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The Insecticon Syndrome

2019-03-28T03:19:25Z

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{{episode
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|ep=29
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|ep2=21
|prev2=The Master Builders (episode)
|next2=A Prime Problem
|series3=''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (cartoon)|Transformers: Generation 2]]''
|ep3=32
|prev3=A Prime Problem
|next3=Microbots
|image=Insectsyndromefeeding.jpg
|caption=I think they have a special shampoo for that.
|title="The Insecticon Syndrome"
|production code=#700-28
|airdate=[[October 9]], 1985
|written by=[[Douglas Booth]]
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''The Insecticons feed on a source of power which causes them to grow... and will cause them to explode if not cured.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:InsecticonSyndrome Beachcomber branch.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|J'ACCUSE!]]
At a National Park, [[Jeff (ranger)|Jeff]], a park ranger has called for help. [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike]], [[Hound (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hound]], [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]], and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] respond, driving along a rocky road (and Bumblebee is especially having trouble). The ranger shows the Autobots some trees that appeared to have been chewed on by something. Beachcomber quickly realizes that something ''did'' chew on the trees, but not by an animal—it was the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]]. Meanwhile, the Insecticons are hiding in their current lair/hive/base thingy. They complain that the Pines just aren't filling and they're still hungry, so they decide to go chow down on some Redwoods. Meanwhile, Jeff is having trouble accepting the possibility of giant robotic insects (even though he's talking to a trio of [[Transformer|giant robotic cars]]). Suddenly, another ranger, Mike, calls him, saying he's seeing giant robotic insects. The [[Autobot]]s proceed to [[roll out]].

Meanwhile, the [[Decepticon]]s are searching for their Insecticon "allies". [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] has come up with a plan that will require their unique abilities. As [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] spots the Autobots, Megatron takes it as a chance to observe them in action. As the other ranger barely dodges a falling tree, the Autobots arrive. The Autobots and Insecticons throw down, until the Insecticons push a log down a hill that nearly crushes the Autobots. Our heroes jump into a river to avoid death, but they then fall over a waterfall... at least, that's what the Insecticons believe, for Hound used his [[hologram]]s to make it appear that the Autobots and humans fell over. After that, Megatron and the Decepticons arrive. He explains that he intends to attack [[Iron Mountain]], a human military base, but offers the Insecticons to gorge themselves at the [[Nova Power Plant]] if they help them. Overhearing this, the Autobots contact the [[Ark (G1)|base]].

[[File:G1 InsecticonSyndrome Bombshell Soundwave.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Here's your problem, ma'am. See that? Termites.]]
Receiving their signal, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] leads a strike force to the Nova Power Plant. Unfortunately, the Decepticons are already there. The [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] quickly down the helicopters the humans have to defend the base, while Megatron, Soundwave, [[Laserbeak (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Laserbeak]] and [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] go to stop the Autobots. The Insecticons reach the [[Nova Power Core]], which they proceed to drain. However, the [[proton]]s within the core cause them to [[Size changing|grow in size]], making them as [[Scale|large]] as Optimus Prime and Megatron. Soundwave overhears what is happening, but [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] implants him with a [[cerebro-shell]] and makes him their slave. The Insecticons proceed to kick the [[Slag (slang)|slag]] out of [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]], and the Autobots are forced to retreat with their fallen comrades. Megatron is pleased with the Insecticons' new power, unaware that the Insecticons plan to off him.

At the base, the [[Autobot]]s use [[Teletraan I]] to calculate what will happen to the Insecticons. It says that the energy from the Power Core will cause the Insecticons to explode unless something is done. However, the Autobots receive a distress signal from Iron Mountain, where the Decepticons are attacking. If the Insecticons explode there, they'll kill everyone there. [[Ratchet (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ratchet]] and Wheeljack quickly work on an antidote.

[[File:InsecticonSyndrome Nova Power Plant.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|LOOK AT HIM! LOOK AT HIM AND LAUGH!]]
At Iron Mountain, the Decepticons attack. However, the human defenses are surprisingly advanced for simple flesh creatures. Finally, [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] takes control of the human weapons, causing them to attack the base. The Autobots arrive, but are quickly buried in rubble by the Insecticons. Entering the base, Soundwave manages to access the computer. Megatron declares that it's time to eliminate the Insecticons, only to discover that his army has been taken over by the Insecticons. Bombshell fires a cerebro-shell into [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]], but Megatron manages to grab the shell fired at him and destroy it. Before Megatron can fire his fusion cannon at the insecticons, Optimus Prime prevents him from doing so and they instruct the Deceptiocns to attack while they retrieve Soundwave. Prime explains the explosive situation to Megatron as Ratchet and Wheeljack arrive with an antidote.

[[File:InsecticonSyndrome Shrapnel explode.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Ahhh, my head asplode. Asplode.]]
Heading into Iron Mountain, Megatron fires at the Insecticons. although he misses his targets, the Insecticons begin to reach critical mass, and will explode at any minute. Bombshell incapacitates Megatron and Optimus Prime manually [[Transformation|transforms]] him into [[Alternate mode|gun mode]] to fire the antidotes into Bombshell and [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]]. However, Shrapnel manages to avoid his cure and uses lightning in the sky against Optimus Prime before he can load Megatron with the antidote made for him, so Spike bravely manages to get the cure into Shrapnel... but it doesn't work because Shrapnel explodes. The cures cause the cerebro-shells to deactivate, but also erases the information Soundwave downloaded. Bombshell uses a special shell to cause Shrapnel to reassemble, and the Insecticons run away, with the angry Decepticons in pursuit. With the Decepticons defeated, the day is saved.
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==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] (1)
*[[Hound (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hound]] (2)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] (3)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (15)
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] (16)
*[[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] (17)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]] (18)
*[[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] (19)
*[[Ratchet (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ratchet]] (20)
|c2=
*[[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] (6)
*[[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] (7)
*[[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] (8)
*[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (10)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] (11)
*[[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (12)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Thundercracker]] (13)
*[[Skywarp (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Skywarp]] (14)
*[[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] (21)
*[[Laserbeak (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Laserbeak]] (22)
|c3=
*[[Jeff (ranger)|Jeff]] (4)
*[[Mike]] (9)
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike Witwicky]] (5)
}}

==Quotes==
"Gigantic robot insects that eat trees? YOU'VE GOTTA BE KIDDING!"
:—'''Jeff the Park Ranger's''' suspension of disbelief is ruined.

"The Insecticons have done well." 
"Yes...perhaps they should lead us." 
"You test my patience, Starscream."
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Starscream''' after the Insecticons defeat some Autobots.

"Why, if it isn't Megatron, and his merry mechanical men!" 
"Why you rust encrusted cockroach!"
:—'''Bombshell''' and '''Starscream''' trade insults.

[[File:TIS laserbeak and buzzsaw.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]
"Oh boy, a robotoid turkey shoot!"
:—'''Inferno''' takes aim at Laserbeak and Buzzsaw.

"Power has made the Insecticons obnoxious." 
"''And'' invincible."
:—'''Starscream''' and '''Megatron'''

"What's the matter, Megatron? Weakling humans too tough for you, for you?"
:—'''Shrapnel''' to Megatron, after the latter has been shot by a human weapon.

"Ohhhh....that Nova Power Core is giving me heartburn...that is, if I have a heart." 
"If you have a ''brain'', you'll realize that we've got a battle to fight!"
:—'''Bombshell''' and '''Megatron'''

[[File:InsecticonSyndrome Inferno on hound.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Hound's a bottom? Who'da thunk it?]]
"Guys, you all right?" 
"Just great...if you don't mind two tons of Inferno sitting on your head plates." 
"Look, you get ten tons of boulders off my shoulder struts, and I'll get off your noggin."
:—'''Spike''', '''Hound''' and '''Inferno'''

"No one gets into my [[cranial chamber]]!" 
"Auugh, my cerebro-shell! My precious shell!" 
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Bombshell'''

"We're not that easy to squash, Megatron! We Insecticons, know how to get... it... together!!"
:—'''Bombshell''' gets serious but then delivers a cheesy line after reassembling Shrapnel.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
[[File:InsecticonSyndrome Inferno fires.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]
[[File:IronhideG1 InternalLabel.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|So basically he's a live-action movie Transformer, wearing a bunch of boxes.]]
*This episode features the first appearances of [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] and [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]. However, no explanation of their origins is given.
*Where's the trailer go?
**At the start of the Nova Power Plant attack, in a head-on shot, Prime's trailer just rolls off behind him and disappears over the horizon. This shot is recycled for the Autobots' arrival at Iron Mountain.
*Bombshell sure gets upset when one of his (presumably limitless) cerebro-shells is destroyed. This is the closest the cartoon ever got to showing his tech spec weakness, which notes that the shells can be used against him.
*This is not [[Countdown to Extinction (episode)|the first time]] that Optimus Prime has fired Megatron in gun mode, nor [[The Core|the first time]] that they've teamed up to save their skins. Nor would it be [[The Revenge of Bruticus|the last time]].
*It's also not the first time that the Decepticons have [[A Plague of Insecticons|chased the Insecticons off into the sunset]].
*According to Spike, the Insecticons have "[[trilithium stomach]]s".
*After he climbs up the electrical tower and gets electrocuted, Ironhide's forearm panel pops open and the word "Ironhide" is written on the circuits inside.
*Bombshell's rather baffling ability to rebuild Shrapnel with a shell was, per the episode's script, supposed to be another use of his "Insecta-shells," previously featured "[[A Plague of Insecticons]]". That episode failed to communicate the full extent of the shell's power—it produces the connecting wires and micro-circuitry needed to assemble the Insecticons' clones—and the script's direction to refer back to that episode for details results in this episode also failing to visually convey that these wires and circuits are what bind Shrapnel's shattered parts back together.
**As such, the fact that the cerebro-shells shut down after Shrapnel exploded and Bombshell appeared to reassemble him with electricity would make one think that their roles had originally been switched.

===Real-world references===
*The episode's title is likely to be a reference to the movie ''{{w|The China Syndrome}}'', which also deals with a pending meltdown and potential catastrophic explosion.
*''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' sound effects:
**During the battle in the park, Bombshell and Kickback both launch and fly with ''[[Millennium Falcon]]'' engine noises.
**The sound of a [[lightsaber]] igniting is used as Prime blasts away the rocks pinning down the other Autobots.
===Animation and technical errors===
[[File:InsecticonSyndrome Seekers cerebroshells.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]
*Jeff's pointing hand is layered behind Beachcomber when saying his "What kind of animals can devour trees this size?" line.
*Coloring errors:
**In the second binocular view of the Insecticons, Shrapnel's "cockpit" isn't colored yellow.
**Two Skywarps are shown flying against the human helicopters; one should presumably be Starscream or Thundercracker.
**Megatron's upper gun body is black instead of light gray after he transforms in Prime's arms.
**Thundercracker's cockpit cowlings are yellow instead of blue as he and the other eject their cerebro shells.
**Bumblebee's nose is yellow instead of white as Spike makes his awful, horrible joke.
*Shrapnel's transformation to [[robot mode]] gets only half a transformation noise, and it's not timed to line up with the animation.
*Kickback is supposed to be in insect mode when he lands to kick the log after the Autobots, but he's drawn in robot mode, lying on his back!
[[File:Insecticonsyndrome soundwave cerebroshelled.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]
*Starscream's Decepticon insignias are incorrectly the right way up when the Decepticons first approach the Insecticons.
*Megatron is missing his chest insignia during the line "At the Nova Power Plant".
*Buzzsaw and Laserbeak both leave Soundwave's chest with no chest-opening sound effect and no transformation noise.
*Bombshell is shown during Kickback's "making me grow" line, though given the lack of lip flap for the insect mode Insecticons, it's not an incontrovertible mistake.
*The animation is not especially consistent about how much the Insecticons have grown. Inside the power core, they're gargantuan; when they enslave Soundwave, they're only a few heads taller than him. During the attack on Iron Mountain they're the same size as the other Decepticons.
*As Shrapnel gets Soundwave into a full nelson, Soundwave has a purple Autobot insignia.
*A trace of Ironhide's accent slips into Peter Cullen's delivery as Optimus Prime orders Bumblebee, Inferno, Beachcomber, and Jazz to help him.
*Jazz has a Decepticon insignia during a shot in Autobot Headquarters after they discover the Insecticons are time bombs, just before the second commercial break.
[[File:InsecticonSyndrome-DefenseComputer.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|The exit to Lollipop Land. And on the right, the unisex bathroom.]]
*Improbable viewpoints:
**Teletraan I supplies a 3/4 view of the Decepticons attacking Iron Mountain. The view travels with them as they fly.
*As the "master defense sequence" is activated, and just before the blast shields are lowered, we get a view of the absurdly tiny doors on either side of the computer room.
*Starscream's wings are mounted much too high on his shoulders as he watches Soundwave absorb the computer info.
*When Bombshell turns to order his slaves to fire, he gets a whirring sound effect as if he were sitting on a moving platform.
*Shrapnel loses his last-word-repeating gimmick as he summons the lightning.
*As he watches Spike run up to Shrapnel, Optimus calls him "Pike". Or maybe "Bike". [[A Prime Problem|For real]].
*When Beachcomber is in the foreground watching Spike get back up, his head inexplicably twists to the other side in a clip.

===Continuity errors===
*Soundwave eavesdrops on the Insecticons ''with a Transformer-sized stethoscope''. As if this weren't implausible enough, he's wearing and using it in proper human fashion ''even though he doesn't have ears''.
*Wheeljack and Ironhide climbing the transmission towers does not appear to serve any rational purpose.
*Spike [[The Immobilizer|once again]] gets a wrist watch that shows up only in the shots where he needs to tell the time.
*From the time Spike looks at his watch and issues the 30-second warning to the point where Shrapnel explodes, about 1 minute and 46 seconds pass. As well, when he gives Shrapnel his 10-second warning, it takes about 47 seconds until he detonates. (On a minor note, it takes Spike 6 out of the available 10 seconds to ''say'' that Shrapnel is going to explode.) Either their estimates on when the Insecticons would explode were off, or seconds are longer in this episode than they are elsewhere.
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] disappears from the episode after a quick appearance inside of Iron Mountain, just before Shrapnel's big explosion. He doesn't even get to laugh with the other Autobots at the end.

===Trivia===
[[File:Insectsyndromespikeshoot.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|Remember kids, guns are awesome!]]
*Spike totally gets his own laser gun in this ep.
*Amongst the text that comes up on the Iron Mountain computer is a mess of BASIC programming commands and repeated "Syntax error"s.

===Foreign localization===
'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' '''La sindrome degli Insector''' ("The Syndrome of Insecticons")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?
:*Misnaming from the old dub: Hound is called [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster]] and Skywarp is now Scrapper.

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Insectron Syndrome'''" (インセクトロン・シンドローム)
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 29]], [[1985]]

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Chóng Zāi '''" (虫灾, "Insect Damage")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2000 — ''The Original Transformers — Volume 6: Evolution Revolution ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]])
;{{w|LaserDisc}}
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1994 — ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' — Convoy Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''The Transformers'' — Autobot Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2001 — ''The Transformers'' — DVD Box 1 (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 1 ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 1: Vol. 2 (Rhino Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2003 — ''Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 1 ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Collection 2: Series 2.1 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Generation One Collection (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2008 — ''Transformers'' — Volume 04: Stagione Due Parte Seconda ([[Medianetwork Communication]]) — English and Italian audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Season Two: Part One (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume One: 25th Anniversary Edition ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Series: 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Original Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume One: 30th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2014 — ''Transformers'' — The Classic Animated Series (Metrodome)

==External links==
*[http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/season-2/synopses/700-28.html Episode Dossier at The Cybertron Chronicle]

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Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity

2019-03-28T03:14:46Z

Barricade911: /* Marvel The Transformers comics */

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[[File:TFU Soundwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|"Mouths are very 'in' at the moment."]]
Soundwave did a lot of stuff in the [[Marvel Comics continuity]]!

==Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics==
{{noteukonly}}
[[File:Contentedfools.jpg|left|upright=1.3|thumb|Ravage, Megatron, and Soundwave, the first Decepticons.]]
Millions of years ago, Soundwave was one of the first members of the Decepticons; after sowing discontent among the masses, he, [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and [[Ravage (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ravage]] began the war that would tear the planet itself out of its orbit. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}} ''Soundwave was at Megatron's side during his assault on [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] and updated his leader with information throughout the course of the battle.'' {{storylink|And There Shall Come...a Leader!}} The Decepticons, including Soundwave, attempted to hijack the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] four million years ago, only to fail and fall into deactivation sleep for four million years. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}} {{storylink|Cold Comfort and Joy!}} {{storylink|Once upon a Time...}} In [[1984]], the detonation of the volcano, [[Mount St. Hilary]], reactivated the Autobots and Decepticons, unleashing their war on Earth. Learning the [[Human|inhabitants]] of this planet had access to its vast energy sources, Soundwave joined the Decepticons in raiding a [[Community Drive-In|drive-in movie theatre]]. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}} Soon after, Soundwave participated in a raid on [[Harrison Nuclear Power Plant]], and after helping the Decepticons make off with large chunks of its machinery, helped use their bounty to build a [[Fortress Sinister|new headquarters atop a cliffside]]. Requiring help to find a way to process Earth fuels into a form useable by Cybertronians, the Decepticons subsequently abducted the Autobots' new human ally [[Sparkplug Witwicky]]. {{storylink|Power Play!}}

''While Sparkplug was labouring away on a conversion method, Soundwave devised means of his own to develop a crude form of fuel out of electric power. The Decepticons staged an attack on [[Sherman Dam]] to put Soundwave's formula to use, and the communications expert oversaw the production and extraction of the fuel while others prevented the Autobots from interfering.'' {{storylink|Decepticon Dam-Busters!}} Soon after, the Decepticons' headquarters were infiltrated by the Autobot [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] and the human superhero [[Spider-Man]], seeking to rescue Sparkplug. Soundwave engaged the intruders, but was suckerpunched by Gears while distracted by the wall-crawling adventurer. {{storylink|Prisoner of War!}}

[[File:Laserbeakwarriorschool.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|"Fly, my pretties, fly!"]]
''When [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] nearly caused the death of Ravage, Megatron rallied the other Decepticons, including Soundwave, to enact vengeance for his treason.'' {{storylink|The Enemy Within!}} ''Later, the Decepticons unleashed a surprise attack on the Ark. After Soundwave defeated [[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Jazz]], the battle was halted when [[Aunty]], the Ark's computer system, turned rogue. After the crisis was averted, Soundwave and the others were able to retreat.'' {{storylink|Raiders of the Last Ark}} Although Sparkplug's fuel conversion process was completed soon after, as one of the more seriously-injured Decepticons after recent battles, Soundwave was unable to join his fully-functional comrades in launching a fresh attack on the Ark—which turned out to be fortunate for him, since Sparkplug had poisoned the fuel. Only the surprise arrival of [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] prevented the Autobots from claiming victory, {{storylink|The Last Stand}} and Soundwave quickly fell into step behind him as he took command of the Decepticons and seized control of the Ark. {{storylink|The New Order}}

[[File:Ferdygabe.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.6|"Ferdy put all my records into this rectangle! And they keep playing one after the other! This is an excellent rectangle!"]]
Soundwave was relocated to the Decepticons' new headquarters on the captured [[Blackrock Enterprises]] [[oil-drilling platform]], {{storylink|The Worse of Two Evils}} but he did not stay there for long. ''First, at Shockwave's command, he returned to Ark to instal a thermo-nuclear bomb in the [[Guardian (Marvel)|Guardian]] droid that guarded the ship, programming it to detonate should any surviving Autobots or traitorous Decepticons turn on Shockwave.'' {{storylink|The Wrath of Grimlock!}} Next, Soundwave infiltrated [[Blackrock Aerospace Assembly Plant Number One]] by having a hapless worker bring him inside in his tape deck mode. Once he had breached the facility's defense systems, Soundwave attacked and secured the plant for Decepticon use. {{storylink|Warrior School!}} Despite the human slave-workers under his command not being as efficient as he had hoped, Soundwave prepared an assembly line to Shockwave's specifications. {{storylink|Repeat Performance!}} The plant's facilities were used to create the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]], who built a massive radio dish that Soundwave used to beam a message back to Cybertron. However, the radio dish was destroyed when Soundwave was defeated by [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] and the human trucker [[Bomber Bill]]. {{storylink|The Next Best Thing to Being There!}}

[[File:PrimeTime-Primewantsyou.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|That's a pretty weird way of admitting your attraction to him, Prime.]]
After Soundwave had returned to the aerospace plant, Shockwave had him search the facilities for any proof that the Autobots were spying on them; he had deduced that their continued interference was more than just coincidence. Sure enough, Soundwave discovered that the plant's phones had been tapped, and through them the Autobots had been eavesdropping on the Decepticons' plans. Shockwave then had Soundwave build a false head for [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]], one which would control the Autobot leader's body for the Decepticons. After the Autobots were made to believe that the real head would be dumped into a nearby swamp, they came to put the false head onto Prime's body, which immediately turned on them. Soundwave and the other Decepticon troops then joined in pulverizing the Autobot forces. Their rampage came to a halt when Buster had Jetfire bring the real head out to the battlefield, and it was swapped out with the duplicate without anyone noticing. Optimus Prime, once again whole, turned on the Decepticons and beat them all back single handedly. {{storylink|Prime Time!}}

[[File:Soundwavedinobothunt.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|"And you—YOU!—no longer exiiii... oh, wait."]]
''With both Megatron and Shockwave left missing in action by these Autobot victories, Soundwave assumed command of the Decepticons, dismissing [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]]'s own ambitions of leadership. For his first plan as leader, he had his cassettes lead the weakest Autobot [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]] into a trap, taking him prisoner, but his attempt to use Bumblebee as bait to lure Optimus Prime to his doom failed, as Prime once more took on their ranks on his own, defeated them all, and rescued 'Bee.'' {{storylink|Crisis of Command!}} ''Soundwave's second plan, on the other hand, enjoyed much greater success. Discovering that the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] were on a rampage across North America, Soundwave, [[Skywarp (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Skywarp]], and [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]] managed to subdue and capture both [[Sludge (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Sludge]], and the Autobot unit sent to bring the Dinobot in. Soundwave then made use of a [[sonic lance]] to agitate Sludge into fighting [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] near [[Doonstown]], endangering the local humans. Though the sonic lance was destroyed and the hostages rescued, many Autobots were left badly injured, and the Decepticons even walked away with a bonus in the form of fuel stolen from a nearby power plant while the Autobots were distracted. On the way out, Soundwave proudly declared their victory, a turn of events that Optimus Prime did not enjoy.'' {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt!}} ''Left in a vegetative state following these events, both Grimlock and [[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Swoop]] dreamed of defeating Soundwave, though in each case they were ultimately beaten by their own pride.'' {{storylink|Victory!}}

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Soundwave subsequently went to ground, hiding in a human electronics shop in alternate mode. While there, he observed a news broadcast about Megatron, who had resurfaced but wound up rendered immobile in a [[Wyoming]] [[Wyoming base|coal mine]] due to lack of fuel. Soundwave sped to his rescue, re-energizing him. {{storylink|I, Robot-Master!}} ''The pair agreed that Megatron should lie low in the coal mine for the time being, while Soundwave sought out the recently-returned Shockwave in hopes of organizing a peaceful alliance between the two rival leaders.'' {{storylink|Second Generation!}} ''Awaiting the right time to drop the news that Megatron had returned, Soundwave began serving under Shockwve again, and started training the Constructicons so that their integration into Devastator would yield a more capable soldier. Pleased with their progress, Shockwave ordered the Constructicons to seek out a human... which outraged Soundwave; the very thought of sending their crack troops on such a mundane errand appeared as a total mismanagement of resources. Shockwave clarified that he was not after any human; he planned to abduct [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]], and use the Autobots' friend as leverage. Soundwave and the Constructicons tracked Buster down to a demolition derby. Though several Autobots were present, Devastator took care of distracting them while Soundwave made his advance on the boy. Buster had collapsed into a comatose state upon seeing Devastator, and intrigued as to why, Soundwave used his mind-reading abilities. He was shocked to find within Buster's mind a [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]-induced vision of the Transformers' future. Soundwave considered this revelation too big a variable to proceed as initially planed, and ordered an immediate retreat. Shockwave was furious over Soundwave's decision, but upon hearing what Soundwave had uncovered, his anger likewise turned to curiosity.'' {{storylink|Devastation Derby!}} ''The vision, Soundwave and Shockwave deduced, showed the [[Combiner|next leap in Transformer evolution]]. Soundwave reported his findings to Megatron as well, prompting him to battle Shockwave for leadership. The Decepticons' human ally, [[Donny Finkleberg|Robot-Master]], televised the battle, much to Soundwave's distaste, and in order to prevent the Decepticons from looking like fools, he interrupted the duel and insisted that they agree to a joint leadership.'' {{storylink|Second Generation!}}

At this time, Soundwave's signal finally reached Cybertron and [[Straxus (G1)|Lord Straxus]] discovered that Soundwave and the other Earthbound Decepticons were still alive. {{storylink|The Smelting Pool!}}

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As the Decepticons began constructing a new base of operations, Soundwave helped Finkleberg broadcast another one of his supervillain-style monologues to the entire North American continent. Finkleberg was increasingly dissatisfied with his lot in life however, and demanded to speak with Megatron about how the Decepticons treated him. Soundwave warned the human that Megatron would not tolerate dissent among his ranks, but Finkleberg went off to rant at the Decepticon leader nonetheless. {{storylink|The Bridge to Nowhere!}}

''Soundwave was part of a group of Decepticons who staged a petty attack on a human town when a strange energy blast reversed all of their personalities! The cruel robots turned nice, and apologized profusely as they cleaned up the mess they had made. Once the blast's effects wore off, the Decepticons tracked its origin to England. They headed overseas to retaliate for what they assumed to be an Autobot trick. 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!}}

A Decepticon group on Cybertron then made contact with Megatron's Earth-bound forces, informing them that several soldiers were teleporting over via space-bridge. Megatron left to meet the new arrivals, only for the Autobots to attack in his absence. Soundwave suggested that Megatron return to deal with the situation, but Megatron instead opted to attack the Ark, which he incorrectly believed was unguarded. Though the Decepticons faced defeat on both fronts, Megatron managed to spin the situation to make himself appear more successful than Shockwave. Soundwave was thus present for Megatron resuming complete control of the Decepticons. {{storylink|Command Performances!}}

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''When the Robot-Master hoax the Decepticons were perpetrating was threatened by the investigative work of [[Joy Meadows]], Soundwave was instrumental in ending the conflict that ensued between the Decepticons and the Dinobots by holding the reporter hostage and destroying her footage, and making it clear she'd be dead if she tried this again.'' {{storylink|In the National Interest}} ''Not long thereafter, when the deranged future Decepticon, [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], traveled back in time, Soundwave was intrigued by the fact that he was unable to scan his mind to discern the truth of his identity. Siding with Megatron when conflict erupted, Soundwave and his leader were buried under an avalanche by Galvatron and then rescued by the Autobots in the name of forming an alliance to defeat their common enemy.'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}}

After sending the Insecticon to take control of Optimus Prime, Soundwave and Megatron received a communique from [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] alerting them that his [[cerebro-shell]] had failed to subjugate the Autobot leader. The mission was far from a total loss, however, as the cerebro-shell allowed Megatron to tap into the Creation Matrix whenever Optimus activated it. The Autobot did so in order to give life to the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], allowing Soundwave to aid Megatron in bringing on-line his own latest creations, the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]]. {{storylink|Heavy Traffic!}}

''Prior to [[Christmas]] [[1986]], Soundwave, Kickback, and Dirge took control of a [[NASA]] space monitoring station in order to send a message back to Cybertron. Though the Autobots inevitably arrived to interfere with the mission, Soundwave's teammates managed to hold them off long enough for him to get his message through. He then transformed into his alternate mode, hoped aboard Thrust, and fled the scene.'' {{storylink|The Gift}}

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Megatron recruited [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] and [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]] from Cybertron, and instructed the duo to deliver a challenge to Optimus Prime; Megatron desired to duel him to the death! Soundwave questioned Megatron's methods, as he pointed out he could easily open a channel to the Autobots' base and issue the challenge with no hassle. Megatron responded by clobbering Soundwave for his insolence. {{storylink|Decepticon Graffiti!}}

