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Cliffjumper (G1)

2009-08-14T16:05:10Z

Akumateukuma: /* Generation 1 */

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:''Cliffjumper is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Cliffjumperg1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|He's got a piece of paper that he claims contains a list of 200 known traitors.]]
Within '''Cliffjumper''' burns the [[spark]] of a hero and a dedicated Autobot. On the outside is a paranoid, trigger-happy jerk with serious impulse-control problems. Cliffjumper utterly hates the [[Decepticon]]s. He also hates traitors. And anybody could be a traitor. Therefore, Cliffjumper hates everybody. It's unclear if he hates traitors more than he hates Decepticons, but it's at least a neck-and-neck thing.

He makes a habit of pulling [[Scale|ridiculously huge]] guns out of [[Exhaust port|nowhere]] and attacking impulsively despite orders or sanity. Somehow, this gets him neither killed nor demoted.

Cliffjumper's special weapon is his [[glass gas]], which embrittles metals on contact so that they shatter like glass. He is not immune to its effects, so its use requires careful consideration of wind direction. Actually, this may explain why he prefers the big guns. He doesn't seem like the calculating type.

{{quote|Look at Megatron. I'm gonna blast that smile off his faceplate.|Cliffjumper, raring to go|"[[The Ultimate Doom, Part 3]]"}}

:''Preliminary name:'' '''Blow-Out'''
:''Japanese name:'' '''Cliff'''
:''French-Canadian name:'' '''Matamore''' / '''Rapido'''
:''Hungarian name:'' '''Sziklaugró''' (exact translation)
:''Hungarian movie name, first dub only'': '''Ugró''' (Jumper)
:''Italian name:'' '''Grillo''' ("Cricket")
:''Portuguese name (Portugal comics):'' '''Salta-Penhascos'''
:''Portuguese name (Brazil comics):'' '''Saltador'''<ref>Coincidentally, this was also the name given to [[Springer (G1)|Springer]]</ref>
:''South American name:'' '''Carrera'''
:''Chinese name (Taiwan):'' '''Tìau Yái''' (跳崖, "Cliff Jumping")
:''Chinese name (China):'' '''Fei Guo Shan''' (飛過山, "Flying across a Mountain")

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
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[[Image:Cliffjumperuk.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Don't ask, don't tell, don't laugh.]]
Cliffjumper was a part of the crew on board the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] when it crashed into [[Earth]] four million years ago while clearing an asteroid field in the path of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron.]] Upon reviving in 1984, Cliffjumper was chosen as part of the first field expedition into the world under [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl's]] command. Their simple recon mission to a drive-in movie theatre quickly turned into a battle when the Decepticons arrived. Cliffjumper acquitted himself well in combat, single-handedly driving off [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] with his glass gas. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}}

Later, he joined [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] on the mission to rescue their human friend [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] from the Decepticons. Unfortunately, the human military got in the way, distracting Cliffjumper and [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] long enough for [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]'s earthquakes to throw them for a loop. {{storylink|Prisoner of War!}} Whether because of this or just a general lack of fuel, Cliffjumper was unable to stand up and fight against the Decepticons in the battle at the Ark. {{storylink|The Last Stand}} He was deactivated for a while during [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave's]] occupation of the Ark, but was repaired without incident when [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] reclaimed it for the crew. However, the head of Optimus Prime was still missing, and during an attempt to retrieve it, an impostor head took control of Prime's body, firing on Cliffjumper. {{storylink|Prime Time!}}

''Presumably repaired, he later participated in the Dinobot Hunt, along with [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] and [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]]. Although they found [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]], immediately thereafter all three were captured by the Decepticons. They were rescued by [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]. {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt!}}''

He was one of the observers to [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]'s battle on the [[Moon (moon)|moon]]. How he fared in the following [[Decepticon]] attack is unknown, but he was never seen again. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
''After surviving the destruction of [[Moonbase One]], Cliffjumper returned to the Autobot combat movement on Cybertron by 2007. He joined [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] in a concerted effort to surprise a group of Decepticon skyraiders, using [[Rodimus Prime (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] as bait to draw them in close for a crossfire. {{storylink|Wanted:Galvatron — Dead or Alive!}}''

====''Classics''/''Shattered Glass''====
After being nearly killed by an [[Underbase]]-powered [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], the Autobots, lacking the resources on Earth to repair him, shipped his body to Cybertron, where he languished on life support for fifteen years. After the war, newly-freed resources allowed techs to revive him once again, though when he first woke up he immediately flatlined again when they told him the war was over. Consoled by the idea that some Decepticons were still left in the universe, Cliffjumper was sadly too late to join [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock's]] crew on the ''[[Graviton (Classics)|Graviton]]'', so when reports of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s return reached Cybertron, Cliffjumper was the first to join Optimus Prime in returning to Earth to vanquish him.<ref>Cliffjumper's ''Classics'' profile in the Transformers Collectors' Club magazine</ref>

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{{storylink|Shattered Glass (issue)|Shattered Glass}}
{{storylink|Dungeons & Dinobots}}
{{storylink|Do Over}}

===Cartoon continuity===
====Generation 1 cartoon====
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Casey Kasem]] (English), [[Takurō Kitagawa]] (Japanese)

Cliffjumper was a part of the crew onboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] when it crashed into [[Earth]] four million years ago during a search for new energy sources. His [[alt mode]] was reformatted into an oddly proportioned Porsche 924 Turbo.

When the Autobots awakened from their four million-year slumber, Cliffjumper was eager for action. He volunteered to tag along on [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]'s recon mission to scout out Decepticons because he was itching to "boot some Decepticon right in his [[turbocharger]]". Though [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s orders were only to find the Decepticons, Cliffjumper brashly tried to engage the enemy once Hound sniffed them out.

[[Image:Cliffgun.JPG|right|180px|thumb|"Where do you keep that giant cannon, Cliffjumper?!" "None of your damn business, Hound."]]
Cliffjumper missed his shot, and the Decepticons dispatched [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] to chase off the Autobot eavesdroppers. Hound got pasted by Laserbeak's laser blasts and ended up requiring extensive repair from Autobot medic [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] after being pulled out of a ditch by [[Hauler]]. It worked out in the end, though, since Cliffjumper was remorseful for having acted without thinking, and Hound didn't hold a grudge anyway. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1}}

{{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 2}} {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 3}} {{storylink|Transport to Oblivion}} {{storylink|Roll for It}} {{storylink|Divide and Conquer}} {{storylink|Fire in the Sky}} {{storylink|S.O.S. Dinobots}} {{storylink|Fire on the Mountain}} {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 1}} {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 3}} {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (episode)|Countdown to Extinction}} {{storylink|Heavy Metal War}} {{storylink|Changing Gears}}

[[Image:Traitorcjaccusesmirage.jpg|left|180px|thumb|"J'accuse!"]]

Soon afterwards, Cliffjumper made a very public display of his paranoia by accusing fellow Autobot and reluctant soldier [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] of being a traitor on some very flimsy evidence, much to the (correct) disbelief of the other Autobots. He kept up his rhetoric even after Optimus Prime ordered him to can it. So determined was he to prove his theory true that he followed Mirage when the latter returned to the Decepticon power station to sow seeds of discontent within the Decepticon ranks. Fortunately, in the end it was proven that Mirage was a loyal Autobot all along, and Cliffjumper fell across Mirage's body, asking Ratchet to fix him for not trusting a comrade. This prompted a rather awkward laugh from the other Autobots present. {{storylink|Traitor}}

{{storylink|The Immobilizer}} {{storylink|The Autobot Run}}

While pursuing [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird]], the female robot ninja built to benefit mankind, Cliffjumper was the only Autobot unable to jump up the cliff after her. Ironic. {{storylink|Enter the Nightbird}}

{{storylink|A Prime Problem}} {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 1}} {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 2}} {{storylink|The Master Builders}} {{storylink|Microbots}} {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1}} {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2}} {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2}} {{storylink|Blaster Blues}} {{storylink|The Search for Alpha Trion}} {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}}

In 2005, Cliffjumper was stationed at [[Moonbase One]], and was left there with [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] when Optimus Prime left with a few other Autobots to reinforce [[Autobot City]]. Cliffjumper was then eaten by [[Unicron]] along with the moon, but was saved from his internal acid pits by [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]]. [[Rodimus Prime (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] then helped Cliffjumper escape from Unicron, but for [[Casey Kasem#Trivia|some reason]], he was never seen again. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

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====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' comic=====
[[Image:Fsrlf cliffy and ironhide.jpg|right|thumb]]
While the majority of the Autobots were occupied dealing with a Decepticon attack upon Autobot Headquarters, Cliffjumper was part of a small team searching [[Japan]] for [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and his [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|cassettes]], who were conspicuous by their absence from the assault. [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and [[Kenji]] found the Decepticon communicator first, but Bumblebee was able to get the drop on him and shattered his chest door with a "Bumble Kick". Cliffjumper and [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] then arrived to take care of the cassettes, who cut their losses and tried to take refuge in Soundwave's chest compartment, only to find that they couldn't get in through the broken door. Cliffjumper snatched them up, and being the big jerk that he is, pulled out their tape spools and wrapped them around his fingers. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 2|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #2}}

=====''Full Throttle Scramble Power!'' comic=====

After the Decepticons' latest plan, involving their [[Omega Whip]] cannon, was foiled, Cliffjumper was among the massive Autobot platoon that arrived at the villains base with [[Metroplex (G1)|Scramble City]] to give them a well-deserved pummelling. {{storylink|Full Throttle Scramble Power!}}

=====''The Stargate Battles'' comic=====

Cliffjumper was part of the Autobot batallion who battled the Decepticons in space for control of the interstellar teleportation system known as the "[[Warp Gate|Trigger]]". During the battle, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] fused with the Trigger, transforming into a massive, monstrous robot form determined to wipe out Autobots and Decepticons. A combination of Optimus Prime and Megatron's power defeated the treacherous Decepticon, but all the Transformers were caught in the backwash of the colossal explosion that resulted, and were left injured and inactive for many months. {{storylink|The Stargate Battles (issue)|The Stargate Battles}}
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===Dreamwave comics continuity===
{{note|Events from the [[Keepers Trilogy]] novels are in italics.}}
Cliffjumper was active during the Dark Ages on Cybertron, when Optimus Prime and Megatron were missing and the two armies had split up into multiple smaller factions. He was working primarily with [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl's]] contingent of soldiers. {{storylink|War Within: The Dark Ages}}

Cliffjumper was a part of the crew on-board the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' when it crashed into [[Earth]] four million years ago while clearing an asteroid in the path of Cybertron. He was one of many Transformers captured and reprogrammed by arms dealer [[Lazarus|Adam 'Lazarus' Rook]] for lease to terrorist organizations and shady governments requiring brutal military might. Fortunately, Autobots under the command of Optimus Prime repaired and re-reprogrammed Cliffjumper and the remaining captive Autobots. Immediately, they were put to work on fighting Megatron's metallic virus, which had spread deep into [[Canada|Canadian]] territory, using their own internal power as the anti-virus. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 5}}

As Cliffjumper collapsed into the snow out of exhaustion, the Canadian military arrived. Unfortunately, due to the recent attacks by both enslaved Autobots and Decepticons under the command of Rook, the Canadians attempted to stop the Autobots doing what they perceived to be an attack on their soil. Knowing that the virus fed upon weapons fire, Cliffjumper tried to stop a tank crew from causing further harm by bending the tank's main gun. The commander panicked, thinking Cliffjumper was attacking, and fired, destroying himself and seriously damaging the Autobot. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 6}}

''When the U.S. military attacked the Autobots and Decepticons at a staged ambush in the Nevada desert, Cliffjumper was among the soldiers present. He took semi-critical damage from the [[deconstructionite]] attack, losing a great deal of available processing power to the weaponized nanites employed by the armed forces, and had to be carted away to safety inside Prime's trailer. {{storylink|Fusion (novel)|Fusion}}''

Sometime later, the unified Cybertronian army arrived on Earth and demanded the surrender of all active Autobots and Decepticons. After the initial encounter left several Autobots damaged, Optimus Prime brought most of his crew back to the ''Ark'' for repairs while Prowl organized a small detachment for reconnaissance purposes. Cliffjumper and Mirage were teamed together for the recon assignment, but were captured by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and his contingent of soldiers. Mirage gave up without a fight, eager to return home to Cybertron, which led Cliffjumper to declare him a traitor to the Autobot cause (deja vu... rising...). {{storylink|Brothers' Burden}}

Still, they settled their differences once Mirage saved him from [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] during the uprising on Cybertron. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}}

Following the Autobot takeover of Cybertron, Cliffjumper was assigned to the shuttle [[Orion]] under [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'s command, bringing supplies back to [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and his troops on Earth. Their routine mission was almost immediately interrupted by one of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s rogue creations, the super-clone known as [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]] who was engaging Autobot and Decepticon alike on Earth. {{storylink|Night of the Combaticons}} Cliffjumper worked loyally under Bumblebee's command during this endeavor, participating in [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]'s plans to disable the solar-powered Decepticon, but missed out on the final battle because he was attending to the injured [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. {{storylink|Atonement}}

===Marvel Books Big Looker Storybook continuity===
[[Image:KidsCliff1.jpg|left|180px|thumb|The Adventures of Scary Eyes and Awesome Car!]]
One day, a bunch of [[human]]s held a rally race for which first prize would be a year's supply of oil and gasoline. Rather than follow their usual tack, attempting to cheat their way to the fuel, the Decepticons decided to sneak into the race simply for the sake of giving the Autobots a thrashing. Cliffjumper was one of the Autobots driving in the rally, and he was unaware that the scary black Cadillac was actually being driven by Megatron until he tried to pass it. Megatron dogged the Minibot for quite a while, until a telephone pole-wielding Optimus Prime swatted the Decepticon leader out of the race. Cliffjumper won the race and everybody smiled, even Optimus Prime. {{storylink|The Great Car Rally}}
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===IDW comics continuity===
Cliffjumper was seen mourning [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]] and [[Fastback]] at the Security Services HQ in [[Kaon]]. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3}}

An unspecified amount of time before the events of [[All Hail Megatron]], Cliffjumper was with the other Autobots who were ambushed by the Decepticons. He was one of the bots to rally against the Decepticons and start to turn the tide—until [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] turned up and slagged them all. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 7}} In the present, Cliffjumper was with the Autobots on Cybertron, watching over the critically wounded Optimus Prime. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 1}}[[Image:AHM4CliffjumperConsole.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Happi-ness, happi-ness...]]
Cliffjumper proved just how desperate he was for a good rumble when he spent hours staring at a screen on the off chance of an emergency, then got excited over a signal that lasted 1/100th of a second! Taking a ticked off Ironhide along for the ride, he found the suspected threat... which turned out to be Hot Rod. Neither Cliffjumper or Ironhide realized this before the big guy decked Roddy. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 4}} When fleeing from [[Insecticon swarm|the Swarm]], he helped hold them off while riding Hound, who was in his jeep mode. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 8}}
When Mirage talked of giving up, Cliffjumper expressed his satisfaction at having weapons again. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 9}} Cliffjumper fought the raging swarm when they got over the other bridge (that had not been bombed by the late Sunstreaker), and was close to losing until the ''very'' timely intervention of [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. He went with the other Autobots to Earth. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 10}} Then, on Earth, when the Autobots retreated from the Decepticon attack, he corrected a deluded [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] by saying that they weren't running away, that they were making room—making room for Omega, who promptly slagged Devastator. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 11}}
He survived the great battle. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 12}}

At some unknown time after these events, he crash-landed on a peaceful planet after a successful assassination of several Decepticons. There he befriended a fleshling until the remaining Decepticons tracked him down. They killed the fleshling, a female called Kita, whom Cliffjumper seemed to have feelings for. He killed the entire unit of the Decepticon that had killed her, and nailed Kita's grave into the ground with his decapitated head. He then found a new family for her brother and left in the Decepticon ship. {{storylink|Spotlight: Cliffjumper}}

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===''Henkei! Henkei!'' pack-in comic===
One day, the Minibot Attack Team (Cliffjumper, [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] and [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]]) and the Minibot Spy Team ([[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]], [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]]) found an offline [[Hot Rod (Henkei!)|Hot Rod]] buried underground. Cliffjumper suggested they report their discovery back to base, but before they had a chance to, Cosmos found [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] also laying unconscious in the area. Assuming his [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] insignia to be a Decepticon one, the Minibots fought him until Hot Rod awoke and convinced the dinosaur to join the Autobots. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 11}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1 Cliffjumper toy.jpg|right|180px|thumb|This is the only toy that isn't a Bumblebee redeco.]]
[[Image:Yellow_G1_Cliffjumper.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Or is it?]]
*'''Cliffjumper''' (Mini-Vehicle, 1984)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''13'''

: Cliffjumper was part of the initial series of 1984 Autobots. His mold was originally used to make a ''[[Micro Change|Microchange]]'' "MC-04 #01 [[Wikipedia:Porsche 924|Porsche 924 Turbo]]", a cutesified, "[[Choro-Q|Penny Racer]]"-style representation of the real car. In the original Japanese release, this figure was available in red, yellow, and blue. For the first series ''Transformers'' release, there were common instances of the yellow version of Cliffjumper and the red version of Bumblebee being sold at US retail. This led to some confusion about the two characters, especially if the toys were found without their packaging.

: Like the other first series [[Mini Vehicle|Minibots]], Cliffjumper was released in many different color schemes by the companies who licensed ''Transformers'' for South American countries.<ref>[http://www.tf-1.com/articles/mini_frame.php?art=goldcliff Brazilian Gold Carrera (Cliffjumper) at TF-1.com]</ref><ref>[http://www.tf-1.com/articles/mini_frame.php?art=bluecliff Brazilian Blue Carrera (Cliffjumper) at TF-1.com]</ref><ref name="marvelage">[http://www.electric-escape.net/node/590 Article from Marvel Age #17.]</ref>

: This mold was [[retool]]ed to make [[Hubcap (G1)|Hubcap]].

: A yellow version of the [[Microchange]] "MC-04 Mini CAR Robo 02 Familia 1500XG" mold was also available packaged on Cliffjumper cards. This toy was not regarded as a valid variant of Cliffjumper, but rather a separate character among fans, despite being packaged on Cliffjumper cards. See [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]].

*'''Cliffjumper''' (Listen 'n Fun, 1985)

: A yellow version of Cliffjumper was packaged with an audio cassette featuring the story "[[Sun Raid]]" as part of Hasbro's multi-brand [[Listen 'n Fun]] subline. As the other known Listen 'n Fun releases—including [[Tripwire]] for ''[[G.I. Joe]]'' and "Ember" for ''My Little Pony''—had ''intentional'' deco changes from their original releases, it is likely that Cliffjumper becoming yellow was intentional as well.

*'''Cliffjumper''' (Keychain Mini-Vehicle, 2001/2003/2007)

: Released in the US by [[Fun-4-All]] at the same time as a "keychain" Bumblebee, this was a slight retooling of the first Cliffjumper toy which added a loop to the back bumper for a keychain attachment. In 2003, Takara released all four of the keychain Minibots (Cliffjumper, Bumblebee, [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]], and [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]]) for the Japanese market in both their original decos and in [[exclusive]] all-black coloration. Early in 2007, [[Hasbro]] re-released the "keychain" Mini-Vehicles for the US under the "[[Heroes of Cybertron]]" sub-line, which popped up in stores like Wal-Mart as well as smaller chains like the original releases.

: This mold was [[redeco]]ed into [[Tap-Out (G1)|Tap-Out]].

*'''Cliffjumper'''(McDonald's Happy Meal toy, 1984)

:One of the four toys given out during a 1984 [[List of Transformers restaurant promotions|McDonald's Happy Meal promotion]], Cliffjumper came in four different colors: red, yellow, blue and green. The toy was a statue in robot mode, only given out for a short time in St. Louis as a test run.

===Titanium===
[[Image:Titanium-toy RMCliffjumper.JPG|right|150px|thumb|]]
*'''Cliffjumper''' (Robot Master, 2006)
**''Accessories:'' Gun, display stand

:''[[Titanium Series]]'' Cliffjumper was to be a redeco of "Robot Masters" Bumblebee, a 3-inch mostly-die-cast-metal statue. He would have had joints at the waist, neck and shoulders, plus a removable pistol and an Autobot-sigil display stand. Due to the cancelation of the ''Titanium'' line, this product never saw release.

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===Classics===
*'''Cliffjumper''' (Deluxe, 2006/2007)
**''Accessories'': "Wave Crusher" trailer
[[Image:Classics Cliffjumper toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|[[:Image:Bumblebeeheads.jpg|What goes around...]]]]
:''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]'' Cliffjumper is a red, silver, gray and black [[redeco]] of the ''Classics'' Bumblebee toy, transforming into a small sports coupe of made-up model and towing a small trailer with a non-removable jet-ski. This "[[Wave Crusher]]" trailer/jet-ski transforms into a flight-pack that clips onto Cliffjumper's back.

: This mold was also used to make Classics [[Bug Bite (G1)|Bug Bite]] included in the [[BotCon]] exclusive "[[Games of Deception]]" figure set.

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===Henkei! Henkei!===
*'''Minibot Attack Team''' (Multi-pack, 2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-18'''

:''[[Henkei! Henkei! (toyline)|Henkei! Henkei!]]'' Cliffjumper is a redeco of ''[[Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' (2008) Legends class [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Bumblebee]], transforming into a modern hatchback. He comes in a set with [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] and the inappropriately-included [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]].

==Merchandise==
===Decoy===
*'''Cliffjumper Decoy''' (1987)

: A tiny, unpainted, red rubber figurine of Cliffjumper was packed randomly among the other 51 Decoys in the packages of 1987 Transformers toys. It is notable for being the first Cliffjumper figure to be based on his character model.

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===Mini-Bust===
[[Image:Cliffjumper statue.jpg|left|150px|thumb|War...It's FAN-tastic!]]
* '''Cliffjumper Mini Bust''' (Diamond Select, 2008)

Released by Diamond Select Toys in 2008, Cliffjumper was sculpted by Mark Wong of Art Asylum and limited to 1,000 pieces. The sculpt features Cliffjumper holding the gun he was seen using in "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]". However, this version omits the stabilizing struts that were present in the episode. This bust is also notable for being the first new mold G1 Cliffjumper has received since his Decoy in 1987, a period of over twenty years!

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===Robot Heroes===
[[Image:Robot Hero Cliffjumper.jpg|right|120px|thumb|Cutest bloodthirsty traitor-tracker EVER.]]
*'''Decepticon Sneak Attack''' (Figure Multi-pack, 2007)

:Cliffjumper is a red, gray and black redeco of the ''Robot Heroes'' Bumblebee toy. He was only available in the Wal-Mart [[exclusive]] "Decepticon Sneak Attack" five-pack along with "[[Supermetal]]" versions of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], a clear-plastic [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], and [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]].

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==Unreleased==
: One of the earliest proposals in the ''[[Alternators|Alternators/Binaltech]]'' line was for [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] as a Volkswagen New Beetle, with Cliffjumper as the redeco. Unfortunately, VW had similar concerns as Porsche, what with not wanting to be associated with "war toys", therefore the design never made it past the control drawing stage. Control drawings for both Bumblebee and Cliffjumper have been published in the Japanese ''[[The Transformers: Binaltech & TF Collection Complete Guide]]'' book.

==Trivia==
*Cliffjumper's pre-production name '''Blow-Out''' was mentioned in a Marvel Age article announcing the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel comic series]] in 1984<ref name="marvelage">[http://www.electric-escape.net/node/590 Article from Marvel Age #17.]</ref>, and also appeared at one point in ''[[The Great Car Rally]]''. The second instance is particularly peculiar considering he's referred to as Cliffjumper throughout the rest of the book.
*Cliffjumper is yellow like his toy variant in his only appearance in the [[Ladybird Books]]. {{storylink|Laserbeak's Fury}}
*[[Sideswipe (SG)|Sideswipe]] once referred to Cliffjumper as '''CJ'''. {{storylink|Shattered Glass (issue)|Shattered Glass}}

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/1984/Autobot/Cliffjumper/cliffjumper.htm Cliffjumper at TFU.info]
* [http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Cliffjumper Cliffjumper's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

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'''''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen''''' is the first of two planned sequels to ''[[Transformers (2007)|Transformers]]''. It is scheduled to be released June 24, 2009.<ref>[http://tformers.com/transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen-moved-up-2-days-more-time-to-enjoy-giant-robots/10971/news.html Transformers premiere days moved up two days]</ref><ref>[http://www.allspark.com/content/view/4373/20/ The Allspark: ''Revenge of the Fallen'' NOT Coming Out June 26th]</ref>

{{note|This page is '''not meant to be a source of breaking news'''. It is intended to archive '''officially confirmed information ONLY'''. That means no leaks, no spoilers, no stolen info. If it doesn't come directly from [[Hasbro]], [[Dreamworks]]/[[Paramount Pictures]] or their licensees, '''it does not belong here or anywhere else on this wiki.'''}}

{{bigquote|Because ‘Transformers 2′ sounds stupid.|[[Roberto Orci]]|[http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/07/24/writers-reveal-theme-of-transformers-sequel-the-bad-news-no-dinobots/ MTV Movieblog] [[July 24]],[[2008]]}}

:''Japanese title:'' '''''Transformers Revenge'''''<ref>[http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/TF/movie.html ''Transformers'' movie section at TakaraTomy's website]</ref>
:''Brazilian title:'' '''''Transformers: A Vingança dos Derrotados'''''

==Confirmed news==
{{spoiler|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|July 24, 2009}}
[[Image:ROTFteaserposter.jpg|right|250px|thumb|For dry, red eyes, the difference is clear: Clear Eyes.]]
Current information includes:

* Early in production, Producer [[Tom DeSanto]] said he envisioned a storyline introducing the [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicon]]s.<ref>[http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4663&Itemid=99 IESB Exclusive: Transformers 2 Character Breakdowns Plus New Decepticons!]</ref>
* Writers [[Roberto Orci]] and [[Alex Kurtzman]] recruited [[Ehren Kruger]] to help them write the screenplay. [[Michael Bay]] and producers [[Don Murphy]], [[Tom DeSanto]], and [[Lorenzo di Bonaventura]] are also returning.<ref>[http://www.superherohype.com/news/topnews.php?id=6372 Transformers 2 Writers Confirmed]</ref>
* The producers expect that with a bigger budget and the special effects worked out, the Transformers will have a larger role and more screen time.{{fact}}
* According to the 2008 ShoWest edition of Dolby News, the film will be in 3-D.<ref>[http://www.comics2film.com/index.php?a=story&b=33214 'Tintin', 'Transformers 2' getting 3D release]</ref>
* Michael Bay has claimed that the studio is putting out deliberate misinformation, to obscure real leaks.<ref>[http://io9.com/382919/michael-bay-plays-internet-punkd Michael Bay Plays Internet Punk'd]</ref> (Like our jobs weren't hard enough.)
*A key character will return and "attempt to settle a score".<ref>[http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/default.cfm?page=News/Item&newsid=59522272-D56F-E112-4C783175A8BBBAD6 Confirmation by Hasbro.]</ref>
* Roberto Orci confirmed that there is no '2' in the title of the sequel.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showpost.php?p=2173364&postcount=7 Roberto Orci at TFW2005.com]</ref>
* [[Aaron Hill]] is confirmed to play a supporting in the film.<ref>[http://www.aaronhill.biz/news.htm Aaron Hill confirms his role at his site]</ref>
* During San Diego Comic-Con 2008, in an interview on July 25th, [[Simon Furman]] claimed that the film would feature a character called [[The Fallen]], which was a character they created for [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s ''[[The War Within: The Dark Ages]]''<ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=17412 Simon Furman confirms The Fallen is a character in an interview with Comic Book Resources]</ref> Three days later, [[IDW Publishing]] writer [[Chris Mowry]] corroborated the claim in an interview with MTV Splash Page, calling "The Fallen" the main villain of ''Revenge'' ([[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] was also confirmed in the same interview, but the reference to her was mysteriously removed shortly after publication). <ref>[http://splashpage.mtv.com/2008/07/28/exclusive-transformers-2-prequel-comic-gives-inside-scoop-on-2009-movie/ MTV Splash Page interviews Chris Mowry]</ref> Less than a week after this, however, Michael Bay reiterated that everything leaked thus far is part of their misinformation campaign and that only a handful of people involved with the production of ''Revenge'' have seen the script, contradicting IDW's interviews where their representatives confirm that they have the script. Additionally, Bay claimed the only truth about the film was Sam going to college.<ref>[http://www.shootfortheedit.com/forum/showpost.php?p=44729&postcount=2 A post made by Michael Bay on his forum]</ref> Curiously, on August 5th 2008, after a fan posted on Michael Bay's forum pointing out the contradiction, all references to the Fallen were removed from the aforementioned interviews, as well as any references to IDW Publishing having the script.
* When questioned about whether the Transformers would have more flat surfaces and have less internal machinery exposed compared to the designs from the first movie, Roberto Orci answered with an emphatic "YES".<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/2317044-post773.html Roberto Orci at TFW2005.com]</ref>
* An official behind-the-scenes video from the first day of shooting (June 2, 2008) at the former steel plant in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania was posted on Wal-Mart's public website in early September of 2008. The video shows police cars with Chinese markings, [[Josh Duhamel]] and [[Tyrese Gibson]] shooting an action sequence together with other actors and extras dressed as soldiers, and an Audi R8 being chased by three differently-colored motorcycles, all three of them equipped with drivers wearing the same outfit.<ref name="walmart">[http://www.walmart.com/transformers Wal-Mart promo site with exclusive videos], access code is "AllSpark 62609".</ref>
* In an interview with BANG! Showbiz, Shia LeBouf stated that the injuries he suffered in his recent vehicular collision were written into the script and did not adversely affect the filming schedule.<ref name="TheList2008">[http://www.list.co.uk/article/10788-shia-labeoufs-transformers-hand/ The List 1 August 2008]</ref>
* A December 29, 2008 ''USA Today'' article on ''Revenge'' detailed parts of the plot as well as confirming some Transformer cast members.<ref name="USAToday2008">[http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2008-12-28-transformers-side_N.htm USA Today December 29, 2008]</ref>
* ''Empire'' magazine's February 2009 issue features information on the role of the Egyptian Pyramids in the Movieverse's backstory. Michael Bay also confirmed The Fallen and denied Megatron would be resurrected (this later turned out to be untrue). Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics resembling helicopters will be revealed to be depictions of Transformers who visited Earth before the pyramids were built.<ref name="EmpireFeb2009">''Empire'' article entitled "20 to watch in 2009", written by Nick de Semelyn, dated February 2009, pages 68 and 69, issue 236</ref>
* On January 14, 2009, Roberto Orci confirmed in an interview with IGN at the Television Critics Association press tour that [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] would be a character in the film, and added that there is a [[Pretender]].<ref name="IGNJan2009">[http://au.movies.ign.com/articles/944/944836p1.html IGN January 14, 2009 "Transformers 2 Rumor Confirmed"]</ref>
* On January 29, 2009, [[Activision]]'s website for the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' video game adaptation came online and revealed the robot modes of two new characters (later revealed to be [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]]). However, this activation of the website appears to have been in error, as the site was taken offline hours later, with Activision requesting fan sites remove images of the characters.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-just-movie-31/activision-transformers-revenge-of-the-fallen-site-live---chevy-beat-and-trax-robot-modes-revealed-166703/ Trax and Beat revealed thread at TFW2005.com (Images Removed at Activision's request)]</ref>
* Also on January 29, 2009, Simon Furman commented on MTV Movie Blog about how the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] wouldn't fit very well into the movie's universe, and that he is glad they were dropped from the cast very early in development.<ref>[http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/01/29/no-dinobots-in-transformers-2-revenge-of-the-fallen-original-film-consultant-explains-why/ MTV Movie Blog interview with Simon Furman, January 29, 2009.]</ref>
* On February 1, 2009, the first official trailer for the movie was aired during Super Bowl XLIII.<ref name="Superbowltvspot">[http://www.transformersmovie.com Revenge of the Fallen Super Bowl spot at the official Revenge of the Fallen website] and [http://www.traileraddict.com/trailer/transformers-2/super-bowl-spot TrailerAddict]</ref>
* Michael Bay stated in interview with ''The Collider'' the he obtained permission to film in Egypt by contacting [[Zahi Hawass]], secretary general of Egypt's council of antiquities, who turned out to be a fan of the 2007 ''Transformers'' movie.<ref>[http://www.collider.com/entertainment/interviews/article.asp/aid/10866/tcid/1 The Collider article and video interview with Michael Bay, February 9, 2009]</ref>
* In the issue 140 February of ''Toyfare'' magazine, producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura confirmed that the Fallen is one of the [[Thirteen original Transformers]], likening the 13 to "apostles" and claiming the schism between Autobots and Decepticons to have been the Fallen's responsibility. He also stated that Devastator would be over 100 feet tall.<ref>Toyfare issue 140, February, 2009. [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-news-rumors/218756-toyfare-140-rotf-coverage.html Summary at TFW2005.com]</ref>
* During the Chicago Auto Show 2009, [[General Motors]]/[[Chevrolet]] issued a press releasing identifying several new Autobot characters who turned into various Chevy concept cars, including Sideswipe, Skids, Mudflap and Jolt. The press release also confirmed the return of [[John Turturro]] and [[Glenn Morshower]], and revealed new cast member [[John Benjamin Hickey]]. <ref name="Chicago Auto Show 2009">[http://media.gm.com/us/gm/en/news/events/autoshows/09chicago/brands/transformers.htm General Motors/Chevrolet Chicago Auto Show 2009 Press Release]</ref>
* Hasbro unveiled the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' toyline at the New York Toy Fair 2009 on February 14. Among the (officially) revealed were the Devastator and Constructicon toys, as well as the robot forms of Sideswipe, Mudflap and Skids.<ref name="Toyfair2009">[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-toys--products-30/revenge-of-the-fallen-bumblebee-voice-changer-helmet---toyfair-2009-press-release-166806/ Hasbro Toyfair 2009 press release at TFW2005.com], and [http://toyfair09.asmzine.com/gallery/hasbro/hasbro-tf-press-kit/index.html Hasbro official stock image gallery at ASM]</ref>
* On February 16, the full teaser trailer that was released online, revealing the return of [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]].<ref name="teasertrailer">[http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809943432/video/12063123 Full teaser trailer at Yahoo! movies]</ref>
* Later that same day, official in package stock photos revealed the name of the Audi R8 Decepticon seen in the trailers to be Sideways. <ref name="Sideways">[http://tformers.com/transformers-official-shots-of-revenge-of-the-fallen-sideways-audi-r8-gets-a-name/11000/news.html Audi R8's packaging revealed through official packaging shots at Tformers]</ref>
* After a short and poorly excuted "misinformation campaign" on the part of Michael Bay, Paramount and their licensees where they claimed that Megatron was not in the movie despite all ''officially released'' evidence to the contrary (including Megatron's brief appearance in the February 1 Superbowl tv spot and the February teaser trailer), Roberto Orci confirmed that Megatron does indeed return.<ref name="Megatron returns">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-movie-discussion/180451-welcome-mr-roberto-orci-you-may-ask-him-questions-211.html#post3333713 Roberto Orci confirms Megatron's return on TFW2005.com - February 22, 2009]</ref>
* On March 4, 2009, [[Hugo Weaving]] revealed he would be returning as Megatron in ''Revenge of the Fallen'' and in fact had already recorded his dialogue. When asked of how Megatron would be resurrected, Weaving kept mum, but pointed out that Optimus Prime took a surviving sliver of the [[All Spark]] out of Megatron's chest in the previous movie.<ref name="Hugo Weaving">[http://blogs.news.com.au/adelaidenow/turkeyshoot/index.php/adelaidenow/comments/weaving_confirms_megatrons_return_in_transformers_revenge_of_the_fallen AdelaideNow blog report on Weaving's return to ''Transformers'' - March 4, 2009.]</ref>
* On March 6, due to the reports of Weaving's return, Michael Bay finally admitted Megatron was back, but claimed that Megatron would only appear briefly in a flashback to the past, despite the fact Megatron can be seen pinning Sam Witwicky to the ground in ''Revenge's'' tv spot and teaser trailer. One can assume that the director was trying to salvage some form of audience surprise in seeing Megatron return in the movie. In other news of a presumably legitimate kind, Bay said that the movie would go into the distant past and explain the history of the [[Prime]]s.<ref>[http://www.shootfortheedit.com/forum/showpost.php?p=66825&postcount=4 Michael Bay on his forum - March 6, 2009]</ref>
* Shortly after an [http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/interviews-27/tfw2005-interviews-frank-welker-part-1-of-2-167015/ interview] with voice actor [[Frank Welker]] was posted on fan site TFW2005.com, in which he revealed he had not been contacted by the film crew for a part, Bay made a post on his forum that he was now interested in casting Welker as [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]]<ref>[http://www.michaelbay.com/newsblog/files/soundwave-w.html Micheal Bay.com news blog - March 10, 2009]</ref>
* On March 22, Roberto Orci responded to a fan's questioning regarding the idea of casting [[Leonard Nimoy]] as The Fallen by stating that he had actually mentioned it with Nimoy, but fan outcry has also given Frank Welker consideration. <ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-news-rumors/224468-roberto-orci-leonard-nimoy-frank-welker-both-running-voicing-fallen.html Roberto Orci on TFW2005.com, March 22, 2009]</ref>
* In an interview with Sci Fi Wire on March 31st, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman said they had looked through the comics and cartoons for the "most elemental bad guy" that "jumped off the material" and found that in the Fallen. They also stated that due to production necessities (Hasbro and Bay needing characters for scenes and design to begin as soon as possible) and the 2008-2009 Writers Strike, some characters were in their initial treatment while others were designed specifically for the movie production, and that due to the overall numbers of robots, the audience would not get to know all of the Transformers closely. Indeed, Orci and Kurtzman referred to some characters via descriptors such "Volt" (Jolt) and "Wheelbot" (Demolishor). They also confirmed that Nimoy was open to playing the Fallen if the role was offered, and that they were in the middle of hashing it out with Frank Welker over a role in the movie, but the final decision was down to Bay.<ref name="scifiwireMarch2009">[http://scifiwire.com/2009/03/orci-kurtzman-reveal-tran.php SciFi Wire March 2009 interview with Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman]</ref>
* A USA Today article on April 1, 2009 added a heap of confusion by stating that there are ''seven'' Constructicons (including a new character named Overload), referred to Demolishor and "Scavenger" separately; and commented that [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] was the only female Autobot, even though there are a total of three very similar feminine motorcycle characters in the film and [[Alliance issue 4|supporting fiction]]. In news of a presumably correct sort, the article also revealed details about Ravage (he would have a skill set not seen before, will not turn into anything and will not talk); Jetfire (doesn't transform very well due to age, knows the Decepticons' plans but forgets parts of it); The Fallen (Transformers version of Lucifer, defiance and arrogance led to his banishment into another dimension, holds the key to life on Earth and Cybertron), Devastator (made [[Steven Spielberg]] curse in appreciation); confirmed [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] and finally, revealed the new insect-like creature referred to as "The Doctor". <ref name="USATodayApril2009">[http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2009-04-01-transformers-first-look_N.htm Various characters revealed on USA Today, April 1, 2009.]</ref>
* On the same day, Yahoo Movies featured a list of the Autobots and Decepticons, repeating much of the same basic information featured in the USA today article, including the same confusing information about the Constructicons (7 members form Devastator, 8 members in total, Demolishor and Scavenger referred to as separate characters) and finally officially revealed the return of [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]]. The article also had a new still of Ravage and a rather dodgy-looking chart listing the names of all the robot chracters. <ref name="YahooMoviesApril">[http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/need-to-know-transformers-robots.html Yahoo Movies Transformers cast list, April 1, 2009.]</ref>
* On April 16, Michael Bay reported on his forum that Steven Spielberg had just seen his cut of ''Revenge of the Fallen'' and had praised it as being "awesome" and better than the previous ''Transformers'' movie. Bay also revealed that the full trailer had just been completed and will be attached to ''[[Wolverine|X-Men Origins: Wolverine]]'', coming out on May 1.<ref>[http://www.shootfortheedit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4286 Michael Bay on his forums, April 16, 2009.]</ref>
* On April 17, actor [[Tony Todd]]'s website revealed that he would be voicing an as-yet unnamed character in ''Revenge''.<ref name="TonyTodd">[http://theofficialtonytodd.com/news.php Announcement on Tony Todd's website]</ref>
* Soon after, footage of ''Revenge'' that was shown to the press at ShoWest 2009 was released online by Michael Bay's staff... and then swiftly removed. An unexpected revelation was the ''apparent'' return of [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]], despite his death in the previous movie. <ref name="showest2009">[http://vimeo.com/4208071 ''Revenge of the Fallen'' ShoWest footage on Vimeo.com UPDATE - now removed]</ref> A few days later, Michael Bay explained that the fơotage was only supposed to be online for 12 hours, and confirmed the CGI was far from complete. Bay also reported that the trailer was being printed and will be included with ''Wolverine'' and ''Star Trek''.<ref>[http://www.shootfortheedit.com/forum/showthread.php?p=76997#post76997 Michael Bay on his forum, April 21, 2009]</ref>
* Actors Ramon Rodriguez and Isabel Lucas revealed some details about their characters in an interview with MTV.com on April 21, 2009. <ref name="MTV Ramon Isabel">[http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1609632/story.jhtml MTV interview of Ramon Rodriguez and Isabel Lucas, April 21, 2009.]</ref>
* On the MTV Movies blog, Michael Bay reported that they were still doing for the voices for the film, and that he was (jokingly) nervous of asking his relative Leonard Nimoy if he wanted to voice The Fallen in the movie for fear of offending him with the relatively low pay allotted to voice actors.<ref>[http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/04/21/michael-bay-afraid-to-offend-leonard-nimoy-with-transformers-family-reunion-offer/ ''Michael Bay Afraid To Offend Leonard Nimoy With ‘Transformers’ Family Reunion Offer'', MTV.com Movies blog, April 21, 2009]</ref>
* The World Premiere of ''Revenge of the Fallen'' will be held at TOHO Cinemas Roppongi Hills, in [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]] on June 8th, 2009, with Michael Bay, Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox attending. <ref>[http://eiga.com/buzz/20090423/1 Japanese premiere information at Eiga.com, April 23, 2009. (In Japanese)]</ref>
* During an interview for UGO Movie Blog, Roberto Orci confirmed that he thinks that it is official that Frank Welker will be voicing Soundwave. <ref name="UGO Welker">[http://movieblog.ugo.com/movies/roberto-orci-frank-welker-to-officially-voice-soundwave UGO.com Movie Blog confirmation that Frank Welker will play Soundwave, April 27, 2009]</ref>
* On April 30, the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' theatrical trailer was officially released online at Yahoo! Movies. <ref>[http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809943432/trailer ''Revenge of the Fallen'' theatrical trailer at Yahoo! Movies]</ref>
* [[Linkin Park]] and Hans Zimmer will be working with Steve Jablonsky on the score of the movie. Linkin Park also announced they were writing a song, called "New Divide". It will be one of the theme songs for the movie, and will be doing several interpretations on that theme. <ref>[http://www.mikeshinoba.com/blog/special_events-recommended_music-in_the_studio-featured-linkin_park_/transformers_2_new_linkin_park_song_and_score]</ref>
* On May 13, Glenn Morshower spoke about his role in ''Revenge'' with IGN.com, stating that even though [[Colonel Sharp|his character]] in the 2007 ''Transformers'' movie had been killed, he was asked by Michael Bay to return for the sequel to play a new character named after him. <ref name="MorshowerIGN">[http://movies.ign.com/articles/982/982686p1.html IGN talks to Glenn Morshower about his role in ''Revenge of the Fallen'']</ref>
* On May 18, three ''Revenge'' TV spots were aired on North American television. Michael Bay's web staff later uploaded them onto Vimeo.com. <ref>[http://vimeo.com/4719904 "It's On..." TV spot at Vimeo.com]</ref> <ref>[http://vimeo.com/4719776 "Greatest Enemy" TV spot on Vimeo.com]</ref> <ref>[http://vimeo.com/4719348 "Forms" TV spot at Vimdeo.com]</ref>
* That same day, Linkin Park's new single, "New Divide", was released exclusively on iTunes.
* In a chat with the LA Times "Hero Complex" blog on May 21, Michael Bay revealed that [[Tom Kenny]] has a voice role in ''Revenge'', and that [[Rainn Wilson]]'s character was based upon a film instructor at his alma mater of Wesleyan University. <ref>[http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2009/05/michael-bay-shows-us-transformer-2-footage-and-talks-about-shia-labeoufs-dark-moods.html Michael Bay talks to LA Times Hero Complex blog - May 21, 2009]</ref>
* In a June 22nd article in Forbes (released online on June 4th), Michael Bay talked about his philosphy in movie-making, his demand of part-ownership of movies he makes, and the revelation that he receives an 8% cut of all toy sales from the ''Transformers'' movies.<ref>[http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/0622/celebrity-09-transformers-michael-bay-making-movies-enemies-money.html Michael Bay article on Forbes.com June 4, 2009]</ref>
* On June 8th, 2009, the movie had its world premiere in Japan. Michael Bay, Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Isabel Lucas and Ramon Rodriguez attended.<ref>[http://www.michaelbay.com/newsblog/files/47a23fdbb6ddc8ece6a0a6c87ccc2bbe-499.html Japanese Premiere photos at Michael Bay.com, June 8, 2009]</ref>. Other countries such as South Korea<ref>[http://www.michaelbay.com/newsblog/files/f7a7af7e754cfa877a635b95d8908eea-506.html Korean Premiere photos at Michael Bay.com, June 9, 2009]</ref>, the United Kingdom and Germany followed over the course of the next few days.

==Cast==
{{spoiler|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|July 24, 2009}}

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*[[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] <ref name="USATodayApril2009"/> <ref name="YahooMoviesApril"/> ([[Grey DeLisle]])
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*[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] <ref>[http://gmtv.feedroom.com/?fr_chl=62fb041ab45d6f1444bea60b370dabc3e1f0703d&rf=bm Chevy Transformers Vehicles Premiere]</ref> ([[Jess Harnell]])
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*[[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] <ref name="Chicago Auto Show 2009"/> ([[Reno Wilson]])
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] ([[Peter Cullen]])<ref>[http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/09/25/optimus-prime-takes-shape-for-transformers-2-as-voice-artist-peter-cullen-returns-to-work/ MTV interview with Cullen]</ref>
*[[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] <ref name="YahooMoviesApril"/> ([[Robert Foxworth]])
*[[Sideswipe (ROTF)|Sideswipe]] <ref name="Chicago Auto Show 2009"/> ([[André Sogliuzzo]])
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*[[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] <ref>[http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=57631 Robert Orci interview from SciFi.com]</ref> ([[Frank Welker]]) <ref name="UGO Welker"/>
*[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] <ref>[http://www.seibertron.com/news/view.php?id=12448 More on Transformers 2 From Writer Roberto Orci]</ref> <ref name="YahooMoviesApril"/> ([[Charlie Adler]])
*[[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] <ref name="USATodayApril2009"/> <ref name="YahooMoviesApril"/> ([[Tom Kenny]])
*[[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicon]]s
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**[[Long Haul (ROTF)|Long Haul]] <ref name="Toyfair2009"/> <ref name="scifiwireMarch2009"/>
**[[Mixmaster (ROTF)|Mixmaster]] <ref name="Toyfair2009"/> <ref name="scifiwireMarch2009"/>
**[[Overload (ROTF)|Overload]] <ref name="USATodayApril2009"/> <ref name="YahooMoviesApril"/>
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**[[Scavenger (ROTF)|Scavenger]] <ref name="USATodayApril2009"/> <ref name="YahooMoviesApril"/>
*[[Alice]] ([[Isabel Lucas]])<ref>[http://www.shootfortheedit.com/forum/showpost.php?s=22c455b2e9b6c4047cf14f100807a2cb&p=30564&postcount=21 A post from Bay on his official forum]</ref>
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*[[Mikaela Banes]] ([[Megan Fox]])<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,382450,00.html Fox News interviews Fox]</ref>
*[[Robert Epps]] ([[Tyrese Gibson]])<ref>[http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1591669/20080728/story.jhtml Tyrese talks Revenge of the Fallen]</ref>
*[[Theodore Galloway]] ([[John Benjamin Hickey]])<ref name="Chicago Auto Show 2009"/>
*Graham, British Special Forces soldier ([[Matthew Marsden]])<ref name="MTVblog">[http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/06/02/exclusive-matthew-marsden-joins-transformers-2-cast/ MTV Movies Blog exclusive June 2, 2008 news]</ref>
*[[William Lennox]] ([[Josh Duhamel]])<ref name="MTVblog"/>
*General Morshower ([[Glenn Morshower]])<ref name="Chicago Auto Show 2009"/> <ref name="MorshowerIGN"/>
*Professor ([[Rainn Wilson]])<ref>[http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/05/28/exclusive-rainn-wilson-joins-transformers-2-cast-as-university-professor/ Rainn Wilson confirms his participation]</ref>
*[[Seymour Simmons]] ([[John Turturro]]) <ref name="Chicago Auto Show 2009"/>
*[[Leo Spitz]] <ref name="MTV Ramon Isabel"/> ([[Ramon Rodriguez]])<ref name="EmpireFeb2009"/>
*[[Judy Witwicky]] ([[Julie White]])<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/2315930-post729.html Roberto Orci confirming Sam's parents would get "at least as much screen time" in the sequel.]</ref>
*[[Ron Witwicky]] ([[Kevin Dunn]])<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/2315930-post729.html Roberto Orci confirming Sam's parents would get "at least as much screen time" in the sequel.]</ref>
*[[Sam Witwicky]] ([[Shia LaBeouf]])<ref>[http://www.superherohype.com/news/topnews.php?id=6372 Transformers 2 Writers Confirmed]</ref>
|c4=
*[[The Fallen]]<ref>''Empire'' article entitled "20 to watch in 2009", written by Nick de Semelyn, dated February 2009, pages 68 and 69, issue 236</ref> ([[Tony Todd]])
}}

==''Transformers'' sequel and the 2007-2008 Writers Strike==
In late 2007, during preproduction for then-untitled ''Transformers'' sequel, the [[wikipedia:2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike|Writers Guild of America went on strike]]. At the time, Roberto Orci stated that the strike could likely delay ''Transformers 2's'' release. However, Michael Bay refuted this, claiming the movie was still on schedule.<ref>[http://www.shootfortheedit.com/forum/showthread.php?p=6200#post6200 Robert Orci discusses the strike & TF2]</ref> The reason behind Bay's confidence was discovered by Orci shortly after the strike ended. The director had apparently taken the outline the writers had handed in the night before the strike, and begun movie prep based on it.<ref>[http://www.donmurphy.net/board/showthread.php?t=24357&page=4 Don Murphy message board - Orci on the aftermath of the strike]</ref>

==Related fiction==
===Titan Magazines ''Transformers'' movie comics===
While the Decepticons were disgusted with the pro-Autobot propaganda of Bay's first documentary {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 13|#13's Star Screams}}, they're quite optimistic about the second film. [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] has taken a strong interest in it, going to the trouble of personally convincing [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] to be in the film {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 15|15's Star Screams}}.

The Decepticons promise this new documentary will show a glorious Decepticon victory {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 10|#10's Star Screams}} - whether it's in the script or not. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 18|#18's Star Screams}}

Shockingly, even ''they'' are under a non-disclosure agreement regarding the script; Starscream fearfully refers to a greater power keeping him quiet. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 22|#22's Star Screams}} Talking about it could even undermine the Decepticon war effort! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 23|#23's Star Screams}}

In the same week the film came out, the Decepticons suddenly became unhappy with it and the detente period ended. Bay, Kurtzman, and Orci are once again marked for extermination for their propaganda films. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.1|#1's Law and Disorder}}

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
*[http://www.transformersmovie.com Dreamworks/Paramount's ''Transformers'' Movie website]
*[http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/ Hasbro's ''Transformers'' homepage]
*[http://www.collider.com/entertainment/interviews/article.asp/aid/10866/tcid/1 Interview with Michael Bay 02/09/2009] — Collider.com

[[Category:Films]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen]]

Bumper (Animated)

2009-06-05T03:07:51Z

Akumateukuma:

{{factions|autobot}}
{{disambig3|Bumper}}
:''Bumper is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]] [[continuity family]].''
[[Image:Animated_bumper.jpg|right|thumb|Why does he look like Charlie Brown with a helmet and sunglasses?]]
'''Bumper''' sure looks familiar!

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
[[Image:Animated bumper and glyph.jpg|left|100px|thumb|So, uh...how's things?]]
Bumper was among the Autobots going about their daily business when [[Carmine Fanzone|Captain Fanzone]] accidentally [[transwarp]]ed to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], but he seemed to be too busy talking to [[Glyph (Animated)|Glyph]] to notice. {{storylink|This Is Why I Hate Machines}}

==Notes==

*In reference to the similarity between the [[Bumper (G1)|original Bumper]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], ''Animated'' Bumper is among the many, ''many'' robots to share [[Bumblebee (Animated)|''Animated'' Bumblebee's]] body-form.
*Also just like the [[Sedan (Robocar)|original Bumper was]], ''Animated'' Bumper has also been [[Sedan (Animated)|redecoed in white]].

[[Category:Animated characters]]
[[Category:Autobots]]
[[Category: Cartoon-only characters]]

User talk:ItsWalky

2009-06-05T03:04:05Z

Akumateukuma: /* Bumper as a Brazilian character. */ new section

{{preview bastard}}

--I'm deeply sorry

[[User talk:ItsWalky/2006|2006 Archives]]

[[User talk:ItsWalky/2007|2007 Archives]]

==Things to say to you==
[[Image:Ttoc.GIF|right|thumb|We approve this message.]]

Just some thing I've been wanting to say to David...

First off, you're a monumental asshole. You have an ego the size of a small planet and it's irritating watching you act like an important SOB when you're basically just a nobody.

Second, your webcomics aren't funny. They're boring tripe that makes Penny Arcade look good(and believe me, Penny Arcade is garbage). Cyanide and Happiness is a funny webcomic, yours is not. Your "jokes" are painful, about like watching Michael Richards yell the n-word as a routine. You don't draw a comic, you draw an opinionated blog. I'm not sure which name suits your crap better, "ShitPacked" or "ShortDicked".

Your liberalism and your love of Indiana get on my nerves. You jab at Mallard Filmore? Yeah, one shitty comic making fun of another shitty comic. Or are you just pissed that his gets in newspapers while you're JUST a webcomic? As to Indiana, I live here, and if it were up to me, the state would be walled off and none of the freaks living there allowed to interact with the rest of the planet. The state is about 3 decades behind the times. But something tells me even you know this otherwise you'd still live here. I sure as hell do not live here by choice and as soon as I can, I'm moving far away from this joke of a state.

And your brand loyalty is typical fandom crap. You have Aaron Archer's rod so far down your throat it's unreal. And Aryan fucktard Michael Bay's rod has apparently joined it. I'd say soemthing abotu Don Murphy but he was born without one. Actually, I can say something- he's Kevin "unfunny asshole" Smith with more body fat. Hasbro didn't give the film to a competent director, just a cheap one. And neither Speilberg or ILM have done anything useful in years. Give WETA, or even Tom Savini a chance and we wouldn't be getting Bionicle bots. You're afraid to not like a Hasbro product. No wonder they don't have to go out of the way to please the "fans"- you'll accept it no matter what. But hey, you personally have been sucking off incompetent British bonehead Simon Furman and his shitty stories for years. There are no gods in Transformers. Unicron was built by a monkey, little man. Furman is dog shit.

And go figure this TF wiki is a joke full of misinformation, insults or outright lies- you're a mod here. You're never right. You're more of an incorrect pompous jerkoff than Defunct is. Right, ban me from editing, as if it would somehow matter, any info you don't agree with is pulled. You only have friends because people feel sorry for you. Me, I have no need. People are a commodity to be used and their wants only get in the way of what I'm out for. Use them and drop them.

Who am I? Go look who added a note about you on Encyclopedia Dramatica's Allspark page if you're not too lazy. As well as past AS, Kalidor, FIRRIB and Hooks entries(the hooks entry especially true). Oh, and just info on white people in general and that idiotic Nintendo Wii. I'm not making it that easy for you.
: Is it my birthday? This stuff ''feeds'' me. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 02:19, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
: Duuuuude. Walky may be a dick, but I still ''like'' him for some inexplicable reason. You, on the other hand, are just one sore drama queen.--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] 17:14, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

: This is some of the most funny stuff I've seen in a while. Comedy PLATINUM. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 02:30, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

: Bwa ha ha ha ha. Priceless. I think someone needs to get off the internets for a few minutes. [[User:Chip|Chip]] 02:49, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

: Wait, you mean I didn't get drunk and write this? [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] 05:47, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

: I wish lame puns happened to me. [[User:Interrobang|Interrobang]] 20:08, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Why do I get the feeling that guy has been permanently banned?[[User:Florky Man|Mr. Florky]] 15:55, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Wow, an Encyclopedia Dramatica troll. No need to be so harsh on Walky. I, too, like the Baybots, and, I happen to like Bionicle. Also, his Webcomic is one of my favorites. So, if you have nothing nice to say, never ever EVER come back here.--[[User:Dynamus Prime|Dynamus Prime]] 16:22, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

==BANNED==

What the hell did I do to warrant a ban, exactly? As far as I'm aware, I don't even think I broke any rules, and if I did, an official warning would be appropriate. I received no such warning. I was not here for trolling and you know that - you use that bullshit excuse to get people to ignore arguments you can't handle. But you, personally, who made this decision, know I'm not a troll.

This is fucking low. I had little enough respect for you down to your ranting against the fanbase, Willis, but this is a whole new level of buggery. If you're going to use your comic to rant against and discredit people you don't like, the least you can do is suck it up when people rant at you back, and not act like a control-freak child.

I really don't think you're aware of your own actions anymore.
*Do the words [[Wikipedia:WP:NPA|no personal attacks]] mean anything to you? -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 00:18, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
:: Do the words "warning before ban" mean anything to you? Rulemongering doesn't justify a decision anyway, since Walky is one of the people making the rules. There were plenty of personal attacks leveled at me, but I did not report them officially.

::I really find it hard to believe that you think it's completely on a rational level of discourse to claim that the comic strip I draw is about child pornography. If I'm not mistaken about your identity, you've been banned from almost every single Transformers web board you've had an acquaintance with, and I'm only doing this place a favor by getting rid of you. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 00:22, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

::: That's not an excuse. I will openly admit I HAVE been banned from several forums, but only because I repeatedly opposed the staff on each and every one of them; and with good cause, they all have roughly the same problem. People bully others either into liking the movie or to agree with the kind of views you promote - and since nobody can directly attack or discredit anyone, these people(and you are) are left to their methods.
::: For your current decision to be validated, the admins of those boards, boards which are influenced in turn by your anti-fan attitude, would have to be near 100% correct in their decisions, and those decisions would have to occur within a context that would map exactly onto here. Any rational moderator does not base their decisions so much off performance on other boards, especially when it's not even a messageboard they're operating. Two different media. I have openly said I despise all active Transformers boards for their level of authoritarianism, yet level of tolerance towards the pushing of certain viewpoints.

::: Not to mention that you're still operating under the fallacy of Appeal to Majority - that alone means I shouldn't really even have to counter you.

::: And don't even use the "CHILD PORNOGRAPHY" thing as an excuse. Again, any rational moderator would warn several times before a ban, I personally reversed that edit even though it was obviously intended to be a joke as anyone reading this knows what pile'o'bile already is. You have no justification for what you did, but your ego is too big to realise you can actually do wrong with your power. You'll never admit it, but I wouldn't be surprised if some part of you is pissed that I defeated some of your ramblings, whether they were directly written by you or encouraged by you, it's still the kind of guff you normally blew, and I managed to defeat it. You, and the mods of the big sites will always have your ban buttons - but you will NEVER be able to justify your actions to me. That's how I know that I'm in the right, at least in situations like this - solidly backed justification is almost always absent.
:::: Personal attacks + deleting comments in response to you = banno --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 00:36, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
:::: P.S. Sign your posts. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 00:36, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

::::: I have never intentionally deleted comments in response to me. I just moved one recently as it was in the middle of a paragraph of text. Not to mention that happened after you banned my original IP. Personal attacks alone are not grounds enough for a ban, especially when you're doing an awful, awful lot to be mercilessly torn into.
Need I point out that once again, you are unable to defend yourself properly? When does the "You're insane?" come? Ganging up of all your little friends since a majority always means you're right?
Do you even realise what a fascist shithead you sound like? Just because you're an admin of a place doesn't give you a free pass to be a dick with it. There's a difference between what you can do and what you should do that you don't seem to have learned yet.

[[User:67.159.44.88]]

: YOU BAN PEOPLE BECAUSE ****YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE

TRUTH****!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111twelve FUCKING FASCIST PIGCOP NAZI WIKIPEDO '''ASSHOLE''' [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] 00:32, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

:: My gosh, now that I have seen someone mock the notion, it MUST be untrue. Please, where can I learn these 1337 debating skills?

:::Dude, I've been banned from twice as many forums as you, guaranfuckingteed, but they still let me post here because I'm not as goddamn retarded as you are. [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] 00:34, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

:::: And can you demonstrate exactly how I'm more retarded than you? Or are you just, Walky style, dropping weighted terms to discredit someone's point of view without even trying?

:::::1. Hoop doesn't delete other people's comments on talk pages. 2. He actually signs his posts, which you've been asked to do many times, but haven't caught on. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 00:40, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

:::::: I didn't delete anything. If I did, it was an accident because someone posted right in the middle of text it wasn't meant to be in the middle of. Not signing my posts doesn't make me retarded since it's blatant when I'm saying something. --[[User:67.159.44.88]]

Actually - come to think of it, you make fun of the idea that anyone running a site can be Nazi, yet you still mention you got banned from many forums. Does that perhaps mean that you genuinely got banned for being an asshole and not opposing the staff/local clique like I did?

:''any rational moderator would warn several times before a ban''
:Not true, some things are auto-ban. I don't think you ''did'' any of them, but I'm just saying.
:Dude- you got an expedited ban because you showed no signs of contrition, argued every point, used personal insults, refused to sign your posts even when '''repeatedly asked to''' (I had to go back into history and dig out which incoherent chunks of text where yours, because the posts weren't hierarchied properly so the debate was really hard to follow. This is why signin posts is important dumbfuck.)
:And ultimately you got banned because you were making a major nuisance of yourself in ''without'' any correlating '''contribution''' to justify keeping you around. You're a negative. You edited 3 articles- Fandom, Shortpacking and Ruined Forever- and ''all' of those edits got reverted because they either flames or crappy jokes that make the articles ''worse''. Even if I were to (generously) believe you didn't intend to start a fight, you picked the 3 flamebaitiest articles you could find and masturbated across them. ''Allah forfend'' you should write an ''episode summary'' or something.
:Unrelated- Walky can Talk:Fandom be semi-protected instead of full? Loserbot isn't registered. -[[User:Derik|Derik]]01:06, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

== Tip ==

If persistent trolls (especially those with offensive usernames) repeatedly re-create their user talk pages, the best method to deal with it would be to include the page on [[Project:Title blacklist]] and delete the vandalism user talk page. This would be better than protecting the actual page since the the vandalism page would technically not exist, won't come up in searches, and won't be indexed on search engines. In addition, the removal of such pages might discourage the trolls since they may see those pages as their accomplishments, which would encourage them to continue their disruption. [[User:GHe|GHe]] ([[User talk:GHe|Talk]]) 00:23, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

== Joepedia permission ==

You'll be happy to know that I have posted on the community talk forum as you suggested. I'll wait for the consensus. Thanks for letting me know before I stepped on EVERYBODY's toes. --[[User:Destron Commander|Destron Commander]] 06:43, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

== Talk:Prowl 2 ==

Could you merge [[Talk:Prowl 2]] with [[Talk: Prowl (RID)]]? Nobody is going to be able to find it since [[Prowl 2]] is a redirect. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 19:48, 10 January 2008 (UTC)

== Sorry ==

Sorry Willis, but your talk page has gotten too damned big. I've put all non-active topics into 2006 and 2007 archives except for the topics by Rosalie and Hilarious Stalker Guy. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 22:30, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
: Thanks, sir. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 02:55, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

== Destronium ==

Sorry 'bout that, Walky. Inadequate (i.e., zero) warning of edit conflicts happened again. Well, at least you got a better caption the second time around.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 18:57, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

== you deleted the wrong page ==

You deleted [[Image talk:Bstreak.gif]] instead of [[:Image:Bstreak.gif]]. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 22:56, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

== Go here. ==

[[Talk:Along Came a Spider]]

--[[User:Fannus Maximus|Fannus Maximus]] 17:37, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

==I think it's time for a pruning==
the To Be Deleted category is has quite a few empty categories, and a ton of troll user paged and images that aren't used anywhere, or just on banned user's pages. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 18:00, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

== Troll user and user talk pages ==

Could you delete the various troll-owned user and user talk pages? It generally isn't a good idea to keep those around. (This includes the fully protected ones. You can add them to [[Transformers Wiki:Title blacklist]] if needed) --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 23:53, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
:I oppose this measure as part of my general policy of opposing things. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 23:55, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
::[[Admiral Kreemzeeks Personal Battleship|Counterpoint.]]--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 21:49, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

== Dunno.... ==

Is it me, or does [[User:MARV 2000|MARV 2000]] act about like Assaulthead did ''before'' he decided to clumsily mash together military weapons, South Park references, and parts of the female anatomy he has never seen?--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 00:22, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
==Waaaiiit...==
When you deleted my Cheetor grin thing on the discussion page, the edit summary was ''"No."'' Does that mean "No, Supreme Cheetor's not the one with the stupid grin," or "No, you can't ask this question here?"
:Or does it mean both? [[User:Inferno'sQueen|The Big Q]] 18:51, 13 March 2008 (UTC)
::Never mind. [[User:Inferno'sQueen|The Big Q]] 19:34, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

==Lame==
Lame. --[[User:Might Gaine|Might Gaine]] 02:16, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

:Dude, I know. [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] 19:32, 14 March 2008 (UTC)

== sorry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ==

i didnt vandalize ur page!!! it was my bro he hacked in2 my account i will change my password now!!! [[User:American Girl|American Girl]] 13:53, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

== Wheeljack's ears ==

How about an animated gif of Wheeljack's Ear-Thingies glowing for his page? I don't have one, but I think it'd be a good idea. [[Talk:Wheeljack (G1)]]

[[User:Inferno'sQueen|MISTER Q (Mr. means I'm a GUY)]] 16:28, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
:I don't think that's necessary. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 17:36, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
::Well, you're the admin.

[[User:Inferno'sQueen|MISTER Q (Mr. means I'm a GUY)]] 17:57, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

== You should see this... ==

[[Image:Tf name generator.jpg|thumb|300px|This is on the TF Name Generator page.]]
[[User:Inferno'sQueen|MR. Q (I'm a GUY)]] 13:52, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
:He's seen it.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 14:05, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

:Okay. Just making sure he knew about it. [[User:Inferno'sQueen|MR. Q (I'm a GUY)]] 14:28, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

:This looks shopped. I can tell from the pixels, and from seeing quite a few shops in my time.--[[User:Dynamus Prime|Dynamus Prime]] 16:26, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
::Of course it's photoshopped. Hasbro's Transformer-name generator is not going to call a kid "Bitchpants." --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 16:43, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

== How could you!?! ==

Why would you get rid of the trivia i added, their is nothing wrong and it isn't vandilising so would you mind telling me why it should be deleted and not kept? [[Talk:Behellmorph]]
: I did tell you why. Read the edit comment I made when I reverted it. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 00:34, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

:Okay fine, i wasn't paying attention to the replie but have you got a grudge against me or somethin? when i added a picture featuring the Barricade cars you got rid of it. I exept the deletion of the text since i missed what Didgit did but why the picture, could you at least allow me to keep the Riddler triva as least. [[Talk:Behellmorph]]
::I got rid of the Barricade shot because, like 30 million other things we had to delete when the first movie was being made, we don't deal in snuck photos from the set or of props or whatever. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 16:15, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

==Fusion Cannon==
Walky,don´t remove my edits at the fusion cannon page saying there has not been any official release please,it says fusion cannon on the back of the box. [[User:Rhinox555|Decepticon Rhinox]] 00:12, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
:That would be the back of the box of a toy that has not yet actually been released to retail, would it not?--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 00:15, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

:Is said box in an photograph released by Hasbro or the Fan Club, or of the Hasbro booth at a convention, or from a toy released in actual stores? If not, the box was stolen from Hasbro. We do not post things we only know of because of stolen toys. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 00:19, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

It did leak out into several stores throughout singapore and the usa though,so i´m pretty sure what i read,and i´m pretty sure i didn´t get it from a thief. [[User:Rhinox555|Decepticon Rhinox]] 00:24, 26 March 2008 (UTC)
:It's not officially released, therefore it's offlimits. Them's the breaks. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 00:40, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

Fine,whatever. [[User:Rhinox555|Decepticon Rhinox]] 09:38, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

==Spotlights==
Hi -- I left a message on [[Talk:Main Page]] about the Wikia spotlights. Let me know if you have any more problems with stuff like that... I'd be happy to talk with you guys about promoting the site in a way that makes you happy, and not angry. -- [[User:Toughpigs|Danny]]<staff /> ([[User talk:Toughpigs|talk]]) 17:59, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

== Deletion Log ==

"ItsWalky (Talk | contribs) (deleted "God":" 
"There is more than one god on this wiki.)"
I just wanted to say I found these text strings from today's Deletion Log highly amusing, especially when separated like that. I'm sure there's a lesson in here somewhere.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 02:14, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

== now that you banned him.. ==

Inferno'sQueen is a Kremzeek sockpuppet. [[User:ShinkisRule|ShinkisRule]] 18:10, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
: And you're another one, huh? Why else would you know, care, or mention this? --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 18:41, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
::Personally, it looks like Kremmy came up with a long string of ridiculous socks to distract away from his "real" account (Inferno's Queen). IQ was where he was actually trying to be a productive member and by comparison to the troll socks would seem sensible. Of course, IQ was still too annoying by half. I'd wager ShinkisRule is his sister again.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 18:45, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

== Adding photos? ==

Hi Walky,

I'm curious what the rules on Teletraan I are for adding photos. I do some macro photography and thought I could help add some original photos for various articles. Are there any rights issues I should know about? I would like to get a credit for the photo but otherwise I have no other issue (something like this - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). I don't even mind hosting if it is necessary.

Furthermore, are there rules to the type of photo format used? (White background/etc?)

[[User:66.130.54.20|66.130.54.20]] 18:49, 3 April 2008 (UTC)The Drifter
:We prefer white backgrounds, yes, and you're welcome to credit yourself when you upload your own images. (They may be automatically released to public domain upon doing so, I am not sure of the specifics. I know our written text is.) --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 18:58, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
::I know we do have [[Template:Copyleft]] for use in tagging images for copyleft licensing.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 19:01, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

== Moving mirrorverse Prime ==

The Prime in ''Games of Deception'' is G1 prime, right? Going on standard disambuig, mirrorverse Prime should be at [[Optimus Prime (Timelines)]] as he is the only Optimus Prime introduced in the Timelines line. Also, is there another Ruckus in Timelines? --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 05:03, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
:I still think we should be using (Shattered Glass) for all the Shattered Glass guys, and not (Timelines). I think that makes the articles more easily recognizable for what they are when seen by people browsing through catgeories. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 05:14, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

==Monaco skin==

Hi Walky -- I posted on the [[Transformers Wiki talk:Community Portal#Monaco skin|Community portal]] last week about moving this wiki over to the new Monaco skin. It's had some discussion, but nothing so far from the admins. What do you think? -- [[User:Toughpigs|Danny]]<staff /> ([[User talk:Toughpigs|talk]]) 19:18, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

== Yeah, I'm spamming ==

Canvassing a few talkpages here so we can get folks to weigh in and finalize the potential Wiki image policy. Your input would be appreciated at [[Transformers Wiki talk:Images]].--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 18:34, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

== Main page talk:Premiums ==

I'm a winner but the post is gone?!? *confusion* [[User:BenHur|BenHur]] 16:07, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
:You're not supposed to post toy sightings on the main page's discussion page. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 16:20, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
::Sorry, didn't know! [[User:BenHur|BenHur]] 16:23, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
:::Close to the top of [[Talk:Main Page]], it says, "Please use this talk page for discussion about the Main Page." Please read pages before you edit them. [[User:JW|JW]] 16:31, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
::::Sorry again.

== Well, I suppose he's going to have to hate you even longer. ==

[[User:Bonescrusher|Bonescrusher]] states on his userpage that he's [[User:FIELDMAN 298|FIELDMAN 298]] (and felt the need to update his old userpage). He is also saying he is the (as of yet unblocked) user [[User:St.Hound|St.Hound]]. This is the dink that keeps vandalizing your creator/artist page on the wiki, but says he'll stop now. But he still feels the need to say he hates you and everyone you've ever loved.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 14:49, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

== Garbage In, Garbage Out ==

Seriously, it looks to me as if there's nothing left of Wreck-Gar but his upper chest and shoulders, and even that is half-buried in the river-bottom mud. I take it you disagree.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 04:24, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
:Definitely looks like he's buried, because he actually pulls his right shoulder out of the ocean floor during the sequence. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 04:39, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
::If he was missing most of himself, they'd, y'know, show some wiring down there. Also, not show him buried! --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 04:55, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
:::Looking at it again, I guess I can see how the rest of his body could be there, but at the angle he was lying and the way his arm stubs were shown, I just got the impression that what we saw of him was practically all there was left. If there was more of his body intact, I'd have expected it to be more visible. Then again, I'm nitpicking the realism of a half-buried giant, transforming, cartoon robot.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 18:58, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
::::On this, I agree with Willis - he's mostly intact, just more than half-buried in the silt - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 19:15, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

==Rhinox555 gettin' cranky==
If you have a moment to check out [[Talk:Waspinator (BW)|Talk:Waspinator]], it's possible that [[User:Rhinox555]] has reached the point where he needs a time-out. [[User:JW|JW]] 14:15, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

== Nobody can wait for a year ==
Please give me another chance, I felt like leaving the funny business to you guys. This is the logged out Black Rhino Ranger speaking. [[Special:Contributions/82.17.140.55|82.17.140.55]] 06:08, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

== Red ==

I must've not reverted right. It's a photo caption, since Red isn't in the picture I don't see the point of mentioning him in the caption. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 22:45, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
: I do. I see a point. Hell, I wrote the damn thing. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 22:48, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

==huh==

You know, I've been here for a whiel, and I've been reading shortpacked for a while...and I only realised who you were half an hour ago. Mad, huh? Anyway, since I like dolling out praise for no real reason, I'm a fan f your comics, and hope you keep up the excellent work. And yes, Ani Grimlock's tail is too short [[User:GWolfv2]]

==Harley Has Returned==

Well, it was painful and boring waiting a month. But I've re-registered my account - though I'm still ticked off about being locked out for trying to get rid of a really stupid argument on my Talk page. I guess I should have asked a mod or something for advice though... And NOW I've got to put my User-page back up to be smug and self-satisfied about how amazing I am ALL OVER AGAIN. *sigh* Oh well...

And just for the record, I may not be able to add many new pages (my range is still limited) but I've been buying lots of toys lately, so I ought to be able to help with expanding on those sections, if not entire articles. Yours, [[User:Harley Quinn hyenaholic|Harley Quinn hyenaholic]] 10:29, 21 March 2009 (EDT)

== Photos ==

Whoops! A few friends of mine told me they were official. I had no idea they were leaked. Thanks for the heads up!I'll be more careful.[[User:Homey|Homey]] 10:59, 12 April 2009 (EDT)

Hey, ItsWalky! I found out the photos weren't leaked;they were from the official transformers video game site(I went there, logged in and saw them) so it's not against policy. But thank you anyway![[User:Homey|Homey]] 12:02, 12 April 2009 (EDT)
: If that's the case, then okey-doke. But note that you shouldn't overwrite Megatron's image with the new render, as you did before. The filename says "Defiance" in it, which is where the image you're overwriting is from, and that makes the filename wrong. Plus, that's his article's main image, and we use the character's first body up there. We don't update it with new bodies as they come out. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 12:24, 12 April 2009 (EDT)

== Goddammit ==

Turn your anonymous LJ commentary back on. Those Moylan's fans have probably lost interest/are too busy slagging off the Animated episodes and the ROTF CG renders. Goddammit. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 03:02, 14 April 2009 (EDT)

== Vandalism ==

This is just going to a general comment section to inform you of vandalism. Remove all messages after this per deny recognition. Anyway, guess who reared his ugly head...I'd call him a repressed homosexual if I thought he was old enough to understand half of what he wrote. -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 23:03, 5 May 2009 (EDT)
:http://www.ip-adress.com/ip_tracer/76.247.222.101
:http://www.ip-adress.com/whois/76.247.222.101
:There are phone numbers there. Any of em useable to report him and hopefully get his internet yanked or access to this site blocked or something? --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 23:07, 5 May 2009 (EDT)
::Does AT&T have an abuse phone number/email address? I can't find one on their site. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 23:42, 5 May 2009 (EDT)
:::I've found a form [http://helpme.att.net/servabuse.php here] and sent in an abuse report. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 23:43, 5 May 2009 (EDT)
::::Can someone who has access save the server access logs for the incident? AT&T will almost certainly want them. (Do we even have access to them here?) --[[User:Abates|abates]] 23:55, 5 May 2009 (EDT)
:::::OK, AT&T have requested the server logs of the incident. I think we have a real chance of something getting done about this problem here! Does anyone have access to the server logs, or do we need to ask Bookworm for them? --[[User:Abates|abates]] 15:53, 6 May 2009 (EDT)
::::::As a sysop, you have access to that IP's [[Special:DeletedContributions/76.247.222.101|deleted user contributions]], which might be what they're looking for. That's the vandalism and harassment, after all.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 17:23, 6 May 2009 (EDT)
:::::::I'll see if they'll accept those. I've sent an email to Scout asking about getting a copy of the apache access logs as well. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 18:02, 6 May 2009 (EDT)
::::::::I haven't had a reply from Scout yet, so at this stage I've done all I can. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 07:53, 7 May 2009 (EDT)

::Heh. It might be quicker for me to spend 20 minuted to drive to AT&T HQ and complain in person. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 23:57, 5 May 2009 (EDT)

Just to give the admins a little heads up if you haven't already noticed... Fuck Detour (or one of the new user names he's come up with) is back.--[[User:AWT88|AWT88]] 16:41, 15 May 2009 (EDT)
:I killed 'im and mass-deleted his contributions.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 16:46, 15 May 2009 (EDT)
::Have we yet managed to link those phone numbers to a person? Sending death threats across the Internet is a felony, after all....--[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] 17:48, 15 May 2009 (EDT)
:::They've asked for server access logs... From what I heard mainly Bookworm and Scout have access to them and we haven't heard from them. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 18:12, 15 May 2009 (EDT)
::::Yeah, I never heard back from Scout the last time. AT&T won't do anything without server logs as proof the accesses took place. --[[User:Abates|abates]] 19:59, 15 May 2009 (EDT)

== LOTS OF SHOUTING ==

Diff between the first time MM edited 13OT and your last edit. Note the redundancy, which you added twice: http://tfwiki.net/w2/index.php?title=Thirteen_original_Transformers&diff=301258&oldid=301026

I also note that all your summaries on Recent Changes were SHOUTING, including you blocking MM for "deleting content". - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] 21:16, 27 May 2009 (EDT)
: Of course I was shouting. Some crazy dude tries to delete Logos Prime from this wiki every other Sunday. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 21:18, 27 May 2009 (EDT)

== Kup ==

Primus, I'm sorry about that. Didn't mean for that to happen, must have been a glitch. Thanks for catching it. [[User:Thanos6|Thanos6]] 22:15, 2 June 2009 (EDT)

== Bumper as a Brazilian character. ==

Hope i'm posting this on the right place...

I did put a cap under Animated Bumper image that said "In Brazil, people know who i am."

I did not mean to say that he's brazilian, but that his toy was among the first wave of the original G1 Transformers released here during the 80's and because of that, lots of fans in Brazil remember him almost as much as Cliffjumper or Bumblebee.

