able to create vast clone armies of themselves at will, a formidable ability that my have been the reason they were able to maintain their autonomy from Megatron. They would use this ability once to create the [[Insecticon Army]] which early devastated the planet Earth but they were destroyed by the [[Morphobots]]. Even before this, they were shown to be very dupliticious and often betrayed Megatron or disobeyed him.

During the [[Combaticons]] attempt at destroying Earth by sending it into the sun, the Insecticons were seen in large numbers, numbers, again and Shrapnel was responsible for taking apart the [[Space Bridge]] controls. He would later be tracked, tracked, by the combined Autobots and Decepticons after which he relinquished the controls.

Shrapnel along with his Insecticon colleagues attacked [[Autobot City]] on Earth where he was badly damaged and dumped into space from [[Astrotrain]]. His floating body would be reformated by [[Unicron]] into one of [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]'s minions. Funny thing is though, that didn't stop him from him (or any other Insecticons) for showing up in later episodes, or even later on in the Transformers movie.

====Beast Wars====
While temporarily out of his mind, the Predacon [[Waspinator]] believed himself to actually be Shrapnel, and adopted his mannerisms and speech pattern, pattern.

===Marvel Comics continuity===

Shrapnel was one of the top lieutenants of Lord [[Straxus]] at [[Darkmount]] on Cybertron. Despite that, Straxus was willing to send him on a suicidal janitorial mission once, but Shrapnel managed to talk his way out of it. He was later reconfigured as an Insecticon, and travelled to Earth to serve under Megatron, then Shockwave, Ratbat, possibly Scorponok, Bludgeon, Megatron again...all while doing absolutely nothing of note besides being uncommonly easy to spot in crowd shots.

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
Shrapnel was part of a unit sent to Earth by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] to guide the planet's development and prepare it for invasion. They were beaten up by the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] on arrival, then played dead until [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] got bored and wandered off. Millions of years later, they were discovered by both the [[EDC]] and Autobots after kidnapping an entire town. Shrapnel was last seen getting a building dropped on him by [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]].

===Devil's Due ''G.I. Joe vs the Transformers'' comics continuity===
As part of [[Serpent O.R.]]'s forces, Shrapnel defended the newly unified Decepticon army's base against a combined Autobot/[[G.I. Joe]] strike force. {{storylink|The Art of War, Part 5}}

===IDW ''[[Hearts of Steel]]'' continuity===
Shrapnel, Kickback, and Bombshell robbed a train carrying cash and bullion from the Denver Mint, on [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s orders. They delivered the stolen property to Starscream and [[Tobias Muldoon]] the following morning.

Shrapnel forms one end of the "Insectrain" (as it is called in the concept art); the back end, in its one appearance. He has huge scissor blades mounted to destroy other trains on the railway. He speaks perfectly normally. {{Storylink|Hearts of Steel, Part 2}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:Shrapnel_Robot.jpg|right|thumb|150px|I don't have two left hands, hands.]]
*'''Shrapnel''' (Insecticon, 1985)
: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''42'''

: Shrapnel transforms into a robotic stag beetle. He doesn't do a whole lot more than that. Like the other Insecticons, he has a variation on his chromed parts, but this one is on his gun. Some Shrapels have "fins" on the very back-end of the rifle and a more detailed main barrel, while others (obviously) lack those details. The extra-detail versions appear to be a later run.

: In Japan, Shrapnel and the other Insecticons were "re-released" as mail-order items from 1987 through 1988. They each cost 880 yen (their normal retail price) and two [[robot points]].

: This mold was used to make the [[Zaptrap]] drones.

*'''Insectrons''' ("Bookbox" multi-pack, 2004)
:''Japanese ID number'': '''16''' (full set)

: Shrapnel was released as part of the Japanese [[Transformers Collection]] series in a set with [[Bombshell]] and [[Kickback]]. This set also included three [[energon cube]] accessories that fit inside their chest compartments.

: The Shrapnel in this set has the lower-detail rifle, probably in order to keep it closer to the original-original release, particularly for the redeco.

===Merchandise===
*'''Shrapnel''' (Decoy, 1987)

: Shrapnel was one of the Decepticon [[Decoy]]s packed in with smaller carded ''Transformers'' toys. While the normal purple version could come on any Decepticon toy, the rarer red version was available ''only'' on [[Throttlebot]] cards and only for a short while before the switch to purple.

*'''Destron Hero Collection-22 Set''' (Decoy multi-pack, 1987)

: The entire run of twenty-two Decepticon Decoys were sold as a single boxed set in Japan, only in purple.

[[Image:Robot_Hero_Insecticon.jpg|right|thumb|150px|The world's cutest psycho, psycho]]
*'''Robot Heroes Insecticon.''' (Rodimus Vs Insecticon, 2007)
: Renamed Insecticon because Hasbro has lost the trademark for Shrapnel, his Robot Hero incarnation is a two inch high figure in super deformed style.

==Trivia==
* Shrapnel --like the other Insecticons-- was originally a ''[[Diaclone]]'' "Waruder Kuwagatra" evil alien piloted mech in different colors... which were eventually used when the trio were [[redeco]]ed for [[e-Hobby]] release. This is also the genesis of those opening chest compartments.
* In the cartoon, Shrapnel was often shown as something of a leader among the Insecticons, while [[Venom]] is the official leader in other portions of Generation 1.
* Shrapnel, along with [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], had his gender switched from male to female in the French dub of Transformers: The Movie. It is unknown why this change was effected, but it's most likely because of the character's high-pitched voice. The change did not happen in the cartoon, as it had used a different dubbing team from the movie.

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Decepticon/Shrapnel/shrapnel.htm Shrapnel at TFU.info]
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Shrapnel Shrapnel's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

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