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San Diego Comic-Con

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Blackjack: /* 2013 */

The '''San Diego Comic-Con''' is an annual [[San Diego]] convention. [[Hasbro]] debuts new product at the event, and various [[exclusive]] ''Transformers'' merchandise is made for it.

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==Fiction==
===Live-action film ARG continuity===
[[Leo Spitz]] and [[Sharsky]] attempted to attend Comic-Con 2008, but were hampered by the fact that Sharsky had booked the hotel room for the week after Comic-Con. Luckily they met [[Fassbinder]], who got them a room by less-than-legal means, and the new trio of friends attended the convention. Unfortunately all their pictures of the event were accidentally destroyed. {{storylink|The Real Effing Deal}}

==2005==

'''''Preview Night [[July 13]], [[July 14]] to [[July 17]]'''''

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*'''[[Skywarp (Armada)|Skywarp]]''' (Legends, 2005)
**''Accessories:'' Autobot Cybertron-type Cyber Key

: Available as an exclusive giveaway at Hasbro's booth for the San Diego Comic-Con 2005, Skywarp is a redeco of ''[[Legends Class|Legends of Cybertron]]'' [[Starscream (Armada)#LOC|Starscream]] in a traditional black/purple/silver Skywarp color scheme. He has a flip-out energon blade in his right arm, but as the original toy was a small-scale representation of Supreme Starscream, he features a flip-out null ray cannon in his left arm instead of another blade. It also included a [[Cyber Key]], which activated no features on the toy itself, but included the code "sc5t". The key is black with a red Autobot symbol. This is the only [[Legends Class|Legends]] toy to have one. It was explained by Hasbro employees that the key and figure were separate promotional items simply bagged together, and the Skywarp was indeed a Decepticon. This toy was listed as a Universe toy on the Hasbro web site.

: This mold was also used the make ''Cybertron'' [[Ramjet (Universe)#Cybertron|Ramjet]] and [[Sunstorm (LOC)#Toys|Sunstorm]], ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Ramjet (G1)#Classic Series|Ramjet]] and [[Thrust (G1)#Classic Series|Thrust]], ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (games)|War for Cybertron]]'' [[Starscream (WFC)#War for Cybertron|Starscream]], and [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|''Dark of the Moon'']] [[Starscream (Movie)/toys#BeeStarscream|Cybertronian Starscream]].

: As the toy includes no bio, it may just as easily represent [[Skywarp (G1)|Generation 1 Skywarp]]'s ''[[War Within (toyline)|War Within]]'' form, or any other character named Skywarp.

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* '''[[Megatron (G1)/merchandise|Megatron]]''' (Palisades Toys mini-statue, 2005)

:A downscaled version of [[Palisades Toys|Palisades Toys']] polystone Megatron statue, essentially identical to the larger one but for the fact that it's only six inches tall, was produced as an [[exclusive]] for San Diego Comic-Con 2005. With only 500 units produced, the statue sold out in two days, setting a new record for Palisades at the show.

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==2006==

'''''Preview Night [[July 19]], [[July 20]] to [[July 23]]'''''

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* '''[[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]]''' (2006)
**''Alternators ID number:'' '''24'''
**''Accessories:'' Engine/blaster

: Nemesis Prime is a [[Black repaint|black]] [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers: Alternators| Alternators]]/[[Transformers: Kiss Players (toyline)|Kiss Players]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]] with red translucent windows and blue paint detail. Like Optimus, he transforms into a Dodge Ram SRT-10 at 1:24 scale, with opening doors, hood, and tailgate, plus an open passenger compartment. His engine transforms into a handgun.

: He was initially sold [[Exclusive|exclusively]] at San Diego Comic-Con 2006 and for a limited time at Hasbro Toy Shop, selling out roughly an hour after its 2pm sales debut. Prior to that, he was released in large quantities at regular retail in various Asian countries, becoming a [[shelfwarmer]] there, ironically.

: Later, he was offered in Australia through online stores. A few weeks later he showed up in massive numbers in the Australian retail store Toy World for half the price.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Decepticon/NemesisPrime/nemesisprime.htm More information on Nemesis Prime at TFU.info]''

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==2007==

'''''Preview Night [[July 25]], [[July 26]] to [[July 29]]'''''

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*'''[[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|Rodimus Prime]]''' (2007)
**''Accessories:'' Engine/tonfa weapons

: ''[[Transformers: Alternators| Alternators]]'' Rodimus Prime is an exclusive figure, released at the San Diego Comic-Con and [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] in July 2007. It is a repaint of Kiss Players Hot Rodimus, which itself is a retool of Alternators [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]]. The figure uses the same head mold introduced in the Kiss Players figure, retaining the original's visor gimmick. The deco has been altered by changing the side striping from white to yellow, while the stripes over the hood, roof and trunk have been eliminated altogether, replaced by a Hot Rod-style flame graphic on the hood and front guards. Most of the Kiss Player deco remains in robot mode, including the yellow hands and flame graphics on the forearms; however, the license plates (located at the knees in robot mode) have been changed to read "TOO HOT".

:Rodimus Prime's weapons are the dual pistols/tonfa seen with both Mirage and Hot Rodimus, however his Kiss Player counterpart's fishing rod/eliminator and dumpling steamer weapons were not included in the Alternators release. They left [[Shaoshao Li (KP)|the girl]] out too.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Autobot/AltRodimus/rodimus.htm More information on Alternators Rodimus Prime at TFU.info]''

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[[Image:Titanium-toy Menasor.JPG|right|250px|thumb|]]
*'''[[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]''' (Cybertron Heroes, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Rifle, display stand

: A [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] [[exclusive]] first sold at San Diego Comic-Con 2007, Menasor is a redeco of the ''[[Titanium Series]]'' [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys|Rodimus Prime]], transforming into a Cybertronic Winnebago-ish thing.

:According to this Menasor's bio, he is a single entity built from the bodies of the individual Stunticons and controlled by their psychotic, permanently unified minds. Whether this same backstory applies to the Classics or Universe toys is unknown.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/SDCCMenasor/menasor.htm More information on ''Titanium'' Menasor on tfu.info.]''

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==2008==

'''''Preview Night [[July 23]], [[July 24]] to [[July 27]]'''''

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*'''[[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]]''' (Voyager, 2008)
**''Accessories:'' 2 smokestacks/"Stellar Converter Cannon", wind vane/"Disruptor Cannon"

: Nemesis Prime is a redeco of ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' Optimus Prime, transforming into a modern cab-over style truck of made up model, dominated by a large aero fairing on his roof. Premiering as San Diego Comic-Con 2008 [[exclusive]], it later saw wider release via [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] as part of the Classics Series of the 2008 ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' toyline. He was not designed to pull a trailer, and subsequently does not come with one. The figure largely follows the same paint application map as the original figure, with some minor omissions as well as new paint applications. As well, it features metallic purple and silver [[tampograph]]s of the Decepticon symbol on its forearm and shoulder, as well as red paint blocking the [[light-piping]] feature in the figure's head.

:In robot mode, his aero fairing transforms into a large "Disruptor Cannon", and his smokestacks transform into a smaller "Stellar Converter Cannon". Additionally, both can combine together to form a back-mounted shoulder weapon.

: This mold was also used to make ''Classics'' [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and the evil "[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (toyline)|Shattered Glass]]" [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]]. In fact, counting the ''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)|Henkei! Henkei!]]'' [[redeco]]s, this is the '''sixth''' version of this mold released within two years. You milk those [[completist]]s, [[Hasbro]]/[[TakaraTomy]], you milk 'em ''good''.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/SDCCNemesisPrime/nemesisprime.htm More information on ''Universe'' Nemesis Prime at tfu.info.]''

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[[Image:Titanium-toy WWSkywarp.JPG|right|300px|thumb|]]
*'''[[Skywarp (G1)/toys|War Within Skywarp]]''' (Cybertron Hero, 2008)

: [[Titanium Series]] ''[[War Within (toyline)|War Within]]'' Skywarp is a redeco of [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Titanium Series|Thundercracker]], transforming into a Cybertronian "tetrajet" as reimagined by [[Don Figueroa]]. As with all 6-inch Titanium Cybertron Heroes, he is constructed mostly of fully painted die-cast metal. He was available only at [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] after the Titanium line had already been cancelled, and also Hasbro Toy Shop's booth at [[wikipedia:San_Diego_Comic-Con|San Diego Comic-Con]] 2008.

: This mold was also used to make ''War Within'' [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Titanium Series|Starscream]], [[Sunstorm (G1)#Titanium Series|Sunstorm]], and [[Thrust (G1)#Titanium Series|Thrust]].

::*[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/SDCCSkywarp/skywarp.htm ''More information on Titanium Skywarp at TFU.info'']

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* '''[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|G1 Animated Optimus Prime]]''' (Diamond Select, 2008)
:G1 Animated Optimus Prime was exclusive to the 2008 San Diego Comic Con. He was sculpted by [[Mark Wong]] of [[Art Asylum]] and features a more matte color scheme to better match the cartoon's palette.

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==2009==

'''''Preview Night [[July 22]], [[July 23]] to [[July 26]]'''''

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*'''[[Soundwave (G1)/toys|Soundwave]]''' (Exclusive, 2009)
**''Accessories:'' Laserbeak, Ravage, Buzzsaw, [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]], rocket launcher, 3 rockets, "concussion blaster"

: In 2009, Hasbro released yet another reissue of Soundwave as part of the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' line, this time as a [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] exclusive that was prominently offered at [http://www.comic-con.org/cci/ San Diego Comic-Con 2009]. After Hasbro's last reissue of the figure had used the double-sized Soundblaster chest door, this version of Soundwave reinstated his original door, and came packaged with no fewer than ''four'' tapes: Ravage, Laserbeak, Buzzsaw and [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/TFUSoundwave/soundwave.htm More information on Universe 2008 Soundwave at TFU.info]''

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[[Image:MightyMuggs_MetallicOptimusPrime.jpg|right|thumb|200px|]]
*'''[[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise|Optimus Prime]]''' (2009)
**''Accessories:'' Ion rifle

: An [[exclusive]] to the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con, this Optimus Prime Mugg has a shiny metallic finish.

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==2010==

'''''Preview Night [[July 21]], [[July 22]] to [[July 25]]'''''

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*'''[[Blaster (G1)|Autobot Blaster]]''' (2010)
**''Series:'' G1 Series
**''Accessories:'' Electro-Scrambler Gun
:This San Diego Comic-Con [[exclusive]] reissue of Blaster comes with [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]], [[Ramhorn (G1)|Ramhorn]] and [[Eject (G1)|Eject]]. Released as part of the [[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|''Universe'' (2008) toyline]], the packaging also has a special foil-detailed outer slip case. Blaster is technically a slight [[redeco]], having metal-flake beige legs instead of metallic-swirl silver.

:This set was also made available at the Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong Fair 2010, and was later released on the [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] and then also sold at FanExpo Canada 2010.
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[[Image:MightyMuggs_Prowl.jpg|thumb|right|200px|]]
*'''[[Prowl (G1)/toys|Prowl]]''' (2010)
:''Accessories:'' Gun

: This [[super deformed|super-deformed]], non-transformable Prowl figure mostly uses the standard [[Mighty Muggs]] body template, and features same door-wings molds as [[Jazz (G1)/toys|Jazz]]. He has swivel joints in his neck and arms and comes with his trademark acid pellet gun. Prowl was originally meant to be released in the fourth wave of Mighty Muggs Transformers, but the Transformers section of the toyline was canceled before the wave was released. The toy was eventually made available as an exclusive at San Diego Comic-Con 2010.

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==2011==

'''''Preview Night [[July 20]], [[July 21]] to [[July 24]]'''''

[[Image:PrimeFEtoy-OptimusPrimeSDCC.jpg|right|thumb|300px|This should tide us over for <strike>three</strike> <strike>six</strike> eight months!]]
[[Image:PrimeFEtoy-SDCCpackaging.jpg|thumb|300px|Step 1: Put Optimus Prime toy inside a wearable Matrix. Step 2: ??? Step 3: Profit!]]
*'''[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Matrix of Leadership SDCC Optimus Prime]]''' (Deluxe, 2011)
**''Accessories:'' Gun, magnet, dignity-removing wearable Matrix packaging

: Matrix of Leadership Optimus Prime is an [[exclusive]] to San Diego Comic-Con 2011. The toy comes in a packaging shaped like the [[Matrix of Leadership]], which the owner can wear around his neck, preferably at the convention itself, so passers-by can exclaim "WHERE THE HELL DID YOU GET THAT?" and then try to get one themselves. The Matrix itself comes packaged in a box that is designed to look like Optimus Prime's chest, and opens accordingly. The chest window doors are sealed with a round magnet.

: The toy itself is an early release of the Deluxe Class Optimus Prime toy from the later "Entertainment Pack" set. There are some deco differences between this release and the later retail release; this version has gray windows instead of blue and is missing some of the silver deco on the helmet and roof/feet, as well as the yellow paint on his lights. His midriff is also darker.

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*'''[[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Ultimate Optimus Prime]]''' (MechTech Ultimate, 2011)
**''Accessories:'' Trailer/Omega Combat Armor, MechTech Ultimax Super Cannon

:Available exclusively at [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] and their booth at San Diego Comic-Con 2011, this version of Ultimate Optimus Prime is presented in vehicle mode, packaged into a large, foil-embossed bubble packaging (similar to late ''[[Transformers: Alternators| Alternators]]'' packaging) styled after Optimus Prime's trailer, with an additional foil-embossed sleeve styled after the hood of Optimus Prime's truck. Exclusive to this release is a set of stickers one can apply to [[Armored Weapons Platform#SDCCUltimatePrime|the trailer]]. The toy itself is otherwise identical to the regular retail release.

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[[Image:StarscreamSkystriker.jpg|right|thumb|250px|]]
*'''[[Starscream (G1)/toys|Starscream Skystriker]] with [[Cobra Commander]]''' (2011)

: An [[exclusive]] release for San Diego Comic-Con 2011, this is a [[redeco]] of the 2011 new-[[mold]] ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' [[Skystriker]] meant to represent Starscream. It includes Cobra Commander in a flight suit, wielding a "human-scaled" [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] pistol. After more than a quarter of a century, it represents just the [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Titanium_Series|second official mingling]] of the ''G.I. Joe'' and ''[[Transformers brand|Transformers]]'' franchises in toy form.

: The last one of us alive will have the privilege of being buried with it.

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==2012==

'''''Preview Night [[July 11]], [[July 12]] to [[July 15]]'''''

[[Image:Generationstoy-SDCCBruticus.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]
*'''[[Bruticus (WFC)|Decepticon Bruticus]]''' (multi-pack, 2012)
: This San Diego Comic-Con 2012 [[exclusive]] pack contains all five Combaticons ([[Onslaught (WFC)|Onslaught]], [[Brawl (WFC)|Brawl]], [[Vortex (FOC)|Vortex]], [[Swindle (FOC)|Swindle]], [[Blast Off (FOC)|Blast Off]]) in game-accurate colors.

: Each of the four smaller limbs can also turn into another limb (e.g., Brawl can turn into either arm).

: This toy was "redecoed" into its own mass-release deco, as well as into a ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]''-styled [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. It was later [[retool]]ed into [[Ruination (FOC)|Ruination]].

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[[Image:Primetoy-CliffjumperRIP.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]
*'''[[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Rust In Peace Cliffjumper]]''' (Deluxe, 2012)
**''Accessories'': Dark Energon shard, "embedded" Dark Energon shard

: A San Diego Comic Con 2012 [[exclusive]], "Rust In Peace" Cliffjumper is a much more extensively-decoed and premium-packaged version of the "Terrorcon Cliffjumper" retool of the "First Edition" Cliffjumper mold, which was originally canceled worldwide, but was eventually released as an Asian market and [[Toys"R"Us|ToysЯUs]] exclusive. Whew! His paint operations have been expanded from the original retail plans to give him more battle damage deco. He comes with two Dark Energon accessories; a long shard of the stuff, and a shorter, more rubbery one ending in an "energy splash" that can grasp around the edges of his chest to represent, well, him being stabbed with Dark Energon to bring him back to "life."

: He comes in a special case shaped like Cliffjumper's zombified head, which itself comes inside a box with Cliffjumper's chest printed on the front. Gruesome!

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*'''[[Shockwave (G1)/toys|Shockwave H.I.S.S. Tank]] with two figures & Energon''' (2012)

: An [[exclusive]] release for San Diego Comic-Con 2012, this is a [[redeco]] of the 2012 new-[[mold]] ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe: Retaliation]]'' [[HISS tank]] meant to represent Shockwave, with an additional cannon piece meant to emulate ''Generation 1'' Shockwave's gun barrel. It includes the [[Cobra]]s [[Destro|James McCullen Destro XXIV]] and a [[Battle Android Trooper]] with a trolley for carrying [[Energon cube]]s. Destro's accessories include [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] in the form of a non-transforming tape deck, various guns, a suitcase of money, and three micro-casettes capable of being placed within the Soundwave toy; red, orange, and gold cassettes that represent [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], and [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]].

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==2013==

'''''Preview Night [[July 17]], [[July 18]] to [[July 21]]'''''

* '''[[Metroplex (G1)#Generations|Metroplex]]'''

: ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]''-esque [[package art]] by line artist [[Phil Jimenez]] and colorist [[Romulo Fajardo Jr.]]. Includes a second gun and PVC figures.

[[Image:Shockwave's-Lab-Shockwave.jpg|right|thumb|300px|For every G1-themed Shockwave you buy, you get a bonus Predacon fetus.]]
*'''[[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave's Lab]]'''
**''Accessories'': Lab Playset

: A [[redeco]] of the [[Beast Hunters]] Voyager Shockwave in G1-inspired colors (most notably the replacement of Shockwave's red optic into yellow), this set depicts Shockwave's creation of [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]], complete with a lab playset and a redeco of [[Cyberverse|''Cyberverse'']] Commander Class [[Predaking (Prime)#Cyberverse|Predaking]] in translucent and opaque blue. Despite what the stock images suggest, the fuschia highlights were largely replaced with black on the actual figure.

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==2014==

'''''Preview Night [[July 23]], [[July 24]] to [[July 27]]'''''

*'''Knights of Unicron'''
:The ''glorious'' [[Knights of Unicron]] set features redecoes of the ''Fall of Cybertron'' and ''War for Cybertron'' [[Optimus Prime (WFC)#FOCtoy|Optimus Prime]], [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]], [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] and [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] toys with hair and clothing accessories to resemble a metal band. They also come with redecoes of ''Animated'' [[Laserbeak (Animated)|Laserbeak]] and [[Ratbat (Animated)|Ratbat]] to use as instruments, because there isn't quite enough insanity in this world.

*'''G1-Coloured Dinobots'''
:This set features Voyager class [[Grimlock (AOE)|Grimlock]] and deluxe class [[Strafe (AOE)|Strafe]], [[Slug (AOE)|Slug]] and [[Snarl (AOE)|Snarl]] done in G1-inspired decoes. This set comes with an ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' playset made up of platforms and inspired by the ship from Generation One.

:(Poor [[Slog (AOE)|Slog]] apparently just gets no love)

*''''Class of 1984' Kreon set'''
:A massive Kreon set which includes practically everyone from the first year of Generation One, namely [[Bluestreak (Kre-O)|Bluestreak]], [[Brawn (Kre-O)|Brawn]], [[Bumblebee (Kre-O)|Bumblebee]], [[Cliffjumper (Kre-O)|Cliffjumper]], [[Frenzy (Kre-O)|Frenzy]], [[Gears (Kre-O)|Gears]], [[Hound (Kre-O)|Hound]], [[Huffer (Kre-O)|Huffer]], [[Ironhide (Kre-O)|Ironhide]], [[Jazz (Kre-O)|Jazz]], [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]], [[Mirage (Kre-O)|Mirage]], [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]], [[Prowl (Kre-O)|Prowl]], [[Ratchet (Kre-O)|Ratchet]], [[Rumble (Kre-O)|Rumble]], [[Shockwave (Kre-O)|Shockwave]], [[Sideswipe (Kre-O)|Sideswipe]], [[Skywarp (Kre-O)|Skywarp]], [[Soundwave (Kre-O)|Soundwave]], [[Starscream (Kre-O)|Starscream]], [[Sunstreaker (Kre-O)|Sunstreaker]], [[Thundercracker (Kre-O)|Thundercracker]], [[Trailcutter (Kre-O)|Trailcutter]], [[Wheeljack (Kre-O)|Wheeljack]] and [[Windcharger (Kre-O)|Windcharger]]. Both Frenzy and Rumble are done using the smaller human-sized Kreon moulds. In addition, [[Arcee (Kre-O)|Arcee]], [[Ultra Magnus (Kre-O)|Ultra Magnus]], [[Perceptor (Kre-O)|Perceptor]], and [[Skrapnel|Skrapnel]] are also included even though they aren't strictly 1984. [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] and [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]], which are impractical to turn into Kreons, are included among the plethora of random accessories, which includes stuff like a Rubik's Cube, a syringe and a mullet for Sunstreaker. Whew!

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==Notes==
* The "'''S.D. 74'''" on the [[Hasbro]] version of the ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)| Armada]]'' [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Hoist]] mold is an in-joke, according to [[Aaron Archer]]. He has pointedly and repeatedly refused to ''explain'' the joke, so its meaning remains a mystery. However, an explanation of sorts was offered at [[BotCon 2008]]: The marking evidently originates from an incident at the San Diego Comic Con involving an unfortunate mix of Hasbro employees, alcohol, and a construction crane. Whatever happened, apparently the [[wikipedia:Petco_Park|Petco Park]] stadium was nearly not built because of it. Yowza. (How the 74 relates to this, exactly, remains uncertain.)

==External links==
*[http://www.comic-con.org/ Comic-Con International]

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Transformers Animated (toyline)

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[[Image:TFAnimated Voyager EarthOptimusPrime toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Putting the "cool" in "[[Playskool]]".]]
The '''''Transformers Animated''''' toyline merges the more expressive design style of the [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|cartoon]] with extremely poseable robot forms (to a degree which seemed pleasantly surprising even to [[Hasbro]]). Unlike the [[franchise]]s immediately before it, there is no overarching, line-wide [[gimmick]] (such as [[Mini-Con]]s or [[Cyber Planet Key]]s). Rather, transforming ''is'' the gimmick, and the toys have other special features unique and appropriate to the character (such as [[Blitzwing (Animated)|triple-changing]] or [[Ratchet (Animated)|interchangeable tools]]). While the designs originated with Hasbro and the [[Cartoon Network]] team, [[TakaraTomy]] stepped up to the plate to engineer the toys. The line debuted on July 1, 2007, at Hasbro's Future Products panel at [[BotCon 2007|BotCon]].

Hasbro, citing the strength of the [[Movie (toyline)|movie toyline]], [[Ruined FOREVER|postponed]] the official release of the ''Animated'' toyline to June 22, 2008 in the US. However, some toys began showing up at retailers in the Cincinnati area to coincide with [[BotCon 2008|BotCon]], followed by wider releases in Canada in May and the U.S. shortly thereafter.

==Toys==
The core toys of this franchise are available at most of the traditional [[size class]]es.

===General retail===
====Deluxe Class====
'''Wave 1'''
[[Image:Bumblebee_anim_toy.jpg|thumb|250px|right]]

* [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys|Cybertron Mode Optimus Prime]]
* [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]
* [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]]
* [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]]

'''Wave 2'''

* [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]]
* [[Ratchet (Animated)|Autobot Ratchet]]

'''Wave 3'''

* [[Jazz (Animated)|Autobot Jazz]]
* [[Oil Slick (Animated)|Oil Slick]]
* [[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]]
* [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]]

'''Wave 4'''

* [[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]]
* [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Elite Guard Bumblebee]]
* [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]]

'''Wave 5'''

* [[Lockdown (Animated)|Blazing Lockdown]]
* [[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]]
* [[Swindle (Animated)|Swindle]]

'''Wave 6'''
[[Image:Samuraiprowldeluxe.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"That's 'Prowl-san' to you, young one."]]

* [[Wasp|Waspinator]]
* [[Prowl (Animated)|Samurai Prowl]]

'''Wave 7'''

* [[Soundwave (Animated)|Electrostatic Soundwave]]
* [[Jazz (Animated)|Freeway Jazz]]

'''Unreleased toys'''
* [[Oil Slick (Animated)|Toxic Oil Slick]]
* [[Wasp|Fugitive Waspinator]]
* [[Blurr (Animated)|Vortex Blurr]]
* [[Swindle (Animated) |Mercenary Swindle]]
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====Voyager Class====
'''Wave 1'''

* [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]]
* [[Megatron (Animated)|Cybertron Mode Megatron]]
* [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]]

'''Wave 2'''
* [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys|Earth Mode Optimus Prime]]
{{note|Even though Optimus Prime ''officially'' debuted in wave 2 of the Voyager Class toys, he was found at US retail ''later'' than the wave 3 toys Grimlock and Lugnut.}}

'''Wave 3'''
[[Image:Lugnut animated toy.JPG|right|300px|thumb|Comes with a Gopher grabber arm.]]

* [[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]]
* [[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]]

'''Wave 4'''
* [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]]

'''Wave 5'''

* [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave/Longarm]]
* [[Skywarp (Animated)|Skywarp]]

'''Wave 6'''

* [[Wreck-Gar (Animated)|Wreck-Gar]]
* [[Lugnut (Animated)|Atomic Lugnut]]

'''Unreleased toys'''

* [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Hydrodrive Bumblebee]] (released in Japan)
* [[Grimlock (Animated)|Goldfire Grimlock]]
* [[Thundercracker (Animated)|Thundercracker]]
* [[Blackout (Animated)|Blackout]] (released in Japan)
* [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys|Wingblade Optimus Prime]](released in Japan)
* [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Mudbuster Bulkhead]]
{{canceledtoy}}

====Leader Class====
'''Wave 1'''

* [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]]
* [[Megatron (Animated)|Earth Mode Megatron]]

'''Wave 2'''
[[Image:Leaderanimatedultramagnus.jpg|right|400px|thumb|"[[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys#CyCDF|Hot Shot]] ain't got nothing on me."]]
* [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]]

'''Wave 3'''
* [[Megatron (Animated)|Shadow Blade Megatron]]

'''Wave 4'''
* [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Roadbuster Ultra Magnus]] (redeco colored as a [[Roadbuster (G1)|''Generation 1'' Roadbuster]] homage)

====Supreme Class====
'''Wave 1'''
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys|Roll-Out Command Optimus Prime]]

====Entertainment Packs====
[[Image:Safeguardanimatedtoy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Half & half]]
'''Wave 1'''
* [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys|Optimus Prime]] vs. [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] - The Battle Begins

'''Wave 2'''
* [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]] and [[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]]

====Activators====
The Activators subcategory consists of chunkier, simpler, Scout-class-sized toys with one-touch, spring-loaded transformations.
[[Image:Activatorsstarscream.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"Come on, Hasbro. You can still make some redecos of me."]]
'''Wave 1'''

* [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]]
* [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]
* [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]]

'''Wave 2'''

* [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]]
* [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys|Optimus Prime]]
* [[Ratchet (Animated)|Autobot Ratchet]]

'''Wave 3'''

* [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Patrol Bumblebee]]
* [[Thundercracker (Animated)|Thundercracker]]

'''Wave 4'''

* [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]
* [[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]]
* [[Lockdown (Animated)|Bandit Lockdown]]

'''Wave 5'''

* [[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper]]
* [[Dirge (Animated)|Dirge]]

'''Wave 6'''

* [[Grimlock (Animated)|Fireblast Grimlock]]
* [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]]

'''Wave 7'''

*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)| Armor Up Optimus Prime]]
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)| Battlefield Bumblebee]]

'''Unreleased toys'''
* [[Soundwave (Animated)#Electromagnetic|Electromagnetic Soundwave]]
{{canceledtoy}}

====[[Bumper Battlers]]====
An expansion on the [[Cyber Slammers]] subline from the 2007 live-action movie toys, Bumper Battlers feature "bump-and-transform" action. Hitting the front bumper causes the toy to change into robot mode, and pressing the toy's sigil activates sound effects and speech gimmicks.

'''Wave 1'''

* [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]
* [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys|Optimus Prime]]
* [[Ratchet (Animated)|Autobot Ratchet]]

'''Wave 2'''
[[Image:Ani-toy BumperBattlers NightwatchPrime.JPG|right|250px|thumb|"At least I have a better shade of blue than [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|another Nightwatch Optimus Prime]]."]]

* [[Jazz (Animated)|Autobot Jazz]]
* [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]]

'''Wave 3'''

* [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Sting Racer Bumblebee]]
* [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys|Nightwatch Optimus Prime]]

'''Wave 4'''

* [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]]
* [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]]

'''Wave 5'''
{{Note|These two toys have been released in Australia and Mexico in small quantities, but were never sold in the USA.}}

* [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Workzone Bulkhead]]
* [[Jazz (Animated)|Stealth Ninja Jazz]]

====Power Bots====
'''Wave 1'''
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Cyber Speed Bumblebee]]

'''Wave 2'''
*Street Patrol Bumblebee (redeco of Cyber Speed Bumblebee)

===Exclusives (United States/Canada market)===
'''Target/Zellers'''
*[[Lockdown (Animated)|Stealth Lockdown]] (Deluxe Class) with [[Legends Class]] [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] and Legends Class [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys|Optimus Prime]]
* [[Ratchet (Animated)|Rescue Ratchet]] (Deluxe Class) with Legends Class [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] and Legends Class [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]]
{{note|Both packs were also available as Tesco exclusives in the United Kingdom, Zellers exclusives in Canada and Warehouse exclusives in New Zealand.}}
* [[Sunstorm (Animated)| Sunstorm]] (Voyager Class) vs Activators [[Ratchet (Animated)| Ratchet]].
* [[Shockwave (Animated)| Shockwave]] (Voyager Class) (with a new show accurate color scheme) vs Activators [[Bumblebee (Animated)| Bumblebee]]

'''Toys "R" Us'''
* [[Bulkhead (Animated)| Bulkhead]] (Leader Class) with Activators [[Bumblebee (Animated)| Bumblebee]]
* [[Megatron (Animated)| Megatron]] (Leader Class) with Activators [[Starscream (Animated)| Starscream]]
* [[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]] (Deluxe Class)
* [[Ratchet (Animated)|Cybertron Mode Ratchet]] (Deluxe Class)
* [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus Minor]]
* [[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]]

'''Wal-Mart'''
*"The Revenge of Blackarachnia" two-pack (Deluxe [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys|Optimus Prime]] from "The Battle Begins" two-pack and Deluxe Class [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]])
*"Battle in Space" two-pack (Deluxe Class [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] and Deluxe [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] from "The Battle Begins" two-pack)

===Foreign market exclusive releases===
'''Multi-packs'''
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Autobot Ratchet]] & [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] two-pack
{{note|Thus far this pack has only been found at Toys "R" Us stores in the United Kingdom and Germany.}}

===McDonald's Happy Meal toys===
'''North America'''

*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]]
*[[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]]
*[[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]]

'''Latin America'''

*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys| Optimus Prime]]
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)| Bumblebee]]
*[[Megatron (Animated)| Megatron]]
*[[Starscream (Animated)| Starscream]]

'''France'''

*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys| Optimus Prime]]
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)| Bumblebee]]
*[[Megatron (Animated)| Megatron]]
*[[Blitzwing (Animated)| Blitzwing]]

'''Poland'''

*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys| Optimus Prime]]
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)| Bumblebee]]
*[[Megatron (Animated)| Megatron]]
*[[Starscream (Animated)| Starscream]]

'''Bulgaria'''

*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys| Optimus Prime]]
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)| Bumblebee]]
*[[Megatron (Animated)| Megatron]]
*[[Starscream (Animated)| Starscream]]
{{note|Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, and Megatron are the same molds from the North American release but with more detailed [[Paint operation|paint application]]s. Blitzwing is a new mold.}}

==Toys of ''Animated'' characters released as part of other lines==
===Movie (2007)===
'''Wal-Mart exclusives'''
* The Legacy of Bumblebee three-pack (movie-inspired minor [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classic]]'' Deluxe [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Bumblebee]], regular [[Movie (toyline)|Movie]] Deluxe Class "[[Premium Series|Premium]]" [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Bumblebee]] and regular ''Animated'' Deluxe Class [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]])

===Universe (2008)===
'''Legends Class (wave 3)'''
* [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys|Optimus Prime]]
* [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]
* [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]]

'''Legends Class (wave 4)'''
* [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]]

===Timelines===
'''[[Transformers Collectors' Club]] exclusives'''
*[[Cheetor (Animated)|Cheetor]]

'''[[BotCon 2011]] exclusives'''
*The Stunti-Con-Job box set
**[[Dead End (Animated)|Dead End]]
**[[Breakdown (Animated)|Breakdown]]
**[[Drag Strip (Animated)|Drag Strip]]
**[[Wildrider (Animated)|Wildrider]]
**[[The Motor Master]]
*[[Sideswipe (Animated)|Sideswipe]] and [[Toxitron (Animated)|Toxitron]]
*[[Autotrooper (Animated)|Autotroopers]]
*[[Minerva (Animated)|Minerva]]
*[[Ironfist (Animated)|Fisitron]]

'''Figure Subscription Service exclusives'''
*[[Jackpot (Animated)|Jackpot]]

==TakaraTomy releases==

Beginning in 2010, [[TakaraTomy]]'s release of the ''Animated'' toy line consists of most of the same toys released in Western markets by [[Hasbro]], but now with [http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/menu.aspx?menu=1632&category=6153 extremely glossy paintjobs].

==Criticisms==
Since the first wave of ''Animated'' toys were released, there have been multiple complaints of [[quality control|poor quality]] [[paint operation|paint application]]s, sloppy paint applications, and very greasy ball and hinge joints. There are also complaints over certain breakage issues, such as Lockdown's wrists, and toy functionality being limited by support struts added [[For safety reasons|to prevent breakage]], such as with Voyager Megatron's cannon and Bumblebee's stingers being unable to position properly.

Most of these issues can be fixed with relative ease. <ref>[http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=47309 Animated Fixes on AllSpark.com]</ref>

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
*[http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/animated/ Hasbro's official ''Transformers'' Animated homepage]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Animated (toyline)}}
[[Category:Animated| Transformers Animated (toyline)]]
[[Category:Toylines]]

Transformers Animated (toyline)

2014-08-13T09:16:27Z

Blackjack: /* Voyager Class */

{{Nav-Animated}}

[[Image:TFAnimated Voyager EarthOptimusPrime toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Putting the "cool" in "[[Playskool]]".]]
The '''''Transformers Animated''''' toyline merges the more expressive design style of the [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|cartoon]] with extremely poseable robot forms (to a degree which seemed pleasantly surprising even to [[Hasbro]]). Unlike the [[franchise]]s immediately before it, there is no overarching, line-wide [[gimmick]] (such as [[Mini-Con]]s or [[Cyber Planet Key]]s). Rather, transforming ''is'' the gimmick, and the toys have other special features unique and appropriate to the character (such as [[Blitzwing (Animated)|triple-changing]] or [[Ratchet (Animated)|interchangeable tools]]). While the designs originated with Hasbro and the [[Cartoon Network]] team, [[TakaraTomy]] stepped up to the plate to engineer the toys. The line debuted on July 1, 2007, at Hasbro's Future Products panel at [[BotCon 2007|BotCon]].

Hasbro, citing the strength of the [[Movie (toyline)|movie toyline]], [[Ruined FOREVER|postponed]] the official release of the ''Animated'' toyline to June 22, 2008 in the US. However, some toys began showing up at retailers in the Cincinnati area to coincide with [[BotCon 2008|BotCon]], followed by wider releases in Canada in May and the U.S. shortly thereafter.

==Toys==
The core toys of this franchise are available at most of the traditional [[size class]]es.

===General retail===
====Deluxe Class====
'''Wave 1'''
[[Image:Bumblebee_anim_toy.jpg|thumb|250px|right]]

* [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys|Cybertron Mode Optimus Prime]]
* [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]
* [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]]
* [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]]

'''Wave 2'''

* [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]]
* [[Ratchet (Animated)|Autobot Ratchet]]

'''Wave 3'''

* [[Jazz (Animated)|Autobot Jazz]]
* [[Oil Slick (Animated)|Oil Slick]]
* [[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]]
* [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]]

'''Wave 4'''

* [[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]]
* [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Elite Guard Bumblebee]]
* [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]]

'''Wave 5'''

* [[Lockdown (Animated)|Blazing Lockdown]]
* [[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]]
* [[Swindle (Animated)|Swindle]]

'''Wave 6'''
[[Image:Samuraiprowldeluxe.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"That's 'Prowl-san' to you, young one."]]

* [[Wasp|Waspinator]]
* [[Prowl (Animated)|Samurai Prowl]]

'''Wave 7'''

* [[Soundwave (Animated)|Electrostatic Soundwave]]
* [[Jazz (Animated)|Freeway Jazz]]

'''Unreleased toys'''
* [[Oil Slick (Animated)|Toxic Oil Slick]]
* [[Wasp|Fugitive Waspinator]]
* [[Blurr (Animated)|Vortex Blurr]]
* [[Swindle (Animated) |Mercenary Swindle]]
{{canceledtoy}}

====Voyager Class====
'''Wave 1'''

* [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]]
* [[Megatron (Animated)|Cybertron Mode Megatron]]
* [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]]

'''Wave 2'''
* [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys|Earth Mode Optimus Prime]]
{{note|Even though Optimus Prime ''officially'' debuted in wave 2 of the Voyager Class toys, he was found at US retail ''later'' than the wave 3 toys Grimlock and Lugnut.}}

'''Wave 3'''
[[Image:Lugnut animated toy.JPG|right|300px|thumb|Comes with a Gopher grabber arm.]]

* [[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]]
* [[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]]

'''Wave 4'''
* [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]]

'''Wave 5'''

* [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave/Longarm]]
* [[Skywarp (Animated)|Skywarp]]

'''Wave 6'''

* [[Wreck-Gar (Animated)|Wreck-Gar]]
* [[Lugnut (Animated)|Atomic Lugnut]]

'''Unreleased toys'''

* [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Hydrodrive Bumblebee]]
* [[Grimlock (Animated)|Goldfire Grimlock]]
* [[Thundercracker (Animated)|Thundercracker]] (released in Japan)
* [[Blackout (Animated)|Blackout]](released in Japan)
* [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys|Wingblade Optimus Prime]](released in Japan)
* [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Mudbuster Bulkhead]]
{{canceledtoy}}

====Leader Class====
'''Wave 1'''

* [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]]
* [[Megatron (Animated)|Earth Mode Megatron]]

'''Wave 2'''
[[Image:Leaderanimatedultramagnus.jpg|right|400px|thumb|"[[Hot Shot (Armada)/toys#CyCDF|Hot Shot]] ain't got nothing on me."]]
* [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]]

'''Wave 3'''
* [[Megatron (Animated)|Shadow Blade Megatron]]

'''Wave 4'''
* [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Roadbuster Ultra Magnus]] (redeco colored as a [[Roadbuster (G1)|''Generation 1'' Roadbuster]] homage)

====Supreme Class====
'''Wave 1'''
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys|Roll-Out Command Optimus Prime]]

====Entertainment Packs====
[[Image:Safeguardanimatedtoy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Half & half]]
'''Wave 1'''
* [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys|Optimus Prime]] vs. [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] - The Battle Begins

'''Wave 2'''
* [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]] and [[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]]

====Activators====
The Activators subcategory consists of chunkier, simpler, Scout-class-sized toys with one-touch, spring-loaded transformations.
[[Image:Activatorsstarscream.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"Come on, Hasbro. You can still make some redecos of me."]]
'''Wave 1'''

* [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]]
* [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]
* [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]]

'''Wave 2'''

* [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]]
* [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys|Optimus Prime]]
* [[Ratchet (Animated)|Autobot Ratchet]]

'''Wave 3'''

* [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Patrol Bumblebee]]
* [[Thundercracker (Animated)|Thundercracker]]

'''Wave 4'''

* [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]
* [[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]]
* [[Lockdown (Animated)|Bandit Lockdown]]

'''Wave 5'''

* [[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper]]
* [[Dirge (Animated)|Dirge]]

'''Wave 6'''

* [[Grimlock (Animated)|Fireblast Grimlock]]
* [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]]

'''Wave 7'''

*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)| Armor Up Optimus Prime]]
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)| Battlefield Bumblebee]]

'''Unreleased toys'''
* [[Soundwave (Animated)#Electromagnetic|Electromagnetic Soundwave]]
{{canceledtoy}}

====[[Bumper Battlers]]====
An expansion on the [[Cyber Slammers]] subline from the 2007 live-action movie toys, Bumper Battlers feature "bump-and-transform" action. Hitting the front bumper causes the toy to change into robot mode, and pressing the toy's sigil activates sound effects and speech gimmicks.

'''Wave 1'''

* [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]
* [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys|Optimus Prime]]
* [[Ratchet (Animated)|Autobot Ratchet]]

'''Wave 2'''
[[Image:Ani-toy BumperBattlers NightwatchPrime.JPG|right|250px|thumb|"At least I have a better shade of blue than [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|another Nightwatch Optimus Prime]]."]]

* [[Jazz (Animated)|Autobot Jazz]]
* [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]]

'''Wave 3'''

* [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Sting Racer Bumblebee]]
* [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys|Nightwatch Optimus Prime]]

'''Wave 4'''

* [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]]
* [[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]]

'''Wave 5'''
{{Note|These two toys have been released in Australia and Mexico in small quantities, but were never sold in the USA.}}

* [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Workzone Bulkhead]]
* [[Jazz (Animated)|Stealth Ninja Jazz]]

====Power Bots====
'''Wave 1'''
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Cyber Speed Bumblebee]]

'''Wave 2'''
*Street Patrol Bumblebee (redeco of Cyber Speed Bumblebee)

===Exclusives (United States/Canada market)===
'''Target/Zellers'''
*[[Lockdown (Animated)|Stealth Lockdown]] (Deluxe Class) with [[Legends Class]] [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] and Legends Class [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys|Optimus Prime]]
* [[Ratchet (Animated)|Rescue Ratchet]] (Deluxe Class) with Legends Class [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] and Legends Class [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]]
{{note|Both packs were also available as Tesco exclusives in the United Kingdom, Zellers exclusives in Canada and Warehouse exclusives in New Zealand.}}
* [[Sunstorm (Animated)| Sunstorm]] (Voyager Class) vs Activators [[Ratchet (Animated)| Ratchet]].
* [[Shockwave (Animated)| Shockwave]] (Voyager Class) (with a new show accurate color scheme) vs Activators [[Bumblebee (Animated)| Bumblebee]]

'''Toys "R" Us'''
* [[Bulkhead (Animated)| Bulkhead]] (Leader Class) with Activators [[Bumblebee (Animated)| Bumblebee]]
* [[Megatron (Animated)| Megatron]] (Leader Class) with Activators [[Starscream (Animated)| Starscream]]
* [[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]] (Deluxe Class)
* [[Ratchet (Animated)|Cybertron Mode Ratchet]] (Deluxe Class)
* [[Rodimus Prime (Animated)|Rodimus Minor]]
* [[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]]

'''Wal-Mart'''
*"The Revenge of Blackarachnia" two-pack (Deluxe [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys|Optimus Prime]] from "The Battle Begins" two-pack and Deluxe Class [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]])
*"Battle in Space" two-pack (Deluxe Class [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] and Deluxe [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] from "The Battle Begins" two-pack)

===Foreign market exclusive releases===
'''Multi-packs'''
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Autobot Ratchet]] & [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] two-pack
{{note|Thus far this pack has only been found at Toys "R" Us stores in the United Kingdom and Germany.}}

===McDonald's Happy Meal toys===
'''North America'''

*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]]
*[[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]]
*[[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]]

'''Latin America'''

*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys| Optimus Prime]]
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)| Bumblebee]]
*[[Megatron (Animated)| Megatron]]
*[[Starscream (Animated)| Starscream]]

'''France'''

*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys| Optimus Prime]]
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)| Bumblebee]]
*[[Megatron (Animated)| Megatron]]
*[[Blitzwing (Animated)| Blitzwing]]

'''Poland'''

*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys| Optimus Prime]]
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)| Bumblebee]]
*[[Megatron (Animated)| Megatron]]
*[[Starscream (Animated)| Starscream]]

'''Bulgaria'''

*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys| Optimus Prime]]
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)| Bumblebee]]
*[[Megatron (Animated)| Megatron]]
*[[Starscream (Animated)| Starscream]]
{{note|Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, and Megatron are the same molds from the North American release but with more detailed [[Paint operation|paint application]]s. Blitzwing is a new mold.}}

==Toys of ''Animated'' characters released as part of other lines==
===Movie (2007)===
'''Wal-Mart exclusives'''
* The Legacy of Bumblebee three-pack (movie-inspired minor [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classic]]'' Deluxe [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Bumblebee]], regular [[Movie (toyline)|Movie]] Deluxe Class "[[Premium Series|Premium]]" [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Bumblebee]] and regular ''Animated'' Deluxe Class [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]])

===Universe (2008)===
'''Legends Class (wave 3)'''
* [[Optimus Prime (Animated)/toys|Optimus Prime]]
* [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]
* [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]]

'''Legends Class (wave 4)'''
* [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]]

===Timelines===
'''[[Transformers Collectors' Club]] exclusives'''
*[[Cheetor (Animated)|Cheetor]]

'''[[BotCon 2011]] exclusives'''
*The Stunti-Con-Job box set
**[[Dead End (Animated)|Dead End]]
**[[Breakdown (Animated)|Breakdown]]
**[[Drag Strip (Animated)|Drag Strip]]
**[[Wildrider (Animated)|Wildrider]]
**[[The Motor Master]]
*[[Sideswipe (Animated)|Sideswipe]] and [[Toxitron (Animated)|Toxitron]]
*[[Autotrooper (Animated)|Autotroopers]]
*[[Minerva (Animated)|Minerva]]
*[[Ironfist (Animated)|Fisitron]]

'''Figure Subscription Service exclusives'''
*[[Jackpot (Animated)|Jackpot]]

==TakaraTomy releases==

Beginning in 2010, [[TakaraTomy]]'s release of the ''Animated'' toy line consists of most of the same toys released in Western markets by [[Hasbro]], but now with [http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/menu.aspx?menu=1632&category=6153 extremely glossy paintjobs].

==Criticisms==
Since the first wave of ''Animated'' toys were released, there have been multiple complaints of [[quality control|poor quality]] [[paint operation|paint application]]s, sloppy paint applications, and very greasy ball and hinge joints. There are also complaints over certain breakage issues, such as Lockdown's wrists, and toy functionality being limited by support struts added [[For safety reasons|to prevent breakage]], such as with Voyager Megatron's cannon and Bumblebee's stingers being unable to position properly.

Most of these issues can be fixed with relative ease. <ref>[http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=47309 Animated Fixes on AllSpark.com]</ref>

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
*[http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/animated/ Hasbro's official ''Transformers'' Animated homepage]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Animated (toyline)}}
[[Category:Animated| Transformers Animated (toyline)]]
[[Category:Toylines]]

Dino

2014-08-08T23:51:41Z

Blackjack: /* Movie Advanced Series */

{{factions|autobotfilm|NEST}}
{{disambig3|Mirage}}
:''Mirage is an [[Autobot]] from the [[live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:OptimusPrimesFriendsAndFoesMirage.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"The cast was... full."]]

'''Mirage''' is a little impatient. Armed with a dart rifle, [[electro-disrupter]] and the ability to create holograms and turn himself invisible, Mirage is one sneaky robot. When he's not invisible, he can usually be seen with his combat partner, [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]].

He is sometimes referred to as '''Dino'''.

{{bigquote|On the ground, per favore! And stay there!|Mirage intimidates the guards for an illegal nuclear plant|''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]''}}

==Fiction==
===IDW ''Dark of the Moon'' prequel comics===
[[Image:RisingStorm2-Mirage.jpg|left|thumb|Scusi?]]
When [[Sam Witwicky]] and [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] were being menaced by Decepticons after their small companion [[Brains]], Mirage and Wheeljack arrived for the save. Mirage taunted and injured [[Sonar (ROTF)|Sonar]] while cloaked, and demanded the remaining Decepticons ''bring it on'' as he revealed himself. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}} Using his invisibility to his advantage, he fought the Decepticons together with Bumblebee and Wheeljack until [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] arrived with reinforcements from [[NEST]]. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 3|Rising Storm #3}}

Mirage's luck ran out when [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] arrived on the scene and blasted him and Wheeljack, leaving them terribly injured. [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] could save their lives, but was unsure if they'd end up looking the same after his repairs. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 4|Rising Storm #4}}
{{-}}

===''Dark of the Moon'' film===
{{voiceactor|[[Francesco Quinn]] (English), [[Fumihiko Tachiki]] (Japanese)|[[Salvador Reyes]] (Latin American Spanish)}}

[[Image:DOTM-Dinointimidatesguards.jpg|left|thumb|300px|He sounds Italian. After this we'll wage war with Italy!]]
At some point after Operation: Firestorm and the demise of [[The Fallen]], Dino arrived on Earth with [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Que]], and joined the [[NEST]] team with the form of a red [[wikipedia:Ferrari 458 Italia|Ferrari 458 Italia]].

[[Image:830px-Dotm-dinobadmood-1-.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Ja, hey there.]]
Dino joined Que, [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] and [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] on a mission to take out an illegal nuclear weapons site in the Middle East. They were able to penetrate the base with ease thanks to Que disguising himself as the car of the country's Defense Minister, but Dino transformed to robot mode the instant they were through the barrier and, blades flashing, politely requested that the human guards lie on the ground while the Autobots went about their destructive business. Not long after, as the Autobots regrouped back at NEST's Washington headquarters, Dino informed [[Charlotte Mearing]] that [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] was in a bad mood over the discovery of a piece of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] technology he had found in [[Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant|Chernobyl]], and wasn't talking to anyone, let alone her. Later, after the former Autobot leader [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] was retrieved from the moon and reactivated, Dino observed his explanation of how his pillars were key to controlling the Space Bridge, a teleportation device Sentinel had designed that was crucial to the Autobot war effort.

[[Image:DOTM-Dinowhipshatchet.jpg|left|thumb|300px|[[Barricade (Movie)|Sir, I'm going to have to ask you to control your dog.]]]]
Dino and Sideswipe joined Bumblebee, [[Sam Witwicky]], [[Seymour Simmons]] and [[Dutch (DOTM)|Dutch]] in following up on a lead to explain why humans were being killed by Decepticons. Dino and Sideswipe arrived at Sam's apartment in time to witness an argument between him and Carly, although completely unaware that Carly's car was in fact Soundwave in disguise. After the humans determined that the Decepticons were targeting Sentinel for his ability to control the Space Bridge, Dino helped to escort the ancient Autobot back to base. While on the highway, they were attacked by the [[Dread (DOTM)|Dreads]], who had come to take Sentinel. During the chase, Dino dug his blades into [[Hatchet]], and steered him into the firing line of the other Autobots before hurling him into oncoming traffic to finish him off, Dino arrived at the base with Bumblebee while Sideswipe and Ironhide finished off the rest of the Dreads. However when they got there, Sentinel betrayed the Autobots, killed Ironhide and took his pillars, revealing that he made a deal with [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] to enslave mankind to rebuild Cybertron.

NEST and the Autobots pursued Sentinel Prime to Washinton D.C. Despite Optimus attempt to stop the ancient Autobot, Sentinel activated his bridge and brought an army of Decepticons through from the moon set up by Megatron. Dino arrived with Sideswipe, Bumblebee, Lennox and some NEST soldiers but were far outnumbered. As the Decepticon army ripped Washington apart, Optimus ordered the Autobots to retreat.

[[Image:830px-Dotm-shipblewup-1-.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The big yellow cheese in front of the big red cheese.]]
Dino and the other Autobots were forced to leave Earth when the turncoat Sentinel Prime coerced the human governments to exile their protectors. As it was leaving Earth's atmosphere, the Autobot's ship, the ''[[Xantium (DOTM)|Xantium]]'', was destroyed by [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], and Dino was presumably killed along with his fellow Autobots. However, knowing that Sentinel and the Decepticons wouldn't honor their promise that humanity would not be harmed, the Autobots hid themselves into the boosters of their ship, and safely splashed down to Earth before the ship was destroyed. Dino and the Autobots rejoined their human allies from NEST and Sam Witwicky on the outskirts of Decepticon-controlled Chicago, now the center stage for Sentinel Prime and Megatron's plan to bring [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to Earth.

[[Image:Mirage Captured.JPG|left|thumb|300px|Wait! I forgot my wallet, can you let me go now?]]
Dino and the Autobots drove down the streets heading to the pillars when a [[Driller]] commanded by [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] attacked the group. They managed to take shelter in a near by building while they prepared for the next phase. After the NEST team had been equipped with new [[Boomstick]]s and [[Grapple glove]]s, the [[Wrecker]]s provided a distraction for Shockwave allowing Dino and his companions enough time to get away.

Soon, four Autobots were captured by Decepticons commanded by [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] and [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]. Bumblebee was soon after captured as well. As Dino struggled against his captors, the human traitor [[Dylan Gould]] convinced Soundwave to execute the Autobots, starting with Que. Dino and the others would have suffered the same fate as the Autobot scientist if not for the timely intervention of [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] and [[Brains]], whose commandeered Decepticon mothership rained down [[Orbital Assault Carrier|fighters]] on Soundwave's forces, allowing the Autobots to turn the tables and destroy their captors.

[[Image:Mirage battle.JPG|right|thumb|300px|Me first, me first!]]
Freed, Dino and the others joined NEST and the United States Army in an assault on the building with the pillars, where Dino went hand to hand with Decepticons between him and the pillars. At one point in the battle, Dino's left arm was badly wounded, limiting his fighting abilities.<ref>If one looks close enough just after Sentinel has been executed, it is possible to see Dino holding his left arm in pain</ref> Eventually, the control pillar activating the space bridge was destroyed by Bumblebee and Ratchet and the Decepticon forces were destroyed. Now, with Earth truly their home, Dino approached his battle-worn comrades at the battle's end. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

{{note|In some early versions of the script, Dino/Mirage had at least 2 deaths planned. In one version, which was kept in the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (novel)|novelization]], he was decapitated by [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]. Another version, which was kept in the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation|comic book adaptation]] and the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon: The Junior Novel|junior novelization]], has Dino/Mirage (instead of Que/Wheeljack) be executed by Soundwave.}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Dark of the Moon - The Game''===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Dave Wittenberg]] (English)
====Xbox 360/PS3====
{{Note|Mirage is available to use in multiplayer with a shotgun primary weapon and cloaking as his ability. He is able to perform melee attacks faster than other characters, linking them together in a chain attack.}}

[[Image:Mirage DOTM game.JPG|left|thumb|250px|You ruined my vacation!]]
Sideswipe went missing after being tasked with investigating Decepticon activity in Central America, and Mirage was tasked with the mission of finding Sideswipe and completing the investigation. Along the way he encountered Starscream, who tried kill Mirage with mines, but failed. Starscream instead threw Mirage off a bridge into a ravine and believed him to be dead.

[[Image:Mirage DOTM game 2.JPG|right|thumb|250px|Fly away little rocket, fly away.]]
Mirage survived, but his weapons and transformation systems were damaged, leaving his camouflage system the only one he could use. He managed to sneak past all the Decepticons on patrol and discovered the entrance to an ancient Mayan temple which had Decepticon markings all over it, suggesting the Mayans built their temples on top of Decepticon technology. The NEST team sent weapons and repairs for Mirage deep within the jungle where he eventually met up with Bumblebee. The two Autobots then made their way through the ruins and battled a Decepticon [[Dread (DOTM)|Enforcer]] on top of a temple. After defeating him, Mirage freed Sideswipe from captivity, but came under fire from other Decepticons, when NEST Major [[Reynolds]] sent air support and aided the trio.

Sideswipe suspected that the ruins were built over some sort of Cybertronian space port, and the Autobots made their way deeper into the ruins, where Starscream was trying to launch a Decepticon ship into space. They battled Starscream, but were unable to prevent the launch. The Decepticon second-in-command retreated. Mirage reported this to Optimus who began to track it. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Xbox 360/PS3)|Dark of the Moon}}

====Autobots/Decepticons====
[[Image:DOTMDS Mirage.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Wait, does this mean I'm [[Drift (SG)|Deadpool]] now?]]
Mirage found [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] in a state because the Decepticons were up to something at a NEST construction site, and they kept creating diversions to keep the Autobots away. Mirage went to investigate and found [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] running around. After tangling with the Decepticon once, Mirage was again interrupted by Ratchet with the news that Lockdown had infiltrated an Autobot base and interfered with the communications system, requiring Mirage to go around fixing the satellite dishes. After [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] stole a piece of Mechtech with a tracking system in it, the Autobots traced him to [[Siberia]], and Mirage scouted out the area while fighting Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Autobots/Decepticons|Dark of the Moon: Autobots/Decepticons}}
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==Toys==
===Cyberverse===
[[Image:Transformers Prime Legion Mirage.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Finally, I get a toy! Now the fans can shut up!]]
*'''Mirage''' (Cyberverse Legion, 2012)
**''Accessories:'' Blaster
: Part of the second wave of [[Cyberverse#Series 2|Series 2 Cyberverse]] Legion Class toys, Mirage is a [[redeco]]/[[retool]] of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Legends Class]] [[Sideways (ROTF)#Legends Class toys|Sideways]], transforming into an unlicensed mock Audi R8. The retool was principally to give him hands and [[C joint|3mm port]]s capable of holding Cyberverse weapons, such as his translucent red "blaster", a sword which can ''sort of'' be used as a blaster when turned around. The "blaster", in the same colors, was carried by [[Cliffjumper (WFC)#Cyberverse|Cliffjumper]] and [[Ratchet (WFC)#Cyberverse|Ratchet]], while differently-colored versions were each used by [[Bumblebee (WFC)#CyberverseQuickblade|Quickblade Bumblebee]] and the single-release redeco of [[Knock Out (Prime)#CyberverseSingle|Knock Out]].

:The United States market release of Mirage used the template for the ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Transformers: Prime]]''-based Series 2 Cyberverse Legion Class packaging style but lacked the "Prime" moniker. The [[Multilingual packaging|multilingual]] European market packaging, meanwhile, retained the ''Prime'' title.

:The original version of this mold was also used to make [[Override (TF 2010)|Override]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Autobot/LegMirage/mirage.htm More information on Mirage at TFU.info]''
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===Movie Advanced Series===
[[File:Lost Age AD-16 Dino.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Just be thankful I even got a toy.]]
*'''Autobot Dino''' (Deluxe Class, 2014)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''AD16'''
**''Accessories:'' Armblades
: Released in June 2014 in Japan, ''[[Movie Advanced Series]]'' Deluxe Class Dino is a red redeco/retool of ''Revenge of the Fallen'' [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]]. He features Automorph action during the conversion from car to robot mode. When the front bumper is pressed, his front pair of wheels automatically flip underneath the hood, and his robot abs flip down. There is also some Mech Alive: you can see internal gears moving in his fore-arms when moving his arms, as well as a turning disk on each of his elbows. On his right arm is a spinning "saw" blade. He transforms into an unlicensed approximation of an Audi R8.

:In addition to his new, show-accurate head, Dino also comes with removable armblades to simulate the ones he had in the movie. The original version of this mold was also retooled into ''Revenge of the Fallen'' [[Dead End (ROTF)|Dead End]].

:(Yeah, we're how this got made either)

==Merchandise==
===3D Battle Card Game===
[[Image:3DCard-Mirage.jpg|right|300px|thumb|He seems familiar, but I can't place the face.]]
*'''Mirage''' (2007)
**''Card number'': '''8'''

: Mirage is a 26-point "Common" piece in the [[3D Battle-Card Game]]. Constructed of punch-out pieces from randomly-packed plastic cards (two full robots per pack), he can be assembled into his car mode (model undetermined), or into a rather stumpy robot mode. His twin blaster-weapons can be mounted on his arms (their nominal placement) or on his shoulders.

: He uses the same construction as the [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]], [[Earth]]-mode [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], and [[Swerve (Movie)|Swerve]] cards. This style is similar to the one used by [[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper]], [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] and [[Smokescreen (Movie)|Smokescreen]].

: Though his card is clearly ''based'' on the ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]]'' [[Mirage (G1)#Alternators|Mirage toy]], he's not remotely as obvious about it as the Cliffjumper and Smokescreen cards are. While all the parts are in roughly the same place as the ''Alternators'' toy, the detailing is very much in line with the movie aesthetic, featuring a lot of shifted panels and extensive mechanical greeblies.

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===Speed Stars===
[[Image:SpeedStars_TransScan_Mirage.jpg|thumb|300px|He'll be seein' red.]]
*'''Mirage''' (2011)
**''Series:'' '''Trans Scan'''
**''Number:'' '''2 of 3'''

: Mirage is one of three "die-cast" cars in the Trans Scan Series. In car mode he's mostly translucent red plastic and his robot mode is sculpted underneath. Due to licensing reasons noted below, his alt-mode is just an approximation of a Ferrari 458 Italia instead of the actual vehicle.
: His assortment got a very limited release, showing up at stores like ShopKo and HEB Grocery. Despite this, Mirage and the rest of the Speed Stars did get a very wide release in Mexico.
: Like a number of Speed Star vehicles, there are differences between the figure shown on the cardback and the finished product. The cardback depicts him using a solid black robot mode template of the type used in the previous film... complete with '''Decepticon''' faction symbol above his head rather than a screw, raising some [[Mirage_(G1)_#Notes|definite]] [[Mirage's_Betrayal|questions]] concerning whether or not the robot mode was meant to be used with Mirage in the first place, and if it was why such a symbol was chosen. The final product switched to a silver robot mode template that now has the screw over his head, but the robot mode itself is unchanged, paint apps and all.

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==Notes==
*Call sheets for ''Dark of the Moon'' referred to Dino/Mirage as '''Enzo''', a reference to [[wikipedia:Enzo Ferrari|Enzo Ferrari]], presumably before the decision was made to pay tribute to his son [[wikipedia:Alfredo Ferrari|Alfredo "Dino" Ferrari]].<ref>[http://tilallaremine.wordpress.com/2011/07/01/dark-of-the-moon-call-sheets/ Dark of the Moon Call Sheets! at Til All Are Mine blog.]</ref> Another early working name for him was '''Rush'''.<ref name="nizzi">[http://www.joshnizzi.com/TF3.htm Josh Nizzi DOTM concepts.]</ref>
*"Dino" is not named "Mirage" in the movie because Hasbro's greatest competitor, Mattel, has an exclusive license for Ferrari toys<ref name="ferrarimattel">[http://www.ferrari.com/English/Pages/Mattel.aspx Mattel license information], Ferrari.com.</ref>, and thus Ferrari didn't want their product placement sporting the name of a Hasbro toy's [[trademark]].<ref name="nelsonnomirage">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-news-rumors/409844-mirage-no-longer-name-red-italia-dotm-3.html#post6103423 Michael Bay's website admin, Nelson Lauren, explaining why the Ferrari isn't named "Mirage"], TFW2005, May 2011.</ref>
*Like his name, his Italian accent in the movie also had to be approved by Ferrari, who wanted him not to have a cheesy Hollywood "Italian" accent.<ref name="collider">[http://collider.com/michael-bay-interview-transformers-dark-moon-edit-bay-visit/63824/ Collider.com interview with Michael Bay.]</ref>
*In ''Dark of the Moon'', Dino sports an Italian/European Union [[license plate]] (registered in the province of Catania), "'''CT 41401'''", in vehicle mode.<ref name="ferrari">[http://www.flickr.com/photos/terry_usa/4807352490/sizes/o/in/photostream/ Set photo of the Ferrari 458 Italia] with a close-up view of the license plate.</ref> The colors are (deliberately) incorrect, though: Instead of black text on a white background, with a European "blue band" containing the European flag (a circle consisting of twelve yellow stars) on the left and a second blue band containing a yellow circle on the right, Dino's plate is essentially a negative monochrome version, with ''silver'' text on a ''black'' background, ''silver'' bands on both sides, a European flag consisting of twelve ''black'' stars on the left and a black circle on the right. It also uses the old pattern for Italian license plates, since that numeration system was replaced in 1994 with a "AA 000 AA" format related to the car immatriculation.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Italy See here] for more informations.)</ref>
*The "cardboard head on a stick" prop used for Dino during the shooting of the movie (a common method used for the movies to give the actors ''something'' to react to) can be spotted in the final edit of ''Dark of the Moon''.<ref name="headprop">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-movie-discussion/494618-movies-errors-mirage-prop-final-movie-edit.html "Movies Errors - Mirage prop in final movie edit"] at TFW2005</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Mirage''' (ミラージュ ''Mirāju''), '''Dino''' (ディーノ ''Dīno'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Huàn-yǐng''' (幻影, "Illusion" or "Mirage"), '''Dino''' (迪諾 ''Dí Nuò''), '''Kǒng Lóng''' (恐龙, "Dinosaur")

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.wizards.com/transformers/ 3D Battle Card Game at Wizards of the Coast]

[[Category:3D Battle-Cards]]
[[Category:Cyberverse]]
[[Category:Dark of the Moon Autobots]]
[[Category:Movie Autobots]]

Dino

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Blackjack: /* Movie Advanced Series */

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{{disambig3|Mirage}}
:''Mirage is an [[Autobot]] from the [[live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:OptimusPrimesFriendsAndFoesMirage.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"The cast was... full."]]

'''Mirage''' is a little impatient. Armed with a dart rifle, [[electro-disrupter]] and the ability to create holograms and turn himself invisible, Mirage is one sneaky robot. When he's not invisible, he can usually be seen with his combat partner, [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]].

He is sometimes referred to as '''Dino'''.

{{bigquote|On the ground, per favore! And stay there!|Mirage intimidates the guards for an illegal nuclear plant|''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon]]''}}

==Fiction==
===IDW ''Dark of the Moon'' prequel comics===
[[Image:RisingStorm2-Mirage.jpg|left|thumb|Scusi?]]
When [[Sam Witwicky]] and [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] were being menaced by Decepticons after their small companion [[Brains]], Mirage and Wheeljack arrived for the save. Mirage taunted and injured [[Sonar (ROTF)|Sonar]] while cloaked, and demanded the remaining Decepticons ''bring it on'' as he revealed himself. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}} Using his invisibility to his advantage, he fought the Decepticons together with Bumblebee and Wheeljack until [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] arrived with reinforcements from [[NEST]]. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 3|Rising Storm #3}}

Mirage's luck ran out when [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] arrived on the scene and blasted him and Wheeljack, leaving them terribly injured. [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] could save their lives, but was unsure if they'd end up looking the same after his repairs. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 4|Rising Storm #4}}
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===''Dark of the Moon'' film===
{{voiceactor|[[Francesco Quinn]] (English), [[Fumihiko Tachiki]] (Japanese)|[[Salvador Reyes]] (Latin American Spanish)}}

[[Image:DOTM-Dinointimidatesguards.jpg|left|thumb|300px|He sounds Italian. After this we'll wage war with Italy!]]
At some point after Operation: Firestorm and the demise of [[The Fallen]], Dino arrived on Earth with [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Que]], and joined the [[NEST]] team with the form of a red [[wikipedia:Ferrari 458 Italia|Ferrari 458 Italia]].

[[Image:830px-Dotm-dinobadmood-1-.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Ja, hey there.]]
Dino joined Que, [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] and [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] on a mission to take out an illegal nuclear weapons site in the Middle East. They were able to penetrate the base with ease thanks to Que disguising himself as the car of the country's Defense Minister, but Dino transformed to robot mode the instant they were through the barrier and, blades flashing, politely requested that the human guards lie on the ground while the Autobots went about their destructive business. Not long after, as the Autobots regrouped back at NEST's Washington headquarters, Dino informed [[Charlotte Mearing]] that [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] was in a bad mood over the discovery of a piece of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] technology he had found in [[Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant|Chernobyl]], and wasn't talking to anyone, let alone her. Later, after the former Autobot leader [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] was retrieved from the moon and reactivated, Dino observed his explanation of how his pillars were key to controlling the Space Bridge, a teleportation device Sentinel had designed that was crucial to the Autobot war effort.

[[Image:DOTM-Dinowhipshatchet.jpg|left|thumb|300px|[[Barricade (Movie)|Sir, I'm going to have to ask you to control your dog.]]]]
Dino and Sideswipe joined Bumblebee, [[Sam Witwicky]], [[Seymour Simmons]] and [[Dutch (DOTM)|Dutch]] in following up on a lead to explain why humans were being killed by Decepticons. Dino and Sideswipe arrived at Sam's apartment in time to witness an argument between him and Carly, although completely unaware that Carly's car was in fact Soundwave in disguise. After the humans determined that the Decepticons were targeting Sentinel for his ability to control the Space Bridge, Dino helped to escort the ancient Autobot back to base. While on the highway, they were attacked by the [[Dread (DOTM)|Dreads]], who had come to take Sentinel. During the chase, Dino dug his blades into [[Hatchet]], and steered him into the firing line of the other Autobots before hurling him into oncoming traffic to finish him off, Dino arrived at the base with Bumblebee while Sideswipe and Ironhide finished off the rest of the Dreads. However when they got there, Sentinel betrayed the Autobots, killed Ironhide and took his pillars, revealing that he made a deal with [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] to enslave mankind to rebuild Cybertron.

NEST and the Autobots pursued Sentinel Prime to Washinton D.C. Despite Optimus attempt to stop the ancient Autobot, Sentinel activated his bridge and brought an army of Decepticons through from the moon set up by Megatron. Dino arrived with Sideswipe, Bumblebee, Lennox and some NEST soldiers but were far outnumbered. As the Decepticon army ripped Washington apart, Optimus ordered the Autobots to retreat.

[[Image:830px-Dotm-shipblewup-1-.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The big yellow cheese in front of the big red cheese.]]
Dino and the other Autobots were forced to leave Earth when the turncoat Sentinel Prime coerced the human governments to exile their protectors. As it was leaving Earth's atmosphere, the Autobot's ship, the ''[[Xantium (DOTM)|Xantium]]'', was destroyed by [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], and Dino was presumably killed along with his fellow Autobots. However, knowing that Sentinel and the Decepticons wouldn't honor their promise that humanity would not be harmed, the Autobots hid themselves into the boosters of their ship, and safely splashed down to Earth before the ship was destroyed. Dino and the Autobots rejoined their human allies from NEST and Sam Witwicky on the outskirts of Decepticon-controlled Chicago, now the center stage for Sentinel Prime and Megatron's plan to bring [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to Earth.

[[Image:Mirage Captured.JPG|left|thumb|300px|Wait! I forgot my wallet, can you let me go now?]]
Dino and the Autobots drove down the streets heading to the pillars when a [[Driller]] commanded by [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] attacked the group. They managed to take shelter in a near by building while they prepared for the next phase. After the NEST team had been equipped with new [[Boomstick]]s and [[Grapple glove]]s, the [[Wrecker]]s provided a distraction for Shockwave allowing Dino and his companions enough time to get away.

Soon, four Autobots were captured by Decepticons commanded by [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] and [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]]. Bumblebee was soon after captured as well. As Dino struggled against his captors, the human traitor [[Dylan Gould]] convinced Soundwave to execute the Autobots, starting with Que. Dino and the others would have suffered the same fate as the Autobot scientist if not for the timely intervention of [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] and [[Brains]], whose commandeered Decepticon mothership rained down [[Orbital Assault Carrier|fighters]] on Soundwave's forces, allowing the Autobots to turn the tables and destroy their captors.

[[Image:Mirage battle.JPG|right|thumb|300px|Me first, me first!]]
Freed, Dino and the others joined NEST and the United States Army in an assault on the building with the pillars, where Dino went hand to hand with Decepticons between him and the pillars. At one point in the battle, Dino's left arm was badly wounded, limiting his fighting abilities.<ref>If one looks close enough just after Sentinel has been executed, it is possible to see Dino holding his left arm in pain</ref> Eventually, the control pillar activating the space bridge was destroyed by Bumblebee and Ratchet and the Decepticon forces were destroyed. Now, with Earth truly their home, Dino approached his battle-worn comrades at the battle's end. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

{{note|In some early versions of the script, Dino/Mirage had at least 2 deaths planned. In one version, which was kept in the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (novel)|novelization]], he was decapitated by [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]. Another version, which was kept in the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation|comic book adaptation]] and the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon: The Junior Novel|junior novelization]], has Dino/Mirage (instead of Que/Wheeljack) be executed by Soundwave.}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Dark of the Moon - The Game''===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Dave Wittenberg]] (English)
====Xbox 360/PS3====
{{Note|Mirage is available to use in multiplayer with a shotgun primary weapon and cloaking as his ability. He is able to perform melee attacks faster than other characters, linking them together in a chain attack.}}

[[Image:Mirage DOTM game.JPG|left|thumb|250px|You ruined my vacation!]]
Sideswipe went missing after being tasked with investigating Decepticon activity in Central America, and Mirage was tasked with the mission of finding Sideswipe and completing the investigation. Along the way he encountered Starscream, who tried kill Mirage with mines, but failed. Starscream instead threw Mirage off a bridge into a ravine and believed him to be dead.

[[Image:Mirage DOTM game 2.JPG|right|thumb|250px|Fly away little rocket, fly away.]]
Mirage survived, but his weapons and transformation systems were damaged, leaving his camouflage system the only one he could use. He managed to sneak past all the Decepticons on patrol and discovered the entrance to an ancient Mayan temple which had Decepticon markings all over it, suggesting the Mayans built their temples on top of Decepticon technology. The NEST team sent weapons and repairs for Mirage deep within the jungle where he eventually met up with Bumblebee. The two Autobots then made their way through the ruins and battled a Decepticon [[Dread (DOTM)|Enforcer]] on top of a temple. After defeating him, Mirage freed Sideswipe from captivity, but came under fire from other Decepticons, when NEST Major [[Reynolds]] sent air support and aided the trio.

Sideswipe suspected that the ruins were built over some sort of Cybertronian space port, and the Autobots made their way deeper into the ruins, where Starscream was trying to launch a Decepticon ship into space. They battled Starscream, but were unable to prevent the launch. The Decepticon second-in-command retreated. Mirage reported this to Optimus who began to track it. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Xbox 360/PS3)|Dark of the Moon}}

====Autobots/Decepticons====
[[Image:DOTMDS Mirage.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Wait, does this mean I'm [[Drift (SG)|Deadpool]] now?]]
Mirage found [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] in a state because the Decepticons were up to something at a NEST construction site, and they kept creating diversions to keep the Autobots away. Mirage went to investigate and found [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] running around. After tangling with the Decepticon once, Mirage was again interrupted by Ratchet with the news that Lockdown had infiltrated an Autobot base and interfered with the communications system, requiring Mirage to go around fixing the satellite dishes. After [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] stole a piece of Mechtech with a tracking system in it, the Autobots traced him to [[Siberia]], and Mirage scouted out the area while fighting Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Autobots/Decepticons|Dark of the Moon: Autobots/Decepticons}}
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==Toys==
===Cyberverse===
[[Image:Transformers Prime Legion Mirage.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Finally, I get a toy! Now the fans can shut up!]]
*'''Mirage''' (Cyberverse Legion, 2012)
**''Accessories:'' Blaster
: Part of the second wave of [[Cyberverse#Series 2|Series 2 Cyberverse]] Legion Class toys, Mirage is a [[redeco]]/[[retool]] of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Legends Class]] [[Sideways (ROTF)#Legends Class toys|Sideways]], transforming into an unlicensed mock Audi R8. The retool was principally to give him hands and [[C joint|3mm port]]s capable of holding Cyberverse weapons, such as his translucent red "blaster", a sword which can ''sort of'' be used as a blaster when turned around. The "blaster", in the same colors, was carried by [[Cliffjumper (WFC)#Cyberverse|Cliffjumper]] and [[Ratchet (WFC)#Cyberverse|Ratchet]], while differently-colored versions were each used by [[Bumblebee (WFC)#CyberverseQuickblade|Quickblade Bumblebee]] and the single-release redeco of [[Knock Out (Prime)#CyberverseSingle|Knock Out]].