Just wanted to make this clear. I used the caption under the image again, but if you think it shouldn't be used anyway, be my guest and delete it. --[[User:Akumateukuma|Akumateukuma]] 23:57, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

Bumper (Animated)

2009-06-05T02:44:06Z

Akumateukuma:

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:''Bumper is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]] [[continuity family]].''
[[Image:Animated_bumper.jpg|right|thumb|In Brazil, people know who i am.]]
'''Bumper''' sure looks familiar!

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
[[Image:Animated bumper and glyph.jpg|left|100px|thumb|So, uh...how's things?]]
Bumper was among the Autobots going about their daily business when [[Carmine Fanzone|Captain Fanzone]] accidentally [[transwarp]]ed to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], but he seemed to be too busy talking to [[Glyph (Animated)|Glyph]] to notice. {{storylink|This Is Why I Hate Machines}}

==Notes==

*In reference to the similarity between the [[Bumper (G1)|original Bumper]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], ''Animated'' Bumper is among the many, ''many'' robots to share [[Bumblebee (Animated)|''Animated'' Bumblebee's]] body-form.
*Also just like the [[Sedan (Robocar)|original Bumper was]], ''Animated'' Bumper has also been [[Sedan (Animated)|redecoed in white]].

[[Category:Animated characters]]
[[Category:Autobots]]
[[Category: Cartoon-only characters]]

Endgame, Part II

2009-05-24T01:56:53Z

Akumateukuma: /* Trivia */

{{disambig2|the ''Animated'' episode|the ''Beast Machines'' episode|Endgame Pt. II: When Legends Fall}}

{{episode|
|series=Anitoon
|image=TFA-Endgame-MissionActuallyAccomplished.jpg
|caption=Mission: ACCOMPLISHED!
|ep=42
|title="Endgame, Part II"
|airdate=[[May 23]], 2009
|written by=[[Marsha Griffin]]
|directed by=[[Kalvin Lee]] [[Yoshio Frank Chatani]]
|animation studio=[[Mook]]
}}

==Synopsis==

{{epstub}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] (4)
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (5)
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (6)
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (7)
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (8)
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (9)
*[[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]] (11)
*[[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]] (13)
*[[Freeway (Animated)|Freeway]] (18)
*[[Seaspray (Animated)|Seaspray]] (19
*[[Cosmos (Animated)|Cosmos]] (20)
*[[Powerglide (Animated)|Powerglide]] (21)
*[[Hubcap (Animated)|Hubcap]] (22)
*[[Sedan (Animated)|Sedan]] (23)
*[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] (24)
*[[Furao]] (25)
*[[Warpath (Animated)|Warpath]] (26)
*[[Carerra (Animated)|Carerra]] (27)
*[[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper]] (28)
*[[Sky Garry (Animated)|Sky Garry]] (29)
*[[Dai Atlas (Animated)|Dai Atlas]] (30)
*[[Red Alert (Animated)|Red Alert]] (31)
*[[Mainframe (Animated)|Mainframe]] (32)
|c2=
*Three [[Lugnut Supreme]]s (1–3)
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (10)
*[[Lugnut]] (12)
*[[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave/Longarm Prime]] (14)
*[[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] (17)

|c3=
*[[Isaac Sumdac]] (16)
|c4=
*[[Sari Sumdac]] (15)
}}

==Quotes==
'''Megatron''': Lugnut, let's begin this field test with Sumdac Tower. I want to see my former prison crumble to the ground. 
'''Lugnut''': As you command, oh great and glorious Megatron! Your genius exceeds all others! And I am but your humble and obedient servant! Furthermore— 
'''Megatron''': Shockwave! Is there anyway to bypass this endless pontificating and command these clones directly? 
'''Shockwave''': Still working on the data patch, my liege. Until then, you'll just have to relay all. Orders. Through. Lugnut.
:—Megatron desperately seeks to cut out the middleman, while Shockwave demonstrates how to smirk without a face.

'''Sari:''' "I'm going too! I have a jetpack." 
'''Optimus:''' "No Sari, it's—" 
'''Sari:''' "Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's 'too dangerous', I know. It's '''always''' 'too dangerous'!" 
'''Optimus:''' "I was ''going'' to say, 'It's more important for you to protect your father and your fellow organics'." 
'''Sari:''' "Oh. Right. Sorry."
:—Sari isn't used to being treated as an equal.

"You're a persistent little Autobot." 
"My name is OPTIMUS PRIME!"
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Optimus Prime'''

"If I can't save my clones, I will at least have the satisfaction of taking you off-line, Optimus Prime." 
"So, you ''can'' remember my name!"
:—Took you long enough, '''Megatron'''.

==Notes==

===Animation or technical errors===

* When the Autobots hold up [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl's]] coffin before the cheering crowd (as seen in the picture on this page), Prowl's body is drawn rather short. If one compared the height of his body to [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] at his left, Bumblebee would actually be a head taller.

===Continuity errors===

===Transformers references===

*At the very end, Optimus Prime is shown with the large piece of AllSpark which Jazz and Prowl pulled together, in a container strongly resembling the [[Matrix of Leadership]]—and he's [[The Transformers: The Movie|wearing it on a chain around his neck]].

*Even at this late stage, new faces still appear in the crowd scene on Cybertron. [[Seaspray (Animated)|Seaspray]] can be seen from the rear, albeit slightly miscolored, while [[Furao]] appears prominently as everyone reacts to Omega Supreme's transformation. [[Dai Atlas (Animated)|Dai Atlas]] and [[Sky Garry (Animated)|Sky Garry]] make their first in-person appearances, though Dai Atlas only appears from behind, and the unnamed blue and tan female from "[[This Is Why I Hate Machines]]" also appears again. Here, she is standing next to another unnamed, orange female, whose arm could ''juuuuuust'' be seen poking in from offscreen back in "[[Decepticon Air]]".

===Real-world references===
*Ratchet refers to the Lugnut Supremes as "[[bootleg|knockoffs]]".

===Trivia===
*Shockwave transforms into a ''purple'' Longarm. Maybe he was just confused or [[To sell toys|something]].

*Jazz states that they can't find all the AllSpark fragments; at the very least, this makes sense because Skywarp, Thundercracker, [[Sunstorm (Animated)|Sunstorm]], and [[Liar Starscream]] aren't on Earth anymore. There is no indication that any other Earthbound characters animated by AllSpark fragments were de-fragmented and killed like Starscream, and they don't seem to be kept alive the same way he is. ...Though it would be a mighty convenient and internally consistent way of quickly writing any number of them, or even ''all'' of them, off the show.
*Of course, the AllSpark fragments on all the bots mentioned above could have granted them individual Sparks and are no longer needed to keep them online. Unfortunately, there is no way we can know this for sure at this point.

*This is the first episode since "[[Megatron Rising - Part 2]]" to feature Prime's faceplate.

*Arcee doesn't join the other Autobots on their victory/funereal parade at the end.

* As of this episode, there's a lot of remaining uncaptured Decepticons!
**[[Thundercracker (Animated)|Thundercracker]] and [[Skywarp (Animated)|Skywarp]] are still floating out somewhere in space.
**[[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] and a bleeding, shattered [[Wasp|Waspinator]] are still in that mysterious jungle, precise whereabouts (and even ''when''abouts) unknown.
**[[Laserbeak (Animated)|Laserbeak]] fled the scene with the sentient part of [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]] in "[[Human Error, Part II]]".
**[[Scrapper (Animated)|Scrapper]]'s whereabouts are presumably still known to the Autobots; he may have returned to [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]] with [[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]] after "Human Error".
**[[Swindle (Animated)|Swindle]] left for parts unknown in "[[Decepticon Air]]".
**[[Lockdown]], the [[Female Starscream]], [[Team Chaar]] and any unseen Decepticons all remain at large.
**[[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mixmaster]] and [[Dirt Boss (Animated)|Dirt Boss]] may or may not have been destroyed in the explosion in "[[Three's a Crowd]]"—if not, add them to the list.
*Additionally, several other plot points have yet to have been resolved by the end of this episode:
**Sari's origin has yet to have been completely explained. It still hasn't been revealed how or why a protoform showed up on Earth years ago, or why it looked so different compared to other protoforms seen during the course of the series. Since it has been shown that all the protoforms Lockdown stole were blanks, it's unlikely she came from that batch.
**Meltdown was last seen reconstituting himself at the end of "[[Black Friday (episode)|Black Friday]]" but was never seen since.
**Wreck-Gar and all three Dinobots were not present at the end of the episode, and presumably are still on Earth... although it could be speculated that they stayed there by choice, one must wonder what kind of measures the Optimus and company took to prevent said bots from any more disastrous encounters with the populace of Earth.

[[Category:Animated episodes]]

Kup (G1)

2009-05-22T17:02:55Z

Akumateukuma: /* Generation 1 cartoon */

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{{disambig3|Kup}}
{{featured}}
:''Kup is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Kupg1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"Four of me, and ya got a [[quartex]]. Speakin' of quartex, that reminds me of the time..."]]
'''Kup''' is a tough old coot. He's almost as old as rust, in fact, and he was plinking [[Decepticon]]s and [[Ick-Yak]]s with acid bursts from his trusty musket laser long before most of you turbo-revvin' young punks were born. In his day, lasers didn't ''need'' to use light; they did whatever they were told to do. And liked it.

He's probably had a thousand adventures, Kup has, and he'll be glad to relate a story of any one of them at any time to a willing audience. The [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] love Kup's war stories, lapping it up like cheap [[Energon (fuel)|energon]], and don't seem to mind when he inadvertently leaves a piece out or changes the story between retellings. Old memory chips'll do that to you. Other Autobots can be less patient, and Kup finds this disrespectful and irritating. If there's one thing Kup dislikes, it's when young punks don't respect their elders. If they'd only listen, they might learn something. [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] is one of the worst offenders in this way, but he's a good lad-bot, and Kup will straighten him out sooner or later, even if it takes a tank of [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticon]]s.

Occasionally, Kup's vast experience gets in his way. When a situation doesn't remind him of anything, he has trouble figuring out what to do. This doesn't happen very often though.

{{quote|The past is the greatest teacher.|Kup's original [[bio]] motto}}

:''Japanese name:'' '''Chear'''<ref>"Chear" is used twice in English on the Kup/Wheelie "Future Cybertrons" reissue, so is presumably the transliteration Takara currently favors.</ref> (チャー ''Chā'', except for "The Rebirth")
:''French-Canadian name:'' '''Kaisso'''
:''Hungarian name'': '''Kup''' — '''(Űr)Zsaru''' ["(Space)Cop"] in one of the dubs of ''The Movie''.)
:''Italian name'': '''Blitz''' / '''Char''' (''The Headmasters'' dub only)
:''Russian TV dub name'': '''Vorchoon''' ("Grumbler")

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====Generation 1 cartoon====
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Lionel Stander]] → [[John Stephenson]] (English), [[Osamu Saka]] (Japanese), [[Carl Béchard]] (French Canadian)

[[Image:Chaos deathcrystalmines.jpg|left|230px|thumb|Worked in the coal mines twenty-two hours a day for just half a cent.]]

In his younger days, one hundred thousand years ago, Kup once found himself crash-landed on the planet [[Dread]], where he was stalked by an [[Ick-Yak]]. Although Kup was able to lure the creature into a swamp of [[quickmud]], he was then captured by the evil [[Orb]]s, who forced him to work in the [[death crystal]] mines of of [[Queeg Mountain]]. When the miners were attacked by [[Chaos (alien)|Chaos]], the creature on whose hide the crystals grew, Kup was afforded an opportunity to escape. Before exiting the mines, he quickly grabbed the key to the cell in which the other slaves were held... but before he could open the cell door, Chaos came roaring into the cavern. Petrified, Kup dropped the keys and fled, escaping with his life, and a guilt that would gnaw at him for millennia. {{storylink|Chaos (episode)|Chaos}}

Kup was stationed in another part of the galaxy while [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s forces were battling on [[Earth]], but eventually joined up with the Earthbound Autobots when the Decepticons took over [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in the early days of the 21st Century. {{storylink|Secret Files of Teletraan II}}

[[Image:Kup tale.jpg|right|230px|thumb|Matlooooooooock!]]

In 2005, Kup was supervising the erection of a security cordon at the foot of [[Lookout Mountain]] when the work was interrupted by an impetuous drive-through by [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]. Kup shook his finger at the adventure-seeking youth, vowing to straighten him out yet. Even Kup couldn't believe it, however, when mere minutes later, Hot Rod began firing upon the approaching [[Autobot shuttle]]. The shuttle had, in fact, been hijacked by the Decepticons, who immediately began pouring out of the craft and attacking [[Autobot City]]. Kup saved Hot Rod from being blasted by [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], and the pair then headed back towards the city, but they didn't move fast enough to avoid being trapped outside of the city's fortress-like defenses. Luckily, an attempted hull breach by the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]] opened a small hole in the city's blast doors, and Kup used [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]]'s skull as a ramp to leap the gap and make it into the city safely.

[[Image:Tftm_launcherpush.jpg|left|230px|thumb|If only we had the additional strength of a small Earth boy to help us push this!]]

Once inside the city, Kup and Hot Rod joined [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] and [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] in shoving an explosives launcher into place to help defend against the might of [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. The battle continued through the night, but the arrival Optimus Prime the next day turned the tide and the Decepticons were defeated—but at a terrible price. Despite Kup's warnings, Hot Rod had interfered in Prime and Megatron's one-on-one battle, and had given the Decepticon leader the opening he needed to fatally wound Prime. Prime had used the last of his strength to dispatch Megatron, but as Kup and the other Autobots gathered around their fallen leader, Optimus Prime died, passing the [[Matrix of Leadership]] on to [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]].

[[Image:Tftm_kup_tells_story.jpg|230px|right|thumb|One way to get rid of them is to tell 'em stories that don't go anywhere.]]

Even as the Autobots began to pick up the pieces, they came under assault on two fronts. First, reports came in from their moonbases of a [[Unicron|monster planet]] that was bearing down on Cybertron; when Hot Rod eagerly announced that he was sure the Matrix could stop the creature, Kup was less than convinced, asking what the youth would know about it. The Autobots made quick preparations to join their comrades on Cybertron's moons, but just before they were able to board their shuttles, a group of new Decepticons led by the powerful [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] launched another attack upon the ruins of Autobots City. Kup, Hot Rod and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] boarded one of the shuttles and hot-footed it into space. Once they were safely away, Kup passed the time during the trip by telling the Dinobots the tale of his encounter with another Ick Yak on [[Beta 4]]. The story was interrupted by the sudden arrival of the Decepticons, and while Kup's experience with the [[Shrikebat]]s of [[Dromedon]] allowed him to out-manoeuvre the villains' [[moleculon missile]]s, an attack by [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] crippled the shuttle and caused it to crash-land into an ocean on the planet [[Quintessa]]. Kup was set upon by a robotic squid, which tore off several of his limbs before Hot Rod was able to fight it off. Hot Rod gathered up all of Kup's pieces and put his friend back together again, but despite the fact that he managed to get rid of a burr on Kup's rotator, Kup was fairly insistent that Hot Rod had left a piece out.

[[Image:TFTM Kup beserker.jpg|left|230px|thumb|"Y'see, lad, I've been dismembering monsters since before you were a gleam in your protoform batch initiator's optic! Now fetch me some prune juice!"]]

Setting out to explore Quintessa and find the Dinobots, Kup and Hot Rod came across a herd of [[Allicon|strange transforming creatures]] which Kup attempted to placate with the [[universal greeting]] and some [[Energon (fuel)|energon]] goodies. Unfortunately, when the goodies ran out, so did the creatures' good nature, and Kup and Hot Rod were set upon, captured and dragged before the planet's rulers, the [[Quintesson]]s. The whole experience reminded Kup of the [[Niter Slave Mines]] on [[Golgonath Seven]], but Hot Rod didn't see what good the old-timer's experienced was doing them at that moment. Hurled into a jail cell to await trial, the pair met another captive named [[Kranix]], whose world had been consumed by the monster plant currently threatening Cybertron: a monster that Kranix told them was named [[Unicron]]. Sadly, Kranix soon met his end in the jaws of the Quintesson' [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]], and Kup and Hot Rod were dropped into the creatures' pit soon after. The pair did not accept the Quintessons' judgement with gentle grace, however, and fought back against the Sharkticons, creating a whirlpool by driving around their watery pit and sweeping the fight to dry land. Kup tore off one of the Sharkticons' tails and used it as a mace, but the duo was in danger of being overwhelmed until the timely arrival of the Dinobots, who routed the Sharkticons and turned them against their Quintesson masters. With the aid of the Dinobots' new friend, [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], the team found a ship and reunited with their fellow Autobots on the planet of [[Junkion (planet)|Junk]]. There, Kup was able to talk a little TV with native [[Junkion]] leader [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]], but even the levity the Junkions brought to the proceedings did not obscure the tragic news that Galvatron had stolen the Matrix from Ultra Magnus.

[[Image:Kup vehiclemode.jpg|right|thumb|275px|FM radio not included.]]

Proceeding on their way to Cybertron, the Autobots arrived just in time to witness Unicron transforming to robot mode and attacking their home planet – a sight so awesome that it left Kup speechless, unable to recall anything like it that had ever seen. Ever eager, Hot Rod ploughed their ship straight into Unicron's eye, but was separated from the rest of the group on the fall through the chaos-bringer's interior. While Kup and the other Autobots battled against Unicron's internal defences, Hot Rod battled Galvatron (who had been betrayed Unicron and been swallowed in punishment) and reclaimed the Matrix from him, becoming the Autobots' new leader, Rodimus Prime. Rodimus unleashed the power of the Matrix, which began to destroy Unicron from within, and as the Autobots retreated from the planet-eater's exploding body, Kup congratulated Rodimus, claiming he had always known he had potential. In the wake of Unicron's destruction, the Autobots forced the Decepticons off of Cybertron and reclaimed the planet for their own. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

[[Image:ffod_pitfall.jpg|left|275px|thumb|The year is nineteen-aught-six! The President is the divine Miss Sara Bernhardt! And all over America, people were doing a dance called the "Funky Grandpa"!]]

Appointed as [[Chief of Security]] for Cybertron, Kup accompanied Rodimus Prime and the other Autobots to the opening of the [[Galactic Olympics]], only for the ceremony to be attacked by a commando squad of mysterious shadowy figures. The raiders captured Kup, Ultra Magnus and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] and took them back to their masters, {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}} who turned out to be the Quintessons. This time around, the aliens interrogated Kup a lot more thoroughly, questioning him on the state of Cybertron's security and meticulously analyzing his responses, seeing through the sarcastic misdirection he attempted to throw back in their faces. After a failed attempt escape landed the trio in the Sharkticon pit, the end seemed inevitable, until a team of Autobots led by Rodimus Prime arrived in time to save them. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2}} In retaliation, the Quintessons detonated a [[core bomb]] and blew up Quintessa, and the explosion hurled Kup and the Autobots through space to the planet [[Goo]]. As the Autobots struggled through the planet's sticky surface, they were set upon by a massive machine that swept the goo clean, and Kup was awestruck by Rodimus's single-handed attempt to stop the dangerous device. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}} As they continued on their gooey trek, the Autobots came under attack from Galvatron and the Decepticons, who had entered into an alliance with the Quintessons, but were whisked to safety by Wreck-Gar and the Junkions.

A short time later, back on Cybertron, a mayday request came through from a crippled shuttle requesting clearance to land. Unable to risk the lives on the humans that he believed were onboard, Kup allowed the shuttle to land... but as it approached Cybertron, it veered off course and crashed into the planet's central power facility, taking out power across the board. The shuttle had been a dupe perpetuated by the Decepticon/Quintesson alliance, which promptly invaded the planet. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}} In the ensuing battle, Rodimus and Kup were surprised when Blitzwing fell out of the sky in front of them, and begged them no to shoot. The [[Triple Changer]] revealed that the Quintessons had double-crossed the Decepticons, and had sent a team of Sharkticons into the depths of Cybertron to activate a [[large switch]] that would shut down all the Transformers. Rodimus and Blitzwing were unable to stop the switch being thrown, but Spike Witwicky was then able to destroy the mechanism and reactivate the Transformers, forcing the Quintessons to flee Galvatron's wrath. Kup stood by Rodimus's side as he announced their uneasy victory to the other Autobots. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

[[Image:Chaos_kup_vs_chaos.jpg|230px|right|thumb|"You're homely as a mule's butt!"]]

The past came back to haunt Kup when he was called in to investigate a Decepticon attack on the [[Earth Defense Command]] post on Goo. Discovering that the attack had been perpetrated using death crystals, Kup was finally forced to return to planet Dread to stop the Decepticons' plan to destroy Cybertron using a death crystal cannon. Venturing into the mines alone, through swarms of [[shrikebat]]s, Kup located Chaos in the depths of the mountain and lured him back to the surface, taunting him all the way. Before exiting the mines, Kup freed all the slaves, and in turn, they helped him to re-aim the Decepticons' cannon, pointing it right at Chaos at the monster emerged from the tunnels. Kup pulled the trigger, blasting Chaos with its own death crystals and finally destroying it. With his demons laid to rest, the high-spirited Kup spent the journey back to Cybertron tell his comrades of the time he flew the shuttle [[Jonagar]] in the mouth of a space-whale. {{storylink|Chaos (episode)|Chaos}}

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Kup was among a team of Autobots who were caught off-guard by the Decepticons while travelling through space in a shuttle, and were forced to dock their damaged craft at the giant mausoleum the Autobots had constructed to hold the bodies of those who had died in the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]]. There, they were shocked to discover that Optimus Prime had apparently returned to life, only to find themselves suddenly betrayed by their old leader when he set the mausoleum on a collision course with a sun and escaped aboard a spaceship of his own. The Autobots quickly improvised a ship of their own before the mausoleum was destroyed, which Kup piloted back to Cybertron. Upon their returned, it was discovered that "Optimus Prime" was merely a robotic zombie, animated as part of a Quintesson plan to destroy the Autobots, forcing Rodimus Prime to defeat him in battle. His true personality re-emerging as he neared death again, Optimus seemingly sacrificed himself, getting the other Autobots to safety and triggering the Quintessons' explosive trap. {{storylink|Dark Awakening}}

When a survey mission led by Perceptor sent out an SOS, Kup responded with Rodimus Prime, [[Pipes]] and the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]]. The team fought off the Quintessons occupying the asteroid, and discovered that the aliens had been attempting to alter history using a [[Time Window]]. Most of Perceptor's team had vanished through the portal into Cybertron's distant past, and Kup and the others fought off a Quintesson attempt to reclaim the asteroid while their teammates were returned to the present. {{storylink|Forever Is a Long Time Coming}}

The arrival of an Autobot named [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] on Cybertron gave Kup cause for concern, as the newcomer claimed to be from the planet [[Paradron]], which Kup was unable to locate on any star charts. A lie detector confirmed the truth of Sandstorm's story, however, and the Autobots rallied to save his world from the Decepticons. {{storylink|Fight or Flee}} Soon after, when Kup discovered that a team of Decepticons had been able to sneak their way past Cybertron defences, he, Rodimus, Magnus and the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] headed out to force the villains off the planet. {{storylink|Starscream's Ghost}}

[[Image:Gitm_kup_and_screamer.jpg|right|thumb|I ain't afraid of no ghost!]]

While making a security inspection of Autobot City on Earth, Kup was impressed by the work [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] had been doing in his absence. Blaster's choice of music, however, still rattled his transistors. During Kup's visit, Autobot City was attacked by [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and the ghost of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. They did serious damage to [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], stealing his eyes and then blowing up a bomb inside his brain. Hopefully, Kup didn't mark that up in his report as a strike against Blaster. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine}}

[[Image:Ditd_vampire_kup_and_springer.jpg|250px|left|thumb|Kup gives the phrase "going grey" a whole new meaning.]]

Alongside Rodimus Prime, Ultra Magnus, Blaster and [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], Kup headed to Junkion to investigate a strange hypnotic television signal that was coming from the planet. On their way, they were attacked by [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and the [[Sweep]]s and crashed on an asteroid, where Kup helped draw the Decepticons off so that Magnus could repair the damage done to Omega Supreme. The team voyaged on to Junkion, where they stopped the hypnotic broadcast. {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006}} Not long after, Kup was among the Transformers who fell victim to the energy-draining touch of the [[Trans-Organic]] [[Dweller]], becoming an [[energy vampire]] who menaced the other Autobots until Perceptor restored them to normal with a surge of energon. {{storylink|The Dweller in the Depths}}

Kup was working out of Autobot City on Earth when Rodimus Prime, Ultra Magnus, Springer and Arcee went missing investigating the human terrorist, [[Victor Drath]]. Unbeknownst to Kup, the crime lord transplanted the four Autobots' minds into human-like [[synthoid]] bodies, and when the humanized Arcee attempted to get his attention near the entrance of Autobot City, he just drove on by.{{storylink|Only Human}}

[[Image:Grimnewbrain_kup_vs_sintwin.jpg|right|thumb|Kup was answering the Liar's Paradox before it became popular.]]

When the Autobots all began experiencing malfunctions following the activation of Cybertron's newest power generator, Kup was part of the team that ventured below the planet's surface to investigate the cause. The source of the malfunctions was discovered to be [[anti-electron]]s snuck into the generator by the Decepticons, which began to affect Kup's mind, leaving his much vaunted memory of past adventures so badly scrambled that he couldn't even remember who he was or where they were. The generator was shut down, but the Autobots soon deduced that the anti-electrons had come from Unicron, and followed the Decepticons to the planet-eater's decapitated head to stop them from acquiring more. Once they arrived on Unicron's head, the anti-electrons began affecting them once more, but Kup fought off their influence long enough to hold his own against [[Sinnertwin]]. The Decepticons were then routed by the [[Technobot]]s, new Autobots created by [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] using the super-intelligence the anti-electrons had given him. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}}

Running the security center on Cybertron, Kup detected the cataclysmic arrival of [[Tornedron]] shortly before the energy creature devoured all energy on the planet, leaving every Autobot completely inert. Only a small group of [[Primitive]]s from both factions managed to reach the creature's creator, [[Primacron]], and reverse the process. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}

[[Image:Bhtb_kup_and_rodimus.jpg|left|thumb|Kup is apparently a chickenhawk. I mean, look at that butt!]]

During a series of missions in Japan, Kup could see the burden of leadership weighing heavily on Rodimus Prime's shoulders. Kup tried to teach him about the Japanese concept of ''giri'', the "burden hardest to bear", but Rodimus departed to blow off some steam on his own, and Kup recognized that it was a problem Rodimus would have to resolve for himself. Unfortunately, Rodimus was attacked by the [[Stunticon]]s and had the Matrix stolen, which then wound up in the clutches of Scourge, who led a Decepticon attack on Tokyo. Kup face off against the Matrix-powered Decepticon, but was hit by energy beams that left him convulsing. Luckily, Hot Rod made peace with his ''giri'' and arrived in time to defeat Scourge and reclaim the Matrix. Kup sagely noted that regardless of who held the Matrix, that missing part of himself that Rodimus had discovered would always be with him. {{storylink|The Burden Hardest to Bear}}

[[Image:Roop_kup_and_prime.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"Optimus Prime is not a Communist. He may be a liar, a pig, an idiot, a Communist, but he is not a porn star."]]

When the Autobots learned that Optimus Prime might still be alive, Kup was part of an enormous task force assembled by Rodimus Prime to retrieve Optimus's body from the treacherous human scientists who had taken possession of it. While Ultra Magnus and Rodimus led several team members inside the laboratory, Kup remained outside on guard with [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], Wheelie, and several others. The situation turned deadly when the scientists unleashed space spores that induced a [[Hate Plague]] among the Autobots. The Aerialbots were among the first exposed, and Kup's team soon had to face off against a crazed [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]. They suffered serious damage and were taken off-line but, as a silver lining, also managed to escape contamination. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}} As his last order before he too was lost to the plague, Rodimus Prime had Sky Lynx locate a Quintesson, who was put to work restoring Optimus Prime to life at last. At Prime's instruction, the Quintesson repaired Kup and the rest of his team, and the group then headed for the Decepticons' base on [[Chaar]] to recover a heat-resistant alloy the villains had stolen. Battling through the dangers of Chaar's native wildlife, the Autobots were able to recover the alloy, but not before Kup and most of his team were infected by the Hate Plague. Optimus Prime subsequently used the alloy to shield himself from the plague's effect and recovered the Matrix from Rodimus Prime, then released its wisdom to cure the madness of the spores. A cured Kup and Hot Rod watched as Optimus Prime and Galvatron shook hands, as the Decepticon leader declared there would be no war that day. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2}}

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Galvatron's promise did not last long, unfortunately. Kup was on Cybertron when the Decepticons launched a massive assault on Autobot City on Earth and stole the [[key to the Plasma Energy Chamber|key]] to the [[Plasma energy|Plasma Energy Chamber]] , but word of the attack soon reached Cybertron as the Decepticon bore down on the planet. During the ensuing conflict, Kup and a team of other Autobot boarded a shuttle and pursued Scourge into the depths of the planet, but when Scourge used the key to momentarily open the Plasma Energy Chamber, the energy released blasted the Autobots' shuttle across the galaxy. The ship crashed on the planet [[Nebulos]], which reminded Kup of the time he was stranded on [[Regulon Four]] and faced off against the planet's native [[Regulon metalmonger|metalmongers]]. The Autobots were soon captured by a rebel cell of native Nebulans, who believed them to agents of the planet's evil rulers, the [[Hive (G1)|Hive]], but the Autobots were able to convince them that they were on the side of the angels when the Decepticons followed them to Nebulos and attacked. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}}

[[Image:Rebirth_kup_and_recoil.jpg|right|thumb|When 900 years old you reach, look as good you will not.]]

During the battle that resulted, Kup, Hot Rod, Blurr, [[Pointblank]], [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]] and [[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]] were captured by the Decepticons and tortured for information about the location of the Plasma Energy Chamber key. Kup and his comrades were soon rescued by the other Autobots, who had bonded with the Nebulons rebels to become powerful "[[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]]", and soon decided to undergo a variation of this bonding process themselves, becoming "[[Targetmaster]]s". By the time Optimus Prime finally tracked his warriors to Nebulos and arrived to join them, Kup had been bonded to the Nebulan Recoil, and was the first to display his new powers to the shocked Prime. Alas, even with this added power, the Autobots were unable to prevent the Decepticons from stealing back the Plasma Energy Chamber key. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 2}}

Pursuing the Decepticons back to Cybertron, Kup delivered the shocking report to his fellow Autobots that the planet itself had disappeared. The Decepticons had, in fact, moved it into Earth's orbit, where Galvatron intended to open the Plasma Energy Chamber and overload the sun, destroying both planets in one fell swoop. As the chamber was opened, Kup and all the other Transformers on the planet were disabled by its energy, but thankfully, Spike Witwicky and the Autobots' Nebulan partners were able to stop the process and use the energy to revitalize Cybertron, bring about a new Golden Age for the planet. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}
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====Madman ''The Transformers'' comic====
[[Image:Madman comic HotRod sigh.jpg|left|150px|thumb|"You're gonna be the death of that guy, you know?"]]
In the year 2001, the Decepticons had managed to conquer Cybertron completely. Before Optimus Prime left to lead the evacuation of the remaining Autobots on their home planet, he told Ultra Magnus about his intention to hide the Autobot Matrix of Leadership at a not-so-secret bunker on the construction site of the future Autobot City on Earth. The Decepticon [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and his array of [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette]]a managed to spy on meeting and moved to capture the Autobot relic for the Decepticon cause, but fortunately that young lad Hot Rod foiled their dastardly and vague plans. Upon arriving on Earth, Kup was present when Hot Rod returned the Matrix to Optimus, and explained the strange Matrix-induced vision he received, to which Optimus Prime commented that perhaps Hot Rod's destiny was greater than the young Autobot realised. Kup had a decidedly different opinion, however. {{storylink|The Transformers (Madman)|The Transformers}}
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====Japanese cartoon continuity====
{{note|The events of the Generation 1 cartoon occur in Japanese animated continuity as described above, except that the events of "The Rebirth" do not occur. Additionally, this continuity moves the events of 2006 to 2010, and inserts several additional events into the newly-created intervening years.}}

=====''Story of the Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers''=====

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Responding to an SOS from deep space, a team of Autobots including Kup helped rescue a human spacecraft from the jaws of a shaceship-eating Decepticon vessel. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 1|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #1}}

When the Autobots were attacked by the [[Megatron Military]], Kup was decidedly puzzled, as he had understood that Megatron had been recreated as Galvatron. The Megatrons proved to be tough opponents, and Kup and the other Autobots encouraged Rodimus to get away to safety while they held the Megatrons back, but the Autobot leader refused. Soon, it was discovered that one of the Megatrons was Galvatron in disguise, who was remote-controlling the duplicate Megatrons himself. Rodimus dispatched Galvatron, and the Megatrons lost power, allowing Kup and [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] to make short work of them. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 2|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #2}}

After Ultra Magnus and Metroplex repelled an attack on Autobot City, Kup was among the Autobots who came to Earth to congratulate their efforts. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 3}} Later, Kup was part of the Autobot team who travelled to the planet [[Feminia]] to defend its [[Prime Energy]] against a Decepticon attack. Kup deduced that the villains would deploy [[Predaking]] to steal the energy, and he was right, but thankfully, arrival of the [[Omnibot]]s won the day. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 5|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #5}}
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=====''The Great Transformer War''=====
Kup watched the battle between the upgraded [[Abominus]] and [[Computron]], {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 2|The Great Transformer War #2}} then later joined Hot Rod, Springer and the resurrected Optimus Prime in battling Galvatron, Cyclonus, Scourge and the Sweeps in space shortly after Prime was resurrected. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 3|The Great Transformer War #3}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Osamu Saka]]

[[Image:kup_and_fortress.jpg|left|240px|thumb|"I'm gonna get me a job! A real Malibu...and see if Stacy... can help... invent... me... young... Help!"]]

In 2011, one year after Optimus Prime's resurrection, Kup was stationed on Cybertron when [[Vector Sigma]] began to destabilize as a result of the release of the Matrix's energy. Exploiting the opening, the Decepticons invaded the planet, and, at Optimus Prime's command, Kup withdrew to the Autobots' secondary headquarters on the planet [[Athenia]]. This sudden, violent re-ignition of the Transformers' war stirred four-million-year-old memories in Kup, but Spike stopped him before he got started by informing that this wasn't a time when thinking of the past was going to do any good. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} As it turned out, the past ''did'' play a major role in winning the battle, when a mysterious spaceship arrived carrying new Autobot warriors who helped turned the tide of the battle. These new "Headmasters" were led by a robot named [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]], who turned out to be an old friend of Kup's who had left Cybertron four million years ago to escape the war. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}}

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Kup stayed on Athenia with [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], Wheelie and [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]] while the other Autobots began searching across Earth for the Matrix, which had been hidden away by Optimus Prime, but which would be necessary to stabilize Vector Sigma. Kup recalled the battle on Feminia and told the other Autobots to trust in Hot Rod – and Kup's trust was not misplaced, as Hot Rod and the Headmasters soon had the Matrix in their hands. Kup's team returned to Cybertron to monitor Vector Sigma as its condition grew worse, but alas, before Hot Rod (now Rodimus Prime once again) could use the Matrix to stabilize the computer, Optimus Prime sacrificed himself by merging with it to bring it back under control. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

Kup later conferred with Rodimus Prime on the Decepticons' new weapon, the [[Madmachine]], and tried to help console the [[Autobot Mini-Cassette]]s over the loss of [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}} Not long after, when Athenia was threatened by the Deceptiocons' metal-warping meteor, [[Metamorpho]], Kup hit upon the idea of sending a human to disable the space-rock, as they would be unaffected by its powers. {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}}

Rodimus Prime was on a mission to Earth when an SOS from the planet [[Praum]] reached Kup, Arcee and Blurr on Athenia, reminding Kup of several times in the past when the Decepticons deliberately attacked when the Autobots were without a commander. Kup was eager to go into battle on Praum alongside the Headmasters, but they encouraged him to stay behind and guard Athenia with Blurr and Arcee. {{storylink|The Four-Million-Year-Old Veil of Mystery}}

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When the Decepticons launched a massive attack on Cybertron in order to obtain a new alloy created by Vector Sigma named [[Cybertonuron]], Kup and Arcee leapt into action, but were held up from joining the battle when they had to stop to pull Blurr free of the chair he'd managed to get stuck in. They soon made it to Cybertron, however, and watched from the sidelines as Rodimus battled Galvatron. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} When Galvatron broke off the fight, Rodimus and Kup withdrew to debate strategy with Fortress, but the bad news kept on coming: [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] reported in to inform them that the Decepticon had planted bombs at the core of Cybertron which would destroy the planet within ten minutes. With no possible recourse, the Autobots evacuated Cybertron just before the bombs detonated, reducing the planet to a burnt-out husk. Deciding that the age of his generation had come to an end, Rodimus Prime passed the mantle of [[Supreme Commander]] to Fortress and prepared to embark on a mission to find a new planet on which the Transformers could make their home. Kup and Blurr announced that they would accompany Rodimus on his mission, and the trio departed for space. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}}

{{Note|Whether or not Kup, Rodimus and Blurr succeeded in their mission is never explicitly revealed. While Rodimus returns in the [[The Headmasters issue 8|final issue]] of the [[The Headmasters (manga)|''Headmasters'' manga]], Kup does not reappear.}}

=====''15 Go! Go!''=====
[[Image:TGGKup.jpg|right|100px|thumb|"I'm a crazy old man! Pay attention to me!"]]
While on her journey through time and space, [[Teletraan 15]] found herself in a future era where she was harassed by a feisty Wheelie. Kup—now bonded to Recoil—came to the rescue, grabbing Wheelie by the scruff of the neck and tossing him away. As Teletraan 15 looked up at him with sparkly eyes and thanked him for his help, he claimed he recognized her and gave her a big old spine-cracking hug. As Kup started rambling about some past encounter they had supposedly had with giant Ick-Yaks, Teletraan 15's sarcastic partner, [[Teletraan 10]], boggled over the sheer scientific illogicality of Kup's "musket laser", unable to comprehend how something that shot acid could be classified as a laser. Suddenly, Kup realized that he actually had ''no idea'' who Teletraan 15 was, and drove off. {{storylink|15 Go! Go!|15 Go! Go! Chapter 4}}
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===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
{{note|Events from the [[The Transformers (Marvel Comics)|UK-only]] comic stories are in italics.}}
Kup and a platoon of Autobots were feeling pretty good about their mission on [[Deneb IV]] when suddenly the entire platoon was nearly washed away by a surprise Decepticon attack of acid rain. {{storylink|The Desert Island of Space!}}

[[Image:KupsStoryKup01.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"It all started back in nineteen dickety-two. We had to say 'dickety' 'cause the [[Liokaiser|Kaiser]] had stolen our word 'twenty'. I chased that rascal to get it back, but gave up after dickety-six miles..."]]
''Several hundred years ago, Kup became afflicted with [[combat fatigue]], a loss of nerves and will brought on by too many millions of years of non-stop fighting. Considering himself a liability to the Autobot cause, Kup went into "retirement", wandering space alone in his starship, waiting for the end eventually to take him. He was shaken out of his misery when he crossed paths with a pair of [[Tyroxian]] [[Tyroxian space transport|fighters]] attempting to destroy a lone spacecraft. Spurred into action, Kup disabled the pursuers and brought the hunted pilot on-board, and was surprised to finding he was a fellow Autobot named Hot Rod. Hot Rod was thrilled to have found aid and eagerly tried to recruit Kup into helping him return to [[Tyroxia]] and save his comrade [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], but Kup wasn't interested in getting involved any further, and he only agreed to take Hot Rod back to Cybertron. The young punk reprogrammed the ship's navigation computers, though, and landed on Tyroxia to rescue Blurr by himself. Kup was finally shaken out of his funk when he realized that Hot Rod represented everything he used to be, and he single-handedly saved Hot Rod and Blurr from their Tyroxian tormentors. His fighting spirit restored, Kup returned to Cybertron with the two Autobots and joined [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]'s troops alongside his new allies. {{storylink|Kup's Story!}}''

[[Image:RingofHate-Kup.jpg|left|thumb|250px|"I'll cry when I'm done killing!"]]

When Fortress Maximus became disheartened by the never-ending cycle of violence on Cybertron, he made plans to escape the war and set up a new life on the planet [[Nebulos]]. Though Kup's actions had become a violent mirror of their so-called enemies, he and many of his top warriors chose to follow their leader to this new world aboard the starship ''[[Steelhaven]]''. Tragically, a series of incidents and misunderstandings brought the Autobots and Nebulans to the brink of war within days of their arrival. Kup, forgetting why he had traveled there to begin with, was very happy to return fire, and was only stopped by Fortress Maximus himself. They retreated, and in a desperate attempt to show their true intentions, Fort Max, Kup and several others disarmed themselves in front of the Nebulan gates. Furthermore, Fortress Maximus and four of his lieutenants beheaded themselves and agreed to leave their lifeless heads and bodies, as well as their various weapons, in Nebulan custody so that serious peace talks could be conducted. {{storylink|Ring of Hate!}}

[[Image:BrothersinArmor-Targetmasters.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Pretty sure this breaks Nebulos's concealed weapons laws!]]

Kup helped build an Autobot camp in a forest clearing during Fortress Maximus's absence. Soon, their camp was visited by Nebulan representatives from the [[Council of Peers]] interested in learning more about their interplanetary visitors, and Kup was glad to oblige. But one of the representatives, [[Zarak (Nebulan)|Lord Zarak]], used the meeting as an opportunity to contact the Autobots' enemies, the Decepticons. {{storylink|Broken Glass!}}

Matters quickly deteriorated after the arrival of the Decepticons, and two factions of Nebulans joined with both Autobots and Decepticons through bio-mechanical engineering to become [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]]. Events turned against the Autobots as Lord Zarak, who had binary-bonded to Decepticon leader [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], was able to sway public opinion in favor of the Decepticons, labeling the Autobots as renegades and taking their Headmasters prisoner. Some Nebulans remained loyal to Fortress Maximus's partner, [[Galen]], and traveled to the Autobot camp to forge an alliance. Making use of a new form of bio-mechanical engineering, Kup and the other weaponless Autobots were teamed with Nebulan Targetmasters to replace their lost guns. Kup personally was teamed with Recoil. As the conflict continued, though, both camps of Nebulans began to realize the devastation they were causing to their homeworld, and they decided to leave Nebulos and travel to Earth in search of other Transformers. {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!}}

[[Image:Kupdesertisland.jpg|left|100px|thumb|Kup finds a new young upstart to latch onto.]]

When Galen died on Earth and his role as Fortress Maximus's Headmaster partner was assumed by [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], Spike led Kup and the other Targetmasters on a mission to the [[Club Con|Decepticon's island headquarters]] to rescue his brother, [[Buster Witwicky]]. Kup voiced bad feelings about the rescue mission, especially about Spike's suitability to lead the mission. However, when Spike continued fighting despite repeated setbacks, Kup admitted that although Spike brought too much sentiment into the battle, he backed his emotionalism with guts. {{storylink|The Desert Island of Space!}} Soon, Fortress Maximus's Autobots met up with the Earth-bound Autobots led by [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], and somehow the two Autobot camps wound up witnessing a battle between Grimlock and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] for Autobot leadership. Kup, along with the Autobots from both camps, began to watch this battle on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|moon]] when [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s Decepticons unleashed a surprise attack. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

After Optimus Prime's return, Kup took over as Prime's head of security aboard the Ark. When Prime took most of the Autobots to Earth to defend [[MacDill Air Force Base]] from the [[Micromaster]] [[Air Strike Patrol]], Kup and the other Autobots who remained on board the Ark were defeated by [[Blackjack]]. Kup was the first to reawaken, however he startled Blackjack as he was arming a series of explosive charges, and the explosives were regrettably armed. {{storylink|All the Familiar Faces!}} The countdown could not be stopped, but Kup refused to jettison themselves from the Ark, leaving their fallen comrades in the med bay to die. But an answer presented itself when Ratchet contacted them from Cybertron, as he had been kidnapped by Megatron. Ratchet orchestrated a trans-dimensional gate to send the explosives to Megatron's headquarters on Cybertron, which saved Kup and everyone else on board, but seemed to have killed both Ratchet and Megatron. {{storylink|Skin Deep}}

Optimus Prime was hit hard by Ratchet's death, which alarmed Hot Rod and caused Kup to worry about the future of their cause. Subsequently, when Prime walked out on the Autobots, Kup was incredibly alarmed, but not as much as when he learned Hot Rod had a "plan" to win Prime back. Hot Rod let loose a [[Mark V Guardian droid]] on the ship, which he secretly controlled, but it turned on its master and Kup and the others were brutally attacked. To Hot Rod's credit, this did jolt Prime to his senses, though Kup was probably too damaged to "thank" him. {{storylink|Yesterday's Heroes!}}

''While Kup spent some down time with Hot Rod and a few others, the Ark was attacked by [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] and his acolytes! Kup helped repel the intruders, who were seeking revenge on [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] and [[Siren]]. {{storylink|Assault on the Ark!}}''

The [[Matrix Quest]] resulted in the Decepticon [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] being possessed by the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] and running amok in the Ark's docking bay. Kup and two other Autobots tried to sneak up on Thunderwing as he accosted Optimus Prime, but Thunderwing had grown too omniscient by then, and Kup was noticed and forced to retreat. After Thunderwing and the Matrix were jettisoned off the Ark, Kup was helped up off the ground by another Autobot. {{storylink|All Fall Down (issue)|All Fall Down}}

[[Image:Kuppriceoflife.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Experience, lad. You'll learn to appreciate it.]]

During one of Kup's sweeps of the Ark, he caught Grimlock trying to swipe the bodies of his fallen Dinobots from their life support pods. Grimlock cold-cocked him and escaped with the bodies in a [[All-Terrain Turbo-Transport|stolen shuttle]]. {{storylink|Eye of the Storm!}} Kup recovered to find a monster forged from the bodies of [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], which Optimus Prime refused to kill. It fell on Kup to tell Optimus his decisions were causing him to lose the support of the Autobots, and Prime's recently-announced decision to surrender to Scorponok didn't help things either. Kup reasoned that even if there was some part of Ratchet still inside the creature, Ratchet himself would not want to go on living in this fashion. Prime refused to kill the creature, but when Kup told him that the creature's unchecked destruction could end up destroying the Ark and everyone on board, Prime reluctantly had a change of heart. However, when it came down to it, Prime couldn't pull the trigger, and despite the objections of Kup and the others, he ordered them separated, even though it would mean Megatron would live. {{storylink|The Price of Life!}}

[[Image:Surrender-Kuptruck.jpg|left|100px|thumb|He's a pic'''kup''' truck, get it?]]

As planned, Prime surrendered his troops to Scorponok on the terms that they would consider an alliance against [[Unicron]]. Kup didn't take this very well, and when he was laughed at while surrendering [[Recoil|his weapon]], he lashed out at [[Apeface]] before being stopped by Prime. Kup told him he once knew an Optimus Prime who would have found another way, a Prime that would never ever surrender. [[Misfire]] was happy to interrupt this argument so that he could escort Kup to his cell. But Prime quickly grew restless in his own cell and, having disposed of [[Soundwave (G1)|his guard]], he tracked down Kup and Hot Rod and asked them for his help. Though Hot Rod leaped at the chance, Kup was not so easily won back. Prime pleaded with him at length, explaining that as a warrior race that had battled for millions of years, that surrender would actually take the most courage of all! Realizing Prime was right, Kup agreed to help him and Hot Rod storm Lord Zarak's chambers. As Hot Rod grabbed Zarak, Kup sideswiped Scorponok's guard, [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], in vehicle mode, but transformed too close to Scorponok's body, so Zarak ordered it to grip its claw around his head. Kup told Hot Rod not to spare Zarak for his sake, but Prime stopped them both, insisting that each faction had to trust each other if they were to survive against Unicron. Zarak was persuaded, but before a handshake would have sealed the deal, the Decepticons' underground base collapsed in on itself as a rogue group of Decepticons led by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] attacked above. {{storylink|Surrender!}}

[[Image:EdgeofExtinction-survivors.jpg|right|thumb|150px|"Hey, Kup, you ever see anything like this before?" "Yeah, a movie. 1986. Starred Leonard Nimoy."]]

As the dust settled, Kup asked Prime if their truce meant they should be helping gather the Decepticons' wounded. Prime told him and [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] to instead focus on briefing the other Autobots as they emerged fromt he wreckage and containing the growing battle so that it would not spill out into [[New York City]]. {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}} Things naturally escalated out of hand, and so Kup had the bright idea to enlist the Decepticon hypnotist [[Mindwipe]] at gunpoint, and had him "convince" his fellow Decepticons to lay down their arms for the greater good. This was working swimmingly until suddenly Kup and every other Transformer on Earth was suddenly raptured away to Cybertron. {{storylink|Out of Time!}} Kup was startled to see their creator, [[Primus]], speaking to them through the body of [[Emirate Xaaron]]. Primus told Kup and the others of their eternal battle with Unicron, and of his imminent arrival. In response to this, [[Unicron cultist]]s rose up from amongst the Cybertronians to destroy Primus' chosen leader, Optimus Prime, and Kup was more than happy to beat the cultists back into submission. They succeeded, but while Primus had begun lecturing his Transformers again, Kup's attention was elsewhere. He interrupted, wondering how exactly no one had noticed Unicron himself sneak up on the planet, clawed hand looming over their heads. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}}

Kup and [[Getaway]] helped get Optimus Prime to safety, as their leader had succumbed to mysterious pain. Though Unicron ravaged the planet and destroyed countless Transformers, ultimately Optimus Prime sacrificed himself to destroy him, and Kup was among the lucky few who were still standing as Unicron's ashes fell to the planet's surface. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}} Kup and a handful of others found what was left of Optimus Prime's body, and he watched Prowl cradle their leader as he died. {{storylink|Still Life!}}

[[Image:EndOfTheRoad-finalfive.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Hey, these final five aren't Cylons at all!]]

Under the dubious leadership of Grimlock, the Autobots left their dying world and followed the Decepticons to [[Klo]], but the Decepticons were waiting for them. In the massacre that followed, Kup was among the final five Autobots who had eluded death. But he and the others did not avoid capture for long, as a team of Decepticons found them hiding in the swamps. Amazingly, they were able to overpower these Decepticons and return to the main battlegrounds, where Optimus Prime had returned to them in a new body, thanks to the [[Neo-Knights]] and the [[Last Autobot]]! With the Last Autobots' godlike resurrection powers, Kup and the other Autobots were able to overwhelm the Decepticons, who retreated like whipped dogs. The war was over, and Optimus Prime told them it was time to go home! {{storylink|End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!}}

In an alternate future of 2009, the Autobots were overwhelmed by the forces of evil. Unicron consumed Cybertron utterly, and Earth came under heavy fire from Galvatron and his Decepticon legions. Kup and Blurr were personally executed by Cyclonus and Scourge. {{storylink|Rhythms of Darkness!}}
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=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
{{quote|Will it work, Kup? I mean, 1986 seems like a long time ago!}}
{{quote|Yesterday, lad, just yesterday!|'''Hot Rod''' and '''Kup''' discuss their upcoming [[time travel]]|"[[Target: 2006]] part 6"}}

''In 2003, Kup was given the job of decoying the Decepticons over the plans for Autobot City. Ultra Magnus needed to get the plans to Earth's various governments unimpeded, while also taking steps to ensure the Decepticons would not get in the way of the Autobot efforts to build the city. So, he made an open and showy display of tasking Kup with being the courier that would bring the information to the humans. Sure enough, the Decepticon spy [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] overheard those plans and sent the [[Stunticon]]s out to intercept the old Autobot. Despite Hot Rod's good-intentioned efforts to stop them, the Stunticons made off with the fake plans, secure in their knowledge that they now knew the secrets of Autobot City. {{storylink|Ark Duty}} Kup was also present at the grand opening of the city a year later. {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}}''

[[Image:Target2006-BlurrHotRodKup.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Is this the Fifties? Or nineteen-ninety-nine?]]

''After the attack on Autobot City in 2006, Kup, Hot Rod and Blurr received a psychic prodding from Unicron, alerting them to Galvatron's travel through the timestream back to 1986. Using Galvatron's own time-jump mechanisms, the Autobot trio followed him back into the past, mass-displacing [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] in the process. Apparently reaching an instinctive conclusion that Galvatron could never be returned to the future by force, Kup and his comrades conspired with the Ultra Magnus of 1986 to trick the Decepticon into returning of his own volition.''

''As Ultra Magnus kept Galvatron busy, the future trio made arrangements to discourage him from staying. When he returned to his base, Galvatron found his henchmen knocked unconscious and his super-weapon rigged to explode. Once it did, he was confronted with a taunting [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] claiming credit, and he was egged into blowing the treacherous Decepticon into smithereens. Believing Starscream's death at this juncture altered history, making his actions in 1986 part of an alternate timeline that wouldn't affect his own future, Galvatron reluctantly gave up his plans, picked up his goons, and returned to the future. Kup and his comrades, having successfully framed Starscream and driven Galvatron away, returned to 2006 themselves soon after. {{storylink|Target: 2006}}''

[[Image:KupUK114-01.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"Little known fact: I owned the first radio on Cybertron. T'weren't much on back then, just Shockwave reciting the alphabet over and over. 'A' he'd say. Then 'B'. 'C' would usually follow..."]]
''After Unicron was defeated in 2006 and Hot Rod rose to become [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]], Galvatron went missing. Unable to accept the Decepticon leader was truly dead without seeing the body, Rodimus Prime went searching for him with Kup and Blurr. Unfortunately, his lax attention to Cybertron gave the new Decepticon commander, Shockwave, time to consolidate the army under his control and begin the war anew. Rodimus was forced to return to Cybertron empty-handed, and he only made matters worse when he rashly took out a 10,000-[[shanix]] reward for any bounty hunter who could find Galvatron for him. This led to a freelance peacekeeping agent named [[Death's Head]] traveling back in time to 1987, where he had learned Galvatron had escaped after the battle with Unicron. {{storylink|Wanted:Galvatron — Dead or Alive!}} Realizing that a trigger-happy mercenary messing with the timestream was just as dangerous as Galvatron could ever be, Rodimus arranged a time-jump to clean up his mess, taking Kup, Blurr and [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] back to 1987 along with him. {{storylink|Burning Sky!}}''

''In the past, the future Autobots once again found the 20th-century Ultra Magnus fighting with Galvatron, as the Decepticon leader attempted to extract vast amounts of energy from a volcano. Mere seconds after locating Galvatron and engaging him in combat, however, Kup and Blurr were knocked off-line when Galvatron hurled Ultra Magnus's beaten body at them. {{storylink|Hunters}} After regrouping, the Autobots concocted a plan to steal Galvatron's time-jump mechanism and rewire it to propel them all back to their proper place and time. While Kup and the others distracted Galvatron, Wreck-Gar and Rodimus Prime attempted to make the proper modifications. In the end, however, only the Autobots were launched back to the future; Galvatron had modified the device so that the temporal backlash did not affect him, and he stayed in the past. {{storylink|Fire on High!}}''

''In 2008, Kup was on hand to witness a full-scale Decepticon assault at Autobase on Cybertron. He fought alongside Rodimus Prime and the other Autobots and, when Rodimus traveled to the planet of [[Junkion (planet)|Junk]] to deal with Unicron (the cause behind the Decepticon offensive), Kup stepped up to lead the remaining Autobot forces alongside Ultra Magnus until [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] sounded a retreat and the Decepticons fled. {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}} Later that year, Autobot City was attacked by [[Quintesson]]s, and the deactivated Autobots were hung out on the outer walls as a warning for any would-be rescuers. Kup came to Earth with Rodimus Prime and crew to deal with the usurpers, and he led an advance team of Blurr, [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] and [[Wide Load]] in searching the complex. They were caught in a heated battle with the Quintessons' shock troopers, but managed to hold their own long enough for Roddy to reach the control center and activate [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] himself. Resistance faltered rather quickly after that. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}''

''As time passed, the long-term effects of Galvatron's presence in the past became overwhelming. A full-on time storm began brewing at both ends of the timeline, 1989 and 2009. In order to set the universe back on the right course, Rodimus Prime and Kup chose to travel back in time with Blurr, Arcee, Ultra Magnus and [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] to retrieve Galvatron. No, really, for sure this time. Problem was, this time their mass-displacement upon arrival took out 1989's Optimus Prime and several fellow Autobots, leading to more than a little consternation among their 20th-century counterparts. [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]], guided by his neophyte [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster partner]], [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], jumped to the conclusion that Optimus was dead and led his Autobots into battle with Rodimus and his group. Kup didn't fare too well at trying to fight [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] hand-to-hand, but soon cooler heads prevailed, and the Autobots joined forces not only with each other, but with a pair of detachments from the 1989 and 2009 Decepticon camps as well.''

[[Image:KupMagnusTimeWars01.jpg|right|180px|thumb|"Kup has something you college boys don't: life experience! Tell 'em, Kup." "I spent 53 years as night watchman at a cranberry silo."]]
''As the various groups tracked down Galvatron, they were shocked to find that not only had he joined forces with Megatron, but that the two of them had laid waste to the Cybertronian teams of the Autobot [[Wrecker]]s and the Decepticon [[Mayhem Attack Squad]]. Kup joined Arcee and Ultra Magnus in trying to gun down Megatron, but was batted aside by the Decepticon's [[fusion cannon]] and lay unconscious, out of the battle for the rest of the conflict. Still, Galvatron was ultimately destroyed in battle with Optimus Prime and consumed wholly by the timestorm, restoring the timestream to a stable place. Kup and the other 2009 Autobots gathered together and prepared to return home to their lives. {{storylink|Time Wars}}''

''It didn't quite work out that way.''

''Back in 2009, the Autobots were horrified to find that Galvatron waited for them on Cybertron. It seemed the restoration of the timeline prevented Galvatron from having ever traveled back in time, and thus he had been present at the Decepticons' side for the last few years, which considerably altered the war effort in their favor. In the new 21st century, Galvatron and the Decepticons virtually controlled Cybertron, and only a few token bands of Autobot resistance remained on their home planet. Kup and the returnees adjusted as best they could, but the odds were hopelessly against them. The resistance on Cybertron ended when Galvatron and his men ransacked a resistance station, killing Blurr and the other Autobots present. Galvatron mutilated the corpses to drive Rodimus Prime into a killing frenzy, hoping to corrupt the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] itself through its host. Indeed, Kup and Arcee began experiencing fire in the depths of their souls before they managed to talk down Rodimus. The Autobots of Cybertron were then forced to flee the world entirely. {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}}''

''On their voyage back to Earth and Autobot City, the Autobot shuttlecraft had just entered hyperspace when [[Pincher]] and [[Doubleheader]] alerted Kup to a problem: sabotage. Someone had killed a guard and torn up the engine room, damaging the guidance systems so that the ship would be flying blind when they came out of warp into who-knows-what. Sure enough, the ship materialized too close to Earth, and another bit of sabotage prevented the emergency retros from stopped their descent. It was going to be a heavy hit. What's worse, Kup's efforts to isolate the Decepticon life-signs of their saboteur turned up a nasty truth: No additional life signs were present on the shuttle. The saboteur was an Autobot! {{storylink|The Void! (UK)|The Void!}} After failing to locate Rodimus Prime during the time the sabotage was being committed, Kup had a sinking feeling and set up a ruse to test Prime. When Arcee left to try and enter the sealed retro room through the air vents, Kup told Rodimus she was actually going to sneak through the coolant tanks. Fortunately for their landing, Arcee succeeded just in time. Unfortunately for...well, everything else, Kup was right: Rodimus Prime was the saboteur, possessed by the pure malevolence of Unicron, which had taken up residence inside the Matrix sometime ago. Apparently Galvatron's efforts to corrupt Rodimus back on Cybertron had jarred loose enough evil for Unicron to take hold on Rodimus Prime's consciousness. {{storylink|Edge of Impact}}''

''Battling the power of the Matrix influenced by the Devil himself, the Autobots were sorely outmatched against Rodimus. Despite Arcee's urgings, Kup desperately searched for another option besides lethal force. {{storylink|Shadow of Evil}} In the short term, Kup seemed to be correct: Rodimus managed to fight back Unicron's evil, caging it inside the Matrix long enough for Kup to remove the object from Rodimus's chest, temporarily severing their link. {{storylink|White Fire}} In the long term, however, the threat was far from over. Rodimus would again be consumed by evil in 2010, this time metamorphosing into Unicron reborn for a time, before caging the evil again. Kup and Arcee were present at this second rise of Unicron, but their ultimate fate is unknown. It is telling, however, that Rodimus Prime appears to be beaten, ill, and totally alone by the time of 2356. {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}}''

====Generation 2====
[[Image:WarWithoutEnd-Kup.jpg|left|300px|thumb|SKAZ!]]
After the Autobot army splintered throughout the universe, Kup was working alongside Optimus Prime and Hot Rod. In mid-battle, Kup had to verbally nudge Prime out of his apocalyptic visions. [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] summoned Prime and his forces for help and Kup was present as Grimlock explained his discovery of several "little Cybertrons". The Autobots soon learned of [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Liege Centuro]] and his [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronians]] when Jhiaxus attacked them and took them prisoner. Kup and other Autobots were rescued by Prime and Grimlock from confinement on the [[Twilight]]. {{storylink|War Without End!}}

Kup kicked a lot of skidplate during the battle between the Autobots and Cybertronians in the [[K'tord Nebula]]. It was soon learned that bots on both sides were infected by some kind of parasitic entity that fed off of rage. Kup was so under its influence that Optimus Prime had to hold him back from attacking one of the enemy. {{storylink|Primal Fear!}}

[[Image:G2kupwonderspowerandglory.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"If even Hot Rod can be responsible, what chance do I have?"]]
Kup appeared as one of many dismembered corpses in one of Optimus Prime's apocalyptic visions. As Optimus reached toward Kup, an [[Swarm (G2)|inky black substance]] shot out of Kup's mouth, enveloped Prime and started to devour him. The real Kup then physically shook Optimus out of this vision, remarking that Transformers don't sleep. The crusty old Autobot reported that Grimlock had, against Prime's orders, left with a raiding party in tow. What Kup didn't say is that he wished Grimlock had asked him to come along. He got his chance to fight later when he went with Prime to rescue Grimlock from his bungled surprise attack on the Cybertronians. {{storylink|Devices and Desires! (Marvel)|Devices and Desires!}}

Kup supervised war games between the Autobots as they waited for Optimus Prime to finish his quasi-mystical journey into the depths of Cybertron. {{storylink|The Power and the Glory}} Later, Kup fought with Autobots and Decepticons to repel the Cybertronian attack on the planet [[Ethos]]. {{storylink|Escalation!}}

Helping mop up after the attacks on [[Earth]] by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and Jhiaxus, Kup reported the sorry state of their fortifications to Grimlock when the Swarm attacked their position. {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}
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===Toy pack-in material===
Kup attended an emergency meeting led by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] after the [[Creation Matrix]] was stolen. Soon, [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] announced his project to confuse the Decepticons using [[decoy]]s. While the decoys attacked Decepticon headquarters, Kup, Ultra Magnus, [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], and [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] snuck inside their base to steal back the Matrix. {{storylink|Start Your Own Decoy Collection}}
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===Ladybird Books continuity===
[[Image:GalvatronsAirAttack-KupWheeljackMagnus.jpg|left|thumb|250px|"Why, in my day, we didn't need no stinkin' shoulders!"]]
As a young Autobot, Kup participated in many battles against the Decepticons on Earth. One particularly great battle ended up with many casualties on both sides—casualties whose bodies were simply left in the valley where they died. Many years later, when the Autobots were running out of [[cybernite]] for their repair jobs, Kup recalled this event and suggested that they loot the old bodies for the precious metal. [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] approved, and let Kup lead [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], [[Grapple]], [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] to the valley. On the way, Kup mistook the [[wikipedia:Aurora (astronomy)|aurora borealis]] for a Decepticon attack.

Upon arrival at the valley, Kup spent some time reminiscing about the past, until Grapple told him that they had a mission to complete. However, before the group could find anything of use, they came under attack by a number of [[Seeker|Decepticon jets]] and were forced to retreat. Returning to base, they wondered how the Decepticons had found them so easily, and it was eventually revealed that the Decepticons had constructed a [[Decepticon Space Station Argon|space station]] from which to spy at the Autobots' activities. While the Autobots were incapable of attacking targets in space, Kup remembered the "battle of the [[Green Asteroid]]", during which the Autobots had lured the enemy closer by using false signals. He also recalled Spike telling him that auroras scramble radio signals, and had Wheeljack and [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] construct an artifical aurora machine to mess up the Decepticons' communications. {{storylink|Galvatron's Air Attack}}

[[Image:DecepticonsUnderground-Kup.jpg|right|thumb|150px|"Yo." "Yo."]]

Eventually, Kup found himself stationed at [[Nebulos]], where the Decepticons were collecting energy via a "[[tetrahedron]]" at the planet's north pole. Alongside Blurr and [[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]], he was part of [[Brainstorm]]'s "Operation Heatwave", which consisted of using high-temperature lasers to melt the ice below [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] and the energy-collecting facility. {{storylink|Decepticons at the Pole}} Some time later, the Autobots started running out of lubricants, leading to Kup's joints creaking something fierce, so naturally he was overjoyed when the Autobots found a legendary Nebulan [[oil]] lake. However, as soon as they started pumping the oil back to base, the Decepticons destroyed their oil pipe, so Kup, his Targetmaster partner Recoil and [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] were forced to do a quick repair job. A second Decepticon attack soon followed, so the three fled into the Nebulan desert... only for Kup to get stuck to a rock when the area turned out to be magnetic. [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]] soon saved him by neutralizing the magnetic field with an impact from his grenade launcher. {{storylink|Autobots Strike Oil}}

Highbrow later got kidnapped by the Decepticons and held ransom in exchange for Optimus Prime himself. When Prime decided to perform a rescue operation, Kup offered to come with him, but the Autobot leader had a different plan. {{storylink|Autobot Hostage}} After a few peaceful weeks with the Decepticons nowhere to be found, Prime got suspicious and ordered Kup to organize long-range patrols to find out what they were up to. The patrols scoured the entire planet except for the [[Nebulos Triangle]], as Kup explained that nobody had ever entered that area and returned. {{storylink|Decepticons Underground}}
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===''Big Looker Storybook'' continuity===
[[Image:Carshowblowupkup.jpg|left|200px|thumb|My Buddy! Wherever I go, he goes!]]
Kup and Hot Rod traveled to the coliseum to check out a robot car the [[human]]s had built that could respond to voice commands. They heard about it on their car radios! But when they arrived at the coliseum, Kup spotted Decepticons flying about. As some entered the back door, Kup shooed Hot Rod away, telling him to warn the others. If Hot Rod stayed, he would just get into trouble! Sneaking around inside, he eventually made his way up to the control room, where [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and the other Decepticons were rigging the lighting. They were planning on stealing the robot car! Kup decided to leave and tell the others, but he was spotted by [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. The evil Decepticons tied up Kup so that he wouldn't interfere.

As a parade of cars entered the coliseum and the crowds cheered, Kup worried about the safety of the humans. If only he could warn them. Kup got his chance when Galvatron ran towards the controls, telling [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] to pull the switch. Kup tripped Galvatron, and Galvatron came tumbling through the glass and onto the coliseum floor! For a short while, there was a stalemate; the Decepticons had Kup captive, but the Autobots had Galvatron! Thankfully, Hot Rod snuck up behind Kup and freed him. Yelling "Geronimo!" they jumped from the control room onto the coliseum floor, taking the Decepticons by surprise. Galvatron and the others escaped, but Kup and Hot Rod agreed that they'd be ready for him when he returned. {{storylink|Car Show Blow Up}}

[[Image:Wildboyofquintessonbattle.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Children's storybooks sure are violent.]]
Later, Kup, led [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] on a special mission to take supplies from Earth to a space station on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s second moon. Despite Kup's warnings, the Dinobots loaded too many supplies onto the ship, and in the middle of their journey, the ship began to have problems. Kup tried everything, but the ship was going down! It crashed on a planet, but everyone landed safely. Unfortunately, Kup recognized the place. It was the planet [[Quintessa|Quintesson]]! They were interrupted by a tribal scream and a flurry of firestones. However, the boy who made his presence known was not aiming at them, but at the Quintessons behind them. The boy's name was [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], and he had been abandoned on the planet when his ship crashed their earlier.

Wheelie led them through the jungle, battling Quintessons along the way, until they reached Wheelie's crashed ship. Hot Rod was able to fix it, and everyone left the planet Quintesson, Wheelie included! {{storylink|The Story of Wheelie, the Wild Boy of Quintesson}}
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===''The Transformers in 3-D''===
[[Image:Kupin3d.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Someone hasn't been paying attention!]]
Eons ago, Kup fought against a third race of Transformers, the [[Destructon]]s. They almost destroyed the galaxy! But presently they were returning to the Transformers' civil war. But the Autobots were more immediately concerned with the Decepticons, who were trailing them across the galaxy. Kup assured them all that they would never ever die.
{{storylink|The War Against the Destructons, Chapter 1 of 3}}
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===Dreamwave comics continuity===
[[Image:Skidswheeljackgrimlockkupironhidetww.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Kup was named after his pickup truck altmode even before he had it!]]

Millions of years ago on Cybertron, shortly after the assassination of [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]], Kup was part of an Autobot unit under [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]'s command which battled for possession of [[Altihex]]. Kup and the other Autobots were forced to abandon the City-State as it collapsed, leaving it to the Decepticons. {{storylink|The War Within issue 1|The War Within #1}}

After a new Prime was coronated, a young archivist named [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], the Decepticons led a full siege on the Autobot headquarters of [[Iacon]]. As per Grimlock's orders, Kup met with him, [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] just outside Iacon on the [[Tri-Torus Loop]], where Kup was shocked to hear Grimlock announce his plan to leave Iacon to the Decepticons. Instead, Grimlock led them deep within the planet, where the new Prime was battling [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] for his life, even though Grimlock had huge doubts over whether Optimus Prime was worth saving. {{storylink|The War Within issue 4|The War Within #4}} Kup confronted Grimlock about his apathy, and asked him if he had ever respected anyone. When Kup got too personal, Grimlock shoved him into a wall. While looking for Prime, however, the Autobots stumbled onto Megatron's real plan. They found a system of planetary engines that Megatron had ordered the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] to restore. While Grimlock went on ahead, determined to find Optimus Prime, Kup and the others stayed behind to sabotage the Constructicons' work. {{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War within #5}} The Decepticons detected their presence, and so Kup and the others fought a very one-sided battle against them. All hope seemed lost until Grimlock returned... with a very impressive Optimus Prime, who ordered Kup and Ironhide to help him cover Wheeljack's sabotage of the engines.

[[Image:Lightningstrikecoalition.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Every team needs an old guy! Well, two old guys.]]

The engines were destroyed, but Kup and the others were distraught to see the smoking crater where Iacon used to be. Optimus Prime, who was quickly stepping into the role, refused to leave Cybertron, and instead implored Kup and the others to follow him underground, where they would continue to wage their war against the Decepticons. {{storylink|The War Within issue 6|The War Within #6}}

Later, when Optimus Prime and Megatron disappeared in a prototype [[space bridge]] accident, the Autobot faction splintered, and Kup joined Grimlock's [[Lightning Strike Coalition]]. While on the [[Moon Alpha Spaceport]], Kup waxed on about the alleged cosmic destiny of the Transformers and how it contrasted with the stagnation of their race. Grimlock was annoyed with this introspection and urged him to get back to work. The Lightning Strike Coalition was able to thwart Starscream's [[Predacons (War Within)|Predacons]] from keeping their stolen Energon and made a quick retreat with the goods. {{storylink|Fragmentation}}

[[Image:PassiveAggression-KupIronhidereunite.jpg|left|thumb|250px|All old people are friends.]]

3.9 million years ago, due to a catastrophically low level of Energon, every Transformer on Earth ground to a halt in the [[Great Shutdown]]. Kup was in the middle of a fight with [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] when this occurred, and the two were frozen in a grappling pose for millions of years. Three thousand years ago, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] awoke from this state and began rehabilitating the rest of the population. He eschewed the Decepticon/Autobot factions and promised a new unified Cybertron. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}} However, Kup and a handful of others believed Shockwave had evil motives for this and formed an underground resistance movement deep within the [[Wastelands]]. Things came to a head with the return of Optimus Prime to Cybertron, who had been on Earth for four million years. After disciplining Hot Rod for being an impetuous young punk, Kup explained their situation to Optimus Prime and introduced him to the rest of their members. More of Optimus Prime's comrades from Earth were brought into the resistance, including Kup's old friend Ironhide, and the two shared a heartfelt reunion. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}}

Kup and the others planned an all-out strike against Shockwave's stronghold in [[New Iacon]]. While Kup, [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], and [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] were trapped behind a rampaging [[Guardian robot|Omega Sentinel]], the three witnessed a strange beam emit from the top of Shockwave's stronghold and fire into space. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}} Shockwave was defeated, but Optimus Prime was severely damaged, and Kup and the others were forced to persist without his leadership while he recovered. {{storylink|Generation One issue 0}} As Kup looked on, Prowl tried to reassure the Autobots with a speech from New Iacon's central hall, but Prowl wasn't terribly good at speeches and so Ultra Magnus filled in. Though Prowl and the other Earthbound Autobots had finally returned home, things just weren't the same. Kup suggested Prowl and the others stop fighting the changes and just accept that they'd happened. This prompted Prowl to consider a return to Earth.

Kup and Hot Rod sparred within a computer-simulated portrayal of Earth. Hot Rod managed to win over his older and wiser opponent, but only in the most reckless way possible, a fact which Kup was unable to impart on the youngster. {{storylink|Lost and Found (issue)|Lost and Found}} Ultra Magnus decided to split the Autobots into teams to better defend Cybertron, and Kup was assigned to [[Moon Base One]] along with the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. Kup did not find this thrilling. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

{{note|And then [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] went bankrupt.}}

===IDW comics continuity===
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[[Image:SpotlightBlaster GetawayKupHufferBroadside.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Kup, before meeting [[Nick Roche]].]]

Kup is extremely old. In years past, he'd trained dozens of Autobots, including [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]], [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], and even [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Kup}} During the early years of the war after the assassination of [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]], Kup was either leading or part of a squad sent to rescue [[Zeta Prime]] when they crossed paths with the famous former racer, [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]. Kup was skeptical of Blurr's usefulness, but some words from a young [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus]] were able to convince Blurr to alert Zeta Prime of the Decepticons' assassination attempt. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blurr}}

Shortly after [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]'s first apocalyptic assault, the besieged Autobots prepared for the big push against their positions by the Decepticons. Kup was in a trench alongside [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]], Huffer, and the injured [[Getaway]], waiting for [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]'s morale-boosting broadcast to the Autobot forces, a transmission that never came. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blaster}}

[[Image:SpotlightKup killingspree.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Who keeps the martians under wraps?]]
At some point after Cybertron was abandoned, Kup and [[Outback]] crash-landed on a mysterious planet covered with radioactive crystals. Over time, Kup was slowly driven insane from the radiation. He talked to the dead corpse of Outback as though he were still alive (and used his disembodied arm as a club) and believed that [[zombie]]s were attacking him when he shut down for the night. In reality, these zombies were fellow Autobots sent to rescue him, and Kup killed several of them before Springer managed to get a [[Trailbreaker (G1)|specialist]] in to extract the aging Autobot. Unfortunately, due to the damage Kup sustained from the radiation, his incompatibility with modern Transformers tech due to his age and stubborn unwillingness to upgrade, and a near-meltdown of his spark, he was placed on life support upon arriving aboard ''[[Ark-17]]'', and it was unknown if he would ever recover, physically or mentally. {{storylink|Spotlight: Kup}}

Springer eventually reported to Optimus Prime that Kup's physical injuries had been repaired, but the state of his mind was still in question. {{storylink|Spotlight: Optimus Prime}}

Kup finally returned to service when Perceptor built a new body for Kup—one that was better and stronger. Perceptor insisted on following Kup on his first few missions, hoping to spot any technical problems. Unfortunately, while Kup and the [[Wrecker]]s were attempting to free Autobot prisoners from a docked Decepticon warship, Perceptor was caught in the crossfire. Kup found aid in a mysterious unaffiliated robot who had similar purposes. Kup quickly deduced that this [[Drift (G1)|Drift]] used to be a Decepticon named Deadlock. When Drift helped Kup blow the ship up and save Perceptor's life, Kup decided Drift was deserving of a second chance. Kup disbanded the Wreckers, formed a new unit, and asked Drift to join. {{storylink|Spotlight: Drift}}

[[Image:Slowmotionmoviewalkahm5.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Kup, after meeting [[Nicholas|Nick Fury]].]]

Kup was now in command of the starship ''[[Trion]]''. With a hand-picked crew comprised of heavy hitters, such as two former Wreckers and Drift, he harried the Decepticon fleet until he was baited into an ambush above Cybertron. There, the ship was shot down and forced to crash-land on the assumed uninhabitable world. Banding together to survive, they eventually encountered Optimus Prime's unit, only to find him incapacitated, the Matrix having been seized by [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. Although Kup was at first dismissive of [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], who had stepped into a command position in the void left by Prime, he quickly learned to appreciate Jazz's steady, capable hand. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 5|All Hail Megatron #5}}

As Jazz and Kup stood on a balcony, Kup spoke of how the Autobots were betrayed by an outsider, someone who knew their codes. Autobot computer systems were shut down across the galaxy, and as shields and defenses were remotely shut down, countless Autobots died. It was a massacre. Kup decided to merge his unit with Jazz's, making Jazz his second-in-command. He also donated all his group's energon towards fixing Prime. Without Prime, they had no chance to rally their troops together as a cohesive unit. But a more immediate concern made itself known—the [[Insecticon Swarm]]. Kup ordered everything packed up and ready to move. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 6|All Hail Megatron #6}} And so they did. Jazz told Kup how the Autobots were defeated on Earth, how Prime was destroyed and the Matrix stolen, and spoke of a traitor among their ranks. Kup continued to be worried about a decline in morale. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 7|All Hail Megatron #7}}

And he was right to be worried. Ironhide assaulted [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], who he believed to be the traitor. Kup took Ironhide aside and berated him for his conduct. Before their chat could be resolved, the Swarm found them. Kup gathered up the Autobots and began to take them to a previously-agreed-on location across a lone bridge, where Perceptor would fire a shot that would detonate the bridge, separating them from the Swarm. Unfortunately, Perceptor was injured in the evacuation, and Kup had no plan B. Sunstreaker, who revealed he was the traitor, redeemed himself by blowing up the bridge and presumably himself. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 8|All Hail Megatron #8}}

Kup pushed Ratchet to finish the repairs on Prime, but Ratchet explained that it wouldn't be easy. Prime could die in the process. Despite all odds, Prime survived the operation and was able to boost the Autobots' morale, much to Kup's satisfaction. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 9|All Hail Megatron #9}} But before long, the Swarm was upon them, having found a second bridge. Kup and the other Autobots, even with Optimus Prime beside them, faced insurmountable odds. Only the surprise arrival of [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] turned the tide. Optimus Prime ordered Kup and the others on board Omega Supreme, with designs to leave Cybertron and return to Earth. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 10|All Hail Megatron #10}}
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===Timelines: Wings of Honor===
[[Image:WingsofHonor-Kuptransmit.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Turbo-revvin' young punk.]]

Before the Great War, Kup was part of the crew of the Autobot Guard transport ship, the ''[[Eight Track]],'' under the command of [[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]]. After Kup transmitted the results of their scan of the Outer Rim, he patched through a transmission from [[Autobot High Command]]. A cargo hauler, the ''[[Van De Graaff]]'', crashed on [[Beta 9]], possibly due to an early Decepticon uprising. Kup and the others were charged with retrieving a very important piece of cargo that was on board the ''Van De Graaff'' and return it to Cybertron. {{storylink|Wings of Honor}}

After returning home victorious, Kup starred in recruitment videos for the [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Elite Guard]]. {{storylink|Join the Elite Guard!}}

Millions of years later, a battle against Cyclonus, Scourge, and the Sweeps reminded Kup of his battle on Beta Nine, and he told the story to Hot Rod and the Dinobots. {{storylink|Wings of Honor}}
{{coming soon}}
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==Commercial appearances==
[[Image:Toycommercial-Kup.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Kup is so old, there's no clear shots of him on YouTube.]]
* Kup made his [[commercial]] debut alongside Hot Rod and Blurr, joining Optimus Prime in a desert as he faces off against Starscream, Skywarp, Cyclonus and Scourge. As he charges into battle, Kup comments that this reminds him of the battle of the battle on [[Beta 4]] (not to be confused with the battle on [[Beta 9]].) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3OA7bmga98]

* He appeared alongside Hot Rod in one of the movie plot-based commercials, this one for the Sharkticons. The two Autobots are shown driving up to the edge of a greenish pool, from which a pile of Sharkticons emerges and attacks. Kup and Hot Rod fist-fight their way through, with help from Wheelie.

