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2025-08-23T01:16:19Z

Banpei the Mini-Con:

{{disambig2|the battle that comprises Act 1 of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''|the eponymous mobile game event| The Battle for Autobot City.}}
{{Noname-unconfirmed}}
[[File:BattleAutobotCity2.jpg|upright=1.8|thumb|In ur base, killin ur doods.]]
The '''Battle of Autobot City''' was a protracted battle between the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s taking place at [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]], the primary base of the Autobots on [[Earth]], taking place in the year [[2005]] in several reality streams. By its end, the leaders of both the Autobot and Decepticon forces were suffering fatal injuries, numerous combatants on both sides had been killed, and events were set in motion that would lead to the creation of [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] and, eventually, the passing of the [[Matrix of Leadership]].

{{bigquote|Their defenses are broken. Let the slaughter begin!|[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]|''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''}}

==Prelude==
[[File:TFTM-AutobotCityUndamaged.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|left|This is before everything went to hell.]]
By 2005, the Decepticons had succeeded in driving Autobot resistance entirely off [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. However, the Autobots retained staging grounds on two of Cybertron's moons , as well as significant energy-production facilities and alliances on Earth. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] while cautious in his assessment of his troops ability to retake the planet, had preparations well underway for just such a campaign, and dispatched a shuttle to Earth to collect a final shipment of [[Energon cube|Energon cubes]] from the Earth production facilities, entrusting a good portion of his command staff with the mission.

[[File:Tftm1986a.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|The future of pratfall technology: the Exploding Banana Peel.]]
Unfortunately for the Autobots, the Decepticon spy [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] got wind of the Autobots' plans and warned [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and his inner circle. Megatron himself led a sizeable contingent of Decepticons against the small Autobot crew on the shuttle, ambushing and boarding it as it passed some small celestial bodies on approach to Earth.

Heavily outnumbered and outmatched, the Autobots were overwhelmed. [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]],[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]],[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] became the battle's first casualities, though Ironhide clung onto life just long enough receive a point-blank shot to the face from Megatron's [[fusion cannon]].

Now in control of the shuttle, Megatron revealed his plan to a doubting [[Starscream(G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Stascream]]: the shuttle was to be used as a "Trojan Horse", conveying the Decepticons for a surprise attack on Autobot City itself, which Megatron seemed to think would vanquish the Autobots forever.{{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

{{note|There ''is'' a reason Megatron thought this—the original script makes it clear that Autobot City is, in fact, a massive energy-gathering facility, equipped with energy gathering devices such as hydroelectric dams, wind turbines, and solar panels. Thus, if the Decepticons destroy the city, the Autobots will be without an energy supply, pretty much crippling their war effort.}}
{{--}}

==The Battle==
{{note|Events not shown in the animated movie are in italics.}}

===First Phase===

Megatron had calculated correctly in that the Autobot shuttle would not set off Autobot City's defences even if carrying a Decepticon crew. It was sheer chance that the young human [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] noted the hole in the shuttle (from the Decepticons' earlier boarding and alerted the young Autobot [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]], who investigated further and quickly learned the truth of the situation. Hot Rod opened fire on the shuttle, damaging it to the point that the Decepticons were forced to disembark and launch their attack earlier than planned.

[[File:AutobotCitytransforms.jpg|thumb|Launch Black Tiger squadron, and prepare the Wave Motion Gun for firing...oh, sorry, wrong anime.]]
The Autobots, though surprised and outnumbered, quickly rallied to the defense. [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]], commanding the City, ordered [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] to contact Optimus Prime on [[Moonbase One]] to obtain reinforcements, [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] to [[Transformation|transform]] Autobot City into its battle mode, and [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] to assist in alerting Autobots to the attack.

Springer and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] began the transformation of the city into battle station mode, offering the Autobot population greater defensive capability to meet the Decepticon assault. (It also had the added bonus of trapping Starscream's right foot, forcing him to inflict a wound upon himself to avoid getting crushed.)

Kup and Hot Rod, speeding toward the city, saw that the two [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]]s [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] and [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] were eating through one of the doors, but Kickback was taken across a chasm by the retracting bridge. Using the Insecticon as a springboard, Hot Rod and Kup were able to clear the gap and enter the city moments before the armored doors closed.

[[File:TAM TPB Gestalt Fight.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2]]
Meanwhile, Blaster managed to make brief contact with the Cybertronian Autobots, but the signal was cut off by the intervention of [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]], who deployed [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] and [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] to wreck the communications tower and all inside. However, Blaster evened the odds by deploying his own quartet of assistants into the fight: [[Ramhorn (G1)|Ramhorn]], [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]], [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]], and [[Eject (G1)|Eject]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

''While all this was going on, [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] made a concurrent attack on the Ark, as a means of a distraction to prevent [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] and [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] from aiding the Autobot forces at Autobot City.'' {{storylink|The Gathering Storm}}

Though unable to penetrate Autobot City's defenses by conventional means, the Decepticons were still able to pick off individual Autobot soldiers, such as [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] ''and [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]]''. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}} {{storylink|The Gathering Storm}} Realizing that a frontal assault was wasting time, Megatron ordered the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s to merge into [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. The giant robot quickly made his presence felt, penetrating the first line of defenses by literally tearing them open, and shattering one attempt by Springer, Kup, Hot Rod and Arcee to put him out of action. But even so, the two sides were so evenly matched that the battle continued over the course of the remainder of that day and throughout the night. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{--}}

===Second Phase===
[[File:Tftm1986b.jpg|thumb|"Will you stop being such a baby about this? Just hold on a second. I can see the splinter. It's right ... there ..."]]
{{quote|One shall stand, one shall fall.|Optimus Prime on seeing Megatron|[[The Transformers: The Movie|TFTM]]}}

[[File:Battleofautobotcity.jpg|thumb|left|"Megatron is responsible for [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|Prime's]] [[death]], not [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|me]]!"]]
However, the city could not hold out forever; by the next morning Autobot defenses had been broken by relentless Decepticon assaults, and Megatron ordered his troops to begin the final phase. It was at this crucial point that Autobot reinforcements commanded by Optimus Prime arrived. The [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s were deployed to attack Devastator—with some success—but could not halt the Decepticons' advance into Autobot City.

''Upon entering the city, Devastator clawed his way through the rubble, only to be confronted by Ultra Magnus, [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] and [[Sideswipe (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sideswipe]]; who brought the combiner down, separating him into his individual components. Outnumbered and outgunned, the Autobot squad instantly pulled back, while the Constructicons gave chase. Whilst retreating, Red Alert was gunned down by the Constructicon pursuers, as Megatron watched the progress of his troops in triumph.'' {{storylink|A Flash Forward}}

In an attempt to prevent further casualties, Optimus Prime made a heroic frontal assault against the members of the Decepticon army still positioned outside. In tractor-trailer mode, he mowed down Thrust and Shrapnel, while narrowly missing Blitzwing before transforming to [[robot mode]] and using his [[ion blaster]] to singlehandedly blast the other Decepticons, fighting his way to engage Megatron in what he assured his longtime foe would be their final battle.

The fight between the two leaders was brief and intense, but resulted in a seeming-victory for Prime. But Megatron had spotted a discarded gun a matter of yards away from him. Stalling for time with feigned pleas for mercy, Megatron crawled towards the gun while Optimus pointed out the irony of Megatron engaging in such pleas given his prior actions. Before either could take a shot, Hot Rod intervened, trying to overpower the Decepticon leader. But his efforts backfired, as Megatron grappled the young Autobot, used him as a shield and shot Optimus repeatedly. Tossing aside Hot Rod, Megatron prepared to finish off his longtime nemesis. Prime, however, managed to gather his remaining strength to deal a {{w|Punch (combat)|haymaker}} powerful enough to knock Megatron off a ledge and into a crippling fall.

Seeing their leader conclusively defeated in this way broke the Decepticons' spirit. Starscream, taking interim command, ordered [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] to transform and ferry the Decepticons away in a general retreat. Unsurprisingly, Starscream appeared ready to leave Megatron to expire where he lay, but Soundwave carried him to Astrotrain. Gathering up their wounded, the Decepticons fled, leaving the Autobots to similarly gather up their own casualties. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{--}}

==Aftermath==
[[File:Optimusg1passingthematrix.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2|"One of you must take the Matrix."<br>"Not it!"<br>"I wasn't talking to you, Blurr."]]
[[File:Tftm1986c.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Galvatron, or just plain old TRON?]]

Large numbers of Autobots and Decepticons had either been terminated or severely wounded as a result of the battle. Windcharger, Wheeljack, and [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] were among the casualties, and even the mighty Optimus Prime soon succumbed to his wounds and expired, but not before passing the Matrix of Leadership to Ultra Magnus as his successor, unaware that the Matrix had made [[Hot Rod (G1)| a choice of its own]] as to who would become the new [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]].

Several wounded Decepticons—including Megatron—were thrown out of Astrotrain when the latter's fuel reserves proved insufficent to return to Cybertron. They would later be found by the Chaos-Bringer [[Unicron]] and reshaped into [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]], [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Cyclonus's Armada|his armada]], as well as [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and the [[Sweep (G1)|Sweeps]].

The [[Unicron War]] would be the next major Transformer battle, its events spinning directly out of the Battle of Autobot City. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}} By later in the year, Autobot City had been fully repaired and had more personnel stationed there. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness}}
{{--}}

==Participants==
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*[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]
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**[[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]]
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{{Reflist}}

==Notes==
[[File:TFTM-SideswipeRedAlertTracks.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]]
[[File:ShockwaveBattleAutobotcity.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Logic dictates that I put in a token appearance.]]

* Okay, we're going to be honest here. The whole point of this battle is [[To sell toys|to off your favorite characters in violent ways, then replace them with newbies who we've never seen before]].
* It's not shown how Megatron managed to beat the Autobot shuttle to Earth's [[Star system|solar system]]. Astrotrain, perhaps?
* Storyboards that have found their way to the public over the years show additional scenes that were scripted and planned, but (in all probability) never animated:
**At the beginning of the shuttle segment, the Autobot shuttle would have been shown dodging through an asteroid storm, thus explaining why they didn't at least detect the approaching Decepticons. Some of this concept made it into the Marvel Comics [[The Planet-Eater!|adaptation of the movie]].
**Hot Rod's adventures outside the city would have been a bit longer and more dramatic. A short scene would also show him getting reprimanded by Ultra Magnus inside the city itself.
**[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] would have stealthily blasted [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] before getting shot at by Megatron (given the emphasis on body-count, and the fact that Mirage never appears after the movie, it's likely this would have killed him).
**[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], and Ultra Magnus would have finally brought down Devastator with a missile barrage. The Constructicons would subsequently [[:File:TFTM-RedAlertDown.jpg|kill Red Alert]] as the Autobots retreated.
***In 2012, the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] comic "[[A Flash Forward]]" directly adapted this scene into the ''[[Transformers: Wings Universe|Wings Universe]]'', a continuity nearly identical to the Generation 1 cartoon.
**Several Decepticons would have dogpiled Optimus Prime at the start of his confrontation with Megatron, only for him to trounce them all soundly.
***Just before this, Blitzwing would have knocked Optimus Prime's gun out of his hands. In the final version of the movie, Optimus's gun just seems to have disappeared for no reason when he finally finds Megatron.
**[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker's]] lifeless body would have been seen as the Decepticons retreated.
* Alternate footage of the opening stage of the battle was part of a [[The Transformers: The Movie promo|promotional trailer]] assembled early in the movie's production.
* Counting characters who were meant to be there, were seen outside, or were killed, the Autobots had Ultra Magnus, Hot Rod, Kup, Blurr, Springer, Arcee, Blaster, Perceptor, Grapple, Huffer, Trailbreaker, Bluestreak, Windcharger, Wheeljack, Smokescreen, Sideswipe, Sunstreaker, Mirage and 4 cassettes, totaling 22 - the Decepticons, meanwhile, had Megatron, six Seekers, three Insecticons, six Constructicons, Astrotrain, Blitzwing, Soundwave and 4 cassettes, totaling 23. In the grand scheme of things, that’s pretty evened up, making Perceptor’s assertion that the Autobots suffered a “distinct tactical deficiency” somewhat exaggerated, especially considering their fortifications. That is, of course, assuming the ‘Cons didn’t bring a ton of generics or Insecticon clones with them; even if they didn't, the presence of a [[combiner]] on the Decepticon side is more than enough to tip the odds against the Autobots.
* The events of "[[Five Faces of Darkness]]" imply that [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] was present at the battle, but unable to transform to [[robot mode]] because his [[transformation cog]] was damaged. Some fiction suggests that Metroplex is part of (or the same thing as) Autobot City. (All sorts of [[fanon]] ensues from placing these two facts in close proximity. Use caution.)
* The fight between Optimus Prime and Megatron was remade into the commercial of [[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|2008 Universe]] toyline, with [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]] models based on their ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' toys.
* The "[[Rodimus vs. Cyclonus]]" comic book [[retcon]]s [[Lugnut (TF 2010)|Lugnut]] and [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] into the battle, as well as confirming Tracks' participation in the battle.

[[Category:Battles]]

User:Banpei the Mini-Con/sandbox

2025-04-09T01:48:07Z

Banpei the Mini-Con:

{{disambig2|the battle that comprises Act 1 of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''|the eponymous mobile game event| The Battle for Autobot City.}}
{{Noname-unconfirmed}}
[[File:BattleAutobotCity2.jpg|upright=1.8|thumb|In ur base, killin ur doods.]]
The '''Battle of Autobot City''' was a protracted battle between the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s taking place at [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]], the primary base of the Autobots on [[Earth]], taking place in the year [[2005]] in several reality streams. By its end, the leaders of both the Autobot and Decepticon forces were suffering fatal injuries, numerous combatants on both sides had been killed, and events were set in motion that would lead to the creation of [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] and, eventually, the passing of the [[Matrix of Leadership]].

{{bigquote|Their defenses are broken. Let the slaughter begin!|[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]|''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''}}

==Prelude==
[[File:TFTM-AutobotCityUndamaged.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|left|This is before everything went to hell.]]
By 2005, the Decepticons had succeeded in driving Autobot resistance entirely off [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. However, the Autobots retained staging grounds on two of Cybertron's moons , as well as significant energy-production facilities and alliances on Earth. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] while cautious in his assessment of his troops ability to retake the planet, had preparations well underway for just such a campaign, and dispatched a shuttle to Earth to collect a final shipment of [[Energon cube|Energon cubes]] from the Earth production facilities, entrusting a good portion of his command staff with the mission.

[[File:Tftm1986a.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|The future of pratfall technology: the Exploding Banana Peel.]]
Unfortunately for the Autobots, the Decepticon spy [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] got wind of the Autobots' plans and warned [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and his inner circle. Megatron himself led a sizeable contingent of Decepticons against the small Autobot crew on the shuttle, ambushing and boarding it as it passed some small celestial bodies on approach to Earth.

Heavily outnumbered and outmatched, the Autobots were overwhelmed. [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]],[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]],[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] became the battle's first casualities, though Ironhide clung onto life just long enough receive a point-blank shot to the face from Megatron's [[fusion cannon]].

Now in control of the shuttle, Megatron revealed his plan to a doubting [[Starscream(G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Stascream]]: the shuttle was to be used as a "Trojan Horse", conveying the Decepticons for a surprise attack on Autobot City itself, which Megatron seemed to think would vanquish the Autobots forever.{{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

{{note|There ''is'' a reason Megatron thought this—the original script makes it clear that Autobot City is, in fact, a massive energy-gathering facility, equipped with energy gathering devices such as hydroelectric dams, wind turbines, and solar panels. Thus, if the Decepticons destroy the city, the Autobots will be without an energy supply, pretty much crippling their war effort.}}
{{--}}

==The Battle==
{{note|Events not shown in the animated movie are in italics.}}

===First Phase===

Megatron had calculated correctly in that the Autobot shuttle would not set off Autobot City's defences even if carrying a Decepticon crew. It was sheer chance that the young human [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] noted the hole in the shuttle (from the Decepticons' earlier boarding and alerted the young Autobot [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]], who investigated further and quickly learned the truth of the situation. Hot Rod opened fire on the shuttle, damaging it to the point that the Decepticons were forced to disembark and launch their attack earlier than planned.

[[File:AutobotCitytransforms.jpg|thumb|Launch Black Tiger squadron, and prepare the Wave Motion Gun for firing...oh, sorry, wrong anime.]]
The Autobots, though surprised and outnumbered, quickly rallied to the defense. [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]], commanding the City, ordered [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] to contact Optimus Prime on [[Moonbase One]] to obtain reinforcements, [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] to [[Transformation|transform]] Autobot City into its battle mode, and [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] to assist in alerting Autobots to the attack.

Springer and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] began the transformation of the city into battle station mode, offering the Autobot population greater defensive capability to meet the Decepticon assault. (It also had the added bonus of trapping Starscream's right foot, forcing him to inflict a wound upon himself to avoid getting crushed.)

Kup and Hot Rod, speeding toward the city, saw that the two [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]]s [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] and [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] were eating through one of the doors, but Kickback was taken across a chasm by the retracting bridge. Using the Insecticon as a springboard, Hot Rod and Kup were able to clear the gap and enter the city moments before the armored doors closed.

[[File:TAM TPB Gestalt Fight.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2]]
Meanwhile, Blaster managed to make brief contact with the Cybertronian Autobots, but the signal was cut off by the intervention of [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]], who deployed [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] and [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] to wreck the communications tower and all inside. However, Blaster evened the odds by deploying his own quartet of assistants into the fight: [[Ramhorn (G1)|Ramhorn]], [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]], [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]], and [[Eject (G1)|Eject]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

''While all this was going on, [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] made a concurrent attack on the Ark, as a means of a distraction to prevent [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] and [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] from aiding the Autobot forces at Autobot City.'' {{storylink|The Gathering Storm}}

Though unable to penetrate Autobot City's defenses by conventional means, the Decepticons were still able to pick off individual Autobot soldiers, such as [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] ''and [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]]''. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}} {{storylink|The Gathering Storm}} Realizing that a frontal assault was wasting time, Megatron ordered the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s to merge into [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. The giant robot quickly made his presence felt, penetrating the first line of defenses by literally tearing them open, and shattering one attempt by Springer, Kup, Hot Rod and Arcee to put him out of action. But even so, the two sides were so evenly matched that the battle continued over the course of the remainder of that day and throughout the night. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{--}}

===Second Phase===
[[File:Tftm1986b.jpg|thumb|"Will you stop being such a baby about this? Just hold on a second. I can see the splinter. It's right ... there ..."]]
{{quote|One shall stand, one shall fall.|Optimus Prime on seeing Megatron|[[The Transformers: The Movie|TFTM]]}}

[[File:Battleofautobotcity.jpg|thumb|left|"Megatron is responsible for [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|Prime's]] [[death]], not [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|me]]!"]]
However, the city could not hold out forever; by the next morning Autobot defenses had been broken by relentless Decepticon assaults, and Megatron ordered his troops to begin the final phase. It was at this crucial point that Autobot reinforcements commanded by Optimus Prime arrived. The [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s were deployed to attack Devastator—with some success—but could not halt the Decepticons' advance into Autobot City.

''Upon entering the city, Devastator clawed his way through the rubble, only to be confronted by Ultra Magnus, [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] and [[Sideswipe (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sideswipe]]; who brought the combiner down, separating him into his individual components. Outnumbered and outgunned, the Autobot squad instantly pulled back, while the Constructicons gave chase. Whilst retreating, Red Alert was gunned down by the Constructicon pursuers, as Megatron watched the progress of his troops in triumph.'' {{storylink|A Flash Forward}}

In an attempt to prevent further casualties, Optimus Prime made a heroic frontal assault against the members of the Decepticon army still positioned outside. In tractor-trailer mode, he mowed down Thrust and Shrapnel, while narrowly missing Blitzwing before transforming to [[robot mode]] and using his [[ion blaster]] to singlehandedly blast the other Decepticons, fighting his way to engage Megatron in what he assured his longtime foe would be their final battle.

The fight between the two leaders was brief and intense, but resulted in a seeming-victory for Prime. But Megatron had spotted a discarded gun a matter of yards away from him. Stalling for time with feigned pleas for mercy, Megatron crawled towards the gun while Optimus pointed out the irony of Megatron engaging in such pleas given his prior actions. Before either could take a shot, Hot Rod intervened, trying to overpower the Decepticon leader. But his efforts backfired, as Megatron grappled the young Autobot, used him as a shield and shot Optimus repeatedly. Tossing aside Hot Rod, Megatron prepared to finish off his longtime nemesis. Prime, however, managed to gather his remaining strength to deal a {{w|Punch (combat)|haymaker}} powerful enough to knock Megatron off a ledge and into a crippling fall.

Seeing their leader conclusively defeated in this way broke the Decepticons' spirit. Starscream, taking interim command, ordered [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] to transform and ferry the Decepticons away in a general retreat. Unsurprisingly, Starscream appeared ready to leave Megatron to expire where he lay, but Soundwave carried him to Astrotrain. Gathering up their wounded, the Decepticons fled, leaving the Autobots to similarly gather up their own casualties. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{--}}

==Aftermath==
[[File:Optimusg1passingthematrix.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2|"One of you must take the Matrix."<br>"Not it!"<br>"I wasn't talking to you, Blurr."]]
[[File:Tftm1986c.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Galvatron, or just plain old TRON?]]

Large numbers of Autobots and Decepticons had either been terminated or severely wounded as a result of the battle. Windcharger, Wheeljack, and [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] were among the casualties, and even the mighty Optimus Prime soon succumbed to his wounds and expired, but not before passing the Matrix of Leadership to Ultra Magnus as his successor, unaware that the Matrix had made [[Hot Rod (G1)| a choice of its own]] as to who would become the new [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]].

Several wounded Decepticons—including Megatron—were thrown out of Astrotrain when the latter's fuel reserves proved insufficent to return to Cybertron. They would later be found by the Chaos-Bringer [[Unicron]] and reshaped into [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]], [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Cyclonus's Armada|his armada]], as well as [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and the [[Sweep (G1)|Sweeps]].

The [[Unicron War]] would be the next major Transformer battle, its events spinning directly out of the Battle of Autobot City. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}} By later in the year, Autobot City had been fully repaired and had more personnel stationed there. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness}}
{{--}}

==Participants==
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*[[Springer (G1)|Springer]]
*[[Arcee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Arcee]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]]
*[[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]]
*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]
*[[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]]
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**[[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]]
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*[[Slag (G1)|Slag]]
*[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]]
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*[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]
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*[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]]
**[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]
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**[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]
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**[[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]]
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**[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]]
**[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]]
**[[Hook (G1)|Hook]]
**[[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]]
**[[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]]
**[[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]]
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{{Reflist}}

==Notes==
[[File:TFTM-SideswipeRedAlertTracks.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]]
[[File:ShockwaveBattleAutobotcity.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Logic dictates that I put in a token appearance.]]

* Okay, we're going to be honest here. The whole point of this battle is [[To sell toys|to off your favorite characters in violent ways, then replace them with newbies who we've never seen before]].
* It's not shown how Megatron managed to beat the Autobot shuttle to Earth's [[Star system|solar system]]. Astrotrain, perhaps?
* Storyboards that have found their way to the public over the years show additional scenes that were scripted and planned, but (in all probability) never animated:
**At the beginning of the shuttle segment, the Autobot shuttle would have been shown dodging through an asteroid storm, thus explaining why they didn't at least detect the approaching Decepticons. Some of this concept made it into the Marvel Comics [[The Planet-Eater!|adaptation of the movie]].
**Hot Rod's adventures outside the city would have been a bit longer and more dramatic. A short scene would also show him getting reprimanded by Ultra Magnus inside the city itself.
**[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] would have stealthily blasted [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] before getting shot at by Megatron (given the emphasis on body-count, and the fact that Mirage never appears after the movie, it's likely this would have killed him).
**[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], and Ultra Magnus would have finally brought down Devastator with a missile barrage. The Constructicons would subsequently [[:File:TFTM-RedAlertDown.jpg|kill Red Alert]] as the Autobots retreated.
***In 2012, the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] comic "[[A Flash Forward]]" directly adapted this scene into the ''[[Transformers: Wings Universe|Wings Universe]]'', a continuity nearly identical to the Generation 1 cartoon.
**Several Decepticons would have dogpiled Optimus Prime at the start of his confrontation with Megatron, only for him to trounce them all soundly.
***Just before this, Blitzwing would have knocked Optimus Prime's gun out of his hands. In the final version of the movie, Optimus's gun just seems to have disappeared for no reason when he finally finds Megatron.
**[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker's]] lifeless body would have been seen as the Decepticons retreated.
* Alternate footage of the opening stage of the battle was part of a [[The Transformers: The Movie promo|promotional trailer]] assembled early in the movie's production.
* Counting characters who were meant to be there, were seen outside, or were killed, the Autobots had Ultra Magnus, Hot Rod, Kup, Blurr, Springer, Arcee, Blaster, Perceptor, Grapple, Huffer, Trailbreaker, Bluestreak, Windcharger, Wheeljack, Smokescreen, Sideswipe, Sunstreaker, Mirage and 4 cassettes, totaling 22 - the Decepticons, meanwhile, had Megatron, six Seekers, three Insecticons, six Constructicons, Astrotrain, Blitzwing, Soundwave and 4 cassettes, totaling 23. In the grand scheme of things, that’s pretty evened up, making Perceptor’s assertion that the Autobots suffered a “distinct tactical deficiency” somewhat exaggerated, especially considering their fortifications. That is, of course, assuming the ‘Cons didn’t bring a ton of generics or Insecticon clones with them; even if they didn't, the presence of a [[combiner]] on the Decepticon side is more than enough to tip the odds against the Autobots.
* The events of "[[Five Faces of Darkness]]" imply that [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] was present at the battle, but unable to transform to [[robot mode]] because his [[transformation cog]] was damaged. Some fiction suggests that Metroplex is part of (or the same thing as) Autobot City. (All sorts of [[fanon]] ensues from placing these two facts in close proximity. Use caution.)
* The fight between Optimus Prime and Megatron was remade into the commercial of [[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|2008 Universe]] toyline, with [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]] models based on their ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' toys.
* The "[[Rodimus vs. Cyclonus]]" comic book [[retcon]]s [[Lugnut (TF 2010)|Lugnut]] and [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] into the battle, as well as confirming Tracks' participation in the battle.

[[Category:Battles]]

Sharkticon (species)

2025-04-09T01:43:48Z

Banpei the Mini-Con: /* The Transformers cartoon */

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[[File:TFLegendsApp-Sharkticons.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"He disagreed with something that ate him."]]
'''Sharkticons''' are generally big, dumb, plentiful and voracious—in short, perfect soldiers for the [[Quintesson]]s, or whoever happens to be the one letting them off their leash at the given moment. Sometimes they're near-mindless army units for the tentacled aliens, other times they're full-fledged Decepticons, sometimes they're simply their own race carving out a niche for themselves in the cosmos. In general though, no matter the universe it's not unusual for the Quintessons to throw their captives into a big tank full of the feisty nippers after a mock trial just for chuckles. Though individual Sharkticons are not especially durable, like piranha, they swarm in ''en masse'' and can devour a full-sized robot in a few seconds with their razor-sharp teeth and claws.

In at least one universe, one notable Sharkticon is [[Gnaw (G1)|Gnaw]], friend to the young [[Autobot]] [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]].

A series of upgraded Sharkticons in some universes includes [[Air Shark]]s, [[Land Shark]]s, and [[Sea Shark]]s.

{{bigquote|I am a swarm member. I don't like being alone.|A Sharkticon's description of his race|''[[The Transformers (G1 PS2)|The Transformers]]''}}

==Biology==
[[File:Sharkticon Robot Mode.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb]]
In just about all of their visual depictions, Sharkticons are mechanical lifeforms that can transform into creatures resembling sharks. Sharkticons also tend to mostly share the same body-type within their own continuity families.

Sharkticons in the "Generation 1" continuity are typically appeared as squat, round, humanoid robots with a grey and purple color scheme. They also all share the same alternate mode, an alien, bipedal ogre-like creature that bears resemblance a shark's head. In at least [[Transformers: Wings Universe|one universe]] however, there exists an upgraded version of Sharkticon that holds a much closer resemblance to the typical Transformer in both modes, going from humanoid robotic form to a shark-styled submarine mode. The Sharkticons of this universe are further divided into the three subclasses [[Land Shark]], [[Air Shark]], and [[Sea Shark]] which specialize in... well, what their names say, we guess.

Sharkticons in the "Aligned" continuity have had various descriptions and depictions. In the ''[[Transformers: Retribution|Retribution]]'' novel they possess a blue-green coloration, as well as being covered with spikes and various armaments. They are also described as being quite similar to their world's other fish-bots, which themselves are described as "...short, and covered in blue-white metallic scales, each one highlighted with a golden tint." These fish bots are further described as "several meters long" in their alternate modes, giving the impression that the Sharkticons in this section of the multiverse transform into full-sized shark creatures. In their depiction within the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|''Robots in Disguise'' animated series]], Sharkticons have no humanoid form, instead utilizing their shark-like form as their robot mode and transforming into various aquatic vehicles for their alternate mode. Characterized as an animalistic subspecies of Cybertronian, rather than the off-world enforcers of the Quintessons, the Sharkticons of this universe also have various differences in their robot modes instead of all looking identical. For example, [[Hammerstrike (RID)|Hammerstrike]] and [[Ragebyte]] each have their optical organs within diamond-shaped protrusions on either side of their head, while another unnamed Sharkticon possesses more typical optics set directly within their cranium.

The Sharkticons seen in the live-action movie universe physically bear a large resemblance to the Generation 1 versions, albeit much smaller than their other counterparts, being much closer in scale to actual Earth sharks.

The Sharkticons in the [[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|''Cyberverse'' cartoon]] once again mostly look identical to the Generation 1 version, although here are never seen outside of their beast forms. In addition to this, some have quite different characteristics, with [[Backbite (Cyberverse)|some individuals]] possessing heads that skew much closer to Earth sharks, as well as various faction leaders possessing tribal markings. A statue of [[Gnaw (Cyberverse)|Lord Gnaw]] also appeared much different compared to the others, the main divergence being a large saw-like snout, although the character was identical in appearance to the others of his species when he was seen in person, so it is quite possible the statue's unique look was simply artistic license on the part of the sculptor.

The Sharkticons in the [[Transformers: EarthSpark (cartoon)|''EarthSpark'' cartoon]] are depicted as bulky bipeds with large sharklike heads and prominent fins. While seemingly lacking any alternate mode, they do possess the ability to fly, and can seemingly store prey inside themselves and regurgitate it later.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 continuity family===
====Generation 1 cartoon continuity====
=====''The Transformers'' cartoon=====
[[File:TFTM-Sharkticons.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|Don't {{w|Jump the shark|jump}} over them!]]
{{voiceactor|Normally indeterminate growls by multiple actors, rare speaking lines by [[Bud Davis]] (English, "The Quintesson Journal") and [[Frank Welker]] (English, "[[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1]]"); [[Ken Yamaguchi]] (Japanese, ''Movie''), [[Minoru Inaba]] (Japanese, ''Movie''), [[Keiichi Nanba]] (Japanese, ''Movie''), [[Kenyū Horiuchi]] (Japanese, ''2010''), [[Masashi Ebara]] (Japanese, ''2010'')|[[Reinhard Brock]] (German, "The Quintesson Journal"), [[Hans-Rainer Müller]] (German, "The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1"), [[Francis Lax]] (European French, "The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1")}}

[[File:TFTM Grimlock Quintessa.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|left|There's always a bigger fish.]]
When [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] and [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] found themselves stranded on the planet [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]], they were captured by [[Allicon]]s and brought to a group of [[Quintesson]]s to be put on trial. The [[Autobot]]s witnessed [[Arblus|two]] [[Kranix (G1)|other]] prisoners be judged "innocent" and dropped in a large pit of Sharkticons, but when it was their turn, they managed to get out of the pit and fought back.

Soon enough, the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] arrived and started thrashing the Sharkticons until they backed down. [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] then ordered them to turn against their Quintesson masters, and apparently choosing to follow the strongest one, the Sharkticons complied. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{note|The Sharkticons' involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic mini-series ''[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]]'' and the storybook "[[Transformers the Movie (Ladybird adaptation)|Transformers the Movie]]".}}

[[File:FFOD2 Sharkticon is blown up.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|What happens when a Sharkticon eats chipotle.]]
A squad of Sharkticons were used to abduct [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]], Kup, and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike Witwicky]] from the [[Galactic Olympics]]. Undercover of a smoke bomb, they entered the game grounds and successfully snatched the trio to be taken back to Quintessa for trial. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}} The trio were found guilty and thrown into the Sharkticon pit. A battle ensued until [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] arrived with [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], [[Arcee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Arcee]] and Grimlock as reinforcements. Many of the Sharkticons were still on Quintessa when the Quintessons blew it up with a [[core bomb]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2}}

During the brief Quintesson-[[Decepticon]] alliance which besieged [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], a commando team of Sharkticons were deployed to the deeper levels of the Transformer homeworld in order to find the [[Large switch|master switch]] which would shut down all Transformers as part of the Quintesson master plan. Fortunately, the commando team was intercepted by Rodimus Prime and [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], who prevented the trio from succeeding in their goal. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

[[File:G1-BigBroadcast Sharkticons journal.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.3|"Hooray! We found the- oh crap."]]
Sharkticons were used to defend [[Inquirata (G1)|Inquirata]]'s [[Time Window]]. They didn't do a particularly good job, and the experiment fell into Autobot hands. With the Universe in peril, the Quintessons sent the Sharkticons to assault the base, which again resulted in failure, though they were later able to persuade Rodimus to shut the Time Window down. {{storylink|Forever Is a Long Time Coming (episode)|Forever Is a Long Time Coming}} A few Sharkticons attempted to retrieve a [[Quintesson Journal]] from [[Junkion (planet)|Junk]], however as soon as they laid their claw on it, the [[Junkion (species)|Junkion]] drove them off and they had to leave without the journal. {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (episode)|The Big Broadcast of 2006}} [[Outback (G1)|Outback]] managed to trick one particularly stupid Sharkticon into opening the cell which he and his pals were imprisoned in. {{storylink|The Quintesson Journal}}

[[File:QuintessonJournal Outback sharkticon energon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|[[Universal greeting|Bah-weep-Graaaaagnah wheep ni ni bong]], Australian for "beer".]]
When the Quintessons double-crossed [[Dirk Manus]], they sent a squad of Sharkticons to make sure Manus didn't survive the crash of [[Lazy Sue|his ship]]. Fortunately the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] were able to drive them off. {{storylink|Money Is Everything (episode)|Money Is Everything}} Two were used for a mission to [[Zamojin (planet)|Zamojin]] to retrieve [[Perceptor (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Perceptor]], however local blacksmith [[Katsu Don]] was easily able to damage them thanks to everything on the planet being ultra-dense. {{storylink|The Face of the Nijika}}

A large group of Sharkticons were later infected with the [[Hate Plague]], and was chasing [[Klementia|a lone Quintesson]] on an unknown planet when [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] saved him. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}} The infected Sharkticons somehow made it to Earth and continued wreaking havoc, at least until they were cured by the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2}}
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=====Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity=====
======Controverse======
In an attempt to skip out on his own trial, [[Primacron]] used a whistle that controlled [[Primitive]]s to enthrall numerous Sharkticons to his will. They fought off the Autobots and Quintessons attempting to recapture Primacron, but were ultimately defeated. {{storylink|Controverse}}

======''Kiss Players''======
[[File:KPSharkticons.jpg|left|thumb]]
When the time-traveling [[Kiss Players (singing group)|Kiss Players]] [[Marissa Faireborn]], [[Shaoshao Li]], and [[Atari Hitotonari]] found themselves on a mysterious planet in the year 2011, their ship was captured and they were surrounded by Sharkticons. Shaoshao attempted to placate them with the [[universal greeting]] she had learned from [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] in 2006, but the Sharkticons swarmed over them while Shao cursed the Autobot as a liar.

Put on trial by the Quintessons, they were found "not guilty" and dropped into a pit full of even more hungry Sharkticons. Only a last-minute rescue by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Goldbug]] saved them from being devoured. {{storylink|Kiss Players Picture Story Show}}

======''Beastformers'' catalog======
As part of his support for [[Alligatron]]'s faction of Beastformers, Galvatron gave them Sharkticons to help conquer [[Beast (planet)|Beast]]. {{storylink|Beastformers catalog}}

======''Legends'' comic======
The [[Sweep (G1)|Sweeps]] obtained a Sharkticon tail on Beast and took it with them to the [[Legends World]], where they used [[Blowpipe (G1)|Blowpipe]]'s [[electro-clone beam]]s to create a bunch of Sharkticons they could control. One escaped and was fished up by Hot Rod and Shaoshao Li who used it to track down the Sweeps' lair, where Grimlock used [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] to menace the rest of the Sharkticon clones into turning on their creators. They then disappeared into the wild, and Hot Rod was charged with capturing them. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 44|Bonus Edition Vol. 44}}

When the [[Micromaster]]s settled [[Micro]], they ran into a stray Sharkticon that so scared Kup that he left the planet altogether. His traumatic memories of the event flared up when the Sharkticon clones attacked his used car shop in the Legends World, but [[Sue Faireborn|Sue]] helped him through it and he was able to pacify the beasts using her [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] mode. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 46|Bonus Edition Vol. 46}}

======''Generations Selects Special Comic''======
In 2050, the Quintessons returned to lay claim to Earth's supply of [[Angolmois Energy]]. Sharkticons and Allicons joined their other creations the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]]s in marauding the [[Selector]]s and [[Cybertron Alliance]]. {{storylink|Abominus comic 1}}

=====''TV Magazine'' comic continuity=====
======''The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers''======
A Sharkticon joined Galvatron and the Decepticons in their bid to steal spaceships with a giant spaceship that ate other spaceships. The scheme failed miserably.{{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 1|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #1}}

======''The Headmasters'' comic======
The Sharkticons joined the Decepticons in a second bid by Galvatron to conquer planet Beast. They flanked [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] in battle, but were ultimately driven away by a joint attack from the Autobots and their [[Beastformer]] allies. {{storylink|The Decisive Battle of Planet Beast!}}

Later, the Sharkticons were dispatched alongside all the other Decepticons with aquatic or amphibious alternate modes to take part in a scheme under the sea. The idea was to steal energy from the Earth's core at a break in the crust. The Sharkticons attempted to protect their operation from an attack by the [[Trainbot]]s, but even with the help of a giant robot squid, they were ultimately defeated. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 3|The Headmasters #3}}

=====''Wings Universe''=====
{{Wingsnote}}
[[File:Motormouth landsharks generation 2 redux.jpg|thumb|upright=1.9|You're that clever shark, aren't you?]]
The Quintessons built improved versions of the Sharkticons for [[Clench (G1)|Clench]]'s [[Decepticon Syndicate]]. Their leader was [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]]. The Sharkticons fought alongside the Decepticons against the Autobots at the [[Large Hadron Collider]] on Earth but the villainous forces were ultimately routed. {{storylink|Generation 2: Redux}} After Clench and Sky-Byte teamed up with [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]], the Sharkticons came with their commander to [[Qre]]. Jhiaxus set them on a team of Autobots who came snooping around. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 4}} [[Sideswipe (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sideswipe]] disguised himself as one while moving around Jhiaxus's base. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 5}} A couple of them attempted to help Jhiaxus after the prisoners got free, only to be blasted by [[Fizzle|Blaze]]. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 6}}

Captain [[Cannonball (G1)|Cannonball]] thought that [[Tornado]] and [[Ferak]] grinned like hungry Sharkticons when they looked over a list of items they would need to build in order to join the [[Star Seeker]]s. {{storylink|Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur}}
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=====''Prevenge''=====
As part of an elaborate (but ineffective) deathtrap, the [[Skuxxoid]] unleashed a horde of Sharkticons upon a group of Cybertronians it had abducted from throughout the multiverse. And by a "horde," he meant a single sickly and rusted Sharkticon. Embarrassed by the lack of a threat his Sharkticon presented, the Skuxxoid ordered his prisoners to fight one another to the death instead of bothering with it. {{storylink|Prevenge}}

=====''Deviations''=====
A group of Sharkticons investigated Optimus Prime's shuttle when the Autobot leader touched down on Quintessa. Kup tried the universal greeting on the creatures, but they responded unfavorably. Optimus was forced to sic the Dinobots on their attackers, who easily dispatched the aquatic warmongerers. {{storylink|Transformers: Deviations|Deviations}}

====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
[[File:IDWBofUKSP1A.jpg|thumb|Shart attack.]]
When sharing war stories, [[Landmine (G1)|Landmine]] claimed to have faced off against 50 Sharkticons. {{storylink|Recipe for Disaster!}}
=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
{{note|The movie adaptation, originally published by Marvel US, is in italics}}
''In an alternate timeline, Hot Rod, Grimlock, and Kup were taken prisoner by the Sharkticons on planet Quintesson. After being brought before a kangaroo court, the Autobots were promptly sentenced to death and dunked in a pit of Sharkticons. Swoop, Sludge, Slag, and Wheelie came to their rescue, and Grimlock intimidated the Sharkticons into turning on their cruel masters. As the Autobots watched the Sharkticons swarming the Quintessons, Kup mused that the planet's "problems" would be solved in short order.'' {{storylink|Judgment Day!}}

After being taken prisoner on the planet [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintesson]] by the Quintessons, [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] attempted to escape by cutting through a body of water. Not too smart, as he was immediately beset upon by a school of Sharkticons. He managed to stave them off, expending much of his energy reserves but managing to stay alive until he was rescued by Wheelie. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}

=====The Big Broadcast of 2006=====
{{NoteMarvelBB2006}}
In a strange alternate future, the Sharkticons were sent by the [[Quintesson]]s to the surface of [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]] to retrieve a lost data canister. Their clumsiness alerted [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] to their presence and they were driven off by the [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]]. In the melee, the canister was lost deeper in the junk pile where its finder-alarm was disabled. {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)|The Big Broadcast of 2006}}
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=====''Classics''=====
{{noteclassics}}
When [[Cliffjumper (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Cliffjumper]]'s shot was foiled by [[Skyfall (Cybertron)|Skyfall]]'s personal force field, Cliffjumper swore, "Son of a Sharkticon!" {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 4}}

====Toy pack-in material====
[[File:Decoy comic matrix.jpg|thumb|left|They're not even ''trying!'']]
A Sharkticon was present during a battle against the Autobots on a moon base. He fought alongside the likes of [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. {{storylink|Decipher the Decepticon}}

A couple of Sharkticons were posted around the Creation Matrix in order to guard it from the Autobots after the Decepticons had stolen it. They were defeated by a small group of Autobots that infiltrated the Decepticon base, and fled with the relic afterward. {{storylink|Start Your Own Decoy Collection}}
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====3H comics====
Upon the [[Mutant (BW)|Mutants']] arrival on [[New Quintessa]], [[Derodomontatus]] found the beasts guilty of contempt in his court and sentenced them to death... by Sharkticons! Alongside some [[Allicon]]s, the Sharkticons leaped out of a nearby pool and began to maul their prey. {{storylink|Betrayal}}

Primal Prime's team of Wreckers also ran afoul of Sharkticons, though they fared better against their aggressors; after agreeing to take [[Al-badur]] off of his icy prison-world, a school of Sharkticons surrounded the group, and pounced in to attack. The better-armed group tore the Sharkticon to shreds in response. {{storylink|Disclosure}}

The Quintessons brought legions of Sharkticons to Cybertron in an effort to reclaim it as their own. {{storylink|The Wreckers: Finale Part 1}} What ensued was a planet-wide battle, with Maximals and Predacons fighting alongside one another against the Sharkticon hordes. Ultimately, on every other battlefront, the Sharkticons failed to overpower the residents of Cybertron. Though they seemed to possess the advantage at first, ore and more Sharkticons joined the scrap heap as the technorganics began using Cybertron's reformatted terrain to their advantage. They didn't yield much better results when facing the fully-technological Decepticons inhabiting a non-reformatted city. On another battlefront, Cryotek used his Primus-derived powers to reformat several Sharkticons into facsimiles of Megatron and other villainous Cybertronians in order to do battle against [[Sentinel Maximus]]. Even more Sharkticons fell offline as [[Al-badur]] overrode their systems to prove to the Maximals that he had truly allied himself with them. A platoon was melted to slag at the site of [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]], another under [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] command was met by the Wreckers, and yet another group was dealt with by the Dinobots.

The Sharkticons left behind on the Quintessons' homefront were not spared either, as the two Mutants they had failed to slay, [[Icebird]] and [[Poison Bite]], channeled Primus's power to slaughter the drones alongside their Quintesson masters. The Quintessons were ultimately forced to abandon their conquest of Cybertron outright, abandoning the Sharkticons as they fled to their ships, or using their corpses as cover from Cybertronian fire. But a small group of Sharkticons were spared by the Mutants on New Quintessa. Taking pity on them, Snowbird endowed them with the ability to feel hope and joy as he began to reformat the planet into a new technorganic paradise. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}

====''Big Looker'' storybooks====
A group of Sharkticons were awaiting being fed a [[Wheelie (G1)|young robot]], only for him to escape the Quintessons’ clutches. Darn.

Later, The Quintessons led a group of Sharkticons to apprehend the crew of an Autobot shuttle that had crashed down on their planet. They were easily defeated by the Dinobots and their friends.

Wheelie also had a necklace that appeared to be made out of Sharkticon teeth. {{storylink|The Story of Wheelie, the Wild Boy of Quintesson}}

====Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity====
[[File:WheelieGnaw.jpg|thumb|Aw HELL gnaw!]]
Wild and deadly, with a voracious appetite for [[energon]], the Sharkticons were slaves from a Quintesson colony world, used by their masters as soldiers and guards. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Guide}} They could be seen guarding their masters on the planet [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]] as the aliens plotted against the Cybertronians. {{storylink|Generation 1 issue 0|Generation 1 #0}}

{{Unreleased WW comic}}

Following [[Flash (G1)|Flash]]'s teleportation to Quintessa during the [[Age of Internment]], he encountered a mob of Sharkticons and Allicons, but managed to evade them by taking shelter in a Quintesson Citadel. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.4}} The Quintessons discovered Flash spying on them and sent their Sharkticon hordes after him again, only for Flash to escape using his superior speed. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.5}} The Sharkticons were nonetheless able to follow their target back to Cybertron. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.6}}

Packs of Sharkticons prowled Cybertron after the [[Age of Internment]]. One such pack attacked Shockwave shortly after he was reawakened, and only the intervention of [[Herald of Unicron]] [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] saved his life. As thanks, Shockwave blasted his savior and used him as the basis for his twisted experiments. Gee. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}}

Around the same time, a lone Sharkticon identifying itself as "[[Gnaw (G1)|Gnaw]]" was befriended by the Autobot survivalist Wheelie, and when its young companion joined the Autobot resistance movement led by [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], so did it. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}}

====''Timelines''====
[[Jackpot (G1)|Jackpot]] remarked that he had seen more trust in a Sharkticon's smile when he questioned [[Cryotek (TransTech)|Cryotek]] on whether the bar owner could be trusted to not sell out the wanted fugitives Jackpot and [[Hubcap (G1)|Hubcap]]. {{storylink|Gone Too Far}}

====2005 IDW continuity====
[[File:Monstrosity4.jpg|thumb|Called "Sharkticons" because "Chrome Teeth Piranha Pugs" didn't fit on the box.]]
The Quintesson [[Pentius]]'s memories of the death and destruction spread by his race included Sharkticons being used to attack planets. {{storylink|Primacy issue 1|Primacy #1}} Perhaps this is how Sharkticons ended up living in the [[Acid Sea]] on the ruined planet [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]], where they attacked [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] when he passed by. He was able to kill the first of the creatures, but several others overpowered him and pulled him into the ocean depths. {{storylink|Rage (IDW)|Rage}} For reasons unknown, possibly related to the presence of Pentius, these Sharkticons ended up releasing their grip and allowed their prey to escape. {{storylink|Fallout (issue)|Fallout}}

During a brief return to Junkion, Megatron recruited Sharkticons into the Decepticon army. He deployed them during the attack on [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], creating a perfect environment for the aquatic beasts by preemptively flooding the battlefield with liquid coolant. {{storylink|Primacy issue 3|Primacy #3}}

On the world of [[LV-117]], carvings of the Sharkticons and Quintessons adorned an ancient temple. {{storylink|Spotlight: Wheelie}}

In the modern day, the Junkions led by [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] kept an untold number of Sharkticons penned up in their [[Quintesson Cruiser|strange, corkscrew shaped ship]]. While exploring said ship, Cosmos, Rumble, and Frenzy were set upon by a horde of Sharkticons. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 3: Behind My Bleeding Back|Behind My Bleeding Back}} Despite their best efforts, the sheer mass of the creatures overwhelmed them. Incensed by the attempted infiltration of their ship, [[Rum-Maj]] unleashed all the Sharkticons on-board on a diplomatic gathering outside the ship. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 4: Dance Among the Shadows|Dance Among the Shadows}}

The Sharkticons attacked various places on Earth, including [[Mexico City]] where they were met by [[Jazz (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jazz]], {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 5: Future Glories Lost|Future Glories Lost}} and [[Palermo]] where they fought members of [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]. {{storylink|New Cybertron End: Feel Safe Without Regrets|Feel Safe Without Regrets}} At Autobot City, [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]] realized the Sharkticons were enslaved by the Junkions and quoted Megatron's works about a revolution in the hopes of pacifying them. It worked, causing them all to transform to robot mode and turn on the Junkions. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 5: Future Glories Lost|Future Glories Lost}} The Sharkticons fought their former masters until the battle ended with peace being brokered between the two sides. After that, they settled down with the Junkions in the [[Little Cybertron]] settlement on Earth. {{storylink|New Cybertron End: Feel Safe Without Regrets|Feel Safe Without Regrets}}

When an [[Ore-13]] mine was opened in [[Kentucky]], some Sharkticons got jobs there. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 1: Surfeit of Primes|Surfeit of Primes}} {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 2: Another Mine|Another Mine}}

When the [[Colonist Soldiers]] went to war with the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] and the Joes, Rum-Maj jumped at the opportunity to conquer Earth once again, rallying the Sharkticons to [[Mount Rushmore]], riding atop [[Vajra]]. As they arrived, [[Jazz (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jazz]] quickly deescalated the situation before [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] teleported into orbit. {{storylink|Time Will Rust}} {{storylink|A Sunrise Dark}}

When [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s [[Worldsweeper]] crashed into the lawn of [[White House]], the Sharkticons came to the President's defence, swarming the [[Maximal]] survivors. When the Chaos Bringer was felled, the Sharkticons settled into a new life on the organic world. {{storylink|Ceremony}} A lone Sharkticon on Little Cybertron was later seen tending to the cemetery. {{storylink|Post}}
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====''Knights of Unicron''====
The Sharkticon Pit, located on Planet Quintessa, was the ninth venue for the [[Knights of Unicron (band)|Knights of Unicron]] on their 2014 "Till All Are One" tour. {{storylink|Knights of Unicron (band)|Knights of Unicron}}

====''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''====
After the [[G.I. Joe (team)|Joes]] bombed [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], Grimlock angrily threw them into a pit of Sharkticons. [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] took pity on the hapless humans and threw them some explosives to defend themselves with. The Joes fed the explosives to the Sharkticons, which gave them indigestion, allowing the soldiers to escape. {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend}} After the war, Sharkticons spread to [[Neptune]], forcing the colony of [[New Atlantis]] to relocate to [[Triton (moon)|Triton]]. {{storylink|The War Never Ends}}

====Swindle's Spiel====
[[Swindle, Swindle and Swindle]] had Sharkticons among their drones for sale. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}

===Aligned continuity family===
====''The Covenant of Primus''====
When the [[Quintesson]]s gained control of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], they established a <s>kangaroo</s> [[Supreme Court]] where anyone could be charged on scant evidence and the common verdict of "innocent" meant death by Sharkticon.

During the Transformer uprising that marked the end of the [[Age of Wrath]], the Quintessons deployed hunter-killer packs of Sharkticons. They patrolled the roadways and cut off rebel supply lines. {{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}

====Aligned novels====
On the colony planet of [[Aquatron]], the Sharkticons served as the planet's warrior caste.

When the Quintessons arrived, most of the Sharkticons were re-conditioned by the invaders. In their new role, the Sharkticons served as elite honor guards for high-ranking Quintessons, while simultaneously intimidating any would-be Aquatronian rebels into submission. They were usually led by their Commander [[Gnaw (Prime)|Gnaw]], although, when the need arises, General [[Tyrannicon]] could also take command of the force.

At an unspecified point, a splinter force of Sharkticons attempted to rebel against their masters, foreseeing a time when their people would be freed. Their rebellion was ultimately unsuccessful, but before the rebels were fed to the [[Gamekeeper]] they managed to carve an image of [[Megatron (WFC)|a being]] prophesied to lead them to freedom, on the cavern wall.

When the [[Autobot]]s first arrived on Aquatron, [[Kup (WFC)|Kup]], [[Rodimus (WFC)|Rodimus]], and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] discovered a large vault of dormant Sharkticons the Quintessons had assembled as an invasion force to retake [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. When a combination of Quintesson manipulation and [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]'s own treachery drove the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s to battle on the planet's surface, they were arrested by a large force of Sharkticons led by Gnaw. The remaining Autobots and Decepticons encountered more of them and were forced to fight the armada. When the Quintessons succeeded in opening the space bridge to Cybertron, Tyrannicon led a large flotilla of Sharkticons thorugh the space bridge, where they manned numerous vessels and acted as shock troops on the ground. Gnaw's division battled against [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]] and Starscream's combined forces.

Eventually, Megatron stole [[Xeros]]'s replica Matrix of Leadership that the Quintessons also used to coordinate the Sharkticon's movements. When Megatron placed it in his chest, the new [[Sharkticon Matrix of Leadership]] changed his body into a Sharkticon-like form and granted him complete and unwavering control over every Sharkticon in existence. The Decepticon leader's new forces turned on their masters, wounding Tyrannicon and killing Xeros. Tyrannicon would eventually steal this Matrix for himself, but it presumably was destroyed when he was eaten by the [[Hydratron]].

The surviving Sharkticons turned on one another and went feral, forming dedicated pockets of resistance on Cybertron even after the invasion was thwarted. {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}}

====2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon====
[[File:TRID E 38 Sharkticon.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Shark Tales, anyone?]]
{{voiceactor| [[Setsuji Satō]] (Japanese) ([[Portals]] only)}}

Once Cybertron's most feared pirate, the Decepticon Sharkticon [[Hammerstrike (RID)|Hammerstrike]] was freed from his [[stasis pod]] after the Alchemor crashed on [[Earth]]. He took to the new planet's waterways intending to turn the sea into something approximating home and attacked the oil tanker, ''[[Windward]]''. [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] came to the stricken tanker's aid and were able to fight Hammerstrike off. He instead went to a nearby oil refinery, hoping to use it to achieve his ends, however, Bumblebee and Grimlock turned up there too, and despite him putting up a fight, they managed to trap him in an empty oil barrel. {{storylink|Trust Exercises}}

Another Sharkticon had fallen in with [[Glowstrike]]'s crew of Decepticons. After Glowstrike accused the Sharkticon of acting against their interests, Steeljaw beat him up to prove his loyalty to her cause. {{storylink|Portals}}

Many Sharkticons were seen during the Bee Team's raid of Decepticon Island. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 1)}} They were all incarcerated, when the [[stasis bomb]] went off and placed on board the Alchemor for transport to Cybertron. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}}

The Sharkticon scientist [[Ragebyte]] came to Earth to experiment with explosives, but was caught by [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]]. He was briefly freed to continue his experiments, and would have blown up [[Crown City Bridge]] had he not been stopped by the [[Bee Team (RID)|Bee Team]]. {{storylink|Blurred}}
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===''Animated'' cartoon===
[[Jackpot (Animated)|Jackpot]] once found himself surrounded by Sharkticons and tried to talk his way out of it. It didn't work, and he had to scramble out of the situation as best he could. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac|The Complete AllSpark Almanac}}

===''Bumblebee Movie Prequel''===
[[Malignus (BB)|Malignus]] had a pit of Sharkticons in his abandoned castle lair. When [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] entered the base, a Sharkticon tried to take a bite out of him. {{storylink|Energon Is Forever}} Once the Decepticons had revealed themselves, the Sharkticons began chewing into the Autobot, even following him underwater. The Sharkticons' lack of intelligence allowed Bumblebee to outmaneuver them with one hapless specimen finding itself on nosecone of Malignus' warhead. The force of the launch shook the beast loose and it found itself atop [[Dead End (ROTF)|Dead End]]. Though content to snack on the cannibal, the deranged Decepticon promptly shattered the predator. {{storylink|From Cybertron with Love}}

===''Cyberverse'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|Additional voices ([[Ashleigh Chrisena Ricci]], [[Haley Carter Chapel]], and/or [[Todd Perlmutter]], English)}}

[[File:CyberverseSharkticon.jpg|thumb|300px|I'm a shark, I'm a shark, I'm dumber than a tree. I only have three thoughts and they are "eat," "swim," "eat."]]
[[Gnaw (Cyberverse)|Lord Gnaw]] was once a key figure to Sharkticons, with a statue built in his honor. Under unknown circumstances, the [[Sharkticon homeworld]] was destroyed. The survivors of the cataclysm regressed into three small groups: the [[Fin]]s, the [[Tail]]s, and [[Snout]]s, led by [[Jawsy]], [[Backbite (Cyberverse)|Backbite]], and [[Sawtooth (Cyberverse)|Sawtooth]] respectively. They all began fighting each other for resources, particularly the largest chunk of their world to remain intact, a plateau that they called the [[Park]].

In [[2007]], the [[Ark (Cyberverse)|''Ark'']], flying back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], came across the ruins of the Sharkticon homeworld. When solar flares began traveling through the system, the [[Autobot]]s, [[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)|Hot Rod]], [[Cheetor (Cyberverse)|Cheetor]], and [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]], broke out the [[solar-wave board]]s, each one of them running across one of the three Sharkticon factions. When all three factions converged at the Park for dominance, each hoping that their Autobot would win their civil war for them, Cheetor tried to persuade all three groups to work together, but instead succeeded in turning them against him and his friends. The Sharkticons chased the Autobots across the solar system only to flee at the sheer size of the ''Ark''. Back aboard the ship, Cheetor seized the [[AllSpark]] and used its power to, largely, reconstitute the Sharkticons' homeworld. Despite the cracks on the surface, the Sharkticons were content to have their home back, the factions calling a truce. {{storylink|Wiped Out}}

Concurrently, [[Starscream (Cyberverse)|Starscream]] and the [[Titan (group)|Titan]] [[Croaton (Cyberverse)|Croaton]] were abducted by the [[Quintesson]]s, who used Sharkticons as an officer class in their forces. {{storylink|The End Of The Universe I}}

After the Quintessons had conquered [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and placed the populace in a virtual reality, the Sharkticons commanded the [[Prosecutor (Cyberverse)|Prosecutors]] in finding any citizens who had yet to be captured. {{storylink|The Loop}} When Hot Rod was brought before the Quintesson [[Judge (Cyberverse)|Judge]], he tried to rekindle his honorary membership of the Snouts only to be sharply rebuffed and carried before the Judge. {{storylink|The Trial}}

After [[Soundwave (Cyberverse)|Soundwave]] had been freed from the Loop, the Resistance captured an elite Sharkticon, [[Biter]], for information. {{storylink|The Prisoner}}

When the entirety of the Cybertronian race had been freed from Quintesson control, they launched an assault to free their planet only to be beaten back by the savagery of the Sharkticons, led by a Sharkticon named "[[Gnaw (Cyberverse)|Gnaw]]". It was only when [[Windblade (Cyberverse)|Windblade]] partially unearthed [[Iaconus]] did the Sharkticons retreat. {{storylink|The Alliance}}

When Iaconus' cloak was deactivated, the Judge led the Sharkticons to the Titan, the invaders falling to the Cybertronians, including getting munched on by [[Skullcruncher (Cyberverse)|Skullcruncher]] before the old Judge fell and the new Judge, Starscream, revealed himself. {{storylink|The Judge (episode)|The Judge}}

Pledging allegiance to Starscream, the Sharkticons were repainted in his colours and recaptured the Cybertronians, {{storylink|The End Of The Universe I}} before they were set free, venturing to [[Maccadam's Old Oil House|Maccadam's]] where they toasted the end of the universe. When Windblade entered to make another attempt at reawakening Iaconus, she and [[Maccadam]] fought their way through the Sharkticons to the [[cityspeaker]] chamber. {{storylink|The End Of The Universe II}} Those who remained on guard duty were swiftly dealt with by Maccadam's formidable alternate mode. {{storylink|The End Of The Universe III}} In the final stages of the invasion, the Sharkticons fought off the Cybertronian ground forces only to all be destroyed. {{storylink|The End Of The Universe IV}}
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===''EarthSpark'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Nolan North]] (English)|}}, [[Steve Blum]] (English)
[[File:JudgementDay1 Sharkticon.jpg|thumb]]
When [[Mandroid]] traveled through a space bridge, he came across the Sharkticons' homeworld and helped free it from their oppressors. In return, the Sharkticons [[Razor-Fin]] and [[Blitzwave]] journeyed with him back to Earth as muscle to help sort out his Cybertronian problem. {{storylink|The Last Hope, Part 1}} The two Sharkticons later captured the human half of the Malto clan for Mandroid and guarded the space bridge spire from the [[Terran]]s. Despite serving Mandroid loyally, they were ultimately deactivated by his space bridge weapon. They were revived shortly after when [[Robby Malto|Robby]] and [[Mo Malto|Mo]] used the power of their [[cyber-sleeve]]s and the space bridge to revive all the deactivated bots. {{storylink|The Last Hope, Part 2}}

The Quintessons had a "Pit of Judgement" which contained a number of Sharkticons in yellow fluid. Mo and Robby fell into the pit and were dragged to the bottom when the Sharkticons began swimming in circles, creating a vortex. Mo was able to dig a huge cannon out of the assorted robot parts at the bottom and used it to blast most of the Sharkticons out of the pit. {{storylink|Judgment Day, Part 1}}
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==Commercial appearances==
While stranded on [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]], [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] ran afoul of a school of Sharkticons. The Sharkticons swarmed on the Autobots, only for [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] to join the fight and help them beat the merciless 'bots back. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Sharkticon|Sharkticon commercial}}

==Games==
===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
[[File:TF PS2 Sharkticon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Thinks that [[Barry Gjerde|Jill sandwiches]] are for eating.]]
{{bigquote|Sharkticon, servant of the Quintessons! Terrifying creatures from the future, they have teeth that can snap tungsten rods as if they were animal bone! |The Narrator|"[[The Transformers (G1 PS2)]]"}}
{{voiceactor|[[Walter Roberts]] (English)}}

During [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s reign of destruction, the Quintessons provided technology to allow the elite of the surviving Transformers to travel back in time to obtain the [[Zel Quartz]] before Shockwave learned of its existence. Some Sharkticons came in secret with [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and the Decepticons to help them.

A swarm of Sharkticons attacked the Autobots while they were exploring the Karzite mine. The leader announced that the Autobots were not allowed to pass and transformed to [[robot mode]]. It stated that the Sharkticons were obeying Galvatron due to how strong he was, and warned that if the Autobots got in their way, the Sharkticons would kill them. Rodimus Prime expressed his annoyed grief before announcing to the Autobots that they were going to have to beat the Sharkticons before they could continue their exploration. After a lengthy battle, the Sharkticon leader announced to his swarm that he was wounded and ordered them to retreat. As Rodimus watched the Sharkticons flee, he stated that they were not very tough. Later on, the Autobots had to fight off more Sharkticons while they were trying to navigate through a minefield. The Sharkticons were defeated again.

In the Decepticon story, a destabilization in space-time occurred and when their shuttle crash-landed, all the Decepticons were scattered. One Sharkticon found himself alone, which he disliked. When the Decepticons found the Gem of Mystery, that one Sharkticon managed to catch up with them, expressing relief. It ran up to the Decepticons in its monster form and transformed to robot mode once it got close, explaining how it had come on board the Decepticon's shuttle in secret. The Sharkticon told them that since he was a swarm member, he did not like being alone and announced that he would join them. Galvatron stated that his crew was starting to gain really odd members but concluded that allowing the Sharkticon to join them would definitely help defeat the Autobots.

When [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] stole the Zel Quartz and went off into space, it caused the future Transformers, including the Sharkticon, to return to their own era. {{storylink|The Transformers (G1 PS2)|The Transformers}}

===''Transformers: Autobots'' video game===
When [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] was unable to contact [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] during a mission, [[Create-A-Bot (Autobot)|an Autobot recruit]] commented that the situation "bites." Unfamiliar with the [[Human|local slang]], Ironhide asked if there were Sharkticons around. {{storylink|Transformers Autobots/Decepticons|Transformers Autobots}}

===''Transformers Legends''===
The Sharkticons were used by the Quintessons for executions. Unfortunately, it was easy for [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] to persuade them to turn on their own masters. {{storylink|Mockery of Justice}}

===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
Sharkticons followed [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]] and [[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]] from [[Aquatron]] to Earth. They could be summoned into battle by [[Gnaw (G1)|Gnaw]] or a "Shark Attack" Battle Boost, which could be collected only during the four-week Sharkticon Saga. Be warned that they will explode when killed or re-summoned by Gnaw.

There are three levels of Shark Attack Battle Boosts; using one will deploy three 2-star Sharkticons at level 14, 30, or 40, respectively. Gnaw summons four Sharkticons one star rating lower than Gnaw himself, and their level can be increased by upgrading his "Chomp Chomp Chomp" ability. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars}}

===''Transformers: Forged to Fight''===
[[File:Sharkticon-Avatars-Forged-to-Fight.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|The most literal and awesome Sharkticons have ever been.]]
On [[New Quintessa]], Sharkticons infused and upgraded with [[Dark Energon]] came in six class types, each with their own weapon, fighting style, and three Special Attacks. They were many of them running around! They were even known to ambush a bot during a mission!

There was also a powerful, class-less Sharkticon, as well as the rare Golden Sharkticon and [[S-1000]] variants, all of whom occasionally appeared to menace intruders. They also had the unique ability to replicate their opponent's buffs and gain some buffs at low health.

Each Sharkticon could gain access to abilities from other Bots in their class when their "Shark Enhancement" Signature Ability was unlocked.
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===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
Sharkticons were a primitive Cybertronian subspecies that hadn't changed much in centuries. While some had evolved personalities and opinions, most remained mindless animals. {{storylink|Decepticon Directive}}

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
[[File:G1-toy Gnaw.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Believe it or not, he's the fat one.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Gnaw''' (Sharkticon, [[1986]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Tail, "[[Maceration laser]]"

: Released in the third year of the Hasbro US ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|The Transformers]]'' toyline, Gnaw transforms into a rotund, squat-limbed, shark-like monster with [[Vacuum metallizing|chromed]] chompers. His [[beast mode]] tail becomes a mace weapon for [[robot mode]] and is also the most frequently missing piece from many Gnaws on the secondary market.

: There is a minor production variation in the beast mode legs/robot arms; some have two screws holding the light-gray calf/forearms together, while other have three screws. Exciting, we know. Some releases of Gnaw also came with one of four pieces to a ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' poster with glow-in-the-dark elements, advertising the [[Decipher the Decepticon]] contest.

: Though the toy is labeled as "Gnaw", much like the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Scrapmetal (Cybertron individual)|Scrapmetal]] toy, it can be considered either the individual character or one of the countless others of its type. Because of its fictional appearance as mass armies, it is one of the few original-line [[Army-building|army builder]] toys, though it is notably costly to use it for that purpose.

: In the United States, Gnaw shared his assortment with the [[Predacon (G1)#Toys|Predacon]]s. In Japan, Gnaw was not available as part of the normal retail assortment, despite its semi-prominent fictional appearance. At first, it was a mail-away contest prize in the first wave of the ''[[Beastformers (franchise)|Beastformers]]'' sub-line in 1987, requiring mailing in five filled-in survey forms from ''Beastformers'' toys for a chance to win. It was later made available in limited quantities as a mail-away in 1988, by which time the toyline consisted of the [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#1988 (Super-God Masterforce)|''Super-God Masterforce'' line-up]]. Rather than any sort of Japanese-original packaging, the figure simply shipped in Hasbro packaging, with only a couple of additional stickers identifiying it as the Japanese market version (and relaying the appropriate legal information for Japan).

::*''[http://tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Gnaw/gnaw.htm More information on Gnaw at TFU.info]''
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===''Timelines''===
[[File:Timelinestoy-BC2010Sharkticons.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|What is this bright G2 neon crap?]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Land Shark/Air Shark/Sea Shark''' (multipack, [[2010]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': 2 missiles each

: A [[redeco]] of the Deluxe ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Sharkticon (Energon)#Toys|Sharkticon]], the ''Timelines'' version of the Sharkticon transforms into a Cybertronic submarine/battleship with dimly-animalistic styling. The small gun turrets are movable, plus the side panels can extend outward to reveal spring-loaded missile launchers.

: Available only in a three-pack of identical toys, the set came with three different bio cards, dubbing them either "[[Land Shark]]", "[[Air Shark]]", or "[[Sea Shark]]" (which is which is up for you to decide or not). This set was an [[exclusive]] bagged souvenir add-on at [[BotCon 2010]], with only 1000 sets produced.

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' [[Axalon (BW)#United 2|Axalon]], and was [[retool]]ed into BotCon 2010 [[Sky-Byte (RID)#Timelines|Sky-Byte]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/BCSharkticon/sharkticon.htm More information on Sharkticon at TFU.info]''
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===''Kre-O''===
[[File:KreO-Toy SharkticonKreon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Commence army-building.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Sharkticon''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, [[2013]])}}</ul>
:*''Collection'': '''Collection 3'''
:*''Bag number'': '''***** 58'''
:*''Accessories'': Logo brick, buildable mace
{{toydesigner|[[Ed Masiello]] (Hasbro)}}

: As part of the third wave of [[blindpacking|blindpacked]] ''[[Kre-O]]'' [[Micro-Changer]]s, Sharkticon is a [[Kreon]] that can be rebuilt into a shark-y-beast-y thing-y. He uses the [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Warpath]] style helmet, and shares his shark head with [[Overbite (G1)#Kre-O|Overbite]]. His tail-mace is made of ninja weapons originally designed for the ''Kre-O [[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' sets. (An actual ball-mace piece would be introduced in 2014, making a nice replacement if being more original-toy-accurate is your bag.)

: This Micro-Changer assortment was the last one to appear at [[Target]], with later waves showing up only at [[Toys"R"Us]] or drug/discount stores.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/Kre-OSharkticon/sharkticon.htm More information on Sharkticon at TFU.info]''
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[[File:KreO-toy Hammerstrike.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Sideswipe Roadway Rundown''' ([[2015]])}}</ul>
:*''Set number'': '''B1548'''
:*''Pieces'': '''98'''
:*''Kreons'': Hammerstrike, Sideswipe

: [[Kreon]] Hammerstrike was available only with the "[[Sideswipe (RID)#Kre-O|Sideswipe Roadway Rundown]]" set (despite the two characters having never interacted in the show). His fin/tail assembly needs to be removed in order to get him inside the included [[stasis pod#Aligned continuity|stasis cell]]. You also need to fold the legs in a little, since his shark-nose is just a hair too tall for the container if he's standing straight.

: All of the 2015 ''Transformers [[Kre-O]]'' product was skipped by retailers in the US (at first), seeing release in Canada, Australia, and various Asian markets. In fall 2015, almost all of it was finally released in the US through TJ Maxx discount stores, including this set. However, this and the "[[Strongarm (RID)#Kre-O|Strongarm Capture Cruiser]]" set were considerably harder to find than the others.

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[[File:KreO-Toy SharkticonKreon2015.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|The greys aren't as different as they look. Different lighting and processing and whatnot.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Sharkticon''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, [[2017]])}}</ul>
:*''Collection'': '''Collection 3'''
:*''Accessories'': Logo plate, buildable mace

: In 2017, the Collection 3 Micro-Changers were re-released in a whole new production run, appearing in drug stores and "dollar" stores. These releases use the almost-entirely-[[retool]]ed 2015 Kreon (making most parts incompatible with older Kreons), with slightly-differently-hued plastics than the originals. Sharkticon's [[tampograph]]s have been changed, removing the metallic silver on his torso to leave the slightly-metallic silver plastic (lighter than the silver of the original release) of the torso exposed. His purple has also changed to pink (including his [[insignia]]), plus his toes are now light blue.

:Sadly, this release has no individual-identification code on the bag, requiring you to use the feel-through-the-bag method or just buy blind and hope.
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===''Titans Return''===
[[File:TR-toy Gnaw.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Nom nom nom]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Gnaw''' (Legends Class, [[2016]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Tail/Mace

: Part of the third wave of ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' Legends Class toys, Gnaw transforms once again into a squat-limbed, shark-like monster. He comes with a mace accessory, which can be wielded by his 5mm hands, or plug onto his back as a beast mode tail.

: Like all other new-mold ''Titans Returns'' Legends toys, he has a riding compartment for [[Titan Master]]s (and [[Prime Master]]s)... but this one is inside ''his mouth''. Yes, you read that right.

: He's extremely short for a humanoid Legends Class figure, coming up to the shoulders of most other robot modes.
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===''Legends''===
[[File:Legends-toy Sharktron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Double your army-builder dollar!... sorta.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Sharktron & Sweeps (Sharkticon)'''<ref>The packaging says "シャークトロン&スウィープス" (Sharktron & Sweeps) in Japanese, but the accompanying English subtitle is just "Sharkticon".</ref> (2-pack, 2017)}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': [[September 30]], 2017
:*''ID Number'': '''LG44'''
:*''Accessories'': Tail/mace

: Released in the twenty-first(!) wave of TakaraTomy's ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' toyline, "Sharktron" is a [[redeco]] of the ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' [[Gnaw (G1)#Generations|Gnaw]] toy above. This toy has a richer color palette and much more extensive [[paint operation|paint applications]] based on the original robot-mode animation model, which results in him having show-inaccurate shark-mode arms and tail/mace due to being part of the same sprue of [[unpaintable plastic]] shoulder parts.

: He comes with fellow army-builder [[Sweep (G1)#Legends|Sweeps]], a [[retool]] and redeco of ''Titans Return'' [[Fracas#Generations|Fracas]].
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===''Cyberverse''===
[[File:CV-toy Gnaw.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Eggmech, or as he's known in the US series, Dr. Robotshark.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Gnaw''' (Warrior Class, [[2019]])}}</ul>
:*''Action Attack'': Mace Mash
:*''Accessories'': Tail-mace

: Part of the fourth wave of ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]'' Warrior Class figures (and the first in the ''Power of the Spark'' [[subline imprint|subline]]), Gnaw is a Deluxe-sized mold based on [[Gnaw (G1)#Generations|''Titans Return'' Gnaw]], transforming into a robotic shark-frog-thing.

: In robot mode he features a "Mace Mash" Action Attack: lifting up the shark-jaw part unlocks the free-spinning upper torso. Pushing in on the fin on his back activates a spring-loaded gearing gimmick that causes the upper torso to spin around and around. His head is attached in a way that it ''doesn't'' spin, however. His legs have tabs to lock into place in robot mode, offering more stability when using this gimmick.

: Gnaw does not, in fact, look like his cartoon appearance as a statue, but ''does'' look plenty like the generic Sharkticons if they lacked their tribal markings, thus, use him as a generic Sharkticon to your heart's content. This design was reused for the individual that took up the "Lord Gnaw" mantle in Chapter 3 of the cartoon.

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[[File:CV-toy Sharkticon-TTC.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|It's like a tiny ''West Side Story''.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Sharkticons Attack''' (Multi-pack, 2019)}}</ul>

: Three [[Tiny Turbo Changers]] Sharkticons (though they are not referred to as "Tiny Turbo Changers" anywhere on the packaging) are included in the "Sharkticons Attack" box set, each transforming from shark-monster to robot mode in a few simple steps, and having 3 mm holes in their fists for accessory-holding.

: They feature the gang markings from their introductory cartoon episode: two of them feature the green markings of the "Snouts", with the third having the orange of the "Tails". The gang markings are only on the shark-mode backs, making them look basically identical from the front in robot mode.

: This set was a [[Target]] exclusive in the US. It also includes a "Stealth Force" redeco of One-Step changer [[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)#SharkticonSet|Hot Rod]].

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[[File:CV-toy Gnaw-TTC.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Gnaw''' (Tiny Turbo Changer, 2020)}}</ul>
:*''Series'': '''4'''
:*''Bag code'': '''A'''

:Released in the fourth series of ''Cyberverse'' [[Tiny Turbo Changers]], Gnaw is a much simpler recolor of the small soft plastic Sharkticon figures included in the "Sharkticons Attack" multi pack above, albeit released well after said pack.

: In the US this series was effectively if not technically a Target exclusive, that chain being the only place it was widely (if briefly) available.
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===''War for Cybertron Trilogy''===
[[File:WFCT-toy Sharkticon.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Now in Floro Dery sketch colors!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-qu|'''Quintesson Pit of Judgement''' ([[2020]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Tail/mace
{{toydesigner|[[Ken Christiansen]] (concept artist), [[Mario Carreiro]] and [[AJ Piejko-Brown]] (packaging)}}

: A blue-tinged redeco of the ''Titans Return'' Sharkticon was included in the [[Hasbro Pulse]] [[exclusive]] ''[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' "Quintesson Pit of Judgement" [[giftset]].

: This set includes a redeco of the ''[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Earthrise]]'' [[Quintesson Judge#Pit|Quintesson Judge]], the [[Quintesson Bailiff#Toys|Quintesson Bailiff]], and brand-new mini-figures of the [[Quintesson Prosecutor#Toys|Quintesson Prosecutor]] and [[Kranix (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Kranix]]. It was available first for people who attended the Hasbro Fans Expo in [[Hong Kong]] and preordered the set. It was later made a [[Hasbro PulseCon 2020]] [[exclusive]] in the United States and Canada (except for Quebec), available to Premium members on [[September 23]] 2020, then opened up to all members on [[September 24|the 24th]], where it sold out, went to pre-orders for more, then sold out of pre-orders within a few short hours despite a (stated) 1-per-customer limit. More pre-orders were re-listed again for a 2021 delivery in 2020 November.
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===''Studio Series''===
[[File:SS-toy Gnaw.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|"How many would you like to buy?"<br>"Yes."]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-qu|'''Gnaw''' (Deluxe Class, [[2021]])}}</ul>
:*''Movie'': '''''The Transformers: The Movie'''''
:*''Hasbro ID number'': '''86-08'''
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SS-70'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[November 27]], 2021
:*''Accessories'': Tail mace, fin sword, blaster, "Mockery of Justice" backdrop

: Released to commemorate the 35th anniversary of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', ''[[Studio Series]]'' Gnaw is ''mostly'' accurate to the Sharkticons' general appearance in the original cartoon, though he has circular dents where the antennae should be. His tail-mace has a single swivel-joint at the base to give it a bit of articulation. His robot-mode blaster can attach to his beast mode's left side. Sadly, the gun barrel's end is not compatible with [[Fire Blast effect|blast effect]]s. His dorsal fin is attached by a simple [[5 mm post]], and can be removed and held as a knife, though Gnaw's cuffs cause some minor clearance issues.

: Gnaw's backpack comes detached in the packaging, and Gnaw himself is set quite high in the box, with his head often humorously looking down into his chest.

: Gnaw has the honor of being both the first [[Quintesson]]-aligned character released in ''Studio Series'' and the first toy of the character to ''not'' be labeled as a Decepticon. While this is a ''quintessential'' (hahaha) [[Army-building|army-builder]], designer [[Evan Brooks]] has stated that the figure is named Gnaw in reference to the original toy during its [[May 21]] [[Hasbro Pulse#Fan First Friday|Fan First Friday]] reveal.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txGS01bXx9U May 21st, 2021 Fan First Friday]</ref>

: A lot of Gnaw's details appear to be heavily inspired by an older [[Marvel Productions]] model of the Sharkticon, which in turn, is [https://i.imgur.com/6N3U7Ow.jpeg one of two refined variants of line art] based on [[Floro Dery]]'s [[:File:FloroDerySharkticonNotes.jpg|original designs]]. The final model by [[Toei Animation|Toei]] actually mirrors the [[Allicon]] models (also designed by Toei artists), in that they share the same poses, but aside from those differences the base details remain mostly the same.<ref name="Toei1">[https://i.imgur.com/aqcdKgA.jpeg Toei Sharkticon robot mode models]</ref><ref name="Toei2">[https://i.imgur.com/vVNmo60.jpeg Toei Sharkticon alternate mode models]</ref> Additionally, the heads, shoulders and paint applications ressemble more of the final Toei models, therefore, making Gnaw a combination of both designs.

: As with other ''Studio Series'' toys, the interior of the package forms a diorama display for the figure. In this case, it is the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s' famous "self-invited" entrance at [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]'s execution.
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==Merchandise==
===''Robot Heroes''===
[[File:RH-toy Sharkticon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Snarl & Sharkticon''' (Two-pack, 2008)
{{toydesigner|[[Bill Rawley]] (Hasbro)|[[Marcelo Matere]] (concept artist)}}

: Part of the "Generation 1 Series" of ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]''-branded ''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'' two-packs, Sharkticon is a chunky, [[super deformed]] soft-plastic figurine of the character in robot mode. He has simple swivel shoulders and neck articulation.

: He came in a two-pack with "Snarl", who is actually [[Slag (G1)/toys#Robot Heroes|Slag]], who was going through some naming issues at the time but hadn't settled on "Slug" yet.

: Due to their small size and price point, the ''Robot Heroes'' Sharkticon is prized by those wishing to inexpensively army-build Sharkticons. This made them harder to find in stores and severely overpriced in the secondary market. One can only wonder what became of the Slag/Snarls packaged with those Sharkticons.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/RHSharkticon/sharkticon.htm More information on ''Robot Heroes'' Sharkticon at TFU.info]''
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===''Tiny Titans''===
[[File:TinyTitans Hammerstrike.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Hammerstrike''' (Tiny Titans, 2015)
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Number'': '''10/12'''

:Part of the initial assortment of ''[[Tiny Titans]]'' [[blindpacking|blindpacked]] figurines, this version of [[Hammerstrike (RID)|Hammerstrike]] is a very small, minimally-painted soft-plastic figure of him in beast-robot mode.

: He includes a collectible card that includes a scan-badge for the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]], which unlocks a random amount of Energon "currency" and a randomized bonus power-up item.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Decepticon/TTHammerstrike/hammerstrike.htm More information on ''Tiny Titans'' Hammerstrike at TFU.info]''

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[[File:TinyTitans Sharkticon.jpg|thumb|300px|*''long, sustained baritone note''*]]
*'''Sharkticon''' (Tiny Titans, 2015)
**''Series'': '''2'''
**''Number'': '''7/12'''

: Part of the second assortment of ''[[Tiny Titans]]'' [[blindpacking|blindpacks]], this version of the Sharkticon is a very small, soft-plastic figure of him in beast mode, going all "raaaaar" at you.

: He includes a collectible card that renders him in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|2015 ''Robots in Disguise'']] styling. The card includes a scan-badge for the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]], which unlocks a random amount of Energon "currency" and a randomized bonus power-up item.

: This wave saw fairly minimal release at "big box" retailers, but unlike other waves, was ''not'' picked up by drug stores and the like later, making them particularly hard to find.

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===Imaginarium Art===
*'''Grimlock''' (2018)

:This 20-inch-tall statue set depicts Grimlock in his dinosaur mode and a slingshot-wielding Wheelie as they face off against five [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticon]]s. Only 150 were produced.
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===''ReAction''===
[[File:ReAct-toy Sharkitcon.jpg|upright=1.33|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Sharkticon''' (2023)}}</ul>

: Released in the sixth wave of [[Super7]]'s line of multi-property 3.75-inch "retro" action figures, ''[[Super7#ReAction|ReAction]]'' Sharkticon is a non-converting figure based on its creature-mode appearance in the original cartoon. It has swivel legs and arms (though the arms are incredibly thin, making them feel fragile with the stiffness of the joints), a swivel tail, and the jaw can open up slightly, giving it one more point of articulation than most ''ReAction'' figures.

: As with all releases in the ''ReAction'' toyline, Sharkticon comes packaged on a small cardback that emulates the nostalgic packaging style of [[Kenner]]'s ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' action figures from the late 1970s to early '80s. The bubble for the toy sticks out a ''lot'', as this wide and long figure was packaged upright and sideways.
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===Blokees===
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[[File:Blokees SharktiBoxS TransPink.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Sharkticon Storage Box (S)''' (2024)}}</ul>
: Released as a gift with purchase in multiple different promotions, the [[Blokees]] Sharkticon Storage Box is a simple buildable model of the species' creature mode, with ball-jointed arms and a biiig hinged jaw. The two ports on its head and the ports on each of its hips are compatible with the bigger-than-3mm pegs used across the entire Blokees range.

: Amusingly, the box bio accurately describes the Sharkticons' relationship with their [[Quintesson]] creators, but slaps a big ol' Decepticon insignia on the packaging anyway.

: The opaque blue variant of the Sharkticon box features a black box with blue elements in the artwork.
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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Sharkticon Storage Box (S)''' (2024)}}</ul>
:*''Model number'': '''71166'''
: The translucent blue variant features a white box with blue elements in the artwork.

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Sharkticon Storage Box (S)''' (2024)}}</ul>
:*''Model number'': '''71171'''
: The translucent pink variant comes in a white box with pink elements in the artwork.
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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Sharkticon Storage Box (L)''' (2024)}}</ul>
:*''Model number'': '''71159'''
: A larger version of the Sharkticon Storage Box was also made available as gift with purchase items, typically with larger Blokees product such as ''Classic Class'' and ''Action Edition''. These Sharkticons are functionally identical to their smaller counterparts, including ports for Blokees accessories.

: As with the small boxes, the opaque blue variant of the large Sharkticon box features a black box with blue elements in the artwork.
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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Sharkticon Storage Box (L)''' (2024)}}</ul>
:*''Model number'': '''71165'''
: The translucent blue variant of the Sharkticon box comes in a white box with blue elements in the artwork.
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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Sharkticon Storage Box (L)''' (2024)}}</ul>
:*''Model number'': '''71170'''
: The translucent pink variant of the Sharkticon box features a white box with blue elements in the artwork.
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==Notes==
[[File:FloroDerySharkticonNotes.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Teehee. "Sharticon".]]
[[File:Model-Sharkon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5]]
* The Sharkticons had the preliminary name of '''Sharkons'''.
* When asked about the Generation 1 Sharkticon design in an interview, [[Floro Dery]]'s reply was, "Sharkticon is a shark."<ref>[http://transformersph.blogspot.com/2007/06/interview-with-floro-dery.html TransFormers Philippines: Interview With Floro Dery]</ref> He's apparently seen some pretty weird-ass sharks.
** In his production notes, Floro Dery delves into this explanation further, writing that he designed it as a fantasy beast that uses qualities and traits of a shark, such as a large toothy mouth and a voracious appetite... which probably also explains why Sharkticons (referred to here consistently as "Sharkons") turn into fat little men.
* One early color model for the "Sharkon" gave it pinkish-red parts. Additionally, this color model also features heavily refined line art, compared to other early revised color models which kept a lot of the details from the original Dery concept art, just simplified down.<ref>[https://i.imgur.com/6N3U7Ow.jpeg Comparison between all known Sharkticon revisions]</ref>
** The finalized Sharkticon models by [[Toei Animation|Toei]] were designed similarly to the [[Allicon]] models (also designed by Toei), sharing the same or similar poses to the Allicons (e.g. hunched over little pudgy robots, with big feet and hands).<ref name="Toei1" /><ref name="Toei2" /> Presumably this was done to keep the Quintesson and Quintesson-related characters looking alike so that they can be easily recognized as coming from the same place.
* In Japan, the Generation 1 Sharkticon is considered an "Animatron", the Japanese name for the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]].
** The Sharkticons' status as Animatrons may or may not be connected to Gnaw's shipping as the sixth figure in the Predacons' case assortment outside of Japan.
** ''[[Transformers Timelines (franchise)|Timelines]]'' [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] is a Predacon and commands Sharkticons, both groups being [[Quintesson]]-affiliated in the Generation 1 cartoon continuity (and therefore the [[Transformers: Wings Universe|Wings of Honor continuity]]). This may or may not be a coincidence. "[[A Common Foe]]" depicted them teaming up to found the Beast Era [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s.
* During the Arctic level of the ''[[Transformers Autobots/Decepticons|Transformers: Autobots]]'' [[Transformers (2007 franchise)|movie]] video game, [[Create-A-Bot (Autobot)|Create-A-Bot]] says, "This bites." [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] replies, "Bites?! Are there Sharkticons in here?"
* In Volume 2 of ''[[My Little Pony]]: The Manga'', [[Doctor Hooves]] mentioned saving a Cybertronian version of [[Fluttershy]] from the Sharkticon pits on Quintessa Prime.
* The 2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' Sharkticons are portrayed as a naturally-occurring subspecies of Cybertronian like [[Amphiboid]]s or [[Buffaloid]]s, in contrast to the [[Quintesson]]-controlled subgroup from ''[[Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Retribution|Retribution]]''. They also distinctly resemble [[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]] and [[Overbite (G1)|Overbite]] from Generation 1.
* Aside from the tribal markings, the standard Sharkticons in the ''Cyberverse'' cartoon are identical, all of them being based on the original Generation 1 design.
* ''Studio Series'' Gnaw having a blaster accessory is unusual for the scrupulously cartoon-accurate ''Studio Series'' '86, since none of the Sharkticons ever carried firearms.
** This was acknowledged by Evan Brooks during the figure's Fan First Friday reveal, who stated that the blaster was included out of necessity to reference the original Generation 1 Gnaw toy.<ref>Evan Brooks on the May 21 Fan First Friday stated "He comes with the blaster that his G1 toy came with. Wasn't featured in the movie at all, but we just wanted to make sure it was included."</ref>

===Foreign names===
====Generation 1====
*''Japanese:'' '''Sharktron''' (シャークトロン ''Shākutoron'')
*''French:'' '''Requanicon''' (Canada, "Sharkticon"), '''Squaltican''' (France, "Sharktican")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Falógép''' ("Eating Machine"), '''Gépcápa''' ("Machine Shark"), '''Vasfogas''' ("Iron-Zander"), '''Acélsüllő''' ("Steel-Walleye", all from the 1st ''The Movie'' dub<ref>Various pun-based names were used in different lines of dialogue. Aside from the literal translations, "vasfogas" can also mean "iron-toothed" and "iron coathanger", while "acélsüllő" could be a play on "acél üllő" (steel anvil) or "acél küllő" (steel spoke).</ref>), '''Sharkticon''' (2nd ''The Movie'' dub)
*''Mandarin:'' '''Shāyú Jīngāng''' (Taiwan, 鯊魚金剛, "Shark Vajra") '''Shāyú Jīng''' (China, 鲨鱼精, "Shark Fairy")
*''Russian:'' '''Zhulikony''' (Жуликоны, "Swindlecons")

====Aligned====
*''Russian:'' '''Akuloconi''' (Акулоконы, "Sharkticons")

====''Bumblebee''====
*''Japanese:'' '''Sharkticon''' (シャークティコン ''Shākutikon'')

====''Cyberverse''====
*''Japanese:'' '''Same-tachi''' (サメたち, "Sharks")

==References==
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Safeguard (Armada)

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Banpei the Mini-Con: link cleanup/redirect

{{factions|minicon}}{{disambig3|Safeguard}}
:''Safeguard is a [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family]].''

[[Image:Safeguard ut.jpg|right|250px|thumb|What the hell does he turn into? A [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickelhaube| Kaiser helmet]?]]
'''Safeguard''' is one of many power-enhancing Mini-Cons scattered across [[Earth]]. A member of the [[Red Mini-Con Team]], when he is [[Powerlinx]]ed to a larger Transformer, Safeguard reinforces their armor, letting them absorb more damage with less negative effect.

==Games==
===''Transformers'' (PS2)===
Safeguard's [[Mini-Con storage panel]] was discovered in a ruined temple in the [[Amazon]] protected by a squad of light units led by a medium unit. Following the defeat of [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]], he and the other Mini-Cons returned to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and helped form the [[Matrix Cannon (Armada)|Matrix Cannon]], [[Nemesis Shield]], and [[Vanguard Booster]], giving the Autobots the power needed to destroy [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|Transformers (Armada PS2)|Transformers}}

==Notes==
* Safeguard uses the same base model as [[Bulletproof]] and [[Stronghold]].

[[Category:Armada Mini-Cons]]
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Cloaking device

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Banpei the Mini-Con: External link

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In their hot-and-cold wars against the [[Federation]], the [[Klingon Empire]] developed or acquired the '''cloaking device''', a technology capable of rendering their [[Warbird (Star Trek)|warbirds]] undetectable to all sensors.

==Fiction==
===''Star Trek vs. Transformers''===
When the [[Decepticon]]s made first contact with the [[Klingon]]s, [[Kuri]] won over the skeptical [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] by revealing the existence of the cloaking device. At Megatron's order, [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] scanned the downed Klingon ship, assimilating the cloaking device into his systems, putting it to good use by ambushing the the [[USS Enterprise|USS ''Enterprise'']]. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Two}}

Taking advantage of the Klingon dedication to victory at any cost, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] manipulated Kuri into giving him a cloaking device. Using it, Starscream slipped beneath the surface of [[Cygnus Seven]] as the battle raged and stole a bounty of [[dilithium]]. Unfortunately for him, he deactivated it too soon, allowing Megatron to see him flee the area. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Four}}

Following Starscream, the Decepticons invaded the Klingon homeworld of [[Kronos]] only to be caught off-guard by a fleet of warbirds decloaking and overwhelming them. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Five}}

==External links==
*[[memoryalpha:Cloaking device|Cloaking device]] on Memory Alpha

[[Category:Generation 1 technology]]
[[Category:Klingon Empire]]

MediaWiki talk:Community Portal

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Banpei the Mini-Con: /* Transformers One and the conversation we've all been waiting for */

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== Press release or logo for 30,000 articles? ==
Is it worth putting something together as we get very very close? Maybe something like:
* 3 from Thrilling 30 logo
* 0 from the 40th logo
* 0 from the Vector Sigma "Featured" logo
* 0 from the cosmic-streaking O in the TFTM opener
* 0 from GO!

Just a suggestion.... --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] ([[User talk:Thylacine 2000|talk]]) 13:45, 10 November 2023 (EST)
:If we wanted to go down that route, maybe tie into some of the contemporary material? Say, the "O"s from [[Energon Universe]] or [[Transformers: Legacy#Legacy: Evolution|Evolution]]? (Though the latter isn't exactly straight-on...) --[[User:Broadside|Broadside]] ([[User talk:Broadside|talk]]) 14:38, 10 November 2023 (EST)
::Sure! I lean towards the Energon Universe choice. --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] ([[User talk:Thylacine 2000|talk]]) 15:48, 10 November 2023 (EST)
:Apologies, I've corrected the count on the main page as it was inaccurate, so we're not as close as it looked like we were. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 16:20, 10 November 2023 (EST)
::That just means we have more time to decide and, if so, pull things together. :) -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 16:51, 10 November 2023 (EST)
:::Feels like we just leapt up 40 new articles in the last 2-3 days. Is it worth putting a graphic together? --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] ([[User talk:Thylacine 2000|talk]]) 22:47, 18 January 2024 (EST)

=="Multi-pack" vs "gift set" and suchlike==
Incoming semantics, but... as I've been going through the toy entries, been trying to standardize/streamline a lot of stuff, and I think maybe a set of consistent terms/definitions for "a bunch of separate toys packed together" is in order. So lemme throw this out here for discussion/future reference...
*'''Multi-pack''' — A pack of toys where the contents (or at least most/some/any of them) are exclusive to this release, not sold in other packaging. Most multi-toy releases nowadays would fall under this umbrella by default.
*'''Gift set''' — A pack of toys where all of the contents are/were concurrently (or close enough) sold individually as well, without changes, in the same market. Like all the various G1 combiner sets.
The latter brings up the question of if we want to label all the Takara "VS" packs and the various UT-era "VALUE PACK!" sets under that umbrella, which I'm ambivalent-to-marginally-in-favor-of over. Especially as Takara's been putting out new "VS" packs where the toys are new decos not available elsewhere... also we kinda made up the "VS pack" term anyway, as memory serves, so. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 20:15, 8 January 2024 (EST)
:Hasbro has used the word "[[Giftset]]" to refer to unique variants not available separately. I'm inclined to think we shouldn't directly contradict that. --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] ([[User talk:Thylacine 2000|talk]]) 21:21, 8 January 2024 (EST)
::and damn but does that article need updating. --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] ([[User talk:Thylacine 2000|talk]]) 21:22, 8 January 2024 (EST)
:::I'm inclined to think that Hasbro uses lots of terms in ways that are not exactly conducive to organizing a wiki. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 21:29, 8 January 2024 (EST)

==More bullet point insignia?==
Okay so... I recall there were some other possible faction symbol bullet points we could maybe use. I ran across a few with this batch of toy pics we might consider adding. I'll list them here, see if people can think of more. I feel like there might be a couple more two-faction matchups out there.
* Rescue Bots
* The various BotBots squads
* My First Transformers

I'm not un-convinced that we should have the bespoke insignia for stuff like the Disney Label, since they do use them on the packaging. So uh... there. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 01:51, 13 January 2024 (EST)
:Also, while looking at the list of all the bullets on the template page... maybe we should see if we can split the list up a smidge? Like, put all the mutli-faction icons in one section, a section just for BotBots since there's gonna be quite a few of them? Alphabetizing them might also be in order. (I have exactly zero idea how those templates are coded, so uh, lemme know if that's doable.) --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 04:42, 13 January 2024 (EST)
::There's also the [[Star Wars Transformers]]... though I'm not sure if using ''Star Wars'' insignia falls too much out of this wiki's scope, although we do use at least use them on the actual characters' pages (see [[Darth Vader]]). [[User:Turborun|Turborun]] ([[User talk:Turborun|talk]]) 10:34, 13 January 2024 (EST)
:::I don't think we'd use SW insignia because, near as I can tell, the toy packaging doesn't mark the toys that way. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 05:27, 14 January 2024 (EST)

== Idea for reducing the size of toy sections by compacting unchanged toy entries ==

I've come up with an idea that I think would make toy sections on character pages a little better and more intuitive. Instead of having a long list of entries for multiple releases of the exact same toy completely unchanged, we could just compact them all in a single entry, describing how the toy was available both individually and unchanged in a bunch of multipacks. This could be especially helpful with toy sections that are way too long, such as both the Movie Optimus Prime and Bumblebee toy pages that have been subject to a lot of discussion already.

[[User:Fritz/Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|I used the 2007 Legends Class section of the Movie Optimus Prime toy page to make a quick example out of it.]] The entries would be reduced from four to two toys, since 3/4 of them are the same toy anyway, and a lot of white space would be removed. As for the images of the multipacks, I don't think we would be losing much in removing them since the wiki has never prioritized images of packagings for anything really and, as I know is written somewhere in the "rules", the wiki isn't supposed to be used as an image hosting website in the first place.

So, any thoughts? --[[User:Fritz|Fritz]] ([[User talk:Fritz|talk]]) 20:18, 20 January 2024 (EST)
: We used to do this and it was actually kind of worse. There's also complications when unchanged toys end up being sold under different franchise headers, and when you add in all the other bullet point data a toy/set might have, you could end up with a lonnnnng list of bullet points before you get to the actual writeup, plus describing the multi-packs' contents... you're not really saving space while also kinda hurting the demi-chronological flow of the information. And deleting the multi-pack package imagery feels very wrong. It's one of those cases where there's no real ideal situation, but there's a least-bad one.
:That said, it probably wouldn't be a bad idea to make sure the first entry mentions these "repacks" alongside the redecoes and links to the relevant items. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 21:34, 21 January 2024 (EST)
::Good points, as usual. Now that you mentioned it, I think I do have a vague memory of this being done in the past. I was going to suggest the repacks from different toylines should remain separate, though. My mentality was that maybe we could have a way to highlight the "main" releases (original and redecoes/retools) from the "minor" ones (unchanged repacks) to make it easier to identify in a glance how many actually-different toys were released within a toyline, but I wouldn't want it to cause ''more'' confusion than ''less''. Anyway thanks for taking the time to evaluate the idea. --[[User:Fritz|Fritz]] ([[User talk:Fritz|talk]]) 05:54, 22 January 2024 (EST)

==Repurposings, continuity transplants, and using Template:Main/Template:See to improve navigability==
I've gone back to the drawing board to come up with a way to signal to readers where closely-related pages exist, as I don't think [[Help:Disambiguation|disambiguation]] pages are enough and have found [[Template:OtherVersions]] to be unideal. [[Transformers Wiki talk:Community Portal/Archive70#Proposal re: G1 pages|Previously]], I'd suggested merging a bunch of pages for so-called "[[Continuity family|continuity]] transplants", but other users convinced me this would be a poor solution. One alternative suggestion, from [[User:Broadside]], was to use [[Template:Main]] to put key links to a character's appearances in other continuity families directly in the fiction section—[[Transformers Wiki talk:Community Portal/Archive70#Handling of "former GoBots" and "former Diaclone" characters on the wiki|reactions at the time]] were neutral-positive. You can see mockups for [[User:Broadside/Sandbox:Cy-Kill|Cy-Kill]] and [[User:Broadside/Sandbox:Bug Bite|Bug Bite]]. This strikes me as the best of both worlds, because it keeps the consistent schema (which helps for page length and organisation) but also puts a link to the information in the place where your typical reader is expecting to find it (on the page for the highest-profile first incarnation of the character).

With the same philosophy in mind, I've also designed two new templates. The first, [[Template:Toyappeared]], is intended for use in toy write-ups as a way of linking to fiction write-ups and character pages. It covers [[repurposing]]s, "continuity transplants", notable instances of [[Show-accuracy|toy-accuracy]], in-fiction [[Reformatting|powerups]], [[Redeco#"Virtual" redecos|"virtual" redecos]], you name it. Toy write-ups are increasingly being duplicated across multiple character pages, which creates maintenance overhead, as both instances must be manually kept in sync. My suggestion is to use [[Template:See]] to link to the full information regarding a toy on the original page, with the repurposed instance giving only brief information of what the toy is and ''why'' it was repurposed or whatever. The second of my new templates has a much more specific intended use case: [[Template:Bwucharacter]] provides an easy way of explaining how/why a character was reinterpreted for their ''Uprising'' appearance, as ''Uprising'' accounts for most of the situations I view as being problematic.

I realise I'm proposing like five things at once here, so [[User:The Wadapan/sandbox/repurposing|my sandbox]] has [[User:The Wadapan/sandbox/repurposing#Full example|a full example]] demonstrating how it all works together, along with tons of individual examples of the templates' usage and a more thorough explanation of what I'm trying to address with them. Take a look, and let me know which aspects you like, which parts you don't like, or any ideas you have to add! —[[User:The Wadapan|The Wadapan]] ([[User talk:The Wadapan|talk]]) 06:24, 12 February 2024 (EST)
:I can vouch for these templates! [[User:ShootingStar7X|ShootingStar7X]] ([[User talk:ShootingStar7X|talk]]) 15:38, 26 February 2024 (EST)
: I'm seeing a lot of problems with the implementation of some of this, and a lot of future headaches. The ones rolled out put what look like stub headers in a fiction section with just a small normal missable note up top; and in Override's case in specific, multiple stubs with completely redundant information. What this is ''going'' to do is get new people thinking that these are missing information that needs to be filled, then we gotta revert it and tell them no all that goes elsewhere, which is utterly unintuitive and will just lead to arguments and headaches all around.
: As for toys, in the instances of BWU-type stuff where it's a one-toy Mini-Con or whatever, I feel like NOT having the actual toy info for them on the BWU page, as with the Mini-Con Snow Cat toy currently, is not doing the reader any favors. Quite the opposite. Why are we making them jump to a different page for information that has no reason to not be right there? I don't like making readers jump through hoops needlessly, and that's all this feels like. And it's not like the toy sections of most of these are gonna see major changes, so lack of cross-updating is very, very, very unlikely to be an issue.
: I really don't think these require new templates and a bunch of new-editor landmines. At most, there's a decent argument to be made for re-positioning the "you look familiar" template that already exists, maybe below the main character writeup (above feels like a bad layout choice, pushing all kinds of stuff down.) --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 02:11, 28 February 2024 (EST)

== Listings and accessories ==

When I was making the description for cannonball based on the Walmart listing, there was mention of a Gatling gun and hammer not shown in the stock images,and left them out.

If I run into this type of situation again, what do I do?[[User:Poliwag06|Poliwag06]] ([[User talk:Poliwag06|talk]]) 10:56, 7 March 2024 (EST)

== A few suggestions ==

Gallery pages should only include images that aren't easily accessed by going to the main page, to avoid cluttering. I guess this is not an issue now since the current gallery pages are fairly short.

There should be more dedication in listing alt-modes of characters. Maybe there should be a header or something. For example, if the Dreamwave version of [[Sunstorm (G1)#Dreamwave Generation One continuity|Sunstorm]] transforms into an F-16 jet, it should be listed in the beginning with a header for the sake of easy access to the said information.--[[User:Primestar3|Primestar3]] ([[User talk:Primestar3|talk]]) 13:59, 17 March 2024 (EDT)

== Will we get an article on The Masked Singer? ==

Will there be an article on TFWiki about The Masked Singer, specifically their recent "Transformers Night" episode (https://the-masked-singer.fandom.com/wiki/Transformers_Night)? --[[User:John Pannozzi|John Pannozzi]] ([[User talk:John Pannozzi|talk]]) 20:01, 12 April 2024 (EDT)

: Assuming it's a licensed appearance (I can't check the credits myself :C ), I can't think why it wouldn't be [[User:AkibaSilver|AkibaSilver]] ([[User talk:AkibaSilver|talk]]) 21:15, 12 April 2024 (EDT)

:: It was indeed licensed. --[[User:John Pannozzi|John Pannozzi]] ([[User talk:John Pannozzi|talk]]) 22:30, 12 April 2024 (EDT)
:::Yes, as an official Hasbro-sanctioned piece of TF media, the episode does meet our requirements for inclusion. It just needs someone to write it up. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 23:22, 12 April 2024 (EDT)

== Franchise articles ==
So I was looking at the franchise pages to try and get an idea of what the standard is supposed to be for how they are written. Should all of them be updated to be more like the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)]] article? What was making me wonder this was that on the [[Transformers: Energon (franchise)]] article it had a section for "Homages" and one for "New characters" which I don't think any other franchise article has. --[[User:1levichurch|1levichurch]] ([[User talk:1levichurch||talk]]) 22:57, 21 April 2024 (UTC)

== AI upscaled images ==
With fresh offsite talks about the matter, I put forth we add an official policy against posting AI upscaled images of any kind to the wiki, owing to their subpar performance in "enhancing" the quality of images. [[User:McBaggins|McBaggins]] ([[User talk:McBaggins|talk]]) 23:52, 1 May 2024 (EDT)
:Agreed. It's literally faking information and presenting it as official. (Also often noticeably terrible.) Sometimes the best quality available of something sucks, but we simply have to deal. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 23:57, 1 May 2024 (EDT)
::100 percent agreed. It's called "artificial" for a reason. Plenty of details would be lost out through the upscaling, and several times errors on the wiki somehow became official through Hastak using the wiki for references (the whole [[Circular reporting]] thing). If we start allowing AI upscaled images, then we're likely to have things lost to the annals of time. Potato quality is better than lost quality[[User:Singularity|Singularity]] ([[User talk:Singularity|talk]]) 00:11, 2 May 2024 (EDT)
: Sure. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 00:43, 2 May 2024 (EDT)

== Ending addition of high-end statues ==
This is something I doubt other people have noticed, but I'm putting down a tent-peg on it: After having built the entries for dozens of high-end collectable TF statues in the last 2-3 years, from firms like Diamond Select, Imaginarium, Azure Sea, XM Studios, etc., and then seeing most of them either officially cancelled or never spoken of again with no reported purchases, I am going to stop adding such items here. If someone else feels like cataloguing them, great.

It really may not be possible for us to keep up with toy-like non-transforming merchandise (figurines and statues) the way we used to. There are at least two ''released'' series of G1 core cast micro-figurines with micro-comics and magnifying glasses, which would have been the rage of the fandom in 2005, that nobody ever got around to adding, and it feels like too much of a chore for me to start. --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] ([[User talk:Thylacine 2000|talk]]) 10:35, 3 May 2024 (EDT)
: It's an unfortunate but very real thing that once you enter the world of licensed merch, we're ''gonna'' have big gaps. It's... a lot, on top of the "a lot" that is the regular TF toyline and fictional output today. I've said that the work involved in keeping up with all of TF's merch ought to be a full-time paying job, and I genuinely mean it. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 16:39, 3 May 2024 (EDT)

== Transformers Roleplaying Game releases on the front page and sidebar ==

The [[Transformers Roleplaying Game]] is getting pretty frequent releases of both sourcebooks and pre-written adventures, and it occurs to me that it might be a good idea to have it on the "current releases" section of the front page and/or the navigation sidebar. How would people feel about that? --[[User:Broadside|Broadside]] ([[User talk:Broadside|talk]]) 15:49, 4 May 2024 (EDT)
: I think that makes a lot of sense, as long as we have people keeping up with the new releases to document them. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 15:51, 4 May 2024 (EDT)

==How we handle weapons' toy/merch sections==
Okay, so like... I'm not really convinced that what we've been doing is the best way to handle the weapon pages' toys/merch sections. Honestly, they end up looking... really shoddy. There's just tiny scraps of info, vast wads of whitespace, few to no links, the images are tons of different sizes. <br>
I'm thinking that instead of all this... maybe this is a place where a gallery is in order, just a chronological procession. Have the captions just say what lines/toys the weapons came with and link to the toys directly on the character page. It's not like there's much to say about any of these, why not let the toy listing on the character page say it? Why make people scroll through screens of mostly-emptiness, which I feel they're increasingly unlikely to do? I may do a sandbox if I'm feeling up to it. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 22:24, 6 May 2024 (EDT)
:[[User:M Sipher/Sandbox:WeaponPageToysSection]] - So... this, basically. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 22:39, 6 May 2024 (EDT)
:I'd be on board with that. --[[User:Broadside|Broadside]] ([[User talk:Broadside|talk]]) 22:34, 6 May 2024 (EDT)
:I like it. It would be far more compact than our current approach for, say, [[Fusion cannon#Toys]], while still getting the point across. --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] ([[User talk:Thylacine 2000|talk]]) 11:13, 10 May 2024 (EDT)

==Proposal for Unproduced or Unreleased Template==
I don't think the Apocrypha template is particularly useful. It was created specifically for Alignment, but most of the things in it don't fit that criteria. Something like Unproduced or Unreleased Transformer media would be more self explanatory. [[User:WillR113|WillR113]] ([[User talk:WillR113|talk]]) 07:05, 11 May 2024 (EDT)

== Use of pictures from ebay, fan sites, etc ==

Is it appropriate to use pictures of toys from ebay, fan reviews, video review screenshots and the like? Under fair use and with source credit? Sometimes rarer items we don't have good pictures of on the wiki show up in these places. In particular I found a ebay seller with good images of EZ collection toys and and old Japanese review blog with images of Takara variants of HFTD/Autobot Alliance toys so that got me wondering. —[[User:BluJayWarrior|BluJayWarrior]] ([[User talk:BluJayWarrior|talk]]) 10:10, 12 May 2024 (EDT)
:Images from eBay and other fan sites have been and can continue to be used, giving the fullest source credit feasible. I don't think we've ever needed to rely on video review screenshots and would always prefer to have a "normal" still image instead whenever possible. --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] ([[User talk:Thylacine 2000|talk]]) 11:02, 16 May 2024 (EDT)

== ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' “再構成版” エピソード視聴ガイド "Re-Configuration Version" aka "Re-Constructed Version" Episode Viewing Guide ==

We really need to document the "canon" Japanese viewing order for ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' & ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers 2010'' originally included with the ''Pioneer'' Laserdisc booklets & later apparently revised by [[Hirofumi Ichikawa]] (市川裕文) for the DVD BOX SET 2 Instruction Booklet as it would help clean-up the chronology on many wiki pages here. From what I've been able to gather this particular viewing order differs from both the US/Japan production orders, the US-Airing order and the Japanese-Airing order. So what exactly is the order of the episodes of these two series according to these documents? Does anyone own them and able to list the specific order in which the episodes appear in those LD/DVD "Instruction Booklets" word-for-word? As it stands, we've only mentioned that a "narrative viewing order" exists but do not have it listed anywhere. For further clarification, it is not the order in which the episodes appear on the Japanese DVDs. [[User:Astrobotix|Astrobotix]] ([[User talk:Astrobotix|talk]]) 01:09, 15 May 2024 (EDT)
:While this information would be valuable and is worth documenting, it's unlikely to result in us making any major changes to the way our information is structured. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 17:31, 16 May 2024 (EDT)
:Okay, having seen the booklets in question, it just lists the episodes in production order, continuity errors and all. So...absolutely no change, then. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 20:44, 17 May 2024 (EDT)

== Documenting MSRP? ==

Would it be worth documenting MSRP prices (in usd at least)? For the regular retail classes that's for the most part covered by the [[size class]] page, but we don't keep track of them for more specialty items like Masterpieces, multipacks, exclusives, one-off releases not in a normal size class, special lines like Missing Link, etc. It's something I find personally interesting and would've liked to know for older figures and someone in the future might want to know about today's releases. It can also offer some neat bits of info like how Premium Finish releases were generally one price point up compared to the figure's size or how the upcoming United Cliffjumper multipack is a whole $30 off what the individual figures would cost --[[User:BluJayWarrior|BluJayWarrior]] ([[User talk:BluJayWarrior|talk]]) 14:20, 21 May 2024 (EDT)
:I think this would be very interesting, particularly when you scroll down pages for G1 toys that got multiple reissues like the Seekers, Insecticons, and tape players. It's just that - like the Designer Notes and the proper insignias on each and every toy - it would take forever to add and would probably wind up being one super-dedicated person having to do most of the work. --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] ([[User talk:Thylacine 2000|talk]]) 14:28, 21 May 2024 (EDT)
::I might try to do what I can, going back to recatalogue everything would definitely be a chore. But at the very least I strongly believe it's something we can and should implement for future toy entries. I've started a [[User:BluJayWarrior/Sandbox|MSRP Sandbox]] to try out a few formats, any feedback is appreciated. --[[User:BluJayWarrior|BluJayWarrior]] ([[User talk:BluJayWarrior|talk]]) 05:18, 23 May 2024 (EDT)
::Cleaned up the sandbox page. Anyone have anything to say about the format? Might try applying Style 1 to a few pages this weekend if no one makes any objections. [[User:BluJayWarrior|BluJayWarrior]] ([[User talk:BluJayWarrior|talk]]) 12:58, 24 May 2024 (EDT)
:::Of those options I like Style 1 the best. As you already noted, the [[size class]] pages covers basically all normal U.S. retail from BW through Legacy, missing things like Platinum and MP. To find contemporary G1 prices, here are some good resources:
:::https://web.archive.org/web/20181125082555/https://pleasesavemerobots.com/vstp/vstptf84.html
:::https://web.archive.org/web/20191114081109/http://pleasesavemerobots.com/vstp/vstptf85.html
:::https://web.archive.org/web/20191114091052/http://pleasesavemerobots.com/vstp/vstptf86.html
:::https://web.archive.org/web/20191114090836/http://pleasesavemerobots.com/vstp/vstptf87.html
:::https://web.archive.org/web/20191114084922/http://pleasesavemerobots.com/vstp/vstptf88.html
:::https://web.archive.org/web/20191114081716/http://pleasesavemerobots.com/vstp/vstptf89.html
:::https://web.archive.org/web/20191114085830/http://pleasesavemerobots.com/vstp/vstptf90.html
:::https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/g1-original-retail-price-listing.1167895/
:::I tried looking for G2 MSRP but couldn't find anything as obvious. --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] ([[User talk:Thylacine 2000|talk]]) 13:24, 24 May 2024 (EDT)
::::Thanks for the sources, gonna have to sort through that later. Planning to start with new ROTB characters since they're smaller pages and prices can still be found. I've decided to add prices for retail classes for reader convenience; not everyone will know to go to the size class page for them and its not linked often enough to make it reasonable they would. [[User:BluJayWarrior|BluJayWarrior]] ([[User talk:BluJayWarrior|talk]]) 14:22, 24 May 2024 (EDT)

: I'd been working on a project like this a long time ago, had originally proposed adding this to the wiki, but then kinda stopped... mostly because near as I could tell, the MSRP in the 80s was something retailers could just make the hell up. The price ranges for any given toy were kinda all over the damn place, and the MSRP was something some retailers used to go "no really we're cheaper SEE?" then make up some price they supposedly "discounted" down from... you know, the thing that got Kay-Bee in legal-type troubles. I was increasingly unsure how to handle that wild price variance concisely on the wiki. In fact...
::https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PBE2i9vLE6fkr933GQbXosA1cxIqB3CkOSnzW0BMdwc/edit#gid=448439989
: Take a look-see. There's at least three different MSRP values for the standard Headmasters, never mind actual sticker prices. Like, I ''want'' to provide this kind of context, I really do, and it's pretty easy once we get to the unified price points of BW on... but for G1 and G2? Woof. That's going to take a bit of mulling. "Average" price maybe, but there's gonna be some Prices Georg here and there throwing shit off. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 16:35, 24 May 2024 (EDT)
::RE: The sandbox... I'm gonna have to vote against Style 1, because, as noted, price info is very likely going to get... cluttered, and the longer that parenthetical is, the worse it is. I'd REALLY like to keep that to just "size class/type (if not obvious) and release year". And don't forget Takara-release prices, which can be more flexible even within a size class... but at least those have been ''extensively'' documented. I think we need to talk about bit more about everything we'd need to cover and ''how'' before we go implementing anything, and get a few more people in on the discussion. (Sorry for all the add-ons, lightly scattered today.) --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 18:18, 24 May 2024 (EDT)
:::Fair enough on the old stuff since that gets convoluted, but the newer stuff is comparatively easier to do and I'd rather start sooner before some MSRP prices get harder to find (ROTB Autobots Unite subline prices seem to have disappeared already). Added the ROTB Airazor page I was gonna start with to the sandbox so you can see how the page might look as a whole. Since you object to Style 1 I added a Style 2 version too. --[[User:BluJayWarrior|BluJayWarrior]] ([[User talk:BluJayWarrior|talk]]) 18:38, 24 May 2024 (EDT)
:::: Assemble the data, sure, but I am going to say do ''not'' actually apply any of this to live articles. Again, there's barely been any time or discussion on a project that is... vast in scope, and we simply do not jump on stuff like this right away, because that means things will get not considered and then we have to re-do hundreds to thousands of pages... and we absolutely do ''not'' do it when there's a giant obvious gap (the first decade of the franchise) that still needs to be considered, as how we handle ''that'' will affect how we handle all the others, because we try and keep things consistent.
:::: Like, just off the top of my head, there's non-US-or-Japan markets to consider for just about everything normal-retail. Which makes me think we may want to look into a collapsible template, like with the toy designers and voice actors, to handle the other markets without overloading the bullet point sections, some of which are already a bit husky. There's the fact that Walmart and Target just dropped the prices on TF Deluxes in the US... but apparently, Hasbro didn't change their "MSRP"/cost at all. In fact a quick jump to Hasbro Pulse shows they're still charging $25 for a ''Legacy/Studio'' Deluxe, while I can pop to the local Target/Walmart and buy 'em at $20, so we gotta consider ranges just like with G1/G2. And again... ''I'm moderately convinced that "MSRP" in the USA was bullshit all along,'' so I don't know that it's the term we even want to use in the first place. Maybe "Retail price" would be better. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 00:17, 25 May 2024 (EDT)
:::::I think just documenting the MSRP, if we know it, is enough. No need to go down the rabbit hole of tracking down what individual retailers sell them at when they disregard the MSRP (which as, after all, only a suggested price). In my opinion, at least, it's little different from listing the cover prices of books - the only difference is that Hasbro doesn't print their suggested price directly on the box.
:::::Totally hear you on waiting to the pull the trigger until it's been properly discussed, though. Also, I prefer BluJay's Style 2 as well. -- [[User:Dark T Zeratul|Dark T Zeratul]] ([[User talk:Dark T Zeratul|talk]]) 03:46, 25 May 2024 (EDT)
:::::: Um, the problem is, again... I really don't think we HAVE any actual MSRPs outside of Takara's. What's been cataloged here are just "prices they were sold at", which isn't ''specifically'' a Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price, the specific price suggested specifically by the manufacturer. Those we'd need a source for, and as I've pointed out, the handful of stated "MSRP"s we've seen for Hasbro stuff... well, someone was lying, likely multiple someones. For BW on we have a pretty strong ''inference'' of MSRP, but, well. And even that's not reliable... I just remembered that Walmart and Target were charging markedly different prices for the ''EarthSpark'' Tacticons, like, a $2 diff.
:::::: What I'm saying is, we might want to just not call it "MSRP" because of that (also, frankly I question how many people even recognize that acronym). And because of the wide variance in prices for older stuff, no, we don't need to list every price at every retailer (there were a billion retailers in the 80s... man, remember when actual competition in the market was a thing?), but we really OUGHT to account for the variance somehow, because it can be wide and ''full''. "''Original price''" might be best, since that's what we're actually reporting here, with something like "$2.99 - $4.99 (US) / ¥500 (Japan) <expand>". I'd rather do a range than a single-price "average" on old stuff, especially when we have so MUCH data on what these were sold at across the nation that we can see the trends and when a particularly high or low price is an outlier adn should not have been counted. "Modern" stuff we can certainly ignore, say, Kohl's's higher prices and just do the average probable-MSRP-if-those-actually-exist prices most places (all two of them) charge. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 17:10, 25 May 2024 (EDT)
::::Alright, I'll make a [[User:BluJayWarrior/MSRP Catalog|separate sub page]] to catalog prices for now while that gets sorted out
::::As Dark T said, I think prioritizing initial Hasbro MSRP is best as it is the "intended" price (this is what [https://brickset.com Brickset] does for Lego). It's a point of consistency since historically different retailers tend have slight variations on the price anyway (Target/Walmart sometimes being slightly lower, Kohls/BBTS being higher, general lag on reflecting the msrp price increases a few years ago, etc) and I don't think that whole range needs to be noted. Admittedly the current Target/Walmart prices drops are pretty unusual (a whole $5?!) but unless it becomes something more widespread I personally wouldn't consider it as a data point. Might be worth making a note of somewhere if anything, though I'm not sure where --[[User:BluJayWarrior|BluJayWarrior]] ([[User talk:BluJayWarrior|talk]]) 04:26, 25 May 2024 (EDT)

==Micronauts, etc.==
Why are we suddenly gaining detailed issue write-ups for so much of Micronauts, which contains no TF elements at all? Isn't that the point of the IDW Hasbroverse wiki? --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] ([[User talk:Thylacine 2000|talk]]) 13:14, 1 August 2024 (EDT)
:Oh and look, now whole issues of M.A.S.K. written 7 years ago with no TF content whatsoever are being pasted from the Hasbroverse wiki. Is the other site going offline or something? --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] ([[User talk:Thylacine 2000|talk]]) 14:26, 1 August 2024 (EDT)
::I don't think it was really our intention to formally unveil the project until we were further along, but some of us have been doing a fair bit of work towards creating a [https://gijoe.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page sister wiki for ''G.I. Joe''] where the [https://gijoe.miraheze.org/wiki/Comics#IDW_Publishing_3 out-of-scope IDW Joe coverage] has already been re-homed. The Joe crew hasn't made any calls about what do with non-Joe stuff to be clear (we're sort of preoccupied, there's so much Joe you guys) but I'm guessing the idea here is to align the rest with our [[Transformers Wiki talk:Community Portal/Archive71#Energon Universe coverage|current approach]] to [[Energon Universe|Skybound's shared universe]] and sundown the IDW one? --[[User:AzimuthAcolyte|AzimuthAcolyte]] ([[User talk:AzimuthAcolyte|talk]]) 15:43, 1 August 2024 (EDT)
:::That is more or less the intention, yeah. The Hasbroverse wiki was built at a time where it was perhaps anticipated to be grander than it ended up being, and it wasn't certain how long it was going to run; with the end result being "not very", having this other vestigial site for what is ultimately not a lot of content just doesn't feel practical. The exception, of course, is pre-V5 Joe, which has ''always'' been the sticking point in discussions about moving Hasbroverse content here, both for the amount and for how little it has to do with the IDW Transformers line. Having a dedicated Joe wiki solves that problem and frees up the rest of the Hasbroverse stuff to be reintegrated. Plus, there's still new Joe material being released to this day; arguably having a complete and better curated site for the franchise as a whole that continues to be updated with new releases is more likely to drive traffic and get other people to contribute than it would be linking to a dead wiki for a long-ended comic line that's had the same featured articles for five years because no one cares to add anything to it anymore. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 15:59, 1 August 2024 (EDT)
::::It does look like a rough consensus was reached to do this back in 2021 ([[Transformers_Wiki_talk:Community_Portal/Archive69#Reintegration_of_Hasbroverse_wiki_content|Archive 69]]), it was just never implemented. --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] ([[User talk:Xaaron|talk]]) 16:10, 1 August 2024 (EDT)
::Like half of MASK issues have something from Transformers in them. Picking and choosing which select issues to cover here is hair-splitting and obnoxious for readers. It's immensely better to just have all the information in one, easily-accessible spot and regard Hasbro Universe as a de facto spinoff of Transformers, much like Beastformers and Energon Universe are. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 17:10, 1 August 2024 (EDT)

==One spoilers==
I propose that information about this movie be withheld until it actually opens in its largest market next weekend. --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] ([[User talk:Thylacine 2000|talk]]) 11:04, 14 September 2024 (EDT)
: Agreed. [[User:Locoman|Locoman]] ([[User talk:Locoman|talk]]) 11:08, 14 September 2024 (EDT)

==Transformers One and the conversation we've all been waiting for==

On September 12th, Lorenzo di Bonaventura [https://comicbook.com/movies/news/is-transformers-one-a-prequel-optimus-prime-origin-story-exclusive/ clarified the relationship] between ''Transformers One'' and the live-action ''Transformers'' films, describing them as "two universes" that will be "separate". For some, this kind of explicit confirmation may come as a relief after years of wishy-washy answers regarding ''Bumblebee'' and ''Rise of the Beasts'', but it also leaves us with questions on how to best handle ''One''-related information going forward. Around 2015, we adopted a unique layout we applied to all the movie characters, where we organized their movie appearances at the top of the page, regardless of chronological order of release (see "[[Optimus Prime (Movie)#Movies]]"). Obviously, this leads to some questions regarding how we should handle our ''One'' coverage going forward.

The way I see it, we have three options:

* '''Keep the page format as is, and keep''' '''''One''''' '''up with the rest of the movies''': For obvious reasons I think this is probably our weakest possible solution; it's pretty clear at this point that our current solution for classifying the films is not really sustainable, and mashing them all together under a single loosely-affiliated umbrella is already confusing and frustrating people who aren't intimately acquainted with the mechanics of the wiki.

* '''Reorganize movie character pages so that we acknowledge the live-action films and''' '''''One''''' '''as separate continuities within one continuity family, similar to how our G1 pages cover Sunbow, Marvel, JG1, IDW, etc.''': Historically speaking, this is probably the safest option, but from what I understand there is very little "connective tissue"—visually, character-wise, plot-beats—between the live-action films and ''One'' beyond the inertia of "they were both made by Paramount". As some people have discussed in the past, this could lead to a full or partial reformat of our movie character coverage to more clearly reflect the ambiguous "prequel" status of ''Bumblebee'' and ''Rise of the Beasts'', but this may be a conversation for another time.

* '''Separate''' '''''One''''' '''as an entirely new continuity family and split out the relevant information so we have pages for "Optimus Prime (One)", "Megatron (One)", etc.''' Probably the most radical proposal, but this is honestly where I'm at right now: from what I understand the movie is a pretty radical departure from everything that's gone before, with entirely new interpretations of old ''Transformers'' lore—I'd classify it as the start of a new "franchise" in the same way that we distinguish ''Earthspark'' and ''Cyberverse'' despite them both clearly drawing on the same well of post-Aligned lore, and these days "new franchise" is generally synonymous with "new continuity family" for the ease of wiki bookkeeping.

We would appreciate hearing your thoughts on the matter! '''As the film is not out yet in all regions please refrain from posting spoilers here'''. [[User:Locoman|Locoman]] ([[User talk:Locoman|talk]]) 08:56, 15 September 2024 (EDT)

:I could see '''option 3''' being the way we go, but what holds me back from that is that beyond just Paramount, Spielberg and Bay are still executive producers on the film. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 09:39, 15 September 2024 (EDT)

::I think we should put them on the Earthspark Continuity pages to satisfy no-one /j - but yeah, the film is drawing from the same vaguely Binder Of Revelation backstory as everything else for the last 10 years, and unless they have been hiding The Fallen twisting D-16 to evil or the twist that the Creators were the Quintessons all along, One feels pretty decoupled from the rest of the movies. The big issue I see with splitting out fully is that people wondering why we do not do the same for Bumblebee/ROTB, but that more easily passes a "vibe check" as being "Movie-adjacent" and belonging on the same page as the Bay 5-dom than One so far. Agree that trying to put them directly alongside the other movies as a prequel feels both unwieldy and confusing. [[User:AkibaSilver|AkibaSilver]] ([[User talk:AkibaSilver|talk]]) 09:41, 15 September 2024 (EDT)

:I vote for '''option 3''', I think creating separate pages is the way to go. [[User:MrRald|MrRald]] ([[User talk:MrRald|talk]]) 09:54, 15 September 2024 (EDT)
::I vote for '''option 2'''. To me the movie is different enough to be a separate universe but not an entirely different continuity. Josh Cooley himself on April 18 when asked whether the film is a fresh start, a prequel to the live-action films, or its own thing, replied with: "yes to all of the above" https://comicbook.com/movies/news/transformers-one-director-confirms-new-movies-canon-status. (And having seen the movie I can confirm those connections to the live-action series do exist). [[User:Grievous Prime|Grievous Prime]] ([[User talk:Grievous Prime|talk]]) 10:05, 15 September 2024 (EDT)

:I'm down for '''new continuity family/new character pages'''. One has always felt very different to the previous live action movies so I feel it should get its own dedicated pages. As for BB and ROTB, there is "connective tissue" to the Bayverse movies so I feel they can stay on the pre-existing movie pages. [[User:PublicCrown|PublicCrown]] ([[User talk:PublicCrown|talk]]) 10:25, 15 September 2024 (EDT)
:Having viewed the film at an advance screening, I think there are easily enough references and homages to previous films that '''option two''' makes the most sense. - [[User:Archforce|Archforce]] ([[User talk:Archforce|talk]]) 10:45, 15 September 2024 (EDT)

::I'm favorable for the '''3rd option''', it is still produced under Paramount & there are some producers attached to the project that were on previous movies, but my stance is that we should judge based on the final product & having seen the movie, it doesn't try to be in line to what came before (there are some similarities in design & names, but it stops there since every popular TF stories has influence over the next ones), helped by the new team of writers & creatives. If we can treat each new cartoon as its own entity (even tho in recent years they are streamlined in some areas), I think we can do the same for the recent movies that have more contradictory elements to the Bayverse –[[User:MahXyme|MahXyme/MahXymal]] ([[User talk:MahXyme|talk]]) 10:49, 15 September 2024 (EDT)
:'''<nowiki>#3</nowiki>''' is the cleanest option to me. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 11:32, 15 September 2024 (EDT)

:I think from a practical perspective, '''#3''' is the only real option. Looking at the loose guidelines for a new family on our [[continuity family]] page:
:*"a fresh continuity" — Yep, even Lorenzo's acknowledged this. Even if we questioned that, there's stuff like the AllSpark being absent (with the Matrix pretty much taking exactly the role the AllSpark would have), Megatronus being a good guy, and Sentinel's role being entirely irreconcilable with Dark of the Moon.
:*"within a separate franchise" — Yep. New franchise, and the marketing hasn't done anything to allude to the live-action films specifically.
:*"significantly different in cast, theme, style, etc." — This is the big sticking point for me. One makes no attempt to align with the visual style or characterisations of the live-action films. The sole real connective point is B-127 (name from ''Bumblebee'', he has the big cheeks and antenna of the movie guy, and his talking a lot is clearly a meta-gag about him losing his voice), but even he's characterised completely differently, as the "comedy crazy guy" who's a peer to Optimus and co instead of the cool-but-rude big brother figure from Bay/Bee/Beasts.
:I'm sympathetic to the Paramount/Bay/Spielberg/Di Bonaventura connective tissue, but my big rebuttal there is that we don't consider ''EarthSpark'' to be Aligned because Nicole Dubuc is the showrunner. Ultimately, if we hadn't had pre-release producer statements (now contradicted) calling it a prequel to the other movies, there's absolutely no way this would be in question — we'd already have it as a separate continuity family. And from a wiki organisation standpoint I don't think there's any way to, say, write up Sentinel Prime's opening paragraph in a way that adequately covers both the DOTM and One characters without genericising it to the point of uselessness. --[[User:Broadside|Broadside]] ([[User talk:Broadside|talk]]) 12:33, 15 September 2024 (EDT)
::Yeah, I think '''#3''' is straightforward and likely the approach we'd take if we were presented with the film, as a story, with zero context on the studio releasing it or EPs involved or whatever. I also think there's a high likelihood that the next live-action film will have Elita appear and be like "hey Optimus remember when we were in Transformers One?" and we'll all groan and have to reconsider, but until then, I think the real-world context is basically the only thing separating One from just being the next Broadly Aligned-y New Thing like Cyberverse and EarthSpark before it, which we consistently split out for organisation reasons. [[User:Jalaguy|Jalaguy]] ([[User talk:Jalaguy|talk]]) 13:45, 15 September 2024 (EDT)
:Toss me in for '''Option 3''' of an entirely new continuity given how ''different'' the story details has been laid out when compared to the original 2007 film-verse and then later what's set by ''Bumblebee''. --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] ([[User talk:Lonegamer78|talk]]) 14:38, 15 September 2024 (EDT)
:Voting for '''option #2'''. While we would still have the outlier of TF:TAM 86 being a theatrically released movie in the G1 continuity family, I see no reason why "movie continuity family" would not only include transmedia spinoffs from feature films (''Reign of Starscream'', toy redeco Tech Specs, etc. etc.) but also feature films which are belonging different timelines and story universes. This would also free us from having to reconcile Movie 'Bee's history -- did he come to Earth in the 1940s or the 1980s? -- and put to bed *that* long running argument about whether the Bay-directed films were the same universe as BB and RotB or not -- now they don't have to be! [[User:Banpei the Mini-Con|Banpei the Mini-Con]] ([[User talk:Banpei the Mini-Con|talk]]) 14:58, 15 September 2024 (EDT)

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{{disambig2|the battle that comprises Act 1 of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''|the eponymous mobile game event| The Battle for Autobot City.}}
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[[File:BattleAutobotCity2.jpg|upright=1.8|thumb|In ur base, killin ur doods.]]
The '''Battle of Autobot City''' was a protracted battle between the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s taking place at [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]], the primary base of the Autobots on [[Earth]], taking place in the year [[2005]] in several reality streams. By its end, the leaders of both the Autobot and Decepticon forces were suffering fatal injuries, numerous combatants on both sides had been killed, and events were set in motion that would lead to the creation of [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] and, eventually, the passing of the [[Matrix of Leadership]].

{{bigquote|Their defenses are broken. Let the slaughter begin!|[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]|''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''}}

==Prelude==
[[File:TFTM-AutobotCityUndamaged.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|left|This is before everything went to hell.]]
By 2005, the Decepticons had succeeded in driving Autobot resistance entirely off [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. However, the Autobots retained staging grounds on two of Cybertron's moons , as well as significant energy-production facilities and alliances on Earth. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] while cautious in his assessment of his troops ability to retake the planet, had preparations well underway for just such a campaign, and dispatched a shuttle to Earth to collect a final shipment of [[Energon cube|Energon cubes]] from the Earth production facilities, entrusting a good portion of his command staff with the mission.

[[File:Tftm1986a.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|The future of pratfall technology: the Exploding Banana Peel.]]
Unfortunately for the Autobots, the Decepticon spy [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] got wind of the Autobots' plans and warned [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and his inner circle. Megatron himself led a sizeable contingent of Decepticons against the small Autobot crew on the shuttle, ambushing and boarding it as it passed some small celestial bodies on approach to Earth.

Heavily outnumbered and outmatched, the Autobots were overwhelmed. [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]],[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]],[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] became the battle's first casualities, though Ironhide clung onto life just long enough receive a point-blank shot to the face from Megatron's [[fusion cannon]].

Now in control of the shuttle, Megatron revealed his plan to a doubting [[Starscream(G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Stascream]]: the shuttle was to be used as a "Trojan Horse", conveying the Decepticons for a surprise attack on Autobot City itself, which Megatron seemed to think would vanquish the Autobots forever.{{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

{{note|There ''is'' a reason Megatron thought this—the original script makes it clear that Autobot City is, in fact, a massive energy-gathering facility, equipped with energy gathering devices such as hydroelectric dams, wind turbines, and solar panels. Thus, if the Decepticons destroy the city, the Autobots will be without an energy supply, pretty much crippling their war effort.}}
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==The Battle==
{{note|Events not shown in the animated movie are in italics.}}

===First Phase===

Megatron had calculated correctly in that the Autobot shuttle would not set off Autobot City's defences even if carrying a Decepticon crew. It was sheer chance that the young human [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] noted the hole in the shuttle (from the Decepticons' earlier boarding and alerted the young Autobot [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]], who investigated further and quickly learned the truth of the situation. Hot Rod opened fire on the shuttle, damaging it to the point that the Decepticons were forced to disembark and launch their attack earlier than planned.

[[File:AutobotCitytransforms.jpg|thumb|Launch Black Tiger squadron, and prepare the Wave Motion Gun for firing...oh, sorry, wrong anime.]]
The Autobots, though surprised and outnumbered, quickly rallied to the defense. [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]], commanding the City, ordered [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] to contact Optimus Prime on [[Moonbase One]] to obtain reinforcements, [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] to [[Transformation|transform]] Autobot City into its battle mode, and [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] to assist in alerting Autobots to the attack.

Springer and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] began the transformation of the city into battle station mode, offering the Autobot population greater defensive capability to meet the Decepticon assault. (It also had the added bonus of trapping Starscream's right foot, forcing him to inflict a wound upon himself to avoid getting crushed.)

Kup and Hot Rod, speeding toward the city, saw that the two [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]]s [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] and [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] were eating through one of the doors, but Kickback was taken across a chasm by the retracting bridge. Using the Insecticon as a springboard, Hot Rod and Kup were able to clear the gap and enter the city moments before the armored doors closed.

[[File:TAM TPB Gestalt Fight.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2]]
Meanwhile, Blaster managed to make brief contact with the Cybertronian Autobots, but the signal was cut off by the intervention of [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]], who deployed [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] and [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] to wreck the communications tower and all inside. However, Blaster evened the odds by deploying his own quartet of assistants into the fight: [[Ramhorn (G1)|Ramhorn]], [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]], [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]], and [[Eject (G1)|Eject]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

''While all this was going on, [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] made a concurrent attack on the Ark, as a means of a distraction to prevent [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] and [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] from aiding the Autobot forces at Autobot City.'' {{storylink|The Gathering Storm}}

Though unable to penetrate Autobot City's defenses by conventional means, the Decepticons were still able to pick off individual Autobot soldiers, such as [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] ''and [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]]''. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}} {{storylink|The Gathering Storm}} Realizing that a frontal assault was wasting time, Megatron ordered the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s to merge into [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. The giant robot quickly made his presence felt, penetrating the first line of defenses by literally tearing them open, and shattering one attempt by Springer, Kup, Hot Rod and Arcee to put him out of action. But even so, the two sides were so evenly matched that the battle continued over the course of the remainder of that day and throughout the night. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
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===Second Phase===
[[File:Tftm1986b.jpg|thumb|"Will you stop being such a baby about this? Just hold on a second. I can see the splinter. It's right ... there ..."]]
{{quote|One shall stand, one shall fall.|Optimus Prime on seeing Megatron|[[The Transformers: The Movie|TFTM]]}}

[[File:Battleofautobotcity.jpg|thumb|left|"Megatron is responsible for [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|Prime's]] [[death]], not [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|me]]!"]]
However, the city could not hold out forever; by the next morning Autobot defenses had been broken by relentless Decepticon assaults, and Megatron ordered his troops to begin the final phase. It was at this crucial point that Autobot reinforcements commanded by Optimus Prime arrived. The [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s were deployed to attack Devastator—with some success—but could not halt the Decepticons' advance into Autobot City.

''Upon entering the city, Devastator clawed his way through the rubble, only to be confronted by Ultra Magnus, [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] and [[Sideswipe (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sideswipe]]; who brought the combiner down, separating him into his individual components. Outnumbered and outgunned, the Autobot squad instantly pulled back, while the Constructicons gave chase. Whilst retreating, Red Alert was gunned down by the Constructicon pursuers, as Megatron watched the progress of his troops in triumph.'' {{storylink|A Flash Forward}}

In an attempt to prevent further casualties, Optimus Prime made a heroic frontal assault against the members of the Decepticon army still positioned outside. In tractor-trailer mode, he mowed down Thrust and Shrapnel, while narrowly missing Blitzwing before transforming to [[robot mode]] and using his [[ion blaster]] to singlehandedly blast the other Decepticons, fighting his way to engage Megatron in what he assured his longtime foe would be their final battle.

The fight between the two leaders was brief and intense, but resulted in a seeming-victory for Prime. But Megatron had spotted a discarded gun a matter of yards away from him. Stalling for time with feigned pleas for mercy, Megatron crawled towards the gun while Optimus pointed out the irony of Megatron engaging in such pleas given his prior actions. Before either could take a shot, Hot Rod intervened, trying to overpower the Decepticon leader. But his efforts backfired, as Megatron grappled the young Autobot, used him as a shield and shot Optimus repeatedly. Tossing aside Hot Rod, Megatron prepared to finish off his longtime nemesis. Prime, however, managed to gather his remaining strength to deal a {{w|Punch (combat)|haymaker}} powerful enough to knock Megatron off a ledge and into a crippling fall.

Seeing their leader conclusively defeated in this way broke the Decepticons' spirit. Starscream, taking interim command, ordered [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] to transform and ferry the Decepticons away in a general retreat. Unsurprisingly, Starscream appeared ready to leave Megatron to expire where he lay, but Soundwave carried him to Astrotrain. Gathering up their wounded, the Decepticons fled, leaving the Autobots to similarly gather up their own casualties. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
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==Aftermath==
[[File:Optimusg1passingthematrix.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2|"One of you must take the Matrix."<br>"Not it!"<br>"I wasn't talking to you, Blurr."]]
[[File:Tftm1986c.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Galvatron, or just plain old TRON?]]

Large numbers of Autobots and Decepticons had either been terminated or severely wounded as a result of the battle. Windcharger, Wheeljack, and [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] were among the casualties, and even the mighty Optimus Prime soon succumbed to his wounds and expired, but not before passing the Matrix of Leadership to Ultra Magnus as his successor, unaware that the Matrix had made [[Hot Rod (G1)| a choice of its own]] as to who would become the new [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]].

Several wounded Decepticons—including Megatron—were thrown out of Astrotrain when the latter's fuel reserves proved insufficent to return to Cybertron. They would later be found by the Chaos-Bringer [[Unicron]] and reshaped into [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]], [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Cyclonus's Armada|his armada]], as well as [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and the [[Sweep (G1)|Sweeps]].

The [[Unicron War]] would be the next major Transformer battle, its events spinning directly out of the Battle of Autobot City. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}} By later in the year, Autobot City had been fully repaired and had more personnel stationed there. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness}}
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==Participants==
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==Notes==
[[File:TFTM-SideswipeRedAlertTracks.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]]
[[File:ShockwaveBattleAutobotcity.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Logic dictates that I put in a token appearance.]]

* Okay, we're going to be honest here. The whole point of this battle is [[To sell toys|to off your favorite characters in violent ways, then replace them with newbies who we've never seen before]].
* It's not shown how Megatron managed to beat the Autobot shuttle to Earth's [[Star system|solar system]]. Astrotrain, perhaps?
* Storyboards that have found their way to the public over the years show additional scenes that were scripted and planned, but (in all probability) never animated:
**At the beginning of the shuttle segment, the Autobot shuttle would have been shown dodging through an asteroid storm, thus explaining why they didn't at least detect the approaching Decepticons. Some of this concept made it into the Marvel Comics [[The Planet-Eater!|adaptation of the movie]].
**Hot Rod's adventures outside the city would have been a bit longer and more dramatic. A short scene would also show him getting reprimanded by Ultra Magnus inside the city itself.
**[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] would have stealthily blasted [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] before getting shot at by Megatron (given the emphasis on body-count, and the fact that Mirage never appears after the movie, it's likely this would have killed him).
**[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], and Ultra Magnus would have finally brought down Devastator with a missile barrage. The Constructicons would subsequently [[:File:TFTM-RedAlertDown.jpg|kill Red Alert]] as the Autobots retreated.
***In 2012, the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] comic "[[A Flash Forward]]" directly adapted this scene into the ''[[Transformers: Wings Universe|Wings Universe]]'', a continuity nearly identical to the Generation 1 cartoon.
**Several Decepticons would have dogpiled Optimus Prime at the start of his confrontation with Megatron, only for him to trounce them all soundly.
***Just before this, Blitzwing would have knocked Optimus Prime's gun out of his hands. In the final version of the movie, Optimus's gun just seems to have disappeared for no reason when he finally finds Megatron.
**[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker's]] lifeless body would have been seen as the Decepticons retreated.
* Alternate footage of the opening stage of the battle was part of a [[The Transformers: The Movie promo|promotional trailer]] assembled early in the movie's production.
* Counting characters who were meant to be there, were seen outside, or were killed, the Autobots had Ultra Magnus, Hot Rod, Kup, Blurr, Springer, Arcee, Blaster, Perceptor, Grapple, Huffer, Trailbreaker, Bluestreak, Windcharger, Wheeljack, Smokescreen, Sideswipe, Sunstreaker, Mirage and 4 cassettes, totaling 22 - the Decepticons, meanwhile, had Megatron, six Seekers, three Insecticons, six Constructicons, Astrotrain, Blitzwing, Soundwave and 4 cassettes, totaling 23. In the grand scheme of things, that’s pretty evened up, making Perceptor’s assertion that the Autobots suffered a “distinct tactical deficiency” somewhat exaggerated, especially considering their fortifications. That is, of course, assuming the ‘Cons didn’t bring a ton of generics or Insecticon clones with them; even if they didn't, the presence of a [[combiner]] on the Decepticon side is more than enough to tip the odds against the Autobots.
* The events of "[[Five Faces of Darkness]]" imply that [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] was present at the battle, but unable to transform to [[robot mode]] because his [[transformation cog]] was damaged. Some fiction suggests that Metroplex is part of (or the same thing as) Autobot City. (All sorts of [[fanon]] ensues from placing these two facts in close proximity. Use caution.)
* The fight between Optimus Prime and Megatron was remade into the commercial of [[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|2008 Universe]] toyline, with [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]] models based on their ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' toys.
* The "[[Rodimus vs. Cyclonus]]" comic book [[retcon]]s [[Lugnut (TF 2010)|Lugnut]] and [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] into the battle, as well as confirming Tracks' participation in the battle.

[[Category:Battles]]

Spike Witwicky (G1)

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:''Spike [[Witwicky (surname)|Witwicky]] is a [[human]] and sometimes [[Autobot]] ally and [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Spikewitwickyg1.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Wait till you see my sweet future jumpsuit!]]
'''Spike Witwicky''' is the oldest (and sometimes only) son of [[Sparkplug Witwicky]].
Spike, like most Witwickys, has a tendency to form close bonds to the Autobots and become one of their main human allies. 'Cause let's face it, there are advantages when your best friend is [[Bumblebee (G1)|a car]].

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
[[File:Mtmte2 spike finds soundwave.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.6|Otherwise known as the dork who brought Soundwave into the base.]]
{{main|Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity}}

Despite being too young to qualify for a driver's license, Spike worked with his father Sparkplug on an offshore oilrig in 1984 and became one of the first human allies of the Autobots. Spike soon became friends with the Autobot Bumblebee and ''more than friends'' with the human Carly. By 2005, he'd had a son named Daniel and was stationed on the Cybertron Moon Base. Narrowly surviving the [[Unicron War]], Spike continued to aid the Autobots in missions both deadly and diplomatic, eventually becoming the Headmaster partner of Cerebros in 2006.

