Cyclonus's Armada (G1)

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'''Cyclonus's Armada''' refers to the group of one <small>(or more)</small> seemingly identical robot created by Unicron at the same time as [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]. The only one seen being created was derived from [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]].

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon===
[[Image:Cycloni ffod5.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Five Cyclonuses in "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5". Appropriate.]]
[[Unicron]] creates Cyclonus's Armada from [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

At least four jets of Cyclonus's design take part in an assault on Cybertron, being seen on two occasions. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

{{note|It is a rare thing, however, to find this scene taken seriously, given just how rife with errors the whole five-parter is, although you ''might'' have room to argue that if Bombshell were the Armada (see below for that mess), then he ''might'' still be able to clone himself to produce more Armada robots.}}
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===Universe: Featuring the Wreckers===
Thanks to his time as Cyclonus's lackey, Skywarp is bitter at Cyclonus. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}

===''Transformers: The Animated Movie''===
[[Image:Armada idw20th boom.jpg|right|180px|thumb|For a guy who died so quickly, he sure created a lot of problems.]]
A jet identical to Cyclonus was destroyed by a blast of fire-breath from [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]'s fire-breath. {{storylink|To the Death—and Beyond!}}

{{note|Although Grimlock did indeed use his fire-breath in this manner in the movie itself, his target was unambiguously Cyclonus himself with [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] inside. While Cyclonus survived that encounter with little damage, his lookalike in the comic goes kersplodey with equal unambiguity.}}
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==Origins==
The Armada is, in general, a monumental headache for a number of reasons. The basic idea was for Cyclonus to have a group of followers identical to him in design, as a natural counterpart to [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]'s [[Sweep|Sweeps]]. This is evidenced by the description for them given in the movie's script:

:<tt>CYCLONUS is CREATED and then his "armada" of similar, but smaller and similarly colored and clad creatures are formed.</tt>

[[Image:TFTMCyclonusArmadaCloseup.jpg|left|170px|thumb|My shade of blueish purple may be almost 5% different!]]
However, while the original [[Transformers: The Movie (Marvel Comics)|comic book adaptation]] of the movie followed through with this intention (in terms of art, if not dialogue), the actual movie itself did anything but. Only ''one'' armada robot is shown to be created onscreen, and promptly vanishes from the film mere seconds later, while the number of Sweeps seems to increase from the mere ''two'' who are shown being created to... well, as many as they need.

Consequently, opinions differ on the Armada's actual "existence", with some arguing that since Cyclonus's personal army was dropped in production and removed from the film immediately after being introduced, its inclusion is little more than an error, and should be ignored.

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===Who is the Armada?===
[[Image:Wreckersskywarpcyclonus.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Oy.]]
The Armada's identity prior to re-creation somewhat fraught, tied up as it is with the question of [[Cyclonus (G1)|who Cyclonus is]]. In the finished film, [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] is shown being transformed into (presumably) Cyclonus by Unicron, while [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] becomes the solitary Armada robot.

[[Image:Armadadecepticon.jpg|right|86px|thumb|Sticker from the 2007 ''Masterpiece'' Skywarp]]
Confusion of the matter aside, the vast preponderance of subsequent sources simply agree with the visuals of the recreation scene as depicted in the movie, showing Cyclonus to be created from Bombshell, meaning that the one-ship Armada—if it exists at all—was made from Skywarp.

[[Image:Coronationscene3.jpg|right|150px|thumb|"Hi, we're back from being dead. What we miss?"]]

Of course, both Thundercracker, Skywarp, and the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] all appear later on in the movie. [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] is given significant screentime on the planet of [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]]; if the comic adaptation is any indication, he's specifically called for by the script. The other characters can be seen at Starscream's coronation. While it is obvious that these are merely animation errors, (the episode "[[Starscream's Ghost]]" shows a grave marker for Thundercracker, definitely stating that he no longer exists), there's no reason Skywarp fans can't assume that he was alive and well, and it was a similar seeker thrown off [[Astrotrain]] and subsequently made into the Armada.

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==Toys==
{{note|While there have been no toys of the Armada released, anyone interested in [[army-building|assembling an Armada]] is not without options! As the Armada are physically identical to Cyclonus, an enterprising fan can purchase multiples of Cyclonus's original 1986 toy, or his [[Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]] figure, and make pretend.}}
==External links==
* [http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~sstoneb/tf/tidbits/tftm_script.txt Original script for ''The Transformers: The Movie'']
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9xbI5a1ilk Galvatron's re-creation scene] — on YouTube

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