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Backfire (TF 2010)

2010-06-26T14:31:30Z

Brax: REVENE!

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{{disambig2|the Autobot from the 2010 Transformers toyline|the Decepticon from Generation 1|Backfire (G1)}}
:''Backfire is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers (2010 toyline)]] portion of the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''
[[Image:TF2010-toy_Backfire.jpg|thumb|right|300px|]]

While some may see ordinary civilian traffic as an obstacle, the speedy '''Backfire''' has mastered the art of using it to his advantage. Moving vehicles are no different from stationary ones to him as he scours the roads for the elusive [[Oil Pan]].

==Toys==
===Transformers (2010)===
*'''Backfire''' (Scout Class, 2010)

:Backfire is a [[redeco]] of ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Knock Out (ROTF)|Knock Out]], transforming into a red and white racing motorcycle of undetermined model. In robot mode, he has a non-firing cannon for a right hand. The vehicle side panels, which become leg [[kibble]] in robot mode, are held in place by unbolted pegs and tend to pop off during conversion.

:This mold was also used to make ''Revenge of the Fallen'' [[Reverb (ROTF)|Reverb]] and [[Trenchmouth]].

[[Category:Autobots]]
[[Category:Toy-only characters]]
[[Category:Transformers 2010 toyline characters]]

Transformers: Saga of the Allspark

2010-03-22T00:50:48Z

Brax: hahahaha Starcream

[[Image:SagaallsparkTPBcover.jpg|180px|thumb|right|]]
{{picsneeded|Covers}}
'''''Saga of the Allspark''''' is a four-issue series published by [[IDW Publishing]], starting in July 2008, and set in the [[Movie continuity]]. The series reprints stories from the UK-based [[Titan Books|Titan]]'s [[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|''Transformers'' magazine]], at 2 stories per issue.

==Issue #1==
Release date: July 9, 2008

===Covers (2)===
* Cover A: Prime vs Megatron. Art by [[Nick Roche]], colors by [[Josh Burcham]].
* Cover B: Optimus Prime, Art by ???, colors by ???.

==="[[Transformers Comic issue 1|Optimus Prime]]"===
* ''Script:'' [[Simon Furman]]
* ''Art:'' [[Geoff Senior]]
* ''Colors:'' [[Robin Smith]]

==="[[Transformers Comic issue 2|Megatron]]"===
* ''Script:'' [[Simon Furman]]
* ''Art:'' [[Nick Roche]]
* ''Colors:'' [[Liam Shalloo]]

===Items of note===
* Includes the ''[[Transformers: Mosaic]]'''s, "The Wait" and "The Passenger"

===Advertisements===
==Issue #2==
Release date: August 6, 2008

===Covers (2)===
* Cover A: Ratchet and Jazz in battle. Art by [[Nick Roche]], colors by [[Josh Burcham]].
* Cover B: Ratchet, credits not listed.

===[[Transformers Comic issue 3|"Lost in Space Part 1"]]===
* ''Script:'' [[Simon Furman]]
* ''Art:'' [[Andrew Wildman]]
* ''Letters:'' [[Jimmy Betancourt]]/[[Comicraft]]
* ''Originally published:''

===[[Transformers Comic issue 4|"Lost in Space Part 2"]]===
* ''Script:'' [[Simon Furman]]
* ''Art:'' [[Don Figueroa]]
* ''Colors:'' [[Robin Smith]]
* ''Letters:'' [[Jimmy Betancourt]]/[[Comicraft]]
* ''Originally published:''

===Items of note===
* Includes the ''[[Transformers: Mosaic]]'', "Dark Visionary"

===Advertisements===
* ''Saga of the Allspark'' #3
* [[The Reign of Starscream issue 5|''The Reign of Starscream'' #5]]
* ''Epilogue'' comic (also in [[IDWords]] section)
* ''Galaxy Quest'' comic series
* ''Doctor Who: The Forgotten''
* ''New Classics of the Fantastic: Nightwings''
* ''Star Trek: Romulans: The Hollow Crown''
* ''The Art of Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse''
* ''Welcome to Hoxford''
* CGC Grading, feat. Grimlock
* "[[Transform and Roll Out]]" DVD
* ''Pristeen 16'' (back page)

==Issue #3==
Release date: September 3, 2008<BR>
IDW production: [[Chris Mowry]]<BR>
IDW edits: [[Denton J. Tipton]]

===Covers (2)===
* Cover A: Jazz, credits not listed.
* Cover B: Ironhide, credits not listed.

===[[Transformers Comic issue 5|"Lost in Space Part 3"]]===
* ''Script:'' [[Simon Furman]]
* ''Art:'' [[Guido Guidi]]
* ''Colors:'' [[Jason Cardy]]
* ''Letters:'' [[Jimmy Betancourt]]/[[Comicraft]]
* ''Originally published:''

===[[Transformers Comic issue 6|"Lost in Space Part 4"]]===
* ''Script:'' [[Simon Furman]]
* ''Art:'' [[Marcelo Matere]]
* ''Colors:'' [[Liam Shalloo]]
* ''Letters:'' [[Jimmy Betancourt]]/[[Comicraft]]
* ''Originally published:''

===Items of note===
* Includes the ''[[Transformers: Mosaic]]'', "Creation Matrix"

===Advertisements===
* ''Saga of the Allspark'' #4
* [[The Reign of Starscream issue 5|''The Reign of Starscream'' #5]]
* ''The Dreamland Chronicles'' figures
* ''The Dreamland Chronicles'' comic
* ''Galaxy Quest'' comic series
* ''Doctor Who: The Forgotten''
* ''[[Transformers Animated (IDW Publishing)|Transformers Animated]]'' comics
* ''Star Trek: Romulans: The Hollow Crown''
* ''Igor Movie Prequel''
* ''Adventures in Oz''
* CGC Grading
* ''[[All Hail Megatron]]''
* ''[[Spotlight: Sideswipe]]'' (back page)

==Issue #4==
Release date: October 1, 2008

===Covers (2)===
* Cover A: Optimus Prime, credits not listed.
* Cover B: Starscream, credits not listed.

===[[Transformers Comic issue 7|"Starscream's Militia"]]===
* ''Script:'' [[Simon Furman]]
* ''Art:'' [[Boo]]
* ''Colors:'' [[Robin Smith]]
* ''Letters:'' [[Jimmy Betancourt]]/[[Comicraft]]
* ''Originally published:''

===[[Transformers Comic issue 8|"Scorpion Sting"]]===
* ''Script:'' [[Simon Furman]]
* ''Art:'' [[Don Figueroa]]
* ''Colors:'' [[Kris Carter]]
* ''Letters:'' [[Jimmy Betancourt]]/[[Comicraft]]
* ''Originally published:''

===Items of note===
* The lack of a preview for the next issue implies that this is the last one.

===Advertisements===
* ''[[Beast Wars Sourcebook]]'' TPB
* ''Presidential Material'' comics and merchandise
* ''The Dreamland Chronicles'' figures
* ''The Dreamland Chronicles'' series
* ''[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]''
* ''Ghostbusters: The Other Side''
* ''Love and Capes'' TPB
* ''Doctor Who: The Forgotten''
* ''[[Transformers Animated (IDW Publishing)|Transformers Animated]]'' series
* ''Star Trek: Romulans''
* ''Igor Movie Prequel''
* ''Adventures in Oz''
* ''[[All Hail Megatron]]''
* ''Pirat Tales'' (back cover)

==Collections==
* ''Saga of the Allspark'' TPB <SMALL>(January 29, 2009) ISBN 9781600103582</small>

===Bonus Material===
*Cover art gallery
*Seven-page preview of [[The Reign of Starscream Issue Number One|The Reign of Starscream #1]]

==References==

[[Category:IDW titles]]
[[Category:Movie]]

Kids' WB

2010-02-22T04:30:06Z

Brax: If you want the contraction, it's I-T-APOSTROPHE-S, if you want the possessive, it's I-T-S...

[[Image:Kids' WB old logo.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The good ol' halcyon days...]]
Created to fill Saturday morning and weekday afternoon airtime on the fledgling [[Wikipedia:The WB|The WB]] television network, '''Kids' WB''' combined its existing hit shows (such as ''Animaniacs'') with new shows produced both in-house and by other companies. The merger of parent companies Time Warner Inc. and the Turner Broadcasting System in 1996, resulted in Kids' WB and [[Cartoon Network]] sharing various programming. This alliance would last until Kids' WB was shifted from The WB to [[Wikipedia:The CW|The CW]].