:The United States market release of Mirage used the template for the ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Transformers: Prime]]''-based Series 2 Cyberverse Legion Class packaging style but lacked the "Prime" moniker. The [[Multilingual packaging|multilingual]] European market packaging, meanwhile, retained the ''Prime'' title.

:The original version of this mold was also used to make [[Override (TF 2010)|Override]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Autobot/LegMirage/mirage.htm More information on Mirage at TFU.info]''
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===Movie Advanced Series===
[[File:Lost Age AD-16 Dino.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Just be thankful I even got a toy.]]
*'''Autobot Dino''' (Deluxe Class, 2014)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''AD16'''
**''Accessories:'' Armblades
: Released in June 2014 in Japan, ''[[Movie Advanced Series]]'' Deluxe Class Dino is a red redeco/retool of ''Revenge of the Fallen'' [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]]. He features Automorph action during the conversion from car to robot mode. When the front bumper is pressed, his front pair of wheels automatically flip underneath the hood, and his robot abs flip down. There is also some Mech Alive: you can see internal gears moving in his fore-arms when moving his arms, as well as a turning disk on each of his elbows. On his right arm is a spinning "saw" blade. He transforms into an unlicensed approximation of an Audi R8.

In addition to his new, show-accurate head, Dino also comes with removable armblades to simulate the ones he had in the movie. The original version of this mold was also retooled into ''Revenge of the Fallen'' [[Dead End (ROTF)|Dead End]].

(Yeah, we're how this got made either)

==Merchandise==
===3D Battle Card Game===
[[Image:3DCard-Mirage.jpg|right|300px|thumb|He seems familiar, but I can't place the face.]]
*'''Mirage''' (2007)
**''Card number'': '''8'''

: Mirage is a 26-point "Common" piece in the [[3D Battle-Card Game]]. Constructed of punch-out pieces from randomly-packed plastic cards (two full robots per pack), he can be assembled into his car mode (model undetermined), or into a rather stumpy robot mode. His twin blaster-weapons can be mounted on his arms (their nominal placement) or on his shoulders.

: He uses the same construction as the [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]], [[Earth]]-mode [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], and [[Swerve (Movie)|Swerve]] cards. This style is similar to the one used by [[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper]], [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] and [[Smokescreen (Movie)|Smokescreen]].

: Though his card is clearly ''based'' on the ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]]'' [[Mirage (G1)#Alternators|Mirage toy]], he's not remotely as obvious about it as the Cliffjumper and Smokescreen cards are. While all the parts are in roughly the same place as the ''Alternators'' toy, the detailing is very much in line with the movie aesthetic, featuring a lot of shifted panels and extensive mechanical greeblies.

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===Speed Stars===
[[Image:SpeedStars_TransScan_Mirage.jpg|thumb|300px|He'll be seein' red.]]
*'''Mirage''' (2011)
**''Series:'' '''Trans Scan'''
**''Number:'' '''2 of 3'''

: Mirage is one of three "die-cast" cars in the Trans Scan Series. In car mode he's mostly translucent red plastic and his robot mode is sculpted underneath. Due to licensing reasons noted below, his alt-mode is just an approximation of a Ferrari 458 Italia instead of the actual vehicle.
: His assortment got a very limited release, showing up at stores like ShopKo and HEB Grocery. Despite this, Mirage and the rest of the Speed Stars did get a very wide release in Mexico.
: Like a number of Speed Star vehicles, there are differences between the figure shown on the cardback and the finished product. The cardback depicts him using a solid black robot mode template of the type used in the previous film... complete with '''Decepticon''' faction symbol above his head rather than a screw, raising some [[Mirage_(G1)_#Notes|definite]] [[Mirage's_Betrayal|questions]] concerning whether or not the robot mode was meant to be used with Mirage in the first place, and if it was why such a symbol was chosen. The final product switched to a silver robot mode template that now has the screw over his head, but the robot mode itself is unchanged, paint apps and all.

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==Notes==
*Call sheets for ''Dark of the Moon'' referred to Dino/Mirage as '''Enzo''', a reference to [[wikipedia:Enzo Ferrari|Enzo Ferrari]], presumably before the decision was made to pay tribute to his son [[wikipedia:Alfredo Ferrari|Alfredo "Dino" Ferrari]].<ref>[http://tilallaremine.wordpress.com/2011/07/01/dark-of-the-moon-call-sheets/ Dark of the Moon Call Sheets! at Til All Are Mine blog.]</ref> Another early working name for him was '''Rush'''.<ref name="nizzi">[http://www.joshnizzi.com/TF3.htm Josh Nizzi DOTM concepts.]</ref>
*"Dino" is not named "Mirage" in the movie because Hasbro's greatest competitor, Mattel, has an exclusive license for Ferrari toys<ref name="ferrarimattel">[http://www.ferrari.com/English/Pages/Mattel.aspx Mattel license information], Ferrari.com.</ref>, and thus Ferrari didn't want their product placement sporting the name of a Hasbro toy's [[trademark]].<ref name="nelsonnomirage">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-news-rumors/409844-mirage-no-longer-name-red-italia-dotm-3.html#post6103423 Michael Bay's website admin, Nelson Lauren, explaining why the Ferrari isn't named "Mirage"], TFW2005, May 2011.</ref>
*Like his name, his Italian accent in the movie also had to be approved by Ferrari, who wanted him not to have a cheesy Hollywood "Italian" accent.<ref name="collider">[http://collider.com/michael-bay-interview-transformers-dark-moon-edit-bay-visit/63824/ Collider.com interview with Michael Bay.]</ref>
*In ''Dark of the Moon'', Dino sports an Italian/European Union [[license plate]] (registered in the province of Catania), "'''CT 41401'''", in vehicle mode.<ref name="ferrari">[http://www.flickr.com/photos/terry_usa/4807352490/sizes/o/in/photostream/ Set photo of the Ferrari 458 Italia] with a close-up view of the license plate.</ref> The colors are (deliberately) incorrect, though: Instead of black text on a white background, with a European "blue band" containing the European flag (a circle consisting of twelve yellow stars) on the left and a second blue band containing a yellow circle on the right, Dino's plate is essentially a negative monochrome version, with ''silver'' text on a ''black'' background, ''silver'' bands on both sides, a European flag consisting of twelve ''black'' stars on the left and a black circle on the right. It also uses the old pattern for Italian license plates, since that numeration system was replaced in 1994 with a "AA 000 AA" format related to the car immatriculation.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Italy See here] for more informations.)</ref>
*The "cardboard head on a stick" prop used for Dino during the shooting of the movie (a common method used for the movies to give the actors ''something'' to react to) can be spotted in the final edit of ''Dark of the Moon''.<ref name="headprop">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-movie-discussion/494618-movies-errors-mirage-prop-final-movie-edit.html "Movies Errors - Mirage prop in final movie edit"] at TFW2005</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Mirage''' (ミラージュ ''Mirāju''), '''Dino''' (ディーノ ''Dīno'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Huàn-yǐng''' (幻影, "Illusion" or "Mirage"), '''Dino''' (迪諾 ''Dí Nuò''), '''Kǒng Lóng''' (恐龙, "Dinosaur")

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.wizards.com/transformers/ 3D Battle Card Game at Wizards of the Coast]

[[Category:3D Battle-Cards]]
[[Category:Cyberverse]]
[[Category:Dark of the Moon Autobots]]
[[Category:Movie Autobots]]

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)

2014-08-07T14:58:47Z

Blackjack: /* Transformers references */

{{Nav-dotm}}
[[File:DOTM-OPportraitposter.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"Of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|my friend]], I can only say this: of all the souls I have encountered, he was the most... human."]]
'''''Transformers: Dark of the Moon''''' is the third film in the [[live-action film series]]. It was released in 3D and IMAX at 9PM on [[June 28]], [[2011]]<ref name="open3D">[http://michaelbay.com/2011/06/18/see-dark-of-the-moon-one-day-earlier-on-imax-3d/ See Dark Of The Moon One Day Earlier on IMAX 3D | MichaelBay]</ref> and in wide release on [[June 29]], [[2011]]<ref name="open">[http://www.deadline.com/2011/05/paramount-moving-up-transformers-3/ Paramount Moving Up ‘T’formers 3′ Release – Deadline.com]</ref> in the United States, and between [[June 29]] and July 1 for other markets.

The film is set three years after the events of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''. The Autobots continue to work for NEST, but no longer in secret, and for the goal of keeping peace between humans by taking out volatile overseas political targets. But after discovering a strange artifact during a mission in Chernobyl, it becomes apparent to Optimus Prime that the United States government has been less than forthright with them.

And SCENE!

{{bigquote|Aw, shit, I seen this one. It's the one where [[Spock]] goes nuts.|Wheelie|''Transformers: Dark of the Moon''}}

==Synopsis==
[[File:Dotm-Arkreflection.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|"Wha... this is the finest engine room in the whole Starfleet!"]]

In the distant past, during the latter days of the [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] civil war, [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] attempted to leave the planet with groundbreaking technology on board the ''[[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]''. However, his ship was shot down by the Decepticons and, after being sent hurling through space for a while, eventually crashed on the [[Earth|Earth's]] [[Moon (moon)|moon]] in 1961. The crash is noticed by the humans on Earth, leading to the [[Wikipedia:Space Race|Space Race]] under President [[John F. Kennedy]]. Landing on the Moon as part of the [[Apollo 11]] mission in 1969, astronauts [[Neil Armstrong]] and [[Buzz Aldrin]] use several minutes of [[radio]] silence to investigate the spaceship and discover that Mankind is not alone in space.

In the present day, the Autobots are still part of [[NEST]], cooperating with the [[United States military|US Armed Forces]]. They have also begun to help humanity in its local conflicts, as [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]], [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Que]], and [[Mirage (Movie)|Dino]] destroy an illegal [[Iran]]ian nuclear facility. On a mission to the [[Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant]], a NEST team led by [[William Lennox|Lt. Col. Lennox]], [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] discovers an unknown alien fuel cell which had led to the [[Wikipedia:Chernobyl disaster|Chernobyl disaster]]. While trying to secure the cell, they are attacked by the Decepticon [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] and his pet, the [[Driller]], who are eventually forced to retreat by Optimus Prime. Meanwhile, [[Laserbeak (DOTM)|Laserbeak]] kills [[Alexi Voskhod]], who had called NEST to Chernobyl and was secretly working for him. After securing the fuel cell and identifying it as part of the ''Ark'', Optimus Prime is angry at the humans for not following through with their agreement of sharing all known information relating to Cybertron and its inhabitants. Despite this, he eventually informs his allies and [[Charlotte Mearing]], the [[WIkipedia:Director of National Intelligence|Director of National Intelligence]], about the space bridge technology the ''Ark'' contains. Together with [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]], Optimus travels to the Moon, where they find Sentinel Prime inside the ship. Retrieving him along with four pillars of the space bridge and the accompanying control pillar, they return to Earth, where Optimus uses the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to reactivate Sentinel Prime. In [[Africa]], Decepticon leader [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] (still recovering from wounds [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|suffered]] in [[Egypt]]) meets with his lieutenants [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] and [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]]. Upon learning that the Autobots have recovered Sentinel and the pillars, Megatron orders Soundwave and Laserbeak to terminate their "loose ends".

Meanwhile, [[Sam Witwicky (Movie)|Sam Witwicky]], the Autobots' human friend, is suffering from everyday problems. Even though President [[Barack Obama]] has awarded him a medal for saving the Earth twice, Sam has trouble finding a job. Together with his new girlfriend [[Carly Spencer]], whom he had met in the [[White House]] (after his former girlfriend [[Mikaela Banes|Mikaela]] had left him), he also gives the stranded Autobots [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] and [[Brains]] a home. After a long search, he finally finds a position as a mail carrier at a telecommunication company named [[Accuretta Systems]]. From his colleague, [[Jerry Wang]], he learns about a conspiracy by humans who collaborate with the Decepticons. Before Jerry can tell Sam more, however, he is killed by Laserbeak.

[[File:DOTM-Sentinelendofyourworld.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"There's a man out there I haven't seen in fifteen years who's trying to kill me."]]

Locked out of participating in the investigation by Mearing, Sam turns to [[Seymour Simmons]] for help. Simmons, who has become a millionaire as a writer, and his aide, [[Dutch (DOTM)|Dutch]], help Sam find out that the Soviets have taken photos of Decepticons removing hundreds of space bridge pillars out of the ''Ark'' even before Apollo 11 had landed on the Moon. Sam and Simmons conclude that the Decepticons had left Sentinel Prime behind on purpose, knowing that only he would be able to activate the space bridge, and only Optimus Prime could reactivate him. Sam is able to warn the Autobots in time so they can protect Sentinel from a Decepticon attack and escort him back to the NEST headquarters. Arriving there, however, Sentinel Prime reveals that he had made a deal with Megatron, knowing that the Autobots could never win the war. After killing [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] and several NEST soldiers, Sentinel Prime claims the remaining pillars and escapes. The other Autobots track him down to [[Washington, D.C.]], but before Optimus can stop him, Sentinel activates a space bridge to the Moon. The portal allows Decepticon troops which had remained hidden under the Moon's surface to reach Earth, forcing the Autobots to retreat.

[[File:DOTM-Moonspacebridge.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.55|"We are one big, happy fleet! Ah, [[Kirk (Star Trek)|Kirk]], my old friend, do you know the Klingon proverb that tells us revenge is a dish that is best served cold? It is ''very'' cold in space."]]

In the meantime, Sam is worried about Carly and searches for her. He finds her with her employer, [[Dylan Gould]], who reveals to Sam that he not only arranged for Sam to get a job with Acuretta, but is also a collaborator with the Decepticons. At their request, his father had used his influence to ensure that [[NASA]] would not conduct any more missions to the Moon. When Sam and Carly attempt to flee, they discover Carly's car is a disguise for Soundwave, who takes her captive. Dylan instructs Sam to ask Optimus Prime about the Autobots' strategy, otherwise Carly will die. To ensure that Sam will not try to warn the Autobots, he attaches a Decepticon disguised as a watch on Sam's wrist, and it taps into his nervous system.

Meanwhile, Sentinel Prime has given Mankind an ultimatum to exile the Autobots from Earth, since he is only trying to save Cybertron, or so he claims. The US government promptly passes a bill to this effect. Before the Autobots leave Earth aboard their spaceship, the ''[[Xantium (DOTM)|Xantium]]'', Sam asks Optimus about his plan. Optimus replies that there is no plan, and Mankind is on its own now. With all Autobots on board, the ''Xantium'' takes off, but is promptly intercepted by Starscream, who had waited in Earth's orbit. With the ''Xantium'' destroyed, the Decepticons believe the Autobots to be dead and let Sam go.

With the Autobots out of the way, the Decepticons conquer [[Chicago]], kill most of its population and set up the control pillar for the space bridge inside the city, placing the other pillars around the world. Dylan informs Carly that the Decepticons do not intend to return to Cybertron; instead, they want to transport Cybertron into Earth's orbit, because Earth not only has the necessary resources, but also six billion slaves to rebuild the Transformers' home planet.

Sam decides to go to Chicago, where Dylan has taken Carly. Former NEST soldier [[Robert Epps]], who now works for NASA, accompanies him, together with other former NEST members. Upon arrival in Chicago, they are promptly attacked by the Decepticons, but are rescued by Optimus Prime and the other Autobots. Having never intended to leave Earth, they had hidden themselves inside a modified rocket booster that was jettisoned before Starscream destroyed the ''Xantium''.

[[File:DOTM Driller vs Prime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.55|"From Hell's heart, I stab at thee!"]]

The Autobots and the humans soldiers make their way to the skyscraper where Dylan is located in order to destroy the space bridge's control pillar. Sam and Bumblebee rescue Carly, killing Laserbeak in the process, during which they find a damaged UAV and alert the military to the Decepticons plans. Due to another attack by a team of Decepticons led by Shockwave, the team is separated once more. While the Autobots battle the Decepticons, Epps and his team try to destroy the pillar from another skyscraper. However, they are attacked by Shockwave's "pet", the Driller, who brings the skyscraper crashing down. Optimus Prime comes to their aid and destroys the Driller.

In the meantime, Lennox and the rest of NEST have managed to make their way into the city using [[wingsuit]]s, and with Lennox's help, Sam destroys Starscream using weapons provided to him by the Autobots' inventor Que. Meanwhile, the Decepticons have captured several Autobots, but Dylan convinces them not to take prisoners and kill them all. [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] executes Que, and Soundwave moves to kill Bumblebee next, but the Autobots Wheelie and Brains have managed to make one of the Decepticons' ships crash, thereby distracting Soundwave long enough for Bumblebee and the other Autobots to get free. Bumblebee kills Soundwave. NEST soldiers and US Marines snipe the Decepticons, one of which is Barricade. Autobots and Tanks roll in and ambush the Decepticons. While NEST and the Autobots fight the Decepticons and kill most of them, Optimus Prime kills Shockwave and uses his arm cannon to topple over the space bridge's control pillar, deactivating the bridge.

[[File:DOTMCybertrontransit.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.55|"Earth was created in six days. Now, watch out! Here comes Genesis! We'll do it for you in six minutes!"]]

A fight between Sentinel Prime and Optimus Prime ensues, during which Optimus loses an arm, with Sentinel gaining the upper hand. Carly stumbles across Megatron outside the main battle zone. Having previously witnessed a violent argument between Sentinel Prime and Megatron, she appeals to his pride and makes him realize that he will never be able to rule over Cybertron as long as Sentinel Prime is alive. Infuriated, he intervenes in the battle and turns on Sentinel, declaring that Earth is his planet to rule, and severely damages him. Megatron realized how far he had fallen in power within the past few years, and had decided to once again take his rightful place at the top of the command chain. Meanwhile, Dylan manages to reactivate the toppled pillar, but is attacked by Sam, who hurls him against the pillar, killing him. Subsequently, Bumblebee destroys the pillar for good, thus destroying the space bridge and, presumably, Cybertron with it. Megatron offers Optimus Prime a truce as long he could remain in charge of his Decepticon forces, but Optimus ignores his plea and just as Megatron is about to shoot his shotgun Optimus splits Megatron's head with an axe. Subsequently, he uses Megatron's shotgun cannon to kill a weakened Sentinel Prime, who is trying to excuse his actions.

[[File:DOTM Autobots NEST victorious.jpg|thumb|upright=1.55|"Live long... and prosper..."]]

With the battle over, Sam and Carly are reunited, and Simmons takes an opportunity to kiss Mearing, who he still has feelings for, and she has him arrested. With their home planet now forever beyond reach, and the forces of the Decepticons destroyed, the remaining Autobots finally accept Earth as their new home, as Optimus Prime states that the Autobots will always be here, to protect the Earth and all who live on it.

==Quotes==

'''Mission Control''': We are not alone after all, are we? 
'''Buzz Aldrin''': No, sir. We are not alone. 
:—Buzz Aldrin makes history, and raises the hackles of conspiracy theorists.

'''Dino''': "He's in a bad mood. He's not talking to anybody today." 
'''Mearing''': "What is this, the silent treatment?" 
'''Ironhide''': "No, we've seen that. This is ''not'' that." 
'''Que''': "Definitely not." 
'''Ironhide''': "This is ''worse''. Prime! Make something of yourself! (Ironhide smacks Optimus's roof) He's pissed."
:—NEST discusses Optimus Prime's foul mood.

"Who wants some chicken dinner now, bitch? Huh? 'Cause somebody messed with the wrong Wang today!" 
:—'''Jerry Wang''', being crazy. But also awesome.

"The thing about Russians is, they never like to talk. Gonna take a little of the 'international language.'" <Doorman opens sliding hatch> "''Do svidaniya''." 
"That means 'goodbye!'" <closes hatch>
:—'''Simmons''' tries to reason with a '''Russian''', to no avail.

"It's a Cyrillic alphabet; it's like all the buttons you never push on a calculator!"
:—'''Dutch''' tries to translate Russian, also to no avail.

"Class dismissed."
:—'''Ironhide''', after dispatching the Dreads.

"What you must realize, my Autobot brothers, is that we were never going to win the war. For the sake of our planet's survival, a deal had to be made...with ''Megatron''."
:—'''Sentinel Prime''' reveals his treachery.

[[File:DOTM-MegatronLincoln.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"I'll give him this: [[Atlantis, Arise!|he's]] [[Transformers The Game (console)|consistent]]!"]]
"Here we are. Fight us ''now''."
:—'''Megatron''', pulling the evil overlord cliche on us while sitting atop the [[Abraham Lincoln|Lincoln Memorial]]

"If you go in this building, that's if she's even still alive, there's no way you're going to reach her!" 
"What do you suggest I do?!" 
"...it's over. I'm sorry, but it's over." 
:—'''Robert Epps''' tells '''Sam Witwicky''' that they've run out of plans.

"We will kill them all."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' offers an alternative plan.

"They got my trailer. I ''need'' that flight tech!" 
:—'''Optimus Prime''', valiantly [[To sell toys|selling toys]].

"I bring you Cybertron, your home! and still you choose humanity." 
"You are the one who taught me [[Bio|freedom is everyone's right]]." 
:—'''Sentinel''' VS '''Optimus Prime'''.

"Your Decepticons are finally conquering this planet, and yet their leader won't be you." 
"IT WILL BE ME! It will ''always'' be me! 
"In any minute now, you'll be nothing but Sentinel's bitch."
:—'''Carly Spencer''' tells '''Megatron''' that if he's going to be the Starscream, he should ''act'' like it.

"Optimus. All I ever wanted...was the survival of our race. You must see why I had to betray you..." 
"You didn't betray me. You betrayed yourself..." 
:—'''Optimus Prime''''s final exchange with '''Sentinel Prime''' before effectively ''double-tapping'' him.

"Who would you be without me, Prime?" 
"Time to find out." 
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Optimus Prime''' exchange pre-fight banter one last time.

"In any war, there are calms between the storms. There will be days when we lose faith. Days when our allies turn against us... but the day will never come when we forsake this planet and its people."
:—'''Optimus Prime'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s closing narration.

==Main cast==

{{featuredcharacters|
h1=[[Autobot]]s|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] ([[Peter Cullen]])
*[[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] ([[Leonard Nimoy]])
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] ([[Jess Harnell]])
*[[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] ([[Robert Foxworth]])
*[[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] ([[James Remar]])
*[[Mirage (Movie)|Dino/Mirage]]<ref name="credits">Mirage and Wheeljack, known by those names in the toyline and essentially all supporting media, are respectively named "Dino" and "Que" in the film. While Dino is simply credited as such, Que is listed in the credits as "Que/Wheeljack".</ref> ([[Francesco Quinn]])
*[[Wheeljack (Movie)|Que/Wheeljack]]<ref name="credits"/> ([[George Coe]])
*[[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] ([[Tom Kenny]])
*[[Brains]] ([[Reno Wilson]])
*[[Topspin (DOTM)|Topspin]]
*[[Roadbuster (DOTM)|Roadbuster]]<ref>Roadbuster is listed as "Roadbuster/Amp" in the credits, a reference to his car mode's sponsor. His name is not used in the film, but he is called "Roadbuster" in the toyline and supporting media.</ref> ([[Ron Bottitta]])
*[[Leadfoot (DOTM)|Leadfoot]]<ref>Leadfoot is listed in the film's end credits as "Leadfoot/Target", a reference to his car mode's sponsor. His name is not spoken in the film, but he is called "Leadfoot" in the toyline and the supporting media.</ref> ([[John DiMaggio]])
*[[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]]<ref name=skidsandmudflap>Skids and Mudflap only appear during the convoy scene at the beginning of the film</ref>
*[[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]]<ref name=skidsandmudflap/>

|h2=[[Decepticon]]s|c2=
*[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] ([[Hugo Weaving]])
*[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] ([[Charlie Adler]])
*[[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] ([[Frank Welker]])
*[[Laserbeak (DOTM)|Laserbeak]] ([[Keith Szarabajka]])
*[[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] ([[Frank Welker]])
*[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] ([[Frank Welker]])
*[[Igor]] ([[Greg Berg]])
*[[Crankcase (DOTM)|Crankcase]]
*[[Crowbar]] ([[Jimmie Wood]])*
*[[Hatchet]]
*[[Driller]]
*[[Hatchling]]s
*[[Scrapper (ROTF)|Scrapper]] type Decepticon
*[[Long Haul (ROTF)|Long Haul]] type Decepticon
*An unnamed [[Audi R8 Decepticon]]
*An unnamed [[M1 Abrams Decepticon]]
*[[Garbage truck Decepticon]]
*[[Superfund Decepticon]]
*[[Devcon (DOTM)|Devcon]]
*Unnamed [[Lensmeter Decepticon]]s
*Unnamed [[protoform]]s
*[[Watch-bot]]<ref>Repeatedly referred to as the "Watch-bot" (proper noun) in the ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon: The Junior Novel]]''</ref>
*Unnamed [[Pickup Decepticon]]
*Unnamed [[Police car Decepticon]]

|h3=[[Human]]s|c3=
*[[Sam Witwicky (Movie)|Sam Witwicky]] ([[Shia LaBeouf]])
*[[Carly Spencer]] ([[Rosie Huntington-Whiteley]])
*[[William Lennox]] ([[Josh Duhamel]])
*[[Robert Epps]] ([[Tyrese Gibson]])
*[[Seymour Simmons]] ([[John Turturro]])
*[[Charlotte Mearing]] ([[Frances McDormand]])
*[[Dylan Gould]] ([[Patrick Dempsey]])
*[[Bruce Brazos]] ([[John Malkovich]])
*[[Hardcore Eddie]] ([[Lester Speight]])
*[[Morshower]] ([[Glenn Morshower]])
*[[Dutch (DOTM)|Dutch]] ([[Alan Tudyk]])
*[[Ron Witwicky]] ([[Kevin Dunn]])
*[[Judy Witwicky]] ([[Julie White]])
*[[Jerry Wang]] ([[Ken Jeong]])
*[[Neil Armstrong]] ([[Don Jeanes]])
*[[Buzz Aldrin]] ([[Cory Tucker]]/himself)
*[[Walter Cronkite]]
*[[Bill O'Reilly]] (himself)
*[[Alexi Voskhod]] ([[Ravil Isyanov]])

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* *During the highway battle, Jimmie Wood's Bonecrusher scream in the high way battle from the first movie can be heard coming from Crowbar.

==Errors==
===Astronomical and historical errors===
* The Moon does not rotate with respect to Earth, and Mare Tranquillitatis is near the middle of the near side. Therefore, Tranquility Base could never be described as being on the far side, and Earth is never as close to the horizon as shown in the movie.
* The Apollo 11 Command/Service Module is seen flying to the Moon without the Lunar Module. The Lunar Module is attached when the vehicle is orbiting the Moon, however.
* When the modern day site of the Apollo 11 landing is seen, the ascent module (the cabin Buzz and Neil flew back to orbit in) is still there.
* Cybertron is apparently several times the size of Earth, yet the characters talk of bringing it "into Earth's atmosphere".
* The Space Bridge starts to bring Cybertron amazingly close to Earth - less than one Earth-diameter away. Assuming Cybertron's mass is proportional to its size, Cybertron's gravitational field would [[The Ultimate Doom|tear the Earth apart]] at that distance.

===Geographic discontinuities===
* The [[Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant]] is shown to be located ''inside'' of, or at least right next to the abandoned city of [[Wikipedia:Pripyat|Pripyat]], and the human characters access it through nearby buildings. In reality, the power plant is situated on the outskirts of the city. Even worse, [[Alexi Voskhod]] ''explicitly'' says that the entrance leads through a ''school''. Who builds a ''school'' right next to a ''nuclear power plant''?
* Furthermore, Prypiat's infamous Ferris wheel as shown in the movie is not only the wrong model (the real one's passenger cabins have canopies), but the real one is also located in an open field far away from any buildings.<ref name="ferris">[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pripyat_-_Ferris_wheel.jpg Photo of the Prypiat Ferris wheel] showing the closest nearby buildings.</ref> But hey, at least it's the right color!
* Also, why exactly is the Sputnik mission case inside the Chernobyl reactor building? Did the Soviets never bother to discard the packaging of their toy after starting to play with it?
* When Megatron transforms for the first time, he's in a grassy savannah. In the next shot, he's standing in the middle of a desert... and in the establishing shot of the Decepticon camp, it's back in the savannah.
* [[wikipedia:Mount Kilimanjaro|Mount Kilimanjaro]] is seen in the background of many of the scenes in Namibia; in reality, the mountain is located in Tanzania, more than three thousand kilometers away.
[[File:DOTM-Wreckers-Prime-Cables.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Chicago's own [[knockoff]] of a prominent Chinese building.]]
* In a [[Atlantis, Arise!|fairly common cinematic contrivance]], the film depicts multiple skyscrapers in the background of many scenes set in Washington, D.C., while the real-life city has no skyscrapers.
* Also, Washington, D.C. almost entirely lacks old industrial buildings that could be converted into lofts, and likewise doesn't have the kind of densely urban streets that Sam is shown to live on.
* NEST Headquarters, supposedly in Washington, is actually Chicago's abandoned Main Post Office.
* Likewise, Dylan's auto collection museum, also set in (land-locked) Washington, is actually the Milwaukee Art Museum. [[Lake Michigan]] is even visible through the windows!
* When Optimus Prime (using his jetpack) gets himself caught in wires below an under-construction building, that building bears a striking resemblance to the [[Wikipedia: China Central Television Headquarters|China Central Television Headquarters]] in [[Beijing]], [[China]]... a far shot from [[Chicago]]. Since construction for the CCTV building was finished in 2008, long before ''Dark of the Moon'' was even ''conceived'', this appears to be an intentional instance of a "cool building" being inserted just for the sake of it.

===Continuity errors===
* Like in ''Revenge of the Fallen'', Ironhide sports his [[license plate]] from the [[Transformers (film)|first movie]], "4PCI382", on his robot mode chest, but doesn't have a license plate in vehicle mode. (According to set photos, his license plate in vehicle mode is mostly black, with a NEST logo on it.)
* Speaking of inconsistencies between robot and vehicle mode: Bumblebee's updated Chevrolet Camaro alternate mode no longer has pinstripes bordering his black racing stripes, but the CG robot model still has the pinstripes.
* After Megatron pulls out his shotgun for the first time, he holsters it on the right side of his back. In the next scene it is on his left side.
* In the highway battle scene with the [[Dread (DOTM)|Dreads]], Bumblebee enhances his front wheels to evade Hatchet, yet in the next scene he's fully in Stealth Force mode.
* During Ironhide and Sideswipe's "Mexican standoff" with Crankcase and Crowbar, all combatants drop their firearms, but when Ironhide is speared, his guns are on his back again. They disappear in subsequent shots.
* Despite being captured by Soundwave in her evening gown, Carly is somehow able to change into more convenient clothes before arriving in Chicago, and has yet another outfit the following day. Not only that, she changes her earrings, too!
* When the Autobots are boarding the ''Xantium,'' Simmons mentions that nine Autobots are leaving. Former Decepticons Wheelie and Brains apparently don't count. Poor little guys!
* The Wreckers claim they had been hiding inside a rocket booster that was jettisoned from the ''Xantium'' before Starscream destroyed it. The boosters are only seen to be detached after Starscream destroys the ship, after it has barely taken off from the ground.
* Though it's a standard action movie contrivance, it sure is convenient that the glass windows inside skyscrapers are extremely fragile when needed, and glass shards are as dangerous as bread crumbs so nobody suffers a single cut from sliding across them.
* Shortly after everyone jumps through the window and starts sliding down, a downwards shot of the building shows all of the windows behind them are intact.
* As everyone tumbles through a lower floor of the building, [[Stone]] is shown to fall right through and out the other side with a collection of office furniture, but not long after is back with Epps's squad.
* Despite the Decepticons taking over Chicago and killing a whole bunch of people, there seem to be a lot of people continuing to go about their daily lives. The skyscraper Epps's team goes into to launch a rocket from still seems to have plenty of office workers in it when the Driller attacks it. When Sam's being thrown around on the end of the grapple glove rope while fighting Starscream, he crashes through a wall into a dry-cleaning business where a woman appears to be calmly hanging up a shirt. Did they all just not get the memo?
* Though in an earlier sequence, Epps, Sam and company slide down the damaged building to a floor near the break, after the building falls over, the team is seen moving from one of the building's topmost floors to the neighboring building.
* Throughout the sequence of Barricade kicking and shoving Que along before executing him, he is speaking with Soundwave's voice.
*While fighting the Autobots at the end of the film, Sentinel Prime's cape disappears for a brief scene before reappearing on his back when the camera angle changes.
*Soundwave has his Mercedes alternate mode while he is in Africa, but his chest has only a blank grille. The Mercedes logo is only added to his chest from the scene where he reveals himself to be Carly's car onward.
*When Sam and Carly are reunited after the final battle, Carly's hands keep changing the position on every cut, sometimes on Sam's neck, sometimes on his shoulders.
*Not intentional: Skids and Mudflap appear for a brief few seconds in the film. This leaves questions as to what happened to them. They weren't seen departing from Earth or taking part in the Chicago battle.
*Dino used his electro-disrupter to overthrow Hatchet and kill him. When Hatchet falls on the car and is destroyed, Dino's weapon is still connected to him, so Dino was in robot mode, but in the next cut Dino appears at background in vehicle mode.
*It's said that four Autobots were captured by the Decepticons in Chicago, but actually five Autobots were captured.
*When Que is about to be executed, the "cardboard head on a stick" prop used for [[Mirage (Movie)|Dino]] during the shooting of the movie (a common method used for the movies to give the actors ''something'' to react to) can be spotted in the final edit of the film,<ref name="headprop">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-movie-discussion/494618-movies-errors-mirage-prop-final-movie-edit.html "Movies Errors - Mirage prop in final movie edit"] at TFW2005</ref> possibly a leftover from an earlier draft of the script where Soundwave mocked Bumblebee with Dino's disembodied head.

==Transformers references==
In addition to recurring elements from the previous films, ''Dark of the Moon'' bases a number of elements on previous versions of the ''Transformers'' mythos, including plot elements based on older stories, something fairly rare in the other two movies:
* New characters [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] are heavily based upon their Generation 1 counterparts. [[Que]] is derived from G1 character [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]. [[Sentinel Prime]] is the name of Optimus's predecessor in many continuities, and in this instance, he continues his [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)| predecessor]]'s legacy of being a giant jerk.

* "Carly" was the name of [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]]'s [[Carly|girlfriend and eventual wife]] in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original cartoon]].

* The ''[[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]'' gets its name from the Autobots' crashed spaceship in the [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|''Transformers'' comics]].

* The ''[[Xantium (G1)|Xantium]]'' is the name of the [[Wrecker]]s' spaceship in the [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''Transformers'' comics.

* [[Roadbuster (DOTM)|Roadbuster]] and [[Topspin (DOTM)|Topspin]] being a member of the Wreckers recalls their original G1 counterparts being likewise part of the Wreckers.

* Optimus's new trailer is based on the trailer that [[Optimus Prime (G1)|his Generation 1 counterpart]] hauled around, including its ability to open up into a weapons base.

* Optimus now carries the Matrix around in his chest as he has in past incarnations.

* The corrosive end met by Ironhide comes at the hands of [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]], the oxidizing pathogen that first appeared in the Generation 1 cartoon episode [[Cosmic Rust (episode)|of the same name]]. Though not named in the film, its identity is made clear by production artwork by [[Josh Nizzi]] which labels Sentinel Prime's gun a "Cosmic Rust gun".

* Megatron removing [[Abraham Lincoln]] from his chair at the [[wikipedia:Lincoln Memorial|Lincoln Memorial]] and then sitting in it is a scene taken directly from the Generation 1 cartoon episode, "[[Atlantis, Arise!]]", and the Decepticon ending for ''[[Transformers The Game]]'' (sort of).

* The idea of bringing Cybertron to Earth via space bridge and enslaving humans was the plot of the Generation 1 multi-part episode "[[The Ultimate Doom]]."

* Likewise, the idea of an influential and powerful human joining forces with the Decepticons, resulting in the Autobots being exiled from Earth by the government via a spacecraft, only for that spacecraft to be destroyed, was the plot behind another Generation 1 cartoon multi-part episode, "[[Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1|Megatron's Master Plan]]."

* When the worker at Accureta Systems is trying to make the [[Laserbeak (DOTM)|photocopier]] work, it beeps the "more than meets the eye" refrain from the original cartoon's [[theme song]].

* The [[Transformation#The noise|transformation noise]] can be heard at the end of the film when Bumblebee transforms to robot mode, the final onscreen transformation, just as it was heard during [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout's]] transformation, which was also the first onscreen transformation in the first film.

==Real-world references==
* When Brains and Wheelie are watching ''[[Wikipedia: Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek: The Original Series]]'', the screen features [[Spock|Mr. Spock]], portrayed by Leonard Nimoy—who voices Sentinel Prime. Wheelie comments that it is "the one where Spock goes nuts," which foreshadows Sentinel's heel turn. The episode itself is likely the famous ''TOS'' episode "[[Wikipedia: Amok Time|Amok Time]]".

* Sentinel Prime says "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few." The voice actor said the same line in the 1982 film ''[[Wikipedia:Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan|Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan]]'' as Mr. Spock. However, in that movie, Nimoy's character dies a hero.

* To finish the Spock trifecta, when Bumblebee says his goodbyes to Sam, he uses a clip of Leonard Nimoy, as Spock, saying "I will always be your friend," another line from ''Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan''.

* [[Dutch (DOTM)|Dutch]] and his fake girlfriend's name, "India", are a reference to [[Wikipedia:Dutch India|Dutch India]].

* [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Que]]'s name is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Q (James Bond)|Q]] from ''[[Wikipedia:James Bond|James Bond]]'' novels and films. Que also gives weapons to NEST soldiers while explaining the advantages and abilities for the weapons much like Q does for James Bond.

* When Bumblebee brings forth "rings" for Sam and Carly, he "hums" the [[Wikipedia: Wedding March|Wedding March]] (or, more correctly, the [[Wikipedia: Bridal Chorus|Bridal Chorus]] from [[Wikipedia: Richard Wagner|Richard Wagner's]] 1850 opera ''[[Wikipedia: Lohengrin (opera)|Lohengrin]]'').

==Other editions==

==Prequel material==
*''[[Transformers: Sector 7]]''
*''[[Transformers: Foundation]]''
*''[[Transformers: Rising Storm]]''
*''[[Transformers: Convergence]]''
*''[[Transformers: Jazz]]''
*''[[Transformers: Space Case]]''
*''[[Transformers: Ratchet]]''
*''[[Transformers: Arcee]]''
*''[[Transformers: Bumblebee]]''
*''[[Transformers: Starscream]]''
*''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Xbox 360/PS3)]]''
*''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Stealth Force Edition]]''
*''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Autobots/Decepticons]]''
*''[[Transformers (Titan Magazine)#Dark of the Moon|Transformers (Titan Magazine)]]''
*''[[Transformers Classified: Switching Gears]]''

==Adaptations==
*''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation]]''
*''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (novel)]]''
*''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon: The Junior Novel]]''

==Soundtrack==
{{main|Dark of the Moon: The Album}}

==Score==
{{main|Dark of the Moon: The Score}}

==Home video releases==
''Transformers: Dark of the Moon'' was released on DVD, Blu-Ray, and Digital Download on September 30, 2011, followed by the 2-Disc Special Edition in December.<ref>[TFW2005 - Official Transformers Movie Website Updated With Transformers 3 Home Release Info http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-just-movie-31/official-transformers-movie-website-updated-with-transformers-3-home-release-info-173245/]</ref>
[[File:T3-Dark of the Moon-Back.jpg|thumb| Telling you about it]]
===Additional Information===
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* Close Captions in English
* Audio Description <ref>http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B005G4TJUC/audiodescriin-20</ref>|collist}}

==Theatrical posters==
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==Reception==
On June 23, 2011, the world premiere of ''Dark of the Moon'' was held in [[Moscow]], [[Russia]], with band [[Linkin Park]] performing a concert that included their title song for the movie, "Iridescent".

The official release date was moved up from July 1 to June 29 to allow breathing room between its release and ''[[Wikipedia:Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2]]''. On June 28, 2011, the film was released in 3D and IMAX at 9pm in the US. Some theaters cheated a little and showed it at 8:45.

''Dark of the Moon'' launched with nearly 10,000 copies in 4011 theaters nationwide. On its opening day, the movie earned $37.3 million, making not only for the best opening day of 2011 up to that point, but also ranking as the sixth most successful opening on a Wednesday ever, while at the same time ranking well behind ''Revenge of the Fallen'', with $60 million on its opening day (also a Wednesday).<ref name="openingday">[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3197&p=.htm "'Transformers' Suboptimal on Wednesday"], Box Office Mojo, June 2011.</ref> (Of course, a lot of the print material still listed the release date as [[July 1]]st, the following Friday.)

On [[August 2]], it crossed the $1 billion mark in worldwide gross, just under 5 weeks after its release, landing it in the #9 spot for worldwide gross of all time.<ref>http://www.deadline.com/2011/08/transformers-dark-of-the-moon-crosses-1-billion-worldwide-mark-for-paramount/ Deadline Hollywood</ref> Of that, $338 million came from the US. It is currently the only Paramount picture to have made the $1 billion mark. (While ''Titanic'' also made over $1 billion worldwide, it was only a Paramount movie ''domestically'', where it made "only" $620 million.)

''Dark of the Moon'' ended its theatrical run in the #4 spot for highest worldwide gross of all time.

''Dark of the Moon'' was nominated for three Academy Awards, in the categories of Best Visual Effects, Sound Editing, and Sound Mixing, losing all to ''[[wikipedia: Hugo (film)|Hugo]]''.<ref>[http://oscar.go.com/nominees#t Official 2012 Oscar nominees page]</ref>

On February 25, 2012, it was announced that ''Transformers: Dark of the Moon'' was nominated for eight [[Wikipedia:Golden Raspberry Award|Golden Raspberry Award]]s. Unlike ''Revenge of the Fallen'', however, it did not receive the awards for Worst Picture, Worst Screenplay, & Worst Director, losing all of its nominations to ''[[wikipedia: Jack & Jill (film)|Jack & Jill]]''.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-just-movie-31/transformers-dark-of-the-moon-is-safe-from-razzies-174726/]</ref>

==Production staff==
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===Visual effects===
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===Locations department===
{{quote|[The Decepticons'] decision to attack Chicago seems inexplicable, until you take into consideration the generous tax credits offered by the Illinois Film Office.|film critic Roger Ebert|[http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2011/07/on_the_origin_of_transformers.html On the Origin of Transformers]}}

==Development details==
===Cast and crew signing on===
[[File:TF3-licensingPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Featuring a surprise appearance by Optimus Prime!]]
On May 30, 2007, a month before the official release of ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'', [[DreamWorks]] announced that two sequels were already being planned.<ref name="spy">[http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/a58430/two-transformers-sequels-in-pipeline.html Digital Spy article from May 2007, confirming that two sequels were being planned]</ref> On March 16, 2009, over three months before the premiere of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'', [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]] announced the third movie for July 1, 2011.<ref name="3release">Pamela McClintock: [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118001280?refCatId=13 Variety article from March 2009], confirming Transformers 3 for July 2011.</ref> Director [[Michael Bay]] promptly backpedaled, as he had intended for the third ''Transformers'' movie to be released in 2012.<ref name="baywait">[http://www.shootfortheedit.com/forum/showthread.php?3947-Wait-a-minute! Michael Bay's reaction to Paramount's July 2011 date for ''Transformers 3''], March 2009.</ref> He officially changed his mind in October 2009, agreeing to the release date set by Paramount.<ref name="bay3-2011">[http://michaelbay.com/2009/10/01/transformers-3-july-1st-2011/ Michael Bay officially confirms the 2011 release date], October 2009.</ref>

[[Roberto Orci]] and [[Alex Kurtzman]], two of the previous two movies' screenwriters, had already announced in March 2009 that they would not return for a third part.<ref name="noorcikurtz">[http://www.slashfilm.com/orci-and-kurtzman-not-returning-for-transformers-3-will-leonard-nimoy-voice-the-fallen/ Slashfilm quoting Roberto Orci that he and Kurtzman would not return for a third movie], March 2009. (Original post on Don Murphy's message board appears to no longer exist.)</ref> In September 2009, their ''Revenge'' co-writer [[Ehren Kruger]] was confirmed as the screenwriter of ''Transformers 3''.<ref name="krugernelson">[http://michaelbay.com/2009/09/14/transformers-3-pain-gain-bad-boys-3/ Michael Bay's website admin Nelson Lauren sorta-confirms Ehren Kruger as TF3's screenwriter], September 2009.</ref> Kruger had already impressed both director Michael Bay and [[Hasbro]] CEO [[Brian Goldner]] with his knowledge of ''Transformers'' mythology prior to working on ''Revenge''.<ref name="writersr">[http://www.zap2it.com/movies/news/zap-transformers2writers,0,1938976.story Zap2it story about the ROTF writers]</ref>

In an interview with ''Wonderland'' magazine in September 2009, [[Megan Fox]], the main female star of the previous two movies, discussed the harsh conditions on the sets and compared director Michael Bay to [[Wikipedia:Adolf Hitler|Adolf Hitler]].<ref name="latimesfox">[http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/the_big_picture/2009/09/megan-fox-on-michael-bay-he-wants-to-be-hitler.html Los Angeles Times article about Megan Fox's fatal interview with ''Wonderland'' magazine], September 2009.</ref> Bay initially played down the affair and still welcomed Fox back for the third installment a month later.<ref name="bay3-2011"/> Even though Fox was still spotted on the ''Transformers 3'' set in May 2010,<ref name="foxonset">[http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/100786-megan-fox-on-set-for-transformers-3-previz Megan Fox on the DOTM set], May 2010.</ref> Paramount announced a few weeks later that she wouldn't return for a third movie after all.<ref name="nomorefox">[http://www.deadline.com/2010/05/michael-bays-revenge-no-more-megan/ Deadline article confirming that Megan Fox had been dropped off ''Transformers 3''], May 2010.</ref> Still that same month, [[Rosie Huntington-Whiteley]] was confirmed to replace her as the lead female actress.<ref name="rosierepl">[http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1640047/model-rosie-huntingtonwhiteley-cast-transformers-3.jhtml MTV.com article confirming Rosie Huntington-Whiteley as the new female star of ''Transformers ''], May 2010.</ref> Her character's name was confirmed as "[[Carly Spencer|Carly]]" by Nelson Lauren, the webmaster of Michael Bay's official website, in July 2010.<ref name="nelsonchicagojul">[http://www.shootfortheedit.com/forum/showthread.php?7566-Transformers-3-Chicago-Set-Photos Nelson posts about his visit to the Chicago set at shootfortheedit.com's forums], July 2010.</ref> In 2011, Michael Bay finally confirmed in an interview with ''GQ'' magazine that it had been [[Steven Spielberg]], executive producer of the ''Transformers'' movies, who had urged him to fire Fox following the Hitler comparison.<ref name="baygq">[http://www.gq.com/entertainment/movies-and-tv/201107/michael-bay-steven-spielberg-fired-megan-fox-transformers GQ interview with Michael Bay], June 2011.</ref> In a later interview, however, he claimed this statement had been taken out of context.<ref name="baych">[http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/kultur/kino/Diese-Autos-muessen-zerstoert-werden--und-da-bin-ich-der-richtige-Mann/story/23997460 Interview with Michael Bay from Switzerland] (German language), July 2011.</ref>

In March 2010, Oscar winners [[John Malkovich]] and [[Frances McDormand]] as well as Comedian [[Ken Jeong]] were confirmed having signed on for supporting roles.<ref name="malkomcdor">[http://michaelbay.com/2010/03/22/transformers-3-update-from-michael-bay/ Michael Bay confirming John Malkovich, Frances McDormand and Ken Jeong for ''Transformers 3''], March 2010.</ref>

In April 2010, [[Kevin Dunn]] and [[Julie White]] were confirmed as returning as Sam Witwicky's parents.<ref name="varietydunnwhite">[http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118017329.html?categoryid=1236&cs=1 'Dunn, White sign on for 'Transformers 3''], Variety, April 2010.</ref>

In May 2010, Paramount confirmed that [[Patrick Dempsey]] has been cast in ''Transformers 3'' to play Mikaela Banes' boss (this was before Megan Fox was fired from the production).<ref name="dempsey">[http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2010/05/04/patrick-dempsey-confirmed-for-transformers-3/ "Patrick Dempsey confirmed for Transformers 3"], Hollywood Insider, May 2010.</ref>

In July 2010, Nelson Lauren confirmed that former American footballer [[Lester Speight]] would play a soldier in the movie.<ref name="nelsonchicagophotos">[http://michaelbay.com/2010/07/20/transformers-3-chicago-set-photos/ Photos of the Chicago set by michaelbay.com webmaster Nelson Lauren], July 2010.</ref>

[[Leonard Nimoy]] was confirmed as the voice actor for [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] in March 2011.<ref name="nimoysent">[http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/03/31/leonard-nimoy-transformers-dark-of-the-moon Entertainment Weekly announces Leonard Nimoy's involvement], March 2011]</ref> Nimoy, who had previously voiced [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] in 1986's ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' and is married to Michael Bay's cousin Susan, had previously been under consideration for [[The Fallen]]'s voice in ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'', but Bay had been hesitant for fear of offending his relative with the relatively low pay allotted to voice actors.<ref name="nimoy1">[http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/04/21/michael-bay-afraid-to-offend-leonard-nimoy-with-transformers-family-reunion-offer/ ''Michael Bay Afraid To Offend Leonard Nimoy With ‘Transformers’ Family Reunion Offer''], MTV.com Movies blog, April 2009.</ref> Even though Nimoy openly asked Bay to simply give him a call,<ref name="nimoy2">[http://www.latinoreview.com/news/leonard-nimoy-to-michael-bay-call-me-6682 Leonard Nimoy To Michael Bay: "Call Me!"], Latino Review, April 2009.</ref> it ultimately never worked out, and The Fallen was voiced by [[Tony Todd]] instead. For ''Dark of the Moon'', Bay finally overcame his anxiety and hired Nimoy, who accepted the offer.<ref name="nimoy3">[http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/03/31/leonard-nimoy-transformers-dark-of-the-moon/ "Leonard Nimoy joins 'Transformers: Dark of the Moon' voice cast -- EXCLUSIVE"], Entertainment Weekly, March 2011.</ref> In return, screenwriter Ehren Kruger included several nods to Nimoy's well-known character as Mr. Spock from ''[[Star Trek]]'' in the movie.<ref name="nimoystartrek">[http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1666643/transformers-dark-of-the-moon-star-trek-references.jhtml "'Transformers: Dark Of The Moon': Behind The 'Star Trek' Nods"], MTV.com, July 2011.</ref>

===Writing and production===
After having defended the almost universally critically panned ''Revenge of the Fallen'' for a long time, Michael Bay finally acknowledged flaws of the script, but blamed the [[Wikipedia:2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike|2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike]] prior to the movie for many problems. As a definite error, he singled out the "dork comedy", which he promised to avoid with ''Dark of the Moon''.<ref name="bayvisit">[http://collider.com/michael-bay-interview-transformers-dark-moon-edit-bay-visit/63824/ Collider.com article about DOTM], December 2010.</ref>

Principal shooting began in May 2010. Shooting locations included [[Chicago]] (and nearby East Chicago and Gary Indiana), Moscow,<ref name="locations">[http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=63682 "Transformers 3 Headed to Chicago and Moscow"], Comingsoon.net, February 2010.</ref> the [[Kennedy Space Center]] in Florida,<ref name="kennedyspace">[http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/101114-the-transformers-3-shoot-at-kennedy-space-center "The Transformers 3 Shoot at Kennedy Space Center"], SuperHeroHype.com, May 2010.</ref> Milwaukee (Wisconsin),<ref name="milwaukee">[http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/movies/98266574.html "'Transformers 3' takes over Milwaukee Art Museum"], Journal Sentinel Online, July 2010.</ref> Detroit,<ref name="detroit">[http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/107775-photos-from-the-detroit-transformers-3-set "Photos From the Detroit Transformers 3 Set"], SuperHeroHype.com, September 2010.</ref> [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref name="militaryextras">[http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=473674758199&id=114648515718 US Department of Defense casting call for ''Dark of the Moon''], October 2010.</ref> and Angkor Wat in Cambodia.<ref name="angkor">[http://www.akp.gov.kh/?p=1184 "'Transformers 3' To Be Shot in Cambodia"], Agence Kampuchea Presse, January 2011.</ref>

For the scene where Lennox and his soldier jump out of a V-22 Osprey using wingsuits, Michael Bay used real parachutists and thus avoided unnecessary CG effects. In fact, he had been inspired for this scene in the first place by watching the parachutists in their wingsuits on television<ref name="wingsuits">[http://blog.movies.yahoo.com/blog/1498-transformers-wingsuits-no-cgi-required Yahoo! Movies article on the wingsuit parachutists], June 2011.</ref> and wrote the scene with the intention of using the parachutists in the movie.<ref name="bayvisit"/>

For the Apollo 11 moon landing mission in the flashback sequence at the beginning of the movie, astronauts [[Neil Armstrong]] and [[Buzz Aldrin]] are played by actors Don Jeanes and Cory Tucker, respectively. In the present day timeline, Aldrin himself appears briefly as his own older self.<ref name="aldrin">[http://movies.yahoo.com/news/yahoo-contributor-network/astronaut-buzz-aldrin-hangs-out-with-optimus-prime-transformers-dark-moon Yahoo! Movies article on Buzz Aldrin's appearance in DOTM], July 2011.</ref>

Over 500 cars were destroyed in the making of ''Dark of the Moon'', all of them damaged property from insurance companies intended for destruction.<ref name="baych"/>

Two accidents happened during shooting: In September 2010, while shooting in East Chicago, Indiana, a female extra was severely injured when a stunt scene went wrong, leaving her with permanent brain damage, the left side of her body paralyzed and her left eye stitched shut. Paramount was subsequently sued for damages by the victim's family.<ref name="extrastunt">[http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-10-05/news/ct-met-transformers-lawsuit-20101005_1_gabriela-cedillo-stunt-welding Chicago tibune article on the injured extra and the subsequent lawsuit], October 2010.</ref> She was eventually granted an $18.5 million settlement in May of 2012.<ref name="settlement">[http://www.tmz.com/2012/05/23/transfomers-3-injured-extra-gets-18-million-settlement/ TMZ story about Gabriela Cedillo's settlement]</ref> As a consequence, part of the scene of the car chase battle in Washington, D.C. (which would have included the shoot that had led to the accident) was instead "[[Stock footage|borrowed]]" from Michael Bay's 2005 film ''[[Wikipedia:The Island (2005 film)|The Island]]''.<ref name="island1">[http://www.ign.com/articles/2011/07/04/transformers-3-re-uses-car-crash-from-the-island "Transformers 3 Re-Uses Car Crash From The Island"], IGN Movies, July 2011.</ref> While shooting in Washington, D.C., in October 2010, one of the Chevrolet Camaro prop cars that served as Bumblebee's [[alternate mode]] crashed into a [[Wikipedia: Metropolitan Police|Metropolitan Police]] SUV. Nobody was seriously injured this time.<ref name="camarocrash">[http://jalopnik.com/5661321/bumblebee-smashes-cop-car-in-yet-another-transformers-3-accident Jalopnik article on the Camaro crash], October 2010.</ref> Hasbro would later "commemorate" this event with the [[Toys"R"Us]] [[exclusive]] [[Cyberverse]] "Cybertronian Warriors" multi-pack.

Another (brief) instance of recycled footage occurs during the Chicago battle: When the Navy fires several Tomahawks at the Decepticons, the mission control room scene was previously used to depict the interior of the [[USS Kidd]] in ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''. The most obvious similarity is the same operator saying "Target acquired" both times.<ref name="recycled">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=6tSMdR8vH0s Youtube video] featuring brief clips from ''Dark of the Moon'' and ''Revenge of the Fallen'', highlighting the recycled footage.</ref>

''Dark of the Moon'' is the first of the ''Transformers'' movies to be released in 3D. Despite early considerations to shoot the movie in 2D and convert it into 3D later, Michael Bay ultimately shot 60% of the film in native 3D, another 15% were done digitally, and the rest was shot in 2D and converted later. [[James Cameron]] assisted Michael Bay with the 3D effects. The movie's budget amounted to $195 million, which is about the same budget ''Revenge of the Fallen'' had. About $30 million went into the 3D effects.<ref name="cameron">[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/michael-bay-reveals-james-camerons-191774 "Michael Bay Reveals James Cameron's Secret Role in the Making of 'Transformers'"], The Hollywood Reporter, May 2011.</ref>

=== Sponsors and partners ===
==== Hasbro ====
Hasbro, licensor of the [[Transformers brand]], hoped that the third movie would once again boost toy sales, after profits had dropped in the first quarter of 2011.<ref name="hasbroq12011">[http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Hasbro-1Q-profit-drops-71-pct-apf-664090076.html?x=0&.v=11 Yahoo! Finance article about weak Hasbro toy sales in 2011's first quarter], April 2011.</ref> For the second quarter of 2011, Hasbro reported a net revenue growth of 23 percent to $908.5 million, citing brands such as ''Transformers'' and ''Beyblade'' as the main sources of the increased income.<ref name="hasbro2nsq">[http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Hasbro-Reports-Revenue-and-bw-4063497156.html?x=0&.v=1 "Hasbro Reports Revenue and Earnings Growth for the Second Quarter 2011"], Yahoo! Finance, July 2011.</ref>

==== US military and NASA ====
Like the previous two movies, ''Dark of the Moon'' featured real military personnel as extras, supported by the US Department of Defense.<ref name="militaryextras"/> Shooting locations were Hurlburt Field and [[Edwards Air Force Base]].<ref name="hurlburt">[http://www.shadowspear.com/special-operations-entertainment/105725-transformers-filmed-at-hurlburt.html "'Transformers 3 Filmed at Hurlburt, 1SOW Included as 'Extras'"], ShadowSpear Special Operations, July 2011.</ref>

In addition, ''Dark of the Moon'' was also supported by NASA, and NASA employees appear as extras in the movie as well.<ref name="nasa">[http://www.space.com/12142-transformers-film-nasa-space-program-touches.html "'Transformers: Dark of the Moon' Has Real-Life NASA Touches"], Space.com, July 2011.</ref>

==== General Motors and other car manufacturers ====
[[General Motors]] once again provided several vehicles. All recurring Autobots retain their [[alternate mode]]s from ''Revenge of the Fallen'' despite some minor tweaks, such as Sideswipe now being a convertible, and Bumblebee now sporting a rear spoiler. Once again, the cooperation was mutual, with General Motors using Bumblebee for TV commercials. The first of those, aired during the 2011 Super Bowl, also revealed some minor tweaks to Bumblebee's robot mode.<ref name="bumblebeead1">[http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2011/02/-bumblebee-appears-in-a-chevrolet-camaro-super-bowl-ad/1 "'Bumblebee' appears in Chevrolet's Super Bowl ad"], USA Today, February 2011.</ref><ref name="bumblebeead2">[http://www.autoblog.com/2011/06/06/chevy-drops-new-ad-touting-transformers-3-tie-in/ "Video: Chevy drops new ad touting Transformers 3 tie-in"], Autoblog.com, June 2011.</ref> According to Chevrolet, the ''Transformers'' movies notably affect car sales, as about ten percent of all Camaros sold in the preceding year were yellow, twice as many as with other models.<ref name="carstarscast">[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/transformers-dark-moon-how-sequels-204557 "'Transformers: Dark of the Moon': How the Sequel's Star Cars Were Cast"], The Hollywood Reporter, June 2011.</ref>

New additions for ''Dark of the Moon'' are a Ferrari 458 Italia and a Mercedes-Benz E550 as Autobots ([[Mirage (Movie)|Dino]] and [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Que]], respectively) and a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG as a Decepticon ([[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]]). In the movie, both Autobots sport names which aren't recycled from existing Hasbro toys. In the Ferrari's case, the reason for this is that Hasbro's greatest competitor, Mattel, has an exclusive license for Ferrari toys.<ref name="ferrarimattel">[http://www.ferrari.com/English/Pages/Mattel.aspx Mattel license information], Ferrari.com.</ref><ref name="nelsonnomirage">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-news-rumors/409844-mirage-no-longer-name-red-italia-dotm-3.html#post6103423 Michael Bay's website admin, Nelson Lauren, explaining why the Ferrari isn't named "Mirage"], TFW2005, May 2011.</ref> "Dino" is named in reference to [[Wikipedia: Alfredo Ferrari|Alfredo "Dino" Ferrari]], as per Ferrari's request. The Mercedes-Benz E550, meanwhile, was specifically customized for the movie.<ref name="e550tuning">[http://www.eurotuner.com/news/eurp_1102_mercedes_benz_e550_for_next_transformers_movie/index.html "Mercedes-Benz E550 for Next Transformers Movie - Web Exclusive"], Eurotuner.com, February 2011.</ref> "Que" is named in homage to [[Wikipedia:Q (James Bond)|Q]] from [[Wikipedia:James Bond|James Bond]]. A Maybach 62S Landaulet is also featured in the movie, albeit not as a Transformer, but merely as a regular car used by [[Seymour Simmons]] and his assistant [[Dutch (DOTM)|Dutch]].

Unlike Optimus Prime, whose alternate mode was not licensed for any of the three movies, the Rosenbauer Panther 6x6 airport fire truck used for [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] was officially provided by the Rosenbauer International AG and entirely repainted specifically for the film, at a cost of thousands of dollars, as real-world aircraft fire-fighting vehicles are required by FAA regulations to have a much lighter color scheme, which didn't appeal to director [[Michael Bay]].<ref name="rosenbauer">[http://www.rosenbaueramerica.com/press/2011/06/rosenbauer-panther-6x6-to-be-f/ Rosenbauer America press release, June 28, 2011]</ref>

Since the heavily armed Chevrolet Impalas that serve as the [[Wrecker|Wreckers']] alternate modes are directly based on existing NASCAR race cars, the prop versions of [[Roadbuster (DOTM)|Roadbuster]], [[Leadfoot (DOTM)|Leadfoot]], and [[Topspin (DOTM)|Topspin]] made an appearance at [[2011]] Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on [[February 20]], four month before the movie's release, appearing both off the track as display cars, and on the track, participating in the ceremonial first lap.<ref name="daytona">[http://www.hendrickmotorsports.com/news/photos/2011/02/18/TRANSFORMERS-cars-on-display-at-Daytona "'TRANSFORMERS' cars on display at Daytona"], Hendrick Motorsports, February 2011.</ref> Director Michael Bay, actor [[Josh Duhamel]] and actress [[Rosie Huntington-Whiteley]] also attended the event, and during the television broadcast of the race, a new ''Dark of the Moon'' television spot was aired.

==== Other product placement ====
As always, various companies have their products and names prominently displayed throughout the movie, such as [[Wikipedia:Northrop Grumman|Northrop Grumman]], [[CNN]], [[Fox News Channel|Fox News]], [[Wikipedia:Cisco|Cisco]] and [[Wikipedia:Superfund|Superfund]].<ref name="brands1">[http://www.brandchannel.com/brandcameo_films.asp?movie_year_az=2011 "Transformers: Dark of the Moon"] at brandchannel.com.</ref> Paper manufacturer Double A also cooperated with Paramount and even had Michael Bay direct a commercial that features scenes from ''Dark of the Moon'', notably [[Laserbeak (DOTM)|Laserbeak]].<ref name="paper">[http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/167497-transformers-featured-in-double-a-paper-ad "Transformers Featured in Double A Paper Ad"] at SuperHeroHype, June 2011.</ref> Of particular note is the large number of Chinese brands such as [[Wikipedia:Lenovo|Lenovo]], [[Wikipedia:Yili Group|Yili]] Shuhua Milk, [[Wikipedia:Metersbonwe Group|Metersbonwe]] Mtee shirts and [[Wikipedia:TCL Corporation|TCL]] HDTV screens.<ref name="chinesebrands">[http://advertising.chinasmack.com/2011/transformers-the-rise-of-chinese-product-placement.html "Transformers: The Rise Of Chinese Product Placement"] at Chinasmack.</ref><ref name="brands2">[http://www.brandchannel.com/home/post/2011/07/05/Brandcameo-070411-Transformers-3.aspx "Transformers 3 Product Placement: If Tom Hanks Gets a Pass, Michael Bay Does Not"] at brandchannel, July 2011.</ref>

For [[Wikipedia:Nokia|Nokia]], the product placement turned out to be dated by the time the movie came out, as a mobile phone featured in the movie ran on [[Wikipedia:Symbian|Symbian]], despite Nokia mostly dropping Symbian as an operating system due to their recent partnership with [[Wikipedia:Microsoft|Microsoft]].<ref name="nokiaobit">[http://www.thenoisecast.com/2011/07/nokia-x7-product-placement-in-transformers-3-feels-like-an-obituary/ "Nokia X7 Product Placement In Transformers 3 Feels Like An Obituary"], Noisecast, July 2011.</ref>

=== Changes before, during and after production ===
* In an interview with the Los Angeles Times in June 2009, Michael Bay suggested that [[Ramon Rodriguez]] would reprise his role as [[Leo Spitz]] from ''Revenge of the Fallen'' for the third movie.<ref name="bayramon">[http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2009/06/30/ramon-rodriguez-will-have-bigger-role-in-third-transformers-movie-bay-hints/ "Ramon Rodriguez will have bigger role in third ‘Transformers’ movie, Bay hints"], Los Angeles Times, June 2009.</ref>

* As stated above, [[Megan Fox]] was originally intended to reprise her role as [[Mikaela Banes]] from the previous two movies. She was still spotted on the ''Dark of the Moon'' set during the previsualization stage in May 2010,<ref name="foxonset"/> but was fired from the production shortly afterwards due to a falling out with director [[Michael Bay]]. [[Rosie Huntington-Whiteley]]'s character of [[Carly Spencer]] was written in as a replacement, though the fact that her part was originally written for Mikaela still shows in some parts: For example, Carly is overseeing [[Dylan Gould|Dylan]]'s car collection, which could be viewed as an extension of Mikaela's history with working with cars. Furthermore, Sam and Carly not only have [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] (who had been previously "domesticated" by Mikaela) as a "pet", but also her dog [[Bonecrusher (dog)|Bonecrusher]] (played by Michael Bay's eponymous real-life dog).

*In January 2010, actor James Avery claimed in an interview that he would be playing a new Autobot named "Silverbolt".<ref name="avery">[http://unscripted.ca/episodes/show/136 James Avery interview on Unscripted], January 2010</ref> In June 2010, representatives of James Avery, responding to a bizarre rumor that he had passed away, confirmed that the actor was indeed alive and would be playing Silverbolt in ''Transformers 3''.<ref>[http://www.examiner.com/entertainment-in-national/uncle-phil-james-avery-isn-t-dead-after-all James Avery isn't dead after all], The Examiner, June 2010.</ref> Despite this, neither Avery nor Silverbolt ultimately appear in ''Dark of the Moon''.

* In January of 2011, an Idaho newspaper<ref>[http://magicvalley.com/news/local/article_d4f374a4-d960-5589-8d0c-be37df66fc40.html?mode=story "Rupert's Fagerbakke finds a voice that is truly golden"]</ref> announced voice actor [[Bill Fagerbakke]] as the voice of a "Chevy Impala stock car" that would appear in ''Dark of the Moon'' (presumably meaning one of the three [[Wrecker]]s, who share that base altmode). Why Fagerbakke did not end up voicing any of the Wreckers in the final cut of the film is unknown.

* Shockwave's original voice actor, [[Corey Burton]], expressed that he had no interest in voicing him for ''Dark of the Moon'', explaining "[I] have practically no interest in that kind of mega-budget movie enterprise involvement" and that the inspiration for his Shockwave voice, [[wikipedia:David Warner (actor)|David Warner]], was rumored to have been considered.<ref>[http://www.coreyburton.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=2707&highlight=#2707 Corey Burton's message board post.]</ref> In the end, Shockwave's almost-entirely-wordless-snarl-based role would have been something of a waste of Warner; the role ultimately went to Frank Welker. There's a nice touch of symmetry in the casting, with Welker taking over a Burton-originated role not long after Burton took on a Welker-originated character in [[Megatron (Animated)|''Animated'' Megatron]].

* In an earlier draft of the movie's script, Megatron is sincere when he offers Optimus Prime a truce at the end. Optimus accepts, and Megatron and the remaining Decepticons leave Earth to rebuild Cybertron. This ending is used for the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (novel)|novelization]] and the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation|comic adaptation]], according to Nelson, the ending was changed because the studio didn't want the adaptations to share the same ending with the film.<ref>http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/members/nelson-47919.html#vmessage284191</ref>

* Furthermore, it was originally supposed to be [[Mirage (Movie)|Mirage/"Dino"]] rather than [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack/"Que"]] who would have been executed by [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] in Chicago. This version made it into the comic adaptation and the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon: The Junior Novel|junior novelization]].

* Another scrapped death for Mirage is seen in the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (novel)|novelization]], in where he's decapicated by [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]. His severed head is subsequently used by Soundwave to mock the Autobots before they are about to get executed.

* [[The Twins]], [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]], were originally supposed to return for ''Dark of the Moon'', and to die at the hands of Sentinel Prime shortly after Ironhide. Even though [[General Motors]] provided two Chevrolet Sparks to serve as their alternate modes<ref name="chevyspark">[http://www.leftlanenews.com/chevrolet-spark-transformers-3.html Left Lane News article on two Chevrolet Sparks spotted on the DOTM set], May 2010.</ref> which were still spotted on the set as late as October 2010,<ref name="dcparking">[http://transformerslive.blogspot.com/2010/10/transformers-3-dc-parking-lot-gallery.html "Transformers 3 DC Parking Lot Gallery"], Transformers Live Action Movie Blog, October 2010.</ref> the two were mostly edited out of the final movie (their vehicle modes can barely be glimpsed in a few brief shots). Michael Bay even went so far as to offer a $25,000 reward for anyone who would see the Twins "perform" in the movie.<ref name="reward">[http://collider.com/transformers-3-twins-skids-mudflap-michael-bay/91104/ Collider.com article on Michael Bay's "reward" for spotting Skids and Mudflap "perform" in DOTM], May 2011.</ref> In the novelization and the comic adaptation, Skids and Mudflap still appear.

* Another plot point that was apparently dropped was an anti-Autobot sentiment among the human populace. Graffiti with a crossed out Autobot [[insignia|logo]] with the words "go home" below it showed up in several set photos.<ref name="gohome1">[http://transformerslive.blogspot.com/2010/05/transformers-3-filming-with-twins.html Photos from the set in Sherman Oaks, California] at the Transformers Live Action Movie Blog, May 2010.</ref><ref name="gohome2">[http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/possible-tf3-plot-point-revealed-autobots-go-home/19188/ Photos from the Chicago set] at Seibertron.com, July 2010.</ref> In the movie, Congress instantly passes a law exiling the Autobots from Earth following Sentinel Prime's ultimatum.

* Early working names included "[[Ultra Magnus (disambiguation)|Ultra Magnus]]" for [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]],<ref name="chicagocall">[http://transformerslive.blogspot.com/2011/06/chicgo-call-sheet-for-ultra-magnus.html "Chicago Call Sheet For Ultra Magnus"], Transformers Live Action Movie Blog, June 2011.</ref> "Enzo" (after [[Wikipedia:Enzo Ferrari|Enzo Ferrari]])<ref name="callsheet2">[http://tilallaremine.wordpress.com/2011/07/01/dark-of-the-moon-call-sheets/ Dark of the Moon Call Sheets!] at Til All Are Mine blog, July 2011.</ref> and "Rush" for Mirage/"Dino", "[[Warpath (disambiguation)|Warpath]]" for both [[Roadbuster (DOTM)|Roadbuster]] and [[Topspin (DOTM)|Topspin]], "Tempest" for Topspin, "[[Flash (disambiguation)|Flash]]" for [[Leadfoot (DOTM)|Leadfoot]], "[[Dreadwind (disambiguation)|Dreadwind]]" for [[Crankcase (DOTM)|Crankcase]], "[[Hooligan]]" for [[Crowbar]], "[[Dirtbag]]" for [[Hatchet]], "[[Blitzwing (disambiguation)|Blitzwing]]" for [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]], "[[Breakdown (disambiguation)|Breakdown]]" for Soundwave's new vehicular design, "Colossus" for the [[Driller]],<ref name="nizzi">[http://www.joshnizzi.com/TF3.htm Josh Nizzi DOTM concepts.]</ref> "Buzzard" for [[Laserbeak (DOTM)|Laserbeak]], "[[Undermine]]" for [[Igor]] and "[[Steeljaw (disambiguation)|Steeljaw]]" for Wheeljack/"Que". However, it's quite possible a few of these were code names used to keep character identities a secret during production as images of Megatron's new cloak obscured face refer to the character as "Cyclonus".<ref name="wburt">[http://conceptartworld.com/?p=8388 Wesley Burt DOTM concepts.]</ref>
[[File:DOTM-SentinelPrimetrailer.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Colour me your colour, baby Colour me your car Colour me your colour, darling I know who you are]]

* Roadbuster was originally intended to have [[Wikipedia:Jeff Gordon|Jeff Gordon]]'s #24 [[Wikipedia:DuPont|DuPont]]-sponsored Chevrolet Impala as his alternate mode, rather than [[Wikipedia:Dale Earnhardt, Jr.|Dale Earnhardt, Jr.]]'s #88 Impala sponsored by [[Wikipedia:AMP Energy|AMP Energy]].<ref name="nizzi"/>

* Que/Wheeljack's head was once considered to be based on [[Wikipedia:Christopher Lloyd|Christopher Lloyd]]'s [[Wikipedia:Emmett Brown|Doc Brown]] from the [[Wikipedia:Back to the Future trilogy|''Back to the Future'' movies]], rather than [[Wikipedia:Albert Einstein|Albert Einstein]].<ref name="wburt"/>

* The Wreckers were originally intended to have a robot pet dog, whose working names also included "Warpath".<ref name="nizzi"/> Hasbro released a toy of the dog with the [[Human Alliance]] version of Leadfoot, named "[[Steeljaw (DOTM)|Steeljaw]]".

* In an interview with MTV.com, actors [[Shia LaBeouf]] and [[John Malkovich]] hinted at at some smaller scenes that were cut from the final edit of the movie. In addition to some add-libbing by the actors, one scene would have featured Malkovich's character, [[Bruce Brazos]], attempting to get Carly's phone number.<ref name="deletedmtv">[http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1666772/transformers-dark-of-the-moon-dvd-deleted-scenes.jhtml MTV.com on deleted scenes], July 2011.</ref>

* In the original teaser trailer for ''Dark of the Moon'' that was released in December 2010, the opening scene that featured [[Neil Armstrong]] and [[Buzz Aldrin]] investigate the ''[[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]'' on the moon had Sentinel Prime sport a gold and silver color scheme. For the final movie, his base color was changed to red.