In a splinter timeline, Spike did not become a Headmaster at first, and by 2011 had focused his energies on diplomacy. He eventually journeyed to planet Master and became a Headmaster via a modified Exo-Suit. In 2021, Spike was embroiled in a scheme concocted by [[Cobra Commander|Old Snake]] that briefly saw him framed for crimes he didn't commit. His name was cleared by his old friend Bumblebee, though.
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===Marvel coloring books===
Spike and his father joined the Autobots on a mission to stop the Decepticons from acquiring sunken treasure in Alaskan waters. As they sailed northward in a boat of Wheeljack's creation, Spike commented on the beauty of the scenery. He and Hound were then ambushed by Ravage. Thanks to Hound's holographic powers, they both escaped the encounter unscathed. After Bumblebee had been captured by the Decepticons, Spike and Sparkplug tagged along with [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus]] and the rest of the Autobots in order to rescue him. They remained safe from Decepticon fire within Brawn's durable car mode.{{storylink|Search for Treasure Under the Sea}}

When all of the Autobots except Bumblebee were captured by the Decepticons, a plan was devised and implemented — Sparkplug and Spike constructed a [[Giant fake Autobot|giant cut-out Autobot]] which was placed outside Decepticon headquarters as a diversion while Bumblebee slipped in and freed everyone. {{storylink|Bumblebee to the Rescue!}}

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===Big Looker Storybooks continuity===
[[File:BattleforCybertron bumblebee spike sparkplug.jpg|thumb|upright=1.45]]
Spike Witwicky and his father Sparkplug were investigating the damage done by a volcanic eruption close to their home town of [[Kimball]] when they witnessed a fleet of jet planes emerging from a spaceship buried within the volcano that the tremors had exposed. Spike was vocally opposed to Sparkplug's desire to examine the ship in search of "a little adventure", but ventured into the crater nonetheless, where he and his father were met by a talking Volkswagen named Bumblebee, who brought them into the ship and introduced them to his fellow Autobots. After helping the Autobots tap the volcano's energies to re-power their ship, Spike and Sparkplug were given a lift back home by Hound, but on the way, they witnessed the Decepticons draining the energy of a nearby power plant. Knowing that Hound wanted to return to his Autobot comrades to warn them that their enemies had re-powered themselves, Spike told him he could use "a little more adventure". The message was delivered, and as the Autobots readied for battle, Bumblebee took Spike and Sparkplug to a safe distance, where he would serve as a lookout and warn of a potential second wave of Decepticons approaching from the rear. Unfortunately, the battle lasted through the night, and when the rear wave appeared, Sparkplug realized that Bumblebee's signal—a flash of his headlights—was being lost in the rising sun. Spike, Sparkplug and Bumblebee raced into the battlefield to alert the Autobots, and they were able to get ready for the attack just in time. Optimus Prime credited victory in the battle to Spike and Sparkplug, and Spike affirmed his father's belief that the Autobots were their kind of machines. {{storylink|Battle for Cybertron}}

Spike and Sparkplug watched as the Autobots participated in a race to win a year's supply of gas and oil. The Autobots won, but Spike decided he'd stick to hot dogs and soda! {{storylink|The Great Car Rally}}
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===Ladybird Books continuity===
[[File:MegatronsFightforPower sonic multi tool.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1]]
When a lighting storm spooked the Autobots, Spike wrote about the experience in his [[Spike's diary|diary]] the next morning, then tried to explain the phenomenon to his robot friends with the aid of his father. Intrigued by the idea of energy that fell from the sky, Optimus Prime had [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] construct a lightning rod to collect it, and Spike and Sparkplug were on hand as the finishing touches were added to the project. That night, Spike monitored weather forecasts and alerted the Autobots to the arrival of a new storm so they could see the machine in action. {{storylink|Autobots' Lightning Strike}}

Spike was instrumental in breaking the Decepticons' control over a human solar power station when he snuck into the facility with the intent of disabling the power-collecting machinery. Finding the door to the control room locked, Spike at first thought to pick the lock with his pen-knife, but quickly dismissed the idea and instead used the blade to alert the Autobots, watching nearby, flashing them a message in morse code by allowing the sun to glint off the knife. Optimus Prime sent [[Roller (G1)|Roller]] to deliver a [[sonic multi-tool]] to Spike, which allowed him to unlock the door and use the machinery to destroy the energon cubes the Decepticons had already gathered, sending them fleeing. {{storylink|Megatron's Fight for Power}}
[[File:AutobotsFightBack spike jump.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
While he was in town with Ironhide to buy groceries, Spike spotted a flier for a car rally that he realized passed through the region where the Decepticons had set up a new temporary base. Spike suggested using the race as cover to investigate the Decepticons' activities, and so he and Jazz joined the rally, with Spike stealthily jumping from the moving Autobot as they neared the area in question to avoid detection. He discovered the Decepticons testing a new [[ion drive]] in an abandoned mineshaft, and hit on an idea: he had Jazz push a row of mine-cars down into the tunnel, destroying the ion drive and collapsing the tunnel on the evil robots. {{storylink|Autobots Fight Back}}

Investigating a report of Decepticon activity near a small village, Hound and Spike discovered that they had taken an interest in a local windmill. Spike and his father had to explain the concept of a non-electromagnetic mechanism to the baffled Autobots. When battle erupted around the windmill, Spike ran to the top of the structure to get a better look at the fight, but a blast from Laserbeak caused him to lose his footing and he fell onto the breaking lever, freeing the windmills sails to spin. [[File:LaserbeaksFury spike headshot.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1]] Laserbeak was knocked from the sky by a sail and the Decepticons were panicked by the primitive machine, causing Rumble to destroy it. Spike was able to get to safety before it collapsed, and the next day, consoled the worried Optimus Prime with the new that their battle hadn't even made the front page: the town was buzzing about Laserbeak's appearance a local disco! {{storylink|Laserbeak's Fury}}

When Spike joined the Autobots on a salvage mission to gather useful materials, it quickly became apparent that the Decepticons had developed a new method of spying on their enemies from orbital satellites. Remembering a story his father had told him when he was younger about two giants that were tricked into fighting each other, Spike suggested using the same tactic on the satellites. His aid didn't stop there: he was able to provide information about the [[Aurora Borealis]] and its radio-scrambling effects, allowing the Autobots to duplicate it as part of their plan to make the satellites crash into each other. {{storylink|Galvatron's Air Attack}}
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Following a failed Decepticon attack on Autobot City, Bumblebee and Spike secretly trailed the retreating [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] to the Decepticons' new hidden base in a nearby industrial estate. Instructed by Bumblebee to wait outside while he went spy, Spike paid a visit to an adjacent scrap yard and asked the [[A. McNulty|manager]] to help him find some some bronze-chrome wheel trims for Hot Rod. When Spike saved the man from a collapsing pile of junk, in gratitude, he gave him the wheel-trims for free. Bumblebee, meanwhile, had been spotted by [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]], and hidden in vehicle mode in the junkyard, where he was almost scrapped by an electromagnet until Spike distracted the magnet's operator and save his little Autobot buddy. Subsequently, Spike and his father were used as the Autobots' human eyes and ears in the industrial estate, and learned for them that it was about to close down for a few weeks. The Autobots used this as a chance to take the fight to the Decepticons hiding there, and during the battle, Spike used several pieces of construction equipment to aid the Autobots, first drawing their fire with a calorifier on a chain, then using the electromagnet to trap several smaller Decepticons, before using a wrecking ball to attack Galvatron himself! Finally, Spike used the wrecking ball to collapse the entire building, burying the Decepticons in the rubble. {{storylink|Decepticon Hideout}}
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===Generation 1 toy bio===
Spike was a "[[Nebulan]] leader" and [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]]'s [[Binary bonding|binary-bonded]] [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] partner.<ref>It would seem that Spike being portrayed as a Nebulan in his toy bio was either a mistake or a decision made by [[Hasbro]] to match the other Headmaster toy bios. [[Bob Budiansky]], the writer of most of the Generation 1 bios that would get shortened for inclusion on the toy packaging, was also the writer of the US Marvel comic ''[[The Transformers: Headmasters|Headmasters]]'', which portrayed Spike as a human and a comic universe counterpart to the Generation 1 cartoon character of the same name.</ref> {{storylink|#The Transformers|Generation 1 toy bio}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:G138 spike.jpg|left|thumb|Man, those Witwickies love pink shirts, don't they?]]
Spike Witwicky was away at college for the first few years of the [[Autobot]]/[[Decepticon]] [[Great War (G1)|war]] on [[Earth]], and was entirely unaware of his family's involvement in the robot conflict until the day he returned home to find [[Sparkplug Witwicky|his father]]'s [[S. Witwicky Auto Repairs & Tow Service|garage]] a pile of rubble. Spike was relieved to find his father alive and well, but this sense of relief did not last long, as Sparkplug explained that the damage was the work of the Decepticon [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]], and told Spike of [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster]]'s involvement with the Autobots. Intent on ensuring his brother's safety, Spike headed up to [[Mount St. Hilary]], but found the volcano abandoned. Presently, the Autobot splinter group led by [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Fortress Maximus]], who had recently arrived in Earth orbit after departing the planet [[Nebulos]], entered the caverns, having followed distress call broadcast by [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]]. Finding Goldbug's [[brain module]] in a toy car on the cavern floor, [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] replayed recent images from the disembodied Autobots' memory, including Buster's capture by Ratbat. Seeing this image, Spike stepped forward and petitioned the Autobots for aid in saving his brother, but they turned him down and departed.

[[File:G138 spike in control.jpg|thumb|"Watch as I give him a wet willy!"]]
Spike bedded down in the cave overnight, but when he awoke the next morning, it was to the sight of [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]]'s Decepticons arriving in search of the Autobots. Despite their brushing him off, Spike believed the Autobots deserved a warning, and used the machinery in the cave to replay Goldbug's distress signal, summoning Maximus's team back to the volcano in time to save him from a vengeful Scorponok. As battle erupted, Spike sought safety deeper in the volcano, but was pursued into its confines by Scorponok's [[Nebulan]] component, Lord [[Zarak (G1)|Zarak]]. Fortress Maximus's Nebulan component [[Galen]] followed, but was killed when Zarak triggered a rockslide. In his last moments, Galen passed his control helmet to Spike, who took control of Fortress Maximus and used his firepower to send the Decepticons into retreat. {{storylink|Trial by Fire!}}

The Autobots offered to properly [[binary bonding|binary bond]] Spike with Fortress Maximus, transforming him into a [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]], and Spike accepted, believing it to be his best chance of finding and rescuing Buster. He returned home to tell his father the news just as Sparkplug received a call from [[Walter Barnett (G1)|Walter Barnett]] of [[Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team|RAAT]] to let him know that Buster had been located. Using his new Headmaster powers to trace the call, Spike led the Autobots to a desert island that soon proved to be a [[Club Con|Decepticon base]] in disguise. [[File:G139 headmaster spike.jpg|left|thumb|"Though maybe the giant boxy shapes under my conspicuous trenchcoat should have been a clue."]] Prohibited from joining the fight by the other Autobots due to their fears his concern for Buster would short out Maximus's [[Circuit (circuit)#Logic circuits|logic circuits]], Spike complied with their wishes at first, but when the Decepticons' base also proved to be a rocket that took off for space, Spike was forced to take action, linking with Fortress Maximus and pursuing. Although he was able to use Maximus to shoot down [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]], Spike was unable to get Buster free of the island's protective dome before the rocket outpaced him. {{storylink|The Desert Island of Space!}}

Returning to the ''[[Steelhaven (G1)|Steelhaven]]'' to build a new body for Goldbug, Spike was alerted by a bugging device he had left in his father's home to a phone call from [[Ethan Zachary]], and learned that the [[human]] had preserved the deceased [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s mind as a computer program. {{storylink|Pretender to the Throne!}} Rendezvousing with the other Autobots in the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] to gain the resources to build Prime a new body, Spike earned the ire of current commander [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]], who violently rejected the notion that a human could lead any Autobots. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

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''When Optimus Prime was restored to life on Nebulous and returned to Earth, Spike, as part of Fortress Maximus, fought alongside him during the "[[Time Wars (event)|Time Wars]]".'' {{storylink|Time Wars}} Soon after, the Decepticons' island base resurfaced, and Spike took Optimus Prime and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] aboard Fortress Maximus to investigate. But by the time they arrived, the island had been relocated to the Arctic. {{storylink|Cold War!}} Following a distress signal sent out by Buster, the Autobots tracked down the younger Witwicky on the verge of hypothermia in the frozen wastes. In order to save his brother's life, Spike used Fortress Maximus to carefully raise Buster's body temperature with infra-red heating. However, the Autobots' intrusion near the Decepticons' secret base at that time had been orchestrated by Starscream, and they came to blows against the evil robots once again. When Ratbat learned that he was being forestalled from chasing Starscream, who had designs for the legendary [[Underbase]], he brokered a ceasefire with Maximus. Temporarily united, both of their teams could now focus on stopping the treacherous Seeker.

The Autobot/Decepticon alliance headed into space in pursuit of Starscream, and though they interrupted his absorption of the Underbase's energies, the portion he managed to consume was enough to grant him unimaginable power. Spike had to once more store Buster within Fortress Maximus as Ratbat's ship was destroyed, saving him from the vacuum of space. After they had boarded the Ark, the Autobots followed Starscream back to Earth. This time around, Optimus insisted on staying back with Buster while the others dealt with Starscream's rampage. Spike protested, but Optimus assured him he wouldn't do any less to keep Buster safe than Spike would. Spike was sent to [[Buenos Aires]], where he and Maximus were bested in battle. Thankfully, due to their partially-organic nature, they were able to survive exposure to Starscream's cosmic blasts. {{storylink|Dark Star}}

With Buster saved, Spike considered his work as Fortress Maximus's partner done, and following Starscream's defeat, announced his intent to leave the Autobot ranks despite their current depleted state. Leaving Maximus's body to gather dust in storage on the Ark, Spike returned to his normal life on Earth, but found himself plagued by nightmares full of mechanical imagery, prompting him to throw away his control helmet—kept for security's sake at the urging of Optimus Prime—in a junkyard to make a totally clean break from his brief time as a Headmaster. [[File:Fortressmaximus-thelastautobot1.jpg|left|thumb]] Unfortunately, Decepticon [[Pretender Beast]]s [[Snarler]] and [[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]], who had been sent to kill Spike by Scorponok, located the discarded helmet and proceeded to track Spike to [[California]], where he was on a ski trip with his friend, [[Cliff Dietz]]. Taking refuge in a cave, Cliff helped Spike realize that his nightmares held a deeper meaning: that binary-bonding went far deeper that he had ever realized, and that even without his control helmet, separated by millions of miles, he and Fortress Maximus were still connected, two minds in one being. With this realization, Spike was able to summon Fortress Maximus from the Ark to battle Snarler and Catilla, though his responses proved far more sluggish than usual. Recovering his control helmet from Snarler's disabled Pretender shell, Spike fully re-established his connection with Fortress Maximus and combined with him once more to defeat the two Decepticons. {{storylink|The Man in the Machine!}}

Although this realization about the nature of his connection with Fortress Maximus seemed to change Spike's tune, at some point over the next few years, he reverted to his old outlook, and returned Maximus to the Ark so he could get back to his human life. When the Ark crashed back on Earth in [[1991]], Fortress Maximus urged Spike to investigate the crash site and recover his body so they could become one again and stop the menace posed to Earth by [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]]. Accepting his responsibility as the last Autobot currently on Earth, Spike acquiesced, but once he had re-combined with Maximus, found his will subsumed by the Autobot, who elected to actively pursue Galvatron. Maximus found himself no match for the deranged future Decepticon, however, and called out for Spike's aid, but Spike refused to make a point, before the two came to an understanding and united their minds to bring Galvatron down. {{storylink|The Last Autobot?}}
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=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
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''By [[2005]], Spike had sired a son, the young [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]]. At this time, the Decepticons had conquered Cybertron, relegating the Autobots to its two moons and Autobot City on Earth. Still playing an active role in his allies' struggle against the Decepticons, Spike was stationed on [[Moonbase Two]] alongside Bumblebee. Spike instructed Ironhide as he departed for Autobot City to tell Daniel that his father missed him, and that they would see each other as soon as Megatron was defeated.'' {{storylink|The Planet-Eater!}}

''But Spike found himself facing down an even greater threat when [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] began encroaching on Cybertron's orbit. The "monster planet" gobbled up [[Moonbase One]], and Spike reported the disastrous turn of events to Ultra Magnus on Earth. As Unicron moved on to Cybertron's second moon, Spike rigged the satellite's entire stockpile of weapons to blow up after a twenty-second delay. He and Bumblebee then hopped on a ship and watched from afar as the moon exploded while Unicron was devouring it. The pair cheered until they realized that Unicron had been left completely unscathed by the explosion. They then attempted to flee, to no avail; Unicron sucked up their ship and swallowed it.'' {{storylink|Judgment Day!}}

[[File:Spikewitwickytimewars.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|White jumpsuits were so 2006.]]
''Fortunately, a group composed of [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] and others found Spike and Bumblebee within Unicron during the Autobots' last stand against him. Spike was reunited with Daniel before [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] gave them both a ride to safety, while Unicron was destroyed around them.'' {{storylink|The Final Battle!}}

In the year [[2009]], Decepticons had built an [[energy leech (device)|energy leech]] to destroy Earth while [[time rift|a space-time anomaly]] was eating entire planets. After Rodimus Prime orchestrated a plan to travel twenty years back in time to the source of the anomaly, Spike Witwicky and his son Daniel accused Rodimus of shirking his responsibilities towards Earth and guilted Rodimus into allotting more troops to help destroy the Decepticons' machine. {{storylink|Time Wars}}
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=====Rhythms of Darkness!=====
[[File:Spikewitwicky2009.jpg|thumb|upright=0.75|left|In 2009, jheri curls returned with a vengeance. Don't you remember that?]]
In an alternate timeline in the year [[2009]], Spike Witwicky was part of a very small Autobot/human resistance movement in a world where [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]]'s Decepticons controlled North America. The handful of Autobots who remained alive despaired and were on the cusp of giving up, but Spike and [[Lisa]] (who shared growing feelings for each other) guilted them into one last suicidal attack on the [[Decepticon Powerbase]] in New York before the rest of the world could unleash a [[Nuclear weapon|nuclear holocaust]] onto America at midnight. Though there were several casualties, Spike managed to hoist an American flag on the Decepticon stronghold on live television, a symbolic measure which prompted the end of the planned nuclear strike. Before Galvatron could respond, the Decepticon despot was abducted by [[Hook, Line, and Sinker]] into another timeline {{storylink|Rhythms of Darkness!}}
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====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
[[File:Spikewitwickyg2.jpg|upright=0.5|thumb|Now the jumpsuit's in BROWN?]]
Despite the conclusions he had come to and the newfound unity he had forged with Maximus during his battle with Galvatron, it was apparent that old habits proved hard for Spike to shake. He again returned Maximus's body to the ruined Ark and tried to get back to life, presumably on the basis that so much time passed on Earth without any Transformer activity that he believed it was "all over". {{storylink|All or Nothing!}} A few years later, however, when Megatron returned and a small squad of Autobots came to Earth to battle him in [[Milleville]], Spike was drawn to the site of the battle, and snuck back aboard the Ark, now restored and under Megatron's control. {{storylink|Final Transformations}}

Discovering that Megatron was holding [[Sidney Biggles-Jones]] captive, Spike realized that he had no choice but to bond with Fortress Maximus once more, only to find that Megatron had disabled Maximus's dormant body while rebuilding the Ark, leaving him under-equipped for combat. Caught in the act of donning his armor by fellow stowaway [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]], Spike combined with Maximus (curiously omitting Cerebros from the process) and explained his presence, then charged Skydive with rescuing Doctor Biggles-Jones while he and Maximus took Megatron on. Unsurprisingly, Megatron grievously wounded the pair, forcing Skydive to step in and distract him long enough for Maximus to escape, and make his way to the Ark's anti-matter power core. Intended to breach the core with his body and destroy the ship, hoping to take Megatron with it, Maximus instructed Spike to disconnect and escape, but Spike resolved to stay with his partner to the end to ensure their success. They smashed into the core together and perished in the resultant ship-destroying explosion, but alas, their sacrifice was in vain, as Megatron survived. {{storylink|All or Nothing!}}
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====''Classics''====
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[[File:Invasion-Radcontrolroom.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Well, it beats a jheri curl.]]
Spike retained his duties as Fortress Maximus's binary-bond partner for decades, and eventually he was stationed in [[South America]]. He was present one day in [[2012]] when [[Rad (G1)|Rad]] reported from the [[Ironworks (facility)|Ironworks]] base in [[Oregon]] about a foiled attack by [[Overlord (G1)|Gigatron]] and his Decepticons. Soon thereafter, due to the actions of an evil [[Ultra Magnus (SG)|Ultra Magnus]] from [[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|another dimension]], a rift of space time opened over Earth, causing catastrophes worldwide. Spike, merged with [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]], gathered civilians inside Fortress Maximus for safety. {{storylink|Invasion (issue)|Invasion}}

When the [[Rarified Energon|Rarefied Energon]] of his world caused Earth to come alive as the entity called [[Gaea]], Spike and all other Earth-lifeforms were teleported across dimensions to inhabit a new Earth. {{storylink|The Future Buried...}} Spike and his allies set out to uncover the mysteries of this new world; while all the cities and animals on this planet were the same as their old one, no humans appeared to have called this Earth home prior to their arrival. [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster]] set up Spike, [[Vroom (G1)|Vroom]], [[Crossblades (G1)|Crossblades]], and [[Lisa|Elizabeth]] with an apartment in Yucatán, but the group found it difficult to both get themselves employed and investigate a mysterious radio signal burst detected in the area.

While on a walk, Spike ruminated about his current situation. His reverie was interrupted by a crash, and Spike ran to assist a father and daughter trapped in an overturned car. He was helped in this task by Vroom and Crossblades, though all three had to hide their Cybertronian strength during the rescue, so as to avoid anti-Transformer sentiments. The trio then returned home, where they met with [[Metalhawk (G1)|Metalhawk]] and Elizabeth. After taking a video-call from Buster (and dodging inquiries over when he'd be getting a job) Spike joined his roommates on an outing to an Italian restaurant. After their meal, they were accosted by a mugger. {{storylink|Assembly (OMAM)|Assembly}} In the altercation that followed, Metalhawk was shot in the chest, and though it did him little harm, it did betray his human disguise. After Vroom and Crossblades had restrained the mugger, Metalhawk tried figuring out what to do with their attacker, only for two local police officers to turn up and take them all in for questioning. Though Metalhawk stumbled through his words, Spike was able to give his statement to the officers interviewing them, glossing over whatever details needed to be glossed over for their true identities to remain secret. Spike and the rest of the group were told they were free to go, but as soon as they exited the building, they were approached by a mysterious man. This new player informed the Autobots that he knew of their true identities, and warned them that [[Ramjet (Universe)|an evil force]] was coming... {{storylink|Insight}}

Though Spike and company were highly suspicious of the man, they agreed to follow him nonetheless, as he claimed to have a spaceship stashed nearby. Upon coming upon the craft however, the man revealed himself to be a Decepticon Pretender, and opened fire on Spike to provoke the Autobots into unveiling their true natures as well. Elizabeth managed to shove Spike out of harm's way, and the Autobots battled their new opponent: the universe's native Megatron! {{storylink|History}}
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====''Regeneration One''====
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Spike was able to keep everyone from poking around in the Ark for a year or two, but he eventually stopped being Fortress Maximus full-time so he could live his life. Unfortunately, that meant some greedy/bored people were able to sneak into the Ark and fiddle with what it held in 1994... awakening Megatron! {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 3}} Even with nuclear weaponry turned against Earth's cities by the [[Aunty|Ark's computer]] and [[zombie]] Decepticons roaming the Earth, Spike struggled with becoming Fortress Maximus again—and his hesitation cost the lives of his brother, Buster and Buster's wife, [[Jesse (G1)|Jessie]]. {{storylink|Less Than Zero}}

[[File:SpikeWitwicky CircuitSmasher LooseEnds3.jpg|thumb|Powered by Blackrock ingenuity and 90s angst.]]
Spike finally became Fortress Maximus again and led a final battle alongside [[Circuit Breaker (G1)|Josie Beller]] and [[G.B. Blackrock]]. The final battle was a bust: Fortress Maximus was killed and Spike's mind and nervous system went with him.

Blackrock, however, used Beller's neural-cybernetic technology and bonded them with Spike's Headmaster parts, bringing him 'back to life', retarding his aging, and giving him powerful electric powers. Taking up the name '''Circuit-Smasher''', Spike became the main weapon for the rebels in [[Argus Base]] against Megatron's genocide. Unfortunately, he could only do so much and the Decepticon corpses were incapable of being permanently killed (again), and by 2012 he was angry enough to attack the first Autobots he saw on sight, blaming them for Earth's demise. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 2}}

[[File:Roadbuster CircuitSmasher LooseEnds4.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Only some appeals from [[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]] and fellow rebel [[Gordon Kent]] calmed Spike down. He led the Autobot [[Wreckers]] to Argus Base, filling them in on the destruction of Earth and how it was due to the Ark being left behind, unattended by the Autobots. He then formed part of a conference with Springer, Blackrock, Kent, and Sandstorm, running through their new options now that the Wreckers were on Earth, only to be interrupted by a broadcast from Megatron, taunting the Autobots with the tortured body of Kup. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 3}} Spike, along with a few of the Wreckers and a handful of humans armed with [[Battlesuit]]s, attacked the Ark, with the intention of shutting down its supercomputer [[Aunty|Auntie]]. Before attacking, Spike made it clear that they were to deactivate the Ark, and if he began to suspect any of them were thinking of trying to get it back under control and using it to leave, he would crash every single one of their circuits. Their initial progress through the Ark's defences started well, with Spike picking off any projectiles that managed to get through their formations. After [[Leadfoot (G2)|Leadfoot]] was blasted by the Ark's auto-turret defenses, Spike coldly commanded everyone to keep moving, saying that all of the Wreckers were expendable. Once the troupe broke through the Ark's outer defenses, Auntie deployed [[Guardian (Marvel)|Guardians]] to protect herself. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 4}} As the Wreckers and humans fought the Guardians, Spike infiltrated the Ark, but was detected by Auntie, who detained him. However, Spike was still able to use his powers to smash every single one of Auntie's circuits, deactivating her and the Guardians. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 5}}

After Megatron and his army were taken care of, Spike came to Optimus Prime, telling him that he and the others had unanimously decided on the Autobots leaving Earth for good. When Prime offered to help, Spike angrily rejected the offer, warning Optimus not to make him ask them to leave more than once. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part One}}

Spike was, naturally, very angry to find out that Optimus Prime had chosen to stay behind, despite their wishes, and proceeded to brutally attack him upon encountering him in Wyoming. Only the intervention of other humans kept Circuit Smasher from finishing Optimus off, and their commander, [[Linda Chang]], agreed to allow Optimus to speak to the human leadership, but if he were to deviate in any way from their orders, she would allow Spike to finish him off. As he was led away, Optimus asked Spike if she was his commanding officer; he revealed that she was his wife!

At the human encampment, Optimus proposed uniting the people of Earth with Nebulos in a joint effort to rebuild both their worlds. The Nebulans' advanced science and technology could speed the rebuilding of Earth, while the Earthlings' strength and tenacity could help the Nebulans recover from the mass mental trauma inflicted upon them by the recently revived [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]]. Circuit Smasher was quick to shoot down the idea, but the other humans, including G.B. Blackrock, proved more receptive, and agreed to give careful consideration to Prime's plan. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Two}}

Primus identified Spike to [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] as one of four threats to the Great Plan. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Five}} With his anger, it was easy to see why—even after the human coalition voted to accept Prime's offer of rigging a [[space bridge]] to connect them to [[Nebulos]] for mutual gain, Spike less-than-subtly implied he might destroy the Bridge anyway. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 1}}

Spike was as surprised as anyone when the Space Bridge first opened, and Fortress Maximus emerged. His "other self" had been reconstituted with his original head thanks to Nebulos's bio-metasynthesis program, but he was also corrupted by the [[Dark Matrix]]. Fortress Maximus blasted Optimus Prime into submission and kidnapped the stunned Spike. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 3}} In Zero Space, the Dead Matrix entity revealed Spike's unique blend of human-Nebulan-Cybertronian anatomy made him the perfect key to accessing the rest of the multiverse. The entity psychologically tortured Spike to bring forth the power necessary to achieve its ends. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 4}} Rodimus Prime was eventually able to reach Spike in Zero Space, convincing him to let go of his anger, denying the entity the power it needed for passage to other worlds. Spike returned to Earth with a great burden lifted from his conscience, and assisted with the reconstruction of human civilization. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}}

===Project Brain Drain===
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Spike set out for a rock concert taking place at [[Heywood Heights]] with some friends, unaware that his father had just discovered that the Decepticons were planning on using a brain drain device to syphon all of the concertgoers’ brain power away.

Whether or not Spike's father and the Autobots succeeded in saving Spike depended on the choices they made throughout the adventure that followed.

In one notable scenario, Sparkplug searched the crowd of concert-goers frantically for Spike, as his Autobot friends were being destroyed by Galvatron and his troops. Upon being found, Spike had already been drained of his brain power, and was confused as to why Sparkplug was looking so sad, though Spike was unable to recognize the man as his own father. {{storylink|Project Brain Drain}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
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Spike, his brother Buster, and his father Sparkplug met the Autobots early on in their time on Earth. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}} Spike formed a close friendship with Bumblebee. {{storylink|Extermination}}

Somewhere in the time after [[1984]], Spike married Carly, who then gave birth to Spike's son, Daniel. {{storylink|Extermination}} After the explosion of the ''[[Ark II]]'' in [[1999]], which caused the death of Spike's father Sparkplug, Spike tried to leave his involvement with the Transformers behind and settled down with his wife and son in Cleveland, Ohio, trying to live a new life as a normal family. The newfound peace wouldn't last for long, though, as Spike was soon recruited by a shady military official named [[Robert Hallo|General Hallo]] seeking his help in reviving Optimus Prime, whose body his men had recently found in the Arctic. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 1|Prime Directive #1}} Spike, who had been entrusted by Prime with a fragment of the Matrix, used that fragment to bring Prime back to life.

Optimus Prime subsequently used the Matrix to revive and assemble a group of his Autobots, which he would then lead against Megatron's Decepticons. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 2|Prime Directive #2}} Spike, however, revealed he had become disillusioned with the Autobots' war. Having its the human cost, he could no longer give Optimus his full support in his crusade against the Decepticons. Spike's words hit Prime hard, and the Autobot leader opted to confront the Decepticons without any human back-up once their location had been pinpointed. But General Hallo had double motives behind reviving the Autobots. He and Spike followed them in a helicopter, and once Hallo noted that the Decepticons were no longer under human control, ordered the delivery of a bomb upon all robot combatants. Spike futilely tried to intervene, and the payload exploded, enveloping all Autobots and Decepticons in its radius. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 3|Prime Directive #3}} Spike was subsequently taken prisoner by Hallo, and locked up within the Pentagon. However, he apparently had an ally within the building; a note telling him to be ready when he would soon be broken free was slipped under his cell's door... {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 4|Prime Directive #4}} His benefactor was [[Larry|Larry, the World's Most Resourceful Janitor]], and with his help, Spike was able to escape his cell. Once freed, he uncovered the [[Lazarus Project]] and Hallo's sinister schemes, but not in time to stop him from launching a nuclear strike against the Autobots. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 5|Prime Directive #5}} Spike confronted Hallo, brandishing the files on the Lazarus project. But Hallo revealed he no longer cared about being found out, pulled out his firearm, and forced Spike to watch with him as the missile he had launched streaked towards Los Angeles. Spike accused Hallo of being a lunatic, caring only for power. Hallo agreed, positing that safety could only acquired through power. Hallo was interrupted mid-rant by the arrival of the secret service, who gunned him down when he refused to surrender. The Autobots' destruction was ultimately averted when [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] sacrificed his life in order to make it detonate before it could reach its target. Afterwards, Spike made his way to Optimus's side as he rebooted. Spike had hoped that Optimus would be happy after achieving another victory against the Decepticons, but Optimus remained crestfallen, his eyes now opened to how much suffering he had brought to Earth with his war. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 6|Prime Directive #6}}

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Following these events, Spike once again returned to his family and tried to leave his past with the Transformers behind. A few months later, though, his old friend Bumblebee, who had just decided to quit the Autobot army following a fierce battle against [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]], showed up by his house. Spike, frustrated that the Autobots refused to leave him alone, hurled a few nasty insults against his old buddy {{storylink|Extermination}} before changing his mind and joining him on a men's night out in the city, where they stopped a mugging. {{storylink|Lost and Found (issue)|Lost and Found}}

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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
In response to the forming of the terrorist organization [[Cobra]] and its commandeered Transformers, the United States government assembled a strike team dubbed [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]. Spike Witwicky (codename Spike) was listed on the roster, but was never seen. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #2}}

===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
In a reality where the Dinobots consisted of [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], [[Slag (G1)|Slag]], [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]], and [[Paddles (G1)|Paddles]], Spike befriended the first three, but never got a chance to meet the latter. {{storylink|Paddles (story)|Paddles}}

Spike was out driving with Bumblebee and Hound when, to their surprise, they stumbled on a badly-damaged Starscream. Though Spike was all in favor of leaving the Decepticon there, Bumblebee insisted they take Starscream back to the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] with them. {{storylink|Redemption Center}}

Bumblebee gave Spike a ride to his high school, but while Spike was in class, his Autobot pal got carjacked. When Spike emerged, he found a smug Bumblebee sitting in the carpark with two wet seats. {{storylink|Joyride (story)|Joyride}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
[[File:Spikewitwickybuttonflies.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4]]
{{main|Spike Witwicky (G1)/2005 IDW continuity}}
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===''Transformers: All Spark''===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Fated Rival, Once Again...}} {{storylink|To Earth}} {{storylink|Reunion and Parting}} {{storylink|Plans of the Emperor of Destruction}} {{storylink|Revenge (All Spark)|Revenge}} {{storylink|The False Power}} {{storylink|Ray of Hope}} {{storylink|Great Aspirations}} {{storylink|Conclusion}}}}

===''Kre-O'' online comic===
Spike and [[Minerva (human)|Minerva]] ran away from Mega-Megatron in terror. {{storylink|Defend the Blocks! Autobots, Dispatch!}}

[[File:Autobot-X_Kre-O_Character_Image.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|Nothing is so painful to the [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] memory module as a great and sudden cameo.]]

"Autobot Spike" ran away in fear from [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]], the combined form of the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]]. {{storylink|Behemoth Combination! But They're Cute? The Predacon Unit}}

The "Autobot Spike" robot was later seen among a group of Earth's most wanted criminals. They attacked [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] together, though Spike seemed more confused than actively malevolent throughout the venture. Despite their best efforts, the villains were repelled, and left the battlefield empty-handed. {{storylink|The Brick List: Earth's Most Wanted}}
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===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
Spike Witwicky had already been [[Binary bonding|binary bonded]] to Cerebros when the Decepticons threatened Nebulos. Together, they bonded themselves to Fortress Maximus to combat [[Scorponok (G1)|MegaZarak]]. By the time that MegaZarak was present on [[Master (planet)|Rebirth]] a few years later, Spike had presumably died, leaving his son [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]] to fill his shoes. {{storylink|A Brush With Infamy–Prologue}}

When Cerebros got wind of the [[Human Confederacy]]'s [[Eutychus Project]], he asked them to resurrect his former human partners, but they refused and gave him the [[Energon Matrix|energon matrix]] instead.

An etching of "Spike Witwicky" existed in [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]], along with "Daniel" and "[[Galen Witwicky]]". [[Cerebros (RID)|Plasma]], part of the trio that controlled Fortress Maximus, claimed to be Spike, among many other individuals related to the giant. {{storylink|Head Games}}
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===Energon Universe===
{{spoiler|Transformers (2023) issue 1|November 3, 2023}}
As a youth, Spike and his older brother [[Jimmy Witwicky|Jimmy]] used to sneak out to a nearby abandoned quarry and mess with the old equipment.

When Spike was older, Jimmy was killed in a space shuttle accident. Despite this, Spike hoped to become an astronaut and had dreams of attending the [[University of California, Berkeley]]—dreams he kept from his father, who'd spiraled into alcoholism. One evening after checking on his dad (and having a brief argument over bringing Jimmy's telescope), he and [[Carly#Energon Universe|Carly]] went up to [[Hanger's Rock]] to look at the full moon. However, an earthquake sent them falling into an [[Ark (G1)|alien ship]] full of robots. He watched as the robots were reactivated, and would have been killed by [[Starscream (G1)#Energon Universe|one of them]] if not for the protection of [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Energon Universe|a heroic robot]]. While Carly initially wanted to run, Spike stopped to help the robot, pushing his blaster close enough to reach. They managed to escape, riding in the cab of the alien, Optimus Prime; when the robots took refuge in the old quarry, Spike and Carly watched on as Optimus cradled his dying friend, [[Jetfire (G1)#Energon Universe|Jetfire]]. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 1|Transformers #1}}

==Commercial appearances==
Spike brought some friends to visit an Autobot base in the dead of night. They were briefly stopped by the base's guards, who shined their headlights down on them to verify their allegiance. The three boys were cleared for entry, since they were wearing Transformers [[Iron-on patch|reflective patches]]! {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Reflective patches|Prizes in Disguise contest/reflective patches commercial}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
[[File:TFLegends-AutobotX.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
Spike, along with [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] and [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], was transported back in time to the sixth century, where they joined with [[Aetheling the Red|Lord Aetheling]], and were forced to combat similarly displaced Decepticons at a medieval technology level. They eventually triumphed and returned to the present with the Decepticons as prisoners. {{storylink|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court (Legends)|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court}} After Spike was gravely wounded during a Decepticon attack on an air force base, [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] transferred Spike's mind into [[Autobot X (G1)|Autobot X]]. The trauma made Autobot X go berserk, and he fled the base, eventually being found by [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], who convinced him to turn on the Autobots. When his father was injured in the battle, Spike came back to his senses and after the Decepticons were defeated, Wheeljack transferred his mind back to his healed body. {{storylink|Autobot X (Legends)|Autobot X}} Spike suggested the Autobots hold a charity race. It did not go as planned. {{storylink|Autobot Run}} Hoist was out driving with Spike and [[Carly]] when they happened on a film shoot, leading to the Autobot being cast in a film. {{storylink|Hoist Goes Hollywood (Legends)|Hoist Goes Hollywood}}

During [[Unicron]]'s attack on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Spike and some Autobots were lost inside the giant, resulting in [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] and Spike's son [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]] searching for them. They were reunited and escaped Unicron prior to his destruction. {{storylink|Belly of the Beast (Legends)|Belly of the Beast}}

[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], and Spike were kidnapped by [[Skuxxoid]]s during the [[Galactic Olympics|Galactic Games]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness: Part 1}} Though the trio were sentenced to death by the Quints, the other Autobots arrived in time to save them. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness: Part 2}} When the Quintessons later used an ancient device to deactivate the Transformers, Spike was able to destroy it, saving the lives of his friends. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness: Part 3}}

Following a Decepticon assault led by [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], Spike, alongside [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]], [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], and Ultra Magnus were forced into taking cover within the [[Autobot Mausoleum]]. This did little to improve their situation, however, as the Decepticons continued their advance. Unexpectedly, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] rose from his tomb, providing hope that the tide may yet turn in the Autobots' favour. This was not to be, unfortunately, as the resurrected Autobot leader left the group stranded after having received the Matrix of leadership from Rodimus. After Optimus regained his senses, the Autobots were left to mourn their leader as he sacrificed himself once more to undo the Quintessons' trap. {{storylink|Dark Awakening (Legends)|Dark Awakening}}
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==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
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[[File:Spikeheadmastertoy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Finally, your favorite Transformers character!]]
*'''Fortress Maximus''' (Headmaster, [[1987]])
{{toydesigner|[[Kōjin Ōno]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:''[[The Transformers (toyline)|The Transformers]]'' Spike is a [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] figure that comes with [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Fortress Maximus]]. Gray and blue, it transforms into [[Cerebros (G1)#Generation 1|Cerebros]]'s head, which then in turn becomes Fortress Maximus's head. Although the on-package [[bio]] refers to 'the Nebulan leader, Spike', most assume it is supposed to represent the character from TV, making this the first ''Transformers'' toy of an Earth human.

:This toy was [[Repurposing|repurposed]] in the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel Generation 1 comic]] as [[Galen]]. This mold was also [[redeco]]ed as [[Grand Maximus|Gran]], ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|Car Robots]]'' [[Cerebros (RID)|Plasma]], and ''[[Robotmasters (franchise)|Robotmasters]]'' [[Master (RM)|Master]] and retooled to make [[BotCon 2014]] [[Olin Zarak]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Autobot/Spike/spike.htm More information on Spike at TFU.info]''
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===''Masterpiece''===
[[File:Masterpiecetoy spike.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Convoy''' ([[September 24]], [[2011]])
**''ID number:'' '''MP-10'''
:''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#MP10|MP-10 Convoy]] comes with a small figure of Spike. Standing at about an inch tall, he features articulation in his shoulders, hips and knees, and is scaled to be able to sit in all the cockpit spaces that ''[[Diaclone]]'' figures could occupy on the original Generation 1 Optimus Prime figure, such as Prime's passenger compartment while in [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]], [[Roller (G1)#MP10|Roller]]'s seats, the consoles on the floor of the [[Combat Deck (G1)#MP10|Combat Deck]], and the cockpit of the Combat Deck's artillery robot.

:As this smaller incarnation of Convoy is in [[scale]] with them, Spike is also capable of riding ''[[Transformers: Alternity|Alternity]]'' figures!

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[[File:ConvoyModeEva Spike.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Looks like Shinji ran away again...Spike, you're hired!]]
*'''Convoy Mode "Eva"''' ([[November 28]], [[2014]])
**''ID number:'' '''MP-10'''

:For ''[[Transformers × Evangelion]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#eva|Convoy Mode "Eva"]], an ''Evangelion''-themed redeco of MP-10 Convoy, the Spike figure was redecoed in a color scheme based on [[Nerv]] uniforms.

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[[File:MP22-UltraMagnus-SpikeDaniel.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Ultra Magnus''' ([[December 27]], [[2014]])
**''ID number:'' '''MP-22'''

:''Masterpiece'' MP-22 [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#MP22|Ultra Magnus]] includes articulated figurines of [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)#MP22|Daniel]] and his father Spike, based on their appearances in the movie and Season 3 of the cartoon. Both can fit in seats inside the truck cab.

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[[File:MP711-Spike.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|It might be his after-school job... if he ever actually went to school.]]
*'''Convoy (7-Eleven ver.)''' ([[February 28]], [[2018]])
**''ID number:'' '''MP-711'''

:Available exclusively from Japanese 7-11 stores, MP-711 is a [[7-Eleven]]-themed [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#MP711|Optimus Prime]], with the Spike figurine sporting a 7-Eleven uniform.

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[[File:Hasbro-MP-Exosuit-Spike-Witwicky.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*''' [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#HasbroMP|Bumblebee]] & [[Exosuit]] Spike Witwicky''' (2016)
**''ID Number'': '''MP-08'''

:The Hasbro release of ''Masterpiece'' MP-11 [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Bumble]] comes with a Spike clad in the [[exosuit]] he wore in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. While the figure is identical to the [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)#Masterpiece|Daniel Witwicky]] figure in the Takara release, Spike features a darker tone of light blue.

:His vehicle mode is mistransformed in his stock photography.

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*'''Convoy''' ([[August 31]], [[2019]])
**''ID number:'' '''MP-44'''

:This figure of Spike Witwicky is an all-new mold scaled to fit inside Prime's cab mode. He is about two inches tall and has ball-jointed articulation at the head, arms, hips, and torso, as well as swing-jointed knees. In a reference to the classic ''[[Diaclone]]'' pilot figures, he also has tiny magnets in the soles of his feet, allowing him to stand on several magnetized panels scattered around Prime's [[Combat Deck (G1)|Combat Deck]]. He can also pilot [[Roller (G1)|Roller]] or the Auto-Launcher mounted on the deck. However, like his other human friends packaged with Prime, the tiny size of his ball joints make them rather weak, and he is prone to falling apart when his limbs are moved.

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*'''Cybertron Espionage Bumble (Ver. 2.0)''' ([[November 23]], [[2019]])
**''ID number:'' '''MP-45'''
**''Hasbro release name:'' '''Bumblebee and Spike 2.0'''
:This new figure of Spike is included with MP-44 [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#MP45|Cybertron Espionage Bumble (Ver. 2.0)]].

:This mold was later redecoed in transparent plastic for inclusion with MP-54 [[Reboost#Toys|Reboost]].

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*'''Hound''' ([[December 26]], [[2019]])
**''ID number:'' '''MP-47'''
:This new figure of Spike is included with MP-47 [[Hound (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Hound]].
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===''Transformers'' (2010)===
*'''Masterpiece Optimus Prime''' ([[2012]])
:A [[Toys"R"Us]]-[[exclusive]] in the [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|2010 ''Transformers'' toyline]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#mp10hasbro|Hasbro's release]] of the MP-10 figure and its accessories features various plastic color and [[Paint operation|paint detail]] changes, yet Spike appears to be no different.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Autobot/MPSpikeWitwicky/spikewitwicky.htm More information on Masterpiece Spike at TFU.info]''
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===''Kre-O''===
[[File:Kre-O-Earth's-Most-Wanted-Autobot-Spike.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb]]
*'''Earth's Most Wanted''' (Souvenir set, 2015)

:Part of the [[BotCon 2015]] ''Earth's Most Wanted'' Souvenir Figure Set, "Autobot Spike" is a [[Kreon]] based on his appearance in the cartoon, albeit with some slightly different details.
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===''Titans Return''===
[[File:TF-Generations-Titans-Return-Emissary.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|If I change my name, they'll never realize that I'm the guy that shot [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]].]]
*'''[[Emissary (TR)#Titans Return|Emissary]] & Cerebros & Fortress Maximus''' (Titan Class, [[2016]]/[[2024]])
{{note|The ''Titans Return'' Emissary figure is based on the 1987 Spike figure, but whether it truly qualifies as a version of the Spike character is ambiguous.}}

:Only available with his partners (both medium and large), Emissary forms the head of [[Cerebros (G1)#Titans Return|Cerebros]] who in turn forms the head of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)#Titans Return|Fortress Maximus]]. Emissary can also be used as a head for any other Deluxe, Voyager, or Leader figure in the ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' subline of ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]''. His robot mode is based on the Headmaster [[#Generation 1|Spike]] figure, whilst his head mode is the [[mouthplate]]d design of Cerebros's [[character model]].

:Fortress Maximus was reissued in [[February]] 2024. This mold was later retooled into ''Legends'' [[Fortress Maximus (G1)#Legends|Fortress' Headmaster stage]], and into ''Transformers & Downtown No Gaki No Tsukai Ya Arahende! Crossover'' [[Donarimasu]] & [[Guchirimasu]] Headmaster units.

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*'''Fortress Maximus Convention Edition''' (Titan Class, 2016)

:The San Diego Comic-Con 2016 release of Fortress Maximus comes with a new head piece for Emissary, which resembles Fortress's Headmaster form in ''The Headmasters'' cartoon.

===''Legends''===
[[File:TF-Legends-LG-54-Exosuit-Spike.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|His face is in our nightmares.]]
*'''Bumble & Excelsuit Spike''' ('''Bumblebee & Exo-suit Spike''') ([[December 30]], [[2017]])
**''ID Number'': '''LG-54'''

:''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' "Excelsuit Spike", despite possible appearances, is an all new sculpt transforming from a small robot based on Spike's exosuit into [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]]'s head which is compatible to any Deluxe-to-Larger ''Legends'' Headmaster/''Titans Return'' figures, although he was meant to form Fortress's head. Just like [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Legends|Ghost Starscream]], his smaller head is cast in transparent plastic.

:Excelsuit Spike comes with [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Legends|Bumble]], a redeco of the ''Titans Return'' Legends Class Bumblebee figure.
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===''War for Cybertron Trilogy''===
[[File:GenerationsSelects-NeoAutobotX.jpg|thumb|300px|And I have all these parts... left over...]]
*'''Cog''' (''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'' Deluxe Class, [[2019]])
*'''Six-Gun''' (''Siege'' Deluxe Class, 2019)
*'''Brunt''' (''Siege'' Deluxe Class, 2019)
*'''Cromar''' (''[[Generations Selects (toyline)|Generations Selects]]'' Deluxe Class, 2019)
*'''Zetar''' (''Generations Selects'' Deluxe Class, 2019)
*'''Ironworks''' (''[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Earthrise]]'' Deluxe Class, [[2020]])
*'''Greasepit''' (''Generations Selects'' Deluxe Class, 2020)

:Using [[Cog (G1)#Generations|Cog]]'s right arm, [[Six-Gun#War for Cybertron: Siege|Six-Gun]]'s upper and lower torso and left arm, [[Brunt (G1)#War for Cybertron: Siege|Brunt]]'s thighs, [[Cromar#Generations Selects|Powerdasher Cromar]]'s lower torso, [[Zetar (G1)#Generations Selects|Powerdasher Zetar]]'s thighs, lower left leg and drill, [[Ironworks (facility)#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Ironworks]]'s right leg, left arm, and blasters, and [[Greasepit (facility)#Generations Selects|Greasepit]]'s right leg, '''Neo Autobot X''' (ネオサイバトロンX ''Neo Saibatoron Ekkusu'', Neo Cybertron X) can be assembled! Components are sold separately.

:Despite debuting in the Japanese-published story ''[[Generations Selects Special Comic]]'' [[Abominus comic 2]], not all components of Neo Autobot-X have been made domestically available in Japan; as Cromar and Greasepit are very unlikely to be released by TakaraTomy, so the Japanese customers must import them to complete the 'Bot.
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===''Buzzworthy Bumblebee''===
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[[File:TF-WFC-Trilogy-Buzzworthy-BB-Spike-Witwicky.jpg|upright=1.33|thumb|White is sus.]]
*'''Bumblebee & Spike Witwicky''' (2021)
**''Series'': '''''War for Cybertron Trilogy'''''

:As part of the cross-''Generations'' ''[[Buzzworthy Bumblebee]]'' subline, ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' Spike Witwicky accompanies the [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Buzzworthy|Core Class Bumblebee]] figure. Spike is depicted in his traditional [[exosuit]] from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', and features an incredibly simple conversion—you just flip down his backpack and lie him down on his stomach. He has a vestigial pin hole molded through his hips, hinting that he was intended to have leg articulation at one point, but was eventually changed during development.

:The CG stock render of his vehicle form depicts his backpack flap being flipped down in standing mode instead.

:Much like the rest of the ''Buzzworthy Bumblebee'' toys, the box is in the style of the 2018 ''[[Transformers: Bumblebee (toyline)|Bumblebee]]'' toyline, with additional renders of the [[evergreen]] Bumblebee design. Additionally, the toy features ''[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Kingdom]]''-style [[package art]] with the ''War for Cybertron'' logo present.
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===''Studio Series''===
[[File:Studio-Series-Core-Class-TFTM-Spike.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Yeah, sure guys, ignore the GAPING HOLE in the back of my skull.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Exo-Suit Spike Witwicky''' (Core Class, [[2022]])}}</ul>
:*''Movie'': '''''The Transformers: The Movie'''''
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SS-85'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[August 27]], [[2022]]
:*''Accessories'': 2 [[Fire Blast effect|blast effects]]
{{toydesigner|[[Koki Yamada]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Marcelo Matere]] (packaging artist)}}

: Part of the second wave of ''[[Studio Series]]'''s 2022 Core Class offerings, Exo-Suit Spike Witwicky transforms from his [[exosuit]] to its vehicle mode in 11 Steps. Unlike the previously released [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)#Studio Series|Daniel]] mold included with [[Slag (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Slug]], this exosuit features articulation on par with Core Class figures, alongside a translucent cockpit dome with a head modeled inside, though the head cannot point Spike's face forward in vehicle mode. However, the head can rotate left and right through a slider in the back. Neat! He also comes with two unique fire blast effects, which can be pegged into the thrusters in his vehicle mode.

: Despite the Core Class lacking the backdrops included with all other ''Studio Series'' classes, the insides of Spike's packaging is decorated with the artwork used for the "The Depths of Unicron" backdrop.

: The figure showed up in Dubai prior to any official announcement from Hasbro.<ref>https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/core-class-spike.1225718/page-19#post-19946726</ref> It then ''didn't'' show up very much in US stores, being (so far) ''only'' available in the second Core Class wave and not carried over into wave three, with the first wave being massive [[Shelfwarmer|pegwarmers]] that made restocks uncommon.

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===''Robosen Collector's Edition''===
*'''Optimus Prime Auto-Converting Trailer and Roller''' (2022)

:An articulated Spike figure is included with the [[Combat Deck#Robosen Collector's Edition|Robosen self-transforming programmable Combat Deck]]. Spike can be posed as a passenger in this set's [[Roller (G1)#Robosen Collector's Edition|Roller]].

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==Merchandise==
===''Super Collection Figure''===
[[File:SCF Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Bumble''' ([[2001]])
**''Act'': '''3'''
**''Accessories'': Stand

:[[Plastic|PVC]] figurines of Spike and [[Bumblebee (G1)/merchandise#Super Collection Figure|Bumblebee]] were sold together in the third "Act" of [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s ''[[Heroes of Cybertron|Super Collection Figure]]'' series. Like all the figures in the wave, the pair were available as both regular full-color figures and clear plastic versions, one of each of which was available in a standard case of twelve [[blindpacking|blindpacked]] figures. Spike has tiny peg-holes in the soles of his feet, but they're ''far'' too small to work with the accompanying stand.

: In two out of every ten cases, the full-color version of the set came packaged with the torso piece of the wave's [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/toys#Super Collection Figure/Heroes of Cybertron|Fortress Maximus]] "build-a-figure", itself in either full-color or clear versions in an equal 1:1 ratio. Yikes.
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===''Heroes of Cybertron''===
[[File:HOC Bumblebee.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Spike" refers to his ''Iguanodon''-like thumbs.]]
*'''Autobot Espionage Team''' ([[2003]])

:''Super Collection Figure'' Spike and Bumblebee were later released by [[Hasbro]] in the fourth wave of their ''[[Heroes of Cybertron]]'' line, sold under the name "Autobot Espionage Team," as Hasbro did not have the [[trademark]] rights to Bumblebee's name at this point in time. This version of Spike was cast in transparent-blue plastic then wholly painted over. Nominally in the line, this was used to do a [[light-piping]]-like effect for the figures, but obviously that's not something that's gonna work for the human.

: Unlike the blindpacked Japanese version, they were sold on an individual blister card with an included bio card, and came packaged with the right leg of the [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/toys#Heroes of Cybertron|Fortress Maximus]] build-a-figure.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Autobot/HoCSpike/spike.htm More information on ''Heroes of Cybertron'' Spike at TFU.info]''
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===''History Collection''===
[[File:TFhistorycollection spike.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Spike''' (2004)
:A PVC figurine of Spike was the rare [[chase figure]] of Takara's ''[[History Collection]]''. Spike was the only piece in the series who did not come with a circular "bottlecap" display base, instead, coming crouched on Optimus Prime's hand, from which he could be removed. Additionally, Prime's hand could plug into the wrist socket of the [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#20th Anniversary/Masterpiece|20th Anniversary/Masterpiece Optimus Prime]] figure.
::*''[http://tfkenkon.com/collection/act234/ More information on the History Collection at TFKenkon.com]''
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===Brave-Goukin===
[[File:BraveGoukin exosuit.jpg|thumb|upright=2.33]]
*'''Excel Suit''' (<s>2014</s>)

:A poseable "[[Exosuit#Brave-Goukin|Excel Suit]]" toy was to be produced by [[CM's Corporation]] as part of their ''Brave-Goukin'' line, complete with vehicle mode and transforming arm blasters. It would have included static figures of Spike and [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)#Brave-Goukin|Daniel]] who could be displayed separately or have their heads placed inside the suit, with alternate upward-looking heads included for the vehicle mode. The Exosuit would also have come with a small figurine of [[Grand Galvatron#Brave-Goukin|Grand Galvatron]] and the [[Master Sword#Brave-Goukin|Master Sword data disk]] from the ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|Headmasters]]'' episode "[[The Master Sword Is in Danger!!]]".

:This toy only made it as far as the painted [[prototype]] stage before CM's Corporation was forced to file for bankruptcy, leaving it unreleased.

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===''ULTIMATES!''===
*'''Optimus Prime''' (''ULTIMATES!'', 2021)

: A small, static mini-figurine of Spike was included with [[Super7]]'s ''[[Transformers ULTIMATES!]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#ULTIMATES!|Optimus Prime]].

: Preorders for Optimus (and the rest of Wave 1) opened on [[January 29]], 2021, and closed on [[February 28]], with the toys shipping in winter of that year.
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===XM Studios===
[[File:XMStudiosBumblebeeStatue.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|If your dad looked like this, you'd worry too.]]
*'''Bumblebee''' (2022)

:[[XM Studios]]' statue of Bumblebee is 13" tall, made of hand-painted porcelain. Bumblebee has [[LED|light-up eyes]] and two different head sculpts, one with his standard face and one with his battle mask. Bumblebee is accompanied by Spike, wearing an exo-suit. The set also includes a sculpted representation of Bumblebee's car mode that can be displayed next to the robot.

:258 pieces were produced, with a suggested price of about $1,200 US.

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==Notes==
*Spike and Buster were both derived from the same "young male human friend" character in early backstory material. For more on the name variation see [[Butch Witwicky (G1)|Butch Witwicky]].
*Apparently Spike Witwicky is named after a person in real life! According to the [[BotCon 2010]] panel hosted by [[Bob Budiansky]], [[Jim Shooter]] (editor in-chief at [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] at the time) chose the name based on one of his real life friends. The name Witwicky had previously showed up in Marvel's ''Dazzler'' comics, as co-plotted by Shooter.
*While being a patchwork like the [[Autobot X (G1)|original cartoon Autobot X]], it is clear that the details on the comic version of Autobot Spike are mostly by the use of paint, complete with the use of the [[Bluestreak (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Bluestreak]] helmet with only one crest painted red (though the crests are bigger than normal) and a green-grey wing-door piece. He also utilities the [[Shockwave (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Shockwave]] gun hand to simulate the original's own. The BotCon 2015 Kreon faithfully replicated this design, with the exception of the right door-wing, which remains white instead of being painted green.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Spike Witwicky''' (スパイク・ウィトウィッキー ''Supaiku Witowikkī'')
*''English:'' '''Sparkle''' ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
*''French:'' '''Laflèche''' (Canada, "The astute")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Spike Witwicky''', '''Csuka''' (''The Movie'' first dub, "Pike")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Spike''' (斯派克 ''Sīpàikè'')
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Spys''' (Спис, "Spear")

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Quintesson Judge (G1)

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:''The Quintesson Judge is a type of [[Quintesson]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:QuintessonTFMMarvel.jpg|thumb|300px]]

Leaders of the [[Quintesson]] race, the '''Quintesson Judges''' determine the sentences of their unfortunate victims in [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]]'s courtrooms and serve as the face of their many business and war excursions.

{{bigquote|All shall be judged.|Quintesson Judge's ''Earthrise''<ref name="earthrise">[https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/brands/earthrise ''Earthrise'' webpage]</ref> motto}}

==Faces==
A Quintesson Judge's most distinctive physical characteristic is its set of five rotating faces. Each face represents a different aspect of the Quintesson, and not only does their physical sequence vary, so do their meanings. The only face identified during the run of the original ''Transformers'' cartoon was the "Face of Death", memorably called out directly by the narrator of the ''[[Secret Files of Teletraan II]]''.

The script for ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''—the first appearance of the Quintessons—called for the other four faces to be "angry", "smiling", "grimacing", and "suspicious", and artist [[Floro Dery]] designed the faces to represent these emotions. A spread in the January 1987 issue of Japan's ''[[Comic Bom Bom]]'' would also reflect this intent, using mostly direct translations of the English descriptors—''Shi'' (死, "Death"), ''Ikari'' (怒り, "Anger"), ''Warai'' (笑い, "Laughter"), ''Jūmen'' (渋面, "Grimace"), and ''Utagai'' (疑い, "Suspicion"). This would remain unknown to Western audiences until circa 2002, when fan [[Andrew Hall]] provided a translation, identifying the faces as "Rage", "Laughter", "Bitterness", and "Doubt".

These newly translated designations were not prevalent in the fandom at the time, so when author [[Simon Furman]] penned the 2004 book, ''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]]'', he invented his own names for the other four faces. While he struck lucky dubbing the "angry" face "Wrath", the others—"War", "Wisdom", and "Judgement"—have no connection to the actual intent behind the Quintessons' design.

In 2020, the Quintessons made their big comeback as part of the ''[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (franchise)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' franchise. The instruction manual for the Quintesson Pit of Judgement multi-pack (see [[#War for Cybertron Trilogy|below]]) gave the "smiling" face the new name of "Wit", while using a mix of established names for the others; these names were reinforced by their use in the [[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|''Earthrise'' cartoon]], which was released a few months later.

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==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
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====''Macrocosmic Seekers''====
The [[Seeker (United)|Seeker]] was a Quintesson Judge before he abandoned his race to become a being of pure information. {{storylink|A Treasure's True Worth}}

====''Legends'' comic====
A Judge and a [[Quintesson Prosecutor|Prosecutor]] were in contact with the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], which was filled with the Quintessons' evil wisdom. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Grand Maximus)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}}

A sole Judge from a time long before [[2021]] led a troop of [[Overcharge (G1)|Overcharges]] to attack the [[Legends World]] through a portal. He was attacked by the diminutive [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] of 2021, but was thrown away by the Judge's attendant Overcharge. Blitzwing soon made his own [[transtector]] from a fallen Overcharge, and he was able to convince his past self, who was the Judge's Overcharge, to find his own identity. Fleeing Blitzwing back to his native time and place, the Judge declared [[Zamojin (species)|the creators]] of the Legends World to be dangerous. {{Storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 59|Bonus Edition Vol. 59}}

====''The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers'' manga====
A Judge loudly announced the emergence of [[Gilthor]] from [[Earth]]'s oceans. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 4|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #4}}

====Controverse====
The [[Galactic Court]] assigned [[Adveraros]], a Quintesson Judge, to [[Primacron]]'s trial on [[Millaath]]. {{storylink|Controverse}}

====''Kiss Players''====
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====''Generations Selects Special Comic''====
The Quintessons would eventually break free of their dimensional prison thanks to the [[Angolmois Energy]] on [[Earth]] and the unique properties of [[Dinobot Island (G1)|Dinobot Island]]. With one Judge leading several other Judges, a [[Quintesson Bailiff|Bailiff]], and some [[Allicon]]s, the Quintessons sought to subdue the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] so they could sell the [[Autobot]]s to the highest bidder. The Dinobots resisted, so the lead Judge released a [[Recreator]] that recreated [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] to fight the Dinobots. However, the Dinobots were able to combine into [[Volcanicus (POTP)|Volcanicus]], and the Quintessons fled while the Dinobot combiner defeated Predaking. {{storylink|Volcanicus comic 1}}

{{stub|{{storylink|Volcanicus comic 2}}{{storylink|Abominus comic 1}}{{storylink|Abominus comic 2}}}}

===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
Lord [[Kledji]] and [[Sevax]] were Quintesson Judges. {{Storylink|Space Pirates!}}

===3H comics===
[[Derodomontatus]], {{storylink|Betrayal}} [[Heirodyus]], and [[Brinn]] were Judges. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
[[Pentius]] was a Judge-type Quintesson. {{Storylink|Faces of Darkness}}

===''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' continuity===
====''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' marketing material====
[[File:Earthrise-Judge-art.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6]]
The [[Quintesson]]s were one of the few unforeseen dangers ahead of the Autobots and Decepticons in their race for the [[AllSpark]]. The Judge's function served as a Galactic Marauder. Their primary objective was to decide who is worthy and who shall suffer, and their primary weapons were the [[Allicon]] guards and [[Deseeus Army Drone|drone army]]. {{storylink|War for Cybertron: Earthrise|''Earthrise'' webpage}}<ref name="earthrise" />

====''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' cartoon====
[[Deseeus]] was a Quintesson Judge. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 2}}
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==Toys==
===''War for Cybertron: Earthrise''===
[[File:ER-toy QuintessonJudge.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|"It is a day so long in coming that I am uncertain how to celebrate it."]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-qu2|'''Quintesson Judge''' (Voyager Class, [[2020]])}}</ul>
:*''Hasbro ID number'': '''WFC-E22'''
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''ER EX-08'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[August 29]], 2020
:*''Accessories:'' Blaster, cage, throne, levitation beam
:*''Known designers'': [[Ken Christiansen]] (concept artist)

:The ''[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Earthrise]]'' Quintesson Judge is the first release of a "Generation 1" Quintesson toy. A trigger on his "back" activates a face-spinning gimmick. The faces of Death, Wisdom, and Wrath have opening jaws; the faces of Wrath and Doubt come detached in the package, requiring owners to clip them into their respective sides, with Wrath reported by many owners to be quite a challenge to attach correctly.

:The order of the faces matches the arrangement from ''The Transformers: The Movie'', with Wisdom and Wit surrounding Death, which is slightly different from that used in the cartoon, which flanked Death with Wrath and Doubt. Unscrewing and detaching every face except Wrath can be used to replicate [[Deseeus]] cutting off his faces in the [[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|Netflix cartoon]], although the bare plastic under the faces can be considered unsightly.

: To replicate the ability of the Judge to levitate, the figure also includes a transparent "levitation beam", which pegs onto the throne via a 5mm post-hole, then attaches to the Judge's underside via a clip; it does not function as an effects part. Promotional renders color the beam in translucent yellow, but on the finalized figure, it is instead sculpted in clear plastic and is therefore uncolored.

:The lower body's five soft-plastic tentacles are on swivel joints to raise and lower, and each has three 3mm effects pegs designed to accommodate ''War for Cybertron'' blast effects parts. Using these pegs, the Quintesson can hold its blaster accessory, and the tentacles can also be pegged into specifically-positioned holes on the Judge's body to better "aim" the weapon forward. If one so wishes, the blaster can also be plugged into one of two ports underneath the throne for... sneakier judgement passing.

:Because it has to transform into ''something'', the Judge converts via [[partformer|partforming]] into a tower with a prison cage in 16 steps. The top of the tower and the cage do not actually attach to the base; they only balance on it. The cage and the tower are large enough to fit a [[Battle Master#Toys|Battle Master]] (or other similarly-sized figures). Additionally, the cage also has two ports into which the blaster can be fitted. One on the top, as well as another in its interior. The latter might be preferable as a form of storage if one is wary of misplacing the blaster, as it is a small accessory that does not peg well into the figure's arms. The throne/platform and the panel under the Death face have [[A.I.R. Lock System]] ramp connections, allowing it to connect to ramps from other compatible toys, notably the Quintesson-allied [[Slitherfang#Toys|Slitherfang]].

:Like all ''Earthrise'' toys, the inside of the back of the Judge's package includes an exclusive clip-and-save piece of a larger star map. Also in the box is a thin red piece of transparent plastic with which to read the star map. The Judge's piece of the map contains the labeled location of the planet "[[Quintessa (planet)|QUINTESSA]]". Like most ''Earthrise'' figures from wave 2 onward, however, it is misprinted, and overlays the "decodable" red graphics from the map piece included with [[Starscream (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|''Earthrise'' Starscream]] on top of the details unique to the Judge's piece.

:The Judge was originally supposed to be released in the second wave, but was pushed back to the third for unknown reasons, with Starscream taking his place in wave 2 cases. In Japan, the Quintesson Judge was released as a [[TakaraTomy Mall]] exclusive.

:The cage accessory was [[repurposing|repurposed]] as the [[Recreator]] in the ''[[Generations Selects Special Comic]]''.
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===''War for Cybertron Trilogy''===
[[File:WFCT-toy QuintessonJudge.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|They've got this case all wrapped up.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-qu2|'''Quintesson Pit of Judgement''' (Multi-pack, 2020)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' Blaster, cage, throne, levitation beam
:*''Known designers'': [[Ken Christiansen]] (concept artist), [[Mario Carreiro]] and [[AJ Piejko-Brown]] (packaging)

: A redeco of the ''Earthrise'' Quintesson Judge is the centerpiece of this box set of toys, presenting the "trial" of [[Kranix (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Kranix]] during ''The Transformers: The Movie''. The overall coloration is generally brighter, with some faces getting fairly extensive color changes. The tentacles are now bright green, the levitation beam clear-blue, and the throne base gray (as opposed to the stock photography's bright blue). Thankfully, all five faces come pre-attached, saving a lot of hassle and hurt digits.

: This set also includes the [[Quintesson Bailiff#Toys|Quintesson Bailiff]], a new-deco [[Sharkticon (species)#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Sharkticon]], and mini-figures of the [[Quintesson Prosecutor#Toys|Quintesson Prosecutor]] and [[Kranix (G1)#Toys|Kranix]]. The packaging interior forms a diorama of the "courtroom", with poor Kranix on a gangplank over the Sharkticon pit with the Judge hovering above.

: This set was announced to the public before the "standard" version of the Judge was released, and was first made available for people who attended the Hasbro Fans Expo in [[Hong Kong]] and preordered the set. It was later made a [[Hasbro PulseCon 2020]] [[exclusive]] in the United States and Canada (except for Quebec), available to Premium members on [[September 23]] 2020, then opened up to all members on [[September 24|the 24th]], where it sold out, went to pre-orders for more, then sold out of pre-orders within a few short hours despite a (stated) 1-per-customer limit.
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==Merchandise==
===''ReAction''===
*'''Quintesson''' (2023)
**''Accessories'': Repair tool

: Released in the sixth wave of [[Super7]]'s line of multi-property 3.75-inch "retro" action figures, ''[[Super7#ReAction|ReAction]]'' Quintesson is a non-converting figure of a Quintesson Judge. It does feature face-turning articulation, though that joint is notably tighter than the connection between the body and the clear-red "energy beam" stand. Unusual for ''ReAction'' figures, its four tentacles are actually on balljoints, though their range of motion is pretty limited. Two of these tentacles end in loops, enabling him to hold the "repair tool" the [[:File:ReturnOptimusPrime_Quintesson_holding_tool.jpg|Judge carries]] in "[[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2]]".

: As with all releases in the ''ReAction'' toyline, Quintesson comes packaged on a small cardback that emulates the nostalgic packaging style of [[Kenner]]'s ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' action figures from the late 1970s to early '80s.
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==Notes==
* In their first appearance in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', the two speaking Quintessons are voiced by [[Regis Cordic]] (who plays the judge) and [[Roger C. Carmel]] ([[Quintesson Prosecutor|the prosecutor]]). These two actors then became the primary recurring voices of the Quintessons in the third season of the cartoon, usually playing judges, with [[Jack Angel]] normally serving as a third in episodes where more than two speaking roles were required. In [[AKOM]]-animated episodes, Cordic's Quintesson (usually designated "Quintesson #1" in scripts) would commonly speak from the Face of Doubt, while Carmel's ("Quintesson #2") used the Face of Laughter; Angel's intermittently-appearing third Quintesson would most often use the Face of Death, but animation errors, and Quintesson face-rotating meant that these were not ''absolute'' rules. In [[Toei Animation|Toei]] episodes, judges usually spoke from the Face of Death regardless of actor, and prosecutors got more screen time, with Cordic, as the "lead" Quintesson actor, voicing most of them. Numerous guest actors also played assorted "guest" Quintesson roles in various episodes.
* Bizarrely, the Quintesson Judges depicted in ''The Transformers: The Movie'' are actually inaccurate to their character models. The Quintessons in the film have the faces of Wisdom and Wit on either side of Death, while the actual model has Wrath and Doubt in those respective places. Season 3 of the cartoon gets this right. The ''[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Earthrise]]''/''[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' toys' mold replicates the film's orientation.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Itsutsu-gao''' (5つ顔, "five-faced"), '''hanji''' (判事, "judge"), '''saibankan''' (裁判官, "judge"), '''Quintesson Judge''' (クインテッサンジャッジ ''Kuintessan Jajji'')

==References==
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[[Category:War for Cybertron Trilogy characters]]

Unicron

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[[File:Unicron-UltimateGuide.jpg|upright=1.95|thumb|He's been ignoring Galactus's C&D letters.]]

'''Unicron''' is the eternal arch-enemy of his twin brother [[Primus]]. Also known as the [[Lord of Chaos]], the Chaos Bringer, and the Planet Eater, he is dedicated to consuming the [[multiverse]]. His massive form is powered by the consumption of planets, moons, stars, and even the very fabric of existence. Unicron will not be sated until his ultimate goal is attained: to bring an end to the annoying creation boasting independence around him, and find peace by becoming the living center of a [[Void|swirling, infinite torrent of nothingness]] at the end of all things.

To undertake this seemingly overwhelming task, Unicron is able to travel across realities at will, a meandering plague upon existence itself.<ref>Titanium Series 3" Unicron profile</ref><ref>Universe Armada Series Unicron bio</ref> Integrated into his systems are incomprehensible quantum computers which calculate probabilities forward and backwards in time, in perpetuity, giving his processors an ever changing, evolving map of the multiverse.<ref>Profile, [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 10|''Hasbro Transformers Collector's Club'' #10]]</ref> With these abilities at his disposal, Unicron has thus far devoured approximately 22.56% of known universes. Seen at a detached distance from the multiverse, this collective "'''Unicron Phenomenon'''" acts with the characteristics of a virus or plague seeping through reality, succeeding where it can, retreating when it cannot.<ref>According to the [[Transcendent Technomorph]]s' records in "[[Withered Hope]]."</ref> Various permutations of Unicron can spawn into existence outside the trappings of the larger entity, hailing from a more mundane origin but possessing the same consumptive traits.<ref>Decoded [[Ask Vector Prime]] text within "[[Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac]]".</ref> For much of multiversal history, the [[Multiversal singularity|singularity]] Unicron threatened all of existence, but now, [[Shroud|that is no longer the case]], and versions of Unicron are now restricted to their own dimensions.

The only thing that he fears is Primus's essence, contained inside the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. To a being of chaos and uncreation, this font of life is a poison.

Frequently, Unicron will make deals with [[Herald of Unicron|lesser]] [[Minion of Unicron (Universe)|beings]], promising them vast new powers in exchange for their servitude. These minions are [[Thunderwing (G1)|sometimes]] stripped entirely of free will, but [[Sideways (Armada)|many]] [[Scourge (ROTB)|others]] follow willingly. Service to Unicron, however, is a double-edged sword, for it causes insanity and loss of self. And in the end, Unicron's plans ultimately call for their consumption as well.

{{bigquote|A vile god – so large and so powerful that it consumed entire planets as fuel. Few believed such a thing could be true, until the day we saw Unicron with our own eyes...|[[Optimus Primal (ROTB)|Optimus Primal]]|''[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Rise of the Beasts]]''}}

==Conceptual history==
[[File:Primusoriginal.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]

Unicron debuted as the central antagonist of 1986's ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', which established him as a monstrously powerful being seemingly only vulnerable to the supernatural energies contained within the Autobot [[Matrix of Leadership]]. ''The Movie'' presented Unicron as more of an abstract obstacle than a full-fledged character: it didn't explain what Unicron was, nor where he came from, or any specific reasoning for why Unicron specifically targeted [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Subsequent episodes of [[The Transformers (cartoon)|''The Transformers'' cartoon]], set in the same [[Generation 1 cartoon continuity|continuity]] as ''The Movie'', were the first works of ''Transformers'' media to fill in these details and craft the first of Unicron's many origin stories: as related in the third season episode "[[Call of the Primitives]]", the cartoon's Unicron was created by an alien scientist known as [[Primacron]], but Unicron rebelled against his creator and set out into space alone.

However, the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel ''Transformers'' comic]] had incorporated its own version of Unicron into [[Marvel Comics continuity|its own universe]], entirely separate from the cartoon's goings-on. Starting in [[1988]], author [[Simon Furman]] established an entirely different backstory for the character, tweaking details as necessary as the storyline evolved. As first recounted in "[[The Legacy of Unicron!]]", the comic's Unicron was the one of the [[Dark God]]s—in the early days of the universe, he had menaced [[Primus]] lord of the [[Light God]]s, and their battle ended with Primus reshaping his body into the metallic planetoid that would one day become Cybertron. Primus entrusted [[Prima|the first Transformer]] with a fragment of his own essence, which became the Matrix. With each retelling of the story, the roles of the Dark and Light gods diminished; finally, in [[The Void! (US)|issue #74]], it was revealed that Unicron predated the universe itself, having devoured [[Old realms|the previous universe]] in ancient times, and that the sentient core of the universe had created Primus to defeat him—as a result, his attacks on Cybertron became merely the latest attempt to snuff out his age-old enemy.

Unicron didn't appear in the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' or ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'' cartoons, although the alien [[Vok]] adopted his countenance in the episode "[[Other Voices, Part 1]]", and dialogue suggests that events similar to those of ''The Movie'' occurred at some point in Cybertron's history. However, Unicron ''did'' appear in the ''Beast Machines''-adjacent ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 franchise)|Universe]]'' franchise, which featured him kidnapping Cybertronians from across the ''Transformers'' [[multiverse]].

That same year, Unicron starred as the final boss of the ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Transformers: Armada]]'' franchise. While the [[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|''Armada'' cartoon]] episode "[[Origin]]" put a cerebral spin on Unicron's villainy by revealing that he'd deliberately created the [[Mini-Con]]s as a way to agitate the ongoing Cybertronian civil war, the [[Transformers: Armada (Dreamwave)|Dreamwave comic]] took inspiration from ''Universe'' in its depiction of Unicron as an interdimensional threat, systematically devouring his way across realities before moving on to his next target. Around this time, a set of ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' trading cards released by Fleer nailed down the first "modern" interpretation of the Primus/Unicron mythos: in ''this'' telling, the two were brothers who'd been created by an extradimensional entity named the "[[Transformer afterlife|Allspark]]" at the dawn of time to explore the universe .This was subsequently expanded on and combined with aspects of the various Marvel Comics stories in ''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]]'', written by [[Simon Furman]], who had written all three prior tellings in the first place. Here, the entity Fleer had called the "Allspark" was redubbed "[[The One]]", and the modern iteration of the myth detailed above was firmly established, and went on to form the backbone of most subsequent fiction. Unicron played a significant role in ''Armada's'' direct sequel, ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]''; that franchise ended with Unicron's remains collapsing into a massive black hole, and this "[[Unicron Singularity]]" became the primary threat in ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]''. As a result of his prominence in all three franchises, these are often referred to as the "[[Unicron Trilogy continuity family|Unicron Trilogy]]". In the pages of ''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide|The Ultimate Guide]]'', Furman also established that the original [[Thirteen]] Transformers had been created specifically to battle Unicron at the dawn of time, and this detail would become a staple of the Primus/Unicron origin myth.

In 2005, Hasbro copywriter [[Forest Lee]] built off Unicron's "Worlds Collide" backstory; in the pages of the [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club (magazine)|official Collectors' Club]] magazine, he laid down the idea that Unicron was a "[[multiversal singularity]]"—across all the various ''Transformers'' stories, there was only ''one'' Unicron capable of crossing dimensions at will. Although subsequent [[Fun Publications]] media embraced the notion, the idea never really caught on outside this specific niche: the [[Black Horizon, Part 1 of 2|''Black Horizon'']] crossover epic presented Unicron as a rogue alien who'd been banished from his world, and the "[[Aligned continuity family|Aligned]]" continuity established that Unicron and [[Earth]] were one and the same; notably, none of this lore ever attempted to reconcile Unicron's origins in the original Sunbow cartoon with the Marvel-inspired lore that had superseded it. In 2015, the "[[Ask Vector Prime]]" column massaged the notion by revealing that there were both "singularity" and "non-singularity" iterations of Unicron, and specifically highlighted the Unicron of ''The Movie'' as one of these non-singularity iterations.

As inconsistencies piled up, however, Fun Publications chose to do away with the idea entirely—in 2015, the "[[Another Light]]" story arc introduced the [[Shroud]], an in-fiction event that retroactively nullified all multiversal singularities into an infinite series of alternate selves. From this point onwards, creators have the freedom to depict Unicron however they wish—be it a [[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|planet-eating god of destruction]], an [[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|ultraterrestrial threat]], or a [[Transformers: Unicron|rogue weapon created by an alien scentist]]—all these depictions and more can now freely coexist.

==Fun Publications==
Since time immemorial, the [[Thirteen]], children of [[Primus]], fought Unicron. [[Prima]], leader of the Thirteen, wielded the mighty [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]] in the Thirteen's conflicts with Unicron. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#May 18, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 18/05/2015}} [[Solus Prime]] forged the [[Terminus Blade]] for herself and her brethren to cross dimensions in their campaign against the primordial entity. {{storylink|Out of the One, Many}}

As guardian of time and space, [[Vector Prime]]'s most frequent opponent was Unicron, though the Chaos-Bringer often seemed barely aware of Vector's existence. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#May 31, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 31/05/2015}} For various periods of time, Vector would follow Unicron and attempt to repair the damage to spacetime which Unicron's presence wrought. {{storylink|Vector Prime: In the Beginning}}

==Generation 1 continuity family==
[[File:OnTheEdgeOfExtinction-Unicrondoublespread.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Unicron goes to town on Cybertron like Eleanor Shellstrop on some shrimp.]]

{{main|Unicron/Generation 1}}

In the [[Primax]] universal cluster, Unicron had many incarnations, all often attacking [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] at some point and being destroyed by the [[Transformer]]s that lived there. He also would repeatedly serve as a Faustian devil; making deals with lesser lifeforms in return for servitude. Among his most famous of those was [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], who would often be reformatted into the powerful [[Decepticon]] known as [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]].

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==2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' continuity family==
The [[Viron]] universal cluster was not particularly notable for instantiations of Unicron.

===Ask Vector Prime===
The Unicron of [[Viron 704.08 Gamma]] began life as a tyrant and a conqueror on [[Planet X (Cybertron)|Planet X]]. Originally possessing a destroyer tank configuration, Unicron united his planet, and eventually he utilized a mystical [[Cyber Key]] to merge his consciousness with it. Unicron proceeded to begin to consume this reality before [[Omega Prime]] and [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]] stopped him.

Dimensional observer [[Vector Prime]] wasn't sure if it was merely [[trans-dimensional harmonic resonance]] which had caused Unicron's actions or if something greater was behind it all. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#July 28, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 28/07/2015}}

==Unicron Trilogy continuity family==
In the [[Aurex]] universal cluster, Unicron often played a notable role in Cybertronian history. Often, his incarnations would attack Cybertron during the conflict for the [[Mini-Con]]s, be the subject of a revival campaign involving energon and the [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]], and then be trapped in the [[Unicron Singularity]].

===Toy pack-in comics===
[[File:Armadaminicomic4-Unicron.jpg|left|thumb|upright=0.85|Check out my tiny buildings!]]
The Transformers were unaware of Unicron's gradual approach during the climax of their civil war. [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] was defeated and imprisoned, and just when he had escaped, the Planet-Eater suddenly appeared over their planet. Only time would tell if the Transformers could possibly defeat him! {{storylink|Armada Volume 4}}

Apparently, they could, and years later Galvatron was reborn as Megatron deep inside the [[Unicron's core|core]] of the defeated Unicron. {{storylink|Energon Volume 1}} The threat of Unicron still loomed over the [[Transformer]]s as they battled over Earth's Energon reserves. {{Storylink|Energon Volume 2}} {{Storylink|Energon Volume 4}}
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===Dreamwave ''Armada'' continuity===
====Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic====
[[File:TheEnd-Unicron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|The southern hemisphere is known as the "footsmell" region.]]

The nearly-dead body of [[Primax 703.09 Gamma|a ravaged universe]]'s [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Dreamwave Armada comic|Optimus Prime]] was sent ahead by Unicron to his [[Aurex 402.24 Gamma|next target universe]], as a "calling card". Additionally, Unicron sent a group of heralds—incarnations of [[Bludgeon (G1)#Dreamwave Armada continuity|Bludgeon]], [[Dirge (G1)#Dreamwave Armada continuity|Dirge]], [[Galvatron (G1)#Dreamwave Armada contoinuity|Galvatron]], [[Scourge (G1)#Dreamwave Armada continuity|Scourge]], and [[Thunderwing (G1)#Dreamwave Armada continuity|Thunderwing]]—to this second universe to find the [[Mini-Con Matrix]] and kill that universe's Optimus Prime and Megatron. The heralds did not realize that their target Optimus Prime had been accidentally transported to the initial, dying Cybertron. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 1 of 4}}

Optimus Prime found one lone survivor, [[Spinister (G1)#Dreamwave Armada comic|Spinister]], and begged him to tell him what was going on. Spinister told him that the "heart of darkness, the root of all evil" had ravaged their world. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 2 of 4}} {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 3 of 4}} When Unicron loomed over them, Spinister surrendered himself to his fate. Spinister soon returned as an avatar for Unicron, who found this Optimus Prime's presence to be an "anomaly". Soon [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] managed to trace Optimus Prime to this dying universe and travel there to rescue him. Using the power of the Mini-Con Matrix, Prime and Jetfire were able to combine into Jet Optimus and fire a powerful shot into the heart of Unicron. Though they were too late to save this Cybertron, they could return home and prepare for Unicron's coming there. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4}}

Optimus Prime called for an alliance with the Decepticons and the Mini-Cons, hoping to unite their forces against the coming Dark god. After warping to Cybertron's surface, Unicron himself arrived, and announced that they would all soon be consumed. During the following battle, Unicron was curious about the Transformers [[Airazor (Armada)|Airazor]], [[Cheetor (Armada)|Cheetor]], [[Rhinox (Armada)|Rhinox]], and [[Terrorsaur (Armada)|Terrorsaur]], and abducted them for future purposes. Unicron was ultimately defeated by the Mini-Con Matrix, boosted from the additional power of two universes' Mini-Cons. This universe's [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]], having made a bid for Unicron's power, was standing on the surface of the planet-eater when he was destroyed, and his body was also lost, his spark trapped within Unicron's remains. {{storylink|The End (Armada)|The End}}

====''Energon'' comic====
[[File:ThisEvilReborn-Unicron.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|You never see him transform to robot mode.]]

Ten years later, his broken body was still left floating in space after his defeat. Despite his damaged form, his [[Unicron's core|core]] presented huge potentials for power, and so [[Alpha Quintesson]] gathered together a group of Decepticon dissidents under the leadership of [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] and transformed them into "[[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]]". He promised these Terrorcons this power in exchange for their services. {{storylink|This Evil Reborn}} Meanwhile, Megatron's consciousness was trapped within this core, and over time was able to use Unicron's systems to create for himself a new body, though he was unable to transfer his spark into it. {{storylink|What Lies Beneath, Part Three}}

Alpha Quintesson was secretly working for Unicron himself, and he sent the corrupted forms of Airazor, Cheetor, Rhinox, and Terrorsaur, his "[[Unicron's Four Horsemen|Four Horsemen]]", to Cybertron to distract the Autobots from Unicron's revival. {{storylink|This Evil Reborn}}

Optimus Prime, who received a telepathic message from the disembodied Megatron, turned to the [[Autobot High Council]] for permission to dedicate an army towards Unicron's return and his intent to consume alleged huge amounts of [[energon]] on Earth, but the Council dismissed these concerns as paranoia. While they did not grant Prime his army, they did permit him to travel to Earth alone. Before Prime could get out of the building, Unicron's Horsemen struck. Prime and the Council realized this was an act of war perpetrated by Unicron, and so Prime's original pleas were finally heard. {{storylink|What Lies Beneath}}

[[File:WhatLiesBeneath3-Unicroninterior.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Unicron has a big [[negative universe]] [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] collection.]]

After they were defeated by Optimus Prime on Earth, Scorponok and his Terrorcons were forcibly brought back to Unicron for disciplinary action by Alpha Quintesson. {{storylink|What Lies Beneath, Part Four}} Afterwards, Optimus Prime stepped through a portal back to Cybertron to assemble a team of reinforcements... but instead found himself brought to within Unicron, summoned by Megatron's consciousness. {{storylink|Omni-Potent}} Optimus Prime argued with Megatron, denying that he would ever help his thought-dead foe inhabit his new body. Megatron countered with images of a massive-scale Terrorcon attack on Earth. Alpha Quintesson had used Unicron's power to reconfigure [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] into Mirage, and [[Moscow]], [[Toronto]], and [[Los Angeles]] were under heavy siege from his Terrorcon army. Still, Optimus Prime resisted helping Megatron, even with the promise of teaming up to destroy the remnants of Unicron, as he feared releasing Megatron in his new body would be unleashing an equal evil. {{storylink|Multiplicity}}

Finally, after images of carnage on Earth overwhelmed him, Optimus Prime caved to Megatron's demands, and Prime began traveling through Unicron under Megatron's direction. After falling in some goo, Prime located the sensor array that was keeping Megatron's consciousness from entering his new body. It worked, and Megatron was freed... though Optimus Prime was subsequently located by Unicron's internal defenses. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 2}} But through sheer force of will, Optimus broke through Unicron's immune system, and managed to allow Megatron access to his new body. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 3}} Optimus was last seen having defeated the remnants of Unicron's antibodies, with a bandolier and his hand-held cannon. He boasted to Unicron that he was coming for him. {{storylink|No Exit}}

{{Unreleased energon comic}}
Previously, Unicron had destroyed [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]], and [[Alpha Quintesson]] was the sole survivor. With the [[Initiator]], Alpha attempted to escape Unicron, only for his ship to be pulled to the planet eater. {{storylink|Doomsday Redux!}} The energon used for Unicron's reactivation came not from Earth, but from [[Nervissa]], a fact Optimus Prime discovered after connecting to Unicron's consciousness. {{storylink|Armageddon Part 1}} Alpha Quintesson sought to destroy Unicron and had a [[seismic-shock warhead]] teleported to Unicron. {{storylink|Armageddon Part 2}} Within Unicron, Optimus gambled that he would need to make contact with Cybertron if he had any chance of escaping the malevolent planet. He ascended to Unicron's surface, only to come upon the warhead, right after it had been teleported in. {{storylink|Armageddon Part 3}} In the later chaos of an alternate-universe [[Quintesson]] invasion of Cybertron, Unicron awoke and began to strike out against the Transformers. HIs first target was Megatron, who had teleported back to within his body to confront Alpha Trion. {{storylink|Armageddon Part 4}} Realizing that their planet was open to Unicron's attack, the Quintessons attacked Unicron, to no avail. The Quintessons were destroyed, and the Transformers managed to delay Unicron enough for the warhead to explode, destroying the planet. The shockwaves from Unicron's destruction created a [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]] from the portal to the alternate-universe Quintessa. {{storylink|Armageddon Part 5}}

===Cartoon continuity===
Unicron was evidently very active in this universe at various points in time, although the precise chronological order of his activities is unclear.

At some undetermined point in the past of this universe, Unicron was approached by the survivors of [[Planet X (Cybertron)|Planet X]], a world that had been destroyed in a war with the inhabitants of the Giant Planet, [[Gigantion]]. In return for the chance to gain revenge on Gigantion, the survivors swore loyalty to Unicron, and "Planet X" became something of a code-phrase that identified those in the service of the planet-eater.

{{note|Liner notes included with the DVD release of ''Galaxy Force'' in [[Japan]] claim that Planet X is actually the body of Unicron from a parallel universe. This would not appear to be compatible with the Western storyline, nor, indeed, with the date later given to the planet's destruction on the [[TakaraTomy]] "[http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/TF/bible/index.html World of the Transformers]" website.}}

Cybertronian legend referred to an attack by Unicron on the planet that was ultimately thwarted by the mighty Autobot warrior, [[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega Supreme]]. {{storylink|Omega Supreme (episode)|Omega Supreme}}

====''Armada'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Mark Acheson]] (English), [[Katsumi Chō]] (Japanese)|[[Jhonny Torres]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Raine Heiskanen]] (Finnish), [[Ekkehardt Belle]] (German), [[Fredrik Beckmann]] (Swedish)}}
{{quote|As long as hatred exists, I shall remain impervious to attack.|Unicron|[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Origin]]}}

[[File:Alliance-Unicronmoon.jpg|thumb|That's no moon!]]
Unicron's first attack on Cybertron was over a million years in the making, begun when he opted to disguise his dormant body as Cybertron's moon. From this secret vantage point, he implanted his own cells within the planet, where they germinated and grew into the small race of robots known as the [[Mini-Con]]s. Unicron hoped to use the Mini-Cons to increase the ferocity of the Autobot/Decepticon war, and feed off of the energies released in the conflict. The Cybertronians would then be subjugated through the Mini-Cons' influence. Though his plan succeeded in one timeline, the interference of three time-displaced children changed this. [[Rad White]], [[Carlos Lopez]], and [[Alexis Thi Dang]] planted the seed of sentience and free will within the Mini-Cons, who ultimately rebelled against their creator and fled Cybertron, crash-landing on the planet Earth. This forestalled Unicron's emergence by eons. {{storylink|Origin}} {{storylink|Drift (episode)|Drift}}

[[File:Union-Unicron.jpg|left|thumb|Don't mind me, just chillin'.]]

When the Mini-Cons were reawakened a million years later in 2010, they were detected by the Autobots and Decepticons, who followed their signal to Earth. {{storylink|First Encounter}} Unicron also picked up the signal, and dispatched his minion [[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]] to carry on his work. {{storylink|Gale}} Rad, Alexis, and Carlos encountered a digital manifestation of Unicron when Sideways transported them to a digital world, in a bid to steal the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team]] from them. Unicron's avatar gave chase to the children as they fled back into the physical realm, but was unable to catch them in time. {{storylink|Chase (episode)|Chase}} Sideways then continued to escalate the conflict by manipulating control of the three Mini-Con weapons, the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]], the [[Skyboom (Armada)|Skyboom]] shield and the [[Requiem Blaster (Armada)|Requiem Blaster]], but eventually arranged for all three to be returned to Cybertron, where he stole them and used them to reawaken Unicron. {{storylink|Portent}} While still awakening, Unicron sent an energy bolt down at Starscream, who had fired a powerful blast at the Dark God to convince Galvatron of his threat. Starscream was disintegrated before his shot could even reach Unicron. {{storylink|Cramp}}

[[File:ArmadaUnicron02.jpg|thumb|The Power Cosmic gives you wrinkles.]]
Shedding his moon disguise and transforming to robot mode, Unicron turned on Cybertron, only to be met with resistance in the form of the united armada of Autobots and Decepticons {{storylink|Alliance}}, and his own Mini-Cons, who had linked together and formed a [[Unicron of Light|giant duplicate]] of his body. {{storylink|Union}} Now at full power, however, it was child's play for Unicron to exert control over his creations, and bring the Mini-Cons under his thumb once more. Again, it was thanks to the Autobots' human allies—the same children who had been sent back in time and given the Mini-Cons free will in the first place—that the Mini-Cons struggled free of Unicron's control, including the three Mini-Con weapons, who broke free and left Unicron's body deactivated. {{storylink|Origin}} Believing the threat over, [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] then challenged Optimus Prime to their final battle, only for the hatred and ferocity of their fight to awaken Unicron once more. To end the circle of hate that gave Unicron life, Galvatron allowed himself to be consumed by the monster, and in a brilliant flash of light, Unicron apparently ceased to exist. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}
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====''Linkage''====
[[File:Arm-art Linkage13-Title.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Everything they've built will fall! And from the ashes of their world, we'll build a better one!]]

While traversing the [[Linkage (dimension)|Linkage]] dimension, [[Redline]] noticed an ominous presence watching him. {{storylink|Linkage Part 7}} Redline recognized it as "The Terrible One" and relayed that info to [[Servo (Armada)|Servo]], who then relayed it to [[Rollbar (Armada)|Rollbar]]. Having also seen The Terrible One while in the Linkage, [[Falcia]] chose to stay with Redline and work with him on the [[Master Key]]. Meanwhile, [[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]], a minion of Unicron, gave the [[Speed Chaser Team]], also minions of Unicron, the [[Doomstone]], an artifact intended to permanently enslave the Mini-Cons to Unicron's will. {{storylink|Linkage Part 8}}

The Doomstone was then installed in [[Ravenus]], who used its evil energies to destroy the souls of the Mini-Cons and revert them into mindless death-machines. {{storylink|Linkage Part 10}} Ravenus and the Doomstone intended to destroy the Earth. {{storylink|Linkage Part 11}} Redline and [[Kingbolt (Armada)|Kingbolt]] were able to contain Ravenus and extract the Doomstone. Redline then sealed it away in his extra-dimensional storage space for safekeeping. {{storylink|Linkage Part 12}}

While all this was going on, Unicron was busy assaulting Cybertron. Ravenus, now freed from Unicron's control via the Doomstone, fought alongside the other Mini-Cons against the god. The combined forces of the Autobots, Decepticons and Mini-Cons then joined for a final battle against Unicron. {{storylink|Linkage Part 13}}
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====''Energon'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[David Kaye]] (English), [[Mark Acheson]] (English), [[Nobutoshi Canna]] (Japanese)|[[Fredrik Beckmann]] (Swedish), [[Juha Paananen]] (Finnish), [[José Carabias]] (Castilian Spanish)}}

[[File:MegatronRaid Unicronhead.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|If I need to steal [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]'s eyes again, I quit.]]

In truth, however, Unicron had survived, and for the next ten years, continued to consume planets in other regions of space. One such planet was the world known as [[Planet Q]], whose inhabitants fought back by detonating the planet's core in Unicron's face. Badly damaged by the explosion, Unicron fell into a state of dormancy, but the life essence of the planet's ruler—the being who would come to be known as [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]]—continued to exist within him, and began a not-entirely-sane plan to use Unicron's powers to recreate everything the Chaos-Bringer had ever destroyed. {{storylink|Alpha Q: Identity}} Recreating the armies of Planet Q as "Terrorcons", Alpha Q had them attack Autobot facilities on Earth and throughout the [[Solar System]] to gather the [[energon]] that would be necessary for his plan to work. {{storylink|Cybertron City (episode)|Cybertron City}}

[[File:Energon Unicron.jpg|thumb|Unicron sported [[Neon|awesome]] [[Black repaint|colors]] during ''Energon''.]]

Unbeknownst to Alpha Q, Megatron's corpse and spark remained within Unicron, and he slowly siphoned off some of the gathered Energon, allowing him to be reborn in his own new body. To escape Megatron's fury, Alpha Q jettisoned Unicron's head and escaped in it, {{storylink|Megatron Resurrected}} while Megatron took over Unicron's body, and continued to gather Energon in order to rebuild Unicron to use as his ultimate weapon. {{storylink|Megatron Raid}} Both parts of Unicron's inert form were used by Megatron and Alpha Q as their bases from then on. Though Unicron briefly lashed out towards those housed within him when he became starved with energon, he otherwise remained incapable of attacking them. {{storylink|Survival Instincts}}

As the climax of Megatron's plans neared, a joint attack by Alpha Q, the Autobots and their human allies saw all of Earth's Energon channeled into Unicron's head, which Alpha Q then rammed into Unicron's body. {{storylink|Unicron Unleashed}} The positively-charged Energon of Earth reacted with the negatively-charged Energon running through Unicron, tearing open a fissure in reality leading to a new area of space where planets Unicron consumed were recreated, and sustained through the Energon radiated from Unicron's head, which had now become a glowing red sun. {{storylink|Open Fire!}} {{storylink|Ripped Up Space}} {{storylink|Farewell Inferno}}

[[File:Unicron eats blizzard.jpg|left|thumb|Unicron should stop eating so many Blizzards.]]
Unicron's body, damaged once more, lay in the dark reaches near the fissure, and the Decepticons began to raid Alpha Q's new planets for the Energon necessary to revive Unicron again. This time, they succeeded, {{storylink|Omega Supreme (episode)|Omega Supreme}} and Megatron directed Unicron's body to retrieve his head, extinguishing the Energon Sun and killing Alpha Q in the process. {{storylink|A Heroic Battle}} But the power of Unicron proved too much for Megatron to control, as Unicron began to take over Megatron's body. {{storylink|The Power of Unicron}} The Autobots made a valiant but futile attempt to stop him, and Unicron swatted them like gnats. Just as things seemed hopeless, a surge of power from Primus allowed Optimus Supreme to grow to Unicron's size and powered up the other Autobots. {{storylink|Optimus Supreme}} After a long and hard battle, Optimus destroyed Unicron's body. {{storylink|Unicron Perishes}}

[[File:Energon-Unicrons-Arms.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|"Geodude geeeeoooo geodude."]]

None of the Transformers were aware, however, that Unicron lived on in two forms: his miniscule Spark, floating in space, and his consciousness, which lay buried in Megatron's mind. With quiet, subconscious nudging, Unicron led Megatron to a massive reservoir of "[[Super Energon]]" beneath Cybertron's surface, {{storylink|Ambition}} which transformed him into Galvatron upon his first exposure. {{storylink|Wishes}} Galvatron used his newfound power to take command of Cybertron, exiling the Autobots off-world by unleashing a toxic energon gas into the atmosphere. Unicron next pushed Galvatron to use the planet's systems to propel Cybertron towards Alpha Q's planets. {{storylink|Galvatron!}} {{storylink|The Omega Train}}

At some point in time, a virtual copy of Unicron appeared in an Autobot "virtual training program" as a special opponent for Hot Shot and Rodimus to battle after defeating all other contenders. Despite this copy being scaled-down to be about the same size as his opponents, he proved to be a formidable foe. The Autobots nonetheless defeated him, winning the <s>video game</s> training exercise. {{storylink|Distribution}}

Optimus beheld a vision of Unicron as looked upon an energon gas-envelopped Cybertron, clueing him in on the fact that Unicron's evil still persisted in some form. {{storylink|Formidable}}

After a series of failed battles, Galvatron proceeded to expose himself to the Super Energon once again, and this time grew to a gigantic height. {{storylink|Galvatron Terror}} Unicron seized control of his body again for a new vessel and set out to rejoin with his Spark, {{storylink|Destructive Power}} but a Primus-empowered Optimus Supreme engaged him in battle once more, and drew all of Unicron's consciousness out of Galvatron and sealed it within his own Spark. {{storylink|Spark (episode)|Spark}}

[[File:EnergonUnicronOrbTheSun.jpg|left|thumb|"How could this puny thing be Unicron?"<br/>
—[[Kicker Jones]]]]
Enraged, Galvatron prepared to destroy Unicron's Spark, but it merged with him, enlarging him again, leading to another battle with Optimus Supreme, this time bolstered by the combined energy of all his troops' Sparks. Meanwhile, Primus merged with the Super Energon, creating a foundling sun which arrived at the site of the battle. Taking control of his body for a brief moment, Galvatron made the decision to plunge himself into the infant sun to rid himself of Unicron's possession. The super energon mass, having now received Unicron's spark, ignited into a powerful red sun which gave new life to Alpha Q's worlds. {{storylink|The Sun}}
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====''Cybertron'' cartoon====
[[File:Cyb ep20 unicron chunks.jpg|left|thumb|upright=0.85|Ssssh, don't tell ''Galaxy Force'' that I'm here!]]

The bitter [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Overhaul]] was a loner, but his attitude changed when, in deep space, he was trapped underneath some debris near the remains of Unicron and saved by [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|Honor}}

[[File:Unicronsingularity.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|The cause of—and solution to—all of our continuity problems.]]

Primus's plan to trap Unicron in the heart of a new sun failed when the star collapsed into a massive [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]] (sometimes known as the "Unicron Singularity") that threatened the entire multiverse. The collapse of the sun also allowed [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] to escape, [[Armor of Unicron|but not before integrating what remained of Unicron's body into himself]], increasing his power to nightmarish new heights. {{storylink|Fallen (episode)|Fallen}}

In addition to strengthening the Decepticon leader, the Armor of Unicron apparently gave Megatron access to a few of the Chaos Bringer's reality-warping powers, including the ability to unleash a devastating Energon aura, {{storylink|Starscream (episode)|Starscream}} {{storylink|Showdown (Cybertron)|Showdown}} create new Transformer bodies, upgrade and repair fallen Transformers {{storylink|Darkness (episode)|Darkness}}, and tap into the power of the [[Cyber Planet Key]]s. {{storylink|Revelation (episode)|Revelation}} {{storylink|Fury (Cybertron)|Fury}} The Decepticon leader's newest plan also held hints of the dark god's old agenda, as he intended to use the Keys to accelerate the black hole's growth and destroy the entire universe (albeit with the intent to remake it in his image afterwards).

Unfortunately for Unicron and Megatron (who again upgraded into Galvatron), the black hole would be sealed away by Primus himself after the Autobots restored his full power. {{storylink|End}} The Armor of Unicron would be overwhelmed and destroyed along with its wearer in a final battle with Optimus Prime, wiping away the last traces of Unicron from the universe. {{storylink|Unfinished}}

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====''Cybertron'' comic====
From interdimensional space, [[Vector Prime]] observed the Autobots and Decepticons attacking and defeating Unicron. When Unicron collapsed into the [[Unicron Singularity]], [[Vector Sigma]] alerted Vector Prime to the spatiotemporal crisis threatening Cybertron. Vector Prime thus returned to normal space for the first time in millions of years to aid his homeworld. {{storylink|Vector Prime: In the Beginning}}

During the crisis, Unicron's heralds [[Ramjet (Universe)|Ramjet]] and Nemesis Prime arrived on [[Aurex 405.0 Epsilon|that universe]]'s nearly deserted Cybertron. They were intent on unleashing the [[Dead Matrix]] upon Primus's vulnerable essence—as the Matrix was the antithesis of Unicron, so too would the Dead Matrix ensure the destruction of Primus, thereby totally destabilizing the multiverse and reducing it to a sea of entropic chaos. For the first time, it would be possible for Unicron to strike at Primus in all realities simultaneously, ending their cosmic feud once and for all. {{storylink|Balancing Act, Part 2}}

[[File:Unicroncybertron.jpg|upright=0.85|left|thumb|The Planet-Eater's back, and you're gonna be in trouble.]]
Ramjet and Nemesis Prime were ultimately stopped by Vector Prime and allies [[Sentinel Maximus]] and [[Omega Prime]], plucked from the midst of the [[Universe War]] by the multiverse-warping energies of the black hole. {{storylink|Revelations Part 1}} The Dead Matrix, however, was taken by Unicron's servant [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]] and cast into the heart of the black hole, freeing Unicron's spark, which entered the planet [[Yst]] and immediately began to sow chaos and disorder. Re-energized by the hatred and violence than ran rampant on Yst, Unicron formed a new, diminutive body for himself, born into the universe when Yst exploded. {{storylink|Revelations Part 3}}

[[File:Sentinelmaximusunicron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Sorry, did that previous image indicate that Unicron was still huge?]]
During the time that followed, from behind the scenes Unicron orchestrated a civil war between the Mini-Cons stationed on Cybertron's moons. {{storylink|Revelations Part 4}} When Sentinel Maximus led a team of Autobots to stamp out the escalating conflict, Unicron's involvement was revealed, and he joined the battle himself alongside Soundwave. With no further use for the Mini-Cons, he murdered several of them and tried to capture [[Skyfall (Cybertron)|Skyfall]] and [[Landquake (Timelines)|Landquake]], whom he had plans for; {{storylink|Revelations Part 5}} {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 1}} by eliminating the [[Thirteen]], Unicron knew he could put Primus in a vulnerable position and thus best him. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 10|Unicron's profile in Club magazine #10}} However, before Unicron could achieve victory, Primus was reawakened, and the dark god fled as Cybertron transformed into its robot mode. {{storylink|Revelations Part 6}}
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===MegaWing Galvatron continuity===
In [[Aurex 304.0 Epsilon|an alternate universe]], after being left for dead by the Decepticon warlord [[Megazarak (Universe)|Megazarak]], [[Optimus Prime (Balancing Act)|Optimus Prime]]'s corpse was cloned by Unicron to create [[Nemesis Prime (Universe)|Nemesis Prime]]. Nemesis Prime spent his entire early existence being tortured by Unicron so that he could be molded into the perfectly loyal herald. Through the tortured clone, Unicron was able to create the [[Dead Matrix]], a weapon capable of slaying his hated opposite, Primus. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 6|Nemesis Prime's profile}} {{storylink|Balancing Act, Part 2}}

===2003 ''Universe'' toy bios===
Unicron granted [[Treadshot (Universe 2003)|Treadshot]] new power, which Treadshot planned to use to kill [[Ultra Magnus (Energon)|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]] once and for all. {{storylink|Treadshot (Universe 2003)#Toys|Ultra Magnus vs. Treadshot toy bio}}

===Spacewarp's Log===
In [[Spacewarp]]'s [[Aurex 006.0 Kappa|home reality]], [[Starscream (Armada)|Ulchtar]] sacrificed himself against Unicron. {{storylink|Source:Transformers: Spacewarp's Log#November 28, 2015|Spacewarp's Log (2), 2015/11/28/11/2015}}

At some point, Spacewarp sneaked in and out of Unicron's docking bay, a feat she considered miraculous to have pulled off. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Guest column#October 27, 2015|Spacewarp's Log (1), 27/10/2015}}

Unicron was later pulled into the Unicron Singularity. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#September 17, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 17/09/2015}}

==''Q-Robo Transformer''==
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==''TransTech''==
At some point, the [[Transcendent Technomorph]]s of [[Nexus 208.0 Epsilon]] confronted and succeeded in defeating the Unicron Phenomenon for the time being. {{storylink|Withered Hope}}

When [[G1 GoBots|a team of traveling cyborgs]] appeared before the [[High Senate]], TransTech Minister of Higher Dimensional Sciences [[Rhinox (TransTech)|Rhinox]] was asked to provide background to the [[Cataclysm (GoBots)|Cataclysm]]. Rhinox explained within the [[Primax 984.0 Gamma]] universal stream, the appearance and subsequent destruction of Unicron and the destruction of Primus's [[Xaaron|avatar]], {{Storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}} as well as the tainting of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] caused by [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]], created a great many [[splinter timeline]]s. These events, as well as an earlier, undefined event related to [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], resulted in the creation of yet another splinter timeline, [[Primax 207.0 Epsilon]]. This universe overwrote [[Gargent 984.08 Alpha|the universe]] home to said dimensional travelers. {{storylink|Withered Hope}}

==Live-action film series==
===''The Last Knight'' film===
{{quote|Earth...Unicron, Cybertron's ancient enemy!|Optimus Prime|[[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight]]}}

[[File:Transformers_5_Unicron.jpg|thumb|right|350px|The Transformer with the most amount of screen time.]]

In the distant past, the planet [[Earth]] formed around the inert body of Unicron. On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Unicron was known as the planet's ancient enemy. A [[Book of Cyber-Kells|book]] that would eventually come to be held in the Trinity Library spoke of Unicron being [[Earth's core|the core of Earth]].

Somehow the Cybertronian sorceress [[Quintessa (TLK)|Quintessa]] had discovered Unicron's resting point and hit on a plan to restore Cybertron by draining the life from Unicron to revive the planet, sending both [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] and a brainwashed [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] to Earth to reclaim [[Staff of Merlin|the device]] she needed to complete her plan.
[[File:TheLastKnight - Trinity Library Book shows Unicron.jpg|thumb|left|250px|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKJwvQfraY8 ''I see a bad moon rising''<br>''I see trouble on the way'']]]
In preparation, Quintessa moved Cybertron into Earth's solar system, its presence causing Unicron's six horns to sprout on the Earth as he reacted to the presence of his old enemy. Growing at a rate of three meters a day, the horns were a sign of a great scientific curiosity and mass panic across the globe. [[Edmund Burton|Sir Edmund Burton]] and [[Cogman]] recognized the horns for what they were and took them as a sign of the apocalypse.

At Stonehenge, Quintessa and [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] began the ritual and sent Unicron's life force to Cybertron before the Autobots and the TRF halted their efforts. Enough of Unicron's life force had been sent to Cybertron however that it had healed most of its damage to the point that the Autobots felt they were able to return to their homeworld.

In the aftermath, several human scientists were examining one of Unicron's horns only to be approached by Quintessa in a human guise. She warned them against touching the horn, lest they incur Unicron's wrath, but offered them a way to kill the Chaos Bringer. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}
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===''Rise of the Beasts'' film===
[[File:ROTBcap-Unicronringedplanet.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Unicron might as well eat this planet -- it's so close to its sun it's gotta be uninhabitable!]]
{{voiceactor|[[Colman Domingo]] (English), [[Kazuhiro Yamaji]] (Japanese)|[[Frédéric Souterelle]] (European French), [[Roberto Fidecaro]] (Italian), [[Torsten Michaelis]] (German), [[Guilherme Lopes]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Dafnis Fernández]] (Latin American Spanish)}}

{{quote|Rise... My hunger is killing me... What have [[Scourge (ROTB)|you]] found?|Unicron|[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Rise of the Beasts]]}}

[[File:ROTB-ScourgeCommunicatesUnicron.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66| This is your final warning: break the treaty again and you will be destroyed.]]
Legends that predated Cybertronian civilization described Unicron as a dark god who consumed planets, but few knew of the legends, and fewer still believed them. The [[Maximal|Maximals]] learned that Unicron was real only when the Chaos Bringer arrived on their doorstep to consume their planet. Unicron deployed his Terrorcon and Predacon forces led by his chief [[Herald of Unicron|Herald]] [[Scourge (ROTB)|Scourge]], who he had long ago enslaved. Unicron tasked them with finding the [[Transwarp Key]], a Maximal device that would enable him to continue his rampage across time and space at will, before he consumed the Maximal planet. Unicron was livid with Scourge for losing the key as the Maximals led by [[Optimus Primal (ROTB)|Optimus Primal]] fled, and commanded Scourge to find the key. Though Unicron was still able to feast on the Maximal planet, he was left in the current galaxy, forced to rely on his own power to move about space, but this soon left him starving and desperate to find another planet to feast on.

Scourge later found half of the Transwarp Key on Earth in 1994, but when he presented his prize to his master, Unicron scolded and tortured his minion as it was only half of the key. Scourge eventually retrieved the other half in Peru and began opening a portal in time and space for Unicron to come through. Unicron relished his apparent victory and made ready to devour Earth, but Primal and [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime's]] Autobots defeated Scourge and his other forces. When Prime made to destroy the portal, Unicron hastily offered Prime whatever he wanted in exchange for not proceeding, but the Autobot leader had none of it and destroyed the portal. Though Unicron had been stranded once again in his current location and time, the Autobots and Maximals acknowledged he had likely survived the collapse of the portal, but stood resolute that they would defeat him should he ever return to Earth.
{{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Rise of the Beasts}}

===Titan movie comics===
{{quote|I'm certain I can speak for all those pledged to the Decepticon cause when I say Unicron spells one thing, and that's trouble with a capital 'running and screaming'.|Barricade|[[Transformers Comic issue 2.6|#6 (Vol.2)]]}}

[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] encountered Unicron {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 12|#12's Star Screams}} in an event where Unicron attempted to devour Cybertron. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 19|#19's Star Screams}} It left him terrified. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 17|#17's Star Screams}}

Both [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] and [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] were also aware of Unicron's existence. His sheer might scared them. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.6|#6's Law and Disorder}} They knew that [[fandom|you]] wanted to see Unicron in the third film and it sickened them. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.13|#13's Law and Disorder}}

[[File:Unicron Titan19.JPG|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"The psoriasis is barely slowing him down!"]]
In an alternate timeline where Megatron won the battle of Mission City, [[Stockade (Movie)|Stockade]] and his Decepticon chums attempted to rebirth Cybertron by sending out a summons that would attract any entity related to the lost [[AllSpark]], and then drawing that entity into Cybertron once it arrived.

As that entity announced itself to be '''"Unicron the Anti-Life!"''', they felt like a right bunch of plonkers. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 18|Return to Cybertron: Part 2}}

Unicron moved swiftly, transforming Cybertron into a scarier looking physical form and causing the planet's surface to becoming hostile to the Transformers on it. Stockade's attempts at communication were met with contempt and a strange attack. The new Unicron then warped into the Sol system, shot down an Autobot shuttle, and went "OM NOM NOM" at the sight of Earth. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 19|Return to Cybertron: Part 3}}

The downed Autobots regrouped with Stockade's Decepticons and worked to take away the [[Nucleon (substance)|Nucleon]] that was powering Unicron's physical form. They succeeded in this by causing it to blow up and catch fire, which caused Unicron to draw on more Nucleon to recover, which fueled the fire and so on until the source ran out. Unicron disappeared, though whether he was dead or just gone is ambiguous. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 20|Return to Cybertron: Part 4}}

Either way, the changes Unicron had made to Cybertron remained. The teleportation equipment he'd created was used by the Autobots to finally end the war. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|Revolution Part Three}}

==''Animated'' continuity family==
[[Multiversal singularity|Multiversal singularities]] did not exist in the [[Malgus|Malgus Cluster]]. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#May 29, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 29/05/2015}} [[Malgus 1207.26 Alpha]] had one such non-singular Unicron, built by [[Primacron]] in his laboratory on [[Protos]]. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#June 10, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 10/06/2015}}

==Aligned continuity family==
[[File:Transformers_Covenant_of_Primus_Unicron.jpg|right|thumb]]
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In the [[Uniend]] Cluster, Unicron was the ultimate enemy of [[Primus]], until his defeat at the hands of the [[Thirteen]]. Floating in the cosmos, structure began to form around Unicron, until he evolved into the planet [[Earth]].

==''Knights of Unicron''==
Legendary super rockers the [[Knights of Unicron (band)|Knights of Unicron]] named themselves in honor of this demonic entity. The Sinister Tympanic Membrane (the left eardrum), located on "Planet Unicron", was also the eleventh venue for the band on their 2014 "Till All Are One" tour. {{storylink|Knights of Unicron (band)|Knights of Unicron}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
Vector Prime considered it distasteful that the [[Knights of Unicron (band)|Knights of Unicron]] would name themselves after something that was very much not a joking matter. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#May 13, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 13/05/2015}}

==''Shattered Glass''==
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This is the '''''good''''' Unicron. Hard to believe, right?

==Ask Vector Prime==
[[Vector Prime]] noted that the non-Singularity Unicron of [[Primax 984.17 Alpha]] or [[Viron 704.08 Gamma]] would not be able to defeat [[Darth Vader]]'s [[Death Star]] mech of [[Lukas 577.25 Beta]] in battle. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime#Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac|Ask Vector Prime, The Complete AllSpark Almanac}}

In many universal streams, the local iteration of [[Primacron]] built his universe's version of Unicron, one that was typically not part of the singularity. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#May 22, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 22/05/2015}} Two such instances included [[Primax 984.17 Alpha]] and [[Malgus 1207.26 Alpha]]. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#June 10, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 10/06/2015}}

Vector Prime was unsure if the number of universes destroyed by Unicron was a quantifiable number as once Unicron consumed a universe, little remained to prove that it ever existed. However, some destroyed universes, such as [[Primax 703.09 Gamma]], lived on the memory of interdimensional travelers who had visited the universe prior to its destruction. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#June 26, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 26/06/2015}}
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==''GoBots''==
While on an inter-dimensional mission to [[Primax 207.0 Epsilon]]'s Earth in [[Primax -408.24 Epsilon]], the [[GoBot]] [[Small Foot]] had a vision in which Unicron devoured her allies, plunging them into an eternal abyss. {{storylink|High Noon (SG)|High Noon}}

==Games==
{{Note|See also: [[Unicron/Generation 1#Games]] and [[Unicron/Aligned#Games]]}}

===''Transformers'' (PS2)===
{{voiceactor|[[Matthew Yang King]] (English)|[[Arturo López]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Pietro Ubaldi]] (Italian)}}
[[File:Armadavideogame-Unicron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Unicron takes a shot in the mouth.]]

After the Autobots defeated the Decepticons on [[Earth]] and had secured the majority of the Mini-Cons there, Unicron made his appearance above Cybertron, intent on destroying the planet. Optimus Prime's team of Autobots and the Mini-Cons returned home via a warp gate to see the Chaos Bringer unleash a wave of destruction upon the great cities of their planet. The Mini-Cons joined to form the [[Matrix Cannon]], the [[Vanguard Booster]] and the [[Nemesis Shield]] for the Autobots to use against Unicron. The Autobots flew into Unicron's maw and blasted their way into his energy core, damaging it enough to send Unicron spiralling out of control and destroying him. {{storylink|Transformers (PS2)|Transformers}}

===''Transformers Energon: Battle for Megatron''===
In his attempts to stop Scorponok and the other Terrorcons from retrieving Megatron, held deep within Unicron himself, the Chaos Bringer dispatched many units acting as his automated defenses. Among these were Pods, weak individually but strong in numbers; Tentacle Pods, more advanced versions of the previous units possessing ranged attacks; slow moving but strong Tendril units; heavily armored Spiderbot units; and immobile but powerful Shocktowers. A final unit, The Cortex, held Megatron captive. Once The Cortex was destroyed, Megatron was released and Unicron was defeated. {{storylink|Transformers Energon: Battle for Megatron}}

===''Transformers: Forged to Fight''===
One of Unicron's horns was visible sticking out of the ground within one of Earth's cities. {{storylink|Transformers: Forged to Fight}}

==Toys==
{{main|Unicron/toys}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
Vector Prime noted that most [[Quadwal]] universes were not in danger of being consumed by Unicron as most [[Unicron/toys|Quadwal Unicrons]] were small and made of [[plastic]]. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#June 21, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 21/06/2015}}

==Merchandise==
{{main|Unicron/toys#Merchandise}}

==Notes==
*The [[Unicron Trilogy]], the series of ''Transformers'' franchises that includes ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'', ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'', and ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'', was so named by Hasbro designer [[Aaron Archer]] because of Unicron's importance in each story.
*[[Roberto Orci]] was interested in having Unicron in an early version of ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]''.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-just-movie-31/ask-roberto-orci-roundup-january-14---mythology-money-shots-jolt-military-and-bringing-chaos-166603/ Ask Roberto Orci Roundup January 14 - Mythology, Money Shots, Jolt, Military, and Bringing Chaos]</ref> Thought he was absent in the finished film, Unicron would eventually make his "movie series" debut in ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight]]''. It wasn't until a mere six years after ''The Last Knight'' that Unicron would finally physically make his debut proper in ''[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Rise of the Beasts]]''.
*Unicron has the ability to create [[tainted world]]s, but none have yet been discovered.
*Unicron developed something of a taste for [[Transformers: BotBots (franchise)|BotBots]] during the development of his [[Unicron/toys#HasLab|HasLab toy]].<ref>[https://hasbropulse.com/blogs/unboxed/haslab-war-for-cybertron-unicron-production-update-3 HasLab War for Cybertron Unicron: Production Update #3] at the [[Hasbro Pulse]] blog.</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Unicron''' (ユニクロン ''Yunikuron''), '''Gaia Unicron''' (''Prime'', ガイアユニクロン ''Gaia Yunikuron'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Unikron''' (Hungarian pronunciation, ''Marvel Comics'', ''Energon'', ''The Last Knight'', ''The Movie 1st dub''), '''Unicron''' (English pronunciation, ''Prime''), '''Unikornisz''' (mispronounced "Unicorn", ''The Movie 2nd dub'')
*''Korean:'' '''Unicron''' (유니크론 ''Yunikeuron'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Unicron''' (Taiwan, 尤尼克隆 ''Yóuníkèlóng''), '''Yǔzhòu Dàdì''' (China, 宇宙大帝, "Emperor of the Universe")
*''Polish:'' '''Unikorn''', '''Unicron''', '''Rogacz''' ("The Horned One"), '''Jednorożec''' ("Unicorn")

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Hot Rod (G1)

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Banpei the Mini-Con:

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:''Hot Rod is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:DVDbox3d1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|And yet he still gets carded.]]
'''Hot Rod''' (aka '''Rodimus''' and '''Hot Rodimus''') is brash and headstrong, with an overwhelming self-confidence that borders on arrogance. [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] has assumed the role of mentor and advisor to the impetuous young Hot Rod, offering him wisdom and advice when he needs it (though Hot Rod rarely feels that he does, much to Kup's annoyance). [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] also serves as a calming influence on Hot Rod, and tends to either worry about him when he is not around, or deride and tease him when he is. Their relationship is antagonistic, but friendly. Exactly how deep Hot Rod's feelings for Arcee might run is unknown.

In contrast, his '''Rodimus Prime''' persona—while still headstrong and stubborn—seems to suffer from a severe lack of confidence, often doubting his own decisions and expressing distress over his position as an [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]]. Of course, much of this comes from comparisons with his former commander [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]—and let's face it, shoes-to-be-filled just don't ''get'' much bigger than that.

One thing that both sides of this Autobot's identity have in common is their impatience—neither Hot Rod nor Rodimus Prime can stand to wait around when they could be doing something instead. He is also very self-reliant, rarely sending others to do anything when he could be doing it himself.

{{bigquote|I ''knew'' you had potential, lad.|[[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] on Hot Rod's transformation into Rodimus Prime|''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
[[File:Fightorflee Rodimus explosion.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"What about you, Dad?"]]
{{main|Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity}}
At some point before [[2005]], Hot Rod became stationed at [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] and so was present during the [[Battle of Autobot City]]. This was a turning point in the life of the turbo-revving young punk, because he became Autobot leader after gaining the [[Matrix of Leadership]] following the death of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]. As Rodimus Prime, his first accomplishments were the defeat of [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] and the return of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to the Autobots.

During his time as [[Prime (rank)|Prime]], Rodimus not only had to deal with the Decepticons and [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|their new leader]], but also the political complexities of the planetary alliance Cybertron joined, the return of the Transformers' cruel masters from long ago, the [[Quintesson]]s, the possible revival of Unicron and the arrival of Unicron's "little brother" [[Tornedron]].

During the [[Hate Plague]] outbreak in [[2006]], Optimus Prime was brought back to life and Rodimus gave up his rank of Prime, becoming Hot Rod once more. He would then become a Targetmaster and live to see the next Cybertronian [[Golden Age]].

In a splinter timeline, Hot Rod would lose the Matrix a whole bunch of times. ''Constantly.'' Eventually, he would resign himself to his role as Rodimus Prime, leader, though in 2011 it was under his watch that Cybertron was destroyed. Rodimus would later discover the planet Micro and help develop Micromaster technology, becoming one himself and reverting back to Hot Rod.
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===Marvel Comics continuity===
[[File:Hoverscooter.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Wheeeee....]]
{{main|Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity}}
Initially serving under [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Fortress Maximus]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Hot Rod travelled to [[Nebulos]] where he became a [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] and then on to [[Earth]] where he joined [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s forces aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. Returning to Cybertron, he survived the battle against [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] and formed part of the shaky Autobot-Decepticon alliance under the leadership of Prime's successor [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]. Betrayed by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s Decepticons, Hot Rod was killed during the ambush on [[Klo]] but revived shortly afterwards by the power of the [[Last Autobot]].

In some [[splinter timeline]]s Hot Rod went on to become Rodimus Prime, the leader of the Autobots, and took part in further battles against Unicron and his minion [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], albeit with mixed results. In others, he has yet to fulfil this part of his destiny.
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===S.T.A.R.S. pack-in flyers===
[[File:PackIn RodimusPrimeRemembers Front.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Just like he remembers Woodstock.]]
Unicron just might consume the universe, and the Autobots need to determine who the Chosen One is so that he may rise from their ranks, unlock the Matrix of Power, and save all from Unicron! Unfortunately, not even the Chosen One himself knows his identity, and his discovery may come too late. {{storylink|The Autobots Have a Special Mission for:}}

There was a legendary conflict between the Autobots and Decepticons when Optimus Prime led Rodimus Prime and a large team of Autobots in a search for the future site of [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. They were ambushed by Megatron and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], and this became known as the Transformers' greatest battle on Earth. Rodimus Prime dubbed it "[[Digital Doom on the Highway to Destruction (G1)|Digital Doom on the Highway to Destruction]]." {{storylink|Rodimus Prime remembers the Transformers greatest battle on Earth.|Rodimus Prime remembers the Transformers greatest battle on Earth.}} Some of the Autobots were forced to retreat due to Thundercracker's "force shield," and Optimus Prime told Rodimus and the others that their only hope was to call in for additional troops. {{storylink|Transformers Combat Data}}

Later, Rodimus Prime remembered the Transformers' greatest battle on Earth. {{storylink|Rodimus Prime remembers the Transformers greatest battle on Earth.|Rodimus Prime remembers the Transformers greatest battle on Earth.}}
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===Battle Beneath the Ice===
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Hot Rod had a run in with the Battlechargers when they tried to destroy the golden gate bridge. The altercation was caught on television.

A couple of weeks later, Hot Rod was part of an expedition to the Antarctic along with Slingshot and Skydive to investigate the discovery of a highly advanced underground city. He was parked in the cargo bay of a troop-carrier aero-plane when he met the young human [[Jeff Grey]]. Together, they watched Hot Rod’s battle with the Battlechargers on Jeff’s [[chronovid wristwatch]]. Some time later, their plane was caught in a blizzard, and shot down by an energy beam. Though many humans perished in the crash, Hot Rod attempted to keep the survivors warm by increasing the current through his temperature control unit to emit heat. Hot Rod and his group of humans were then met by three inhabitants of the subterranean city, who invited them into their futuristic world.

[[File:BBTI-JeffGrey+HotRod.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|left|Doesn't this image just scream "buy the toys"? Boy, I sure want an action figure of Old Man Shivering In The Snow.]]
The [[Watcher]], leader of the underground civilization, explained that they possessed technology far surpassing the surface world, save for their weaponry, as they were a peaceful people. The Watcher offered the humans a tour of the city while he and Hot Rod talked. Impressed by the technological wonders The Watcher’s people possessed, Hot Rod became convinced of their altruistic nature. He then met up with Skydive and Slingshot, who had gone on to rendezvous with the drilling team after being unable to locate the downed troop-carrier in the blizzard. The Watcher then showed them an image from the surface: Brawl, Vortex and Blast Off, the Decepticons the Watcher said were responsible for shooting down the troop-carrier. Skydive and Slingshot then took off to battle the Decepticons and draw them away from the city, leaving Hot Rod in charge of protecting the humans.

Hot Rod's group continued their tour of the city. They were shown a hologram chamber, where they encountered Ravage. Hot Rod warned the Decepticon to stay back from the humans, but Ravage assured him he wasn’t here as their enemy. Ravage informed Hot Rod that it wasn’t the Decepticons, but the city-dwellers that had shot down the plane. One of the city-dwellers entered the room with a weapon, intending to attack Ravage. Hot Rod accidentally shot him while aiming for Ravage, who had lept for the city-dweller's throat. Hot Rod was shocked to see the guide fall to the ground, seeing as his weapon only affected other robots. They came to the conclusion that Ravage was telling the truth; the city-dwellers were robots. They were after the warrior-factor encoded in both the Autobots and the Decepticons in order to turn themselves into a powerful army. Hot Rod and Ravage formed a temporary alliance to combat the city-dwellers. Jeff and Ravage then worked together to overwrite the city-dwellers’ programming with the cartoon antics of Gus Gopher that had been recorded by Jeff’s [[chronovid wristwatch]]. With the city-dwellers behaving like cartoon characters, Hot Rod made contact with the Aerialbots, and told them to stop fighting with the Combaticons, and to instead return to the city. The Autobots and Decepticons then went their separate ways on peaceful terms… for the moment being, at least. {{storylink|Battle Beneath the Ice}}
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===Big Looker Storybook continuity===
[[File:CarShowBlowup-AutobotCity.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|Hot Rod clearly does not pass emissions standards.]]
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!

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When Hot Rod returned with the Autobots, Kup had been captured and held prisoner, so the others entered the coliseum in vehicle mode. Meanwhile, 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}}

Later, Kup led 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. Hot Rod reassured Arcee that everything would be okay, but the ship was going down! It crashed on a planet which Kup recognized. It was the planet [[Quintessa (planet)|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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===Marvel coloring books===
Visiting [[Oil Valley]] with Daniel one day, Hot Rod spotted a group of Decepticons lurking nearby. Taking Daniel into his car mode, he headed back to Autobot City to report back to Ultra Magnus. The Decepticons noticed Hot Rod driving away, and gave chase. As Hot Rod neared Autobot City, he ran into Grimlock and the Dinobots. He quickly informed them of the situation before continuing on his way into the city, while the Dinobots stayed back to fend off the Decepticons. Once Hot Rod informed Ultra Magnus of the situation, Hot Rod stayed behind in Autobot City with Daniel while Ultra Magnus assembled a strike team to head out and help the Dinobots fight the Decepticons. {{storylink|Battle at Oil Valley}}

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Hot Rod was returning from a road trip with Daniel, Hound and Kup, Bumblebee, Blurr, Wheelie, Springer and Sunstreaker when the group paused to eat at a rest stop. As the Autobots ingested Energon Cubes, Hot Rod asked Kup to tell a story. Kup told the others the story of how, upon first crash landing in Mt. St. Hillary, the Ark had lost an enormous shipment of Energon Cubes that remained lost to the day. Enthralled by Kup's story, the rest of the group were all eager to go looking for this lost treasure. When they realized that Laserbeak had been spying on them the whole time, and would soon inform Galvatron about the lost Energon shipment, Hot Rod and the others rushed back to Metroplex to inform Ultra Magnus on the situation. Hot Rod made a quick stop first, however, dropping Daniel off at his parents; house. After a brief conference, Ultra Magnus led his troops to the Ark's crash site. Finding the Decepticons there already, the two factions began to fight. When the Energon stash was uncovered, it was completely gobbled up by Starscream who proclaimed himself the most powerful Decepticon. With nothing left to fight over, Hot Rod and the Autobots left Galvatron and Starscream to their squabble. As they headed back for Autobot City, Hot Rod asked Kup for another story. {{storylink|The Lost Treasure of Cybertron}}

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===Ladybird Books continuity===
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[[File:DecepticonsatthePole-HotRodSparks.jpg|left|thumb|upright=0.85|Say I'm badly drawn to my face, pal!]]
Hot Rod was one of several troops stationed on Earth when [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] was in charge and the Transformers' war was still a secret one. After a scrape with the Decepticons, he found himself in the Autobots' infirmary, impatiently telling Ratchet and Wheeljack to patch him up quickly so he could get going. Due to a shortage of [[cybernite]], however, Hot Rod's repairs took awhile. {{storylink|Galvatron's Air Attack}} He got along well with [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], the two spending their downtime looking at car magazines together, and was quite pleased to receive some snazzy gold wheel-trims from the boy. {{storylink|Decepticon Hideout}}

In the time following this campaign, Hot Rod would mature into a more sensible warrior and even a team leader. During the early stages of the war on [[Nebulos]], Hot Rod was Autobot commander against [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]'s Decepticons before the return of Optimus Prime. At one point, he prevented the Decepticons causing Nebulos' destruction via cosmic radiation. {{storylink|Decepticons at the Pole}} He also orchestrated a search for a new source of lubricant when the Autobots were running dry, and led the construction of a pipeline bringing the oil reservoir's contents to Autobot base.
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===Sticker Adventures books===
Out searching for a missing shuttle, Hot Rod and Kup spied it crashed on the Junk planet. They landed to find their friends engaged in battle with the natives, but Kup cautioned Hot Rod not to rashly jump in and join them. Kup's use of the Universal Autobot Greeting resulted in the Junkions abandoning the fight and making friends with the newcomers, and causing Hot Rod to exclaim "Holy cow!" The Junkions helped repair the damaged shuttle before the Autobots left. {{storylink|Battle on the Junk Planet}}
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===Desert of Danger===
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[[File:Wolf at the door desert of danger.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|When you're weary, feelin' small...]]
Hot Rod had himself delivered by freight to the planet of Nebulos, where he and his Targetmaster partner Professor Sparks suspected the Decepticons were attempting reinforce their position in spite of a treaty in place to limit their numbers. With [[you]]r help they traced the Decepticons to the [[Wolf at the Door]] nightclub, an [[oil]] bar for Nebulan miners run by [[Monzo]], and discovered that [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]], [[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]] and [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] were importing [[Attack Squad robot]]s from Cybertron and awakening them from cryogenic suspension with a catalytic stimulant disguised as [[Sirian brandy]].

After a confrontation with the Decepticons that left Skullcruncher and Mindwipe out of action, Hot Rod faced off against Weirdwolf and Monzo. Weirdwolf was defiant, but Monzo wasn't feeling lucky and surrendered to the Autobot. Though the Headmasters had to be released under the terms of the treaty, the Attack Squad robots were destroyed. {{storylink|Desert of Danger}}
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===''PDTF Comic''===
[[File:Pdtype rodimus manga.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|He's seen some slag.]]
Clutching a [[Blackball]], Rodimus Prime found himself being attacked by Galvatron. As the Decepticon leader attempted to throttle him, a light shone from Rodimus's chest, making Galvatron think it was the power of the Blackball. After Galvatron had fled, Rodimus revealed it was just a flashlight, and reflected on what an idiot his foe was. {{storylink|PDTF Comic##11 "Take a Stand! Rodimus Prime!"|Take a Stand! Rodimus Prime!}}

As Fortress Maximus and Mega Zarak clashed violently, Rodimus reminded Optimus that he had said never to let those two fight. {{storylink|PDTF Comic##14 "Watch Out! Mega Zarak!"|Watch Out! Mega Zarak!}}

Ultra Magnus and Rodimus Prime enjoyed many victories against the Decepticons, but [[Greatshot|who was that in the background?]] {{storylink|PDTF Comic##15 "No One Knows When he's Come or Gone. Greatshot..."|No One Knows When he's Come or Gone. Greatshot...}}

Together with Ultra Magnus, Rodimus engaged in battle against [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]], but was terrified when the Decepticon ninja unleashed the fury of his "Six Shadow Selves"! Luckily for Rodimus, Sixshot's doppelgangers were actually other Decepticons whom he'd painted black (and weren't very happy about it). {{storylink|PDTF Comic##18|The Ninja of Space, Sixshot!!}}

In a later altercation with Sixshot, Rodimus attempted to use his Photon Eliminator gun to strike down the fleeing ninja. Though he managed to shoot ''every other'' Decepticon on the battlefield, he failed to hit his intended target. Rodimus sat pouting in the corner as the other Autobots convened to register their disappointment that Rodimus let Sixshot get away. {{storylink|PDTF Comic##21|Photon Eliminator}}

Joining [[Ginrai (human)|God Ginrai]] and Ultra Magnus in an assault on Mega Zarak, Rodimus was terrified when the mammoth Decepticon unleashed his titanic Anti-Gravity Rifle. Fortunately for the Autobots, the gun jammed and Mega Zarak was left fiddling with it while they opened fire. {{storylink|PDTF Comic##24|Anti-Gravity Rifle}}
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===''Transformers in 3-D''===
[[File:WarAgainstDestructions-HotRodApeface.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|GRONK yourself!]]
As Ultra Magnus left for a mission to find an Energon source, Hot Rod assured him that everything would be fine on Cybertron, and if there was any hint of trouble "Rodimus" would pop up and save the day. When Magnus later checked in, Hot Rod reported that they'd made some process on Headmaster technology. Though Magnus was more concerned about the threat of war, Hot Rod told him not to worry, unaware that [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] was planning to throw him a surprise. {{storylink|The Test (issue)|The Test}}

Hot Rod was pleased to have [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] back. Then [[Monitorus]] arrived with the news that [[Tau-Ursa]] had been attacked and leveled by Decepticons, and Hot Rod got to point out that the Tau-Ursans had refused the Autobots permission to build a defense base there. He shortly took part in an attempt to repel a Decepticon attack on Cybertron, finding himself fighting against Sixshot, who seemed more interested in goading him than fighting. This turned out to be a diversion, while [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] used his new [[Nullification Cannon]] on the planet's Energon supplies.

Hot Rod and Blurr next visited Tau-Ursa to check for Decepticons, and encountered [[Apeface|Ape Face]], who had found a [[Logicon]] warning beacon. The two Autobots wrestled it from him and returned to Cybertron, where the beacon was found to hold the coordinates to [[Metascan Alpha]], a major Energon storehouse. Prime placed Hot Rod in charge of one of two teams to search for the planet, though the operation was hampered slightly by the discovery of the two Decepticon [[Clone (subgroup)|Clone]]s spying on them. {{storylink|The War Against the Destructons, Chapter 1 of 3}}
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===Toy pack-in material===
Both Hot Rod and Rodimus fought side-by-side during a tumultuous battle on a moon base. While Rodimus charged [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] alongside [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] and [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]], Hot Rod received a punch to the face, courtesy of [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]. {{storylink|Decipher the Decepticon}}

The Decepticons having stolen the Matrix of Creation, Hot Rod was called up by Ultra Magnus to help retrieve it. The Autobots used an army of [[decoy]]s to distract the Decepticons, while Hot Rod, Blurr, Kup and Ultra Magnus infiltrated their base. Hot Rod told Blurr of all people to hurry up and blast the Matrix out of same sort of crystal structure. The Autobots then made their getaway with the Matrix in hand. {{storylink|Start Your Own Decoy Collection}}

When Optimus became stranded on Cybertron's hemisphere of darkness with his memory damaged, Hot Rod joined a small strike force of Autobots called H.O.P.E. ([[Help Optimus Prime Escape]]) to retrieve him. {{Storylink|Optimus Prime Is Back}}
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===Find Your Fate Junior===
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====Autobot Alert!====
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While on a midnight spin, Hot Rod spotted Beachcomber, Springer and Blurr leaving Metroplex on a secret mission. The next day, after coming home from his karate lessons, Hot Rod began pestering Kup in order to glean more information on the nature of his fellow Autobots’ assignment. Before he learned anything of substance, an Autobot Alert sounded across the Autobots’ headquarters. The Autobots learned that the Decepticons were taking over Earth’s communication satellites. Shortly afterwards, Blurr returned prematurely from the aforementioned secret mission to deliver more bad news. The Decepticons had gotten their hands on an important coded message.

If Ultra Magnus decided to prioritize the Decepticons’ orbital attack, Hot Rod became frustrated after once again being overlooked for a mission. Catching him sulking, Bumblebee approached Hot Rod and informed him that he had spotted Astrotrain skulking about nearby the previous night. Deducing that Astrotrain might have something to do with the ongoing Decepticon plot, the two Autobots decided to go on their own clandestine mission to investigate. They brought along a supply of "laser-ignited explosives" and went on their way. Soon happening upon the Decepticons’ control centre, the pair set out to sabotage the Decepticons’ operation. While Bumblebee wanted to sabotage the Decepticons’ communication centre on Earth, Hot Rod was in favour of sneaking aboard Astrotrain before he launched, and sabotage the Decepticons out in space.

If Hot Rod convinced Bumblebee to go along with his plan, the pair snuck aboard Astrotrain by concealing themselves within a trailer filled with bombs. As Astrotrain launched, Hot Rod happened upon a room filled with Decepticon space gear. The two Autobots donned the suits in order to disguise themselves. The disguises proved effective as Thrust and Starscream walked past the pair, none the wiser. As Hot Rod continued to explore Astrotrain, he spotted the giant Decepticon Cyclonus out of a nearby window, as well as the Autobot shuttle obliviously heading into a trap. Hot Rod had to then decide on two options. He could risk commandeering Astrotrain’s military command post, despite the Decepticons guarding the door, and warn the incoming Autobot shuttle about the Decepticons. Alternatively, he could find a hiding place from which he could attack Cyclonus himself.

If Hot Rod decided to commandeer the military commands, his disguise managed to fool the guards, but not Scourge, who happened upon them as Hot Rod was inspecting the commands. Bumblebee urged Hot Rod to go through with his plan quickly as Scourge approached them. Hot Rod succeeded in firing Astrotrain’s weapons at Cyclonus, warning the Autobot shuttle of the Decepticons, but was quickly overpowered by Scourge. Alongside Bumblebee, Hot Rod was flung out into the blackness of space by Scourge, stranded in zero-gravity, waiting for a rescue that might never come.

If instead Hot Rod and Bumblebee decided to find themselves a hiding spot, the pair snuck into a room labelled "Dirty Tricks Department" in order to dodge the incoming Laserbeak. Finding a hatch to the space shuttle’s exterior, Hot Rod trained one of Perceptor’s inventions, a "rapid-fire, high-intensity rifle cannon" towards Cyclonus and fired. Having successfully blown a massive hole into Cyclonus, Hot Rod and Bumblebee hid out for the rest of the mission inside the Dirty Tricks department room, finding a way to escape later when it docked.

If instead of boarding Astrotrain, Hot Rod and Bumblebee decided to infiltrate the Decepticons’ command centre on Earth, the two used Astrotrain’s take-off as cover for sneaking into the facility. The pair soon found themselves overhearing Galvatron’s latest pirate broadcast. As the nearby Decepticons troops were busy bowing to their leader’s image, Bumblebee and Hot Rod managed to find the Decepticons’ main computer room. Now in a position to thoroughly sabotage the Decepticons’ operation, Hot Rod spotted a button labelled "TOP SECURITY/DESTRUCT SYSTEM!" and was eager to press it. Bumblebee suggested instead that they use a code he had learned in Advanced Espionage that would scramble the Decepticons’ computer program.

If Hot Rod allowed Bumblebee to use his code, the Decepticons’ plan fell into disarray, and Bumblebee and Hot Rod made their way back to the Autobots’ base safely as the command centre blew itself apart behind them.

If Hot Rod went ahead and pressed the button, he soon discovered that it was a Decepticon trap, as sirens began blaring across the Decepticon base and iron bars prevented them from escaping. Galvatron’s image appeared on a nearby monitor, explaining that both Hot Rod and Bumblebee would be used as hostages in order to secure a Decepticon victory. Hot Rod could do nothing but cover his face in shame in shame.

In a completely different possible series of events, wherein Ultra Magnus agreed to prioritize theft of the coded message, over the Decepticons’ signal hijacking, Hot Rod was part of the captive audience that listened to Kup divulge information about an ancient Autobot formula. Hot Rod took off towards the Autobots’ desert research centre along with a number of other Autobots. Once there, they learned from Springer that the Cybertite sphere had been discovered by humans during the 16th century. If the Decepticons had decoded Springer's message, they would be searching off the coast of California, where the ship containing the sphere had sunk. If they hadn’t decoded the message, the Decepticons would still be digging in the nearby crater.

If the Autobots decided to head for the crater, Hot Rod raced Blurr to the site, only to find it void of any Decepticon activity. Finding Beachcomber tied to an explosive device, the two Autobots worked together to free their comrade. Once freed, Beachcomber informed the pair that the Decepticons had long ago broken the code and were already en-route to retrieve the cybertite sphere. It would now be much to late to catch up to the Decepticons, and all hope to retrieve the orb before them was lost.

If Ultra Magnus decided to assume that the Decepticons had already decrypted the message, he ordered his forces to split up to more efficiently address the situation. Hot Rod was part of the main Autobot force that headed for the California coast. Arriving at the scene, Ultra Magnus’s troops were informed by Powerglide (who had flown ahead of the land-bound group) that he had discovered the location of the sunken ship containing the cybertite sphere. Simultaneously, Blurr caught up with the group to inform them that the Decepticons were quickly approaching.

In one of the possible plans that Ultra Magnus concocted, Hot Rod was tasked with searching the ship once Sludge had used his titanic strength to haul it from the deep. Hot Rod tore through the wrecked vessel, and found the sphere in a timely fashion. He then hid alongside his fellow Autobots, and ambushed the Decepticons as they arrived on-scene.

If Ultra Magnus decided to execute a different plan, wherein Hot Rod, Bumblebee and Grapple had to work together to fetch the sphere, the Autobots did not find the sphere before the Decepticons reached the coast. While Hot Rod searched the ship, dangling from Grapple’s hook over a nearby cliffside, Galvatron and his troops swooped in and blew both the ship and the sphere to smithereens. With the sphere destroyed and the Autobots being pummelled by the Decepticons’ superior firepower, the Autobots’ only hope rested with Hot Rod, dangling on the coast-side in a literal and figurative cliff-hanger!