* Kup appeared briefly in the commercial for [[Sixshot]], charging into battle alongside Rodimus Prime, firing at the enemy, and getting knocked aside by Sixshot's "rocket car" mode.

* Kup appeared in the commercial for the [[Monsterbot]]s. As Rodimus Prime and Blurr drive up, Kup reports that there has been a lab accident, and the new Autobots are ''monsters!''

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1toy-Kup.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"Back in my day, we hauled cargo all day long without a tailgate and LIKED it!"]]
*'''Kup''' (Autobot, 1986)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-82'''
**''Accessories:'' "Musket Laser"

: Kup transforms into a Cybertronic pickup truck (though how he is able to carry goods safely with no tailgate is a mystery). The entire front of the vehicle (including the windshield) is made out of die-cast metal. In robot mode, Kup has full shoulder rotation, though the way his elbows are set up means he cannot make full use of their joints. He (somewhat) makes up for it with swivel wrists. His legs feature no articulation whatsoever. Maybe Hot Rod left a piece out. He is armed with a blue laser rifle. Early releases of Kup had metal rear wheels, while later releases replaced them with black plastic.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Kup/kup.htm More information on Kup at TFU.info]''

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[[Image:G1toy-KupTargetmaster.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"Back in my day, our guns didn't talk back!"]]
*'''Kup''' (Targetmaster, 1987)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-113'''
**''Accessories:'' Musket Laser/Recoil Targetmaster partner

: Kup (this time using all-plastic parts rather than die-cast) was slightly [[Retool|retooled]] with larger fist-holes and a mounting point on his vehicle mode back-end in order to make him into a [[Targetmaster]]. He came with his Nebulan partner [[Recoil]] rather than his original blaster.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Autobot/Kup/kup.htm More information on Targetmaster Kup at TFU.info]''

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*'''Future Cybertron''' (Transformers Collection, 2005)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TF-20'''
**''Accessories:'' Musket Laser, Musket Laser/Recoil Targetmaster partner (you read that right)

: Targetmaster Kup was reissued in Japan, and like the "[[Transformers Collection]]" reissue of [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], he came with his original metal parts restored, as well as both his partner Recoil ''and'' his original gun, which was slightly retooled to fit the larger weapon-mounting points. The set also came with a redecoed [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]].

: This iteration of the mold was used to make [[Optimus Prime (G1) toys|Orion Pax]].

===Timelines===
[[Image:Timelinestoy-KupWoH.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"I remember that time I had a hammer for a hand."]]
*'''Wings of Honor''' ([[BotCon 2009]] box set)
**''Accessories'': Clamp attachment, hammer attachment, Earth Cyber Key

: This version of Kup is a convention-exclusive [[retool]] of ''[[Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] and transforms into a [[wikipedia:Dodge_Magnum|Dodge Magnum]] emergency vehicle. Plugging a [[Cyber Key]] into the back of his car mode causes two rear side-panels to pop out and reveal two spring-forward non-firing blasters. This gimmick is retained in robot mode, where they become over-shoulder blasters. He features an unusual transformation sequence where both the front and rear halves of the vehicle mode come together to form his legs. His hood halves open to reveal storage space for extra tools (a hammer-head and an opening claw) that can be attached onto his left arm blaster.

:Kup comes in a box set with fellow Autobots [[Flak]], [[Thunder Clash]], and [[Landshark]], and rival Decepticon [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]].

: The original version of this mold was also used to make [[Cannonball]], and the [[Movie (toyline)|live-action movie-verse]] [[Crankcase (Movie)|Crankcase]].

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==Notes==
[[Image:Kupcharactermodelcomparison.jpg|right|thumb|300px|From old to older!]]
* Check out the original Kup toy's chest-sticker...it's got a pair of [[Floppy disk|5 1/4-inch floppy disk]] drives on it. Apparently, he can store up to two extra Transformers' brains.

* Like the rest of the central ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' cast, Kup had a preliminary [[character model]] by [[Floro Dery]] that was revised by Japanese artists before final animation. And just like the rest of the central movie cast, that early model was used as a basis for his toy design, and for his early Marvel Comics appearances. While other characters' early models often appeared in the Generation 1 cartoon as a result of production errors, Kup's was deliberately employed in the episode "[[Chaos (episode)|Chaos]]", where it was used [[:Image:Kup model comparison Chaos.jpg|in flashback scenes]] to represent a younger version of the character. The final model features a slimmer torso, streamlined leg shapes, and signs of aging.
** In the US Marvel stories, [[José Delbo]] used the older model, while [[Andrew Wildman]] and [[Geoff Senior]] used the final model. [[Derek Yaniger]] and [[Manny Galan]] switched back to the older model for Kup's ''Generation 2'' appearances.

* In the Japanese ''[[Binaltech Asterisk]]'' online manga, a little lost kitty was rescued from certain death (well, being stuck in a tree) by [[Ai Kuruma]] and [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]. That kitty was named [[Cha]] (Kup's Japanese name).

* The vehicle mode of ''[[Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' series [[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown]], another old coot, resembles Kup's Cybertronian vehicle mode from the War Within comic series. This similarity was brought to the fore by Brakedown GTS, a "powered-up" [[redeco]] of the character with the colors changed to resemble Kup's. In fact, the color guide for the redeco, revealed on Hasbro's website, showed that "Kup" was a working name for Brakedown GTS.

* He claims on his MySpace page (see External links) that he's a [[Covenant|Pisces]].<ref>Kup's Myspace page was created by [[Nick Roche]] to promote his IDW [[Spotlight: Kup]] story.</ref> It is best to remember, however, that at the time he wrote this, he was utterly insane.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Kup Kup's Universe profile on NTFA.net]

* [http://www.myspace.com/lostkup Kup's MySpace page]

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Bumper (Animated)

2009-05-22T01:38:24Z

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{{disambig3|Bumper}}
:''Bumper is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]] [[continuity family]].''
[[Image:Animated_bumper.jpg|right|thumb|In Brazil, people know who i am.]]
'''Bumper''' sure looks familiar!

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
[[Image:Animated bumper and glyph.jpg|left|100px|thumb|So, uh...how's things?]]
Bumper was among the Autobots going about their daily business when [[Captain Fanzone]] accidentally [[transwarp]]ed to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], but he seemed to be too busy talking to [[Glyph (Animated)|Glyph]] to notice. {{storylink|This Is Why I Hate Machines}}

==Notes==

*In reference to the similarity between the [[Bumper (G1)|original Bumper]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], ''Animated'' Bumper is among the many, ''many'' robots to share [[Bumblebee (Animated)|''Animated'' Bumblebee's]] body-form.
*Also just like the [[Sedan (Robocar)|original Bumper was]], ''Animated'' Bumper has also been [[Sedan (Animated)|redecoed in white]].

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Blackarachnia (BW)

2009-05-14T15:49:25Z

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:''Blackarachnia is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]], [[Maximal]], and a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Beast Era]] portion of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]]. She's a busy girl, huh?''

[[Image:Blackarachniabw.jpg|right|240px|thumb|Hot, poisonous, and deadly. Rawr!]]
A sultry femme fatale, '''Blackarachnia''' is smart, sexy, and dangerous. She's got eight legs, and she knows how to use them. Of the several rebellious Predacons under [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s command, she's one of the very few who can, on occasion, outguile him. Always looking out for Number One, Blackarachnia values her independence and freedom above all else. She would rather be deactivated than be a slave.

Blackarachnia's greatest weakness, other than her overconfidence, is her feelings for the Maximal [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]]. Something about his heroic demeanor and the kindness he shows her makes her uneasy. She hasn't experienced unconditional love before, and it scares her, though she'll never admit it.

{{quote|Even when I'm good, I'm still bad.|—Blackarachnia, "[[Crossing the Rubicon]]"}}

:''Japanese name:'' '''Blackwidow'''
:''French-Canadian name:'' '''Mygale''' (original toy), '''La Veuve Noire''' (cartoon)<ref>Whether Transmetal II Blackarachnia had different French and Spanish names is uncertain at this point.</ref>
:''Chinese name (Taiwan):'' '''Hēi Jr-jū''' (黑蜘蛛, "Black Spider") / '''Jr-jū''' (蜘蛛, "Spider", used in ''Beast Machines'' sometimes)
:''Cantonese name:'' '''Arachnia'''
:''Polish name:'' '''Arachna'''
:''Portuguese name:'' '''Aracniana'''
:''Brazilian name (Beast Wars only):'' '''Viúva Negra'''
:''Spanish name'': '''Araña Negra'''

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Venus Terzo]] (English), [[Ryōka Yuzuki]] (Japanese), [[Fátima Noya]] (Portuguese)

[[Image:BAintroduction.jpg|left|250px|thumb|My face is up here!]]
Blackarachnia was born from one of the [[Maximal|Maximals']] fallen [[stasis pod]]s. [[Tarantulas]], watching a black widow fight and devour another spider, was inspired. [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], observing the slim and attractive Blackarachnia transform and strike a few poses, suggested that he had "ulterior motives behind her beast form selection." But, she was a Predacon, and that was what was important. In the battle with the Maximals that followed, she easily defeated [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] with a few well-placed kicks. She was later reported as "missing," though the reasons why and how were never addressed. {{storylink|Double Jeopardy}}

Blackarachnia made herself renowned among the ranks of both the Maximals and Predacons as a severe headache to Megatron. When Tarantulas found out about the [[Vok]], he tried to craft a stasis pod escape ship for himself, and she was there to forge a partnership {{storylink|Spider's Game}}. When [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] and Blackarachnia journeyed to a mysterious, floating island containing immense power, she was there to shove him out of the way and take control of the island herself, only to be defeated by [[Tigatron]] {{storylink|The Trigger, Part 1}}. When [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] took control of [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]]'s body, she was right next to him when he betrayed Megatron, betraying Starscream ''back'' {{storylink|Possession}}. When she aided Tarantulas in breaking into the ''Axalon'' to acquire a stasis pod for conversion into an escape ship, she took over after a following Inferno incapacitated Tarantulas, intending to take the ship for herself. {{storylink|Other Voices, Part 1}} Unfortunately for her, this deception backfired on her in the form of a forced mind link between her and Tarantulas, which remained until she forced the spider into breaking it. {{storylink|Tangled Web}} When Tarantulas forced her to investigate Megatron's [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden]] [[Golden Disk (Vok)|Disk]] backups, she waited until Tarantulas was occupied to download and encrypt the recoverable information. {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)}}

[[Image:Blackarachnia A shame.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Hiya, hot stuff.]]
When the Vok were moments away from returning, Tarantulas and Blackarachnia both again teamed up in an attempt to flee the dying planet. Megatron, already aware of their next move, used their deceptive tendencies against them and acted unaware of their treachery. As they built their escape ship, he installed his own variant on the design, making it inescapable once sealed and in space. Though it did not destroy either of them, the result was even better: [[Optimus Primal]] wound up in the pod and was destroyed instead. {{storylink|Other Voices, Part 2}} Blackarachnia's wits saved her, as she convinced Megatron that he would need soldiers, which gave him reason to spare her life. She also, much to her disgust, ended up with a telepathic link to Tarantulas which allowed him control of her body. {{storylink|Aftermath}}

Forced by Tarantulas to hack into Megatron's private files and Golden Disk back-ups for him, she discovered that it contained the access codes for the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. Taking advantage of his temporary deactivation, she downloaded a copy, destroyed the files and told Megatron [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] destroyed them, while telling Tarantulas a different story, that Megatron had booby-trapped them. {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)}} Neither of them (apparently) believed her, but neither showed this openly ''yet''... Meanwhile, Blackarachnia forced Tarantulas to end their psychic link by threatening to kill herself and take his mind with her. She also had Silverbolt refuse to fight her because she was female (to the annoyance of Rattrap). {{storylink|Tangled Web}}

[[Image:Blackarachnia fightback.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Spousal abuse!]]
When an energon blast sent her and Silverbolt into the middle of the dense jungles, they were forced to work together. Though attracted to the [[Fuzor]], Blackarachnia was endlessly frustrated by his seemingly idiotic chivalry and need to treat her specially. Megatron, listening in to their commlink chatter, was disgusted by the obvious romance going on. Blackarachnia rather liked the treatment and affection, though she held it under a firm charade of bitter irritation. {{storylink|Bad Spark}}

When the Predacons attacked the valley of proto-humans, Blackarachnia was teamed with Inferno. She did considerable damage to Dinobot before being blasted herself. {{storylink|Code of Hero}}

After confirming the location of the Ark, Megatron sent Waspinator to its location. Realizing what this meant, Blackarachnia abandoned her post and followed him. Silverbolt followed ''her'' and stubbornly refused to leave her alone. Exhausted and in a hurry, she conceded and told him to dig. The two broke through the mountainside and Blackarachnia had a good cackle over the Ark's power being "all mine!"... just as Megatron arrived. Having always intended for her to reach the Ark as he knew she had the access codes, he threatened to vape Silverbolt unless she did what he said. Bitterly, she agreed to his demands.

[[Image:BA Silverbolt Agenda3.jpg|right|180px|thumb|I can walk, you know.]]
Blackarachnia used the Ark's security system to cover Megatron's back, not sure of what he was planning. Once he fired upon [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], history began to change, wiping out all Maximals... {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}}which included herself. Not willing to die for Megatron, she activated [[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletraan I's]] security nets to force Megatron off the ship. With Silverbolt's help, she got the dying Autobot leader under life support and began the repairs. The Maximals, recognizing what she had done, reluctantly allowed her to join their ranks after an irate Megatron gave her the boot (in the form of nearly killing her). {{storylink|Optimal Situation}} (Quite what ''she'd'' intended to do with the Ark — since she couldn't have altered the timeline without risking erasing herself — was never explored.)

Blackarachnia quickly showed her usefulness to the Maximals, building a hand-powered [[subaquatic stealth vessel]] that could retrieve Sentinel from the ''Axalon'''s underwater resting place. Rattrap was less than thrilled about having to use the "Predacon beach ball". {{storylink|Changing of the Guard}}

She was even less thrilled when she ended up having to escort two human children back to their tribe along with Cheetor, who was exhibiting a boyish crush on her, much to Silverbolt's annoyance. Rattrap was also rather distrusting of her, as earlier he had spied Blackarachnia sneaking some parts from a classified area. But when Megatron's new [[cyber raptor]]s attacked, Blackarachnia showed her good side by defending the children, even taking a hit from Tarantulas for them, which she immediately denied to an impressed Silverbolt by saying she slipped. With the cyber raptors defeated, she informed Cheetor that he was a nice kid - which were two strikes against him, so don't go looking for strike three. {{storylink|Cutting Edge}}

However, tensions began to run high later. After Rhinox scanned her and found the shell program that made her a Predacon, Blackarachnia finally got fed up with Rattrap's attitude and Cheetor's crush, and would have choked/blasted them both if Optimus hadn't intervened. Weary that apparently she hadn't proven herself to the Maximals and thinking that Optimus and Rhinox were planning to force her to remove the shell, Blackarachnia decided to split... which turned out to be a bad decision, as [[Dinobot II]] had been waiting for this moment. Taking turns hunting each other, Blackarachnia got the upper hand but was caught off-guard by Dinobot's power and durability. Fleeing to a mesa, she was found by Silverbolt, who got in a fight with Dinobot and was about to be slagged. Blackarachnia shot him out of the way, then tried to make a deal with Dinobot to take over the Ark and the Predacons, which backfired and allowed Dinobot to stun her, but he was distracted by Silverbolt long enough for the two Maximals to finally defeat him. However, Silverbolt accused Blackarachnia of betraying the Maximals, which angered Blackarachnia who explained she shot him to get him out of Dinobot's grasp and distract him, and countered with Optimus' supposed forcing of her to become a Maximal. But they worked everything out at the end (after a headbutt to Silverbolt also dropped her. He ''does'' have a thick skull). {{storylink|Proving Grounds}}

[[Image:TM2 Blackarachnia.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Calendar Bot]]
Later, Blackarachnia took the [[Transmetal driver]] and attempted to use it on herself. Silverbolt, not realizing what she was planning, bailed her out of the contraption. Like every good girlfriend, she began to chew him out, but was cut off as an energy surge made her lose control of her circuits. A security system Tarantulas installed had been triggered by her tampering with her core, and the only way to fix it was to cut the Predacon [[shell program]] loose. Reluctantly, she agreed. An attack on the Maximal base disrupted the attempt, and she was deactivated.

Distraught, Silverbolt took off to avenge her death. He easily subdued Tarantulas and was moments away from executing him when [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] attacked him. Blackarachnia appeared in the nick of time with her new and improved Transmetal 2 body, easily fought off Rampage and rescued Silverbolt. {{storylink|Crossing the Rubicon}}

Later, during Megatron's final assault on the Ark, Blackarachnia "emasculated" Rattrap's tail in an effort to reactivate the Ark. Seriously. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 2}}
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====''Tales of the Beast Wars''====
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====IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics====
While the Maximals attempted to remove her Predacon shell program, an alternate Transmetal "Vok" body was somehow automatically created (by someone, somehow) in [[subspace]] just in case it was needed. It wasn't, and so it was "sidelined". {{storylink|Beast Wars Sourcebook}}

{{note|This is [[IDW Publishing|IDW's]] way of "sorta" working her [[McDonald's]] Happy Meal premium toy (see below) into continuity}}

====''Binaltech'' (unused)====
As the victorious Maximals travelled forward in time from prehistoric Earth to far-future Cybertron, their shuttle was suddenly struck by a powerful force of darkness. Hurled into the early 21st century, Blackarachnia was forced by Unicron to aid him in his efforts to destroy the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. Her spark was placed inside the silver Beta Unit Honda S-2000 Aero Style body intended for the Autobot warrior [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]], and her mind was overwhelmed by an evil essence that forced her to do Unicron's bidding.

Still possessing her extrasensory Transmetal 2 powers including telekinesis, Blackarachnia gained several additional weapons courtesy of her new form: a long-range Venom Sniper Gun that fired system-disrupting energy bullets, a defensive riot shield that projected an electromagnetic field from its edge, and the ability to fire strong artificial webs from her grill, exhaust pipe and hands in robot mode.

Blackarachnia was partnered with the newly-created [[Decepticharge]] and dispatched to confront [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave's]] forces on Earth. Finding them in the middle of a [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]-led uprising, the pair put down the rebellion and ordered the Decepticons to defeat [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and destroy the Matrix.

While forced to act as a Decepticon, Blackarachnia's true self remained intact but submerged, struggling to overcome Unicron's control and desperate to correct the warped [[Binaltech]] timeline.

[[Blackarachnia (BW)|''Maybe.'']]

====''Beast Machines'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Venus Terzo]] (English), [[Ryōka Yuzuki]] (Japanese), [[Márcia Moreli]] (Portuguese)

[[Image:Thereformattingmaximalsmaximize.jpg|left|300px|thumb|When they say she's all legs, they ain't kidding!]]
When the Autobot shuttle crashed on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and the Maximal team was gassed, Blackarachnia's Transmetal 2 powers were stripped away from her, as were her memories. As such, the amnesiac Maximal decided to head underground, distraught and confused. Locked out of her robot mode, she awaited her imminent deactivation — until the other three survivors: an equally disoriented [[Optimus Primal]], [[Rattrap]] and [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]—plunged into her web. Primal made the decision to head underground, and Blackarachnia complied, using her webs to grant them safe passage. However, in her weakened state her webbing was limited, and so the foursome plummeted most of the way down into the chamber of the [[Vector Sigma|Oracle]]. She watched as Optimus emerged in his [[technorganic]] form, and was the fourth and last Maximal to be [[reformat]]ted, emerging as a pink black widow spider with green markings. When attacked by a squadron of Cycle Drones, she put her technorganic mode to good use, trapping one of the [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicons]] in a tangle of web. {{storylink|The Reformatting}}

[[Image:Blackarachniamasterofthehouse.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Nice forehead!]]
However, her loss of Silverbolt had hardened her, and she was now unable to count on her Maximal allies. Blackarachnia fell back upon her Predacon principles of 'survival of the fittest' and became more withdrawn and skeptical than at the end of the Beast Wars. Blackarachnia had a relatively easy time adapting to her new technorganic form, and was the third Maximal to master transformation, though it took her longer to apply her new robot mode in combat. In robot mode, she was able to fire electrical "stings" through the ground and hurl technorganic webs like discs. However, all of her new abilities and powers were useless as she tried to unravel the mysteries of where and why the population of Cybertron had gone, and why the [[Cybertron InfoCore]] was wiped. {{storylink|Master of the House}} Sometime after that, she received a vision of prehistoric [[Earth]] and her lover. She and Rattrap were then sent to extract data on the Shuttle that ferried them home to Cybertron, before having a run-in with Megatron's new, sentient [[Vehicon general]]s. As she desperately tried to access her missing memories, Megatron manipulated the data link, attempting to probe her mind, and by doing so, finding the Maximal's base. When she realized what was going on, she severed the link at the cost of the Shuttle and their memories. {{storylink|Fires of the Past}}

Blackarachnia and crew later discovered the bat-creature [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]], who led them to a strange organic fruit tree. Upon eating the fruit, Blackarachnia began to revert to her instinctual "animal" mind, and it was only thanks to [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] that her feral mind returned to normal, and thanks to Primal that the bat's life was saved and reformatted into a technorganic body. With the debut of the newest Maximal, Blackarachnia took on a "big sister" role to the inexperienced youth, and as a result mellowed somewhat. {{storylink|Forbidden Fruit}} Later, the group stumbled across one of Megatron's many Transformer junkyards, where the lifeless, [[Spark]]less bodies of the cities were disposed of. When [[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]] and Blackarachnia were split up from the battle, a unofficial truce was made between the two uneasy sides, but when, Thrust saved her life and her [[Spark]], having strange recollections of doing so before, her mind was set: He was Silverbolt, mutated and made evil by Megatron. {{storylink|Revelations Part I: Discovery}}

Blackarachnia made numerous peals for Thrust to realize his "true" Maximal nature, though Thrust seemed hesitant. This culminated in Thrust removing her Spark, as [[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]] egged him on. As the Spark rocketed into the darkness, Nightscream fought Jetstorm for it. At the same time, on another plane of existence, Blackarachnia encountered Primal, who calmed her astral spirit down, at the same time allowing Nightscream to restore it and bring her back. {{storylink|Revelations Part III: Apocalypse}}

When Tankor gained control of the Key to Vector Sigma and "infected" Nightscream and the new orchard with the Key, Blackarachnia eventually became infected, and temporarily lost her sanity as she was overwhelmed by the "technomatter". {{storylink|The Key}} When the rest of the gang managed to reverse the process, Blackarachnia was saved.

[[Image:Silverboltjetstorm.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Sorry, your boyfriend was behind door number 2!]]
However, not even Thrust's recent behavior would put off the persistent Maximal. Using some of the organic fluid from the Cybertronian core, and after a brief chase, she trapped Thrust in some of her webs and forced his inner personality out, begging for Silverbolt to answer. The reply was not quite what she was looking for.

[[Waspinator (BW)|"Doggie-bot not here!"]]

When Jetstorm attacked, another mishap with the organic goop occurred, and for a moment Silverbolt's true personality emerged, sweeping Blackarachnia in his arms. He returned, but just for a moment. Fighting a passionate [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]], the goo vanished from the both of them, and the Vehicon's minds both returned.

Blackarachnia was involved in the battle in Megatron's Citadel, holding off the Vehicons as Primal confronted Megatron within, though she, along with the others, were all overwhelmed by the Key to Vector Sigma and became comatose. Upon awakening, the four headed to confront [[Optimus Primal|Primal]] in the Oracle, where they convinced him to return to real-space and continue his leadership.

[[Image:Blackarachniasilverboltdarkestknight.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Vamp meets goth.]]
After a brief run-in with the organic Transformer [[Noble|Savage/Noble]], his betrayal, and the introduction of the [[Grand Mal]], Blackarachnia managed to force Jetstorm into a large pool of the organic goo, and his body began to change. Scanning a nearby condor skeleton, he awoke in a new form, a purple technorganic bird of prey. Blackarachnia was startled by the change in him. Instead of the lovable, chivalrous knight in shining armor, he was a brittle, haunted bot, tormented by the images of the evil deeds he had done...done by choice. Though he gave up on himself, she never did, urging Silverbolt to forgive his past, prompting him to head to the Grand Mal to confront his old master and rescue Primal and Cheetor. {{storylink|In Darkest Knight}}

[[Image:Silverboltblackarachniaseedsofthefuture.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Eeek! That smile! Go back to glowering!]]
Even after Silverbolt inadvertently spread a new, [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]-enhanced version of the old [[Hate Plague]] causing dissension in the ranks, her love remained, unbroken and undying, though Silverbolt only felt more guilt on his part. However, Blackarachnia softened once more, and displayed traits similar to her pre-technoganic persona with the reintroduction of her lover. Together, the two battled an [[Botanica|alien plant monster]] only to have it join the Maximals, fought [[Obsidian (BM)|two]] [[Strika (BM)|new]] Vehicons, and went up against strange zombies created by Megatron's depolarized Spark.

By the time the final conflict rolled around, Blackarachnia, like the others, was empowered by the Sparks of Cybertron, depleting the Vehicon ranks. However, like the others, she finally fell and her Spark was extracted once again, as Primal and Megatron fought their final battle, resulting in the sacrifice of them both and the reformatting of Cybertron into a technorganic paradise. Swatting away an angry [[Waspinator (BW)|bug]], looking out over their new home, Silverbolt ruined the emotion with the corniest line possible—

{{quote|The menace has passed! At last, we can truly be together, dark venom of my heart!|—Silverbolt to Blackarachnia}}

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====''Universe''====
Shortly after the planet underwent the Great Reformatting, the [[Quintesson|Quintessons]] seized the opportunity to attack, believing that the revolutionary change would have rendered the planets' inhabitants confused and docile. Suffice to say, the Transformers were greatly underestimated. Silverbolt and Blackarachnia were successfully able to fend [[Cybertropolis]] from Quintesson invaders. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}

[[Image:Blackarachniaabduction.jpg|left|300px|thumb|She stabbed my basketball, and the speakers to my stereo!]]
One year later, Silverbolt and Blackarachnia were chosen to greet a ship of returning Autobot heroes from the Great War. Their welcomes were ignored by the crew, which included [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]], [[Roulette]], and [[Shadow Striker]], when they realized that their home had been transformed into a strange technorganic paradise. Only [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] was unphased, choosing to talk up Blackarachnia and Silverbolt so that he could mug for [[Rook (Universe)|Rook's]] cameras.

[[Image:TFU Blackarachnia vs Rattrap.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Hey, guys, I turned evil again!]]
Their greeting was interrupted by a series of what appeared to be fireworks. Instead, they were beams of energy sent by [[Unicron]] to capture the returning crew, Blackarachnia, and Silverbolt, and bring them to him. When they arrived, a booming voice welcomed them to the [[Pit]], a dimension inside Unicron. Blackarachnia and her fellow captives were painfully smelted down and reformed; only Trailbreaker emerged unchanged. Since she arrived, Blackarachnia had begun to feel a growing anger that she couldn't control. And in this new Unicron-tainted form, she more than welcomed the swarm of creatures that began swarming her group. Overwhelmed, Blackarachnia and the others were herded into the [[Cauldron]] and filed into prison cells. As Blackarachnia protested, she was silenced by [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]], one of their hosts.

It was revealed to them by the master of ceremonies, [[Razorclaw (Universe)|Razorclaw]], that they would be forced to fight fellow abducted Transformers. The loser's [[spark]] would fuel and empower Unicron, whose form had fallen into disrepair. Blackarachnia's uncontrollable rage welcomed this bloodsport, as Silverbolt watched helplessly as she fell under Unicron's evil spell. {{storylink|Abduction}}

Optimus Primal, resurrected by [[Primus]], arrived to rescue the prisoners of the Cauldron, and with help from Silverbolt and Trailbreaker, its captives were set free. But Unicron's grip on Blackarachnia was too strong. She began lashing out madly, even at Silverbolt, and the Fuzor took tight hold of her so that he might swiftly remove her from Unicron's grip. But as the others began jumping through a portal that would lead them to their respective homes across the [[multiverse]], Blackarachnia had a moment of clarity. Sadly, she told Silverbolt that Unicron had awakened her ''true'' nature, then bid him farewell and threw him through the portal.

[[Image:Optimusprimaluniverseend.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Closure? Maybe?]]
Soon, she was escorted by Tankor and [[Obsidian (Universe)|Obsidian]] to the center of Unicron, where she was repulsed to meet a familiar face: Tarantulas! {{storylink|Escape}}

Blackarachnia was dispatched to Cybertron's [[Undercity]], where she observed Rattrap for a while. Finally, she made her presence known, stinging him with her cybervenom. She never had liked the vermin, after all. Suddenly, Rattrap was saved by [[Depth Charge]], back from the dead. Blackarachnia was knocked out, and Depth Charge left the weakened Rattrap to fend for himself. As Depth Charge departed, he found himself surrounded by Blackarachnia's [[Piranacon (Universe)|Piranacons]]. {{storylink|Homecoming}}

{{note|[[3H Productions]] lost the license, and so this story was never finished as intended. However, look into the end of ''Universe'' was shown in a comic published by the next licensee, [[Fun Publications]].}}
Much later, Optimus Primal waged one last desperate assault against Unicron, and his [[Children of Primus]] were able to defeat the [[Minions of Unicron]]. As Unicron himself seemed to dissolve below them, Silverbolt carried Blackarachnia with him, saving her from sharing the gruesome fate of her evil peers. {{storylink|Revelations Part 2}}

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===''Beast Wars Metals'' comic===
[[Image:Blackarach24.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Keeping something OUT of her crotch, for once.]]
Following the [[Quantum surge]], Blackarachnia was one of the few Transformers ''not'' to be upgraded into a [[Transmetal]]. As [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] and his armies laid seige to the weakened Maximal base, Blackarachnia waited in secret for an opening. When [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] was forced to shut [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]] down to let an injured [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] in, Blackarachnia saw her chance and entered the base. Knocking out Airazor and ripping [[Rattrap]]'s arm off, Blackarachnia confronted Rhinox. Rhinox proceeded to pull out a "gun", but instead of shooting her with it, he blasted himself in the head (the "gun" actually being a machine allowing him to enter [[Transwarp space]]). Confused, but seeing no further use for the Maximals, Blackarachnia left the base. As the base collapsed behind her, she was approached by Quickstrike, who didn't like her "interfering" with his business. Not in the mood, she immediately kicked his head off. {{storylink|Raise the Curtain for Beast Wars Metals!!|Raise the Curtain for Beast Wars Metals!!}}

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===''Beast Wars: Transmetals''===
[[Image:N64Blackarachnia.jpg|left|200px|thumb|I'm... sure she has a nice personality... wait, no. No, she doesn't.]]
:''Voice actor:'' ? (English), ? (Japanese)

Transmetal Blackarachnia joins her fellow Predacons in distributing various one-on-one beat downs to the Maximals. Eventually, Silverbolt convinces her to defect to the Maximals but she never truly reforms—once back on Cybertron, she works as a double-agent between the Maximal and [[Tripredacus Council]] with no loyalty to either side. {{storylink|Beast Wars: Transmetals}}

{{note|In the the N64 version of ''Beast Wars: Transmetals'', Blackarachnia was a stretched palette-swap of [[Tarantulas|Transmetal Tarantulas]]. As you can see, this didn't work very well. But it was a nice thought.}}

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===''Universe'' CD-ROM===
Blackarachnia followed [[Reptilion|Reptillion]]{{sic}} in battle against [[Optimus Primal]] and his Autobot forces. She teamed up with [[Razorclaw (Universe)|Razorclaw]] to fight [[Striker]] before being abducted by [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|Universe CD-ROM}}

===Transformers Legends Anthology===
==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
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[[Image:Blackarachniabwtoy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Post-op Tarantulas.]]
*'''Blackarachnia''' (Deluxe, 1996/1997)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-8'''
**''Accessories'': Launcher, 4 leg-missiles

: Blackarachnia's original toy is a [[redeco]] of the [[Tarantulas]] mold, transforming into a rather generic-looking organic spider. It features a removable spring-loaded launcher hidden in its beast-mode abdomen. It nominally fires the "grappling hook" attached to its abdomen by a string, but its front four beast-mode legs can also be removed and used as ammunition. Like all first-year ''[[Beast Wars (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' Deluxes, the robot-mode head has both a "robot" face and a [[mutant head|"mutant" face]]; Blackarachnia is always depicted in fiction using the "robot" one (or a rough approximation thereof).

[[Image:BW-toy BlackarachniaTakara.jpg|right|250px|thumb|She might have an F-cup...or an E.]]

: The [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] release of the toy has numerous color differences from the [[Hasbro]] version, but they are of dubious merit as far as making her more "show-accurate" go. The bright green of the Hasbro version's forearms is replaced with dull silver, while the brighter purple is replaced with a darker, more desaturated purple. Her dark copper paint is replaced with a brighter gold. Her robot-mode facemask is painted gold, which is closer to the show model... but her face beneath is black with gold eyes (instead of gold with black eyes), and she inexplicably gains a new painted-black forehead crest, where the show model has gold.

: This mold was later used to make the [[Tarantulas|"Beast Wars 10th Anniversary" version of Tarantulas]], and the ''[[#BW10J|Beast Wars Telemocha]]'' version of Blackarachnia. It was intended to be used to make [[#UnUni|a second ''Universe'' version of Blackarachnia]], but that toy set was canceled.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1996/Predacon/Blackarachnia/blackarachnia.htm More information on Deluxe BW Blackarachnia at TFU.info]''

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[[Image:VS8-TigatronBlackarachnia.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Battle of the redecos.]]
*'''Deep Forest Showdown: Tigatron VS Blackwidow''' (VS set, 1997)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''VS-8'''
**''Accessories'': Launcher, 4 leg-missiles

: In Japan, "Blackwidow" was available both as an individual and in a "VS" pack with [[Tigatron]]. Both toys were identical to their individual releases.

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[[Image:Blackarachniamctm.jpg|right|300px|thumb|She's got a great personality.]]
*'''Blackarachnia''' (Happy Meal, 1997)
**''McNumber'': ??

: Part of the second [[List of Transformers restaurant promotions|McDonald's]] ''Beast Wars'' Happy Meal pack-in, Blackarachnia's "[[Transmetal]]" form rather resembles some sort of dust mite more than a spider, and the robot mode appears to have fallen out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down. It has a ''very'' similar transformation to the earlier promotional figure [[Beetle]].

:Like the other two Transmetal Happy Meal figures, Blackarachnia has some metallic-sheened plastic intended to resemble the colored chromed finish of the retail ''Transmetals'' toys.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1998/Predacon/Blackarachnia/blackarachnia.htm More information on McDonald's BW Blackarachnia at TFU.info]''

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[[Image:BW-toy BlackarachniaTM2.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Covers her privates for great justice/children everywhere!]]
*'''Blackarachnia''' (Transmetal 2, 1999)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-48'''
**''Accessories'': Mandible grapnel-line

: The Transmetal 2 version of Blackarachnia transforms into a large, organic/mechanical, monstrous spider, featuring a grappling hook, switching [[faction symbols]] activated by [[#TriviaTM2spark|rotating her spark crystal around]], and a spring-loaded spin-kick action feature. She also has a half-assed "defense mode", bringing the chromed abdomen bits down to cover her chest. Like all larger Transmetal 2s, Blackarachnia has hints of an abandoned "transport" mode, mainly the free-spinning wheels and concealed rockets in the spider-mode abdomen.

: This toy was initially hard to find at retail, as one of the toy's features, a piece of removable chest armor (no, really), was altered slightly, delaying later shipments.

: This mold was used to make the [[BotCon 2000]] [[exclusive]] [[Arcee (G1)#Toys|Arcee]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1999/Maximal/Blackarachnia/blackarachnia.htm More information on Transmetal 2 Blackarachnia at TFU.info]''

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===Beast Machines===
[[Image:Beast Machines Blackarachnia Toy.JPG|right|300px|thumb|She's definitely going to need a big nail file.]]
*'''Blackarachnia''' (Deluxe, 2000)

: An early toy in the ''[[Beast Machines (toyline)|Beast Machines]]'' line, Blackarachnia transforms into a [[technorganic]] spider. In spider mode, squeezing its pedipalps together raises its central fangs; they were spring-loaded to release and lower, respectively. In keeping with the early ''Beast Machines'' "articulated features" motif, her robot mode head has a multi-piece articulated brow, which can slide up to reveal two extra sets of eyes, as she does on the cartoon.

: This mold was later redecoed to make the [[#UniDx|''Universe'' version of Blackarachnia]], as well as [[Crystal Widow]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2000/Maximal/Blackarachnia/blackarachnia.htm More information on Beast Machines Blackarachnia at TFU.info]''

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[[Image:Blackarachniamcbm.jpg|right|300px|thumb|This is transformed correctly, right? Right?]]
*'''Blackarachnia''' (Happy Meal, 2000)
**''McNumber'': ??

: As one of ''ten'' toys in the third Transformers McDonald's Happy Meal promotion, Blackarachnia is a super-simplified version of her retail toy, with a coloration closer to the [[Mainframe Entertainment|Mainframe]] CG model, though more shockingly pink rather than maroon. This toy is designed for the younger set, with softer plastic and no removable parts.

: She is the only [[Beast Era]] character to get two McDonald's Happy Meal toys.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2000/Maximal/McBlackarachnia/blackarachnia.htm More information on McDonald's BM Blackarachnia at TFU.info]''

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[[Image:Blackarachniabeastwarsreturnstoy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|You will pay a lot of money to own this extra-pink girl <strike>doll</strike>action figure.]]
*'''Blackwidow''' (Deluxe, 2005)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''BR-04'''

: Part of the Japanese Toys "R" Us-[[exclusive]] ''[[Beast Machines (toyline)|Beast Wars Returns]]'' series, this toy is a redeco of the original ''Beast Machines'' Blackarachnia in a more show-like maroon coloration. Reportedly, this toy was limited to 3000 pieces, a full thousand ''less'' than the others in the original assortment. Since she was also the most changed from the US release in the initial batch of toys, this made her considerably harder to get.

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===Universe (2003)===
{{anchor|UniDx}}
[[Image:Blackarachniauniversetoy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|You can pick your faction, and you can pick your girlfriend, but you can't pick your girlfriend's faction.]]
*'''Blackarachnia''' (Deluxe, 2003)

: Part of the second wave of ''[[Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' Deluxes, Blackarachnia returned as a [[Decepticon]] and as a redeco of [[#BMDx1|the original ''Beast Machines'' figure]]. However, her forearms were [[Misassembly|mistakenly swapped]], leaving her forearm "spikes" pointing up towards her biceps rather than down near her elbows. She received a Decepticon [[faction symbol]] over her [[spark crystal]] as well.

: This mold (with the same swapped-forearms error) was used to make [[Crystal Widow]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Decepticon/Blackarachnia/blackarachnia.htm More information on Universe Blackarachnia at TFU.info]''

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[[Image:Blackarachnia unreleased.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Eyow.]]
*'''Leatherhide Vs. Blackarachnia''' (Halloween Horrorcon value pack, unreleased)
**''Accessories'': Launcher, 4 leg-missiles

:In 2004, a group of test-shots made their way onto eBay, among them a [[redeco]] of the original ''Beast Wars'' Tarantulas/Blackarachnia mold in black with silver spider-legs and salmon-colored robot parts. Later, Hasbro's official website checklist featured listings for two ''[[Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' "Halloween [[Horrorcon (Universe)|Horrorcon]] Value Packs" that were to be Wal-Mart [[exclusives]]... which also likely explains why they were canceled. (Wal*Mart had taken a good half-dozen exclusives and released them more-or-less simultaneously, leading to a huge glut. A lot of other ''Transformers'' exclusives were canceled during the ''Universe'' era.) One of the sets was "[[Leatherhide]] Vs. Blackarachnia"... and thus, the mystery spider was confirmed, as the other test-shots in that group lined up with the name listings given in the sets.

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===Beast Wars Telemocha Series===
[[Image:Blackarachniatelemocha.jpg|right|300px|thumb|It almost works!]]
*'''Blackwidow''' (Deluxe, 2007)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TM-06'''
**''Accessories:'' Launcher, 4 leg-missiles

: As part of the ''[[Beast Wars Telemocha Series|Beast Wars Telemocha]]'' line, the [[#Dx1|original Blackarachnia toy]] was ''extensively'' redecoed with a ridiculous number of gold [[paint application]]s, making her closer to [[Show-accuracy|show-accurate]] in coloration than the other versions of the mold, but still not quite there. (Her biceps are silver in the show.) All of the [[gimmick]]s of the original toy were retained, though her alternate head didn't receive any paint that wasn't intended to make her nominal head look more show-accurate.

:She came with a DVD containing "The Assassin Virus", the Japanese dubbing of ''Beast Wars'' episode 10, "[[Gorilla Warfare]]".

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Destron/BlackWidow/blackwidow.htm More information on Telemocha Blackarachnia at TFU.info]''

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===Binaltech===
[[Image:Blackwidowwildrider.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Honda wouldn't appreciate their car being hot, poisonous, and deadly.]]
*'''Blackwidow''' (Binaltech, unreleased)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''BT16'''
**''Accessories'': Engine-rifle, roof-shield

: In 2005, the mold used for ''[[Alternators]]'' [[Decepticharge]] was presented as an upcoming release for the Japanese ''Binaltech'' line. They decided to give the toy an entirely new deco, as the Hasbro toy's deco didn't appeal to their ideal of "real-life accuracy". In robot mode, the toy was given a color scheme based on Transmetal 2 Blackarachnia, with the toy's name being changed to "Blackwidow", Takara's name for the character. Though a [[bio]] and story chapter were written to accommodate it into the ''Binaltech'' fiction, and photoshopped images released through an online retailer revealed the intended color scheme, Takara ultimately decided to cancel the toy altogether, as they were fearing that another redeco (in addition to the upcoming ''Binaltech Asterisk'' toys) would be too repetitive. Plans to release this toy as part of a different line were never picked up again.

: This mold was ultimately released in Japan as part of an unexpected ''Binaltech'' continuation, this time as [[Arcee (G1)#Binaltech|Arcee]]. The original version of the mold was used to make ''Alternators'' [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] and ''Binaltech'' [[Overdrive]].
{{canceledtoy}}
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==Merchandise==
===Robot Heroes===
[[Image:Robotheroescheetorblackarachnia.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Cute and poisonous.]]
* '''Cheetor vs. Blackarachnia''' (2-pack, 2008)

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]''-branded [[Robot Heroes]], Blackarachnia is a simple, yet well-detailed two-inch tall figurine with exaggerated, cartoony proportions. She was only available in a two-pack with [[Cheetor (BW) toys|Cheetor]].

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==Trivia==
[[Image:BWBlackarachniaCardArt.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Dirty girls, make some noise. Move that ass for dirty boys.]]
* Blackarachnia's original Beast Wars card art has her wearing a spike-studded collar... while her chest seems to be leopard-spotted. Kinky.

* Reportedly, Blackarachnia's show model was inspired by an Asian stripper at a club to which some Mainframe folks had taken the design modeler only a few days prior for, um... ''inspiration''.
{{anchor|TriviaTM2spark}}
* Even though Transmetal 2 Blackarachnia's toy has a unique faction-switching [[spark crystal]], the feature doesn't make sense in a fictional context. By that point in the ''Beast Wars'' television series, the Transmetal Driver had destroyed her Predacon [[shell program]], making her fully Maximal. (Though, to be fair, it ''had'' happened mere moments previously.)

* Blackarachnia exhibited what appears to be telekinesis not long after gaining her Transmetal 2 form, levitating a steel girder to stop Rampage in "[[Master Blaster]]". The ability only appeared once and was never explained, though it resembles the other strange, almost supernatural powers wielded by Transmetals 2 in the cartoon. Following her reformatting in ''Beast Machines'', Blackarachnia no longer possessed this ability.

* In the "jovial" Japanese dub of ''Beast Wars'', Blackarachnia's character underwent a few small (depending on your point of view) changes. Firstly, she had a voice that can only be described as "bipolar". She would switch between her usual sultry, flirtatious voice to a screaming blood-thirsty maniac at the drop of a hat. Another notable change is that, while still a strong female character, she was made less independent and was occasionally prone to ''begging for mercy'' from her enemies, something she never did in the English version. However, this isn't the first time the Japanese have done their best to [[Arcee (G1)|"improve" upon a female character]].

* Character and fiction information for the cancelled BT-16 "Blackwidow" toy finally emerged in late 2007 with the release of ''The Transformers Binaltech Stories: Profiles and Technical Specifications'', an unofficial publication by ''Binaltech'' story writer [[Hirofumi Ichikawa]] that compiled all then-current ''Binaltech'' information as well as that of the unreleased Blackarachnia and [[Ginrai]] toys. As it was never officially released, this information can be considered [[Pseudocanon|pseudocanonical]] at best.

==References==
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[[Category:Alternators]]
[[Category:Beast Machines characters]]
[[Category:Beast Wars characters]]
[[Category:Decepticons]]
[[Category:Fast food exclusives]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:Maximals]]
[[Category:Minions of Unicron]]
[[Category:Predacons]]
[[Category:Robot Heroes]]
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[[Category:Universe (2008)]]

This Is Why I Hate Machines

2009-05-11T18:27:18Z

Akumateukuma: /* Trivia */

{{episode|
|series=Anitoon
|image=TFAni ThisisWhyIHateMachines Fanzone Crowd.jpg
|caption=
|ep=40
|title="This Is Why I Hate Machines"
|airdate=[[May 9]], 2009
|written by=[[Rob Hoegee]]
|directed by=[[Kalvin Lee]] [[Yutaka Hirata]]
|animation studio=[[Mook]]
}}
'''A space bridge accident sends Ratchet and Captain Fanzone to Cybertron, right as the Decepticon controlled Omega Supreme arrives.'''

==Synopsis==

[[Image:ThisIsWhyIHateMachines-Glyphandothers.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Just robot asses as far as the eye can see.]]

{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (1)
*[[Freeway (Animated)|Freeway]] (3)
*Carerra? (4)
*[[Huffer (Animated)|Huffer]] (5)
*Sedan? (6)
*[[Glyph (Animated)|Glyph]] (7)
*Bumper? (8)
*[[Tap-Out (Animated)|Tap-Out]] (9)
*[[Powerglide (Animated)|Powerglide]] (10)
*[[Grandus (Animated)|Grandus]] (11)
*[[Flareup (Animated)|Flareup]] (12)
*[[Steeljaw (Animated)|Steeljaw]] (13)
*[[Zaur]] (14)
*[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] (15)
*[[Autotrooper]] (20)
*[[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] (21)
*[[Tracks (Animated)|Tracks]] (22)
*[[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] (23)
*[[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] (24)
*[[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]] (25)
*[[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]] (26)
*[[Perceptor (Animated)|Perceptor]] (27)
*[[Alpha Trion (Animated)|Alpha Trion]] (28)
*[[Rattletrap]] (29)
*[[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]] (30)

|c2=
*[[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]] (16)
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (17)
*[[Lugnut]] (18)
*[[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] (19)
*[[Lockdown]] (31, flashback)

|c3=
*[[Captain Fanzone]] (2)
}}

==Quotes==
"I'd be a happy man if I never see another—''[Fanzone takes in his surroundings]''...''robot''?
:—'''Captain Fanzone''' enters his own personal hell, and its name is Cybertron.

"I can't believe we're on Cybertron! Of all the places we transwarped, this is great!"
:—'''Ratchet''', happy for the first since...well, since we've seen him.

"Citizens of Cybertron, Decepticons are in our midst! Neighbours, friends, even ''your own model'' can be a spy! Do your duty and report any suspicious activity—" ''[continues inaudibly behind...]'' 
"...what is this scrap?!" 
"—for your protection, all potentially subversive gathering places remain closed. Curfew remains in effect. Remember, Decepticons will stop at nothing to destroy our way of life! Don't let THIS ''[picture of Ultra Magnus on [[spark support]]]'' happen to you. As your Magnus, I will continue to defeat the Decepticon scourge and bring peace and security to Cybertron! I'm Sentinel Prime, and I approve of this message." 
"No-good glory-hog's got a lot of steel. It was [[Lockdown]] who caught those 'Cons!"
:—'''Sentinel Prime'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s propaganda film, with commentary by '''Ratchet'''

"Cybertron. At last our ultimate goal is at our feet. And here we stand aboard its ultimate weapon." 
"Now wouldn't it be nice if we could figure out how to use it!" 
:—'''Megatron''' has a moment, which '''Starscream''' ruins.

==Notes==

===Animation or technical errors===
* Shockwave's head model changes randomly throughout the episode in shape, size and positioning of his optic.
* When Shockwave holds up the Magnus Hammer and starts generating lightning, its handle is only half as long as usual.

===Continuity errors===

===Transformers references===
* Captain Fanzone's arrival on Cybertron treats us to another crowd scene full of cameos, some of which we haven't seen before. Although a lot of the 'bots who appear here showed up in the previous episode's parade scene, we get a closer look at a lot of them, allowed a few more identities to be confirmed. Notable newbies in this crowd include [[Steeljaw (Animated)|Steeljaw]], [[Zaur]], robot-mode [[Grandus (Animated)|Grandus]], and yet another three robots based on the Bumblebee body type, one light blue, one white and one yellow. The white and yellow 'bots feature the distinctive large square eyes and three-bumped "crests" of the [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]] toy mold, suggesting we're looking at ''Animated'' versions of that character and his ''Robocar'' [[redeco]], [[Sedan (Robocar)|Sedan]] (a white 'Bee-body 'bot appeared very briefly in the previous episode, but he had blue "pants" where this "Sedan" is white, suggesting he is an ''Animated'' [[Searchlight]]). The light-blue 'bot, then, could likely be an ''Animated'' [[Carerra]]. The most mysterious member of the crowd, however, is the light-blue and cream-colored robot with the football-head and pointed shoulder pads talking to "Carerra".

* Ratchet's favorite hangout is [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]].

* When Ratchet and Fanzone are headed to Maccadam's, they stop in front of a building which appears to have Target's trademark "bull's-eye" logo.

* Parade footage from "[[Decepticon Air]]" is used in Sentinel's little propaganda video. (See said episode for the list of cameos within.)

* Ratchet remarks that [[Lockdown]] was the one to capture the Decepticon prisoners, as seen in "[[Five Servos of Doom]]".

* The Autobot Council's headquarters is known as "the [[Metroplex (Animated)|Metroplex]]", and the Elite Guard's battle station is "[[Fortress Maximus (Animated)|Fortress Maximus]]".

* Ratchet's flashback uses footage from "[[The Thrill of the Hunt]]", giving Lockdown a brief "appearance" in this episode.

* At the end of the episode, Shockwave utilizes an [[electronic paint job]] to reveal his "true colors", represented by a [[Target]] [[exclusive]] [[redeco]] reminiscent of his [[Shockwave (G1)|Generation 1 namesake]]'s color scheme.

===Real-world references===
*Sentinel Prime's broadcast was based on [[wikipedia:The Red Scare|The Red Scare]] during the Cold War. The broadcast concludes with him saying "I'm Sentinel Prime, and I approve of this message."—in the style of contemporary [[President of the United States|political campaign ads]].
*Sentinel's insistence that he is the one who "makes the tough decisions" and insistence that any questioning of his orders is tantamount to treason is probably some kind of statement about [[Mission Accomplished|some''one'' or some''thing'']], but we'll leave it at that.
*Shockwave's slow, deadpan delivery of "I'm afraid I can't let you do that" is a reference to the menacing supercomputer HAL from Stanley Kubrick's ''[[wikipedia:2001 (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]'', who also featured an unblinking single red eye.

===Trivia===
* This is the first episode in which [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] does not appear at all.

* There is oxygen on Cybertron. Probably to allow combustion to happen.

* Arcee wasn't actually offline at the end of the flashbacks in "The Thrill of the Hunt" - although she was amnesiac, she could stand, talk and take in her surroundings. This implies that it was the vivisection of her head in the [[TransWarped]] flashbacks in an attempt to retrieve the activation codes for Omega Supreme which caused the "damage to her circuitry" that Perceptor called "completely irreversable", and meant she was left, comatose, in a hospital bed for millions of stellar cycles. ''Harsh''

* Fanzone is shown to be a very experienced cop in this episode. He was the one who had the idea of looking for Rattletrap and he knew that he and Ratchet were being followed by Jazz since the very beggining. For a guy who wear pink robes, he is really tough!

* By the way, he is also very disgusting! What the hell he's been eating that made his spit all yellow? That's not normal, man! You should go see a doctor!
[[Category:Animated episodes]]

This Is Why I Hate Machines

2009-05-11T18:25:24Z

Akumateukuma: /* Trivia */

{{episode|
|series=Anitoon
|image=TFAni ThisisWhyIHateMachines Fanzone Crowd.jpg
|caption=
|ep=40
|title="This Is Why I Hate Machines"
|airdate=[[May 9]], 2009
|written by=[[Rob Hoegee]]
|directed by=[[Kalvin Lee]] [[Yutaka Hirata]]
|animation studio=[[Mook]]
}}
'''A space bridge accident sends Ratchet and Captain Fanzone to Cybertron, right as the Decepticon controlled Omega Supreme arrives.'''

==Synopsis==

[[Image:ThisIsWhyIHateMachines-Glyphandothers.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Just robot asses as far as the eye can see.]]

{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (1)
*[[Freeway (Animated)|Freeway]] (3)
*Carerra? (4)
*[[Huffer (Animated)|Huffer]] (5)
*Sedan? (6)
*[[Glyph (Animated)|Glyph]] (7)
*Bumper? (8)
*[[Tap-Out (Animated)|Tap-Out]] (9)
*[[Powerglide (Animated)|Powerglide]] (10)
*[[Grandus (Animated)|Grandus]] (11)
*[[Flareup (Animated)|Flareup]] (12)
*[[Steeljaw (Animated)|Steeljaw]] (13)
*[[Zaur]] (14)
*[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] (15)
*[[Autotrooper]] (20)
*[[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] (21)
*[[Tracks (Animated)|Tracks]] (22)
*[[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] (23)
*[[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] (24)
*[[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]] (25)
*[[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]] (26)
*[[Perceptor (Animated)|Perceptor]] (27)
*[[Alpha Trion (Animated)|Alpha Trion]] (28)
*[[Rattletrap]] (29)
*[[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]] (30)

|c2=
*[[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]] (16)
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (17)
*[[Lugnut]] (18)
*[[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] (19)
*[[Lockdown]] (31, flashback)

|c3=
*[[Captain Fanzone]] (2)
}}

==Quotes==
"I'd be a happy man if I never see another—''[Fanzone takes in his surroundings]''...''robot''?
:—'''Captain Fanzone''' enters his own personal hell, and its name is Cybertron.

"I can't believe we're on Cybertron! Of all the places we transwarped, this is great!"
:—'''Ratchet''', happy for the first since...well, since we've seen him.

"Citizens of Cybertron, Decepticons are in our midst! Neighbours, friends, even ''your own model'' can be a spy! Do your duty and report any suspicious activity—" ''[continues inaudibly behind...]'' 
"...what is this scrap?!" 
"—for your protection, all potentially subversive gathering places remain closed. Curfew remains in effect. Remember, Decepticons will stop at nothing to destroy our way of life! Don't let THIS ''[picture of Ultra Magnus on [[spark support]]]'' happen to you. As your Magnus, I will continue to defeat the Decepticon scourge and bring peace and security to Cybertron! I'm Sentinel Prime, and I approve of this message." 
"No-good glory-hog's got a lot of steel. It was [[Lockdown]] who caught those 'Cons!"
:—'''Sentinel Prime'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s propaganda film, with commentary by '''Ratchet'''

"Cybertron. At last our ultimate goal is at our feet. And here we stand aboard its ultimate weapon." 
"Now wouldn't it be nice if we could figure out how to use it!" 
:—'''Megatron''' has a moment, which '''Starscream''' ruins.

==Notes==

===Animation or technical errors===
* Shockwave's head model changes randomly throughout the episode in shape, size and positioning of his optic.
* When Shockwave holds up the Magnus Hammer and starts generating lightning, its handle is only half as long as usual.

===Continuity errors===

===Transformers references===
* Captain Fanzone's arrival on Cybertron treats us to another crowd scene full of cameos, some of which we haven't seen before. Although a lot of the 'bots who appear here showed up in the previous episode's parade scene, we get a closer look at a lot of them, allowed a few more identities to be confirmed. Notable newbies in this crowd include [[Steeljaw (Animated)|Steeljaw]], [[Zaur]], robot-mode [[Grandus (Animated)|Grandus]], and yet another three robots based on the Bumblebee body type, one light blue, one white and one yellow. The white and yellow 'bots feature the distinctive large square eyes and three-bumped "crests" of the [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]] toy mold, suggesting we're looking at ''Animated'' versions of that character and his ''Robocar'' [[redeco]], [[Sedan (Robocar)|Sedan]] (a white 'Bee-body 'bot appeared very briefly in the previous episode, but he had blue "pants" where this "Sedan" is white, suggesting he is an ''Animated'' [[Searchlight]]). The light-blue 'bot, then, could likely be an ''Animated'' [[Carerra]]. The most mysterious member of the crowd, however, is the light-blue and cream-colored robot with the football-head and pointed shoulder pads talking to "Carerra".

* Ratchet's favorite hangout is [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]].

* When Ratchet and Fanzone are headed to Maccadam's, they stop in front of a building which appears to have Target's trademark "bull's-eye" logo.

* Parade footage from "[[Decepticon Air]]" is used in Sentinel's little propaganda video. (See said episode for the list of cameos within.)

* Ratchet remarks that [[Lockdown]] was the one to capture the Decepticon prisoners, as seen in "[[Five Servos of Doom]]".

* The Autobot Council's headquarters is known as "the [[Metroplex (Animated)|Metroplex]]", and the Elite Guard's battle station is "[[Fortress Maximus (Animated)|Fortress Maximus]]".

* Ratchet's flashback uses footage from "[[The Thrill of the Hunt]]", giving Lockdown a brief "appearance" in this episode.

* At the end of the episode, Shockwave utilizes an [[electronic paint job]] to reveal his "true colors", represented by a [[Target]] [[exclusive]] [[redeco]] reminiscent of his [[Shockwave (G1)|Generation 1 namesake]]'s color scheme.

===Real-world references===
*Sentinel Prime's broadcast was based on [[wikipedia:The Red Scare|The Red Scare]] during the Cold War. The broadcast concludes with him saying "I'm Sentinel Prime, and I approve of this message."—in the style of contemporary [[President of the United States|political campaign ads]].
*Sentinel's insistence that he is the one who "makes the tough decisions" and insistence that any questioning of his orders is tantamount to treason is probably some kind of statement about [[Mission Accomplished|some''one'' or some''thing'']], but we'll leave it at that.
*Shockwave's slow, deadpan delivery of "I'm afraid I can't let you do that" is a reference to the menacing supercomputer HAL from Stanley Kubrick's ''[[wikipedia:2001 (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]'', who also featured an unblinking single red eye.

===Trivia===
* This is the first episode in which [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] does not appear at all.

* There is oxygen on Cybertron. Probably to allow combustion to happen.

* Arcee wasn't actually offline at the end of the flashbacks in "The Thrill of the Hunt" - although she was amnesiac, she could stand, talk and take in her surroundings. This implies that it was the vivisection of her head in the [[TransWarped]] flashbacks in an attempt to retrieve the activation codes for Omega Supreme which caused the "damage to her circuitry" that Perceptor called "completely irreversable", and meant she was left, comatose, in a hospital bed for millions of stellar cycles. ''Harsh''

* Fanzone is shown to be a very experienced cop in this episode. He was the one who had the idea of looking for Rattletrap and he knew that he and Ratchet were being followed by Jazz since the very beggining. For a guy who wear pink robes, he is really tough!

* By the way, he is also very discusting! What the hell he's been eating that made his spit all yellow? That's not normal, man! You should go see a doctor!
[[Category:Animated episodes]]

Decepticon Air

2009-05-04T04:48:42Z

Akumateukuma: /* Trivia */

{{episode|
|series=Anitoon
|image=TFAni Decepticon Air Decepticons Freed.jpg
|caption=So which one of them is John Malkovich?
|ep=39
|title="Decepticon Air"
|airdate=[[May 2]], 2009
|written by=[[Michael Ryan]]
|directed by=[[Kalvin Lee]] [[Shigeharu Takahashi]]
|animation studio=[[Mook]]
}}
'''The Decepticons aboard the Elite Guard ship decide to take down the Autobots that turned them in.'''

==Synopsis==
On [[Earth]], [[Isaac Sumdac|Professor Sumdac]] and [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] have completed a [[space bridge]] terminal in record time, for which [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus]] congratulates them. However, the [[transwarp]] field sequencers still have to be recalibrated, and Sumdac and Bulkhead argue over whose fault that is. [[Sari Sumdac|Sari]] insists she could have helped get it right, but both builders politely rebuff her as insufficiently knowledgeable. As they continue arguing about getting the resequencing done, she takes matters into her own hands—almost literally. Using her new abilities, she fixes the terminal's calibrations and gets it to activate, to the surprise of the others.

[[Image:TFAni Decepticon Air Sentinel Typing.jpg|thumb||180px|left|"[[Ravage (Shattered Glass)|Ravage]] has poked me on Facebook ''how many'' times?"]]
Meanwhile, out in space, [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] fruitlessly attempts to interrogate his [[Decepticon]] prisoners for info on the military cells that have been attacking space bridge outposts. He returns to the bridge after [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] tells him there's an incoming message from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. [[Perceptor (Animated)|Perceptor]], [[Alpha Trion (Animated)|Alpha Trion]] and [[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper]] indicate that the [[Autobot High Council]] has decided to make public the news of the assault on [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]]. Sentinel tries to pull rank on them, since he's now technically the ''pro tempore'' [[Magnus]], and advises them to keep it quiet, but Alpha Trion makes it clear that they don't quite recognize his authority. Frustrated, Sentinel tries to pull rank on Jazz instead, commanding him to take the ship at full thrust through an energy cloud, despite any risks, as that heading will be the shortest route to Cybertron. Jazz complies despite objections, and of course, his worries prove justified: The energy strikes and flows through the ship, re-energizing [[Swindle (Animated)|Swindle]] and bringing him out of time-stasis. Swindle soon frees and re-arms the other Decepticons, even if they don't have payment up front for it, as they work for [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]], his best customer. With the alarms muted by Swindle's [[Sonic Jammer 3000]], the Decepticons strike at the ship's bridge just after the ship emerges from the energy cloud. Swindle quickly takes out [[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] and [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]] with a demo of the SJ3K's other function, a [[stasis suspension ray]]. Sentinel and Jazz put up a fight, but to little avail, and finally, Sentinel sends a brief, encrypted call for help to his old buddy, Optimus Prime (as he's too embarrassed to call Cybertron). Shortly afterward, [[Lugnut]] strikes him down, but Swindle convinces the massive Decepticon to spare their prisoners' lives: Not only could selling off their [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Elite Guard]] parts earn a fortune, but they could be a bargaining chip in finding Megatron.

On Earth, Optimus receives Sentinel's message, which decrypts to "[[Broken Lance]]", a coded call for help that Sentinel used with him back in their [[Autobot Academy|academy]] days. Bulkhead notes the space bridge terminal detects an unusual transwarp field aboard the Elite Guard's ship. With Sari's help, the terminal locks onto the field, providing stable coordinates for an arrival point. [[Image:TFAni Decepticon Air Swindle Optimus Hand.jpg|thumb||180px|right|Gah! It's an Arm & Hammer commercial gone all wrong!]] The space bridge is activated, and Optimus steps through... only to emerge from Swindle's chest, having arrived via the private storage dimension he uses for holding all his stock.

Rather than attack against overwhelming odds and attempt to free Sentinel and the others, Optimus takes off down the ship's corridors to better his situation. Most of the Decepticons give pursuit, with Lugnut ordering Swindle to watch the prisoners in the meantime. Taking an elevator to the ship's energon storage chamber, Optimus perforates a group of energon cubes with his axe, destabilizing them just enough. He then puts them in the elevator car and slices its cables, so it explodes near the bottom just as the Decepticons pry open the doors. Slightly charred from the backblast, Optimus enters one of the service ducts and works his way back to the brig area, grumbling as he does.

Meanwhile, Swindle's greed is still holding sway, and the arms dealer leaves his prisoners unguarded so he can raid the ship's stores. Prime arrives almost immediately afterward and frees his fellow Autobots, earning no gratitude from the power-tripping Sentinel. The Decepticons then return, so Optimus tells Jazz to rewire the decontamination unit on the bridge into a freezing chamber to trap them, his Autobot emblem blinking all the while. Optimus severs a steam duct, giving Jazz cover to escape, but then Lugnut punches a hole in the hull, sending everyone else in the brig out into space.

The Jet Twins prove far more capable in space combat than anticipated, giving the Decepticons a fair amount of trouble. Noting their predicament through a porthole in the storage depot, Swindle metaphorically shrugs and goes back to looting. Meanwhile, despite Sentinel's continued objections and struggling, Optimus uses him as a living spiked slingshot against Lugnut. Sentinel insists he be obeyed as leader, but this only prompts [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] to freeze him and hold him hostage. Sentinel demands they don't surrender, but Optimus convinces the Jet Twins to follow his lead instead, and they capitulate.

[[Image:TFAni Decepticon Air Optimus Jazz HighFive.jpg|thumb|left|180px|Slip me some metal, O.P.!]]
On the bridge, Blitzwing, [[Sunstorm (Animated)|Sunstorm]], and the [[Liar Starscream]] put Sentinel, Optimus and the Jet Twins in the decontamination unit with Jazz. Blitzwing sneers that Optimus shouldn't have blabbed his plan where all could hear it, as now the Autobots will suffer freezing instead. However, when he activates the chamber, the freezing tubes reverse direction, icing all the Decepticons on the bridge and leaving the Autobots safe. Optimus explains to a surprised Sentinel that back in the brig, he'd used his blinking emblem to send a different message to Jazz in Cybertronian optical code. They all pause as they hear a roar of engines, courtesy of a loot-filled Swindle taking off in one of the ship's shuttles. As the Decepticons are imprisoned again, Sentinel offers Optimus the Elite Guard spot that will be opening when Sentinel becomes Magnus, but Prime demurs, as he's still got plenty to do on Earth.

At [[Sumdac Tower]], Bulkhead frets as Swindle's transwarp signal moves too far away to warp Optimus back. Sari offers to help fix it, but her father points out it won't be necessary, as the Elite Guard ship has come to them. Optimus steps off the ship, and he and Sentinel trade salutes before it departs.

On Cybertron, Sentinel has a victory parade, displaying his prisoners to a cheering crowd and vowing to hunt down and offline [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]] and any other Decepticon if they accept him as the new Magnus. Perceptor and Alpha Trion exchange dubious glances, but say nothing.

[[Image:TFAni Decepticon Air Lugnut Megatron.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Ugh...I'll get the squeegee...]]
Out in space, [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]] warps into place near a drifting Lugnut, who abruptly finds himself plastered on the front window—right in front of [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]].
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
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*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (2)
*[[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]] (8)
*[[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] (9)
*[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] (12)
*[[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] (13)
*[[Perceptor (Animated)|Perceptor]] (14)
*[[Alpha Trion (Animated)|Alpha Trion]] (15)
*[[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper]] (16)
*[[Grandus (Animated)|Grandus]] (17)
*[[Dug Base]] (18)
*[[Hubcap (Animated)|Hubcap]] (19)
*[[Freeway (Animated)|Freeway]] (20)
*[[Beachcomber (Animated)|Beachcomber]] (21)
*[[Red Alert (Animated)|Red Alert]] (22)
*[[Tracks (Animated)|Tracks]] (23)
*[[Huffer (Animated)|Huffer]] (24)
*[[Powerglide (Animated)|Powerglide]] (25)
*Tiger-striped guy (26)
*[[Hot Shot (Animated)|Hot Shot]] (27)
*[[Flareup (Animated)|Flareup]] (28)
*[[Rosanna (Animated)|Rosanna]] (29)
*[[Autotrooper]] (30)
*[[Mainframe (Animated)|Mainframe]] (31)
*[[Warpath (Animated)|Warpath]] (32)
*[[Cosmos (Animated)|Cosmos]] (33)
*[[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]] (34)
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*[[Swindle (Animated)|Swindle]] (5)
*[[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] (6)
*[[Lugnut]] (7)
*[[Liar Starscream]] (10)
*[[Sunstorm (Animated)|Sunstorm]] (11)
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (35)
*[[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] (36)

|c3=
*[[Isaac Sumdac]] (3)

|c4=
*[[Sari Sumdac]] (4)

}}

==Quotes==
'''Sentinel Prime''': All due respect, Alpha Trion, the Council should concern itself with more important matters, like beefing up security for the Decepticon prisoners that...ahem...''I'' captured. 
'''Cliffjumper''': I thought that was [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]].
:—Actually, they're [[Lockdown|both wrong]].

"Those bureaucratobots couldn't find their own [[Anatomic euphemism#Diode|diode]]s with a bitmap and a homing beacon."
:—'''Sentinel Prime''' talks behind the council's back.

"The Sonic Jammer 3000! Don't leave Cybertron without it! But wait—there's more! It also has a stasis suspension ray, handy for those tight spots. Picked this baby up on [[Quintessa]]. Nice folks, the [[Quintesson]]s; give you a good deal and all the oil you can drink."
:—'''Swindle''', ready as ever with a sales pitch.

"Guard the prisoners, or... loot the ship? It's a no-processor...er."

"Maybe I should help them.... or maybe I should help myself!"

"There's nothing like a shopping spree--especially when it's ''free!''"
:—The Tao of '''Swindle'''.

"Maybe that energon was a little ''too'' unstable!"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' realizes he may not have thought his plan through very well.

==Notes==

===Animation or technical errors===
* When Sentinel calls for Jetfire and Jetstorm, the prisoners do not have their facemasks.

* Character heights vary wildly throughout the episode, mostly with the non-Swindle Decepticons being various levels of undersized. The kneeling Decepticons still tower over Swindle as he first talks to them (which seems correct, as Swindle is small), but do not appear to gain any height on him once they're upright. The final scene in particular, Blitzwing and the two clones are downright tiny, looking to be about as big as the average Autobot.

* When Lugnut is speaking as he prepares to offline Sentinel, his jaw moves sideways a few times instead of up and down.

* In the crowd scenes towards the end of this episode, characters change positions relative to each other every time the camera angle switches. Beachcomber, in particular, appears in literally four different places at once.

* When Lugnut crashes against Omega Supreme at the end of the episode, his Deception insignia is missing.

===Continuity errors===
* Safeguard is able to create a tornado in outer space?

===Transformers references===
[[Image:TFAni Decepticon Air BoxScream ConeScream.jpg|thumb|180px|right|"Your conehead makes my ears look silly in comparison!" "No it doesn't!"]]
* Swindle claims to have had business dealings on [[Quintessa]], suggests they could make enough from Elite Guard parts to "retire to a beach island on [[Nebulos]]", and swears by "the fifth moon of [[Pz-Zazz]]".

* His reference to a "personal storage dimension" from which accessories can be pulled at a moments' notice hearkens back to the concept of [[subspace]].

* To help tell the Starscream clones apart, Swindle gives the Liar Starscream a [[conehead]] accessory and Sunstorm a boxy helmet resembling those of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Seeker]]s. The new cone-head is topped with a drill. Cool.

* Sentinel's adoring public consists of a seriously crazy amount of cameos, a great many of which have not been seen before this episode. The definitely-identified members of the crowd include [[Tap-Out (Animated)|Tap-Out]], [[Flareup (Animated)|Flareup]], [[Hubcap (Animated)|Hubcap]], [[Freeway (Animated)|Freeway]], [[Beachcomber (Animated)|Beachcomber]], [[Red Alert (Animated)|Red Alert]], [[Powerglide (Animated)|Powerglide]], [[Tracks (Animated)|Tracks]], [[Huffer (Animated)|Huffer]], [[Hot Shot (Animated)|Hot Shot]], [[Warpath (Animated)|Warpath]] (and a red-and-blue lookalike), [[Cosmos (Animated)|Cosmos]] (with a nacelle-less [[Brawn (Animated)|Brawn]]-colored lookalike), [[Mainframe (Animated)|Mainframe]], [[Autotrooper]] (based on [[Autrooper]]) and [[Rosanna (Animated)|Rosanna]]. There are also a few unknown faces, including two versions of the Bumblebee body-type, one white and one teal (perhaps [[Searchlight]] and [[Glyph]]?), and the rather stand-out example of a kinda freaky, skinny tiger-striped dude who we "might find out [about] next week", according to [[Derrick J. Wyatt]].

* Sentinel and the Autobot Council are carried upon [[Grandus (Animated)|Grandus]]. Behind them, the Decepticon prisoners are carried by a [[Dug Base|Grandus lookalike]] with yellow detailing; Derrick Wyatt stated that this was supposed to represent Grandus's ''[[Brave]]'' [[redeco]], Dag Base.

* The "Lance" in "[[Broken Lance]]" refers to Sentinel's weapon of choice.

===Real-world references===
* The title is a play on ''[[wikipedia:Con Air|Con Air]]'', a Nicolas Cage movie where prisoners being transported by plane get free and do bad things.

* Sentinel's phrase "[[Broken Lance]]" is similar to the [[United States of America|U.S.]] military term "[[wikipedia:United States military nuclear incident terminology#Broken Arrow|Broken Arrow]]", which is used to describe a cock-up involving nuclear weapons. In this context, it is more likely to be a reference to the 1996 action film [[wikipedia:Broken Arrow (1996 film)|of the same name]], in which John Travolta hijacks a stealth bomber (in order to sell the nuclear missiles on board).

* Speaking of action movies, Optimus crawling through an air shaft, while sarcastically complaining about how much fun he's having, is very similar to a famous sequence from ''[[wikipedia:Die Hard|Die Hard]]''. The exploding elevator trick also appears in the film.

* When Optimus drops out of the air shaft suspended by a wire harness, it's similar to a famous sequence from the Tom Cruise version of ''[[wikipedia:Mission Impossible (film)|Mission Impossible]]''.

* Optimus claiming to have a small chamber that can trap his foes, only for them to doublecross him and force him inside it, only for him to ''triplecross'' them when the chamber is the only place safe from the real trap, is similar to a famous sequence from ''[[wikipedia:Superman II|Superman II]]''.

* Sari's fingers extending and separating when she types are a reference to ''[[wikipedia:Ghost in the Shell|Ghost in the Shell]]''.

* When Sentinel uses his remote to unlock and re-lock Lugnut's mouth clamps, it makes the same noise as a car alarm remote.

* Swindle's "Don't leave Cybertron without it!" is a variation of the American Express credit card slogan "Don't leave home without it." He immediately follows that up with "But wait, there's more!", one of TV huckster [[wikipedia:Ron Popeil|Ron Popeil]]'s most famous catchphrases.

===Trivia===
*Sentinel Prime went through the space disturbance to gain some time, but in the end, agreed to go all the way back to Earth to drop off Optimus Prime. So the whole thing ended up being a rather pointless act. Lesson learned, Sentinel?
*Sentinel seems to have decided to keep his Earth alt-mode [[Autoboot Camp|this time]].
*At the end of "[[SUV: Society of Ultimate Villainy]]", Captain Fanzone claimed that Swindle would be stripped down for parts. But other than his weapons (which would have been confiscated by the Elite Guard if the Detroit Police hadn't already taken them), nothing obvious seems to be missing from his person. Maybe Fanzone was just trying to freak him out?
*When he's giving the helmets to Sunstorm and the Liar Starscream, Swindle mentions in a very casual manner that he "never could get the hang of cloning." Thinking back, no one was really shocked to see the army of clones that Starscream created. So maybe, cloning is something fairly common among Decepticons, or at least was at some point.

[[Category:Animated episodes]]

Human Error, Part II

2009-04-29T22:41:46Z

Akumateukuma: /* Quotes */

{{episode|
|series=Anitoon
|image=TFAni Human Error Part2 Substitute Autobots.jpg
|caption=That tiny thing at their feet? Yeah, that's right, that's their leader...
|ep=38
|title="Human Error, Part II"
|airdate=[[April 25]], 2009
|written by=[[Tom Pugsley]]
|directed by=[[Kalvin Lee]] [[Yosuke Hatta]]
|animation studio=[[Mook]]
}}
'''While the Autobots are held captive by one of their deadliest foes, Sari must recruit a team of "Substitute Autobots" to rescue them.'''
==Synopsis==
[[Image:TFA Human Error Part II Ratchet fleshbag.jpg|thumb|left|180px|"No, this big, I swear!"]]
In Soundwave's virtual reality, the Autobots struggle to get themselves free of the giant Soundwave, only for a wire damaged by Sari's recent attack to sever Soundwave's connection to them. As Soundwave makes repairs, Prowl is briefly able to escape the virtual world using [[processor-over-matter]]. However, his attempt to free Optimus Prime is interrupted as Soundwave plugs him back into the VR computer. His control reestablished, Soundwave reverts the Autobots to their human forms. Recognizing that reprogramming will take longer now, Soundwave instructs his [[Sound Wave|toy replicas]] to begin hypnotizing the humans of Detroit.

In the virtual world, Bulkhead has taken to smashing things in the hopes that it will get them out. Ratchet says that the only way they can do that is to find Soundwave's interface, a virtual icon with his representation. Bumblebee quickly notices a potential icon: Soundwave's vehicle mode, which nearly runs them down. Optimus orders the Automen to follow Soundwave in vehicles on which their own [[alternate mode]]s are based, including the virtual [[Captain Fanzone's car]]. Upon looking at the driving equipment, however, Optimus realizes that he may be in a little over his head.

Heading back to Sumdac Tower, Sari seeks out her father's help. She is briefly found by a Sound Wave toy, but knocks it aside. Observing that she is immune to his hypnotics, Soundwave decides that she must be terminated. Finding her father in the lab, Sari is horrified when he tries to attack her, but is able to delay him by burying him under a fallen shelf. Sari quickly takes flight, hoping to find help elsewhere.

[[Image:TFAni Human Error Part2 Electrostatic Soundwave Reprogramming.jpg|thumb|right|180px|"Now you will watch as I complete ''Through the Fire and Flames'' on EXPERT!"]]
In the virtual reality, the Autobots are following Soundwave's avatar, but not very well: Bulkhead and Bumblebee keep ramming into other drivers, Optimus's fire-suppressant equipment is out of control, Ratchet is driving backwards, and Prowl is having trouble avoiding popping wheelies. Cornering Soundwave at a dilapidated drive-in movie, Ratchet is convinced that they have the Decepticon right where they want him—only for a dozen of the Soundwave vehicle modes to appear and surround them. It's a trap! As the Automen try to flee, Soundwave appears on the movie screen and begins broadcasting a reprogramming frequency. Prowl begins another processor-over-matter attempt, but one by one, the Autobots' optics begin to turn red...

[[Image:TFAni Human Error Part2 Beachbum Scrapper.jpg|thumb|left|180px|Surprised he didn't name the Dinobot "Friday". Or "Wilson".]]
On Dinobot Island, Sari looks for the Dinobots, but they find her when Swoop knocks her out of the air. Grimlock shows up and declares her an intruder. Sari says that she wants their help, but Grimlock informs Sari that Dinobots don't help puny humans—they ''destroy'' puny humans! The two Dinobots transform and Grimlock attacks, only for Sari to return fire with a blast from her weapon as well. Grimlock decides against destroying her, but says that they won't help either. Sari then notices that the triceratops is missing and asks where he is, but Grimlock says that they aren't talking to him, as Dinobots aren't pets. Heading to the shore, Sari finds Scrapper, who has been marooned for almost seven weeks, separated from [[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mixmaster]] and [[Dirt Boss (Animated)|Dirt Boss]] after their last misadventure. Scrapper reveals that he's taken the triceratops as a pet and named him Snarl (as the Dinobot didn't take kindly to [[Slag (G1)|Slag]]). Scrapper also points out that even if he wanted to help, they're stuck on the island. Sari asks why he doesn't make himself a boat. Scrapper admits that he never thought of that.