==Transformers: Cybertron==

''[[Cybertron (cartoon)|Transformers: Cybertron]]'' was one of the many shared programs and one of the last to air on the Kids' WB afternoon programming block. Dubbed the Kids' WB AfterToons Show, the block would first air ''Transformers: Cybertron'' on [[September 19]], 2005. In addition to being ''Cybertron'''s broadcast debut, it was also the first time that the series' first episode, "[[Fallen (episode)|Fallen]]", had aired in the U.S. The second episode of ''Cybertron'', "[[Haven]]", would see its U.S. debut the next day. The show was shifted back to Cartoon Network after the AfterToons Show block was discontinued on [[December 30]], 2005.
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==Post CW merger==
[[Image:Kids' WB logo.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The new logo.]]
Kids' WB's remaining Saturday morning block aired in an expanded format on the new The CW television network from the network's inception until [[May 18]], 2008. The Saturday morning airtime would be turned over to 4Kids Entertainment, with The CW's [[Wikipedia:CBS|parent]] [[Wikipedia:Warner Bros.|companies]] citing cable competition and advertising limits as the reasons for shutting down Kids' WB.

A few weeks prior to its last terrestrial broadcast, Kids' WB was relaunched as an online network on [[April 28]], 2008. In 2009, it was added as an on-demand channel for Comcast cable subscribers.
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==External Links==
[http://www.kidswb.com The Kids' WB website]

[[Category: Networks]]

Payload (Movie)

2009-07-03T18:55:44Z

Brax:

{{factions|decepticon|autobot}}
{{disambig3|Payload}}
:''Payload is a [[Decepticon]] and a type of mass-produced drone from the [[Movie (franchise)|2007 movie franchise]] in the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Payload-gamedrone.jpg|right|250px|thumb|SWAT? Maybe more like SMITE.]]
Transforming into an exceptionally fast and powerful armored truck, '''Payload''' is the one the Decepticons rely on to procure the money and energy they need to function on Earth. Whatever they need, whereever they need it, in their quest for the [[All Spark]] it's Payload's job to get it to them, even if he has to smash right through Autobot lines to do it.

Both the Autobot and Decepticon armies make use of drones based on his design, which are heavily-armored, brutal melee fighters.

Sometimes there are lots of him.

On both sides.

==Fiction==
===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===
Payload was one of the Decepticons who took part in the Battle of [[Tyger Pax]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. He was also with [[Swindle (Movie)|Swindle]] during the interrogation of the surviving [[Autobot]] defenders. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1|Movie Prequel #1}}

[[Image:ReignofStarscream4 Payload.jpg|left|250px|thumb|"Keg coming through!"]]

Payload himself was back on Cybertron, under the command of [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing]]. When Starscream returned with the knowledge to build a new All Spark, [[Class Beta drone unit|Class Beta drones]] were among those assigned to guard the Autobot slaves who were being forced to build the new Cube. They brutally punished [[Warpath (Movie)|Warpath]] when he saw to the exhausted [[Grindcore (Movie)|Grindcore]]. Later, after the new All Spark was completed, Payload arrived leading a team of drones carrying the massive generators required to drain the [[Spark|life force]] out of the Autobot prisoners and put it into the Cube. He dissed Dreadwing's drone army for not being much help to them. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream Issue Number Four|The Reign of Starscream #4}}

Unfortunately for Starscream, the Cube didn't work, and Dreadwing's forces betrayed him. During the battle between Starscream's loyalists, [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee's]] Autobots and Dreadwing's traitors, Payload grappled with [[Stockade (Movie)|Stockade]], who eventually got the better of him. His fate is unknown. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream Issue Number Five|The Reign of Starscream #5}}
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===Titan Magazines ''Transformers'' movie comics===
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Payload units are used in the occupation of Earth. They have no personality or higher consciousness, their dialogue being things like "Classification: Autobot. Identifying...".

[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] smashes them real good. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 10|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 2}}

When the Savannah All Spark facility's Swindle drones all magically turned into Payloads between issues, they almost overwhelmed the Autobot rebels but eventually failed to kill them or save the facility. Also, ''[[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]]'' smashed them real good simply cos they were in the way. Not the best boss on Earth... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 13|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 5}}

[[Image:Payloads_Titan24.JPG|right|250px|thumb|''Move bitch, get out the way<br>Get out the way...'']]

An army of Payloads made an assault on oil pipelines in [[Alaska]] as part of a major campaign. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 16|Dark Spark}}

An even ''bigger'' army of them stood around going "GRRRR" as part of a Decepticon group shot when the [[Decepticon Heartland]] prepared for war. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 23|Revolution Part 1}} And an even bigger army than ''that'' served as the bulk of the invasion force when Starscream announced the re-conquest of the USA.

Unfortunately for Starscream, the Payloads under [[Hardtop (Movie)|Hardtop]] were intercepted by [[Stockade (Movie)|Stockade]] and his crew, and [[Fracture]] reprogrammed the entire platoon to work for ''them''. They became the first defected drones in a [[Decepticon Civil War]] {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 24|Revolution Part 2}} and soon ''all'' of them were under Stockade's command, since every one that wasn't had been slagged.

Following the sudden Autobot strike that saw every Decepticon exiled from Earth, the Payloads remained. The Autobots have now got a task of decommissioning all of these drones. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|Revolution Part 3}}
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===''The Veiled Threat'' prequel novel===
{{Note|The events of ''The Veiled Threat'' take place during [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[Alliance (comic)|Alliance]]'' comic.}}

Payload (who now turns into an anti-aircraft tank) is a core member of Starscream's Decepticon team and fights in several battles in Africa. He tried to destroy a dam while [[Macerator]] and Starscream held off the Autobots, but was briefly distracted by Ratchet, who he promptly slagged. He was unprepared for the military opening up the floodgates however, and was washed away in the ensuing torrent. His ultimate fate is unknown.{{storylink|The Veiled Threat}}

==Games==
===''Battle For the Allspark'' online game===
[[Image:Payload head.jpg|left|125px|thumb|Payload units can be either Autobot (top) or Decepticon (bottom)]]
Payload units of both sides have a strong defense, good attack, but poor speed. They are differentiated by little more than the make of their noggins; Autobot versions use a facemask-with-optics model, while Decepticons have a circular lens-face. {{storylink|Battle for the Allspark|Battle for the Allspark}}

===''Transformers: The Game'' (console)===
Payloads show up in [[Mission City]] to put the hurt on both Autobot and Decepticon alike. Their primary attack is an unstoppable running charge that can send even the likes of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] reeling. The only way to break them out of this attack is to nail them with a thrown object or melee attack when they briefly pause between charges.

Payloads also appear in the bonus [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] levels on both sides.

Aside from the aforementioned head differences, Decepticon Payloads are dark blue, while the Autobot versions are silver-white. {{storylink|Transformers The Game (console)|Transformers The Game (console)}}

===Transformers: Autobots/Decepticons===
Payload's body frame has been shown in numerous forms: his Armored Truck mode, the Peace Van, the Moving Truck, the School Bus, the Ice Cream Truck, the Death Truck, the Funky Bus, the SWAT Van, and the Prison Bus. Certain forms have either the Autobot head or the Decepticon head, but which game is unimportant; the same vehicle has the same head in both games. {{storylink|Transformers Autobots/Decepticons|Transformers Autobots/Decepticons}}

==Toys==
===Transformers (2007)===
[[Image:Movie-Payload-Toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|MORE LIKE PEGLOAD AMIRITE?]]
*'''Payload''' (Deluxe, 2007)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''MD-17'''

: Payload transforms into a [http://www.alpineco.com/armored/swat/Bulldog2.html Bulldog II Armored Truck] model based on the Decepticon-drone coloration and face type. In robot mode, his midsection has a large push-out grabber-claw that extends waaaaaaaaaaaaay far out. However, in order to do this, the claw-shaft sticks far out of his back in robot mode, making posing and display in narrow spaces difficult. It also makes him hard to balance.

: Several pieces on Payload tend to pop off easily: his brush guard, midriff-plate/claw-center, and even his upper shoulder/head assembly. The mold was later retooled to include larger pegs for the shoulder/head assembly and an added tab on the brushguard, to connect to the new slot in the claw plunger. While this was intended to give the pieces a better fit, it actually puts more pressure on the parts and causes them to pop off even more easily. The chest piece, however, fits fairly well on either version but is still easy to remove.

: Payload had a tendency to [[Shelfwarmer|sit on shelves]] for weeks, with some examples of end displays filled completely with Payload figures. This has led to some fans affectionately renaming him as ''Pegload''.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/Payload/payload.htm More information on Payload at TFU.info]''

==Merchandise==
===3D Battle-Card Game===
* '''Payload''' (3D Battle Card, 2007)
**''Card number:''

: In the [[3D Battle-Card Game]], the Payload is on the Decepticon side. Pieces punched out from two different cards can be assembled to form a SWAT truck or a robot, while a third double-sided card gives its stats and attacks for each mode. He uses the same piece layout as [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]], though his lens-head peeking up over the back end of his vehicle mode looks less doofy than Ratchet's does. His card art was done by [[Lucio Parrillo]].

==Trivia==
* The company name on Payload's toy, "Armored Security Systems", spells out "ASS". This may have been [[Joe Kyde|intentional]].
* Payload's altmode as an Decepticon anti-aircraft tank in ''The Veiled Threat'' gives him a form similar to that of the unreleased Gunbarrel toy, who appeared unnamed in the Transformers: Alliance comic at the same time. Whether they were meant to be the same character is unknown.