In yet another possible scenario, where Hot Rod was not involved at all in the actual retrieval of the sphere, the ancient Autobot formula was safely retrieved and taken back to Metroplex. Hot Rod then watched on as Perceptor produced the first batch of power-booster. {{storylink|Autobot Alert!}}
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====Project Brain Drain====
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In one possible scenario, upon hearing that the Decepticons were planning to use a "[[Brain Drain device]]" to syphon the intelligence of nearly 500, 000 concert goers, Ultra Magnus ordered his troops, Hot Rod included, to head for the concert to foil Galvatron’s plot. Rodimus and the other Autobots were told to hide themselves amidst the parked vehicles surrounding the concert, and lie in wait for the Decepticons. Once the Decepticons had shown themselves, Ultra Magnus ordered his troops to transform in unison and open fire on their enemies. But Galvatron had planned to light afire the parking lot in which the Autobots were standing in order to trap the humans. Being drenched from above by Decepticon jets dumping gasoline upon them, Ultra Magnus needed to decide whether the Autobots needed to retreat, or to keep on fighting and hope that they could defeat the Decepticons before the fire consumed them.

If Ultra Magnus decided on a retreat, Hot Rod was more than happy to rush out of the blazing inferno and move in closer to the humans in order to protect them. Hot Rod and the others fended off the airborne Decepticons who swooped down, unaffected by the blazing barrier encircling the concert.

In another possible scenario, wherein the Autobots stayed in the parking lot to battle at close-quarters the Decepticons, both he and Bumblebee noticed Soundwave pass the Brain Drain device to Galvatron after the latter had been able to fling Ultra Magnus away. If Hot Rod attempted to stop Galvatron, he successfully plucked the device out of the Decepticons’ hands and barrelled through the nearby circle of flames to make his escape. Just as he reached the other rim of the ring of fire, all four of his tires burst from the flames. He nonetheless skidded to safety, but found himself temporarily out of commission. Nonetheless, the Autobots managed to destroy the Brain Drain device, and Hot Rod was able to enjoy the concert-goers giving the Autobots a standing ovation as the Decepticons retreated.

In a completely different possible scenario, Hot Rod was out on patrol with Kup and Jazz when the three of them heard nearby commotion and went to investigate. Finding Wreck-Gar and Sparkplug being attacked by Thrust and Laserbeak, the Autobots moved in to rescue them and fended off the Decepticons. Hot Rod, Kup and Jazz were informed of the situation as it were; the Decepticons were going to drain the minds of the concert-goers with their Brain Drain device. The Autobots then decided whether they would launch a counter-attack on the Decepticons’ lab, or if they would send Hot Rod for reinforcements while the rest of them headed directly to the concert.

If the group settled on launching a counter-attack, the lot of them stormed the lab with such ferocity and suddenness that the Decepticons were caught completely unawares. Though most of the Decepticons’ forces scattered with the Autobots’ initial assault, Hot Rod and company still had to beat back a small contingency of Decepticons too afraid of Galvatron to desert their posts. Hot Rod and the others successfully beat them back, until Soundwave attempted to escape with the Brain Drain device in hand.

If Hot Rod attempted to shoot the device out of Soundwave’s hands, Soundwave tripped at the last moment over the fallen body of a Decepticon. Hot Rod’s blast his Soundwave’s shoulder, causing him to fling the Brain Drain device up in the air. Laserbeak then managed to snatch the device in mid-air, and flew off to rendezvous with Galvatron. Unable to follow, the Autobots realized that the concert-goers were doomed to all become incredibly stupid very soon. If Jazz attempted to stop him however, he was successful in doing so and the Autobots successfully destroyed the Brain Drain device.

Alternatively, if Hot Rod agreed to head off to Metroplex while the rest of the Autobots headed for the rock concert, he promised that he was soon meet up with them, backed up by an entire army of Autobots, and then sped off.

Some time later, Hot Rod finally arrived at the concert accompanied by Ultra Magnus and numerous other Autobots.

If Sparkplug was able to signal them, Hot Rod pinpointed the location at which his friends were fending off the Decepticons, and sped to meet them as Galvatron was beginning to active the Brain Drain device. Thanks to Ultra Magnus’s timely interference, the Brain Drain device was destroyed and the Autobots were victorious that day.

Otherwise, Hot Rod and the Autobots arrived just in time to congratulate Wreck-Gar, who had already destroyed the Brain Drain device. {{storylink|Project Brain Drain}}
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====The Invisibility Factor====
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Hot Rod accompanied Kup on a night drive in the desert, when he noticed a spacecraft barreling down from the heavens towards them. As it landed, Hot Rod perceived that it would alternate between being visible and invisible. Curious, he prompted Kup to come with him to investigate.

If Kup agreed to look into the spacecraft right away, the two Autobots were surprised to spot a young woman emerge from the craft. Though Hot Rod startled her at first, the woman was reassured that the Autobots were friendly beings by Kup. Hot Rod learned that her name was [[Sarah Sanders]], and that she was a scientist working to perfect her latest invention, an "[[Invisibility Device]]."

In one possible scenario, Hot Rod, unable to control himself, snatched the device away from Sarah. Despite Sarah’s protests, Hot Rod insisted that the device would be put at its best use in the hands of the Autobots, keeping the world safe from the Decepticons. As Hot Rod daydreamed of glory while driving towards the Autobots’ base, he accidentally triggered the Invisibility Device’s self-destruct mechanism. The ensuing explosion blew him to bits.

If Hot Rod and Kup attempted to politely coax Sarah into giving them the Invisibility Device willingly, Sarah informed the Autobots that she had a strong stance against her invention being used for warfare. As the three of them stood conversing in the open, they soon heard the Decepticons approaching. As the evil robots began to fire upon them, Hot Rod whisked Sarah away to safety. Upon realizing that the Decepticons weren’t pursuing them, and that the Invisibility Device had been left behind, the trio hid behind some nearby rocks to spy upon the Decepticons, who were busy inspecting Sarah’s ship and her Invisibility Device.

If Hot Rod and Kup decided to attack immediately, they were easily defeated and destroyed by the Decepticons.

If Hot Rod and Kup decided to lay low in an attempt to steal the device back from the Decepticons, they first told Sarah to wait for them here, then the pair sneakily followed the Decepticons as they left for their headquarters. As the Decepticons descended into a canyon, Hot Rod was eager to follow them in, but was stopped by Kup. Kup told the young Autobot of how he defeated the Decepticons on Renerian, and the two of them put into action a similar plan. Driving back and forth atop the canyon’s edge, firing from all angles while remaining hidden in the dark, they tricked the Decepticons into thinking a whole team of Autobots had ambushed them. Hot Rod the snuck down into the canyon to retrieve the Invisibility Device. As he crept closer to Shockwave, clutching the device in his robotic arms, Hot Rod noticed that Galvatron was nearby, with his back turned to him.

If Hot Rod forewent attaining the Invisibility Device and attempted to take out Galvatron instead, Starscream spotted him before he could do so, and Hot Rod was promptly dispatched.

If Hot Rod went through with his plan to steal the device back from the Decepticons, he successfully snatched Sarah’s invention from Shockwave’s grasp and took off. Though the Decepticons gave chase, If they were unable to catch him before Kup fired down onto the canyon’s walls, causing it to collapse and burying the Decepticons under an avalanche of earth and rocks. Convinced that Sarah Sanders would now allow the Autobots to use her device now that she had seen how evil the Decepticons were, Hot Rod and Kup drove back to meet up with her.

In a different possible scenario, the Decepticons took off in Sarah’s spaceship upon finding it, forcing Kup and Hot Rod to head back to Metroplex city for reinforcements and a ship of their own. Hot Rod and Kup were joined by Ultra Magnus, Prowl, Jazz and Springer, and blasted off. Once in space, however, they found it difficult to locate the Decepticons. The ship’s crew had to decided where to look next for the Decepticons.

If the Autobots decided to investigate the dark side of the moon, they found themselves unable to see anything on the satellite’s shadowy surface. Hot Rod suggested that they fire down laser blasts, in the hopes of making the Decepticons fire back, making them reveal their position. Jazz dismissed Hot Rod’s plan as being too risky.

If Ultra Magnus decided to go through with Hot Rod’s plan, the Autobots succeeded only in making themselves an easy target for the Decepticons, who blasted their shuttle to bits. Hot Rod and his friends were reduced to space junk.

If Ultra Magnus listened to Jazz’s plan, he ordered his Autobots to remain silent, and to shut off all of the shuttle’s lights and mechanisms. Launching a probe as a decoy, the Autobots successfully tricked the Decepticons into revealing their position when they mistook the probe as their shuttle and opened fire upon it. Firing back, the Autobots began crippling the Decepticons’ ship, until a lucky shot rocked their own shuttle. Though the Decepticons attempted to escape while the Autobots were off-balance, the Autobots were able to deliver the finishing blow, ending the Decepticons’ menace as the evil robots' ship exploded.

In an alternate scenario wherein the Autobots listened to Prowl’s suggested and searched the Asteroid Belt beyond Mars, they soon found themselves struggling to get through the maze of floating rocks. Hot Rod was in favour of retreating from the asteroid field when it proved increasingly difficult to navigate it.

If the Autobots pushed on their search in the Asteroid Belt, they soon found themselves on a collision course with two enormous asteroids. If they only managed to blast one of asteroids, the Autobots were forced to retreat back to Earth after their shuttle took substantial damage. If the Autobots managed to blast neither of the Asteroids, they were all crushed between the giant pieces of space debris.

If they managed to blast away both asteroids, they reached a vast, empty expanse of space within the asteroid belt. Despite no longer being in danger of being crushed, Hot Rod announced that he had a horrible sense of foreboding about their situation. His feelings of being watched were confirmed when the Decepticons, now invisible, began firing upon them. The Autobots considered retreating, but Kup reminded them that Sarah Sanders had not perfected her device yet, and the Decepticons’ invisibility may yet wear off.

If the Autobots attempted to flee from the Decepticons’ attack, they found themselves at too much of a disadvantage to successfully make it out of the Asteroid Belt. They were blown into space junk before they could reach Earth.

If the Autobots held their ground, they were instructed by Ultra Magnus not to open fire upon the Decepticons until ordered to do so. Though things were tense as the Autobots were hit over and over again by their invisible opponents, soon the enemy ship came into view, just as Kup had predicted. The Autobots opened fire on the flimsier vessel, blowing it and the Decepticons within to smithereens. Hot Rod noted that it was a shame the invisibility device had been lost in the process, but Ultra Magnus comforted him, noting that at least the Decepticons had been taken care of, once and for all.

If the Autobots did retreat out of the Asteroid Belt, they convinced one another that the Decepticons most likely perished within it. Then, a few days later, when the invisible Decepticons attacked Metroplex city, Hot Rod and the rest of the Autobots were reduced to scrap metal, unable to fight the unseen enemy.

In a completely different scenario, wherein Hot Rod and Kup returned to Autobot headquarters for reinforcements after seeing the spaceship land, the two of them reported to Ultra Magnus directly, who agreed the situation necessitated further investigation. Hot Rod and Kup returned to the ship’s landing site accompanied by Jazz, Sunstreaker, Prowl and Springer. When they arrived, the ship in question was nowhere to be found, prompting Jazz and Springer to second-guess the veracity of Hot Rod and Kup’s story.

If Jazz and Springer convinced Hot Rod and Kup to return to Metroplex city to make sure they didn’t have a few wires loose, Ratchet found nothing wrong with the pair, but the incident was forgotten nonetheless. That is, until Galvatron returned with a fleet of identical ships, and destroyed both Metroplex and all of its inhabitants.

If Hot Rod and Kup convinced the other Autobots to keep on looking, Hot Rod eventually found trail marks, indicating that a heavy object the size of their spacecraft had indeed landed and had been dragged away. Hot Rod and the others followed the trail to a more rocky terrain, where tracking the ship would become more difficult. The trail seemingly lost, the Autobots then heard someone incoming, and took cover. From their hiding places, they saw the Decepticons Scavenger, a human captive within the grasp of his steam-shovel.

If the Autobots decided to rescue Sarah immediately, Scavenger dropped the woman, and cried for help while attempting to flee.

If the Autobots pursued Scavenger, they found him rejoining a whole squadron of Decepticons. Fighting the Decepticons immediately would cost them their lives. Otherwise, if the Autobots decided on a retreat when faced by the whole squadron of Decepticons, they managed to do so by blinding their enemies by their high beams and then splitting off into different direction. They later regrouped and found Sarah Sanders wandering in the desert.

If the Autobots paused a moment to listen to Sarah, she informed them of her spacecraft and its invisibility capabilities.

If the Autobots asked Sarah to build them their own Invisibility Device, Sarah refused, stating she would not build weapons for war. Running away from the group Sarah was almost killed when Dirge passed overhead and dropped a missile on her position. After rescuing her from the Decepticon attack, Hot Rod and the others brought Sarah to safety within Metroplex. Grateful for the rescue, Sarah showed the Autobots how to create an [[Invisibility Scrambler]] to counteract the Decepticons’ Invisibility Device. Anticipating the Decepticons’ attack, the Autobots successfully defeated the evil robots when they came. As Starscream, having been taking prisoner, was being escorted to his cell Hot Rod made a quip about seeing "right through the Decepticons’ plans."

If instead of asking Sarah to build them an Invisibility Device, Hot Rod and the others attempted once more to retrieve her ship, the whole group snuck over to where the Decepticons were stationed. Once there, Hot Rod and Prowl argued over which plan of action would be the smartest to undertake next.

If the Autobots agreed with Hot Rod to try and take the Decepticons by surprise with a head-on attack, the Autobots manage to stun the Decepticons by dazzling them with their headlights. While the Decepticons were distracted, Hot Rod raced down, snatched the Invisibility Device out of the hands, and retreated while the rest of the group provided cover fire. The Autobots then successfully peeled back, congratulating one another on a job well done.

If the Autobots agreed with Prowl to take a moment to come up with a more detailed plan, Prowl instructed Hot Rod to taunt the Decepticons into following him. The plan worked, and the bulk of the Decepticons took off after the young Autobot. Though Hot Rod encountered a canyon that blocked off his escape route, by keeping his wits about him, he managed to come out on top. In one scenario, Hot Rod even discovered a secret Decepticon base, which the Autobots managed to destroy thanks to him. In another, Hot Rod watched on as Sarah left in her spaceship in order to destroy it, vowing it would never be used to bring destruction.

In an alternate scenario where the Autobots silently trailed Scavenger while the Decepticon held Sarah Sanders captive, Hot Rod and the others followed him all the way to the Decepticons’ secret desert base. Inside, they spied upon Galvatron telling Sarah Sanders that the Decepticons would use Cerebro-Shells to control her mind, so that she would reveal to them to secret of invisibility. At this point, the Autobots decided to step in. A direct attack would only end in the Autobots’ defeat. In order to rescue Sarah, the Autobots would need to employ trickery. Using Jazz’s special abilities, the Autobots could do just that. In this scenario, the Autobots grabbed Sarah while the Decepticons were too dazzled by the illusions that Jazz projected. Sarah directed the Autobots towards where the Decepticons had stored her ship. Upon following her directions, Hot Rod and the others came upon two doors, unable to tell behind which one they would find their means of escape. If the Autobots happened upon Sarah’s ship as they were, they would be destroyed by the droids guarding it. However, if the Autobots first opened the door which led to a closet filled with Decepticon spare parts, they found a pile of spare Decepticon emblems. Donning them, Hot Rod and the rest of his team were able to fool the Decepticon Droids guarding Sarah’s ship. Escaping in the ship, despite the Decepticons best efforts to stop them, the Autobots returned to Metroplex. Sarah then gave the Autobots the secret to her Invisibility Device, ensuring the Autobots their victory in their war against the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Invisibility Factor}}
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===St. Michael ''The Transformers'' Sticker Book===
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Hot Rod served on an alien spacecraft with the Autobots [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]], [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] under the command of Ultra Magnus. While fighting Decepticons, their spaceship took heavy damage and crash-landed on the planet [[Barrenikon]]. There, he met [[you]], having just emerged from the Vortex, a portal through space and time contained within the planet. Together, you went on an adventure, fighting Decepticons, braving Barrenikon's barren desert or its putrid swamp, and trying to find a way to get the Autobots space-bound once more. {{storylink|The Transformers Sticker Book (St. Michael)|The Transformers Sticker Book}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Hotroddreamwave.jpg|left|thumb]]
Hot Rod joined an underground Autobot cell led by [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] after [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave's]] takeover of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Among the members of the cell was [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], whom Hot Rod became attached to. From the [[Wastelands]], Hot Rod, [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], and [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] observed an incoming Decepticon shuttle carrying the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}} Shortly afterward, the cell rescued [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] from [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] and [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]], and took him to their base. After awakening, Prime attacked [[Gnaw (G1)|Gnaw]], Blurr, and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], forcing Hot Rod (who didn't recognize him) to hold the Autobot leader at gunpoint. After receiving a corrective slap from and being admonished by Kup, Hot Rod apologized. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}}

After Shockwave unleashed the [[Guardian robot]]s on [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], Prime organized the resistance cell and other Autobot forces on the planet in an assault on Shockwave's citadel. Fighting alongside the Autobot leader, Hot Rod was amazed that the stories Kup had told him about Prime's courage and heroism had all been true. As an injured Prime breached the citadel, Hot Rod, Ironhide and [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] provided cover fire, taking down a number of Guardians in the process. Along with the rest of Iacon, they witnessed the divine light of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Autobot Matrix of Leadership]] when Shockwave activated it. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}}

As Prime and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] battled Shockwave within the citadel, Hot Rod and [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] took down [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]. Immediately afterward, they were confronted with the looming threat of a remaining Guardian robot—a threat that was soon neutralized by the arrival of the [[Wreckers]], the [[Autobot High Council]], and [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. The unified Autobot group soon breached the citadel, and successfully brought to an end Shockwave's reign. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}}

Some time later, Hot Rod ran a simulation combat scenario against Kup, and won using tactics that, in Kup's opinion, would have killed them both had it been real. Only after his victory did Hot Rod remember that he'd promised to take Arcee to see an [[Earth]]-bound shuttle launch—a duty Springer was happy to relieve him of. {{storylink|Lost and Found (issue)|Lost and Found}} Soon afterward, he was assigned to perimeter guard duty at [[Autobase]] with Gnaw and Wheelie, separating him from Arcee. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

Optimus Prime once experienced a vision showing, at some unknown point in the future, Hot Rod had become a [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]].{{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War Within #5}}

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After looking upon the still-recovering Optimus Prime with Wheelie and Gnaw, Hot Rod was accosted by several "[[Female Autobots|Transformer-like warriors]]," and knocked off-line. {{storylink|Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Issue 11|Generation 1 #11}}
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===3H comics===
[[File:Skidswreckers2.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|It's funny because Rodimus sucked at everything.]]
A few months after he destroyed [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] in 2005, {{storylink|Covenant (story)|Covenant}} Rodimus Prime spearheaded an effort to establish multiple recon posts to watch for advancing threats... even though some of his scientists said he shouldn't. When only two of the five launched ships were ever heard from again. {{storylink|Betrayal}}

After the Great Wars ended and the [[Pax Cybertronia]] was signed, he changed his name to simply "Rodimus" and decided to check out the new "[[Great Upgrade|Maximal Upgrade]]". His relationship with [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] ended shortly after, as the latter went through dark gripping depression over the death of [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] and vanished.

Rodimus joined the [[Wreckers]] at some undetermined point afterward. After [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] took over Cybertron with his [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon drones]], Wrecker leader [[Apelinq (BM)|Apelinq]] got stranded on prehistoric [[Earth]], leaving Rodimus in charge. True to form, he ditched leadership duties to [[Primal Prime]] as soon as possible.

After Primal Prime got his marching orders from the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]], he met Rodimus deep inside Cybertron's caverns, where Arcee—in a new Maximal body—lurked and stewed in her depression. Realizing he couldn't convince her to give a damn about anything, he left, rejoining the main Wrecker force in battle. Making it onto an ancient Autobot shuttle, the Wreckers blasted off... with late-arrival Arcee. {{storylink|Departure}}

[[File:Arceedisclosure.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Except you're the size of my arm now.]]
Rodimus recognized the homing beacon emitting from [[Akalo|Archa Nine]] as one of those missing exploration parties mentioned before. When the shuttle landed, Rodimus stayed behind to help repair the damage the ship had suffered. The entire Wrecker team later gathered in an [[Akalouthan]] village, where Rodimus was reunited with [[Glyph (Universe)|Glyph]], who took them to see the artifact known as the [[Divine Light]]. The Wreckers' analysis of the item was cut short, as it was stolen by the traitor [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]. Rodimus saw the back-in-his-old-body [[Devcon (G1)|Devcon]] off, who was sent to chase after Cyclonus, while the Wreckers made for their next destination... even though several of them were now leery of the visions Primal Prime had been getting. Because they'd really done ''so well'' by the Wreckers so far. {{storylink|Betrayal}}

Upon landing on the frozen planet, Rodimus was part of the search party immediately dispatched to look for... something. Primal Prime wasn't too specific. They came across [[Al-badur]], an exiled [[Quintesson]], who gave them a little history lesson. They were then promptly attacked by a school of [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]], but the Wreckers made short work of them. They made their way back to the ship, with Al-badur in tow, and made for their next destination... {{storylink|Disclosure}}

[[File:WreckersFinaleII-RodimusCyclonus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|If Optimus can die, so can I!]]
...Cybertron. As Primal Prime took some Wreckers after their true foe, [[Cryotek (RID)|Cryotek]], Rodimus tried to get their injured to a safe place. Unfortunately, the planet was under a full scale Quintesson invasion, and some anti-aircraft fire inevitably clipped the ship and sent them plummeting downwards. After they made it to safe ground, Rodimus and the crew hooked up with his fellow [[Matrix Templar]], [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]], and followed his insight to the battle. They confronted Cryotek's underling, Cyclonus, and his purloined squad of [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]]s. With casualties mounting on both sides, Cyclonus beat a safe retreat, collapsing the tunnel behind him to prevent pursuit. Rodimus was quick enough to dive through the falling debris, however, leaving the two old enemies alone to do battle. Centuries of bad blood carried them through the conflict, until both drew their weapons at point blank range, and fired.

Horribly damaged by this last attack, Rodimus struggled to keep up with the other Wreckers and the running conflict between [[Sentinel Maximus]] and Cryotek. The fighting came to an end at a Quintesson banishing chamber, where the treacherous Al-badur had attempted to toss Sentinel and Cryotek into a formless void. The two warriors were trapped behind an energy dome, barely able to fight off the portal's pull using their flight systems. Once [[Fractyl]] pointed out that Cryotek was empowered by the Divine Light, a fraction of Primus's own power, Rodimus realized that as Matrix Templars he and Cheetor could drain that power away from the Predacon. They managed to extract most of it before Cryotek cut off their siphoning effect. In the end, Sentinel Maximus sacrificed himself to pull Cryotek into the void with him. Rodimus finally expired from his wounds from fighting Cyclonus, quietly passing on into the Matrix. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}
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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[File:GIJoeTFHotRod70s.jpg|left|upright=1.2|thumb|"That bumperchest really doesn't feel right. How do Prowl and Jazz live with it?"]]
Hot Rod was one of [[Teletran 3]]'s unfortunate victims when the computer malfunctioned and transported a random number of Transformers to random points in Earth's timeline. Along with [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], Hot Rod ended up in mid-1970's [[San Francisco]], where he was locked into the form of a Ford Mustang muscle car. The dormant Autobot was soon stolen by a car thief, but was chased down by a group of [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joes]] and [[Cobra]] members sent to retrieve the Transformers. Discovering [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] in the process, the humans equipped both vehicles with [[disruption unit]] that awakened the Transformers and sent them back to present-day Cybertron seconds after Hot Rod commented about feeling "really weird." {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #1}} Back on Cybertron, they were stuck waiting inside the force field Ultra Magnus had erected to prevent [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] from capturing Teletran 3. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #2}}

Some time after his time travel adventure, Hot Rod reported to Optimus Prime that [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]'s team on Earth had been sidetracked by a Cobra attack. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 2|The Art of War #2}} When said team ended up disappearing in Cybertron's [[Gladiator Zone]], Hot Rod convinced Optimus to stay behind and take care of an Autobot peace ceremony instead of going out and searching for them. Hot Rod then assembled his own search party, but they failed to find the missing Autobots. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3|The Art of War #3}} Unfortunately, [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]]'s forces attacked the peace ceremony and captured Optimus Prime, leading to Hot Rod assembling a new team intent on rescuing him. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4|The Art of War #4}} [[File:Hot Rod and Ultra Magnus BlackHorizon1.jpg|thumb|upright=1.9]] They fought Serpent O.R.'s Decepticon army together with reinforcements from G.I. Joe, and during the battle, Hot Rod paused in horror as he saw the light of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] being opened inside the Decepticon base. The Decepticon army eventually defeated, and by the time Hot Rod reached inside their base, Serpent O.R. had been killed as well. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}

A few months later, Hot Rod questioned Optimus Prime's choice to go to Earth again, accusing his leader of feeling guilty about [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'s death at Serpent O.R.'s hands and doing everything by himself just to prevent more people from dying. Prime just looked at him sadly before leaving, causing Ultra Magnus to tell Hot Rod that he really needed to learn when to stop talking. {{storylink|Black Horizon, Part 1 of 2}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
{{main|Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity}}
[[File:SpotlightHotRod-HotRodcvrAexcerpt.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|left|As much as anything else, this was to troll [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]].]]
Originating from the city-state of [[Nyon]], {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 3: Predestination: A Beginner's Guide|Predestination: A Beginner's Guide}} Hot Rod destroyed it to keep its population from being painfully, fatally drained to fuel the corrupt [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]]'s war machines. {{storylink|Purge}}

Years later, Hot Rod held a fairly high rank in the Autobot army, equivalent to [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]], and was sent on a mission to [[Ki-Aleta]] to retrieve the [[Epistemus|Magnificence]] which turned into a only technically-successful disaster, with himself the only apparent survivor. {{storylink|Spotlight: Hot Rod}} When he found out [[Doubledealer|Dealer]] had also survived, he rescued him from a Decepticon prison, unaware that he was the traitor who had caused things to go so wrong. Soon after, he was called to Earth to aid [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]], but briefly returned to retrieve the Magnificence to gain information on the [[Expansion]], during which he discovered Dealer's treachery and killed him. {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}} {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}} Thereafter, he returned to his information-gathering task on the [[Machination]], and though was badly beaten by [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], he still aided in the Decepticon's defeat. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 2|Maximum Dinobots #2}}

After surviving the [[Surge (event)|Surge]], {{storylink|The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron}} and watching Optimus surrender to [[Skywatch]], {{storylink|...For All Mankind}} Hot Rod led a group of Autobots to make an alliance with [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] to get off Earth, with the capitalist Decepticon buttering him up by dubbing him "Rodimus Prime". {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 3: "Seasons in Flight"|Seasons in Flight}} Adopting the name, Rodimus fled his bad decisions by stealing [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]]' spacecraft, hoping to redeem himself by reclaiming the stolen [[Matrix of Leadership]] from [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]]. After fighting his way through the Decepticons and reclaiming the talisman, Rodimus was blasted into space by [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]], leading to a trip that involved the discovery of [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron's]] army-building. {{storylink|Heart of Darkness issue 4|Heart of Darkness #4}} {{storylink|Space Opera Act 2: Out of the Silent Planet|Out of the Silent Planet}} Returning the Matrix and this information to Optimus, he was permanently redubbed Rodimus and joined him in facing Galvatron, {{storylink|Space Opera—Final Tableaux: Orphans of the Helix|Orphans of the Helix}} convincing Optimus that only the Matrix could undo the [[Darkness (G1)|Heart of Darkness]]' contamination of Vector Sigma. {{storylink|Chaos Part Four: Genesis|Genesis}}

With the Great War considered over and Cybertron reborn, the Autobots oversaw the return of their planet's [[NAIL|neutral population]]. When a map leading to the legendary [[Knights of Cybertron]] was found in the depleted core of the Matrix, Rodimus decided to leave Cybertron, hoping to find the Knights so they could bring peace to the planet. {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}}

Emotionally manipulated by Prowl however, Rodimus allowed the [[Phase Sixer]] [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]] to be smuggled aboard the ''[[Lost Light]]'' in an attempt to extract information from the former Decepticon. {{storylink|Remain in Light 5 of 5: This Calamitous Life|This Calamitous Life}} After he broke free of his restraints, Overlord went on a rampage, leaving much of the crew dead or wounded, {{storylink|The Gloaming}} setting the crew on a collision course with the rogue [[Chief Justice]] [[Solomus|Tyrest]], stopping his mad scheme to commit genocide against all constructed cold Cybertronians. Though the day had been saved, Rodimus' Matrix half, and the map within, had been shattered. {{storylink|Remain in Light 5 of 5: This Calamitous Life|This Calamitous Life}}

After a brief stopover at Cybertron to stop [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]]'s evil plan, {{storylink|Dark Cybertron (IDW)|Dark Cybertron}} Rodimus found himself, thanks to loophole exploitation, sharing the captaincy with a repentant Megatron. The ''Lost Light'' set course for [[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]], also seeking the Knights, {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|Towards Peace}} with the legendary Autobot joining the ''Lost Light''. {{storylink|The Frail Gaze}}

Following their heroics at [[Miliarium]], [[Team Rodimus (G1)|Team Rodimus]] travelled to [[Necroworld]], finding a vengeful [[Decepticon Justice Division]] waiting for them. Trying to call for help, the Autobots found that [[Getaway]] had taken over the ''Lost Light'', the majority of the crew disgusted at Team Rodimus' acceptance of Megatron. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light: (1) How Bright Their Frail Deeds|How Bright Their Frail Deeds}} Salvation for the resource-starved group when [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] sacrificed himself to supercharge everyone to [[Outlier (group)|outlier]] levels of power, {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 5: Rage, Rage|Rage, Rage}} buying enough time for Megatron's gambits to defeat the DJD. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 6: Do Not Go Gentle|Do Not Go Gentle}}

When trying to return to Cybertron, Team Rodimus found that they had been shunted into a [[Functionist Universe|parallel universe]]. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 1: Some Other Cybertron|Some Other Cybertron}} While they quickly managed to return home, Megatron, much to Rodimus' fury, had managed to stay behind. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 6: This Machine Kills Fascists|This Machine Kills Fascists}}

When the group instead flew after the ''Lost Light'', they were forced to abandon ship, {{storylink|Sardines}} falling into the orbit of the original [[Mederi]] which Rodimus deduced was the legendary [[Cyberutopia]]. {{storylink|The Everlasting Voices (3): You Are Here|You Are Here}} Finding themselves caught in the plans of the mysterious [[Adaptus|Grand Architect]], Rodimus managed to reclaim the ''Lost Light'' {{storylink|Crucible (Part 2): Lūstrāre|Lūstrāre}} before Megatron returned from the parallel universe alongside the threat the Architect had prepared for, the alternate [[Functionist Council]] whose version of Cybertron they'd turned into a planet-sized monster. The Architect then revealed himself to be Adaptus, naming the other members of the [[Guiding Hand]], all of whom Rodimus had crossed paths with in his life. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 4): The Return of the King|The Return of the King}} After Adaptus had been killed, {{storylink|Crucible (Part 5): The Unremembering|The Unremembering}} Rung, the new identity of Primus himself, gave his life to produce twelve duplicates of the Matrix, allowing the ''Lost Light'' crew to overload [[Vector Sigma]] via Cybertron's [[Hot spot (phenomenon)|hot spots]], disintegrating the Functionist Council. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 6): A Spark Among Embers|A Spark Amomg Embers}}

With the quest over, Rodimus said goodbye to Megatron, carted off for trial and punishment by the [[Galactic Council]], while the ''Lost Light'' itself was disassembled to aid in the rebuilding of "New Cybertron". In the centuries that followed, Rodimus found himself unable to properly adapt to peacetime, finding solace in alcohol. Eventually he signed onto the ''[[Exitus]]'' in a futile attempt to relive the glory days. When [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]] died, a slightly drunk Rodimus placed Megatron's withered [[Rodimus Star]] on the medic's tomb but promised to stay in touch with [[Drift (G1)|Drift]]. {{storylink|How To Say Goodbye And Mean It: Part 2}}

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===''Q-Robo Transformer''===
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===''Mini Mayhem!''===
When a surprise party was thrown for Optimus in honor of the 20th anniversary of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', Hot Rod didn't wind up getting invited. He bemoaned that no one ever remembered ''his'' anniversary.

Later, Optimus told a couple of humans that the Transformers were in the midst of doing something really interesting... and showed them Hot Rod and Sunstreaker eating a pie! {{storylink|Mini Mayhem!}}

===''Henkei! Henkei!'' pack-in manga===
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While the other Autobots were busy dealing with a rampaging [[Astrotrain (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in manga|Astrotrain]], Hot Rod disrupted [[Megatron (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in manga|Megatron]] and the other Decepticons' attack on a power plant by engaging them solo. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 2}} Unable to tackle Megatron in hand-to-hand combat, he was able to get [[Starscream (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in manga|Starscream]] to accidentally blast his leader instead, but this did little more than annoy Megatron, who flattened Hot Rod with a [[fusion cannon]] blast. With Hot Rod defeated, the Decepticons pulled out, but the Autobot cavalier didn't let the defeat get him down, and he sped off to join the other Autobots in battling Astrotrain. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 3}} Soon after, Hot Rod helped defend another power plant against a Decepticon attack, shielding the human workers from Starscream's blasts with his own body. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 4}}

When the mysterious new Decepticon warrior [[Cyclonus (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comic|Cyclonus]] provided Megatron with the means to transform himself into the monstrous [[Galvatron (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comic|Galvatron]], Hot Rod, [[Ironhide (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in manga|Ironhide]] and [[Mirage (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in manga|Mirage]] trailed Cyclonus's Targetmaster partner [[Nightstick (G1)|Nightstick]] to the volcano in which Megatron was carrying out his transformation. Despite resistance from Starscream and Cyclonus, Hot Rod and his team were able to collapse the volcano's cone in on itself. They believed they had sealed Megatron within, and were about to focus their attack on Starscream when they were sent scattering by the explosive emergence of Galvatron from the remains of the caldera. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 9}}

===''Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun'' manga===
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Following the defeat of [[Galvatron (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun manga|Galvatron]] on [[Earth]], Hot Rod was among the Autobots that [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun manga|Optimus Prime]] summoned to the planet. Together with [[Ironhide (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun manga|Ironhide]], [[Hound (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun manga|Hound]] and [[Jetfire (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun manga|Skyfire]], Hot Rod was to protect the planet while Optimus's team set off for Cybertron in pursuit of the fleeing Galvatron. {{storylink|To the Sea of Stars}}
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===''Henkei! Henkei! Transformers -Visualize-''===
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===Fire Rodimus===
{{note|Fire Rodimus is based on an unproduced toy concept. For information about the toy concept, see [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Notes|here]].}}
[[File:TFGRodimus.jpg|upright=0.8|thumb|New Rodimus, not to be confused with New Coke.]]

====Ask Vector Prime====
In [[Primax 092.0 Beta]], Rodimus (in his [[Micromaster]] body) was severely injured defending [[Micro|Zone]] from a [[Galaman|Great Galaman]] invasion. Subsequently, Rodimus's essence was transferred into [[Duke Fire]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Star Convoy]]'s power-up being, and Rodimus became known as Fire Rodimus. Star Convoy and Fire Rodimus's powerful combined form, Supernova Convoy, defeated [[Dark Nova|Star Giant]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Ultra Megatron]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/15}}

====''Regeneration One''====
Fire Rodimus was among the many alternate universe incarnations glimpsed by [[Primax 512.5 Gamma]]'s [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] {{storylink|Destiny, Part Three}} and was also summoned to Primax 512.5 Gamma to fight the [[Dark Matrix]] creature. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}}
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===''Kre-O'' online manga===
After being asked to by [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]], the [[Autobot]]s, including Rodimus, attacked the Decepticon Base and chased away [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]]. {{Storylink|A Reliable Warrior!? Vortex the Lookout from Hell}} After Megatron transformed into [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], Rodimus helped stop Galvatron's rampage by distracting him long enough for [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]] to take Galvatron's helmet off, returning him to normal. {{storylink|Enter the New Emperor of Destruction!? Stop Galvatron's Rampage!}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
[[File:TFvsJoe4 hotrod.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Flame deco now available with Kirby Krackle!]]

Polymath warrior prince '''Imhotep Rodimus''' was Optimus Prime's chosen successor as Autobot leader. Unfortunately for Rodimus, when Optimus disappeared and Megatron seized control of Cybertron, Dinobot leader Grimlock objected to the "chosen one" taking leadership and defeated him in combat, casting him out of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. Fallen and dejected, with no fight left in him, the young 'bot became a cog in Megatron's great machine, and wound with a lowly job in reactor maintenance, cleaning up vermin droppings and ferrying around the tubular [[energon]] containers from which he took his new name: Hot Rod.

On a routine collection of [[turborat]] traps, Hot Rod was puzzled to find that one trap contained not the robotic pests he was used to, but small, organic beings: unfortunate members of [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]], who had recently arrived on the planet. Tossing them in with the rest of his cargo and going on his weary way past the [[smelting pool]]s, he was suddenly confronted by Autobot revolutionary Blaster, who despised him for his defection and opened fire on him. A G.I. Joe [[G.I.Rocket|missile bombardment]] subsequently took Blaster out, but when Decepticons [[Apeface]] and [[Demolisher (G1)|Demolisher]] arrived, they assumed Hot Rod was responsible and congratulated him. Praise from these low-lifes was the last straw for Hot Rod, and he threw the pair into one of the furnaces, loaded up the unconscious Blaster, and roared off back to Metroplex, unintentionally providing the Joes with an escape from their own missiles in the process. {{storylink|Form Follows Function}}

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Hot Rod returned to Metroplex just as it was coming under attack from both [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] and a mind-controlled [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. He managed to get inside the Autobot city anyways, and brought Blaster to Ratchet, urging the medic to save the brave Autobot to whom he owed his reawakening. Hot Rod then made his way to Metroplex's control room and ordered him to convert to his battle mode. Before he could convince the traumatized city to do so, Grimlock happened by. The Dinobot tried to chase off Hot Rod as he had done so in the past, but with a solid left hook Rodimus challenged Grimlock for leadership once more. Whatever the outcome of the duel, Grimlock expired shortly thereafter at the hands of Megatron. {{storylink|Everybody Hates Metroplex}} Afterwards, Rodimus, Brawn, and Mirage found that [[Bazooka (G.I. Joe)|Bazooka]], while in a trance, had drawn a map to the Chamber of Primus on Metroplex's floor. Following the map, the three Autobots, Bazooka, Cover Girl, and Duke found the face of the dormant Cybertronian god whispering: "No will but Megatron's"... Decepticobra guards, posted at a nearby Megatronian temple, caught sight of them, and a firefight began between both sides. {{storylink|Expelled from the Garden}}

The group's pilgrimage took them deep beneath the surface of Cybertron, where they encountered the mysterious [[Keeper (Transformer)|Keeper]]. The Keeper told the group about the creation of Cybertron from its progenitor [[Daiakuron]]. {{storylink|Earth: R.I.P.}} Their tour of the netherworld was cut short by tremors from above, and the team made a break for it. Rodimus made up to the surface safely, where he dispatched Springer and some Joes to rescue the individuals who hadn't made it out. {{storylink|Escape from Primus}} As the maddened Primus drew closer to the sun, both sides prepared for the final confrontation. Rodimus rallied the shellshocked Metroplex, convincing him to transform into his robot form for the first time in millennia. As the Jotobots attacked Trypticon, Rodimus rode Sky Lynx into the battle. {{storylink|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe issue 12|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #12}}

Rodimus was one of the many Autobots forced to combine with Megatron to form "Mega-Megatron". After the resurrection of Optimus Prime and the end of the war, Optimus departed Cybertron aboard the ''Ark-2'', once again offering Rodimus a second chance to rule Cybertron. Rodimus gratefully accepted the opportunity. As a peacetime "philosopher-king", he and Wreck-Gar frequently visited [[Uranus]] to contemplate. {{storylink|The War Never Ends}}

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===''Transformers: All Spark''===
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{{storylink|Ray of Hope}} {{storylink|Great Aspirations}} {{storylink|Conclusion}}

===''Q-Transformers'' cartoon===
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===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
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During the original Great War, Hot Rod fought on Earth and once tore off [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s wing in a parking garage. {{storylink|Derailment}}

When the [[Builder of Cybertron|Builders of Cybertron]] came into power, Hot Rod quickly became aware of how oppressive their rule was. He believed he could work within their system however, and set about implementing gradual change without resorting to violence. To this end, he downsized his body and became a [[Micromaster]], even though doing so meant he lost much of his status in the government's hierarchy. Hot Rod worked the system for seventy years, along the way getting posted as the head of [[Micropolis]]. Then, in the late 24th century, [[Lio Convoy]] sparked a revolution among the [[Maximal]] and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] populace, calling for an aggressive societal reform. Hot Rod and his team, [[Drillbuster]], [[Blackout (G1)|Blackout]], [[Spaceshot]], and [[Countdown (G1)|Countdown]], were assigned to deal with and counter the [[Resistance]]'s [[Grand Uprising]].

In energy-starved times, Hot Rod, like most other members of society, was privy to a very limited amount of fuel. It surprised him then when he was given a full tank in preparation for an upcoming mission. The severity of the situation cleared up why he had been allowed more than his usual ration: the Resistance had managed to steal the [[G-Virus]]. This potent weapon had been reverse-engineered from [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]'s remains, and would replicate the process that transformed [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] into the mad scion of [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] in anyone that was infected with it. Hot Rod was furious to learn that the one who had orchestrated the theft was none other than [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]; his former teammate had previously transplanted his spark into a Maximal body and then led many violent attacks against the government. Hot Rod did find solace in the fact that Grimlock was a predictable opponent though. He quickly puzzled out that the Resistance's next target would be the first [[Games (competition)|gladiatorial game]] to be hosted since Lio Convoy's call to arms. Hot Rod called in every favor owed to him to secure two hundred extra guards for [[Tesarus (polity)|Tesarus Arena]], with an extra three-hundred [[Maximal Command Security Force|MCSF]] officers to patrol the stadium's crowd.

Despite these precautions, Grimlock's cell managed to come dangerously close to the crowd before Hot Rod was alerted to their presence. He went to deal with the intruders in person, leaving most of his troops in place in case Grimlock was merely creating a diversion for another attack. Hitching a ride atop of Blackout and Spaceshot's combined vehicle mode, he managed to reach the Resistance fighters before they were in position to infect the Builders enjoying the Game. While his subordinates dealt with The [[Manterror|Man Terror]] and [[Snapper]], two Predacons operating under Grimlock, Hot Rod took on the former [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] himself. The battle that ensued left both Hot Rod and his opponent gravely wounded. Many verbal attacks were also traded between them, with Grimlock accusing Hot Rod of spitting on everything the Autobot badge once stood for by siding with the Builders. Hot Rod countered that though he hated what their world had become, he was leading by example, unlike Grimlock who had remained a violent brute. Their brawl eventually led to both 'bots tumbling out into the arena crowd. Grimlock's remaining allies came to his aid, and Hot Rod was tossed aside as Snapper prepared to unleash a virulent payload on the unsuspecting crowd. Hot Rod pleaded with him not to, explaining to the Predacon what the virus actually did; Grimlock had neglected to inform his underlings of this particular detail. Snapper was swayed to not unleash a thousand more mad tyrants on Cybertron, and destroyed the virus. Though Hot Rod had been specifically instructed to retrieve the G-Virus, he was simply content with the fact that it had not been unleashed. In thanks for his cooperation, Hot Rod promised Snapper that he would be treated fairly as he was taken into custody. {{storylink|Micro-Aggressions}}

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===''Of Masters and Mayhem''===
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In one universe, Rodimus fought alongside his fellow Autobots against Megatron's Decepticons until the Cybertronian civil war led to the creation of the monstrous combiner, [[Thunder Mayhem]]. Thunder Mayhem turned on his masters, ultimately leading to him rampaging across Cybertron. Rodimus presumably perished during the reckoning of his homeworld. {{storylink|History}}

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===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' cartoons===
{{voiceactor|[[Ben Pronsky]] (''Combiner Wars'', English), [[Judd Nelson]] (''Titans Return'', ''Power of the Primes'', English)}}

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At some point around the end of the Great War, Hot Rod accepted the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to become Rodimus Prime. {{storylink|Aftermath and Rebirth}} In his new role as leader, Rodimus became a member of Cybertron's [[Council of Worlds]] alongside [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and the [[Mistress of Flame]]. {{storylink|Prelude to Transformers: Combiner Wars - Starscream}} {{storylink|Prelude to Transformers: Combiner Wars - Windblade}}

When the Council of Worlds convened to discuss the out-of-control [[Combiner Wars (event)|Combiner Wars]] that threatened both Cybertron and its outlying colonies, Rodimus first suggested fighting fire with fire by using the [[Enigma of Combination]] to create more combiners. As the three members debated how to best handle the problem, Rodimus suggested getting [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] involved before [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] attempted to eliminate the Enigma and accidentally injured Starscream when her shot went wide. {{storylink|The Council}}

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Later, the Council of Worlds examined the corpses of [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] when security cameras detected Optimus Prime, Megatron, and Windblade on approach to destroy the Enigma. In desperation, the Mistress suggested using the Enigma of Combination to intimidate Prime's team into standing down, but Rodimus advocated a peaceful approach, and the three went to meet with the intruders face-to-face. Eventually, however, negotiations broke down when Megatron fired on his former lieutenant, and amidst the chaos [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] attacked from below, ripped one of Rodimus's arms off, and hurled him away. {{storylink|Homecoming (CW)|Homecoming}}

Rodimus's injuries left him too damaged to safely activate the Enigma, and this injury allowed Starscream to get his hands on the Enigma and betray his nominal allies by taking the relic's power for himself.
{{storylink|A War of Giants}} As Starscream struggled to maintain control of his new form, a burst of energy sent Rodimus and the Mistress of Flame flying. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (CW)|Darkest Hour}} After Starscream's defeat, Rodimus and the Mistress of Flame stood by as Windblade made a peace offering by handing the Enigma over to [[Victorion]]. {{storylink|Destruction's Dawn}}

Following the Combiner Wars, Rodimus returned to the [[Primal Basilica]], where he asked the [[Chorus of the Primes]] to take back the [[Matrix of Leadership]], as he no longer believed himself worthy to carry it. The Chorus agreed and restored his arm before reformatting him back into his previous body as Hot Rod. {{storylink|Aftermath and Rebirth}} When the [[Mistress of Flame]] alerted him to [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]'s attack, he rushed back towards [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex City]] to help fight, assuring the Mistress he wouldn't be long. {{storylink|Our Heroes Respond}} {{storylink|The Fight Begins}}

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Finally arriving, he ran into Windblade and the two worked together to attack Trypticon, though they were unable to save Metroplex. When [[Emissary (TR)|Emissary]] was swallowed by Trypticon, Hot Rod entered Trypticon's body himself and rescued the [[Titan Master]], though he was hit by Trypticon's tail and sustained severe damage. Unable to move, he asked Windblade to take Emissary and find [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. As he lay on the ground, [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]] arrived and forced the [[Matrix of Conquest|Matrix of Chaos]] into the weakened Hot Rod's chest, corrupting him. {{storylink|At the Last Second}} The two later observed the end of the conflict and the return of [[The Fallen|Megatronus]] from afar. {{storylink|All Things Must Pass}}

[[File:Volcanicus-RodimusCron.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Carbon fiber, 28 caliber, made in China; if you want to kill a public servant, Mr. Maroni, I recommend you buy American.]]

Now an acolyte of Megatronus, Hot Rod found himself dramatically powered up by the Matrix of Chaos, which granted him the new name '''Rodimus Cron'''. He joined Overlord in assaulting the remaining Combiners, killing [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] and disabling [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. He proceeded to destroy Devastator's limbs one by one until [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] finally confessed [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s whereabouts, only to finish the job anyway before departing for [[Primal Swamp]] with Overlord. {{storylink|Volcanicus (episode)|Volcanicus}}

At first their search proved fruitless, but they spotted the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] and took them down, attempting to interrogate them for Megatron's whereabouts. Rodimus found himself momentarily possessed by [[Unicron]], who identified the [[Athenaeum Sanctorum]] from [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]]'s description before killing [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] as a warning, leaving Rodimus's body as he and Overlord headed for the library. There, they caught Megatron's team unaware, giving Rodimus the opportunity to kill Victorion. {{storylink|Athenaeum Sanctorum (episode)|Athenaeum Sanctorum}} Rodimus then proceeded to beat down any member of the team that came his way, culminating in him strangling Windblade when she moved to defend Megatron. Though she pleaded with him in an attempt to reach him, he assured her the old Hot Rod was dead and tossed her aside. He again prepared to execute Megatron, but Overlord insisted he do it himself. {{storylink|Countdown (POTP)|Countdown}}

Unfortunately for him, Megatron used the [[Requiem Blaster (Megatronus)|Requiem Blaster]] to kill Overlord, overwhelming Rodimus with its power and leaving him on the ground. As Megatronus arrived to take the blaster, revealing his intention to combine it with the Matrix, Rodimus was again possessed by Unicron. Hellbent on destroying the Matrix, he approached Megatronus, but was knocked away before the Fallen Prime escaped with the blaster. Undeterred, Rodimus got to his feet and gave chase in vehicle mode. Although Windblade still hoped to save her friend, the others all agreed that if the time came, Rodimus might have to be sacrificed to save their race. {{storylink|Consequences}} Rodimus eventually arrived at the [[Well of All Sparks|Well of Sparks]] just as Megatronus had incapacitated everyone but Megatron, and the power of Unicron morphed him into an even stronger form. {{storylink|Collision Course}}

[[File:POTP-Ep10-Saga's-End-Rodimus-Cron-evolves.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"We are [[Venom (Marvel)|Venom]]."]]

Now fully possessed by Unicron, Rodimus battled Megatronus for the Matrix. When [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] got his hands on it instead and transformed into Optimal Optimus, he drew Rodimus's attention and the two began fighting, seemingly evenly matched. {{storylink|Megatronus Unleashed}} Ultimately, Optimal got the upper hand and managed to remove the Matrix of Chaos from Rodimus, freeing him from Unicron's control and turning him back to Hot Rod. With Unicron now attempting to take control of Megatron, the still-weak Hot Rod confirmed their only option was to kill them both, to which Optimal obliged. In the aftermath, Hot Rod was placed in intensive care to recover from his experience, though Optimus Prime suspected that the emotional wounds from his time as Rodimus Cron would never heal. {{storylink|Saga's End}}

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===''Titans Return'' marketing material===
[[File:ChaosOnVelocitron-Rodimus Prime.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.85|YEEHAW!!!]]
Hot Rod was partnered with the [[Titan Master]] [[Firebolt (G1)|Firedrive]], who granted him the ability to use electrostatic fire blasts to disable enemy systems. {{storylink|Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Titans Return|''Titans Return'' Firedrive/Hot Rod toy bio}} Later, during a mission to [[Velocitron]], Rodimus Prime crossed the finish line in a race to win the power of dominion over speed, but he had to convert himself into a Titan Master to use the power.<ref>''Titans Return'' Chaos on Velocitron bios</ref>
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===''Power of the Primes'' marketing material===
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With the [[Matrix of Leadership]], Hot Rod could evolve into Rodimus Prime. {{storylink|Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|''Power of the Primes'' Skrapnel packaging bio}} However, when corrupted by the [[Matrix of Conquest|Matrix of Chaos]], Nemesis Hot Rod evolved into Rodimus Unicronus. Either form could wield powers of the [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]s by linking with [[Prime Master]]s. {{storylink|Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|''Power of the Primes'' Evolution Rodimus Prime and Evolution Rodimus Unicronus packaging bios}}
{{note|For a list of powers manifested by Rodimus Prime and Rodimus Unicronus, see [[Prime Master/Combinations|this chart]].}}
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===''Mazinger Z versus Transformers''===

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A group of mysterious dimensional observers observed a potential future where Hot Rod and Star Convoy stood side-by-side with [[Great Mazinger]]. {{storylink|Mazinger Z versus Transformers}}

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===''Transformers/Back to the Future''===
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In a dystopian 2015 created from the Decepticons' monopoly over [[time travel]], Rodimus Prime led the few remaining Autobots from [[Hill Valley]]'s [[Delgado Mine]]. When the defected Decepticon [[Gigawatt]], having scanned the [[DeLorean time machine]], came before Rodimus and informed him of how Megatron had gained time travel, Rodimus sent him back to [[1974]] to undo the perversion of history. As a result of his damaged [[flux capacitor]] however, Gigawatt was unable to complete his mission, instead bringing [[Marty McFly]], from the year [[1985]] before Rodimus. Though Rodimus had hoped Marty could repair the flux capacitor, the human told him that only [[Doc Brown]] could repair it. {{storylink|Transformers/Back to the Future issue 2|Transformers/Back to the Future #2}}

Soon afterwards, Rodimus led the Autobots to a distress signal, finding that Starscream, the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] and [[Biff Tannen]] had surrounded Doc Brown as well as Marty's parents [[Lorraine Baines-McFly|Lorraine]] and her husband [[George McFly|George]]. Though Rodimus advocated caution, Marty ran in, providing enough of a distraction for the Autobots to engage. The Autobots and their allies emerged victorious but before they could roll out, the Hill Valley courthouse unexpectedly revealed itself to be [[Watchtower]]. {{storylink|Transformers/Back to the Future issue 3|Transformers/Back to the Future #3}}

Ordering the humans to retreat, Rodimus boldly led the charge against Watchtower but quickly found his troops outmatched by the giant's firepower. When Gigawatt was injured by the battle, Rodimus ordered Skilz to back the humans up, fighting alone until he was simply stomped to death by Watchtower. Following Marty and Gigawatt altering time so that the Decepticons were never awakened, Rodimus never ascended to leadership of the Autobots. When Marty returned to 2015 with the [[DeLorean time machine]], Rodimus greeted him. {{storylink|Transformers/Back to the Future issue 4|Transformers/Back to the Future #4}}
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===''My Little Pony/Transformers''===
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After the Decepticons' pilfering of [[Equestria]]n artifacts had brought several ponies to Cybertron, {{storylink|The Magic of Cybertron}} Hot Rod was among the Cybertronian youths who befriended the displaced [[Scootaloo]], showing their guest some Cybertronian stunts before the group reunited the equine with her aunts [[Holiday]] and [[Lofty]]. {{storylink|A Real Mother}}

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===''Last Bot Standing''===
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Hot Rod was forged during the Great War between the Autobots and Decepticons. Although some of his comrades convinced themselves that conflict was intrinsically ingrained into their civilization, the fact that Hot Rod had never known a Cybertron at peace didn't make his duty of fighting against the Decepticons any easier. In time, Hot Rod rose to become "Rodimus Prime" then, at some point afterwards, shed the title to become simply "Rodimus". During his career, Rodimus stood shoulder-to-shoulder with many heroes of the war, including Optimus Prime, but developed a one-sided rivalry with [[Thunder Clash|Thunderclash]]. He also at some point had a familiarity with a "[[Lost Light|lost light]]". {{storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 2|Last Bot Standing #2}}

Rodimus was stationed on [[Earth]] when the increasingly violent Cybertronian war obliterated the planet, and he would remember the planet's destruction for many years afterwards. {{storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 3|Last Bot Standing #3}} Over and over again, innocent species found themselves caught between the two factions and paid the price—including [[human]]s, [[Nebulan]]s, and [[Klozian|Klovian]]s—and with each new casualty Rodimus came to believe that his kind didn't deserve redemption. {{storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 2|Last Bot Standing #2}}

After ages of endless war, the Autobots and Decepticons finally became victims of their own success: their conflict had drained the universe of the [[energon]] and raw materials required to sustain themselves, and, one by one, the Cybertronians followed their victims into extinction. {{storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 2|Last Bot Standing #2}} Eventually, Rodimus, [[Strongarm (G1)|Strongarm]], and [[Gripper (G1)|Gripper]] believed themselves to be the last three Cybertronians left in the universe, until they stumbled onto a pair of Decepticon warships. The Decepticons pursued them to the planet [[Donnokt]], a barren backwater on the very edge of the universe. {{storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 1|Last Bot Standing #1}} However, the three Autobots made a shocking discovery: in a universe otherwise devoid of resources, Donnokt possessed vast seams of raw, highly volatile energon. Rodimus correctly deduced that, if other Cybertronians learned of this geological miracle, their presence would only begin the war all over again; after killing the Decepticons who'd pursued them to the planet, Rodimus, despite his friends' reservations, decided that they would lie low and simply run out the clock until their shipboard energon reserves ran dry. {{storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 4|Last Bot Standing #4}} To their surprise, however, the three discovered a primitive race of pre-sapient humanoids. The discovery caused Rodimus to realize that, if they ''weren't'' the last Transformers left, the planet's abundant energon could attract other potential survivors, and so the three settled on a plan: as the primitive organics developed a tribal society, Rodimus opened contact with their most trustworthy individuals and gifted them three [[energon key]]s that could awaken their Cybertronian guardians in an emergency. {{storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 3|Last Bot Standing #3}} At some point, Rodimus recorded a video message for the natives in which he warned them to avoid the energon buried in their planet's crust, lest they attract the attention of other "visitors" from beyond the stars. {{storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 4|Last Bot Standing #4}}

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For the most part, Rodimus and his comrades kept to themselves, content to let the aliens evolve without any interference. {{storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 3|Last Bot Standing #3}} Over time, however, Strongarm grew increasingly restless, and petitioned Rodimus to take their starship and search for other Cybertronian survivors. {{storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 2|Last Bot Standing #2}} Thousands of years later, tragedy struck their little enclave: Gripper had an accident while recklessly driving in the mountains, and without the resources, energon, or skills required to repair their comrade, Strongarm and Rodimus couldn't save him. Some time later, an increasingly erratic Strongarm finally snapped and tried to steal their ship in an attempt to find other Cybertronians. Although Rodimus only intended to clip the ship's wings, he accidentally destroyed his only way off Donnokt and killed Strongarm with it. {{storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 3|Last Bot Standing #3}}

As his advanced age and lack of energon slowly caught up with him, Rodimus located the Wallkis family—remote descendants of the tribes he'd contacted thousands of years ago, and the current keepers of the energon keys—and made them an offer: if they kept him safe, he would protect their world from any outsiders who would do them harm. {{storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 2|Last Bot Standing #2}} The Wallkises accepted the deal, and Rodimus shifted into a fuel-conserving low-power mode after assuming his [[alternate mode]]. Rodimus's dormant body found new use as a humble covered wagon, an heirloom to be passed down from parent to child; {{storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 3|Last Bot Standing #3}} by the time that the people of Donnokt had begun to mine their planet's energon and use it to fuel an industrial revolution, he and the energon keys eventually found their way into the possession of [[Shib Wallkis|Shib]], the eldest of three Wallkis siblings after the deaths of her parents. {{storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 1|Last Bot Standing #1}}

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Pulled by [[Sparks (IDW)|Sparks]] and [[Firebolt (IDW)|Firebolt]], Shib used Rodimus's body to run an all-purpose courier service in the little settlement of [[Fembrance]], even though a new generation of fast, steam-powered cars threatened to undercut Shib's livelihood. One evening, after she helped rescue some miners from a cave-in up in the mountains, Shib returned to the town square just in time to see [[Nitro (IDW)|another Cybertronian]] approaching the village. The sight roused Rodimus into action, who promptly broke cover and decapitated the invader after a short, one-sided fight. Gathering the remnants of his wagon disguise around himself as a makeshift cape, Rodimus set out to investigate where the "visitor" had come from, and warned the inhabitants of Fembrance not to follow him. {{storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 1|Last Bot Standing #1}}

Rodimus followed the trail all the way out into the remote desert, where he discovered that the other Transformer had come to Donnokt using a one-way space capsule caked in a greasy, organic liquid. When Shib caught up with him, Rodimus briefly took in the sight of the stars going out overhead—a relativistic legacy of the universe-ravaging Cybertronian war—before explaining the sad history of his people to the girl. Before he could make any more headway on his investigation, however, a group of townsfolk led by alderman [[Errold]] caught up with him and demanded he return to town for questioning. After some back-and-forth, Rodimus agreed to play along, and even let them tie him down if it made him feel safe. As dawn broke, however, a completely fuel-deprived Rodimus couldn't free himself, and the arrival of [[Override (BWU)|Override]] and [[Riotgear (G1)|Riotgear]], searching of their compatriot, interrupted Shib's attempt to rescue her friend when they freed Rodimus, and brought him back to their base camp. Once there, Rodimus met their leader, [[Steel Jaw|Steeljaw]], who'd found a new way for him and his band of Cybertronian remnants to survive in an energon-depleted universe by processing living beings into [[biofuel]], before he finally passed out from fuel depletion. Upon coming to, Rodimus discovered that Shib had stowed away in his cape, and that Steeljaw's men planned to forcibly induct Rodimus into their ranks after turning Shib into a batch of biofuel. {{storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 2|Last Bot Standing #2}}

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While Rodimus mourned Shib's looming death, Steeljaw returned with an unexpected compatriot—[[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]]'s severed head, who'd found new life as the "Veteran": a living library of knowledge who remembered everything that Steeljaw and his crew had forgotten from fuel depletion. Although Steeljaw initially welcomed Rodimus into their group, Rodimus announced that he'd sooner die than convert to their parasitic lifestyle; when Steeljaw pushed the issue, Rodimus spat in his eye. Undeterred, Steeljaw left with his men to ransack Fembrance and take as many prisoners at they could for processing; while [[Moon (BW)|Moon]] prepared to turn Shib into fuel, Wheelie allowed the pair a moment to say goodbye. However, Shib took advantage of Wheelie's goodwill to use the energon key she'd been carrying to supercharge Rodimus, heal his injuries, and return him to fighting shape. The re-energized Rodimus quickly dispatched his guards, destroyed their refinery, and kicked Wheelie's head into orbit. Rodimus and Shib raced back to town, dispatching [[Treadshock (G1)|Treadshock]] and [[Vex]] on the way, but arrived too late to prevent Steeljaw from taking most of the town prisoner. {{storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 3|Last Bot Standing #3}}

[[File:LastBotStanding4-Rodimus.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Vegeta, what does the scouter say about his fanservice level?]]

Once he'd arrived, a furious Steeljaw, who'd stolen the two remaining energon keys, promptly confronted him with the video message he'd recorded thousands of years ago and accused him of living in the midst of plenty while he and his "family" had spent millennia subsisting on low-quality biofuel. Ignoring Rodimus's warnings that any large-scale excavation would put the entire planet at risk, Steeljaw announced his intent to process the citizens of Fembrance into biofuel, then convert back to processing energon. However, Steeljaw's men turned on him as they squabbled over who'd get to use the key and wound up destroying one entirely; amidst the confusion, Rodimus helped free the townsfolk, then, as Shib grabbed the last key and ran, caused a distraction by igniting a pair of energon-powered steam cars and hurling them at the other Transformers—only for the blowback to knock him unconscious. When Rodimus came to, he found that the remaining members of Steeljaw's pack had pooled their remaining fuel and [[combiner|combined]] themselves into the malformed [[Unstoppimus]].

Although Rodimus quickly took down the giant by ripping its head from its body, the distraction meant that he'd already begun to run out of fuel again; by the time he caught up with Steeljaw and Sharpclaw inside the energon mine, the pair had already captured Shib and used the last remaining energon key to supercharge Steeljaw. The two ex-Decepticons ambushed and fatally wounded Rodimus, but, in the face of Steeljaw's furious speech that they'd kill everyone on Donnokt and use their biofuel to convert their systems back to energon, Rodimus just laughed: he'd already destroyed their biofuel refinery, meaning that they had no way to harvest or process Donnokt's abundant energon. Screaming in rage, Steeljaw impaled Rodimus through the chest and hurled him down the mineshaft—only for the raw crystals to heal the old Autobot's injuries. As Steeljaw prepared to ignite the mineshaft and blow apart the whole planet in a final fit of spite, a supercharged Rodimus leapt from the shaft, blew off Steeljaw's arm, and, as his foe moved to kill Shib, blew Steeljaw's head to bits.

Having won the last battle his species would ever fight, Rodimus ripped his blasters from his arms and took in the sunset with Shib, where he thanked her for being the best boss he'd ever had. Over the next few months, Rodimus worked with the citizens of Fembrance and taught them how to more efficiently harness their planet's energon supplies, allowing them to reap the benefits of faster steam cars and an electrical grid. In the meantime, Rodimus turned his attention to salvaging whatever remained of Steeljaw's ship and the stasis chambers inside. After taking custody of Steeljaw's remaining followers and imprisoning them inside, Rodimus launched his starship into orbit around Donnokt—just in case any other Cybertronians came calling—and eventually returned to stasis. {{storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 4|Last Bot Standing #4}}

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===''Transformers Go! Go!''===
[[File:GoGo11-HotRod.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Y'know, the thing about a shark, he's got lifeless eyes. Black eyes, like a doll's eyes.]]

While Hot Rod was on a drive with [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], the pair spied an enormous metal shark. Rather than fight it head-on, Hot Rod suggested they try to fish it up instead. Although his prey momentarily got the better of him when it swallowed the red Autobot, Hot Rod successfully cooked the giant fish from the inside out. {{storylink|Marvelous! Fire Shark Fishing!!}}

One day, Hot Rod slept in on the date of an important Autobot meeting. An annoyed Ultra Magnus barged into his house and forced him to get ready, but as he raced out the door Hot Rod forgot his favourite handkerchief. As Magnus ran after Hot Rod, he wound up hitting his head on the door frame and collapsing Hot Rod's house on himself. {{storylink|Don't Oversleep and Forget Things!!}}

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==Commercial appearances==
*Hot Rod, [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], and [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] came to [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s aid when the Autobot leader was fighting against [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]. Hot Rod taunted the Decepticons, telling them to "watch my smoke!" {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Hot Rod, Kup, Blurr, Cyclonus, Scourge, Rodimus Prime|Hot Rod, Kup, Blurr, Cyclonus, Scourge, and Rodimus Prime commercial}}
*Hot Rod and Kup found themselves stranded on the planet [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]]. The two Autobots drove up to the edge of a greenish pool, from which a pile of Sharkticons emerged and attacked. The duo fist-fighted their way through the enemy 'bots, with the help of an intervening [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]]. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Sharkticon|Sharkticon commercial}}
*A stone sculpture of Rodimus was savaged by Weirdwolf as part of his training. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Decepticon Headmasters|Decepticon Headmasters commercial}}
*Rodimus Prime charged into battle with Kup, Blurr, and Wheelie against Galvatron, Cyclonus, and Scourge. Then [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] joined the scuffle. Rodimus took the brunt of many of the Six-Changer's attacks, getting fired upon while Sixshot was in his jet fighter mode, pounced onto when Sixshot assumed his "wheeled wolf" mode, and blasted once more by the Decepticon's "laser pistol" mode. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Sixshot|Sixshot commercial}}
*Rodimus handed his totally trustworthy agent [[Punch (G1)|Punch]] an important device, and saluted him as he drove off. Unbeknownst to Rodimus, Punch would meet with the Decepticons under his "Counterpunch" guise and hand the device over to Galvatron himself! {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Punch and Clones|Punch/Counterpunch and Clones commercial}}
*Rodimus and Blurr drove to an Autobot laboratory, only to be informed by a distressed Kup that there had been an accident; the newest Autobots were monsters! Thankfully, they were still Autobots nonetheless, and helped ward off a Decepticon attack. After seeing how viciously the [[Monsterbot (G1)|Monsterbot]]s dealt with the Decepticons, Rodimus expressed relief that these new 'bots were on his side. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Monsterbots|Monsterbots commercial}}
*The Autobots were caught by surprise when it seemed at first that a tank and jet were about to crash into one another on the battlefield, only for them to transform together into the Decepticon [[Flywheels]]! Rodimus was unfazed by this turn of events, and pounced onto this new combatant. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Duocons and Throttlebots|Duocons and Throttlebots commercial}}
*Rodimus Prime fought next to Blurr against Galvatron and his cronies while Transformers from both factions prepared to leave Cybertron and expand their war to the planet [[Nebulos]]. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Headmaster comic book|Headmaster comic book commercial}}
*Hot Rod's voice narrated a handful of commercials, including:
**The [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Headmasters|Headmasters commercial}}
**The [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] and [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Technobots and Terrorcons|Technobots and Terrorcons commercial}}

==Games==
===3D Battle-Card Game===
Hot Rod was one of [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]'s many Autobot allies in a fight against [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s Decepticon forces. {{storylink|3D Battle-Card Game#Energon Wars expansion|Energon Wars Expansion Set}}

===''The Transformers: Battle to Save the Earth''===
[[File:C64RodimusPrime.gif|thumb|upright=1.4|YOU'RE Hot Rot, I'M Hot Rod! Are there any [[Hot Rod (disambiguation)|other Hot Rods]] I should know about?]]
[[File:C64HotRod.gif|thumb|upright=1.4|[[The Matrix]] brakes in the middle of my transformation.]]
Along with their fellow Autobots, Hotrod{{sic}} and Rodimus Prime protected Earth from the menace of the Decepticons. Hotrod was ostensibly under the command of Rodimus Prime. {{storylink|The Transformers: Battle to Save the Earth}}

{{note|In this game, "Hotrod" and Rodimus Prime are separate characters who can be in the same place at the same time. Don't try to think about this too hard.}}
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===''Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''===
[[File:Mysteryofconvoy rodimus.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4]]
When Optimus Prime went missing under mysterious circumstances, Ultra Magnus was given the task of battling hordes of Decepticons in order to solve the mystery of his whereabouts. The Decepticons had also stolen a collection of seven energon cubes belonging to Rodimus Prime, which Magnus strove to recover during his fight. When all seven were successfully obtained and the battle was won, a new challenge rose its head, but with his energon cubes back, Rodimus was able to take up the fight! He had a funny habit of looking like an orange Ultra Magnus if you looked at him sideways. {{storylink|Transformers: Mystery of Convoy}}
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===''Transformers: The Headmasters''===
Rodimus Prime was kidnapped by the Decepticons and held captive on Cybertron by [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. He was rescued by [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] and his other comrades, and in turn helped rescue those who were still imprisoned. Once they had reunited, Rodimus Prime and the others met with [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] for the last battle against [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. {{storylink|Transformers: The Headmasters (video game)|Transformers: The Headmasters}}

===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
{{voiceactor|[[Peter von Gomm]] (English)}}
====Autobot story====
[[File:Callofthefuture rodimus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.55|"I am from the future and know a lot about history!"]]

When [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] gained the incredible power of the [[Zel Quartz]] in the year 2010 and began cutting a swath of destruction across the galaxy, Rodimus Prime, [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] resolved to prevent this devastation by traveling back in time and eliminating the quartz in the past, thereby altering their future. Using a [[unspace|Transwarp]]-equipped ship supplied by the [[Quintesson]]s, they traveled to the world of [[Zel Samine]] in the year 2003, where they ran across teams of present-day Autobots and Decepticons led by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], who were carrying out investigations on their own on the planet.

Making matters worse, [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] also followed them back in time, and the two teams allied themselves with their respective present-day factions in order to locate the Zel Quartz. It wasn't necessarily an easy alliance to make: Rodimus was barely able to keep his cool when [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], not believing that he and his team were really Autobots, demanded to know if Rodimus was Autobot leader in the future, what happened to Optimus? Fortunately, Optimus calmed his lieutenant down and welcomed the trio of future Autobots into his forces.

Working with the present day Autobots was not easy for Rodimus, as he was well aware of the fate that awaited them. On a number of occasions, he struggled with his knowledge of the future, knowing he could prevent a [[Battle of Autobot City|great tragedy]] but could also cause untold damage to the timestream by doing so. He also showed some interest in Arcee when he attempted to give her a precious stone he'd found during a mission to a mine, only for the female Autobot to scold him for taking something that didn't belong to him. Luckily for him, Optimus stepped in and settled things by ordering Rodimus and Arcee to return the stone. That Optimus makes one heck of a wingman.

After several false leads, the quartz was eventually located, serving as the power source of the [[ELTA]] power transmission array. After fighting their way through the likes of Cyclonus, Scourge, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and both [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and his future counterpart Soundblaster, Rodimus and Optimus engaged Megatron and Galvatron in a two-on-two battle over ELTA, using the power of their twin Matrices to stop the computer from self-destructing. Once the dust from the fight had settled, Starscream reemerged and snatched up the Zel Quartz, only to promptly take it off-planet, where it disintegrated without Zel Samine's atmosphere and electromagnetic properties to sustain it. With their future thus averted, Rodimus and his Autobots began fading away to rejoin the timestream. Before they disappeared, Rodimus attempted to warn Optimus of the coming dangers in the future, including his Optimus's death (for which Rodimus continued to blame himself), but Optimus silenced him, telling him that he did not need to know what the future held. Rodimus told Optimus that he would always be the greatest leader in Autobot history, but Optimus told him that he was merely a soldier who loved justice, and that that was all Rodimus needed to be too.

====Decepticon story====
Megatron, Starscream, and Soundwave encountered Rodimus Prime while investigating the presence of unknown craft over Zel Samine. Rodimus was stunned to see the Decepticon [[Emperor of Destruction]] before reminding himself of the era he was in. For his part, Megatron thought he was facing Hot Rod, but quickly realised his mistake. After a short, sharp fight that saw Rodimus defeated, Megatron was distracted enough by the appearance of Galvatron to allow the future Autobot to escape.

Rodimus would again battle Megatron as well as Galvatron at the ELTA power transmission array, this time alongside his hero Optimus Prime. He was shocked that despite the fact the two Primes were working together, they were still defeated. When Megatron and Galvatron resolved to destroy the ELTA array Rodimus pleaded with them to stop, pointing out that the array generated a massive amount of energy, the same energy the Decepticons so loved. Sadly, the two Emperors of Destruction felt that with the Zel Quartz now in their possession, they no longer needed the array and proceeded to destroy it with their combined power. The wounded Rodimus barely escaped.

He presumably returned to the future alongside all the future Transformers when Starscream unwittingly rendered the Zel Quartz powerless. {{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

===''Transformers Battle Circuit''===
Rodimus, one of the "greatest Transformers of all time," was part of an Autobot team that participated in a tournament on Cybertron. He faced off against a team of Decepticons in a series of one-on-one matches. If he managed to defeat Menasor, Trypticon, Astrotrain, Starscream, and Megatron, Rodimus was declared to be the tournament's champion! {{storylink|Transformers Battle Circuit}}

===''Transformers Legends''===
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Following [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s rebirth as [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], Rodimus led the Autobots to a decisive victory over the Decepticon forces. {{storylink|All Hail Galvatron}} When Galvatron summoned [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] to the battlefield, Rodimus attempted to block the Decepticon advance with [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], though unsuccessfully. {{storylink|The Colossus War}}

Rodimus and [[Kup (G1)|Sergeant Kup]] were put on trial by the [[Quintesson]]s. They faced death by [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]] until [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] organized a well-timed coup. {{storylink|Mockery of Justice}} The Autobots subsequently found themselves up against [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]. Rodimus defeated the monster by opening the [[Matrix of Leadership]], saving [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and becoming the new Autobot leader in the process. {{storylink|'Til All Are One (Legends)|'Til All Are One}}

When [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] were abducted by [[Skuxxoid]]s during the [[Galactic Olympics|Galactic Games]], [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] and Rodimus Prime traveled to [[Chaar]] to see if the Decepticons were responsible. Damaged in an attack, he had a vision revealing the Quintessons were behind the kidnapping. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness: Part 1}} He almost sacrificed himself on the planet Goo to save the rest of his team. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness: Part 2}} Rodimus traveled into the Matrix to learn the origin of the Transformer race. Following an attack on Cybertron, Galvatron was only prevented from fighting with Rodimus by [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness: Part 3}}

Following an Decepticon assault led by [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], Rodimus, alongside Spike, [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], and Ultra Magnus were forced into taking cover within the [[Autobot Mausoleum]]. This did little to improve their situation, however, as the Decepticons continued their advance. Unexpectedly, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] rose from his tomb, providing hope that the tide may yet turn in the Autobots' favour. Rodimus returned the Matrix of Leadership to the resurrected Autobot leader, reverting to Hot Rod in the process. Once in possession of the Matrix, however, Optimus fled for Cybertron, leaving the other Autobots stranded. The Matrix was returned to Hot Rod when Optimus regained his senses, who sacrificed himself once more to undo the Quintessons' trap, much to the chagrin of the Autobots. {{storylink|Dark Awakening (Legends)|Dark Awakening}}

Arcee, Rodimus, Ultra Magnus, and Springer were trapped in human bodies by [[Victor Drath]] and [[Cobra Commander|Old Snake]], but still managed to foil the pair's plan to destroy Autobot City. They were later successfully returned to their robot bodies. {{storylink|Only Human (Legends)|Only Human}}

Rodimus attempted to defend an experimental space bridge from Galvatron and his forces, only for a stray shot to hit the space bridge, sending all nearby combatants hurtling back in time. Finding themselves in a time where Primus and Unicron were battling one another, shaking the very cosmos with their blows, Rodimus and his troops allied themselves with their creator, while the mad Galvatron ordered his troops to help the Chaos Bringer. Despite the superior amount of beings that Unicron was able to will into being, the Autobots prevailed. Unicron was sent into a retreat, and the time-displaced Transformers were sent back to their proper place in the timestream by Primus. {{storylink|Battle of the Brothers}}

===''Angry Birds Transformers''===
{{main|Chuck (AB)#As Rodimus}}
Rodimus appears as a character unlockable in Challenge Events or with in-app purchases. He is portrayed by Chuck. He also appears as [[Chuck (AB)#As Nemesis Hot Rod|Nemesis Hot Rod]], who is basically Rodimus Cron. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Rodimus-(CW).jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|We've got to get a new travel agent.]]
Rodimus (CW) participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Super Rare character who could be acquired as a reward in the "Optimus Maximus Awakes!" event. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
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===''Transformers Operation Omega''===
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[File:RodimusEarthWars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.75]]
Hot Rod encounters [[Nemesis Prime (G1)#Transformers:Earth Wars|Nemesis Prime]].
{{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars|Light our Darkest Hour event}}

[[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] met with Hot Rod to offer information on [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s dimensional recruitment scheme; Hot Rod was skeptical, and when the other [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]]s arrived on the scene, Hot Rod declared that it was an ambush. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars|Rogue Trader}}

*'''Class:''' Special
*'''Lowest Star Rating:''' 2 star
*'''Weapons:''' Hot Rod wields two blasters. ''And'' he can also throw a hand grenade from a distance and set a building on fire!
*'''Ability: Blessing of the Matrix:''' Makes a friendly bot invulnerable to damage and stun effects for 8 seconds. Upgrading this ability increases duration.
**'''Cost''': 6 ability points +2 for reuses.

[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:HotRod Hot Rod at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]

{{charstubgame|{{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars|Image and story from all three cutscenes upon obtaining him, and after Researching twice.}}}}

;'''Rodimus Prime'''
[[File:Rodimus_Prime_Earth_Wars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.75|That's right folks, the Matrix can also cure pipe bending!(Becoming the next leader of the Autobots included)]]

*'''Class''': Special
*'''Lowest Star Rating:''' 2 star
*'''Ability: ''' Matrix Burst - Overcharge the Sparks of your allies, making them deal damage in an area around them over 5 seconds.
[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:rodimus-prime Rodimus Prime at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]
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;'''Rodimus Unicronus'''
[[File:RodimusUnicronusEarthWars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.75]]

He teams up with [[Straxus]] in the hopes of stopping Rodimus from fighting back this control.

Take Rodimus Prime, twist all that's good and noble inside him into cruelty and hatred, and the hollow shell of evil you're left with is Rodimus Unicronus.

Corrupted by Megatronus, this version of Rodimus has all the brash, take-action nature of the original and none of the self-doubt. Why? Because he's no longer responsible for anything. As far as he's concerned, he's not even responsible for the atrocities he commits. After all, the universe deserves to burn. And burn it will, as he's lost none of the speed, strength, and skill of his former self.

Perhaps some of the old Rodimus is still in there, but if you want to come looking for it, you better start by telling Ratchet how to dispose of your remains. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars|Rodimus Unicronus bio}}

*'''Class''': Warrior
*'''Lowest Star Rating:''' 2 star
*'''Ability: '''To Battle!: Rush into combat and inspire your allies, giving them an increase to all damage (including abilities) for 5 seconds.
[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:rodimus-unicronus Rodimus Unicronus at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]
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===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
Hot Rod was once known as an impetuous troublemaker. In the present day, however, he was stationed at [[Autobot City]] and renowned for his compassion. {{storylink|Transformers Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook|Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook}}

==Toys==
{{main|Hot Rod (G1)/toys}}

==Notes==
*Rodimus Prime's preliminary name was '''Hot Rodimus''', which eventually became his name in [[Japan]].
*Like the rest of the [[1986]] movie's original characters, Hot Rod and Rodimus Prime had early designs by [[Floro Dery]] which the toys were based on, and then final models were drawn from the finished toys. The models that were used in the ''[[The Transformers Universe|Transformers Universe]]'' profile books and subsequent [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] comics had them using their pre-final models. See [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Character models]].
*Rodimus Prime's toy followed the model set by Optimus Prime before him by having a trailer that disconnected and transformed into a battle station (in this case, called the "[[Mobile Defense Bay]]"). Unlike Prime's [[Combat Deck (G1)|Combat Deck]], however, Rodimus's Defense Bay failed to make the leap to fiction, with the cartoon simply depicting his trailer as somewhat unfeasibly folding up into his legs and body <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120627165723/http://www.allspark.com/content/stories/tfpulp/8704TVM/k.gif Image of Rodimus Prime's animated transformation scheme from TV Magazine]</ref> (barring a few animation errors that depicted it as a separate unit). This [[Transformation|transformation scheme]] was realized in toy form with Rodimus's [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Titanium Series|6" ''Titanium Series'' action figure]].
*A lot of early secondary material uses Hot Rod and Rodimus in ways that don't fit the main movie-established dynamic. As with stories from the same era that portrayed Megatron and Galvatron as separate beings, this was likely to avoid spoiling the movie's ending.
*[[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]]'s powered up form has a color scheme which resembles Hot Rod's. The reference came full circle with [[Side Burn (RID)#Timelines|Generation 1 Side Burn]], who was a redeco of the ''Classics'' Rodimus toy.
*Aside from the ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' [[Rodimus (Energon)|namesake character]], Hot Rod has also been [[homage]]d twice (or possibly thrice depending on how you look at it) in the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family|Unicron Trilogy]]. For ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'', the "[[Powerlinx]]" upgrade of [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] was given a very Hot-Rod-inspired deco. In ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'', [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] made a redeco of Hot Shot (well, "Exillion"), who already had some Hot Rod homage elements in his toy design, with Hot Rod deco as a DVD-pack-in [[exclusive]]. [[Hasbro]] then took this deco, altered it, and released it in the US line at mass retail as the new character [[Excellion (Cybertron)|Excellion]].
*This Rodimus Prime, along with the original [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], makes a cameo appearance as one of the four elders who began the [[space bridge]] project in the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Cybertron]]'' episode "[[Balance]]".

===Foreign names===
====Hot Rod====
*''Japanese:'' '''Hot Rodimus''' (ホットロディマス ''Hotto Rodimasu''), '''Hot Rod''' (ホットロッド ''Hotto Roddo'')
*''English:'' '''Roadimus Prime''' ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
*''French:'' '''Météorite''' (Canada)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Nagyágyú''' ("Hot Shot"), '''Peca''' (''The Movie'', "Fisher")
*''Italian:'' '''Folgore'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Rod''' (Taiwan, 羅德 ''Luódé''), '''Rè Pò''' (China, 热破, "Hot Break")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Roda Quente''' (Portugal comic)
*''Russian:'' '''Patron''' (cartoon, Патрон, "Cartridge")

====Rodimus Prime====
*''Japanese:'' '''Rodimus Convoy''' (ロディマスコンボイ ''Rodimasu Konboi''), '''Rodimus Prime''' (ロディマスプライム ''Rodimasu Puraimu'')
*''French:'' '''Rodimus Primo''' (Canada toy, "Rodimus First"), '''Rodimus Primus''' (Canada cartoon)
*''German:'' '''Rodius Prime''' ([[Condor Verlag]] comics)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Rodimusz Fővezér''' ("Prime Commander Rodimus")
*''Italian:'' '''Captain'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Rodi Zhìzūn''' (Taiwan, 羅迪至尊 ''Luódí Zhìzūn'', "Rodimus Prime"), '''Bǔ Tīan Shì''' (China, 补天士, "Gentleman Who {{w|Nüwa|Repairs the Sky}}")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Rodimus Supremo''' (Portugal comic)
*''Russian:'' '''Rodimes Prime''' (cartoon, Родаймес Прайм)
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Rodimus Naykrashchyy''' (ICTV, Родімус Найкращий, "Rodimus the Best")
*''Polish:'' '''Radamus'''

====Nemesis Hot Rod====
*''Japanese:'' '''Nemesis Hot Rod''' (ネメシスホットロッド ''Nemeshisu Hotto Roddo'')

====Rodimus Unicronus====
*''Japanese:'' '''Rodimus Unicronus''' (ロディマスユニクロナス ''Rodimasu Yunikuronasu'')

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Arcee (G1)

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:''Arcee is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Arcee-SS86packagingart.jpg|upright=2|thumb|Sorry, [[Hot Rod (G1)|bo]][[Springer (G1)|ys]], she's got a [[Aileron|girl]][[Greenlight|friend]].]]
Most make the mistake of noticing only '''Arcee'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Female Transformer|gender]], but these first impressions are quickly expanded upon. Sure, she's pink, but she'll have swords down on you by the time you remember that's just the color of [[Transformer]] [[energon|blood]]. Arcee is a ruthless and deadly warrior who's an expert in hand-to-hand combat and one of the best sharpshooters on record. The reason for her ferocity is how much she cares for her fellow Autobots and especially the [[human]]s they protect. She knows how fragile her organic companions are, and she's equally aware of the evils of which the [[Decepticon]]s are capable. Peers such as [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] may be more durable than the humans, but she no less fights to defend them as well. They get in plenty of trouble, so someone has to keep their wits about them to pull them out of the fire when they get in over their heads.

{{bigquote|Ferocity without compassion is brutality.|Arcee's ''[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Earthrise]]''<ref>[https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/brands/earthrise ''Earthrise'' website]</ref> motto}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
[[File:ArceeTFMovie.jpg|thumb|upright=1]]
{{main|Arcee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity}}
A close associate of [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] and [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], Arcee fought in both the [[Battle of Autobot City]] and the [[Unicron War]] in [[2005]]. Following that, she continued working closely with Rodimus Prime as one of his primary warriors. In [[2006]], she binary bonded with [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] to save his life, becoming a Headmaster.

In a splinter timeline, Arcee was a member of the [[Female Autobots]] and fought in the resistance against the Decepticons on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] while [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s crew lay dormant on [[Earth]]. In [[2011]], Arcee had not become a Headmaster in this timeline; she instead becomes a ''secretary'' for [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]].
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===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel UK future timelines====
{{note|The movie adaptation, originally published by Marvel US, is in italics}}
[[File:Arceeprimesrib.jpg|left|upright=1.66|thumb|They're not men, Arcee. Transformers have no gender. We've been over this!]]
Arcee was constructed by the Autobots in an alternate future [[1995]] as a goodwill attempt to placate [[Feminist mob|angry feminists]] who thought that they were "sexist" for having no women in their group. After trying multiple times to explain that Autobots, being robots, had no gender, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] surrendered and ordered the creation of a new Autobot who would meet the humans' demands for sexual equality. However, when Arcee was unveiled at a public ceremony, her pink, skinny and curvaceous form enraged the very audience Prime intended to placate. [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]], [[Horri-Bull]], [[Fangry (G1)|Fangry]] and [[Squeezeplay (G1)|Squeezeplay]] immediately attacked, looking to crush the "secret weapon" that was promised. Prime warned Arcee to stay back, lest she get hurt in battle, but the female Autobot, rightfully annoyed at the Autobots' lack of faith in her equal ability, singlehandedly forced the Decepticons into a retreat. [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] thought that was pretty hot. The feminists were enraged beyond words. {{storylink|Prime's Rib!}}

Arcee was present at the opening of [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] in [[2004]] when a group of Decepticons led by Shockwave launched an attack, hoping to ruin Autobot-human relations permanently by assassinating several diplomats present. She helped shield the diplomats from harm until Hot Rod drove the attackers away. {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}}

[[File:Springer arcee the planet eater.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2]]
''Arcee was present when the Decepticons launched a major offensive against Autobot City in the year [[2005]]. She and Springer transformed the outpost into its defensive mode, but the Decepticons nonetheless managed to breach its walls. The Autobots eventually drove Megatron and his troops away, but at a steep cost: Optimus had been fatally wounded in battle against his nemesis. Arcee afterward stood in solemn silence as Optimus passed on the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] before expiring on his death bed.'' {{storylink|The Planet-Eater!}}

''After a brief respite, Arcee and the other Earthbound Autobots received dire news from [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]]; a monster planet, [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]], was advancing menacingly towards Cybertron. When perched on Arcee's shoulder, Daniel was apprehensive about what would happen to his father should Unicron attack. There was little time to contemplate the situation, however, as a new enemy then assaulted the Autobots: [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. The Autobots were forced to split up into two groups and blast off aboard a couple of [[Autobot shuttle|shuttles]] in their attempt to escape him, but Galvatron remained in pursuit. In a last-ditch effort to lose the Decepticon, Magnus ordered an emergency separation of the shuttle. After Galvatron destroyed the jettisoned portion of the vessel (and declared the Matrix destroyed), Arcee's group landed their craft on the [[Junkion (planet)|Planet of Junk]] for repairs.'' {{storylink|Judgment Day!}}

[[File:Arcee daniel the final battle.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8]]
''When Daniel asked to be allowed to help with the repairs, Arcee brought out one of his father's [[Exosuit]]s from storage and helped the boy put it on. Though Daniel had trouble with the suit's workings, Arcee assured him that he was doing well for his first time operating it. The Autobots barely managed to get any work done before Galvatron tracked them down again. Galvatron blew Ultra Magnus to pieces in the ensuing battle and left with the Matrix of Leadership in hand. Arcee and her teammates gathered to look over Ultra Magnus afterward, only for the hostile [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]] to then spring forth! Thankfully, another ship carrying Hot Rod and several other Autobots arrived and managed to talk peace with [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]], the Junkions' leader.''

''Wreck-Gar's troops rebuilt Ultra Magnus, and everyone on Junk readied for a confrontation against Unicron. This clash ended with the Autobots' ship spearing through the titan's eye. Arcee and the others were separated from Hot Rod within Unicron, but her group found Spike, Bumblebee, and [[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Jazz]]. Hot Rod soon rejoined them, but in his absence, he reacquired the Matrix of Leadership, which both upgraded him into "Rodimus Prime" and begun a chain reaction inside Unicron, culminating in his destruction! With Unicron's threat now dealt with, the Autobots gathered around Rodimus Prime, who announced that this day would mark a new chapter in Cybertronian history, one that would hopefully contain much peace and happiness.'' {{storylink|The Final Battle!}}

[[File:Arceehotrodspacepirates.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Y'know, Arcee, if you'd stop running pigeon-toed, maybe we'd be out of here by now.]]
Though they had been quite friendly beforehand, Arcee and Hot Rod began to drift apart after his ascension to Prime status in [[2006]]. She remained stationed at Autobot City on Earth but grew bored by her duties. One day in [[2008]], Arcee decided to be a bit adventurous, rationalizing that ditching her duties and returning before anyone noticed wouldn't amount to any harm. After a quick drive through the countryside, she returned to base to find it under siege by the [[Quintesson]]s. Arcee was accosted, wounded, and strategically placed as bait so that Rodimus would see her upon investigating the attack on the outpost. Sure enough, when he spotted her, Rodimus rushed to his "childhood" friend's aid. When he tried to use the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] to heal her, Arcee tried to warn her leader of the set-up, but the trap was already sprung; the Quintessons stole the Matrix, and Rodimus Prime reverted to Hot Rod. Despite her injuries, Arcee was soon back on her feet and assisting Hot Rod in a last-ditch effort to thwart the invaders' plans. While she, and a few cassette-Transformers the Quintessons had overlooked, distracted the enemy army, Hot Rod awakened [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], leading to the devastation of the Quintesson fleet. Arcee witnessed Hot Rod retrieve the Matrix from the Quintesson who had swiped it, [[Ghyrik]], after defeating him through trickery. Seeing him hold his own without the Matrix's power renewed Arcee's wavering faith in her Commander. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}

In [[2009]], Arcee tracked down [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] and the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] on Earth, where they were planning to use a laser bore to leech energy right from the [[Earth's core|planet's core]]. Joining a small Autobot detachment, they destroyed the drill. They returned to Autobot City to face the more significant threat: a [[Time rift|timestorm]] that threatened 20 years of history with destruction. As [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] had spent months back in the 20th century, the universe was unraveling from the anomaly.

[[File:TimeWars3-ArceeDinobots.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Dinobots 1, Chivalry 0]]
Arcee, Rodimus, and several other Autobots traveled back in time to [[1989]] to retrieve the Decepticon villain. Unfortunately, the Autobots of that day mistook them for imposters and tried to kill them. Arcee was nearly mauled to death by the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] before [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]] explained that they were travelers from the future. Even more, unfortunately, Galvatron had acquired some allies in the past: Scourge, [[Ravage (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ravage]], and the mighty [[Straxus (G1)|Megatron]]. She joined [[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] in trying to triple-team Megatron, but was only swatted aside like a bothersome insect. Arcee survived, however, and managed to take a few cheap shots at Galvatron later on in the fight. Eventually, the timestorm asserted itself on the battle and consumed Galvatron utterly, ending the temporal distortion. {{storylink|Time Wars}}

Arcee and the Autobots returned to their time only to find it had reset, so Galvatron never time-jumped and had instead conquered Cybertron. Arcee 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 (G1)|Blurr]] and the other Autobots present. Galvatron mutilated the corpses to drive Rodimus Prime into a killing frenzy, hoping to corrupt the Matrix through its host. As she felt fire in the depths of her soul, Arcee managed to talk Rodimus down, reminding him of the actual values of an Autobot leader; compassion and mercy. Despite this moral victory, the Autobots' resistance movement was quickly crushed, and they were forced to leave their homeworld. {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}}

Arcee joined a hundreds-strong Autobot team in fleeing to Earth to regroup. {{storylink|The Void! (UK)|The Void}} When the Matrix-imprisoned [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] possessed Rodimus and disabled the [[Future Autobot evacuation ship|ship]]'s retro-rockets, Kup had Arcee make her way to the damaged systems through the ship's air ducts. She successfully reached the sabotaged machinery and repaired them, but a crash-landing became inevitable by that time. After the Autobots' ship made landfall, their possessed leader began advancing on them, vowing to tear them apart for their interference. {{storylink|Edge of Impact}} Arcee showed a more ruthless side in being the only one of the Autobots to advocate using lethal force on him. Kup was more hesitant in doing so but eventually agreed with Arcee that Unicron had to be stopped, even at the expense of Rodimus's life. {{storylink|Shadow of Evil}}

Kup changed his mind when Unicron's assault came to an abrupt end; Rodimus was fighting back, distracting Unicron from the goings-on in the physical realm. The dark god regained control briefly, killing [[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]] in the process, and Arcee declared that Unicron had been "faking it" to lure them into a false sense of security. But Kup suspected otherwise and tackled down Rodimus to rip the Matrix out of his chest compartment. Though this released Rodimus from Unicron's control, it did not eliminate his threat; Rodimus declared that one day, he would have to venture back within the Matrix to confront Unicron again. {{storylink|White Fire}} As Unicron would go on to possess Rodimus again and devastate Cybertron in [[2010]]—an event she witnessed—Arcee's ruthless attitude appeared to have been the right one all along. Yes, Rodimus Prime managed to contain Unicron again, but at what price...? {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}}

====''Regeneration One''====
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Hot Rod, sent on a journey through time and space via [[Primus]], was sent to Junkion and came across the deceased crew of an Autobot shuttle. One of the victims was Arcee. {{storylink|Less Than Zero}}

====Royal Mail stamp bio====
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Long before she joined the Autobots, Arcee of the Darklands was renowned for her sharpshooting, sword skills, and merciless retribution against her enemies. After befriending Daniel Witwicky on Earth, she is learning to trust others and move away from her violent past.

===Sticker Adventures books===
Arcee was part of the crew of an Autobot ship that was studying the Universe. She asked Springer to make a note of a specific star. After being hit by meteors, they were forced to make landfall on the nearby Junk planet. There, she helped Springer and Perceptor fix the ship until the native Junkions attacked them. The fighting stopped when Kup arrived on-world and used the universal greeting to calm down the Junkions. Now friends, the Junkions and the Autobots, worked together to fix the damaged ship. Arcee and the Autobots then blasted off and went on their way. {{storylink|Battle on the Junk Planet}}

===''Big Looker Storybook'' continuity===
[[File:Wildboyofquintessonbattle.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Look, Dinobots, do you get along with Arcee or not?]]
Kup led Hot Rod, Arcee, and the Dinobots on a special mission to take supplies from Earth to a space station on Cybertron's second moon. Despite Kup's warnings, the Dinobots loaded too many supplies onto the ship, and the ship crashed on a planet. Everyone landed safely, but Kup recognized the place. It was the planet [[Quintessa (planet)|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 the Quintessons behind them. The boy's name was [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], and he had been abandoned on the planet when his ship crashed there 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}}

===Marvel coloring books===
Arcee didn't get a seat during a meeting and later shot at Decepticons. {{storylink|The Lost Treasure of Cybertron}}

===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
After digging his way out from underneath a sudden rockslide caused by an unexpected energy surge from a damaged [[stasis pod]], Rattrap demanded to know what in the name of his [[Relatives|great-aunt]] Arcee was going on. {{storylink|Transmutate (episode)|Transmutate}}

====3H comics====
{{note|The following takes place during the [[Beast Era]], specifically its cartoon continuity, which took from both the original cartoon and the Marvel Comics. However, these stories seem to be written to be specifically taking place solely after the events of the original cartoon.}}
{{bigquote|I liked her better when she had that kid in her head.|[[Devcon (G1)|Devcon]]|"[[Betrayal]]"}}
[[File:Arceedeparturemourns.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Gothy 'cuz all her toys get canceled.]]
During a battle against a horde of killer [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbirds]], [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] and [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]] (now an adult) sacrificed their lives to end the threat. Daniel's death took a severe toll on Arcee, who became reclusive, preferring to sit alone with images of her former [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster partner]]. Over time, she slipped away from her friends entirely, disappearing within [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. After an unspecified event, she took on the form of a techno-organic spider and learned the skills of both [[Crystalocution]] and the previously lost art of [[Tekkaido]]. She firmly believed that she had omens of her friends' deaths before they would happen, and this knowledge had driven her insane. She hid away, hoping to spare herself the pain of experiencing this phenomenon.

[[File:Arceedeparturespider.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Don't underestimate me, I'm more than just a pretty fa— well, just don't underestimate me, okay?]]
Hundreds of [[Units of time|stellar cycle]]s later when [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] returned from [[Earth]]'s past and conquered Cybertron with his army of [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicons]], Arcee's solitude spared her from the onslaught. [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], now known simply as Rodimus, had helped form a new team of [[Wreckers]] and wished to enlist Arcee. But Arcee rejected his offer as she was still too embittered by her experience, though she was touched by the Wrecker [[Fractyl]]'s words. Rodimus's Wreckers were followed by Megatron's new Vehicon generals, [[Quake (G1)|Quake]] and [[Blastcharge (BM)|Blastcharge]], causing a battle that resulted in Fractyl's near-death. Refusing to lose another, Arcee used her spark to save Fractyl, also reformatting him into a Transmetal body. Arcee agreed to depart with the rest of the Wreckers, and she and Fractyl assisted them in defeating a vast Vehicon army to reach an old [[Autobot shuttle]]. {{storylink|Departure}}

But the Autobot bounty hunter [[Devcon (G1)|Devcon]] had snuck aboard their ship and attacked some of their group. Arcee and the others raced to the rescue, and Arcee was quickly felled by Devcon, despite his new, smaller Vehicon body. After things were sorted out, Arcee tended to Fractyl, whose new Transmetal form was wildly unstable. At Arcee's insistence, [[Apelinq (BM)|Apelinq]] created a crude medical bot, [[CatSCAN]], to assist Fractyl's recovery. Arcee was oddly unable to foresee the deaths of [[Spittor (BW)|Spittor]] and [[Sonar (BW)|Sonar]], a result of a yet-unknown saboteur amongst their ranks, as she happily watched CatSCAN discover himself while working on Fractyl. Their ship set down on their [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]]-given destination, the remote planet of [[Akalo|Archa Nine]]. Arcee stayed behind with a few others to repair damage to their ship by their mysterious saboteur, who turned out to be the fellow Wrecker [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]. Cyclonus stole the [[Divine Light]], the artifact the Wreckers were searching for, and returned to his true master, [[Cryotek (RID)|Cryotek]]. {{storylink|Betrayal}}

[[File:Arceedisclosure.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Just like old times, but smaller.]]
Arcee blamed herself, as she hadn't been able to foresee death since she saved Fractyl. Demoralized, Arcee and the Wreckers left Archa Nine and headed to another planet at the insistence of their divinely-inspired leader, [[Primal Prime]]. They landed on a small icy planet, and a small scout team, including Arcee, was sent to investigate. After searching for hours, they stumbled upon [[Al-badur]], a [[Quintesson]] scientist. Arcee immediately readied her weapon, as she and Rodimus had had enough of the Quintessons for several lifetimes, but Primal Prime asked her to lower them. Al-badur was a somewhat welcome source of information regarding their quest, and before they could leave the planet with him, they were under attack by a horde of [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]] sent by Cryotek. Arcee and Rodimus quietly bonded as they battled the Sharkticons; it was just like old times. Slowly but surely, Arcee's demeanor had lightened. After the Sharkticons were defeated, Al-badur explained their problem. The Divine Light was an ancient Quintesson piece of technology that allowed them to tap directly into the power of [[Primus]], and now Cryotek had it! {{storylink|Disclosure}}

But when they returned to Cybertron, it had changed during their absence into a [[technorganic]] paradise by the [[Great Transformation]]. Quintessons had seized the opportunity to invade the planet, but Primal Prime assured Arcee and the others that Cryotek was their only concern. Primal Prime, Apelinq, [[Ramulus]] and [[Tigatron]] left them to find Cryotek, leaving Arcee and the others to take their injured to safety before joining the counterattack forces on the ground. Instead, their shuttle took heavy damage and descended in a ball of fire and smoke—Arcee, grabbing Fractyl's body and what life support she could, abandoned ship with the rest. Disregarding Primal Prime's orders, Arcee suggested they find Cryotek and help the other Wreckers defeat him. Descending into the layers of Cybertron, they met [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]], who joined them on their journey.

Finding the battleground between Cryotek and [[Sentinel Maximus]] (the combined form of Apelinq and Primal Prime, newly merged by Primus), Arcee reluctantly set aside Fractyl and his life support to join the fight. She helped Devcon defeat Cryotek's mutated pet [[Chro]], using her weblines to hold the monster still so the bounty hunter could shoot at it. But Cyclonus and Rodimus had disappeared beneath some rubble, so Arcee, Fractyl (who had been magically repaired by Tigatron expending all of his [[Vok]] powers) and the others went digging for him... and instead found [[Botanica (BM)|Botanica]], [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]]... and Arcee's nephew, [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]]. They avoided each other's glances awkwardly.

They found Rodimus, but he was in rough shape, having fought nearly to the death with Cyclonus. Arcee and the others agreed to follow Al-badur's instruction in defeating Cryotek and helped direct the battle between Sentinel Maximus and Cryotek to a chamber deep within Cybertron. Arcee asked Fractyl to keep on Rodimus, who was extremely weak. Their group arrived in the desired room, but Arcee had a bad feeling about the place. It seemed familiar. She recognized it too late. It was a Quintesson banishment chamber, and Al-badur had activated the containment shield within, locking Sentinel Maximus, Cryotek, and himself inside a forcefield bubble that fed into a strongly gravitational portal into nothingness. To Arcee's initial horror, despite her pleas, Rodimus stood up to deal with the situation. She knew that his following action would kill him in his weakened state, but after his assurances, she resigned herself to the outcome. Rodimus and Cheetor, both [[Matrix Templar]]s, used their skills to drain Cryotek of his Primus-stolen powers. As expected, this was too much for Arcee's long-time friend, and though they succeeded in saving Cybertron, Rodimus was dead.

But she realized death isn't an ending; it was just another change. "And change is what we do." Arcee and Fractyl gathered his body to take it to a secret burial ground that Arcee knew. She promised that this time, she wouldn't disappear forever. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
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Before the war, Arcee worked in a hazardous materials treatment plant. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Guide}} She became a member of [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]]'s underground rebellion team headquartered in the [[Wastelands]] during the reign of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. She was regarded as one of the team's odd ones along with [[Gnaw (G1)|Gnaw]], though neither were unappreciated. Both [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] and Hot Rod quickly fell in love with her. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}} What no one knew, however, was that Arcee was a sleeper agent of the [[Quintesson]]s and a member of [[Female Autobots|their elite warriors]]. Her task was to keep an eye on the war's proceedings, particularly Autobot activity, and the location of the [[Matrix of Leadership]] and any Transformers with an affinity for the object. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}} As such, Arcee was delighted when [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] was brought to the rebels' base, much to Hot Rod's misguided annoyance. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}} Since the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] were making a mess in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] at the time, Shockwave unleashed the [[Guardian robot|Omega Sentinels]] on the polity, forcing the rebels to make their final stand against him immediately. Arcee ended up teamed up with [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]—a situation that bugged Hot Rod because he couldn't keep an eye on her. Halfway through the battle, Arcee witnessed [[Shockwave's Tower]] shooting a beam of sorts to an [[Unicron/Generation 1|unknown destination]]. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}} Shortly after, she also witnessed the Decepticon hijack of [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]]. Even with these setbacks, the Autobots won and reclaimed Iacon. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}}

[[File:LostandFound Arcee friends.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"I'm glad you said that. I'll invite [[Female Autobots|them]] over [[Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Generation One|right away]]."]]
The Autobots set up a new [[Autobase]] in Iacon, where Springer and Hot Rod used relative peacetime to win Arcee's affection. Hot Rod had a date of sorts with Arcee to help prepare and watch the shuttle that would send a group of Autobots to [[Earth]] take off, but only after he'd be done training. Springer jumped onto the opportunity and offered to go with Arcee while Hot Rod was busy. Arcee accepted, much to Hot Rod's annoyance. At Landing Platform A, after they were done loading baggage, Arcee was lost in thoughts, of which a few she shared with Springer when he asked what was on her mind: Arcee wasn't sure of her purpose in life and if she belonged on Cybertron. Springer assured her she belonged with her friends.

Over at [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]], Arcee's masters observed the proceedings on Cybertron with glee, noting that not only had they found another Transformer with an affinity for the Matrix in Hot Rod, but their own agent Arcee would work perfectly as a key to break his will. {{storylink|Lost and Found (issue)|Lost and Found}} The Quintessons' plans would even be able to be executed well ahead of time by the Autobots' next move. Arcee was selected to leave with Kup, Springer, and the Dinobots to set up a new moonbase, while Hot Rod was chosen for guard duty at Autobase with only Gnaw and [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] to assist him. Arcee's report on this situation got the Quintessons to send her colleagues for Hot Rod and the Matrix. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

{{Unreleased DW G1 comic}}
In the shuttle, taking them all to one of Cybertron's moons, Arcee witnessed an amusing conversation between Kup and [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]]. The view outside drew back her attention, though, where an [[Quintesson Cruiser|odd-looking object]] floated in wait for the shuttle. {{storylink|Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Issue 11|Generation 1 #11}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
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To oversee the decommissioning of all Cybertronian technology on Earth, Arcee was sent to the planet alongside [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], the last of which whom she had a mutual attraction. Shortly after the group arrived at [[Area 52 (G1)|Area 52]], the facility came under attack by [[Cobra]], and Arcee helped fight them off alongside [[Scarlett]], who was surprised over the existence of "girl robots." {{storylink|The Art of War issue 1|The Art of War #1}} Upon hearing about a security breach in the lower levels of Area 52, the group headed there and, to Arcee's horror, found Bumblebee injured and low on energy. Before the group could do much about him, they were attacked by [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]], who took control of [[G.I. Joe battle mech|G.I. Joes' mechs]] and forced them to fight the Autobots before bringing the roof down on everyone. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 2|The Art of War #2}}

The Autobots and Joes survived and quickly followed Serpent O.R. through a warp gate to Cybertron, where they were attacked by [[cannibalizer]]s. Arcee didn't think they were very threatening but suggested that they retreat to protect the humans. During their escape, she promised that she'd rotate Bumblebee's tires if he could outrace her... only to run straight into Serpent O.R. and his new army, who remorselessly killed Bumblebee and captured the others. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3|The Art of War #3}} They eventually managed to escape thanks to their G.I. Joe friends. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4|The Art of War #4}}

After hearing that Serpent O.R. had captured [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], Arcee and the others made their way to his chambers, only to find that [[Cobra Commander]] had taken control of Serpent O.R.'s body after he had seized the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. "Serpentor Prime" effortlessly defeated most of the Autobots and Joes, but Arcee dodged his tentacles and managed to rip his chestplate off, allowing [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|Hawk]] to take the Matrix's power and defeat him. Sometime later, Arcee cried for Bumblebee during a memorial service for him. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}

===''Mini Mayhem!''===
When a surprise party was thrown for Optimus in honor of the 20th anniversary of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', Arcee wound up not getting invited. {{storylink|Mini Mayhem!}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
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{{main|Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity}}
Sibling of [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]], '''Arcee of the [[Darklands]]''' was an ancient warrior, hailing from the prehistoric era that predated modern Transformer civilization, serving under the fearsome tyrant [[The Fallen|Megatronus]] during the wars that led to the unification of Cybertron under the [[Thirteen]]. {{storylink|Origin Myths}} "Forged male," Arcee would eventually seek out the assistance of the amoral scientist [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] for assistance, after the [[First Cybertronian Civil War]]. Seeking to reintroduce the concept of "gender" to the species after its mysterious elimination, Arcee would be altered at the genetic level—but Jhiaxus's callous treatment of his patient would change Arcee into a raging berserker. She could only focus on exacting bloody revenge against him and all that he had created, {{storylink|Spotlight: Arcee}} {{storylink|Post}} finally getting even with her tormentor after the thwarting of [[Nova Prime]]'s [[Expansion]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}

It would not be until after the end of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] that Arcee would truly embark on the long road to recovery; first falling in with the amoral [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] as a private enforcer, {{storylink|A Better Tomorrow}} and later with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]], {{storylink|Earthfall Part 3: The Mind Bomb|The Mind Bomb}} Arcee was able to slowly work past her many demons, finding companionship, camaraderie, and even [[Transformer romance|love]] in her new role as Optimus Prime's advisor—having lived through the era of the Thirteen and experienced their many atrocities firsthand, Arcee remained unafraid to call out her new leader as he verged closer and closer to repeating their mistakes. But when those mistakes came home to roost in the form of [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]], {{storylink|Unstopped and Unstoppable}} Arcee played an instrumental role in the battle against the planet-eater before settling into a new life on Earth with [[Aileron]]. {{storylink|Post}}

===Robot Heroes===
Arcee was Optimus's strong-willed and humble friend. With the rest of Autobots, they boarded the Ark to search for Energon among the stars. They came to Earth and fought back against the Decepticons when they started trouble. Arcee leaped up to bring Starscream down to the ground, where Drift shoved him into a river! The Autobots then decided to keep vigil over the Earth, should the Decepticons ever return. {{storylink|I Am Optimus Prime (Robot Heroes)|I Am Optimus Prime}}

===''Unit:E'' comic===
Upon approaching the planet [[Earth]], the artificial intelligence [[Synergy]] presented footage of the Autobots to her crew-mate, the young [[Microman|Acroyear]] so that he could learn about his potential allies and enemies on the alien world. Arcee could be seen standing side by side with Jazz on one of Synergy's view screens. {{storylink|Unit:E (issue)|Unit:E}}
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===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
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Known as the guardian of [[Plasma Energy Chamber]], Arcee was a [[Rescuebot]], and one of the Autobots stationed in [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] under [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]'s command when a patrol brought back several captured [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joes]]. She was opposed to [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] decision to sentence the invaders to death and gave them their weapons back so they could fight off the [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]] used for the execution. {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend}} This compassionate act allowed the Joes to survive and broker a truce with the Autobots, and both sides celebrated with a dance party. As Grimlock explained how he came to be leader after [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] fled, Arcee protested that no one knew if that was the real truth. {{storylink|Form Follows Function}}

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When the Decepticon-Cobra alliance attacked Metroplex, Arcee, [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]], and [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]] took some Joes to [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] to free [[U.S.7]] from within the giant and bring him to his senses. Together with [[Tunnel Rat]], she made her way to Maximus's brain, found that it was being corrupted by [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], and defeated her. The three Autobots and their human allies then moved to attack [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], only to be captured. {{storylink|Everybody Hates Metroplex}} They were sent to the [[Polyhex Killway]] and mind-controlled into fighting each other, with Arcee being forced to try and run down [[Dusty]] and [[Stalker (G.I. Joe)|Stalker]] with her car mode. {{storylink|Expelled from the Garden}} The captives were then moved to [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], where the Autobots were trapped, unresponsive, in their vehicle modes but recovered after the Joes used them as getaway vehicles to break out of the city. {{storylink|Headmasters (issue)|Headmasters}}

The Rescuebots swore to protect humanity by forging a "combination lock," merging into the giant Defensor. Arcee became Defensor's... er, crotch. At any rate, Defensor helped take down Trypticon. {{storylink|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe issue 12|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #12}} Arcee later participated in the final battle against DeceptiCobra. {{storylink|The War Never Ends}}
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===''Angry Birds'' comic===
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Arcee was part of the shuttle crew carrying the [[AllSpark]] and helped defend it from a Decepticon attack. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers issue 1|Angry Birds Transformers #1}} The AllSpark was lost in space during the battle. Just as Arcee and the others were lamenting the difficulty in finding it, it came back to them, crashing through one of the shuttle's windshield alongside a [[Minion Pig]]. {{storylink|Hard Boiled}}

===Legends World===
[[File:Legends World Arcee.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Definitely nothing unprocessed happening here.]]
The aunt and caretaker of [[Rattrap (BW)#Legends comic 2|Rattrap]], the Arcee of the [[Legends World]] was shocked when her nephew was turned into an actual Transformer. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 1|Bonus Edition Vol. 1}} Then, when he was turned into a [[technorganic]] Transformer, she just responded with "Again?" {{storylink|Legends Vol. 15#LG03 Tankor Prologue|LG03 Tankor Prologue}} Eventually, the [[Transformers sickness]] caused by Rattrap's toy collection got to her, too, and she became a full-size transforming version of herself. She didn't worry too much about that, though, as Rattrap was late for work, so she quickly made him lunch and personally drove him to work with her new car mode. [[T-AI#Legends comic 2|Ai]] attempted to arrest Arcee before she could cause any trouble like other Transformers had, but was talked out of it by [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] and [[Tigatron]], who recognized Arcee's new form from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. Out of gratitude, Arcee made dinner for the whole [[Axalon Trading Company]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 10|Bonus Edition Vol. 10}}

Rhinox and Tigatron were jealous of Rattrap's relationship with Arcee, who had bathed him and slept in the same bed as him when he was young until he explained that she hadn't ''always'' been a giant robot. When she was officially diagnosed with [[Transformers sickness]] by [[Bump]] and told to throw out Rattrap's toys so she could recover, Arcee flatly refused, knowing how much her nephew loved his collection. Instead, she just continued living her everyday life as a giant robot body. {{storylink|Transformers Legends: Arcee Chapter|Arcee Chapter}} Arcee was later caught up in the massive world-ending storm summoned up by [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 12|Bonus Edition Vol. 12}} She later heard Rattrap yell out in surprise upon finding his [[Mini-Con]] collection missing. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Armada Megatron)|Bonus Edition Armada Megatron}}

[[File:Legends World Arcee Transformers sickness.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.3|Completely normal storyline.]]
Arcee was among the defenders of the Legends world who helped defeat [[Slipstream (Animated)|Slipstream]] when she showed up to cause trouble. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 16|Bonus Edition Vol. 16}} During [[Halloween]], she dressed up as a maid and set out alongside Windblade and [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] to stop [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s trick-or-energy scheme, only for Megatron's new minion, [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], to web them up. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 17|Bonus Edition Vol. 17}} Tigatron later had a dream of Arcee and Chromia wearing each other's armor. {{Storylink|Transformers Legends: Chromia Chapter|Chromia Chapter}} Upon overhearing Slipstream telling Rattrap that she'd gotten a facelift back in her universe, Arcee jealously wished that she could go there too. Rattrap assured her she looked plenty young already and didn't need remodeling. {{storylink|LG-16 Slipstream Sequel}}

[[File:TFLegendsAutobotsHalloweenCostumes.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|"Doc why do you keep asking about my relationship with my mother."]]
The [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] of the [[G1 World]] harbored regrets over a failed relationship with his own universe's Arcee, leading to him traveling to the Legends World to remodel his body into something better looking. {{storylink|LG19 Sprung Prologue}} There, he ran into the local Arcee and decided to try again by asking her out, but she turned him down, explaining she was much too busy taking care of Rattrap. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 19|Bonus Edition Vol. 19}} She later witnessed [[Drift (G1)|Deadlock]] enter the Legends Universe, {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Deadlock)|Bonus Edition Deadlock}} and was caught up in [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]'s attack on the city. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 23|Bonus Edition Vol. 23}} On accepting a package from [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]'s delivery service, Arcee was taken aback by how chatty he was. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 25|Bonus Edition Vol. 25}}

While acting as a cheerleader at a soccer game, Arcee found herself targeted by the prank-loving [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], who flipped her skirt and kicked soccer balls at her. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 29|Bonus Edition Vol. 29}} She later visited Rattrap's job to bring him lunch and made [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] blush by telling him he'd been working hard lately. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 32|Bonus Edition Vol. 32}} Arcee was home when [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]] of the [[Astrotrain Transport Company]] delivered a package, {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 40|Bonus Edition Vol. 40}} was seen driving on the roads of [[Akihabara|Neo Akihabara City]], {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Prologue}} and got covered in bugs when tiny [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] clones swarmed the city. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 47|Bonus Edition Vol. 47}} Metroplex later recalled that she was present when he arrived in this world. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Metroplex)|Bonus Edition Metroplex}} When Windblade attacked again, Arcee kept Rattrap from being blown away. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 65|Bonus Edition Vol. 65}}

===''Q-Transformers'' cartoon===
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Seeking a new way to increase the ''Transformers'' brand's popularity, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] suggested sex appeal and fantasized about Arcee taking a bath. {{storylink|The Road to Winning a New Fanbase}}

====''Legends'' comic====
Arcee summed up the ending of ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'' to those of [[you]] who didn't watch it. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Rattrap)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}} Just in case you only bought one of the toys telling the story, she also recapped [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]]'s journey into the [[Legends World|Legends Universe]], {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Waspinator)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}} as well as Waspinator's possession at the hands of [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Rhinox)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
In a reality where the Cybertronian civil war had ended relatively early, Arcee was a biologist protoformed with a male chassis. Post-war, she was sent to observe several organic-populated worlds, where she discovered the organic concept of "gender dysphoria disorder," something which applied to herself. Returning home, she released a paper on the subject. Arcee and several others like her underwent reformatting and replacing bits of their genetic code to rectify the dysphoria between their neural/spark programming and their [[CNA]].

At some point, Arcee ended up in [[Axiom Nexus]]. She gave a lecture on Cybertronian gender, which [[Vector Prime]] attended. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/12/23}}

===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' marketing material===
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{{quote|I will never stop fighting for the future I know is possible.}}
Arcee was a potential bearer of the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. As a force for honor, Arcee planned to continue Optimus Prime's legacy by abandoning her past as a warrior and making reparations for the damage caused by the war. Instead, the Matrix went to [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]. {{storylink|Source:Power of the Primes Fan Vote|''Power of the Primes'' fan poll}}

===''Aw Yeah Revolution!''===
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Arcee was battling the Decepticons alongside Optimus Prime and Bumblebee until [[Baron Karza]] abducted the Autobot leader, leaving the two Autobots baffled at the mysterious disappearance of their leader. {{storylink|Aw Yeah Revolution! issue 1|Aw Yeah Revolution! #1}}

===''Star Trek vs. Transformers''===
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Part of the crew of the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' when the ship left Cybertron four million years ago, Arcee, the other Autobots, and Megatron's Decepticons crash-landed on Earth some four million years ago, reawakening to wage a secret war for control of Earth's [[energon]]. Eventually, the outbreak of the [[Eugenics Wars]] and [[World War III]] around the turn of the millennium prompted them to flee the planet aboard the [[Titan (group)|Titan]] [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] and search for Energon elsewhere in the galaxy. The Autobots were unaware that the Decepticons had done the same until they were attacked by the Decepticon Titan [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] over the barren moon of [[Cygnus Seven]]. In the ensuing battle, the damaged Fortress Maximus crashed into the surface of the planet, knocking him and all of his passengers—Autobot and Decepticon alike—into [[stasis lock]] for some two hundred years.

In the 23rd century, [[Federation]] colonists conducting a routine [[dilithium]] mining operation stumbled on the dormant Transformers, inadvertently triggering the Titan's autonomous repair protocols. First, bringing the Decepticons online, the evil Transformers attacked the Federation colony. At the same time, Optimus Prime gave chase, {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Two}} and the other Autobots had only just been restored to full functionality before [[James T. Kirk|Captain Kirk]] and the crew of the starship ''[[USS Enterprise|Enterprise]]'' sent an away team to investigate the mineshaft. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part One}}

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Though the Autobots, distrustful of humanity after witnessing their ancient wars, attempted to capture the humans, Kirk convinced them of their good intentions. The two factions brokered an alliance to rescue the wounded Optimus—only for the Decepticons to cave in the mineshaft. It was [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] who hatched a new plan to bring Fortress Maximus back online, {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Two}} with Arcee watching as he rigged up a device that would reactivate the Titan by analyzing Kirk's brainwaves. Despite [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]]'s doubts, the plan worked, and Fortress Maximus was restored to full functionality, his alternate mode reconfigured into a copy of the ''Enterprise'' linked to Kirk's consciousness. Blasting his way to freedom, Arcee and the other Autobots rolled out to take on the Decepticons and their new [[Klingon]] allies, with Arcee facing off against her old nemesis [[Airachnid (G1)|Airachnid]] until the arrival of Trypticon. After Kirk rescued the Federation miners by beaming them and Arcee aboard, he transformed the ship into the mighty "Fortress Tiberius." {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Three}}

Though Kirk successfully defeated Trypticon, the heroes learned that [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] already absconded with a load of stolen [[dilithium]], intent on conquering the [[Klingon Empire]] and their capital world of [[Kronos]], {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Four}} forcing the two ''Enterprises'' and their crews to give chase. Joined by [[Crewbot|a series of custom-built mechanical suit]]s, the Autobots leaped into action against Megatron and his allies. Though one of Soundwave's sonic frequencies paralyzed them, it would be the Klingons themselves who successfully thwarted the attempted invasion. In the aftermath, Arcee and the other Autobots chose not to return to Earth with the crew of the ''Enterprise'', preferring to travel the stars, but Prime pledged that he and his soldiers would be on call if Kirk ever required their assistance. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Five}}

===An Arcee Sort of Day===
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When the Great War ended, Arcee was left feeling rudderless in this era of newfound peace. Despite having a bad day in which she had her housing loan rejected, and later picked a fight with a reckless driver, a greeting from her pet robot cat when she came home prompted her to muse that maybe peacetime wasn't so bad. {{storylink|An Arcee Sort of Day}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[The World In Your Eyes Part Four|''Transformers'' #4]]}}
[[File:ArceeGreenlightRun-Arcee.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"I've only had Gauge for a day and a half, but if anything happened to her, I would kill everyone in this room and then myself."]]
Arcee was a particularly feared soldier during the [[War of the Threefold Spark]] and spearheaded at least one assassination mission that targeted one of [[Exarchon]]'s many iterations. Following the end of the war and the ratification of the [[Nominus Edict]], Arcee settled into a peaceful civilian life and eventually a romance with [[Greenlight]]. However, she remained a skilled fighter with a short temper. {{storylink|Arcee/Greenlight: Run}}

Following [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]]'s murder, the Senate authorized the [[Reproduction|forging]] of a new Transformer and selected Arcee to mentor the young Cybertronian. At the customary ceremony at in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]'s [[Forge Pyramid]], Arcee and Greenlight met their new ward [[Gauge]] and helped welcome her into the world. Observing these events, [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] told [[Rubble]] that the newborn had essentially received two mentors for the price of one. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Four}}

Arcee grew very protective of Gauge, quick to lash out when people suggested she had been forged as a political move to take people's minds off Brainstorm's death. As tensions grew between the Autobots and [[Decepticon|Ascenticon]]s, Greenlight initially suggested taking Gauge off-world aboard an outbound [[Reversionist]] vessel: a suggestion that Arcee initially disagreed with, fearing that uprooting Gauge at this crucial stage might impact her development. Following [[Vigilem]]'s destruction of the [[Tether]], however, the three tried to help with rescue efforts until a confrontation with [[Gutcruncher (G1)|Gutcruncher]] and [[Singe]] at a nearby [[energon storage field]] made up Arcee's mind. The three raced to board the Reversionist starship ''[[Exodus (G1 ship)|Exodus]]'' on the outskirts of Iacon. Although Arcee nearly sacrificed herself to get her ward safely off-planet, she was able to board the ship at the last moment and rejoined her family. {{storylink|Arcee/Greenlight: Run}}

[[File:GaugingTheTruthPart2-ExodusBrig.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Throw her in the brig!" <br> "We don't have a brig." <br> "Then throw her in the laundry room. Which will hereafter be referred to as 'the brig'."]]
However, Reversionist plenary [[Heretech]] was displeased by the presence of non-Reversionists aboard the ship, fearing that they would interfere with his grand plan to cleanse Cybertron of heresy. He and the other Reversionists forcibly separated Gauge from her mentors and had them imprisoned in a makeshift brig in the bowels of the ship's engine room. The Reversionist curate [[Accelerator]] reprogrammed Gauge so that she'd forget her old life with her mentors. {{storylink|Gauging the Truth, Part Two: A Truth for a Truth|A Truth for a Truth}} Aware that Heretech was planning something sinister, but unaware of the specifics, Greenlight was able to hack into the ship's systems and sent a message to Gauge telling her to come and find them. When she did so, Arcee and Greenlight introduced themselves to their former mentee and explained that they wanted to tell her the truth. {{storylink|Gauging the Truth: Part One}}

Using a [[Cortical psychic patch|psychic patch]], Arcee and Greenlight got Gauge to trust them by helping her remember what happened before boarding the ''Exodus''. Then they asked her to deactivate the bars to their cage—a dangerous task that would involve infiltrating Heretech's private quarters. Gauge did so, and as the ''Exodus'' returned to Cybertron, Arcee and Greenlight successfully broke out and subdued the guards sent to stop them. {{storylink|Gauging the Truth, Part Two: A Truth for a Truth|A Truth for a Truth}} As the Reversionists began their attack on the planet, Arcee and Greenlight escaped the ''Exodus'' to warn Cybertron's inhabitants of the impending attack, then intervened to help Gauge stop Heretech using their alternate modes. Arcee and Gauge teamed up to incapacitate Heretech with a mass of exploding Energon; in the aftermath, the three elected to stay behind on Cybertron together. {{storylink|Gauging the Truth, Part Three: Moment of Truth|Moment of Truth}}

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Arcee took up arms with Optimus Prime and the Autobots against the conquest of Cybertron by the Decepticons. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Test Flight I|Test Flight I}} As Iacon fell to the Decepticons, Arcee, Greenlight, and Gauge joined Optimus Prime as they relocated to [[Crystal City]] and all formally became Autobots. {{storylink|Darkness, Once Gazed Upon: Part Two}} She assisted [[Pyra Magna]] at [[Protihex]] to recover who and what they could before the city-state fell. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Test Flight I|Test Flight I}} Arcee was at the Autobranding ceremony in [[Crystal City]] where those opposed to the Decepticons united under the Autobot badge. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Sea of Rust I|Sea of Rust I}}

When they learned [[Termagax]] had the [[Enigma of Combination]] by the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]], Arcee joined Pyra Magna and a tactical unit in securing the location. She was positioned on the roof of Termagax's [[House (building)|House]] as a sniper with [[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]] and [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]]. They shot down the [[Rainmaker]]s when the Decepticons arrived to make their own claim to the Enigma. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Sea of Rust II|Sea of Rust II}} Still, she and Sureshot were unprepared for the sudden arrival of the teleporting [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]. He evaded their sniper fire, and the Enigma was ultimately lost in the Sea of Rust. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Enigmatic|Enigmatic}}

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After returning to Crystal City, Smokescreen recruited Arcee and a small team to break into Iacon and rescue [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] from Decepticon captivity. The group used one of Swindle's old tunnels to get into the city, then launched a rooftop attack on the former Senate building to rescue their prisoner. on returning to [[Swindle's|Swindle's casino]] to coordinate their exit strategy. {{storylink|Darkness, Once Gazed Upon: Part Two}} However, when the ruling Decepticons caught wind of Autobot intruders working with Swindle, [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] and his troops launched an attack on the casino, and Arcee was injured in the subsequent shootout before Smokescreen and Chromia could bring down the casino on top of their pursuers and make a clean getaway. {{storylink|Darkness, Once Gazed Upon: Part Three}} As a result, Arcee was out of action during the subsequent siege of Crystal City; as [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] worked to repair her shoulder, Greenlight reminded her that Arcee couldn't recklessly risk her life to protect her family. {{storylink|A Dust of Crystals}}

By the time that the Autobots withdrew to neighbouring [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]], Arcee had made a full recovery in time to join [[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]] and fend off a last-ditch Decepticon assault intended to prevent the Autobots from leaving the planet, but promised Greenlight and Gauge that she'd make it aboard. Arcee survived the battle, and once their ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' left the planet she, Greenlight, and Gauge all stood together to listen to Optimus Prime's final speech. {{storylink|Transformers: Fate of Cybertron|Fate of Cybertron}}
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===''Transformers vs. the Terminator''===
[[File:EnemyOfMyEnemyPartThree-Arcee.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.85]]
Arcee was one of the many dormant Autobots aboard the ''Ark'' in 1984. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy Part Two}} In the original timeline, she survived long enough to become known to [[Skynet]] and receive a threat level of "maximum."

After being reactivated and reformatted in the altered timeline, Arcee became the reluctant overseer of the [[T-800]], a time-traveling android whose interference spared the Autobots from being executed by the Decepticons. After showing him the ''Ark''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s weapon locker and conducting a perimeter sweep, unaware that he'd secretly scattered explosives around the area, Arcee responded to Bumblebee's call for reinforcements at a [[Cyberdyne Systems]] facility. Eager as ever for a fight, Arcee threw herself at Thundercracker, impaling the Seeker's nosecone with her sword. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy Part Three}}

Though Arcee managed to slay [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]], the Autobots were still outnumbered and quickly boxed in. Salvation came when Starscream betrayed the Decepticons and shot Soundwave in the back; the distraction allowing Arcee to slam Skywarp into Thundercracker and take both out of the fight. After Bumblebee and [[Velocity (G1)|Velocity]] had defeated the other two Insecticons, [[Sarah Connor]] called the Autobots to aid the bisected T-800. Arcee threw him into Megatron's open wound and allowed him to destroy the tyrant from inside. After Arcee loaded the captured Decepticons into Optimus' trailer, the Autobots returned to the ''Ark'' to find the volcano destroyed. Recognizing that the T-800 had done this, Arcee cursed herself for trusting the android before the Autobots and Decepticons agreed to a truce. In the months and years that followed, Sarah Connor got a job at [[Skywatch]] and used her connections to keep an eye on her Cybertronian friends, including Arcee. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy Part Four}}
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===''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' continuity===
====''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' marketing material====
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After Cybertron fell, the Autobots left their homeworld aboard the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'', traveling through space in pursuit of the [[AllSpark]]. Arcee was a [[Cybertronian military insignia|Ground Command Special Ops Sergeant]], {{storylink|Arcee (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|''Earthrise'' toy packaging}} whose function was a warrior. Her primary objective was to achieve victory, and her primary weapons were [[Energon battle pistol|Energon pistol]]s. {{storylink|War for Cybertron: Earthrise|''Earthrise'' webpage}}<ref>[https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/brands/earthrise ''Earthrise'' website]</ref>

Closer than ever to reaching the [[AllSpark]], the Autobots awakened after crash-landing on pre-Ice Age Earth. While battling the Decepticons, both sides were joined by the [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s, their epic battle changing their combined destinies.

During this period, Arcee [[trans-scan]]ed into a sports car. Her Energon pistols and speed were her powers and weapons, and her core traits were her ferocity, fearlessness, and protectiveness. Arcee's message from the future was that her cooperation with mysterious new allies will lead to heroic ends. {{storylink|War for Cybertron: Kingdom|''Kingdom'' webpage}}<ref>[https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/brands/kingdom ''Kingdom'' webpage]</ref>

====''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Jessica DiGiovanni]] (English), [[Suzuka Kimura]] (Japanese)|[[Isabelle Auvray]] (French), [[Franziska Endres]] (German), [[Gabriela Bicalho]] (Portuguese), [[Ana Richart]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Adriana Olmedo]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Renu Sharda]] (Hindi)}}
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Arcee accompanied the Energon scavenger Bumblebee, and fellow Autobot Cog on a mission to steal a supply of Energon to fuel The Ark. Bumblebee brought them to the den of the [[mercenary]] [[Soundblaster (G1)|Soundblaster]]. On approach to Soundblaster's throne, Arcee pointed out that he looked like Soundwave; Bumblebee suggested ''not'' bringing up the topic to Soundblaster, as he was sensitive about being a failed clone. Bumblebee successfully deceived Soundblaster into thinking that Arcee and Cog were his new apprentices in the Energon scavenging business. Taken down to the vault, Arcee sprung into action, with Cog transforming into a weapon for her to use and holding back the guards while Bumblebee stole Energon. However, before the trio could leave, Soundblaster arrived, having caught on from the start thanks to surveillance from [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]]. Soundblaster also decided that since Arcee and Cog were valuable as Autobots, he'd cash them in for profit. He then had Arcee, Cog and Bumblebee surrounded. {{storylink|Siege episode 5}}

Outnumbered, Arcee and the others prepared for the inevitable fight, but the arrival of Shockwave's virus affected the [[Dome Guard]]s' weapons. The distraction gave the Autobots the chance to escape. Yet, with Bumblebee incapacitated from the sudden loss of the [[Alpha Trion Protocols]], Arcee was left to take the wheel of a speeder, which she used to escape with Bumblebee and Cog. They reached Autobot Command with the needed energon just as the Decepticons launched their attack. Arcee and Cog brought the Energon to the ship, enabling it to take flight. Arcee remained aboard the Ark for the duration of the battle and assisted in holding back the attacking Decepticons. She was aboard the ''Ark'' when it flew into the space bridge. {{storylink|Siege episode 6}}

Having been knocked unconscious by the jump, Arcee was among the Autobots captured by [[Doubledealer]] and the crew of the ''[[Fool's Fortune]]'' and brought to the Quintesson [[Deseeus]] on [[Chaar]] for judgment. However, after teaming up with the Mercenaries that had first captured them, the Autobots fought off Deseeus' private army and escaped back aboard the ''Ark''. {{Storylink|Earthrise episode 2}} Arcee joined Optimus, Bumblebee, Wheeljack, and Sideswipe aboard [[Nebulos]] Station and helped fight off [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], sealing the door to keep him out and providing cover fire for Optimus. {{Storylink|Earthrise episode 3}} While Scorponok was preoccupied fighting the Decepticons, she and the other Autobots made their escape, only for Starscream to fire on the station, sending the ''Ark'' and its crew into the [[Dead Universe]]. {{Storylink|Earthrise episode 4}}

Arcee remained on board the ''Ark'' while Optimus spoke to [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] and later observed Earth once they escaped. {{Storylink|Earthrise episode 5}} However, the Decepticons were close behind and boarded the ''Ark''. Their fight was then interrupted by the ''Fool's Fortune''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s arrival, helmed by a Deseeus-controlled Doubledealer. As a result of the Mercenary ship's destruction, the ''Ark'' and its crew were sent crashing down to Earth. {{Storylink|Earthrise episode 6}}

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===''My Little Pony/Transformers''===
[[File:ShineLikeADiamond-Arcee.jpg|thumb|250px|"So, Rarity, have you ever stabbed someone through the chest?"]]
While battling for control of a malfunctioning [[Space bridge|spacebridge]], Arcee was among the many Cybertronians [[magic]]ally transported to [[Equestria]] by [[Queen Chrysalis]]. {{storylink|Transformation Is Magic}} After crash-landing in [[Manehattan]], she singlehandedly rescued [[Rarity]] and her employees from [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. After befriending Rarity, she teamed up with her to defeat Starscream, [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], and [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]. {{storylink|Shine Like a Diamond}}

When the Decepticons and [[changeling]]s attacked the [[Crystal Empire]], Arcee was part of the force that defended it, slamming into [[Shrapnel (G1)|Skrapnel]] before engaging [[Crasher (G1)|Crasher]]. When the Autobots later returned to Cybertron, Arcee confirmed that everyone who had been dragged to Equestria had been returned home. {{storylink|Finale (Friendship in Disguise!)|Finale}}

Following the release of [[King Sombra]] on Cybertron, Arcee and [[Greenlight]] began noticing the strange effects his presence was having on Cybertron before they ran across [[Holiday]] and [[Lofty]] who were seeking their niece, [[Scootaloo]]. Though Arcee readily offered her aid, a magically enthralled [[Killmaster]] arrived. Though both ponies and Autobots initially tried their hand at defeating the Decepticon, he was only defeated when Greenlight wrapped the ponies' yarn around him, which allowed Arcee to send him flying off. It was then that Scootaloo showed up, accompanied by a few Cybertronian youths. Content that the children were safe, the four adults enjoyed a picnic. {{storylink|A Real Mother}}

When the alliance sought to prevent King Sombra from reactivating [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], Arcee wielded [[Applejack]] as a weapon and treid out some Equestrian slang before they defeated the [[unicorn]] tyrant and established a temporary truce with the Decepticons. {{storylink|Finale (The Magic of Cybertron)|Finale}}

===''Last Bot Standing''===
Arcee was among the many Autobots who fought against the Decepticons as both sides drained the universe of its resources. {{Storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 2|Last Bot Standing #2}}
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===''Transformers Go! Go!''===

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Trick to a Healthy Autobot Warrior}} {{storylink|Go! Go! issue 28}} {{storylink|Go! Go! issue 29}}}}

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==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
[[File:TFLegends-Arcee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|Hold still, you've got a little Aligned on ya.]]
Arcee was part of [[Elita One (G1)|Elita 1]]'s team as they made a series of raids on Decepticon bases. Unfortunately, her nemesis [[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]]'s knowledge of her tactics allowed the Decepticon to put a stop to the team's successful run. {{storylink|Fatal Furies}} At some point, she changed her color scheme from blue to pink. She took part in the defense of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] against [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]. {{storylink|'Til All Are One (Legends)|'Til All Are One}} She and [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] encountered a group of Decepticons while hunting for their friends inside the monster. After fending off an attack by Unicron's internal defenses, the pair managed to reunite with their friends and escape before Unicron exploded. {{storylink|Belly of the Beast (Legends)|Belly of the Beast}}

[[File:TFLegends-ArceeG1.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|left|There. All better.]]
Arcee was still an active participant in the Autobot/Decepticon war when Ultra Magnus decided to reunite with his unit from the planet Junkion, only to be attacked by the Insecticons. {{storylink|Junkion Reunion}} When [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], [[Kup (G1)|Kup]], and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] were abducted by [[Skuxxoid]]s during the [[Galactic Olympics|Galactic Games]], Arcee, and [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] gave chase. Instead of finding the Skuxxoids, they caught up with [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]], just as their leader had a vision that the [[Quintesson]]s were behind the kidnapping. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness: Part 1}}

Following a Decepticon assault led by [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], Arcee, alongside Rodimus Prime, Ultra Magnus, and Spike, were forced into taking cover within the [[Autobot Mausoleum]]; this did little to improve their situation, however, as the Decepticons continued their advance. Unexpectedly, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] rose from his tomb, providing hope that the tide may yet turn in the Autobots' favour. This was not to be, unfortunately, as the resurrected Autobot leader left the group stranded after having received the Matrix of leadership from Rodimus. After Optimus regained his senses, the Autobots were left to mourn their leader as he sacrificed himself once more to undo the Quintessons' trap. {{storylink|Dark Awakening (Legends)|Dark Awakening}} Arcee, Rodimus, Ultra Magnus, and Springer were trapped in human bodies by [[Victor Drath]] and [[Cobra Commander|Old Snake]], but still managed to foil the pair's plan to destroy Autobot City. They were later successfully returned to their robot bodies. {{storylink|Only Human (Legends)|Only Human}}

In the aftermath of the restoration of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Arcee was part of a team led by [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] which attempted to map the changes to their planet. They were briefly delayed by [[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]] and [[Acid Storm (G1)|Acid Storm]]. {{storylink|The Autonomy Lesson (Legends)|The Autonomy Lesson}}
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===''Angry Birds Transformers''===
{{main|Stella (AB)#As Arcee}}
Arcee appears as a character unlockable in Challenge Events and through Special Missions. Stella portrays her. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Arcee.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|If you ''have'' any loved ones, say goodbye to them now.]]
Arcee participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots, and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of her! She was an Epic character who could be acquired as a reward in the "Combiner Hunters" event and "An Uneventful Night" Space Bridge offer. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[File:ArceeTransformersEarthWars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.75|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocqbFBWjclo Glad we got posted to the Autobot HQ commander?]]]
Appearances... can be deceptive. Quick-witted and formidable in battle, Arcee is compassionate to her allies but utterly ruthless to her enemies. Streamlined bodywork and light alloy construction only mean she's faster, more agile, and ultimately deadlier than most of her fellow Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars| Arcee Bio}}

Arcee had been dispatched on a mission by Optimus Prime but ran into trouble when [[Nightbird (G1)#Transformers: Earth Wars|Nightbird]] caught up to her. The two have been crossing paths routinely as Nightbird tries to put an end to Arcee's do-good acts. However, as the battle on Earth heats up, Optimus sent a signal for Arcee to return to the Autobots.
{{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars}}

*'''Class''': Warrior
*'''Lowest Star Rating:''' 2 star
*'''Weapons''': Arcee uses an ion pistol to blast things. Once she does, she closes in and punches/kicks the target.
*'''Ability: Holo Decoy''' - Deploys a decoy that will soak up damage. It cannot damage targets, but it can stun them.
**'''Cost''' 3 ability points. +3 for reuses.

[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:arcee Arcee at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]

===''Transformers Online'' (2017 video game)===
[[File:Arcee TFO.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
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===''Transformers: Forged to Fight''===
[[File:Arcee-Forged-to-Fight.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66| Boom. Bodyshot that counts as a Headshot.]]
Arcee was one of the Autobots pulled from [[The Transformers (franchise)|her universe]] by the [[Quintesson]]s. Because of illusions created by the Quintessons, she mistook [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] as well as the others to kidnap [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]]. She eventually joins the [[You|Commander]]. There are at least a few of her running around! {{storylink|Transformers: Forged to Fight}}
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===''Transformers: Bumblebee Overdrive''===
[[File:BBOArcee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|left]]
Arcee took part in a series of attacks against multiple Decepticon bases, destroying them and defeating all enemies in the process. 800 Armor, 800 Blaster Strength, Score x6, Coins x3, Blaster Speed: Very Fast {{storylink|Transformers: Bumblebee Overdrive}}
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===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
[[File:Arcee_warrior_sentinel_core_rulebook_ttrpg.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|"IDW makes me a vicious killer, and now that's my thing? Eh, at least they've given me [[Anode|good company.]]]]
Arcee is a vicious Autobot warrior, proficient in both melee and sharpshooting. Despite this seemingly violent nature, however, she is a caring and compassionate individual, putting her skills to use defending the downtrodden and those she has sworn to protect, including her mentee Gauge.

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==Toys==
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==Notes==
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{{quote|And they were absolutely resistant to Arcee. I said I had a daughter who loves this stuff. There are other girls that like it. Put in a female Autobot!|[[Ron Friedman]],<ref>[http://toddmatthy.com/2013/12/31/he-killed-optimus-prime-an-interview-with-ron-friedman-writer-of-transformers-the-movie/ Interview with Todd Mathy]</ref>}}

*As quoted above, [[Ron Friedman]] fought for Arcee's inclusion in ''The Transformers: The Movie'' because his daughter was a fan of that type of cartoon. From the known production timelines, we know [[The Transformers: The Movie#Production timeline|she was created]] about [[The Search for Alpha Trion#Production timeline|ten months]] before the [[Female Autobots]] were created for the show.
* In the original treatment, Arcee was going to have to put up with [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] being sexist and underrating her skills... unaware she's saving his life in the background!<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Wheeljack and Arcee have a bickering relationship throughout the draft, the mysoginistic Wheeljack constantly underrating her skills, oblivious to the fact she's constantly averting disaster and saving his life in the background. (4/22) https://t.co/WuFAcXwMQI|link=https://twitter.com/chrismcfeely/status/1561079546836910081|name=Chris McFeely|site=Twitter|year=2022|month=08|day=20|(defunct=)}}</ref>
*Arcee had two different [[character model]]s in 1980s ''Transformers'' media. An earlier model served as the [[Arcee (G1)/toys#Generation 1|basis for her original unproduced toy]], which was also the model used for most of her Marvel Comics appearances and parts of the episode "[[Only Human]]." Meanwhile, her appearances in ''The Transformers: The Movie'', the rest of her season 3 appearances, and her Japanese ''Headmasters'' appearances used her final model.
*Arcee's finalized character model was used to make many background female characters during the movie and season 3. Various Junkion ladies and the [[Paradron Medic]]s share her design, only without the shoulder-thingies, and a [[Cheesecake robot|more "shaped" version of her earlier model]] appeared in "[[Starscream's Ghost]]."
*When asked about Arcee's design in an interview, [[Floro Dery]]'s reply was, "Arcee is the naked mechanical equivalent of Princess Leia of ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]''."<ref>[http://transformersph.blogspot.com/2007/06/interview-with-floro-dery.html TransFormers Philippines: Interview With Floro Dery]</ref> Well, that answers that question... while raising a whole bunch of others!
*In 2010, a set of Arcee's original color models from ''The Transformers: The Movie'' went up for sale on Heritage Auctions, sold from [[Ron Friedman|Ron Friedman's]] collection of [[Sunbow Productions]] materials. In contrast to her final model and her original toy prototype, this early color model depicted her almost exclusively in shades of pink, save for some lavender on her collar, anklets, and [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] seats.
*[[Men in Black|Men in Black Collectibles]], the organizers of [[BotCon 1996]], attempted to produce an original "[[Action Master]]-inspired" Arcee figure as the '96 convention exclusive. As the steel tooling required to produce plastic action figures costs in the tens of thousands of dollars, this idea never went anywhere, and it is unknown whether MiB had entered into any actual discussions to license the use of the character besides. This figure was presumably unrelated to the actual Hasbro/Takara Action Master Arcee conceived a few years earlier.
*In 2000, Japanese publisher Kodansha released "The Official Guide to Takara SF Land", a book paying tribute to various sci-fi toylines produced by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] over the years. As part of a tie-in [[Lucky Draw figure|Lucky Draw]] promotion, Takara released a special redeco of the ''[[Microman|Replica Microman]]'' "Lady Command" figure (itself a reissue of a 1977 toy) in white and gold chrome named [[Microman#Arcee|Arcee]]. Whether or not she represents "our" Arcee is unknown, though the name was likely chosen in homage to the shared history of ''Transformers'' and ''Microman'', as well as due to it beginning with an "A", like the regular Lady Command figures (Ann, Alice, Annie, and Ai). Only five Arcees were produced.
*Arcee has the most romantic attachments of any ''Transformers'' character: Hot Rod in the movie, Marvel Comics, the Big Looker Storybooks, and Dreamwave continuities, Springer after the movie, Chromedome (and possibly Rodimus Prime) in ''The Headmasters'', Bumblebee in [[Devil's Due Press|Devil's Due]] continuity, [[Aileron]] in the [[2005 IDW continuity]], and [[Greenlight]] in both the [[2019 IDW continuity]] and the [[My Little Pony/Transformers: The Magic of Cybertron|''My Little Pony/Transformers'' crossover miniseries]]. Then there's the weird affection shown toward Daniel in "[[The Rebirth, Part 3]]", but most fans won't read too much into it for their sanity.
*In [[2017]], Arcee was a candidate in the ''[[Power of the Primes (franchise)|Power of the Primes]]'' [[Fan polls|fan poll]] for the next bearer of the [[Matrix of Leadership]] in ''Transformers'' lore. Although [[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#Power of the Primes|Optimus Primal]] was the ultimate victor, Hasbro created preliminary design sketches and “Evolution” mode names for all the candidates. When asked at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2018, Design Manager [[John Warden]] could not remember what Arcee's name was but suggested that it was something along the lines of '''Arcana Magnus'''.<ref>[https://www.allspark.com/2018/07/new-info-about-war-for-cybertron-and-more-from-the-hasbro-preview-breakfast/ New Info About War For Cybertron and More from the Hasbro Preview Breakfast]</ref>
*The [[#Ask Vector Prime|Ask Vector Prime incarnation]] of Arcee as a transgender Cybertronian had been worked on for a long time; with [[Rachel Stevens]]'s assistance with the language, as well as [[Jim Sorenson]]'s ensuring it got published.<ref>[https://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/129168-out-of-printhard-to-find-media-mega-thread/page-9#entry3440904 Post by Verity Carlo on the Allspark Forums, 2017/02/12]</ref>
*Arcee's [[:File:Synergy-Coralus-Arcee.jpg|2019 IDW comic design]] by [[Umi Miyao]] first appeared in the [[Synergy: A Hasbro Creators Showcase|''Synergy'' anthology]].
*Alex Milne based [[:File:TF-vs-Terminator-Arcee-Character-Art.jpg|Arcee's design]] in ''[[Transformers vs. The Terminator]]'' on a {{w|Ford Mustang (third generation)|1983 Ford Mustang}}.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=So I've seen a preview of TF vs Terminator #3 floating around the web, so I figure it's ok to post this since she appears in the preview. Here is my design for Arcee. She is based on a 1983 Ford Mustang. #IDWPublishing #Transformers #Terminator #Arcee https://t.co/MMiHJmSc5M|link=https://twitter.com/markerguru/status/1293310158622392322|name=Alex Milne|site=Twitter|year=2020|month=08|day=11|(defunct=)}}</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Arcee''' (アーシー ''Āshī'')
*''French:'' '''Arcie''' (Canada), '''Archère''' (France, ''Dark Awakening'', "Female archer")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Arszi''', '''Arcee''', '''RC''' (''The Movie'')
*''Italian:'' '''Saturnia''' (''The Headmasters'' and second dub of ''The Movie'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Yǎxī''' (Taiwan, 雅希), '''Arcee''' (China, 阿尔茜 ''Āěrxī'')
*''Russian:'' '''Arcee''' (Арси ''Arsi'')
*''Spanish:'' '''Silvia''' (America ''The Headmasters'')

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Shockwave (G1)

2023-10-12T17:45:15Z

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:''Shockwave is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Shockwavearealldead.jpg|thumb|upright=2|Transformers images don't get much more awesome than this. [[:File:1_blitzwing_war_within.jpg|Or]] [[:File:R0S 1 b.jpg|more]] [[:File:OP1 Riptcvr.jpg|imitated]].]]