* Megatron was originally supposed to appear in his ''Revenge of the Fallen'' form.<ref>http://joshnizzi.com/images/TF3/JoshNizzi_TF3_56.jpg</ref>
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=== Leaks and disinformation===
[[File:DOTMgameSoundwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|What you're about to see is totally classified.]]
The movie's title, then "Transformers: ''The'' Dark of the Moon", was first discovered on October 6, 2010 via listings for childrens' books on [http://www.amazon.com/ Amazon.com]. The title was further confirmed by a whois check for "www.transformersdarkofthemoonmovie.com".<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-just-movie-31/transformers-3-title-revealed-170697/ Transformers 3 Title Revealed?] @ TFW2005.com</ref> On October 31, the official website for all three movies, [http://www.transformersmovie.com/ transformersmovie.com], was updated to show the ''Transformers: Dark of the Moon'' logo as well as international release dates.

[[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] was heavily touted as the new main villain, no doubt in an attempt to conceal [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]]'s unexpected betrayal halfway through the movie. A piece of information that commonly popped up in media coverage was the claim that Shockwave was the ruler of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] while the other Autobots and Decepticons were duking it out on Earth.<ref name="pushpops">[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-just-movie-31/transformers-3-plot-summary-revealed-170756/ "Transformers 3 Plot Summary Revealed"], TFW2005, October 2010.</ref> The last bit could be written off as a case of [[Wikipedia:Chinese whispers|chinese whisper]]: Shockwave got announced as the villain for ''Dark of the Moon'', mainstream media (such as USA Today<ref name="usatodayswitch">[http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2010-06-11-Transformers11_ST_N.htm "Next 'Transformers' is due for a switch"], USA Today, June 2010.</ref>) who aren't versed in Transformers lore looked up the character, found out about his ''[[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]]'' [[Shockwave (G1)|namesake]]'s role in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon]], included it as a piece of trivia to show they did their research, and then the trivia note got picked up as gospel by other media. Nevertheless, it was included in the ''official plot summary'' by Paramount's German branch (which also claimed that ''Shockwave'' was the robot discovered inside the ''[[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]'' as seen in the trailer).<ref name="germansite">[http://www.transformers3-film.de/ Official German DOTM site] including faulty plot summary.</ref>

[[File:TF3HasbroSoundwaveBio.JPG|thumb|upright=1.66|left|If you breathe a word of what you see in here, you will do time for treason.]]Michael Bay and other official parties tried ''really'' hard to suppress the plot twist of the silver Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG given to [[Carly Spencer|Carly]] by [[Dylan Gould|Dylan]] turning out to be the new [[alternate mode]] of [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]]. After the Mercedes had been spotted on the set, with [[Rosie Huntington-Whiteley]] exiting it,<ref name="mercedesset">[http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=67518 DOTM Set Photos], ComingSoon.net, July 2010.</ref> the first hint that it was more than meets the eye came with the trailer for the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Xbox 360/PS3)|video game]], which showed Soundwave's robot mode with car [[kibble]] such as wheels that heavily resembled those of the Mercedes. In addition, [[Rising Storm issue 3|issue 3]] of ''[[Transformers: Rising Storm]]'' depicted Soundwave's robot mode not only with car kibble, but with a Mercedes star on his chest. Despite this, director Michael Bay insisted that the Mercedes was simply Carly's car, claiming that "Mercedes would never let us make their car into a bad Decepticon. Car company's {{sic}} really frown on that. I can't say what the game company and comics do that's their own thing. They don't have the same constraints movies do. It's Carly's car."<ref name="baynomerc">[http://www.shootfortheedit.com/forum/showthread.php?8724-Update-Is-Soundwave-the-silver-Mercedes-on-set-of-DOTM&p=169598&viewfull=1#post169598 Michael Bay's response to the fan theory that Soundwave is the Silver Mercedes.], April 2011.</ref> On April 19, 2011, an event for promoting the ''Spider-Man: Edge of Time'' and ''Transformers: Dark of the Moon'' video games was held in London. As part of this, [[High Moon Studios]] released promotional stills from the ''Dark of the Moon'' game, one of which depicted Soundwave's new robot mode, again with Mercedes parts. However, a news embargo was enforced on the attending press, which was broken by South African video game site [http://egamer.co.za egamer].<ref name="egamera">[http://egamer.co.za/2011/05/exclusive-hands-on-transformers-dark-of-the-moon/ egamer's preview of the ''Dark of the Moon'' video game]</ref> The site was soon asked to take down the article and images, as were various ''Transformers'' fan sites that had reported on the article and mirrored the images. On May 2, 2011, Hasbro's [http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/ official Transformers website] was given a massive overhaul, including the addition of the new [http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/cybertronian-database.cfm Vector Sigma database]. The entry for Soundwave initially identified his alternate mode as a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, but was soon changed to "satellite". On May 3, 2011, the embargo for the video game article and promotional stills was finally lifted, allowing sites to freely show the image of Soundwave's new robot mode.

On May 5, 2011, several weeks before the trade paperback collection's official release, preview pages from [[IDW Publishing|IDW]]'s [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation|''Dark of the Moon'' comic adaptation]] were discovered on [http://www.amazon.com/ Amazon.com]. Through some bizarre system error, ''several dozen pages'' were made available, which included the major plot twist of Sentinel Prime showing his true colors and killing [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]. Unsurprisingly, this discovery was quickly posted on several major Transformers [[fandom|fan sites]], often without a spoiler warning.

==Notes==
* A 126-page script for the movie was leaked in December 2009,<ref>[http://www.allspark.com/content/view/6435/20/ The Allspark: Transformers News Movie Comics Animated - Script Treatment for Transformers 3? Bogus or Not, Here You Go!]</ref> causing much discussion among the fandom. It was later confirmed as fake.<ref>[http://shootfortheedit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6532 Script]</ref>
* When word hit that [[Megan Fox]] was off the picture, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VTs5ESycpY Heidi Montag] put an "audition" for her part on YouTube. [http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/114ce28ddd/sir-ben-kingsley-shows-up-heidi-montag Sir Ben Kingsley] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4FZeucBO0c Ashton Kutcher] made fun of her, because life is rad.
* Several concepts that had been established by the [[Transformers (film)|first movie]] were (more or less) dropped with ''Dark of the Moon'' in favor or a more traditional, ''[[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]]''-esque approach:
** In the 2007 movie, the Autobots arrive on Earth in "[[Protoform]]" entry modes (which was subsequently used as the basis for the Decepticons' arrival in [[Planetfall (Movie)|Planetfall]]). Prior to the release of the movie, screenwriter [[Roberto Orci]] defended this choice over the use of a spaceship such as the ''Ark'' by asking why "aliens who moonlight as vehicles need other vehicles to travel".<ref name="orcitravel">[http://tformers.com/Ark-Not-Making-An-Appearance-In-the-Movie/6513/news.html TFormers quoting Roberto Orci], because Don Murphy's board can only be read by registered members.</ref> He somewhat changed his mind after the movie had been released, however.<ref name="orciship">[http://boards.transformersmovie.com/showpost.php?p=388596&postcount=271 Roberto Orci on the Transformers Live Action Movie Boards], July 2007.</ref> After the Decepticons' ship, the ''[[Nemesis (ROTF)|Nemesis]]'', had made an appearance in ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'', ''Dark of the Moon'' not only introduces the movieverse version of the ''[[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]'', but also reveals that all the new Autobots who have been on Earth since before ''Revenge of the Fallen'' had arrived in their own spaceship, the ''[[Xantium (DOTM)|Xantium]]'', making the notion of individual Transformers traveling through space as "comets" an exception rather than the rule.
** Furthermore, ''Dark of the Moon'' largely abandons the idea of Transformers having all their weapons integrated into their bodies in favor of more traditional, separate weapons. For example, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], who had blades and hooks emerging from his forearms in the previous two movies now stores all his weapons (including an axe) as accessories inside his trailer. Also, Ironhide, whose cannons were previously affixed to his arms, now sports handheld firearms instead. Even Megatron, whose [[fusion cannon]] previously grew out of his arms, now has an ordinary hand-held shotgun. Though it can be argued that Optimus still has his swords in his arms during the Chicago battle, and both Ironhide and Megatron lost their integrated weapons in the previous film, the general change is still noticeable. The only ones who still seem to have the same converting arm cannons as in the previous movies are Bumblebee, Ratchet, and Starscream.
* Another change from the previous movies (though not rooted in ''Generation 1'') is that Transformers that take damage in battle now spill a red liquid that is very obviously meant to resemble human blood.
* [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] finally achieves a certain consistency between his two primary modes: Ever since his upgrade to a modern Camaro in ''Transformers'' (2007), his [[license plate]] had alternated between "900 STRA" in vehicle mode and "4NZZ 454" in robot mode. ''Dark of the Moon'' finally uses "900 STRA" for the robot mode as well. Hasbro's toys, which had previously favored the CG robot model's "4NZZ 454" (barring the occasional "4NZZ'''Z''' 454" flub), follow suit.
*Speaking of license plates: [[Dutch (DOTM)|Dutch]]'s Maybach 62S Landaulet sports a German license plate, "'''S MM 6201'''", registered in the city of Stuttgart. In reality, that plate is registered to the manufacturer and used for promotional photos.<ref name="maybach">[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-just-movie-31/update--transformers-3-rumor--who-wants-to-be-a-millionaire-170533/ Set photos and promo photos of the Maybach 62S Landaulet] at TFW2005.</ref>
*Michael Bay's private Gulfstream Aerospace G-1159A jet (registration number N4500X) has a cameo in the movie as [[Charlotte Mearing]]'s plane.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''''Transformers/Darkside Moon''''' (トランスフォーマー/ダークサイド・ムーン ''Toransufōmā/Dāku Saido Mūn'')
*''Cantonese:'' (變形金剛: 黑月降臨, "Transformers: The Arrival of the Black Moon")
*''Finnish:'' '''''Transformers: Kuun pimeä puoli''''' ("Transformers: The Dark Side of the Moon")
*''French:'' '''''Transformers 3: La Face cachée de la Lune''''' ("Transformers 3: The Hidden Side of the Moon")
*''German:'' '''''Transformers 3'''''
*''Italian:'' '''''Transformers 3'''''
*''Mandarin:'' '''''Biàn-hsín Jīn-gāng Sān''''' (Taiwan, 變形金剛３, "Transformers 3"), '''''Biànxíng Jīngāng: Yuè Hēi zhī Shí''''' (China, 变形金刚：月黑之时, "Transformers: When the Moon Becomes Black")
*''Polish:'' '''''Transformers 3'''''
*''Portuguese:'' '''''Transformers: O Lado Oculto da Lua''''' ("Transformers: The Hidden Side of the Moon")
*''Russian:'' '''''Transformery 3: Tjomnaja storona Luny''''' (Трансформеры 3: Тёмная сторона Луны, "Transformers 3: The Dark Side of the Moon")
*''Serbian:'' '''''Transformers 3: Tama Meseca''''' ("Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon")
*''Spanish:'' '''''Transformers: El Lado Oscuro de la Luna''''' (America, "Transformers: The Dark Side of the Moon")
*''Swedish:'' '''''Transformers 3'''''

==Footnotes==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
*[http://www.transformersmovie.com/ Official ''Transformers: Dark of the Moon'' website]
*[http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/paramount/transformersdarkofthemoon/ Trailers.Apple.com ''Transformers: Dark of the Moon'' page]
* Designer portfolios: [http://www.joshnizzi.com/TF3.htm Josh Nizzi], [http://www.warrenmanser.com/WarrenManser.com/PORTFOLIO_M/Pages/TRANSFORMERS_3.html Warren Manser], [http://www.joelchang.com/index.php?/projects/transformers-dark-of-the-moon/ Joel Chang], [http://conceptartworld.com/?p=8293 The Aaron Sims Company] (at Concept Art World), [http://conceptartworld.com/?p=8388 Wesley Burt] (at Concept Art World), [http://massiveblack.com/MBwebolution/blog/?p=301 Massive Black], [http://www.ghull.com/#/125195 George Hull]

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Colan

2014-08-06T08:13:59Z

Blackjack: /* Notes */

:''Colan is a [[human]] from the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]] portion of the [[Movie continuity|live-action movie continuity]].''

[[Image:Professor Colan ROTF film.jpg|thumb|300px|right|"And how big do you want this robot?" "Lifesize." "Mmmm, no. Better make it two-thirds. Easier to stop if it turns on us."]]

Professor '''Colan''' is a professor of astronomy at [[Princeton University]]. His classes are always popular, particularly with the ladies. Perhaps it's his roguish good looks, perhaps his enthusiasm for his subject matter, or perhaps it's that he pays as much attention to the heavenly bodies ''inside'' his classroom as outside. Just don't try to upstage him, or you're in for a whole ''galaxy'' of pain.

{{quote|We're going on a journey together, you and I, today. All you eager, nubile, young minds on the cusp of adulthood.|Professor Colan makes sure everyone's legal|[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]}}

==Fiction==
===''Revenge of the Fallen'' film===
:''Actor:'' [[Rainn Wilson]] (English), [[Takeshi Maruyama]] (Japanese dub), [[Ricardo Tejedo]] (Latin American-Spanish dub)

[[Image:Professor Colan IDW ROTF 2.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Your pencils are creating a health hazard. I could fall and pierce an organ. ]]

Professor Colan was delivering the dazzling presentation of his first day of class, a feat which quite rightly titillated the ladies in the front row. Then [[Sam Witwicky|some upstart]] interrupted, and in spite of being told that now was not the time for questions rushed the podium and ''usurped'' the good professor's chalkboard. Suspecting that he was being "punk'd" in front of one of the university's deans, Professor Colan quite rightly drummed the rapscallion out of his class.

Several days later, after the [[Sun]] was nearly snuffed out by [[Decepticon|evil robots]], the ever magnanimous professor welcomed Sam Witwicky back (but not without some sarcasm). {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}
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==Notes==
*As revealed on the film's audio commentary, the character was based on a real professor Bay knew at university.

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Sandstorm (G1)

2014-08-06T07:25:24Z

Blackjack: /* IDW Generation 1 continuity */

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:''Sandstorm is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:G1AutobotSandstorm boxart.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|DEEP HURTING]]
'''Sandstorm''' gets bored easily, and has a very hard time concentrating on humdrum tasks. He craves excitement, and since the [[Transformer]]s apparently don't have the X-Games (though they do have [[Optimus Primal|skateboarding apes]]), he goes in for fighting the [[Decepticon]]s. The ever-present threat of deactivation or maiming doesn't frighten him, but he does fear that the war might end any chance for him to enjoy life. For Sandstorm, war may not be heaven, but it's a hell of an adventure.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
{{noteukonly}}
[[File:Triplechangerstarget2006.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|"Think how great a first impression we'd make if I shot him in the crotch!"]]
''Sandstorm was one of three [[Triple Changer]]s recruited by [[Emirate]] [[Xaaron]] to back up the [[Wrecker]]s in [[Operation: Volcano]], replacing [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] after he went missing. In order to make a good first impression on [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]], their new commander, Sandstorm and his buddies beat the titanium-coated stuffing out of him, thus proving that they'd fit right in with the Wreckers.'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}}

''As a member of the Heroic Wreckers, Sandstorm's resume includes beating up Autobot leader [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]],'' {{storylink|...The Harder They Die!}} ''beating up Autobot scientist [[Flame (Marvel)|Flame]] and destroying his life's work,'' {{storylink|Meltdown!}} ''NOT beating up [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and letting him escape unmolested on Earth,'' {{storylink|Wrecking Havoc}} ''and routinely scaring humans and destroying entire towns.'' {{storylink|Wrecking Havoc}} {{storylink|Cold Comfort and Joy!}} ''In an alternate future, he murdered an [[Triton|unarmed fellow Autobot]], starting a new Cybertronian Civil War between the Wreckers and the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]].'' {{storylink|Peace}} ''He was also in the immediate vicinity when his leader Impactor died, and did nothing to stop it. Twice.''

''Eh...hrm. Let's spruce up the old resume a bit, shall we?''

''As a member of the Heroic Wreckers, Sandstorm's resume includes capturing a potential spy who looked like Optimus Prime,'' {{storylink|...The Harder They Die!}} ''stopping an evil genius and his army of zombies from destroying the world,'' {{storylink|Meltdown!}} ''sacrificing personal glory to save his leader [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] from the [[Cyclonus (G1)|Decepticon]] [[Scourge (G1)|Targetmasters]],'' {{storylink|Wrecking Havoc}} ''and routinely interacting with the locals while assigned to Earth.'' {{storylink|Cold Comfort and Joy!}} ''In an alternate future, he was personally responsible for destroying the last living Decepticon in the universe.'' {{storylink|Peace}} ''He also respected Impactor a great deal, in life and in death.''

''Ah. Much better. Meanwhile...''

[[File:Blasterbeourleaderplease.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Aren't you with the Wreckers? In space?]]
Oppressed under [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]'s tyrannical rule, Sandstorm and several others on board the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] pleaded for [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] to usurp Grimlock as leader of the Autobots. No one knows how Sandstorm got there. {{storylink|Spacehikers!}}

''After being assigned to Earth duty and reporting to Cybertron about Galvatron amassing resources, Sandstorm joined a joint task force of Wreckers and [[Mayhem Attack Squad|Mayhems]] in confronting the evil Decepticon from the future. They were strong. They were numerous. They were annihilated. Galvatron's [[particle cannon]] ended up obliterating Sandstorm while the task force was in full retreat after losing more than half their members.'' {{storylink|Time Wars}}
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====''Classics''====
{{noteclassics}}
Sandstorm was seen helping to rebuild the [[Ironworks]]. When the evil Autobots attacked from the negative polarity universe, Sandstorm was one of the first wave assimilated by the [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]]. {{storylink|Invasion (issue)|Invasion}}
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====''Regeneration One''====
{{noterg1}}
[[File:Wreckers loose ends.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.66|Once a background character, always a background character.]]
In [[2012]], twenty-one years after the apparent end of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] and reoccupation of Cybertron, Sandstorm and the other Wreckers joined [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] in going AWOL to investigate the "loose ends" of the conflict on other planets such as Earth and [[Nebulos]].

Unfortunately, they only made it as far as a devastated Earth before they were apparently blown out of the sky by [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 1}} The Wreckers escaped their ship in shuttles that took them to Earth's surface, where they decided to lay low while Rack'n'Ruin checked on Broadside and Topspin, as they had suffered damage during the battle. After, Sandstorm tried to draw off most of Megatron's [[zombie]] army with [[Leadfoot (G2)|Leadfoot]] and [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] while Kup tried to send a distress signal to Cybertron. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 2}} Upon returning to the other Wreckers, he found them being threatened by a [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|super-powered human]] calling himself Circuit Smasher. Topspin recognized the human as Spike Witwicky, a former ally of the Autobots, and Spike grudgingly took the to [[Argus Base]] where they met [[G.B. Blackrock]]. Sandstorm attended a meeting with Blackrock, Circuit Smasher, and Springer to form a plan to take down Megatron. During their meeting, they received a message from Megatron, informing them that he had Kup captive, and had infected him with [[Scraplet]]s! {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 3}} Sandstorm, Springer and Whirl split off from the other Wreckers, so they could try to save Kup, and, in the process, create a distraction so the other Wreckers could deactivate the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. They fought hard, but were quickly taken down by Megatron's forces. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 4}} With the arrival of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] with reinforcements from Cybertron and a joint Wrecker-human assault on the Ark, Megatron and his zombie army were defeated. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 5}}

Sandstorm and returned to Cybertron aboard the ''[[Valiant (G1)|Valiant]]'' {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Five}} where he continued to serve with the Wreckers; helping to keep the peace at [[Eugenesis Plaza]] {{storylink|Destiny, Part One}} and [[Auto-artery RG1]] {{storylink|Destiny, Part Two}} and participating in a failed attack at [[Fort Scyk]] to root out [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]]'s Neo-Decepticons. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Three}} With the arrival of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s ''[[Warworld]]'' above the planet, he formed part of a raid on the Decepticon ship but was caught unawares by the master of [[Metallikato]] and found himself impaled by a sword. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Five}}

Sandstorm was well enough recovered to join Rodimus Prime's assault on the [[Hub (G2)|Hub Network]], with the Wreckers operating separately from the main Autobot forces and using the Hub's interplanetary "slam tube" rail system to avoid detection while causing massive explosions to detach planets from its superstructure. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 4}}

===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Jerry Houser]] (English), [[Yoku Shioya]] (Japanese)|[[Héctor Vieyra]] (Latin American), [[Bernd Simon]] (German, ''Fight or Flee''), [[Imo Heite]] (German, ''Starscreams Ghost''), [[Frank Röth]] (German, Generation 2 Dub)}}

[[File:SandstormAutobot1.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Autobot Creamsicle]]
Sandstorm is a native of [[Paradron]]. His Autobot ancestors fled Cybertron during what he called [[Cybertronian Civil Wars|the Fourth Great War]] and ventured through a strange vortex, where they discovered a habitable world. There, they founded an energon-rich, democratic colony dedicated to non-violence.

But this came to an end when [[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Cyclonus]] and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] stumbled through the vortex and crashed on Paradron. They had no idea where they were, but they knew it was a land ripe for the picking. They literally pushed the welcoming Paradronians around, then alerted [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] to the planet's existence. Sandstorm tried to rally his fellows against the two Decepticons, but no one wanted to fight. And he was proven terribly right in the middle of a speech, when Cyclonus abruptly shot him as Galvatron's invasion force descended from the sky.

Sandstorm was jailed, and the Decepticons forced the Paradronians into labor, building weapons. However, Sandstorm escaped rather easily and took an old shuttle back through the vortex. He put out a distress call and was found by the [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] [[Autobot]]s, whom he convinced to mount a counterstrike against Galvatron.

[[File:Sandstorm ThiefInTheNight.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Technically you're not supposed to be here either, but at least we can say the episodes were just out of order.]]
The Autobots infiltrated Paradron and took guerrilla action. They freed a group of Paradronians, and though the pacifists were still wary of Sandstorm's pleas to fight, they did finally take up arms. Despite this victory, though, the Decepticons still presented a daunting battle. Sandstorm gave little objection to [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]]'s order to detonate the planet's energon core, destroying the world to keep it out of Galvatron's hands. In fact, he seemed downright happy to get some use out of the planetary escape pods. The Paradronians departed thusly while Sandstorm and Ultra Magnus planted a bomb on what Magnus called the most beautiful thing in the entire galaxy.

When it detonated five minutes later, Sandstorm and the Paradronians stood alongside the Autobots and watched their homeworld's destruction. "It's as beautiful in death as it was in life," Sandstorm eulogized simply. Rodimus openly mocked him and told him Cybertron was better. {{storylink|Fight or Flee}}

[[File:SandstormOctane BFF.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|"Like the rest of my people, I deplore violins. Why that stopped us from fighting you guys, I have no idea."]]
Maybe that's why he went to Earth instead. Though he was still on the abusive Rodimus' team investigating [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]'s theft of famous monuments. {{storylink|Thief in the Night}} Interestingly, it was as a result of that caper that [[Octane (G1)|Octane]] was excommunicated from Galvatron's army. And then Sandstorm and Octane soon started hanging out, joyriding in and around [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]].

When the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] tried to assassinate Octane, he and Sandstorm fled to a space station somewhere and had lunch. There, a [[Skuxxoid]] in Galvatron's employ tried to kill Octane several times but was comically thwarted by circumstance. Believing it would be safer, Sandstorm and Octane then went to Cybertron. But while Octane was alone there, he finally ''was'' captured by the Decepticons.

As he was being hauled away, Sandstorm tried to rescue him. And failed. {{storylink|Starscream's Ghost}}
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====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
Alongside [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] and [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]], Sandstorm was sent from [[Athenia]] to Cybertron in order to defend against a major Decepticon assault. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} The Triple Changers then traveled to Earth, where they helped [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Twincast]] sneak into [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] by keeping their Decepticon counterparts busy with a dogfight. Apparently, Sandstorm wasn't on friendly terms with Octane anymore. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}}
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====''Wings Universe''====
{{Wingsnote}}
At some point, Sandstorm was replaced with [[Sandstorm (MW)|a clone]]. The clone acted as a sleeper agent, living the original Sandstorm's life until [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] and his clone army attacked Cybertron. {{storylink|Termination}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:DWColdWar Sandstormdies.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|That's not healthy...]]
Sandstorm served under Springer as part of the Wreckers faction during the [[Dark Ages]]. They were primarily interested in keeping [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] and the [[Ultracon]]s from gaining control of the [[Tagan Heights]], the primary manufacturing region of Cybertron. The Wreckers once fought a major battle in the Heights alongside the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] against the combiner known as [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. {{storylink|Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|War Within: The Dark Ages}}

Originally only able to transform into a ground vehicle, Sandstorm received an additional flight mode after the [[Great Shutdown]], when Shockwave put him through Triple Changer engineering as part of the Pax Cybertronia between the Autobots and the Decepticons. {{storylink|New World Order}} Despite serving with Shockwave's Triple Changer Strike Force, Sandstorm and his partner [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] grew uneasy about Shockwave's ultimate intentions, and allied themselves with the Autobot underground resistance. Sandstorm was killed by an assassin, [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]], while secretly leading Optimus Prime through the [[Old Slave Trails]] to make contact with the resistance. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}}
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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers'' continuity===
[[File:ArtofWar3 Sandstorm Springer.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|So bored he's talking to himself.]]
When a number of Autobots and [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joes]] vanished while chasing [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]], Sandstorm and [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] were sent out to look for them. Unfortunately, Serpent O.R. jammed their radars, and they didn't find a thing. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3|The Art of War #3}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:LastStandoftheWreckers4-Sandstorm.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|This didn't happen, but this is what I looked like!]]
Sandstorm was part of the elite Wreckers unit operating under [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]]'s command. At one point, one of the things the Wreckers had to deal with was an anti-matter clone of Sandstorm.{{storylink|Zero Point}} He participated in the final showdown between the Wreckers and [[Squadron X]] on [[Pova]], dogfighting with [[Crosscut (Decepticon)|Crosscut]] and [[Ferak]] in the air. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 4|Last Stand of the Wreckers #4}} However, after the Decepticons were defeated and imprisoned, the Wreckers were told to release them due to Pova being neutral territory. The increasingly deranged Impactor refused, and chose to personally execute every single member of Squadron X rather than let them go. Like most of the Wreckers, Sandstorm only looked away in shame and did nothing to stop him. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 5|Last Stand of the Wreckers #5}}

Notably, Sandstorm was the only one out of the Wreckers that participated in Pova ''not'' to attempt to persuade Springer to testify and clear them of all charges.{{storylink|Zero Point}}

In order to cover up Impactor's crime, a new story was written for the official records. In this version of the events, Squadron X broke out of their bonds and injured Sandstorm, who collapsed after limping to warn his fellow Wreckers. The Wreckers were then forced to destroy Squadron X in a grand battle. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 4|Last Stand of the Wreckers #4}}

[[File:Stormbringer3 Sandstorm.jpg|left|166px|thumb|My face! What did you do with my beautiful face?!]]
Many years later, while Sandstorm and the other aerial Wreckers were assaulting the Decepticon Siege Mode Armature on [[Varas Centralus]], Springer was ordered by Operations-Command to pull out and return to Cybertron to deal with the resurrection of [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 2}} Sandstorm participated in the short assault that crushed Bludgeon's cult, {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 3}} and fought against Thunderwing himself when the creature was recalled to Cybertron. During the battle, he reported that their weapons were being shut down by Thunderwing charging the atmosphere and tried to tell Springer to get away, but he (along with several other Wreckers) were blasted away by the creature's microwave pulse. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 4}}

Sandstorm and his fellow Wreckers were later dispatched to [[Corata-Vaz]] to gain control of the [[Nega-Core]] in place on that world, but had serious trouble getting past its watchdog, Thunderwing. They had a brief reprieve when [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] used the old [[axis cradle]] to remotely shut down the Pretender, but Jetfire was soon distracted and the battle was renewed. The Jumpstarters worked on overriding the Nega Core's programming while Sandstorm and the others held back Thunderwing. Eventually the Nega-Cores were disabled and the Transformers of the [[Dead Universe]] defeated, causing Thunderwing to shut down once more. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}

[[File:Sandstorm Seasons In Flight.jpg|100px|thumb|Sandstorm's <s>blue</s> Blurr period.]]
During the Decepticons' devastating attack against the Autobots across the galaxy, Sandstorm was one of several Autobots who had been captured by [[Turmoil]]. When the ship made a stop at a neutral alien world, two attacks on the Decepticons occurred simultaneously: the Autobot veteran [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] led the remaining Wreckers to blast their way into the ship, while the factionless swordsman who called himself [[Drift (G1)|Drift]] snuck into the ship and helped the Autobots free their compatriots. {{storylink|Spotlight: Drift}}

Sometime later, after the defeat of the Decepticons in [[New York City]], Springer remarked that Sandstorm was deep behind enemy lines. Why he was there, and if it was by his own choosing, is unknown. {{storylink|Bullets}} Eventually, Sandstorm was one of the many Autobots stranded on Earth in the aftermath of the [[Surge (event)|Surge]]. After [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] turned himself in to [[Skywatch]], Sandstorm decided to leave the Autobots along with Hot Rod. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 1: "New Arrivals, Old Encounters"|New Arrivals, Old Encounters}} When Ultra Magnus had located Hot Rod's group, Sandstorm was one of the first Autobots to welcome him. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 3: "Seasons in Flight"|Seasons in Flight}}

Sandstorm was among the Autobots poised to fight against [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]]'s army on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Led by [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]], he and the other Autobot fliers attacked [[Kimia Facility]] and fought with the many [[Sweep]]s defending it. {{storylink|Chaos Part Two: Numbers}} After the war, [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] mentioned that of the Autobots involved with the Turmoil affair, only [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] and [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] were left on Cybertron, suggesting Sandstorm had left the planet, possibly aboard the ''[[Lost Light]]'' or at the Wreckers' [[Debris]] station with Roadbuster and the comatose Springer. {{storylink|Interference Patterns}}

Sandstorm returned to Cybertron at some point prior to the trial of [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]]. Along with his fellow Triple-Changer, Broadside, Sandstorm acted as bailiff escorting Megatron to his trial on [[Moonbase Two|Luna 2]]. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|Towards Peace}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1 Sandstorm toy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|He's like one of those kids that wears a propeller hat.]]
*'''Sandstorm''' (Triple Changer, [[1986]]/[[1991]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-83'''
**''Accessories:'' "Sandblaster gun"

:As a [[Triple Changer]], Sandstorm can transform from a robot to a "sand rail" dune buggy to a Sikorsky S-62 amphibious transport helicopter and back. Like many 1986 Transformers, there are two different versions; the initial releases use painted [[die-cast]] metal for his front bumper/robot-mode feet, while the more common later releases have orange-colored plastic.

:He was re-released in the [[Europe]]an [[Classics (Europe)|Classics]] line in 1991, this time with black plastic feet painted orange.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Sandstorm/sandstorm.htm More information on Sandstorm at TFU.info]''
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===''Machine Wars''===
[[File:MachineWars Sandstorm toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Sandstorm''' (Mega, [[1997]])
**''Accessories:'' 2 cannons, rotor blade

:A [[redeco]] of the [[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]] [[Rotorstorm (G1)|Rotorstorm]] toy, ''[[Machine Wars: Transformers|Machine Wars]]'' Sandstorm transforms into a Cybertronian helicopter with a US Air Force roundel added to his helicopter mode. Due to the small missiles of Rotorstorm failing US [[For safety reasons|choke gate]] tests, the turbine launchers were [[retool]]ed into non-firing cannons, with no missiles included. A button on the back of the rotor housing drops down both engines/cannons for an "attack mode" feature. In robot mode, Sandstorm has quite restricted articulation, and holds his turbine launchers in his hands. He can also hold his rotor blade as a somewhat odd [[sword]].

:This mold was later redecoed (and given further-retooled launchers) to make ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Whirl (Universe)|Whirl]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1997/Autobot/Sandstorm/sandstorm.htm More information on Machine Wars Sandstorm at TFU.info]''
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===''Generations''===
[[File:Generationstoy-SandstormGDO.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|So [[Sandstorm (TF 2010)|Movie Sandstorm]] gets a redeco of a G1 guy, and G1 Sandstorm gets a redeco of a Movie guy. Okayyyyy.]]
*'''Sandstorm''' (Scout, [[2012]])

:''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' Sandstorm is a redeco of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Dune Runner (ROTF)|Dune Runner]], transforming into a vehicle based on the [[Sector Seven]] dune buggies seen in the [[Transformers (film)|2007 ''Transformers'' film]], which were heavily modified Chenowth Desert Patrol Vehicles (DPV) with added protective armor. This same vehicle also served as the basis for the [[Movie (toyline)|2007 movie toyline's]] [[Landmine (Movie)|Landmine]]. The twin gatling guns mounted on Sandstorm's roof/shoulders have multi-jointed armatures for different firing positions.

:Originally developed by Hasbro Asia for release in their territories, Sandstorm was brought over with many other toys as [[Toys"R"Us|ToysЯUs]] exclusives for the 2012 holiday season.

:This mold was also used to make ''Revenge of the Fallen'' [[Beachcomber (ROTF)|Beachcomber]] and [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|''Transformers:]] [[Hunt for the Decepticons]]'' [[Crankstart (TF 2010)|Crankstart]] and [[Rollbar (RPM)|Rollbar]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Autobot/GDOSandstorm/sandstorm.htm More information on ''Generations'' Sandstorm at TFU.info]''
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{{anchor|Voyager}}
[[File:Generationstoy-VoyagerSandstorm.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Now made of delicious cheese.]]
*'''Sandstorm''' (Voyager, 2013)
**''Series / Number:'' '''02 / 003'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TG29'''
**''Accessories:'' Rifle, missile

:Part of the fourth wave of [[2012]]-[[2013]] ''Generations'' Voyager Class toys, '[[Thrilling 30]]' Sandstorm is a redeco and heavy retool of Voyager [[Springer (G1)#Voyager|Springer]], and is a Triple Changer, transforming into a robot, VTOL aircraft, and dune buggy. He comes with a blaster which can fire its missile via pressure-launch, peg via [[5mm post]] onto his hands and back, and mount underneath his aircraft nose.

:With the extensive retool has also come a complete rework of the tolerances, making Sandstorm's panels align better than Generation Springer, especially in his car mode. One notable and curious change involves the little dents inside the side-chest pieces: initially intended to hold the blade of the sword in his car mode, Springer's ones weren't able to do the job perfectly because of the asymmetrical shape of the sword, making it unable to fit inside the symmetrical dents. Sandstorm's side-chest dents, on the other hand have been modified to be asymmetrical, allowing the blade of Springer's sword to fit in better. This is, nevertheless, a pointless change, as Sandstorm doesn't come with his own heli-sword and doesn't have the same kneecaps as Springer that allow the handle of Springer's sword to be fitted in.

:The [[TakaraTomy]] release of Sandstorm features much more orange in his color layout than his western counterpart: his canopy/roof, wings, crotch, feet, rifle and missile are all rendered orange. There are also some other minor changes, such as a centered Autobot sigil and a painted silver bumper.

:The original version of this mold was also used to make ''[[Transformers Cloud|Cloud]]'' [[Hot Rodimus]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Autobot/GenSandstorm/sandstorm.htm More information on "Thrilling 30" Sandstorm at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Sandstorm''' (サンドストーム ''Sandosutōmu'')
*''French:'' '''Siroco''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Ghibli'''
*''Russian:'' '''Zatvor''' (Затвор, "Shutter")

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

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Forever Is a Long Time Coming (issue)

2014-08-06T07:23:50Z

Blackjack: /* Continuity notes */

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'''Optimus Prime has finally fingered the culprit...'''

==Synopsis==
[[Slag (G1)|Slug]], still fuming after his confrontation with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Pime]], takes the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] to the Optimus Prime statue, which he summarily decapitates. Slug threatens to kill Optimus and drags the other Dinobots into following him, just as an explosion goes off and sends the four flying. In reality, exposing the Dinobots' old war crimes was a feint by Optimus; the unknowing Dinobots fall through a trap door with [[Barricade (G1)|Barricade]]'s help and are caught in mid-air by [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] and [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]].

All of this was to draw out the killer—[[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]], who Optimus confronts. Gone off the deep end, Sandstorm shoots Prime with an [[infernus bullet]], only to show regret afterwards. Optimus rips the bullet out of his body and places Sandstorm under arrest. Sandstorm tells his side: he had seen too much, too terrible, to allow others to go unpunished for their crimes during the war. All of the Cybertronians he had killed or attempted to kill had all committed unspeakable acts and had to be killed in the name of justice; he only pretended to befriend those in [[Gutcruncher (G1)|Gutcruncher]]'s bar to make it easier to kill them all. After asking whether Optimus knew of the Autobot atrocities and how he could manage knowing them, Sandstorm tries to flee, but Optimus simply knocks him out and answers that he tries to stay "grounded".

The murders solved, Optimus goes on his personal errand: bringing the remaining half of the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to the site where he received it all those years ago. It is the anniversary of when he became Prime. Optimus shares with Windblade that he was honest about his calling out of the Dinobots, believing that bots like them who refuse to change are the greatest threat to the future; but still, he has faith that the future can be a peaceful one.

==Featured characters==
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*[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] (1)
*[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] (2)
*[[Slag (G1)|Slug]] (3)
*[[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] (4)
*[[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] (7)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] (9)
*''[[Lander (Masterforce)|Lander]]'' (22)
*''[[Fireball]]'' (23)
*''[[Skram (G2)|Skram]]'' (24)
*''[[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]]'' (25)
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*''[[Treadshot (Universe 2003)|Treadshot]]'' (9)
*''[[Brisko]]'' (10)
*''[[Wilder]]'' (11)
*''[[Ransack (G2)|Ransack]]'' (12)
*''[[Heavy Barrel (G1)|Heavy Barrel]]'' (13)
*''[[Gutcruncher (G1)|Gutcruncher]]'' (14)
*''[[Stratotronic]]'' (15)
*? (16)
*? (17)
*''[[Skidmark (G1)|Skidmark]]'' (18)
*''[[Sparkstalker]]'' (19)
*''[[Flamefeather]]'' (20)
*''[[Cindersaur (G1)|Cindersaur]]'' (21)
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*[[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] (6)
*[[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] (8)
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==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*In [[Zero Point]], notably Sandstorm was the only one among the Wreckers that didn't try to get [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] to testify for them and absolve them of being acquited over the atrocities committed at Pova. Foreshadowing, people!

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Zero Point

2014-08-06T04:53:23Z

Blackjack: /* Notes */

{{Comicstory|
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'''Roadbuster cares for a comatose Springer.'''

==Synopsis==
In the abandoned [[Debris]], [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] spends his every day caring for the dying Springer, cleaning his optics and reading him excerpts from [[Ironfist (G1)|Fisitron's]] ''[[Wreckers: Declassified]]''. The medics can't bring the Autobot back from his slow death because they can't find the "[[zero point]]", the tiny, near-invisible gap between two energy conductors that keeps the Spark going. [[Rung (G1)|Rung]] had suggested that the Spark may respond to emotional triggers, and so Roadbuster taught himself how to read so he could recount old war stories to his friend. He's read through 331 of the logs though, struggling through the "Fisitronism" and the repetitions and the discomfort about himself being in the logs as a one-dimensional gun nut, and nothing has yet happened.

''Springer had always tried to be a black-and-white, Heroic Autobots vs. Evil Decepticons type of guy, but as the war dragged on he decided being a decent 'bot was holding him back. A chance encounter with [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]] and the [[Wrecker]]s at the Battle of [[Sherma Bridge]] was a jolt to the system and he eagerly signed up as a reservist. He was made a member of the 17th line-up and grew to see Impactor as an older brother... but the Wreckers soon became uncomfortably violent and dirty, just as the war did. There were too many abuses of prisoners, too many battlefield atrocities, and Springer found himself saying that it wasn't'' his ''problem.'' He ''wasn't doing any of it, and sometimes he helped calm them down (less and less as time went on).''

''Then the Wreckers became obsessed with [[Squadron X]], ignoring all other threats in favour of tracking down their opposite numbers. It came to a head on [[Pova]], where Impactor murdered eight helpless prisoners. Springer immediately contacted High Command, where Prowl been waiting for just such a whistleblower, and testified against his leader. Roadbuster, Whirl, Rack'n'Ruin, all of them then came to Springer (each thinking he was the only one) to beg him to become the new leader, admitting their horror at what happened and afraid that Prowl would use this as an excuse to end them. Roadbuster was shaken by the fact his gun had been used, thinking Impactor only wanted it for self-defence in case the Squadron broke free. Springer promised he'd become their leader if they got through this, and testified that the others had nothing to do with the murders.''

Roadbuster tries to read the ''Declassified'' account of Pova but can't: he knows it's a lie. He finally confesses to Springer: that they all knew Springer was making Impactor's hatred worse, pumping up all the Wreckers with atrocity propaganda against Squadron X, and all because Springer needed them to be doing something foul to give himself an excuse to cut loose. And Roadbuster had known that Impactor was going to murder them and so had the others, and they were glad he was doing it, Roadbuster was even proud of him; their concern had been that Springer would stop him. And because they knew Springer felt he was leadership material and could 'correct' the Wreckers, they lied to him and played him to avoid being arrested as well.

After his confession, Roadbuster apologises because he now knows Springer was a great leader: their best leader.

Then, the life-support machines register a resurgent Spark, and when Roadbuster checks a small tear in Springer's optic, he sees a touch of its old Matrix blue is coming back.

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*[[Rotorstorm (G1)|Rotorstorm]] (5)
*[[Ironfist (G1)|Ironfist]] (6)
*[[Pyro (G1)|Pyro]] (7)
*[[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]] (8)
*[[Kup (G1)|Kup]] (9)
*[[Kaput]] (10)
*[[Rung (G1)|Rung]] (11)
*[[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] (14)
*[[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] (15)
*[[Rack'n'Ruin|Rack n' Ruin]] (16–17)

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*[[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] (12)
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==Notes==
* This story was first printed in the hardcover of ''Last Stand''.
* Roadbuster name-drops the Nanocons, which will appear in the MTMTE Annual.
* Kup and Rung are old friends.
* Among the threats that the Wreckers ignored on their X quest were the [[Black Epoch]], the [[Simanzi Massacre]] and the [[Crucible]], and the "Rise of the [[Dethroner]]".
* Squadron X were merely refuelling on Pova. The hardcover's ''Squadron X'' profiles reveals more: they were only transporting munitions in the Redan Quadrant, and two members were not long for the team anyway.
* Springer's call to Autobot High Command to inform them of Impactor's misdeeds took place at the [[G'th Semane]] spaceport, named for the Biblical garden of Gethsemane, where Judas betrayed [[Jesus]]. A bit on the nose, that one.
* Transformers' optics glow because the Spark is healthy, and act as a genuine 'window' into the soul. Springer's optics hint that he might actually be Matrix compatible.
* Ironfist's memorial statue on [[Kimia Facility|Kimia]], briefly seen in "[[Chaos Part One: Lamentations]]", is mentioned. All of Ironfist's "Fisitron" writings were released in a collected format when the statue was unveiled, and Prowl wrote the foreword. (Roadbuster thinks the foreword is rubbish)
* Roadbuster did not know how to read until this story.

[[Category:Last Stand of the Wreckers issues]]

Scattershot (G1)

2014-08-05T19:21:11Z

Blackjack: /* Marvel Comics continuity */

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{{disambig3|Scattershot}}
:''Scattershot is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]]. He is sometimes known as '''Scattorshot'''.''

[[File:DWMTMTE Scattershot.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"I'm smart. Now hold still while I shoot you."]]
'''Scattershot''' needs no desktop generals or academy-trained slag skimmers to tell him how to fight. He just wades into a [[Decepticon Patrol|Decepticon patrol]] and doesn't come out until he's broken all his crayons and scribbled all over the mazes he couldn't solve. Then he puts down the coloring books and does the same thing to a hostile Decepticon force, only with guns and [[acid pellet]]s instead of crayons. That's what he calls "strategy". Though Scattershot forms the main body of the giant [[Computron (G1)|Computron]], if his own mind holds any fragment of the thoughtful titan's slow, considered approach, he hides it very well.

[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] would certainly like his style, and even the tin-plated bucketheads that think he's a blustering buffoon must admit that Scattershot is uniquely tough, the sort that [[Rollbar (G1)|Rollbar]] would say "broke the mold he was poured in". He won't stop fighting until he's utterly spent, down to his last microjoule of energy and drop of [[energon]]. He expects no less from the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] under his command.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
{{noteukonly}}
Scattershot was one of the Autobots who left [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] aboard the ''[[Steelhaven]]'' in order to start a new life away from war (and perhaps from tin-plated bucketheads). But the Decepticons followed them to their new home on [[Nebulos]]. Scattershot and the other Technobots repelled a Terrorcon attack on the resort city [[Splendora]] before all of the Transformers left Nebulos. {{storylink|Love and Steel!}}

''Scattershot travelled to [[Earth]] in an [[Ark shuttlecraft]] to confront the [[time travel]]ling Decepticon [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] alongside [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. However, when Prime and his companions were [[mass substitution|transported]] to [[Limbo]] by the arrival of [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] and his future Autobots via [[Time-jump mechanism|time-jump]], Max and Scattershot jumped to the wrong conclusion and attacked the newcomers. Eventually the misunderstanding was explained and the present and future Autobots united with their Decepticon counterparts to end the threat posed by the [[time rift]].'' {{storylink|Time Wars}}

The Terrorcons later lamented Scattershot's demise as he and the other Technobots were killed by [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] upon arriving in [[Buenos Aires]]. Stopping the [[Underbase]] was one puzzle Scattershot could not solve. {{storylink|Dark Star}}

====Marvel UK future timelines====
In [[2008]], when [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] learned that [[Unicron]] was reconstructing himself on the planet of [[Junkion (planet)|Junk]], he took a shuttle with Scattershot, [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]], and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] to bring a stop to it. While Prime and the Dinobots took the low road to wade through Unicron's mind-controlled [[Junkion (species)|Junkion]] followers, Scattershot and Smokescreen stayed on the shuttle, taking pot-shots at Unicron's giant head while avoiding his annihilating eye beams. {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}} Some months later, Scattershot joined [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] in responding to a Decepticon rescue call, and soon began fighting right alongside [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]]'s forces against a marauding army of [[Quintesson]]s. Despite bonding in the course of battle, Soundwave reluctantly refused Magnus's suggestion of peace, as too much had happened between the two factions over the millennia. As the Decepticons departed, Scattershot remarked that Soundwave was probably right, and Ultra Magnus called that the true tragedy. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}

[[File:ScattershotKillsRoadBusterUkAnnual88.jpg|thumb|left|225px|And so, the "Tastes great! Less filling!" argument reaches its inevitable conclusion.]]
In another timeline, the war between the Autobots and the Decepticons came to a close in [[2510]], when [[Springer (G1)|Springer]]'s [[Wrecker]]s took down the last Decepticon outpost. One Decepticon still survived, however: [[Triton]], a deep-cover spy working inside the Autobots. When Rodimus Prime announced his retirement and plan to give over the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] to Springer, Triton spoke out against the idea, dividing the Autobots on whether Springer or Ultra Magnus should be the next leader. Scattershot and the Technobots sided with Magnus, while the Wreckers remained loyal to Springer. The next sequence of events was inevitable: [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] shoved Triton, Triton punched Whirl, [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] threatened to kill Triton, but Scattershot fired first, claiming the first casualty of the new Autobot Civil War. {{storylink|Peace}}
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====Regeneration One=====
Scattershot was part of the forces that went with Rodimus Prime to assault [[the Hub|the Hub Network]], leading one half of a two-pronged attack on one of the Hub's connection systems to cripple it. The plan proved a failure and a massive Cybertronian army attacked, downing the ship Scattershot was in. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 3}} Somehow Scattershot was apparently left on Cybertron and was one of the victims of the transfiguration caused by the Dark Entity, presumably turned into a [[Shadow-leech]]. Before his demise, he was manning the security outside the Star Chamber. His acid pellet gun was found by [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and used to pierce through the door.{{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}} Either way, he died.

===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
[[File:ScattershotGrimNewBrain.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|He can only hit things flying over him.]]

{{voiceactor|[[Stephen Keener]] (English), [[Minoru Inaba]] (Japanese)|[[Hans-Rainer Müller]] (German, ''Grimlocks New Brain'' & ''The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1''), [[Peter Musäus]] (German, ''Money is Everything''), [[Thomas Rau]] (German, ''The Rebirth, Part 1'')}}

To counter the threat of the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]], an accidentally super-intelligent [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] built Scattershot and the other Technobots out of parts from [[Unicron]]'s brain. Scattershot was appointed leader of the new team by his own creator, a fact that did not sit well with him initially, but the Dinobot leader replied that he and his team mates were perfectly capable of fulfilling their task. As the Technobots rushed into battle against their counterparts, Scattershot shattered the [[anti-electron]] source that [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] had stolen for [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]], thwarting the Decepticon's plans. When the Terrorcons merged into [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]], Scattershot and his team were forced to pull back seeking for Grimlock's advice. It was then when the Dinobot leader revealed to the group that he also had given them the ability to merge into the gestalt [[Computron (G1)|Computron]]. After receiving Grimlock's super-intelligence (the process leaving him in his original mental state), Computron was successful in defeating Abominus by forcing him to separate into his individual Terrorcon components, and Galvatron was left with no choice but to call his minions for a retreat. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}}

Later stationed in [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on [[Earth]], the Technobots helped [[Earth Defense Command|EDC]] captain [[Marissa Faireborn]] track down a [[Quintesson]] base within the solar system, with the help (and occasional hindrance) of the smuggler [[Dirk Manus]]. {{storylink|Money Is Everything}}

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[[File:ReturnofOptimus1 Scattershot rescues Jessica.jpg|thumb|left|200px| ]]

{{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}

Scattershot was manning the radar screen at Autobot City months later, when he made out about a 100 "blips" heading right for them. His keen Technobot intelligence interpreted these blips to be <s>the 1987 Decepticon toy shipment</s> a full scale attack. During the assault, he used his rarely seen third mode to take potshots at the Decepticons from the ground before joining them in the skies for up close and personal combat. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}}

===Japanese cartoon continuity===
====''The Great Transformer War'' comic====
The Technobots, upgraded with the help of the human scientist Doctor [[Dalton (G1)|Dalton]], faced off against the Terrorcon [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]], but it was a trap set by [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]. Forcing Abominus to split into his components, the individual Terrorcons spat a mind-controlling substance at Computron. Before Galvatron could get far with his new warrior, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] came to the Technobots’ rescue in an [[exosuit]], firing a beam into Computron’s eyes that removed the mind-controlling effect. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 2|The Great Transformer War #2}}

====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Masashi Ebara]] (Japanese)

In [[2011]], Galvatron staged a major attack on Cybertron. Scattershot and the Technobots joined the Dinobots on the front lines of defense. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} As [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] began his search for the [[Matrix of Leadership]] on Earth, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] gathered Scattershot and the Technobots to prevent the Decepticons from hampering his quest. When Hot Rod finally located the Matrix, [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] confronted him with the Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] and Terrorcons, but the Technobots arrived to help even the odds. Scattershot ordered them to form Computron, and the mighty giant occupied the Decepticons so that Hot Rod could make a break for the [[space bridge|Space Bridge]]. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

Later, Galvatron launched [[Metamorphose]], a metal-twisting meteorite, and the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] were its first victims. Scattershot and the Technobots were sent out to recover their damaged comrades for repairs, but they were intercepted by the Terrorcons. The fighting escalated with new arrivals on both sides, as the Decepticons tried to keep their foes occupied until the meteorite reached [[Athenia]], destroying the Autobots completely. The [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Battleship Maximus]] eventually arrived to carry the Headmasters into space to confront the meteorite, and so Scattershot and the Technobots formed Computron and covered their retreat. {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}}

Scattershot was on Earth with Ultra Magnus, attending to the [[Sixshot (G1)|shadowy robot]]'s threat to steal all of Japan's energy. {{storylink|Terror! The Six Shadows}} The two of them also studied the mysterious seismic activity which led to a volcano erupting near the [[Peru]]vian city of [[Pan]]. Maybe [[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]] and [[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]] finally nagged Scattershot into taking an interest in science. {{storylink|The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts}} When [[buridanka|a giant carnivorous plant]] took root in [[San Francisco]], Ultra Magnus sent Scattershot and the Technobots to deal with the incident. The plant proved to be extraordinarily resilient, however, and it was also guarded by the Decepticons. The Technobots were distracted by combat with the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]], first as individuals and later combined as Computron and [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]. {{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}} After the [[Trainbot]]s ran into trouble on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], Scattershot and his team were on the way to help when [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] and [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] intervened. The Earthbound Decepticons succeeded in occupying the Technobots so that they couldn't make it to Mars. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger}}

Scattershot and the Technobots were part of a strike team that flew to the [[Moon (moon)|moon]] to disrupt Scorponok's gathering of Decepticons. They immediately formed Computron upon entering the battle. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}} Scattershot's regiment later helped load the Trainbots with energon supplies for the destitute planet [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]]. They were attacked by the greedy Decepticons and fought back both as the mighty Computron and as individuals, using the Trainbots' large vehicle modes as a shield. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

The Technobots accompanied Fortress on his quest to prevent the Decepticons from stealing energy elsewhere in the galaxy. During this extended mission, Scattershot and his teammates formed Computron to battle [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] on the planet [[Paradise]]. {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}}

After returning to Earth, Scattershot and the Technobots reassociated with Ultra Magnus at Autobot City on Earth. They were sent to [[Miami]] to counter a Decepticon attack, and battled Abominus as Computron. Unfortunately, the attack was a ruse to draw them away from Autobot City, and they were unable to stop Sixshot's assassination of Ultra Magnus. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}} The Decepticon attacks continued even after Magnus's death, as Sixshot launched five separate strikes at once around the world. Scattershot and the Technobots were dispatched as Computron to one of the many battle sites. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}} Later, Scattershot informed Fortress that the Decepticons were attacking the [[Kamchatka Peninsula]], in the [[Pacific Ring of Fire]]. {{storylink|I Risk My Life for Earth}}

When the Decepticons seemingly abandoned Earth, Scattershot and the Technobots assisted Spike in rebuilding the planet after the enemy's departure. On one occasion, they located Sixshot's old command base. By combining into Computron, the Technobots helped Defensor and Raiden obliterate the base, wiping out all trace of the Decepticons' presence. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 1)}}

As part of Computron, Scattershot participated in the Autobots final battle with Scorponok's Decepticons at the North Pole. He lent his energies to the Headmasters' [[Head Formation]] to revitalize Fortress Maximus at the critical moment. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
Scattershot was second in command of the science vessel [[Calabi-Yau]], working under [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]. It was during this period that their ship encountered the rare [[Ore-13|Ultra-Energon]] on the abandoned [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. In contrast to his usual action-oriented style, it was Scattershot who was the voice of caution on the mission to investigate. It was advice that should have been heeded as the team was attacked by [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s rogue Decepticons. Scattershot himself was impaled by [[Bomb-Burst (G1)|Bomb-Burst]] during the attack. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 1|Stormbringer #1}} Like the other Technobots, Scattershot was in the process of being cannibalized for parts when a recovery team arrived. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 2|Stormbringer #2}} In a desperate battle against the super-powerful [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]], it was the Technobots' brains that saved the day, by uncovering the clues to defeat the juggernaut. Scattershot remained on Cybertron to further investigate. {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 4|Stormbringer #4}}

Some time later, Scattershot and the other Technobots were at least temporarily assigned to assist Jetfire in understanding the mysteries of [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]] and his [[Combiner|gestalt technology]]. This research was conducted at the Autobot penal facility at [[Garrus-9]], under the command of warden [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. When the Decepticons attacked to retrieve [[Pretender Monster|Monstructor's components]], several of the Technobots were heavily damaged in the fighting. {{storylink|Spotlight: Arcee}}

Years later, Scattershot was present in a medical facility on a restored Cybertron. {{storylink|Stick Together}} When the Decepticons made their move to conquer the planet, he aided [[Fixit (G1)|Fixit]] in taking care of the injured. {{storylink|Plan for Everything}}
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==Games==
===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
{{Note|Scattershot is a non-playable character. He appears among the legion of Autobot duplicates in the Decepticon campaign.}}
{{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

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===''Transformers Legends''===
Scattershot and his Technobots were ambushed by the Terrorcons, who not only sought to neutralize Computron, but were also after the keys to Autobot City. {{storylink|Circuit Breaker (Legends)|Circuit Breaker}}

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==Toys==
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===Generation 1===
[[File:Scattershot toy.JPG|upright=1.66|thumb|That's it, baby. Reveal my true allegiance. Aw, yeah.]]
*'''Scattershot''' (Technobot leader, 1987/1988)
**''Team ID number:'' '''TK5'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-86'''
**''Accessories'': "Acid pellet gun", 2 "artillery guns", Computron head, left & right Computron fists, Computron chestplate/base, 2 Computron foot-plates

:Scattershot transforms into a big, red and white space cruiser with a gi-normous cannon, and has a secondary stationary-cannon mode. In any mode, pressing the gray button splits his nosecone open down the middle, revealing a spring-loaded non-firing cannon-barrel. Mis-transforming Scattershot into robot mode results in Hilarious Cannon-Related Improprieties™. His rubsign is also hilariously placed in robot mode. One known [[Hasbro]] variant from 1988 has no rubsign indent... that's probably for the best.

:He forms the central body of the giant robot Computron, combining with [[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]], [[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]], [[Afterburner (G1)|Afterburner]] and [[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]] in the [[Scramble City (toyline)|Scramble City]]-style manner. He was available both separately and in a gift set with the other four Technobots.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Autobot/Scattershot/scattershot.htm More information on Scattershot at TFU.info]''

*'''Computron''' (Gift set, 1987)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-91'''
**''Accessories'': "Acid pellet gun", 2 "artillery guns", Computron head, left & right Computron fists, Computron chestplate/base, 2 Computron foot-plates

:All five Technobots were also available as a complete gift-set in many markets. All of the toys were identical to their individual rubsign-indent-having releases.

===Universe (2008)===
====Classic Series====
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*'''Special Team Leaders''' (Multi-pack, 2008)

:Scatt'''o'''rshot (so named due to [[trademark]] issues) is a [[redeco]] of the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Legends Class|Legends of Cybertron]] [[Vector Prime]] toy, transforming into a futuristic spaceship. He is available only in a Target-[[exclusive]] five-pack with miniature versions of combiner-team leaders [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Zone]], [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]], [[Hun-Gurrr (G1)|Hun-Gurrr]], and [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]].

:A photo of the toy on the back of the packaging features additional articulation in the elbows which is not present in the final toy.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/TFUScattershot/scattershot.htm More information on Universe Scattorshot at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
[[File:Scattershotback.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|And I'll thank you not to stare.]]
*Apparently, the guy who made Scattershot's animation models never saw the actual toy. Due to the isometric view of his front model sheet, the front of his vehicle mode is drawn behind his left shoulder. The back model takes this literally, placing the nose between his chest and left arm. The model also gives him a third, upside-down shoulder where the nose should be. Afterburner's character model suffers a similar ailment. This model was seemingly only used in the [[AKOM]]-animated episodes "[[Grimlock's New Brain]]" and "[[The Rebirth]]"—in "[[Money Is Everything]]", Scattershot's back is drawn to match his toy. It is incorrect again throughout the entirety of the Headmasters series, unfortunately.
*Scattershot is the only [[Scramble City (toyline)|Scramble City]]-style leader who assumes his "third mode" in the animated series. Once in "Grimlock's New Brain" and again in "[[The Rebirth, Part 1]]". Not only that, but in "The Rebirth", he drives ''while still transformed''.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Scattershot''' (スキャッターショット ''Sukyattāshotto'')
*''French:'' '''Répétitir''' (Canada)<ref>A portmanteau of "Repetitive" and "fire" (as in firing a gun).</ref>
*''Italian:'' '''Scatterbot'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Sàn-dàn''' (Taiwan, 散彈, "Scatter Bullet"), '''Jīgūan Pào''' (China, 机关炮, "Machine Gun")
*''Russian:'' '''Revolver''' (Револьвер ''Revolver'')

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Autobot/Scattershot/scattershot.htm Scattershot at TFU.info]
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Scattershot Scattershot's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

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Nemesis Grimlock

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:''Nemesis Grimlock is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (franchise)|''Age of Extinction'']] portion of the Movie continuity family.''

'''Nemesis Grimlock''' is probably an evil version of [[Grimlock (AOE)|Grimlock]] through some weird way.

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==Toys==
===Movie Advanced Series===
*'''Nemesis Grimlock''' (Voyager, 2014)

: '''Nemesis Grimlock''' is a [[Transformers Expo]] exclusive repaint of the Voyager class Grimlock toy.

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Nemesis Prime (AOE)

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:''Nemesis Prime is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (franchise)|''Age of Extinction'']] portion of the Movie continuity family.''

'''Nemesis Prime''' is an evil version of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]].

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==Toys==
===Movie Advanced Series===
*'''Nemesis Prime''' (Voyager, 2014)
**''Accessories:'' Cannon

: '''Nemesis Prime''' is a [[Transformers Expo]] exclusive repaint of the [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Evasion Optimus Prime]] toy as a Decepticon in black, silver and teal. Nemesis uses the original head with the faceplate used in the original retail version of the mould.

: Like the original usage of the mold, Nemesis transforms into a flat-nosed cab similar to Optimus Prime's design while in hiding during [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|''Age of Extinction'']]. Nemesis comes with a cannon modeled after [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s shotgun from [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|''Dark of the Moon'']], which can either be held in his hand or attached to the top of the truck, and can be mounted under the shoulders for storage..

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Destiny, Part Four

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|prev=Destiny, Part Three
|next=Less Than Zero
|title="Destiny" Part Four
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|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[August 28]], [[2013]]
|coverdate=August 2013
|writer=[[Simon Furman]]
|penciler=[[Guido Guidi]]
|inker=[[Stephen Baskerville]]
|colorist=[[John-Paul Bove]]
|letterer=[[Shawn Lee]]
|editor=[[John Barber]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]
}}

'''It's a knock-down, drag-out slugfest for the ages as Ultra Magnus and Galvatron square off in the midst of Bludgeon's attack on Cybertron!'''

==Synopsis==

[[Galvatron II|Galvatron]] descends through the skies over [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] like a comet, streaking straight toward [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. A momentary sense of ''déjà vu'' causes Magnus to hesitate, and Galvatron rockets into him, toppling both of them off a bridge, through a building and into the traffic below. Galvatron boasts of having slain Magnus before, causing Magnus to suspect he is insane—but regardless of his foe's mental stability, his strength is self-evident, and Magnus's reputation as "Cybertron's greatest warrior" is set to take a beating at the time-displaced Decepticon's hands!

Deep beneath Cybertron's surface, in [[Primus]]'s chamber, the Transformers' creator-god communicates with [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] through [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]'s body, explaining that he [[multiversal singularity|exists across all space and time]], and thus did not perish during the battle with [[Unicron]] as his children believed. Primus informs Hot Rod that he is "Prime", and that in order to fulfil that destiny, he must come to understand a "disease" eating away at reality. Primus casts Hot Rod through a portal to the mysterious realm of [[Zero Space]], before departing Grimlock's body, leaving the onlooking [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] with no memory of what has happened.

As Ultra Magnus and Galvatron grapple, the Autobot commander hurls his foe off him by firing one of his shoulder-rockets into him at point-blank range, hurling him off the overpass they are fighting on. [[Blades (G1)|Blades]] then appears, having been sent to find Magnus when he failed to respond to the call to arms against the Decepticons' ''[[Warworld]]'', which floats overhead. The ''Warworld'' disgorges a swarm of [[Blitz Engine]]s, which begin tearing through the Autobots that attempt to stop them, but when Magnus transforms to roll out so that he can join the fight, Galvatron bursts from the rubble and lands atop the vehicle-mode Autobot.

At the Autobots' command center in the [[Presidium]], [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] try to co-ordinate a counterattack against the Blitz Engines. Kup insists that he and the [[Wrecker]]s be allowed to take the field, but Prowl refuses, insisting that the commando squad needs to be applied strategically, only he does not yet know ''where''. Perceptor, at least, has an idea: his scans have revealed that the Blitz Engines are not self-sustaining, and are, in fact, being powered by [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] energy from a remote source. This source has to be aboard the ''Warworld'', and that is where the Wreckers will strike.

Ultra Magnus barrels down the highway with Galvatron atop him, angrily declaring that he has no time for the Decepticon with the greater threat of the ''Warworld'' and its forces hanging over them. Galvatron insists that he will destroy the other Decepticons once he is done with Magnus, but Magnus is above caring—he blasts the road bridge ahead, and slams on his breaks, screeching to a halt at the bridge's broken edge, momentum hurling Galvatron's forward. But as he falls, Galvatron manages to grab Magnus's bumper, and drags him over the edge with him.

Up above, aboard the ''Warworld'', [[Krok (G1)|Krok]] advocates the use of the vessel's own weapons, and although [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] is opposed to devastating the world he wishes to rule, he agrees that a single, symbolic strike is a good idea, selecting the fallen Magnus and Galvatron as his target. The resultant blast is miles in diameter, wiping out whole city blocks... but the Autobots have some "big guns" of their own to roll out in retaliation, as Prowl activates [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] to take on the Blitz Engines! However, Bludgeon has anticipated Omega's involvement, and [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] is on hand to order [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]] into the fray to take on the giant Autobot. Soundwave is about to withdraw before the titanic conflict kicks off, but finds his way barred by [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]!

Fire sweeps the Cybertronian landscape, the ''Warworld''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s blast having set it ablaze. For long moments, the inferno rages unabated... until at last, a victor emerges from the conflagration...

...and it is Ultra Magnus, who has decided it's time to start living up to his own hype!

==Featured characters==
(Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks or visions.) 
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*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (1)
*[[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]/[[Primus]] (3)
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] (4)
*[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] (5)
*[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] (6)
*[[Slag (G1)|Slag]] (7)
*[[Blades (G1)|Blades]] (8)
*[[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]] (9)
*[[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]] (10)
*[[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]] (11)
*[[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] (12)
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*[[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]] (13)
*[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (14)
*[[Dogfight]] (14.1)
*[[Doubleheader]] (14.2)
*[[Skyhammer (G1)|Skyhammer]] (15)
*[[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] (16)
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (17)
*[[Siren]] (18)
*[[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] (19)
*[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] (20)
*[[Kup (G1)|Kup]] (21)
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (22)
*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (23)
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*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (24)
*[[Brainstorm]] (25)
*[[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] (26)
*[[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] (27)
*[[Chainclaw (G1)|Chainclaw]] (28)
*[[Catilla (G1)|Catilla]] (29)
*[[Meanstreak]] (30)
*[[Turbofire]] (31)
*[[Windbreaker]] (32)
*[[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] (39)
*[[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] (43)
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*[[Galvatron II|Galvatron]] (2)
*[[Horri-Bull]] (33)
*[[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]] (34)
*[[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] (35)
*[[Krok (G1)|Krok]] (36)
*[[Stranglehold]] (37)
*[[Fangry]] (38)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] (40)
*[[Wingthing (G1)|Wingthing]] (41)
*[[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]] (42)
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*[[Primus]]/[[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] (3)
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==Quotes==
"Blades! About time! Did nobody notice me fighting for my life here?" 
"Uh....no."
:—'''Ultra Magnus''' and '''Blades'''

"Just like Bludgeon said..." 
"Indeed, Wingthing. Every move the Autobots have made, he has anticipated...and countered. '''Monstructor''', terminate Omega Supreme- with extreme prejudice!" 
"Hold up, Soundwave- this is one party you ''ain't'' leavin'..least not 'til the fat lady sings!"
:— '''Wingthing''' and '''Soundwave''', the latter of whom is caught monologuing by '''Blaster'''.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*In Simon Furman's original Marvel UK stories, Galvatron and Ultra Magnus had a running rivalry that never got the chance to be fully resolved. In a spiritual sense, this story serves as that resolution, even though a) the Marvel UK stories aren't part of ''Regeneration One'' continuity (as made clear by Magnus's comments in this issue that he's never met Galvatron), and b) even if they were, this is a different Galvatron from another timeline and not the one who fought Magnus. However! See "Transformers references", below.
*[[Zero Space]] has been lurking on the fringes of the ''Regeneration One'' storyline since the very beginning, with [[Counterpoint|issue #80.5]].
*Little-seen [[Action Master]] character [[Krok (G1)|Krok]] puts in another brief appearance serving as confidant and adviser to Bludgeon, as he did in the last few issues of the original Marvel series.
*Prowl swears by [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] and his [[smelting pool]]s, artifacts of Marvel continuity from back in issues [[The Smelting Pool!|#17]] and [[The Bridge to Nowhere!|#18]].
*Omega Supreme's got his reputation back as a world-shakingly powerful tool of destruction, as he was back in his debut in [[Command Performances!|issue #19]]; this rep took a [[Buzzsaw (G1)|bit of a beating]] as the original series rolled on.

===Transformers references===
[[Image:RegenerationOne94WarworldMissiles.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Next: Megatron in safety colors.]]
*The [[missile]]s the [[Warworld]] fires on page 9 are drawn to resemble the [[for safety reasons|safety]] "bopper" [[:Image:GiGmissiles.jpg|missiles]] used by Italian toy company [[GiG]] for their [[Pre-Transformer]]s ''[[Trasformer]]'' {{sic}} line, down to the coloring. Artist [[Guido Guidi]], who drew this issue, grew up with the GiG toys.
*This issue is full of subverted homages to Galvatron and Magnus's classic blow-out brawl from the eighth chapter of ''[[Target: 2006]]''. As in the original story, Galvatron clings to the roof of Magnus's vehicle mode, and Magnus screeches to a halt to throw him off a broken overpass... except where Galvatron was sent flying in the original story, here, he seizes Magnus's bumper on the way down and drags him with him. Then, at the issue's climax, both combatants are consumed in a fireball, but where ''Target: 2006'' saw Galvatron emerge triumphant, here, Magnus is the victor, appearing through the flames in a direct full-page, three-panel homage to the same page of the ''Target: 2006''.
*The idea that Primus [[multiversal singularity|exists simultaneously across all of time and space]] has been knocking around for a while, and is here used as an explanation for his continued existence after his apparent death in [[On the Edge of Extinction!|issue #75]]—which was something most fans had [[fanon|taken as read]] for a while, too.
*Galvatron threatens to "crush the life from [Magnus] with [his] cold bare hands!", an extended paraphrasing of Megatron/Galvatron's famous line from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'': "I will crush you with my bare hands!"
*Ultra Magnus swears by the "Great God Ginrai", the story repurposing the ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (franchise)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' character's name as that of some kind of deity (since we assume he's not swearing by a [[Ginrai|teenage human truck driver]]).
*Omega Supreme going up against Monstructor seems to be a reference to the characters' history together over the in the mainstream [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]], as established in Furman's own ''[[Spotlight: Optimus Prime]]'' (and later in more detail in [[Primus: All Good Things|the 2012 ''Robots in Disguise'' annual]]).

===Real world-references===

*When Windbreaker is killed by a Blitz Engine, his death is accompanied by the sound effect "PARP". That's... a-heh... that's a bit of British onomatopoeia for farting. 'cause, well... y'know. ''Windbreaker''. (giggle)

===Errors===

*Despite being shown making it to safety under Primus's visage in the last issue, along with the other Dinobots and Hot Rod, Snarl is nowhere to be seen in this issue. (Another [[The Transformers: The Movie|TFTM]] homage, maybe?)
*Ultra Magnus has already launched a missile at Galvatron to distract him (and is drawn with only one missile in subsequent scenes), but later on when they Galvatron latches on to him and they fight in the highway, he has both missiles again and launches both to blow up the bridge.

===Covers (3)===
*'''Cover A:''' The Aerialbots attack the ''Warworld'', by [[Andrew Wildman]] and [[Jason Cardy]].
*'''Cover B:''' Omega Supreme versus the Blitz Engines, by [[Guido Guidi]].
*'''Cover RI:''' Galvatron atop a vehicle-mode Ultra Magnus, by [[Geoff Senior]] and [[Josh Burcham]].
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Destiny, Part Four}}

Earthfall Part 4: Full Fathom Five

2014-08-01T07:10:08Z

Blackjack: /* Continuity notes */

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|image=RID31 subcvr.jpg
|title="Earthfall Part 4: Full Fathom Five"
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[July 30]], [[2014]]
|coverdate=July 2014
|written by=[[John Barber]]
|art by=[[Andrew Griffith]] (present day) [[Guido Guidi]] (Jazz flashback) [[Brendan Cahill]] (Decepticon flashback)
|colors by=[[Josh Perez]] (present day) [[Joana Lafuente]] (flashbacks)
|letters by=[[Tom B. Long]]
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'''Jazz infiltrates the EDC's secret base in advance of an all-out Autobot attack, but the presence of the Decepticons is not the only unexpected surprise waiting within its walls.'''

==Synopsis==

''Jazz reflects on his recent history, recalling his killing of of police officer [[John Powell]], and how that human's death proved to be the tipping point that turned him from black-ops killer into a 'bot tired of warfare and the destruction it brought to other worlds. After eliminating as much [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] tech on [[Earth]] as he could, he returned to Cybertron and began a musical partnership with [[Sky-Byte (G2)|Sky-Byte]] until fighting broke out again, and his old life found him once more. Jazz remembers how, after the dust settled, he was approached by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] with an invitation to join him on a mission back to Earth. Even after everything that had happened, Prime didn't think twice about asking Jazz, and so Jazz agreed.''

It is on that mission that Jazz now finds himself—coated in stealth paint and swimming through the Pacific Ocean, on course for the [[Earth Defense Command]]'s secret base below the [[Marshall Islands]]. After receiving Jazz's status report, [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and the other [[Autobot]]s aboard [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]], resting on the seabed several miles away, briefly turn their attention to the examination of recent events—thanks to images beamed in by a disgruntled, orbiting [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]], five light-hours away from Earth, they are able to view the Decepticons' sudden arrival outside [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]'s home prior to their battle that night, and verify that they are teleporting via a method other than [[orbital jump]]. [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] takes some pleasure in needling the highly-strung Cosmos, but Prime is more concerned with Prowl's presumptive attitude, and angrily reminds his strategist that ''he'' is the one in charge. Jazz chooses that moment to deliver a report that only confirms all of Prowl's suppositions about the base; he has managed to gain entrance, and has discovered [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]]'s battered shuttle in the base's dock. Satisfied that no civilians will be at risk because of the region's history of atomic testing—though less than happy about how Prowl ''phrases'' that fact—Prime instructs the police-bot to remain with Sky Lynx while he leads the rest of the team in a frontal assault. As everyone prepares, [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] takes Prowl aside and confides in him that she has observed some suspicious activity from [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]] and believes he is a Decepticon spy; Prowl, however, seems unfazed by this "revelation", and merely asks if Arcee plans to tell Optimus, or if she is still loyal to Prowl. Arcee says she is loyal only to "the Autobot cause", to which Prowl responds with a sharp laugh, and a request that Arcee watch out for Prime on the battlefield.