==External links==
* [http://www.transformersgame.com/battle/index.html ''Battle For the Allspark'' online game]

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

[[Category:3D Battle-Cards]]
[[Category:Autobots]]
[[Category:Decepticons]]
[[Category:Drones]]
[[Category:Mass-produced Transformers]]
[[Category:Movie characters]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen characters]]

Rhinox (BW)

2009-07-03T18:42:49Z

Brax: Relocated Rallnox.

{{factions|maximal|predacon|vehicon}}
{{disambig3|Rhinox}}
:''Rhinox is a [[Maximal]] (and occasionally a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] or [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]]) in the [[Beast Era]] portion of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Rhinoxbw.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"I will usher in a new age of technological perfecti — er, I mean, yay, pretty flowers."]]
[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] was on the mark when he said that '''Rhinox''' was the best of them. He's a Renaissance Bot. Intelligent, massive, strong, and stalwart, there are few Maximals one could depend on more. Rhinox is of a rare breed -- he's incredibly tech savvy, but mystically-inclined... without coming off as a burnt-out technohippie. He's quick and decisive in a crisis, with spectacular results, but is slow and steady. He loves to sniff the flowers. A behind-the-scenes charismatic and an on-his-feet strategist, he could lead the Maximals if he wanted to, but he doesn't.

If he sounds too good to be true, it's because he just might be. At times he can be borderline obsessive and single-minded. The Maximals are glad he's on their side, because if he ever had a change of heart, woe be to them. No, woe be to the ''galaxy''.

Still, you can't help but love a bot who can fight Megatron to a standstill without breaking a sweat yet would rather take a nap in a patch of daisies. Rhinox considers [[Rattrap]] to be his best friend, though he also has a close friendship with [[Optimus Primal]]. He appears to have some "older sibling/parental" emotions toward [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] due to his role in bringing her online.

Rhinox's only weapons—besides his rather intimidating strength—are his twin chainguns, affectionately named "Chainguns of Doom" by the fans.

Rhinox's core was an integral part of the evil [[Vehicon general]] [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]].

{{bigquote|Make a device to extract molecular structure from an alien probe... man, I gotta be a miracle worker!|Rhinox|"[[Chain of Command]]"}}

:''Italian name:'' '''Metal Rinox''' (Transmetal form)
:''Polish name'': '''Nosoron'''
:''Spanish name:'' '''Rinox'''

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
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====Dawn of Future's Past====
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Richard Newman]] (English), [[Daiki Nakamura]] (Japanese), [[Felipe D'inardo]] (Portuguese)

[[Image:Rhinoxchainguns.jpg|left|180px|thumb|You wouldn't like him when he's angry.]]
Rhinox was a crewmember of the exploration ship ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' when captain Optimus Primal got word that the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] criminal [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] had stolen the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]] and a [[Darksyde|ship]] with [[transwarp]] capabilities. The ''Axalon'' was the closest vessel that also possessed a transwarp drive, so Rhinox's ship was sent to engage them. After following the Predacons through a transwarp portal and appearing above a mysterious planet, both ships were damaged in the ensuing space battle, and before both ships crashed into the planet's surface below, the [[Stasis pod|stasis pods]] carrying the rest of Rhinox's crew were ejected into orbit.

The planet was rich with [[Energon (fuel)|energon]] — so much so that prolonged exposure would short out their bodies, so the Maximals and Predacons were forced to take organic forms from the
local creatures. Rhinox took the form of a rhinoceros. {{storylink|Beast Wars (Part 1)}}

When Optimus Primal was dematerialized and absorbed by a mysterious [[Vok|alien]] probe, Rhinox was forced to juryrig a gizmo to extract Optimus' molecular structure from the probe and reconstruct it. Whether or not this device would actually have worked is unknown, as shortly before he had a chance to use it, Rhinox blasted Waspinator with his chainguns (beginning the running gag of Waspinator being scrapped in every episode), and the wounded Predacon somehow accidentally triggered the Standing Stones construct, which then rematerialized Optimus on its own. {{storylink|Chain of Command|Chain of Command}}

Rhinox later developed [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]], a hi-tech security system for the Axalon, which unfortunately went berserk when its control panel was damaged in a struggle between [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] and [[Rattrap]]. Rattrap however, was able to infiltrate the now-heavily guarded ship
and deactivate Sentinel, which was then repaired and made fully-functional by Rhinox. {{storylink|A Better Mousetrap|A Better Mousetrap}}

[[Image:RhinoxEvilandGood.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Evil has silver detailing. Who knew?]]
Sometime later, when the Maximals found themselves cornered by a Predacon ambush, Rhinox was able to take out their attackers with a carefully aimed spray of chaingun fire. Megatron was so impressed that he decided to make Rhinox a member of his merry band of thieves, by force. Rhinox was captured by [[Tarantulas]] and then reprogrammed into a Predacon by a device designed by Megatron called a "[[Transmuter]]". However, the newly malevolent Rhinox proved to be too much for Megatron to handle, as Optimus Primal had correctly predicted. He quickly dispatched most of the Predacons, working his way up to Megs himself in an attempted coup. Rhinox very nearly succeeded, but fortunately, Megatron was able to revert him back into a Maximal using the Transmuter, and Rhinox escaped to rejoin his Maximal comrades and smell some flowers. {{storylink|Dark Designs (episode)|Dark Designs}}

Later, a [[Stasis pod|stasis pod]] crash landed in a barren wasteland. Rhinox intercepted it and, with [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]'s help, managed to save the protoform Maximal's spark. The protoform then became [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]], who repaid the favor by saving the weakened Rhinox from [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]]. {{storylink|The Spark|The Spark}}

When Scorponok detonated a pile of energon near a group of Maximals, rendering them blind, it was Rhinox who led the group on the dangerous trek back to the Axalon, teaching them how to use their other senses. Of course, they succeeded, and afterwards, Rhinox again went off to smell some flowers. {{storylink|Dark Voyage|Dark Voyage}}

Later, Tarantulas infected Rhinox with an energon discharge virus, which made him expel his energon reserves via his nasal passages in bursts powerful enough to tear through the hull of the Axalon,
threatening both to destroy the Maximals' base and completely drain Rhinox of energy. Rattrap and Dinobot were dispatched to acquire a countervirus, while Rhinox ate some wild bean vines to keep his
strength up. When the bickering duo nearly failed in their mission, the other Maximals, including Rhinox, showed up, and the rhinoceros blew away the Predacons with a massive energon... *ahem* "derriere-based"... discharge which was caused by his ingestion of wild beans. Megatron would remember this moment as the most humiliating defeat in his entire career. Rhinox was later cured by the countervirus via a Cybertronic beer hat. {{storylink|The Low Road|The Low Road}}

During the [[Planet Buster]] crisis, Rhinox was heavily damaged by Tarantulas and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] when they infiltrated the Axalon, forcing him to spend the remainder of the crisis in a CR chamber, thereby preventing him from being upgrade into a [[Transmetal]] by the [[Quantum surge|quantum surge]]. {{storylink|Other Voices, Part 2}}
Once Rhinox was fully repaired, he initiated a dangerous plan to bring the recently-deceased Optimus Primal back to life by using the hole in space-time caused by the destruction of the Planet Buster to astrally project his spark into the [[Allspark|Matrix]], where he followed the transion left by Primal's spark and led it back to the land of the living, where it was reborn as Transmetal Optimus Primal. {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)}}

When Blackarachnia's attempts to become a Transmetal caused her shell program to deteriorate, threatening to erase her core consciousness, Rhinox carried out a very delicate procedure to surgically remove the shell program directly. Unfortunately, certain failsafes installed by Tarantulas, combined with a Predacon attack, caused the operation to fail. Fortunately, Blackarachnia was mysteriously resurrected anyway by the [[Transmetal driver]]. {{storylink|Crossing the Rubicon}}

After Megatron raised the [[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]], Rhinox was ordered by Optimus Primal to execute Operation: Eternity, which apparently only Primal and he knew about. The purpose of the operation was to "move the Ark" by activating its engines and taking off; little is know beyond that, because the Maximals failed when the Ark's engines proved beyond repair. However, [[Dinobot II]] downloaded emergency data to the Ark about an Autobot shuttle hidden within the Ark. Rhinox piloted the shuttle and flew it directly into the bridge of the Nemesis, taking down Megatron and causing the warship to spiral out of control and crash somewhere beyond the horizon. Thus, the Beast Wars were won. Rhinox and the other Maximals left prehistoric Earth aboard the aforementioned Autobot shuttle and began the voyage home to Cybertron. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 2}}

====''Tales of the Beast Wars''====
====IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics====
Rhinox stood outside the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] as [[Razorbeast]]'s chronally dispaced Maximals passed by. Although Optimus Primal could vaguely sense their presence, Rhinox theorized that the sensation was just a side-effect of Primal's recent upgrades. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 3|The Gathering #3}}