[[Image:TFAni Human Error Part2 Evil Autobots.jpg|180px|right|thumb|Quick! Drain their evil and recharge their good!]]
On the way to the mainland, Sari says that the three of them will need to rescue the Autobots immediately, but Scrapper reminds her that he never said he'd help. He plans to take Snarl up north, having heard it's good oil country. Sari angrily tells him that it's time to be a hero, and a voice from underwater answers, jumping onto the raft—it's Wreck-Gar! Reluctantly, Sari takes him. As the [[Substitute Autobots]] reach the mainland, Sari tells them to [[transform and roll out|roll out]], but they quickly leave without her. Once she catches up to them, Sari and the Substitutes are quickly confronted by Soundwave, when the Autobots appear as well. Sari is relieved at the sight of her friends, as she had little hope for the Substitute Autobots. But her cheer turns to horror as she realizes that the Autobots are under Soundwave's control.

[[Image:PrimeReadyToRock.jpg|thumb|left|180px|"Autobots, transform and ''rock out!''"]]
Converting to battle mode, Sari instructs the Substitute Autobots to attack. However, the Substitutes are not up to the Autobots' own skills. Werck-Gar follows the orders of everyone too literally, Scrapper's snowball attack is just plain ineffective, and Snarl barely does anything. Sari is amazed that mindless zombies are more effective than her own team, until Scrapper comments that it's because they're being controlled by one guy. Sari realizes that he's right, and orders the Substitute Autobots to attack on their own. Sure enough, it works: Soundwave begins having trouble multitasking, and the Substitute Autobots' effectiveness begins to wear them down. One of Prowl's attacks even saves Sari from being blasted by Bumblebee. Soundwave eventually decides to use just Optimus Prime instead, and he is able to take down each Substitute Autobot until only Sari is left. Prime nearly slices her in half before Prowl throws his shuriken at Soundwave, knocking his keytar out of his hands and freeing the Autobots. Sari had suspected that he had been faking, but Prowl admits that it took a great deal of effort to fight off Soundwave's control.

[[Image:TFAni Human Error Part2 Soundwave Destroyed.jpg|thumb|right|175px|The day the music died.]]
Furious at Prowl's deception, Soundwave orders Laserbeak and Ratbat, the keytar, to attack. Ratbat dispatches Prowl, while Laserbeak goes for Sari. Soundwave himself tackles Prime and knocks Optimus's axe out of his hands, so Prime decides to use Soundwave's other axe—Laserbeak. The two engage in what may be the most epic rock-off of all time as they try to counter each other's harmonics. Ultimately, Optimus Prime uses the instrument-locked Laserbeak to shatter Soundwave and Ratbat, freeing the humans from Soundwave's control. However, Laserbeak grabs Soundwave's remaining functional piece and flies off.

Later, it's a very merry Christmas indeed for the Autobots and the Sumdacs: Not only are they freed of Soundwave's control, but Porter C. Powell is about to be financially ruined by the impending Sound Wave refunds. Scrapper decides to call it quits and head back to Dinobot Island for a long vacation, but Snarl refuses to let the Constructicon ride him. Wreck-Gar, however, choses to stay and help clean up the mess from the battle, ending the fine career of the Substitute Autobots. Sari also has a better appreciation for what Optimus goes through being in command, while the Autobots understand the rigors of being human. As the Autobots reflect on their newfound understanding, Wreck-Gar begins distributing garbage to all the good little girls and boys.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (2)
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (3)
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (4)
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (5)
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (6)
*[[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]] (18)
*[[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]] (19)
|c2=
*[[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]] (1)
*[[Ratbat (Animated)|Ratbat]] (7)
*[[Laserbeak (Animated)|Laserbeak]] (23)
|c3=
*[[Porter C. Powell]] (8)
*[[Captain Fanzone]] (9)
*[[Mayor Edsel]] (10)
*[[Press Secretary]] (11)
*[[Spike Witwicky (Animated)|Spike Witwicky]] (12)
*[[Carly Witwicky (Animated)|Carly Witwicky]] (13)
*[[Daniel Witwicky (Animated)|Daniel Witwicky]] (14)
*[[Jennifer Witwicky]] (15)
*[[Isaac Sumdac]] (17)
|h4=[[Substitute Autobots]]|c4=
*[[Sari Sumdac]] (16)
*[[Scrapper (Animated)|Scrapper]] (20)
*[[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]] (21)
*[[Wreck-Gar (Animated)|Wreck-Gar]] (22)
}}

==Quotes==

'''Driver''': Take it easy, leadfoot! 
'''Bulkhead''': What, it's not lead any more! 
''[Bumblebee's car hits Bulkhead's car]'' 
'''Bumblebee''': Virtual Fanzone is gonna be ticked! 
'''Optimus''': I have to hand it to the humans, driving is much more difficult than it looks. 
'''Ratchet''': ''[Driving backwards]'' This ain't so hard. 
'''Prowl''': It's merely a matter of becoming one with the machiAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! ''[Begins popping a wheelie]''
:—The Autobots take their turn at driving... and fail miserably.

"Hey, weren't there three of you? Where's the other one?" 
"Me Grimlock not talking to him. Him traitor. Dinobots not pets."
:—'''Sari Sumdac''' and '''Grimlock''' on the status of the Dinobots.

''[Writing in the sand]'' "Day 48: Still no sign of my collea-... my buds. I have befriended and trained one of the local wildlife." ''[Tide comes up and erases writing]'' "Oh, not again!"
:—'''Scrapper''' just can't win.

'''Sari''': All right. Substitute Autobots, transform and roll out! 
'''Wreck-Gar''': Transform. What a good idea! 
''[Transforms and drives off]'' 
'''Scrapper''': ''[Riding Snarl]'' Hi-ho, Snarl! 
''[Snarl slips on some ice, knocking off Scrapper, who transforms and follows]'' 
'''Scrapper''': Hey, Snarl, wait for Daddy! 
'''Sari''': Hey, wait for me! I'm your leader!
:—The Substitute Autobots aren't getting off to a good start.

'''Sari''': All right, big guy. I'd hate to do this, but.. 
''[Sari fires a blast at Optimus, but he uses Wreck-Gar as a shield, causing some of his junk to fly out and hit him]'' 
'''Wreck-Gar''': ''[Dazed]'' Ha ha! The mighty Wreck-Gar is no match for...the mighty Wreck-Gar. Wait, whose side am I on?
:—Wreck-Gar, actually more confused than usual.

"Time to change your tune, Soundwave. Operation: face the music."
:—'''Optimus Prime''', sounding awesome like a rockstar.

==Notes==

===Animation or technical errors===
* Human Ratchet has his scar on the wrong side of his face in one scene.

===Continuity errors===

===Transformers references===
* Soundwave's virtual form at the beginning of the episode is in the colors of TakaraTomy's "[[Soundwave (G1) toys#Music Label|Sonic White]]" Soundwave MP3 player.
* Soundwave's virtual avatars are depicted in the color scheme of the [[Soundwave (Animated)#Electrostatic Soundwave|Electrostatic Soundwave]] toy.
* The traffic light that [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] swings around is based on the weapon which came with the first [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl's]] toy.
* Dinobot Island is missing a huge chunk of itself after the events of "[[Predacons Rising]]".
* Scrapper is revealed to have survived the explosion the Constructicons were caught in back in "[[Three's a Crowd]]". The fates of [[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mixmaster]] and [[Dirt Boss (Animated)|Dirt Boss]], however, are less certain.
[[Image:TFAni Human Error Part2 Laserbeack&Soundwave Flee.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Next time, Gadget! Next time!]]
* [[Scrapper (Animated)|Scrapper]] names the triceratops [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobot]] "Snarl" as a second choice after the Dinobot took offense to "[[Slag (G1)|Slag]]", referencing the [[Snarl (Animated)#Notes|real-life name change]] for Snarl. This is the first time Snarl has been given a name in the cartoon—[[Swoop (Animated)|the pteranodon]] has still not been named in the show itself.
* Wreck-Gar has been at the bottom of the lake since his debut episode, "[[Garbage In, Garbage Out]]".
* Laserbeak flying away with Soundwave's remaining component could be a reference to the action that [[Laserbeak (G1)|his Generation 1 counterpart]] took after [[Soundwave (G1)|his master's]] destruction in the ''Headmasters'' episode "[[The Mystery of Planet Master]]", in which Laserbeak flew off with Soundwave's head after he was blown to smithereens.
* Evil, brain-washed Autobots? That's [[Attack of the Autobots|familiar]]...
* Optimus Prime's "mile high into the sun" jump attack on Soundwave at the end of the battle is eerily similar to [[Generation 1]] [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s attack on [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] in "[[The Transformers: The Movie]]".

===Real-world references===
* The "castaway" Scrapper is dressed in [[wikipedia:Robinson Crusoe|Robinson Crusoe]] garb, including a rust beard.
* Both Wreck-Gar and his voice actor, [["Weird Al" Yankovic]], play the [[:Image:WeirdAl.jpg|accordion]].
* Optimus refers to Laserbeak as an "axe" (a common nickname for guitars) before forcibly transforming him into his alt mode.
* Scrapper's cry of "Hi-ho, Snarl!" is a reference to the Lone Ranger's cry of "Hi-ho, Silver!"
* The Christmas carols continue in this episode, as Scrapper starts singing a bit of "[[Wikipedia:Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!|Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!]]" and Wreck-Gar offers up his own unique version of "[[Wikipedia:Deck the Halls|Deck the Halls]]". As in the previous episode, "[[Wikipedia: God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen|God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen]]" is incorporated into the background music of this episode's final scene.
* Some of the sound effects used when Optimus attacks Soundwave with Laserbeak date back to Hanna-Barbara's ''Quickdraw McGraw'', whose title character's alter-ego, El Kabong, used a guitar as a melee weapon.
* Meanwhile, Ratbat's shrieks are either taken directly from the original ''[[wikipedia:Scooby Doo|Scooby Doo, Where Are You!]]'' intro, or are a very close approximation thereof.
* The stylized animation of Optimus Prime's final strike with Laserbeak is highly reminiscent of [[wikipedia:Haruhara_Haruko|Haruko Haruhara's]] attacks with her guitar in ''[[wikipedia:FLCL|FLCL]]''—one of Derrick J. Wyatt's admitted influences for this show.
* When Soundwave breaks apart and his mind control power dissipates, the sound effect is of a dial-up modem.

===Trivia===
* Several questions were left unanswered in this two-parter, including how Soundwave was rebuilt after the destruction of his body in "[[Sound and Fury]]", and where Laserbeak and Ratbat come from.
* This is not the first time a [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] has mass-hypnotized humans [[Auto-Bop|with his musical skills]].
* This episode marks the return of [[Captain Fanzone's car]]. Even in the virtual world, it's still absolutely filthy, inside and out.
* Soundwave has the ability to fly, despite having a land-based vehicle alt mode. [[:Image:Soundwave_fly.jpg|Not really that far-fetched...]]
*Soundwave says he "reprograms" the Autobots into Decepticons. However, it seems more like he put a receiver in their bodies and used them as puppets. If they were properly processor-washed then they would do what he says on their own, not need directions from a remote.

[[Category:Animated episodes]]

Grimlock (Animated)

2009-04-29T22:25:47Z

Akumateukuma: /* Notes */

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:''Grimlock is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:TFAnimated Grimlock.jpg|right|256px|thumb|Some people got collar and cuffs, me Grimlock got collar and brass knuckles.]]
'''Grimlock''' is a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' in charge of a small, three-mech group of dinosaur transformers known as the [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobots]]. Born from a fusion of Earth and Cybertronian technology, with some [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]] intervention thrown in, he's a force to be reckoned with. A little short on brains (at first he didn't actually realise he was a Transformer) and a lot short on temper, Grimlock's answer to a problem is usually the simplest: squash it, slash it, bite it, burn it, or eat it.

Physically, Grimlock is one of the most powerful Transformers, with enough brute strength to give even the likes of Megatron pause for thought. In his beast mode, his powerful jaws and flame breath give him excellent short- and long-range combat abilities, while his flaming sword is an effective weapon in robot mode. Factor in his temper, and facing Grimlock can be a terrifying experience.

Currently, Grimlock and his fellow Dinobots are living on [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|an island]] in Lake Erie, hidden there by [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] and [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] from the rest of the world. But don't think he's not willing to come to the mainland, find the biggest 'Con around and feed 'em their own chassis after he's eaten his fill of it. After all, him Grimlock badass.

{{bigquote|No one tell me Grimlock how to fight!|Grimlock, rebel without a cause|"[[Black Friday (episode)|Black Friday]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
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:''Voice actor:'' [[David Kaye]] (English), [[Dieter Memel]] (German)

[[Image:Grimlockanimatedinskin.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Cars shot me T-rex, out come me Grimlock! Him [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] sure blew it.]]
Grimlock, [[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]], and [[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]] were originally theme park animatronic displays that [[Isaac Sumdac]] upgraded with the help of [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] and a flash of [[spark]] from the [[Key]]. When they came online, Grimlock dubbed himself the Dinobot leader, despite Megatron's commands. However, [[Tutor Bot]] brought up videos on how cars use fossil fuels. Grimlock believed this to mean that cars ate [[dinosaur]]s, and Megatron convinced them to destroy the "fossil feeders", including the only thing worse than cars...cars and trucks that turn into robots.

[[Image:Grimlockanimatedbeastmode.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Me Grimlock beginning to [[Repeat Performance!|hate black sticky stuff!]]]]
As the Dinobots raged against the machines, the Autobots drew them away from the city towards a park. Finally getting out of his funk, [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] managed to throw them into a parking lot that their fire breath had melted into tar, trapping the Dinobots. After their defeat, they were imprisoned in an energy cage and were scheduled for meltdown. Believing they had life and were not just some mindless machines, [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] freed the Dinobots with the help of Bulkhead and secretly relocated them to an island.

Dwelling within the peaceful forest, Grimlock dubbed cars and trucks bad, but nature good—until two birds pooped on him. Redubbing
nature stupid, Grimlock expected the two birds to fight like Dinobots, but they escaped! Tail twitching and stomach opening, Grimlock [[Transformation|transformed]], shocking Snarl and Swoop. He drew a [[Energo-sword|huge, blazing sword]] and decided he liked the results. {{storylink|Blast from the Past}}

He was later forced by the villain [[Prometheus Black|Meltdown]] to attack Sari's would-be rescuers, Prowl and Bulkhead. Once Meltdown
was trapped and unable to hurt him, he demonstrated he'd learned to transform and joined his fellow Dinobots in threatening the
acid-thrower. However, before Meltdown could be hurt, Grimlock's attention was diverted to [[Colossus Rhodes]] and two of Meltdown's mutants, and he and the other Dinobots beat up on them instead. {{storylink|Survival of the Fittest}}

Shortly after this, the Autobots learned that the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] were mobilizing, and Bulkhead spilled the beans on the Dinobots' location. Seriously pissed, [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Prime]] had them take him to [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]], where he tried to convince the Dinobots to help them fight the Decepticons. Grimlock was...uninterested, to say the least. He told Prime that Dinobots didn't need robots to fight, but that they would destroy robots. When Prime pointed out that the Dinobots ''were'' robots, this seemed to compel them to fight each other. When Grimlock gives an order, the Dinobots carry it out without question. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 1}}

[[Image:Animated cartoon Grimlock Sentinel Prime.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Me Grimlock say you jerk!]]
When Optimus brought [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel]] to see [[Autobot ship (Animated)|his damaged ship]], which had crashed into Dinobot Island as a result of [[Megatron Rising - Part 2|a recent Decepticon attack]], the Dinobots showed up. Optimus advised the [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Elite Guardsbots]] that as long as the Dinobots weren't provoked, they wouldn't attack. Sentinel thought they were just primitive scrap heaps and acted like it. Grimlock responded by transforming, taking out his sword and knocking the jerk flying. Alas, neither he nor the other Dinobots could withstand the elemental lightning summoned by Ultra Magnus, Bot of Thunder. {{storylink|The Elite Guard}}

[[Image:T-Rex Ambush Predator.JPG|right|200px|thumb|Prowl learned T-rex defensive tactics from ''Jurassic Park''. Sadly, Grimlock never watched that movie.]]
Later, reports reached the Autobots of rampages on Dinobot Island, and Optimus sent Prowl and Bulkhead, the only two Autobots the Dinobots accepted, to investigate. Prowl's disbelief at the idea that the territorial but relatively peaceful Dinobots would be going on rampages was quickly dispelled when a furious Grimlock burst from the bushes and charged. He easily thrashed the two Autobots, and in his rage would have roasted a nest full of baby birds if Prowl hadn't used [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]]'s loaned [[EMP]] generator to drop the massive beast. But a blast that would have knocked out an Autobot for a while merely dropped Grimlock for a moment, and a few seconds later, he began to wake up. Upon examination, it was revealed that Grimlock had a large piece of metal embedded in his foot, and the pain had driven him mad. Prowl used the EMP generator to loosen the shard while Bulkhead yanked it out, and an exhausted Grimlock collapsed and allowed the Autobots to fix him up. {{storylink|A Fistful of Energon}}

[[Image:TFA Black Friday ME GRIMLOCK IN LOVE.jpg|left|180px|thumb|I, Grimlock, am hot-headed when in love, wot.]]
When [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] washed ashore after the defeat of Megatron, the Dinobots took her in as one of their own. Ever the [[wikipedia:Alpha_(biology)|alpha male]], Grimlock was quick to remind Swoop and Snarl that "Spider-Lady like me Grimlock best" (he was taller than them), and was not above using violence to drive the point home. After Blackarachnia discovered Meltdown's genetic research, she had the Dinobots take Meltdown from prison. When the Autobots arrived to investigate, Prowl and [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] were poisoned with venom, and Grimlock accompanied Optimus Prime to the mainland to help him find the [[Genetic modifier|genetic thingy]] that Meltdown needed.

[[Image:Animated Black Friday Grimlock Prime Powell.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Me Grimlock will love you and hug you and feed you and pet you and hug you and love you and call you George.]] Grimlock refused to listen to Prime's claims that Blackarachnia was using them, and he tore through the city to show the "puny humans" that "Dinobots rule". Arriving at [[Sumdac Tower]], Grimlock threatened [[Porter C. Powell]] with becoming lunch, which convinced the businessman to surrender the modifier. When the two Autobots returned to the island, Meltdown turned the tables on them, planning to remove Blackarachnia's technological half and leave him with an organic Transformer. To delay Grimlock and Prime, Meltdown sicced [[Fusion creature|his experiments]] on them. Grimlock nearly burned down half the forest while fighting "bad bat", but the other Dinobots arrived and helped them defeat the monsters while Prime put out the fire. After Prime defeated Meltdown, Blackarachnia urged him to hold her, causing Grimlock to attack Prime in jealousy. However, it was a trick to allow Blackarachnia time to escape, as Prime had predicted. Practically in tears, Grimlock begged Blackarachnia to return, saying he loved her, but all for naught. {{storylink|Black Friday (episode)|Black Friday}}

He later looked on as an oil rig with the Constructicons appeared out of nowhere and exploded off Dinobot Island. {{storylink|Three's a Crowd}}

Grimlock and the Dinobots once again fall under Blackarachnia's sway. After having Swoop abduct [[Wasp]] she orders the Dinobots to stand guard. Sentinel Prime, along with [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]] and [[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]], sneak onto Dinobot Island to retrieve Wasp. Sentinel tells the Jet twins to create a diversion to get the Dinobots away from the enterance so he can sneak into Blackarachnia's lab. Grimlock is tricked into chasing Jetstorm and was [[to sell toys|defeated off camera]]. {{storylink|Predacons Rising}}

{{spoiler|Human Error, Part II|5/2/09}}
Later when Sari went to get the help of the Dinobots to fight [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]], Grimlock and Swoop refused to help her. When she asked about Snarl, Grimlock tells her they kicked him out after he decided to become [[Scrapper (Animated)|Scrapper]]'s pet. {{storylink|Human Error, Part II}}

===Titan Magazines===

[[Image:Titan23_Grimlockvsswoop.jpg|left|200px|thumb|ONLY ME GRIMLOCK have speaking parts!]]

One day, it was raining really badly and making Grimlock's joints all stiff. Grimlock hate that! Then [[Sari Sumdac|that small girl thing]]
came to Dinobot Island; Grimlock almost ate her as a trespasser, but then she said the Dinobots could stay in the Autobots' base until it stopped raining and all they had to do in return was hit [[Starscream (Animated)|some annoying guy]] and his [[Starscream clone|clones]]. Plus, he got a souvenir in the form of a ripped off clone arm. Sari Grimlock's friend!

[[Simon Furman|Grimlock]] thinks there should be clones of ''him'' as the world needs more Grimlock! {{storylink|Dino-MIGHT!}}

Another day, the other Dinobots were sick and it made them attack Grimlock! Grimlock get hurt! Grimlock send an distress signal to other Autobots by means unknown! Small girl thing save him with [[Key|even smaller glowy thing]], so he not eat her. {{storylink|Ratchet & Grimlock Are DEAD?}}

Bah! Swoop keep questioning Grimlock! ''HOW DARE'' he disagree with Grimlock! Grimlock kick Swoop out of Dinobots! Bah! How dare Swoop... oh, cows ''do'' give milk like Swoop said? Well... Swoop still sucks, shut up Snarl! !{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 23|Divebomb}}

==Toys==
===Animated===
[[Image:Grimlock Animated Toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Me Grimlock like. But want crown accessory.]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Voyager, 2008)
**''Accessories'': Flaming sword

: Part of the third wave of ''Animated'' Voyagers, Grimlock transforms into a robotic [[Popular beast alternate modes|tyrannosaurus rex]] with a spring-loaded chompy-jaw. His flaming sword somehow pegs into his dino-jaw to simulate his flaming breath attack. A mechanized switch in the right robot-mode wrist interacts with a spring-loaded feature in the sword, revealing pop-out flames when the wrist is tilted. Purely by coincidence, a peg on his left leg is the exact right size to serve as a [[Powerlinx]] port for any [[Mini-Con]].

: The [[Instruction booklet|instruction sheet]] for this toy has an error in step two, in which his mid-back region (with the three hash marks on either side) is shown as both unfolding backwards to form part of his feet ''and'' staying where it is. Also, the call-out on the back of the packaging that claims his flame-sword doubles as a mouth-mounted jet of flame breath totally lies.

: Some Grimlocks have been reported with legs that are impossible to shorten into arms for robot mode. Others contract, but the two halves of the thighs/shoulders start to separate when they do. Others still have no problem. It looks like a quality control issue rather than a running change to fix the problem, as recently bought Grimlocks still suffer with this issue.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/Grimlock/grimlock.htm%7C More information on Grimlock at TFU.info]''

*'''Golfire Grimlock''' (Voyager, 2009?)
**''Accessories'': Flaming sword

: Golfire Grimlock appears to be a redeco of his voyager toy, sporting a gold and black color scheme, with a few silver parts too. Me, Grimlock King!

{{Comingsoontoy}}



[[Image:ActivatorGrimlock.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Tonight, on Jurassic Fight Club: Nanotyrannus!]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Activator, 2008)

: Part of the third assortment of [[Activators]], this is a smaller, simplified version of the larger Grimlock toy. He features a spring-loaded [[Autotransform|auto-transformation]] from beast to robot mode.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/ActGrimlock/grimlock.htm%7C More information on Activators Grimlock at TFU.info]''

[[Image:Animated-toy_FireblastGrimlock.JPG|right|200px|thumb|Me Grimlock not [[Fallen]], Me Grimlock King!]]
*'''Fireblast Grimlock''' (Activator, 2009)

{{Comingsoontoy}}
{{--}}

==Notes==
* Grimlock took his name by forming a portmanteau out of a sentence spoken by Megatron: "My prospects are '''grim''', '''lock'''ed in this prison of a lab." Who knew he had it in him? In fact, he's the first Dinobot shown to have a name in the cartoon, the second being Snarl, who received his name from Scrapper.
* Likewise, he's been the only ''Animated'' Dinobot to actually speak. He may not talk pretty, but maybe he deserves some credit for making it THAT far.
* As seen in ''[[Black Friday (episode)|Black Friday]]'' when he is very angry (or in love), his head pops up and some fire shoots up from around his collar in robot mode. That is awesome.

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/Grimlock/grimlock.htm Grimlock at TFU.info]

[[Category:Autobots]]
[[Category:Animated characters]]
[[Category:Dinobots]]

Cosmos (G1)

2009-04-27T20:21:05Z

Akumateukuma: /* Generation 1 cartoon */

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{{disambig2|the flying saucer from Generation 1|the space ship character from the movie|Cosmos (Movie)}}

{{picsneeded|Toys and more fictional appearances for GI Joe, Dreamwave, IDW}}

:''Cosmos is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:CosmosUniverse1.jpg|right|250px|thumb|He can trounce any Sharkticon in a pie-eating contest]]
Fast and intelligent, bored and lonely, '''Cosmos''' has reason to regret his abilities, which often separate him from his [[Autobot]] friends. Alas, his skills are far too extraordinary to ignore.

Few of his faction can achieve escape velocity and enter planetary orbit unaided, as he can, from planets as big as [[Earth]] or slightly larger. He carries fuel reserves sufficient for short orbital journeys; he is quite able to land on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], then take off and return to Earth. Cosmos enjoys such diversions immensely. Generally, however, he remains in orbit, relaying messages, observing enemy installations, and watching for [[Decepticon]] activity in nearby space. His optical sensors are able to observe a human radio host standing outside in the high desert from 600 miles up.

As a living [[Transformer]], his advantage over a simple satellite is great, but it is a boring life for Cosmos. Every so often he breaks the monotony by hovering eerily above the backyards of Earth citizens, drifting silently behind the cars of lone drivers with his running lights on, or briefly jamming TV transmissions with reruns of ''The Outer Limits''. He has also been known to zigzag through meteor showers on a clear night, showing off his space piloting skills. Naturally, this causes some consternation to the poor humans he is supposed to defend, but it's all in good fun. [[Primus]] save us from bored techies.

{{quote|This is terrible!}}
{{quote|Cosmos has been in worse predicaments...|—Jazz and Perceptor on one of our hero's many misadventures, "[[The God Gambit]]"}}

:''Preliminary names:'' '''Spaceracer''', then '''Spaceshot''', then '''[[Shooting Star]]''' 
:''Japanese name:'' '''Adams''' 
:''Portuguese name (Brazil comics):'' '''Cosmo'''
:''Italian name'': '''Disco''' (Saucer, as in Flying Saucer; Disk; Discus) 
:''Greek name:'' '''Kiriarhos''' (Κυρίαρχος) 
:''Hungarian name'': '''Kozmosz'''

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon===
:''Voice Actor'': [[Mike McConnohie]] (English), [[Osamu Saka]] (Japanese)

[[Image:CosmosCU.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Bob's All-You-Can-Eat Bar and Grill went out of business shortly afterwards.]]
Space. The final frontier. These are the voyages of Cosmos, Autobot deep-space reconnaissance officer. His continuing mission — to observe Decepticon activities. To provide intelligence to the Autobots in their never ending war. To boldly crash where no other Autobot has crashed before.

Our hero began his adventures with a bang, appearing out of nowhere to blindly lead the Autobot spacecraft straight into the sun. If not for the impetuous [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] trying to change their course and realizing the controls were locked, Cosmos would have had the greatest crash of all. Still, he did his best to save his fellow Autobots in the end, as his deep space armor allowed Cosmos to come inside the ship and continue poking vainly at the control panel long after the others collapsed from their circuits overheating. [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]'s force field eventually saved the Autobots, and they managed to vacate the crumbling ship inside a massive force sphere, tethered to Cosmos to bring them back to Earth. Cosmos' knack for crashing almost did them in anyhow, though — the same reprogrammed guidance directives that were controlling their ship were now being beamed by [[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletraan I]] to Cosmos himself, forcing him to lead the force sphere back on a course into the sun. Only the freak chance of the Decepticon [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] visiting the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] and blowing up Teletraan I on a whim saved the Autobots, and allowed Cosmos to begin towing them back to Earth. Even though time was of the essence, we can only assume Cosmos didn't crash-land upon re-entry. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2}}

[[Image:Blasterbluesonthemoon.jpg|right|300px|thumb|I choose Bachelor #2!]]
When next seen, Cosmos was patrolling the spaceways for Decepticon activity with [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] (probably as a punishment for actually liking Blaster's taste in music) when they came across a lunar base being run by [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]. Against logic and precedent, Cosmos actually managed to make a perfect two point landing on a hillside near the base to eavesdrop. Enraged at Cosmos for defying all expectations and NOT crashing (not to mention the, uh... spying he was doing), Megatron ordered Astrotrain to bring him in as a prisoner. Prisoners of war, Cosmos and Blaster were then welded to the wall and used as a power booster and tuning mechanism for Megatron's trans-scrambler, wiping out all radio contact on Earth. Luckily, Blaster managed to send his own signal along Megatron's scrambling beam, alerting the Autobots to their location. [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] arrived and drew the Decepticons' attention away from their base. Left alone, Cosmos had to do little more than raise his arm to fire off a particle beam that totally destroyed Megatron's antenna array and saved the day, teaching tyrants everywhere once and for all not to underestimate an Autobot just because he's short, fat, ugly, lonely, nerdy and more than a little (Dare we say it?) spacey... {{storylink|Blaster Blues}}

[[Image:Gambittitans%26cosmos.jpg|left|250px|thumb|I told you we should have gone hunting turkeys, but nooooooo...]]
Possibly Cosmos' shining moment was one for most of which he wasn't even conscious. Cosmos crash-landed rather dramatically on [[Titan]] after being shot down by the pursuing Astrotrain, who was after the energy data the Autobot carried. Cosmos' body was discovered by the moon's natives, but Astrotrain quickly followed up, having overheard their superstitious discussion and set himself up as one of their Sky Gods. The cowed, religious people quickly obeyed him, and Astrotrain put Cosmos' body in the main temple for use as an idol. The rebel [[Talaria]] overheard Astrotrain musing to himself about Cosmos' short-circuit and managed to use Cosmos' systems to get an SOS to the Autobots on [[Earth]]. With barely enough power flowing through his systems to stay active, Cosmos found a better use for it: shooting [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. With the Decepticon occupied for the moment, Talaria was able to escape unmolested. [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] were dispatched to Titan via Omega Supreme, and Cosmos was recovered, the Decepticons sent packing, and the Titans (Titanians? Titanoids? Whatever.) were freed from religious dogma. {{storylink|The God Gambit}}

Somehow, Cosmos managed to talk Prime into letting him serve on Earth for a while as part of the Autobots' joint Crimebuster program with the NYPD. He observed a traffic jam while hovering over Times Square, and later tried to chase down Starscream on foot with [[Powerglide]], only to end up causing massive structural damage to a human mall. Incidentally, Cosmos was back in space very shortly. {{storylink|Make Tracks}}

After [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] and [[Bombshell]] pumped out hundreds of [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticlones]] to swarm over the countryside and gather power, Prime sent Cosmos into space to retrieve a giant can of [[robotic insecticide]]. (Really — we can't make this stuff up.) On his way back with [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], though, Cosmos was attacked by [[Morphobots]] on [[Floron III]]. Although he managed to break loose of their grip, the techno-organic plants left behind spores on his hull which quickly developed into fully functioning vines that entangled Cosmos as he tried to re-enter Earth's atmosphere. Spike and Bumblebee escaped in an ejector chamber, but Cosmos did his crash-landing bit and was covered in Morphobots by the time he came to a stop, with the robotic insecticide can still inside him. Bumblebee summoned the other Autobots to try and help, and it was Blaster's obnoxious music that ultimately cleared the way and allowed them to free Cosmos. [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] promised to give Cosmos "the best overhaul he'd ever had" when they got back to the Ark. Uh-huh... niiiiiice... {{storylink|Quest for Survival}}

[[Image:Cosmos in space.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Good evening, citizens of Earth.]]
When he uncovered a Decepticon operation to mine ore from an asteroid they'd pulled into orbit, Cosmos rushed back to warn Prime and gather a strike force. Optimus stressed caution instead and ordered Cosmos back up into space to acquire some hard evidence on the Decepticon activity. Cosmos did as he was asked and actually managed to grab a sample of ore right out of Astrotrain while the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] were loading him up. He brought this "hard evidence" back to Earth to show Prime. The Autobot leader commended Cosmos on his work, but he wasn't quite done and sent Cosmos back out into orbit yet again, this time to track Astrotrain to the refinery the Decepticons must have been using to process the ore. Prime loves his outer space yo-yo. {{storylink|The Secret of Omega Supreme}}

When [[Seaspray]] intercepted a distress signal, Cosmos carried him, Bumblebee and Perceptor to the planet of the [[Tlalakan]]s, a humanoid race held captive by the Decepticons. Too late, they realized that it was a Decepticon distress call. Droids blasted Cosmos, who (surprise, surprise) crashed on the planet. He remained damaged for a time, too much so to participate in many of the Autobots' adventures on the planet. {{storylink|Sea Change}}

Overflying [[Lord Chumley]]'s castle, Cosmos reported back to headquarters that he'd found the Autobots who'd gone missing. He was able to transmit footage of the captives being subjected to Chumley's fiendish torture devices and report his coordinates to Teletraan I, but his transmission was cut off by Chumley himself, who invited Optimus to try and save his friends. {{storylink|Prime Target}}

Cosmos, once again teamed with Blaster, scoured the universe for more [[Ingredient X]] so that Perceptor could concoct more [[corrostop]]. One can only imagine how many moons and planets he bravely crash-landed on in his fruitless search. {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}}

After the Autobots retook Cybertron, Cosmos was on the planet monitoring incoming space traffic with [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and Blaster. The planet was locked down due to the threat of an imminent attack, but an incoming human shuttle reported a mayday, and Kup ordered Cosmos to let it land. Unfortunately it was a trick, and they watched it crash into Cybertron's central power facility, disabling the planetary defences. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}

Some time later, Cosmos was late flying in to Cybertron with [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] to see the activation of the new power platform. On his entry vector, Cosmos was blasted with [[anti-electron]]s, a dangerous substance designed to disrupt his normal operating functions. However, the anti-electrons seemed to have no effect on Cosmos at all, as moments later he crashlanded on Cybertron's surface. Perfectly normal. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}}

====3H comics====
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===Marvel Comics continuity===
{{noteukonly}}
[[Image:Smeltingpoolminivehicles.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Apparently Cosmos never bothered to get an Earth mode.]]
Cosmos was a member of [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor's]] resistance cell on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Like most of the cell, he had a stronger respect for their top fighter [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] than Perceptor, and along with the other Autobots overruled Perceptor's order not to search for Blaster's missing friend [[Scrounge]]. In the [[Dead End (place)|Dead End]], Cosmos provided some life-giving fuel to ol' [[Wheezel]] for information, only to find that Scrounge had been taken away to [[Darkmount]] by the Decepticon [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]]. Realizing Scrounge was probably dead already in the [[smelting pool]], Blaster went after his buddy anyway, and Cosmos and the others had to come after him and save his hide (video evidence of Cosmos' rampage through Darkmount is still used to scare Decepticon recruits). Though Scrounge died, the Autobots managed to retrieve the last data from his infobanks, and learned that [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and the crew of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] were alive and well on the planet Earth! {{storylink|The Smelting Pool!}}

[[Image:Cosmosisakillingmachine.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Cosmos kills and kills and kills.]]
Galvanized by this knowledge, the Autobots planned a daring assault on [[Straxus (G1)|Lord Straxus]], planning to destroy both his seat of power at Darkmount and the new [[Space Bridge]] allowing transit to Earth. Darkmount was destroyed, but the Decepticons interrupted Blaster before he could finish setting the charges on the bridge. Instead, Cosmos, Blaster, and the rest of their unit were chased over the other side, and found themselves stuck on planet Earth. Here they were greeted immediately by a group of humans. {{storylink|The Bridge to Nowhere!}}

However, the humans, belonging to the anti-robot attack team, [[RAAT]], captured Cosmos and the others with the help of [[Circuit Breaker]]. Disassembled, the Autobots were only released after Circuit Breaker was forced to elicit their aid to defeat the [[Battlecharger]]s. {{storylink|Decepticon Graffiti!}}

''Following [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] back to the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], Cosmos and the others got lost after their guide spontaneously vanished into [[limbo]]. Even worse was the reason for the disappearance—[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] had returned to the present. Unfortunately, Cosmos was punched out of the sky by Galvatron, and joined the rest of his comrades in defeat. {{storylink|Fallen Angel (comic)|Fallen Angel}} After Galvatron was forced into retreat by the vagrant [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], Perceptor's team finally managed to reach the Ark, where they learned of Optimus Prime's apparent demise at the hands of the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]]. Cosmos attended Prime's funeral and assimilated into Earth's depleted Autobot forces, though it was soon revealed that Prime's death was a ruse. {{storylink|Resurrection!}} ''

[[Image:Blasterbeourleaderplease.jpg|left|300px|thumb|"Is this the line for the mutiny?"]]When Optimus Prime died ''(for real)'' after a digital battle with [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], Cosmos observed with the other Autobots as [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] failed to successfully repair their fallen leader. After attending Prime's ''(real)'' funeral, a criminal known as the [[Mechanic]] turned the Ark's new security systems on the mourning Autobots, with devastating results. {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend!}} [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], Prime's successor, turned out to be a self-interested tyrant, but he did help get the Ark repaired and off of Earth, a large process that Cosmos contributed towards. {{storylink|Child's Play (comic issue)|Child's Play}} Nevertheless, Cosmos was among the Autobots who begged Blaster to overthrow him, stating that the Autobots needed a "leader whose wires are connected," but the mutiny didn't pan out. Instead, Cosmos witnessed Grimlock's mock-execution of some [[Spacehiker|young human prisoners]]. {{storylink|Spacehikers!}}
Later, Blaster and Grimlock battled for supremacy on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], as Cosmos and the other Autobots cheered Blaster on. This event took an even uglier turn when [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] led the Decepticons in an ambush. Cosmos was seen facing down [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorsaw]] in the battle that followed, and by its conclusion Cosmos was among the Autobots still standing. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

Some time after Optimus Prime's return, Cosmos was among several Autobots who responded to [[Buster Witwicky]]'s distress call near the Decepticons' [[Club Con|arctic base]]. Cosmos watched as this scene once again turned into another battle with the Decepticons! {{storylink|Dark Star|Dark Star!}}

====Marvel UK future timelines====
''Cosmos was part of a team brought to Earth by [[Rodimus Prime (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] to investigate why [[Autobot City]] was taken off-line, only to run into heavy [[Quintesson]] opposition. Luckily, no matter the continuity, [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] is their kinda town! {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}''

===Find Your Fate Junior===
Cosmos was sent to investigate signs of [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]]'s presence and discovered a [[Anti-gravity base|Decepticon Base]]. ''He was captured, and [[Hook (G1)|Hook]] built a perfect [[Replica Cosmos|replica of Cosmos]] with a bomb inside, using information from Cosmos' own memories to send him to Optimus Prime.''

''Cosmos escaped with a surprising lack of difficulty and hurried to intercept his replica, arriving almost simultaneously. In the end, Cosmos was able to convince [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] he was the real deal, and the replica was destroyed.''

The Autobots stormed the base, and Cosmos acquitted himself bravely against Dirge in battle, despite being badly outclassed. What a hero! {{storylink|Desert Flight}}

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
Cosmos was one of many Autobots who rose up and took arms against [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] after Optimus Prime and the Ark's crew returned to Cybertron to lead the population in revolt against the Decepticon's corrupt rule. He joined up with a resistance cell under [[Tracks]] and [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]], and fought alongside his comrades in the insurrection. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (comic issue)|Countdown to Extinction}} Afterward, Cosmos was placed under [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'s command during a supply run to Earth aboard the starship ''[[Orion]]''. {{storylink|Night of the Combaticons}} Their mission led them into an uncomfortable alliance with [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] against an even greater evil -- the super-powered clone known as [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]]. Starscream turned on them first chance he got, of course, and Cosmos was one of the Autobots he knocked off-line while making his escape. {{storylink|The Omega Effect|The Omega Effect}} [[Ratchet (G1)|Doc Ratchet]] had Cosmos fixed up in a few days, though, and he was last seen helping with the construction of [[Autobot City]] on Earth. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[Image:Beastformers GIJoe.jpg|left|250px|thumb|]]
Cosmos was stationed on Earth, part of a small detachment under [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]'s command. In cooperation with [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|Hawk]] and [[Firewall]], the team worked to round up stray Cybertronian technology on Earth. When an emergency came up, he arrived over Hawk's back yard to beam him aboard and carried him to the [[Arc II]]. Cosmos then joined Prowl's team on a mission to capture Destro and some of his arms-purchasing clients; Cosmos himself lassoed the buyer, then evacuated the squad before the G.I. Joe team could arrive.

Later, when the submerged Arc II was attacked by the [[Pretender Monster]]s, Cosmos dodged the giant organic craft that had flown the Decepticons there. Eject brought Firewall to the water's surface, where Cosmos picked her up. The two headed for Tibet to help out the team under Optimus Prime's command. {{storylink|Black Horizon Part 1}}

On arrival, though, all they found was snow-blown mountain wastes, until something grabbed Firewall and pulled her below ground. Shortly afterward, an avalanche swept Cosmos away.

Recovering, Cosmos searched near and far for Firewall, but finally came upon [[Flint (G.I. Joe)|Flint]] and [[Joe Colton]], holding off a band of [[Yeti]]; his firepower quickly turned the tide of the fight.

Then, Cosmos and his best mate Flint flew into space, flew down Unicron's throat, and totally killed him with ''fungus''. {{storylink|Black Horizon Part 2}}

===IDW comics continuity===
{{ongoing}}
After Blaster was found alive and well, Cosmos was one of many Autobots who traveled to the [[Autobot Orbital Command Hub|Hub]] to see "The Voice" again with his own optics. His appearance alongside [[Bluestreak]] suggests Cosmos is part of that Autobot's counter-insurgency unit. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blaster}}

===Fun Publications ''TransTech'' comics===
Hopefully, his arrival in [[Axiom Nexus]] wasn't a crash landing. {{storylink|Transcendent: Part 1}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[Image:G1Cosmos toy.gif|right|300px|thumb|He turns into a boob.]]
*'''Cosmos''' (Mini Vehicle, 1985/1986)

: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''86'''

: Cosmos transforms into a "flying saucer," specifically the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Adamski#Ufology Adamski-style] saucer that is (inexplicably) the staple Japanese depiction of a UFO. His underside has little wheels for when you just gotta roll a saucer around.

: In 1986, he was made available as a mail-away item (as he was no longer shipping to retail shelves) in the [[Digital Doom on the Highway to Destruction]] flier packed with most boxed ''Transformers'' toys. He cost $4 and one [[Robot points|robot point]].

: In Japan, he was released ''only'' as a mail-away item. He cost 500 yen and 2 robot points.

*'''Minibots Team''' (Multi-pack, 2005)

: ''Japanese ID number:'' '''TFC-12'''

: Cosmos was reissued in the [[Transformers Collection]] series in a multi-pack with [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], [[Gears]], [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]], [[Powerglide]] and [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]]. This release has a modified chest sticker that contains an Autobot sigil.

: This version, with the altered sticker, was used to make [[Path Finder]].

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===Titanium Series===
[[Image:TitaniumSeries-Cosmos.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Hey, kids, who wants to buy a die-cast $15 doorbell?]]
: A 6" transforming Cosmos toy was designed, based on the preliminary ''Classics'' design (see Trivia), and displayed at [[BotCon]] 2007. However, the [[Titanium Series]] was canceled before its tooling could be completed.

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===Universe (2008)===
====G1 Series====
*'''Autobot Cosmos''' (Legends, 2009)

[[Image:Cosmoslegendsuniverse.jpg|right|300px|thumb|From doorbell to sundial.]]
: [[Universe (2008 franchise)|''Universe'']] Legends-class Cosmos still transforms into a flying saucer-type "UFO", but now it looks less like a doorbell. [[Bill Rawley]] claims responsibility for the markings on Cosmos, which spell out his name ("Cosmos") in [[Cybertronian languages|"Cybertronian" lettering]].

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===Henkei! Henkei!===
*'''Minibot Spy Team''' (Multi-pack, 2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-19'''

:The ''[[Henkei! Henkei! (toyline)|Henkei! Henkei!]]'' version of ''Universe'' Cosmos is in a more olive green, an oranger yellow, and the silver and blue colors swapped. The silver Cybertronian "COSMOS" lettering is retained. He is packed with similarly redecoed Legends-class versions of [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]].

{{comingsoontoy}}

==Trivia==
[[Image:Classics cosmos concept.gif|right|165px|thumb|What could have been...]]
* [[Mike McConnohie]]'s voice for Cosmos is a heavily processed impression of film star [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Lorre Peter Lorre]. More precisely, McConnohie has stated in his [[BotCon]] appearances that he was doing an ''intentionally bad'' impression of Peter Lorre, which he sheepishly admitted came off sounding like a [[Accents|Spanish accent]] at times. (Until the source of Cosmos's voice was confirmed, fans would sometimes speculate that Cosmos sounded Spanish.)

* It is presumed that Cosmos' Japanese name, '''Adams''', is derived from that of [http://www.ufopsi.com/articles/georgeadamski.html George '''Adams'''ki], who provided the famous flying saucer design after which Cosmos was modeled.

* Early Japanese promotional material shows Cosmos with a blue body rather than his final green. The toy would see release in this coloration much, much, ''much'' later as [[Path Finder]].

[[Image:CosmosConcept.jpg|right|165px|thumb|What could have been if he'd only found the salad bar...]]
* Concept art of a ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]'' version of Cosmos was shown at [[BotCon 2006]], but the design was rejected because higher-ups felt the vehicle mode was too "boring". Many fans were pleasantly shocked they even ''considered'' making a new Cosmos. The art was later printed as part of the supplementary material in the ''[[Stormbringer (comics)|Stormbringer]]'' trade paperback. Despite the rejection, it remained on the development team's "look into this" file should they revisit the ''Classics'' line in the future. True to their word, the design was moved to the ''Titanium'' Cybertron Heroes line of die-cast metal transforming toys, but with the cancellation of the ''Transformers'' portion of this franchise, the Cosmos design exists only as a resin prototype that was on display during the Hasbro tour portion of [[BotCon 2007]].

* Cosmos' G1 concept art isn't terribly out of the ordinary, but it's also pretty badass.

*Where did he scan his alt mode again?

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==External Links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Autobot/Cosmos/cosmos.htm Cosmos at TFU.info]
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Cosmos Cosmos' Universe profile at NTFA.net]

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Human Error, Part I

2009-04-20T16:06:07Z

Akumateukuma: /* Quotes */

{{episode|
|series=Anitoon
|image=TFA Human Error Part 1 Automen.jpg
|caption=''Humans Animated'' is a very popular show on Cybertron.
|ep=37
|title="Human Error, Part 1"
|airdate=[[April 18]], 2009
|written by=[[Henry Gilroy]]
|directed by=[[Kalvin Lee]] [[Christopher Berkeley]] [[Naoto Hashimoto]]
|animation studio=[[Mook]]
}}
'''On Christmas morning, the Autobots wake up to an unpleasant surprise.'''

==Synopsis==

[[Image:TFAni Human Error Part 1 Powell Soundwave.jpg|thumb|left|180px|He's actually worse than [[wikipedia:Billy Mays|Billy Mays]].]]
It's [[Christmas]] in Detroit, but [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] is not in a festive mood. The hottest toy of the year is Soundwave, being marketed by [[Porter C. Powell]], who acquired the schematics and patent when he ran [[Sumdac Systems]]. Observing a commercial for the new toy, Optimus notices a Soundwave running across the plaza near the trains. Trying to follow it, he is nearly run over by a train and finally decides that he may be obsessing.

At the plant, [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] and [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] are interested in what they got for Christmas, but [[Sari Sumdac|Sari]] tells them that Santa will know if they try to peek. As the two help Sari decorate, a Soundwave toy breaks out of the present and does something to the oilnog that Sari made for the Autobots. The toy is barely able to hide as Optimus, [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]], and [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] weigh in on Santa's ability to deliver presents to all the children. Sari tells them to just accept the holiday magic and be thankful for what they have, like family, leading to a toast of the spiked oil. Soon, the Autobots all begin to feel tired and decide to call it a night, as Sari heads back to [[Sumdac Tower]].

[[Image:TFAni Human Error Part 1 Optimus Human.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Who would want to be a human in ''Transformers''? The [[Fandom|fans]] all hate them.]]
The next morning, Optimus wakes up, still woozy, and discovers something frightening—his hands are made of flesh! Falling off his bed in shock, Optimus looks into a mirror and discovers the horrifying truth: He's become a human! Optimus hears Bumblebee and Bulkhead cry out and discovers that all the other Autobots are human as well. A few scans by Ratchet are unable to determine the cause of the change. Looking for Prowl, the Autobots head outside, where they find the ninja is mostly at home with the situation, except he feels that something is wrong. Since they're unable to contact Sari, the Autobots decide to [[roll out|<s>roll ou—</s>]] er, walk to Sumdac Tower.

[[Image:TFA Human Error Sumdac dance.jpg|thumb|left|180px|Truly fun for all ages.]]
The Sumadcs, meanwhile, are exchanging Christmas presents, although Sari is less than impressed with the Soundwave toy she receives, having less-than-fond memories of her previous experience with the musical menace. The next present, a scooter, likewise fails to excite, until her father reveals that it also transforms into a jetpack! Thrilled at the gift, Sari takes off to show the Autobots, leaving her dad dancing and singing along with Soundwave.

On their way to Sumdac Tower, the Autobots stop at [[Burger Bot]] when Bulkhead experiences the odd sensation of "hunger". Before long, he is also experiencing the thrills and spills of "the bathroom", while Prowl makes the most of his new human form to play peek-a-boo with a greatly amused [[Jennifer Witwicky|baby]]. The light-heartedness is brought to an end by a sudden explosion outside, and the Autobots race onto the street to see an armada of airborne [[Decepticon]]s, with [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] in the lead, opening fire on the city! As chaos erupts around them, more Decepticons led by [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]] come stomping up the street . A blast from Shockwave sets a nearby building on fire, and Prime orders the Autobots into action despite their frail new forms. While Bulkhead and Bumblebee fight the fire, Prime and Ratchet rescue a woman, and Prowl heads upstairs to save her [[Gary|son]]. At the last minute, Prowl dives out a window several stories up with the boy in his arms and lands with ease, prompting Bulkhead to wonder exactly how he accomplished such a seemingly impossible feat. Before any thought can go into the matter, Starscream transforms to robot mode and lands in front of them!

Carried by her new jetpack to the Autobot plant, Sari is surprised to discover it locked up tight, and even more surprised when the Autobots don't respond to her knocking. She flies into the plant through a skylight, but the whole building seems deserted, so she uses the computer to scan for the Autobots' energy signatures, which turn out to be coming from...inside the plant?

[[Image:TFAni Human Error Part 1 Starscream Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|right|180px|GET IT OFF GET IT OFF GET IT OFF!]]
As Starscream tears up the street and sends humans scattering in fear, Bulkhead and Bumblebee rather foolishly attempt to attack him, and the results are rather predictable. When Optimus tries slashing the Decepticon with an axe, Starscream backhands him into a wall, breaking his leg. Hearing the Autobots refer to each other by name, Starscream realizes who his opponents are, but is so busy smirking over things that he loses sight of them and finds that he can't tell one human from another! Dismissing them, he departs for more destruction elsewhere, leaving the Autobots to have their injuries tended to by paramedics. Requiring some of Professor Sumdac's technology to fight the Decepticons, the Autobots board a bus to get to the tower quickly.

Back at the Autobots' plant, Sari is still searching for her friends, when suddenly, a [[Laserbeak (Animated)|large, robotic bird]] flies out of a shaft in the floor, followed by a small army of Soundwave action figures! Sari blasts the evil toys and heads down the shaft to investigate.

[[Image:TFAni Human Error Part 1 Bumblebee vs Blitzwing.jpg|thumb|180px|left|''You spin my head right 'round, right 'round''.]]
At the foot of Sumdac Tower, the Autobots have just stepped off the bus when suddenly, a huge shadow falls over Detroit. Looking up, the stunned Autobots see the entire planet of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] itself hanging in the sky. Sumdac tower is obliterated by a huge planetary laser weapon, and a full-scale Decepticon invasion force swarms the sky, led by [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] himself! The sheer impossibility of everything that is happening finally hits Optimus Prime and Prowl, who realize that whatever may be happening to them, none of it is real. Megatron seizes Prowl, but amazingly, the Autobot breaks free of his grip, and with a single swipe of his hand, severs Megatron's arm. Blitzwing attempts to crush Prowl beneath his foot, but Bulkhead runs forward and smashes straight through the [[Triple Changer]]'s leg. As Bumblebee pummels Blitzwing's faces and Prowl knocks out Starscream by phasing into his head, Optimus Prime beats Megatron with his own arm, then hurls his axe into the barrel of the Decepticon leader's cannon, causing it to explode. As the dust cloud fades, Cybertron and all of the Decepticons have vanished, and the Autobots come to the realization that they are trapped in some kind of virtual reality.

[[Image:TFA Human Error Part 1 Soundwave Superior.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Giant "Shattered Glass" Animated virtual Soundwave?]]
Sari makes the same discovery as the Autobots when she reaches the bottom of the secret shaft and discovers their bodies, plugged into machinery being operated by the full-size Soundwave, who is planning to use the illusion to reprogram the Autobots into Decepticons. Within the virtual world, the Autobots are able to will themselves back into robotic form (although Bulkhead has a little trouble), but before they can take any further actions, a gigantic arm bursts out of the ground beneath them, scooping them up in its hand. Soundwave's giant face looks down upon the Autobots, declaring escape impossible and shocking them all with blasts of purple energy. Soundwave also has his hands full in the real world, as Sari blasts a chunk out of his shoulder with one of her energy-balls,. Soundwave summons Laserbeak, the robotic bird Sari saw earlier, into his arms, where it transforms into a guitar and hits Sari with a powerful sonic shock wave. The wounded Sari retreats, promising to come back for her friends and leaving Soundwave to resume the final phase of his Autobot reprogramming with [[Ratbat (Animated)|another musical instrument]] that bathes the heroic robots in waves of sonic energy. As Soundwave gloats, Optimus Prime's eyes open and begin glowing Decepticon-red...

[[Human Error, Part 2|To be continued...]]

==Featured characters==
{{note|Characters in italics appear only as part of Soundwave's virtual reality scenario.}}
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (2)
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (3)
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (4)
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (9)
|c2=
*[[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]] (5)
*''[[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]]'' (12)
*''[[Lugnut]]'' (13)
*''[[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]]'' (14)
*''[[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]]'' (15)
*''[[Strika (Animated)|Strika]]'' (16)
*''[[Oil Slick (Animated)|Oil Slick]]'' (17)
*''[[Spittor (Animated)|Spittor]]'' (18)
*''[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]'' (22)
*[[Laserbeak (Animated)|Laserbeak]] (23)
*[[Ratbat (Animated)|Ratbat]] (24)
|c3=
*[[Porter C. Powell]] (6)
*[[Isaac Sumdac]] (7)
*''[[Jennifer Witwicky]]'' (10)
*''[[Carly Witwicky (Animated)|Carly Witwicky]]'' (11)
*''[[Daniel Witwicky (Animated)|Daniel Witwicky]]'' (19)
*''[[Spike Witwicky (Animated)|Spike Witwicky]]'' (20)
*''[[Gary]]'' (21)
|c4=
*[[Sari Sumdac]] (8)
}}

==Quotes==

'''Ratchet''': And I'm telling you, there is no way that this "Santa Claus" could deliver billions of presents in one night. 
'''Prowl''': I can think of at least one. Ho. Ho. Ho. 
''[Prowl projects holograms of himself]'' 
'''Optimus''': A sound theory, Prowl. I did see multiple Santas in the shopping district tonight.
:—The Autobots weigh in on the debate of how Santa does his job.

"We need to get to Sumdac Tower. Auto—er, men. Transfo—er, uh, roll—er, uh, oh, let's just go."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' has a few slips on his "[[roll out]]" command.

"Why would ze Autobots choose to be human?" 
"Not for the fashion sense, I can tell you that. A-ha-ha-ha!"
:—'''Icy Blitzwing''' and '''Random Blitzwing''', the next [[wikipedia:Tim Gunn|Tim Gunn]].

"Not a creature was stirring, not even a—''[Laserbeak flies out of the Autobrand on the floor]'' creepy robot bird?" 
:—'''Sari Sumdac''' adds a new twist to a classic Christmas tale.

"Oh, look! I have a hole in my rocket!"
:—Even horrible injury cannot faze '''Random Blitzwing'''.

"Hey, we're baaaaack!" 
"Not all of us!" 
"It might help you if you make the noise with your mouth like this: ''Choo-chuh-chah-chik''!" 
"Sounds silly... But, okay. Choo-chuh-chah-chah-chik! ''Choo-chuh-chah-chah-chik''!"
:— '''Bumblebee''' and '''Bulkhead''', making the transformation noise like so many of us did on moments of loneliness

"Escape is impossible. Autobots inferior; Soundwave superior."
:—'''Soundwave''', homaging like it's [[The Transformers: The Movie|1986]].

==Notes==

===Animation or technical errors===
* When Bulkhead sets down his Christmas present, the box is missing the horizontal ribbon it has in the preceding and following shots.
* When Ratchet scans Optimus, all the equipment is human-sized, instead of the much larger, Transformer-scaled size. Of course, it's not actually ''real'', but still.
[[Image:HumanError-DanielSpike.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The popular "Invisible Booster Seat" image from Lolbots.com.]]
* In the bus tram scene, Daniel is shown levitating over his seat.
* We first see [[Jennifer Witwicky]] for a few frames in the background next to a mom who isn't Carly. She's Carly later, though.
* After the explosion is heard outside the Burger Bot, Bulkhead's previously half-eaten burger is now whole.
* Bulkhead punches Starscream with his right hand...then screams and clutches his ''left'' hand...then after a scene cut, he is shown clutching his ''right'' hand...and later he gets a bandage put on his ''left'' hand. Of course, it's...oh, you get the idea.
* Of course, if this was real, we'd point out that the force with which Starscream smashed Optimus into the wall should probably have killed him, or at least caused a lot more damage than a broken leg. Good thing it's not, then.
* The elevator platform in the Autobots' base shrinks from Autobot-sized at the top (such that Sari is shown to be tiny in comparison to it) to human-sized at the bottom (such that Laserbeak couldn't fit through the door even if it had been open).
* Blitzwing's face changes from Icy to Random when he lifts up his leg, only to be Icy again when he's looking through the hole after the shot changes.
* When Optimus beats Megatron with his own severed arm, the arm is ''freaking colossal'', nearly as big as the rest of Megatron's body (Megatron's face also goes significantly off-model in the same scene).
* When being held by the giant Soundwave, Prowl is briefly missing his armor.
* The hole Sari blows in Soundwave's backpack comes and goes. Hey, this bit is real!

===Continuity errors===
*Presumably Soundwave tapped into the Autobots' memories in order to create images of the Decepticons. But if that's the case, what's [[Team Chaar]] doing there, as well as a full-body view of Shockwave (whom they only saw in facial close-up in "[[A Bridge Too Close, Part II]]")? The one who would be actually there would be Oil Slick, due to his past history with Prowl and Ratchet.
*Where did Sari's jetpack go while she was on the lift? (For that matter, why did she transform out of her robot mode at all?)
*Lugnut disappears with the other Decepticons, despite the fact none of the Autobots fought him.

===Transformers references===
*[[Derrick Wyatt]] stated this episode was a partial homage to a [[Only Human|"classic" Generation 1 episode]].
*Sari's transforming scooter-jetpack was an early idea that didn't make it into the series, but which was featured in a promotional reel for the ''Animated'' series (seen on the convention circuit in mid-2007 and featured on the DVD included with the "Optimus Prime and Megatron: The Battle Begins" action figure set). The version introduced with this episode is somewhat different from the original concept, which was a pedal-powered tricycle that transformed using the power of the [[Key]].
* The scooter's jetpack form is, in turn, based on the backpacks worn by the Acroyear/Acroyer, the villains from Takara's [[Microman]] toyline.
[[Image:HydraMartyCancer.jpg|right|thumb|150px|This is a winning sitcom concept right here.]]
*The [[Burger Bot]] patrons include series head writer [[Marty Isenberg]], [[Carly Witwicky (Animated)|Carly Witwicky]], her baby daughter [[Jennifer Witwicky|Jennifer]] (who was close to being born during the Season 2 episode "[[Garbage In, Garbage Out]]"), and ''Animated'' homages to the ''[[Super-God Masterforce]]'' characters [[Cancer]] and [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]]. Hydra, Marty, and Cancer are sitting together at one table, indicating a very interesting family.
*Starscream's missiles feature the shark-toothed smiley faces sculpted into the missile accessories that come with his toy.
*Cybertron was brought into Earth orbit twice in the [[Generation 1]] series: first in the multipart episode "[[The Ultimate Doom, Part 1|The Ultimate Doom]]", and then in the series finale, "[[The Rebirth, Part 3]]".
*Soundwave's declaration that the Autobots are "inferior" while he is "superior" is a paraphrase of his Generation 1 namesake's famous line of dialogue from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'': "Soundwave superior, Constructicons inferior."
*The colors on the giant Soundwave in the virtual world come from Takara's "Sonic White" Soundwave MP3 player.

===Real-world references===
*Appropriately enough, the first act of this episode incorporates traditional Christmas songs "[[Wikipedia: Carol of the Bells|Carol of the Bells]]" and "[[Wikipedia:God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen|God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen]]" into the background music.
*Sari quotes from the Christmas poem, "[[Wikipedia: A Visit from St. Nicholas|A Visit from St. Nicholas]]" (more commonly known as "'Twas the Night Before Christmas"), replacing the word "mouse" with "[[Laserbeak (Animated)|creepy robot bird]]".
*When Laserbeak chases Sari into the elevator, he makes sounds like a seagull.
*Bumblebee says "We're not in Detroit anymore," which is another twist on an oft-paraphrased line from ''The Wizard of Oz''.
* The scene of Cybertron blowing up [[Sumdac Tower]] is straight out of the mid-90s summer blockbuster ''Independence Day'', in which an alien mothership blows up the White House in a similar manner while using the [[Death Star]] sound effect from [[Star Wars]].

===Trivia===
*This episode features an unusually high amount of [[stock footage]] by ''Animated'' standards. Starscream's sequence is a few seconds longer than when it was last seen in "[[Megatron Rising - Part 1]]". Of course, all the sequences of the "human" Autobots transforming have been re-edited.
*Apparently, in future Detroit, you are allowed to use public transportation while bearing a giant axe. Well, it ''is'' Detroit...
*Back in "[[Sound and Fury]]", Soundwave's voice was modulated using only one tone, meaning it never rose or fell. With this episode, more tones are introduced into his voice, allowing it to rise and fall in the same manner as his [[Generation 1]] [[Soundwave (G1)|counterpart]].
*Sari's abilities include being capable of holding a full barrel of oil on each hand and surviving getting slammed into a wall by Laserbeak and Soundwave. Plus she makes a mean oilnog.
*Man, Professor Sumdac sure can ''dance''.
*Technically, since most of this episode wasn't real, most of the errors above can be dismissed. So nyah!

[[Category:Animated episodes]]

Human Error, Part I

2009-04-18T22:59:24Z

Akumateukuma: /* Trivia */

{{episode|
|series=Anitoon
|image=TFA Human Error Part 1 Automen.jpg
|caption=
|ep=37
|title="Human Error, Part 1"
|airdate=[[April 18]], 2009
|written by=[[Henry Gilroy]]
|directed by=[[Kalvin Lee]] [[Christopher Berkeley]] [[Naoto Hashimoto]]
|animation studio=[[Mook]]
}}
'''On Christmas Morning, the Autobots wake up to an unpleasant surprise...'''
==Synopsis==

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (2)
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (3)
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (4)
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (9)
|c2=
*[[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]] (5)
*''[[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]]'' (12)
*''[[Lugnut]]'' (13)
*''[[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]]'' (14)
*''[[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]]'' (15)
*''[[Strika (Animated)|Strika]]'' (16)
*''[[Oil Slick (Animated)|Oil Slick]]'' (17)
*''[[Spittor (Animated)|Spittor]]'' (18)
*''[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]'' (21)
*[[Laserbeak (Animated)|Laserbeak]] (22)
*[[Ratbat (Animated)|Ratbat]] (23)
|c3=
*[[Porter C. Powell]] (6)
*[[Isaac Sumdac]] (7)
*[[Sari Sumdac]] (8)
*''[[Jennifer Witwicky]]'' (10)
*''[[Carly Witwicky (Animated)|Carly Witwicky]]'' (11)
*''[[Daniel Witwicky (Animated)|Daniel Witwicky]]'' (19)
*''[[Spike Witwicky (Animated)|Spike Witwicky]]'' (20)
|c4=
}}

{{note|Characters in italics appear only as part of Soundwave's virtual reality scenario.}}

==Quotes==

'''Ratchet''': And I'm telling you, there is no way that this "Santa Claus" could deliver billions of presents in one night. 
'''Prowl''': I can think of at least one. Ho. Ho. Ho. 
''[Prowl projects holograms of himself]'' 
'''Optimus''': A sound theory, Prowl. I did see multiple Santas in the shopping district tonight. 
:—The Autobots weigh in on the debate of how Santa does his job.

"We need to get to Sumdac Tower. Auto--er, men. Transfo--er, uh, roll--er, uh, oh, lets just go. 
:—'''Optimus Prime''' has a few slips on [[roll out]].

'''Icy Blitzwing''': Why would ze Autobots choose to be human? 
'''Random Blitzwing''': Not for the fashion sense, I can tell you that. A-ha-ha-ha!
:—'''Random Blitzwing''', the next Tim Gunn.

"Oh look! I have a hole in my rocket!"
:—Even horrible injury cannot faze '''Random Blitzwing'''.

'''Bumblebee''': Hey, we're baaaaack! 
'''Bulkhead''': Not all of us! 
'''Bumblebee''': It might help you if you make the noise with your mouth like this: ''Choo-chuh-chah-chik''! 
'''Bulkhead''': Sounds silly... But, okay. Choo-chuh-chah-chah-chik! ''Choo-chuh-chah-chah-chik''!!
:—Sound effects have never been so much fun.

==Notes==

===Animation or technical errors===
* When Bulkhead sets down his Christmas present, the box is missing the horizontal ribbon it has in the preceding and following shots.
* When Ratchet scans Optimus, all the eqipment is human-sized, instead of the much-larger Transformer-scaled size. Of course, it's not actually ''real'', but still.
* In the bus tram scene, Daniel is shown levitating over his seat.
*Bulkhead punches Starscream with his right hand... then screams and clutches his ''left'' hand... then after a scene cut he is shown clutching his ''right'' hand... and later he gets a bandage put on his ''left'' hand.
* When Optimus beats Megatron with his own severed arm, the arm is ''freaking colossal'', nearly as big as the rest of Megatron's body.
* When being held by the giant Soundwave, Prowl is briefly missing his armor.
* The hole Sari blows in Soundwave's backpack comes and goes.

===Continuity errors===
*Presumably Soundwave tapped into the Autobots' memories in order to create images of the Decepticons. But if that's the case, what's [[Team Chaar]] doing there? Another possibility would be that he may have simply got orders from higher Decepticon Authority.

===Transformers references===
*Sari's transforming scooter-jetpack was an early idea that didn't make it into the series, but which was featured promotional reel for the ''Animated'' series (seen on the convention circuit in mid-2007, and featured on the DVD included with the "Optimus Prime and Megatron: The Battle Begins" action figure set). The version introduced with this episode is somewhat different from the original concept, which was a pedal-powered tricycle that transformed using the power of the [[Key]].
*The [[Burger Bot]] patrons include series head writer [[Marty Isenberg]], [[Carly Witwicky (Animated)|Carly Witwicky]], her baby daughter [[Jennifer Witwicky|Jennifer]] (who was being born during the Season 2 episode "[[Garbage In, Garbage Out]]") and ''Animated'' homages to the ''[[Super-God Masterforce]]'' characters [[Cancer]] and [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]]. Hydra, Marty, and Cancer are sitting together at one table, indicating a very interesting family.
*Cybertron was brought into Earth orbit twice in the [[Generation 1]] series: first in the multipart episode "[[The Ultimate Doom, Part 1|The Ultimate Doom]]", and then in the series finale "[[The Rebirth, Part 3]]".
*[[Derrick Wyatt]] stated this episode was a partial homage to a [[Only Human|"classic" Generation 1 episode]].
*The sound Bulkhead makes with his mouth to help him Transform is the original Transforming sound from Generation 1, just erm .... spoken.
*Soundwave's declaration that the Autobots are "inferior," while he is "superior," is a paraphrasing of Generation 1 Soundwave's famous line of dialogue from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', "Soundwave superior, Constructicons inferior."

===Real-world references===
*Appropriately enough, the first act of this episode incorporates traditional Christmas songs "[[Wikipedia: Carol of the Bells|Carol of the Bells]]" and "[[Wikipedia:God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen|God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen]]" into the background music.
*When Laserbeak chases Sari into the elevator, he makes sounds like a seagull.
*Bumblebee says "We're not in Detroit anymore," which is an oft-paraphrased line from ''The Wizard of Oz.''

===Trivia===
*This episode features an unusually high amount of [[stock footage]] by ''Animated'' standards. Starscream's sequence is a few seconds longer than when it was last seen in "[[Megatron Rising - Part 1]]". Of course, all the sequences of the "human" Autobots transforming have been re-edited.
*Apparently, in future Detroit, you are allowed to use Public Transportation while bearing a giant axe. Yeah, in your dreams...
*Back in "[[Sound and Fury]]", Soundwave's voice was modulated using only one tone, meaning it never rose or fell. With this episode, more tones are introduced into his voice, allowing it to rise and fall in the same manner as his [[Generation 1]] [[Soundwave (G1)|counterpart]].
*Sari got hideously strong for someone her size, being capable of holding a full barrel of oil on each hand. Wonder what else she can do.
*Man, Professor Sumdac sure can ''dance''.

[[Category:Animated episodes]]

Jesus

2009-04-18T12:44:51Z

Akumateukuma:

[[Image:Jesus of the Northstar.jpeg|right|frame|This week, on "Jesus of the Northstar", our hero faces Hindu gods and ninjas. Later, He multiplies his friends dinner!]]:''Jesus is the last resort of the desperate in the [[Movie (franchise)|live-action Movie continuity]].''

'''Jesus''' is presumably a human, but the only fact known about this person is that he (or she?) would have given [[Sam Witwicky]] a dishonestly inflated grade to trick [[Ron Witwicky|Sam's father]] into buying Sam a car. (Or at least, that what Sam's teacher assumed.)

==Fiction==
===Transformers (2007)===
Sam Witwicky's dad had promised him that if he kept his grades up, he would give him a car at the end of the school year. But on the verge of summer, Sam's grades were perilously low, and his only chance lay in a final presentation. This went disastrously, and the teacher was prepared to grade him harshly, but Sam explained his situation and begged for leniency. The teacher appeared unconvinced until Sam's final plea: "What would Jesus do?"

Sam was soon seen jubilantly headed for a [[Bolivia's Finest Quality Used Cars and Petting Zoo|car dealership]] with his father. {{storylink|Transformers (2007)|Transformers}}

==Notes==
*In the ''[[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]]'' [[Generation 1 (Marvel Comics)|Marvel UK comic]] issue "[[Stargazing]]", [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] claims that [[Christmas]] is a celebration of the birth of someone called "Christ". Some suggest that Christ and Jesus are one and the same—a deity, in fact—but there is no [[canon]] evidence for this.

*Another persistent rumor is that Jesus once died and [[Zombie|came back to life]]. Given this (and the fact that he has only been referred to in dialogue, never established in person), he may simply be a metaphor for [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|Optimus Prime]].

[[Category:Gods]]
[[Category:Humans]]
[[Category:Movie characters]]

Jesus

2009-04-18T12:41:46Z

Akumateukuma:

[[Image:Jesus of the Northstar.jpeg|right|frame|This week, on "Jesus of the Northstar", our hero faces Hindu gods and ninjas, and later, multiplies his friends dinner!]]:''Jesus is the last resort of the desperate in the [[Movie (franchise)|live-action Movie continuity]].''

'''Jesus''' is presumably a human, but the only fact known about this person is that he (or she?) would have given [[Sam Witwicky]] a dishonestly inflated grade to trick [[Ron Witwicky|Sam's father]] into buying Sam a car. (Or at least, that what Sam's teacher assumed.)

==Fiction==
===Transformers (2007)===
Sam Witwicky's dad had promised him that if he kept his grades up, he would give him a car at the end of the school year. But on the verge of summer, Sam's grades were perilously low, and his only chance lay in a final presentation. This went disastrously, and the teacher was prepared to grade him harshly, but Sam explained his situation and begged for leniency. The teacher appeared unconvinced until Sam's final plea: "What would Jesus do?"

Sam was soon seen jubilantly headed for a [[Bolivia's Finest Quality Used Cars and Petting Zoo|car dealership]] with his father. {{storylink|Transformers (2007)|Transformers}}

==Notes==
*In the ''[[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]]'' [[Generation 1 (Marvel Comics)|Marvel UK comic]] issue "[[Stargazing]]", [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] claims that [[Christmas]] is a celebration of the birth of someone called "Christ". Some suggest that Christ and Jesus are one and the same—a deity, in fact—but there is no [[canon]] evidence for this.

*Another persistent rumor is that Jesus once died and [[Zombie|came back to life]]. Given this (and the fact that he has only been referred to in dialogue, never established in person), he may simply be a metaphor for [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|Optimus Prime]].

[[Category:Gods]]
[[Category:Humans]]
[[Category:Movie characters]]

FÃ¡tima Noya

2009-04-18T12:10:31Z

Akumateukuma:

[[Image:Fátima Noya.jpeg|right|frame|I have an invisible friend who fits in the palm of my hand. He makes me burn stuff...]]

Fátima Noya (1961-) is one of the most prolific voice actresses in Brazil.

Among some of her roles are Fuu Hououji on ''Magical Knight Rayearth'', Cherry on ''Saber Marionette J'', Nurse Joy on ''Pokémon'', female Ranma on ''Ranma 1/2'', Kiki on ''Saint Seiya'', Shinnosuke Nohara on ''Crayon Shin-Chan'', Tommy Pickles on ''Rugrats'' and ''All Grown Up'', Konohamaru on ''Naruto'' and both Son Gohan and Son Goten on ''Dragon Ball Z''.

Basically, if there is a child or a cute girl on the show, she will probably be the one voicing it.

===''Beast Wars''===
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]

FÃ¡tima Noya

2009-04-18T12:09:00Z

Akumateukuma:

[[Image:Fátima Noya.jpeg|right|frame|I have an invisible friend who fits in the palm of my hand. He makes me burn stuff...]]

Fátima Noya (1961-) is one of the most prolific voice actresses in Brazil.

Among some of her roles are Fuu Hououji on ''Magical Knight Rayearth'', Cherry on ''Saber Marionette J'', Nurse Joy on ''Pokémon'', female Ranma on ''Ranma 1/2'', Kiki on ''Saint Seiya'', Shinnosuke Nohara on ''Crayon Shin-Chan'', Tommy Pickles on ''Rugrats'' and ''All Grown Up'', Konohamarau on ''Naruto'' and both Son Gohan and Son Goten on ''Dragon Ball Z''.

Basically, if there is a child or a cute girl on the show, she will probably be the one voicing it.

===''Beast Wars''===
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]

FÃ¡tima Noya

2009-04-18T12:07:03Z

Akumateukuma: New page: I have an invisible friend who fits in the palm of my hand. He makes me burn stuff... Fátima Noya (1961-) is one of the most prolific voice actres...

[[Image:Fátima Noya.jpeg|right|frame|I have an invisible friend who fits in the palm of my hand. He makes me burn stuff...]]

Fátima Noya (1961-) is one of the most prolific voice actresses in Brazil.

Among some of her roles are Fuu Hououji on ''Magical Knight Rayearth'', Cherry on ''Saber Marionette J'', Nurse Joy on ''Pokémon'', female Ranma on ''Ranma 1/2'', Kiki on ''Saint Seiya'', Shinnosuke Nohara on ''Crayon Shin-Chan'', Tommy Pickles on ''Rugrats'' and ''All Grown Up'', Konohamarau on ''Naruto'' and both Son Gohan and Son Goten on ''Dragon Ball Z''.

Basically, if there is a child or a cute girl on the show, she will probably be the one voicing it.

File:FÃ¡tima Noya.jpeg

2009-04-18T12:01:12Z

Akumateukuma:

Rampage (BW)

2009-04-18T11:39:16Z

Akumateukuma:

{{factions|predacon|maximal}}

{{disambig3|Rampage}}
:''Rampage is a [[Transmetal]] [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] from the [[Beast Wars (franchise)|Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:BWRampage Badspark.jpg|right|300px|thumb|I ate his spark... with a side of fava beans and a nice Chianti.]]
'''Rampage''' (also known as '''Protoform X''') is the awful result of scientific experimentation gone awry. He is a serial killer and cannibal, with an immortal [[spark]] that ensures his twisted brand of horror and misery will live on as long as he does (forever, presumably). Rampage detects and draws strength from the emotions of others, literally feeding on the pain and suffering he causes. As an unwilling conscript of the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]], he is contemptuous (at best) of the rest of his team, typically bored and uncooperative on missions, and he frequently sneaks off for his own purposes to try to relieve his boredom in the most cruel and horrible ways possible.

{{bigquote|Is that fear you are feeling, Maximal? Yes... my spark feeds on terror. Let it grow! Let it consume your circuitry! Feel it, yes, feel it! Feel the fear!|Rampage, "[[Bad Spark]]"}}

:''French-Canadian name:'' '''Furibo'''
:''Italian name:'' '''Granchior'''
:''Polish name'': '''Pieniacz'''
:''Spanish name:'' '''Rampante'''
:''Brazilian name:'' '''Violência''' or '''Destruição''' (both names were used in a rather inconsistent way)

==Fiction==
===Dawn of Future's Past===
[[Image:Protoformxcargo.jpg|left|200px|thumb|The Maximals should consider making their scandalous super-secret projects a little smaller.]]
While preparing for a deep-space exploration mission, the Maximal crew of the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' stopped for a few weeks at a space station. Here, [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] helped acquire a mysterious complement to their cargo, a very large [[protoform]] branded with an X. The ''Axalon'' was ordered to dispose of "Protoform X" on a barren moon somewhere in the [[Alpha Quadrant]]. However, before its captain, [[Optimus Primal]], was able to explain the circumstances fully to his crew, they were suddenly under even newer orders to pursue a stolen [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] ship, the ''[[Darksyde]]''. Subsequently, the ''Axalon'' followed the ''Darksyde'' through a [[transwarp]] portal and crash-landed on a mysterious planet. {{storylink|Dawn of Future's Past|Dawn of Future's Past}}
{{-}}

===''Beast Wars'' cartoon===
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Campbell Lane]] (English), [[Nobuyuki Hiyama]] (Japanese)

[[Image:BWRampage Badspark thepast.jpg|right|200px|thumb|This is a great way to work out.]]
Protoform X was a [[Maximal]] experiment to recreate [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream's]] mutant, immortal [[Spark]]. Though arguably successful in this regard, the creation was unstable. In point of fact, he was criminally insane. He destroyed [[Colony Omicron]], killing all of its inhabitants save a lone security officer, [[Depth Charge]], who eventually tracked him down and captured him - but not before Protoform X destroyed [[Starbase Rugby]] and ''devoured'' an unknown number of the inhabitants. The [[Maximal Elder|Maximal Elders]] had Protoform X placed into a [[stasis pod]] aboard an exploration vessel, the ''Axalon''. They instructed its commander, Optimus Primal, to dump him on some barren world in deep space.

Protoform X was among the stasis pods jettisoned by Optimus when the ''Axalon'' was damaged by [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron's]] Predacons, and only fell out of orbit far into the Beast Wars. Battle near his stasis pod shocked him into activation, and he promptly set out to terrorize all nearby Transformers, rending Tarantulas limb from limb and stalking Blackarachnia and Silverbolt. (All right, whose bright idea was it to allow the homicidal maniac to keep his weapons!?) X seemed unstoppable at first, but when one of Silverbolt's missiles jammed his tank treads as he climbed up a mountainside, he lost his grip and tumbled down the rock face in pieces.