Inside the EDC base, [[Sparkplug Witwicky|General Witwicky]] and [[Sanjay Bharwaney]] confer with [[Marissa Faireborn]]—stuck in [[Poverty Flat]] on clean-up duty and communicating remotely—on their use of the "mind bomb" and potential repercussions. Faireborn's concern that the [[Decepticon]]s could have tracked the signal of the device soon proves well-founded, as [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]] teleport directly into the base, smashing the comm-link so they can speak to Witwicky and Bharwaney alone. Witwicky defends the EDC's actions based on the precedent set by the Decepticons when they devastated Earth, and Soundwave proves sympathetic to his position, but Galvatron refuses to be placated—though he accepts their rationale, and is impressed by the effectiveness of the weapon, he promises to kill everyone in Bharwaney's home state if it is ever turned on the Decepticons again. The matter tersely settled, Galvatron raises the subject of the secret base, but Witwicky explains that in addition to weapons testing, they have also been using the facility to fulfil their end of the agreement they had made with the Decepticons—construction of a huge satellite that will serve as the Decepticons' new home.

''Six months ago on Cybertron, Galvatron and the Decepticons observe as [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] transforms into a city to replace the damaged [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. Galvatron inquires about the history of the Decepticons, and Soundwave explains their origins as working-class 'bots who rose up to throw off the yoke of [[functionism]]. Reminded of how Alpha Trion had given him direction and purpose in millennia past, and craving a new purpose now, Galvatron decides to ally with the Decepticons and help them establish a community of their own. Soundwave proposes abandoning Cybertron to explore new possibilities on Earth, but when Galvatron assumes that he means to ''conquer'' the planet, Soundwave corrects him, and insists they will follow the ''true'' path of the Decepticons—peace.''

As Bharwaney explains to Soundwave and Galvatron that the satellite is presently under construction around [[Jupiter]], the Autobots make their move and storm the beach above. As Prime's team blast their way through automated defenses, Prowl disobeys orders and leaps from the departing Sky Lynx; the other 'bots fail to notice, however, thanks to the sudden appearance of the Decepticons' spaceship in the sky above!

Elsewhere in the base, Jazz hides from soldiers rushing to respond to the situation, and follows a pronounced scrape in the floor to a chamber in which he discovers the unconscious form of Alpha Trion. But before he can make any moves to free the ancient Autobot, the cold metal of a gun barrel is pressed against the back of his head... a gun belonging to Prowl, who declares that Alpha Trion isn't going anywhere!

==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks. 
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*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (1)
*''[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]]'' (3)
*''[[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]]'' (4)
*''[[Gears (G1)|Gears]]'' (5)
*''[[Bluestreak (G1)|Blustreak]]'' (6)
*''[[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]]'' (7)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] (9)
*[[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] (10)
*[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (12)
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (13)
*[[Kup (G1)|Kup]] (14)
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*[[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]] (15)
*[[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] (16)
*''[[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'' (24)
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (34)
{{!}}}
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*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (20)
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (22)
*[[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]] (23)
*''[[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (25)
*''[[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]]'' (26)
*''[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]'' (27)
*''[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]'' (29)
*''[[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]]'' (30)
*''[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]'' (31)
*''[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]'' (32)
*''[[Needlenose]]'' (33)

|h4=[[Human]]s|c4=
*''[[John Powell]]'' (2)
*[[Sparkplug Witwicky|Daniel Witwicky]] (17)
*[[Sanjay Bharwaney]] (18)
*[[Marissa Faireborn]] (19)
|h5=Others|c5=
*''[[Sky-Byte (G2)|Sky-Byte]]'' (8)
*[[D.O.C.]] (11)
*[[Buster (IDW)|Buster]] (21)
*''[[Scoop (G1)|Scoop]]'' (28)
*[[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] (35)
}}

==Quotes==

'''Prowl:''' "There—'''Kup, Jazz''' and '''Prime''' going inside. Like we're seeing '''back in time.''' I don't know '''why''' we don't do this more often." 
'''Cosmos:''' "'''Because I'm not just a camera!'''" 
'''Prowl:''' "No—you're a '''really good camera.'''" 
'''Kup:''' ''(grinning)'' "I '''dunno'''. It's pretty '''blurry'''..." 
'''Cosmos:''' "I'm five billion kilometers away and it was '''night! I will kill whoever said that!'''"

"[Radiation] levels have dropped enough that Earthlings can '''survive''' there, but the native population was '''relocated'''. Meaning—" 
"Meaning there are '''no civilians.'''" 
"I was going to say, 'meaning none of you '''kill''' anybody—but if you do kill somebody... well, they knew what they were '''signing on''' for.' '''Your way''' was more diplomatic, Prime."
:—'''Prowl''' and '''Optimus Prime'''

"'''You.''' You generated the '''signal''', tiny one? It is '''ingeniously''' painful. Make no mistake, if you use it again I will '''kill''' you and—'''where''' are you from?" 
"N-New Mexico." 
"If you send that signal again, I will '''eradicate''' all who dwell in this '''New Mexico'''... and, for good measure, the '''old''' one as well."
:—'''Galvatron''' and '''Bharwaney'''

"Kup, Jetfire—let's end this before anything '''else''' goes..." 
''(The shadow of the Decepticon spaceship falls over the Autobots.)'' 
"...goes '''haywire.'''" 
"Now I get the idea behind that faceplate of yours... you need something to stop your '''foot''' from always goin' in your '''mouth'''."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Kup'''
==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*Jazz killed John Powell at the climax of [[Revenge of the Decepticons Part 4: Burning Chrome|issue #17]] of the [[The Transformers (IDW)|2009-2011 ongoing series]]. Here we see for the first time the immediate aftermath of the event, as Bluestreak and Huffer lead a shellshocked Jazz away.
*Jazz went on to eliminate every piece of Cybertronian tech on Earth that he could in [[Police Action Part 3: A Second Chance at Eden|issue #29]] of the series.
*The scene of Jazz performing with Sky-Byte was previously seen in [[Interference Patterns|issue #7]].
*When fighting broke out again, Jazz grimly resigned himself to being "just a killer" in [[Plan for Everything|issue #15]].
*Jazz was seen taking Starscream's side in [[Second Exodus|issue #18]].
*A rare mention is made of [[orbital jump]] technology, the method by which Transformers teleported themselves around back during [[Simon Furman]]'s tenure. It's revealed that the Autobots have blockers in place preventing it, which is probably an out-of-universe explanation for why it's become such a non-thing since Furman's stories.
*Thundercracker references an [[Ardurian Roc]].
*Scoop puts in a surprising appearance among the Decepticons during their flashback scene, looking a little uncomfortable. He was last seen at their side amid the chaos of [[...And the Damage Done: Dark Cybertron Finale|the "Dark Cybertron" finale]], but it looks like that has gone beyond being just a battlefield alliance.
*Soundwave recalls Galvatron's sparse past visits to Earth, from [[The Transformers: Devastation|''Devastation'']] and [[Infestation (IDW)|''Infestation'']].

===Real-life references===
*"Full fathom five" is a portion of the first line of "Ariel's Song" from Shakespeare's ''{{w|The Tempest}}'' ("Full fathom five thy father lies"), referring to the drowning of the character's father in water five fathoms deep. The line has been repeated used, homaged and abridged in {{w|Full fathom five (catchphrase)|many other works}}.
*Jazz plays [[Aghartan electro-bass]], a reference to the album ''{{w|Agharta (album)|Agharta}}'' by ''jazz'' (ho-ho!) musician Miles Davis.

===Errors===
*"Five light hours" away from Earth would place Cosmos somewhere on the outer fringes of the [[Solar System]], so there's no way he could be in geocentric orbit around Earth from that point. The idea that he has a camera that has a sufficiently low [[wikipedia:diffraction-limited system|diffraction limit]] as to resolve Transformer-scale figures with a 5.4 billion kilometre range is fairly questionable, too - the famous "[[Wikipedia:Pale Blue Dot|Pale Blue Dot]]" picture of Earth taken by [[Wikipedia:Voyager 1|the ''Voyager 1'' probe]] was taken from approximately six billion kilometres. The distortion of several kilometres of Earth's atmosphere (which causes stars to "twinkle" when seen from Earth) wouldn't help either.

===Other trivia===
*In order to intercept that five-hour old light, Cosmos must logically have faster-than-light drives or warp capabilities, in order to make it out to the vicinity of Pluto before the light itself got there.

===Covers (3)===
*'''Regular cover:''' Jetfire and D.O.C. by [[Andrew Griffith]] and [[Josh Perez]]
*'''Subscription cover:''' Jazz by [[Casey Coller]] and [[Joana Lafuente]], in an homage to the album cover style of jazz record label [http://www.birkajazz.com/archive/bluenote1500.htm Blue Note].
*'''30th Anniversary cover:''' Arcee by [[Phil Jimenez]] and [[Romulo Fajardo Jr.]]
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Earthfall Part 4: Full Fathom Five

2014-08-01T07:05:15Z

Blackjack: /* Continuity notes */

{{Comicstory|
|series=rid|issueno=31
|prev=Earthfall Part 3: The Mind Bomb
|next=Earthfall Part 5: I Dream of Wires
|caption=
|image=RID31 subcvr.jpg
|title="Earthfall Part 4: Full Fathom Five"
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[July 30]], [[2014]]
|coverdate=July 2014
|written by=[[John Barber]]
|art by=[[Andrew Griffith]] (present day) [[Guido Guidi]] (Jazz flashback) [[Brendan Cahill]] (Decepticon flashback)
|colors by=[[Josh Perez]] (present day) [[Joana Lafuente]] (flashbacks)
|letters by=[[Tom B. Long]]
|editor=[[Carlos Guzman]]
|continuity=[[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]]
|chronology=[[IDW timeline|Current era (2014)]]
}}

'''Jazz infiltrates the EDC's secret base in advance of an all-out Autobot attack, but the presence of the Decepticons is not the only unexpected surprise waiting within its walls.'''

==Synopsis==

''Jazz reflects on his recent history, recalling his killing of of police officer [[John Powell]], and how that human's death proved to be the tipping point that turned him from black-ops killer into a 'bot tired of warfare and the destruction it brought to other worlds. After eliminating as much [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] tech on [[Earth]] as he could, he returned to Cybertron and began a musical partnership with [[Sky-Byte (G2)|Sky-Byte]] until fighting broke out again, and his old life found him once more. Jazz remembers how, after the dust settled, he was approached by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] with an invitation to join him on a mission back to Earth. Even after everything that had happened, Prime didn't think twice about asking Jazz, and so Jazz agreed.''

It is on that mission that Jazz now finds himself—coated in stealth paint and swimming through the Pacific Ocean, on course for the [[Earth Defense Command]]'s secret base below the [[Marshall Islands]]. After receiving Jazz's status report, [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and the other [[Autobot]]s aboard [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]], resting on the seabed several miles away, briefly turn their attention to the examination of recent events—thanks to images beamed in by a disgruntled, orbiting [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]], five light-hours away from Earth, they are able to view the Decepticons' sudden arrival outside [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]'s home prior to their battle that night, and verify that they are teleporting via a method other than [[orbital jump]]. [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] takes some pleasure in needling the highly-strung Cosmos, but Prime is more concerned with Prowl's presumptive attitude, and angrily reminds his strategist that ''he'' is the one in charge. Jazz chooses that moment to deliver a report that only confirms all of Prowl's suppositions about the base; he has managed to gain entrance, and has discovered [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]]'s battered shuttle in the base's dock. Satisfied that no civilians will be at risk because of the region's history of atomic testing—though less than happy about how Prowl ''phrases'' that fact—Prime instructs the police-bot to remain with Sky Lynx while he leads the rest of the team in a frontal assault. As everyone prepares, [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] takes Prowl aside and confides in him that she has observed some suspicious activity from [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]] and believes he is a Decepticon spy; Prowl, however, seems unfazed by this "revelation", and merely asks if Arcee plans to tell Optimus, or if she is still loyal to Prowl. Arcee says she is loyal only to "the Autobot cause", to which Prowl responds with a sharp laugh, and a request that Arcee watch out for Prime on the battlefield.

Inside the EDC base, [[Sparkplug Witwicky|General Witwicky]] and [[Sanjay Bharwaney]] confer with [[Marissa Faireborn]]—stuck in [[Poverty Flat]] on clean-up duty and communicating remotely—on their use of the "mind bomb" and potential repercussions. Faireborn's concern that the [[Decepticon]]s could have tracked the signal of the device soon proves well-founded, as [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]] teleport directly into the base, smashing the comm-link so they can speak to Witwicky and Bharwaney alone. Witwicky defends the EDC's actions based on the precedent set by the Decepticons when they devastated Earth, and Soundwave proves sympathetic to his position, but Galvatron refuses to be placated—though he accepts their rationale, and is impressed by the effectiveness of the weapon, he promises to kill everyone in Bharwaney's home state if it is ever turned on the Decepticons again. The matter tersely settled, Galvatron raises the subject of the secret base, but Witwicky explains that in addition to weapons testing, they have also been using the facility to fulfil their end of the agreement they had made with the Decepticons—construction of a huge satellite that will serve as the Decepticons' new home.

''Six months ago on Cybertron, Galvatron and the Decepticons observe as [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] transforms into a city to replace the damaged [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. Galvatron inquires about the history of the Decepticons, and Soundwave explains their origins as working-class 'bots who rose up to throw off the yoke of [[functionism]]. Reminded of how Alpha Trion had given him direction and purpose in millennia past, and craving a new purpose now, Galvatron decides to ally with the Decepticons and help them establish a community of their own. Soundwave proposes abandoning Cybertron to explore new possibilities on Earth, but when Galvatron assumes that he means to ''conquer'' the planet, Soundwave corrects him, and insists they will follow the ''true'' path of the Decepticons—peace.''

As Bharwaney explains to Soundwave and Galvatron that the satellite is presently under construction around [[Jupiter]], the Autobots make their move and storm the beach above. As Prime's team blast their way through automated defenses, Prowl disobeys orders and leaps from the departing Sky Lynx; the other 'bots fail to notice, however, thanks to the sudden appearance of the Decepticons' spaceship in the sky above!

Elsewhere in the base, Jazz hides from soldiers rushing to respond to the situation, and follows a pronounced scrape in the floor to a chamber in which he discovers the unconscious form of Alpha Trion. But before he can make any moves to free the ancient Autobot, the cold metal of a gun barrel is pressed against the back of his head... a gun belonging to Prowl, who declares that Alpha Trion isn't going anywhere!

==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks. 
{{Featuredcharacters
|c1=
{{{!}}border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background:transparent"
{{!}}-
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] (1)
*''[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]]'' (3)
*''[[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]]'' (4)
*''[[Gears (G1)|Gears]]'' (5)
*''[[Bluestreak (G1)|Blustreak]]'' (6)
*''[[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]]'' (7)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] (9)
*[[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] (10)
*[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (12)
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (13)
*[[Kup (G1)|Kup]] (14)
{{!}}style="background:transparent; border-right: 0px" valign="top"{{!}}
*[[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]] (15)
*[[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] (16)
*''[[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'' (24)
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (34)
{{!}}}
|c2=
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (20)
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (22)
*[[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]] (23)
*''[[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (25)
*''[[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]]'' (26)
*''[[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]]'' (27)
*''[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]'' (29)
*''[[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]]'' (30)
*''[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]'' (31)
*''[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]'' (32)
*''[[Needlenose]]'' (33)

|h4=[[Human]]s|c4=
*''[[John Powell]]'' (2)
*[[Sparkplug Witwicky|Daniel Witwicky]] (17)
*[[Sanjay Bharwaney]] (18)
*[[Marissa Faireborn]] (19)
|h5=Others|c5=
*''[[Sky-Byte (G2)|Sky-Byte]]'' (8)
*[[D.O.C.]] (11)
*[[Buster (IDW)|Buster]] (21)
*''[[Scoop (G1)|Scoop]]'' (28)
*[[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] (35)
}}

==Quotes==

'''Prowl:''' "There—'''Kup, Jazz''' and '''Prime''' going inside. Like we're seeing '''back in time.''' I don't know '''why''' we don't do this more often." 
'''Cosmos:''' "'''Because I'm not just a camera!'''" 
'''Prowl:''' "No—you're a '''really good camera.'''" 
'''Kup:''' ''(grinning)'' "I '''dunno'''. It's pretty '''blurry'''..." 
'''Cosmos:''' "I'm five billion kilometers away and it was '''night! I will kill whoever said that!'''"

"[Radiation] levels have dropped enough that Earthlings can '''survive''' there, but the native population was '''relocated'''. Meaning—" 
"Meaning there are '''no civilians.'''" 
"I was going to say, 'meaning none of you '''kill''' anybody—but if you do kill somebody... well, they knew what they were '''signing on''' for.' '''Your way''' was more diplomatic, Prime."
:—'''Prowl''' and '''Optimus Prime'''

"'''You.''' You generated the '''signal''', tiny one? It is '''ingeniously''' painful. Make no mistake, if you use it again I will '''kill''' you and—'''where''' are you from?" 
"N-New Mexico." 
"If you send that signal again, I will '''eradicate''' all who dwell in this '''New Mexico'''... and, for good measure, the '''old''' one as well."
:—'''Galvatron''' and '''Bharwaney'''

"Kup, Jetfire—let's end this before anything '''else''' goes..." 
''(The shadow of the Decepticon spaceship falls over the Autobots.)'' 
"...goes '''haywire.'''" 
"Now I get the idea behind that faceplate of yours... you need something to stop your '''foot''' from always goin' in your '''mouth'''."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Kup'''
==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*Jazz killed John Powell at the climax of [[Revenge of the Decepticons Part 4: Burning Chrome|issue #17]] of the [[The Transformers (IDW)|2009-2011 ongoing series]]. Here we see for the first time the immediate aftermath of the event, as Bluestreak and Huffer lead a shellshocked Jazz away.
*Jazz went on to eliminate every piece of Cybertronian tech on Earth that he could in [[Police Action Part 3: A Second Chance at Eden|issue #29]] of the series.
*The scene of Jazz performing with Sky-Byte was previously seen in [[Interference Patterns|issue #7]].
*When fighting broke out again, Jazz grimly resigned himself to being "just a killer" in [[Plan for Everything|issue #15]].
*Jazz was seen taking Starscream's side in [[Second Exodus|issue #18]].
*A rare mention is made of [[orbital jump]] technology, the method by which Transformers teleported themselves around back during [[Simon Furman]]'s tenure. It's revealed that the Autobots have blockers in place preventing it, which is probably an out-of-universe explanation for why it's become such a non-thing since Furman's stories.
*Thundercracker references an [[Ardurian Roc]].
*Scoop puts in a surprising appearance among the Decepticons during their flashback scene, looking a little uncomfortable. He was last
seen at their side amid the chaos of [[...And the Damage Done: Dark Cybertron Finale|the "Dark Cybertron" finale]], but it looks like that has gone beyond being just a battlefield alliance.
*Soundwave recalls Galvatron's sparse past visits to Earth, from [[The Transformers: Devastation|''Devastation'']] and [[Infestation (IDW)|''Infestation'']].

===Real-life references===
*"Full fathom five" is a portion of the first line of "Ariel's Song" from Shakespeare's ''{{w|The Tempest}}'' ("Full fathom five thy father lies"), referring to the drowning of the character's father in water five fathoms deep. The line has been repeated used, homaged and abridged in {{w|Full fathom five (catchphrase)|many other works}}.
*Jazz plays [[Aghartan electro-bass]], a reference to the album ''{{w|Agharta (album)|Agharta}}'' by ''jazz'' (ho-ho!) musician Miles Davis.

===Errors===
*"Five light hours" away from Earth would place Cosmos somewhere on the outer fringes of the [[Solar System]], so there's no way he could be in geocentric orbit around Earth from that point. The idea that he has a camera that has a sufficiently low [[wikipedia:diffraction-limited system|diffraction limit]] as to resolve Transformer-scale figures with a 5.4 billion kilometre range is fairly questionable, too - the famous "[[Wikipedia:Pale Blue Dot|Pale Blue Dot]]" picture of Earth taken by [[Wikipedia:Voyager 1|the ''Voyager 1'' probe]] was taken from approximately six billion kilometres. The distortion of several kilometres of Earth's atmosphere (which causes stars to "twinkle" when seen from Earth) wouldn't help either.

===Other trivia===
*In order to intercept that five-hour old light, Cosmos must logically have faster-than-light drives or warp capabilities, in order to make it out to the vicinity of Pluto before the light itself got there.

===Covers (3)===
*'''Regular cover:''' Jetfire and D.O.C. by [[Andrew Griffith]] and [[Josh Perez]]
*'''Subscription cover:''' Jazz by [[Casey Coller]] and [[Joana Lafuente]], in an homage to the album cover style of jazz record label [http://www.birkajazz.com/archive/bluenote1500.htm Blue Note].
*'''30th Anniversary cover:''' Arcee by [[Phil Jimenez]] and [[Romulo Fajardo Jr.]]
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Powerglide (G1)

2014-08-01T06:49:10Z

Blackjack: /* Generations */

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:''Powerglide is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:MTMTEPowerglide.jpg|upright=1.95|thumb|He's sick of getting the bronze medal in the Ego Olympics. Sunstreaker and Tracks never let him live it down.]]
'''Powerglide''', unlike most Autobots, can fly under his own power, and it goes straight to his pointy head. Give him any excuse and awaa-aa-aay he goes, dashing off into the stratosphere at 500 mph—but not in a straight line. No, Powerglide is an aerial acrobat, able to perform stunts other Transformer planes would never dream of. Barrel rolls, tail stands, death spirals, screaming 3200-mph powerdives: none of these are too tough for this Autobot barnstormer, and if he has an audience, be they friendly or enemy, he is guaranteed to put on the air show of their lives.

Yet this seeming frivolity has saved his life countless times in combat. Powerglide is lightly armed with small [[concussion weapon|concussion bombs]] and a nose-mounted thermal beam, and the former is practically useless in the air. Furthermore, his speed and power, impressive as they are, are vastly outclassed by most [[Seeker (body-type)|aerial Decepticons]]. Like the flying aces of World War I, Powerglide resorts to dogfighting maneuvers, using his flying skills to confuse and evade the enemy. This tactic works very well.

In fact, Powerglide's skill only aggravates his greatest weakness. He is good, and he knows it, and he misses no chance to show it. If this means he will seek out ever tougher foes to prove his mettle—then he'll do that, even if it kills him. Some day, it might.

{{quote|And awaa-aa-aay we go!|Powerglide, pretty much all the time|"[[The Girl Who Loved Powerglide]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Michael Chain]] (English), [[Hirotaka Suzuoki]] (Japanese), [[Kenyū Horiuchi]] (Japanese, "A Prime Problem"), [[Masashi Ebara]] (Japanese, ''2010'')|[[Giorgio Locuratolo]] (Italian), [[Carlos Nieto]] (Latin American), [[Peter Musäus]] (German, ''The Girl Who Loved Powerglide''), [[Bernd Simon]] (German, ''Hoist Goes Hollywood''), [[Reinhard Brock]] (German, ''Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5''), [[Hans-Rainer Müller]] (German, ''Ghost in the Machine''), [[Crock Krumbiegel]] (German, Most of the Generation 2 Dub), [[Christoph Jablonka]] (German, Generation 2 Dub of ''The Revenge of Bruticus'')}}
[[File:DinobotIsland1 Powerglide.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
Powerglide was a brash barnstormer with a penchant for spouting gung-ho sayings like "And awaaa-aaa-aay we go!". He literally appeared out of ''nowhere'' to save [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] when the boy had been thrown overboard [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s spaceship, after the latter's plan to use a clone of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] to destroy the Autobots failed. {{storylink|A Prime Problem}}

[[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] and Powerglide were sent on a reconnaissance mission to investigate some strange energy readings out at sea. Inside the temporal anomaly, they discovered a [[Dinobot Island (G1)|prehistoric island]] inhabited by [[dinosaur (dinosaur)|dinosaurs]]. Powerglide had to save Bumblebee from an aggressive pterodactyl, then attempted to repair Bumblebee's damaged [[jet pack]], before abandoning it and flying Bumblebee off the island. Later, after it was decided that the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] should be relocated to the island, Powerglide led the large brutes and Spike to the island. After Spike unwittingly got himself into several dangerous situations, Powerglide flew him back home. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 1}}

[[File:MasterBuilders Powerglide jet mode.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Called on to find [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] and [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], Powerglide soon located the pair working on their [[Solar Power Tower]] with the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]]. He reported back to Optimus and later took part in the battle to destroy the tower, attacking [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] and dogfighting with [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]. {{storylink|The Master Builders (episode)|The Master Builders}} Though he was damaged during an unsuccessful attempt to prevent the Decepticons retrieving the [[Heart of Cybertron]], Powerglide volunteered to carry [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]'s miniaturised team and drop them off on Megatron's body. To his surprise, he found the Decepticons in a state of inebriation due to over-energizing. He dropped off his cargo and made a clean getaway, despite Megatron taking a shot at him. {{storylink|Microbots}}

[[File:DesertionDinobots1 Powerglide no head.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Little known fact: Powerglide was the first Headmaster.]]
All of the Autobots were exiled from Earth after being framed by the Decepticons. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1}} They ended up being set on a collision course with the [[Sun]], but at the last minute, were able to return to Earth and kick Decepticon tailpipe. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2}} After a disastrous battle at an airport, Powerglide helped [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and Grapple reconstruct a building, only for it to be demolished by Grapple's inaccurate placing of the roof. Ironhide and Powerglide had a laugh at their friend's expense, but it soon turned out that the problem was more serious than a minor glitch — the Autobots were suffering by [[Cybertonium]] depletion. Powerglide's symptoms included his head falling off. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1}}

When Megatron's latest plan blocked radio transmissions all over Earth, Powerglide, Spike and [[Carly]] helped Optimus guide commercial aircraft safely to the ground. They were attacked by [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], leaving Prime incapacitated and Powerglide in danger of crashing. Spike used a spare [[jet pack|rocket pack]] to stabilise Powerglide's flight, and the Autobot was able to pick up Optimus and carry him back to base. There, Carly made emergency repairs, and they took [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] to the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], where they watched Optimus and Megatron fight. {{storylink|Blaster Blues}}

[[File:GoldenLagoon Powerglide seashore.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Powerglide was part of a group of Autobots taking a walk along a beach when they were attacked by Decepticons. As the battle raged on, [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] found a pool of [[Electrum]] and, once coated with the stuff, became impervious to the Autobot weapons. While [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]] and Perceptor were captured, Powerglide and the others escaped. Powerglide was part of the retaliatory mission; however, the rest of the Decepticons had already coated themselves in Electrum, rendering anything the Autobots could do ineffective. Damaged, Powerglide washed up on the shore in time to spy the Decepticons utilising the pool of Electrum, enabling him to fly back to base and warn the Autobots. {{storylink|The Golden Lagoon (episode)|The Golden Lagoon}}

The Autobots set up a sting operation in [[New York City]] to apprehend car thieves, of which Powerglide was a part. He and [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] chased Starscream into a shopping mall, but the two Autobots were unable to prevent him from getting away. {{storylink|Make Tracks}} Cosmos suggested Powerglide lead an assault on the Constructicons, who were working on an asteroid, but, to Powerglide's disappointment, Prime went to talk to Omega Supreme instead. Powerglide later helped defend [[San Francisco]] from an [[Asteroid bird alien|alien creature]] unleashed from the asteroid. {{storylink|The Secret of Omega Supreme (episode)|The Secret of Omega Supreme}} During a coup by [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], Powerglide spied on what the triple changers were up to and was able to rescue Spike when the city was flooded. {{storylink|Triple Takeover}}

[[File:SearchAlphaTrion Powerglide and Moonracer.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Their 4 million year reunion. And yes, he cheats on her the very next episode.]]
After Megatron demanded Optimus Prime's surrender in exchange for [[Elita One]], Powerglide was among the Autobots who followed him to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Once there, he was disbelieving of Starscream's claim that Optimus Prime had been destroyed. During their vengeful attack on the Decepticons, Powerglide met up with his old friend [[Moonracer]]. {{storylink|The Search for Alpha Trion}}

[[File:Pgalove.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"Don't worry, I won't hug her too hard."]]
Soon after hooking up with Moonracer, he saved the fleshling female [[Astoria Carlton-Ritz]] from being kidnapped by Ramjet, Thrust and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]]. He was assigned to escort her back to Autobot HQ, but they were again attacked by the coneheads, who injured Powerglide and snatched Astoria. After receiving some repairs from [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], Powerglide set off for the Decepticon [[Sky Platform]] to rescue Astoria. Caught in the platform's security field, Powerglide was helped by Astoria herself, who destroyed an energy tower. Unfortunately the damage left the platform plummeting out of control, but Powerglide was able to rig it to crash into the [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Earth)|Decepticon base]].

Afterwards, it seemed as though Powerglide had developed feelings for Astoria, much to the amusement of the other Autobots. The only lasting result was a series of flashing lights under his chestplate in the form of a stylized heart. What purpose this served (other than being disturbing) is not immediately clear. {{storylink|The Girl Who Loved Powerglide}}

[[File:Hoist goes hollywood1.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|"Hey, human, when I'm in jet mode, you fit in my head."]]
After thoroughly embarrassing himself by accidentally destroying several sets and props in an attempt to show off, Powerglide was among [[Sunstreaker (G1)|several]] [[Tracks (G1)|egotistical]] [[Warpath (G1)|Autobots]] who demanded to be given a role in a movie that [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] was starring in. Initially, his "role" amounted to crashing into a STORE while in jet mode (supposedly to stop "the crooks"). Soon afterwards, Powerglide and the other would-be-actor Autobots asked Hoist to talk to the [[Attack of the Alien Robots director|director]] to get them some "real" acting roles. After reworking the movie into ''[[Attack of the Alien Robots]]'', the director had the Autobots given cheesy alien face masks. Powerglide remarked that the role was "the pits", and that he would rather do the stunt crashes. In a later scene, Powerglide demonstrated his rather wooden acting "skills". Guess he was better suited for stunts. {{storylink|Hoist Goes Hollywood}}

Powerglide was one of the Autobots who volunteered to rescue Perceptor from the Decepticons. {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}} He took part in the defence of headquarters against another attack by the Decepticons, only to be puzzled when Megatron almost immediately called a retreat. After some investigation, it turned out Starscream had stolen some [[personality component]]s to create the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]]. Powerglide set out to find the rebel Decepticons, and soon found them fighting Megatron's forces at the [[Amalgamated Water and Power Plant]] {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}} During a massive attack on a human city by the Insecticons, Powerglide dropped Spike and Perceptor off in the battle zone, so the pair could warn the Autobot leader about strange signals coming from Cybertron. {{storylink|The Revenge of Bruticus}}

Powerglide and the rest of the Minibots tried to repel the Decepticons' [[Trypticon (G1)|new mobile assault base]]—and failed. When the colossal 'con took several direct hits and seemed to be falling apart, Powerglide cheerfully reported that they had destroyed it—then in his shock, just happened to [[To sell toys|narrate aloud]] that it had a reptilian mode too.{{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

[[File:GhostinMachine Powerglide and Bumblebee.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
Powerglide appeared to have been destroyed during a disastrous Autobot attack on the [[Quintesson]]s led by a resurrected, reprogrammed Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Dark Awakening (episode)|Dark Awakening}} However, he was later among the Autobots who attempted to stop [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and Starscream's [[Spark|ghost]] from stealing [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s [[Sensors|eyes]], so he must have gotten better. Unfortunately, a blind Metroplex accidentally shot him down, but [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] saved him. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (episode)|Ghost in the Machine}}

{{note|The above appearance in "Dark Awakening" is likely a result of a careless animation team using the animation model of Powerglide to represent an Autobot spaceship rather than Powerglide himself, as the footage of "his" destruction is used twice during the battle sequence.}}
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====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' manga====
Arriving in Tokyo, [[Japan]], Powerglide intervened on [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]]'s attack on [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] and the Autobots' human friend, [[Kenji]]. Instead of shooting the Decepticon from the air, Powerglide zoomed in close and decked Ravage with a partially transformed hand. PG then grabbed Kenji and flew off, leaving Bumblebee alone to face [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] and his cassettes. For some reason. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 2|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #2}} Later, Powerglide was also present when Optimus Prime was showing Kenji around the Autobots' base in Japan. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 4|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #4}}

While surveying the desert, Powerglide came across the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] hunting down an innocent [[Murdered puppy|puppy]]. He interfered with their mission, but took heavy firepower shielding the animal with his own body. Seriously injured, Powerglide transformed in a desperate attempt to keep the dog alive just a little longer inside his cockpit. Surprisingly, the puppy managed to hotwire his control console and keep Powerglide moving long enough for a [[Minibot]] patrol to respond to his SOS. It seemed that Megatron had incorporated powerful Decepticon technology inside the puppy as an experiment. In order to avoid being used by the Decepticons, the puppy sacrifice himself to channel massive amounts of [[Scramble Power]] into Powerglide. United as one, Powerglide and the Minibots used Scramble Power to deliver a mighty blow on [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], defeating the Combaticons. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 8|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #8}}

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

Powerglide accompanied the massive Autobot reinforcements called in to counter Megatron's nefarious [[Omega Whip]]. {{storylink|Full Throttle Scramble Power!}}

====''Wings Universe''====
{{Wingsnote}}

[[File:BattleLines6-UltraMagnus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]

Powerglide was present at the first "meeting" of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]]. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 6}}

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===Marvel Comics continuity===
{{noteukonly}}
[[File:Powerglidereadytoblastoffrightnow.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|We bet you are. Don't be crude, Powerglide.]]
Powerglide was a member of [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]'s [[Cybertron Seven|resistance cell]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] during the reign of [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]]. Like most of his comrades, he found more inspiration in [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]'s bravado than the calculated caution of Perceptor. When their untrustworthy scout, [[Scrounge (G1)|Scrounge]] went missing, Powerglide and his peers fell in line with Blaster's plan to find and rescue him, overruling Perceptor. After much searching, all but Blaster had given up on Scrounge, but Powerglide had stayed to secretly shadow Blaster, allowing the air-capable Autobot to deliver him to safety out of the [[smelting pool]] (regrettably leaving Scrounge behind). This act gave Perceptor's small group of Autobots the first good news they had heard in eons, for Scrounge had handed them evidence that [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] lived. {{storylink|The Smelting Pool!}}

[[File:Powerglideblastercybertronic.jpg|thumb|Cybertronic altmode: paper airplane]]
Further reconnaissance by Blaster and Powerglide revealed startling news—the Decepticons were building a [[Space Bridge]]! As this would spell certain doom for both Cybertron and [[Earth]], a desperate raid on Straxus's [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]] fortress was launched. This attack was mostly successful, as it leveled Darkmount and ended in Straxus's destruction, but he and the rest of his Autobot comrades had to retreat to Earth over the Space Bridge as it self-destructed. Here they were greeted immediately by a group of humans. {{storylink|The Bridge to Nowhere!}}

However, the humans, belonging to the anti-robot attack team, [[Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team|RAAT]], captured Powerglide and the others with the help of [[Circuit Breaker (G1)|Circuit Breaker]]. Disassembled, the Autobots were only released after Circuit Breaker was forced to elicit their aid to defeat the [[Battlecharger]]s. {{storylink|Decepticon Graffiti!}}

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

[[File:Blasterbeourleaderplease.jpg|left|upright=1.66|thumb|"Is this the line for the mutiny?"]]
When Optimus Prime died ''(for real)'' after a digital battle with [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], Powerglide observed with the other Autobots as [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] failed to successfully repair their fallen leader. After attending Prime's ''(real)'' funeral, a criminal known as the [[Mechanic (G1)|Mechanic]] turned the Ark's new security systems on the mourning Autobots, with devastating results. {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend!}} [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]], Prime's successor, turned out to be a self-interested tyrant, but he did help get the Ark repaired and off of Earth, a large process that Powerglide contributed to by feeding [[Energon cube]]s to their new [[Geothermal Generator]]. {{storylink|Child's Play (issue)|Child's Play}} Nevertheless, Powerglide was among the Autobots who begged Blaster to overthrow him, but the mutiny didn't pan out. {{storylink|Spacehikers!}} Later, Blaster and Grimlock battled for supremacy on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], as Powerglide and the other Autobots cheered Blaster on. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

Some time after Optimus Prime's return, Powerglide was among several Autobots who responded to [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]]'s distress call near the Decepticons' [[Club Con|arctic base]]. However, this was a trap, and Powerglide was shot down in battle by some Decepticon aerial aces, including [[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]] and the ever-frightening [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]]. {{storylink|Dark Star}} He was identified as deactivated several weeks later. {{storylink|Yesterday's Heroes!}}
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===''Find Your Fate Junior''===
{{Note|As the following stories are [[multipath adventure]]s, details will vary depending on the path taken. See individual pages for information on alternate paths.}}
====Dinobots Strike Back====
In one micro-continuity-nexus in which four of the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] were taken over by [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell's]] [[cerebro-shell]]s, Powerglide was part of the Autobot attack force if Optimus Prime chose to attack immediately. He dropped a small concussion bomb near [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]], bringing the Stegosaurus to his knees. This prompted [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] to spew a jet of fire at Powerglide, which he managed to dodge.

In an alternate ending, Powerglide was part of a full-scale land, air, and sea assault on the Decepticons' secret base in [[Mount Lomas]]. With a little backup from [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], he apparently took down all of Megatron's warrior jets with his thermal beam, giving the ground force the cover they needed to storm the base and torch the superfuel lab. {{storylink|Dinobots Strike Back}}

====Earthquake====
[[File:EarthquakePowerglideBeahccomberWindcharger.jpg|right|thumb|200px]]
{{storylink|Earthquake (book)|Earthquake}}

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====Desert Flight====
[[File:DesertFlightDirgeandThrustattackAutobots.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
{{storylink|Desert Flight}}

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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Powerglideoutbackwarwithin.jpg|100px|thumb|The paper-airplaneness of his Dreamwave Cybertronic altmode is unknown.]]
Powerglide was operational during the early days of the war, and was seen in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] shortly after [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]]'s demise. {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}}

[[File:Powerglidenightofthecombaticons.jpg|left|upright=1.2|thumb|Bumblebee needs a smaller command chair.]]
In the modern era, Powerglide was a member of one of the later-formed Autobot resistance cells on Cybertron, in communication with [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] and [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] along with several other [[Mini Vehicle|Minibots]]. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}} He participated in the final insurrection which threw [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and his Decepticons out of power on Cybertron. Afterwards, he was assigned to [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'s command and traveled to Earth on a supply run aboard the starship ''[[Orion]]''. {{storylink|Night of the Combaticons}} Their simple supply mission ended with heavy combat against the amazingly-powerful clone, [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]]. The Autobots, in a fit of temporary insanity, decided to ally themselves with [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] in order to deal with this threat. Powerglide might have raised a complaint to being assigned to guard their new "partner", but Starscream betrayed them and deactivated Powerglide's unit so fast, it's hard to be sure he even had a chance to speak up. {{storylink|The Omega Effect}}

[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] presumably got him back online in time to help with the construction of [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
Powerglide was among the Autobots poised to fight against [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]]'s army on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Led by [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]], he and the other Autobot fliers attacked [[Kimia Facility]] and fought with the many [[Sweep]]s defending it. {{storylink|Chaos Part Two: Numbers}}

Once the battle was won and the war was over, Powerglide joined the crew of the ''[[Lost Light]]'' to participate in the search for the [[Knights of Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 2: Hangers On}} He spent some time in [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]]'s bar where he was confused by [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] and [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]]'s drunken antics. {{storylink|Life After the Big Bang}}

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==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
Part of a small task force led by Hound, Powerglide took part in a kerfuffle against the Decepticons and [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]]. The outcome of the fight was unclear. {{storylink|By Land, Sea, or Air}}

Powerglide was injured, and had [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]], [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] and [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] come to his aid. The trio were delayed when they became friendly with the Constructions, but after the sudden but inevitable betrayal, the three Autobots took him to safety. {{storylink|The Master Builders (Legends)|The Master Builders}} Powerglide fought against the combined Decepticon and Quintesson forces when they attacked Cybertron. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness: Part 3}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1Powerglide toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|The first Transformers toy that can stand with his arms akimbo. Appropriate!]]
*'''Powerglide''' (Mini-Vehicle, 1985)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-62'''

: Powerglide transforms into an [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes#A-10 Thunderbolt|A-10 Thunderbolt]] ground-strike plane. He is notable for being one of the earliest Autobots with an aerial alt-mode. Due to his transformation, Powerglide has more robot-mode articulation than any other [[Mini Vehicle]]. His head can turn, his shoulders have what amounts to universal joints, and his elbows bend. The box art depicts his robot mode mis-transformed; his wings stick out at an angle instead of being upright touching his body.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Autobot/Powerglide/powerglide.htm More information on Powerglide at TFU.info]''

===Transformers Collection===
*'''Minibot Team''' (Multi-pack, 2004)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TFC-12'''

: In January of 2004, Powerglide was reissued in a ''[[The Transformers Collection|Transformers Collection]]'' six-pack with [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys|Bumblebee]], [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]], [[Gears (G1)|Gears]], [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] and [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]]. With the exception of an added factory-applied [[insignia]] sticker, which necessitated the original sticker being moved down and rotated 90 degrees, there are no notable differences between the original and the reissue versions.

: This entire set was redecoed to make the "[[G1 GoBots]]" set: Powerglide was used to make [[Bad Boy]].
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===Universe (2008)===
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[[File:Powerglideuniversetoy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Someone's been eating their Wheaties.]]
*'''Powerglide''' (Ultra, 2008)
**''Accessories:'' Chaingun/missile launcher, "thermal beam" missile

:Although now upsized to an Ultra class toy with electronics, ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' Powerglide still transforms into an A-10 (though the nose looks more like that of its canceled counterpart, the Northrop YA-9, probably for licensing reasons). In order to preserve some semblance of realism in his [[Alternate mode|altmode]], however, he is mostly off-white in color, with red trim. His noggin, at least, is still entirely red, and even has an off-center cannon barrel sculpted into it in homage to his original toy, even though here, his head ''doesn't'' become the nosecone.

:In vehicle mode, pressing the prominent orange button on the jet's fuselage triggers three electronic sound effects (an engine ignition, a swooping noise and a barrage of machine-gun fire that persists for as long as you hold down the button, the same ones are used for Universe [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]]), accompanied by red LEDs in the turbines and cockpit. During transformation to robot mode, the classic transformation sound effect is triggered as the torso is moved into place; it plays in reverse as he is transformed back to vehicle mode. In robot mode, pressing the orange button triggers the machine-gun sound effect only, with newly-exposed lights illuminating Powerglide's eyes as well as those seen in jet mode.

:In robot mode, Powerglide features a wide range of articulation, and can wield in his hand the thermal missile launcher which mounts under his jet-mode nosecone. In what can only be described as one of the most hilarious homages in Transformers history, Powerglide's chestplate can flip up to [[:File:Ultra powerglide heart.jpg|reveal]] the raised [[:File:Powerglide heart.jpg|image]] of [[The Girl Who Loved Powerglide|a heart]].

:Rather unfortunately, his small feet and top-heaviness make him difficult to pose and stand up.

:His [[instructions]] omit a useful step: pulling the lower legs down to expose the knees and increase his height.

:The Japanese "USA Edition" release for Powerglide is colored in mostly red with white detailing, essentially reversing most of the colour layouts. He retains the same [[tampograph]]ed unit-markings as the Hasbro version.

: This mold was also used to make ''Universe'' [[Storm Cloud (G1)|Stormcloud]].

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[[File:Universe2008toy-PowerglideRed.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|More [[show-accuracy|show-accurate]] than the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] version!]]
*'''Powerglide''' (Ultra Class, 2009)
**''Accessories:'' Chaingun/missile launcher, "thermal beam" missile

:The second version of ''Universe'' Powerglide is a [[Walmart]]-[[exclusive]] red redeco similar to TakaraTomy's Japanese release of this sculpt, but with some significant differences in color layout. In an effort to make the toy more [[show-accuracy|accurate to the cartoon]], the arms are cast in light gray plastic, unlike the all-red arms on the Japanese version.

:His tailfins sport tampographed "NA W4Y W3 60" markings, which reads "And away we go!"
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===Generations===
[[File:TFGenerations Legends Powerglide.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Powerglide''' (Legends Class, 2015)
:A new legends-class mould, Powerglide transforms into a jet resembling an A-10 Warthog. Unlike previous legends class waves, Powerglide is not packaged with a smaller Targetmaster partner. He, instead, can transform into Superion's weapon.
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==Notes==
[[File:NowIKnow.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|We need an adult!]]
* ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' [[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]], a [[redeco]] of ''[[Legends Class|Legends of Cybertron]]'' [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]], was originally intended to be Powerglide, but Hasbro apparently could not secure the [[trademark]] at the time.
* Powerglide makes an appearance in one of the five Transformers [[public service announcement]]s, speaking out against gender discrimination.
* 3200 miles per hour is Mach 4.16, MUCH faster than ANY modern combat jet, let alone a real [[wikipedia:A-10 Thunderbolt II|A-10 Thunderbolt II]]... not that jet-based alt modes are known for realism.
*He is the only Generation One transformer with 4 digits on each hand (if you discount the Monster Pretender shells).

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Powerglide''' (パワーグライド ''Pawāguraido'')
*''French:'' '''Survolo''' (Canada)
*''Greek:'' '''Keraynόs''' (Κεραυνός, "Lightning")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Motorszárny''' ("Motorwing")
*''Italian:'' '''Jumbo'''
*''Portuguese:'' '''Planador''' (Portugal comics), '''Planador''' (Brazil comics)
*''Russian:'' '''Vetrorez''' (Ветрорез, "Windcut")

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

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Firefly

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Blackjack:

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{{disambig2|the Cobra human|the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]] sometimes known as Firefly|Fireflight (G1)}}
:''Firefly is a [[human]] from the [[G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers continuity|''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers'' portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:GIJoevsTF4 Firefly.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|He calls his gun Vera.]]

The true identity of '''Firefly''' is shrouded in mystery. Not even [[Cobra Commander]], the mercenary's most common employer, knows his real name or true appearance. Only one thing is certain with Firefly: he's ''very'' good at blowing things up.

==Fiction==
===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
Along with [[Zartan]], Firefly was hired by [[Destro]] to aid in [[Cobra]]'s attack on the [[SPS Research Facility]]. The two traveled there on [[Flight Pod]]s, before using [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] cloaking technology to turn invisible and effortlessly infiltrate the facility. While Zartan stole a piece of technology, Firefly planted explosive charges that would distract [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] from following them as they escaped. Once out, he detonated the explosives, destroying the facility and injuring [[Quick Kick]] and [[Mutt]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 3|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #3}}

While Firefly and Zartan were discussing payment with Destro on [[Cobra Island]], they were attacked by [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and his [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|minions]]. Firefly was captured by [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] and forced to help [[Doctor Mindbender]] create [[energon]] for the [[Decepticon]]s. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #4}} When [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] interrupted the process, Firefly took the opportunity to make a run for it. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 5|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #5}} However, he soon returned with [[Storm Shadow]] and several Cobra soldiers in tow, blowing a hole in the building with a bomb he had left behind earlier. While attacking the G.I. Joes and [[Autobot]]s within, Firefly was kicked in the head by [[Scarlett]] and knocked out. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 6|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #6}}

Firefly evaded capture, and was still on the loose more than two years later. {{storylink|Black Horizon, Part 1 of 2}}

==Notes==
*Firefly was set to appear in [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s ''[[Transformers/G.I. Joe: Divided Front]]'' series, where he would've been hired to assassinate [[Snake-Eyes]]. As Dreamwave went out of business, this story went [[Unreleased Dreamwave issues|unreleased]].

==External links==
*[http://www.yojoe.com/action/84/firefly.shtml Firefly at Yojoe.com]

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[[Category:Demolitions specialists]]
[[Category:Generation 1 humans]]
[[Category:Saboteurs]]

Silverbolt (G1)

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Blackjack: /* Generations */

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{{disambig3|Silverbolt}}
:''Silverbolt is an [[Autobot]] [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Silverbolt magnificent six.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''It's not the car or the bus or the train, it's the plane'' ''When we hit top speed, it's always the same'' ''Sweating red hot but chilled to the bone'' ''Side to side, bouncing round the ozone'' ''Tranquilise me! Hypnotise me!'' ''Techno-fear has paralysed me'' ''All around me, people grinning'' ''Laughing while my head is spinning'' ''Shaking like a leaf from my head to my feet'' ''Strapped to a seat at 20,000 feet'']]
'''Silverbolt's''' character is defined by his extreme [[Wikipedia:acrophobia|fear of heights]] and by his refusal to bow to it. He constantly struggles to project the image of a brave, determined soldier to hide his fear from others. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] named him leader of the Aerialbots in the hopes that worrying about them would give him something else to focus on besides his own phobia. This has proven true and, not surprisingly, the mature, responsible Silverbolt makes an excellent commander.

He can combine with his fellow Aerialbots to form [[Superion (G1)|Superion]].

{{quote|"Our mission is accomplished. Further risk would be foolish."
"How come they made you Aerialbot leader, Silverbolt? You've got no sense of adventure."
"Exactly."|'''Silverbolt''' and '''[[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]]'''|"[[Forever Is a Long Time Coming]]"|noquote=true}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Charlie Adler|Charles Adler]] (English), [[Tomomichi Nishimura]] (Japanese), [[Fumihiko Tachiki]] (Japanese, ''The Rebirth'')|[[Jean Claudio]] (French), [[Roberto Alexander]] (Latin American), [[Reinhard Brock]] (German, ''Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2 - 4'' & ''Fight or Flee''), [[Erhard Hartmann]] (German, ''Forever is a Long Time Coming''), [[Bernd Simon]] (German, ''Starscreams Ghost'' & ''The Burden Hardest to Bear''), [[Wolfgang Mascher]] (German, ''Ghost in the Machine''), [[Imo Heite]] (German, ''The Ultimate Weapon'' & ''The Big Broadcast of 2006''), [[Klaus Kessler]] (German, Generation 2 Dub of ''Ghost in the Machine'')}}

[[File:G1Silverbolt Key1.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"So long, cruel world!" Actual episode quote. Seriously.]]
Silverbolt was constructed out of a low-flying cargo transport vessel, which was modified to resemble an Earthly Concorde. He was later given life by [[Vector Sigma]], along with the other [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], then returned to [[Earth]] with the Autobots via [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. It was soon discovered that Silverbolt had a crippling weakness: an intense fear of heights, due to his low-altitude origins. Conversely, he was the only Aerialbot who wasn't a complete jerk. Because of this, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] made him commander of the Aerialbots, reasoning that it would give him something to worry about other than his acrophobia. He proved worthy of this role when he persuaded his mutinous team mates to help the Autobots protect humanity, by showing them how [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]] was able to disregard his fatigue at will due to his concern for Omega Supreme's well-being, something robots cannot do.

[[File:G1 Silverbolt cartoon.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"Has anyone seen my [[Humanization#Lips|lip balm]]?"]]
As the combined forces of the Autobots and Aerialbots sent the Decepticons into retreat, Silverbolt bravely went after [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and destroyed the [[Key to Vector Sigma]], despite his great fear of heights. As he fell, he was saved at the last moment by [[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]], who was impressed by his courage. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2}}

Silverbolt led his Aerialbots to the Middle East to discover why aircraft had been mysteriously disappearing from the area. As they flew over a canyon, Silverbolt detected a call from help down below, only to discover it was a Decepticon trick. The Decepticons retreated when Optimus Prime showed up, and Silverbolt pitched in to rescue Slingshot, who had been buried by [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]]. Later on, Silverbolt and [[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]] fought the Decepticons and their drones. When the Combaticons merged into [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], Silverbolt (after expressing disdain for [[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]]'s late arrival) ordered his team to become [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]. After a bit of combiner-on-combiner action, the Aerialbots separated and ignited the oil that had spilled all around the Decepticons, scattering them. {{storylink|Aerial Assault}}

[[File:WarDawn-SilverboltAndOP.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.15|"In the future, you'll be a great Autobot leader." "Sweet!" "And I'm the key to your success." "GET OUT."]]

When the Seekers captured half of the Earth's leaders, Silverbolt seemed to be the only one concerned, and he valiantly rescued the humans when [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] dropped them. Back at the base, Ratchet and Silverbolt couldn't believe the other Aerialbots' admiration of the Decepticons, but that was cut short when strange energy readings were detected on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Boarding Omega Supreme, Silverbolt went with the other Autobots to check it out, but when they arrived, the other Aerialbots were more interested in tagging along with Starscream. Rushing in to help his teammates, Silverbolt was placed with the others into the [[Kronosphere]], where they were sent to Cybertron's past, before the Great War. There, he met a worker named Orion Pax, and Silverbolt was again frustrated by his fascination with Decepticons. When Orion Pax was injured by Megatron, Silverbolt and his team brought him to Alpha Trion, and at Silverbolt's insistence, the damaged Orion was rebuilt into Optimus Prime. Following that, the Aerialbots destroyed the Decepticons' fuel, and Wheeljack managed to repair the Kronosphere and return them to their time. Upon their return, Silverbolt ordered the Aerialbots to combine into Superion and take down a [[guardian robot]] Megatron had sicced on the Autobots. {{storylink|War Dawn (episode)|War Dawn}}

The Aerialbots were tasked with applying [[corrostop]] to the [[Statue of Liberty]], but Perceptor was captured by Stunticons, leaving it up to the Aerialbots to locate him. They followed the Stunticons' [[Blitzwing (G1)|escape vehicle]], but Dirge and Ramjet scared Silverbolt's squad off by using their [[Lightning Bug]]. When Megatron offered to let Perceptor free at Fox Creek Canyon, Silverbolt was among the many Autobots to come with Prime to rescue their comrade. Later, Silverbolt commanded the formation of Superion, and in this combined form the Aerialbots defeated Menasor and destroyed the Lightning Bug. {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}}

After the death of Megatron and the retaking of Cybertron, Silverbolt and the Aerialbots became part of the Autobot Fleet. When [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]], [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] and Spike were kidnapped to [[Quintessa]], the rescue party alerted the Aerialbots to swoop by for covering fire and pick-up. By 2006, Silverbolt was showing far more confidence as a leader, and effectively coordinated the entire rescue operation. Briefly, he even [[scale|grew so large]] that all the Autobots trapped on Quintessa's surface were able to board him. Whattaguy. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2}} When the Quintessons destroyed their own planet to get at the Autobots, the resulting blast wave destroyed the Aerialbots' ship, sending Silverbolt and the rest hurtling through space. They eventually impacted on [[Goo 8739B|Goo #8739B]]. That planetoid was so sticky, Silverbolt couldn't even blast free of its surface in jet mode. They were eventually rescued by [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] and the [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}}

{{Note|In the episode "[[Dark Awakening (episode)|Dark Awakening]]", several jets in the Autobot Fleet resembling the Aerialbots' alt modes were destroyed by the Quintessons. Repeatedly. Since the Aerialbots unquestionably survived the attack, it would seem their character models were merely used to build up the size of the fleet, and the casualty figures.}}

[[File:ForeverLongTime Air Raid Silverbolt.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"Why are you the leader, Silverbolt? I've got a nicer paint job." "[[Inferno (episode)|Yes, but... a Concorde is bigger.]]"]]
As a leader, Silverbolt was something of a killjoy to his fellow Aerialbots, encouraging moderation and self-control over daredevil flying and adventuring. During a battle against the Quintessons, Air Raid was eager to chase after the Quintessons and give them what-for, but Silverbolt insisted they stick with the mission and secure the asteroid base the Quintessons had been operating from instead. When Air Raid gave him some backtalk that basically amounted to "Pussyyyyy!", Silverbolt shrugged it off and reminded his comrades that THIS was why Prime put him in charge. {{storylink|Forever Is a Long Time Coming}}

Once, Air Raid led the Decepticon duo of [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] into an asteroid field where Silverbolt and his fellow Aerialbots were waiting to spring an ambush. The Aerialbots messed the Decepticons up pretty badly, especially after they transformed into Superion. Eventually, Silverbolt and the others chased the Decepticons through a strange warp in space. This proceeded to have no consequences for [[Sandstorm (G1)|anyone]] [[Paradron|whatsoever]]. {{storylink|Fight or Flee}}

Silverbolt and the Aerialbots were spending a relaxing day watching home movies on [[Teletraan II]] when things suddenly get serious, as the Autobots' computer off-handedly informed them [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] was never destroyed in his last battle with [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. Sure enough, Silverbolt and Skydive were later present at the former site of Fort Knox, investigating Trypticon's handiwork on behalf of the [[Abdul Fakkadi (G1)|King of Kings]] of [[Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbombya|Carbombya]]. When they tracked Trypticon to his new staging grounds, Silverbolt and the Aerialbots launched from [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]], but the Decepticon presence in Carbombya was more than they had anticipated. The Aerialbots made a hasty retreat when confronted with overwhelming firepower, but soon returned with reinforcements and drove the Decepticons from Carbombya. {{storylink|Thief in the Night}}

During a battle in space, Silverbolt and the Aerialbots may or may not have been present. Superion, at least, was surely there on the planet [[Eurythma]]... sometimes. {{storylink|Carnage in C-Minor}} Silverbolt was ''definitely'' stationed at Autobot City, though, when [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and Starscream stole Metroplex's eyes. The massive Autobot was nearly driven mad with pain when the Decepticons set off a bomb in his brain, and Skydive, Silverbolt and [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] had to keep him contained so that his thrashing didn't destroy anything irreplaceable. Like Portland. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (episode)|Ghost in the Machine}}

[[File:BigBroadcast Silverbolt jet mode.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|No one tell him that space is really really high up.]]
After [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] took some hostile fire over the [[Junkion (planet)|planet of Junk]], Rodimus Prime dispatched Silverbolt and the Aerialbots to investigate. They were caught in a crossfire between the brain-addled Junkions and the Quintessons, who were responsible for messing with the Junkions' air waves, and their minds. Even after becoming Superion, the Aerialbots took heavy fire and had to be brought back to [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] on Cybertron for repairs. {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (episode)|The Big Broadcast of 2006}}

Normally, Silverbolt is the pinnacle of self-restraint and professionalism. One day, though, he congratulated [[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]] on strategically getting himself set on fire by [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], and then personally flew down the monster's throat, throwing out laser bolts and imaginative taunts all the way down his gullet. Someone slipped a little too much caffeine into Silverbolt's oil that day. {{storylink|The Ultimate Weapon}}

During the Decepticon invasion of Japan, the Aerialbots fought against [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] when he tried to derail a bullet train full of passengers. {{storylink|The Burden Hardest to Bear}} Sometime thereafter, Silverbolt and the Aerialbots were recruited by Rodimus Prime to rescue the body of Optimus Prime from [[Gregory Swofford|Swofford]] and [[Mark Morgan|Morgan]]. Unfortunately, this only meant they were among the first Autobots exposed to the [[Hate Plague|hate plague]]. Despite the madness induced by the red dust, the Aerialbots were apparently still willing to form Superion. Superion ran amok, causing serious property damage, infecting [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]], and taking several other Autobots out of action. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}

When the Decepticons invaded Cybertron searching for the [[Plasma energy|Plasma Energy Chamber]], the Aerialbots tried to stop them. Unfortunately, they didn't reckon with [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]. Silverbolt's team was taken down in a matter of seconds, with him being personally eliminated by Cyclonus, wielding Sixshot in gun mode. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}} Silverbolt somehow survived Sixshot's direct hit, and was finally defeated [[The Rebirth, Part 3|two episodes later]] by [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]]. The [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] then took his [[power pack]] to use as fuel for the giant rocket engine they were constructing for [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}

====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' manga====
When the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] confronted Menasor at a baseball stadium, Silverbolt and the Aerialbots arrived as back-up. They formed Superion to engage Menasor and [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. After [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] was injured, Superion targeted the Decepticon combiners' legs, shaking them loose and giving the smaller Protectobots a chance to link up with the Decepticon gestalts and override control of their bodies. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 5|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #5}} After the Autobots discovered a utopia island paradise, it was besieged by Megatron and the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]], who wanted to build an impregnable fortress. [[Kenji]] radioed for help, and Optimus Prime sent Silverbolt and the Aerialbots to the rescue. As Superion, they fought off [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] and [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], using their smarts to outthink the evil warriors. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 6|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #6}}

====''Scramble City'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Tomomichi Nishimura]] (Japanese)}}
Silverbolt and the Aerialbots were dispatched from the [[Metroplex (G1)|Scramble City]] project by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] to aid Optimus Prime in battle with the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] and [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. Their aerial firepower frankly overwhelmed the marauding Decepticons, and sent them home with their transistors between their struts. On his second attempt, Megatron sent the Stunticons, who were considerably more successful in engaging the Autobots. Damaged in jet modes, Silverbolt the Aerialbots chose instead to merge and form Superion. As Superion, they possessed scramble combining abilities, but so did the Stunticons when they formed Menasor. The Aerialbots were in the midst of reconfiguring their limb formation when Fireflight, being...well, a daydreaming idiot, mixed up whether he was supposed to be the right leg or the left. His indecision gave Menasor time to shoot him down, and [[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]] assumed the place of Superion's right leg instead, corrupting his programming. Silverbolt and the others were trapped as Superion, literally fighting themselves, until Fireflight retook his place as Superion's limb. {{storylink|Scramble City: Mobilization}}

====''The Great Transformer War'' comic====
In 2010, Galvatron kidnapped Doctor [[Dalton (G1)|Dalton]] of [[Eran]] to utilize his skills and improve the Decepticons' combiner technology. Silverbolt and the Aerialbots joined the Protectobots in assaulting Trypticon, in hopes of rescuing the hostage scientist. Silverbolt and his team formed Superion for a first strike, but the Decepticon combiners countered with their deployment modes, launching the Stunticon and [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]] troops with enough force to tear Superion apart. The Protectobots stood guard over [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] as he performed battlefield triage on the Aerialbots in his repair bay mode, bringing them back online. Silverbolt then transformed into launcher mode and unleashed the Aerialbots in their own scramble attack, blinding Menasor and Bruticus long enough for the Autobots to escape safely with Dalton. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 1|The Great Transformer War #1}}

====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Ken Yamaguchi]] (Japanese)}}

Silverbolt and the Aerialbots were stationed at Autobot City on Earth in 2011. When Galvatron attacked Cybertron via the old [[space bridge]] network, the Aerialbots were summoned to Cybertron as reinforcements. They soon arrived with the [[Trainbot]]s and quickly joined the battle. Silverbolt and his team formed Superion and battled [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] and Devastator. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} Later, the combined Aerialbots fought alongside [[Raiden]] and Defensor against the Decepticon combiners, and were nearly crushed when Bruticus collapsed a building on their position. They were bailed out by the arrival of the [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Battleship Maximus]]. When Hot Rod began his search for the [[Matrix of Leadership]] on Earth, Silverbolt and the Aerialbots returned to the humans' planet to assist him. They confronted the Stunticons in the desert, pitting Superion against Menasor yet again. The battle was so fierce, it eventually carried them to the Arctic, where Hot Rod was searching. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}}

Silverbolt and his flying comrades joined the [[Triple Changer]]s in distracting the Decepticons long enough for [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Twincast]] to sneak inside Trypticon and gather data on the [[Madmachine]]. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}} Sometime later, Silverbolt and the Aerialbots were on a research vessel that passed near a [[Metamorphose|strange meteorite]]. The meteorite had been altered by Galvatron to produce magnetic warping waves whenever it detected metal, and so it send the Aerialbots and their ship twisting through space. Although the Decepticons tried to intervene, the Autobots eventually recovered Silverbolt and his injured colleagues. {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}}

Following a lengthy repair cycle, Silverbolt and the Aerialbots were ready for action when Galvatron and the Decepticons laid siege to Cybertron one last time. Transporting to Cybertron from Earth, they raced into battle (on foot, for some reason). Silverbolt and the team got the drop on the Stunticons when they merged into Superion, smashing and scattering the 'Cons before they could form Menasor. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} As the fighting continued, the Aerialbots battled Abominus as Superion and later separated to trade blaster fire with the Stunticons. The warring only came to an end once [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s bombs blew up [[Vector Sigma]] and annihilated the planet.{{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}}

Silverbolt was stationed at Autobot City when a volcano erupted in [[Peru]], threatening a nearby town. Ultra Magnus sent out the Protectobots and [[Trainbot]]s, but they ran into trouble with the Headmasters and [[Predacon (G1)|Predacon]]s. Silverbolt pleaded with Ultra Magnus to send his men in as reinforcements, but Magnus was worried about leaving the base unguarded by sending out too many of his troops. As Ultra Magnus wracked his brain trying to deal with the problem, the Autobot Headmasters had time to ''fly from [[Athenia]]''. {{storylink|The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts}}

When [[buridanka|a giant carnivorous plant]] attacked San Francisco, Ultra Magnus dispatched Silverbolt and the Aerialbots to combat it. Although they made frequent bombing runs on the organism, the Aerialbots were unable to stop it. Only the arrival of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]] and his powerful giant [[Transtector]] brought an end to the creature's rampage. {{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}} Silverbolt and the Aerialbots were part of a strike team that flew to the [[Moon (moon)|moon]] to disrupt Scorponok's gathering of Decepticons. They immediately formed Superion upon entering the battle. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}}

When one of Scorponok's Death Towers emerged in Washington D.C., Silverbolt and the Aerialbots were dispatched to investigate it. As part of Superion, Silverbolt participated in the Autobots final battle with Scorponok's Decepticons at the North Pole. He lent his energies to the Headmasters' [[Head Formation]] to revitalize Fortress Maximus at the critical moment. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
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[[File:Silverbolt aerialbots over america.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|<div align="center">'''THIS IS SPARTA!!!!!''']]</div>
The Aerialbots were created when [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]] filmed [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]'s combining sequence, ''following a [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]-sent vision by [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] of new [[Special Teams]]''. Using the Autobot Matrix of Leadership, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] gave the Aerialbots life. The leader, Silverbolt's alternate mode is that of a human transport airplane. After being given life and during testing, Prime ordered them to stop the Decepticon assault on the [[Hoover Dam]].

The fight went well, but [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] used his super-sonic ability to bring out a Transformer's deepest fear; it warped Silverbolt's fear of heights (ironic for an Aerialbot) and forced him to land. The Aerialbots prevailed in the fight, however, and as the Decepticons fled, Silverbolt combined them all to form [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], trying to stop the drill from absorbing all of the Hoover Dam's electricity.

Superion's reflex was to strike out and kill [[Ricky Vasquez|the human]] who held [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] in his gun form, but Silverbolt mentally stepped in and prevented him from doing so. He forced the Aerialbots to disassemble. The human fired Megatron's gun at the drill, winning the day for the Autobots. {{storylink|Aerialbots over America!}}

[[File:Aerialbots minds wiped marvel 22.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"Wheeljack, did you unquestioningly kill the Aerialbots, as per my orders?" "Yep—sure thing, Prime!"]]
Nonetheless, Silverbolt's mind was wiped along with his fellow Aerialbots shortly afterwards, due to Optimus Prime's dissatisfaction with the mission. Silverbolt would appear in other later battles with his teammates, usually getting blown out of the sky, if not to pieces.

Later, when [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] was transporting the human [[Donny Finkleberg]] home, Silverbolt and the Aerialbots were sent to do battle with the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]]. Both combiners fused, creating [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and Superion. [[Circuit Breaker (G1)|Josie Beller]], known as Circuit Breaker, fired upon Superion, however, crippling him heavily and leaving Menasor the victor. {{storylink|Heavy Traffic!}}

[[File:Silverbolt perchance to dream.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|"This must be a flashback... I'm in monochrome!"]]
''They would battle Menasor again at a Blackrock plant, and this time the fusion worked so well everyone found out the others' weaknesses and neuroses. Horrified at his fear of heights being found out, Silverbolt drove Superion into a vicious, brutal fury.'' {{storylink|...Perchance to Dream}} ''Following this, Silverbolt and the other Aerialbots would come under [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]'s command to investigate enemy activity in a small East Coast town. They would combine into Superion for the fourth and final time—their collective neuroses and loathing of each others' weaknesses made it impossible for Superion to focus on more than one thing at a time.'' {{storylink|The Return of the Transformers}} ''Silverbolt would later work to get over his fear.'' {{storylink|The Magnificent Six!}}

With Optimus dead, Silverbolt was one of the high-ranking Autobots gathered by [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] to decide their new leader. Silverbolt voted for [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]—nice one... {{storylink|King of the Hill!}} He later got killed by the [[Underbase]]-powered [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]]. {{storylink|Dark Star}}

[[File:LastAutobot-Silverbolt.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66]]
After obtaining [[Nucleon]] from [[Hydrus Four|Hydrus 4]], Grimlock indiscriminately pumped the restorative substance through the Ark's life support chambers, reviving Silverbolt along with other fallen Autobots. Silverbolt and the others were immediately shoved into battle against [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}} Following Unicron's defeat, the Decepticons tried to strand the Autobots on a self-destructing Cybertron, but Grimlock had hidden away a small fleet of Decepticon warships. Silverbolt, suffering Prowl's impatient badgering, piloted one of the warships to [[Klo]] for a last stand against the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Last Autobot?}}
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=====Earthforce=====
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[[File:Silverbolt sunstreaker perchance to dream.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|"Hey, who's the joker that left this cyber-bug in my CR chamber?"]]
Kept in inactive rest after his destruction at the hands of Starscream, Silverbolt was revived by [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]] when the future Decepticon infiltrated the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] and attempted to reprogram several Autobots into working for him, using their darker impulses as a focus. Galvatron succeeded in reactivating Silverbolt and several others, but failed to command their loyalty, and they turned his own [[mind bug]] technology against him. {{storylink|...Perchance to Dream}} When Optimus Prime took the Ark out into space shortly thereafter, leaving [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] in charge of Autobot activity on Earth, Silverbolt joined the new Earthforce in opposing the remaining Decepticon factions, led by Megatron and [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. {{storylink|Break-Away!}} Perhaps at Silverbolt's request, the other Aerialbots were also revived in short order, and joined Earthforce as well. When Wheeljack's new defense grid for the Earthbase went awry, Silverbolt assembled the Aerialbots to fly air support for Prowl as he attempted to re-enter the base and shut down the system from the inside. {{storylink|The House that Wheeljack Built!}}

Sometime later, Silverbolt and the Aerialbots were operating as Superion when [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] zapped them with a [[cerebro-shell]], causing the super-robot to rampage through the countryside. A human named [[Irwin Spoon (G1)|Irwin Spoon]] eventually managed to climb inside and remove the shell from Superion's cerebral circuitry. {{storylink|Inside Story!}}

Sent on a mission to [[Stanix]] with five other Autobots, he was captured by [[Megadeath (G1)|Megadeath]], who had tortured his comrades millions of years ago. Silverbolt got them to face their fear and move past it, saving their lives. {{storylink|The Magnificent Six!}}

====="Another Time & Place"=====
Silverbolt was part of the Autobot force who travelled to [[Hydrus Four]] to rescue the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. Along with his fellow Aerialbots, [[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]] and [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]], he performed a bombing run on the Decepticon-held medcenter where they were trying to revive Megatron. {{storylink|Another Time & Place}}

====''Generation 2''====
[[File:Jazz silverbolt prowl escalation.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.66]]
After the defeat of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and his Decepticons on [[Klo]], the Autobots split into smaller combat units throughout the universe. Once Optimus Prime and Grimlock learned of the threat posed by the second generation [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian army]], though, the Autobot forces reconsolidated under their command. Slingshot and the other Aerialbots were first seen after the Autobots had retreated to an asteroid sanctuary for retraining. They were, um, outsmarted by [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]]. {{storylink|The Power and the Glory}}

Later, when Grimlock decided to countermand Prime's orders and come to his aid against the Decepticons on Earth, Silverbolt was part of the rescue team he assembled. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}} He was also involved in the two major offensives against the Cybertronians, on [[Ethos]] {{storylink|Escalation!}} and at Autobase Earth. {{storylink|Total War!}}

====''Regeneration One''====
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Sometime around [[2007]], Silverbolt was amongst those suffering ill effects from the infusion of [[Nucleon]] into their systems, being kept in stasis in the "[[Nursery]]". {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part One}}

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====''Classics''====
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Silverbolt was aboard the ''[[Graviton (Classics)|Graviton]]'' when it was pulled into the [[Primax -408.24 Epsilon]] universe and deposited near that universe's prehistoric [[Earth]]. After being shot down by the ''[[Talon (Classics)|Talon]]'', the Autobots adopted organic alternate modes to avoid the ambient [[Energon radiation]], with Silverbolt taking the form of an eagle. {{storylink|Shattered Time}} After discovering that three [[stasis pod]]s were missing from the ship, the Autobots went in search of them, only to find Megatron had found them first. Silverbolt, [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] were bombarded by the newly-activated [[Autojetter]], and it was only the arrival of [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] and the recovery of [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] that saved them. {{storylink|Shattered Expectations (BWSG)|Shattered Expectations}}

The Autobots retreated across a rock bridge, and watched as Magnus faced off against Megatron, dealing their foe a temporary defeat. Back at the ''Graviton'', Depth Charge gave the "Maximals" more of an explanation regarding his presence. {{storylink|Shattered Paths}} When they located their missing energy purifier, the Maximals went out to fetch it. Despite the new ability of Ironhide, Prowl and Silverbolt to merge into [[Magnaboss]], they were trounced by [[God Neptune (BWSG)|God Neptune]]. {{storylink|Shattered Hope}} Returning to the ship, the Maximals fueled up before joining Depth Charge, who had located the Matrix he was seeking. The Maximals kept a security system occupied long enough for Magnus to retrieve the Matrix in question, however a short time later they were confronted by Megatron piloting a giant mech. {{storylink|Shattered Balance}} Silverbolt again took part in merging into Magnaboss, but the combiner was soundly defeated by Megatron's [[Gigastorm Armor]]. The Maximals were moments later pulled into a dimensional rift created by Ultra Magnus. {{storylink|Shattered Destiny}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
Silverbolt and his fellow Aerialbots became one of the first Autobot "[[Special Teams]]" several million years ago, adopting the process used to create [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] in order to become Superion. The unchecked destructive power of these super-robots was eventually recognized by the Autobot and Decepticon factions, however. By the time of the [[Dark Ages]], the [[Crisis Intervention Accord]] had been ratified, strictly forbidding Special Teams from operating together on any given faction, in order to prevent these titans from tearing the planet apart. {{storylink|Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|War Within: The Dark Ages}}

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Although they were apparently not part of the Ark's original crew, Silverbolt and the Aerialbots somehow arrived on Earth and were part of Optimus Prime's unit in the 1980s. The war on the human homeworld raged until 1998 when the Decepticons were finally defeated, and in the following year, the ''[[Ark II]]'' was constructed to take the Transformers home. However, the ship was sabotaged by the rogue engineer-turned arms dealer Adam Rook, known as [[Lazarus]], and General [[Robert Hallo]], who planned on reprogramming the Transformers into the service of the United States military. The Aerialbots were some of the few Transformers who were not recovered by Lazarus for his reprogramming venture, now aimed at hiring out the Transformers to the highest bidder. Instead, they lay immobile in the Arctic waters until reactivated as Superion in 2002 by Optimus Prime, using the power of the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 2|Prime Directive #2}}

Silverbolt and the Aerialbots in their Superion form, battled the Decepticons in the Northwest Territories of [[Canada]] {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 3|Prime Directive #3}} and again in [[San Francisco]]. During the latter conflict, Superion was broken down into his individual components while battling [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] and the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]]. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 4|Prime Directive #4}} When Megatron failed to convince Optimus Prime to join his cause, Silverbolt and his team were freed and eventually reunified in order to intercept a nuclear missile (launched by General Hallo) headed for the California coastline. Superion, and by extension the Aerialbots, were destroyed in stopping the missile. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 6|Prime Directive #6}}

Their remains were collected secretly by [[Earth Defense Command]] and held in Area 51. {{storylink|Generation 1 issue 0|Generation 1 #0}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
Before the war, Silverbolt was a law enforcer and member of captain [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Orion Pax]]'s team, serving as their eye in the sky and participating in the capture of [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]]. {{storylink|Law and Disorder}} During their hunt for the Decepticon spy [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], he reported to Orion where their target was headed and the failed attempts of the other Autobots at taking him down. Once everyone else was defeated or distracted, Silverbolt went after Soundwave on his own, only to crash when [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] ripped off his port stabilizer. {{storylink|The Hunt for Soundwave}} He later participated in the search for the insurgent [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Hot Rod]], but was unable to assist his teammates after they entered the maze-like [[Acropolex]]. {{storylink|Ruins}} After Orion Pax had become Optimus Prime, Silverbolt and his Aerialbots responded to his rallying call for additional support against the Decepticons and fought against the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] in the battle over [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. {{storylink|Broadcast}}

When [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] began his rampage across Cybertron, Silverbolt first provided aerial surveillance and later led the Aerialbots in an attack that served to collapse a building on top of the beast. {{storylink|The Illusion of Control}} Four million years ago, Silverbolt attended a victory celebration on Cybertron after the Autobots stopped a Decepticon energon convoy from reaching its destination. He was seen chatting with [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] and [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] at the party. {{storylink|The Iron Age}}

[[File:SpotlightBlaster Silverbolt.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|His bedside manner could use some work...]]
In the modern era, with Optimus Prime leading the Autobots in the field, Silverbolt became Operation Commander on the [[Autobot Orbital Command Hub]]; [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] was one of his senior officers. He was involved in trying to find the attempted assassin of [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], deducing the assailant had to be an Autobot. To catch the would-be killer, Silverbolt and Blaster concocted a plan where the Autobot morale-booster set himself as bait. Silverbolt and his men waited as backup while Blaster dealt with the assassin (who turned out to be a mind-controlled [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]]), but he nearly stormed into the room when he saw that "the Voice" was not armed with a weapon. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blaster}}

Several years later, Silverbolt was mentioned as being on Earth by [[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]]. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 1: "New Arrivals, Old Encounters"|New Arrivals, Old Encounters}}

Most of the Autobots eventually left Earth, returning to Cybertron to fight [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]]'s army. When Galvatron began to fire at the planet's surface using [[Kimia Facility]]'s particle cannon, Silverbolt led all available flying Autobots in an attack on the facility. Though he didn't know what Galvatron was targeting, he knew the barrage had to be stopped, and volunteered to destroy Kimia by tossing explosives into its barrel. He didn't need to, as it was soon blown up by Autobots on the inside. {{storylink|Chaos Part Two: Numbers}}

[[File:StickTogether-Aerialbots.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
After the Chaos war, Silverbolt's fellow Aerialbot [[Barrel Roll]] died in an explosion and Silverbolt, unable to trust any Decepticons after four million years of war, blamed the survivor, [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] and would've killed the Decepticon if not for Wheeljack spoiling his aim. Shortly after the incident, Bumblebee agreed to accept [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] into the government, which made Silverbolt even more furious. He attacked Bumblebee and [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]] before announcing that he and his Aerialbots were leaving Bumblebee's government. {{storylink|Stick Together}} Shortly after leaving Iacon behind and traveling into the untamed wilderness Cybertron had become, the Aerialbots were the first to fall victim to [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]]'s experiments with a [[combiner]] energy that influenced their minds and made them turn on each other. {{storylink|Before the Dawn}} Silverbolt's comrades teamed up to attack him, though he himself remained immune for a time, something he believed to be a side effect of him never truly feeling like part of the team. He avoided their attacks for three days before he too began to feel the effects and made a recording of his experiences as a warning to whoever came next. {{storylink|Night and the City}} [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], sent out to find the lost Aerialbots, first discovered a broken wing belonging to their Silverbolt, {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt}} but by the time he tracked the warning message to its source, he found the Aerialbot leader had succumbed to the influence and, to cope, merged with his team into a single being: [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]. {{storylink|Night and the City}}
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===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics===
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Though his aerial insecurities are now mostly a thing of the past, he still mutters a short prayer or mantra as he takes flight. Though taking to the air might bring about some queasiness in him still, Silverbolt believes that courage is not the absence of fear, but the ability to overcome it. {{Storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook}}

Silverbolt was a member of the Maximal counterpart to the [[Tripredacus Council]], the [[Maximal Imperium]], alongside former Autobot teammates [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 2|The Ascending #2}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
Silverbolt and his Aerialbot team managed to drive [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]] into a retreat after this twisted creation of [[Doctor Arkeville]] was unleashed on the world. {{storylink|Nemesis Rising}} They had similar success intercepting [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]]'s convoy, which was trying to deliver part of a super weapon to Decepticon HQ. The Aerialbots' attack resulted in the Decepticons destroying their own weapon to keep it out of Autobot hands. {{storylink|Eagle Eyes}} The Aerialbots were trapped by the Decepticons and sent back through time through a [[Chronogon]] portal. Encountering the archivists Orion Pax and Ariel, the team took the injured pair to [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] following an attack on the [[Iacon Archives]]. Trion helped the team return to present day, where Silverbolt told [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Elita One]] about their adventure. {{storylink|Golden Age (Legends)|Golden Age}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1 Silverbolt toy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"Oh God, I'm in the middle of a white cloud!" *faints*]]
*'''Silverbolt''' (Aerialbot, 1986/1991)
**''Team ID number:'' '''A1'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-50'''
**''Accessories:'' "[[Electrostatic discharger rifle|Electrostatic Discharger Rifle]]", "Blast Shield" chest plate, Superion's head, 2 fists (left & right), 2 foot stands (left & right), ramp and "Blast Deflector" waist plate

:Silverbolt transforms into a Concorde SST jet liner, and also has a third launcher/base mode for use with the other Aerialbots. A particular weakness of Silverbolt's design is the way both his legs are connected to his hips by a long pin going through several very small (and weak) plastic hinges that are put under stress as the immediate joint underneath this assembly is a swivel used during transformation. His [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] release has a spring powered launcher mechanism for the "base" mode that was removed from his [[Hasbro]] releases, leaving only a piece that flopped around uselessly on his chest. He was available both alone and in a gift set with his teammates.