After his (very) later death, Rhinox was reborn by the [[Vok]] and traveled the multiverse. He's probably [[Rhinox (Armada)|some other guy]] now.<ref>''[[Beast Wars Sourcebook]]'' 3</ref>

====''Beast Machines'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Richard Newman]] (English), [[Daiki Nakamura]] (Japanese)

{{see|Tankor (BM)}}

[[Image:BeastMachinesRhinoxFuneral.JPG|right|180px|thumb|Optimus struggles with the "make-your-own Transformer" toy.]]
Rhinox returned to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] with the surviving Maximals to discover the entire population had been replaced by mindless [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon drones]] created by Megatron. {{storylink|The Reformatting}}

Rhinox and [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] were captured, stripped of their organic bodies and placed in the new bodies of [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]] and [[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]]. Rhinox's mind was freed by Optimus' spark connection with him, and he watched and observed, eventually turning his back on his Maximals to conquer Cybertron as its new ruler. {{storylink|Revelations Part III: Apocalypse}} Rhinox used the Key to [[Vector Sigma]] to try and destroy the Maximals and Megatron, but his plan failed due to Optimus' use of the [[Plasma energy|Plasma Energy Chamber]] and sadly died. {{storylink|End of the Line|End of the Line}} Rhinox's spiritual form appeared once more with Optimus in the Matrix, bidding his friend farewell and to telling him to embrace his Spark. {{storylink|Fallout}}
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====''Transformers Legends''====
After Tankor's death, Rhinox' spark and consciousness were cleansed and rejoined the Matrix. When Megatron was defeated by Nightscream {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. III: The Siege}}, Rhinox saw an opportunity to redeem the fallen tyrant, and attempted to act as a spirit guide. Rhinox led Megatron through the ascending layers of Transformer afterlife ''(which is actually a tree!)'', urging him to leave behind his fixation on worldly power. Megatron was briefly tempted, but his repeated returns to Cybertron {{storylink|Spark of Darkness}} convinced him that godhood was still within his reach. Tapping into the power of the Oracle, Megatron erases Rhinox' spark, killing him utterly. Very upsetting. {{storylink|Singularity Ablyss}}

====''Universe''====
When [[Primus]] gives [[Optimus Primal]] the ability to choose any Transformer, living or dead, from the [[Allspark]] to assist him in the war against [[Unicron]], Primal chooses [[Depth Charge|Depthcharge]] and Rhinox. Depthcharge is bitter about being brought back from the dead, but Rhinox is thankful for the chance to atone for his actions as Tankor. {{storylink|Homecoming (issue)|Homecoming}}

====''Cybertron'' comic====
[[Image:Tankorrhinoxrevelations.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Stop hitting yourself! Stop hitting yourself!]]
''[[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] recalled the end of the [[Universe war]], where Rhinox defeated the [[Tankor (BM)|Minion of Unicron Tankor]], presumably redeeming his actions as his own universe's Tankor. He escaped [[Unicron]] with Optimus Primal. {{storylink|Revelations Part 2}}
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===''Beast Wars'' video game===
:''Voice actor:'' ??? (English), ??? (Japanese)

Rhinox joined his fellow Maximals in battling not only an entrenched
Predacon threat, but the interdimensional monsters known as the [[Skriix]].

Rhinox built a massive fortified base (described as an "urban zone") away from the downed ''Axalon''. He eventually expanded it to within reach of [[Tarantulas]]'s lair.

{{note|The exact situations within the game changed depending on what side you played as. In the Predacon path, Rhinox's base was judged a threat by the Predacons, who attempted to neutralize it. In the Maximal path, Tarantulas overtook the base and reprogrammed its defenses, prompting the Maximals to retake it.}}

===''Beast Wars Metals'' comic===
Following the [[Quantum surge]], [[Optimus Primal]] was dead and the [[Maximal|Maximals]] were left scattered all over [[Earth|Energoa]], with only [[Transmetal]] Rhinox and [[Rattrap]] holed up in the Maximal base. The [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] were in much better condition, having also been mutated into Transmetals but with their numbers still intact. As the Maximal base came under attack from [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] and his forces, Rhinox casually worked on a new machine while Rattrap freaked the hell out. Suddenly, [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] appeared and was attacked by [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]]. Much to Rattrap's chagrin, Rhinox shut Sentinel down to allow Airazor to get inside the base, though it considerably weakened their defenses.

Seeing an opening, [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] infiltrated the base and effortlessly took out Rattrap and Airazor. Rhinox proceeded to pull out a strange "gun", but instead of pointing it at ''her'', he pointed it at ''himself'' and proceeded to "blow his brains out". With the job well done, Blackarachnia left the base as it exploded.

As it turned out, the "gun" was part of Rhinox's machine, which was being kept safe from the explosion (along with Rattrap and Airazor) by a small force field. The "gun" allowed Rhinox to travel into [[Transwarp space]], where he found the [[Spark|spark]] of [[Optimus Primal]], about to move on to his deathly reward. Reminding Primal of his duty to his Maximals, he helped Primal's spark escape Transwarp space and return to his body, turning it into a Transmetal. {{storylink|Raise the Curtain for Beast Wars Metals!!}}

===''Beast Wars: Transmetals''===
[[Image:TMRhinox-Render.jpg|right|150px|thumb|"Ayyyyyyy!"]]
:''Voice actor:'' [[Alec Willows]] (English), ??? (Japanese)

[[Transmetal]] Rhinox stayed behind at the ''Axalon'' as his fellow Maximals went to battle the Predacons.
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==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
[[Image:Rhinox-bw-deluxetoy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|''Like'' a mutant head? Can anyone like a mutant head? I wonder.]]
* '''Rhinox''' (Deluxe, 1996)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-7'''
**''Accessories:'' Rotating mechanism, saw blade, two flails, sword

: Rhinox transforms into a tan rhinoceros. In robot mode, his primary weapon is a spinning blade-gun/double mace-thing/lawn edge trimmer, though the television series liberally interpreted this weapon as a sort of Gatling gun (the aforementioned "Chaingun of Doom"). His tail also detaches to become a blade.

: The two panels mounted on either side of his head close together to form his 'mutant' battle mask.

: The [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] release of Rhinox added a thick layer of gray paint to the beast-mode parts that faded to reveal the original tan towards the lower body as well as black eyes. ''Why'' is uncertain, as this made him even less like his show coloration. The Japanese version featured a running change where the tan plastic was replaced with brown.
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[[Image:VS7-RhinoxShadowPanther.jpg|right|300px|thumb|]]
*'''Wilderness Showdown: Rhinox VS Shadow Panther''' (Multi-pack, 1996)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''VS-7'''
**''Accessories:'' Rotating mechanism, saw blade, two flails, sword

: In Japan, Rhinox was available both in an individual release, and in a two-pack with the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Shadow Panther]]. Both toys are identical to their individual releases.
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[[Image:Transmetal rhinox toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|No chain gun of doom? LAME!]]
* '''Rhinox''' (Transmetal, 1998)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-44'''
**''Accessories:'' Horn dagger

: For the ''Transmetals'' line of ''Beast Wars'' toys, Rhinox now transforms into a robotic rhinoceros. The rhino mode has fold-down skis in the front legs and tank treads in the rear legs so he can become a kind of snowmobile. In robot mode, armed with only his blade, now formed out of his beast mode horn.

: In the Hasbro line, early releases of the toy had a much paler aqua-colored chrome than later versions. Such chrome differences were seemingly common among the Transmetals, but the pale/rich-chrome Rhinoxes seem to be the most common and most likely intentional change.

: The Takara release of Transmetal Rhinox has gold chrome instead of the aqua-blue and replaces the "RHINOX" [[Tampograph|tampograph]] with "CYBERTRON" and the Maximal faction sigil.

: This mold was [[Retool|retooled]] slightly to make ''[[Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' [[Rhinox (Armada)|Rhinox]].

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* '''Rhinox''' (Deluxe, 1999)
**''Accessories:'' Rotating mechanism, saw blade, two flails, sword

: Part of the first wave of "[[Fox Kids]]" [[Redeco|redecoes]], and exclusive to Toys "R" Us stores, this toy uses the original Rhinox mold in off-white and dark burgundy. Hasbro documents listed this toy as "Energon Surge Rhinox", a name that never made it to the final package.
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* '''Rhinox''' (Deluxe Transmetal, 2000)
**''Accessories:'' Horn dagger

: Part of the last year of mass-retail ''Beast Wars'' product (sold concurrently with the early releases of ''[[Beast Machines (toyline)|Beast Machines]]''), the Transmetal mold also got a "Fox Kids" redeco in mainly blue and gray—an interesting color choice, given that those are the show colors of [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]], whom Rhinox would become. His chrome color was a pale green.
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[[Image:Rallnox.JPG|right|200px|thumb|Merciful death.]]
* '''Beast Wars''' (Fast food premium, 2001)

: Available only as part of a Hasbro-brand-names fast food promotion (which included miniature versions of other Hasbro properties like Mr. Potato Head), and labeled simply as "Beast Wars", this toy is an ''extremely'' simplified version of the Transmetal Rhinox toy, available only at participating Rally's and Checkers restaurants.