''Soundwave's loyalty to Megatron was shaken when the latter became increasingly paranoid. Consequently he manipulated his leader into summoning the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] to Earth as part of a scheme by Shockwave to ensure a weaponless Megatron was destroyed by Optimus Prime.'' {{storylink|Prey!}} ''With Shockwave once more in charge, Soundwave soon found himself pitted against yet another contender for leadership of the Decepticons: Galvatron, once more back from the future. Upon detecting Galvatron's explosive arrival on Earth, Shockwave mobilized the Decepticons to aid the Dinobots in battling the mad time-traveler. As soon as Soundwave and the other Decepticons joined the fray, Galvatron fled, unwilling to destroy his own future-troops.'' {{storylink|Fallen Angel}} ''Afterwards, Megatron was revealed to have survived and soon returned to Decepticon leadership, albeit with his memories of the betrayal that had lampooned him on Cybertron lost. At Shockwave's behest, Soundwave had a cursory glance inside Megatron's mind, confirming that his amnesia was not an act.'' {{storylink|Resurrection!}}

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Soundwave and Laserbeak tried to steal energy from the town of [[Midville]], only for a team of Autobots to show up to foil their plot. Faced by greater numbers, both Decepticons retreated, Soundwave assuming his alternate mode to be carried away by Laserbeak. {{storylink|The Night the Transformers Saved Christmas}}

Soundwave ''again'' served as co-conspirator when Shockwave once more used the Predacons to destroy Megatron. In the process a deranged Megatron seemingly committed suicide on the [[space bridge]]. {{storylink|Gone but Not Forgotten!}} Soundwave then came into contact with [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]], who had seized control of the Decepticon forces on Cybertron, and patched him through to Shockwave so the two commanders could communicate regularly between the two worlds. {{storylink|King of the Hill!}}

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''While patrolling on the Decepticons' [[Club Con|mobile island base]], Soundwave found himself attacked and subdued by the time-traveling freelance peace-keeping agent, [[Death's Head (G1)|Death's Head]], and tricked into giving up information on the whereabouts of Galvatron.'' {{storylink|Hunters}} ''Although Death's Head's attempts to track down the Decepticon met with failure, Galvatron was ultimately entombed in lava, where he was later discovered by [[Susan Hoffman]]. Soundwave observed a televised broadcast of her discovery, and he and the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] attempted to destroy Galvatron with explosives planted around the volcano in question. After a battle with the [[Throttlebot]]s, Soundwave found that he was unable to remote-detonate the explosives thanks to [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] jamming his signal.'' {{storylink|Ladies' Night (issue)|Ladies' Night}}

''After the [[Seacon (G1)|Seacons]] had been called in to aid in underwater operations, Galvatron returned, making a bee-line for the Decepticons' command center. Soundwave rushed to Shockwave's side to receive his orders on how to deal with the situation, nearly getting his head blown off in the process; Shockwave had been left a nervous wreck by the prospect of facing down Galvatron once more. Though Soundwave's advice was to negotiate with Galvatron, Shockwave acted out of self-interest and instead told Soundwave to have the Seacons bar his advance. This wound up working to Galvatron's advantage; having anticipated such a reaction, the future-Decepticon easily tore through any opposition and breached the headquarter's walls, only to announce he had only wished to talk. This was a complete lie, but it served to sow the seeds of rebellion among the Decepticon ranks.'' {{storylink|Enemy Action!}}

When the Autobots launched an attack on the Decepticons' island headquarters to rescue a recently captured Buster Witwicky, Shockwave converted the landmass into its rocket-ship mode and had it blast off into space. Soundwave was standing at the ready, within the ship's control room, as this took place. {{storylink|The Desert Island of Space!}}

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When Shockwave was removed from power, Soundwave smoothly transitioned to serving under the new Decepticon leader, [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]. While attending his post, Soundwave detected both the ''[[Steelhaven (G1)|Steelhaven]]'' and Ark Autobot spacecrafts on the Earth's moon, and alerted Ratbat to his find. Seizing the opportunity to catch the united Autobot forces unawares, Ratbat had the bulk of his troops launched a surprise attack. During their assault, Soundwave lamented that he couldn't hear his opponents' death-screams in the vacuum of space. They were eventually forced back when Blaster and Grimlock rallied their forces, and the Decepticons absconded to their vessel. {{storylink|Totaled!}} Upon returning to Earth the Decepticons relocated their base to the [[Caribbean Sea]] and opened it as a holiday resort for humans. Soundwave participated in this charade, as it allowed the Seacons to search the the nearby sea bed for the Autobot tapes [[Grand Slam (G1)|Grand Slam]] and [[Raindance]]. {{storylink|Club Con!}}

[[File:FlamesofBoltax-SoundwaveRatbat.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|left|In Soviet Russia, ''tape'' commands ''you''!]]
Soundwave helped to operate his [[Realvision]] playback system to decode data from Grand Slam and Raindance. {{storylink|The Flames of Boltax!}} The tapes, it was discovered, contained information on the [[Underbase]], the power of which was desired by [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] so badly he sparked off a Decepticon-Decepticon war to cover himself. Soundwave ended up having his fuel pump torn into by [[Bomb-Burst (G1)|Bomb-Burst]]. {{storylink|Cold War!}} Once the infighting came to an end, the Decepticons returned to their headquarters for repairs. Their reprieve was brief, as Soundwave detected an Autobot invasion force approaching them. This turned out to be another of Starscream's distractions, and a temporary alliance between the two factions was struck to stop him. Following Starscream into space, they were able to cut his absorption of the Underbase's energies short. Unfortunately, the morsel of power Starscream had taken in was still enough to grant him unimaginable might. As Starscream rampaged across the Earth, Soundwave co-led the defense of [[Buenos Aires]] alongside [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Fortress Maximus]], but was temporarily deactivated by a blast of cosmic power. {{storylink|Dark Star}}

''He was back on his feet by the time that Starscream, now a [[Pretender]], was busy doubting his self-worth. Soundwave was extremely scared of Starscream by this point, and gave him a wide berth whenever they crossed in the halls of the Decepticon base.'' {{storylink|Fallen Star!}} Soundwave continued to operate under the command of the new Decepticon Earth commander, [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]], though like the other troops he was very unhappy about Starscream being allowed back in after trying to kill everyone. {{storylink|The Primal Scream|Primal Scream}} He was put in charge of guarding Optimus Prime after the Autobot leader surrendered his troops to Scorponok, hoping to elicit an alliance against the coming of [[Unicron]]. When Prime changed his mind about meekly waiting in a cell for Scorponok to make time for him, however, Soundwave provided little resistance in keeping him there. {{storylink|Surrender!}} After the Decepticon auxiliary army bombed Scorponok's base in New Jersey, Soundwave assumed temporary command of the active Decepticons in fighting back against the traitors, led by Starscream and Shockwave. {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}} But Soundwave was caught off-guard by [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]], who managed to hypnotize him. Though Mindipe had intended to have Soundwave order those under his command to lay down their arms, making them easy pickings, Kup had him do some alterations to his scheme at gun-point. Through Soundwave, all Decepticons were ordered to unite and join forces with the Autobots, in anticipation to the looming threat of Unicron. No sooner had this transpired did Primus summon all Transformers back to Cybertron to combat the Chaos-Bringer. {{storylink|Out of Time!}} Using Emirate [[Xaaron]] as his avatar, Primus told all of his children present, Soundwave included, about his eons-old struggle against his dark opposite. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}}

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Soundwave survived the battle with Unicron, and attended a meeting between the briefly-allied Autobots and Decepticons with [[Treadshot (G1)|Treadshot]]. There Blaster announced the imminent end of their world, and an evacuation was called for. Soundwave was still hanging out with Treadshot when he witnessed a fight break out between Grimlock and [[Fangry (G1)|Fangry]]. [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], who had assumed command of the Decepticons, demanded assurances out of the Autobots for this incident, and the latter were forced to comply. After being allowed to leave the planet ahead of the Autobots, the Decepticons double-crossed them by sabotaging their ships. Soundwave was last seen beside Bludgeon as the Decepticons left their self-destructing homeworld. {{storylink|Exodus!}}
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===''Robo-Capers''===
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When [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] threatened to beat up Soundwave and take over his [[Letters page (Marvel UK)|letters page]], the Decepticon columnist gave up the position willingly, leaving behind heaps of unopened mail for his replacement. Rather than face Grimlock, Soundwave snuck out of his office by being carried away in his boombox mode by a [[blond boy|young man]]. {{Storylink|Robo-Capers issue 74}}
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===Transformers Annual 1985===
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{{note|Due to being published early in the franchise, these stories are out of continuity with the above.<ref>"Plague of the Insecticons!" was later designated as [[universal stream]] [[Primax 1285.0 Gamma]] by [[Vector Prime]].</ref>}}
Realizing that their mission on Earth would be infinitely more difficult without capable human allies, Optimus attempted to open a dialogue with the American government. Though the meeting was planned in utmost secrecy, one foul-up on the humans' end allowed for Soundwave to learn of it; a phone call mentioning it was made without the proper scrambler procedures. Soundwave immediately informed Megatron of his discovery, and the Decepticons set about sabotaging any hope their enemies had of forming an alliance with the humans. {{storylink|Plague of the Insecticons!}}
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===Marvel UK future timelines===
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''In one timeline, the Decepticons managed to conquer all of Cybertron by [[2005]], relegating the Autobots to its two moons. Upon Laserbeak's return from a spying mission on [[Moonbase One]], Megatron ordered Soundwave to play back the cassette's findings. The information encoded on his minion revealed that the Autobots were planning to make an Energon run to Earth, allowing the Decepticons to ambush the Autobots' shuttle partway to its destination and slay all aboard.'' {{storylink|The Planet-Eater!}}

''After the Decepticons' subsequent attack on Autobot City ended in failure, Megatron was deposed as Decepticon leader, and Starscream took over the position. Soundwave attended Starscream's coronation ceremony, only for the processions to be interrupted by a returning Megatron, having since been reborn as the super-Decepticon Galvatron. Galvatron reduced Starscream to a pile of scrap with a single blast, and Soundwave cheered as Galvatron retook his former role as Decepticon head-honcho.'' {{storylink|Judgment Day!}}

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In [[2008]], Soundwave was under the command of Shockwave on Cybertron. When the bounty hunter named [[Death's Head (G1)|Death's Head]] arrived with the deactivated bodies of the renegades [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and demanded an audience, Shockwave had Soundwave wait nearby as a precautionary measure. Sure enough, Soundwave's monitoring abilities alerted Shockwave that the two Decepticons were not as dead as they seemed, and the three invaders began an assassination attempt on Shockwave. Soundwave summoned the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]], hoping that [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] could breach the sealed doors of the audience chamber in time, but wasn't swift enough. Death's Head killed Shockwave, and together the trio demanded that the Decepticons accept Scourge and Cyclonus as their new leaders. Faced with superior firepower and a hefty dose of explosives, Soundwave was reluctantly forced to accept on behalf of the Decepticons.

[[File:SpacePiratesSoundwaveLeader.JPG|upright=2.2|thumb|Or, in short, "Soundwave: Superior".]]
Wasting no time, Scourge and Cyclonus commanded the Decepticons to begin a full-scale assault on [[Autobase]]. This was effectively suicide, as the two armies were just about evenly matched. That, of course, was the point—Scourge and Cyclonus's true master, Unicron, wanted the children of Primus exhausted and depleted in number by the time of his glorious resurrection. After [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] and Death's Head took the fight straight to the recuperating Unicron on [[Junkion (planet)|Junk]], however, he summoned his two minions back to his side. Seeing their "glorious leaders" abandon the battle, Soundwave and [[Hun-Gurrr (G1)|Hun-Grrr]] sounded a retreat. In the absence of Unicron's spawn, Soundwave became the new permanent leader of the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}}

Aching to make a name for himself in Decepticon military history, Soundwave soon fell into a [[Quintesson]] trap. A lone Quintesson arrived at Decepticon headquarters, seeking an alliance against the Autobots, who supposedly had assembled most of their fleet and were on their way to [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]]. Instead of helping the Quintessons, Soundwave saw this as an opportunity to invade and destroy the Autobot territory on Cybertron, when most of their warriors were off-world. He assembled his various sub-commanders and set out aboard [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] to claim a glorious victory.

[[File:Soundwaveconsiders.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|It's funny, this situation. It reminds me of a joke...]]
Instead, Soundwave and the Decepticons walked right into an ambush. There were no Autobots on Quintessa: it was a ruse to draw them out of their base, where legions of [[Allicon]]s and [[Trident Attack Craft]]s waited to overwhelm the Decepticons. Seeing the danger his troops were in, Soundwave was forced to call in the Autobots. Sending a garbled distress beacon to Autobase, Soundwave hoped to draw a suitable fighting force of Autobots to their location. He was successful, as [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] and his men remained to fight even after learning who the distress call came from. Autobot and Decepticon fought side-by-side until the Quintesson invaders were either destroyed or driven off-world. In a moment of introspection, Soundwave realized how effective the two armies were when fighting as one instead of as enemies... but quickly brushed aside the idea. Simply too much had happened between the Autobots and Decepticons to ever hope for a peaceful end to the war. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}

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In [[2009]], Soundwave and the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] were on Earth, prepping a new energy extraction system to leech the planet dry. A surgical strike led by [[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]] and Ultra Magnus destroyed all their equipment, however, leaving their power cells empty of [[energon]]. Looking for revenge, the Decepticons pursued the Autobots back to Autobot City, only to find an open [[trans-time dimensional portal]]. Realizing the Autobots had fled back to [[1989]] on a mission of unknown purpose, the vengeful Terrorcons wanted to pursue them. Giving in to popular opinion, Soundwave led his troops back through time and right into the midst of the Time Wars.

Recognizing that the uncontrolled [[Time rift|timestorm]] could conceivably destroy all of existence, Soundwave chose to put aside vendettas for the moment, and added his men to the alliance of Autobots and Decepticons from two time periods against the unmatched power and evil of [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and [[Straxus (G1)|Megatron]] combined. Still, the alliance was far from perfect: Soundwave was more than willing to allow the Autobots to charge in first, letting them die in order to "soften up" the resistance. When things turned ugly, Soundwave and the Terrorcons then fled back to 2009, apparently without ever getting their hands dirty. Their final fate after reality restructured itself and the timestorm abated is unknown. {{storylink|Time Wars}}
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=====The Big Broadcast of 2006=====
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In an alternate future of [[2006]], Soundwave was drawn to a battle on [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]] after succumbing to the hypnotizing effect of a [[Quintesson]] signal. After the Autobots managed to disable the signal, returning all combatants to their senses, Soundwave boarded Blast Off and left the planet behind. {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)|The Big Broadcast of 2006}}

===Earthforce===
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In an alternate timeline, Soundwave left [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]]'s army and returned to serving at [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]'s side, helping him with the launch of a [[global warming satellite]]. {{storylink|Starting Over!}} When an [[Enclave]] was called by [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] to prevent a [[Decepticon Civil War]] between the two factions, it was Soundwave that found evidence that Shockwave had set up Megatron for assassination. The Civil War duly broke out, both sides unaware that the attempt on Megatron's life had been staged by some Autobot saboteurs. {{storylink|The Bad Guy's Ball!}}

Then Soundwave immediately turned into a double agent for Shockwave! When an energon shipment was hijacked by Shockwave's forces thanks to information Soundwave had given them, Megatron came to suspect the presence of a traitor in his ranks, but ironically assigned Soundwave to identify the culprit. To keep his own duplicity a secret, Soundwave set up [[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]] to take the fall, and Megatron destroyed the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticon]]. Soundwave not only got away with his treachery, he went on to happily blackmail everyone he'd mind-scanned. Eat your heart out, Starscream! {{storylink|Secrets (G1)|Secrets}}

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Whoops, then Starscream blackmailed ''him'': agree to merge the two factions under a joint leadership ''for the good of the Decepticons'', or be exposed. Once Megatron and Shockwave were lured into battle with each other and then attacked by Autobots, Soundwave and Starscream took control and publicly teamed up. In secret, Soundwave had decided this was actually a good deal and all he needed now was to ensure Starscream had an... ''accident''. {{storylink|Internal Affairs!}} Subsequently, Soundwave led an all-out attack on the [[Earthbase|Earthforce base]] as a diversion, while Starscream attempted to plunder an oil tanker. Starscream met with failure, however, leading Soundwave to withdraw his forces and hint to them that maybe be should have sole command... {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}}

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Starscream was aware of Soundwave's goals, and when he was attacked by a [[Louisiana bounty hunters|group of alien assassins]], he suspected that Soundwave had ordered the hit and struck back at him. Soundwave had the foresight to record an explanation before Starscream confronted him, and played a recording outlining how the hit against Starscream was an obvious set-up, its purpose to turn the two of them against one another. Soundwave was successful in convincing Starscream he was not responsible and that in actuality, it was the work of Megatron and Shockwave. As soon as their battle ended however, Bludgeon, Octopunch, and Stranglehold stormed their base to finish them off. {{storylink|External Forces!}} Unexpetely, the Autobots arrived to help fend off the assassins, as they needed Starscream in order to save [[Snarl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Snarl]] from a case of [[Corrodia Gravis]]. Soundwave got a few shots in before Bludgeon, Octopunch, and Stranglehold were forced to retreat against superior numbers. {{storylink|The Lesser Evil!}}

Soon afterward, Soundwave learned that human reporter [[Irwin Spoon]] had secured an interview with the Autobots that could potentially resolve the public view of the Transformer war. Seeking to prevent this, he had the Stunticons capture the journalist. {{storylink|Front Line! (issue)|Front Line!}} Although the Autobots were able to rescue him, a carefully planted [[cerebro-shell]] ensured that the story Irwin wrote was anything but accurate. {{storylink|End of the Road! (UK)|End of the Road!}}

==''Transformers Comic-Magazin''==
Soundwave was present when the Decepticons unleashed a robotic hell-beast known as 'King Con' on New York and helped Megatron and Shockwave to set up a mine belt around the harbor. However Optimus Prime rented a helicopter to fly a banner announcing huge raw oil deposit finds in the Rocky Mountains. After a short hesitation, the Decepticons retreated to pursue these findings. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 7|New York — A City Sinking in Terror}}

When Optimus Prime was kidnapped, Shockwave directed Soundwave to check on their prisoner at the laser-lab. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 16|Transforming Robots in Action: The Case of Optimus Prime}}

==Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic==
[[File:Soundwavemarvelg2.jpg|left|upright=0.9|thumb|He gave the "complete sentences" thing a decent go, but he never really got the hang of commas.]]
After Megatron deposed Bludgeon and reassumed control of the Decepticons, Soundwave once again served Megatron as a close adviser. One of his first acts was to ask, "Why revive Starscream?". Megatron shared Soundwave's concerns, and assured him the on-again-off-again traitor would be dealt with once Megatron had regrown his army. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness|Tales of Earth Part Three}} When Optimus Prime finally intervened in the Decepticons' attack, Megatron and Soundwave both descended to Earth's surface. Megatron brutally beat Optimus near-death, and Soundwave then produced an energy-siphon to pilfer the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]]'s energies from the Autobot commander. With this task done, Megatron then readied to snuff out his nemesis, only to be interrupted by Autobot reinforcements led by Grimlock. Finding his signal jammed, Soundwave was unable to call for reinforcements of their own to match the Autobots' numbers. Megatron sounded a retreat rather than risk losing his means of bring a [[Bludgeon's new army|new Decepticon army]] to life. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}}

Megatron afterwards drew his Decepticons to the moon of [[Tykos]] to violently acquire [[Rheanimum]] from the natives. However, things soured when Soundwave received a distress call from [[Skullgrin]]. In moments, [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]] was upon them. After several casualties, and Megatron missing in action, Soundwave led a party to discover if Megatron had survived and recover him if he had; when Mindwipe expressed doubts about the mission, Soundwave told him to shut up. He appeared to assume command when Megatron appeared dead, but ceased when Megatron turned out to still function. {{storylink|New Dawn}} Soundwave was present when Megatron began an alliance with the Autobots against the Cybertronian Empire. {{storylink|Escalation!|Tales of Earth Part Five}} After a united battle against the Empire on [[Ethos]], Soundwave was also forced to deliver a message to Megatron, the three most ominous words a Decepticon commander could hear...''"Starscream is missing."'' {{storylink|Escalation!}}

He was in command of the ''[[Warworld]]'' while Megatron was on Earth. When the Empire boarded the ship (thanks to Starscream's treachery) he and his bridge crew fled down to the planet in escape pods. {{storylink|Total War!}} He was later seen standing by in the final battle against the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]]. {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}
{{-}}

==''Classics''==
{{noteclassics}}
Soundwave was apparently one of the first Decepticons to return to Megatron's side after the Decepticon leader re-emerged. He helped Megatron rebuild his power base on Earth in secret, using human proxies to covertly recover the remains of [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and other Decepticons lost on Earth during the Underbase Saga. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 14|Astrotrain's ''Classics'' profile}}

After the arrival of the mysterious Decepticon [[Landquake (Timelines)|Landquake]], Soundwave ran a neural scan on the Transformer to confirm his story of alternate dimensions and [[Unicron]] singularities. Soundwave confirmed that, at the very least, Landquake believed he was telling the truth. The Decepticons took off aboard Astrotrain to explore a new energy signature in the Southern Hemisphere...one which materialized at the same time as Landquake and possessed a similar resonance pattern. {{storylink|Crossing Over, Part 2}} In [[South America]], Soundwave engaged [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s troops alongside Megatron and [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] on the ground. At Megatron's command, he dispatched [[Ravage (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ravage]] and [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] to intercept the Autobot scouts who had been sent after the energy source. {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 3}}

The Cassettes soon reported back that the energy had been discovered, and Megatron rallied the Decepticons behind Soundwave to break for the source's location. [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] interferred with the Decepticons' progress, however, by hurling Constructicons like shotputs until he knocked Soundwave down. {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 5}}

Soundwave and Astrotrain got caught exchanging fire with [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus]] and [[Mirage (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Mirage]] until the latter Autobot turned invisible and snuck around behind the Decepticons, getting the drop on Soundwave. An explosion from below rocked the battlefield, however, and the Decepticons withdrew from combat. {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 6}}

When [[Bug Bite (GoBots)|Bug Bite]] tried to assassinate Megatron, he used [[cerebro-shell]]s to take control of Soundwave and several other Megatron loyalists. The shells' effects were soon jammed by an attacking Autobot team, and in the chaos that followed, Soundwave noticed that the Autobots were targeting their [[Ark (G1)|base]]'s computers, but failed to stop them. {{storylink|Games of Deception}}

Soundwave was stationed aboard Starscream's warship when Megatron orchestrated the downfall of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and his splinter faction. After their [[Seacon (G1)|inside men]] terminated Bludgeon, Soundwave informed Starscream he had received a transmission of surrender from the forces below. {{storylink|At Fight's End}}
{{-}}

==''Regeneration One''==
{{noteRG1}}
[[File:Battle patrol soundwave counterpoint.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|I'm blue at last!]]
Twenty-one years after the return of the [[Last Autobot]], Soundwave had taken charge of what Optimus Prime dubbed the "Neo-Decepticon" insurgents. After rallying his troops at [[Fort Scyk]] he led a strike force on the [[Kalis]] [[Baird Beaming Transmitter]], killing the guards and taking control of the facility. He then used it to direct one of Cybertron's orbital defence satellites back towards the planet itself, targeting Iacon and destroying the Last Autobot! {{storylink|Counterpoint}}

[[File:LooseEnds1 Soundwave Insecticons.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|Tapes are ''so'' last century.]]
Soon afterwards, the insurgents [[Windrazor (G2)|Windrazor]], [[Afterburner (G2)|Afterburner]], [[Terradive (G2)|Terradive]], and [[Eagle Eye (G2)|Eagle Eye]] had blundered while trying to steal warheads from the [[Pax Cybertronia Decommissioning Depot]] and were engaged in a siege with [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]]'s [[Cybertronian Civil Defense]]. Soundwave seized upon the opportunity to turn the [[Skyscorcher]]s into martyrs for the Decepticon cause and had [[Venom (G1)|Venom]], [[Ransack (G1)|Ransack]], and [[Chop Shop (G1)|Chop Shop]] assassinate them. Unfortunately for Soundwave, the [[Wrecker]]s were also on the case and they easily captured the three [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] inside a [[detention-sphere]].

Back at Fort Scyk, Soundwave was contacted by Bludgeon, who had apparently gathered almost all the resources he needed to take revenge on the Autobots. Only one element remained and if Soundwave could procure it for him, Bludgeon agreed he would provide troops and firepower for the insurgency campaign. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 1}}

[[File:Soundwave loose ends.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.6]]
After [[Dirtbag]] informed Soundwave of the departure of Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus for Earth, Soundwave saw his opportunity. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 3}} His unique talents made him highly suited for infiltrating the [[Hall of Silence]], constructed by the Autobot [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] to safely contain the remains of [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] and, within him, the last remnants of the Matrix. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 4}} [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] and the Autobots on Cybertron faced the dilemma of destroying the Hall to prevent the Matrix from falling into Soundwave's hands but destroying the Matrix altogether. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 5}}

Soundwave's mastery of sonic energy allowed him to navigate the booby traps inside the Hall of Silence, and then he used the pre-emptive destruction of the Hall by the Autobots to cover his escape. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part One}} He arrived on Bludgeon's [[Warworld]] and allowed the Pretender to use the Matrix's residual energy to power his [[Blitz Engine]] warrior drones. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Three}} Soundwave was impressed by the drones when Bludgeon unleashed them on [[Cresta Superior]] as a test. {{storylink|Destiny, Part One}}

[[File:Soundwave destiny.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8]]
Soundwave returned to Cybertron in advance of Bludgeon's invasion to sow chaos. [[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]] transmitted live footage of a fight breaking out at a blockade to Soundwave, whose enjoyment of the riot was interrupted when he realized their comm-line had been hacked into. In order to neutralize the intruder, Soundwave deployed the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]]. The "intruder" was [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], who had been convalescing in [[Garage|The Garage]] with other Autobots that had recently been cured of the adverse effects of [[Nucleon (substance)|Nucleon]]. Blaster had randomly accessed an old Decepticon comm-line frequency that Soundwave had been using, and overheard his discussion with Spinister. With the Autobots still rattled after the effects of [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]]'s [[Gene Key]] were reversed, Soundwave had been transmitting an irritant, subsonic signal across a frequency shared by all Cybertronians, agitating the Autobots into such a restless, rebellious state that they would be left defenseless. After thwarting their would-be assassins, Blaster convinced [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]] to take the intracomm offline "for essential maintenance", stopping Soundwave's signal. With communications out, however, the Autobots would have no way of knowing if an attack was coming until it was too late. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Two}}

[[File:Wingthing Soundwave DestinyPt3.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.8]]
[[File:Blaster soundwave destiny.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9]]
Soundwave continued his preparations for Bludgeon's invasion, dispatching [[Wingthing (G1)|Wingthing]] to alert the Neo-Decepticon cells that the time to begin the next phase of their plan had come, while Soundwave readied [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]] for battle. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Three}} As the invasion proceeds, [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] was ordered into action to repel the Blitz Engines, but Soundwave ordered Monstructor to stop Omega. Before Soundwave could retreat from the field of battle, though, he was intercepted by Blaster. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Four}} Soundwave attempted to use his powers to distort Blaster's senses, but was defeated when his opponent overwhelmed Soundwave's hyper-senses. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Five}}

Soundwave's actions in attempting to restart the war had really all been part of a greater plan by the [[Dark Matrix (G1)|Dark Matrix]] creature, which sought to escape into the [[Multiverse]] and spread chaos across multiple realities. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}} Ravage, sensing this sinister influence, concluded that he could no longer trust his master. When the creature began its endgame, it proceeded to transform every Transformer on Cybertron it could reach into [[shadow-leech]]es, including Soundwave. The Soundwave-leech absorbed his surviving minions [[Howlback (G1)|Howlback]], [[Slugfest (G1)|Slugfest]], [[Squawktalk (G1)|Squawktalk]], [[Beastbox (G1)|Beastbox]], Wingthing, and [[Overkill (G1)|Overkill]], but Ravage managed to elude him long enough to be rescued by Starscream. {{storylink|King of Shadows}} Rodimus Prime defeated the Matrix creature in [[Zero Space]]; cut off from their creator's lifeforce, the shadow-leeches expired. Soundwave's dream of reviving the Decepticons and fulfilling Megatron's vision of universal conquest died with him, as the surviving Transformers—Autobot and Decepticon alike—would spend the remainder of their days as emissaries of peace. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}}
{{--}}

==Notes==
[[File:Soundwavecommercial.jpg|thumb|"Free! For only NINETY-NINE NINETY-NINE NINETY-NINE!!!"]]
*The Marvel US comics chose a purple scheme for Soundwave. This could have been an attempt to distinguish him from the other Decepticons, who were mostly blue (especially since blacks also ended up as blues in the industry's then-limited color palette). Or it could have been a simple error. But very likely, it had something to do with his early animation model, which appeared lavender, rather than blue. (See right) Compounding this error, Marvel US Soundwave was drawn without a mouthplate by artist [[José Delbo]]. The Marvel UK comics colored him blue like everywhere else (partially due to using a more sophisticated coloring system) and always included his faceplate.
*Soundwave was in charge of the [[Letters page (Marvel UK)|UK letters page]] from issues #22 to #78, barring a few interruptions.