As Protoform X lay immobilized, Megatron arrived and, using a blade of pure [[Energon (G1)|energon]], removed a portion of his indestructible spark. Megatron then had him brought back to the Predacon base and repaired. When X attempted to turn his weapons on his "savior", Megatron revealed that he held half of X's spark in a special cage lined with energon crystals, allowing him to torture the beast at will. Megatron thus welcomed him into the Predacon fold, dubbing him "Rampage". {{storylink|Bad Spark|Bad Spark}}

[[Image:BWTransmutate Rampage mourning.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"Alas, poor Transmutate..."]]
{{quote|None shall hurt you now. Come with me, come. I will protect you... I am your friend. Your only friend.|Rampage convinces Transmutate to follow him, "[[Transmutate (episode)|Transmutate]]"}}

Rampage made no secret of his hatred for his new "master". Megatron kept the spark cage with him at all times, fending off at least one attempt by Rampage to take it back. Though a violent sociopath, Rampage was not without compassion. He found a kindred spirit in the badly damaged [[Transmutate]] and sought to protect it from the other Predacons, and became possessive enough to viciously fight with [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] over it. When Transmutate was killed by this fight, Rampage bellowed in grief. {{storylink|Transmutate (episode)|Transmutate}}

Rampage finally met his match in battle when the newly-reformatted Optimus Primal attacked him while he was attempting to push the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' over the cliff from which it perched. The huge Maximal leader simply shoved him aside, but Rampage had the last laugh as his deflected missile sent the Maximal base plunging into the lake. {{storylink|Optimal Situation|Optimal Situation}}

Later, Depth Charge arrived on prehistoric Earth with the single-minded goal of destroying Rampage. Rampage was beside himself with joy, eager for revenge on his old "playmate". Depth Charge's loss at Colony Omicron had embittered him, and Rampage used this emotional wound to torment the Maximal. {{storylink|Deep Metal|Deep Metal}} Rampage soon met his old enemy again when [[Rattrap]] descended to the bottom of the lake to retrieve the [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]] module from the wreckage of the ''Axalon''. Depth Charge had the upper hand in the battle, but Rampage escaped death when [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] argued with Depth Charge over his commitment to the Maximals. {{storylink|Changing of the Guard|Changing of the Guard}}

[[Image:BWNemesisPt1 DepthCharge Rampage.jpg|right|200px|thumb|THERE CAN BE ONLY...NONE!]]

When Megatron created [[Dinobot 2]], he used Rampage's spark fragment to form the core of the new Predacon, who likewise retained the ability torture Rampage into continued loyalty with it. Naturally, Rampage was filled with fury and disgust at sharing his spark with a 'brother'. {{storylink|Feral Scream Part 1|Feral Scream Part 1}}

Rampage would go on to have a second clash with Silverbolt, targeting him when he was filled with grief and rage over Blackarachnia's death; he'd have killed him easily if Blackarachnia hadn't suddenly become alive again and beaten him up. {{storylink|Crossing the Rubicon}} He almost got his revenge when Megatron ''deliberately gave Blackarachnia to him'' (JESUS CHRIST, MEGS), and was clearly having fun torturing her before she was able to overpower him. {{storylink|Master Blaster}}

While Megatron was retrieving the submerged [[Decepticon]] craft ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'', Depth Charge met Rampage in battle one last time. At the battle's climax, Rampage allowed Depth Charge to kill him with a shard of raw Energon, resulting in a fantastic explosion which destroyed both. Rampage won even in death, laughing maniacally in triumph as Depth Charge made the final, stabbing blow. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 1|Nemesis Part 1}}

===''Beast Wars Metals'' comic===
He's a Frankenstein's monster-like thing.
He ate Primal's head. It's okay, Primal had a spare.
One more thing. The head Rampage ate had a bomb in its mouth. Idiot.

{{charstubfiction}}

===''Beast Wars Transmetals''===
==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
*'''Rampage''' (Ultra Transmetal, 1998)
*''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-41'''
*''Accessories:'' Spring-loaded triple barrel missile launcher, 3 missiles and 1 rifle

[[Image:BW Rampage toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|A Seafood Louis eater's worst nightmare.]]

:Rampage transforms into a Transmetal king crab with a tank mode that includes rubber treads. In beast mode, he features fully articulated crab legs and pincers that can open, close and be posed in a variety of angles through the use of ratcheting joints. His triple-barreled Gatling missile launcher is stored on the underside of the beast mode, with its barrels flipping to the front during vehicle mode. In this tank mode, the crab legs fit together to form a road wheel network for Rampage's rubber treads to fit over so he can roll upon them. Rolling the tank activates the wheel in the missile launcher, firing any or all of the three missiles that can store in it.

:In robot mode, Rampage is an imposingly large figure with a decent level of articulation due to his ball joints, but because he wears most of his beast mode as a sort of backpack, he is quite back-heavy. His (very) small laser rifle and his triple-barreled launcher can be held in both of his hands. There were two releases of the toy, one with face colors accurate with the show and another with an orange colored face (seen to the right).

:The location of four of the crab legs in the show is not accurate to the toy; the show has the legs on the shoulder pads, whereas the toy situates the legs on Rampage's arms (which mean they are rather cumbersome).

: This toy was later [[Redeco|redecoed]] into the [[BotCon 2000]]-[[exclusive]] [[Shokaract]].

{{-}}

==Notes==
[[Image:Rampage-backofthebox.jpg|right|200px|thumb|]]

* According to the series background materials published in the ''[[Beast Wars Universe]]'' guidebook, Rampage's body was supposed to have been constructed out of leftover G1-era [[Reproduction|technology]] seen in the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] due to the lack of know-how for protoform technology. How this jibes with his status as "Protoform X" is anyone's guess.
* In some episodes, Rampage's robot-mode mouth is animated as an actual hole in his face; in others the external mouthplates are shown to be in front of a greenish solid construct that looks like an extension of his eyes.
* Some fans are split on how to interpret Rampage's death; he is clearly shown to let go of the energon shard that killed him prior to being stabbed with it, to which Depth Charge reacted in surprise. Because of this, some fans feel this means Rampage, knowing he couldn't win the struggle, allowed himself to be impaled in order to end his torturous existence (and laughing in the giddy euphoria of oblivion), while others believe he deliberately let go to test whether or not Depth Charge would go through with his threat of ending his life, his laughter instead being taken as solace in the knowledge that Depth Charge's obsession with him had successfully corrupted him into the same kind of monster he wanted to kill. Or, Rampage could just be completely insane.
* No explanation is ever given for why energon suddenly kills Rampage, even though Megatron's been poking his spark with it ever since he appeared. Although the fact the energon was unstable may have had something to do with it.
* Also, the difference between the spliting (and subsequent torturing) of Rampage's spark, and Depth Charge's fateful blow may be seen to be the same as the difference between surgery and hacking at someone with a sword, with the same difference in results.
* Back-of-the-box art for Rampage gives technical designations to some of his robot mode parts; they include "terror claws", armor plating, and the ever-dreaded [[Galva-conductor|galva-conductors]].

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1998/Predacon/Rampage/rampage.htm Rampage at TFU.info]

==References==

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Ravage (G1)

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Akumateukuma: /* Trivia */

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:''Ravage was a [[Decepticon]] [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|cassette]], then a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]], and then a [[Decepticon]] again in the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] and [[Beast Era]] and then [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Continuity family|continuity families]]. Oh, and he is sometimes known as '''Tripredacus Agent''' and some other times as '''Black Panther Man'''. It's all very confusing.''

[[Image:Ravageboxart.jpg|right|350px|thumb|This is every comic book panel Ravage has ever been in. Well, okay, sometimes they rotate him a bit.]]
No Decepticon has a stronger loyalty to [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] than '''Ravage'''. One of [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s most reliable [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|spies]], Ravage believes unwaveringly in the Decepticon cause, and Megatron embodies that cause. To better serve Megatron and the Decepticons, Ravage has become the most efficient and deadly war machine under his command. He hides himself in the shadows, waiting for the perfect moment to strike with grim accuracy. His name is synonymous with stealth. His survivors are few.

Ravage's only weakness is bright light, which can temporarily blind him. Perhaps his absolute loyalty to Megatron can blind him as well.

Sometimes he's a talker, other times he just growls or hisses at anything that isn't Megatron or Soundwave.

{{quote|Decepticons forever!|Ravage|[[The Agenda (Part 2)]]}}

:''Nickname:'' '''Cat''' <ref>Nickname found in early ''[[Transformers Universe (Marvel comic)|Universe]]''-style profiles published in [[The Transformers Comics Magazine]].</ref>
:''Japanese name:'' '''Jaguar'''
:''French-Canadian name:'' '''Saboteur'''
:''Hungarian name:'' '''Romboló''' ("Ravager")
:''Italian name:'' '''Iena''' ("Hyena")
:''Portuguese name (Portugal comics):'' '''Raiva'''
:''Portuguese name (Brazil comics):'' '''Selvagem'''
:''Spanish name:'' '''Destructor'''
:''Chinese name (Taiwan):'' '''Pò-hùai''' (破壞, "Destroy") / '''Robin''' (in ''Beast Wars'')
:''Chinese name (China):'' '''Jiqi Gou''' (機器狗, "Mechanical Dog")

==Fiction==
According to the UK book [[Dinobot War]], Ravage's cassette tape mode is disguised as the soundtrack to ''[[wikipedia:Cats_(musical)|Cats]]''.

===Marvel Comics continuity===
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[[Image:Contentedfools.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Ravage, here in his first appearance, is the first Transformer to have dialogue in the first Transformers story.]]
''Ravage was a loyal bodyguard for the [[Overlord (rank)|Overlords]], the Autobots that once ruled all of Cybertron, for generations. He witnessed as their planet-wide rule crumbled into a loose collection of feuding city-states. Like ancient Rome, the last Overlord barely managed to hold together the autocracy through the gladiatorial games, which allowed the city-states to vent their frustrations over low fuel supplies on each other in scripted, controlled conflicts. A war broke out between [[Vos]] and [[Tarn]], however, and Ravage and his partner [[Nightstalker]] attempted to escort the Overlord to safety. Joined by the gladiators [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], their journey was perilous. The Overlord was now an enfeebled mechanoid who required constant re-energization to survive, and constantly slowed them down. After Prime raced ahead to get help, Nightstalker self-destructed himself in a final loyal act to defend the Overlord, leaving the ruler alone with Megatron and Ravage. Though the Overlord was near death, Ravage refused to give the Overlord any of his energy, instead allying himself with Megatron, whom he believed would be the future ruler of Cybertron. {{storylink|State Games|State Games}}''

[[Image:Tellhimwhodefeatedyouthisday.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Holy crap, Ravage is HUGE!]]

As a member of Megatron's Decepticons, Ravage attempted to hijack the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] four million years ago, only to fail and fall into deactivation sleep until 1984. The detonation of the volcano, [[Mount St. Hilary]], reactivated the Autobots and Decepticons, unleashing their war on Earth. The two factions soon found themselves battling on the site of a drive-in movie theatre, where Ravage was able to distract [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] from determining the location of Bumblebee, who had gone missing. {{storylink|The Transformers (comic issue)|The Transformers}} The Decepticons found themselves in need of energy, so Megatron ordered Ravage to investigate [[Harrison Nuclear Power Plant]]. Jumping into one of the plant worker's cassette recorders, he learned not only of the energy-harnessing technology of this new world, but that its primary inhabitants were not the vehicles they transformed into, but their weird organic operators! Ravage and the other Decepticons immediately attacked Harrison Nuclear and claimed it for themselves. Afterwards, Ravage concealed himself within the boom box of [["O"|"O"]], the friend of [[Buster Witwicky]], and learned that Buster had allied himself with the Autobots. He quickly returned to Megatron to report this information, and the Decepticons launched another attack, this time on Buster's neighborhood. Ravage jumped [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], and the reluctant Autobot wrestled with the Decepticon until Ravage was knocked away by [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]]. The Decepticons retreated after kidnapping Buster's father, [[Sparkplug Witwicky]]. {{storylink|Power Play!|Power Play!}} Ravage returned with his comrades to the Decepticons' [[Fortress Sinister|new base]], constructed out of materials salvaged from Harrison Nuclear, and coerced Sparkplug into converting Earth fuel into a substance they could use. Soon, their base was infiltrated by [[Gears]] and the amazing [[Spider-Man]], and although the latter was as fast and agile as Ravage, the former put Ravage out of the fight with a punch. {{storylink|Prisoner of War!|Prisoner of War!}}

[[Image:RavageEnemyWithinColour.jpg|left|250px|thumb|He's so cute when he's angry.]]

''Shortly into their stay on Earth, the ever-treacherous [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] attempted to build up support against Megatron by demanding action when Megatron cautioned patience, knowing his fellow Decepticons were getting restless for battle. Fearing that an outright execution of Starscream would turn popular opinion against him, Megatron asked Ravage to spy on the [[Seeker]] and find him an excuse to get rid of Starscream. Ravage was discovered, though, and critically injured by Starscream during their fight. Ravage managed to crawl home across the desert, however, and reported the betrayal to Megatron.''
''Having dishonored himself by attacking his fellow Decepticon, Starscream was forced to engage in a trial by combat with the Autobot [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]], who had fallen into a similar situation by unrelated circumstances. After defeating Brawn in combat and flying back to Decepticon headquarters to declare his victory, Starscream was shot down by the vengeful Ravage on Megatron's orders. Ravage reported the Autobots were responsible for the attack, and thus Megatron was able to galvanize the Decepticons for battle himself, effectively stealing Starscream's thunder and punishing the mutineer in the process. {{storylink|The Enemy Within!|The Enemy Within!}}''

''As the Decepticons assaulted the Ark, Ravage fought against the magnetic Autobot [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]], employing his own electromagnetic shield to protect himself from his opponent's powers. When Optimus Prime attempted to awaken the ship's computer [[Auntie]] during the battle, however, she awoke in a scrambled state and turned against all the Transformers, using magnetic force to hold all the combatants against her hull...except for Ravage and Windcharger. Forced to work together for the benefit of both their armies, they managed to deactivate Auntie. {{storylink|Raiders of the Last Ark|Raiders of the Last Ark}}''

Megatron ordered Ravage to sneak into the Ark and provide him with news of the Autobots' fuel situation. Fortunately for the Decepticons, the Autobots had failed to find a source of fuel, so the time came to strike. During the Decepticons' immediate attack on the Ark, Ravage singled out Mirage, intent on finishing the job he had begun earlier. Ravage ignored Mirage's pleas for a peaceful discussion and removed Mirage's arm with his teeth. Mirage's resolve against the Decepticons strengthened, he blasted Ravage, removing him fully from the rest of the battle. {{storylink|The Last Stand|The Last Stand}} The chance arrival of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] was all that allowed ultimate Decepticon victory, and Ravage, his deposed leader Megatron, and several others were nursed back to full operating status. {{storylink|The New Order|The New Order}} Though Megatron rebelled against his usurper, he failed, and Shockwave paraded Megatron's beaten form in front of Ravage and the other Decepticons. {{storylink|The Worse of Two Evils!|The Worse of Two Evils!}}

Ravage accompanied several other Decepticons, under the command of Soundwave, in an assault on the Autobots after they had been duped by a bogus Optimus Prime under Shockwave's control. Ravage, the impostor Prime, and the other Decepticons made short work of the Autobots until the real Prime was restored. The Autobot commander turned the tide easily and Ravage and the other Decepticons were defeated. {{storylink|Prime Time!|Prime Time!}}

''While eavesdropping on the Autobots' arguments over whether or not to use the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] to build an army of powerful superwarriors, Ravage's presence aboard the Ark was detected. The Decepticon spy made a run for it, but was caught in a web by Mirage and [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]. Ravage, however, is nearly impossible to kept locked up, and so he was able to quickly escape. Optimus Prime ordered Bumblebee to track him down, but Ravage's capture was part of a larger scheme, and he led Bumblebee right into a trap. {{storylink|Crisis of Command!|Crisis of Command!}}''

[[Image:Laserbeakravageirobotmaster.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Ravage loves to play peek-a-boo.]]

While sitting in their [[alternate modes]] inside a [[Portland]], [[Oregon]], electronics store, Soundwave, Ravage, and Laserbeak awaited news of Megatron's location during their former leader's disappearance. After his fuel-deprived body froze in nearby [[Powder River Basin]], they left the store and brought fuel to Megatron. Here they successfully fought the American military and found a new ally, [[Donny Finkleberg]], who claimed to control the Transformers as the supervillain Robot-Master. {{storylink|I, Robot-Master!|I, Robot-Master!}} Megatron re-established his Decepticons in the basin, at the protests of Shockwave, while Ravage was given the duty of watching over Finkleberg. However, during a sudden Autobot attack, Ravage was distracted and Finkleberg was able to escape. {{storylink|Command Performances!|Command Performances!}} Ravage tracked the human, despite Finkleberg's discarding of most of his smell by exchanging clothes, but after getting into a confrontation with the Autobot named [[Skids (G1)|Skids]], Ravage was sent tumbling down a mine shaft and rendered inoperative on impact. {{storylink|Showdown!|Showdown!}}

''Three years later, Ravage was awakened by a series of earth tremors, set off by the time storm raging throughout the universe. Finding much had changed since his deactivation, Ravage stumbled into the underground bunker of none other than [[Straxus (G1)|"Megatron"]] and [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. Initially siding with his old leader(s?), during a battle with the [[Wrecker|Wreckers]], Ravage was surprised to learn that the presence of Galvatron and Scourge in the present was the source of the time storm. Though he was blasted by [[Carnivac]] (who had temporarily teamed up with the Wreckers), Ravage abandoned the battle and sought out the reclusive Shockwave. Shockwave was nearly catatonic over the irrationality of the time paradox that threatened to destroy them all, but Ravage managed to use logic to convince his former leader to come to his senses. At Ravage's suggestion, Shockwave gave up the body of [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], tossing it into the timestorm, which ended the threat to the present and future. {{storylink|Time Wars|Time Wars}}''

[[Image:Megatrong1marveltwomegatrons.jpg|right|200px|thumb|A common lament.]]

''In the aftermath, he hooked up with Megatron and they returned to Cybertron to seek new fortunes. In the Decepticon capital city of [[Helex]], though, they found Autobots wandering around unmolested, and the area free of Decepticon supervision. After deposing the inadequate [[Triumvirate]], Megatron established a new beachhead for his conquests, with Ravage by his side. {{storylink|The Fall and Rise of the Decepticon Empire|The Fall and Rise of the Decepticon Empire}} Before long, though, Ravage's Megatron was destroyed by the original Megatron, who revealed that the Megatron from Time Wars was a reconstruction of Lord [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]]. {{storylink|Two Megatrons!|Two Megatrons!}}''

[[Image:Weirdwolfthevoid.jpg|left|100px|thumb|Close your mouth, Ravage.]]

Ravage eventually resurfaced on Earth, working with Starscream and Shockwave in an auxiliary Decepticon army, planning to overthrow then-leader [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. After recruiting more of Scorponok's disgruntled soldiers, including [[Triggerhappy]] and [[Mindwipe]] {{storylink|Eye of the Storm!|Eye of the Storm!}}, Ravage returned with his fellow insurgents to an [[Nemesis (G1)|underwater headquarters]] to plan their attack. As Scorponok began to forge a very unpopular alliance with the Autobots due to the threat of [[Unicron]]'s coming, Ravage and the other Decepticon insurgents attacked the Decepticon base in [[New Jersey]]. {{storylink|Surrender!|Surrender!}} Scorponok survived, and as he emerged from the wreckage, he swatted Ravage aside easily. {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2|...All This and Civil War 2}}

Their coup was interrupted when [[Primus]] summoned all the Transformers of Earth to Cybertron to do battle with Unicron. {{storylink|Out of Time!|Out of Time!}} Ravage and the other teleported Transformers witnessed Primus, speaking through the body of [[Emirate Xaaron]], tell the history of their supernatural war with the Dark God. Ravage was last seen fleeing, along with several others, immediately after Unicron's approach. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!|On the Edge of Extinction!}}

====Marvel UK future timelines====
''In 2003, Ravage was on a routine mission to infiltrate the Ark when he came across [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s huge new plans for a transforming fortress known as [[Autobot City|Autobot City: Earth]]. Upon hearing that [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] would be transporting a simulation tape of the City's blueprints to all the human leaders of Earth, Ravage skittered off to inform his [[Stunticon]] comrades so that they could intercept the information in transit. {{storylink|Ark Duty|Ark Duty}}''

''Five years later, Ravage was seen on the field of battle with Soundwave, when the Decepticon commander desperately radioed the Autobots for assistance against their [[Quintesson]] attackers. {{storylink|Space Pirates!|Space Pirates!}}''

====Earthforce====
{{earthforcefiction}}
[[Image:Ravage uk258.png|left|100px|thumb|The smirking Ravage was a chatty catty in the Marvel comics.]]
''Ravage remained on the side of Shockwave and Starscream during the [[Decepticon Civil War]], fighting against his longtime commanders, Megatron and Soundwave. During a fight with the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], Ravage was faced off against [[Slag (G1)|Slag]]. Not... exactly... equal. Poor kitty ended up taking the horns to the hind quarters before the Decepticons retreated. {{storylink|Two Steps Back!|Two Steps Back!}}''

''Ravage was seen at the [[Enclave]], when the two Decepticon factions met to discuss peace and common goals. Someone brought him a saucer of milk. Awwwwwww. {{storylink|The Bad Guy's Ball!|The Bad Guy's Ball!}}''

''Sometime later, the Decepticon factions managed to combine under the joint leadership of Soundwave and Starscream. Ravage began operating out of Soundwave's chest compartment again, just like old times. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!|Divide and Conquer!}}''
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===Cartoon continuity===
====Generation 1 cartoon====
:''Voice Actor'': [[Frank Welker]] (English) [[Yutaka Shimaka]] (Japanese, when speaking)

[[Image:Ravageg1.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Ravage reveals his slef [sic] to humans.]]
One of the original team of Decepticons that accompanied [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] on the attack of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] spacecraft, Ravage was reformatted by [[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletraan I]] as an audiocassette to better blend in for operations based on Earth. Ravage served loyally as a Decepticon spy. He was one of the first Transformers to have been encountered by a human, as [[Joe (MTMTE)|workers]] investigating a destroyed power station fell afoul of Ravage who pounced upon them and frightened them away. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1|MTMTE1}}

Shortly thereafter, Ravage accompanied Soundwave on an infiltration mission to gather data from Teletraan I. Though Soundwave was discovered, Ravage was captured in an energy net and held captive. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 2|MTMTE2}} The Decepticon spy figured into a disinformation plot hatched by the Autobots, who purposely leaked the presence of a rocket fuel depository in the outlying desert. In truth, there was no rocket base—Autobot [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] projected a holographic illusion in the hopes of luring the Decepticons into a trap. The Autobots allowed Ravage to escape and report back to Megatron, who easily saw through the ruse. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 3|MTMTE3}}

{{storylink|Transport to Oblivion|Transport to Oblivion}} {{storylink|Roll for It|Roll for It}} {{storylink|Divide and Conquer|Divide and Conquer}} {{storylink|Fire in the Sky|Fire in the Sky}} {{storylink|SOS Dinobots|SOS Dinobots}} {{storylink|Fire on the Mountain|Fire on the Mountain}} {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 1|The Ultimate Doom, Part 1}} {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 2|The Ultimate Doom, Part 2}} {{storylink|A Plague of Insecticons|A Plague of Insecticons}}

[[Image:RavagePet.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Prrrrrrrrrr]]

During Megatron's gladiatorial match with Optimus Prime, Ravage was let out to watch his master battle their nemesis. Soundwave also petted him. This would be cute if it wasn't creepy. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War|Heavy Metal War}}

{{storylink|Changing Gears|Changing Gears}} {{storylink|The Immobilizer|The Immobilizer}} {{storylink|The Autobot Run|The Autobot Run}} {{storylink|Atlantis, Arise!|Atlantis, Arise!}} {{storylink|The Core|The Core}} {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 1|Dinobot Island, Part 1}} {{storylink|Auto Berserk|Auto Berserk}}

During one of the Decepticons' many trips to South America, Ravage got to meet up with a real jaguar. Despite his resemblance, the non-robotic jaguar did not take kindly to Ravage's presence and engaged him in a "cat-fight". Ravage used his rocket boosters to scare away his living look-alike. {{storylink|Microbots|Microbots}}

During Megatron's attempt to convince the humans that the Decepticons were good and the Autobots were evil, Ravage was dispatched to track down [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] when the human searched for evidence that would exonerate the Autobots. Cornering the flesh creature in a studio control room, Ravage had a door closed on him, was electrocuted by a control panel, and had a shelf filled with video cassettes pushed onto him. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1}} To make Ravage feel better, Soundwave took Ravage along with the other cassettes to a teen dance party, where Ravage was a big hit with the ladies. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2}}

{{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1}} {{storylink|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court}} {{storylink|Make Tracks|Make Tracks}}

[[Image:G1 cartoon Ravage wheel running.JPG|right|150px|thumb|There are so many things wrong with this.]]

Some time later, Ravage, along with [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], and Soundwave, was transported to a planet with massive inhabitants, along with a group of Autobots, in a [[space bridge]] accident. The first creature they encountered, [[Aron]], thought the Decepticons were toys. Ravage attempted to escape, but Aron's cat [[Nitro]] chased after Ravage like a mouse (how embarrassing). Aron put him with his pet hamster, Blooper, in his cage. Instead of immediately asserting his dominance by killing the beast, Ravage went and ran on the creature's exercise wheel. When captured by scientists, they attempted to dissect the Transformers, but Ravage was able to pick his locks and free the Decepticons, who hijacked the Autobots light beam to head back to Earth... and landed in a lake filled with alligators. That was a very bad day for Ravage. {{storylink|Child's Play (episode)|Child's Play}}

{{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1}}

[[Image:RavageRatbat.jpg|left|150px|thumb|The Bat The Cat The Pen-Oh, nevermind.]]

Ravage was still present with the Decepticons in 2005, During the Battle on Autobot City, he was dispatched along with Rumble, Frenzy, and Ratbat to take out Blaster's communication tower and instead were pitted against his own cassette Autobots. After the battle, Ravage helped fight for Soundwave's bid for leadership of the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie|The Transformers: The Movie}}
Ravage was still with the Decepticons after they were exiled to Chaar. One of his more notable adventures was when he, along with several other "primitive" Transformers, were summoned to fight Tornedron. Although Ravage was defeated by the energy monster, he and all the other drained transformers were restored back to normal thanks to the efforts of Grimlock. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}

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====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' comic=====
=====''Binaltech''=====
At some point in time after [[1985]], but before [[2005]], Ravage was captured by the [[Earth Defense Command|EDC]] and kept as a prisoner. He was then kept stasis-locked in cassette-mode inserted in his future/past self's tape deck, in order to provide his body with a [[Spark|"Life Essence Nucleus"]], as part of the [[Intelligence and Information Institute|I.I.I.'s]] "X-9 Revival Plan". The Ravage of the present remains unaware of his time-tossed doppelganger.

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
=====''The Headmasters'' comic=====
After Soundblaster crash-landed following his encounter with [[Chromedome]]'s "Master Chrome Hurricane-Throw to the End of Hell" attack, Ravage and the other animal cassettes (minus [[Slugfest (G1)|Slugfest]] and [[Overkill]]) stood stoically over his groggy form while [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] looked panicky. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 8|The Headmasters #8}}

===Kids Stuff Read-Along book===
Ravage immediately recognized what a hydro electric station was, a method of generating power used on Cybertron "way way back in the mists of time," when Transformers were not much more advanced in science than humans are now.

This suggests that Ravage is among the oldest of the Decepticons (even Megatron only feigned familiarity with this form of technology), or that he's a serious student of ancient energy generation techniques.

===''Beast Wars'' incarnation===
====Dawn of Future's Past====
Ravage is mentioned as being recruited along with fellow [[Mini-Cassette|Mini-Cassettes]] [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] and [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] by the Predacon [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]], but for some reason left them soon afterwards to become an operative for the [[Tripredacus Council]].

====''15 Go! Go!''====
[[Image:TGGRavage.jpg|left|200px|thumb|It's a mystery!]]
After a mystery assailant badly damaged [[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletraan I]], destroying vital data, the thinly-disguised (actually not-at-all-disguised) "Black Panther Man" stationed on the artificial Earth satellite [[Nana]] ordered the mobile computers [[Teletraan 10]] and [[Teletraan 15]] to travel through time collecting data on Transformers of the past and future.

Although his plan was indeed to repair Teletraan I's databanks, Ravage had his own intentions for the information. He had traveled back from the future to the year 2005 in an attempt to use the "bio and tech specs" data stored inside the computer to manipulate the future and create a timeline free of "unnecessary conflict". When he was foiled by the unknown saboteur, he infiltrated the Autobots as Black Panther Man and created the Information Control Center on Nana in order to control the recovery effort.

The bumbling Teletraan 15 (and eventually Teletraan 10 as well) resisted, escaping back in time using Ravage's Transwarp cruiser and becoming the very saboteur that caused her mission to begin. Though annoyed that his scheme had been thwarted, Ravage expressed pride in the independence of his underlings and graciously ejected them into space—a survivable situation for the pair and their [[Kiss Player]] cassette friends.
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====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
:''Voice Actor:'' [[Lee Tockar]] (English), [[Toshiyuki Morikawa]] (Japanese), [[Daois Cabezudo]] (Portuguese)

[[Image:BWRavage introduction.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"I vill ask you only vuhnce more... vhere are moose and skvirrel?"]]
Ravage is one of the few Decepticon warriors who was granted amnesty at the end of the Great War and reformatted into a Predacon, complete with [[Accents|classy Russian accent]]. He was sent by the [[Tripredacus Council]] to capture [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], clean up any messes he might have made, and deal with the rest of the beast warriors. (Whether this translated to "kill them all" in the minds of the Tripredacus Council is unclear, but that was apparently Ravage's intent.) Ravage made the trip to prehistoric Earth in a specially modified stealth [[transwarp cruiser]]. He successfully contacted the [[Maximal|Maximals]] and allied with them to capture Megatron. Due to the stealth capabilities of his ship, and the fact that [[Tarantulas]] was also an agent of the council, Ravage and the Maximals easily captured Megatron and imprisoned him. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 1)|The Agenda (Part 1)}}

Megatron, however, had one more card to play. He knew that Ravage wasn't going to let any of the beast warriors live, and also knew he had the one thing that would turn Ravage to his side. Using a fragment from the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]], Megatron showed Ravage something which shocked him—a message from [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], the leader of the Decepticons. As a safeguard against potential defeat, Megatron had left instructions for the descendants of the Decepticons to use transwarp technology to return to prehistoric Earth. Although the message cut out before it was finished, Megatron's plan worked: Ravage, moved by the sight of his former master, released Megatron. After Megatron explained the rest of the message, Ravage joined the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] and turned on the Maximals. Megatron and Ravage attacked Cheetor and Optimus, at which point he transformed into his old mini-cassette alt-mode, jumped into the tape player on his ship, and started playing wicked guitar solos. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 2)|The Agenda (Part 2)}}

His latest treachery was short-lived. During the assault on the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'', [[Rattrap]] infiltrated his ship and caused an explosion that destroyed the vessel and Ravage himself. As the inferno headed toward the bridge, Ravage raised a fist and shouted, "Decepticons forever!" to whomever heard or cared. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)|The Agenda (Part III)}}

His head, seemingly all that remained of him, was knocked into the water below the ''Axalon'' by one of Tarantulas's [[Arachnoid|spider-drones]]. {{storylink|Optimal Situation|Optimal Situation}}

====3H ''Universe'' comics====
[[Image:Ravageiguanusrazorclawpd2.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Ravage 3 Bodies Evolution!<ref>http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers.fanfic/msg/a5cd7fda89f12c7c?dmode=source&hl=en&pli=1</ref>]]

Even though the [[Maximal|Maximals]] had left Earth with [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] were far from over! [[Tarantulas]]'s "death" was actually a cover for his return in a more powerful form that had ingested the power of the [[Vok]]! He revived Ravage into a new [[Transmetal 2]] body to help boost his forces, which also included [[Iguanus (BW)|Iguanus]] and [[Razorclaw (BW)|Razorclaw]], and prepared to begin the next stage of his evil plan. Meanwhile, the remnants of Ravage's previous body were recycled by the Vok to re-create [[Tigatron]]. {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 1|Primeval Dawn Part 1}}

Soon, Ravage led an attack on [[Primal Prime]], the Vok's new champion, and managed to separate Prime from Tigatron, [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]], and [[Ramulus]]. Ravage boasted of his "dark cloak" which shrouded him from even Airazor's impressive sensor array, and unleashed a volley of missiles which knocked her out of the sky. Meanwhile, Tarantulas encountered Primal Prime far from the main battle, and after a heated battle, the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] itself was ripped from his chest by the undead [[Unicron's Spawn|spawn of Unicron]]. {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 2|Primeval Dawn Part 2}}

[[Image:Ravagespittorpd3.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Transforms from catlike thing to catlike thing.]]

Back at Tarantulas' lair, with the Matrix in their possession, Ravage oversaw the construction of a [[transwarp]] portal that would transport them deep within the maw of their new master, [[Unicron]]! Their newly-born ally, [[Spittor (BW)|Spittor]], expressed frustration at their unwillingness to finish off the Maximals during the battle, and Ravage responded brutally. Ravage was immune to Spittor's deadly venom-covered surface, but Spittor was not likewise protected from Ravage's savage claws, so Spittor quickly quit complaining. Once the portal was completed, Tarantulas allowed them to attack the Maximals; Ravage and the others had served their purpose. Ravage led them to the Ark, but warned them to not disturb the [[Autobot|Autobots]] or [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] on board. But little did they know that the Vok themselves had taken control of Primal Prime's body, and remade it in their powerful image... {{storylink|Primeval Dawn Part 3|Primeval Dawn Part 3}}

{{note|[[3H Productions]] dissolved before this storyline could be completed. Based on the subsequent ''Wreckers'' and ''[[Universe (2003 comic)|Universe]]'' storylines, it can be assumed that the Matrix of Leadership was restored to Optimus Prime's body at the end of this altercation, that the Maximals were triumphant, and that Tarantulas somehow fled to return to Unicron. Ravage's fate is unknown.}}
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====IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics====
While Ravage is considered by many to be loyal only to himself, his primary loyalty is actually to Megatron and the dream of Decepticon conquest. He views himself as carrying on where Megatron left off, scheming and operating constantly to end Cybertron's peace and bring back a conquering empire. Any plot and rebellion, you'll find Ravage there.

Also, he has psycho blasters, guns that ''give you seizures''. Don't mess with Ravage. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 15|Transformers Comic issue 15}}

[[Image:RavageTheGathering4.jpg|right|200px|thumb|IDW decided having his actual robot mode was a little too "Transformers"y.]]
Magmatron recovered Ravage's heavily-damaged torso, which still contained his spark. He then inserted the spark into a blank [[protoform]], and Ravage was reborn. In his Transmetal 2 body, he and his fellow Predacons, under the command of Magmatron, sought out [[Razorbeast]]'s band of Maximals. Viewing from a safe distance, Ravage ordered his soldiers to engage. Additional Maximal forces arrived, however, and Ravage's forces were defeated. Ravage retreated into the wilderness. {{storylink|The Gathering|The Gathering}}

Subsequently, Ravage would utilize all the Predacons under his command in a desperate attack as a diversion while he crept into the Maximal base to steal the [[chronal phase facilitators]] left behind by Magmatron. He was confronted by Razorbeast, who guessed incorrectly that Ravage intended to use them to board the Autobot shuttle and return to Cybertron. Ravage corrected him by stating that he intended to free Megatron and eradicate the Maximal forces. His ambitions, however, were thwarted by [[Snarl (BW)|Snarl]] who caught him off guard and gave Razorbeast the opportunity to knock Ravage offline. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 1|The Ascending issue 1}}

It is not certain if Ravage's intentions for Megatron were another ruse or if he was ''actually'' out of his kitty mind regarding the tactical feasibility of this endeavor.

However, what WAS a ruse was Ravage being offline — as soon as he had been tied up by Razorbeast, the Maximal commander had to leave to help on the battlefield—upon which Ravage stopped playing dead and broke loose rather easily, managing to obtain the chronal displacement bands that Razorbeast had put him right next to after pointing them out. (A tactical genius, that Razorbeast.) However, upon activating the bands, Ravage was pulled into Chronospace by the trapped Magmatron, who warned him of the apocalypse that was to come, and ordered him to form a truce with the Maximals to fight this menace. And after hearing the warning, Ravage heeded the sage advice, sneaking out of the base while chronically displaced and re-emerging to the sight of several gun barrels from [[Lio Convoy]], Razorbeast, and the Pack. However, just as he explained the situation, [[Rartorata]] emerged from nowhere and turned Razorbeast into a Princess Mononoke homage. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 2|The Ascending issue 2}}

[[Image:Lio V Ravage.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Who's the big cat NOW?]]
After introducing himself to Lio Convoy, Ravage agreed with him on a truce until they dealt with the menace of [[Shokaract]]. Commandeering his Predacons, Ravage's forces defeated Rartorata and Ravage extracted a sample of [[Angolmois]] energy from the [[Blendtron]]. When he told Lio Convoy to abandon the Angolmois-infected Razorbeast, the Pack's leader warned him that if he made light of his friend's peril again, he'd personally de-spark him. Ravage boarded the Pack's ship and returned to Cybertron with them, on the way analyzing the Angolmois capsule, to come up with an vaccine. However, as he explained, none of them were qualified scientists for the task. After arriving on Cybertron, Shokaract blasted the Maximal ship out of the sky. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 3|The Ascending issue 3}}

Ravage survived the crash, along with the Pack, and visited Magmatron again. Magmatron told Ravage to chronally-displace Shokaract so he could "enlighten him". He then showed unusual concern for Razorbeast's Maximals, asking how they were doing. Ravage then returned to the battle and hit Shokaract's heralds with a grenade at an opportune moment. After Shokaract's suicide, Ravage found Magmatron returned and they all lived happily ever after.

Until [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] returned. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 4|The Ascending issue 4}}
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====''Binaltech''====
The Government-run [[Intelligence and Information Institute]] (or Triple-I) unearthed a mysterious black box during an archaeological dig. After years of probing, the container, dubbed "Schrödinger's Box" by the group's scientists, was revealed to be the flight recorder of the Predacon Ravage's stealth ship, containing a copy of the feline's personality and memory engrams, deposited into his vessel before his final blaze of glory {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 2)|The Agenda (Part 2)}}. When the scientists found a way to communicate with this personality, it offered them its knowledge of future events in exchange for a new body. Triple-I agreed, and used a fake Binaltech project (filled under the pretense of "technological synthesis tests") to provide their part of the bargain. However, to truly bring the new Ravage to life, Triple-I stole the present-day Ravage—who had been captured by the [[Earth Defense Command]] and stasis-locked into his cassette mode—and implanted him into the new Ravage, thereby 'fusing' the old and new Ravages into one.

This new Ravage, however, had no intention of fulfilling his end of the bargain and, after eliminating his benefactors and learning to his shock that history did not change in his faction's favor, decided to rectify his mistake. First on his agenda was his former commander, Megatron; stealing an Autobot shuttle, he located and repaired the [[Kronosphere]] and—during a decisive battle between Megatron's and Optimus Prime's forces that would have normally ended with the Autobots being forced off of Cybertron and into their moon bases—turned the weapon on his own faction, trapping Megatron and his crew in a space-time rift. This alteration in the timeline served two purposes: first, it would give the Autobots the chance to retake Cybertron, which would then lead to them having to face off against the oncoming [[Unicron]] alone, severely weakening them in the process. The second, and more important, purpose was to keep Megatron alive and in good mental health (relatively speaking), thus preventing him from becoming the insane [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], and allowing him to lead the Decepticons to victory over the battle-weary Autobots. Ravage also [[Transmuter|Transmuted]] [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] into a new Binaltech body of his own, so he could lead the remaining Decepticons in Megatron's absence, and secretly derailed many of the Autobots' supply missions, further weakening them for their battle with the Chaos Bringer.

Unfortunately for him, the Autobot named [[Overdrive]] became aware of Ravage's meddling in history, thanks to his acute sensitivity of the timestream, and—with the help of [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]—captured the wayward Decepticon and forced a confession out of him. Ravage, however, was not without a trump card, revealing that his alterations might prevent the deaths of many of the Autobots destined to die in the normal timeline (which, as a distinction between the two, was dubbed 'Prime Time' by Wheeljack, Ravage's altered timeline being called 'Ravage Time'), though in the grand scheme of things, only Optimus could not be considered expendable, as he contained the one thing that could bring down Unicron (the [[Autobot]] [[Matrix of Leadership]]). By the time of his capture, however, Unicron had already been sighted on a collision course with Cybertron and, despite the temptation of preventing future deaths among his ranks, Optimus decided Ravage's plans to be too dangerous to allow to come to fruition. To that end, he roped [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] into helping him fly to Unicron in a preemptive strike against the monstrous threat, while the other Autobots (left in the command of [[Skids (G1)|Skids]]), were to initiate "[[Operation: Distant Thunder]]", which involved sending a copy of Wheeljack's memories of what Ravage confessed to them, back in time to a point prior to the Decepticon panther's meddling, via the energies located on [[Dinobot Island (G1)|Dinobot Island]]. If "Operation: Distant Thunder" worked as planned, Ravage's plans would be foiled, and any tremors in the timeline he caused would be smoothed over by "Project Body Shop" (aka, the Binaltech project). However, just as Skids gave the signal to transmit the memory engrams, the Autobot base was rocked by an entire fleet of Decepticons. The Autobots just barely managed to hold off the fleet, ensuring that "Operation: Distant Thunder" was a success (though a [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|black Optimus Prime]] ended up separating the Binaltech timeline from the original, as supposedly the Binaltech-bodied Transformers have a higher purpose in the grand scheme of things). Whatever happened to Ravage is not known.

===Beast Wars: Transmetals===
[[Image:N64Ravage.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Stupid sexy Ravage.]]
Ravage betrayed (Predacon) Megatron, then entered the ancient Autobot battle cruiser, the Ark. Using a prototype cloning device based on transreplication technology, he produced clones of the ancient Decepticons, with memories and personalities intact. One by one, he downloaded protoform cloning data of the legendary warriors: (Decepticon) Megatron, Skywarp, Starscream, Thundercracker, Reflector, Rumble, Frenzy, Laserbeak, Buzzsaw and Soundwave. With his clone army, Ravage returned to Predacon space with plans of conquest. {{storylink|Beast Wars: Transmetals|Beast Wars: Transmetals}}

===''Beast Wars Metals'' comic===
{{note|In the ''Beast Wars Metals'' manga, Metals Jaguar was portrayed as Generation 1 Jaguar's homicidal son, with Jaguar taking the design of the Happy Meal [[Panther]] toy.}}
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===Dreamwave comics continuity===
{{note|Events from the [[Keepers Trilogy]] novels are in italics.}}
Ravage, with a much more arboreal alt mode, was part of the second assassination team Megatron sent after the new [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]] Optimus Prime, alongside Soundwave and the future [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]]. Ravage got savaged. First Prime blinded him with an energy burst from his own partner [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]], then he tossed said Kickback into the feral Decepticon, squashing him against the wall. {{storylink|The War Within|The War Within}} Later, he was an operative of Shockwave's faction during the Dark Ages. They made war against the [[Chaos Trinity]] to upset the plans of the [[The Fallen|Fallen]]. {{storylink|The War Within: The Dark Ages|The War Within: The Dark Ages}} Ravage was also present at [[Tyger Pax]] when the Decepticons and [[Ultracon|Ultracons]] reluctantly planned to sign a peace treaty with the Autobots, right before Megatron returned in all his glory, with the thousand-strong [[Aerospace Extermination Squadron]] at his back. {{storylink|The War Within: The Age of Wrath|The War Within: The Age of Wrath}}

Millions of years later, Ravage and the crew of the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' awoke on Earth in 1984, and did battle with the crew of the ''Ark'' for some time. He and the rest of Megatron's army were eventually defeated and captured by the Autobots, but their return vessel to Cybertron, the ''[[Ark II]]'', was destroyed in mid-flight, leaving the Transformers apparently dead. Ravage and many others were recovered and reprogrammed by the human mercenary known as [[Lazarus]]. As a test of his control and their power, Lazarus sent his robots to destroy the Smitco oil refinery, and Ravage was there to "pacify" any human resistance. Megatron soon broke free of Lazarus's control, however, and freed his fellow Decepticons in the process. {{storylink|Prime Directive|Prime Directive}}

''When Megatron vanished from the face of the Earth, Ravage reluctantly joined Soundwave and many other Decepticons in following Starscream as the new leader. Starscream made his first act to take over the human city of [[Las Vegas]], turning it into a kingdom under his command. In order to ensure cooperation, he worked with the human population, promising them fame and protection in exchange for their obedience. Soundwave and his cassettes worked directly with the LVPD, supplementing their efforts with surveillance and Cybertronian based weaponry. Ravage personally intervened during a block war, dismembering a gang member before he could kill patrol officer [[Ryan O'Brien]]. The Decepticons weren't above silencing their detractors, though, and that same officer was beaten to death by some of his fellow cops later that evening, for conspiring against the Decepticons. {{storylink|Hardwired|Hardwired}}''

''Megatron returned from deep space sometime later, but the extent of his injuries at the hands of the [[Keepers]] left him unable to retake his command from Starscream. Instead, he voluntarily went into exile, but invited the other Decepticons to leave Starscream and join him. Ravage and Soundwave were among the Decepticons was eagerly accepted this invitation. {{storylink|Annihilation|Annihilation}}''

''After an enormous battle with the Keepers in Las Vegas, Megatron reclaimed leadership of the Decepticons from Starscream. To properly declare his return to power to the world, Megatron made a brazen assault directly on the White House in [[Washington, D.C.]] He had Ravage patrolling the alleyways, terrorizing civilians and running interference—the cat's efforts kept a large portion of the DCPD and National Guard occupied while Megatron had his "conference" with the [[President of the United States|President]]. Later, the President sought revenge on the Transformers during an ambush in the Nevada desert. He had American troops employ [[Deconstructionite|deconstructionites]], tiny microchip-sized projectiles reverse engineered from Cybertronian technology, with the power to drain energy away from Transformer systems. Ravage was caught in the initial barrage, and either his small size or limited processing power made him fall victim faster than others. Megatron had to carry Ravage to safety as the Decepticons retreated. {{storylink|Fusion (novel)|Fusion}}''

[[Image:Ravagewarandpeace.jpg|right|250px|thumb|RARRRRR yourself.]]
Sometime thereafter, Shockwave arrived on Earth with a detachment of Unified Cybertronian soldiers, equipped to take both Autobots and Decepticons into custody as enemies of the peace. Shockwave quickly granted clemency to Soundwave, Ravage, and the other Decepticons willing to swear fealty to him, after he disposed of Megatron. {{storylink|New World Order|New World Order}} After returning to Cybertron, Soundwave was considering his options when a small sound caught his attention. He dispatched Ravage to investigate, but the poor kitty tried to tackle [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and got a mouthful of [[null-ray]]. {{storylink|Brothers' Burden|Brothers' Burden}} Starscream had plans of his own, and managed to convince Soundwave and his cassettes that following him would be more profitable than throwing in with Shockwave. During the chaos of the Autobot insurrection that soon followed, they arranged [[Sky Lynx (G1)|transport]] and fled back to Earth to loot its energy resources. {{storylink|Revelation|Revelation}}

Although a lot happened after they returned to Earth, Ravage missed out on seeing any of it as Soundwave apparently kept him stored inside his chest the whole time.

===IDW comics continuity===
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[[Image:Ravagespotlightsoundwave.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Ravage, your puns bite! Get it?]]
Long ago on Cybertron, during [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s rise to power, a secret meeting was orchestrated between Soundwave and Megatron. Ravage, Laserbeak, and Buzzsaw attacked and captured two Autobot spies, [[Bumper]] and [[Fastback]], which they brought to Megatron. After many of the terrorists who would later call themselves Decepticons were captured, Ravage and the others helped [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] assassinate the members of the [[Kaon]] council. {{storylink|Megatron Origin|Megatron Origin}}

When [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] was ordered by Megatron to investigate the disappearance of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], Megatron in turn ordered Soundwave to secretly keep an eye on him. Soundwave took Ravage and Laserbeak with him, and eventually followed Bludgeon and his accomplices to Earth, where Ravage took on the form of a cassette tape in the year 1984. Soundwave observed as a cassette tape player, he sent Ravage and Laserbeak to follow the [[human]] [[Facsimile|facsimiles]] constructed by Bludgeon to do his enigmatic work. Ultimately, the trail brought the three to Bludgeon's volcanic lair under [[Mount St. Helens]]. When Soundwave realized that Bludgeon's group intended to reawaken [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]], Soundwave, Ravage, and Laserbeak desperately attacked, but Ravage was impaled by Bludgeon's sword. He was later buried by a volcanic eruption, but dug out a year later by a mysterious group of humans. {{storylink|Spotlight: Soundwave|Spotlight: Soundwave}}

Years later in 2007, he was chained up in the [[Skywatch]] headquarters along with Laserbeak and reprogrammed to seek out the other Transformers. {{storylink|Escalation issue 6|Escalation issue 6}} On his first mission out with Laserbeak, however, the pair's signal from Skywatch was blocked by Soundwave. {{storylink|Devastation issue 4|Devastation issue 4}}

{{spoiler|Maximum Dinobots issue 4}}

Ravage sought out Soundwave in the bedroom of young [[Jimmy]], bursting through his household wall. Soundwave had been stuck in his small tape-player altmode for 25 years, so the assistance of Laserbeak was required to haul his small form away. Ravage regrouped with them both at the base of Mount St. Helens, but it was taking all of Soundwave's fast-dwindling energy to keep blocking Skywatch's mind control signals. Fortunately, they had an ally in Shockwave. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 4}}

[[Image:AHM2RavageAndy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|I'll give you dog, pal!]]
A year later, Ravage was reuinted with Soundwave and the rest of his tape comrades. After a failed human counter-attack in New York, Ravage went after the pilot [[Andy]] so as to prevent him reporting back to his commander. He had the military human and a civilian pinned, when a second human male threw an explosive at him. It detonated on his face, distracting him long enough for the humans to escape. This annoyed him only slightly less than the fact Andy kept calling him a dog. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 2|All Hail Megatron issue 2}}
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===IDW ''Hearts of Steel'' continuity===
[[Image:Marktwainvsravage.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Back, vile beast, back! (Ravage smashes chair) ...um, anyone got some catnip?]]
[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] sent Ravage to kill [[Tobias Muldoon]], who had deserted the Decepticons when he learned they were evil. Ravage tracked him to [[Stanford Merriweather]]'s house in [[San Francisco]] and crashed into the household, startling Muldoon, Merriweather, Merriweather's daughter [[Kitty Merriweather|Kitty]], and [[Mark Twain]].

He then pretty much got his ass kicked by Mark Twain, who took advantage of Ravage being momentarily trapped in rubble to flick a cigar at him, thus igniting a gas leak. The explosion flung Ravage into the bay, never to be seen again.

Ravage is a "clockwork puma" and does not transform in the course of the story. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 3|Hearts of Steel issue 3}}
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==Toys==
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==Trivia==
* Ravage's original packaging art is by far the most-copied depiction of any Transformer. It was, of course, adapted for his ''[[Transformers Universe (Marvel comic)|Transformers Universe]]'' profile, but was also used (twice) in 1984's "back-of-the-box" battle scene,<ref>http://www.botchthecrab.com/galleryImage.asp?gallery=7&image=33</ref> and was copied in licensed coloring books and storybooks; the pose also showed up repeatedly in the Marvel Comics. In "[[Time Wars]] Part 2" (Marvel UK #200), artist [[Robin Smith]] copied the art multiple times across several subsequent panels. And it was, of course, recolored for Howlback's card-art. Yikes.
* Reportedly, Hasbro wanted to bring Ravage's Jaguar X-9 figure over to the States as part of the Beast Wars 10th Anniversary line, but they couldn't find the mold. Bummer.
* According to the [[Young Corgi]] book [[Dinobot War]], Ravage's cassette mode is labelled as the soundtrack to the musical ''Cats''.
*In the Japanese dub of the [[Generation 1 (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]], all of [[Frank Welker]]'s various growling and snarling sounds for Ravage were maintained and not redubbed with a Japanese voice actor (though [[Yutaka Shimaka]] ''did'' speak as Ravage during the character's one lone instance of dialogue in "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 3]]"). Frank Welker was not credited in the Japanese version, either. Jerks.
*The exact same thing happened in the Brazilian dub for the series, but to be fair, voice actors in Brazil were never credited for their work until the late nineties. Welker only received the same treatment.
*Ravage's Beast Wars robot mode is simply a modified Transmetal Cheetor with Tigatron's beast head.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Ravage Ravage Transformers Universe profile]
*[http://www.tfu.info/1984/Decepticon/Ravage/ravage.htm Ravage at TFU.info]

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Deathsaurus (G1)

2009-04-08T21:08:20Z

Akumateukuma: /* Victory comic */

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{{disambig2|the evil Decepticon [[Emperor of Destruction]]|the heroic Decepticon Colonel|Colonel Deathsaurus}}

:''Deathsaurus/Deszaras is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Victory (franchise)|Victory]] portion of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Deathsaurus1.jpg|right|325px|thumb|Spell it right or you're kickbanned, buster.]]

'''Deathsaurus''' began terrorizing the galaxy long before ascending to the position of Decepticon [[Emperor of Destruction]]. For thousands of years, this savage and cruel dictator has spread terror throughout the universe, and has now set his sights upon the Earth as a source of energy to power his terrifying superweapon, the [[Planet-Destroying Fortress]]. And if [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]] should get in his way, so much the better: Deathsaurus bears the Autobot [[Supreme Commander]] a bitter grudge, and relishes any opportunity to destroy him that presents itself.

Deathsaurus is a [[Breastforce]] warrior, partnered with two transforming chestplates that become the [[Breast Animal]]s [[Tigerbreast]] and [[Eaglebreast]]. He wields a deadly spiked flail, and the [[Living-Metal-Destroying Cannon]], which erodes the living metallic cells of super-robot lifeforms. The bladed wings of his creature mode absorb sunlight, converting it into dark energy, and he can then launch these energized blades at his opponents in an attack known as his "Death Wing". Despite all of these terrifying powers, however, Deathsaurus is a surprisingly "hands off" leader, who is perfectly happy to allow his subordinates to formulate their own plans and schemes to gather energy for him—but if they should fail, he'll always be there to berate and brutalize them. Even when the plans are his own, Deathsaurus is content to watch and command from a distance, rather than dirty his own hands—but he'll rarely waste a chance to engage Star Saber on the battlefield, and if that occurs, woe betide anyone who gets in Deathsaurus's way.

Curiously, Deathsaurus permits himself one distinctive, unusual foible: although he despises most humans, he has a surprising soft spot for children.

{{quote|I will not forgive this, Star Saber! I swear! I swear I will crush you with my bare hands! I swear, you worm! With my bare hands!|Deathsaurus tells you all you'll ever need to know about him, "[[Resurrection!? The Decepticon Fortress]]"}}

:''Japanese name'': '''Deszaras''' (デスザラス de-su-za-ra-su)
:''English-Malay dub name'': '''Deathsanras'''
:''Latin American dub name'': '''Zan Ráz'''

==Fiction==
===''Victory'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Takeshi Aono]] (Japanese)

[[Image:Deathsaurus_fortress.jpg|left|thumb|225px|By the power of Grayskull!]]

500,000 years ago, striving to become the Decepticons' new Emperor of Destruction, Deathsaurus created a gigantic battle fortress capable of destroying planets, but an attack by the young Autobot commander Star Saber saw the fortress de-powered and trapped in a gravity cell at the heart of the region of space known as [[Dark Nebula]]. This began the enmity between Star Saber and Deathsaurus, and as both combatants rose through the ranks of their respective armies, Deathsaurus vowed to eventually liberate his fortress and use it to destroy Star Saber. {{storylink|Resurrection!? The Decepticon Fortress}}

Some years prior to 2025, after the conclusion of the [[Super-God Masterforce (franchise)|Masterforce]] war on Earth, Deathsaurus succeeded [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] as Decepticon leader and achieved his dream of becoming Emperor of Destruction. <ref>Overlord's on-package [[bio]]</ref> Under his command, the Decepticons began seeking a planet that they could call their own and invaded worlds all across the galaxy. To counteract Deathsaurus's campaign of terror, the Autobots—now with Star Saber serving as their Supreme Commander—and many other sentient races formed the [[Galactic Peace Alliance]], and struck back at the Decepticons with their [[Galactic Defense Force]]. As time passed and this conflict continued, Deathsaurus began focusing his attacks on "Sector One" of the galaxy, containing the planet Earth, until 2025, when the severity and frequency of the attacks forced Star Saber to take command of the Defense Force unit in that area himself. {{storylink|The Brave Hero of the Universe - Star Saber}}

[[Image:Deathsaurus starsaber moonbattle.jpg|right|thumb|225px|Parry on regardless.]]

When Deathsaurus's [[Dinoforce]] attacked the Lunar Base on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|moon]], Star Saber raced to aid his fellow [[Brainmaster]]s in battle there, only to find his way barred by Deathsaurus. Hoping to distract Star Saber long enough for the Dinoforce to finish their job, Deathsaurus engaged his old foe in battle, but Star Saber broke off the fight as quickly as he could and headed on toward the moon with Deathsaurus hot on his heels. After Star Saber defeated the Dinoforce, Deathsaurus caught up to him and unleashed his Breast Animals upon the Autobot in both beast and weapon forms. Star Saber eventually won out, defeating both the creatures and besting Deathsaurus in a swordfight, forcing the Decepticon leader to summon up his craft, the ''[[Thunder Arrow]],'' and flee aboard it. {{storylink|The Brave Hero of the Universe - Star Saber}}

[[Image:Deathsaurus_throne.jpg|left|thumb|225px|THRONE'D!]]

Recognizing the Earth as a rich source of energy that he could use to power up his Planet-Destroying Fortress, Deathsaurus centered most of his subsequent attacks on the planet, summoning the Breastforce to aid in the campaign. {{storylink|Sneak Attack! Dinoking}} {{storylink|Attack! Leozack}} {{storylink|Unite!! Multiforce}} Deathsaurus was entirely aware of the fact that the Breastforce's leader [[Leozack]] had designs on leadership of the Decepticons for himself, Move Out! Rescue Team but he was amused enough by it to let him slide by, allowing Leozack to believe that he was oblivious to his schemes. Residing on the Thunder Arrow as it hopscotched around the planet and solar system, Deathsaurus was content to watch as his troops staged numerous attacks on Earth. {{storylink|Infiltration... The Uranium Mine}} {{storylink|Explosion!! The Energy Base}}

[[Image:Deathsaurus_beastmode.jpg|right|thumb|225px|Not to be confused with the Adult Swim show.]]

Deathsaurus finally decided to join his troops on a mission when the Decepticon began draining electrical energy from an American subway system. While the Breastforce snuck through the subway tunnels, Deathsaurus himself targeted the power distribution center, where he was confronted by Star Saber. The true cunning of Deathsaurus's scheme was revealed when he let loose his Breast Animals, and Star Saber proved no match for the creatures in the small confines of the underground complex. Unfortunately for Deathsaurus, he had overlooked the fact that with both Breast Animals deployed, his own chest was left unprotected, leaving it open to an attack from Star Saber's Saber Blade. Wounded, Deathsaurus recalled his Breast Animals and fled, but not without successfully taking the energy he had managed to steal beforehand. {{storylink|Big City - Underground Terror}}

When the Breastforce were joined by [[Hellbat]], the newcomer also adopted designs on the Decepticon throne. {{storylink|The New Warrior - Hellbat}} Deathsaurus was even less concerned with Hellbet's ambitions than he was with Leozack's, though, since the two would-be traitors were always too busy fighting with each other to pose a serious threat to him. In their constant games of one-upmanship, Leozack and Hellbat crafted numerous failed schemes of their own, eventually forcing Deathsaurus to step in and give his minions a mission of his own devising. Deathsaurus had the Decepticons hide in the asteroid belt and capture human shuttlecraft in order to use drain their energy and use them to create an energy alloy. Star Saber soon got wise to the villains' evildoings and arrived to put a stop to them, but again, Deathsaurus successfully escaped with his amassed energy. {{storylink|A Fierce Battle!! The Asteroid}}

[[Image:Starsaber living metal destroying cannon.jpg|left|thumb|Say hello to my little friend...]]

While the Breastforce were busy on planet [[Micro]], Deathsaurus and the Dinoforce took the Thunder Arrow into the Dark Nebula, where Deathsaurus emptied his stockpile of energy into his inactive fortress. The giant structure briefly flared back to life, but soon shut down once more; Deathsaurus was unfazed, having only sought to confirm whether or not the fortress could even be reactivated. On the trip back to Earth, the Decepticons crossed paths with Star Saber and the [[Rescue Patrol Team]], and Deathsaurus engaged Star Saber in battle with his Living-Metal-Destroying Cannon. Although Deathsaurus was actually able to pull the trigger on what would have been a fatal blast, he discovered that he had expended too much of his energy supply reactivating his fortress, and his weapons systems shut down before he could end Star Saber's life, necessitating his tactical withdrawal. {{storylink|Resurrection!? The Decepticon Fortress}}

[[Image:Deathsaurus vs leozack.jpg|right|thumb|Tell me, what was the color of Napoleon's White horse?]]

Deathsaurus next clashed with Star Saber in Antarctica, only stepping onto the battlefield after the Breastforce, combined as [[Liokaiser]], had severely weakened Star Saber. Deathsaurus took over the fight, intent on being the one to deliver the final blow, but Star Saber was able to turn the battle around, and forced Deathsaurus into retreat. {{storylink|Fight to the Death!! Antarctic Battle}} In a later battle atop the Thunder Arrow, deep in the desert, Star Saber again humbled Deathsaurus, this time with the aid of [[Greatshot]], but the fight left both the Supreme Commander and [[Blacker]] badly wounded. {{storylink|Crisis! Ambush in the Desert}} Capitalizing on the Autobots' reduced manpower, Deathsaurus stepped up the Decepticons' attacks across the planet, and removed another annoyance by finally calling Leozack out on his treachery. Easily besting the traitorous Breastforcer in combat, Deathsaurus forced him to swear total loyalty to him, or face death. Leozack made the logical choice, and then, combined with his fellow Breastforcers as Liokaiser, joined with his leader in staging an ambush for Star Saber in a subterranean cave in Asia. Disguising himself as a Terracotta Army-esque statue, Deathsaurus was able to get the drop on Star Saber when Liokaiser lured him into the cave, and again unleashed the Living-Metal-Destroying Cannon on his enemy. Once more, Deathsaurus stood poised to kill Star Saber with the weapon, until the last-minute arrival of [[God Ginrai]], who took the fatal shot. Liokaiser had to persuade the incensed Deathsaurus to retreat as more Autobots arrived, {{storylink|A Deadly Battle}} but the Decepticon leader soon clashed with Star Saber once more in a later battle at a solar power station. Deathsaurus emerged victorious in that fight when Star Saber was forced to flee upon receiving news of Ginrai's deteriorating condition. {{storylink|Ginrai Dies!!}} Ginrai's life was saved, however, when he was rebuilt into the powerful new warror, [[Victory Leo]]. {{storylink|Fight!! Victory Leo}}

Next, Deathsaurus began bombarding the Earth with missiles from an orbital weapons platform, as a means of staying the Autobots' hands while his forces gathered energy across the planet. Star Saber and Victory Leo were able to thwart his plan by combining into the mighty Victory Saber; Deathsaurus's missile launch system had been programmed based on Star Saber's speed, but with the added power of Victory Leo, the Autobot hero was able to outrace the missiles, destroy the launcher and defeat Deathsaurus in an outer space battle. {{storylink|The Tide is Turned! The Ultimate Weapon, the Victory Unification}}

[[Image:Victory37 finalblow.jpg|left|thumb|Who says robots dont bleed?]]

Following an attempt to destroy the Autobots with the metal-eating [[Dorya]] insects, {{storylink|The Death-Bringing Space Insects!!}} Deathsaurus was informed by Hellbat that he had discovered the location of the sunken continent of [[Atlantis]], which could provide the raw energy to reactivate his fortress. Deathsaurus risked all or nothing to obtain Atlantis's energy, using up the Thunder Arrow's entire energy stockpile to raise the continent, but the plan proved a success, as the Autobots were too busy dealing with the devastating tidal waves caused by the rise of Atlantis to stop him from absconding with enough energy to bring his fortress back online. {{storylink|The Terror of the Giant Tidal Waves}} Having no further use for the bumbling Dinoforce, Deathsaurus abandoned them on Earth and headed back to the Dark Nebula with the Breastforce, where he successfully re-energized his fortress and began moving it towards Earth. {{storylink|The Wrath of the Resurrected Giant Fortress!}}

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Intent on learning from the failures of all past Decepticon leaders, Deathsaurus chose not to conquer Earth, but to utterly destroy the planet, eradicting from Decepticon history the humiliating stain of defeat the planet represented. As the fortress rained destruction down upon Earth with meteor bombs, even Victory Saber could not stand up to its power. Soon, however, a resentful Dinoforce supplied information on the fortress's weak spot to Star Saber's adopted human son, [[Jean Minakaze|Jean]], who then used his own [[Illumina II|personal mech]] to enter the fortress and strike at this vulnerability. As he did so, Deathsaurus and Star Saber engaged in a vicious final battle, during which Deathsaurus lost an eye, and was eventually stopped when Star Saber broke his sword off in the villain's chest. Gushing fuel and fluid, Deathsaurus vowed to have the last laugh as he set the crippled fortress on a collision course with Earth and blew himself out an airlock, vowing to return again and again. But, as his body drifted off into space, no sign of life was visible from the conquered emperor. Victory Saber was able to subsequently destroy the fortress before it collided with Earth, but Deathsaurus was not heard from again. {{storylink|Showdown! The Fortress vs the Victory Unification}}
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===''Victory'' comic===
[[Image:MangaYoungDeathyStarSaber.jpg|left|thumb|225px|"Come back here and help me put some sense in this image!"]]
Deathsaurus and Star Saber's rivalry began 500,000 years ago when they were both children, and according to Star Saber, "argued all the time". {{storylink|The Star of Friendship, Jean and Star Saber!}} In his "adult" years, Deathsaurus took [[Esmeral]] as his wife, and in order to keep both her and the families of his fellow Decepticons safe aboard his "Space Stronghold", Deathsaurus began attacking Earth, in order to obtain the planet's energy and use it to keep the stronghold fully powered-up. {{storylink|Heroic! The Victory War}}

During one of his early attacks on Earth, Deathsaurus took pity on an infant human named [[Solon Kitakaze]], whose parents had died in the assault. Deathsaurus "adopted" Solon and turned him into a cyborg, raising him as his own son, just as Star Saber did with the human child Jean Minakaze. As Star Saber and Deathsaurus had been rivals in their youth, so too would Solon and Jean become rivals when, in 2025, Deathsaurus's campaign against Earth intensified.

Deathsaurus and Star Saber's first major battle in this campaign was a brief one, with Deathsaurus being felled by a single swipe of Star Saber's Saber Blade, Magnificent! Our Friend, Star Saber! but the Emperor of Destruction had a better showing in their next clash, during which he absorbed enough energy from a forest fire to best Star Saber, Road Caesar and Landcross all together. Deathsaurus's unusual compassion for children proved to be his downfall in this battle when he was distracted by the sight of Solon, gripping Jean in a hold that threatened the boy's life. While Deathsaurus's attention was occupied with striking Solon as punishment, Star Saber blindsided and defeated him with a Super Saber Meteor Spin. Great Turn-Around! Star Saber

Deathsaurus later sent Solon to study in school on Earth, in order to learn more about humans, thereby making it easier to conquer them. {{storylink|Leozack Rumbles Violently!}} While Solon was on Earth, he and Jean were approached by former Autobot human allies [[Shūta Gō]] and [[Cab]], {{storylink|Warrior of Love, Star Saber!}} and with Jean, they formed the "Autobot Boy Team" known as the [[Victories]]. Seeking to counter this group with a team of his own, Deathsaurus had [[Yokuryū]] capture Jean and bring him to the ''Thunder Arrow'', where he attempted to bribe the boy into joining the Decepticons' group with toys, Famicom, candy and cash. When an enraged Star Saber soon came tearing into the ''Thunder Arrow'', Deathsaurus crossed swords with the Autobot leader, but was then distracted by Jean distracting who exploited the Decepticon's bizarre fear of caterpillars by dangling one in his face. The cowering Deathsaurus was promptly bested in dramatically explosive fashion by Star Saber's "Planetary Impulse Sword" technique, and realised with hindsight that Solon was the only kid he needed. {{storylink|Watch Out, Jean! Hurry, Star Saber!}} Deathsaurus was apparently left so badly injured by this clash that he couldn't participate in the next battle, given that he was only seen lying in bed, coughing, with Solon resting a giant ice-pack on his head. {{storylink|The Star of Friendship, Jean and Star Saber!}}

[[Image:Kingsaurus.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The mighty King Zaras. Mighty.]]

Rested and healthy again, Deathsaururs joined with [[Dinoking]] and Liokaiser in going up against Star Saber together, and perhaps not entirely surprisingly, the badly outnumbered Autobot was defeated by the three Decepticons. Before they could deliver the killing stroke, however, Star Saber was saved by the sudden arrival of Victory Leo, with whom he combined to form Victory Saber. The merged pair defeated the trio of Decepticons in one blast of their "Flash Victory" attack. {{storylink|The Strongest Partners, the Combination of Victory!}} Deathsaurus immediately sought out away to combat Star Saber's new power, and developed a Transformer-sized mech for Solon named "King Solon," with which he could combine to form "King Zaras". In this new form, Deathsaurus battled Victory Saber on the planet [[Guard]], with neither combatant getting the upper hand in other three hours of fighting. When [[Patty Minakaze]]'s mentioned the word "mother", however, something of Solon's past was stirred in the boy's mind, and he was distracted long enough for Victory Saber to destroy the King Solon mech components with his Victory. The burning Solon tumbled to the ground, where Patty tended his wounds despite his protestations. Perhaps wary of Solon's confused emotional state, Deathsaurus reminded him that while he was a human child, he was a Decepticon's son by fate. {{storylink|Mighty! Victory Saber}}

[[Image:Starsaber deathsaurus truce.jpg|left|225px|thumb|"So, we both agree that the childhood friendship thingie made no sense at all?" "Yes! Oh, what a glorious day!"]]

As it turned out, Deathsaurus was right to be wary—in the midst of a later battle with Star Saber and Road Caesar, Solon turned against Deathsaurus and sided with the Victories, opening fire on his "father" and declaring that he would fight to protect the Earth, instead of destroy it. Now with Solon on their side, the Victories were able to channel their power into the Autobots, and the Decepticons were sent fleeing by the "Five Stars of Victory" attack. {{storylink|Shine! The Five Stars of Victory}} Deathsaurus led the Decepticons back to the Space Stronghold and began bombarding the Earth with meteor bombs, prompting the Autobots to attack it. Deathsaurus left the Breastforce to man the fortress while he engaged Star Saber in a final battle in the void of space, but had not reckoned with the treachery of Leozack, who fired on his emperor with the fortress's main cannon. To save himself, Deathsaurus was forced to return fire on the fortress, and Star Saber followed suite, smashing into the fortress's control chamber and taking Leozack down. As Leozack begged the Autobots not to destroy the fortress, the wounded Deathsaurus arrived and revealed to the Autobots the presence of the Decepticons' families aboard the vessel. Realizing that the Decepticons' had only done what they had in the name of their families' safety, Star Saber decided that it was time for the two leaders to follow the example set by their sons and lay down their arms. Deathsaurus and Star Saber shook hands, and the war came to an end, bringing peace to everyone - the truest victory of all! {{storylink|Heroic! The Victory War}}
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===Dreamwave comics continuity===
[[Image:Deathsaurus_dreamwave.jpg|right|thumb|125px]]
Deathsaurus was an ancient Transformer from Cybertron's lost past. While searching for clues about the planet's history, Megatron stumbled across a hidden chamber beneath the planet's surface containing two massive statues of Deathsaurus and [[Dai Atlas]], holding a [[Golden Disk (Dreamwave)|golden disk]] between them. This chamber apparently told of a vast Cybertronian Empire that ended prior to recorded history. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}
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===''Timelines''===
[[Image:Deathsaurustimelines.jpg|left|thumb|Deathsaurus orchestrates the rise of a New Decepticon Empire, or NAMBLA.]]

Using a clone lab on [[Ceti Alpha Seven]], Deathsaurus wished to revive the fading [[Decepticon Empire]] with a vast [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]] army. After the first batch of [[Virulent Clone|clones]] was completed, his operation was interrupted by a team of [[Autobot]] commandos under the command of [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]. Deathsaurus overpowered and captured the first wave himself, and soon faced Ironhide one-on-one, while [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] attempted to rescue the fallen Autobots. Due to the assistance of Tripredacus Agent [[Flamewar]], these two were defeated and captured as well.

They woke up bound inside Deathsaurus' clone lab. The Emperor of Destruction appeared on a television screen, declaring that his use for the lab was completed and was prepared to detonate it remotely with the Autobots inside. Unfortunately for Deathsaurus, the Autobot espionage agent [[Ricochet (Descent into Evil)|Ricochet]] not only freed the Autobots before the explosion occurred, but also seeded the remaining clones with a virus, leaving Deathsaurus with nothing to show for his work. {{storylink|Descent into Evil}}

Years later, towards the end of the Great War, the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Cryotek (RID)|Cryotek]] worked under Deathsaurus as a supply manager. When the final defeat of the Decepticons at last came, Cryotek led his fellow Predacon workers in a rebellion against Deathsaurus, and used the materials he stole from his depot to begin his own criminal empire. <ref>Cryotek's [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] exclusive profile.</ref>
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==Toys==
===Victory===
[[Image:Deathsaurus_g1toy.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"Aaawrk! Deathy shouldn't be!"]]
* '''Deszaras''' (Large Breastforce, 1989)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-336'''
**''Accessories'': Tail/shield, rifle, Tigerbreast & Eaglebreast "Breast Animals"
:Deathsaurus transforms into a blue and grey monster styled after traditional Japanese "kaijū", looking like nothing quite so much as a giant mutant space chicken. Unusual for late Generation 1 toys, he has [[die-cast]]-metal feet in beast mode.

:Deathsaurus comes packaged with his Breast Animal partners, Tigerbreast and Eaglebreast, which transform from creatures into hand-held weapons for Deathsaurus, and a pair of breastplates which lock into a spring-loaded socket on the toy's body to form elaborate torso armor for the Deathsaurus's robot mode. Eaglebreast is inserted first, then Tigerbreast fits on top, concealing it; the figures can also be attached while Deathsaurus is in beast mode, which leaves them on his creature-mode's back. Deathsaurus comes with armament in addition to his Breast Animals, including a light blue laser rifle—which, despite what the boxart and cartoon would have you believe, does not have a removable flail—that can be wielded by both an ordinary handle, and a second peg on its butt that allows it to be brandished like a staff or blade of some kind, and his "Death Tailer" shield, which mounts on either of his biceps, and transforms into his beast mode tail.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1989/Destron/Deathsaurus/deathsaurus.htm More information on Deszaras at TFU.info]''
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===Timelines===
[[Image:Deathsaurusbotcontoy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|If you squint, he could still be [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]].]]
* '''Descent into Evil''' (multi-pack, 2005)
**''Accessories'': 2 hilts, 2 sword-blade/missiles

: Part of the [[BotCon 2005]] "Descent into Evil" boxset, Deathsaurus is a blue and black [[retool]] of ''[[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'' version of [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron/Galvatron]]. He comes with a pair of swords that can launch their blade-missiles through a pressure-launch mechanism, as well as combine at their bottom ends to form a large double-blade weapon. The blade-missiles are rounded off [[for safety reasons]] like the other [[Hasbro]] uses of the mold.

: His head is a new sculpt based on Deathsaurus's appearance in the ''Victory'' anime (though Deathsaurus's face seems to be copied from Megatron's). Deathsaurus's mold was originally a ten-changer, though the "gargoyle"/bat mode was neutered for this release due to the dropping of the bat snout piece, required to give his new head enough space inside his chest cavity for other modes. He still retains the other nine modes (robot, dragster, jet, two-headed dragon, hand, mammoth, hydrofoil, one-headed dragon, and winged griffin). His tail-piece was removed for in-box storage, but easily popped back on since it's on a ball-and-socket joint.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Decepticon/BCDeathsaurus/deathsaurus.htm More information on BotCon Deathsaurus at TFU.info]''
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==Merchandise==
===Parody Deformed===
[[Image:Deathsaurus pd model.jpg|right|thumb|150px]]
* '''Deszaras''' (1990)

:A small, blue, white and red, non-transforming [[super-deformed]] model kit of Deathsaurus was available as part of [[Kabaya]]'s "[[Parody Deformed]]" line of candy toys. The fourth figure in the series, he came with a "[[Transformer PD Type]]" comic about himself, "Good Job! Deathsaurus!!", and something that could charitably be described as "gum".
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===Super Figure Collection===
[[Image:Deathsaurus scfs.jpg|right|thumb|225px|Take it all off!]]
* '''Deszaras''' (2002)
:A PVC figurine of Deathsaurus was released in the seventh Victory-centric "act" of Takara's ''[[Super Collection Figure]].'' Deathsaururs was available in both standard full-color version and metallic silver "pewter" versions; the pewter version came packaged with the wings of Victory Saber, one of several extra pieces packed with the various figures from the wave which could combine with the act's Star Saber figure to turn it into Victory Saber. The wings were available in both standard full color (at a rate of eight out of every ten cases) and rare pewter (only two in every ten).

* '''Deszaras with Eaglebreast''' (2002)
:Also available in the seventh wave was a rare "chase" version of the Deathsaurus PVC, available at a rate of one in every ten cases, featuring the character with his inner Breast Animal partner, Eaglebreast, on display, rather than the normal version's Tigerbreast.
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===Timelines===
[[Image:Deathsauruspin.jpg|thumb|75px|Deathstickus]]

* '''Deathsaurus pin''' (2005)

: The first 100 BotCon 2005 Primus-package preregistrants received an exclusive Deathsaurus pin as part of their registration package.

===Robot Heroes===
*'''Victory Saber vs. Dessaras''' (2009)
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==Trivia==

[[Image:DeathsaurusAndRedGeist.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]

* Deathsaurus's name is the source of a long-lasting argument. The phonetic Japanese reading of the name is: "De-su-za-ra-su". This is represented in English on his toy packaging and tech specs as "Deszaras." English-speaking fans would long debate the "proper" [[romanization]] of the name, interpreting it as Deszaras, Deathzaras, Deathsaurus, Death Czarus, Def Zarce, Deaths 'R' Us, Debt Source, Darth Sass, Death's Arse and god knows what else. "Deathsaurus" had a tendency to be the most popular and well-known (on account of it actually ''meaning'' something), which led to it being used on the character's first official Western toy, making it his official American name. However, it is unlikely that this was supposed to be the actual name for the character{{m-}}were his name intended to be read as "saurus", then it would be rendered as "sa-u-ru-su" or "za-u-ru-su" in Japanese, rather than "za-ra-su". As such, it appears that his name was genuinely intended to be the nonsense word, "Deszaras" (which resembles the pattern for naming of [[Wikipedia:Kaiju|Kaiju]] monsters, discussed below) and the character appears with this name on the [[Metrodome]] and [[Madman Entertainment]] DVD boxsets of the ''Victory'' cartoon. Hasbro appears to be trying to steer things back in that direction with the upcoming [[Robot Heroes]] figure, named "Dessaras". Only one letter out, there, guys!

* While often called a dragon or occasionally a griffin (or a giant chicken), Deathsaurus is most likely styled after traditional Japanese "kaiju", such as [[Godzilla]] or Rodan. Hence, the Kaiju-esque name, "Deszaras".