:In Japan, the entire Aerialbot team were offered (as individual purchases) as mail-order items in US packaging during ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Return of Convoy (toyline)|Return of Convoy]]''. Silverbolt cost 2000 yen and three [[Robot Point|robot points]] and did not include the base mode launcher.

:The Aerialbots were later sold as part of the [[Classics (Europe)|European Classics]] toyline in 1991, still without the "base" mode launcher on Silverbolt.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Silverbolt/silverbolt.htm More information on Silverbolt at TFU.info]''

*'''Superion''' (1986)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-55'''

:Silverbolt was also available with the other Aerialbots as part of a Superion giftset. All of the toys in the set are identical to their individual releases for the same markets (i.e., the Takara version of Silverbolt included the you-know-what).

===Generation 2===
*'''Silverbolt''' (1994)
**''Team ID number:'' '''A5'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 Missile launchers, 2 missiles, chest plate, Superion's head, 2 fists (left & right), 2 feet (left & right), ramp and waist plate

:For the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|''Generation 2'' toyline]], Silverbolt's toy was [[redeco]]ed in blue and orange, and his wings were [[retool]]ed to hold a new pair of spring-loaded missile launchers (reused from the ''Generation 2'' versions of [[Starscream (G1)/toys|Starscream]] and [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]). No base mode launcher here, either...
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1994/Autobot/Silverbolt/silverbolt.htm More information on Generation 2 Silverbolt at TFU.info]''
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===Beast Wars===
[[File:Silverbolt-bw-magnaboss-toy2.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|House the people living on the street. Shoe the children with no shoes on their feet.]]
*'''Magnaboss''' (Ultra, 1997)

:Silverbolt transforms from an eagle into a robot, with portions of his wings turning into a pair of [[sword]]s. Each wing also contains a spring-loaded missile launcher. He is able to combine with [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and [[Prowl (G1)/toys|Prowl]], his package buddies, forming part of the torso and helmet to the giant robot [[Magnaboss]].

:This mold was used to make ''[[Beast Wars II (toyline)|Beast Wars II]]'' [[Skywarp (BWII)|Skywarp]].

:The Magnaboss toy included no information about its 3 components beyond their names. The character was finally established by [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] to be Generation 1 Silverbolt a decade after its release in 2007.

:Silverbolt is rumoured to be a sufferer of the dreaded [[Gold Plastic Syndrome]]. Thankfully he is not one of the more common cases and most Silverbolts have survived many years of playwear. Unlike, say, [[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]] .
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1997/Maximal/Silverbolt/silverbolt.htm More information on Beast Wars Silverbolt at TFU.info]''
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===Universe (2008)===
[[File:Universe2008 Silverbolt toy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Will the new [[size class]] solve his long-running [[scale]] problems? Only time will tell...]]
*'''Silverbolt''' (Ultra Class, 2008)
**''Series'': '''Classic Series'''
**''Accessories:'' "Electron Bolt Rifle", "Electron Bolt"

:Part of the second wave of [[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|2008 ''Universe'']] Ultra-class toys, Silverbolt transforms into a (fictional) FB-129<ref name="fb129">The designation is derived from the markings on Silverbolt's redeco [[Skyjack#Universe (2008)|Skyfall]], which are located in the same position the ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' Skyjack toy (which represents the same character as ''Universe'' Skyfall), whose [[alternate mode]] is based on an F-117A Nighthawk, sported "FB-117" markings.</ref> supersonic fighter-bomber. As an Ultra Class toy, he comes with various light and sound [[gimmick]]s (exactly the same ones as Universe [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]]), including a machine gun type sound when one presses the big red button on the fuselage, and different classic transformation sound effects depending on whether he is being transformed from vehicle mode or vice versa. His spring-loaded missile-launching blaster features a B-2 Stealth bomber as a decorative shape. His '''BOLT-25''' markings reference both his name and the twenty-fifth (silver) anniversary of the Transformers brand.

:The Japanese ''Transformers USA'' version of this toy for the [[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)|''Henkei! Henkei!'' line]] features much brighter white plastic, replacing most of his grey plastic with the same white for a better match with his cartoon model. Also, the red on his chest is now a matching shade of red rather than the two tones seen on the ''Universe'' version.

:This mold was also used to make [[Darkwing (G1)|Darkwind]] and [[Skyjack#Universe (2008)|Skyfall]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/TFUSilverbolt/silverbolt.htm More information on Universe Silverbolt (Ultra) at TFU.info]''

{{picsneeded|Japanese version}}
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{{anchor|Legend}}
*'''Special Team Leaders''' (Legends Class multi-pack, 2008)
**''Series'': '''Classic Series'''

:A [[redeco]] of the [[Legends Class|Legends-class]] ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] toy, Silverbolt transforms into a Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jet. He is only available in a Target-[[exclusive]] gift set along with Legends-class versions of [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Zone]], [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattorshot]], [[Hun-Gurrr (G1)|Hun-Grrr]] and [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]].

:This mold was also used to make Legends-class ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] and 2008's ''Universe'' [[Starscream (G1)/toys|Starscream]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/TFULegendsSilverbolt/silverbolt.htm More information on Universe Silverbolt (Legends) at TFU.info]''
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[[File:Universe2008 Silverbolt combiner.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|The other guys think I'm acrophobic, but I'm not scared of [http://aceattorney.wikia.com/wiki/Acro some guy in a wheelchair.]]]
*'''Superion''' (Multi-pack, 2008)
**''Series'': '''G1 Series'''

:Available only as a component of ''Universe'' Superion, this version of Silverbolt is a white and black redeco of ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Storm Jet (Energon)|Storm Jet]], transforming into a futuristic supersonic jet similar to an SR-71 Blackbird or [[Skyquake (G1)|Skyquake]]. As a toy derived from the ''Energon''-series "[[Powerlinx]] [[Combiner]]"s, he can attach any ''Energon'' combiner limbs to the Powerlinx ports located on his arms and legs, though nominally he combines with his fellow Aerialbots to become Superion.

:Like the Storm Jet version of the sculpt, Silverbolt features several instances of [[misassembly]]: Namely, his inside legs are swapped so that the knee joint faces the wrong way. Furthermore, his shoulders are also misassembled, since there is a molded chevron...in his armpit.

:The Superion five-pack, despite being initially intended as a ''Universe'' [[Target]] [[exclusive]], was only released in ''Universe'' packaging in some non-American markets such as Australia and Singapore. Instead, American Target stores (and Zellers stores in Canada) received an unchanged version of the toy in ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' packaging, still named [[Superion (ROTF)|Superion]], with all the individual components, including [[Silverbolt (ROTF)|Silverbolt]], retaining their names as well.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Autobot/Silverbolt/silverbolt.htm More information on Universe Silverbolt (Multi-pack) at TFU.info]''
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===Generations===
[[File:Silverbolt Generations.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|...nope, obviously not.]]
*'''Silverbolt''' (Voyager, 2015)

:Soon to be released as part of the ''Combiner Wars'' subline, [[Transformers: Generations|''Generations'']] Silverbolt transforms from a jet resembling a modified Concorde to a robot resembling his original form. He can combine with the Deluxe-class [[Slingshot (G1)|Alpha Bravo]], [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]], [[Fireflight (G1)|Firefly]] and [[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]] to form [[Superion (G1)|Superion]].

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==Merchandise==
===Transformers Gum===
*'''Silverbolt''' (1986)
**''Accessories:'' "[[Electrostatic discharger rifle|Electrostatic Discharger Rifle]]", "Blast Shield" chest plate
:Essentially a downsized version of the original Silverbolt toy, the ''[[Transformers Gum]]'' kit is sculpted from black, red and grey plastic, features stickers rather than paint applications for details, and came with a stick of gum.
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==Notes==
[[File:G1silverboltchestonoff.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Sometimes Silverbolt just wants to naked it up.]]
*Silverbolt's [[character model]] is based on the toy with Superion's chest plate attached. Even Silverbolt's [[package art]] includes the Superion chest plate, though his robot mode is without it on the back-of-the-box art and in his own instructions. Attaching Superion's chest plate results in limited elbow positioning, so it would appear he was not designed to use it in this mode, though [[Sixshot (G1)|it wouldn't be out of the question]]. Either someone along the way made a mistake or realized that he looked really terrible without it.
:* Because the Superion chest plate was used with Silverbolt's robot mode so prevalently, his ''Universe'' toy incorporates details from it.
*Due to the size of his original toy's alternate mode, in that form he should be one of the biggest Transformers around (approximately 164 feet, 5 inches tall!). This means he's one of the most [[Scale|out-of-scale]] Generation 1 characters, both as a toy and in all of his depictions in fiction.
[[File:SilverboltPrimeVisualworks.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|This is the most hardcore Silverbolt has ever been.]]
*Apparently Silverbolt sometimes lets Prime ride on his back while dropping bombs on Decepticons from above. Bet you didn't know Concordes could even CARRY bomb-loads!
*Oddly, the ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook]]'' depicts him with the eagle head for his robot mode head. It also reveals that Silverbolt had lost most of his fear of heights by the time he gained this form.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Silverbolt''' (シルバーボルト ''Shirubāboruto'')
*''French:'' '''Éclairo''' (Canada, "Lightningo")
*''Hebrew:'' '''Kalíah Késsef''' (קליע כסף, "Silver Bullet")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Ezüstnyíl''' ("Silver Arrow")
*''Italian:'' '''Radiant'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Yín Shǎn-dìan''' (Taiwan, 銀閃電, "Silver Bolt"), '''Yín Jìan''' (China, 银箭, "Silver Arrow")
*''Russian:'' '''Arbalet''' (Арбалет, "Arbalest")

==External links==
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Silverbolt Silverbolt's ''Universe'' profile at NFTA.net]

==References==
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[[Category:Aerialbots]]
[[Category:Beast Wars Maximals]]
[[Category:Classics Autobots]]
[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Generation 2 Autobots]]
[[Category:Mail order items]]
[[Category:Maximal leaders]]
[[Category:Regeneration One Autobots]]
[[Category:Target exclusives]]
[[Category:The Headmasters Autobots]]
[[Category:Transformers with three modes]]
[[Category:Universe (2008)]]
[[Category:Ladybird Books Autobots]]

Hound (Movie)

2014-07-30T15:14:17Z

Blackjack: expanding the intro paragraph.

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{{disambig3|Hound}}
:''Hound is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Movie (franchise)|2007 movie franchise]] and [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction movie]] in the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] continuity family.''

[[Image:TF4Hound.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Son, this is what happens when you ''frag a stranger in the aft!'']]

'''Hound''' is a technical specialist and highly experienced, gutsy [[Autobot]] commando. He is a boisterous warrior who throws himself into every mission with no more worries than a duck landing on a pond, and quick to draw any of his many, many guns. And while his tendency to switch from gun to gun in quick succession in a single battle often leaves him bereft of weapons and ammunition, Hound's bravery and resourcefulness is never in doubt. He will take on an entire [[Decepticon]] army if he has to, and he would sooner go down swinging then abandon his allies on the battlefield.

He is good friends with the far more relaxed [[Trailbreaker (Movie)|Trailbreaker]], although the other Autobot's more relaxed attitude sometimes gets on Hound's nerves.

{{bigquote|I'm like a fat ballerina who takes scalps and slits throats!|Hound's the fat badass ballerina.|''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction]]''}}

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==Fiction==
===''Age of Extinction'' film===
{{voiceactor|[[John Goodman]] (English), [[Juan Carlos Tinoco]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Francesco Pannofino]] (Italian)}}
Hound was among the Autobots who went into hiding on Earth after [[Cemetery Wind]] began hunting down the Autobots. Hound was overjoyed when [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] returned to the surviving Autobots. Though delighted that the Autobots were a team again, Hound expressed his immense distaste of humans following their betrayal. He didn't take kindly to [[Drift (ROTF)|Drift's]] haikus, and nearly came to blows with him before Optimus broke it up. He also had to be stopped from opening fire on [[Cade Yeager]], his daughter [[Tessa Yeager|Tessa]], and her boyfriend [[Shane Dyson|Shane]]. That night, thanks to Cade's tinkering with Cemetery Wind's drones, the Autobots learned of [[Leadfoot (DOTM)|Leadfoot's]] demise. Hound was saddened to learn of his friend's fate, and saluted his fallen comrade. The loss of Leadfoot no doubt helped convince Hound to join in Cade's mission to infiltrate KSI.

However, the Autobots suffered another blow when they learned of Ratchet's death and subsequent melting down for raw material. Hound gladly joined in the enraged Optimus' attack on KSI. After fighting their way through several rooms and facilities, the Autobots came upon the imprisoned [[Brains]], who Hound took the time to free from his predicament. Hound was eager to kill Joshua Joyce for the atrocities he'd committed, but after a lecture on how the Autobots now meant nothing to humanity, Optimus quietly ordered a retreat, to Hound and Brains' disappointment. The Autobots fled KSI, only to be pursued by [[Galvatron (AOE)|Galvatron]] and [[Stinger (AOE)|Stinger]]. The Autobots were subsequently separated from their leader and thus unable to save Optimus and Tessa from [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]].

The Autobots, Cade and Shane ventured to [[Chicago]], and covertly stowed away on Lockdown's ship (though Hound admitted it was probably a bad idea). Hound had to aggressively prod [[Crosshairs (Movie)|Crosshairs]] into helping rescue Optimus and Tessa, and informed the group they had ten minutes before Lockdown departed Earth. Hound and the others found Lockdown's high-security vault, where Hound had a disgusting encounter with an alien life-form. Despite the creature's relative harmlessness, Hound couldn't find it in him to let it survive, and quickly destroyed it. The Autobots soon found their leader, and Hound went to commander a separate ship docked with Lockdown's, though he confessed to Optimus he was a "sucky" pilot. Indeed, when the team regrouped, the ship was found to have made an extremely rough landing. Hey, at least the big guy was honest.

[[Image:The Big Lehoundski.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Has the whole world gone CRAZY??!! AM I THE ONLY ONE AROUND HERE WHO GIVES A SLAG ABOUT THE ENERGON??!!]]
Optimus ordered the Autobots to abandon humanity forever and flee to the stars aboard the stolen ship, a plan Hound was soundly with. However, Optimus ultimately decided to stop Galvatron, and Hound piloted the ship to [[China]]. Hound left the pilot's seat in order to help retrieve the Seed from Joyce, but incoming fire from Galvatron's army knocked him and Bumblebee into the streets of Hong Kong. Although he ended up briefly stuck in a building thanks to his plump shape, and did not appreciate Joyce calling him fat, Hound fought tooth and nail to protect Joyce, the humans and the Seed from Galvatron's forces. Encouraging Cade to join the battle with him, Hound found himself running out of ammo and weaponry, but fought on as long as he could, also utilizing his skills as a "fat ballerina" to his advantage. After taking out a group of KSI Transformers with a grenade, Hound finally ran out of ammo, but fought on using his knife, his hat, his belt, and even his cigar. By this point, Hound was exhausted from the battle, but was reinvigorated when Optimus joined the battle with the [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobots]]. Hound joined in attempting to escort the Seed to safety, but when Lockdown arrived and unleashed his ship's tractor beam, Hound escaped its influence and joined the other Autobots in setting up a perimeter on a nearby bridge. Lockdown was defeated, and after regrouping, Optimus assigned Hound and the Autobots to protect the Yeager family before departing into space with the Seed. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}

==Games==
===''Transformers'' The Game (PSP)===
[[Image:Movie hound psp.jpg|180px|thumb|left|You want a toe? I can get you a toe, believe me. There are ways, Dude. You don't wanna know about it, believe me.]]
:''Voice actor:'' [[Daniel Ross]]

Hound was among the Autobots who accompanied [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] to [[Earth]] in response to a signal from [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] alerting them to the presence of the [[AllSpark|All Spark]] on the planet. After being informed by Bumblebee's human companion [[Sam Witwicky (Movie)|Sam Witwicky]] that the lost [[Decepticon]] leader [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] was also on Earth, Prime dispatched Hound and his close friend [[Trailbreaker (Movie)|Trailbreaker]] to investigate the Arctic cavern in which Megatron's body was originally uncovered. Taking some drones with them, Hound and Trailbreaker discovered that the Decepticons [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] and [[Thundercracker (Movie)|Thundercracker]] had had the same idea. As Megatron's body had already been moved by [[Sector Seven]] anyway, Hound and Trailbreaker had nothing to lose by planting bombs in the cavern, hoping to entomb the two Decepticons in ice. Unfortunately, the two villains escaped at the last minute, having discovered that Megatron had brought an army of drones to Earth with him to help search for the All Spark—drones which were currently lying dormant around the Earth.

Shockwave brought Megatron's drone army back on line soon after, and they attacked the Autobots en route to [[Hoover Dam]]. [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] and [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] forced the origin of the drones from a defeated Thundercracker, and [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]] quickly concocted a virus that would send them back into sleep mode. Hound and Trailbreaker were charged with getting the virus transmitted into a satellite so that it could be broadcast to all the drones at once, and they broke into a communications center belonging to "The Corporation" (apparently a Sector Seven front company) to use their communications dish. Decepticon drones dogged their every step, blowing up the first dish they found and forcing them to move to the complex's airstrip to find another. Unfortunately, the drones cut off the power supply to this dish, requiring Hound to power it up manually while Trailbreaker uploaded the virus. "Uploading the virus", for some inexplicably ''bizarre'' reason, involved Trailbreaker violently attacking the dish control panel, causing both it and the dish to explode, hurling Hound's body across the complex. The virus was successfully transmitted to the drones, knocking them offline, but at the cost of Hound's life. With the last of his strength, Hound asked Trailbreaker if the plan worked, but he died in Trailbreaker's arms before his friend could answer.

It really sucks to be Hound. {{storylink|Transformers The Game (PSP)|Transformers The Game (PSP)}}

==Toys==
===Transformers (2010)===
[[File:TF2010-toy Tracker Hound.jpg|thumb|300px|Mark it Zero.]]
*'''Tracker Hound''' (Legends, 2010)

:[[Transformers (2010 toyline)|''Transformers'' (2010)]] [[Legends Class]] Tracker Hound is a redeco of ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' Legends Class [[Hound (G1)#Universe_.282008.29|Autobot Hound]] in black, with gold striping, silver details, and metallic-blue eyes. He transforms into a somewhat outdated, old-fashioned army Jeep. For legal reasons, the vehicle mode has been slightly tweaked, such as sporting squared headlights and horizontal vents in the front grille, as compared to the characteristic round headlights/vertical grille vents design of a real-life Jeep.

:The [[stock photography]] to the right depicts him as mis-transformed, with his windshield not being flipped up.

:Although the lack of a [[bio]] makes the figure's placement difficult, it both featured different [[Tech Spec]] numbers from the original ''Generation 1''-themed release of Legends Hound, and was listed as "movie" product in the Japanese ''[[Transformers Generations 2011]] Vol. 1'' guidebook.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Autobot/LegTrackerHound/hound.htm More information on Tracker Hound at TFU.info]''
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===Age of Extinction===
====Robots in Disguise====
{{anchor|OneStepChanger}}
[[File:AOERIDtoy-OneStepHound.jpg|thumb|300px|I don't roll out on shabbos!]]
*'''Autobot Hound''' (One Step Changers, 2014)

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[[File:AOERIDtoy-PowerBattlerHound.jpg|thumb|300px|Am I wrong?]]
*'''Autobot Hound''' (Power Battlers, 2014)
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====Generations====
[[File:AOEGenerationstoy-VoyagerHound.jpg|thumb|300px|Life does not stop and start at your convenience, you miserable piece of slag.]]
*'''Autobot Hound''' (Voyager, 2014)
**''Series'': '''M4: 003'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''AD21'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 shotguns, 2 pistols (A), 2 pistols (B), minigun, knife

:Part of the second of ''Age of Extinction: [[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' Voyager Class toys, Hound transforms into an Oskosh Medium Defense Tactical vehicle. Hound comes with seven weapons that can combine into a larger gun. All of his weapons are capable of being stored in both his vehicle and robot mode. His beard, helmet, and forearm bandoliers are made out of rubber. In robot mode, he sports faux-kibble tires on his feet.

:The TakaraTomy version, part of the second wave of Lost Age: Movie Advanced toys, features black and brown on his vehicle and robot mode. Hound's helmet has a silver stripe running down the middle.

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====Contruct-Bots====
:*''See: '''[[Hound (Construct-Bots)]]'''''

====Kre-O====
:*''See: '''[[Hound (Kre-O)#LockdownAirRaid|Hound (Kre-O)]]'''''

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[[Category:Age of Extinction Autobots]]
[[Category:Movie Autobots]]
[[Category:Transformers (2010) Autobots]]

Talk:Drift (AOE)

2014-07-30T15:11:01Z

Blackjack: /* Not the same character */

So, he's a toy-only character who had all of his toys canceled... should he be placed in the "Things that don't exist" category, then, or does his inclusion as a cross-sell negate this? [[User:Inkblot|Inkblot]] 00:43, 19 December 2011 (EST)

== Disambig ==

Since his only ROTF appearances were cancelled, is he now Drift (AOE)? Or are we gonna be really strict about this? --[[User:Flicky1991|flicky]][[User talk:Flicky1991|1991]] 04:16, 3 May 2014 (EDT)
:I'm more curious if there are any good promotional renders of him out there yet to replace that mainpic (and caption). --[[User:Detour|Detour]] ([[User talk:Detour|talk]]) 05:23, 3 May 2014 (EDT)
:As far as precedents go, [[Reverb (Movie)]] and [[Gunbarrel (Movie)]] had their 2007 film toys canceled and first came to officially exist in an ROTF comic and they still have the "(Movie)" disambiguation. But they might not be the best example, since it appears their original toys were [http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=HAS19131&mode=retail&picture=in actually sold by BBTS] as "Exclusive Unreleased" toys, whatever that means and however official that is. - [[User:Gimmick|Gimmick]] ([[User talk:Gimmick|talk]]) 12:33, 21 May 2014 (EDT)
:Either way you do it leaves confusion. Whichever way is decided upon, we should make sure that the other exists as a redirect. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 13:46, 21 May 2014 (EDT)

== Separate characters? ==

His ROTF and AoE selves are obviously 2 separate characters, so they should be given their own pages rather than being included together.
[[User:KirbyForce1|KirbyForce1]],23:38, 4th of May 2014
:No. There's nothing stating that they aren't. And besides, they're both ninja Autobot dudes. Pretty much the same. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 18:40, 4 May 2014 (EDT)
::I'm struggling to understand what makes them "obviously" two separate characters.... when one never got characterization to begin with, let alone proper toys released. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] ([[User talk:Detour|talk]]) 19:02, 4 May 2014 (EDT)

== Classification switch? ==

Regardless of if the characters are different or the same, should we rename the page to Drift (Movie) rather than (ROTF) because not only is the AoE version more prominent, but it also means that he is not exclusive to ROTF? --[[User:MrGameAndToy|MrGameAndToy]] ([[User talk:MrGameAndToy|talk]]) 16:50, 26 May 2014 (EDT)
:No. The disambig noted the franchise the character originated from. In this case, ROTF. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 17:19, 26 May 2014 (EDT)

== Not the same character ==

If [[Bonecrusher (ROTF Constructicon)]] and [[Bonecrusher (Movie)]] are considered to be 2 separate characters in the same continuity, why can't the RPM Drift and AoE Drift be considered 2 separate characters also? They're obviously not the same character, and it doesn't make sense as to how you can think otherwise. Same with [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]], [[Crosshairs (Movie)|Crosshairs]], and [[Hound (Movie)|Hound]]. [[User:KirbyForce|Kirby-Force]] ([[User talk:Kirby-Force|talk]]) 00:43, 19 June 2014
:How exactly are the Drifts "obviously not the same"? The RotF guy never got a bio, so you can't point to that. The strongest point I can think of is their different looks, but something like that can be highly variable for a Transformer. (See, for instance, Unicron Trilogy Hot Shot. Looks pretty dang different in all three shows, but no one's claiming we should split that page.) -[[User:Ookalf|Ookalf]] ([[User talk:Ookalf|talk]]) 20:00, 18 June 2014 (EDT)
::Personally I think that the cancelled toys should be considered as a separate entity, the way, oh, say, that unreleased G2 Light Speed is considered a separate entity from the other two Lightspeeds in G1. Or, hell, move the toys to the G1 Drift page because IIRC (and I may be wrong) isn't our stance on Speed Stars is that they are kind of part of a bunch of other continuities? If anything, it certainly would look odd that Drift's disambiguation is 'ROTF' when all he ever did is as part of the Age of Extinction franchise. Or even put the Speed Stars as a footnote. 'First franchise he appeared in', not 'first franchise where he has a cancelled toy in', no? Personally speaking I think it is stupid that we're disambiguating Drift into the ROTF franchise based on a couple of cancelled, peripheral toys... While Crosshairs and Lockdown all have toys that actually exist and have shown up in fiction, Hound and Sideswipe have a prior fictional appearances in an obscure game no one gives a shit about and Sentinel Prime was mentioned by name in ROTF, this is kind of taking it over the line just to satisfy someone's personal giggles for putting on-screen characters with disambiguations that don't match their first appearance. [[User:Blackjack|Blackjack]] ([[User talk:Blackjack|talk]]) 11:11, 30 July 2014 (EDT)

== Thunderstrike57 ==

Placing bet as to his being Noerk/KirbyForce under yet another identity. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 11:53, 20 June 2014 (EDT)

== Triple changer ==

Umm correct me if I am wrong but peeps at tfw2005 who have seen the movie keep saying that he is a triple changer that he transform into Bugatti and Some fancy helicopter I think u might wanna add that when u can...

[[User:hyruk]]

Talk:Drift (AOE)

2014-07-30T15:10:25Z

Blackjack: /* Not the same character */

So, he's a toy-only character who had all of his toys canceled... should he be placed in the "Things that don't exist" category, then, or does his inclusion as a cross-sell negate this? [[User:Inkblot|Inkblot]] 00:43, 19 December 2011 (EST)

== Disambig ==

Since his only ROTF appearances were cancelled, is he now Drift (AOE)? Or are we gonna be really strict about this? --[[User:Flicky1991|flicky]][[User talk:Flicky1991|1991]] 04:16, 3 May 2014 (EDT)
:I'm more curious if there are any good promotional renders of him out there yet to replace that mainpic (and caption). --[[User:Detour|Detour]] ([[User talk:Detour|talk]]) 05:23, 3 May 2014 (EDT)
:As far as precedents go, [[Reverb (Movie)]] and [[Gunbarrel (Movie)]] had their 2007 film toys canceled and first came to officially exist in an ROTF comic and they still have the "(Movie)" disambiguation. But they might not be the best example, since it appears their original toys were [http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=HAS19131&mode=retail&picture=in actually sold by BBTS] as "Exclusive Unreleased" toys, whatever that means and however official that is. - [[User:Gimmick|Gimmick]] ([[User talk:Gimmick|talk]]) 12:33, 21 May 2014 (EDT)
:Either way you do it leaves confusion. Whichever way is decided upon, we should make sure that the other exists as a redirect. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 13:46, 21 May 2014 (EDT)

== Separate characters? ==

His ROTF and AoE selves are obviously 2 separate characters, so they should be given their own pages rather than being included together.
[[User:KirbyForce1|KirbyForce1]],23:38, 4th of May 2014
:No. There's nothing stating that they aren't. And besides, they're both ninja Autobot dudes. Pretty much the same. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 18:40, 4 May 2014 (EDT)
::I'm struggling to understand what makes them "obviously" two separate characters.... when one never got characterization to begin with, let alone proper toys released. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] ([[User talk:Detour|talk]]) 19:02, 4 May 2014 (EDT)

== Classification switch? ==

Regardless of if the characters are different or the same, should we rename the page to Drift (Movie) rather than (ROTF) because not only is the AoE version more prominent, but it also means that he is not exclusive to ROTF? --[[User:MrGameAndToy|MrGameAndToy]] ([[User talk:MrGameAndToy|talk]]) 16:50, 26 May 2014 (EDT)
:No. The disambig noted the franchise the character originated from. In this case, ROTF. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 17:19, 26 May 2014 (EDT)

== Not the same character ==

If [[Bonecrusher (ROTF Constructicon)]] and [[Bonecrusher (Movie)]] are considered to be 2 separate characters in the same continuity, why can't the RPM Drift and AoE Drift be considered 2 separate characters also? They're obviously not the same character, and it doesn't make sense as to how you can think otherwise. Same with [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]], [[Crosshairs (Movie)|Crosshairs]], and [[Hound (Movie)|Hound]]. [[User:KirbyForce|Kirby-Force]] ([[User talk:Kirby-Force|talk]]) 00:43, 19 June 2014
:How exactly are the Drifts "obviously not the same"? The RotF guy never got a bio, so you can't point to that. The strongest point I can think of is their different looks, but something like that can be highly variable for a Transformer. (See, for instance, Unicron Trilogy Hot Shot. Looks pretty dang different in all three shows, but no one's claiming we should split that page.) -[[User:Ookalf|Ookalf]] ([[User talk:Ookalf|talk]]) 20:00, 18 June 2014 (EDT)
::Personally I think that the cancelled toys should be considered as a separate entity, the way, oh, say, that unreleased G2 Light Speed is considered a separate entity from the other two Lightspeeds in G1. Or, hell, move the toys to the G1 Drift page because IIRC (and I may be wrong) isn't our stance on Speed Stars is that they are kind of part of a bunch of other continuities? If anything, it certainly would look odd that Drift's disambiguation is 'ROTF' when all he ever did is as part of the Age of Extinction franchise. Or even put the Speed Stars as a footnote. 'First franchise he appeared in', not 'first franchise where he has a cancelled toy in', no? Personally speaking I think it is stupid that we're disambiguating Drift into the ROTF franchise based on a couple of cancelled, peripheral toys... While Crosshairs and Lockdown all have toys that actually exist and have shown up in fiction, Hound and Sideswipe have a prior fictional appearances in an obscure game no one gives a shit about and Sentinel Prime was mentioned by name in ROTF, this is kind of taking it over the line just to satisfy someone's personal giggles for putting on-screen characters with disambiguations that don't match their first appearance.

== Thunderstrike57 ==

Placing bet as to his being Noerk/KirbyForce under yet another identity. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 11:53, 20 June 2014 (EDT)

== Triple changer ==

Umm correct me if I am wrong but peeps at tfw2005 who have seen the movie keep saying that he is a triple changer that he transform into Bugatti and Some fancy helicopter I think u might wanna add that when u can...

[[User:hyruk]]

Talk:Lockdown (ROTF)

2014-07-30T15:03:33Z

Blackjack: /* Should we Split? */

Seriously, we know he's going to be a bounty hunter, he's based off a bounty hunter, official release or not, his card states he's a bounty hunter. This isn't anything close to anything offensive, so why are you so up in arms against a CORRECT categorization? - Karhukjnsi {{unsigned|Karhukjnsi}}
:So I take it then you ''haven't'' read the [[Help:Official info|official info help page]] that the Scoop Bastard notice links to, then? --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 02:28, 6 January 2010 (EST)
:Very well, then, play it that way? Then you shouldn't be against this. --[[User:Karhukjnsi|The Beerclaw]] 02:33, 6 January 2010 (EST)

== Then why keep the "stealing parts" bit? ==

There's nothing officially released that declares he "steals parts". Just because he can use Ratchet's weapon does not directly indicate that he "steals parts" for all we know he could've bought it off the Autobot medic regardless of absurdity. So if you're going to take off any potential mentions of his profession (which is what he's initially referenced from) then why allow something else that is unofficially recognized? This is a paragon example of abuse of power. --[[User:Karhukjnsi|The Beerclaw]] 02:50, 6 January 2010 (EST)
:Because the Hasbro reps at Botcon said that the gun the new Ratchet will come with can be attached to Lockdown, hence he steals parts, because I doubt Ratchet would just give it to him willingly. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 02:52, 6 January 2010 (EST)
:But did they '''say''' he "steals parts" or any other directly similar statement? Or is this something else that's been placed onto this wiki because it's ''assumed'' due to this character's previous incarnation? If so, then it'd be safe to "assume" he's a bounty hunter, also due to this character's previous incarnation, especially if he's noted to be an homage. --[[User:Karhukjnsi|The Beerclaw]] 02:57, 6 January 2010 (EST)

== Bounty hunter or not? ==

To most who visit this page, we are already familiar with the previous incarnation of this character's profession as a "Bounty Hunter". If you've read the previous discussion/"argument" (of sorts) with Detour, then you'll understand where I stand on the subject, if not, then please read the following.

It's argued that information "leaked" should not be entered into a wiki, though most arguably fair-enough assumptions are accepted; including, concerning this character, that he "steals parts", due to him being able to connect and use Ratchet's EMP weapon (a very specific characteristic to the previous incarnation). The characteristic of stealing parts is an attribute that is well-documented on the Animated incarnation of the character (again, more specifically the case with Ratchet's EMP weapon), as is another well-documented attribute being his profession as a "bounty hunter".

This character has been noted as an "homage" to the previous version, which even extended to an alternate form extremely similar to the previous version, a "hook" weapon (commonly found in the character's right hand), and to include him as an enemy to this continuity's version of Arcee and Ratchet (officially declared on Hasbro's TF site). Given all the various information both official and safely assumed, is it not then also safe to assume his profession would also carry over strongly intact enough to be placed in this article?

And yes, I care this much because I've had a passion for bounty hunting since I was a young child, so nearly anything "bounty hunting" related, I take seriously. --[[User:Karhukjnsi|Karhukjnsi]] 03:48, 6 January 2010 (EST)
:Occam's Razor suggests that Lockdown will be portrayed exactly like his ''Animated'' counterpart, given the large number of ROTF characters whose personalities are based on their G1 forebears (Blazemaster, Nightbeat, etc). However, until Lockdown's bio is officially published somewhere, it's probably best to let sleeping dogs lie. --[[User:Monzo|Monzo]] 03:56, 6 January 2010 (EST)
:We're interesting solely in being right, not first. As such, waiting until the toy is released is perfectly fine and won't hurt anybody. Once one of the editors gets a Lockdown toy (and someone likely will, as he's awesome) you can rest assured they'll add all of his info. In the meantime, relax, have some patience, kill the time by editing stuff that's already out. --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 08:14, 6 January 2010 (EST)

== G1 Lockdown repurpose? ==

You sure the ROTF toy gets repurposed for the new idw Lockdown? Judging by the cover for Drift 3 he seems to be more closely based on the original animated toy and not this one here. [[Special:Contributions/86.180.50.123|86.180.50.123]] 11:57, 12 August 2010 (EDT) (Dead Metal too lazy to log in)

== Unreleased Toy/Upcoming Toy? ==

His Speed Stars toy has been in the upcoming toy category since 2011. There's no longer a Speed Stars line in the stores, that's done. Could we change his one toy from 'upcoming' to 'cancelled', as it seems it has been? It's been 2 to 2.5 years now since it was supposed to be out, and nothing. [[User:Transfotaku|Transfotaku]] 08:11, 21 August 2013 (EDT)
:A quicks search brings up nothing of his release, so sure, why not. --[[User:Inkblot|Inkblot]] 09:23, 21 August 2013 (EDT)

==Should we Split?==

Considering Lockdown's appearance in AOE is cannon and his toy from ROTF is not, should this be split into an AOE Lockdown page and a ROTF Lockdown page? I think that there should be a split like there just was in [[Galvatron (AOE)]] from [[Galvatron (ROTF)]]. {{Unsigned|MrGameAndToy}}
:No, because ROTF Galvatron is a one off game character, and the split happened because someone jumped the gun on merging them, and plus we don't know enough about Lockdown's personality to seperate them yet. Also sign your posts. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 15:31, 5 March 2014 (EST)
:ROTF Lockdown is in no way 'not canon', and splitting two movie-verse bounty hunting Decepticon cars called Lockdown would be super-daft.
[[User:Jalaguy|Jalaguy]] ([[User talk:Jalaguy|talk]]) 18:58, 5 March 2014 (EST)
:I just think that there would be confusion between the two lockdowns because technically they are not the same guy. However i was simply debating my point and if you do not like the idea then don't go ahead with it.--[[User:MrGameAndToy|MrGameAndToy]] ([[User talk:MrGameAndToy|talk]]) 19:27, 5 March 2014 (EST)
::as they said we dont have enough information to consider the ROTF Lockdown and AOE Lockdown seperate guys (like ROTF and AOE Galvs, or Movie 1 and ROTF Mudflap). what is similar with the two Lockdowns is that both are bouty hunters. [[User:Eagc7|Eagc7]] ([[User talk:Eagc7|talk]]) April 7, 2014
::"I just think that there would be confusion between the two lockdowns because technically they are not the same guy." You are "begging the question", in the actual meaning of the phrase, assuming the truth of the proposition you are making. How do you know that they are not the same guy? --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 06:34, 8 April 2014 (EDT)
:::Exactly. heck even should be noted that even if they dont look similar or something, doesnt mean they arent meant to represent the same guy, Shockwave appears in the Movie 1 game, yet it doenst fit much with what we saw on him in the DOTM media, yet they're meant to represent the same guy and we have them in one single page. [[User:Eagc7|Eagc7]] ([[User talk:Eagc7|talk]]) April 9, 2014
::::Only thing I can think of that would make them separate would be if AOE Lockdown is portrayed as having never been to Earth before now, while ROTF Lockdown (according to this very article) has been on Earth in at least the Cyber Missions, Nefarious, and Unite for the Universe, which are treated (by us, at least) as canonical parts of the main [[Movie timeline]]. --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade|talk]]) 21:26, 9 April 2014 (EDT)
:::::Agreed [[User:Eagc7|Eagc7]] ([[User talk:Eagc7|talk]]) April 12, 2014
::::::Lockdown is depicted as a mercenary definitely familiar with Earth. No need to merge.[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] ([[User talk:KrytenKoro|talk]]) 01:23, 27 June 2014 (EDT)
:Keep on same page. The movies are a continuity family, not a single continuity, and AoE Lockdown is very clearly the same character most Lockdowns tend to be. He's not just a random name reuse. We don't split pages based merely on plot discrepancies across different stories. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 02:34, 27 June 2014 (EDT)
:::::::(Ooops). Yeah, I meant no need to split, not merge. Merging is good. (F***).[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] ([[User talk:KrytenKoro|talk]]) 11:07, 27 June 2014 (EDT)

Well, if he's an unaligned Cybertronian from the start, I'd think we should split him, given that ROTF Lockdown always works for the Decepticons. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 14:11, 27 June 2014 (EDT)
: No, that's not how it works. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 15:13, 27 June 2014 (EDT)
::He's not unaligned, anyway. He's alignment-for-hire. Big difference.[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] ([[User talk:KrytenKoro|talk]]) 16:35, 27 June 2014 (EDT)
: I'm with you actually, the Lockdown in Age of Extinction wasn't technically unaligned, he was working for these mysterious "Creators" instead of one of the traditional Cybertronian factions, and clearly looked down on both the Autobots and the Decepticons. I'd definitely say he's a different character from the hook-handed Decepticon seen in the ROTF games, and I say split the pages. [[User:Deusoma|Deusoma]] ([[User talk:Deusoma|talk]]) 03:33, 13 July 2014 (EDT)
:: Again, alignment for hire. So what if he is currently being employed by a non-Cybertronian entity? Also, one can have distaste for their employer and still work for them. I say keep them merged.[[User:Observedhalo|Observedhalo]] ([[User talk:Observedhalo|talk]]) 04:55, 21 July 2014 (EDT)
::: But he ''isn't'' working for hire, you silly goose, the way he talks to Optimus in his prison indicates that Lockdown has ''no choice'' but to obey these Creators, like he's their ''slave'', and that as soon as he brings Prime to them, he'll be in the same boat. The fact that he's working ''with'' Cemetery Wind to accomplish his goals for the Creators doesn't change the fact that he's still the latter's puppet. [[User:Deusoma|Deusoma]] ([[User talk:Deusoma|talk]]) 01:51, 30 July 2014 (EDT)
::::...he says he's been hired to work for them. "We all work for someone."[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] ([[User talk:KrytenKoro|talk]]) 02:04, 30 July 2014 (EDT)
:::::I think we should split. I know this Wiki really likes to lump a lot of characters together. Lockdown (and to a lesser extent Hound and Crosshairs too) feels like a distinct entity from the ROTF version. Both have their own adventures, both look different, are allied with different people and have relatively different personalities. The only real thing that seems to tie the two Lockdowns together is their bounty-hunting job and that Ratchet recognizes him, but they do really feel like different people, just based off the same Animated Lockdown cahracter. [[User:Blackjack|Blackjack]] ([[User talk:Blackjack|talk]]) 02:17, 30 July 2014 (EDT)
:::::::There is no reason to split. Unlike Crosshairs, created as a brand-new character for the movie and then given a name that happened to belong to someone else, AOE Lockdown ''is'' Lockdown. He's an adaptation of the bounty hunter from Animated, just like the previous movieverse Lockdown was. I see no reason not to consider both ROTF and AOE to be iterations of the same character, because that's exactly what they are. They may have differing histories within different branches of the same continuity family, but that doesn't mean they need separate articles. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] ([[User talk:KilMichaelMcC|talk]]) 05:46, 30 July 2014 (EDT)
:Whereas I would counter that while the two characters do have similarities, they are pretty different. ROTF Lockdown is basically just a Decepticon who showed up here and there in peripheral material, though whether we take Cyber Missions, IDW or Titan as canon he is a Decepticon that's been to Earth and is working together with the Decepticons -- there really isn't anything to suggest him working "for the highest bidder" beyond our miscoloured conceptions due to knowing of a different, Animated-flavoured Lockdown he is based on. Age of Extinction Lockdown, on the other hand, while he has his 'we all work for somebody' spiel, is seen to be relatively aligned with the Creators and while, again, based on Animated Lockdown, he is now portrayed as someone who hasn't been to the 'primitive planet', absolutely hates on both the Autobots and Decepticons. He has enough differences in his fictional portrayal for me to consider them different characters in my opinion. [[User:Blackjack|Blackjack]] ([[User talk:Blackjack|talk]]) 11:03, 30 July 2014 (EDT)

Talk:Crosshairs (Movie)

2014-07-30T14:57:52Z

Blackjack: /* Split? */

==Split?==
Unlike Drift or Lockdown, I think it ''is'' worth discussing if we want to split this into Crosshairs (Movie) and Crosshairs (AOE). The TF07/DOTM character is basically G1 Crosshairs, the meticulous armourer, whilst the AOE guy is an entirely different kettle of fish - a paratrooping, running-and-gunning jerk. Thoughts? [[User:Jalaguy|Jalaguy]] ([[User talk:Jalaguy|talk]]) 11:41, 27 June 2014 (EDT)
:Eh, I don't think they're different enough for it to be an issue. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 13:34, 27 June 2014 (EDT)
::Eh, we saw Movie Crosshairs in movie continuity back in TROS, and he acted way differently there. I'd vote to seperate. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 14:10, 27 June 2014 (EDT)
:::Marvel and Sunbow Shockwaves also act way differently. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 15:14, 27 June 2014 (EDT)
::::To be fair, we saw Optimus in the previous movies and he was like "I have great faith in these humans", and now he's like "I'm gonna kill you, fuck you guys."[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] ([[User talk:KrytenKoro|talk]]) 16:33, 27 June 2014 (EDT)
::::Problem with that is that Reign of Starscream and Age of Extinction are in the same timeline. And plus, ROTF Lockdown was seen on Earth during Nefarious, and had been captured by the Initiative for years, which wouldn't of gave time for the things AOE Lockdown did. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 11:28, 28 June 2014 (EDT)
:::::Why are you assuming they're all in the same continuity? [[User:Mimi|Mimi]] ([[User talk:Mimi|talk]]) 12:10, 28 June 2014 (EDT)
::::::All the IDW comics for the movies were written to be in the same continuity as them, and our Movie Timeline page has them listed as part of it. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 12:31, 28 June 2014 (EDT)
:::::::They were written to be in continuity with their relevant movies, not Age of Extinction, and the people who make the movies don't go out of their way to be in continuity with the comics. We have two different Jhiaxuses in Marvel Comic continuities; we can also have two different Lockdowns in movie continuities. Our articles are not official proclamations on anything. [[User:Mimi|Mimi]] ([[User talk:Mimi|talk]]) 13:04, 28 June 2014 (EDT)
::::::::Some of the books and comics have had the "official" label slapped on them on marketing, which is why they're taken as part of the same timeline. Is Lockdown's timeline that big an issue though? He could have been captured by the Initiative a week before Nefarious for all we know. -- [[User:Charles RB|Charles RB]] ([[User talk:Charles RB|talk]]) 10:49, 30 June 2014 (GMT)
I think they should be split. There's absolutely nothing connecting AOE Crosshairs to the previous one except the name, and I find this article's character write-up ridiculous, pretending the two different personalities are some sort of character development. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] ([[User talk:KilMichaelMcC|talk]]) 11:41, 1 July 2014 (EDT)
:To further elobrate: Even if we don't split the article (still think we should), then I think the intro needs a major rewrite. Anyone who saw Crosshairs in AOE and decided to look him up to see if there's anything else to learn about him would be presented with a sort of false narrative about how he used to be this completely different type of character and has only recently changed into the asshole we saw in the movie. Making up a non-existant character arc is not something we should be doing. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] ([[User talk:KilMichaelMcC|talk]]) 09:01, 3 July 2014 (EDT)
:Anyone else have any opinions on this? --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] ([[User talk:KilMichaelMcC|talk]]) 08:31, 5 July 2014 (EDT)
::We should definitely move EDIT: I meant split. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 08:34, 5 July 2014 (EDT)
::We gave movie Crankcase and DOTM Crankcase their own separate pages, so why not this guy? Granted, part of it was that movie Crankcase was unquestionably dead. But I think this is the same scenario more or less. [[User:Spark Mandrill|Spark Mandrill]] ([[User talk:Spark Mandrill|talk]]) 16:31, 5 July 2014 (EDT)
::If Movie and AoE Crosshairs get split, Armada and Cybertron Thundercracker should get split as well. [[User:BattleBlade|BattleBlade]] ([[User talk:BattleBlade|talk]]) 08:09, 6 July 2014 (EDT)
:::I think that issue should be discussed on its own talk page. But yeah, this one should be split. [[User:Item42|Item42]] ([[User talk:Item42|talk]]) 10:02, 6 July 2014 (EDT)
::I find Kil's argument highly persuasive. I've never been too comfortable with these "But recently he has started to..." writeups, especially when it's trying to reconcile a minor character from a few franchises back with an on-screen dude who was clearly written without the minor character in mind at all. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] ([[User talk:Repowers|talk]]) 10:36, 6 July 2014 (EDT)
:::↑ This. - [[User:SanityOrMadness|SanityOrMadness]] ([[User talk:SanityOrMadness|talk]]) 10:54, 6 July 2014 (EDT)
:::I agree, why should the wiki attempt to consolidate the two different characters when they are clearly not written to be the same character. --[[User:TheSpartanD|TheSpartanD]] ([[User talk:TheSpartanD|talk]]) 11:04, 6 July 2014 (EDT)
::Yeah, if there was any evidence that AOE Crosshairs drew from G1 Crosshairs (even just being an armourer or something), I could deal with keeping them merged, ''a la'' TF07 PSP Hound/AOE Hound, TF07 PSP Sideswipe/ROTF Sideswipe, etc., but as it is, the AOE character is an entirely original creation. [[User:Jalaguy|Jalaguy]] ([[User talk:Jalaguy|talk]]) 17:21, 6 July 2014 (EDT)
::::I feel like they're way too different to keep as the same guy. One's a cool-headed armorer who's all about moderating ammo usage, paperwork, and all that jazz. The other... not so much. Yeah, they have the same paint color, but that's about it. Aside from that, they're so different that it feels impossible for them to be the same dude. Also, this is my first time commenting on anything in the Wiki. My apologies if I mess up in some way while doing so. [[User:AmazingMrCat|AmazingMrCat]] ([[User talk:AmazingMrCat|talk]]) 11:13, 28 July 2014 (EDT) ([[User:AmazingMrCat]])
::I'm of the opinion that they should probably stay on the same page - it's not as if they're as different as, say Marvel Scorponok, Rebirth Scorponok and Headmasters Scorponok. Though I do think Repowers has a point about the intro - we could rewrite it to something more neutral, like "As an armourer, Crosshairs is meticulous etc. As a paratrooper, he's gung-ho etc." and add a note (like we do on Scorponok's page) that explains that he's shown different personalities in different media. --[[User:Emvee|Emvee]] ([[User talk:Emvee|talk]]) 14:20, 28 July 2014 (EDT)
:::There is a fundamental difference with the examples of Shockwave and Scorponok: those competing, differing versions were based on the same toy, released at around the same time. Differing personalities, yes, but all representing one toy character. With Crosshairs, you had the one guy who had the armorer bio and comic appearances, then the AOE filmakers created this completely different character years later, nothing to do with the other Crosshairs at all as his concept art name was just "Corvette." He's an original character they created for the movie, who at some point got the same name slapped on him. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] ([[User talk:KilMichaelMcC|talk]]) 19:59, 28 July 2014 (EDT)
::Agreed, split. Titan's latest issue did a Crosshairs profile and they clearly used this wiki to look stuff up because they gave him the "careful bureacrat weaponeer" personality: when the page has gummed up official material, it's tie to split. -- [[User:Charles RB|Charles RB]] ([[User talk:Charles RB|talk]]) 10:56, 30 June 2014 (GMT)
:::If official material has now presented this synthesis doesn't that make it canon and render any discussion of a split moot? --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 08:37, 30 July 2014 (EDT)
::::Unfortunaty not: the bio for Crosshairs says he's careful and bureacratic in the ''present'' sense (instead of "he used to be"), while the strip shows him being cocky and going after three-on-one odds. It's a clear gaff. -- [[User:Charles RB|Charles RB]] ([[User talk:Charles RB|talk]]) 14:30, 30 June 2014 (GMT)

What we need here is a little John Barber. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 07:13, 30 July 2014 (EDT)
:"Crosshairs lightened up after hanging out with Sgt Auggie Cahnay!" -- [[User:Charles RB|Charles RB]] ([[User talk:Charles RB|talk]]) 14:31, 30 June 2014 (GMT)
:Hahahaha, what McFeely said --[[User:Emvee|Emvee]] ([[User talk:Emvee|talk]]) 10:35, 30 July 2014 (EDT)
::Highly agree on a split, Movie Crosshairs is basically the G1 dude's bio, and his fiction portrayal basically has him be this gruff dude with an ax. Age of Extinction Crosshairs has nothing similar to G1 Crosshairs, being a maverick asshole paratrooper who part-times as a saboteur. DOTM Crosshairs can go either way, but I do find AOE and Movie Crosshairs to be really different enough to warrant a split. [[User:Blackjack|Blackjack]] ([[User talk:Blackjack|talk]]) 10:57, 30 July 2014 (EDT)

== Hand grenades ==

The little "pistols" that the AoE Generations toy comes with aren't pistols, if you look closely they're little grenades - they've even got countdown timers molded on them.
:His package refers to them as sidearms. Plus his instructions and stock photos clearly show him holding his accessories as guns, not as grenades. That being said, I can see what looks like a timer. And he can hold them like a grenade. But they're meant to be pistols. Besides, he used those more in the movie than grenades. [[User:Spark Mandrill|Spark Mandrill]] ([[User talk:Spark Mandrill|talk]]) 15:42, 5 July 2014 (EDT)
::Fair enough, but the "post" for him to hold them as pistols is hilariously short, to the point that he can barely hold them. The post is useful really only for storage under his duster. I do think the description is a pretty good compromise though. :) [[User:Xenomrph|Xenomrph]] ([[User talk:Xenomrph|talk]]) 14:32, 18 July 2014 (EDT)

Talk:Indonesia

2014-07-30T14:55:10Z

Blackjack: Created page with "Not sure how it's phrased in the Titan issue itself, but 'Pulua Bidadari' should properly be 'Pulau Bidadari' (which literally means 'Fairy Island'). ~~~~"

Not sure how it's phrased in the Titan issue itself, but 'Pulua Bidadari' should properly be 'Pulau Bidadari' (which literally means 'Fairy Island'). [[User:Blackjack|Blackjack]] ([[User talk:Blackjack|talk]]) 10:55, 30 July 2014 (EDT)

Talk:Lockdown (ROTF)

2014-07-30T06:17:09Z

Blackjack: /* Should we Split? */

Destiny, Part One

2014-07-30T06:08:45Z

Blackjack: /* Featured characters */ streetwise was named on the issue

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'''As Cybertron and Nebulos pick up the pieces after Scorponok's tampering, Hot Rod finds that being called the leader doesn't mean the citizenry will obey, while Bludgeon, Galvatron and Jhiaxus plan.'''

==Synopsis==
Aboard the ''[[Warworld]]'', in orbit above the planet [[Cresta Superior]], [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] stages a demonstration of his new [[Blitz Engine]]s for [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] by unleashing them on the unsuspecting world below. Brought to life by the power of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] energy drained from the reconstructed remains of [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]], the self-regenerating death machines utterly obliterate Cresta Superior's [[Utmost|dominant species]], impressing even the unreadable Soundwave. Preparations complete, the ''Warworld'''s engines fire, and it heads for [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]...

On the [[Transformer]]s' homeworld, acting leader [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] meets with his advisers to discuss the fallout of [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s plan to reprogram the populace. On the face of it, things are getting back to normal, but the Decepticon's scheme has left deep emotional scars in those affected by the [[Gene Key]], and tensions are running high throughout the city. These tensions are felt by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], who is busy elsewhere delivering a speech to his sorely-depleted [[Civil Defense Force]], though their response to his urging them to do their best to keep the peace is less than enthusiastic. Magnus wearily dismisses his troops, and is then informed by [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] of a communication from [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] on [[Earth]]. Magnus and Prime confer on current events, noting the dispatch of the [[Rescue Patrol (G1)|Rescue Patrol]] to [[Nebulos]] to help heal the damage Scorponok did there, and wondering if there is a joint way forward for the two worlds. Magnus voices his concern over Hot Rod's thus-far ineffective leadership and his absence during Scorponok's attack, but Prime claims his unpopular decisions only mean he is growing as a leader, and that the threat of [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]] is of much greater concern, as he's convinced he is somehow a reborn [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]...

In the void of space, the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] soars for Cybertron, with Galvatron on the bridge, reflecting on his past. In his native timeline, he watched as [[Unicron]] devoured Cybertron despite his wishes, leaving him only Earth to rule. But in this time, Galvatron vows, Cybertron ''will'' be his...

On his way to [[Eugenesis Plaza]] to address the masses, Hot Rod tells [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] about the visions he has been seeing, which he now believes are not of Cybertron's past, but its future: the future that will come to pass if the Transformers do not reunify with the banished [[Demon]]s. He attempts to explain this sentiment in his subsequent speech to the assembled inhabitants of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], but the crowd is already angry and unreceptive. Given the atmosphere, after a few words are surreptitiously whispered in the right ears by [[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]] and [[Needlenose]] it's not long before a grenade is hurled at Hot Rod, and the whole plaza erupts in rioting and violence. Kup ushers Hot Rod to safety, but tells the youth that even he does not support his decision, and urges him to cede command to Ultra Magnus. His resolve badly shaken, Hot Rod calls up Trailbreaker and requests to speak to Magnus in order to carry out Kup's wishes, but just then, the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] enter. They have heard about Hot Rod's plan to venture back into the Demon-infested underground, and volunteer to go with him, as they believe that [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] is down there as well, following his fall into the [[Sonic Canyons]]. The group don't believe that he has perished; [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] explains that they would ''know'' if he was dead, and their "blind, intuitive faith" stirs Hot Rod to action. As Magnus comes onto the viewscreen, Hot Rod orders him to ensure Iacon is rebuilt and secure by the time he and the Dinobots return from their mission.

On the scorched remains of Cresta Superior, a [[Rook (G2)|sharp, silvery Transformer]] touches down, and reports to his commanding officer that there are no signs of life on the planet. Traces of Matrix life-energy make clear that Cybertronians were responsible, and the commander—[[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]], sitting on his throne at the heart of the perfect web of planets that is the [[Hub (G2)|Hub]]—realizes that this collision between the old and the new was destiny.

And in the realm of the [[Zero Space]], the absolute nothingness at the end of all time... the crack widens...

==Featured characters==
(Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks.)
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*[[Sky High (Pretender)|Sky High]] (6)
*[[Kup (G1)|Kup]] (7)
*[[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] (8)
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (9)
*[[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] (10)
*[[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] (11)
*[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (12)
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] (13)
*''[[Brainstorm]]'' (14)
*''[[Overdrive]]'' (15)
*''[[Override (G1)|Override]]'' (16)
*''[[Slapdash (G1)|Slapdash]]'' (17)
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*[[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] (20)
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (21)
*Seven [[Civil Defense Force]] members (22)
*[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (23)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] (24)
*[[Red Hot]] (25)
*[[Seawatch]] (26)
*[[Fixit (G1)|Fixit]] (27)
*[[Stakeout (G1)|Stakeout]] (28)
*[[Blades (G1)|Blades]] (32)
*[[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] (33)
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] (34)
*[[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] (35)
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*Another little dude (36)
*[[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] (37)
*More generic civilians (38)
*[[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] (39)
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] (40)
*[[Rack'n'Ruin]] (43)
*[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] (44)
*[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] (45)
*[[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] (46)
*[[Slag (G1)|Slag]] (47)
*''[[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]'' (48)
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*[[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] (2)
*[[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] (3)
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*[[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]] (37)
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*[[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] (49)
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==Quotes==
"'''Citizens of Cybertron'''... when Optimus Prime asked me to step up and steer the ship in his absence I thought he must be delusional--" 
"SO DID WE!"
:—'''Hot Rod''' gets a warm reception to his speech from hecklers.

==Notes==
*The issue was initially released digitally on 8 May 2013, a week before print. As IDW had [http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/transformers-regeneration-one-91-preview/27228/ released full previews] the week before, it appears the release before the printed version was due to a delay in the latter rather than, as has happened multiple times, the digital version being accidentally advanced.

===Continuity notes===
*Thunderwing's remains appear to have been fully reconstructed—even parts which were missing in the exploded view we had of his corpse in [[Natural Selection, Part One|#86]] have reappeared. This mismatched purple-and-green color scheme the corpse is sporting suggests Bludgeon had to use a few spare parts from other sources to hold him all together.
*Seen cleaning debris out of [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]] on page 5 is the bartender that appeared in "[[Out to Lunch!]]" from issue #240 of the UK series. That story was in black and white, but here, the character appears with the blue color scheme that he was given in new artwork of the bar in ''[[Transformers: The Ultimate Guide]]''.
*Inferno and Slag were both previously shown to be suffering from Nucleon exposure. As Inferno is part of crowd control, and Slag is with the other Dinobots (and no longer feral) it would seem that the Autobots moved swiftly to put Scorponok's research (recovered in [[Natural Selection, Part Five|the previous issue]]) to work. It is possible both were cured of Nucleon's effects via the same process Grimlock was, though this isn't explicitly mentioned.

===Transformers references===
*In Galvatron's flashback to the destruction of his Cybertron, an unseen victim of Unicron's is heard to scream "It's the end!" Another voice is about to contradict him with the famous [[Furmanism]], "It never ends!", but only gets out "But it nev-" before screaming.
*"[[Eugenesis Plaza]]", the scene of [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod's]] disastrous speech, appears to be named for [[James Roberts]]' fanfic novel, ''Eugenesis'', in which Rodimus suffers an assassination attempt while giving a speech.
*[[Rook (G2)|Rook]] notes "trace elements of [[AllSpark]] source matter" on the ruined [[Cresta Superior]] from the rampage of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]]-infused [[Blitz Engine]]s.

===Errors===
*There's a little green dude amongst the Transformers performing crowd control for Hot Rod during his speech on page 14. As it can't be Rack'n'Ruin, it's presumably a miscolored Sandstorm, who appears colored properly among the riot-controllers on page 16.
*In an error recurring from [[Loose Ends, Part 1|#81]], Optimus Prime shouldn't know Galvatron's name. See that page for more details.

===Trivia===
*While [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s body appears to be faithful to his original ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|Generation 2]]'' design, Rook is unrecognizable, transforming from a bird-like jet into a spindly all-silver form.

===Covers (3)===
*'''Cover A:''' Bludgeon cutting Cybertron in half, by Andrew Wildman and [[Jason Cardy]].
*'''Cover B:''' A split image, with Earth on the left and Nebulos on the right, and a faded Optimus Prime looking over both, by [[Guido Guidi]].
*'''Cover RI:''' Galvatron poses over a chasm, by [[Geoff Senior]] and [[Josh Burcham]].
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Destiny, Part 1}}

Natural Selection, Part Five

2014-07-29T18:58:12Z

Blackjack: /* Errors */

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|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[April 10]], [[2013]]
|coverdate=April 2013
|writer=[[Simon Furman]]
|penciler=[[Andrew Wildman]]
|inker=[[Stephen Baskerville]]
|colorist=[[John-Paul Bove]]
|color assists=[[James Stayte]]
|letterer=[[Chris Mowry]]
|editor=[[John Barber]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]
}}

'''As subterfuge from within brings his plan crashing down, Scorponok faces off against Grimlock in final battle.'''

==Synopsis==
Deep within [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] holds the [[Sword of Primus]] above the head of a cowering [[Demon]], and announces that the will of Primus decrees he use the blade to exterminate all of the creature's kind so the next step in the evolution of the [[Transformer]] race can begin. But after a moment's hesitation, Hot Rod concludes that Primus' will is not ''his'' will, and he will not further the grievous wrong their creator committed, on which their race is built. Taking the [[Covenant of Primus]] as well, Hot Rod exits the chamber—the gashes on his chest healing closed as he does so—and, vowing to return, heads back to the surface, the Demons all parting before him, genuflecting in fear of the light of Primus's artifacts.

In [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] and [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]]'s united teams storm the [[Civil Defense Hub]]. Grimlock catches [[Roadblock (G1)|Roadblock]] and [[Guzzle (G1)|Guzzle]] unaware and stomps them flat, prompting [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]] to insist that they be careful to disable, rather than destroy, the guards, since many of them are [[Gene Key]]-reprogrammed Autobots. [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]'s speed allows him to prevent the sealing off of the hub's lower levels, and the team bursts into the control room, where [[Wingspan]] and [[Pounce]] wisely surrender immediately. A quick scan of the computer by Grapple reveals that the data on Scorponok's new technologies is intact, which will allow [[Nucleon]] suffers to be cured, but also that the planet's orbital defenses have targeted the approaching ''[[Valiant (G1)|Valiant]]'' cruiser, returning from [[Earth]], and that the [[Clone (subgroup)|clones]] have locked the system. Grimlock and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] leave to confront [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] at the [[Sonic Canyons]], while Blurr puts his speed to use racing through all possible passcodes for the computer... but even his prodigious pace is not fast enough to stop the missiles launching. [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]] demands the abort code from Pounce at gunpoint, but the clone does not believe his threats... until Crosshairs shoots Wingspan dead. The terrified Pounce immediately hands over the code, allowing the missiles to be safely detonated before they strike the ''Valiant''.

On [[Earth]], in the Yukon, [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]] monologues on the bridge of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], as the craft grows nearer and nearer to being spaceworthy. Down in the lower decks, meanwhile, the lobotomized [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] sits slumped by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s immobile body. Starscream is shocked to hear a voice suddenly speak to him.. and even ''more'' shocked to discover that he can speak again! The voice is that of Shockwave, speaking through the Ark, who explains that he has removed the blocks [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] placed in Starscream's mind. Awoken by the destruction of [[Aunty|Auntie]], Shockwave is one with the ship now, but does not have complete autonomy: the Ark still requires a pilot, and that role would be much better filled by Starscream than by Galvatron...

At the Sonic Canyons, Scorponok rages as [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] announces another delay caused by a minor technical difficulty, and knocks [[Roadblock (G2)|Roadblock]] into the canyons in anger. The other Decepticons watch with silent concern as Scorponok continues to rant, until Grimlock arrives on a [[Sky-sled]] and opens fire, lecturing Scorponok on loyalty, and how it must be won through action. Glad of a target, Scorponok transforms and blasts Grimlock out of the sky, subduing him with his failsafe crystal and ordering Perceptor to activate the Gene Key. Scorponok continues to pontificate about the true unification of Cybertron and his role in it as the key hums to life... but when its effects tear through all present, the result is highly unexpected: everyone is back to normal! It is revealed that Grimlock never used the Gene Key on Perceptor, and that the scientist has been the Autobots' "inside man" all along, pretending to work with Scorponok in order to sabotage the Gene Key. Scorponok turns on Perceptor, but Grimlock tackles him from behind before he can fire, and calls for the other Dinobots, in hiding nearby, to strike. The remaining few Decepticons quickly flee, leaving Scorponok to face Grimlock alone on the bridge over the canyons. As they battle, [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] blasts out a support strut, and the structure begins to collapse. [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] flies in on a sky-sled and offers Grimlock his hand, but the Dinobot leader refuses: thanks to Scorponok, he went too far over the line, and knows there can be no going back. Locked in battle, both Scorponok and Grimlock tumble into the bottomless darkness of the canyons as the other Dinobots look on in horror.

Back on Earth, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] arrives at the Ark site... just as the giant vessel takes off! Looking up at the bridge window, Optimus sees Galvatron staring back, and believes that Megatron has returned!

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*[[Slapdash (G1)|Slapdash]] (41)
*[[Dogfight]]? (42)
*[[Skram (G2)|Skram]] (43)
*[[Landmine (G1)|Landmine]] (44)
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*[[Roadblock (G1)|G1 Roadblock]] (3)
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*Green-and-black (17)
*[[Sparkstalker]] (18)
*[[Pounce]] (19)
*[[Wingspan]] (20)
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*[[Needlenose]] (34)
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==Quotes==

==Notes==

===Transformers references===

*Guzzle and Roadblock are chatting about the [[Mecannibal]]s when Grimlock so rudely interrupts them.
*[[Sky-sled]]s make a reappearance in Marvel continuity after debuting in [[On the Edge of Extinction!|issue #75]].

===Real world-references===
*For some head-scratching reason, the passcode Pounce provides is in [[Japan]]ese: "juu-kyuu-hachi-juushi-nijuu-juu-yon" is "10-9-8-14-20-10-4." Any significance those numbers might have, we haven't sussed it out yet.

===Errors===
*On page 13, Highbrow is colored like Needlenose.
*Skyquake is colored like Machine Wars Starscream.
*The Ark is drawn to match its [[The Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon]] appearance instead of its unique Marvel shape, but is still colored in traditional Marvel silver.

===Trivia===
*Shockwave says he has "destricted" Starscream's blocks. "Destriction" is in fact a word, from "striction", meaning "binding", but is marked as both obsolete and rare by the Oxford English dictionary.

===Covers (3)===
*'''Cover A:''' Grimlock vs. Scorponok on the bridge above the Sonic Canyons, by Andrew Wildman and [[Jason Cardy]].
*'''Cover B:''' Grimlock in scorpion-mode Scorponok's grip, by [[Guido Guidi]].
*'''Cover RI:''' Scorponok fires on Grimlock's sky-sled, by [[Geoff Senior]] and [[Josh Burcham]].
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Natural Selection, Part 5}}
[[Category:Regeneration One issues]]

Loose Ends, Part 4

2014-07-28T19:48:53Z

Blackjack: /* Featured characters */

{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=''[[The Transformers: Regeneration One]]'' #84
|prev=Loose Ends, Part 3
|next=Loose Ends, Part 5
|title="Loose Ends" Part 4
|image=RG1 84 cvrB.jpg
|caption=
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[October 10]], [[2012]]
|coverdate=October 2012
|writer=[[Simon Furman]]
|penciler=[[Andrew Wildman]]
|inker=[[Stephen Baskerville]]
|colorist=[[John-Paul Bove]]
|letterer=[[Chris Mowry]]
|editor=[[John Barber]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]
}}

'''The Wreckers make their move... and everything goes horribly wrong!'''

==Synopsis==

Though lobotomized into a loyal zombie-like servant by [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], a small spark of consciousness remains within [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]], left intact by Megatron to allow him awareness of his agonizing situation. But even now, Starscream struggles against the inhibitors that suppress his mind, trying to say something important... but all he can manage is a choked "kllrtch!" At Megatron's command, he shuffles off to cover, to hide in waiting for the arrival of the [[Wrecker]]s, on their way to rescue the stricken [[Kup (G1)|Kup]].

The Wreckers, meanwhile, have divided into two groups: [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] and [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] make for Megatron's location in [[Washington, D.C.]], while [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] co-ordinates the allied forces of the remaining Wreckers and the humans under the command of [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Circuit Smasher]] in their attempt to re-take the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] while the [[Decepticon]] leader is kept busy. As the zombie "Ex-Bots" engage his unit, Springer radios Roadbuster to give him the green light, and [[Autobot]]s and humans make their rush for the Ark, braving [[autogun]]s and hidden mines in the process. [[Leadfoot (G2)|Leadfoot]] is badly injured in the charge, but Circuit Smasher instructs his troops to refrain from helping, considering the Transformers expendable in the face of their greater objective. The team manages to make it to the Ark, but are then confronted by a platoon of [[Guardian (Marvel)|Guardian units]] that emerge from within!