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Classics Decepticons]]
[[Category:Communications specialists]]
[[Category:Decepticon leaders]]
[[Category:Marvel Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Marvel Generation 2 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Letters page answerers]]
[[Category:Regeneration One Decepticons]]
[[Category:Robo-Capers characters]]
[[Category:Scientists]]
[[Category:Spies]]

Seeker (Movie)

2019-03-28T03:11:05Z

Barricade911: /* Bumblebee film */

{{factions|decepticonfilm}}
{{disambig3|Seeker}}
:''The Seekers are a [[Decepticon]] crack unit from the [[Movie (franchise)|Transformers]] portion of the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:The Reign Of Starscream Seekers..jpg|thumb|upright=1.95]]

The '''Seekers''' are a crack unit of [[Decepticon]]s under [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]'s command. They possess superior tracking and detection skills and a high-level of firepower, and can "just get things done better than anyone else".<ref>[http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?p=75508#75508 Reign of Starscream #2 - Reaction Thread] at the IDW Publishing forums</ref>

Knowing Starscream, he reminds everyone of this fact every chance he gets.

Besides Starscream, other known Seekers include:
*[[Thundercracker (Movie)|Thundercracker]]
*[[Blitzwing (BB)|Blitzwing]]
*[[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing]] (maybe?)
*[[Ramjet (Movie)|Ramjet]]
*[[Skywarp (Movie)|Skywarp]]
*[[Thrust (Movie)|Thrust]]
*[[Dirge (Movie)|Dirge]]
*[[Seeker Sniper]]s
*[[Seeker Warrior]]s
*[[Seeker Scout]]s
*An assortment of [[generic]]s

==Fiction==
===Movies===
{{note|The six movies are the primary component of the live-action movie continuity family. Their events should be taken as canon for all other pieces of fiction listed below, unless otherwise specified.}}
====''Bumblebee'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Kirk Baily]] (English, credited as "Decepticon soldier")}}
[[File:BBfilm-Shockwave-orders-Seekers-to-destroy-launchpad.jpeg|thumb|250px]]
Seekers formed the bulk of the Decepticon forces led by [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] in their push against the Autobots' last stronghold, an interstellar launch pad. Among them were Starscream, Thundercracker, Skywarp, and Dirge. Though they destroyed the launch pad, they did so too late to prevent the Autobots from evacuating Cybertron.

[[File:Blitzwingtakesaim.jpg|thumb|"Contract calls for the Main Man to put on a show for the locals. So, one more time: surrender or die!"]]
Some time later, Blitzwing followed [[Bumblebee (Movie)|B-127]] to [[Earth]], only to be terminated by the scout. {{storylink|Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee}}
{{-}}

===Titan movie comics===
Starscream listed all of his colleges within the Seekers and hoped that the could one day reunite with them.
{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 9|Star Screams #9}}

===IDW movie comics===
{{groupstub|{{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 2|The Reign of Starscream #2}}}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' - The Game===
{{groupstub|{{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)}}}}

===''Transformers: Shadows Rising''===
{{groupstub|{{storylink|Transformers: Shadows Rising}}}}

==Notes==
*There's something [[Seeker (body-type)#Generation 1 Seekers|very]] [[Seeker (Cyberverse)|familiar]] about this line-up...

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Bumblebee subgroups]]
[[Category:Decepticon subgroups]]
[[Category:Drones]]
[[Category:Human Alliance Decepticons]]
[[Category:Movie Seekers| ]]
[[Category:Mass-produced Transformers]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen subgroups]]

Part-Time Heroes

2019-03-25T02:49:56Z

Barricade911: /* Synopsis */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 89
|prev=All Spark Day (episode)
|next=The More Things Change...
|image=PartTimeHeroes pizza delivery.jpg
|caption=Rate our service please?
|title="Part-Time Heroes"
|airdate=[[June 2]], [[2016]] (UK) [[June 25]], [[2016]] (US)
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio=[[DHX Media]] [[Top Draw Animation]]
|writer=[[Gregory Bonsignore]]
|director=[[Patrick Archibald]]
}}

'''When Griffin Rock's communication tower needs replacing, the Bots and Burnses take on part-time jobs to raise the money.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:PartTimeHeroes Jerry vs moose.jpg|left|thumb|250px]]
The rescue team watch [[Kade Burns|Kade]] and his [[Brash Ball]] team practicing, with Blades giving a running commentary. [[Jerry (RB)|Jerry]]'s alarm goes off, and he has to rush off to make a delivery without even taking off his moose mascot costume. This leads into a discussion of what the plural of "moose" is, which [[Frankie Greene|Frankie]] resolves using her new phone, bought using her savings. With practice over, the team heads home. Meanwhile Jerry runs into trouble — having issues driving with his moose costume on, he crashes his truck on a mountain road and is surrounded by several moose. He jumps back into his truck, but a moose starts pushing it over the edge of the cliff. [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] comes across this scene, however he's unable to approach the truck thanks to the moose and he and his passengers realize the communications tower is busted so they can't contact the rest of the team. They use a flare to try to attract Blades's attention before Heatwave moves in. He manages to scare off all the moose, but the truck goes over the edge. Luckily Blades has arrived in time to save both it and Jerry. The team heads off to find [[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] and get the tower fixed.

[[File:PartTimeHeroes Salvage repairs tower.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]
Doc does his best, but says the tower is old and outdated and needs to be replaced. They head to town hall to talk to [[H.B. Luskey|Mayor Luskey]] about getting a replacement, but it turns out the budget has been spent along with the rest of the town's savings on a new Brash Ball stadium. As it turns out, this is an inflatable [[Insta-adium]] he's bought online. Down at the dock, he starts the stadium inflating, confident that the town will be able to lure in the Brash Ball Big Bowl which will bring in a ton of money. They're still stuck for communications until then, so [[Cody Burns|Cody]] hits on the idea of calling in [[Salvage (RB)|Salvage]] to have a go at repairing the tower. Salvage tries, but in the process the top falls off the tower, though at least the phones are temporarily working.

[[File:PartTimeHeroes Heatwave fail.jpg|left|thumb|250px|I swear, this has never happened to me before!]]
Cody has a plan to raise the money to replace the tower — he suggests everyone get side jobs. Reluctant to involve any of the rest of town, the team starts going through the job listings. [[Boulder]] takes a landscaping job, only to discover it's just pulling weeds from [[Neederlander|Mrs. Neederlander]]'s lawn, while [[Graham Burns|Graham]] takes what he thinks is a tutoring job, but turns out to be working as a nanny for [[Harrison (RB)|Mr. Harrison]]'s kids. [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] opts for a job working as a taxi. Kade starts work as a clown for children's parties, much to Heatwave's disgruntlement. Blades and [[Dani Burns|Dani]] have more fun giving traffic reports for [[Huxley Prescott]], but they quickly discover a dumpster fire. The team have to abandon their side jobs to respond to the emergency. Later in the [[Griffin Rock Firehouse Headquarters|firehouse]], they review their takings for the day, and Graham calculates it'll take them over ten years to save enough. Meanwhile Chief announces the team has to be at tomorrow's Brash Ball game as some out-of-town officials are coming.

[[File:PartTimeHeroes Kade stadium disaster.jpg|right|thumb|250px]]
The next day, the team are all working their side jobs when Chase gets into an argument with his passenger, [[Sharma|Mr. Sharma]], which almost results in Chase running over [[Timmy|a pedestrian]] on the crossing Kade and Heatwave are looking after. As arguments break out, Chief announces that trying to hold down second jobs just isn't working. The team heads to the Brash Ball game, however Kade quickly realizes he's left his cleats at home and has Graham fetch them. Luskey greets the officials to the stadium. As Graham arrives and hands over Kade's cleats, he and Cody quickly realize what the combination of the spikes and the inflatable stadium are going to result in, however their warnings are in vain and the stadium rapidly begins to deflate, taking on water as it does so. The team works together to stabilize the structure longer enough to allow everyone to get out, though the stadium itself ends up sinking. After the Brash Ball officials storm off, the rest of the townsfolk realize the team had been taking on extra jobs to replace the tower and they all pitch in. A new communications tower is later successfully erected on the mountain.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (2)
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (6)
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (9)
*[[Boulder]] (10)
*[[Salvage (RB)|Salvage]] (14)

|c3=
*[[Kade Burns]] (1)
*[[Jerry (RB)|Jerry]] (3)
*[[Cody Burns]] (4)
*[[Dani Burns]] (5)
*[[Charlie Burns]] (7)
*[[Graham Burns]] (8)
*[[Frankie Greene]] (11)
*[[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] (12)
*[[H.B. Luskey|Mayor Luskey]] (13)
*[[Neederlander|Mrs. Neederlander]] (15)
*[[Harrison (RB)|Mr. Harrison]] (17)
*[[Huxley Prescott]] (18)
*[[Alper|Mr. Alper]] (19)
*[[Sharma|Mr. Sharma]] (20)

|c4=
*[[Mister Pettypaws]] (16)
}}

==Quotes==
"One question first: Why is there a moose driving Jerry's truck?"
:—'''Boulder'''

"Mayor, everything I've learned in engineering warns against inflatable structures. No one in the country has mastered them." 
"Well, this isn't ''from'' our country. It's from... ah, er, I don't know how to pronounce it, but I'm sure it's safe."
:—'''Graham''' and '''Luskey'''

"No tip? Thank you for nothing, you big palooka"
:—'''Chase''' working as a taxi.

"What did he forget this time?" 
"His cleats." 
"Wait, cleats?" 
"Yeah, you know. Sports shoes with little spikes." 
"Spikes!" 
"Oh no."
:—'''Cody''' and '''Graham''' realizing whats about to happen.

'''Chase:''' By my calculations, you would have to sell 287,112.5 cookies to purchase the new communications equipment. 
'''Dani:''' That's a lot of olives. 
'''Kade:''' Olives? 
'''Dani:''' Well yeah, my secret ingredient. 
'''Graham:''' That explains a lot. 

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* (tbd)

===Transformers references===
* (tbd)

===Real-world references===
* The music that plays during Kade's Brash Ball practice is set to music that imitates the {{w|Fox Sports (United States)|Fox Sports}} theme song, which originated with their NFL coverage.
* Doc Greene refers to {{w|Guglielmo Marconi}}.
* The dispatcher who hires Chase is based on Louie DePalma, Danny DeVito's character from the sitcom ''{{w|Taxi (TV series)|Taxi}}''. The episode's score uses music similar to that show's theme song as Chase drives up to the dispatch office.
* Mayor Luskey says, "Inflate it, and they will come," a reference to the famous phrase from the movie ''{{w|Field of Dreams}}''.

===Animation and technical errors===
* Mr. Watkins can be seen sitting in the audience shortly before he again appears as referee for the game.

===Trivia===
* Is it too late to get Chase back as mayor?

===Foreign localization===
'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Eroi Part-Time'''" ("Part-Time Heroes")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 29|29 September]] [[2017]]
{{epstub}}
[[Category:Rescue Bots episodes]]

Rampage (BW)

2019-03-25T01:36:14Z

Barricade911: /* IDW Beast Wars comics */

{{factions|maximal|predacon|decepticon|liegemaximo|unicron}}
{{disambig3|Rampage}}
{{featured}}
:''Rampage is a [[Maximal]] or [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] from the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:RampageBW-Legends.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|I ate his spark with some [[Anthony Hopkins|fava beans and a nice bottle of Chianti]].]]
'''Rampage''' (also known as '''Protoform X''') is the awful result of scientific experimentation gone awry. He is a serial killer and cannibal, with an immortal [[spark]] that ensures his twisted brand of horror and misery will live on as long as he does (forever, presumably). Rampage detects and draws strength from the emotions of others, literally feeding on the pain and suffering he causes. As an unwilling conscript of the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]], he is contemptuous (at best) of the rest of his team, typically bored and uncooperative on missions, and he frequently sneaks off for his own purposes to try to relieve his boredom in the most cruel and horrible ways possible.

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

==Fiction==
===Toy bio===
[[File:Rampage-backofthebox.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|left|Despite the terror claws, not a gangsta.]]
If Rampage's titanic size, armor plating and psychopathic tendencies weren't horrifying enough, he is also capable of generating tidal waves, inducing earthquakes and triggering landslides with his "terror claws", while his ever-dreaded [[galva-conductor]]s allow him to unleash deadly electrical discharges. With this immense arsenal available to him, he prefers to use his gatling cannon as a way to finish off his opponents. {{storylink|Rampage (BW)#Toys|Rampage toy bio}}
{{-}}

===Cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Campbell Lane]] (English), [[Nobuyuki Hiyama]] (Japanese)|[[Fang Shuqiao]] (Chinese), [[Mikhail Tihonov]] (Russian, 2nd dub), [[Gilberto Baroli]] (Portuguese), [[Alfonso Mellado]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Stefano Albertini]] (Italian)}}
[[File:BWRampage Badspark thepast.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|left|This is a great way to work out.]]
Protoform X was a [[Maximal]] experiment to recreate [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s mutant, immortal [[spark]]. Though arguably successful in this regard, the creation was unstable. {{storylink|Bad Spark}} In point of fact, he was criminally insane. He was held at [[Colony Omicron]] but soon escaped, killing all of its inhabitants save a lone security officer, [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]]. After four stellar cycles of chasing the killer, Depth Charge finally captured him and brought him back to Cybertron {{storylink|Deep Metal}} - but not before Protoform X destroyed [[Starbase Rugby]] and ''devoured'' an unknown number of the inhabitants. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 1}} Rather than destroy him, [[Maximal Elder]]s had Protoform X placed into a [[stasis pod]] aboard an exploration vessel, the ''Axalon''. They instructed its commander, [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]], to dump him on some barren world in deep space.

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

[[File:CodeofHero Rampage tankmode.jpg|thumb|upright=1.45|Attack my weak point for massive damage.]]
As Protoform X lay immobilized, Megatron arrived and, using a blade of pure [[energon]], removed a portion of his indestructible spark. Megatron then had him brought back to the Predacon base and repaired. When X attempted to turn his weapons on his "savior", Megatron revealed that he held half of X's spark in a special cage lined with energon crystals, allowing him to torture the beast at will. Megatron thus welcomed him into the Predacon fold, dubbing him "Rampage". {{storylink|Bad Spark}}

Rampage made no secret of his hatred for his new "master", anticipating the arrival of Maximal reinforcements from Cybertron, and the demise Megatron would surely receive as a result. Megatron had other plans in motion, using Rampage's weaponry to destroy a mountain, proving that the future recorded on the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]] was mutable. Rampage's services were further pressed into use when the Predacons assaulted a valley full of [[protohuman]]s, however his contribution came to an end when [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] forcibly inserted [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] into his main gun with predictable results. {{storylink|Code of Hero}}

{{quote|None shall hurt you now. Come with me, come. I will protect you... I am your friend. Your only friend.|Rampage convinces Transmutate to follow him, "[[Transmutate (episode)|Transmutate]]"}}

[[File:Transmutate Rampage.jpg|upright=1.55|thumb|left|'If you guys don't cut it out, I'm taking my Transmutate and going home!"]]
Though a violent sociopath, Rampage was not without compassion. After an attempt by him to regain his spark fragment failed, Rampage encountered a twisted protoform which he dubbed [[Transmutate (character)|Transmutate]]. He quickly befriended it and attempted to have it inducted into the Predacons. Though Megatron ordered the creature destroyed, Rampage persevered with trying to make it a useful addition to the Predacon forces. He became possessive enough to viciously fight with [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] over it. When Transmutate was killed by this fight, Rampage bellowed in grief. {{storylink|Transmutate (episode)|Transmutate}}

Rampage was a major component of the assault on the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' when it appeared as though the Maximals were going to receive reinforcements from Cybertron. The Predacons were driven off by an invisible force — the cloaked [[Transwarp cruiser]] flown by [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]. The cruiser would later be a part of a strike on the Predacon base, during which Rampage unleashed a barrage of missiles on it. Ravage judged the attack "impressive", and responded by using the ship's weapons to blow Rampage to pieces. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 1)}} Rampage, of course, survived to lead yet another attack on the ''Axalon''. [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] rode triumphantly into battle on back of Rampage's tank mode... until an auto-gun knocked him off, and Rampage uncaringly drove straight over him. The battle ended when [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] took out the Transwarp cruiser — Rampage managed to outrun the crashing ship and laughed in triumph... only for the still-armed missile on top of the ship to launch in his face. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}}

At Megatron's call to arms, a badly-charred Rampage managed to pull himself together and began trying to pull the ''Axalon'' from its perch, with the aid of a large number of [[arachnoid]]s. He finally met his match in battle when the newly reformatted Optimus Primal attacked him. The huge Maximal leader simply shoved him aside, but Rampage had the last laugh as his deflected missile sent the Maximal base plunging into the lake. Cackling, Rampage disappeared into the lake after it. {{storylink|Optimal Situation}}

[[File:Changing Guard Rampage Depthcharge.jpg|thumb|upright=1.34|Oh, BABY!]]
Later, Depth Charge arrived on prehistoric Earth with the single-minded goal of destroying Rampage. Rampage was beside himself with joy, eager for revenge on his old "playmate". Depth Charge's loss at Colony Omicron had embittered him, and Rampage used this emotional wound to torment the Maximal. In the end, Depth Charge got the upper hand, and may well have ended the feud then and there if not for the intervention of Quickstrike, which allowed Rampage to sneak away and destroy Depth Charge's ship. {{storylink|Deep Metal|Deep Metal}} Rampage soon met his old enemy again when Rattrap descended to the bottom of the lake to retrieve the [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]] module from the wreckage of the ''Axalon''. Depth Charge had the upper hand in the battle, but Rampage escaped death when [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] argued with Depth Charge over his commitment to the Maximals. {{storylink|Changing of the Guard}}

While the bulk of the Maximal forces were distracted by Megatron's [[Cyber raptor]]s out in the field, Rampage accompanied the Predacon leader in an assault against the Maximals' home base. Though the Predacons nearly took control of the Ark, Depth Charge arrived at the last moment and drove them back. {{storylink|Cutting Edge}}

When Megatron created [[Dinobot II]], he used Rampage's spark fragment to form the core of the new Predacon, who likewise retained the ability to torture Rampage into continued loyalty with it. Naturally, Rampage was filled with fury and disgust at sharing his spark with a '[[Relatives|half brother]]'. Dinobot was able to use the spark fragment to keep Rampage in line, and the two "brothers" took part in the interrogation of Depth Charge after the [[Transmetal driver]] went missing. When they were attacked by a [[Cheetor (BW)|strange feral beast]], Rampage and Dinobot inadvertently blasted each other. {{storylink|Feral Scream Part 1}}

[[File:MasterBlaster-Rampagestomp.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|"I'd just like to thank all the little people I had to step on to get here."]]
Rampage would go on to have a second clash with Silverbolt, targeting him when he was filled with grief and rage over Blackarachnia's death; he'd have killed him easily if Blackarachnia hadn't suddenly become alive again and beaten him up. {{storylink|Crossing the Rubicon}} He almost got his revenge when Megatron deliberately gave Blackarachnia to him, and was clearly having fun torturing her before she was able to overpower him. {{storylink|Master Blaster}} Following [[Tigerhawk]]'s destruction of the Predacon base, Rampage and Dinobot were blown away by one strike from the [[Vok]] emissary. {{storylink|Other Victories}}

[[File:Nemesis1-Rampage.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|THERE CAN BE ONLY...NONE!]]
While Megatron was retrieving the submerged [[Decepticon]] craft ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'', Depth Charge met Rampage in battle one last time on the ocean floor. At the battle's climax, Rampage allowed Depth Charge to kill him with a shard of raw Energon, resulting in a fantastic explosion which destroyed both. Rampage won even in death, laughing maniacally in triumph as Depth Charge made the final, stabbing blow. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 1}}
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====3H comics====
Soon after Megatron acquired his dragon body, a temporal disruption drew the attention of both the Maximals and Predacons to a remote canyon, where Rampage and his fellow Predacons met their foes. The Maximals were losing, having been fought into a corner, when suddenly the battle was interrupted. The [[Dark Essence]]—the life force of [[Unicron]]—had possessed the newcomer [[Windrazor (BW)|Windrazor]], the source of the temporal disruption. Rampage and the others were immobilized by Unicron's psionic force blasts, and the merged creature advanced on the Maximals. {{storylink|Paradox}}

These events would soon be retroactively erased from Rampage's timeline with the efforts of the legendary [[Covenant (group)|Covenant]]. {{storylink|Terminus (issue)|Terminus}}

====IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics====
[[File:BWGatherRampage.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"Have the lambs stopped screaming, Clarice?"]]
Megatron tasked Rampage and Inferno to oversee Tarantulas's installment of the Sentinel components within the Predacon base. Rampage complained he always got all the dirty jobs in response. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 3|The Gathering #3}}
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====''Timelines''====
[[File:Protoformxcargo.jpg|upright=1.1|left|thumb|The Maximals should consider making their scandalous super-secret projects a little smaller.]]
While preparing for a deep-space exploration mission, the Maximal crew of the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' stopped for a few weeks at a space station. Here, [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] helped acquire a mysterious complement to their cargo, a very large [[protoform]] branded with an X. The ''Axalon'' was ordered to dispose of "Protoform X" on a barren moon somewhere in the [[Alpha Quadrant]]. However, before its captain, [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]], was able to explain the circumstances fully to his crew, they were suddenly under even newer orders to pursue a stolen [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] ship, the ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]''. Subsequently, the ''Axalon'' followed the ''Darksyde'' through a [[transwarp]] portal and crash-landed on a mysterious planet. {{storylink|Dawn of Future's Past|Dawn of Future's Past}}
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====Waspscream continuity====
In [[Primax 208.06 Zeta]], Protoform X was discovered, released, and pressed into service by [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspscream]], though not before it offlined [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]]. Traveling with Waspscream's Predacon crew back to the future Cybertron, Protoform X and some of his comrades survived the [[transformation virus]] that the escaped Megatron had unleashed upon Cybertron. Waspscream's surviving crew made their way to the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]], who granted them [[technorganic]] forms. They proceeded to wage a valiant Spark War against Megatron's [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]]s. Many sparks flew, however, when Protoform X and returning Maximal spacefarer Depth Charge had to work together. Eventually, the Predacons and other resistance groups triumphed over the Vehicons. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/16}}

===''Beast Wars Metals'' manga===
[[File:Bwmetalsmanga rampage.jpg|left|thumb|¿Estás pensando en la inmortalidad del cangrejo?]]
The twisted product of a Maximal experiment to create an immortal spark, Rampage was born a vampiric monster of incredible regenerative capability who consumed the sparks of others. Sealed away within a stasis pod, he was loaded onto the ''Axalon'' for disposal, but partway into the voyage, he escaped and slaughtered the crew, causing the ship to crash on the planet [[Earth#Notes|Energoa]]. The crash drew the attention of Optimus Primal's Maximals, who were stranded on the planet fighting the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] at the time, and they investigated the ship, which had become submerged in the ocean. Rampage attacked Rattrap and [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] just as they discovered his empty pod, eating Rattrap's tail and almost consuming Airazor, before Primal arrived and freed her by severing Rampage's arm. Regrowing the limb, Rampage engaged Primal, seizing him with his abdomen-mouth and forcing him to hack his own arm off to escape.

Primal tried a desperate ploy to take the monster down, stuffing a demolition charge in his head and allowing Rampage to eat it; Primal survived by shifting to [[beast mode]], and though it momentarily seemed the gambit had succeeded, Rampage burst out of the waters in crab mode, grabbed Primal, and dragged him off into the ocean. Using the ship's still-functioning weaponry, Rattrap and Airazor detonated an underwater volcano beneath the pair, creating a shockwave that Primal was then able to ride with his hoverboard, carrying Rampage out of the water and into the air. Primal then lopped off his remaining arm to escape Rampage's grip, disengaged his board, and jammed it into the monster's mouth, leaving it to carry Rampage up into space, stranding him in Energoa's orbit. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 2|Beast Wars Metals #2}}

Sometime later, when the Predacon leader Megatron fused himself with his [[Megatron (G1)|Decepticon predecessor]] to upgrade himself, the energy discharge from the fusion targeted Rampage, still floating in orbit, and blew him to bits. The sparks of his victims were released from his body, and used by Megatron to reanimate several of his fallen Predacon warriors. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 5|Beast Wars Metals #5}}
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===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
When [[human]] archaeologists uncovered a cave filled with primitive language, [[Mini-Con]] [[Laserbeak (Armada)|Laserbeak]] translated it for them. The markings told of a time when the Maximals and Predacons crash-landed on prehistoric Earth, though the stranded Transformers were seen by the protohumans as gods. One in the form of a "crab" was among them. {{storylink|Fire in the Dark}}

===''Kre-O'' online manga===
[[File:Rampage_(BW)_Kre-O_Character_Image.jpg|upright=0.5|thumb|"I do wish we could chat longer, but... I'm having an old friend for dinner. Bye."]]
Rampage was among [[Bludgeon (Kre-O)|Bludgeon]]'s troops when they found the ancient [[Red Bucket]]. {{storylink|Treasure Competition! Defeat with Block Power!}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
[[File:AloneTogetherP-Rampage.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67|"Hello, Clarice..."]]
On [[Primax 209.0 Gamma|an alternate Cybertron]], the scientist known as [[Deluge (G2)|Deluge]] saw the value of truly unique sparks such as the [[Point One Percenter]]s. He recognized the need for such powerful warriors in battle with [[Unicron]] and other threats that inevitably arose to unite the Cybertronians in a single goal. His work was supported for a time, but when peace was declared, it was no longer deemed necessary. Deluge disagreed, and took it upon himself to continue his work with the proto-races, altering several protoforms to produce Point One Percenters in the new generation. {{storylink|The Inexorable March}}

One such success managed to create an inextinguishable [[spark]] that mimicked the properties of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s lifeforce, but the result was a creature who was consumed with hate and power and an undying taste for violence. Appalled, "Protoform X" was locked away, hoping no one would ever discover him. Instead, inevitably, Protoform X burst free, leaving piles of tortured bodies in his wake. This outburst inspired the name "Rampage", and the creature was bested only by the bounty hunter [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]], who brought him to justice. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 55|Rampage's profile in Club magazine #55}}

Rampage was being held in the [[Ferromax Detention Center]] when he was witness to [[Dinobot (BW)|Dynobot]]'s jailbreak. He sensed great sorrow and fury in [[Transmutate (character)|one of Dynobot's rescuers]], and as she left with Dynobot and the others, Rampage encouraged her from his cell to embrace these feelings. {{storylink|Alone Together: Prologue|Prologue}} Eventually he was transferred to the prison ship ''Claustrum'', {{storylink|Intersectionality}} where he was eventually flushed out of the airlock and crashed down on the dwarf planet [[Metascan Omega|LGC-8803]]. Regenerating, he began to hallucinate, but was convinced he was not alone. He followed what appeared to be tracks {{storylink|Paranoia}} and eventually found Trans-Mutate, who'd also been stranded there. {{storylink|Perception}}

By that point he was so low on energy he collapsed mid-speech, and she had to help him by providing power from the [[navicomp]] she'd salvaged. While still debating how to survive, they came under attack from [[Bruton]] and [[Medusa]]. Despite Rampage putting up a decent fight, he and Trans-Mutate were rendered unconscious and presented to [[Lord Imperious Delirious]]. {{storylink|Kindred}}

The [[Destructon]] leader provided the pair with [[energon]] and explained the origins of himself and his friends, inviting Trans-Mutate and Rampage to join them. Though Rampage was beginning to feel that the Destructons were his kin, Trans-Mutate pointed out the inconsistencies in Lord Imperious Delirious's story and insisted they should leave. Lord Imperious Delirious responded with Delirious Fire. {{storylink|Delirious}}

Though Rampage was sunk into an endless torture, reliving his repeated deaths at the hands of Maximal scientists, he managed to reach out to Trans-Mutate, stuck in her own private hell, and help her pull herself together enough to use her power. Free of Delirious's illusions, the pair defeated Bruton and Medusa. The Destructons opted to leave Rampage and Trans-Mutate to be picked up by whoever answered the distress call Delirious had sent to Cybertron. {{storylink|Clarity}}

Help soon arrived in the form of the ''Dinosaur''. The Destructons attacked the ship on arrival, and then attacked the crew when they reached the ground. Rampage was absent for much of that, scouting around for their presence. He soon returned to his and Trans-Mutate's dwelling to find her talking with a group of Predacons. Rampage filled them in on what had been happening. Once made aware of their nature, Hard Head offered to let Rampage and Trans-Mutate hide aboard their ship until they reached somewhere more pleasant. As they talked, everyone realized Imperious had lured the Cybertronians to the planet in order to gain access to their ship.