: Despite it being... well, ''look'' at it... it goes for ''mad'' money on the secondary market. Most people didn't realize the promotion even existed until after it was over, and the restaurant chain was fairly small and somewhat regional.

===Beast Wars 10th Anniversary===
[[Image:BW10Rhinox toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"This leg and crotch is a danger to itself and everyone around it!"]]
* '''Rhinox''' (Tenth Anniversary, 2006)
**''Accessories:'' Rotating mechanism, saw blade, two flails, sword

: For the 10th Anniversary of ''Beast Wars'', Hasbro redecoed the original 1996 Rhinox toy in more show-accurate colours, giving him a darker beast mode colour scheme, and painted gold details on his robot mode head, to more closely match the CGI model. They also tampographed a Maximal sigil on his beast mode's right foreleg.

: Also included was the lower torso and right leg to [[Transmutate]], and a DVD of the ''Beast Wars'' epsiode "[[The Spark]]".

:This version of Rhinox is assembled with his shoulders on the wrong sides, so the screws that hold them together are visible from the front of the robot.
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===Timelines===
[[Image:Botcon Rhinox toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"I only signed onto this crew so I could bulldoze some flowers *evil laugh*"]]
* '''Dawn of Future's Past''' (Multi-pack, 2006)
**''Accessories'': Launcher, missile, "Golden Disk Key"

: A redeco of ''[[Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Landmine (Energon)#Cybertron_2|Landmine]], "Axalon Rhinox" is one of five toys in [[BotCon 2006]]'s ''Dawn of Future's Past'' box set. He transforms into a front-end loader, with pop-out blades in his rear tires that are revealed with the use of a [[Cyber Planet Key]] (or his [[Golden Disk (disambiguation)|Golden Disk]] Key, of course). This gimmick and his spring-loaded missile launcher are usable in both modes.

: This set also included "Axalon" versions of [[Optimus Primal/toys#Timelines_2|Optimus Primal]], [[Cheetor (BW)/toys#Timelines_2|Cheetor]], [[Rattrap#Timelines_2|Rattrap]], and "Darksyde" [[Dinobot (BW)#Timelines_2|Dinobot]].

: This mold was also used to make the [[Movie (toyline)|live-action movie universe]] [[Grindcore (Movie)|Grindcore]].
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===Beast Wars Telemocha Series===
*'''Rhinox''' (Deluxe, 2007)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TM-09'''
**''Accessories:'' Rotating mechanism, saw blade, two flails, sword

:This figure has the same assembly problem as the ''10th Anniversary'' version and also has the upper arms switched. It is the most show-accurate version of Rhinox in colors.
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==Merchandise==
* '''Rhinox''' (2004)

[[Image:Hardhero rhinox.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Flower-smelling/nature-hating, gentle/megalomaniacal, Maximal/Jerk.]]
:In 2004, [[Hard Hero]] announced a line of ''Beast Wars'' statues, starting with Rhinox. As it turned out, Rhinox was the only one to be released.
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===Robot Heroes===
* '''Rhinox vs Waspinator''' (2008)

[[Image:Robotheroesrhinoxwaspinator.jpg|right|200px|thumb|You may remember him as "Dr. Teeth" on The Muppet Show.]]
:Rhinox was released in the second wave of ''[[Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' ''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'' packed with [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] as part of the "Beast Wars Series." An amalgam of toy and television show depictions, Rhinox has articulation at the neck and shoulders.
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* '''Cheetor vs. Tankor'''

[[Image:RobotHeroes Cheetor VS Tankor.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Hi, I'm Rhinox sometimes.]]
: Tankor is part of the fourth wave of ''[[Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]] [[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'' and is designated as from the "Beast Machines Series," along with his packmate [[Cheetor (BW)/toys|Cheetor]]. His sculpt is derived from his television show appearance, but his colorscheme is taken from the [[Tank Drone]] toy. Tankor has articulation at the neck and shoulders, though his left arm doesn't have good clearance with his hip.
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==Trivia==
*Rhinox is the only member of the Beast Wars Maximal lineup who was there from the beginning and remains alive and unchanged for the entire course of the show.

==References==
<references />

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/1996/Maximal/Rhinox/rhinox.htm Rhinox at TFU.info]

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List of Transformers restaurant promotions

2009-07-03T18:33:00Z

Brax: Added year for Rallnox and relocated it accordingly.

Over the years, ''Transformers'' has found itself in several fast food promotions, mainly McDonald's.

==1985 St. Louis ''The Transformers'' McDonald's promotion==
In 1985, McDonald's gave away non-transforming figurines of four [[Mini Vehicle]] characters, with at least six different color variations for each character. The figures were made of two different colors of plastic, and were non-poseable. These figures were only available in St. Louis as a test run[http://www.toyarchive.com/Transformers/McD1985Toys1.html]. The line included:

* [[Gears]]
* [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]]
* [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]]
* [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]

==Dairy Queen ''Generation 2'' promotion==
In conjunction with [[Generation 2]], Dairy Queen gave away a non-transforming [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] figure with its "Kids' Pick-Nick Meals".

==1996 North American ''Beast Wars'' McDonald's promotion==
In 1996 for ''[[Beast Wars]]'', McDonald's released four transforming toys, with names very, very accurate to their beast modes. Another toy was sold to the under-3 crowd, as clearly indicated by his name.

*[[Beetle]]
*[[Manta Ray (BW)|Manta Ray]]
*[[Panther]]
*[[Rhino]]
*[[Under-3]]

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==1998 North American ''Beast Wars'' Transmetals McDonald's promotion==
In 1998, to coincide with the [[Transmetal|Transmetals]] subline and the second season of ''Beast Wars'', McDonald's Happy Meals featured three characters from the show who did not get Transmetal toys in the retail line.

*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]]
*[[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]]

==1999 North American ''Animorphs'' Taco Bell promotion==
*[[Rachel (Animorphs)|Rachel]]
*[[Jake (Animorphs)|Jake]]
*[[Cassie]]
*[[Marco]]
*[[Tobias]] (the "under-3" toy)

==2000 North American ''Beast Machines'' McDonald's promotion==
For ''[[Beast Machines (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'', McDonald's put nine different toys into their Happy Meals, representing the characters from the first season.

*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]]
*[[Jetstorm (BM)|Jetstorm]]
*[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]
*[[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]]
*[[Optimus Primal]]
*[[Rattrap]]
*[[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]]
*[[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]]

==2001 North American ''Beast Wars'' Rally's and Checkers promotion==
[[Image:Rallnox.JPG|right|180px|thumb|If you look into its eyes, it'll steal your soul.]]
Well after ''Beast Wars'' proper had ended, regional chain Rally's/Checkers sold a not-very-good [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] toy, as part of a broader Hasbro/Kenner promotion.

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==2002 North American ''Armada'' McDonald's promotion==
With ''[[Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'' out in 2002, McDonald's released eight toys to represent select characters from the cartoon. The Decepticon toys could combine into a mega vehicle, while the Autobots could combine into a tall... "totem-pole" robot form. The toys could act as [[Mini-Con|Mini-Cons]] to larger, retail-sale toys, and are also capable of having Mini-Con toys attached to them.

*[[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]]
*[[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]]
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]]
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada) toys|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]]
*[[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]]
*[[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]]

==Japanese ''Armada'' McDonald's promotion==
Their Hot Shot's different.

==European ''Energon'' McDonald's promotion==
In 2004, McDonald's locations in various parts of Europe released four ''[[Energon (franchise)|Energon]]''-based Happy Meal toys. These toys were united by a common [[gimmick]] of interchangeable light-up "[[energon cube]]" accessories.

* [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]]
* [[Megatron (Armada)/toys|Megatron]]
* [[Optimus Prime (Armada) toys|Optimus Prime]]
* [[Unicron]]

<center><gallery>
Image:McEnergon-prime.jpg|Hallelujah Optimus!
Image:Happymeal Unicron.jpg|
</gallery></center>
==Mexican ''Energon'' McDonald's promotion==
Four figures which transformed by the touch of a button.
*[[Demolishor]]
*[[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]]
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]

==2005 ''Cybertron'' Burger King promotion==
[[Image:Optimusprime cybertron burgerking.jpg|right|100px|thumb|]]
For ''Cybertron'', Burger King churned out four toys.

*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]]
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada) toys|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]]

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==2007 ''Cybertron'' Jollibee promotion==
In 2007, the Filipino fast-food chain Jollibee released a set of Cybertron toys that included detachable display bases for their robot modes.

*[[Optimus Prime (Armada) toys|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]]
*[[Vector Prime]]

==2007 Transformers Movie Jollibee promotion==
In 2007, Jolliebee released 4 transforming movie toys that could be displayed on a cup topper.