'''Shockwave''' has been referred to as "a computer on legs." This is not far from the truth. Logic rules Shockwave's thought processes and is the source of his every inspiration. He sees emotion as a weakness and a distraction. His cold and calculating ''modus operandi'' is supported by his frightening and exceptionally powerful form.

Shockwave is possibly even more powerful than [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. Perhaps logic may one day dictate that the time to replace Megatron's flawed, emotion-fueled rule is at hand. After all, the only logical choice for [[Decepticon leader]] would be Shockwave himself.

When he is an [[Action Master]], he is [[Action Master partner|partnered]] with [[Fistfight (G1)|Fistfight]].

Pretty much everything is his fault.

{{bigquote|Ultimately, I serve only one master... pure logic.|Shockwave on his true loyalties|''[[Spotlight: Shockwave]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
{{main|Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity}}
[[File:ShockwaveSecondGeneration1.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|left|Yep, that about sums him up.]]
An adherent of his twisted version of logic, Shockwave was Military Commander of the Decepticons, conceiving the original plan to assault the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. However, when the Ark crashed onto [[Earth]], Shockwave followed in [[Nemesis (G1)|the Decepticon ship]], but the planet's magnetic fields caused that ship to crash in the [[Savage Land]]. There, he was confronted by the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] and their battle brought them to a tar pit that held them in stasis for millions of years. When Shockwave was reawakened in [[1984]], he immediately set out to disable the Autobots and take Decepticon leadership away from [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]. Using Earth's infrastructure and resources, Shockwave sought to create powerful Decepticon soldiers, but was foiled by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] hiding the life-giving [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] in the human boy [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]]. At the end of this caper, Shockwave ended up in a swamp.

What followed was a struggle for Decepticon leadership between Shockwave and Megatron that finally reached a climax when both leaders were defeated in battle by the Autobots. Megatron argued that his aggressive leadership was superior to Shockwave's hesitant and slow action. Conceding to his logic, Shockwave gave him full command of the Decepticon troops on Earth. However, when Optimus Prime seemingly died, Megatron lost his sanity and, with some help from Shockwave, apparently killed himself in a [[space bridge]] explosion. With his rival completely out of the way, Shockwave took up leadership again. He would soon collude with Decepticon fuel auditor [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]], who was leading the Decepticons on Cybertron. Together, they conceived of the [[Club Con]] plot, but a battle with [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] in space sent Shockwave plunging through the atmosphere.

In one chain of events, Shockwave would quickly get back on his feet, and fight against Decepticons from the future whose apparent successes against him in the present and the future would make Shockwave lose his mind. He regained his sanity enough to help seal the [[time rift]] that threatened all of reality.

He would soon fully resurface and act against [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] and [[Zarak (G1)|Zarak]]'s leadership of the Decepticons. The coup was interrupted when [[Unicron]] threatened all [[Transformer]]s. After Unicron was defeated and [[Primus]] destroyed, Shockwave and [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] hijacked the Ark to escape the quickly decomposing Cybertron. Unknown to him, Megatron was in stasis aboard the ship and [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]] boarded it. Both fought against Shockwave while [[Ratchet (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ratchet]], who also emerged from stasis, crashed the ship onto Earth.

In one timeline, Shockwave ended up as a head kept in Megatron's chambers. In yet another timeline, Shockwave again joined forces with Starscream after being jury-rigged into the Ark to serve as its operating system. Once restored, Shockwave was witness to a great upheaval in Cybertron's population that left Transformers an endangered species. With the Decepticon faction functionally extinct, Shockwave converted to the ways of peace, serving as emissaries along with Starscream and [[Ravage (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ravage]].
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===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
[[File:ShockwaveDesertionOfTheDinobots1.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|left|My toy's so great, I bought one myself!]]
{{main|Shockwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity}}

Appointed as Guardian of Cybertron by Megatron, the loyal Shockwave remained stationed on the planet for millions of years, even while his teammates slumbered on Earth. He was singlehandedly (ha) responsible for menacing the remaining Autobot resistance movements on Cybertron, and when Megatron was reactivated in 1984, assisted in the development of Space Bridge technology. In 2005, Shockwave may or may not have been killed during the [[Unicron War]], though either way he was never seen again afterward.

In a [[Transformers Legends (comic)|splinter timeline]], Shockwave was shown to have definitively survived Unicron's attack on Cybertron. Travelling to another dimension to aid Megatron, Shockwave formed a friendship with [[Cancer (G1)|Cancer]] and the two resolved to conquer the world of business and entertainment via shadowy corporate dealings and pop music.

===Kid Stuff Talking Story Books===
Shockwave constantly attempted to usurp Megatron as leader of the Decepticons. In his latest attempt at a coup, he promised Megatron's minions an abundance of oil if they were to follow him. {{storylink|Jaws of Terror}}

===Marvel coloring books===
Shockwave led an attack on a human village, intending to raze it and build a fuel plant in its place. Confident that the Autobots wouldn't learn about the attack until it would be too late for them to do anything about it, Shockwave tasked the Constructicons with building his installation. Little did he suspect that [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] was spying on them from orbit. A convoy of trucks and cars soon arrived, claiming to be hauling supplies for Shockwave and his troops. Angered and confused by this interruption, Shockwave demanded to see the supplies he was certain he had never ordered. From within the vehicles stepped out the Dinobots. Alongside the Autobots in disguise, they proceeded to trounce Shockwave's troops. Shockwave ordered Ravage and Kickback to flank the new arrivals and attack them from behind, but this tactic proved futile, as Cosmos was still spying down on the scene. Shockwave was tied up, shoved down into a hole with his troops, and had quick-drying cement poured on them to stop them from going anywhere. {{storylink|The Autobot Spy in the Sky}}

===''Big Looker'' storybooks===
Shockwave was present when the Decepticons tormented their new toy, [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]], after the architect was cerebro-shelled by [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]]. {{storylink|Insecticon Attack!}}

===Find Your Fate Junior===
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====Battle Drive====
In one possible scenario, where Megatron and his troops had tracked down Sparkplug to a cave in the mountains, Shockwave was amongst the Decepticons present, ready to pounce on the human. Then a small squadron of Autobots arrived to rescue Sparkplug. In the event that Megatron was destroyed by Swoop, Shockwave, along with the rest of the Decepticons, were easily defeated by the Autobots. In the event that Swoop retreated, Shockwave was amongst the Decepticons who remained at the cave instead of pursuing the Dinobot. Shockwave stood next to Megatron in a military formation, along with Buzzsaw, Ransack, Frenzy, Skywarp and Thundercracker, while Megatron delivered his sanction to the Autobots in the cave; "Prepare to die!" The battle that ensued lasted for two full days before the Decepticons were ready to move in for the kill. In the event that Swoop returned in time with reinforcements, Shockwave and the rest of the Decepticons were forced to retreat, but not before Shockwave got "The shock of his life!"{{storylink|Battle Drive}}

====Decepticon Poison====
In one possible sequence of events, Shockwave accompanied Megatron in order to take out the recently poisoned Autobots. They found themselves fighting against the now-cured Autobots, but gained the upper hand early in the fight nonetheless. Shockwave was downed by a hit from Optimus Prime himself when the Autobot leader led a back-up squadron of Autobots into battle.

In another possible scenario, Megatron and his Decepticon squad were tricked into thinking that the Autobots were already dead, and strode into the Autobots’ base. The Decepticons lay down their weapons in order to carry out the Autobots’ "corpses," but were ambushed once they had disarmed themselves. Shockwave and the others were then quickly defeated.

In yet another possible scenario, where the Autobots weaponized the tainted fuel and created a toxic cloud by burning it, the Decepticons were forced to retreat before their attack was fully underway. {{storylink|Decepticon Poison}}

====Project Brain Drain====
Shockwave was involved in a Decepticon plot to use a [[Brain Drain device]] on the crowd goers of a rock concert to syphon their intelligence into Decepticon fuel.

In one possible scenario, Galvatron had to recall his troops from the concert at the last minute when Ultra Magnus and his troops began a timely assault on the Decepticons’ headquarters. Shockwave participated in the battle that ensued, which ended in a loss for the Decepticons when Ultra Magnus triggered an avalanche, burying Galvatron and shattering the Brain Drain device {{storylink|Project Brain Drain}}

====The Invisibility Factor====
[[File:InvisibilityFactorGalvatronShockwaveandScavenger.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
In one possible scenario, Shockwave accompanied Galvatron on a patrol in a desert at night. Upon spotting a spaceship that flickered in-and-out of sight, the patrol investigated. Finding the Autobots Kup and Hot Rod conversing with a woman at the ship's landing site, Shockwave and the others fired upon them, causing them to scramble away. Galvatron then ordered his troops to stay and scrutinize the spaceship instead of pursuing the Autobots.

If Hot Rod and Kup decided to attack immediately, the Autobots were easily defeated and destroyed by Shockwave and the rest of the Decepticon patrol.

If the Autobots did not attack immediately, Shockwave took care of taking the Invisibility device as the Decepticons headed back to their headquarters. Hot Rod and Kup silently followed the Decepticons back to their hide-out in a nearby canyon, where they managed to tricked Shockwave and the others into thinking that they were being ambushed by a whole squadron of Autobots. Panicking, the other Decepticons attempted to retaliate by firing in all directions, while Shockwave looked around bewildered, still clutching the Invisibility Device.

If Hot Rod snuck down and snatched the device out of Shockwave's grasp, Shockwave called his fellow Decepticons to give chase to the young Autobot. They were unable to catch him before Kup fired down onto the canyon's walls, causing it to collapse and burying the Decepticons under an avalanche of earth and rocks.

In an alternate scenario, Shockwave and the other Decepticons decided to take off into space in [[Sarah Sanders]]'s ship after acquiring the Invisibility Device. Whether the Decepticons succeeded in mastering the Invisibility Device and subsequently destroyed the Autobots, or were destroyed or defeated themselves depended on what choices the Autobots made from this point on.

In another possible scenario, Shockwave and the other Decepticons happened upon Sarah Sanders's ship before any Autobots had come in contact with her. While Scavenger held the woman captive, Shockwave and the other Decepticons dragged the ship itself to a hidden location. In whichever scenario that followed, the Autobots managed to steal the Invisibility Device from the Decepticons, either dazzling Shockwave and the others with their headlights while Hot Rod took the device right out of their hands, or tricking most the other Decepticons into leaving the spaceship behind while they pursued the young Autobot on a wild goose chase. Now outnumbered, Shockwave was quick to fall to the Autobots. {{storylink|The Invisibility Factor}}
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===Frito-Lay posters===
While fighting the Autobots to gain a powerful energy source, the sinister Shockwave decided it was time to betray Megatron and seize control. {{storylink|The Power Struggle}}

===The Official ''Transformers: Generation 2'' Annual===
Shockwave participated in the Decepticons' attack to capture a crashed spaceship from the Autobots atop [[Table Mountain]], blasting Optimus Prime with a laser. Alas, the "spaceship" was an Autobot trap that fired Shockwave and the other Decepticons randomly into space. {{storylink|Day of the Decepticons}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Shockwavedwtww1.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|Dreamwave is all his fault.]]
When Optimus Prime was first inaugurated as leader of the Autobots and bestowed the Matrix of Leadership, he was bestowed visions of the many enemies he would one day face. Among the foes he saw in these prophetic visions was Shockwave. {{storylink|The War Within issue 1|The War Within #1}} After Optimus had been goaded into seeking out Megatron, following the destruction of the [[Forum of Enlightenment]], Shockwave led the main attack on the Autobots' stronghold in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}} He instructed the troops following him to give the Autobots no mercy or quarter in their assault on the Autobot stronghold. {{storylink|The War Within issue 3|The War Within #3}} Mid-battle, Shockwave contacted the [[Kolkular|Cradle]] only to find that Starscream was sitting in the command room instead of Megatron. He claimed he would rectify this after having taken Iacon, and then sent his soldiers for the final push against the Autobots. {{storylink|The War Within issue 4|The War Within #4}} In this penultimate attack, Shockwave personally destroyed two [[guardian robot]]s with one blast in his alternate mode. With the Autobots' last defenses now felled, Shockwave had his troops penetrate the Autobots' stronghold, where he gunned down Prowl upon entry. {{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War Within #5}} Unfortunately for Shockwave, at that point, a [[planetary engine]] activated under Starscream's orders caused Iacon's destruction. Shockwave ordered a hasty retreat back to [[Kolkular]] in order to avoid annihilation. {{storylink|The War Within issue 6|The War Within #6}}

[[File:Decepticonsdarkages.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|]]
After Megatron's apparent death in an early space bridge test, the Decepticon faction splintered, with [[Air Commander]] [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] creating the [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacons]] and High Auditor [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] the [[Ultracon]]s, while Shockwave led the Decepticons through the [[Dark Ages]] of Cybertron. During this period he was contacted by [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]. The Autobot had uncovered behavioral patterns in each faction, indicating that they were all being manipulated by an outside force. Shockwave's penchant for logic allowed him to put aside his differences with Jetfire, and he agreed to meet up with his fellow scientist in a neutral zone to further discuss the matter. {{storylink|Devastation (issue)|Devastation}} During their conference, the two of them were attacked by the [[Chaos Trinity]], and Shockwave was taken down by [[Bugly (G1)|Bugly]]'s [[electro-stinger]]s. {{storylink|Revelation (The Dark Ages)|Revelation}} He rebooted shortly after the three mystics and The Fallen left with both Grimlock and Jetfire in hand. {{storylink|Confrontation (issue)|Confrontation}} Recovered by the newly built [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], Shockwave organized a counter strike against the three mystics that included Trypticon, [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]], and the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]]. Exactly how logic dictated that Shockwave bring an entire army to deal with three rogue Decepticons is unknown. Grimlock's [[Lightning Strike Coalition]] arrived, saying that they had a stake in this, and Shockwave agreed to a temporary ceasefire. After the Autobots managed to defeat The Fallen, Shockwave and [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] agreed to seal the [[Well of All Sparks]] with six coded barriers for each faction. They were to remain in place until Cybertron was united. Or, as Shockwave put it, [['Til all are one|until all are one]]. {{storylink|Conflagration}}

[[File:AgeOfWrath3 ShockwaveRumbleFrenzy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|right|"Well if it's not your fault, and it's not ''my'' fault, then whose fault is it?!"]]
At some point, Ultra Magnus took command of the Autobots, and reunited them into a single faction. Under his leadership, the Autobots gained a significant hold over Cybertron's resources and territories. No longer able to hold his own against the Autobots, Shockwave was forced to sign a peace treaty, and put an end to hostilities between his own faction, the Ultracons, and the Autobots. Despite this being the most logical course of action, Shockwave made no attempt to hide his contempt for Ultra Magnus, making it clear he was only ceding to his forces out of necessity. The ceremony was interrupted by a bombing engineered by Starscream and his forces, though Shockwave was spared any harm thanks to the defensive measures put into place by the Autobots. This act of aggression only served to further unite the Autobots, Ultracons, and Decepticons... until Megatron made a dramatic return, accompanied by an army of [[Air Warrior]]s. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath}} Megatron easily subdued Ultra Magnus while Shockwave and Ratbat looked on, and all of the splintered Decepticon factions united under the rule of their returned ruler. Afterwards, Shockwave was tasked with reverse engineering these [[Quintesson]]-created clones Megatron had brought back to the planet with him. He ran into difficulties accomplishing this due to Megatron's refusal to divulge their origin, though he was greatly intrigued by the warrior units nonetheless. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.2|The Age of Wrath #2}} Progress wasn't helped by [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]], who seemingly thrashed his whole lab after he stepped out of it for a few moments. Shockwave cooly informed the two diminutive Decepticons that Megatron would not be pleased now that his project couldn't be completed on schedule, and dismissed them. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.3|The Age of Wrath #3}}

{{Unreleased WW comic}}

Shockwave nonetheless managed to modify some drones in his possession to Megatron's requirements; they would now only obey the Decepticon leader, and not their [[Quintesson|original creators]]. After sharing his find with Megatron, Shockwave was assaulted by one of the drones, though it had become horribly mutated... for it contained the persisting essence of Grimlock! {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.4}}

[[File:DestinedForNothing ShockwaveRaceTrackPatrol.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|left]]
Shockwave was left behind on Cybertron while Megatron's forces pursued Optimus Prime and were subsequently lost on Earth for four million years, and became Decepticon leader on the planet. He began experimenting with cloning, and through studies of [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], began to conceive the idea of a Transformer with multiple [[alternate mode]]s. Cybertron, however, was steadily growing lower and lower on energy, and in an attempt to create new energy-conservative Transformers, Shockwave allied with the Autobots for a pooling of resources that created the [[Micromaster]]s. One of the Decepticon Micromasters working for Shockwave, [[Skystalker (G1)|Skystalker]], transmitted back to Cybertron news that the Autobot [[Countdown (G1)|Countdown]] had appropriated an important artifact while on an interstellar mission. After receiving this message, Shockwave set about manipulating Micromasters on both sides to acquire the artifact for himself. {{storylink|Recipe for Hate}} After one of the Decepticons' Micromaster patrols returned from an Energon-gathering mission, [[Barricade (G1)|Barricade]] approached Shockwave, complaining that he and the other Decepticons of his size weren't getting their fair share of fuel. Instead of taking their appeal in consideration, Shockwave dismissively shooed the Micromasters away and partook in a conference with [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] and Ratbat. {{storylink|Destined for Nothing}} Barricade and his comrades then opted to desert the Decepticon army, and headed out for [[Little Iacon]]. Shockwave caught up with the group partway there, after the diminutive robots had narrowly avoided being devoured by some vampiric [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]]. Shockwave informed them that he had taken it upon himself to check up on them as a "show of good faith," but they were otherwise free to continue on their own path if so they chose. {{storylink|The Gray Race}} At this time, Shockwave planted a transmitter on one of smaller 'bots, as he knew that the group had already been contacted by Countdown. {{storylink|Recipe for Hate}} All of the Micromasters left, save for [[Flanker]], who was convinced to return to the Decepticon army by Shockwave's gesture. With no witnesses around, Shockwave tossed Flanker to the Insecticons as a snack. In return, he asked the cannibals to complete a mission for him: invade Little Iacon. {{storylink|The Gray Race}}

[[File:VictimsOfTheRevolution CountdownVSkystalker.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.2]]
Shortly thereafter, Skystalker and [[Skyhopper]] returned to Cybertron. Shockwave welcomed them back to the Decepticons' base, updating them on the progressing retrieval of the Golden Disk they coveted. Shockwave then overlooked Blitzwing, and upon his analysis, found that internal mutation in his fellow Decepticon were making him stronger. But Shockwave was unaware to what extent Skystalker had come to resent him in his absence... and how much more powerful the Micromaster had become. As he and Blitzwing were discussing the changes happening inside the latter, they were ambushed by the Skystalker, who managed to overpower both of the guzzlers. {{storylink|Recipe for Hate}} Skystalker overthrew Shockwave's command, knocking him offline and decapitating him to use in a grotesque puppet show, giving orders to the other Decepticons by holding Shockwave's severed noggin up to a video screen. {{storylink|Victims of the Revolution}} When Skystalker was defeated, Shockwave was repaired, but eventually, he and all the other Transformers on Cybertron succumbed to stasis as the planet's energy ran out, and it entered a hibernation phase known as the "[[Great Shutdown]]".

[[File:RevelationWaP ShockwaveAwakens.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|left]]
3000 years ago, Unicron's herald [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] located the dead planet, and reactivated Shockwave for study purposes. {{storylink|Generation 1 issue 0|Generation 1 #0}} However, when Shockwave was attacked by a swarm of [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]], Scourge intervened and saved him, {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}} only to be shot in the back by the Decepticon and captured. Dissecting and studying Scourge, Shockwave learned many secrets about the function and purpose of Transformers and Cybertron from the secrets hidden within him. Using that knowledge, Shockwave steadily worked to restore Cybertron, reactivating its population and solving their energy needs, ending the war and unifying the planet. He also continued his experiments into multiple transformations, yielding the unstable [[Duocon]]s, and then successfully mastering the process with [[Triple Changer]]s. Capturing [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]], Shockwave sought to unlock the full secrets of [[Vector Sigma]], having already learned of the mysterious significance of Earth to the Transformer race. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}} In preparation for the invasion of the planet, Shockwave subliminally influenced the population of Cybertron to become more violent, {{storylink|Passive Aggression}} and prevented the return of Optimus Prime and Megatron aboard the ''[[Ark II]]'' by having a [[Robert Hallo|human agent]] blow it up. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}}

{{note|''[[The Transformers Trilogy]]'' novel ''[[Transformers: Hardwired|Hardwired]]'' made a brief reference to Shockwave being part of the Decepticons on Earth, but having been incommunicado for months prior to the disappearance of Megatron in [[Tokyo]]. This statement is at odds with continuity established in [[War and Peace|''Transformers: Generation 1'' vol. 2: War and Peace]], after the novels' publication.}}

[[File:Shockwavedwwarandpeace.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.6|Déjà vu all over again.]]
In [[2003]], Shockwave made his move, heading to Earth with his Triple Changer troops and capturing Megatron and Optimus's forces, planning to try the two leaders as war criminals. Megatron was jettisoned into space by Starscream, {{storylink|New World Order}} provoking Shockwave in disciplining the Seeker. After making it clear he would not tolerate further insubordination, Shockwave presented his new recruits to a unified Iacon, cementing his claims that Cybertron was finally at peace. To better assimilate the Decepticons into his new society, Shockwave told them of a new device he had devised to render them more energy-efficient, but his presentation was interrupted by a report from Perceptor. Shockwave dismissed his audience to speak with Perceptor in private. Afterwards, he approached Soundwave, claiming that his plans for Cybertron was moving at a faster pace than anticipated, and offered him a position as his lieutenant. He left Soundwave to ruminate on his options, and next contacted Ultra Magnus, ordering to deactivate the Autobots in his custody, Optimus among them, once they made planet-fall. {{storylink|Brothers' Burden}} Ultra Magnus refused the order outright and Shockwave's plans were now meeting resistance on multiple fronts, with the Autobot's insubordination and the captive Alpha Trion's continued resistance to his probing. In a bid to deal with at least one of these problems, Shockwave had Rumble and Frenzy free the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] from prison, hoping the chaos they'd generate would be distraction enough for Ultra Magnus to be out of the picture while Optimus was dealt with. Shockwave also broadcasted footage of the Autobots' battles on Earth all around Cybertron, to turn public opinion against Optimus Prime's troops. But more unforeseen interference propped up; between the Dinobots arriving to sow their own brand of havoc, and Sandstorm and Broadside turning traitor, Prime managed escape from Shockwave's clutches and fell in with a rebel group. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}}

[[File:RevelationWaP ShockwaveDidIt.jpg|thumb|upright=1.9|left|''How I Did It'' by Shockwave.]]
Shockwave was next forced to deal with Grimlock personally, but even with the help of [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], found himself being overpowered by his opponent. Ultra Magnus's timely arrival helped tip the scales in Shockwave's favor, and Shockwave then unleashed the [[Guardian robot|Omega Sentinels]] to quell further insurrections. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}}

Mobilizing the planet's Autobots, Prime led an attack on [[Shockwave's Tower]]. As news of the insurrection reached Shockwave, he finished supercharging himself in anticipation to an inevitable confrontation against the rebels. He was first met by Ultra Magnus in his throne room, but after declaring that he no longer had a use for him, shot Magnus in the back. Shockwave was next confronted Shockwave by Optimus himself, whom he defeated with ease. He then proceeded to rip the Matrix free from Optimus's chest compartment. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}} Using the Matrix to activate Vector Sigma, Shockwave downloaded the compressed contents of the mega-computer into his network, but before he had an opportunity to view the data, he was pulled into a battle with the returned [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. In the course of the fight, the fuel line to his cannon was severed, and the resulting explosion destroyed his citadel and knocked him into a chasm. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}}

[[File:LostAndFound MegatronShockwave.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|Megatron '''IS'''.]]
While the rest of Cybertron believed Shockwave to be deceased, he had actually survived the explosion and gone underground in the wastelands of Cybertron. {{storylink|Lost and Found (issue)|Lost and Found}} In addition to re-establishing communications with the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] on Earth (who had been operating there as an advance squad preparing the way for his invasion), {{storylink|Extermination}} Shockwave continued his experimentation, resulting in the creation of [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]. Soon after, however, Megatron returned to Cybertron and bested Shockwave, crippled his offensive capabilities, and took control of his troops. {{storylink|Lost and Found (issue)|Lost and Found}} Shockwave was then taken to Earth, where Megatron similarly overpowered Starscream. But now, the three players were assembled, each knowing certain dark secrets of Cybertron's past... {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

{{Unreleased DW G1 comic}}
During his reign over Cybertron, Shockwave had discovered the Well of All Sparks, and broken the [[Seal of Primus]] itself to siphon from within it the power needed to create life. Little did he know that he had loosened the essence of The Fallen in the process, a consciousness which had gone on to take root inside Sunstorm. {{storylink|The Enemy Within}}

===''Transformers/G.I. Joe''===
[[File:Shockwave Trenches TF GI Joe.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1]]
As one of the Decepticons who crashed to [[Earth]] in the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' millions of years ago, Shockwave was retrieved by [[Cobra]] and pressed into service, taking on the alternate form of a massive artillery cannon. Chafing under the leadership of [[Cobra Commander]], he was ordered to transform and destroy the [[Autobot]] [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]. {{storylink|Trenches}}
[[File:Shockwavetfjoetrenches.jpg|thumb|right|upright=0.55|First guy to call him "Big Bertha" gets it in the face.]]
Although he did so, he was forced to fire sixteen consecutive times, despite needing to repair himself after every shot. The resulting strain on his structure irrevocably damaged him, and Cobra Commander refused to allow [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] to use the power of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] to restore him. {{storylink|The Iron Fist}}
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===''The Beast Within''===
Shockwave participated in a savage all-out Decepticon offensive against the Autobots. With the Decepticons maintaining the advantage throughout the battle, Shockwave was amongst those who approached a crippled Optimus Prime, ready to dispatch the Autobot leader. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[File:Shockwave-ddp2-2b1.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8|There are so many ways to make him look awesome.]]
In the absence of Megatron, Shockwave had assumed command of the Decepticons on Cybertron, and had successfully driven the Autobots into an underground resistance movement. When a number of [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] and [[Cobra]] troops, along with the captive Starscream, accidentally arrived on Cybertron via an overloaded wormhole gate, Shockwave and his troops immediately surrounded them. The same wormhole malfunction blasted a number of Transformers away from Cybertron and into random points of Earth's past, a temporal anomaly that threatened to scour the Earth's face with fire if the Transformers were not brought back.

Ultra Magnus and Perceptor arrived and were able to hold off the Decepticons for a time with a force field, while teams of humans were time-ported away to retrieve the missing Transformers and end the anomaly. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #1}} Magnus's force field power ran out before all the teams had returned, and Shockwave had his troops capture the Autobots. He took personal pleasure in blasting Ratchet when he was returned through the gate.

[[File:Shockwave and Starscream GIJoevsTFsII4.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0]]
Revealing that he had intended all along for the humans to discover the wormhole gate technology, Shockwave set the gate to continue operating but blocked the last remaining group from returning—thus condemning Earth to destruction, easy pickings for conquest. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 3|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #3}} Fortunately for Earth, two members of the G.I. Joe team were able to reactivate the gate, allowing the newly created Dinobots to return to Cybertron. The Dinobots' power quickly drove Shockwave's Decepticons into retreat.

Regrouping on the other side of the planet, Shockwave had the long-missing Starscream brought before him. As Starscream attempted to explain his way out of being seen as a traitor, a recording of Cobra Commander's voice suddenly began to play, explaining that he had lined Starscream's hull with explosives. Shockwave leapt to try and stop the process, but the entire building exploded, apparently taking the two Decepticons with it. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #4}}

With Shockwave's defeat, peace returned to Cybertron, and the Decepticons were driven back to a region known as the [[Gladiator Zone]]. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 1|The Art of War #1}} One of the mish-mash of robot parts known as the [[cannibalizer]]s had Shockwave's blaster hand grafted onto its arm. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3|The Art of War #3}}

In an [[Hell Day|erased future]], Shockwave would've led a Decepticon conquest of Earth. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 3|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #3}}

===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
In one reality, Shockwave fought under the command of [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] in the war over control of the [[Mini-Con]]s. {{storylink|Lonesome Diesel}}

During a gladiatorial match in the depths of Cybertron, Shockwave detected incoming security forces and raised the alarm. When Megatron mused that perhaps it was time to start their rebellion by destroying the incoming forces, Shockwave suggested they wait and build up their numbers. Megatron agreed and the pair departed. {{storylink|Parts}}

===''Q-Robo Transformer''===
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===2005 IDW continuity===
{{main|Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity}}
[[File:Spotlight Shockwave cvrB.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|IDW is so much [[Regenesis|his]] [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity#Onyx Prime|fault]], it might be a record.]]
Once a right-hearted [[Senate|senator]] of the corrupt pre-[[Great War (G1)|Great War]] [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Shockwave ran the [[Jhiaxian Academy of Advanced Technology|Academy of Advanced Technology]], protecting "[[Outlier (group)|outliers]]" from the [[functionism|functionists]] who held sway and secretly retrofitting several 'Bots who he felt were of good character, including [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Orion Pax]], to carry [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] chambers. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 2|Chaos Theory}} With his influence waning and the ruling caste unhappy with such activities, he was sent to the [[Institute]] to undergo [[Empurata]] and a "[[shadowplay|total personality inversion]]", leaving him a faceless, handless, and emotionless mech. {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc|Shadowplay}} Later, he became a [[Decepticon]] and helped [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] to overthrow the corrupt government. {{storylink|The Transformers: Autocracy|Autocracy}}

Millions of years later, he predicted the demise on Cybertron due to the energy consumption of the Autobot/Decepticon war. Knowing that control of resources would be crucial, he initiated a project he called [[Regenesis]] to "seed" several planets with potent [[Energon]] distillates, generating "crops" for him to harvest. Deserting when the time came to stabilise the planets, he was stymied on [[Earth]] by the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dynobot]]s—out for revenge on an unrelated matter—and fell into stasis-lock, {{storylink|Spotlight: Shockwave}} but not before reconditioning a crew of lost [[Maximal]]s into re-enacting the Great War in miniature. {{storylink|Strange Visitors}}

10,000 years later, his body was discovered and he was reawakened by [[Skywatch]]. Forming an alliance with [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]] to disable the bomb they placed in his head, he fought [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], and [[Grimlock (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Grimlock]] until the blue Decepticon managed to disable it, but was stopped from leaving by the Dynobot leader's bomb. Subsequently, they were taken to [[Garrus-9]] by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: Maximum Dinobots}}

Freed from the prison by [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]], Shockwave ultimately chose to rejoin his fellow Decepticons and returned to Earth. During [[D-Void]] war, he was summoned to Cybertron by Megatron. Once [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]] was defeated, the weakened Shockwave was captured by [[Autobot]]s along with other Decepticons. {{storylink|Chaos (IDW)|Chaos}}

Forming a surreptitious alliance with his old master [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] and their student [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] to aid them in a quest for the remains of his Regenesis program while remaining on Cybertron himself, he was convinced to act on the planet by [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]], but was illegally rendered into [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]]'s custody by [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]]. {{storylink|The End of the Beginning of the World}} His capture was part of a charade, however, as Prowl was being controlled by [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] at the behest of Megatron, who would use the Autobot strategist as a component in a newly recreated [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. {{storylink|The Verge}} {{storylink|Before the Dawn}}

Shockwave ultimately opted out of Megatron's latest insurrection, however, and retreated to the site of the previously destroyed [[Crystal City]]. Shockwave found that the city had been restored by the Energon ore he had seeded there long before, which he now dubbed [[Ore-14]]. Shockwave successfully tested Ore-14's restorative properties on [[Dreadwing (G2)|Dreadwing]]. {{storylink|Shockwaves}} In light of recent events, Soundwave confronted Shockwave over the latter's abandonment of Megatron and betrayal of the Decepticon leader's ideals, but to no avail. {{storylink|Shockpoint}} {{storylink|Soundwaves (issue)|Soundwaves}}

Shockwave's endgame was now in motion. Gathering the various Ores together would give him the power to manipulate reality itself. With the aid of Jhiaxus' [[chronal drive]], and harnessing the energy of the [[Dead Universe]] itself, Shockwave intended to collapse all of reality into a singularity, save for Cybertron itself, which would be eternally powered by the singularity. Shockwave nearly succeeded, thanks in part to the distractions of his [[Quintessa (IDW)|Necrotitan]] and the [[Ammonite]] legions he set loose upon Cybertron, but there was one thing he did not anticipate: Megatron having a change of heart, and befriending [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]] in the process. After Shockwave killed Bumblebee, Megatron took the fallen Autobot's [[insignia]] for himself, renouncing the Decepticon cause; this distraction allowed Optimus Prime to reach Shockwave and cause the former Senator to recall his pre-Shadowplay self. Horrified at what he had become, but unable to shut down the drive himself, Shockwave allowed Optimus and Megatron to save reality by destroying the drive, and him along with it. {{storylink|Dark Cybertron (IDW)|Dark Cybertron}}

Or so it was believed. In truth, the Ore-1 within the drive allowed the singularity to manipulate time as well as space, the gravity dragging Shockwave's broken body to twelve million years in the past, in the era following the departure of the [[Knights of Cybertron]]. Aimlessly wandering the Sea of Rust for years, Shockwave chanced upon the shepherd Onyx, slaying him and taking on the identity of "[[Onyx Prime]]" so as to engineer a perpetual [[Decepticon Empire]]. Masterminding a war to bring together the [[Thirteen]] Primes, then using the failed conquest on [[Antilla]] to trigger the [[First Cybertronian Civil War]] that tore them apart, Shockwave fled Cybertron and returned to the dead Antilla with his [[Maximal]] army. There, Shockwave found that the planet had been refashioned into a dormant anti-Cybertronian superweapon, making plans to use it. Recovering the core of the transmutation device, Shockwave dubbed it the "[[Talisman (G1)|Talisman]]" and sent it to Earth while he and the majority remained on Antilla.

In late [[2017]], Antilla was activated, dubbed [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] by the Talisman. Putting the final phases of his plan into motion, Shockwave reunited with [[Liege Maximo]], the two returning to Cybertron atop [[Nemesis (BW)|Nemesis]]. After sowing chaos across the planet, Shockwave revealed his true identity to the populace, revealing that the Primes and the Chosen One prophecy were nothing but fictions, as was all of Cybertron's religion. Though taken prisoner, Shockwave was unconcerned as Unicron was already consuming the [[Cybertronian colonies]]. When the Chaos Bringer arrived at Cybertron, Shockwave teleported himself to Earth so he could begin building his new empire only for Unicron to follow. Deducing that the Talisman had been brought to Earth, Shockwave quickly located it, ordering his servants to retrieve and use it against Unicron only to find that his grand plan had shattered ''their'' faith in him as well. Taken prisoner by [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] and [[Stardrive]], Shockwave played a brief role in Optimus's plan to defeat Unicron before his limbs were taken from him and he was chained up in the [[Nemesis (G1)|''Lemuria'']]. Suffering an identity crisis after wearing so many faces, Shockwave confessed to Prowl that he did not know which persona was the "real" him. With little sympathy, Prowl said that they'd all been him.

What Shockwave had always failed to realize was that people were judged, and defined, by their actions, not the intentions that they'd set out with. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (comic)|Optimus Prime}} {{storylink|Transformers: Unicron|Unicron}}

===''Hearts of Steel''===
[[File:ShockwaveVictorianbody-HOS2.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|"There's a giant cyclops who guards the outskirts of the city and preys on innocent sea creatures."]]
After awakening in 19th century America, Shockwave took on the form of an ironclad warship and recruited inventor [[Tobias Muldoon]] to the Decepticon side (by pretending to be a friend to humanity). {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 1|Hearts of Steel #1}} He took Muldoon to his Decepticon comrades underwater, where he was questioned by [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 2|Hearts of Steel #2}}

Years later in [[1888]], the surviving Decepticons came under the influence of the invading [[Elder God]]s. Shockwave was among those who accepted the beings as their new masters and defended [[Port Cenotaph]] on their behalf from intruders. {{storylink|Infestation 2: The Transformers issue 1|Infestation 2: The Transformers #1}} He soon defended the town against an international fleet, but was shot down. {{Storylink|Infestation 2: The Transformers issue 2|Infestation 2: The Transformers #2}}

{{note|"[[Strange Visitors]]" establishes that events identical to those of ''Hearts of Steel'' and ''Infestation 2'' occurred in the [[2005 IDW continuity]]; however, they happened to [[Maximal]] explorers brainwashed by the IDW Shockwave into believing they were the Autobots and Decepticons of the Great War. Shockwave reconstructed [[Maximal Shockwave|one of these Maximals]] into a duplicate of himself.}}

===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
====''Timelines''====
[[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] alternatively served the Decepticon cause on Cybertron under Shockwave's command or on Earth during the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]]. {{storylink|Buzzsaw (G1)#Timelines|BotCon 2006 Buzzsaw profile card}}

====2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity====
Early in the Great War, the nonaligned Cicadacon was gravely wounded. Shutting off his emotional processes, he was able to successfully self-repair, but he lost much of his memory. Joining the Decepticons, he served as one for centuries until [[The Transformers: The Movie|Unicron's attack on Cybertron in 2005]] reawakened his true self. {{storylink|Cicadacon#Combiner Wars|General Cicadacon profile card}}

{{note|Cicadacon's profile card does not specify his Decepticon identity, but who else does this description match?}}

===''Mini Mayhem!''===
Shockwave participated in an infiltration of [[BotCon]] to track down next year's toy designs, and use them to conquer the Autobots once and for all! Unfortunately, Shockwave forgot to mention to Megatron that their main target, [[Eric Siebenaler]] wouldn't be in attendance, and the plot wound up falling apart.

After being nominated two years in a row, Shockwave was sure he'd be a shoe-in for [[2011]]'s [[Transformers Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]]. He discussed the topic with Jazz and Grimlock until [[Erector (G1)|Erector]] and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] came along. The trio mistook Erector for Bumblebee, and so spared him any ridicule, but verbally tore into Waspinator. After insisting that the Predacon would never stand a chance against them, Shockwave and the others walked off in a huff. {{storylink|Mini Mayhem!}}

===Robot Heroes===
Shockwave was one of the Decepticons who helped Megatron start trouble on Earth, though he only fought for himself. When they ran into the Autobots, Shockwave was beaten up by Prowl. {{storylink|I Am Optimus Prime (Robot Heroes)|I Am Optimus Prime}}

===''Kre-O'' cartoon===
[[File:BotStars-Shockwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|"Algebra? Really?"]]
During a robot dance competition, Shockwave was among the three judges, all of whom were Decepticons. Despite [[Bumblebee (Kre-O)|Bumblebee]]'s phenomenal performance, he scored the Autobot at 1/2. For [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], despite awful technique and a nasty fall, he scored the Decepticon a 10². The commentator was skeptical. {{storylink|Bot Stars}}

He was present in the audience during Optimus, Bumblebee, and Megatron's boxing match. He also cheered when Megatron lost... {{storylink|Last Bot Standing}}

Shockwave, [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], and [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] enjoyed a picnic by the side of a road. When Bumblebee and Megatron raced by them, the picnickers waved at them. {{storylink|The Big Race}}

He was among the minions who passed Megatron his presents during the holiday season. {{storylink|A Gift For Megatron}}

Shockwave helped Megatron get back into shape after a string of humiliating defeats by standing on top of him while the Decepticon leader did some push-ups, and holding on to his weights while he did some reps. {{storylink|Megatron's Revenge}}

===San Diego Comic Con tech specs===
Shockwave ran through all the variables and decided that if he was going to further his goals of conquest, it would be rational to work with the human weaponeer [[Destro]]. He now sports a snazzy [[HISS tank]] [[alternate mode]] with his astroblaster integrated into the design <ref>[http://www.yojoe.com/vehicles/12/shockwavehiss/ Shockwave H.I.S.S. page at yojoe.com]</ref> and in return, he gives Destro loads of money. When Shockwave and Destro's goals no longer mesh, Destro will 'deal' with the Decepticon himself (yeah, good luck with that, mate).<ref>[http://www.yojoe.com/action/12/destro28.shtml Destro v.28 page at yojoe.com]</ref>

===''Transformers: All Spark''===
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===Starscream's New Power===
[[File:Starscream's New Power Starscream vs. Decepticons.jpg|thumb|100px|left]]
Shockwave attempted to apprehend Starscream as the latter infiltrated his [[Shockwave's Tower|personal lab]] on Cybertron. He was driven back once Starscream got his hands on some of his weapons. {{storylink|Starscream's New Power}}

===''Kre-O'' online manga===
Shockwave was part of a massive Decepticon invasion force intended to ruin the Autobots' picnic. However, [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]] plowed through them with his truck and left them scattered... and then left. Returning to the scene after.. ''ahem'', taking care of some pressing business, Optimus gathered up the still-wiped-out Kreons, bound them up on a flatbed trailer, and took them to the picnic. {{storylink|Emergency! Hurry to the Base, Optimus!}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
[[File:ISawThreeShips-shockwavealtmode.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Together with Starscream and his [[Relatives|brother]] Soundwave, Shockwave traveled from Cybertron to Earth to demand the humans surrender to Megatron. They were met with resistance from their welcomers, [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]], leading to a battle that ended with their defeat. {{storylink|I Saw Three Ships}} Retreating and forming an alliance with [[Cobra]], Shockwave and Starscream attacked the aircraft carrier [[USS Flagg|U.S.S. ''Flagg'']], which supposedly contained the body of Soundwave killed during the last battle. Enraged by his brother's death, Shockwave immolated many a Joe with an eye beam before tearing into the ship to retrieve his remains, but retreated with the others when they found no trace of Soundwave. {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend}}

[[File:ExpelledFromTheGarden-unattack.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.66]]

Shockwave, Starscream, and Cobra next attacked the [[United Nations]] headquarters, arriving at the same time as a vengeful Optimus Prime attacked G.I. Joe and was met with [[Doctor Venom]], who had [[Binary bonding|binary bonded]] with Soundwave's body to control it as a weapon. Shocked and disgusted by this desecration, Shockwave began grappling with Prime over his brother's reanimated remains, shouting that he'd take Soundwave home where Megatron could make him whole again. After Venom had been separated from Soundwave, Shockwave calmed down and declared that he wouldn't let such sentimental emotions get to him again. {{storylink|Expelled from the Garden}}

In spite of his emotionless façade, Shockwave couldn't help but feel somewhat remorseful for the death of his brother. Shockwave, Rumble, and Laserbeak collected what they could of Soundwave and travelled to the city of Kalis. There, they presented Soundwave's remains to the Autobot apostate [[Flame (Marvel)|Flame]], who used his knowledge to bring the spymaster back to life. However, Soundwave returned as a mere shell of his former self, an emotionless machine who could no longer recognize his brother. Watching Soundwave coldly defeat [[Snake-Eyes]] and seize Ravage for reprogramming, Shockwave sadly mused that ''he'' was now the compassionate one of the duo. {{storylink|Black Cybertron}}

===''Angry Birds'' comic===
[[File:ABTF1 Optimus+HeatwavevsShockwave.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5]]
Shockwave was among the Decepticon troops who attacked the Autobot vessel carrying the [[AllSpark]], but they were blasted into space by [[Heatwave (G1)|Heatwave]]'s water cannon and the Autobots escaped via [[Quantum generator|quantum jump]]. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers issue 1|Angry Birds Transformers #1}}
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===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
Shockwave developed the [[infiltration protocol]], {{storylink|A Brush With Infamy–Prologue}} and was recorded as having posed a challenge to Megatron's leadership position. {{storylink|Not All Megatrons}}

[[Eject (G1)|Eject]] lamented that all the great and famous Cybertronians, including Shockwave, were long gone by the time Cybertron was controlled by the [[Builder Assembly]]. {{storylink|Broken Windshields}}

Shockwave had a secret lab in [[Ultrix]]. A year after the [[Grand Uprising]], [[Deluge (G2)|Deluge]] had based himself in the lab where he operated on [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicons]]. He was tracked down by [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] who killed the scientist and destroyed the lab. {{storylink|The Inexorable March}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
When [[Violengiguar|Bio Ranger Iga]] formed the [[Thirteen Great Demon Generals#Ask Vector Prime|Thirteen Great Demon Generals]], he summoned Shockwave to join. He declined and sent his brother, [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]], in his stead. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#June 27, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 27/06/2015}}

===''Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Kaito Ishikawa]] (Japanese)}}

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===''Of Masters and Mayhem''===
[[File:Of Masters and Mayhem flashback.jpeg|thumb|300px|]]
In one universe, Shockwave fought alongside his fellow Decepticons against [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s Autobots. {{storylink|History}}

As scientific research supervisor for the Decepticons, Shockwave monitored an experiment by [[Loudpedal]] and [[Oil Slick (G1)|Oil Slick]] that engineered a test subject resembling a twisted version of Optimus Prime. Although initially designed as a potential new [[Combiner]] component, the test subject somehow developed an entirely unexpected ability to produce toxic sludge. This "[[Toxitron (Universe)|Toxitron]]" subject was overseen for a time, until he escaped and murdered his creators, causing Shockwave to abandon the project. {{storylink|The Toxic Transformer}}
[[File:KnockOutShockwave TheToxicTransformer.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|left|"I was built by a group of mad scientists, looking to make everything their fault. But it seems ''they failed!''"]]

Earlier, however, experiments with Toxitron had used whatever connection he had to Optimus Prime to grow the "shell" of a Matrix inside his body. Shockwave acquired this shell before the research bunker was destroyed, and used it to contain the mutated spark of the scientist known as [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]. This creation, later known as the [[Matrix of Malice]], became the centerpiece of the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]]'s new combination form as [[Thunder Mayhem]], much to the horror of all of Cybertron. {{storylink|Foundation and Wreckage Part 1: Deadly Aim|Deadly Aim}}{{-}}

===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' marketing material===
[[File:POTP vote Shockwave.jpeg|thumb|right|upright=0.5]]
{{quote|The rashness of action has led us here. Now is the time that clarity of thought shall rule.}}

Shockwave created [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. {{storylink|Shockwave (G1)/toys#CombinerWars|Combiner Wars Shockwave toy bio}}

Shockwave was a potential bearer of the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. As a force for order, Shockwave planned to create a new, strict civilisation to save Cybertron, declaring himself to be the only bot with the technical prowess to mastermind it. Instead, the Matrix went to [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]. {{storylink|Source:Power of the Primes Fan Vote|''Power of the Primes'' fan poll}}
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===''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' continuity===
====''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' marketing material====
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During the war for Cybertron, Shockwave was a [[Cybertronian military insignia|Space Force Applied Sciences Major]], whose function was a scientist. {{storylink|War for Cybertron: Siege|''Siege'' webpage}}<ref name=Siege>[https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/brands/siege ''Siege'' website]</ref> Being one of the most secure and heavily fortified zones on Cybertron, Shockwave would spend most of his time in the Decepticon-conquered city of [[Tarn (polity)|Tarn]]. {{storylink|Source:Teletraan-1 Data Files|''Siege'' Teletraan-1 Data Files}}<ref name=Siege/>

Shockwave was also known to make and upgrade Decepticon weapons during the war. He designed both [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s "D50-R35 Fusion Cannon" and "HPR Telescopic Laserstrike Launcher". Both of these could combine and modlock into the "NFM Particle Beam Megalauncher" using the [[C.O.M.B.A.T. System]]. {{storylink|Source:Teletraan-1 Data Files#Weapons database|Decepticon weapons database on Hasbro Pulse}}<ref>[https://hasbropulse.com/blogs/unboxed/transformers-wfc-siege-megatron-combat-weapons-guide "''Siege'' Megatron C.O.M.B.A.T. Weapons Guide" on Hasbro Pulse]</ref>

====''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Todd Haberkorn]] (English), [[Chafūrin]] (Japanese)|[[Hercules Fernando]] (Portuguese), [[Jérémy Prévost]] (French), [[Nicolai Tegeler]] (German), [[Txema Moscoso]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Eduardo Tejedo]] (Latin-American Spanish)}}
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A scientist, Shockwave deleted his emotions to improve his capacity for logically processing data. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 1}} During the era of the Great War, Shockwave joined with the Decepticons, becoming the faction's chief scientist. For cycles, Shockwave had been researching the ancient secrets of Cybertron. By the time that Ultra Magnus had surrendered himself to Megatron, Shockwave had confirmed using [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]]'s studies that the Allspark, the mystic source of all Cybertronian life, was real. Convinced that he could manipulate the Allspark's creation powers into a reformation wave to turn all Autobots into Decepticons, Shockwave brought this information to Megatron. Uneasy about such a drastic measure, Megatron took the idea under consideration.

Soon afterward, Soundwave detected Magnus passing information about the Allspark onto the Autobots. After a failed attempt to bait the Autobots, Megatron gave Shockwave the approval to enact his plan. {{storylink|Siege episode 2}}

Until the Allspark could be found, Shockwave was tasked with interrogating Ultra Magnus for the location of [[Autobot High Command]]. Despite Shockwave's best efforts, the Autobot commander remained steadfast, even breaking free at one point. When Magnus was recaptured, Shockwave increased the torture's intensity until the Autobot finally gave in, revealing the location of Autobot Command. {{storylink|Siege episode 3}}

In short order, however, Magnus lied and Megatron executed him outright. When Magnus' death unleashed the [[Alpha Trion Protocols]], Megatron had his corpse delivered back to Shockwave so the scientist could determine how to counter them. Shockwave was later present when Megatron promoted [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] to the command of the Seekers, fearing that such an act would not bode well. {{storylink|Siege episode 4}}

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When Soundwave and Shockwave understood how the Alpha Trion Protocols functioned, the latter proposed using a special virus to destroy the Protocols, even as Soundwave warned that such an act could adversely affect a large portion of the planetary infrastructure. Granted permission to proceed, Shockwave used Ultra Magnus' corpse as a transmitter and unleashed his virus. As the virus disabled Autobot systems, Shockwave and Soundwave rushed to tell Megatron that it had uncloaked the ''Ark'' and the Autobots. {{storylink|Siege episode 5}}

In the aftermath of the Battle of the Space Bridge, which saw both the ''Ark'' and the Allspark leave Cybertron, Shockwave was tasked with Project: Nemesis, designing a star cruiser capable of carrying the Decepticons to a new world. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 2}} With Cybertron dying, however, the Decepticons began harvesting the remaining population, Autobot and Decepticon, to fuel their escape ship. At Shockwave's request, Megatron inspected Sector 12, which had fallen behind on production, and gave Shockwave the authority to shut it down and harvest its resources. As Shockwave brought Sector 12's staff to the gladiatorial arena to be harvested, Megatron brought Elita-1's Autobots to bear witness, declaring that they would be Shockwave's next victims. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 1}}

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Before Shockwave could harvest the Autobots, a power outage caused by [[Scrapface]] allowed them to escape. Though Shockwave noted that another Sector would have to be harvested, Soundwave soon discovered that the ''Ark'' still functioned. At Megatron's command, Shockwave then activated the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' ahead of schedule. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 2}}

Shockwave did not board the ''Nemesis'' however, remaining behind to maintain order on Cybertron. He called for all Decepticons to present themselves to [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]] arena under the guise of helping them, but in actuality, so he could harvest their sparks to power himself and his guards. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 3}}

By the time that Elita-1's forces returned to sabotage the arena, Shockwave had developed cloaking technology for himself. Having bolstered himself on the harvested sparks, Shockwave was quickly able to overpower Elita and restrained her for experimentation. Before he could do anything, however, he was called away to oversee the capture of the other rebels before the explosives that they had planted detonated, consuming the arena and killing all present. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 6}}
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===''Transformers/Ghostbusters''===
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After the Decepticons won the Great War, the malevolent entity known as [[Gozer]] appeared on Cybertron to Decepticon High Command. Though Shockwave advocated caution, especially given that Gozer's power was beyond his sensors' ability to categorize, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] fired his [[null-ray]] at the entity who reflected its power back at the Decepticons. When [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] approached the invader, it offered him the choice of which form it would assume to destroy Cybertron before it disappeared, declaring that the choice had been made. It was then that a guilty Starscream spoke up, his mind having drifted to his first conception of a being capable of destroying Cybertron which was revealed to be himself as Gozer rematerialized as a titanic version of the Seeker. After an enraged Megatron shot Starscream, Shockwave tended to the Seeker as the Decepticons fought back against the extradimensional menace. {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 1}} Even with their mightiest [[combiner]]s however, the Decepticons could not match Gozer's power, before [[Decepticon High Command]] was approached by [[Kremzeek]] the Scavenger who turned the quartet into [[ghost]]s. In return for this however, Kremzeek wanted their aid in finding and absorbing the [[AllSpark]]. Along with Megatron and Soundwave, Shockwave refused, resulting the trio being absorbed into Kremzeek's being. {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 2}} {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 4}}

Roughly a thousand years later on Earth, Kremzeek's physical body was destroyed when the Scavenger made physical contact with [[Killerwatt|an electricity consuming ghost]], freeing Shockwave's spirit. {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 4}} Though Shockwave, along with Soundwave, was initially willing to work with the Autobots to get his physical body back, the conflict quickly escalated and the scientist opened fire on the [[Ghostbusters]]. Being retained by an overeager [[Ectotron]], Shockwave fired his cannon, declaring that he no longer wished to owe his life to such a cretin. While his stray shots broke [[Peter Venkman]]'s focus and allowed Starscream to flee the planet, Shockwave himself was soon sealed within a [[ghost trap]]. Once the battle ended, Optimus Prime took Shockwave's trap, along with Megatron and Soundwave's, hoping to one day rehabilitate the three and use the [[AllSpark]] to revive them. {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 5}}

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===2019 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Four|''Transformers'' #10]]}}

[[File:Escape-3-Skywarp cloning procedure.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|"Time to make everything my fault again!"]]
During the [[War of the Threefold Spark]], Shockwave voluntarily collaborated with the evil [[Exarchon]] as the mad tyrant waged war against Cybertron, with the promise of Shockwave being allowed to indulge his every scientific curiosity. Together, the pair experimented with [[cloning]], with one of their early results being [[Soundblaster (G1)|Soundblaster]]. {{storylink|Escape Part Two}} {{storylink|War's End Part One}} In an effort to mass-produce an army of teleporting warriors Shockwave attempted to clone his fellow collaborator [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]. The resulting [[Skywarp drone|clone army]] lacked Skywarp's teleportation powers, but proved valuable warriors all the same. {{storylink|Escape Part Three}}

After the end of the war, Exarchon vanished and his co-conspirators were banished from Cybertron by [[Nominus Prime]]. Eventually, however, [[Decepticon|Ascenticon]] senator [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] contacted Shockwave and put him in control of the radical group known as "[[the Rise]]", in the hopes that Shockwave's logic would rein in their worst impulses while stoking preexisting societal tensions so as to legitimize the [[Decepticon|Ascenticons]] in the optics of the public. Eventually, Megatron was able to smuggle Shockwave back to Cybertron, who set up shop in one of Exarchon's abandoned bunkers in the deepest reaches of the badlands. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Four}}

[[File:ConstructiconsRisingPart2 ShockwaveBombshellChat.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.2|"Status report! What percentage of stuff is my fault so far??"]]
While coordinating the activities of the Rise on Cybertron, Shockwave also began reaching out to other Cybertronians who'd been banished from the planet. These included the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]]s, with whom he struck a bargain: in exchange for their service, he'd clone them so that they could eat as much as they desired. A battery of experiments revealed that the trio were ideal candidates for cloning; although he obtained all the necessary data required to clone an army of Insecticons, Shockwave chose to keep this information to himself out of fear that the ambitious Insecticons were more powerful than anyone, including themselves, realized. {{storylink|Escape Part Two}} To accomplish this plan, he reunited with his old minion [[Soundblaster (G1)|Soundblaster]], who recruited [[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]] and a group of mercenaries to establish a profitable "splice-thieving" operation on the planet [[Kworia]], an organ-harvesting scheme that stripped Cybertronian victims for parts and shipped them back to Cybertron for use in Shockwave's experiments. Eventually, Shockwave constructed a number of Insecticon clones, but chose to keep this knowledge a secret for the time being. {{storylink|Storm Horizon Part 3}} {{storylink|Escape Part Two}}

In the meantime, Shockwave had the original three Insecticons recruit the exiled [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] into assisting his goals. Shockwave contacted their leader [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] when progress on that front was taking too long, but Bombshell shrugged off his concerns. {{storylink|Constructicons Rising, Part 2}} Bombshell eventually convinced the group to rebel against the [[Senate]], and Shockwave sent the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] to extract them from Mayalx along with a stockpile of [[Energon]] they had harvested. {{storylink|Constructicons Rising, Part 4}} Shockwave allowed the Constructicons to go off on their own, but planned to one day bring them back to Cybertron when the time was right in the belief that [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]'s loyalty gave him a monopoly on [[combiner]] power. {{storylink|Constructicons Rising, Part 4}}

After [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] had been murdered, [[Security Operations]] officer and Ascenticon sympathizer [[Barricade (IDW)|Barricade]] discovered that a [[Voin]] scavenger might have witnessed the murder. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Three}} Reporting this to Soundwave, Barricade was instructed to inform Shockwave who dispatched [[Quake (G1)|Quake]] to tie up the loose end. Though Quake killed the Voin, this gruesome act was witnessed by [[Rubble]], the zealous veteran killing the newborn to prevent his crime from being reported. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Five}} {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Five}}

[[File:TheChangeInYourNaturePartThree MegatronBeatsShockwave.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|"Awww, c'mon. I had barely even started..."]]
Following a Senate meeting, Megatron visited Shockwave and told him to get the Rise under control lest the Ascenticon deliver him to the authorities. As Megatron drove off, Shockwave mused on other ideas. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Four}} When Megatron found that Soundwave had given Barricade sanctuary, he sent a message to Shockwave to come collect the rogue Security officer, but to do it neatly. Shockwave sent [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]], [[Whisper (G1)|Visper]], and [[Storm Cloud (G1)|Storm Cloud]] to retrieve Barricade, the trio performing to Megatron's expectations. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Five}}

Still, Shockwave continued to assert the Rise independently of Megatron's control. The evacuation of the memorial crater left the Rise's energon reserves dangerous low. Shockwave sent out Ruckus and three others to acquire fresh supplies, but they were spotted by Security and got caught up in a stand-off at an [[immersant]] Titan. After Soundwave surreptitiously killed the Risers to keep them from talking, Megatron made another personal appearance at Shockwave's hideout. After summoning the Rise lieutenants Sixshot and [[Slipstream (G1)|Slipstream]], Megatron brutally beat down Shockwave in a show of dominance. The Ascenticon senator made it abundantly clear to Shockwave and his officers that the Rise was NOT a separate organization in league with the Ascenticons. They were all, unquestioningly, under Megatron's control and Megatron's alone. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Three}} Shockwave began to recover from his injuries thanks to [[Flatline (G1)|Flatline]]'s services. He was enraged when Sixshot informed him that [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] had requisitioned troops and left the base without permission. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: All Fall Down|All Fall Down}} Mindwipe later called in to report that their base was compromised by Storm Cloud. Shockwave began evacuations and swore to rip Mindwipe's wings off. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: Swindle's|Swindle's}}

[[File:StormHorizonPart3-InsecticonClones.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.6|"Okay, back on track!"]]
At some point after Shockwave relocated his base of operations to another of Exarchon's hidden bunkers, Soundblaster returned from deep space after his defeat at the hands of [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. Though Soundblaster did not perform to Shockwave's high standards, he had brought back enough materials for the scientist to create an army of [[Insecticon clone]]s, a performance that Shockwave found acceptable. {{storylink|Storm Horizon Part 3}}

As Shockwave tended to his machines, the original three Insecticons entered and demanded an audience, only for the cyclops to wave them off. As the three left, Shockwave confided in Soundblaster that the project no longer needed the Insecticons and that they would have to keep an eye on Bombshell. {{storylink|Escape Part Two}} After learning that the Insecticons had betrayed him, stolen some of his old cloning equipment, and gone rogue, Shockwave dispatched [[Rage (G1)|Rage]] and [[Hydradread]] to hunt them down. {{storylink|Escape Part Three}}

[[File:SeaOfRustII-Shockwave.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5|Shockwave Rebake Full City.]]
Despite his best efforts to exterminate the traitors, the Insecticons and their new clone army proved too numerous to exterminate and as a result Shockwave was forced to admit defeat and leave the three to their own devices, under the stipulation that they'd obey his commands when ordered. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Sea of Rust I|Sea of Rust I}} After Slipstream's [[Team Stream|team]] returned from the [[Winged Moon]], Shockwave took custody of the radioactive and insane [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]] and spent time analyzing his growing abilities. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Test Flight I|Test Flight I}} Shockwave contacted Bombshell and ordered his Insecticon swarm into action to take out [[Termagax]]'s walking [[House (building)|House]] and seize the [[Enigma of Combination]], a battle that would assuredly leave their clone army weakened. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Sea of Rust I|Sea of Rust I}} When a recently returned Skywarp arrived, Shockwave adopted a powerful new suit of armor to confront his old partner, but upon hearing about the Enigma, Skywarp teleported away once more. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Sea of Rust II|Sea of Rust II}}

[[File:DarknessOnceGazedUponPart3 ShockwaveExarchon.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.9|SHOCKWAVE'S SUSSY-SENSE TINGLING!]]
Following Skywarp being grievously injured in his attempt to retrieve the Enigma, Shockwave tended to him, mainly just to see if he could, before Flatline arrived. Though initially dismissing the medic's strange speech pattern, Shockwave quickly realized that Exarchon had returned, the warlord declaring that they had unfinished business to complete. {{storylink|Darkness, Once Gazed Upon: Part Three}} After sufficiently repairing Skywarp, Shockwave spoke with Exarchon enough to confirm his identity. When Skywarp awoke, Exarchon attempted to win back his subordinates, promising Shockwave to reveal more arcane sciences when the scientist noted that the Decepticons were offering the same deal. Following the arrival of the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] and Skywarp teleporting away, Exarchon identified a hidden base of his in the [[Sonic Canyons]], where he was already dealing with the Autobot interlopers. {{storylink|War's End Part One}} As Shockwave sent his forces to reinforce Exarchon, Skywarp informed the Decepticons that the scientist had betrayed them. When Team Stream attempted to confirm this by informing him of their mission against Exarchon, Shockwave told them to stand down, the unusual order dividing the team. {{storylink|War's End Part Two}}

On Shockwave's order, Devastator returned to Cybertron, being given the instructions to find Soundblaster. As the combiner made his way to the Sonic Canyons, Shockwave showed Exarchon around the bunker, though he adamantly refused the Threefold Spark's request to release Sunstorm so that Exarchon could usurp him. When Megatron arrived, Shockwave was sent to collect him, bringing the Decepticon leader to Exarchon. Returning, Shockwave demanded that Exarchon return Sunstorm to his tube, though he was largely ignored as the warlords talked. After Megatron had shot Exarchon into Sunstorm's arms, killing that iteration of the Threefold Spark, the Decepticon ordered Shockwave to tell him all that had been transpiring. {{storylink|War's End Part Three}} Subordinate to Megatron once again, Shockwave was part of the Decepticon leader's entourage as he made to meet with Optimus Prime. {{storylink|End of Time}}

[[File:FateOfCybertron ShockwavePlatform.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.9|He's something of a scientist himself.]]
After the Decepticons were forced to allow the Autobots to reach [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]], a frustrated Megatron reminded Shockwave that he'd only overlook the scientist's past uncertain loyalties if the Constructicons arrived to serve him. Shockwave assured the Decepticon leader that he still had Megatron's interests foremost in his mind. Soon, after rendezvousing with the Constructicons, the entire Decepticon army arrived at Darkmount's gates and launched an attack to prevent the Autobots from leaving the planet. Shockwave joined a concentrated attack on [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] after the combiner made a last stand to buy time for his comrades to blast off. Computron was defeated, but the Autobots managed to escape Cybertron, and in the aftermath Shockwave offered his congratulations to Megatron on what seemed an incomplete victory. {{storylink|Transformers: Fate of Cybertron|Fate of Cybertron}}

====Alternate future====
In an alternate future where Exarchon returned to Cybertron and conquered the planet, Exarchon killed Shockwave and stole his body to become one-third of his latest iteration, alongside Megatron and Onslaught. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Test Flight I|Test Flight I}}
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===Precursor World===

A [[Primus Vanguard|Warrior of the Seven Lights]] resembling a particularly bricky Shockwave was a member of the [[Purple Order]]. He oversaw the containment of Megatron and his turncoat [[Straxus (G1)#Precursor World|Straxus]] followers by the Order's [[Pretender Monster]] creations such that Wicked could propose an alliance. {{storylink|God Neptune comic 1}}

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===''My Little Pony/Transformers''===
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During a battle, Shockwave briefed Megatron that a malfunctioning [[Space bridge|spacebridge]] was reaching into another reality, instead of other planets. The portal eventually connected with the [[magic]] of [[Queen Chrysalis]] in the realm of [[Equestria]], the combination of energies dragging all combatants, Shockwave included, to the magical realm. {{storylink|Transformation Is Magic}}

Still able to use the space bridge to teleport around Equestria, Shockwave crashed the set of ''[[Preppin' with Pinkie]]'' to determine how many equines it took to make [[energon cube]]s only for [[Gauge]] and [[Pinkie Pie]] to chaotically force him back through the portal using a variety of kitchen appliances. {{storylink|They Eat Ponies, Don't They?}}

[[File:Finale-Shockwave.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"If anyone gets to do a TRON reference it should be me, dammit!"]]

The Decepticons and changelings eventually launched an attack on the [[Crystal Empire]], the Autobots and ponies coming to its defense. At Megatron's order, Shockwave attempted to procure samples of the arcane from the castle but found his firepower outmatched by the power of friendship. When the Decepticons eventually returned to Cybertron, Shockwave revealed that they had not managed to claim any magic but that he had saved Equestria's coordinates. Rather than return to the realm, however, he proposed bringing magic to Cybertron. {{storylink|Finale (Friendship in Disguise!)|Finale}}

Some time later, Shockwave and the other Decepticons constructed a second spacebridge and used it to return to Equestria. However, their activities in the magic realm provoked [[Twilight Sparkle]] and the other ponies into chasing them through the portal and back to Cybertron; the brief battle freed the evil [[King Sombra]] from his prison, who set about mind-controlling as many Decepticons as he could find. By the time that Optimus Prime arrived to investigate, [[Applejack]] and [[Rarity]] told Shockwave and Optimus that the only way to survive what came next was to team up. {{storylink|The Magic of Cybertron}}

In the final battle against King Sombra, who'd stolen the body of [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], Shockwave and Rarity worked together to restrain Pinkie Pie and [[Fluttershy]]. After attuning the pony's emotion-powered [[exosuit]]s to match Scorponok's natural frequencies, the pair helped battle and eventually vanquish the brainwashed [[Titan (group)|Titan]]. {{storylink|Finale (The Magic of Cybertron)|Finale}}

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===''Transformers/Back to the Future''===
Shockwave was one of the Decepticons who boarded the ''Ark'', winding up in stasis-lock when the ship crashed on Earth. {{storylink|Transformers/Back to the Future issue 2|Transformers/Back to the Future #2}}

===''Transformers Go! Go!''===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Villains' Strategy Conference, Indeed!}} {{storylink|The Transformers' Explosive New Years' Battle!}} {{storylink|Go! Go! issue 26}}}}
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=== Energon Universe ===
{{spoiler|Void Rivals issue 4|October 25 2023}}

The only Decepticon active on Cybertron, Shockwave had spent all his currency on resources to sustain himself. When the [[Skuxxoid]] arrived with a [[Quintesson Prosecutor]], a furious Shockwave told the organic to leave before he began stripping the [[Rockeroid]] for parts. {{storylink|Void Rivals issue 4|Void Rivals #4}}

==Commercial appearances==
*When the Autobots unleashed their newest super-warrior [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], the Decepticons retaliated by revealing their own secret weapon, Shockwave! {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Jetfire and Shockwave|Jetfire and Shockwave commercial}}
*Shockwave created a "continuum transmorpher" for Megatron, a device capable of breaching dimension barriers. He then showed Megatron around his lab, pointing out all the upgrades he made for the place. {{storylink|Who is the Greatest Starscream Of All Time?}}

==Games==
===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
{{voiceactor|[[Barry Gjerde]] (English)}}

[[File:Ps2tatakai shockwave1.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Absolute Power, etc., etc.]]

{{bigquote|Megatron's personal watchdog. With the ability to transform into a laser gun, Shockwave boasts a powerful attack!|The [[narrator]]|''[[The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers]]''}}

In an alternate future, the Shockwave of that time grew frustrated with [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]'s increasingly abusive leadership, and when he discovered the [[Zel Quartz]], which could vastly boost the power of a Transformer, he implanted it into himself and staged a one-robot mutiny. Unfortunately, the power proved too much for Shockwave's systems and he ran wild. Neither the Autobots nor the Decepticons could stop him and they took massive casualties in the attempt. Shockwave eventually destroyed Cybertron, then set out on a quest to destroy all planets with life. Elite teams of Autobots and Decepticons traveled to the past to prevent these events by either destroying or seizing the Zel Quartz years before Shockwave would find it.

[[File:Ps2tatakai shockwave2.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|left|{{w|Dynasty Warriors 3|Feel the power of my magic!}}]]
In the Autobot story, the present-day Shockwave was the main boss in the geothermal power plant, protecting the main turbine of the plant. When Optimus Prime and his team reached the main turbine, Shockwave slowly descended from the ceiling in his alternate form. He then changed to his robot form and dropped to the floor, announcing that he was collecting energy for Megatron. He warned the Autobots that anyone who stood in his way should not expect any mercy from him. When Optimus Prime stated that the Autobots were going to stop the Decepticon's plundering of [[Zel Samine]]'s energy, Shockwave suggested that they should settle this feud, by fighting. Eventually, the Autobots over-powered the Decepticon, and a battered Shockwave warned Optimus that he would remember the outcome of the fight before disengaging and fleeing the power plant. Later, Shockwave appeared in the valley where the Autobots detected an SOS signal and had a rematch with the Autobots, but was defeated again.

During the Decepticon storyline, Shockwave was a member of a team that Megatron sent to investigate a mysterious UFO that was spotted in the area of Zel Samine. Something caused the team to lose contact with the main Decepticon forces, and they found out that they could not leave the planet, as Zel's sun, Paradius, emitted electromagnetic rays that was harmful to them. Unable to contact Megatron and with no way to leave the planet safely, Shockwave and the others scattered across Zel, with Shockwave himself eventually finding his way to the Atalstan gem mine. When the Galvatron of the alternate timeline told the Megatron of the present the "truth" about the Zel Quartz, he asked his past self if Shockwave was around before telling it.

Once the main Decepticon forces arrived at the Atalstan gem mine and found the giant ore that they suspected to be the Zel Quartz, Shockwave analyzed the group and when he concluded that they were Decepticons. He hovered downward in his handgun mode. Transforming into [[robot mode]], he made a short drop to the floor and announced that he had finally achieved rendezvous with his fellow warriors. When Megatron expressed partial surprise in the fact that Shockwave had survived, Shockwave confirmed him and announced that he was awaiting Megatron's orders.

For the remainder of the game, Shockwave remained ignorant of the circumstances that prompted their arrival. What's more, despite which side won, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] accidentally negated the quartz's powers, and Shockwave's reign of terror in the future was averted. {{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

===''Transformers G1: Awakening''===
[[File:Gluawakening shockwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|[[Doctor (Doctor Who)|Logic allows me to be wrong with authority]].]]
When the Autobots and Decepticons left Cybertron, Shockwave remained on the planet and enslaved every Autobot left behind. He ruled for four million years before the Transformers on Earth revived. He planned a "welcome party" for the returning Autobots when they arrived through the space bridge, captured them, confiscated their weapons, and put them in a prison which used to be a field hospital. The Autobots then escaped back to Earth, but later returned to assault the Decepticon fortress. Shockwave defeated Optimus Prime and Bumblebee in combat, but they were saved by the arrival of Grimlock, who beat Shockwave, freeing the Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers G1: Awakening|Awakening}}
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===''Transformers Legends''===
Shockwave experimented on the Lightning Strike Coalition, transforming them into the monstrous Dinobots. This backfired against the Decepticon Scientist when the Dinobots used their newfound power to rise up against Shockwave and thrash his lab. Shockwave escaped, swearing revenge against Grimlock and his team {{storylink|Rescue the King}}

Shockwave uncovered ancient [[CNA]] and used it to clone [[Hun-Gurrr (G1)|Hun-Gurrr]] and the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]]. The beasts promptly escaped, and Shockwave had to recapture them with the help of [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] and [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]] before Megatron found out. {{storylink|Unleash the Beasts}} When the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] marched on the Decepticon base, Shockwave spotted them approaching and grabbed [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] and [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]. This fearsome Decepticon team was able to stop the Dinobots in their tracks. {{storylink|Day of the Dinobots - Part 2}} Shockwave and [[Deluge (G2)|Deluge]] were dispatched to rein in the Constructicons when the team started getting friendly with the Autobots. {{storylink|The Master Builders (Legends)|The Master Builders}} When the Decepticons used [[Chronogon]] portals to send the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] back in time, Shockwave was part of an operation to try and prevent Orion Pax's recreation as [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|Golden Age (Legends)|Golden Age}}

Megatron and Shockwave slyly suggested to Grimlock that he should be leader of the Autobots, believing that if he took over, it would make their job of overcoming the Autobots easier. As it happened, once Grimlock took over, the two Decepticons were instead captured by his forces, and only escaped once he turned the reins back over to Optimus. {{storylink|Me, Grimlock, King}}

Shockwave took part in an all-out assault on [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. {{storylink|One Shall Fall...}} He later aided [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] when the planet-eater attacked [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|'Til All Are One (Legends)|'Til All Are One}} Shockwave was among a handful of Decepticons who ventured inside Unicron to search for [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. After encountering [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] and [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]], then falling foul of Unicron's internal defenses, the Decepticons resumed their search. {{storylink|Belly of the Beast (Legends)|Belly of the Beast}}

===''Angry Birds Transformers''===
{{main|King Pig#As Shockwave}}
Shockwave appears as a character unlockable in Challenge Events. He is portrayed by King Pig. He also appears as [[King Pig#As Energon Shockwave|Energon]] and [[King Pig#As Major Shockwave|Major]] versions. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers}}

===''Transformers: Devastation''===
[[File:Devastation-Shockwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Technodrome: The Final Shell-Shock!]]
{{voiceactor|[[Darryl Kurylo]]}}
Shockwave assisted Megatron in his efforts to control the [[Plasma Core]] and use it to cyberform Earth. He later confronted the Autobots after they reached Cybertron. Finding the logic in their arguments about the dangers of the Plasma Core to be flawed, Shockwave attacked them, claiming that the Decepticons would not only control the Plasma Core, but also use it to save Cybertron. During the fight, he demonstrated the ability to create clones of himself that fought for him. He also could open portals to redirect the beams from his gun mode, allowing him to cover much of the arena. He was ultimately defeated, but revealed to the Autobots that [[Nova Prime]] was the one who originally conceived the idea of cyberforming populated worlds with the Plasma Core, which Optimus refused to believe. After his defeat, the "Shockwave Blaster" weapon became unlocked as a new weapon that could be found. {{storylink|Transformers: Devastation}}

===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[file:ShockwaveEarthWars.jpg|thumb|All Medical terminology and processing is logical.]]

Shockwave is a creature of pure logic, untroubled by distracting emotions and ambitions.
Cold, brutal and efficient, Shockwave views warfare through wholly scientific optical receptors, finding the path of least resistance and executing his strategy without vanity or bloodlust.
He regards Megatron's passion for conquest with something approaching disdain, believing it only hinders achievement of his goals. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars|Shockwave bio}}

Shockwave came to Earth after Megatron found the Enigma of Combination, although he kept in contact with Megatron during the hunt for the [[Fractal Map]].

He then advised Megatron it would be logical to create Devastator as soon as possible. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars|Combiner Wars Campaign}}

At some point, he created [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]] via cloning.

*'''Class''': Medic
*'''Lowest star rating''': 3 star
*'''Weapons''': Shockwave shoots a heal beam to heal other friendly units. He also uses his signature arm cannon to neutralize targets where there are no other allies.
*'''Ability: Combat Stimulants'''- Amplify the movement speed and attack speed of friendly Cons for 8 seconds!
**'''Cost''': 3 ability points +2 points for reuses.

[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:shockwave Shockwave at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]

===''Transformers: Forged to Fight''===
[[File:Shockwave-Forged to Fight.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|It is logical to use my mini-me-gun for ranged attacks.]]

Shockwave was one of the Decepticons pulled from [[The Transformers (franchise)|his universe]] by the [[Quintesson]]s. He seemingly didn't fall under their influence, however, and began plotting to unite the Decepticons and take over [[New Quintessa]]. He was working on two devices: one which would allow him to harness Unstable Energon, and an Aim Enhancer, though the Commander and his party became a problem. He sent [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] to keep them busy, though they ultimately failed, resulting in Shockwave being forced to face the Commander's party himself. {{storylink|Transformers: Forged to Fight|A Shocking Revelation - Chapter 1: Here All Along}}

There are at least a few of him running around, some of which join the Commander! As a Tech bot, He absorbs energy attacks as Energy Charges which he can then shoot back at enemies to Shock them and drain their Power. In addition, he Repair Blocks and sometimes Undo damage on him. He also gets some Synergy Bonus from literally every Tech bot. {{storylink|Transformers: Forged to Fight}}

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===''Transformers: Heavy Metal''===
Shockwave was one of the Decepticons under Starscream's command during an invasion of Earth. He could be found overseeing the Decepticons' mining efforts, forcing the Autobots to fight through his underlings before he could be confronted. {{storylink|Transformers: Heavy Metal}}

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===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
Shockwave was a cold and logical engineer, one of Megatron’s most trusted compatriots, {{storylink|Transformers Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook|Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook}} a high-ranking member of the [[Conclave]], {{storylink|Decepticon Directive}} and a powerful combatant in his own right. {{storylink|Transformers Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook|Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook}} However, his over-reliance on logic could leave him blindsided when events didn’t go to plan. During the war on Cybertron, Shockwave compiled a report to Megatron explaining their deteriorating Energon stores, and concluded that they would need to seek out more energon on other worlds.

At some point after reactivating on Earth, Shockwave conducted research on the cathedral in the human city of [[Mérida]]. He found that some of the bricks possessed a unique energon signature, which led him to discover a mysterious underwater pyramid in the Gulf of Mexico which had somehow absorbed energon raditation from the crash of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] and ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]''. {{storylink|Transformers Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook|Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook}} Seeking a means of returning to Cybertron, Shockwave was responsible for spearheading the construction of the ''[[Victory (G1)|Victory]]'' using a mixture of cannibalized parts from the ''Nemesis'' and various locally-manufactured components, but the Autobots sabotaged the launch and foiled this plan. {{storylink|Decepticon Directive}}

At some point, Shockwave gained a tank-based alternate mode. {{storylink|Decepticon Directive}}

==Toys==
{{main|Shockwave (G1)/toys}}

==Merchandise==
{{main|Shockwave (G1)/toys#Merchandise}}

==Notes==
* [[Bob Budiansky]] said Shockwave was "my attempt to take [[Spock]] from ''[[Star Trek]]'' and make him into a Decepticon".<ref>[http://rustingcarcass.yuku.com/topic/954/t/Bob-Budiansky.html Rusting Carcass interview]</ref>
[[File:StudioOxCybertronBattleCons.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|It's not easy being grey. It seems you blend in with so many other ordinary things.]]
* Shockwave's cartoon portrayal is highly inconsistent with his appearances in all other fictional media. Instead of a coldly logical, power hungry rival to Megatron, in the cartoon Shockwave is consistently loyal and subservient. In a [[Shout! Factory|2009 retrospective documentary about the brand]], [[Hasbro]] staff said this disparity was a simple—though extreme—result of there not having been enough time during the production of the Generation 1 cartoon and comic to get all the story basics firmly and consistently established from the outset. The character descriptions in the cartoon's [[production bible]] are mostly abridged versions of [[Bob Budiansky]]'s original character writeups, which went on to become the toys' [[Tech Spec|tech specs]]... yet Shockwave's show bible description is entirely different from his tech spec [[bio]]. At [[BotCon]] 2022, Bob Budiansky confirmed that as far as he recalls, the published bio for Shockwave was his original version, and he has no knowledge of a different bio. Later versions of the character would split the difference between the two interpretations.
* According to early drafts of the script for the series's [[More than Meets the Eye (mini-series)|pilot episode]], Shockwave was at one point to be called "'''Flash Beam'''". At TFcon Los Angeles in [[2019]], [[Jim Sorenson]] and [[Bill Forster]] displayed an early model sheet labeled "Decepticon's Flash Beam", using a preliminary color scheme inspired by Astro Magnum/Galactic Man.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Revealed at Jim Sorenson and @Bill_Forster's panel last weekend, Decepticons' Flash Beam finally makes theirself known to the fandom! This oddly colored proto-Shockwave animation model is a heck of a curiosity... to say the least! https://t.co/PzDV1MjSSA|link=https://twitter.com/JesseWittenrich/status/1107973728179290112|name=Jesse Wittenrich|site=Twitter|year=2019|month=03|day=19|(defunct=)}}</ref>
* A Cybertronian battle scene illustrated circa [[1985]] by [[Studio OX]] for ''[[TV Magazine]]'' (reprinted in the [[2001]] guidebook ''[[Transformers Generations (guidebook)|Transformers Generations]]'' and ''[[Transformers Visualworks]]'') depicts Shockwave not in purple, but in the original grey color scheme of the Astro Magnum/Galactic Man toy.
* Shockwave has been periodically drawn with two hands in various media. He first shows up this way in "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]", and the condition briefly reappears in "[[Divide and Conquer]]". He also wound up this way on the cover of [[Ashes, Ashes...|''G.I. Joe and the Transformers'' #3]].
* Voice actor Corey Burton based Shockwave's voice on that of actor {{w|David Warner (actor)|David Warner}}, specifically his role as evil computer thingy {{w|Sark (Tron)|Sark}} in ''{{w|Tron (film)|Tron}}''.<ref>[http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/60-astrominutes/corey-burton/corey-burton-1.html Corey Burton interview on the Cybertron Chronicle]</ref> Burton even provided the voice of Sark in the video game ''{{w|Kingdom Hearts II}}''.
* In the Japanese dub of the Generation 1 cartoon, Shockwave's personality was altered from the American interpretation—he was presented like a grizzled old man with a loud, raspy voice and a very short temper.
* A company named Lanard Toys held the "Shockwave" [[trademark]] in the "toys" field for several years. For that reason, the ''Energon'' character was given the substitute name "[[Shockblast]]". The same name was later given to the ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]]'' version of Shockwave for the same reason. However, by that point Lanard had abandoned their "Shockwave" trademark, making it available to Hasbro again. Unfortunately, the packaging for ''Alternators'' Shockwave had already been printed by that point, so Hasbro decided to go with the substitute name. They then slapped the name "Shockwave" onto the [[Shockwave (Cybertron)|next available]] [[Mini-Con]] just so they could reclaim the trademark. Subsequently, all new toys of Shockwave, as well as [[Shockwave (Animated)|homage]] [[Shockwave (Movie)|characters]], were released under the name "Shockwave" again. (Ironically, [[Hasbro]] later used the name "[http://www.yojoe.com/action/08/shockblast.shtml Shockblast]" for new toys of a ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' character originally also named "[http://www.yojoe.com/action/88/shockwave.shtml Shockwave]", possibly in order to avoid brand confusion; apparently, Hasbro view the name "Shockwave" as more iconic for the ''Transformers'' character than his ''G.I. Joe'' namesake.)

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Laserwave''' (レーザーウェーブ ''Rēzāwēbu''), '''Shockwave''' (ショックウェーブ ''Shokkuwēbu'')
*''Czech:'' '''Razič'''
*''French:'' '''Onde de Choc''' (Canada, "Shockwave"), '''Clignotant''' (Canada, ''More than Meets the Eye, Part 1'', "Blinker"), '''Choc''' (France, "Shock")
*''Hebrew:'' '''Gal Hellem''' (גל הלם, "Shock Wave")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Sokkoló''' ("Shocker")
*''Italian:'' '''Brutal'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Zhènbō''' (Taiwan, 震波, "Shockwave"), '''Zhèndàngbō''' (China, 震荡波, "Shockwave"), '''Zhèndàngbō''' (Taiwan, ''Siege'', 震盪波, "Shockwave")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Onda-Choque''' (Portugal comic, "Shock-Wave"), '''Onda de Choque''' (Brazil comic, "Shock Wave")
*''Russian:'' '''Vzryvala''' (Взрывала, "Blaster")
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Shokun''' (Шокун, "Shocker")

==See also==
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*[[Shockblast]], the murderous Decepticon berserker from [[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|''Energon'']].
*[[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]], the loyal Decepticon spy from [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|''Animated'']].
*[[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]], the Decepticon beastmaster and killing machine from [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|''Dark of the Moon'']].
*[[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]], the logical Decepticon scientist from the [[Aligned continuity family]].
*[[Shockwave (Cyberverse)|Shockwave]], the Decepticon mad scientist from [[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|''Cyberverse'']].}}

==References==
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Soundwave (G1)

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:''Soundwave is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:TransformersCollectionSoundwaveDatafile.jpg|upright=2|thumb|Secretly, Soundwave was always a little surprised that his Barry White impression had taken him to the top ranks of the Decepticons.]]
'''Soundwave''' (aka '''Soundblaster''') is one of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s most reliable troops, and he has positioned himself comfortably and irreplaceably in the Decepticon upper command structure. Though "only" Communications Officer, Soundwave stands at Megatron's side as a confidant, comparable in rank to [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], but unlike them, entirely loyal to his leader. Though stoic and possessed of little outward personality (as evidenced by his monotone computer-style speech), Soundwave is not without drives: he has worked hard to get where he is, and he guards his place in the Decepticon hierarchy fiercely. On top of hearing all in his role as Communications Officer and Decepticon spy-master, he is actually capable of "reading minds" by scanning and decoding the electrical impulses that carry "thoughts" in both organics and Cybertronians, and he will not hesitate to use what he learns as blackmail to keep himself high in Megatron's esteem. As such, Soundwave is not popular among the rank-and-file Decepticons, who see him as a two-faced snake and wouldn't mind abandoning him on the battlefield—if they thought Megatron would let them get away with it.

Soundwave commands an ever-growing legion of [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|cassette troops]] to carry out tasks big and small. Stored within his signature chest compartment and called forth on Soundwave's whim with a push of a button, these miniature menaces are most commonly employed as spies for either the Decepticon cause or Soundwave's personal objectives, but are just as effective as warriors, and are entirely devoted to their master. They are also not Soundwave's only diminutive partners: as an [[Action Master]], he is [[Action Master partner|partnered]] with [[Wingthing (G1)|Wingthing]].

{{bigquote|As you command, Megatron.|Soundwave, eternal loyalist|''[[Dinobot Island, Part 1]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
{{main|Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity}}
[[File:FlamesofBoltax-SoundwaveRatbat.jpg|left|upright=1.66|thumb|In Soviet Russia, ''tape'' commands ''you''!]]
Millions of years ago, Soundwave was one of the first members of the Decepticons; after sowing discontent amongst the masses, he, [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and [[Ravage (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ravage]] began the war that tore the planet itself out of its orbit. After joining the failed Decepticon attempt to hijack the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] four million years ago, he fell into stasis lock with the rest of the crews after the ship crashed until 1984, when a [[Mount St. Hilary|volcanic eruption]], reactivated the Autobots and Decepticons, unleashing their war on Earth. Soundwave would prove one of the most useful troops, though not one of the most loyal, covertly running blackmail schemes and happily hitching his wagon to whichever Decepticon leader was currently in the ascendency, until—in many [[splinter timeline]]s—becoming leader of the Decepticons himself.
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===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
[[File:Soundwave and company.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|"Get out of mah BELL-AY!"]]
{{main|Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity}}
Soundwave was one of the first Decepticons and [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s most loyal soldier. Denoted by his eerie, echoing monotone, Soundwave regularly gathered vital intelligence for Megatron's numerous schemes with the aid of his faithful and ever-growing team of cassettes, but despite his primary role as a spy and communications officer, he never shied away the battlefield, and would regularly clash with the Autobot [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] before finding a true rival in his Autobot opposite number, [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]]. He survived the perilous events of 2005 that took the lives of many of his contemporaries, and continued serving under [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] in the 21st century.

In a future timeline that branches off from this one, Soundwave ultimately met his end at the hands of Blaster, but even death could not stymie his loyalty to the Decepticon cause, as he was reborn as '''Soundblaster''' through the super-science of the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]].
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===Sticker Adventures books===
Soundwave was an Autobot. He stood by Optimus after he had reawakened following being knocked offline by a Decepticon attack. {{storylink|Return to Cybertron}}
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===Marvel Storybooks continuity===
[[File:Bigbattle-ASW.jpeg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
Soundwave was a Decepticon so horrible that even the other Decepticons hated him. During Megatron's latest scheme to take over the planet Earth, Soundwave attempted to blast Windcharger with his deadly concussion blaster gun, only to be repelled by Windcharger's magnetic powers. {{storylink|Battle for Earth}}

After the Decepticons had captured [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]], Megatron ordered Soundwave to send a transmission to Autobot headquarters, informing them of the hostage situation. When a rescue party of Autobots attempted to free Sunstreaker, but wound up captured as well, Megatron presumably used Soundwave once more to send another message to the Autobots, informing them of the situation. Soundwave was later present when the Autobot wheeled their peace offering before the Decepticons' headquarters. He and the other Decepticons cheered when Devastator came to admire the peace offering, a life-size statue of the gestalt. The Autobots' surrender turned out to be a ruse, however, and a platoon of Autobots burst forth from within the statue once the Decepticons had their guard down. In the battle that followed, Soundwave inadvertently fell into a fissure created by Rumble's earthquake-inducing powers. {{storylink|The Autobots' Secret Weapon}}
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===Marvel coloring books===
Soundwave was in attendance at the Decepticons' latest meeting in their war room. As Megatron discussed his latest plan to finance the construction of a Decepticon army, Soundwave noticed Bumblebee spying on them through a window. Megatron assured Soundwave that this would be used to their advantage, and they would soon both secure the sunken treasures in the waters of Alaska and capture the Autobots.

Disguised in his cassette player mode, Soundwave awaited Bumblebee's arrival underwater. Unable to pass up a free cassette player for his friend Buster, Bumblebee headed right for Soundwave, who captured the little Autobot. The Autobots soon came to Bumblebee's rescue, and the Decepticons were defeated when one of Rumble's earthquakes backfired and swallowed up all of the Decepticons. {{storylink|Search for Treasure Under the Sea}}

Megatron sent Soundwave and the other Decepticons out to capture the Autobots so that they could be incarcerated in their newly built prison. Soundwave managed to capture Gears by sneaking up on him and pulling a plug within the Autobot's back. The Autobots later escaped, and Soundwave was trapped inside one of Trailbreaker's forcefield as they broke out of the Decepticon's prison. {{storylink|Bumblebee to the Rescue!}}

Soundwave was one of the many Decepticons who attempted to harm Sparkplug and Buster Witwicky, only to be thwarted by the Autobots' timely intervention. {{storylink|The Deadly Fuel Shortage}}

Soundwave was one of the Decepticons posted within the Decepticons' stronghold to prevent the Autobots from reaching their [[molecular transfer device]]. He failed, and was drained of his energy when Bumblebee managed to turn the machine against the Decepticons themselves. {{storylink|Summertime Coloring Book}}

Soundwave sent Kickback, Ravage and Laserbeak to attack a village and scare of the inhabitants. Later, Soundwave ordered the Constructicons to construct a new fuel planet. Soundwave and his Decepticons partners are defeated when the Dinobots route them into a pit full of quick-drying cement. {{storylink|The Autobot Spy in the Sky}}

Soundwave helped Megatron tear down a forest in order to make room for a Decepticon factory. Then didn't do much damage before the Autobots showed up and forced them to flee. {{storylink|Forest Rescue Mission}}

Together with Thundercracker, Rumble and Ravage, Soundwave concocted a dastardly trap for unsuspecting Autobots. They constructed a rest-stop that was in truth a car-compactor in disguise! Soundwave successfully crushed Gears in it, only for Mirage, Ratchet and Sideswipe to arrive on the scene instantly afterwards. In the battle that ensued, Rumble attempted to fight back with his earthquake-inducing abilities, only to create chasm in which both he and Soundwave fell into. Way to go Rumble. {{storylink|The Autobot Smasher!}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Big Book of Coloring Fun}}}}

Soundwave was on a mission with Galvatron to steal oil from [[Oil Valley]] when they spotted Hot Rod nearby. When they gave chase, Soundwave detected that more Autobots, the Dinobots to be precise, were in the area. The Decepticon fliers went ahead to ambush the heroic robots. When Soundwave and the other ground-bound Decepticons caught up to them, Soundwave managed to land a shot on Swoop. The Decepticons were soon driven away when further Autobot reinforcements arrived on the battlefield. {{storylink|Battle at Oil Valley}}

When the Decepticons learned that the Autobots had long ago lost a large shipment of Energon cubes at the Ark's original crash site, Galvatron ordered them to head to Mt. St. Hillary to uncover it. There, Soundwave fought the Autobots over possession of it. The brawl ended when Starscream scarfed down all of the Energon, and proceeded to pick a fight with Galvatron. {{storylink|The Lost Treasure of Cybertron}}
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===Ladybird Books continuity===
[[File:LaserbeaksFury Soundwave ejects.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Laserbeak, why is there a ghost of you?]]
When [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] spotted the Autobots working on some sort of device, Soundwave believed it to be a radio mast, and followed Laserbeak to the site. He was unable to detect any radio signals, and the intrigued Megatron wanted to investigate further. First they had to stop [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] from destroying the device. While they were there, the device, in actuality a lightning collector, emitted a pulse of energy that caused the Decepticons to malfunction wildly, and they were forced to retreat. {{storylink|Autobots' Lightning Strike}}

Soundwave sent out [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] to scout for energy sources, and the buzzard's mission resulted in Megatron and Soundwave locating an experimental solar energy plant. They signaled for the rest of the Decepticons and, after a minor insurrection on Starscream's part was squelched, set about collecting the energy in cubes. When [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] entered the plant, Soundwave detected him and raised the alarm, but it was too late to prevent the sabotage of the solar machinery and the energon cubes were destroyed. {{storylink|Megatron's Fight for Power}}

Ever loyal, Soundwave backed up Megatron's opinion that they needed to test the ion-drive for their new space cruiser. When they located a suitable abandoned mine, Soundwave was momentarily distracted by the railway lines, but they soon got to work testing the rig. Unfortunately the Autobots found them and though Soundwave raised the alarm, Spike used mine carts to destroy the ion-drive, bringing the tunnel down on the Decepticons. {{storylink|Autobots Fight Back}} At Megatron's command, Soundwave deployed Laserbeak to seek information on [[human]]s. When this led the Decepticons to a windmill, Megatron believed the structure was a new Autobot weapon that they needed to capture. Soundwave deployed Rumble, with the theory that the structure might prove susceptible to shockwaves. He was right, and the structure promptly fell on top of the Decepticons as Megatron protested he wanted it captured, not destroyed. {{storylink|Laserbeak's Fury}}

Under the leadership of [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], Soundwave was responsible for coordinating communications with three cloaked Decepticon spy satellites. On discovering the existence of the satellites, the Autobots set up equipment to block Soundwave's transmissions. Hound impersonated Soundwave perfectly, ordering the satellites to enter a collision course with each other, and Soundwave was unable to cut through the interference before the satellites collided. {{storylink|Galvatron's Air Attack}}

===Big Looker storybooks continuity===
Soundwave was part of the ambush party that boarded the Ark during the Cretaceous period, which led to Optimus Prime crashing his ship in a volcano and shutting everyone on board offline. The Decepticons then raided a nearby nuclear power to gain the additional power necessary to destroy the Autobots. Frustrated over his lack of progress as the Decepticons still could not penetrate the Ark's shields, Megatron called Soundwave over to tune in on the inside of the ship. As Megatron suspected, Soundwave confirmed that the Autobots had left it behind in the Decepticons’ absence. Soundwave also reported that the Ark's computer was laughing at them. Eventually finding one another, the Decepticons and the Autobots battled, but with the Decepticons running low on fuel once more, the evil robots were forced to retreat. {{storylink|Battle for Cybertron}}

Soundwave was spying on the Autobots Mirage and Cliffjumper. Listening in on the conversation, he learned of a cross-country car rally that offered a year's worth of gas and oil to whoever won the competition. Soundwave headed off to share this information with Megatron. {{storylink|The Great Car Rally}}

While the Decepticons looked on in jealousy over the Autobots' city Metroplex, Soundwave tuned in on the conversations going on within. He learned that Kup and Hot Rod were planning to see a car show which would showcase a new type of robot car. He informed Galvatron of this, who in turn was excited over the possibility of stealing the car to create a series of robot slaves. Soundwave, Galvatron, Starscream and Rumble then sneaked into the Colosseum that would soon be showing the car robot, and waited behind the scenes for their opportunity to steal it. The old Autobot Kup stumbled in on them, but was promptly captured. He nevertheless foiled the Decepticons' plan to create a blackout during the show, and Soundwave was forced to fight the Autobots, who had disguised themselves as being part of the show. Soundwave and the rest of the Decepticons were soon defeated and chased off by the Autobots afterwards. {{storylink|Car Show Blow Up}}

===Kid Stuff Talking Story Books continuity===
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Soundwave accompanied Megatron to the [[Kalahari Desert]], where they both overlooked their human slaves piling unimaginable amounts of coal into an underground cave. There, he complained about the desert sand getting into his cassette drives and fouling his transmissions, only to be berated by Megatron for his whining. Amidst Megatron's constant bullying, Soundwave assured his leader that their plan would soon come to fruition; the cave would be cocooned in a layer of [[lectonite]], which upon exploding would convert the charcoal into a diamond of enormous proportions, ready to be used in the next phase of Megatron's plan.

Soundwave and Megatron blasted off in their ship as Megatron detonated the lectonite, converting the coal and the human slaves left behind in the cave into the largest diamond lens in the universe. The task complete, Soundwave used the ship's anti-gravity lifters to tow the lens all the way to [[Mato Grosso (state)|Mato Grosso]], in [[Brazil]]. There, Soundwave finalized cutting the diamond lens, while complaining about the rain forest's humidity. The Decepticons then attacked the Diamond lens to a satellite. As the satellite launched, Soundwave and Megatron retreated to a control station in northeast America. They then unleashed the satellite's power, and began melting down the [[Rocky Mountains|Rockies]].

Both Megatron and Soundwave looked on as Skyfire attempted to destroy the satellite in orbit. When the Autobot failed and fell back to Earth, burning up on reentry, both Decepticons had a good laugh at his expense. Their tone changed when the Autobots managed to destroy their satellite with a secondary plan, and launched an attack on Soundwave and Megatron's location. Soundwave and Megatron escaped the Autobot's attack in a [[turbine mole machine]]. {{storylink|Satellite of Doom}}

Soundwave accompanied Megatron on his next scheme to procure oil; using a hovercraft oil transporter to steal [[Prudhoe Bay]] crude oil. They were attacked by Skyfire afterwards, but Soundwave managed to escape their attacked by activating their ship's [[hyper-thrust afterburner]]s. The Decepticons then abandoned their badly damaged ship and ran off into the frozen wastelands of the north. Soundwave then helped Megatron steal another machine to secure oil, this time around a deep-sea oil transporter. Travelling close to the sea bed, Soundwave piloted the machine to the oil reservoir's lowest point, and began syphoning the oil once more. Unfortunately, the Autobots had somehow concocted a plan that filled the Decepticons’ transport's tanks with [[razon gas]] and returned the crude oil to its proper spot. With their submersible being forced to surface due to the gas, Megatron and Soundwave abandoned ship, though they did leave a booby-trap behind in case any Autobots boarded the ship.

According to Megatron, Soundwave is a "blundering, tape-filled idiot." While the veracity of this statement is subjective, Soundwave ''does'' whine a lot. {{storylink|When Continents Collide}}

Soundwave once more accompanied Megatron to the jungles of Mato Grosso in Brazil, where they revisited their old satellite launch complex. He was so moved by Megatron's speech on destroying the Autobots that he began to cry, only to be berated once more by Megatron for displaying emotion. He and Megatron then used their turbo mole machine to drill under the jungle to get at the oil beneath it. Their first attempt failed when their tunnel collapsed on itself (taking [[Machu Picchu]] and part of the [[Andes Mountains]] with it) and Soundwave was forced to have the mole machine surface. Once they were in the open, Optimus and his Autobots began attacking them. Soundwave and Megatron managed to escape, and attempted once more to drill beneath the jungle. This attempt was more successful, and Soundwave watched on as the underground oil reserves gushed out into the jungle. He and Megatron then transferred themselves to their [[defoliator craft]] to better witness nature's ruin. When Skyfire screeched overhead, Soundwave assured his leader that he was scrambling his communications... only to realize that his wiring was loose, and it was his headset that was garbled, not the Autobots’ network. Optimus and his troops arrived shortly, and forced the Decepticons to retreat once more. {{storylink|Storms of Destruction}}

When Soundwave found Megatron destroy facsimiles of Shockwave, he was informed by his leader that he planned to kill Shockwave due to suspicions that he was luring Decepticons away from his leadership with promises of oil. Soundwave suggested that Megatron instead find a way to supply his Decepticons with enough oil to secure their loyalties. Soundwave and Megatron planned to steal the Dinobots’ fuel supply to accomplish this goal. After Slag was damaged in a Decepticon attack, Megatron and Soundwave followed him back to the Dinobots’ secret base in their [[Thermo-borer]]. Upon penetrating the Dinobot base however, Soundwave accidentally tripped an alarm. He and Megatron immediately retreated. Although Ratchet had planted a [[Memory Scrambler Mine]] on the Thermo-borer's hull, Soundwave had installed a [[Beta Blocker Shield]] on the machine, allowing the Decepticons to retain the coordinates they had acquired. Despite Soundwave's insistence that he and Megatron should attempt to sneakily siphon away the Autobots’ oil supply, Megatron ordered that they use the [[Crusher (G1)|Crusher]]. Though it seemed at first that they were about to succeed for once, Soundwave soon realized that their machine had inadvertently freed hundreds of Dinobots from their tar cocoons. He and Megatron then had to fight off hundreds of enemy robots before presumably retreating once more. {{storylink|Jaws of Terror}}

Soundwave accompanied Megatron on an a trip to the island of [[Buru]], where the Insecticons had turned the natives into mindless slaves to collect oil for them. Though Megatron insisted on the oil drilling operation, to increase its speed Venom refused, telling Soundwave that such a thing was impossible. Megatron and Soundwave met with the leader of the Insecticons. There, Megatron forced Soundwave to do all the talking, as he found himself intimidated by Venom. Their meeting was interrupted by Prowl and Optimus's arrival on the island. While Venom and his Insecticons dealt with the Autobots, Soundwave and Megatron went off to drill additional oil behind his back. Due to Megatron's greed, however, the Decepticons’ drilling machine became overstuff with oil. When Optimus Prime and the Dinobots headed for them, Soundwave and Megatron were forced to retreat once more without procuring any oil. {{storylink|Slaves of the Insecticons}}

From his submersible near [[Madagascar]], Soundwave helped Megatron sink six [[oil tanker]]s. Attacking another, Megatron's submersible was completely wrecked when it emerged the oil he drained was tainted by the Autobots with corrosive acid. As the submersible's systems failed one by one, Soundwave deduced that they had fallen for an Autobot trap. The two Decepticons escaped during the subsequent Autobot attack. {{storylink|Attack of the Decepticons}}
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===Listen 'n Fun audiobooks continuity===
Soundwave recorded a broadcast of Doctor [[Heath Blaisedale]] receiving an award from the [[President of the United States]] and reported it to Megatron. Megatron dubbed him a "King of Communication". {{storylink|Sun Raid (Listen 'n Fun)}}

===Listen 'n Play audiobooks continuity===
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While enacting a plan to abduct humans and ransom them to the US government for fuel, Megatron ordered Soundwave to contact the President of the United States once Starscream returned from his current mission kidnapping people. Unfortunately Starscream failed and the humans were all freed by the Autobots, so presumably Soundwave never got to make the call. {{storylink|Sun Raid (Listen 'n Play)}}

===The Battle for Planet Earth===
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Soundwave was among the Decepticons who followed the Autobots to [[South America]] and attacked them atop [[Mount Sheelah]]. The Decepticons were caught in the volcano's erupt and became trapped in lava. {{storylink|Terror of Mount Sheelah}} Despite his ability to hear a fly sneeze, he completely missed [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] infiltrating the Decepticon base to find out where the humans the Decepticons had been kidnapping had gone. He later discovered that the Autobot had stolen their [[global crystal]]. {{storylink|Bumblebee to the Rescue (G1)|Bumblebee to the Rescue}} Soundwave was part of a Decepticon mission to take over [[Stanley Lake]] dam, which ended in the Decepticons being washed away in a torrent of water by the Autobots. {{storylink|Menace at the Dam}} When [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] planned to infiltrate the Autobots, Soundwave supplied him with a tiny radio transmitter with which to report back. Unfortunately while the Decepticons were acting on the information Starscream gathered, the Autobots destroyed their base. {{storylink|Espionage!!!!!}}

====Renegade Rhetoric====
Soundwave was a member of the Decepticons led by Megatron who fled to another dimensional Strata, pursued by the Autobot [[Spychanger|Spy Changers]]. They gathered an assortment of technologies from the human world, including [[Unit: E]]'s Project: Chimera files. Soundwave also guided [[Crash Test (G2)|Crash Test]] and Rumble in stealing the [[Brainwave Scanner]] from Metro City. Megatron and Soundwave combined their new advancements to become [[Go-Bot (G2)|Go-Bot]]s, augmenting their body-types to be more powerful than the Spy Changers.

Unfortunately for Megatron, his parallel scheme to use the Brainwave Scanner to corrupt Optimus Prime proved ''too'' successful. The rechristened "[[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]]" was power-hungry and a threat to Megatron's leadership, taking half the Go-Bots as his own separate Decepticon faction. Soundwave led [[Nightracer (G2)|Nightracer]] and Rumble on behalf of Megatron to steal some equipment from China, but they were opposed by the Spy Changers and the [[People's Liberation Army Paranormal Taskforce]]. Soundwave was captured by the Chinese authorities. {{storylink|Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric|Renegade Rhetoric (2)}}

===Milton Bradley mini-comic===
[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] organized an ambush for the Autobots' new [[Ark (G1)|ark]] as it tried to clear a path through an asteroid belt. As [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] sent the ship hurtling towards [[Earth]], Megatron ordered Soundwave to jump out just before the crash. Soundwave found himself battling [[dinosaur (dinosaur)|strange organic creatures]]. It wasn't long before he found himself against the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], whom the ark had repaired. Though the four Autobots weren't anywhere near a match for Soundwave, [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] used his tail to bash a nearby cliff, bringing tons of rock down on top of both the Dinobots and Soundwave, knocking them all offline. {{storylink|In the Transformers}}

===Find Your Fate Junior===
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====Dinobots Strike Back====
In one path, Soundwave was one of many Decepticons in their secret base in [[Mount Lomas]], listening to Megatron's speech about how the [[black coral]] in nearby [[Dolphin's Bay]] would produce enough superfuel to triple their war-making capacity and crush the Autobots in just a few hours. As the speech wrapped up, he intercepted a radio transmission containing details on Operation Black Coral which Megatron just mentioned, and it seemed to be coming from just outside a doorway leading to one of the base's underwater access tunnels! He rushed through the doorway and told the Autobot spy, in a booming voice, "''Don't move!'' The game is over!" But when the intruder turned around and he saw it was just [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], he let [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] deal with him, paralyzing the Autobot with a sonic attack and leaving him in the water.

If [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] tried to radio Bumblebee from his [[Star mini-submarine|mini-sub]] afterwards, Frenzy nailed it with a long range sonic attack as well, presumably because Soundwave also intercepted that transmission and told the mini cassette where to aim.

In an alternate path in which the Decepticons foolishly invited four of the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] to a premature mountaintop victory party, thinking they were still being controlled by [[cerebro-shell]]s, [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] suddenly broke cover and ordered them to attack. Sludge responded first, stomping Soundwave who was nearest to him. It's unknown how badly this injured Soundwave, but he surely didn't fare much worse than the other Dectpticons as the ensuing Autobot assault totaled their base. {{storylink|Dinobots Strike Back}}

====Battle Drive====
In one of the possible scenarios that took place, Soundwave was able to spy on a small squad of Autobots out in open farmland. There, he alternatively discovered if the Autobots were planning a ruse to trick the Decepticons into thinking the whole Autobot army was posed to attack them, or he discovered the location of Sparkplug Witwicky, who held schematics which detailed a fatal flaw in the Decepticons' circuits. In either case, he reported his findings back to Megatron.

In another possible series of scenarios, Soundwave is amongst Megatron's troops who ambush Optimus Prime once he is lured out in open farmland, without any nearby cover. In one version of these events, Soundwave attempts to stop Optimus from reaching the cover of a nearby bridge, only for Optimus to shrug off his blasts and plow past him, forcing Soundwave off the road. In this scenario, the Decepticons succeed in eliminating the Autobots. In an alternate scenario, Soundwave is taken out by Jazz's photon rifle, and the Autobots succeed in escaping the Decepticons' clutches. {{storylink|Battle Drive}}

====Attack of the Insecticons====
Soundwave was present, yet mostly uninvolved, in a number of possible adventures revolving around the Sun-Pak, a device invented by the Autobots' human ally Sparkplug. {{storylink|Attack of the Insecticons}}

====Earthquake====
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Soundwave was one of the Decepticons involved in Megatron's latest ploy, the wipe out humanity through the use of a Destruction Beam and Rumble's earthquake-inducing abilities. Soundwave and Megatron were in the habit of explaining the plot to one another out loud, oblivious to the risk of Autobots wandering nearby and catching wind of their machinations.

In one possible sequence of events, Soundwave plotted with Starscream to overthrow Megatron, and become joint leaders of the Decepticons. Unbeknownst to him, Soundwave was spied upon by the Autobot Cosmos.

In the event that Cosmos relayed this information to Megatron, the Decepticon leader became enraged and confronted the pair. The Decepticons subsequently began fighting amongst themselves, leaving the Autobots to their own devices.

In a completely different possible series of events, Soundwave was handed the human girl Jessie, who had been discovered snooping around the Decepticons’ secret fortress. He and Thrust put the girl in a holding cell within the fortress. {{storylink|Earthquake (book)|Earthquake}}

====Desert Flight====
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Soundwave was part of a Decepticon deployment stationed in a desert base. The Decepticons plotted to lure the Autobots in a trap through the use of an anti-gravity beam. Using the beam on a nearby human settlement, the Autobots would be duped into coming to the fleshlings’ rescue, only to be themselves trapped by the effects of the beam.

In the event that the Autobots used a trojan ruse to infiltrate the Decepticon base, Soundwave was one of the many Decepticons who had been prematurely celebrating their victory, and was thus too drunk to fight off the subsequent Autobot attack. {{storylink|Desert Flight}}
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====Decepticon Poison====
Soundwave possessed a fighter jet [[alternate mode]]. In one possible scenario, Soundwave was one of the many Decepticons present at the water supply facility, about to poison it when the Autobots arrived on-scene. In one possible scenario that followed, he was shot down by the Autobots, creating his own grave in the charred earth bellow. {{storylink|Decepticon Poison}}

====Project Brain Drain====
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Soundwave reported to Galvatron that the [[Brain Drain device]], capable of syphoning away the brainpower of humans and convert it to energy, had been completed and was ready to be put to use for the Decepticon cause. He became giddy over the idea of rendering humans "incredibly stupid," until Galvatron sternly instructed him to simply inform him of the bare facts when reporting to him. After Soundwave elaborated further on the number of humans the Decepticons would need to "drain," Soundwave was instructed to guard the device while the Decepticons prepared to use it later in the day at a concert in [[Heywood Heights]].

In one possible scenario, Galvatron had to recall his troops from the concert at the last minute when Ultra Magnus and his troops began a timely assault on the Decepticons’ headquarters. Soundwave participated in the battle that ensued, which ended in a loss for the Decepticons when Ultra Magnus triggered an avalanche, burying Galvatron and shattering the Brain Drain device.

In another possible scenario, Soundwave and the rest of the Decepticons were surprised to find the Autobots hiding amidst the parked vehicles surrounding the concert just as they were about to put their plan into action. The two factions began battling as the scared concert-goers got caught in the middle.

In one scenario that ensued, Soundwave had to remind his leader to stop fighting and employ the Brain Drain device and complete their mission. Passing the device on to Galvatron, either Bumblebee or Hot Rod attempted to intercept the device.

If Hot Rod interfered, the young Autobot successfully plucked the device out of Soundwave hands and made his getaway through the nearby ring of fire.

In a completely different sequence of events, Soundwave was exiting the Decepticons’ lab, Brain Drain device in hand, when he spotted Sparkplug Witwicky and Wreck-Gar attempting to sneak in. Soundwave promptly sounded an alarm and open fire on the pair. As other Decepticons came to his aid and surrounded the human and the Junkion, Soundwave instructed the pair to surrender, promising their safety if they did so. Soundwave was lying of course, and blew Wreck-Gar and Sparkplug to smithereens if they gave themselves up. If the pair instead made a run for it, they escaped the Decepticons’ clutches.

In one possible scenario that followed, the Autobots returned to storm the lab shortly after. Soundwave was one of the few Decepticons too afraid of Galvatron's wrath to desert his post, and attempted to fend off the Autobot aggressors. Finding himself on the losing side, Soundwave grabbed the Brain Drain device, and attempted to flee with it.

If Hot Rod attempted to shoot the device out of Soundwave's hands, Soundwave tripped at the last moment over the fallen body of a Decepticon. Hot Rod's blast his Soundwave's shoulder, causing him to fling the Brain Drain device up in the air. Laserbeak managed to catch the device in mid-air, and flew off to rendezvous with Galvatron, ensuring the Decepticons’ victory.

If Jazz attempted to stop Soundwave, the Autobot used all of the sound equipment within his body to send a powerful sonic wave towards the fleeing Decepticon. Overwhelmed by the blast, Soundwave exploded, crushing the Brain Drain device in the process. {{storylink|Project Brain Drain}}
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===Frito-Lay posters===
Soundwave was amongst a squad of Decepticons who attempted to get to the power source within [[Sherman Dam|Boulder Dam]]. While Megatron dueled Optimus, Soundwave joined Starscream, Buzzsaw and Ravage in an attack formation. The Decepticons were ultimately unsuccessful in gathering the data they were after. {{storylink|Battle in the Desert Valley}}
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===The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual===
Back on Cybertron, Soundwave was tasked with keeping Megatron's army efficient and well-informed. It was largely thanks to him that the Decepticons learned of the Autobots' plan to leave the planet aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. {{storylink|The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual|Soundwave's ''The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual'' profile}}

After awakening on Earth, the Decepticons remained in a prolonged stalemate against the Autobots. A chance to shift the balance of power came to the Decepticons' attention when [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] reported that their enemies had uncovered an ancient Cybertronian ship, one which contained a star map pointing the way back to their homeworld. Soundwave partook in the Decepticons' offensive to take the ship for themselves, and they found it surprisingly easy to send the Autobots into a retreat. They learned why upon entering the vessel; it was a trap! The door shut behind Soundwave and the others, and the Decepticons were sent hurtling blindly out into space. The Autobots knew they hadn't rid themselves of the Decepticons permanently, but were content with not having to deal with them for however long it took them to find their way back planet-side. {{storylink|Day of the Decepticons}}

Megatron brought Soundwave along to ambush Optimus and a couple of his soldiers while they were investigating Transformer power emissions in [[Brazil]]. After Megatron had taken out all opposition, Soundwave moved in to capture the two newly detected robots, a couple of savage [[Dinobot (G1)|mechanical dinosaurs]]. But the plasma net he used on the creatures had an uexpected effect; negative ion feedback triggered their Transformer circuitry and restored their personalities along with their robot modes. Soundwave was blasted by the newly restored [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] and [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]], and chose to flee rather than face the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots']] awesome power. {{storylink|The Dinobots!}}

===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
[[File:BW Agenda Pt3 Soundwave.jpg|thumb|left|With one stroke I shall free my tiny dinosaur brethren, yesssss!"]]
Soundwave was among the many inert Transformers strewn about the bridge of the ''Ark'' when the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] infiltrated the ship on his mission to destroy Optimus Prime. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}}

====3H comics====
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Soundwave was one of the ancient warriors who appeared from [[J'nwan]] to help battle the warlord [[Shokaract]]. {{storylink|Terminus (issue)|Terminus}} {{storylink|Departure}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
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[[File:Soundwavewarwithin.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2|Sound and ([[Ravage (G1)#3H comics|eventually]]) Furry.]]
Soundwave was chosen by Megatron to lead his second assassination team against the new Autobot supreme commander, Optimus Prime. With the aid of Soundwave's cassette troops, most notably [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], as well as [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]], [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]], and [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]], it was assumed he would have no problem with a young, peace-loving Autobot. {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}} Soundwave, like the rest of his team, underestimated Prime and lost track of him early in the mission. He reported back to Megatron, who reminded his troops ''not'' to toy with Optimus and to slay him at the first opportunity given. Using Ravage to follow the Prime's scent, the Decepticons resumed their pursuit, only to be all incapacitated when Optimus used the environment to his advantage and ambushed them. {{storylink|The War Within issue 3|The War Within #3}} Soundwave was still out cold when [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] came by, {{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War Within #5}} but recovered in time to rescue Megatron after the latter's own battle with Prime. {{storylink|The War Within issue 6|The War Within #6}}

At some point, Soundwave silently witnessed Megatron angrily confront Starscream for highjacking his plans while he was away, and enacting revenge against the council of elders. {{storylink|The Omega Effect}}

When Megatron and Optimus Prime vanished in a [[space bridge]] accident, the Decepticons were fragmented and Soundwave joined [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s faction. {{storylink|Conflagration}} While footage of a brawl between Defensor and Devastator was caught on-camera by Prowl's computers in his Autobase, Soundwave was also spotted by one of the hub's screens. {{storylink|Escalation}} Soundwave later participated in the attack on [[The Fallen]]'s minions in an attempt to stop the [[Unbinding]]. {{storylink|Conflagration}}

Eventually, Shockwave attempted to call a truce with the Autobots for the good of the Transformer race, but the initial ceremony was interrupted by [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s faction, the [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacons]]. Soundwave was quite mad about this, telling the Predacons to perish for their crimes against Cybertron as he attacked them alongside several Autobots. Shortly after the Predacons were defeated, Megatron returned to Cybertron with his [[Air Warrior|Aerospace Extermination Squadron]] and reunited the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath}} After falling back under Megatron's command, Soundwave reported the progress on his leader's plan to dig a hole to the core of Cybertron. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.2}}

In the year 1999, Soundwave was among the Decepticons defeated by the Autobots and their human allies on Earth. The ''[[Ark II]]'', the spacecraft that would have taken the Transformers back to Cybertron, was sabotaged by General [[Robert Hallo]] and [[Lazarus|Adam Rook]], and it exploded upon liftoff, scattering the robots across the Arctic Ocean. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 2|Prime Directive #2}} Three years later, Soundwave was unearthed by Rook (now calling himself "Lazarus") in the arctic. Seeing the Decepticon's inert form convinced a potential investor, [[Ratzenberg|Mr. Ratzenberg]], to fund Lazarus's black market organization. {{storylink|Prime Directive Preview}} Several more Transformers, Autobot and Decepticon alike, were recovered and reprogrammed by Rook to accept commands and were leased to terrorist organisations and military juntas as powerful weapons of war. As part of a demonstration to prospective buyers, Rook had Soundwave join an assault against the Smitco Oil Refinery alongside half a dozen Transformers. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 2|Prime Directive #2}} After Megatron freed himself and the other Decepticons from the human's command, Soundwave developed a 'metallic virus' that cyberformed Earth organics into cybertronic materials. Once this doomsday device was completed, Megatron had Soundwave unleash it onto the unsuspecting world. The Decepticons then met the Autobots outside, and the battle between the two factions began anew. Their brawl was briefly interrupted when General [[Robert Hallo]] dropped a low-yield nuclear weapon on the Transformers. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 3|Prime Directive #3}} But the previously unleashed virus absorbed most of the bomb's blast, leaving the Decepticons relatively unharmed. They recovered before the Autobots, and set off towards [[San Francisco]] to bring carnage upon the human city. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 4|Prime Directive #4}} The Autobots soon caught up, and during the Decepticons' subsequent battle against them, Devastator was felled. Despite this, the Decepticons overpowered their foes, and secured them with steel girders. Soundwave stood at Megatron's side as the Decepticon leader tried to convince Optimus to join forces with him, purporting that humans were too morally bankrupt to be worth his efforts. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 5|Prime Directive #5}} But with the humans' help, the Autobots were able to once more turn the tide of battle. Soundwave then detected a nuclear missile launched by Hallo heading for the city. He warned Megatron of the incoming payload, and the Decepticons used the distraction to escape. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 6|Prime Directive #6}}

{{charstubfiction|[[The Transformers Trilogy]] ({{storylink|Transformers: Hardwired|Hardwired}} / {{storylink|Transformers: Annihilation|Annihilation}} / {{storylink|Transformers: Fusion|Fusion}})}}

[[File:Soundwaveg1vol2.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Leader's pet.]]
The Decepticons were battling Optimus Prime's forces on the shores of [[Alaska]] when Shockwave and his followers ambushed both factions, denouncing them all as war criminals. Shockwave claimed that in the Earthbound Transformers' absence, the civil war had ended on Cybertron, and those who followed either Optimus or Megatron were now considered enemies of peace. Shockwave brutally deposed Megatron while Soundwave stood by in silence and did nothing to help his former leader. Though the Autobots escaped, the Decepticons who agreed to yield to Shockwave's regime were granted amnesty, among these Soundwave. Shockwave then had his new recruits go within his ship's [[CR chamber]]s while he made his way back to their homeworld. {{storylink|New World Order}}

Soundwave worked his way quietly into Shockwave's good graces, earning the ire of Starscream. After Shockwave offered Soundwave a position as his lieutenant, the latter was accosted by Starscream. {{storylink|Brothers' Burden}} It didn't take many words to bring Soundwave around to the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]'s point of view. Later, when interrogated by Shockwave, a single, silent look from Soundwave stopped [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] and [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] from confirming that Starscream was behind Megatron's disappearance during their voyage to Cybertron. With this bit of non-verbal communication, Rumble and Frenzy understood they were to play along with whatever orders Shockwave issued them. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}} Soundwave aided Starscream in crippling Shockwave's surveillance systems, by delaying the video feeds being transmitted to his monitor womb. With this delay in place, Starscream was able to sneak up on the [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]] trio posted within the surveillance center, and assassinate them. In thanks for his contribution, Starscream rewarded Soundwave by reuniting him with [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}} As the battle between the Autobots and Shockwave's forces intensified, Soundwave followed Starscream's lead without a word, and helped him prepare for a return trip to Earth. Unfortunately, the shuttle they hijacked turned out to be the Autobot [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]], who took off of his own volition, trapping the Decepticons within himself. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}}

But Soundwave managed to hack into Sky Lynx's neural processor, forcing him to take the Decepticons to Earth. The Decepticons made their way back to the ''Nemesis'' and set about scavenging parts to restore the ship to working order. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}} To this end, Soundwave was part of Starscream's initial salvo against the ''Ark'', a decoy to be deliberately taken prisoner in order to draw out the remaining Autobots where the newly reformatted [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] could get at them in their combined form. {{storylink|Night of the Combaticons}} Bruticus freed Soundwave from captivity, only for [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]], a derange and super-powered clone of Starscream, to arrive and disrupt the Decepticons' raid. Sunstorm's "purifying light" induced an energon overload in the Decepticons' systems, knocking them into stasis lock. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}} Soundwave and the other Decepticons were made the Autobots' prisoners once more, until Starscream negotiated a deal for their release in exchange for his aid against Sunstorm. {{storylink|Skyfire (issue)|Skyfire}} Afterwards, Soundwave began to take steps to re-establish Megatron as the head of their troupe; though he had feigned subservience to Starscream, he had never stopped serving Megatron in secret. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}} One of his communiques with the true leader of the Decepticons was almost discovered by Starscream when the Seeker unexpectedly returned from his final confrontation against Sunstorm, though Frenzy managed to warn Soundwave of his approach. {{storylink|Infestation (Dreamwave)|Infestation}}

Soon thereafter, Megatron traveled to Earth, with Soundwave granting him access to the Decepticons' base while Starscream was out training with the Combaticons. Upon Starscream's return, Soundwave wielded Megatron in his gun mode, and blasted Starscream through the chest before the true leader of the Decepticons revealed himself to his usurper. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}
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===''G.I.Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[File:Soundwavedevilsdue.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|"Eject. Operation: Dynamic Group Shot."]]
Soundwave was among the Transformers on the ''Ark'' when it crashed long ago, and was discovered and reprogrammed by the human terrorist organization known as [[Cobra]] in the present. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #1}} Arms dealer [[Destro]] made a visit to [[Cobra Island]] where [[Doctor Mindbender]] introduced him to Soundwave and his cassettes, who were under the complete control of Cobra's scientists. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #2}} While Destro liked what he saw, he wanted to run a test, and personally operated Soundwave's controls during an attack on the [[SPS Research Facility]].

Meanwhile, a picture of Soundwave was secretly sent out to hundreds of email boxes. The message turned out to be a [[Defense Matrix|secret signal]] from Optimus Prime, which alerted [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and Bumblebee to the location of Cobra's secret base where the rest of the Transformers were being held. When the two Autobots appeared to stop Destro's attack, the human brought Soundwave and himself back to Cobra Island. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 3|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #3}}

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Soundwave was released from Cobra control thanks to Wheeljack and attacked his former human masters. With Megatron and the other Decepticons freed, Soundwave went to work making energon cubes. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #4}} Just as things were going their way, Optimus Prime arrived, powered up using the energon, and punched his fist right through Soundwave's chest, taking him out of the battle. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 5|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #5}} After the Autobots left on a return voyage to Cybertron, Soundwave's head and remains were taken in secret by human scientists for study. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 6|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #6}}

Several years later, the scientists managed to use Megatron's technology to create the organic weapon [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]], who plugged himself into Soundwave's deactivated head after getting free and downloaded data on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s history. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 1|The Art of War #1}}
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===''Transformers/G.I. Joe''===
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Along with the rest of the Decepticons, Soundwave was buried in the [[Fera Islands]] until 1938, when [[Cobra]] accidentally awakened them and used them to conquer most of [[Europe]]. He sent Laserbeak to spy on the [[United States of America|United States]]' reaction to this, and learned that [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] had been created to battle the Cobra threat. Soundwave later helped Megatron and Starscream get rid of some Royal Air Force fighters above the English Channel, allowing Cobra to attack the [[United Kingdom]]. {{storylink|The Line}}

When G.I. Joe attacked the Fera Islands, Soundwave infiltrated [[Flint (G.I. Joe)|Flint]]'s unit in the form of a radio transmitter carried by a disguised [[Zartan]]. Flint noticed that it wasn't their radio, but that didn't stop Soundwave from capturing him and taking him back to Cobra HQ. {{storylink|Wolves}} However, the Joes had managed to awaken the Autobots also buried on the island, and Soundwave soon found himself facing down [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]. He lost the fight, and either died at the hands of Grimlock or when the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] was smashed to pieces. {{storylink|The Iron Fist}}

{{Unreleased TFGJ comic}}
By [[1985]], Soundwave had returned by some unknown means. At some point, he and Starscream uncovered information about a "terrible secret" buried beneath Cobra Island, and set out to destroy Cobra Commander should the terrorist refuse to allow them access to it. {{storylink|Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Transformers/G.I. Joe: Divided Front|Divided Front #5}}
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===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
Puzzled by the loss of much of their stock of weapons, Megatron assigned Soundwave to investigate. Using Laserbeak's spying abilities, Soundwave determined that [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] was selling the weapons on the black market, much to Megatron's outrage. {{storylink|Two for the Price of One}}

===''The Beast Within''===
Soundwave participated in an all-out Decepticon offensive against the Autobots. In its initial stages, the battle swayed in the Decepticons’ favour, and Soundwave defeated [[Twin Twist]]. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}
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===''Another Con''===
Soundwave was present when Megatron was remade into the form of a {{w|Pikachu|small electrical rodent}}. {{storylink|Another Con}}

===''Q-Robo Transformer''===
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===''Hearts of Steel''===
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Millions of years in the past, Soundwave was among the Decepticons who took on organic modes in order to battle the Autobots on prehistoric Earth. When an ice age approached, the Decepticons survived by powering down under what would eventually become the [[San Francisco]] Bay. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 1|Hearts of Steel #1}} Soundwave woke up in the mid-19th century, where he came under the command of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. Along with several other Decepticons, he stood by Starscream as he and [[Tobias Muldoon]] discussed where they would build their headquarters. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 2|Hearts of Steel #2}}

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===2005 IDW continuity===
[[File:Soundwaves-allofustogether.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.66|Don't you hate it when your codpiece rides up to your collarbone?]]

{{main|Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity}}
An [[Outlier (group)|Outlier]] with extremely powerful hearing and limited telepathic capabilities, Soundwave's unusual powers made him a freak and an outcast in the stifling days of [[Functionism|functionist]] [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. But after meeting [[Ravage (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ravage]], Soundwave joined [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]]'s [[Decepticon]] movement, dreaming of a Cybertron where every Cybertronian could stand as true equals.

In this new role, Soundwave remained a loyal Decepticon for millennia—making one increasingly dubious compromise after the next—until after the end of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], when Megatron, the 'bot who had led him down this path, saw the error of his own ways and defected to the Autobots. Grudgingly accepting cooperation with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] yet refusing to formally join the Autobot cause, Soundwave continued to proudly wear his purple Decepticon [[insignia]], a badge of honor that, to some, marked him as the last true Decepticon.
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===''Lil Formers''===
Soundwave ejected all of his minions from his chest compartment, only for the last in line, Rumble, to refuse to come out; with all the extra leg room he now had, he was too comfortable to relinquish his spot. {{storylink|Lil Formers}}

===''Mini Mayhem!''===
Soundwave participated in an infiltration of [[BotCon]] to track down next year's toy designs, and use them to conquer the Autobots once and for all!

Later, Soundwave used the [[Autoscout]] to deliver a love-letter to [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]. {{storylink|Mini Mayhem!}}

===''Universe'' cartoon===
Soundwave was one of the many Cybertronians caught up in a civil war that emerged due to greed, corruption, and malice emerging in their planet's halls of power. During the early days of the war, he took part in a battle alongside Thrust. Soundwave was one of the first Decepticons to travel to Earth, and looked on as the Autobots took on alternate forms to disguise themselves amongst its populace. {{storylink|Action Blast 1}}
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===''TransTech''===
Soundwave—[[Soundwave (G1)/toys#LaserCycle|in his Laser Cycle body]]—was seen among the inhabitants of the multiversal hub city of [[Axiom Nexus]]. {{storylink|Transcendent: Part 4}}

===''Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun'' manga===
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===Robot Heroes===
Soundwave was one of the Decepticons who traveled to Earth to bring its people peace... through tyranny! He lay in wait until it was the moment to strike, at which time he unleashed Laserbeak and Ravage from his chest compartment. {{storylink|I Am Optimus Prime (Robot Heroes)|I Am Optimus Prime}}
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===''United''===
After Megatron thought that Optimus had been vanquished once and for all, he declared himself Cybertron's "Emperor of Destruction". Soundwave was present for this proclamation. {{storylink|A New Battle!}}
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===''Kre-O'' cartoon===
Soundwave was in the audience of a tag battle pitting [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Bumblebee (Kre-O)|Bumblebee]] against [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]] and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. Oddly enough, he cheered when it seemed that the Autobots were going to win the match... {{storylink|Last Bot Standing}}

Soundwave, [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], and [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] enjoyed a picnic by the side of a road. When Bumblebee and Megatron raced by them, the picnickers waved at them. {{storylink|The Big Race}}

He was among the minions who passed Megatron his presents during the holiday season. {{storylink|A Gift For Megatron}}

Soundwave helped Megatron get back into shape after a string of humiliating defeats by standing on top of him while the Decepticon leader did some push-ups, and holding on to his weights while he did some reps. {{storylink|Megatron's Revenge}}

Soundwave participated in an enormous battle against the Autobots... until Optimus Prime began talking about the plot of the [[live-action film series]] to the audience. Soundwave operated the boom-mike for the "recap" segments Optimus recounted until [[Grimlock (Kre-O)|Grimlock]]'s attempt to order a pizza on the phone started bleeping out Optimus's lines. {{storylink|Take Us to the Movies}} {{storylink|Take Us Through the Movies}}

===''Transformers: All Spark''===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Another Episode, Part 1}} {{storylink|Another Episode, Part 2}} {{storylink|The Fated Rival, Once Again...}} {{storylink|To Earth}} {{storylink|Plans of the Emperor of Destruction}} {{storylink|Revenge (All Spark)|Revenge}} {{storylink|Ray of Hope}} {{storylink|Great Aspirations}} {{storylink|Conclusion}}}}

===''Kre-O'' online comic===
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Soundwave was one of the [[Decepticon]]s who joined [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]] in the ''[[Nemesis (Kre-O)|Nemesis]]'' to chase the [[Autobot]]s in the ''[[Ark (Kre-O)|Ark]]''. After they boarded the ''Ark'', it crashed to [[Earth]] and the [[Transformer]]s fell to a four million year-long sleep. They woke up to a world filled with blocks. {{storylink|Kreon Story}}

Soundwave was part of a massive Decepticon invasion force intended to ruin the Autobots' picnic. However, [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]] plowed through them with his truck and left them scattered... and then left. Returning to the scene after.. ''ahem'', taking care of some pressing business, Optimus gathered up the still-wiped-out Kreons, bound them up on a flatbed trailer, and took them to the picnic. {{storylink|Emergency! Hurry to the Base, Optimus!}}

Soundwave infiltrated into [[Metroplex (G1)|Autobot City]] as an inconspicuous music player. {{storylink|Two Giant Bases! Everybody Getting Along, Come On, Fight!}} Soundwave witnessed the combiners [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], and [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] trying to add the last piece of the Decepticons' new solar tower. {{storylink|Megatron's Ambition!? The Solar Tower Is Built!}}

Soundwave had his clones sold as music players to brainwash humans into slaves using hypnotic music. [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] opposed Soundwave, so Soundwave and his many clones unleashed a musical sound attack upon the Autobots, but Jazz and the others countered with a session of their own. {{storylink|Soundwave's Trap? Stop Operation Brainwash Humanity!}}

Soundwave was seen flying into battle with [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] in [[Isami Tatewaki|some kid]]'s living room. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise! The Transformers Are by Your Side!?}}

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===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
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Soundwave was a warm and emotional Decepticon with a sonorous musical voice and a love for life, the latter of which put him at odds with the brutality of other Decepticons. {{storylink|Black Cybertron}} He hooked [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'s head up to a machine after Starscream had brought it to Megatron. {{storylink|The Golden Boys}} Soundwave was opposed to the invasion of Earth, only for Megatron to coldly select him and his cassette children for the leading invasion force instead. {{storylink|Black Cybertron}} Together with Starscream and his [[Relatives|brother]] Shockwave, Soundwave and his cassettes traveled from Cybertron to Earth to demand the humans submit to Megatron. Their welcomers, [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]], were unwilling to surrender and attacked the Decepticons, prompting Soundwave to capture a bunch of the humans and imprison them in his chest cavity where they were attacked by metal tentacles. After [[Flash (G.I. Joe)|Flash]] cut open his chest window to allow their escape, the Joes unleashed their [[Coltonbolt]] orbital weapon upon Soundwave, destroying his head. {{storylink|I Saw Three Ships}}

[[File:ISawThreeShips-chestprison.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Yummy yummy yummy, I've got Joes in my tummy.]]

The headless body of Soundwave was brought to [[T.H.E. P.I.T.]], where [[Doctor Venom]] was tasked with repurposing it as a weapon for the Joes. {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend}} Using arcane knowledge, Venom sacrificed several Joe soldiers to turn Bumblebee's body into a robotic suit that could [[Binary bonding|binary bond]] with Soundwave's remains, becoming its head. {{storylink|Form Follows Function}} Taking control of Soundwave's body, Venom deployed his new weapon to defend T.H.E. P.I.T. from Optimus Prime, catching the attention of Shockwave who demanded the return of his brother. As Optimus Prime and Shockwave grappled over Soundwave, Prime was able to pry Venom and Bumblebee from his shoulders, deactivating his body once again. {{storylink|Expelled from the Garden}}

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Reclaiming Soundwave's remains and collecting the shards of his head, Shockwave brought them to [[Kalis]] in hopes that [[Flame (Marvel)|Flame]] could resurrect his brother. However, Flame's twisted miracle brought him back not as his old, impassioned self, but as an emotionless, monotonous machine who denied any brotherly relation to Shockwave and only demanded to know the parameters of his next mission. When [[Snake-Eyes]] arrived in Kalis with a rebellious Ravage, Soundwave fought them both and reclaimed Ravage, who he manually transformed and inserted in his chest for reprogramming. {{storylink|Black Cybertron}}

Regrouping with the rest of the Decepticons, Soundwave and his minions participated in the battle to defend Trypticon from the united "Jotobot" army. {{storylink|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe issue 12|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #12}} When Optimus Prime returned from the afterlife and defeated Megatron, Soundwave ordered Laserbeak to snatch the Matrix away from Starscream. {{storylink|The War Never Ends}}

===''Construct-Bots'' cartoon===
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Soundwave was playing cards with [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] when [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]] attacked. He was upgraded using [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]'s torso and some other parts thanks to Megatron and his Construct-Bots terminal. He cringed when Megatron slipped and fell on some gumballs. {{storylink|Intro!}}
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===''Angry Birds'' comic===
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Soundwave was among the Decepticon forces that attacked the Autobot ship in search of [[AllSpark]] only to be blasted back out into space by [[Heatwave (G1)|Heatwave]]'s water blasts. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers issue 1|Angry Birds Transformers #1}}
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===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
According to rumor in the 24th century, Soundwave sat at the center of the [[Mandala]] in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] for several centuries during one of the times Iacon was under Decepticon control. {{storylink|Trigger Warnings}}

In 1984, Soundwave participated in a battle in [[London]], infiltrating the [[British Museum]] by pretending to be [[Noah Acton]]'s tape recorder and helping to steal the [[Rosetta Stone]]. {{storylink|Cultural Appropriation}} When [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] upgraded into a [[Triple-Threat Master]] in the early 2030s, Soundwave estimated that he cut hundreds of thousands of solar cycles from his lifespan. {{storylink|Not All Megatrons}}

Soundwave died at some point after this, as [[Eject (G1)|Eject]] lamented that all the great and famous Cybertronians, including Soundwave, were long gone by the time Cybertron was under the control of the [[Builder Assembly]]. {{storylink|Broken Windshields}} Soundwave was of such renown that his face adorned the 100 denomination of [[Cyber Planet Key|cyber planet key]], a unit considered a symbol of wealth on 24th century Cybertron. {{storylink|Not All Megatrons}}

===''Timelines''===
In [[Primax 096.0 Beta]], Soundwave chased fellow [[Laser Cycle]] [[Jazz (G1)#Timelines|Jazz]] during the obligatory Battle of [[Sherman Dam]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/06}} Later, communications officer Soundwave fought at [[Mirtonia]] in the final battle of the [[Great War (G1)|third Cybertronian war]]. Ultimately, however, [[Optimus Prime (G1)#General Optimus|General Optimus Prime]] led the Autobots to victory over the [[Decepticon Empire|Decepticon Star Empire]]. A stray missile blew up an experimental energon refinery, taking Megatron, Starscream, and Soundwave with it. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Timelines|General Optimus Prime profile card}}

===''Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy'' cartoon===
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===''Prime wars Trilogy'' marketing material===
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Bolstered by the [[Titan Master]]s, Soundwave spearheaded an all-out Decepticon attack on Cybertron, only to be routed by [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. {{storylink|Titans Return: The Power of the Titan Masters}}

===''Aw Yeah Revolution!''===
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Megatron and Soundwave duked it out against the Autobots before an earthquake made the battleground unstable, forcing both sides to retreat. {{storylink|Aw Yeah Revolution! issue 1|Aw Yeah Revolution! #1}}

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===When Worlds Collide===
When the Autobots and their allies pursued Megatron and Cobra Commander in search of the stolen [[Matrix of Leadership]], Soundwave took part in the epic battle that followed, most likely fighting on the villains' side. {{storylink|When Worlds Collide}}

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===''Star Trek vs. Transformers''===
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Four million years prior to the 23rd century, the ''Ark'' left Cybertron to clear a path through an asteroid field only to be boarded by the Decepticons. Out of control, the ''Ark'' crashed into a volcano on the nearby [[Earth]], knocking all combatants into [[stasis lock]] until the 20th century. Reawakened in the era of humanity, the Transformers began a covert war for the planet's [[energon]] supply until the outbreak of [[World War III]]. The brutal conflict convinced Optimus Prime to abandon Earth, leading his troops away aboard [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]], with the Decepticons following aboard [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. After decades in space, the Autobots found energon on [[Cygnus Seven]], the Decepticons attacking and, once again, sending the Autobot ship hurtling towards a primitive planet, everyone within winding up in stasis lock. On stardate 5892.7, a survey team from the [[Federation]] unknowingly triggered Fortress Maximus' autonomic protocols, the repair beam striking Megatron first who healed his forces and led an attack on the surface. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Two}}

Despite the intervening centuries, human technology still proved woefully inferior to Cybertronian, the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] making short work of the defences. When Optimus Prime entered the battlefield, he was struck down by [[James T. Kirk|a human]] who demanded the Decepticons identify themselves. When the Decepticons touched down, Megatron ordered Soundwave to use his audio disruptor waves against the organics, only for the weapon to allow them to call in a [[photon torpedo]] from the orbiting [[USS Enterprise|USS ''Enterprise'']], singeing Soundwave. When Megatron ordered the Decepticons to fall back until more information was gathered, Soundwave directed them to a nearby moon from which a Decepticon beacon was emanating. Upon arrival, the signal was found to be Trypticon who was infested with [[Klingon]]s. Megatron, however, managed to smooth talk their leader, [[Kuri]] into an alliance. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part One}}

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Before too long, Megatron grew tired of the Klingons, only being swayed when they revealed their cloaking technology, allowing Trypticon to scan their downed [[Warbird (Star Trek)|warbird]]. The Titan used the cloaking device to bait a trap for the ''Enterprise'', crippling it, with Soundwave scrambling the human ship's distress beacon. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Two}}

During the attack on the colony, Soundwave hovered by Starscream before Optimus Prime and [[Spock]] surrendered themselves in exchange for the miners' safety. As Kuri beamed down to boast of the [[Klingon Empire]]'s superiority, Fortress Maximus suddenly burst out of the moon, now reformatted into a copy of the ''Enterprise'', and began duelling Trypticon. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Three}}

The battle came to a rather abrupt halt when Starscream, having been given a personal cloaking device by the Klingons, fled with a bounty of [[dilithium]], intending to conquer a planet. The act finally evaporated what little patience Megatron had for his traitorous SIC and he ordered all Decepticons after the traitor. As the Decepticons warped after the traitor, Soundwave attempted to dissuade Megatron from pursuit, noting that there were other planets in the universe with dilithium, only for Megatron to reveal his primary motivation was finally putting an end to Starscream. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Four}}

The Decepticons caught up with Starscream at the Klingon homeworld of [[Kronos]] as he was displaying his superiority to the [[Klingon High Council]], Soundwave releasing his [[Mini-Cassette]]s to round up the Klingons before the Autobots and [[Starfleet]] arrived. Though the organics had donned [[Crewbot|Cybertronian-scaled mechas]], Soundwave again unleashed his audio disruptor waves, bringing Starfleet and the Autobots to their knees but the frequency he utilized was deaf to Klingons ears, allowing them to summon a warbird fleet that defeated the invaders. As part of the deal that Kirk negotiated with the Klingon High Council, Soundwave and his fellow Decepticons were left in Klingon custody. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Five}}
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===''War For Cybertron Trilogy'' continuity===
====''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' marketing material====
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On Cybertron, Soundwave was a [[Cybertronian military insignia|Ground Force Espionage Major]], whose function was a spy. {{storylink|War for Cybertron: Siege|''Siege'' webpage}}<ref name=Siege>[https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/brands/siege ''Siege'' website]</ref> During the war for Cybertron, Soundwave placed some malicious code into the [[Stanix]] hub to breach the system's data. Being the most critical connection in the global communication grid, [[Teletraan I|Teletraan-1]] discovered it and recorded the event in its data files. {{storylink|Source:Teletraan-1 Data Files|''Siege'' Teletraan-1 Data Files}}

Closer than ever to reaching the AllSpark, the Decepticons awakened after crash-landing on pre-[[Ice Age]] [[Earth]]. While battling the Autobots, both sides were joined by the [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s, their epic battle changing their combined destinies.