Rampage joined with the ragtag crew to fight Delirious. During the fight, Rampage was hit by Bruton's Confusion Club, and he began lashing out at his erstwhile allies, until he managed to snap out of it, turning into his tank mode and destroying Bruton. His attempt to do this to Imperious didn't work as well, temporarily reducing Rampage to a charred wreck. On recovering, he came too to find Delirious trying to override the shuttle controls, and tried rushing him, only to be blasted with Delirious's Delirious Fire. While distracted, Rampage was bound, and Hard Head taken away by the Destructon.

Once out of sight, Delirious began violently removing Hard Head's spark, which the others could hear. Rampage felt jealousy for Hard Head's situation. With some help from Crazybolt, everyone managed to get free, only to find Delirious had implanted Bruton into Hard Head's body. Bruton then used the former Predacon's abilities to attack everyone, but Rampage took the blast. He recovered just as Delirious got into the shuttle, leaping onto it as it took off. Rampage managed to surprise Delirious, sending the craft down, but was soon overpowered and lost his gun. In desperation, Rampage used his [[Galva-conductor]]s to fry both of them, then used the momentary distraction to tear Imperious' head off. This left Rampage on a ship hurtling toward the ground, which he was okay with. And then someone went and activated a tractor beam which softened the crash.

Once the situation was over, Rampage went with some of the ''Dinosaur''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s crew back to Cybertron. {{storylink|Intersectionality}}

{{charstubfiction| {{storylink|Cultural Appropriation}} {{storylink|Derailment}}}}

One year after the Uprising, Rampage located his creator Deluge in Ultrix. They shared a surprisingly calm conversation as Deluge related his reasons for creating Rampage in the first place. The old scientist believed his work justified, especially considering Rampage's key role during the Vehicon Apocalypse. Rampage could not forgive the pain he had suffered in life, or the hundreds of victims who died in failed experiments leading up to his creation. He had poisoned the bottle of Visco the two shared during their talk, a dose of [[cyber venom]] that promised a drawn out and painful death over the next few megacycles. As Deluge knowingly prepared for his death and congratulated Rampage on his revenge, Protoform X decided to show mercy. Unbidden, he chose to shoot Deluge dead point blank with his rocket launcher rather than allow the scientist to suffer needlessly. {{storylink|The Inexorable March}}

Tens of thousands of years later, knowledge of "Protoform X" had passed out of knowledge, with some historians believing no bot could have survived the K-Bomb blast, and that there must have been more than one. The illustrious Pontiff General Rampage helped clear up the matter by saying there ''never was'' a Protoform X, and that the Resistance, led by that ''awful'' Lio Convoy, simply drafted poor saps, rigged them with bombs, and called them Profoform X as a cover-up for their own crimes. {{storylink|Lio Convoy: Unity Through Tyranny}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:Unicron1-RampageKillsDirge.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.2||DIRGE IS GONE!]]
Rampage was one of [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Onyx Prime]]'s Maximals who joined forces with [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]. When [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] led a force against Unicron to prevent him from eating [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]], Rampage was sent out to attack, and in the ensuing battle he ripped [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] in half. {{Storylink|Unicron issue 1|Unicron #1}}

Later, Rampage was part of the Maximal swarm that besieged [[Sanctuary Station]] {{storylink|Road's End}} and took part in the final battle against the Autobots and their allies in [[Earth]]'s orbit. {{storylink|Ceremony}}

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==Games==
===''Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals'' (PS)===
[[File:BWTMPS1 rampage.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
{{voiceactor|[[Campbell Lane]] (English)}}
Rampage participated in an extensive one-on-one beatdown involving nearly every active participant of the Beast Wars. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (PS)}}
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===''Transformers Legends''===
When [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] discovered a [[stasis pod|pod]] marked with a giant X in the middle of an impact crater, it quickly became an item of interest to the Predacons as well. As the pod unleashed Rampage, everyone was tossed away. The continuing battle drew the attention of [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]], who was seeking revenge for Rampage's previous slaughter of his friends. Together, the Beast Warriors dealt Rampage a mortal blow, just as [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] arrived. The dying Rampage accepted a life-saving portion of Megatron's [[Spark]], only to find that he was now bound to Megatron's will. {{storylink|When Sparks Fly}}
===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Rampage-Transmetal.jpg|thumb|400px|[[Solid Snake|CRAB BATTLE!!!]]]]
Rampage Transmetal participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! This Super Rare character was available as a reward in the "Transmetals Beast Wars Episode 1" event. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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==Toys==
===''Beast Wars''===
[[File:BW Rampage toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|upright=1.67|A [[Seafood Louis]] eater's worst nightmare.]]
*'''Rampage''' (Ultra Class Transmetal, [[1998]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-41'''
**''Accessories:'' Spring-loaded triple barrel missile launcher, 3 missiles and 1 rifle

:''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' Rampage transforms into a Transmetal king crab, featuring fully articulated crab legs and pincers that can open, close and be posed in a variety of angles through the use of ratcheting joints. His triple-barreled Gatling missile launcher is stored on the underside of the beast mode. As a Transmetal, Rampage has a third "vehicle" mode, transforming rather elaborately into a tank with rubber treads that unfold from inside his claws and fit over a road wheel network formed from his crab legs that allows them to really roll. His missile launcher flips out to face forward for this mode, and rolling the figure forward spins its wheel, rotating the launcher and auto-firing any or all of its three missiles.

:In [[robot mode]], Rampage is an imposingly large figure with a decent level of articulation due to his ball joints, but because he wears most of his beast mode as a sort of backpack, he is quite back-heavy (his cartoon model would even move his crab legs from their cumbersome position on his forearms to his shoulder pads). In addition to his missile launcher, he is armed with a small laser rifle and can hold both weapons in his hands. The small rifle and the launcher's three missiles can store inside his claws while he is in his [[alternate mode]]s.

:Rampage was available with either orange or more show-accurate silver paint applications on his head and chest, but it is presently unclear which [[variant]] came first; contradictory anecdotal accounts are all we have to go on. Curiously, it took about fifteen years before the silver variant was widely known about.<ref>http://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/92142-a-tale-of-three-rampages/</ref>

:The Japanese ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Metals|Beast Wars Metals]]'' release of the figure features noticeably different colors, replacing the orange details and gradient on his robot mode face, chest and limbs with silver, and more clearly delineating the "X" on his crab carapace by painting it purple. Most impressively, the robot head and limbs are changed from opaque orangey-red to translucent blood-red plastic.

:This toy was later [[redeco]]ed into the [[BotCon 2000]]-[[exclusive]] [[Shokaract#Toys|Shokaract]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1998/Predacon/Rampage/rampage.htm More information on Rampage at TFU.info]''
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===''Timelines''===
[[File:Timelinestoy-ProtoformX.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|It’s hard to blame them, I even scare myself. Built to kill, seems to
be detrimental to my health.]]
*'''Rampage''' (Deluxe Class, [[2014]])
**''Accessories'': cannon

:A new-head retool of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime: First Edition]]'' [[Megatron (WFC)/toys#Prime: First Edition|Megatron]], ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' Rampage was the [[2014]] [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] free figure, mailed to new or returning club members who got their registration in before the deadline. Rampage transforms from robot into hovering tank mode. He comes with a cannon, which can either be held with his hands in robot mode, or peg onto his jet mode by folding the handle in and pegging it behind his exposed, peeking head, or peg onto his right forearm.

:Stickers on the shipping box refer to the figure as "Maximal Rampage" however the figure itself features a unique Protoform X insignia between his chestplates.

:This version of the mold was also used for [[BotCon 2014]] [[Shokaract#Timelines|Pirate Hunter]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/X/Rampage/rampage.htm More information on ''Timelines'' Rampage at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
*According to the series background materials published in the ''[[Beast Wars Universe]]'' guidebook, Rampage's body was supposed to have been constructed out of leftover Generation 1-era [[Reproduction|technology]] seen in the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] due to the lack of know-how for [[protoform]] technology. How this jibes with his status as "Protoform X" is anyone's guess.
*Rampage's personality was largely inspired by fictional genius psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter, demonstrated by many of his psychological warfare involving devouring his prey, albeit in a "refined" manner, unlike the Predacons' [[Tarantulas (BW)|''other'' resident cannibal]].
*No explanation is ever given for why energon suddenly kills Rampage, even though Megatron's been poking his spark with it ever since he appeared. The fact that the energon was unstable might have had something to do with it, or the degree it was stabbed into the spark.
*Like nearly all non-toy Kreons, Kreon Rampage is made from existing ''Kre-O'' parts. He uses the [[Knock Out (Prime)#Kre-O|Knock Out]] helmet with extensive paint details, and carries the bazooka weapon introduced in the ''Kre-O Battleship'' series. His deco/paint scheme appears to be a blend between the original's show model (particularly the head) and the western version of the toy (particularly in the use of yellow/gold detailing on the body).
*In the Japanese dub of ''Beast Wars'', Rampage talks with a "tough" Kansai accent. This involves ending sentences with "-jai!" which is a region-specific mutation of the more widely used "-dayo!" (a past tense expression of emphasis, considered casual or impolite). In popular Japanese media, it is used mostly for street punks, tough guys and other ne'er-do-wells; sort of the equivalent of giving an American character a Brooklyn accent.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Rampage''' (ランページ ''Ranpēji''), '''Protoform X''' (プロトフォームX ''Purotofōmu Ekkusu'')
*''French:'' '''Furibo''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Granchior'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Móxiè''' (Taiwan, 魔蟹, "Demon Crab"), '''Ace''' (Protoform X, Taiwan, 艾斯 ''Àisū''), '''Yuánshēngtǐ X''' (Mainland China, 原生体X, "Protoform X"), '''Kuángbào''' (Mainland China, 狂暴, "Rampage")
*''Polish'': '''Pieniacz''' ("Litigant")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Protoforma X''', '''Violência''' (Brazil, "Violence")
*''Spanish:'' '''Rampante''' (Latin America, "Rampant")

==References==
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[[Category:Beast Wars Predacons]]
[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Transformers]]
[[Category:IDW Generation 1 Maximals]]
[[Category:Kre-O Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Point One Percenters]]
[[Category:Resistance]]
[[Category:Timelines characters]]
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2019-03-25T01:04:38Z

Barricade911: /* Rescue Bots cartoon */

:''Griffin Rock is a location from the ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (franchise)|Rescue Bots]]'' portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[Image:BotToTheFuture Griffin Rock.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Let the music play down at Griffin Rock.]]
The small island town of '''Griffin Rock''', [[Maine]], is a testing bed for all kinds of new experimental technologies and gadgets. It has a long history of fostering scientific research and producing many of the world's leading scientists. Most of the advanced technology on the island has a propensity for running amok or malfunctioning spectacularly, endangering the town's population. It's a good thing the island has its own [[Rescue Force Sigma-17|team of alien robots]] to protect the populace.

When ruled by [[Thaddeus Morocco|Doctor Morocco]], Griffin Rock becomes '''Moropolis'''.

==Fiction==
===''Rescue Bots'' cartoon===
[[File:LostBell Griffin Rock circa 1812.jpg|thumb|left|250px|As a small town in Maine, it's standard procedure for the place to look like the setting for a Stephen King novel.]]
The town was established in [[1649]] {{storylink|Family of Heroes}} by [[Horace Burns]]. {{storylink|The Reign of Morocco}} In 1652, the guild hall charity fund was stolen by [[Bertha Burns|Bertha the pirate]]. The same year, Horace married a woman named Bertha. The two events may have been related. {{storylink|Pirates Ahoy}} A heavy winter hit Griffin Rock in 1713, resulting in supplies running out, however a mysterious figure dubbed the [[Rider of Midwinter]] distributed loaves of bread to the townsfolk, starting a tradition that lasted throughout the centuries. {{storylink|The Riders of Midwinter}} In [[1812]], the settlement was attacked by the pirate ship ''[[Oaken Crow]]'', and the [[Settlers' Bell]] stolen. {{storylink|The Lost Bell}} Around the same time, [[Charlotte Wayne]]'s family set off for the mainland and disappeared. {{storylink|The Haunting of Griffin Rock}} In [[1939]] the [[Griffin Rock Technology Expo]] was held {{storylink|It's a Bot Time}} and [[Mount Magma]] was moved to the island after the [[World's Fair]]. {{storylink|Under Pressure}}

For the town's tricentennial in [[1949]], a number of famous citizens including its first woman scientist, [[Elma Hendrickson]], were reproduced as [[hologram]]s. {{storylink|The Haunting of Griffin Rock}} In the late 50s, scientists devised the [[Sanctuary Plan]] to keep the townspeople safe in the event of a cataclysm. {{storylink|Countdown (RB)|Countdown}} During the 1960s, scientists set up a safe zone on [[Griffin Crest]] for people to go should the technology ever turn rogue, {{storylink|Rules and Regulations}} and a rail tunnel was ''almost'' constructed between the mainland and Griffin Rock, but stopped several hundred feet short when the city council voted to halt funding. {{storylink|The Griffin Rock Express}} [[Anna Baranova|Professor Baranova]] used the town as a base when she investigated the [[Griffin Rock Triangle]] during the 1980s. {{storylink|The Griffin Rock Triangle}} [[Thaddeus Morocco|Doctor Morocco]] was originally the island's chief scientist, but was expelled by [[Charlie Burns|Chief Charlie Burns]], [[H.B. Luskey|Mayor Luskey]] and [[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] after his inventions proved inferior. {{storylink|The Reign of Morocco}}

The [[Rescue Bot]]s were assigned to protect the island after arriving on [[Earth]], and were presented to the population by Chief Burns as hi-tech robots which would assist him and his family. After they successfully dealt with a fire at the [[Griffin Rock natural history museum|natural history museum]], [[Cody Burns]] discovered that the four robots were aliens. He showed them the tunnels which ran all over the island from the [[Cold War (history)|Cold War]] bunker beneath the fire station, and they managed to stop a rampaging robotic ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' that had escaped from the museum and was threatening the drive-in theater. {{storylink|Family of Heroes}}

Further trouble came when [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] and Chief Burns had to stop a [[robo-landscaper]] that had gone rogue and begun carving up downtown. That same day, the rescue team had to deal with lava flooding out of the sewers, thanks to Mount Magma building up too much pressure. {{storylink|Under Pressure}} The town was also briefly threatened when Doc Greene's experimental [[solar car]] careened through the streets out of control. {{storylink|Hotshots}} During the [[Lobster and Technology Festival]], an accident with [[floatium]] and some lobsters created [[flobster]]s. The flying crustaceans quickly spread out over the town, causing damage everywhere, and had to be rounded up by the Rescue Bots. {{storylink|Flobsters on Parade}}

[[File:AlienInvasion Griffin Rock.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
The town's population panicked when [[Huxley Prescott]] reported an alien invasion. When the power went out as well, many of them tried to evacuate on the ferry, only to overload it. {{storylink|The Alien Invasion of Griffin Rock}} The escape of the [[Whiskers|lion]] and lemurs from [[Griffin Rock Zoo]] resulted in the destruction of the new [[Mayor Luskey Library]] before they were rounded up. {{storylink|Walk on the Wild Side}}

Nanites from Doc Greene's lab caused the [[Scrapmaster]] to go berserk, and also made [[Boulder]] knock down trees in the park until the nanites were lured to [[Griffin Rock power plant|the power plant]]. {{storylink|Cody on Patrol}} A blocked sewer pipe caused a sinkhole that almost swallowed the bank. During the rescue operation, the town's central water supply had to be shut off, forcing Cody to switch the island's power from the hydro-electric plant to the wind farm. {{storylink|Four Bots and a Baby}}

[[File:DeepTrouble Griffin Rock.jpg|thumb|left|400px]]
Griffin Rock was struck by a heatwave so hot that eggs didn't just cook on the pavement, they burst into flame. Doc Greene set up a weather machine that created a localized snowfall in the central park, but it went out of control, creating snow all over Griffin Rock and threatening City Hall with a roof collapse until Greene could get it fixed. {{storylink|Christmas in July}}

A [[shark submarine|robotic shark]] destroyed the automated lighthouse's sensors and disrupted the annual [[Miss Griffin Rock]] pageant. {{storylink|Deep Trouble (RB)|Deep Trouble}} After the town's technology went wild thanks to a virus, the mayor fired Doc Greene as lead scientist. {{storylink|Return of the Dino Bot}} The return of Doctor Morocco with a new [[MorBot]] resulted in the mayor shutting down the Rescue Bots, despite the fact that the MorBot caused as much damage as it prevented. {{storylink|The Other Doctor}} After Cody and [[Frankie Greene|Frankie]] uncovered evidence condemning Morocco, he fled the island and the Rescue Bots were reinstated. {{storylink|The Reign of Morocco}}

[[File:ItsABotTime Moropolis.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Down in front!]]
[[Griffin Rock dam]] nearly burst after Kade carelessly left a minivan blocking one of the overflow pipes. {{storylink|Small Blessings}} The Settlers' Bell was recovered by Cody Burns and the Rescue Bots, and used to mark [[Founders' Day]]. {{storylink|The Lost Bell}} [[Tracer (RB)|Tracers]], a leftover part of the [[Sanctuary Plan]], teleported most of the townsfolk to a cavern under the mountain of Griffin Rock. {{storylink|Countdown (RB)|Countdown}} The town experienced a plague of so-called ghosts when [[Myles]] and [[Evan (RB)|Evan]] escaped and used the holograms from the tricentennial to distract the population while they went on a crime spree. {{storylink|The Haunting of Griffin Rock}} A series of [[earthquake (event)|earthquakes]] struck the town and were eventually traced to a subwoofer in a secondary storage facility under the island. {{storylink|Shake Up}}

A temporal jaunt back to 1939 by Cody, Frankie and the Rescue Bots caused [[Dither]] to fall into Doctor Morocco's hands. This spawned an alternate timeline, in which Morocco built an empire from technology gleaned from the robot, taking over Griffin Rock and redubbing it "Moropolis". While MorBots patrolled the town, keeping its citizens oppressed, Morocco had the tunnels under the island sealed up for fear of the townspeople rebelling. In fact the Burns family was working on a rebellion but it wasn't until the arrival of the time travelers that they were spurred into action. Once time was corrected, Griffin Rock was restored to its normal state. {{storylink|Bot to the Future}}

[[File:AVirtualDisaster 8Bit Griffin Rock.jpg|thumb|left|250px|If you do certain things you can find Missing No. at the docks.]]
The town was threatened by out-of-control vegetation from Frankie's [[Sky Forest (structure)|Sky Forest]]. {{storylink|Sky Forest (episode)|Sky Forest}} During a snowstorm, the town was completely covered in a white blanket of the stuff, and experienced lightning. It was also used as the location for the virtual reality game ''[[Griffin Rock Element Quest]]''. {{storylink|A Virtual Disaster}} A large number of the town's residents were hypnotized by cellphones, and the rescue force was compelled to dig up nearby leisure spot [[Blossom Vale]]. {{storylink|Spellbound}}

[[File:SpaceBots Griffin Rock from above.jpg|thumb|right|280px]]
Huxley Prescott caused a major forest fire while trying to spice up his reality show, endangering the town. {{storylink|Prescott's Bots}} The town was also subject to an invasion by [[gremlin]]s. {{storylink|Blame the Gremlins}} [[Woodrow Burns]]'s research led to the discovery of a major [[energon]] deposit and a prehistoric ecosystem under the island. {{storylink|What Rises Above}} The airport was used to launch the ''[[Asgard]]''. {{storylink|Space Bots}} When the town's main computer began to malfunction, a new supercomputer named [[Vigil]] was installed instead, however it instigated a reign of terror, keeping the citizens indoors until the computer could be shut down. {{storylink|The Vigilant Town}} The town was also temporarily overrun with snakes. {{storylink|Buddy System}}

The island was threatened by a number of storms, thanks to Doctor Morocco's weather machine, {{storylink|Changes}} and was nearly destroyed by a Cybertronian artifact. {{storylink|Odd Bot Out}} The rail tunnel to the mainland was finally completed, though the first run of the [[Griffin Rock Express]] ended in disaster. {{storylink|The Griffin Rock Express}} A methane explosion caused a chain reaction under the island, resulting in the tunnel system starting to collapse and the entire island to slowly start to sink. Though the town was temporarily submerged in water, the rescue team was able to use quick-hardening foam to prop up the tunnel system and restore the island. {{storylink|Rise of the Heroes}}

[[File:NoPlaceLikeDome Mayor Luskey Dome.jpg|thumb|left|230px]]
The townfolk were terrorized at one point by a [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|robot dinosaur]]. {{storylink|Big Game}} The town suffered further water damage when the river flooded, waterlogging many of the nearby homes. {{storylink|Unfinished Business}} When the island was threatened by [[Hurricane Opie]], Doc Greene erected a massive [[Mayor Luskey Dome|force field dome]] over it. Unfortunately this was soon commandeered by Vigil, who temporarily put the town's population to sleep using the dome's atmosphere generator. {{storylink|No Place Like Dome}} The town was endangered by metal-eating ants, thanks to Doctor Morocco's diversion while he escaped the island. {{storylink|Bugs in the System}}

Wealthy investor [[Dumont|Mrs. Dumont]] paid a visit to the town before investing money in the museum. {{storylink|Did You See What I Thaw?}} The movie monster [[Humungado]] mysteriously rampaged through the town after a fire at the drive-in. {{storylink|The Attack of Humungado}} During [[Bot Appreciation Week]], the town was hit with a plague of thieving miniature Rescue Bots thanks to Evan and Myles. {{storylink|All Bots Great and Small}}

Cody experienced the dedication of the new [[Mayor Luskey Clock Tower]] three times thanks to some time slippage. Fortunately on the third occasion nothing went wrong. {{storylink|Time After Time}} The island was rocked by a series of earthquakes, {{storylink|The New Recruits}} and suffered a blackout thanks to a solar flare. It narrowly avoided being hit by a rogue satellite thanks to the efforts of one reluctantly-brave Rescue Bot named [[Blurr (Prime)|Blurr]]. {{storylink|A New Hero}}

During the ''[[Griffin Rock Idol]]'' auditions, a malfunctioning invention caused the whole town to sing. {{storylink|I Have Heard the Robots Singing}}

It was discovered that the island was laced with veins of [[reactaline]]. During a storm, an accident with a quantum crystal resulted in the entire island being teleported to the [[Arctic]]. The townsfolk raised the dome to protect the island from the blizzard. {{storylink|Now and Then}} By filling the dome with floatium and attaching a rocket booster to the side, they were able to fly the island back to the coast of Maine, albeit with one or two sinkholes. {{storylink|Today and Forever}}

Griffin Rock was invaded by [[Velgrox|aliens]], for real this time, who kidnapped many of the town's residents and took over the power plant. The rescue team stopped them, though as a result, the population of Griffin Rock learned that the Rescue Bots were originally from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and thus aliens themselves. {{storylink|New Normal}} The community ended up having a vote and decided to keep the Rescue Bots' secret. {{storylink|Bridge Building}} Part of Griffin Rock was almost redeveloped into a luxury resort until the rescue team scared off the investors. {{storylink|Vanishing Returns}} The annual Griffin Rock holiday of [[Earliween]] turned into a film-making exercise to prevent Evan and Miles exposing the Rescue Bots' secret. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (RB)|Ghost in the Machine}}

[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] was briefly elected mayor of Griffin Rock, however his reign was unpopular and Mayor Luskey reinstated. {{storylink|Mayor May Not}} The townsfolk celebrated [[All Spark Day (event)|All Spark Day]] with the Rescue Bots. Also the town was threatened by a giant-sized [[CeCe Greene]] as the result of a lab accident with the [[Minimizer]]. {{storylink|All Spark Day (episode)|All Spark Day}} Mayor Luskey's purchase of an inflatable [[Insta-adium]] to hold [[Brash Ball]] games in did not go well. {{storylink|Part-Time Heroes}} He also decided that holding a street race around Griffin Rock would be a good idea, though it similarly ended in near disaster. {{storylink|Hot Rod Bot}}

The discovery of historical documents temporarily resulted in Griffin Rock becoming a monarchy with various members of the Burns family as regent, until contradicting paperwork was located. {{storylink|King Burns}} The Pizza Pi Party got out of hand when some super yeast almost resulted in the entire town being smothered in pizza dough. {{storylink|Pizza Pi Party}} Griffin Rock was invaded by the [[Mini-Con]] [[Bounce]], who left Cybertronian graffiti around town. {{storylink|The Need for Speed}} An explosion at a construction site caused extensive damage to an apartment building in the town. {{storylink|Family Business}}
{{--}}

===''Rescue Bots Academy'' cartoon===
Griffin Rock continued to have traffic mishaps, with [[Mrs. Rubio]]'s car and a milk tanker coming off the road. {{storylink|If at First...}} The Mayor decided to honor the Rescue Bots by having their faces carved into the mountainside near the dam, though when [[Hot Shot (Prime)|Hot Shot]] attempted to add his own face, he inadvertantly damaged the dam. {{storylink|Mount Botmore}} A truck carrying explosive canisters overturned in Griffin Rock, resulting in damage to a bridge which necessitated a rescue. {{storylink|Glitch (episode)|Glitch}} Hot Shot attempted to attend a rescue on his own when [[Jerry (RB)|Jerry]] hit a tree. {{storylink|Blame Game}}

==Notes==
*The town's (and island's) name is principally derived from the largest mountain on it, [[Mount Griffin]], the peak of which resembles a [[griffin]].
*A town that's a testing ground for new technology is also the premise of the SyFy television series, ''{{w|Eureka (TV series)|Eureka}}''. Griffin Rock's resident scientist, [[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]], also bears more than a passing resemblance to their chief scientist, {{w|Henry Deacon (Eureka)|Henry Deacon}}.
*Griffin Rock is named after Eagle Rock, Maine.<ref>Rescue Bots Crew Q&A at [[BotCon 2013]].</ref> The griffin is [[Nicole Dubuc]]'s favorite fictional beast.

==References==
<references />

[[Category:North American islands]]
[[Category:Rescue Bots locations]]
[[Category:Rescue Bots Academy locations]]
[[Category:Cities in the United States]]
[[Category:United States of America]]

Spellbound

2019-03-25T00:38:40Z

Barricade911:

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 32
|prev=A Virtual Disaster
|next=Prescott's Bots
|image=Spellbound townsfolk close in.jpg
|caption="At first glance, everything looked the same. It wasn't. Something evil had taken possession of the town."
|title="Spellbound"
|airdate=[[March 22]], [[2014]]
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio=[[Vision Animation]]
|writer=[[Mairghread Scott]]
|director=[[Nathan Chew]]
}}

'''The Bots and Burnses are in mind-controlled stupors; Cody scrambles to snap them out of it before he's sucked in. '''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Spellbound Priscilla is disgruntled.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"He's in here. He's in here. Get him. Get him."]]
The rescue team relaxes in picturesque [[Blossom Vale]]. [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] and [[Dani Burns|Dani]] are using the waterfall as a slide, [[Kade Burns|Kade]] and [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] are skipping stones, [[Boulder]] is painting, and the [[Charlie Burns|Chief]] is doing a spot of fishing. As they admire the beauty of the place, [[Graham Burns|Graham]] notes that they almost lost the area to a housing development, but the place was kept because the [[H.B. Luskey|Mayor]] and his wife like snorkeling there. Their enjoyment is interrupted by an emergency — someone's fallen into the [[Old Hawkins Well]]. The team races there to find a crowd gathered around the well, and plaintive cries of "mommy!" coming from within. After an attempt to lower [[Cody Burns|Cody]] down results in the sides of the well crumbling, they instead dig a hole alongside the well. The rescue is a success! [[Priscilla Pynch]]'s limited-edition [[Cathy (RB)|Cathy]] doll is retrieved from the bottom of the well, though it's so dirty Priscilla demands her mother buy her a new one. Impressed by the bots, [[Madeline Pynch|Madeline]] offers to purchase them, but Chief, already unimpressed by the callout over a doll, tells her they're not for sale.

[[File:Spellbound Chief drops ice cream.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Dani Burns|She]]'s what?]]
Some time later, Cody and the Chief are getting ice cream and Cody complain the Pynchs act like they own the whole island. Chief notices an abandoned cellphone lying on a bench and answers it, only for his demeanor to abruptly change. Dropping his ice cream, he tells Cody he needs to take care of something and takes off in Chase, who is concerned by the fact that Chief didn't dispose of his ice cream in the correct manner. Soon, Chief and Chase are evacuating Blossom Vale, and the Chief pulls a bag of similar-looking cellphones from under a bush. The other three Bots and Cody welcome Chief when he returns to the [[Griffin Rock Firehouse Headquarters|firehouse]], but claiming to be tired, the Chief goes right to bed. [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] says they were evacuating the Vale due to sulfur contamination, though neither he nor Boulder detected any.