On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] has a vision of a primordial, lava-streaked version of the Transformers' homeworld. In this dreamscape, he finds himself stalked by a [[Demon]], but is able to summon a sword with which he slays the creature, bringing his vision to an end. Initially believing it the product of insecurity caused by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] departing for Earth and leaving leadership in his hands, Hot Rod soon starts to consider the dream a premonition of something terrible... something that may soon come to pass, as [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] rushes in to report a Decepticon attack on the [[Hall of Silence]], where [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]'s remains lie!

Back in Washington, Springer's unit fares poorly against the Ex-Bots, with Springer himself being the last to fall, brought down by Starscream. Megatron berates his brainwashed lieutenant for nearly killing Springer, wishing to do the job himself, though not before a brief monologue about killing: how it has lost its appeal for Megatron over the years, how he prefers to keep his enemies alive to suffer, like Starscream and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], but how the power of killing to create an example, to serve as a deterrent cannot be ignored. Before he can finish Springer off, however, the voice of Optimus Prime rings out across the battlefield... and Megatron turns, overjoyed that his eternal foe has come to face him at last.

And as the battle of ancient enemies begins, Starscream kneels beside Kup, and struggles to give voice to that important thought pounding in his brain, letting Kup know what must be done to end Megatron's evil. He must "kllrtch"... kill Ratchet!

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*[[Paula]] (19)
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*[[Guardian (Marvel)|Guardian units]] (27)
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==Quotes==
"This is reckless suicide, plain and simple." 
"I '''know!''' What a great plan!"

:—'''Sandstorm''' and '''Whirl'''

==Notes==
*Rob, Paula and Nel are all named after Furman's former colleagues on the US [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|comic series]], namely editor [[Rob Tokar]], his assistant [[Paula Foye]] and colorist [[Nelson Yomtov|Nel Yomtov]].<ref>[http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?p=312421#312421 Simon Furman on the IDW boards]</ref>

===Errors===

===Covers (3)===
*'''Cover A:''' Hot Rod on ravaged Cybertron, stalked by Demons, by Andrew Wildman and [[Jason Cardy]].
*'''Cover B:''' Megatron, Ratchet and Starscream by [[Guido Guidi]].
*'''Cover RI:''' Megatron body-slams Springer, by [[Geoff Senior]] and [[Josh Burcham]].
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Kup (G1)

2014-07-28T18:41:46Z

Blackjack: /* Regeneration One */

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:''Kup is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Kupg1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"I shouldn't be listening to complaints, I should be making them with you guys! The good Lord lets us grow old for a reason; to gain the wisdom to find fault with everything He's made!"]]
'''Kup''' is a tough old coot. He's almost as old as rust, in fact, and he was plinking [[Decepticon]]s and [[Ick-Yak]]s with acid bursts from his trusty [[musket laser]] long before most of you turbo-revvin' young punks were born. In his day, lasers didn't ''need'' to use light; they did whatever they were told to do. And liked it.

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

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

{{quote|''Every'' place reminds you of someplace else.|[[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] to [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]]|''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''}}

{{bigquote|I've had worse than this. I've been spiked by Squadron X, dipped in the smeltin' pool, framed for treason, shot into the sun—and I was the only 'bot still trapped inside the Nightmare Engine when everyone else woke up. I've seen off every rinky-dink, two-bit, catchpenny Decepticon rust-poker, and I got the dents in my knuckles to prove it. End of the day? I'm ready for anything you can throw at me.|Kup to [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]].|"[[Burning Bright: Dark Cybertron Chapter 8|Burning Bright]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
{{main|Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity}}
[[File:Tftm kup tells story.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"If you don't start making more sense, we're gonna have to put you in a home." "You already put me in a home!" "Then we'll put you in the crooked home we saw on ''Sixty Minutes''!" "I'll be good."]]
Kup was a seasoned veteran who found himself constantly having to look after the other young whippersnappers that made up the bulk of the Autobot forces in his role as [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s chief of security. Originally stationed on [[Earth]], he and the other Autobots were drawn into the battle against [[Unicron]], eventually defeating the giant [[Transformer]]. More adventures followed, including a trip back to planet [[Dread (planet)|Dread]] to confront [[Chaos (alien)|an old nemesis]], being turned into a [[zombie]], witnessing the return of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], helping [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] handle the burdens of command, and the menace of the [[Hate Plague]].

In one continuity, he was part of a team of Autobots who ended up on [[Nebulos]], an adventure during which he became a [[Targetmaster]] and took part in the restoration of Cybertron. In another reality, he hung out with [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] a lot, and following the destruction of Cybertron, he left with Rodimus to go on a quest to find a new home planet.
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===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
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Kup and a platoon of Autobots were feeling pretty good about their mission on [[Deneb IV]] when suddenly the entire platoon was nearly washed away by a surprise Decepticon attack of acid rain. {{storylink|The Desert Island of Space!}}

[[File:KupsStoryKup01.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"It all started back in nineteen dickety-two. We had to say 'dickety' 'cause the [[Liokaiser (Victory)|Kaiser]] had stolen our word 'twenty'. I chased that rascal to get it back, but gave up after dickety-six miles..."]]
''Several hundred years ago, Kup became afflicted with [[combat fatigue]], a loss of nerves and will brought on by too many millions of years of non-stop fighting. Considering himself a liability to the Autobot cause, Kup went into "retirement", wandering space alone in his [[Kup's ship|starship]], waiting for the end eventually to take him. He was shaken out of his misery when he crossed paths with a pair of [[Tyroxian]] [[Tyroxian space transport|fighters]] attempting to destroy a [[Hot Rod's shuttle|lone spacecraft]]. Spurred into action, Kup disabled the pursuers and brought the hunted pilot on-board, and was surprised to finding he was a fellow Autobot named Hot Rod. Hot Rod was thrilled to have found aid and eagerly tried to recruit Kup into helping him return to [[Tyroxia]] and save his comrade [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], but Kup wasn't interested in getting involved any further, and he only agreed to take Hot Rod back to Cybertron. The young punk reprogrammed the ship's navigation computers, though, and landed on Tyroxia to rescue Blurr by himself. Kup was finally shaken out of his funk when he realized that Hot Rod represented everything he used to be, and he single-handedly saved Hot Rod and Blurr from their Tyroxian tormentors. His fighting spirit restored, Kup returned to Cybertron with the two Autobots and joined [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]'s troops alongside his new allies.'' {{storylink|Kup's Story!}}

[[File:RingofHate-Kup.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|"''Seeeex!'' What's so unappealing about hearing your elderly father talk about ''seeex''? I had ''seeeeeeeeex!''"]]
When Fortress Maximus became disheartened by the never-ending cycle of violence on Cybertron, he made plans to escape the war and set up a new life on the planet [[Nebulos]]. Though Kup's actions had become a violent mirror of their so-called enemies, he and many of his top warriors chose to follow their leader to this new world aboard the starship ''[[Steelhaven]]''. Tragically, a series of incidents and misunderstandings brought the Autobots and Nebulans to the brink of war within days of their arrival. Kup, forgetting why he had traveled there to begin with, was very happy to return fire, and was only stopped by Fortress Maximus himself. They retreated, and in a desperate attempt to show their true intentions, Fortress Maximus, Kup and several others disarmed themselves in front of the Nebulan gates. Furthermore, Fortress Maximus and four of his lieutenants beheaded themselves and agreed to leave their lifeless heads and bodies, as well as their various weapons, in Nebulan custody so that serious peace talks could be conducted. {{storylink|Ring of Hate!}}

[[File:BrothersinArmor-Targetmasters.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Come in! Come in! Mayday! I'm losing your transmission!" "I said FRENCH FRIES!" "What the-- Do we sell ''freench frrrriiieees...?''"]]
Kup helped build an Autobot camp in a forest clearing during Fortress Maximus's absence. Soon, their camp was visited by Nebulan representatives from the [[Council of Peers]] interested in learning more about their interplanetary visitors, and Kup was glad to oblige. But one of the representatives, Lord [[Zarak (G1)|Zarak]], used the meeting as an opportunity to contact the Autobots' enemies, the Decepticons. {{storylink|Broken Glass!}}

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

[[File:Kupdesertisland.jpg|left|100px|thumb|"This elevator only goes to the basement! And someone made an ''awwwwwful'' mess down there."]]
When Galen died on Earth and his role as Fortress Maximus's Headmaster partner was assumed by [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], Spike led Kup and the other Targetmasters on a mission to the [[Club Con|Decepticon's island headquarters]] to rescue his brother, [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]]. Kup voiced bad feelings about the rescue mission, especially about Spike's suitability to lead the mission. However, when Spike continued fighting despite repeated setbacks, Kup admitted that although Spike brought too much sentiment into the battle, he backed his emotionalism with guts. {{storylink|The Desert Island of Space!}} Soon, Fortress Maximus's Autobots met up with the Earth-bound Autobots led by [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]], and somehow the two Autobot camps wound up witnessing a battle between Grimlock and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] for Autobot leadership. Kup, along with the Autobots from both camps, began to watch this battle on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|moon]] when [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s Decepticons unleashed a surprise attack. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

After [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime's]] return, Kup took over as Prime's head of security aboard the Ark. When Prime took most of the Autobots to Earth to defend [[MacDill Air Force Base]] from the [[Micromaster]] [[Air Strike Patrol]], Kup and the other Autobots who remained on board the Ark were defeated by [[Blackjack]]. Kup was the first to reawaken, however he startled Blackjack as he was arming a series of explosive charges, and the explosives were regrettably armed. {{storylink|All the Familiar Faces!}} The countdown could not be stopped, but Kup refused to jettison themselves from the Ark, leaving their fallen comrades in the med bay to die. But an answer presented itself when Ratchet contacted them from Cybertron, as he had been kidnapped by Megatron. Ratchet orchestrated a trans-dimensional gate to send the explosives to Megatron's headquarters on Cybertron, which saved Kup and everyone else on board, but seemed to have killed both Ratchet and Megatron. {{storylink|Skin Deep}}

''Kup attended the [[1989]] [[Transformer]]s' [[Christmas]] party, where he joined [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] and Grimlock behind the sofa in scowling at [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] and [[Darkwing (G1)|Darkwing]].'' {{storylink|:File:MarvelUK-250.jpg|''The Transformers'' #250 cover}}

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

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

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

[[File:Kuppriceoflife.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|"There are only 49 stars on that flag." "I'll be deep in the cold, cold ground before I recognize Missour-uh!"]]
During one of Kup's sweeps of the Ark, he caught Grimlock trying to swipe the bodies of his fallen Dinobots from their life support pods. Grimlock cold-cocked him and escaped with the bodies in a [[All-Terrain Turbo-Transport|stolen shuttle]]. {{storylink|Eye of the Storm}} Kup recovered to find a monster forged from the bodies of [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] and [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], which Optimus Prime refused to kill. It fell on Kup to tell Optimus his decisions were causing him to lose the support of the Autobots, and Prime's recently announced decision to surrender to Scorponok didn't help things either. Kup reasoned that even if there was some part of Ratchet still inside the creature, Ratchet himself would not want to go on living in this fashion. Prime refused to kill the creature, but when Kup told him that the creature's unchecked destruction could end up destroying the Ark and everyone on board, Prime reluctantly had a change of heart. However, when it came down to it, Prime couldn't pull the trigger, and despite the objections of Kup and the others, he ordered them separated, even though it would mean Megatron would live. {{storylink|The Pri¢e of Life!}}

[[File:Surrender-Kuptruck.jpg|left|100px|thumb|"So I rode out the war posing as a German cabaret singer..." "''Won't you come home Franz Braugere? Won't you come hoooome?''" "Ach tu liebert! Das es nicht ein ''booby''!"]]
As planned, Prime surrendered his troops to Scorponok on the terms that they would consider an alliance against [[Unicron]]. Kup didn't take this very well, and when he was laughed at while surrendering [[Recoil|his weapon]], he lashed out at [[Apeface]] before being stopped by Prime. Kup told him he once knew an Optimus Prime who would have found another way, a Prime that would never ever surrender. [[Misfire]] was happy to interrupt this argument so that he could escort Kup to his cell. But Prime quickly grew restless in his own cell and, having disposed of [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|his guard]], he tracked down Kup and Hot Rod and asked them for his help. Though Hot Rod leaped at the chance, Kup was not so easily won back. Prime pleaded with him at length, explaining that as a warrior race that had battled for millions of years, that surrender would actually take the most courage of all! Realizing Prime was right, Kup agreed to help him and Hot Rod storm Lord Zarak's chambers. As Hot Rod grabbed Zarak, Kup sideswiped Scorponok's guard, [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], in vehicle mode, but transformed too close to Scorponok's body, so Zarak ordered it to grip its claw around his head. Kup told Hot Rod not to spare Zarak for his sake, but Prime stopped them both, insisting that each faction had to trust each other if they were to survive against Unicron. Zarak was persuaded, but before a handshake would have sealed the deal, the Decepticons' underground base collapsed in on itself as a rogue group of Decepticons led by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] attacked above. {{storylink|Surrender!}}

[[File:EdgeofExtinction-survivors.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|"I fell 8,000 feet onto a pile of jagged rocks! Of course, folks were tougher in those days. I was jitterbuggin' that very night!"]]
As the dust settled, Kup asked Prime if their truce meant they should be helping gather the Decepticons' wounded. Prime told him and [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] to instead focus on briefing the other Autobots as they emerged fromt he wreckage and containing the growing battle so that it would not spill out into [[New York City]]. {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}} Things naturally escalated out of hand, and so Kup had the bright idea to enlist the Decepticon hypnotist [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] at gunpoint, and had him "convince" his fellow Decepticons to lay down their arms for the greater good. This was working swimmingly until suddenly Kup and every other Transformer on Earth was suddenly raptured away to Cybertron. {{storylink|Out of Time!}} Kup was startled to see their creator, [[Primus]], speaking to them through the body of [[Emirate]] [[Xaaron]]. Primus told Kup and the others of their eternal battle with Unicron, and of his imminent arrival. In response to this, [[Unicron cultist]]s rose up from amongst the Cybertronians to destroy Primus' chosen leader, Optimus Prime, and Kup was more than happy to beat the cultists back into submission. They succeeded, but while Primus had begun lecturing his Transformers again, Kup's attention was elsewhere. He interrupted, wondering how exactly no one had noticed Unicron himself sneak up on the planet, clawed hand looming over their heads. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}}

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

[[File:EndOfTheRoad-finalfive.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|"''Hellooooo?'' You have my pills! ''Helloooo?'' I'm cold and there are wolves after me."]]
Under the dubious leadership of Grimlock, the Autobots left their dying world and followed the Decepticons to [[Klo]], but the Decepticons were waiting for them. In the massacre that followed, Kup was among the final five Autobots who had eluded death. But he and the others did not avoid capture for long, as a team of Decepticons found them hiding in the swamps. Amazingly, they were able to overpower these Decepticons and return to the main battlegrounds, where Optimus Prime had returned to them in a new body, thanks to the [[Neo-Knights]] and the [[Last Autobot]]! With the Last Autobots' godlike resurrection powers, Kup and the other Autobots were able to overwhelm the Decepticons, who retreated like whipped dogs. The war was over, and Optimus Prime told them it was time to go home! {{storylink|End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!}}

In an alternate future of [[2009]], the Autobots were overwhelmed by the forces of evil. Unicron consumed Cybertron utterly, and Earth came under heavy fire from Galvatron and his Decepticon legions. Kup and Blurr were personally executed by Cyclonus and Scourge. {{storylink|Rhythms of Darkness!}}
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=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
{{quote|"Will it work, Kup? I mean, 1986 seems like a long time ago!" "Yesterday, lad, just yesterday!"|'''Hot Rod''' and '''Kup''' discuss their upcoming [[time travel]]|"[[Target: 2006]] part 6"|noquote=true}}
In [[2003]], Kup was given the job of decoying the Decepticons over the plans for Autobot City. Ultra Magnus needed to get the plans to Earth's various governments unimpeded, while also taking steps to ensure the Decepticons would not get in the way of the Autobot efforts to build the city. So, he made an open and showy display of tasking Kup with being the courier that would bring the information to the humans. Sure enough, the Decepticon spy [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] overheard those plans and sent the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] out to intercept the old Autobot. Despite Hot Rod's good-intentioned efforts to stop them, the Stunticons made off with the fake plans, secure in their knowledge that they now knew the secrets of Autobot City. {{storylink|Ark Duty}} Kup was also present at the grand opening of the city a year later. {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}}

[[File:Target2006-BlurrHotRodKup.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95|"I'm edgy! I've got ants in my pants! I'm discombobulated! GET ME A CALMATIVE!"]]
After the attack on Autobot City in [[2006]], Kup, Hot Rod and Blurr received a psychic prodding from Unicron, alerting them to Galvatron's travel through the timestream back to [[1986]]. Using Galvatron's own [[time-jump mechanism]]s, the Autobot trio followed him back into the past, mass-displacing [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] in the process. Apparently reaching an instinctive conclusion that Galvatron could never be returned to the future by force, Kup and his comrades conspired with the Ultra Magnus of 1986 to trick the Decepticon into returning of his own volition.

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

[[File:KupUK114-01.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"Not many people know this, but I owned the first radio on Cybertron. T'weren't much on back then, just Shockwave reciting the alphabet over and over. 'A' he'd say. Then 'B'. 'C' would usually follow..."]]
After Unicron was defeated in 2006 and Hot Rod rose to become [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]], Galvatron went missing. Unable to accept the Decepticon leader was truly dead without seeing the body, Rodimus Prime went searching for him with Kup and Blurr. Unfortunately, his lax attention to Cybertron gave the new Decepticon commander, Shockwave, time to consolidate the army under his control and begin the war anew. Rodimus was forced to return to Cybertron empty-handed, and he only made matters worse when he rashly took out a 10,000-[[shanix]] reward for any bounty hunter who could find Galvatron for him. This led to a freelance peacekeeping agent named [[Death's Head (G1)|Death's Head]] traveling back in time to [[1987]], where he had learned Galvatron had escaped after the battle with Unicron. {{storylink|Wanted: Galvatron — Dead or Alive!}} Realizing that a trigger-happy mercenary messing with the timestream was just as dangerous as Galvatron could ever be, Rodimus arranged a time-jump to clean up his mess, taking Kup, Blurr and [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] back to 1987 along with him. {{storylink|Burning Sky!}}

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

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

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

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

It didn't quite work out that way.

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

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

Battling the power of the Matrix influenced by the Devil himself, the Autobots were sorely outmatched against Rodimus. Despite Arcee's urgings, Kup desperately searched for another option besides lethal force. {{storylink|Shadow of Evil}} In the short term, Kup seemed to be correct: Rodimus managed to fight back Unicron's evil, caging it inside the Matrix long enough for Kup to remove the object from Rodimus's chest, temporarily severing their link. {{storylink|White Fire}} In the long term, however, the threat was far from over. Rodimus would again be consumed by evil in [[2010]], this time metamorphosing into Unicron reborn for a time, before caging the evil again. Kup and Arcee were present at this second rise of Unicron, but their ultimate fate is unknown. It is telling, however, that Rodimus Prime appears to be beaten, ill, and totally alone by the time of [[2356]]. {{storylink|Aspects of Evil!}}
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====''Generation 2''====
[[File:WarWithoutEnd-Kup.jpg|left|upright=1.66|thumb|"When I read your magazine I don't see one wrinkled face or a single toothless grin. For Shame! --To the sickos at ''Modern Bride Magazine''."]]
After the Autobot army splintered throughout the universe, Kup was working alongside Optimus Prime and Hot Rod. In mid-battle, Kup had to verbally nudge Prime out of his apocalyptic visions. [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] summoned Prime and his forces for help and Kup was present as Grimlock explained his discovery of several "little Cybertrons". The Autobots soon learned of [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Liege Centuro]] and his [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronians]] when Jhiaxus attacked them and took them prisoner. Kup and other Autobots were rescued by Prime and Grimlock from confinement on the [[Twilight (G2)|Twilight]]. {{storylink|War Without End!}}

[[File:Primal Fear! afterrage.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"I thought I recognized you! I gave you a plate of corn muffins back in 1947 to paint my chicken coop. And you never did it!" "Those corn muffins were lousy!" "PAINT MY CHICKEN COOP!"]]
Kup kicked a lot of skidplate during the battle between the Autobots and Cybertronians in the [[K'tord Nebula]]. It was soon learned that bots on both sides were infected by [[Shadow parasite|some kind of parasitic entity that fed off of rage]]. Kup was so under its influence that Optimus Prime had to hold him back from attacking one of the enemy after he and Jhiaxus had agreed to a truce. {{storylink|Primal Fear!}}

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

[[File:G2kupwonderspowerandglory.jpg|left|upright=1.66|thumb|"Oh ''bitch, bitch, bitch.''"]]
Kup supervised war games between the Autobots as they waited for Optimus Prime to finish his quasi-mystical journey into the depths of Cybertron. {{storylink|The Power and the Glory}} Later, Kup fought with Autobots and Decepticons to repel the Cybertronian attack on the planet [[Ethos]]. {{storylink|Escalation!}} Thereafter, he was among the party that went to investigate the attack [[J'asik]], serving as head of security. {{storylink|Swarm (issue)|Swarm}}

Like all the other Autobots, Kup was at [[Autobase]] when the Cybertronian army launched a massive attack to get rid of the other Transformers once and for all. Helping defeat the first few waves {{storylink|Total War!}} and mop up after the attacks, Kup reported the sorry state of their fortifications to Grimlock when the Swarm attacked their position. {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}
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====''Regeneration One''====
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Kup and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] informed [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] of the "Neo-Decepticon" activity and Kup suggested mobilizing the [[Wrecker]]s, but was denied by Prime, with disastrous results. {{storylink|Counterpoint}} Later, Kup trained to take down at-large Decepticons using a [[Solid light simulation|holographic training session]] in [[Debris]]' [[Strategy-Tank]]. Against orders, he commissioned the Wreckers to take down the Deluxe [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]]s, who planned to detonate cobalt-60 [[Warbird]]s at the [[Pax Cybertronia Decommissioning Depot]] in [[Kalis]].

Summoned to [[Nova Point]] to account for this to Optimus Prime, Kup and [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] argued about over Prime's new outlook, with Kup angrily concluding that Prime's decision to mentor Hot Rod was a case of him looking for someone to take over leadership so that he could forget about the war entirely. Deciding that a more proactive attitude was needed to deal with the threats that still exist, Kup returned to [[Debris]] without even seeing Prime and gathered up the other Wreckers. Announcing his intent to visit [[Earth]], [[Nebulos]] and the other worlds touched by the war to try and actually make a difference, the whole team elected to join him. Kup and the Wreckers hitched a lift with the [[Cosmic Carnival]] to Earth, but discovered that the entire planet had been devastated. They were blown out of the sky by nuclear missiles, launched by Megatron. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 1|Loose Ends #1}}

Using escape pods, they crash-landed on Earth. To send a message of their findings to Cybertron, Kup and the Wreckers targeted the [[Deep Space Network]] but Kup peeled off from the others to deal with Megatron's [[zombie]]-like army. He took down [[Tentakil (G1)|Tentakil]], but was felled by Skywarp, and brought before Megatron, who showed the fate of [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]—his still-living head adorning Megatron's [[battle sled]]. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 2|Loose Ends #2}} Megatron infected Kup with [[Scraplet]]s and broadcasted for the Wreckers to rescue him and be ambushed. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 3|Loose Ends #3}} [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] took [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]] and [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] to rescue Kup while the others fought off the Ark's defenses. The flying trio were unsuccessful and were all grounded by the Ex-Decepticons. When Megatron became preoccupied with Optimus Prime's arrival, Starscream revealed that Kup must kill Ratchet (to stop Megatron). {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 4|Loose Ends #4}}

Through much struggle, Kup dragged himself over to Ratchet. He was tended to by [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] who gave him a treatment for the Scraplets. Kup regained some strength and demanded First Aid's gun, which he then used to end Ratchet's pitiful existence, disabling Megatron as well, allowing Optimus Prime to crush his [[spark]]. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 5|Loose Ends #5}}

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===Toy pack-in material===
Kup attended an emergency meeting led by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] after the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] was stolen. Soon, [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] announced his project to confuse the Decepticons using [[decoy]]s. While the decoys attacked Decepticon headquarters, Kup, Ultra Magnus, [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], and [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] snuck inside their base to steal back the Matrix. {{storylink|Start Your Own Decoy Collection}}
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===Ladybird Books continuity===
[[File:GalvatronsAirAttack-KupWheeljackMagnus.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|"Then after that World War II got quiet, 'til Superman challenged F.D.R. to a race around the world. F.D.R. beat him by a furlong! Or so the comic books would have you believe. The truth lies somewhere in between..."]]
As a young Autobot, Kup participated in many battles against the Decepticons on Earth. One particularly great battle ended up with many casualties on both sides—casualties whose bodies were simply left in the valley where they died. Many years later, when the Autobots were running out of [[cybernite]] for their repair jobs, Kup recalled this event and suggested that they loot the old bodies for the precious metal. [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] approved, and let Kup lead [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]], [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] to the valley. On the way, Kup mistook the [[wikipedia:Aurora (astronomy)|aurora borealis]] for a Decepticon attack.

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

[[File:DecepticonsUnderground-Kup.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|"Thank you for this award. It is a tribute to this great country that a man who once took a shot at Teddy Roosevelt could win back your trust."]]
Eventually, Kup found himself stationed at [[Nebulos]], where the Decepticons were collecting energy via a "[[tetrahedron]]" at the planet's north pole. Alongside Blurr and [[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]], he was part of [[Brainstorm]]'s "Operation Heatwave", which consisted of using high-temperature lasers to melt the ice below [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] and the energy-collecting facility. {{storylink|Decepticons at the Pole}} Some time later, the Autobots started running out of lubricants, leading to Kup's joints creaking something fierce, so naturally he was overjoyed when the Autobots found a legendary Nebulan [[oil]] lake. However, as soon as they started pumping the oil back to base, the Decepticons destroyed their oil pipe, so Kup, his Targetmaster partner Recoil and [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] were forced to do a quick repair job. A second Decepticon attack soon followed, so the three fled into the Nebulan desert... only for Kup to get stuck to a rock when the area turned out to be magnetic. [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]] soon saved him by neutralizing the magnetic field with an impact from his grenade launcher. {{storylink|Autobots Strike Oil}}

Highbrow later got kidnapped by the Decepticons and held ransom in exchange for Optimus Prime himself. When Prime decided to perform a rescue operation, Kup offered to come with him, but the Autobot leader had a different plan. {{storylink|Autobot Hostage}} After a few peaceful weeks with the Decepticons nowhere to be found, Prime got suspicious and ordered Kup to organize long-range patrols to find out what they were up to. The patrols scoured the entire planet except for the [[Nebulos Triangle]], as Kup explained that nobody had ever entered that area and returned. {{storylink|Decepticons Underground}}
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===''Big Looker Storybook'' continuity===
[[File:Carshowblowupkup.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"Is that story true, Kup?" "Well most of it, I ''did'' wear a dress for a period in the '40s. ''Ohh,'' they had ''designers'' then!"]]
Kup and Hot Rod traveled to the coliseum to check out a robot car the [[human]]s had built that could respond to voice commands. They heard about it on their car radios! But when they arrived at the coliseum, Kup spotted Decepticons flying about. As some entered the back door, Kup shooed Hot Rod away, telling him to warn the others. If Hot Rod stayed, he would just get into trouble! Sneaking around inside, he eventually made his way up to the control room, where [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and the other Decepticons were rigging the lighting. They were planning on stealing the robot car! Kup decided to leave and tell the others, but he was spotted by [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. The evil Decepticons tied up Kup so that he wouldn't interfere.

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

[[File:Wildboyofquintessonbattle.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"You know, I thought I was too old. I thought my time had passed. I thought I'd never hear the screams of pain or see the look of terror in a young man's eyes. Thank Heaven for children."]]
Later, Kup, led [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] on a special mission to take supplies from Earth to a space station on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s second moon. Despite Kup's warnings, the Dinobots loaded too many supplies onto the ship, and in the middle of their journey, the ship began to have problems. Kup tried everything, but the ship was going down! It crashed on a planet, but everyone landed safely. Unfortunately, Kup recognized the place. It was the planet [[Quintessa|Quintesson]]! They were interrupted by a tribal scream and a flurry of firestones. However, the boy who made his presence known was not aiming at them, but at the Quintessons behind them. The boy's name was [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], and he had been abandoned on the planet when his ship crashed their earlier.

Wheelie led them through the jungle, battling Quintessons along the way, until they reached Wheelie's crashed ship. Hot Rod was able to fix it, and everyone left the planet Quintesson, Wheelie included! {{storylink|The Story of Wheelie, the Wild Boy of Quintesson}}
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===''The Transformers in 3-D''===
[[File:Kupin3d.jpg|left|thumb|upright=0.85|"''Ohh,'' you must be sick! Lets see, what's old ''Doc Washburn'' prescribe? Do you have dropsy? The grip? Scrofula? The vapors? Jungle rot? Dandy fever? Poor man's gout? Housemaid's knee? Climatic boo bow? The staggers? Dum dum fever?"]]
Kup is so old, he fought the [[Destructon]]s the first time, and helped defeat them.

Eons later, he was part of [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]'s team searching for [[Metascan Alpha]], a quest that took them to a desolate moon. While Kup was checking out some marks on the ground that he recognised, the team was attacked by [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]]s. Magnus insisted they ignore the Decepticons and continue with their quest, which took them down to the planet below.

Kup quickly identified the Destructons attacking the city they had found. [[Psychokhan]] recognised him too, threatening to dispatch the Autobot with his Psychospear. The Destructons proved too powerful for the Autobots to handle, and they began a retreat back to [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]]. Kup knew that they'd never make it, so he stayed behind to hold the four Destructons off while the others escaped.

He probably died. {{storylink|The War Against the Destructons, Chapter 1 of 3}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Skidswheeljackgrimlockkupironhidetww.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"They say the greatest tragedy is when a father outlives his son. I have never fully understood why. Frankly, I can see an up side to it!"]]
Millions of years ago on Cybertron, shortly after the assassination of [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]], Kup was part of an Autobot unit under [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]'s command which battled for possession of [[Altihex]]. Kup and the other Autobots were forced to abandon the City-State as it collapsed, leaving it to the Decepticons. {{storylink|The War Within issue 1|The War Within #1}}

After a new Prime was crowned, a young archivist who became known as [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]], the Decepticons led a full siege on the Autobot headquarters of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. As per Grimlock's orders, Kup met with him, [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] just outside Iacon on the [[Tri-Torus Loop]], where Kup was shocked to hear Grimlock announce his plan to leave Iacon to the Decepticons. Instead, Grimlock led them deep within the planet, where the new Prime was battling [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] for his life, even though Grimlock had huge doubts over whether Optimus Prime was worth saving. {{storylink|The War Within issue 4|The War Within #4}} Kup confronted Grimlock about his apathy, and asked him if he had ever respected anyone. When Kup got too personal, Grimlock shoved him into a wall. While looking for Prime, however, the Autobots stumbled onto Megatron's real plan. They found a system of planetary engines that Megatron had ordered the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] to restore. While Grimlock went on ahead, determined to find Optimus Prime, Kup and the others stayed behind to sabotage the Constructicons' work. {{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War within #5}} The Decepticons detected their presence, and so Kup and the others fought a very one-sided battle against them. All hope seemed lost until Grimlock returned... with a very impressive Optimus Prime, who ordered Kup and Ironhide to help him cover Wheeljack's sabotage of the engines.

[[File:Lightningstrikecoalition.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|"Did you call the girl from the escort service?" "They said their insurance won't cover you." "''Ooooh,'' that's an onion in the ointment."]]
The engines were destroyed, but Kup and the others were distraught to see the smoking crater where Iacon used to be. Optimus Prime, who was quickly stepping into the role, refused to leave Cybertron, and instead implored Kup and the others to follow him underground, where they would continue to wage their war against the Decepticons. {{storylink|The War Within issue 6|The War Within #6}}

Later, when Optimus Prime and Megatron disappeared in a prototype [[space bridge]] accident, the Autobot faction splintered, and Kup joined Grimlock's [[Lightning Strike Coalition]]. While on the [[Moon Alpha Spaceport]], Kup waxed on about the alleged cosmic destiny of the Transformers and how it contrasted with the stagnation of their race. Grimlock was annoyed with this introspection and urged him to get back to work. The Lightning Strike Coalition was able to thwart Starscream's [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacons]] from keeping their stolen Energon and made a quick retreat with the goods. {{storylink|Fragmentation (G1)|Fragmentation}}

3.9 million years ago, due to a catastrophically low level of Energon, every Transformer on Earth ground to a halt in the [[Great Shutdown]]. Kup was in the middle of a fight with [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] when this occurred, and the two were frozen in a grappling pose for millions of years. Three thousand years ago, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] awoke from this state and began rehabilitating the rest of the population. He eschewed the Decepticon/Autobot factions and promised a new unified Cybertron. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}}

[[File:PassiveAggression-KupIronhidereunite.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"I'll join! I'm filled with piss and vinegar! At first I was just filled with vinegar."]]
However, Kup and a handful of others believed Shockwave had evil motives for this and formed an underground resistance movement deep within the [[Wastelands]]. Things came to a head with the return of Optimus Prime to Cybertron, who had been on Earth for four million years. After disciplining Hot Rod for being an impetuous young punk, Kup explained their situation to Optimus Prime and introduced him to the rest of their members. More of Optimus Prime's comrades from Earth were brought into the resistance, including Kup's old friend Ironhide, and the two shared a heartfelt reunion. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}}

Kup and the others planned an all-out strike against Shockwave's stronghold in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. While Kup, [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], and [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] were trapped behind a rampaging [[Guardian robot|Omega Sentinel]], the three witnessed a strange beam emit from the top of Shockwave's stronghold and fire into space. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}} Shockwave was defeated, but Optimus Prime was severely damaged, and Kup and the others were forced to persist without his leadership while he recovered. {{storylink|Generation 1 issue 0|Generation 1 #0}} As Kup looked on, Prowl tried to reassure the Autobots with a speech from Iacon's [[Central Hall]], but Prowl wasn't terribly good at speeches and so Ultra Magnus filled in. Though Prowl and the other Earthbound Autobots had finally returned home, things just weren't the same. Kup suggested Prowl and the others stop fighting the changes and just accept that they'd happened. This prompted Prowl to consider a return to Earth. {{storylink|Skyfire (issue)|Skyfire}}

Kup and Hot Rod sparred within a computer-simulated portrayal of Earth. Hot Rod managed to win over his older and wiser opponent, but only in the most reckless way possible, a fact which Kup was unable to impart on the youngster. {{storylink|Lost and Found (issue)|Lost and Found}} Ultra Magnus decided to split the Autobots into teams to better defend Cybertron, and Kup was assigned to [[Moonbase One|Moon Base One]] along with the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. Kup did not find this thrilling. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}
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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers'' continuity===
Kup was part of a team of Autobots led by Hot Rod who were eager for revenge against the new Decepticon leader, [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]], but couldn't attack him since he was holding several Autobots and [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joes]] hostage. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4|The Art of War #4}} As soon as the hostages were freed, Kup's group teamed up with the rest of G.I. Joe and defeated the Decepticon army. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
Kup was extremely old. In years past, he'd trained dozens of Autobots, including [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]], [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]], [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Hot Rod]], and even [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|Spotlight: Kup}} During the early years of the war after the assassination of [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]], Kup was either leading or part of a squad sent to rescue [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]] when they crossed paths with the famous former racer, [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]. Kup was skeptical of Blurr's usefulness, but some words from a young Orion Pax were able to convince Blurr to alert Zeta Prime of the Decepticons' assassination attempt. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blurr}} As Orion Pax rose in the ranks of the Autobot army, Kup served as a key aide and introduced him to his troops. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 13|Old Ways}}

Eventually, Zeta was revealed to be kind of a ruthless dictator, so Kup and his comrades turned on him and helped the honorable Orion Pax and the Decepticons overthrow him. Kup assisted by teaching the other combatants about the weak spots on Zeta's giant [[Guardian robot|Omega Destructors]]. {{storylink|Overthrown}} Once Zeta was dead, the Decepticons betrayed the Autobots and Kup was imprisoned, but he and some other captives escaped before too long. The Autobots sought out Orion Pax in [[Nyon]], where they were shocked to learn that he had acquired the [[Matrix of Leadership]] and risen to become Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Rise}} Alongside many other Autobots, Kup rallied behind the new Prime, returned to [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] and chased off the Decepticons. {{storylink|Endgame}}

When Prime became aware of the curious case of the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dynobots]], he wanted to hear their story from the perspective of a fellow soldier and had Kup tell him what he knew about the team. After telling him of the Dynobots' past in the [[Primal Vanguard]], Kup advised Prime to capture them before they used their military expertise for something bad. {{storylink|Underworld (IDW)|Underworld}} Acting on this advice, Prime sent Kup himself to find the team and have them give themselves up, but he was unable to convince [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] of Prime's good intentions. Fortunately, the other Dynobots were less stubborn and agreed to come with Kup, causing Grimlock to relent. {{storylink|Prey (issue)|Prey}} On the way home, Kup got new orders to help put down a riot at [[Starsreach Spaceport]], forcing him to bring the Dynobots along. He warned the volatile team against trying to help, but by the time they arrived Optimus Prime had already calmed the rioters down anyway. {{storylink|Massacre}} Unfortunately a Decepticon attack caused Grimlock to lose control and go on a rampage, causing the Dynobots to reconsider and choose to leave Cybertron. Kup tried to convince them that Autobot science could help, but had no success. {{storylink|Unleashed}} He was later present during the battle against [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] and witnessed Grimlock bring the beast down from inside. {{storylink|Belly of the Beast}}

Years later, Kup was present at a victory celebration after the Autobots dealt a major blow to the Decepticon war effort. He encouraged Optimus Prime to say something to the troops, but Optimus was still uncomfortable with the role of public speaking. {{storylink|The Iron Age}}

[[File:SpotlightBlaster GetawayKupHufferBroadside.jpg|left|upright=1.66|thumb|"Let's sacrifice him to our god! C'mon, we did it all the time in the '30s."]]
Shortly after [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]'s first apocalyptic assault, the besieged Autobots prepared for the big push against their positions by the Decepticons. Kup was in a trench alongside [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]], Huffer, and the injured [[Getaway]], waiting for [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]'s morale-boosting broadcast to the Autobot forces, a transmission that never came. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blaster}}

Kup was part of a battle on [[Caldoon 4]] when suddenly he and dozens of others were under attack by [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]], one of Megatron's most formidable generals. After dispatching several of Kup's buddies and tossing Kup himself away, Overlord left them to attend a meeting that Megatron had called within the Decepticon battle camp. But Overlord wasn't gone for long. He returned to Kup's men and began what he'd started. Just before Kup was about to be finished, Overlord lifted his limp and battered body to his face and uttered, "Tell Megatron I've chosen Option 2." And, strangely, the Decepticon left the planet, sparing Kup's life. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 2|Last Stand of the Wreckers #2}}

Kup was later part of the [[113th Battalion]] where the [[Phase Sixer]] [[Black Shadow (Victory)|Black Shadow]] fought against the 113th Battalion, singlehandedly defeating Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus and killing 3,003 others. {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement}} 500,000 years ago, Kup was present during the climactic battle over [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] that ended with the [[Metrotitan (body-type)|Titan]] leaving the planet. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 1: Hello Cruel World|Hello Cruel World}}

[[File:SpotlightKup killingspree.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|"OK, don't panic, remember the advice Kup gave you on your wedding day." "If you ever travel back in time, don't step on anything! Because even the tiniest change can alter the future in ways you can't imagine!"]]
At some point after Cybertron was abandoned, Kup and [[Outback (G1)|Outback]] crash-landed on [[Tsiehshi]], which was covered with radioactive [[Ore-8]] crystals. Over time, Kup was slowly driven insane from the radiation. He talked to the dead corpse of Outback as though he were still alive (and used his disembodied arm as a club) and believed that [[zombie]]s were attacking him when he shut down for the night. In reality, these zombies were fellow Autobots sent to rescue him, and Kup killed several of them before Springer managed to get a [[Trailbreaker (G1)|specialist]] in to extract the aging Autobot. Unfortunately, due to the damage Kup sustained from the radiation, his incompatibility with modern Transformers tech due to his age and stubborn unwillingness to upgrade, and a near-meltdown of his spark, he was placed on life support upon arriving aboard ''[[Ark-17]]'', and it was unknown if he would ever recover, physically or mentally. {{storylink|Spotlight: Kup}}

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

Kup finally returned to service when Perceptor and the scientists at the [[Kimia Facility]] built a new body for Kup—one that was better and stronger and based on the [[Pretender]] technology acquired from [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]. He was mostly healed of his madness and given a [[cy-gar]] with a synthesized version of the crystals' radiation to keep him sane. He also had some programming routines installed via Prowl to help lead the Autobots into winning the war: now he could be made to give the advice ''Prowl'' gave, which the strategist knew would be listened to if it came out of the mouth of such a charismatic figure. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 15|Everything in Its Right Place}}

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

[[File:Slowmotionmoviewalkahm5.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"The metric system is the tool of the devil! My car gets forty rods to the hogshead and that's the way ''I likes it!''"]]
Kup's unit, a hand-picked crew composed of heavy hitters, such as two former Wreckers and Drift, were operating from the battlecruiser ''[[Trion]]'' when a [[Surge (event)|major Decepticon offensive]] caused Autobot communications to black out. Though initially confused by Perceptor's sudden decision to become a warrior instead of a scientist, Kup became proud of him after he single-handedly saved the entire team from [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]]. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 15|Lost & Found}} In pursuit of the Decepticons' ship, Kup's team were baited into an ambush above Cybertron, where the ship was shot down and forced to crash-land on the assumed uninhabitable world. Banding together to survive, they eventually encountered Optimus Prime's unit, only to find him incapacitated, the Matrix having been seized by [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]]. Although Kup was at first dismissive of [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], who had stepped into a command position in the void left by Prime, he quickly learned to appreciate Jazz's steady, capable hand. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 5|All Hail Megatron #5}}

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

[[File:IDW Kup's non-cigar.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"Eh, you never know what you're capable of. I never thought I could shoot down a German plane, but last year I proved myself wrong."]]
And he was right to be worried. Ironhide assaulted [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], who he believed to be the traitor. Kup took Ironhide aside and berated him for his conduct. Before their chat could be resolved, the Swarm found them. Kup gathered up the Autobots and began to take them to a previously-agreed-on location across a lone bridge, where Perceptor would fire a shot that would detonate the bridge, separating them from the Swarm. Unfortunately, Perceptor was injured in the evacuation, and Kup had no plan B. Sunstreaker, who revealed he was the traitor, redeemed himself by blowing up the bridge and presumably himself. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 8|All Hail Megatron #8}}

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

[[File:Dropshot down AHM.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|"Don't you realize what this means? The next time we fall asleep, we could die!" "''HA!'' Welcome to my world!"]]
Upon arrival at Earth, Kup joined the others in a massive attack on the Decepticons. He lent [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] a hand against [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]], then was snatched off the ground by [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]. Not caring for the Decepticon's cracks about his sanity and his age, Kup shot Skywarp in the gut, forcing the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] to drop him into the water. He resurfaced near a US military group currently under attack from [[Dropshot (Universe)|Dropshot]]. Kup was able to get the drop (ha!) on the Decepticon and defeat him. In the aftermath of the Autobots' victory, Kup and [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Colonel Witwicky]] shared a moment of rest atop Dropshot's remains. When the human asked Kup about his [[cigar]], Kup responded "What's a cigar?" {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 12|All Hail Megatron #12}}

[[File:LastStandoftheWreckers4-Kupkillsandkills.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"I'm trying to watch the Super Bowl! If people don't support this thing, it might not make it."]]
Following the war on Earth, Kup returned to space with Springer and Perceptor to renew associations with the Wreckers. Kup stepped down as commanding officer at this point, allowing his protege Springer to retake his leadership position. After re-inducting the [[Jumpstarter]]s and a quartet of new recruits, their first chronicled mission was to make contact with Garrus-9. Hitching transport with Ultra Magnus, their mission began with an encounter in the void of space with [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]], the Wreckers' founder and former prisoner at [[Garrus-9]]. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 1|Last Stand of the Wreckers #1}} As the Wreckers planned for their assault on Garrus-9, Kup regaled them with stories about what a stone cold freak Overlord was. Very comforting. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 2|Last Stand of the Wreckers #2}}

After their crash-landing on Garrus-9, Kup and Springer's team was separated from Perceptor's unit, leaving their forces divided. With the sum total of the Decepticon prisoners bearing down on them, Springer ordered Kup and [[Guzzle (G1)|Guzzle]] to seek out some heavy-duty reinforcement: [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 3|Last Stand of the Wreckers #3}} When they arrived at his cell, however, they discovered the Dynobot commander was already gone. Impactor's [[Predator (subgroup)|Predator]] contact, [[Snare]], met up with Kup and Guzzle at this point, and led them to where Springer and Impactor were being tortured by Overlord's protege, [[Stalker (G1)|Stalker]]. They rescued the Wreckers' leaders, only to come face-to-face with Overlord himself. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 4|Last Stand of the Wreckers #4}}

Overlord bashed Kup in the head with the torn-in-two pieces of Guzzle and knocked him out, but the old codger survived the battle and helped tend to the wounds of Springer. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 5|Last Stand of the Wreckers #5}} Sadly, despite the best efforts of medics, the Wrecker leader was left in a coma. After transferring Springer to [[Debris]] where [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]] could take care of him, Kup asked his old psychiatrist friend [[Rung (G1)|Rung]] for advice on how to wake him up. {{storylink|Zero Point}}

[[File:TFInfestation2-BrittKup.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|"Big deal! When I was a pup, we got spanked by Presidents till the cows came home. Grover Cleveland spanked me on two nonconsecutive occasions!"]]
Kup returned to Earth, where he was part of the team called in to investigate [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]]'s crash landing in [[Las Vegas]]. Not only was Galvatron's crew there, but a ship full of zombies too. During the skirmish, Kup lost his cy-gar and started having delusions, but it allowed him to see through Bayonet's disguise as [[Britt]], leader of the zombies. Britt punched through Kup's torso and started to contaminate the other Cybertronians. {{storylink|The Transformers: Infestation issue 1|Transformers: Infestation #1}} Kup was able to blast free and break her will on the others, but eventually he succumbed to the infection. Britt read Kup's mind and decided rather than fight the well-armed team on Earth, to invade Cybertron of the past and opened a portal to lead her zombie army there. She also made an impenetrable shield to keep the others out with more information from Kup's mind. The Autobots were out of options until Prowl was able to hack into Kup's mind using the programming routines installed during the Pretender process. At a suggestion from Galvatron, Kup was instructed to change the coordinates of the portal to the very beginning of the [[Dead Universe]], giving the zombies an eternity of nothing to feed on. Unfortunately, Kup was sent to the dark dimension along with them. {{storylink|The Transformers: Infestation issue 2|Transformers: Infestation #2}}

Kup spent eons completely alone in the Dead Universe as its history played out. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 1: Hello Cruel World|Hello Cruel World}} He was eventually discovered and captured by the ancient tyrant [[Nova Prime]] and modified into a [[space bridge]], {{storylink|No Exit: Dark Cybertron Chapter 6|No Exit}} with Nova intending to use his connection to the living universe--a feature shared by all those claimed by the Dead Universe--as a gateway back home. Kup fought back, causing all attempts to fail and leading Nova to believe the decrepit old Autobot's body just couldn't handle the process on its own. When Optimus Prime (now Orion Pax again), Rodimus and [[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Cyclonus]] arrived in the Dead Universe, Nova captured them to use the energy of their sparks to strengthen the space bridge. {{storylink|The Dead Are Not Enough: Dark Cybertron Chapter 7|The Dead Are Not Enough}} Instead, Orion Pax and the others fought back and were able to free Kup from his bonds, and the tough old-timer was quick to get back on his feet {{storylink|Burning Bright: Dark Cybertron Chapter 8|Burning Bright}} and help fight off Nova Prime's [[Sweep]]s while Orion faced off with the ancient Prime and took back his title. {{storylink|Finis Temporis: Dark Cybertron Chapter 9|Finis Temporis}} While they were able to defeat Nova, the portal through which Optimus's team had entered the Dead Universe was gone, leaving them trapped in the collapsing universe. Kup volunteered to send the others back through his internal portal, though his sacrifice was fortunately avoided as Optimus located another portal. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}}

Passing through this alternate gateway, caused by [[Brainstorm]]'s connection to the Dead Universe, Kup and the others appeared out of Brainstorm's chest on Cybertron just in time to join the battle against [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]]. {{storylink|Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11|Black Planet}} However, having been rendered undead by their exposure to the Dead Universe, Kup, Cyclonus and [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] could no longer survive in the real universe and collapsed. Brainstorm had them taken to his laboratory on the ''[[Lost Light]]'', where he was able to cure them of their condition. {{storylink|...And the Damage Done: Dark Cybertron Finale|...And the Damage Done}}

Six months after the battle with Shockwave, Kup followed Optimus Prime back to Earth to investigate a lead left by [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]]. They tracked down the last Transformer on the planet, [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], only to be ambushed by an alliance between Galvatron's Decepticons and [[Earth Defense Command]]. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 1: Hello Cruel World|Hello Cruel World}}

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==Games==
===''The Transformers: Battle to Save the Earth''===
[[File:C64Kup.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"Nurse! Someone's trying to kill me!" "Okay, we'll do something about that right away. Let's start by doubling your medication."]]

Along with his fellow Autobots, Kup protected Earth from the menace of the Decepticons. He was ostensibly under the command of [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: Battle to Save the Earth}}
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===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
{{voiceactor|[[Mark Laity]] (English)}}
In [[2010]], the Decepticon military commander [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] acquired a source of infinite power called [[Zel Quartz]]. It drove him to madness, and he destroyed Cybertron while threatening to lay waste to the rest of the galaxy. Rodimus Prime and the Autobots desperately coordinated with the [[Quintesson]]s to use a timeslip device and travel back in time, preventing Shockwave from ever getting his hand on Zel Quartz. Unfortunately, [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and the remaining Decepticons learned of the mission, and intercepted the Autobots on the way through the timeslip.

Crashing in 2003 on [[Zel Samine]], where the quartz originated, Kup awoke with Arcee and Rodimus Prime. Separated from the rest of their team, they sent out an SOS and were met by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and the present day Autobots. After explaining the situation, Kup and his allies joined up with Optimus to search for the Zel Quartz before the Decepticons could find it.

Wheeljack searched the planet for any records or power signatures that might be Zel Quartz. After three false leads, they finally located Zel Quartz at the [[Enormous Laser Transmission Array]]. After fighting through numerous Decepticon lieutenants, and facing the might of Megatron and Galvatron united, Kup and the Autobots secured the Zel Quartz and ultimately disposed of it so that it could do no further harm. With the rock no longer a threat, the Autobots of 2010 vanished and returned to their home timeline. {{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

===''Transformers Legends''===
Following [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s rebirth as [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], Sergeant Kup was part of the Autobot forces led by Rodimus who scored a decisive victory over the Decepticons. {{storylink|All Hail Galvatron}} He and Rodimus were put on trial by the [[Quintesson]]s. They faced death by [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticon]] until [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] organized a well-timed coup. {{storylink|Mockery of Justice}} The pair subsequently had to run off to defend [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] from [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|'Til All Are One (Legends)|'Til All Are One}}

During a series of conflicts to defend and retain territory from the Decepticons, Kup and Ultra Magnus maintained the final defence against Galvatron and his Decepticons. Despite their valiant efforts, and Rodimus's plan to take on Trypticon alongside Metroplex, the Autobots were defeated. {{storylink|The Colossus War}} Ultra Magnus, Kup and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] were kidnapped by [[Skuxxoid]]s during the [[Galactic Olympics|Galactic Games]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness: Part 1}} Though the trio were sentenced to death by the Quints, the other Autobots turned up in time to save them. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness: Part 2}}

==Commercial appearances==
[[File:Toycommercial-Kup.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"Now, I'd like to digress from my prepared remarks to discuss how I invented the terlet. Stop your snickering! I spent three years on that terlet!"]]
*Kup made his [[commercial]] debut alongside Hot Rod and Blurr, joining Optimus Prime in a desert as he faces off against Starscream, Skywarp, Cyclonus and Scourge. As he charges into battle, Kup comments that this reminds him of the battle on [[Beta 4]] (not to be confused with the battle on [[Beta-Nine|Beta 9]].)<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5MO0AwlO2g&t=8m57s</ref>
*He appeared alongside Hot Rod in one of the movie plot-based commercials, this one for the Sharkticons. The two Autobots are shown driving up to the edge of a greenish pool, from which a pile of Sharkticons emerges and attacks. Kup and Hot Rod fist-fight their way through, with help from Wheelie.
*Kup appeared briefly in the commercial for [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]], charging into battle alongside Rodimus Prime, firing at the enemy, and getting knocked aside by Sixshot's "rocket car" mode.
*Kup appeared in the commercial for the [[Monsterbot]]s. As Rodimus Prime and Blurr drive up, Kup reports that there has been a lab accident, and the new Autobots are ''monsters!''
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1toy-Kup.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"I always get the blame around here! ''Who threw a cane at the TV? Who fell into the china hutch? Who got their dentures stuck on the toilet?''"]]
*'''Kup''' (Autobot, 1986)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-82'''
**''Accessories:'' "[[Musket laser]]"

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

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

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[[File:G1toy-KupTargetmaster.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"You're a gutsy daredevil with a give-'em-hell attitude and a fourth grade education. You coulda made Sergeant!"]]
*'''Kup''' (Targetmaster, 1987)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-113'''
**''Accessories:'' Musket Laser/Recoil Targetmaster partner

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

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Autobot/Kup/kup.htm More information on Targetmaster Kup at TFU.info]''
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===Transformers Collection===
[[File:TransformersCollection20.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|"He used to be smart as a chimp, but now... he's dumb as a monkey."]]
*'''Future Cybertron''' (Transformers Collection, 2005)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TF-20'''
**''Accessories:'' Musket Laser, Musket Laser/Recoil Targetmaster partner (you read that right)

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

:This iteration of the mold was used to make [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Orion Pax]].
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===Timelines===
[[File:Timelinestoy-KupWoH.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Three wars back we called Sauerkraut 'liberty cabbage' and we called liberty cabbage 'super slaw' and back then a suitcase was known as a 'Swedish lunchbox'. Of course, nobody knew that but me. Anyway, long story short... is a phrase whose origins are complicated and rambling..."]]
*'''Wings of Honor''' ([[BotCon 2009]] box set)
**''Accessories'': Clamp attachment, hammer attachment, Earth Cyber Key

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

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

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

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Autobot/BCKup/kup.htm More information on Kup at TFU.info]''
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===Generations===
[[File:Generations SergeantKup.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"So you see, old people aren't so useless after all. Malloy's old, and he outsmarted the lot of you. And I'm even older and I outsmarted him! ''Ah ha ha ha!''" "Shut up." "I've had my moment."]]
*'''Sergeant Kup''' (Deluxe, 2011)
**''Accessories:'' "laser musket" rifle/exhaust pipe

:Part of wave 6 of ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'', Sergeant Kup sticks to the character's roots, transforming into an old-school (or, alternatively, "retro"-styled) Earth pic'''kup''' truck. He comes with his signature [[Musket laser|laser musket]] weapon, which looks like an actual musket this go-round. Like his contemporaries, Kup is covered in 3mm rungs that are compatible with [[C joint]] clip-on weapons. There are two rungs on his backpack, plus two rungs each on his forearm [[kibble]], and two on his lower back (these two are shown in the ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' version's instructions). The musket can either plug into the underside of the truck, forming a second exhaust pipe, or clip onto the roof of the truck via a C joint. Interestingly, due to his transformation, Kup's truck mode features a working tailgate.

:He was later retooled/redecoed into [[Swerve (G1)#Generations|Swerve]], whose head was depicted in Kup's [[instructions]] before the retool was officially announced, and was separately retooled into [[BotCon 2013]] [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] and [[Electro (G2)|Autobot Electrons]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Autobot/SergeantKup/kup.htm More information on Sergeant Kup at TFU.info]''
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===United===
[[File:Unitedtoy-Kup.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"''Heeeere's'' Johnny! ''D'oh!''" "''Daaaaaaavid'' Letterman!" "Hi David, I'm Kup."]]
*'''Autobot Kup''' (Deluxe, 2011)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''UN-17'''
**''Accessories:'' "Musket gun"/tailpipe
:''[[Transformers United|United]]'' Autobot Kup is a [[redeco]] of ''Generations'' Autobot Kup in metallic paint. Other changes include silver paint on his stomach, painted rims, and a smaller Autobot symbol with a silver border. Surprisingly, Kup is presented with his cy-gar attached to his mouth at the back of his package.
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[[File:Unitedtoy-KupeHobby.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"Full speed ahead! Man the torpedos!" "What did he say? Put on our tuxedos?"]]
*'''Autobot SET''' (3-pack, 2011)
**''Accessories:'' Rifle/tailpipe

:Dubbed "Autobot Kup Damage Version", this [[redeco]] of the 2010 Kup mold (see above) is cast in brighter teals, with silver "scrape" paint marks (as well as other additional paint applications), giving him a more weathered look (despite his more saturated color palette). Official photography depicted this Kup as bright blue, but that was a case of photography having trouble with his shade of teal.

:This version was only available in an [[e-HOBBY]] [[exclusive]] 3-pack with a [[Hot Rod (G1)/toys#United|clear-blue Hot Rod]] and [[Scrapheap (G1)|Scrapheap]]. Preorders for the set were opened on [[December 13]] of 2010 and closed on [[January 11]] of 2011, and shipped in April.

:This figure was available with a Hot Rod pin and ''[[Macrocosmic Seekers]]'' booklet directly from e-Hobby, he was also released in Asian countries outside of Japan without said pin and booklet.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Cybertron/Kup/kup.htm More information on Autobot Kup Damage Version at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
[[File:Kupcharactermodelcomparison.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"Oral thermometer my eye! Think warm thoughts, boy, 'cause this is ''miiiiighty'' cold..."]]
[[File:FriedmanAuctionKupModelEdit.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"Didn't you wonder why you were getting checks for doing absolutely nothing?" "I figured because the Democrats were in power again."]]
*Check out the original Kup toy's chest-sticker... it's got a pair of [[Floppy disk|5 1/4-inch floppy disk]] drives on it. Apparently, he can store up to two extra Transformers' brains.
*Like the rest of the central ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' cast, Kup had a preliminary [[character model]] by [[Floro Dery]] that was revised by Japanese artists before final animation. And just like the rest of the central movie cast, that early model was used as a basis for his toy design, and for his early Marvel Comics appearances. While other characters' early models often appeared in the Generation 1 cartoon as a result of production errors, Kup's was deliberately employed in the episode "[[Chaos (episode)|Chaos]]", where it was used [[:File:Kup model comparison Chaos.jpg|in flashback scenes]] to represent a younger version of the character. The final model features a slimmer torso, streamlined leg shapes, and signs of aging.
**In the US Marvel stories, [[José Delbo]] used the older model, while [[Andrew Wildman]] and [[Geoff Senior]] used the final model. [[Derek Yaniger]] and [[Manny Galan]] switched back to the older model for Kup's ''Generation 2'' appearances.
*In 2010, a set of Kup's original color models from ''The Transformers: The Movie'' went up for sale on Heritage Auctions, sold from [[Ron Friedman|Ron Friedman's]] collection of [[Sunbow Productions]] materials. He looked extremely teal.
*In the Japanese ''[[Asterisk Story]]'' online manga, a little lost kitty is rescued from certain death (well, being stuck in a tree) by [[Ai Kuruma]] and [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]. That kitty is named [[Chear]] (Kup's Japanese name).
*The vehicle mode of ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' series [[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown]], another old coot, resembles Kup's Cybertronian vehicle mode from the War Within comic series. This similarity was brought to the fore by Brakedown GTS, a "powered-up" [[redeco]] of the character with the colors changed to resemble Kup's. In fact, the color guide for the redeco, revealed on Hasbro's website, showed that "Kup" was a working name for Brakedown GTS.
*He claims on his MySpace page (see External links) that he's a [[Covenant|Pisces]].<ref>Kup's Myspace page was created by [[Nick Roche]] to promote his IDW "[[Spotlight: Kup]]" story.</ref> It is best to remember, however, that at the time he wrote this, he was utterly insane.
*In ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron]]'', Kup was going to be the mysterious Autobot traitor, but this idea was thrown out before [[Shane McCarthy]] started writing.<ref>http://forum.idwpublishing.com/viewtopic.php?t=6022</ref>
*Most of Kup's [[Tech Spec]] stats drop when he becomes a Targetmaster, including, perhaps most oddly, his firepower.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Chear''' (チャー ''Chā''),<ref>"Chear" is used twice in English on the Kup/Wheelie "Future Cybertrons" reissue, so is presumably the [[Romanization]] TakaraTomy currently favors.</ref> '''Kup''' (カップ ''Kappu'')
*''French:'' '''Kaisso''' (Canada)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Kup''', '''(Űr)Zsaru''' (''The Movie'', "(Space) Cop")
*''Italian:'' '''Kup''' (''The Movie''), '''Blitz''' (cartoon), '''Char''' (''The Headmasters'')
*''Russian:'' '''Vorchun''' (cartoon, Ворчун, "Grumbler")

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

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Talk:Fixit (RID)

2014-07-27T16:29:37Z

Blackjack:

I find it weird that we're using just "RID" for naming character pages and possible other ideas for the 2015 series as well without any another noticeable differences in naming. Any casual viewer of this site could easily confused the 2015 Characters for taking place in the 2001 RID universe (for instance,[[Optimus Prime (RID)]] isn't in the 2015 series, but any ignorant user could assume that).-----[[User:TransformersMarvel|TransformersMarvel]] ([[User talk:TransformersMarvel|talk]]) 10:37, 27 July 2014 (EDT)
:Not if they read the actual articles. The very first line (after the disambiguation template) tells you what continuity the character's from. This situation has already existed, with the two different ''Universe'' lines, and we only add the year to the parenthetical when there's separate characters with the same name in both franchises. Also, you don't need to start the same discussion on multiple talk pages. [[User:Jalaguy|Jalaguy]] ([[User talk:Jalaguy|talk]]) 10:44, 27 July 2014 (EDT)
::And I consider that a mistake. The disambiguation tag is supposed to tell you which franchise they are from, doing it this way doesn't actually do that. Once a second franchise of the same name exists neither of them can truly be considered to have the unmodified name. Since 2008 there is no such thing as the simple "Universe" franchise, there is "Universe (2003)" and "Universe (2008)" and our tags should reflect that. As of now there is no "RID" franchise, there is "RID (2001) and "RID (2014)". We need to make a change to our standards.--[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 11:40, 27 July 2014 (EDT)
:::Yes. Using RID as parenthetical to mean two completely different things is wrong. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] ([[User talk:KilMichaelMcC|talk]]) 11:46, 27 July 2014 (EDT)
::::I also agree on using a different parenthetical for the new RID series. Taking the Universe line into example, well, nearly all of the characters from Universe (2008) are new forms for previous characters with the only exception of Dropshot, which doesn't really jive with the two RID lines where practically everyone from 2003's RID is disambiguated, and 2014/5's RID is a mixture of old and new characters from Prime. Maybe 2015 RID or Aligned RID? [[User:Blackjack|Blackjack]] ([[User talk:Blackjack|talk]]) 12:29, 27 July 2014 (EDT)

Constructicon (Kre-O)

2014-07-26T04:43:02Z

Blackjack:

{{faction|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Constructicons}}
[[Image:KreO MicroChanger Devastator.jpg|right|thumb|400px|The latest in a proud legacy of purple and green construction vehicles that combine.]]
The '''Constructicons''' are a group of Decepticons that transform into construction vehicles. The members of the group vary, and some members are able to combine into the mighty [[Devastator (Kre-O)|Devastator]]... although sometimes Devastator is his own Kreon.

Members of the Constructicons include:
*[[Bonecrusher (Kre-O)|Bonecrusher]]
*[[Devastator (Kre-O)|Devastator]]
*[[Drill Bit (Kre-O)|Drill Bit]]
*[[Hightower (Kre-O)|Hightower]]
*[[Mixmaster (Kre-O)|Mixmaster]]
*[[Scavenger (Kre-O)|Scavenger]]
*[[Scrapper (Kre-O)|Scrapper]]

In addition, while not said outright to be members of the Constructicons (due to the fact that most of them don't actually show up in fiction), [[Long Haul (Kre-O)|Long Haul]] and [[Hook (Kre-O)|Hook]] are based on Constructicons in other continuities, transform into construction vehicles and shares the same paint scheme, so it's highly likely that they are members of the group. [[Gravedigger (Kre-O)|Gravedigger]] and a couple of other Constructicon-coloured generics have also been seen, but it is unclear if they are members of the team.

==Fiction==
{{charstub}}

==Toys==
===Kre-O===
[[Image:Kreodevastator.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Devastator is both the little green Kreon on the far right and the massive combined robot in the middle. [[Constructicon (ROTF)|It's not the first time.]]]]
*'''Destruction Site Devastator''' (2012)
:A "9 in 1" set that includes buildable versions of [[Scrapper (Kre-O)|Scrapper]], [[Drill Bit (Kre-O)|Drill Bit]], [[Scavenger (Kre-O)|Scavenger]] and [[Hightower (Kre-O)|Hightower]], each of whom can be rebuilt from construction vehicles into robots, or combined into the super robot Devastator. Devastator takes cues from both his [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] and ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)| Revenge of the Fallen]]'' incarnations. The individual Constructicons seem to be only vaguely inspired by past Constructicons. The set also contains a buildable "construction site" play environment.

:Kreons of Devastator, [[Ironhide (Kre-O)|Ironhide]] and a bunch of humans are included as well.

{{-}}

*'''Autobot Assault Devastator''' (2012)
: A Toys R Us exclusive that's basically the Destruction Site Devastator set with an additional [[Ironhide (Kre-O)|Ironhide]] buildable robot, and other pieces. It also comes with a G2-themed Devastator Kreon.

{{-}}
[[Image:G2_Devastator_Kreon.jpg|thumb|right|By Kreon homage standards, G2 Devastator is positively tame.]]
*'''Constructicon Devastator''' (2012?)
:A Devastator Kreon sporting an orange ''Generation 2'' deco that was handed out with ''Kre-O'' purchases at ToysЯUs stores and [[BotCon 2013]].

{{-}}
[[Image:KreO-Toy_HookKreon.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Too cool to be Devastator.]]
*'''Hook''' (Micro-Changer, 2012)
:Part of the first wave of the Micro-Changers, Hook, who misses out to be part of the Devastator combiner set below, transforms into a blocky approximation of a crane.

{{-}}
[[Image:KreO MicroChanger Devastator.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Will devastate you. Adorably.]]
*'''Constructicon Devastator''' (Micro-Changer Combiner, 2013)
:This [[Micro-Changer]] combiner set includes [[Scrapper (Kre-O)|Scrapper]], [[Bonecrusher (Kre-O)|Bonecrusher]], [[Mixmaster (Kre-O)|Mixmaster]], and [[Scavenger (Kre-O)|Scavenger]], each of them based on their [[Generation 1 (franchise)|G1]] counterparts.
All four can be rebuilt into their alternate modes and rebuilt into Devastator by taking them apart and combining their pieces.

{{-}}
[[Image:KreO-Toy_LongHaulKreon.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Not cool enough to be Devastator.]]
*'''Long Haul''' (Micro-Changer, 2012)
:Part of the third wave of the Micro-Changers, Long Haul is the last of the [[Constructicon (G1)|classic team]] to be released in Kreon form. Long Haul comes with extra parts that you can use to transform him into a dump truck and back.

[[Category:Constructicons]]
[[Category:Decepticon subgroups]]
[[Category:Kre-O Decepticons]]
[[Category:Combiner teams]]

Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)

2014-07-25T20:15:31Z

Blackjack:

{{disambig3|Robots in Disguise}}
[[File:Transformers RID 2015 logo.jpg|thumb|250px|And thus the Wiki began moving everything...]]
'''''Transformers: Robots in Disguise''''' is an animated television series set to air on [[Hub Network|the Hub]] in early 2015. Set years after ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'', it will follow [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] as he leads a ragtag group of [[Autobot]]s back to [[Earth]] when the [[Decepticon]]s reemerge on the planet.

Crew members returning from ''Prime'' include executive producer [[Jeff Kline]] and writer [[Steven Melching]], now story editor. [[Adam Beechen]] will serve as the producer.

==Cast==
{{Featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] ([[Will Friedle]])<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-prime-39/new-transformers-cartoon-revealed-first-look-at-bumblebee-179502/ TFW2005: New Transformers Cartoon Revealed - First Look at Bumblebee (press release)]</ref>
*[[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] ([[Darren Criss]])
*[[Fixit (RID 2015)|Fixit]] ([[Mitchell Whitfield]])<ref name="SDCC 2014"/>
*[[Strongarm (RID 2015)|Strongarm]]<ref name="SDCC 2014"/>
*A [[Dinobot (FOC)|Dinobot]]<ref> http://imagizer.imageshack.us/a/img912/4545/e76996.jpg </ref>
*''[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]''<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-prime-39/optimus-prime-new-cartoon-look-revealed-179559/ TFW2005: Optimus Prime New Cartoon Look Revealed]</ref>
|c2=
*[[Underbite]]<ref name="SDCC 2014"/>
|c3=
|nonumbering=true}}

The cast will also include the voices of [[Constance Zimmer]] and [[Ted McGinley]]. Other characters from ''Prime'' will appear if the show is renewed for a second season.<ref name="SDCC 2014">[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/san-diego-comic-con-33/sdcc-2014-hasbro-transformers-panel-pics-part-2-robots-in-disguise-180790/ SDCC 2014 Hasbro Transformers Panel Pics Part 2 - Robots in Disguise]</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/hasbro-to-launch-transformers-robots-in-disguise-series-in-spring-2015-exclusive-1201219103/ ''Variety: Hasbro to Launch ‘Transformers: Robots in Disguise’ Show in Spring 2015'']
*[https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=683133768423487 SDCC footage]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)}}
[[Category:Television series]]

Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)

2014-07-25T20:14:27Z

Blackjack:

{{disambig3|Robots in Disguise}}
[[File:Transformers RID 2015 logo.jpg|thumb|250px|And thus the Wiki began moving everything...]]
'''''Transformers: Robots in Disguise''''' is an animated television series set to air on [[Hub Network|the Hub]] in early 2015. Set years after ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'', it will follow [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] as he leads a ragtag group of [[Autobot]]s back to [[Earth]] when the [[Decepticon]]s reemerge on the planet.

Crew members returning from ''Prime'' include executive producer [[Jeff Kline]] and writer [[Steven Melching]], now story editor. [[Adam Beechen]] will serve as the producer.

==Cast==
{{Featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] ([[Will Friedle]])<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-prime-39/new-transformers-cartoon-revealed-first-look-at-bumblebee-179502/ TFW2005: New Transformers Cartoon Revealed - First Look at Bumblebee (press release)]</ref>
*[[Sideswipe (WFC)|Sideswipe]] ([[Darren Criss]])
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] ([[Mitchell Whitfield]])<ref name="SDCC 2014"/>
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]]<ref name="SDCC 2014"/>
*A [[Dinobot (FOC)|Dinobot]]<ref> http://imagizer.imageshack.us/a/img912/4545/e76996.jpg </ref>
*''[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]''<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-prime-39/optimus-prime-new-cartoon-look-revealed-179559/ TFW2005: Optimus Prime New Cartoon Look Revealed]</ref>
|c2=
*[[Underbite]]<ref name="SDCC 2014"/>
|c3=
|nonumbering=true}}

The cast will also include the voices of [[Constance Zimmer]] and [[Ted McGinley]]. Other characters from ''Prime'' will appear if the show is renewed for a second season.<ref name="SDCC 2014">[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/san-diego-comic-con-33/sdcc-2014-hasbro-transformers-panel-pics-part-2-robots-in-disguise-180790/ SDCC 2014 Hasbro Transformers Panel Pics Part 2 - Robots in Disguise]</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/hasbro-to-launch-transformers-robots-in-disguise-series-in-spring-2015-exclusive-1201219103/ ''Variety: Hasbro to Launch ‘Transformers: Robots in Disguise’ Show in Spring 2015'']
*[https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=683133768423487 SDCC footage]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)}}
[[Category:Television series]]

Underbite

2014-07-25T20:13:58Z

Blackjack: Blackjack moved page Underbite (RID) to Underbite: We don't have another Underbite.

{{faction|decepticon}}
:''Underbite is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:Aligned Underbite pouncing.JPG|thumb]]'''Underbite''' is a huge Decepticon.
{{Stub}}

Squeezeplay (G1)

2014-07-25T06:22:28Z

Blackjack:

{{factions|decepticon|ultracon}}
{{disambig2|the Decepticon from Generation One|the Decepticon from [[Kre-O]]|Squeezeplay (Kre-O)}}
:''Squeezeplay is a [[Decepticon]] [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Squeezeplay boxart.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Rar! I'm all scary and the like!]]
'''Squeezeplay''' doesn't draw much of a line between sabotage and devastation. He considers himself an unstoppable engine of destruction, and will charge into any situation without regards to safety. He's not an idiot — he's merely harnessed the tactical advantages of brute force and intimidation. As Squeezeplay figures it, he is strong enough, tough enough, and fierce enough to plow through most battlefield fortifications and opponents without much damage, so...why not simply do that?

His [[Nebulan]] partner, [[Lokos]], was a smuggler and air pirate on his home planet before joining the Decepticons. His relationship with Squeezeplay is two-fold. On the one hand, Lokos was always a creative and crafty criminal, and so he tries to get Squeezeplay to use his head more in combat. On the other hand, though, he recognizes the sheer brutal effectiveness of his partner's methods, and so more often than not is comfortable just to let Squeezeplay have his fun.

Why mess with what works?