During this period, Soundwave's function was communications, and he [[trans-scan]]ned into a communications cassette player. His [[Concussion weapon|Concussion blaster]] and [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|cassette troop]]s were his powers and weapons, and his core traits were his stoic, loyalty, and opportunism. Soundwave's message from the future was that an intruder may be more than they seem. {{storylink|War for Cybertron: Kingdom|''Kingdom'' webpage}}<ref>[https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/brands/kingdom ''Kingdom'' webpage]</ref>
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====''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Edward Bosco]] (English), [[Shinnosuke Ogami]] (Japanese)|[[Milton Parisi]] (Portuguese), [[Laurent Maurel]] (French), [[Michael Kühl]] (German), [[Julián Rodríguez]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Fidel Garriga]] (Latin-American Spanish)}}

[[File:SiegeEp2-Soundwave.jpg|thumb|left|300px|"Excuse my sudden visit, but I saw your fiasco on the picture show and I just couldn't resist."]]
At some point during the war, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] attempted to clone Soundwave, which resulted in the creation of the amoral [[Soundblaster (G1)|Soundblaster]]. {{storylink|Siege episode 5}}

After Megatron had taken [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] prisoner, Soundwave detected a low-frequency transmission from Magnus's holding cell and alerted Megatron that Magnus had caught wind of their plan to find the [[AllSpark]] and harness its power. {{storylink|Siege episode 2}} When Magnus finally died and transmitted the [[Alpha Trion Protocols]] to its next recipient, Megatron ordered Soundwave to track the anomaly. {{storylink|Siege episode 4}} Soundwave and Shockwave reported their findings to Megatron, who ordered him to find a way to stop the protocols from falling into Autobot hands using one of Shockwave's computer viruses. The virus did its job well: spreading quickly across the planet, it not only erased the code from [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'s memory but also knocked systems offline across the planet and revealed the concealed ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' to the Decepticons. {{storylink|Siege episode 5}}

Soundwave took part in the final battle to recover the AllSpark from Autobot hands. As Megatron ordered Soundwave to destroy the Autobot starship, Soundwave and reported to Megatron that Optimus was heading to Sector Seven of the planet and caused Megatron to realize that Prime intended to take the artifact off-planet. {{storylink|Siege episode 6}}

[[File:EarthriseEp4-Soundwave.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"Hahaha! Why does anyone do anything? Sheer, absolute boredom!"]]

Soundwave and the other Decepticons were left stranded on the dying planet following the launch of the ''Ark'' and the destruction of the [[space bridge|spacebridge]]. As their fuel situation grew ever more perilous, Soundwave picked up a transmission from the ''Ark'' and passed this knowledge on to Megatron, who authorized the construction of a starship to pursue them. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 2}} Some time later, the Decepticons successfully launched the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' and caught up with the Autobots at [[Nebulon Station]] during a fight with a rampaging [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. When Megatron fell and Starscream seized command, Soundwave joined in the assault against the Autobots until dire circumstances forced a temporary alliance. Soundwave helped open a set of blast doors so that the Autobots and Decepticons could deal with Scorponok, but soon after Megatron took back leadership the truce broke down and the Autobots escaped amidst the confusion. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 4}}

After a perilous trip through the [[Dead Universe]], the ''Ark'' and ''Nemesis'' followed the trail of the AllSpark to prehistoric Earth. In the ensuing three-way battle between the ''Ark'', the ''Nemesis'', and the Quintesson [[Deseeus]] aboard the ''[[Fool's Fortune]]'', the ''Nemesis'' was badly damaged and crash-landed on the planet below. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 6}}

[[File:KingdomEp3-Soundwave.jpg|thumb|left|300px|"Dear, if I wanted to hurt anyone here..'''I would have done so ALREADY...'''"]]

Soundwave and the other Decepticons worked to get their ship functional again until Laserbeak detected an intruder. Soon after encountering [[Megatron (BW)|the Predacon Megatron]] and his followers, time-travelling Cybertronians from a dystopian future, Soundwave and Laserbeak captured the [[Maximal]] spy [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] and brought her back to the ''Nemesis''. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 1}} Armed with both the Matrix of Leadership and a mysterious [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]] he'd obtained during his time in the Dead Universe, Megatron contacted Soundwave and informed them that his knowledge of future events meant that it was time for the Decepticon-Predacon alliance to press their advantage. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 2}} Soundwave joined his Megatron in the subsequent search for the AllSpark; despite his increasingly ominous visions, Megatron dismissed Soundwave's fears that possessing the Matrix of Leadership would have adverse effects. When a repentant [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] had a crisis of conscience and ambushed his erstwhile allies, Soundwave unleashed a sonic barrage before Dinobot recovered and impaled him through the chest. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 3}}

Soundwave eventually recovered and joined the crew of the ''Nemesis'' during their final attack on the ''Ark''. From his station, Megatron ordered Soundwave to fire on the grounded Autobot ship below, but thanks to Airazor and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]'s sabotage, their guns were offline. Despite this, Megatron simply transformed and made a kamikaze dive toward the ''Ark'', which assumed a towering robot mode and grounded the Decepticon warship for good by punching it into molten lava. Soundwave and the other Decepticons were captured and imprisoned aboard the ''Ark'' as the ship returned to Cybertron. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 5}} Soundwave was locked in a stasis field until he was freed to partake in a climactic showdown against [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]], which ended with the arrival of spark spirits. After [[Elita One (G1)|Elita-1]]'s spirit bought a swift end to the threat, Soundwave and the other Decepticons came together with the Autobots to mark a tentative end to the Great War before departing under Megatron's command. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 6}}

=== 2019 IDW continuity ===
{{first|[[The World In Your Eyes Part Two|''Transformers'' #2]]}}

[[File:TheWorldInYourEyesPart3 AscenticonGuardVolunteers.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"Ladies and gentlemen... I give you the Beatles!"]]

During the [[War of the Threefold Spark]], [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and [[Exarchon]] developed a clone of Soundwave named [[Soundblaster (G1)|Soundblaster]]. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Sea of Rust I|Sea of Rust I}} After the war, Soundwave spent time in [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]], a haven for war veterans and political dissidents. {{storylink|Storm Horizon Part 1}}

At some point after Exarchon's defeat, Soundwave had become Senator, a representative within the planetary [[Senate]]. For a time, he worked as a member of [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]]'s inner retinue as head of the planet's intelligence division; {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Two}} eventually, however, Sentinel was forced to cut a deal with the ambitious [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] in exchange for his silence regarding the [[Titan (group)|Titan]] [[spark]]s he'd hidden under the [[Forge Pyramid]], {{storylink|War World: Titans|Titans}} and as a result of the backroom deal, Soundwave lost his prestigious position.

Eventually, Soundwave fell in with Megatron and his burgeoning [[Decepticon|Ascenticon]] movement; a firm supporter of Megatron's grand designs, Soundwave aided his new leader as Megatron reforged the scattered remnants of [[Termagax]]'s vision into an effective political machine. Not only did he help to represent the Ascenticon interests within the Cybertronian senate, {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Two}} Soundwave also served as a liaison between the respectable veneer of the Ascenticon movement and [[The Rise]], [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s underground network assembled to foment dissent within Cybertronian society, {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Five}} and even helped recruit ex-intelligence operatives into the clandestine organization. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Two}} In public, Soundwave remained one of Megatron's closest confidants and helped record and broadcast his speeches that criticized the [[Nominus Edict]] the Ascenticons sought to overturn. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Five}}

One evening, Soundwave joined Megatron at an Ascenticon rally in Tarn, where the pair survived a suspiciously incompetent assassination attempt. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Two}} The "attack" gave Soundwave an opportunity to reveal the next phase of the Ascenticon movement as he introduced the [[Ascenticon Guard]], a private security force sympathetic to the cause. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Three}} In the meantime, however, respected scientist [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]]'s murder—the first murder in millennia—sent ructions through Cybertronian society, and threatened the legitimacy of the Ascenticon platform when all available evidence implicated The Rise. While hunting for a [[Voin]] who might have witnessed the killing, [[Security Operations]] officer [[Barricade (IDW)|Barricade]] discovered a loose end that tied The Rise to Brainstorm's murder, and passed this information to Soundwave, who in turn sent [[Quake (G1)|Quake]] to silence the Voin. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Five}}

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In the meantime, Soundwave attended Brainstorm's funeral alongside his leader, {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Four}} and later recorded another speech of Megatron's, claiming that this one would reach a hundred thousand Cybertronians would hear it before the cycle's end. When [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] approached the Ascenticons for a position, he assumed that he'd be dealing with Guard leader [[Elita One (G1)|Elita-1]], but she sent Soundwave in his place to evaluate Bumblebee's fitness for the Guard during a secluded interview in an abandoned energon mine. However, Soundwave's [[electromagnetic suppressor spear|electromagnetic suppressor]] prevented Bumblebee from receiving [[Rubble]]'s transmission, who'd had the misfortune of stumbling upon Quake killing the Voin and was himself murdered. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Five}}

With tensions on Cybertron mounting, Megatron paid Termagax a visit and confirmed to Soundwave that she would not be interfering with their upcoming plans. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Two}} Eventually, [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] discovered that Barricade had gone behind his back to tip off the Ascenticons, leading to Barricade deserting Security Operations and seeking sanctuary at [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Cybertron)|Ascenticon Headquarters]]. Correctly deducing that Barricade could not fall into Senate hands, Soundwave denied Prowl entry into their building, leading to a tense standoff. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Four}} When Megatron discovered this, he scolded an unresponsive Soundwave for his haphazard handling of the situation. When other business called Megatron away, he ordered Soundwave to use one of his secure drones to have someone come and collect Barricade, and to make it look good. That night, after the raid had spirited Barricade away, Soundwave recorded Megatron making another speech, one where he revealed [[Decepticon|a new direction]] for their movement and for Cybertron. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Five}}

With First Senator Sentinel Prime back from his colonial tour due to the unrest, Soundwave approached him as senator for the Ascenticons. Soundwave suggested accelerating the time table for senate elections to clarify the government's mandate was still among the people. Recognizing this as a tactic to gain a senate majority for the Ascenticons over the Autobots, Sentinel forcibly denied the request. Soundwave next decided to publicly insert the Ascenticon Guard into a developing situation involving Rise terrorists. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part One}} Four members of the Rise had been caught trying to steal energon and fled inside an immersant Titan, then used stolen weaponry to keep Security Operations at bay in a stand-off. Soundwave presented himself as a neutral intermediary to negotiate with the Rise. He hoped to ensure safe passage for Ruckus and the other three, assuming they knew nothing of value that could upset the Ascenticon plans. Unfortunately, Ruckus not only knew Soundwave helped Barricade escape and that Shockwave was recruiting ex-intelligence types to the Rise on Soundwave's recommendation, he was also too dumb to even realize this was important information. Realizing Ruckus was a liability, Soundwave left his suppressor staff with the Rise while he "renewed negotiations" with Security. Soundwave had just finished telling Bumblebee and Elita-1 it looked like the terrorists had explosives when he detonated his staff, desecrating the Titan and eliminating the loose ends. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Two}}

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A Rise attack destroyed the [[Tether]] that connected Cybertron to its [[Winged Moon]], and Soundwave joined Megatron and his fellow Ascenticon senators as they surveyed the devastation. Having learned from fellow Senator [[Heretech]] that Sentinel Prime planned to arrest Soundwave during the next Senate meeting as part of a sting operation, Megatron put Soundwave under the protection of the Ascenticon Guard and sourced some extra muscle from The Rise in order to beef up their numbers. Soundwave announced that Elita-1, who had previously headed the Guard, would be relieved of command and confined to her quarters, while [[Flywheels|Skytread]] took over the day-to-day running of the Ascenticon Guard. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: All Fall Down|All Fall Down}}

When Quake was captured by the Autobots and marched through Iacon, Soundwave ordered Skytread to ensure the veteran was not taken into custody. Though Ascenticon supporters managed to free Quake, he was ultimately killed by Bumblebee. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: Prisoners|Prisoners}}

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When the Ascenticons - now rebranded as the "Decepticons" - took control of the [[Senate]], Soundwave stood by Megatron as the leader announced his new world order to the Senators. {{storylink|War World: Prime|Prime}} After calling [[Andromeda (G1)|Andromeda]] to [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Cybertron)|Decepticon Headquarters]], Soundwave stood by Megatron when Starscream arrived for a haggling session. Incensed by Starscream's theatrics and insults, Soundwave unleashed his sonic cannon on the Head of Intelligence, wounding his former colleague enough to give his information to Megatron for free. {{storylink|War World: Awakenings|Awakenings}} Soundwave bore witness to Andromeda's first propaganda interview with Megatron, warning her to do as she was told. Once the recording was completed, Soundwave told Andromeda to submit the footage to him for a final review, that she would be called upon as needed and to get out. {{storylink|War World: Hunt|Hunt}}

Megatron arranged a holographic parley with Optimus Prime, in an effort to track his true position and send a strike force to end their feuding. Soundwave did track the transmission, but he alerted Megatron that Optimus Prime and the Autobots were out of range, having already abandoned Iacon to move beyond their reach. {{storylink|War World: We Are Not Meant To Be Darkness|We Are Not Meant To Be Darkness}} Later on, Soundwave reported in to Megatron that Termagax had been located by the Seekers along the Sea of Rust. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Sea of Rust I|Sea of Rust I}}

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Soundwave was in attendance at Megatron's throne room when the captive [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] was brought in for interrogation. He heard Magnus's claims that Exarchon had survived and possessed Ruckus, and seemed dubious. {{storylink|Darkness, Once Gazed Upon: Part Two}} However, Cyclonus soon arrived with another sighting of Exarchon, the similarly miraculously revived [[Provoke]], whom he had killed. Soundwave shut down Starscream when he tried to interject, but Megatron allowed the former chief of intelligence to have his say. Starscream suggested that, alive or dead, Exarchon made a good rallying symbol to solidify his rule. If Exarchon were truly back, defeat him. Even if he wasn't, taking action to ''pretend'' Exarchon was back might by politically advantageous as well. {{storylink|War's End Part One}}

Soundwave remained bitter that Megatron would not allow him to finally rid himself of Starscream. Starscream needled his former boss, suggesting Soundwave learn to go with the flow, right before a wounded Skywarp teleported into their midst. He brought yet another sighting, this time confirming Exarchon was back and renewing his ties with Shockwave. Starscream brought this information to Megatron and encouraged him to make a temporary truce with the Autobots, allowing both parties time to deal with the other threats Cybertron faced. He could always break the truce and kill Prime once he served a purpose. Megatron deferred to Soundwave on this plan and Soundwave, reluctantly, chose to support Starscream's idea despite its source. {{storylink|War's End Part Two}}

Soundwave was present with Megatron's forces when they gathered for the final battle with the Autobots at [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]], after the truce ended. {{storylink|Transformers: Fate of Cybertron|Fate of Cybertron}}
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===''Mazinger Z versus Transformers''===
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Soundwave and the other Decepticons were battling the Autobots for control of a space bridge when a freak accident teleported everyone to the Japan of another universe. As they scouted out the terrain, Soundwave and Laserbeak reported on the miraculous energy source beneath the nearby [[Photonic Power Laboratory]]. The Decepticons watched as the Autobots took on and later allied with [[Kōji Kabuto]] and his [[Mazinger Z]] super robot after realizing that [[Baron Ashura]] had deliberately misled them into supporting the evil [[Mechanical Beast]]s. Not long after the evil robots retreated, the Decepticons sought out their leader [[Doctor Hell]] and formed an alliance.

Backed by the Mechanical Beasts, the Decepticons made a second run on the Photonic Power Laboratory and did well up until Mazinger and Optimus Prime joined the fray, only for the tide of battle to shift back into the favor of the Decepticons when Starscream, now sporting an enormous Mazinger body, and took out the pair before turning on Megatron. When all three factions teamed up to destroy "Mazinscream", the destruction of his physical body created an energy vortex that sucked all of the Cybertronians back to their native dimension. {{storylink|Mazinger Z versus Transformers}}

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===''Transformers/Ghostbusters''===
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When the Autobots fled Cybertron following the end of the Great War, the planet was visited by the supernatural menace known as [[Gozer]]. Soundwave, Megatron, Shockwave, and Starscream visited the [[Temple of Gozer|temple]] that Gozer had summoned in order to deal with the invader; although Soundwave advised caution, Megatron's recklessness and Starscream's ego quickly spiralled out of control, and Gozer transformed into a monstrous avatar of Starscream in order to destroy the doomed world. {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 1}}

Soundwave grimly reported to Megatron that not even their strongest [[combiner]]s could outpower Gozer, before the 'bots of [[Decepticon High Command]] were approached by another ghostly entity: the electrical being known as "[[Kremzeek]] the Scavenger," who tricked the four 'bots into surrendering their physical bodies and turning them into [[ghost]]s. {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 2}} Kremzeek demanded them to help him find and absorb the [[AllSpark]], which the Autobots had taken with them; all but Starscream refused, however, and the trio were absorbed into Kremzeek's being.

Roughly a thousand years later on Earth, Kremzeek's physical body was destroyed when the Scavenger made physical contact with [[Killerwatt|an electricity consuming ghost]], freeing the three Decepticons. {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 4}} Although Soundwave and Shockwave initially hoped to work with [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Ectotron]] to restore their bodies, the conflict quickly escalated and the pair joined the battle against the [[Ghostbusters]]. Soundwave released several of his equally ghostly cassettes to take on the humans, but he was quickly restrained by [[Winston Zeddemore]] and sucked into a [[ghost trap]]. At the conclusion of the battle, Optimus Prime agreed that he would take the three Decepticons into his care until he could find a way to revert them to their old selves. {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 5}}
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===''Transformers vs. the Terminator''===
[[File:EnemyOfMyEnemyPartFour-GoTerminateYourself.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
In the year [[1984]], Soundwave awoke aboard the ''Ark'' alongside Megatron and the other Decepticons, watched his leader execute [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], and took part in the invasion of Earth that ended with the defeat of [[Skywatch]] and the extinction of humanity. In order to retroactively win the war, Skywatch's robotic defense network [[Skynet]] sent a [[T-800]] Terminator back in time to defeat the Cybertronians before they could menace Earth. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy Part Two}}

In this new timeline, Soundwave awoke on board the ''Ark'' alongside Megatron and the other Decepticons, only for the Terminator to barge into the ship and confront the Cybertronians. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy Part One}} After the robot's pinpoint aim blew out Megatron's optic, the tyrant sent Starscream and Soundwave to destroy the intruder; upon detecting [[Sarah Connor]], Soundwave unleashed [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] and disoriented the Terminator with his sonic blasts. Sarah managed to revive both [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], however, and Megatron ordered a retreat to gather information on this new world. The Decepticons regrouped on the Oregon coast, where Soundwave repaired Megatron's optic. Once Starscream had deduced that the humans would pose no threat to their future energy-gathering efforts, the villains attacked the [[Cyberdyne Systems]] facility for its energy production facilities, suspecting a link between their mechanical attacker and the cybernetics facility. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy Part Two}}

While the other Decepticons secured a perimeter, Soundwave and [[Reflector (G1)|Refraktor]] siphoned electrical energy from the plant into [[energon cube]]s. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy Part Three}} However, when the Autobots attacked, Soundwave took to the front lines with the rest of the villains, and advanced on Bumblebee and [[Velocity (G1)|Velocity]] before he detected Sarah fruitlessly calling for help from within Cyberdyne's parking booth. Soundwave correctly deduced that no further Autobots would be arriving, but before he could inform Megatron of this development he was shot and fatally wounded by [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], who had double-crossed the other Decepticons with the assistance of the Terminator. A dying Soundwave confronted Sarah and the Terminator, accusing them of setting the events in motion that led to the defeat of the Decepticons; unmoved by his words, however, the two joined forces and shot him until he collapsed and died. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy Part Four}}
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===Precursor World (1)===
A [[Primus Vanguard|Warrior of the Seven Lights]] resembling a blue Soundwave (as opposed to the [[Soundwave (G1)#Precursor World (2)|other guy]]) was a member of the [[Blue Order]] of the [[Primus Vanguard]]. He and his comrades followed their commander [[Blue Big Convoy]] into battle when a duel between [[G1 World|dimension-tossed]] future warriors [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Generations Selects Special Comic (1)|Ultra Megatron]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Star Convoy]] threatened the [[Blue Planet (GS)|Blue Planet]] and [[Beast People|its people]]. The Warrior received a direct hit from Ultra Megatron for his trouble. {{Storylink|Super Megatron comic 2}}

===''My Little Pony/Transformers''===
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While fighting for control of a damaged [[Space bridge|spacebridge]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Soundwave was among the many Decepticons transported through the bridge to [[Equestria]] as a result of [[Queen Chrysalis]]'s magic spell. {{storylink|Transformation Is Magic}} Soundwave crash-landed in [[Ponyville]], near [[Fluttershy]]'s house while she was enjoying tea with [[Discord (MLP)|Discord]], and although his strange appearance confused the duo the presence of his cassettes soon convinced the animal-loving pony to try and befriend him and his "pets". Discord's mischievous behavior quickly grated on the nerves of the stoic Decepticon, but it was not until [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] upset Fluttershy that Discord retaliated in earnest by siccing a horde of robotic animals on the pair. Soundwave admitted that he, too, understood the value of friendship between him and his followers, and agreed that he could be friends with Fluttershy under threat of being turned into a pony by Discord. Indeed, when Megatron ordered his lieutenant to meet him at his current position, Soundwave—happily watching as his cassettes played with their new friends—told Megatron that they'd be there... eventually. {{storylink|Pet Sounds}}

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After the Decepticon forces had been reunified, Soundwave joined in the attack on the [[Crystal Empire]]. Met by the Autobot/pony alliance, Soundwave attempted to eject his cassettes only for [[Pinkie Pie]] to have inexplicably made his way into his chest and throw a pie in his face. The Decepticon invasion of Equestria was eventually halted when Optimus Prime and [[Twilight Sparkle]] combined the power of the Matrix of Leadership and the magic of friendship to send the invaders, Soundwave included, back to Cybertron. {{storylink|Finale (Friendship in Disguise!)|Finale}}

After the Decepticons had discovered a means of returning to Equestria for magical samples and artifacts, Soundwave, unaware of [[King Sombra]] being unleashed on his planet, continued the mission of detaining any Equestrians. Discovering [[Octavia]] and [[Vinyl Scratch]]'s group, Soundwave responded to their aggression with his sonic cannon, trapping him and them under 500 tons of steel. With neither his sonic weapons nor his minions being able to clear the obstruction, Soundwave reluctantly agreed to ally with the Equestrians to blast their way to freedom. When Soundwave made contact with Megatron, he learnt of King Sombra and agreed to extend the alliance with the organics. {{storylink|Sick Beats}}

[[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] airlifted Soundwave and Octavia into the fray during the final battle against a Sombra-controlled [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. {{storylink|Finale (The Magic of Cybertron)|Finale}}
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===Precursor World (2)===
[[File:Abominus2-GoldenSoundwave.jpg|thumb|right|250px|I'd rather be shiny!]]

A Transformer resembling a particularly dazzling Soundwave (as opposed to the [[Soundwave (G1)#Precursor World (1)|other guy]]) was a follower of [[Primus#The old universe|Primus]] in the [[Golden Age (GS)|Golden Age]]. Like his fellows, he dutifully assisted Primus in his efforts to confiscate the [[Star Power|Seven Lights]] from his dissenting army the [[Primus Vanguard]] and destroy the universe.

Soundwave was present in the strike team Primus brought to bear against the [[Powered Master]]s in an expedition to the year [[2050]] of the [[G1 World|next universe]] to capture its newly formed, empty [[Silver Matrix]] for his patsy [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Star Convoy]]. {{storylink|Abominus comic 2}}

When all of the players were in place for Primus's grand plan, Soundwave ferried [[Primus's envoy|his master's envoy]] to the site of the final battle as his passenger dramatically proclaimed their master's impending victory.

Primus personally collected the assembled Seven Lights in short order, and his hype man continued to big up the boss from atop Soundwave as Primus brought their full power to bear, bringing about the end of the [[Precursor World]] the Golden Age had so long strived for, {{storylink|Generations Selects Special Comic Finale Part 1|Finale 1}} only for Primus to be blown to smithereens by the massive battle mech [[Blue Planet (GS)|Neo Primus]]'s central cannon! The god's golden shell fell away to reveal his true form—a tiny energy being known as "Oracle". The surviving Primus Vanguard commanders whisked the now-exposed Oracle to safety. All this commotion left Soundwave vulnerable to hostile boarding by the future warrior [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron Omega]], having survived Primus's assault, who proceeded to drain his companion of [[Golden Power]]. {{storylink|Generations Selects Special Comic Finale Part 2|Finale 2}}

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===''Transformers/Back to the Future''===
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Million of years before 1984, Soundwave was one of the Decepticons who boarded the ''Ark'', winding up in stasis lock when the ship crashed on Earth. {{storylink|Transformers/Back to the Future issue 2|Transformers/Back to the Future #2}} In [[1985]], Soundwave and Megatron listened to [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]'s report from [[Hill Valley]] as they watched [[Marty McFly]] travel back in time in [[DeLorean time machine|a specialized DeLorean]]. None of the Decepticons were sure what they were looking at until Ravage detected trans-temporal particles, suggesting that the humans had invented [[time travel]]. {{storylink|Transformers/Back to the Future issue 1|Transformers/Back to the Future #1}}

Rumble had managed to stow away on the DeLorean to [[2015]], discovering that the Decepticons had been defeated. Time travelling back to before the ''Ark'' had rebooted, Rumble reactivated the Decepticons ahead of schedule. Executing the stasis locked Autobots, the Decepticons conquered Earth, turning humanity into a labour force. In the altered 2015, Soundwave brought the coordinators of Pasadena and Arleta before Megatron when the two cities had fallen behind on their quota of energon cubes. {{storylink|Transformers/Back to the Future issue 2|Transformers/Back to the Future #2}}
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===''Transformers Go! Go!''===

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Unpredictable}} {{storylink|Go! Go! issue 13}} {{storylink|I Want to Protect This Place}} {{storylink|Go! Go! issue 17}} {{storylink|The Villains' Strategy Conference, Indeed!}} {{storylink|Go! Go! issue 26}}}}

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==Commercial appearances==
[[File:Soundwavecommercial.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"Say hello to my leetle friend!"]]

Original footage of Soundwave featured in several commercials:

*When Sideswipe, Prowl, and Jazz infiltrated the Decepticons' base, Soundwave reached into his chest compartment with his own fingers and threw out a (tiny) tape into the air. The tape transformed into Laserbeak, and Soundwave sic'ed on the three Autobots. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Soundwave|Soundwave commercial}}
{{note|Soundwave wasn't properly introduced in this commercial, only referred to as the "Decepticons' communications officer." This early animation featured a Soundwave model colored in lavender, versus the dark blue used later.}}
*Soundwave, Ravage, and Laserbeak were driven back by the Dinobots amid a thunderstorm. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Dinobots|Dinobots commercial}}
*When Rumble strolled into his base carrying a radio, Soundwave immediately identified it as an "Autobot intruder" and dispatched Ravage and Laserbeak to attack [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Blaster|Blaster commercial}}
*Soundwave was seen grappling with [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] during a vicious battle on Cybertron. While some fought, others left Cybertron behind to expand the Transformers' war to the planet [[Nebulos]]. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Headmaster comic book|Headmaster comic book commercial}}

Soundwave also appeared in online promotional videos:
*After Megatron learned about [[BotCon 2009]] from Optimus Prime, he led a small group of Decepticon representatives to the convention, including Soundwave. {{storylink|BotCon 2009!}}
*Soundwave was present with Megatron, [[Punch (G1)|Counterpunch]], and [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]] when the topic about finding new ultimate weapon ideas changed to [[BotCon 2010]]. As Breakdown mentioned that one of the things he was looking forward to was the debut of the [[Transformers Hall of Fame]], Soundwave turned to Counterpunch and pointed to himself. {{storylink|BotCon 2010 Promo}}
*Soundwave, Rumble, and Frenzy had a dance-off against Blaster, [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]], and [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]. {{storylink|Blaster VS Soundwave 2013}}

==Games==
===Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons===
When Optimus embarked on his mission to rescue the Autobots' [[Mini Vehicle|Minicar]] troops from the Decepticons, Soundwave could interfere with Optimus Prime's progress, diverting him into areas of the Decepticons' maze-like base. {{storylink|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons packaging blurb and game}}

===''The Transformers'' (Commodore 64)===
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===''Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals'' (N64)===
In one of several possible timelines, the time-traveling [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] Ravage broke into the ''Ark'' while its occupants were still in stasis and downloaded protoform cloning data from Soundwave, among several others. He then returned to his future, planning to revive the Decepticons in new clone bodies and begin their conquest anew. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)}}

===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
[[File:TF PS2 Soundwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
{{voiceactor|[[Robert Belgrade]] (English)}}

====Decepticon story====
Soundwave and Starscream were sent to investigate strange reports of space-time warps and UFOs on the planet Zel Samine, bringing a space bridge with them on their shuttle that they would use to transport Megatron to the plant once they had landed. Inexplicably, their ship wound up crashing, and when they attempted to use the space bridge, it malfunctioned, dumping Megatron some distance away. After reuniting with his leader, Soundwave deduced that powerful electromagnetic rays from Zel Samine's sun, Paradius, were responsible for scrambling the systems of the shuttle and the space bridge, and that the Decepticons themselves would be subject to similar catastrophic system disruption if they tried venturing off the planet without a ship. The Decepticons immediately set about raiding local energy sources for energon to repair their craft, starting with a wind power plant on [[Mount Jaad]]. Then, after successfully draining the [[Ranpas Geothermal Power Plant]]—in part thanks to Soundwave deploying Laserbeak to locate any Autobot guards around the facility—Megatron chose the [[Monogan Hydroelectric Power Station]] for their next target. Soundwave pointed out the heavy Autobot fortifications that had been set up around the station and suggested a different target, but Megatron dismissed his concerns, and when the Decepticons did indeed emerge victorious, Soundwave apologized for speaking out of turn and doubting his leader.

Via Laserbeak, Soundwave soon discovered that the Autobots on the planet had made contact with the occupants of one of the strange UFOs, and suggested to Megatron that they send a task force to intercept them. In the process, the Decepticons wound up allying themselves with the ''other'' UFO's passengers: Galvatron, Cyclonus and Scourge, a trio of Decepticons from the future who had traveled back in time to locate and destroy the powerful [[Zel Quartz]], a weapon that threatened Galvatron's rule in their home time. Soundwave was teamed with Cyclonus to seek out possible locations of the quartz across the planet, and the communications officer stoically carried out his task, all the while struggling to keep Megatron and Galvatron from fighting with each other.

After failing to find the quartz at the [[Lazalt Ruins]], the Decepticons next decided to search the [[Karzite mine]]. Cyclonus informed Soundwave that he saw both him and Megatron as "worthless scrap", and warned the communications officer the mine yielded a similar lack of results, then he would be taking the blame, not Cyclonus. Soundwave agreed, but have a warning of his own: he charged a high price for being spoken to with disrespect. As it turned out, the quartz was not in the mine, and Soundwave accepted the blame as promised, only to then reveal his price: he had recorded his conversation with Cyclonus and played it back for Megatron, who did not take kindly to the future Decepticon's insults. At Megatron's command, Soundwave recorded Cyclonus's screams as the Decepticon leader subjected him to a vicious punishment.

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{{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

====Autobot story====
Megatron had Soundwave send out a fake Autobot SOS transmission in an attempt to trick the Autobots into leaving their base. The plan was a success and Optimus Prime and his crew were lured out. When the Autobots realized that they had been deceived, Megatron sent a message through Soundwave's transmitter, gloating how he had tricked Prime and announced that his crew was going to steal the energon the Autobots had on their shuttle. When Megatron had finished his message, Soundwave returned to base. On the way back to their shuttle, the Autobots encountered Soundwave again, this time leading a hoard of Decepticon troops, and fought them. Despite his best efforts, Soundwave was overwhelmed and left to rejoin Megatron. Later, Soundwave fought the Autobots again while they were dealing with another swarm of enemies. He lost again, and left to fight another day.

Later on, Soundwave teamed up with his future self, Soundblaster, and with [[Full-Tilt (G1)|Full-Tilt]] as the final defense against the Autobots before they reached Megatron and Galvatron. When the Autobots arrived, Soundblaster started by expressing [[dull surprise]] at how the Autobots managed to survive up until the current point. Soundwave continued, warning the Autobots that he would not let them stand in Megatron's way. Both the present and future versions of the Communications Officer we all know and love put up the best fight they could, but even with Full-Tilt's help, the Autobots overpowered them.

===Transformers G1: Awakening===
[[File:Gluawakening soundwave.jpg|left|thumb|upright=0.85]]
Soundwave was among the Decepticons who pursued and boarded the Autobot [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. When the ship crashed on [[Earth]], all inside were sent into stasis, but the Decepticons woke up four million years later and resumed their conquering ways. When the Autobots began waking up as well, Soundwave was hot on their trail, and Ratchet and Bumblebee had to silence him before he could alert Megatron. After a series of skirmishes, Soundwave was among the Decepticons who failed to prevent the Autobots from finding the Decepticon [[space bridge]]. He accompanied Megatron back to Cybertron to lay a trap for the Autobots, but was equally unsuccessful as a prison guard. Trailing the Autobots to Earth, Soundwave was beaten up by [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], took part in a disastrous assault on the Ark, and was unable to stop an Autobot attack on the Decepticon's Cybertron fortress. {{storylink|Transformers G1: Awakening}}
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===''Construct-Bots Builder''===
The components necessary for building "Construct-Bot" Soundwave were accessible within the Cybertron construction zone. Despite it being against protocol, [[you]] could mix his parts with those of Autobots! (gasp!) {{storylink|Construct-Bots Builder}}

===''Transformers Legends''===
Soundwave and his tapes conducted a covert infiltration of the Autobot base, allowing them to pass information back to the Decepticons and ensure a string of Decepticon victories. He was eventually uncovered by [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], and [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]], who sent him packing. {{storylink|Covert Operations}} On another occasion, Soundwave infiltrated a human science facility with [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] and [[Beastbox (G1)|Beastbox]] to gain access to a technology to increase [[Energon]] production. The trio were faced by [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and his tapes. {{storylink|Espionage}}

After Megatron and his men, including Soundwave, found a [[Lightning Bug]] on an old Autobot colony world, they found they'd contracted [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]]. Back on Earth, they stole [[corrostop]] and cured themselves, before inflicting the disease on the Autobots. The Decepticons were unable to stop the Autobots getting a sample of corrostop from the [[Statue of Liberty]] and curing themselves, however. {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (Legends)|Cosmic Rust}} The Decepticons manage to drive the Autobots off Earth, and proceeded to set about conquering the planet. Unfortunately for them, the Autobots soon returned and succeeded in badly damaging Megatron, resulting in Soundwave and the other Decepticons retreating with their wounded leader. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron (Legends)|All Hail Megatron}}

Soundwave was among those who supported [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s bid for leadership. {{storylink|The Coronation of Starscream}}

When humans unlocked the secrets of [[Gravitronic Energy]], Soundwave and his minions attempted to take possession of the data, but were foiled by [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]. {{storylink|Box Trap}}

===''Angry Birds Transformers''===
{{main|Chef Pig#As Soundwave}}
Soundwave appears as the third unlockable character and first unlockable [[Deceptihog]]. He is portrayed by Chef Pig. He also appears as an [[Chef Pig#As Energon Soundwave|Energon version]]. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers}}

===''Transformers: Devastation''===
[[File:Devastation-Soundwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|The only character that can literally play his own boss battle theme.]]
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Welker]]}}

When a surge of [[plasma energy]] was detected in New York City, the Decepticons investigated, finding the ''[[Proudstar]]'', the lost ship of [[Nova Prime]], buried beneath the city. Assuming control, the Decepticons pushed forward the [[cyberforming]] protocols. When the Autobots breached the ship, Soundwave briefly fought them off before he was called away by Megatron. The Autobots eventually reached the ''Proudstar''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Plasma Core]] but the ship's security ejected it.

When the Core was located, it was found to have ruptured. Though the Decepticons attempted to seal the leak, the Autobots closed in, forcing Starscream to carry it away prematurely. Soundwave consulted [[Teletraan Alpha]] for instructions on how to repair it, learning that it could be done at a [[Plasma Energy Interface]] on Cybertron. When the Core was brought to the ''Proudstar''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s command tower, it was sent through the [[space bridge]]. Once it was repaired and reinstalled, the cyberforming continued. When the Autobots tried to obtain the [[Ferrotaxis]], they faced off against Soundwave once again, defeating him. Though disappointed by his most loyal follower's defeat, Megatron noted it hardly mattered with regards to his plan. {{storylink|Transformers: Devastation}}
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===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Soundwave.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|Epic Soundwave Superior, but still inferior
]]
Soundwave participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was an Epic character first available as a reward in the "Guess Who?" contest held on the Transformers: Battle Tactics' Facebook page. Then he was available as a reward in the delayed "Sonic Clash" event. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[File:Soundwave-EarthWars.jpg|frame|right|200x200px|Operation: Invasion]]
'''Soundwave'''

Though Soundwave appears remote, detached and clinical, he secretly delights in the cries and screams of his enemies. It's literally music to his audio receptors.

Beneath the expressionless exterior lies the generator coil of a born blackmailer and opportunist, and it's wise to be very careful what you say within audio range. Though it's said that Soundwave can hear a fly sneeze a whole City State away.

Be afraid. Be very afraid.{{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars|Soundwave bio}}

Soundwave was in contact with the Decepticons on Earth, saying that it would be beneficial if [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], the only two cons on Earth at the time, to upgrade their HQ. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars| Get Megatron! Campaign}}

Soundwave came to earth during the battle for the [[Fractal Map]] and helped out in the battle for the [[Codex Key]] too. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars| Codex Showdown Campaign}}

Soundwave also witnessed the creation of [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars| Combiner Wars Campaign}}

Soundwave is a member of the Decepticon Justice Division. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars|Enter the DJD}}

*'''Class:''' Special
*'''Lowest Star Rating''': 3 star, (2 star in beta)
*'''Weapons''': Soundwave uses a gun of the same make as [[Jetfire (G1)|the traitor]] and [[Aerialbot (G1)|the Aerialbots]] to blast targets from medium range. He then closes in on the target and smashes it with his fists.
*'''Ability: Deploy Minions''': Deploys Rumble, Frenzy, Laserbeak, and Buzzsaw to attack targets for Soundwave. They will take damage like any other normal Con, just at less health. They all have unique attacks.
**'''Cost''': 3 ability points, +3 for every reuses.

Soundwave is one of two characters that has a special character victory pose, in which Soundwave has a chance to perform "the moonwalk". He can also transform to play "[[The Touch]]" while being viewed in the collection.
[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:soundwave Soundwave at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]

'''Soundwave [[HISS tank|H.I.S.S.]]'''
[[File:Soundwave GiJoe EarthWars.jpg|right|thumb|400px]]

Master of communications and surveillance, Soundwave remains as meticulous and focused as ever - missing nothing, storing everything about everyone, often for personal leverage.

He can also, in effect, read minds by monitoring electrical impulses in the brain. But now, allied with Cobra, Soundwave is a force to be reckoned with in either mode.

His new HISS (High Speed Sentry) tank form is heavily armed and armored, and highly mobile across even the toughest terrains.{{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars|Soundwave H.I.S.S. bio}}

*'''Class:''' Special
*'''Lowest Star Rating:''' 2 stars
*'''Ability: Cobra Command''' - Follow [[Cobra Commander#Transformers: Earth Wars|Cobra]]’s command! Aim at a defence and the H.I.S.S. Tank will deal some damage. Defences in the area receive 20% (2-Star) / 30% (3-Star) / 40% (4-Star) more damage and get prioritized by all bots for 3.5 seconds.
**'''Cost''': 5 ability points, +3 for reuses.
[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:soundwave-h-i-s-s Soundwave H.I.S.S. at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]
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===''Transformers Online'' (2017 video game)===
[[File:Soundwave TFO.jpg|thumb|right|"Oh lets break it DOWN!"]]
{{bigquote|The cries and screams of my victims are music to my audio receptors.}}

As early as 900 million years ago, Soundwave was already Megatron's loyal lieutenant when war broke out on ancient Cybertron. Often silent, but deadly, Soundwave amassed a regiment of Decepticons to gain intel from the Autobots. He would often take on the role of mediating quarrels, but Soundwave is not without his sense of intellect. If anyone were to threaten his position, Soundwave could blackmail his perpetrator with the latter's database. As a result of his greed, Soundwave was often hated. As long as knowledge is (within his) power, Soundwave always gets the last laugh.

In battle, Soundwave wielded the "[[Quantum Cutter]]" buzzsaw and a semi-auto "[[Super Annihilator Rifle]]" that comes equipped with two ammo mags. His active skill was "Sonic Shield":
*'''Sonic Shield''' — Soundwave projects a force field that reduces incoming damage by 50% to himself and his allies. {{storylink|Transformers Online (2017 video game)|Transformers Online}} <ref>[http://tfol.qq.com/act/a20160726data/hero11.shtml Soundwave on the Transformers Online website]</ref>

===''Transformers: Forged to Fight''===
[[File:Soundwave-Forged-to-Fight.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Definitely Superior now. (Just don't tell him about [[Windblade (G1)#games|Windblade]])]]
Soundwave was one of the Decepticons pulled from [[The Transformers (franchise)|his universe]] by the [[Quintesson]]s and forced to fight. He eventually joins the [[You|Commander]]. There are at least a few of him running around!

Soundwave has an offensive damage moveset for a bot in the Tech class; he generates Power connecting a Laserbeak Heavy attack, then re-charges to full Power connecting a Ravage Special attack, with a side of Shock and Power control. At every Power bar he activates a Sonic Shield that reflects projectiles. {{storylink|Transformers: Forged to Fight}}
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===''Transformers: Bumblebee Overdrive''===
[[File:BBOSoundwave.jpg|thumb|100px]]
Soundwave is the twenty-second base commander to be fought by Autobot raiders, players encounter him once they reach 360,000,000 points. {{storylink|Transformers: Bumblebee Overdrive}}
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===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
As the chief Decepticon spymaster, the egotistical Soundwave was a master of infiltration {{storylink|Transformers Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook|Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook}} and a member of the Decepticon [[Conclave]]. As a highly trained [[Modemaster]], he specialized in deploying [[Mini-Cassette|Recordicon]] minions to access sensitive information. {{storylink|Decepticon Directive}} On Cybertron, Soundwave had a rivalry with Blaster as he attempted to shut down the Autobot's pirate broadcasts. {{storylink|Transformers Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook|Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook}}

==Toys==
{{Main|Soundwave (G1)/toys}}

==Merchandise==
{{Main|Soundwave (G1)/merchandise}}

==Notes==
*The Decepticon faction insignia appears to be roughly based on Soundwave's head.
*Though Soundwave's toy is a microcassette recorder, his fictional appearances depict him as a stereo cassette deck or Walkman. (Likewise, his microcassette tapes are depicted as regular audio cassettes.)
[[File:Bm soundwave.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Soundwave gets slagged by Vehicons, and Nightscream escapes. How's that for injustice?]]
*A 1986 [[Panini]] stickerbook sold in Belgium and the Netherlands gave Soundwave the alternate French language name "Stacar". Whether this name was used in any other media made for French-speaking regions is unknown.
*Soundwave's computer model was used for one of the [[generic]] Transformers in ''Beast Machines''. It is seen in "[[Forbidden Fruit]]" during [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream's]] flashback being cornered by [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon drones]] just before Nightscream flees into the lower levels of Cybertron. Though the model was recolored, it was still really 'Soundwavey,' causing much confusion among fans. His computer model as well as [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]'s continued to show up for the rest of the series, used to represent deactivated Transformer shells.
*Later, Soundwave's character model showed up numerous times in various color schemes as a generic background character in the ''[[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Armada]]'' cartoon.
[[File:Cyb ep34 G1 soundwave.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Ha ha ha, stop poking me, that tickles!]]
*[[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]] listened to music using a tape deck resembling Soundwave in the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Cybertron]]'' episode "[[Memory (Cybertron)|Memory]]". Later, after a new [[Planet X (Cybertron)|Planet X]] was found, ''Cybertron'' [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]] held tape deck Soundwave in his arms. This caused a great disturbance in the [[force]]...

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Soundwave''' (サウンドウェーブ ''Saundowēbu''), '''Soundblaster''' (''The Headmasters'', サウンドブラスター ''Saundoburasutā'')
*''Cantonese:'' '''Jam Bo''' (音波, "Voice Wave")
*''Czech:'' '''Kyber'''
*''English:'' '''New Soundwave''' ([[Omni Productions]] dub Soundblaster)
*''French:'' '''Soundax''' (European French dub), '''Radar''' (Canada), '''Sonore''' (Canada Action Master, "Sonorous")
*''Hebrew:'' '''Gal Kól''' (גל קול, "Sound Wave")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Fülelő''' ("Listener"), '''Fürkész''' ("Seeker", ''The Movie'' 1st dub)
*''Indonesian:'' '''Gelombang Suara''' ("Soundwave")
*''Italian:'' '''Memor''', '''Vizar''' (Soundblaster)
*''Korean:'' '''Soundwave''' (사운드웨이브 ''Saundeuweibeu'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Shēng-pō''' (Taiwan, 聲波, "Soundwave"), '''Yīng-pō''' (Taiwan, 音波, "Soundwave"), '''Shēngbō''' (China, 声波, "Soundwave"),'''Yīnbǎn''' (China, ''The Headmasters'', 音板, "Soundboard") '''Shēng Pàu''' (Taiwan Soundblaster, 聲爆, "Sound Blast")
*''Polish:'' '''Dźwiękofalowiec''' (''The Movie'', "Soundwaver")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Onda-Sonora''' (Portugal comics), '''Microonda''' (Brazil comics, "Microwave")
*''Russian:'' '''Barkhan''' (cartoon, Бархан, "Dune")<ref>Dubbers thought his name was "Sandwave".</ref>
*''Spanish:'' '''Sam''' (America ''The Headmasters'')
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Zvukohvyl''' (Звукохвил, "Soundwave")

==References==
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[[Category:Action Masters]]
[[Category:Beast Wars Decepticons]]
[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Decepticons]]
[[Category:Blue Order]]
[[Category:Communications specialists]]
[[Category:Decepticon Justice Division]]
[[Category:Decepticon leaders]]
[[Category:Dreamwave Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 2 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 2 Go-Bots]]
[[Category:Ghosts]]
[[Category:Hall of Fame characters]]
[[Category:IDW (2019) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Scientists]]
[[Category:Senators]]
[[Category:Spies]]
[[Category:United Decepticons]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron: Earthrise Decepticons]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron: Kingdom Decepticons]]
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Rumble (G1)

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Banpei the Mini-Con:

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:''Rumble is a [[Decepticon]] [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|Mini-Cassette]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:RumbleMissingInAction.jpg|upright=1.55|thumb|Ready to shake, break, rattle and QUAKE!]]
'''Rumble''' is your basic street punk: small, but always acting tough as a cover. He's not exactly the most subtle of [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s [[Mini-Cassette|spies]], but what he lacks in discretion, he makes up for by being the brawler of the group. He talks tough because he ''is'' tough. Quick-tempered and of a generally mean disposition, he follows [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] eagerly, as the Decepticon leader lets him indulge in destruction. Rumble has a tendency to toss out a taunting rhyme at his enemies and is, according to [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]], a "jerk" (or at other times, a "sawed-off nerd").

As the Decepticon demolitions expert, Rumble loves nothing more than to break things apart. His arms can transform into powerful piledrivers that, when pounded against the ground, can cause earthquakes, usually with fissures. He can be easily overpowered in a one-on-one match, though the real challenge is actually getting to him first. Even if you do, you usually need to get through his [[Relatives|brother]] [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] either before or after you get Rumble.

{{quote|If on Decepticon turf you happen to tumble, look out, robot, 'cause here comes Rumble!|Rumble, thinking he's funny|"[[S.O.S. Dinobots]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:PowerPlay Rummmble.JPG|left|upright=1.4|thumb|That's my name, don't wear it out.]]
Millions of years ago on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Rumble was among [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]'s elite warriors in the Decepticon ranks. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}} After attending a meeting where Shockwave explained to the Decepticon rank and file how they would overcome their enemies, {{storylink|Warrior School!}} Rumble participated in the Decepticons' attempt to overpower the crew of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. He ended up plunging down to the planet Earth below with all the other Transformers on board the Autobot vessel. They remained dormant and inactive until 1984, when the volcano their ship was nestled under erupted, bringing the Ark's sensors back online, and the Cybertronians with it. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}} Megatron and the Decepticons immediately began plans to loot the planet's rich sources of energy. Rumble's ability to generate low-frequency groundwaves was instrumental in shaking loose equipment from the [[Harrison Nuclear Power Plant]], giving the Decepticons the raw materials necessary for the construction of their [[Fortress Sinister]]. {{storylink|Power Play!}} After securing a human fuel specialist, it was Rumble who provided [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] with a sample of Cybertronian fuel for analysis, simply by popping off his hand and pumping fuel from his wrist socket. Eww. As the Autobots confronted the Decepticons at their newly fortified base, Rumble came out to greet them. He used his earthquakes to knock [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] and [[Cliffjumper (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Cliffjumper]] off-balance, but [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] just barreled his way through the tremors and decked the junk-punk with one punch. After dealing with the Autobot pugilist, [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] scooped up his brother and brought him back into the base for repairs, but they were assaulted by [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] and his [[Spider-Man|arachnid partner]]. {{storylink|Prisoner of War!}}

''Rumble was actually in favor of Decepticon democracy at one point, grumbling that [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] "deserved a vote" during one of the Air Commander's infamous arguments with Megatron. He was, however, smart enough not to grumble too loudly.'' {{storylink|The Enemy Within!}} ''Starscream later got his way, and the Decepticons staged an attack on the Ark. Rumble tried to pit himself against the Autobot warrior named [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], but found himself severely outmatched by the Autobot's piledriver punch.'' {{storylink|Raiders of the Last Ark}}

''On another of the Decepticons' outings, Rumble was tasked with generating seismic activity underwater, so that a [[Sherman Dam|nearby dam]] would be flooded, generating the power necessary to produce a crude fuel for the Decepticons. As he performed his part, Rumble was confronted by [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], but easily bested him and sent him flying out of the river's waters. Upon the completion of their plot, the Decepticons fled.'' {{storylink|Decepticon Dam-Busters!}}

[[File:PrimeTime Rumble sweat.JPG|upright=1.1|thumb|If only I hadn't forgotten to take my Insulin this morning...]]
Heavily damaged due to earlier battles, Rumble sat out the next Decepticon offensive against the Ark, {{storylink|The Last Stand}} and was not reactivated until after Decepticon leadership had shifted from Megatron to the returning [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]]. Thanks to their new commander, the Decepticons had secured the Ark and all of the Autobots were believed incapacitated. Despite all these victories, Rumble failed miserably at guarding the Ark, letting one [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] sneak by him and abscond with the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]]. It turned out Rumble's optical circuitry was too low-res to pick up on humans in his peripheral. {{storylink|The New Order}} After getting him to help secure an off-shore oil rig he had forcefully taken from industrialist [[G.B. Blackrock]], {{storylink|The Worse of Two Evils!}} Shockwave discovered that something was amiss. He actually had to run Rumble's memories through a computer-enhanced refinement process to uncover who had infiltrated the Ark during his absence. Needless to say, Shockwave was NOT happy when he found out. {{storylink|Brainstorm!}} Waiting for his punishment, Rumble actually began developing moisture and condensation on his face-plate in anticipation. Fortunately for Rumble, his only punishment was to guard their human slaves at the [[Blackrock Aerospace Assembly Plant Number One]]. Unfortunately for Rumble, he was no better at watching multiple humans than he was at watching one—the humans revolted when [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] turned on Shockwave, and Rumble was unable to stop them from escaping the plant. {{storylink|Prime Time!}}

''Either Rumble or Frenzy participated in a petty attack on a human settlement. The Decepticons' personality were strangely inverted upon being hit by an energy blast, and they all became big softies, apologizing profusely as they cleaned up the mess they had made. Once the blast's effects wore off, the Decepticons swore revenge for what they assumed to be an Autobot trick, and tracked the beam's origin to England. Though Starscream found the device responsible, a human invention called the "[[Purnel's Auto-Reverse Defence|PARD]]," it was destroyed before he could take off with it.'' {{storylink|To a Power Unknown!}}

[[File:CommandPerformances RumbleFrenzy explode.JPG|left|upright=0.8|thumb|Ow.]]
''Shockwave's defeat left the Decepticons leaderless for a time, and Rumble next served under Soundwave. Soundwave's first offensive against their enemies had Rumble accompany his commander to a secluded area, where Ravage lured Bumblebee out to their small strike force. Together, they brutalized the scout, and held him as bait to draw out Optimus Prime. Rumble was then posted up as part of a gauntlet, meant to weaken Prime as he approached. Though Rumble inflicted some damage onto Prime with his pile-drivers, the Autobot leader feigned defeat in order to have Rumble drop his guard, and then clobbered him unconscious.'' {{storylink|Crisis of Command!}} Eventually, Megatron and Shockwave reached an accord, agreeing to work together as co-leaders of the Decepticons. {{storylink|Command Performances!}} ''Rumble was sent out to the town of [[Portland|Greater Portland]] in a mission of utmost importance by Megatron. When [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], then on a scouting mission, came across him, Rumble accosted the Autobot and forced him into a dirty back-alley. Though Tracks managed to temporarilly blind Rumble with his black-beam gun, Rumble struck at his opponent's vital circuits, and left him crippled before resuming the task he had been sent out to accomplish.'' {{storylink|Missing in Action}} Rumble didn't last long into the new co-led Decepticon regime, however. Almost as soon as the Decepticons officially relocated to a coal mine in Wyoming, Megatron led Rumble and several of his fellow soldiers in an attack on the Ark. Having been alerted by Shockwave to an all-out Autobot assault on the mine, Megatron concluded that the Ark and its secrets would be relatively unguarded, and ripe for the picking. Well, Megatron was wrong... on an epic scale. Rumble and the Decepticons were treated to the first battle field test of the Autobots' new defense base: [[Omega Supreme (G1)|OMEGA SUPREME]]. Rumble was blown to pieces by Omega Supreme's plasma cannon, along with Starscream, [[Thundercracker (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Thundercracker]], [[Skywarp (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Skywarp]], [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]], and Frenzy. Only Megatron and [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] managed to limp away from the battle at all. {{storylink|Command Performances!}}

''When Starscream awoke from his life support machine on the Ark, he saw that Frenzy and Thundercracker were close to regaining consciousness, but that Rumble, Skywarp, and Buzzsaw were far from rehabilitated.'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}}

Rumble remained a prisoner of the Autobots for years, his disassembled component parts resting in the Ark's detention facility until the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] raided the spaceship during a battle on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. {{storylink|Totaled!}}
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=====Movie future timeline=====
In the far-flung future of [[2005]], the Decepticons besiege [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. Rumble was among the invading force, and witnessed Megatron being beaten down to near-death by Optimus when the two faction leaders met in a fateful duel. With their leader incapacitated, the Decepticons boarded Astrotrain and retreated from the battlefield. {{storylink|The Planet-Eater!}}

=====Earthforce=====
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Rumble, along with his fellow cassette [[Ravage (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ravage]], chose to serve under Shockwave and Starscream when the Decepticon factions split on Earth, fighting on the opposite side from Soundwave. He was present at the [[Enclave]], joining in the massive melee initiated by the Autobots, {{storylink|The Bad Guy's Ball!}} and was later seen on Starscream's observation duty monitors. {{storylink|Bugged!}} After the two factions reunited, Rumble nestled back into his old space inside Soundwave's chest. He joined a massive Decepticon offensive against the Autobot [[Earthbase]], their goal to kill some Autobots, while also distracting them as [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] looted a human oil tanker in the [[Gulf of Mexico]]. Both goals proved fruitless, and the Decepticons were driven off. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}}

====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
[[File:FrenzyRumbleRepair-G2.jpg|120px|thumb|Rumble also goes by that handle on Team Fortress 2.]]
Like most Decepticons, Rumble fell under [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s command following the restoration of Cybertron, disappearing into deep space for a period of time. When Megatron returned to depose Bludgeon and retake leadership, Rumble and Frenzy immediately fell into place at his side, and went to work reviving and rebuilding [[Darkwing (G1)|Darkwing]], who had not followed the brothers' example and had been all but destroyed by Megatron as a result. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness|Tales of Earth Part Three}} Rumble was later present for Megatron's throttling of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] and the capture of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]]'s energies from his chest. When the other Autobots arrived, Rumble used his piledrivers to toss [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] for a loop. But finding themselves outnumbered and unable to call for additional back-up due to a signal jam, the Decepticons retreat rather than risk losing their means of bringing a [[Bludgeon's new army|new Decepticon army]] to life. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}} Later, after the Decepticons joined forces with the Autobots, Rumble accompanied his leader to the planet [[Ethos]], and was seen mopping up the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian]] [[Ethos raiding party|resistance]] after the Cons saved the Autobots' tailpipes. {{storylink|Escalation!}}

When [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] unleashed his full battalion against his ancestors, Rumble was manning the [[Warworld]]'s bridge alongside Soundwave and Frenzy. {{storylink|Total War!}} Both of his fellow bridge officers apparently jettisoned to safety before Starscream took full command of the Warworld, and so Rumble may have done so as well. {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}
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====''Recordicons''====
[[File:Recordicons frumble.jpg|thumb|]]
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Rumble and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] were startled to be approached by the mysterious [[Ratbat (SG)|Batbot]] who was seeking [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]. Rumble pointed out that Ratbat was dead, killed by [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]] who himself was also dead. {{storylink|Recordicons issue 11|''Recordicons'' #11}}

====''Transformers '84''====
Ambushing the Autobots as they blasted their way through a [[Stellae Cimeterium|debris field]], Rumble was one of the first Decepticons to board the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], shortly before [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] pressed the button that would crash the ship into planet [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Transformers '84 issue 0|'84 #0}}
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===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
{{note|An infamous production error during the making of the cartoon resulted in Rumble and Frenzy's [[FIRRIB|color schemes being switched]]. Thus, in the original Generation 1 cartoon, Rumble is blue and purple.}}
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Welker]] (English), [[Ken Shiroyama]] (Japanese), [[Katsumi Suzuki]] (Japanese, "Attack of the Autobots" & "Day of the Machines"), [[Ken Yamaguchi]] (Japanese, "The Movie") (see note below regarding Japanese cartoon)|[[Lin Dongfu]] (Chinese), [[Enrique Hernández]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Roberto Alexander]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Ulrich Bernsdorff]] (German, season 1), [[Bernd Simon]] (German, season 2), [[Gerd Wiedenhofen]] (German, "The Movie" TV Dub & ''Generation 2'' dub of "More than Meets the Eye, Part 1"), [[Willy Schäfer]] (German, ''Generation 2'' dub of "Auto Berserk" & "Atlantis, Arise!"), [[Tonio von der Meden]] (German, ''Generation 2'' dub of "Roll For It"), [[Jacques Ferrière]] (European French), [[François Leccia]] (European French, eight episodes), [[Georges Atlas]] (European French, "Countdown to Extinction" & "Auto Berserk"), [[Francis Lax]] (European French, "Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1"), [[Paulo Flores]] (Portuguese, most episodes), [[Ayrton Cardoso]] (Portuguese, "Heavy Metal War"), [[Olney Cazarré]] (Portuguese, "Atlantis, Arise!"), [[Orlando Drummond]] (Portuguese, "Auto Berserk" & "Microbots"), [[Francisco José]] (Portuguese, "A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court"), [[Carlos Seidl]] (Portuguese, "Sea Change"), [[Mário Monjardim]] (Portuguese, "Trans-Europe Express"), [[Sílvio Navas]] (Portuguese, "Cosmic Rust"), [[Amaury Costa]] (Portuguese, "The Movie" TV dub), [[André Filho]] (Portuguese, "The Movie" VHS dub), [[Zoltán F. Nagy]] (Hungarian, "The Movie", 2nd dub)}}

[[File:Mtmte1 rumble robotmode.jpg|left|thumb|And, thus, an entire generation was confused...]]
Four million years ago, Rumble was a member of the original Decepticon raiding party that boarded the [[Ark (G1)|Autobots' spacecraft]], which then crashed into prehistoric [[Earth]], knocking all the Transformers aboard offline. When they were reawakened in [[1984]] by a volcanic eruption, Rumble was reformatted by [[Teletraan I]] into an audio cassette that fit snugly into [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]]'s chest compartment. As soon as the Decepticons had withdrawn from the crashed hulk of the Autobots' ship, Soundwave deployed Rumble to help [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] gather materials for construction of a temporary headquarters. Casually brushing off Starscream's constant complaints about [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s leadership abilities, Rumble put his piledrivers to work reducing a power plant to scrap to provide the needed building materials.

[[File:Activate Piledrivers.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|"Watch your six, Rumble. That place is probably full of Autobots."<br/> "It's about to be be full of scrapped Autobots."]]

[[File:Mtmte3 rumble vs hound.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|Let's get ready to MEEEEE!]]
With their temporary base in place and plans for a [[Victory (G1)|new space cruiser]] ready, the Decepticons began gathering energy from Earth's many available sources. They began with an attack on an offshore oil rig, during which Rumble menaced human worker [[Sparkplug Witwicky]], and shoved the man's son, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike]], into the ocean when he tried to attack the small Decepticon.{{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1}} Soon after, exploiting information stolen from Teletraan I, the Decepticons had Rumble cause a tidal wave that would push the power output of the hydroelectric plant at [[Sherman Dam]] to its maximum capacity. Rumble was caught in the act by the Autobot [[Hound (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hound]], but in spite of his diminutive size, Rumble came out on top in the underwater battle, burying Hound under a pile of rocks. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 2}} Rumble and Hound had a rematch during the battle to prevent the Decepticons escaping Earth in their finished cruiser, but this time, Rumble didn't fare so well. The battle was soon called off so the Decepticons could board their ship, but Autobot spy [[Mirage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Mirage]] also snuck aboard and sabotaged the craft in mid-flight. As it plummeted back to Earth, Rumble began freaking out, fearing the impact would destroy them. Luckily for the little guy, he was wrong. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 3}}

[[File:Rumble.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|I thought it was supposed to be red or blue, Why AM I PURPLE?!?!]]
When next seen, Rumble was guarding the Decepticons' [[space bridge]] with [[Laserbeak (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Laserbeak]] as they awaited the return of Megatron from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Once Megatron had emerged from the bridge, Rumble joined him in attacked the laboratory of [[Alcazar|Doctor Alcazar]] and stood guard outside, warning the Autobots to keep their distance as Megatron worked to create [[antimatter]] with the lab's facilities. Although Hound and Mirage were able to sneak by Rumble using their hologram and invisibility powers, the Autobots were unable to stop Megatron completing his experiment, and Rumble took part in his leader's subsequent attack on [[Ark (G1)|Autobot Headquarters]]. Megatron's plan was foiled when the Autobots used a remote control device to take over [[Skywarp (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Skywarp]]'s body, causing him to fire the antimatter-powered Megatron at Rumble. {{storylink|Roll for It}}

[[File:Fireinthesky rumble avalanche.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|The Trans-break-dance!]]
Rumble was helping Starscream and [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]] load [[energon cube]]s for transport through the space bridge when a team of Autobots arrived with the intention of using the bridge themselves. Rumble tried to open a crevasse beneath [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]], but the Decepticons were then ordered by Megatron to let the Autobots use the bridge. While they were absent, Megatron staged an attack on Autobot Headquarters, during which Rumble rumbled with [[Prowl (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Prowl]] and [[Sunstreaker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sunstreaker]]. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer}} Rumble was later instrumental in the Decepticons' plan to tap the heat energy of the [[Earth's core]], as he smashed through the polar ice to help locate the crystal shaft they needed. In the process, he also uncovered the frozen body of [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]]. {{storylink|Fire in the Sky}}

[[File:Sosdinos rumble broken piledrivers.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Rumble never understood what is "''break''dance"... till now.]]
When the Decepticons attacked the [[Great Falls]] hydroelectric power plant, Rumble helped Megatron dispatch the counter-attacking Autobots with an unusual tactic: using the planet's equipment, Megatron channeled the seismic energy of tremors created by Rumble to boost the power of his [[fusion cannon]], and blasted all the Autobots into the river. When the Autobots' newest members, the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], arrived to save their comrades, Rumble pitted his piledrivers against [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]], who came out on top by creating a quake so powerful it broke Rumble's piledrivers off! {{storylink|S.O.S. Dinobots}} Then, after helping Megatron steal steel in [[Peru]], {{storylink|Fire on the Mountain (episode)|Fire on the Mountain}} Rumble lent a hand making energon cubes from the energy of a mysterious [[Meteorini Chipperoni|meteorite]]. {{storylink|War of the Dinobots}}

[[File:Tud2 rumble and slave.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|Alright! I'll say it! FIRRIB! FIRRIB!]]
Brashly striding through the open front door of Autobot Headquarters, Rumble set about causing tremors throughout the Autobots' base to distract the heroic robots while Laserbeak kidnapped Sparkplug Witwicky right out from under their noses. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 1}} Rumble then served as something of a "lab assistant" to the Decepticons' new human ally, [[Doctor Arkeville]], as he turned Sparkplug and many other captured humans into mind-controlled slaves with his [[hypno-chip]]s. Rumble took a perverse enjoyment in watching the human slaves suffer, yanking one through an electric field {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 2}} and tripping one unfortunate up while he was trying to do his allotted job. Rumble monitored the tidal waves created by Cybertron's gravity for Megatron, then joined in the final battle on a tropical island, where he tried once again to open a crevasse beneath Bumblebee, but got knocked into it himself. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 3}} After Cybertron was moved back out Earth's orbit, the Decepticons set about repairing the damage the planet's gravity had caused to their [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Earth)|undersea headquarters]]. When Skywarp started bossing around Rumble and his brother [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]], the two tiny terrors double-teamed Skywarp and brought him to the ground, and would have kept on fighting if Megatron had to not arrived to knock them into line. The battle-ready Rumble then accompanied Megatron to Doctor Arkeville's laboratory, where they were forced to team up with the Autobots to save the planet from his overloading [[Exponential Generator]]. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (episode)|Countdown to Extinction}}

[[File:G1 cartoon Rumble piledrivers.JPG|thumb|upright=1.2|Not pictured: Jackie Chan]]
Rumble was next spotted gathering energon cubes at a shipyard in [[Bali]], {{storylink|A Plague of Insecticons}} after which he joined the other Decepticons in contributing his [[power chip rectifier]] to a machine that would transfer all their special abilities to Megatron. With these additional powers, Megatron challenged [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] to one-on-one combat, using Rumble's quake-generating abilities to open a chasm into which Prime tumbled. When the Decepticons' duplicity was revealed, they were all sent falling into a river of lava, Rumble included. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War}}

Rumble was standing by as Megatron schemed to take control of "Autobot Spike," {{storylink|Autobot Spike}} then participated in the Decepticons invasion of [[New York City]], where he joined Soundwave and Frenzy in attacking a team of Autobots in [[Central Park]]. {{storylink|City of Steel (episode)|City of Steel}} Rumble and the other cassettes later staged another attack on Autobot Headquarters, in order to distract the Autobots while Megatron and Starscream snuck inside to sabotage their [[recharging chamber]]s. Rumble tussled with Optimus Prime and [[Ratchet (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ratchet]], sending the two Autobots falling into one of his crevasses, only to have them come bounding out and clobber him when he peered over the edge to observe their fate. {{storylink|Attack of the Autobots (episode)|Attack of the Autobots}}

[[File:Immobilizer rumble with remote.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2]]
Rumble helped defend the installation the Decepticons were used to experiment with [[electro-cell]]s, {{storylink|Traitor (episode)}} after which he was put in charge of controlling the stolen Autobot invention, the [[Wheeljack Instant Immobilizer|Immobilizer]], {{storylink|The Immobilizer}} and was briefly glimpsed in battle in the ghost town the Decepticons were used as a staging base. {{storylink|The Autobot Run}}

When the Decepticons allied themselves with the inhabitants of the underwater city of [[Sub-Atlantica]], Soundwave observed the Autobot infiltrators Bumblebee, Spike and [[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]] pursuing the Sub-Atlantican king [[Nergill]] into the city's depths. Unable to follow due to his size, Soundwave sent Rumble and Ravage after them, but once they had tracked them down, Rumble was shocked to discover that the insane Nergill was planning to blow up Sub-Atlantica and everyone on it. Rumble tried to stop Nergill by activating his piledrivers and collapsing the chamber, but the mad fish-king dug his way out of the rubble and destroyed his city. {{storylink|Atlantis, Arise!}}

[[File:Autoberserk rumble in negavator.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|[[Headmaster (Animated)|"Yes! I am soooo 1337!"]]]]
Rumble helped in the Decepticon plan to take over a fleet of oil tankers by firing [[Remote Control Circuit Linker|circuit linker cards]] at the ships that put them under the control of the super computer [[TORQ III]]. When a team of Autobots arrived to investigate, they were captured, and Rumble and Ravage served as their jailers until Spike engineered their escape by pinning the two cassettes to the wall with an electromagnet. {{storylink|Day of the Machines}} Rumble later put his piledrivers into action to help steal the human-built robot [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird]] {{storylink|Enter the Nightbird}} and helped the Decepticons defend a crevice of [[korlonium crystal]]s from Autobot incursion. {{storylink|A Prime Problem}}

Together with Soundwave and his other cassettes, Rumble attacked the testing site for the Autobots' new weapon, the [[Negavator]]. While Frenzy kept Optimus Prime busy, Rumble was able to get inside the cockpit of the Negavator itself, but before he could turn its power on Prime, [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] blasted the machine and shorted out the controls. Their mission foiled, the Decepticons fled, but as a parting gesture, Rumble launched a missile that demolished the control bunker and injured [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]. The Decepticons made another play for the Negavator only a short time later, this time trying to bury the Autobots under an avalanche caused by Rumble, but enjoyed a similar lack of success. {{storylink|Auto Berserk}}

[[File:Masterplan2 rumble boogie.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|Great Primus, but we already USED a breakdancing joke!]]
While searching the jungles of [[South America]] for the ruins of their [[Nemesis (G1)|old starship]], Rumble started bickering with Starscream, and was highly amused when the air commander was caught in the coils of a giant snake. When their quest ended in success, Rumble indulged in a bout of celebratory over-energizing with his fellow Decepticons that evening. {{storylink|Microbots}}

When the Decepticons fooled the population of Earth into believing the Autobots were villains and they were the true heroes, Rumble kept up appearances by attending a disco with Soundwave and the other cassettes, and genuinely quite enjoying himself. With the Autobots exiled to space, the Decepticons' ruse came to an end, and Rumble was made a slave-master in the work camp that the conquered [[Central City (Earth)|Central City]] was turned into a slave camp. When [[Chip Chase]] tried to escape, Spike covered his flight by shoving a cart of energon cubes into Rumble, who was, in turn, sent crashing into a generator and was electrocuted. Although Chip was soon recaptured, it was not long before the Autobots returned to Earth to clear their names and send the Decepticons packing. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2}}

[[File:Raiderrumblejoust.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2]]
Rumble was among the Decepticons who began malfunctioning due to the deterioration of his [[cybertonium]], causing him to uncontrollably deploy his piledrivers and start pummelling Megatron's leg. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1}} Once repaired, Rumble participated in a Decepticon mission to [[United Kingdom|Great Britain]], where he, Starscream, Ravage and [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] all found themselves cast back in time to the Middle Ages by the mysterious, magical [[Dragon Mound]]. Falling in with local ne'er-do-well [[Wigend of Blackthorn]], the energy-deprived Decepticons took part in a local jousting tournament as Wigend's representatives, in order to win ownership of the land owned by his rival, [[Aetheling the Red]], as the first step towards conquering the planet. Armed with a [[lance]] and shield and riding atop Ramjet, Rumble jousted with Sir Aetheling himself, but was defeated, prompting Starscream to discard chivalry and kidnap Aetheling's daughter [[Nimue]].

[[File:Raiderrumblepoo.jpg|thumb|left|Before [[Michael Bay]], before even [[The Low Road]], we had this.]]
To repel the inevitable rescue attempt, Starscream had the Decepticons gather the ingredients necessary to make [[Dragon's Bane|gunpowder]]; Rumble got the unenviable job of gathering the "potassium nitrate" he required. Eventually, the Decepticons were defeated by [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] and [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]], who had followed them back through time, and the wizard [[Beorht]], and were returned to their rightful era. {{storylink|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court (episode)|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court}}

Rumble was among the Decepticons who temporarily gained the power of an [[electrum]] coating, {{storylink|The Golden Lagoon (episode)|The Golden Lagoon}} worked in the [[New Jersey (Earth)|New Jersey]] Pine Barrens to create an army of robot car warrior {{storylink|Make Tracks}} and was caught up in the menace of the [[Morphobot]]s. {{storylink|Quest for Survival}}

[[File:G1-Cartoon-SeaChange-Rumble-Tree.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Grandmother <s>Willow</s> Rumble.]]
Accompanying Megatron to [[Tlalakan (planet)|the world]] of the [[Tlalakan (species)|Tlalakans]] to quash a rebellion among the inhabitants, Rumble wound up falling into their [[Well of Transformation]], which caused his body to warp and change. Not understanding what was happening to him, Rumble begged the native girl [[Alana]] to help him, and she informed him that he needed to think of a tree in order to survive. Rumble complied... and promptly turned into one! Stuck in this immobile form on the shores of the well, Rumble was left out of the following battle until an explosion knocked him back into its waters and he returned to normal. {{storylink|Sea Change}}

Rumble was dispatched to Cybertron with Starscream and Ramjet to locate the headquarters of the [[Female Autobots]], and used his piledrivers to collapse the base on Starscream's orders. {{storylink|The Search for Alpha Trion}} A little later, Rumble helped Soundwave prepare the [[psycho-probe]] to scan the mind of [[Astoria Carlton-Ritz]], but the heiress's ability to jinx machines around her just meant that the unfortunate duo wound up being electrocuted by the device. {{storylink|The Girl Who Loved Powerglide}} Then, when the Decepticons invaded a movie lot to recover footage that a crew had taken of [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] carrying a secret cargo, Rumble mistook some animatronic dinosaurs for the Dinobots and blasted them to bits. {{storylink|Hoist Goes Hollywood (episode)|Hoist Goes Hollywood}}

[[File:KeytoVectorSigmaPt1 stealing DragStrip.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|Sadly, not an unlockable racer in Super Mario Kart.]]
Seeking to challenge the Autobots' rule of the roads, Megatron charged Rumble with stealing an assortment of cars and trucks that he could rebuild as Decepticons. His small size worked in his favor, and Rumble invaded a Formula 1 race track, hijacked some bank robbers' getaway car and terrorized a trucker named [[Possum Brown]] to get the vehicles Megatron required. Impressed by the rebuilt cards "stunt-driving", Rumble inspired Megatron to name his new creations the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]]. Rumble subsequently accompanied Megatron to Cybertron to bestow life to the Stunticons using the mega-computer [[Vector Sigma]], although Rumble found the unassuming spherical form of the computer a bit underwhelming. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1}} The Decepticons then returned to Earth, and Rumble helped set up equipment to analyze the [[Key to Vector Sigma]]'s power. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2}}

Rumble travelled to [[Galata Valley]] with Megatron and Soundwave to help search for the [[Pearl of Bahoudin]], {{storylink|Trans-Europe Express}} following which he went on a significantly greater journey, voyaging to the planet [[Antilla]] with Megatron, Starscream and [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]. The deserted planet creeped Rumble out, and he was happy when they left, with a new "[[Lightning Bug]]" heat ray weapon into the bargain. They also came away with the dreaded [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]] plague, and Rumble accompanied Megatron as he used the Lightning Bug to spread the disease through Autobot Headquarters. {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}} For his final recorded adventures in the 20th century, Rumble battled Starscream's [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]], {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}} and helped operate Megatron's [[Giant Purple Griffin|new fortress]], activating its flight systems and turning its weapons on [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]. {{storylink|Aerial Assault}}

[[File:Rumblevsperceptor.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|Alright, open wide...]]
Over the course of the next twenty years, the Decepticons succeeded in conquering all of Cybertron and forcing the Autobots to relocate to bases on two of the planet's moons, and to their new home of [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on Earth. In 2005, when the Decepticons staged a [[Battle of Autobot City|major assault against Autobot City]], Rumble, Frenzy, Ravage and [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] were deployed by Soundwave to disable a communications tower that [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] was using to broadcast a message to Optimus Prime at [[Moonbase One]]. After doing so, Rumble proceeded to smash his way into the tower with his piledrivers, and he and his fellow cassettes then piled on [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]. Blaster then unleashed his own cassettes on them, and Rumble wound up grappling with [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]]. Unfortunately for the Decepticons, Rumble and his fellow cassettes had not acted quickly enough, and Blaster's distress call had indeed reached Optimus Prime, who soon arrived on Earth and defeated Megatron in battle. With the fall of their leader, the Decepticons retreated aboard Astrotrain, with Rumble carrying Megatron's fusion cannon while Soundwave carried Megatron himself. Once the Decepticons were on their way, it became necessary to jettison excess weight so that Astrotrain could make it to Cybertron, and Megatron was one of those ejected, prompting an argument over who should replace him as leader. When [[Hook (G1)|Hook]] called Soundwave "an uncharismatic bore", Soundwave ejected his cassettes to fight for his honor, and Rumble took particular umbrage at the insult. The Constructicons formed [[Devastator (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Devastator]] to teach them a lesson, but Rumble and Frenzy caused him to separate by shaking Astrotrain with their piledrivers. In the end, Starscream won out, and Rumble was present for his coronation...and subsequent disintegration by a powerful new Decepticon who appeared during the ceremony. Impressed by this show of force, Rumble asked what his name was so that the Decepticons could all cheer for him, and the newcomer announced he was [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{note|Rumble’s involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic mini-series "[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]]" and the storybook "[[Transformers the Movie (Ladybird adaptation)|Transformers the Movie]]."}}

[[File:Ffod1 cons on chaar.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|left|Wait, I renewed my contract for a third season just to do this? That bites.]]
Galvatron's leadership did not start well, as the Decepticons were all subsequently forced off Cybertron by the Autobots following the defeat of the planet-eating [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]. Badly damaged and low on energy, they retreated to the burnt-out planet of [[Chaar]], but even this great fall didn't dampen Rumble's spirits, as he was heard loudly advocating both "pulverowderizing" and "powderulverizing" the Autobots. [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] credited Rumble's enthusiasm, but pointed out they could hardly carry out his plan when they barely had enough energy to just stay alive. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}} When Autobot leader [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] was found spying on the Decepticons with [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]], and Rumble joined the other Decepticons in mauling them before they were rescued by their Autobot comrades. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2}}

Rumble was last seen a short while later, consuming the much-needed energon brought to Chaar by the [[Quintesson]]s and voting in favor of accepting the aliens' offer of an alliance. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}}
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====Japanese cartoon continuity====
{{note|The events of the Generation 1 cartoon occur in Japanese continuity as detailed above, save for one major difference: the Japanese dub of the cartoon fixes the production error that switched [[FIRRIB|Rumble and Frenzy's color schemes]] by switching the characters' names! Thus, it is the red Rumble who barely appears, and the blue Frenzy, voiced by Ken Shiroyama, who shows up frequently and experiences all the events related above. Japanese continuity proceeds to insert many new storylines and events in, around, before and after the events of the Generation 1 cartoon, as covered below. In the name of consistency with the American cartoon, this article considers the blue robot in these events to be Rumble.}}

=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' story pages=====
Rumble was one of the Decepticons who attacked New York City early in their conflict with the Autobots on Earth. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (story page)#Part 1|Broadcasting on TV! Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers}}

=====''The Battle of the Star Gate''=====
[[File:Stargatebattles rumble and frenzy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
In the late 1990s, Starscream forged a clandestine alliance with the [[Prime Minister of Japan]], promising that the country would be safe from attack by the Decepticons if they were allowed to freely and harmlessly collect energy within its borders, in secret from the rest of the world. Naturally, however, Starscream had no intention of actually honoring this agreement, and sent Rumble and Frenzy to the bottom of the sub-oceanic [[Pacific Ring of Fire|Japan Trench]], where they used their piledrivers to stimulate the tectonic plates of the trench and cause small earthquakes throughout Japan. As Starscream predicted, the quakes supplied massive amounts of energy for the Decepticons to gather, but were perceived as natural occurrences by the populace. Megatron was not impressed by the scheme, however, suspecting the Autobots would soon realize the truth... and he was, of course, completely right. When Optimus Prime and a team of Autobots arrived to investigate and caught the Decepticons in the act, Megatron had Rumble and Frenzy kick things into overdrive, causing a catastrophic quake that devastated Tokyo and covered the Decepticons' escape. The quake was so powerful that it actually threatened to sink the entire island of Japan, but before that could come to pass, Hound confronted Rumble and Frenzy and overpowered them by confusing them with his holograms. {{storylink|Activation}}

=====Controverse=====
At the trial of [[Primacron]], Rumble and the Decepticons crashed the proceedings after the verdict was rendered. Rumble went piledriver-to-piledriver against [[Sideswipe (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sideswipe]], but was ultimately beaten by the larger Cybertronian. {{storylink|Controverse}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
{{voiceactor|[[Hirohiko Kakegawa]] (Japanese)|[[Roberto Alexander]] (Latin American)}}
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In the year [[2011]], when [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] was destroyed in battle with Blaster, Rumble and all the other cassettes gathered on [[Chaar]] to watch as the Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] leader [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] used the super-technology of the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]] to resurrect their master as Soundblaster. The cassette team then helped to defend Soundblaster when he was focused on using a sonic control to remotely direct the actions of the Decepticons' new [[Madmachine]], but Blaster—now reborn as Twincast—was able to get past them and stop his rival. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}}

Alongside Ravage, Ratbat and [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]], Rumble was able to sneak into the lower levels of the Autobot-controlled Cybertron, and enter Vector Sigma's chamber, where he observed that the computer was in the process of developing a new alloy named [[cybertonuron]].<ref>Prepare for a headache on this one. The robot who enters Vector Sigma's chamber is the blue robot, hence, we're calling him Rumble here. However, in Japan, being blue means he should be Frenzy...but the credits of the episode ''actually list him as Rumble''. So whether the credits are wrong and this is Frenzy who we're calling Rumble, or the coloring is wrong and he should be Rumble who we'd normally call Frenzy, is, at this point, genuinely impossible to tell. So we're calling a duck a duck!</ref> {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}}

[[File:Hm ep15 rumble or frenzy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Maybe he's just a miscolored [[Enemy (G1)|Enemy]].]]
Some time later, either Rumble or Frenzy<ref>We can't tell if it's Rumble or Frenzy because... well, dude, look at the picture.</ref> was dispatched by Soundblaster to deal with Blaster's cassettes when the Autobot communicator came to Chaar to spy on the unveiling of Scorponok's [[transtector]]. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears}}

The arrival of Scorponok's new information officer, [[Punch (G1)|Counterpunch]], put Soundblaster in a bad mood, as he had the ability to dredge up Autobot info that even Soundblaster and his expert team of spies could not. They had no idea, of course, that this was because Counterpunch was actually the undercover Autobot double agent Punch, but nonetheless, Rumble and the other tapes consoled their boss and promised to try harder. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}}

While on the planets of [[Twin Star]], Soundblaster deployed Rumble and Frenzy to search for the energy supposedly hidden somewhere on the planet. {{storylink|Battle for Defense of the False Planet}} Some time later, Rumble and the rest of Soundblaster's cassettes were seen standing guard outside the subterranean cavern on Master in which Scorponok was constructing his [[Zarak Shield]]. {{storylink|Operation: Destroy the Decepticons}}

=====''Legends'' comic=====
In [[2021]], Rumble accompanied Soundblaster to the [[Legends World]] and partied at his boss's new [[Dancitron]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 36|Bonus Edition Vol. 36}}

=====''Generations Selects Special Comic''=====
In [[2050]], Rumble was one of the Decepticons supporting the [[Selector]] revolt at [[Neo Scramble City]]. {{storylink|Volcanicus comic 1}}

====''TV Magazine'' comic continuity====
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' comic=====
[[File:Superrobotlifemanga rumble and frenzy.jpg|left|upright=0.50|thumb|There, we didn't color them! Problem solved!]]
In the late 1980s, working with Soundwave and his fellow Cassettes, Rumble attacked Bumblebee and the Autobot's human friend [[Kenji]] during their patrol of [[Tokyo]]. [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] swooped in to take Kenji to safety, and Bumblebee easily eluded the inept Rumble long enough to execute a [[Bumble Kick]]! against Soundwave. With his chest-port damaged, Soundwave was unable to hide Rumble and the other Cassettes when [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] and [[Cliffjumper (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Cliffjumper]] arrived to back up Bumblebee. They ended up just bouncing off Soundwave's chest in cassette mode. Cliffjumper grabbed them and began tearing out their magnetic tape which, if you think about it, seems kinda horrific. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 2|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #2}}

Rumble eventually recovered. In another scheme, the Decepticons tried to frame the Autobots for attacking Earth by giving the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] fake sigils and sending them on a mayhem spree. Dressed in snazzy robes to hide their identities, Rumble and Frenzy then began fanning the flames by preaching openly against the Autobots in human cities. Their cover was blown, however, when [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] and [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] washed the fake insignia off the Decepticons. Rumble and Frenzy were zapped by [[Eject (G1)|Eject]] and [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]], revealing their identities as well. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 7|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #7}}

=====''The Headmasters'' comic=====
When the Decepticons were finally forced off Earth, Soundblaster and his cassettes stayed behind on the planet to gather information. After a run-in with [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]], Soundblaster was hurled over the horizon by the Autobot Headmaster's "Master Chrome Hurricane-Throw to the End of Hell" attack. Rumble and Frenzy attempted to wake their boss up as [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] approached, warning him that he was going to get in trouble. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 8|The Headmasters #8}}
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====Full Throttle Scramble Power!====
When [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] arrived to bust up the Decepticons' plan to terrorize the world with their [[Omega Wave Cannon]] cannon, Rumble (or Frenzy) was among the robots shown being scattered by the shockwaves created by the landing of the titantic Autobot. {{storylink|Full Throttle Scramble Power!}}

====Rodimus vs. Cyclonus====
Rumble was among the Decepticons attacking [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. During the assault, he used his arm cannons against [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]]. {{storylink|Rodimus vs. Cyclonus}}

====Ask Vector Prime====
In an unstable [[Iocus]] reality engineered by the machinations of [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] and [[Gong (GoBots)|Gong]], Rumble was replaced by [[Clutch (GoBots)|Clutch]] during the events of the [[Unicron War]]. Thus when Galvatron killed [[Zero]], it was Clutch who nervously asked [[Warpath (GoBots)|Warpath]] what the new arrival called himself. {{storylink|Echoes and Fragments}}

====''Deviations''====
In a universe where Optimus Prime killed Megatron during the Battle of Autobot City, Rumble retreated alongside Soundwave back to the safety of Astrotrain. {{storylink|Transformers: Deviations|Deviations}}

===Deadly Paradise===
Rumble was stationed on [[Carob Island]], where the Decepticons had set up a mining an construction operation. Using a rare ore from the island, the Decepticons were building duplicate Autobots loyal only to Megatron. Rumble was in charge of overlooking the force cages within the Decepticons' island base, capturing any Autobots who made it past Megatron's megamaze and into their core facility. He captured a squad of Autobots, but when Prowl taunted him about his size, Rumble lost his temper and used his earthquake-inducing abilities in retaliation. All he managed to do is incapacitate the other Decepticons in the room, which allowed Prowl to destroy the force-cage module, and free the captured Autobots. {{storylink|Deadly Paradise}}

===The Special Teams===
Rumble was summoned by Megatron to raid a power plant of its energy, after it had been evacuated of its human occupants due to the danger of landslides in the area. He proved himself to be rather impatient, urging Megatron to attack the [[Pullen Power Plant]] when the entirety of the Decepticon forces had yet to meet at the designated area. {{storylink|The Special Teams}}

===Marvel Storybooks continuity===
[[File:Rumbleearthquake-ASW.jpeg|thumb|upright=1.1|left]]

When the Autobots invaded the Decepticons' headquarters in order to stop Megatron's latest world-conquering scheme, Rumble created one of his signature Earthquakes to thwart them. He was immediately blasted by Sunstreaker in response. {{storylink|Battle for Earth}}

After the Decepticons had captured a group of Autobots, they demanded the Autobots' surrender for their continued well-being. Rumble was amongst the Decepticons present when the evil robots discovered a statue of Devastator on their doorstep, presented as a peace offering from the Autobots. Though the Decepticons initially cheered, they were surprised to find themselves in the middle of an ambush when the Autobots burst forth from within the statue. Rumble attempted to use his earthquake-inducing abilities in the battle that followed, but this backfired. Numerous Decepticons were swallowed up by a fissure created by Rumble's tremor. Now outnumbered, the Decepticons ultimately were defeated by the Autobots. {{storylink|The Autobots' Secret Weapon}}

===Marvel coloring books===
Rumble was in attendance at the Decepticons' latest meeting in their war room, where Megatron explained to his troops his plot to finance a new Decepticon army by pillaging sunken treasures from Alaskan waters. As part of the plan, Rumble and Soundwave disguised themselves as a cassette and cassette player respectively on the sea floor. Fooled into thinking he could grab these items for his friend Buster, Bumblebee was lured to the Decepticons' position and taken prisoner. Later, the Autobots rescued Bumblebee from the Decepticons, who lost the fight when Rumble attempted to create an Earthquake, only for it to backfire and swallow the Decepticons instead of the Autobots. {{storylink|Search for Treasure Under the Sea}}

Megatron having recently built a prison, Rumble and the other Decepticons were sent out to capture the Autobots. Rumble happened upon Optimus and Gears and buried them both in a landslide. Other Decepticons then took care of bringing the Autobots to Megatron's prison. The Autobots eventually broke out, however, and Rumble was held within one of Trailbreaker's forcefields as the heroic robots made their escape. {{storylink|Bumblebee to the Rescue!}}

Rumble was one of the Decepticons who attempted to harm Sparkplug and Buster Witwicky, only to be thwarted by the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Deadly Fuel Shortage}}

Rumble was one of the Decepticons posted within their stronghold to defend their [[molecular transfer device]] against the Autobots. When a small group of Autobots infiltrated the Decepticon base, Rumble attempted to use his earthquake-inducing abilities to stop them, only to be blasted by Optimus Prime's combat deck. He and the rest of the Decepticons were defeated when Bumblebee managed to turn the Decepticons' fuel-stealing device against them. Rumble stumbled off into the wilderness afterwards. {{storylink|Summertime Coloring Book}}

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Megatron must have held Rumble (or Frenzy) in high esteem, as the Decepticon leader fantasized about him helping lead an army of Decepticons. {{storylink|Forest Rescue Mission}}

Together with Thundercracker, Ravage, and Soundwave, Rumble constructed a dastardly trap for Autobots. A rest stop that was in truth a car-compactor in disguise! The group successfully crushed Gears with their trap, only for Mirage, Ratchet and Sideswipe to arrive on-scene immediately afterward. In an attempt to fight back, Rumble used his earthquake-inducing abilities. He only managed in creating a hole in which both he and Soundwave fell in. Way to go Rumble. {{storylink|The Autobot Smasher!}}

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Rumble (or Frenzy) accompanied Galvatron on a mission to [[Oil Valley]], to steal some of the fuel being dug up there. When they spotted Hot Rod and Daniel in the area, the Decepticons gave chase. Rumble/Frenzy and the rest of the Decepticons were driven away when Autobot reinforcements arrived, and had to leave without having procured any oil. {{storylink|Battle at Oil Valley}}

When the Decepticons learned that the Autobots had long ago lost a large shipment of Energon cubes at the Ark's original crash site, Galvatron ordered them to head to Mt. St. Hillary to uncover it. There, Rumble fought the Autobots over possession of it. He uncovered the crate containing the Energon while fighting Sludge with his earthquake-inducing abilities. The brawl ended when Starscream scarfed down all of the Energon, and proceeded to pick a fight with Galvatron. {{storylink|The Lost Treasure of Cybertron}}

===Ladybird Books continuity===
[[File:LaserbeaksFury Rumble.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
When the Decepticons discovered that the Autobots had built a mysterious device, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] believed it to be a weapon and enlisted Rumble to help him destroy it. The pair found the device not doing much of anything, and delayed destroying it while they examined it further. This merely gave time for the other Decepticons to catch up with them, however, they soon discovered what the device was for when it emitted a pulse of electricity that caused them all to malfunction, and they had to retreat. {{storylink|Autobots' Lightning Strike}}

Starscream's first instinct when Megatron called the Decepticons to an experimental solar plant was to have Rumble gather the others and hold an impromptu mutiny against their leader. This didn't last long, and Rumble and the others were put to work using the solar plant to gather energy, until the Autobots arrived and put a stop to it by having [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] sabotage the machinery. {{storylink|Megatron's Fight for Power}}

As the Decepticons' space cruiser neared completion, they tested the ion-drive in an old abandoned tunnel. Unfortunately, the Autobots got wind of their activities and attacked, resulting in the destruction of the drive and the collapsing of the tunnel on the hapless Decepticons. {{storylink|Autobots Fight Back}} During a battle over a windmill, Megatron became convinced that it was an Autobot superweapon that the Decepticons needed to capture. Unfortunately, Soundwave's idea to deploy Rumble backfired—Rumble's seismic attack resulted in the windmill falling over on top of them. {{storylink|Laserbeak's Fury}}

===Listen 'n Play audiobooks continuity===
As part of Megatron's plan to abduct humans and random them to the US government for fuel, Rumble was assigned the task of guarding the humans who were being kept in an abandoned warehouse. Unfortunately for him, the Autobots found the warehouse, and with Rumble's transmissions jammed so he couldn't call for help, they swiftly overwhelmed him. With a hole in his fuel tank, Rumble was out of the action when Starscream's squad later arrived. {{storylink|Sun Raid (Listen 'n Play)}}

===Big Looker storybooks continuity===
Rumble was part of the ambush party that boarded the Ark during the Cretaceous period, which led to Optimus Prime crashing his ship in a volcano and shutting everyone on board offline. The Decepticons then raided a nearby nuclear power to gain the additional power necessary to destroy the Autobots. The Decepticons and the Autobots battled afterwards, but with the Decepticons running low on fuel once more, the evil robots were forced to retreat. {{storylink|Battle for Cybertron}}

Rumble was one of the Decepticons who sabotaged the Autobots’ chance at winning a cross-country car rally. During Hound's segment of the race, Rumble used his earthquake-creating abilities to destroy a bridge that was on Hound's route. He then congratulated himself and scampered off. {{storylink|The Great Car Rally}}

Rumble was present when Megatron threatened his troops into coming up with a battle plan for him. {{storylink|Insecticon Attack!}}

Galvatron wanted to seize a robot car from a car show, in the hopes that its circuitry could help him create an army of robot slaves. Instead of attacking the car show populated by human civilians, Galvatron ordered Rumble to play with the fuse box and create a blackout so that they could sneak around without being noticed. This brilliant plan was still somehow overcome by the Autobots. {{storylink|Car Show Blow Up}}

===The Battle for Planet Earth===
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Marinker]] (English)}}
{{quote|Excellent thinking, Chief! You are right as usual!|Rumble|"[[Terror of Mount Sheelah]]"}}
Rumble was part of a team of Decepticons who tracked the Autobots to [[South America]] and battled atop [[Mount Sheelah]] until an eruption trapped the Decepticons in lava. {{storylink|Terror of Mount Sheelah}} After the Decepticons kidnapped a bunch of humans for use as slave labor, Rumble was happily shouting orders at them when [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] scouted the base. {{storylink|Bumblebee to the Rescue (G1)|Bumblebee to the Rescue}} He was also part of the Decepticon forces who went to invade [[Stanley Lake]] dam, and even threw the [[senior engineer]] in the lake. He and the other Decepticons were defeated by the Autobots using the dam itself. {{storylink|Menace at the Dam}} Rumble was also among the top-ranked Decepticons consulted by [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] in an attempt to work out a way to defeat the Autobots, leading to an affair that ended with the destruction of the Decepticon base. {{storylink|Espionage!!!!!}}

====Renegade Rhetoric====
Rumble one of a number of rogue Decepticons who kidnapped their universe's Optimus Prime before fleeing to a [[Gargent 087.0 Kappa|parallel universe]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric|Renegade Rhetoric (2), 2016/05/02}} There, they stole a number of human inventions—Frenzy and [[Crash Test (G2)|Crash Test]] attacked the [[International Exhibition Center]] to steal a prototype [[Brainwave Scanner]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric|Renegade Rhetoric (2), 2016/05/09}} With their purloined technology, they upgraded themselves into [[Go-Bot (G2)|Go-Bots]], outfought the Autobots sent to rescue their leader, then used a stolen [[Brainwave Scanner]] to turn Optimus into the evil [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric|Renegade Rhetoric (2), 2016/05/12}}

Nemesis was not content to be a mere soldier in Megatron's thrall, however; he, Frenzy, and Crash Test eventually struck out to go their own way. Rumble remained loyal to Megatron; after the Autobots had freed Optimus Prime from his brainwashing, the Decepticons attacked a scientific conference in Wuhan. The conference was a trap, and Rumble was defeated and captured by [[Qian Zilong]] using a prototype exosuit. {{storylink|Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric|Renegade Rhetoric (2), 2016/07/14}}

===Highway Clash===
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[[File:Highway Clash Megatron and Rumble.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
When Megatron learned about the existence of a cargo of microchips that could bestow sentience onto robots, he brought Rumble along on the mission to steal them. From a secret underground lair, the two Decepticons planned out their assault, only to be opposed by Optimus Prime and Prowl who were secretly guarding the shipment. Whether or not the Decepticons succeeded in acquiring the chips depended on the decisions that [[you]] made! {{storylink|Highway Clash}}

===Find Your Fate Junior===
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====Dinobots Strike Back====
In two different endings, Rumble stood with his fellow Decepticons atop [[Mount Lomas]], ready to defend their heretofore secret base from Autobots who'd just learned that it housed equipment for converting black coral into a superfuel. In one of these paths, Megatron challenged Optimus Prime to a duel which quickly backfired, prompting the ever-loyal Rumble to assist his leader by causing an earthquake. Naturally, Rumble's 'help' split the mountain in half, destroying everything the Decepticons had accomplished over the past week or so. ''Operation Black Coral'' was renamed ''Operation Earthquake Mistake'' in Rumble's honor.

The Autobots also won in the other path where Rumble was present, though apparently not due to him helping or otherwise doing anything of note. {{storylink|Dinobots Strike Back}}

====Attack of the Insecticons====
Either Rumble or Frenzy were present, yet mostly uninvolved, in a number of possible adventures revolving around the Sun-Pak, a device invented by the Autobots' human ally Sparkplug. {{storylink|Attack of the Insecticons}}

====Earthquake====
Rumble was an integral part of Megatron's latest plot, as were his earthquake-generating abilities. He thus would occasionally step outside the Decepticons newest secret base to practice. Unfortunately for Rumble, one of his practice sessions were spied upon by Beachcomber, who not only deduced that the Decepticons were up to something, but discovered the Decepticons' base when Rumble activated its hidden doors' mechanism.

In one possible sequence of events, Beachcomber attempted to enter the Decepticons' base through the main entrance, alongside Windcharger and Powerglide. Although the Decepticons were able to crush Windcharger, an entire Decepticon swarm was taken out, along with their fortress, when Beachcomber tricked Rumble into creating an earthquake.

If the Decepticons’ plot proceeded further, Rumble was stationed at Center City, awaiting the arrival of the Destruction Beam generated from the Decepticons’ fortress. The Destruction Beam would create a fault line near Center City, which Rumble would then exploit with his abilities to level the entire area. Whether or not Rumble succeeded depended on which choices the Autobots made. {{storylink|Earthquake (book)|Earthquake}}

===Minion of Unicron===
====The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual====
Rumble would always opt to be on the front-line of the advancing Decepticon army. On Cybertron, he wielded powerful sound waves as weapons, which he used to reduce entire buildings to rubble. After being reformatted into a new body on Earth, he took up using his pile-driver arms to much the same effect. {{storylink|The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual|Rumble's ''The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual'' profile}}

When a report from [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] came in, alerting the Decepticons that [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and a couple of his soldiers were traveling towards [[Brazil]], Rumble stood in attendance as Megatron planned out an ambush against them. {{storylink|The Dinobots!}}

====''Universe'' bio====
Rumble became even more anti-social after the death of his brother, Frenzy, in the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]] war, and was eventually abducted by [[Unicron]] to join his [[Minion of Unicron (Universe)|Minions of Unicron]] in the battle against the [[Child of Primus|Children of Primus]]. {{storylink|#Universe (2003)|BotCon 2006 Rumble bio}}

{{note|This bio was not ''entirely'' official for years. It comes from the [[BotCon 2006]] customization class, but it was apparently never vetted by Hasbro (much like [[Nightracer (G2)|Nightracer]]'s). Almost a decade later, the Facebook version of [[Ask Vector Prime]] would canonize it.}}

====Ask Vector Prime====
[[Vector Prime]] noted that the Rumble of [[Primax 094.0 Gamma]] perhaps took comfort in the fact that the individual most responsible for Frenzy's death, [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]], was abducted and reformatted by Unicron as well. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/30}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
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Rumble, under his commanding officer Soundwave, was one of the earliest recruits Megatron made for his Decepticon faction millions of years ago. He helped guard Cybertron's giant planetary engines during Megatron's attempt to transform the planet into a space-faring juggernaut, but was defeated by a group of Autobots jointly led by Optimus Prime and Grimlock. The engines were destroyed, and the plot foiled. {{storylink|The War Within issue 6|The War Within #6}}

Rumble and his brother Frenzy remained loyal to the primary Decepticon faction under Shockwave's command during the [[Dark Ages]], and reintegrated as themselves into the Decepticon hierarchy after Megatron returned from [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]] with his new [[Air Warrior|Aerospace Extermination Squadron]]. Assigned to guard Shockwave's lab alongside Frenzy, the pair were counting up Autobot casualties when one of the lab's machines suddenly exploded. They managed to convince Shockwave that it wasn't their fault, but as they went back to their counting game, another machine similarly blew up. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.3}}

Four million years ago, Rumble was part of the crew of the ''Nemesis'' which crashed to Earth alongside the Autobots and the Ark. He was revived in 1984 along with the other Transformers for roughly a decade of renewed warfare, before the Autobots ultimately defeated the Decepticons and rendered them inoperative. Their triumphant return to Cybertron aboard the [[Ark II]] was sabotaged, however, and the Transformers were all believed destroyed in the resulting explosion. Instead, many of them were recovered by the mercenary named [[Lazarus]], who made efforts to reprogram the Cybertronians into weapons for his disposal. Megatron managed to override Lazarus's control, though, and freed his fellow Decepticons. {{storylink|Prime Directive}}

{{note|In [[Prime Directive issue 2|''Prime Directive'' #2]], the blue robot with the Rumble/Frenzy bodyform was among those under the control of Lazarus who attacked the [[Smitco Oil Refinery]], and was seen using Rumble's characteristic piledrivers. It was generally assumed by readers at the time that this was intended to be Rumble in his cartoon color scheme (and indeed, he probably ''was'' scripted and drawn as Rumble) but subsequent Dreamwave fiction established that in this world, as in most others, Rumble is the red one. So whether this is Frenzy using piledrivers or an incorrectly-colored Rumble is up to the reader to decide.}}

''Rumble stayed out of Decepticon politics during the [[Keeper (species)|Keepers]]' interaction with the Transformers on Earth. He chose to work with Starscream in [[Las Vegas]] after Megatron's disappearance, and even remained in Vegas after Megatron returned and splintered the Decepticon army. {{storylink|Transformers: Annihilation|Annihilation}}''

When [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] arrived from Cybertron, he managed to defeat Megatron and assume control of the Decepticons in the name of the greater Unified Cybertronian government. Rumble and Frenzy were placed in charge of guarding the deactivated Megatron on the flight back to Cybertron, but were tossed aside by Starscream so that he could jettison Megatron into space. {{storylink|New World Order}} Later, Shockwave commissioned them to create a distraction that would keep [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] from fully realizing his plans, by unleashing the crazed [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] from a [[Detention Banks|detention facility]]. Once again, Starscream intervened on their mission, retrieving five additional prisoners, the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]], for his own purposes. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}}

As Shockwave's government began to collapse around him, Starscream convinced his comrades from Earth to follow him back to that planet and raid it for energon. Starscream had Rumble and Frenzy haul the Combaticons, still in stasis, aboard a shuttle... but as they prepared for take-off, they found none of its systems were responding. They had accidentally boarded [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]], who took off on his own volition, the Decepticons trapped within him. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}} But the Decepticons managed to hack Sky Lynx's systems, and made their way to Earth. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}} Rumble was part of Starscream's initial salvo against the ''Ark'', a decoy to be deliberately taken prisoner in order to draw out the remaining Autobots where the newly reformatted [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] could get at them in their combined form. {{storylink|Night of the Combaticons}} All of the captive Decepticons were freed, only for the group to come under attack from [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]], a crazed but powerful clone of Starscream. Using his "divine light," the clone shut down all of the Decepticons save his template. Rumble was left behind to be recaptured by the Autobots as Starscream fled from his double. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}} After the Autobots were forced into a deal with Starscream due Sunstorm's threat, Rumble and the other Decepticon captives were released, but charged to only 50% power. At this point, Soundwave took steps to reunite the Decepticons with their true leader, Megatron. While Soundwave set up communications, Rumble and Frenzy passed the time by taking potshots at fish through the Decepticon base's underwater entry-point. Their fun-time was interrupted by the return of Starscream. Frenzy sent Rumble off to stall the seeker while he warned Soundwave of his approach. Unfortunately, Rumble stumbled his words after seeing how badly damaged Starscream was, and the annoyed 'bot shoved him out of his way. Soundwave was barely able to hide a communique with Megatron before Starscream burst into the room. {{storylink|Infestation (Dreamwave)|Infestation}}

Shortly thereafter, Megatron and the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] arrived on Earth and overthrew Starscream's command, a change in management which Rumble, Frenzy, and Soundwave all welcomed with open arms. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
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Rumble was one of the many Transformers recovered from the crashed [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] by [[Cobra]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #1}} He was repaired and retrofitted by [[Doctor Mindbender]], who proudly displayed him, Soundwave, and his fellow Mini-Cassettes to [[Destro]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #2}} Rumble was released by Soundwave, along with [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]], [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]], and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], during an attack on the [[SPS Research Facility|SPS Center]]. Rumble evaded the first wave of [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] defenders and used his piledrivers to damage the target building. Scaling the building, he menaced [[Flash (G.I. Joe)|Flash]] and [[Sci-Fi]] until [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] punched his lights out and then threw a missile at him. He was then captured by G.I. Joe. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 3|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #3}}

Apparently having escaped somehow, Rumble was later seen back on [[Cobra Island]] when [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] undid Cobra's reprogramming of the Transformers. He happily chased some of his former captors, Destro and [[Zartan]], across the island until the [[Baroness]] stepped on him with a [[S.N.A.K.E.]] {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #4}}

Two years later, Rumble was back on Cybertron under the command of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. When [[Teletran 3]] malfunctioned, sending Transformers of both factions throughout Earth's timeline, Shockwave had his troops encircle the super-computer. Ultra Magnus kept it safe within a force-field, forcing Rumble and the others to wait around until his power supply ran out. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #2}}
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===''Transformers/G.I. Joe''===
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Rumble was among the Decepticons who were accidentally awakened by [[Cobra]] in the late 1930s. Together, the Decepticons and Cobra conquered the [[Fera Islands]], but came under attack from the Autobots and [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]. Rumble was among the soldiers sent to defend the [[Terrordrome]], using his small stature to disguise himself as a human trooper. After making his way close to the enemy, he used his piledrivers to crack open the ground and bury the Autobot tanks. {{storylink|Trial by Fire}} While Rumble was busy taunting [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] for being friends with "meat", [[Scarlett]] jumped above him using [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and destroyed him by tossing a hand grenade in his face. {{storylink|Wolves}}

===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
Rumble was hanging out with Megatron when Soundwave stopped by with the news that Starscream was apparently getting cozy with the Autobots. Megatron sent Rumble to gather up the Decepticons in the base for an attack to retrieve their wayward comrade, however, the attack party was later repelled by the Autobots. {{storylink|Redemption Center}}

===''The Beast Within''===
Either Frenzy or Rumble participated in a savage Decepticon offensive against the Decepticons. He was defeated by Grimlock.

Then, either Rumble or Frenzy was one of the first victims to fall to [[Beast (G1)|The Beast]], the Dinobots’ monstrous combined form. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}

===''Lil Formers''===
After ejecting out the rest of his minions, Soundwave attempted to deploy Rumble for an upcoming fight, only for Rumble to refuse the order; now that he had all the leg room he could want inside of Soundwave's chest, he didn't want to give it up. {{storylink|Lil Formers}}

===''Universe'' cartoon===
Either Frenzy or Rumble was present during the early days of the Autobot/Decepticon war. He fought side by side with a green Decepticon.

Either Rumble or Frenzy later participated in a battle alongside Thrust and Soundwave during the early days of the Autobot/Decepticon war. {{storylink|Action Blast 1}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
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{{note|IDW's comics have been inconsistent regarding the colors of Rumble and Frenzy. By and large, Rumble is depicted as red and black in most books, but ''[[The Transformers: Autocracy|Autocracy]]'' and the [[The Transformers (IDW)|2009-2011 ongoing series]] colored him blue, while ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' has colored him '''both''' ways.}}

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Millions of years ago, Rumble and Frenzy worked as "industrial equipment" at [[Mining Outpost C-12]], until the [[Senate]] shut down the site in favor of automating the work involved. Once a furious [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] kicked off a riot, Rumble and Frenzy joined in the fighting and were soon taken prisoner, destined for [[Penal Facility H-3]]. They managed to break free aboard [[Longshot (G1)|their prison transport]], however, and took control of it with Megatron's help. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 1|Megatron Origin #1}} The renegade miners then fled to [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]], where they got lost in the [[Gladiatorial combat|underground fighting tournaments]] that ran rampant throughout that city-state. As time passed, Megatron rose high in the ranks of the gladiators, eventually taking control of the games themselves. While accompanying him to a meeting with [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]], sent by Senator [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] to help foster the public unrest Megatron was fomenting, Rumble and Frenzy helped capture and restrain the spying [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]] and [[Fastback (G1)|Fastback]] . {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2|Megatron Origin #2}}

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As Megatron's passions turned from arena combat to outright insurrection, Rumble and Frenzy became part of his growing Decepticon movement. When Megatron crafted his plan for infiltrating and destroying the Senate, Rumble and his brother underwent alterations so that they could hide inside Soundwave's chest compartment, although neither of them were particularly enthusiastic about it. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}} This allowed Soundwave to smuggle them into the Senate facilities, where they aided in annihilating the Senators, freeing arrested gladiators and stealing weapons from the armory. At the climax of the uprising, Rumble bore witness as Megatron personally beat down and humiliated the leader of the Senate's security, [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]]. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4|Megatron Origin #4}}

As the uprising led to outright civil war, Rumble accompanied Soundwave on a mission to spy on [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]]. After being discovered and forced to escape, Soundwave released Rumble to deal with [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] and [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]], which he did by collapsing the [[Neurospan Bridge]] with his piledrivers, burying the two pursuers in rubble. {{storylink|The Hunt for Soundwave}} Four million years ago, Rumble assisted Soundwave in defending an energon convoy from the Autobots. While fighting [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]], Soundwave ejected Rumble for ''Operation: Go For the Eyes!!!'', but Ironhide intervened and knocked the junk-punk for a loop. {{storylink|The Iron Age}}

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In modern times, Rumble was active on Earth where he helped defeat the local Autobot forces and exile them to Cybertron. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 7|All Hail Megatron #7}} After this, he was involved in the Decepticon full-frontal offensive on the planet, and the conquest of [[New York City]]. After the siege was over, however, the lack of organized resistance left Rumble with little to do. He and [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]] took to the streets, blowing up stray abandoned vehicles that happened to remind him of [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|certain people]]. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 3|All Hail Megatron #3}}

While on a patrol in New York City, he ran afoul of [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Cmdr. Spike Witwicky]] and three other survivors. Rumble went after Spike and nearly succeeded in knocking him off his motorcycle, but one of the survivors, [[Charles (G1)|Charles]], seeking revenge for his son's death at the hands of Rumble, fired off a shot from a rocket launcher that hit Rumble point blank in the face, downing him instantly. Sensing something wrong, Soundwave found Rumble, picked up his damaged body, and went into a rage in which he lost control of his communications-blocking effect. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 9|All Hail Megatron #9}} He was apparently repaired and sided with [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] during his coup. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 10|All Hail Megatron #10}} When the Autobots returned from their exile, Rumble fought against them alongside [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] and [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]]. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 11|All Hail Megatron #11}} However, Megatron was defeated, and the Decepticons were forced to flee the planet aboard [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]. Along with Soundwave and the other cassettes, Rumble spent the trip looking after the severely injured Megatron. {{storylink|Uneasy Lies the Head}}

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Two years later, Starscream's newfound leadership had only led to the Decepticons hiding on some distant, desolate asteroid, where energy was rare and violence was common. Rumble was seen fighting with Kickback over an unknown argument. {{storylink|All His Engines}} He later assisted Soundwave and [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] as they restored Megatron and used his old body to make Rumble-scaled replicas of his gun mode. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 2: Altered Carbon|Altered Carbon}} With Megatron back on-line, Rumble and the others were quickly whipped back into shape and readied to battle once again. {{storylink|Spotlight: Megatron}} Four months later, Rumble returned to Earth and attacked a [[Skywatch]] base alongside Soundwave and Frenzy, freeing several Decepticons held in Skywatch custody. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 1: The Demolished Man|The Demolished Man}} Later at the Decepticon base, he was amongst those who prepared to watch a fight between Optimus Prime and Megatron, and was presumably caught in the blast when Prime ended the fight early by having a satellite dropped on the base. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 5: Enemy Mine|Enemy Mine}}

Once the war finally ended, Rumble was amongst the Decepticons in Autobot captivity on Cybertron. {{storylink|The Autonomy Lesson (issue)|The Autonomy Lesson}} {{storylink|The World & Everything in It}} He joined a Cybertronian crowd recruited by Starscream to pressure Prowl into revealing one of his secret discoveries below ground on Cybertron. Once they finally got down there, they witnessed a [[Titan (group)|Titan]] declare that Starscream was the Cybertronian destined to unite their whole race. He and the other Cybertronians celebrated afterward with Starscream. {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things|All Good Things}} His support was but a ruse, however, as he and the other cassettes were already planning for Megatron's return alongside Soundwave and Shockwave. When the time came, they used their mind-controlled minion Prowl to stage their own deaths so they could hide away and finish their plans in secrecy, though Prowl's catspaw [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]] did it in the most violent way possible: slicing off Rumble's arms, stomping him in the face, and blowing up their base. {{storylink|The End of the Beginning of the World}} Relocated to the [[Black Room]], Rumble was upgraded into a new body with a tank [[alternate mode]] {{storylink|The Verge}} and took to the streets as the Decepticons put their plans into motion. {{storylink|Plan for Everything}} During the battle over the city, he used his piledrivers to knock out [[Sideswipe (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Sideswipe]] and was ready to take his revenge on Arcee as well, but instead got himself punched in the face by Ironhide and burned to a crisp by [[Slag (G1)|Slag]]. After the battle was over, all Autobots and Decepticons who would not renounce their factions were banished into the wilderness, including Rumble. {{storylink|Heavy Is the Head}}

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In the wilderness, Soundwave attempted to rally the Decepticons around him and hunt down the Shockwave for deserting them during the battle, but the other Decepticons had lost their faith in the cause and refused. [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] and [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] outright attacked Soundwave and fought him over leadership, causing Rumble and the other cassettes to come to his aid. {{storylink|Shockpoint}} In the end, they were the only ones to follow Soundwave to Shockwave's base at [[Crystal City]], where they fought Shockwave and his minion, [[Dreadwing (G2)|Dreadwing]]. However, because of the presence of Shockwave's regenerative [[Ore-14]], neither side was able to harm one another, and Rumble and the others soon retreated. {{storylink|Soundwaves (issue)|Soundwaves}} After returning with the other Decepticons in tow, they were caught in a wave of death emitted from Shockwave's [[Quintessa (IDW)|Necrotitan]]. Rumble's initial confusion about what happened turned to horror when he found that Frenzy was among the injured. {{storylink|Into the Abyss: Dark Cybertron Chapter 4|Into the Abyss}} He participated in the joint Autobot-Decepticon assault on Shockwave's location, only to have to flee with an injured Ravage in his arm when Shockwave sicced the Necrotitan on them. {{storylink|Finest Hour: Dark Cybertron Chapter 5|Finest Hour}} The defeated group fled back to Iacon even as the Titan advanced on the city. {{storylink|No Exit: Dark Cybertron Chapter 6|No Exit}} Once the Necrotitan had been brought down, Rumble and the other cassettes took a break to recover in Iacon, {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}} only to be thrown back into the fray when Shockwave's [[Ammonite]] allies invaded Cybertron. {{storylink|Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11|Black Planet}} Once Shockwave was defeated, Rumble stood by Soundwave as he realized Megatron had changed sides and become an Autobot. {{storylink|...And the Damage Done: Dark Cybertron Finale|...And the Damage Done}}

Together with [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]], Soundwave took control of the lost and confused Decepticons and led them back to Earth, where they negotiated with [[Earth Defense Command]] to build [[Sanctuary Station]], a place for them to live in peace. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 4: Full Fathom Five|Full Fathom Five}} Rumble didn't much care for Galvatron's yammering about how he'd once united Cybertron millions of years ago, but immediately regretted mouthing off when his implication that Galvatron had a "[[Nova Prime|boss]]" enraged the ancient warrior who slammed him into a wall by the throat. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 3: The Mind Bomb|The Mind Bomb}} As part of their deal with the EDC, the Decepticons later attacked Optimus Prime's Autobots, with Rumble and Frenzy using their special powers to fight [[Kup (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Kup]]. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 2: Detonation Boulevard|Detonation Boulevard}} They clashed with the Autobots again on [[Marshall Islands|Bikini Atoll]] in a battle that ended with the crippling of their [[Nemesis (G1)|starship]]. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 5: I Dream of Wires|I Dream of Wires}}

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Rumble was playing a card game with some of his fellow Decepticons when Galvatron gave them the opportunity to go with him and find, torture, and kill Spike Witwicky. Rumble was all too eager to come along. {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part One: Signals, Calls, and Marches|Signals, Calls, and Marches}} When Prowl and the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] were the first to find Witwicky and his ally, [[Jimmy Pink]], both Rumble and Frenzy waited nearby in their new motorcycle alt-modes for the pair to try to use them as their escape tickets. Avoiding their pursuers, the pair brought their human riders straight into Galvatron's waiting arms, where Rumble expressed his disgust at having a human sit on him. {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part Two: Vs.|Vs.}} Rumble joined in fighting the Constructicons when they arrived on the scene, even despite his admiration for their choice of battle cry. Soon after, Rumble listened to the captive Jimmy Pink as he tried to explain to the Decepticons on how to play Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, and thought that he understood, but had no idea what a movie was. {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part Three: ONoffON|ONoffON}} When [[Devastator (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Devastator]] assaulted [[Onyx]]'s facility in [[Wanmu]], Rumble tried hammering the ground to bring the giant down, but was soon knocked away, much to his disappointment. While Arcee tried to talk Devastator down, Rumble had reservations about staying to fight the combiner, but Galvatron believed they had nothing more to fear. He turned out to be right, as Devastator separated back into his components. Rumble, Frenzy, and [[Ayana Jones]] then brought the re-captured Spike and Jimmy to Galvatron and [[Marissa Faireborn]]. {{storylink|The Onyx Interface Conclusion: The Obliterati|The Obliterati}}

Upon finding out that several Autobots were landing on Earth again, Rumble rushed to report the news to Soundwave and Galvatron. {{storylink|The Nothing Man}} After the ''[[Ark-7]]'', full of Decepticons, crashed in [[Shanghai]], Rumble was among those there to greet them. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 4: Perihelion|Perihelion}} He took part in the ensuing battle against Optimus Prime's forces, {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 1: Once Upon a Time on Earth|Once Upon a Time on Earth}} and was among the many Decepticons who fled Earth aboard the ''[[Peace Without Tyranny]]''. During the trip to Sanctuary Station, Rumble and Frenzy explained to newcomer [[Swift (G1)|Swift]] about how Optimus was not a true Prime at all. {{storylink|New Worlds Order}} With Soundwave and Prime now in an alliance, Rumble was present as they planned their attack on the underwater ''Nemesis'' in an attempt to take Galvatron down once and for all. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 4: It's Beginning To And Back Again|It's Beginning To And Back Again}} When the tide of this battle turned in Galvatron's favor with his small army of combiners wailing on [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], Rumble and Frenzy agreed to wait until the clash was over rather than follow Arcee into the battle. In the aftermath of the fight, the two congratulated each other on a job well done. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 5: As Above...So Below|As Above...So Below}}

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Rumble and Frenzy were still being evacuated from the ocean with the others when Earth Defense Command launched a strike on the recovering Cybertronians. {{storylink|White Light}} They briefly fought back before [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] led a retreat by the wounded. {{storylink|White Heat}}

Never ones to stay out of trouble, Rumble and Frenzy became secret arms dealers, in violation of the [[Tyrest Accord]] and...well, just about everybody's good sense. They stockpiled the confiscated and discarded weapons brought aboard Sanctuary Station and arranged to bring them to Earth. Using [[Holomatter|holomatter avatars,]] they began selling Cybertronian weaponry to humans who felt they needed to protect themselves from the alien threat. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 1: To Walk Among the Chosen|To Walk Among the Chosen}} {{storylink|Primeless, Part 2}}

Meanwhile, Soundwave requested their aid on an infiltration mission when the [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]] arrived on Earth. Rumble and Frenzy had lost some respect for Soundwave since he started hanging out with Autobots and the Prime, but they were bored, so whatever. They joined Sanctuary's resident Autobot [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] in entering the Junkion ship to determine the scope of their forces, but ran afoul of a tank of [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]]. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 3: Behind My Bleeding Back|Behind My Bleeding Back}} They were overwhelmed by the marauding hordes. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 4: Dance Among the Shadows|Dance Among the Shadows}} Fortunately, Soundwave managed to talk down the Sharkticons when the Junkions attacked Earth with them, pacifying even the ones facing Rumble and Frenzy. They tried to escape the Junkion ship, but ducked for cover when they saw Arcee facing off against [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]], with no desire to face her blades again. Still, when the wall of the ship was ripped open and everyone was revealed, they totally claimed they were good guys and were helping the whole time! Honest! {{storylink|New Cybertron End: Feel Safe Without Regrets|Feel Safe Without Regrets}}

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Rumble and Frenzy's gunrunning scam was eventually uncovered by [[Jazz (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jazz]] and the Colonist Autobots working with [[Aileron]]. The political ramifications worked to their advantage, though, as the Autobots couldn't figure out how to punish them without making things worse on Earth for Cybertronians. Aileron reluctantly decided to bury the information, letting the Cassettes off scot-free. {{storylink|Primeless, Part 2}} Rumble and Frenzy moved on to movie production, trying to create a blockbuster action movie called ''[[Dark Invasion]]'' under their company title, Tape Bros. It bombed so bad at the box office, the market was ruined for [[Thundercracker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Thundercracker]]'s biopic on Starscream. {{storylink|Starscream: The Movie (comic)|Starscream: The Movie}} Some time later, when [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] invaded Earth, the pair reluctantly took up arms against the planet-eater's invading [[Maximal]] hordes in [[São Paulo]] with [[Strongarm (G1)|Strongarm]]. {{storylink|Ceremony}}
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===''United''===
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Rumble was part of a squad of Decepticons that waited in ambush for the Autobots on the planet Nebulos. Hidden away in inner-space, the Decepticons took the small Autobot unit by surprise. Rumble and Frenzy attempted to bar [[Ricochet (Headmasters)|Ricochet]]'s way, only to be taken out by a single shot from the Autobot. {{storylink|The Fierce Fighting on Planet Nebulos}}
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===''Transformers: All Spark''===
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===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
Frenzy, Ravage, Laserbeak, and Rumble were the sons of Soundwave and nephews to [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. When their father fell in battle on Earth, Shockwave summoned Rumble and Laserbeak to his side as part of a quest to revive their fallen relative, and together they brought Soundwave's corpse to the dread arcane scholar [[Flame (Marvel)|Flame]] in the city of [[Kalis]]. {{storylink|Black Cybertron}}

After Flame's mystic rites had brought Soundwave back to life as an emotionless being, Rumble took part in the final battle and watched as Laserbeak snatched the [[Matrix of Leadership]] from [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. {{storylink|The War Never Ends}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
In [[Primax 096.0 Beta]], Rumble was a [[Go-Bot (G2)|Go-Bot]] and clashed with [[Greasepit (G2)|Greasepit]] during the Battle for [[Sherman Dam]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/06}}

===''Titans Return'' marketing material===
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Bolstered by the [[Titan Master]]s, Rumble accompanied Soundwave as the Decepticons orchestrated an all-out Decepticon attack on Cybertron, which was soon routed by [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. {{storylink|Titans Return: The Power of the Titan Masters}}
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===''Mazinger Z versus Transformers''===
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Rumble was one of the many Decepticons transported to the Japan of a parallel universe, and scouted out the nearby [[Photonic Power Laboratory]]. When the Decepticons besieged the building, Rumble attempted to piledrive his way through the glass cockpit of the [[Aphrodi A]] super robot before Ironhide knocked him away. {{storylink|Mazinger Z versus Transformers}}
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===''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' marketing material===
During the war for Cybertron, Rumble was a [[Cybertronian military insignia|Ground Force Espionage Raider]]. {{storylink|Rumble (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|''Siege'' toy packaging}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Five|''Transformers'' #11]] (mentioned); [[Rise of the Decepticons: Tremors|#21]] (full)}}

[[File:Tremors SixshotRumbleFrenzy.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Rumble is the red one this time around.]]

A member of [[the Rise]], Rumble was Frenzy's partner, going into hiding with him after [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]]'s death. When the authorities began closing in, Rumble was part of the convoy that [[Rage (G1)|Rage]] was escorting before being waylaid by seismic activity. When a counterterrorism unit arrived, Rumble and Frenzy were harassed by [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]], nearly being run over by [[Quake (G1)|Quake]]'s tank mode. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: Tremors|Tremors}}

After Quake had been pinned, [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] ordered the infiltration troopers to cut him free before the arrival of [[Leviathan (G1)|Leviathan]] turned the tide of the battle. Finding the situation unsalvageable, Sixshot reverted to jet mode and flew Rumble and Frenzy away. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: Prisoners|Prisoners}}

Rumble returned to the Rise under Shockwave's command. {{storylink|Escape Part Three}} At Starscream's suggestion, Shockwave assigned Rumble a long-term reconnaissance mission buried near the [[immersant]] [[Codexa]], Optimus Prime's former mentor. Sure enough, Prime eventually made a pilgrimage to speak with her. He joined up with [[Soundblaster (G1)|Soundblaster]] and the ambush team that attacked Prime's entourage. {{storylink|Darkness, Once Gazed Upon: Part One}}

When [[Exarchon]] returned, Rumble and Frenzy defected to him alongside Soundblaster, being deployed to hunt down the Autobot scouts in the [[Sonic Canyons]]. {{storylink|War's End Part Two}} Rumble and Frenzy found their targets in the tunnels, just as Exarchon launched his drill to usurp the Allspark itself with his unique abilities. The infiltration troopers grabbed Soundblaster and pursued the Autobots, who were in turn pursuing the drill. In the lower levels of Cybertron they fought with the Autobots until [[Zetar (G1)|Zetar]] destroyed the drill, ending Exarchon's plans. {{storylink|War's End Part Four}}

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===''Transformers/Back to the Future''===
[[File:TFBTTF2-Rumbles.jpg|thumb|left|150px|"I'm seeing double here! Four Rumbles!"]]
In the year 1985, Megatron sent Ravage and Rumble to the sleepy town of [[Hill Valley]] to find an edge in their war against the Autobots. Their mission initially turned up nothing, but while staking out the [[Twin Pines Mall]] the two watched [[Marty McFly]] use a DeLorean to escape some Libyan terrorists, then disappear. Ravage's detection of trans-temporal particles led Soundwave to suggest that the humans had invented [[time travel]], and Megatron ordered the pair to steal the DeLorean time machine. The pair tailed [[Doc Brown]] and Marty to [[Lyon Estates]], where they prepared to seize the device through force only for [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] to intervene. When the two humans overheard the scuffle and investigated, Bumblebee and Ravage reverted to alternate mode, {{storylink|Transformers/Back to the Future issue 1|Transformers/Back to the Future #1}} but the damaged Rumble managed to limp to the DeLorean, reverting to cassette mode on its passenger floor-mat.

When Doc Brown time travelled to [[2015]], Rumble revealed himself to the human who was quickly won over by the Cybertronian's biology and offered to repair him. Winning the inventor's trust, Rumble helped him upgrade the DeLorean with 2015 technology before he summoned Megatron. When Megatron arrived however, he was so heavily damaged that Rumble decided that 2015 was unsalvageable, instead stealing the DeLorean to retroactively win the war.

Arriving in [[1974]], Rumble enslaved [[Biff Tannen]] and had him produce [[energon cube]]s for the next ten years before breaking into the ''Ark''. Hacking into [[Teletraan I]], Rumble had it reactivate his fellow Decepticons, explaining the last decade to Megatron. When Biff pointed out that there were now two Rumbles, Megatron decided that the time traveller had now outlived his usefulness, executing him on the spot. Rumble's head survived with Megatron ordering [[Gigawatt]] to plunder its memory banks for any useful foreknowledge. {{storylink|Transformers/Back to the Future issue 2|Transformers/Back to the Future #2}}
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==Commercial appearances==
*Rumble found a sweet-looking radio lying around, and decided to bring it back to Decepticon headquarters and show it off to [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]. Soundwave realized immediately that the radio was, in fact, the Autobot [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] in disguise and sent out [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] and [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] to deal with the intruder. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Blaster|Blaster commercial}}
*Soundwave, Rumble, and Frenzy had a dance-off against Blaster, [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]], and [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]. {{storylink|Blaster VS Soundwave 2013}}

==Games==
===Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons===
When Optimus embarked on his mission to rescue the Autobots' [[Mini Vehicle|Minicar]] troops from the Decepticons, Rumble could hinder Optimus's progress, causing Prime to go in a section of the labyrinth-like Decepticon base he had not intended to venture in. {{storylink|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons packaging blurb and game}}

===''The Transformers'' (Commodore 64)===
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{{storylink|The Transformers (Commodore 64)|The Transformers}}

===''Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals'' (N64)===
In one of several possible timelines, the time-traveling [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] Ravage broke into the ''Ark'' while its occupants were still in stasis and downloaded protoform cloning data from Rumble, among several others. He then returned to his future, planning to revive the Decepticons in new clone bodies and begin their conquest anew. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)}}

===''Transformers G1: Awakening''===
[[File:Gluawakening rumble.jpg|left|thumb|upright=0.85]]
Rumble worked as a prison guard following the capture of the Autobots, but was unable to prevent [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] from escaping. When the Autobots escaped to Earth, Rumble followed and unwisely picked a fight with [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]. Even with the help of the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]], this didn't go well for Rumble. He was equally as useless when the Autobots assaulted the main Decepticon fortress on Cybertron. {{storylink|Transformers G1: Awakening}}
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===''Transformers Legends''===
Rumble rallied with [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] when the latter became Decepticon leader in Megatron's absence. The Autobots soon had the Decepticons defeated and Starscream's plan thwarted. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (Legends)|Countdown to Extinction}} Rumble was among a group of Decepticons who accidentally time travelled back to the sixth century and ended up having to battle some similarly displaced Autobots using medieval technology. They lost, and returned to the present as prisoners of the Autobots. {{storylink|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court (Legends)|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court}}

Rumble was among those who supported [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s bid for leadership. {{storylink|The Coronation of Starscream}}

At some point, Rumble fought in a battle alongside [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]], [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] and [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]. {{storylink|Fan Favorite}}

===''Transformers: Devastation''===
{{voiceactor|[[Scott Whyte]]}}
Rumble aided Soundwave in his battles with the Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers: Devastation}}

===''Angry Birds Transformers''===
{{note|Rumble appears as a wearable accessory in the game.}}
{{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers}}
{{charstubgame|Does he do anything, game-play wise? How about adding to the note how much it costs?}}

===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
Rumble - alongside Frenzy, Laserbeak, and Buzzsaw - are minions released by Soundwave as the larger bot's special ability.
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===''World of Warships: Transformers''===
{{voiceactor|[[Zach Aguilar]] (English)}}
[[Image:WoW Rumble camo 1.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
{{charstubgames|{{storylink|World of Warships: Transformers}}}}
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===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
Rumble and his brother Frenzy were mini-[[Tremorcon]]s capable of taking on targets much bigger than them. While in battle, Rumble was fond of using cruel rhymes and insults to destroy his enemy’s self-esteem. {{storylink|Decepticon Directive}}

==Toys==
{{main|Rumble (G1)/toys}}

==Notes==
*The Rumble/Frenzy head design was used as the basis for the head of [[Freezon]], the Decepticon [[Tyco]] [[Electric Racing Set]] car.
*[[Nick Roche]] had plans for a ''Spotlight: Rumble'' issue that fell through.<ref>''Sins of the Wreckers'' trade paperback "Noisemaze Logic" section</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Rumble''' (ランブル ''Ranburu'')
*''Czech:'' '''Rváč'''
*''French:'' '''Trompeur''' (Canada)
*''Cantonese:'' '''Lui-Heung''' (雷響)
*''Hebrew:'' '''Raád''' (רעד, "Tremble")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Görgető''' ("Trundler")
*''Italian:'' '''Tremot'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Rambo''' (Taiwan, 蘭波, ''Lánbō''), '''Hōnglónglóng''' (China, 轰隆隆, "Rumble" onomatopoeia)
*''Portuguese:'' '''Trovão''' (Portugal comics, "Thunder"), '''Estrondo''' (Brazil comics, "Bang")
*''Russian:'' '''Gromila''' (Громила "Thug")
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Gurkotilo''' (Гуркотило, "Rumbler")

==References==
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Bumblebee (G1)

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:''Bumblebee is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:BumblebeeRIC.jpg|upright=1.55|thumb|Ahoy-hoy!]]
'''Bumblebee''' is one of the smallest and physically weakest Autobots. While his stature allows him to do his job better than most Autobots could manage, he is self-conscious about his size. Maybe this is why he makes fast friends among the humans. He looks up (so to speak) to the other Autobots, especially [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], but what he doesn't realize is that ''they'' look up to ''him''. He may be small, but he's brave, and he's one of the most well-liked Autobots around. Bumblebee already has the respect he craves.

As '''Goldbug''' (or '''Goldfire''')—his [[Renaming|rebuilt]] and "matured" form—Bumblebee retains most of his earlier strengths and weaknesses, but without his crippling need for approval. (This is true of some "matured" versions of Bumblebee without new names or bodies, as well, but is quite markedly associated with the change to Goldbug).

His nicknames are '''Bee''' and '''Beeper'''.<ref>According to [[Jim Sorenson]], Bumblebee had Bee and Beeper listed as his nicknames in [[Bob Budiansky]]'s personal Transformers comic bible. Nicknames for other characters could be found in early ''[[The Transformers Universe|Universe]]''-style profiles published in [[The Transformers Comics Magazine]]. In the Marvel Comics, Blackrock referred to him as Bum.</ref>

{{quote|Some of my best friends are humans.|Bumblebee, on his kid-friendly nature|"[[Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
[[File:Bumblebeeskindeep.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|This iteration's not too fond of freelance peacekeeping agents.]]
{{Main|Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity}}
Bumblebee was one of the several [[Autobot]]s who were carving a path through space for their planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] when the [[Decepticon]]s attacked their spacecraft, the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], forcing them to crash-land on [[Earth]] 4 million years ago. When Bumblebee and the others were awoken in 1984, Bumblebee quickly befriended the [[human]] teenager [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]].

A few years later, Bumblebee was destroyed either by [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] or [[Death's Head (G1)|Death's Head]] and rebuilt into a more formidable form, Goldbug. In this form he joined [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and the [[Throttlebot]]s and exiled the Autobots while they were under the rule of [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]. After being destroyed by [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] and the [[Underbase]], Goldbug was rebuilt by [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] into a [[Pretender]] form and was restored as Bumblebee. He participated in the [[Matrix Quest]] and survived their race's united battle against the Chaos Bringer, [[Unicron]].

===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
[[File:PlagueOfInsecticons Bumblebee and Spike hide.jpg|left|thumb|I wonder if he wanted a job as a mechanic?]]
{{main|Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity}}

Bumblebee was one of the several [[Autobot]]s who were searching for energy when the [[Decepticon]]s attacked their [[Ark (G1)|spacecraft]], forcing them to crash-land on [[Earth]] 4 million years ago. When Bumblebee and the others were awoken in 1984, Bumblebee quickly befriended the [[human]] teenager [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]].

Bumblebee and Spike would remain friends up through Spike's adulthood, and were stationed on one of Cybertron's moons in 2005 after the Decepticons conquered Cybertron. Bumblebee survived [[Unicron]]'s attack on Cybertron, and remained in action during the leadership of [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]].

When Bumblebee was damaged badly during the [[Hate Plague]] outbreak in 2006, he had to be rebuilt into a new form, Goldbug. Goldbug would live to see the next Cybertronian Golden Age.

===Kid Stuff Talking Story Books===
Bumblebee spied on Megatron and Soundwave in [[Mato Grosso (state)|Mato Grosso]], [[Brazil]]. He overheard the two Decepticons talking about their latest scheme; they were planning to use an enormous diamond-lens attached to a satellite to melt the [[Rocky Mountains|Rockies]] and use the oil that would gush forth to destroy the Autobots and conquer the galaxy. With this information, he reported back to Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Satellite of Doom}}

Bumblebee was sent out to stop the Decepticons' deforestation operation in Mato Grosso. When Skyfire managed to pinpoint Megatron's location, Bumblebee accompanied him and Optimus in forcing the Decepticons into retreating once again. {{storylink|Storms of Destruction}}

Bumblebee was sent out on a patrol mission in the southwest pacific. During the mission, he was captured by the Insecticons, and made into a mindless slave. He was presumably rescued after Optimus, Prowl and the Dinobots defeated the Insecticons controlling the island of [[Buru]]. {{storylink|Slaves of the Insecticons}}

===Sticker Adventures books===
While continuing their ongoing repairs on the Autobots' ship, Bumblebee commented how odd it was that the Decepticons had not attack for an extended period of time. Taking advantage of the situation, Optimus left on a trip. After his leader had left, Bumblebee and Gears discovered to their horror that the Autobots’ entire fuel supply had been stolen.Thankfully, Optimus returned just in time with a new shipment of fuel.Re-energized, the Autobots forced the Decepticons to flee once again. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons}}

After Optimus had been knocked unconscious during a Decepticon attack, Bumblebee stood by his bedise in the Autobots’ medi-bay. He was relieved to see his commander reawaken after the Autobots repaired him. {{storylink|Return to Cybertron}}

===Deadly Paradise===
[[File:Novasuspensionbridge.jpg|thumb]]
Sideswipe was convicted of destroying the [[Nova Suspension Bridge]] and deactivated, despite his pleas of innoncence, in order to ease the strain on human/Autobot relations. Prowl became suspicious of the Decepticons being somehow involved, and sent Bumblebee to investigate the crime scene. There, Bumblebee found a suspicious piece of jagged metal and return to base with it. After being scanned, the piece of metal was found to be made out of a very rare ore, only found on one island on the planet. Bumblebee accompanied Prowl, Windcharger, Brawn, Hound and Ratchet and headed to [[Carob Island]]. Upon landfall, Prowl discovered a cave from where suspicious sounds were coming from. Leaving Bumblebee and Hound behind to guard the entrance, Prowl, Windcharger, Brawn and Ratchet went inside. While they were standing guard, Bumblebee and Hound were somehow captured and deactivated by Madame [[Cee]] and her army of pig-robots. They were eventually reactivated inside Madame Cee's workshop, where they learned that the Decepticons were forcing her to help build Autobot duplicates. After learning of the location of Megatron's temporary base on the island, Bumblebee and the rest of the group entered it, finding themselves wandering in a vast, underground labyrinth. They finally came upon an open area, only to be captured in force cages by the Decepticons. Prowl managed to free the rest of the group, and Bumblebee helped them defeat Starscream and Skywarp while Prowl dealt with Megatron. The Autobots managed to escape Megatron's megamaze when it turned out that Ratchet's lubricant container had earlier been damaged, and left them a trail to find their way out of the maze. The Autobots returned to their headquarters where they were able to clear Sideswipes name, and presumably reactivated him. {{storylink|Deadly Paradise}}

===Marvel storybooks continuity===
[[File:Autobothuddle-ASW.jpeg|thumb|left]]
Bumblebee was one of the thirty-five active Autobots on Earth. When Megatron put into motion his latest plot to take over the planet, Bumblebee joined in on the battles that ensued. Once the Autobots had emerged victorious, he drove back to Autobot base alongside Optimus and the other Autobots. {{storylink|Battle for Earth}}

Bumblebee was present when [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] conveyed a message to Optimus from Megatron. The Autobots learned that Megatron had taken [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] captive, and was demanding the Autobots to surrender. Though the Autobots sent out a rescue party, it failed to liberate their comrade. Bumblebee and the other Autobots became frightened as the situation appeared hopeless, but thanks to an inspirational speech courtesy of [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]], they regained their courage. Bumblebee then helped the Autobots build a statue of [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] to act as a [[w:Trojan Horse|Trojan Horse]] of sorts. The statue was wheeled up before the Decepticons' base, and the Autobots burst forth from it at the exact right moment to take the Decepticons by surprise. The Autobots emerged victorious from the battle that ensued. {{storylink|The Autobots' Secret Weapon}}

===Marvel coloring books===
[[File:SearchForTreasure Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|I've heard of toy-accuracy, but this is overdoing it a bit.]]
Bumblebee overheard the Decepticons plotting to raid sunken ships and warned the Autobots. The Autobots headed out in a ship built by [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], and Bumblebee was sent on an underwater scouting mission. Unfortunately he ran into [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], who took him prisoner. The Autobots prevailed anyway. {{storylink|Search for Treasure Under the Sea}} On another occasion, Bumblebee was the only Autobot to escape being captured and put in a [[special Autobot prison]]. With [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] and [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]]'s help, he created a diversion for the Decepticons in the form of a [[giant fake Autobot]] so he could rescue the others. {{storylink|Bumblebee to the Rescue!}}

[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus]] sent Bumblebee and [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] out scouting, and they spotted [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] mistaking a factory for an Autobot production plant. {{storylink|Decepticon Patrol}} After rescuing Sparkplug and [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] from the Decepticons, Bumblebee and [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] were sent scouting and spotted the Decepticons attacking [[Hoover Dam]]. The pair went and alerted the other Autobots, and the dam was eventually saved. {{storylink|The Deadly Fuel Shortage}} When the Decepticons started draining gasoline using their [[molecular transfer device]], Bumblebee was one of the Autobots who broke into the Decepticon stronghold. He turned the weapon on the Decepticons, disabling them. {{storylink|Summertime Coloring Book}}

Bumblebee was left guarding the base one day when he had to respond to a call from a rescue mission soon to arrive on Earth, leaving the base unguarded. He discovered too late that it was a diversion so the Decepticons could conquer the Ark and had to get the other Autobots to help him retake the base. {{storylink|A Message From Outer Space}} Bumblebee and the other Autobots were on vacation in the forest when they stumbled on the Decepticons wrecking the place. After a short battle, including Bumblebee causing [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] to plunge off a cliff, the Decepticons retreated and the Autobots started cleaning up the forest. {{storylink|Forest Rescue Mission}}

Upset at being dismissed by the other Autobots, Bumblebee drove into the nearby mountains. There, he spotted some incoming Decepticons who were using jet engine silencers, and rushed back to warn the others. Though [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] ignored his worries, Optimus Prime paid attention and the Decepticon attack was routed. {{storylink|Bumblebee's Dangerous Mission}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Big Book of Coloring Fun}} {{storylink|The Invasion of the Decepticon Camp}}}}

Some Autobots, including Bumblebee and [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]], were out driving when they stopped for a break and [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] told a story about a lost shipment of [[energon cube]]s. {{storylink|The Lost Treasure of Cybertron}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Hot Rod's Escape}}}}

===Big Looker storybooks===
[[File:Battle For Cybertron SCALE.jpg|thumb|left|I'm definitely the right size for humans, why do you ask?]]
When [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] called for volunteers to help save their endangered world of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Bumblebee was the first to speak up. Their ship was attacked by [[Decepticon]]s and crashed on [[Earth]], where the [[Transformer]]s lay dormant for four million years. When they were finally repaired by the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], Bumblebee ventured outside and ran into [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]] and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] and persuaded them to help repair the rest of the [[Autobot]]s. When the Autobots subsequently had to go into battle, the two humans were left in Bumblebee's care. The trio were able to warn the other Autobots when the Decepticons tried to flank them. {{storylink|Battle for Cybertron}}

When the Autobots entered the [[Big Car Rally]], Bumblebee and Optimus waited at the finish line. Bumblebee spotted the fact that [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] was interfering with [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]], enabling the Autobot leader to lend a hand. {{storylink|The Great Car Rally}} Bumblebee was one of the Autobots who responded when the Decepticons tried to hi-jack a truck, and drove the confused drivers back to the city. {{storylink|Decepticon Hijack}}

Bumblebee saw some Decepticons driving through a mountain pass, but waited until the next day when he, Optimus and [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] were sitting under a tree to mention it. When [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] was captured by the Decepticons, Bumnblebee was among the Autobots who attacked the Decepticon base. Afterwards he joked that the Decepticons must have worse headaches than Grapple. {{storylink|Insecticon Attack!}} Bumblebee and [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] took part in building work on [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. When [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] stumbled on a Decepticon plan, Bumblebee and the other Autobots entered a car show and turned the tables on their foe. {{storylink|Car Show Blow Up}}

===Ladybird Books continuity===
[[File:AutobotsFightBack Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|[[Thrust (Armada)|How would he like to called flathead?]]]]
Assigned a scouting mission by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus]], Bumblebee sneaked into the Decepticon mountain stronghold and spied on them discussing plans to test their ion drive. Though he was spotted, he eluded [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] by blinding the cat in his headlights and returned to base to report to Prime. Bumblebee's subsequent scouting mission revealed that the Decepticons had already relocated to a testing site. {{storylink|Autobots Fight Back}}

After a Decepticon attack on [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], Bumblebee and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] tailed [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] as he carried away his wounded comrades. While spying on the Decepticons, Bumblebee had to evade [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] by hiding in his Volkswagen form. While hiding, he was so deep in thought that he was almost picked up by a magnet, but Spike managed to save him and he reported back to [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. {{storylink|Decepticon Hideout}}

===Listen 'n Fun audiobooks continuity===
[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] ordered Bumblebee and [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] to plant false information indicating that the Autobots had located a new source of energy in order to mislead the Decepticons. Unfortunately the Autobots were still left with the problem that they actually needed to locate a new source of energy. {{storylink|Sun Raid (Listen 'n Fun)}}

===The Battle for Planet Earth===
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Marinker]] (English)}}
When the Autobots discovered that the Decepticons were kidnapping humans, Bumblebee volunteered to be the one to scout the enemy base. After sneaking inside thanks to the carelessness of [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], he spotted the missing humans being used for slave labor, and also managed to steal the [[global crystal]] from the Decepticons' computer. He managed to escape the Decepticon base and hid at the bottom of a lake while the Decepticons searched fruitlessly. Bumblebee's report and the stolen global crystal allowed [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] to force the Decepticons to free their prisoners. {{storylink|Bumblebee to the Rescue (G1)|Bumblebee to the Rescue}}

Bumblebee, along with [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]], [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] and [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] maintained a 24-hour watch on the Decepticon base in shifts. {{storylink|Menace at the Dam}} He didn't like the very idea of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] defecting to the Autobots. Bumblebee spied on the Decepticon base until he saw Megatron's forces leaving on the wild goose chase which Optimus and [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] had tricked Starscream into sending them on. The Autobots were then able to destroy the Decepticon base. {{storylink|Espionage!!!!!}}

===Find Your Fate Junior===
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====Dinobots Strike Back====
[[File:DinobotsStrikeBackBumbleandSkidsinSub.jpg|thumb|left|"What's the plan?"<br>"Track him. Find him. Kill him."]]
In a path where Mirage used a hologram of Optimus Prime to lure the four [[cerebro-shell]]-controlled [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] over the edge of [[Bandit's Bluff]] and into the ocean, Bumblebee was one of the Autobots crewing [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]]'s that helped haul the unconscious quartet aboard for safe transport back to the Ark.