[[File:Spellbound Blades extinguishes fire.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Look, you fools, you're in danger! Can't you see?! They're after you! They're after all of us! THEY'RE HERE, ALREADY! YOU'RE NEXT!"]]
Early in the morning, Chief plants cellphones near Graham and Kade, and the pair are soon hypnotized by the devices. Cody finds the three of them in the hall, and notices the new cellphones they're all carrying. As they head out in their Bots, Cody takes a call back at the station reporting a car ablaze, but Kade doesn't answer his com link. Heatwave is puzzled by this and starts to become frustrated, until the Chief tells him their current mission is more important. Dani and Blades return to the station from their night shift, only to be persuaded by Cody to go help put out the vehicle fire. By the time they reach it, it's set a building alight too, and Blades's scoop claw is ineffective. At the Vale, the bots are pulling up trees, but the new emergency call from Cody causes them to stop work and demand answers from the Chief. Chief instructs Graham to get out the cellphones. Meanwhile, forced to deal with the fire themselves, Cody has Blades take the top off a hydrant and fan the water over the blaze, putting it out.

At the Vale, the other three Bots, now under the control of cellphones, have dug a huge hole and are pushing a large boulder out of it. The boulder meets the approval of the humans, who instruct them to find more the same. By the time Blades, Dani and Cody arrive, they find the mining underway. Explaining that it's ground contamination, Chief hands Dani a cellphone, but Cody knocks it from her hands before she can be hypnotized. The pair flee and jump into Blades, but as soon as Dani puts her headset on, it hypnotizes her, and Blades is already under thanks to a cellphone planted by Graham. Cody jumps out and flees. He contacts Doc Greene, who organizes to meet him at town hall with Frankie. When he does so, he quickly realizes that the hypnotism is more widespread than just his family, and has to flee from the townspeople. Even hiding in a storm drain fails because Frankie points him out.

[[File:Spellbound Boulder confronts others.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"We can't let you go. You're dangerous to us. Don't fight it, Miles, it's no use. Sooner or later, you'll have to go to sleep."]]
At the Vale, Blades is airlifting boulders out to a waiting ship. When Heatwave slips, the chunk of rock he's carrying falls falls, hitting Boulder and making his cellphone break. Released from the spell, he overhears that Cody is at the marina and heads there. He's able to help Cody elude the searching townspeople, and the pair return to the Vale planning to free the others. Unfortunately the others have been warned by Frankie, and are ready for them. With that plan a bust, Cody quickly realizes they're near the cell tower, and they head for that to disable it. The other bots reach it first, but Boulder vaults them and knocks the tower down. Freed from the control of the cellphones, the others have no memory of what they've been doing.

A quick scan of one of the boulders they've been digging up reveals it's rich in gold. As the Bots discuss putting the Vale back together, a large number of townspeople arrive with shovels and new trees to plant. A limo pulls up nearby, and Madeline Pynch observes the Vale from within. Her daughter finds a cellphone under the seat, but Madeline notes that it's been recalled as the signal needs to be stronger.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (2)
*[[Boulder]] (3)
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (4)
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (9)

|c3=
*[[Dani Burns]] (1)
*[[Kade Burns]] (5)
*[[Cody Burns]] (6)
*[[Graham Burns]] (7)
*[[Charlie Burns]] (8)
*[[Priscilla Pynch]] (10)
*[[Madeline Pynch]] (11)
*[[Alper|Mr. Alper]] (12)
*[[Ezra Greene|Doc Greene]] (13)
*[[Frankie Greene]] (14)
*[[H.B. Luskey|Mayor Luskey]] (15)
*[[Harrison (RB)|Mr. Harrison]] (16)
}}

==Quotes==
"One, two, three, four, five skips!" 
"Pft, I can beat that!" ''[picks up huge rock]''
:—'''Kade''' and '''Heatwave''', skipping stones.

"Is it time for graffiti removal?! Or crossing guard duty?! Or, dare I dream?! Disbanding unruly loiterers?!"
:—'''Chase'''

"Perhaps I should have phrased that differently?!"
:—'''Chase''', after scaring a crowd into mass panic.

"I wish my knuckles could spray water like Heatwave's! Actually, no I don't. That's kind of weird."
:—'''Blades'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* (tbd)

===Transformers references===
* (tbd)

===Real-world references===
* The mass hypnotism, the calm demeanor under the influence, and atmosphere of paranoia evoke ''Invasion of the Body Snatchers''. Stephen King's novel ''Cell'' likewise deals with mind-altering sounds being sent via cellphone.

===Animation and technical errors===
* (tbd)

===Trivia===
* How underwater is the town after that fire hydrant was left gushing water?
* This and the previous episode were switched in order when they were first screened on [[Hub Network]].

===Foreign localization===

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Hipnotizálva'''" ("Hypnotized")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 14|14 November]] [[2014]]

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Sotto incantesimo'''" ("Under a spell")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[July 13|13 July]] [[2017]]

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Em Transe'''" ("In Trance")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[April 1|1 April]] [[2015]] (Netflix)

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Mystery Rescue" ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2015 — ''Rescue Bots'' — "Serve and Protect" ([[Beyond Home Entertainment]]) 

{{epstub}}
[[Category:Rescue Bots episodes]]

Seeker (Movie)

2019-03-25T00:00:29Z

Barricade911: /* Bumblebee film */

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{{disambig3|Seeker}}
:''The Seekers are a [[Decepticon]] crack unit from the [[Movie (franchise)|Transformers]] portion of the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:The Reign Of Starscream Seekers..jpg|thumb|upright=1.95]]

The '''Seekers''' are a crack unit of [[Decepticon]]s under [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]'s command. They possess superior tracking and detection skills and a high-level of firepower, and can "just get things done better than anyone else".<ref>[http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?p=75508#75508 Reign of Starscream #2 - Reaction Thread] at the IDW Publishing forums</ref>

Knowing Starscream, he reminds everyone of this fact every chance he gets.

Besides Starscream, other known Seekers include:
*[[Thundercracker (Movie)|Thundercracker]]
*[[Blitzwing (BB)|Blitzwing]]
*[[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing]] (maybe?)
*[[Ramjet (Movie)|Ramjet]]
*[[Skywarp (Movie)|Skywarp]]
*[[Thrust (Movie)|Thrust]]
*[[Dirge (Movie)|Dirge]]
*[[Seeker Sniper]]s
*[[Seeker Warrior]]s
*[[Seeker Scout]]s
*An assortment of [[generic]]s

==Fiction==
===Movies===
{{note|The six movies are the primary component of the live-action movie continuity family. Their events should be taken as canon for all other pieces of fiction listed below, unless otherwise specified.}}
====''Bumblebee'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Kirk Baily]] (English, credited as "Decepticon soldier")}}
[[File:BBfilm-Shockwave-orders-Seekers-to-destroy-launchpad.jpeg|thumb|250px]]
Seekers formed the bulk of the Decepticon forces led by [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] in their push against the Autobots' last stronghold, an interstellar launch pad. Among them were Starscream, Thundercracker, Skywarp, and Dirge. Though they destroyed the launch pad, they did so too late to prevent the Autobots from evacuating Cybertron.

[[File:Blitzwingtakesaim.jpg|thumb|"Contract calls for the Main Man to put on a show for the locals. So, one more time: surrender or die!]]
Some time later, Blitzwing followed [[Bumblebee (Movie)|B-127]] to [[Earth]], only to be terminated by the scout. {{storylink|Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee}}
{{-}}

===Titan movie comics===
Starscream listed all of his colleges within the Seekers and hoped that the could one day reunite with them.
{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 9|Star Screams #9}}

===IDW movie comics===
{{groupstub|{{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 2|The Reign of Starscream #2}}}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' - The Game===
{{groupstub|{{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)}}}}

===''Transformers: Shadows Rising''===
{{groupstub|{{storylink|Transformers: Shadows Rising}}}}

==Notes==
*There's something [[Seeker (body-type)#Generation 1 Seekers|very]] [[Seeker (Cyberverse)|familiar]] about this line-up...

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Bumblebee subgroups]]
[[Category:Decepticon subgroups]]
[[Category:Drones]]
[[Category:Human Alliance Decepticons]]
[[Category:Movie Seekers| ]]
[[Category:Mass-produced Transformers]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen subgroups]]

File:Blitzwingtakesaim.jpg

2019-03-24T23:58:10Z

Barricade911: Barricade911 uploaded a new version of "File:Blitzwingtakesaim.jpg": Blitzwing prepares to fire on Bumblebee. Screen capture from the 2018 film Bumblebee.

{{BBcap|[[Blitzwing (BB)|Blitzwing]] prepares to fire upon [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]].}}

Blitzwing (BB)

2019-03-24T23:38:28Z

Barricade911: /* Bumblebee */

{{faction|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Blitzwing}}
:''Blitzwing is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Bumblebee (franchise)|Bumblebee]] portion of the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[Continuity family|continuity family]].''
[[File:Bumblebee-Blitzwing-concept.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Midway presents...'''NFL BLLLLLLLLLLLITZ!''']]
Though his nature varies between a [[Triple Changer|triple changer]] and a [[Seeker (Movie)|Seeker]], '''Blitzwing''' is just another Decepticon who holds a grudge against [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]].

==Fiction==
===''Bumblebee Movie Prequel''===
[[File:BBPrequel3-Energon-is-Forever-Blitzwing-transforms.jpg|thumb|left|230px|"When the universe is broken, only one handyman can fix it!"]]
During the Great War, Blitzwing functioned as [[Diabla (BB)|Diabla]]'s handler during her stint as an Autobot spy, being the one who ultimately had her return to her faction. A later encounter with the Autobot [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] ended in a humiliated Blitzwing being left for dead and swearing revenge on the scout. Several thousand years later, Blitzwing made his way to [[Earth]] during the [[Cold War (history)|Cold War]] and fell under the command of [[Malignus (BB)|Malignus]].

In [[1964]], Blitzwing reunited with Bumblebee in [[London]] and eagerly began exacting his revenge. Unable to match the Triple Changer's strength, Bumblebee was forced to detonate a gas main and flee underground. The encounter with his thought-dead foe led to Bumblebee erroneously believing that Blitzwing was in charge of the Decepticon forces on Earth, only realizing his error when Blitzwing appeared among Malignus's troops. {{storylink|Energon Is Forever}}

Unfortunately, Malignus' master plan began going sideways when Diabla suddenly turned on the Decepticons by saving Bumblebee from a [[Sharkticon (BB)|Sharkticon]]. With [[Runabout (BB)|Runabout]] butchered by [[Dead End (ROTF)|Dead End]] and [[Astrotrain (DOTM)|Astrotrain]] fleeing the battle out of disgust for Malignus' leadership, Blitzwing was the only one left to deal with the renegade Diabla. He was almost succeeded in killing her before Bumblebee tackled him, throwing off his aim and accidentally striking the nuclear warhead fired by Malignus. Blitzwing tried to use the chaos to fire at the unsuspecting Bumblebee only for [[P.R.O.G.R.A.M.M.E.]] agent [[David Reeve]] to warn his friend in time, the blast instead killing Dead End. Using Dead End's corpse as a shield, Blitzwing was able to survive the base's collapse and flew off into the night, being hunted by Bumblebee for the next two decades. {{storylink|From Cybertron with Love}}
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===''Bumblebee'' film===
{{voiceactor|[[David Sobolov]] (English)|[[Haruo Yamagashi]] (Japanese)}}
[[File:BumblebeeMovie-Blitzwing-flies.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|left|You thought I was [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], BUT IT WAS I, BLITZWING!]]
When the Autobot scout [[Bumblebee (Movie)|B-127]] was cornered by a brigade of [[Sector Seven]] troops led by [[Jack Burns|Agent Burns]], Blitzwing, in the form of an [[United States Air Force|Air Force]] jet, took his chance to swoop in. While the humans were confused by the arrival of the Air Force, Bumblebee recognized the jet for a Decepticon, and warned the humans to run. Blitzwing didn't give them the chance, bombarding Autobot and humans alike with missiles before transforming to attack Bumblebee directly. While much larger and capable of flight, he lost their first clash when the nimbler Autobot damaged his thrusters and sent him crashing to the ground.

[[File:Bumblebee-BeeVsBlitz.jpg|thumb|300px|"Yup, that's me. You're probably wondering how I ended up in this situation."]]
This wasn't enough to down him, however, and the [[Seeker (Movie)|Seeker]] subdued the scout and dangled him over a cliff as he interrogated him about Optimus Prime's whereabouts. When the scout refused to answer and defiantly asserted that he would never speak, an enraged Blitzwing "[made] it official" by tearing his voice synthesizer out and throwing him off the cliff. The Decepticon then prepared to execute the "traitor", but was taken by surprise when the Autobot tore a [[missile]] from his arm and jammed it in his chest. Blitzwing only had a moment to comprehend this and try to pull the explosive out before B-127 kicked himself away from him and fired upon the missile, detonating it and blowing him to pieces. {{storylink|Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee}}
{{note|Blitzwing's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novel "[[Transformers: Bumblebee: The Junior Novel]]".}}
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==Toys==
===Bumblebee===
[[File:Bumblebee-Energon-Igniters-Power-Blitzwing.jpg|thumb|300px|"The name's Lobo. That's L as in "Lacerate", O as in "Obliterate", B as in "disem- Bowel" and O as in, uh... Well, I guess I can use "Obliterate" twice, huh?"]]
*'''Blitzwing''' (Power Series, [[2018]])
:''[[Transformers: Bumblebee (toyline)|Bumblebee]]'' Power Series Blitzwing is a redeco of the [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#Energon Igniters|Megatron]] figure from the Energon Igniters line. The figure's head has been retooled to match the CGI design, but the choice of military-green for the tank mode makes for a rather inaccurate robot mode. As an Energon Igniter, he can interact with the Cores included with other toys in the line.

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[[File:Bumblebee-Energon-Igniters-Nitro-Blitzwing.jpg|thumb|300px|"Now the more ya move, the worse it'll hurt. So, feel free to go crazy!"]]
*'''Blitzwing''' (Nitro Series, [[2019]])
:''Bumblebee'' Nitro Series Blitzwing is a Voyager-sized mold that transforms from robot into a jet plane that is not the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II. He also comes with his own Igniter Core, which allows his jet to zip along smooth surfaces. Blitzwing also features a head-swapping gimmick, which gives him an alternate head that is reminiscent of his [[Blitzwing (Animated)|''Animated'' counterpart's]] crazy face.
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==Notes==
*When the first trailer for the ''Bumblebee'' movie was released, many assumed that this very [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]-y looking Decepticon, who features many design and transformation elements lifted from the original Generation 1 [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] bodytype and the classic red and grey/white colours of the [[Starscream (G1)|original Starscream]], was... well, Starscream. A synopsis for the film posted on the official Viacom blog even referred to the treacherous Decepticon by name<ref>[http://news.tfw2005.com/2018/06/20/paramount-reveals-the-possible-identity-of-the-mysterious-seeker-from-transformers-bumblebee-movie-366024 "Paramount Reveals The Possible Identity Of The Mysterious Seeker From Transformers: Bumblebee Movie" - TFW2005.com]</ref>—only for the synopsis to be edited within hours to remove it. Director [[Travis Knight]] then stated at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2018 that the Decepticon was, in fact, Blitzwing. 
*Blitzwing was used as a "cover" name on concept art of [[Shockwave (Movie)|''Dark of the Moon'' Shockwave]].<ref name="nizzi">[http://www.joshnizzi.com/TF3.htm Josh Nizzi DOTM concepts.]</ref>
*Blitzwing is one of a few Transformers from the live action film series who has the ability of flight in robot mode.
*David Sobolov’s portrayal of Blitzwing is clearly doing an impression of [[Blitzwing (G1)|the character’s G1 namesake]]. This is further backed up by voice artist [[Jon Bailey]] stating that the actors were shown compilations of characters from [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the original cartoon]] prior to their recording sessions. Radical.
*It is possible that [[Travis Knight]] believed Blitzwing to be a [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]. This isn't too far-fetched - one of Blitzwing's alt-modes is a jet, he often travels with the Seekers in the cartoon, and his general robot mode silhouette does resemble that of a Seeker (back wings, boxy helmet, general size). This is further backed up by Knight's saying how he wanted to capture the original Seeker aesthetic in relation to Blitzwing.
*In the final movie, it isn't made clear how Blitzwing tracked Bumblebee down, or even how he got to Earth in the first place. Even [[Shatter]] and [[Dropkick (Movie)|Dropkick]] only found out Bumblebee was there when he accidentally broadcast a tracking signal at them, and at no point do they show any awareness that there had been another Decepticon on the planet.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Blitzwing''' (ブリッツウィング, ブリッツ・ウィング ''Burittsuwingu'')

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Bumblebee Decepticons]]
[[Category:Triple Changers]]
[[Category: Movie Seekers]]

File:Blitzwingtakesaim.jpg

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Barricade911: Blitzwing prepares to fire upon Bumblebee. Screen capture from Bumblebee.

[[Blitzwing (BB)|Blitzwing]] prepares to fire upon [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]].

Screen capture from [[Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee]].

Shatter

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:''Shatter is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Bumblebee (franchise)|Bumblebee]] portion of the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[Continuity family|continuity family]].''

[[File:BumblebeeMovie Shatter.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Inspired by the Terminator, but better in every way.]]

'''Shatter''' takes great joy in her work as a hunter. Partnered with [[Dropkick (Movie)|Dropkick]], she's not so much the "good cop" of the pair as the "not going to kill you ''yet'' cop." Unquestionably the brains of the pairing, she's a smooth-talking manipulator who enjoys twisting the knife once she's found their quarry. She tends to let Dropkick do the dirtiest part of their work in the end, but she's a highly-skilled combatant on her own.

Her capabilities as a [[Triple Changer]] enable her to go "undercover" as a... okay, as a fairly conspicuous customized muscle car, and when the need for speed and firepower arises, change into a VTOL jet with under-slung artillery cannons.

==Fiction==
===Movies===
{{note|The six movies are the primary component of the live-action movie continuity family. Their events should be taken as canon for all other pieces of fiction listed below, unless otherwise specified.}}
====''Bumblebee'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Angela Bassett]] (English), [[Aoi Yuki]] (Japanese)|[[Antonella Giannini]] (Italian)}}
Long ago, Shatter was among the Decepticons under the command of [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] and [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] in their conquest of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s absence. After [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] was attacked by [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]], Shatter and the other Decepticons closed in to attack the Autobot leader. Following the apparent failure of the Autobot resistance effort, Shatter was paired with [[Dropkick (Movie)|Dropkick]] and the two began hunting Autobots who escaped the planet.

By [[1987]], Shatter assisted Dropkick in following Autobot lieutenant [[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper]] to one of [[Saturn]]'s moons, where they tortured him in an attempt to learn the whereabouts of Optimus Prime. Though the Autobot refused to co-operate, they received a signal from Autobot scout [[Bumblebee (Movie)|B-127]] on the nearby planet [[Earth]], prompting the pair to change course for the planet but not before Shatter decided to grant Cliffjumper an "honorable death" by having Dropkick fatally bisect him.
[[File:ShatterDropkickhologram.jpg|thumb|300px|left]]

Upon their arrival near a trailer park, Shatter acquired a muscle car [[alternate mode]] (which she coincidentally crash-landed on). The two then headed towards the West Coast in the direction of B-127's signal, with Shatter picking up a {{w|Harrier Jump Jet|Harrier jet}} alt mode whilst driving through Texas. They were then intercepted by Agent [[Jack Burns]] and his team of [[Sector Seven]] agents, accompanied by [[Dr. Powell]]. Rather than let Dropkick dispose of the humans, Shatter came up with the idea of them masquerading as a "Decepticon peacekeeping patrol" pursuing the "dangerous escaped criminal" B-127. The Decepticons were escorted to a Sector Seven outpost and given limited access to their satellites, thus creating [[Internet|a global system of interconnected computer networks]] to track B-127.
[[File:Shattersmirk.jpg|thumb|]]

A brief [[Energon]] surge in [[California]] attracted the Decepticons' attention, and they accompanied Sector Seven in capturing B-127, now calling himself "Bumblebee". As Dropkick tortured Bumblebee to find out Prime's location, he accidentally triggered a video message from the Autobot leader revealing his plans to retreat to Earth from Cybertron. Upon seeing this, Shatter immediately resolved to inform their comrades on Cybertron of this information via a radio tower at a nearby harbor. Once Powell overheard their conversation and informed Burns of the Decepticons' true colors, Shatter thanked the human for his cooperation before letting Dropkick terminate him. From there, they departed and left the critically injured Bumblebee for dead.

While Shatter was busy transmitting the message to Cybertron, Bumblebee appeared and opened fire on the radio tower, provoking Dropkick to engage the scout. While Bumblebee battled and destroyed Dropkick, the Autobot's [[Charlie Watson|human friend]] sneaked her way towards the radio tower when Burns appeared in a helicopter attempting to take Shatter down. Even though she was able to shoot down the helicopter and kill the pilot, Bumblebee saved Burns from certain doom. When Charlie managed to disable the tower, Shatter became enraged and attempted to kill both Bumblebee and Charlie. Before she could finish off Bumblebee, the Autobot blew a hole in the wall of the adjacent dock, flooding the area and causing the giant cargo ship docked there to crash into them. While Bumblebee safely escaped, Shatter was destroyed as the ship crushed her against the dock. {{storylink|Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee}}
{{note|Shatter's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novel "[[Transformers: Bumblebee: The Junior Novel]]".}}

==Toys==
===Bumblebee===
[[File:Bumblebee-Movie-Titan-Changer-Shatter.jpg|thumb|300px|Love and hope and sex and dreams are still surviving on the street]]
*'''Shatter''' (Titan Changer, [[2018]])
:Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Bumblebee (toyline)| Bumblebee]]'' Titan Changers, Shatter is a simple 12-inch-tall figure that transforms into a jet of possibly made-up model in seven steps, but it is definitely not her {{w|Harrier Jump Jet|Harrier jet}} mode from the movie.

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[[File:Bumblebee-Mission-Vision-Shatter.jpg|thumb|300px]]
*'''Shatter''' (Mission Vision, 2018)
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====Energon Igniters====
[[File:Bumblebee-Energon-Igniters-Power-Plus-Shatter.jpg|thumb|300px|Look at me, I'm in tatters!]]
*'''Shatter''' (Power Plus Series, 2018)
**''Accessories'': "Energon Core"
:Part of the second wave of Power Plus Series Energon Igniters, Shatter is a [[retool]]ing of the "Power Series" [[Dropkick (Movie)#Bumblebee|Dropkick]] toy, transforming into a muscle car loosely based on the first generation Chevrolet Camaro in four steps. Flipping up a pair of huge cannons from her windshield also reveals a space to plug the included "energon core" into the back of her car mode, which uses a pullback-type motor to propel the vehicle forward after a lever is pressed.

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[[File:IgniterShatterJet.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYmER9fpk-w I'm-a-going to fly for you!]]]
*'''Shatter''' (Power Series, 2018)
:Part of the second wave of Power Series Energon Igniters, Shatter transforms into a jet that's ''closer'' to her film form than the above Titan Changer, but not by a lot. The rear end of her vehicle mode can be opened up to reveal missile pods and a socket for an energon core (not included). Interestingly, this is the only toy of Shatter that features the face she uses for most of the film.
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===Generations===
====Movie Edition====
[[File:Movie-Edition-Tiny-Turbo-Changers-Series-4-Shatter.jpg|thumb|Life's just a cocktail party on the street.]]
*'''Shatter''' (Tiny Turbo Changer, 2018)
**''Series'' '''4'''
**''Bag Code'': '''P'''
:Released in Series 4 of [[Tiny Turbo Changers]], Shatter is a red [[redeco]] of the Series 3 [[Barricade (Movie)/toys#Movie Edition|Barricade]] figure, although her instructions depict her as the original ''The Last Knight''-style Barricade instead. This small soft-plastic figurine transforms to car mode in a single step, two if you consider each arm an individual step.
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====Studio Series====
[[File:Studio-Series-MVBB-40-Deluxe-Shatter.jpg|thumb|300px|Don't think of her being Brock Samson's ride.]]
*'''Shatter''' (Deluxe Class, [[2019]])
**''ID Number'': '''40'''
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''SS-29'''
**''Japanese release date'': '''[[April 27]], 2019'''
**''Accessories'': "Decepticon Arrival" backdrop
:''[[Studio Series]]'' Shatter is a new Deluxe Class mold that transforms into the most screen-accurate version of her 1971 Plymouth GTX mode, complete with rally lights and rollcage. Her robot mode, though, drops the more overt jet-mode [[kibble]] the movie model uses, because ([[Drift (AOE)|as far as]] [[Dropkick (Movie)|standards go]]) that would be kinda hard to pack in at the Deluxe size. However, the figure is still more based on her Triple Changer body than her initial appearance on Earth. She also comes with a cardboard backdrop display depicting her and Dropkick's arrival on Earth.
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==Notes==
[[File:ShatterConceptArt.jpg|thumb|150px]]
*Shatter was the first Decepticon revealed for ''[[Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee]]'', when a promotional photo of director [[Travis Knight]] posing with Shatter's car mode was released. Both the character's name and gender weren't revealed until months later.
*According to Travis Knight, Shatter's design is partially inspired by [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird]] from the ''Generation 1'' cartoon.
*Most of Shatter's toys (notably her ''Studio Series'' figure) base their head design on initial concept art, which has her wearing a battle mask, though it was only used for her background appearance in the opening scene set on Cybertron. So far only her jet-mode Energon Igniters figure uses her final head design.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese'': '''Shatter''' (シャッター ''Shattā'')

[[Category:Bumblebee Decepticons]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:Studio Series]]
[[Category:Triple Changers]]

File:Shattersmirk.jpg

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Barricade911: Shatter smirks at the camera after deceiving Sector Seven.

[[Shatter]] smirks at the camera after deceiving [[Sector Seven]].

User:Barricade911

2019-03-24T17:49:22Z

Barricade911: Created page with "I have probably the least creative username on the site. But that's alright. The easier to remember, right? Anyways, pretty much been a TF fan since childhood. Started out w..."

I have probably the least creative username on the site. But that's alright. The easier to remember, right?

Anyways, pretty much been a TF fan since childhood. Started out with Armada and then got slowly sucked back in even more with the first 2007 live-action movie. Then Transformers Animated came along and solidified my love for the franchise forever.

One of my favorite Transformers is Barricade. (I know. Who would've ''thought''?) What can I say, Imma sucker for cool lookin' 'Cons with cool lookin' vehicle modes. Plus, he's got one of the most memorable designs from the live-action films. Other favorites include Soundwave and Ironhide. Who doesn't love a memorable loyalist with a cool voice and a big lovable badass with a southern twang?

Fusion cannon

2019-03-24T16:08:34Z

Barricade911: /* Prime cartoon */

[[File:MTMtE Part3 ExtinctiontoallTraitors.jpg|upright=2|thumb|A release of lubricant is quite common when seeing this.]]
The '''fusion cannon''' is [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s signature [[weapon]]. It is attached to his right arm and is devastatingly powerful, as demonstrated by its [[Decapitation|sudden removal]] of [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]'s head. (It's at least as powerful as [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]'s [[:File:Fortmaxgiveshead.jpg|hands]] in comparison.) It strikes fear into the [[spark]]s of both [[Autobot]]s and the [[Decepticon]]s, though this description and its actual destructive capacity [[To sell toys|seems strangely uneven]].

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:Addstarscreamtothedamagereport.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Hey-o!]]
''While on a hunt for [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]], the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] betrayed [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]. [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]] stole Megatron's fusion cannon and the Predacons left Megatron to fight Optimus Prime with only his small backup gun. Megatron opened a [[space bridge]] which pulled both him and Prime to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] where Megatron got a new fusion cannon. {{storylink|...The Harder They Die!}}'' It is unknown what Divebomb did with the original.
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====Marvel ''G.I. Joe'' comic====
As part of an agreement with [[Cobra]], Megatron's body was rebuilt to resemble an [[Earth]]-design tank with his fusion cannon replaced by a [[rail gun]]. {{storylink|Realignments}}
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{listen|Fusion Cannon Fire.ogg|Fusion cannon|Megatron's fusion cannon from the Generation 1 cartoon.|14 KB}}
During a battle with the Autobots and Decepticons [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s fusion cannon was fired twice, destroying an oil rig and trapping various Autobots and humans. It was then fired once more to ignite the [[oil]] and create an enormous conflagration {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1}}

When the Decepticons invaded [[Sherman Dam]] the fusion cannon appeared again, and was fired into the roof. When the Autobots showed up, it was fired at [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and the Autobots, but unlike the ceiling, they dodged the blast. A battle then ensued between Optimus Prime and Megatron on top of the dam, but the fusion cannon was missing at this point (Prime tackled Megatron, so maybe that's why), and Megatron was forced to use his [[energon mace]], instead. Fortunately, he got the cannon back by the time he returned to his base. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 2}}

The fusion cannon once more came in handy when Megatron fired it to escape a collapsed [[Ruby crystal mines of Burma|ruby crystal mine in Burma.]] After the debacle at the mine, [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] got a little bit rebellious and tried to shoot Megatron. But deflected the blast with a [[force field]] projected from the fusion cannon, then blasted Starscream in the shoulder (causing no visible damage) to punish him.