* The original Deathsaurus mold was redecoed into the non-living "Red Geist" mech for [[Takara]]'s ''[[Brave|Brave of Legend Da Garn]]'' toyline, which lacked the Eaglebreast partner. Although the character design in the television show for the line was significantly modified from that of Deathsaurus (see image at right), including replacing Tigerbreast's tiger mode with a jet mode, the Red Geist toy itself was not retooled.
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==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/1989/Destron/Deathsaurus/deathsaurus.htm Deathsaurus on TFU.info]

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{{disambig2|the evil Decepticon [[Emperor of Destruction]]|the heroic Decepticon Colonel|Colonel Deathsaurus}}

:''Deathsaurus/Deszaras is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Victory (franchise)|Victory]] portion of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Deathsaurus1.jpg|right|325px|thumb|Spell it right or you're kickbanned, buster.]]

'''Deathsaurus''' began terrorizing the galaxy long before ascending to the position of Decepticon [[Emperor of Destruction]]. For thousands of years, this savage and cruel dictator has spread terror throughout the universe, and has now set his sights upon the Earth as a source of energy to power his terrifying superweapon, the [[Planet-Destroying Fortress]]. And if [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]] should get in his way, so much the better: Deathsaurus bears the Autobot [[Supreme Commander]] a bitter grudge, and relishes any opportunity to destroy him that presents itself.

Deathsaurus is a [[Breastforce]] warrior, partnered with two transforming chestplates that become the [[Breast Animal]]s [[Tigerbreast]] and [[Eaglebreast]]. He wields a deadly spiked flail, and the [[Living-Metal-Destroying Cannon]], which erodes the living metallic cells of super-robot lifeforms. The bladed wings of his creature mode absorb sunlight, converting it into dark energy, and he can then launch these energized blades at his opponents in an attack known as his "Death Wing". Despite all of these terrifying powers, however, Deathsaurus is a surprisingly "hands off" leader, who is perfectly happy to allow his subordinates to formulate their own plans and schemes to gather energy for him—but if they should fail, he'll always be there to berate and brutalize them. Even when the plans are his own, Deathsaurus is content to watch and command from a distance, rather than dirty his own hands—but he'll rarely waste a chance to engage Star Saber on the battlefield, and if that occurs, woe betide anyone who gets in Deathsaurus's way.

Curiously, Deathsaurus permits himself one distinctive, unusual foible: although he despises most humans, he has a surprising soft spot for children.

{{quote|I will not forgive this, Star Saber! I swear! I swear I will crush you with my bare hands! I swear, you worm! With my bare hands!|Deathsaurus tells you all you'll ever need to know about him, "[[Resurrection!? The Decepticon Fortress]]"}}

:''Japanese name'': '''Deszaras''' (デスザラス de-su-za-ra-su)
:''English-Malay dub name'': '''Deathsanras'''
:''Latin American dub name'': '''Zan Ráz'''

==Fiction==
===''Victory'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Takeshi Aono]] (Japanese)

[[Image:Deathsaurus_fortress.jpg|left|thumb|225px|By the power of Grayskull!]]

500,000 years ago, striving to become the Decepticons' new Emperor of Destruction, Deathsaurus created a gigantic battle fortress capable of destroying planets, but an attack by the young Autobot commander Star Saber saw the fortress de-powered and trapped in a gravity cell at the heart of the region of space known as [[Dark Nebula]]. This began the enmity between Star Saber and Deathsaurus, and as both combatants rose through the ranks of their respective armies, Deathsaurus vowed to eventually liberate his fortress and use it to destroy Star Saber. {{storylink|Resurrection!? The Decepticon Fortress}}

Some years prior to 2025, after the conclusion of the [[Super-God Masterforce (franchise)|Masterforce]] war on Earth, Deathsaurus succeeded [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] as Decepticon leader and achieved his dream of becoming Emperor of Destruction. <ref>Overlord's on-package [[bio]]</ref> Under his command, the Decepticons began seeking a planet that they could call their own and invaded worlds all across the galaxy. To counteract Deathsaurus's campaign of terror, the Autobots—now with Star Saber serving as their Supreme Commander—and many other sentient races formed the [[Galactic Peace Alliance]], and struck back at the Decepticons with their [[Galactic Defense Force]]. As time passed and this conflict continued, Deathsaurus began focusing his attacks on "Sector One" of the galaxy, containing the planet Earth, until 2025, when the severity and frequency of the attacks forced Star Saber to take command of the Defense Force unit in that area himself. {{storylink|The Brave Hero of the Universe - Star Saber}}

[[Image:Deathsaurus starsaber moonbattle.jpg|right|thumb|225px|Parry on regardless.]]

When Deathsaurus's [[Dinoforce]] attacked the Lunar Base on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|moon]], Star Saber raced to aid his fellow [[Brainmaster]]s in battle there, only to find his way barred by Deathsaurus. Hoping to distract Star Saber long enough for the Dinoforce to finish their job, Deathsaurus engaged his old foe in battle, but Star Saber broke off the fight as quickly as he could and headed on toward the moon with Deathsaurus hot on his heels. After Star Saber defeated the Dinoforce, Deathsaurus caught up to him and unleashed his Breast Animals upon the Autobot in both beast and weapon forms. Star Saber eventually won out, defeating both the creatures and besting Deathsaurus in a swordfight, forcing the Decepticon leader to summon up his craft, the ''[[Thunder Arrow]],'' and flee aboard it. {{storylink|The Brave Hero of the Universe - Star Saber}}

[[Image:Deathsaurus_throne.jpg|left|thumb|225px|THRONE'D!]]

Recognizing the Earth as a rich source of energy that he could use to power up his Planet-Destroying Fortress, Deathsaurus centered most of his subsequent attacks on the planet, summoning the Breastforce to aid in the campaign. {{storylink|Sneak Attack! Dinoking}} {{storylink|Attack! Leozack}} {{storylink|Unite!! Multiforce}} Deathsaurus was entirely aware of the fact that the Breastforce's leader [[Leozack]] had designs on leadership of the Decepticons for himself, Move Out! Rescue Team but he was amused enough by it to let him slide by, allowing Leozack to believe that he was oblivious to his schemes. Residing on the Thunder Arrow as it hopscotched around the planet and solar system, Deathsaurus was content to watch as his troops staged numerous attacks on Earth. {{storylink|Infiltration... The Uranium Mine}} {{storylink|Explosion!! The Energy Base}}

[[Image:Deathsaurus_beastmode.jpg|right|thumb|225px|Not to be confused with the Adult Swim show.]]

Deathsaurus finally decided to join his troops on a mission when the Decepticon began draining electrical energy from an American subway system. While the Breastforce snuck through the subway tunnels, Deathsaurus himself targeted the power distribution center, where he was confronted by Star Saber. The true cunning of Deathsaurus's scheme was revealed when he let loose his Breast Animals, and Star Saber proved no match for the creatures in the small confines of the underground complex. Unfortunately for Deathsaurus, he had overlooked the fact that with both Breast Animals deployed, his own chest was left unprotected, leaving it open to an attack from Star Saber's Saber Blade. Wounded, Deathsaurus recalled his Breast Animals and fled, but not without successfully taking the energy he had managed to steal beforehand. {{storylink|Big City - Underground Terror}}

When the Breastforce were joined by [[Hellbat]], the newcomer also adopted designs on the Decepticon throne. {{storylink|The New Warrior - Hellbat}} Deathsaurus was even less concerned with Hellbet's ambitions than he was with Leozack's, though, since the two would-be traitors were always too busy fighting with each other to pose a serious threat to him. In their constant games of one-upmanship, Leozack and Hellbat crafted numerous failed schemes of their own, eventually forcing Deathsaurus to step in and give his minions a mission of his own devising. Deathsaurus had the Decepticons hide in the asteroid belt and capture human shuttlecraft in order to use drain their energy and use them to create an energy alloy. Star Saber soon got wise to the villains' evildoings and arrived to put a stop to them, but again, Deathsaurus successfully escaped with his amassed energy. {{storylink|A Fierce Battle!! The Asteroid}}

[[Image:Starsaber living metal destroying cannon.jpg|left|thumb|Say hello to my little friend...]]

While the Breastforce were busy on planet [[Micro]], Deathsaurus and the Dinoforce took the Thunder Arrow into the Dark Nebula, where Deathsaurus emptied his stockpile of energy into his inactive fortress. The giant structure briefly flared back to life, but soon shut down once more; Deathsaurus was unfazed, having only sought to confirm whether or not the fortress could even be reactivated. On the trip back to Earth, the Decepticons crossed paths with Star Saber and the [[Rescue Patrol Team]], and Deathsaurus engaged Star Saber in battle with his Living-Metal-Destroying Cannon. Although Deathsaurus was actually able to pull the trigger on what would have been a fatal blast, he discovered that he had expended too much of his energy supply reactivating his fortress, and his weapons systems shut down before he could end Star Saber's life, necessitating his tactical withdrawal. {{storylink|Resurrection!? The Decepticon Fortress}}

[[Image:Deathsaurus vs leozack.jpg|right|thumb|Tell me, what was the color of Napoleon's White horse?]]

Deathsaurus next clashed with Star Saber in Antarctica, only stepping onto the battlefield after the Breastforce, combined as [[Liokaiser]], had severely weakened Star Saber. Deathsaurus took over the fight, intent on being the one to deliver the final blow, but Star Saber was able to turn the battle around, and forced Deathsaurus into retreat. {{storylink|Fight to the Death!! Antarctic Battle}} In a later battle atop the Thunder Arrow, deep in the desert, Star Saber again humbled Deathsaurus, this time with the aid of [[Greatshot]], but the fight left both the Supreme Commander and [[Blacker]] badly wounded. {{storylink|Crisis! Ambush in the Desert}} Capitalizing on the Autobots' reduced manpower, Deathsaurus stepped up the Decepticons' attacks across the planet, and removed another annoyance by finally calling Leozack out on his treachery. Easily besting the traitorous Breastforcer in combat, Deathsaurus forced him to swear total loyalty to him, or face death. Leozack made the logical choice, and then, combined with his fellow Breastforcers as Liokaiser, joined with his leader in staging an ambush for Star Saber in a subterranean cave in Asia. Disguising himself as a Terracotta Army-esque statue, Deathsaurus was able to get the drop on Star Saber when Liokaiser lured him into the cave, and again unleashed the Living-Metal-Destroying Cannon on his enemy. Once more, Deathsaurus stood poised to kill Star Saber with the weapon, until the last-minute arrival of [[God Ginrai]], who took the fatal shot. Liokaiser had to persuade the incensed Deathsaurus to retreat as more Autobots arrived, {{storylink|A Deadly Battle}} but the Decepticon leader soon clashed with Star Saber once more in a later battle at a solar power station. Deathsaurus emerged victorious in that fight when Star Saber was forced to flee upon receiving news of Ginrai's deteriorating condition. {{storylink|Ginrai Dies!!}} Ginrai's life was saved, however, when he was rebuilt into the powerful new warror, [[Victory Leo]]. {{storylink|Fight!! Victory Leo}}

Next, Deathsaurus began bombarding the Earth with missiles from an orbital weapons platform, as a means of staying the Autobots' hands while his forces gathered energy across the planet. Star Saber and Victory Leo were able to thwart his plan by combining into the mighty Victory Saber; Deathsaurus's missile launch system had been programmed based on Star Saber's speed, but with the added power of Victory Leo, the Autobot hero was able to outrace the missiles, destroy the launcher and defeat Deathsaurus in an outer space battle. {{storylink|The Tide is Turned! The Ultimate Weapon, the Victory Unification}}

[[Image:Victory37 finalblow.jpg|left|thumb|Who says robots dont bleed?]]

Following an attempt to destroy the Autobots with the metal-eating [[Dorya]] insects, {{storylink|The Death-Bringing Space Insects!!}} Deathsaurus was informed by Hellbat that he had discovered the location of the sunken continent of [[Atlantis]], which could provide the raw energy to reactivate his fortress. Deathsaurus risked all or nothing to obtain Atlantis's energy, using up the Thunder Arrow's entire energy stockpile to raise the continent, but the plan proved a success, as the Autobots were too busy dealing with the devastating tidal waves caused by the rise of Atlantis to stop him from absconding with enough energy to bring his fortress back online. {{storylink|The Terror of the Giant Tidal Waves}} Having no further use for the bumbling Dinoforce, Deathsaurus abandoned them on Earth and headed back to the Dark Nebula with the Breastforce, where he successfully re-energized his fortress and began moving it towards Earth. {{storylink|The Wrath of the Resurrected Giant Fortress!}}

[[Image:Victory37_deadsaurus.jpg|right|thumb]]

Intent on learning from the failures of all past Decepticon leaders, Deathsaurus chose not to conquer Earth, but to utterly destroy the planet, eradicting from Decepticon history the humiliating stain of defeat the planet represented. As the fortress rained destruction down upon Earth with meteor bombs, even Victory Saber could not stand up to its power. Soon, however, a resentful Dinoforce supplied information on the fortress's weak spot to Star Saber's adopted human son, [[Jean Minakaze|Jean]], who then used his own [[Illumina II|personal mech]] to enter the fortress and strike at this vulnerability. As he did so, Deathsaurus and Star Saber engaged in a vicious final battle, during which Deathsaurus lost an eye, and was eventually stopped when Star Saber broke his sword off in the villain's chest. Gushing fuel and fluid, Deathsaurus vowed to have the last laugh as he set the crippled fortress on a collision course with Earth and blew himself out an airlock, vowing to return again and again. But, as his body drifted off into space, no sign of life was visible from the conquered emperor. Victory Saber was able to subsequently destroy the fortress before it collided with Earth, but Deathsaurus was not heard from again. {{storylink|Showdown! The Fortress vs the Victory Unification}}
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===''Victory'' comic===
[[Image:MangaYoungDeathyStarSaber.jpg|left|thumb|225px]]
Deathsaurus and Star Saber's rivalry began 500,000 years ago when they were both children, and according to Star Saber, "argued all the time". {{storylink|The Star of Friendship, Jean and Star Saber!}} In his "adult" years, Deathsaurus took [[Esmeral]] as his wife, and in order to keep both her and the families of his fellow Decepticons safe aboard his "Space Stronghold", Deathsaurus began attacking Earth, in order to obtain the planet's energy and use it to keep the stronghold fully powered-up. {{storylink|Heroic! The Victory War}}

During one of his early attacks on Earth, Deathsaurus took pity on an infant human named [[Solon Kitakaze]], whose parents had died in the assault. Deathsaurus "adopted" Solon and turned him into a cyborg, raising him as his own son, just as Star Saber did with the human child Jean Minakaze. As Star Saber and Deathsaurus had been rivals in their youth, so too would Solon and Jean become rivals when, in 2025, Deathsaurus's campaign against Earth intensified.

Deathsaurus and Star Saber's first major battle in this campaign was a brief one, with Deathsaurus being felled by a single swipe of Star Saber's Saber Blade, Magnificent! Our Friend, Star Saber! but the Emperor of Destruction had a better showing in their next clash, during which he absorbed enough energy from a forest fire to best Star Saber, Road Caesar and Landcross all together. Deathsaurus's unusual compassion for children proved to be his downfall in this battle when he was distracted by the sight of Solon, gripping Jean in a hold that threatened the boy's life. While Deathsaurus's attention was occupied with striking Solon as punishment, Star Saber blindsided and defeated him with a Super Saber Meteor Spin. Great Turn-Around! Star Saber

Deathsaurus later sent Solon to study in school on Earth, in order to learn more about humans, thereby making it easier to conquer them. {{storylink|Leozack Rumbles Violently!}} While Solon was on Earth, he and Jean were approached by former Autobot human allies [[Shūta Gō]] and [[Cab]], {{storylink|Warrior of Love, Star Saber!}} and with Jean, they formed the "Autobot Boy Team" known as the [[Victories]]. Seeking to counter this group with a team of his own, Deathsaurus had [[Yokuryū]] capture Jean and bring him to the ''Thunder Arrow'', where he attempted to bribe the boy into joining the Decepticons' group with toys, Famicom, candy and cash. When an enraged Star Saber soon came tearing into the ''Thunder Arrow'', Deathsaurus crossed swords with the Autobot leader, but was then distracted by Jean distracting who exploited the Decepticon's bizarre fear of caterpillars by dangling one in his face. The cowering Deathsaurus was promptly bested in dramatically explosive fashion by Star Saber's "Planetary Impulse Sword" technique, and realised with hindsight that Solon was the only kid he needed. {{storylink|Watch Out, Jean! Hurry, Star Saber!}} Deathsaurus was apparently left so badly injured by this clash that he couldn't participate in the next battle, given that he was only seen lying in bed, coughing, with Solon resting a giant ice-pack on his head. {{storylink|The Star of Friendship, Jean and Star Saber!}}

[[Image:Kingsaurus.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The mighty King Zaras. Mighty.]]

Rested and healthy again, Deathsaururs joined with [[Dinoking]] and Liokaiser in going up against Star Saber together, and perhaps not entirely surprisingly, the badly outnumbered Autobot was defeated by the three Decepticons. Before they could deliver the killing stroke, however, Star Saber was saved by the sudden arrival of Victory Leo, with whom he combined to form Victory Saber. The merged pair defeated the trio of Decepticons in one blast of their "Flash Victory" attack. {{storylink|The Strongest Partners, the Combination of Victory!}} Deathsaurus immediately sought out away to combat Star Saber's new power, and developed a Transformer-sized mech for Solon named "King Solon," with which he could combine to form "King Zaras". In this new form, Deathsaurus battled Victory Saber on the planet [[Guard]], with neither combatant getting the upper hand in other three hours of fighting. When [[Patty Minakaze]]'s mentioned the word "mother", however, something of Solon's past was stirred in the boy's mind, and he was distracted long enough for Victory Saber to destroy the King Solon mech components with his Victory. The burning Solon tumbled to the ground, where Patty tended his wounds despite his protestations. Perhaps wary of Solon's confused emotional state, Deathsaurus reminded him that while he was a human child, he was a Decepticon's son by fate. {{storylink|Mighty! Victory Saber}}

[[Image:Starsaber deathsaurus truce.jpg|left|225px|thumb]]

As it turned out, Deathsaurus was right to be wary—in the midst of a later battle with Star Saber and Road Caesar, Solon turned against Deathsaurus and sided with the Victories, opening fire on his "father" and declaring that he would fight to protect the Earth, instead of destroy it. Now with Solon on their side, the Victories were able to channel their power into the Autobots, and the Decepticons were sent fleeing by the "Five Stars of Victory" attack. {{storylink|Shine! The Five Stars of Victory}} Deathsaurus led the Decepticons back to the Space Stronghold and began bombarding the Earth with meteor bombs, prompting the Autobots to attack it. Deathsaurus left the Breastforce to man the fortress while he engaged Star Saber in a final battle in the void of space, but had not reckoned with the treachery of Leozack, who fired on his emperor with the fortress's main cannon. To save himself, Deathsaurus was forced to return fire on the fortress, and Star Saber followed suite, smashing into the fortress's control chamber and taking Leozack down. As Leozack begged the Autobots not to destroy the fortress, the wounded Deathsaurus arrived and revealed to the Autobots the presence of the Decepticons' families aboard the vessel. Realizing that the Decepticons' had only done what they had in the name of their families' safety, Star Saber decided that it was time for the two leaders to follow the example set by their sons and lay down their arms. Deathsaurus and Star Saber shook hands, and the war came to an end, bringing peace to everyone - the truest victory of all! {{storylink|Heroic! The Victory War}}
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===Dreamwave comics continuity===
[[Image:Deathsaurus_dreamwave.jpg|right|thumb|125px]]
Deathsaurus was an ancient Transformer from Cybertron's lost past. While searching for clues about the planet's history, Megatron stumbled across a hidden chamber beneath the planet's surface containing two massive statues of Deathsaurus and [[Dai Atlas]], holding a [[Golden Disk (Dreamwave)|golden disk]] between them. This chamber apparently told of a vast Cybertronian Empire that ended prior to recorded history. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}
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===''Timelines''===
[[Image:Deathsaurustimelines.jpg|left|thumb|Deathsaurus orchestrates the rise of a New Decepticon Empire, or NAMBLA.]]

Using a clone lab on [[Ceti Alpha Seven]], Deathsaurus wished to revive the fading [[Decepticon Empire]] with a vast [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]] army. After the first batch of [[Virulent Clone|clones]] was completed, his operation was interrupted by a team of [[Autobot]] commandos under the command of [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]. Deathsaurus overpowered and captured the first wave himself, and soon faced Ironhide one-on-one, while [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] attempted to rescue the fallen Autobots. Due to the assistance of Tripredacus Agent [[Flamewar]], these two were defeated and captured as well.

They woke up bound inside Deathsaurus' clone lab. The Emperor of Destruction appeared on a television screen, declaring that his use for the lab was completed and was prepared to detonate it remotely with the Autobots inside. Unfortunately for Deathsaurus, the Autobot espionage agent [[Ricochet (Descent into Evil)|Ricochet]] not only freed the Autobots before the explosion occurred, but also seeded the remaining clones with a virus, leaving Deathsaurus with nothing to show for his work. {{storylink|Descent into Evil}}

Years later, towards the end of the Great War, the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Cryotek (RID)|Cryotek]] worked under Deathsaurus as a supply manager. When the final defeat of the Decepticons at last came, Cryotek led his fellow Predacon workers in a rebellion against Deathsaurus, and used the materials he stole from his depot to begin his own criminal empire. <ref>Cryotek's [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] exclusive profile.</ref>
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==Toys==
===Victory===
[[Image:Deathsaurus_g1toy.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"Aaawrk! Deathy shouldn't be!"]]
* '''Deszaras''' (Large Breastforce, 1989)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-336'''
**''Accessories'': Tail/shield, rifle, Tigerbreast & Eaglebreast "Breast Animals"
:Deathsaurus transforms into a blue and grey monster styled after traditional Japanese "kaijū", looking like nothing quite so much as a giant mutant space chicken. Unusual for late Generation 1 toys, he has [[die-cast]]-metal feet in beast mode.

:Deathsaurus comes packaged with his Breast Animal partners, Tigerbreast and Eaglebreast, which transform from creatures into hand-held weapons for Deathsaurus, and a pair of breastplates which lock into a spring-loaded socket on the toy's body to form elaborate torso armor for the Deathsaurus's robot mode. Eaglebreast is inserted first, then Tigerbreast fits on top, concealing it; the figures can also be attached while Deathsaurus is in beast mode, which leaves them on his creature-mode's back. Deathsaurus comes with armament in addition to his Breast Animals, including a light blue laser rifle—which, despite what the boxart and cartoon would have you believe, does not have a removable flail—that can be wielded by both an ordinary handle, and a second peg on its butt that allows it to be brandished like a staff or blade of some kind, and his "Death Tailer" shield, which mounts on either of his biceps, and transforms into his beast mode tail.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1989/Destron/Deathsaurus/deathsaurus.htm More information on Deszaras at TFU.info]''
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===Timelines===
[[Image:Deathsaurusbotcontoy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|If you squint, he could still be [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]].]]
* '''Descent into Evil''' (multi-pack, 2005)
**''Accessories'': 2 hilts, 2 sword-blade/missiles

: Part of the [[BotCon 2005]] "Descent into Evil" boxset, Deathsaurus is a blue and black [[retool]] of ''[[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'' version of [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron/Galvatron]]. He comes with a pair of swords that can launch their blade-missiles through a pressure-launch mechanism, as well as combine at their bottom ends to form a large double-blade weapon. The blade-missiles are rounded off [[for safety reasons]] like the other [[Hasbro]] uses of the mold.

: His head is a new sculpt based on Deathsaurus's appearance in the ''Victory'' anime (though Deathsaurus's face seems to be copied from Megatron's). Deathsaurus's mold was originally a ten-changer, though the "gargoyle"/bat mode was neutered for this release due to the dropping of the bat snout piece, required to give his new head enough space inside his chest cavity for other modes. He still retains the other nine modes (robot, dragster, jet, two-headed dragon, hand, mammoth, hydrofoil, one-headed dragon, and winged griffin). His tail-piece was removed for in-box storage, but easily popped back on since it's on a ball-and-socket joint.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Decepticon/BCDeathsaurus/deathsaurus.htm More information on BotCon Deathsaurus at TFU.info]''
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==Merchandise==
===Parody Deformed===
[[Image:Deathsaurus pd model.jpg|right|thumb|150px]]
* '''Deszaras''' (1990)

:A small, blue, white and red, non-transforming [[super-deformed]] model kit of Deathsaurus was available as part of [[Kabaya]]'s "[[Parody Deformed]]" line of candy toys. The fourth figure in the series, he came with a "[[Transformer PD Type]]" comic about himself, "Good Job! Deathsaurus!!", and something that could charitably be described as "gum".
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===Super Figure Collection===
[[Image:Deathsaurus scfs.jpg|right|thumb|225px|Take it all off!]]
* '''Deszaras''' (2002)
:A PVC figurine of Deathsaurus was released in the seventh Victory-centric "act" of Takara's ''[[Super Collection Figure]].'' Deathsaururs was available in both standard full-color version and metallic silver "pewter" versions; the pewter version came packaged with the wings of Victory Saber, one of several extra pieces packed with the various figures from the wave which could combine with the act's Star Saber figure to turn it into Victory Saber. The wings were available in both standard full color (at a rate of eight out of every ten cases) and rare pewter (only two in every ten).

* '''Deszaras with Eaglebreast''' (2002)
:Also available in the seventh wave was a rare "chase" version of the Deathsaurus PVC, available at a rate of one in every ten cases, featuring the character with his inner Breast Animal partner, Eaglebreast, on display, rather than the normal version's Tigerbreast.
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===Timelines===
[[Image:Deathsauruspin.jpg|thumb|75px|Deathstickus]]

* '''Deathsaurus pin''' (2005)

: The first 100 BotCon 2005 Primus-package preregistrants received an exclusive Deathsaurus pin as part of their registration package.

===Robot Heroes===
*'''Victory Saber vs. Dessaras''' (2009)
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==Trivia==

[[Image:DeathsaurusAndRedGeist.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]

* Deathsaurus's name is the source of a long-lasting argument. The phonetic Japanese reading of the name is: "De-su-za-ra-su". This is represented in English on his toy packaging and tech specs as "Deszaras." English-speaking fans would long debate the "proper" [[romanization]] of the name, interpreting it as Deszaras, Deathzaras, Deathsaurus, Death Czarus, Def Zarce, Deaths 'R' Us, Debt Source, Darth Sass, Death's Arse and god knows what else. "Deathsaurus" had a tendency to be the most popular and well-known (on account of it actually ''meaning'' something), which led to it being used on the character's first official Western toy, making it his official American name. However, it is unlikely that this was supposed to be the actual name for the character{{m-}}were his name intended to be read as "saurus", then it would be rendered as "sa-u-ru-su" or "za-u-ru-su" in Japanese, rather than "za-ra-su". As such, it appears that his name was genuinely intended to be the nonsense word, "Deszaras" (which resembles the pattern for naming of [[Wikipedia:Kaiju|Kaiju]] monsters, discussed below) and the character appears with this name on the [[Metrodome]] and [[Madman Entertainment]] DVD boxsets of the ''Victory'' cartoon. Hasbro appears to be trying to steer things back in that direction with the upcoming [[Robot Heroes]] figure, named "Dessaras". Only one letter out, there, guys!

* While often called a dragon or occasionally a griffin (or a giant chicken), Deathsaurus is most likely styled after traditional Japanese "kaiju", such as [[Godzilla]] or Rodan. Hence, the Kaiju-esque name, "Deszaras".

* The original Deathsaurus mold was redecoed into the non-living "Red Geist" mech for [[Takara]]'s ''[[Brave|Brave of Legend Da Garn]]'' toyline, which lacked the Eaglebreast partner. Although the character design in the television show for the line was significantly modified from that of Deathsaurus (see image at right), including replacing Tigerbreast's tiger mode with a jet mode, the Red Geist toy itself was not retooled.
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==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/1989/Destron/Deathsaurus/deathsaurus.htm Deathsaurus on TFU.info]

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Venus Terzo

2009-04-08T20:40:55Z

Akumateukuma:

[[Image:VenusTerzo1.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Whaddya know, she is hot, poisonous, and deadly!]]

'''Venus Terzo''' is a Canadian voice actress.

She had small parts on the tv shows ''Stargate SG-1'', ''Masters of Horror'' and ''Dead Zone''.

On the realm of anime, she played Sonomi Daidouji on ''Card Captor Sakura'', the female Ranma on ''Ranma 1/2'', Tiger on ''Saber Marionette J'' and Milerna Aston on ''Vision of Escaflowne'' among others.

On cartoons, a few characters that borrowed her voice were Jean Grey on ''X-Men Evolution'', Crita on ''The New Adventures of He-Man'', and Princess Lana on ''Captain N: The Game Master.''

Some fans believe that Venus was the inpiration behind Princess Lana's good looks. The character does resemble her in some instances (as they are both beautiful brunettes), but no one knows for sure.

She has an ''awesome'' name.

===''Beast Wars''===
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]

===''Beast Machines''===
*Blackarachnia

==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0856197/ Venus Terzo at the Internet Movie Database]

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Venus Terzo

2009-04-08T02:21:40Z

Akumateukuma:

[[Image:VenusTerzo1.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Whaddya know, she is hot, poisonous, and deadly!]]

'''Venus Terzo''' is a Canadian voice actress.

She had small parts on the tv shows ''Stargate SG-1'', ''Masters of Horror'' and ''Dead Zone''.

On the realm of anime, she played Sonomi Daidouji on ''Card Captor Sakura'', the female Ranma on ''Ranma 1/2'', Tiger on ''Saber Marionette J'' and Milerna Aston on ''Vision of Escaflowne'' among others.

On cartoons, a few characters that borrowed her voice were Jean Grey on ''X-Men Evolution'', Crita on ''The New Adventures of He-Man", and Princess Lana on "Captain N: The Game Master."

Some fans believe that Venus was the inpiration behind Princess Lana's good looks. The character does resembles her in some instances, but no one knows for sure.

She has an ''awesome'' name.

===''Beast Wars''===
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]

===''Beast Machines''===
*Blackarachnia

==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0856197/ Venus Terzo at the Internet Movie Database]

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A Fistful of Energon

2009-04-07T14:07:32Z

Akumateukuma:

{{episode|
|series=Anitoon
|ep=23
|image=AFistfulofEnergon-StarscreamPurpleclone.jpg
|caption=Has the Allspark Power line ended yet? Is it safe for redecos to come out now?
|title="A Fistful of Energon"
|airdate=[[May 24]], 2008
|written by=[[Andrew Robinson]]
|directed by=[[Irineo Maramba]], [[Matt Youngberg]], [[Makoto Fuchigami]]
|animation studio=[[Mook]]
}}

'''Prowl goes off on his own to capture the fugitive Starscream, but finds some competition in the form of a Decepticon bounty hunter. '''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:TFA Fistful Energon Starscream escape.JPG|thumb|left|"Ok, Starscream farted on us and escaped during our confusion. Let's never talk about this again." "Agreed."]]

As the [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Elite Guard]]'s ship proceeds on its journey, an explosion rocks the hull, and out flies [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]], declaring vengeance against [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] once again.

On [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]], [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] and [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] are on the lookout for their feral friends in response to reports of some rampaging going on. Prowl has been sent along with [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet's]] EMP generator and some [[stasis cuffs]], but doubts he will need them since the [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobots]] are such gentle spirits when left alone and he has always been able to reason with them. [[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]] soon contradicts Prowl's perspective by charging into the clearing like an angry rhino. Prowl is still determined to take it easy on the big guy until Grimlock's jaws get dangerously close to a nest filled with adorable little baby birdies. Using an EMP blast, Prowl quickly incapacitates Grimlock.

[[Image:AFistfulofEnergon-ProwlEMPGenerator.jpg|thumb|We can use my wrist thingy to track Bender's [[Personality component|brain]].]]

Prowl and Bulkhead are both surprised that it came to that, but Prowl rationalizes that he did what he had to do to save the little birds. At this point, he notices a thorn stuck in Grimlock's paw as the likely source of the Dinobot's extra aggression. With some advice from Ratchet over the comm, Prowl uses controlled bursts from the EMP to stabilize the affected area, and Bulkhead yanks out the spike. Grimlock sighs in relief, and everything is all better.

Before they can head home, however, [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] contacts the [[Autobot]] base with a message that Starscream has escaped and was last seen headed back to Earth. They would have sent that message sooner, but it seems [[Mission Accomplished|their tachyon transmitter has gone missing]]. Megatron, who has been intercepting the message, takes a look at his own tachyon transmitter and sarcastically wonders where the Autobots' could have gone. He then wastes no time putting out a bounty on the escaped [[Decepticon]] traitor.

Back on the island, Prowl is feeling pretty tough after taking down the big, bad Grimlock all by himself and is already contemplating a similar hunt for Starscream. At the very least, while they're in the neighborhood, he and Bulkhead use [[Teletran-1]]'s sensitive scanners to locate Starscream's [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]] fragment...on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. Prowl believes they have everything they need to go after him right away, but Bulkhead reminds him that Starscream is a little out of their league if it's just the two of them. Prowl agrees, but as soon as Bulkhead is off the ship and his back is turned, Prowl takes off in the [[Autobot ship (Animated)|ship]]'s [[emergency shuttle]] by himself and heads for the Moon.

Prowl tracks the AllSpark fragment to the remains of the Decepticon warship. Optimus and Ratchet try to warn him how crazy his plan is and order him to return, but Prowl disregards them with some unconvincing fake static and heads inside the ship. He believes the mission of apprehending Starscream is best suited to a single bot built for stealth. Then, as he's sneaking around, his target finds him first. Way to use that stealth.

[[Image:TFA Fistful Energon Prowl vs Lockdown.JPG|thumb|left]]

Before Starscream can fire his null ray, a well-placed shuriken disables it. The fight begins, and thanks to the EMP, Prowl manages to hold his own. Starscream eventually gets in a direct hit, but on a hologram. The real Prowl gets into position, and an EMP blast knocks out the Decepticon. As soon as the fugitive is stasis-cuffed, a newcomer walks up and offers to take the bounty off his hands. It's [[Lockdown]]...wearing a poncho? He and Prowl start to fight over the prize while Starscream comes to and heckles them from the sidelines. Neither combatant appreciates Starscream's comments, and both yell at him to shut up. He does, but as he's silent for about two seconds, they look back to notice it's because he escaped. Outside, Starscream (who is strangely brown-coloured) blasts Prowl's shuttle and flies off toward Earth. Lockdown decloaks his own ship and takes pursuit, with Prowl hitching a ride on the hull.

Lockdown is finding it difficult to locate Starscream's Decepticon signal when Prowl ambushes him, deflecting a counter-attack with a shield mod borrowed from Lockdown's own display case. Once they're at a standstill, Prowl points out that he knows how to track Starscream's AllSpark fragment, but he'll need Lockdown's sensors to do it. Thus a partnership is created, and Lockdown offers his new friend a few more upgrades to make sure they get the job done right.

[[Image:Samprowl.jpg|thumb|Okay, let's '''ignore''' the fact that Samurai and Ninja are polar opposites, and bask in the '''total''' awesomeness that is Samurai Prowl.]]

Lockdown's ship touches down in Detroit and disguises itself as a building again. Lockdown and Prowl transform and roll out, with Prowl enjoying the feel of his new samurai armor/sidecar. They track the signal to a highway where Starscream is cowering beneath a bridge. When they confront him, they notice he's acting considerably more cowardly than usual, and is painted considerably more purple. Prowl shows off his upgrades, flying circles around the fleeing Decepticon and eventually taking him down with an EMP blast. Lockdown is impressed. With the bounty secured, he contacts Megatron and sets up a meeting at an abandoned warehouse. Prowl is shocked to learn the two-faced bounty hunter he'd partnered with had been working for someone evil and attempts to cross him. However, Lockdown ''double''-crosses Prowl, tying him up with a bola, and drives off with his bounty in tow.

The other Autobots show up to untie their errant companion and chew him out, but Prowl is more interested in continuing pursuit of Starscream. The rest of the team follow, but point out that Prowl is starting to sound too much like Lockdown, as the mods are going to his head.

They almost catch up with Lockdown and the purple Starscream when they're stopped on the road by the arrival of ''another'' Starscream. This one sports a brown and off-white color scheme and a sneaky, manipulative personality. He attempts to negotiate a pact with the Autobots to work together and destroy Megatron, but Prowl turns down the offer and attacks. Using his new arsenal, he leads, disarms, and disables the brown Screamer. It's a cool but messy victory. Ratchet scolds Prowl for not just taking him out with a single EMP blast. Prowl attests that his way was more fun, but Ratchet points out all the collateral damage he caused, including a knocked down bird's nest with its eggs broken all over the sidewalk. Prowl feels awful upon realizing what he has done, but puts it aside. Chasing Lockdown is still more important.

[[Image:TFA Fistful Energon Decepticons turbulence.JPG|thumb|left|]]

The Autobots crash the Decepticons' warehouse meeting, and a Cybertronian standoff occurs. Then, when Megatron notices there are two Starscreams, he demands an explanation. The clones open their cockpits to reveal a pair of ticking time bombs. The real Starscream's voice announces that it was all part of his plan to take his enemies all out at once. Megatron isn't about to sit around and be blown up, though, so he shoots the skylight and calls for the Decepticons to transform and rise up. The bad guys escape, but the good guys can't let the bombs just explode or the blast would take out half the city. Prowl gets an idea and uses his mods to weld the Starscreams together and jam their jets on so they rocket straight up into the atmosphere. The explosion doesn't harm the city (besides setting off a lot of car alarms) but does do a number on the fleeing Decepticons.

While Lockdown is escaping from the planet again, he contacts Prowl and offers a permanent partnership, since they're so much alike. Prowl turns down the offer, claiming it was fun while it lasted, but the super-charged bounty hunter life just wasn't his style. With all his upgrades shorted out or gone, Prowl detaches the one mod that got out without a scratch, Ratchet's EMP generator, and returns it to its rightful owner.

[[image:Lotta starscreams.jpg|right|thumb|[[Star Wars|Begun, the Clone War has.]]]]

Later, Starscream sits within his new base aboard the wreckage of the [[Nemesis (Animated)|Decepticon warship]] and watches an announcement from Megatron stating that the bounty on the fugitive has been increased, but whoever captures him had better make sure it's the real deal. Starscream himself is furious that his trap failed, but it doesn't matter, as he has plenty more decoys where that came from...

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] (1)
*[[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] (2)
*[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] (3)
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (5)
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (6)
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (7)
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (8)
*[[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]] (9)
*[[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]] (10)
*[[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]] (11)

|c2=
*[[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] (4)
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (12)
*[[Lugnut]] (13)
*[[Blitzwing (Animated)|Icy Blitzwing]] (14)<ref>Yes, it's true. Blitzwing went the entire episode without switching personalities.</ref>
*[[Lockdown]] (15)
*[[Sunstorm (Animated)|Sycophant Starscream I]] (16)
*[[Skywarp (Animated)|Coward Starscream I]] (17)
}}

==Quotes==
''[Ratchet and Prime are communicating with Prowl and Bulkhead over the radio]'' 
'''Ratchet''': Prowl, any sign of the Dinobots? 
'''Prowl''': Negative, Ratchet. I'm starting to think those reports of rampages were nothing but exaggeration. 
'''Optimus''': We're not taking any chance, Prowl. That's why I had Ratchet lend you his EMP generator and those stasis cuffs. 
'''Prowl''': Still, I hardly think they're necessary. The Dinobots are territorial, but if left alone, they're perfectly happy." 
''[Grimlock roars, then runs out of the forest, charging the Autobots]'' 
'''Bulkhead''': He doesn't look too happy to me!
:—The Autobots are Dinobot hunting...and things are not going well.

"Me Grimlock...''better''."
:—'''Grimlock''' after Bulkhead removes the spike, but before he passes out.

"I'm afraid Sari and Bumblebee left on an important fact-finding mission this morning. To someplace called... 'Five Banners Roller Coaster Kingdom'."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' gets duped.

"Personally, I've always found Bumblebee's fake static to be a lot more convincing."
:—'''Ratchet''' doesn't get duped.

'''Starscream''': You call this a fight? I'll rust before someone wins! And I'm in a vacuum. 
'''Prowl''' and '''Lockdown''': Will you keep quiet?!
:—Prowl and Lockdown tell Starscream where to stick it.

"No! No, please! Leave me alone!" 
"Maybe it's me, but that doesn't sound like the Starscream I know..."
:—His reaction to '''Coward Starscream I's''' plea for mercy leaves one wondering if '''Lockdown''' has ever met the real Screamer...

'''Sycophant Starscream''': Well, if it isn't my favorite band of plucky little Autobots. 
'''Optimus''': Autobots, prepare for battle! 
'''Sycophant Starscream''': Wait, you misunderstand. Noble Optimus Prime, wise Ratchet, stealthy Prowl and ''mighty''...eh... 
'''Bulkhead''': Bulkhead! 
'''Sycophant Starscream''': Ooh, that's too bad.
:—'''Starscream''' pulls a [[Transform and Roll Out#Quotes|Bumblebee]]

"Did you really think I would offer so little a challenge? I allowed you to capture these ''clones'' to fulfill my plan to eliminate you all! Especially you, MegaFOOL! Mwa-hah-ha-ha-ha! In moments you will be blown to bits, and I will become the Supreme Leader of ALL DECEPTICONS!"
:—Speaking through his clones, the real '''Starscream'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s speech-making tendencies are undimmed, even if he now prefers to do it from a safe distance.

==Notes==
===Animation or technical errors===
[[Image:AFistfulofEnergon-Grimlockfootshard.jpg|right|thumb|So painful, resting in between my toes harmlessly!]]
* The large spike stuck in Grimlock's foot is nowhere to be seen in the full-body shots previous to Prowl discovering it.
* The dialogue suggests that the spike is jammed through Grimlock's foot, but the animation shows it merely stuck between his toes.
* When Lockdown first appears, his head is missing the design across his forehead.
* Just after mud-coloured Starscream tells the Autobots of his plan in joining forces, his mouth disappears.
* Ratchet's war wound disappears when he's telling Prowl to get rid of his mods, just after his showy (and destructive) capture of the red Starscream clone.
* When Lockdown is talking to Megs, via hologram, you can see a black Autobot insignia on his chest.

===Continuity errors===
*When Starscream tells them he'll rust, in a ''vacuum'', Lockdown and Prowl tell him to shut up, an action that should be impossible, given that sound cannot carry in space. In fact, during all the time spent in space, the characters interact with each other as if they were under atmospheric conditions - of course, they could have open commlinks to each other.

===Transformers references===
* The Starscream clones are, of course, a reference to the [[Seeker]]s of [[Generation 1]], most notable for being [[Air Warrior|hordes of disposable Decepticons]] in "[[More Than Meets The Eye, Part 1|More Than Meets The Eye]]" (and then kinda vanishing save for [[Rainmakers|rare appearances later]]).

===Real-world references===
[[Image:AFistfulofEnergon-Lockdowninponcho.jpg|right|thumb|Space banditos? Never heard of them.]]
*This episode contains numerous references to [[Wikipedia:Fistful of Dollars|''A Fistful of Dollars'']], including the title, Lockdown wearing a poncho in his first appearance, and the Mexican standoff scene in the warehouse.

*''A Fistful of Dollars'' is, in turn, a Western adaptation of ''[[Wikipedia:Yojimbo (film)|Yojimbo]]'', which also accounts for Prowl's samurai armor.

*Grimlock's foot problem recalls "The Lion and the Mouse", an Aesop's fable about a mouse who befriends a lion by pulling a thorn out of his paw. Or the tale of the Christian Saint Jerome, whose life was saved by the lion he'd helped when he later encountered it in a Roman circus. Or the story of Androcles and the Lion...it's been done a lot.

*Five Banners Roller Coaster Kingdom is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Six Flags|Six Flags]] chain of amusement parks and possibly [[Wikipedia:Magic Kingdom|Magic Kingdom]] as well.

===Trivia===
* This episode was first aired in Dubai.

*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] and [[Sari Sumdac|Sari]] are absent from this episode, with Optimus saying that they're on an "important fact-finding mission" (an amusement park). Therefore, we don't get to see if Sari's hair grew back since [[Rise of the Constructicons|last episode]].

*It seems that since the [[Rise of the Constructicons|events of the last episode]] Bulkhead has grown a taste for oil, as he can be seen drinking it when he and Prowl are first on [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]].

*[[Lugnut]] and [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]], on the other hand, appear but say nothing, as do [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] and even [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]]. Result!

*The clones seem to embody elements of Starscream's personality, the purple Starscream representing Starscream's cowardice and the reddish-brown Starscream representing Starscream's sycophantic, flattering nature.

*Both altered-color clones use Starscream's original colors as a base, but the sycophantic one runs towards "hotter" colors playing up the red and white (a little devilish, perhaps?), while the cowardly one has colors more on the "cold" end, leaning into purple and stony grey.

[[Image:AFistfulofEnergon-Lockdownwithhelmet.jpg|right|thumb|I can't believe they ran out of voice-changer helmets!]]
*While you could be forgiven for assuming Prowl's armor was a Hasbro idea, it actually predates the toy. Hasbro decided to make a toy of it after watching the episode.<ref>http://community.livejournal.com/tf_animated/271043.html</ref>

* The other Autobots, and eventually Prowl as well, treat his upgrades as a bad thing. In the story, this makes sense because Lockdown acquires his trophies by hacking them off other Transformers, a practice the other characters had [[The Thrill of the Hunt|previously shown]] to find extremely distasteful (at best). Oddly, this goes against [[retool|everything Hasbro wants us to believe]].

*So...where did Starscream get the clones from? Ultra Magnus' comment suggests Starscream's escape actually happened some time ago [[Units of time|(depending on how long a deca-cycle is in ''Animated'')]]. Then again, Starscream did have 50 years of spare time on his hands.

*How exactly did Prowl and Lockdown find the Starscream clones with the Allspark scanners? As far as we know, it's only Starscream (the real one) that's influenced by the Allspark fragment. Could he have found more Allspark fragments to build his clone army or is he a lot smarter than we thought by fooling even the scanners looking for Allspark energy?

*While Ratchet seems to be the moral compass of this episode, the day is only saved by Prowl's use of his upgrades.

*Apparently Starscream put a few extra zeros in when programming the timer on the clones. His plot might have worked if he hadn't given Megatron three minutes to run away.

*How come both the Autobots and the Decepticons failed to tell the differences between the clone Starscreams and the real deal? Are they colour-blind?

*It's not the first time in ''Animated'' that an Autobot [[Nanosec (episode)|sacrifices a new upgrade to launch a bomb that could destroy Detroit into upper atmosphere]].

*Exactly WHY does Lockdown wear a poncho?

*[[Michael Bay|Because it's AWESOME, that's why. *kaboom*]]

*[[Cheetor (BW)|Bumblebee]] likes a theme park featuring [[Six Lasers Over Cybertron|''six'']] of [[The Agenda (Part 1)|something]]...

* When the probe from ''Teletran-1'' deploys there is a Star Trek communicator chirp clearly heard

==References==
<references/>

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[[Category:Animated episodes]]

A Fistful of Energon

2009-04-07T14:07:10Z

Akumateukuma:

{{episode|
|series=Anitoon
|ep=23
|image=AFistfulofEnergon-StarscreamPurpleclone.jpg
|caption=Has the Allspark Power line ended yet? Is it safe for redecos to come out now?
|title="A Fistful of Energon"
|airdate=[[May 24]], 2008
|written by=[[Andrew Robinson]]
|directed by=[[Irineo Maramba]], [[Matt Youngberg]], [[Makoto Fuchigami]]
|animation studio=[[Mook]]
}}

'''Prowl goes off on his own to capture the fugitive Starscream, but finds some competition in the form of a Decepticon bounty hunter. '''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:TFA Fistful Energon Starscream escape.JPG|thumb|left|Ok, Starscream farted on us and escaped during our confusion. Let's never talk about this again." "Agreed."]]

As the [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Elite Guard]]'s ship proceeds on its journey, an explosion rocks the hull, and out flies [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]], declaring vengeance against [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] once again.

On [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]], [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] and [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] are on the lookout for their feral friends in response to reports of some rampaging going on. Prowl has been sent along with [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet's]] EMP generator and some [[stasis cuffs]], but doubts he will need them since the [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobots]] are such gentle spirits when left alone and he has always been able to reason with them. [[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]] soon contradicts Prowl's perspective by charging into the clearing like an angry rhino. Prowl is still determined to take it easy on the big guy until Grimlock's jaws get dangerously close to a nest filled with adorable little baby birdies. Using an EMP blast, Prowl quickly incapacitates Grimlock.

[[Image:AFistfulofEnergon-ProwlEMPGenerator.jpg|thumb|We can use my wrist thingy to track Bender's [[Personality component|brain]].]]

Prowl and Bulkhead are both surprised that it came to that, but Prowl rationalizes that he did what he had to do to save the little birds. At this point, he notices a thorn stuck in Grimlock's paw as the likely source of the Dinobot's extra aggression. With some advice from Ratchet over the comm, Prowl uses controlled bursts from the EMP to stabilize the affected area, and Bulkhead yanks out the spike. Grimlock sighs in relief, and everything is all better.

Before they can head home, however, [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] contacts the [[Autobot]] base with a message that Starscream has escaped and was last seen headed back to Earth. They would have sent that message sooner, but it seems [[Mission Accomplished|their tachyon transmitter has gone missing]]. Megatron, who has been intercepting the message, takes a look at his own tachyon transmitter and sarcastically wonders where the Autobots' could have gone. He then wastes no time putting out a bounty on the escaped [[Decepticon]] traitor.

Back on the island, Prowl is feeling pretty tough after taking down the big, bad Grimlock all by himself and is already contemplating a similar hunt for Starscream. At the very least, while they're in the neighborhood, he and Bulkhead use [[Teletran-1]]'s sensitive scanners to locate Starscream's [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]] fragment...on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. Prowl believes they have everything they need to go after him right away, but Bulkhead reminds him that Starscream is a little out of their league if it's just the two of them. Prowl agrees, but as soon as Bulkhead is off the ship and his back is turned, Prowl takes off in the [[Autobot ship (Animated)|ship]]'s [[emergency shuttle]] by himself and heads for the Moon.

Prowl tracks the AllSpark fragment to the remains of the Decepticon warship. Optimus and Ratchet try to warn him how crazy his plan is and order him to return, but Prowl disregards them with some unconvincing fake static and heads inside the ship. He believes the mission of apprehending Starscream is best suited to a single bot built for stealth. Then, as he's sneaking around, his target finds him first. Way to use that stealth.

[[Image:TFA Fistful Energon Prowl vs Lockdown.JPG|thumb|left]]

Before Starscream can fire his null ray, a well-placed shuriken disables it. The fight begins, and thanks to the EMP, Prowl manages to hold his own. Starscream eventually gets in a direct hit, but on a hologram. The real Prowl gets into position, and an EMP blast knocks out the Decepticon. As soon as the fugitive is stasis-cuffed, a newcomer walks up and offers to take the bounty off his hands. It's [[Lockdown]]...wearing a poncho? He and Prowl start to fight over the prize while Starscream comes to and heckles them from the sidelines. Neither combatant appreciates Starscream's comments, and both yell at him to shut up. He does, but as he's silent for about two seconds, they look back to notice it's because he escaped. Outside, Starscream (who is strangely brown-coloured) blasts Prowl's shuttle and flies off toward Earth. Lockdown decloaks his own ship and takes pursuit, with Prowl hitching a ride on the hull.

Lockdown is finding it difficult to locate Starscream's Decepticon signal when Prowl ambushes him, deflecting a counter-attack with a shield mod borrowed from Lockdown's own display case. Once they're at a standstill, Prowl points out that he knows how to track Starscream's AllSpark fragment, but he'll need Lockdown's sensors to do it. Thus a partnership is created, and Lockdown offers his new friend a few more upgrades to make sure they get the job done right.

[[Image:Samprowl.jpg|thumb|Okay, let's '''ignore''' the fact that Samurai and Ninja are polar opposites, and bask in the '''total''' awesomeness that is Samurai Prowl.]]

Lockdown's ship touches down in Detroit and disguises itself as a building again. Lockdown and Prowl transform and roll out, with Prowl enjoying the feel of his new samurai armor/sidecar. They track the signal to a highway where Starscream is cowering beneath a bridge. When they confront him, they notice he's acting considerably more cowardly than usual, and is painted considerably more purple. Prowl shows off his upgrades, flying circles around the fleeing Decepticon and eventually taking him down with an EMP blast. Lockdown is impressed. With the bounty secured, he contacts Megatron and sets up a meeting at an abandoned warehouse. Prowl is shocked to learn the two-faced bounty hunter he'd partnered with had been working for someone evil and attempts to cross him. However, Lockdown ''double''-crosses Prowl, tying him up with a bola, and drives off with his bounty in tow.

The other Autobots show up to untie their errant companion and chew him out, but Prowl is more interested in continuing pursuit of Starscream. The rest of the team follow, but point out that Prowl is starting to sound too much like Lockdown, as the mods are going to his head.

They almost catch up with Lockdown and the purple Starscream when they're stopped on the road by the arrival of ''another'' Starscream. This one sports a brown and off-white color scheme and a sneaky, manipulative personality. He attempts to negotiate a pact with the Autobots to work together and destroy Megatron, but Prowl turns down the offer and attacks. Using his new arsenal, he leads, disarms, and disables the brown Screamer. It's a cool but messy victory. Ratchet scolds Prowl for not just taking him out with a single EMP blast. Prowl attests that his way was more fun, but Ratchet points out all the collateral damage he caused, including a knocked down bird's nest with its eggs broken all over the sidewalk. Prowl feels awful upon realizing what he has done, but puts it aside. Chasing Lockdown is still more important.

[[Image:TFA Fistful Energon Decepticons turbulence.JPG|thumb|left|]]

The Autobots crash the Decepticons' warehouse meeting, and a Cybertronian standoff occurs. Then, when Megatron notices there are two Starscreams, he demands an explanation. The clones open their cockpits to reveal a pair of ticking time bombs. The real Starscream's voice announces that it was all part of his plan to take his enemies all out at once. Megatron isn't about to sit around and be blown up, though, so he shoots the skylight and calls for the Decepticons to transform and rise up. The bad guys escape, but the good guys can't let the bombs just explode or the blast would take out half the city. Prowl gets an idea and uses his mods to weld the Starscreams together and jam their jets on so they rocket straight up into the atmosphere. The explosion doesn't harm the city (besides setting off a lot of car alarms) but does do a number on the fleeing Decepticons.

While Lockdown is escaping from the planet again, he contacts Prowl and offers a permanent partnership, since they're so much alike. Prowl turns down the offer, claiming it was fun while it lasted, but the super-charged bounty hunter life just wasn't his style. With all his upgrades shorted out or gone, Prowl detaches the one mod that got out without a scratch, Ratchet's EMP generator, and returns it to its rightful owner.

[[image:Lotta starscreams.jpg|right|thumb|[[Star Wars|Begun, the Clone War has.]]]]

Later, Starscream sits within his new base aboard the wreckage of the [[Nemesis (Animated)|Decepticon warship]] and watches an announcement from Megatron stating that the bounty on the fugitive has been increased, but whoever captures him had better make sure it's the real deal. Starscream himself is furious that his trap failed, but it doesn't matter, as he has plenty more decoys where that came from...

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] (1)
*[[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] (2)
*[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] (3)
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (5)
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (6)
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (7)
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (8)
*[[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]] (9)
*[[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]] (10)
*[[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]] (11)

|c2=
*[[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] (4)
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (12)
*[[Lugnut]] (13)
*[[Blitzwing (Animated)|Icy Blitzwing]] (14)<ref>Yes, it's true. Blitzwing went the entire episode without switching personalities.</ref>
*[[Lockdown]] (15)
*[[Sunstorm (Animated)|Sycophant Starscream I]] (16)
*[[Skywarp (Animated)|Coward Starscream I]] (17)
}}

==Quotes==
''[Ratchet and Prime are communicating with Prowl and Bulkhead over the radio]'' 
'''Ratchet''': Prowl, any sign of the Dinobots? 
'''Prowl''': Negative, Ratchet. I'm starting to think those reports of rampages were nothing but exaggeration. 
'''Optimus''': We're not taking any chance, Prowl. That's why I had Ratchet lend you his EMP generator and those stasis cuffs. 
'''Prowl''': Still, I hardly think they're necessary. The Dinobots are territorial, but if left alone, they're perfectly happy." 
''[Grimlock roars, then runs out of the forest, charging the Autobots]'' 
'''Bulkhead''': He doesn't look too happy to me!
:—The Autobots are Dinobot hunting...and things are not going well.

"Me Grimlock...''better''."
:—'''Grimlock''' after Bulkhead removes the spike, but before he passes out.

"I'm afraid Sari and Bumblebee left on an important fact-finding mission this morning. To someplace called... 'Five Banners Roller Coaster Kingdom'."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' gets duped.

"Personally, I've always found Bumblebee's fake static to be a lot more convincing."
:—'''Ratchet''' doesn't get duped.

'''Starscream''': You call this a fight? I'll rust before someone wins! And I'm in a vacuum. 
'''Prowl''' and '''Lockdown''': Will you keep quiet?!
:—Prowl and Lockdown tell Starscream where to stick it.

"No! No, please! Leave me alone!" 
"Maybe it's me, but that doesn't sound like the Starscream I know..."
:—His reaction to '''Coward Starscream I's''' plea for mercy leaves one wondering if '''Lockdown''' has ever met the real Screamer...

'''Sycophant Starscream''': Well, if it isn't my favorite band of plucky little Autobots. 
'''Optimus''': Autobots, prepare for battle! 
'''Sycophant Starscream''': Wait, you misunderstand. Noble Optimus Prime, wise Ratchet, stealthy Prowl and ''mighty''...eh... 
'''Bulkhead''': Bulkhead! 
'''Sycophant Starscream''': Ooh, that's too bad.
:—'''Starscream''' pulls a [[Transform and Roll Out#Quotes|Bumblebee]]

"Did you really think I would offer so little a challenge? I allowed you to capture these ''clones'' to fulfill my plan to eliminate you all! Especially you, MegaFOOL! Mwa-hah-ha-ha-ha! In moments you will be blown to bits, and I will become the Supreme Leader of ALL DECEPTICONS!"
:—Speaking through his clones, the real '''Starscream'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s speech-making tendencies are undimmed, even if he now prefers to do it from a safe distance.

==Notes==
===Animation or technical errors===
[[Image:AFistfulofEnergon-Grimlockfootshard.jpg|right|thumb|So painful, resting in between my toes harmlessly!]]
* The large spike stuck in Grimlock's foot is nowhere to be seen in the full-body shots previous to Prowl discovering it.
* The dialogue suggests that the spike is jammed through Grimlock's foot, but the animation shows it merely stuck between his toes.
* When Lockdown first appears, his head is missing the design across his forehead.
* Just after mud-coloured Starscream tells the Autobots of his plan in joining forces, his mouth disappears.
* Ratchet's war wound disappears when he's telling Prowl to get rid of his mods, just after his showy (and destructive) capture of the red Starscream clone.
* When Lockdown is talking to Megs, via hologram, you can see a black Autobot insignia on his chest.

===Continuity errors===
*When Starscream tells them he'll rust, in a ''vacuum'', Lockdown and Prowl tell him to shut up, an action that should be impossible, given that sound cannot carry in space. In fact, during all the time spent in space, the characters interact with each other as if they were under atmospheric conditions - of course, they could have open commlinks to each other.

===Transformers references===
* The Starscream clones are, of course, a reference to the [[Seeker]]s of [[Generation 1]], most notable for being [[Air Warrior|hordes of disposable Decepticons]] in "[[More Than Meets The Eye, Part 1|More Than Meets The Eye]]" (and then kinda vanishing save for [[Rainmakers|rare appearances later]]).

===Real-world references===
[[Image:AFistfulofEnergon-Lockdowninponcho.jpg|right|thumb|Space banditos? Never heard of them.]]
*This episode contains numerous references to [[Wikipedia:Fistful of Dollars|''A Fistful of Dollars'']], including the title, Lockdown wearing a poncho in his first appearance, and the Mexican standoff scene in the warehouse.

*''A Fistful of Dollars'' is, in turn, a Western adaptation of ''[[Wikipedia:Yojimbo (film)|Yojimbo]]'', which also accounts for Prowl's samurai armor.

*Grimlock's foot problem recalls "The Lion and the Mouse", an Aesop's fable about a mouse who befriends a lion by pulling a thorn out of his paw. Or the tale of the Christian Saint Jerome, whose life was saved by the lion he'd helped when he later encountered it in a Roman circus. Or the story of Androcles and the Lion...it's been done a lot.

*Five Banners Roller Coaster Kingdom is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Six Flags|Six Flags]] chain of amusement parks and possibly [[Wikipedia:Magic Kingdom|Magic Kingdom]] as well.

===Trivia===
* This episode was first aired in Dubai.

*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] and [[Sari Sumdac|Sari]] are absent from this episode, with Optimus saying that they're on an "important fact-finding mission" (an amusement park). Therefore, we don't get to see if Sari's hair grew back since [[Rise of the Constructicons|last episode]].

*It seems that since the [[Rise of the Constructicons|events of the last episode]] Bulkhead has grown a taste for oil, as he can be seen drinking it when he and Prowl are first on [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]].

*[[Lugnut]] and [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]], on the other hand, appear but say nothing, as do [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] and even [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]]. Result!

*The clones seem to embody elements of Starscream's personality, the purple Starscream representing Starscream's cowardice and the reddish-brown Starscream representing Starscream's sycophantic, flattering nature.

*Both altered-color clones use Starscream's original colors as a base, but the sycophantic one runs towards "hotter" colors playing up the red and white (a little devilish, perhaps?), while the cowardly one has colors more on the "cold" end, leaning into purple and stony grey.

[[Image:AFistfulofEnergon-Lockdownwithhelmet.jpg|right|thumb|I can't believe they ran out of voice-changer helmets!]]
*While you could be forgiven for assuming Prowl's armor was a Hasbro idea, it actually predates the toy. Hasbro decided to make a toy of it after watching the episode.<ref>http://community.livejournal.com/tf_animated/271043.html</ref>

* The other Autobots, and eventually Prowl as well, treat his upgrades as a bad thing. In the story, this makes sense because Lockdown acquires his trophies by hacking them off other Transformers, a practice the other characters had [[The Thrill of the Hunt|previously shown]] to find extremely distasteful (at best). Oddly, this goes against [[retool|everything Hasbro wants us to believe]].

*So...where did Starscream get the clones from? Ultra Magnus' comment suggests Starscream's escape actually happened some time ago [[Units of time|(depending on how long a deca-cycle is in ''Animated'')]]. Then again, Starscream did have 50 years of spare time on his hands.

*How exactly did Prowl and Lockdown find the Starscream clones with the Allspark scanners? As far as we know, it's only Starscream (the real one) that's influenced by the Allspark fragment. Could he have found more Allspark fragments to build his clone army or is he a lot smarter than we thought by fooling even the scanners looking for Allspark energy?

*While Ratchet seems to be the moral compass of this episode, the day is only saved by Prowl's use of his upgrades.

*Apparently Starscream put a few extra zeros in when programming the timer on the clones. His plot might have worked if he hadn't given Megatron three minutes to run away.

*How come both the Autobots and the Decepticons failed to tell the differences between the clone Starscreams and the real deal? Are they colour-blind?

*It's not the first time in ''Animated'' that an Autobot [[Nanosec (episode)|sacrifices a new upgrade to launch a bomb that could destroy Detroit into upper atmosphere]].

*Exactly WHY does Lockdown wear a poncho?

*[[Michael Bay|Because it's AWESOME, that's why. *kaboom*]]

*[[Cheetor (BW)|Bumblebee]] likes a theme park featuring [[Six Lasers Over Cybertron|''six'']] of [[The Agenda (Part 1)|something]]...

* When the probe from ''Teletran-1'' deploys there is a Star Trek communicator chirp clearly heard

==References==
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Fistful of Energon}}
[[Category:Animated episodes]]

Warpath (Animated)

2009-04-04T19:25:21Z

Akumateukuma: /* Animated cartoon */

{{disambig3|Warpath}}
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:''Warpath is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''
[[Image:TFAni Warpath Mugshot.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Iron Giant after a sunburn]]

'''Warpath''' is member of the [[Cybertronian Elite Guard]] with an attitude, and a big gun. In his chest.

==Fiction==
===Animated cartoon===
{{spoiler|Five Servos of Doom|April 11, 2009}}
{{ongoing}}
:''Voice actor:'' [[David Kaye]] (English)
[[Image:TFAni Warpath Prowl.jpg|thumb|left|It's a cannon in my chest, ok? I am not happy to see you.]]
Warpath took a younger, more rebellious [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] to [[Yoketron|Master Yoketron]] after the bot tried to escape participation in the later stages of the Autobot-Decepticon War. Warpath made it clear that he believed that those who don't fight the Decepticons aren't any better than the 'Cons themselves. Prowl gave him some lip, and Warpath was tempted to take him on, until Yoketron told Warpath that he had it under control. Warpath left grumbling about Prowl being a "draft dodging peacenik" but not without uttering a "bam, pow" first. {{storylink|Five Servos of Doom}}
{{-}}

==Trivia==
*Warpath is based on his [[Warpath (G1)|G1 self]]. Though he throws in some explosion onomatopoeia, he's bigger and grimmer than the original.

[[Category: Animated characters]]
[[Category: Autobots]]
[[Category: Cartoon-only characters]]
[[Category: Elite Guard]]

Warpath (Animated)

2009-04-04T19:22:29Z

Akumateukuma: /* Animated cartoon */

{{disambig3|Warpath}}
{{factions|autobot|eliteguard}}
:''Warpath is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''
[[Image:TFAni Warpath Mugshot.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Iron Giant after a sunburn]]

'''Warpath''' is member of the [[Cybertronian Elite Guard]] with an attitude, and a big gun. In his chest.

==Fiction==
===Animated cartoon===
{{spoiler|Five Servos of Doom|April 11, 2009}}
{{ongoing}}
:''Voice actor:'' [[David Kaye]] (English)
[[Image:TFAni Warpath Prowl.jpg|thumb|left|It's a cannon in my chest, ok? I am not happy to see you.|]]
Warpath took a younger, more rebellious [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] to [[Yoketron|Master Yoketron]] after the bot tried to escape participation in the later stages of the Autobot-Decepticon War. Warpath made it clear that he believed that those who don't fight the Decepticons aren't any better than the 'Cons themselves. Prowl gave him some lip, and Warpath was tempted to take him on, until Yoketron told Warpath that he had it under control. Warpath left grumbling about Prowl being a "draft dodging peacenik" but not without uttering a "bam, pow" first. {{storylink|Five Servos of Doom}}
{{-}}

==Trivia==
*Warpath is based on his [[Warpath (G1)|G1 self]]. Though he throws in some explosion onomatopoeia, he's bigger and grimmer than the original.

[[Category: Animated characters]]
[[Category: Autobots]]
[[Category: Cartoon-only characters]]
[[Category: Elite Guard]]

Warpath (Animated)

2009-04-04T19:21:08Z

Akumateukuma:

{{disambig3|Warpath}}
{{factions|autobot|eliteguard}}
:''Warpath is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''
[[Image:TFAni Warpath Mugshot.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Iron Giant after a sunburn]]

'''Warpath''' is member of the [[Cybertronian Elite Guard]] with an attitude, and a big gun. In his chest.

==Fiction==
===Animated cartoon===
{{spoiler|Five Servos of Doom|April 11, 2009}}
{{ongoing}}
:''Voice actor:'' [[David Kaye]] (English)
[[Image:TFAni Warpath Prowl.jpg|thumb|left|]]
Warpath took a younger, more rebellious [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] to [[Yoketron|Master Yoketron]] after the bot tried to escape participation in the later stages of the Autobot-Decepticon War. Warpath made it clear that he believed that those who don't fight the Decepticons aren't any better than the 'Cons themselves. Prowl gave him some lip, and Warpath was tempted to take him on, until Yoketron told Warpath that he had it under control. Warpath left grumbling about Prowl being a "draft dodging peacenik" but not without uttering a "bam, pow" first. {{storylink|Five Servos of Doom}}
{{-}}

==Trivia==
*Warpath is based on his [[Warpath (G1)|G1 self]]. Though he throws in some explosion onomatopoeia, he's bigger and grimmer than the original.

[[Category: Animated characters]]
[[Category: Autobots]]
[[Category: Cartoon-only characters]]
[[Category: Elite Guard]]

Mouthplate

2009-03-30T00:02:15Z

Akumateukuma:

[[Image:Optimus face.jpg|right|180px|thumb|I am smiling on the outside, but crying on the inside... not that you could tell anyway.]]
Instead of regular human facial features, some Transformers have what looks like a plate affixed to their lower jaw, usually covering up to their nose. While no official name exists for these, they are usually called ''''mouthplates''' ' or ''''faceplates'''' (despite a 'regular' face once being described as a faceplate in the TV series). Two of the most famous examples are those of [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]]'s [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]].

In earlier series, a Transformer's mouthplate moved when they spoke, as if there were a working jaw underneath. In [[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] and the [[Unicron Trilogy]], however, it remains static.

==Fiction/Toylines==
===Generation 1===
[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] featured a prominent mouthplate in both [[The Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1) toys|toy]] form (as do all [[Action Master|other]] [[SCF|G1-based]] [[Revoltech|toyline]] [[Robot Heroes|versions]]). The 20th Anniversary figure featured a mouthplate that was moveable via a button on the back of his head that slightly lowered the spring-supported mouthplate to recreate the talking action seen in the cartoons.

[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] had a similar mouthplate, but no apparent nose (whether any of his assumed face is visible or not is debateable, considering how visor-esque his eyes are). Like Optimus, both his cartoon and [[Soundwave (G1) toys|toy]] form had the mask. No toys have yet been made with a moving mask feature.

[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] had a mask in [[Bumblebee (G1) toys|toy]] form, but not in cartoon or [[Marvel Comics|comic]] form (barring the occasional toy-accurate rendering). A rare reissue of the toy features a [[Show-accuracy|cartoon-accurate]] face, however, as do most toys of him since. Conversely, as Goldbug, he featured a mask in both cartoon and toy form.

===Beast Wars===
[[Optimus Primal]] was shown to have a mouthplate which would slide into place when he entered battle. This was used to reconcile the presence of an actual mouth on his animation model with the lack thereof on his toy. Later [[Retool|retoolings]] of the toy reflected the animation model.

===Cybertron===
The [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] animation model displays a similar setup to Optimus Primal, with a mouthplate that slides into place when entering [[Super Mode]]. However in this case the toy reflects this, featuring a gimmick that allows the face to display either configuration.

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
In [[The War Within]], [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] was depicted as having a removable face mask with mouthplate that resembled the original sculpt of his toy. In [[The War Within: The Dark Ages|The Dark Ages]], [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] was given a similar treatment with a flip-up faceguard. The [[Titanium Series]] release of this character design featured the faceguard, but it was not removable. [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] was depicted with a removable face mask like Bumblebee's in the ongoing Generation 1 series.

===IDW comics continuity ===
In [[Stormbringer (comics)|Stormbringer]], Jetfire has a removable mask with mouthplate as part of his battle gear. This feature was included in the [[Classics (2006)|Classics]] toy of this character design.

===''Transformers'' (2007) film===
[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] is depicted as having a mouthplate which closes over his normal mouth to protect his face. To date, only one of Prime's three [[Robot Heroes]] figurines displays his face and mouth, while all other merchandise features the plate. [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] also has a mouthplate, seen very briefly. [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] has two pieces that rest on the top of his head normally but slide down and clamp together over his whole face in battle. Bumblebee's faceplate has a very insectoid appearance, crediting his name. [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] has a visor that protects his upper-face in combat.

===''Transformers Animated''===
Most of the Autobots in [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]]'s crew have retractable faceplates. So far, Optimus, [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]], and [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] each have one. [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] has one, too, though his is unique in that it covers his whole face. Among the Decepticons, [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]] has a non-retractable mouthplate, much like his [[Soundwave (G1)|G1 predecessor]]'s. Optimus' mouthplate flaps up and down when he talks, just like that of G1 Optimus, but none of the others' do.

==Trivia==
* Fan commentator Zobovor nicknamed these distinctive items "'''woobers'''" (crediting the term to a younger relative), and the name became popular with some fans.
* Both the [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|''Armada'' Optimus Prime]] and the [[Optimus Prime (G1)|''20th Anniversary'' Optimus Prime]] toys have mouthplates that can move up and down when a button located on their heads is depressed, even though Armada Prime's mouthplate never moved in the series itself. Additionally, the ''20th Anniversary'' toy has teeth (or possibly a speaker grille) hidden behind the mouthplate, in reference to Optimus Prime's battle-damaged appearance in the [[Generation 2 (Marvel comic)|''Generation 2'' comics]], though this detail cannot be seen without disassembling the entire head (or just looking down with it pulled down really far).
* The lack of a full-time mouthplate on [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|certain]] [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|characters]] has, in the past, been known to result in [[GEEWUN|certain]] [[Ruined FOREVER|reactions]] from the fandom. Oh well.

[[Category:Transformer anatomy]]

Sari Sumdac (Animated)

2009-03-21T15:58:42Z

Akumateukuma: /* Fiction */

:''Sari Sumdac is a "[[Human|human]]" from the [[Transformers Animated]] [[Franchise|franchise]].''

[[Image:Sari_Animated.JPG|thumb|150px|[[Isaac Sumdac|Daddies]], don't let your babies grow up to be [[Kiss Player]]s.]]
'''Sari Sumdac''', the daughter of robotics genius [[Isaac Sumdac]], doesn't get out much. She spends all her time within her father's laboratories, receiving her education from [[Tutor Bot|robots]]. Despite this, she doesn't seem like a shut-in. She's curious, excitable, adventurous, and knows that crying can sometimes get her what she wants. She just doesn't know what it's like to be around other kids. Fortunately, she has [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] and [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] to help with that, and she claims that Bee is the best friend she's ever had. In fact, she's become very possessive of all her robotic friends.

The [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]] seems to view her with great regard, bestowing upon her a [[Key]] with miraculous powers (though her guardian, the robotic dog [[Sparkplug (robot dog)|Sparkplug]], thinks it's just another chew toy). This is one of several events that have cast doubt on her true physical nature and identity. She has also recently discovered that she lacks typical identification, such as a birth certificate, adoption papers, or a social security number...

...and then there's that whole robotic elbow issue.

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
{{ongoing}}
:''Voice actor:'' [[Tara Strong]] (English), [[Tanja Schmitz]] (German), [[Agnieszka Wajs]] (Polish)

{{spoiler|TransWarped|March 21}}

[[Image:TransWarpedProtoform.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Megatron was also a cute little protoform like this once. Makes you think, doesn't it?]]
Sari's origins are currently shrouded in mystery. She came into existence when, through unknown means, a [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] [[Protoform|protoform]] appeared in Isaac Sumdac's laboratory. The baffled scientist reached out to touch the small, liquid metal creature, and received an electric shock that knocked him unconscious. When he awoke, the protoform had scanned his DNA and reconfigured into a techno-organic creature that appeared to be a human baby. Sumdac "adopted" the robot child and named it "Sari", and raised it as his own daughter over the next seven years. Understandably, Sumdac was reluctant to let Sari out into the world, and instead kept her mostly confined to [[Sumdac Tower]], educating her with [[Tutor Bot|robot tutors]] and creating robotic companions like her pet Sparkplug to keep her company. {{storylink|TransWarped}}

[[Image:SariLayingDown1.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Yūki Ōshima]] is drooling as we speak.]]
One day, when Sparkplug stole her security key card, Sari chased it outside and was confronted by the Autobots [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] and [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]], who hadn't quite yet fathomed what humans were, and spoke to her as if she were Sparkplug's pet. Naturally, she freaked out, but quickly befriended Bumblebee once he saved her from a giant bug that had grown from her father's nanite experiment gone awry. Stowing away on Bumblebee and coming aboard the [[Autobot ship (Animated)|Autobots' ship]], she came across the [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]], which infused part of its power into her security key. This allowed her to heal [[Transformer|Transformers]], such as the injured [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]], earning her brownie points with the 'Bots. She also managed to talk the police down from shooting the Autobots, saying they were friendly (except [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]], who was grumpy, but not evil). Sari later helped teach the Autobots about [[Earth]] and [[Human|humans]], explaining their method of reproduction to a ''very'' startled [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]].

[[Image:Sariprime.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Prime was never the same after this.]]
During the unveiling of her father's new transit system, [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] arrived and attacked. Bumblebee took a shot meant for Sari, allowing Starscream to capture him, Professor Sumdac, the Mayor, and [[Captain Fanzone]]. Sari came up with the idea to distract Starscream while she and Prowl rescued the others (even faking some tears to make it happen). The Key later saved Optimus Prime's life when she used it to revive his [[Spark|spark]]. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out!}}

Sari would go on to be Bumblebee's usual partner in crime, encouraging him to engage in such questionable activities as high-profile wrestling matches {{storylink|Total Meltdown}} and installing rocket boosters to make him go faster. {{storylink|Nanosec (episode)|Nanosec}} Sari likely hangs out with Bumblebee because she knows she can scare the holy be[[Primus|primus]] out of him. {{storylink|Along Came a Spider}}

[[Image:Saricostume.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Trivia: Transformers [[Generation 1|used to]] look like this.]]
On Sari's eighth birthday, the only other kids who turned up were the children of her dad's employees. None of them really wanted to be there and soon focused their attention on the Autobots. Sari was left alone and shunned along with Bulkhead, both morose that the kids didn't like them. Her father's present, a music robot called [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]], cheered her up, and she soon began neglecting her friendship with Bulkhead in favour of her new toy. Repeated uses of the Key turned Soundwave into a malevolent, sentient being who tried to enslave Humanity, and she learnt she'd been wrong to ignore her friend. {{storylink|Sound and Fury}}

When the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] and [[Lugnut]] arrived on Earth, the two Decepticons manhandled the Autobots. Although they survived, it made apparent the fact that more would come looking for the AllSpark, so the Autobots decided to repair their ship and leave Earth. Sari's reaction to this was displeasure (in the form of a high pitch shout of NO!). However, they needed the Key to assist Ratchet in repairing the ship. Sari was unwilling to help them leave, nor was she pleased to work with a grouch like Ratchet (who was not that keen on working with a [[Protoform|protoform]]), but they managed to get her to the ship. While alone with the AllSpark, Sari decided to try and sabotage the ship, thereby keeping the Autobots on Earth (and dooming her species to enslavement and/or extinction) but the Key repaired the damage. After that, the AllSpark showed her an image of [[Megatron (Animated)|a giant Transformer]]. In her panic, Sari opened the air lock, nearly drowning, but Ratchet saved her. Ratchet then explained that they were leaving because they couldn't risk anything happening to Earth or her. Swayed by his compassion, Sari used the Key to reactivate the Autobot ship's decommissioned weapons, reducing Blitzwing and Lugnut to pieces. {{storylink|Lost and Found (episode)|Lost and Found}}

Eventually, [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] decided that the Key was no longer safe in Sari's hands, and he ordered Ratchet to take it from her. Distraught, Sari ran off crying, only to be captured later by [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]], who was looking for the Key herself. Sari basically told her "too little, too late," and the two seemed to have a heart-to-heart about their gripes with the Autobots. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 1}}

[[Image:Megatron_Rising_Sari_chomp.JPG|thumb|left|175px|Isaac isn't the world's best dad, but he does know a good dentist.]]
While Sari was actually misleading Blackarachnia in circles around the frozen Lake Erie, she was grabbed by Ratchet as he brought the Autobots' ship out of the lake. She was ticked that Ratchet had lost the Key and that her dad had helped rebuild [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]], but the blame game ceased after the ship crashed on [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]]. Prime told the Sumdacs to stay with the ship while they went to fight off Megatron. Fearing that they might die, Isaac Sumdac said that there was something that he needed to tell Sari, but she was more interested in finding something else the AllSpark could charge. The AllSpark refused to respond, other than cryptically displaying an image of a DNA strand. Suddenly, Megatron and Prime burst through the hull of the ship, and during their fight, the Key once again fell into her hands. Sari tossed it to Optimus Prime, who used the Key destroy the AllSpark and disperse its energy. Acknowledging that he had been wrong in taking from her, Optimus Prime gave the Key back to Sari, saying that as the most powerful Cybertronian artifact on Earth, it was too important to be left in the hands of an Autobot.