In an alternate path, Optimus Prime assigned [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] and Bumblebee to investigate suspicious activity in [[Dolphin's Bay]] using [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]'s [[star mini-submarine|new mini-sub]]. [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]], considering himself the best water-fighter, also wanted in on the mission, but Optimus could tell that Bumblebee and Skids didn't want him along.

If Optimus sent the pair without Sludge, they faced the option of detouring down a suspicious trail through the woods. If they did, a trap landed them in a cell in a supermodern lab, where [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] and [[Gravedigger]] disassembled them and used their remains as the first components of the [[Autobot Memorial Power Plant]].

If they continued to Dolphin's Bay and the sub, they traced electromagnetic waves back to some [[black coral]]. Bumblebee exited the hatch to break a piece off, triggering an explosion which trapped him in a canyon beneath broken columns of crimson coral. Without underwater gear, Skids's only options were to use the computer to translate some nearby [[dolphin]]s' language and ask them for help, or go back to the channel where he could radio Seaspray. If he went back for help, Seaspray used his laser to free Bumblebee, but then [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] blew all three of them up with a cluster bomb. If Skids tried translating the dolphins' language, he succeeded in five minutes, talking the three largest dolphins into moving the broken coral. Bumblebee brought the black coral and his report back to Optimus Prime, ensuring an Autobot victory.

If Prime ''did'' include Sludge on Bumblebee and Skids's mission, Bumblebee used an underwater cave to infiltrate [[Mount Lomas]], where he heard [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] making a speech about Operation Black Coral vanquishing the Autobots in less than a day. He radioed the info to Skids, but [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] intercepted the transmission. Bumblebee dove back into the water, only to be paralyzed by the sonic attack of [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]]. From that point, there are four possible endings, all of which include an Autobot victory and Bumblebee's rescue. {{storylink|Dinobots Strike Back}}

====Battle Drive====
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Bumblebee was on a scouting mission, looking for signs of Decepticon activity. Just before Bumblebee decided to head back to base, several vehicles sped past him, being chased by the Decepticon planes Blitzwing and Starscream. As the two flying Decepticons wreaked havoc on the farmland, Bumblebee had to decide whether he would fight them or hide.
If Bumblebee decided to take on the Decepticons by himself, he managed to sucker-punch Blitzwing, causing him to fall out of the sky and crash. Bumblebee then managed to overpower Starscream, but not before Starscream called for reinforcements. With Bombshell arriving on-scene to backup Starscream, Bumblebee was forced to flee. If Bumblebee decided to make a dash through a nearby cornfield, he was stunned by Starscream's null rays and is left to the Decepticon's mercy. If he decided to double back to a nearby town and hide in a used-car parking lot instead, he managed to evade the Decepticons' fire long enough to successfully conceal himself. With Bumblebee hiding in plain sight, he overheard Starscream talking to Megatron over the radio; the Decepticons planned to destroy the humans' food supply by destroying their farmlands. As soon as the coast was clear, Bumblebee decided to return to Autobot headquarters, only to run into Prowl, Hound and Swoop. The Autobots debated whether it would be smarter to return to Autobot headquarters and inform Optimus of the situation, or to take on the Decepticons immediately before they caused more damage.

If they decided to report back to Optimus, they became stranded in the middle of nowhere due to a sudden storm, unable to deliver their message. Because of this, humans were doomed to either slavery or starvation at the Decepticons' hands.

If the small troop of Autobots instead decided to take on the Decepticons on their own, they are spied upon by Soundwave, who warns Megatron of their approach. Before they encountered any Decepticons, however, Bumblebee and company ran into Buster Witwicky. Buster informed them that the Decepticons were after his father, who had discovered of a fatal flaw in Decepticon circuitry. With this new information presented to them, Bumblebee and the Autobots had to make yet another decision; stick to their original plan, or rescue Sparkplug immediately.

If Bumblebee decided that the Decepticons destroying farmland was a more important matter to attend to, they are ambushed by the Decepticons almost immediately, and are subsequently destroyed.

If Bumblebee and company went after Sparkplug instead, they soon found him hiding in the hills, trapped in a cave surrounded by Decepticons. In one sequence of events, Bumblebee's team manages to rescue Sparkplug mainly due to Swoop's heroic actions. In another version of the events that followed, Swoop led as many Decepticons as he could away from the cave, leaving Bumblebee, Prowl and Hound to defend the humans in the cave from the remaining evil robots.

If the remaining team decided to stick together, they had to fend off over a dozen Decepticons, including Megatron, on their own. The ensuing battle lasted for two days before Sparkplug noticed a light coming from the rear of the cave. If the Autobots decided to attempt to escape the cave by driving towards this light however, they doomed themselves by tumbling down a pit concealed by the cave's darkness. If Bumblebee and company held out a little longer instead, their reinforcements finally arrived, and drove away the Decepticons. Unfortunately, Sparkplug's blueprints were destroyed in battle, leading to Bumblebee to bemoan that the whole ordeal they suffered through was for nothing. If Bumblebee had earlier decided to send out Prowl with Sparkplug to reach the rest of the Autobots, the whole adventure turned out to be nothing but a dream...

If Bumblebee's initially had decided to pretend to be a damaged car on the side of the road instead of fighting Blitzwing and Starscream, the two Decepticons transform to overlook their handiwork, and discuss between each-other their plan to starve the humans by burning their farmland, within earshot of Bumblebee. With this newly acquired knowledge, Bumblebee returned to Autobot headquarters and reported back to Optimus. Although Optimus initially wished to leave Bumblebee behind as he redeployed Autobots to stop the Decepticons, Bumblebee's insistence on coming along convinced the Autobot leader to allow Bumblebee to join them. Unfortunately, Blitzwing and Starscream's discussion turned out to be a ruse; the Decepticons' true ploy was to goad the Autobots into open farmland, where they would be easy targets for the airborne Decepticons. Any attempt [[you]] made in helping the Autobots only yielded their doom, and so Bumblebee and the Autobots had to take on the Decepticons by themselves if they were to have a chance at success. Left to their own devices, the Autobots soon found themselves in a vulnerable position as the Decepticon jets approached them. If Optimus decided to keep his forces together, Bumblebee and the rest of the Autobots made a break for a nearby bridge, only for them to be blasted before they reached it. If however, Optimus decided to split his forces, Bumblebee and the rest of the Autobots managed to live to fight another day. {{storylink|Battle Drive}}

====Attack of the Insecticons====
Bumblebee was present while [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] was testing a new device of Sparkplug's invention, the Sun-Pak. When the Decepticons subsequently ambushed the Autubots' underground testing facility to steal the Sun-Pak, Bumble found a tunnel and possible escape route for the Autobots to use. He informed Optimus Prime of this passage, and awaited his leader's decision on whether to use the escape route, or continue to fight the Decepticons, despite the Autobots' waning power levels.

If the Optimus decides to not only fight the Decepticons, but have all the Autobots concentrate their fire upon Starscream, refusing the Decepticon's surrender even once the odds have turned against the leader of the Decepticons' raiding party, the Decepticons manage to kidnap Sparkplug. Bumblebee, alongside Blaster and Buster, are sent on a rescue mission while the rest of the Autobots return to base to recharge. Tracking Starscream's location to a museum in the suburbs, Bumblebee is forced to wait outside, in the museum's parking lot, while Buster and a disguised Blaster investigate. If Blaster and Buster later return to Bumblebee for assistance, informing the little yellow Autobot that Starscream and Bombshell are alone in the museum with their captive, and intend to use a Cerebro-Shell to mind-control Sparkplug, Bumblebee formulates a plan. Using Bumblebee's speed and Blaster's Electro-Scramblers, the Autobots spoil Bombshell's aim and have him hit Starscream with his Cerebro-Shell in-lieu of Sparkplug. The easily manipulated Seeker is then tricked by the Autobots to release Sparkplug and forestall Bombshell, as Bumblebee, Blaster, Buster and Sparkplug make their way to Autobot base, laughing all the way at the Decepticons' misfortune.

If Optimus decides to have his Autobots follow Bumblebee into the tunnel the little yellow Autobot discovered at any point during their initial encounter with the Decepticon forces, Bumblebee encounters a fork in the tunnel that he admits was not there when he first discovered the tunnel. Not knowing which leads to the surface, the Autobots are once again forced to make a choice. And though one tunnel does indeed lead to the surface, the other leads to the Insecticons' nest!

In the event that the Autobots choose the tunnel leading to the surface, the Autobots lose possession of the Sun-Pak to the Insecticons nonetheless. If Optimus decides to have the Autobots return to base to refuel in light of these events, Bumblebee is the one to discover the booby-trapped Sun-Pak in Decepticon territory once the Autobots have ventured there in an attempt to diplomatically retrieve the device from the Decepticons. {{storylink|Attack of the Insecticons}}

====Desert Flight====
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Bumblebee was part of a group of the Autobots’ best scouts, led by Optimus on a fuel-finding mission. When the convoy heard a large explosion in the distance, Optimus sent Cosmos to investigate the noise.

If Cosmos radioed his findings to Optimus immediately, Optimus's convoy moved in to investigate a nearby Decepticon base. En route, the Autobots passed near a human town, but began floating in mid-air before being able to reach it. Evidently, the phenomenon was caused by a Decepticon anti-gravity weapon.

If Optimus ordered his troops to come to the humans’ aid, they found themselves taking part in a struggle in futility, as the entire town was near-weightless, meaning they couldn't put the humans anywhere where they wouldn't float away once more. Then, the Autobots heard Decepticons approaching. Helpless in their current position, the Autobots were quickly eradicated by the Decepticons.

If Optimus ordered his troops to attack the Decepticon base, they soon reached an area free of the anti-gravity beam's influence, though not before Bumblebee took the time to goof off a bit in the gravity-deprived environment. They were then attacked by a small fleet of Decepticons. The Decepticons were quickly forced to break off their attack and retreated. But with the battle over, the Autobots noticed a small human boy at their feet. The Autobots then headed for the Decepticon base, with their stowaway. Megatron delivered an ultimatum; if the Autobots did not surrender Optimus Prime to the Decepticons immediately, he would use his gravity beam to have the nearby humans float off into space.

If the Autobots decided to continue with their initial plan to simply attack the Decepticon base, their advance was halted by a force field. Megatron then fired his beam in all directions, causing a ripple effect that sent everything not fastened down to the Earth's surface to float helplessly out into space.

Alternatively, the Autobots could concoct a plan where Optimus would pretend to allow himself to be taken prisoner, per Buddy's suggestion. In actuality, Bumblebee and the rest of the Autobots were hidden away inside Optimus's trailer. The Autobots then led a surprise attack on their unsuspecting foes.

In the event that Buddy tampered with the gravity gun in the ensuing battle, the Autobots would emerge victorious.

In the event that Buddy instead entered a space-time anomaly created throughout the course of the battle, the Autobots would lose their fight against the Decepticons, and Bumblebee wound up either injured or dead.

If Optimus destroyed the duplicate Cosmos, the real one would inform the Autobots of the Decepticons’ schemes, and the convoy would roll out to take on their adversaries. They were soon met by a squad of flying Decepticons, but were at a strict disadvantage against their adversaries as their [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]]s possessed no weapons. The Autobots nonetheless managed to fight their way to the Decepticons’ base, one way or another, and defeated the Decepticons by using their own gravity weapon against them. {{storylink|Desert Flight}}

====Decepticon Poison====
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Bumblebee was amongst the Autobots about to be topped up with their latest batch of fuel when Red Alert burst into Autobot headquarters, warning everyone about Ramjet being spotted nearby. Red Alert's warning came in just in time, as the Autobots’ fuel had been poisoned, and Bumblebee would have been left unable to transform had he ingested any of it.

In one possible scenario that ensued, Bumblebee was part of the Autobots’ back-up squadron, as they attempted to defend the Autobot base against the Decepticons. In one version of the ensuing events, the Autobots were able to beat back the Decepticons, though not without receiving some grievous injuries themselves.

In another possible scenario, where Optimus followed a plan courtesy of Prowl, the Autobot leader instructed his troops to transform into vehicle mode and play dead. The Decepticons, believing the Autobots’ ruse, disarmed themselves in order to carry out the Autobots’ "carcasses." Now with the element of surprise against unarmed opponent, the Autobots Transformed and were able to easily defeat the evil robots.

In another possible turn of events, Perceptor gave out too much of his antidote to cure each poisoned Autobot. The Autobots who received the antidote soon found themselves falling apart, leaving Bumblebee and the rest outmatched against the greater number of Decepticons.

In yet another possible scenario, Optimus opted to use the tainted fuel as a weapon against an encroaching Decepticon squadron. Bumblebee was impressed by Grapple powerful crane, as the later lifted the vat of liquid and carried it outside Autobot headquarters. The plan was carried out successfully, and the Autobots celebrated another victory over the Decepticons.

In a completely different scenario, Optimus agreed to Prowl's plan to go on the offensive and try and discover the full extent of the Decepticons’ plans. Optimus nominated Prowl, Bumblebee and Mirage to go along with him on the mission. The group refuelled with the gas that Sparkplug brought back from the Autobots’ secret storage area, and took off on their mission. The group soon happened upon the Decepticons’ lab in the middle of a barren, polluted wasteland.

If all four Autobots ventured together into the Decepticons’ lab, they first encountered Laserbeak, only to quickly dispatch him. Venturing further into the lab, the group soon spotted the antidote they were after, and sent Mirage to fetch it. Mirage returned with the beaker and news; he had heard Ramjet and Starscream talking about using a new poison to turn humans into mindless slaves. Bumblebee suggested that the Autobots return to base and cure the allies in order to combat the Decepticons’ newest ploy.

If Optimus ordered his squad to instead return to Autobot headquarters immediately, his squad returned to find their comrades nearly dead from the poison. But with Ratchet's help, the antidote was quickly distributed, and the Autobots sprung back to life.

If Optimus led his troops back to the Decepticons’ poison lab, Bumblebee was amongst the Autobot convoy that drove into action. Happening upon the Decepticons hauling barrels of poison out of their base, the Autobots devised a couple of possible plans to take them out.

One such plan had Windcharger, Prowl, Jazz and Warpath work together to ignite the poison over the Decepticons, forcing them to retreat back within their base before destroying the lab. Bumblebee was giddy watching his fellow Autobots perform their tasks. The Autobots then drove back to base victoriously.

If however Optimus ordered his troops to deal with the Decepticons before returning to base with the antidote, the Autobots were faced with another decision; deal with Starscream and Ramjet first, or to attempt to destroy the containers of poison first, as per Prowl's suggestion.

If the Autobots went along with Prowl's strategy, the resulting heat from the explosion caused the Autobots’ circuits to overheat, rendering them unconscious. Upon reawakening, the Autobots found themselves captives of Megatron, who informed them that their fellow Autobots would soon perish, and that the humans would be conquered by the Decepticons shortly after.

If Optimus instead decided to deal with Ramjet and Starscream first, his troop easily overpowered the pair, Bumblebee stuffing a rock in Starscream's mouth in order to keep him quiet. After having destroyed the lab, the Autobots returned to their headquarters with the antidote.

If instead of going into the Decepticons’ poison lab together, the Autobots sent Bumblebee to go in alone, the little Autobot snuck by Laserbeak, sleeping at his post, before finding the antidote to the poison coursing through the Autobots’ fuel lines. Though he attempted to escape the laboratory without incident, Laserbeak awoke before he could leave, and the cruel Decepticon ordered Bumblebee to surrender.

If Bumblebee made a break for it, he narrowly escaped the Decepticons’ lab and rejoined Optimus and the others. Together, the Autobots escaped from the [[Decepticon Poison Lab|Valley of Poison]] and returned to Autobot headquarters. Once the other Autobots were cured, they all drank a toast to Bumblebee, to celebrate his part in the mission.

If Bumblebee heeded Laserbeak's commands, the cruel Decepticon retrieved the antidote before beginning his torture of the little Autobot, in order to make him talk. Bumblebee refused to break, thinking only of his hero, Optimus Prime, as Laserbeak presumably did unspeakable things to the little Autobot. {{storylink|Decepticon Poison}}

====Autobot Alert!====
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While out on patrol, Bumblebee spotted Astrotrain hovering about in a valley near Autobot headquarters. Assuming it was nothing more than Astrotrain acting as a transport for his fellow Decepticons, he paid the sighting no heed.

The next day, Bumblebee was watching a game of baseball on television when the broadcast was highjacked by the Decepticons. He informed the Autobots’ commander, Ultra Magnus of this development immediately. Though the Autobots learned that in addition to the crisis in Earth orbit, the Decepticons had also attacked a nearby research base, Bumblebee still considered the attack on Earth's satellites to be a more urgent matter.

If Ultra Magnus decided to prioritize the Decepticons satellite hijacking plot, Bumblebee caught sight of Hot Rod in a nearby corner, sulking over not being picked for the mission. As Bumblebee had not been picked for the mission either, he informed Hot Rod on what he had seen the previous night, and suggested the two of them go on their own clandestine mission to investigate Astrotrain's activities. Hot Rod gladly obliged. They brought along a supply of "laser-ignited explosives" and went on their way. Soon happening upon the Decepticons’ control centre, the pair set out to sabotage the Decepticons’ operation. While Bumblebee wanted to sabotage the Decepticons’ communication centre on Earth, Hot Rod was in favour of sneaking aboard Astrotrain before he launched, and sabotage the Decepticons out in space.

If Hot Rod convinced Bumblebee to go along with his plan, the pair snuck aboard Astrotrain by concealing themselves within a trailer filled with bombs. As Astrotrain launched, Hot Rod drew Bumblebee's attention to a room filled with Decepticon space gear. The two Autobots donned the suits in order to disguise themselves. The disguises proved effective as Thrust and Starscream walked past the pair, none the wiser. Bumblebee was nonetheless unwilling to push their luck too much, and suggested that they find a hiding spot and use the weapons they brought along as soon as possible. Just then, Hot Rod spotted the Autobots’ shuttle heading into a Decepticon trap through one of Astrotrain's windows.

If Hot Rod decided to try and commandeer Astrotrain's military control station, Bumblebee nervously followed him, advising the young Autobot to act like he knows what he's doing in order to fool the guards. The pair bypassed the guards easily, but were not able to fool Scourge, who happened upon them soon after. Bumblebee alerted Hot Rod of Scourge's approach, and urged him to fire Astrotrain's weapons as soon as possible. Hot Rod succeeded in firing Astrotrain's weapons at Cyclonus, warning the Autobot shuttle of the Decepticons, but both he and Bumblebee were quickly overpowered by Scourge. They were then flung out into the blackness of space by Scourge, stranded in zero-gravity, waiting for a rescue that might never come.

If instead Hot Rod and Bumblebee decided to find themselves a hiding spot, the pair snuck into a room labelled "Dirty Tricks Department" in order to dodge the incoming Laserbeak. After Hot Rod successfully shot down Cyclonus from their hiding spot, Hot Rod and Bumblebee hid out for the rest of the mission inside the Dirty Tricks department room, finding a way to escape later when it docked.

If instead of boarding Astrotrain, Hot Rod and Bumblebee decided to infiltrate the Decepticons’ command centre on Earth, the two used Astrotrain's take-off as cover for sneaking into the facility. The pair soon found themselves overhearing Galvatron's latest pirate broadcast. As the nearby Decepticons troops were busy bowing the their leader's image, Bumblebee and Hot Rod managed to find the Decepticons’ main computer room. Now in a position to thoroughly sabotage the Decepticons’ operation, Bumblebee strained to remember a code he had learned in Advanced Espionage which would, when input, scramble the Decepticons’ computer program. Hot Rod was more in favour of pressing a button labelled "TOP SECURITY/DESTRUCT SYSTEM!"

If Bumblebee insisted on them using his code, the Decepticons’ plan fell into disarray, and Bumblebee and Hot Rod made their way back to the Autobots’ base safely as the command centre blew itself apart behind them.

If Hot Rod went ahead and pressed the button, he and Bumblebee soon discovered that it was a Decepticon trap, as sirens began blaring across the Decepticon base and iron bars prevented them from escaping. Galvatron's image appeared on a nearby monitor, explaining that both Hot Rod and Bumblebee would be used as hostages in order to secure a Decepticon victory.

In a completely different possible sequence of events, wherein Ultra Magnus decided to prioritize the theft of the coded message, Bumblebee was part of the captive audience that listened to Kup divulge information about an ancient Autobot formula. Bumblebee took off towards the Autobots’ desert research centre along with a number of other Autobots. Once there, they learned from Springer that the Cybertite sphere containing the formula was discovered by humans during the 16th century. If the Decepticons had decoded Springer's message, they would be searching off the coast of [[California]], where the ship containing the sphere had sunk. If they hadn't decoded the message, the Decepticons would still be digging in the nearby crater.

If Ultra Magnus decided to assume that the Decepticons had already decrypted the message, he ordered his forces to split up to more efficiently address the situation. Bumblebee was part of the main group of Autobots led to the coast by Ultra Magnus. Ultra Magnus's troops were informed by Powerglide (who had flown ahead of the land-bound group) that he had discovered the location of the sunken ship containing the cybertite sphere. Simultaneously, Blurr caught up with the group to inform them that the Decepticons were quickly approaching. The Autobots then needed to decide whether they would raise the ship themselves, or try and ambush the Decepticons after they had done so.

In one of the possible plans concocted by Ultra Magnus, Bumblebee was to work with Grapple and Hot Rod to retrieve the sphere. Bumblebee rode down the boom at the end of Grapple's crane, and fastened it to the sunken ship. He then signalled Grapple to un-submerge the ship, only to find himself and the ship remain immobile. Grapple's crane had suffered a mechanical breakdown, and though the Autobots managed to fix it, valuable time was lost. The Autobots were unable to retrieve the sphere before the Decepticons arrived, and Bumblebee and his friends found themselves being pummelled by superior Decepticon fire raining down upon them. {{storylink|Autobot Alert!}}

====Project Brain Drain====
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In one possible scenario, Bumblebee ran into Sparkplug on the way to Metroplex city. Sparkplug informed Bumblebee that he had learned of a Decepticon plot to use a [[Brain Drain device]] to rob a crowd of concertgoers of their intelligence, and the two of them rushed to inform Ultra Magnus of this development.

If Ultra Magnus decided to head for the rock concert and deal with the Decepticons there, Bumblebee brought Sparkplug along to the concert location. Once there, he was ordered to blend in with the various cars parked around the concert, and lie in wait for the Decepticons to show themselves.

Once the Decepticons appeared, Ultra Magnus ordered his troops to transform in unison and open fire on their enemies. But Galvatron had planned to light afire the parking lot in which the Autobots were standing in order to trap the humans. Being drenched from above by Decepticon jets dumping gasoline upon them, Ultra Magnus needed to decide whether the Autobots needed to retreat, or to keep on fighting and hope that they could defeat the Decepticons before the fire consumed them.

If Ultra Magnus decided on a retreat, Bumblebee rushed out of the blazing inferno and moved in closer to the humans in order to protect them. As the other Autobots battled the Decepticon jets swooping down towards them, Bumblebee noticed Galvatron beyond the wall of flame preparing to activate the Brain Drain device. Despite the fire between them, Bumblebee transformed into vehicle mode and darted towards Galvatron in order to stop him. Knowing that none of the weapons on him would harm Galvatron, Bumblebee devised two possible plans of attack, even as the fire around him began to break him down. He could either ram into Galvatron, hoping to make him drop the Brain Drain device, shattering the delicate instrument, or he could transform at the last moment and throw a flaming car towards the device to destroy it while in Galvatron's grasp.

If Bumblebee decided to crash directly into Galvatron, his initial assault fails, with Galvatron managing to regain his balance before he drops the device. However, having been reduced to a burning heap by the inferno, Bumblebee exploded after his gas tank catches fire, destroying the device in the process. Bumblebee sacrificed himself, but the Decepticons’ plot has been stopped.

If Bumblebee decided to launch a truck at Galvatron instead, the oil tanker he grabbed hold of exploded before Bumblebee had a chance to launch it, reducing the little Autobot to nothing more than a smouldering windshield whipper.

In another possible scenario wherein the Autobots remained in the parking lot to battle the Decepticons at close-quarters, both Bumblebee and Hot Rod saw Soundwave pass the Brain Drain device to Galvatron after the latter had flung Ultra Magnus away.

If Bumblebee attempted to stop Galvatron, the Decepticon leader laughed at Bumblebee's efforts, and effortlessly crushed him underfoot before he had a chance to stop them.

If Hot Rod attempted to stop Galvatron, the Autobots were eventually successfully in destroying the device, and Bumblebee and the other Autobots received a standing ovation as the Decepticons retreated. {{storylink|Project Brain Drain}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
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At the death of [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]], Bumblebee was part of an Autobot unit defending [[Altihex]] from the Decepticons, but it was ultimately declared a lost cause. [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] had to pull him aboard the shuttle once they realized there was nothing left to do. [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] ordered him, [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], and others to the ruins of [[Praxus]], where Grimlock declared that if the new [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] was unable to lead successfully, they would take control of the war's leadership... and take out the Prime. Bumblebee was among the group that was present for the Matrix transfer ceremony, where Optronix became [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. When a Decepticon assassination squad arrived and Optimus kicked some exhaust port, Bumblebee declared that he was "awesome". However, Prime then ordered the Autobots to prepare an evacuation of Cybertron. {{storylink|The War Within issue 1|The War Within #1}} When Prime went underground looking for Megatron, Bumblebee was surprised he'd gone alone, but the Autobots suddenly had bigger problems, as [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] attacked [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] with a host of Decepticons. {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}} During the attack, Bumblebee manned a turret in the [[Decagon]]. {{storylink|The War Within issue 3|The War Within #3}} Eventually, Prowl ordered the Autobots to take them on individually, and Bumblebee went out carrying a cannon that was as [[Scale|big]] as him. At this time, Optimus also beheld a vision of a possible future, in which Bumblebee helped defend a hydro-electric dam on Earth against the forces of the Decepticons. {{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War Within #5}} Back in reality, Bumblebee survived the destruction of Iacon, and escaped to its outskirts. Prime then met with his troops, and reversed his order of evacuation. {{storylink|The War Within issue 6|The War Within #6}} During the Dark Ages and the disappearance of Optimus Prime, Bumblebee remained with Prowl's faction of Autobots, huddled in the ruins of Iacon. He was present in the [[Autobase]] when [[The Fallen]] broke in to abduct [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], then being held within one of the Autobots' cells. Though Bumblebee attempted to contain the villain with a forcefield, The Fallen proved to be more than the base's systems could handle. Feedback shot back through its computers struck Bumblebee as The Fallen made his escape with his prize in-hand. {{storylink|Confrontation (issue)|Confrontation}} Though left relatively unharmed, Bumblebee did not head back into the field afterwards, when The Fallen's base of operations was uncovered and a cross-faction army rushed it. Instead, he stayed behind at the Autobase to coordinate the troops. At Jetfire's prompting, Bumblebee erected a forcefield around The Fallen once more, this time trapping him atop of the [[Seal of Primus]]. Primus's essence was then able to reach out and smite The Fallen, putting an end to his scheme. {{storylink|Conflagration}}

Bumblebee would later aid [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] in his struggle to re-unite Cybertron under the Autobot banner. The unification of their race nearly succeeded... only for Megatron to return. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath}}

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Bumblebee was one of the Ark crew that crashed on Earth and awoke in 1984. During that time, he met Spike Witwicky, becoming close friends with the human. In 1999, the Autobots and humans allied and managed to capture the Decepticons, taking them in the ''[[Ark II]]'' back to Cybertron, along with [[Magnificent Seven|seven humans]], including [[Sparkplug Witwicky]], Spike's father. However, the ''Ark II'' was sabotaged by rogue elements of the United States military (apparently as part of a plan by Shockwave). {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 1|Prime Directive #1}} The humans were all killed, but a number of Transformers, including Bumblebee, survived, but in [[stasis lock]]. Bumblebee's body was recovered by [[Robert Hallo|General Hallo]] and [[Lazarus|Adam Rook]], but Rook stole Bumblebee and a number of other Transformers, intent on selling them to various terrorists to feed his greed. As part of a demonstration to prospective buyers, Rook had Bumblebee join an assault against the Smitco Oil Refinery alongside half a dozen Transformers. Soon after this exercise in carnage, Megatron wrestled his mind free from Lazarus's control, and brought ruin onto the human's organization. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 2|Prime Directive #2}} Once they had been freed from Lazarus's control as well, the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]], to satisfy their sadism, disassembled and played with Bumblebee's various components. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 3|Prime Directive #3}}

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Optimus Prime's team later rescued Bumblebee and the remaining Autobots. Bumblebee was reassembled while the bulk of the Autobot forces travelled to [[San Francisco]] to stop a large-scale Decepticon assault on the city. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 4|Prime Directive #4}} All Autobots left behind at Lazarus's base were put to work in combating Megatron's latest doomsday weapon, a techno-virus rapidly enveloping the globe. Using devices designed by Wheeljack, Bumblebee and the others began pushing back the virus, at the expense of their own energy supplies. Unfortunately, the [[Canada|Canadian]] military, skittish over the recent Transformer violence, attacked the Autobots as they worked. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 5|Prime Directive #5}} Despite this, Bumblebee tried to save as many of the soldiers as he could before the virus could kill them. The virus was ultimately neutralized, though Wheeljack had to put himself in a deep state of stasis lock to accomplish the task. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 6|Prime Directive #6}}

''In the following weeks, the Autobots tried their best to re-establish good relations with the people of Earth, but had little luck. After Optimus Prime, Megatron, [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] vanished from the streets of Tokyo with roughly 200 human civilians, the public was understandably critical of the Transformers and their war. Bumblebee didn't help any when [[Chris Killah]], a reporter for MNT, interviewed him on the scene while he and Prowl were looking for clues to the disappearance. Bumblebee's knowledge of Earth idioms and slang normally worked to the Autobots' benefit, but he got "stage fright" in front of the TV cameras and referred to the massive property damage and loss of human life as a "bummer". Duuuuude...no. ''

''With both sides effectively leaderless at first, Bumblebee and Prowl did their best to contain the fallout of Megatron and Prime's disappearance. Acting on a tip, they tracked [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] to an airport in [[Mesa Verde]], [[Mexico]], where he was running guns with some human terrorists. The battle was memorable, but brief, thanks largely to the arrival of the renegade Autobot known as Grimlock. Having heard the Starscream had taken over the human city of [[Las Vegas]], Grimlock had commissioned a human black ops army and invited Bumblebee and Prowl to join him in assaulting the Decepticon position. Already frustrated at the [[United Nations]]' orders to stay out of Vegas, for fear of civilian casualties, Bumblebee and Prowl accepted the offer. After fighting their way through [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] and the other [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] on the outskirts of town, the Autobots managed to make it to the center of the Strip to confront Soundwave. Fortunately, the Autobots had long since developed internal jammers to prevent Soundwave from reading their thoughts during a battle, but that didn't make things easy. Fighting their way around the casinos, Bumblebee finally collapsed a massive neon sign on top of Soundwave, temporarily ending the fight. Bumblebee and Prowl's luck turned sour, though, with the arrival of Starscream and the mighty Devastator. The sudden appearance of a spatial gateway depositing Optimus and the other lost Transformers, along with their captors the [[Keeper (species)|Keepers]], was just one set of complications on top of another. {{storylink|Transformers: Hardwired|Hardwired}}''

{{charstubfiction|[[The Transformers Trilogy]] ({{storylink|Transformers: Annihilation|Annihilation}} / {{storylink|Transformers: Fusion|Fusion}})}}

Sometime later, as they were entrenched against the Decepticons on the Alsakan shore, the Autobots received visitors from Cybertron. Representing a united Cybertronian government of both Autobots and Decepticons, they claimed the Transformers on Earth were a throwback to darker days, and wanted to take them into custody to prevent their "anachronistic" feud from upsetting Cybertron's populace. [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], leader of the united Cybertronians, unleashed his triple-changing troops to take in both Optimus and Megatron's followers by force, and though the Decepticons were taken in, the Autobots escaped. {{storylink|New World Order}} The Autobots under Optimus Prime split into two groups, with Bumblebee and several others joining their leader in surrendering to [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (another member of the United Cybertron force), while Jazz led a small group away from the Ark to continue monitoring activities on Earth. {{storylink|Brothers' Burden}} Once they arrived on Cybertron, it became clear that there was a rotten core to the new government, namely Shockwave. Thankfully, there were dissidents in Shockwave's government, and Bumblebee, Optimus, Prowl, and Gears were freed from their holding cell by Sandstorm and Broadside. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}} The liberated Autobots were then ferried away to meet with the leaders of Cybertron's underground resistance. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}} They then helped overthrow Shockwave's reign, reinstating Autobot rule over Cybertron. {{storylink|War and Peace}}

[[File:Bumblebeebattlemask.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|25 years before someone realized his toy has no face.]]
After Cybertron settled down, Bumblebee commanded the Autobot Shuttle ''[[Orion]]'' and a small crew, traveling back to Earth with supplies for Jazz's team at the Ark. Starscream and the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] were in the midst of an attack on the Ark when the ''Orion'' arrived. {{storylink|Night of the Combaticons}} The little ship managed to damage [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] significantly before the super-powerful zealot [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]] shorted out its engines and it crashed. Bumblebee and his crew walked away from their rough landing unharmed however, and Sunstorm flew off in pursuit of Starscream. Bumblebee set about returning his ship to operational status, and a few hours later, the ''Orion'' was once more in working order. Bumblebee was ready to lie back and recharge... only for Starscream to return to the scene, now accompanied by [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}} The Autobots were forced into an uneasy alliance with Starscream to combat Sunstorm's greater threat. Pooling their knowledge with Jetfire's, the Autobots were able to concoct a plan that had a chance of disabling their powerful foe. But all throughout their preparations, Bumblebee had to put up with his crew's doubts towards his capabilities. Bumblebee retorted that though he was "no Prime," none of them were, and that they'd have to pull through nonetheless. Deciding that he would once and for all prove to the others that he "had what it took," Bumblebee led the assault against Sunstorm when he inevitably returned. His shuttle was downed again by Sunstorm's radiation, but thanks to Jetfire distracting the clone at a pivotal moment, Bumblebee was able to attach an energy-siphon onto the super-clone, forcing him to flee as his power began to drain. But Jetfire warned Bumblebee that so long as Sunstorm was on the loose, he was a potential source of trouble. {{storylink|Skyfire (issue)|Skyfire}} Bumblebee and the others returned to the ''Orion'', finding all of its remaining crew disabled by Starscream, who had himself fled. While the Autobots were tending to the injured, they heard a distant explosion, signifying that their last ace-in-the-hole, [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], had tracked down and engaged Sunstorm. {{storylink|The Omega Effect}}

Unfortunately, Omega Supreme did not emerge victorious from this confrontation. Bumblebee and the others found him unconscious, with the energy-siphon they had attached to Sunstorm nearby, broken and disabled. Omega Supreme rebooted, and began recovering, but Bumblebee still felt guilty about not leading the Autobots towards more favorable results. He accompanied Jetfire in tracking down Sunstorm, and Bumblebee admitted he had begun to feel disillusioned in his role as the two flew off. They then came upon Starscream opening an ancient Cybertronian bunker, and swooped down to stop whatever machinations he was partaking in. Despite Sunstorm's interference, the two Autobots managed to follow Starscream underground. Jetfire managed to subdue Starscream once more, but Bumblebee received a disabling dose of radiation from Sunstorm. Before he briefly slipped into unconsciousness, Bumblebee witnessed Starscream defeat both his clone and Jetfire. {{storylink|Original Sin}}

Opening his optics, Bumblebee found himself staring down Starscream's gun-barrel. Starscream mocked the young Autobot, telling him how utterly clueless he was about the events unfolding around him. In the midst of his rant, Sunstorm re-emerged, the energies within him now erupting more violently than ever. Tired of his "brother's" constant betrayals, Sunstorm denounced Starscream, and instead claimed that ''Bumblebee'' had divine purpose to him. As Sunstorm readied to strike Bumblebee for apparently having usurped his divine mission, an explosion tore through the clone's arm.. from within! Jetfire recovered, and both he and Bumblebee tried to pin down Sunstorm to no avail. Jetfire was forced to grab Sunstorm and push him up into orbit to prevent his inevitable melt-down from causing further harm to the Earth. Starscream, out of begrudging gratitude towards his former friend, returned Bumblebee to the surface. Bumblebee then begged Starscream to take him up so they could both help Jetfire escape as Sunstorm went critical. But Starscream refused, stating that he wasn't looking to help anyone beyond himself. Bumblebee was forced to watch helplessly as Jetfire was blown to oblivion. Thoroughly distraught over what had transpired, Bumblebee deserted the Autobot army. {{storylink|Atonement}} He headed to Spike's house, but Spike, resentful of the death of Sparkplug, lashed out at him. {{storylink|Extermination}} Afterward, Spike finally realized he was being harsh on his old friend, and the two went for a night on the town, where they stopped a mugging. {{storylink|Lost and Found (issue)|Lost and Found}}

Some time in the future, he was augmented with the Pretender technology. Jazz wrote in Bumblebee's profile that even though Bumblebee had become stronger, the latter would eventually realise that there are always someone tougher out there, and that the important thing is that Bumblebee always had heart regardless of his physical strength. {{storylink|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye#Issue #7|Pretender Bumblebee's ''More Than Meets The Eye'' profile}} Bumblebee was upgraded once again, becoming the Throttlebot Goldbug. While still fun-loving and supportive, he finally matured and stopped trying to prove his worth to others. His hero worship of the other Autobots also turned into serious respect for them. {{storylink|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye#Issue #2|Goldbug's ''More Than Meets The Eye'' profile}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
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Bumblebee was aboard the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' when it crashed on Earth millions of years in the past, leaving its passengers deactivated. Along with [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], he was sealed off from the rest of the crew in the crash, and therefore avoided capture when [[Cobra]] broke into the ship and stole the dormant Transformers therein. Bumblebee and Wheeljack were eventually revived by [[Teletraan I|Teletran-One]], only to find their friends missing. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #4}}

Attempting to find the missing Transformers, Bumblebee disguised himself as a Volkswagen Beetle, an altmode that really got on his nerves after months of fruitless searching. Eventually, Wheeljack came up with some leads on Cobra's next target, while Bumblebee just grumbled that Wheeljack got all the good [[Hologram|holographic]] drivers. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #2}} When Cobra attacked the [[SPS Research Facility]], the Autobots were waiting for them, and Bumblebee punched out a brainwashed [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] before helping [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]'s [[Laser Squad]] get out of some rubble. Unfortunately, the humans didn't quite trust the giant robots, and [[Cover Girl]] fired a missile at 'Bee, who ''grabbed the projectile in mid-air'' and threw it at Rumble instead. He and Wheeljack eventually convinced G.I. Joe they were good guys, and the humans provided them with the information needed to undo Cobra's reprogramming of the other Transformers. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 3|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #3}}

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As G.I. Joe prepared to attack [[Cobra Island]], Bumblebee and Wheeljack came with them. However, the United States government preferred to [[Nuclear weapon|nuke]] the island and dissect the two aliens at [[Area 51]], and Bumblebee was struck with a magnetic pulse and incapacitated. Luckily, Wheeljack convinced [[Duke (G.I. Joe)|Duke]] that a nuclear strike on Cobra's [[energon]] stockpile would lead to worldwide devastation, so G.I. Joe broke orders and took the Autobots with them to attack Cobra Island anyway. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #4}} Upon arrival, Bumblebee watched as the [[SPS Satellite]]'s energy beam struck an energy-gathering dish on the island, then helped G.I. Joe take down [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] after the giant Decepticon killed [[Hound (G1)|Hound]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 5|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #5}}

It soon transpired that the United States government were sending the nukes regardless of G.I. Joe's presence on the island, so the Autobots and humans made their way to the SPS Satellite's controls, where Bumblebee found a cowering [[Doctor Mindbender]]. While Mindbender was forced to calibrate the satellite's beams to shoot down the approaching nuclear warheads, the facility came under attack by [[Storm Shadow]], [[Firefly]] and various Cobra troopers. During the battle, Bumblebee defeated Storm Shadow and his heavily damaged [[S.N.A.K.E.]] suit. He then cheered as [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] defeated Megatron and shot down the SPS Satellite, and he later returned to Cybertron aboard a new ''Ark''. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 5|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #6}}

Two years later, Bumblebee was sent back through time to [[1970]]'s [[San Francisco]] by a malfunctioning [[Teletran 3]], and was left dormant in the form of a Ford Pinto. He was found and reactivated by several G.I. Joes and Cobra members sent to get him back to the future, but both Bumblebee and [[Zartan]] were disappointed with his altmode compared to the much fancier car his fellow time-lost Autobot [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] turned into. After hunting down [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] in the same era, the team returned to their own time. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #1}} Back on present-day Cybertron, Bumblebee and the others had no choice but to wait inside [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s force field until the three other teams returned with more lost Transformers. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #2}} When the whole affair was over, Bumblebee curiously inspected Teletran 3. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #4}}

[[File:GIJoevsTFArtofwar3 BumblebeeDeath.jpg|right|thumb|Crossovers are not kind to Bumblebee.]]

An agreement was made between the Autobots and G.I. Joe to decommission any Cybertronian technology left on Earth, and Bumblebee was sent back to Earth along with [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], the last of whom he was very flirty with. When [[Area 52 (G1)|Area 52]] came under attack from Cobra, Bumblebee noticed that [[Cobra Commander]] was using the attack as a diversion to infiltrate the facility's lower levels. He pursued the Commander, but was rendered unconscious when Zartan planted an electromagnetic scrambler on him. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 1|The Art of War #1}} Just when Cobra Commander was about to smash the robot's face in with a lead pipe, the other Autobots and G.I. Joes arrived and saved him. While Arcee was worried about his low energy levels, Bumblebee assured her that seeing her was all the recharge he needed. However, it was soon revealed what Cobra Commander had come for: [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]], a biotechnological weapon created from Megatron's remains. He was also just as power-hungry as Megatron, and took control of [[G.I. Joe battle mech|G.I. Joe's battle suits]] and pitted them against the four Autobots to distract them while he warped to Cybertron. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 2|The Art of War #2}}

Along with a group of Joes, the Autobots followed Serpent O.R. to their home planet, and ended up getting attacked by [[cannibalizer]]s in a junkyard. As they retreated to avoid human casualties, Bumblebee tried to extort a kiss from Arcee if he could outrace her, but she upped the bet by offering to rotate his tires if he could pull it off. Bumblebee accelerated in anticipation... and drove straight into [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]], who stomped him unconscious. Serpent O.R., who had recruited Predaking alongside various other Decepticons, complimented the little Autobot's courage and resilience, noting that he could probably survive with the proper medical attention. Then he crushed Bumblebee to death with his tentacles. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3|The Art of War #3}} Following the defeat of Serpent O.R., a funeral was held for Bumblebee and a statue was built in his honor. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}

Bumblebee's death had a large impact on Optimus Prime, who blamed himself for his friend's death. Unwilling to send anyone else to their death, he went on a dangerous mission on Earth all by himself. {{storylink|Black Horizon, Part 1 of 2|Black Horizon, Part 1}}
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===''Transformers/G.I. Joe''===
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After laying dormant among the [[Fera Islands]] for three million years, Bumblebee and his friends were reactivated in [[1939]] when [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] attacked [[Cobra]]'s headquarters in the archipelago. He was reformatted into a [[World War II]]-era motorcycle, complete with sidecar, and thought Optimus Prime was a bit pessimistic when he worried that [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] might no longer exist. {{storylink|Transformed}} The Autobots subsequently joined G.I. Joe on their mission to eliminate Cobra and their Decepticon allies. Bumblebee overheard [[Duke (G.I. Joe)|Duke]] and [[Stalker (G.I. Joe)|Stalker]] discussing that [[Snake-Eyes]] had vanished, and tried to reassure [[Scarlett]] that the missing Joe would show up eventually. Before long, the group came under attack from Cobra paratroopers, but the bullets merely bounced off Bumblebee, who happily suggested that the Autobots should try out their new bodies in action. {{storylink|Trial by Fire}}

Upon entering combat, the Autobots were faced with [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], who was easily taking out the larger tank Autobots with his earthquakes. While Bumblebee was busy explaining who Rumble was, Scarlett commandeered him (noting how "sweet" it was that he had never been driven before) and drove into action, jumping above the Decepticon and destroying him with a grenade. Bumblebee felt that he and Scarlett made a nice team, and sheepishly told her that she could drive him anytime. How cheeky! {{storylink|Wolves}} When they reached Cobra's fortress, the [[Terrordrome]], the Autobots were attacked by a raging [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], whom Bumblebee noted that he had never seen before. In the end, the [[Matrix of Leadership]] had to be destroyed in order to stop Bruticus, which killed Bumblebee and all the other Transformers in the process. {{storylink|The Iron Fist}}
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===''The Beast Within''===
Bumblebee participated in a savage battle against the Decepticons. He watched on in horror as [[Beast (G1)|The Beast]] rampaged across the battlefield, killing Autobots and Decepticons alike. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}

Bumblebee later rode in Optimus Prime's trailer as the Autobots attempted to outrun The Beast. Thankfully, Jetfire showed up just in time to rescue Prime's passengers, save Skids, who was crushed moments before Jetfire's arrival. {{storylink|The Beast Within Part 2, Consequences}}

===''Universe'' comic===
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During the [[Universe War]], [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] built a device to counteract [[Unicron]]'s attempts to abduct Transformers from across the multiverse. Two such attempts were only partially successful, sending the would-be abductees to a barren, icy planetoid and necessitating the deployment of a rescue team. As a side effect, the device also sucked in the Autobot stellar freighter ''[[OTFCC (ship)|OTFCC]]'', carrying Bumblebee, [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], and [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] from the past. The past Autobots worked together with the present-day rescue team and the victims to fight off Unicron's Decepticons, and the past Autobots were returned to their own time. {{storylink|Voice Actor Drama}}

===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
In a reality where the Dinobots consisted of [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]], [[Slag (G1)|Slag]], and [[Paddles (G1)|Paddles]], Bumblebee gained the latter's friendship and trust. {{storylink|Paddles (story)|Paddles}}

Bumblebee dropped Spike off at school and waited around in the carpark, where he was stolen by two car thieves, [[Jack (thief)|Jack]] and [[Rick (thief)|Rick]]. The Autobot let them have some fun for a while before taking control and giving them the ride of their lives. After letting them out, Bumblebee went back to pick up Spike, who wondered why the seat was wet. {{storylink|Joyride (story)|Joyride}}

===''Q-Robo Transformer''===
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===Descent into Evil===
[[File:Timelines-Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|You know you want me, baby.]]
Having been on the trail of the Decepticon agent [[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]] for a long, long time, now-[[espionage director]] Bumblebee made his move, interrupting a supposedly-secure secret communication between Flamewar and the [[Tripredacus Council]]. He revealed that his agent, [[Ricochet (Timelines)|Ricochet]] had installed a degenerating virus into [[Deathsaurus (G1)|Deathsaurus]]'s [[Virulent Clone|clone army]]. Oh, and that since the Autobots now ''knew'' Flamewar's whereabouts and who she was working for, the Tripredacus Council would certainly consider her a liability. Which they did. So they blew [[Flamewar's ship|her ship]] up. {{storylink|Descent into Evil}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
{{note|For information pertaining to Goldbug, a separate individual in the IDW continuity, see [[Goldbug (IDW)]].}}
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Having been part of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Orion Pax]]'s team during the latter days of the Decepticon uprising and [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]]'s reign, millions of years later, Bumblebee was a member of [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]]'s tactical response unit, stationed on Earth, and aided [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]] in tracking down the original Decepticon [[infiltration protocol|infiltration bunker]], while noting that the doctor's human friends were ultimately "acceptable losses" if it came to it.

After the Decepticon [[Surge (event)|Surge]] and their subsequent retreat from Earth, Optimus Prime gave himself up to [[Skywatch]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Hot Rod]] took a splinter group with the aim of getting off the planet by any means necessary, Bumblebee was elected leader by the remaining Autobots. What followed was a leadership in a constant state of crisis, as few respected his authority, with many continuing to defer to the returned Optimus Prime. After the Chaos War, Bumblebee found himself in nominal charge of the reborn Cybertron as Optimus Prime once again departed, this time in the face of a hostile [[NAIL|civilian population]], and the renamed "Rodimus" again took a splinter group of Autobots elsewhere, this time on a quixotic quest for the [[Knights of Cybertron]]. Played by all, an uprising led by [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] proved the final straw for the civilian "NAILs" with both factions, and with [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] renouncing his faction and grasping the opportunity, both Bumblebee's Autobots and the Decepticons were exiled to the Cybertronian wilderness.

Shortly afterward, in the "[[Dark Cybertron (IDW)|Dark Cybertron]]" crisis, Bumblebee was killed by [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]]. Oddly enough, the Transformer most bothered by this was Megatron. However Bumblebee ''did'' survive, in a sense, his consciousness ending up in [[Infraspace]], where he would bug Starscream as a ghost, before eventually restored after briefly joining with [[Pyra Magna]]. In the aftermath of [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]'s apocalyptic attack, Prowl turned Megatron over to the [[Galactic Council]] for a trial, the act allowing the Cybertronians a chance to finally join the organization, Bumblebee acting as their representative, accompanied by the ghost of Starscream.
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===''Hearts of Steel''===
[[File:Beeawakens-HOS1.jpg|thumb|The upstairs neighbors are at it again...]]
In an alternate universe, the Transformers landed on Earth before the Ice Age, taking on the forms of dinosaurs and giant insects; Bumblebee took on the form of a ''{{w|Gastonia (dinosaur)|Gastonia}}''-like dinosaur. When the climate became too cold for [[Ice Age Wars|the war]] to continue, Bumblebee and the other Autobots entered into [[stasis lock]] to prevent further damage. Thousands of years later, Bumblebee awoke to the age of humans from the noise of John Henry's hammering. Bumblebee was impressed by the humans' industriousness, and disguised himself as a small steam locomotive with no control cab, and a built in steam-hammer for driving spikes. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 1|Hearts of Steel #1}} Initially, 'Bee directly competed with steel-driving legend [[John Henry]]. After Bumblebee revealed himself in robot form to Henry, Henry set aside his mistrust of automation after realizing that Bumblebee was a living being (not just a machine) who wanted to put in a fair day's work. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 2|Hearts of Steel #2}}

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Bumblebee woke several of his fellow Autobots, who soon discovered that the Decepticons were also active in this era. After taking on locomotive alt modes themselves, {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 3|Hearts of Steel #3}} Bumblebee, the Autobots, and their new human friends worked together to prevent the Decepticons' mighty [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] from reaching [[New York City]]. With the Decepticons defeated, Bumblebee and the Autobots returned to their slumber. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 4|Hearts of Steel #4}}

Years later when the Autobots learned of the rise of an [[Elder God]], they realized they needed the power of Optimus Prime, but didn't have enough energy to awaken him from stasis lock. Disguising himself in a new streetcar mode, Bumblebee made contact with [[Tobias Muldoon]], an inventor he had befriended during his earlier adventure, and requested his help in gathering electricity. {{storylink|Infestation 2: The Transformers issue 1|Infestation 2: The Transformers #1}}

The Autobots continued to stand guard over humanity until the modern day, when Ratchet was captured by the human organization [[Skylogic Systems]], prompting Bumblebee and Optimus Prime to investigate. Their search led them to the [[Lone Gunmen]], three humans who revealed that they were out to stop Skylogic from producing a virus made partially from Ratchet's DNA. Joining forces, the Autobots and Gunmen captured and interrogated Skylogic scientist [[David Simmons]], learning the location of where Ratchet was being held. Being the smaller of the Autobots, Bumblebee took the form of a military vehicle (to his chagrin) and infiltrated the facility with the Gunmen, hitting it off particularly well with his "ninja buddy" [[Richard Langly]]. While freeing Ratchet he was paralyzed by a Skylogic weapon, and though he urged the others to run, Langly turned back and destroyed the weapon, allowing him to escape. The Autobots then said goodbye to their new allies and took off elsewhere in an attempt to lure away Skylogic pursuers. {{storylink|The X-Files: Conspiracy: The Transformers}}

{{note|Events identical to those of ''Hearts of Steel'' and ''Infestation 2'' occurred in the [[2005 IDW continuity]]; however, they happened to [[Maximal]] explorers brainwashed by [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] into believing they were the Autobots and Decepticons of the Great War. Bumblebee's identity was taken by the Maximal named [[Centurion (IDW)|Centurion]].}}

===''Mini Mayhem!''===
On a shopping trip, Bumblebee became frustrated over the fact that he was never able to find the toys he wanted on store shelves.

Later, a vending machine caught his eye, and he wound up spending all his money on "her." Bumblebee asked Ultra Magnus to borrow him some money, only for Magnus to claim the vending machine was just using him. Bumblebee denied this, claiming that what they had was true love.

Later still, some jerk in a [[Spider-Man]] outfit led a legion of [[Clone trooper]]s to smash Bumblebee and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]]'s [[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]] [[Transformers: Crossovers]] toys. Bumblebee's pleas for him to stop were left unheeded. {{storylink|Mini Mayhem!}}

===''TransTech''===
{{voiceactor|[[Dan Gilvezan]] (English)}}
A Bumblebee with a Cybertronian alternate-mode was among the many off-worlders being processed when [[Skyfall (Cybertron)|Skyfall]], [[Landquake (Timelines)|Landquake]], and [[Breakaway (Classics)|Breakaway]] arrived in Axiom Nexus. {{storylink|Transcendent: Part 1}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Bee in the City 2: Electric Bugaloo}}}}

[[Andromeda (TransTech)|Andromeda]] reported that a Bumblebee on the last stellar cycle's Starlogged was a [[Pretender]]. {{storylink|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter}}

===''Henkei! Henkei! Transformers -Visualize-''===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Visualize Shot 1}} {{storylink|Visualize Shot 4}} {{storylink|Visualize Shot 6}}}}

===Titan Magazines===
After a hard day of fighting the most despiscable enemies the universe has to offer, [[Bumblebee (G1)/merchandise#Transformers (2007)|Slumblebee]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#Transformers (2007)|Softimus Prime]]
like nothing more than to hit the couch and hug their favorite humans. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 10|Slumber Party}}

===''Henkei! Henkei!'' pack-in manga===
[[File:Henkei bumblebee pack in.jpg|left|thumb|upright=0.5]]

When [[Megatron (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in manga|Megatron]] and the Decepticons attacked Earth in the 21st century, Bumblebee and the Autobots were there to stop them. During a battle in Tokyo, Bumblebee got the drop on [[Starscream (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in manga|Starscream]], dousing him with a fire engine's hose and leaving him open for a thrashing from [[Grimlock (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in manga|Grimlock]]. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 1}}

Later, Bumblebee helped shield human bystanders from injury when [[Astrotrain (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in manga|Astrotrain]] went on a rampage, {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 2}} and cheered when they were joined in their fight by [[Hot Rod (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in manga|Rodimus]]. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 3}}

Bumblebee was last seen helping to once more protect humans when the Decepticons attacked a power plant with their newest member, the reluctant [[Jetfire (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! pack-in comics|Skyfire]]. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 4}}

===''Henkei! Henkei!'' Bun Bun manga===
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Bumblebee was part of a small Autobot team led by Optimus Prime who left Cybertron to pursue the [[Energon cube#Henkei! Henkei! Comic Bun Bun pack-in manga|Energon Cube]] through space. When the giant energy source crashed on Earth, in the Japanese town of [[Hoshinochō]], it shattered into fragments that were scattered far and wide. Bumblebee and the other Autobots set up a subterranean base below the Cube's impact crater, and began their search for the shards, taking the forms of local vehicles to hide their activities. Despite their attempts at remaining unseen, glimpses of the Autobots only magnified the reputation the crash of the Cube (believed by humans to be a meteor) had given Hoshinochō: that of a hotbed of rumored alien and UFO activity, Japan's answer to [[United States of America|America]]'s [[Roswell]].

[[File:Henkei bumblebee and wataru.jpg|left|thumb|20 years later, Wataru still has this hanging on his wall.|upright=0.75]]

Eleven years later, the driverless [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] Bumblebee was spotted by a schoolchild in the vicinity of the [[Star Dome]], a building since constructed over the Cube crater. Hearing the story from this witness, fame-seeking schoolboy [[Wataru Hoshinoumi]] ditched school to investigate the Star Dome, only for coincidence to lead him to step right in front of the speeding Bumblebee! Bumblebee was forced to transform and vault over the boy to prevent injuring him, but was able to make his escape before Wataru got a good look at him. Bumblebee hastily continued on his way to the Star Dome, and arrived to find it under attack by [[Starscream (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun manga|Starscream]] and [[Ramjet (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun manga|Ramjet]]. Wataru, too, had made it to the Dome, and Bumblebee saved him from Starscream before realizing with surprise that he was the same boy from earlier. {{storylink|Enter! The Transformers}} The other Autobots soon arrived to join the fight, and Bumblebee tried to protect Wataru from injury by scooping him up and tossing him to the relative safety of the stands. For his trouble, the small Autobot was pinned by Starscream, but Wataru returned the favor by blinding the Decepticon with a fire extinguisher. The battle was then joined by the Decepticon leader [[Megatron (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun manga|Megatron]], who attempted to make an example of Bumblebee and Wataru by blasting them with his fusion cannon, but at the last second, Optimus Prime was apparently able to deflect Megatron's shot with one of his own. Megatron covered the Decepticons' subsequent retreat by collapsing a part of the Star Dome, but Bumblebee protected Wataru from the rubble by shielding him with his own body. The pair then properly introduced themselves to one another, and Wataru was invited into the Autobots' base for an explanation. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Appears!}}

Bumblebee and Prime showed Wataru through their base on their way to the medical bay, where Bumblebee was to be treated for repairs. Bumblebee did not relish Optimus's medical ministrations, and the two Autobots were so busy trying to get through the process that they did not notice Wataru touching the large shard of the Energon Cube that they had recovered in their time on Earth. A bizarre energy discharge resulted that not only showed the Autobots images of [[More than Meets the Eye, Part 2|another time and place]], but also healed all of Bumblebee's wounds. Prime pulled Wataru away from the shard and things returned to normal, leaving Bumblebee and the boy to marvel over what had occurred, and Prime to ponder what it might mean. Bumblebee then took Wataru back to school, but when he nearly blabbed everything that had happened to him to the assembled teachers, students and police, Bumblebee was forced to bump into him from behind shut him up. Unfortunately for 'Bee, he then had to beat a hast retreat as the police came chasing after him for his "hit and run" offense! {{storylink|Kingdom of Giants}}

[[File:Henkei bumblebee medical treatment.jpg|thumb|Who knew alien-robots could be {{w|Trypanophobia|trypanophobic}}?]]

Bumblebee was next called into action when Starscream attacked a hydro-electric power plant with the help of his brainwashed comrade, [[Jetfire (G1)#Henkei! Henkei! Bun Bun manga|Skyfire]]. {{storylink|The Enemy from the Arctic}} Once again, Bumblebee tried to save Wataru from the Decepticons and was blasted as a result. This time, however, the pair were both saved by Skyfire, who was struggling against the mind-controlling influence of the helmet Starscream had placed on his head. All the combatants were shocked when a surge of familiar surge of energy erupted from Wataru's body; again, Bumblebee's wounds were healed, and Skyfire was empowered to overcome the helmet. Skyfire helped fend the Decepticons off and joined the Autobots, returning with them to their base where Prime explained to Bumblebee what he had come to understand about Wataru: he was a being known as a "[[Booster]]", born with the ability to control the energies of the Energon Cube. Both Bumblebee and Wataru were very excited at the idea that Wataru would now be able to help the Autobots in their fight. {{storylink|Wataru's Power}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Optimus Prime's Secret}} {{storylink|Time of Resurrection}} {{storylink|Creation! The New Emperor of Destruction!!}} {{storylink|The Threat of Galvatron}} {{storylink|Revenge (Henkei)|Revenge}} {{storylink|A Nightmare, Once Again}} {{storylink|To the Sea of Stars}}}}

===''Universe'' cartoon===
[[File:FfE Bumblebee.JPG|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Is he Schwarzebee... or Bumblenegger?]]
Bumblebee was one of the many oppressed Cybertronians who sought freedom when their planet's halls of power grew dark with corruption, greed and malice. He was one of the first Autobots to travel to Earth, and took on an alternate form to disguise himself amongst its populace. {{storylink|Action Blast 1}}

Bumblebee and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] were out for a drive when they discovered [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] mining fuel near an abandoned [[Rock-It Fuel|gas station]]. Bumblebee wanted to rush in but Optimus Prime suggested they create a diversion. They caused an explosion which distracted Cyclonus. Bumblebee attacked and kept him busy while Optimus Prime snuck up and hit him over the head with his [[energon-axe]]. Megatron chose to blow up the mining operation and retreat with Cyclonus. Optimus Prime and Bumblebee drove off leaving the flaming wreckage of the mining operation behind. {{storylink|Fight for Energon}}

===Robot Heroes===
Bumblebee was one of Optimus Prime's many Autobot friends who joined him on a journey to Earth. After hiding their ship, the Autobots helped defend the planet from the Decepticons; Bumblebee took on Blitzwing. The evil robots were defeated, but the Autobots knew they would come back one day, and swore to continue their vigil over the Earth. {{storylink|I Am Optimus Prime (Robot Heroes)|I Am Optimus Prime}}
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===''United''===
Millions of years ago, Megatron thought Optimus Prime to be forever vanquished. He was proven wrong when the Autobot leader rushed into battle alongside Bumblebee and his other compatriots against him in a surprise attack. {{storylink|A New Battle!}}

Bumblebee was amongst the victims of a deadly nano-virus. Thankfully, a team of Autobots were successfully in retrieving a cure for the disease from the planet [[Nebulos|Nebulon]]. Fully recovered, Bumblebee attended the ceremony that commended the Autobots responsible for saving his life. {{storylink|The Fierce Fighting on Planet Nebulos}}

===''Unit:E'' comic===
Upon approaching the planet [[Earth]], the artificial intelligence [[Synergy]] presented footage of the Autobots to her crew-mate, the young [[Microman|Acroyear]], so that he could learn about his potential allies and enemies on the alien world. Bumblebee could be seen being ordered forward by Optimus Prime on one of Synergy's view-screens. {{storylink|Unit:E (issue)|Unit:E}}

===''BeCool'' shorts===
{{voiceactor|[[Yuka Hoshi]] (Japanese)}}
'''Yellow Sports Car''' (黄色のスポーツカー ''Kiiro no Supōtsu Kā'') was a confident racer who liked adventure. {{storylink|The Self-Introduction Chapter}} Among others, he was caught in a traffic jam, but [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Trailer]] made them all transform into robot modes so that they could walk past the jam. {{storylink|The Story of the Surprising and Big Traffic Jam!}} Yellow Sports Car was again stuck with others because of a hole in the road. When Trailer used his body to fill the hole, Yellow Sports Car became starry-eyed, and wanted to try out being nice. However, Trailer sped off, leaving Yellow Sports Car in the hole. {{storylink|The Story of Mister Trailer's Big Success!}}

While exploring a forest, Yellow Sports Car became lost. He found [[Powerglide (G1)|Red Jet]], who was also lost, and the two agreed to find a means to escape the forest together. {{storylink|The Story of the Lost Plane!}} Yellow Sports Car was later part of the ''Quiz! BeCool'' show, where he was on a team with [[Jazz (G1)|Green Sports Car]]. Despite answering the first question correctly, their team ended up losing. {{storylink|The Story of Quiz! BeCool}} Interacting with [[you]], Yellow Sports Car explained his ''BeCool'' marks, which he thought were cool. He soon spotted Trailer sleeping, with the appropriate "Zzz..." mark showing. {{storylink|The Story of What Do I Know About the BeCool Mark?}}

Yellow Sports Car was driving through the city when he inadvertently slipped on a [[banana]] peel left by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Garbage Truck]]. Spinning out of control, he passed a red light, leading [[Prowl (G1)|Patrol Car]] and [[Barricade (Movie)|American Patrol Car]] to admonish him for not following traffic laws. {{storylink|The Story of Protecting the Signal!}} Yellow Sports Car later played part in a movie being directed by [[Megatron (G1)|Tank Lorry]]. However, his cries for "help" atop a fake burning building were misinterpreted by the local fire brigade and he was "rescued". {{storylink|The Story of the Fire Brigade Dispatch!}}

===''Transformers: All Spark''===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Another Episode, Part 1}} {{storylink|Another Episode, Part 2}} {{storylink|The Fated Rival, Once Again...}} {{storylink|To Earth}} {{storylink|Reunion and Parting}} {{storylink|Plans of the Emperor of Destruction}} {{storylink|Revenge (All Spark)|Revenge}} {{storylink|The False Power}} {{storylink|Ray of Hope}} {{storylink|Great Aspirations}} {{storylink|Conclusion}}}}

===''Construct-Bots'' cartoon===
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Bumblebee told [[you]] about Construct-bots, and took showed off his jet mode. [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] tried to shoot him down, but [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] came to his rescue! {{storylink|Toys & App TV Commercial}}

Optimus and Bumblebee snuck into the [[Decepticon]]s' base, and found their enemies upgrading themselves with [[Autobot]] parts. The pair took offense to this, and Bumblebee set about sabotaging the process. Thanks to his mucking about with the Decepticons' computer, Megatron wound up getting a gumball machine strapped to his chest. Enraged, he tossed the candy dispenser to the ground, and wound up tripping on the gumballs that spilled all over the floor. Megatron wound up tripping on the gumballs and had his parts come off his chassis when he fell to the ground. Optimus and Bumblebee congratulated each other on a prank well done! {{storylink|Intro!}}

Bumblebee was out and about with [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] when they came upon [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] preening in front of a full-length mirror. The narcissistic Decepticon was then attacked by [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]], who scattered his pieces. As Starscream put himself back together, Bumblebee swapped out his wings for some wheels. When Starscream tried to take off, he predictably enough fell to a nasty drop. Bumblebee then attached the wings to himself and took off skywards. {{storylink|Take Flight!}}

Bumblebee tussled with Megatron. Throughout the fight, both 'bots' parts got rearranged in bizarre ways. At the end of the struggle, Bumblebee stood properly assembled, while Megatron found his chassis stripped of its parts! Humiliated, Megatron took off. {{storylink|Switcheroo!}}

Optimus later helped Bumblebee put his parts back on his bare chassis. During the dress-up, Bumblebee managed to accidentally swallow his Autobot badge. Choking, he coughed up a bird and a bike horn before the badge came back out. With his airway now clear, he sang a little bit. When he noted that Optimus didn't think much of the tune, he asked if the other Autobot wanted "piece of him". {{storylink|Bumblebee Speaks!}}

On another occasion, Optimus got a little carried away with strapping new parts onto Bumblebee. Bumblebee tried to protest Optimus attaching a rocket to his shoulder, but the booster activated and sent Bumblebee wheeling through the air. Bumblebee eventually came crashing back down, and gave a "thumbs up" to show he was okay. {{storylink|Strength!}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
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Starscream pursued Bumblebee through space, determined to use him to lure [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] out of hiding. During the chase, Bumblebee's [[Autobot Resistance Karrier|A.R.K.]] took severe damage, forcing him to set it down on planet [[Earth]]. He landed near a [[Cobra]] base under assault by the [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]s. Entering the site, Bumblebee hid among a collection of cars by adopting a similar form. When [[Snake-Eyes|Snake Eyes]] came about and engaged Starscream in combat, Bumblebee broke cover to help the ninja escape. Starscream then managed to grab a hold of Bumblebee and pulled him up into the air. The following battle between the Joes and Cobra resulted in a huge explosion of [[G.I.Rocket|Creeper]] vines, which tore into Bumblebee's body. Starscream grabbed hold of Bumblebee's head, leaving the Autobot's body in the Joes' possession.

Starscream then brought Bumblebee's head to [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] as a gift. {{storylink|The Golden Boys}} Megatron attached it to a chain and wore it around his neck as a trophy. {{storylink|Targetmasters (issue)|Targetmasters}} Back on Earth, Bumblebee's body was rebuilt into a transforming "Bumblecycle", which [[General Flagg]] used to defend the [[USS Flagg|U.S.S. ''Flagg'']] from a "Decepticobra" attack. {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend}} After being allowed use of the Bumblecycle in his arcane experiments, [[Doctor Venom]] turned it into a robot suit through which he was able to [[binary bonding|binary-bond]] with [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s body. {{storylink|Form Follows Function}}

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Optimus Prime was furious to hear of Bumblebee's death, and traveled to Earth to confront G.I. Joe and retrieve his friend's remains. {{storylink|Everybody Hates Metroplex}} Doctor Venom attacked him with his Bumblebee/Soundwave patchwork robot, but Prime tore its head off and returned with the Bumblebee suit to Cybertron. {{storylink|Expelled from the Garden}} Meanwhile, Bumblebee's head was placed within [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], where [[Doctor B]] claimed it was a robotics project based on a cartoon as part of the city's [[Springfield (G.I. Joe)|Springfield]] facade. After [[Scarlett]] was able to take control of Scorponok, she returned Bumblebee's head to Optimus Prime who finally reunited it with its body. {{storylink|Headmasters (issue)|Headmasters}} Bumblebee became whole once more, and gained the ability to fly! But celebrations were to be short-lived; Optimus met Megatron in a duel, which ended with the Decepticons dog-pilling both Optimus and Bumblebee. Though Bumblebee managed to break free of the Decepticon holding him down, he was too late to save Optimus from getting a hole blown through his chest. {{storylink|Pax Megatronus}}

When the Jotobot alliance prepared to march on Trypticon, Bumblebee took part in rousing Metroplex's fighting spirit. {{storylink|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe issue 12|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #12}} The following battle saw [[Primus]] wrap Earth's star in a dyson sphere as he feasted on its energy, before [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] heralded the return of Optimus Prime. After some weird and trippy events, a game of "hot potato" began for the [[Matrix of Leadership]], Bumblebee claiming it from some Cobra mooks before delivering it back to Optimus. Unfortunately, not even the words of the Prime could tame Primus' hunger, the deity having to be stopped by [[Atlas (G1)|Atlas]], the robot mode of Earth. As peace settled among both humans and Cybertronians, Bumblebee joined the crew of the [[Ark II|''Ark 2'']], confirming their heading towards [[Quadrant X]] on their hunt for the [[Quintesson|Makers]]. {{storylink|The War Never Ends}}

===''Transformers × Evangelion''===
Bumblebee was among the Autobots who traveled to Earth to investigate strange energy readings and found a [[Tokyo-3]] under attack by [[Angel]]s. {{storylink|Mode "Eva" chapter 1}} They bore witness to the ghost of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] possessing one of the Angels, becoming "Angel"-scream. {{storylink|Mode "Eva" chapter 2}} During the battle with the monster, Bumblebee used his size to his advantage and drove circles around "Angel"-scream, who stumbled in his attempts to catch the little Autobot. {{storylink|Mode "Eva" chapter 4}}

===''Angry Birds'' comic===
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When Decepticons attacked the Autobot shuttle carrying the [[AllSpark]], Bumblebee was charged by Optimus Prime with taking the relic and running away. He was chased down and cornered by Starscream, but the Decepticon's attack missed and shattered a window, causing the AllSpark to be sucked into space and a [[Unspace|quantum tunnel]]. Bumblebee wasn't discouraged, though, promising they'd keep looking for it as he captured Starscream. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers issue 1|Angry Birds Transformers #1}} Turns out they didn't have to, as the AllSpark later came crashing back through another window while the Autobots were discussing where to look next. {{storylink|Hard Boiled}}
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===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
On Earth in the 1980s, Bumblebee led a team of Minibots against the Decepticons when they attacked the [[British Museum]] shielding [[Noah Acton|Noah]] and [[Leah Acton]] from falling debris. {{storylink|Cultural Appropriation}}

[[Eject (G1)|Eject]] lamented that all the great and famous Cybertronians, including Bumblebee, were long gone by the time that Cybertron was controlled by the [[Builder Assembly]]. {{storylink|Broken Windshields}}

===''Of Masters and Mayhem''===
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In one universe, Bumblebee fought alongside his fellow Autobots against Megatron's Decepticons until the Cybertronian civil war led to the creation of the monstrous combiner, [[Thunder Mayhem]]. Thunder Mayhem turned on his masters, ultimately leading to him rampaging across Cybertron. Bumblebee presumably perished during the reckoning of his homeworld. {{storylink|History}}

===''Aw Yeah Revolution!''===
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Along with Arcee and Optimus Prime, Bumblebee was fighting the Decepticons on Earth before seismic activity forced everyone away. As the Autobots rolled out, Optimus was teleported away by [[Baron Karza]]. {{storylink|Aw Yeah Revolution! issue 1|Aw Yeah Revolution! #1}} Optimus returned soon enough, rallying a force of Autobots that counted Bumblebee among them. {{storylink|Aw Yeah Revolution! issue 3|Aw Yeah Revolution! #3}}

===When Worlds Collide===
When trying to retrieve the stolen [[Matrix of Leadership]], Bumblebee and the Autobots joined forces with a variety of humans and other beings in their fight against Megatron and Cobra Commander's forces. Though the combined forces of good were ready for their ultimate battle, the showdown was delayed when the two kids imagining the scenario were called away to dinner. {{storylink|When Worlds Collide}}
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===''Bumblebee'' graphic novels===
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Bumblebee joined Optimus Prime as he and his Autobot team battled [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] for control of a recently landed [[cybertonium]] meteorite. As the other Autobots swung into action, however, Bumblebee found himself unable to meaningfully contribute to the skirmish between the Autobots and the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s, and as [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] reported that that the volatile cocktail of exotic materials in the meteorite made it liable to erupt in a devastating explosion, Prime sent Bumblebee to rescue some human scientists who had come under attack from [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]—the Autobot leader counted on Bumblebee's ability to make new friends to help the humans out of the situation safely.

Even though Bumblebee quickly got the humans to safety, their comments about his nonthreatening appearance got under his skin and led him to drop off the humans at a safe distance before racing back to the crash site. As the meteor went critical, Starscream prepared to abscond with a fragment of the cybertonium... until Bumblebee vaulted himself off a nearby ramp to tackle the flying Decepticon head-on. As the pair struggled in mid-air, the fragment exploded; although Starscream and the Constructicons retreated empty-handed, the stunt left Bumblebee badly injured. {{storylink|Transformers: Bumblebee - Go For the Gold|Go for the Gold}}

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After [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] helped to rebuild the little Autobot, Optimus put Bumblebee on standby until he had completed his road tests. While mulling over his perceived uselessness while driving through [[Yosemite National Park]], Bumblebee intervened in a dangerous street race and wound up rescuing the human [[Mateo Cruz]] after his aggressive competitor ran him off the road. Bumblebee towed Mateo's Jeep back to his country home and the pair became friends along the way, with the human explaining the nature of his prosthetic limbs to the Autobot. Mateo offered to repair Bumblebee, and the next morning the two headed into town to confront the owner of the mystery Jeep racer and began their search at the garage where [[Nicole]] worked. In spite of Mateo's romantic awkwardness around the flirty mechanic, 'Bee tried to get his friend to confess his feelings and invite her to the school dance that night, but to no avail.

Nicole's information then sent the pair then headed to [[Herman's Military Surplus and Museum|a run-down airfield]] on the outskirts of town; when Mateo went poking inside the building, however, he stumbled upon a scheme to steal the top-secret [[B-2 stealth bomber]] that [[Angela Cruz|Mateo's mother]] had been working on—a plan headed by the mystery street racer... the Decepticon [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]]! The pair chased Swindle as he made a break for it, but were unable to stop him from swerving behind a passing train and making good his escape. With no way to capture Swindle, and Mateo's prosthetic leg destroyed in the chase, Bumblebee persuaded his friend to spend his night at the school dance, using the upgraded mechanical limb he and his mother had built. After a quick pep-talk from Bumblebee, the Autobot revealed that he had wired Mateo's legs with a two-way signal, allowing him to remotely control Mateo's limbs from afar—and using that connection to help Mateo wow Nicole on the dance floor. This elation was short lived, however; when 'Bee spied a helicopter buzzing overhead, he quickly realized it to be the Combaticon [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]], who jammed his communications and moved in for the kill.

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With an angry Vortex on his tail, Bumblebee headed to the local [[Sierra Station|military base]] to get whatever reinforcements he could find while Mateo and Nicole pursued Bumblebee in her own car. Mateo's mother,having escaped from Combaticon custody by commandeering an abandoned plane, confirmed that the local military was woefully underprepared to take on the Decepticons... especially after they combined into [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. Though he briefly lost his composure in the face of the rampaging combiner, Mateo pulled up just in time to spur him into action by using Bumblebee's own advice: by showing them who he ''really'' was, and relying on ''his'' strengths, he could win by doing what he did best—and for Bumblebee, that strength was the power of teamwork. While Bumblebee distracted Bruticus long enough for the human soldiers to hammer Bruticus with artillery fire until he split up, he and his three new friends headed to a nearby hangar, where Angela and Mateo piloted the stealth bomber right over the disoriented Combaticons, with Bumblebee delivering the final coup de grâce by paralyzing them with an EMP bomb.

The next morning, Optimus and the other Autobots arrive to take the Combaticons into custody, while Optimus apologized to Bumblebee for underestimating him in the field. Before Bumblebee returned home, however, he had time for one more race with his new friends, and promptly drove off into the sunrise. {{storylink|Transformers: Bumblebee - Win If You Dare|Win If You Dare}}

===''Star Trek vs. Transformers''===
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Four million years ago, Bumblebee was among the Autobots who left Cybertron aboard the ''Ark'' to clear a path through an [[asteroid belt]]. Though they succeeded in this task, Megatron's Decepticons attacked, boarded the ''Ark'', and sent the ship crashing towards Earth. In the year [[1984]], a volcanic eruption reawoke the ship's complement and a secret war began for the Earth's energon supply. During the conflict, Bumblebee developed a reputation for getting along well with humans, but when humanity found itself embroiled in the vicious [[Eugenics Wars]] and the later [[World War III]], the Autobots felt that they could no longer trust humans and fled the planet aboard [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. After decades in space, the Autobots picked up an energon signal on the planet [[Cygnus Seven]] only to be attacked by [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], whose attack once again sent the Autobot ship hurtling down towards a primitive planet and locking all aboard in emergency stasis. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Two}}

In the 23rd century, the [[Federation]] established a mining outpost on Cygnus Seven, and while excavating a mineshaft a team of Federation miners stumbled onto the buried ship and accidentally tripped Maximus's autonomous repair systems. As it had on Earth, these emergency protocols reactivated the Decepticons first, then Optimus Prime, who promptly rushed out to defend the mine while the rest of the Autobots came online. The group promptly came face to face with [[James T. Kirk|Captain Kirk]]'s away team from the from the [[USS Enterprise|USS ''Enterprise'']], with Jazz demanding to know what they'd done with Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part One}}

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Believing that the humans had killed Optimus Prime, the two factions briefly clashed; Bumblebee subdued [[M'Ress]] before Captain [[James T. Kirk]] convinced the Autobots of their good intentions. Once cooler heads began to prevail, Jazz had Bumblebee recount how the Autobots had wound up on Cygnus Seven before a Decepticon attack collapsed the mineshaft, sealing the group underground. Undaunted, [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] said that they'd have to reactivate Fortress Maximus. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Two}} After the doctor had set up a [[Binary bonding|binary bond]] between the [[Titan (group)|Titan]] and the human captain, the former extracted the blueprints of the USS ''Enterprise'' to reformat and heal himself, leading the Autobots out onto the surface, only for the ground force to be caught in Trypticon's [[fire-breath]]. When Maximus transformed to robot mode, Bumblebee noted that, unlike M'Ress, he did such things every day. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Three}}

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As the two Titans duelled, Bumblebee stood up for Kirk's ability to reign in Maximus's desire for revenge before he and Jazz engaged Megatron as he turned on his [[Klingon]] allies. Soon enough however, Starscream doublecrossed Megatron, prompting the tyrant to withdraw his forces so that he could pursue his traitorous second. As the Autobot/[[Starfleet]] alliance prepared to pursue, they first travelled to the original, and disabled, ''Enterprise'' where Bumblebee, along with his fellow Autobots, was beamed aboard the human ship so that Cybertronian knowledge could accelerate its repairs. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Four}}

The two ships set out for [[Kronos]], capital of the [[Klingon Empire]], constructing [[Crewbot]]s so that the organics could fight on a Cybertronian footing. Though the Autobots and Starfleet, joined by the Klingons, held the numerical advantage, Soundwave incapacitated everyone with his audio disruptor waves. Fortunately, the Klingons were deaf to the frequency that the communication chief used allowing them to summon a [[Warbird (Star Trek)|warbird]] fleet that defeated the invaders. In the aftermath, the Autobots were allowed to go free. Though Kirk asked them if they would return to Earth, Optimus politely refused the offer, instead choosing to lead the Autobots elsewhere in the universe. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Five}}
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===2019 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[The World In Your Eyes Part One|''Transformers'' issue #1]]}}

[[File:TheWorldInYourEyesPartTwo-Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|right|200px|"Wow, Bumblebee, when I get older, can I run over Soundwave too?"]]

Bumblebee was forged during the reign of [[Nominus Prime]], and emerged from the [[Forge Pyramid]] in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] with great fanfare. Within the first few minutes of his life, he had already befriended [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]], and been introduced to his mentor, [[Shutter]], who helped him get accustomed to life on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Wannabee, Part 2}} In time, Bumblebee would choose an alternate mode for himself and join [[Security Operations]] alongside Windblade, {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part One}} where he worked as a recon scout. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part One}} Bumblebee soon became a very popular bot, making friends far and wide, and his fame was such that the [[Probat (species)|inhabitants]] of the Cybertronian colony world [[Probat (planet)|Probat]] would come to worship him as their savior after he helped set up an energon refinery on their homeworld. {{storylink|Wannabee, Part 1}} However, this period in his life would end disastrously; under unrevealed circumstances, Bumblebee would be expelled from Security Operations. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Five}} Eventually, Bumblebee joined Cybertron's search and rescue division; {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part One}} ''how'' exactly this came about is unknown, but Bumblebee would later note that he was in "debt" to Senator [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Orion Pax]]. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Five}}

With Cybertron's ability to forge new [[protoform]]s limited by the terms of the [[Nominus Edict]], Bumblebee was overjoyed when he learned that he had been selected to mentor one such new Transformer, and introduce them to every facet of life on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Three}} Bumblebee first met his new charge, a little 'bot named [[Rubble]], at the customary forging ceremony that marked Rubble's proper introduction to the world. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Four}} {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Swindle's II|Swindle's II}} Under Bumblebee's tutelage, Rubble learned more and more about life on Cybertron and the many potential careers available to him; however, this era of Cybertronian society was also a volatile one, with [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s [[Decepticon|Ascenticon]] rallies inflaming an already fraught political situation. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part One}} Bumblebee remained disinterested in politics, however, and chose not to affiliate with the Autobots, Ascenticons, or any of the minor political parties represented in the Cybertronian Senate. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Two}}

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One evening, on Rubble's forty-first cycle of existence, Bumblebee took his young ward to the badlands that lay beyond Iacon so as to introduce him to [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]], who worked at a nearby [[energon transmission station]]. After meeting a [[Voin]] scavenger and Windblade, the three made it to the station... only to learn that Brainstorm had been murdered, {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part One}} in a way that seemingly incriminated the violent Ascenticon splinter group known as "[[The Rise]]." Wanting to shield Rubble from this unpleasant business, and uninterested in dealing with [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]]'s [[Security Operations]] taskforce, Bumblebee instead shuttled Rubble to the next leg of their journey, the massive space elevator known as the [[Tether]], which connected Cybertron to the [[Winged Moon]]. Bumblebee introduced Rubble to [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], and left him for the day so that Rubble could experience life as part of Wheeljack's engineering corps... but not before warning him to keep quiet regarding Brainstorm's death. That evening, Bumblebee returned to pick up Rubble, and the pair watched as the Winged Moon began its nightly harvest while Bumblebee filled in his protégé on Cybertron's political situation. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Two}}

Later, Bumblebee tried teaching Rubble about [[alternate mode]]s, even using the passing shape of [[Leviathan (G1)|Leviathan]] as an object lesson, though Rubble was more interested in the moon. Bumblebee promised that they would visit the Winged Moon one day; however, he was called away by the [[Senate]] before he could finish the lesson. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Three}} Bumblebee spoke with Orion Pax, worried that a botched attack at Megatron's latest Ascenticon rally had been suspiciously incompetent, requested that Bumblebee join the recently founded [[Ascenticon Guard]] in order to keep an eye on Megatron's operations. Though initially hesitant, Bumblebeee's debt to Orion compelled him to agree; {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Five}} over the coming days, Bumblebee attended a forging celebration with Rubble, and intervened in a scuffle between an Autobot and an Ascenticon sympathizer, before leaving Rubble again to attend Brainstorm's funeral. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Four}}

[[File:TheWorldInYourEyesPartFive-Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Bumblebee would never trust dating sites again.]]

Some time afterwards, Bumblebee would finally contact the Ascenticons and request permission to join the Guard, leaving Rubble to walk home by himself after another shift on the Tether. While he expected to deal with his friend [[Elita One (G1)|Elita-1]], he instead found himself confronted by [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], who planted an [[Electromagnetic suppressor spear|electromagnetic suppressor]] to ensure that their conversation wold not be monitored. Revealing that he had once been expelled from Security Operations, Bumblebee confessed that he found the Ascenticons and their message of stability resonated with him... and that, more than anything, he wanted to ensure that Rubble would enjoy a safe future. Tragically, the electromagnetic damper meant that Bumblebee was unaware that Rubble was calling him for help—his young friend had encountered the unstable Ascenticon [[Quake (G1)|Quake]], and was swiftly beaten to death by the Ascenticon berserker. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Five}}

Learning of Rubble's fate, but not his killer, Bumblebee fell into a deep, guilt-ridden depression, despite the best efforts of both Windblade and Orion. Finally galvanized to avenge Rubble by ensuring that nobody else would have to experience what he experienced, Bumblebee met with Elita-1 at [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Cybertron)|Ascenticon Headquarters]] and announced his intentions to join the Guard. Despite the mockery of fellow recruits [[Flywheels|Skytread]] and [[Reflector (G1)|Refraktor]], Bumblebee was able to best them both in physical combat before Elita separated them. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part One}} Bumblebee's attitude impressed Elita, who wished that her fellow Guard members possessed his professionalism. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Two}} Another ex-security 'bot, [[Barricade (IDW)|Barricade]], quickly joined the Guard, far more easily than 'Bee had, which caused the yellow Autobot to suspect something was amiss. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Three}}

[[File:TheChangeInYourNaturePt1 BumblebeeBeatsSkytread.jpg|thumb|left|250px|How Krillin wins most of his fights too.]]

Shortly before [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]]'s return to Cybertron, Bumblebee and Elita were assigned to guard Megatron himself as he made his way to the Senate, and stood guard outside. However, an anti-Ascenticon protest quickly became a mob, and the pair were pushed into using physical force to get them to disperse. In the aftermath, Bumblebee and Elita both wondered if their actions felt right. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Four}} Bumblebee later spoke with Pax, who offered to let him leave the Guard in light of Rubble's demise, only for Bumblebee to double down on the mission. When the Ascenticons prepared for an attack that evening, Bumblebee followed the shifty looking Barricade, coming to blows with [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] and his cell of [[The Rise|Risers]] only to be electrocuted by Skytread. That night, Bumblebee was part of the group shot as Megatron rebranded the Ascenticons. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Five}}

After receiving the new insignia, Bumblebee went to confront Skytread, contemptuously decking the [[Duocon]], before Elita pulled him away for a scolding. Far from being intimidated, Bumblebee pointed out the suspicious nature of Barricade's abduction and later tried to hack into Soundwave's files to discover the truth. When Elita found out, she decided to humor him, finding that both Barricade and Quake's profiles had been deleted, the latter on the same cycle that Rubble had died, by Soundwave himself. The communications chief then arrived and told them both to come with him to the [[Cybertronian Mountains]]. Elita warned Bumblebee that they'd gotten extremely lucky this time. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part One}}

When the trio arrived, Soundwave waved [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] aside and went off to negotiate with the Risers holed up within the immersant [[Titan (group)|Titan]]. As Elita questioned Soundwave's choice of words, Bumblebee jumped in after the Senator overhearing some of the negotiation. When Soundwave made to leave, Bumblebee scampered back to the surface, noting to Elita that an electromagnetic suppressor had been left behind, before Soundwave arrived with a falsified account of events. Off to the side, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] questioned his spy, [[Reflector (G1)|Refraktor]] on when Bumblebee had joined the Guard before the Titan's corpse exploded. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Two}}

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Shortly afterwards, Bumblebee made his way to Orion and Chromia and reported his findings to them. After the two confirmed his information, Orion revealed the mounting evidence that Quake had killed Rubble. Though initially angry at this deception, Bumblebee soon accepted Pax's reasoning for concealing this information. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Three}} In one of their discussions, Starscream revealed to Megatron some information of Bumblebee's expulsion from Security Operations and planted the seeds of doubt in the former gladiator's mind regarding the yellow 'bot, enough that he consulted Elita-1, who had nothing but good things to say about her friend. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Four}}

After the Tether fell, Megatron decided that both Elita and Bumblebee had served their purposes, arranging for [[Treadshot (G1)|Treadshot]] and [[Catgut]] to assassinate the ex-Security Operative. Delegated by Skytread, now the head of the Guard, to search for survivors in the wreckage, Bumblebee, suspecting a trap, called Chromia for backup. After finding a mangled corpse, Bumblebee was assaulted by Catgut but managed to quickly shake him off only to be pounced on by Treadshot. Though managing to hold both off, Bumblebee was left near death before Chromia arrived and scared the two off. After Chromia confirmed that the Guard had abandoned him, she relieved Bumblebee of his mission and praised him for a job well done. Despondently, Bumblebee disagreed noting that he hadn't changed anything and that Rubble was still dead. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: All Fall Down|All Fall Down}}

His cover now exposed, Bumblebee was put under witness protection by Security and hidden in a safe house. Guarded by [[Stakeout (G1)|Stakeout]], he chafed at being inactive while those he held responsible for Rubble's murder still ran free. Windblade paid him a welcome visit, but they were interrupted by a massive hologram of Megatron that appeared over Iacon to decry the Autobots. Windblade departed after that, leaving Bumblebee to continuing stewing in his perceived helplessness. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: Tremors|Tremors}}

[[File:Prisoners BumblebeeQuake.jpg|thumb|left|250px|He wants to get at Barricade as well... looks like Bee's been taking notes from [[Bumblebee (Movie)|his Movie self]].]]

After Quake was finally apprehended, [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] made a spectacle of his capture, having the murderer paraded through the streets. Bumblebee watched the procession from his safe house with Stakeout, worryingly noting how many Ascenticon supporters were in the crowds, When a riot erupted and the bound Quake managed to make a break for it, Bumblebee immediately left the house, determined to prevent the killer's escape. He caught up with Quake in an alley, with the vicious Ascenticon having just fended off an attack by the Voin, who were also seeking retribution upon him. Freed of his bonds and gravely wounded, Quake slowly began to shift into his tank mode for a getaway. Fearing Quake would escape justice again, Bumblebee seized one of the Voin's fallen swords and leaped onto Quake's back while he was transforming. He stabbed Quake straight through the back of the neck, then wrenched the brute's entire [[spark]] chamber and head clean out of his body, killing him. Stakeout and [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] caught up to the scene to find Bumblebee kneeling next to Quake's corpse and had no choice but to place him under arrest. Smokescreen tried to tell the Bumblebee that it was over, but the spy grimly noted that Barricade was still out there, unpunished. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: Prisoners|Prisoners}}

Imprisoned, Bumblebee was paid a visit by Starscream, who told him that things were going to drastically change on Cybertron ''very'' shortly and proposed an alliance. Starscream promised his protection when the spy's recent covert actions were brought to light, but Bumblebee remained silent and unmoved by the offer. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: We Have Deceived You|We Have Deceived You}} Bumblebee was then broken free from prison by [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] and reluctantly joined his group, though Bumblebee only cared about getting revenge on Barricade. After arriving at Swindle's hidden bunker beneath [[Swindle's|his casino]], Bumblebee was surprised to see numerous [[Simultronic|multiworld simulation]] couches and the long-missing [[Deathsaurus (G1)|Deathsaurus]] sealed in one. {{storylink|War World: Hunt|Hunt}}

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During his time working for Swindle, his boss passed on an anonymous tip that Elita-1 was set to be moved to a Decepticon prison facility that night. Realizing that he had a debt to pay, Bumblebee joined forces with Swindle's hitmen [[Charger]] and [[Fire Beast]] to interrupt the transfer and ran into Barricade by accident. Bumblebee was initially prepared to kill Barricade for his role in Rubble's murder, but changed his mind upon remembering his time with Orion Pax before Rubble's forging ceremony and decided to be a better 'bot. Upon returning to Swindle's, and learning that his boss had somehow obtained information relating to the lost [[Enigma of Combination]], Bumblebee suggested getting in contact with the Autobots to pass this information on. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Swindle's II|Swindle's II}}

When a small team of Autobots infiltrated Iacon to rescue [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] from Decepticon captivity, the Decepticons retaliated by launching an attack on Swindle's bar. Bumblebee and Elita-1 joined the battle on the side of the Autobots and joined them when they used a hidden network of subterranean tunnels to retreat back to [[Crystal City]]. On the way back, Bumblebee gladly reunited with his friend Windblade. {{storylink|Darkness, Once Gazed Upon: Part Three}}

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The group returned to Crystal City in time to fend off the Decepticon assault, but Bumblebee first met with the newly minted Optimus Prime, who'd become the leader of the Autobots after he inherited the Matrix from his predecessor. Although Prime apologized for having led his friend down this dark path, Bumblebee told Prime that he'd already forgiven him and would be joining the other Autobots in battle. Soon, however, the Decepticon advance forced the Autobots into a retreat until the Titan [[Lodestar (Titan)|Lodestar]] arrived to shift the tide. {{storylink|A Dust of Crystals}} Although the arrival of reinforcements and the threat of a resurgent [[Exarchon]] prompted Optimus and Megatron to agree on a temporary truce, the battle left Crystal City in ruins and prompted the Autobots as they set out for [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]]. While on the way, however, [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] and his soldiers took advantage of a swarm of onrushing [[rust worm]]s to box in the Autobots with an artillery barrage and leave them easy prey for the monsteres. {{storylink|Radical Time}} As the Autobots struggled to keep the worms at bay, Prime's ally [[Termagax]] successfully reprogrammed the [[Insecticon clone|Insecticlone]]s, who promptly began devouring the worms. As the Autobots trekked through the liquid rust that the worms left behind, they came under attack from an [[imploder]]-wielding [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] and the other Decepticons. {{storylink|End of Time}}

Thanks to some Autobot intervention, Prime and the others successfully made it to Darkmount to begin the final phase of their evacuation. As the Decepticons laid siege to the city to prevent them from leaving the planet, Optimus entreated Bumblebee not to lose himself to anger and become someone Rubble wouldn't recognize, and Bumblebee promised he wouldn't. When [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] made a last stand to cover the Autobots' escape, Bumblebee helped usher a hesitant Optimus away, and they boarded the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' to leave the planet. [[Lodestar (Titan)|Lodestar]], Sky Lynx, and the ''Ark'' headed toward the ruins of the Winged Moon, and as Optimus Prime gave a speech to the assembled Autobots on approach, a somber Bumblebee was reminded of Rubble's amazement at seeing the Moon for the first time. {{storylink|Transformers: Fate of Cybertron|Fate of Cybertron}}

====Alternate future====
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In an alternate future where Exarchon had conquered Cybertron, Bumblebee led a small group of Cybertronian rebels—[[Blackjack (G1)|Blackjack]], [[Swift (G1)|Swift]], and [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]]—against the Threefold Spark, and had been forced to subsist on [[Nucleon (substance)|nucleon]] for so long that they'd lost the ability to transform. The group rescued a time-tossed [[Jumpstream]] from Thraal mercenaries and tried to get to safety before [[Triggerhappy (G1)|Triggerhappy]] and [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] ambushed and slaughtered his team. With time running out, Bumblebee donated his last reserves of nucleon to Jumpstream so that she could recharge her teleport harness and return home, moments before Bumblebee made his final stand against the next wave of Exarchon's warriors. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Test Flight II|Test Flight II}}
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===''Mazinger Z versus Transformers''===
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Bumblebee joined Optimus and the other Autobots as they battled the Decepticons near a [[space bridge]], until a bizarre space-time warp pulled them into the Japan of an alternate universe. On arriving, Prime and his men encountered the recently defeated [[Baron Ashura]]; the evil cyborg misled the heroes into supporting the nefarious [[Doctor Hell]] and his [[Iron Mask Army]] in their campaign against [[Kōji Kabuto]]'s [[Mazinger Z]]. Not realizing the nature of the deception, Prime and the other Autobots obligingly supported their new ally when Ashura and the [[Mechanical Beast]]s made a second run on the [[Photonic Power Laboratory]], but found themselves outmatched by the human-built super robots. Amidst the mayhem, Mazinger Z grabbed Bumblebee; Optimus's concern for the smallest Autobot prompted him to call off the attack so that they could free their comrade, and Optimus's concern for his soldier spurred a realization from Kōji: these new robots talked, unlike the Mechanical Beasts he fought. Realizing that they'd been on the wrong side all along, the Autobots teamed up with Mazinger Z and [[Boss Borot]], drove the villains off, then formally introduced themselves to each other.

As the Autobots got to know their new friends, Bumblebee, [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] faced off against Kōji in a game of [[Mecha-soccer|soccer]] until a combined Mechanical Beast-Decepticon alliance launched another attack on the Photonic Power Laboratory. Bumblebee joined Grimlock and Boss Borot as they faced off against the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s; the arrival of the [[Jet Scrander]] turned the tide in favor of the Autobots until Starscream arrived, now sporting a gigantic Mazinger body! Autobots, Decepticons, Mazinger, and Mechanical Beasts alike teamed up to try and bring down the out-of-control "Mazinscream", but the dramatic battle ended with the photonic power fatally overloading his body, creating a rift that sucked the other Cybertronians back to their own dimension to continue their war. {{storylink|Mazinger Z versus Transformers}}

===''Transformers/Ghostbusters''===
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Bumblebee was among the Autobots who fled Cybertron at the end of the Great War, being spared the destruction of Cybertron and the near-extinction of the Cybertronian race at the hands of [[Gozer]]. A thousand or so years later, Cliffjumper and Bumblebee's attention was seized by [[Ectotron|Ectronymous Diamatron]]'s eager shout. Running the two minibots were shocked to see that a Cybertronian signal had been picked up from the nearby Earth, Bumblebee dragging Ectronymous to inform Optimus Prime of these findings while reminding the scientist of the importance of addressing people by their proper titles that they'd worked so hard to attain. {{storylink|Ghosts of Cybertron Part 1}}

===''Transformers vs. The Terminator''===
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Before the war, Bumblebee was a member of Cybertron's search and rescue division, but later became a scout for the Autobots. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy Part Three}} When the eruption of [[Mount St. Hilary]] reactivated the Cybertronians aboard the ''Ark'', Megatron killed Optimus Prime and went on to conquer the Earth. Though Bumblebee survived their first attack on the starship, he died at some point before the creation of [[Skynet]], and by the year [[2029]] his corpse was part of a mass Cybertronian grave in the ruins of downtown [[Los Angeles]]. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy Part One}} {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy Part Three}}

In an attempt to negate this timeline, a lone [[T-800]] travelled back in time to when the ''Ark'' was reactivated in 1984. The unit's unwilling companion, a waitress named [[Sarah Connor]] managed to direct the ''Ark''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s repair beam on Bumblebee, his reactivation proving incentive enough for the Decepticons to fall back for the time being. As Bumblebee helped Prime up, the T-800 attacked again before Sarah called for calm. Though thoroughly unmoved by the robot's origin story, Bumblebee agreed to work with it after Optimus proposed an alliance. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy Part Two}}

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After [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], and [[Velocity (G1)|Velocity]] had been healed, Bumblebee bonded with Sarah before being assigned to take her home. After a stopover at [[Stockton]] so Sarah could make a change of clothes, the two found the Decepticons attacking a [[Cyberdyne Systems]] facility. After calling for backup, Bumblebee was found by Skywarp. Though failing to have Skywarp crash into Megatron, Bumblebee was saved by the arrival of the other Autobots. Shielding Sarah from the blasts, he instructed her to flee and contact the ''Ark'' for reinforcements. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy Part Three}}

Though Arcee had managed to slay [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]], the Autobots were still outnumbered and boxed in. A chance came when Starscream turned on the Decepticons and shot Soundwave in the back. Taking advantage of the distraction, Arcee downed the other two Seekers while Bumblebee and Velocity maneuvered the other two Insecticons into disabling each other. Sarah then called out to Bumblebee, informing him that the ''Ark'' hadn't answered, and requesting his help in assisting the now bisected T-800. Bumblebee tossed the android to Velocity who tossed him to Arcee who lobbed him into Megatron's open wound, killing the warlord. In the aftermath, Bumblebee comforted Sarah but she turned down his offer to come with him. Arriving back to the ''Ark'', the Autobots and Decepticons found it destroyed by the duplicitous T-800 before Optimus Prime proposed a truce, one that was quickly agreed to. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy Part Four}}

===Precursor World===
A [[Primus Vanguard|Warrior of the Seven Lights]] resembling a blue Bumblebee was a member of the [[Blue Order]] of the [[Primus Vanguard]]. He and his comrades followed their commander [[Blue Big Convoy]] into battle when a duel between [[G1 World|dimension-tossed]] future warriors [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Generations Selects Special Comic (1)|Ultra Megatron]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Star Convoy]] threatened the [[Blue Planet (GS)|Blue Planet]] and [[Beast People|its people]]. {{Storylink|Super Megatron comic 2}}

In short order the battle went sideways when the traitorous [[Straxus (G1)#Precursor World|Straxus twins]] unleashed a rage virus to destroy the corps from within, and the Warrior was slain in the ensuing free-for-all. Vanguard supreme leader [[Primus#The old universe|Primus]] later loaded his lingering [[spark]] into his [[Golden Noah]] in an attempt to ferry his soul to the [[G1 World|next world]]. {{storylink|God Neptune comic 1}} Unfortunately, this did not work. {{storylink|Generations Selects Special Comic Finale Part 2|Finale 2}}

===''War For Cybertron Trilogy'' continuity===
====''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' marketing material====
Closer than ever to reaching the [[AllSpark]], the Autobots awakened after crash-landing on pre-Ice Age Earth. While battling the Decepticons, both sides were joined by the [[Maximal]]s and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s, their epic battle changing their combined destinies.

Bumblebee's function was keeper of the [[Alpha Trion Protocols]], and he [[trans-scan]]ed into an Earth car. The Alpha Trion Protocols and his [[Stinger (weapon)|sting blaster]] were his powers and weapons, and his core traits were his candid attitude, steadfastness, and passion. Bumblebee's message from the future was that not all orders should be followed. {{storylink|War for Cybertron: Kingdom|''Kingdom'' webpage}}<ref>[https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/brands/kingdom ''Kingdom'' webpage]</ref>

After obtaining the Allspark, Bumblebee escaped through a [[space bridge]] to protect it from the Decepticons. Arriving in an alternate universe, he faced new beast threats including [[Fangry (G1)|Fangry]] and [[Brisko]], [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], and [[Nemesis Primal]]. {{storylink|Source:Buzzworthy Bumblebee Worlds Collide|Worlds Collide}}

In a possible destiny recorded on the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|''Voyager'' Golden Disk]], Bumblebee bore witness to Autobot leader [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] leading Cybertron to a new golden age. {{storylink|Source:Golden Disk destinies|''Kingdom'' Golden Disk cards}}

====''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Joe Zieja]] (English), [[Ryōhei Kimura]] (Japanese)|[[Daniele Raffaeli]] (Italian), [[Gil Mesquita]] (Portuguese), [[Guillaume Bourboulon]] (French), [[Boris Tessmann]] (German), [[Fernando Cabrera]] (Castilian Spanish), [[José Antonio Macías]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Mohak Ninad]] (Hindi)}}

[[File:SiegeEp1-BumblebeeWheeljack.jpg|thumb|left|300px|It's like Sunbow, but with more sandblasting.]]

Bumblebee used to go racing on [[Velocitron]], traveling via Cybertronian [[space bridge]]s, until they were destroyed by the Decepticons. {{storylink|Siege episode 1}} Much later into the civil war, Bumblebee remained a neutral energon scavenger who wanted no part in the raging Autobot-Decepticon conflict, and frequently traded with the unaligned mercenary [[Soundblaster (G1)|Soundblaster]]. {{storylink|Siege episode 5}} At one point, the Autobots hired him for an energon procurement mission along with [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]. The pair discovered a disused space bridge along with a cache of energon, but despite Wheeljack's enthusiasm Bumblebee bluntly reminded him that he had no interest in helping the Autobots beyond what they paid him for—but the subsequent arrival of both Optimus ''and'' Megatron forced Bumblebee's hand, and the yellow 'bot made the decision to retreat with the Autobots back to their base aboard the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]''. Though Bumblebee accepted medical aid from [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], he again refused to assist the Autobots in their mission and left. {{storylink|Siege episode 1}} Later, Bumblebee stole a cache of Energon that had been deliberately planted by the Decepticons as bait for the Autobot forces. {{storylink|Siege episode 2}}

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Bumblebee tried to return to his old life, but while accepting payment for the stolen shipment he suddenly found himself overwhelmed by a surge of energy—one that contained the ancient [[Alpha Trion Protocols]] that [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] had carried and was activated due to his recent death. Realizing that he had been pulled into something greater against his will, Bumblebee tried to return to the ''Ark'' to seek out Prime's assistance but instead found himself pulled into his own mind where he confronted a simulacrum of [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] himself; Bumblebee learned that he had been chosen to carry this information to support Optimus Prime in his efforts to escape, information that included a map to the [[AllSpark]] itself. {{storylink|Siege episode 4}}

While Prime led a team to secure the AllSpark in anticipation of their final evacuation effort, Bumblebee, Arcee, and [[Cog (G1)|Cog]] traveled to Soundblaster's fortress to try and gain control of the mercenary's large supply of energon, but found themselves outmatched and outgunned by the mercenary and his guards. {{storylink|Siege episode 5}} Before the guards could finish them off, however, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s computer virus attacked the base, which caused a power outage and knocked Bumblebee unconscious; by the time he awoke in the ''Ark''{{'}}s medical bay, he discovered that the virus had attacked his mind and erased the Alpha Trion Protocols from his systems. Undaunted, Bumblebee nevertheless took up arms and help repel the Decepticon invasion force. Bumblebee then took part in the final battle on the site of the reactivated spacebridge and bought time for Optimus to throw the AllSpark through the portal and put it beyond Megatron's grasp, with the assistance of [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. Bumblebee then joined the Autobots as they boarded the ''Ark'' and lifted off. {{storylink|Siege episode 6}}

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The trip through the space bridge knocked everyone aboard the ''Ark'' offline. Bumblebee was the first to recover; upon encountering his doppelganger [[Bug Bite (G1)|Bug Bite]] and discovered that a crew of [[Mercenary|Mercenaries]] led by [[Doubledealer]] had boarded their ship and were in the process of towing it to the planet [[Chaar]] to meet with their employer [[Deseeus]]. The insane [[Quintesson]] planned to kill the Cybertronian captives, but despite Bumblebee's desire to strike first the Mercenaries turned on the Quintessons and gave the Autobots a chance to escape amidst the confusion. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 2}}

At some point afterwards, Bumblebee decided to officially join the Autobots and marked the occasion by painting their insignia on his chest. While discussing his change of heart with Optimus, the Autobot leader admitted he'd been wrong to jettison the AllSpark and that they needed to find the artifact before their planet died. Upon arriving at the nearby [[Nebulos]] system to use a spacebridge, the Autobots found the bridge blocked by the derelict [[Nebulon Station]]. Optimus and Bumblebee travelled into the station to plant explosive charges, and found the other side of the bridge led to a lush world of ruined cities. After arming their bombs, the pair received a distress signal from Wheeljack and arrived to find their teammates under attack from [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. Despite momentarily seeing off Scorpoonk, Megatron's group of Decepticons finally caught up with the Autobots. Bumblebee took part in the ensuing battle against Starscream and Soundwave until a wounded Megatron and Optimus arrived. When Scorponok returned, Bumblebee deduced that Scorponok's head was his weak point and ordered everyone to aim for the head. While the Decepticons were distracted, Bumblebee and the others escaped. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 4}}

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After a trip through the [[Dead Universe]], {{storylink|Earthrise episode 5}} both the ''Ark'' and the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' materialized over prehistoric [[Earth]], where they came under attack from Deseeus, who'd hijacked both the Mercenaries and their starship. In the chaotic three-way battle, the Autobots and Decepticons first teamed up to take the Quintesson out of the fight before the Decepticons boarded the ''Ark''. As Megatron overpowered Prime and stole the Matrix from his chest, Bumblebee managed to intervene just in time and caused the Decepticon leader to retreat with his prize. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 6}}

Following the crash, Bumblebee observed some native creatures behaving oddly using the ship's sensors. When these creatures attacked, they were revealed to be the [[Maximal]]s, time-travelling Cybertronians from a dystopian future in which the AllSpark never returned to Cybertron. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 1}} After agreeing to help the Maximals recover the AllSpark, Bumblebee stayed behind aboard the ''Ark'' with Wheeljack, Ratchet, and [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] to help get their ship spaceworthy again. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 2}} When it seemed that Prime might not survive the battle, the Autobot leader contacted Bumblebee and told him that if he didn't make it back then Bumblebee would lead the Autobots in his place. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 3}}

[[File:KingdomEp5-GoldenDisk.jpg|thumb|left|300px|"Hey, this thing plays Chuck Berry!"]]

By the time that Optimus had recovered the AllSpark and the Matrix, Wheeljack and his team had repaired the ''Ark'', but weren't able to achieve liftoff. As the Autobots and Maximals boarded the ''Ark'' ahead of a full-scale Decepticon-[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] invasion, Bumblebee received a panicked transmission from Starscream, who had used the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]] to divine the future, and had come to the disturbing conclusion that the entire war had been orchestrated by some malevolent architect. Admitting that he didn't have the strength to do what was needed, he passed the Disk to Bumblebee, who promptly shattered it before advising Starscream to confront the future with courage. As the ''Nemesis'' hammered the Autobot starship with firepower, Optimus ordered a full-scale evacuation... only for the ''Ark'' itself to assume a towering robot mode and take out the Decepticon starship once and for all. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 5}}

Once they'd taken the remaining Decepticons and Predacons captive, the Autobots jumped home to Cybertron using the space bridge network, but after crash-landing on the planet discovered that Cybertron was now a dead, frozen world without the AllSpark. Optimus Prime commanded Bumblebee to salvage what was left of Iacon with the others, though he instead ran off to follow Optimus. As Bumblebee did his best to console Optimus upon discovering the frozen corpse of Elita-1, the time-travelling [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]] and [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] attacked. While Prime held off his evil doppelganger, Bumblebee was able to make his escape and brought the AllSpark to the [[Temple of the Allspark]] nearby. After being recognized as the keeper of the Alpha Trion Protocols, Bumblebee was able to return the artifact to its rightful place, which brought countless Cybertronian spirits back to the material world to mark the rebirth of their homeworld. With the planet restored, Bumblebee and the other Autobots and Maximals came together with the Decepticons and Predacons to mark a tentative end to the Great War. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 6}}

===''My Little Pony/Transformers''===
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While battling for control of a malfunctioning [[Space bridge|spacebridge]], Bumblebee was among the many Cybertronians [[magic]]ally transported to [[Equestria]] by [[Queen Chrysalis]]. As he and Optimus fell victim to the planet's gravity field, they were saved by [[Twilight Sparkle]]. After being informed that the ponies had never seen Cybertronians, Bumblebee displayed his vehicle mode as an idea of blending in only to be informed that the ponies weren't a judgmental species and would likely accept their robot modes. {{storylink|Transformation Is Magic}}

Bumblebee, Optimus, and Twilight traveled across Equestria gathering allies in anticipation of a final showdown against Megatron's forces, arrived at the [[Crystal Empire]] just in time to prevent the Decepticon-changeling alliance from conquering the city. Bumblebee complimented [[Princess Cadance]]'s taste in decorations, then stood by as several [[unicorn]]s blasted [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] with their combined magic power. Once the villains had been vanquished and the Decepticons banished back to Cybertron, he and the other Autobots took part in their goodbye party before traveling back to Cybertron and severing the link between their two worlds. {{storylink|Finale (Friendship in Disguise!)|Finale}}

During [[King Sombra]]'s invasion of Cybertron, Bumblebee took part in the final battle against Sombra and his minions. He struggled against a brainwashed [[Pinkie Pie]] and [[Fluttershy]] before [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] attacked, and later came under attack from [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] and [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] before [[Spike (MLP)|Spike]] helped him return his friends to normal. After the day was saved, he saw the ponies off at the spacebridge. {{storylink|Finale (The Magic of Cybertron)|Finale}}

===''Transformers/Back to the Future''===

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In the year [[1985]], Bumblebee was scouting [[Hill Valley]] where he found [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] in the [[Lyon Estates]] neighborhood, clashing with them as he updated Optimus Prime. When the humans [[Doc Brown]] and [[Marty McFly]] stumbled on the battle, everyone reverted to alternate mode, Bumblebee taking the chance to kill Ravage by crushing him under his tire. After Rumble had fled, Bumblebee bore witness to Brown using a modified Delorean to [[time travel]] before he set out for the ''Ark''. {{storylink|Transformers/Back to the Future issue 1|Transformers/Back to the Future #1}}

In an altered timeline where [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] had reactivated [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] early and allowed for a complete Decepticon takeover of Earth, Bumblebee and [[Gigawatt]] had joined [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]'s Autobot resistance by the year [[2015]]. After Gigawatt had brought [[Marty McFly]] and [[Skilz]] to join the resistance, {{storylink|Transformers/Back to the Future issue 2|Transformers/Back to the Future #2}} the group received a distress signal from Hill Valley. Discovering that Marty's parents and Doc Brown were to be executed, the Autobots were forced to run in after Marty, with Bumblebee facing off against [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]]. Once the Decepticons had been defeated, however, the Hill Valley courthouse revealed itself as the Decepticon [[Watchtower]]. {{storylink|Transformers/Back to the Future issue 3|Transformers/Back to the Future #3}} Pitted against the enormous Decepticon Bumblebee, Rodimus, and Skilz did what they could to buy time for Marty and Gigawatt to make their escape back to the past, but Bumblebee soon fell to the giant's heavy artillery.

When Marty and Gigawatt travelled back to 1984, they awoke the Autobots ahead of schedule and prevented Rumble from reactivating Megatron and the other Decepticons. With the help of [[Biff Tannen]], the Autobots became secret protectors of Earth and maintained their position for thirty years until 2015, when a time-travelling Marty caught up with them to return the original DeLorean time machine to its owner. {{storylink|Transformers/Back to the Future issue 4|Transformers/Back to the Future #4}}
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===''Transformers Go! Go!''===
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The impulsive Bumblebee served as Optimus Prime's top scout, although his excitability sometimes got the best of him. {{storylink|We Are Transformers!}} [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] once stole Bumblebee's [[energon cube]], but Optimus Prime recovered it after punching Megatron into the sky. {{storylink|Where Is the Energon?}} While on patrol with Optimus Prime, Bumblebee veered off to scout a different area while Optimus helped some humans cross a washed-out bridge. {{storylink|How to Use a Big Body}}

While touring [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]'s lab on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Bumblebee stood by as Wheeljack unveiled his new jetpack invention, and chased after Optimus when the demonstration spiralled out of control. {{storylink|Big Invention, Big Trouble?}} Bumblebee was on patrol with [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] when the older Autobot decided to set up an impromptu concert, until Optimus angrily ordered them both to get back to work. {{storylink|Justice, Peace, and Rock 'n' Roll}} After [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]'s explosive burps accidentally blew a hole in the Autobot base, Bumblebee watched him clean up and provided some encouragement. {{storylink|Mission: Snacks, All to Myself!}}

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While fighting [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and Megatron alone, Bumblebee missed his shot, which knocked a sign off a [[Maccadam's Old Oil House|nearby building]], causing Starscream to accidentally lob a bomb into Megatron's gun turret. The subsequent explosion sent the two villains flying, while Bumblebee celebrated his completely accidental victory. {{storylink|The Evil Leader's Big Miscalculation}} Bumblebee was part of a team of Autobots who travelled to an [[arcade planet]] in search of energon. However, they discovered that the Decepticons had arrived on the planet for the same reason, and the Autobots rolled out to stop them. {{storylink|Great Adventure on the Planet of Games!}} Bumblebee and Optimus Prime were driving through the forest when they failed to trip one of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s booby traps. While Starscream sky-wrote a rude message to Megatron, the pair were enjoying a day in the sun with some fruit juice. {{storylink|Careless Scream}}

In the fall, Optimus Prime and Bumblebee encountered Megatron and [[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]] on their day off. Optimus and Megatron decided to hold a fishing contest, with Bumblebee acting as the referee, but when the competition came to an end Bumblebee admitted that they hadn't laid down any actual rules before they started. {{storylink|Warriors' Day Off}} During a skirmish against the Decepticons, Bumblebee sustained an injury and had to be repaired by [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]. However, Ratchet decided to fix ''Starscream'', as well, ignoring his comrade's pleas for him to stop. {{storylink|The Iron Man of Repair}}

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On Optimus Prime's birthday, Bumblebee considered several potential gifts for his leader before deciding to bake him an enormous cake shaped like the Autobot leader. {{storylink|The Commander's Birthday}} Bumblebee and Optimus Prime faced off against [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], but when the Decepticon unleashed his [[Mini-Cassette]]s, the Autobots thought that they were cute and quickly befriended [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] and [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]]. {{storylink|Unpredictable}}

One day, Bumblebee went fishing with [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], and Bumblebee watched in awe as Hot Rod fought, landed, and eventually cooked a giant robotic shark. {{storylink|Marvelous! Fire Shark Fishing!!}} Bumblebee and Optimus Prime attended a strategy meeting with [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], until Bumblebee pointed out that Hot Rod hadn't arrived yet. {{storylink|Don't Oversleep and Forget Things!!}}

Bumblebee helped organize a rap battle between Soundwave and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] when the two rivals crossed paths. The pair admitted a grudging fondness for each other, but quickly collapsed back into fighting, much to Bumblebee's exasperation {{storylink|Go! Go! issue 13|Go! Go! #13}} At one point, Bumblebee had trouble keeping up with Wheeljack's homework assignments. {{storylink|Go! Go! issue 14|Go! Go! #14}} Bumblebee and the other Autobots battled Megatron and the Decepticons over the perfect place to hold a barbeque. {{storylink|I Want to Protect This Place}} Bumblebee despaired when Starscream stole his energon, until [[Elita One (G1)|Elita-1]] helped him and Optimus build their muscles and become the "[[Muscle Autobots]]", who intimidated Starscream into fleeing. {{storylink|Muscle Revolution! Ya!}} When [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]'s overzealous idea of "security" sound up injuring Optimus Prime, Bumblebee helped Ratchet bandage up their wounded leader. {{storylink|Go! Go! issue 17|Go! Go! #17}}

[[File:GoGo18-snowmachine.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.66|"Jane, stop this crazy thing!"]]

One winter's day, the Autobots were having a snowball fight when Wheeljack unveiled his latest invention, a gigantic snowball-throwing robot. However, the machine malfunctioned, and Bumblebee had to turn it off while the other Autobots provided covering fire. That night, the Autobots all relaxed in an igloo they created from the excess snow. {{storylink|Go! Go! issue 18|Go! Go! #18}} On [[Christmas]] Eve, the Autobots filled in for [[Santa Claus]] and helped deliver presents to children around the world. {{storylink|The Big Operation to Help Santa!}} On New Year's Day, the Autobots were enjoying a quiet day when the Decepticons attacked, but the Autobots sent them packing and resumed their cleaning. {{storylink|The Transformers' Explosive New Years' Battle!}} Optimus Prime and Bumblebee attempted to wish their readers a happy New Year's and introduce the year's zodiac animal, but [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] burst in to advertise [[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|his new movie]]. {{storylink|Go! Go! issue 19|Go! Go! #19}}

After a tough day of fighting Decepticons, [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] took an exhausted Bumblebee on vacation. However, Arcee's high-impact approach to vacationing left Bumblebee even more tired than before. {{storylink|The Trick to a Healthy Autobot Warrior}} While walking down the street one day, Bumblebee and Optimus were excited to learn that their adventures had been compliled into a [[Transformers Go! Go!|manga]], and helped spread the word. {{storylink|Go! Go! issue 26|Go! Go! #26}} When Optimus Prime's [[Morphobot]] grew too big, Bumblebee suggested that Prime teleport it to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Sprout Up}}

[[File:GoGo29-templeescape.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.66|Bumblebee denied it at first, but eventually he had to accept that he had a monkey on his back.]]

While on an adventure with Optimus Primal, Bumblebee watched as Optimus Prime powered up with a new color scheme to defeat the two Megatrons. {{storylink|Go! Go! Fan Book 2023 special|Fan Book 2023}} While Bumblebee took a break from patrol, Starscream swooped in and stole his [[energon goodie|energon snack]]s again. This time, Bumblebee enlisted [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] to help him nab the thief. {{storylink|Autobot Police Dispatched!}}

Bumblebee and Arcee were driving through the jungle when they encountered Optimus Primal and Cheetor, who were in search of a legendary treasure. The four allies agreed to work together in the ensuing jungle trek, but their attempt to ford a rickety rope bridge ended with them crashing through the bridge and careening off a waterfall. Fortunately, they washed up directly in front of the ancient temple they'd been seeking. {{storylink|Go! Go! issue 28|Go! Go! #28}} {{storylink|Go! Go! issue 29}} The group worked together to navigate the temple's various tricks and traps; Bumblebee's agility came in handy when the time came to secure the treasure chest from a deposit of [[energon crystal]]s. However, Bumblebee wasn't as agile as he'd hoped, and his clumsiness accidentally instigated a chain reaction that caused the entire energon horde to explode. After escaping the collapsing temple, the friends opened the treasure chest... only to discover that it contained a payload of [[energon bomb]]s that sent them blasting sky-high. {{storylink|Go! Go! issue 29}}

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===''Visitors from Cybertron''===
[[File:VisitorsFromCybertron-PrimeLook.jpg|thumb|left|"Prime! Look! The person reading this wiki page needs to go outside!"]]

Bumblebee and Optimus Prime were battling Megatron on Cybertron when a sudden space-time portal pulled them to the [[Land of Dawn]] before Megatron could finish off the yellow Autobot. After arriving, the villainous cyborg [[X.BORG]] deceived Bumblebee into attacking the heroic [[Johnson (MLBB)|Johnson]] before Optimus convinced his friend to stand down. When a second mysterious flash illuminated the sky, the three rolled off to investigate. {{storylink|Visitors from Cybertron}}

===''History of the Transformers''===
Bumblebee was the youngest member of Optimus Prime's Autobot team, a stealthy scout with a love of Earth culture. One night, he and the other Autobots visited a drive-in theater in [[Idaho]]. {{storylink|History of the Transformers}}
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===Energon Universe===
{{spoiler|Transformers (2023) issue 1|November 8 2023}}
[[File:TF2023 1 Starscream blasts Bumblebee.jpeg|thumb|right|upright=0.75|Times certainly have changed since the [[Mike Costa]] days.]]
Bumblebee was one of the [[Autobot]]s aboard the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' when it crashed on Earth. When [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] reactivated [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], the [[Decepticon]]'s first instinct was to kill the nearest Autobot and blasted Bumblebee's head before he could be revived. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] would briefly mourn Bumblebee's death during his own fight with Starscream. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 1|Transformers #1}}
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==Commercial appearances==
[[File:PunchClonescommercial-Goldbug.jpg|left|thumb|They finally remembered to draw his model sheet's latissimus dorsi trapezoid!]]
[[File:Micromasterbasescommercial.jpg|right|thumb|"Also I've brought in this little blue microcassette recorder, Prime!"]]
*Goldbug looked on as [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] handed their agent [[Punch (G1)|Punch]] an important device to carry. Punch assured the Autobots that they could trust him, and he sped off... to meet with the Decepticons! {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Punch and Clones|Punch/Counterpunch and Clones commercial}}
*Bumblebee was reunited with Optimus, emerging from his shell alongside Jazz and running up to help him fight Starscream in a darkened city. Prime gave them both a hug. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Classic Pretenders|Classic Pretenders commercial}}
*Bumblebee and [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] managed to capture two of the Decepticons' Micromaster vehicles, and hauled them within an Autobot base to show [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus]]. The Autobots were sent scrambling when a team of Decepticon Micromasters sprung up, and transformed the vehicles into mini-bases, using them to attack Bumblebee and company! {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Micromaster micro bases|Micromaster micro bases commercial}}
*"Bot Shots" Bumblebee burst through a display of the Bot Shots toyline, and exclaimed "BOT SHOTS!" before lunging forwards with his fist. {{storylink|Commercial#Bot Shots|Bot Shots toy commercial}}
*"Hero Mashers" Bumblebee, Optimus Prime and Grimlock took on Megatron in the middle of a busy city. After Optimus started swapping pieces with everyone, Bumblebee and Grimlock took a break from the fight to arm wrestle. They were interrupted by Optimus crashing between them, and the Autobots scrambled their pieces into one another to take down Megatron for good. The trio then returned to their normal configurations (though it took them more than one try to do so!) {{storylink|Commercial#Hero Mashers|Hero Mashers commercial}}
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==Games==
===Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons===
Bumblebee was amongst the Autobots abducted and held captive by the Decepticons, prompting Optimus Prime to enter the Decepticons' maze-like base in a rescue operation. {{storylink|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons packaging blurb and game}}

===The Transformers (1985)===
Bumblebee was among the few remaining Autobots in the wake of the Decepticon creation of ROBO-CLONING technology. With his energy-starved comrades, he desperately sought pieces of the Autobot Energon Cube before the Decepticons could get their hands on them. {{storylink|The Transformers (Commodore 64)|The Transformers}}

===The Transformers: Battle to Save the Earth===
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Along with his fellow Autobots, Bumblebee protected Earth from the menace of the Decepticons. He was ostensibly under the command of [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: Battle to Save the Earth}}
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===Transformers: Mystery of Convoy===
Bumblebee could come to Ultra Magnus's (or Rodimus Prime's) aid under special circumstances at certain points during the mission to uncover Optimus Prime's whereabouts. Upon destroying a red, white and orange seeker, Ultra Magnus/Rodimus Prime would be escorted by Bumblebee to another location, allowing to bypass entire areas that the Autobot would have to otherwise battled their way through. The first possible instance of this occurring is in the [[Temple Ruins]], with Bumblebee leading the Autobot warrior to the [[Subspace Zone]]. Bumblebee could come to the Autobot's aid once more in the [[Glacier Zone]], leading them directly to the [[Underground Machine City]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Mystery of Convoy}}

===3D Battle-Card Game===
Bumblebee was one of [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]'s many Autobot allies in a fight against [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s Decepticon army. {{storylink|3D Battle-Card Game#Energon Wars expansion|Energon Wars Expansion Set}}

===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
{{voiceactor|[[Jack Merluzzi]]}}

Bumblebee was one of the Autobots present on [[Zel Samine]] during the Decepticon attacks. He joined up with [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s party after they secured the wind power plant from the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

===''Transformers Battle Circuit''===
Bumblebee, one of the "greatest Transformers of all time," was part of an Autobot team that participated in a tournament on Cybertron. He faced off against a team of Decepticons in a series of one-on-one matches. If he managed to defeat Menasor, Trypticon, Astrotrain, Starscream and Megatron, Bumblebee was declared to be the tournament's champion! {{storylink|Transformers Battle Circuit}}

===''Sector Seven'' game===
Footage of "NBE A684" was captured within a parking garage by a security camera, where it transformed out of its Volkswagen Beetle mode and stomped on another nearby vehicle. This footage was later leaked onto the internet. {{storylink|Sector Seven (game)}}

===''Transformers G1: Awakening''===
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Bumblebee was among the Autobots who left Cybertron in the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], and spent four million years in stasis after the ship crashed on Earth thanks to a Decepticon attack. When he woke up, [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] gave him the news that most of the other Autobots were damaged and needed [[energon]] to wake them up. Bumblebee was soon put to work gathering energy from nearby power plants. He was soon overjoyed when Optimus Prime was recovered enough to lead them again. After discovering the Decepticon [[space bridge]], the Autobots used it to return to Cybertron, only to find that [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] had conquered it. Stripped of their weapons, they were imprisoned, but Bumblebee and Ratchet soon escaped and freed their fellows, leading to an escape back to Earth.

Following more adventures on Earth, including helping [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] and repelling an assault on the Ark, Bumblebee and the other Autobots returned to Cybertron, intending to free their enslaved fellows there. Bumblebee scouted the fortress, allowing them to take out the defenses by taking out the power generators. After fighting their way through more Decepticons, Optimus and Bumblebee found themselves confronting Shockwave himself. Though Prime ordered Bumblebee to go free as many Autobots as possible, Bumblebee staunchly stood by his leader, and they soon defeated Shockwave with Grimlock's help. {{storylink|Transformers G1: Awakening}}
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===''Bot Shots Battle Game!''===
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Bumblebee participated in numerous one-on-one matches against other Autobots and Decepticons, using his fists, his sword, or his gun to defeat his opponents. Sometimes, he even faced off against himself! {{storylink|Bot Shots Battle Game!}}

===Transformers Legends===
In the early days of the war, Bumblebee and [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] battled [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] and [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]], who were under orders to breach Iacon's defences. The Autobots emerged victorious when [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] awakened and joined the fray. {{storylink|Assault on Iacon}} On their way back to Iacon after an energon scavenging mission, Bumblebee and [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] were forced to evade a Decepticon team headed by [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]]. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye (Legends)|More than Meets the Eye}}

Bumblebee, having received impressive new upgrades making him capable of "incredible feats of bravery and heroism", recruited Gears, Huffer, and Beachcomber to form the [[Bee Team (G1)|Bee Team]], a secret strike force. The Deluxe [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]], led by [[Venom (G1)|Venom]], managed to stop them attacking Decepticon bases. {{storylink|The Bee Team}} Bumblebee took part in the defense of [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] during a Decepticon assault, but was unable to prevent their advance. {{storylink|One Shall Fall...}} Bumblebee led a team including [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] to hunt down the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] before they could do too much damage to the Autobot forces. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives (Legends)|Call of the Primitives}} Bumblebee and [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]] spent a night out testing [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]]'s new sound system, only to return to base and find that the other Autobots had been turned evil thanks to Megatron's sabotage of the [[recharging chamber]]. While Sparkplug worked on an antidote, Bumblebee and Jazz went to halt the Autobot attack on [[Rutter U.S. Military Base|Rutter Military Base]]. {{storylink|Attack of the Autobots (Legends)|Attack of the Autobots}}

When [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and his minions set their sights on the secrets of [[Gravitronic Energy]], Bumblebee and [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] had to save the human scientists and their research. {{storylink|Box Trap}}

Bumblebee was among the Transformers who attempted to make contact with the [[Quintessa (IDW)|Necrotitan]], and subsequently had to battle it. {{storylink|Revelation (Legends)|Revalation}}

===''Angry Birds Transformers''===
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Bumblebee appears as the second unlockable character. He is portrayed by Chuck. He also appears as [[Chuck (AB)#As Energon Bumblebee|Energon]], [[Chuck (AB)#As High-Octane Bumblebee|High-Octane]] and [[Chuck (AB)#As Classic Bumblebee|Classic]] versions. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
Bumblebee participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He appeared in four different bodies:
*''Bumblebee'' — This Common character could be recruited by collecting 12 units of cybermetal.
*''Bumblebee (Gen)'' — This Uncommon character could be recruited by collecting 45 units of cybermetal and 20 units of transmetal.
*''Goldfire'' — This Uncommon character could be recruited by collecting 135 units of cybermetal and 64 units of transmetal.
*''Bumblebee (G2)'' — This Super Rare character first appeared in the "Generation 2 Episode 1 " event, and could be recruited by collecting 250 units of cybermetal, 75 units of transmetal, 35 event cores, and 10 cores of this character.
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===''Transformers: Devastation''===
{{voiceactor|[[Dan Gilvezan]]}}
Bumblebee accompanied Optimus Prime in his mission to stop Megatron. He used his small size and agility to great effect against the Decepticons, dodging or even sliding between the legs of larger opponents to score back-shots against them. When things got tough, he would deploy a barrage of grenades to clear out opponents. While exploring the ''[[Proudstar]]'', Bumblebee was told his future by [[Teletraan Alpha]], who revealed he will one day be known as "The World's Bridge", "Goldbug", "Race-Welder", and "Goldfire".

{{Note|A Goldfire costume for Bumblebee appears as downloadable content.}} {{storylink|Transformers: Devastation}}
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===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
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===''Transformers Operation Omega''===
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===

[[file:BumblebeeEarthWars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.75| HEY!!!! No touchy! Nooo touchy! No touch!]]

Bumblebee is among the most open and receptive of all the Autobots in terms of befriending other species.
His wide-eyed wonder at his surroundings and his irrepressible enthusiasm, combined with a genuinely affable personality, make him perfect for first contact with an alien species.
But don't let that fool you, he may be small but Bumblebee packs a punch in any battle, and he's unflinchingly loyal to the Autobot cause. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars|Bumblebee Bio}}

Bumblebee arrived on Earth in time for the fight for the Codex Key. The Autobots retrieve it with Bumblebee's help. {{storylink| Transformers: Earth Wars|Transformers: Earth Wars - The Codex Showdown Campaign}}

*'''Class:''' Special
*'''Lowest Star Rating:''' 2 star
*'''Weapons:''' Bumblebee uses a Stun Gun to stun defenses, but it doesn't deal much damage. And he can also somersault to dodge Auto Cannon and Mortar shots.
*'''Ability: EMP Bomb''' - Throw an EMP Bomb that explodes stunning nearby targets for several seconds and deals 33% attack damage every second.
**'''Cost''': 2 ability points +2 for reuses.

[[File:Goldfire_Earth_Wars.jpg|thumb|left|''All things bright and glittery, and of course I look fantastiiiiiic'']]

As Rodimus Unicronus started to collect the Prime cores forcibly, Bumblebee tried to defend the Vector Prime core from Rodimus Unicronus, but in a last ditch attempt to keep the core out of Rodimus' hands, Bumblebee shot the Prime core, blasting him and the core into the past!

Later, he woke up to find himself in 1987, with Harmony Keen keeping watch over him. He learns that Harmony is Melody's mom, and finds out Ramjet is heading into the facility! Bumblebee asked for Harmony to use the developmenta tech to transfer his spark over into their new "Goldfire" prototype body. When he was beaten down into submission, "Goldfire" told Harmony to activate the tech again, transferring his spark back into his old body. He zapped Ramjet into submission, but once Harmony was threatened, Bumblebee reluctantly gave up the Vector Prime Core. Once she was out of the picture though, Bumblebee knocked Ramjet out.
He gave Harmony a hailing frequency telling her to call it, and used the Vector Prime Core to teleport himself and Ramjet back into the present.

Returning to the present in his new body, He noted to Cliffjumper and Mirage that he was the same bot, before telling Melody to pick up her phone once it rang, wishing her a Merry Christmas, before heading out. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars}}

*'''Class''': Warrior
*'''Lowest Star Rating''': 2 stars
*'''Weapons''': Goldfire uses his specially modified blasters to shoot down targets. Once he does, he walks up and smashes them with his hands.
*'''Ability''': Blazing Charge - Rush into combat setting buildings on fire and dealing damage to each of them over time. The effect will spread if the building is destroyed during this time.
**'''Cost''': 3 (+3 for reuses.)

[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:Bumblebee Bumblebee on Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]
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[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:Goldfire Goldfire on Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]

===''Transformers Online'' (2017 video game)===
[[File:Bumblebee TFO.jpg|thumb]]
{{bigquote|Best take caution and anticipate anything.}}

Before the [[AllSpark]] went into hibernation, Bumblebee was one of the last Transformers created. By natural selection, he was appointed to be Optimus Prime's scout. In his limited capacity, Bumblebee would look up to model authority such as Optimus Prime. He desired to be recognized, which forced him to try to seize the opportunity to display his courage. Thus, Bumblebee would perform some seemingly foolhardy and risky tasks in an attempt to impress his teammates. In secrecy, though, he is a competent scout like no other.

In battle, Bumblebee wielded the "[[Laser Blade]]" and the "[[Skullbuster]]" shotgun. His active skill was "Lightning Laceration":
*'''Lightning Laceration''' — Bumblebee vanishes into thin air, enabling him to dish out 300 points of damage to his opponent 5 times in succession. {{storylink|Transformers Online (2017 video game)|Transformers Online}} <ref>[http://tfol.qq.com/act/a20160726data/hero2.shtml Bumblebee on the Transformers Online website]</ref>
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===''Transformers: Forged to Fight''===
[[File:ForgedToFight-Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|"Tiny but Mighty!"]]
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===''Transformers: Bumblebee Overdrive''===
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Bumblebee took part in a series of attacks against multiple Decepticon bases, destroying them and defeating all enemies in the process. Sometimes, he would change from his regular form to a stronger one known as Stealth Bumblebee. 300 Armor, 300 Blaster Strength, Score x1, Coins x1, Blaster Speed: Very Fast (stats for Normal Bumblebee)
Stealth Bumblebee took part in a series of multiple attacks against Decepticon bases, destroying them and defeating all enemies in the process. 1300 Armor, 1300 Blaster Strength, Score x12, Coins x4, Blaster Speed: Fast
{{storylink|Transformers: Bumblebee Overdrive}}
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===''World of Warships: Transformers''===
{{voiceactor|[[Daman Mills]] (English)}}
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===''Transformers: Heavy Metal''===
[[File:TFHeavyMetal Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|right]]
When the Decepticons invaded Earth in search of Energon, Bumblebee and Hound set up the [[Guardian Program]], teaming humans up with Autobots to combat the invaders. While inducting [[You|one human]] into the program, Bumblebee successfully fought off Starscream. Aiming to defeat Starscream once again, Bumblebee did his best to track down the different types of Decepticon and master fighting him. [[Shadow Striker (G1)|Shadow Striker]] had a particular dislike for him which he wasn't sure about the root cause of. {{storylink|Transformers: Heavy Metal}}
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===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
Bumblebee's good-natured optimism allowed him to make friends with a wide range of species, including [[human]]s. He was wholeheartedly devoted to Optimus Prime and viewed the Autobot commander as a kind of father figure; in turn, he served as a mentor to [[Rubble]]. {{storylink|Transformers Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook|Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook}}

==Toys==
{{main|Bumblebee (G1)/toys}}

==Merchandise==
{{main|Bumblebee (G1)/merchandise}}

==Notes==
*The original Bumblebee toy was taken from the Japanese ''[[Micro Change|Microchange]]'' line, where it was available in yellow, red, and blue versions.
*Bumblebee appeared in one of five [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1]] [[public service announcement]]s, informing children that they shouldn't run away from home because it's "mean". This from the guy who ditched the Autobots for no real reason.
[[File:PretenderBumblebeeModel.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Bumblebee's rarely-seen Classic Pretenders character model. (Optimus Prime wants Goldbug back.)]]
*A 1986 [[Panini]] stickerbook sold in Belgium and the Netherlands gave Bumblebee the alternate French language name "Bonnebille". Whether this name was used in any other media made for French-speaking regions is unknown. No such thing in Quebec for sure.
*When Bumblebee reappeared in the Marvel Comics as a [[Classic Pretender]], he returned to his original toy's [[character model]], rather than one based on his new form. A new character model did appear in various toy commercials, however. These included one which introduced him and the other Classic Pretenders, and one where he and Jazz stupidly drag [[Micromaster]] bases into Autobot headquarters, causing everyone to flee when they transform and attack.
*According to [[Battle for Cybertron]], Bumblebee is a code-name.
*Bumblebee/Goldbug was clearly a "top-tier" character in the first decade of ''Transformers'': he was the only 1984 Autobot still shipping in 1986; he received more toys during Generation 1 than any other character; he had a toy shipping during seven of Generation 1's eight-year run. However, [[Hasbro]] lost the right to use "Bumblebee" as a toy [[trademark]] during the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' and ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Machines]]'' years, when Generation 1 names were in disuse. That's right, the name "Bumblebee" was lost during the years everyone turned into animals. Hence why [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Unicron Trilogy Hot Shot]] could not be named Bumblebee despite the obvious yellow kid-appeal tradition.
*The ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' [[Mini-Con]], [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]] is pretty clearly an [[homage]] to Bumblebee, from the coloration, placement of car-parts in [[robot mode]], segmented-pipe biceps and even the head design.
*A robot using Bumblebee's character model is shown in a still-shot flashback as a member of the [[Rodimus's crew|Autobot group]] led by [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]]. Whether this robot is an alternate-universe incarnation of Bumblebee or simply a similar-looking robot is—like all [[Unicron Trilogy]] character-model cameos—left to conjecture.
*Goldbug was actually a preliminary name for Bumblebee during early treatments for the Marvel Comics!<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/conventions-15/botcon-2010-bob-budiansky-panel-coverage-170041/ Bob Budiansky BotCon Panel Coverage]</ref>
*A vehicle resembling Bumblebee's [[alternate mode]] appears at the end of ''[[Transformers: The Ride – 3D]]''.

===Foreign names===
====Bumblebee====
*''Japanese:'' '''Bumble''' (バンブル ''Banburu''), '''Bumblebee''' (バンブルビー ''Banburubī'')
*''Cantonese:'' '''Daai Wong Fung''' (大黃蜂, "Hornet")
*''Czech:'' '''Čmelák''' ("Bumblebee")
*''French:'' '''Bourdon''' (Canada, "Bumblebee"), '''Coccinelle''' (Canada, "Ladybug" or "Beetle"),<ref>The Volkswagen Beetle was called "Coccinelle" in French areas, which is the French word for ladybug.</ref> '''Balbee''' (European French cartoon dub)
*''Hebrew:'' '''Dabúr''' (דבור, "Hornet")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Űrdongó''' ("Space-bumblebee"), '''Dongó''' (''The Movie'', "Bumblebee")
*''Italian:'' '''Maggiolino''' ("Beetle"), '''Saetta''' ("Set Commandos" four-pack), '''Defensor''' (Action Master)
*''Korean:'' '''Bumblebee''' (범블비 ''Beombeulbi'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Dàhuángfēng''' (大黄蜂, "Bumblebee" or "Hornet")
*''Polish:'' '''Trzmiel''' ("Bumblebee")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Moscardo''' (Portugal comics, "Hornet"), '''Furão''' (Brazil comics, "Ferret"), '''Volks''' (Brazil toys)
*''Russian:'' '''Shershen'''' (dub, Шершень, "Hornet")
*''Spanish:'' '''Volks'''
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Dzhmil'''' (ICTV, Джміль, "Bumblebee")

====Goldbug====
*''Japanese:'' '''Goldback''' (ゴールドバック ''Gōrudobakku''), '''Goldbug''' (ゴールドバグ ''Gōrudobagu''), '''Goldfire''' (ゴールドファイア ''Gōrudofaia'')
*''Hungarian:'' '''Aranybogár''' ("Goldbug")
*''Italian:'' '''Wagenbot'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Jīn Jiǎchóng''' (Taiwan, 金甲蟲, "Golden Beetle")

==See also==
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*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], the voiceless yellow one-man franchise from the [[live-action film series]].
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]], the hothead yellow kid-appeal character from ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]].''
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], the yellow kid-appeal character turned leader from the [[Aligned continuity family]].
*[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]], the amnesiac yellow kid-appeal character from ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|Transformers: Cyberverse]].''}}

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.tf-1.com/articles/mini_frame.php?art=whitemexbee White Mexican Bumblebee gallery at TF-1.com]

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Banpei the Mini-Con:

{{disambig2|the battle that comprises Act 1 of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''|the eponymous mobile game event| The Battle for Autobot City.}}
[[File:BattleAutobotCity2.jpg|upright=1.8|thumb|In ur base, killin ur doods.]]
The '''Battle of Autobot City''' was a protracted battle between the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s taking place at [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]], the primary base of the Autobots on [[Earth]], taking place in the year [[2005]] in several reality streams. By its end, the leaders of both the Autobot and Decepticon forces were suffering fatal injuries, numerous combatants on both sides had been killed, and events were set in motion that would lead to the creation of [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] and, eventually, the passing of the [[Matrix of Leadership]].

{{bigquote|Their defenses are broken. Let the slaughter begin!|[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]|''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''}}

==Prelude==
[[File:TFTM-AutobotCityUndamaged.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|left|This is before everything went to hell.]]
By 2005, the Decepticons had succeeded in driving Autobot resistance entirely off [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. However, the Autobots retained staging grounds on two of Cybertron's moons , as well as significant energy-production facilities and alliances on Earth. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] while cautious in his assessment of his troops ability to retake the planet, had preparations well underway for just such a campaign, and dispatched a shuttle to Earth to collect a final shipment of [[Energon cube|Energon cubes]] from the Earth production facilities, entrusting a good portion of his command staff with the mission.

[[File:Tftm1986a.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|The future of pratfall technology: the Exploding Banana Peel.]]
Unfortunately for the Autobots, the Decepticon spy [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] got wind of the Autobots' plans and warned [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and his inner circle. Megatron himself led a sizeable contingent of Decepticons against the small Autobot crew on the shuttle, ambushing and boarding it as it passed some small celestial bodies on approach to Earth.

Heavily outnumbered and outmatched, the Autobots were overwhelmed. [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]],[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]],[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] became the battle's first casualities, though Ironhide clung onto life just long enough receive a point-blank shot to the face from Megatron's [[fusion cannon]].

Now in control of the shuttle, Megatron revealed his plan to a doubting [[Starscream(G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Stascream]]: the shuttle was to be used as a "Trojan Horse", conveying the Decepticons for a surprise attack on Autobot City itself, which Megatron seemed to think would vanquish the Autobots forever.{{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

{{note|There ''is'' a reason Megatron thought this—the original script makes it clear that Autobot City is, in fact, a massive energy-gathering facility, equipped with energy gathering devices such as hydroelectric dams, wind turbines, and solar panels. Thus, if the Decepticons destroy the city, the Autobots will be without an energy supply, pretty much crippling their war effort.}}
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==The Battle==
{{note|Events not shown in the animated movie are in italics.}}

===First Phase===

Megatron had calculated correctly in that the Autobot shuttle would not set off Autobot City's defences even if carrying a Decepticon crew. It was sheer chance that the young human [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] noted the hole in the shuttle (from the Decepticons' earlier boarding and alerted the young Autobot [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]], who investigated further and quickly learned the truth of the situation. Hot Rod opened fire on the shuttle, damaging it to the point that the Decepticons were forced to disembark and launch their attack earlier than planned.

[[File:AutobotCitytransforms.jpg|thumb|Launch Black Tiger squadron, and prepare the Wave Motion Gun for firing...oh, sorry, wrong anime.]]
The Autobots, though surprised and outnumbered, quickly rallied to the defense. [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]], commanding the City, ordered [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] to contact Optimus Prime on [[Moonbase One]] to obtain reinforcements, [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] to [[Transformation|transform]] Autobot City into its battle mode, and [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] to assist in alerting Autobots to the attack.

Springer and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] began the transformation of the city into battle station mode, offering the Autobot population greater defensive capability to meet the Decepticon assault. It also had the added bonus of trapping Starscream's right foot, forcing him to inflict a wound upon himself to avoid getting crushed.

Kup and Hot Rod, speeding toward the city, saw that the two [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]]s [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] and [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] were eating through one of the doors, but Kickback was taken across a chasm by the retracting bridge. Using the Insecticon as a springboard, Hot Rod and Kup were able to clear the gap and enter the city moments before the armored doors closed.