*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]
*[[Barricade (Movie)| Barricade]]

==2007 ''Transformers'' Burger King promotion==
In 2007, Burger King produced a wave of nonTransforming Transformers.

*Wind up [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] popout
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] closet
*[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] with popout weapons
*[[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]]

*[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] with card
*[[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] with moving propeller
*[[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]] with clashing claws
*[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] with movable battle damage

==2008 North American McDonald's Animated promotion==
In 2008, McDonalds released Animated toys in their Happy Meals.

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

==2008 Venezuelan and Mexican McDonald's Animated promotion==
In 2008, McDonald's stores in Venezuela and Mexico released four figures, all of which were new molds:

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

==2008 French McDonald's Animated promotion==
In 2008, McDonald's stores in France released four figures. Optimus Prime, Megatron and Bumblebee were the same molds as the North American releases, but with more paint details. Blitzwing was an entirely new mold.

*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] (Same as North American version, but with more paint details)
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] (Same as North American version, but with more paint details)
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] (Same as North American version, but with more paint details)
*[[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] (New mold)

==2009 ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Burger King promotion==
2009 saw another wave of eight Burger King toys released to coincide with the sequel.

*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] with [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]]
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]]

*[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]
*[[The Fallen]]
*[[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]]
*[[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]]
*[[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]]

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Dark Jet

2009-06-30T06:25:18Z

Brax: Fixed a misspelling.

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:''Dark Jet is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Operation Combination (franchise)|Operation Combination]] portion of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:DarkJet-TVM.jpg|right|300px|thumb|T-t-t-t-t-touch me. I wanna feel diirrrrty.]]
'''Dark Jet''' is a terrestrial attack officer under the command of [[Scrash]] and the leader of the [[Jet Corps]]. He's also the fated rival of the [[Autobot]] [[Spin Road]], having once killed one of Spin Road's closest friends.

It's said that he can fight against [[Sixwing]] on equal terms.

==Fiction==
===Operation Combination story pages===

Alongside [[Battle Gaia]], Dark Jet lead the [[Jet Corps]] in their campaign to plunder [[Earth]] of all its energy. They were initially oposed by their foes, the [[Road Corps]]. Dark Jet pitted his Dark Missile Launcher against his rival, [[Spin Road]]'s Spin Missile Launcher. The Decepticons defeated the Road Corps and pressed on into Earth's orbit. {{storylink|Operation Combination (story page)|The Road Army vs. the Jet Army! New Decepticons Appear!}}

Arriving in Earth's orbit, they were met by [[Guard City]], who had assembled every [[Micromaster Combiner]] in the Autobot ranks. Dark Jet then went toe-to-toe with [[Sixbuilder]]. {{storylink|Operation Combination (story page)|The Decepticons' Attack on Earth!}}

The Autobots eventually formed the "[[Autobot Scrum Combination]]" and used their power to destroy Battle Gaia. Dark Jet and the Jet Corps quickly gathered up Battle Gaia's remains and fled back into space. {{storylink|Operation Combination (story page)|Conclusion}}

==Toys==
===Operation Combination===
*'''Spin Road vs. Dark Jet''' (Versus pack, 1992)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''TF-06'''
**''Accessories'': Missile launcher, 3 missiles

: Dark Jet is identical to the [[Predator]] [[Skydive (Predator)|Skydive]], transforming into a fighter jet. He has a spring-loaded hand-held missile launcher, plus retains the [[Megavisor]] gimmick, allowing him to be connected to the larger Predator toys (only one of which, [[Skyquake (G1)|Skyquake]], was released in Japan, and even that was basically in UK packaging). He was available only in a two-pack with Spin Road.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1992/Decepticon/Skydive/skydive.htm More information on Dark Jet (well, Skydive) at TFU.info]''

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Shadow Jet

2009-06-30T06:23:26Z

Brax: Fixed a misspelling.

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:''Shadow Jet is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Operation Combination (franchise)|Operation Combination]] portion of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Continuity family|continuity family]].''

[[Image:ShadowJetVisualWorks.jpg|thumb|300px|Allow me to break the ICE. My name is '''Freeze'''. Learn it well, for it is the chilling sound of your '''doom'''.]]
The "freezing warrior" '''Shadow Jet''' schemes to one day use his cold powers to blanket the [[Earth]] in ice. So, naturally, his relations with the blazing [[Autobot]] [[Fire Road]] are bad.

==Fiction==
===Operation Combination story pages===

Shadow Jet accompanied the [[Jet Corps]] and [[Battle Gaia]] in their campaign to plunder [[Earth]] of all its energy. They were initially oposed by their foes, the [[Road Corps]]. The Decepticons defeated the Road Corps and pressed on into Earth's orbit. {{storylink|Operation Combination (story page)|The Road Army vs. the Jet Army! New Decepticons Appear!}}

Arriving in Earth's orbit, they were met by [[Guard City]], who had assembled every [[Micromaster Combiner]] in the Autobot ranks. Shadow Jet then went toe-to-toe with [[Sixturbo]]. {{storylink|Operation Combination (story page)|The Decepticons' Attack on Earth!}}

The Autobots eventually formed the "[[Autobot Scrum Combination]]" and used their power to destroy Battle Gaia. Shadow Jet and the Jet Corps quickly gathered up Battle Gaia's remains and fled back into space. {{storylink|Operation Combination (story page)|Conclusion}}

==Toys==
===Operation Combination===
*'''Fire Road vs. Shadow Jet''' (Versus pack, 1992)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''TF-07'''
**''Accessories'': Missile launcher, 3 missiles

: Shadow Jet is identical to the [[Predator]] [[Falcon (G1)|Falcon]], transforming into a Stealth fighter jet. It has a spring-loaded hand-held missile launcher, plus retains the [[Megavisor]] gimmick, allowing it to be connected to the larger Predator toys (only one of which, [[Skyquake (G1)|Skyquake]], was released in Japan, and even that was basically in UK packaging). It was available only in a two-pack with Fire Road.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1992/Decepticon/Falcon/falcon.htm More information on Shadow Jet (well, Falcon) at TFU.info]''

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Gunbarrel (Movie)

2009-06-13T06:37:35Z

Brax: Fixed a misspelling.

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{{disambig2|movie Decepticon tank|Armada Mini-Con plane|Gunbarrel (Armada)}}
:''Gunbarrel is an [[Decepticon]] from the [[Movie (franchise)|2007 movie franchise]] portion of the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Alliance3_Gunbarrel.jpg|thumb|250px|]]

'''Gunbarrel''' isn't a personality bot. He rarely says a word, but he perfers to blast eveything he wants, giving [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]] a run for his money. He uses his brain module to aim at targets at a distance, yet he wants to remove it entirely to add another cannon on his head. Many Autobots who face him are lucky his imagination and intelligence aren't equal to his firepower.

==Fiction==
===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===

Sent to [[Earth]] by [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]], Gunbarrel (along with [[Reverb (Movie)|Reverb]]) was one of the Decepticons working under [[Fracture]], who was nice enough to find an [[Alternate mode|alternate mode]] for him at an [[Italy|Italian]] military base. After scanning, the Decepticons destroyed the installation. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3}}

Reverb and Gunbarrel were eventually hunted down and destroyed by the [[Autobot|Autobots]] and their [[human]] allies. {{storylink|Alliance issue 4}}

{{Note|Due to space constraints, Reverb and Gunbarrel do not actually appear in Alliance issue 4, but their deaths are reported by [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]].}}

==Toys==
===Transformers (2007)===
[[Image:MovieGunbarrelToy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Like [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]], but winterfresh!]]
*'''Gunbarrel''' (Scout, <s>2009</s>)
**''Accessories'': Dual cannon/radar Energon Weapon (combiner foot/hand), Decepticon-style [[energon star]]

:Part of the canceled<ref>[[Hasbro Q&A March 2009: Answers]]</ref> fifth assortment of [[Target]] [[exclusive]] movie-series Scouts, Gunbarrel was to have been a [[redeco]] of ''[[Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Blight (Energon)|Blight]]/[[Kickback (Energon)|Kickback]], transforming into an anti-aircraft tank similar to a [http://www.army-technology.com/projects/gepard/gepard1.html Gepard]. He had a clear greenish-blue [[energon chip]] that could attach to most ''Energon''-series toy molds. He could also have formed the arm or leg to any ''Energon'' combiner team super robot — though no super robot torsos actually came out during the original live-action movie toyline, and his packaging makes no mention of the toy's ability to combine.

: This mold was also used to make the [[Fun Publications]] [[Transformers Collectors' Club]]-[[exclusive]] toy [[Landquake (Timelines)|Landquake]] and ''[[Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' (2008) [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus Maximus]] team members [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] and [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]].

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==Trivia==
* Gunbarrel's toy was first acknowledged on Hasbro's Transformers Action Figure [http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/default.cfm?page=Collectors/Checklist Checklist].