Unfortunately, all was not well, for Sari could not find her dad...as he was now a prisoner of Megatron. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 2}}

[[Image:Dramatic_change_in_plot.jpg|thumb|The tide has turned!]]
After her father's disappearance, Sari took over running [[Sumdac Systems]]. Board chairman [[Porter C. Powell]] opposed her, saying that she was too young and wasting company resources searching for her father. When the [[Cybertron Elite Guard]] arrived, Sari was cut off from the Autobots and her only source of emotional support. She soon needed them, as police drones coming out of a Sumdac assembly line began to malfunction, and Powell was unwilling to do anything about it. Sneaking aboard the [[Elite Guard ship]], Sari put the fear of [[Primus|god]] into [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] before Bulkhead explained that Sari was okay (and Bumblebee explained that [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] was a jerk). With Optimus, Prowl, and Jazz's help, Sari managed to get into the plant's assembly line and shut down the systems. When she returned home, she found that she had been locked out of her office, as Powell was now CEO and Chairman of Sumdac Systems. Insisting that it was still her company, Sari was shocked when Powell revealed that she had no birth certificate, no adoption papers, and no social security number. Powell's smug revelation made Sari realize that not only was there no proof that she was Sumdac's daughter, there was no legal proof she even existed. {{storylink|The Elite Guard}}

After that, Powell kicked Sari out of Sumdac Tower, took Tutor Bot and Sparkplug, and gave her room to [[Headmaster (Animated)|Henry Masterson]] as an office. With nowhere else to go, she went to Autobot HQ. Bumblebee and Bulkhead tried their best to cheer her up, employing such methods as loud music, inedible food, and unedifying teaching lesson. All they did was make things worse. Eventually, Prowl put the two bots in their place and told them to ''listen'' to her. Sari opened up about all her frustrations, such as her missing father, being kicked out of her home, her fear of Powell ruining her father's company, and the fact that there was no record of her existence. Bumblebee promised that they were there for her, no matter what, and Sari finally started to feel a little better. {{storylink|The Return of the Headmaster}}

And then [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] decided that the Autobots couldn't be there for her, as the Decepticons had begun attacking the fringes of Autobot space, so Prime's crew were needed elsewhere. The Autobots decided that Captain Fanzone was the best human with whom to leave her. (Granted, their list of known humans was rather short and included [[Prometheus Black]] and [[Nanosec]].) Before anything close to adoption could occur, they managed to convince Magnus that there were Decepticons on Earth (mostly because Starscream fell out of the sky and landed about ten feet in front of them), allowing them to stay on planet. {{storylink|Mission Accomplished}}

Sari amused herself after settling in with the Autobots by hooking up illegal satellite TV, which she used to watch pay-per-view races. (The races were also illegal, as the Autobots found out from Fanzone.) When Bumblebee wanted to join the races to compete against a mysterious blue car, Sari came along with him. Sari discovered that man in charge of the races, [[Master Disaster]], had a remote control containing an AllSpark fragment, which he used to control the blue car. Blitzwing showed up to take the fragment, so and Bumblebee had to run for their lives. Eventually, she used the remote to get rid of Blitzwing, allowing the Autobots to get the AllSpark fragment. After that, Bumblebee severed her satellite connection, saying that he had to set a better example for her. Sari advised him not to try too hard, or she wouldn't recognize him. {{storylink|Velocity}}

[[Image:Rise_Constructicons_Sari_no_pigtails.jpg|thumb|left|Don't mess the 'do.]]
Sari was awakened from her night's rest by the loud cavorting of the Constructobots. A game of flattened-oil-barrel frisbee severed her trademark pigtails, which left her none too pleased. {{storylink|Rise of the Constructicons}} Subsequently she proved that she was still more mature than Bumblebee in a number of ways, warning him off of taking on villains solo just to prove a point. Sadly he wouldn't realize this until the Decepticon behind the villains' success, [[Swindle (Animated)|Swindle]] was revealed. By then it was too late, and she had to team up with those same villains to take his immobilized chassis to Sumdac Tower. Alarmed that the receptionist robot was now declaring it to be Powell Tower, she utilized the Key to rectify that little situation before heading off and successfully disabling Swindle's technology jamming device. {{storylink|SUV: Society of Ultimate Villainy}}

A while after, Prowl and Sari were honing their agility using the factory's old assembly line. Sari claimed she could complete the exercise at full speed, like Prowl, but it was set to a quarter-speed, which proved to be too much for her at that and got a massive whack upside the head for her pains. After the Autobots discovered the return of the [[Constructicons (Animated)|Constructicons]], Sari was left at the base at the command of Optimus, who told reminded her that they had almost decapitated her [[Rise of the Constructicons|the last time they met]]. Also, he doubted she would be able to take on a pair of two-story robots. At first Sari sulked at her situation, before realizing that she was completely alone in the base and did what any eight-year-old kid would do in an abandoned factory: raid the vending machines, use cranes as miniature G-force slings and try to take on Prowl's obstacle course at full speed (which went as well as last time).

[[Image:SariNoOne%27sHome-Mixmaster%2CScrapperandSari.jpg|thumb|200px|They're here to kick aft and drink oil. And they're all out of oil.]]
While listening to her music, Sari failed to notice the alarms going off, which heralded the invasion of the Constructicons who were looking for [[Oil|a drink]]. After the two louts accidentally crushed her cell phone and left her with the option of sneaking to the communications room to call the Autobots for help, Sari decided to take on the two bots using her trusty hockey stick (which shatters soon after she strikes them with it). She escaped and made it to the communication room, contacting Bumblebee who told her to hide and wait until they finish fighting off the recently appeared [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]], who was also looking for the Constucticons. Sari concluded that it would be too long and set up a trap for the two invaders, using three barrels of oil to trip them up and the plant's assembly line to knock them around for a while, forcing [[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mixmaster]] and [[Scrapper (Animated)|Scrapper]] to flee. The Autobots returned to find the place in ruins, but Sari showed them that she was all right. Optimus both apologized for his previous comments and lauded her for her bravery, and all was well for Sari—if she could just explain away the mountain of candy wrappers Optimus discovered... {{storylink|Sari, No One's Home}}

Sari later posed for a Picasso-style picture done by Bulkhead. The results were...interesting, to say the least. After criticism by the Autobots, a depressed Bulkhead walked out, and Sari and Bumblebee went to cheer him up. During a walk in the park, Megatron attacked them, carrying an imprisoned Isaac Sumdac with him, and Sari realized that Megatron had kidnapped him all those months ago. (Apparently, that hadn't occurred to anyone else.) While she looked on helplessly, Megatron managed to kidnap Bulkhead. When she returned to the plant, she heard the Autobot [[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]] reveal that Professor Sumdac was helping the Decepticons build a [[Space bridge|space bridge]] to conquer Cybertron. Sari refused to believe that her father was willingly helping the Decepticons and got a promise out of Optimus Prime to bring him home alive. Heading to Dinobot Island, Ratchet and Sari worked to bring the Autobots' ship back online. Ratchet realized that they would need riskier repairs to bring achieve their goal. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part I}}

[[Image:TFA_ABTC_Sari_spoilers.jpg|thumb|left|150px-TFA_ABTC_Sari_spoilers.jpg|It's a strange thing when the human companion's story arc is more interesting than the robots.]]
As Ratchet worked, he explained that the ship was an Autobot who had sacrificed his spark two million years ago. Sari was doubtful that it would come back online...until it spoke to her. She proceeded to use the Key on several of the ship's systems, under Ratchet's direction, until it was able to take off. Taking it to the mine where the Decepticons were based, Sari managed to give the ship enough power to transform into its robot mode, [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]]. The massive Autobot turned the tide of the battle, but sacrificed himself to save the others from being sucked into the space bridge. The Autobots managed to escape, with both Sari and Isaac in tow, and Isaac revealed that he had been forced to work with the Decepticons. Overjoyed that her father was safe and still a good guy, Sari dubbed Isaac Sumdac the most honest and trust-worthy guy that anyone could hope to find. It was at that point that everyone assembled noticed that the skin on Sari's elbow had torn away, revealing robotic circuity underneath. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}}

Although Sari was at first scared by this strange discovery, her fear quickly gave way to anger at her father from having kept the secret that she was a robot from her for years. As they returned to Detroit, Sumdac explained how he had found Sari in his lab years before, but the girl remained incredulous, and things only got worse when the pair confronted Porter C. Powell and Henry Masterson back in Sumdac Tower. When the two men refused to vacate the building, Sari's strained patience snapped, and her hands suddenly transformed into energy projectors, which created shockwave that knocked the pair of do-badders into the elevator. Struggling to comprehend her true nature, Sari went with the Autobots to their headquarters, unable to even be in the same building as the man she could no longer even think of as her father. Optimus Prime did his best to patch up the damaged family relationship by tricking Sari and Sumdac into meeting with each other at [[Burger Bot]], but it wasn't until Masterson returned with his Headmaster unit attached to Starscream's body that the bonds between father and daughter were repaired, as Sari and Sumdac defended each other from the villain.

[[Image:TransWarpedSariUpgrade.jpg|thumb|150px |[[Headmaster Junior|Masterforce!]]]]
Sari quickly began to get a handle on her new Cybertronian powers, learning to project spheres of energy from her hands, but the Autobots still refused to allow her to accompany them into battle against a rock-like alien creature that was soon transwarped into the middle of Detroit. Seeking a means to increase her powers, Sari turned her Key upon herself, and underwent a surprising metamorphosis: her body was "aged" so that she appeared as if she were a teenager, and she sprouted powerful battle armor equipped with jet-skates, arm-blades and an energy-hammer. Although Sari's new powers amazed the Autobots when they allowed her to make short work of the rock-alien, things soon started to go wrong when the Key's energy began overloading Sari's circuitry, causing her to run out of control. Unable to control her own body and causing objects around her to explode with her merest touch, Sari nearly killed Bumblebee by stabbing him with one of her blades before the Autobots were able to remove the key from her system. Even with the Key extracted, Sari's energies were still running wild, and she was in danger of exploding and destroying the entire city before Ratchet knocked her out with his EMP generator.

[[Image:TransWarpedBumblebeeSari.jpg|thumb|left|200px|"''FEELINGS?!'' You know who has a lot of feelings? Blokes what bludgeon their wives to death with a golf trophy. Professionals have ''standards.''"]]
As Sari convalesced in the Autobot base, Megatron returned to Earth in control of Omega Supreme. Optimus Prime was forced to contemplate reactivating Sari as part of a catastrophic sacrifice play, suggesting that Sari be allowed to detonate so that she could take Omega and Megatron with her, but fortunately, the Autobots were able to transwarp the threat off Earth before things came to that. Soon after, Sari awoke, and apologized to her friends for her foolishness, whlie her father apologized to her for holding back the truth for so long. {{storylink|TransWarped}}
 

===Titan Magazines===
When Starscream and [[Starscream clone|his clones]] seized the Autobot base, Sari immediately fled to Dinobot Island to get help. She found out the Dinobots were being made grouchy by the constant rain, and so promised they could stay in the Autobot base until it stopped if they drove out the Decepticons. That made Sari Grimlock's friend, and left the Autobots crying when they saw the weather forecast. {{storylink|Dino-MIGHT!}}

Being present for [[Quake-Maker|Quake-Maker's]] first attack on Detroit, she got to see the arrival of shiny new hero [[Afterburn]]; she was smitten at first sight. {{storylink|Burnout}} She even got to hang with him on a mission to Dinobot Island! As well as be stunned by his ace moves, she used her Key to heal a wounded Grimlock and suffered emotional abuse when Ratchet faked his death to test Afterburn. {{storylink|Ratchet & Grimlock Are DEAD?}}

Later, while watching a basketball game, Sari had to help stop an attack on the city by the villainous [[Crossroads]]. She'd met the supervillain when he worked as [[Sumdac Systems]] but his awesome disguise of a blue strip of cloth on his head threw her for a few minutes. Once she'd worked it out, she was able to inform the Autobots he was heading for [[Sumdac Tower]] and helped see to his defeat. {{storylink|Crossroads!}}

==Trivia==
[[Image:TFA_Sari_Sumdac_prelim_promo.JPG|thumb|120px|NOT show accurate.]]
*A promotional image of Sari from the [[Cartoon Network]] ''Transformers Animated'' press kit showed her with different shoes, a different Key design, and a slightly darker skin tone.
*The "series description" from the same Cartoon Network press kit described Sari as Isaac Sumdac's ''adopted'' daughter. This facet of their familial relationship was never mentioned in the show itself, meaning it may have been an early idea... or, uh, something, depending on how season 3 develops.
*In a preliminary version of the opening credits, Sari appeared riding on a tricycle which she used the Key to transform into a jetpack. The footage was dropped from the finished credits, but was screened at conventions, and was later included on the DVD packaged with the Optimus Prime and Megatron "The Battle Begins" action figure two-pack. The trike has not yet actually appeared in the series itself.
[[Image:Sari_tbob_trike.jpg|thumb|I d-d-don't think th-this is s-such a g-g-good idea, Scott!]]
*Sari's pigtails do ''not'' grow back overnight... or do they?

 
==Sari and fans==
*Fan reaction to Sari has been mixed—some fans hate her, quite a few love her, and some are neutral. Considering the widespread vitriol heaped upon previous child characters in Transformers shows (e.g., [[Kicker]]), that means she's come off reasonably well.
*In contrast, her ''deus ex machina'' Key was initially less popular. However, later episodes in the first season showed it to have potentially disastrous effects when used frivolously (e.g., [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]]), and hopefully, she will cease using it as the cure for all ills. In early Season 2 the Key becomes less of a major plot device and Sari-plus-Key is mainly used for quick repairs as the plots swing to revolve more around the Autobots fighting the Decepticons and/or villain of the week.
*Since virtually the premiere of the show, fans were speculating whether there was "more than meets the eye" to Sari. [[User talk:Catgril1|Some]] theorized she would turn out to be a robot, though past events on the show had clearly marked her as at least ''partially'' organic (e.g., she deteriorates by anti-organic radiation in "[[Along Came a Spider]]", catches a cold in "[[Nature Calls]]", sets off the Elite Guard ship's organic contamination alert in "[[The Elite Guard]]", and is unaffected by the electronic shutdown weapon in "[[SUV: Society of Ultimate Villainy]]"). Nonetheless, there was definitely ''something'' mysterious going on, though, as hinted by voice actress Tara Strong, who said in an interview that Sari's "entire identity might come as a surprise." In "[[Megatron Rising - Part 2]]", Isaac, believing they were both about to die, attempted to tell Sari "something important", only to have her run off before he can continue. Sari then asked the AllSpark why it chose to empower her in the first place, and its "answer" was to project a DNA strand surrounding a [[Spark|blue, glowing orb]]. In the following episode, "[[The Elite Guard]]", we found out that there was no legal documentation of Sari's existence, not even adoption papers, despite Sari's official character profile on the [[Hasbro]] website saying she is adopted. Though there was obviously much yet to be divulged, the implication was that there is something strange and unique about Sari. Although the writers gave no indication of what the truth was at a [[BotCon 2008]] panel, they ''did'' remark that they were enjoying seeing all the theories about her. At least ''someone'' was... Finally, the answer was (sort of) revealed in "[[A Bridge Too Close, Part II]]". And thus, the fandom rejoiced (and complained).

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Sari Sumdac (Animated)

2009-03-21T15:57:33Z

Akumateukuma: /* Fiction */

:''Sari Sumdac is a "[[Human|human]]" from the [[Transformers Animated]] [[Franchise|franchise]].''

[[Image:Sari_Animated.JPG|thumb|150px|[[Isaac Sumdac|Daddies]], don't let your babies grow up to be [[Kiss Player]]s.]]
'''Sari Sumdac''', the daughter of robotics genius [[Isaac Sumdac]], doesn't get out much. She spends all her time within her father's laboratories, receiving her education from [[Tutor Bot|robots]]. Despite this, she doesn't seem like a shut-in. She's curious, excitable, adventurous, and knows that crying can sometimes get her what she wants. She just doesn't know what it's like to be around other kids. Fortunately, she has [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] and [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] to help with that, and she claims that Bee is the best friend she's ever had. In fact, she's become very possessive of all her robotic friends.

The [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]] seems to view her with great regard, bestowing upon her a [[Key]] with miraculous powers (though her guardian, the robotic dog [[Sparkplug (robot dog)|Sparkplug]], thinks it's just another chew toy). This is one of several events that have cast doubt on her true physical nature and identity. She has also recently discovered that she lacks typical identification, such as a birth certificate, adoption papers, or a social security number...

...and then there's that whole robotic elbow issue.

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
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:''Voice actor:'' [[Tara Strong]] (English), [[Tanja Schmitz]] (German), [[Agnieszka Wajs]] (Polish)

{{spoiler|TransWarped|March 21}}

[[Image:TransWarpedProtoform.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Megatron was also a cute little protoform like this once. Makes you think...]]
Sari's origins are currently shrouded in mystery. She came into existence when, through unknown means, a [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] [[Protoform|protoform]] appeared in Isaac Sumdac's laboratory. The baffled scientist reached out to touch the small, liquid metal creature, and received an electric shock that knocked him unconscious. When he awoke, the protoform had scanned his DNA and reconfigured into a techno-organic creature that appeared to be a human baby. Sumdac "adopted" the robot child and named it "Sari", and raised it as his own daughter over the next seven years. Understandably, Sumdac was reluctant to let Sari out into the world, and instead kept her mostly confined to [[Sumdac Tower]], educating her with [[Tutor Bot|robot tutors]] and creating robotic companions like her pet Sparkplug to keep her company. {{storylink|TransWarped}}

[[Image:SariLayingDown1.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Yūki Ōshima]] is drooling as we speak.]]
One day, when Sparkplug stole her security key card, Sari chased it outside and was confronted by the Autobots [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] and [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]], who hadn't quite yet fathomed what humans were, and spoke to her as if she were Sparkplug's pet. Naturally, she freaked out, but quickly befriended Bumblebee once he saved her from a giant bug that had grown from her father's nanite experiment gone awry. Stowing away on Bumblebee and coming aboard the [[Autobot ship (Animated)|Autobots' ship]], she came across the [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]], which infused part of its power into her security key. This allowed her to heal [[Transformer|Transformers]], such as the injured [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]], earning her brownie points with the 'Bots. She also managed to talk the police down from shooting the Autobots, saying they were friendly (except [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]], who was grumpy, but not evil). Sari later helped teach the Autobots about [[Earth]] and [[Human|humans]], explaining their method of reproduction to a ''very'' startled [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]].

[[Image:Sariprime.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Prime was never the same after this.]]
During the unveiling of her father's new transit system, [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] arrived and attacked. Bumblebee took a shot meant for Sari, allowing Starscream to capture him, Professor Sumdac, the Mayor, and [[Captain Fanzone]]. Sari came up with the idea to distract Starscream while she and Prowl rescued the others (even faking some tears to make it happen). The Key later saved Optimus Prime's life when she used it to revive his [[Spark|spark]]. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out!}}

Sari would go on to be Bumblebee's usual partner in crime, encouraging him to engage in such questionable activities as high-profile wrestling matches {{storylink|Total Meltdown}} and installing rocket boosters to make him go faster. {{storylink|Nanosec (episode)|Nanosec}} Sari likely hangs out with Bumblebee because she knows she can scare the holy be[[Primus|primus]] out of him. {{storylink|Along Came a Spider}}

[[Image:Saricostume.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Trivia: Transformers [[Generation 1|used to]] look like this.]]
On Sari's eighth birthday, the only other kids who turned up were the children of her dad's employees. None of them really wanted to be there and soon focused their attention on the Autobots. Sari was left alone and shunned along with Bulkhead, both morose that the kids didn't like them. Her father's present, a music robot called [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]], cheered her up, and she soon began neglecting her friendship with Bulkhead in favour of her new toy. Repeated uses of the Key turned Soundwave into a malevolent, sentient being who tried to enslave Humanity, and she learnt she'd been wrong to ignore her friend. {{storylink|Sound and Fury}}

When the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] and [[Lugnut]] arrived on Earth, the two Decepticons manhandled the Autobots. Although they survived, it made apparent the fact that more would come looking for the AllSpark, so the Autobots decided to repair their ship and leave Earth. Sari's reaction to this was displeasure (in the form of a high pitch shout of NO!). However, they needed the Key to assist Ratchet in repairing the ship. Sari was unwilling to help them leave, nor was she pleased to work with a grouch like Ratchet (who was not that keen on working with a [[Protoform|protoform]]), but they managed to get her to the ship. While alone with the AllSpark, Sari decided to try and sabotage the ship, thereby keeping the Autobots on Earth (and dooming her species to enslavement and/or extinction) but the Key repaired the damage. After that, the AllSpark showed her an image of [[Megatron (Animated)|a giant Transformer]]. In her panic, Sari opened the air lock, nearly drowning, but Ratchet saved her. Ratchet then explained that they were leaving because they couldn't risk anything happening to Earth or her. Swayed by his compassion, Sari used the Key to reactivate the Autobot ship's decommissioned weapons, reducing Blitzwing and Lugnut to pieces. {{storylink|Lost and Found (episode)|Lost and Found}}

Eventually, [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] decided that the Key was no longer safe in Sari's hands, and he ordered Ratchet to take it from her. Distraught, Sari ran off crying, only to be captured later by [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]], who was looking for the Key herself. Sari basically told her "too little, too late," and the two seemed to have a heart-to-heart about their gripes with the Autobots. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 1}}

[[Image:Megatron_Rising_Sari_chomp.JPG|thumb|left|175px|Isaac isn't the world's best dad, but he does know a good dentist.]]
While Sari was actually misleading Blackarachnia in circles around the frozen Lake Erie, she was grabbed by Ratchet as he brought the Autobots' ship out of the lake. She was ticked that Ratchet had lost the Key and that her dad had helped rebuild [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]], but the blame game ceased after the ship crashed on [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]]. Prime told the Sumdacs to stay with the ship while they went to fight off Megatron. Fearing that they might die, Isaac Sumdac said that there was something that he needed to tell Sari, but she was more interested in finding something else the AllSpark could charge. The AllSpark refused to respond, other than cryptically displaying an image of a DNA strand. Suddenly, Megatron and Prime burst through the hull of the ship, and during their fight, the Key once again fell into her hands. Sari tossed it to Optimus Prime, who used the Key destroy the AllSpark and disperse its energy. Acknowledging that he had been wrong in taking from her, Optimus Prime gave the Key back to Sari, saying that as the most powerful Cybertronian artifact on Earth, it was too important to be left in the hands of an Autobot.

Unfortunately, all was not well, for Sari could not find her dad...as he was now a prisoner of Megatron. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 2}}

[[Image:Dramatic_change_in_plot.jpg|thumb|The tide has turned!]]
After her father's disappearance, Sari took over running [[Sumdac Systems]]. Board chairman [[Porter C. Powell]] opposed her, saying that she was too young and wasting company resources searching for her father. When the [[Cybertron Elite Guard]] arrived, Sari was cut off from the Autobots and her only source of emotional support. She soon needed them, as police drones coming out of a Sumdac assembly line began to malfunction, and Powell was unwilling to do anything about it. Sneaking aboard the [[Elite Guard ship]], Sari put the fear of [[Primus|god]] into [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] before Bulkhead explained that Sari was okay (and Bumblebee explained that [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] was a jerk). With Optimus, Prowl, and Jazz's help, Sari managed to get into the plant's assembly line and shut down the systems. When she returned home, she found that she had been locked out of her office, as Powell was now CEO and Chairman of Sumdac Systems. Insisting that it was still her company, Sari was shocked when Powell revealed that she had no birth certificate, no adoption papers, and no social security number. Powell's smug revelation made Sari realize that not only was there no proof that she was Sumdac's daughter, there was no legal proof she even existed. {{storylink|The Elite Guard}}

After that, Powell kicked Sari out of Sumdac Tower, took Tutor Bot and Sparkplug, and gave her room to [[Headmaster (Animated)|Henry Masterson]] as an office. With nowhere else to go, she went to Autobot HQ. Bumblebee and Bulkhead tried their best to cheer her up, employing such methods as loud music, inedible food, and unedifying teaching lesson. All they did was make things worse. Eventually, Prowl put the two bots in their place and told them to ''listen'' to her. Sari opened up about all her frustrations, such as her missing father, being kicked out of her home, her fear of Powell ruining her father's company, and the fact that there was no record of her existence. Bumblebee promised that they were there for her, no matter what, and Sari finally started to feel a little better. {{storylink|The Return of the Headmaster}}

And then [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] decided that the Autobots couldn't be there for her, as the Decepticons had begun attacking the fringes of Autobot space, so Prime's crew were needed elsewhere. The Autobots decided that Captain Fanzone was the best human with whom to leave her. (Granted, their list of known humans was rather short and included [[Prometheus Black]] and [[Nanosec]].) Before anything close to adoption could occur, they managed to convince Magnus that there were Decepticons on Earth (mostly because Starscream fell out of the sky and landed about ten feet in front of them), allowing them to stay on planet. {{storylink|Mission Accomplished}}

Sari amused herself after settling in with the Autobots by hooking up illegal satellite TV, which she used to watch pay-per-view races. (The races were also illegal, as the Autobots found out from Fanzone.) When Bumblebee wanted to join the races to compete against a mysterious blue car, Sari came along with him. Sari discovered that man in charge of the races, [[Master Disaster]], had a remote control containing an AllSpark fragment, which he used to control the blue car. Blitzwing showed up to take the fragment, so and Bumblebee had to run for their lives. Eventually, she used the remote to get rid of Blitzwing, allowing the Autobots to get the AllSpark fragment. After that, Bumblebee severed her satellite connection, saying that he had to set a better example for her. Sari advised him not to try too hard, or she wouldn't recognize him. {{storylink|Velocity}}

[[Image:Rise_Constructicons_Sari_no_pigtails.jpg|thumb|left|Don't mess the 'do.]]
Sari was awakened from her night's rest by the loud cavorting of the Constructobots. A game of flattened-oil-barrel frisbee severed her trademark pigtails, which left her none too pleased. {{storylink|Rise of the Constructicons}} Subsequently she proved that she was still more mature than Bumblebee in a number of ways, warning him off of taking on villains solo just to prove a point. Sadly he wouldn't realize this until the Decepticon behind the villains' success, [[Swindle (Animated)|Swindle]] was revealed. By then it was too late, and she had to team up with those same villains to take his immobilized chassis to Sumdac Tower. Alarmed that the receptionist robot was now declaring it to be Powell Tower, she utilized the Key to rectify that little situation before heading off and successfully disabling Swindle's technology jamming device. {{storylink|SUV: Society of Ultimate Villainy}}

A while after, Prowl and Sari were honing their agility using the factory's old assembly line. Sari claimed she could complete the exercise at full speed, like Prowl, but it was set to a quarter-speed, which proved to be too much for her at that and got a massive whack upside the head for her pains. After the Autobots discovered the return of the [[Constructicons (Animated)|Constructicons]], Sari was left at the base at the command of Optimus, who told reminded her that they had almost decapitated her [[Rise of the Constructicons|the last time they met]]. Also, he doubted she would be able to take on a pair of two-story robots. At first Sari sulked at her situation, before realizing that she was completely alone in the base and did what any eight-year-old kid would do in an abandoned factory: raid the vending machines, use cranes as miniature G-force slings and try to take on Prowl's obstacle course at full speed (which went as well as last time).

[[Image:SariNoOne%27sHome-Mixmaster%2CScrapperandSari.jpg|thumb|200px|They're here to kick aft and drink oil. And they're all out of oil.]]
While listening to her music, Sari failed to notice the alarms going off, which heralded the invasion of the Constructicons who were looking for [[Oil|a drink]]. After the two louts accidentally crushed her cell phone and left her with the option of sneaking to the communications room to call the Autobots for help, Sari decided to take on the two bots using her trusty hockey stick (which shatters soon after she strikes them with it). She escaped and made it to the communication room, contacting Bumblebee who told her to hide and wait until they finish fighting off the recently appeared [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]], who was also looking for the Constucticons. Sari concluded that it would be too long and set up a trap for the two invaders, using three barrels of oil to trip them up and the plant's assembly line to knock them around for a while, forcing [[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mixmaster]] and [[Scrapper (Animated)|Scrapper]] to flee. The Autobots returned to find the place in ruins, but Sari showed them that she was all right. Optimus both apologized for his previous comments and lauded her for her bravery, and all was well for Sari—if she could just explain away the mountain of candy wrappers Optimus discovered... {{storylink|Sari, No One's Home}}

Sari later posed for a Picasso-style picture done by Bulkhead. The results were...interesting, to say the least. After criticism by the Autobots, a depressed Bulkhead walked out, and Sari and Bumblebee went to cheer him up. During a walk in the park, Megatron attacked them, carrying an imprisoned Isaac Sumdac with him, and Sari realized that Megatron had kidnapped him all those months ago. (Apparently, that hadn't occurred to anyone else.) While she looked on helplessly, Megatron managed to kidnap Bulkhead. When she returned to the plant, she heard the Autobot [[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]] reveal that Professor Sumdac was helping the Decepticons build a [[Space bridge|space bridge]] to conquer Cybertron. Sari refused to believe that her father was willingly helping the Decepticons and got a promise out of Optimus Prime to bring him home alive. Heading to Dinobot Island, Ratchet and Sari worked to bring the Autobots' ship back online. Ratchet realized that they would need riskier repairs to bring achieve their goal. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part I}}

[[Image:TFA_ABTC_Sari_spoilers.jpg|thumb|left|150px-TFA_ABTC_Sari_spoilers.jpg|It's a strange thing when the human companion's story arc is more interesting than the robots.]]
As Ratchet worked, he explained that the ship was an Autobot who had sacrificed his spark two million years ago. Sari was doubtful that it would come back online...until it spoke to her. She proceeded to use the Key on several of the ship's systems, under Ratchet's direction, until it was able to take off. Taking it to the mine where the Decepticons were based, Sari managed to give the ship enough power to transform into its robot mode, [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]]. The massive Autobot turned the tide of the battle, but sacrificed himself to save the others from being sucked into the space bridge. The Autobots managed to escape, with both Sari and Isaac in tow, and Isaac revealed that he had been forced to work with the Decepticons. Overjoyed that her father was safe and still a good guy, Sari dubbed Isaac Sumdac the most honest and trust-worthy guy that anyone could hope to find. It was at that point that everyone assembled noticed that the skin on Sari's elbow had torn away, revealing robotic circuity underneath. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}}

Although Sari was at first scared by this strange discovery, her fear quickly gave way to anger at her father from having kept the secret that she was a robot from her for years. As they returned to Detroit, Sumdac explained how he had found Sari in his lab years before, but the girl remained incredulous, and things only got worse when the pair confronted Porter C. Powell and Henry Masterson back in Sumdac Tower. When the two men refused to vacate the building, Sari's strained patience snapped, and her hands suddenly transformed into energy projectors, which created shockwave that knocked the pair of do-badders into the elevator. Struggling to comprehend her true nature, Sari went with the Autobots to their headquarters, unable to even be in the same building as the man she could no longer even think of as her father. Optimus Prime did his best to patch up the damaged family relationship by tricking Sari and Sumdac into meeting with each other at [[Burger Bot]], but it wasn't until Masterson returned with his Headmaster unit attached to Starscream's body that the bonds between father and daughter were repaired, as Sari and Sumdac defended each other from the villain.

[[Image:TransWarpedSariUpgrade.jpg|thumb|150px |[[Headmaster Junior|Masterforce!]]]]
Sari quickly began to get a handle on her new Cybertronian powers, learning to project spheres of energy from her hands, but the Autobots still refused to allow her to accompany them into battle against a rock-like alien creature that was soon transwarped into the middle of Detroit. Seeking a means to increase her powers, Sari turned her Key upon herself, and underwent a surprising metamorphosis: her body was "aged" so that she appeared as if she were a teenager, and she sprouted powerful battle armor equipped with jet-skates, arm-blades and an energy-hammer. Although Sari's new powers amazed the Autobots when they allowed her to make short work of the rock-alien, things soon started to go wrong when the Key's energy began overloading Sari's circuitry, causing her to run out of control. Unable to control her own body and causing objects around her to explode with her merest touch, Sari nearly killed Bumblebee by stabbing him with one of her blades before the Autobots were able to remove the key from her system. Even with the Key extracted, Sari's energies were still running wild, and she was in danger of exploding and destroying the entire city before Ratchet knocked her out with his EMP generator.

[[Image:TransWarpedBumblebeeSari.jpg|thumb|left|200px|"''FEELINGS?!'' You know who has a lot of feelings? Blokes what bludgeon their wives to death with a golf trophy. Professionals have ''standards.''"]]
As Sari convalesced in the Autobot base, Megatron returned to Earth in control of Omega Supreme. Optimus Prime was forced to contemplate reactivating Sari as part of a catastrophic sacrifice play, suggesting that Sari be allowed to detonate so that she could take Omega and Megatron with her, but fortunately, the Autobots were able to transwarp the threat off Earth before things came to that. Soon after, Sari awoke, and apologized to her friends for her foolishness, whlie her father apologized to her for holding back the truth for so long. {{storylink|TransWarped}}
 

===Titan Magazines===
When Starscream and [[Starscream clone|his clones]] seized the Autobot base, Sari immediately fled to Dinobot Island to get help. She found out the Dinobots were being made grouchy by the constant rain, and so promised they could stay in the Autobot base until it stopped if they drove out the Decepticons. That made Sari Grimlock's friend, and left the Autobots crying when they saw the weather forecast. {{storylink|Dino-MIGHT!}}

Being present for [[Quake-Maker|Quake-Maker's]] first attack on Detroit, she got to see the arrival of shiny new hero [[Afterburn]]; she was smitten at first sight. {{storylink|Burnout}} She even got to hang with him on a mission to Dinobot Island! As well as be stunned by his ace moves, she used her Key to heal a wounded Grimlock and suffered emotional abuse when Ratchet faked his death to test Afterburn. {{storylink|Ratchet & Grimlock Are DEAD?}}

Later, while watching a basketball game, Sari had to help stop an attack on the city by the villainous [[Crossroads]]. She'd met the supervillain when he worked as [[Sumdac Systems]] but his awesome disguise of a blue strip of cloth on his head threw her for a few minutes. Once she'd worked it out, she was able to inform the Autobots he was heading for [[Sumdac Tower]] and helped see to his defeat. {{storylink|Crossroads!}}

==Trivia==
[[Image:TFA_Sari_Sumdac_prelim_promo.JPG|thumb|120px|NOT show accurate.]]
*A promotional image of Sari from the [[Cartoon Network]] ''Transformers Animated'' press kit showed her with different shoes, a different Key design, and a slightly darker skin tone.
*The "series description" from the same Cartoon Network press kit described Sari as Isaac Sumdac's ''adopted'' daughter. This facet of their familial relationship was never mentioned in the show itself, meaning it may have been an early idea... or, uh, something, depending on how season 3 develops.
*In a preliminary version of the opening credits, Sari appeared riding on a tricycle which she used the Key to transform into a jetpack. The footage was dropped from the finished credits, but was screened at conventions, and was later included on the DVD packaged with the Optimus Prime and Megatron "The Battle Begins" action figure two-pack. The trike has not yet actually appeared in the series itself.
[[Image:Sari_tbob_trike.jpg|thumb|I d-d-don't think th-this is s-such a g-g-good idea, Scott!]]
*Sari's pigtails do ''not'' grow back overnight... or do they?

 
==Sari and fans==
*Fan reaction to Sari has been mixed—some fans hate her, quite a few love her, and some are neutral. Considering the widespread vitriol heaped upon previous child characters in Transformers shows (e.g., [[Kicker]]), that means she's come off reasonably well.
*In contrast, her ''deus ex machina'' Key was initially less popular. However, later episodes in the first season showed it to have potentially disastrous effects when used frivolously (e.g., [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]]), and hopefully, she will cease using it as the cure for all ills. In early Season 2 the Key becomes less of a major plot device and Sari-plus-Key is mainly used for quick repairs as the plots swing to revolve more around the Autobots fighting the Decepticons and/or villain of the week.
*Since virtually the premiere of the show, fans were speculating whether there was "more than meets the eye" to Sari. [[User talk:Catgril1|Some]] theorized she would turn out to be a robot, though past events on the show had clearly marked her as at least ''partially'' organic (e.g., she deteriorates by anti-organic radiation in "[[Along Came a Spider]]", catches a cold in "[[Nature Calls]]", sets off the Elite Guard ship's organic contamination alert in "[[The Elite Guard]]", and is unaffected by the electronic shutdown weapon in "[[SUV: Society of Ultimate Villainy]]"). Nonetheless, there was definitely ''something'' mysterious going on, though, as hinted by voice actress Tara Strong, who said in an interview that Sari's "entire identity might come as a surprise." In "[[Megatron Rising - Part 2]]", Isaac, believing they were both about to die, attempted to tell Sari "something important", only to have her run off before he can continue. Sari then asked the AllSpark why it chose to empower her in the first place, and its "answer" was to project a DNA strand surrounding a [[Spark|blue, glowing orb]]. In the following episode, "[[The Elite Guard]]", we found out that there was no legal documentation of Sari's existence, not even adoption papers, despite Sari's official character profile on the [[Hasbro]] website saying she is adopted. Though there was obviously much yet to be divulged, the implication was that there is something strange and unique about Sari. Although the writers gave no indication of what the truth was at a [[BotCon 2008]] panel, they ''did'' remark that they were enjoying seeing all the theories about her. At least ''someone'' was... Finally, the answer was (sort of) revealed in "[[A Bridge Too Close, Part II]]". And thus, the fandom rejoiced (and complained).

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sumdac, Sari}}
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Survival of the Fittest

2008-04-12T22:05:57Z

Akumateukuma: /* Miscellaneous trivia */

[[Image:Road appear.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Warehouse sweet warehouse.]]
{{episodenav|animated|12|season=1|prev=Lost and Found (Animated episode)|next=Headmaster (episode)}}
'''Sari is kidnapped and the evidence points to the Dinobots. So Prowl and Bulkhead head to a mysterious island to investigate—with a highly suspicious Captain Fanzone on their tail.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Window sari.jpg|left|thumb|200px|How much is that Sari in the window?]]
Concerned for [[Sari Sumdac|Sari]]'s safety as possessor of the [[Sari Sumdac's key|All Spark Key]] and knowing they can't be around every minute to protect her, the [[Autobot]]s decide to give her self-defense lessons. She doesn't do so well, but undaunted, she continues to practice alone in her room that night. She then goes to bed, but a shadow passing by her window makes her curious enough to get up again. She opens the window and is confronted by the [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobot]] [[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]]. [[Image:SwoopSari.JPG|right|thumb|200px|I will make you one of my children of the night.]]
Shortly afterward, [[Isaac Sumdac|her father]] stops by to deliver a bedtime snack and is shocked to find her missing.

He immediately contacts the police and the Autobots, and [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] orders everyone to [[Roll out|roll out]] immediately. Come morning, the police search Sari's room and question Doctor Sumdac. [[Captain Fanzone]] coordinates operations from the lobby of [[Sumdac Tower]], checking security video footage and struggling with the operation of his mobile phone. The Autobots arrive, and he asks if anything unusual happened yesterday. [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] mentions her self-defense lessons, to which Fanzone raises some objection, noting that hanging around Autobots might just be, oh, dangerous for a little girl. Just then, Prime spots Swoop on the security footage replay. [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] doesn't think it's possible, but Prime notes they never did find out what happened to the escaped Dinobots. Behind him, Bulkhead and [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] hold a quiet conversation about whether to tell Prime about their role in the Dinobots' escape, but decide to investigate the Dinobots' island themselves first. Fanzone notices them whispering, figures they must be discussing something relevant, and decides to follow this new lead on his own.
[[Image:Before and after.jpg|left|thumb|150px|It's [[Kremzeek]]! He's in the phone!]]
That night, Prowl and Bulkhead take a cargo ship out to the Dinobots' island, with Fanzone pursuing them in a police department mini-sub. By daylight, the Autobots arrive on the island and start exploring, with Fanzone coming ashore shortly afterward. Suddenly, Prowl spots tracks, indicating someone besides the Dinobots is on the island. As they arrive at the edge of the central crater, Bulkhead expresses second thoughts about setting the Dinobots free. What if someone were to find them there? Prowl deactivates his holographic generator and notes that currently won't be an issue, as the Dinobots appear to be gone.

From within his new headquarters, [[Prometheus Black|Meltdown]] observes the two visitors and sends the Dinobots, who are waiting behind him, to deal with the pair.

Back outside in the valley, an outraged Bulkhead growls that they should have melted down the Dinobots as Dr. Sumdac wanted, but Prowl insists the Dinobots are more than just machines, that they are truly alive and so had to be saved. Bulkhead counters by asking who's going to save Sari. The two then leave to explore the island further, with Fanzone pursuing close behind—well, as close behind as possible after dealing with various mishaps.
[[Image:Donkey Fanzone.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Donkey Fanzone.]]
In Meltdown's control room, [[Colossus Rhodes]] offers to pound the Autobots to scrap, but Meltdown stays him. Sari figures they're both as good as arrested and taunts them until Rhodes bulks up and scares her into silence.

Outside, Bulkhead and Prowl discover Captain Fanzone sinking in quicksand and haul him out. Prowl asks why he's following them, but Fanzone counters by asking what they're doing on an abandoned island research facility in the middle of Lake Erie, and they fall silent.

Still watching the proceedings, Meltdown decides it's time to greet his guests personally and leaves Rhodes to guard Sari. Rhodes taunts Sari for a change, but Sari just asks to go to the toilet.

On the surface, Fanzone continues to question Bulkhead about the situation, wondering if there's something he's not being told. Bulkhead abruptly points out the Dinobots behind Fanzone as the possible missing piece of info. Prowl offers to deal with the Dinobots, as they trust him, but [[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]] orders the Dinobots to attack. Prowl is confused, but Bulkhead figures it's pretty straightforward: The Dinobots kidnapped Sari and now want to destroy them. He also lets slip that he and Prowl helped the Dinobots escape. During the skirmish, Prowl notes acid burns on Swoop's leg plating and deduces that someone with the ability to burn the Dinobots is forcing them to act this way. The Autobots and Fanzone manage to make a run for it, only to find themselves in a dead-end canyon. When Meltdown confronts them, Prowl finally puts it all together, realizing that the villain is behind the Dinobots capturing Sari and attacking them. Meltdown gleefully monologues about finding an island with its own security system just when he needed a place for private experiments, and how Sari will now be his latest subject. An enraged Bulkhead charges, but Meltdown's acid blasts a painful hole in the Autobot's chest.

Prowl and Fanzone run to help him, but Meltdown touches a remote-control button and sends the pair plummeting through a trap door down into a steel-lined holding pen. There, he pits them against two of his less successful experiments in creating transforming humans, people capable of taking on any shape at will. He notes that the failures were a result of using adult test subjects, whereas a still-growing human should prove much more promising. And what better choice than the daughter of his arch-rival, Isaac Sumdac? He then leaves to administer his formula to Sari while his two mutants take care of Prowl and Fanzone.

Elsewhere in the base, Sari tricks Cyrus Rhodes into checking out the rest room toilet, then uses her key to flood water on him, shorting out the electrode/pistons that let him bulk up. When he turns to attack her, she trips him, then locks him in the bathroom and takes off. Somehow, she finds the controls to turn off the laser barrier keeping Prowl and Fanzone trapped in the holding pit. Freed just in time, they take off and quickly locate Sari. Informed of Bulkhead's predicament, she guides them out the way she was brought in. As they start down the hall, Fanzone spots a rack of spare protective suits for Meltdown and grabs one.

[[image:Dinobotsrobotmode.JPG|left|thumb|200px|"Your death will be swift."]]
Prowl gets the two humans past a closing steel door and outside, where Sari quickly uses her key to heal Bulkhead. Before they can celebrate, Meltdown shows up with the Dinobots. Sari launches into a flying kick which totally misses Meltdown, but serves as the distraction needed for Prowl to score a hit. Before a stunned Meltdown can recover, Fanzone tackles him and wraps him up in a spare protective suit he grabbed. Meltdown orders the Dinobots to attack, but Prowl points that that Meltdown has no power over them any more. In preparation for revenge, the Dinobots [[transformation|transform]] into robot mode, surprising the others. Prowl offers the panicking Meltdown a choice: going to prison or being left to the Dinobots' (lack of) mercies. Just then, Colossus Rhodes (whose electronics apparently dried out) and the two mutants burst out of the entrance into the underground facility, only to draw the Dinobots' attention to themselves. The mighty mechanical trio ignite their weapons and quickly trounce the three mutants.

That evening, Fanzone and the Autobots take Sari and the captive Meltdown and Rhodes back to Detroit. Fanzone calls Dr. Sumdac to give him the good news, and Bulkhead and Prowl wonder if they should admit about the Dinobots to Prime. Fanzone assures Prowl that as long as the Dinobots stay on the island and out of Detroit, he doesn't have a problem with them. Prowl thanks him for all his help, and the two acknowledge they make a decent team, despite their different physical compositions. Watching Sari try out another kick on Bulkhead, Fanzone expresses continuing doubts about teaching ninja moves to eight-year-olds. Prowl agrees, noting Sari can apparently take care of herself in her own unique fashion.

==Stats==

*'''Written by:''' [[Steven Granat]]
*'''Directed by:''' [[Irineo Maramba]] & [[Makoto Fuchigami]]
*'''Original airdate:''' March 8, 2008

===Featured characters===
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)''
{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"

! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobot]]s

! style="background:antiquewhite" | [[Human]]s
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] (2)
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (3)
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] (4)
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (5)
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (6)
*[[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]] (7)
*[[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]] (10)
*[[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]] (11)

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" | '''Regulars'''
*[[Sari Sumdac]] (1)
*[[Isaac Sumdac]] (8)
*[[Captain Fanzone]] (9)
*[[Prometheus Black|Meltdown]] (12)
*[[Colossus Rhodes]] (13)

'''Guests'''

|}

==Quotes==

"This is why I hate machines!" 
"No need to be such a technophobe, Captain." 
"A technophobe is someone who ''fears'' technology. ''(Smashes cell phone)'' Does '''''this''' look like'' '''FEAR TO YOU?!'''" 
"Um...my mistake."
:—'''Captain Fanzone''' straightens out '''Prowl'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s perceptions of him.

'''Fanzone:''' You're teaching an eight-year-old ''nerve blows''? 
'''Ratchet:''' You want her to pick it up in the street? 
'''Prowl:''' This is part of every protoform's elemental programming. 
'''Fanzone:''' Say what? 
'''Bulkhead:''' Yeah, it's not like we're having her fight [[Decepticon]]s. 
'''Prowl:''' Yet.
:—'''Captain Fanzone''' and the Autobots debate the finer points of child education.

"Wait a minute—roll that back." 
"Sure thing, dollface."
:—The '''Reception Bot''' gets sassy with '''Optimus'''.

"Help!" 
"That sounded like Captain Fanzone." 
"Y-Yeah, hey, I—I do a really good impression of myself '''screaming for help!'''"
:—Even in mortal danger, '''Captain Fanzone''' zings '''Prowl'''.

"Who better than the daughter of my arch-rival, the bane of my existence, the simpering fool who is unworthy to lick the mud off the heels of my platform shoes—booga-looga-looga-looz—Professor Isaac Sumdac?"
:—'''Meltdown''' gets down with his bad self while monologuing. It appears that the suit is more than just for show.

"Dibs on Lefty{{m-}}I hate lawyers." 
:{{m-}}'''Captain Fanzone''' actually hates something besides machines.

"Meltdown not hurt Dinobots...Dinobots hurt Meltdown."
:{{m-}}'''Grimlock'''. Run far, run fast, Melty.

'''Fanzone''': What the...?! 
'''Sari''': Whoa...! 
'''Bulkhead''': Uh...they couldn't do that before. Right? 
:{{m-}}The Autobots and humans learn that the Dinobots are [[Transformer|more than meets the eye]].

==Other notes==

===Animation errors===
* Fanzone ''presses buttons'' on a ''rotary-dial'' cell phone. Of course, he also manages to get touch-tone sounds from them, so perhaps the rotary dial is just simulated. Y'know, to make him feel more familiar with the device.

===Continuity errors===
* When Sari is kidnapped by Swoop, she's just wearing socks on her feet (having crawled out of bed). When she's imprisoned in Meltdown's lair, she has her boots on again.

* The passage of time between Sari's kidnapping and the arrival on the island is wonky. Isaac appears to arrive at Sari's room with a snack mere minutes after she's gone to bed not too late in the evening, but the police and Autobots show up once the sun has risen. The "search party" heads for the Dinobots' island that ''night''... and arrive in the daylight. Did nearly ''forty-eight hours'' really pass all this time, and Meltdown did nothing?

* Apparently, there's nothing wrong with cutting a cargo ship free of its moorings and sailing it out into the middle of Lake Erie without permission. (Prowl and Bulkhead must have convinced either the ship's captain or its computerized pilot system to make an unscheduled trip.)

* Why does Meltdown bother to send the Dinobots, then go to handle his guests himself several minutes later? Sure, it works out, but was it planned that way?

* Why does Prowl think that Sari can defend herself against the Decepticons by ''kicking'' them?

===Transformers references===
[[Image:Meltdownexperiments.jpg|right|thumb|200px|They've got the power to surprise.]]

* Meltdown's genetically engineered minions (previous failed attempts at producing "human transformers") bear a striking resemblance to the ''[[Generation 1]]'' [[Pretender]]s [[Submarauder]]/[[Gilmer]] and [[Bomb-Burst]]/[[Blood]].

* The notion of creating non-mechanical or organic Transformers [[Savage/Noble|is not new]] in Transformers lore.



===Miscellaneous trivia===
* This is the first episode in which Snarl and Swoop transform. They still haven't spoken, however.

* This is also the first episode in which Fanzone refers to any of the Autobots by name, suggesting he's getting used to them being more than machines.

* Bumblebee appears in this episode, but doesn't speak. It's strange considering his personality, not to mention that he has the closest relationships to Sari out of all the Autobots.

* Part of Grimlock's transformation is recycled animation from "[[Blast from the Past]]".

* Captain Fanzone's phone seems remarkably outdated compared to the mobile phone his subordinate is shown using; it's the size of a brick, has a permanently extended antenna and amazingly features a rotary dial (or at least a simulated one; he still punches touch tones on it) to ring in the numbers...and even then Fanzone can't figure out how to use it. The man was clearly born a century after his time and presumably would be more comfortable around gramophones and [[Hearts of Steel|steam]] [[Secret Weapon: D-5|locomotives]].

* Fanzone's dialog suggests that a volcanic island in the middle of Lake Erie is not as preposterous as it might seem, as the island was formerly a research facility of some shape or form.

* Bulkhead seems to be more then a match for all three Dinobots here, yet they make incredibly short work of the mutants and Colossus Rhodes. (Colossus had previously proven to be a decent enough challenge for Bulkhead, Prime, Prowl and Ratchet.) Maybe their sparks just weren't in it? Or they were holding back? Or that could be atributted to Bulkhead being really pissed at them during the fight, which made him a much more ferocious warrior than the Dinobots were expecting.

* A lawyer turned into a blood-sucking monster...surely there's no deeper message here.

* Do we really want to know what that key slot was doing on the controls for a toilet?

* The two mutants are conspicuously absent in the final scene (Fanzone notes "got 'em both," indicating only two prisoners), so it appears they were either destroyed or left imprisoned on the island, subject to the Dinobots' whims. If so, this seems harsh, given the two were (presumably) innocent victims of Meltdown's experiments. If they're somehow being held on ship, not mentioning or showing them seems to be quite an oversight.

* Although most human villains in the series to date have been shown in a comedic light, Meltdown seems the odd man out with some rather disturbing, more adult-oriented themes. He attempts murder (of rival Isaac Sumdac); he experiments to create mutants, which constitutes crimes against Humanity; he tortures the Dinobots into submission by burning them with his acidic touch; and he kidnaps a prepubescent girl for purposes of experimentation... but he darn sure can ''dance''.

* Speaking of adult themes, when the police learn that Sari is missing, they question the father and send divers into the river. ''HARSH.''

* It's rather unsettling how nobody, particularly Captain Fanzone, seemed to know that Meltdown wasn't in jail any more. Either Fanzone's inability to work with technology kept him from hearing, or information flow among the Detroit Police Department is really poor, even when a dangerous supervillain has broken out of jail. And on that note, it seems that, just like in comic books, prisons here aren't suited to hold superpowered criminals.

* The episode ends before Bulkhead, Prowl, and Fanzone return Sari to her father, and before the Autobots report back in to Prime. What they ''tell'' Prime (about where they found Sari) is extremely unclear, as discussed further under "[[Megatron Rising - Part I#Miscellaneous trivia|Megatron Rising - Part I]]".

* Prowl can kick with his knees ''while the wheels are turning'' and ''can ride on walls.'' This is awesomeness!

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Swoop (G1)

2008-03-24T12:32:58Z

Akumateukuma: /* Animated continuity */

{{disambig3|Swoop}}

:''Swoop is a [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] and [[Autobot]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]]. He used to go by the name '''Divebomb''' and might someday call himself '''the Veteran'''.''

[[Image:SwoopUniverse1.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Ugly, yes, but he has a ''great'' personality.]]

'''Swoop''' is the friendliest and most outgoing of the Dinobots. He's surprisingly good natured, kind, and upbeat. Few of his comrades realize this however, as his team's reputation and his alt-form, considered (for some reason) particularly "horrifying" to Transformer aesthetics, makes others wary of getting close enought to learn about the bot himself. Swoop is an excellent aerial combatant and bombardier, and has become skilled at using the fear his alt-mode creates in battle. He considers it his greatest weapon. Like all the Dinobots, Swoop tends to be arrogant, disobedient, and generally disagree with [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s leadership style. He's also a bit of a show-off.

:''Preliminary names'': '''Wing''', '''Divebomb'''
:''French-Canadian name'': '''Assailo''' 
:''Italian name'': '''Reptilo''' 

== Fiction ==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
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''On Cybertron, Swoop was once a member of the Autobots' [[Elite Flying Corps]] and named Divebomb. After disobeying orders from [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] he came into battle with the Predacon now called [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]], who defeated him and stole his name. {{storylink|What's in a Name?}} This began a continuing rivalry between the two. Millions of years later on Earth they clashed again intending to finish things between them once and for all, but their respective team mates interfered and the battle went unresolved. {{storylink|Grudge Match!}}''

Swoop was one of the original crew of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. After it crashed, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] came to Earth in pursuit and landed in the [[Savage Land]]. The Ark rebuilt Swoop along with [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], [[Slag (G1)|Slag]], [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] and [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] into the Dinobots and sent them to the Savage Land to defeat Shockwave. {{storylink|The Last Stand}} The battle ended with the Dinobots submerged in a tar pit where they remained until they were dug out by Ratchet millions of years later. Swoop along with the other Dinobots then helped [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] defeat [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and reclaim the Ark and free the deactivated Autobots within. {{storylink|Repeat Performance!}}

[[Image:Swoopg1marvelukfirst.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Swoop intends to be the first to get his hands on a PlayStation 3!]]

''Upon their return to the Ark however Swoop was badly damaged and thought destroyed when he attempted to fly the booby trapped battle droid [[Guardian]] away from the Ark to prevent the explosion from destroying [[Mount St. Hilary]]. {{storylink|The Wrath of Grimlock!}}''

''In reality he was blown clear and crashed into a nearby lake where he was later found by [[Professor Morris]]. The professor had developed a machine capable of transferring his consciousness to a robot allowing him to take control of it. He recovered Swoop’s body and used the machine to take control of him. He used Swoop to attack the Autobots who he had mistakenly assumed were under the control of his company’s competitor [[G.B. Blackrock]]. Swoop’s personality eventually broke free of the professor’s control however. {{storylink|The Icarus Theory}}''

''Not long after this he went mad due to the burning out of his cybodendrons after being submerged in the tar pit for millions of years. He was subdued and went into a coma like state. This alerted the Autobots the danger that the other Dinobots were in and they set out to find them. {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt!}}''

''Swoop later recovered from his coma along with the other Dinobots. {{storylink|Second Generation!}} He and the other Dinobots left the Ark shortly afterwards to help Sludge save his friend Joy Meadows from both the Decepticons and Swoop’s former tormentor Professor Morris and his new robot [[Centurion (Marvel)|Centurion]], funded by [[Intelligence and Information Institute|Triple-I]]. {{storylink|In the National Interest}}''

''Swoop would later battle the future Decepticon Galvatron, being severely beaten in the process. {{storylink|Fallen Angel}}'' After the death of Optimus Prime, Swoop helped to battle [[Trypticon]] who had been sent from Cybertron by [[Ratbat]] to attack the Ark. Having driven Trypticon away Swoop and the Dinobots returned to the Ark where Grimlock was declared Autobot leader. {{storylink|King of the Hill!}}

Following the return of Optimus Prime as Autobot leader, Swoop and the other Dinobots were critically damaged by the [[Underbase]]-powered [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. {{storylink|Dark Star!}} After being repaired by Ratchet using [[Pretender]] technology, Grimlock took Swoop and the Dinobots to [[Hydrus 4]] and restored them using [[Nucleon]]. Swoop and the Dinobots later returned to Cybertron and took part in the battle against [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}

=====Marvel UK Future Timelines=====

''In 2008, Swoop and the Dinobots were one of several special units unleashed on the Decepticon attack force when [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] led the 'Cons on a siege of the Autobots' main base on Cybertron. Autobot High Command soon learned this assault was only a distraction, however, engineered by [[Unicron]] himself who was reconstructing himself on the planet of [[Junk]]. When [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] returned from Junk with this news, [[Rodimus Prime]] gathered [[Scattershot]], Grimlock, and the rest of the Dinobots with him to make an assault on Junk. Much to Rodimus's dismay, Swoop and the Dinobots didn't hold back at all when attacking the [[Junkion]]s Unicron had mind-controlled into doing his bidding, and tore through them as if they were any other enemy. {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}}''

====''Another Time and Place''====

Several months after the golden age of Cybertron was reintroduced, Swoop and most of his fellow Dinobots had succumbed to the transfiguring effects of Nucleon and lost their ability to transform. When Grimlock received information that the Hydrus Four facilities had reopened, and discovered a means of reversing Nucleonic changes, the Dinobots jumped at the idea. Despite Prime's half-hearted warnings, Swoop and his teammates followed Grimlock back to Hydrus Four in the hopes of becoming Transformers once again. They were followed by the "exiled" Decepticons, however, and a battle with a huge native creature delayed the Dinobots long enough for Bludgeon's crew to get ahead of them and take over the Nucleon facility. The Dinobots were laid low by a [[Holocaust Trigger]], overloading their sensory circuits so that they were helpless before the Decepticons. Cruelly tortured, the Dinobots were still left alive so that they could witness the rebirth of Megatron, thanks to the Nucleon infusions Bludgeon was feeding him. For some reason, Swoop clearly got the worst of the treatment, with metal shredders taken to his wings, hooks gouged through his skin, and his leg tore almost completely out of joint.

Luckily, the Autobots had long since learned to become worried whenever the Dinobots were out of sight for too long, and had followed them to Hydrus Four. [[Roadhandler]], [[Tote]] and several [[Micromaster]]s managed to free the injured Dinobots, and an Autobot strike force brought down their Decepticon captors. Swoop managed to personally crawl over to the control console for some medical equipment, dropping a giant spidery set of waldoes on Bludgeon. In a matter of seconds, the machine tore apart the Decepticon leader, leaving nothing more than a few decentralized components. The Nucleon reversion process was a success, and Swoop and his comrades were restored to fully operational Transformers. {{storylink|Another Time and Place}}

====Generation 2====
Swoop and the Dinobots were fighting alongside Grimlock and a small group of Autobot firestormers when they uncovered the [[Cybertronian Empire]] and their terraforming measures. After calling in Optimus Prime and the rest of the Autobots, they became part of a major offensive against not only [[Jhiaxus]] and his ilk, but everything they represented. {{storylink|War Without End!}} Despite Prime serving as overall commander, however, Swoop and his buddies were still Dinobots first and foremost. So when Grimlock wanted to take first strike action against Prime's orders, there was no question who they'd follow. Swoop and the others were captured almost immediately, though, and only escaped thanks to the timely intervention of Optimus Prime and his more loyal group of soldiers. {{storylink|Devices and Desires!}}

Swoop continued to fight alongside the Autobots with his Dinobot comrades, on both Earth and [[Ethos]]. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}} {{storylink|Escalation!}} In the epic final conflict with the [[Swarm]], Swoop was seen manning one of the shield generators the united Autobot/Decepticon alliance was using to defend themselves. {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}

====Classics====

{{note|The ''[[Classics (2006)|Classics]]'' story takes place in a post-Marvel Generation 1 comics universe where neither [[Generation 2]] nor the Marvel UK material happened.}}

After the defeat of Bludgeon's forces, the already nucleon infused Swoop was caught in a titanic explosion at a nucleon-processing plant and was drastically mutated. The quick reaction of the Autobot [[Mini-Con]]s saved him and ''boom''; Mini-Con Swoop was born. One would think a Dinobot would dislike being given such a small form, but Swoop is just as powerful as he ever was (if not more) and is now ''much'' faster and more precise. These augmented abilities are enough to make him quite satisfied with this state of affairs.

Swoop is part of Grimlock's crew on the ''[[Graviton (Classics)|Graviton]]''.

===Animated continuity===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Michael Bell]] (English), [[Yoku Shioya]] (Japanese)

While guarding a mysterious meteorite, the original Dinobots, Grimlock, Slag and Sludge, were fooled by Megatron into joining the side of the Decepticons. To counter the threat of their former comrades, the Autobots constructed two new Dinobots; Snarl and Swoop. Snarl and Swoop did battle with the original Dinobots but were only strong enough to force them into a stalemate. The original Dinobots chose to return to the Autobots after their leader, Grimlock, was saved from the exploding meteorite through a selfless act of heroism from Optimus Prime. {{storylink|War of the Dinobots}}

Swoop was rarely seen apart from the other Dinobots. Together, they fought the likes of [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] {{storylink|Heavy Metal War}} and moved to a bizarre island (later dubbed [[Dinobot Island]]) to hone their skills. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 1}} {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 2}}

[[Image:G1 cartoon Swoop beast mode.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Me Swoop too close to ceiling! Me not care anyway!]]
Some time after that, the Dinobots chose to desert the Autobots during their time of need (the Autobots were dying from lack of [[Cybertonium]]) and go to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]], [[Spike Witwicky|Spike]], and [[Carly]] sought out the Dinobots to convince them to help, but Grimlock, angered that they had been followed, decided to crush them. Swoop, however, saved them, wanting to hear the "brilliant part" from the humans. Grimlock was convinced to go, but instead led the Dinobots to Cybertron itself {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1}}. All the Dinobots were captured by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], reprogrammed and forced to work in the cybertonium mines at the planet's organic core. All, that is, except for Swoop. Swoop soon encountered Spike and Carly, the Autobots' human allies, deep within the bowels of the planet. The three teamed up and, after learning a brief history of the Transformer race, freed the Dinobots and returned to [[Earth]] with a shipment of Cybertonium. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2}}

In 2005, Swoop and the other Dinobots fought Devastator during the battle of [[Autobot City]]. They didn't fare too well. They later evacuated the city (reluctantly) when [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] attacked. Swoop and the Dinobots became briefly stranded on [[Quintessa]] along with [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and [[Kup]] when their ship was shot down. With help from [[Wheelie]], the Dinobots found their friends, with Swoop using [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticon]]s as bombs. The Autobots escaped Quintessa and rescued the remaining Autobots on the [[Junkion (planet)|Planet of Junk]] from a horde of confused [[Junkion]]s. Later, Swoop did one of his greatest life accomplishments when he bombed the butt of [[Unicron|a god]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie|TFTM}}

In the year 2006, Swoop and the other Dinobots spent much of their time on Cybertron fishing for robot fish (or organic fish, depending on which shot you're looking at). Swoop and the others briefly ostracized Grimlock when he attained super intelligence. Grimlock eventually returned to normal and was welcomed back among their ranks. Swoop and the Dinobots were also summoned by [[Oracle (G1)|Primacron's Assistant]] to do battle with [[Tornadron]], a creation of the villainous [[Primacron]]. Swoop failed to defeat the enrgy monster, but Grimlock managed to save the day just in the nick of time. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}

===Big Looker storybooks===
During an incomprehensibly heavy-handed Decepticon plot to steal a single fuel tanker, the Autobots - also oddly determined to protect this single tanker - found themselves outnumbered and outgunned. Swoop, still recovering from a previous battle, arrived to assist, and was fired on by Megatron. This so enraged the mild-mannered Autobot that he dropped an air-to-air missile launcher (?) with the power of 5000 pounds of TNT. Swoop comes across as uncharistically modest, and grateful just to be able to help Prime and pals. Also, Swoop has hair. {{storylink|Decepticon Hijack}}

===Dreamwave continuity===
Swoop was an Autobot once named Divebomb, though the circumstances sorrounding his name change are unspecified. When Optimus Prime and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] disappeared, Swoop joined Grimlock's [[Lightning Strike Coalition]]. When Grimlock took the future Dinobots to execute [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] and Shockwave, Swoop argued that they should instead focus on [[Trypticon|the new battle base]] the Decepticons had built. Once the base was called away to rescue Shockwave, Swoop told him to come back and fight, then called him a coward (once the base was already leaving). Heading to the [[Neutral Territories]], they found no sign of Grimlock or Jetfire. Tracking Shockwave down, the LSC worked with the Decepticons to locate their missing members. {{storylink|The War Within: The Dark Ages}}

===3H comic continuity===

In a distant future of the [[Beast Wars]] timeline, the dark warlord known as [[Shokaract]] had conquered Cybertron and much of the galaxy. Only a handful of Maximals and Predacons survived to oppose him, under the command of the Predacon [[Sandstorm (BW)|Sandstorm]]. Among them was an ancient warrior known simply as the Veteran. Reflecting on his long history and all his many departed comrades, the Veteran began to wonder if he had survived so long as to become a ''figurative'' dinosaur.

The Veteran's finely honed skills and instincts allowed him to survive an assassination attempt by the Cub, one of Shokaract's servants. Returning in defeat, the Cub was severely wounded as punishment for his failure and left to die in the wilds of Cybertron. Before he could perish, however, Sandstorm's band of rebels recovered him. In an attempt to learn more about Shokaract's plans, the Veteran merged his Spark with that of the Cub, and thus was born the dual-Sparked [[Windrazor (BW)|Windrazor]].

Though Windrazor was essentially a new being, within him the Sparks of the Veteran and the Cub continued to grapple for control and dominance of their joined form.

{{note|Though never named specifically, it is strongly implied that the Veteran is Swoop. The Veteran also appears in Simon Furman's pseudo-canonical story "[[The Last Days Of Optimus Prime]]" and is depicted as having a pterosaur-like silhouette.}}

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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Swoop''' (Dinobot, 1985/1986/1991/1992)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''30'''
**''Accessories'': "Thermal Sword", 2 missile launchers, 3 missiles

[[Image:G1_Swoop_toy.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Unlike others, who have [[energo-sword]]s, Me Swoop have thermal sword.]]

: Swoop's toy transforms into a robotic pteranodon. Swoop can stand on his dinosaur feet or lie on his stomach in this mode, but additionally has fold-out wheels located in his feet and chest (though one has to split his chest open to access the latter wheel). His beak and tail were rounded [[for safety reasons]] compared to the original ''[[Diaclone]]'' release. However, the remolding of the tail kept the tail sticker from fitting correctly. Interestingly, despite being a former ''Diaclone'' toy, Swoop is the only Dinobot not to have an obvious cockpit for a ''Diaclone'' driver figure.

:Swoop's die-cast metal chest is painted red, which is his ''Transformers'' color, as opposed to his cartoon color scheme which was based on the ''Diaclone'' toy. Along with his sword, he also comes with two spring-loaded missile launchers, the only Dinobot to have two projectile-launchers (and no non-firing gun to boot.)

: Swoop is notable for being one of the most fragile Generation 1 toys, and as such commands a respectable amount of money on the secondary market due to the difficulty in finding one intact.

: In Japan, Swoop and the other Dinobots were offered as mail-away items during ''[[Operation Combination]]''. Swoop cost 1800 yen (his original retail price, less than the other four) and two [[robot points]].

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===Classics===
*'''Dinobots''' (Mini-Con Team, 2006)

: Swoop transforms into a robotic pteranodon. His jointing allows him to stand on his hind-feet as well as assume a normal "flying" position. He was only available in a Mini-Con Team set with [[Knockdown (Classics)|Knockdown]] and [[Terrorsaur (Classics)|Terrorsaur]].

: This mold was also used to make [[Reptix]].

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==Trivia==
* Swoop was originally a ''[[Diaclone]]'' Dinosaur Robo Pteranodon type piloted mech. Whoever made Swoop's animation model used this ''Diaclone'' toy as a reference, as the Dinobot sports the pre-Transformer's blue chest, and gold lower beak, missiles, and dino feet. Swoop's box art has the Transformer toy's red chest, but keeps the gold parts from the Diaclone toy.

* This ''Diaclone'' incarnation of Swoop was also used as the model for the "restored" version of the Autobot [[Ravenus]] in the ''[[Armada|Micron Legend]]'' "[[Linkage (comic)|Linkage]]" mini-comics.

* Thanks to the ''[[Robo-Capers]]'' strip in the UK Comic, Swoop became the first and possibly only Transformer to defecate in a licensed and approved presentation.

[[Image:Swoop iconic.jpg|thumb|100px|right|New "Wildberry" Swoop is two, two, two flavors in one! ]]

* Swoop and Sludge's absence from ''Generation 2'' has never been fully explained, though rumors of what might have been persist. Recently, packaging art of both in new colors was unearthed, indicating what he ''might'' have looked like in the line. This art surfaced alongside a screaming yellow and turquoise Grimlock, so it is possible that the three were at one time planned for a second wave of Dinobots.

* The ''[[Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' [[Swoop (Energon)|Swoop]] toy was originally intended to be the original Generation 1 character, and was to be released in ''[[Universe]]''. However, it was ultimately shunted into ''Energon'', reportedly for a combination of budgetary concerns and keeping the combination gimmick (since he combines with the packed-in [[Grimlock (Energon)|Grimlock]] to form a [[Mega-Dinobot|super robot]]) only in the main-line, which had combination as a central theme.

* Swoop is the only original Dinobot who is not technically a dinosaur. Following in his foot-steps are [[Terranotron (BM)|Terranotron]], [[Sludge (Dinobots)|Wal*Mart Sludge]], [[Paddles (character)|Paddles]], and two-thirds of [[Magmatron]].

* There are numerous [[paint application]] differences between the Classics Swoop pictured on the cardback and the final product. One possibility is that since the molds were originally intended to be in two-packs rather than three-packs, the number of available paint applications (which are carefully monitored) per piece was larger in the two-pack arrangement, necessitating some omissions for the three-pack release.

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==External links==
* [http://tfu.info/1985/Autobot/Swoop/swoop.htm Swoop at TFU.info]

* [http://www.diaclone.net/orid/diadino/d090.html ''Diaclone'' Swoop at DIACLONE.net (Japanese-language site)]

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The Big Broadcast of 2006 (episode)

2008-03-24T12:23:06Z

Akumateukuma:

{{disambig2|Generation 1 cartoon episode|the comic adaptation of this episode|The Big Broadcast of 2006!}}

{{episodenav|g1|season=3|20|prev=The Ultimate Weapon|next=Fight or Flee}}

[[Image:Big Broadcast subliminal message.JPG|thumb|350px|The judge is on the court, bweeeeeeeeeoooop!!!]]
The Junkions fall victim to subliminal messages from the Quintessons, who are trying to get a journal off the Planet of Junk. This also causes the Junkions to attack Sky Lynx and Astrotrain, which brings the Autobots and Decepticons into the situation. Unfortunately, a screw up makes the Junkions send out the subliminal messages on their own, bringing about mass confusion and destruction.

==Detailed synopsis==
Searching for one of their [[Quintesson Journal|journal]]s, the [[Quintesson]]s discover that it has landed on [[Junkion (planet)|the planet of Junk]]. After observing the native [[Junkion]]s, the Quintessons send a [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticon]] retrieval team. The Sharkticons locate the journal quickly, but are then driven off by the Junkions. The Quintessons hijack the [[television]] broadcasts the Junkions watch, planting subliminal messages telling the Junkions that being neat is a good thing...and the other races are their enemies.

Travelling through the Junkion sector, [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] comes under attack by [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]. While the two battle, the Junkions fire on ''both'' [[Transformer]]s. Sky Lynx races back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], and informs [[Hot Rod|Rodimus Prime]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. The [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]] sends the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]]s to investigate. Astrotrain also returns to [[Chaar]] to report his encounter, but [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] doesn't care. [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], however, is interested, and takes [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and the [[Sweep]]s to investigate. The Aerialbots arrive, and get caught in the crossfire between the Junkions and the Quintessons. The Aerialbots form [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] and target the Quintessons. However, the Quintessons ship damages Superion, who is then rescued by Sky Lynx. Cyclonus and the Sweeps arrive to investigate, and withdraw after being fired upon.

During the battle, the transmitter sending the messages to the Junkions was damaged, causing the Junkions to believe that they should transmit their broadcasts to other races. The affected races soon begin lashing out at their neighbors, causing what would become an interstellar dark age. The Quintessons see a good possibility here, as they could sell weapons to the warring races, but decide that the recovery of the journal is the higher priority. Back on Chaar, Galvatron displays anger at Cyclonus for going to investigate Junkion, but Cylconus continues on, believing that to turn the Junkions on the [[Autobot]]s is too good an opportunity for the [[Decepticon]]s. Hoping to find answers, Rodimus, Magnus, [[Kup]], and [[Blaster]] head to investigate in [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], but come under attack by Cyclonus and the Sweeps. Omega is damaged, and the Autobots draw the Decepticons away from the wounded [[Guardian robot]]. Finally, Omega Supreme is repaired, and the Decepticons retreat.

Meanwhile, the affected races have converged on Junkion, and are firing on everyone in sight. Chaar has also been targeted, and Galvatron is drawn into the bedlam. Knowing they have one chance, the Quintessons make a move for the journal, but a stray blast from Galvatron damages their shuttle and sends the journal hurtling into the void. Arriving, Blaster determines that the transmissions are the cause of the violence, and sends out transmissions to counter them. Their senses restored, the Junkions stop fighting everyone...and start concentrating on the Decepticons, who retreat. Rodimus asks [[Wreck-Gar]] what happened, but Wreck-Gar doesn't know.

Returning to their ship, the two Quintessons prepare to accept their punishment, but their superior declares that finding the journal is now their priority...before their clients do.

==Stats==

* Stats

==Notable quotes==
"To share is to care. To care is to share."
:-- '''Quintesson'''

"I know you're bored, Rodimus, but with the mantle of leadership comes obligations." 
"Don't suppose I could interest you in a used mantle?"
:-- '''Ultra Magnus''' and '''Rodimus Prime'''

"Mrs. Peel, we're needed. Our five year mission--to boldly share our signal with all the sloppy lifeforms who are our enemies. There is nothing wrong with your television set. We are controlling transmission. We control the horizontal. We control the vertical. We've got the touch!" 
:-- '''Wreck-Gar'''

"Mighty Galvatron, where are you going?" 
"To the signal. To be a winner! Because I believe in me!"
:-- '''Cyclonus''' and '''Galvatron''', discussing Galvatron's newfound belief in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBU1bYlJHj8 positive thinking].

"We're outgunned, man! We don't have a chance!" 
"Boy, that's what makes life interesting." 
"Or over!" 
:--'''Blaster''', '''Kup''', and '''Rodimus Prime'''.

==Other Notes==
* Notes

===Animation and/or technical glitches===
* Glitches

===Continuity errors===
* Errors

===Transformers references===
* This episode is Omega Supreme's last appearance in the cartoon.

===Real-world references===
* References
*'''Junkions''': "Sorry about that, Chief." "Missed Me by that much." 

These are catchphrases from the 1966-1969 classic TV series, Get Smart.
Dick Gautier, the voice of Rodimus Prime, played Hymie the Robot on Get Smart.

===Miscellaneous trivia===
*When the [[Generation 1 (Marvel comic)|US comic]] needed a fill-in issue, this episode was chosen and script adapted. While the UK offices were in no position to pass up on any US material being produced, this issue also completely conflicted with the Movie-Future they had established. To sidestep continuity problems, [[Simon Furman]] wrote a framing sequence establishing [[The Big Broadcast of 2006!|US #43]] as an imaginary story dreamed up by Wreck-Gar, as part of a lead in to his [[Space Pirates!|Space Pirates]] arc.
*There is a friggin dog planet and cat planet that fight in this episode...I mean c'mon.

==External links==

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The Master Builders (episode)

2008-03-21T02:34:57Z

Akumateukuma: /* Miscellaneous trivia */

[[Image:Masterbuilder.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The Master Bait -- uh, Builders]]

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{{episodenav|SRLFtoon|20|prev=Dinobot Island, Part 2|next=The Insecticon Syndrome}}

'''Grapple and Hoist ally themselves with the Constructicons.'''

==Detailed synopsis==

[[Grapple]] shows [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] a working model of a [[Solar Tower]] he wants to build and the two of them take it to Optimus Prime. Optimus is occupied at the moment because [[Spike Witwicky|Spike]] is teaching him how to play [[basketball]]. Optimus likes Grapple's concept, but rejects the plan because it would be difficult to defend the tower against attack.

The conversation is cut short when Teletraan 1 alerts them that Powerglide has been shot down by Starscream and Skywarp. Hoist and Grapple leave to repair the Autobot plane. On their return, Grapple tries to convince Hoist to build the tower with him, regardless of Prime's orders, but Hoist isn't going for it.

Their conversation is cut short when they are trapped by the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s. Scrapper says they've left the [[Decepticons]] and proposes a joint project. Grapple, enamored with his solar tower idea, agrees, but wants proof of their partnership. They promise to bring proof back and fly off.

On their return to Decepticon headquarters, Megatron confronts the Constructicons with video tape of their conversation with Grapple. They all swear loyalty to Megatron, and insist they plan to betray the Autobots. Satisfied with their explanation, Megatron lets them go with a present. They return to Grapple and Hoist with "proof," an entire truckload of energon. Convinced that they are working in good faith, Grapple and Hoist agree to the partnership.

[[Image:master_builders_prime_basketball.jpg|thumb|left|Chillin' out, maxin', relaxin', all cool/and shootin' some b-ball outside of the school...]]
Meantime, Optimus is playing basketball with Tracks, Inferno and Smokescreen. After he shuts Tracks down during a drive to the net, Prime notices that Tracks needs maintenance, but no one knows where Hoist is. The [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]] sends Powerglide out to find the missing Autobots. Powerglide finds the solar tower and reports back.

Grapple is in his element, directing the Constructicons as the tower is built, and blissfully unaware of their deception. The Constructicons merge to form Devastator in order to place the sun-focusing sphere at the top of the tower. With the last piece in place, the tables turn. Megatron attacks Grapple and Hoist and claims the tower as his own. The Decepticons get to work collecting the energy.

The Autobots arrive and attack. The Constructicons form Devastator and fight back. Prime tricks Devastator into trying to kick Smokescreen but he kicks the tower instead. A few more rounds of laser fire send Devastator crashing into the tower, demolishing it. Megatron and the Constructicons retreat.

The Autobots dig in the debris to try and find Grapple and Hoist. Brawn discovers them encased in a sheet of metal and punches it apart. Grapple and Hoist apologize for the trouble they've caused. Prime is in a forgiving mood, but says they have to clean up the mess themselves. As the others drive off, Grapple and Hoist fondly remember the tower.

==Stats==
'''Original airdate:''' 8 October 1985

'''Written by:''' [[David N. Gottlieb]] and [[Herb Engelhardt]]

===Featured characters===
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"
! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobots]]
! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticons]]
! style="background:antiquewhite" | [[Human|Humans]]
! style="background:#FFEEB8" | Others
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
*[[Powerglide]] (1)
*[[Grapple]] (4)
*[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] (5)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (6)
*'''[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]''' (7)
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] (20)
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] (21)
*[[Tracks]] (22)
*[[Brawn]] (24)
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (25)
*[[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (26)
*[[Warpath]] (27)

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |

*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (2)
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (3)
*[[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s
**[[Scrapper]] (10)
**[[Hook]] (11)
**[[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]] (12)
**[[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]] (13)
**[[Mixmaster]] (14)
**[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] (15)
*'''[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]''' (16)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (17)
*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] (18)
*[[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s
**'''[[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]''' (23)

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" | '''Regulars'''
*[[Spike Witwicky]] (8)

'''Guests'''
*[[Construction Foreman]] (19)

| style="background:#FFEEB8" valign="top" |
*[[Teletraan I]] (9)
|}

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==Notable quotes==

"Move over, blue skies. Here comes old Powerglide, king of the cloud chasers, sultan of the stratosphere, ace of the air."
:--'''Powerglide''', king of self-esteem.