[[File:TAM TPB Gestalt Fight.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2]]
Meanwhile, Blaster managed to make brief contact with the Cybertronian Autobots, but the signal was cut off by the intervention of [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]], who deployed [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] and [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] to wreck the communications tower and all inside. However, Blaster evened the odds by deploying his own quartet of assistants into the fight: [[Ramhorn (G1)|Ramhorn]], [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]], [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]], and [[Eject (G1)|Eject]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

''While all this was going on, [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] made a concurrent attack on the Ark, as a means of a distraction to prevent [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] and [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] from aiding the Autobot forces at Autobot City.'' {{storylink|The Gathering Storm}}

Though unable to penetrate Autobot City's defenses by conventional means, the Decepticons were still able to pick off individual Autobot soldiers, such as [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] ''and [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]]''. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}} {{storylink|The Gathering Storm}} Realizing that a frontal assault was wasting time, Megatron ordered the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s to merge into [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. The giant robot quickly made his presence felt, penetrating the first line of defenses by literally tearing them open, and shattering one attempt by Springer, Kup, Hot Rod and Arcee to put him out of action. But even so, the two sides were so evenly matched that the battle continued over the course of the remainder of that day and throughout the night. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
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===Second Phase===
[[File:Tftm1986b.jpg|thumb|"Will you stop being such a baby about this? Just hold on a second. I can see the splinter. It's right ... there ..."]]
{{quote|One shall stand, one shall fall.|Optimus Prime on seeing Megatron|[[The Transformers: The Movie|TFTM]]}}

[[File:Battleofautobotcity.jpg|thumb|left|"Megatron is responsible for [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|Prime's]] [[death]], not [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|me]]!"]]
However, the city could not hold out forever; by the next morning Autobot defenses had been broken by relentless Decepticon assaults, and Megatron ordered his troops to begin the final phase. It was at this crucial point that Autobot reinforcements commanded by Optimus Prime arrived. The [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s were deployed to attack Devastator—with some success—but could not halt the Decepticons' advance into Autobot City.

''Upon entering the city, Devastator clawed his way through the rubble, only to be confronted by Ultra Magnus, [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] and [[Sideswipe (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sideswipe]]; who brought the combiner down, separating him into his individual components. Outnumbered and outgunned, the Autobot squad instantly pulled back, while the Constructicons gave chase. Whilst retreating, Red Alert was gunned down by the Constructicon pursuers, as Megatron watched the progress of his troops in triumph.'' {{storylink|A Flash Forward}}

In an attempt to prevent further casualties, Optimus Prime made a heroic frontal assault against the members of the Decepticon army still positioned outside. In tractor-trailer mode, he mowed down Thrust and Shrapnel, while narrowly missing Blitzwing before transforming to [[robot mode]] and using his [[ion blaster]] to singlehandedly blast the other Decepticons, fighting his way to engage Megatron in what he assured his longtime foe would be their final battle.

The fight between the two leaders was brief and intense, but resulted in a seeming-victory for Prime. But Megatron had spotted a discarded gun a matter of yards away from him. Stalling for time with feigned pleas for mercy, Megatron crawled towards the gun while Optimus pointed out the irony of Megatron engaging in such pleas given his prior actions. Before either could take a shot, Hot Rod intervened, trying to overpower the Decepticon leader. But his efforts backfired, as Megatron grappled the young Autobot, used him as a shield and shot Optimus repeatedly. Tossing aside Hot Rod, Megatron prepared to finish off his longtime nemesis. Prime, however, managed to gather his remaining strength to deal a {{w|Punch (combat)|haymaker}} powerful enough to knock Megatron off a ledge and into a crippling fall.

Seeing their leader conclusively defeated in this way broke the Decepticons' spirit. Starscream, taking interim command, ordered [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] to transform and ferry the Decepticons away in a general retreat. Unsurprisingly, Starscream appeared ready to leave Megatron to expire where he lay, but Soundwave carried him to Astrotrain. Gathering up their wounded, the Decepticons fled, leaving the Autobots to similarly gather up their own casualties. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{--}}

==Aftermath==
[[File:Optimusg1passingthematrix.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2|"One of you must take the Matrix."<br>"Not it!"<br>"I wasn't talking to you, Blurr."]]
[[File:Tftm1986c.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Galvatron, or just plain old TRON?]]

Large numbers of Autobots and Decepticons had either been terminated or severely wounded as a result of the battle. Windcharger, Wheeljack, and [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] were among the casualties, and even the mighty Optimus Prime soon succumbed to his wounds and expired, but not before passing the Matrix of Leadership to Ultra Magnus as his successor, unaware that the Matrix had made [[Hot Rod (G1)| a choice of its own]] as to who would become the new [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]].

Several wounded Decepticons—including Megatron—were thrown out of Astrotrain when the latter's fuel reserves proved insufficent to return to Cybertron. They would later be found by the Chaos-Bringer [[Unicron]] and reshaped into [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]], [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Cyclonus's Armada|his armada]], as well as [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and the [[Sweep (G1)|Sweeps]].

The [[Unicron War]] would be the next major Transformer battle, its events spinning directly out of the Battle of Autobot City. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}} By later in the year, Autobot City had been fully repaired and had more personnel stationed there. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness}}
{{--}}

==Participants==
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*[[Springer (G1)|Springer]]
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*[[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]]
*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]
*[[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]]
**[[Eject (G1)|Eject]]
**[[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]]
**[[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]]
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*[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]<ref>Both a retroactive inclusion and a casualty.</ref>
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*[[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]]<ref name="got better"/>

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*[[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]]
*[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]]
*[[Slag (G1)|Slag]]
*[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]]
*[[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]]
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]
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*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]<ref name="death"/>
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*[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]]
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**[[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]]
**[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]
**[[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]
**[[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]]
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]<ref name="death"/>
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]<ref name="got better"/><ref name="not getting into this">Became Cyclonus. Unless the other one did. Or Life Spark did. Look, it's complicated, okay?</ref>
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]<ref>Shockwave only appeared in one shot, which may have been an [[animation error]].</ref>
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*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]
*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]
*[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]]
*[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]]
*[[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]]
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]
*[[Lugnut (TF 2010)|Lugnut]]<ref name="retcon"/>
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*[[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]
**[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]]
**[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]]
**[[Hook (G1)|Hook]]
**[[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]]
**[[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]]
**[[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]]
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{{Reflist}}

==Notes==
[[File:TFTM-SideswipeRedAlertTracks.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]]
[[File:ShockwaveBattleAutobotcity.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Logic dictates that I put in a token appearance.]]

* Okay, we're going to be honest here. The whole point of this battle is [[To sell toys|to off your favorite characters in violent ways, then replace them with newbies who we've never seen before]].
* It's not shown how Megatron managed to beat the Autobot shuttle to Earth's [[Star system|solar system]]. Astrotrain, perhaps?
* Storyboards that have found their way to the public over the years show additional scenes that were scripted and planned, but (in all probability) never animated:
**At the beginning of the shuttle segment, the Autobot shuttle would have been shown dodging through an asteroid storm, thus explaining why they didn't at least detect the approaching Decepticons. Some of this concept made it into the Marvel Comics [[The Planet-Eater!|adaptation of the movie]].
**Hot Rod's adventures outside the city would have been a bit longer and more dramatic. A short scene would also show him getting reprimanded by Ultra Magnus inside the city itself.
**[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] would have stealthily blasted [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] before getting shot at by Megatron (given the emphasis on body-count, and the fact that Mirage never appears after the movie, it's likely this would have killed him).
**[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], and Ultra Magnus would have finally brought down Devastator with a missile barrage. The Constructicons would subsequently [[:File:TFTM-RedAlertDown.jpg|kill Red Alert]] as the Autobots retreated.
***In 2012, the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] comic "[[A Flash Forward]]" directly adapted this scene into the ''[[Transformers: Wings Universe|Wings Universe]]'', a continuity nearly identical to the Generation 1 cartoon.
**Several Decepticons would have dogpiled Optimus Prime at the start of his confrontation with Megatron, only for him to trounce them all soundly.
***Just before this, Blitzwing would have knocked Optimus Prime's gun out of his hands. In the final version of the movie, Optimus's gun just seems to have disappeared for no reason when he finally finds Megatron.
**[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker's]] lifeless body would have been seen as the Decepticons retreated.
* Alternate footage of the opening stage of the battle was part of a [[The Transformers: The Movie promo|promotional trailer]] assembled early in the movie's production.
* Counting characters who were meant to be there, were seen outside, or were killed, the Autobots had Ultra Magnus, Hot Rod, Kup, Blurr, Springer, Arcee, Blaster, Perceptor, Grapple, Huffer, Trailbreaker, Bluestreak, Windcharger, Wheeljack, Smokescreen, Sideswipe, Sunstreaker, Mirage and 4 cassettes, totaling 22 - the Decepticons, meanwhile, had Megatron, six Seekers, three Insecticons, six Constructicons, Astrotrain, Blitzwing, Soundwave and 4 cassettes, totaling 23. In the grand scheme of things, that’s pretty evened up, making Perceptor’s assertion that the Autobots suffered a “distinct tactical deficiency” somewhat exaggerated, especially considering their fortifications. That is, of course, assuming the ‘Cons didn’t bring a ton of generics or Insecticon clones with them; even if they didn't, the presence of a [[combiner]] on the Decepticon side is more than enough to tip the odds against the Autobots.
* The events of "[[Five Faces of Darkness]]" imply that [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] was present at the battle, but unable to transform to [[robot mode]] because his [[transformation cog]] was damaged. Some fiction suggests that Metroplex is part of (or the same thing as) Autobot City. (All sorts of [[fanon]] ensues from placing these two facts in close proximity. Use caution.)
* The fight between Optimus Prime and Megatron was remade into the commercial of [[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|2008 Universe]] toyline, with [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]] models based on their ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' toys.
* The "[[Rodimus vs. Cyclonus]]" comic book [[retcon]]s [[Lugnut (TF 2010)|Lugnut]] and [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] into the battle, as well as confirming Tracks' participation in the battle.

[[Category:Battles]]

User:Banpei the Mini-Con/sandbox

2023-10-08T23:40:31Z

Banpei the Mini-Con:

{{disambig2|the battle that comprises Act 1 of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''|the eponymous mobile game event| The Battle for Autobot City.}}
[[File:BattleAutobotCity2.jpg|upright=1.8|thumb|In ur base, killin ur doods.]]
The '''Battle of Autobot City''' was a protracted battle between the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s taking place at [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]], the primary base of the Autobots on [[Earth]], taking place in the year [[2005]] in several reality streams. By its end, the leaders of both the Autobot and Decepticon forces were suffering fatal injuries, numerous combatants on both sides had been killed, and events were set in motion that would lead to the creation of [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] and, eventually, the passing of the [[Matrix of Leadership]].

{{bigquote|Their defenses are broken. Let the slaughter begin!|[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]|''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''}}

==Prelude==
[[File:TFTM-AutobotCityUndamaged.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|left|This is before everything went to hell.]]
By 2005, the Decepticons had succeeded in driving Autobot resistance entirely off [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. However, the Autobots retained staging grounds on two of Cybertron's moons , as well as significant energy-production facilities and alliances on Earth. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] while cautious in his assessment of his troops ability to retake the planet, had preparations well underway for just such a campaign, and dispatched a shuttle to Earth to collect a final shipment of [[Energon cube|Energon cubes]] from the Earth production facilities, entrusting a good portion of his command staff with the mission.

[[File:Tftm1986a.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|The future of pratfall technology: the Exploding Banana Peel.]]
Unfortunately for the Autobots, the Decepticon spy [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] got wind of the Autobots' plans and warned [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and his inner circle. Megatron himself led a sizeable contingent of Decepticons against the small Autobot crew on the shuttle, ambushing and boarding it as it passed some small celestial bodies on approach to Earth.

Heavily outnumbered and outmatched, the Autobots were overwhelmed. [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]],[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]],[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] became the battle's first casualities, though Ironhide clung onto life just long enough receive a point-blank shot to the face from Megatron's [[fusion cannon]].

Now in control of the shuttle, Megatron revealed his plan to a doubting [[Starscream(G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Stascream]]: the shuttle was to be used as a "Trojan Horse", conveying the Decepticons for a surprise attack on Autobot City itself, which Megatron seemed to think would vanquish the Autobots forever.{{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

{{note|There ''is'' a reason Megatron thought this—the original script makes it clear that Autobot City is, in fact, a massive energy-gathering facility, equipped with energy gathering devices such as hydroelectric dams, wind turbines, and solar panels. Thus, if the Decepticons destroy the city, the Autobots will be without an energy supply, pretty much crippling their war effort.}}
{{--}}

==The Battle==
{{note|Events not shown in the animated movie are in italics.}}

===First Phase===

Megatron had calculated correctly in that the Autobot shuttle would not set off Autobot City's defences even if carrying a Decepticon crew. It was sheer chance that the young human [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] noted the hole in the shuttle (from the Decepticons' earlier boarding and alerted the young Autobot [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]], who investigated further and quickly learned the truth of the situation. Hot Rod opened fire on the shuttle, damaging it to the point that the Decepticons were forced to disembark and launch their attack earlier than planned.

[[File:AutobotCitytransforms.jpg|thumb|Launch Black Tiger squadron, and prepare the Wave Motion Gun for firing...oh, sorry, wrong anime.]]
The Autobots, though surprised and outnumbered, quickly rallied to the defense. [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]], commanding the City, ordered [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] to contact Optimus Prime on [[Moonbase One]] to obtain reinforcements, [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] to [[Transformation|transform]] Autobot City into its battle mode, and [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] to assist in alerting Autobots to the attack.

Springer and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] began the transformation of the city into battle station mode, offering the Autobot population greater defensive capability to meet the Decepticon assault. It also had the added bonus of trapping Starscream's right foot, forcing him to inflict a wound upon himself to avoid getting crushed.

Kup and Hot Rod, speeding toward the city, saw that the two [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]]s [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] and [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] were eating through one of the doors, but Kickback was taken across a chasm by the retracting bridge. Using the Insecticon as a springboard, Hot Rod and Kup were able to clear the gap and enter the city moments before the armored doors closed.

[[File:TAM TPB Gestalt Fight.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|"We heard some people were wondering where everyone else was...."]]
Meanwhile, Blaster managed to make brief contact with the Cybertronian Autobots, but the signal was cut off by the intervention of [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]], who deployed [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] and [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] to wreck the communications tower and all inside. However, Blaster evened the odds by deploying his own quartet of assistants into the fight: [[Ramhorn (G1)|Ramhorn]], [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]], [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]], and [[Eject (G1)|Eject]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

''While all this was going on, [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] made a concurrent attack on the Ark, as a means of a distraction to prevent [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] and [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] from aiding the Autobot forces at Autobot City.'' {{storylink|The Gathering Storm}}

Though unable to penetrate Autobot City's defenses by conventional means, the Decepticons were still able to pick off individual Autobot soldiers, such as [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] ''and [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]]''. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}} {{storylink|The Gathering Storm}} Realizing that a frontal assault was wasting time, Megatron ordered the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s to merge into [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. The giant robot quickly made his presence felt, penetrating the first line of defenses by literally tearing them open, and shattering one attempt by Springer, Kup, Hot Rod and Arcee to put him out of action. But even so, the two sides were so evenly matched that the battle continued over the course of the remainder of that day and throughout the night. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{--}}

===Second Phase===
[[File:Tftm1986b.jpg|thumb|"Will you stop being such a baby about this? Just hold on a second. I can see the splinter. It's right ... there ..."]]
{{quote|One shall stand, one shall fall.|Optimus Prime on seeing Megatron|[[The Transformers: The Movie|TFTM]]}}

[[File:Battleofautobotcity.jpg|thumb|left|"Megatron is responsible for [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|Prime's]] [[death]], not [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|me]]!"]]
However, the city could not hold out forever; by the next morning Autobot defenses had been broken by relentless Decepticon assaults, and Megatron ordered his troops to begin the final phase. It was at this crucial point that Autobot reinforcements commanded by Optimus Prime arrived. The [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] were deployed to attack Devastator—with some success—but could not halt the Decepticons' advance into Autobot City.

''Upon entering the city, Devastator clawed his way through the rubble, only to be confronted by Ultra Magnus, [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] and [[Sideswipe (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sideswipe]]; who brought the combiner down, separating him into his individual components. Outnumbered and outgunned, the Autobot squad instantly pulled back, while the Constructicons gave chase. Whilst retreating, Red Alert was gunned down by the Constructicon pursuers, as Megatron watched the progress of his troops in triumph.'' {{storylink|A Flash Forward}}

In an attempt to prevent further casualties, Optimus Prime made a heroic frontal assault against the members of the Decepticon army still positioned outside. In tractor-trailer mode, he mowed down Thrust and Shrapnel, while narrowly missing Blitzwing before transforming to [[robot mode]] and using his [[ion blaster]] to singlehandedly blast the other Decepticons, fighting his way to engage Megatron in what he assured his longtime foe would be their final battle.

The fight between the two leaders was brief and intense, but resulted in a seeming-victory for Prime. But Megatron had spotted a discarded gun a matter of yards away from him. Stalling for time with feigned pleas for mercy, Megatron crawled towards the gun while Optimus pointed out the irony of Megatron engaging in such pleas given his prior actions. Before either could take a shot, Hot Rod intervened, trying to overpower the Decepticon leader. But his efforts backfired, as Megatron grappled the young Autobot, used him as a shield and shot Optimus repeatedly. Tossing aside Hot Rod, Megatron prepared to finish off his longtime nemesis. Prime, however, managed to gather his remaining strength to deal a {{w|Punch (combat)|haymaker}} powerful enough to knock Megatron off a ledge and into a crippling fall.

Seeing their leader conclusively defeated in this way broke the Decepticons' spirit. Starscream, taking interim command, ordered [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] to transform and ferry the Decepticons away in a general retreat. Unsurprisingly, Starscream appeared ready to leave Megatron to expire where he lay, but Soundwave carried him to Astrotrain. Gathering up their wounded, the Decepticons fled, leaving the Autobots to similarly gather up their own casualties. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{--}}

==Aftermath==
[[File:Optimusg1passingthematrix.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2|"One of you must take the Matrix."<br>"Not it!"<br>"I wasn't talking to you, Blurr."]]
[[File:Tftm1986c.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Galvatron, or just plain old TRON?]]

Large numbers of Autobots and Decepticons had either been terminated or severely wounded as a result of the battle. Windcharger, Wheeljack, and [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] were among the casualties, and even the mighty Optimus Prime soon succumbed to his wounds and expired, but not before passing the Matrix of Leadership to Ultra Magnus as his successor, unaware that the Matrix had made [[Hot Rod (G1)| a choice of its own]] as to who would become the new [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]].

Several wounded Decepticons—including Megatron—were thrown out of Astrotrain when the latter's fuel reserves proved insufficent to return to Cybertron. They would later be found by the Chaos-Bringer [[Unicron]] and reshaped into [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]], [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Cyclonus's Armada|his armada]], as well as [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and the [[Sweep (G1)|Sweeps]].

The [[Unicron War]] would be the next major Transformer battle, its events spinning directly out of the Battle of Autobot City. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}} By later in the year, Autobot City had been largely repaired and had more personnel stationed there. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness}}
{{--}}

==Known participants==
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*[[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]]
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*[[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]]
*[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]]
*[[Slag (G1)|Slag]]
*[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]]
*[[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]]
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]
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*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]<ref name="death"/>
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*[[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]]
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]]
**[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]
**[[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]]
**[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]
**[[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]
**[[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]]
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]<ref name="death"/>
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]<ref name="got better"/><ref name="not getting into this">Became Cyclonus. Unless the other one did. Or Life Spark did. Look, it's complicated, okay?</ref>
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]<ref>Shockwave only appeared in one shot, which may have been an [[animation error]].</ref>
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*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]
*[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]]
*[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]]
*[[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]]
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]
*[[Lugnut (TF 2010)|Lugnut]]<ref name="retcon"/>
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*[[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]
**[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]]
**[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]]
**[[Hook (G1)|Hook]]
**[[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]]
**[[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]]
**[[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]]
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==Notes==
[[File:TFTM-SideswipeRedAlertTracks.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]]
[[File:ShockwaveBattleAutobotcity.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Logic dictates that I put in a token appearance.]]

* Okay, we're going to be honest here. The whole point of this battle is [[To sell toys|to off your favorite characters in violent ways, then replace them with newbies who we've never seen before]].
* It's not shown how Megatron managed to beat the Autobot shuttle to Earth's [[Star system|solar system]]. Astrotrain, perhaps?
* Storyboards that have found their way to the public over the years show additional scenes that were scripted and planned, but (in all probability) never animated:
**At the beginning of the shuttle segment, the Autobot shuttle would have been shown dodging through an asteroid storm, thus explaining why they didn't at least detect the approaching Decepticons. Some of this concept made it into the Marvel Comics [[The Planet-Eater!|adaptation of the movie]].
**Hot Rod's adventures outside the city would have been a bit longer and more dramatic. A short scene would also show him getting reprimanded by Ultra Magnus inside the city itself.
**[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] would have stealthily blasted [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] before getting shot at by Megatron.
**[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], and Ultra Magnus would have finally brought down Devastator with a missile barrage. The Constructicons would subsequently [[:File:TFTM-RedAlertDown.jpg|kill Red Alert]] as the Autobots retreated.
***In 2012, the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] comic "[[A Flash Forward]]" directly adapted this scene into the ''[[Transformers: Wings Universe|Wings Universe]]'', a continuity nearly identical to the Generation 1 cartoon.
**Several Decepticons would have dogpiled Optimus Prime at the start of his confrontation with Megatron, only for him to trounce them all soundly.
***Just before this, Blitzwing would have knocked Optimus Prime's gun out of his hands. In the final version of the movie, Optimus's gun just seems to have disappeared for no reason when he finally finds Megatron.
**[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker's]] lifeless body would have been seen as the Decepticons retreated.
* Alternate footage of the opening stage of the battle was part of a [[The Transformers: The Movie promo|promotional trailer]] assembled early in the movie's production.
* Counting characters who were meant to be there or were seen outside the city, the Autobots had Ultra Magnus, Hot Rod, Kup, Blurr, Springer, Arcee, Blaster, Perceptor, Grapple, Huffer, Trailbreaker, Bluestreak, Windcharger, Wheeljack, Smokescreen, Sideswipe, Sunstreaker, Mirage and 4 cassettes, totaling 22 - the Decepticons, meanwhile, had Megatron, six Seekers, three Insecticons, six Constructicons, Astrotrain, Blitzwing, Soundwave and 4 cassettes, totaling 23. In the grand scheme of things, that’s pretty evened up, making Perceptor’s assertion that the Autobots suffered a “distinct tactical deficiency” somewhat exaggerated, especially considering their fortifications. That is, of course, assuming the ‘Cons didn’t bring a ton of generics or Insecticon clones with them; even if they didn't, the presence of a [[combiner]] on the Decepticon side would tip the odds against the Autobots.
* The events of "[[Five Faces of Darkness]]" imply that [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] was present at the battle, but unable to transform to [[robot mode]] because his [[transformation cog]] was damaged. Some fiction suggests that Metroplex is part of (or the same thing as) Autobot City. (All sorts of [[fanon]] ensues from placing these two facts in close proximity. Use caution.)
* The fight between Optimus Prime and Megatron was remade into the commercial of [[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|2008 Universe]] toyline, with [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]] models based on their ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' toys.
* The "[[Rodimus vs. Cyclonus]]" comic book [[retcon]]s [[Lugnut (TF 2010)|Lugnut]] and [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] into the battle, as well as confirming Tracks' participation in the battle.

User:Banpei the Mini-Con/sandbox

2023-10-08T20:49:03Z

Banpei the Mini-Con:

{{disambig2|the battle that comprises Act 1 of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''|the eponymous mobile game event| The Battle for Autobot City.}}
[[File:BattleAutobotCity2.jpg|upright=1.8|thumb|In ur base, killin ur doods.]]
The '''Battle of Autobot City''' was a protracted battle between the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s taking place at [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]], the primary base of the Autobots on [[Earth]], taking place in the year [[2005]] in several reality streams. By its end, the leaders of both the Autobot and Decepticon forces were suffering fatal injuries, numerous combatants on both sides had been killed, and events were set in motion that would lead to the creation of [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] and, eventually, the passing of the [[Matrix of Leadership]].

{{bigquote|Their defenses are broken. Let the slaughter begin!|[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]|''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''}}

==Prelude==
[[File:TFTM-AutobotCityUndamaged.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|left|This is before everything went to hell.]]
By 2005, the Decepticons had succeeded in driving Autobot resistance entirely off [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. However, the Autobots retained staging grounds on two of Cybertron's moons , as well as significant energy-production facilities and alliances on Earth. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] while cautious in his assessment of his troops ability to retake the planet, had preparations well underway for just such a campaign, and dispatched a shuttle to Earth to collect a final shipment of [[Energon cube|Energon cubes]] from the Earth production facilities, entrusting a good portion of his command staff with the mission.

[[File:Tftm1986a.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|The future of pratfall technology: the Exploding Banana Peel.]]
Unfortunately for the Autobots, the Decepticon spy [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] got wind of the Autobots' plans and warned [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and his inner circle. Megatron himself led a sizeable contingent of Decepticons against the small Autobot crew on the shuttle, ambushing and boarding it as it passed some small celestial bodies on approach to Earth.

Heavily outnumbered and outmatched, the Autobots were overwhelmed. [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]],[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]],[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] became the battle's first casualities, though Ironhide clung onto life just long enough receive a point-blank shot to the face from Megatron's [[fusion cannon]].

Now in control of the shuttle, Megatron revealed his plan to a doubting [[Starscream(G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Stascream]]: the shuttle was to be used as a "Trojan Horse", conveying the Decepticons for a surprise attack on Autobot City itself, which Megatron seemed to think would vanquish the Autobots forever.{{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

{{note|There ''is'' a reason Megatron thought this—the original script makes it clear that Autobot City is, in fact, a massive energy-gathering facility, equipped with energy gathering devices such as hydroelectric dams, wind turbines, and solar panels. Thus, if the Decepticons destroy the city, the Autobots will be without an energy supply, pretty much crippling their war effort.}}
{{--}}

==The Battle==
{{note|Events not shown in the animated movie are in italics.}}

===First Phase===

Megatron had calculated correctly in that the Autobot shuttle would not set off Autobot City's defences even if carrying a Decepticon crew. It was sheer chance that the young human [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] noted the hole in the shuttle (from the Decepticons' earlier boarding and alerted the young Autobot [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]], who investigated further and quickly learned the truth of the situation. Hot Rod opened fire on the shuttle, damaging it to the point that the Decepticons were forced to disembark and launch their attack earlier than planned.

[[File:AutobotCitytransforms.jpg|thumb|Launch Black Tiger squadron, and prepare the Wave Motion Gun for firing...oh, sorry, wrong anime.]]
The Autobots, though surprised and outnumbered, quickly rallied to the defense. [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]], commanding the City, ordered [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] to contact Optimus Prime on [[Moonbase One]] to obtain reinforcements, [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] to [[Transformation|transform]] Autobot City into its battle mode, and [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] to assist in alerting Autobots to the attack.

Springer and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] began the transformation of the city into battle station mode, offering the Autobot population greater defensive capability to meet the Decepticon assault. It also had the added bonus of trapping Starscream's right foot, forcing him to inflict a wound upon himself to avoid getting crushed.

Kup and Hot Rod, speeding toward the city, saw that the two [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]]s [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] and [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] were eating through one of the doors, but Kickback was taken across a chasm by the retracting bridge. Using the Insecticon as a springboard, Hot Rod and Kup were able to clear the gap and enter the city moments before the armored doors closed.

[[File:TAM TPB Gestalt Fight.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2]]
Meanwhile, Blaster managed to make brief contact with the Cybertronian Autobots, but the signal was cut off by the intervention of [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]], who deployed [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] and [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] to wreck the communications tower and all inside. However, Blaster evened the odds by deploying his own quartet of assistants into the fight: [[Ramhorn (G1)|Ramhorn]], [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]], [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]], and [[Eject (G1)|Eject]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

''While all this was going on, [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] made a concurrent attack on the Ark, as a means of a distraction to prevent [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] and [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] from aiding the Autobot forces at Autobot City.'' {{storylink|The Gathering Storm}}

Though unable to penetrate Autobot City's defenses by conventional means, the Decepticons were still able to pick off individual Autobot soldiers, such as [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] ''and [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]]''. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}} {{storylink|The Gathering Storm}} Realizing that a frontal assault was wasting time, Megatron ordered the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s to merge into [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. The giant robot quickly made his presence felt, penetrating the first line of defenses by literally tearing them open, and shattering one attempt by Springer, Kup, Hot Rod and Arcee to put him out of action. But even so, the two sides were so evenly matched that the battle continued over the course of the remainder of that day and throughout the night. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{--}}

===Second Phase===
[[File:Tftm1986b.jpg|thumb|"Will you stop being such a baby about this? Just hold on a second. I can see the splinter. It's right ... there ..."]]
{{quote|One shall stand, one shall fall.|Optimus Prime on seeing Megatron|[[The Transformers: The Movie|TFTM]]}}

[[File:Battleofautobotcity.jpg|thumb|left|"Megatron is responsible for [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|Prime's]] [[death]], not [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|me]]!"]]
However, the city could not hold out forever; by the next morning Autobot defenses had been broken by relentless Decepticon assaults, and Megatron ordered his troops to begin the final phase. It was at this crucial point that Autobot reinforcements commanded by Optimus Prime arrived. The [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s were deployed to attack Devastator—with some success—but could not halt the Decepticons' advance into Autobot City.

''Upon entering the city, Devastator clawed his way through the rubble, only to be confronted by Ultra Magnus, [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] and [[Sideswipe (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sideswipe]]; who brought the combiner down, separating him into his individual components. Outnumbered and outgunned, the Autobot squad instantly pulled back, while the Constructicons gave chase. Whilst retreating, Red Alert was gunned down by the Constructicon pursuers, as Megatron watched the progress of his troops in triumph.'' {{storylink|A Flash Forward}}

In an attempt to prevent further casualties, Optimus Prime made a heroic frontal assault against the members of the Decepticon army still positioned outside. In tractor-trailer mode, he mowed down Thrust and Shrapnel, while narrowly missing Blitzwing before transforming to [[robot mode]] and using his [[ion blaster]] to singlehandedly blast the other Decepticons, fighting his way to engage Megatron in what he assured his longtime foe would be their final battle.

The fight between the two leaders was brief and intense, but resulted in a seeming-victory for Prime. But Megatron had spotted a discarded gun a matter of yards away from him. Stalling for time with feigned pleas for mercy, Megatron crawled towards the gun while Optimus pointed out the irony of Megatron engaging in such pleas given his prior actions. Before either could take a shot, Hot Rod intervened, trying to overpower the Decepticon leader. But his efforts backfired, as Megatron grappled the young Autobot, used him as a shield and shot Optimus repeatedly. Tossing aside Hot Rod, Megatron prepared to finish off his longtime nemesis. Prime, however, managed to gather his remaining strength to deal a {{w|Punch (combat)|haymaker}} powerful enough to knock Megatron off a ledge and into a crippling fall.

Seeing their leader conclusively defeated in this way broke the Decepticons' spirit. Starscream, taking interim command, ordered [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] to transform and ferry the Decepticons away in a general retreat. Unsurprisingly, Starscream appeared ready to leave Megatron to expire where he lay, but Soundwave carried him to Astrotrain. Gathering up their wounded, the Decepticons fled, leaving the Autobots to similarly gather up their own casualties. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{--}}

==Aftermath==
[[File:Optimusg1passingthematrix.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2|"One of you must take the Matrix."<br>"Not it!"<br>"I wasn't talking to you, Blurr."]]
[[File:Tftm1986c.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Galvatron, or just plain old TRON?]]

Large numbers of Autobots and Decepticons had either been terminated or severely wounded as a result of the battle. Windcharger, Wheeljack, and [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] were among the casualties, and even the mighty Optimus Prime soon succumbed to his wounds and expired, but not before passing the Matrix of Leadership to Ultra Magnus as his successor, unaware that the Matrix had made [[Hot Rod (G1)| a choice of its own]] as to who would become the new [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]].

Several wounded Decepticons—including Megatron—were thrown out of Astrotrain when the latter's fuel reserves proved insufficent to return to Cybertron. They would later be found by the Chaos-Bringer [[Unicron]] and reshaped into [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]], [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Cyclonus's Armada|his armada]], as well as [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and the [[Sweep (G1)|Sweeps]].

The [[Unicron War]] would be the next major Transformer battle, its events spinning directly out of the Battle of Autobot City. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}} By later in the year, Autobot City had been fully repaired and had more personnel stationed there. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness}}
{{--}}

==Known participants==
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**[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]
**[[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]]
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**[[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]]
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{{Reflist}}

==Notes==
[[File:TFTM-SideswipeRedAlertTracks.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]]
[[File:ShockwaveBattleAutobotcity.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Logic dictates that I put in a token appearance.]]

* Okay, we're going to be honest here. The whole point of this battle is [[To sell toys|to off your favorite characters in violent ways, then replace them with newbies who we've never seen before]].
* It's not shown how Megatron managed to beat the Autobot shuttle to Earth's [[Star system|solar system]]. Astrotrain, perhaps?
* Storyboards that have found their way to the public over the years show additional scenes that were scripted and planned, but (in all probability) never animated:
**At the beginning of the shuttle segment, the Autobot shuttle would have been shown dodging through an asteroid storm, thus explaining why they didn't at least detect the approaching Decepticons. Some of this concept made it into the Marvel Comics [[The Planet-Eater!|adaptation of the movie]].
**Hot Rod's adventures outside the city would have been a bit longer and more dramatic. A short scene would also show him getting reprimanded by Ultra Magnus inside the city itself.
**[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] would have stealthily blasted [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] before getting shot at by Megatron (given the emphasis on body-count, and the fact that Mirage never appears after the movie, it's likely this would have killed him).
**[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], and Ultra Magnus would have finally brought down Devastator with a missile barrage. The Constructicons would subsequently [[:File:TFTM-RedAlertDown.jpg|kill Red Alert]] as the Autobots retreated.
***In 2012, the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] comic "[[A Flash Forward]]" directly adapted this scene into the ''[[Transformers: Wings Universe|Wings Universe]]'', a continuity nearly identical to the Generation 1 cartoon.
**Several Decepticons would have dogpiled Optimus Prime at the start of his confrontation with Megatron, only for him to trounce them all soundly.
***Just before this, Blitzwing would have knocked Optimus Prime's gun out of his hands. In the final version of the movie, Optimus's gun just seems to have disappeared for no reason when he finally finds Megatron.
**[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker's]] lifeless body would have been seen as the Decepticons retreated.
* Alternate footage of the opening stage of the battle was part of a [[The Transformers: The Movie promo|promotional trailer]] assembled early in the movie's production.
* Counting characters who were meant to be there, were seen outside, or were killed, the Autobots had Ultra Magnus, Hot Rod, Kup, Blurr, Springer, Arcee, Blaster, Perceptor, Grapple, Huffer, Trailbreaker, Bluestreak, Windcharger, Wheeljack, Smokescreen, Sideswipe, Sunstreaker, Mirage and 4 cassettes, totaling 22 - the Decepticons, meanwhile, had Megatron, six Seekers, three Insecticons, six Constructicons, Astrotrain, Blitzwing, Soundwave and 4 cassettes, totaling 23. In the grand scheme of things, that’s pretty evened up, making Perceptor’s assertion that the Autobots suffered a “distinct tactical deficiency” somewhat exaggerated, especially considering their fortifications. That is, of course, assuming the ‘Cons didn’t bring a ton of generics or Insecticon clones with them; even if they didn't, the presence of a [[combiner]] on the Decepticon side is more than enough to tip the odds against the Autobots.
* The events of "[[Five Faces of Darkness]]" imply that [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] was present at the battle, but unable to transform to [[robot mode]] because his [[transformation cog]] was damaged. Some fiction suggests that Metroplex is part of (or the same thing as) Autobot City. (All sorts of [[fanon]] ensues from placing these two facts in close proximity. Use caution.)
* The fight between Optimus Prime and Megatron was remade into the commercial of [[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|2008 Universe]] toyline, with [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]] models based on their ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' toys.
* The "[[Rodimus vs. Cyclonus]]" comic book [[retcon]]s [[Lugnut (TF 2010)|Lugnut]] and [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] into the battle, as well as confirming Tracks' participation in the battle.

The Cybertronic Spree

2023-10-08T19:52:47Z

Banpei the Mini-Con: Faction icon, yay

{{faction|cybertronicspree}}
[[File:Cybertronic Spree.jpg|thumb|300px]]
''After the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], a group composed of former [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s, inspired by [[Earth]]'s genre of rock music, began a tour of the cosmos in order to spread a new understanding among mechs and organics alike, even persuading a [[Quintesson Judge]] and an avatar of [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] himself to join in....''

At least, that's the story the [[Toronto]]-based filk band '''The Cybertronic Spree''' tells interviewers. Formed in [[2013]], the group started out doing covers of songs from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' before quickly expanding into songs from other films, anime and video games, as well as original material.

Members include:

*[[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]]
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]<ref>Positively identified, [[FIRRIB|so we know where they stand on ''that'' question]].</ref>
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]]
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]
*A [[Quintesson Judge]]
*[[Unicron]]

They are '''100%''' committed to the bit.

==Fiction==
[[File:TF2019 06 cvrRE.jpg|thumb]]
The Cybertronic Spree played for a packed stadium full of adoring fans from both factions. {{storylink|Orion Pax: Free Fall#Covers (4)|Transformers #6 GACC exclusive cover}}

==Hasbro Pulse livestream appearances==
*[[Hasbro Pulse Fan Fest 2021]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*[http://thecybertronicspree.com/ Official website]
*[https://www.youtube.com/thecybertronicspree Official YouTube channel]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cybertronic Spree}}
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|Quintesson ||quintesson ||{{Factions/icons|option=quintesson }}
|-
|War for Cybertron Quintesson ||quintessonwfc ||{{Factions/icons|option=quintessonwfc }}
|-
|Autobot Generation 2||autobotg2 ||{{Factions/icons|option=autobotg2 }}
|-
|Decepticon Generation 2||decepticong2 ||{{Factions/icons|option=decepticong2 }}
|-
|Cybertronian Generation 2 ||cybEmpireG2 ||{{Factions/icons|option=cybEmpireG2 }}
|-
|Cybertron Alliance||allianceg2 ||{{Factions/icons|option=allianceg2 }}
|-
|Maximal ||maximal ||{{Factions/icons|option=maximal }}
|-
|Predacon ||predacon ||{{Factions/icons|option=predacon }}
|-
|Maximal (Beast Machines)||maximalbm ||{{Factions/icons|option=maximalbm }}
|-
|Vehicon ||vehicon ||{{Factions/icons|option=vehicon }}
|-
|Dinobot ||dinobot ||{{Factions/icons|option=dinobot }}
|-
|Mutant ||mutant ||{{Factions/icons|option=mutant }}
|-
|Wreckers ||wreckers ||{{Factions/icons|option=wreckers }}
|-
|Mini-Con ||minicon ||{{Factions/icons|option=minicon }}
|-
|Unicron-allied ||unicron ||{{Factions/icons|option=unicron }}
|-
|Unicron (faction)||unicronfact ||{{Factions/icons|option=unicronfact }}
|-
|Blentron sub-group ||blentron ||{{Factions/icons|option=blentron }}
|-
|Velocitron ||velocitron ||{{Factions/icons|option=velocitron }}
|-
|Jungle Planet ||jungleplanet ||{{Factions/icons|option=jungleplanet }}
|-
|Earth ||cybearth ||{{Factions/icons|option=cybearth }}
|-
|Gigantion ||gigantion ||{{Factions/icons|option=gigantion }}
|-
|Ultracon ||ultracon ||{{Factions/icons|option=ultracon }}
|-
|Elite Guard ||eliteguard ||{{Factions/icons|option=eliteguard }}
|-
|Sector Seven||sector7 ||{{Factions/icons|option=sector7 }}
|-
|Doctor Morocco||drmorocco ||{{Factions/icons|option=drmorocco }}
|-
|Autobot (TransTech)||ttautobot ||{{Factions/icons|option=ttautobot }}
|-
|Decepticon (TransTech)||ttdecepticon ||{{Factions/icons|option=ttdecepticon }}
|-
|Autobot (Shattered Glass)||sgAutobot ||{{Factions/icons|option=sgAutobot }}
|-
|Decepticon (Shattered Glass)||sgDecepticon ||{{Factions/icons|option=sgDecepticon }}
|-
|G.I. Joe ||gijoe ||{{Factions/icons|option=gijoe }}
|-
|Cobra ||cobra ||{{Factions/icons|option=cobra }}
|-
|EDC ||edc ||{{Factions/icons|option=edc }}
|-
|First Transformers||1stTF ||{{Factions/icons|option=1stTF }}
|-
|Go-Bots||go-bot1 ||{{Factions/icons|option=go-bot1 }}
|-
|Go-Bots||go-bot2 ||{{Factions/icons|option=go-bot2 }}
|-
|Galactic Republic||galacticrepublic ||{{Factions/icons|option=galacticrepublic }}
|-
|Rebel Alliance||rebelalliance ||{{Factions/icons|option=rebelalliance }}
|-
|Empire||empire ||{{Factions/icons|option=empire }}
|-
|NEST||NEST||{{Factions/icons|option=NEST }}
|-
|Unit:E||unite||{{Factions/icons|option=unite}}
|-
|Kiss Players Autobot||kiss||{{Factions/icons|option=kiss }}
|-
|Kiss Players Decepticon||kisscon||{{Factions/icons|option=kisscon }}
|-
|Protectors||protectors||{{Factions/icons|option=protector}}
|-
|Hall of Fame inductees (real-life)||hofgold||{{Factions/icons|option=hofgold}}
|-
|Hall of Fame inductees (characters)||hofsilver||{{Factions/icons|option=hofsilver}}
|-
|Star Seekers||starseeker||{{Factions/icons|option=starseeker}}
|-
|Lightning Strike Coalition||lightningstrike||{{Factions/icons|option=lightningstrike}}
|-
|Predacon (Prime)||predaconprime||{{Factions/icons|option=predaconprime}}
|-
|Rescue Bots||rescuebot||{{Factions/icons|option=rescuebot}}
|-
|Ammonite||ammonite||{{Factions/icons|option=ammonite}}
|-
|KSI||ksi||{{Factions/icons|option=ksi}}
|-
|Autobird||autobird||{{Factions/icons|option=autobird}}
|-
|Deceptihog||deceptihog||{{Factions/icons|option=deceptihog}}
|-
|Functionist Council||functionist||{{Factions/icons|option=functionist}}
|-
|Animorph||animorph||{{Factions/icons|option=Animorph}}
|-
|Toys"R"Us||TRU||{{Factions/icons|option=TRU}}
|-
|Cybertronian Knights||knight||{{Factions/icons|option=knight}}
|-
|Combatron||combatron||{{Factions/icons|option=combatron}}
|-
|Offworlder Zone Security Administration||ozsa||{{Factions/icons|option=ozsa}}
|-
|Team Stunticon||teamstunticon||{{Factions/icons|option=teamstunticon}}
|-
|Stunticon (Prime)||primestunticon||{{Factions/icons|option=primestunticon}}
|-
|Ghostbusters||ghostbusters||{{Factions/icons|option=ghostbusters}}
|-
|Mercenary||mercenary||{{Factions/icons|option=mercenary}}
|-
|Primus Vanguard||primusvanguard||{{Factions/icons|option=primusvanguard}}
|-
|Straxus||straxus||{{Factions/icons|option=straxus}}
|-
|Wreckers (IDW)||wreckersidw||{{Factions/icons|option=wreckersidw}}
|-
|Terrorcon (ROTB)||terrorcon||{{Factions/icons|option=terrorcon}}
|-
|The Cybertronic Spree||cybertronicspree||{{Factions/icons|option=cybertronicspree}}
|-
|Obsolete<ref name="obsolete">These template texts are obsolete. Please use the standard "autobot" and "decepticon" texts.</ref>||autobotfilm||{{Factions/icons|option=autobotfilm}}
|-
|Obsolete<ref name="obsolete" />||decepticonfilm||{{Factions/icons|option=decepticonfilm}}
|}

==Custom faction icons==
There are some characters who have their ''own'' faction symbol, (example: [[Moon (BW)|Moon]]) essentially used nowhere else. Rather than clutter the template with these, it is possible to declare a ''custom'' faction icon via the following format;
<pre>{{factions/icons
|custom=Moon symbol clean.png -REQUIRED, filename of image
|cSize=30x30px -Optional, maximum size of image.
|cLink=Celestial -REQUIRED, Page the image links to.
|cPretty=Celestials -Optional, mouseover text. Will use the link if not supplied.
}}</pre>This is, in turn, included along with the other non-custom tags.
<pre>{{factions
|{{factions/icons|custom=Moon symbol clean.png|cLink=Celestial|cPretty=Celestials}}
|maximal
}}</pre>
==General considerations==
As of this writing <sup>(Mar-28-19)</sup> this is the only template on TFWiki that ''requires'' Javascript to function. The icons in question are created within a non-rendering <div> tag, which is then copied into the titlebar when the page finishes loading. As a result, the {{factions}} template doesn't HAVE to be at the page... but by convention it always ''should'' be. Between 0.5 - 1.0% of internet surfers have either disabled Javascript or access the internet in a way that does not support it. Those users will not be able to ''see'' these faction icons. ''These faction icons are intended to serve as a convenient visual shorthand for information '''already''' in the article, and are not a primary means of communicating that information. Any information presented by these icons should '''also''' be present in the article text.''

==Technical notes==
* The Javascript function associated with this template is called ''showFactions()''.
* The non-rendering <div> has an id of "title-factionicons." There is a single CSS rule associated with this ID-- causing the <nowiki><imagemap></nowiki> <div>s to render inline rather than as blocks.

* The "custom" imagemaps use "[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Magic_words#Miscellaneous #tag: syntax]" to allow parameters to be passed to them. (Don't think this will ever have to be edited.)
* The icons themselves are generated by the "[[Template:Factions/icons]]" sub-page.

==Trivia==
* The [[Template talk:Factions|development process]] of this template included a truly ''spectacular'' recursion error that knocked the entire wiki offline as its stack overflowed, repeatedly and <small>we think</small> corrupted link-table entries that couldn't be resolved without deleting the whole thing and starting from scratch. That is why the current version of the template exists in a 'dumb' (non-recursive) form. ''Bad [[User:Derik|Derik]]!'''

==Footnotes==
<references/><noinclude>[[Category:Externalized documentation]]</noinclude>

Template:Factions/icons

2023-10-08T19:47:15Z

Banpei the Mini-Con:

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|velocitron={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Cyber_Key_symbol_Velocitron.png|cLink=Velocitron}}
|jungleplanet={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Cyber_Key_symbol_Jungle_Planet.png|cLink=Jungle Planet (colony)|cPretty=Jungle Planet}}
|cybearth={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Cyber_Key_symbol_Earth.png|cLink=Earth}}
|gigantion={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Cyber_Key_symbol_Gigantion.png|cLink=Gigantion}}
|ultracon={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Ultracon_symbol.png|cLink=Ultracon}}
|senator={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Ratbat symbol Megatron Origins.png|cLink=Senate|cPretty=Senator}}
|eliteguard={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Cyb_Elite_Guard_Badge.png|cSize=50px|cLink=Elite Guard}}
|skywatch={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Skywatch Logo.png|cSize=30px|cLink=Skywatch|cPretty=Skywatch}}
|machination={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Machination_logo.png|cSize=30px|cLink=Machination}}
|sector7={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Sector7logo.png|cSize=35px|cLink=Sector_Seven|cPretty=Sector Seven}}
|ttautobot={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Transtech_Autobot_symbol.png|cLink=Transcendent Technomorph}}
|ttdecepticon={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Transtech_Decepticon_symbol.png|cLink=Transcendent Technomorph}}
|sgAutobot={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Autobot_Shattered_Glass.png|cLink=Autobot}}
|sgDecepticon={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Decepticon_Shattered_Glass.png|cLink=Decepticon}}
|gijoe={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Joelogo.png|cLink=G.I. Joe (team)|cPretty=G.I. Joe|cSize=90px}}
|cobra={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Cobralogo.png|cLink=Cobra}}
|edc={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=EDC_Symbol.png|cLink=Earth_Defense_Command|cPretty=Earth Defense Command}}
|1stTF={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Myfirst_symbol.png|cLink=First_Transformers|cPretty=First Transformers}}
|go-bot1={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Gobots auto symbol.png|cLink=Go-Bot (species)|cPretty=Go-Bot}}
|go-bot2={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Playschool_Go-Bots_G.png|cLink=Go-Bot (species)|cPretty=Go-Bot}}
|galacticrepublic={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Republic_Emblem.png|cLink=Galactic_Republic|cPretty=Galactic Republic}}
|rebelalliance={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Alliance_Starbird.png|cLink=Rebel_Alliance|cPretty=Rebel Alliance}}
|empire={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Imperial_Emblem.png|cLink=Empire}}
|NEST={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=NEST insignia.png|cSize=35px|cLink=NEST}}
|unite={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Unit E.png|cSize=25px|cLink=Unit:E}}
|kiss={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Kiss_autobot_symbol.png|cLink=Kiss Players (singing group)|cPretty=Kiss Players}}
|kisscon={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Kiss_decepticon_symbol.png|cLink=Kiss Players (singing group)|cPretty=Kiss Players}}
|protector={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Protector Insignia.png|cLink=Protector|cPretty=Protectors}}
|autobotfilm={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Symbol_autobot_reg.png|cLink=Autobot}}
|decepticonfilm={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Symbol_decept_reg.png|cLink=Decepticon}}
|usa={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Flag of USA.png|cSize=x20px|cLink=United States of America}}
|uk={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Flag of UK.png|cSize=x20px|cLink=United Kingdom}}
|japan={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Flag of Japan.png|cSize=x20px|cLink=Japan}}
|canada={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Flag of Canada.png|cSize=x20px|cLink=Canada}}
|australia={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Flag of Australia.png|cSize=x20px|cLink=Australia}}
|france={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Flag of France.png|cSize=x20px|cLink=France}}
|germany={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Flag of Germany.png|cSize=x20px|cLink=Germany}}
|italy={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Flag of Italy.png|cSize=x20px|cLink=Italy}}
|worldwide={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Flag of UN.png|cSize=x20px|cLink=wikipedia:United Nations|cPretty=Worldwide}}
|vhs={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=VHS logo.png|cSize=x20px|cLink=Home video|cPretty=VHS}}
|betamax={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Betamax logo.png|cSize=x20px|cLink=Home video|cPretty=Betamax}}
|laserdisc={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Laserdisc logo.png|cSize=x20px|cLink=Home video|cPretty=LaserDisc}}
|dvd={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=DVD logo.png|cSize=x20px|cLink=Home video|cPretty=DVD}}
|hddvd={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=HD DVD logo.png|cSize=x20px|cLink=Home video|cPretty=HD DVD}}
|blu-ray={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Blu-ray logo.png|cSize=x20px|cLink=Home video|cPretty=Blu-ray}}
|music={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Music icon.gif|cSize=x20px|cLink=Soundtrack album|cPretty=Music}}
|hofgold={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Hall of fame icon gold.png|cLink=Transformers_Hall_of_Fame|cPretty=Hall of Fame}}
|hofsilver={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Hall of fame icon silver.png|cLink=Transformers_Hall_of_Fame|cPretty=Hall of Fame}}
|starseeker={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Symbol star seeker reg.png|cLink=Star_Seeker|cPretty=Star Seeker}}
|lightningstrike={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Lightningstrikecoalitionfactionlogo.jpg|cSize=x30px|cLink=Lightning Strike Coalition|cPretty=Lightning Strike Coalition}}
|rescuebot={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=RescueBots cartoon insignia.png|cLink=Rescue Bot|cSize=37x37px}}
|predaconprime={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=PredaconPrimeLogo.png|cSize=x40px|cLink=Predacon (Prime)|cPretty=Predacon}}
|ammonite={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=AmmoniteInsignia.png|cLink=Ammonite}}
|autobird={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Autobird_symbol_factions_template.png|cLink=Autobird}}
|deceptihog={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Deceptihog_symbol_factions_template.png|cLink=Deceptihog}}
|ksi={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=KSILogo.png|cLink=Kinetic Solutions Incorporated|cPretty=KSI}}
|functionist={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Functionist_council_insignia.png|cLink=Functionist Council|cSize=70px}}
|Animorph={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Animorphlogo.png|cLink=Animorph}}
|TRU={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=TRUFactionSymbol.png|cLink=Toys"R"Us}}
|knight={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Cybertron_Knights.png|cLink=Cybertronian Knight}}
|combatron={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Cyber Key Combatron.png|cLink=Combatron (planet)|cPretty=Combatron}}
|ozsa={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Ozsa badge.png|cLink=Axiom Nexus Security Administration|cPretty=Offworlder Zone Security Administration}}
|junkion={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Junkion symbol.png|cSize=40px|cLink=Junkion (species)|cPretty=Junkion}}
|convoy={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Convoysymbol.png|cLink=Convoy (group)|cPretty=Convoy}}
|terrakor={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Terrakor symbol.png|cLink=Terrakor}}
|protecton={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Protectonsymbol.png|cLink=Protecton}}
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|nerv={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=Nerv Logo.png|cSize=30px|cLink=Nerv}}
|cemeterywind={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=CemeteryWind.png|cLink=Cemetery Wind}}
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|adaptus={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=GrandArchitectInsignia.png|cSize=40px|cLink=Adaptus}}
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|sugarshocks={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=SugarShocks.png|cSize=40px|cLink=Sugar Shocks}}
|greasergang={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=GreaserGang.png|cSize=40px|cLink=Greaser Gang}}
|toilettroop={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=ToiletTroop.png|cSize=40px|cLink=Toilet Troop}}
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|techieteam={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=TechieTeam.png|cSize=40px|cLink=Techie Team}}
|lostbots={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=LostBots.png|cSize=40px|cLink=Lost Bots}}
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|musicmob={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=MusicMob.png|cSize=40px|cLink=Music Mob}}
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|googoogroopies={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=GooGooGroopies.png|cSize=40px|cLink=Goo-Goo Groopies}}
|playroomposse={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=PlayroomPosse.png|cSize=40px|cLink=Playroom Posse}}
|freshsqueezes={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=FreshSqueezes.png|cSize=40px|cLink=Fresh Squeezes}}
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|homerangers={{factions/icons_recurs|custom=HomeRangers.png|cSize=40px|cLink=Home Rangers}}
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User:Banpei the Mini-Con/sandbox

2023-10-08T19:22:00Z

Banpei the Mini-Con:

{{disambig2|the battle that comprises Act 1 of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''|the eponymous mobile game event| The Battle for Autobot City.}}
[[File:BattleAutobotCity2.jpg|upright=1.8|thumb|In ur base, killin ur doods.]]
The '''Battle of Autobot City''' was a protracted battle between the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s taking place at [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]], the primary base of the Autobots on [[Earth]], taking place in the year [[2005]] in several reality streams. By its end, the leaders of both the Autobot and Decepticon forces were suffering fatal injuries, numerous combatants on both sides had been killed, and events were set in motion that would lead to the creation of [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] and, eventually, the passing of the [[Matrix of Leadership]].

{{bigquote|Their defenses are broken. Let the slaughter begin!|[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]|''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''}}

==Prelude==
[[File:TFTM-AutobotCityUndamaged.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|left|This is before everything went to hell.]]
By 2005, the Decepticons had succeeded in driving Autobot resistance entirely off [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. However, the Autobots retained staging grounds on two of Cybertron's moons , as well as significant energy-production facilities and alliances on Earth. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] while cautious in his assessment of his troops ability to retake the planet, had preparations well underway for just such a campaign, and dispatched a shuttle to Earth to collect a final shipment of [[Energon cube|Energon cubes]] from the Earth production facilities, entrusting a good portion of his command staff with the mission.

[[File:Tftm1986a.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|The future of pratfall technology: the Exploding Banana Peel.]]
Unfortunately for the Autobots, the Decepticon spy [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] got wind of the Autobots' plans and warned [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and his inner circle. Megatron himself led a sizeable contingent of Decepticons against the small Autobot crew on the shuttle, ambushing and boarding it as it passed some small celestial bodies on approach to Earth.

Heavily outnumbered and outmatched, the Autobots were overwhelmed. [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]],[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]],[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] became the battle's first casualities, though Ironhide clung onto life just long enough receive a point-blank shot to the face from Megatron's [[fusion cannon]].

Now in control of the shuttle, Megatron revealed his plan to a doubting [[Starscream(G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Stascream]]: the shuttle was to be used as a "Trojan Horse", conveying the Decepticons for a surprise attack on Autobot City itself, which Megatron seemed to think would vanquish the Autobots forever.{{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

{{note|There ''is'' a reason Megatron thought this—the original script makes it clear that Autobot City is, in fact, a massive energy-gathering facility, equipped with energy gathering devices such as hydroelectric dams, wind turbines, and solar panels. Thus, if the Decepticons destroy the city, the Autobots will be without an energy supply, pretty much crippling their war effort.}}
{{--}}

==The Battle==
{{note|Events not shown in the animated movie are in italics.}}

===First Phase===

Megatron had calculated correctly in that the Autobot shuttle would not set off Autobot City's defences even if carrying a Decepticon crew. It was sheer chance that the young human [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] noted the hole in the shuttle (from the Decepticons' earlier boarding and alerted the young Autobot [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]], who investigated further and quickly learned the truth of the situation. Hot Rod opened fire on the shuttle, damaging it to the point that the Decepticons were forced to disembark and launch their attack earlier than planned.

[[File:AutobotCitytransforms.jpg|thumb|Launch Black Tiger squadron, and prepare the Wave Motion Gun for firing...oh, sorry, wrong anime.]]
The Autobots, though surprised and outnumbered, quickly rallied to the defense. [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]], commanding the City, ordered [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] to contact Optimus Prime on [[Moonbase One]] to obtain reinforcements, [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] to [[Transformation|transform]] Autobot City into its battle mode, and [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] to assist in alerting Autobots to the attack.

Springer and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] began the transformation of the city into battle station mode, offering the Autobot population greater defensive capability to meet the Decepticon assault. It also had the added bonus of trapping Starscream's right foot, forcing him to inflict a wound upon himself to avoid getting crushed.

Kup and Hot Rod, speeding toward the city, saw that the two [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]]s [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] and [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] were eating through one of the doors, but Kickback was taken across a chasm by the retracting bridge. Using the Insecticon as a springboard, Hot Rod and Kup were able to clear the gap and enter the city moments before the armored doors closed.

[[File:TAM TPB Gestalt Fight.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2]]
Meanwhile, Blaster managed to make brief contact with the Cybertronian Autobots, but the signal was cut off by the intervention of [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]], who deployed [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] and [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] to wreck the communications tower and all inside. However, Blaster evened the odds by deploying his own quartet of assistants into the fight: [[Ramhorn (G1)|Ramhorn]], [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]], [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]], and [[Eject (G1)|Eject]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

''While all this was going on, [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] made a concurrent attack on the Ark, as a means of a distraction to prevent [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] and [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] from aiding the Autobot forces at Autobot City.'' {{storylink|The Gathering Storm}}

Though unable to penetrate Autobot City's defenses by conventional means, the Decepticons were still able to pick off individual Autobot soldiers, such as [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] ''and [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]]''. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}} {{storylink|The Gathering Storm}} Realizing that a frontal assault was wasting time, Megatron ordered the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s to merge into [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. The giant robot quickly made his presence felt, penetrating the first line of defenses by literally tearing them open, and shattering one attempt by Springer, Kup, Hot Rod and Arcee to put him out of action. But even so, the two sides were so evenly matched that the battle continued over the course of the remainder of that day and throughout the night. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{--}}

===Second Phase===
[[File:Tftm1986b.jpg|thumb|"Will you stop being such a baby about this? Just hold on a second. I can see the splinter. It's right ... there ..."]]
{{quote|One shall stand, one shall fall.|Optimus Prime on seeing Megatron|[[The Transformers: The Movie|TFTM]]}}

[[File:Battleofautobotcity.jpg|thumb|left|"Megatron is responsible for [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|Prime's]] [[death]], not [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|me]]!"]]
However, the city could not hold out forever; by the next morning Autobot defenses had been broken by relentless Decepticon assaults, and Megatron ordered his troops to begin the final phase. It was at this crucial point that Autobot reinforcements commanded by Optimus Prime arrived. The [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s were deployed to attack Devastator—with some success—but could not halt the Decepticons' advance into Autobot City.

''Upon entering the city, Devastator clawed his way through the rubble, only to be confronted by Ultra Magnus, [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] and [[Sideswipe (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sideswipe]]; who brought the combiner down, separating him into his individual components. Outnumbered and outgunned, the Autobot squad instantly pulled back, while the Constructicons gave chase. Whilst retreating, Red Alert was gunned down by the Constructicon pursuers, as Megatron watched the progress of his troops in triumph.'' {{storylink|A Flash Forward}}

In an attempt to prevent further casualties, Optimus Prime made a heroic frontal assault against the members of the Decepticon army still positioned outside. In tractor-trailer mode, he mowed down Thrust and Shrapnel, while narrowly missing Blitzwing before transforming to [[robot mode]] and using his [[ion blaster]] to singlehandedly blast the other Decepticons, fighting his way to engage Megatron in what he assured his longtime foe would be their final battle.

The fight between the two leaders was brief and intense, but resulted in a seeming-victory for Prime. But Megatron had spotted a discarded gun a matter of yards away from him. Stalling for time with feigned pleas for mercy, Megatron crawled towards the gun while Optimus pointed out the irony of Megatron engaging in such pleas given his prior actions. Before either could take a shot, Hot Rod intervened, trying to overpower the Decepticon leader. But his efforts backfired, as Megatron grappled the young Autobot, used him as a shield and shot Optimus repeatedly. Tossing aside Hot Rod, Megatron prepared to finish off his longtime nemesis. Prime, however, managed to gather his remaining strength to deal a {{w|Punch (combat)|haymaker}} powerful enough to knock Megatron off a ledge and into a crippling fall.

Seeing their leader conclusively defeated in this way broke the Decepticons' spirit. Starscream, taking interim command, ordered [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] to transform and ferry the Decepticons away in a general retreat. Unsurprisingly, Starscream appeared ready to leave Megatron to expire where he lay, but Soundwave carried him to Astrotrain. Gathering up their wounded, the Decepticons fled, leaving the Autobots to similarly gather up their own casualties. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{--}}

==Aftermath==
[[File:Optimusg1passingthematrix.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2|"One of you must take the Matrix."<br>"Not it!"<br>"I wasn't talking to you, Blurr."]]
[[File:Tftm1986c.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Galvatron, or just plain old TRON?]]

Large numbers of Autobots and Decepticons had either been terminated or severely wounded as a result of the battle. Windcharger, Wheeljack, and [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] were among the casualties, and even the mighty Optimus Prime soon succumbed to his wounds and expired, but not before passing the Matrix of Leadership to Ultra Magnus as his successor, unaware that the Matrix had made [[Hot Rod (G1)| a choice of its own as to who would become the new [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]].

Several wounded Decepticons—including Megatron—were thrown out of Astrotrain when the latter's fuel reserves proved insufficent to return to Cybertron. They would later be found by the Chaos-Bringer [[Unicron]] and reshaped into [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]], [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Cyclonus's Armada|his armada]], as well as [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and the [[Sweep (G1)|Sweeps]].

The [[Unicron War]] would be the next major Transformer battle, its events spinning directly out of the Battle of Autobot City. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}} By later in the year, Autobot City had been fully repaired and had more personnel stationed there. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness}}
{{--}}

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==Notes==
[[File:TFTM-SideswipeRedAlertTracks.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]]
[[File:ShockwaveBattleAutobotcity.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Logic dictates that I put in a token appearance.]]

* Okay, we're going to be honest here. The whole point of this battle is [[To sell toys|to off your favorite characters in violent ways, then replace them with newbies who we've never seen before]].
* It's not shown how Megatron managed to beat the Autobot shuttle to Earth's [[Star system|solar system]]. Astrotrain, perhaps?
* Storyboards that have found their way to the public over the years show additional scenes that were scripted and planned, but (in all probability) never animated:
**At the beginning of the shuttle segment, the Autobot shuttle would have been shown dodging through an asteroid storm, thus explaining why they didn't at least detect the approaching Decepticons. Some of this concept made it into the Marvel Comics [[The Planet-Eater!|adaptation of the movie]].
**Hot Rod's adventures outside the city would have been a bit longer and more dramatic. A short scene would also show him getting reprimanded by Ultra Magnus inside the city itself.
**[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] would have stealthily blasted [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] before getting shot at by Megatron (given the emphasis on body-count, and the fact that Mirage never appears after the movie, it's likely this would have killed him).
**[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], and Ultra Magnus would have finally brought down Devastator with a missile barrage. The Constructicons would subsequently [[:File:TFTM-RedAlertDown.jpg|kill Red Alert]] as the Autobots retreated.
***In 2012, the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] comic "[[A Flash Forward]]" directly adapted this scene into the ''[[Transformers: Wings Universe|Wings Universe]]'', a continuity nearly identical to the Generation 1 cartoon.
**Several Decepticons would have dogpiled Optimus Prime at the start of his confrontation with Megatron, only for him to trounce them all soundly.
***Just before this, Blitzwing would have knocked Optimus Prime's gun out of his hands. In the final version of the movie, Optimus's gun just seems to have disappeared for no reason when he finally finds Megatron.
**[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker's]] lifeless body would have been seen as the Decepticons retreated.
* Alternate footage of the opening stage of the battle was part of a [[The Transformers: The Movie promo|promotional trailer]] assembled early in the movie's production.
* Counting characters who were meant to be there, were seen outside, or were killed, the Autobots had Ultra Magnus, Hot Rod, Kup, Blurr, Springer, Arcee, Blaster, Perceptor, Grapple, Huffer, Trailbreaker, Bluestreak, Windcharger, Wheeljack, Smokescreen, Sideswipe, Sunstreaker, Mirage and 4 cassettes, totaling 22 - the Decepticons, meanwhile, had Megatron, six Seekers, three Insecticons, six Constructicons, Astrotrain, Blitzwing, Soundwave and 4 cassettes, totaling 23. In the grand scheme of things, that’s pretty evened up, making Perceptor’s assertion that the Autobots suffered a “distinct tactical deficiency” somewhat exaggerated, especially considering their fortifications. That is, of course, assuming the ‘Cons didn’t bring a ton of generics or Insecticon clones with them; even if they didn't, the presence of a [[combiner]] on the Decepticon side is more than enough to tip the odds against the Autobots.
* The events of "[[Five Faces of Darkness]]" imply that [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] was present at the battle, but unable to transform to [[robot mode]] because his [[transformation cog]] was damaged. Some fiction suggests that Metroplex is part of (or the same thing as) Autobot City. (All sorts of [[fanon]] ensues from placing these two facts in close proximity. Use caution.)
* The fight between Optimus Prime and Megatron was remade into the commercial of [[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|2008 Universe]] toyline, with [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]] models based on their ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' toys.
* The "[[Rodimus vs. Cyclonus]]" comic book [[retcon]]s [[Lugnut (TF 2010)|Lugnut]] and [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] into the battle, as well as confirming Tracks' participation in the battle.

User:Banpei the Mini-Con/sandbox

2023-10-08T04:21:56Z

Banpei the Mini-Con:

{{disambig2|the battle that comprises Act 1 of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''|the eponymous mobile game event| The Battle for Autobot City.}}
[[File:BattleAutobotCity2.jpg|upright=1.8|thumb|In ur base, killin ur doods.]]
The '''Battle of Autobot City''' was a protracted battle between the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s taking place at [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]], the primary base of the Autobots on [[Earth]], taking place in the year [[2005]] in several reality streams. By its end, the leaders of both the Autobot and Decepticon forces were suffering fatal injuries, numerous combatants on both sides had been killed, and events were set in motion that would lead to the creation of [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] and, eventually, the passing of the [[Matrix of Leadership]].

{{bigquote|Their defenses are broken. Let the slaughter begin!|[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]|''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''}}

==Prelude==
[[File:TFTM-AutobotCityUndamaged.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|left|This is before everything went to hell.]]
The Decepticons had succeeded in driving Autobot resistance entirely off [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. However, the Autobots retained staging grounds on two of Cybertron's moons , as well as significant energy-production facilities and alliances on Earth. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] while cautious in his assessment of his troops ability to retake the planet, had preparations well underway for just such a campaign, and dispatched a shuttle to Earth to collect a final shipment of [[Energon cubes]] from the Earth production facilities, entrusting a good portion of his command staff with the mission.

[[File:Tftm1986a.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|The future of pratfall technology: the Exploding Banana Peel.]]
Unfortunately for the Autobots, the Decepticon spy [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] got wind of the Autobots' plans and warned [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]], ruler of the Decepticons. Megatron led a sizeable contingent of Decepticons against the small Autobot crew on the shuttle, ambusing and boarding it as it passed some small celestial bodies on approach to Earth.

Heavily outnumbered and outmatched, the Autobots were overwhelmed. [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]],[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]],[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] became the battle's first casualities, though Ironhide clung onto life just long enough receive a point-blank shot to the face from Megatron's [[fusion cannon]].

Now in control of the shuttle, Megatron revealed his plan to a doubting [[Starscream(G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Stascream]]: the shuttle was to be used as a "Trojan Horse", conveying the Decepticons for a surprise attack on Autobot City itself, which Megatron seemed to think would vanquish the Autobots forever.{{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

{{note|There ''is'' a reason Megatron thought this—the original script makes it clear that Autobot City is, in fact, a massive energy-gathering facility, equipped with energy gathering devices such as hydroelectric dams, wind turbines, and solar panels. Thus, if the Decepticons destroy the city, the Autobots will be without an energy supply, pretty much crippling their war effort.}}
{{--}}

==The Battle==
{{note|Events not shown in the animated movie are in italics.}}

===First Phase===

Megatron had calculated correctly in that the Autobot shuttle would not set off Autobot City's defences even if carrying a Decepticon crew. It was sheer chance that the young human [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] noted there was a hole in the shuttle and alerted the young Autobot [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]], who investigated further and quickly learned the truth of the situation. Hot Rod opened fire on the shuttle, damaging it to the point that the Decepticons were forced to disembark and launch their attack earlier than planned.

[[File:AutobotCitytransforms.jpg|thumb|Launch Black Tiger squadron, and prepare the Wave Motion Gun for firing...oh, sorry, wrong anime.]]
The Autobots, though surprised and outnumbered, quickly rallied to the defense. [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]], commanding the City, ordered [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] to contact Optimus Prime on [[Moonbase One]] to obtain reinforcements, [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] to [[Transformation|transform]] Autobot City into its battle mode, and [[Blurr (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blurr]] to assist in alerting Autobots to the attack.

Springer and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] began the transformation of the city into battle station mode, offering the Autobot population greater defensive capability to meet the Decepticon assault. It also had the added bonus of trapping Starscream's right foot, forcing him to inflict a wound upon himself to avoid getting crushed.

Kup and Hot Rod, speeding toward the city, saw that the two [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]]s [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] and [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] were eating through one of the doors, but Kickback was taken across a chasm by the retracting bridge. Using the Insecticon as a springboard, Hot Rod and Kup were able to clear the gap and enter the city moments before the armored doors closed.

[[File:TAM TPB Gestalt Fight.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2]]
Meanwhile, Blaster managed to make brief contact with the Cybertronian Autobots, but the signal was cut off by the intervention of [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]], who deployed [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] and [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] to wreck the communications tower and all inside. However, Blaster evened the odds by deploying his own quartet of assistants into the fight: [[Ramhorn (G1)|Ramhorn]], [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]], [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]], and [[Eject (G1)|Eject]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

''Elsewhere, [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] made a concurrent attack on the Ark, as a means of a distraction to prevent [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] and [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] from aiding the Autobot forces at Autobot City.'' {{storylink|The Gathering Storm}}

Though unable to penetrate Autobot City's defenses by conventional means, the Decepticons were still able to pick off individual Autobot soldiers, such as [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] ''and [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]]''. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}} {{storylink|The Gathering Storm}} Realizing that a frontal assault was futile, Megatron ordered the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s to merge into the [[Combiner|gestalt]] [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. The giant robot quickly made his presence felt, penetrating the first line of defenses by literally tearing them open, and shattering one attempt by Springer, Kup, Hot Rod and Arcee to put him out of action. But even so, the two sides were so evenly matched that the battle continued over the course of the remainder of that day and throughout the night. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{--}}

===Second Phase===
[[File:Tftm1986b.jpg|thumb|"Will you stop being such a baby about this? Just hold on a second. I can see the splinter. It's right ... there ..."]]
{{quote|One shall stand, one shall fall.|Optimus Prime on seeing Megatron|[[The Transformers: The Movie|TFTM]]}}

[[File:Battleofautobotcity.jpg|thumb|left|"Megatron is responsible for [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|Prime's]] [[death]], not [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|me]]!"]]
However, the city could not hold out forever; by the next morning Autobot defenses had been broken by relentless Decepticon assaults, and Megatron ordered his troops to begin the final phase. It was at this crucial point that Autobot reinforcements commanded by Optimus Prime arrived. The [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s were deployed to attack Devastator—with some success—but could not halt the Decepticons' advance into Autobot City.

''Upon entering the city, Devastator clawed his way through the rubble, only to be confronted by Ultra Magnus, [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] and [[Sideswipe (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sideswipe]]; who brought the gesalt down, separating him into his individual components. Outnumbered and outgunned, the Autobot squad instantly pulled back, while the Constructicons gave chase. Whilst retreating, Red Alert was gunned down by the Constructicon pursuers, as Megatron watched on in triumph.'' {{storylink|A Flash Forward}}

In an attempt to prevent anymore casualties, Optimus Prime made a heroic frontal assault against the elite members of the Decepticon army still positioned outside. In tractor-trailer mode, he mowed down Thrust and Shrapnel, while narrowly missing Blitzwing before transforming to [[robot mode]] and using his [[ion blaster]] to singlehandedly blast the other Decepticons, fighting his way to engage Megatron in what he assured all listeners would be their final battle.

The battle between the two leaders was brief and intense, but resulted in a seeming-victory for Prime. But Megatron had spotted a gun a matter of yards away from him. Stalling for time with false pleas for mercy, Megatron crawled towards the gun while Optimus pointed out the irony of Megatron, pleading for mercy given his prior actions. Before either could take a shot, Hot Rod intervened, trying to overpower the Decepticon leader. But his efforts backfired, as Megatron grappled the young Autobot, used him as a shield and shot Optimus repeatedly. Tossing aside Hot Rod, Megatron prepared to finish off his longtime nemesis. Prime, however, managed to gather his remaining strength to deal a {{w|Punch (combat)|haymaker}} powerful enough to knock Megatron off a ledge and into a crippling fall.

Seeing their leader conclusively defeated in this way broke the Decepticons spirit. Starscream, taking interim command, ordered [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] to transform and ferry the Decepticons away in a general retreat. Unsurprisingly, Starscream appeared ready to leave Megatron to die, but Soundwave carried him to Astrotrain. Gathering up their wounded, the Decepticons fled, leaving the Autobots to similarly gather up their own casualties. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{--}}

==Aftermath==
[[File:Optimusg1passingthematrix.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2|"One of you must take the Matrix."<br>"Not it!"<br>"I wasn't talking to you, Blurr."]]
[[File:Tftm1986c.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Galvatron, or just plain old TRON?]]

Large numbers of Autobots and Decepticons had either been terminated or wounded as a result of the battle. Windcharger, Wheeljack, and [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] were among the casualties, and even the mighty Optimus Prime soon succumbed to his wounds and expired, but not before passing the Matrix of Leadership to Ultra Magnus as his successor, unaware that the Matrix had chosen Hot Rod to become the new [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]].

Several wounded Decepticons—including Megatron—were thrown out of Astrotrain when the latter's fuel reserves proved insufficent to return to Cybertron. They would later be found by the Chaos-Bringer [[Unicron]] and reshaped into [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]], [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Cyclonus's Armada|his armada]], as well as [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and the [[Sweep (G1)|Sweeps]].

The [[Unicron War]] would be the next major Transformer battle, its events spinning directly out of the Battle of Autobot City. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}} By [[2006]], Autobot City had been fully repaired and had more personnel stationed there. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness}}
{{--}}

==Known participants==
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{{Reflist}}

==Notes==
[[File:TFTM-SideswipeRedAlertTracks.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]]
[[File:ShockwaveBattleAutobotcity.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Logic dictates that I put in a token appearance.]]

* Okay, we're going to be honest here. The whole point of this battle is [[To sell toys|to off your favorite characters in violent ways, then replace them with newbies who we've never seen before]].
* It's not shown how Megatron managed to beat the Autobot shuttle to Earth's [[Star system|solar system]]. Astrotrain, perhaps?
* Storyboards that have found their way to the public over the years show additional scenes that were scripted and planned, but (in all probability) never animated:
**At the beginning of the shuttle segment, the Autobot shuttle would have been shown dodging through an asteroid storm, thus explaining why they didn't at least detect the approaching Decepticons. Some of this concept made it into the Marvel Comics [[The Planet-Eater!|adaptation of the movie]].
**Hot Rod's adventures outside the city would have been a bit longer and more dramatic. A short scene would also show him getting reprimanded by Ultra Magnus inside the city itself.
**[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] would have stealthily blasted [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] before getting shot at by Megatron (given the emphasis on body-count, and the fact that Mirage never appears after the movie, it's likely this would have killed him).
**[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], and Ultra Magnus would have finally brought down Devastator with a missile barrage. The Constructicons would subsequently [[:File:TFTM-RedAlertDown.jpg|kill Red Alert]] as the Autobots retreated.
***In 2012, the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] comic "[[A Flash Forward]]" directly adapted this scene into the ''[[Transformers: Wings Universe|Wings Universe]]'', a continuity nearly identical to the Generation 1 cartoon.
**Several Decepticons would have dogpiled Optimus Prime at the start of his confrontation with Megatron, only for him to trounce them all soundly.
***Just before this, Blitzwing would have knocked Optimus Prime's gun out of his hands. In the final version of the movie, Optimus's gun just seems to have disappeared for no reason when he finally finds Megatron.
**[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker's]] lifeless body would have been seen as the Decepticons retreated.
* Alternate footage of the opening stage of the battle was part of a [[The Transformers: The Movie promo|promotional trailer]] assembled early in the movie's production.
* Counting characters who were meant to be there, were seen outside, or were killed, the Autobots had Ultra Magnus, Hot Rod, Kup, Blurr, Springer, Arcee, Blaster, Perceptor, Grapple, Huffer, Trailbreaker, Bluestreak, Windcharger, Wheeljack, Smokescreen, Sideswipe, Sunstreaker, Mirage and 4 cassettes, totaling 22 - the Decepticons, meanwhile, had Megatron, six Seekers, three Insecticons, six Constructicons, Astrotrain, Blitzwing, Soundwave and 4 cassettes, totaling 23. In the grand scheme of things, that’s pretty evened up, making Perceptor’s assertion that the Autobots suffered a “distinct tactical deficiency” somewhat exaggerated, especially considering their fortifications. That is, of course, assuming the ‘Cons didn’t bring a ton of generics or Insecticon clones with them; even if they didn't, the presence of a [[combiner]] on the Decepticon side is more than enough to tip the odds against the Autobots.
* The events of "[[Five Faces of Darkness]]" imply that [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] was present at the battle, but unable to transform to [[robot mode]] because his [[transformation cog]] was damaged. Some fiction suggests that Metroplex is part of (or the same thing as) Autobot City. (All sorts of [[fanon]] ensues from placing these two facts in close proximity. Use caution.)
* The fight between Optimus Prime and Megatron was remade into the commercial of [[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|2008 Universe]] toyline, with [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]] models based on their ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' toys.
* The "[[Rodimus vs. Cyclonus]]" comic book [[retcon]]s [[Lugnut (TF 2010)|Lugnut]] and [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] into the battle, as well as confirming Tracks' participation in the battle.

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Banpei the Mini-Con:

{{disambig2|the battle that comprises Act 1 of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''|the eponymous mobile game event| The Battle for Autobot City.}}
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[[File:BattleAutobotCity2.jpg|upright=1.8|thumb|In ur base, killin ur doods.]]
The '''Battle of Autobot City''' refers to the protracted battle between the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s at [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]], the base of the Autobots on [[Earth]], taking place in the year [[2005]] in one reality. By its end, the leaders of both the Autobot and Decepticon forces were suffering fatal injuries, numerous combatants on both sides had been killed, and events were set in motion that would lead to the creation of [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] and, eventually, the passing of the [[Matrix of Leadership]].

{{bigquote|Their defenses are broken. Let the slaughter begin!|[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]|''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''}}

==Prelude==
[[File:Autobot shuttle parked.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.66]]
The Decepticons had succeeded in driving the Autobot army off [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. However, the Autobots retained staging grounds on Cybertron's two moons and were in the final phase of preparations for their counterassault. All that remained was the transport of a final shipment of [[Energon cube]]s from Autobot City's production facilities. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] dispatched a shuttle to Earth for this purpose, interestingly crewed by most of his command staff.

[[File:Tftm1986a.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|The future of pratfall technology: the Exploding Banana Peel.]]
Unfortunately for the Autobots, the Decepticon spy [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] got wind of the Autobots' plans and warned [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]], ruler of the Decepticons. In a move reminiscent of the Decepticons' boarding of the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' on their initial arrival on Earth, Megatron led a sizeable contingent of Decepticons against the small Autobot crew on the shuttle. Heavily outnumbered and outmatched, the Autobots were overwhelmed.

[[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]],[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]],[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] became the battle's first casualities, though Ironhide clung onto life just long enough receive a point-blank shot to the face from Megatron's [[fusion cannon]].

Having taken control of the shuttle, Megatron's plan became clear: the shuttle was to be used as a "Trojan Horse", conveying the Decepticons for a surprise attack on Autobot City itself, which Megatron seemed to think would vanquish the Autobots forever. On the other hand, Megatron was never really known for his tactical genius. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

{{note|There ''is'' a reason Megatron thought this—the original script makes it clear that Autobot City is, in fact, a massive energy-gathering facility, equipped with energy gathering devices such as hydroelectric dams, wind turbines, and solar panels. Thus, if the Decepticons destroy the city, the Autobots will be without an energy supply, pretty much crippling their war effort.}}
{{--}}

==The Battle==
{{note|Events that take place exclusively in other retellings of the battle are in italics.}}

===First Phase===
[[File:TFTM-AutobotCityUndamaged.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|left|This is before everything went to hell.]]
Megatron had calculated correctly in that the Autobot shuttle would not set off Autobot City's defences even if carrying a Decepticon crew. It was sheer chance that the young human [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] noted there was a hole in the shuttle and alerted the young Autobot [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]], who investigated further and quickly learned the truth of the situation. Hot Rod opened fire on the shuttle, damaging it to the point that the Decepticons were forced to disembark and launch their attack earlier than planned.

[[File:AutobotCitytransforms.jpg|thumb|Launch Black Tiger squadron, and prepare the Wave Motion Gun for firing...oh, sorry, wrong anime.]]
The Autobots, though surprised and outnumbered, quickly rallied to the defense. [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]], commanding the City, ordered [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] to contact Optimus Prime on [[Moonbase One]] to obtain reinforcements, [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] to [[Transformation|transform]] Autobot City into its battle mode, and [[Blurr (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blurr]] to assist in alerting Autobots to the attack.

Springer and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] began the transformation of the city into battle station mode, offering the Autobot population greater defensive capability to meet the Decepticon assault. It also had the added bonus of trapping Starscream's right foot, forcing him to inflict a wound upon himself to avoid getting crushed.

Kup and Hot Rod, speeding toward the city, saw that the two [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]]s [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] and [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] were eating through one of the doors, but Kickback was taken across a chasm by the retracting bridge. Using the Insecticon as a springboard, Hot Rod and Kup were able to clear the gap and enter the city moments before the armored doors closed.

[[File:TAM TPB Gestalt Fight.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2]]
Meanwhile, Blaster did manage to make brief contact with the Cybertronian Autobots, but the signal was cut off by the intervention of [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] and the four henchmen he had with him: [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] and [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]. However, Blaster evened the odds by putting his own quartet of counterparts into the fight: [[Ramhorn (G1)|Ramhorn]], [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]], [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]], and [[Eject (G1)|Eject]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

''Elsewhere, [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] made their attack on the Ark, as a means of a distraction to prevent [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] and [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] from aiding the Autobot forces at Autobot City.'' {{storylink|The Gathering Storm}}

Though unable to penetrate Autobot City's defenses by conventional means, the Decepticons succeeded in mowing down the Autobot soldiers, such as [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] ''and [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]]''. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}} {{storylink|The Gathering Storm}} Realizing that a frontal assault was futile, Megatron ordered the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s to merge into the [[Combiner|gestalt]] [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. The giant robot quickly made his presence felt, penetrating the first line of defenses by literally tearing them open, and shattering one attempt by Springer, Kup, Hot Rod and Arcee to put him out of action. But even so, the two sides were so evenly matched that the battle continued over the course of the remainder of that day and throughout the night. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{--}}

===Second Phase===
[[File:Tftm1986b.jpg|thumb|"Will you stop being such a baby about this? Just hold on a second. I can see the splinter. It's right ... there ..."]]
{{quote|One shall stand, one shall fall.|Optimus Prime on seeing Megatron|[[The Transformers: The Movie|TFTM]]}}

[[File:Battleofautobotcity.jpg|thumb|left|"Megatron is responsible for [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|Prime's]] [[death]], not [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|me]]!"]]
However, the city could not hold out forever; by the next morning Autobot defenses had been broken by relentless Decepticon assaults, and the likelihood of a mass slaughter was high. It was at this crucial point that Autobot reinforcements commanded by Optimus Prime arrived. The [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s were deployed to attack Devastator—with some success—but could not halt the Decepticons' advance into Autobot City.

''Upon entering the city, Devastator clawed his way through the rubble, only to be confronted by Ultra Magnus, [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] and [[Sideswipe (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sideswipe]]; who brought the gesalt down, separating him into his individual components. Outnumbered and outgunned, the Autobot squad instantly pulled back, while the Constructicons gave chase. Whilst retreating, Red Alert was gunned down by the Constructicon pursuers, as Megatron watched on in triumph.'' {{storylink|A Flash Forward}}

In an attempt to prevent anymore casualties, Optimus Prime made a heroic frontal assault against the elite members of the Decepticon army still positioned outside. In tractor-trailer mode, he mowed down Thrust and Shrapnel, while narrowly missing Blitzwing before transforming to [[robot mode]] and using his [[ion blaster]] to singlehandedly blast the Decepticons Ramjet, Thundercracker, Soundwave, Kickback, and Dirge, fighting his way to engage Megatron in what he assured the Decepticon would be their final battle.

The battle between the two leaders was brief and intense, but resulted in a seeming-victory for Prime. But Megatron had spotted a gun a matter of yards away from him. Stalling for time with false pleas for mercy, Megatron crawled towards the gun while Optimus pointed out the irony of Megatron, who was "without mercy," now pleading for it. Before Optimus could take his shot, Hot Rod intervened as Megatron grabbed the gun, trying to overpower the Decepticon leader. But his efforts backfired, as Megatron overpowered the young Autobot, used him as a shield and shot Optimus repeatedly. Tossing aside Hot Rod, Megatron prepared to finish off his longtime nemesis. Prime, however, managed to gather his remaining strength to deal a {{w|Punch (combat)|haymaker}} powerful enough to knock Megatron off a ledge and into a fall that would prove almost-lethal.

Seeing their leader conclusively defeated in this way broke the Decepticons spirit. Starscream, taking interim command, ordered [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] to transform and ferry the Decepticons away in a general retreat. Unsurprisingly, Starscream appeared ready to leave Megatron to die, but Soundwave carried him to Astrotrain. Gathering up their wounded, the Decepticons fled, leaving the Autobots to similarly gather up their own casualties. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{--}}

==Aftermath==
[[File:Optimusg1passingthematrix.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2|"One of you must take the Matrix."<br>"Not it!"<br>"I wasn't talking to you, Blurr."]]
[[File:Tftm1986c.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Galvatron, or just plain old TRON?]]

Large numbers of Autobots and Decepticons had either been terminated or wounded as a result of the battle. Windcharger, Wheeljack, and [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] were among the casualties, and even the mighty Optimus Prime soon succumbed to his wounds and expired, but not before passing the Matrix of Leadership to Ultra Magnus as his successor, unaware that the Matrix had chosen Hot Rod to become the new [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]].

The wounded Decepticons—including Megatron, [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], and the Insecticons—were thrown out of Astrotrain to lighten the load, where they would later be found by the Chaos-Bringer [[Unicron]] and reshaped into [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]], [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Cyclonus's Armada|his armada]], as well as [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and the [[Sweep (G1)|Sweeps]].

The [[Unicron War]] would be the next major Transformer battle, its events spinning directly out of the Battle of Autobot City. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}} By [[2006]], Autobot City had been fully repaired and had more personnel stationed there. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness}}
{{--}}

==Known participants==
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*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]]
*[[Springer (G1)|Springer]]
*[[Arcee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Arcee]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]]
*[[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]]
*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]
*[[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]]
**[[Eject (G1)|Eject]]
**[[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]]
**[[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]]
**[[Ramhorn (G1)|Ramhorn]]
*[[Blurr (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blurr]]
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*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]]
*[[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]]<ref name="death">Denotes those killed in battle, and from battle wounds.</ref>
*[[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]]
*[[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]]
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]<ref name="death"/>
*[[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]]<ref name="death"/>
*[[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]]<ref name="retcon">Denotes those who were [[Retcon|retroactively]] included in the battle in [[Rodimus vs. Cyclonus|other]] [[The Gathering Storm|forms of]] [[A Flash Forward|media]].</ref>
*[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]]<ref name="retcon"/>
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]<ref>Both a retroactive inclusion and a casualty.</ref>
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]]<ref name="retcon"/>
*[[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]]<ref>Both a retroactive inclusion and a casualty. While Beachcomber's dead body is shown in [[The Gathering Storm|the IDW adaptation of the movie]], he is alive and well in "[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5]]", making this somewhat of an odd retrocative inclusion.</ref>

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*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]<ref name="death"/>
*[[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]]
*[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]]
*[[Slag (G1)|Slag]]
*[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]]
*[[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]]
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]
*[[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]]<ref name="death"/>
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]<ref name="death"/>
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]<ref name="death"/>
*[[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]]<ref name="death"/>
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*[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]
*[[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]]
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]]
**[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]
**[[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]]
**[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]
**[[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]
**[[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]]
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]<ref name="death"/>
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]<ref name="death"/>
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]<ref>Shockwave only appeared in one shot, which may have been an [[animation error]].</ref>
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*[[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]]<ref name="death"/>
*[[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]]<ref name="death"/>
*[[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]]<ref name="death"/>
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]
*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]
*[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]]
*[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]]
*[[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]]
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]
*[[Lugnut (TF 2010)|Lugnut]]<ref name="retcon"/>
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*[[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]
**[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]]
**[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]]
**[[Hook (G1)|Hook]]
**[[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]]
**[[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]]
**[[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]]
{{!}}}
|nonumbering=true
}}

{{Reflist}}

==Notes==
[[File:TFTM-SideswipeRedAlertTracks.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]]
[[File:ShockwaveBattleAutobotcity.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Logic dictates that I put in a token appearance.]]

* The battle is .''
* It's unclear how Megatron managed to beat the Autobot shuttle to Earth's [[Star system|solar system]].
* Storyboards that have found their way to the public over the years show additional scenes that were scripted and planned, but (in all probability) never animated:
**At the beginning of the shuttle segment, the Autobot shuttle would have been shown dodging through an asteroid storm, thus explaining why they didn't at least detect the approaching Decepticons. Some of this concept made it into the Marvel Comics [[The Planet-Eater!|adaptation of the movie]].
**Hot Rod's adventures outside the city would have been a bit longer and more dramatic. A short scene would also show him getting reprimanded by Ultra Magnus inside the city itself.
**[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] would have stealthily blasted [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] before getting shot at by Megatron (given the emphasis on body-count, and the fact that Mirage never appears after the movie, it's likely this would have killed him).
**[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], and Ultra Magnus would have finally brought down Devastator with a missile barrage. The Constructicons would subsequently [[:File:TFTM-RedAlertDown.jpg|kill Red Alert]] as the Autobots retreated.
***In 2012, the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] comic "[[A Flash Forward]]" directly adapted this scene into the ''[[Transformers: Wings Universe|Wings Universe]]'', a continuity nearly identical to the Generation 1 cartoon.
**Several Decepticons would have dogpiled Optimus Prime at the start of his confrontation with Megatron, only for him to trounce them all soundly.
***Just before this, Blitzwing would have knocked Optimus Prime's gun out of his hands. In the final version of the movie, Optimus's gun just seems to have disappeared for no reason when he finally finds Megatron.
**[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker's]] lifeless body would have been seen as the Decepticons retreated.
* Alternate footage of the opening stage of the battle was part of a [[The Transformers: The Movie promo|promotional trailer]] assembled early in the movie's production.
* Counting characters who were meant to be there, were seen outside, or were killed, the Autobots had Ultra Magnus, Hot Rod, Kup, Blurr, Springer, Arcee, Blaster, Perceptor, Grapple, Huffer, Trailbreaker, Bluestreak, Windcharger, Wheeljack, Smokescreen, Sideswipe, Sunstreaker, Mirage and 4 cassettes, totaling 22 - the Decepticons, meanwhile, had Megatron, six Seekers, three Insecticons, six Constructicons, Astrotrain, Blitzwing, Soundwave and 4 cassettes, totaling 23. In the grand scheme of things, that’s pretty evened up, making Perceptor’s assertion that the Autobots suffered a “distinct tactical deficiency” somewhat exaggerated, especially considering their fortifications. That is, of course, assuming the ‘Cons didn’t bring a ton of generics or Insecticon clones with them; even if they didn't, the presence of a [[combiner]] on the Decepticon side is more than enough to tip the odds against the Autobots.
* The events of "[[Five Faces of Darkness]]" imply that [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] was present at the battle, but unable to transform to [[robot mode]] because his [[transformation cog]] was damaged. Some fiction suggests that Metroplex is part of (or the same thing as) Autobot City. (All sorts of [[fanon]] ensues from placing these two facts in close proximity. Use caution.)
* The fight between Optimus Prime and Megatron was remade into the commercial of [[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|2008 Universe]] toyline, with [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]] models based on their ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' toys.
* The "[[Rodimus vs. Cyclonus]]" comic book [[retcon]]s [[Lugnut (TF 2010)|Lugnut]] and [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] into the battle, as well as canonically confirming Tracks as a participant in the battle.
* Okay, we're going to be honest here. The whole point of this battle is [[To sell toys|to off your favorite characters in violent ways, then replace them with newbies who we've never seen before]].

[[Category:Battles]]

User:Banpei the Mini-Con

2023-10-08T03:27:02Z

Banpei the Mini-Con:

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[[Image:Banpei.jpg|frame|He's full of tinier mechs!]]

It doesn't talk, was built by a deity, has a scooter [[Alternate mode|altmode]], and acts more alive than one would expect.

Seemed an appropriate designation. :)

Oh, and I have a [[Banpei_the_Mini-Con/sandbox|sandbox]] now?

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User:Banpei the Mini-Con/sandbox

2023-10-08T03:24:40Z

Banpei the Mini-Con: Created page with "{{disambig2|the battle that comprises Act 1 of ''The Transformers: The Movie''|the eponymous mobile game event| The Battle for Autobot City.}} {{nav-G1}} [[File:BattleAuto..."

{{disambig2|the battle that comprises Act 1 of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''|the eponymous mobile game event| The Battle for Autobot City.}}
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[[File:BattleAutobotCity2.jpg|upright=1.8|thumb|In ur base, killin ur doods.]]
The '''Battle of Autobot City''' refers to the protracted battle between the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s at [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]], the base of the Autobots on [[Earth]], taking place in the year [[2005]] in one reality. By its end, the leaders of both the Autobot and Decepticon forces were suffering fatal injuries, numerous combatants on both sides had been killed, and events were set in motion that would lead to the creation of [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] and, eventually, the passing of the [[Matrix of Leadership]].

{{bigquote|Their defenses are broken. Let the slaughter begin!|[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]|''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''}}

==Prelude==
[[File:Autobot shuttle parked.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.66]]
The Decepticons had succeeded in driving the Autobot army off [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. However, the Autobots retained staging grounds on Cybertron's two moons and were in the final phase of preparations for their counterassault. All that remained was the transport of a final shipment of [[Energon cube]]s from Autobot City's production facilities. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] dispatched a shuttle to Earth for this purpose, interestingly crewed by most of his command staff.

[[File:Tftm1986a.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|The future of pratfall technology: the Exploding Banana Peel.]]
Unfortunately for the Autobots, the Decepticon spy [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] got wind of the Autobots' plans and warned [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]], ruler of the Decepticons. In a move reminiscent of the Decepticons' boarding of the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' on their initial arrival on Earth, Megatron led a sizeable contingent of Decepticons against the small Autobot crew on the shuttle. Heavily outnumbered and outmatched, the Autobots were overwhelmed.

[[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]],[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]],[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] became the battle's first casualities, though Ironhide clung onto life just long enough receive a point-blank shot to the face from Megatron's [[fusion cannon]].

Having taken control of the shuttle, Megatron's plan became clear: the shuttle was to be used as a "Trojan Horse", conveying the Decepticons for a surprise attack on Autobot City itself, which Megatron seemed to think would vanquish the Autobots forever. On the other hand, Megatron was never really known for his tactical genius. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

{{note|There ''is'' a reason Megatron thought this—the original script makes it clear that Autobot City is, in fact, a massive energy-gathering facility, equipped with energy gathering devices such as hydroelectric dams, wind turbines, and solar panels. Thus, if the Decepticons destroy the city, the Autobots will be without an energy supply, pretty much crippling their war effort.}}
{{--}}

==The Battle==
{{note|Events that take place exclusively in other retellings of the battle are in italics.}}

===First Phase===
[[File:TFTM-AutobotCityUndamaged.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|left|This is before everything went to hell.]]
Megatron had calculated correctly in that the Autobot shuttle would not set off Autobot City's defences even if carrying a Decepticon crew. It was sheer chance that the young human [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]] noted there was a hole in the shuttle and alerted the young Autobot [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]], who investigated further and quickly learned the truth of the situation. Hot Rod opened fire on the shuttle, damaging it to the point that the Decepticons were forced to disembark and launch their attack earlier than planned.

[[File:AutobotCitytransforms.jpg|thumb|Launch Black Tiger squadron, and prepare the Wave Motion Gun for firing...oh, sorry, wrong anime.]]
The Autobots, though surprised and outnumbered, quickly rallied to the defense. [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]], commanding the City, ordered [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] to contact Optimus Prime on [[Moonbase One]] to obtain reinforcements, [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] to [[Transformation|transform]] Autobot City into its battle mode, and [[Blurr (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blurr]] to assist in alerting Autobots to the attack.

Springer and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] delayed transforming the city for as long as possible to try and allow Hot Rod and Kup to get back inside. Eventually running out of time, they began the transformation, offering the city (and its Autobot defenders) greater defensive capability to meet the Decepticon assault. It also had the added bonus of maiming Starscream's right foot.

Kup and Hot Rod, speeding toward the city, saw that the two [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]]s [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] and [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] were eating through one of the doors, but Kickback was taken across a chasm by the retracting bridge. Using the Insecticon as a springboard, Hot Rod and Kup were able to clear the gap and enter the city (crushing Kickback's head and ramming Shrapnel out of the way in the process) moments before the armored doors closed.

[[File:TAM TPB Gestalt Fight.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2]]
Meanwhile, Blaster did manage to make brief contact with the Cybertronian Autobots, but the signal was cut off by the intervention of [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] and the four henchmen he had with him: [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] and [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]. However, Blaster evened the odds by putting his own quartet of counterparts into the fight: [[Ramhorn (G1)|Ramhorn]], [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]], [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]], and [[Eject (G1)|Eject]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

''Elsewhere, [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] made their attack on the Ark, as a means of a distraction to prevent [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] and [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] from aiding the Autobot forces at Autobot City.'' {{storylink|The Gathering Storm}}

Though unable to penetrate Autobot City's defenses by conventional means, the Decepticons succeeded in mowing down the Autobot soldiers, such as [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] ''and [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]]''. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}} {{storylink|The Gathering Storm}} Realizing that a frontal assault was futile, Megatron ordered the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s to merge into the [[Combiner|gestalt]] [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. The giant robot quickly made his presence felt, penetrating the first line of defenses by literally tearing them open, and shattering one attempt by Springer, Kup, Hot Rod and Arcee to put him out of action. But even so, the two sides were so evenly matched that the battle continued over the course of the remainder of that day and throughout the night. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{--}}

===Second Phase===
[[File:Tftm1986b.jpg|thumb|"Will you stop being such a baby about this? Just hold on a second. I can see the splinter. It's right ... there ..."]]
{{quote|One shall stand, one shall fall.|Optimus Prime on seeing Megatron|[[The Transformers: The Movie|TFTM]]}}

[[File:Battleofautobotcity.jpg|thumb|left|"Megatron is responsible for [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|Prime's]] [[death]], not [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|me]]!"]]
However, the city could not hold out forever; by the next morning Autobot defenses had been broken by relentless Decepticon assaults, and the likelihood of a mass slaughter was high. It was at this crucial point that Autobot reinforcements commanded by Optimus Prime arrived. The [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s were deployed to attack Devastator—with some success—but could not halt the Decepticons' advance into Autobot City.

''Upon entering the city, Devastator clawed his way through the rubble, only to be confronted by Ultra Magnus, [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] and [[Sideswipe (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sideswipe]]; who brought the gesalt down, separating him into his individual components. Outnumbered and outgunned, the Autobot squad instantly pulled back, while the Constructicons gave chase. Whilst retreating, Red Alert was gunned down by the Constructicon pursuers, as Megatron watched on in triumph.'' {{storylink|A Flash Forward}}

In an attempt to prevent anymore casualties, Optimus Prime made a heroic frontal assault against the elite members of the Decepticon army still positioned outside. In tractor-trailer mode, he mowed down Thrust and Shrapnel, while narrowly missing Blitzwing before transforming to [[robot mode]] and using his [[ion blaster]] to singlehandedly blast the Decepticons Ramjet, Thundercracker, Soundwave, Kickback, and Dirge, fighting his way to engage Megatron in what he assured the Decepticon would be their final battle.

The battle between the two leaders was brief and intense, but resulted in a seeming-victory for Prime. But Megatron had spotted a gun a matter of yards away from him. Stalling for time with false pleas for mercy, Megatron crawled towards the gun while Optimus pointed out the irony of Megatron, who was "without mercy," now pleading for it. Before Optimus could take his shot, Hot Rod intervened as Megatron grabbed the gun, trying to overpower the Decepticon leader. But his efforts backfired, as Megatron overpowered the young Autobot, used him as a shield and shot Optimus repeatedly. Tossing aside Hot Rod, Megatron prepared to finish off his longtime nemesis. Prime, however, managed to gather his remaining strength to deal a {{w|Punch (combat)|haymaker}} powerful enough to knock Megatron off a ledge and into a fall that would prove almost-lethal.

Seeing their leader conclusively defeated in this way broke the Decepticons spirit. Starscream, taking interim command, ordered [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] to transform and ferry the Decepticons away in a general retreat. Unsurprisingly, Starscream appeared ready to leave Megatron to die, but Soundwave carried him to Astrotrain. Gathering up their wounded, the Decepticons fled, leaving the Autobots to similarly gather up their own casualties. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{--}}

==Aftermath==
[[File:Optimusg1passingthematrix.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2|"One of you must take the Matrix."<br>"Not it!"<br>"I wasn't talking to you, Blurr."]]
[[File:Tftm1986c.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Galvatron, or just plain old TRON?]]

Large numbers of Autobots and Decepticons had either been terminated or wounded as a result of the battle. Windcharger, Wheeljack, and [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] were among the casualties, and even the mighty Optimus Prime soon succumbed to his wounds and expired, but not before passing the Matrix of Leadership to Ultra Magnus as his successor, unaware that the Matrix had chosen Hot Rod to become the new [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]].

The wounded Decepticons—including Megatron, [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]], [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], and the Insecticons—were thrown out of Astrotrain to lighten the load, where they would later be found by the Chaos-Bringer [[Unicron]] and reshaped into [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]], [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Cyclonus's Armada|his armada]], as well as [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and the [[Sweep (G1)|Sweeps]].

The [[Unicron War]] would be the next major Transformer battle, its events spinning directly out of the Battle of Autobot City. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}} By [[2006]], Autobot City had been fully repaired and had more personnel stationed there. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness}}
{{--}}

==Known participants==
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*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]]
*[[Springer (G1)|Springer]]
*[[Arcee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Arcee]]
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]]
*[[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]]
*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]
*[[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]]
**[[Eject (G1)|Eject]]
**[[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]]
**[[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]]
**[[Ramhorn (G1)|Ramhorn]]
*[[Blurr (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blurr]]
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*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]]
*[[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]]<ref name="death">Denotes those killed in battle, and from battle wounds.</ref>
*[[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]]
*[[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]]
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]<ref name="death"/>
*[[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]]<ref name="death"/>
*[[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]]<ref name="retcon">Denotes those who were [[Retcon|retroactively]] included in the battle in [[Rodimus vs. Cyclonus|other]] [[The Gathering Storm|forms of]] [[A Flash Forward|media]].</ref>
*[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]]<ref name="retcon"/>
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]<ref>Both a retroactive inclusion and a casualty.</ref>
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]]<ref name="retcon"/>
*[[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]]<ref>Both a retroactive inclusion and a casualty. While Beachcomber's dead body is shown in [[The Gathering Storm|the IDW adaptation of the movie]], he is alive and well in "[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5]]", making this somewhat of an odd retrocative inclusion.</ref>

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*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]<ref name="death"/>
*[[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]]
*[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]]
*[[Slag (G1)|Slag]]
*[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]]
*[[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]]
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]
*[[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]]<ref name="death"/>
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]<ref name="death"/>
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]<ref name="death"/>
*[[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]]<ref name="death"/>
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*[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]
*[[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]]
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]]
**[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]
**[[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]]
**[[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]
**[[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]
**[[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]]
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]<ref name="death"/>
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]<ref name="death"/>
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]<ref>Shockwave only appeared in one shot, which may have been an [[animation error]].</ref>
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*[[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]]<ref name="death"/>
*[[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]]<ref name="death"/>
*[[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]]<ref name="death"/>
*[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]
*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]
*[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]]
*[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]]
*[[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]]
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]
*[[Lugnut (TF 2010)|Lugnut]]<ref name="retcon"/>
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*[[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]
**[[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]]
**[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]]
**[[Hook (G1)|Hook]]
**[[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]]
**[[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]]
**[[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]]
{{!}}}
|nonumbering=true
}}

{{Reflist}}

==Notes==
[[File:TFTM-SideswipeRedAlertTracks.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]]
[[File:ShockwaveBattleAutobotcity.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Logic dictates that I put in a token appearance.]]

* The battle is .''
* It's unclear how Megatron managed to beat the Autobot shuttle to Earth's [[Star system|solar system]].
* Storyboards that have found their way to the public over the years show additional scenes that were scripted and planned, but (in all probability) never animated:
**At the beginning of the shuttle segment, the Autobot shuttle would have been shown dodging through an asteroid storm, thus explaining why they didn't at least detect the approaching Decepticons. Some of this concept made it into the Marvel Comics [[The Planet-Eater!|adaptation of the movie]].
**Hot Rod's adventures outside the city would have been a bit longer and more dramatic. A short scene would also show him getting reprimanded by Ultra Magnus inside the city itself.
**[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] would have stealthily blasted [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] before getting shot at by Megatron (given the emphasis on body-count, and the fact that Mirage never appears after the movie, it's likely this would have killed him).
**[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], and Ultra Magnus would have finally brought down Devastator with a missile barrage. The Constructicons would subsequently [[:File:TFTM-RedAlertDown.jpg|kill Red Alert]] as the Autobots retreated.
***In 2012, the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] comic "[[A Flash Forward]]" directly adapted this scene into the ''[[Transformers: Wings Universe|Wings Universe]]'', a continuity nearly identical to the Generation 1 cartoon.
**Several Decepticons would have dogpiled Optimus Prime at the start of his confrontation with Megatron, only for him to trounce them all soundly.
***Just before this, Blitzwing would have knocked Optimus Prime's gun out of his hands. In the final version of the movie, Optimus's gun just seems to have disappeared for no reason when he finally finds Megatron.
**[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker's]] lifeless body would have been seen as the Decepticons retreated.
* Alternate footage of the opening stage of the battle was part of a [[The Transformers: The Movie promo|promotional trailer]] assembled early in the movie's production.
* Counting characters who were meant to be there, were seen outside, or were killed, the Autobots had Ultra Magnus, Hot Rod, Kup, Blurr, Springer, Arcee, Blaster, Perceptor, Grapple, Huffer, Trailbreaker, Bluestreak, Windcharger, Wheeljack, Smokescreen, Sideswipe, Sunstreaker, Mirage and 4 cassettes, totaling 22 - the Decepticons, meanwhile, had Megatron, six Seekers, three Insecticons, six Constructicons, Astrotrain, Blitzwing, Soundwave and 4 cassettes, totaling 23. In the grand scheme of things, that’s pretty evened up, making Perceptor’s assertion that the Autobots suffered a “distinct tactical deficiency” somewhat exaggerated, especially considering their fortifications. That is, of course, assuming the ‘Cons didn’t bring a ton of generics or Insecticon clones with them; even if they didn't, the presence of a [[combiner]] on the Decepticon side is more than enough to tip the odds against the Autobots.
* The events of "[[Five Faces of Darkness]]" imply that [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] was present at the battle, but unable to transform to [[robot mode]] because his [[transformation cog]] was damaged. Some fiction suggests that Metroplex is part of (or the same thing as) Autobot City. (All sorts of [[fanon]] ensues from placing these two facts in close proximity. Use caution.)
* The fight between Optimus Prime and Megatron was remade into the commercial of [[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|2008 Universe]] toyline, with [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]] models based on their ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' toys.
* The "[[Rodimus vs. Cyclonus]]" comic book [[retcon]]s [[Lugnut (TF 2010)|Lugnut]] and [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] into the battle, as well as canonically confirming Tracks as a participant in the battle.
* Okay, we're going to be honest here. The whole point of this battle is [[To sell toys|to off your favorite characters in violent ways, then replace them with newbies who we've never seen before]].

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Talk:The Cybertronic Spree

2023-09-26T01:44:06Z

Banpei the Mini-Con:

Have the group done anything officially sanctioned to warrant a page? Because right now it just seems to be a weirdly-constructed page for a fan-band[[User:AkibaSilver|AkibaSilver]] ([[User talk:AkibaSilver|talk]]) 14:54, 30 August 2023 (EDT)
:Yes, as has now been added to the page. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 15:10, 30 August 2023 (EDT)
:Hi, creator of the page here. My wiki-fu is admittedly somewhat rusty, but I'm pleased that this contribution was indeed measured and found worthy. There are a few turns of phrase from the first draft that I might have preferred to keep -- but, it's staying and folks are improving it, so it is truly all good. [[User:Banpei the Mini-Con|Banpei the Mini-Con]] ([[User talk:Banpei the Mini-Con|talk]]) 21:32, 30 August 2023 (EDT)

== Band sigil? ==

So, the band has their own sigil/insignia, if we can source a usable copy should we put it on the upper corner of the page? [[User:Banpei the Mini-Con|Banpei the Mini-Con]] ([[User talk:Banpei the Mini-Con|talk]]) 21:44, 25 September 2023 (EDT)

Terrorcon (G1)

2023-09-22T17:11:51Z

Banpei the Mini-Con: Added Regeneration One business

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:''The Terrorcons are a [[Decepticon]] [[subgroup]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Loveandsteel-terrorcons1a.jpg|upright=1.95|thumb|Not a good day to be a Nebulan]]
Sometimes it's hard to take the '''Terrorcons''' seriously. Even for Decepticons, they've got a bunch of personality problems, not to mention a lack of decency. Individually, they're not much, and it's not very hard to outsmart them. One on one, an Autobot would probably win.

Then you actually meet the Terrorcons as a group, and you pray that [[Primus]] has mercy on you, because the Terrorcons sure as hell won't. They'll kill you for a bunch of reasons: orders, sport, boredom, a dare. They're not what you'd call soldiers, warriors, or even brawlers. They're animals, and they bring that thought pattern to everything they do, including their choice of [[Alternate mode|altmodes]], which are the forms of frightening beasts. They're all positively insane.

The Terrorcons aren't known for being particularly loyal; occasionally ditching the Decepticon cause in favor of working for the [[Quintesson]]s.

The Terrorcons consist of:

*The brilliant yet gluttonous [[Hun-Gurrr (G1)|Hun-Gurrr]] (leader)
*The superiority obsessed [[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]]
*The appallingly disgusting [[Blot (G1)|Blot]]
*The predatory [[Sinnertwin (G1)|Sinnertwin]]
*The overly-violent [[Cutthroat (G1)|Cutthroat]]
*And sometimes the not-very-smart [[Cindersaur (G1)|Cindersaur]]

They combine to form the incredibly destructive (but surprisingly cute) [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]].

{{bigquote |Terrorcons, fight everybody! Rrarrr!|Hun-Gurrr|"[[Call of the Primitives]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
[[File:Terrorconfight.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|We're the only seven-headed combiner group, blagh! blagh!]]

The Terrorcons accompanied [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] to acquire [[anti-electron]]s from [[Unicron]]'s disembodied head. During the adventure, they were attacked by [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]], [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]], and [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]. They managed to get the upper hand, but were quickly attacked by the newly made [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]]. The Terrorcons formed Abominus, but thanks to the sacrifice of [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]]'s super intelligence, the Technobots formed [[Computron (G1)|Computron]], and defeated the Terrorcons. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}}

[[File:Money-is-everything-terrorcons-robotmode.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|''Learn to fly, reach the sky, legend will carry you-'']]
Soon afterwards, the Terrorcons were now under the control of the [[Quintesson]]s for no apparent reason. Hun-Gurr was dispatched to attack [[Dirk Manus]], a [[human]] smuggler who had discovered [[Recreator|a device of great value]]. The Terrorcons had been modified by the Quintessons to disassemble from their Abominus form after a short period of time, which was their undoing: Computron detected the timer devices and activated it, forcing the Terrorcons and Quintessons into retreat. {{storylink|Money Is Everything (episode)|Money Is Everything}}

[[File:Abominus1.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|left|Prince has really bulked up.]]
The Terrorcons were among the Decepticons fighting the Autobots on [[Earth]]'s [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. They formed Abominus on Galvatron's command, but soon disassembled and left with the other "primitive" Transformers when the [[Oracle (G1)|Primacron's assistant]] called them away to fight the powerful [[Tornedron]]. The Terrorcons were the only primitives to fight the energy-draining Tornedron with something other than energy-based weaponry, but were quickly defeated. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}

Late in the year [[2006]], the Terrorcons attacked [[Gregory Swofford]] and [[Mark Morgan]]'s laboratory to steal their new [[Impervious alloy|heat-and-radiation-resistant alloy]]. The fight between Abominus and Computron caused significant damage to the lab and seriously injured Morgan's daughter, [[Jessica Morgan|Jessica]], leading the two scientists to plot revenge on all the Transformers by infecting them with the [[Hate Plague]]. Nice going there, guys. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}

In [[2007]], the Terrorcons took part in an attack on [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] as part of Galvatron's plot to obtain the [[Key to the Plasma Energy Chamber|Key]] to the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]]. When the Decepticons began their attack on Cybertron, Hun-Gurr and Cutthroat were seen firing on the Autobots alongside the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}} while Abominus was later seen menacing the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]]. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 2}}. They were later seen wearing down the Autobot defenses on Cybertron, and then fled Cybertron aboard [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] with the other Decepticons. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}
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====Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity====
=====''Legends'' comic=====
The Terrorcons were created by the [[Quintesson]]s. As this was done without [[Vector Sigma]], the Terrorcons did not achieve the same intelligence as other [[Transformer]]s. {{storylink|The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 3}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
[[File:Hmop Terrorcons.jpg|thumb|200px]]
In 2011, Hun-Gurrr and the Terrorcons journeyed to Cybertron over the long-abandoned Decepticon [[space bridge]]. They were part of the first wave of Galvatron's siege, hoping to gain control of [[Vector Sigma]]. Hun-Gurrr's team combined into Abominus to battle [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} Later on, Abominus teamed up with his fellow combiners to wage war on their Autobot counterparts. Their victory seemed assured until the [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Battleship Maximus]] swooped in and scattered the Decepticon combiners. They barely survived the encounter. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} On Earth, the Terrorcons intervened on [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]]'s search for the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] and the Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] kept the Terrorcons busy so that Hot Rod could complete his mission. Even after the Terrorcons formed Abominus, the Headmasters stood against them, and the arrival of Computron swung the odds firmly on the Autobots' side. Abominus was last seen with his head buried in the sand, being kicked in the side by Computron. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

[[File:Hm14 Terrorcons Taking Hostage.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
When Galvatron launched a [[Metamorphose|metal-warping meteorite]] at the Autobots on [[Athenia]], he brought along the Terrorcons to occupy the Autobot forces. Linking up as Abominus, they once again battled Computron and the Headmasters. {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}}

Scorponok devised a scheme to harvest [[plasma energy]] from the planet [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] by setting off a series of explosives that would utterly destroy the planet, releasing its stored energies. The Terrorcons were responsible for planting the bombs. Hun-Gurrr was spotted by [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]], [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] and [[Shouki]] of the Trainbots, but the other Terrorcons managed to take them hostage. Hun-Gurrr left [[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]] and [[Sinnertwin (G1)|Sinnertwin]] in charge of the hostages, while he took the other Terrorcons to finish planting the charges. The duo failed to notice when Danny set off a homing signal, however, and were soon forced to flee when the Headmasters arrived to rescue their friends. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger}} They managed to get two of the three sites set before being set upon by [[Raiden]] and the Headmasters. By forming Abominus, the Terrorcons held their own until Scorponok arrived with his mighty [[Transtector]], MegaZarak. The giant scorpion occupied the Autobots long enough for the Terrorcons to finish their work, and Mars was consumed by the resultant atomic inferno. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears}}

[[File:SOSfromSandra Terrorcon Brawl.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
Soon after, the Terrorcons joined Sixshot and the returning Galvatron on an energy raid. They sought to prevent the Autobots from re-energizing the distant world of [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]], and steal the energy for themselves. The Terrorcons formed Abominus for yet another in a series of battles against Computron. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}} When Galvatron left for deep space to plunder new sources of energy, the Terrorcons went with him. {{storylink|Daniel Faces His Biggest Crisis Ever!!}} Hun-Gurrr and Sinnertwin were seen gathering energon on the planet [[Paradise]], and the Terrorcons later formed Abominus to battle the [[Monsterbot (G1)|Monsterbot]]s. {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}}

The Terrorcons returned with Galvatron and the other Decepticons, setting up shop on Earth under Sixshot's command. He joined an enormous offensive against the Autobots' facility in [[Florida|Miami]], drawing out the troops from Autobot City so that Sixshot could kill [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. Body-slamming Computron as Abominus was just icing on the cake. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}} The warfare on Earth continued, as the Terrorcons assembled as Abominus in part of a five-fold simultaneous strike on Autobot interests engineered by Sixshot. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}}

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=====''Zone'' cartoon, manga, and story pages=====
Seeking to create a [[Decepticon Zone]] to counter the [[Micro|Autobot Zone]], [[Emperor of Destruction|Decepticon Emperor]] [[Violengiguar]] gathered together the [[Nine Great Demon Generals]], upgrading them with powerful new armor and weaponry, then sent them forth to conquer planets. The Terrorcons were summoned, but only as [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]]. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 1}} {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (manga)|Transformers: Zone}} {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}

=====''Generations Selects Special Comic''=====
Having abandoned the [[Decepticon]] cause, the Terrorcons were commissioned by the [[Quintesson]]s to join forces with the [[human]]s in their battle against the [[Selector]]s, [[Autobot]]s, and [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s forces. The once-comical Terrorcons proved to be formidable adversaries on the battlefield; using [[Angolmois Energy]] to bolster their strength and to create [[Slitherfang]]s and [[Pteraxadon]]s for the Quintesson army. [[Sinnertwin (G1)|Sinnertwin]] later announced to [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] their plan to feed the Transformers' and Selectors' sparks into the [[Hellspark]] within [[Hun-Gurrr (G1)|Hun-Gurrr]]'s body. Megatron later gained the upper hand on the Terrorcons by absorbing their Angolmois Energy and evolving into Megatron Omega—the combiner team countered by merging into [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] as soon as the [[Terrorbreaster]] arrived. The brutish combiner shot Megatron Omega in the chest, {{Storylink|Abominus comic 1}} but the Decepticon leader just shrugged off his supposedly fatal wound. The Terrorcons spent the remainder of the battle in their combined forms, stealing [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] and [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]'s limbs to become [[Abomenaticus]] in order to counter the newly formed [[Comperian]]. Abomenaticus later disengaged to reform Abominus, intending to get his revenge on Megatron Omega. However, Megatron blasted the Terrorcon combiner aside, causing all the sparks stored within the Hellspark to be released. The [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] combiner [[Volcanicus (POTP)|Volcanicus]] protected Abominus from Megatron Omega's attack and suggested that they work together to defeat the corrupted Megatron. The Terrorcons, wanting to know the secrets of Angolmois, formed a temporary alliance with the Autobots and prepared to enter the warp hole from [[Primus]] as Abominus. {{Storylink|Abominus comic 2}}

The Terrorcons duly made their way through the warp hole, arriving on the [[Blue Planet (GS)|Blue Planet]] just after it had transformed into the Neo Primus robot, having brought the other components necessary to form Abomenaticus with them. Grimlock ordered them to get busy eating the Angolmois fueling the planetary giant. {{storylink|Generations Selects Special Comic Finale Part 1|Finale 1}} Hun-Gurrr assisted in the ensuing battle by catching Volcanicus' dropped [[Magma Blade (GS)|Magma Blade]] and imbuing it with the Angolmois he'd just eaten, creating the "Angolmois Blade", just before getting shot down by [[Red Megatron]] and [[Black Megatron]]. Cutthroat also participated in the battle by forming the left arm of [[Scramble 7]]. After the battle, [[Primus|Oracle]] had the Terrorcons' memories wiped and sent them back to their own time. {{storylink|Generations Selects Special Comic Finale Part 2|Finale 2}}

====''Wings Universe''====
{{wingsnote}}
[[Apelinq (BM)|Apelinq]] and the other [[Cybertronian Knight]]s considered a mandatory meditation session and lecture from [[Cheetor (BW)|Alpha Trizer]] to be a worse challenge than, among other things, Terrorcons overwhelming the cities of Cybertron. {{storylink|Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur|Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur, 2015/01/07}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
[[File:Terrorcons-rollout1.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Run away! Run—no wait. Run toward! Run toward!]]
The Terrorcons were among the many Decepticons under the command of Scorponok on Cybertron. {{storylink|Ring of Hate!}} They journeyed with their squad to the world of Nebulos, in pursuit of Fortress Maximus's Autobots. The mighty warrior Blot was chosen to participate in the Decepticons' initial attack on the Nebulans and Autobots in the capital city of [[Koraja]]. {{storylink|Broken Glass!}}

On Nebulos, the Terrorcons had a terrific time terrorizing organic creatures in the city of [[Splendora]], till the Technobots showed up and kicked their tails. Combining into Abominus didn't help much, as it basically provided Computron with a larger target. {{storylink|Love and Steel!}}

The Terrorcons later traveled with Scorponok to the [[Mercury Gardens of Melanossus]] in response to an Autobot sighting there. The newly minted Targetmaster Autobots proved to be a fair match for them; only the Autobots' concern for the Gardens' well-being ended the battle, as they retreated to prevent further damage to them. {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!}}

The Terrorcons, along with the rest of the Decepticons, left Nebulos soon after, journeying to the planet Earth. {{storylink|Trial by Fire!}} There they participated in various battles, most notably against Ratbat's forces, {{storylink|Cold War!}} then briefly against an Autobot force under Optimus Prime's command. Shortly thereafter, they were deactivated by the [[Underbase]]-empowered [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] and not seen again. {{storylink|Dark Star}}
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====Marvel UK future timelines====
[[File:RobinSmithDecepticonCharacterModels2.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3]]
After [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] took command of the Decepticons, the Terrorcons were part of his elite soldiers, [[Time travel|accompanying him to the past]] during the [[Time Wars]] snafu. When things went bad, they returned to [[2009]]. {{storylink|Time Wars}}

====''Transformers '84''====
After [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] had become [[Decepticon leader]], he sought to reactivate [[Project Dreadnought]], having Abominus defend the control hub in [[Stanix]]. On the [[Wreckers]]' inaugural mission, Abominus confronted the attackers before being toppled. In light of so many small targets, the Terrorcons decombined and fought the Autobots hand to hand. Though they held their own, two Autobots had managed to sabotage Dreadnought with explosives, sending the project up in flames. {{storylink|Secrets & Lies issue 4|Secrets & Lies #4}}
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====''Regeneration One''====
Hun-Gurrr and Blot were among the lobotomized army of Underbase-casualty Decepticons used by [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel_Comics_continuity|Megatron]] to overrun a defenseless Earth.{{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 2}}{{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 4}} They ceased to function when [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Circuit Smasher]] took out the Ark's main computer{{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 5}} and their bodies were collected with the other members of said army and vaporized from orbit. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part One}}

===''Transformers in 3-D''===
The Terrorcons and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] intercepted [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s team during the search for [[Metascan Alpha]]. The Terrorcons united into Abominus, but the Autobots ignored them and continued with their mission. A short time later, Abominus came under attack from the [[Destructon]]s and was blasted apart. The Terrorcons began a retreat and found themselves being aided by Ultra Magnus, resulting in Cyclonus agreeing to a truce between the two factions. {{storylink|The War Against the Destructons, Chapter 1 of 3}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
Hun-Grrr and Rippersnapper attended a Decepticon gathering called together by [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]], who was looking to recruit more fighters to his cause. Hun-Grrr was skeptic to being ordered around by such a tiny leader, but was suitably convinced when Serpent O.R. proved to be the "son" of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3|The Art of War #3}} Rippersnapper later helped defend the Decepticon base from a combined Autobot/[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] assault, {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4|The Art of War #4}} while Hun-Grrr protected Serpent O.R. from an furious [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
{{note|The Terrorcons were not combiners in this continuity.}}

[[File:Monstrosity2 Terrorcons.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Hun-Grrr and Blot participated in [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]]'s illegal gladiatorial deathmatches just prior to the formation of the Decepticons. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2|Megatron Origin #2}}

When Megatron was defeated early in the war, he was ousted by [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] and banished to [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]]. Believing exile to be far too lenient a punishment for his failure, the Terrorcons traveled to the alien planet to finish their former leader off, planning to do the same to Scorponok later on. {{storylink|Wreckage (issue)|Wreckage}} However, they severely underestimated Megatron, who was able to take down four of them with his bare hands even while running dangerously low on energon. Hun-Gar had the upper hand for a while, but was also defeated as soon as Megatron was able to refuel. Now aware of his power, the Terrorcons swore loyalty to Megatron in exchange for being spared, then brought him back to Cybertron to take revenge on Scorponok. {{storylink|Prey (issue)|Prey}} After Megatron was done punishing the usurper personally, he gave the Terrorcons free reins to tear into him... as long as they kept his pain receptors intact. {{storylink|The Illusion of Control}}

[[File:SpotlightSixshot Terrorcons WhoUs.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Don't kill us! We contribute so much to the continuity!!]]
As the war went on, the Terrorcons became [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]'s biggest fans, hoping to one day be as powerful and feared as the Decepticons' number one mercenary. They were also the closest thing Sixshot has to "friends", as every other Decepticon was scared to death of the guy. The Terrorcons went on a mission to [[Mumu-Obscura]] where they were taken prisoner by the [[Deathbringer (IDW)|Deathbringer]] and the [[Reaper]]s. Sixshot came to their rescue, and though he was tempted to join the Reapers after Deathbringer extended an offer, Sixshot refused to pass the final test for membership: kill the Terrorcons. The Reapers accepted Sixshot's rejection and allowed him to leave with his "friends". {{storylink|Spotlight: Sixshot}}

As the war ended, the Terrorcons apparently went their separate ways. Blot, Cutthroat, and Sinnertwin were among the Decepticons who returned to Cybertron. Blot may have been killed by the rogue Autobot [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] while standing watch. {{storylink|The End of the Beginning of the World}} Cutthroat and Sinnertwin participated in the rioting when Megatron returned to the new Cybertronian settlements. {{storylink|City on Fire}} Hun-Gar and Blot's spark-brother [[Blip]] were part of a band of Decepticons caught practicing [[pink alchemy]] at [[Sensensica]] when the Autobots of the ''[[Lost Light]]'' intervened. {{storylink|Before & After}} Both of them were captured and brought back to Cybertron, where they participated in an ill-fated attempt to rescue Megatron from an Autobot trial - Rippersnapper's presence at the attempted breakout may also indicate that he was part of Hun-Gar's crew on Temptoria. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 3: Predestination: A Beginner's Guide|Predestination: A Beginner's Guide}}

Cutthroat, Rippersnapper, and Sinnertwin were hired by [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] to guard his [[Regenesis]] ore mine within [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], and challenged [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] and her entourage when they came to investigate. Cutthroat fought with Windblade and [[Octane|Tankor]] while the other two faced off with [[Slag (G1)|Slug]] and [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] until Starscream himself intervened and captured the Autobots. {{storylink|A Long Way Down}}
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===Ask Vector Prime===
In [[Primax 185.0 Beta]], the [[Quintesson Pan Galactic Co-Prosperity Sphere]] became the galaxy's unlikely resistance against the Decepticons, deploying Terrorcon hordes against the Decepticon [[Zod]] drone army. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/04}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
Long ago, a group of Cybertronians discovered the [[Enigma of Combination]] and attempted to turn themselves into a combiner. However, their lack of a shared purpose created a rapacious, energy-gobbling "[[Abominus (G1)|abomination]]" that rampaged across the planet until [[Dai Atlas (G1)|Dai Atlas]] and his forces felled the monster at [[Rivets Field]]. {{storylink|Constructicons Rising, Part 1}} {{storylink|Escape Part Three}}

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==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
[[File:Tfl-unleashthebeasts.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Six continuity headaches in one.]]
The Terrorcons were cloned by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] based on ancient [[CNA]]. When they proved uncontrollable, Shockwave sent Predacons [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] and [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]] to capture them. In the end they recaptured the Terrorcons and returned them to Shockwave's control. For now. {{storylink|Unleash the Beasts}}

{{note|This event was explicitly branded as a [[Beast Hunters (toyline)|Beast Hunters]] tie-in. However, given ''Transformers Legends''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s general predilection towards Generation 1 and the presence of Shockwave, Razorclaw, and Divebomb, TFWiki is treating it as part of the ''G1'' continuity family.}}

Fearing the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] would form Computron, the Terrorcons ambushed them outside [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. After successfully defeating them, the Decepticon team attacked an unsuspecting Autobot City itself. {{storylink|Circuit Breaker (Legends)|Circuit Breaker}}
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
All five of the Terrorcons as well as their combined form Abominus appear as playable characters in the game. Please check their respective pages for details.

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
{{anchor|Generation 1}}[[File:G1Hun-Gurrr toy.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|Hun-Gurrr! I want you so bad I can taste it!]]
[[File:G1Blot toy.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|Nose monster!]]
*'''Terrorcons''' ([[1987]])
**[[Blot (G1)#The Transformers|Blot]]
**[[Cutthroat (G1)#The Transformers|Cutthroat]]
**[[Hun-Gurrr (G1)#The Transformers|Hun-Gurrr]]
**[[Rippersnapper (G1)#The Transformers|Rippersnapper]]
**[[Sinnertwin (G1)#The Transformers|Sinnertwin]]

:The Terrorcons are a [[Scramble City (toyline)|Scramble City]]-style combiner team: four simple, small figures who form the limbs of the combined form, sold carded at the $5 price point, and one larger leader who forms the central torso, sold boxed at $12. They can combine with members of any other Scramble City-style combiner team, or join together to form [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]]. They were sold both individually and as part of a gift set.

:The small toys are fairly simplistic, even for Scramble City limbs. Most of their transformations consist of flipping out the beast torso to form "legs", and flipping back the beast head to reveal the robot head. The robot forms are ''exceedingly'' kibble-laden, with beast arms, legs, heads, tails and wings all hanging off, hoping not to be noticed. They also tend to have rather stunted [[robot mode]] arms. Articulation is limited to a single swivel joint at each shoulder, and knee joints (not very useful due to their fused unifeet.) [[Beast mode]] articulation is much more wide-ranging, with most beast limbs having a swivel joint. They can wield their guns in either mode. Hun-grrr in constrast is surprisingly well-articulated for a toy of the time, especially in his legs, thanks to his transformation engineering.

:The team does not share common plastic colors, but their collective palette is dominated by light gray, yellow, blue, purple and magenta.
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===''Universe'' (2008)===
[[File:Universe2008toy-HunGurrr.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb]]
*'''Special Team Leaders''' (Multi-pack, [[2008]])
**''Series'': '''Classic Series'''

:Hun-Gurrr is a [[redeco]] of the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Legends Class (2005)|Legends of Cybertron]] [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]] toy.

===''Prime''===
[[File:PrimeBHtoy-Cyberverse-Rippersnapper.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3]]
*'''Twinstrike'''
*'''Hun-Gurrr'''
*'''Blight'''
*'''Predacon Rippersnapper'''
*'''Windrazor'''
{{note|The ''Prime: Cyberverse'' [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]] team who form [[Abominus (Prime)|Abominus]] were repurposed as the original Terrorcons in the ''Legends'' mobile game event "[[Unleash the Beasts]]" and IDW's ''[[The Transformers: Windblade|Windblade]]'' series.}}

:The Predacons are a Legion Class sized modernizing of the original Terrorcons, combining into Abominus similar to the original toys, but with the leg and arm placements for the smaller Terrorcons switched around. These figures all feature [[C joint|3mm post]]s to hold their new weapons.
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===''Power of the Primes''===
[[File:TF-POTP-Deluxe-Class-Sinnertwin.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb]]
*'''Terrorcon Hun-Gurrr'''
*'''Terrorcon Rippersnapper'''
*'''Terrorcon Blot'''
*'''Terrorcon Cutthroat'''
*'''Terrorcon Sinnertwin'''
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] and [[Aaron Gray]] (Hasbro)}}

:All five Terrorcons feature in the ''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' [[subline imprint]] of ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]''. Blot was retooled from earlier teammate Rippersnapper, while Cutthroat and Sinnertwin were retooled from [[Dinobot (G1)#Power of the Primes|Dinobots]] Swoop and Snarl, respectively. The five can also combine to form [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]], who is awesome. The Deluxe Class figures' Prime Armor were redecoed from the Dinobots, and all except Sinnertwin were extensively retooled into the ''[[Generations Selects (toyline)|Generations Selects]]'' [[Seacon (Masterforce)#Generations|Seacons]].
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===''Generations Selects''===
[[File:TF-Generations-Selects-Hun-Gurrr.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Abominus''' (Multi-pack, [[2021]])
:The "Terrortrons" received a more animation-accurate deco from TakaraTomy in the ''Generations Selects'' line, with some new parts.
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==Notes==
*Unlike many of the [[Special Teams]], the Terrorcons never really had an origin story. The "[[Unleash the Beasts]]" story event in ''[[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Transformers Legends]]'' essentially transplants the ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]]'' [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]]s' origins onto the group. You know, whatever works.
*Nearly 33 years after the fact, "[[The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 3]]" stated that for the [[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]], the Terrorcons were [[Quintesson]] creations, similarly to fellow Decepticon beastformers the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]], [[canonizing]] a longstanding fan interpolation.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Terrortron''' (テラートロン ''Terātoron''), '''Terrorcon''' (テラーコン ''Terākon'')
*''English:'' '''Reptile Regiment''' ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
*''Italian:'' '''Terrorbot'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Lóngtóu Guài''' (China, 龙头怪, "Dragon-head Monster")

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[[Category:Decepticon subgroups]]
[[Category:Generation 1 subgroups]]
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Fire

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Banpei the Mini-Con:

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:''Fire is an [[Autobot]] [[Micromaster]] from the [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (franchise)|Victory]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Victory fire.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Where there's smoke there's him! Wait... no, that's [[Inferno (G1)|someone else]].]]
As a member of the [[Rescue Patrol Team]], the function of '''Fire''' (ファイヤー ''Faiyā'') is to rescue bystanders, not engage in battle. Yet the [[burning justice]] within his heart drives him to fight, anyway. In his spare time he enjoys hanging out with [[Jan Minakaze|Jan]] and ridiculing his team's leader, [[Holi]].

==Fiction==
===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''Victory'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Tomoko Maruo]] (Japan)}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Move Out! Rescue Team}} {{storylink|Infiltration... The Uranium Mine}} {{storylink|Big City - Underground Terror}} {{storylink|The New Warrior - Hellbat}} {{storylink|Attack the Shuttle Base!!}} {{storylink|Tanker Hijack Operation}} {{storylink|Rescue Jan!!}} {{storylink|A Fierce Battle!! The Asteroid}} {{storylink|Planet Micro - The Mysterious Warrior}} {{storylink|Rescue! Guyhawk}} {{storylink|Resurrection!? The Decepticon Fortress}} {{storylink|Battle Up of Wrath!!}} {{storylink|Crisis! Ambush in the Desert}} {{storylink|A Deadly Battle}} {{storylink|Ginrai Dies!!}} {{storylink|Fight!! Victory Leo}} {{storylink|The Tide Is Turned! The Ultimate Weapon, the Victory Unification}} {{storylink|A Mystery?! The Deception of the Base Bombs}} {{storylink|The Terror of the Giant Tidal Waves}} {{storylink|The Wrath of the Resurrected Giant Fortress!}} {{storylink|Showdown! The Fortress vs the Victory Unification}}}}

====''Zone'' cartoon====
When [[Star Saber (G1)|Victory Saber]] initiated the "Zone Project", the Rescue Patrol helped rebuild planet [[Micro]] into planet Zone. To counter this threat, [[Violengiguar]] began conquering planets in order to create his own [[Decepticon Zone]]. The Race Car Patrol and all other [[Micromaster]] teams were then sent on patrol across the galaxy, specifically to planets where their unique skills could do the most good. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 1}}

When [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] attacked the planet [[Feminia]], the Rescue Patrol were among several units of Micromasters deployed to stop him. Through teamwork, they proved triumphant. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 2}}

When the [[Nine Great Demon Generals]] attacked planet Feminia ''en masse'', the Rescue Patrol Team helped evacuate the planet of as many lifeforms as possible. However, they were unable to save Victory Saber, who sacrificed himself to rescue the last of the humans. The Rescue Patrol were later seen cleaning up the [[Zone Base]] on planet Zone after another attack by the Demon Generals. Still later, they could be seen celebrating when Victory Saber (who was rescued by the [[Powered Master]]s) inaugurated [[Dai Atlas (G1)|Dai Atlas]] as new [[Supreme Commander]]. {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}

When the [[Powered Master]]s flew off to the [[Tenth Planet]] for their showdown with Violengiguar, all the Micromaster teams took command of Zone and vowed to keep it safe in their Commander's absence. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 10}}

====''Legends'' comic====
Fire was on [[Micro|Zone]] when [[Violengiguar]] attacked, using the stolen bodies of the Powered Masters. Scattered by the initial attack, Fire and the Micromasters rallied around the arriving base mode of the real [[Dai Atlas (G1)|Dai Atlas]] to stage a counter-attack. {{storylink|The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 4: LG-EX Big Powered Prologue Part One|LG-EX Big Powered Prologue Part One}}

===''Zone'' comic===
When [[Star Saber (G1)|Victory Saber]] initiated the "Zone Project", the Rescue Patrol helped rebuild planet [[Micro]] into planet Zone. To counter this threat, [[Violengiguar]] began conquering planets in order to create his own [[Decepticon Zone]]. The Race Car Patrol and all other [[Micromaster]] teams were then sent on patrol across the galaxy, specifically to planets where their unique skills could do the most good. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 1}}

When [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]] attacked the planet [[Feminia]], the Rescue Patrol were among several units of Micromasters deployed to stop him. Through teamwork, they proved triumphant. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 2}}

When the [[Nine Great Demon Generals]] attacked planet Feminia ''en masse'', the Rescue Patrol Team helped evacuate the planet of as many lifeforms as possible. However, they were unable to save Victory Saber, who sacrificed himself to rescue the last of the humans. The Rescue Patrol were later seen cleaning up the [[Zone Base]] on planet Zone after another attack by the Demon Generals. Still later, they could be seen celebrating when Victory Saber (who was rescued by the [[Powered Master]]s) inaugurated [[Dai Atlas (G1)|Dai Atlas]] as new [[Supreme Commander]]. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (manga)|Zone}}

When the [[Powered Master]]s flew off to the [[Tenth Planet]] for their showdown with Violengiguar, all the Micromaster teams took command of Zone and vowed to keep it safe in their Commander's absence. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 10}}

==Toys==
===''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers''===
{{anchor|Zone}}
[[File:G1-Zone-toy RedHot-Fire.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Rock rock rock rock rock rock rock!!!"]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Rescue Patrol Team''' (Micromaster Patrol 4-pack, [[1990]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''C-331'''

: Fire is identical to his [[Hasbro]] counterpart [[Red Hot#Toys|Red Hot]], transforming into a red fire engine of undetermined model. He was sold as part of the [[Rescue Patrol Team]], along with [[Boater#Toys|Boater]], [[Holi#Toys|Holi]], and [[Pīpō#Toys|Pīpō]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/1989/Autobot/RedHot/redhot.htm More information on Fire (well, Red Hot) at TFU.info]''

{{anchor|RocketBase}}
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Rocket Base''' (Micromaster base, 1990)}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''C-330'''

: The [[Micromaster]] Rocket Base set (the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] release of [[Countdown (G1)#Toys|Countdown]]'s base) included Fire and the other members of the Rescue Patrol, as well as Countdown's Japanese counterpart, [[Moonradar (G1)#Toys|Moonradar]].

{{anchor|Return of Convoy}}
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Rescue Patrol Team''' (Micro Trailer team, [[1991]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''C-373'''
:*''Accessories'': Micro Trailer #10

: The Rescue Patrol team was re-released in the ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)#1991 (Return of Convoy)|Return of Convoy]]''. The team members are unchanged, but this time they came with [[Micro Trailer]] #10.
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===''Block Town''===
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===''Micro Transformers: American Rescue Team''===
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-multi|'''Shōbōsha''' (Micro Transformer, [[1996]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''03'''

: ''[[Micro Transformers: American Rescue Team|American Rescue Team]]'' Shōbōsha (消防車, "Fire Engine") is identical to the previous releases of Fire.

: He was sold individually with a puzzle piece and a piece of candy. Collecting all four puzzle pieces would complete a play mat for the team.

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===''War for Cybertron: Siege''===
[[File:War-for-Cybertron-Siege-Micro-Master-Rescue-Patrol.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Stakeout & Red Heat''' (Micromaster, [[2019]])}}</ul>
:*''Hasbro ID number'': '''WFC-S19'''
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SG-21'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[May 31]], 2019
{{note|''Siege'' Red Heat was [[repurposing|repurposed]] as Fire in the ''[[Transformers Legends (comic)|Legends]]'' comic.}}

:Part of the second wave of ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'' Micromasters, Red Heat is a [[retool]] of [[Big Shot#Generations|Topshot]] that transforms from robot to fire truck. He can also combine with his pack-in teammate [[Stakeout (G1)#Generations|Stakeout]] to form the "Binerboost Salvage Blaster," a blaster-weapon for larger figures to wield. As a part of the [[C.O.M.B.A.T. System]], their weapon mode can be attached to any toy with a [[5 mm post]]-hole. "[[Fire Blast effect|Fire Blasts]]" can also be attached to their barrels.

: This mold was used to make ''Siege'' [[Wheel Blaze#Generations|Wheel Blaze]], and [[retool]]ed to make [[Fireline]].
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===''Legacy''===
[[File:TF-HasLab-Fire-Holi.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|You bought the one above to use as me, didn't you?]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Victory Saber''' (Multi-pack, [[2022]])}}</ul>
:*''Known designers'': [[Evan Brooks]] (Hasbro), [[Hisashi Yuki]] (TakaraTomy), [[Guido Guidi]] (packaging artist)

: ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy]]'' Fire is a [[redeco]] of ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'' [[Red Hot#War for Cybertron: Siege|Red Heat]] as a third-tier bonus included with the crowdfunded [[Star Saber (G1)#Legacy|Victory Saber]], unlocked once the project reached 20,000 backers. Fire transforms into a fire engine with an extending ladder in 4 steps.

: As a redeco of Red Heat, Fire retains the mold's ability to combine with any version of the ''Siege'' [[Stakeout (G1)#War for Cybertron: Siege|Stakeout]] mold, such as the included [[Holi#Legacy|Holi]] (a fellow [[Rescue Patrol (G1)#War for Cybertron: Siege|Rescue Patrol]] redeco), to form a blaster compatible with the 3 mm post (for [[Fire Blast effect]]s) and [[5 mm post|5 mm port]] [[C.O.M.B.A.T. System]]. However, this functionality is unmentioned in the instructions.

: While his deco is broadly "the same colors" as Red Heat, Fire features a deeper shade of red plastic, a much lighter shade of blue paint, a silver face instead of Red Heat's white, painted fists, and altered paint applications on the fire engine cab/robot feet, making him look more like his animation model.

: Victory Saber first started shipping to backers, beginning with those living in China, in November 2022.

: Fire is unfortunately prone to [[Mold#Deterioration|mold degradation]].
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==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''English:'' '''Red Hot''' ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
*''Mandarin:'' '''Hóng-Biāo''' (Taiwan, 紅標, "Red Label"), '''Chōngfēnghào''' (China, 冲锋号, "Charging Bugle")
*''Russian:'' '''Ogonok''' (Огонёк, "Spark")

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[[Category:Legacy Autobots]]
[[Category:Legends Autobots]]
[[Category:Micromasters]]
[[Category:Repurposed toys]]
[[Category:Return of Convoy Autobots]]
[[Category:Victory Autobots]]
[[Category:Zone Autobots]]

Hubcap (G1)

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Banpei the Mini-Con: Moved Fight Super Robot Lifeform comic appearance to JG1 fiction section

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{{disambig3|Hubcap}}
:''Hubcap is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Hubcapg1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Orange face and experimental dog energies not included.]]
Everybody likes '''Hubcap'''. He's friendly, always has a clever joke or compliment ready, and is generally a nice, fun, affable bot to be around. On the other hand, nobody actually ''trusts'' Hubcap. It's not his devotion to the [[Autobot]] cause that's the concern (mostly), but his ulterior motives for his friendship and jokes and the like. He is at his core a con artist, and everyone's a bit on their guard around him. Some think he's this way to cover for deficiencies or to stay in a position well above his actual aptitude level... or maybe he just likes tricking people. He doesn't seem to have made many enemies with his tricks and scams, though; quite the opposite. So perhaps it is all mostly harmless.

No-one doubts that he's got ''very'' good audio receptors, though, capable of picking up even the weakest of signals, which is why he's part of the Autobot communications hub. One can only guess as to what he might ''do'' with all he hears in that position, though.