All this nonsense was leading to the Decepticons trying to escape Earth. They needed some rocket fuel, so the Autobots tried to trap them with a fake rocket base—but Megatron knew better and double-bluffed them. The fusion cannon was fired once at the Autobots' fake rocket base to make the double-bluff more convincing. It reappeared at the final battle outside the Decepticon space ship. Despite trying to blast Optimus Prime the fusion cannon was shot off Megatron's arm by Prime's [[Combat Deck (G1)|Combat Deck]]. Megatron (seemingly) retrieved it before boarding his space cruiser. Starscream played up again, and Megatron put the cannon down to give Starscream a chance to prove himself, a chance that was foiled by [[Mirage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Mirage]]—so Megatron picked up the fusion cannon once more and used it to punish Starscream again before the space cruiser crashed. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 3}}

So after that defeat the Decepticons didn't show up for a few months, when they did Megatron used his fusion cannon again in a battle against Optimus Prime at a solar energy plant, firing several times before being flipped by the fusion cannon by Prime! Megatron retaliated by punching Prime in the... uhh... gut, with the cannon. The Decepticons then took the energon they stole from the plant to the [[space bridge]]. [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] was spotted spying on them, and Megatron fired four times, missing on all four. He racked up even more misses in a later battle inside a cave where he fired no less than nine times and missed every single time. The cannon did manage to destroy a nice rock formation, though. {{storylink|Transport to Oblivion (episode)|Transport to Oblivion}}

When the Decepticons invaded a science lab to steal an [[antimatter]] formula the Autobots tried to stop them and Megatron fired at the Autobots (and their [[hologram]]s) about six times, managing to destroy a floor and a wall, but no Autobots. The anti-matter formula was then used to power-up Megatron's gun mode, but not his fusion cannon. {{storylink|Roll for It}}

After Optimus Prime was injured the Decepticons pressed an attack on the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. Megatron fired his cannon six times during the battle, even managing to actually hit [[Sideswipe (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sideswipe]], blasting him out of the air. Optimus Prime (now repaired!) then showed up and the cannon shot him, rather ineffectually. It was then knocked off Megatron's arm and was useless for the rest of the battle. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer}}

At the [[Arctic|North Pole]] (or thereabouts), during another battle with Optimus Prime where the fusion cannon was used to shoot Optimus in the back it was once again knocked off. This time it was knocked off by a shard of crystal thrown by Prime. {{storylink|Fire in the Sky}}

Another day, another fight at a dam. This time Megatron hooked up his fusion cannon directly to the dam as a power source. He proclaimed that the Autobots would now witness the power of his fusion cannon (actually mentioning it by name) and blasted the side of a cliff face (which was weakened by [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]'s [[Earthquake (event)|earthquake]] powers), collapsing it and dumping the Autobots into the river. {{storylink|S.O.S. Dinobots}}

[[File:Brawnfusioncannon.jpg|thumb|left|Meet the Soldier.]]
The fusion cannon's next job was blasting another hole, this time to create an entrance to a Mayan pyramid. It was then used at a battle to collect some gun-building materials where it became something of a football. First Megatron shot [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] in the chest, knocking the Autobot over. Then Brawn knocked the cannon off Megatron's arm and fired it himself hitting Megatron and knocking him over, but the kickback from the blast knocked Brawn over (again). Finally [[Laserbeak (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Laserbeak]] retrieved the gun for Megatron and another shot was fired at Brawn, but no one had to fall down this time because the shot missed.

Back at the Mayan pyramid Megatron used the fusion cannon to cause a distraction for the Autobots by blasting a mountainside twice and causing an avalanche. {{storylink|Fire on the Mountain (episode)|Fire on the Mountain}}

Then there was the time Megatron tried to bring [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to earth. Remember that? The fusion cannon was present throughout Megatron's machinations. But its most notable actions were during an Autobot invasion where a single underwater blast from the cannon enveloped Optimus Prime, [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]], [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]], [[Prowl (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Prowl]], [[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]] and Bumblebee (but didn't kill any of them), repeated (about six) shots fired during a Decepticon attack on the Ark (one of which hit Prime in the back) and a single shot at the battle at Megatron's giant space bridge. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 1}}

Megatron's environment-destroying plan saw the Decepticons getting trapped in their own base, so used the fusion cannon to blast yet another hole in a wall to escape. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 2}} The subsequent fight at Megatron's energon transport ship also saw the fusion cannon fired, this time twice (didn't hit anything, though.){{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 3}} Despite the energon ship exploding, neither Megatron nor the fusion cannon were destroyed and Megatron employed his signature gun again in a battle outside Archeville's lab. (This is the same battle where Megatron says, "I always hit what I aim for," which one has to assume at this stage is slight hyperbole.) {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (episode)|Countdown to Extinction}}

[[File:TFTM Ironhide dies.jpg|thumb|''Yeah, I know this actually is a scope, but can you play dead, at least? Are you a [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] or something?'']]
During an incident with the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] Megatron fired twice at the Autobots, then took his fusion cannon with him to an oil refinery where the Decepticons were collecting some energon. For whatever reason, Megatron took his cannon off and propped it against a wall while he was there, but fortunately he put it back on when the Autobots showed up. Fortunately because, without it, he couldn't have fired off two (unsuccessful) shots, then covered his retreat by using the fusion cannon to set fire to an [[oil tanker]]. {{storylink|A Plague of Insecticons}}

As we know, all Transformers (or at least Decepticons) get their special powers from [[power chip rectifier]]s, so when Megatron was preparing for a one-on-one duel with Optimus Prime he took the chips from all his fellow Decepticons into himself. During the duel this allowed him to fire cluster bombs from his fusion cannon; but Megatron still used what appeared to be three normal fusion cannon blasts to finish off Prime during the battle. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War}}

An attempted coup from [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] is another matter. The shots continuously bounced off his armor and Megatron had to resort to a 5-way fistfight with Starscream, [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], and [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] as an alternative. {{storylink|Triple Takeover}} By [[2005]], Megatron's fusion cannon was far more powerful than it was twenty years earlier in that was able to kill a ship-load of Autobots, including Ironhide. Megatron lost his fusion cannon in his final battle with Optimus Prime, and upon being reformatted by [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] into [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]], his fusion cannon was replaced by an arguably far more effective [[particle cannon]], which he promptly used to kill Starscream. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
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====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' manga====
[[File:MegatronMilitary.jpg|upright=1.00|thumb|Can we have a Green Lantern / Transformers crossover now?]]
The '''[[Megatron Corps]]''' (メガトロン軍団 ''Megatron Gundan'') are a horde of six [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] clones created by [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] to overwhelm the [[Autobot]]s. Each clone is gifted with a unique Fusion Cannon and they are capable of combining their blasts into a single devastating attack, called the self-explanatory "Combined Fusion Cannon attack." No member of the Megatron Corps is gifted with sentient intelligence, however, as they are all controlled by the will of Galvatron who was, in reality, the original Megatron before his upgrade from [[Unicron]]. Galvatron would keep this hidden by also posing as a Megatron Clone... using a Particle Cannon instead of a Fusion Cannon.

As soon as Galvatron lost control over the Megatron Corps in a fight with [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]], the clones lost all their power and were easily disposed of. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 2|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #2}}
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====''Wings Universe''====
{{Wingsnote}}
Megatron clone [[Megaplex]] brandished a fusion cannon as a secondary weapon. {{storylink|Termination}}

[[Squadron X]] survivors [[Ferak]] and [[Tornado]] escaped [[Torax Prime]] aboard a modified escape pod, refitting it with warp thrusters, [[proton bomb]]s, and a small fusion cannon. The pod, however, was no match for the firepower of an Autobot [[Vanguard-class Deep Space Interceptor|Vanguard class]] fighter. {{storylink|Tornado - Decepticon Saboteur}}

===''Earthquake''===
Megatron's '''nuclear-charged fusion cannon''' was, as usual, the [[Decepticon leader]]'s weapon of choice. In one notable scenario, Megatron turned the weapon on [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] when he discovered they were plotting to overthrow him. {{storylink|Earthquake (book)|Earthquake}}
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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
Having defeated Megatron, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] ripped the fusion cannon from his arm and used it to destroy the [[SPS Satellite]]. It supposedly was the only thing the [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]], [[Cobra]], [[Autobot]], and [[Decepticon]] troops gathered at [[Cobra Island]] had that could reach something in space. Thereafter, the fusion cannon was brought to [[Area 52 (G1)|Area 52]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 6|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #6}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]]'s first fusion cannon was a gift from [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]]. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4|Megatron Origin #4}} Ironically, Megatron decided to pay him back a few million years later by blowing a huge hole in his torso. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 6|Infiltration #6}} Whenever they met in combat, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] would ''always'' go for Megatron's cannon arm. {{storylink|Chaos Theory Part 1}} During their battle in [[Brasnya]], a well-aimed shot from Optimus destroyed the weapon. {{storylink|Escalation issue 5|Escalation #5}} During a showdown in [[New York City]], Optimus Prime ripped the fusion cannon off Megatron's arm and beat him with it until it broke. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 12|All Hail Megatron #12}}

When he returned in a new body, Megatron had replaced his trademark cannon with a [[rail gun]]. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 5: Enemy Mine|Enemy Mine}} The change didn't last long, as he went back to the trusty ol' fusion cannon for his next body. {{storylink|Before the Dawn}} After he surrendered and joined the Autobots, Optimus Prime had him dissolve his fusion cannon in acid as a symbol of giving up on the war. {{storylink|slaughterhouse}} When [[Brainstorm (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Brainstorm]] built him a new one in preparation for the [[Decepticon Justice Division|DJD's]] attack on [[Necroworld]], Megatron rejected it at first. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 4: At Close of Day|At Close of Day}} Upon learning that [[Fool's Energon]] was nothing more than a placebo and seeing [[Ravage (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ravage]] getting ripped in twain by [[Tarn (DJD)|Tarn]], Megatron attached the weapon to his arm and waded into the battlefield, slaughtering Decepticons with renewed vigor. Megatron demanded Tarn come face him in battle, but a well-placed shot by [[Nickel]] and [[Vos (DJD)|Vos]] damaged the cannon, rendering it unusable. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 5: Rage, Rage|Rage, Rage}} Despite this, Megatron kept it attached to his arm, even after the battle was over. When Ravage succumbed to his injuries, Megatron flew into a rage, refusing to part with the weapon and even threatening the Autobots; [[Terminus (G1)|Terminus]]'s arrival, however, prompted Megatron to detach the cannon without hesitation. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 6: Do Not Go Gentle|Do Not Go Gentle}}

The fusion cannon had been made from the [[Mortilus|Necrobot]]'s teleport chamber. Following its destruction, Brainstorm turned it back into a makeshift teleport "den". {{storylink|Dissolution Part 1: Some Other Cybertron|Some Other Cybertron}}

As leader of the [[Decepticon Justice Division]], Tarn sported a ''double'' fusion cannon. {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement (issue)|Rules of Disengagement}} In their final confrontation on [[Necroworld]], Megatron ripped the weapon off with ease, mocking Tarn for his zealotry. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light Part 6: Do Not Go Gentle|Do Not Go Gentle}}

[[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]] also possessed a fusion cannon while on [[Earth]]. He mockingly compared it to [[Sunstreaker (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Sunstreaker]]'s pistol when the Autobot tried to arrest him. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 5: As Above...So Below|As Above...So Below}} During Galvatron's final stand in the atmosphere of [[Jupiter]], [[Arcee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Arcee]] overloaded the weapon, causing an explosion that grievously damaged his right side. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 6: No Fair Fights|No Fair Fights}}

===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] loved his fusion cannon so much he had another one installed on the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]''. The blast radius from this weapon is massive. Most kickass, though this one requires a power up time to fire again which is less kickass. The cannon arming the Nemesis was even powerful enough to destroy former [[Vok]] emissary [[Tigerhawk]] and seemingly extinguish [[Airazor (BW)|the united sparks]] [[Tigatron|still within him]] with a single charged shot. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 2}} Although not Megatron's, the [[Ark (G1)|''Ark'']]'s cannon was also a [[generic]] fusion cannon. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}}

====''Beast Machines''====
[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s personal chariot [[Mechatron]] comes equipped with a fusion cannon to nullify any accursed [[Maximal]] that it comes across.

===Live-action film series continuity===
[[File:Movie Megatron fusion cannon.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Back in the day when he needed both hands to hold/use it.]]
[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s fusion cannon is one of the most powerful weapons known to Transformers. Drawing energy from an unknown interdimensional source, the fusion cannon fires gamma-irradiated plasma at a target.<ref>[http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/Battle-Bios.cfm Battle Bios at Hasbro.com]</ref> It is also mentioned on [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]'s toy packaging that he also carries a fusion cannon; presumably it is the blue glowing laser weapon on his left arm, though it is obviously much smaller than Megatron's.

[[File:ROTF Megatron fusion cannon.JPG|thumb|upright=1.4|Hey, I can see Starscream's house from here. *fires*]]
Megatron's cannon is presumably telescopic, as he keeps a pair of smaller, pistol-like cannons in each arm when not in use that combine to form one larger cannon. Its powerful blast is enough to send another transformer flying back three city blocks. Megatron used it on several occasions, most notably to injure [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] and to knock [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] into a building. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}

[[File:DOTM-MegatronLincoln.jpg|upright=1.4|left|thumb]]
After his resurrection, Megatron still possessed his fusion cannon, but in a more compact form from which he could now access with his [[Death-lock pincer]], a lobster-like blade. A point blank shot can still send another transformer flying back several yards. During his battle with Optimus Prime in a forest, Megatron used the fusion cannon to knock the Autobot leader backward after shattering his [[mouthplate]]. Later, after impaling Optimus with the bladed pincer, Megatron finished the job by firing the fusion cannon right through Optimus. During the final battle in [[Egypt]], Megatron used the fusion cannon to shoot down a military helicopter. Following his resurrection, Optimus turned the fusion cannon against Megatron by blowing off ''half of his face'' and then severing it and Megatron's arm off with his [[Dual Energon Swords|Energon sword]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

[[File:TLK Megatron fires.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|I have my arm-mounted cannon. Y'all happy now?]]
Megatron later adopted a hand held fusion cannon that resembled a fusion shotgun. He used it to cripple [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] before he was decapitated and Optimus used the weapon to slay the ancient Prime. The deed done, Optimus threw it down in disgust. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}} Despite this, Optimus later reclaimed it as a replacement for his lost [[Ion blaster|ion blaster]]. When Optimus changed his paint schemes while going into and coming out of hiding, the cannon changed colour with him. Considering he never used it after being captured by [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]], it is likely that the bounty hunter claimed the weapon. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}

When Galvatron resumed his identity as Megatron, his new body possessed a new fusion cannon mounted on his right forearm. In addition to powerful energy bolts, the cannon could also act as flamethrower. It was separated from Megatron when Optimus Prime severed his right arm...again. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}
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===''Animated'' cartoon===
[[File:Mission Accomplished Starscream death 3.jpg|left|thumb|Given time, Starscream may simply develop an immunity to the cannon. Then again, maybe not.]]
[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]'s iconic cannon served admirably as a cutting torch when Megatron sought to gain access to the [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Autobots' ship]].<ref>Use of sound-effects from the original cartoon only served to enhance the weapon's coolness.</ref> {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out}} After Megatron's revival, his newly rebuilt fusion cannon proved even more effective against the Autobot ship by knocking it clean out of the sky in under a minute with some help from [[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]] and [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]]. It also has an optical targeting lens... [[Stock footage|sometimes]]. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 2}} It was instrumental in repeatedly killing the newly-immortal [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]], {{storylink|Mission Accomplished}} and was effectively used in the capture of Bulkhead. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part I}}

Eventually, it and his other miscellaneous weapons were removed when he was captured by [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme's]] internal defenses. Optimus Prime discovered painfully that Megatron was not as weak without it as he had hoped. {{storylink|TransWarped}} Megatron later restored it to its rightful place on his arm, and used it as his primary weapon when he fought Optimus in the air. It survived the explosion of a [[Lugnut Supreme]], despite being damaged. Megatron shot Optimus Prime with it again, but this time it was ineffective, and [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] destroyed it with [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus's]] [[Magnus Hammer]]. {{storylink|Endgame, Part II}}

Notably Megatron, despite always precisely hitting Starscream, rarely manages to aim correctly when facing the Autobots. The writers were likely reluctant to [[The Transformers: The Movie|have half the cast atomized in the space of five seconds]], but to be fair, Starscream was unsurprisingly at point blank range for nearly every shot.
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===''TransTech''===
High Commander [[Megatron (TransTech)|Megatron]]'s main weapon was his '''Tetra-Singularity Fusion Cannon''', a weapon that harnessed a small black hole as its power source and had no equal in [[Axiom Nexus]]. {{storylink|Rook - Axiom Nexus News: Investigative Journalist|Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/05/13}} It has only been fired at full power [[Liege Maximo|once]]. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 24|''TransTech'' Megatron's profile}}

===''Shattered Glass''===
'''[[Rumbler (SG)|Rumbler]]''' was [[Megatron (SG)|Megatron]]'s loyal sidearm. He was [[Roller (G1)|a semi-sentient drone]] in the shape of a fusion cannon. {{storylink|Do Over}}

[[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]] later gained a '''Quantum Fusion Cannon''' upon his transformation into Nova Prime. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (SG)#NovaPrime|''Timelines'' Nova Prime profile card}}

===Aligned continuity family===
The Fusion Cannon could tap into interdimensional power sources to blast through almost any armor. [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] had one, {{storylink|Bio|Megatron's Battle Bio}} and so did [[The Fallen]] when he was Megatronus.<ref>[http://www.allspark.com/content/view/7430/20/ AllSpark.com description of BotCon 2010 Hasbro designers' panel]</ref>

====''Prime'' cartoon====
Megatron's fortress of [[Darkmount (Earth)|Darkmount]] was armed with several fusion cannons. When a human army military force arrived at the fortress to wage a counterattack on the Decepticons, Megatron had one of the cannons fired at them, annihilating the humans and destroying the nearby abandoned city of [[Jasper]] in the process. Megatron warned [[William Fowler|Fowler]] that further human interference would result in the fusion cannons being turned on several major cities, including Washington, D.C. {{storylink|Darkmount, NV}} When [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] arrived on Earth and reunited the majority of [[Team Prime]], {{storylink|Prey (episode)|Prey}} he and Fowler resolved to disable the fusion cannons before destroying Darkmount with the help of Earth's military. While [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] and [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] created a distraction at the base of the fortress, [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] attempted to sneak into the fortress to disable the cannons, but when met with heavy resistance, Magnus took matters into his own hands and mounted a one-bot assault on the cannons. He was stopped by Megatron, and though the Autobots were all captured, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]'s arrival quickly resulted in the fusion cannons being crippled, and then destroyed by Fowler's [[Skystriker (vehicle)|Skystriker]]s. {{storylink|Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion}}
[[File:PrimeMegatronFusioncannon.JPG|thumb|right|upright|]]
Megatron himself also had a fusion cannon<ref>Though unnamed in the series, it was named as such in the toyline.</ref> on his right arm, which seemed to be a standard arm-mounted energon cannon simply enhanced by [[Dark Energon]], but he promptly abandoned it when he got [[Liege Maximo|a dead Prime]]'s arm to replace his own in order to activate the [[Forge of Solus Prime]] to create the arguably more ''effective'' [[Dark Star Saber]]. {{storylink|Alpha/Omega}} Later, however, he lost that arm {{storylink|Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour}} and got his original arm back along with his fusion cannon. {{storylink|Darkmount, NV}} He was still able to use the Dark Star Saber with his fusion cannon arm in a final battle with the Autobots. {{storylink|Deadlock}} After being killed, he lost it again upon being resurrected by [[Unicron/Aligned|Unicron]], though he was able to access ''two'' [[Dark Energon]] cannons that were also extremely effective. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}

When the Autobots prepared to face the Chaos Bringer, [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] took stock of the arsenal aboard the [[Trypticon (WFC)|''Nemesis'']], which included a complement of fusion cannons. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}

==Games==
====''War for Cybertron''====
Megatron's precious cannon fired explosive charges into the faces of his enemies. Oddly enough, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] could also use one.

'''Carried by:''' [[Leader (WFC)|Leaders]], Megatron
*Damage: 10
*Range: 9
*Accuracy: 7
*Rate of Fire: 4

====''Transformers Devastation''====
The Fusion Cannon is a Grenade Launcher class weapon that can be unlocked by beating the game on any difficulty. When aiming, it will create a shield that blocks damage from the front. It can be equipped by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]].

Megatron, of course, uses the Fusion Cannon as his primary weapon. He's also able to use the Fusion Cannon to create a forceful but harmless energy waves to fling his enemies away from him.

Another variant, "Fusion Cannon (Mod)", instead works like a shotgun; as one can guess, this variant is based on movieverse Megatron's fusion shotgun, down to it's appearance. This weapon lacks the aforementioned shield function.

==Toys==
===Megatrons with Fusion Cannons===
[[File:Megatron_G1_toys.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|So many Fusion Cannons, so few targets.]]
:As the Fusion Cannon is Megatron's signature weapon, we at the wiki quickly realized that posting ''every'' instance of a Megatron with a Fusion Cannon would be perhaps a bit much. Not to mention, it would be shorter to list those who didn't have one. For brevity, and sanity, the following Megatrons ''(Megatronii?)'' are commonly known to carry Fusion Cannons into combat on their toys and merchandise:
:
*[[Megatron_(G1)/toys|The Generation 1 incarnation]], which covers the Megatron found in [[Megatron_(G1)/Marvel_Comics_continuity|Marvel Comics]], [[Megatron_(G1)/Generation_1_cartoon_continuity|the original cartoon]], and [[Megatron_(G1)/IDW_Generation_1_continuity|IDW's line of comics]], among others.
*[[Megatron_(Movie)/toys|The live-action film incarnation]], featured in four out of the five major movies.
*[[Megatron_(Animated)|The ''Animated'' incarnation]].
*[[Megatron_(WFC)/toys|The Aligned incarnation]], featured in several video games, novels and Transformers Prime.
*[[The_Fallen/toys#Robots_in_Disguise_.282015.29|Megatronus]], while not a Megatron, always has a Fusion Cannon in the 2015 ''[[The_Fallen#2015_Robots_in_Disguise_cartoon|Robots in Disguise]]'' franchise.
:
:Meanwhile, the following toys either feature one-shot ''(continuity wise)'' Megatrons with Fusion Cannons, or other characters with toys who have been issued Fusion Cannons:

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===Beast Machines===
[[File:BM Mechatron toy red version.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Mechatron''' (Beast Rider, 2000)
**''Accessories'': 2 missiles
: Mechatron features a central fusion cannon.

*'''Mechatron''' (Beast Rider, 2001)
**''Accessories'': 2 missiles
:Later on, Mechatron was given a [[Variant|running change]] [[redeco]] into a shocking purple, yellow, and copper coloration, though the packaging was not changed in any way to reflect this.
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===Timelines===
[[File:Timelinestoy-NovaPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|I don't feel like I fit in here.]]
*'''Nova Prime''' (Deluxe, 2015)
:While he didn't have one as [[Optimus_Prime_(SG)|Optimus Prime]], the redeemed former leader of the [[Transformers:_Shattered_Glass_(franchise)|evil Autobots]] wound up receiving a Quantum Fusion Cannon from his benefactor [[Unicron/Shattered_Glass|Unicron]]. It does look a lot like the Ion Blaster his [[Optimus_Prime_(G1)/toys#Deluxe|heroic counterpart]] has, though.
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===United===
[[File:Unitedtoy-DarksideMegatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Darkside Optimus Prime & Darkside Megatron''' (Deluxe Class two-pack, 2011)
**''Accessories'': Cannon/missile launcher, energy-blast missile
:Part of a [[Tokyo Toy Show|Tokyo Toy Show 2011]]-[[exclusive]] ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' two-pack with [[Darkside Optimus Prime (United)|Darkside Optimus Prime]], [[Darkside Megatron]] is a [[Black repaint|black]] [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers Generations|Generations:]] [[Transformers: War for Cybertron (franchise)#Toys|War for Cybertron]]'' [[Megatron (WFC)/toys#Toys|Megatron]]. Megatron's spring-loaded Fusion Cannon can still attach to either arm.
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===Age of Extinction===
[[File:Lost Age AD-02 Optimus Prime.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I don't think I belong here, either.''(TakaraTomy version pictured)'']]
*'''Evasion Mode Optimus Prime''' (Voyager, 2014)
*'''Evolution 2-Pack Optimus Prime''' (Voyager Two-Pack, 2014)
*'''Optimus Prime & Grimlock''' (Platinum Edition Voyager 2-pack, 2014)
*'''Optimus Prime Battle Damage Color''' (Milk Magazine exclusive, 2014)
*'''Rusty Ver. Optimus Prime''' (Voyager, 2014)
*'''Gold Classic Optimus Prime''' (Battle Command Campaign, 2014)
*'''Autobots United''' (Platinum Edition 5-pack, 2014)
*'''Breakout Battle''' (Platinum Edition, 2014)
:A weapon based on Megatron's hand held Fusion Shotgun (named Ion Cannon) is available with this Optimus Prime and his redecoes. The said weapon can also attach to ''Dark of the Moon'' Voyager Class Megatron's hands.

::''See also: [[Optimus_Prime_(Movie)/toys#Voyager_Class_toys_6|''Movie The Best'' Optimus Prime]]''
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===''Knights of Unicron''===
[[File:TF-KOU-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Possibly the most unlikely Megatron ever.]]
*'''Megatron''' (Knights of Unicron Reunion Tour Set, 2014)
**Accessories'': clear purple missile, Fusion Cannon
:''[[Knights of Unicron (band)|Knights of Unicron]]'' Megatron is a redeco of ''Thrilling 30'' Deluxe Class Megatron, transforming from a rocker-themed Cybertronian self-propelled gun into a rocker-themed robot. Yes, he still has the Fusion Cannon.
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==Notes==
[[File:MegatronAntimatterUK.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|...or you could do that instead, sure.]]
*Generation 1 Megatron's on-[[Packaging|package]] [[bio]] refers his weapon as a "'''particle beam cannon'''".<ref name=G1pack>Generation 1 Megatron's original on-package bio [http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/techspecs/decepticon/1984/ts_megatron.jpg (scan at BotchTheCrab.com)]</ref>
*His Generation 1 on-package bio also mentioned he can "link up interdimensionally to a [[black hole]] and use [[Antimatter|anti-matter]] from it for use as a weapon," without elaborating further.<ref name=G1pack/> This, however, is a truncated version of the full bio provided to ''[[Transformers brand|Transformers]]'' writers and later published in ''[[The Transformers Universe]]'', which explains that his ''cannon'' draws on the antimatter as a power source.<ref>Generation 1 Megatron's extended bio [http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/printerfriendly.php?char=Megatron (transcription at NTFA.net)]</ref> Apparently working from the shortened version, [[Simon Furman]] wrote [[Raiders of the Last Ark|two]] [[Resurrection!|stories]] in the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|Marvel UK comics]] where Megatron channeled the antimatter through his body, unleashing it through his hands the first time and through his eyes the second time. It manifested as a black, starry cloud that caused explosions. A similar situation occurred in the cartoon. Megatron was never shown to possess antimatter-channeling abilities, but he was shown to possess an anti-matter blaster in "[[Enter the Nightbird]]". Like every Decepticon weapon in the cartoon, it produced a purple laserbeam, though one that "absorbed" energy. The fusion cannon-power-source interpretation has never featured in a story.
*The deep percussive note at the beginning of the iconic fusion cannon sound effect (used throughout Generation 1 and ''Animated'') is an old "stock" sound used frequently in American animation, most notably within {{w|Hanna-Barbera}}'s ''{{w|Scooby Doo}}'' where it was used to signify cast members or objects falling on the ground, running into walls, etc.
*According to the [[Transformers (Mystery of Convoy)|''Transformers: Mystery of Convoy'' strategy guide]], Megatron's fusion cannon functions as a flame thrower. No wonder he got defeated easily.
**Megatron's cannon in ''The Last Knight'' functioned as a flamethrower in one scene, possibly alluding to this...or following the "rule of cool".