"Well, if he is not impressed, I'll be... depressed."
:--'''Grapple''' worrying about whether Optimus Prime will agree on his proposal for a Solar Tower.

"Am I 'drooling' correctly?" 
"The word is 'dribbling', Optimus!"
:--'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Spike''' while playing basketball.

"Hey, hey, hey! Airborne is reborn!"
:--'''Powerglide''' after he is repaired by Hoist and Grapple.

"Hold your fire Autobots!" 
"And miss a chance to nail you? Never!"
:--'''Scrapper''' attempting to open a dialogue with '''Hoist''' and Grapple which the Autobots refuse and open fire on the Constructicon leader.

"We'll just help ourselves if you don't mind." 
"Or even if you do!" 
"Who me? M-mind? Why should I! hehe... he."
:--'''Bonecrusher''' and '''Long Haul''' as they rob a Human construction site while the '''Human Foremen''' can only tear his plans for the site as he sees the Constructicons steal his work materials.

"As soon as the Power Tower is finished, I need to find a place to sign my name... in very large letters."
:--'''Grapple''' as the Solar Tower is approaching completion.

"Watch out Spike! I'm driving for a layoff!" 
"Its a layup Prime! Watch out for Tracks!"
:--'''Optimus Prime''' as he plays basketball with the other Autobots and gets another correction on the terminology used by '''Spike'''

"'Get this.' 'Bring that.' I thought I was finally going to build somethin'."
:--'''Long Haul''' after being told to bring another solar panel.

"Hey, anybody want economy-sized wall plaques?"
:--'''Ironhide''', commenting on Hoist and Grapple impressions on a iron slab.

"There will be other towers to design and build, Grapple." 
"It ''was'' magnificent... for a little while, wasn't it, Hoist?" 
"Incredible, absolutely incredible."
:--'''Hoist''' and '''Grapple''', looking at the model of the destroyed Solar Tower.

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==Other Notes==
===Animation and/or technical glitches===
* Near the end, when they're about to dig [[Hoist]] and [[Grapple]] out of the rubble of the solar tower, [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] is given [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'s colors; although he doesn't speak you can recognize it as Cliffjumper by the spoiler across his chest.

* When the [[Autobots]] are approaching the [[Solar Tower]], [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] is not to be seen at all, when they finally transform to robots, one of the first shots shows Inferno, but none after. Probably meant to have been [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] in that shot.

===Continuity errors===
* Continuity errors

===Transformers references===
* Scrapper claims that the Constructicons admired Grapple's work back on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. [[Constructicon (G1)#Origin controversy|Hmmm...]]

===Real-world references===
* References

===Miscellaneous trivia===

* When remastered for DVD by [[Rhino Entertainment]], the re-created title card for the episode was incorrectly rendered as "The Master Builder." This title appeared on all associated material included with the DVD set, and can be seen in the screen shot above.
* Apparently random rocks are equipped by the Decepticons with video cameras.
* The Autobots shoot lasers out of their headlights when they drive into battle.
* Megatron has a compartment in his chest that holds a pair of binoculars.
* Megatron gave the Constructicons his Energon because he says that its the most important thing to him. Was anyone else expecting the [[fusion cannon]]?
* Seriously, can you imagine the [[scale | size]] of the ball that the Autobots need to play basketball?

===Keywords===
[[Solar Tower]], [[wikipedia:basketball|basketball]]

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==External links==
* [http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/synopses/the_master_builders.html Dossier at the Cybertron Chronicle]

* [http://imdb.com/title/tt0808858/ IMDb's page for this episode]

* [http://teletran93.deepspace93.com/tf2/ep32/ Teletran93's page for this episode]

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The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts

2008-03-07T03:53:54Z

Akumateukuma: /* Miscellaneous trivia */

[[Image:dormantvolcano.jpg|right|300px|thumb|This dish cheap, but undeniably tasty.]]

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The [[Autobot]]s race to rescue a Peruvian village when the [[Decepticon]]s cause a nearby volcano to erupt.

*'''English/Malay dub name:''' "The Dormant Volcano Erupts Again"

==Detailed synopsis==

[[Image:Favouritehonkey.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Buried with a donkey / He's my favorite honkey!]]

In [[Autobot City]] on [[Earth]], [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Scattershot]] detect some unusual seismic activity centered on the South American village of [[Pan]]. At that moment in this village, as a young orphan boy named [[Pipiro]], along with his donkey [[Koro]], returns to the home he shares with his sister, [[Alyssa]], a seismic tremor occurs, putting the village in danger.

Meanwhile, on [[Athenia]], the Autobots are examining the data they have acquired on the mysterious planet [[Zarak (planet)|Zarak]] in the dark nebula, and [[Blaster|Twincast]] deploys [[Steeljaw]] and [[Ramhorn]] to acquire information. Simultaneously, on [[Chaar]], [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] converses with [[Sixshot]] on Earth, instructing him to occupy the Autobots' with Earth affairs as much as possible - this seismic tremor is the first of such attempts. Scorponok's aim is to draw the Autobots' attention away from their operations on planet Zarak, where [[Octane]] is running a slave labor camp forcing imprisoned [[Beastformers]] to construct a giant robot.

Back on Earth, the volcano near Pan erupts, and molten lava sweeps toward the village. The [[Protectobot]]s and [[Trainbot]]s are scrambled for a rescue mission, but Sixshot dispatches the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacon]]s and Decepticon [[Headmaster]]s to stymie them. As [[Raiden]] and [[Predaking]] fight, [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] is paralyzed by a blast from [[Mindwipe]], while Pipiro and the rest of the village watch. With Ultra Magnus unable to spare any more troops, the call goes out to Athenia, and the Autobot Headmasters are transported to Earth by [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] to join the fight. As the Headmasters take out Predaking, the Trainbots save the villagers. A burning hot ash cloud soon fills the sky from the volcano's eruption, but [[Brainstorm]] is able to use it to his advantage, flying around and through it to drag the hot vapors down, forcing the Decepticon Headmasters to retreat.

Earlier, the Headmasters' departure for Earth had been observed by [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], who, along with [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundblaster]] report back to Scorponok that his strategy is working. When the Autobots claim victory on Earth, however, Cyclonus and Scourge question the validity of Scorponok's strategy - more seismic and volcanic activity like that can only ultimately result in the Earth's destruction, and if that were to occur, what would become of all the natural energy it offers? Scorponok dismisses these concerns, revealing that he has discovered a new source of energy far beyond the simple [[energon]] that Earth's natural resources can offer - [[plasma energy]], an unlimited force of planetary energy that was released when [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] was destroyed. On the day that the Decepticons have gathered the power of plasma energy for their own, Scorponok vows, he will reveal his true face, and destroy the Autobots. This revelation, however, is overheard by Steeljaw and Ramhorn, who are pursued by Soundblaster as they try to escape.

Back on Earth, the Autobots and humans are relaxing, only for the Decepticon Headmasters to make a devious move, emerging from the undergrowth to seize Pipiro's sister, threatening her life if the Autobots do not disconnect from their [[Transtector]]s. It is Koro the donkey who saves the day, charging at [[Skullcruncher]] long enough to create a distraction that enables the Autobots to get the upper hand, saving Alyssa and forcing the villains to retreat. As goodbyes are said, Alyssa gives [[Chromedome]] her necklace as a token of thanks.

Returning to Athenia, the Autobots hear Steeljaw and Ramhorn's report, and their resolve to defeat the Decepticons' strengthens even more.

==Stats==

'''Original airdate:''' 25th September 1987

===Featured Characters===
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)''
{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"
! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobots]]
! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticons]]
! style="background:antiquewhite" | [[Human|Humans]]
! style="background:#FFEEB8" | Others
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (1)
*[[Scattershot]] (2)
*[[Blaster|Twincast]] (6)
*[[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]] (7)
*[[Chromedome]] (8)
*[[Brainstorm]] (9)
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (10)
*[[Highbrow]] (11)
*[[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] (12)
*[[Steeljaw]] (13)
*[[Ramhorn]] (14)
*[[First Aid]] (20)
*[[Yukikaze]] (21)
*[[Seizan]] (22)
*[[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] (23)
*[[Blades]] (24)
*[[Suiken]] (25)
*[[Kaen]] (26)
*[[Getsuei]] (27)
*[[Shouki]] (28)
*[[Streetwise]] (29)
*[[Groove (G1)|Groove]] (30)
*[[Raiden]] (37)
*[[Defensor]] (41)
*[[Silverbolt]] (42)
*[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] (43)
*[[Wheelie]] (44)

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
*[[Sixshot]] (15)
*[[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] (16)
*[[Octane]] (17)
*[[Tantrum]] (31)
*[[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] (32)
*[[Headstrong]] (33)
*[[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]] (34)
*[[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]] (35)
*[[Predaking]] (36)
*[[Skullcruncher]] (38)
*[[Mindwipe]] (39)
*[[Weirdwolf]] (40)
*[[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (45)
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundblaster]] (46)
*[[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] (47)
*[[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] (48)

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" |'''Regulars'''
*[[Spike Witwicky]] (49)
*[[Daniel Witwicky]] (50)

'''Guests'''

*[[Pipiro]] (3)
*[[Alyssa]] (5)

| style="background:#FFEEB8" valign="top" |
*[[Koro]] (4)
*[[Rabbit Kid]] (18)
*[[B-Fox]] (19)
|}

==Other notes==

===Animation and/or technical glitches===

*Even while ''surrounding himself with flames'', Scorponok can still remain entirely hidden in shadow. That takes a certain kind'a skill.

===Transformers references===
*The mysteries of planet Zarak, the dark nebula and the robot being built there first came to light in "[[The Shadow Emperor, Scorponok]]". See that article for the details.
*Beastformers previously appeared in "[[Rebellion on Planet Beest]]", where the Decepticons also had them toiling in a factory.

===Miscellaneous trivia===
*Exactly how the Decepticons cause the volcano to erupt is never explained.
*Octane has gone from an opportunistic outcast to a sadistic foreman. Maybe he's found his niche?
*Pipiro is ''waaaay'' too friendly with his donkey.

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Makoto Ono

2008-02-21T01:28:09Z

Akumateukuma:

{{cleanup|February 2008}}

[[Image:Makoto Ono.jpg|right|thumb|300px|A picture is worth a thousand words, indeed...]]
'''Makoto Ono''' is a Japanese-Brazilian artist and illustrator.

He currently works as an illustrator on Brazilian magazines ''Animation Invaders'' and ''Dicas e truques para Playstation'' (Tips and cheats for Playstation).

He refers to himself as "Makotron" and sometimes makes self-portraits carrying Megatron's fusion cannon or using the Decepticon insignia.

He got lots and lots of Transformers toys and even though he looks like a yakuza hitman, he's a pretty decent guy.

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ono, Makoto}}
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User talk:Steve-o

2008-02-21T01:24:47Z

Akumateukuma: /* Problem with pictures */

My fellow bad guys - I, '''David Willis''', your leader, will speak now about my, '''David Willis'''', plan. My villainous, villainous plan. Question the plan at your peril!......Uh, any questions? --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 05:42, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

I knew ItsWalky was evil! [[User:Fire Convoy|Fire Convoy]] 18:26, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

:He seemed nice to me. [[User:Florky Man|Mr. Florky]] 19:03, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
----
:Hi Steve-o. The disapearing history certainly is a strange one. It's one for the technical types, so I've passed it on to JasonR. He's going to have a look and see if he can fix it. He can see the problem, so hopefully he'll be able to cure it. -- [[User:Sannse|sannse]] [[User talk:Sannse|(talk)]] 19:16, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Did I ever send you a set of 4 TF Audio adventures that lacked book-equivilants?

I know it's been asked before- but I'm not clear on the answer. Do we have a spoiler template? -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 03:36, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

:Yes, such as a template that would HIDE the following spoilers. Other wikis have 'em. Are you telling me we're nto as good as the Thundercats Wiki, which doesn't want people to know Wileycub grew up to work for Mum-Ra? -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 04:27, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
::We don't, but if you know how to make one, go ahead. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 04:58, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Bah. I was thinking about a highlight-spoiler-- which is eminently possible. But I looked it up on Wikipedia first. It notes that such a function is 'undesitrable,' because soem web-browsers highlight different, meanign the text is nto visible even if highlightd.

Bastard Browser Wars. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 05:50, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

This is the person who was "editing out all the little jokes that happen to have mild curses in them".
I thought this wiki was intended to be "kid-friendly", being a Transformers wiki. Apparently, I was wrong. I will stop doing that now.
Again, I am sorry.

Hi, Steve -- Borf the Dwarf here. Apologies if the jokes haven't been much good. Didn't mean to cause a ruckus. I'll take it easier next time. V. sorry. :)

==Quickswitch==
I'm guessing that Techspec info & mottos are not OK or is it? That's why I didn't put them in there. As to copy-pastes, I did the entries for both Wikipedia & this one on Super-God Masterforce. [[User:Evan1975|Evan1975]] 00:27, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

==Downshift move==

Ah, alrighty then. Guess I should've taken a look at the Portal first. Thanks! - [[User:Doogles|Doogles]] 22:41, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

== Episode Template comments ==

Thank you for your comments, Steve-o. At your suggestion, I have eliminated the word "tagline" as well as the date links. Sorry about that by the way; I also started using Memory Alpha (the Star Trek wiki) and they used the calendar template for airdates of shows and birthdays of performers and crew and other miscellaneous things. But if the consensus has already been reached that it's not necessary here, I'm fine with that and will not use any date links. Thanks for your feedback. [[User:Telet093|Telet093]] 00:23, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

==Spotlight titles==
See [[Talk:Spotlight (comics)]] --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 06:45, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

== Various and sundry ==

On your to-do list...
* Template:Shenanigans - Vanilla display-only messagebox that does just what it looks like, functional equivalent to a disputed-content notice template on wikia
* Template:Fact - [citationneeded] template, direct off wikipedia. (Actually, a bit simpler, wikipedia had an option for cats or something I stripped out.)
* Category:Cleanup by month - Cleanup tags by month. The first sub-section of this page (giving an at-a-glance summary) can be auto updated by a script - the same one used for this purpose on en.wikipedia.org with a few tweaks on the pattern-recognition to accommodate wikia's different grammar. The script logs in as me, so I put in some safeties to keep it from running more than once a day, and a kill-switch in case of malfunction. (I should probably give the code for that to Walky...) It's overkill for this wiki- but a nice extra.

(I'm contemplating whether the cleanup cat might more useful as a ''needs-improvement'' cat, since that's likely to receive use on this wiki...)

The one wrinkle likely to confuse you is the the use of: {{#if}} in the templates, a boolean [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ParserFunctions parser function] that lets the template do things only if certain variables are set. (And thus allows for a neater layout.)

Hope this is useful. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 22:39, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

==re: Quotes==

Actually I just put them in there to color up the pages, but some were pretty boring. Maybe I'll try and find some more apposite ones. --[[User:Autobus Prime|Autobus Prime]] 23:12, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

==Interlanguage links==
Hi Steve. The edit by HardStuff you reverted on the [[Main Page]] was actually a useful edit. He was adding an [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Interlanguage links|Interlanguage link]] which is a link that points to the same article on another language version of the same wiki. In this case, the link was pointing to the new [http://hu.transformers.wikia.com Hungarian Transformers Wikia]. The link appears in the left sidebar in the "other languages" section and is the easiest way for people to find this content in their own language. If you look at Wikipedia, you'll see this is used on many articles to link to the same topic in a different language. [[w:User:Angela|Angela]] [[User talk:Angela|talk]] 18:58, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

==Central Discussion Area==
Thanks for that. We've got a small trickle of discussion on my topic happening over there now. I invite you to join in. Thanks, [[User:PacifistPrime|PacifistPrime]].

==Blackarachnia and Tarantulas==
It's simple: Blackarachnia and Tarantulas shared a forced mental link for four episodes, one which went both ways according to Tangled Web and Other Visits. BA forced Tarantulas to break the link through suicide threat via energon; if you'll watch closely, their mental connection remained for a good half-minute or so ''after'' Tarantulas said the link was terminated (circumstantial, I know, but possible evidence that the energon interfered with the link temrination? I mean, they ''did'' note that BA's suicide plan would take out Tarantulas through the link, and he ''was'' feeling BA's pain of the energon radiation through it...). Also, BA retained many of Tarantulas' memories after the link was severed. The link was specifically stated to be ''psychic'' by Tarantulas, not technological (as evidenced by Megatron not detecting any transmissions between the spiders when the link was used). All that indicates that some traces of the link remained in BA's mind, and were upgraded by her reformatting into Transmetal 2. No offense, but I can't believe you watched BA's show of telekinesis in Master Blaster and ''didn't'' think "Hmm, mind link with Tarantulas?".[[User:66.233.183.59|66.233.183.59]] 18:27, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
:But what does telekinesis have to do with a mind-to-mind link? (Also, shouldn't this discussion all be on one page, specifically [[Talk:Blackarachnia]], instead of being spread across several user talk page?) --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 18:40, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
::I think his point is they're both psychic powers, and maybe one caused the other.
::Valid a point as that is- it doesn't seem consistent with the overall 'rules' governing how Transformers acquire psychic powers. Mutation due to a bad, unusual or too-frequent reformatting seems to be the usual cause. So I'd blame the TM2 Driver or her reformatting moments ''after'' death for her telekinesis instead. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 19:06, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
:::The point is WAAAH ACCEPT MY FANFIC AS CANON. [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] 03:07, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

== CSS Question ==

Steve, in response to your CSS question on ''my' talk page- the death's head is ''supposed'' to dangle off the bottom of the box, just like Jimmy on the [[Beast Wars|cleanup]] template. Sticking a minheight on the message box just makes it look ghey.

Is it that you want the box to have more breathing room beneath it? I can ''do'' that. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 05:11, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

== Link Fix ==

Hey Steve, can you get the Diagnostic Drone to change all the [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]s to [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'s? (there's a lot of them.) -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 18:25, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

== Flash archive ==

You asked the other day whether anyone was actively archiving these flash-sites (which don't come up clean in archive.org.)

I've got a couple working now with all the resources backed up- some little games plus Dwwbot (man what a pain) and an image of the S7 site as of Deceptibot. (140mb!)

Would you be interested in being a backup archiver? I'd just as soon not have these vanish if I suffer a hard drive failure. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 08:04, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

== AllSpark/All Spark ==

Or, "Marcia Marcia Marcia". Steve, Frenzy's subtitles consistently parse the name as "All Spark". To the best of my knowledge, no other movie-related item has done this. However, since all of that fiction is based around the movie, should we not use the name as it appears in the movie? I haven't changed Megatron's entry back, but there are other articles in which "All Spark" was used. Interrobang mentioned this on the Allspark's talk page, and I think it's something we need to resolve so we can be consistent about it in movie-related writing. --[[User:Sntint|Sntint]] 15:52, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Steve - can you have DD replace "R Blade" with "R-Blade" and "Psycho Orb" with "Psycho-Orb"? I don't like the advanced search on Wikia very much. -[[User:LV|LV]] 20:04, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

== Headmasters things ==

As you were able to fill the blanks in for me on "[[The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg]]", I call upon you again for more of the same. It got bumped off the recet changes pages pretty quickly - the same problem afflicts "[[Operation: Destroy the Decepticons]]" (although it might just be a clip sequence there, which I wouldn't bother counting), and more importantly, "[[Duel on the Asteroid]]". I've listed what I can based on the scripts included on the DVDs, but without the video, ah cannae be sure, captain. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 17:44, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

== i need a bot to help ==

See my edit(s) to the [[galvatron]] page? grand i need the bot to keep ot that way for now, untill a funnyer comment arises {{unsigned|58.165.241.232}}

:Um... No. Also, please learn to write proper English before contributing further. --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 16:37, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

== Tigatron / Polar Claw ==

An anonymous editor recently changed one of your additions to the Tigatron article: [http://transformers.wikia.com/index.php?title=Tigatron&diff=next&oldid=84302]. I don't really remember the story anymore; your version sounds right to me, but I'm not sure enough of it to make the revert myself. Take a look? --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 04:27, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
:Easily done. I've elaborated on the production choices that led to this decision, and the lingering link back to the original character reflected in where Tigatron awakened.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]] 05:21, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

==Bot request==

Having moved the Mechanoids/Drones article to correctly reflect canonical usage, the category now also needs to be changed. Can you have your bot change all of the <nowiki>[[Category:Mechanoids/Drones]] to [[Category:Drones]]</nowiki>? --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 02:37, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

== Autobots Secret Weapon ==

[http://www.emopanda.com/tmp/asw.rar ASW], seriously, I found this on my ''old'' corrupted hard drive. I fear it shall go away if not online.

Also, I just took photos of the 2' tall 'giant' transformers coloring book. They'll need some post-work to make the presentable. Also-also, I have a (mostly) functional 'image' of the final state of sectorSeven.org that someone else shoudl probably be holding. (I'd debatign the relative benefits of artifically adding the early e-mails, no logner on the site, back into it. It's less accurate- but they were the only content dropped and... i don't think it was on purpose.) -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 16:48, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

== Megatron's revert revert? ==

Hi. I don't get the joke, what does Megatron falling on his back and firing off his cannon have to do with MMPR? The other joke was better IMO. -[[User:Detour|Detour]] 15:30, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

==Mt Dew bot==
I actually went and hunted down a pirated clip from the movie on YouTube... and though the quality was iffy, comparing the game image to the control art to the movie image... they sure look like the same bot to me, save the face and arm-cannon. I'll concede the game Dewbot's arms look a little longer, but we're still talking a four-armed, digitigrade, grey-cone-headed with two sets of optics and limited torso. At BEST they're small variants of the same base. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 08:08, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
:<nowiki>*checks his pirated copy*</nowiki>
:The MDR in the movie does indeed appear to be based ont he Proctor design... except the Proctor design, if you look at it close-up, appears to have bottles in its legs, not cans. The CtC design, by contrast is a ''much'' slimmer version of the same bodyframe, vends bottles, and has a different head.
:Different head, different product, different time (the CtC MDR exists earlier in the movie timeline),. and different armarment (in CTC the MDR seems to have no weapons, even in the cinematics it's having to break through stuff with its hands.) == Different bot. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 08:49, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
:::Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand the page already says that the movie bot is clearly not the same bot as in the game, but this being a plural-bot page... --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 09:02, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
::::I was being emphatic. ;) -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 08:29, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
==Copyrights Question==
<nowiki>*poke*</nowiki> Okay, so I have this ''thing'' over at [[Template talk:Hastak]]. Do you know the answer?

I did some checking, and it turns out only about 1 in 6 images uploaded include any variant of the phrase "Copyright X, 19XX." (I ripped the upload log, so some portion of those got them added later... but not many.) I'd kinda like to know if we have 3500 images inadequately copyright-tagged or not. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 08:29, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

== Bot request: "Part" in comic titles ==

Hi Steve, I've been changing uppercase "Part" to lowercase "part" in comic issues because the word "part" is not really part of the title. For example, "Devastation, Part 1" was changed to "Devastation, part 1". It could have just as easily been "Devastation, issue 1". Can the bot go through the site and change the rest of these, as well as the links throughout the pages? Thanks.--[[User:MistaTee|MistaTee]] 22:34, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
:Sorry about that, then. I didn't know there was still disagreement, and I only moved the Beast Wars comics because the Ascending issues already had that style. I honestly don't have an opinion one way or the other. [[User:Interrobang|Interrobang]] 22:54, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
::Not your fault. Tee kinda changed his mind midstream and started doing (issue X) instead of part x.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]] 22:59, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
:::Yeah, but thanks for doing that Interrobang. I've linked them up within the BW series. --[[User:MistaTee|MistaTee]] 05:18, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Hi Steve. Yes, we should probably come to a consensus in the naming conventions. How do we put things to an "official vote" per se? I was bored today so I moved the Infiltration and Escalation issue pages. In any case, I am going thru and fixing all the references I can (part X, Part X, Issue X, etc) to (issue X) so that if we DO decide on a new scheme, it should be easy to do a mass replace. I'll stop after I fix all the Infiltration references. --[[User:MistaTee|MistaTee]] 23:22, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
:Any decisions made yet? --[[User:MistaTee|MistaTee]] 21:35, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

==To-Do List==
"We take our Transformers seriously." 
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. 
(Might wanna clarify that.) --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 21:27, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

==requesting for transformers wikia indonesia==
Hi, i'm just a newbie here..i just wanna ask you, can i make a page of Transformers Wikia in Indonesian language...if can, what can i do? thx! Reply asap..please!
[[User:Thekondez|Thekondez]] 02:10, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
You can do that at [http://requests.wikia.com/wiki/Request_Wiki:Request_a_Wikia here], but I'm not sure how to select the language. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 03:04, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

==Japanese ranks==
So are we removing all the Japanese fiction, or what? -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 01:43, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
:Um... no? Not even remotely? I was, however, removing links in English-language fiction sections to ranks that don't exist in English-language fiction. I may have been a little overzealous in some instances. If you want to restore some of them I'd be happy to discuss it. --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 01:49, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
::I think for episodes that did air in Japan, and for people that are specifically noted by that rank, should be mentioned as such. I'll admit, I added most of those links that you removed, but some I just provided links to. I'll try to cut back on the Emperor of Destruction thing, but do we have a Western fiction equivalent for leader of the Decepticons? -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 01:51, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
::: "Decepticon leader," Megatron's function. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 01:58, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
:::I guess I can see where you're coming from -- the Japanese continuity does include those episodes, after all. But at the same time, I don't like the idea of making assertions about English fiction (such as, "Megatron is an Emperor of Destruction") based on stuff that is arguably not the same continuity. I tend to view the Japanese late-G1 stuff as "add-ons" to the American fiction, rather than the American fiction being "just part of the story" that was told in full by the Japanese. But I don't think either perspective is "right"; they are equally arbitrary. If there's a way of putting the links in with a note or something, so that readers aren't led to believe that the Japanese titles have any meaning in English fiction, that would be okay with me. I'm not really sure how that would go, though. :( --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 02:51, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

==J-original cats==
I don't see how that'll conflict with my subgroup stuff. Feel free to unleash the bot. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 02:28, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
:Any chance we could get the bot to remove the "Japanese-original characters" category from articles in the subcategories (Beast Wars Neo characters, Masterforce characters, Operation Combination characters, and Victory characters)? I would do it myself, but I'm really burned out at the moment. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 03:21, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

== TM2 Category title name change (Drone request) ==

[[user:JW|JW]] noticed [[:Category:Transmetals 2]] is... wrong. (it should be [[:Category:Transmetal 2s]].) This affects 19 articles. Since it's more than 17 articles (my arbitrarily-decided break-off point where hand-editing becomes obnoxious) I'm requesting the Diagnostic Drone make the change.-[[User:Derik|Derik]] 02:11, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
{{notebox|justification=left|note_text=
ALL OCCURRENCES OF: "Category:Transmetals 2" 
CHANGE TO: "Category:Transmetal 2s" 
|extranote_text='''Status:''' NOT COMPLETED
}}
:<nowiki>*</nowiki>sigh* and apparently the change is disputed. Please check [[Category talk:Transmetals 2]] when you see this and see if a conclusion was reached. Shelve the request as appropriate. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 02:15, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
::Like hell it should be! Transmetals 2 is CORRECT ENGLISH. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 03:10, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
:::Then shelving the request would be the appropriate response, wouldn't it?
:::Go fix [[:Category:Things that don't exist]]. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 03:18, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

==Assaulthead==
[[user:76.171.178.17|He's back]]. -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 00:17, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
:[[User:ItsWalkys Mom is a bitch|And again]]. -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 20:58, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
== Steve-O, I saw your site and I want some lyrics.... ==

Please tell me you can get the lyrics to ''"Rombi di tuano i cieli di fuoco per i Biocombat"'' in English '''and''' Italian. If you do not, I will mess with your page! [[Megatron (BW) |Yesssss.......]] [[User:Fire Convoy|Fire Convoy]] 19:10, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

:psst... Fire Convoy is a Kreemzeek sockpuppet --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 19:25, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

SHUT UP, FORTY! I AM NOT A SOCKPUPPET! '''''I AM AN [[Optimus Prime (RID) |AUTONOMOUS ROBOTIC ORGANISM FROM JAPAN!]]''''' [[User:Fire Convoy|Fire Convoy]] 18:30, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

and if i don't see my lyrics here in five minutes....... YOUR PAGE IS DOOOOMED, STEVE-O! MWA-HA-HA-HA-HA! HA! HA! Ha! ha. ha...... This is boring. But I '''will''' mess up your page. [[Megatron (BW) |Yesssss.......]][[User:Fire Convoy|Fire Convoy]] 18:33, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Your five minutes are up! And there are no lyrics yet! YOUR PAGE IS MINE!(insert [[Tarantulas |maniacal laugh]] here) [[User:Fire Convoy|Fire Convoy]] 18:42, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
:Wow. You are so about to be banned. -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 19:14, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

He probably ''is'' banned by now. However; I agree with him on one point. Steve-O has a TF site of his own (or it's a strange coincidence that an admin has the name Steve-O when there is a site called "Steve-O's Transformer Site"). It has the french G1 theme's lyrics but not the ''Biocombat'' lyrics. Why didn't you get those, Steve-O? [[User:Florky Man|Mr. Florky]] 19:11, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

== CSS Change - Jan 2008 ==

I'm requesting changes to [[MediaWiki:Monobook.css|Monobook.css]]. Cleanup, organization, an a sextet of new styles to largely disable image tagging and 'report a problem,' two features I'm pretty sure Walky would turn off if he could. Request is detailed on the [[MediaWiki talk:Monobook.css|talk page,]] a link to a sandbox for your copy-and-pasting convenience is also included.

There's also a UI change (haven't done one of these before, but it looks straightforward...) which requires a Sysop. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 11:40, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

== User:Gyro-Robo ==

I'm pretty sure [[User:Gyro-Robo]] is a [[User:Mudflap]] sockpuppet. They both have a habit of repeatedly adding Caliburn and Beta-Maxx to the Mini-Con category and never reading their talk pages. That, and the Gyro-Robo's first edit was about 15 days into Mudflap's 1-month ban. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 19:13, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

:Eh, I think that evidence is insufficient. It's possible there are just two people who have the same annoying habits. That being said, though, Gyro-Robo clearly also needed a ban. --[[User:Sntint|Sntint]] 19:56, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
::Well if you need more, they have the same editing patterns (just messing with categories) and both of them INSIST on adding Unicron in the Decepticon leaders category in spite of numerous reverts, among other identical edits. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 20:11, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
:::No, it's not really a big deal. He needed to be banned regardless, like I said. I tend to see things that aren't there sometimes, and the "it was true here so maybe it's true everywhere" subconscious thought process is a pet peeve of mine. I wanted to be sure the evidence was overwhelming that they were the same person and not just seperate uncooperative individuals. --[[User:Sntint|Sntint]] 21:22, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
:I'm pretty sure they're the same person. Gyro-Robo appeared on the Stargate Wiki shortly after he did here, doing his exact same edits (chaning around government infobox info) which was also Mudflap's standard edits. -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 23:48, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

==Western Governors University==

Hi -- I just responded to [[w:Forum:Issues_with_adds|your post on Central]] about the audio ads. Thanks for spotting that ad -- you're right, it's not cool, and we killed it. It wasn't something that somebody at Wikia saw and approved... We get our ads from ad servers, and once in a while, they try to slip something through that crosses the line.

Unfortunately, that means that we only know about a bad ad when we see it, and sometimes, the users will see it before we do. I'm usually the person who notices them -- I'm on the wikis a lot, and I have a very low tolerance for distracting ads.

So if you see an ad like that again, please let me know -- you can leave me a message on my talk page here, and I'll make sure it's taken care of. It's important to me that we don't have ads on the site that drive users away.

Also, let me know if there's anything else I can help with. My thing is the Entertainment sites, and Teletraan I is one of the biggest and best. So I'm always available, if there's something you need. Talk to you later! -- [[User:Toughpigs|Danny]] ([[User talk:Toughpigs|talk]]) 23:15, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

:Hmmm, I just came back to check and I saw the WGU ad again. I'll see if I can figure out why it's still running, and get it turned off for good. If you see it again, please let me know... -- [[User:Toughpigs|Danny]] ([[User talk:Toughpigs|talk]]) 00:56, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

== Elita One ==

Could you delete [[Elita One]] so the G1 character page can be moved there? We have three Elita characters, and none of them are parsed the same way. The G1 character has a space with the word "One", Movie has a dash with the word, and Animated has a dash with the digit. Suffixes are only used if the page title would be identical without one. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 19:04, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

== Problem with pictures ==

Hey, Steve! I am having problems to upload images, every time i try to do that instead of the image appearing in the page i'm trying to edit, it becomes a page of it's own.
It happened with the "Jesus of the Northstar" image that i tried to put into the Jesus article and to the picture of Makoto Ono.
Was i blocked, banned or something like that? Or is that a common problem?
And sorry for my poor english. It's not my first language. --[[User:akumateukuma|akumateukuma]] 21:37, 20 February
: You need to use code to insert the image you uploaded into the page. You can't upload something "into" an article. <nowiki>[[Image:Filename.jpg]]</nowiki> is the format. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 00:40, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
: Well, i uploaded images before "into" articles, but it's not happening anymore. But anyway, how exactly i use code, as you mentioned? --[[User:akumateukuma|akumateukuma]] 21:46, 20 February
: Sorry, stupid question. I got it now. Thanks. --[[User:akumateukuma|akumateukuma]] 22:24, 20 February<div id="wikia-credits"> From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</div>

User talk:Steve-o

2008-02-21T00:47:05Z

Akumateukuma: /* Problem with pictures */

My fellow bad guys - I, '''David Willis''', your leader, will speak now about my, '''David Willis'''', plan. My villainous, villainous plan. Question the plan at your peril!......Uh, any questions? --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 05:42, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

I knew ItsWalky was evil! [[User:Fire Convoy|Fire Convoy]] 18:26, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

:He seemed nice to me. [[User:Florky Man|Mr. Florky]] 19:03, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
----
:Hi Steve-o. The disapearing history certainly is a strange one. It's one for the technical types, so I've passed it on to JasonR. He's going to have a look and see if he can fix it. He can see the problem, so hopefully he'll be able to cure it. -- [[User:Sannse|sannse]] [[User talk:Sannse|(talk)]] 19:16, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Did I ever send you a set of 4 TF Audio adventures that lacked book-equivilants?

I know it's been asked before- but I'm not clear on the answer. Do we have a spoiler template? -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 03:36, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

:Yes, such as a template that would HIDE the following spoilers. Other wikis have 'em. Are you telling me we're nto as good as the Thundercats Wiki, which doesn't want people to know Wileycub grew up to work for Mum-Ra? -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 04:27, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
::We don't, but if you know how to make one, go ahead. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 04:58, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Bah. I was thinking about a highlight-spoiler-- which is eminently possible. But I looked it up on Wikipedia first. It notes that such a function is 'undesitrable,' because soem web-browsers highlight different, meanign the text is nto visible even if highlightd.

Bastard Browser Wars. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 05:50, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

This is the person who was "editing out all the little jokes that happen to have mild curses in them".
I thought this wiki was intended to be "kid-friendly", being a Transformers wiki. Apparently, I was wrong. I will stop doing that now.
Again, I am sorry.

Hi, Steve -- Borf the Dwarf here. Apologies if the jokes haven't been much good. Didn't mean to cause a ruckus. I'll take it easier next time. V. sorry. :)

==Quickswitch==
I'm guessing that Techspec info & mottos are not OK or is it? That's why I didn't put them in there. As to copy-pastes, I did the entries for both Wikipedia & this one on Super-God Masterforce. [[User:Evan1975|Evan1975]] 00:27, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

==Downshift move==

Ah, alrighty then. Guess I should've taken a look at the Portal first. Thanks! - [[User:Doogles|Doogles]] 22:41, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

== Episode Template comments ==

Thank you for your comments, Steve-o. At your suggestion, I have eliminated the word "tagline" as well as the date links. Sorry about that by the way; I also started using Memory Alpha (the Star Trek wiki) and they used the calendar template for airdates of shows and birthdays of performers and crew and other miscellaneous things. But if the consensus has already been reached that it's not necessary here, I'm fine with that and will not use any date links. Thanks for your feedback. [[User:Telet093|Telet093]] 00:23, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

==Spotlight titles==
See [[Talk:Spotlight (comics)]] --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 06:45, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

== Various and sundry ==

On your to-do list...
* Template:Shenanigans - Vanilla display-only messagebox that does just what it looks like, functional equivalent to a disputed-content notice template on wikia
* Template:Fact - [citationneeded] template, direct off wikipedia. (Actually, a bit simpler, wikipedia had an option for cats or something I stripped out.)
* Category:Cleanup by month - Cleanup tags by month. The first sub-section of this page (giving an at-a-glance summary) can be auto updated by a script - the same one used for this purpose on en.wikipedia.org with a few tweaks on the pattern-recognition to accommodate wikia's different grammar. The script logs in as me, so I put in some safeties to keep it from running more than once a day, and a kill-switch in case of malfunction. (I should probably give the code for that to Walky...) It's overkill for this wiki- but a nice extra.

(I'm contemplating whether the cleanup cat might more useful as a ''needs-improvement'' cat, since that's likely to receive use on this wiki...)

The one wrinkle likely to confuse you is the the use of: {{#if}} in the templates, a boolean [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ParserFunctions parser function] that lets the template do things only if certain variables are set. (And thus allows for a neater layout.)

Hope this is useful. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 22:39, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

==re: Quotes==

Actually I just put them in there to color up the pages, but some were pretty boring. Maybe I'll try and find some more apposite ones. --[[User:Autobus Prime|Autobus Prime]] 23:12, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

==Interlanguage links==
Hi Steve. The edit by HardStuff you reverted on the [[Main Page]] was actually a useful edit. He was adding an [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Interlanguage links|Interlanguage link]] which is a link that points to the same article on another language version of the same wiki. In this case, the link was pointing to the new [http://hu.transformers.wikia.com Hungarian Transformers Wikia]. The link appears in the left sidebar in the "other languages" section and is the easiest way for people to find this content in their own language. If you look at Wikipedia, you'll see this is used on many articles to link to the same topic in a different language. [[w:User:Angela|Angela]] [[User talk:Angela|talk]] 18:58, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

==Central Discussion Area==
Thanks for that. We've got a small trickle of discussion on my topic happening over there now. I invite you to join in. Thanks, [[User:PacifistPrime|PacifistPrime]].

==Blackarachnia and Tarantulas==
It's simple: Blackarachnia and Tarantulas shared a forced mental link for four episodes, one which went both ways according to Tangled Web and Other Visits. BA forced Tarantulas to break the link through suicide threat via energon; if you'll watch closely, their mental connection remained for a good half-minute or so ''after'' Tarantulas said the link was terminated (circumstantial, I know, but possible evidence that the energon interfered with the link temrination? I mean, they ''did'' note that BA's suicide plan would take out Tarantulas through the link, and he ''was'' feeling BA's pain of the energon radiation through it...). Also, BA retained many of Tarantulas' memories after the link was severed. The link was specifically stated to be ''psychic'' by Tarantulas, not technological (as evidenced by Megatron not detecting any transmissions between the spiders when the link was used). All that indicates that some traces of the link remained in BA's mind, and were upgraded by her reformatting into Transmetal 2. No offense, but I can't believe you watched BA's show of telekinesis in Master Blaster and ''didn't'' think "Hmm, mind link with Tarantulas?".[[User:66.233.183.59|66.233.183.59]] 18:27, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
:But what does telekinesis have to do with a mind-to-mind link? (Also, shouldn't this discussion all be on one page, specifically [[Talk:Blackarachnia]], instead of being spread across several user talk page?) --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 18:40, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
::I think his point is they're both psychic powers, and maybe one caused the other.
::Valid a point as that is- it doesn't seem consistent with the overall 'rules' governing how Transformers acquire psychic powers. Mutation due to a bad, unusual or too-frequent reformatting seems to be the usual cause. So I'd blame the TM2 Driver or her reformatting moments ''after'' death for her telekinesis instead. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 19:06, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
:::The point is WAAAH ACCEPT MY FANFIC AS CANON. [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] 03:07, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

== CSS Question ==

Steve, in response to your CSS question on ''my' talk page- the death's head is ''supposed'' to dangle off the bottom of the box, just like Jimmy on the [[Beast Wars|cleanup]] template. Sticking a minheight on the message box just makes it look ghey.

Is it that you want the box to have more breathing room beneath it? I can ''do'' that. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 05:11, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

== Link Fix ==

Hey Steve, can you get the Diagnostic Drone to change all the [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]s to [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'s? (there's a lot of them.) -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 18:25, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

== Flash archive ==

You asked the other day whether anyone was actively archiving these flash-sites (which don't come up clean in archive.org.)

I've got a couple working now with all the resources backed up- some little games plus Dwwbot (man what a pain) and an image of the S7 site as of Deceptibot. (140mb!)

Would you be interested in being a backup archiver? I'd just as soon not have these vanish if I suffer a hard drive failure. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 08:04, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

== AllSpark/All Spark ==

Or, "Marcia Marcia Marcia". Steve, Frenzy's subtitles consistently parse the name as "All Spark". To the best of my knowledge, no other movie-related item has done this. However, since all of that fiction is based around the movie, should we not use the name as it appears in the movie? I haven't changed Megatron's entry back, but there are other articles in which "All Spark" was used. Interrobang mentioned this on the Allspark's talk page, and I think it's something we need to resolve so we can be consistent about it in movie-related writing. --[[User:Sntint|Sntint]] 15:52, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Steve - can you have DD replace "R Blade" with "R-Blade" and "Psycho Orb" with "Psycho-Orb"? I don't like the advanced search on Wikia very much. -[[User:LV|LV]] 20:04, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

== Headmasters things ==

As you were able to fill the blanks in for me on "[[The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg]]", I call upon you again for more of the same. It got bumped off the recet changes pages pretty quickly - the same problem afflicts "[[Operation: Destroy the Decepticons]]" (although it might just be a clip sequence there, which I wouldn't bother counting), and more importantly, "[[Duel on the Asteroid]]". I've listed what I can based on the scripts included on the DVDs, but without the video, ah cannae be sure, captain. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 17:44, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

== i need a bot to help ==

See my edit(s) to the [[galvatron]] page? grand i need the bot to keep ot that way for now, untill a funnyer comment arises {{unsigned|58.165.241.232}}

:Um... No. Also, please learn to write proper English before contributing further. --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 16:37, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

== Tigatron / Polar Claw ==

An anonymous editor recently changed one of your additions to the Tigatron article: [http://transformers.wikia.com/index.php?title=Tigatron&diff=next&oldid=84302]. I don't really remember the story anymore; your version sounds right to me, but I'm not sure enough of it to make the revert myself. Take a look? --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 04:27, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
:Easily done. I've elaborated on the production choices that led to this decision, and the lingering link back to the original character reflected in where Tigatron awakened.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]] 05:21, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

==Bot request==

Having moved the Mechanoids/Drones article to correctly reflect canonical usage, the category now also needs to be changed. Can you have your bot change all of the <nowiki>[[Category:Mechanoids/Drones]] to [[Category:Drones]]</nowiki>? --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 02:37, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

== Autobots Secret Weapon ==

[http://www.emopanda.com/tmp/asw.rar ASW], seriously, I found this on my ''old'' corrupted hard drive. I fear it shall go away if not online.

Also, I just took photos of the 2' tall 'giant' transformers coloring book. They'll need some post-work to make the presentable. Also-also, I have a (mostly) functional 'image' of the final state of sectorSeven.org that someone else shoudl probably be holding. (I'd debatign the relative benefits of artifically adding the early e-mails, no logner on the site, back into it. It's less accurate- but they were the only content dropped and... i don't think it was on purpose.) -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 16:48, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

== Megatron's revert revert? ==

Hi. I don't get the joke, what does Megatron falling on his back and firing off his cannon have to do with MMPR? The other joke was better IMO. -[[User:Detour|Detour]] 15:30, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

==Mt Dew bot==
I actually went and hunted down a pirated clip from the movie on YouTube... and though the quality was iffy, comparing the game image to the control art to the movie image... they sure look like the same bot to me, save the face and arm-cannon. I'll concede the game Dewbot's arms look a little longer, but we're still talking a four-armed, digitigrade, grey-cone-headed with two sets of optics and limited torso. At BEST they're small variants of the same base. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 08:08, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
:<nowiki>*checks his pirated copy*</nowiki>
:The MDR in the movie does indeed appear to be based ont he Proctor design... except the Proctor design, if you look at it close-up, appears to have bottles in its legs, not cans. The CtC design, by contrast is a ''much'' slimmer version of the same bodyframe, vends bottles, and has a different head.
:Different head, different product, different time (the CtC MDR exists earlier in the movie timeline),. and different armarment (in CTC the MDR seems to have no weapons, even in the cinematics it's having to break through stuff with its hands.) == Different bot. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 08:49, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
:::Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand the page already says that the movie bot is clearly not the same bot as in the game, but this being a plural-bot page... --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 09:02, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
::::I was being emphatic. ;) -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 08:29, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
==Copyrights Question==
<nowiki>*poke*</nowiki> Okay, so I have this ''thing'' over at [[Template talk:Hastak]]. Do you know the answer?

I did some checking, and it turns out only about 1 in 6 images uploaded include any variant of the phrase "Copyright X, 19XX." (I ripped the upload log, so some portion of those got them added later... but not many.) I'd kinda like to know if we have 3500 images inadequately copyright-tagged or not. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 08:29, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

== Bot request: "Part" in comic titles ==

Hi Steve, I've been changing uppercase "Part" to lowercase "part" in comic issues because the word "part" is not really part of the title. For example, "Devastation, Part 1" was changed to "Devastation, part 1". It could have just as easily been "Devastation, issue 1". Can the bot go through the site and change the rest of these, as well as the links throughout the pages? Thanks.--[[User:MistaTee|MistaTee]] 22:34, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
:Sorry about that, then. I didn't know there was still disagreement, and I only moved the Beast Wars comics because the Ascending issues already had that style. I honestly don't have an opinion one way or the other. [[User:Interrobang|Interrobang]] 22:54, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
::Not your fault. Tee kinda changed his mind midstream and started doing (issue X) instead of part x.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]] 22:59, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
:::Yeah, but thanks for doing that Interrobang. I've linked them up within the BW series. --[[User:MistaTee|MistaTee]] 05:18, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Hi Steve. Yes, we should probably come to a consensus in the naming conventions. How do we put things to an "official vote" per se? I was bored today so I moved the Infiltration and Escalation issue pages. In any case, I am going thru and fixing all the references I can (part X, Part X, Issue X, etc) to (issue X) so that if we DO decide on a new scheme, it should be easy to do a mass replace. I'll stop after I fix all the Infiltration references. --[[User:MistaTee|MistaTee]] 23:22, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
:Any decisions made yet? --[[User:MistaTee|MistaTee]] 21:35, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

==To-Do List==
"We take our Transformers seriously." 
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. 
(Might wanna clarify that.) --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 21:27, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

==requesting for transformers wikia indonesia==
Hi, i'm just a newbie here..i just wanna ask you, can i make a page of Transformers Wikia in Indonesian language...if can, what can i do? thx! Reply asap..please!
[[User:Thekondez|Thekondez]] 02:10, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
You can do that at [http://requests.wikia.com/wiki/Request_Wiki:Request_a_Wikia here], but I'm not sure how to select the language. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 03:04, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

==Japanese ranks==
So are we removing all the Japanese fiction, or what? -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 01:43, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
:Um... no? Not even remotely? I was, however, removing links in English-language fiction sections to ranks that don't exist in English-language fiction. I may have been a little overzealous in some instances. If you want to restore some of them I'd be happy to discuss it. --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 01:49, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
::I think for episodes that did air in Japan, and for people that are specifically noted by that rank, should be mentioned as such. I'll admit, I added most of those links that you removed, but some I just provided links to. I'll try to cut back on the Emperor of Destruction thing, but do we have a Western fiction equivalent for leader of the Decepticons? -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 01:51, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
::: "Decepticon leader," Megatron's function. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 01:58, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
:::I guess I can see where you're coming from -- the Japanese continuity does include those episodes, after all. But at the same time, I don't like the idea of making assertions about English fiction (such as, "Megatron is an Emperor of Destruction") based on stuff that is arguably not the same continuity. I tend to view the Japanese late-G1 stuff as "add-ons" to the American fiction, rather than the American fiction being "just part of the story" that was told in full by the Japanese. But I don't think either perspective is "right"; they are equally arbitrary. If there's a way of putting the links in with a note or something, so that readers aren't led to believe that the Japanese titles have any meaning in English fiction, that would be okay with me. I'm not really sure how that would go, though. :( --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 02:51, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

==J-original cats==
I don't see how that'll conflict with my subgroup stuff. Feel free to unleash the bot. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 02:28, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
:Any chance we could get the bot to remove the "Japanese-original characters" category from articles in the subcategories (Beast Wars Neo characters, Masterforce characters, Operation Combination characters, and Victory characters)? I would do it myself, but I'm really burned out at the moment. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 03:21, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

== TM2 Category title name change (Drone request) ==

[[user:JW|JW]] noticed [[:Category:Transmetals 2]] is... wrong. (it should be [[:Category:Transmetal 2s]].) This affects 19 articles. Since it's more than 17 articles (my arbitrarily-decided break-off point where hand-editing becomes obnoxious) I'm requesting the Diagnostic Drone make the change.-[[User:Derik|Derik]] 02:11, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
{{notebox|justification=left|note_text=
ALL OCCURRENCES OF: "Category:Transmetals 2" 
CHANGE TO: "Category:Transmetal 2s" 
|extranote_text='''Status:''' NOT COMPLETED
}}
:<nowiki>*</nowiki>sigh* and apparently the change is disputed. Please check [[Category talk:Transmetals 2]] when you see this and see if a conclusion was reached. Shelve the request as appropriate. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 02:15, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
::Like hell it should be! Transmetals 2 is CORRECT ENGLISH. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 03:10, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
:::Then shelving the request would be the appropriate response, wouldn't it?
:::Go fix [[:Category:Things that don't exist]]. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 03:18, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

==Assaulthead==
[[user:76.171.178.17|He's back]]. -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 00:17, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
:[[User:ItsWalkys Mom is a bitch|And again]]. -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 20:58, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
== Steve-O, I saw your site and I want some lyrics.... ==

Please tell me you can get the lyrics to ''"Rombi di tuano i cieli di fuoco per i Biocombat"'' in English '''and''' Italian. If you do not, I will mess with your page! [[Megatron (BW) |Yesssss.......]] [[User:Fire Convoy|Fire Convoy]] 19:10, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

:psst... Fire Convoy is a Kreemzeek sockpuppet --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 19:25, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

SHUT UP, FORTY! I AM NOT A SOCKPUPPET! '''''I AM AN [[Optimus Prime (RID) |AUTONOMOUS ROBOTIC ORGANISM FROM JAPAN!]]''''' [[User:Fire Convoy|Fire Convoy]] 18:30, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

and if i don't see my lyrics here in five minutes....... YOUR PAGE IS DOOOOMED, STEVE-O! MWA-HA-HA-HA-HA! HA! HA! Ha! ha. ha...... This is boring. But I '''will''' mess up your page. [[Megatron (BW) |Yesssss.......]][[User:Fire Convoy|Fire Convoy]] 18:33, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Your five minutes are up! And there are no lyrics yet! YOUR PAGE IS MINE!(insert [[Tarantulas |maniacal laugh]] here) [[User:Fire Convoy|Fire Convoy]] 18:42, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
:Wow. You are so about to be banned. -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 19:14, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

He probably ''is'' banned by now. However; I agree with him on one point. Steve-O has a TF site of his own (or it's a strange coincidence that an admin has the name Steve-O when there is a site called "Steve-O's Transformer Site"). It has the french G1 theme's lyrics but not the ''Biocombat'' lyrics. Why didn't you get those, Steve-O? [[User:Florky Man|Mr. Florky]] 19:11, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

== CSS Change - Jan 2008 ==

I'm requesting changes to [[MediaWiki:Monobook.css|Monobook.css]]. Cleanup, organization, an a sextet of new styles to largely disable image tagging and 'report a problem,' two features I'm pretty sure Walky would turn off if he could. Request is detailed on the [[MediaWiki talk:Monobook.css|talk page,]] a link to a sandbox for your copy-and-pasting convenience is also included.

There's also a UI change (haven't done one of these before, but it looks straightforward...) which requires a Sysop. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 11:40, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

== User:Gyro-Robo ==

I'm pretty sure [[User:Gyro-Robo]] is a [[User:Mudflap]] sockpuppet. They both have a habit of repeatedly adding Caliburn and Beta-Maxx to the Mini-Con category and never reading their talk pages. That, and the Gyro-Robo's first edit was about 15 days into Mudflap's 1-month ban. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 19:13, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

:Eh, I think that evidence is insufficient. It's possible there are just two people who have the same annoying habits. That being said, though, Gyro-Robo clearly also needed a ban. --[[User:Sntint|Sntint]] 19:56, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
::Well if you need more, they have the same editing patterns (just messing with categories) and both of them INSIST on adding Unicron in the Decepticon leaders category in spite of numerous reverts, among other identical edits. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 20:11, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
:::No, it's not really a big deal. He needed to be banned regardless, like I said. I tend to see things that aren't there sometimes, and the "it was true here so maybe it's true everywhere" subconscious thought process is a pet peeve of mine. I wanted to be sure the evidence was overwhelming that they were the same person and not just seperate uncooperative individuals. --[[User:Sntint|Sntint]] 21:22, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
:I'm pretty sure they're the same person. Gyro-Robo appeared on the Stargate Wiki shortly after he did here, doing his exact same edits (chaning around government infobox info) which was also Mudflap's standard edits. -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 23:48, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

==Western Governors University==

Hi -- I just responded to [[w:Forum:Issues_with_adds|your post on Central]] about the audio ads. Thanks for spotting that ad -- you're right, it's not cool, and we killed it. It wasn't something that somebody at Wikia saw and approved... We get our ads from ad servers, and once in a while, they try to slip something through that crosses the line.

Unfortunately, that means that we only know about a bad ad when we see it, and sometimes, the users will see it before we do. I'm usually the person who notices them -- I'm on the wikis a lot, and I have a very low tolerance for distracting ads.

So if you see an ad like that again, please let me know -- you can leave me a message on my talk page here, and I'll make sure it's taken care of. It's important to me that we don't have ads on the site that drive users away.

Also, let me know if there's anything else I can help with. My thing is the Entertainment sites, and Teletraan I is one of the biggest and best. So I'm always available, if there's something you need. Talk to you later! -- [[User:Toughpigs|Danny]] ([[User talk:Toughpigs|talk]]) 23:15, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

:Hmmm, I just came back to check and I saw the WGU ad again. I'll see if I can figure out why it's still running, and get it turned off for good. If you see it again, please let me know... -- [[User:Toughpigs|Danny]] ([[User talk:Toughpigs|talk]]) 00:56, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

== Elita One ==

Could you delete [[Elita One]] so the G1 character page can be moved there? We have three Elita characters, and none of them are parsed the same way. The G1 character has a space with the word "One", Movie has a dash with the word, and Animated has a dash with the digit. Suffixes are only used if the page title would be identical without one. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 19:04, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

== Problem with pictures ==

Hey, Steve! I am having problems to upload images, every time i try to do that instead of the image appearing in the page i'm trying to edit, it becomes a page of it's own.
It happened with the "Jesus of the Northstar" image that i tried to put into the Jesus article and to the picture of Makoto Ono.
Was i blocked, banned or something like that? Or is that a common problem?
And sorry for my poor english. It's not my first language. --[[User:akumateukuma|akumateukuma]] 21:37, 20 February
: You need to use code to insert the image you uploaded into the page. You can't upload something "into" an article. <nowiki>[[Image:Filename.jpg]]</nowiki> is the format. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 00:40, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
Well, i uploaded images before "into" aarticles, but it's not happening anymore. But anyway, how exactly i use code, as you mentioned? --[[User:akumateukuma|akumateukuma]] 21:46, 20 February<div id="wikia-credits"> From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</div>

User:Akumateukuma

2008-02-21T00:43:50Z

Akumateukuma:

I just created this user page so people can offend me properly!

I am also nerdy enough to call myself and my friends "The Decepticons" and i look like Mick Foley.

That is all i have to say!<div id="wikia-credits"> From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</div>

User:Akumateukuma

2008-02-21T00:42:56Z

Akumateukuma: New page: I just created this user page so people can offend me properly! I am also nerdy enough to call myself and my friends "The Decepticons", and i look like Mick Foley. That is all i have to ...

I just created this user page so people can offend me properly!

I am also nerdy enough to call myself and my friends "The Decepticons", and i look like Mick Foley.

That is all i have to say about this!<div id="wikia-credits"> From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</div>

User talk:Steve-o

2008-02-21T00:37:52Z

Akumateukuma: /* Elita One */

My fellow bad guys - I, '''David Willis''', your leader, will speak now about my, '''David Willis'''', plan. My villainous, villainous plan. Question the plan at your peril!......Uh, any questions? --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 05:42, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

I knew ItsWalky was evil! [[User:Fire Convoy|Fire Convoy]] 18:26, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

:He seemed nice to me. [[User:Florky Man|Mr. Florky]] 19:03, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
----
:Hi Steve-o. The disapearing history certainly is a strange one. It's one for the technical types, so I've passed it on to JasonR. He's going to have a look and see if he can fix it. He can see the problem, so hopefully he'll be able to cure it. -- [[User:Sannse|sannse]] [[User talk:Sannse|(talk)]] 19:16, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Did I ever send you a set of 4 TF Audio adventures that lacked book-equivilants?

I know it's been asked before- but I'm not clear on the answer. Do we have a spoiler template? -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 03:36, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

:Yes, such as a template that would HIDE the following spoilers. Other wikis have 'em. Are you telling me we're nto as good as the Thundercats Wiki, which doesn't want people to know Wileycub grew up to work for Mum-Ra? -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 04:27, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
::We don't, but if you know how to make one, go ahead. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 04:58, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

Bah. I was thinking about a highlight-spoiler-- which is eminently possible. But I looked it up on Wikipedia first. It notes that such a function is 'undesitrable,' because soem web-browsers highlight different, meanign the text is nto visible even if highlightd.

Bastard Browser Wars. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 05:50, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

This is the person who was "editing out all the little jokes that happen to have mild curses in them".
I thought this wiki was intended to be "kid-friendly", being a Transformers wiki. Apparently, I was wrong. I will stop doing that now.
Again, I am sorry.

Hi, Steve -- Borf the Dwarf here. Apologies if the jokes haven't been much good. Didn't mean to cause a ruckus. I'll take it easier next time. V. sorry. :)

==Quickswitch==
I'm guessing that Techspec info & mottos are not OK or is it? That's why I didn't put them in there. As to copy-pastes, I did the entries for both Wikipedia & this one on Super-God Masterforce. [[User:Evan1975|Evan1975]] 00:27, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

==Downshift move==

Ah, alrighty then. Guess I should've taken a look at the Portal first. Thanks! - [[User:Doogles|Doogles]] 22:41, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

== Episode Template comments ==

Thank you for your comments, Steve-o. At your suggestion, I have eliminated the word "tagline" as well as the date links. Sorry about that by the way; I also started using Memory Alpha (the Star Trek wiki) and they used the calendar template for airdates of shows and birthdays of performers and crew and other miscellaneous things. But if the consensus has already been reached that it's not necessary here, I'm fine with that and will not use any date links. Thanks for your feedback. [[User:Telet093|Telet093]] 00:23, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

==Spotlight titles==
See [[Talk:Spotlight (comics)]] --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 06:45, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

== Various and sundry ==

On your to-do list...
* Template:Shenanigans - Vanilla display-only messagebox that does just what it looks like, functional equivalent to a disputed-content notice template on wikia
* Template:Fact - [citationneeded] template, direct off wikipedia. (Actually, a bit simpler, wikipedia had an option for cats or something I stripped out.)
* Category:Cleanup by month - Cleanup tags by month. The first sub-section of this page (giving an at-a-glance summary) can be auto updated by a script - the same one used for this purpose on en.wikipedia.org with a few tweaks on the pattern-recognition to accommodate wikia's different grammar. The script logs in as me, so I put in some safeties to keep it from running more than once a day, and a kill-switch in case of malfunction. (I should probably give the code for that to Walky...) It's overkill for this wiki- but a nice extra.

(I'm contemplating whether the cleanup cat might more useful as a ''needs-improvement'' cat, since that's likely to receive use on this wiki...)

The one wrinkle likely to confuse you is the the use of: {{#if}} in the templates, a boolean [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ParserFunctions parser function] that lets the template do things only if certain variables are set. (And thus allows for a neater layout.)

Hope this is useful. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 22:39, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

==re: Quotes==

Actually I just put them in there to color up the pages, but some were pretty boring. Maybe I'll try and find some more apposite ones. --[[User:Autobus Prime|Autobus Prime]] 23:12, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

==Interlanguage links==
Hi Steve. The edit by HardStuff you reverted on the [[Main Page]] was actually a useful edit. He was adding an [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Interlanguage links|Interlanguage link]] which is a link that points to the same article on another language version of the same wiki. In this case, the link was pointing to the new [http://hu.transformers.wikia.com Hungarian Transformers Wikia]. The link appears in the left sidebar in the "other languages" section and is the easiest way for people to find this content in their own language. If you look at Wikipedia, you'll see this is used on many articles to link to the same topic in a different language. [[w:User:Angela|Angela]] [[User talk:Angela|talk]] 18:58, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

==Central Discussion Area==
Thanks for that. We've got a small trickle of discussion on my topic happening over there now. I invite you to join in. Thanks, [[User:PacifistPrime|PacifistPrime]].

==Blackarachnia and Tarantulas==
It's simple: Blackarachnia and Tarantulas shared a forced mental link for four episodes, one which went both ways according to Tangled Web and Other Visits. BA forced Tarantulas to break the link through suicide threat via energon; if you'll watch closely, their mental connection remained for a good half-minute or so ''after'' Tarantulas said the link was terminated (circumstantial, I know, but possible evidence that the energon interfered with the link temrination? I mean, they ''did'' note that BA's suicide plan would take out Tarantulas through the link, and he ''was'' feeling BA's pain of the energon radiation through it...). Also, BA retained many of Tarantulas' memories after the link was severed. The link was specifically stated to be ''psychic'' by Tarantulas, not technological (as evidenced by Megatron not detecting any transmissions between the spiders when the link was used). All that indicates that some traces of the link remained in BA's mind, and were upgraded by her reformatting into Transmetal 2. No offense, but I can't believe you watched BA's show of telekinesis in Master Blaster and ''didn't'' think "Hmm, mind link with Tarantulas?".[[User:66.233.183.59|66.233.183.59]] 18:27, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
:But what does telekinesis have to do with a mind-to-mind link? (Also, shouldn't this discussion all be on one page, specifically [[Talk:Blackarachnia]], instead of being spread across several user talk page?) --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 18:40, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
::I think his point is they're both psychic powers, and maybe one caused the other.
::Valid a point as that is- it doesn't seem consistent with the overall 'rules' governing how Transformers acquire psychic powers. Mutation due to a bad, unusual or too-frequent reformatting seems to be the usual cause. So I'd blame the TM2 Driver or her reformatting moments ''after'' death for her telekinesis instead. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 19:06, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
:::The point is WAAAH ACCEPT MY FANFIC AS CANON. [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] 03:07, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

== CSS Question ==

Steve, in response to your CSS question on ''my' talk page- the death's head is ''supposed'' to dangle off the bottom of the box, just like Jimmy on the [[Beast Wars|cleanup]] template. Sticking a minheight on the message box just makes it look ghey.

Is it that you want the box to have more breathing room beneath it? I can ''do'' that. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 05:11, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

== Link Fix ==

Hey Steve, can you get the Diagnostic Drone to change all the [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]s to [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'s? (there's a lot of them.) -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 18:25, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

== Flash archive ==

You asked the other day whether anyone was actively archiving these flash-sites (which don't come up clean in archive.org.)

I've got a couple working now with all the resources backed up- some little games plus Dwwbot (man what a pain) and an image of the S7 site as of Deceptibot. (140mb!)

Would you be interested in being a backup archiver? I'd just as soon not have these vanish if I suffer a hard drive failure. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 08:04, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

== AllSpark/All Spark ==

Or, "Marcia Marcia Marcia". Steve, Frenzy's subtitles consistently parse the name as "All Spark". To the best of my knowledge, no other movie-related item has done this. However, since all of that fiction is based around the movie, should we not use the name as it appears in the movie? I haven't changed Megatron's entry back, but there are other articles in which "All Spark" was used. Interrobang mentioned this on the Allspark's talk page, and I think it's something we need to resolve so we can be consistent about it in movie-related writing. --[[User:Sntint|Sntint]] 15:52, 4 July 2007 (UTC)

Steve - can you have DD replace "R Blade" with "R-Blade" and "Psycho Orb" with "Psycho-Orb"? I don't like the advanced search on Wikia very much. -[[User:LV|LV]] 20:04, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

== Headmasters things ==

As you were able to fill the blanks in for me on "[[The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg]]", I call upon you again for more of the same. It got bumped off the recet changes pages pretty quickly - the same problem afflicts "[[Operation: Destroy the Decepticons]]" (although it might just be a clip sequence there, which I wouldn't bother counting), and more importantly, "[[Duel on the Asteroid]]". I've listed what I can based on the scripts included on the DVDs, but without the video, ah cannae be sure, captain. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 17:44, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

== i need a bot to help ==

See my edit(s) to the [[galvatron]] page? grand i need the bot to keep ot that way for now, untill a funnyer comment arises {{unsigned|58.165.241.232}}

:Um... No. Also, please learn to write proper English before contributing further. --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 16:37, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

== Tigatron / Polar Claw ==

An anonymous editor recently changed one of your additions to the Tigatron article: [http://transformers.wikia.com/index.php?title=Tigatron&diff=next&oldid=84302]. I don't really remember the story anymore; your version sounds right to me, but I'm not sure enough of it to make the revert myself. Take a look? --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 04:27, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
:Easily done. I've elaborated on the production choices that led to this decision, and the lingering link back to the original character reflected in where Tigatron awakened.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]] 05:21, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

==Bot request==

Having moved the Mechanoids/Drones article to correctly reflect canonical usage, the category now also needs to be changed. Can you have your bot change all of the <nowiki>[[Category:Mechanoids/Drones]] to [[Category:Drones]]</nowiki>? --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 02:37, 15 August 2007 (UTC)

== Autobots Secret Weapon ==

[http://www.emopanda.com/tmp/asw.rar ASW], seriously, I found this on my ''old'' corrupted hard drive. I fear it shall go away if not online.

Also, I just took photos of the 2' tall 'giant' transformers coloring book. They'll need some post-work to make the presentable. Also-also, I have a (mostly) functional 'image' of the final state of sectorSeven.org that someone else shoudl probably be holding. (I'd debatign the relative benefits of artifically adding the early e-mails, no logner on the site, back into it. It's less accurate- but they were the only content dropped and... i don't think it was on purpose.) -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 16:48, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

== Megatron's revert revert? ==

Hi. I don't get the joke, what does Megatron falling on his back and firing off his cannon have to do with MMPR? The other joke was better IMO. -[[User:Detour|Detour]] 15:30, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

==Mt Dew bot==
I actually went and hunted down a pirated clip from the movie on YouTube... and though the quality was iffy, comparing the game image to the control art to the movie image... they sure look like the same bot to me, save the face and arm-cannon. I'll concede the game Dewbot's arms look a little longer, but we're still talking a four-armed, digitigrade, grey-cone-headed with two sets of optics and limited torso. At BEST they're small variants of the same base. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 08:08, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
:<nowiki>*checks his pirated copy*</nowiki>
:The MDR in the movie does indeed appear to be based ont he Proctor design... except the Proctor design, if you look at it close-up, appears to have bottles in its legs, not cans. The CtC design, by contrast is a ''much'' slimmer version of the same bodyframe, vends bottles, and has a different head.
:Different head, different product, different time (the CtC MDR exists earlier in the movie timeline),. and different armarment (in CTC the MDR seems to have no weapons, even in the cinematics it's having to break through stuff with its hands.) == Different bot. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 08:49, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
:::Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand the page already says that the movie bot is clearly not the same bot as in the game, but this being a plural-bot page... --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 09:02, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
::::I was being emphatic. ;) -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 08:29, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
==Copyrights Question==
<nowiki>*poke*</nowiki> Okay, so I have this ''thing'' over at [[Template talk:Hastak]]. Do you know the answer?

I did some checking, and it turns out only about 1 in 6 images uploaded include any variant of the phrase "Copyright X, 19XX." (I ripped the upload log, so some portion of those got them added later... but not many.) I'd kinda like to know if we have 3500 images inadequately copyright-tagged or not. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 08:29, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

== Bot request: "Part" in comic titles ==

Hi Steve, I've been changing uppercase "Part" to lowercase "part" in comic issues because the word "part" is not really part of the title. For example, "Devastation, Part 1" was changed to "Devastation, part 1". It could have just as easily been "Devastation, issue 1". Can the bot go through the site and change the rest of these, as well as the links throughout the pages? Thanks.--[[User:MistaTee|MistaTee]] 22:34, 9 October 2007 (UTC)
:Sorry about that, then. I didn't know there was still disagreement, and I only moved the Beast Wars comics because the Ascending issues already had that style. I honestly don't have an opinion one way or the other. [[User:Interrobang|Interrobang]] 22:54, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
::Not your fault. Tee kinda changed his mind midstream and started doing (issue X) instead of part x.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]] 22:59, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
:::Yeah, but thanks for doing that Interrobang. I've linked them up within the BW series. --[[User:MistaTee|MistaTee]] 05:18, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Hi Steve. Yes, we should probably come to a consensus in the naming conventions. How do we put things to an "official vote" per se? I was bored today so I moved the Infiltration and Escalation issue pages. In any case, I am going thru and fixing all the references I can (part X, Part X, Issue X, etc) to (issue X) so that if we DO decide on a new scheme, it should be easy to do a mass replace. I'll stop after I fix all the Infiltration references. --[[User:MistaTee|MistaTee]] 23:22, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
:Any decisions made yet? --[[User:MistaTee|MistaTee]] 21:35, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

==To-Do List==
"We take our Transformers seriously." 
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. 
(Might wanna clarify that.) --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 21:27, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

==requesting for transformers wikia indonesia==
Hi, i'm just a newbie here..i just wanna ask you, can i make a page of Transformers Wikia in Indonesian language...if can, what can i do? thx! Reply asap..please!
[[User:Thekondez|Thekondez]] 02:10, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
You can do that at [http://requests.wikia.com/wiki/Request_Wiki:Request_a_Wikia here], but I'm not sure how to select the language. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 03:04, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

==Japanese ranks==
So are we removing all the Japanese fiction, or what? -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 01:43, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
:Um... no? Not even remotely? I was, however, removing links in English-language fiction sections to ranks that don't exist in English-language fiction. I may have been a little overzealous in some instances. If you want to restore some of them I'd be happy to discuss it. --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 01:49, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
::I think for episodes that did air in Japan, and for people that are specifically noted by that rank, should be mentioned as such. I'll admit, I added most of those links that you removed, but some I just provided links to. I'll try to cut back on the Emperor of Destruction thing, but do we have a Western fiction equivalent for leader of the Decepticons? -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 01:51, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
::: "Decepticon leader," Megatron's function. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 01:58, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
:::I guess I can see where you're coming from -- the Japanese continuity does include those episodes, after all. But at the same time, I don't like the idea of making assertions about English fiction (such as, "Megatron is an Emperor of Destruction") based on stuff that is arguably not the same continuity. I tend to view the Japanese late-G1 stuff as "add-ons" to the American fiction, rather than the American fiction being "just part of the story" that was told in full by the Japanese. But I don't think either perspective is "right"; they are equally arbitrary. If there's a way of putting the links in with a note or something, so that readers aren't led to believe that the Japanese titles have any meaning in English fiction, that would be okay with me. I'm not really sure how that would go, though. :( --[[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] 02:51, 31 December 2007 (UTC)

==J-original cats==
I don't see how that'll conflict with my subgroup stuff. Feel free to unleash the bot. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 02:28, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
:Any chance we could get the bot to remove the "Japanese-original characters" category from articles in the subcategories (Beast Wars Neo characters, Masterforce characters, Operation Combination characters, and Victory characters)? I would do it myself, but I'm really burned out at the moment. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 03:21, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

== TM2 Category title name change (Drone request) ==

[[user:JW|JW]] noticed [[:Category:Transmetals 2]] is... wrong. (it should be [[:Category:Transmetal 2s]].) This affects 19 articles. Since it's more than 17 articles (my arbitrarily-decided break-off point where hand-editing becomes obnoxious) I'm requesting the Diagnostic Drone make the change.-[[User:Derik|Derik]] 02:11, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
{{notebox|justification=left|note_text=
ALL OCCURRENCES OF: "Category:Transmetals 2" 
CHANGE TO: "Category:Transmetal 2s" 
|extranote_text='''Status:''' NOT COMPLETED
}}
:<nowiki>*</nowiki>sigh* and apparently the change is disputed. Please check [[Category talk:Transmetals 2]] when you see this and see if a conclusion was reached. Shelve the request as appropriate. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 02:15, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
::Like hell it should be! Transmetals 2 is CORRECT ENGLISH. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 03:10, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
:::Then shelving the request would be the appropriate response, wouldn't it?
:::Go fix [[:Category:Things that don't exist]]. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 03:18, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

==Assaulthead==
[[user:76.171.178.17|He's back]]. -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 00:17, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
:[[User:ItsWalkys Mom is a bitch|And again]]. -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 20:58, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
== Steve-O, I saw your site and I want some lyrics.... ==

Please tell me you can get the lyrics to ''"Rombi di tuano i cieli di fuoco per i Biocombat"'' in English '''and''' Italian. If you do not, I will mess with your page! [[Megatron (BW) |Yesssss.......]] [[User:Fire Convoy|Fire Convoy]] 19:10, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

:psst... Fire Convoy is a Kreemzeek sockpuppet --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 19:25, 17 January 2008 (UTC)

SHUT UP, FORTY! I AM NOT A SOCKPUPPET! '''''I AM AN [[Optimus Prime (RID) |AUTONOMOUS ROBOTIC ORGANISM FROM JAPAN!]]''''' [[User:Fire Convoy|Fire Convoy]] 18:30, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

and if i don't see my lyrics here in five minutes....... YOUR PAGE IS DOOOOMED, STEVE-O! MWA-HA-HA-HA-HA! HA! HA! Ha! ha. ha...... This is boring. But I '''will''' mess up your page. [[Megatron (BW) |Yesssss.......]][[User:Fire Convoy|Fire Convoy]] 18:33, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

Your five minutes are up! And there are no lyrics yet! YOUR PAGE IS MINE!(insert [[Tarantulas |maniacal laugh]] here) [[User:Fire Convoy|Fire Convoy]] 18:42, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
:Wow. You are so about to be banned. -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 19:14, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

He probably ''is'' banned by now. However; I agree with him on one point. Steve-O has a TF site of his own (or it's a strange coincidence that an admin has the name Steve-O when there is a site called "Steve-O's Transformer Site"). It has the french G1 theme's lyrics but not the ''Biocombat'' lyrics. Why didn't you get those, Steve-O? [[User:Florky Man|Mr. Florky]] 19:11, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

== CSS Change - Jan 2008 ==

I'm requesting changes to [[MediaWiki:Monobook.css|Monobook.css]]. Cleanup, organization, an a sextet of new styles to largely disable image tagging and 'report a problem,' two features I'm pretty sure Walky would turn off if he could. Request is detailed on the [[MediaWiki talk:Monobook.css|talk page,]] a link to a sandbox for your copy-and-pasting convenience is also included.

There's also a UI change (haven't done one of these before, but it looks straightforward...) which requires a Sysop. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 11:40, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

== User:Gyro-Robo ==

I'm pretty sure [[User:Gyro-Robo]] is a [[User:Mudflap]] sockpuppet. They both have a habit of repeatedly adding Caliburn and Beta-Maxx to the Mini-Con category and never reading their talk pages. That, and the Gyro-Robo's first edit was about 15 days into Mudflap's 1-month ban. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 19:13, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

:Eh, I think that evidence is insufficient. It's possible there are just two people who have the same annoying habits. That being said, though, Gyro-Robo clearly also needed a ban. --[[User:Sntint|Sntint]] 19:56, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
::Well if you need more, they have the same editing patterns (just messing with categories) and both of them INSIST on adding Unicron in the Decepticon leaders category in spite of numerous reverts, among other identical edits. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 20:11, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
:::No, it's not really a big deal. He needed to be banned regardless, like I said. I tend to see things that aren't there sometimes, and the "it was true here so maybe it's true everywhere" subconscious thought process is a pet peeve of mine. I wanted to be sure the evidence was overwhelming that they were the same person and not just seperate uncooperative individuals. --[[User:Sntint|Sntint]] 21:22, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
:I'm pretty sure they're the same person. Gyro-Robo appeared on the Stargate Wiki shortly after he did here, doing his exact same edits (chaning around government infobox info) which was also Mudflap's standard edits. -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 23:48, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

==Western Governors University==

Hi -- I just responded to [[w:Forum:Issues_with_adds|your post on Central]] about the audio ads. Thanks for spotting that ad -- you're right, it's not cool, and we killed it. It wasn't something that somebody at Wikia saw and approved... We get our ads from ad servers, and once in a while, they try to slip something through that crosses the line.

Unfortunately, that means that we only know about a bad ad when we see it, and sometimes, the users will see it before we do. I'm usually the person who notices them -- I'm on the wikis a lot, and I have a very low tolerance for distracting ads.

So if you see an ad like that again, please let me know -- you can leave me a message on my talk page here, and I'll make sure it's taken care of. It's important to me that we don't have ads on the site that drive users away.

Also, let me know if there's anything else I can help with. My thing is the Entertainment sites, and Teletraan I is one of the biggest and best. So I'm always available, if there's something you need. Talk to you later! -- [[User:Toughpigs|Danny]] ([[User talk:Toughpigs|talk]]) 23:15, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

:Hmmm, I just came back to check and I saw the WGU ad again. I'll see if I can figure out why it's still running, and get it turned off for good. If you see it again, please let me know... -- [[User:Toughpigs|Danny]] ([[User talk:Toughpigs|talk]]) 00:56, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

== Elita One ==

Could you delete [[Elita One]] so the G1 character page can be moved there? We have three Elita characters, and none of them are parsed the same way. The G1 character has a space with the word "One", Movie has a dash with the word, and Animated has a dash with the digit. Suffixes are only used if the page title would be identical without one. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 19:04, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

== Problem with pictures ==

Hey, Steve! I am having problems to upload images, every time i try to do that instead of the image appearing in the page i'm trying to edit, it becomes a page of it's own.
It happened with the "Jesus of the Northstar" image that i tried to put into the Jesus article and to the picture of Makoto Ono.
Was i blocked, banned or something like that? Or is that a common problem?
And sorry for my poor english. It's not my first language. --[[User:akumateukuma|akumateukuma]] 21:37, 20 February<div id="wikia-credits"> From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</div>

Makoto Ono

2008-02-21T00:14:12Z

Akumateukuma:

Makoto Ono is a Brazilian artist and ilustrator.

He currently works as an ilustrator on Brazilian magazines Animation Invaders and Dicas e truques para Playstation (Tips and cheats for Playstation).

He refers to himself as "Makotron" and sometimes makes self-portraits carrying Megatron's fusion cannon or using the Decepticon insignia.

He got lots and lots of Transformers toys and even though he looks like a yakuza hitman, he's a pretty decent guy.<div id="wikia-credits"> From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</div>

Makoto Ono

2008-02-21T00:12:53Z

Akumateukuma:

Makoto Ono is a Brazilian artist and ilustrator.

He currently works as an ilustrator on Brazilian magazines Animation Invaders and Dicas e truques para Playstation (Tips and cheats for Playstation).

He refers to himself as "Makotron" and sometimes makes self-portraits carrying the (fusion cannon| fusion cannon) or the Decepticon insignia.

He got lots and lots of Transformers toys and even though he looks like a yakuza hitman, he's a pretty decent guy.<div id="wikia-credits"> From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</div>