==References==
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Payload (Movie)

2009-05-18T23:27:44Z

Brax: The Veiled Thread altmode info.

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:''Payload is a [[Decepticon]] and a type of mass-produced drone from the [[Movie (franchise)|2007 movie franchise]] in the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Payload-gamedrone.jpg|right|250px|thumb|SWAT? Maybe more like SMITE.]]
Transforming into an exceptionally fast and powerful armored truck, '''Payload''' is the one the Decepticons rely on to procure the money and energy they need to function on Earth. Whatever they need, whereever they need it, in their quest for the [[All Spark]] it's Payload's job to get it to them, even if he has to smash right through Autobot lines to do it.

Both the Autobot and Decepticon armies make use of drones based on his design, which are heavily-armored, brutal melee fighters.

Sometimes there are lots of him.

On both sides.

==Fiction==
===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===
Payload was one of the Decepticons who took part in the Battle of [[Tyger Pax]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. He was also with [[Swindle (Movie)|Swindle]] during the interrogation of the surviving [[Autobot]] defenders. {{storylink|Prime Directive (IDW) issue 1|Prime Directive (IDW) issue 1}} Later, Payload drones were part of the crew of [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]'s ship that pursued the [[All Spark]] and [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] to the [[Eshems Nebula]]. They were forced to turn back for repairs when the ship was damaged by an Autobot [[concussion chain]]. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 1|The Reign of Starscream issue 1}}

[[Image:ReignofStarscream4 Payload.jpg|left|250px|thumb|"Keg coming through!"]]
After Megatron was killed and the All Spark destroyed during the battle of [[Mission City]] on [[Earth]], Starscream returned to [[Mars]]. While he was recuperating, a team of Autobots attacked, and drones, including Payload models, were activated to defend the ship. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 3|The Reign of Starscream issue 3}}

Payload himself was back on Cybertron, under the command of [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing]]. When Starscream returned with the knowledge to build a new All Spark, Payload drones were among those assigned to guard the Autobot slaves who were being forced to build the new Cube. They brutally punished [[Warpath (Movie)|Warpath]] when he saw to the exhausted [[Grindcore (Movie)|Grindcore]]. Later, after the new All Spark was completed, Payload arrived leading a team of drones carrying the massive generators required to drain the [[Spark|life force]] out of the Autobot prisoners and put it into the Cube. He dissed Dreadwing's drone army for not being much help to them. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 4|The Reign of Starscream issue 4}}

Unfortunately for Starscream, the Cube didn't work, and Dreadwing's forces betrayed him. During the battle between Starscream's loyalists, [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee's]] Autobots and Dreadwing's traitors, Payload grappled with [[Stockade (Movie)|Stockade]], who eventually got the better of him. His fate is unknown. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream issue 5|The Reign of Starscream issue 5}}
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===Titan Magazines ''Transformers'' movie comics===
{{note|The following events occur in an alternate timeline/continuity where Megatron won the battle of Mission City.}}
Payload units are used in the occupation of Earth. They have no personality or higher consciousness, their dialogue being things like "Classification: Autobot. Identifying...".

[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] smashes them real good. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 10|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 2}}

When the Savannah All Spark facility's Swindle drones all magically turned into Payloads between issues, they almost overwhelmed the Autobot rebels but eventually failed to kill them or save the facility. Also, ''[[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]]'' smashed them real good simply cos they were in the way. Not the best boss on Earth... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 13|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 5}}

An army of Payloads made an assault on oil pipelines in [[Alaska]] as part of a major campaign. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 16|Dark Spark}}

[[Image:Payloads_Titan24.JPG|right|250px|thumb|''Move bitch, get out the way<br>Get out the way...'']]

An even ''bigger'' army of them stood around going "GRRRR" as part of a Decepticon group shot when the [[Decepticon Heartland]] prepared for war. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 23|Revolution Part 1}} And an even bigger army than ''that'' served as the bulk of the invasion force when Starscream announced the re-conquest of the USA.

Unfortunately for Starscream, the Payloads under [[Hardtop (Movie)|Hardtop]] were intercepted by [[Stockade (Movie)|Stockade]] and his crew, and [[Fracture]] reprogrammed the entire platoon to work for ''them''. They became the first defected drones in a [[Decepticon Civil War]]... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 24|Revolution Part 2}}
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===''The Veiled Threat'' prequel novel===
{{Note|The events of ''The Veiled Threat'' take place during [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[Alliance (comic)|Alliance]]'' comic.}}
Payload (who now turns into a tank) is a core member of Starscream's Decepticon team and fights in several battles in Africa. He tried to destroy a dam while [[Macerator]] and Starscream held off the Autobots, but was briefly distracted by Ratchet, who he promptly slagged. He was unprepared for the military opening up the floodgates however, and was washed away in the ensuing torrent. His ultimate fate is unknown.
{{storylink|The Veiled Threat}}

==Games==
===''Battle For the Allspark'' online game===
[[Image:Payload head.jpg|left|125px|thumb|Payload units can be either Autobot (top) or Decepticon (bottom)]]
Payload units of both sides have a strong defense, good attack, but poor speed. They are differentiated by little more than the make of their noggins; Autobot versions use a facemask-with-optics model, while Decepticons have a circular lens-face. {{storylink|Battle for the Allspark|Battle for the Allspark}}

===''Transformers: The Game'' (console)===
Payloads show up in [[Mission City]] to put the hurt on both Autobot and Decepticon alike. Their primary attack is an unstoppable running charge that can send even the likes of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] reeling. The only way to break them out of this attack is to nail them with a thrown object or melee attack when they briefly pause between charges.

Payloads also appear in the bonus [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] levels on both sides.

Aside from the aforementioned head differences, Decepticon Payloads are dark blue, while the Autobot versions are silver-white. {{storylink|Transformers The Game (console)|Transformers The Game (console)}}

===Transformers: Autobots/Decepticons===
Payload's body frame has been shown in numerous forms: his Armored Truck mode, the Peace Van, the Moving Truck, the School Bus, the Ice Cream Truck, the Death Truck, the Funky Bus, the SWAT Van, and the Prison Bus. Certain forms have either the Autobot head or the Decepticon head, but which game is unimportant; the same vehicle has the same head in both games. {{storylink|Transformers Autobots/Decepticons|Transformers Autobots/Decepticons}}

==Toys==
===Transformers (2007)===
[[Image:Movie-Payload-Toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|MORE LIKE PEGLOAD AMIRITE?]]
*'''Payload''' (Deluxe, 2007)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''MD-17'''

: Payload transforms into a [http://www.alpineco.com/armored/swat/Bulldog2.html Bulldog II Armored Truck] model based on the Decepticon-drone coloration and face type. In robot mode, his midsection has a large push-out grabber-claw that extends waaaaaaaaaaaaay far out. However, in order to do this, the claw-shaft sticks far out of his back in robot mode, making posing and display in narrow spaces difficult. It also makes him hard to balance.

: Several pieces on Payload tend to pop off easily: his brush guard, midriff-plate/claw-center, and even his upper shoulder/head assembly. The mold was later retooled to include larger pegs for the shoulder/head assembly and an added tab on the brushguard, to connect to the new slot in the claw plunger. While this was intended to give the pieces a better fit, it actually puts more pressure on the parts and causes them to pop off even more easily. The chest piece, however, fits fairly well on either version but is still easy to remove.

: Payload had a tendency to [[Shelfwarmer|sit on shelves]] for weeks, with some examples of end displays filled completely with Payload figures. This has led to some fans affectionately renaming him as ''Pegload''.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/Payload/payload.htm More information on Payload at TFU.info]''

==Merchandise==
===3D Battle-Card Game===
* '''Payload''' (3D Battle Card, 2007)
**''Card number:''

: In the [[3D Battle-Card Game]], the Payload is on the Decepticon side. Pieces punched out from two different cards can be assembled to form a SWAT truck or a robot, while a third double-sided card gives its stats and attacks for each mode. He uses the same piece layout as [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]], though his lens-head peeking up over the back end of his vehicle mode looks less doofy than Ratchet's does. His card art was done by [[Lucio Parrillo]].

==Trivia==
* The company name on Payload's toy, "Armored Security Systems", spells out "ASS". This may have been [[Joe Kyde|intentional]].

==External links==
* [http://www.transformersgame.com/battle/index.html ''Battle For the Allspark'' online game]

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

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Beagle 2 Rover

2008-03-13T20:58:41Z

Brax: If you want the contraction, it's I-T-apostrophe-S, if you want the posessive, it's just I-T-S...

:''The Beagle 2 Rover is an American space probe in the [[Movie (franchise)|Movie]] [[continuity family]].