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Yūgō Kanon Hō''' (融合カノン砲 "Fusion Cannon Gun")

==See also==
*[[Fusion weaponry]]
*[[Rumbler (SG)|Rumbler]]

==References==
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[[Category:Animated weapons]]
[[Category:Beast Machines weapons]]
[[Category:Beast Wars weapons]]
[[Category:Cannons]]
[[Category:Dark of the Moon weapons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 weapons]]
[[Category:Generation 2 weapons]]
[[Category:Movie weapons]]
[[Category:Prime weapons]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen weapons]]
[[Category:The Last Knight weapons]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron weapons]]
[[Category:Wings Universe weapons]]

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Enemy of My Enemy (RB)

2019-03-24T06:32:09Z

Barricade911: /* Synopsis */

{{disambig2|the ''Rescue Bots'' episode|the ''Robots in Disguise'' (2015) episode|Enemy of My Enemy (RID)}}
{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 86
|prev=Ghost in the Machine (RB)
|next=Mayor May Not
|image=EnemyOfMyEnemy Chumley introduces himself.jpg
|caption="You came here to get a look at me, to get the old scent back again, didn't you? Would you like to leave me your home phone number?"
|title="Enemy of My Enemy"
|airdate=[[May 31]], [[2016]] (UK) [[June 4]], [[2016]] (US)
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio=[[DHX Media]] [[Top Draw Animation]]
|writer=[[Nicole Dubuc]]
|director=[[Patrick Archibald]]
}}

'''When the Rescue Bots are captured by a new villain, the Burns family finds an unexpected ally in a former enemy.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:EnemyOfMyEnemy Prescott in danger.jpg|thumb|left|250px|After watching the end of Anchorman, Huxley decided that getting up close and personal with the animals was as great way to boost ratings.]]
[[Huxley Prescott]] reports from [[Griffin Rock Zoo]] where the [[Whiskers|cross-eyed lion]] is celebrating his 25th birthday. Prescott relates the story of how the orphaned lion was raised by a human family and later given a home at the zoo. At the [[Griffin Rock Firehouse Headquarters|firehouse]], [[Boulder]] and [[Cody Burns|Cody]] head off to attend the birthday party, however "Whiskers", the lion, fails to put in an appearance. Prescott announces that the lion must be loose, and in the ensuing panic, he falls into the alligator enclosure. Fortunately Boulder is able to fish him out before he gets eaten.

[[File:EnemyOfMyEnemy Cody questions Quarry.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Do you know how you caught me? The reason you caught me, Cody, is we're just alike. Do you understand? Smell yourself."]]
Cody and Boulder return to the firehouse, where Cody and [[Charlie Burns|Chief]] review the security footage from the zoo. As it turns out, the lion was kidnapped by [[Q-Drone]]s, although [[Quint Quarry]] is still in prison on the mainland. Though Chief is dubious Quarry will help, he puts a call through to the mainland prison and indeed Quarry is more interested in his dinner than dropping hints. While the investigation continues via outer methods, the rescue team goes to work on emergency test week — [[Graham Burns|Graham]] and Boulder check out an underground shelter and find it's unstable thanks to a termite infestation; [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] and Chief check the firehouse's fire suppression systems; [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] and [[Dani Burns|Dani]] brief the city council on [[earthquake (event)|earthquake]] drills; and [[Kade Burns|Kade]] and [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] replace emergency rations.

Meanwhile Cody hands out checklists, and talks to Prescott, discovering that the family who originally adopted the lion went by the name of Quarry. Armed with this knowledge, Cody questions Quarry again. Quarry insists on being moved to the Griffin Rock jail, where he tells Chief that the likely lionnapper is his arch-rival Lord [[Thurston Chumley]]. He suggests setting a trap using a rare animal.

The Rescue Team settles on using the [[Rescue Bot]]s' dino modes as bait. That night they have the Rescue Bots in the zoo, and the human members of the team on watch, armed with [[Electromagnetic pulse|EMP]] guns. The Q-Drones turn up, but immediately start releasing the zoo's animals as a distraction. With lemurs, an [[elephant]] and a tiger running loose, the Rescue Bots are forced to spring into action to round them back up. They succeed, but are nabbed by the Q-Drones and carried off in a waiting helijet.

[[File:EnemyOfMyEnemy Bots in menagerie.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
The bots are taken to a ship where they quickly discover their tracking devices are being jammed. Boulder marvels at their fellow captives, which include rare and even species thought extinct. When Lord Chumley releases them to be prepared for display, the Rescue Bots take out the Q-Drones and split up to find the lion.

Believing that Quarry warned Chumley of the plan, Chief and Cody confront him, but he merely tries to talk them into releasing him. Graham's unable to track the bots, so the team pursues alternate courses of investigation.

As the Bots explore the ship, Heatwave finds himself trapped by a couple of doors. Blades finds Whiskers, but becomes trapped in a forcefield. Chase falls into a pit trap. Boulder discovers some Carolina parakeets, and frees them, attaching his tracking device to one of them. No sooner has he released it from the ship than he is caught by a Q-Drone.

[[File:EnemyOfMyEnemy Chumley cornered.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
Back in [[Griffin Rock]], Graham picks up the signal from the device, however as the team prepares to assemble, it turns out Kade is giving a safety briefing in the unstable shelter. Despite Graham's warning, Kade's group ends up trapped in the shelter after it collapses, and the team realize they don't have the Bots to help them out. Cody strikes on the idea of getting the elephant from the zoo to help dig Kade out. Once the elephant's returned to the zoo, the team heads out in one of Dani's test aircraft and quickly find Chumley's ship. They split up and manage to locate and free the Bots. Chumley catches Chief and Cody freeing Boulder and is about to imprison them as well, but Boulder frees a bunch of the animals, which corner the hunter. Chumley traps himself in one of his own stasis pods in an attempt to escape, neatly wrapping things up. The team realizes they can use Quarry's island as a preserve for the recovered animals.

With the lion back in the zoo, Chief gets a call from Barney — Quarry has escaped the jail. Quarry calls Cody to say he'll avoid tangling with the Rescue Bots in future, and reveal that Chumley's his brother.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Boulder]] (2)
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (4)
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (5)
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (6)

|c3=
*[[Huxley Prescott]] (1)
*[[Cody Burns]] (3)
*[[Dani Burns]] (7)
*[[Kade Burns]] (8)
*[[Charlie Burns]] (9)
*[[Graham Burns]] (10)
*[[Quint Quarry]] (11)
*[[Barney]] (12)
*[[Thurston Chumley]] (13)

|c4=
*[[Whiskers]] (14)
}}

==Quotes==
"This news report has been interrupted by another exciting episode of ''[[I Dare Me]]''. Though I wish I hadn't."
:—'''Huxley Prescott''', in the alligator enclosure.

"Joyous exclamation. This year, we will finally be able to take part in the community safety drills and emergency gear checks."
:—'''Chase'''

"Oh no! Earthquake! It's the big one! Save my baby!" 
"Remind me not to let you help with the tsunami drill."
:—'''Blades''' and '''Dani'''

"Now don't try any funny stuff. We're just as tough as the mainland jail here!...Uh, you want pudding with dinner or pie?"
:—'''Barney'''

"Mind your manners! Why, you'd be extinct if it weren't for me."
:—'''Chumley''' reprimands a dodo.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Chief mentioned that they checked Quarry hasn't escaped and left a hologram in his place — Evan and Myles used this technique to escape in "[[The Haunting of Griffin Rock]]".
* Chase pointedly brings up [[Walk on the Wild Side|that time]] Blades and Boulder tried to steal Whiskers.

===Transformers references===
* Lord Thurston Chumley is a reference to [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]] character [[Chumley|Lord Chumley]], who originated in the episode "[[Prime Target (episode)|Prime Target]]".
* Heatwave retorts "you were expecting [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]?". Appropriate, since they both have the same [[Steve Blum|voice actor]].

===Real-world references===
* Dodos and Carolina parakeets are real-life extinct species.

===Animation and technical errors===
* (tbd)

===Trivia===
* (tbd)

===Foreign localization===
'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Il nemico del mio nemico'''" ("My enemy's enemy")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 14|14 September]] [[2017]]
{{epstub}}
[[Category:Rescue Bots episodes]]

Enemy of My Enemy (RB)

2019-03-24T06:20:21Z

Barricade911:

{{disambig2|the ''Rescue Bots'' episode|the ''Robots in Disguise'' (2015) episode|Enemy of My Enemy (RID)}}
{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Transformers: Rescue Bots]]'' ep 86
|prev=Ghost in the Machine (RB)
|next=Mayor May Not
|image=EnemyOfMyEnemy Chumley introduces himself.jpg
|caption="You came here to get a look at me, to get the old scent back again, didn't you? Would you like to leave me your home phone number?"
|title="Enemy of My Enemy"
|airdate=[[May 31]], [[2016]] (UK) [[June 4]], [[2016]] (US)
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|animation studio=[[DHX Media]] [[Top Draw Animation]]
|writer=[[Nicole Dubuc]]
|director=[[Patrick Archibald]]
}}

'''When the Rescue Bots are captured by a new villain, the Burns family finds an unexpected ally in a former enemy.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:EnemyOfMyEnemy Prescott in danger.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
[[Huxley Prescott]] reports from [[Griffin Rock Zoo]] where the [[Whiskers|cross-eyed lion]] is celebrating his 25th birthday. Prescott relates the story of how the orphaned lion was raised by a human family and later given a home at the zoo. At the [[Griffin Rock Firehouse Headquarters|firehouse]], [[Boulder]] and [[Cody Burns|Cody]] head off to attend the birthday party, however "Whiskers", the lion, fails to put in an appearance. Prescott announces that the lion must be loose, and in the ensuing panic, he falls into the alligator enclosure. Fortunately Boulder is able to fish him out before he gets eaten.

[[File:EnemyOfMyEnemy Cody questions Quarry.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Do you know how you caught me? The reason you caught me, Cody, is we're just alike. Do you understand? Smell yourself."]]
Cody and Boulder return to the firehouse, where Cody and [[Charlie Burns|Chief]] review the security footage from the zoo. As it turns out, the lion was kidnapped by [[Q-Drone]]s, although [[Quint Quarry]] is still in prison on the mainland. Though Chief is dubious Quarry will help, he puts a call through to the mainland prison and indeed Quarry is more interested in his dinner than dropping hints. While the investigation continues via outer methods, the rescue team goes to work on emergency test week — [[Graham Burns|Graham]] and Boulder check out an underground shelter and find it's unstable thanks to a termite infestation; [[Chase (RB)|Chase]] and Chief check the firehouse's fire suppression systems; [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] and [[Dani Burns|Dani]] brief the city council on [[earthquake (event)|earthquake]] drills; and [[Kade Burns|Kade]] and [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] replace emergency rations.

Meanwhile Cody hands out checklists, and talks to Prescott, discovering that the family who originally adopted the lion went by the name of Quarry. Armed with this knowledge, Cody questions Quarry again. Quarry insists on being moved to the Griffin Rock jail, where he tells Chief that the likely lionnapper is his arch-rival Lord [[Thurston Chumley]]. He suggests setting a trap using a rare animal.

The Rescue Team settles on using the [[Rescue Bot]]s' dino modes as bait. That night they have the Rescue Bots in the zoo, and the human members of the team on watch, armed with [[Electromagnetic pulse|EMP]] guns. The Q-Drones turn up, but immediately start releasing the zoo's animals as a distraction. With lemurs, an [[elephant]] and a tiger running loose, the Rescue Bots are forced to spring into action to round them back up. They succeed, but are nabbed by the Q-Drones and carried off in a waiting helijet.

[[File:EnemyOfMyEnemy Bots in menagerie.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
The bots are taken to a ship where they quickly discover their tracking devices are being jammed. Boulder marvels at their fellow captives, which include rare and even species thought extinct. When Lord Chumley releases them to be prepared for display, the Rescue Bots take out the Q-Drones and split up to find the lion.

Believing that Quarry warned Chumley of the plan, Chief and Cody confront him, but he merely tries to talk them into releasing him. Graham's unable to track the bots, so the team pursues alternate courses of investigation.

As the Bots explore the ship, Heatwave finds himself trapped by a couple of doors. Blades finds Whiskers, but becomes trapped in a forcefield. Chase falls into a pit trap. Boulder discovers some Carolina parakeets, and frees them, attaching his tracking device to one of them. No sooner has he released it from the ship than he is caught by a Q-Drone.

[[File:EnemyOfMyEnemy Chumley cornered.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
Back in [[Griffin Rock]], Graham picks up the signal from the device, however as the team prepares to assemble, it turns out Kade is giving a safety briefing in the unstable shelter. Despite Graham's warning, Kade's group ends up trapped in the shelter after it collapses, and the team realize they don't have the Bots to help them out. Cody strikes on the idea of getting the elephant from the zoo to help dig Kade out. Once the elephant's returned to the zoo, the team heads out in one of Dani's test aircraft and quickly find Chumley's ship. They split up and manage to locate and free the Bots. Chumley catches Chief and Cody freeing Boulder and is about to imprison them as well, but Boulder frees a bunch of the animals, which corner the hunter. Chumley traps himself in one of his own stasis pods in an attempt to escape, neatly wrapping things up. The team realizes they can use Quarry's island as a preserve for the recovered animals.

With the lion back in the zoo, Chief gets a call from Barney — Quarry has escaped the jail. Quarry calls Cody to say he'll avoid tangling with the Rescue Bots in future, and reveal that Chumley's his brother.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Boulder]] (2)
*[[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] (4)
*[[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (5)
*[[Chase (RB)|Chase]] (6)

|c3=
*[[Huxley Prescott]] (1)
*[[Cody Burns]] (3)
*[[Dani Burns]] (7)
*[[Kade Burns]] (8)
*[[Charlie Burns]] (9)
*[[Graham Burns]] (10)
*[[Quint Quarry]] (11)
*[[Barney]] (12)
*[[Thurston Chumley]] (13)

|c4=
*[[Whiskers]] (14)
}}

==Quotes==
"This news report has been interrupted by another exciting episode of ''[[I Dare Me]]''. Though I wish I hadn't."
:—'''Huxley Prescott''', in the alligator enclosure.

"Joyous exclamation. This year, we will finally be able to take part in the community safety drills and emergency gear checks."
:—'''Chase'''

"Oh no! Earthquake! It's the big one! Save my baby!" 
"Remind me not to let you help with the tsunami drill."
:—'''Blades''' and '''Dani'''

"Now don't try any funny stuff. We're just as tough as the mainland jail here!...Uh, you want pudding with dinner or pie?"
:—'''Barney'''

"Mind your manners! Why, you'd be extinct if it weren't for me."
:—'''Chumley''' reprimands a dodo.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Chief mentioned that they checked Quarry hasn't escaped and left a hologram in his place — Evan and Myles used this technique to escape in "[[The Haunting of Griffin Rock]]".
* Chase pointedly brings up [[Walk on the Wild Side|that time]] Blades and Boulder tried to steal Whiskers.

===Transformers references===
* Lord Thurston Chumley is a reference to [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]] character [[Chumley|Lord Chumley]], who originated in the episode "[[Prime Target (episode)|Prime Target]]".
* Heatwave retorts "you were expecting [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]?". Appropriate, since they both have the same [[Steve Blum|voice actor]].

===Real-world references===
* Dodos and Carolina parakeets are real-life extinct species.

===Animation and technical errors===
* (tbd)

===Trivia===
* (tbd)

===Foreign localization===
'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Il nemico del mio nemico'''" ("My enemy's enemy")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[September 14|14 September]] [[2017]]
{{epstub}}
[[Category:Rescue Bots episodes]]

Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity

2019-03-24T05:46:41Z

Barricade911: /* Marvel The Transformers comics */

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[[File:TFU Soundwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|"Mouths are very 'in' at the moment."]]
Soundwave did a lot of stuff in the [[Marvel Comics continuity]]!

==Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics==
{{noteukonly}}
[[File:Contentedfools.jpg|left|upright=1.3|thumb|Ravage, Megatron, and Soundwave, the first Decepticons.]]
Millions of years ago, Soundwave was one of the first members of the Decepticons; after sowing discontent among the masses, he, [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and [[Ravage (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ravage]] began the war that would tear the planet itself out of its orbit. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}} ''Soundwave was at Megatron's side during his assault on [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] and updated his leader with information throughout the course of the battle.'' {{storylink|And There Shall Come...a Leader!}} The Decepticons, including Soundwave, attempted to hijack the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] four million years ago, only to fail and fall into deactivation sleep for four million years. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}} {{storylink|Cold Comfort and Joy!}} {{storylink|Once upon a Time...}} In [[1984]], the detonation of the volcano, [[Mount St. Hilary]], reactivated the Autobots and Decepticons, unleashing their war on Earth. Learning the [[Human|inhabitants]] of this planet had access to its vast energy sources, Soundwave joined the Decepticons in raiding a [[Community Drive-In|drive-in movie theatre]]. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}} Soon after, Soundwave participated in a raid on [[Harrison Nuclear Power Plant]], and after helping the Decepticons make off with large chunks of its machinery, helped use their bounty to build a [[Fortress Sinister|new headquarters atop a cliffside]]. Requiring help to find a way to process Earth fuels into a form useable by Cybertronians, the Decepticons subsequently abducted the Autobots' new human ally [[Sparkplug Witwicky]]. {{storylink|Power Play!}}

''While Sparkplug was labouring away on a conversion method, Soundwave devised means of his own to develop a crude form of fuel out of electric power. The Decepticons staged an attack on [[Sherman Dam]] to put Soundwave's formula to use, and the communications expert oversaw the production and extraction of the fuel while others prevented the Autobots from interfering.'' {{storylink|Decepticon Dam-Busters!}} Soon after, the Decepticons' headquarters were infiltrated by the Autobot [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] and the human superhero [[Spider-Man]], seeking to rescue Sparkplug. Soundwave engaged the intruders, but was suckerpunched by Gears while distracted by the wall-crawling adventurer. {{storylink|Prisoner of War!}}

[[File:Laserbeakwarriorschool.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|"Fly, my pretties, fly!"]]
''When [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] nearly caused the death of Ravage, Megatron rallied the other Decepticons, including Soundwave, to enact vengeance for his treason.'' {{storylink|The Enemy Within!}} ''Later, the Decepticons unleashed a surprise attack on the Ark. After Soundwave defeated [[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Jazz]], the battle was halted when [[Aunty]], the Ark's computer system, turned rogue. After the crisis was averted, Soundwave and the others were able to retreat.'' {{storylink|Raiders of the Last Ark}} Although Sparkplug's fuel conversion process was completed soon after, as one of the more seriously-injured Decepticons after recent battles, Soundwave was unable to join his fully-functional comrades in launching a fresh attack on the Ark—which turned out to be fortunate for him, since Sparkplug had poisoned the fuel. Only the surprise arrival of [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] prevented the Autobots from claiming victory, {{storylink|The Last Stand}} and Soundwave quickly fell into step behind him as he took command of the Decepticons and seized control of the Ark. {{storylink|The New Order}}

[[File:Ferdygabe.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.6|"Ferdy put all my records into this rectangle! And they keep playing one after the other! This is an excellent rectangle!"]]
Soundwave was relocated to the Decepticons' new headquarters on the captured [[Blackrock Enterprises]] [[oil-drilling platform]], {{storylink|The Worse of Two Evils}} but he did not stay there for long. ''First, at Shockwave's command, he returned to Ark to instal a thermo-nuclear bomb in the [[Guardian (Marvel)|Guardian]] droid that guarded the ship, programming it to detonate should any surviving Autobots or traitorous Decepticons turn on Shockwave.'' {{storylink|The Wrath of Grimlock!}} Next, Soundwave infiltrated [[Blackrock Aerospace Assembly Plant Number One]] by having a hapless worker bring him inside in his tape deck mode. Once he had breached the facility's defense systems, Soundwave attacked and secured the plant for Decepticon use. {{storylink|Warrior School!}} Despite the human slave-workers under his command not being as efficient as he had hoped, Soundwave prepared an assembly line to Shockwave's specifications. {{storylink|Repeat Performance!}} The plant's facilities were used to create the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]], who built a massive radio dish that Soundwave used to beam a message back to Cybertron. However, the radio dish was destroyed when Soundwave was defeated by [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] and the human trucker [[Bomber Bill]]. {{storylink|The Next Best Thing to Being There!}}

[[File:PrimeTime-Primewantsyou.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|That's an odd way to admit your attraction to him, Optimus.]]
After Soundwave had returned to the aerospace plant, Shockwave had him search the facilities for any proof that the Autobots were spying on them; he had deduced that their continued interference was more than just coincidence. Sure enough, Soundwave discovered that the plant's phones had been tapped, and through them the Autobots had been eavesdropping on the Decepticons' plans. Shockwave then had Soundwave build a false head for [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]], one which would control the Autobot leader's body for the Decepticons. After the Autobots were made to believe that the real head would be dumped into a nearby swamp, they came to put the false head onto Prime's body, which immediately turned on them. Soundwave and the other Decepticon troops then joined in pulverizing the Autobot forces. Their rampage came to a halt when Buster had Jetfire bring the real head out to the battlefield, and it was swapped out with the duplicate without anyone noticing. Optimus Prime, once again whole, turned on the Decepticons and beat them all back single handedly. {{storylink|Prime Time!}}

[[File:Soundwavedinobothunt.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|"And you—YOU!—no longer exiiii... oh, wait."]]
''With both Megatron and Shockwave left missing in action by these Autobot victories, Soundwave assumed command of the Decepticons, dismissing [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]]'s own ambitions of leadership. For his first plan as leader, he had his cassettes lead the weakest Autobot [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]] into a trap, taking him prisoner, but his attempt to use Bumblebee as bait to lure Optimus Prime to his doom failed, as Prime once more took on their ranks on his own, defeated them all, and rescued 'Bee.'' {{storylink|Crisis of Command!}} ''Soundwave's second plan, on the other hand, enjoyed much greater success. Discovering that the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] were on a rampage across North America, Soundwave, [[Skywarp (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Skywarp]], and [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]] managed to subdue and capture both [[Sludge (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Sludge]], and the Autobot unit sent to bring the Dinobot in. Soundwave then made use of a [[sonic lance]] to agitate Sludge into fighting [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] near [[Doonstown]], endangering the local humans. Though the sonic lance was destroyed and the hostages rescued, many Autobots were left badly injured, and the Decepticons even walked away with a bonus in the form of fuel stolen from a nearby power plant while the Autobots were distracted. On the way out, Soundwave proudly declared their victory, a turn of events that Optimus Prime did not enjoy.'' {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt!}} ''Left in a vegetative state following these events, both Grimlock and [[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Swoop]] dreamed of defeating Soundwave, though in each case they were ultimately beaten by their own pride.'' {{storylink|Victory!}}

[[File:Puttup.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2]]
Soundwave subsequently went to ground, hiding in a human electronics shop in alternate mode. While there, he observed a news broadcast about Megatron, who had resurfaced but wound up rendered immobile in a [[Wyoming]] [[Wyoming base|coal mine]] due to lack of fuel. Soundwave sped to his rescue, re-energizing him. {{storylink|I, Robot-Master!}} ''The pair agreed that Megatron should lie low in the coal mine for the time being, while Soundwave sought out the recently-returned Shockwave in hopes of organizing a peaceful alliance between the two rival leaders.'' {{storylink|Second Generation!}} ''Awaiting the right time to drop the news that Megatron had returned, Soundwave began serving under Shockwve again, and started training the Constructicons so that their integration into Devastator would yield a more capable soldier. Pleased with their progress, Shockwave ordered the Constructicons to seek out a human... which outraged Soundwave; the very thought of sending their crack troops on such a mundane errand appeared as a total mismanagement of resources. Shockwave clarified that he was not after any human; he planned to abduct [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]], and use the Autobots' friend as leverage. Soundwave and the Constructicons tracked Buster down to a demolition derby. Though several Autobots were present, Devastator took care of distracting them while Soundwave made his advance on the boy. Buster had collapsed into a comatose state upon seeing Devastator, and intrigued as to why, Soundwave used his mind-reading abilities. He was shocked to find within Buster's mind a [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]-induced vision of the Transformers' future. Soundwave considered this revelation too big a variable to proceed as initially planed, and ordered an immediate retreat. Shockwave was furious over Soundwave's decision, but upon hearing what Soundwave had uncovered, his anger likewise turned to curiosity.'' {{storylink|Devastation Derby!}} ''The vision, Soundwave and Shockwave deduced, showed the [[Combiner|next leap in Transformer evolution]]. Soundwave reported his findings to Megatron as well, prompting him to battle Shockwave for leadership. The Decepticons' human ally, [[Donny Finkleberg|Robot-Master]], televised the battle, much to Soundwave's distaste, and in order to prevent the Decepticons from looking like fools, he interrupted the duel and insisted that they agree to a joint leadership.'' {{storylink|Second Generation!}}

At this time, Soundwave's signal finally reached Cybertron and [[Straxus (G1)|Lord Straxus]] discovered that Soundwave and the other Earthbound Decepticons were still alive. {{storylink|The Smelting Pool!}}

[[File:Robot master soundwave bridge to nowhere.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2]]
As the Decepticons began constructing a new base of operations, Soundwave helped Finkleberg broadcast another one of his supervillain-style monologues to the entire North American continent. Finkleberg was increasingly dissatisfied with his lot in life however, and demanded to speak with Megatron about how the Decepticons treated him. Soundwave warned the human that Megatron would not tolerate dissent among his ranks, but Finkleberg went off to rant at the Decepticon leader nonetheless. {{storylink|The Bridge to Nowhere!}}

''Soundwave was part of a group of Decepticons who staged a petty attack on a human town when a strange energy blast reversed all of their personalities! The cruel robots turned nice, and apologized profusely as they cleaned up the mess they had made. Once the blast's effects wore off, the Decepticons tracked its origin to England. They headed overseas to retaliate for what they assumed to be an Autobot trick. 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!}}

A Decepticon group on Cybertron then made contact with Megatron's Earth-bound forces, informing them that several soldiers were teleporting over via space-bridge. Megatron left to meet the new arrivals, only for the Autobots to attack in his absence. Soundwave suggested that Megatron return to deal with the situation, but Megatron instead opted to attack the Ark, which he incorrectly believed was unguarded. Though the Decepticons faced defeat on both fronts, Megatron managed to spin the situation to make himself appear more successful than Shockwave. Soundwave was thus present for Megatron resuming complete control of the Decepticons. {{storylink|Command Performances!}}

[[File:Soundwavetarget2006.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|You find: Insanity!]]
''When the Robot-Master hoax the Decepticons were perpetrating was threatened by the investigative work of [[Joy Meadows]], Soundwave was instrumental in ending the conflict that ensued between the Decepticons and the Dinobots by holding the reporter hostage and destroying her footage, and making it clear she'd be dead if she tried this again.'' {{storylink|In the National Interest}} ''Not long thereafter, when the deranged future Decepticon, [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], traveled back in time, Soundwave was intrigued by the fact that he was unable to scan his mind to discern the truth of his identity. Siding with Megatron when conflict erupted, Soundwave and his leader were buried under an avalanche by Galvatron and then rescued by the Autobots in the name of forming an alliance to defeat their common enemy.'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}}

After sending the Insecticon to take control of Optimus Prime, Soundwave and Megatron received a communique from [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] alerting them that his [[cerebro-shell]] had failed to subjugate the Autobot leader. The mission was far from a total loss, however, as the cerebro-shell allowed Megatron to tap into the Creation Matrix whenever Optimus activated it. The Autobot did so in order to give life to the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], allowing Soundwave to aid Megatron in bringing on-line his own latest creations, the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]]. {{storylink|Heavy Traffic!}}

''Prior to [[Christmas]] [[1986]], Soundwave, Kickback, and Dirge took control of a [[NASA]] space monitoring station in order to send a message back to Cybertron. Though the Autobots inevitably arrived to interfere with the mission, Soundwave's teammates managed to hold them off long enough for him to get his message through. He then transformed into his alternate mode, hoped aboard Thrust, and fled the scene.'' {{storylink|The Gift}}

[[File:Soundwave gets it in the face.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2]]
Megatron recruited [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] and [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]] from Cybertron, and instructed the duo to deliver a challenge to Optimus Prime; Megatron desired to duel him to the death! Soundwave questioned Megatron's methods, as he pointed out he could easily open a channel to the Autobots' base and issue the challenge with no hassle. Megatron responded by clobbering Soundwave for his insolence. {{storylink|Decepticon Graffiti!}}