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
[[File:Headmasterscashandcarnage.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|That's not the way to get ahead in life.]]
Squeezeplay worked with his partners [[Horri-Bull (G1)|Horri-Bull]] and [[Fangry]] in manipulating a group of human bounty hunters called the [[Roadjammers]] into capturing the Autobots for them. Unfortunately, the Roadjammers discovered that their human partners were actually robots in disguise, and the plan fell through before they could successfully terminate any Autobots. {{storylink|Ca$h and Car-nage!}}

[[File:SqueezeplayRaptureDynamo.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|[[Dynamo]] sets his phasers to "butter."]]
When the Decepticons under [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] and [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] came to blows with one another, Squeezeplay led the charge against their foes along with [[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]], [[Sinnertwin (G1)|Sinnertwin]] and Horri-Bull. {{storylink|Cold War!}} Sometime later, he was with Scorponok's army when they were transferred to Cybertron in time to battle [[Unicron]] and his hordes. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}} When Unicron showed up, Squeezeplay fled in fear. {{Storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}

After Unicron's and Scorponok's death, Squeezeplay came under [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s leadership and stood in a meeting for the joint Autobot-Decepticon government. {{storylink|Exodus!}} The coalition soon gave away and Squeezeplay joined Bludgeon in his invasion of [[Klo]]. {{storylink|The Last Autobot?}} When the newly-reborn [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] arrived on Klo with the [[Last Autobot]], Squeezeplay was one of many Decepticons who tried and failed to disable him. When the Autobots reorganized with the [[Neo-Knights]] for a counter-offensive, Squeezeplay was blasted with considerable power by the humans [[Rapture]] and [[Dynamo]]. {{storylink|End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!}}

=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
[[File:Arceeprimesrib.jpg|thumb|left]]
In [[1995]], Squeezeplay and his fellow Headmasters joined [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] in attacking the Autobots at a [[Feminist mob|feminism rally]]. He and Fangry double-teamed [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], and then all the Decepticons joined up against Optimus Prime. However, Squeezeplay was then shot in the back by the new Autobot warrior, [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]. {{storylink|Prime's Rib!|Prime's Rib!}}
{{-}}

====''Regeneration One''====
{{noterg1}}
[[File:Squeezeplay bludgeon loose ends.jpg|thumb|150px]]
Twenty-one years after the battle of [[Klo]], Squeezeplay remained a member of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s forces aboard the ''[[Warworld]]''. He interrupted his commander's genocide of the inhabitants of [[Torkulon]] to deliver an important superstring-slingshot from [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]]. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 3}}
{{-}}

===Ladybird Books continuity===
[[File:Decepticons Underground Headmasters.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.85|The story's called "Decepticons Underground" because the Autobots bury them alive. No joke.]]
Squeezeplay, Fangry, and Horri-Bull operated a secret underground base on Nebulos within the "[[Nebulos Triangle]]." They maintained this secrecy by shorting out electronics and disappearing whoever wandered into the area... at least until Optimus Prime decided that these phenomena were probably caused by a secret Decepticon base.

Anyway, the Autobots stormed in, and [[Quickmix (G1)|Quickmix]] poured [[Nebulite]]-enriched concrete all over the fleeing Decepticons, leaving Squeezeplay and the others trapped in a living tomb. {{storylink|Decepticons Underground}}
{{-}}

===3H comics===
[[File:TFUjailbreak.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|You've given me a snake head, [[Dan Khanna|Dan]].]]
Squeezeplay was one of the many dimension-displaced Cybertronians released from the [[Cauldron]] due to the actions of [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] and [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]. {{storylink|Escape (Universe)|Escape}}
{{-}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
Squeezeplay was an [[Ultracon]]. {{storylink|Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|War Within: The Dark Ages}}
{{-}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
Squeezeplay served under [[Turmoil]] during [[Drift (G1)|Deadlock]]'s failed attempt at a mutiny. He was present when Deadlock escaped and fled from Turmoil's troops. {{storylink|Drift issue 1|Drift #1}}

After the Chaos War, Squeezeplay was one of the Decepticons who started rioting on the streets of Cybertron in celebration of [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]]'s return. {{storylink|City on Fire}}
{{-}}

==Commercial appearances==
[[File:Squeezeplayhorribullfangrycommercial.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|OH YEAH!]]
[[Fangry]], [[Horri-Bull (G1)|Horri-Bull]], and Squeezeplay burst through a wall, and the three engaged the new Headmaster Autobots. [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] noted that their new Headmasters would give the Decepticons "more brainpower than ever." [http://youtube.com/watch?v=Hf-MDd7cdi0] {{storylink|Commercial|Small Headmasters Commercial}}
{{-}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Squeezeplay''' (Headmaster, 1988)
**''Accessories:'' Lokos trainer/robot head, tail/mace, "overrider rifle"

[[File:G1toy-Squeezeplay.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Craaab people...Craaab people...Taste like crab...Talk like people...]]
:Squeezeplay has a "crab monster" mode, which looks something like a bipedal creature grew out of the underside of a crab, wearing the crustacean as a hat. His tail detaches into a handheld mace. Like the other Small Headmasters, there is a compartment in which Squeezeplay can store Lokos while in crab monster mode.

:In robot mode, like all Headmaster toys, Squeezeplay has a panel on his chest which houses a spring-loaded mini-[[Tech Spec|Tech-Spec]]-meter which gives readouts for Speed, Strength and Intelligence. The tumbler is activated when Lokos (or any other Headmaster unit) is plugged into his neck socket.

:As a smaller Headmaster Squeezeplay's power meter is on a single tumbler — so any head plugged into Squeezeplay will result in the same stats. His small size also robbed him of the door that usually hides the tech spec meters on larger Headmasters, as well as the flip-down face-covering panel of the 1987 Headmasters.

:This mold was released in Japan without changes as ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (toyline)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Decepticon/Squeezeplay/squeezeplay.htm More information on Squeezeplay at TFU.info]''
{{-}}

==Notes==
*Squeezeplay was depicted as one of the Transformers fleeing the Cauldron in the ''Universe'' comics (see above) because he is a favorite of convention organizer [[Glen Hallit]].
*Some people think Squeezeplay is a snake monster rather than a crab monster. [[GEEWUN|These people]] are wrong.

===Foreign names===
*''Hungarian:'' '''Szorítókar''' ("Squeezearm"), '''Facsargó''' ("Squeezer")
*''Italian:'' '''Morsa''' ("Grip")

==External links==
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Squeezeplay Squeezeplay's Universe profile at NFTA.net]

[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Headmasters]]
[[Category:Saboteurs]]
[[Category:Ultracons]]
[[Category:Undersea specialists]]
[[Category:Universe Decepticons]]
[[Category:Ladybird Books Decepticons]]

Horri-Bull

2014-07-25T06:20:50Z

Blackjack:

{{Factions|decepticon}}
{{disambig2|the Decepticon from Generation One|the Decepticon from [[Kre-O]]|Horri-Bull (Kre-O)}}
:''Horri-Bull is a [[Decepticon]] [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Horri-bull robot.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|What? I ain't supposed to smell like roses, ya know!]]
'''Horri-Bull''' is indeed horrible, as well as Aw-Ful, Dis-Gusting, and Gnaw-C-8-Ing, but at least he's not a slob like [[Blot (G1)|Blot]] or [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]] or [[Landfill (G1)|Landfill]]. Oh, he's a slob, all right, but he's a different sort; neither an ignorant, involuntary slob like the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]], nor an oblivious slob like Landfill, not even a lazy slob like Snapdragon. Never! He's a proud, oil-spitting, grease-oozing, smoke-belching filthmaster. Horri-Bull boasts, with real pride, that he can't remember his last bath. He believes this makes him unique among the Decepticons. If one were to object that it was not a specialty to take pride in, it would only bring pain and perhaps death by flamethrower, because Horri-Bull is also a horrible bully (ha ha), with a nasty temper and a mean streak wider than the oily trails he leaves.

It is only fitting that this uniquely repulsive Decepticon is paired with such a vile specimen of [[Nebulan]] ooze with legs—the vulgar talk shock-jock known as [[Kreb]]. Together, they make a team to be avoided.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
[[File:Cash Carnage Headmasters.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4]]
Horri-Bull's partner [[Kreb]] served as frontman for the [[Z Foundation]], organizing a team of human bounty hunters called the [[Roadjammers]] to hunt Autobots for his leader, [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. Unfortunately, the Roadjammers discovered Horri-Bull and his fellow [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] "behind the curtain" and tried to take them out as well. Lord [[Mo Zarak|Zarak]] was forced to sacrifice his "jammer"ed control over captured Autobots in order to revive his soldiers. {{storylink|Ca$h and Car-nage!}}

[[File:ColdWar-Horribullleads.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Horri-Bull confuses battles with dance recitals.]]
When Scorponok and his greeting party were attacked while meeting with [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s crew, Horri-Bull led the remaining army into battle against their fellow Decepticons. However, he was quickly sliced in two by [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], {{storylink|Cold War!}} and carried back in pieces to the [[Club Con|Decepticon base]]. {{Storylink|Dark Star}} He was up and about by the time [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] surrendered to Scorponok and made sure that [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] did nothing funny. {{Storylink|Surrender!}} He was caught in the collapse of the [[New Jersey base]] caused by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s Decepticon faction. He was helped up on his feet by [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]]. {{Storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}} During the battle that followed, the [[Transformer]]s on [[Earth]], including Horri-Bull, were suddenly teleported to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by [[Primus]]. There, they were forced to listen to Primus's warning about [[Unicron]]. {{Storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}}

[[File:EndoftheRoad-Horribull.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Following Unicron's attack and Scorponok's death, Horri-Bull fell under [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s leadership and was part of his invasion force on [[Klo]]. {{Storylink|The Last Autobot?}} When the [[Neo-Knights]] came to Klo, Horri-Bull was about to crush them when the reborn Optimus Prime landed in front of the Decepticons, shocking Horri-Bull. Horri-Bull and a few others fought the Autobot leader, but the battle turned against the Decepticons and Bludgeon forced the Decepticons into exile. {{storylink|End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!}}
{{-}}

=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
[[File:Primes Rib Arcee Headmasters.jpg|thumb]]
In [[1995]], Horri-Bull joined [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], [[Fangry]], and [[Squeezeplay (G1)|Squeezeplay]] in attacking the Autobots at a football stadium in [[California]]. While his partners disabled [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], Horri-Bull roasted [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] with his flamethrower breath. They then turned their attention on [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]], but were interrupted by the newly-created Autobot, [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]. She kept the Decepticons occupied long enough for the other Autobots to recover, and so they fled. {{storylink|Prime's Rib!}}
{{-}}

====''Classics''====
{{noteclassics}}
[[File:InvasionPrologue-Decepticonspushforward.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4]]
Twenty years after the battle of Klo, Horri-Bull had joined [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Gigatron]]'s Decepticons on Earth, and was present when Gigatron's team attacked the Autobots' [[Ironworks]] headquarters for their hidden [[Rarified Energon]] reserves. {{storylink|Invasion Prologue}}

They were plotting a second assault when invaders from another dimension complicated the plans. The Decepticons found themselves allied with the forces of good, defending their hunting ground on Earth from [[Ultra Magnus (SG)|Evil Autobots]] who wanted to destroy the entire world. {{storylink|Invasion (issue)|Invasion}}
{{-}}

====''Regeneration One''====
{{noterg1}}
[[File:Bludgeons decepticons 2 destiny.jpg|thumb|350px]]
Twenty-one years after the battle of [[Klo]], Horri-Bull was still at Bludgeon's side aboard the ''[[Warworld]]'' as the Decepticon leader unleashed his [[Blitz Engine]]s on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s Autobots and fired the ''Warworld'''s weapons at [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]]. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Four}} At [[Fangry]]'s suggestion, [[Krok (G1)|Krok]], [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]], [[Skullcruncher]], [[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]], [[Stranglehold]] and Horri-Bull went down to the planet's surface to join the battle, but as the Blitz Engines, [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]]'s Neo-Decepticons and finally Bludgeon himself were all defeated in turn, Ultra Magnus's Autobots rallied and claimed victory. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Five}}

After the battle, any Decepticons not killed in the fighting were taken into Autobot custody and were then most likely converted into [[shadow-leech]]es by the Dark [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] creature, along with (almost) the entire population of Cybertron, while [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] and his Autobots were off-planet fighting [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] at the [[Hub (G2)|Hub Network]].
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===Ladybird Books===
[[File:Decepticons Underground Headmasters.jpg|thumb|left]]
Horri-Bull, Fangry, and Squeezeplay operated a secret underground base on Nebulos within the "[[Nebulos Triangle]]". They maintained this secrecy by shorting out electronics and disappearing whoever wandered into the area... at least until Optimus Prime decided that these phenomena were probably caused by a secret Decepticon base. The Autobots stormed in, and [[Quickmix (G1)|Quickmix]] poured [[Nebulite]]-enriched concrete all over the fleeing Decepticons, leaving Horri-Bull and the others trapped in a living tomb. {{Storylink|Decepticons Underground}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Fragmentation Horri-Bull Krok.jpg|thumb]]
Horri-Bull was a member of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacons]] during the [[Dark Ages]], and was present when the [[Lightning Strike Coalition]] stole one of their [[energon]] shipments. {{storylink|Fragmentation (G1)|Fragmentation}}
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===IDW Generation 1 comcs===
[[File:Autonomy Lesson Horri-Bull Zetca.jpg|thumb|left]]
Horri-Bull was a member of [[Turmoil]]'s detachment of Decepticon soldiers. He fought against [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]'s Autobot forces under the leadership of Turmoil's lieutenant, [[Drift (G1)|Deadlock]]. {{storylink|Drift issue 1|Drift #1}}

Much later, Horri-Bull was among the Decepticons captured and affixed with [[inhibitor/deterrence chip]]s in the wake of [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]]'s defeat on Cybertron. When they were released to take down the [[NAIL]]s protesting against the Autobots' presence on the planet, Horri-Bull strangled one unlucky rioter. {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}}

Horri-Bull enjoyed his new position as "enforcer" and joined [[Needlenose]] in harassing NAILs, including [[Tappet]]. When they were caught in the act by the Autobots, they were turned over to [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]], then the appointed leader of the Decepticons and who chewed them out for blindly serving the Autobot government. Nevertheless, the two were at it again, this time beating up [[Zetca (G1)|Zetca]]. When Horri-Bull refused to back off, [[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]] detonated the I/D chip in Horri-Bull, blowing his head off. {{Storylink|The Autonomy Lesson}}
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==Commercial appearances==
[[File:Squeezeplayhorribullfangrycommercial.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Torro!]]
[[Fangry]], Horri-Bull, and [[Squeezeplay]] burst through a wall, and the three engaged the new Headmaster Autobots. [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] noted that their new Headmasters would give the Decepticons "more brainpower than ever." {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1|Small Headmasters Commercial}} Given that it's Galvatron who said it, the utterly ludicrous nature of this comment can just be explained as him being particularly crazy that day.
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1toy-Horri-Bull.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|There is no Dana, only Zuul.]]
*'''Horri-Bull''' (Headmaster, 1988)
**''Accessories'': [[concussion weapon|Concussion blaster]], double-barreled "flamethrower"-tail

:Horri-Bull transforms into a robotic bull (though he more closely resembles the "terror dogs" from the ''[[Susan Hoffman#Related characters|Ghostbusters]]'' movie). His beast-mode back opens up to contain his Nebulan partner Kreb, who forms the robot mode's head. Plugging Kreb (or any other Headmaster) into the neck socket activates the [[Tech Spec]] meter in Horri-Bull's chest; as a smaller Headmaster, the stats are part of a single plate rather than individual rollers. His twin-barreled tail-blaster becomes a hand-held weapon in robot mode.

:His beast-mode forelegs feature articulated claws, but what purpose this serves is unknown, since they only fold down, useless in beast mode and actually covering up his fist-holes in robot. Making matters worse, he can't hold his double-barreled tail gun without partially untransforming his fist away from the claws to clear room for the weapon. Like most larger toys of the era, he features 5mm [[peg]]holes for holding weapons.

:This mold was released in Japan without changes as the ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (franchise)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' human villain [[Bullhorn (Masterforce)|Bullhorn]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Decepticon/Horri-Bull/horri-bull.htm More information on Horri-Bull at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
[[File:Horribull bullhorn toy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Our wiki is so... horrible.]]
*Horri-Bull's yellow color in "[[The Autonomy Lesson]]" stems from the image TFWiki used to have for Horri-Bull's toy and [http://www.tfu.info/1988/Decepticon/Horri-Bull/horri-bull.htm TFU.info's screencap of Horri-Bull]. [[Josh Perez]] chose to use the yellow to "help him stick out a lot more".<ref>[http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=84653&view=findpost&p=1997013 Post from Josh Perez on The Allspark]</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''French:'' '''Taureu''' (Canada)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Szörny-bika''' ("Monstrous-bull")
*''Italian:'' '''Thorror'''

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Horri_Bull Horri-Bull's Universe profile at NFTA.net]

[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Headmasters]]
[[Category:Slobs]]
[[Category:Ladybird Books Decepticons]]

Fangry (G1)

2014-07-25T06:20:43Z

Blackjack:

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{{disambig2|the Decepticon from Generation One|the Decepticon from [[Kre-O]]|Fangry (Kre-O)}}
:''Fangry is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:DW G1Fangry.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|But what happens if you ORDER him to be an ass?]]
No Decepticon leader wants '''Fangry''' under his command. The rebellious, foul-mouthed Fangry explodes violently against any being who dares give him an order. He has attacked almost as many unfortunate Decepticons as he has their actual enemies, the Autobots. A Decepticon with a healthy sense of self-preservation will give Fangry orders in the form of mild suggestions or reverse psychology.

Fangry has complete faith in his judgment and his alone. He is unwilling to listen to advice, and his tactics are notoriously flawed. Furthermore, he's likely to be abandoned on the battlefield when in trouble. The mere act of coming to his rescue implies he needs help at all—and, well, you know how he reacts to that idea.

Fangry's [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster partner]] is [[Brisko]], a Nebulan cartographer with a thirst for power. Brisko feels confident to issue commands to Fangry, thinking he's safe from his retribution seeing as he's the Con's head. Others think he's a bit overconfident; with Fangry, even the unexpected can happen...

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
{{noteukonly}}
[[File:Headmasterscashandcarnage.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|This'd be funnier if they were the Autobot Headmasters.]]
Fangry and his Headmaster partner, Brisko, oversaw part of the [[Z Foundation]]'s attempt at recruiting [[human]]s to take down the Autobots for them. Their pawns, the [[Roadjammers]], ended up overstepping their boundaries and double-crossed the Decepticons. Though the Roadjammers did use the jammers they were provided to capture three Autobots, they used a frequency splitter to jam three more Transformers—namely, Fangry and his companions [[Squeezeplay (G1)|Squeezeplay]] and [[Horri-Bull (G1)|Horri-Bull]]. The Decepticons' plans were scrapped when the Roadjammers used their jammer to control all six jammed Autobots and Decepticons to attack [[Mo Zarak|Mr. Z]] and [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. Overwhelmed, the Decepticons' anti-jammer was required to free them all, allowing Fangry and the others to escape. {{storylink|Ca$h and Car-nage!}}

''Shortly thereafter, Fangry joined his fellow Decepticons in recovering [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s head from [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]], but was then shunted into [[Limbo]] to make way for the time-traveling [[Soundwave (G1)Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] and the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]], leaving him out of the Time Wars.'' {{storylink|Time Wars}}

[[File:EdgeofExtinction-survivors.jpg|thumb|100px|This is the calmest you'll ever see him.]]
As the threat of [[Unicron]] neared, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] surrendered his Autobots to Scorponok's Decepticons on Earth in order to facilitate an alliance against the Chaos Bringer, and Fangry helped the Autobots unload their weapons and partners. {{storylink|Surrender!}} While a second [[Decepticon Civil War]] soon broke out, Fangry was ordered by Soundwave to head topside along with [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]] and [[Misfire (G1)|Misfire]]. {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}} Later, Fangry was surprised that Soundwave was suggesting they lay down their arms and join forces with the Autobots against Unicron, unaware that Soundwave had been hypnotized by [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] (who had himself been coerced by [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]). But before Fangry could react further, he and every other Transformer on Earth was instantly transported to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by [[Primus]]. {{storylink|Out of Time!}} There he and the others gathered to hear Primus (speaking through [[Emirate]] [[Xaaron]]) tell the history of the rivalry between him and Unicron. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}}

[[File:Fangrythousandterribledeaths.jpg|left|thumb|Fangry read "[[The Beast Within]]" and vowed the Dinobots would pay. Grimlock's not too concerned.]]
Fangry survived the Transformers' battle with Unicron, {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}} and when [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] assumed command of the Decepticons, Fangry was quick to assert his independence. Like many Decepticons, he was wary of the Autobot/Decepticon alliance that had tenuously been forged in the aftermath of Unicron's destruction. The new Autobot commander, [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]], didn't make things any easier by throwing cups of oil at Fangry's head to shut him up. Later that night, Fangry tried to jump Grimlock at the [[Central Spaceport]] in [[Ibex]], but bit off more than he could chew, as Grimlock had just received his spiffy new [[Action Master]] upgrade.

Fangry's public humiliation did serve a purpose, however, as it gave Bludgeon a rallying point to ensure his fellow Decepticons were willing to end the alliance abruptly and leave the Autobots stranded on Cybertron. {{storylink|Exodus!}} Fangry accompanied Bludgeon and the Decepticons to the massacre on planet [[Klo]], {{storylink|The Last Autobot?}} and after the Autobots arrived and were successfully ambushed, Fangry served as lead tracker hunting the remaining five Autobots. He again tried to attack Grimlock, who dispatched him with a single punch through the chest and out the back. {{storylink|End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!}}
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=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
[[File:Primes Rib Arcee Headmasters.jpg|thumb]]
In [[1995]], [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] led Fangry, Squeezeplay and Horri-Bull in investigating an alleged "Autobot secret weapon", and instead found a feminist rally where [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] was unveiling the new female Autobot, [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]. Unfortunately for them, Fangry and his pals underestimated Arcee's prowess, and she ended up mopping the floor with them. {{storylink|Prime's Rib!}}
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====="Another Time & Place"=====
[[File:Another Time Place Fangry.jpg|thumb|left]]
After the disaster on Klo, Fangry attempted to challenge Bludgeon's leadership. The Pretender had him down on his back and a [[sword]] at his throat before Fangry even finished the sentence. The Decepticons' next move was to track [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] and the Dinobots to [[Hydrus Four]], and lay claim to the [[Nucleon]] supply there. Bludgeon planned to revive the glorious [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], but Fangry didn't much care either way. Bored, he went looking for something to kill. After catching sight of something glimmering in the water, he leaned over to have a closer look...only to be knocked into the water by [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] and having his hands cut off by [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] and an Autobot raiding party that was lying in wait, culminating with them crushing his head under a large rock. {{storylink|Another Time & Place}}

====''Generation 2''====
[[File:Fangrybumblebeeghosts.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Fangry picks easy targets.]]
Apparently repaired after having most of his chest and back smashed through by [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]'s fist on [[Klo]], Fangry was one of countless Decepticons under Bludgeon's command when they fought the Autobots over ownership of a cache of weapons on an unnamed barren world. The Decepticons were easily overpowering the Autobots; Fangry, in particular, was having no problem throwing [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] around, though he did suffer a karate chop from another Autobot. Bludgeon ordered a retreat when a gigantic, monstrous creature who guarded their quarry warned them away. {{storylink|Ghosts}}

[[File:Fangryg2.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Follows orders when insubordination would distract from the plot.]]
Nevertheless, Bludgeon's progress continued, and Fangry and the other Decepticons raided other ships to build themselves a frightening [[Warworld]]. {{storylink|Primal Fear!|Old Evils}} Later, Fangry and the other Decepticons were ordered to rampage across Earth in order to get [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s attention. Fangry, like his comrades, enjoyed this job very much. {{storylink|Devices and Desires! (Marvel)|Tales of Earth Part One}} Their "work" was interrupted when [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] returned in a powerful new body with [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] in tow. When Megatron challenged Bludgeon for leadership of the Decepticons, Fangry bet against Megatron in a quiet wager with Starscream. Fangry lost that wager. {{storylink|The Power and the Glory|Tales of Earth Part Two}}

After Megatron assumed command, he immediately attacked [[Tykos]]'s [[rheanimum]] facility. Fangry helped out by biting the arm of one of the mechanoids while digging his claws into its skull. Soon after the acquisition of the rheanimum, Megatron's forces clashed with [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronians]]. Megatron declared war against them as Fangry and the other Decepticons cheered him on. Their feelings changed, however, when the Warworld was attacked. Fangry and the others fought the Cybertronians on the surface of the Warworld, but they were getting massacred. With the apparent defeat of Megatron at the hands of Jhiaxus, the Cybertronians pulled out, sparing Fangry but leaving several others dead. {{storylink|New Dawn}}

Megatron miraculously survived and quickly allied himself with Optimus Prime's Autobots. The Autobots fared little better against the [[Ethos raiding party|Cybertronians]] on [[Ethos]], but when Fangry and the other Decepticons arrived to help, the tide was turned. {{storylink|Escalation!}}

====''Regeneration One''====
{{noterg1}}
[[File:Bludgeons decepticons 2 destiny.jpg|thumb|350px]]
Over twenty years after the battle on Klo, Fangry stood alongside [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] on the bridge of his ''[[Warworld]]'' as they prepared to retake [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Four}} As Bludgeon monologued about the battle unfolding below them, Fangry suggested that to tip the balance in the Decepticons' favour, he, [[Krok (G1)|Krok]], [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]], [[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]], [[Skullcruncher]], [[Horri-Bull (G1)|Horri-Bull]] and [[Stranglehold]] should go down to the surface and join in the fighting. Fangry's confidence proved to be woefully misplaced, however, when first the [[Blitz Engine]]s, then [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]]'s Neo-Decepticons and finally Bludgeon himself were all defeated and the Autobots claimed victory. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Five}}

Any Decepticons not killed in the battle were taken into Autobot custody and were then most likely converted into [[shadow-leech]]es by the Dark [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] creature, along with (almost) the entire population of Cybertron, while [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] and his Autobots were off-planet fighting [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] at the [[Hub (G2)|Hub Network]].
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===Ladybird Books===
[[File:Decepticons Underground Headmasters.jpg|thumb|left]]
Fangry, Horri-Bull, and Squeezeplay operated a secret underground base on Nebulos within the "[[Nebulos Triangle]]". They maintained this secrecy by shorting out electronics and disappearing whoever wandered into the area... at least until Optimus Prime decided that these phenomena were probably caused by a secret Decepticon base. The Autobots stormed in, and [[Quickmix (G1)|Quickmix]] poured [[Nebulite]]-enriched concrete all over the fleeing Decepticons, leaving Fangry and the others trapped in a living tomb. {{Storylink|Decepticons Underground}}
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==Commercial appearances==
[[File:Fangrycommercial.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|An oddly smug Fangry.]]
Fangry, [[Horri-Bull (G1)|Horri-Bull]], and [[Squeezeplay (G1)|Squeezeplay]] burst through a wall, [[Brisko]] became Fangry's head as they transformed, and the three engaged the new Headmaster Autobots. [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] noted that their new Headmasters would give the Decepticons "more brainpower than ever." Galvatron clearly hadn't interacted with Fangry yet. Or the other two, really. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1|Small Headmasters Commercial}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
Fangry aided [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s ghost in trying to disrupt the Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]], but [[Brainstorm]]'s team managed to overcome them, causing Fangry, [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] and [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]] to scatter into the night. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (Legends)|Ghost in the Machine}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Fangry''' (Headmaster, 1988)
**''Accessories:'' "Brisko" Headmaster driver, "ion pulse gun", wings/shield

[[File:G1 frangry toy.jpg|thumb|'''WE ARE GARGOYLES!''']]
:Like the other 1988 Decepticon Headmasters, Fangry's [[alternate mode]] is a mix of different animals—in his case, he is a bat-winged wolf with a reptilian tail. (Some might say he more resembles a rat—these people don't voice their opinion within Fangry's earshot, though...)

:Fangry's robot mode has a panel on his chest which shows a spring-loaded mini-[[Tech Spec|Tech-Spec]]-meter which gives readings for Speed, Strength and Intelligence. Unlike the larger Headmasters this meter doesn't have a cover, and all three readings are on a single tumbler. The tumbler is activated when Brisko (or any other Headmaster unit) is plugged into his neck socket. Brisko has Fangry's face plainly visible on his back because, as a smaller Headmaster toy, he lacks the flip-down panel that covers the face featured on larger Headmasters. In beast mode, Brisko can fit inside a compartment in Fangry's stomach. In robot mode, Fangry can hold the wings accessory as a shield.

:Due to his design, Fangry permanently leans a little bit, his robot mode legs unable to hold a perfectly upright pose. You can solve this by unscrewing the wolf arms and removing the springs from underneath.

:This toy was sold in Japan without changes as [[Wilder]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Decepticon/Fangry/fangry.htm More information on Fangry at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''French:'' '''Croc''' (Canada, "Fang")
*''Italian:'' '''Belva''' ("Wild Beast")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Ordas''' ("Wild Wolf")

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

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[[Category:Generation 2 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Headmasters]]
[[Category:Trackers]]
[[Category:Ladybird Books Decepticons]]

Fangry (G1)

2014-07-25T06:19:58Z

Blackjack:

{{factions|decepticon|decepticong2}}
{{disambig2|the Decepticon from Generation One|the Decepticon from [[Kre-O]]|[[Fangry (Kre-O)]]}}
:''Fangry is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:DW G1Fangry.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|But what happens if you ORDER him to be an ass?]]
No Decepticon leader wants '''Fangry''' under his command. The rebellious, foul-mouthed Fangry explodes violently against any being who dares give him an order. He has attacked almost as many unfortunate Decepticons as he has their actual enemies, the Autobots. A Decepticon with a healthy sense of self-preservation will give Fangry orders in the form of mild suggestions or reverse psychology.

Fangry has complete faith in his judgment and his alone. He is unwilling to listen to advice, and his tactics are notoriously flawed. Furthermore, he's likely to be abandoned on the battlefield when in trouble. The mere act of coming to his rescue implies he needs help at all—and, well, you know how he reacts to that idea.

Fangry's [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster partner]] is [[Brisko]], a Nebulan cartographer with a thirst for power. Brisko feels confident to issue commands to Fangry, thinking he's safe from his retribution seeing as he's the Con's head. Others think he's a bit overconfident; with Fangry, even the unexpected can happen...

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
{{noteukonly}}
[[File:Headmasterscashandcarnage.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|This'd be funnier if they were the Autobot Headmasters.]]
Fangry and his Headmaster partner, Brisko, oversaw part of the [[Z Foundation]]'s attempt at recruiting [[human]]s to take down the Autobots for them. Their pawns, the [[Roadjammers]], ended up overstepping their boundaries and double-crossed the Decepticons. Though the Roadjammers did use the jammers they were provided to capture three Autobots, they used a frequency splitter to jam three more Transformers—namely, Fangry and his companions [[Squeezeplay (G1)|Squeezeplay]] and [[Horri-Bull (G1)|Horri-Bull]]. The Decepticons' plans were scrapped when the Roadjammers used their jammer to control all six jammed Autobots and Decepticons to attack [[Mo Zarak|Mr. Z]] and [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. Overwhelmed, the Decepticons' anti-jammer was required to free them all, allowing Fangry and the others to escape. {{storylink|Ca$h and Car-nage!}}

''Shortly thereafter, Fangry joined his fellow Decepticons in recovering [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s head from [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]], but was then shunted into [[Limbo]] to make way for the time-traveling [[Soundwave (G1)Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] and the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]], leaving him out of the Time Wars.'' {{storylink|Time Wars}}

[[File:EdgeofExtinction-survivors.jpg|thumb|100px|This is the calmest you'll ever see him.]]
As the threat of [[Unicron]] neared, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] surrendered his Autobots to Scorponok's Decepticons on Earth in order to facilitate an alliance against the Chaos Bringer, and Fangry helped the Autobots unload their weapons and partners. {{storylink|Surrender!}} While a second [[Decepticon Civil War]] soon broke out, Fangry was ordered by Soundwave to head topside along with [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]] and [[Misfire (G1)|Misfire]]. {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}} Later, Fangry was surprised that Soundwave was suggesting they lay down their arms and join forces with the Autobots against Unicron, unaware that Soundwave had been hypnotized by [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] (who had himself been coerced by [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]). But before Fangry could react further, he and every other Transformer on Earth was instantly transported to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by [[Primus]]. {{storylink|Out of Time!}} There he and the others gathered to hear Primus (speaking through [[Emirate]] [[Xaaron]]) tell the history of the rivalry between him and Unicron. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}}

[[File:Fangrythousandterribledeaths.jpg|left|thumb|Fangry read "[[The Beast Within]]" and vowed the Dinobots would pay. Grimlock's not too concerned.]]
Fangry survived the Transformers' battle with Unicron, {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}} and when [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] assumed command of the Decepticons, Fangry was quick to assert his independence. Like many Decepticons, he was wary of the Autobot/Decepticon alliance that had tenuously been forged in the aftermath of Unicron's destruction. The new Autobot commander, [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]], didn't make things any easier by throwing cups of oil at Fangry's head to shut him up. Later that night, Fangry tried to jump Grimlock at the [[Central Spaceport]] in [[Ibex]], but bit off more than he could chew, as Grimlock had just received his spiffy new [[Action Master]] upgrade.

Fangry's public humiliation did serve a purpose, however, as it gave Bludgeon a rallying point to ensure his fellow Decepticons were willing to end the alliance abruptly and leave the Autobots stranded on Cybertron. {{storylink|Exodus!}} Fangry accompanied Bludgeon and the Decepticons to the massacre on planet [[Klo]], {{storylink|The Last Autobot?}} and after the Autobots arrived and were successfully ambushed, Fangry served as lead tracker hunting the remaining five Autobots. He again tried to attack Grimlock, who dispatched him with a single punch through the chest and out the back. {{storylink|End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!}}
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=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
[[File:Primes Rib Arcee Headmasters.jpg|thumb]]
In [[1995]], [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] led Fangry, Squeezeplay and Horri-Bull in investigating an alleged "Autobot secret weapon", and instead found a feminist rally where [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] was unveiling the new female Autobot, [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]. Unfortunately for them, Fangry and his pals underestimated Arcee's prowess, and she ended up mopping the floor with them. {{storylink|Prime's Rib!}}
{{-}}

====="Another Time & Place"=====
[[File:Another Time Place Fangry.jpg|thumb|left]]
After the disaster on Klo, Fangry attempted to challenge Bludgeon's leadership. The Pretender had him down on his back and a [[sword]] at his throat before Fangry even finished the sentence. The Decepticons' next move was to track [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] and the Dinobots to [[Hydrus Four]], and lay claim to the [[Nucleon]] supply there. Bludgeon planned to revive the glorious [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], but Fangry didn't much care either way. Bored, he went looking for something to kill. After catching sight of something glimmering in the water, he leaned over to have a closer look...only to be knocked into the water by [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] and having his hands cut off by [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] and an Autobot raiding party that was lying in wait, culminating with them crushing his head under a large rock. {{storylink|Another Time & Place}}

====''Generation 2''====
[[File:Fangrybumblebeeghosts.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Fangry picks easy targets.]]
Apparently repaired after having most of his chest and back smashed through by [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]'s fist on [[Klo]], Fangry was one of countless Decepticons under Bludgeon's command when they fought the Autobots over ownership of a cache of weapons on an unnamed barren world. The Decepticons were easily overpowering the Autobots; Fangry, in particular, was having no problem throwing [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] around, though he did suffer a karate chop from another Autobot. Bludgeon ordered a retreat when a gigantic, monstrous creature who guarded their quarry warned them away. {{storylink|Ghosts}}

[[File:Fangryg2.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Follows orders when insubordination would distract from the plot.]]
Nevertheless, Bludgeon's progress continued, and Fangry and the other Decepticons raided other ships to build themselves a frightening [[Warworld]]. {{storylink|Primal Fear!|Old Evils}} Later, Fangry and the other Decepticons were ordered to rampage across Earth in order to get [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s attention. Fangry, like his comrades, enjoyed this job very much. {{storylink|Devices and Desires! (Marvel)|Tales of Earth Part One}} Their "work" was interrupted when [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] returned in a powerful new body with [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] in tow. When Megatron challenged Bludgeon for leadership of the Decepticons, Fangry bet against Megatron in a quiet wager with Starscream. Fangry lost that wager. {{storylink|The Power and the Glory|Tales of Earth Part Two}}

After Megatron assumed command, he immediately attacked [[Tykos]]'s [[rheanimum]] facility. Fangry helped out by biting the arm of one of the mechanoids while digging his claws into its skull. Soon after the acquisition of the rheanimum, Megatron's forces clashed with [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronians]]. Megatron declared war against them as Fangry and the other Decepticons cheered him on. Their feelings changed, however, when the Warworld was attacked. Fangry and the others fought the Cybertronians on the surface of the Warworld, but they were getting massacred. With the apparent defeat of Megatron at the hands of Jhiaxus, the Cybertronians pulled out, sparing Fangry but leaving several others dead. {{storylink|New Dawn}}

Megatron miraculously survived and quickly allied himself with Optimus Prime's Autobots. The Autobots fared little better against the [[Ethos raiding party|Cybertronians]] on [[Ethos]], but when Fangry and the other Decepticons arrived to help, the tide was turned. {{storylink|Escalation!}}

====''Regeneration One''====
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[[File:Bludgeons decepticons 2 destiny.jpg|thumb|350px]]
Over twenty years after the battle on Klo, Fangry stood alongside [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] on the bridge of his ''[[Warworld]]'' as they prepared to retake [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Four}} As Bludgeon monologued about the battle unfolding below them, Fangry suggested that to tip the balance in the Decepticons' favour, he, [[Krok (G1)|Krok]], [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]], [[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]], [[Skullcruncher]], [[Horri-Bull (G1)|Horri-Bull]] and [[Stranglehold]] should go down to the surface and join in the fighting. Fangry's confidence proved to be woefully misplaced, however, when first the [[Blitz Engine]]s, then [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]]'s Neo-Decepticons and finally Bludgeon himself were all defeated and the Autobots claimed victory. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Five}}

Any Decepticons not killed in the battle were taken into Autobot custody and were then most likely converted into [[shadow-leech]]es by the Dark [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] creature, along with (almost) the entire population of Cybertron, while [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] and his Autobots were off-planet fighting [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] at the [[Hub (G2)|Hub Network]].
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===Ladybird Books===
[[File:Decepticons Underground Headmasters.jpg|thumb|left]]
Fangry, Horri-Bull, and Squeezeplay operated a secret underground base on Nebulos within the "[[Nebulos Triangle]]". They maintained this secrecy by shorting out electronics and disappearing whoever wandered into the area... at least until Optimus Prime decided that these phenomena were probably caused by a secret Decepticon base. The Autobots stormed in, and [[Quickmix (G1)|Quickmix]] poured [[Nebulite]]-enriched concrete all over the fleeing Decepticons, leaving Fangry and the others trapped in a living tomb. {{Storylink|Decepticons Underground}}
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==Commercial appearances==
[[File:Fangrycommercial.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|An oddly smug Fangry.]]
Fangry, [[Horri-Bull (G1)|Horri-Bull]], and [[Squeezeplay (G1)|Squeezeplay]] burst through a wall, [[Brisko]] became Fangry's head as they transformed, and the three engaged the new Headmaster Autobots. [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] noted that their new Headmasters would give the Decepticons "more brainpower than ever." Galvatron clearly hadn't interacted with Fangry yet. Or the other two, really. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1|Small Headmasters Commercial}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
Fangry aided [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s ghost in trying to disrupt the Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]], but [[Brainstorm]]'s team managed to overcome them, causing Fangry, [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] and [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]] to scatter into the night. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (Legends)|Ghost in the Machine}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Fangry''' (Headmaster, 1988)
**''Accessories:'' "Brisko" Headmaster driver, "ion pulse gun", wings/shield

[[File:G1 frangry toy.jpg|thumb|'''WE ARE GARGOYLES!''']]
:Like the other 1988 Decepticon Headmasters, Fangry's [[alternate mode]] is a mix of different animals—in his case, he is a bat-winged wolf with a reptilian tail. (Some might say he more resembles a rat—these people don't voice their opinion within Fangry's earshot, though...)

:Fangry's robot mode has a panel on his chest which shows a spring-loaded mini-[[Tech Spec|Tech-Spec]]-meter which gives readings for Speed, Strength and Intelligence. Unlike the larger Headmasters this meter doesn't have a cover, and all three readings are on a single tumbler. The tumbler is activated when Brisko (or any other Headmaster unit) is plugged into his neck socket. Brisko has Fangry's face plainly visible on his back because, as a smaller Headmaster toy, he lacks the flip-down panel that covers the face featured on larger Headmasters. In beast mode, Brisko can fit inside a compartment in Fangry's stomach. In robot mode, Fangry can hold the wings accessory as a shield.

:Due to his design, Fangry permanently leans a little bit, his robot mode legs unable to hold a perfectly upright pose. You can solve this by unscrewing the wolf arms and removing the springs from underneath.

:This toy was sold in Japan without changes as [[Wilder]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Decepticon/Fangry/fangry.htm More information on Fangry at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''French:'' '''Croc''' (Canada, "Fang")
*''Italian:'' '''Belva''' ("Wild Beast")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Ordas''' ("Wild Wolf")

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

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Horri-Bull

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{{disambig2|the Decepticon from Generation One|the Decepticon from [[Kre-O]]|[[Horri-Bull (Kre-O)]]}}
:''Horri-Bull is a [[Decepticon]] [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Horri-bull robot.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|What? I ain't supposed to smell like roses, ya know!]]
'''Horri-Bull''' is indeed horrible, as well as Aw-Ful, Dis-Gusting, and Gnaw-C-8-Ing, but at least he's not a slob like [[Blot (G1)|Blot]] or [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]] or [[Landfill (G1)|Landfill]]. Oh, he's a slob, all right, but he's a different sort; neither an ignorant, involuntary slob like the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]], nor an oblivious slob like Landfill, not even a lazy slob like Snapdragon. Never! He's a proud, oil-spitting, grease-oozing, smoke-belching filthmaster. Horri-Bull boasts, with real pride, that he can't remember his last bath. He believes this makes him unique among the Decepticons. If one were to object that it was not a specialty to take pride in, it would only bring pain and perhaps death by flamethrower, because Horri-Bull is also a horrible bully (ha ha), with a nasty temper and a mean streak wider than the oily trails he leaves.

It is only fitting that this uniquely repulsive Decepticon is paired with such a vile specimen of [[Nebulan]] ooze with legs—the vulgar talk shock-jock known as [[Kreb]]. Together, they make a team to be avoided.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
[[File:Cash Carnage Headmasters.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4]]
Horri-Bull's partner [[Kreb]] served as frontman for the [[Z Foundation]], organizing a team of human bounty hunters called the [[Roadjammers]] to hunt Autobots for his leader, [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. Unfortunately, the Roadjammers discovered Horri-Bull and his fellow [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] "behind the curtain" and tried to take them out as well. Lord [[Mo Zarak|Zarak]] was forced to sacrifice his "jammer"ed control over captured Autobots in order to revive his soldiers. {{storylink|Ca$h and Car-nage!}}

[[File:ColdWar-Horribullleads.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Horri-Bull confuses battles with dance recitals.]]
When Scorponok and his greeting party were attacked while meeting with [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s crew, Horri-Bull led the remaining army into battle against their fellow Decepticons. However, he was quickly sliced in two by [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], {{storylink|Cold War!}} and carried back in pieces to the [[Club Con|Decepticon base]]. {{Storylink|Dark Star}} He was up and about by the time [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] surrendered to Scorponok and made sure that [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] did nothing funny. {{Storylink|Surrender!}} He was caught in the collapse of the [[New Jersey base]] caused by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s Decepticon faction. He was helped up on his feet by [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]]. {{Storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}} During the battle that followed, the [[Transformer]]s on [[Earth]], including Horri-Bull, were suddenly teleported to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by [[Primus]]. There, they were forced to listen to Primus's warning about [[Unicron]]. {{Storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}}

[[File:EndoftheRoad-Horribull.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Following Unicron's attack and Scorponok's death, Horri-Bull fell under [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s leadership and was part of his invasion force on [[Klo]]. {{Storylink|The Last Autobot?}} When the [[Neo-Knights]] came to Klo, Horri-Bull was about to crush them when the reborn Optimus Prime landed in front of the Decepticons, shocking Horri-Bull. Horri-Bull and a few others fought the Autobot leader, but the battle turned against the Decepticons and Bludgeon forced the Decepticons into exile. {{storylink|End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!}}
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=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
[[File:Primes Rib Arcee Headmasters.jpg|thumb]]
In [[1995]], Horri-Bull joined [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], [[Fangry]], and [[Squeezeplay (G1)|Squeezeplay]] in attacking the Autobots at a football stadium in [[California]]. While his partners disabled [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], Horri-Bull roasted [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] with his flamethrower breath. They then turned their attention on [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]], but were interrupted by the newly-created Autobot, [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]. She kept the Decepticons occupied long enough for the other Autobots to recover, and so they fled. {{storylink|Prime's Rib!}}
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====''Classics''====
{{noteclassics}}
[[File:InvasionPrologue-Decepticonspushforward.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4]]
Twenty years after the battle of Klo, Horri-Bull had joined [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Gigatron]]'s Decepticons on Earth, and was present when Gigatron's team attacked the Autobots' [[Ironworks]] headquarters for their hidden [[Rarified Energon]] reserves. {{storylink|Invasion Prologue}}

They were plotting a second assault when invaders from another dimension complicated the plans. The Decepticons found themselves allied with the forces of good, defending their hunting ground on Earth from [[Ultra Magnus (SG)|Evil Autobots]] who wanted to destroy the entire world. {{storylink|Invasion (issue)|Invasion}}
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====''Regeneration One''====
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[[File:Bludgeons decepticons 2 destiny.jpg|thumb|350px]]
Twenty-one years after the battle of [[Klo]], Horri-Bull was still at Bludgeon's side aboard the ''[[Warworld]]'' as the Decepticon leader unleashed his [[Blitz Engine]]s on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s Autobots and fired the ''Warworld'''s weapons at [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]]. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Four}} At [[Fangry]]'s suggestion, [[Krok (G1)|Krok]], [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]], [[Skullcruncher]], [[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]], [[Stranglehold]] and Horri-Bull went down to the planet's surface to join the battle, but as the Blitz Engines, [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]]'s Neo-Decepticons and finally Bludgeon himself were all defeated in turn, Ultra Magnus's Autobots rallied and claimed victory. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Five}}

After the battle, any Decepticons not killed in the fighting were taken into Autobot custody and were then most likely converted into [[shadow-leech]]es by the Dark [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] creature, along with (almost) the entire population of Cybertron, while [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] and his Autobots were off-planet fighting [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] at the [[Hub (G2)|Hub Network]].
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===Ladybird Books===
[[File:Decepticons Underground Headmasters.jpg|thumb|left]]
Horri-Bull, Fangry, and Squeezeplay operated a secret underground base on Nebulos within the "[[Nebulos Triangle]]". They maintained this secrecy by shorting out electronics and disappearing whoever wandered into the area... at least until Optimus Prime decided that these phenomena were probably caused by a secret Decepticon base. The Autobots stormed in, and [[Quickmix (G1)|Quickmix]] poured [[Nebulite]]-enriched concrete all over the fleeing Decepticons, leaving Horri-Bull and the others trapped in a living tomb. {{Storylink|Decepticons Underground}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Fragmentation Horri-Bull Krok.jpg|thumb]]
Horri-Bull was a member of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacons]] during the [[Dark Ages]], and was present when the [[Lightning Strike Coalition]] stole one of their [[energon]] shipments. {{storylink|Fragmentation (G1)|Fragmentation}}
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===IDW Generation 1 comcs===
[[File:Autonomy Lesson Horri-Bull Zetca.jpg|thumb|left]]
Horri-Bull was a member of [[Turmoil]]'s detachment of Decepticon soldiers. He fought against [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]'s Autobot forces under the leadership of Turmoil's lieutenant, [[Drift (G1)|Deadlock]]. {{storylink|Drift issue 1|Drift #1}}

Much later, Horri-Bull was among the Decepticons captured and affixed with [[inhibitor/deterrence chip]]s in the wake of [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]]'s defeat on Cybertron. When they were released to take down the [[NAIL]]s protesting against the Autobots' presence on the planet, Horri-Bull strangled one unlucky rioter. {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}}

Horri-Bull enjoyed his new position as "enforcer" and joined [[Needlenose]] in harassing NAILs, including [[Tappet]]. When they were caught in the act by the Autobots, they were turned over to [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]], then the appointed leader of the Decepticons and who chewed them out for blindly serving the Autobot government. Nevertheless, the two were at it again, this time beating up [[Zetca (G1)|Zetca]]. When Horri-Bull refused to back off, [[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]] detonated the I/D chip in Horri-Bull, blowing his head off. {{Storylink|The Autonomy Lesson}}
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==Commercial appearances==
[[File:Squeezeplayhorribullfangrycommercial.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Torro!]]
[[Fangry]], Horri-Bull, and [[Squeezeplay]] burst through a wall, and the three engaged the new Headmaster Autobots. [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] noted that their new Headmasters would give the Decepticons "more brainpower than ever." {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1|Small Headmasters Commercial}} Given that it's Galvatron who said it, the utterly ludicrous nature of this comment can just be explained as him being particularly crazy that day.
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1toy-Horri-Bull.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|There is no Dana, only Zuul.]]
*'''Horri-Bull''' (Headmaster, 1988)
**''Accessories'': [[concussion weapon|Concussion blaster]], double-barreled "flamethrower"-tail

:Horri-Bull transforms into a robotic bull (though he more closely resembles the "terror dogs" from the ''[[Susan Hoffman#Related characters|Ghostbusters]]'' movie). His beast-mode back opens up to contain his Nebulan partner Kreb, who forms the robot mode's head. Plugging Kreb (or any other Headmaster) into the neck socket activates the [[Tech Spec]] meter in Horri-Bull's chest; as a smaller Headmaster, the stats are part of a single plate rather than individual rollers. His twin-barreled tail-blaster becomes a hand-held weapon in robot mode.

:His beast-mode forelegs feature articulated claws, but what purpose this serves is unknown, since they only fold down, useless in beast mode and actually covering up his fist-holes in robot. Making matters worse, he can't hold his double-barreled tail gun without partially untransforming his fist away from the claws to clear room for the weapon. Like most larger toys of the era, he features 5mm [[peg]]holes for holding weapons.

:This mold was released in Japan without changes as the ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (franchise)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' human villain [[Bullhorn (Masterforce)|Bullhorn]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Decepticon/Horri-Bull/horri-bull.htm More information on Horri-Bull at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
[[File:Horribull bullhorn toy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Our wiki is so... horrible.]]
*Horri-Bull's yellow color in "[[The Autonomy Lesson]]" stems from the image TFWiki used to have for Horri-Bull's toy and [http://www.tfu.info/1988/Decepticon/Horri-Bull/horri-bull.htm TFU.info's screencap of Horri-Bull]. [[Josh Perez]] chose to use the yellow to "help him stick out a lot more".<ref>[http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=84653&view=findpost&p=1997013 Post from Josh Perez on The Allspark]</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''French:'' '''Taureu''' (Canada)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Szörny-bika''' ("Monstrous-bull")
*''Italian:'' '''Thorror'''

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Horri_Bull Horri-Bull's Universe profile at NFTA.net]

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Squeezeplay (G1)

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{{disambig2|the Decepticon from Generation One|the Decepticon from [[Kre-O]]|[[Squeezeplay (Kre-O)]]}}
:''Squeezeplay is a [[Decepticon]] [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Squeezeplay boxart.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Rar! I'm all scary and the like!]]
'''Squeezeplay''' doesn't draw much of a line between sabotage and devastation. He considers himself an unstoppable engine of destruction, and will charge into any situation without regards to safety. He's not an idiot — he's merely harnessed the tactical advantages of brute force and intimidation. As Squeezeplay figures it, he is strong enough, tough enough, and fierce enough to plow through most battlefield fortifications and opponents without much damage, so...why not simply do that?

His [[Nebulan]] partner, [[Lokos]], was a smuggler and air pirate on his home planet before joining the Decepticons. His relationship with Squeezeplay is two-fold. On the one hand, Lokos was always a creative and crafty criminal, and so he tries to get Squeezeplay to use his head more in combat. On the other hand, though, he recognizes the sheer brutal effectiveness of his partner's methods, and so more often than not is comfortable just to let Squeezeplay have his fun.

Why mess with what works?

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
[[File:Headmasterscashandcarnage.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|That's not the way to get ahead in life.]]
Squeezeplay worked with his partners [[Horri-Bull (G1)|Horri-Bull]] and [[Fangry]] in manipulating a group of human bounty hunters called the [[Roadjammers]] into capturing the Autobots for them. Unfortunately, the Roadjammers discovered that their human partners were actually robots in disguise, and the plan fell through before they could successfully terminate any Autobots. {{storylink|Ca$h and Car-nage!}}

[[File:SqueezeplayRaptureDynamo.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|[[Dynamo]] sets his phasers to "butter."]]
When the Decepticons under [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] and [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] came to blows with one another, Squeezeplay led the charge against their foes along with [[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]], [[Sinnertwin (G1)|Sinnertwin]] and Horri-Bull. {{storylink|Cold War!}} Sometime later, he was with Scorponok's army when they were transferred to Cybertron in time to battle [[Unicron]] and his hordes. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}} When Unicron showed up, Squeezeplay fled in fear. {{Storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}

After Unicron's and Scorponok's death, Squeezeplay came under [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s leadership and stood in a meeting for the joint Autobot-Decepticon government. {{storylink|Exodus!}} The coalition soon gave away and Squeezeplay joined Bludgeon in his invasion of [[Klo]]. {{storylink|The Last Autobot?}} When the newly-reborn [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] arrived on Klo with the [[Last Autobot]], Squeezeplay was one of many Decepticons who tried and failed to disable him. When the Autobots reorganized with the [[Neo-Knights]] for a counter-offensive, Squeezeplay was blasted with considerable power by the humans [[Rapture]] and [[Dynamo]]. {{storylink|End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!}}

=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
[[File:Arceeprimesrib.jpg|thumb|left]]
In [[1995]], Squeezeplay and his fellow Headmasters joined [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] in attacking the Autobots at a [[Feminist mob|feminism rally]]. He and Fangry double-teamed [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], and then all the Decepticons joined up against Optimus Prime. However, Squeezeplay was then shot in the back by the new Autobot warrior, [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]. {{storylink|Prime's Rib!|Prime's Rib!}}
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====''Regeneration One''====
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[[File:Squeezeplay bludgeon loose ends.jpg|thumb|150px]]
Twenty-one years after the battle of [[Klo]], Squeezeplay remained a member of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s forces aboard the ''[[Warworld]]''. He interrupted his commander's genocide of the inhabitants of [[Torkulon]] to deliver an important superstring-slingshot from [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]]. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 3}}
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===Ladybird Books continuity===
[[File:Decepticons Underground Headmasters.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.85|The story's called "Decepticons Underground" because the Autobots bury them alive. No joke.]]
Squeezeplay, Fangry, and Horri-Bull operated a secret underground base on Nebulos within the "[[Nebulos Triangle]]." They maintained this secrecy by shorting out electronics and disappearing whoever wandered into the area... at least until Optimus Prime decided that these phenomena were probably caused by a secret Decepticon base.

Anyway, the Autobots stormed in, and [[Quickmix (G1)|Quickmix]] poured [[Nebulite]]-enriched concrete all over the fleeing Decepticons, leaving Squeezeplay and the others trapped in a living tomb. {{storylink|Decepticons Underground}}
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===3H comics===
[[File:TFUjailbreak.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|You've given me a snake head, [[Dan Khanna|Dan]].]]
Squeezeplay was one of the many dimension-displaced Cybertronians released from the [[Cauldron]] due to the actions of [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] and [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]. {{storylink|Escape (Universe)|Escape}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
Squeezeplay was an [[Ultracon]]. {{storylink|Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|War Within: The Dark Ages}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
Squeezeplay served under [[Turmoil]] during [[Drift (G1)|Deadlock]]'s failed attempt at a mutiny. He was present when Deadlock escaped and fled from Turmoil's troops. {{storylink|Drift issue 1|Drift #1}}

After the Chaos War, Squeezeplay was one of the Decepticons who started rioting on the streets of Cybertron in celebration of [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]]'s return. {{storylink|City on Fire}}
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==Commercial appearances==
[[File:Squeezeplayhorribullfangrycommercial.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|OH YEAH!]]
[[Fangry]], [[Horri-Bull (G1)|Horri-Bull]], and Squeezeplay burst through a wall, and the three engaged the new Headmaster Autobots. [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] noted that their new Headmasters would give the Decepticons "more brainpower than ever." [http://youtube.com/watch?v=Hf-MDd7cdi0] {{storylink|Commercial|Small Headmasters Commercial}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
*'''Squeezeplay''' (Headmaster, 1988)
**''Accessories:'' Lokos trainer/robot head, tail/mace, "overrider rifle"

[[File:G1toy-Squeezeplay.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Craaab people...Craaab people...Taste like crab...Talk like people...]]
:Squeezeplay has a "crab monster" mode, which looks something like a bipedal creature grew out of the underside of a crab, wearing the crustacean as a hat. His tail detaches into a handheld mace. Like the other Small Headmasters, there is a compartment in which Squeezeplay can store Lokos while in crab monster mode.

:In robot mode, like all Headmaster toys, Squeezeplay has a panel on his chest which houses a spring-loaded mini-[[Tech Spec|Tech-Spec]]-meter which gives readouts for Speed, Strength and Intelligence. The tumbler is activated when Lokos (or any other Headmaster unit) is plugged into his neck socket.

:As a smaller Headmaster Squeezeplay's power meter is on a single tumbler — so any head plugged into Squeezeplay will result in the same stats. His small size also robbed him of the door that usually hides the tech spec meters on larger Headmasters, as well as the flip-down face-covering panel of the 1987 Headmasters.

:This mold was released in Japan without changes as ''[[Transformers: Super-God Masterforce (toyline)|Super-God Masterforce]]'' [[Cancer (Masterforce)|Cancer]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Decepticon/Squeezeplay/squeezeplay.htm More information on Squeezeplay at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
*Squeezeplay was depicted as one of the Transformers fleeing the Cauldron in the ''Universe'' comics (see above) because he is a favorite of convention organizer [[Glen Hallit]].
*Some people think Squeezeplay is a snake monster rather than a crab monster. [[GEEWUN|These people]] are wrong.

===Foreign names===
*''Hungarian:'' '''Szorítókar''' ("Squeezearm"), '''Facsargó''' ("Squeezer")
*''Italian:'' '''Morsa''' ("Grip")

==External links==
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Squeezeplay Squeezeplay's Universe profile at NFTA.net]

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Thrust (disambiguation)

2014-07-25T06:00:18Z

Blackjack:

The name '''Thrust''' has been applied to several Transformers characters.

{{disamb|y=1985|[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], the [[Decepticon]] jet from [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]].}}
{{disamb|y=1998|[[Thrust (BWII)|Thrust]], the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] jet from ''[[Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars II]]'', who later took the name '''Thrustor'''.}}
{{disamb|y=2000|[[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]], the [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]] General motorcycle from ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Machines]]'' and later took the name '''Thrustinator'''.}}
{{disamb|y=2003|[[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]], the Decepticon jet from ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=2005|[[Thrust (Cybertron)|Thrust]], the Decepticon-allied [[Mini-Con]] jet from ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=2007|[[Thrust (Attacktix)|Thrust]], the (unreleased) Decepticon jet from the ''[[Attacktix]]'' game.}}
{{disamb|y=2009|[[Thrust (ROTF)|Thrust]] the Decepticon jet from ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=2010|[[Thrust (Animated)|Thrust]], the Decepticon jet from ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]''.}}
{{disamb|y=2013|[[Thrust (Kre-O)|Thrust]], the Decepticon jet from the brick-based world of [[Kre-O]] based on Generation 1 Thrust.}}
{{disamb|y=2013|[[Thrust (Armada Kre-O)|Thrust]], the other Decepticon jet from the brick-based world of [[Kre-O]] based on Armada Thrust.}}

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Gravedigger

2014-07-25T05:53:01Z

Blackjack:

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{{disambig2|the Generation One Decepticon|Kre-O Decepticon|Gravedigger (Kre-O)}}
:''Gravedigger is a [[Decepticon]] [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].

[[Image:Gravedigger dsb.jpg|right|250px|thumb|It's hard to tell, but he's flipping off the reader here.]]

'''Gravedigger''' is the smug, sadistic sort who enjoys lording his power over others, but is not the sharpest tool in the shed. As one of the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]], he is actually excluded from most of the group's building projects by the rest of the team because of the unstable temper that earned him his name. He's only seen rarely as a result, and when the team does let him in on the action, it's usually to take part in excavation projects.

He is the younger brother of one of the group's more famous members, [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]]. As a member of the [[Master Chaos]] group, he operates under the codename '''Buildmaster'''.

==Fiction==
===''Find Your Fate Junior''===
{{Note|As the following stories are [[multipath adventure]]s, details will vary depending on the path taken. See individual pages for information on alternate paths.}}
====Dinobots Strike Back====
Gravedigger was among the Constructicons excavating [[Mount Lomas]] to create a secret base. When [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] were captured, Gravedigger gleefully explained the Decepticons' evil plan "since you are going to die anyway." Surprisingly, Gravedigger was right: Skids and Bumblebee were disassembled and their parts used to construct the [[Autobot Memorial Power Plant]]. When their comrades came looking for them, they too were captured and used for scrap. Ouch. {{storylink|Dinobots Strike Back}}

===Cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
[[Image:Megatronffod.jpg|left|thumb|The purple guy in the back or the green guy in the back. Take your pick.]]
Gravedigger joined [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]], [[Hook (G1)|Hook]], [[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]], [[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]], [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]], [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] and [[Hauler]] in creating [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}}
{{--}}

====''Wings Universe''====
[[Image:BattleLines5-EighthConstructicon.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Now, we ain't sayin' he's a Gravedigger...]]
{{wingsnote}}
A green robot fought on the side of the [[Decepticon]]s in battle. This ''might'' have been Gravedigger. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 5}}
{{--}}

====''United EX''====
[[Image:UnitedEX9 unearthed future.jpg|left|thumb|250px]]
Gravedigger joined the Decepticons under the command of the mysterious High Regent [[Scrash (OC)|Scrash]], seeking the means to restore his older brother Bonecrusher following his encounter with some molten lava while battling [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]]. As a member of the "[[Master Chaos]]" sub-group, he was refitted with a new body that would allow him to interface with [[Power Core Combination|Power Core]] drones and took the name "Buildmaster".

Buildmaster took ownership of the Construction Drones after they were stolen from the Autobots by [[Roadblock (G2)|Dozermaster]], and used them in defense of the Decepticons' base when the Autobots attacked. He burst from the ground with his drones in tow, catching [[Clouder|Assaultmaster]] unawares, and warning him to leave the mysterious materials they have excavated from the area alone. The two combined with their individual drones and set to fighting, but as Buildmaster was gaining the upper hand, he was attacked by [[Kakuryu|Grimmaster]]. {{storylink|Unearthed Future}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===''United EX''===
[[Image:UnitedEXtoy_buildmaster.jpg|right|thumb|400px|SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY GRAVEDIGGER GOES HEAD TO HEAD WITH THE LEGENDARY BIGFOOT!]]
*'''Buildmaster Prime Mode''' ([[November 17|11-17]]-[[2012]])
**''ID number'': '''EX 06'''
**''Accessories'': Decimator Drone, Dominator Drone, Eradicator Drone, Annihilator Drone

: Buildmaster is a [[redeco]] of the ''[[Power Core Combiners]]'' [[Steamhammer (PCC)|Steamhammer]] toy, rendered in the classic purple-and-green of the original Constructicons and their many descendants. He transforms into a bulldozer, and can also assume a "Prime Mode" where he becomes the torso of a super robot, capable of using any auto-transforming Power Core Combiner drone-machine molds for limbs.

: He comes with four construction vehicle drone-limbs, redecos of the [[Constructicon (PCC)|Constructicon]] drones. Each one has a square socket for a Power Core Combiner connection; when attached via the blue plugs on a Commander figure, the drones automatically transform into a super-robot limb, and snap back to vehicle mode when disconnected. Despite the universal connector, each drone can only form one limb type (but can be swapped from left to right):

:* '''Decimator Drone''' (drill) — Arm (Buildmaster's right)
:* '''Dominator Drone''' (front end loader) — Arm (Buildmaster's left)
:* '''Eradicator Drone''' (plow) — Leg (Buildmaster's right)
:* '''Annihilator Drone''' (steamroller) — Leg (Buildmaster's left)

:The drones are all named to evoke the original Constructicons' combined form, [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. In particular, the Dominator Drone is named for the [[dominator disc]]s that were used to take control of Devastator in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]] episode, "[[The Core]]".

==Notes==
* "Gravedigger" was a preliminary name for the Constructicon [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]], as indicated by both the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|''Generation 1'' cartoon]] [[production bible|series bible]] and the shooting script for the episode "[[Heavy Metal War]]" (which includes the line ''"Gravedigger, I'm picking up computer signals from above!"''). It seems probable that the writer of "[[Dinobots Strike Back]]" was working from that outdated guideline when he used the name, and that the artist compounded the error by drawing Long Haul instead of Scrapper, thereby turning Gravedigger into a distinct entity.
* Writer [[Andrew Hall]] decided to give Gravedigger a turn in the spotlight for the ''[[Transformers United EX]]'' toyline, opting to assign his identity to the Buildmaster toy. With this addition of an eighth named Construction to the Japanese cartoon continuity, an identity was at last provided for the long-mysterious "eighth Constructicon" who appeared with the others in a dodgily-animated scene in "[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4]]" (the seventh having been retroactively designated as [[Hauler]] in 2003).

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Skrapnel (Kre-O)

2014-07-25T05:49:15Z

Blackjack:

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{{disambig2|the Kreon Micro-Changer|the Generation 1 [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]] sometimes called Skrapnel|Shrapnel (G1)}}
:''Skrapnel is a [[Decepticon]] from the brick-built world of [[Kre-O]].
[[File:KreO-Toy Skrapnel.jpg|thumb|right|400px|]]

'''Skrapnel''' turns into a bug. There might be a lot of him.

Don't confuse him with that other dude sometimes called [[Shrapnel (Kre-O)|Skrapnel]]!

==Toys==
===Kre-O===
*'''Skrapnel''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2014)
**''Bag number'': '''40551 45'''
**''Accessories'': Stand brick, scoped pistol

: Part of the fifth assortment of [[blindpacking|blind-bagged]] [[Kreon]] [[Micro-Changer]]s, Skrapnel can be rebuilt from robot mode into a stag beetle. He sports [[Ironhide (Kre-O)|Ironhide's]] helmet and the Megatron-styled pistol.

==Notes==
*Despite the name, Skrapnel is actually based on [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Zaptrap]], an [[e-HOBBY]]-exclusive [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] [[redeco]] representing that Insecticon's clones.

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Inferno (G1)

2014-07-24T14:22:28Z

Blackjack: /* Regeneration One */

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{{disambig3|Inferno}}
:''Inferno is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:G1 Inferno profilecollection1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Will probably start fires just to put them out.]]

If there's a blazing fire, '''Inferno''' is going to be one of the first bots on the scene, rushing in headlong without regard for his own safety to rescue anyone trapped inside. If there's a blazing fire''fight'' Inferno will also be one of the first bots on the scene, and probably even faster than the previous scenario.

Few bots are as gung-ho as Inferno, whose heat-resistant body and seeming lack of fear make him a tough customer in any kind of emergency. He certainly prefers the thrill of gunning down [[Decepticon]]s over tackling a four-alarm fire, but he doesn't let his thirst for battle interfere with his duty as a rescue bot.

Amusingly, ''he's'' the rational, cautious one in the odd-couple friendship he has with [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]].

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==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Walker Edmiston]] (English), [[Takurō Kitagawa]] (Japanese), [[Show Hayami]] (Japanese, "The Gambler"), [[Kenyū Horiuchi]] (Japanese, "The Search for Alpha Trion")|[[Isidro Olace]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Willy Schäfer]] (German, ''Generation 2'', "Dinobot Island, Part 1"), [[Thomas Albus]] (German, ''Generation 2'', "Dinobot Island, Part 2", "Prime Target", and "Auto Berserk"), [[Kai Taschner]] (German, ''Generation 2'', "Kremzeek!"), [[Ulf-Jürgen Wagner]] (German, ''Generation 2'', "The Revenge of Bruticus"), [[Ulf Jürgen Söhmisch]] (German, ''Generation 2'', "Masquerade")}}

[[File:InsecticonSyndrome Inferno fires.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Flashlights of DOOM!]]
Inferno appeared without explanation one day as [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] explained their mission to stop the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] from attacking the [[Nova Power Plant]]. He was the first to roll out on Prime's orders. During the battle at the power plant, the gun-slinging fire fighter stood by [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] and shot down [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] before they rushed off to rescue the human pilots of a downed helicopter. After the super-powered Insecticons crushed [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and electrocuted [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], Inferno sprayed fire-retardant foam on Ironhide and loaded him into Prime's trailer as the Autobots retreated. Inferno later participated in the Autobot counterattack at [[Iron Mountain]] where he and the other Autobots were buried under tons of rock. [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] was heard to complain about Inferno ending up on his head whilst they were trapped. {{storylink|The Insecticon Syndrome}}

[[File:DinobotIsland Pt2 InfernospraysCowboys.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Bonanza got a little weird near the end of the series]]
When the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] accidentally set fire to [[Ark (G1)|Autobot headquarters]], Inferno helped [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] douse the flames. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 1}} Later, Inferno did his part to preserve the sanctity of the timestream by spraying cowboys with [[fire-retardant foam]]. Eh... you had to be there. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 2}}

Inferno showed off his athletic ability in a friendly game of [[basketball]] with Optimus Prime, [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], and [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]]. When [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] discovered that [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] and [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] were working with the Constructicons, Inferno came with the other Autobots to investigate, where he assisted in the fight against [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. Though Inferno was initially stunned when Devastator deflected some of [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]]'s [[glass gas]], the Autobots eventually emerged victorious. {{storylink|The Master Builders (episode)|The Master Builders}}

[[File:AutoBerserk Inferno RedAlert friendship.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Why can't I quit you?]]
Later, Inferno was ordered to guard over Red Alert as the Autobots repelled an attack by the Decepticons on the [[Negavator]] super weapon's bunker. Inferno, itching for a fight, abandoned Red Alert despite his paranoid friend's repeated requests for him to stay. Inferno rescued Red Alert when his friend was buried under rubble which had the unfortunate side-effect of damaging Red Alert's logic circuits to the point of overload. Inferno later proved his friendship to Red when he saved Red Alert from himself when the latter, in a state of paranoia, allied himself with [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and the Decepticons. {{storylink|Auto Berserk}}

Inferno and the other Autobots were sent on a rocket to the sun as part of [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s plot. Though all hope seemed lost, [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] created a force field that protected the Autobots and allowed Cosmos to return them to Earth. The Autobots arrived just in time to stop Megatron, and Inferno helped shoot at the Decepticons during the onslaught. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2}}

[[File:BlasterBlues-InfernoSpray.jpg|thumb|upright=1.15|Inferno used Hydro Pump!]]
After the Decepticons caused a disastrous explosion at an airport that severely injured the Dinobots, Inferno arrived with Hoist and Red Alert to put out the fire and cart the Dinobots back to headquarters. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1}} When Megatron disrupted Earth's radio waves, peril was unleashed worldwide. Among the calamities was a train derailed and blown up by a fallen tree, and the dead radio meant that the fire lookout was unavailable. Luckily, Inferno and Red Alert were in the area, and together they worked to put out the fire, with Inferno watering down the flames. {{storylink|Blaster Blues}}

[[File:ChildsPlay-InfernoToTheRescue.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.05|He's got better things to do tonight than let others die.]]
Inferno helped defend [[New York City]] against Megatron's army of robot drones, and put out a fire at the [[Chrysler Building]]. {{storylink|Make Tracks}} He later fought the Decepticons at a baseball stadium where Megatron was trying to set up his latest [[space bridge]]. Inferno extended a net from his ladder assembly to catch a pair of humans Starscream had been terrorizing in the air. During the battle, the Space Bridge was inadvertently activated, transporting Inferno and several other Autobots and Decepticons to an alien world, where they were all merely the size of toys. Having landed in a child's room, Inferno helped the Autobots gain the boy [[Aron (G1)|Aron]]'s trust when he put out the fire Starscream started in a toy building. {{storylink|Child's Play (episode)|Child's Play}} On their way back to Earth, the Autobots were intercepted by an alien named [[Bosch]] and Inferno and the others were immobilized. They were eventually restored, but only after some complicated wheeling and dealing by Bosch and Smokescreen. {{storylink|The Gambler}}

As the Insecticons rampaged through the world's farmland, Inferno and a squad of Autobots attempted to overpower them before they caused a worldwide famine. Unfortunately, the blasted bugs were so strong from repeatedly feedings, they repelled a group of Autobots twice their number without even calling upon their [[Insecticon clone]]s. Inferno kept [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] from death by fire, but otherwise the mission was a total failure. {{storylink|Quest for Survival}}

Inferno was one of only four Autobots left undamaged by [[Kremzeek]]'s disastrous run through the Ark, thanks to [[Sparkplug Witwicky]]'s insulating foam. Despite this, he and the other remaining Autobots were hard pressed to even slow the little spark down. Even Inferno's time-tested solution of shooting foam at every problem failed miserably. Eventually, it was the human scientist [[Sōji Yoshikawa]] who came up with the plan that finally dispersed the creature. {{storylink|Kremzeek!}}

[[File:PrimeTarget CapturedInferno.jpg|thumb|upright=0.95|Remind me never to shop at Canadian Tire!]]
Inferno came searching for Tracks and Bumblebee when they were captured by [[Chumley|Lord Chumley]]. When Inferno saw a burning building, he couldn't help but rush in and check it out. However, it was one of Lord Chumley's traps, and a hose wrapped around Inferno's leg, capturing him. Yes. Inferno's bravery impressed Chumley, who remarked that he had never seen a species so unafraid of fire! The captured Autobots were freed when Optimus Prime (with a little help from the Decepticon [[Triple Changer]]s) defeated Chumley. {{storylink|Prime Target (episode)|Prime Target}}

Inferno was reunited with his old friend [[Firestar (G1)|Firestar]] when he, [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] went to search for where Optimus Prime had wandered off to. {{storylink|The Search for Alpha Trion}}

Inferno was briefly seen assembled with the rest of the Autobots before they drove off to rescue Perceptor from [[Fox Creek Canyon]]. {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}} With Red Alert and the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]], Inferno watered down a blazing village during the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]]' attempt to move the Earth closer to its sun. {{storylink|The Revenge of Bruticus}}

[[File:Masquerade AutobotsBlasted.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.05|Shot down in flames!]]
Inferno was in one of the Autobot teams that captured the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]]. While [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] ignited the oil [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]] and [[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]] were in, Inferno doused it (something he "wouldn't feel good about" when he did it) to help capture the stunt freaks. He was, eventually, among those Autobots taken down by [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] when the Stunticons formed into him to escape. {{storylink|Masquerade}}
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====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
[[File:JHeadmasters03InfernoEtc.jpg|thumb]]
Alongside [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] and [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], Inferno was dispatched by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] to protect [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] from any Decepticons trying to stop him from finding the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]. They were not seen to actually confront anyone. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}
{{-}}

====''Wings Universe''====
[[File:BattleLines6-UltraMagnus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
{{Wingsnote}}
Nine million years ago, Inferno was present at the first "meeting" of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]]. Five million years later, following the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'s disappearance, he and several other Autobots entered [[stasis hibernation pod]]s to await the energy rejuvenation of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 6}}

At some point he was exposed to [[forestonite]] and developed the power to create fireballs in his hands. He compared powers with [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] one day in [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 2}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
{{noteukonly}}
[[File:Infernomissinginaction.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Inferno used up all his cool in this image, so he didn't show up much.]]
''Inferno was present at the battle of [[Sherman Dam]].'' {{storylink|Decepticon Dam-Busters!}} ''He later led [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] and [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] to search for the missing [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], saving [[Danny Phillips|a boy]] in the process.'' {{storylink|Missing in Action}}

''Inferno joined [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] and [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]] as part of a monitoring unit stationed on Earth to keep watch for the threat of super-Decepticon, [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. Shortly after they arrived, the unit chased off the unrelated threat of a [[Furnacia]]n [[Firebug (G1)|Firebug]], who had arrived on Earth and begun starting fires in human settlements. They exiled it to Mercury in a message pod.'' {{storylink|Firebug!}}

''When Galvatron later resurfaced, the reconnaissance team sent a message to Cybertron and joined up with the [[Wrecker]]s and Decepticon [[Mayhem Attack Squad]] in confronting the time traveler. Unfortunately Galvatron had help (as if he needed it) in the form of [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]. The Wreckers and Mayhems were torn to shreds, suffering greater than 50% losses.'' {{storylink|Time Wars}} ''Inferno was one of the few survivors who limped away from the final battle, cut off from any support from Cybertron. The remaining members of the Wreckers and Mayhems pooled resources as the [[Survivors]], living on Earth separately from the planet's active Cybertronian armies.'' {{storylink|Survivors!}}

Inferno was present when [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] were loading up their shuttles to go chase after [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and his gang of less-than-merry men. {{storylink|A Savage Circle}} He was later killed on the planet [[Klo]] and then reactivated by the power of the [[Last Autobot]]. {{storylink|End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!}}

[[File:Infernorhythmsofdarkness.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Can you believe this was my first Marvel US appearance?]]
In an alternate timeline, Inferno was one of seven remaining Autobots on Earth in the year [[2009]], fighting against Decepticon domination of the American continents. He survived the desperate attempt to prevent a nuclear attack by the rest of the world, and was last seen fighting against greater odds heroically, for all our freedoms. {{storylink|Rhythms of Darkness!}}

{{note|Inferno's US and UK timelines are more difficult to reconcile than most characters, primarily because of how the Survivors story blends from the main UK continuity ("Time Wars") straight into the splinter continuity (Earthforce). He shows up totally unannounced on Cybertron after the war with Unicron, and never speaks. His presence in the stories "[[Decepticon Dam-Busters!]]" and "[[Missing in Action]]" is also hard to reconcile as he is not otherwise shown amongst the original Autobots on Earth and the latter story is a general continuity nightmare.}}

=====Earthforce=====
{{earthforcefiction}}
[[File:Infernoshutup.jpg|left|upright=1.66|thumb|He really kind of deserved it.]]
After a new squad of Mayhems came to Earth to execute their treacherous former members, the Survivors failed to stop the Decepticon named Bludgeon from killing [[Catilla (G1)|Catilla]]. {{storylink|A Savage Place!}} After [[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]] ran off on his own to seek vengeance against the Mayhems, Inferno and the remaining Survivors hooked up with [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]'s [[Earthforce]] in order to provide the [[Pretender]] some proper back-up. They then chose to stick around with Earthforce full-time as an adjunct unit. {{storylink|Where Wolf?}} Inferno and the Survivors were later seen on the high seas, fighting off [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] when he attempted to hijack an oil tanker. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}}

Later, Inferno was standing guard over the Mayhems they had captured when the Survivors first joined with Earthforce. Bludgeon, [[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]] and [[Stranglehold]] were being model prisoners. Very quiet... too quiet. As Inferno began to get unnerved by the silence, Stranglehold suddenly began pounding away at the floor like a madman, tearing it up while still they all remained totally silent. Not quite sure what else to do, Inferno turned off the energy bars and entered the cell to blast the prisoner with a pacifier ray. As soon as he did, though, Bludgeon's katana shot through his backside, summoned mentally from the storage room by its master's [[Metallikato]] discipline. Inferno blacked out as the three Pretenders casually sauntered out of their cell to freedom. {{storylink|Shut Up!}}

=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
[[File:Smokescreeninferno.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|He can't quit Smokescreen either!]]
In the alternate version of 2008, after Unicron's attack on Cybertron, Inferno and his good friend [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] discovered Unicron's continued existence on the planet [[Junkion (planet)|Junk]], where he had enslaved the [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]] into rebuilding his body. Retreating to their ship to make contact with the rest of the Autobots, they ran afoul of the brainwashed [[Death's Head (G1)|Death's Head]]. Inferno was badly injured, but with their shuttle under attack by [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] in the skies over Cybertron, he was forced to hurl Smokescreen to safety through the front windscreen, so word of Unicron's survival could reach Rodimus Prime. Inferno's last act was to go out in a blaze of glory, crashing straight into the Decepticon ranks in the battle below. {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}}
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====''Generation 2''====
[[File:Infernoescalation.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"And there's an apocryphal third reason involving my love for disco!"]]
Inferno was working with a squad of Autobots trying to stop [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronians]] from committing genocide on planet [[Ethos]]. Most of his team took heavy fire, but it was the death of his friend [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] that got Inferno ''really'' angry. His temper getting the best of him, Inferno broke ranks to hit more of the [[Ethos raiding party|Cybertronians]]. Though he managed to avenge Smokescreen's death, other Cybertronians cornered him, and he was forced to leap into a building for safety. Unfortunately, the building collapsed, and he was crushed. {{storylink|Escalation!}}
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====''Regeneration One''====
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Sometime around [[2007]], Inferno was amongst those suffering ill effects from the infusion of [[Nucleon]] into their systems. It had apparently left him unable to control his body temperature as he was glowing red-hot and surrounded by cooling systems in the "[[Nursery]]". {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part One}}

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===''Find Your Fate Junior''===
{{Note|As the following stories are [[multipath adventure]]s, details will vary depending on the path taken. See individual pages for information on alternate paths.}}
====Earthquake====
[[File:EarthquakeAutobotspanickingtownfolk.jpg|thumb|200px|right]]
{{storylink|Earthquake (book)|Earthquake}}

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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
Inferno and his good buddy [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] joined up with Grimlock's [[Lightning Strike Coalition]] during the time of the [[Dark Ages]]. {{storylink|Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|War Within: The Dark Ages}} Some millennia later, after the [[Great Shutdown]], Inferno was one of the first Autobots reactivated and brought around to the idea of a unified Cybertronian populace by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. Joining Red Alert, [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]], [[Skids (G1)|Skids]], and [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]], he became a charter member of the [[Autobot High Council]], ruling alongside Shockwave in administrative matters while Ultra Magnus focused on more militant concerns. However, the lack of leadership experience by Inferno and most of his fellow council-beings led to them ceding more and more power to Shockwave over the years. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}} They eventually came to their senses and joined in the insurrection against Shockwave led by [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and the Ark's crew. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}}

===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
Inferno was at the Ark when Starscream was brought in, badly damaged and offline. {{storylink|Redemption Center}}

===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:MegsOrigin4 Grapple Inferno.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Inferno discovers that your face really will stay that way.]]
Inferno was attending to the fire damage and chaos caused by [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron's]] opening assault on [[Kaon]] when an [[Kaon upperclass|elite]] pleasure cruiser fell out of the sky on top of him and [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]]. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4|Megatron Origin #4}}

During the following war on Cybertron, Inferno was one of several Autobots [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] would have trusted his life with. After Blaster returned to the Autobots after having been lost for millennia, Inferno was among Blaster's friends who took leave from their assignments to see "The Voice". However, after a second attempt on Blaster's life, Inferno was also one of the four Autobots under suspicion of the failed assassination. Fortunately the [[Beachcomber (G1)|real (unwilling) culprit]] was caught, so Inferno and the others were cleared. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blaster}}

Inferno eventually ended up on [[Earth]], where he was among those who remained with [[Skywatch]] while other Autobots were returning to Cybertron. He listened to [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] and [[Kyle Pennington]] discuss ways to improve relations between humanity and the Autobots, and facepalmed when said ways included putting out fires and saving cats from trees. {{storylink|Police Action: Part 1|Police Action #1}}

[[File:FecundMoon-Impressive.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Always hanging out with Grapple, always.]]