'''Beagle 2 Rover''' was an exploration craft launched by the [[United States]] to search for life on [[Mars]]. The official report states that when Beagle 2's parachute and airbag systems failed to deploy properly, the craft crashed into the planet surface. The world at large considers the mission to be a failure... or so [[Sector Seven]] would have you believe. Under orders of the President of the United States, [[Sector Seven]]'s agent [[Tom Banachek]] informs [[John Keller|Defense Secretary Keller]] that the rover had in fact transmitted thirteen seconds of footage, including its own destruction by a [[Decepticon|large humanoid creature]]. It was the only warning we would ever get.

==Notes==
In real life the Beagle 2 craft had a ''lander'' but not a rover, it wasn't a NASA project, the guy counting in the trailer should have been speaking German, and we can't get live streaming video from Mars.

All of these supposed inaccuracies might be due to Sector Seven's [[Hungry Dragon|campaign of misinformation]].

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User:Brax

2008-03-11T18:03:03Z

Brax: Talk Page: Origin

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Ultra Magnus (Animated)

2007-07-12T14:08:04Z

Brax: Spelling fix, added punctuation.

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Megatron (Movie)

2007-07-10T20:54:40Z

Brax: Typo fixing.

{{disambig3|Megatron}}

:''Megatron is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Movie (franchise)|Movie]] [[continuity family]]. He is often refered to as Lord Megatron. Known to humans as both "The Ice Man" and "The Mega-Man" and more formally as [[N.B.E.]] - 1''

[[Image:Megatronmovie.jpg |thumb|right|300px|Super Fighting Robot...MEGA-MAN!]]

The brother of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] as well as former Lord High Protector and co-ruler of [[Cybertron]], '''Megatron''' is vicious and extremely powerful, single-minded in his goals, straight forward and brutally direct in his attempts to seize those goals. He is all "blunt force" in contrast to [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream's]] penchant for deceit and trickery. On the downside, Megatron tends to become so obsessed with the object of his desires that he can ignore "secondary" matters and glaring flaws in his plans (otherwise, he likely wouldn't have melted into ice-cold arctic water after being white hot from re-entry and spent millions of years as a popsicle).

While [[Megatron (disambiguation)|some]] merely dislike or disregard organics, Megatron feels a violent hatred towards them and seems to view them as only slightly above a virus, with him as the cure. If there was no Allspark, it is not that big a stretch to think he'd have come here anyway, just to cleanse one more planet of its infection.

==Fiction==
===''Official Movie Prequel'' comic===
[[Image:MovieMegatron_Bumblebee_torture_comic.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Better get some ice on that.]]

Megatron once ruled Cybertron side-by-side with [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]. For generations, the two ruled in peace. Megatron was firm, but Prime was fair, creating a nice, even balance. Sadly, he got a jonesing for the [[Allspark#All Spark (cube)|All Spark]] and the war started. When [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] stalled him long enough for it to be launched into space, he tore off Bumblebee's arm and crushed his voice box (but in the friendliest way). He then took off into space after the All Spark, eventually pulling a [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]].

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=== [[Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday]] novel ===

"The Ice Man" may defrost if some dedicated humans can't prevent it.

===''Transformers'' (2007 movie)===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Hugo Weaving]] (English)
{{spoiler}}

[[Image:Megstheiceman.JPG‎|thumb|right|250px|Ice, Ice Baby!]]

Megatron followed the Allspark to [[Earth]], where he successfully crash-landed in the Arctic Circle and was frozen solid for thousands of years. In 1897, some 100 Earth-years before the arrival of the other Transformers, he was discovered by an explorer named [[Archibald Amundsen Witwicky]]. Captain Witwicky accidentally activated Megatron's navigation system and caused the coordinates of the Allspark to be etched onto the explorer's glasses. Megatron remained imprisoned in the Arctic, until the 1930s, when he was dug out by the United States government moved to a secret [[Sector Seven]] stronghold inside [[Hoover Dam]].

In the present day, having searched the galaxy for the Allspark and being drawn to Earth, the remaining Decepticons learn of Witwicky's glasses. Through the internet, they determined the location of both Megatron and the Allspark inside Hoover Dam. [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] infiltrated the dam and shut down the power systems, while Starscream attacked the external powerlines, resulting in Megatron's thawing out. Megatron declared his name before jetting off after the Allspark again. He chased [[Samuel James Witwicky|a particular human]] who removed the Allspark from the dam. Unfortunately, this human was protected by Optimus Prime. The two brothers engaged in a vicious battle, but were evenly-matched. Prime ordered Sam to ram the All Spark into his chest, but the human rammed the Allspark into Megatron's chest, extinguishing his [[spark]].

Megatron's body was dumped into the ocean at its deepest point, along with the remains of the other Decepticons.

===''Transformers'' The Game===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Frank Welker]]
He'd like to see the entire planet burn beneath his feet. Unfortunately, this means toasty tootsies but he's willing to make the sacrifice.

==Toys==
===Transformers (2007)===
*'''Megatron''' (Leader, 2007)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''MD-07'''

[[Image:Movie_Leader_Megatron_toy.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Just what the hell do I turn into?]]

: Leader class ''Movie'' Megatron transforms into a silver Cybertronic assault jet. He is quite accurate to the CGI design... except for the giant mass of legs attempting (but failing) to hide under the wings.

: In robot mode, Megatron's sculpt is quite accurate, or as accurate as a toy based on his CG design can be. However, his paint decoration is quite inaccurate, with blue highlights on various parts of his body, possibly to allude to his pre-frozen state and to give a relatively monochromatic figure more color. More confusing is his jet black face, which obscures the sculpt's details and is inaccurate to the movie appearance's gunmetal.

: Megatron's right fist disconnects at the wrist to become the spiked end of the extendable "chain whip" weapon concealed within his forearm (perhaps in homage to [[Megatron (G1)|G1 Megatron]]'s own flail weapon); pressing the black switch on the arm pulls the chain taut for a whipping attack. His arms also link together at the wrists to form a "fusion cannon," with the pod on his left forearm concealing the weapon's [[Automorph]]ing twin barrels, exposed by pulling a switch. His other automorph features include his wings folding up as his vehicle nosecone is moved into place, and his feet unfolding as his knees are straightened. Finally, pressing the button on his waist activates a small friction motor, which moves various torso plates and blades on his back into place, accompanied by a metallic shrieking sound and flashing yellow lights.

:Megatron's instructions summarily fail to actually tell the reader about how his gimmicks work. The whipping-action black switch for his flail is not mentioned; they do not detail how to connect the arms for fusion cannon mode; and the fact that the cannon is on a slider, allowing it to be centre-aligned, rather than sitting off to one side, is also omitted.

: There is a significant assembly error in Megatron's arms: The right fist is ''supposed'' to launch out of the right arm, while the left arm fusion cannon is supposed to slide into position normally without requiring the user to hold it in position. However, the spring for the launching mechanism was placed in his left arm instead of his right arm, which essentially neuters the gimmicks of both arms. By switching the spring from the left arm to his right arm, the right fist should now launch properly and the left arm cannon should now Automorph correctly.

: There is also an error in Megatron's legs, in that his left and right hip joints have been swapped for reasons unknown. Switching them allows for a slightly smoother transformation.

: ''Geez'', Hasbro.

*'''Megatron''' (Legends, 2007)

[[Image:Movie_Legends_Megatron_toy.jpg|thumb|right|Again, what the hell do I turn into?]]

:Legends class Megatron is the smallest mainline ''Movie'' Megatron toy, and boy does it show. Even with Megatron's relatively simple transformation sequence, the sheer simplicity of the Legends class toy means that in vehicle mode he is basically his robot mode splayed out, and again, boy is it obvious. His robot mode is passably accurate, if by accurate one means he is now a hunchback with wings for legs and Dustbusters for hands.

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*'''Megatron''' (Voyager, 2007)
:''Japanese ID number:'' '''MD-14'''

:Voyager class Megatron transforms into an ice-covered version of his cybertronic jet, with transparent blue plastic forming large portions of his vehicle mode, such as parts of his wings. This ice design is carried onto his robot mode, with his legs, shoulders and chest having some kind of 'ice' plastic covering them. With a significantly different transformation sequence compared to his earlier Leader class toy, his chest frost lowers and his shoulders raise to robot mode position when you bring his lower body forward thanks to [[Automorph]] technology. He also has his fusion cannon in its entirety on his left arm. His wings feature flip-out "ice blade", and pulling on a piece in the back of his jet mode brings them forward like pincer claws.

:Something interesting to note is that his feet are entirely spring-loaded, which means his foot and the two "rear toes" on each feet automatically close up when he's not standing up. Surprisingly, this helps a lot with the posing as the feet's parts automatically position themselves for the perfect balance.

====Fast Action Battlers====
*'''Megatron''' (2007)

====Robot Replicas====
*'''Megatron''' (2007)

===Attacktix===
[[Image:Attacktix-MovMegsScorp.jpg|right|thumb|150px|HADOUKEN!]]
*'''Battle Masters Megatron and Scorponok''' (Battle Master set, 2007)

==Trivia==
* The prototype photographs on the back of Leader and Voyager class Megatrons' packaging show him with a completely different head based upon an earlier version of CGI design.

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