''Soundwave's loyalty to Megatron was shaken when the latter became increasingly paranoid. Consequently he manipulated his leader into summoning the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] to Earth as part of a scheme by Shockwave to ensure a weaponless Megatron was destroyed by Optimus Prime.'' {{storylink|Prey!}} ''With Shockwave once more in charge, Soundwave soon found himself pitted against yet another contender for leadership of the Decepticons: Galvatron, once more back from the future. Upon detecting Galvatron's explosive arrival on Earth, Shockwave mobilized the Decepticons to aid the Dinobots in battling the mad time-traveler. As soon as Soundwave and the other Decepticons joined the fray, Galvatron fled, unwilling to destroy his own future-troops.'' {{storylink|Fallen Angel}} ''Afterwards, Megatron was revealed to have survived and soon returned to Decepticon leadership, albeit with his memories of the betrayal that had lampooned him on Cybertron lost. At Shockwave's behest, Soundwave had a cursory glance inside Megatron's mind, confirming that his amnesia was not an act.'' {{storylink|Resurrection!}}

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Soundwave and Laserbeak tried to steal energy from the town of [[Midville]], only for a team of Autobots to show up to foil their plot. Faced by greater numbers, both Decepticons retreated, Soundwave assuming his alternate mode to be carried away by Laserbeak. {{storylink|The Night the Transformers Saved Christmas}}

Soundwave ''again'' served as co-conspirator when Shockwave once more used the Predacons to destroy Megatron. In the process a deranged Megatron seemingly committed suicide on the [[space bridge]]. {{storylink|Gone but Not Forgotten!}} Soundwave then came into contact with [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]], who had seized control of the Decepticon forces on Cybertron, and patched him through to Shockwave so the two commanders could communicate regularly between the two worlds. {{storylink|King of the Hill!}}

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''While patrolling on the Decepticons' [[Club Con|mobile island base]], Soundwave found himself attacked and subdued by the time-traveling freelance peace-keeping agent, [[Death's Head (G1)|Death's Head]], and tricked into giving up information on the whereabouts of Galvatron.'' {{storylink|Hunters}} ''Although Death's Head's attempts to track down the Decepticon met with failure, Galvatron was ultimately entombed in lava, where he was later discovered by [[Susan Hoffman]]. Soundwave observed a televised broadcast of her discovery, and he and the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] attempted to destroy Galvatron with explosives planted around the volcano in question. After a battle with the [[Throttlebot]]s, Soundwave found that he was unable to remote-detonate the explosives thanks to [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] jamming his signal.'' {{storylink|Ladies' Night (issue)|Ladies' Night}}

''After the [[Seacon (G1)|Seacons]] had been called in to aid in underwater operations, Galvatron returned, making a bee-line for the Decepticons' command center. Soundwave rushed to Shockwave's side to receive his orders on how to deal with the situation, nearly getting his head blown off in the process; Shockwave had been left a nervous wreck by the prospect of facing down Galvatron once more. Though Soundwave's advice was to negotiate with Galvatron, Shockwave acted out of self-interest and instead told Soundwave to have the Seacons bar his advance. This wound up working to Galvatron's advantage; having anticipated such a reaction, the future-Decepticon easily tore through any opposition and breached the headquarter's walls, only to announce he had only wished to talk. This was a complete lie, but it served to sow the seeds of rebellion among the Decepticon ranks.'' {{storylink|Enemy Action!}}

When the Autobots launched an attack on the Decepticons' island headquarters to rescue a recently captured Buster Witwicky, Shockwave converted the landmass into its rocket-ship mode and had it blast off into space. Soundwave was standing at the ready, within the ship's control room, as this took place. {{storylink|The Desert Island of Space!}}

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When Shockwave was removed from power, Soundwave smoothly transitioned to serving under the new Decepticon leader, [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]. While attending his post, Soundwave detected both the ''[[Steelhaven (G1)|Steelhaven]]'' and Ark Autobot spacecrafts on the Earth's moon, and alerted Ratbat to his find. Seizing the opportunity to catch the united Autobot forces unawares, Ratbat had the bulk of his troops launched a surprise attack. During their assault, Soundwave lamented that he couldn't hear his opponents' death-screams in the vacuum of space. They were eventually forced back when Blaster and Grimlock rallied their forces, and the Decepticons absconded to their vessel. {{storylink|Totaled!}} Upon returning to Earth the Decepticons relocated their base to the [[Caribbean Sea]] and opened it as a holiday resort for humans. Soundwave participated in this charade, as it allowed the Seacons to search the the nearby sea bed for the Autobot tapes [[Grand Slam (G1)|Grand Slam]] and [[Raindance]]. {{storylink|Club Con!}}

[[File:FlamesofBoltax-SoundwaveRatbat.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|left|In Soviet Russia, ''tape'' commands ''you''!]]
Soundwave helped to operate his [[Realvision]] playback system to decode data from Grand Slam and Raindance. {{storylink|The Flames of Boltax!}} The tapes, it was discovered, contained information on the [[Underbase]], the power of which was desired by [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] so badly he sparked off a Decepticon-Decepticon war to cover himself. Soundwave ended up having his fuel pump torn into by [[Bomb-Burst (G1)|Bomb-Burst]]. {{storylink|Cold War!}} Once the infighting came to an end, the Decepticons returned to their headquarters for repairs. Their reprieve was brief, as Soundwave detected an Autobot invasion force approaching them. This turned out to be another of Starscream's distractions, and a temporary alliance between the two factions was struck to stop him. Following Starscream into space, they were able to cut his absorption of the Underbase's energies short. Unfortunately, the morsel of power Starscream had taken in was still enough to grant him unimaginable might. As Starscream rampaged across the Earth, Soundwave co-led the defense of [[Buenos Aires]] alongside [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Fortress Maximus]], but was temporarily deactivated by a blast of cosmic power. {{storylink|Dark Star}}

''He was back on his feet by the time that Starscream, now a [[Pretender]], was busy doubting his self-worth. Soundwave was extremely scared of Starscream by this point, and gave him a wide berth whenever they crossed in the halls of the Decepticon base.'' {{storylink|Fallen Star!}} Soundwave continued to operate under the command of the new Decepticon Earth commander, [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]], though like the other troops he was very unhappy about Starscream being allowed back in after trying to kill everyone. {{storylink|The Primal Scream|Primal Scream}} He was put in charge of guarding Optimus Prime after the Autobot leader surrendered his troops to Scorponok, hoping to elicit an alliance against the coming of [[Unicron]]. When Prime changed his mind about meekly waiting in a cell for Scorponok to make time for him, however, Soundwave provided little resistance in keeping him there. {{storylink|Surrender!}} After the Decepticon auxiliary army bombed Scorponok's base in New Jersey, Soundwave assumed temporary command of the active Decepticons in fighting back against the traitors, led by Starscream and Shockwave. {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}} But Soundwave was caught off-guard by [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]], who managed to hypnotize him. Though Mindipe had intended to have Soundwave order those under his command to lay down their arms, making them easy pickings, Kup had him do some alterations to his scheme at gun-point. Through Soundwave, all Decepticons were ordered to unite and join forces with the Autobots, in anticipation to the looming threat of Unicron. No sooner had this transpired did Primus summon all Transformers back to Cybertron to combat the Chaos-Bringer. {{storylink|Out of Time!}} Using Emirate [[Xaaron]] as his avatar, Primus told all of his children present, Soundwave included, about his eons-old struggle against his dark opposite. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}}

[[File:TreadshotMarvel.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|He's found a new gunformer to toady up with.]]
Soundwave survived the battle with Unicron, and attended a meeting between the briefly-allied Autobots and Decepticons with [[Treadshot (G1)|Treadshot]]. There Blaster announced the imminent end of their world, and an evacuation was called for. Soundwave was still hanging out with Treadshot when he witnessed a fight break out between Grimlock and [[Fangry (G1)|Fangry]]. [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], who had assumed command of the Decepticons, demanded assurances out of the Autobots for this incident, and the latter were forced to comply. After being allowed to leave the planet ahead of the Autobots, the Decepticons double-crossed them by sabotaging their ships. Soundwave was last seen beside Bludgeon as the Decepticons left their self-destructing homeworld. {{storylink|Exodus!}}
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===''Robo-Capers''===
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When [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] threatened to beat up Soundwave and take over his [[Letters page (Marvel UK)|letters page]], the Decepticon columnist gave up the position willingly, leaving behind heaps of unopened mail for his replacement. Rather than face Grimlock, Soundwave snuck out of his office by being carried away in his boombox mode by a [[blond boy|young man]]. {{Storylink|Robo-Capers issue 74}}
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===Transformers Annual 1985===
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{{note|Due to being published early in the franchise, these stories are out of continuity with the above.<ref>"Plague of the Insecticons!" was later designated as [[universal stream]] [[Primax 1285.0 Gamma]] by [[Vector Prime]].</ref>}}
Realizing that their mission on Earth would be infinitely more difficult without capable human allies, Optimus attempted to open a dialogue with the American government. Though the meeting was planned in utmost secrecy, one foul-up on the humans' end allowed for Soundwave to learn of it; a phone call mentioning it was made without the proper scrambler procedures. Soundwave immediately informed Megatron of his discovery, and the Decepticons set about sabotaging any hope their enemies had of forming an alliance with the humans. {{storylink|Plague of the Insecticons!}}
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===Marvel UK future timelines===
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''In one timeline, the Decepticons managed to conquer all of Cybertron by [[2005]], relegating the Autobots to its two moons. Upon Laserbeak's return from a spying mission on [[Moonbase One]], Megatron ordered Soundwave to play back the cassette's findings. The information encoded on his minion revealed that the Autobots were planning to make an Energon run to Earth, allowing the Decepticons to ambush the Autobots' shuttle partway to its destination and slay all aboard.'' {{storylink|The Planet-Eater!}}

''After the Decepticons' subsequent attack on Autobot City ended in failure, Megatron was deposed as Decepticon leader, and Starscream took over the position. Soundwave attended Starscream's coronation ceremony, only for the processions to be interrupted by a returning Megatron, having since been reborn as the super-Decepticon Galvatron. Galvatron reduced Starscream to a pile of scrap with a single blast, and Soundwave cheered as Galvatron retook his former role as Decepticon head-honcho.'' {{storylink|Judgment Day!}}

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In [[2008]], Soundwave was under the command of Shockwave on Cybertron. When the bounty hunter named [[Death's Head (G1)|Death's Head]] arrived with the deactivated bodies of the renegades [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and demanded an audience, Shockwave had Soundwave wait nearby as a precautionary measure. Sure enough, Soundwave's monitoring abilities alerted Shockwave that the two Decepticons were not as dead as they seemed, and the three invaders began an assassination attempt on Shockwave. Soundwave summoned the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]], hoping that [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] could breach the sealed doors of the audience chamber in time, but wasn't swift enough. Death's Head killed Shockwave, and together the trio demanded that the Decepticons accept Scourge and Cyclonus as their new leaders. Faced with superior firepower and a hefty dose of explosives, Soundwave was reluctantly forced to accept on behalf of the Decepticons.

[[File:SpacePiratesSoundwaveLeader.JPG|upright=2.2|thumb|Or, in short, "Soundwave: Superior".]]
Wasting no time, Scourge and Cyclonus commanded the Decepticons to begin a full-scale assault on [[Autobase]]. This was effectively suicide, as the two armies were just about evenly matched. That, of course, was the point—Scourge and Cyclonus's true master, Unicron, wanted the children of Primus exhausted and depleted in number by the time of his glorious resurrection. After [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] and Death's Head took the fight straight to the recuperating Unicron on [[Junkion (planet)|Junk]], however, he summoned his two minions back to his side. Seeing their "glorious leaders" abandon the battle, Soundwave and [[Hun-Gurrr (G1)|Hun-Grrr]] sounded a retreat. In the absence of Unicron's spawn, Soundwave became the new permanent leader of the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}}

Aching to make a name for himself in Decepticon military history, Soundwave soon fell into a [[Quintesson]] trap. A lone Quintesson arrived at Decepticon headquarters, seeking an alliance against the Autobots, who supposedly had assembled most of their fleet and were on their way to [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]]. Instead of helping the Quintessons, Soundwave saw this as an opportunity to invade and destroy the Autobot territory on Cybertron, when most of their warriors were off-world. He assembled his various sub-commanders and set out aboard [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] to claim a glorious victory.

[[File:Soundwaveconsiders.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|It's funny, this situation. It reminds me of a joke...]]
Instead, Soundwave and the Decepticons walked right into an ambush. There were no Autobots on Quintessa: it was a ruse to draw them out of their base, where legions of [[Allicon]]s and [[Trident Attack Craft]]s waited to overwhelm the Decepticons. Seeing the danger his troops were in, Soundwave was forced to call in the Autobots. Sending a garbled distress beacon to Autobase, Soundwave hoped to draw a suitable fighting force of Autobots to their location. He was successful, as [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] and his men remained to fight even after learning who the distress call came from. Autobot and Decepticon fought side-by-side until the Quintesson invaders were either destroyed or driven off-world. In a moment of introspection, Soundwave realized how effective the two armies were when fighting as one instead of as enemies... but quickly brushed aside the idea. Simply too much had happened between the Autobots and Decepticons to ever hope for a peaceful end to the war. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}

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In [[2009]], Soundwave and the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] were on Earth, prepping a new energy extraction system to leech the planet dry. A surgical strike led by [[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]] and Ultra Magnus destroyed all their equipment, however, leaving their power cells empty of [[energon]]. Looking for revenge, the Decepticons pursued the Autobots back to Autobot City, only to find an open [[trans-time dimensional portal]]. Realizing the Autobots had fled back to [[1989]] on a mission of unknown purpose, the vengeful Terrorcons wanted to pursue them. Giving in to popular opinion, Soundwave led his troops back through time and right into the midst of the Time Wars.

Recognizing that the uncontrolled [[Time rift|timestorm]] could conceivably destroy all of existence, Soundwave chose to put aside vendettas for the moment, and added his men to the alliance of Autobots and Decepticons from two time periods against the unmatched power and evil of [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and [[Straxus (G1)|Megatron]] combined. Still, the alliance was far from perfect: Soundwave was more than willing to allow the Autobots to charge in first, letting them die in order to "soften up" the resistance. When things turned ugly, Soundwave and the Terrorcons then fled back to 2009, apparently without ever getting their hands dirty. Their final fate after reality restructured itself and the timestorm abated is unknown. {{storylink|Time Wars}}
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=====The Big Broadcast of 2006=====
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In an alternate future of [[2006]], Soundwave was drawn to a battle on [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]] after succumbing to the hypnotizing effect of a [[Quintesson]] signal. After the Autobots managed to disable the signal, returning all combatants to their senses, Soundwave boarded Blast Off and left the planet behind. {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (issue)|The Big Broadcast of 2006}}

===Earthforce===
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[[File:Secrets Soundwave.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|I agree, Soundwave!]]
In an alternate timeline, Soundwave left [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]]'s army and returned to serving at [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]'s side, helping him with the launch of a [[global warming satellite]]. {{storylink|Starting Over!}} When an [[Enclave]] was called by [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] to prevent a [[Decepticon Civil War]] between the two factions, it was Soundwave that found evidence that Shockwave had set up Megatron for assassination. The Civil War duly broke out, both sides unaware that the attempt on Megatron's life had been staged by some Autobot saboteurs. {{storylink|The Bad Guy's Ball!}}

Then Soundwave immediately turned into a double agent for Shockwave! When an energon shipment was hijacked by Shockwave's forces thanks to information Soundwave had given them, Megatron came to suspect the presence of a traitor in his ranks, but ironically assigned Soundwave to identify the culprit. To keep his own duplicity a secret, Soundwave set up [[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]] to take the fall, and Megatron destroyed the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticon]]. Soundwave not only got away with his treachery, he went on to happily blackmail everyone he'd mind-scanned. Eat your heart out, Starscream! {{storylink|Secrets (G1)|Secrets}}

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Whoops, then Starscream blackmailed ''him'': agree to merge the two factions under a joint leadership ''for the good of the Decepticons'', or be exposed. Once Megatron and Shockwave were lured into battle with each other and then attacked by Autobots, Soundwave and Starscream took control and publicly teamed up. In secret, Soundwave had decided this was actually a good deal and all he needed now was to ensure Starscream had an... ''accident''. {{storylink|Internal Affairs!}} Subsequently, Soundwave led an all-out attack on the [[Earthbase|Earthforce base]] as a diversion, while Starscream attempted to plunder an oil tanker. Starscream met with failure, however, leading Soundwave to withdraw his forces and hint to them that maybe be should have sole command... {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}}

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Starscream was aware of Soundwave's goals, and when he was attacked by a [[Louisiana bounty hunters|group of alien assassins]], he suspected that Soundwave had ordered the hit and struck back at him. Soundwave had the foresight to record an explanation before Starscream confronted him, and played a recording outlining how the hit against Starscream was an obvious set-up, its purpose to turn the two of them against one another. Soundwave was successful in convincing Starscream he was not responsible and that in actuality, it was the work of Megatron and Shockwave. As soon as their battle ended however, Bludgeon, Octopunch, and Stranglehold stormed their base to finish them off. {{storylink|External Forces!}} Unexpetely, the Autobots arrived to help fend off the assassins, as they needed Starscream in order to save [[Snarl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Snarl]] from a case of [[Corrodia Gravis]]. Soundwave got a few shots in before Bludgeon, Octopunch, and Stranglehold were forced to retreat against superior numbers. {{storylink|The Lesser Evil!}}

Soon afterward, Soundwave learned that human reporter [[Irwin Spoon]] had secured an interview with the Autobots that could potentially resolve the public view of the Transformer war. Seeking to prevent this, he had the Stunticons capture the journalist. {{storylink|Front Line! (issue)|Front Line!}} Although the Autobots were able to rescue him, a carefully planted [[cerebro-shell]] ensured that the story Irwin wrote was anything but accurate. {{storylink|End of the Road! (UK)|End of the Road!}}

==''Transformers Comic-Magazin''==
Soundwave was present when the Decepticons unleashed a robotic hell-beast known as 'King Con' on New York and helped Megatron and Shockwave to set up a mine belt around the harbor. However Optimus Prime rented a helicopter to fly a banner announcing huge raw oil deposit finds in the Rocky Mountains. After a short hesitation, the Decepticons retreated to pursue these findings. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 7|New York — A City Sinking in Terror}}

When Optimus Prime was kidnapped, Shockwave directed Soundwave to check on their prisoner at the laser-lab. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 16|Transforming Robots in Action: The Case of Optimus Prime}}

==Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic==
[[File:Soundwavemarvelg2.jpg|left|upright=0.9|thumb|He gave the "complete sentences" thing a decent go, but he never really got the hang of commas.]]
After Megatron deposed Bludgeon and reassumed control of the Decepticons, Soundwave once again served Megatron as a close adviser. One of his first acts was to ask, "Why revive Starscream?". Megatron shared Soundwave's concerns, and assured him the on-again-off-again traitor would be dealt with once Megatron had regrown his army. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness|Tales of Earth Part Three}} When Optimus Prime finally intervened in the Decepticons' attack, Megatron and Soundwave both descended to Earth's surface. Megatron brutally beat Optimus near-death, and Soundwave then produced an energy-siphon to pilfer the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]]'s energies from the Autobot commander. With this task done, Megatron then readied to snuff out his nemesis, only to be interrupted by Autobot reinforcements led by Grimlock. Finding his signal jammed, Soundwave was unable to call for reinforcements of their own to match the Autobots' numbers. Megatron sounded a retreat rather than risk losing his means of bring a [[Bludgeon's new army|new Decepticon army]] to life. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}}

Megatron afterwards drew his Decepticons to the moon of [[Tykos]] to violently acquire [[Rheanimum]] from the natives. However, things soured when Soundwave received a distress call from [[Skullgrin]]. In moments, [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]] was upon them. After several casualties, and Megatron missing in action, Soundwave led a party to discover if Megatron had survived and recover him if he had; when Mindwipe expressed doubts about the mission, Soundwave told him to shut up. He appeared to assume command when Megatron appeared dead, but ceased when Megatron turned out to still function. {{storylink|New Dawn}} Soundwave was present when Megatron began an alliance with the Autobots against the Cybertronian Empire. {{storylink|Escalation!|Tales of Earth Part Five}} After a united battle against the Empire on [[Ethos]], Soundwave was also forced to deliver a message to Megatron, the three most ominous words a Decepticon commander could hear...''"Starscream is missing."'' {{storylink|Escalation!}}

He was in command of the ''[[Warworld]]'' while Megatron was on Earth. When the Empire boarded the ship (thanks to Starscream's treachery) he and his bridge crew fled down to the planet in escape pods. {{storylink|Total War!}} He was later seen standing by in the final battle against the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]]. {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}
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==''Classics''==
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Soundwave was apparently one of the first Decepticons to return to Megatron's side after the Decepticon leader re-emerged. He helped Megatron rebuild his power base on Earth in secret, using human proxies to covertly recover the remains of [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and other Decepticons lost on Earth during the Underbase Saga. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 14|Astrotrain's ''Classics'' profile}}

After the arrival of the mysterious Decepticon [[Landquake (Timelines)|Landquake]], Soundwave ran a neural scan on the Transformer to confirm his story of alternate dimensions and [[Unicron]] singularities. Soundwave confirmed that, at the very least, Landquake believed he was telling the truth. The Decepticons took off aboard Astrotrain to explore a new energy signature in the Southern Hemisphere...one which materialized at the same time as Landquake and possessed a similar resonance pattern. {{storylink|Crossing Over, Part 2}} In [[South America]], Soundwave engaged [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s troops alongside Megatron and [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] on the ground. At Megatron's command, he dispatched [[Ravage (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ravage]] and [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] to intercept the Autobot scouts who had been sent after the energy source. {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 3}}

The Cassettes soon reported back that the energy had been discovered, and Megatron rallied the Decepticons behind Soundwave to break for the source's location. [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] interferred with the Decepticons' progress, however, by hurling Constructicons like shotputs until he knocked Soundwave down. {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 5}}

Soundwave and Astrotrain got caught exchanging fire with [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus]] and [[Mirage (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Mirage]] until the latter Autobot turned invisible and snuck around behind the Decepticons, getting the drop on Soundwave. An explosion from below rocked the battlefield, however, and the Decepticons withdrew from combat. {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 6}}

When [[Bug Bite (GoBots)|Bug Bite]] tried to assassinate Megatron, he used [[cerebro-shell]]s to take control of Soundwave and several other Megatron loyalists. The shells' effects were soon jammed by an attacking Autobot team, and in the chaos that followed, Soundwave noticed that the Autobots were targeting their [[Ark (G1)|base]]'s computers, but failed to stop them. {{storylink|Games of Deception}}

Soundwave was stationed aboard Starscream's warship when Megatron orchestrated the downfall of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and his splinter faction. After their [[Seacon (G1)|inside men]] terminated Bludgeon, Soundwave informed Starscream he had received a transmission of surrender from the forces below. {{storylink|At Fight's End}}
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==''Regeneration One''==
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[[File:Battle patrol soundwave counterpoint.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|I'm blue at last!]]
Twenty-one years after the return of the [[Last Autobot]], Soundwave had taken charge of what Optimus Prime dubbed the "Neo-Decepticon" insurgents. After rallying his troops at [[Fort Scyk]] he led a strike force on the [[Kalis]] [[Baird Beaming Transmitter]], killing the guards and taking control of the facility. He then used it to direct one of Cybertron's orbital defence satellites back towards the planet itself, targeting Iacon and destroying the Last Autobot! {{storylink|Counterpoint}}

[[File:LooseEnds1 Soundwave Insecticons.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|Tapes are ''so'' last century.]]
Soon afterwards, the insurgents [[Windrazor (G2)|Windrazor]], [[Afterburner (G2)|Afterburner]], [[Terradive (G2)|Terradive]], and [[Eagle Eye (G2)|Eagle Eye]] had blundered while trying to steal warheads from the [[Pax Cybertronia Decommissioning Depot]] and were engaged in a siege with [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]]'s [[Cybertronian Civil Defense]]. Soundwave seized upon the opportunity to turn the [[Skyscorcher]]s into martyrs for the Decepticon cause and had [[Venom (G1)|Venom]], [[Ransack (G1)|Ransack]], and [[Chop Shop (G1)|Chop Shop]] assassinate them. Unfortunately for Soundwave, the [[Wrecker]]s were also on the case and they easily captured the three [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] inside a [[detention-sphere]].

Back at Fort Scyk, Soundwave was contacted by Bludgeon, who had apparently gathered almost all the resources he needed to take revenge on the Autobots. Only one element remained and if Soundwave could procure it for him, Bludgeon agreed he would provide troops and firepower for the insurgency campaign. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 1}}

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After [[Dirtbag]] informed Soundwave of the departure of Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus for Earth, Soundwave saw his opportunity. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 3}} His unique talents made him highly suited for infiltrating the [[Hall of Silence]], constructed by the Autobot [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] to safely contain the remains of [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] and, within him, the last remnants of the Matrix. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 4}} [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] and the Autobots on Cybertron faced the dilemma of destroying the Hall to prevent the Matrix from falling into Soundwave's hands but destroying the Matrix altogether. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 5}}

Soundwave's mastery of sonic energy allowed him to navigate the booby traps inside the Hall of Silence, and then he used the pre-emptive destruction of the Hall by the Autobots to cover his escape. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part One}} He arrived on Bludgeon's [[Warworld]] and allowed the Pretender to use the Matrix's residual energy to power his [[Blitz Engine]] warrior drones. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Three}} Soundwave was impressed by the drones when Bludgeon unleashed them on [[Cresta Superior]] as a test. {{storylink|Destiny, Part One}}

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Soundwave returned to Cybertron in advance of Bludgeon's invasion to sow chaos. [[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]] transmitted live footage of a fight breaking out at a blockade to Soundwave, whose enjoyment of the riot was interrupted when he realized their comm-line had been hacked into. In order to neutralize the intruder, Soundwave deployed the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]]. The "intruder" was [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], who had been convalescing in [[Garage|The Garage]] with other Autobots that had recently been cured of the adverse effects of [[Nucleon (substance)|Nucleon]]. Blaster had randomly accessed an old Decepticon comm-line frequency that Soundwave had been using, and overheard his discussion with Spinister. With the Autobots still rattled after the effects of [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]]'s [[Gene Key]] were reversed, Soundwave had been transmitting an irritant, subsonic signal across a frequency shared by all Cybertronians, agitating the Autobots into such a restless, rebellious state that they would be left defenseless. After thwarting their would-be assassins, Blaster convinced [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]] to take the intracomm offline "for essential maintenance", stopping Soundwave's signal. With communications out, however, the Autobots would have no way of knowing if an attack was coming until it was too late. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Two}}

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Soundwave continued his preparations for Bludgeon's invasion, dispatching [[Wingthing (G1)|Wingthing]] to alert the Neo-Decepticon cells that the time to begin the next phase of their plan had come, while Soundwave readied [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]] for battle. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Three}} As the invasion proceeds, [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] was ordered into action to repel the Blitz Engines, but Soundwave ordered Monstructor to stop Omega. Before Soundwave could retreat from the field of battle, though, he was intercepted by Blaster. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Four}} Soundwave attempted to use his powers to distort Blaster's senses, but was defeated when his opponent overwhelmed Soundwave's hyper-senses. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Five}}

Soundwave's actions in attempting to restart the war had really all been part of a greater plan by the [[Dark Matrix (G1)|Dark Matrix]] creature, which sought to escape into the [[Multiverse]] and spread chaos across multiple realities. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}} Ravage, sensing this sinister influence, concluded that he could no longer trust his master. When the creature began its endgame, it proceeded to transform every Transformer on Cybertron it could reach into [[shadow-leech]]es, including Soundwave. The Soundwave-leech absorbed his surviving minions [[Howlback (G1)|Howlback]], [[Slugfest (G1)|Slugfest]], [[Squawktalk (G1)|Squawktalk]], [[Beastbox (G1)|Beastbox]], Wingthing, and [[Overkill (G1)|Overkill]], but Ravage managed to elude him long enough to be rescued by Starscream. {{storylink|King of Shadows}} Rodimus Prime defeated the Matrix creature in [[Zero Space]]; cut off from their creator's lifeforce, the shadow-leeches expired. Soundwave's dream of reviving the Decepticons and fulfilling Megatron's vision of universal conquest died with him, as the surviving Transformers—Autobot and Decepticon alike—would spend the remainder of their days as emissaries of peace. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}}
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==Notes==
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*The Marvel US comics chose a purple scheme for Soundwave. This could have been an attempt to distinguish him from the other Decepticons, who were mostly blue (especially since blacks also ended up as blues in the industry's then-limited color palette). Or it could have been a simple error. But very likely, it had something to do with his early animation model, which appeared lavender, rather than blue. (See right) Compounding this error, Marvel US Soundwave was drawn without a mouthplate by artist [[José Delbo]]. The Marvel UK comics colored him blue like everywhere else (partially due to using a more sophisticated coloring system) and always included his faceplate.
*Soundwave was in charge of the [[Letters page (Marvel UK)|UK letters page]] from issues #22 to #78, barring a few interruptions.

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