{{bigquote|Weapons can win battles, but words can win wars.|Generation 1 Hubcap bio quote}}

==Fiction==

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:BlackSunshine Autobot training failures.jpg|thumb|Hubcap and his buddies weren't 1984 enough to beat the training drones.]]
Hubcap was among the group of new recruits seen failing to take on the [[auto-combatant]] training drones on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] after [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s rule was toppled. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
{{First|[[Megatron Origin issue 3|''Megatron Origin'' #3]]}}

[[File:MegsOrigin4 Hubcap.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Actually doing his job!]]
Hubcap was secretly an [[Outlier (group)|outlier]], with the power to amplify or block any signal. {{storylink|Sins of the Wreckers issue 4|Sins of the Wreckers #4}} Before the war, he was buddies with [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]] and [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]], forming a trio of friends who would often enjoy [[Cybertronian sport#Races|the races]] together. {{storylink|Ghost Stories}}

Hubcap's dayjob was in the [[Senate]] Security Services. He was among the mourners at the funeral of his comrades [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]] and [[Fastback (G1)|Fastback]] at [[Security Services Headquarters]] in [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]], standing with his friends Bumblebee and Cliffjumper. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}} He later served at an Autobot communications post, trying to radio through to [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] for reinforcements during [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]]'s "everything burns" offensive. In the end, the area was so devastated that Hubcap and the Autobots had to request evacuation from the area instead, leaving Kaon under Decepticon control. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4|Megatron Origin #4}} Subsequently, when [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Orion Pax]] took over the security forces and began restructuring them, Hubcap was among the earliest troops who assembled under him—though [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]] didn't believe him or any of the others were ''real'' soldiers. {{storylink|Old Ways}}

In the early days of the Decepticon uprising, Hubcap and Cliffjumper's close friendship with Bumblebee came to an end when he began acting strange and they stopped hanging out with him, unaware he was the victim of mental manipulation by [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]]. {{storylink|Ghost Stories}} Hubcap eventually took up a job as an intelligence analyst {{storylink|Sins of the Wreckers issue 4|Sins of the Wreckers #4}} and partway through the war, he was listed as a potential candidate for a mission that was ultimately given to [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Wheelie}} He became good friends with [[Pipes (G1)|Pipes]] and the two would often write to each other. His communications expertise also gained him a friend in [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]. {{storylink|Under Cold Blue Stars}}

[[File:SinsoftheWreckers4 HubcapTraumatized.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|"''Pluh— please'', I-I beg [[Roadbuster (G1)|you]]... no... more... ''[[Ghostbusters]] references!!''"]]
Hubcap was later assigned as a cadet for training with the famous [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]], but the experience was a horrific one: Roadbuster had been hearing the voice of what he believed to be [[Mortilus]], god of death, and following its instructions, had been torturing and murdering his cadets. Violently beaten and forced to endure "[[Transform-up|mode-drilling]]"—constant transformation, over and over—Hubcap was taken to the brink of death, but moments before Roadbuster could "deliver" the cadets to his master, security forces under the command of [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] arrived in the nick of time and took Roadbuster into custody. Once repaired, Hubcap returned to his work as an analyst, but one day, stumbled across a stray transmission that filled him with fury: Roadbuster had been released after minimum rehab on Prowl's orders, as a favor to [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]]. The realization that the lives of little 'bots like him did not matter in the eyes of prime movers like Prowl tipped Hubcap over the edge; he fell in with the renegade scientist [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]], who also had a vendetta against Prowl, and was soon dredging up all sorts of dirt on Prowl that they could use against him. Even though Tarantulas admitted having ''been'' the voice of "Mortilus" that drove Roadbuster mad, the terrified Hubcap continued working with the spider in hope of seeing justice served, and the promise of getting a new, stronger body to use, so no one would ''ever'' overlook him again. {{storylink|Sins of the Wreckers issue 4|Sins of the Wreckers #4}}

[[File:Hubcap sins of the wreckers 1.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|left]]
After the war ended, Hubcap furthered Tarantulas' plot by becoming the administrator of [[Debris]], the [[Wreckers]]' space station headquarters, next to Roadbuster. The Wrecker didn't recognise him and assumed that with his reputation as a communications specialist, he must really want the job. {{storylink|Sins of the Wreckers issue 1|Sins of the Wreckers #1}} {{storylink|Sins of the Wreckers issue 4|Sins of the Wreckers #4}} Pipes was disappointed when Hubcap wouldn't leave to join the ''[[Lost Light]]'' with him {{storylink|No Guns, No Swords, No Briefcases}} but the two stayed in touch; Pipes's last proper words before his death were a message sent to his friend. {{storylink|Under Cold Blue Stars}}

On the day that Tarantulas's revenge plan went into motion and he captured Prowl, Hubcap nervously approached Impactor and Roadbuster to warn them that the now incarcerated Wrecker [[Guzzle (G1)|Guzzle]] was about to break free of his makeshift prison. This was Impactor's first meeting with Hubcap, and he chose to question him about the station's other occupant, the comatose [[Springer (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Springer]], asking his opinion about him being kept on life-support. Fittingly enough, Springer chose that very moment to emerge from his coma, having been contacted by [[Kup (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Kup]] for help in locating Prowl. Sufficiently motivated, Springer recruited Hubcap into a new iteration of the Wreckers and they travelled to [[Earth]] to rendez-vous with Kup and his allies [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]] and [[Verity Carlo]]. {{storylink|Sins of the Wreckers issue 1|Sins of the Wreckers #1}}

[[File:SinsoftheWreckers2 WreckersRollOut.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|right]]
While Arcee and Springer took to arguing over who they thought was responsible for Prowl's disappearance, Hubcap scanned the local area but was unable to find any trace of other Cybertronians nearby. Presently, the group came under attack from Tarantulas's employees, the anarchist organization [[Mayhem Attack Squad|Mayhem]], whose [[Beast mode|bio-disguises]] shielded them from Hubcap's sensors {{storylink|Sins of the Wreckers issue 2|Sins of the Wreckers #2}} (though of course, being in on the plan, Hubcap, ''knew'' they had been lurking around). {{storylink|Sins of the Wreckers issue 4|Sins of the Wreckers #4}} During the battle, gigantic Mayhem member [[Tidal Wave (G1)|Tidal Wave]] became stuck in mid-transformation, and Springer, Arcee, Roadbuster, Hubcap, and Verity all ran inside his cavernous body in order to access his teleport gateway to Tarantulas's pocket-dimension hideaway, the [[Noisemaze (dimension)|Noisemaze]]. Taking Mayhem member [[Claw Jaw]] captive, they had him open the gateway to the Noisemaze, and with Hubcap's "assurance" that he had detected no transmissions from Claw Jaw to alert Tarantulas to their coming, the team headed through. {{storylink|Sins of the Wreckers issue 2|Sins of the Wreckers #2}}

[[File:SinsoftheWreckers3 HubcapBetrayal.jpg|left|upright=1.5|thumb]]
Upon arrival in the Noisemaze, Arcee, Springer, and Roadbuster were immediately rendered insensate by the Noisemaze's sensory maelstrom. Hubcap's frequency skills rendered him immune to the maze's effects, but when Claw Jaw—protected by neural blockers provided by Tarantulas—began laughing at the Autobots' plight, Hubcap was forced to use his powers to ''amplify'' the maze's effect on Claw Jaw, killing him before he could spill the beans about Hubcap's treachery to Verity. Verity's own ill health led to her passing out, and as her vision dimmed, Hubcap told her he admired her bravery in standing up to Prowl. {{storylink|Sins of the Wreckers issue 3|Sins of the Wreckers #3}}

[[File:sotw4 hubcap's fall.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|right|"Perhaps, if you had more time... but then again, perhaps not. Redemption is a rare and special thing, after all. It is not for everyone."]]
When the team recovered consciousness, they were greeted with the sight of Hubcap standing at Tarantulas's side, and learned the full story behind the little 'bot's turn to the dark side. Hubcap vowed that he would expose every corrupt thing Prowl had done in the name of the "greater good," intending to beam it all out into the universe for everyone to see, but when push came to shove, it turned out he couldn't back up his big talk: Prowl made him see the potential for a new war to be ignited by the information if it reached the public, and all the loss of life that would be on Hubcap's hands if we went through with it. At the last second, just before transmitting the data, Hubcap relented and set the Wreckers free. As he led Prowl through [[Tor|Tarantulas's base]] to safety, he expressed relief that it was all over and that he could move on, even if he would have to do so in jail... only to turn around and see that Prowl had pulled a gun on him, having decided he possessed too much incriminating data to be allowed to live. Hubcap pleaded not just for his life, but for Prowl to see that, if he kept committing atrocities like that for the "greater good," everything would just keep happening all over again, as new victims sought restitution and revenge the way Hubcap had. Surprisingly, Prowl relented, seeing the logic in Hubcap's words and agreeing they had to be strong enough to end the cycle together. Impactor, lurking in the shadows, disagreed; believing it was too great a risk, he shot Hubcap through the chest, and the little 'bot plunged off the catwalk to his apparent death. {{storylink|Sins of the Wreckers issue 4|Sins of the Wreckers #4}}
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===''TransTech''===
[[File:Axiomnexusgonetoofar.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4]]
After a routine [[space bridge]] accident, Hubcap and his best mech [[Jackpot (G1)|Jackpot]] ended up in the trans-dimensional processing hub of [[Nexus 208.0 Epsilon]] Cybertron. They were released into [[Axiom Nexus]] proper after being properly [[identification bolt|cataloged and tagged]] to wait until their exit visas came through. Their tour guide [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]], an Autobot from the [[Aurex]] [[universal stream|universal cluster]], explained the deal with the [[Transcendent Technomorph|TransTech]]s, but Hubcap didn't get much further than "I hate quantum." The whole TransTech v. [[Lowtech|Offworlder]] system put Hubcap on edge, but Jackpot convinced him to live a little and mix it up with the locals.

While looking for someone to float them a line of credit, the two Autobots visited a local bank, only to be quickly escorted to the curb after Hubcap began loudly explaining all the ways the basic contract was designed to screw over the lendee long-term. Mixing their needs for adventure and profit, Hubcap and Jackpot journeyed to the relatively unpoliced Zone 6, and hit the scene at [[The Blue Deployer]]. Hubcap was initially annoyed at the low-level jamming field in the tavern that threw a blanket over his special senses, but soon perked right up when he saw the gambling tables. Hubcap got on a winning streak in his game, squaring off against a local Decepticon named [[Gutcruncher (G1)|Gutcruncher]], and bet it all on what he thought was an unbeatable hand in [[Cybertronian sport#Fullstasis|Fullstasis]]. Unfortunately for their coin-purse, Jackpot wandered over at that moment and his luck-warping field (combined with the natural observer's bias when dealing with quantum mechanics) sent Gutcruncher's hand into superposition, costing Hubcap everything or, as he put it, "''fifty-slagging-three-slagging-thousand slagging credits!''"

Gutcruncher liked the cut of Hubcap's metal, and offered him a business opportunity to meet for later than night. Hubcap and Jackpot were in agreement to ''Never Trust a Decepticon'' when The Blue Deployer's patron, [[Cryotek (TransTech)|Cryotek]], interjected his opinion. He convinced the duo to take Gutcruncher up on his offer and see what their options were. A few hours later, Hubcap and Jackpot found themselves with mezzanine-level seats to the start of a war—Gutcruncher was rallying all the offworlder gangs and unions to strike back at the TransTechs and seize their transcendent technology for themselves. And, as the universe attempted to prove any situation could always get worse, a photon charge suddenly went off directly behind the duo, atomizing Gutcruncher's skull and leaving every crooked crankshaft and gear-spitting gang member in Axiom Nexus gunning for their heads.

Hubcap and Jackpot led their pursuers on a merry chase, but could find no help at The Blue Deployer or from their own doppelgangers in the Nexus. Finally, they were caught by agents of the [[Axiom Nexus Security Administration|Security Administration]] and hauled in to the cops. Hubcap tried to explain to [[Cheetor (TransTech)|Commander Cheetor]] that his [[Tech Spec|tech-spec]]s just didn't allow this level of violence, but Cheetor was already way ahead of them: ''obviously'' they didn't do it, but ''obviously'' the gangs weren't going to stop and listen to a reasoned explanation. He was planning to hold them indefinitely, so Hubcap set off his engines to create a smokescreen long enough for them to escape. Still lacking anything that resembled a cunning plan, Hubcap and Jackpot continued running around the back alleys of Axiom Nexus, occasionally out-maneuvering the [[Malignus (G1)|Malignus]] gang with sonic decoys and lucky electrocutions.

[[File:BlackShadowHubcap GoneTooFar.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.5|Can't we talk about this? I'm good at *erkk* talking...]]
This might have gone on for ages if the REAL killer hadn't tracked them down. [[Black Shadow (G1)|Black Shadow]], one of Cryotek's employees, had been responsible for the execution of Gutcruncher, and was planning to add two more kills to his record. After all, icing the two Autobots not only prevented them from clearing their names and implicating him, it also gave him a shot at a second payday once he collected the bounty placed on their heads by Gutcruncher's second, [[Dirge (Timelines)|Dirge]]. The Autobots let him keep monologuing until they were ready to make a break for it. Unfortunately, Black Shadow was a [[Pretender]] ([[Crossformer]], really), and splitting up did little to improve their odds. Hubcap tried to outrun the flying Decepticon by hitching a ride on a passing jet mode Transformer. He used a high-pitched whine from his audio systems to pretend he was equipped with an [[Exponential Generator|exponential generator]], forcing his unwilling carrier to participate in the getaway. The next part of his plan was a bit dangerous, deliberately amplifying his voice and identifying himself to draw out the Malignus and Gutcruncher's lackeys. It worked, and just as Black Shadow was going to choke the life out of him and / or hand him over to Dirge and the Malignus for something even worse, Hubcap activated his internal playback and broadcasted Blackie's gloating confession for all to hear. After then tricking Black Shadow into identifying his guns as the murder weapons, the jury was in—the assembled gangs tore the assassin limb from limb.

Although they had successfully cleared their names, Commander Cheetor had deemed the two Autobots "undesirables" and fast tracked their exit visas as soon as possible, sending them on their way to [[Primax 207.0 Epsilon|a universe similar to their own]]. Hubcap and Jackpot ended up crash-materializing atop a Decepticon named [[Killzone]], who was rampaging through a primitive civilization. A short talk with the locals revealed the planet was polluted with a certain kind of [[energon cube|squarish rock that glows and explodes when you hit it]]. As they arranged to contact the Autobot army for pick-up, Hubcap began negotiating with [[Yurgeth]] to remove all those nasty rocks...free of charge, of course. {{storylink|Gone Too Far}}

===''Wings Universe''===
{{Wingsnote}}
[[File:FlashForward3 HubcapHiTest.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|left|]]
Hubcap spent most of his time listening in on radio "chatter" on Earth, on the lookout for both Cybertronian and human criminal activity which he could help in stopping. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 46|Hubcap's profile in Club magazine #46}}

In [[2010]], Hubcap was among the reinforcements sent from [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] to [[Switzerland]] via the [[Geneva Space Bridge Nexus]]. He assisted [[Pyro (G1)|Pyro]]'s Autobots against the [[Decepticon Syndicate]], and was exposed to [[forestonite]] gas that gave him new super-powers. {{storylink|Generation 2: Redux}} Two years later, he accompanied Pyro and several others to follow up on a distress call from [[Nebulos]]. Upon arriving, they discovered that scientist [[Hi-Q]] had disappeared. Hubcap used his forestonite-enhanced powers of persuasion to convince Hi-Q's lab assistant, [[Hi-Test (G1)|Hi-Test]] to reveal the existence of Hi-Q's extensive security system. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 3}} Following clues from the surveillance recordings, Pyro and his team tracked the kidnapped Nebulon to [[Qre]], where they were quickly incapacitated and captured by [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 4}} After [[Sideswipe (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sideswipe]] freed everyone, they rescued Hi-Q, destroyed the base, and returned to Earth. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 6}}

Circa [[2013]], [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian]] leader [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] cloned Hubcap to create a [[Hubcap (MW)|commander]] for his forces. {{storylink|Termination}} During the final stages of the [[Machine Wars (event)|Machine Wars]], the original Hubcap was on Earth. He alerted Pyro to [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]]'s signal from Cybertron. {{storylink|A Common Foe}}

===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' comic====
[[File:FSRLTFmanga8 Minibots.jpg|left|thumb|So which one of them is Tinky Winky?]]
Hubcap was part of a group who arrived to back up [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]], who was defending a [[Battle Dog|dog]] that had been cruelly experimented on by the [[Decepticon]]s from being hunted and captured by the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]]. He and the other [[Mini Vehicle|Minibots]] [[Minibot combiner|combined]] with Powerglide in their [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]]s thanks to the energy within the dog, and, spinning furiously, smashed through [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]'s chest and out the other side in a flying drill attack. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 8|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #8}}

====''Legends'' comic====
At the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' in the late 1980s, Hubcap attended [[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]]'s presentation of his new invention, the [[Transform Super Cog]]. {{storylink|Slugslinger's Ambition}}

====Controverse====
In early [[2011]], Hubcap manned the dimensional portal that banished [[Primacron]] to another universe after his trial. {{storylink|Controverse}}

====''Generations Selects Special Comic''====
In [[2050]], Hubcap joined the Autobots warring with the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s over the fate of the [[Selector]]s. He could not penetrate the wall of solar energy beams being emitted by [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]]. {{storylink|Volcanicus comic 2}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
[[File:Swindles-Megaplex.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
Hubcap attended an illegal [[skitter]] race at [[Swindle's]]. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: Swindle's|Swindle's}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
[[File:TFLegends Hubcap.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Yes, he is doing a backflip in [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] over a train which is ramming a [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]].]]
Hubcap was assigned to [[Pipes (G1)|Pipes]]'s team, guarding some researchers at a coastal town when they were attacked by [[Overbite (G1)|Overbite]] and [[Nautilator]]. {{storylink|The B-Team Part Deux}}
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===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Hubcap.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8]]
Hubcap participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Super Rare character who first appeared in the "Sonic Clash" event, and could be recruited by collecting 250 units of Cybermetal, 75 units of Transmetal, and 10 cores of this character. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
{{anchor|Generation 1}}[[File:G1-toy Hubcap.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Not yellow Cliffjumper, dammit.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Hubcap''' (Mini-Vehicle, [[1986]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara ID number:'' '''C-57'''
{{toydesigner|[[Hideaki Yoke]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:Released in the third year of the [[The Transformers (toyline)|original toy line]] in the US (second year in Japan), Hubcap is a [[retool]]ing of the [[Cliffjumper (G1)/toys|Cliffjumper]] "penny-racer"-proportioned Porsche 924 Turbo sports car mold, giving him a new [[robot mode]] head and "no spoiler". (His seeming lack of a spoiler is actually scale-accurate to the spoiler found on the real Porsche 924 and 944.) He is sometimes mistaken for the variant yellow Cliffjumper, and even occasionally for [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]], who has a similar transformation, but an entirely different mold for his car parts and robot head.

:In 1986, he was made available as a mail-away item (incorrectly labeled as Cliffjumper) in the "[[Digital Doom on the Highway to Destruction (G1)|Digital Doom on the Highway to Destruction]]" and "[[The Autobots Are Under Attack!]]" fliers packed with most boxed ''Transformers'' toys. He cost $3.50 and one [[Robot Point]]. The instruction booklet to mail-away Hubcap (sometimes bundled with [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] and [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]]) also incorrectly refers to him as "Cliffjumper".

: The initial releases of all Mini Vehicles and [[Special Teams]] in 1986 were part of a promotional campaign that featured reflective [[iron-on patch]]es as part of a contest. Later in the year, packages without bonus patches were released.

: He was released in [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s version of the line in a small box with a collector's card, rather than a bubble-card like the Hasbro version.

::*''[http://www.transformerland.com/wiki/toy-info/transformers-g1-mini-vehicles-hubcap/1162/ Patent info, price guide, and further reading on Hubcap at Transformerland.com]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Hubcap/hubcap.htm More information on Hubcap at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Hubcap''' (Mini Vehicle, 1987)}}</ul>

: In the Mexican ''Transformers'' line produced by [[IGA]], Hubcap was ''probably'' released as a straight [[redeco]] of Cliffjumper, sold on Hubcap cards. He came in two different, but closely-similar color schemes: white-and-black, and flat-silver-and-black. Both versions feature red faces. The reasoning for the white version may lie in the [[Toy Fair 1986]] catalog, which shows a prototype Hubcap—still using the Cliffjumper head tooling—in white with a red face.

: We say "probably" because while IGA appears to have done this old-mold-new-colors-sold-as-new-character move with all of the third-year retooled Mini Vehicles, so far [[Tailgate (G1)#IGA|Tailgate]] and [[Swerve (G1)#IGA|Swerve]] are the only ones that have been confirmed with carded samples. All of the IGA versions of probably-Hubcap, [[Outback (G1)#IGA|Outback]], and [[Pipes (G1)#IGA|Pipes]] have only been found loose. So it is highly likely, but we do not yet have mint condition proof. On top of that, [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#IGA|Bumblebee]] was also released in the same red-faced color schemes later in IGA's line, just adding to the confusion. Fun!

: IGA Transformers also eventually made their way to a variety of European markets, slightly decreasing their rarity.

: Given its prototype-based appearance, the white version of this Hubcap toy can [[Repurposing|reasonably serve]] as the ''[[Transformers: Wings Universe|Wings Universe]]'' incarnation of [[Rest-Q (G1)|Rest-Q]].
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===''Generation 2''===
[[File:G2-toy Hubcap.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Really not Cliffjumper.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a2|'''Hubcap''' (Mini-Vehicle, [[1993]])}}</ul>

:Hubcap was re-released as part of the first batch of ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' toys in the US, this time in shiny chrome red. There's speculation that this was because [[Hasbro]] had intended to release Cliffjumper instead but didn't have the mold, but it seems more likely it was simply to keep him from looking too much like his assortment partner [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Generation 2|Bumblebee]]. Likely due to the figure's production process, it's basically impossible to find a copy of him that doesn't have a pair of chips in the chrome on his front bumper/robot mode feet, as pictured here.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1993/Autobot/HubCap/hubcap.htm More information on Generation 2 Hubcap at TFU.info]''
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===''Transformers'' (2010)===
[[File:TF 2010 Hubcap toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|If we don't get a [[GoBots|Super Couper]]-themed [[redeco]], we riot.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Hubcap''' (Scout Class, [[2010]])}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy ID number:'' '''AA-09'''

:{{note|Movieverse [[Hubcap (TF 2010)|Hubcap]] was repurposed as Generation 1 Hubcap in "[[The B-Team Part Deux]]".}}

:''[[Transformers (2010 toyline)|Hunt for the Decepticons]]'' Hubcap transforms into a hot rod based on a 1930s-style car of indeterminate make, but most closely related to the Willys 77 (with some elements of its successor, the Americar). His feet appear to be based upon the iconic foot design of the Japanese mecha franchise ''{{w|Gundam}}''. Compared to other toys from the [[live-action film series]], his transformation consists of a mere three or four very easy steps.

:Like most toys in the [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|2010 ''Transformers'' toyline]], Hubcap features a standard Autobot [[insignia]] rather than the live-action movie style Autobot insignia.

:This mold would also have been used to make ''Reveal the Shield'' [[Downshift (TF 2010)#Toys|Downshift]], but that release was cancelled.

:*''[http://tfu.info/2010/Autobot/Hubcap/hubcap.htm More information on Hubcap at TFU.info]''
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===''Generations Selects''===
[[File:TF-Generations-Selects-Hubcap.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Banana Laffy-Taffy Cliffjumper!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Hubcap''' (Deluxe Class, [[2020]])}}</ul>
:*''Series'': '''''War for Cybertron: Earthrise'''''
:*''ID number:'' '''WFC-GS13'''
:*''Accessories:'' Three-piece blaster, two skis, car trunk

:A ''[[Generations Selects (toyline)|Generations Selects]]'' add-on to ''[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Earthrise]]'', Hubcap is a redeco/retool of [[Cliffjumper (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Cliffjumper]], sporting a new head. Hubcap transforms from robot into a 1980s sports coupe that is strongly reminiscent of his original Porsche 924 Turbo alt-mode, though with a front end which resembles that of the {{w|Mitsubishi Starion}}, while omitting the Penny Racer aesthetic. Hubcap also has molded high-performance brake discs, a surprising detail for a mainline ''Transformers'' figure. Much like Cliffjumper's other mold-mates, Hubcap's depiction as being rather small in most ''Transformers'' media means this figure is much shorter than a typical Deluxe-priced figure and is closer to being a particularly large Legends-priced figure. Like all Deluxe Class figures of the ''War for Cybertron'' subline, Hubcap includes numerous 3 mm posts and [[5 mm post|5 mm ports]] for attaching other accessories as part of the [[C.O.M.B.A.T. System]], but due to his small size he cannot easily accommodate an entire Weaponizer or [[A.I.R. Lock System|Modulator]] figure. Additionally, he is highly articulated for a mainline Legends-sized Transformer, with over 90-degree ankles and two-way elbows, and a complex transformation scheme. Undocumented in the instructions, Hubcap's neck is actually mounted on a ball-joint, and when popped out of its housing offers a larger range of articulation.

:The rest of his price-point is made up with Hubcap's large cannon. It can split into two smaller blasters and a pair of skis that can attach under his wheels. The backend of the cannon is folded out to fit in his car mode's underside to help balance when skis are deployed, while also being usable as a melee weapon. It can also mount on either his thigh or on the side or top of his shoulder meaning you can put the entire cannon in these spots. Similarly, his [[partformer|detaching]] car trunk can either be put into the robot mode's back or be used as a shield with the help of a flip-out peg. This peg and the backend of the cannon use a unique post and port to connect to each other.

:Almost ''all'' of Hubcap's yellow coloring is painted, with only his head and forearms being bare yellow plastic. While this avoids color disparity, particularly in vehicle mode, it also means he is ''incredibly'' prone to paint chipping. So, uh, be careful handling him.

:This mold was differently retooled into ''[[Generations Selects (toyline)|Generations Selects]]'' [[Bug Bite (G1)#Generations|Bug Bite]] and ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#Shattered Glass Collection|Shattered Glass Collection]]'' [[Goldbug (SG)#Generations|Goldbug]], and further retooled into ''[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Bumblebee]].
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==Notes==
[[File:ToyFair1986-TFpage01a-TailgateHubCap.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Hubcap before discovering spray on tan.]]
* In the pre-[[Toy Fair 1986]] catalog, Hubcap (actually just a redecoed [[Cliffjumper (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Cliffjumper]]) is featured with a white car body, a black chest/torso, and a red face. Fellow 1986 [[Mini Vehicle]] [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]] appears in Hubcap's final colors, though. The white "Hub Cap" would eventually become the basis for the non-toy character [[Rest-Q (G1)|Rest-Q]].
** Also in the pre-Toy Fair 1986 catalog, Hubcap's photo shows him mistransformed: his arms are not extended, making him look like his only limbs are his legs.
** This photo also lends credence to the theory that Mexican licensee [[IGA]]'s white and silver versions of [[Cliffjumper (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Cliffjumper]] are in fact supposed to be Hubcap; unfortunately, no carded samples of these variants have been found yet to provide concrete proof. Further backing this theory up is that IGA released several year-one Mini Vehicles in year-three decos... including a (very rare) yellow [[Windcharger (G1)#Toys|Windcharger]] on a [[Tailgate (G1)#Toys|Tailgate]] card, and look what color Tailgate is in that photo....
* Despite his availability with the rest of the '86 Mini-Vehicle assortment, Hubcap was completely absent from contemporary Western Generation 1 fiction. No [[character model]] was drawn up for him, and he was not included in either the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]] or the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel comic]]. He was even missing from Marvel's ''[[The Transformers Universe]]'' bio series, despite having a full-length bio written by [[Bob Budiansky]]. The reason for this omission is unknown.
* Speaking of that full-length bio, it notes that Hubcap's phosphorescent windscreen acts as a television monitor.<ref>http://boltax.blogspot.com/2010/12/extended-bios.html Hubcap's full bio at [[Jim Sorenson]]'s blog "Disciples of Boltax"</ref> This is ''awesome''.
* The fan-commentary track for [[Sony]]'s 2006 release of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' erroneously claims that a generic robot resembling Bumblebee seen on Unicron's conveyor belt late in the film is Hubcap.
* In [[Fun Publications]]' stories, his personality and mannerisms are based on comedian-magician {{w|Penn Jillette}}.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Hubcap''' (ハブキャップ ''Habukyappu'')
*''French:'' '''Virevolto''' (Canada)
*''Mandarin:'' '''Díshì''' (China, 的士, "Taxi"), '''Lúnzhàogài''' (China, 轮罩盖, "Hubcap"）

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User:Banpei the Mini-Con

2023-09-16T19:57:28Z

Banpei the Mini-Con:

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[[Image:Banpei.jpg|frame|He's full of tinier mechs!]]

It doesn't talk, was built by a deity, has a scooter [[Alternate mode|altmode]], and acts more alive than one would expect.

Seemed an appropriate designation. :)

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The Cybertronic Spree

2023-08-31T02:16:02Z

Banpei the Mini-Con:

[[File:Cybertronic Spree.jpg|thumb|300px]]
''After the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], a group composed of former [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s, inspired by [[Earth]]'s genre of rock music, began a tour of the cosmos in order to spread a new understanding among mechs and organics alike, even persuading a [[Quintesson Judge]] and an avatar of [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] himself to join in....''

At least, that's story the [[Toronto]]-based filk band '''The Cybertronic Spree''' tells interviewers. Formed in [[2013]], the group started out doing covers of songs from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' before quickly expanding into songs from other films, anime and video games, as well as original material.

Members include:

*[[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]]
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]<ref>Positively identified, [[FIRRIB|so we know where they stand on ''that'' question]].</ref>
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]]
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]
*A [[Quintesson Judge]]
*[[Unicron]]

They are '''100%''' committed to the bit.

==Fiction==
[[File:TF2019 06 cvrRE.jpg|thumb]]
The Cybertronic Spree played for a packed stadium full of adoring fans from both factions. {{storylink|Orion Pax: Free Fall#Covers (4)|Transformers #6 GACC exclusive cover}}

==Hasbro Pulse livestream appearances==
*[[Hasbro Pulse Fan Fest 2021]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*[http://thecybertronicspree.com/ Official website]
*[https://www.youtube.com/thecybertronicspree Official YouTube channel]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cybertronic Spree}}
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Talk:The Cybertronic Spree

2023-08-31T01:32:53Z

Banpei the Mini-Con:

The Cybertronic Spree

2023-08-30T17:04:00Z

Banpei the Mini-Con: Created page with " ''The Cybertronic Spree is a cross-factional rock band from our own world, apparently.'' After the Great War, a group composed of former [[Autobot | Autobo..."

''The Cybertronic Spree is a cross-factional rock band from [[Quadwal | our own world, apparently]].''

After the [[Great War]], a group composed of former [[Autobot | Autobots]] and [[Decepticon | Decepticons]] , insipred by [[Earth | Earth's]] genre of rock music, began a tour of the cosmos in order to spread a new understanding among mechs and organics alike, even persuading a [[Quintesson]] Judge and an avatar of [[Unicron]] himself to join in....

At least, that's story the [[Toronto]]-based filk band The Cybertronic Spree tells interviewers. Starting out doing covers of songs from [[The_Transformers:_The_Movie | that famous documentary you might have heard of]], they quickly expanded into into songs from other films, anime and video games, as well as new material composed as they waited out the COVID-19 pandemic (it may not affect Cybertronians, but they didn't want to put humans at risk....) These Rock Stars in Disguise are very committed to the bit.

Members include:

*[[Hot_Rod_(G1) | Rodimus]]
*[[Arcee_(G1) | Arcee]]
*[[Shockwave_(G1) | Shockwave]]
*[[Soundwave_(G1) | Soundwave]]
*[[Rumble_(G1) | Rumble]] <ref> Positively identified, [[FIRRIB | so we know where they stand on that question]].</ref>
*An unnamed [[Quintesson]] Judge
*[[Unicron]]

{{Musicstub}}

== External links ==

[http://thecybertronicspree.com/ Their website]

[https://www.youtube.com/thecybertronicspree Their channel on the Tube of You]

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Override (BWU)

2023-08-25T04:38:13Z

Banpei the Mini-Con:

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{{disambig3|Override}}
:''Override is an [[Autobot]] or [[Velocitron]]ian from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:OverrideBW.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Now with 50% less shoulders and 100% more lipstick.]]

'''Override''' is an accomplished racer and an agile warrior—this potent combination of skills has landed her acclaim on planets like [[Velocitron]], where the two professions are practically one and the same, and even on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], her talents ensure her a cushy position on top of the proverbial heap.

While Override's swift enough to leave most of her foes in the dust, the only thing that can consistently bring her down is her own ego. She looks down upon those Cybertronians who can't match her breakneck speed and dismisses organic lifeforms as insignificant. Override's classist attitude can land her in a predicament of her own making... one she might not be able to simply outrun.

==Fiction==
===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
On post-[[Great War (G1)|Great War]] Cybertron, the Autobot Builder Override's body was barely functional, and the only source of fulfillment she could get was watching her descendants, the [[Maximal]]s, fight to the death against [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s. She functioned as the administrator of the [[Dodecahex]] Arena. Once, a contestant tried to escape the arena into the river flowing through Dodecahex. Afterwards, Override seeded the river with [[alloygator]]s and [[oxide shark]]s to prevent repeat incidents.

Override was overseeing the fateful 1924th [[Games (competition)|Games]] when [[Lio Convoy]] sneaked a team of rebels led by [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] into the broadcast center. Blackarachnia's team members took out Override's [[Maximal Command Security Force|MCSF]] guards while Blackarachnia herself held Override at gunpoint to stop the Builder from activating the automated defense systems. As Blackarachnia's team took control of the broadcasting equipment to continue focusing on Lio Convoy, Override asked why the Maximals were doing such things to their ancestor. Blackarachnia merely replied that the impending announcement was too important to risk letting a Builder jam it. {{storylink|Broken Windshields}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
[[File:Windblade DS 5 Override and Ransack.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.6]]

Override was born on [[Velocitron]], a colony planet settled by [[Navitas]]. By the 2010s, she was based out of the capital city [[Delta]], having proved her speed to become planetary leader. {{storylink|Race Against the Light}} When battling [[Combiner]]s from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] briefly touched upon Velocitron, [[Knock Out (G1)|Knock Out]] and [[Moonracer (G1)|Moonracer]] investigated the footprints left behind and went to report it to Override. {{storylink|All That Remains}} Her power over the planet was not absolute as she was having to share some leadership with her rival, [[Ransack (IDW)|Ransack]], who was threatening to take her position completely in the next [[Speedia 500|Speedia]] race. {{storylink|Race Against the Light}}

When Moonracer explained Velocitronian society to her new [[Caminus (planet)|Camien]] ally [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]], Override was one of the prominent Velocitronians whom Moonracer envisioned. {{storylink|Windblade vol. 2 issue 4|Windblade vol. 2 #4}}

[[File:Cliffjumper Dead on Unicron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|right]]
As leader, Override would grant a request of whoever won the [[Benefit 500]], so Windblade and Moonracer got [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] into the race in hopes of convincing Override to have included Velocitron in the [[Council of Worlds]]. Override was initially unimpressed by Blurr's refusal to fight back against the other racers, but was won over by his flashy victory brought about by Windblade messing with the racetrack's ramps. Upon hearing their request, she asked the audience to vote through applause on whether or not to honor it, and they resoundingly voted yes. {{storylink|Race Against the Light}} Presumably, Override officially appointed Knock Out and Moonracer as delegates to ratify Council membership. {{storylink|Windblade vol. 2 issue 6|Windblade vol. 2 #6}}

Override perished when [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] devoured Velocitron; when the planet-eater next reappeared over [[Elonia]], [[Rom]] and [[Livia]] spied her body atop a mound of Velocitronian dead. {{storylink|Our Darkest}}
{{--}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
[[File:Tread&CircuitsPart3-Override.jpg|thumb|left|300px]]

A racer in Velocitron's [[Speedia 500]], Override posed for a picture before the race, starting in the pole position. {{storylink|Tread & Circuits Part 2}} Override held the lead for most of the race only to fall back when [[Mayhem Attack Squad|Mayhem]] caught up to the lead racers, and Knock Out instead won the race. {{storylink|Tread & Circuits Part 3}} Override was on stage during the ceremony where he was named First Senator, before another Mayhem attack sent the crowds fleeing. {{storylink|Tread & Circuits Part 4}}

===''Last Bot Standing''===
[[File:LastBotStanding2-OverrideRiotgear.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]

In the far future, long after the end of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] between the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s had left the universe drained of [[energon]], Override fell under the command of ex-Decepticon [[Steel Jaw|Steeljaw]]. To survive, Steeljaw's forces reconfigured themselves to run on [[biofuel]], a substance generated by the farming of organic matter. When the group touched down on planet [[Donnokt]], Override and [[Riotgear (G1)|Riotgear]] were sent to find the wayward [[Nitro (IDW)|Nitro]]. Managing to track down Nitro's stasis pod, Override helped herself to some of the leaked biofuel before Riotgear found some natives who pointed them in the direction of [[Fembrance]] where Nitro had been. {{storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 2|Last Bot Standing #2}} Not having enough fuel to activate their sensors, the two failed to detect Nitro's remains, {{storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 3|Last Bot Standing #3}} instead finding the bound [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]], whom they freed and brought to Steeljaw. {{storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 2|Last Bot Standing #2}}

Following [[Wheelie (G1)|the Veteran]]'s reactivation, Override towed a trailer to Fembrance to harvest its resources. Upon arrival, Steeljaw and [[Sharpclaw]]'s enhanced olfactory sensors located Nitro's corpse before the pack went to work. When a rejuvenated Rodimus arrived, Override confusingly pointed out to her comrades that Rodimus had not consumed [[Shib Wallkis|the resource]], before Steeljaw confronted the Autobot. {{storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 3|Last Bot Standing #3}}

After it was found that Rodimus had been hiding [[energon]], the pack's hunger for true fuel caused them to charge Steeljaw for the [[energon key]]s, accidentally shattering one. As the group frantically clawed at the spilled fuel, [[Shib Wallkis]] used the distraction to free the organics. {{storylink|Last Bot Standing issue 4|Last Bot Standing #4}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===''Cybertron''===
[[File:Cyb-toy Override.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|I can't drive 55]]
*'''Override''' (Deluxe Class, 2005)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''GC-10'''
**''Accessories'': Engine-blaster, Speed Planet Cyber Planet Key
{{toydesigner|[[Eric Siebenaler]] (Hasbro), [[Takio Ejima]] (TakaraTomy)}}
{{note|The ''Cybertron'' Override toy doubles as ''Beast Wars: Uprising'' Override.}}
:Part of the Speed Planet theme, ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' Override transforms into a sleek futuristic race car. Plugging a [[Cyber Planet Key]] into the rear portion of her [[Alternate mode|car mode]] causes two non-firing blasters to flip out into attack position; this assembly becomes a hand-weapon for [[robot mode]], and can also store on her back. Override's transformation is partially spring-loaded; pressing her black "front bumper" automatically flips her torso and arms into position, requiring only her lower body and backpack to be manually configured. She came with a gold-bordered Velocitron-style Cyber Planet Key.

:There are a few small deco changes between the [[Hasbro]] and [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] versions of the toy; Takara's has a gold face, black paint on the chest intakes and blue stripes on the thighs while Hasbro's has an orange face, an Autobot faction sigil on the left side of her chest, a less prominent stripe pattern on the inside shins and gives her Key the [[Cyber Key Codes|Key code]] "'''dy7p'''".

:This version of Override also was available in two different store-[[exclusive]] multi-packs. The first was a Wal-Mart set, including the ''Cybertron''-series [[Tiny Tins]] version of the [[Race Mini-Con Team]] member [[Mirage (Armada)|Mirage]]. The second was a Target-exclusive "'''Drag Race'''" set with [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]].

:This mold was used to make the evil clone [[Dark Nitro Convoy]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Autobot/Override/override.htm More information on Override at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
*Override is based on ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'' [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]], and the IDW incarnation also takes elements of [[Override (Prime)|the Aligned incarnation of Override]].
*In ''Uprising'' continuity, Override coexists alongside [[Nitro Convoy]], who takes the Japanese market name.
*Despite the preponderance of other ''Legacy'' Velocitron figures in ''Tread & Circuits'', Override was not drawn according to her ''Legacy'' figure, perhaps as a result of said figure changing plans late-stage from being retool of ''[[Studio Series]]'' 86-04 [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#Studio Series|Hot Rod]] before becoming an entirely new mold.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CfcoUaVuAhk/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Mark Maher on Instagram]</ref> Line artist [[Jack Lawrence]] clarified that he drew Override based on a personal copy of the ''Cybertron'' [[Override (Cybertron)#GTS|"GTS" redeco]]. <ref>[https://twitter.com/jlawrence_art/status/1455674266784079878 Jack Lawrence on Twitter, 2 November 2021]</ref> This ambiguity would carry on into ''Last Bot Standing''; [[E. J. Su]] bases her on a similar design, but uses silver instead of gold details while adding ''Mad Max''-style spikes.
*Override conspicuously disappears halfway through [[Last Bot Standing issue 4|''Last Bot Standing'' #4]] as the rest of Steeljaw's followers form [[Unstoppimus]]. Unlike the others, she wasn't a pre-existing combiner component.

==See also==
{{OtherVersions
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|disambig=Override (disambiguation)
|body=
*[[Override (Cybertron)|Override]], the [[Velocitron]]ian [[Autobot]] from the [[Unicron Trilogy continuity family|Unicron Trilogy]].
*[[Override Prime]], the Autobot bounded to [[Kappa Supreme]] from ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]].''
*[[Override (Prime)|Override]], the Velocitronian from the [[Aligned continuity family]].}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Autobots]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Transformers]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Transformers]]
[[Category:IDW (2019) Transformers]]
[[Category:Velocitron]]

Kreon Story

2023-08-25T04:08:51Z

Banpei the Mini-Con: Categorized

{{comicstory
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|next=Defend the Blocks! Autobots, Dispatch!
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|title="Kreon Story"
|japanese=クレオンストーリー
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|publisher=[[TakaraTomy]]
|date=August [[2013]]
|by=[[Hayato Sakamoto]]
}}

'''The Transformers come to Earth... in search of blocks!'''

==Synopsis==
Four million years ago, a massive surge of hunger hits [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] as the native [[Transformer]]s lack enough energy blocks to even make dinner. [[Wheeljack (G1)#Kre-O online manga|Wheeljack]] suggests to [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]] that the [[Autobot]]s search other planets for energy blocks. Prime evidently agrees, as the Autobots are soon on the ''[[Ark (Kre-O)|Ark]]'' leaving Cybertron. [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]] catches sight of the leaving ship and, furious that Optimus would dare keep all the energy for himself, has his [[Decepticon]]s board the ''[[Nemesis (Kre-O)|Nemesis]]'' and set off on pursuit.

The ''Nemesis'' catches up with the ''Ark'', and the Decepticons board the Autobot ship. Thanks to all the extra weight, both ships fall to [[Earth]], knocking everyone unconscious. Four million years later, they all wake up, groggy and hungry. Megatron is furious at [[Starscream (Kre-O)|Starscream]] for not setting the alarm.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* [[Bumblebee (Kre-O)|Bumblebee]] (1)
* [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]] (2)
* [[Wheeljack (G1)#Kre-O online manga|Wheeljack]] (3)
* [[Ratchet (Kre-O)|Ratchet]] (4)
* [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] (5)
* [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] (12)

|c2=
* [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] (6)
* [[Soundwave (G1)#Kre-O online manga|Soundwave]] (7)
* [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]] (8)
* [[Vortex (G1)#Kre-O online manga|Vortex]] (9)
* [[Starscream (Kre-O)|Starscream]] (10)
* [[Vehicon (Kre-O)|Vehicon]] (11)
}}

==Notes==
* Vortex is missing his vocal quirk, where he ends every sentence with "-ex". Of course, this being a first appearance and he's basically a backgrounder with one line, it probably hadn't occurred to writer [[Hayato Sakamoto]] yet.

===Transformers references===
* All of the Autobots who appear in this story have namesakes in the [[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|''Prime'' franchise]].
**In fact, all of the Autobots with ''Prime''-styled Kreon toys at the time of this comic's release appear in those forms here. (Optimus and Bumblebee will switch between these and their [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]]-styled Kreons more or less randomly in future installments.)
* ''Almost'' all of the Decepticons follow suit; Vortex is the odd bot out with no ''Prime'' incarnation (though he ''is'' based on the ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'' [[Vortex (FOC)|Vortex]], which is part of the same continuity family as ''Prime'', so there you go).
** We never see Megatron's chest deco, but he's colored with a darker gray that matches his ''Prime''-styled Kreon, which lines up with the Autobots' deco patterns.
* Yes, this is [[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1|a familiar story]].

==Exernal links==
*[https://needsabouttreefiddy.tumblr.com/post/57832347978/official-kre-o-manga-originals-here-and-here Translation of "Kreon Story"]

[[Category:Kre-O issues]]

Rust Sea

2023-08-24T21:51:33Z

Banpei the Mini-Con: Moving the Aurex-stream story material to a new proper section

{{disambig3|Sea of Rust}}
[[File:Homecoming RustSea.jpg|upright=2.8|thumb|It's a Casio on a plastic beach.]]

The '''Rust Sea''' (also known as the '''Sea of Rust''', the '''Great Rust Sea''', or the '''Rust Spot''') is an area of unstable planetary matter and molecular flux located along [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s equator, stretching from [[Tyrest]] to [[Polyhex]]<ref>[[Source:Grim Grams#Issue 162|Grim Grams, issue 162]]</ref> to the [[Tagan Heights]] and [[Altihex]]. It constantly emits a collection of corrosive, yet otherwise relatively harmless gasses. It too is home to various forms of plant life by the time of the [[Beast Era]]. It is Cybertron's most prominent sea, the only other ones known being the [[Mithril Sea]] and [[Argon Sea]].

The [[Hydrax Plateau]] rises out of the center of it. Cybertron's primary spaceport is located here, where planetary visitors must check in first.<ref>''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]]''</ref>

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 continuity family===
====3H comics====
In a [[Primax 797.18 Epsilon]], the Rust Sea bordered the [[Undercity]]. [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] and a horde of [[Piranacon (Universe)|Piranacons]] were sent to the Rust Sea as best strategy to reach the [[Vector Sigma]] chamber. One of its old utility tunnels that had been closed before the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] was located deep under the Rust Sea's shore and due to long exposure to the sea's gasses been made easy to breach. Information on this made the Piranacons momentarily afraid of their own safety while working in the area, but Blackarachnia aggravatingly revealed that it'd take six million years of exposure to the gasses before anyone'd have to worry about its effects.

As the Piranacons went to work, Blackarachnia searched the area to ensure their mission's secrecy. She found [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] nearby in the Undercity and chose to kill him just to be on the safe side. She was stopped by [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]], who was on his way to the Rust Sea and ignored Rattrap's subsequent warning about the location. Taking a solitary swim to ponder on his recent resurrection, Depth Charge soon found himself surrounded by the Piranacons. {{storylink|Homecoming (Universe)|Homecoming}}

====''Wings Universe''====
[[Krok (G1)|Krok]]'s partner [[Gatoraider]] was a technosuchus synthesis, a species originating from the sulfur bogs at the edge of the Rust Sea. {{storylink|A Common Foe|''Wings Universe'' Krok profile}}

Centuries later, [[Apelinq (BM)|Apelinq]] conducted routine scans at said sulfur bogs as part of his patrol duties for the [[Cybertronian Knight]]s. {{storylink|Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur|Apelinq's personal logs, 2014/06/19}}

====2005 IDW continuity====
The region that would come to be known as the Sea of Rust was the wasteland left when the [[Crystal City]] collapsed beneath the surface of Cybertron soon after the launch of [[Ark (G1)|Nova Prime's Ark]] six million years ago. {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things|All Good Things}} {{storylink|An Uneventful Night}} After two million years, it had become known as the '''Rust Spot''', a several-hundred mile wide region packed with hazards that included nuclear winds, [[Toxic Sludge Swamps]], [[Slicer (group)|Slicers]], mist that corrodes your body while also disrupting your navigation systems. Most Cybertronians avoided the place, but a network of tunnels beneath the surface afforded those who absolutely had to pass through it safe passage. The Rust Spot was within driving distance of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], and also quite close to [[Peptex]]. {{storylink|Omega's Conundrum}} {{storylink|Conquerors Part 2: Lagrange|Lagrange}}

Around four million years ago, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Orion Pax]] and [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] were sent into the Rust spot to perform a hostage exchange with [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s [[Decepticon]]s, exchanging [[Rack'n'Ruin (G1)|Rack'n'Ruin]] for Pax's old friend [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]]. The pair were guided by [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]], foremost expert on the unmappable region. After fending off an attack by Slicers near the [[Tesk Crater]], the trio were taken to the Decepticons' base in the underground tunnels, where Bludgeon revealed that the reason he'd picked the Rust Spot as the stage of the exchange was so that he could trap and capture Alpha Trion. {{storylink|Omega's Conundrum}} Bludgeon's subsequent attempt to execute Orion Pax accidentally led a commuter shuttle to crash in the Rust Spot, stranding [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] in the wastelands for an extended period of time. {{storylink|The Waiting Game|Spotlight: Hoist}}

The chaotic conditions of the Rust Spot were calmed when Cybertron was reverted to its primordial state by [[Vector Sigma]]. Unbeknownst to anyone on Cybertron, around the time of Crystal City's destruction, [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] had planted his regenerative [[Ore-14]] beneath the city, which caused the city to reconstruct itself beneath the surface of the reborn planet, where the Rust Spot had been. {{storylink|Shockwaves}} {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things|All Good Things}} Shockwave then used the city as his staging base as he attempted to enact the "Dark Cybertron" prophecy, but he was foiled by interference from Optimus Prime and [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]], which caused the entire city to collapse into a miniature singularity that now floated in the middle of the Rust Sea. {{storylink|Dark Cybertron (IDW)|Dark Cybertron}} {{storylink|The World of Tomorrow}} The singularity played havoc local atmospheric patterns, recreating the hazardous conditions of the Rust Spot of the past, {{storylink|The Transformers: Redemption|Redemption}} and leading modern Cybertronians to give the area a new name: the Sea of Rust. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 2: Lagrange|Lagrange}}

Sent to Cybertron to search for relics, the [[Caminus (planet)|Camien]] [[Torchbearer]]s began their quest in the Sea of Rust due to the fact Crystal City had once dwelt there. While searching, they were pulled into a brief conflict between [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]], [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]], and [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]]; the latter had stolen the [[Enigma of Combination]] from its holding place in Iacon and fled into the Sea of Rust to destroy it, but when the Torchbearers tried to protect the relic, it merged them into [[Victorion]]. {{storylink|An Uneventful Night}} The Torchbearers remained in the Sea of Rust, making a kind of home for themselves there; they observed the passage of the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] through the region, and their battle with [[zombie|zombified]] [[Sweep (G1)|Sweeps]], {{storylink|The Transformers: Redemption|Redemption}} but eventually, they were approached by Optimus Prime and joined his Autobots. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 2: Lagrange|Lagrange}}

====''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''====
The Sea of Rust led out from Cybertron's north pole. It was one of the many Cybertronian landmarks that [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] mapped when they invaded the metallic planet. {{storylink|Form Follows Function}}

====''Beast Wars: Uprising''====
[[File:Derailment TidalWave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
The Great Rust Sea was the largest body of fluid on Cybertron. The [[Hydrax Plateau]] rose from its russet waves. Rivers such as the [[Redox River]] and [[Timonium River]] linked it to [[Dodecahex]], [[Polyhex]], [[Lower Petrohex|Petrohex]], [[Protihex]], [[Median]], and [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]]. Iacon, [[Uraya]], [[Proximax]], [[Yuss]], [[Stanix]] [[Harmonex]], [[Vos (polity)|Vos]], [[Corumkan]], [[Petrex]], [[Burthov]], and [[Hyperious]] sat on its shores. {{storylink|Cultural Appropriation}} At its narrowest point, the [[Yuss Straits|Straits of Yuss]], it was only 15 hics wide and a quarter hic deep. This strait was defended on the Hydrax Plateau side by the [[Yuss Naval Batteries]] and on the Iacon side by twin batteries, straddling either side of the [[Trannis Fork River]]. The [[Resistance]] launched a major, two-pronged assault on the [[Builder of Cybertron|Builders]]' forces, attacking the Yuss Naval Batteries on land and sending a fleet to the straits by sea. Though the battle was costly, ultimately the Resistance prevailed and was able to ferry their forces across the straits from the Plateau to Iacon. {{storylink|Derailment}}
{{-}}

====''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' continuity====
=====''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' marketing material=====
Though its toxic, armor-stripping climate made the region difficult to inhabit, the Sea of Rust was considered as a possible safe zone for the Autobots to be positioned during the final days of the war for Cybertron. [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] was dispatched to scout out the area. The [[Firestormer|Autobot Alphastrike Counterforce]] later inhabited an [[Underground Safe Zone|underground base]] on the outer edge of the Sea of Rust that shielded them from the toxic atmosphere. {{storylink|Source:Teletraan-1 Data Files|''Siege'' Teletraan-1 Data Files}} While there, Alphastrike analyzed the [[Phantomstrike Squadron|Decepticon Phantomstrike Squadron]]'s attack patterns to anticipate their next strike on key Autobot positions. {{storylink|War for Cybertron: Siege#Exclusives|Final Strike Figure Series marketing material}}<ref>[https://www.amazon.com.au/TRANSFORMERS-Generations-War-Cybertron-Siege/dp/B07NZ7W14Z Autobot Alphastrike Counterforce on Amazon Australia]</ref>

While the Phantomstrike Squadron was positioned at [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]], south-east of Alphastrike's position,<ref>[[:File:WFC-Siege-CybertronMap.jpeg|Map of Cybertron released as part of the online ''Siege'' bonus content.]]</ref> [[Greenlight]]—who had been tracking the Phantomstrike Squadron from her drop point in a nearby deserted Decepticon zone—attempted to transmit the all-clear for the attack to commence, but her transmission was discovered by the Phantomstrike Squadron who corrupted its signal. [[Teletraan I|Teletraan-1]] attempted to retrieve the full transmission from the Decepticons to gather the location data needed to assess the threat. {{storylink|Source:Teletraan-1 Data Files|''Siege'' Teletraan-1 Data Files}}

=====''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' cartoon=====
[[File:WarForCybertronSiege Ep5.jpg|thumb|left|300px]]
A vast wasteland of treacherous weather and hazardous obstacles, including plasma bolts and metallic vortexes, the Sea of Rust was one of the most dangerous places on Cybertron, inhabited by beings known as the [[Zombie#War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon|Sparkless]], reanimated corpses that sought out the [[spark]]s of the living so they could return to life. No Autobot who entered the region ever emerged, but the Decepticon Seekers managed to map the area, marking safe routes through it.

During the Great War, the Autobots located the Allspark within the Sea of Rust, Optimus Prime leading a team in to recover it, guided by the defected [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]. While Jetfire initially navigated the group around the hazards, they were soon beset by the Sparkless. {{storylink|Siege episode 5}}

After the Sparkless had killed [[Moonracer (G1)|Moonracer]], the Allspark appeared on the battlefield. After Optimus had claimed it, the Autobots left the region. {{storylink|Siege episode 6}}
{{-}}

====2019 IDW continuity====
Though a mythological account held that the Great Rust Sea formed from the [[Nucleon (substance)|nucleon]] of [[Primus]] himself, {{storylink|I Have No Mouth And I Must Starscream}} the Sea of Rust began with the [[rust worm]]s. During Cybertron's [[Expansion|Age of Expansion]], the worms discovered the metal planet and began feasting on its innards, secreting liquid rust as they consumed. When the greatest minds on Cybertron failed to contain the animals, the planet did so itself, forming an impenetrable basin that halted the worms and forming the Sea of Rust. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Sea of Rust I|Sea of Rust I}}

In the era of Optimus Prime, [[Jumpstream]] crossed the Sea of Rust to reach the [[White Tower]] when the Prime ordered the release of Pyra Magna. {{storylink|War World: Awakenings|Awakenings}} While analysing the planet's unusual tectonic activity, [[Geomotus]] speculated that a series of quakes could fracture the sea's impermeable layer and release its rust worms into the planet's crust. {{storylink|Escape Part Two}} When the Decepticons brought down the [[Titan (group)|Titans]], [[Citadel (Titan)|Citadel]] landed in the Sea. {{storylink|War World: Titans|Titans}}

As the political crisis continued, Geomotus and [[Landmine (G1)|Landmine]] surveyed the Sea, installing sensors to monitor the basin. When they finished their work, they chanced across [[Termagax]] who brought with her the Decepticons seeking the [[Enigma of Combination]]. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Sea of Rust I|Sea of Rust I}} When the Autobots and Decepticon armies fighting just outside her door, {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Sea of Rust II|Sea of Rust II}} Termagax decided to launch the Enigma into the Sea of Rust. The Enigma eventually fell into [[Flywheels|Skytread]]'s hands only for another planetary tremor to finally rupture the impermeable layer, the Sea expanding to swallow Skytread and the Enigma, the Autobots understanding the existential threat this posed to their planet eclipsed the Decepticon expansion. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Enigmatic|Enigmatic}}

===Unicron Trilogy continuity family===
====MegaWing Galvatron continuity====
In [[Aurex 304.0 Epsilon]], [[Megazarak (Universe)|Megazarak]] killed [[Optimus Prime (Balancing Act)#Cybertron comic|Optimus Prime]] and left his remains to the corroding care of the Rust Sea. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 6|Nemesis Prime profile in Club magazine #6}}

===''Shattered Glass''===
[[File:Cliffjumper&SGGoryu Dungeons&Dinobots.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|LEMME TELL YOU SOMETHIN' AUTOBOT CLIFFJUMPER, [[John DiMaggio|RATH]] WILL DESTROY YOU!!!]]
On the hunt for the escaped [[Dinobot (SG)|Dinobots]], [[Sideswipe (SG)|Sideswipe]] and [[Cliffjumper (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Cliffjumper]] made their way to one of the toxic bayous adjoining the Rust Sea. Among the crystalline growths along the bayou's edge that resulted from the Rust Sea's [[energon]] particles solidifying due to evaporation, they found [[Slugfest (SG)|Slugfest]]. Cliffjumper ran up to the little guy and wrestled him down, ignoring his claims that he had big friends. That is, until such a [[Goryu (SG)|big friend]] burst through the tree-like crystalline growth, looking decidedly displeased. Cliffjumper's and Sideswipe's initial attacks had no effect on the creature and the situation evolved such that Sideswipe became the involuntary distraction, racing through the bayou with the behemoth right behind him, while Cliffjumper tried his best to subdue the creature. Sideswipe eventually got himself stuck in some of the crystalline growth, at which point Cliffjumper finally found an opportunity to trick the Dinobot into unconsciousness.

After getting [[Astrotrain (SG)|Astrotrain]] to come pick up the two Dinobots, the duo noticed [[Huffer (SG)|Huffer]] rushing a little further down the bayou. They cornered him and interrogated him on why he was in such a hurry. In return for an [[energon rod]] and believing the information was not going to earn the two anything, Huffer revealed that he had spotted [[Grimlock (SG)|Grimlock]] in the [[Badlands (Cybertron)|Badlands]]. Cliffjumper and Sideswipe immediately went after the Dinobot. {{storylink|Dungeons & Dinobots}}

===''Hunt for the Decepticons''===
The Rust Sea is home to the poisonous [[oxide shark]]s, whom [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]] based his [[Devastator (ROTF)#Transformers (2010)|color scheme]] on. {{storylink|Hunt for the Decepticons|Most Wanted website}}

===Aligned continuity family===
====Aligned novels====
The Rust Sea's enclosure of the Hydrax Plateau made it difficult for the [[Autobot]]s to get extra troops to the area when the [[Decepticon]]s attacked it. Ultimately, the Decepticons won the battle and gained control of the plateau. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

====''Prime'' cartoon====
[[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]] once got lost in the Sea of Rust alone. He later compared it to the [[Nevada]] desert where he and [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] arrived on Earth. {{storylink|Out of the Past}}

After obtaining the [[Omega Key]]s, Megatron went to the Sea of Rust to find the [[Omega Lock]]. He and his men were attacked by the [[Autobot]]s, who reclaimed the Keys and managed to locate the accompanying Lock. {{storylink|Regeneration (Prime)|Regeneration}} After getting the keys back, Megatron activated the lock and restored a nearby building with it. Then [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] hit the lock with the [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]], exploding it and devastating the immediate area. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour}}

[[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and a small team ventured back there to search for discarded relics. {{storylink|Darkmount, NV}} They were joined by [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]], who had spotted the huge energy surge created by the Omega Lock and driven over from his laboratory. {{storylink|Scattered}}

When Cybertron was restored, the Sea of Rust was transformed into a habitable landscape for Cybertronians. It was the scene of a battle between [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]], [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]], [[Darksteel (Prime)|Darksteel]] and [[Skylynx (Prime)|Skylynx]]. That battle resulted in Magnus being gravely wounded. Much later, after [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] told Predaking of their existence, the Predacon leader searched the Sea of Rust for his two new brethren, using his flame breath as a beacon to attract them. However the beacon instead drew in a [[Unicron/Aligned|Unicron]]-possessed Megatron and Predaking, having previously been betrayed by Megatron, fought him but was defeated. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}

===''Bot Shots''===
[[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]] hails from the far side of the Sea of Rust, where Bot Shots [[Accent|talk funny]]. {{storylink|Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake's online bio}}
{{--}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Fall of Cybertron''===
An ancient civilization once dwelled in the city that became the Sea of Rust, predating the Transformers' civil war by a few millennia. However, a sudden cataclysm oxidized the entire region, forming the infamous Sea. [[Perceptor (Prime)|Perceptor]] knew of some unconfirmed rumors of a sudden explosion being the source of the disaster; though whether it was due to a technology gone awry, a hostile conflict, or something else entirely, would likely never be known.

After locating an [[energon lake]] there, [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] used the Sea of Rust as a location to build his prototype [[space bridge]] tower. [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]]'s [[Lightning Strike Coalition]] team was drawn there to investigate strange energy readings, and they were promptly captured by [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticons]] to be experimented on by Shockwave. [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]] and [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]] later ended up in the Sea of Rust during their hunt for Grimlock. Fighting their way through ruins and rust storms, they eventually found the energon lake and Shockwave's refinery. After destroying the refinery, the two Autobots reported back to [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], and a huge transport was dispatched to retrieve the energon from the lake. {{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron}}

{{note|As shown in ''[[The Art of Transformers: Fall of Cybertron]]'', the Sea of Rust portion of the game was originally planned to be much larger. Concept art reveals plans for an army of [[zombie]]-like Cybertronians and [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]] pursuing the player, as well as discovering what appear to be the headless remains of Omega Supreme.}}

===Bot Shots Battle Game!===
[[File:BotShotsGame Sea of Rust.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
The Sea of Rust was one of the many places on Cybertron that the Bot Shots did battle. {{storylink|Bot Shots Battle Game!}}
{{--}}

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Sabi no Umi''' (錆の海, "Sea of Rust"), '''Rust Sea''' (ルスト・シー ''Rasuto Shī'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Xiù Hǎi''' (锈海, "Rust Sea")

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Armada locations]]
[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising locations]]
[[Category:Bot Shots locations]]
[[Category:Cybertron]]
[[Category:Fall of Cybertron locations]]
[[Category:Generation 1 locations]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) locations]]
[[Category:IDW (2019) locations]]
[[Category:Prime locations]]
[[Category:Universe 2003 locations]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron Trilogy locations]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron locations]]
[[Category:Wings Universe locations]]

YTV

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Banpei the Mini-Con: 47 links and no article? Well here's a little something to fix that.

'''YTV''' (rumoured to stand for "Youth Television" at its founding, [https://web.archive.org/web/20100124031436/http://www.ytv.com/about/ their website denied this]) is a [[Canada|Canadian]] speciality cable channel focusing on animated and live-action programs for school-age children and younger teenagers. It launched on September 1st 1988. Initially launched by Rogers Commmunications, it was leveraged by then-rival Canadian cable producer Shaw between 1995-1998, and in 1999 Shaw's media assets were spun off into Corus Entertainment, which owns the channel to this day.

In the late 1990s, YTV co-produced (and served as Canadian primary broadcaster for) the ''[[Beast_Wars:_Transformers_(cartoon)|<s>Beast Wars</s> Beasties]]'' and ''[[Beast_Machines:_Transformers_(cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'' cartoons, even maintaining a web page for the former series.

== External Links ==
[http://www.ytv.com Current YTV Website]

[https://web.archive.org/web/19980211171103/http://www.ytv.com:80/shows/beast/index.asp A Mid-Season 2 look at the Beasties page, courtesy of the Internet Archive]

[[Category: Media]][[Category: Networks]]
{{Businessstub}}

ThreeZero

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Call of the Future

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Transformers: Call of the Future

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Warbird (Star Trek)

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{{factions|klingon|decepticon}}

{{disambig2|the ship class|the [[missile]]|Warbird (weapon)}}
[[File:PrimesDirective2-EnterpriseShotDown.jpg|thumb|upright=3.0|Like some vast predatory... you know the rest.]]
'''Warbirds''' are a class of capital ship utilized by the [[Klingon Empire]], notable for their ability to render themselves invisible.

==Fiction==
===''Star Trek vs. Transformers''===
[[Kuri]]'s warbird was shot down by the [[Federation]] mining colony on [[Cygnus Seven]], the ship crash landing on one of the system's moons near [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]'s city mode. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part One}} Once the [[Klingon]]s had allied themselves with the [[Decepticon]]s, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] had Trypticon scan the downed warbird so he could assimilate its cloaking device and ambush the [[USS Enterprise|USS ''Enterprise'']]. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Two}} In this form, Trypticon lead the attack on the mining colony, beaming troops down to the surface, until [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] forced him back to robot mode. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Three}}

When the Decepticons invaded [[Kronos]], they used audio disruptor waves to disable the [[Autobot]]/[[Starfleet]] alliance that had followed them. Unfortunately for them, [[Klingon]] biology was deaf to the frequency of the disruptor waves, allowing the [[alien]]s to summon a warbird fleet that decloaked and overwhelmed the Decepticons, ending the brief invasion. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Five}}

==Notes==
*The term "warbird" was used for this design in the 2009 ''Star Trek'' film, and has a bit of a history (along with "Bird-of-Prey") of being also used to describe ships of a rival space power in their universe. In ''The Original Series'', the design was referred to as a "battle cruiser".

==External links==
*[[memoryalpha:Klingon warbird|Klingon warbird]] on Memory Alpha
*[[memoryalpha:D7 class|D7 class]] on Memory Alpha

[[Category:Generation 1 starships]]
[[Category:Klingon Empire]]

Transformers (Melbourne House)

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Armada (game)

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User talk:Saix

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Banpei the Mini-Con:

Interesting that you think she's an Earthling... --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 20:24, 17 March 2015 (EDT)
:Well, "Galen Witwicky", so I assumed. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 20:38, 17 March 2015 (EDT)
::I'm wagering that this involves a human/Nebulon interspecies relationship! --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 21:43, 17 March 2015 (EDT)

==E-Hobby Starscream==
You guys share links from seibertron but if I want to share it from deviantart, that's bad? I mean the user that published those pages in deviantart is E-Hobby's official user page.(I think).--[[User:Primestar3|Primestar3]] ([[User talk:Primestar3|talk]]) 11:36, 19 March 2015 (EDT)
:It's not e-Hobby that's putting those pages on DeviantArt. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 13:16, 19 March 2015 (EDT)
::Hmm ok then, but still Seibertron is a fan site too, right?--[[User:Primestar3|Primestar3]] ([[User talk:Primestar3|talk]]) 12:16, 31 March 2015 (EDT)

==Joke about Legends Arcee==
If my joke offend you or simply not funny, sorry about that. I'm just joking about sexist tendencies of Japanese culture. In fact, most famous and badass woman transformer only doing cook and wipe Rattrap's ass in this comic.—[[User:MWM|MWM]] ([[User talk:MWM|talk]]) 11:01, 21 March 2015 (EDT)
:Don't worry, I'm not angry. I got what you meant with the joke, but it was still iffy, since it's hard for a reader to tell if it's serious or a criticism of the comic. I appreciate that you took the time to uploaded the image! [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 17:12, 21 March 2015 (EDT)

== 3-D Diorama? ==
Say, where did you find these? [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 21:30, 9 April 2015 (EDT)
:[http://www.tf-base.ru/comics_manga.html] [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 21:32, 9 April 2015 (EDT)
::Thanks![[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 21:50, 9 April 2015 (EDT)
::Ugh...they're all CBR files my computer can't access. Thanks for the link thought. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 21:50, 9 April 2015 (EDT)
:::They're just renamed rar files. Change the file extension to .rar and upzip them [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 22:39, 9 April 2015 (EDT)

== Magmatron ==

Thanks for the back up there. I THOUGHT I remembered it being the standard but didn't want to remove it without checking so I just cleaned up the grammar. Might possibly be put on the page for the toyline itself, but not sure if it is really worth noting.--[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 16:30, 28 April 2015 (EDT)

== About the Hero Mashers ==

So I guess while you were putting them where they would go, BotCon's official Andromeda's Facebook page went ahead and made it a seperate cluster from anything before. [https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1128571057169997&id=1099425733417863] [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 06:51, 10 May 2015 (EDT)

== Sequel series = splinter timelines? ==

Can you show me where this piece of information comes from? I have never heard of this idea before; doesn't it nullify the entire concept of continuities? [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 13:10, 15 May 2015 (EDT)
:I'm not saying I necessarily agree with this interpretation, but it doesn't nullify continuity. Series A happens, then series B happens as a sequel to A. A is definitely the past of B, but that doesn't mean B is the future of A. We have several instances of this happening, notably the Marvel G1 continuity. G2, A Distant Time & Place, Regeneration One, and Classics are all explicitly sequels to Marvel US G1, but are mutually incompatible. Hell, Beast Wars (the cartoon) was implicitly a sequel to both Marvel US G1 AND the Sunbow Cartoon. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 13:21, 15 May 2015 (EDT)
::So then the U.S. ''Cybertron'' cartoon is not part of [[Aurex 802.23 Alpha]]? [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 13:23, 15 May 2015 (EDT)
:::It is when it is. The events of the US cartoon are completely relevant -if not fundamental- to the rest of the events on this page. Universal streams are not completely separate timelines. They blend and weave into each other and flow from larger sources, like, you know, '''streams'''. A single cartoon can be part of multiple streams AND its own all at the same time. I swear, people just look at "OOH NUMBERS" and forget the accompanying text that gives context to the numbers, and trip over themselves to be soooooooo clever in splitting up shit. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 13:33, 15 May 2015 (EDT)
::::Well said. And let's be wary of letting the tail wag the dog here. The primary source text should always be, well, primary. Or, in other words, which are you going to believe, your own eyes or something that was published in code in a source book (or in a Japanese Manga with a print run in the hundreds or the like.)--[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 13:47, 15 May 2015 (EDT)

== Mandarin Names ==

Hello, thanks for adding information. However, please do change the spelling for Taiwanese Mandarin Name because the spelling in Taiwan is different from the Hanyu Pinyin in China. Thanks. :D --'''[[User:TX55|<span style= "color:#00FA9A">TX55</span>]]'''<small><SUP>''[[User talk:TX55|<span style= "color:#0000CD">TALK</span>]]''</SUP></small> 10:17, 24 May 2015 (EDT)

== Universal streams ==

Looks like we're both working on the same parts of the wiki at the same time. I'll take a break, I have homework anyway. Thanks for fixing up my code. I appreciate the help. (Even if I think you're wrong about Zarak.) --[[User:Giggidy|Giggidy]] ([[User talk:Giggidy|talk]]) 18:47, 26 June 2015 (EDT)

== List of characters whose dimensional classification is unknown ==

There's also [[Gaiacross]] and his components. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 15:07, 27 June 2015 (EDT)

== Shell Game characters ==

If this wiki now accepts that RID Optimus-redeco [[Defensor (OTFCC)|Defensor]] is [[Viron]], then is it alright to do the same to the other "[[Shell Game]]" universe characters? [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 13:36, 29 July 2015 (EDT)

==Regeneration One==

Regeneration One is explicitly a sequel to Marvel G1 continuity and belongs sequentially after it in write-ups. That's how the stories are presented, that's how it was branded, that's how the creators want it, and that's how we've written it up. If you want to rearrange things, make a case on a relevant talk page.--[[User:Giggidy|Giggidy]] ([[User talk:Giggidy|talk]]) 08:44, 11 August 2015 (EDT)
:You're really imperious for somebody who just started editing two months ago. ("How the creators want it"? Do you have personal correspondence with Furman on wiki organization?) None of the pages you've reverted actually contain Marvel US G1, which Regeneration One is a sequel to. You are linking together fiction that has nothing to do with each other in regard to those characters. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 14:01, 11 August 2015 (EDT)
::Sorry, I didn't realize that my tenure wasn't long enough to disagree with a six-month veteran like yourself. It's bizarre to not acknowledge that ReGeneration One and Marvel UK don't spring from the same tree and put leagues of fiction between them. And, if I'm "imperious," what are you? You're constantly changing around organizational elements with no discussion, based on whatever new scheme you've come up with. For someone whose been here well under a year, you certainly have strong opinions. I at least lurked for a long while to get the culture. --[[User:Giggidy|Giggidy]] ([[User talk:Giggidy|talk]]) 15:03, 11 August 2015 (EDT)
:::There's a difference between disagreement and acting like the authority on wiki organization and article writeups because apparently you're the only one who lurked. "Organizational elements" have frequently changed based on users' whims; section reorganization isn't anything new and the last major one was done purely by two users without input from others. In regards to MUK and RG1, it's not the job of character pages to establish points of continuity that aren't relevant to the actual subject of the article. The various versions of Jhiaxus have absolutely nothing to do with each other and putting them under one "continuity" is a ridiculous pretense with no benefit. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 15:26, 11 August 2015 (EDT)
::::Separating RG1 (and Classics) into their own sections would be a major change to a large number of pages and there's been no discussion about it. If you want to do it, there should be talk first so everyone else knows what's going on. [[User:Charles RB|Charles RB]] ([[User talk:Charles RB|talk]]) 21:28, 11 August 2015 (GMT)
::::: And I've asked about it on http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers_Wiki_talk:Community_Portal#Reorganising_Regeneration_One to see what people think. If it's ayes, then it's off to the edits! [[User:Charles RB|Charles RB]] ([[User talk:Charles RB|talk]]) 23:15, 11 August 2015 (GMT)

==Characters with no confirmed universal origin==

Question... have we not specified [[Ramulus|Longhorn (Universe)]] and [[Sunstorm (Universe)]]? Just want to be sure I'm not missing something. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 14:26, 17 August 2015 (EDT)
:No, I just forgot to update. Sorry! [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 14:27, 17 August 2015 (EDT)
::Thank you, your list is a handy reference.--[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 14:34, 17 August 2015 (EDT)
Whilst this is being talked about, it's probably worth noting that RTS Strafe hasn't ''reeeaaaally'' had its universe confirmed - it was merged with G1 Strafe for some convoluted reason during the 'AOE Strafe is a counterpart of G1 Strafe' debacle and probably should've been unmerged after all that nonsense was undone. [[User:Jalaguy|Jalaguy]] ([[User talk:Jalaguy|talk]]) 16:16, 17 August 2015 (EDT)
:I'm mostly fine with just assuming he's G1 based on context, but I'd send in a question if you want confirmation. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 16:30, 17 August 2015 (EDT)
Hey, Saix, should ''Universe'' 2003 [[Smokescreen (Cybertron)|Smokescreen (unreleased)]] be on your list as well? [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 16:21, 17 August 2015 (EDT)

== BW Metals manga ==

Do you still have the BW Metals manga scans? The links on the talk page are dead. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] ([[User talk:FortMax|talk]]) 16:48, 13 September 2015 (EDT)
:[http://www77.zippyshare.com/v/0t4p8rcK/file.html], [http://www77.zippyshare.com/v/dWpVVb7v/file.html], [http://www77.zippyshare.com/v/ZXqkMXea/file.html], [http://www77.zippyshare.com/v/ch91fgKi/file.html], [http://www77.zippyshare.com/v/M6MwWTaV/file.html], [http://www77.zippyshare.com/v/jCLxuohn/file.html] [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 09:54, 14 September 2015 (EDT)

==Italics==
Hey, man, saw you unitalicizing [[Ask Vector Prime]]. I don't really care one way or the other, but I seem to see it italicized a lot. Is there a policy or system to this? --[[User:Giggidy|Giggidy]] ([[User talk:Giggidy|talk]]) 16:06, 24 September 2015 (EDT)
:AVP isn't a work or a franchise, so it doesn't get italicized. It's something like {{w|Dear Abby}}—a column. Chicago style of editing says columns don't get either quotation marks or italics. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 16:13, 24 September 2015 (EDT)
::That's fine for me going forward. There's a LOT of AVP where it's in italics though. If you're ever feeling like a quest, rooting them all out might be worth doing. --[[User:Giggidy|Giggidy]] ([[User talk:Giggidy|talk]]) 16:15, 24 September 2015 (EDT)

==Gong==
Knock it off. It's fine the way it is now. Stop reverting each other. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 12:43, 26 September 2015 (EDT)

You were right. I was wrong. Making all the Guardians and Renegades convinced me of that. I apologize to you for my childishness. --[[User:Giggidy|Giggidy]] ([[User talk:Giggidy|talk]]) 13:01, 26 October 2015 (EDT)
:Not needed, but thank you nonetheless for the apology. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 15:30, 26 October 2015 (EDT)

== Stealth Bomber ==

I see that you put a redlink to [[Stealth Bomber]] on [[Stealth Saber]] and [[Victory Bomber]]'s pages. Did you intend that someone else would pick that redlink up to create a page for Stealth Bomber or did you think that Stealth Bomber didn't merit an individual page? I've wondered about such a thing as we have an individual page for RiD [[Dreadwing (RID)|Dreadwing]] but not for BWII [[Formation Scream]], G2 Megatron+Starscream, and G2 Dreadwing+Smokescreen. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 23:31, 27 October 2015 (EDT)
:I think it warrants a page, hence the link. I was just too lazy to make that page in particular. Formation Scream should also get its own page. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 08:57, 28 October 2015 (EDT)

== Disagreements ==

I saw what you wrote on the Community Portal. I can't speak for others but, though we often disagree, I do value your input and perspective. Also, it makes the times we do agree that much more meaningful. --[[User:Giggidy|Giggidy]] ([[User talk:Giggidy|talk]]) 16:58, 2 November 2015 (EST)
:Speaking of, there's a contentious GoBots issue on Community Portal, should screen captures be included for character pages or not. I would be interested to hear you weigh in. --[[User:Giggidy|Giggidy]] ([[User talk:Giggidy|talk]]) 09:07, 3 November 2015 (EST)

== Devisiun ==
I understand you may not like the speculative tone, but was it really necessary to also delete the plausible explanation that the secondary star may be encased in a [[wikipedia:dyson sphere|Dyson sphere]]? After all, the text clearly refer to a double star and one of the celestial body represented seems to produce a lot of light. (Besides having spot the same color than the "single" star of said same picture.) Damn... I was only trying to be thorough and objective. How could I contact Scott online so that the answer would be considered by this wiki? -- [[User:Xunk16|Xunk16]] ([[User talk:Xunk16|talk]]) 06:11, 16 December 2015 (EST)
:I'm not Saix, but to quote the [[Help:Contents|wiki's main help page]]: "Speculation to fill gaps should be minimized, and preferably eliminated entirely." It's fine to note the inconsistency, but an extended account of possible explanations is unnecessary. [[User:Jalaguy|Jalaguy]] ([[User talk:Jalaguy|talk]]) 06:46, 16 December 2015 (EST)
:Understood. Thanks, I'll sleep better now. But I'm still going to run a Tranformers RPG campaign and feel that this question may deserve an answer. So the second part of my inquiry remains. Since I will try to ask, where and how such a thing should be done so that the information could validly be forwarded on this wiki? [[User:Xunk16|Xunk16]] ([[User talk:Xunk16|talk]]) 07:04, 16 December 2015 (EST)
::Scott has Twitter and Tumblr accounts you can engage her on. But, honestly? You're looking for complexity where there isn't any. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 09:08, 16 December 2015 (EST)
:::I have to agree. Most casual sci-fi fans don't know what Dyson spheres are, and the concept has never featured in ''Transformers'', as far as I'm aware. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 09:15, 16 December 2015 (EST)

== Your JG1 timeline list ==

Hey, that list on your user page is awesome and really helpful. Though, the Prime AM-28 Leo Prime bio also contains some JG1 info, set post-BWN before he jumps over to Uniend (or over to Gargent, then Nexus, then finally Uniend, as claimed by AVP, but I digress). --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade|talk]]) 13:36, 18 December 2015 (EST)
:Thanks for the reminder. I mostly constructed it so I would have something to check when organizating fiction sections. Let me know if I'm missing anything else. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 14:31, 18 December 2015 (EST)
::Will do. EDIT: Tale of the Pretenders is missing. --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade|talk]]) 14:53, 18 December 2015 (EST)
:The G1 GoBots thing might or might not come before Car Robots in a present day sense as the Spychangers came from the future anyway, so the GoBots bio would simply have to come before whatever point in time the Spychangers traveled back in time from. Though, given how things like Binaltech, RobotMasters, and Kiss Players all take place in the timeline at points contemporary to their releases in the real world, perhaps the G1 GoBots bio does as well, taking place somewhere in 2004 (in hindsight, I wish I had asked Sakamoto about this).
:On a different note, the bios for e-HOBBY New Years Lambor and Alert are missing, which should probably go after G-2 but before the two post-G-2 e-HOBBY manga. Also the bio for Magnificus and Ga'mede and the bio for Generations Magnificus, the latter of which would go prior to Badlands, while the former... somewhere years earlier (not sure where, though). And the bios for e-HOBBY Crosscut and Road Rage, which would most likely go after the Super Spychangers but before Binaltech. Any other missing e-HOBBY bios can be found [http://www.e-hobbymagazine.com/category/english/museun_en here] (barring those that lack links, that is). --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade|talk]]) 17:19, 22 April 2016 (EDT)

== Italics in establishment names ==

From what I've researched, I have to agree that establishment names aren't capitalized. However, that's how [[The Blue Deployer]] is rendered in the ''TransTech'' text stories. Think that's worth noting under "Errors"? [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 16:16, 19 December 2015 (EST)
:I guess. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 16:17, 19 December 2015 (EST)

== Just to avoid any edit wars over pastel horses... ==
I understand that the captions are about humor over anything else, but maybe the caption should at least be a ''little'' less confrontational in tone? I'm not against humor in the article itself, but that opening caption's not exactly ''good'' humor. It's more mean-spirited than simple jokeyness that this wiki thrives upon; so I decided that a joke about Bumblebee's kid-appeal nature (and thus perceptiveness to what's popular with kids) would be a bit less potentially divisive overall, and less likely to appear mean-spirited.

I expect that sort of tone in the articles for stuff like B.O.T, The Beast or Kiss Players, the really awful, terrible stuff we ''have'' to rip into pieces because of how bad they are, not an article on My Little Pony. It's kind of like opening, say, a Soundwave article by poking fun at his speech with a disabled joke in his first image caption because of his speech pattern; it's ''easy'' and can get a few laughs, but overall it's just not worth it because not everyone will find such jokes to be really funny. And above all else, I'd like to think that we as a community are above those sorts of cheap jokes just for a few laughs.

Not trying to come off as indignant here, honest. I'm just wondering if maybe the caption joke isn't really good in any capacity. And if a caption isn't funny, then really, we shouldn't defend it just because of longevity. We obviously need the funny to stay, but to ignore potentially valid points just for the sake of a joke seems...well, kind of odd for this Wiki. We're jokey, but nowhere unappropriate have I seen the wiki's captions actually being ''that'' harsh towards a subject.

It's also a jarring shift in tone to go from "Only the dead can know peace from this evil" as an opening caption to "Don't go looking for the Tooth Fairy without it!" as the next caption down the page. They're both aiming for humor, but one's more "Ha-ha look at this silly situation!" and the other is more "Ha-ha let's make a "ponies are evil" joke because it's teh funnies!".

Again, not wanting to look entitled; but I'm curious about why the edit was reverted so quickly. [[User:MaximalBroadjaw|MaximalBroadjaw]] ([[User talk:MaximalBroadjaw|talk]]) 00:48, 27 December 2015 (EST)

== SPOILERS ==

Please remember to use the Spoiler warning template when adding new material. I just stumbled across information you added to [[Lio Convoy]] about [[Sunrise]] before I had a chance to read it. --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] ([[User talk:Xaaron|talk]]) 08:56, 8 January 2016 (EST)
:I apologize. I'll try to remember not to do that again. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 09:08, 8 January 2016 (EST)

== Moving images ==

Sorry about that. I thought it was a more efficient use of space to align the tops of the images with the headers. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 20:55, 12 January 2016 (EST)

==About Grimlock==
They're both from Viron universes, and both technically part of the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|2001 Robots in Disguise]] continuity.
Someone could be all like, "Wait, I though RID's Grimlock was a big green backhoe. Who's this Dinosaur?"
Imagine if there were two Optimus Primes in one continuity, even if they looked completely different, would it not be within reason to distinct the two from one another?{{unsigned|PsychoShark}}
:Your hypothetical is ridiculous. Explain to me the process in which this situation would arise. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 19:01, 25 January 2016 (EST)
:Plus the disambig link at the top already exists. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 19:05, 25 January 2016 (EST)

While going through my talk page, I noticed that PsychoShark mentioned that the [http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Grimlock_(Dinobots)&diff=next&oldid=1048629 note] he added to [[Grimlock (Dinobots)]] was based on a similar note from [[Slapper (Dinobots)]]. Seeing as how we've deemed the other one unnecessary, I thought you might want to remove the one on Slapper's page. -[[User:Foffy the Sheep|Foffy the Sheep]] ([[User talk:Foffy the Sheep|talk]]) 07:44, 7 February 2016 (EST)

== Universal origins list ==

If it's of interest to you for your user page list, I've seen that [[Nitpick]], [[Comet]], [[Beamer (Autobot)|Beamer]], [[NightViper]], [[Kickstart]], [[Heavyfoot]], [[Ironclad]], [[Fastbreak]], [[Aston]], [[Miss-Q]], "[[Kamen Rider Amazon]]", [[Time Limit]], [[Clutch (GoBots)|Clutch]], and [[Warpath (GoBots)|Warpath]] all have indeterminate cluster origin, albeit that they're all intentionally ambiguous and/or their origins are unlikely to ever be revisited. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 22:57, 27 January 2016 (EST)

== eptitle ==

With screencaps for episodes whose titles have been disambiguated, you can use the "eptitle" parameter to set the text of the link different from the actual link. For example, with [[Volcano (episode)]] from RID, you would put

'''<nowiki>{{RID2001cap|description.|Volcano (episode)|</nowiki>1|eptitle=Volcano}}'''.

Then, the link will show up like this:
[[Volcano (episode)|Volcano]]

Nice work on all that cleanup, by the way. Cheers! -[[User:Foffy the Sheep|Foffy the Sheep]] ([[User talk:Foffy the Sheep|talk]]) 20:33, 1 March 2016 (EST)

== Dinosaurs ==

Okay, examples to try and clarify:
*火星 means "Mars". The kanji, treated separately, are literally rendered as "Fire Planet", but still plainly mean "Mars". It's not just being used to "refer" to Mars, it's straight up the name the Japanese give to the celestial body the English call "Mars".
*固定電話 means "Landline Phone". The kanji, treated separately, render as "Hard-determined Electricity-talker".

As demonstrated in the dictionary entries I posted, Japanese dictionaries ''dont'' give readers the symbolic runaround that the Dinoforce pages were using -- they simply treat "Gairyuu" as the word for an Ankylosaurus. I suppose I may be being somewhat oversensitive, but choosing to render Japanese words in a symbolic breakdown like that, contrary to how it's intended to be interpreted, feels a lot like refusing to acknowledge that it even ''has'' words for these concepts, and feels kind of Tarzanesque? I don't feel it's removing information, since to a Japanese speaker, Gairyuu doesn't ''mean'' "Armored Dragon" -- it means Ankylosaurus, just like to an English speaker (or Greek, if you want), Ankylosaurus doesn't "fused lizard", it means a type of dinosaur with an armored back and club tail --fused lizard is just the root of the name.

In addition, while many Japanese names for Dinosaur use "ryuu" in a similar manner to how English uses "saur", "ryuu" itself does not mean dinosaur, nor are dinosaur called "ryuu" -- as with English, they are instead called "恐竜", or "Ferocious dragon". I mean, "-saur" would be a workable translation of "ryuu", no complaints, but as in English "saur" is used to refer to more than just dinosaurs (e.g. Pterosaurs, Plesiosaurs, etc.) And in fact, Pterosaurs and Plesiosaurs include 竜 in their Japanese rendering.

I definitely see the value in retaining the kanji meanings here, especially if that's a thing we're going to be doing with characters like Triceradon, too. But I think we should make it clear that those are the ''root'' of the names, rather than treating the Japanese names as if they don't have specific direct meanings that a Japanese speaker would recognize.[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] ([[User talk:KrytenKoro|talk]]) 01:11, 2 March 2016 (EST)

== Image of Comet ==

I see that you have uploaded good quality images from almost every Club story PDF. Is there any reason you haven't got the one of dead [[Comet]] in "[[Withered Hope]]"? [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 16:58, 15 March 2016 (EDT)

==Other Decepticons==
Why can't you just leave that link in, it works perfectly well, and dont forget they also are alchemor inmates. I dont see the problem with just having that there. - Junkheap117
:Stop fucking obsessing over this. They are not actual characters, and your overall antics are exhausting my patience. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 18:57, 21 March 2016 (EDT)

== Blackarachnia talk page ==

I understand talk pages are not chat rooms. The reason I posted that was because the article itself seems to question why the chest is transparent, so I thought that might explain it. I didn't just go and edit the page because I knew it would be undone. [[User:Avalanche|Avalanche]] ([[User talk:Avalanche|talk]]) 21:03, 10 April 2016 (EDT)

== Being last seen ==

Here's my take, for what it's worth. A ''good'' write-up is not a list of things that happened one after the other. A good write-up is a story unto itself. It is the story of that character, and it should read as "complete". And when the cartoon or comic adventures of that character stops abruptly - when a character's final appearance is as a face in a crowd and they receive no personal "finale" - then it's the job of the write-up to note that they "were last seen"/"last appeared"/"made their final recorded appearance", etc, to bring that write-up's "story" to its end, instead of, essentially, just stopping in what reads as mid-story. The complete BWII write-up of the Autorollers just stops mid-story. It does not read as complete. At best, a reader's reaction is "Oh, huh, I guess that's it, then," instead of knowing that they are reading an end - but really, an less-informed reader has no reason to assume there isn't more just because there's isn't a stub saying so. We don't always have stubs! There shouldn't be any expectation on the reader to know that storylinked title is the final episode, if it even is. The write-up needs to say this is "the end" for that character. Yes, they return for a cameo in BWN, but that's a separate header. The were "last seen" during the battle on Gaea in that moment. It's no more "out of universe" than describing art or writing errors as "anomalous accounts" or "erroneous reports" is. I'm not getting into an edit war or even fighting to make this change; I'm just saying, it's pretty standard "handbook" write-up terminology, how I write mine, and how I will continue to write them. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 17:05, 25 April 2016 (EDT)

== Hey ==

Here's some more BotCon Diamond bios: http://postimg.org/gallery/7wuis1oc/27b9edf7/ [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 13:15, 1 June 2016 (EDT)
:Cool, thanks. I'll have a look when I get home. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 13:37, 1 June 2016 (EDT)

== Can you identify anyone else? ==

So regarding the new in-development Transformers Online, I stumbled across a trailer of some characters and skills in action. Right now, I can only make out Jazz, Bumblebee, and probably Swindle. Can you tell if the rest of the transformers in this video resemble any other character? Thanks! --[[User:The Seeker|The Seeker]] ([[User talk:The Seeker|talk]]) 19:01, 2 August 2016 (EDT)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qFTeBn-BS8

== Dinobot (RID) article ==

the dinobot were reference in prime season 3 were they not? RID 2015 is the sequel to prime is it not. so why are not adding prime to that page. Yes they were only reference. but still though wouldn't it make more sense for that cartoon in that dinobot section. i mean are more a sequel to the game when you stop to think about it. Also there is no evidence supporting the fact were referring to the fall of cybertron version of the dinobots.--[[User:Projectus|Projectus]] ([[User talk:Projectus|talk]]) 04:29, 12 August 2016 (EDT)
:At the time that Miko and Bulkhead made that reference, the RID Dinobot subspecies didn't even exist yet. There was no way that the Prime cartoon was referencing something that never existed at the time that it made the reference. The FOC Dinobots, however, did exist, and were part of an active attempt to better unify the Aligned media between the games, the tie-in comics, and the Prime cartoon. Miko's and Bulkhead's Dinobots reference only makes sense in regards to the FOC Dinobots since they were only Aligned Dinobots that existed at the time the reference was made. What you're asking is for us to declare Miko's and Bulkhead's reference as having been retconned into referring to a subspecies that would not come into existence until later on, yet there has been no official media that has made such a retcon. We as fans have ZERO authority on such matters and are not going to start declaring our own unofficial retcons for virtually no other reason than "because we want to", as you seem to want us to do. Besides, Bulkhead's referring to Dinobots as something "Totally different" from how the Predacons were like a natural Cybertronian dinosaur species makes no sense in regards to the RID Dinobots, since the RID Dinobots for all intents and purposes do very much seem to be like a natural Cybertronian dinosaur species while the FOC Dinobots were an artificially-created subgroup that very much does make them totally different from a natural Cybertronian dinosaur species. --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade|talk]]) 11:19, 12 August 2016 (EDT)

== [[Roboid]] [[Nook]] ==

Isn't it generally TFWiki's practice to ''point out'' Easter eggs, homages, and the like? --[[User:Rhymus|Rhymus]] ([[User talk:Rhymus|talk]]) 05:10, 3 September 2016 (EDT)

== Regarding TFO edits ==

Saix, I know there is currently no official parameter and that it's not within the wiki's obligation to decide upon an arbitrary translation, but some of the transliterations, even by Chinese (BOTH Taiwanese and Mainland Chinese) standards, are just flat out nonsensical and frivolous. I hope you understand that there are multiple ways (via synonyms) to translate the hanzi, and I can speak from experience behind the screen as a bilingual Mandarin-English speaker, and as a professor's teaching assistant in Elementary Chinese irl. [[User:The Seeker|The Seeker]] ([[User talk:The Seeker|talk]]) 10:50, 14 September 2016 (EDT)
:By transliteration, I assume you actually mean translation? I realize there is leeway in translation to convey the same idea in a different language, but some of your translations were still questionable and played too loose with the meaning of the hanzi, in my opinion. Take 命运之殇 in particular—I don't understand how you derived "war" out of it, unless you were going by Google translate, when it's a straightforward name based on the certain death it supposedly doles out (as opposed to "Destiny's War", which means absolutely nothing). Or how you got "Laser Wrench" from F型扳手. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 13:16, 14 September 2016 (EDT)
I didn't use Google Translate. I consulted with native speaking relatives and peers and utilized Systransoft.com as well as MDBG, which I find for both to be more adequate. Bluestreak's sniper rifle, from the hanzi I recognize, can have synonymous possibilities. Certainly, "Destiny" can be interchanged with "Fate", altho I will admit, the second half of the title can be considered as: "war casualty" or "death" in general. For the second example, there's clearly no resemblance to an actual F-Type Wrench whatsoever, so I find even calling that weapon an "F-Type" in practicality to be redundant. (I've been a workshop assistant for a good year or so, so I've been familiar enough with tools in the shed.) If anything, Wheeljack's Melee weapon is identified as a Pipe Wrench, so shame on Tencent for the misleading name. [[User:The Seeker|The Seeker]] ([[User talk:The Seeker|talk]]) 15:19, 14 September 2016 (EDT)
:A wiki is not the place for creative "translations" that basically are localizations. If the name is literally "F-type Wrench", then it's F-type Wrench, regardless of how much you think it makes sense. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 16:39, 14 September 2016 (EDT)

== Deluge ==

first of all, i know the story has deluge as both, but in most universe, he's and his decepticon counterpart are there own individual. i was trying to make that clear to the people reading that story, but you thought i was too stupid to realize that, i mean yes the blackout thing was stupid on my part. but seriously you could have easily edited it to say that this Deluge is a amalgam of both version.--[[User:Projectus|Projectus]] ([[User talk:Projectus|talk]]) 21:29, 28 December 2016 (EST)

== Missed the joke ==
While I appreciate the effort to correct errors on the page bearing my name ([[Mark Baker-Wright]]), it should be noted that the word "misspelled" was misspelled (as "mispelled") on purpose....--[[User:G.B. Blackrock|G.B. Blackrock]] ([[User talk:G.B. Blackrock|talk]]) 18:21, 13 January 2017 (EST) (sorry to get to this so late. I actually don't go around looking at my own page that often)
:Ah, I was using an automated tool that does automatic corrections and wasn't really reading that closely. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 22:05, 13 January 2017 (EST)

==Model Numbers==
hey, i saw that you undid some of my edits for adding model numbers back into these wiki pages (apologies if i did it wrong!) - but how can we get these reinstated? that information is very useful, and should be on each of the main collection pages...

== Godbomber revision? ==

Why was my info deleted on the godbomber page? - [[User:Asda|Asda]] ([[User talk:Asda|talk]]) 11:28, 28 September 2017 (EDT)

== Don't revert my notes man ==

It's not needless my friend, it's just extra information that many Transformers fans I know would be happy to find on here. Please don't revert people's notes, even if you feel that it's "needless". If anything, I'm '''adding''' notes, not pruning them. Smh.
: Please stop adding notes. They're not good notes. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 23:57, 1 January 2018 (EST)
::"Pruning" was what I was doing, and we are not obligated to store every passing thought you have. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 00:05, 2 January 2018 (EST)

== Run For Our Lives ==

Like you, my first instinct when I created the article was to use lower case for "for", as is grammatically correct, but the official title actually leaves it capitalized (see [https://www.go90.com/videos/37rr2B0WBM6 here]). By comparison, other TR episode titles that have conjunctions or articles choose to use lower case as normal ("Aftermath and Rebirth", "At the Last Second", etc.), so the capitalization of For stands out by comparison. Thus, technically, the title was more accurate as it was. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 12:35, 2 January 2018 (EST)
:I don't consider websites to be particularly authoritative in capitalization, especially when the actual "official title" in the episode itself is "RUN FOR OUR LIVES". People rarely remember every rule about how to capitalize titles, and we don't need to drive ourselves crazy accounting for every mistake some website has in rendering them. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 13:48, 2 January 2018 (EST)

== SG Fistfight, Insecticons ==

Why did you remove the note about SG Fistfight's deco? Do you dispute that it's true, that it's verifiable, or that it's noteworthy?

It's true that he's orange and black, as verified by [[Transhuman]]. As for it being noteworthy, ''This character has no official visual representation whatsoever... yet, at least'', so shouldn't we at least mention what we know about his physical appearance?

As for his sharing Tyrannitron's deco, G1 Fistfight and Tyrannitron were Action Master partners of opposing factions, just like Skyfall and Banzai-Tron were Action Masters of opposing factions (so SG Skyfall got G1 Banzai-Tron's deco), the Technobots and Terrorcons were combiners of opposing factions (so the SG teams swapped decos), etc. Moreover, G1 Fistfight and Tyrannitron were partnered with Shockwave and a Dinobot, respectively, further emphasizing a rivalry for SG to flip around.

If you look at almost any SG character's article, we typically note what inspired or seems to have inspired that character's deco, even if it is unconfirmed.

Speaking of unconfirmed, why does everyone insist that ''Generation 1 Zaptrap was officially repurposed as Shattered Glass Shrapnel'' if his only appearance colors him like someone else? i'd appreciate your comments [[File_talk:Insecticons_SG.jpg|here]], please.

--[[User:Rhymus|Rhymus]] ([[User talk:Rhymus|talk]]) 04:50, 14 January 2018 (EST)

== Crossformers/Pretenders ==

I get that Japan never identified the Crossformers (or the Dinoforce) as Pretenders, but the TransTech story "Gone Too Far" does refer to Black Shadow as both a Crossformer and a Pretender, with Hubcap referring to him as "some kind of ''Pretender''!", Jackpot asking "Who ever heard of a Pretender with a ''robotic'' shell? I hate this universe!", and the narration reading "He had hoped that the Pretender’s focus would be split between controlling both the shell and his own body." Granted, all three of these could arguably be just from the perspective of those two Autobots, using a term that's familiar to them to refer to a kind of Transformer they've never encountered before, but I figured it was at least worth pointing out. --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade|talk]]) 17:04, 19 January 2018 (EST)

== Hi! Cylas here. ==

Are you just following me and undoing my (admittedly) "sub-par" edits? Also, if/when you do, could you give a reason? And your comments sometimes hurt my feelings. -[[User:Cylasbreakdown|Cylasbreakdown]] ([[User Talk:Cylasbreakdown|talk]]) 6:54 PM (MST)

And for your information, Aligned is, according to this wiki, a continuity family. It doesn't have an official name, but go to the family's [[Aligned continuity family|page]] and see for yourself everything that it encompasses. The Covenant of Primus and the Novels and Prime and Robots in Disguise and Rescue Bots and War for Cybertron and Fall of Cybertron. [[User:Cylasbreakdown|Cylasbreakdown]] ([[User talk:Cylasbreakdown|talk]]) 00:11, 6 April 2018 (EDT)
*Edit: I should have actually read the article before I wrote that comment. Yes, the Aligned family has some inconsistencies. Yes, it can be interpreted as several similar universes that don't necessarily line up. But Aligned is still a continuity family, and the inconsistencies are worth noting.
**Edit to the edit: Forgot to sign. [[User:Cylasbreakdown|Cylasbreakdown]] ([[User talk:Cylasbreakdown|talk]]) 00:19, 6 April 2018 (EDT)
:Okay Saix. I can handle the Novel trilogy as not being in the same universe as Prime. But RID is a ''direct sequel'' to Prime. Okay, maybe my thing with Thunderhoof wasn't good. But that doesn't change the fact that Prime and RID are in the same universe. -[[User:Cylasbreakdown|Cylasbreakdown]] ([[User talk:Cylasbreakdown|talk]]) 18:35, 9 May 2018 (EDT)

== Stop undoing my edits ==

You are just removing everything I post at this point, most of them without even stating why. Stop it. This isn't your website. I have just as much right to contribute as you. And I'm allowed to make jokes: rule 1 of this wiki: the funny stays. If you keep doing this, I'm taking it to the moderators.
* Edit: Leave my posts alone. Anything you delete, I'm just going to put back. I've had enough of you trying to bully me off this site. And from the look of this page I'm not the only one.

== Legends chapter 53 ==

I think that the in the top right panel of page 2, the guys protecting Dinobot, Tigatron, and Cheetor are ''Device Label'' Grimlock, ''Prime'' Arcee, and ''Disney Label'' Mickey Mouse. Also Maybe Diabattles with Rhinox? Also possibly Cybertron Optimus in supermode sticking his feet in right above Windblade. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 19:19, 9 August 2018 (EDT)

== Chinese names ==
Hello,I'm user IDWchromedome.These Chinese names(okay,most) really come from hasbro officials,I admit a few are not,I will be careful later.I have a Chinese Dreamwave Illustrations book.This book is officially licensed by Hasbro,most are written according to that book.and I'm Chinese.As you can see,My English level is very bad,So I don't know you can understand what I'm saying.I hope you can understand,if I offended you,I'm sorry.

== M'Ress ==

I'd just like to take this moment to explicitly thank you for [https://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=M%27Ress&diff=1288196&oldid=1288175 fixing] my glaring omission from M'Ress's introduction. I don't know how such a mistake escaped my notice. --[[User:Andrusi|Andrusi]] ([[User talk:Andrusi|talk]]) 10:10, 27 September 2018 (EDT)

== Could you move all the info for Cyberverse McDonalds to G1 ==

I didn't know the McDonalds toys were G1 not Cyberverse. Could you move all those McDonalds entries from the Cyberverse pages to G1 pages then? Be sure to edit any pictures and the fast food promotion and McDonalds page as well. Or you can just wait until later where I'll probably do it, I dunno. [[User:Notirishman|--notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 22:41, 13 October 2018 (EDT)

== Why remove the new section in Twelve-of-Twelve? ==

Just wondering why you'd change it. In character synopsis articles we usually break up the character's history into smaller sections. In this case, literal millions of years have passed between the Lost Light's adventures in the Functionist universe and the arrival of Council-controlled Primus in the main universe. If anything necessitates the addition of a new section, it's this. Is the article just not long enough to be split up? Or is there some other reason?

Also, I'd like to bring your attention to my questions on the [[Talk:Functionist Council|Functionist Council talk page]]. Is it okay to copy-paste that same paragraph in the other members' articles? [[User:Genitus|Genitus]] ([[User talk:Genitus|talk]]) 13:54, 17 October 2018 (EDT)
:Because we don't "usually" do that; only in long IDW subartciles, which Twelve isn't. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 14:08, 17 October 2018 (EDT)
::Okay, that's what I thought. What about my second question? [[User:Genitus|Genitus]] ([[User talk:Genitus|talk]]) 14:48, 17 October 2018 (EDT)
==Why did you change the acid storm (Cyberverse) page==
the discussion agree that till thing are sorted out we try gender-neutral pronoun (Like what Simon Furman did). yes there was the episode but that could have been a script error.--[[User:Projectus|Projectus]] ([[User talk:Projectus|talk]]) 17:26, 29 October 2018 (EDT)

== Legal drinking age ==

Nope. Wyoming did not raise its drinking age until 1 July 1988 while Louisiana had raised its but had enacted a loophole that basically left the age at 18. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 07:59, 23 April 2019 (EDT)

== BW Megatron edits ==

Hi, I'd just like to apologize for overfixating on sneaking in complaints about Masterpiece Megatron's Japanese voicebox. I made the mistake of thinking that the wiki's informal tone gives people leave to treat it like a TV Tropes YMMV page, and I based most of those edits on YouTube comments that I saw that affirmed my own opinion at the time (that is, that the Japanese voice box drives the price up merely to affirm that the toy represents a wackier and less threatening version of the character that is absolutely not my literal David Kaye-voiced husbando).

I should absolutely find other things to edit, to focus on useful information (such as poseability, objective comparisons between figures, etc.) rather than using the wiki to vent my salt boner. (As for my previous opinion, I'm starting to realize that Chiba's voice clips probably didn't inflate Megs' price ''that'' much, since MP Dinobot comes with no sound gimmick and is nearly as expensive.) --[[User:Samus Aran|Samus Aran]] ([[User talk:Samus Aran|talk]]) 00:36, 23 May 2019 (EDT)

== RBA and Prime Hot Shot ==

Hey, OK sorry if I made that change, but the new Hot Shot is small and young (maybe one of the cybertronians born after the core's rebirth. So, please, he's obviously a separate character from Prime Hot Shot.
[[User:RoboWarriorPrime|RoboWarriorPrime]] ([[User talk:RoboWarriorPrime|talk]]) 17:57, 03 June 2019
: He's not for our categorization purposes. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 08:22, 4 June 2019 (EDT)
::Oh really? Aren't also Grimlock, Sideswipe and Whirl for your categorization purposes? [[User:RoboWarriorPrime|RoboWarriorPrime]] ([[User talk:RoboWarriorPrime|talk]]) 08:42, 04 June 2019
:::We have official material that states those three are entirely different characters from the ones that appeared in WFC/Prime. Just think of Hot Shot's Prime design as a different "version" of the same character, like G1 Megatron in the comics versus G1 Megatron in the cartoon. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 09:28, 4 June 2019 (EDT)
::::I agree with RoboWarrior. Hot Shot and Whirl are almost identical situations of pre-existing veteran Wreckers being distinct from new recruits in Rescue Bots Academy. And the original decisions to split Grimlock, Sideswipe, and Kickback were not based on word from "official material". Not sure where you got that from. --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] ([[User talk:Xaaron|talk]]) 09:38, 4 June 2019 (EDT)
Please hash it out on [[Talk:Hot Shot (Prime)]]. My issue was that somebody came out of nowhere and split a page. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 09:52, 4 June 2019 (EDT)

== Transmutate (character) to Transmutate (G1) ==

Thanks for catching that one. Given how rarely non-characters have franchise tag disambiguations as opposed to "story", "episode", "polity", etc., I felt that we were more likely doing a disservice to our users by insisting on not giving Paddles the (G1) disambig. I hadn't even noticed that the same situation applied to Transmutate. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 11:47, 13 September 2019 (EDT)

==Transformers references==

I was looking for someone to ask: when is something a reference, then? I was operating under the impression that something like, say, ''Cyberverse'' Shockwave threatens to take over the Decepticons when nearly every cartoon version of the character has been a staunch loyalist (except for ''Energon'' Shockblast) would be surprising to people who don't know about the character's comic history.

== Solid Snake and Simon Belmont ==

I was going to add a note about Snake and Simon ending up in another fighting game together, but stopped after seeing the edit history. You stated that "Now that it's not a unique thing, it's not worth noting." To my understanding, they're the only two characters who have articles on this wiki that ended up in ''Smash Bros.'', especially since they both ended up in the same game. What is it about this that makes it not unique or unnoteworthy as trivia? I'm not necessarily against the decision, but am curious about the reason. --[[User:King Starscream|King Starscream]] ([[User talk:King Starscream|talk]]) 16:01, 8 October 2019 (EDT)
:[[Ryu]], [[Ken Masters|Ken]] and [[Inkling]] are playable in Smash too. And [[Bomberman]] is an assist trophy. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 16:09, 8 October 2019 (EDT)
::That and it's not really a trivia point relevant to ''Transformers''. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 16:44, 8 October 2019 (EDT)

== Super Megatron notes ==

Stuck on mobile right now, so I cant really do it myself, but, several notes:

1. I think the "native humanoids" are younger versions of White Leo and White Lune

2. The "Omega Sentinel"'s details match up more with Titans Return Astrotrain more than Energon Omega's mold [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 09:32, 8 April 2020 (EDT)
:Thanks for catching the Astrotrain thing. I'm waiting till the comic confirms that the cat people are Beastformers, because the details don't match up just yet. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 14:00, 8 April 2020 (EDT)
::One more thing; should the Frenzy/Rumble mold just go on Frenzy's page, seeing as it's almost certainly not JG1 Frenzy, and that he's based more on the toy than the animation model? [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 16:15, 8 April 2020 (EDT)
:::I approached it from the Japanese perspective, so I just put him on the page with blue cartoon guy, but I suppose it doesn't really matter where. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 16:26, 8 April 2020 (EDT)

== About official Chinese release ==

Excuse me. 黑狗队/HēiGǒuDuì was a translated Chinese name and in an official Chinese release of the comic. So...can it be added?

== Why shouldn’t I blank out the talk page on my own profile? ==

The entire thing was nothing but condescension from jerks. I took their points to heart a long time ago, and I was tired of looking at them. {{unsigned|Phil Bond}} 02:25, 1 September 2020 (EDT)
:It's [[Transformers Wiki:User page#User page etiquette|against site policy]]. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 03:12, 1 September 2020 (EDT)

== Kudos on the cleanup ==

You da Cybertronian on the BWII cleanup! --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] ([[User talk:Lonegamer78|talk]]) 17:44, 11 September 2020 (EDT)

== New jokes, not edited ones. ==

Just for the record, I didn't edit an existing joke. I edited my OWN joke that was new to begin with. There was nothing there to begin with.
In fact, I'd say Mirage's page was shockingly absent of captions for such an iconic, long-standing character really. [[User:MirageX|MirageX]] ([[User talk:MirageX|talk]]) 18:31, 22 October 2020 (EDT)
:Check the message. It says not to add more jokes if you haven't already been contributing actual content to the wiki. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 18:42, 22 October 2020 (EDT)
Check Mirage's page now. I've written up a partial stub of his WFC Siege storyline. I intend to finish it once I watch the rest of the episodes tonight, possibly tomorrow. It's not the easiest thing to watch, but I'll do it if it means contributing so I'm not chastised for adding missing captions. [[User:MirageX|MirageX]] ([[User talk:MirageX|talk]]) 19:50, 22 October 2020 (EDT)
:Look, are you making contributions because you want to actually improve the wiki, or are you only doing it so you have an excuse to add captions? Because like was said on your talk page, the site is meant to be informative first and funny second. If the real reason you're here is just so you can add jokes, you're probably better off going elsewhere. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 20:28, 22 October 2020 (EDT)

== A request ==

Hey, would you be able to help me out in figuring out what the Japanese names of the Great Transformation are? When Optimus mentions it in Episode 26's Japanese dub, I can hear him say 素晴らしい変化 (''subarashī henka''), which makes sense. But in Episode 1's Japanese dub, I can't tell exactly what the Oracle is saying due to its voice being so echo-y. I can hear the second part of the name as トランスフォーム (''toransufōmu''), but I can't quite make out what the first part is. [https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm2216607 Here's a video] containing the scene in question, with the specific line of dialogue being around the 5:25 mark. --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade|talk]]) 09:41, 26 October 2020 (EDT)
:I am not good at listening to spoken Japanese, so I'm not of much help. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 13:43, 26 October 2020 (EDT)
::Thanks anyway. --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade|talk]]) 14:32, 26 October 2020 (EDT)

== Can you please tell me the source? ==

I could not find the source that [[Bonecrusher (BW)|Bone Crusher]] was sold under the name Bone Crush (ボーンクラッシュ) when it was imported to Japan.
Can you please tell me the source?
--[[User:CATBBA|CATBBA]] ([[User talk:CATBBA|talk]]) 14:05, 4 December 2020 (EST)
:[https://twitter.com/syncson/status/1200028057051910146 This tweet] has an advertisement that lists the names. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 14:09, 4 December 2020 (EST)
::Thank you. However, this is not an official product list, but an advertisement created by the dealers themselves. It may not be the official name.　It seems to me that the names were deliberately changed or misspelled to reduce the number of characters, especially with respect to the Bone Crusher. Also, I don't know what the standard is for names in the Beast Wars Universe or Transformers Generations to be no good and for names in the Beast Wars Perfect Book to be okay.--[[User:CATBBA|CATBBA]] ([[User talk:CATBBA|talk]]) 14:39, 4 December 2020 (EST)
:::I can't find pictures of the Takara stickers for Bonecrush/Bonecrusher, so this is the best we have to go on. In regards to Perfect Book, the difference is that it is placing the characters in a Japanese context and giving us original fictional details as opposed to Beast Wars Universe and Beast Generations, which are just describing Hasbro product. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 18:31, 4 December 2020 (EST)
::::Although it seems Perfect Book is also just describing Hasbro product, the different names given to the McDonald's toys are worth noting. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 19:08, 4 December 2020 (EST)

== reason for revert? ==

i addressed the errors on the Lightspeed and Nosecone disambiguation pages, and explained them in my [https://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Lightspeed_%28disambiguation%29&diff=1471508&oldid=1471462 edit] [https://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Nosecone_%28disambiguation%29&diff=1471507&oldid=1471463 summaries.] Why did you revert to the incorrect versions?

[[User:Rhymus|Rhymus]] ([[User talk:Rhymus|talk]]) 00:11, 26 December 2020 (EST)

== Fixing links ==

While I appreciate your efforts changing links, I just put in requests for Teletraan-X to do it. [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] ([[User talk:Fanofcoolstuff27|talk]]) 23:40, 4 January 2021 (EST)

== United EX names ==

There's a couple of guys who don't have their United EX names in Katakana: I think Detritus, Roadblock, Grindcore, Gravedigger, and Clouder are all the ones that need it. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 18:02, 10 January 2021 (EST)
: (Also, Von Rani and Krieger need their names from Binaltech). [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 18:06, 10 January 2021 (EST)
::Added. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 18:30, 10 January 2021 (EST)
::: Thanks. Also, for whatever reason, RID 15 Sideswipe is missing his Japanese name. I assume it's Sideswipe still, but just in case. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 18:34, 10 January 2021 (EST)
:::: Got another group: the guys who get named in Solar Requiem. Presumably, it's those who get named in English as well. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 08:50, 14 January 2021 (EST)

A couple of the Siege/Earthrise guys (Trip-Up and Daddy-O, at least) need their Japanese names added in. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 14:26, 22 January 2021 (EST)

== Is your name a reference to... ==

:...[[Backstop_(Cybertron)#Notes|Saidos]] / [[Rhinox|Rhino X]]?
:...the {{w|Sai (weapon)|''sai''}} dagger?
:...the Spanish number ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dos#Spanish dos]'' / the {{w|Roman numeral|Roman numeral}} ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/diez#Spanish diez?]'' ({{w|homophone|Nine}}? [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nein Nein?)]

Just curious.

[[User:Rhymus|Rhymus]] ([[User talk:Rhymus|talk]]) 01:03, 30 January 2021 (EST)
:It's a Kingdom Hearts character. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 01:04, 30 January 2021 (EST)
::As he said, [https://www.khwiki.com/Sa%C3%AFx]. I was playing ''Kingdom Hearts 2.5'' at the time I signed up for my account. I could probably pick a better name now, but I don't really care enough to change it. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 02:06, 30 January 2021 (EST)

== Big Convoy in Abduction ==

[[File:BigConvoyAbduction.jpg|thumb|100px]]
I think this is most likely Big Convoy.

There are only two other characters that share his silholuette. Nemesis and Ultra Mammoth. However;

* Nemesis Prime is a herald of Unicron, so he shouldn't be imprisoned in the Cauldron. Though there is a chance it is an early appearance still, I guess.

*Ultra Mammoth hadn't been created yet.

It's either Big Convoy or an early appearance of Nemesis Prime.--[[User:Primestar3|Primestar3]] ([[User talk:Primestar3|talk]]) 13:24, 16 March 2021 (EDT)
:It's still just speculation. As the other silhouettes in other panels share a similar design (horns and spiked kibble parts), it could go either way. If the artist can confirm that it's Big or any of his repaints, then we can work from that, but as it stands, it's not enough to go off of. [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] ([[User talk:Fanofcoolstuff27|talk]]) 17:22, 16 March 2021 (EDT)

== Legends comic image + Blurr ==

Yes, I'm aware of the events of The return of Blurr; but considering that ''Legends'' is a Japanese comic, I just made a joke about the fact that in Japan the last time somebody saw Blurr was in the cartoon itself, when (after killing him) Shockwave orders to Cliffjumper to dispose of his body. Sorry :) [[User:Grievous Prime|--Grievous Prime]] ([[User talk:Grievous Prime|talk]]) 16:56, 16 March 2021 (EDT)

== ''Energon'' Terrorcons ==

Was wondering what you thought about me making [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27/sandbox/Shadowhawk Desert Type|this]] a thing? [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] ([[User talk:Fanofcoolstuff27|talk]]) 04:37, 18 March 2021 (EDT)
:It works for me. Any chance you can do the same for "Command Jaguar Cosmo Type"? [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 04:41, 18 March 2021 (EDT)
::Sure thing, I'll just make this one live and I'll get started on the other. [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] ([[User talk:Fanofcoolstuff27|talk]]) 04:43, 18 March 2021 (EDT)

== sorry ==

sorry [[User:GobotsFanForever|GobotsFanForever]] ([[User talk:GobotsFanForever|talk]]) 13:06, 1 June 2021 (EDT)

== Combatant ==

I just wanted to apologize if I came off rudely towards you. We had different perspectives and you were right. I'm sorry if I came off as acting in any way other than in good faith of keeping the wiki organized. [[User:TransFormersfan1|TransFormersfan1]] ([[User talk:TransFormersfan1|talk]]) 16:10, 24 June 2021 (EDT)
:It's alright. No grudges here. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 16:41, 24 June 2021 (EDT)

== Deleting Others' Messages==

Hey, why'd you go and delete my message on the Hot Shot (Armada) toys talk page thing? I think that that was a tad bit uncalled for. Besides I thought that the talk things were for discussing stuff. I never saw something that said that I couldn't respond to stuff. Mind you, I'm not saying that it doesn't exist, I'm just saying that I never saw it. Also, I hope that I'm not overstepping by asking, but do you even have the authority to remove my post in that sense? I'm asking as I don't know who's in charge on this wiki. [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 12:27, 12 July 2021 (EDT)
:That conversation was SIX YEARS OLD. It was over. Your replying to it was rather pointless and there is no reason for us to keep such things around. Any user can remove pointless responses to long dead conversations.--[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 14:52, 12 July 2021 (EDT)
:: Well, I did not realize that then. I mean, I get the point, yeah, it was old, which I honestly did not even realize until after the deletion, but I personally think that deleting it was tad bit overboard. In my opinion, telling the person that posted it to delete it, reminding them that it was an old conversation and to not do that anymore, or just repremanding them in general would've been better. I just think that deleting it rather than repremanding the person is a bit rude. But eh... what do I know? [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 15:15, 12 July 2021 (EDT)
::: Also, how is a response, comment, or message deemed "pointless" anyway? Like is there a "hard and fast" rule, as they say, or is it just up to the person who reads it? [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 15:18, 12 July 2021 (EDT)
::::"Pointless" when used above, is only in reference to comments that continue conversations that have not been added to in months or years. ANY comment made today to a conversation that has been quiet since 2015 is pointless. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 15:48, 12 July 2021 (EDT)
::::: What about the one in the Tantrum G1 talk thing? That had a point, as I was curious. Plus, the people who commented before you were quite helpful, and understanding. [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 16:47, 12 July 2021 (EDT)
:::::::Can you guys please take this conversation off my talk page? I detailed exactly why I deleted your message in the edit history: "Stop replying to old conversations". That's all there is to it. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 16:55, 12 July 2021 (EDT)
:::::::: Sure. I didn't even expect the other person to see this, let alone respond. Plus, I wasn't sure what you meant until after the first message was posted. But either way, you got it, at least from me. I can't speak for the other person. [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 16:58, 12 July 2021 (EDT)

== Stop removing good info. ==

Why'd you remove my Blackarachnia (Animated) toy stuff? That's pretty accurate. It covered it in the show. She is "an [[Archa Seven arachnid]] in a black widow-esque variant". So like what's wrong? I get the grammar part, but not the whole content. [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 00:45, 9 August 2021 (EDT)
:Saix was right to remove that note. The fictional spider species isn't relevant to the toy design. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 00:52, 9 August 2021 (EDT)
:: Oh, I'm sorry. I thought that it was, given most other toys seem to tend to follow that rule. Like stating the model of vehicle or species of animal, even if fictional, especially so if it's mentioned in canon. [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 01:00, 9 August 2021 (EDT)

== What was wrong with my edits? ==

I noticed that you removed my question on [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking's (Prime)]] talk page, and my edits on [[Primus#Fight.21 Super Robot Lifeform Transformers|Primus' toys]] in regards to the cities. Was there something wrong with them? If so, what? So I can avoid making that mistake in the future, as I only want to help ''improve'' this wiki for others, not ''be'' one of the problems it has. [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 12:18, 17 August 2021 (EDT)
:I get an email every time you edit my talk page. Please stop doing that or at least mark your edits as minor. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 14:46, 17 August 2021 (EDT)
:: Oh. I'm sorry. Also, what about the above things? [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 15:06, 17 August 2021 (EDT)
::: I didn't even realize that that ''would'', ''could'', or even ''was'' happening. I just read up on that, and understand, or at least think I understand, ''now'', and I'll try to keep that in mind from now on. Thanks for letting me know that that was a problem, and while on the topic of problems, maybe you could, whenever you remove something of mine, explain why, at least if I have made an error in how I edited in some sense, and/or e-mail me about how to fix it in the future, which my e-mail address is on my talk page for purposes like this, and/or even just straight up tell me on my talk page. Because at the end of the day, I want to help improve this wiki, not ruin it for anyone else and/or ruin their hard work. Which I can't do if I don't even know if I am messing something up unknowingly. [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 15:18, 17 August 2021 (EDT)
:::: Which by the way, the whole problem above, is mentioned here: [[Help:Style guide#Always use the summary box]].

== ID number page ==

Can you please stop editing the ID number page? I have a huge edit I wanna save but I can't because of the editing conflicts that will ensue. [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] ([[User talk:Fanofcoolstuff27|talk]]) 11:54, 19 August 2021 (EDT)
:Apologies. I thought you were still sleeping. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 11:58, 19 August 2021 (EDT)
::I haven't even gone to bed yet lol. I had about 4 hours worth of work that I was needing to save but it'd probably take another hour or so for me to sort through. It's mostly coding-related. Sipher suggested on Discord to add the insignia bullets which is mainly what I was working on. It's all saved [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27/sandbox/WIP|here]] if you'd like to take a stab at adding it to what you've done? I need sleep, it's like 4 AM here now lol. [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] ([[User talk:Fanofcoolstuff27|talk]]) 12:12, 19 August 2021 (EDT)

== Capitalization of "bodyscrapper" ==

Hey, I see you've updated the term in many places to start with a capital letter. Looking at pages 3, 7, 16, and 20, it's fully lowercase. Seems to me that it's being treated as a common noun, more of a slang synonym for "bounty hunter" and not a proper noun for a subgroup like "Wrecker", at least at this point in the story. I think we should adhere to the fiction and treat it as a common noun as well. [[User:Genitus|Genitus]] ([[User talk:Genitus|talk]]) 20:51, 26 August 2021 (EDT)
:It was capitalized in various points in the article. I don't care if you make all instances lowercase as long as it's consistent. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 20:58, 26 August 2021 (EDT)
::Sounds good, I'll run through the wiki and make it consistently lowercase. [[User:Genitus|Genitus]] ([[User talk:Genitus|talk]]) 21:03, 26 August 2021 (EDT)

== Legends Bonus Edition Vol EX ==

There are three volumes involved in Legends comics: the original strips, the Bonus Editions, and the Bonus Edition Extra volumes. Because there are multiple EX volumes, labeling storylinks as "Bonus Edition Vol EX" is not suitably descriptive. It's the equivalent of stating "RID Annual" when there are multiple annuals. For clarity, EX storylinks should be cited as "Bonus Edition EX Greatshot", "Bonus Edition EX Grand Maximus" or "Bonus Edition EX Metroplex" instead of listing all as "Bonus Edition Vol EX". Agreeable? --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] ([[User talk:Xaaron|talk]]) 11:06, 9 September 2021 (EDT)
:Forgot to respond to this. I'm more than well aware of how the Legends comics are released and don't agree that this is an actual issue to insist on altering their actual names. None of the Legends pack-ins have "descriptive" names. It's fine and we've lived. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 09:39, 10 September 2021 (EDT)
::If we were talking about how to label the actual comic pages, I would agree to use the most accurate title from the pack-ins themselves. But the second storylink title after the " | " is to reduce overly long titles and for reference purposes. You don't think it's useful for visitors to know that "Bonus Edition Vol EX" in Fiction sections actually refers to multiple comics? Especially for characters that appear in several Vol EX issues, and so would have identical links going to different places in their Fiction section? --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] ([[User talk:Xaaron|talk]]) 09:51, 10 September 2021 (EDT)

==Bent Wing==
I apologize - I misunderstood what you had added to that page, and at first reverted based on that misunderstanding. --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] ([[User talk:Thylacine 2000|talk]]) 16:55, 15 September 2021 (EDT)

==Notes==
They aren't frivolous. [[User:Tylerwu|Tylerwu]] ([[User talk:Tylerwu|talk]]) 18:24, 4 February 2022 (EST)

=="mainpic" template use==
Just a heads-up, but that template is really only for character pages with NO visual representation of the character whatsoever. A toy picture is perfectly fine as a main pic until it can be replaced with art. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 01:27, 14 July 2022 (EDT)

==Notes==
OK thank on clarifying that but why were the rest of my edits removed/undone? [[User:Elitaone|ElitaOne]] ([[User talk:Elitaone|talk]]) 20:17, 19 September 2022 (EDT)

== UK/US issues ==

Hey, don’t mean to disrespect but why are you deleting my edits? I accept the first one might not have been informative enough, I thought the second one was good. Many other US issues talk about this exact topic, and having just read “back from the dead“ I was surprised the continuity issue wasn’t mentioned there. Happy to have your professional feedback. Thanks
[[User:Levyshahar|Levyshahar]] ([[User talk:Levyshahar|talk]]) 13:59, 11 October 2022 (EDT)
:I removed it because it comes off as a personal fixation for you and not a real continuity error. Furthermore, it's not even the right story where Optimus Prime discovers Megatron's survival; Optimus mentally notes it in "[[Skin Deep]]", and the dialogue there is more than ambiguous enough to cover both continuities. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 17:36, 11 October 2022 (EDT)
::Personal?… Just trying to make sense of the story for me and for future readers. Skin deep comes after Back from the dead [[User:Levyshahar|Levyshahar]] ([[User talk:Levyshahar|talk]]) 01:42, 12 October 2022 (EDT)

== Rifle's design ==

I honestly can't explain why I went for Energon Megatron over TR Galvatron. That one was my bad, sorry. [[User:ThatGuy79|ThatGuy79]] ([[User talk:ThatGuy79|talk]]) 14:03, 29 March 2023 (EDT)

== Is the wiki okay? ==
There's been a fair number of rapid reversions coupled with odd comments recently. Is there a beef that I'm not aware of? [[User:Banpei the Mini-Con|Banpei the Mini-Con]] ([[User talk:Banpei the Mini-Con|talk]]) 21:50, 26 April 2023 (EDT)

Sapporo Prime

2023-04-25T03:40:11Z

Banpei the Mini-Con:

{{factions|autobot}}
:''Sapporo Prime is an [[Autobot]] [[Town Commander]] from the [[Cybertron Satellite]] promotion.''
[[File:SapporoPrime-CybSatArt.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|''Snow Falling On Mascots'']]

'''Sapporo Prime''' (サッポロプライム ''Sapporo Puraimu'') is the [[Autobot]] Commander assigned to the city of Sapporo. While showing a cold exterior, his heart [[Burning justice|burns with the hottest passion]] in defending the northern region of Japan with the [[Blizzard Fang]]s equipped on his hands.

==Notes==
*Sapporo Prime was conceived as part of the "[[Cybertron Satellite]]" promotion wherein select towns and neighborhoods had their own "mascots".
*Sapporo Prime's appearance is based on the ''[[Transformers Animated (toyline)|Animated]]'' [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys#Universe (2008)|Legends Optimus Prime toy]], and his coloring is a reference to the annual {{w|Sapporo Snow Festival}}.

[[Category:Promotion-only Transformers]]
[[Category:Town Commanders]]

Last Bot Standing issue 4

2023-04-24T03:39:42Z

Banpei the Mini-Con: /* Errors */ -- harmonizing with Unstoppimus article

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|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[August 31]], 2022
|coverdate=August 2022
|written by=[[Nick Roche]]
|art by=[[E. J. Su]] (pg. 1-9, 11-30) <br> [[Nick Roche]] (pg. 10)
|colors=[[Rebecca Nalty]] and [[Brittany Peer]]
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'''The last Autobot steps up to save the universe one final time.'''

==Synopsis==
When [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]]'s team first touched down on [[Donnokt]], they made a shocking discovery: in a universe otherwise drained of its resources, this one inconspicuous planet concealed a vast seam of [[energon]], so abundant and potent that a single spark could ignite the entire deposit and annihilate their entire world. Future generations might discover a way to harness this vast bounty to fuel a future civilization, but until that day Rodimus recorded a message to the natives: leave the energon alone. Should other "visitors" come calling, then the people of Donnokt will use the three energon keys bequeathed to the most trustworthy members of their tribe to activate their hidden guardians—but as [[Steel Jaw|Steeljaw]] crushes the video tablet in his fist, he berates Rodimus for keeping the planet all to himself, content to starve in the midst of plenty while Steeljaw and his followers struggled to subsist on inefficient [[biofuel]]. Rodimus growls that Steeljaw and his grotesque "family" aren't the victims here—the Cybertronian race has had too many chances, and recklessly exploiting Donnokt's energon could completely destabilize the planet. [[Sharpclaw]] wonders if using the three energon keys could give them the necessary stamina to begin processing energon again, but Rodimus corrects her—there are only ''two'' now, after he used the first to wipe out Steeljaw's base camp. The thought of real energon triggers something in his followers; as they desperately dogpile their leader, one of the keys slips from Steeljaw's hand and smashes on the ground.

As Steeljaw's minions squabble amongst themselves, Rodimus orders [[Shib Wallkis|Shib]] to free the other citizens of [[Fembrance]], while Sharpclaw pleads with her brother to share the last remaining key with her. When Steeljaw refuses, Sharpclaw pounces on her brother, and in doing so drops [[Travyon Wallkis|Travyon]] and [[Beets Wallkis]] from her grasp and assist Shib as she opens the first livestock wagon. Steeljaw roars that they're letting their livestock escape, but [[Scylla]] and the rest are more interested in the last energon key, and the moment of confusion allows Rodimus to slip in and punt the key into Shib's waiting hand, who saddles up on [[Sparks (IDW)|Sparks]] and rides out. To buy time, Rodimus grabs [[Stambo]] and [[Brennet]]'s steam cars, uses his flamethrowers to ignite their fuel, and hurls them at the onrushing Cybertronians, but the knockback sends the old Autobot flying into a nearby cliff and knocks him unconscious.

''Not long after Rodimus, [[Strongarm (G1)|Strongarm]], and [[Gripper (G1)|Gripper]] landed on Donnokt, their first task was to eliminate the Decepticons who'd pursued them there until only [[Talon (G1)|Talon]] and [[Fangry (G1)|Fangry]] remained: the first and last Decepticons to learn the secret of Donnokt mere moments before Rodimus kills them. Although Gripper and Strongarm have their doubts, Rodimus insists that this is the only way to keep the rest of the universe safe.''

Energon key in hand, Shib rides up to the nearby mineshaft, with the intent of putting the device beyond the reach of the aliens—unfortunately for her, however, Sharpclaw and Steeljaw have followed her to the mine... but the sight of the mineshaft itself momentarily breaks their concentration. As Shib tries to make a quiet escape, Steeljaw catches her, opens fire, and ignites some of the nearby crystals in doing so—the resulting chain reaction causes the entire mountain to shudder. When Rodimus comes to, the black smoke makes finding Shib almost impossible, even before an enormous hand reaches down and grabs him by the head: using their remaining fuel, the surviving members of Steeljaw's crew have pooled their resources and merged into a twisted, ramshackle [[combiner]]: "[[Unstoppimus]]"!

With Shib captured, Steeljaw considers using the last remaining energon key on himself, only for an indignant Sharpclaw cuts in: although she's thankful for Steeljaw for leading them to this point, she won't scrounge for any more biofuel, not when the energon key rightfully belongs to ''both'' of them. If he wants it, he'll have to take it from her...

Meanwhile, as Rodimus faces off against Unstoppimus, he discovers that the temporary boost of energy afforded by the key has already begun to wear off—draining his ammunition in the process. Undaunted, the old Autobot shifts tactics by transforming into alternate mode, then races up the combiner's arm and transforms in mid-air to wrench Unstoppimus's head off; as the combiner collapses into its components, Rodimus nearly executes [[Lunaclub]] before he remembers Shib and races off. By the time that Rodimus reaches the mine, however, Steeljaw, having absorbed Shib's last energon key, and a badly wounded Sharpclaw have already arranged an ambush; while Sharpclaw slashes Rodimus in the throat, a furious Steeljaw continues the assault, and, as he does so, swears to turn everyone on Donnokt into biofuel before they strip-mine the planet. Despite his injuries, Rodimus just laughs, and Shib tells Steeljaw that Rodimus has already destroyed their refinery—without ''that'' fuel, the energon is worthless to them. As Sharpclaw collapses in despair, Steeljaw screams in rage, rams his fist through Rodimus's torso, and hurls his body down into the mineshaft. Although Sharpclaw tries to convince her brother that they can salvage ''something'' from their landing shaft, Steeljaw's too tired: the Cybertronian race is finished, and when he ignites the entire planet, he'll be the one to end the story. Sharpclaw wonders if, perhaps, Rodimus was right: even if their own people are functionally extinct, the people of Donnokt might have a chance, but Steeljaw won't listen, and Sharpclaw winds up taking a shot to the back when she dives to block Steeljaw from igniting the energon vein. An enraged Steeljaw reaches for Shib, determined to crush her for her impudence... but as he readies the shot that will end the planet, an empowered Rodimus—healed by exposure to pure energon and temporarily supercharged by its power—leaps from the shaft, punches Steeljaw's blaster arm off, and finally blows the ex-Decepticon's head apart as he makes one futile grab for Shib. The job done, Rodimus, victor of the very last battle his species will ever fight, finally rips the blasters from his wrists. As the sun sets, Rodimus and Shib take a moment to unwind outside the mine. Now that their secret is out, Rodimus won't be living with Shib anymore; before he leaves, he takes a moment to thank her for being the best boss he's ever had.

Time passes, and Rodimus turns his attention to helping the citizens of Fembrance: with his knowledge, the townsfolk learn how to better harness their planet's supplies of energon, and before long the townsfolk enjoy the conveniences of an electrical grid and a second generation of efficient steamramblers—while Shib and her family receive a pair of souped-up steam cars that will allow the Wallkis family to efficiently compete with their business rivals. Rodimus himself, meanwhile, eventually turns his attention to salvaging whatever he could from Steeljaw's vessel, then cobbles together a crude ship capable of housing both him and the [[stasis lock]]ed remnants of Steeljaw's followers. As his fuel supplies dwindle, Rodimus, content to slip back into stasis himself, launches his new ship on a one-way trip into orbit.

In this far-distant future, long after the end of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], in a time when even the stars themselves have burned out, the people of Fembrance can just make out the light of Rodimus's starship as it slowly slides across the night sky. As Shib gazes up into an empty sky, and remembers how Rodimus once told her that his people took the stars away, she muses that—sometimes—bringing back just ''one'' star can be enough.

==Featured characters==
(Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks.)<br>
{{featuredcharacters

|c1=
* [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus]] (1)
* ''[[Strongarm (G1)|Strongarm]]'' (2)
* ''[[Gripper (G1)|Gripper]]'' (3)

|c2=
* ''[[Talon (G1)|Talon]]'' (18)
* ''[[Fangry (G1)|Fangry]]'' (19)

|h3=[[Donnokt]]|c3=
* [[Beets Wallkis]] (9)
* [[Shib Wallkis]] (13)
* [[Errold]] (14)
* [[Sparks (IDW)|Sparks]] (15)
* [[Firebolt (IDW)|Firebolt]] (16)
* [[Travyon Wallkis]] (17)

|c4=
* [[Steel Jaw|Steeljaw]] (4)
* [[Lunaclub]] (5)
* [[Scylla]] (6)
* [[Cyberwarp (G1)|Cyberwarp]] (7)
* [[Sharpclaw]] (8)
* [[Riotgear (G1)|Riotgear]] (10)
* [[Override (BWU)|Override]] (11)
* [[Wedge (RID)|Wedge]] (12)
* [[Unstoppimus]] (20)
* [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] (21)
}}

==Quotes==
"We have no idea '''how long''' we've lived this way because we've had to overwrite and '''overwrite''' our memories, just to conserve resources. '''Never enough''' fuel to feel full. '''Never enough''' fuel to build lasting technology that could guide our spacecraft to search for the next source. Just star charts, guesswork, and space capsules '''fired''' into the cosmos, hoping our calculations are correct. Pooling our '''lifeblood''' to send a scout ahead—like poor '''Nitro'''—as the rest of us travel in stasis within a '''giant sarcophagus''', praying that the fuel we carry is enough to '''harvest the produce''' at our destination. And here you are. Living here, in '''unearned retirement''', while we 'live' like '''that'''."
:—'''Steeljaw'''

"We've '''run out''' of '''choices'''. And '''time'''. And... '''worlds'''. '''They''' don't get to take what's '''in this planet'''. They don't have '''the right''' to start this whole mess over again. And if there's anyone '''out there''' who wants to come looking, '''they''' don't either."
:—'''Rodimus'''

"Hrrk—knew our species was '''out of fuel'''—hadn't realized we were—hrr—out of '''names''', too..."
:—'''Rodimus''' versus Unstoppimus

"We can... there might be '''enough of them'''... the '''resources,''' I mean. Maybe we can have enough reserve supplies to '''build something''' that can... look. Let's go '''back to the camp'''. Try to salvage '''some''' equipment. Start again to... and then we can begin to mine this ore, a-a-and..." <br>
"Sharpclaw, '''sister'''—let us '''die''' like Cybertronians. Let us die like '''Decepticons'''. It's over."
:—'''Sharpclaw''' and '''Steeljaw'''

"She was '''your sister'''... and she had '''your back''', up to the end. So you shoot her '''in hers'''." <br>
"Shut up."
:—'''Shib''' and '''Steeljaw'''

"Before your kind were '''food''' to me, you were '''sport'''. I've forgotten so much. But not what it's like to end '''something like you''' between my fingers. Purely to know '''how it feels'''. This moment is all we have. Let's make '''it last''' before I turn out the light."
:—'''Steeljaw'''

"What good is a Cybertronian? What good are any of us if we can't change? You can't win, Steeljaw."
:—'''Rodimus''' versus '''Steeljaw'''

"When you came out of that mine, all fired up... '''whooo!''' You looked like a god. '''Godimus'''." <br>
"Please don't call me that. Okay, maybe just one more time."
:—'''Shib''' and '''Rodimus'''

"My time with Rodimus was short, and scary, and '''exciting.''' And he fought '''so hard''' against his own people, his '''own past''', 'cos of the guilt he had for what '''they'd done'''. Stuff that's hard to win against. But I think he done it. I think he '''was''' a '''good guy'''. A good... '''person'''. He used to talk about the stars. How the sky used to be full of 'em before his kind '''took 'em all'''. He wished he coulda '''filled the sky up''' again. Brought back the stars. He knew he couldn't. But he managed '''one'''. One's enough."
:—'''Shib''''s final monologue

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Back in [[Last Bot Standing issue 1|issue #1]], Shib made a few references to a substance the locals called "fizzbang" being mined up in the hills beyond Fembrance, inadvertently kickstarting an industrial revolution as the natives began to use it to to fuel steam-powered machines. This issue reveals what this "fizzbang" actually ''is''—the last source of pure energon in the universe.
* To buy time while Shib escapes, Rodimus uses his flamethrowers on the steam cars used by local rich kids [[Stambo Flentz|Stambo]] and [[Brennet]] to annoy the townsfolk in issue #1.
* The first and only flashback in this issue fills in a final bit of missing detail between the flashbacks in issues 1 and [[Last Bot Standing issue 2|#2]]—while the brief shot in issue 1 showed Rodimus and his crew under fire from a group of Decepticons as they fled through space, this issue reveals that, just after landing, the three spent some time hunting down all the Decepticons who'd followed them, ensuring that none could ever discover the secret of Donnokt.
* On the second-to-last page, you can just barely spot [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]]'s severed head drifting past, still stranded in space after Rodimus booted him into orbit in [[Last Bot Standing issue 3|issue #3]].

===Transformers references===
* Obscure Decepticon [[Predator (subgroup)|Predator]] [[Talon (G1)|Talon]] appears alongside [[Fangry (G1)|Fangry]] as one of the two Decepticon stragglers Rodimus kills.
* "Unstoppimus" is made up of characters who were part of combiner teams in other franchises: Riotgear and Cyberwarp formed [[Galvatronus (RID)|Galvatronus]] in [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|the 2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon]], Scylla and the other [[Seacon (BW)|Seacon]]s combined into [[God Neptune]] in ''[[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars II]]''; Lunaclub became [[Megatronia]] with [[Megaempress]] and the other [[4 Guards]], while [[Wedge (RID)|Wedge]] formed the core of [[Landfill (RID)|Landfill]] in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon]]. Appropriately, Unstoppimus seems to share a transformation scheme with Landfill, most notably in how Lunaclub transforms by splitting herself in half and wrapping around Wedge's torso, [[Grimlock (RID 2001)|''Robots in Disguise'' Grimlock]]-style.
* After Rodimus defeats Unstoppimus, the dying Lunaclub begs for her life, which Rodimus (abortively) responds with "Request denied" before attempting to finish her. He memorably said the same (and followed through on the threat) to the [[airborne hunter squad]] [[Ferak|leader]] in [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel UK]]'s [[Wanted: Galvatron — Dead or Alive!|''Transformers'' #114]].
* To incapacitate Rodimus, Sharpclaw uses her, well, sharp claws to slash at Rodimus's throat and damage his voice box, which ''might'' be a reference to [[Bumblebee (Movie)|"Movie" Bumblebee]]'s famous backstory. Immediately afterwards, the shot of Steeljaw pointing his wrist-mounted blaster at Rodimus's prone body evokes [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]]'s death at the hands of [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
* Moments later, as an energized Rodimus leaps from the mineshaft, Steeljaw's surprised scream of "Sheearggh!" homages one of [[Simon Furman]]'s most-used (and beloved) sound effects.
* Rodimus' gold, Super Saiyan-esque form when charged up on energon and Shib referring to that form as "Godimus" ''might'' be a reference to the [[Lucky Draw figure]] of [[Primus]], which was a gold chrome recolored version of Rodimus' original Generation One toy.

===Real-world references===
* As Steeljaw berates a fatally wounded Rodimus on page 20, their poses deliberately mimic a [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/think-mark memetic screencap] from the television series ''{{w|Invincible (TV series)|Invincible}}''. This reference was inserted by artist E. J. Su as a nod to ''Invincible'' writer {{w|Robert Kirkman}},<ref>{{twitter| All credit to EJ! Little callout to his buddy R-Kirkz!|https://twitter.com/NickRoche/status/1565068838689030144|Nick Roche|2022|08|31}}</ref> for whom Su had illustrated ''{{w|Tech Jacket}}'', a comic set in the same continuity as ''Invincible''.
* Empowered by raw energon, the overcharged Rodimus resembles the Super Saiyans of ''{{w|Dragon Ball Z|Dragon Ball Z}}'' fame—right down to a glowing yellow "hairpiece" of flames.

===Errors===
* As mentioned above, Unstoppimus is formed from (at least) five Cybertronians, all from previous combiner teams: Wedge, Lunaclub, Cyberwarp, Riotgear, and Scylla. While Cyberwarp and Riotgear both form Unstoppimus's right leg, the left leg is made up of Scylla and a (miscolored?) purple shin that at first glance doesn't seem derived from any one character. Override notably disappears from the story after this point -- however, Override wasn't a combiner component as the others were, and it's difficult to imagine that Steeljaw's group would have the necessary time or resources to rebuild her into one...

===Other trivia===
* Originally solicited for an August 10th release, this significantly delayed issue finally drops on the very last day of August.
* Backmatter for this issue includes both black-and-white and colored art depicting Rodimus's climactic confrontation with Steeljaw, by [[E. J. Su]].

===Covers (5)===
* '''Cover A:''' A fiery Rodimus mirrors the cover of [[Last Bot Standing issue 1|issue #1]], by [[Nick Roche]] and [[Josh Burcham]]
* '''Cover B:''' Life and death hang in Rodimus's hands, by [[Kei Zama]] and [[Josh Burcham]]
* '''Cover C:''' Rodimus, by [[Saren Stone]]
* '''Cover D:''' Steeljaw and Rodimus have it out in homage to the cover of [https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/marveldatabase/images/7/76/Captain_America_Annual_Vol_1_8.jpg ''Captain America Annual'' #8 by Mike Zeck and John Beatty], by [[Ochopante]]
* '''Retailer incentive cover:''' Roddy's roundup, by [[E. J. Su]]

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==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
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[[Category:Last Bot Standing issues]]

Big Bang (event)

2023-04-21T01:19:05Z

Banpei the Mini-Con:

{{disambig3|Big Bang}}
The '''Big Bang''' was the beginning of the observable universe as it is known. It has made a lot of people (and [[Unicron|certain entities]]) [[Ruined_FOREVER|very angry]].

==Fiction==
===Japanese Generation 1 continuity family===
The [[Silver Matrix]] of the [[Precursor World]], after absorbing all seven colors of [[Star Power]], ended the universe and started the next one with the Big Bang, {{storylink|Super Megatron comic 2}} after which it took the form of the [[Zodiac]], {{storylink|Abominus comic 2}} which was recognized as the power of universal creation. {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}

Two known beings weathered the Big Bang: The [[Transformer]]s' future god, [[Primus]], in his irreducible [[Angolmois Energy]] form and, through yet unknown means, the ancient scientist [[Primacron]]. {{storylink|Generations Selects Special Comic Finale Part 2|Finale Part 2}}

In a nod to the Silver Matrix's power, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Star Convoy]]'s [[ion blaster]] was called the [[Silver Matrix|Big Bang Cannon]] with that matrix attached. {{storylink|Star Convoy comic}}

===''Cloud''===
The [[multiverse|Spacetime World]] came into being in a singular massive explosion that obliterated all that had come before, birthing a multitude of dimensions and with each, a timestream. {{storylink|Prologue}}
===Ask Vector Prime===
Using [[Rhisling]], [[Vector Prime]] defeated [[Mogahn the Mass]] and sent him to the beginning of time, where his remnants detonated to become the Big Bang that resulted in the universe they were fighting in. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#July 12, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/12}}
{{stub|{{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#May 25, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/05/25}}{{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#June 26, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/26}}}}

==External links==
*{{w|Big Bang}} at Wikipedia

[[Category:Events]]