After the Chaos War, the Autobots left on Earth reunited with their fellows on Cybertron, which had become wild and untamed after the release of all the Matrix's power. When [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] stepped down as leader of the Autobots and went into self-imposed exile, [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Rodimus]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]] disagreed on the future of the Cybertronian race. Rodimus wanted to leave Cybertron and search for the fabled [[Knights of Cybertron]], in the hope that they could restore balance and order to Cybertron. Inferno was among the few hundred Autobots who agreed with Rodimus, and he joined the crew of the ''[[Lost Light]]'' as it left Cybertron for deeper space. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 2: Hangers On|Hangers On}}

Inferno was with [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] and [[Boss (G1)|Boss]] when the latter was gunned down by [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. {{storylink|Interiors}} Later, he stood with the rest of the crew as Rodimus announced his discovery of -- and intention to investigate -- [[Moonbase One|Luna One]]. {{storylink|Remain in Light 1 of 5: The Fecund Moon}}

When the Lost Light was overrun by Legislators, Inferno was with [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] as both were pinned down by one of the giant robots. {{storylink|Remain in Light 2 of 5: House of Ambus}}
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===''Henkei! Henkei!'' pack-in comic===
Inferno and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] teamed-up on an emergency rescue mission. While Inferno put out the deadly fire, Ratchet recovered a young girl from a burning building, badly in need of hospital care. On their way to the hospital, however, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] started firing on Ratchet. Inferno "took the heat" for Ratchet and his patient, letting them get to the hospital safely. Ratchet cheerily got to work on his next patient...patching up Inferno. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 10|Henkei! Henkei! #10}}

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==Games==
===The Transformers (PS2)===
{{Note|Inferno is a non-playable character. He appears among the legion of Autobot duplicates in the Decepticon campaign.}}

{{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

===3D Battle-Card Game===
Inferno was one of [[Optimus Primal]]'s many Autobot allies in a fight against [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s Decepticon forces, in what might possibly have been an inter-universe battle. {{storylink|3D Battle-Card Game#Energon Wars expansion|Energon Wars Expansion Set}}
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===''Transformers Legends''===
During a Decepticon attack on a major human city, [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]], Inferno and the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobot]]s launched rescue operations. Unfortunately their efforts were hampered by [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], who unleashed all manner of sonic attacks on them. {{storylink|To the Rescue}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1 Inferno toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Then he'll start the fire again.]]
*'''Inferno''' (Autobot, 1985, 2003)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''10'''
**''Accessories:'' "Extinguisher Rifle", 2 fists (left & right), 3 missiles, 2 hose nozzles

:Inferno transforms into a Japanese Mitsubishi Fuso firetruck. His ladder has three sections to it, allowing it to extend to a really impressive length. Each of his forearms contains a spring-loaded missile launcher, so he can fire his own fists or silver missiles, though the [[Hasbro]] versions have these launchers severely weakened [[for safety reasons]]. He is usually depicted in media as having a missile/laser/nozzle in place of a hand on his right arm. He is also armed with a small black Extinguisher rifle.

:In 2003, Inferno was re-released as part of [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s "[[The Transformers Collection]]" series. This time he featured [[tampograph]]ed Autobot symbol and blue eyes instead of yellow. These changes carried over to the [[The Transformers: Generation One Commemorative Series|Commemorative Series]] Inferno, Commemorative Series [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]], and [[Hauler|RoadHauler]].

:Later in the same year, he was released by [[Hasbro]] in the Toys "R" Us [[exclusive]] "Commemorative Series" line. The Hasbro version no longer featured launching fists or missiles unlike the Takara version. This reissue comes with an additional autobot symbol decal, depicting the more modern long-faced autobot logo. The instructions say to place this sticker over the autobot symbol sticker that is already on inferno's chest!

:This mold was [[redeco]]ed and partially [[retool]]ed to make [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]], [[e-HOBBY]] [[Hauler|RoadHauler]] and ''[[Transformers: The Headmasters (toyline)|The Headmasters]]'' [[Artfire (Headmasters)|Artfire]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Autobot/Inferno/inferno.htm More information on Inferno at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Autobot/CSInferno/inferno.htm More information on Commemorative Series Inferno at TFU.info]''
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[[File:ActionMaster Inferno.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Inferno's lack of transformation ability was compensated by a big orange thingamajig.]]
*'''Inferno with Hydro-Pack''' (Action Master, 1990)
**''Accessories:'' Hydro-Pack, "Magna-Blast Gun"

:Part of the third assortment of "basic" carded [[Action Master]]s, Inferno is a non-transforming action figure with a simplified design, based loosely on his cartoon [[Character model|animation model]]. Inferno came with a [[Hydro-Pack]] that could be attached to his back (with a "hose" that flipped over his shoulder to attach to his handgun, a feature unique among Action Master "partner" accessories), or transformed via spring-loaded mechanism into a large cannon, with a barrel that could be further extended by attaching his handgun to the very end of it. He is compatible with all other Action Master weapons and vehicles.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1990/Autobot/Inferno/inferno.htm More information on Action Master Inferno at TFU.info]''
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===''Generation 2''===
[[File:G2 Inferno toy.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|How's anyone supposed to climb the ladder with this huge thing on my back?]]
*'''Inferno''' (Autobot Hero, 1993)
**''Accessories:'' "Extinguisher Rifle", water cannon, 2 fists (left & right), 2 head nozzles

:For ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'', Inferno's original toy was re-used with virtually no deco changes, adding only the "Autobot" [[tampograph]]. His forearms were retooled to remove the spring-loaded launcher mechanism (the chromed missiles from the original releases were also dropped), his detachable fists were also re-tooled in order for them to fit snuggly in the connecting hole of the forearms and the wing extensions on his shoulders were also slightly retooled. He came with a large red [[Water-squirting gimmick|water-shooting]] cannon that clipped to his ladder. Said cannon rains pain.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1993/Autobot/Inferno/inferno.htm More information on ''Generation 2'' Inferno at TFU.info]''
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===Universe (2008)===
[[File:Universe2008 G1Inferno.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|BURNING JUSTI— Oh, sorry, wrong fire truck.]]
*'''Inferno''' (Voyager, 2009)
**''Series'': Generation 2 Series
**''Accessories'': "Water Blast" projectile

:"[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]] series" ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' Inferno is the first all-new tooling for the Voyager class [[size class|price point]] in the ''Universe'' line. Unlike the original toy, ''Universe'' Inferno transforms into an American pumper/tanker fire truck, rather than the Generation 1's Japanese Hino ladder engine. In lieu of a ladder, he packs a water cannon with spring-loaded projectile, a call-back to ''Generation 2'' Inferno's working water cannon.

:This version of Inferno transforms into a fictional six-wheeled variant of the 2002–2007 Pierce Contender series of firetrucks. It appears to be a fusion of two different designs from that period. See: [[Wikipedia:Pierce Manufacturing#Gallery of Pierce Apparatus|Pierce Manufacturing]]

:The number "401" [[tampograph]]ed onto him is the area code for the state of Rhode Island, home of [[Hasbro]]'s headquarters.

:This mold was also used to make ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Pyro (G1)#Timelines|Spark]], and was retooled to make ''[[Transformers (2010 toyline)|Transformers]]'' [[Grapple (G1)#Transformers (2010)|Solar Storm Grappel]] and ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' [[Hot Spot (G1)#Generations|Protectobot Hot Spot]]. It was then redecoed into ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' [[Artfire (Headmasters)#United 2|Artfire]], using tooling from both the original Inferno version and the newer Grappel version of this [[mold]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Autobot/TFUInferno/inferno.htm More information on ''Universe'' Inferno at TFU.info]''
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===Henkei! Henkei!===
[[File:Henkei inferno.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Is it hot in here, or is it just me?]]
*'''Cybertron Inferno''' (Voyager, 2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-15'''
**''Accessories:'' "Water Blast" projectile

:''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)|Henkei! Henkei!]]'' Inferno differs from ''Universe'' Inferno mainly in the red plastic used: whereas ''Universe'' Inferno has a darker shade of red, ''Henkei'' Inferno is considerably brighter. The dark brown plastic used for several parts on ''Universe'' Inferno has been changed to gray. The black parts on ''Universe'' Inferno are now dark blue and the colorless clear plastic used for his eyes is actually molded in clear blue plastic (rather than being painted over clear blue). Major paint application changes include chroming Inferno's water cannon, forearm panels, and the backs of his shoulder panels. Aside from the chrome he also has the addition of yellow highlights to his head, clear-red painted sirens, and the removal of the Rhode Island "401" area code.
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===Speed Stars===
====Stealth Force====
[[File:StealthForce Inferno toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Because ''real'' firetrucks come with ''real'' firepower]]
*'''Autobot Inferno''' (Stealth Force Deluxe, 2010)
**''Accessories:'' 2 projectiles

:''[[Speed Stars]]'' Inferno is a new non-transformable mold, appearing as a much more traditional looking fire truck than any of his previous toys but retaining the "401" tampograph that his ''Universe'' toy had. His packaging also depicts his ''Universe'' toy's robot head. At the press of a button, he can deploy his weapons located on top, at the side and the front of his vehicle mode while pulling a tab hides the weapons again.

:Included in the package are ''two'' water-burst missiles. However, they can only be stored in and fired from his top-mounted cannon one at a time.
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==Merchandise==
===Transformers Gum===
*'''Inferno''' (1985)
**''Accessories:'' "Extinguisher Rifle", 2 fists (left & right)
:Essentially a downsized version of the original Inferno toy, the ''[[Transformers Gum]]'' kit is sculpted from black, red and white plastic, features stickers rather than paint applications for details, and came with a stick of gum.
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===Decoy===
*'''Cybertron Hero Collection 9''' (multi-pack, 1986)

*'''Inferno''' (1987)
**''Decoy number:'' '''14'''

:The figurine was later brought over to [[Hasbro]] markets as part of the [[Decoy]] promotion, largely identical to the Japanese release except for the fact that the number on his back was replaced with a simple "checklist" number. Like all Autobot Decoys, he was a randomly-chosen pack-in available with the carded [[Throttlebot]]s, [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] and [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Decoys/Inferno/inferno.htm More information on Decoy Inferno at TFU.info]''
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===3D Battle-Card Game===
[[File:3DBattleCard Inferno.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Inferno''' (2007)

:A 36-point "rare" character in the [[3D Battle-Card Game]]'s "Energon Wars" expansion, Inferno "transforms" into a red fire truck. He uses the same parts layout as [[Live-action film series|Movie]] [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]], Movie [[Longarm (Movie)|Longarm]] and "[[Bonecrusher (G1)|Classic Bonecrusher]]", albeit with some parts moved around to make him more fire truck-like.
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===Transformers Gum===
[[File:Kabaya-Inferno.jpg‎|thumb|300px]]
*'''Inferno''' (2011)
:Released in the fourth wave of the revived ''Transformers Gum'' series in 2011, this transforming model kit of Inferno is made from red and black plastic, with stickers for detail. It's based on the ''Henkei'' Inferno toy.
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==Notes==
[[File:Phoenix King movie poster.jpg|thumb|Inferno moonlights for easy cash.]]
*Inferno's [[character model]] seems to have two different head designs. One, seen in "[[Prime Target (episode)|Prime Target]]", is a more angular and toy-based design; the other, seen in "[[Auto Berserk]]", is more rounded and simplified, and lacks any facial definition lines.
*According to his [[Tech Spec]] and [[The Transformers Universe]] profile, Inferno shoots [[missile]]s out of his forearms. This weapon is usually depicted in fiction as a fire-retardant nozzle or laser gun.
*Inferno's original toy, slightly modified, was [[Knockoff|knocked off]] and used as the title giant robot in the Korean animated film ''Phoenix King'' (피닉스킹). ''Phoenix King'' was dubbed (horribly) and released in America by Digiview Entertainment as ''[http://www.angelfire.com/droid/futuremasters/Defenders.html Defenders of Space]'', generally selling for the bargain price of $1.00. Scenes of "Inferno" from this movie were also incorporated into another bargain film distributed by Digiview Entertainment, ''[http://www.angelfire.com/droid/futuremasters/SpaceThunder.html Space Thunder Kids]''.
*A 1986 [[Panini]] stickerbook sold in Belgium and the Netherlands gave Inferno the alternate French language name "Infernal". Whether this name was used in any other media made for French-speaking regions is unknown.
*Inferno seems to have been cut from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''; he never appears in the film, but still has a voice actor credit. He does appear in [http://i1115.photobucket.com/albums/k545/snookems44/transformers%20the%20movie%20script/transfomersthemoviescriptpage31.jpg the dialogue script], however.
*The earliest pictured version of Action Master Inferno is largely different from the final version, but only upon close examination. The early version errs on the side of the original toy in color and design, while the final more closely follows the design of the animation model. Strangely, the early version has a nearly solid black block of a head (possibly to echo the ladder base in which the original's head was contained), as well as generally wider and chunky proportions.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Inferno''' (インフェルノ ''Inferuno'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Xiāo Fáng Chē''' (China, 消防车, "Fire engine")
*''Hebrew:'' '''Lahav'yór''' (להביור, "Flamethrower")
*''Russian:'' '''Vodomjot''' (Водомёт, "Water Cannon")
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==External links==
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Inferno Inferno's ''Universe'' profile at NFTA.net]

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Silverbolt (G1)

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Blackjack: /* Regeneration One */

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:''Silverbolt is an [[Autobot]] [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Silverbolt magnificent six.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''It's not the car or the bus or the train, it's the plane'' ''When we hit top speed, it's always the same'' ''Sweating red hot but chilled to the bone'' ''Side to side, bouncing round the ozone'' ''Tranquilise me! Hypnotise me!'' ''Techno-fear has paralysed me'' ''All around me, people grinning'' ''Laughing while my head is spinning'' ''Shaking like a leaf from my head to my feet'' ''Strapped to a seat at 20,000 feet'']]
'''Silverbolt's''' character is defined by his extreme [[Wikipedia:acrophobia|fear of heights]] and by his refusal to bow to it. He constantly struggles to project the image of a brave, determined soldier to hide his fear from others. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] named him leader of the Aerialbots in the hopes that worrying about them would give him something else to focus on besides his own phobia. This has proven true and, not surprisingly, the mature, responsible Silverbolt makes an excellent commander.

He can combine with his fellow Aerialbots to form [[Superion (G1)|Superion]].

{{quote|"Our mission is accomplished. Further risk would be foolish."
"How come they made you Aerialbot leader, Silverbolt? You've got no sense of adventure."
"Exactly."|'''Silverbolt''' and '''[[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]]'''|"[[Forever Is a Long Time Coming]]"|noquote=true}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Charlie Adler|Charles Adler]] (English), [[Tomomichi Nishimura]] (Japanese), [[Fumihiko Tachiki]] (Japanese, ''The Rebirth'')|[[Jean Claudio]] (French), [[Roberto Alexander]] (Latin American), [[Reinhard Brock]] (German, ''Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2 - 4'' & ''Fight or Flee''), [[Erhard Hartmann]] (German, ''Forever is a Long Time Coming''), [[Bernd Simon]] (German, ''Starscreams Ghost'' & ''The Burden Hardest to Bear''), [[Wolfgang Mascher]] (German, ''Ghost in the Machine''), [[Imo Heite]] (German, ''The Ultimate Weapon'' & ''The Big Broadcast of 2006''), [[Klaus Kessler]] (German, Generation 2 Dub of ''Ghost in the Machine'')}}

[[File:G1Silverbolt Key1.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|"So long, cruel world!" Actual episode quote. Seriously.]]
Silverbolt was constructed out of a low-flying cargo transport vessel, which was modified to resemble an Earthly Concorde. He was later given life by [[Vector Sigma]], along with the other [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], then returned to [[Earth]] with the Autobots via [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. It was soon discovered that Silverbolt had a crippling weakness: an intense fear of heights, due to his low-altitude origins. Conversely, he was the only Aerialbot who wasn't a complete jerk. Because of this, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] made him commander of the Aerialbots, reasoning that it would give him something to worry about other than his acrophobia. He proved worthy of this role when he persuaded his mutinous team mates to help the Autobots protect humanity, by showing them how [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]] was able to disregard his fatigue at will due to his concern for Omega Supreme's well-being, something robots cannot do.

[[File:G1 Silverbolt cartoon.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"Has anyone seen my [[Humanization#Lips|lip balm]]?"]]
As the combined forces of the Autobots and Aerialbots sent the Decepticons into retreat, Silverbolt bravely went after [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and destroyed the [[Key to Vector Sigma]], despite his great fear of heights. As he fell, he was saved at the last moment by [[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]], who was impressed by his courage. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2}}

Silverbolt led his Aerialbots to the Middle East to discover why aircraft had been mysteriously disappearing from the area. As they flew over a canyon, Silverbolt detected a call from help down below, only to discover it was a Decepticon trick. The Decepticons retreated when Optimus Prime showed up, and Silverbolt pitched in to rescue Slingshot, who had been buried by [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]]. Later on, Silverbolt and [[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]] fought the Decepticons and their drones. When the Combaticons merged into [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], Silverbolt (after expressing disdain for [[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]]'s late arrival) ordered his team to become [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]. After a bit of combiner-on-combiner action, the Aerialbots separated and ignited the oil that had spilled all around the Decepticons, scattering them. {{storylink|Aerial Assault}}

[[File:WarDawn-SilverboltAndOP.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.15|"In the future, you'll be a great Autobot leader." "Sweet!" "And I'm the key to your success." "GET OUT."]]

When the Seekers captured half of the Earth's leaders, Silverbolt seemed to be the only one concerned, and he valiantly rescued the humans when [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] dropped them. Back at the base, Ratchet and Silverbolt couldn't believe the other Aerialbots' admiration of the Decepticons, but that was cut short when strange energy readings were detected on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Boarding Omega Supreme, Silverbolt went with the other Autobots to check it out, but when they arrived, the other Aerialbots were more interested in tagging along with Starscream. Rushing in to help his teammates, Silverbolt was placed with the others into the [[Kronosphere]], where they were sent to Cybertron's past, before the Great War. There, he met a worker named Orion Pax, and Silverbolt was again frustrated by his fascination with Decepticons. When Orion Pax was injured by Megatron, Silverbolt and his team brought him to Alpha Trion, and at Silverbolt's insistence, the damaged Orion was rebuilt into Optimus Prime. Following that, the Aerialbots destroyed the Decepticons' fuel, and Wheeljack managed to repair the Kronosphere and return them to their time. Upon their return, Silverbolt ordered the Aerialbots to combine into Superion and take down a [[guardian robot]] Megatron had sicced on the Autobots. {{storylink|War Dawn (episode)|War Dawn}}

The Aerialbots were tasked with applying [[corrostop]] to the [[Statue of Liberty]], but Perceptor was captured by Stunticons, leaving it up to the Aerialbots to locate him. They followed the Stunticons' [[Blitzwing (G1)|escape vehicle]], but Dirge and Ramjet scared Silverbolt's squad off by using their [[Lightning Bug]]. When Megatron offered to let Perceptor free at Fox Creek Canyon, Silverbolt was among the many Autobots to come with Prime to rescue their comrade. Later, Silverbolt commanded the formation of Superion, and in this combined form the Aerialbots defeated Menasor and destroyed the Lightning Bug. {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}}

After the death of Megatron and the retaking of Cybertron, Silverbolt and the Aerialbots became part of the Autobot Fleet. When [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]], [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] and Spike were kidnapped to [[Quintessa]], the rescue party alerted the Aerialbots to swoop by for covering fire and pick-up. By 2006, Silverbolt was showing far more confidence as a leader, and effectively coordinated the entire rescue operation. Briefly, he even [[scale|grew so large]] that all the Autobots trapped on Quintessa's surface were able to board him. Whattaguy. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2}} When the Quintessons destroyed their own planet to get at the Autobots, the resulting blast wave destroyed the Aerialbots' ship, sending Silverbolt and the rest hurtling through space. They eventually impacted on [[Goo 8739B|Goo #8739B]]. That planetoid was so sticky, Silverbolt couldn't even blast free of its surface in jet mode. They were eventually rescued by [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] and the [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}}

{{Note|In the episode "[[Dark Awakening (episode)|Dark Awakening]]", several jets in the Autobot Fleet resembling the Aerialbots' alt modes were destroyed by the Quintessons. Repeatedly. Since the Aerialbots unquestionably survived the attack, it would seem their character models were merely used to build up the size of the fleet, and the casualty figures.}}

[[File:ForeverLongTime Air Raid Silverbolt.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"Why are you the leader, Silverbolt? I've got a nicer paint job." "[[Inferno (episode)|Yes, but... a Concorde is bigger.]]"]]
As a leader, Silverbolt was something of a killjoy to his fellow Aerialbots, encouraging moderation and self-control over daredevil flying and adventuring. During a battle against the Quintessons, Air Raid was eager to chase after the Quintessons and give them what-for, but Silverbolt insisted they stick with the mission and secure the asteroid base the Quintessons had been operating from instead. When Air Raid gave him some backtalk that basically amounted to "Pussyyyyy!", Silverbolt shrugged it off and reminded his comrades that THIS was why Prime put him in charge. {{storylink|Forever Is a Long Time Coming}}

Once, Air Raid led the Decepticon duo of [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] into an asteroid field where Silverbolt and his fellow Aerialbots were waiting to spring an ambush. The Aerialbots messed the Decepticons up pretty badly, especially after they transformed into Superion. Eventually, Silverbolt and the others chased the Decepticons through a strange warp in space. This proceeded to have no consequences for [[Sandstorm (G1)|anyone]] [[Paradron|whatsoever]]. {{storylink|Fight or Flee}}

Silverbolt and the Aerialbots were spending a relaxing day watching home movies on [[Teletraan II]] when things suddenly get serious, as the Autobots' computer off-handedly informed them [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] was never destroyed in his last battle with [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. Sure enough, Silverbolt and Skydive were later present at the former site of Fort Knox, investigating Trypticon's handiwork on behalf of the [[Abdul Fakkadi (G1)|King of Kings]] of [[Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbombya|Carbombya]]. When they tracked Trypticon to his new staging grounds, Silverbolt and the Aerialbots launched from [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]], but the Decepticon presence in Carbombya was more than they had anticipated. The Aerialbots made a hasty retreat when confronted with overwhelming firepower, but soon returned with reinforcements and drove the Decepticons from Carbombya. {{storylink|Thief in the Night}}

During a battle in space, Silverbolt and the Aerialbots may or may not have been present. Superion, at least, was surely there on the planet [[Eurythma]]... sometimes. {{storylink|Carnage in C-Minor}} Silverbolt was ''definitely'' stationed at Autobot City, though, when [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and Starscream stole Metroplex's eyes. The massive Autobot was nearly driven mad with pain when the Decepticons set off a bomb in his brain, and Skydive, Silverbolt and [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] had to keep him contained so that his thrashing didn't destroy anything irreplaceable. Like Portland. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (episode)|Ghost in the Machine}}

[[File:BigBroadcast Silverbolt jet mode.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|No one tell him that space is really really high up.]]
After [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] took some hostile fire over the [[Junkion (planet)|planet of Junk]], Rodimus Prime dispatched Silverbolt and the Aerialbots to investigate. They were caught in a crossfire between the brain-addled Junkions and the Quintessons, who were responsible for messing with the Junkions' air waves, and their minds. Even after becoming Superion, the Aerialbots took heavy fire and had to be brought back to [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] on Cybertron for repairs. {{storylink|The Big Broadcast of 2006 (episode)|The Big Broadcast of 2006}}

Normally, Silverbolt is the pinnacle of self-restraint and professionalism. One day, though, he congratulated [[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]] on strategically getting himself set on fire by [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], and then personally flew down the monster's throat, throwing out laser bolts and imaginative taunts all the way down his gullet. Someone slipped a little too much caffeine into Silverbolt's oil that day. {{storylink|The Ultimate Weapon}}

During the Decepticon invasion of Japan, the Aerialbots fought against [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] when he tried to derail a bullet train full of passengers. {{storylink|The Burden Hardest to Bear}} Sometime thereafter, Silverbolt and the Aerialbots were recruited by Rodimus Prime to rescue the body of Optimus Prime from [[Gregory Swofford|Swofford]] and [[Mark Morgan|Morgan]]. Unfortunately, this only meant they were among the first Autobots exposed to the [[Hate Plague|hate plague]]. Despite the madness induced by the red dust, the Aerialbots were apparently still willing to form Superion. Superion ran amok, causing serious property damage, infecting [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]], and taking several other Autobots out of action. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}

When the Decepticons invaded Cybertron searching for the [[Plasma energy|Plasma Energy Chamber]], the Aerialbots tried to stop them. Unfortunately, they didn't reckon with [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]. Silverbolt's team was taken down in a matter of seconds, with him being personally eliminated by Cyclonus, wielding Sixshot in gun mode. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}} Silverbolt somehow survived Sixshot's direct hit, and was finally defeated [[The Rebirth, Part 3|two episodes later]] by [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]]. The [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] then took his [[power pack]] to use as fuel for the giant rocket engine they were constructing for [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}

====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' manga====
When the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] confronted Menasor at a baseball stadium, Silverbolt and the Aerialbots arrived as back-up. They formed Superion to engage Menasor and [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]]. After [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] was injured, Superion targeted the Decepticon combiners' legs, shaking them loose and giving the smaller Protectobots a chance to link up with the Decepticon gestalts and override control of their bodies. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 5|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #5}} After the Autobots discovered a utopia island paradise, it was besieged by Megatron and the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]], who wanted to build an impregnable fortress. [[Kenji]] radioed for help, and Optimus Prime sent Silverbolt and the Aerialbots to the rescue. As Superion, they fought off [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] and [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], using their smarts to outthink the evil warriors. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 6|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #6}}

====''Scramble City'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Tomomichi Nishimura]] (Japanese)}}
Silverbolt and the Aerialbots were dispatched from the [[Metroplex (G1)|Scramble City]] project by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] to aid Optimus Prime in battle with the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] and [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. Their aerial firepower frankly overwhelmed the marauding Decepticons, and sent them home with their transistors between their struts. On his second attempt, Megatron sent the Stunticons, who were considerably more successful in engaging the Autobots. Damaged in jet modes, Silverbolt the Aerialbots chose instead to merge and form Superion. As Superion, they possessed scramble combining abilities, but so did the Stunticons when they formed Menasor. The Aerialbots were in the midst of reconfiguring their limb formation when Fireflight, being...well, a daydreaming idiot, mixed up whether he was supposed to be the right leg or the left. His indecision gave Menasor time to shoot him down, and [[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]] assumed the place of Superion's right leg instead, corrupting his programming. Silverbolt and the others were trapped as Superion, literally fighting themselves, until Fireflight retook his place as Superion's limb. {{storylink|Scramble City: Mobilization}}

====''The Great Transformer War'' comic====
In 2010, Galvatron kidnapped Doctor [[Dalton (G1)|Dalton]] of [[Eran]] to utilize his skills and improve the Decepticons' combiner technology. Silverbolt and the Aerialbots joined the Protectobots in assaulting Trypticon, in hopes of rescuing the hostage scientist. Silverbolt and his team formed Superion for a first strike, but the Decepticon combiners countered with their deployment modes, launching the Stunticon and [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticon]] troops with enough force to tear Superion apart. The Protectobots stood guard over [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] as he performed battlefield triage on the Aerialbots in his repair bay mode, bringing them back online. Silverbolt then transformed into launcher mode and unleashed the Aerialbots in their own scramble attack, blinding Menasor and Bruticus long enough for the Autobots to escape safely with Dalton. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 1|The Great Transformer War #1}}

====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Ken Yamaguchi]] (Japanese)}}

Silverbolt and the Aerialbots were stationed at Autobot City on Earth in 2011. When Galvatron attacked Cybertron via the old [[space bridge]] network, the Aerialbots were summoned to Cybertron as reinforcements. They soon arrived with the [[Trainbot]]s and quickly joined the battle. Silverbolt and his team formed Superion and battled [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] and Devastator. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} Later, the combined Aerialbots fought alongside [[Raiden]] and Defensor against the Decepticon combiners, and were nearly crushed when Bruticus collapsed a building on their position. They were bailed out by the arrival of the [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Battleship Maximus]]. When Hot Rod began his search for the [[Matrix of Leadership]] on Earth, Silverbolt and the Aerialbots returned to the humans' planet to assist him. They confronted the Stunticons in the desert, pitting Superion against Menasor yet again. The battle was so fierce, it eventually carried them to the Arctic, where Hot Rod was searching. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}}

Silverbolt and his flying comrades joined the [[Triple Changer]]s in distracting the Decepticons long enough for [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Twincast]] to sneak inside Trypticon and gather data on the [[Madmachine]]. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}} Sometime later, Silverbolt and the Aerialbots were on a research vessel that passed near a [[Metamorphose|strange meteorite]]. The meteorite had been altered by Galvatron to produce magnetic warping waves whenever it detected metal, and so it send the Aerialbots and their ship twisting through space. Although the Decepticons tried to intervene, the Autobots eventually recovered Silverbolt and his injured colleagues. {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}}

Following a lengthy repair cycle, Silverbolt and the Aerialbots were ready for action when Galvatron and the Decepticons laid siege to Cybertron one last time. Transporting to Cybertron from Earth, they raced into battle (on foot, for some reason). Silverbolt and the team got the drop on the Stunticons when they merged into Superion, smashing and scattering the 'Cons before they could form Menasor. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} As the fighting continued, the Aerialbots battled Abominus as Superion and later separated to trade blaster fire with the Stunticons. The warring only came to an end once [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s bombs blew up [[Vector Sigma]] and annihilated the planet.{{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}}

Silverbolt was stationed at Autobot City when a volcano erupted in [[Peru]], threatening a nearby town. Ultra Magnus sent out the Protectobots and [[Trainbot]]s, but they ran into trouble with the Headmasters and [[Predacon (G1)|Predacon]]s. Silverbolt pleaded with Ultra Magnus to send his men in as reinforcements, but Magnus was worried about leaving the base unguarded by sending out too many of his troops. As Ultra Magnus wracked his brain trying to deal with the problem, the Autobot Headmasters had time to ''fly from [[Athenia]]''. {{storylink|The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts}}

When [[buridanka|a giant carnivorous plant]] attacked San Francisco, Ultra Magnus dispatched Silverbolt and the Aerialbots to combat it. Although they made frequent bombing runs on the organism, the Aerialbots were unable to stop it. Only the arrival of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]] and his powerful giant [[Transtector]] brought an end to the creature's rampage. {{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}} Silverbolt and the Aerialbots were part of a strike team that flew to the [[Moon (moon)|moon]] to disrupt Scorponok's gathering of Decepticons. They immediately formed Superion upon entering the battle. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}}

When one of Scorponok's Death Towers emerged in Washington D.C., Silverbolt and the Aerialbots were dispatched to investigate it. As part of Superion, Silverbolt participated in the Autobots final battle with Scorponok's Decepticons at the North Pole. He lent his energies to the Headmasters' [[Head Formation]] to revitalize Fortress Maximus at the critical moment. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
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[[File:Silverbolt aerialbots over america.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|<div align="center">'''THIS IS SPARTA!!!!!''']]</div>
The Aerialbots were created when [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]] filmed [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]'s combining sequence, ''following a [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]-sent vision by [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] of new [[Special Teams]]''. Using the Autobot Matrix of Leadership, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] gave the Aerialbots life. The leader, Silverbolt's alternate mode is that of a human transport airplane. After being given life and during testing, Prime ordered them to stop the Decepticon assault on the [[Hoover Dam]].

The fight went well, but [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] used his super-sonic ability to bring out a Transformer's deepest fear; it warped Silverbolt's fear of heights (ironic for an Aerialbot) and forced him to land. The Aerialbots prevailed in the fight, however, and as the Decepticons fled, Silverbolt combined them all to form [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], trying to stop the drill from absorbing all of the Hoover Dam's electricity.

Superion's reflex was to strike out and kill [[Ricky Vasquez|the human]] who held [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] in his gun form, but Silverbolt mentally stepped in and prevented him from doing so. He forced the Aerialbots to disassemble. The human fired Megatron's gun at the drill, winning the day for the Autobots. {{storylink|Aerialbots over America!}}

[[File:Aerialbots minds wiped marvel 22.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"Wheeljack, did you unquestioningly kill the Aerialbots, as per my orders?" "Yep—sure thing, Prime!"]]
Nonetheless, Silverbolt's mind was wiped along with his fellow Aerialbots shortly afterwards, due to Optimus Prime's dissatisfaction with the mission. Silverbolt would appear in other later battles with his teammates, usually getting blown out of the sky, if not to pieces.

Later, when [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] was transporting the human [[Donny Finkleberg]] home, Silverbolt and the Aerialbots were sent to do battle with the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]]. Both combiners fused, creating [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and Superion. [[Circuit Breaker (G1)|Josie Beller]], known as Circuit Breaker, fired upon Superion, however, crippling him heavily and leaving Menasor the victor. {{storylink|Heavy Traffic!}}

[[File:Silverbolt perchance to dream.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|"This must be a flashback... I'm in monochrome!"]]
''They would battle Menasor again at a Blackrock plant, and this time the fusion worked so well everyone found out the others' weaknesses and neuroses. Horrified at his fear of heights being found out, Silverbolt drove Superion into a vicious, brutal fury.'' {{storylink|...Perchance to Dream}} ''Following this, Silverbolt and the other Aerialbots would come under [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]'s command to investigate enemy activity in a small East Coast town. They would combine into Superion for the fourth and final time—their collective neuroses and loathing of each others' weaknesses made it impossible for Superion to focus on more than one thing at a time.'' {{storylink|The Return of the Transformers}} ''Silverbolt would later work to get over his fear.'' {{storylink|The Magnificent Six!}}

With Optimus dead, Silverbolt was one of the high-ranking Autobots gathered by [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] to decide their new leader. Silverbolt voted for [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]—nice one... {{storylink|King of the Hill!}} He later got killed by the [[Underbase]]-powered [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]]. {{storylink|Dark Star}}

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After obtaining [[Nucleon]] from [[Hydrus Four|Hydrus 4]], Grimlock indiscriminately pumped the restorative substance through the Ark's life support chambers, reviving Silverbolt along with other fallen Autobots. Silverbolt and the others were immediately shoved into battle against [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}} Following Unicron's defeat, the Decepticons tried to strand the Autobots on a self-destructing Cybertron, but Grimlock had hidden away a small fleet of Decepticon warships. Silverbolt, suffering Prowl's impatient badgering, piloted one of the warships to [[Klo]] for a last stand against the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Last Autobot?}}
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=====Earthforce=====
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[[File:Silverbolt sunstreaker perchance to dream.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|"Hey, who's the joker that left this cyber-bug in my CR chamber?"]]
Kept in inactive rest after his destruction at the hands of Starscream, Silverbolt was revived by [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]] when the future Decepticon infiltrated the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] and attempted to reprogram several Autobots into working for him, using their darker impulses as a focus. Galvatron succeeded in reactivating Silverbolt and several others, but failed to command their loyalty, and they turned his own [[mind bug]] technology against him. {{storylink|...Perchance to Dream}} When Optimus Prime took the Ark out into space shortly thereafter, leaving [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] in charge of Autobot activity on Earth, Silverbolt joined the new Earthforce in opposing the remaining Decepticon factions, led by Megatron and [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. {{storylink|Break-Away!}} Perhaps at Silverbolt's request, the other Aerialbots were also revived in short order, and joined Earthforce as well. When Wheeljack's new defense grid for the Earthbase went awry, Silverbolt assembled the Aerialbots to fly air support for Prowl as he attempted to re-enter the base and shut down the system from the inside. {{storylink|The House that Wheeljack Built!}}

Sometime later, Silverbolt and the Aerialbots were operating as Superion when [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] zapped them with a [[cerebro-shell]], causing the super-robot to rampage through the countryside. A human named [[Irwin Spoon (G1)|Irwin Spoon]] eventually managed to climb inside and remove the shell from Superion's cerebral circuitry. {{storylink|Inside Story!}}

Sent on a mission to [[Stanix]] with five other Autobots, he was captured by [[Megadeath (G1)|Megadeath]], who had tortured his comrades millions of years ago. Silverbolt got them to face their fear and move past it, saving their lives. {{storylink|The Magnificent Six!}}

====="Another Time & Place"=====
Silverbolt was part of the Autobot force who travelled to [[Hydrus Four]] to rescue the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. Along with his fellow Aerialbots, [[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]] and [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]], he performed a bombing run on the Decepticon-held medcenter where they were trying to revive Megatron. {{storylink|Another Time & Place}}

====''Generation 2''====
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After the defeat of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and his Decepticons on [[Klo]], the Autobots split into smaller combat units throughout the universe. Once Optimus Prime and Grimlock learned of the threat posed by the second generation [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian army]], though, the Autobot forces reconsolidated under their command. Slingshot and the other Aerialbots were first seen after the Autobots had retreated to an asteroid sanctuary for retraining. They were, um, outsmarted by [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]]. {{storylink|The Power and the Glory}}

Later, when Grimlock decided to countermand Prime's orders and come to his aid against the Decepticons on Earth, Silverbolt was part of the rescue team he assembled. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}} He was also involved in the two major offensives against the Cybertronians, on [[Ethos]] {{storylink|Escalation!}} and at Autobase Earth. {{storylink|Total War!}}

====''Regeneration One''====
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Sometime around [[2007]], Silverbolt was amongst those suffering ill effects from the infusion of [[Nucleon]] into their systems, being kept in stasis in the "[[Nursery]]". {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part One}}

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====''Classics''====
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Silverbolt was aboard the ''[[Graviton (Classics)|Graviton]]'' when it was pulled into the [[Primax -408.24 Epsilon]] universe and deposited near that universe's prehistoric [[Earth]]. After being shot down by the ''[[Talon (Classics)|Talon]]'', the Autobots adopted organic alternate modes to avoid the ambient [[Energon radiation]], with Silverbolt taking the form of an eagle. {{storylink|Shattered Time}} After discovering that three [[stasis pod]]s were missing from the ship, the Autobots went in search of them, only to find Megatron had found them first. Silverbolt, [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] were bombarded by the newly-activated [[Autojetter]], and it was only the arrival of [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] and the recovery of [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] that saved them. {{storylink|Shattered Expectations (BWSG)|Shattered Expectations}}

The Autobots retreated across a rock bridge, and watched as Magnus faced off against Megatron, dealing their foe a temporary defeat. Back at the ''Graviton'', Depth Charge gave the "Maximals" more of an explanation regarding his presence. {{storylink|Shattered Paths}} When they located their missing energy purifier, the Maximals went out to fetch it. Despite the new ability of Ironhide, Prowl and Silverbolt to merge into [[Magnaboss]], they were trounced by [[God Neptune (BWSG)|God Neptune]]. {{storylink|Shattered Hope}} Returning to the ship, the Maximals fueled up before joining Depth Charge, who had located the Matrix he was seeking. The Maximals kept a security system occupied long enough for Magnus to retrieve the Matrix in question, however a short time later they were confronted by Megatron piloting a giant mech. {{storylink|Shattered Balance}} Silverbolt again took part in merging into Magnaboss, but the combiner was soundly defeated by Megatron's [[Gigastorm Armor]]. The Maximals were moments later pulled into a dimensional rift created by Ultra Magnus. {{storylink|Shattered Destiny}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
Silverbolt and his fellow Aerialbots became one of the first Autobot "[[Special Teams]]" several million years ago, adopting the process used to create [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] in order to become Superion. The unchecked destructive power of these super-robots was eventually recognized by the Autobot and Decepticon factions, however. By the time of the [[Dark Ages]], the [[Crisis Intervention Accord]] had been ratified, strictly forbidding Special Teams from operating together on any given faction, in order to prevent these titans from tearing the planet apart. {{storylink|Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|War Within: The Dark Ages}}

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Although they were apparently not part of the Ark's original crew, Silverbolt and the Aerialbots somehow arrived on Earth and were part of Optimus Prime's unit in the 1980s. The war on the human homeworld raged until 1998 when the Decepticons were finally defeated, and in the following year, the ''[[Ark II]]'' was constructed to take the Transformers home. However, the ship was sabotaged by the rogue engineer-turned arms dealer Adam Rook, known as [[Lazarus]], and General [[Robert Hallo]], who planned on reprogramming the Transformers into the service of the United States military. The Aerialbots were some of the few Transformers who were not recovered by Lazarus for his reprogramming venture, now aimed at hiring out the Transformers to the highest bidder. Instead, they lay immobile in the Arctic waters until reactivated as Superion in 2002 by Optimus Prime, using the power of the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 2|Prime Directive #2}}

Silverbolt and the Aerialbots in their Superion form, battled the Decepticons in the Northwest Territories of [[Canada]] {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 3|Prime Directive #3}} and again in [[San Francisco]]. During the latter conflict, Superion was broken down into his individual components while battling [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] and the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]]. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 4|Prime Directive #4}} When Megatron failed to convince Optimus Prime to join his cause, Silverbolt and his team were freed and eventually reunified in order to intercept a nuclear missile (launched by General Hallo) headed for the California coastline. Superion, and by extension the Aerialbots, were destroyed in stopping the missile. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 6|Prime Directive #6}}

Their remains were collected secretly by [[Earth Defense Command]] and held in Area 51. {{storylink|Generation 1 issue 0|Generation 1 #0}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
Before the war, Silverbolt was a law enforcer and member of captain [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Orion Pax]]'s team, serving as their eye in the sky and participating in the capture of [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]]. {{storylink|Law and Disorder}} During their hunt for the Decepticon spy [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], he reported to Orion where their target was headed and the failed attempts of the other Autobots at taking him down. Once everyone else was defeated or distracted, Silverbolt went after Soundwave on his own, only to crash when [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] ripped off his port stabilizer. {{storylink|The Hunt for Soundwave}} He later participated in the search for the insurgent [[Hot Rod (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Hot Rod]], but was unable to assist his teammates after they entered the maze-like [[Acropolex]]. {{storylink|Ruins}} After Orion Pax had become Optimus Prime, Silverbolt and his Aerialbots responded to his rallying call for additional support against the Decepticons and fought against the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] in the battle over [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. {{storylink|Broadcast}}

When [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] began his rampage across Cybertron, Silverbolt first provided aerial surveillance and later led the Aerialbots in an attack that served to collapse a building on top of the beast. {{storylink|The Illusion of Control}} Four million years ago, Silverbolt attended a victory celebration on Cybertron after the Autobots stopped a Decepticon energon convoy from reaching its destination. He was seen chatting with [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] and [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] at the party. {{storylink|The Iron Age}}

[[File:SpotlightBlaster Silverbolt.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|His bedside manner could use some work...]]
In the modern era, with Optimus Prime leading the Autobots in the field, Silverbolt became Operation Commander on the [[Autobot Orbital Command Hub]]; [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] was one of his senior officers. He was involved in trying to find the attempted assassin of [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], deducing the assailant had to be an Autobot. To catch the would-be killer, Silverbolt and Blaster concocted a plan where the Autobot morale-booster set himself as bait. Silverbolt and his men waited as backup while Blaster dealt with the assassin (who turned out to be a mind-controlled [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]]), but he nearly stormed into the room when he saw that "the Voice" was not armed with a weapon. {{storylink|Spotlight: Blaster}}

Several years later, Silverbolt was mentioned as being on Earth by [[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]]. {{storylink|Things Fall Apart, Part 1: "New Arrivals, Old Encounters"|New Arrivals, Old Encounters}}

Most of the Autobots eventually left Earth, returning to Cybertron to fight [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]]'s army. When Galvatron began to fire at the planet's surface using [[Kimia Facility]]'s particle cannon, Silverbolt led all available flying Autobots in an attack on the facility. Though he didn't know what Galvatron was targeting, he knew the barrage had to be stopped, and volunteered to destroy Kimia by tossing explosives into its barrel. He didn't need to, as it was soon blown up by Autobots on the inside. {{storylink|Chaos Part Two: Numbers}}

[[File:StickTogether-Aerialbots.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
After the Chaos war, Silverbolt's fellow Aerialbot [[Barrel Roll]] died in an explosion and Silverbolt, unable to trust any Decepticons after four million years of war, blamed the survivor, [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] and would've killed the Decepticon if not for Wheeljack spoiling his aim. Shortly after the incident, Bumblebee agreed to accept [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] into the government, which made Silverbolt even more furious. He attacked Bumblebee and [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]] before announcing that he and his Aerialbots were leaving Bumblebee's government. {{storylink|Stick Together}} Shortly after leaving Iacon behind and traveling into the untamed wilderness Cybertron had become, the Aerialbots were the first to fall victim to [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]]'s experiments with a [[combiner]] energy that influenced their minds and made them turn on each other. {{storylink|Before the Dawn}} Silverbolt's comrades teamed up to attack him, though he himself remained immune for a time, something he believed to be a side effect of him never truly feeling like part of the team. He avoided their attacks for three days before he too began to feel the effects and made a recording of his experiences as a warning to whoever came next. {{storylink|Night and the City}} [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], sent out to find the lost Aerialbots, first discovered a broken wing belonging to their Silverbolt, {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt}} but by the time he tracked the warning message to its source, he found the Aerialbot leader had succumbed to the influence and, to cope, merged with his team into a single being: [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]. {{storylink|Night and the City}}
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===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics===
[[File:Maximalimperium.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
Though his aerial insecurities are now mostly a thing of the past, he still mutters a short prayer or mantra as he takes flight. Though taking to the air might bring about some queasiness in him still, Silverbolt believes that courage is not the absence of fear, but the ability to overcome it. {{Storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook}}

Silverbolt was a member of the Maximal counterpart to the [[Tripredacus Council]], the [[Maximal Imperium]], alongside former Autobot teammates [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 2|The Ascending #2}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
Silverbolt and his Aerialbot team managed to drive [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]] into a retreat after this twisted creation of [[Doctor Arkeville]] was unleashed on the world. {{storylink|Nemesis Rising}} They had similar success intercepting [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]]'s convoy, which was trying to deliver part of a super weapon to Decepticon HQ. The Aerialbots' attack resulted in the Decepticons destroying their own weapon to keep it out of Autobot hands. {{storylink|Eagle Eyes}} The Aerialbots were trapped by the Decepticons and sent back through time through a [[Chronogon]] portal. Encountering the archivists Orion Pax and Ariel, the team took the injured pair to [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] following an attack on the [[Iacon Archives]]. Trion helped the team return to present day, where Silverbolt told [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Elita One]] about their adventure. {{storylink|Golden Age (Legends)|Golden Age}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1 Silverbolt toy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"Oh God, I'm in the middle of a white cloud!" *faints*]]
*'''Silverbolt''' (Aerialbot, 1986/1991)
**''Team ID number:'' '''A1'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-50'''
**''Accessories:'' "[[Electrostatic discharger rifle|Electrostatic Discharger Rifle]]", "Blast Shield" chest plate, Superion's head, 2 fists (left & right), 2 foot stands (left & right), ramp and "Blast Deflector" waist plate

:Silverbolt transforms into a Concorde SST jet liner, and also has a third launcher/base mode for use with the other Aerialbots. A particular weakness of Silverbolt's design is the way both his legs are connected to his hips by a long pin going through several very small (and weak) plastic hinges that are put under stress as the immediate joint underneath this assembly is a swivel used during transformation. His [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] release has a spring powered launcher mechanism for the "base" mode that was removed from his [[Hasbro]] releases, leaving only a piece that flopped around uselessly on his chest. He was available both alone and in a gift set with his teammates.

:In Japan, the entire Aerialbot team were offered (as individual purchases) as mail-order items in US packaging during ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Return of Convoy (toyline)|Return of Convoy]]''. Silverbolt cost 2000 yen and three [[Robot Point|robot points]] and did not include the base mode launcher.

:The Aerialbots were later sold as part of the [[Classics (Europe)|European Classics]] toyline in 1991, still without the "base" mode launcher on Silverbolt.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Silverbolt/silverbolt.htm More information on Silverbolt at TFU.info]''

*'''Superion''' (1986)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-55'''

:Silverbolt was also available with the other Aerialbots as part of a Superion giftset. All of the toys in the set are identical to their individual releases for the same markets (i.e., the Takara version of Silverbolt included the you-know-what).

===Generation 2===
*'''Silverbolt''' (1994)
**''Team ID number:'' '''A5'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 Missile launchers, 2 missiles, chest plate, Superion's head, 2 fists (left & right), 2 feet (left & right), ramp and waist plate

:For the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|''Generation 2'' toyline]], Silverbolt's toy was [[redeco]]ed in blue and orange, and his wings were [[retool]]ed to hold a new pair of spring-loaded missile launchers (reused from the ''Generation 2'' versions of [[Starscream (G1)/toys|Starscream]] and [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]). No base mode launcher here, either...
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1994/Autobot/Silverbolt/silverbolt.htm More information on Generation 2 Silverbolt at TFU.info]''
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===Beast Wars===
[[File:Silverbolt-bw-magnaboss-toy2.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|House the people living on the street. Shoe the children with no shoes on their feet.]]
*'''Magnaboss''' (Ultra, 1997)

:Silverbolt transforms from an eagle into a robot, with portions of his wings turning into a pair of [[sword]]s. Each wing also contains a spring-loaded missile launcher. He is able to combine with [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and [[Prowl (G1)/toys|Prowl]], his package buddies, forming part of the torso and helmet to the giant robot [[Magnaboss]].

:This mold was used to make ''[[Beast Wars II (toyline)|Beast Wars II]]'' [[Skywarp (BWII)|Skywarp]].

:The Magnaboss toy included no information about its 3 components beyond their names. The character was finally established by [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] to be Generation 1 Silverbolt a decade after its release in 2007.

:Silverbolt is rumoured to be a sufferer of the dreaded [[Gold Plastic Syndrome]]. Thankfully he is not one of the more common cases and most Silverbolts have survived many years of playwear. Unlike, say, [[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]] .
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1997/Maximal/Silverbolt/silverbolt.htm More information on Beast Wars Silverbolt at TFU.info]''
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===Universe (2008)===
[[File:Universe2008 Silverbolt toy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Will the new [[size class]] solve his long-running [[scale]] problems? Only time will tell...]]
*'''Silverbolt''' (Ultra Class, 2008)
**''Series'': '''Classic Series'''
**''Accessories:'' "Electron Bolt Rifle", "Electron Bolt"

:Part of the second wave of [[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|2008 ''Universe'']] Ultra-class toys, Silverbolt transforms into a (fictional) FB-129<ref name="fb129">The designation is derived from the markings on Silverbolt's redeco [[Skyjack#Universe (2008)|Skyfall]], which are located in the same position the ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' Skyjack toy (which represents the same character as ''Universe'' Skyfall), whose [[alternate mode]] is based on an F-117A Nighthawk, sported "FB-117" markings.</ref> supersonic fighter-bomber. As an Ultra Class toy, he comes with various light and sound [[gimmick]]s (exactly the same ones as Universe [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]]), including a machine gun type sound when one presses the big red button on the fuselage, and different classic transformation sound effects depending on whether he is being transformed from vehicle mode or vice versa. His spring-loaded missile-launching blaster features a B-2 Stealth bomber as a decorative shape. His '''BOLT-25''' markings reference both his name and the twenty-fifth (silver) anniversary of the Transformers brand.

:The Japanese ''Transformers USA'' version of this toy for the [[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)|''Henkei! Henkei!'' line]] features much brighter white plastic, replacing most of his grey plastic with the same white for a better match with his cartoon model. Also, the red on his chest is now a matching shade of red rather than the two tones seen on the ''Universe'' version.

:This mold was also used to make [[Darkwing (G1)|Darkwind]] and [[Skyjack#Universe (2008)|Skyfall]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/TFUSilverbolt/silverbolt.htm More information on Universe Silverbolt (Ultra) at TFU.info]''

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*'''Special Team Leaders''' (Legends Class multi-pack, 2008)
**''Series'': '''Classic Series'''

:A [[redeco]] of the [[Legends Class|Legends-class]] ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] toy, Silverbolt transforms into a Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jet. He is only available in a Target-[[exclusive]] gift set along with Legends-class versions of [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Zone]], [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattorshot]], [[Hun-Gurrr (G1)|Hun-Grrr]] and [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]].

:This mold was also used to make Legends-class ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] and 2008's ''Universe'' [[Starscream (G1)/toys|Starscream]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/TFULegendsSilverbolt/silverbolt.htm More information on Universe Silverbolt (Legends) at TFU.info]''
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[[File:Universe2008 Silverbolt combiner.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|The other guys think I'm acrophobic, but I'm not scared of [http://aceattorney.wikia.com/wiki/Acro some guy in a wheelchair.]]]
*'''Superion''' (Multi-pack, 2008)
**''Series'': '''G1 Series'''

:Available only as a component of ''Universe'' Superion, this version of Silverbolt is a white and black redeco of ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Storm Jet (Energon)|Storm Jet]], transforming into a futuristic supersonic jet similar to an SR-71 Blackbird or [[Skyquake (G1)|Skyquake]]. As a toy derived from the ''Energon''-series "[[Powerlinx]] [[Combiner]]"s, he can attach any ''Energon'' combiner limbs to the Powerlinx ports located on his arms and legs, though nominally he combines with his fellow Aerialbots to become Superion.

:Like the Storm Jet version of the sculpt, Silverbolt features several instances of [[misassembly]]: Namely, his inside legs are swapped so that the knee joint faces the wrong way. Furthermore, his shoulders are also misassembled, since there is a molded chevron...in his armpit.

:The Superion five-pack, despite being initially intended as a ''Universe'' [[Target]] [[exclusive]], was only released in ''Universe'' packaging in some non-American markets such as Australia and Singapore. Instead, American Target stores (and Zellers stores in Canada) received an unchanged version of the toy in ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' packaging, still named [[Superion (ROTF)|Superion]], with all the individual components, including [[Silverbolt (ROTF)|Silverbolt]], retaining their names as well.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Autobot/Silverbolt/silverbolt.htm More information on Universe Silverbolt (Multi-pack) at TFU.info]''
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==Merchandise==
===Transformers Gum===
*'''Silverbolt''' (1986)
**''Accessories:'' "[[Electrostatic discharger rifle|Electrostatic Discharger Rifle]]", "Blast Shield" chest plate
:Essentially a downsized version of the original Silverbolt toy, the ''[[Transformers Gum]]'' kit is sculpted from black, red and grey plastic, features stickers rather than paint applications for details, and came with a stick of gum.
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==Notes==
[[File:G1silverboltchestonoff.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Sometimes Silverbolt just wants to naked it up.]]
*Silverbolt's [[character model]] is based on the toy with Superion's chest plate attached. Even Silverbolt's [[package art]] includes the Superion chest plate, though his robot mode is without it on the back-of-the-box art and in his own instructions. Attaching Superion's chest plate results in limited elbow positioning, so it would appear he was not designed to use it in this mode, though [[Sixshot (G1)|it wouldn't be out of the question]]. Either someone along the way made a mistake or realized that he looked really terrible without it.
:* Because the Superion chest plate was used with Silverbolt's robot mode so prevalently, his ''Universe'' toy incorporates details from it.
*Due to the size of his original toy's alternate mode, in that form he should be one of the biggest Transformers around (approximately 164 feet, 5 inches tall!). This means he's one of the most [[Scale|out-of-scale]] Generation 1 characters, both as a toy and in all of his depictions in fiction.
[[File:SilverboltPrimeVisualworks.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|This is the most hardcore Silverbolt has ever been.]]
*Apparently Silverbolt sometimes lets Prime ride on his back while dropping bombs on Decepticons from above. Bet you didn't know Concordes could even CARRY bomb-loads!
*Oddly, the ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook]]'' depicts him with the eagle head for his robot mode head. It also reveals that Silverbolt had lost most of his fear of heights by the time he gained this form.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Silverbolt''' (シルバーボルト ''Shirubāboruto'')
*''French:'' '''Éclairo''' (Canada, "Lightningo")
*''Hebrew:'' '''Kalíah Késsef''' (קליע כסף, "Silver Bullet")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Ezüstnyíl''' ("Silver Arrow")
*''Italian:'' '''Radiant'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Yín Shǎn-dìan''' (Taiwan, 銀閃電, "Silver Bolt"), '''Yín Jìan''' (China, 银箭, "Silver Arrow")
*''Russian:'' '''Arbalet''' (Арбалет, "Arbalest")

==External links==
*[http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Silverbolt Silverbolt's ''Universe'' profile at NFTA.net]

==References==
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[[Category:Beast Wars Maximals]]
[[Category:Classics Autobots]]
[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Autobots]]
[[Category:Generation 2 Autobots]]
[[Category:Mail order items]]
[[Category:Maximal leaders]]
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Blitz Engine

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Blackjack:

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:''Blitz Engines are Decepticon troops from the [[Marvel Comics continuity|Marvel comics portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]] via [[Regeneration One]].''

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'''Blitz Engines''' are the latest creations of the [[Decepticon]] forces. Brought to life by the power of the [[Creation Matrix]], these seemingly mindless troops belies their seemingly ridiculous chicken-like shapes by possessing regenerative capabilities thanks to drawing power from the Matrix. This allows them to formulate a strategy to any type of enemy by constantly regenerating and studying their enemy's behaviour. Despite these fearsome capabilities, however, the Blitz Engines have one inherent weakness -- they are not self-sustaining, and are powered by Matrix energy from a remote source. It would be a shame if someone figures it out...

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====''Regeneration One''====
[[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], having extracted energy from the [[Creation Matrix]] from the remains of [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]], created the Blitz Engines abroad the [[Warworld]]. The Blitz Engines first saw action on the planet [[Cresta Superior]] as a demonstration for [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]. They completely massacre Cresta Superior's dominant species, which impresses Soundwave. The remains of Cresta Superior were later investigated by [[Rook (G2)|Rook]].{{storylink|Destiny, Part One}}

The Warworld later attacked [[Cybertron]], and while [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] was preoccupied with [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]], the Warworld launches a massive swarm of Blitz Engines, which tears through the numerous Autobots that attempted to stop them. Among the seeming casualties that feel to the Blitz Engines included [[Catilla (G1)|Catilla]] and [[Windbreaker]]. The Autobots were overwhelmed by these new troops, and were uncertain how to handle them. [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]'s scans, however, reveal that the Blitz Engines draw energy from the Matrix energy from the Warworld. [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] dispatches [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]'s [[Wreckers]] to surgically strike at the Warworld, while he brings out [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], the Autobots' strongest warrior. Omega Supreme was able to destroy several Blitz Engines with ease until he was interrupted by the arrival of [[Monstructor]].{{storylink|Destiny, Part Four}}

Having defeated Galvatron, Ultra Magnus later leads the charge against the Blitz Engines. Elsewhere, the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], having somehow befriended the [[Demons]], also arrive and launch a counter-attack against the Blitz Engines. The Wreckers' strike on the Warworld, assisted by a newly-created [[Rodimus Prime (G1)|Rodimus PRime]], manages to disable the Warworld and cut off the flow of Matrix energy. Being robbed of their ability to regenerate, the Blitz Engines were all subsequently destroyed by the combined assault of the Autobots, Dinobots and Demons.{{storylink|Destiny, Part Five}}

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[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
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Bogu

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Blackjack: /* Toys */

{{faction|minicon|decepticon}}
:''Bogu is a [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:Prime-toy Bogu.jpg|right|thumb|400px|]]

'''Bogu''' (ボグ) is the [[Arms Micron]] partner of [[Unicron|Gaia Unicron]].

==Toys==
===Prime===
*'''Gaia Unicron''' (Voyager, [[September 29|9-29]]-[[2012|12]])
**''Set ID number:'' '''AM-19'''
**''Micron ID number:'' '''M-26'''
**''Energon Crystal:'' '''SP Ice'''

: Available only with his larger partner [[Unicron/toys#Prime|Gaia Unicron]] in Japan, Bogu comes as an unassembled, unpainted "kit". He transforms from a rocky-looking robotic mole into a weapon resembling one of Unicron's spikes; in fact, he is designed to replace Unicron's left forearm, which then combines with his right forearm to give Unicron a much more show-accurate look. Bogu is covered in [[5mm post]]s and holes as part of the [[Arms Micron]] gimmick, allowing him to combine with other Microns to form bigger and more ridiculous "Combo Weapons" and "Super Combo Weapons".

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*'''Optimus Prime + Gaia Unicron''' (2013)
**''Energon Crystal:'' '''SP Ice'''

:This Asian-exclusive redeco of Bogu comes pre-assembled and lacks stickers. He and [[Unicron/toys#PrimeUnicronPack|Gaia Unicron]] come in a multi-pack with [[Optimus Prime (WFC)#PrimeUnicronPack|Optimus Prime]] (with [[O.P.#PrimeUnicronPack|O.P]]).

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*'''Nightmare Unicron''' (2013)
: A redeco of Bogu as Bogu M is included when Gaia Unicron was repainted into Nightmare Unicron.
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==Notes==
* Bogu's name has a rather interesting background. It's probably based on the Japanese name for a mole, モグラ (''mogura''), but it also harkens back to Unicron's Mini-Con in ''[[Transformers:_Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'', [[Dead End (Armada)|Dead End]], whose Japanese name was "Bug" (バグ ''Bagu'').
* Bogu's name was first erroneously applied to [[Baru]]. Given the rather funny way Japanese is treated, it could have worked either way.
* The Energon Crystal type is not listed on his larger partner's box-back, unlike pretty much every other pack-in Micron ever. The Crystal type instead comes from the online "[[Arms Up Missions]]" game.

===Bogu Combinations===
'''Named combination weapons including Bogu:'''
{{collist|3|
* [[Power Crusher]]
* [[Scissor Hand]]
* [[Shooting Star Scissors]]
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[[Category: Arms Microns]]
[[Category:Melee weapons]]
[[Category: Prime Decepticons]]
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Bogu

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Blackjack: /* Toys */

{{faction|minicon|decepticon}}
:''Bogu is a [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:Prime-toy Bogu.jpg|right|thumb|400px|]]

'''Bogu''' (ボグ) is the [[Arms Micron]] partner of [[Unicron|Gaia Unicron]].

==Toys==
===Prime===
*'''Gaia Unicron''' (Voyager, [[September 29|9-29]]-[[2012|12]])
**''Set ID number:'' '''AM-19'''
**''Micron ID number:'' '''M-26'''
**''Energon Crystal:'' '''SP Ice'''

: Available only with his larger partner [[Unicron/toys#Prime|Gaia Unicron]] in Japan, Bogu comes as an unassembled, unpainted "kit". He transforms from a rocky-looking robotic mole into a weapon resembling one of Unicron's spikes; in fact, he is designed to replace Unicron's left forearm, which then combines with his right forearm to give Unicron a much more show-accurate look. Bogu is covered in [[5mm post]]s and holes as part of the [[Arms Micron]] gimmick, allowing him to combine with other Microns to form bigger and more ridiculous "Combo Weapons" and "Super Combo Weapons".

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*'''Optimus Prime + Gaia Unicron''' (2013)
**''Energon Crystal:'' '''SP Ice'''

:This Asian-exclusive redeco of Bogu comes pre-assembled and lacks stickers. He and [[Unicron/toys#PrimeUnicronPack|Gaia Unicron]] come in a multi-pack with [[Optimus Prime (WFC)#PrimeUnicronPack|Optimus Prime]] (with [[O.P.#PrimeUnicronPack|O.P]]).

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*'''Nightmare Unicron''' (2013)
: A redeco of Bogu as Bogu M is included when Gaia Unicron was repainted into Nightmare Unicron.
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==Notes==
* Bogu's name has a rather interesting background. It's probably based on the Japanese name for a mole, モグラ (''mogura''), but it also harkens back to Unicron's Mini-Con in ''[[Transformers:_Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'', [[Dead End (Armada)|Dead End]], whose Japanese name was "Bug" (バグ ''Bagu'').
* Bogu's name was first erroneously applied to [[Baru]]. Given the rather funny way Japanese is treated, it could have worked either way.
* The Energon Crystal type is not listed on his larger partner's box-back, unlike pretty much every other pack-in Micron ever. The Crystal type instead comes from the online "[[Arms Up Missions]]" game.

===Bogu Combinations===
'''Named combination weapons including Bogu:'''
{{collist|3|
* [[Power Crusher]]
* [[Scissor Hand]]
* [[Shooting Star Scissors]]
}}

[[Category: Arms Microns]]
[[Category:Melee weapons]]
[[Category: Prime Decepticons]]
[[Category: Toy-only characters]]

Slugfest (SG)

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Blackjack: /* Notes */

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{{disambig2|the heroic Dinocon Mini-Cassette|his evil counterpart|Slugfest (G1)}}
:''Slugfest is a heroic [[Dinobot (SG)|Dinocon]] [[Mini-Cassette]] from the "[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]" [[continuity family]].''
[[Image:Slugfest shattered glass.jpg|right|245px|thumb|]]
'''Slugfest''' thinks highly of himself, but relies on his larger allies to take care of him. He's thankful for the neural upgrades [[Starscream (SG)|Starscream]] gave him and the other [[Dinobot (SG)|Dinocon]]s, but he's still quite slow.

{{quote|Why bad robot hurt Slugfest? Everyone love Slugfest! Slugfest am coolest!|Slugfest doesn't appreciate [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]]'s intrusion|"[[Dungeons & Dinobots]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Shattered Glass===
[[Image:Cliffjumper&SGGoryu Dungeons&Dinobots.jpg|left|150px|thumb|]]
Slugfest scattered after [[Wheeljack (SG)|Wheeljack]]'s disastrous attack on [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]]. [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] and [[Sideswipe (SG)|Sideswipe]] tracked him down in an effort to keep the Dinobots out of the [[Autobot]]s' hands. After a brief battle with [[Goryu (SG)|Goryu]], who was protecting Slugfest, the [[Decepticon]]s added both Dinobots to their roster via restraining bolts and brain upgrades.

Slugfest was pleased with his new masters, but was relieved when [[Grimlock (SG)|Grimlock]] arrived to escort the captured Dinobots to a [[Omega Terminus|secret place]]. {{storylink|Dungeons & Dinobots}}

Starscream was worried when he didn't find Slugfest and [[Overkill (SG)|Overkill]] in the Dinocon pens where they should have been. After a few moments of frantic searching, he discovered two octaltrack data cartridges. Starscream was taken aback when the cartridges transformed into the missing Dinocons. Upon further examination, Starscream and [[Bombshell (SG)|Bombshell]] discovered that all of the captured-and-reprogrammed Dinobots suddenly had [[spark|embers]] and the ability to [[Transformation|transform]].

[[Sir Soundwave|Soundwave]] took Slugfest and Overkill along with his usual complement of [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|Recordicons]] when he boarded the ''[[Nemesis (SG)|Nemesis]]''. {{storylink|Do Over}}

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====Recordicons====
[[File:Recordicons15-slugfest.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Slugfest am too cool to get dead by phone vote!]]
When [[Ratbat (SG)|Batbot]] was captured by [[Blackcat (SG)|Blackcat]], Slugfest burst triumphantly through the wall to save the masked crime fighter. This somehow worked because "Slugfest am coolest." {{storylink|Recordicons#Recordicons #15|Recordicons #15}}
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==Toys==
===Shattered Glass===
[[Image:SGtoy-Slugfest.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Everybody want buy Slugfest!]]
*'''SG Soundwave vs SG Blaster''' (e-Hobby, 2013)
:"SG Slugfest" comes in a boxed versus set which also includes [[Sir Soundwave|SG Soundwave]], [[Ratbat (SG)|SG Ratbat]], [[Blaster (SG)|SG Blaster]], [[Rewind (SG)|SG Rewind]], [[Ramhorn (SG)|SG Ramhorn]], and [[Solarbot]], as well as a 12-page comic. [[Redeco]]ed from [[Slugfest (G1)|the original Slugfest]], SG Slugfest can be completed with stickers from the the bonus sticker sheet which include a "DINOCON" logo and a restraining bolt.

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==Notes==
* Slugfest is based on the original [[Slugfest (G1)|Slugfest]] toy, but perhaps with [[Grand Slam (G1)|Grand Slam]]'s colors.
* Slugfest's appearance in Recordicons is, of course, based on Robin as a foil to [[Ratbat (SG)|Ratbat]]'s Batman.

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[[Category:Mini-Cassettes]]
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